[Closed] From Rags to Riches, a low stakes blog

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Ingrid

So Interesting day today. Up and down.

Im sitting at -$25 all-in EV, so been getting unlucky today. However finished 1k hands with a $5 profit. Not much, but better than a loss

Heres an interesting hand today:

** Hand History for Game 10719440573 **
$4 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, July 26, 13:05:39 EDT 2011
Table Speed #2410019 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 9/9
Seat 5: DeCoz ( $5.23 USD )
Seat 2: IskRitkyT ( $5.03 USD )
Seat 9: Keicam06 ( $4.04 USD )
Seat 1: Lovastoni ( $6.94 USD )
Seat 4: Pirate_J ( $4.24 USD )
Seat 8: Wojtas30 ( $4.78 USD )
Seat 7: alekyur ( $1.54 USD )
Seat 6: mvanstraaten ( $1.36 USD )
Seat 3: sickold ( $1.40 USD )
IskRitkyT posts small blind [$0.02 USD].
sickold posts big blind [$0.04 USD].

** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to DeCoz [ Ah Qs ]
Pirate_J folds
DeCoz raises [$0.16 USD]
mvanstraaten calls [$0.16 USD]
alekyur folds
Wojtas30 folds
Keicam06 calls [$0.16 USD]
Lovastoni folds
IskRitkyT folds
sickold folds

So, I get dealt AQo in utg+1 and decide that I will raise as the table is kind of loose, if i hit A or Q i can probaly take it down after the flop, or even preflop. my cbet usually gets everyone to fold

** Dealing Flop ** [ Ad, Qh, 4h ]
DeCoz checks
mvanstraaten checks
Keicam06 checks

So cant believe my luck here, I hit top two on a 3 way dry board. I check for deception as I believe they are holding small cards and dont want them to fold as I have a monster

** Dealing Turn ** [ 8c ]
DeCoz bets [$0.26 USD]
mvanstraaten calls [$0.26 USD]
Keicam06 folds

Now i make a small 1/2 pot bet and get one caller. Aslong as the river isnt something disgusting im pretty sure I can get a value bet on the river. At this point I put the caller on Ax, JJ, or small pocker pairs, no sets

** Dealing River ** [ 3c ]
DeCoz bets [$1.01 USD]
mvanstraaten is all-In [$0.94 USD]

So river is a blank. im pretty sure I have the hand locked up and put him all in. If he has Ax, Qx or any small pair, he will definetly call. To my shock...

DeCoz shows [ Ah, Qs ]two pairs, Aces and Queens.
mvanstraaten shows [ Qc, Qd ]three of a kind, Queens.
DeCoz wins $0.07 USD from the side pot 1 with two pairs, Aces and Queens.
mvanstraaten wins $2.80 USD from the main pot with three of a kind, Queens.

Well, No preflop 3 bet, no cbet and no 3 bet on the turn confused the shit out of me. IS it ever possible to put your oppenent on a set of queens when you hold one? Could I of played this better?

Thanks all

Crazy Day Today!

So I woke up and decided to play 3 x $1 and 1 x $3 45 man STT.

I binked the top prize in the $3 for $45 so im a happy guy today, nice boost to the bankroll :).

I ran so horridly in cash games today, loosing 3 BI in about 100 hands, but through grinding and my big hands holding up, i managed to Break Even :).

Now about to go for a $1k guaranteed on Partypoker so wish me luck all, will post the results later.

Cheers
♦

Sorry for double post, but just doubled up in the first hand.

I had pocket aces, hit a set on the flop.
Slow played as it was a horrible dry board.

He hit his set of deuces on the turn, and spewed his chips into my pocket.

Running good ♦

Don't worry about that AQ hand, just a cooler ♦ No way can you put him on a set there, for QQ you would expect a 3bet preflop, probably not a bet on the flop since it's so dry, maybe a raise on the turn but still, it's a very dry board. But you played it fine in my opinion. The check on the flop is fine since the flop is so dry. A small bet to get people to call with bluffcatchers on the turn is fine (Although i'd probably make it a bit bigger so the value shove on the river is smaller in relation to the pot, but i didn't even add the pot up properly, just a quick guess ♦).