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peterbirksSaturday night from 10pm onwards is definitely the best time to be playing at the moment on the "US players barred" sites. I played for far too long last night because there were players present whom I thought had gone the way of the dodo. After four hours I ended up averaging $25 an hour from two-tabling. Irritatingly this consisted of three separate sessions -- the first was a "tear" that copped about $150. The secopnd was a "going nowhere" that won about $30, and the third was a nightmare that saw $80 slip away. When you wake up the following morning you just see the net plus sign and are quite content, but at the time, it's a bit irritating.
Here's the kind of hand that was happening to me when I was on my roll:
Seat 1: Fernandao ($242.75 in chips)
Seat 2: Peter1407 ($78.50 in chips)
Seat 3: Hero ($262.00 in chips)
Seat 4: SkiBoss ($62.12 in chips) DEALER
Seat 5: gasmankev ($193.00 in chips)
Seat 6: drifter9681 ($97.50 in chips)
Seat 7: Complete Fish ($36.21 in chips)
Seat 8: kingprof ($60.32 in chips)
Seat 9: AS970 ($117.50 in chips)
Seat 10: agf1967 ($135.21 in chips)
gasmankev: Post SB $1.00
drifter9681: Post BB $2.00
Dealt to Hero [A♣ K♣]
Complete Fish: Call $2.00
kingprof: Call $2.00
agf1967: Call $2.00
Peter1407: Call $2.00
Hero: Raise $4.00
drifter9681: Call $2.00
Complete Fish: Call $2.00
kingprof: Call $2.00
agf1967: Call $2.00
Peter1407: Call $2.00
*** FLOP *** [8♡ A♡ 6♠]
drifter9681: Check
Complete Fish: Check
kingprof: Bet $2.00
Hero: Raise $4.00
Complete Fish: Call $4.00
kingprof: Call $2.00
*** TURN *** [3◊]
Complete Fish: Check
kingprof: Check
Hero: Bet $4.00
Complete Fish: Call $4.00
kingprof: Call $4.00
*** RIVER *** [3♠]
Complete Fish: Check
kingprof: Fold
Hero: Bet $4.00
Complete Fish: Fold
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $51.00 Rake $2.00
Hero: wins $51.00
Absolutely nothing of interest there at all, apart from the fact that I won, and that hands like that just don't happen any more. In fact, those three hours or so reminded me how easy the game can be (subject to the inevitable variance) and why so many, to be frank, downright poor players who could do no more than play by what is taught in Miller's SSHE (but without really understanding why), could be decent-sized winners.
One thing good has come from the fact that I have tended to play in tougher games for the levels I choose, and from the recent imnprovement in the average standard; when I sit down in games like this, I realize how far I have come.
Here was another hand. I got lucky here, although none of my plays was negative EV. I was quite pleased by the call on the river, which (as expected), netted $8 rather than the probable $4 that I would have obtained if I had raised. In addition, it protects against the unlikely event of the original bettor having a better full house.
Seat 1: Fernandao ($206.00 in chips)
Seat 2: beatingheartbaby ($55.00 in chips)
Seat 3: Hero ($204.00 in chips)
Seat 4: SkiBoss ($67.12 in chips) DEALER
Seat 5: gasmankev ($196.00 in chips)
Seat 6: drifter9681 ($103.50 in chips)
Seat 7: Complete Fish ($64.21 in chips)
Seat 8: kingprof ($112.57 in chips)
Seat 9: AS970 ($124.50 in chips)
Seat 10: agf1967 ($163.71 in chips)
gasmankev: Post SB $1.00
drifter9681: Post BB $2.00
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Fernandao [A♣ 2♣]
Dealt to kingprof [10s Q♣]
Dealt to Hero [6♠ 6◊]
Dealt to drifter9681 [3♣ 9♣]
Complete Fish: Call $2.00
kingprof: Call $2.00
AS970: Call $2.00
agf1967: Call $2.00
Fernandao: Call $2.00
Hero: Raise $4.00
drifter9681: Call $2.00
Complete Fish: Call $2.00
kingprof: Call $2.00
AS970: Call $2.00
agf1967: Call $2.00
Fernandao: Call $2.00
*
** FLOP *** [J♣ 10♣c 6♣]
drifter9681: Bet $2.00
kingprof: Raise $4.00
Fernandao: Call $4.00
Hero: Call $4.00
drifter9681: Call $2.00
*** TURN *** [2♡]
Fernandao: Bet $4.00
Hero: Call $4.00
drifter9681: Call $4.00
kingprof: Raise $8.00
Fernandao: Call $4.00
Hero: Call $4.00
drifter9681: Call $4.00
*** RIVER *** [J♡]
Fernandao: Bet $4.00
Hero: Call $4.00
drifter9681: Call $4.00
kingprof: Call $4.00
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $90.00 Rake $3.00
Hero: wins $90.00
I'm off to see the youngster late this afternoon for a bite to eat and to see the recording of a couple of the latest National Theatre of Brent offering.
