Some small-medium pots

I didn’t have time to take any of the major hands from the weekend from Poker Tracker but I did go through the summary of the last 100 hands and picked out three hands.

Table 'Graffias IV' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: le criquet ($24.25 in chips)
Seat 2: WhataFlop12 ($25.45 in chips)
Seat 3: N Sane 1 ($15 in chips)
Seat 6: Phillberto01 ($57.50 in chips)
WhataFlop12: posts small blind $0.10N
Sane 1: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [Ac Ah]
Pocket Rockets again. That is the beauty of 4 tabling. Big pairs come up quite often. You can patiently fold situations that aren’t ideal.
Phillberto01: raises $0.75 to $1
le criquet: calls $1
WhataFlop12: calls $0.90
Two calls. Happy with that.
N Sane 1: folds
*** FLOP *** [7c 9h Qs]
No flush draws but possible straight draws for sure.
WhataFlop12: checks
Phillberto01: bets $2
le criquet: calls $2
Looks like a c-bet from me so any pair could stick around here.
WhataFlop12: calls $2
Could be a draw or a Q that wanted me to c-bet.
*** TURN *** [7c 9h Qs] [4d]
That’s a blank.
WhataFlop12: checks
Still not showing any aggression but the pot is growing and le criquet did cold-call. I opt to keep it small rather than chase out draws.
Phillberto01: checks
le criquet: checks
*** RIVER *** [7c 9h Qs 4d] [Tc]
68 gets there but its an unlikely hand to call with. QT is also a pretty weak calling hand.
WhataFlop12: checks
Could probably squeeze another $1-$1.50 out here and get a call from most Qs.
Phillberto01: bets $4
le criquet: calls $4
WhataFlop12: folds *** SHOW DOWN ***
Phillberto01: shows [Ac Ah] (a pair of Aces)
le criquet: mucks hand Phillberto01 collected $16.45 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***Total pot $17.25 Rake $0.80 Board [7c 9h Qs 4d Tc]
Seat 1: le criquet (button) mucked [Qd Kh]
A bit of a trouble hand really to call with but he did have position and didn’t play it aggressively.

Table 'Thyra IV' 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: WillemDuit ($15 in chips)
Seat 2: juhani555 ($15.30 in chips)
Seat 3: lithbball ($16.60 in chips)
Seat 4: Nimbin_78 ($27.80 in chips)
Seat 5: Phillberto01 ($27.70 in chips)
Seat 6: Pistoliere ($23.50 in chips)
WillemDuit: posts small blind $0.10
juhani555: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [9d 9h]
lithbball: calls $0.25
Nimbin_78: folds
Medium pair from middle position. Never easy to play but it has to be done.
Phillberto01: raises $1 to $1.25
Pistoliere: folds
WillemDuit: folds
juhani555: folds
lithbball: calls $1
Ok only the limp caller calls. Very unlikely to have a better hand than me.
*** FLOP *** [Td 5h Th]
lithbball: checks
That’s a pretty safe flop.
Phillberto01: bets $1.40
lithbball: calls $1.40
*** TURN *** [Td 5h Th] [3c]
lithbball: checks
Limp call and calling my raise. I put him on a lower pair here. No need to escalate the pot though.Phillberto01: bets $1.25
lithbball: folds
Maybe it was a low pair or Ax, KQ, KJ then.

Table 'Graffias IV' 6-max
Seat #5 is the button
Seat 2: Mitch184 ($33.35 in chips)
Seat 3: KredeBigC ($19.20 in chips)
Seat 5: Manco ($25.65 in chips)
Seat 6: Phillberto01 ($54.80 in chips)
Phillberto01: posts small blind $0.10
Mitch184: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [As Jh]
KredeBigC: folds
Silentium78 leaves the table
Manco: raises $0.75 to $1
From the small blind I make the cold-call against ever so slightly loose-aggressive Manco.
Phillberto01: calls $0.90
Mitch184: folds
*** FLOP *** [6s 9d 9h]
First into the pot has a good chance here.
Phillberto01: bets $1.40
Manco: calls $1.40
*** TURN *** [6s 9d 9h] [9s]
Mitch184 leaves the table
I took my stab. Could well be behind. Time to give up.
Phillberto01: checks
Manco: checks
Interesting. *** RIVER *** [6s 9d 9h 9s] [Qs]
The check was weak. That’s a scare card for any pair he is likely to have. He may have played AQ like this but I could well have AQ here as well. I represent it and make the bet big enough to make a call tricky for any underpair and even maybe QT or QJ.
Phillberto01: bets $3.75
Manco: folds Uncalled bet ($3.75) returned to Phillberto01
Manco is sitting out!!
Phillberto01 collected $4.85 from pot