Still running good

The past 10 days have been very good. I'm obviously running good but also playing and (important) table selecting good at the NL1000 tables.

I also had a nice discussion with Kaby (oo_kaby on Everest) on pokernews about my w$wsf percentage (which is around 42-43 usually). He pointed me on the fact that a w$wsf this low (he thinks 45+ is optimal) is a decent leak.
I'm aware of the fact that it could be higher with me and that I might miss a few +EV spots now and then, but I'm still not sure it's that easy to tell.
For instance, my Went to SD and Won $ At SD are pretty high (28 and 53 respectively).

Usually people with higher w$wsf percentages have lower Won at SD percentages (between 48-50). And one important thing that they might miss, is that pots at showdown are usually bigger then pots that don't go to showdown.
Offcourse it's very difficult to say what's optimal here, but having a w$wsf too high could mean that you don't give villian's the opportunity to bluff enough.

I would like to hear some other opinions (especially from Everest players NL400+) on this discussion. For those who missed the discussion....this is the link: http://nl.pokernews.com/poker-forum/topic46313/

Still runnig good (400/600/1000):


For all the PokerEV-lovers, here a game analysis graph for January. It's easy to see my downswing (red-line way above blue) and the following upswing.

Best weekend ever

After a terrible week, I decided to play some during the weekend, especially during the night. It worked out pretty well and if games are always like this I might do it more. Just finished my first session of the day and I probably had the sickest run of cards in a long time. I won about 8 buy-ins in less then an hour.
Got aces 5 times and always there was action, no bad beats (maybe one) and so on.
Anyhow it's nice to recover from my biggest downswing in just 3 days.

Below a nice overview of the difference between running bad (5 weekdays) and running good (last 3 days).

Worst week ever.

This week was by far my worst poker week ever, results wise.
I lost every single day, which is probaly also a record (losing 5 days in a row).
In total I lost 15 buy-ins (mostly on NL600). I also managed to lose money with QQ/KK/AA and AKs.....quite an accomplishment I would say.
The fun thing was that I lost most of my money to terrible players.

Hands like the one below are a good example. Villian is a terrible (but passive!!! player). I'm perfectly happy with how I played the hand, but I should fold to his river raise.

EverestPoker Game #2670357043: Table Harare-11 - $5.00/$10.00 - No Limit Hold'em - 12:01:04 - 2008/01/17
Seat 1: Djegum ($1,008.50)
Seat 2: BldZwtTrn ($1,282.00)
Seat 3: I_Destroy_U ($1,000.00)
Seat 4: rafael70 ($1,259.75)
Seat 5: Memorax ($1,604.00)
Seat 6: Noroc2U ($1,336.00)
Noroc2U posts the small blind of $5.00
Djegum posts the big blind of $10.00
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BldZwtTrn[Js Ts]
BldZwtTrn raises to $35.00
I_Destroy_U folds
rafael70 calls $35.00
Memorax calls $35.00
Noroc2U folds
Djegum folds
*** FLOP *** [Jd Kh Tc]
BldZwtTrn bets $90.00
rafael70 calls $90.00
Memorax folds
*** TURN *** [Jd Kh Tc] [2c]
BldZwtTrn bets $256.00
rafael70 calls $256.00
*** RIVER *** [Jd Kh Tc 2c] [3h]
BldZwtTrn bets $450.00
rafael70 raises to $878.75 and is all-in
BldZwtTrn calls $428.75
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BldZwtTrn shows [Js Ts]
rafael70 shows [Qs Ah]
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [Jd Kh Tc 2c 3h]
rafael70 collects $2,566.50

This hand is almost the same as the hand before, and again it is against a calling station and I should fold to his river raise. Again betting for value on 3 streets is perfectly standard against those players, but I need to fold when they raise me on the river.

EverestPoker Game #2670676002: Table Harare-2 - $5.00/$10.00 - No Limit Hold'em - 13:28:57 - 2008/01/17
Seat 1: BldZwtTrn ($1,030.00)
Seat 2: I_Destroy_U ($1,091.00)
Seat 3: salut_mec ($1,037.00)
Seat 4: merwin ($1,327.00)
Seat 5: tontondadou ($3,886.75)
Seat 6: ballegrep99 ($2,315.50)
ballegrep99 posts the small blind of $5.00
BldZwtTrn posts the big blind of $10.00
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BldZwtTrn[Ah Kh]
I_Destroy_U folds
salut_mec folds
merwin folds
tontondadou calls $10.00
ballegrep99 folds
BldZwtTrn raises to $35.00
tontondadou calls $25.00
*** FLOP *** [Ad 6h 6s]
BldZwtTrn bets $60.00
tontondadou calls $60.00
*** TURN *** [Ad 6h 6s] [Qc]
BldZwtTrn bets $150.00
tontondadou calls $150.00
*** RIVER *** [Ad 6h 6s Qc] [2s]
BldZwtTrn bets $325.00
tontondadou raises to $650.00
BldZwtTrn calls $325.00
*** SHOW DOWN ***
tontondadou shows [Qh Ac]
BldZwtTrn mucks
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [Ad 6h 6s Qc 2s]
tontondadou collects $1,792.00

This is how you end up losing with AA....

EverestPoker Game #2664249613: Table Nassau-6 - $3.00/$6.00 - No Limit Hold'em - 01:13:05 - 2008/01/16
Seat 1: smokingjoep ($1,117.32)
Seat 2: ---DIO--- ($786.00)
Seat 3: BldZwtTrn ($970.95)
Seat 4: oo_kaby ($765.00)
Seat 5: MONAZ ($1,518.72)
Seat 6: minot ($730.26)
---DIO--- posts the small blind of $3.00
BldZwtTrn posts the big blind of $6.00
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BldZwtTrn[As Ac]
oo_kaby folds
MONAZ folds
minot folds
smokingjoep folds
---DIO--- raises to $18.00
BldZwtTrn raises to $60.00
---DIO--- raises to $180.00
BldZwtTrn calls $120.00
*** FLOP *** [5d 4c Ts]
---DIO--- bets $280.00
BldZwtTrn raises to $790.95 and is all-in
---DIO--- calls $326.00 and is all-in
Uncalled bet of $184.95 returned to BldZwtTrn
*** SHOW DOWN ***
---DIO--- shows [8h 6h]
BldZwtTrn shows [As Ac]
*** TURN *** [5d 4c Ts] [7s]
*** RIVER *** [5d 4c Ts 7s] [3d]
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [5d 4c Ts 7s 3d]
---DIO--- collects $1,569.00

To recover a bit from my losses I decided to play some in the weekend and it was a good decision. I won about 11 buy-ins yesterday on NL400, so Im on my way back.

