Eurolinx Friday

I've started playing 3 tables at a time... With all of this action, playing 6 handed tables, it forces me to make some quick decisions. So I often will fold so-so hands, and that's a good thing if you want to win consistently.

I played for about four hours on Friday, and ended up breaking even. I lost a big $775 pot with KK vs a flush draw, but I managed to claw my way back.

Here's the hand:

#Game No : 159037841
***** Hand History for Game 159037841 *****
$2.00/$4.00 NL Texas Hold'em - Fri, Sep 29, 20:14:07 2006
Table Personal Best (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: TheHomeless ($417.80)
Seat 2: noroz ($562.30)
Seat 3: Katieh ($436.70)
Seat 4: RockHD ($372.85)
Seat 5: maverick19 ($362.80)
Seat 6: vekafredrik ($464.75)
maverick19 posts small blind [$2.00]
vekafredrik posts big blind [$4.00]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to RockHD [ Kd Ks ]
TheHomeless folds
noroz raises [$8.00]
Katieh calls [$8.00]
RockHD raises [$24.00]
maverick19 calls [$22.00] - He called a raise, re-raise with 3c6c !
vekafredrik folds
noroz calls [$16.00]
Katieh calls [$16.00]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Td 9c 7c ]
maverick19 checks
noroz checks
Katieh checks
RockHD bets [$100.00]
maverick19 is all-In [$338.80]
noroz folds
Katieh folds
RockHD calls [$238.80]
maverick19 shows [ 3c 6c ] High Card, Ten
** Dealing Turn ** [ Tc ] - damn turn... cost me $775
** Dealing River ** [ 5d ]
maverick19 shows [ 3c 6c ] a Flush
RockHD shows [ Kd Ks ] Two Pair, Kings and Tens
maverick19 wins $774.60 from main pot

After that big loss, I managed to win a few key hands to get me back in the black...

On this following hand, I used something I learned from myst... having the conviction to trust your read, and calling a good sized bet on the river when I thought the player missed his flush. He was just calling on the flop, and the turn. If he had anything, I figured he would have raised to chase out the flush draw, and if he had just a small piece of the flop, he would have checked behind me on the river. So I called with Ace high, and won a pretty big pot ($279):

#Game No : 159006934
***** Hand History for Game 159006934 *****
$2.00/$4.00 NL Texas Hold'em - Fri, Sep 29, 19:26:43 2006
Table Banana Boat (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: guldtorsk ($289.10)
Seat 2: aaargh ($133.95)
Seat 3: Katieh ($813.30)
Seat 4: ThinnerJoe ($639.60)
Seat 5: TheHomeless ($349.80)
Seat 6: RockHD ($483.00)
aaargh posts small blind [$2.00]
Katieh posts big blind [$4.00]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to RockHD [ Ad Jc ]
ThinnerJoe folds
TheHomeless folds
RockHD raises [$12.00]
guldtorsk calls [$12.00]
aaargh folds
Katieh folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ 4c 7h Kh ]
RockHD bets [$20.00]
guldtorsk calls [$20.00]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 8s ]
RockHD bets [$40.00]
guldtorsk calls [$40.00]
** Dealing River ** [ 2c ]
RockHD checks
guldtorsk bets [$66.00]
RockHD calls [$66.00]
guldtorsk shows [ Th Qh ] High Card, King
RockHD shows [ Ad Jc ] High Card, Ace
RockHD wins $279.00 from the main pot

On this one, I chased a bit too much, but I got lucky on the river. I didn't think the other player had anything, so I called the bet on the flop with my 6 outs (four 9s for a straight, or two 7s for a set). I sometimes call in situations like that because it often gets me a free card on the turn. It did this time, but only because the other guy checked his big hand. When I hit my card on the river, and bet out $150, he hesitated. In the chat box, I wrote: Fold. He didn't!

