.10/.25 NLH LH 13/5/07

Opening balance: $263.94

Buy in : $131.60 (total)
No. of hands : 271
Left with : $24.75

Closing balance : $157.09

Running total: -$106.85/271
-467ptbb/271

This is ridiculous. Absolutely ridiculous. I did play badly at times but got coolered a disgusting number of times. Set over set, nut flush against full house, king-high flush against Ace high flush, TT into JJ, KK into AA, losing with AA against KK/QQ. I know I'm not a fantastic player and never have been, but now I'm starting to think I can't even play at all. I tried to be tight and wait for good cards, a safe and normally successful low-limit, long hand table. It doesn't help much, though, when you get beaten all over the place.

A hand where I played badly.

Seat 8: speedstar83 ( $23.65 USD )
Seat 7: YagaS ( $59.45 USD )
Heidor posts small blind [$0.10 USD].
nihilicus posts big blind [$0.25 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ 8d 9s ]
6 folds
YagaS calls [$0.25 USD]
speedstar83 raises [$1 USD]
2 folds
YagaS calls [$0.75 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8h, Ac, Ah ]
YagaS bets [$1.25 USD]
speedstar83 raises [$3 USD]
YagaS calls [$1.75 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ts ]
YagaS bets [$5 USD]
speedstar83 is all-In [$19.65 USD]
YagaS calls [$14.65 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 6d ]
YagaS shows [ 8d, 9s ]two pairs, Aces and Eights.
speedstar83 shows [ As, Kh ]three of a kind, Aces.
speedstar83 wins $45.30 USD from the main pot with three of a kind, Aces.

At this point in the session I'm actually doing well. I took a big pot off this villain when I had QQ vs. AQ on Q98 not very long ago. He's been playing at me a lot, taking a number of small pots without showing down. He's been loose and active, so I'm not giving him much credit here. The best point for me to let go would be on the turn when he shoves, but by then I'm hung up on not getting shoved around and I'm still feeling the little hot streak I've been on.

That was absolutely the worst hand of the session. Here are two that went well.

Seat 9: YagaS ( $22.35 USD )
Seat 4: Broki7 ( $11.55 USD )
Seat 1: rastabit ( $13.23 USD )
Seat 2: ChildinTime7 ( $30.22 USD )
Seat 7: RiverVince ( $9.15 USD )
Seat 10: Wendul81 ( $5 USD )
Seat 3: mega05111 ( $27.40 USD )
Seat 8: Friend499 ( $24.85 USD )
Seat 6: SickBlind ( $15.75 USD )
Seat 5: yackfou666 ( $8.25 USD )
ChildinTime7 posts small blind [$0.10 USD].
mega05111 posts big blind [$0.25 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ 8h Qc ]
4 folds
YagaS raises [$0.75 USD]
1 fold
rastabit calls [$0.75 USD]
1 fold
mega05111 calls [$0.50 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7h, 5h, 9d ]
mega05111 checks
YagaS bets [$1.50 USD]
rastabit raises [$3.50 USD]
1 fold
YagaS raises [$10.50 USD]
1 fold
YagaS does not show cards.
YagaS wins $16.90 USD

A steal that turned into a bluff. Picked my target and went for it, and by some miracle it worked.

Seat 8: speedstar83 ( $32.10 USD )
Seat 7: YagaS ( $27.45 USD )
Scraberr posts small blind [$0.10 USD].
amokoma2 posts big blind [$0.25 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to YagaS [ Qc Qd ]
4 folds
YagaS raises [$0.75 USD]
speedstar83 raises [$2.50 USD]
3 folds
YagaS raises [$6.25 USD]
speedstar83 calls [$4.50 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 9d, Qs, 8c ]
YagaS bets [$1 USD]
speedstar83 raises [$5 USD]
YagaS raises [$10 USD]
speedstar83 is all-In [$20.10 USD]
YagaS is all-In [$9.45 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Kd ]
** Dealing River ** [ 9s ]
YagaS shows [ Qc, Qd ]a full house, Queens full of Nines.
speedstar83 shows [ Ad, Qh ]two pairs, Queens and Nines.
speedstar83 wins $4.65 USD from side pot #1 with two pairs, Queens and Nines.
YagaS wins $52.50 USD from the main pot with a full house, Queens full of Nines.

One big win, just a shame I threw it all away later on.

If I'm honest, I probably could have played a lot tighter. If I was being really tight, I'd have played maybe half of the hands I did. The problem is, I lost way more on the hands where I hit than on my steal attempts and sixth in value calls with 79s.