Winning night!

Played 28 minutes of poker tonight and I'm up $190.Would have been more if my 2 pair of KQ hadn't been beaten by a set for $35.
Whats interesting is that I wouldn't have played the next hand as I did if it hadn't been against the player who also held KQ and would have split the last hand with me if it wasn't for that pesky set of sixes.I knew exactly how he felt and when I hit my 2 pair I just knew he'd call a big bet with his TopPairTopKicker.I suppose without that information it looks like a large overbet but I'm also sure that he thought I was on tilt and bluffing at it.


Hand 1011963190, Started at 06/24/2005 10:28 PMTable 'Beijing': $1-$1 No Limit Texas Hold'em (Real Money)Seat 0: JPOLREIS ($70.50 in chips) Seat 1: el-Duderieno ($36 in chips) Seat 2: steelerfanz ($79 in chips) Seat 3: Zagga ($58 in chips) Seat 4: paesar ($97 in chips) (on the button)Seat 5: mister_nfg ($20 in chips) Seat 6: UMTERP60 ($57 in chips) Seat 7: dgwump ($102 in chips) Seat 8: Arek99 ($183.75 in chips) Seat 9: michmatt1 ($171.50 in chips) *** Blind Bet Round *** :

Dealt to Zagga: 8d10d

mister_nfg : Post Blind ($0.50)UMTERP60 : Post Blind ($1)***

Pre-Flop *** : dgwump : Call ($1)Arek99 : Call ($1)michmatt1 : FoldJPOLREIS : Call ($1)el-Duderieno : Foldsteelerfanz : FoldZagga : Call ($1)paesar : Call ($1)mister_nfg : Call ($0.50)UMTERP60 : Raise ($3)dgwump : FoldArek99 : FoldJPOLREIS : Call ($3)Zagga : Call ($3)paesar : Call ($3)mister_nfg : Fold***

Flop *** : 5c 10h Qc

UMTERP60 : Bet ($4)JPOLREIS : Call ($4)Zagga : Call ($4)paesar : Fold***

Turn *** : [ 5c 10h Qc ] 8h

UMTERP60 : Bet ($6)JPOLREIS : Call ($6)Zagga : Raise ($40)UMTERP60 : Raise ($43)UMTERP60 : All InJPOLREIS : FoldZagga : Call ($9)***

River *** : [ 5c 10h Qc 8h ] 9s ***

SUMMARY ***Pot: $132 Rake: $3Board: [ 5c 10h Qc 8h 9s ]JPOLREIS lost $14 el-Duderieno lost $0 steelerfanz lost $0 Zagga bet $57, collected $132, net $75 Shows [ 8d 10d ] (two pairs, tens and eights.)paesar lost $4 mister_nfg lost $1 UMTERP60 lost $57 Shows [ Ad Qh ] (a pair of Queens.)dgwump lost $1 Arek99 lost $1 michmatt1 lost $0


This must be one of the biggest pots I've ever won. ( below)Couldn't really go wrong.More luck than skill but I think I played it correctly.Very glad for the all in raise after me though which meant I could raise it even more!


Hand 1011987985, Started at 06/24/2005 10:38 PMTable 'Beijing': $1-$1 No Limit Texas Hold'em (Real Money)Seat 0: JPOLREIS ($68.25 in chips) Seat 1: Detvasomfan ($108.25 in chips) Seat 2: steelerfanz ($70.50 in chips) Seat 3: Zagga ($131.50 in chips) Seat 4: paesar ($83 in chips) (on the button)Seat 6: cojo26 ($7.75 in chips) Seat 7: dgwump ($111 in chips) Seat 8: izzurp ($37 in chips) Seat 9: michmatt1 ($168 in chips) ***

Dealt to Zagga: AcAd

Blind bet round: cojo26 : Post Blind ($0.50) dgwump : Post Blind ($1)***

Pre-Flop *** : izzurp : Fold michmatt1 : Fold JPOLREIS : Fold Detvasomfan : Fold steelerfanz : Call ($1)Zagga : Raise ($3)paesar : Call ($3)cojo26 : Raise ($7.25)cojo26 : All In dgwump : Foldsteelerfanz : Call ($6.75)Zagga : Raise ($20)paesar : Call ($20)steelerfanz : Call ($15.25)***

Flop *** : 3d 4s 5h

steelerfanz : Check,Zagga : Bet ($60),paesar : Call ($60),paesar : All Insteelerfanz : Call ($47.50)steelerfanz : All In***

Turn *** : [ 3d 4s 5h ] 9s **

River : [ 3d 4s 5h 9s ] 9c ***

SUMMARY ***Pot: $242.25 Rake: $3Board: [ 3d 4s 5h 9s 9c ]JPOLREIS lost $0 Detvasomfan lost $0 steelerfanz lost $70.50

Zagga bet $83, collected $242.25, net $159.25 Shows [ Ac Ad ] ( with two pairs, Aces and nines.)paesar lost $83 cojo26 lost $7.75 dgwump lost $1 izzurp lost $0 michmatt1 lost $0

I was up against pairs.1010,JJ and QQ.



Got the bankroll back up to $571 and feelin' good about my poker.Pokertracker says my standard deviation is $74 per hour which for someone playing very low limit NL seems fairly high to me.First poker book I read said "Bet big or go home".I think I need to remember I'm already at home :-)

Ok Pokerrooms $5k Decca freeroll has just started.Another pair of Rockets would be nice...

I've read a few blogs and just had to play this hand.Apologies for not raising pre-flop.Hammertime!

Seat 1: rsg6969 ($2,205 in chips)
Seat 2: z214mint ($1,050 in chips)
Seat 3: Zagga [7D,2D] ($1,315 in chips)
Seat 4: rodiesh ($1,070 in chips)
Seat 5: bluejean21 ($1,425 in chips)
Seat 6: lisaxxx ($2,365 in chips)
Seat 7: logain33 ($1,730 in chips)
Seat 9: tritops x ($1,550 in chips)
Seat 10: Dattie85 ($2,290 in chips)

ANTES/BLINDSlogain33 posts blind ($15), tritops x posts blind ($30).PRE-FLOPDattie85 folds, rsg6969 folds, z214mint folds, Zagga calls $30, rodiesh calls $30, bluejean21 folds, lisaxxx calls $30, logain33 folds, tritops x checks.

FLOP [board cards 7H,JC,2S ]tritops x checks, Zagga bets $50, rodiesh folds, lisaxxx folds, tritops x folds.SHOWDOWNZagga wins $185.

SUMMARYDealer: lisaxxxPot: $185rsg6969, loses $0z214mint, loses $0Zagga, bets $80, collects $185, net $105rodiesh, loses $30bluejean21, loses $0lisaxxx, loses $30logain33, loses $15tritops x, loses $30Dattie85, loses $0