Another winning night. Feeling pretty strong. Not posting record profits, but it still ain’t bad.
New bankroll – $9.35.
I guess what feels the most strong about it is I’m picking my tables and I feel like I’m reading people better. Here’s the big winning hand from tonight:
Full Tilt No-Limit Hold’em, $0.02 BB (5 handed) – Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
SB ($2.66)
BB ($0.80)
UTG ($0.40)
Hero (MP) ($0.77)
Button ($0.75)
Preflop: Hero is MP with Q
, 7
1 fold, Hero calls $0.02, Button calls $0.02, SB calls $0.01, BB checks
Flop: ($0.08) J
, 7
, 6 (4 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero checks, Button checks
Turn: ($0.08) 8 (4 players)
SB bets $0.08, BB calls $0.08, Hero raises to $0.16, 2 folds, BB calls $0.08
River: ($0.48) 3 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $0.48, BB calls $0.48
Total pot: $1.44 | Rake: $0.09
Results:
BB had 5, 9 (straight, nine high).
Hero had Q, 7 (flush, Queen high).
Outcome: Hero won $1.35
I chose the table initially because it had a low pot average and a high flop average. Which meant cautious betters who want to see showdowns. Or at least, that’s how it’s been working out for me lately. Well, once I got into the game, something had changed up, because it was a super super loose table. I’d say of the first five hands I saw played, at least two players would go all in. It was nuts. One player would go all in on anything. Sadly, he tapped out too fast for me to really go up against him.
Anyway, I figured early on that I would need something pretty strong to actually go at these dudes with, because more likely than not they were going to go all the way with whatever. It wasn’t a bluffing table.
So I get the suited Q7 and I figure that’s good enough to jump in, so it’s worth a shot. The flop strengthens me a little, but I’m still not the most confident guy on a draw, so luckily everybody checks or I woulda been out of there. Knowing how loose a table it is, this makes it pretty clear that nobody’s got strength either, so that’s great.
I get the 8 of clubs and everybody starts raising. Well, usually this is where I pussy out. But thanks to some videos I watched over at pokertrikz.com that funkeefeesh pointed me to, I figured that what a real poker player would do in this situation would be raise. So the SB makes his bet and BB calls it – still not a very confident move, I think. So I go for the raise. The SB folds almost immediately. BB thinks about it for a second – he’s not sure – then he calls.
So I’m sorta sweatin’ bullets now, because if my club doesn’t land, my whole plan is shot to hell. Sure enough it does, so I figure I’ll kick in hard and see if he still wants to play. Thing is, this table is so loose, I pretty much count on the fact that he’s going to see my bet, no matter what. He might have an Ac, but he checks, so I figure that’s a pretty slim chance. The best he has is a straight. And sure enough he does.
So anyway – feeling stronger about my game. Easily as in control of the game as I ever have been. Hopefully, I can keep this up.
