Friday, October 05, 2007

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

Opening Balance: $305.50

Buy-In: 10 + 10 + 10 (3 tables)
No. of Hands: 241
Left With: 20 + 12 + 18.75

Closing Balance: $ 326.25

Running Totals: +1042ptbb/4024
+$104.22 /4024

(+25.9ptbb/100)

Well, 26ptbb/100 is a nice enough win rate. I'm also feeling a little happier with 3-tabling after today (it suggested yesterday's mad rush feeling will pass eventually).

In terms of play, I was playing fairly well, although not really concentrating on many hands I wasn't in. Most of these people seem fairly easy to read, though, so it's ok. I made a big early gain with a set but bluffed and missed draws until that was all gone. Manage3d to stack someone with top pair after he shoved $6 into a $4 pot (took me forever to call, but call I did). I also laid down a similar hand in a very similar situation earlier on the same table.

One hand near the end was a real doozy.

Villain is a regular and a known TAG who I bluff quite a lot, although recently not so much. He's been very quiet of late and the preflop call takes him a long time (my first clue as to his holding - something mediocre, like suited connectors or a medium pair)

Seat 1: SKULTUR ($23.50 in chips)
Seat 3: RNG_Coder ($12.15 in chips)
maurice44: posts small blind $0.05
SKULTUR: posts big blind $0.10

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RNG_Coder [Ad Ah]

friartuck842: folds
RNG_Coder: raises $0.20 to $0.30
seeno: folds
oror: calls $0.30
4 folds
SKULTUR: calls $0.20

*** FLOP *** [9h 3s As]
SKULTUR: bets $0.30
RNG_Coder: calls $0.30
oror: folds

*** TURN *** [9h 3s As] [Th]
SKULTUR: checks
RNG_Coder: bets $0.40
SKULTUR: raises $1.10 to $1.50
RNG_Coder: raises $2 to $3.50
SKULTUR: calls $2
*** RIVER *** [9h 3s As Th] [Ac]
SKULTUR: checks
RNG_Coder: bets $2.80
SKULTUR: calls $2.80

*** SHOW DOWN ***RNG_Coder: shows [Ad Ah] (four of a kind, Aces)
SKULTUR: mucks hand
RNG_Coder collected $13.50 from pot

On the flop, I'm trying to bring the second villain in as well, but he doesn't play along. I'm hopeful SKULTUR has an under-set or maybe two pair/KK (although I think both of those are very unlikely)

I'm definitely not checking behind on the turn as I want to bet this and win money off lower sets (and make flush draws pay to hit, although I'm not doing that very well, I check/fold to a flush card) His check raise really shows strength (villain specific read) so I decide he'll stick around a little longer, and probably has 99 or TT.

On the river: pot is about 8.50, I have about 8.50 left and he has me well covered. I bet 2.80 in the hope that he now thinks he can put me all in, or bluff me out (depending on how he's thinking and what he has). It doesn't work (maybe I bet too much?) but he does call and I win a nice pot.

Additionally, I'm buying into a staking scheme for Skeptix using $60 from my roll. Hopefully this will add a few nice dollars in a month or so, but even if it doesn't it's only some of my drunk money. Do it to it!

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