Stats freak

I'm probably a bit of a stats freak, but as a poker player thats probably a good thing. Once in a while I look into my PT database and try to look at all my stats over a big sample. Which hands are losing, how do specific hands do it from the blinds? By looking at this I can see if I'm overplaying some hands, or maybe opening to much hands.
My last database currently consist of 141K hands (almost 3 months). I think it's still not enough, but it gives some idea of hands that are winning/losing.

Some facts from this database:

Pocket pairs:
- Winning with all of them (AA 5,85 BB/hand)/KK/TT/QQ/JJ most profitable in that order)
- Most dealt (EV=~642 times) JJ -> 698 times
- Less dealt AA -> 565 times (as you can see there is still a huge difference here)

Suited connectors:
- Winning all playable hands 65s+ (AKs, KQs, JTs, 98s most profitable)
- Most dealt 54s(EV=~427 times) -> 441 times
- Less dealt KQs -> 398 times

Broadway hands not suited (JT+):
- Only losing with QTo (-0,01 BB hand), so not really losing, because it's better then nog playing the hand at all.
- Most profitable are AKo (1,22 BB/hand), AQo and AJo
- Most dealt (EV=~1298) KTo -> 1,373 times
- Less dealt KQo -> 1,251

Broadway hands suited:
- Losing with AJs (-0,08 BB/hand) and ATs (-0,11 BB/hand)
- Most profitable AKs (1,90 BB/hand), AQs and KJs
- Most dealt ATs -> 450 times
- Less dealt AQs -> 391 times

Suited aces:
- Losing with AJs,ATs and A7s (-0,18 BB/hand)

All hands:

When you look at how much you win/lose with hands it's not necesseraly bad when losing with a hand. Because when not playing the hand at all, you also lose a certain amount. For example 72o lost 0,15 BB per hand. So basically when I lose more then that I'm playing that hand unprofitabla for sure.

So which hands them I'm playing regularly (> 25% VPIP) are losing more then 0,15 BB/Hand....

K7s -0,16 BB/hand -> VPIP 25%
A7s -0,18 BB/hand -> VPIP 74%
J8s -0,18 BB/hand -> VPIP 35%
K8s -0,28 BB/hand -> VPIP 27%
86s -0,29 BB/hand -> VPIP 45%
J9s -0,38 BB/hand -> VPIP 57%
64s -0,39 BB/hand -> VPIP 35%
97s -0,48 BB/hand -> VPIP 69%

So as a conclusion I can say that I'm probably overplaying 97s (my favorite hand lol) and J9s a litte bit too much. But overall I'm pretty happy with those stats, as there are no real big losers.

This month:
Already played 20K hands which is good and I'm playing really well and I'm up almost $0,60 cent a hand and I'm aiming for $0,40 - $0,50 this year so running above expectation so far.

Ace high baby

Hands like the one showed below always feel nice, but especially when it's the very first hand at the table. So I didn't know the player and could only use my pattern mapper and timing tells (instant pot bet the river for example).
Offcourse this board texture is probably the best possible to make a call like this and as I have the Ace of hearts its very unlikely he has a bigger ace.

EverestPoker Game #2619097835: Table Nassau-1 - $3.00/$6.00 - No Limit Hold'em - 15:42:57 - 2008/01/07
Seat 1: blackschole ($494.38)
Seat 2: tygKen ($552.90)
Seat 3: StAr-K ($414.10)
Seat 5: BldZwtTrn ($600.00)
Seat 6: I_Destroy_U ($901.40)
StAr-K posts the small blind of $3.00
BldZwtTrn posts the big blind of $6.00
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BldZwtTrn[7h Ah]
I_Destroy_U folds
blackschole folds
tygKen folds
StAr-K calls $3.00
BldZwtTrn raises to $18.00
StAr-K calls $12.00
*** FLOP *** [6h 9h 6d]
StAr-K checks
BldZwtTrn bets $27.00
StAr-K calls $27.00
*** TURN *** [6h 9h 6d] [Qd]
StAr-K checks
BldZwtTrn bets $60.00
StAr-K calls $60.00
*** RIVER *** [6h 9h 6d Qd] [3c]
StAr-K bets $210.00
BldZwtTrn calls $210.00
*** SHOW DOWN ***
StAr-K shows [Th Kd]
BldZwtTrn shows [7h Ah]
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [6h 9h 6d Qd 3c]
BldZwtTrn collects $628.00

Thinking about your game

To improve as a poker player it's important to look critical your game from time to time.
It helps to read articles and watch video's from other players, who may have an other view on certain situations.
When playing as much as I do, I notice that I'm sometimes playing as a machine. The positive side of this is that I never tilt, but the downside is that I play some hands/situations the same too often.

A few days ago a read an article on 2+2 (could not find it back), but one thing in this article was about 'upfront' and 'backdoor' agression. It really opened my eyes a little, because a lot of the good players (including me) know how to use upfront agression (continuation betting, double barrel, triple barrel and so on), but using backdoor agression in a good way is a lot more difficult, but makes you so much tougher to play against.

Backdoor agression is about check-raising flops/turn/river when you are the pre-flop agressor. It's also about leading into the raiser (AKA donk betting). I think when your capable of balancing this agression into your game with strong/mediocre and (semi)- bluff hands it really makes you a bigger winner in most games and also a lot tougher to play against.

Triple barrel gone wrong

Finally I like to show a triple barrel that went wrong in a HU game against a pretty good player (his stats were 49/40/3 or something like that) and he views me as a good, but tight player (my HU stats are 38/34/3).

This hand made me think about 3-barreling ranges. On the river I'm about 100% sure that his best possible hand on this board is QT (AT would have been re-raised pre-flop and 2-pair+ would have bet the river/turn).
On the other hand he knows that the king on the turn is a perfect second barrel card for me and when I bet the river he probably knows I have 2pair+ or nothing here, because a lot of the time a hand like AK would check behind on turn or river.

I'm not sure if I like his call here so much, because I could be bluffing with better hands here, but it made me think of why it's so important to value bet thin against players like this. It not only makes you tougher to play, but it also makes your range a lot wider then just top2 or nothing when betting 3 streets.

