oop, not posted for more than a week! I was away for a long weekend so haven’t actually played much poker, and what I did play was fairly so-so (On checking it I’ve made $56 – actually quite pleasing considering it seemed like I wasn’t playing at all).
Sooo, what can I post about? Not much I guess. Full Tilt is still proving to be the best site to play husngs – plenty of players and not much waiting for a game. Tonight I’ve been playing on Cake (under the alias ‘Rolf Lmao’ – geddit? 
), but it takes too long to sit and wait for someone to join you, so I’ve been joining anyone waiting on a game $25 or less (not many $25s, although the one I played I won – whoohoo!). So far been doing ok, but not getting many games over $10.
Here’s a great hand though – I love bluffing, but when someone showed me that they folded top pair it makes it well worth the many, many times that I get called down;
2 Players
Stacks:
Hero (1,560)
BB (1,440)
Blinds: 10/20
Pre-Flop: (30, 2 players) Hero is SB 9
2
Hero raises to 40, BB calls 20
Flop: Q 8
2
(80, 2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets 80, BB calls 80
Turn: 3 (240, 2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks
River: J (240, 2 players)
BB bets 240, Hero raises to 480, BB folds
Final Pot: 960
BB shows Q 9
Hero wins 960 (net +360)
BB lost 360
There is some history on that hand – I’d played the same line of cbet, check turn, fold river about 3 times, with him making a PSB on the river each time. So I was actually waiting for a hand to have some value to take this line anyway, but I figured he’d also give the click-it-back action some credit on the river anyway, and a bluff would work just fine too (which it did lol!). However I had been putting that PSB of his as a stone cold bluff to simply buy the pot, and to see him fold away a hand with decent value really surprised me. I guess those other PSBs weren’t bluffs at all (maybe).
Oh, and here’s another one (different opponent);
2 Players
$20 + $1 Heads Up Sit & Go
Stacks:
SB (1,140)
Hero (1,860)
Blinds: 10/20
Pre-Flop: (30, 2 players) Hero is BB 6
A
SB raises to 40, Hero calls 20
Flop: 7 4 5 (80, 2 players)
Hero checks, SB bets 40, Hero raises to 100, SB calls 60
Turn: 5 (280, 2 players)
Hero checks, SB bets 160, Hero calls 160
River: 7 (600, 2 players)
Hero bets 200,
SB: what a joke
SB has 15 seconds left to act
SB: i got 36
SB folds
Final Pot: 800
Hero wins 800 (net +300)
SB lost 300
Possibly a bet for value more than a bluff, but very thin really…
How many games you played at higher limits?
Love the ducks..
Well played, stick to what you are winning at IMO, you can always try the cash again when things are not going so well. Plenty of fish for you at the higher stakes I’m sure when you take another shot, there must be loads of clueless rich people about.
that duck is killing my computer.
Not that many (and not that high
) – Just one $30 and so far about 20 x $20s (those are the two big dips this month). The $20’s are only just under 50% itm, so it’s a hair’s breadth away from being ok. Plus I realised a few things about my game that weren’t helping – ie putting all my chips on the line in a bluff or over-reaching on hands that didn’t merit that much value. I was trying to win a game in just one or two big hands, when I could manage it in 3 or 4 (big but less big) in a less risky fashion. At this level I don’t have to be that fancy really…
John, the ducks are firing back at you? They’ll be gone next post, just a bit of fun
Congrats on the winning month!
Huh, I’m getting a strange feeling that a duck is watching me….
just repeating what conan said. Congrats on ANOTHER winning month. Looks like you more than capable of sustaining the $10’s so who cares about $20’s? Just hit em up when you are more comfortable with your roll. Maybe the 4 manners as you’re risking a bit less
heres to a cracking march!
i find this duck very disturbing..