Big hit

I played for a while last night (not particularly well either...)

I did get very unlucky in a couple of pots against the same guy for two full 200bb buy-ins.

In the first pot, I flopped a set and he called my check-raise and turned a bigger set. End of story.

In the second, I flopped top pair and turned top two against the same guy who had squeezed from the small blind with 99. I had QsJs, flop Jx9x4x, turn Q and we get all the money in after he checks it to me. Booo. Overall:

•-$1259.25

• +$8319.94 on the year (41% to the goal, well behind schedule).

Not the post I thought

Hey guys,

I know I said I would update the blog last Friday. I lied... This is a quick update. I bought Small Stakes No-Limit Hold'Em by Ed Miller, Sunny Mehta, and Matt Flynn. I have liked their previous books a lot, so I thought I would give this one a try. So far it seems interesting, although it focuses on beating the $1-$2 games online, which I am already doing very handily, so I'm not sure how much I will learn. In any case, it will probably be useful in cementing concepts already forming in my head.

I promise I'll write an update about my Vegas trip at some point. It was definitely fun, although next time I want to stay for longer in order to do some other things besides poker...

My biggest pot to date

Played a little bit today and had great results. I played well and ran well too:

•+$1113.30

•+$9317.94 on the year (46.5% of the way to my goal, pulling ahead of schedule)

This will be a quick update (longer update to follow tomorrow while I'm bored at WWDC), but I'll just say that I played my biggest hand so far tonight (and won!)

The villain's line makes almost no sense from start to finish. The river check-raise is just beautiful, laying me 10-1 odds on my call. What was he trying to represent? Jacks that had rivered a full house and then checked (???) with the betting lead and only 1/2 pot left to play? Sevens full? A2 suited? None of these hands would ever check the river given the way the hand was played and I find it hard to believe that any of these hands would re-raise before the flop so small when out of position and deep-stacked against an almost UTG raiser...

In any case, my opponent gifted me $550 for no reason. After the hand, he called me a donk and left the table. He must have subconsciously been saying that to himself. I think I played the hand perfectly to induce spew. I just wish I had snapped off his check-raise instantly rather than thinking about it...

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (6 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

BB ($604.80)
UTG ($106)
Hero (MP) ($553.50)
CO ($200)
Button ($398.70)
SB ($410.35)

Preflop: Hero is MP with K, K
1 fold, Hero bets $6, 3 folds, BB raises to $16, Hero raises to $49, BB calls $33

Flop: ($99) 2, 2, 7 (2 players)
BB bets $62, Hero calls $62

Turn: ($223) 6 (2 players)
BB bets $160, Hero calls $160

River: ($543) J (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $180, BB raises to $333.80 (All-In), Hero calls $102.50 (All-In)

Total pot: $1108 | Rake: $3

Results:
BB had A, K (one pair, twos).
Hero had K, K (two pair, Kings and twos).
Outcome: Hero won $1105