EverestPoker Game #2604287733: Table Luanda-1 - $3.00/$6.00 - No Limit Hold'em - 19:58:05 - 2008/01/04
Seat 1: BldZwtTrn ($1,706.00)
Seat 2: tagomaga ($881.00)
BldZwtTrn posts the small blind of $3.00
tagomaga posts the big blind of $6.00
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BldZwtTrn[Qh Jd]
BldZwtTrn raises to $18.00
tagomaga calls $12.00
*** FLOP *** [Ts 2d 6c]
tagomaga checks
BldZwtTrn bets $27.00
tagomaga calls $27.00
*** TURN *** [Ts 2d 6c] [Kc]
tagomaga checks
BldZwtTrn bets $69.00
tagomaga calls $69.00
*** RIVER *** [Ts 2d 6c Kc] [8s]
tagomaga checks
BldZwtTrn bets $164.00
tagomaga calls $164.00
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BldZwtTrn shows [Qh Jd]
tagomaga shows [6h 5c]
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [Ts 2d 6c Kc 8s]
tagomaga collects $555.00

Final 2007 update

First of all, sorry for the lack of updates recently, but I hope to compensate it with this somewhat longer then normal update.
I was kind of poker tired, so I just spend my poker time into effective playing hours.

2007
In 2007 I managed to put in 1314 poker hours, which is about 110 hours a month. I know it doesnt sound much (normal job here is about 168 hours a month), but I found out that it's not good for my game and health to play 8 hours every day.

So looking back at my goals in the beginning of the year I did not manage to play 1 million hands (my guess is around 750K hands), but I managed to reach my earned money goal with a very wide margin (goal was $120,000).

The best thing about this year was that my monthly income was very stable, better then I ever would have expected. All my months were $12K+ and my worst month was exactly half of my best month....so do some calculations and you know the 2007 results. I know people would like to see a year graph, but I have 5 PT databases so making one graph would cost me some photoshop time and it's probably a very boring (but nice) upwards sloping line.

2008

I would love to put some goals here for 2008, but I'll have to say that I'm not exactly sure what they will be. I don't know if I'm capable of putting another 100 hours a month of grinding NL400/NL600/NL1000. I'm now at a point were I could take the step from medium stakes to the higer stakes (NL1000+), but it's not just a small change in games. I should change my schedule for example, or play on different sites.
I know a lot of players get a kick from competing with the best and are action junkies, but I'm different in that.
Offcourse I like to play with good/better players some of the time, because it makes the game so much more interesting, but I'm not really an 'ego' player who always wants be the best and outplay others.

This was it for now, hope to update my blog more recently in the new year.
Finally I want to thank everybody for reading and wish everyone a happy new year.

Playing a flushdraw againt a donk.....

EverestPoker Game #2564351381: Table Bamako-0 - $2.00/$4.00 - No Limit Hold'em - 15:36:06 - 2007/12/27
Seat 1: BldZwtTrn ($440.10)
Seat 2: luckystrike1 ($1,475.54)
Seat 3: I_Destroy_U ($374.00)
Seat 4: Garuda72 ($607.80)
Seat 5: tristan217 ($240.00)
Seat 6: kaminari ($459.90)
kaminari posts the small blind of $2.00
BldZwtTrn posts the big blind of $4.00
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BldZwtTrn[9c Ac]
luckystrike1 raises to $8.00
I_Destroy_U folds
Garuda72 folds
kaminari folds
BldZwtTrn calls $4.00
*** FLOP *** [Th 7c Kc]
BldZwtTrn bets $12.00
luckystrike1 raises to $24.00
BldZwtTrn calls $12.00
*** TURN *** [Th 7c Kc] [9d]
BldZwtTrn bets $14.00
luckystrike1 raises to $28.00
BldZwtTrn calls $14.00
*** RIVER *** [Th 7c Kc 9d] [2c]
BldZwtTrn bets $380.10 and is all-in
luckystrike1 calls $380.10
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BldZwtTrn shows [9c Ac]
luckystrike1 shows [Kd Td]
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [Th 7c Kc 9d 2c]
BldZwtTrn collects $880.20

Time for a break....

I have been playing 4 months now without any significant break.
So it's time for a short one, below a graph of my last 2 months of playing, can't complain.

LOL

Hands like this make me laugh, because guys like this pay my food/car/house at the end of the day ;-)

EverestPoker Game #2473889818: Table Bamako-0 - $2.00/$4.00 - No Limit Hold'em - 10:18:04 - 2007/12/07
Seat 1: Common ($455.95)
Seat 2: BldZwtTrn ($473.00)
Seat 3: COCOWAGRAM ($1,211.30)
Seat 5: Mux100 ($305.90)
Seat 6: Fifty_outzz ($1,016.80)
Mux100 posts the small blind of $2.00
Common posts the big blind of $4.00
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BldZwtTrn[Qd Ah]
BldZwtTrn raises to $14.00
COCOWAGRAM calls $14.00
Mux100 folds
Common folds
*** FLOP *** [6c As Ad]
BldZwtTrn bets $24.00
COCOWAGRAM raises to $106.00
BldZwtTrn calls $82.00
*** TURN *** [6c As Ad] [7d]
BldZwtTrn checks
COCOWAGRAM bets $246.00
BldZwtTrn raises to $353.00 and is all-in
COCOWAGRAM calls $107.00
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BldZwtTrn shows [Qd Ah]
COCOWAGRAM shows [9h Th]
*** RIVER *** [6c As Ad 7d] [8c]
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [6c As Ad 7d 8c]
COCOWAGRAM collects $950.00

Swingy start of the month

December has started kind of swingy. Had one session where I lost over 7 buy-ins in less then 2 hours. During this period I didn't win one single pot bigger then 75BB and lost money with all my big pairs.... Im still up over $5K so not much to worry.
Don't have time for to analyse hands, so I'm just posting some fun ones.

Hand against a regular who has a tilt problem...

