11/17 : Back to talking about cards

I got a request from probably the only person who reads this to talk about poker again, so I guess I can do that lol. Pokers been flowing really easily for the last few weeks, and I really needed it. Just for the record, I gave up on my attempt to play 6-handed consistently. It's just too time consuming, swingy...and I'm better at Heads-Up. The problem I have about writing a poker blog is that right now, I have no real ambition with my talent. I simply make $100 a day on average and work through difficult days at times. It's really not that interesting (not that anything else I was writing about is), however having a journal is somewhat satisfying, I'll post some consistent updates on poker and how things are working out. I'll make sure to post a "hand of the week sort of thing" and my daily mistake hands.

Mistake:
PokerStars Game #13281617609: Tournament #67396710, $55.00+$2.50 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level I (10/20) - 2007/11/16 - 18:04:19 (ET)
Table '67396710 1' 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Vadimius (1460 in chips)
Seat 2: maxv2 (1540 in chips)
maxv2: posts small blind 10
Vadimius: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to maxv2 [As Jh]
maxv2: raises 40 to 60
Vadimius: calls 40
*** FLOP *** [4d Ah Th]
Vadimius: checks
maxv2: bets 80
Vadimius: calls 80
*** TURN *** [4d Ah Th] [Jd]
Vadimius: checks
maxv2: bets 200
Vadimius: raises 320 to 520
maxv2: calls 320
*** RIVER *** [4d Ah Th Jd] [Qh]
Vadimius: bets 800 and is all-in
maxv2: calls 800
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Vadimius: shows [Ks Qc] (a straight, Ten to Ace)
maxv2: shows [As Jh] (two pair, Aces and Jacks)
Vadimius collected 2920 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2920 | Rake 0
Board [4d Ah Th Jd Qh]
Seat 1: Vadimius (big blind) showed [Ks Qc] and won (2920) with a straight, Ten to Ace
Seat 2: maxv2 (button) (small blind) showed [As Jh] and lost with two pair, Aces and Jacks

Summary: This was an absolute disaster of a call, and one that really makes me look like an idiot. #1 if he was semi-bluffing the turn...he got there on the river and #2 he was playing solid and I should've bailed on the river. I can't justify folding the turn...but the river? come on...I'd like to think that I'm better then that.


Pride Call of the day:
PokerStars Game #13281695433: Tournament #67396853, $55.00+$2.50 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level II (15/30) - 2007/11/16 - 18:08:30 (ET)
Table '67396853 1' 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: maxv2 (1640 in chips)
Seat 2: thinmint1211 (1360 in chips)
thinmint1211: posts small blind 15
maxv2: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to maxv2 [Qc Qs]
thinmint1211: calls 15
maxv2: raises 60 to 90
thinmint1211: calls 60
*** FLOP *** [8d 7d 5c]
maxv2: bets 180
thinmint1211: calls 180
*** TURN *** [8d 7d 5c] [7s]
maxv2: checks
thinmint1211: checks
*** RIVER *** [8d 7d 5c 7s] [8h]
maxv2: checks
thinmint1211: bets 300
maxv2: calls 300
*** SHOW DOWN ***
thinmint1211: shows [4s 9s] (two pair, Eights and Sevens)
maxv2: shows [Qc Qs] (two pair, Queens and Eights)
maxv2 collected 1140 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1140 | Rake 0
Board [8d 7d 5c 7s 8h]
Seat 1: maxv2 (big blind) showed [Qc Qs] and won (1140) with two pair, Queens and Eights
Seat 2: thinmint1211 (button) (small blind) showed [4s 9s] and lost with two pair, Eights and Sevens

thinmint is generally pretty agressive and willing to take shots. So I kind of guessed and placed him on some sort of draw, or thought he was floating (when a player calls to bluff later). I guessed right, and later moved in with J10s in this game (he's a solid player and I was pushing flips with a 2250-750 advantage) and he called with 65s....ok? KK4Jx...very nice.