#Game No : 159043941
***** Hand History for Game 159043941 *****
$2.00/$4.00 NL Texas Hold'em - Fri, Sep 29, 20:22:13 2006
Table Banana Boat (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 1: y0 ($488.80)
Seat 2: aaargh ($254.60)
Seat 3: Katieh ($578.00)
Seat 4: ThinnerJoe ($830.10)
Seat 6: RockHD ($553.90)
RockHD posts small blind [$2.00]
y0 posts big blind [$4.00]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to RockHD [ 7c 7d ]
aaargh folds
Katieh calls [$4.00]
ThinnerJoe folds
RockHD calls [$2.00]
y0 raises [$16.00]
Katieh calls [$16.00]
RockHD calls [$16.00]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 6d Ts 8d ]
RockHD checks
y0 bets [$45.00] - I thought I might have the best hand, since this smelled like a pretty big continuation bet
Katieh folds
RockHD calls [$45.00]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Tc ]
RockHD checks
y0 checks - He checked, giving me a free card
** Dealing River ** [ 7h ]
RockHD bets [$150.00]
y0 calls [$150.00]
RockHD shows [ 7c 7d ] a Full House, Sevens full of Tens
y0 does not show cards.
RockHD wins $448.00 from the main pot

Here's one that I lost, when the other player caught his 2nd pair on the turn, calling a big raise on the flop with middle pair.

#Game No : 158297688
***** Hand History for Game 158297688 *****
$2.00/$4.00 NL Texas Hold'em - Thu, Sep 28, 17:35:15 2006
Table Personal Best (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 1: Crocc ($437.30)
Seat 3: Pindel ($423.60)
Seat 4: chatblanc ($167.66)
Seat 5: RockHD ($360.00)
Seat 6: jgranathen ($448.20)
Pindel posts small blind [$2.00]
chatblanc posts big blind [$4.00]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to RockHD [ Kd As ]
RockHD raises [$16.00]
jgranathen folds
Crocc folds
Pindel folds
chatblanc calls [$12.00]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 2d Kh 9s ]
chatblanc bets [$4.00]
RockHD raises [$30.00]
chatblanc calls [$26.00]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ts ]
chatblanc is all-In [$121.66]
RockHD calls [$121.66]
chatblanc shows [ Td 9h ] Two Pair, Tens and Nines
** Dealing River ** [ Jc ]
chatblanc shows [ Td 9h ] Two Pair, Tens and Nines
RockHD shows [ Kd As ] a Pair, Kings
chatblanc wins $335.32 from main pot

On this one I managed to get all my money in pre-flop with AA, and the Aces held up:

#Game No : 158982744
***** Hand History for Game 158982744 *****
$2.00/$4.00 NL Texas Hold'em - Fri, Sep 29, 18:46:50 2006
Table Personal Best (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: TheHomeless ($412.00)
Seat 2: noroz ($239.30)
Seat 3: Typhoon ($929.43)
Seat 4: RockHD ($460.00)
Seat 5: maverick19 ($429.20)
Seat 6: 22mavorre ($204.55)
maverick19 posts small blind [$2.00]
22mavorre posts big blind [$4.00]
Typhoon posts small blind [$2.00]
Typhoon posts big blind [$4.00]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to RockHD [ As Ad ]
TheHomeless folds
noroz raises [$14.00]
Typhoon folds
RockHD raises [$34.00]
maverick19 folds
22mavorre folds
noroz raises [$62.00]
RockHD is all-In [$426.00]
noroz is all-In [$163.30]
RockHD is refunded uncalled bet $220.70
noroz shows [ Jc Jh ] a Pair, Jacks
** Dealing Flop ** [ Ts Th 9s ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 6c ]
** Dealing River ** [ 4s ]
noroz shows [ Jc Jh ] Two Pair, Jacks and Tens
RockHD shows [ As Ad ] Two Pair, Aces and Tens
RockHD wins $487.60 from main pot

That was it for Friday... I didn't play Saturday, and I played for a very profitable hour on Sunday - the post is coming up.