Here's that poorly played hand from last night

Look at the hand first and see what your thoughts are on my sad play. Then read my analysis of my play and see if we agree. If not, feel free to leave a comment. Even if it's, "You suck, dude!" I can take it.

Game #2330181494: Hold'em NL ($0.15/$0.25) - 2006/05/10 - 23:47:16 (ET)
Table "Sadko" Seat 9 is the button.
Seat 1: mcash2 ($24.35 in chips)
Seat 2: kemurray ($8.50 in chips)
Seat 3: NotBlinkn ($17.95 in chips)
Seat 4: wielder73 ($29.60 in chips)
Seat 5: Mercur003 ($24.10 in chips)
Seat 6: splash5 ($7 in chips)
Seat 7: Bruns0n ($7.48 in chips)
Seat 8: shixy sits out
Seat 9: Di3h4rd ($28.80 in chips)
mcash2: posts small blind $0.15
kemurray: posts big blind $0.25
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to mcash2 [Qd Jd]
NotBlinkn: folds
wielder73: folds
Mercur003: calls $0.25
splash5: folds
Bruns0n: folds
Di3h4rd: folds
mcash2: calls $0.10
kemurray: checks
----- FLOP ----- [8s Qc 5h]
mcash2: checks
kemurray: checks
Mercur003: checks
----- TURN ----- [8s Qc 5h][9h]
mcash2: bets $1.25
kemurray: folds
Mercur003: calls $1.25
----- RIVER ----- [8s Qc 5h 9h][Qs]
mcash2: bets $3.50
Mercur003: raises to $7
mcash2: raises to $22.85 and is all-in
Mercur003: is all-in $15.60
Returned uncalled bets $0.25 to mcash2
----- SHOW DOWN -----
mcash2: shows [Qd Jd] (Three of a kind, Queens, Jack high)
Mercur003: shows [8h 8c] (A Full House, Eights full of Queens)
Mercur003 collects $46.05 from Main pot
----- SUMMARY -----
Total pot $48.45 Main pot $46.05 Rake $2.40
Board [8s Qc 5h 9h Qs]
Seat 1: mcash2 (small blind) showed [Qd Jd] and lost
Seat 2: kemurray (big blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 3: NotBlinkn folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: wielder73 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Mercur003 showed [8h 8c] and won ($46.05) with A Full House, Eights full of Queens
Seat 6: splash5 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Bruns0n folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: Di3h4rd (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

I was way too passive here on the flop. I should have bet. He would have either raised hard or called.
I did the turn and the first bet on the river ok, I think.
My reraise on the river was horrible IMO. Likely the only reason he would even call this reraise is if he has me beat. The most likely hand was a Q with one of the 2 kickers that have me beat IMO, 2 different straights, and 3 different fullhouse possibilities. Looking back at the hand, not at the result of the hand mind you, I should have just called his raise on the river.
All I could see were those hot looking triplets. Son-of-a.

Nice day for me after a few rough ones

It's 2:15 am and I'm calling it a night. Not a bad day today all around. 3rd in TPFLII plus close to a hundred bucks at the tables. I was down quite a bit today before it turned around for me. Quad 9's helped a little. LOL. I made a horrible raise today. It had to be one of the worst hands that I've ever played. I'll try to find it tomorrow morning and post it here for you to laugh at.

Online Bankroll
+86.35
Total $2187.38

click, click, Boom or I wish it was always this easy

I've had some pretty stagnant sessions as of late.

Nothing like one of these hands and a guy with the 4 of clubs to get the poker gods moving again.