EverestPoker Game #2464817165: Table Bamako-13 - $2.00/$4.00 - No Limit Hold'em - 10:21:51 - 2007/12/05
Seat 1: BldZwtTrn ($472.75)
Seat 2: 12345mat ($21.20)
Seat 3: Drainlife ($419.45)
Seat 4: marc067 ($449.00)
Seat 5: morpheo ($524.60)
Seat 6: auxerrebest ($346.45)
BldZwtTrn posts the small blind of $2.00
12345mat posts the big blind of $4.00
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BldZwtTrn[Ah Qh]
Drainlife folds
marc067 folds
morpheo raises to $14.00
auxerrebest folds
BldZwtTrn raises to $46.00
12345mat folds
morpheo calls $32.00
*** FLOP *** [7d 4d Jh]
BldZwtTrn bets $70.00
morpheo calls $70.00
*** TURN *** [7d 4d Jh] [Ac]
BldZwtTrn checks
morpheo bets $94.00
BldZwtTrn calls $94.00
*** RIVER *** [7d 4d Jh Ac] [8c]
BldZwtTrn checks
morpheo bets $314.60 and is all-in
BldZwtTrn calls $262.75 and is all-in
Uncalled bet of $51.85 returned to morpheo
*** SHOW DOWN ***
morpheo shows [5s 3s]
BldZwtTrn shows [Ah Qh]
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [7d 4d Jh Ac 8c]
BldZwtTrn collects $946.50

He snapcalled my raise on the turn...

EverestPoker Game #2469267163: Table Bamako-2 - $2.00/$4.00 - No Limit Hold'em - 09:10:15 - 2007/12/06
Seat 2: BldZwtTrn ($758.30)
Seat 3: rico92200 ($264.70)
Seat 4: 81blackcat81 ($212.00)
Seat 5: Bandarjudi ($99.40)
Bandarjudi posts the small blind of $2.00
BldZwtTrn posts the big blind of $4.00
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BldZwtTrn[4c 5c]
rico92200 raises to $14.00
81blackcat81 calls $14.00
Bandarjudi folds
BldZwtTrn calls $10.00
*** FLOP *** [Kc 7d 6h]
BldZwtTrn checks
rico92200 bets $34.00
81blackcat81 calls $34.00
BldZwtTrn calls $34.00
*** TURN *** [Kc 7d 6h] [Qc]
BldZwtTrn checks
rico92200 checks
81blackcat81 bets $50.00
BldZwtTrn raises to $200.00
rico92200 folds
81blackcat81 calls $114.00 and is all-in
Uncalled bet of $36.00 returned to BldZwtTrn
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BldZwtTrn shows [4c 5c]
81blackcat81 shows [5h 4h]
*** RIVER *** [Kc 7d 6h Qc] [As]
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [Kc 7d 6h Qc As]
BldZwtTrn collects $236.00
81blackcat81 collects $236.00

Nice flop call with....

EverestPoker Game #2469263630: Table Bamako-3 - $2.00/$4.00 - No Limit Hold'em - 09:07:53 - 2007/12/06
Seat 1: BldZwtTrn ($653.80)
Seat 2: jaketkeine ($90.00)
Seat 3: PALKO ($460.60)
Seat 5: johnlaw ($410.00)
Seat 6: teo1970 ($74.00)
BldZwtTrn posts the small blind of $2.00
jaketkeine posts the big blind of $4.00
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BldZwtTrn[Kc Ks]
PALKO folds
johnlaw calls $4.00
teo1970 folds
BldZwtTrn raises to $16.00
jaketkeine folds
johnlaw calls $12.00
*** FLOP *** [2c 5s Ts]
BldZwtTrn bets $26.00
johnlaw calls $26.00
*** TURN *** [2c 5s Ts] [8d]
BldZwtTrn bets $75.00
johnlaw calls $75.00
*** RIVER *** [2c 5s Ts 8d] [Qd]
BldZwtTrn checks
johnlaw bets $238.00
BldZwtTrn calls $238.00
*** SHOW DOWN ***
johnlaw shows [Qc 8c]
BldZwtTrn mucks
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [2c 5s Ts 8d Qd]
johnlaw collects $712.00

Monthly salary in 5 minutes....

....thanks to some donk on tilt....
Just finished a nice session with 2 NL1000 tables. On both tables 2 incredible donks were sitting, who probably had been quite lucky, cause one of them build his stack up to $5K. But as usual when this happens, the table fills up with regulars.
So we were sitting with 4 tough players, 1 shortstack and the donk (70/13/2). Luckily I had position on all regulars and had the donk to my left.

The hands below are his last 3 pots, which took place in less then 5 minutes....
Obviously AQs in the last hand is the nuts at that moment with a donk on complete tilt.

EverestPoker Game #2441525890: Table Harare-4 - $5.00/$10.00 - No Limit Hold'em - 11:27:41 - 2007/11/30
Seat 1: BigSpender80 ($1,000.00)
Seat 2: Lebr0nJames ($2,760.50)
Seat 3: BldZwtTrn ($1,807.00)
Seat 4: flolap1 ($3,505.50) -> 70/12/2
Seat 5: antoniodlc ($86.00)
Seat 6: erikzamboer ($1,492.00)
erikzamboer posts the small blind of $5.00
BigSpender80 posts the big blind of $10.00
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BldZwtTrn[Kc Kd]
Lebr0nJames raises to $35.00
BldZwtTrn raises to $120.00
flolap1 calls $120.00
antoniodlc calls $86.00 and is all-in
erikzamboer folds
BigSpender80 folds
Lebr0nJames calls $85.00
*** FLOP *** [9s Ts 6d]
Lebr0nJames checks
BldZwtTrn bets $380.00
flolap1 calls $380.00
Lebr0nJames folds
*** TURN *** [9s Ts 6d] [4c]
BldZwtTrn bets $1,000.00
flolap1 raises to $3,005.50 and is all-in
BldZwtTrn calls $307.00 and is all-in
Uncalled bet of $1,698.50 returned to flolap1
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BldZwtTrn shows [Kc Kd]
flolap1 shows [Jh Tc]
antoniodlc shows [Qd Ad]
*** RIVER *** [9s Ts 6d 4c] [8c]
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [9s Ts 6d 4c 8c]
BldZwtTrn collects $359.00
BldZwtTrn collects $3,473.00

