I played some cards a few days ago at Foxwoods. I lost a stack with JJ playing 1/2 no limit. Then I took a break and walked around. I sat back down at a different table and I lost another half a stack. Then I took another break and walked around again.

When I went back downstairs to the poker room, the 4/8 game had finally started. It was an awesome game, but I ended up losing almost 40 big bets in three hours.

I'll be back though.

I cashed in a couple of freerolls on Intertops and quickly lost my winnings at the limit tables. It wasn't a lot of money by any stretch of the imagination, but it seems like I haven't been able to get any momentum going lately.

Also, it seems like I have plenty of readers, but few responses. Don't be strangers. Misery loves company.

I think I'm gonna get a homegame together soon as the snow is melting away and spring is here.

I played a bit last night. Here's a hand:

10 handed 1/2 no limit

I sat down and the button was directly to my right so I bought in for $140 and I bought the button for $2 live and $1 dead. This was my first hand at the table. I didn't recognize anyone so I had zero reads.

utg+1 raises to $7 with ~$350 behind, call, call, mp 3 bets to $21 with ~$250 behind, cutoff calls, button folds, and I look down at AKo.

Unless you're all rooting against me, in which case please continue to stfu.

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Here's one that kinda made me look like an ass on 6th street:

4/8 limit holdem

utg posts a live straddle, folds to me in the HJ, I 3 bet KTo, cutoff calls, button calls, blinds fold, straddler caps and everyone calls.

K96r

checks to me, I bet, cutoff calls, button folds, straddler calls.

Jo

checks to me, I bet, cutoff calls, straddler calls.

T

checks to me, I check, cutoff bets, straddler calls, I call.

Now the whole table is looking at the cutoff, who doesn't seem to understand that since he bet, he must show if he wants to claim the pot. The dealer informs the cutoff that it's his turn to show. The cutoff reluctantly declares "two pair" as he flips over T9o. Then he immediately looks at me, while the straddler looks at his cards hoping that they had somehow changed. Cutoff says to me, "whatddyagot?" I reply, "It's his turn to show." pointing to the straddler. The cutoff is not amused by this and says something that indicates his displeasure in the circumstance. The straddler finally mucks and I instantly table my hand and declare "Kings up." The cutoff says something else to me like "why didn't you show your hand?" and I reply, "because if he(the straddler) shows a better hand then I don't have to show. I wasn't trying to be a jerk about it. Sorry if that's how it came off." Cutoff says, "yeah that's how it seemed." Then the dealer explained the proper showdown order and a few other players agreed that there was no wrong doing. However, although I played 6th street by the book, I felt that I could've played it differently, which would have been better for the table atmosphere. My feelings were confirmed as the cutoff quit as soon as the big blind came around. The tragedy was that he quit, and it was my fault. The game is obviously much better with a guy that calls three cold with T9o than without. So in that regard, yes I was an ass this time.

I just show my cards at showdown because live players are generally going to adjust horrifically badly if they're capable at all and the game runs painfully slowly otherwise.

I'd also create a rule whereby everyone just has to show their cards at SD and your hand is dead if you haven't shown within 10 seconds.

Your way is probably good, and if that rule was in place, I'd happily show instantly.

I called, the rest called. 6 ways for $126 pre rake to the flop:

K63r

I thought about shoving here, but decided to check. Checks to the cutoff who shoves ~$225, all fold.

I placed fourth in a freeroll on Intertops, which was good enough to win a $2+$0.20 ticket into Friday nights bounty tourney. I made a good run in the tourney, finishing 8th out of 111. I took out 7 players along the way and cashed for $4 and change, which gave me $11 and change to play with. By 10am yesterday morning, I had worked that into ~$20 playing micro no limit, but then a few bad hands left me broke.

One of those bad hands went something like this:

3 limps, I'm in the small blind with TT, I raise pot, big blind calls, one limper calls, rest fold.

742

I bet 1/2 pot, big blind folds, limper calls.

Jo

I shove ~pot, he calls.

I show my TT thinking the most likely hand that I was going to lose to would be Jx. He shows JJ and I'm drawing dead.

river T didn't matter.

I haven't been playing live at all. In fact I've only logged ~15 hours this year. Some was 4/8 holdem and some was 1/2 no limit. I've only logged one winning session and that was a $3 win at 1/2 no limit that I played while waiting for my 4/8 seat.

I've been playing lots of freerolls on SWCpoker and Intertops. SWCpoker is lots of fun because they're spreading lots of different games. I played 2-7 triple draw limit for the first time ever the other night. I won a big pot early and was chipleader pretty much the whole tournament, which I won. Beginner's luck ldo.

That was good enough for 1.5 chips to play with, which I took to the no limit holdem tables. I got it up to about 6 chips playing 2c/4c. Then I won a very fun heads up horse tourney against a decent player. The game lasted a while with lots of back and forth action. In the end, my limit holdem skills prevailed and I took it down.

So then I sat in the 5c/Tc no limit holdem game with ~70 big blinds. It was going ok then this hand happened:

folds to the small blind, he raises 3x, I 3 bet AQo to 9x, he calls.

AQ2r

He checks, I bet 1/2 pot, he calls.

5o

He checks, I shove, he calls.

K

He shows KK, I muck.

Das ok though, I'll be back.

Never played badeucy before playing on seals and I'm certainly thankful to learn it at these stakes before I have to go play it at those stakes.

Cant even drag myself to Foxwoods that much myself. Too easy to just play online . . I'm a lazy person at heart. Gl

Yup I think it's awesome what SWC is doing with the wide variety of games offered. Building skills in many games for free is the ****.