$0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:24:07 ET - 2006/05/10
Seat 1: -4WS-Madman ($50.60)
Seat 2: Rizthekid ($173.75)
Seat 3: Duff87 ($45)
Seat 4: varndog ($49.55)
Seat 5: memberley ($81.45)
Seat 6: shakabuku ($60.40)
Seat 7: ericft ($51)
Seat 8: mcash2 ($49.25)
Seat 9: abourbs ($62.20)
abourbs posts the small blind of $0.25
-4WS-Madman posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to mcash2 [9h 9d]
Rizthekid folds
Duff87 folds
varndog calls $0.50
memberley calls $0.50
shakabuku folds
ericft folds
mcash2 calls $0.50
abourbs calls $0.25
-4WS-Madman checks
*** FLOP *** [7c 9s 9c]
abourbs bets $0.50
-4WS-Madman folds
varndog raises to $3
memberley folds
mcash2 calls $3
abourbs folds
*** TURN *** [7c 9s 9c] [Qc]
varndog has 15 seconds left to act
varndog bets $9
mcash2 calls $9
*** RIVER *** [7c 9s 9c Qc] [5c]
varndog checks
mcash2 bets $36.75, and is all in
varndog calls $36.75
*** SHOW DOWN ***
mcash2 shows [9h 9d] (four of a kind, Nines)
varndog mucks
mcash2 wins the pot ($97.50) with four of a kind, Nines
varndog is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $100.50 | Rake $3
Board: [7c 9s 9c Qc 5c]
Seat 1: -4WS-Madman (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 2: Rizthekid didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: Duff87 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: varndog mucked [Qs 4c] - a flush, Queen high he called allin river bet with a 4 of clubs.
Seat 5: memberley folded on the Flop
Seat 6: shakabuku didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: ericft didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: mcash2 (button) showed [9h 9d] and won ($97.50) with four of a kind, Nines
Seat 9: abourbs (small blind) folded on the Flop

Yes in the money and points again in the TPFLII

I got 3rd place out of 10 players last tonight in game 3 of TPF League. Which just barely keeps me holding that 1st place overall spot. I actually played well tonight I feel. Getting some nice cards also helps. LOL. It was down to TP, Eejit, and I. I checked with my pocket T's, hoping for a raise. Eejit raised, and I went allin. He called and turned over AJ. He flopped his J to take out my hopes and dreams, oops, I mean T's. This is twice now that I've gotten knocked out when I've had the best of it going in. At least eejit had a real hand and it wasn't that damn Hammer this time. All in all, I'm very happy with my current standings in the league and never thought I'd be where I'm at either.

TPFLII bankroll
-11.00
+20.00(3/10)
Total +2.00 WOOO in the positive

Here's last night's forgotten post

OK, not forgotten - I just had another sucky day at the tables. It almost seems like now that I'm writing about my sessions, that they have died down. Obviously too short of a sample to put any credence to that theory, but I can whine can't I? At least my losing sessions lately had been small ones. I lost less than $10 but it still hurts. I also had a hand history to post here and at TPF but I didn't save the right one. Son-of-a.

On the bright side, I'm off of work tonight, so I will be able to play in the league game.

Also, I don't know why I feel weird about it, but I went to a different forum and pimped out my blog trying to up my reader base. I'm a loser, I know.

Online Bankroll
-8.29
Total $2101.33

FREAKIN' SWEET - OK, maybe not

I played for 2 ½ hrs again this morning after I got home off of night shift. I had 3 tables going on UB because FT only had 1 full table open. I also had a table at Sun Poker going (Sun also only had 1 $50NL table open,) slowly pecking away at their monthly bonus. All in all, it was a pretty uneventful morning. I won some nice hands that I felt I played well and I straight-up donked off all those profits on some downright stupid plays. I should’ve saved a HH or 2 for you guys, but I don’t think anyone could stand the stench rolling off those plays at the pot.

To be totally honest with you all, I hate the passivity of my game. I am trying to work on it by incorporating more bluffs and semi-bluffs into my game. Right now my timing is slightly off, thus the extra donk plays. Hopefully it will get better with time. I went through a similar, painful transition period when I added CB’s and probe bets to my game. They don’t always work out for me either but at least I half-ass know what I’m doing and when to try them.

I also had a few hands where my opponents hit their cards on the river after I bumped the pot up the whole hand. (That’s always nice for the blood pressure!)