EverestPoker Game #2441531380: Table Harare-4 - $5.00/$10.00 - No Limit Hold'em - 11:29:48 - 2007/11/30
Seat 1: BigSpender80 ($985.00)
Seat 2: Lebr0nJames ($2,640.50)
Seat 3: BldZwtTrn ($3,752.00)
Seat 4: flolap1 ($1,780.50)
Seat 5: antoniodlc ($100.00)
Seat 6: erikzamboer ($1,487.00)
BldZwtTrn posts the small blind of $5.00
flolap1 posts the big blind of $10.00
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BldZwtTrn[9s Qs]
antoniodlc folds
erikzamboer folds
BigSpender80 raises to $35.00
Lebr0nJames folds
BldZwtTrn calls $30.00
flolap1 raises to $140.00
BigSpender80 calls $105.00
BldZwtTrn folds
*** FLOP *** [Kd 7d Qc]
flolap1 bets $315.00
BigSpender80 raises to $845.00 and is all-in
flolap1 raises to $1,640.50 and is all-in
Uncalled bet of $795.50 returned to flolap1
*** SHOW DOWN ***
flolap1 shows [Kc Ah]
BigSpender80 shows [7h 7s]
*** TURN *** [Kd 7d Qc] [As]
*** RIVER *** [Kd 7d Qc As] [Js]
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [Kd 7d Qc As Js]
BigSpender80 collects $2,002.00

EverestPoker Game #2441535592: Table Harare-4 - $5.00/$10.00 - No Limit Hold'em - 11:31:24 - 2007/11/30
Seat 1: BigSpender80 ($1,967.00)
Seat 2: Lebr0nJames ($2,640.50)
Seat 3: BldZwtTrn ($3,717.00)
Seat 4: flolap1 ($861.50)
Seat 5: Aasisdebaas ($1,000.00)
Seat 6: erikzamboer ($1,452.00)
BigSpender80 posts the small blind of $5.00
Lebr0nJames posts the big blind of $10.00
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BldZwtTrn[Qd Ad]
BldZwtTrn raises to $35.00
flolap1 raises to $120.00
erikzamboer folds
BigSpender80 folds
Lebr0nJames folds
BldZwtTrn raises to $375.00
flolap1 raises to $861.50 and is all-in
BldZwtTrn calls $486.50
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BldZwtTrn shows [Qd Ad]
flolap1 shows [5h 4c]
*** FLOP *** [Js Td Qh]
*** TURN *** [Js Td Qh] [2c]
*** RIVER *** [Js Td Qh 2c] [2s]
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [Js Td Qh 2c 2s]
BldZwtTrn collects $1,736.00

Results + I'm a nit part 2

First the the results of the previous hand.
One of the reasons I folded was because of the player left after me, but after thinking it through he probably never checks turn and river with a better hand then mine. As far as raminator goes I put him on JJ/QQ or a missed draw and as he's not that agressive normally, folding isn't that bad.

BldZwtTrn folds
ChiocCiola1 folds
Uncalled bet of $445.00 returned to raminator
*** SHOW DOWN ***
raminator shows [Qs As]
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [Tc 8c 2s 5s 6d]
raminator collects $444.00


This is a hand I played today. Somehow I had a feeling after his check on the flop (timing of his check) that he hit this flop hard. Normally I would never fold here against a player like him, but somehow I almost folded without much thought and showed my aces and he was kind enough to show his set of sevens...

EverestPoker Game #2437413145: Table Bamako-10 - $2.00/$4.00 - No Limit Hold'em - 13:49:48 - 2007/11/29
Seat 1: Spirit4me ($36.00)
Seat 2: Aasisdebaas ($518.81)
Seat 3: ugaztu ($168.95)
Seat 4: BldZwtTrn ($576.50)
Seat 5: tikitpapourl ($494.10)
Seat 6: Superuser363 ($656.00)-> 26/23/3
Superuser363 posts the small blind of $2.00
Spirit4me posts the big blind of $4.00
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BldZwtTrn[As Ah]
Aasisdebaas folds
ugaztu calls $4.00
BldZwtTrn raises to $18.00
tikitpapourl folds
Superuser363 calls $16.00
Spirit4me folds
ugaztu calls $14.00
*** FLOP *** [6d Tc 7d]
Superuser363 checks
ugaztu checks
BldZwtTrn bets $44.00
Superuser363 raises to $155.00
ugaztu folds
BldZwtTrn folds
Uncalled bet of $111.00 returned to Superuser363
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Superuser363 shows [7c 7h]
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [6d Tc 7d ]
Superuser363 collects $143.00

November update

I havent been playing so much this month (about 43K hands so far), but the results are a little bit above average. Even though my MT-ratio dropped below 6 (had it around 7 for a while), my hourly rate increased to about $175 the last 3 months. So I'm happy with that.
On to an interesting hand, I'm curious if people would call here on the river...

EverestPoker Game #2426229946: Table Nassau-3 - $3.00/$6.00 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:21:07 - 2007/11/26
Seat 1: lolalola ($573.00)
Seat 2: BldZwtTrn ($1,277.05)
Seat 3: ChiocCiola1 ($1,824.20) -> 22/16/2
Seat 4: W.BLAKE ($491.15)
Seat 5: raminator ($591.00) -> 20/15/2.5
Seat 6: MADSAM ($604.35)
MADSAM posts the small blind of $3.00
lolalola posts the big blind of $6.00
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BldZwtTrn[Td Ad]
BldZwtTrn raises to $21.00
ChiocCiola1 raises to $47.00
W.BLAKE folds
raminator calls $47.00
MADSAM folds
lolalola folds
BldZwtTrn calls $26.00
*** FLOP *** [Tc 8c 2s]
BldZwtTrn checks
ChiocCiola1 checks
raminator checks
*** TURN *** [Tc 8c 2s] [5s]
BldZwtTrn bets $99.00
ChiocCiola1 calls $99.00
raminator calls $99.00
*** RIVER *** [Tc 8c 2s 5s] [6d]
BldZwtTrn checks
ChiocCiola1 checks
raminator bets $445.00 and is all-in
BldZwtTrn ???

I'm a nit...

In the hand below I almost folded the flop with top 2. But I decided to call and see a turn (I had 4 outs at least...). It also clearly shows why it's wrong to play like he does. His range is so small here, that it's very easy to put him on 22.
For example if he raises pre-flop and I decide to call here in the BB with AJo (which is not a very good play, by the way) I'm probably stacking off here like 90% of the time.
So I folded the turn and showed and from his chat afterwards, I think I was right here, although you never can be sure offcourse.