I also love the table starter rakeback they offer cus shorthanded poker is my favorite game type.

I cashed in a few freerolls on SWCpoker and got it up to 6 chips playing micro no limit holdem, huhu horse tourneys, and some dealers choice. Then last night I failed to place in a 6max 2 chip horse tourney. Then this hand happened at the no limit holdem table:

~100bb effective 3 handed

button raises, I call in the big blind with KJ

AQT

I check, he bets pot, I check raise 1/2 pot, he minraises, I shove, and he calls.

To

2o

I show, he shows TT.

Standard imo.

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After that I cashed in a freeroll to end the night on a good note. Then this morning I cashed in another, but haven't been doing well at the cash tables. Any balance is a good balance at the moment though.

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Hope everyone has a nice Easter and or Passover.

Fold flop?

3 handed 1c/2c no limit holdem on SWC. I have ~25 big blinds. Lol I know... Small blind is loose passive. Big blind is new to the table. Fwiw, he bought in for 100 big blinds.

I raise 3x on the button with K9, big blind min 3 bets to 10c, I call.

965

big blind bets pot.

Don't 3x the BTN when you're 25bb deep. I'm not folding top pair for 25bb.

My mistake, I had ~48 big blinds if I remember correctly. I ended up calling.

turn 8o

he shoves, I call.

river 2o

he shows AA, I muck.

I figured an unknown can have lots of stuff I beat here. Plus I have some outs to a chop, top two pair, or trip nines.

Played a few games against a friend. Started out with no limit holdem, which he won. Then we played a second game of holdem, which I won. Then in an effort to learn new games, I offered him a $1 no limit 2-7 single draw short stack game. He accepted, which led to a hand that went something like this:

I lead in chips with about 100 of the 170 chips in play.

I raise predraw with T7632 to 3x the blind. He 3 bets to 16, I shove, he calls.

He draws 1. I draw 1 and make 87632 to beat his Q.

I have no idea if I shoulda kept the ten or not.

Currently sitting on 0.013 bitcoins on SwCpoker. I've been playing no limit holdem cash and tourneys, one of which I placed second out of 13 in. I've also been playing some no limit 2-7 single draw, which is becoming my new favorite game. Also played just a few hours worth of limit 2-7 triple draw as well as some limit holdem, which is recently being spread at the micro limits.

Here's the hand that busted me out of the 13 man 2 chip tourney:

heads up I'm down ~2.5:1 in chips with ~12 big blinds.

he raises 3x on the button, I shove A3, he calls and shows K7.

KTT

4o

6o

or something like that. I like how the money went in though.

Had he patted after 3 betting pre, need to break, esp w such a clean draw. But once the money is in the middle (no implied odds), your decent 107 is a nice favorite against a 1 cd draw.

As it turns out, Saturday night and Sunday morning are great times to take shots. I'm currently sitting on 0.212 bitcoins after both some shorthanded and heads up no limit holdem and limit holdem.

After a good day yesterday and a good day so far today, I have 0.735 bitcoins to my name. Some days you get paid off when you want it and bluff at the right times. Today was one of those days.

Scratch that. Double it. Sitting on 1.46 bitcoins at the moment.

I had some problems with Monday's update on SwCpoker and I haven't been able to play for the past few days. I took the opportunity to drink some beer instead of worrying about the opportunity cost. Now, I'm going into the game with a clear head and I'm well rested. I went to bed at 8pm last night out of sheer boredom. I woke up this morning and drank some coffee. Feeling good at the moment.

I played a bit of limit holdem this morning but it was only about 75 hands. In that time I won ~0.2 bitcoins. Here's a mildly interesting flop spot from that session:

two handed limit holdem 4/8 on SwCpoker:

button raises, I 3 bet 99, button calls.

234

I bet, button raises.

Here, I considered calling down, check raising the turn, and 3 betting the flop all as decent lines. I decided that I had been 3 betting enough preflop that my opponent could take this line with as little as one pair or even as a bluff with something like a naked 5.

I 3 bet the flop, button calls.

7o

I bet, button calls.

4o

I bet, button calls. I show. Button shows 53s. I win.

I had a good day at the tables today on SwCpoker. I've managed to work my freeroll cashes into 3.093 bitcoins. Some of today's winnings are from limit holdem, and some are from no limit holdem. I played against one guy that was pretty good. He took a few chips from me playing no limit heads up. Then I got into it with a few vanilla tags that liked to fold a lot, so I bluffed them a lot. The limit holdem action was sparse, but when it goes it's usually good action. I took ~.1 bitcoins from one particularly fun player that I look forward to playing again.

Another good day at SwCpoker for me. Without putting more than 25% of my bankroll on the table, I managed a 33% bankroll increase. Now I'm up to 4.21 bitcoins. Here's a big pot that I played:

3/6 no limit huhu

130 big blinds effective

I raise on the button with 77, dude 3 bets to 57, I call.

884

He bets ~2/3 pot, I call.

Qo

He bets ~1/2 pot, I call.

8o

He shoves, I call. He shows 95, I show, I win.

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Here's another big pot I played:

150 big blinds effective same stake:

He raises, I call A3.

Q65

I check, he bets ~1/2 pot, I raise 1/2 pot, he calls.

Q

I bet 1/2 pot, he calls.

Ao

I bet 1/2 pot, he says "not sure if I'm supposed to raise here." Then he called. I show, he shows K2, I win.

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Cheers dude, that was a crazy game of poker.

Gl gl from one bob to another

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