POKER HAND #98

THE LAYDOWN OF THE CENTURY:

We are JTG2001 and pick up AK offsuit. Watch and Learn.
ANTES/BLIND
Soleshep2 posts blind ($15), fenn2596 posts blind ($30).

PRE-FLOP
Schweissy bets $60,
deesnutss calls $60,
MrMudd bets $180,
soberano bets $1,040 and is all-in,
Schweissy calls $980,
deesnutss folds,
MrMudd folds.

Why lay down big slick? Observe

FLOP [board cards KD,9H,6C ]

TURN [board cards KD,9H,6C,QC ]

RIVER [board cards KD,9H,6C,QC,10D ]

SHOWDOWNsoberano shows [ 10C,10S ]Schweissy shows [ 9C,9D ]soberano wins $2,365


4 REAL!!!!

POKER HAND #97

MAKING CALLS LIKE THIS TURN ME ON:
I am MrMudd holding AJoff

PRE-FLOP
nandosarina folds, x snooker folds, mark55 folds, D Town folds, MrMudd bets $100, blazetrees folds, Eisenhower57 calls $85, foletking folds.

FLOP [board cards 6H,2S,6D ]
Eisenhower57 checks, MrMudd checks.

TURN [board cards 6H,2S,6D,6C ]
Eisenhower57 checks, MrMudd bets $200, Eisenhower57 bets $450, MrMudd calls $250.

RIVER [board cards 6H,2S,6D,6C,9C ]
Eisenhower57 bets $525, MrMudd calls $525.

SHOWDOWN
Eisenhower57 shows [ KC,4C ]
MrMudd shows [ JC,AD ]
MrMudd wins $2,180.

The reraise on the turn didn't really faze me, but calling the river wasn't as easy. Happy I did though.

POKER HAND # 96

I am JTG2001 with suited A J


***** Hand History for Game 1694801124 *****
NL Hold'em $10 Buy-in + $1 Entry Fee Trny:10152836 Level:1 Blinds(10/15) - Sunday, March 06, 14:48:13 EDT 2005
Table Table 35339 (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 4: wasserjung ( $770 )
Seat 5: realny ( $790 )
Seat 6: silfverstrom ( $800 )
Seat 7: a605296a ( $800 )
Seat 8: mulder123 ( $1655 )
Seat 9: tgzy420 ( $800 )
Seat 10: SamSharKz ( $800 )
Seat 2: whitmarsh ( $785 )
Seat 1: jtg2001 ( $800 )
Trny:10152836 Level:1
Blinds(10/15)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to jtg2001 [ Jc Ac ]
a605296a folds.
mulder123 calls [15].
tgzy420 calls [15].
SamSharKz folds.
jtg2001 raises [55].
whitmarsh calls [55].
wasserjung folds.
realny calls [45].
silfverstrom folds.
mulder123: if only i had some decent cards
mulder123 calls [40].
tgzy420 folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ Qs, Js, Jd ]
realny checks.
mulder123 checks.
jtg2001 checks.
whitmarsh checks.
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ts ]
mulder123: bet this one up
realny is all-In [735]
mulder123 folds.
jtg2001 is all-In [745]
whitmarsh folds.
** Dealing River ** [ Kc ]
realny shows [ 9d, 8s ] a straight, nine to king.
jtg2001 shows [ Jc, Ac ] a straight, ten to ace.
realny finished in ninth place.
jtg2001 wins 10 chips from side pot #1 with a straight, ten to ace.
jtg2001 wins 1720 chips from the main pot with a straight, ten to ace.
realny has left the table.
The Small Blind left the table. The Dealer button remains in place.

POKER HAND #95

WHAT POKER HAND ARE YOU?: We know that Jamie Galen is the K-2o, and that Doyle Brunson is the 10-2, but what Poker Hand are you?

I'd put myself down as pocket 8-8. I'm a good hand, but not good enough to beat a great one.

POKER HAND #94

BURNING A FLUSH DRAW HARDCORE: This play came early in a singl- table tournament

Seat 2: MrMudd [6D,6C] ($1,710 in chips)

ANTES/BLINDS
suicidekid7 posts blind ($15), Phil50180 posts blind ($30).

PRE-FLOP
MrThistle bets $60, AZRonnie calls $60, casicadk folds, MarkinFL folds, MrMudd calls $60, nemmons17 folds, suicidekid7 calls $45, Phil50180 calls $30.

FLOP [board cards 5S,6S,QS ]
I WAS IN A GREAT POSITION FOR SUCH A FLOP, ONE OFF THE BUTTON. THIS GAVE ME THE CHANCE TO FOLD IF SOMEONE DEMONSTRATED A MADE FLUSH. WHEN NO ONE DID I DECIDED TO GO ALL-IN AND HOLD UP AGAINST SOMEONE HOLDING THE A OF K OF SPADES.
suicidekid7 checks, Phil50180 checks, MrThistle checks, AZRonnie checks, MrMudd bets $1,650 and is all-in, suicidekid7 folds, Phil50180 folds, MrThistle folds, AZRonnie calls $1,650.

TURN [board cards 5S,6S,QS,6H ]

RIVER [board cards 5S,6S,QS,6H,10S ]

SHOWDOWN
MrMudd shows [ 6D,6C ]
AZRonnie shows [ 4C,AS ]
MrMudd wins $3,600.

SUMMARY
Dealer: nemmons17
Pot: $3,600
MarkinFL, loses $0
MrMudd, bets $1,710, collects $3,600, net $1,890
nemmons17, loses $0
suicidekid7, loses $60
Phil50180, loses $60
MrThistle, loses $60
AZRonnie, loses $1,710
casicadk, loses $0

POKER HAND #92

EMBARASSED BY MY PLAY: I have let a few bad beats hurt my confidence recently. I've been struggling with my no-limit play. I think I've been attempted to make too many complicated moves. I've done well in small-money satellites because I'm good at surviving to make the money, but I tend to think of amassing profits a little too straightforwardly. Perhaps some live play would sharpen my game, as I've been an online adherent for the past several months.

POKER HAND #91

PLAYING A MADE HAND: This is a situation that came up recently and I wanted to ask what people think of my decision.

I have $50 in the SB and pick up the Candyman special, 8-8. I raise 5 and get called by the BB who has about $38. The flop comes 8-5-3 rainbow. The BB had been calling preflop raises and stealing it after the flop all day so I bet 5 and he immediately reraises to 15.

Now I was faced with a decision, go over the top for his last $18 or call and try to suck the rest out on the turn. I decided to go all-in and after 10 seconds, he folded. Afterward, I questioned my choice because had I called, he would have been pot committed and a huge dog. The only conceivable way he could have beat me was if he had a higher pair and then made trips on the turn or river.

This was an interesting situation to me because going all-in was actually safer than just calling. Because he only had $18 left, there was a good chance he would call and I would probably win, if he folds, I net $20+. If I just called, and the turn is higher than an 8 and he goes all-in, I am faced with a decision and the point of hold ‘em is to make your opponent make decisions for his entire stack is it not?

My opinion is that I probably could have made more on the hand, but given the amount in the pot, the relatively small amount he had left in his stack and the chance that he would call my all-in raise without seeing the turn, made going all-in the right move. But what do you think?