EverestPoker Game #2394802854: Table Bamako-12 - $2.00/$4.00 - No Limit Hold'em - 15:17:31 - 2007/11/20
Seat 1: cmaarten ($513.20) >> 16/8/2 (170 hands)
Seat 2: NellyAachen ($522.50)
Seat 3: fjutsie ($394.00)
Seat 4: jatekos ($74.40)
Seat 5: BldZwtTrn ($400.00)
Seat 6: merwin ($580.40)
jatekos posts the small blind of $2.00
BldZwtTrn posts the big blind of $4.00
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BldZwtTrn[Ac Jd]
merwin folds
cmaarten calls $4.00
NellyAachen folds
fjutsie folds
jatekos calls $2.00
BldZwtTrn raises to $16.00
cmaarten calls $12.00
jatekos folds
*** FLOP *** [Jc 2s As]
BldZwtTrn bets $27.00
cmaarten raises to $72.00
BldZwtTrn calls $45.00
*** TURN *** [Jc 2s As] [9d]
BldZwtTrn checks
cmaarten bets $140.00
BldZwtTrn folds
Uncalled bet of $140.00 returned to cmaarten
*** SHOW DOWN ***
cmaarten mucks
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [Jc 2s As 9d ]
cmaarten collects $177.00

Strange HU hand

This hand I played against a very agressive and crazy swede.
He's not a donk, but takes some very weird lines all the time and is capable of big bluffs and calls. He also likes to take down every (big) pot, especially HU.
For example, he will always bluff the river when he has no showdown value.

EverestPoker Game #2372955075: Table Nassau-6 - $3.00/$6.00 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:54:49 - 2007/11/15
Seat 5: BldZwtTrn ($661.90)
Seat 6: Cheeseman87 ($600.00)
BldZwtTrn posts the small blind of $3.00
Cheeseman87 posts the big blind of $6.00
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BldZwtTrn[Ks Jh]
BldZwtTrn raises to $18.00
Cheeseman87 raises to $60.00
BldZwtTrn calls $42.00

He is very agressive pre-flop (close to 55/46/3 or something, HU offcourse), so folding KJo with position is not really an option. He re-raises worse kings/jacks here.

*** FLOP *** [4d 5c Jc]
Cheeseman87 checks
BldZwtTrn checks

His check on this flop suprised me a little, because he likes to c-bet a lot of flops. I've seen him do this before with a mediocre hand, so I'm checking behind, he bets a draw/strong hand/air almost always here.

*** TURN *** [4d 5c Jc] [9c]
Cheeseman87 bets $90.00
BldZwtTrn calls $90.00

Im not sure if I played this turn correct here. Because raising is a good option as well here, especially since he is capable of calling a raise with worse then my hand.

*** RIVER *** [4d 5c Jc 9c] [As]
Cheeseman87 bets $145.00
BldZwtTrn raises to $511.90 and is all-in
Cheeseman87 calls $305.00 and is all-in

It didn't suprise me that he was betting this river. But it looked like a bluff or value bet with an ace to me, so I decided to push him off his one pair hand.
I was pretty sure he didn't have a flush/trips, but something like AT at best.

*** SHOW DOWN ***
BldZwtTrn shows [Ks Jh]
Cheeseman87 shows [Tc Ts]

Offcourse I was kind of suprised by his call here, but in retrospect, he probably thinks/knows that I never have a flush/trips here and that I'm probaly calling with my TP/2pair hands and not turn them into a bluff on the river, so then it must be a bluff to him (KcQx for example).

*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [4d 5c Jc 9c As]
BldZwtTrn collects $1,199.00

I know some other players played against this guy as well and like to hear some opinions on turn/river play.

Ouch....

EverestPoker Game #2369901016: Table Bamako-0 - $2.00/$4.00 - No Limit Hold'em - 14:22:43 - 2007/11/15
Seat 1: OBups ($1,427.28)
Seat 3: ducleboss ($720.40)
Seat 4: BldZwtTrn ($548.40)
Seat 5: Djegum ($404.00)
Seat 6: Sacre94 ($400.00)
OBups posts the small blind of $2.00
ducleboss posts the big blind of $4.00
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BldZwtTrn[Kc Kd]
BldZwtTrn raises to $14.00
Djegum folds
Sacre94 raises to $48.00
OBups calls $46.00
ducleboss folds
BldZwtTrn raises to $160.00
Sacre94 calls $112.00
OBups folds
*** FLOP *** [Ts Th Qs]
BldZwtTrn checks
Sacre94 checks
*** TURN *** [Ts Th Qs] [Kh]
BldZwtTrn checks
Sacre94 bets $120.00
BldZwtTrn raises to $388.40 and is all-in
Sacre94 calls $120.00 and is all-in
Uncalled bet of $148.40 returned to BldZwtTrn
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BldZwtTrn shows [Kc Kd]
Sacre94 shows [Td Tc]
*** RIVER *** [Ts Th Qs Kh] [5c]
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [Ts Th Qs Kh 5c]
Sacre94 collects $850.00

FPS-machines

Lately there a lot more players who try to play a more LAGgy style instead of the standard 20/17/3 TAG style. Some can do this profitable, but most are just not good enough and would make a lot more just by playing kind of straight forward.
But I love those FPS machines with stats of 29/28/6 who try to outplay you every hand and call down way to light.

One example is the player in the hands below, his stats are close to 31/30/6 and he is a player who doesn't want to give up easily and calls down way too light.


Doesn't want a split pot here...
EverestPoker Game #2356052464: Table Bamako-16 - $2.00/$4.00 - No Limit Hold'em - 16:03:06 - 2007/11/12
Seat 2: HELVILD ($386.10)
Seat 3: Roelfs ($511.60)
Seat 4: BldZwtTrn ($559.60)
BldZwtTrn posts the small blind of $2.00
HELVILD posts the big blind of $4.00
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BldZwtTrn[Td Kd]
Roelfs raises to $14.00
BldZwtTrn raises to $48.00
HELVILD folds
Roelfs calls $34.00
*** FLOP *** [3h 9c 4c]
BldZwtTrn bets $74.00
Roelfs calls $74.00
*** TURN *** [3h 9c 4c] [Ah]
BldZwtTrn bets $160.00
Roelfs raises to $389.60 and is all-in
BldZwtTrn folds
Uncalled bet of $229.60 returned to Roelfs
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Roelfs shows [Kh Ts]
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [3h 9c 4c Ah ]
Roelfs collects $567.00

