wow do i ever not play enough

1st session this aft since my 2.5k day last week. In between I've been pretty busy at school but don't really have a suitable excuse. Most of the time I'd just get home and not feel like getting stressed out over poker. I donked around a bit at nl50 and nl100 with a buddy who's just building his roll

Worst Call :

I’m 99% sure my hand is good on the turn here. I put villain on a JJ-ish hand. River call is a spew although it’s very hard to put villain on a hand…

***** Hand History for Game 5481361775 *****
$200 NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, December 04, 12:48:23 ET 2006
Table Table 126811 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: ludgera ( $214.20 )
Seat 4: snajp ( $279.85 )
Seat 5: PokAB ( $121.79 )
Seat 6: rise0000 ( $104.50 )
Seat 2: HERO ( $200 )
Seat 3: Not_C ( $79.75 )
Not_C posts small blind [$1].
snajp posts big blind [$2].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO [ Ah 4h ]
PokAB calls [$2]
rise0000 folds.
ludgera folds.
HERO raises [$9]
Not_C folds.
snajp folds.
PokAB raises [$14]
HERO calls [$7]

** Dealing Flop ** [ Ad, Qc, 6d ]
PokAB checks.
HERO checks.

** Dealing Turn ** [ Kc ]
PokAB bets [$12]
HERO calls [$12]

** Dealing River ** [ 8d ]
PokAB checks.
HERO bets [$22]
PokAB raises [$66]
HERO calls [$44]
PokAB shows [ 8h, 8s ]three of a kind, Eights.
HERO doesn't show [ Ah, 4h ]a pair of Aces.
PokAB wins $188 from the main pot with three of a kind, Eights.

OOH PA-TY POKAH hand of the day :

***** Hand History for Game 5481516646 *****
$200 NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, December 04, 13:57:57 ET 2006
Table Table 126786 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 4: HERO ( $322.80 )
Seat 6: las_vegas222 ( $209.40 )
Seat 2: jpsud ( $65.88 )
Seat 1: jaapie111 ( $48.21 )
Seat 5: gibbygobbler ( $65.54 )
las_vegas222 posts small blind [$1].
jaapie111 posts big blind [$2].
jpsud posts big blind [$2].

** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO [ 8d As ]
jpsud checks.
HERO raises [$9]
las_vegas222 folds.
jaapie111 folds.
jpsud calls [$7]

** Dealing Flop ** [ 9s, 5d, Ac ]
jpsud checks.
HERO bets [$14]
jpsud calls [$14]

** Dealing Turn ** [ 2d ]
jpsud checks.
HERO bets [$31]
jpsud calls [$31]

** Dealing River ** [ 4s ]
jpsud checks.
potato_onion has joined the table.
HERO bets [$11.87]
jpsud calls [$11.87]
HERO shows [ 8d, As ]a pair of Aces.
jpsud doesn't show [ 6h, 5c ]a pair of Fives.
HERO wins $132.74 from the main pot with a pair of Aces.
jpsud has left the table.


Best (stupidest?) Bluff :

Flop lead was actually a misclick. After that board was just too scary to stop firing...


***** Hand History for Game 5481419092 *****
$200 NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, December 04, 13:14:52 ET 2006
Table Table 125383 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 3: longlong5201 ( $247.75 )
Seat 6: Pavel55 ( $207.10 )
Seat 2: HERO ( $222.35 )
Seat 1: moira12 ( $338.12 )
Seat 5: Rodion_1 ( $280 )
Seat 4: Smartkiller ( $200 )
HERO posts small blind [$1].
longlong5201 posts big blind [$2].

** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO [ Tc Jc ]
Rodion_1 calls [$2]
Pavel55 raises [$10]
moira12 folds.
HERO calls [$9]
longlong5201 folds.
Rodion_1 folds.

