Played a long session against noluck17 today, as well as some 3handed with kped. It was nice to win a lot, especially since last time we played 40/80 hu noluck took me for 260k or so in 2500 hands. I think he plays pretty well to be honest, he makes up for doing a lot of exploitable things with his raw aggression. The fact that he wasn't afraid to stick it in made me have to tighten up quite a bit in spots I like to play back. Anyways, I'll post a couple cool hands and I'll also leave one in the high stakes forum since I was really confused in the hand.

Full Tilt, $40/$80 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 3 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

SB: $31,137.25
BB: $13,498.75
Hero (BTN): $16,879

Pre-Flop: Q J dealt to Hero (BTN)
Hero raises to $240, SB raises to $880, BB folds, Hero calls $640

Flop: ($1,840) 7 J 2 (2 Players)
SB bets $1,280, Hero calls $1,280

Turn: ($4,400) 3 (2 Players)
SB checks, Hero bets $3,122, SB raises to $28,977.25 and is All-In, Hero calls $11,597 and is All-In

River: ($33,838) 8 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Results: $33,838 Pot
SB showed Q Q and WON $48,095.25 (+$31,256.25 NET)
Hero showed Q J and LOST (-$16,879 NET)

This is one of those spots where I'm not happy to get it in but I'm going to have to take my lumps with a hand this good. Checking this class of hands back makes my turn strategy too polarized imo.

Full Tilt, $40/$80 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 3 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

Hero (BTN): $19,983
SB: $20,799
BB: $13,922

Pre-Flop: 8 6 dealt to Hero (BTN)
Hero raises to $240, SB folds, BB raises to $880, Hero calls $640

Flop: ($1,800) 9 3 T (2 Players)
BB bets $1,280, Hero raises to $3,341, BB raises to $5,600, Hero raises to $19,103 and is All-In, BB calls $7,442 and is All-In

Turn: ($27,884) 2 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

River: ($27,884) Q (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Results: $27,884 Pot
Hero showed 8 6 and WON $6,061 (-$7,861 NET)
BB showed 7 J and WON $27,883 (+$14,041 NET)

And... hero gets it in awful. Sigh.

Full Tilt, $40/$80 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 2 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

Hero (BTN): $36,951
BB: $22,502.25

Pre-Flop: 6 7 dealt to Hero (BTN)
Hero raises to $240, BB calls $160

Flop: ($480) 6 3 9 (2 Players)
BB checks, Hero bets $320, BB raises to $1,440, Hero calls $1,120

Turn: ($3,360) J (2 Players)
BB bets $2,720, Hero calls $2,720

River: ($8,800) 4 (2 Players)
BB bets $7,280, Hero calls $7,280

Results: $23,360 Pot ($0.50 Rake)
Hero mucked 6 7 and LOST (-$11,640 NET)
BB showed 9 K and WON $23,359.50 (+$11,759.50 NET)

A really nice value bet by him against the saucestation.

Full Tilt, $40/$80 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 2 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

Hero (BTN): $49,956.75
BB: $17,119.25

Pre-Flop: Q A dealt to Hero (BTN)
Hero raises to $240, BB raises to $880, Hero calls $640

Flop: ($1,760) J K T (2 Players)
BB bets $1,280, Hero calls $1,280

Turn: ($4,320) 8 (2 Players)
BB bets $3,440, Hero calls $3,440

River: ($11,200) 2 (2 Players)
BB bets $11,519.25 and is All-In, Hero calls $11,519.25

Results: $34,238.50 Pot ($0.50 Rake)
Hero showed Q A and WON $34,238 (+$17,158.75 NET)
BB showed K Q and LOST (-$17,039.25 NET)

Mixed it up with a slowplay... which worked I guess?


Full Tilt, $40/$80 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 2 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

BB: $32,825
Hero (BTN): $43,659

Pre-Flop: Q K dealt to Hero (BTN)
Hero raises to $240, BB calls $160

Flop: ($480) 5 T J (2 Players)
BB checks, Hero bets $320, BB calls $320

Turn: ($1,120) 5 (2 Players)
BB checks, Hero bets $1,040, BB raises to $4,240, Hero calls $3,200

River: ($9,600) 6 (2 Players)
BB bets $8,160, Hero calls $8,160

Results: $25,920 Pot ($0.50 Rake)
BB showed Q 9 and LOST (-$12,880 NET)
Hero showed Q K and WON $25,919.50 (+$12,999.50 NET)

Hero call pays off for once! Really tough for him to have a nut hand (5+) here given his preflop frequencies and I think very unlikely for him to have a hand like QJ here, although that would be the superown triple-range-merge or whatever. (btw, I've tried checkraising marginal made hands in spots like this against 'tough' regs where my range looks incredibly weak- doesn't work, they just slowplay and own me and I feel like an FPS-y idiot). Also, I think it's likely he thinks he can represent a 5 more credibly than he actually can= cawl.

Poker has been getting better lately, running pretty well over the past month or so. Hopefully I'll see some better results in the 2-7nl td games and the 2-7nl single draw games. Maybe I'll even win in plo!?!? Ok, ok, that's pretty farfetched I admit. I bought learnedfromtv's book though, so perhaps pouring over the incredible amount of data he has gathered will get me a bit more comfortable. Later guys, gl.

Ben