Happy Friday

Ahhh Friday's. I like Friday's.

We're all headed to the Dr office today to get our flu shots. Except they now have a flu spray instead of a shot. I hate shots, so I think I'll try out this spray thing. I've been known to pass out when needles are involved. And it doesn't even have to be a shot for me. If I'm in the room when someone else gets a shot, I still get really queasy. So I'm going to lobby for all four of us to get the spray. What a wuss, huh?

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So I was going to make a post the other day about how much of a pathetic day of poker I had on Tuesday. I played a couple tournaments, including the FTOPS NL Turbo event. I cahsed in two of the five MTTs I played, but they were just baby cashes.

I cashed in the Pokerstars $10 rebuy (again) and the Pokerstars 50/50 MTT. I had a top 50 chip stack throughout the rebuy, but went card dead at the wrong time and ended up going out with TT vs QQ. I was doing good in the 50/50 until I got busted out with AK vs Q9s. Some big stack raised PF and I pushed from the BB with about 13 BBs and he snapped called.

The FTOPS was a total joke. I lost half my chip stack in the beginning when I held 99. Flop was 875 all diamonds. I didn't have a diamond. but some idiot called my flop c-bet with 44 and hit a 4 on the river. How he calls a c-bet on the flop with 44 is beyond me. A few orbits later I doubled up with AA vs KK. There was a king on the flop obviously, but the turn was an ace. Then I called a raise from a short stack and lost to his K5o. I eventually went out with J9s when I flopped a flush draw and an OESD and didn't hit.

Cash games that night were an equal joke. I won't bore you the details, but I only hit one set (against a short stack), didn't get AA, QQ, or JJ dealt at all, and got KK 4 times, but only won the blinds all four times.

BUT, I prevailed, and the last couple days have been really good. Actually, I think yesterday might have been my new "Best Day Ever"™!


The big uptick there is when I went from $200 to over $900 in the span of 10 minutes on one table. Here are the hands:

This one was against a solid regular.

Full Tilt Poker, $1/$2 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 5 Players

BTN: $439.40
SB: $423.80
BB: $218.45
Hero (UTG): $200
CO: $226.15

Pre-Flop: Kc Kd dealt to Hero (UTG)
Hero raises to $7, 2 folds, SB calls $6, BB calls $5

Flop: ($21) Ah 9d Kh (3 Players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets $16, SB folds, BB raises to $48, Hero raises to $110, BB raises to $172, Hero raises to $193 and is All-In, BB calls $21

Turn: ($407) Qs (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

River: ($407) 9h (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Results: $407 Pot ($3 Rake) BB showed Qh Jh (a flush, Ace high) and LOST (-$200 NET)
Hero showed Kc Kd (a full house, Kings full of Nines) and WON $404 (+$204 NET)

The next three are all against the same guy. Thankfully in the middle of the hands he doubled up against someone else, so I was able to take +500 off of him.

Full Tilt Poker, $1/$2 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 6 Players

UTG: $439.40
MP: $408.70
CO: $223.45
BTN: $408.95
Hero (SB): $399
BB: $217.15

Pre-Flop: Qd Jd dealt to Hero (SB)
UTG folds, MP calls $2, 2 folds, Hero raises to $10, BB calls $8, MP calls $8

Flop: ($30) 9d 2s Qs (3 Players)
Hero bets $20, BB folds, MP calls $20

Turn: ($70) Qc (2 Players)
Hero bets $42, MP calls $42

River: ($154) 9s (2 Players)
Hero bets $119, MP calls $119

Results: $392 Pot ($3 Rake)
MP mucked Ac 2d (two pair, Queens and Nines) and LOST (-$191 NET)
Hero showed Qd Jd (a full house, Queens full of Nines) and WON $389 (+$198 NET)

Full Tilt Poker, $1/$2 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 6 Players

BB: $439.40
UTG: $217.70
MP: $223.45
CO: $408.95
Hero (BTN): $597
SB: $207.15

Pre-Flop: Ks Ac dealt to Hero (BTN)
UTG calls $2, 2 folds, Hero raises to $10, 2 folds, UTG calls $8

Flop: ($23) Qd 3s 2h (2 Players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $15, UTG calls $15

Turn: ($53) Kd (2 Players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $38, UTG calls $38

River: ($129) 8d (2 Players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $85, UTG calls $85

Results: $299 Pot ($3 Rake)
UTG mucked Kh 7s (a pair of Kings) and LOST (-$148 NET)
Hero showed Ks Ac (a pair of Kings) and WON $296 (+$148 NET)


Full Tilt Poker, $1/$2 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 4 Players

BB: $167.15
UTG: $200
BTN: $408.95
Hero (SB): $743

Pre-Flop: Kh Qc dealt to Hero (SB)
2 folds, Hero raises to $8, BB calls $6

Flop: ($16) Ts Ad Js (2 Players)
Hero bets $14, BB calls $14

Turn: ($44) 8h (2 Players)
Hero bets $36, BB raises to $72, Hero raises to $721 and is All-In, BB calls $73.15 and is All-In

River: ($334.30) Qs (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Results: $334.30 Pot ($2 Rake)
BB showed Jd 8c (two pair, Jacks and Eights) and LOST (-$167.15 NET)
Hero showed Kh Qc (a straight, Ace high) and WON $332.30 (+$165.15 NET)

Not too shaby, huh?

Cheers!