It's amazing how one winning session can change my attitude. I try to think I'm even keeled, and the fact that I play my hands correctly (I think) even when things are going bad seem to bear that out. I guess all players struggle with emotional control. Otherwise there wouldn't be all those sections in poker books about Psychology. Anyway, here were the key hands.
Hand 1: I'm in the blind with a pair of fives and it checks around to me. Raising here makes no sense since I know that I'm not going to get everyone to fold. My hand isn't very strong out of position either, so I'm happy to have a disguised hand with a lot of potential. I get a dream flop (trips with and Ace on the Board), and I decide to check, let the Ace expose himself, and raise him. That happens, and I get two callers!! Not only does one guy have an Ace, I'm probably looking at a player with a flush draw too.
The turn card fills up my boat! Should I bet or check here? My primary concern is scaring a weak Ace out of the hand. I know it's a weak Ace, because he didn't raise preflop. Every player in poker raises AK, AQ, AA, and KK. I'm not concerned about the flush draw whatsoever. He gets off the bus at this stop with any action, but checking allows the possibility for him to hit the river. I think checking gives me the best chance to make more money. It checks around (Bleh!). It's a terrible river card for me. Now, I need to bet something I think a weak Ace will call. I do, he calls with his weak Ace and I win.
Is not betting the flop a mistake here? It depends on how bad the player is I suppose, but I'm not going second guess it.
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Seat 0: Hero ($9.20) -
Seat 1: Villain 1 ($13.42)
Seat 2: Villain 2 ($9.95)
Seat 3: Villain 3 ($19.27)
Seat 4: Villain 4 ($9.75)
Seat 5: Villain 5 ($7.72)
Seat 6: Villain 6 ($5.36)
Seat 7: Villain 7 ($15.03) -
Seat 8: Villain 8 ($2.45) -
Seat 9: Villain 9 ($0) Sitting Out
PRE-FLOP:
Villain 8 posts small blind $.05
Hero posts BIG blind $.10
Dealt To: Hero
FOLD Villain 1
FOLD Villain 2
CALL Villain 3 ($.10)
CALL Villain 4 ($.10)
CALL Villain 5 ($.10)
FOLD Villain 6
FOLD Villain 7
FOLD Villain 8
CHECK Hero
FLOP:
Pot: $0.45
CHECK Hero
BET Villain 3 ($.10)
CALL Villain 4 ($.10)
CALL Villain 5 ($.10)
RAISE Hero ($.50)
FOLD Villain 3
CALL Villain 4 ($.50)
CALL Villain 5 ($.50)
TURN:
Pot: $2.25
CHECK Hero
CHECK Villain 4
CHECK Villain 5
RIVER:
Pot: $2.25
BET Hero ($1.50)
FOLD Villain 4
CALL Villain 5 ($1.50)
SHOWDOWN:
Hero:
MUCK Villain 5
Hero collected $4.8 from main pot with full house, fives full of fours
SUMMARY:
Total pot: $5.05 Rake: $.25
Final Board:
Seat 0: 5h 5c 5d 4c 4s: full house, fives full of fours. - Net Gain/Loss: ($2.7)
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Hand 2: I catch a pair of sevens in a decent position, and I decide to limp in and see what happens. A villain bets the min. I have an inside straight draw with a made pair. I may or may not be best right now, but I can't fold to a min bet here.
The turn card is a miracle five, but it's not the cleanest card in the deck as it completes a flush. It's never that easy for me, but I guess it's not for anybody. Another min bet from the same villain. I decide to raise. I want to know right now if there is a flush out there. They may or may not believe that I have a flush, but I'll get a pretty good indication of what they have from their response. Two callers. It doesn't really make since unless they think I'm bluffing. I guess the first person could call with trips or something, and the other person has a flush draw and good odds. Am I being trapped with a flush?
The river is a card that probably hit no one. I get two checks in front of me. I decide to bet a small amount, because a flush has to bet the river here. If someone is slow playing a flush, I just got outplayed here, and I'll have to give them the money if I get raised. I bet, and I get a caller. The guy flips over QQ. I start laughing out loud...
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Seat 0: Hero ($15.03)
Seat 1: Villain 1 ($2.66) -
Seat 2: Villain 2 ($7.11) -
Seat 3: Villain 3 ($17.91) -
Seat 4: Villain 4 ($8.11)
Seat 5: Villain 5 ($7.80)
Seat 6: Villain 6 ($12.06)
Seat 8: Villain 7 ($3.20)
Seat 9: Villain 8 ($10) Sitting Out
PRE-FLOP:
Villain 2 posts small blind $.05
Villain 3 posts BIG blind $.10
Dealt To: Hero
FOLD Villain 4
FOLD Villain 5
FOLD Villain 6
CALL Villain 7 ($.10)
CALL Hero ($.10)
FOLD Villain 1
CALL Villain 2 ($.10)
FOLD Villain 3
FLOP:
Pot: $0.45
BET Villain 2 ($.10)
CALL Villain 7 ($.10)
CALL Hero ($.10)
TURN:
Pot: $0.75
BET Villain 2 ($.10)
CALL Villain 7 ($.10)
RAISE Hero ($.60)
CALL Villain 2 ($.60)
CALL Villain 7 ($.60)
RIVER:
Pot: $2.75
CHECK Villain 2
CHECK Villain 7
BET Hero ($1.20)
FOLD Villain 2
CALL Villain 7 ($1.20)
SHOWDOWN:
Hero:
MUCK Villain 7
Hero collected $4.66 from main pot with straight, eight high
SUMMARY:
Total pot: $4.90 Rake: $.24
Final Board:
Seat 0: 7s 6s 8h 4h 5h: straight, eight high. - Net Gain/Loss: ($2.66)
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