Put me on a pure bluff obviously....
EverestPoker Game #2356177375: Table Bamako-16 - $2.00/$4.00 - No Limit Hold'em - 16:28:11 - 2007/11/12
Seat 1: Adventurer ($443.00)
Seat 2: HELVILD ($317.10)
Seat 3: Roelfs ($588.30)
Seat 4: BldZwtTrn ($476.50)
Seat 5: HeatBlood ($398.00)
Seat 6: dag1981 ($40.00)
Adventurer posts the small blind of $2.00
HELVILD posts the big blind of $4.00
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BldZwtTrn[3s 3c]
Roelfs raises to $14.00
BldZwtTrn calls $14.00
HeatBlood calls $14.00
dag1981 folds
Adventurer folds
HELVILD folds
*** FLOP *** [3h Jc As]
Roelfs bets $48.00
BldZwtTrn calls $48.00
HeatBlood folds
*** TURN *** [3h Jc As] [Kh]
Roelfs checks
BldZwtTrn bets $90.00
Roelfs calls $90.00
*** RIVER *** [3h Jc As Kh] [Qc]
Roelfs checks
BldZwtTrn bets $324.50 and is all-in
Roelfs calls $324.50
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BldZwtTrn shows [3s 3c]
Roelfs shows [Ac Jd]
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [3h Jc As Kh Qc]
BldZwtTrn collects $970.00

Standard?!
EverestPoker Game #2356185601: Table Bamako-15 - $2.00/$4.00 - No Limit Hold'em - 16:29:45 - 2007/11/12
Seat 4: BldZwtTrn ($557.60)
Seat 6: Roelfs ($593.50)
Roelfs posts the small blind of $2.00
BldZwtTrn posts the big blind of $4.00
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BldZwtTrn[Ac Qh]
Roelfs raises to $12.00
BldZwtTrn raises to $40.00
Roelfs raises to $120.00
BldZwtTrn raises to $557.60 and is all-in
Roelfs calls $437.60
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BldZwtTrn shows [Ac Qh]
Roelfs shows [As Jd]
*** FLOP *** [6h 9c 8d]
*** TURN *** [6h 9c 8d] [7c]
*** RIVER *** [6h 9c 8d 7c] [Qc]
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [6h 9c 8d 7c Qc]
BldZwtTrn collects $1,114.20

Haven't played that much in November, but the hours I played were very good.

Monsterdraw 200BB+ deep

This a hand against a player with which I played the most hands the last few months. We've played somewhere around 15K hands against each other in 2 months.
When making a bluff it's very important to know your opponent (and that your opponent knows you!) and take a line that you would take with strong hands as well.
The hand below is a good example:

EverestPoker Game #2334824004: Table Bamako-2 - $2.00/$4.00 - No Limit Hold'em - 12:07:10 - 2007/11/08
Seat 1: BldZwtTrn ($1,556.90)
Seat 2: RiverRider ($818.95)
Seat 3: JopieMan ($866.15) -> 19/15/3.5 (10K+ hands)
Seat 4: KvGalen ($433.00)
Seat 5: pokerude ($401.90)
Seat 6: alterwirt ($439.50)
BldZwtTrn posts the small blind of $2.00
RiverRider posts the big blind of $4.00
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BldZwtTrn[8s 7s]
JopieMan raises to $14.00
KvGalen folds
pokerude calls $14.00
alterwirt folds
BldZwtTrn calls $12.00

Calling and raising are both good options here. I decided to call.

RiverRider calls $10.00
*** FLOP *** [4s 5s 7d]
BldZwtTrn bets $40.00

This is offcourse a monster flop for me. And I'm happy to get in on this flop. I decide to bet out. Check-raising is an option here as well, but I don't think he is stacking off here for 200BB with an overpair, so I think there is more value in betting then CRing.

RiverRider folds
JopieMan calls $40.00

He just calls, so I'm pretty sure he has a one pair hand, most likely 88-AA. With AA/KK a little bit more unlikely cause he would raise them a lot of the time.

pokerude folds
*** TURN *** [4s 5s 7d] [2h]
BldZwtTrn bets $90.00

As I'm very sure that my hand is not the best here, I have to bet again. I'm basically repping a set now.

JopieMan calls $90.00

He calls again and I now think his range is probably a lit bit more skewed towards TT-QQ.

*** RIVER *** [4s 5s 7d 2h] [Qh]
BldZwtTrn bets $200.00

This is a perfect river card for me. When betting here, I expect him to fold everything in his range except QQ offcourse, because I'm pretty sure he's putting me on a set here.

JopieMan folds

After a while he folds, asking me if I had 44 telling me he had AA.

Uncalled bet of $200.00 returned to BldZwtTrn
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BldZwtTrn mucks
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [4s 5s 7d 2h Qh]
BldZwtTrn collects $313.00

Overagressive HU donkey

Today I played a HU game on NL600 against a complete donkey (74/61/3), but an agressive one.
He raised every hand on the button and almost never folded to re-raises. This is offcourse very expoitable, but when you're complety card dead and never get big hands pre-flop it can be very frustrating to play against. We played for about an hour and I won about $1000 off him, but it was a rollercoaster ride to get it.

The final 2 hands:

EverestPoker Game #2311229879: Table Luanda-1 - $3.00/$6.00 - No Limit Hold'em - 17:17:08 - 2007/11/03
Seat 1: BldZwtTrn ($1,223.00)
Seat 2: siciliano75 ($1,550.90)
BldZwtTrn posts the small blind of $3.00
siciliano75 posts the big blind of $6.00
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BldZwtTrn[Td Kd]
BldZwtTrn raises to $18.00
siciliano75 raises to $54.00
BldZwtTrn calls $36.00
*** FLOP *** [Tc 8c Th]
siciliano75 checks
BldZwtTrn bets $70.00
siciliano75 raises to $318.00
BldZwtTrn calls $248.00
*** TURN *** [Tc 8c Th] [9d]
siciliano75 bets $744.00
BldZwtTrn raises to $851.00 and is all-in
siciliano75 calls $107.00
*** SHOW DOWN ***
siciliano75 shows [8s As]
BldZwtTrn shows [Td Kd]
*** RIVER *** [Tc 8c Th 9d] [8h]
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [Tc 8c Th 9d 8h]
BldZwtTrn collects $2,445.00

