I had a really good night tonight but it would have been better if I would have quit earlier. I ended up +$117 playing 3 tables for a total of 252 hands. That gives me a two day total of +$170.25 which is well above my $33.33 a day goal ($103.59 over the goal to be exact).
Table 1: +$4.00
Table 2: +$10.00
Table 3: +$103.00
Most of the table three win was due to the hand below:
Paradise Poker 2/4 Hold’em (10 handed)
Preflop: Hero is SB with Ac, Ks.
UTG calls, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 raises, MP1 calls, MP2 folds, MP3 calls, CO folds, Button folds, Hero 3-bets, BB folds, UTG calls, UTG+2 caps, MP1 calls, MP3 calls, Hero calls, UTG calls.
Flop: (21 SB) 6h, 6c, 7c (5 players)
Hero bets, UTG calls, UTG+2 raises, MP1 folds, MP3 folds, Hero calls, UTG calls.
I figure with all of the preflop raising I’m not really concerned about trips just yet. I figure, at worst, I’m looking at AA, KK, QQ, JJ, or TT from UTG+2. I still have an A with a good kicker which means that if he has QQ, JJ, or TT I have him beat if an A or a K falls on the turn. If I don’t pick up something on the turn I’m gone.
Turn: (13.50 BB) Qc (3 players)
Hero checks, UTG checks, UTG+2 bets, Hero calls, UTG calls.
Uh, oh. I did pick up something on the turn. If UTG+2 has QQ, I’m dead even if I make my flush but as long as I can see the river cheap I’m getting 13.5:1 to draw to the nut flush with 9 outs (4.1:1). I guess I can gamble here and check fold if I miss and he bets at the river.
River: (16.50 BB) 9c (3 players)
Hero checks, UTG checks, UTG+2 bets, Hero raises, UTG folds, UTG+2 calls.
For some reason, I just don’t put him on QQ (wishful thinking, perhaps?). I check my notes on him from a previous session and I have written down “Slow played a set of aces – pocket pair – all the way to the river.” He’s tricky. By the way he quickly bet out (no hesitation) I read that to mean he doesn’t want a call. A safe move here would be to just call but for some reason my Spidey-sense is telling me he can’t beat a flush.
Final Pot: 20.50 BB
The funny part is that after the showdown UTG+2 types “fool” which made me think he might have had the set on the flop. Much like the WPT-Cam, I was able to see the opponent’s cards by going to the hand history where I find out he was playing TT.
Like I said earlier, if I would have stopped earlier I would have had even better stats. I was up over $50 each on tables 1 and 2 but blinds and a combo of one or two hands that didn’t pan out on each table sucked me back down to near even.
It would be nice if every session went this well but I’m not the delusional (about my poker game, anyway). I’m glad to get some good first sessions up front though as it’s always harder to come from behind.
Well, we’ll see how tomorrow goes!
Goal: $2000
Actual: $170.25
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To go: $1829.75
Oh BTW, in case anyone is interested, Paradise is running a 20% deposit bonus (up to $100) from July 1 – July 5. From the wording below it sounds like you can collect up to $200 though by making multiple deposits. Email me if you want the bonus code.
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Now the question is, should I include bonuses in my quest for $2000 in 60 days? I’ll have to think about that one.
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Hi, my name is Bill Rini and this is my poker blog. I've been blogging about poker and the poker industry since around 2003-ish. Like most people I started out playing poker as entertainment in home games whenever we wanted to sit around and smoke cigars, drink beer, and eat pizza, and needed a good excuse. I started playing online shortly after the first online card rooms opened and it wasn't long before I was playing 20, 30, or even 40 hours a week or more. One day I received a phone call about a program manager position at Tiltware which was the company that consulted to Full Tilt Poker on software development and marketing. After Tiltware I spent about 2.5 years working at Party Poker where I was the poker room manager.
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