Anyways I made $1.77 this morning. Coupled with yesterday’s loss of $1.70, I had a net profit of 7 cents for 5 total hrs of play in the last 2 days. Freakin’ Sweet. I have a bad habit of playing dead-even poker. That’s why bonus whoring is the way to go for me usually. Ain’t nothing like free money to help you out of the doldrums, I always say. (Well, now that I think of it, this is actually the first time that I’ve said it, but hey… sounds good anyways.)

Online Bankroll
+1.77 Freakin' Sweet
Total $2109.62

Today's session and a few questions for the readers

I was only able to play for 2 ½ hrs today before I had to leave for work. I actually played halfway decent today, though I ended down a measly $1.70 for my efforts. I was up about $50 bucks that I had slowly ground out over 2 hrs when a set of 2’s cracked my A’s. I think I played this horribly. It’s not often that you can see the possible set coming. But this hand gave me a hint that I ignored.

10 seated ring game - $50 NL
I raise from early position with AsAd to 2.50 and got 1 caller in LP. (Pot 5.75)
Flop comes 2c3c5s. This flop seems pretty likely to have missed us both, unless he had a flush draw, straight likely with Ax, or a very uncanny straight, so I bet out $3 hoping to keep him around. He raised it to 6.00. Here I’m thinking that to call the 5x BB raise PF and now to think he has the best hand against my current bet and the board, he likely is holding a high PP. My best guess here is Q’s or K’s. So I reraise here to 9.00. (Pot 23.75)

Turn comes 9d. I think he has Q’s or K’s and likely won’t get off of them here. I go allin for my remaining 37.50. He has me covered and instacalls. He turns over pocket 2’s and with no help coming, takes down this pot and all the winnings I’d earned grinding for 2 hrs. I slam the mouse down, pump my fists towards the sky, while throwing my head back, and scream to the gods like William Wallace. Except it wasn’t Freeeeeeedom that I was bellowing. I’ll save your virgin ears this time.

Now that it is over I’m thinking that he gave me a hint here as to the fact that he was holding a set.

Does anyone agree?

Would anyone slow down here after the raise he made against me postflop?

Or am I just being results oriented?

If I slow down ever time I have a premium hand to the reraise, am I likely to loss profits in the long run?

OK, I’ll stop with the questions.

Because I’ve seen people call big raises PF with worse than a small pr hoping to spike big on the flop, because they already know you likely have a premium hand that you’ll find hard to lay down.

Online Bankroll
-1.70
Total $2107.85

Very good night - It's 2 am and bed time

First the league win and now $150 night playing. I started at Sun Poker, where I was working on that bonus. I won $75 there but left due to only 2 tables being open in the $50 NL. Shit one of those were in euros.

I then went to FT and won another $75 while 4 tabling at the $50NL. (For now on just take it that I'm playing 4 tables at the $50NL stakes unless I state otherwise.) I lost 2 huge hands that put a damper on tonight's earnings. 1 was the Kiss of death (KK for those not of the TP Forum) vs AA. The 2nd hand was where I got the guy to put all his money in the middle on the flop, where my QQ were the best. He was on the flush draw and sucked out on me. OK, just had to get that off my chest.

Anyways, very good night, wherein my bankroll has swelled to the highest it's ever been.


Online Bankroll
+150.80
Total $2109.55

Oh Yea

I just won the TPFLII game 2. this puts me in first place with 37.5 points. N1kita and Robbie Rob got 2nd and 3rd respectively. I played pretty tight throughout, or until there were 3 of us left anyways. Good Game all. Pretty low turnout tonight. there were only 5 of us playing. Which probably worked in my favor. Tourney went pretty quick - less than 1 hr.

TPFLII bankroll
-11.00
+25.00 (1/5)
Total -7.00

Online Bankroll
-11.00 TPFL buyin
+25.00 1st place
Total $1958.75

Cash tourney at friend's house

There were 8 of us, with a $20 buyin. first 3 places paid out. I bowed out in 5th place. I was card dead for the most part. I didn't play too many hands. I ended up going allin on the button with for 400 in chips. The blinds were 100/200. I had A4 and SB woke up with KK. No help.

Cashmoney Bankroll
-20
Total $655