EverestPoker Game #2311233349: Table Luanda-1 - $3.00/$6.00 - No Limit Hold'em - 17:17:46 - 2007/11/03
Seat 1: BldZwtTrn ($2,445.00)
Seat 2: siciliano75 ($327.90)
siciliano75 posts the small blind of $3.00
BldZwtTrn posts the big blind of $6.00
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BldZwtTrn[5h Kh]
siciliano75 raises to $18.00
BldZwtTrn calls $12.00
*** FLOP *** [8s Th 4h]
BldZwtTrn checks
siciliano75 bets $36.00
BldZwtTrn raises to $125.00
siciliano75 calls $89.00
*** TURN *** [8s Th 4h] [Kd]
BldZwtTrn checks
siciliano75 bets $184.90 and is all-in
BldZwtTrn calls $184.90
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BldZwtTrn shows [5h Kh]
siciliano75 shows [Ac 9d]
*** RIVER *** [8s Th 4h Kd] [2d]
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [8s Th 4h Kd 2d]
BldZwtTrn collects $654.80

Looks like a tough call, but was a snapcall vs him.

EverestPoker Game #2311075353: Table Luanda-1 - $3.00/$6.00 - No Limit Hold'em - 16:48:19 - 2007/11/03
Seat 1: BldZwtTrn ($808.00)
Seat 2: siciliano75 ($1,080.90)
siciliano75 posts the small blind of $3.00
BldZwtTrn posts the big blind of $6.00
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BldZwtTrn[Th Tc]
siciliano75 raises to $18.00
BldZwtTrn raises to $60.00
siciliano75 calls $42.00
*** FLOP *** [4c Qd 5c]
BldZwtTrn bets $80.00
siciliano75 calls $80.00
*** TURN *** [4c Qd 5c] [Qs]
BldZwtTrn checks
siciliano75 bets $200.00
BldZwtTrn calls $200.00
*** RIVER *** [4c Qd 5c Qs] [9s]
BldZwtTrn checks
siciliano75 bets $740.90 and is all-in
BldZwtTrn calls $468.00 and is all-in
Uncalled bet of $272.90 returned to siciliano75
*** SHOW DOWN ***
siciliano75 shows [6c 2c]
BldZwtTrn shows [Th Tc]
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [4c Qd 5c Qs 9s]
BldZwtTrn collects $1,615.00

One of his retarded bluffs...

EverestPoker Game #2311223661: Table Luanda-1 - $3.00/$6.00 - No Limit Hold'em - 17:15:58 - 2007/11/03
Seat 1: BldZwtTrn ($642.00)
Seat 2: siciliano75 ($2,133.90)
siciliano75 posts the small blind of $3.00
BldZwtTrn posts the big blind of $6.00
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BldZwtTrn[Ah Jc]
siciliano75 raises to $18.00
BldZwtTrn raises to $60.00
siciliano75 calls $42.00
*** FLOP *** [6s 2h 7d]
BldZwtTrn bets $80.00
siciliano75 calls $80.00
*** TURN *** [6s 2h 7d] [Ac]
BldZwtTrn checks
siciliano75 bets $280.00
BldZwtTrn calls $280.00
*** RIVER *** [6s 2h 7d Ac] [3d]
BldZwtTrn checks
siciliano75 bets $840.00
BldZwtTrn calls $222.00 and is all-in
Uncalled bet of $618.00 returned to siciliano75
*** SHOW DOWN ***
siciliano75 shows [Tc 8s]
BldZwtTrn shows [Ah Jc]
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [6s 2h 7d Ac 3d]
BldZwtTrn collects $1,283.00

Sometimes he really has a hand....

EverestPoker Game #2311213274: Table Luanda-1 - $3.00/$6.00 - No Limit Hold'em - 17:14:02 - 2007/11/03
Seat 1: BldZwtTrn ($872.00)
Seat 2: siciliano75 ($1,306.90)
BldZwtTrn posts the small blind of $3.00
siciliano75 posts the big blind of $6.00
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BldZwtTrn[9c 9h]
BldZwtTrn raises to $18.00
siciliano75 raises to $54.00
BldZwtTrn calls $36.00
*** FLOP *** [7c 3d 5h]
siciliano75 bets $108.00
BldZwtTrn calls $108.00
*** TURN *** [7c 3d 5h] [Jc]
siciliano75 bets $324.00
BldZwtTrn calls $324.00
*** RIVER *** [7c 3d 5h Jc] [5s]
siciliano75 bets $820.90 and is all-in
BldZwtTrn calls $386.00 and is all-in
Uncalled bet of $434.90 returned to siciliano75
*** SHOW DOWN ***
siciliano75 shows [Jh Ah]
BldZwtTrn shows [9c 9h]
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [7c 3d 5h Jc 5s]
siciliano75 collects $1,743.00

HU hand

Posting one hand from a nice HU session yesterday. I was playing a regular who's is pretty bad and thinks I'm a donk (which is always nice). He's the guy who takes a HU session as a personal fight and I always love those games, cause it's very easy to get them on tilt just by saying some things in the chat.

Played him for about an hour on 2 tables and won a little more then 5 buy-ins off him. During this hand he still was playing kind of normal (never ever folding for re-raises pre-flop).

EverestPoker Game #2287999568: Table Athens-14 - $2.00/$4.00 - No Limit Hold'em - 00:21:50 - 2007/10/30
Seat 1: BldZwtTrn ($519.20)
Seat 2: BISMARCK18 ($905.06)
BISMARCK18 posts the small blind of $2.00
BldZwtTrn posts the big blind of $4.00
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BldZwtTrn[Tc Th]
BISMARCK18 raises to $12.00
BldZwtTrn raises to $40.00
BISMARCK18 calls $28.00
*** FLOP *** [9h 6h 8d]
BldZwtTrn bets $60.00
BISMARCK18 calls $60.00
*** TURN *** [9h 6h 8d] [4d]
BldZwtTrn checks
BISMARCK18 bets $200.00
BldZwtTrn raises to $419.20 and is all-in
BISMARCK18 raises to $805.06 and is all-in
Uncalled bet of $385.86 returned to BISMARCK18
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BldZwtTrn shows [Tc Th]
BISMARCK18 shows [9d Qd]
*** RIVER *** [9h 6h 8d 4d] [Jc]
*** SUMMARY ***
Board: [9h 6h 8d 4d Jc]
BldZwtTrn collects $1,037.40