The Road back

Ok just a short one.Pulled back $60 last night playing $1 nl and tonight I'm $105 up in 26 minutes so maybe the poker gods are back on my side.Still a long way to go but I'm feeling more confident about playing well and more importantly I want to play well. Flopping a straight helped.


Texas Hold'em $0.50-$0.50 NL (real money), hand #991,750,374
Table Solingen, 15 Jun 2005 11:15 PM
View Previous hand for this table.
Seat 1: silvertoad ($88.50 in chips)
Seat 3: Caponeite ($55.85 in chips)
Seat 4: score4fun ($23.30 in chips)
Seat 5: TheMurph44 ($45.10 in chips)
Seat 6: balgame03 ($20.35 in chips)
Seat 7: justmenval ($16.75 in chips)
Seat 8: sirus3 ($9 in chips)

Seat 9: Zagga [8S,JS] ($26.50 in chips)

Seat 10: surfnstien ($51.35 in chips)

ANTES/BLINDSZagga posts blind ($0.25), surfnstien posts blind ($0.50).
PRE-FLOPsilvertoad folds, Caponeite folds, score4fun bets $1, TheMurph44 calls $1, balgame03 calls $1, justmenval folds, sirus3 folds, Zagga calls $0.75, surfnstien calls $0.50.

FLOP [board cards QH,9S,10C ]

Zagga checks, surfnstien checks, score4fun checks, TheMurph44 bets $4, balgame03 calls $4, Zagga calls $4, surfnstien folds, score4fun calls $4.

TURN [board cards QH,9S,10C,4H ]

Zagga checks, score4fun bets $5, TheMurph44 calls $5, balgame03 bets $15.35 and is all-in, Zagga calls $15.35, score4fun calls $10.35, TheMurph44 calls $10.35.

RIVER [board cards QH,9S,10C,4H,2C ]

Zagga bets $6.15 and is all-in, score4fun calls $2.95 and is all-in, TheMurph44 calls $6.15.

SHOWDOWNZagga shows [ 8S,JS ]score4fun shows [ KC,AH ]TheMurph44 shows [ QC,10D ]balgame03 shows [ 4S,4D ]Zagga wins $6.40, Zagga wins $8.85, Zagga wins $79.40.

SUMMARYDealer: sirus3Pot: $97.65, (including rake: $3)silvertoad, loses $0Caponeite, loses $0score4fun, loses $23.30TheMurph44, loses $26.50balgame03, loses $20.35justmenval, loses $0sirus3, loses $0
Zagga, bets $26.50, collected $94.65, net $68.15 Shows [ Js 8s ] ( with a straight, Queen high.)surfnstien lost $1.00

And on the very next hand this happens...



Hand 991757301, Started at 06/16/2005 11:16 PMTable 'Solingen': $0.50-$0.50 No Limit Texas Hold'em (Real Money)

Seat 0: guardian1 ($73.35 in chips) $(POSITION)Seat 2: Caponeite ($55.85 in chips) $(POSITION)Seat 4: TheMurph44 ($13.60 in chips) $(POSITION)Seat 6: justmenval ($16.75 in chips) $(POSITION)Seat 7: sirus3 ($8.75 in chips) $(POSITION)Seat 8: Zagga ($94.65 in chips) $(POSITION)Seat 9: surfnstien ($49.35 in chips) $(POSITION)***

Blind Bet Round *** : surfnstien : Post Blind ($0.25)guardian1 : Post Blind ($0.50)***

Pre-Flop *** : Caponeite : FoldTheMurph44 : Foldjustmenval : Call ($0.50)sirus3 : Fold Zagga : Call ($0.50)surfnstien : Call ($0.25)guardian1 : Check***

Flop*** Js Jd Qd

*** Turn *** : [ Js Jd Ks ] Qd surfnstien : Bet ($4.00)guardian1 : Foldjustmenval : Call ($4.00)Zagga : Call ($4.00)***

River *** : [ Js Jd Ks Qd ] 3h

surfnstien : Bet ($7.00)justmenval : Call ($7.00)Zagga : Raise ($14.00)surfnstien : Call ($7.00)justmenval : Call ($5.25)justmenval : All In***

SUMMARY ***Pot: $51.60 Rake: $2.65Board: [ Js Jd Ks Qd 3h ]guardian1 lost $0.50 Caponeite lost $0.00 TheMurph44 lost $0.00 justmenval lost $16.75 sirus3 lost $0.00 Zagga bet $18.50, collected $51.60, net $33.10 Shows [ 10d Ac ] ( with a straight, Ace high.)surfnstien lost $18.50 Shows [ Jc 4d ] (three Jacks.)

I would have raised more if I hadn't been worried about the full house but those 2 hands certainly brightened up my poker night!

Righty back to the tables....


1/2 later ...Was playing tight at a .25nl table when I went all in for $20 preflop with KK.No prizes for guessing the villians hand...

Righty one last doob under construction then gonna hit the tables...Mother do you think they'll try to break my balls?

Pink Floyd back together and playing the Live 8 gig in London.Its going to be magical! Not got a ticket ( saw them '94 Paris ) but I can't wait to watch it.