** Dealing Flop ** [ 6s, 2h, 3h ]
HERO bets [$16]
Pavel55 calls [$16]

** Dealing Turn ** [ 4c ]
HERO bets [$34]
Pavel55 calls [$34]

** Dealing River ** [ Kh ]
HERO bets [$111]
Pavel55 folds.
HERO does not show cards.
HERO wins $233



Here's something I do a lot that I think most "standard" players don't do enough of :

Block bet. Villain is not very good and imo incapable of big moves. It's so easy to put villain on a monster if he raises the river it's silly... Usually I get a cheap price vs a 2pair-ish hand and weak players will sometimes even smooth-call with a set, fearing I am value-betting a straight, since my line matches up with 97 :

***** Hand History for Game 5481391715 *****
$200 NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, December 04, 13:02:21 ET 2006
Table Table 125884 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 2: Ironist2 ( $248.20 )
Seat 4: M_Eckhart ( $229.30 )
Seat 5: Hotmetal222 ( $226.33 )
Seat 6: XBOCT2 ( $295.25 )
Seat 3: HERO ( $239.30 )
Seat 1: numb3r3 ( $197 )
XBOCT2 posts small blind [$1].
numb3r3 posts big blind [$2].

** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO [ Jh Qh ]
Ironist2 folds.
HERO raises [$7]
M_Eckhart calls [$7]
Hotmetal222 folds.
XBOCT2 folds.
numb3r3 folds.

** Dealing Flop ** [ 6h, Qc, 2d ]
HERO checks.
M_Eckhart checks.

** Dealing Turn ** [ 8s ]
HERO bets [$12]
M_Eckhart raises [$24]
HERO calls [$12]

** Dealing River ** [ 5d ]
HERO bets [$24]
M_Eckhart raises [$110]
HERO folds.
M_Eckhart does not show cards.
M_Eckhart wins $196

Luckiest hand of the day :

Running good isn’t just making big hands, it’s running your monsters into UBERmonsters vs shorties instead of deep-stacked. If both villain and I were deepstacked I think I’d have def lost up to infinity $$$ in this hand :

***** Hand History for Game 5481465826 *****
$200 NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, December 04, 13:36:11 ET 2006
Table Table 126786 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 1: Pavel55 ( $144.40 )
Seat 4: HERO ( $350.65 )
Seat 5: BoggyD ( $54.55 )
Seat 3: Scrullo ( $231.20 )
Seat 2: luckymanc ( $67 )
Scrullo posts small blind [$1].
HERO posts big blind [$2].

** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO [ 9s 9h ]
BoggyD calls [$2]
hanberg has joined the table.
Pavel55 folds.
luckymanc folds.
Scrullo calls [$1]
HERO raises [$7]
BoggyD calls [$7]
Scrullo folds.

** Dealing Flop ** [ 2h, 9c, 5c ]
HERO checks.
BoggyD bets [$2]
HERO raises [$4]
BoggyD calls [$2]

** Dealing Turn ** [ 2s ]
HERO bets [$5]
BoggyD calls [$5]

** Dealing River ** [ 5d ]
HERO bets [$19]
BoggyD is all-In.
HERO calls [$17.55]
HERO shows [ 9s, 9h ]a full house, Nines full of Fives.
BoggyD shows [ 2d, 2c ]four of a kind, Twos.
BoggyD wins $109.10 from the main pot with four of a kind, Twos.

I played my overpairs well 2day I think. A persistant leak of mine has been underplaying (to the point of losing tons of value, especially OOP) my big pairs whenever the board is the slightest bit scary. Here’s a hand where I put villain on an overpair (66-1010 ish type hand) and just figured he wasn’t good enough to fold to any bet on the river :

***** Hand History for Game 5481405730 *****
$200 NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, December 04, 13:08:46 ET 2006
Table Table 126506 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 1: XBOCT2 ( $127.40 )
Seat 3: miki_bakai ( $167.90 )
Seat 4: immerdrin ( $171.80 )
Seat 5: HERO ( $228.55 )
Seat 6: bruggate ( $57.40 )
bruggate posts small blind [$1].
miki_bakai posts big blind [$2].

** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO [ Qd Qs ]
HERO raises [$7]
bruggate folds.
miki_bakai calls [$5]

** Dealing Flop ** [ 3d, 2h, 5d ]
miki_bakai checks.
HERO bets [$11]
miki_bakai calls [$11]

** Dealing Turn ** [ 3h ]
miki_bakai checks.
HERO bets [$28]
miki_bakai calls [$28]

** Dealing River ** [ 7s ]
miki_bakai checks.
HERO is all-In.
miki_bakai is all-In.
miki_bakai shows [ 9h, 9s ]two pairs, Nines and Threes.
HERO shows [ Qd, Qs ]two pairs, Queens and Threes.
HERO wins $60.65 from side pot #1 with two pairs, Queens and Threes.
HERO wins $335.80 from the main pot with two pairs, Queens and Threes.


Variance anyone? Villain likes to fold.


***** Hand History for Game 5481437662 *****
$200 NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, December 04, 13:23:19 ET 2006
Table Table 126786 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: Pavel55 ( $156.40 )
Seat 4: HERO ( $423.60 )
Seat 5: BoggyD ( $89.60 )
Seat 6: bbttnngg ( $200 )
Seat 3: Scrullo ( $226.90 )
Seat 2: WnxSE ( $200.90 )
Scrullo posts small blind [$1].
HERO posts big blind [$2].

** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO [ 7d 8d ]
bbttnngg folds.
Pavel55 folds.
WnxSE raises [$8]
Scrullo folds.
HERO raises [$26]
WnxSE calls [$20]

** Dealing Flop ** [ 2s, 5c, 9c ]
HERO checks.
WnxSE bets [$30]
HERO is all-In.
WnxSE folds.
HERO does not show cards.
HERO wins $480.60

My favourite move :

Classic 2-person float...

***** Hand History for Game 5481544706 *****
$200 NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, December 04, 14:09:36 ET 2006
Table Table 125884 (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 4: M_Eckhart ( $99.40 )
Seat 3: HERO ( $275 )
Seat 6: lillekutter ( $260 )
Seat 2: angara ( $237.30 )
Seat 1: mnumme ( $63 )
Seat 5: Sebastian175 ( $144.95 )
Sebastian175 posts small blind [$1].
lillekutter posts big blind [$2].

** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO [ 3c 4c ]
mnumme raises [$6]
angara folds.
HERO calls [$6]
M_Eckhart folds.
Sebastian175 calls [$5]
lillekutter calls [$4]

** Dealing Flop ** [ Tc, 5h, 7d ]
Sebastian175 checks.
lillekutter bets [$16]
mnumme folds.
HERO calls [$16]
Sebastian175 calls [$16]

** Dealing Turn ** [ 8h ]
Sebastian175 checks.
lillekutter checks.
HERO checks.

** Dealing River ** [ 2h ]
Sebastian175 checks.
lillekutter checks.
HERO bets [$41]
Sebastian175 folds.
lillekutter folds.
HERO does not show cards.
HERO wins $110

How I play TPbadkicker in position :

I feel like 2 many ppl raise the flop to "protect" their hand here typically...

***** Hand History for Game 5481505743 *****
$200 NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, December 04, 13:53:21 ET 2006
Table Table 126506 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 5: HERO ( $630.15 )
Seat 6: parijj ( $283.55 )
Seat 1: Hartsalainen ( $86.12 )
Seat 3: pappi30 ( $206.30 )
Seat 4: fhjelmer ( $200 )
Seat 2: hörnchen86 ( $40 )
parijj posts small blind [$1].
Hartsalainen posts big blind [$2].

** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO [ 5s As ]
pappi30 raises [$7]
HERO calls [$7]
parijj folds.
Hartsalainen calls [$5]

** Dealing Flop ** [ 9c, 2d, Ad ]
Hartsalainen checks.
pappi30 bets [$10]
HERO calls [$10]
Hartsalainen folds.

** Dealing Turn ** [ Qh ]
pappi30 checks.
HERO checks.

** Dealing River ** [ 4c ]
pappi30 bets [$20]
HERO calls [$20]
pappi30 shows [ Tc, Qc ]a pair of Queens.
HERO shows [ 5s, As ]a pair of Aces.
HERO wins $80 from the main pot with


Today's totals : 561 hands played for +612$

Operation totals : 4279 hands played for +2005$

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