Finally an update again

I've been kind of lazy lately with my blog. But I got a lot of request to update it again. So here it is. Poker is still going good. After my downswing of about 65K hands I had my biggest upswing ever, winning about 1$ per hand for over 30K hands.

After a hand (bluff) that I happened against a pretty bad player (38/10/2) I was thinking about how easy it is to put people on hands (it's really not that difficult most of the time), but on the other hand how difficult it is to guess if they are able to fold a hand.
A lot of the time I see players who clearly seem to know that someone is weak, but the problem is that they overestimate (or need I say underestimate..) bad players. They seem to think that those players are actually thinking about what kind of hand you are repping, but in fact they just look at their own hand.
Kind of standard offcoure but against first-level thinkers its just not necessary to rep some kind of hand, cause they're not thinking about your hand.

So here are some hands which probably are good against second-level thinkers at least, but not against the players in the particular hands.


***** Hand History for Game 3089056959 *****
$400.00 NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, April 10, 10:03:47 2008
Table Tengiz0 (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Seat 1: daniela29 ( $645.00 )
Seat 2: BldZwtTrn ( $406.00 )
Seat 3: smokingpaper ( $1465.78 )
Seat 4: Sham4n ( $400.00 )
Seat 5: werky365 ( $355.60 )
Seat 6: Spevel81 ( $370.50 ) > 38/10/2
werky365 posts the small blind [$2.00].
Spevel81 posts the big blind [$4.00].
Dealt to BldZwtTrn [ 7s 9s ]
** Dealing down cards **
daniela29 folds
BldZwtTrn raises [$14.00]
smokingpaper calls [$14.00]
Sham4n folds
werky365 folds
Spevel81 calls [$10.00]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 2s, 4c, Qc ]
Spevel81 checks
BldZwtTrn bets [$33.00]
smokingpaper folds
Spevel81 calls [$33.00]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Js ]
Spevel81 checks
BldZwtTrn bets [$80.00]
Spevel81 calls [$80.00]
** Dealing River ** [ 4h ]
Spevel81 checks

On this river I'm pretty sure he has KQ at best, but there's also a chance he has a missed draw here (flush/53/A3ss), so I overbet the pot here to rep AQ or better. But offcourse he calls with a hand that is nothing more then a bluff catcher. Bluffing calling stations is just not a very smart move....

BldZwtTrn bets [$279.00]
Spevel81 calls [$243.50]
BldZwtTrn wins $35.50
BldZwtTrn shows [7s 9s ]
Spevel81 shows [Qs Ts ]
Spevel81 wins $754.00 from main pot

The bluff in this hand below, probably is a little better. This player is a little better, although still not very good. When he calls the turn, I put him on AQ at best here. The river completes the backdoor flush, but misses mine, but I still decide to pull the last barrel.

***** Hand History for Game 3092440682 *****
$800.00 NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, April 10, 10:51:40 2008
Table Thimphu3 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Seat 1: abagado ( $86.60 )
Seat 2: peperuiz ( $807.60 )
Seat 3: Puzo ( $699.50 ) -> 21/12/2
Seat 4: 4wards ( $1270.60 )
Seat 5: Montherlant ( $1352.80 )
Seat 6: BldZwtTrn ( $950.30 )
BldZwtTrn posts the small blind [$4.00].
abagado posts the big blind [$8.00].
Dealt to BldZwtTrn [ Ks Js ]
** Dealing down cards **
peperuiz folds
Puzo raises [$26.00]
4wards folds
Montherlant folds
BldZwtTrn calls [$22.00]
abagado folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ Kh, 3s, 4h ]
BldZwtTrn checks
Puzo bets [$42.00]
BldZwtTrn calls [$42.00]
** Dealing Turn ** [ As ]
BldZwtTrn checks
Puzo bets [$92.00]
BldZwtTrn raises [$226.00]
Puzo calls [$134.00]
** Dealing River ** [ 7h ]
BldZwtTrn bets [$420.00]
Puzo calls [$405.50]
BldZwtTrn wins $14.50
BldZwtTrn shows [Ks Js ]
Puzo shows [Ad Td ]
Puzo wins $1404.00 from main pot

I finish this update with the biggest pot (BB wise) in a while. It was against a complete idiot, who managed to sponser me $1900 in about an hour.

***** Hand History for Game 3013517013 *****
$400.00 NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, March 24, 10:31:24 2008
Table Ikimba10 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Seat 1: Balg ( $360.00 )
Seat 2: beatrice777 ( $1205.65 )
Seat 3: BldZwtTrn ( $1039.00 )
Seat 4: Maartz ( $576.30 )
Seat 5: koelitski ( $412.30 )
Seat 6: MStyz ( $398.00 )
Balg posts the small blind [$2.00].
beatrice777 posts the big blind [$4.00].
Dealt to BldZwtTrn [ As Ad ]
** Dealing down cards **
BldZwtTrn raises [$14.00]
Maartz folds
koelitski calls [$14.00]
MStyz folds
Balg folds
beatrice777 calls [$10.00]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 6c, Jd, 5h ]
beatrice777 bets [$44.00]
BldZwtTrn raises [$140.00]
koelitski folds
beatrice777 calls [$96.00]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 8d ]
beatrice777 bets [$324.00]
BldZwtTrn calls [$324.00]
** Dealing River ** [ 6d ]
beatrice777 checks
BldZwtTrn bets [$561.00]
beatrice777 calls [$561.00]
BldZwtTrn shows [As Ad ]
beatrice777 shows [Js 7c ]
BldZwtTrn wins $2091.00 from main pot