.05/.10 NLH LH 28/9/07

Opening Balance: $158.71

Buy-In: 10 + 10 (2 tables)
No. of Hands: 175
Left With: 15.85 + 21.36

Closing Balance: $175.92

Running Totals: +496ptbb/3149
+$49.62 /3149

(+15.75ptbb/100)

My biggest winner for the session.

Table 'Noel' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: RNG_Coder ($10.25 in chips)
Seat 4: MiiG ($6 in chips)
morrorPL: posts small blind $0.05
incubus1583: posts big blind $0.10
MiiG: posts big blind $0.10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RNG_Coder [9d 9s]
MiiG: checks
oror: calls $0.10
3 folds
RNG_Coder: raises $0.50 to $0.60
2 folds
MiiG: calls $0.50
1 fold
*** FLOP *** [Kc Qc 9c]
MiiG: checks
RNG_Coder: bets $1
MiiG: calls $1
*** TURN *** [Kc Qc 9c] [5c]
MiiG: checks
RNG_Coder: checks
*** RIVER *** [Kc Qc 9c 5c] [Qs]
MiiG: bets $4.40 and is all-in
RNG_Coder: calls $4.40
*** SHOW DOWN ***
MiiG: shows [Ac Th] (a flush, Ace high)
RNG_Coder: shows [9d 9s] (a full house, Nines full of Queens)
RNG_Coder collected $11.65 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $12.25 | Rake $0.60
Board [Kc Qc 9c 5c Qs]
Seat 1: RNG_Coder (button) showed [9d 9s] and won ($11.65) with a full house, Nines full of Queens
Seat 4: MiiG showed [Ac Th] and lost with a flush, Ace high

Preflop is fairly standard, although I'd favour a raise from him (and not posting oop so early) if he's going to play from there with that. His flop play is also fairly standard if a bit passive. I don't like the flop because of the clubs, naturally, although I would struggle to give credit for a flopped flush. It's when the board pairs on the end and he shoves the river for slightly more than the pot that I get really confused. If he's thinking at all, he clearly doesn't see me flopping a full house. I had been quite aggressive at the flop up to now, although I don't think I'd shown down any aggressive draws today (maybe one, might have been the other table). He also has little chance of repping a queen (anything that calls a fourflush there calls a queen). I'd have to conclude he only saw his flush and decided to get it all in.

This hand bugged me a little bit. Pretty sure I'm beat more often than nor (villain had been pretty quiet, which sometimes means he's bored but, with the aggression he's showing, I'd say he probably has me with either a big pair or A9)

Seat 1: RNG_Coder ($18.50 in chips)
Seat 6: Jestofunky ($9.50 in chips)
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RNG_Coder [8s 8d]
oror: calls $0.10
Jestofunky: raises $0.30 to $0.40
3 folds
RNG_Coder: calls $0.40
4 folds
*** FLOP *** [9c 3h 5s]
Jestofunky: bets $0.80
RNG_Coder: raises $1.20 to $2
Jestofunky: raises $1.20 to $3.20
RNG_Coder: folds
Jestofunky collected $4.80 from pot
Jestofunky: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $5.05 | Rake $0.25
Board [9c 3h 5s]
Seat 1: RNG_Coder folded on the Flop
Seat 6: Jestofunky collected ($4.80)

Obviously, when I call pre, that flop is exactly what I want. The only overcard is small, and the rest of the cards are badly coordinated at best. I think my raise on the flop is too small to do very much except throw money away (maybe it chases out AJ, AT). I have to let it go when he comes over the top. That min-bet makes me think he's very strong.

In pretty much every other hand I knew what was going on. I tried to be very tight preflop (fewer steals and speculative raises with TJ, 89 etc.) and it seemed to work. I got into some trouble late on with TT and 99, but I think it was fairly standard stuff (TT was minimal, 99 I probably should've dropped preflop to a raise on my bet, but in a three way full-stacked pot I figured the implied was there on my set). I feel very happy about the way I played (although much of this might be because I won nearly two full buy-ins. Who can tell?)