Bluff pays off

I think the following bluff worked for a couple of reasons.One of my favourite odd hands is 23 suited or not.Pokertracker shows an $81 profit for 23suited.( had it 219 times) and a $69 loss for 23 o/s.( 86 times).
Sarah1986 had already raised preflop with a couple of poor starting hands. Q9 o/s was her last one so when she raised from the bb she could have had anything and I thought I would try and win it after the flop.I bet out $4 to represent hitting the A.Obviously I wasn't overjoyed when she called but when the kc came on the turn and she bet $5 it looked to me like she was trying to buy a free river card to hit her flush so when the river came a harmless 9s and she bet her $5 I decided it was a weak bet and raised $25 to push her off the pot.As soon as I bet it I was worried though because the worst time to bluff is on the river and I was sure it looked dodgy as the 9s couldn't have helped me much either.Luckily she gave me credit for something and folded.


Hand 1045475483, Started at 07/07/2005 12:58 AMTable 'Temuco': $1-$1 No Limit Texas Hold'em (Real Money)Seat 0: PokerMartian ($92.75 in chips) Seat 1: AlwaysRaise9 ($121.75 in chips) Seat 2: dow_nutz ($15.50 in chips) Seat 3: Mr.Mason ($47.50 in chips) Seat 4: gdragon9 ($101.75 in chips) Seat 5: wvugoody ($72.50 in chips) Seat 6: 2 Nutz x ($110.75 in chips) Seat 7: Zagga ($96 in chips) (on the button)Seat 8: sarah1986 ($104.50 in chips) Seat 9: dovehawk ($8 in chips) ***

Dealt to Zagga: 2s 3h

sarah1986 : Post Blind ($0.50)dovehawk : Post Blind ($1)***

Pre-Flop *** : PokerMartian : FoldAlwaysRaise9 : Folddow_nutz : FoldMr.Mason : Foldgdragon9 : Foldwvugoody : Fold2 Nutz x : Fold
Zagga : Call ($1)sarah1986 : Raise ($3)dovehawk : FoldZagga : Call ($2.50)***

Flop *** : 6d Ad 5c

sarah1986 : Check Zagga : Bet ($4) sarah1986 : Call ($4)***

Turn *** : [ 6d Ad 5c ] Kc sarah1986 : Bet ($5)Zagga : Call ($5)***

River *** : [ 6d Ad 5c Kc ] 9s

sarah1986 : Bet ($5) Zagga : Raise ($25) sarah1986 : Fold***

SUMMARY ***Pot: $54.25 Rake: $1.75Board: [ 6d Ad 5c Kc 9s ]PokerMartian lost $0 AlwaysRaise9 lost $0 dow_nutz lost $0 Mr.Mason lost $0 gdragon9 lost $0 wvugoody lost $0 2 Nutz x lost $0 Zagga bet $37.50, collected $54.25, net $16.75 sarah1986 lost $17.50 dovehawk lost $1


Left the cash game $14 up and then played and won a 5 max $5 turbo sng.Won $12 net for that but should have come second after hitting a lucky 2 outer at heads up when I'd been outplayed on a hand.Still I'm not going to moan about getting lucky and to be fair neither did the player I beat.


Strange drive home tonight seeing all the police around Glasgow and the helicopters overhead.All for the G8 summit at Gleneagles.About 10 police motorbikes escorting about 10 limos passed heading into the town.Not sure if Bush is staying in Glasgow or Gleneagles but it was funny to think that the world most powerful man ( after Rangers defender Big Marvin of course) may have crossed my path.

Now I'm off to the tables to hope for the opposite.I'm very much hoping the weakest men and woman in the world are about to cross my path.....