Monday, 10 March 2008

Pocket Rockets hit trips on a scary board

Saturday night and I manage to get another two 10GBP tables up and running.

Game #5706134833: Hold'em NL (£0.05/£0.10)
Table "Mareann" Seat 1 is the button.
Seat 1: BujtiLaci (£15.61 in chips)
Seat 2: Joh080661 sits out
Seat 3: Danlundy7 (£16.13 in chips)
Seat 4: And130992 (£5.95 in chips)
Seat 5: Phillbert (£10.52 in chips)
Seat 6: iliekmilk (£10.13 in chips)
Danlundy7: posts small blind £0.05
And130992: posts big blind £0.10
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to Phillbert [Qc Kd]
A very marginal hand here to raise but 5 handed I raise it up.
Phillbert: raises to £0.40
iliekmilk: folds
BujtiLaci: folds
Danlundy7: calls £0.35
And130992: calls £0.30
----- FLOP ----- [2h 7d Kc]
Two callers from the blinds so I now have position.
Danlundy7: bets £0.40
And130992: folds
Phillbert: calls £0.40
Its a dry flop and I expect to be ahead here but I don't want to build a huge pot.
----- TURN ----- [2h 7d Kc][4c]
Danlundy7: bets £0.40
Phillbert: raises to £1.20
He makes a second donk bet. I think he has a piece here but I reckon I'm ahead and don't want t give him a card that cheap so I raise it up enough to price out him trying to hit 2 pairs while building a medium pot.
Danlundy7: calls £0.80
----- RIVER ----- [2h 7d Kc 4c][5c]
Danlundy7: bets £1
Its a weak bet given the pot and I'm happy to call it down.
Phillbert: calls £1
----- SHOW DOWN -----
Danlundy7: shows [7h 9h] (A Pair of Sevens, King high)
Phillbert: shows [Qc Kd] (A Pair of Kings, Queen high)
Phillbert collected £6.08 from Main pot

A pretty standard hand here I think. I pasted and copied it by accident but thought I'd post it anyway.

Game #5705990823: Hold'em NL (£0.05/£0.10)
Table "Adamy" Seat 5 is the button.
Seat 1: Phillbert (£16.82 in chips)
Seat 2: pamela67 (£11.42 in chips)
Seat 3: Joh170460 (£16.19 in chips)
Seat 4: Dea271011 (£17.18 in chips)
Seat 5: Veritasss sits out
Seat 6: Dav200651 (£5.24 in chips)
Dav200651: posts small blind £0.05
Phillbert: posts big blind £0.10
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to Phillbert [As Ad]
pamela67: folds
Joh170460: folds
Dea271011: calls £0.10
Dav200651: calls £0.05
Phillbert: raises to £0.50
Nice hand to see and I make it a little bigger to take into account the limper before me.
Dea271011: calls £0.40
Dav200651: folds
Heads up, nice.
----- FLOP ----- [Td Ah Kh]
I hit trips but we
Phillbert: bets £0.80
Dea271011: calls £0.80
----- TURN ----- [Td Ah Kh][8d]
Dazzler70 joins the table at seat #5
I'm losing slightly on one table so decide to switch to another table and it pays dividends. I think I've been missing out on lot of money by sticking around tables where I have little or no edge. I've queued for two tables and suddenly both options come up together which temporarily locks my computer. I think I'm going to be folded out but manage to get back at the controls to see I've auto-checked and he has raised. Phew!
Phillbert: checks
Dea271011: bets £1.80
Two flush draws and straight draw possibilities here! My A of diamonds and the A hearts on the board make both less likely but it is not a table for slow-playing trips. I raise it up big enough to price out all draws and hope I'm up against lower trips or a stubborn 2 pair.
Phillbert: raises to £7
Dea271011: calls £5.20
He flat calls and I'm worried about combo draws.
----- RIVER ----- [Td Ah Kh 8d][5h]
Phillbert: bets £8.52 and is all-in
If I'm beat I'm getting put allin and I have to call so I might as well stick it in myself.
Dea271011: calls £8.52
I'm nervous.
----- SHOW DOWN -----
Phillbert: shows [As Ad] (Three of a kind, Aces, King high)
Dea271011: shows [Ac 2s] (A Pair of Aces, King high)
Phillbert collected £32.06 from Main pot
A bad call by him there. What exactly did he think he was beating?

I've now used up my poker ration for the week and the doors are locked. Nice to see my roll build up back close to where it was before my big loss and I'm starting to make slow progress towards clearing the Interpoker Bonus although still a bit of work to do to get back in black there although my bonus should be enough to ensure I cash out with more than I cashed in.

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