Here's the kind of hand that was happening to me when I was on my roll:
Seat 1: Fernandao ($242.75 in chips)
Seat 2: Peter1407 ($78.50 in chips)
Seat 3: Hero ($262.00 in chips)
Seat 4: SkiBoss ($62.12 in chips) DEALER
Seat 5: gasmankev ($193.00 in chips)
Seat 6: drifter9681 ($97.50 in chips)
Seat 7: Complete Fish ($36.21 in chips)
Seat 8: kingprof ($60.32 in chips)
Seat 9: AS970 ($117.50 in chips)
Seat 10: agf1967 ($135.21 in chips)
gasmankev: Post SB $1.00
drifter9681: Post BB $2.00
Dealt to Hero [A♣ K♣]
Complete Fish: Call $2.00
kingprof: Call $2.00
agf1967: Call $2.00
Peter1407: Call $2.00
Hero: Raise $4.00
drifter9681: Call $2.00
Complete Fish: Call $2.00
kingprof: Call $2.00
agf1967: Call $2.00
Peter1407: Call $2.00
*** FLOP *** [8♡ A♡ 6♠]
drifter9681: Check
Complete Fish: Check
kingprof: Bet $2.00
Hero: Raise $4.00
Complete Fish: Call $4.00
kingprof: Call $2.00
*** TURN *** [3◊]
Complete Fish: Check
kingprof: Check
Hero: Bet $4.00
Complete Fish: Call $4.00
kingprof: Call $4.00
*** RIVER *** [3♠]
Complete Fish: Check
kingprof: Fold
Hero: Bet $4.00
Complete Fish: Fold
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $51.00 Rake $2.00
Hero: wins $51.00
Absolutely nothing of interest there at all, apart from the fact that I won, and that hands like that just don't happen any more. In fact, those three hours or so reminded me how easy the game can be (subject to the inevitable variance) and why so many, to be frank, downright poor players who could do no more than play by what is taught in Miller's SSHE (but without really understanding why), could be decent-sized winners.
One thing good has come from the fact that I have tended to play in tougher games for the levels I choose, and from the recent imnprovement in the average standard; when I sit down in games like this, I realize how far I have come.
Here was another hand. I got lucky here, although none of my plays was negative EV. I was quite pleased by the call on the river, which (as expected), netted $8 rather than the probable $4 that I would have obtained if I had raised. In addition, it protects against the unlikely event of the original bettor having a better full house.
Seat 1: Fernandao ($206.00 in chips)
Seat 2: beatingheartbaby ($55.00 in chips)
Seat 3: Hero ($204.00 in chips)
Seat 4: SkiBoss ($67.12 in chips) DEALER
Seat 5: gasmankev ($196.00 in chips)
Seat 6: drifter9681 ($103.50 in chips)
Seat 7: Complete Fish ($64.21 in chips)
Seat 8: kingprof ($112.57 in chips)
Seat 9: AS970 ($124.50 in chips)
Seat 10: agf1967 ($163.71 in chips)
gasmankev: Post SB $1.00
drifter9681: Post BB $2.00
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Fernandao [A♣ 2♣]
Dealt to kingprof [10s Q♣]
Dealt to Hero [6♠ 6◊]
Dealt to drifter9681 [3♣ 9♣]
Complete Fish: Call $2.00
kingprof: Call $2.00
AS970: Call $2.00
agf1967: Call $2.00
Fernandao: Call $2.00
Hero: Raise $4.00
drifter9681: Call $2.00
Complete Fish: Call $2.00
kingprof: Call $2.00
AS970: Call $2.00
agf1967: Call $2.00
Fernandao: Call $2.00
*
** FLOP *** [J♣ 10♣c 6♣]
drifter9681: Bet $2.00
kingprof: Raise $4.00
Fernandao: Call $4.00
Hero: Call $4.00
drifter9681: Call $2.00
*** TURN *** [2♡]
Fernandao: Bet $4.00
Hero: Call $4.00
drifter9681: Call $4.00
kingprof: Raise $8.00
Fernandao: Call $4.00
Hero: Call $4.00
drifter9681: Call $4.00
*** RIVER *** [J♡]
Fernandao: Bet $4.00
Hero: Call $4.00
drifter9681: Call $4.00
kingprof: Call $4.00
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $90.00 Rake $3.00
Hero: wins $90.00
I'm off to see the youngster late this afternoon for a bite to eat and to see the recording of a couple of the latest National Theatre of Brent offering.
