By joelgittel on November 17th, 2006 (more posts by author)

I've been having a good week. Here's two hands that really helped me out. Notes following each hand:


Poker Stars
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $3/$6
9 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $576
UTG+1: $891.20
MP1: $861.10
Hero: $440.85
MP3: $600
CO: $303.45
Button: $105
SB: $948.75
BB: $556.85

Pre-flop: ([i]9 players[/i]) Hero is MP2 with 8:heart: 8:club:
UTG folds, UTG+1 calls $6 [color:aaaaaa](pot was $9)[/color], MP1 folds, [color:#cc0000]Hero raises to $18[/color], [i]2 folds[/i], Button calls $18 [color:aaaaaa](pot was $33)[/color], [i]2 folds[/i], UTG+1 calls $12 [color:aaaaaa](pot was $51)[/color].

Flop: 5:diamond: T:heart: 8:spade: ([i]$63, 3 players[/i])
UTG+1 checks, Hero checks, Button checks.

Turn: 7:club: ([i]$63, 3 players[/i])
[color:#cc0000]UTG+1 bets $24[/color], [color:#cc0000]Hero raises to $54[/color], Button folds, [color:#cc0000]UTG+1 raises to $126[/color], Hero calls $72 [color:aaaaaa](pot was $243)[/color].

River: 5:club: ([i]$315, 2 players[/i])
[color:#cc0000]UTG+1 bets $306[/color], [color:#cc0000]Hero calls all-in $296.85[/color].
Uncalled bets: $9.15 returned to UTG+1.

Results:
Final pot: $908.7
[color:#ffffff]UTG+1 showed 2d 2s[/color]
[color:#ffffff]Hero showed 8h 8c[/color]

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not sure why this guy paid me off. I guess I had a terrible rep with him. Gotta love it!
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Poker Stars
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $2/$4
6 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $556
UTG+1: $900.85
CO: $580
Button: $361.60
Hero: $209.90
BB: $261.30

Pre-flop: ([i]6 players[/i]) Hero is SB with Q:club: J:club:
[i]2 folds[/i], [color:#cc0000]CO raises to $16[/color], Button folds, Hero calls $14 [color:aaaaaa](pot was $22)[/color], BB folds.

Flop: 4:club: 9:spade: T:diamond: ([i]$36, 2 players[/i])
Hero checks, [color:#cc0000]CO bets $24[/color], Hero calls $24 [color:aaaaaa](pot was $60)[/color].

Turn: Q:diamond: ([i]$84, 2 players[/i])
Hero checks, [color:#cc0000]CO bets $48[/color], [color:#cc0000]Hero raises all-in $169.9[/color], CO calls $121.9 [color:aaaaaa](pot was $301.9)[/color].

River: 5:spade: ([i]$423.8, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $423.8[/i])


Results:
Final pot: $423.8
[color:#ffffff]Hero showed Qc Jc[/color]
[color:#ffffff]CO mucks Jh Tc[/color]

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got a little lucky here. Wasn't sure I had the best hand, but felt I could move him off his hand, something like KQ, and I had my draw to fall back on.
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