.05/.10 NLH LH 25/5/07

Opening balance: $112.75

Buy in : $10+10 (2 tables)
No. of hands : 119
Left with : $11.03 + 17.11

Closing balance : $120.89

Running total: +$13.79/1300
+138tbb/1300

Another strong session. Fairly unimaginative. One hand where I think I played badly (more on that later), a few I think I played pretty well, but it's not like I have anything much interesting to say.

Seat 5: interpool101 ( $5.61 USD )
Seat 1: YagaS ( $10.62 USD )
Seat 7: oxl0r ( $5.13 USD )
oxl0r posts small blind [$0.05 USD].
csmogyi posts big blind [$0.10 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ 9d Th ]
2 folds
YagaS raises [$0.30 USD]
3 folds
interpool101 calls [$0.30 USD]
1 fold
oxl0r calls [$0.25 USD]
1 fold
** Dealing Flop ** [ 3c, Ac, Ts ]
oxl0r checks
YagaS bets [$0.70 USD]
interpool101 calls [$0.70 USD]
oxl0r folds
** Dealing Turn ** [ 3h ]
YagaS checks
interpool101 checks
** Dealing River ** [ As ]
YagaS checks
interpool101 bets [$0.46 USD]
YagaS calls [$0.46 USD]
interpool101 shows [ 9c, 8c ]two pairs, Aces and Threes.
YagaS shows [ 9d, Th ]two pairs, Aces and Tens.
YagaS wins $3.16 USD from the main pot with two pairs, Aces and Tens.

No villain read. I was half expecting a kicker battle on the end, which I probably don't win (the only T I can expect to see here is JT). Given the amount of bad play I can expect to see at this level, especially in the passive draw/river bluff line, and getting like 7:1 on the end, I'm not folding there. Maybe if the river was a K or Q.

Seat 4: RubySK ( $1.90 USD )
Seat 1: YagaS ( $11.22 USD )
RubySK posts small blind [$0.05 USD].
tanne321 posts big blind [$0.10 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ Ah Td ]
2 folds
Pingu11 calls [$0.10 USD]
2 folds
YagaS raises [$0.40 USD]
2 folds
RubySK is all-In [$1.85 USD]
2 folds
YagaS calls [$1.50 USD]

This was my worst hand.

First thing to look at: pot odds at the all-in. It's 1.50 for me to call, with 2.50 in there. So I need to win this about 40% of the time to be profitable.

Probable hands for the villain, shoving over a limper and a raiser: 99+, AJ+, ATs

Grouping those, we have: race pairs (99: 45%), mid pairs (JJ, QQ, KK: 30%), Dominating pairs (TT: 30%, AA: 10%), (ATs: 47%), bigger aces (AK, AQ, AJ: 25%) The numbers are all rough, but they're good enough to show that this call is almost never profitable. With a better read on the villain, I might be able to throw a few more hands in there (A7, 66 type stuff) but it's going to take a really aggressive villain to make this call good.

Worth remembering.