POKER HAND #74

I'M ONLINE: After some credit card issues, I finally got to play my first bout of online poker with my own money. Yay!

I chose the SN snowman415. The snowman represents my new favorite hand, 8-8. I chose that hand because I've never won a big pot with it, and I felt my luck was about to change. I will play it superstituously and religiously from now on.

I'm now up $20 from my initial entry of $100. I busted some folks and generally played tentatively. My first crucial laydown came in this hand. I'd appreciate someone's thoughts on this.

Sorry I haven't posted in awhile, and that's sure gonna change. Happy New Year!

***** Hand History for Game 1382695632 *****
0/0 TexasHTGameTable (NL) - Sun Jan 02 22:39:31 EST 2005
Table Table 23837 (Real Money) -- Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: BobbyHustle ( $25.45)
Seat 2: bullhauler7 ( $28.9)
Seat 3: UMLPOSSE ( $10.6)
Seat 4: cw_lasers ( $27.5)
Seat 5: rentaprog ( $19.28)
Seat 6: snowman415 ( $37.03)
Seat 7: SkyInTheSea ( $40.17)
Seat 8: jpena ( $20.67)
Seat 9: Sparkdog55 ( $82.44)
Seat 10: cojacked ( $25.65)
SkyInTheSea posts small blind (0.25)
jpena posts big blind (0.5)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to snowman415 [ Ks, Js ]
Sparkdog55 folds.
cojacked calls (0.5)
BobbyHustle folds.
UMLPOSSE folds.
cw_lasers folds.
rentaprog calls (0.5)
snowman415 calls (0.5)
SkyInTheSea calls (0.25)
jpena checks.

Here I picked up K-Js on the button and I just limped in with this trouble hand. The flop came down:

** Dealing Flop ** : [ Jd, 6h, 3c ]
SkyInTheSea checks.
jpena checks.
cojacked bets (3)
rentaprog folds.
snowman415 calls (3)
SkyInTheSea folds.
jpena calls (3)

Here's where I think I probably made my mistake. By raising I shut out a 6 when there's not too much else on the board.

** Dealing Turn ** : [ 6d ]

jpena checks.
cojacked checks.
snowman415 bets (4)
jpena raises (10) to 10
cojacked folds.
snowman415 folds.

I decided to represent a 6 here. I figured a guy might fold a hand like A-J. When he raised, I went in the tank. I had to think he had a 6, especially since he might have just called with a hand like A-J. Or, he might have gotten lucky and flopped two pair. Either way, I assumed I was beat and through the hand away. Did I play this one real badly?


** Summary **
Main Pot: $24.55 | Rake: $0.95
Board: [ Jd 6h 3c 6d ]
BobbyHustle balance $25.45, didn't bet (folded)
bullhauler7 balance $28.9, sits out
UMLPOSSE balance $10.6, didn't bet (folded)
cw_lasers balance $27.5, didn't bet (folded)
rentaprog balance $18.78, lost $0.5 (folded)
snowman415 balance $29.53, lost $7.5 (folded)
SkyInTheSea balance $39.67, lost $0.5 (folded)
jpena balance $31.72, bet $13.5, collected $24.55, net +$11.05
Sparkdog55 balance $82.44, didn't bet (folded)
cojacked balance $22.15, lost $3.5 (folded