Started w $500, thinking pro covers.

Thinking Pro: 40 yr old pro. Already doubled his $500 stack when he got it in on a flopped flush versus AA (w nut Flush draw). Now playing $1k. Both of us hv mutual respect for each other's game. He normally plays 5/5/10 plo/nlhe. He just won a $10k WSOP seat in a wsop 30 player league. Skewed to laggy side.

$5 Straddle in the sb. *Yes, in this 1/2ms game u can straddle the sb.

I open $15 in bb w 2 red cowboys. A player in mp calls, and cutoff calls.

Pot: $45
3 way to the flop of K48

I lead $15 w top set, one fold, and Thinking Pro raised to $60. Awwwwwwww. His spoken words "raise" was pure bliss to my ears. Poker euphoria at its finest. It felt like I was ascending to the Poker heavens, but I did my best to show that I was uncomfortably grounded to this Poker earth.
I decide to take my nuts the call route w intentions of check raising non spade turns.

Pot: $165
J ott. Descending fast...oh hell. Check/call $125.

Pot: $415
10 river. Who was I to think the board wd pair? I check, Thinking Pro bets $300.

Tough spot. K48J10
Set of Kings vs. ?
Who calls? Who Folds?

I tell u what I did and conclusion Monday.

I would have lead out on the turn.
your weak flop bet made it seem like you were on a flush draw and trying to see the turn for cheap.

If he is LAG, could be barreling Ax, maybe flopped a worse set and could be thin valuing. Top set is pretty underrepped so I'm on board with a river call. Sure we run into flushes on occasion but I think we are winning enough of the time here.

I thought you were describing Lutz originally but didn't know he won a WSOP seat? Idk, prob toss it honestly.

Pros raising draws and getting there. What's new. Muck

By him raising the flop, I think his range mainly consists of sets and flush draws. With this range, we only beat two hand combos. This is a really tough spot. Your hand is under rep'd and to be honest, I'm not sure I can fold, even though it is probably the best play.
I'm sure the villian respects your game and I can't imagine him value owning himself, with this bet sizing. It just seems like "he has to have it".

This. The turn and river bet sizings are also consistent with a flush. The way you bet-called the flop you could be on a flush draw too and for him to still bet pretty big on the turn makes me think he has a flush.

The mistake will not be your river decision, but rather you not re- raising the flop. Either he has air/ gutshot bluff, or more likley he has a hand that wants to pump money in aka set, flush draw, 2 pair, etc which are more likley and are the only hands you are getting more value in anyways. Re-raise OTF.

As played you are 50/50 between oversetting him and losing to a made flush.

Think it's a call. I could see him showing up with 8sAs, 8s9s, 7s8x, 6s8s, 8s10s, or AsX, but you have a nut non-flush hand. Tough spot.

You could have come back over the top on the flop, hope to get stacks in versus a set, but either way I think you played the hand fine.

W my stack size I cd check raise it all-in ott if w any nonspade. unfortunately, that spader landed and put us in check/call mode.

As played, I check/folded to his $300 river bet. How he played his hand, and sized his bets, it looked flushy to me.

Guess what? We will never no. He scoops the pot and doesn't show.

Our daily winning streak ended yesterday at 12, and back to #halfwayhunting.
-$543

LOL, uh, no.

When you have a set, the chance of another player also flopping a set is around 50 to 1.

His range is way, way more skewed to flush draws and two pairs than set.

Just ask yourself - when was the last time your set lost to another flopped set, and when was the last time it lost to a flush?

You are right, I was just simplifing my statment.

think you made the correct laydown on the river. obv he coulda flopped a lower set but the way the action played out it screams he was value betting a flush, think he woulda checked behind on the end without a flush. being OOP against a good villain in this hand i probaly woulda 3bet him on the flop. obv you dont wanna run him off when you have top set but if he got coolered on the flop with a lower set hes getting it in after you reraise anyways. by just calling his flop raise if he has a FD and bricks the turn youre allowing him to check behind and see the river for free

Well said.
My only concern is if i raise oop and we don't get it in otf, then I'm in a bad spot when the spade lands. I guess I wd just push all turns because i don't think I cd ever fold if check.

Good idea with the freeroll promotion this month. Someone said that was your idea. I just found out about last week, so I have some catching up to do with the hours.

^ I think Jimmy is gonna do it again next month. He emailed me the promos to get my input, and I saw it on there for July.
Right now I have 60 hours and need 100. Top 20 players in the hourly freeroll get $500.
Freeroll tourney for June hours players takes place July 11th. I guess 60 players will be there.
*first tourney of the year for me. Yea free roll!

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Nothing special to report lately. Up a couple hundo this week. Got $400 unstuck yesterday to lose only $50. 4 bet shoved oesd otf and got there ott (and river lol). That hand got me back.

Still $20k hunting

Killin' it Rayz!

Thanks @moaurlawn. Hope u killing it as well.

Im stuck bunches today. Close to $2k without counting, but we have made a helluva of a come back. Still playing. Somehow got $2,880 in this game and we hv this now.



Do the math...

Getting closer. #noquit



#karateKid

I feel like I can do anything!
$1900 stuck in a 1/2/ms game and fought back to win +$514.
Comeback of my life.
In my Kevin Garnett voice, "anything is possible!"



#noquit

Nice comeback man, especially at 1/2! Can you please send some of that gambool over to my compatriots at Dead Rock, I mean Red Rock

Dat HSI MS. This makes the games (nl and plo) so good there.

True. It's hit and miss sometimes, but occasionally w some maniacs in the game, these 1/2 games plays bigger than 5/10nl.
Heck at times, it can be 1/2/15 or 1/2/20 or 1/2/50 or 1/2/100.

No. I'm selfish.
Thanks man

June Results w a week to go.

Current June stats 6/1/17 through 6/23/17



I'd b happy to get to the $6k mark for this month. Not sure if I made $6k in any month in 2013 w attempt 1 #$40kChallenge. *If anyone wants to go backtrack the thread and check feel free.
$6k could be a 1/2nl all time record month for me. Let's try to get that. That wd also put us above $21k