In hindsight, I should've quit when the really bad player to my right left the game, making it a three handed game, in which I had the worst seat. Game selection fail on my part. One of the reasons why I stayed was because there was a bad player open limping the button with junk, coldcalling the small blind first in after my preflop raise, and donking top pair or better. Another reason why I stayed was because I was genuinely excited for the opportunity to straddle on the button. The factor that should've tipped the scales though was the tight passive tag on my right.

Perhaps it's just me being results oriented because I lost, but considering the utility of the money involved, I believe it to be a huge game selection fail.

But hey, I still haven't lost any money to any games but cards, which is the real reason why I started this thread. In that sense, the past few days have been a success.

Looking forward, I still have my old job, and was offered another job in the last few days. Though there's no immediate work, the prospects seem good.

I went at it again tonight. I started at 4/8 and won ~25 bets in ~3 hours. Then I jumped into the 10/20 and within an hour I had almost doubled my buyin. I decided that instead of staying and trying to win even more, that it was time to quit and head home a winner for the night. Though it was a pretty good game, I'm very happy with myself for quitting because playing too long is a weakness of mine that I'm trying to improve upon. Coming home early as a winner at 11pm trumps coming home a loser at 6am no matter how you cut it. I'm getting older every day and I just shouldn't be staying up all night like I could when I was younger.

Glad to hear the session went well. Keep posting hands! You'll encounter some moderately interesting situations at that game. Wish I were still in the area and I'd definitely sweat a session for you.

Thanks, here's one I thought was close because it was 3 ways.

utg limps, co limps, I call T6s on the button, blinds check.

25Tr

checks to me, I bet, small blind folds, big blind calls, utg calls, co folds.

7r

checks to me, I bet, utg and co call.

A

checks to me?

I'm just checking if we're three ways on the river with a weak ten. Also, I'm never overcalling T6s. You're gonna need to cut stuff like that out, imo, at your 10/20 shots.

You're probably right about preflop. I think 95s is a fold and J7s is a call. The big problem with T6s is that, even if it's 5 ways to the flop, I'm not getting the odds to draw to a flopped gutshot if someone bets. Add two more limpers with decapitated ranges and I think it's an easy call.

I bet and was called by worse from utg.

The homegame is tonight! I'm psyched.

yeah, preflop is bad. J7s is just as bad.

Glad to hear things went well though.

Yeah, you really, really should cut down your ranges/looseness if you're taking these 10/20 shots. This isn't a NL game, where an overcall with T6s or J7s still isn't any good.

GLHF at the home game.

I appreciate the advice. Off the top of your head, how much equity do you think J7s and T6s have here preflop?

I think that because of the reduction in rake and the lack of a $1 jackpot drop makes this a spot to play more hands than at 4/8. I'm not saying these are slam dunk limps; I don't think they add much to my winrate, but I am on the fence about them. Perhaps the handreading abilities of the opponents has a bunch to do with this situation; if I'm only limping T8s and T7s for Tx, then I'm pretty readable on a T62 flop, where I can't really hit any two pairs. The better my opponents are at handreading, the more I should fold in these spots.

On the other hand, if my opponents suck at handreading, these concerns are lessened, which should lead to playing more hands. Considering the lol 25 hand samples that I have on the opponents, I now see why I should be folding these spots: because I don't have reads with which to make exploitive adjustments yet.

Don't know an exact number, but the short answer is "not enough." I don't think even SSHE says to play these hands in LP.

Break it down. What kind of flops are these hands liking and how often are you going to hit them? If you play perfectly, then these hands *may* be profitable for you, but (please don't take offense) I doubt you are that skilled. Part of what is difficult with these hands is that you can never make the nut straight or flush with them.

The rake argument is something you might have with a hand like J9s, but absolutely not T6s or J7s.

Multi way and against limpers, deception matters way less than getting value.

.25/.50 homegame was fun. Got it up to 8 handed at one point.

My favorite hand of the night:

everyone folds to me in the small blind, I raise 55, big blind 3 bets, I call.

27T or something like that.

I check call.

7 or something like that.

I check call.

Ace of spades on the river for sure.

I check, he bets. I say, "I know you could have a lot of different hands right now, but I think you have pocket kings."

He shows KK. Then I showed my 55 just for fun.

First I played some 1/2 no limit and won a few bucks during the day yesterday. Then I played some 4/8 and won some more.

It was all downhill after midnight though. Dumped a bit at 1/2 and then some more at 4/8. The games were good, but I was tired and didn't run very well.

Still haven't gambled a penny on anything but cards.

I played some 25c/50c limit holdem against a friend last night. I won 26 big bets in about two hours. The brand new cards I bought for my homegame, which paid for themselves in a matter of hours, have treated me well.

I also played a no limit holdem tournament against a different friend the other day with a foul deck, which is missing some cards and contains two jokers which are in play and are wild. I put up $15 against his glass bong. There was a little back and forth in the beginning until this hand:

I was dealt a deuce and a Joker on the button with the chip lead. I raised to 3 big blinds, he called.

KQ6r

He bets ~pot, I overbet shove ~60 big blinds, he calls.

5r

6

he shows Q8, I show and scoop the pot, my $15, and the bong.

Played a $10 heads up no limit best of 3 tournament yesterday with a friend.

He took the first game quickly when his straight beat my pair. I took the second game not so quickly. The third game lasted a little while with some back and forth until I called 3 streets with middle pair when he had top pair. It was fun.

My favorite hand of the match:

I raise 3 big blinds on the button with AT, he calls.

TQK

Royal draw and a pair!

He bets 5 big blinds, I shove, he calls all in for ~40 big blinds.

6

J

He shows A6o for the chop.

Played a few no limit holdem games last night with a friend.

Game 1:

I raise 3 big blinds preflop with A7, he miniraises, I call.

259

He shoves ~70 big blinds, I call.

K

J

I lose.

Game 2:

I raise 3 big blinds preflop with AJo, he miniraises, I shove ~70 big binds, he calls.

25T

He shows 83 and i'm drawing dead on the flop.

At this point I'm down $4 after two $2 losses. We upped the stakes to $5 for the next game, which lasted long enough for me to forget any significant details. I won the third game, finishing up $1 for the night.

I still haven't gambled any money on anything but cards.

I haven't played any cards for money lately but I thought I'd update this thing anyways. I'm currently working on the fundamentals of checking back flops heads up:

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/35...ition-1420368/

Also, I went from single to not single in the past few days, which I'm very happy about.

Gambled a bit last night with a friend. We played two games which were no limit ~75 big blind heads up for $5 and $3 respectively:

Game 1: lots of chips moving back and forth. I came out on top.

Game 2: got a couple monsters early, leaving my opponent with 1 big blind. He doubled up a few times to cut my chiplead to ~2:1, but then I got another monster and stacked him.

Then I forgot about the beer I bought that I left in his fridge and ended up breaking even.

Still haven't gambled on anything but cards. I've noticed a marked increase in the number of one dollar bills in my pockets that previously would've been used to buy scratch tickets.

Played some no limit with a friend the other night, but it was more about the fun than the money. I came out on top.

Didn't realise this thread existed. Haven't a clue about all this silly 'limit' stuff you keep going on about, but GL.

lol thanks TDA.

Limit holdem is what you get when you put a million monkeys on a million typewriters:

Played a no limit 95 big blind 3 way to the felt yesterday:

First hand the player to my right was out of the game on a bluff which didn't work against a set of Jacks.

So now I'm down 2:1 in chips, but the guy had already been seen limping on the button with JJ on the first hand so I liked my chances.

I won the next ~8/12 hands to amass a good chiplead at ~6:1.

Then:

He completes the bet on the button for 2 total, I make it 7 total, he calls.

25T

I bet 15, he calls.

3

I check, he checks.

K

I shove ~1 1/2 pot, he calls.

He shows KQo, I show and win with my

I may have fallen off of the "no gambling on anything but cards" wagon.

I played some no limit the other day. It was another heads up 65 big blind to the felt match up. I lost the first two games, but then won two in a row after we upped the stakes. No really memorable hands occurred, but it was fun.

Then later in the day we went bowling. To be frank, I had a bit to drink that day and I couldn't resist the offer from my friend to play for $2 a string. He took 3/5 strings. I lost two bucks, but it was really fun. Lots of drunk **** talking makes for a fun bowling experience.

Also, I made a bet with a different friend for $1 that he wouldn't get called out to plow snow again this year.

Besides that, I haven't gambled a penny on anything but cards. I miss limit holdem though. I'll probably get back to the casino some time soon.

Fell off the wagon again the other day. I spent ~$20 on scratch tickets. Judge me not by how many times I fall.

Yesterday I went all morning without smoking a cigarette, which is both money saved and a moral victory against addiction. I keep telling myself that over the past two years I have spent the better part of a 20/40 bankroll on cigarettes.

I spent $8 on scratch tickets yesterday. I have no excuse.

Then I played some no limit tournaments with friends. I took the first game. It was heads up and I was at a 10:1 chip deficit, but I made the comeback. I lost the next two games without placing, but I took the last game to end a winner for the night.

Here's my favorite hand of the night:

second hand of a 100 big blind 3 way played to the felt; blinds 50/100

button raises to 600, I raise to 2600 in the small blind with AA, big blind shoves, button calls, I call. Big blind flips 96o, button flips KQo.

I forget the runout, but I won, leaving just the button with 1k in chips. I took the tournament a few minutes later.