Sixty-nine, dude!

Monday night was a good one for me. I made $84, mostly in two short sessions of 25c/50c single draw on Poker Stars. Here are three of Monday's hands:

Hand 1
Donkery was living up to his name. The more I saw him play, the more I wished I'd called the four-bet with the advantage of position.

PokerStars Game #52356126865: Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit ($0.25/$0.50 USD) - 2010/11/08 0:47:55 ET
Table 'Aguilar' 7-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: papasipeye ($57.05 in chips)
Seat 2: Speedy_PT ($49.50 in chips)
Seat 3: got2Bnow ($11.20 in chips)
Seat 4: Donkery ($18.65 in chips)
Seat 5: plutoman20 ($28.15 in chips)
Seat 7: jkyb ($52.75 in chips)
Speedy_PT: posts small blind $0.25
got2Bnow: posts big blind $0.50
wk20a: sits out
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [Th 8c 2s 6h 3s]
Donkery: raises $1.50 to $2
plutoman20: raises $4 to $6
jkyb: folds
papasipeye: folds
Speedy_PT: folds
got2Bnow: folds
Donkery: raises $12.65 to $18.65 and is all-in
plutoman20: folds
Uncalled bet ($12.65) returned to Donkery
Donkery collected $12.75 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $12.75 Rake $0
Seat 1: papasipeye (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Speedy_PT (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: got2Bnow (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: Donkery collected ($12.75)
Seat 5: plutoman20 folded before Flop
Seat 7: jkyb folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Hand 2
This was the big one. It had shades of that $100 pot I played a few weeks ago. Pre-draw, wk20a could have had anything up to a ten, but when he bet on the end, I expected to have the second-best hand. What would I have done if I'd hit a nine (which, as it turns out, would have been enough)? I really don't know.

PokerStars Game #52356177524: Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit ($0.25/$0.50 USD) - 2010/11/08 0:50:23 ET
Table 'Aguilar' 7-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: papasipeye ($57.05 in chips)
Seat 2: Speedy_PT ($48.50 in chips)
Seat 3: got2Bnow ($8.70 in chips)
Seat 4: Donkery ($26.10 in chips)
Seat 5: plutoman20 ($23.50 in chips)
Seat 6: wk20a ($19.25 in chips)
Seat 7: jkyb ($53.85 in chips)
jkyb: posts small blind $0.25
papasipeye: posts big blind $0.50
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [5s Ac 4h 2s 8c]
Speedy_PT: raises $1 to $1.50
got2Bnow: calls $1.50
Donkery: raises $2 to $3.50
plutoman20: calls $3.50
wk20a: raises $8.50 to $12
jkyb: folds
papasipeye: folds
papasipeye said, "nice hand"
jkyb said, "thsi a big one"
Speedy_PT: calls $10.50
got2Bnow: folds
Donkery: calls $8.50
jkyb said, "wow"
plutoman20 said, "guess i've got the odds"
plutoman20: calls $8.50
Speedy_PT: discards 1 card
Donkery: discards 1 card
plutoman20: discards 1 card [Ac]
Dealt to plutoman20 [5s 4h 2s 8c] [7d]
wk20a: stands pat
Speedy_PT: checks
Donkery: checks
plutoman20: checks
wk20a: bets $7.25 and is all-in
Speedy_PT: calls $7.25
Donkery: folds
plutoman20 said, "87 dammit"
plutoman20: calls $7.25
*** SHOW DOWN ***
wk20a: shows [6c 9h 8d 2d 3h] (Lo: 9,8,6,3,2)
Speedy_PT: mucks hand
plutoman20: shows [5s 7d 4h 2s 8c] (Lo: 8,7,5,4,2)
plutoman20 collected $69 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $72 Rake $3
Seat 1: papasipeye (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: Speedy_PT mucked [6d 4c 7c Ts 2c]
Seat 3: got2Bnow folded before Flop
Seat 4: Donkery folded on the Flop
Seat 5: plutoman20 showed [5s 7d 4h 2s 8c] and won ($69) with Lo: 8,7,5,4,2
Seat 6: wk20a (button) showed [6c 9h 8d 2d 3h] and lost with Lo: 9,8,6,3,2
Seat 7: jkyb (small blind) folded before Flop

Hand 3
This was the very first hand of the second session. I'd had my eye on this table for a little while and Donkery was seemingly betting and raising willy-nilly. Here he might have remembered the earlier hand where I folded to his four-bet and thought I'd do the same again, but this time I estimated his range at anything from the nuts to a royal flush. I'm ahead of the majority of that, so I decide to gamble. He had a nine draw, and thankfully missed it.

PokerStars Game #52357702451: Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit ($0.25/$0.50 USD) - 2010/11/08 2:19:35 ET
Table 'Aguilar' 7-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: papasipeye ($65.95 in chips)
Seat 2: elchino_007 ($64.40 in chips)
Seat 3: BOOTS1918 ($75.90 in chips)
Seat 4: Donkery ($37.65 in chips)
Seat 5: plutoman20 ($30 in chips)
Seat 6: kdogg224 ($8.10 in chips)
Seat 7: cielorazzo12 ($81.85 in chips)
Donkery: posts small blind $0.25
plutoman20: posts big blind $0.50
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [5d 2d 9s 6c Td]
kdogg224: folds
cielorazzo12: calls $0.50
papasipeye: folds
elchino_007: folds
BOOTS1918: folds
Donkery said, "change your name deck"
Donkery: raises $5 to $5.50
plutoman20: raises $8.50 to $14
cielorazzo12: folds
BOOTS1918 said, "what"
Donkery: raises $23.65 to $37.65 and is all-in
plutoman20: calls $16 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($7.65) returned to Donkery
Donkery: discards 1 card
plutoman20: stands pat on [5d 2d 9s 6c Td]
elchino_007 said, "LOL"
BOOTS1918 said, "lol"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Donkery: shows [7s 3s Ac 2c 9d] (Lo: A,9,7,3,2)
plutoman20: shows [5d 2d 9s 6c Td] (Lo: T,9,6,5,2)
BOOTS1918 said, " idiot"
plutoman20 collected $57.50 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $60.50 Rake $3
Seat 1: papasipeye folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: elchino_007 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: BOOTS1918 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Donkery (small blind) showed [7s 3s Ac 2c 9d] and lost with Lo: A,9,7,3,2
Seat 5: plutoman20 (big blind) showed [5d 2d 9s 6c Td] and won ($57.50) with Lo: T,9,6,5,2
Seat 6: kdogg224 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: cielorazzo12 folded before Flop

The Full Tilt single draw games run at smaller stakes, right down to the 2c/5c blind level. They also feature antes of half the small blind (or slightly less in some cases). I think this is a good thing as it promotes action; there is sometimes a distinct lack of that in the 25c/50c games on Stars (although not on Monday night!).
Lower stakes mean you can experiment a bit (particularly with bluffs) without risking too much. Of course the small stakes also mean you're more likely to get called.
In a 10c/20c game on Full Tilt on Monday night, we were heads-up to the draw, he drew two and I drew one, pairing my six. I bluffed my pair, he then check-raised me, I folded, then he showed me two tens!
In a 5c/10c game last night I four-bet pre-draw out of position with a very pretty looking "skip straight flush", J9753, all hearts. My opponent had been three-betting liberally, and the last time I'd four-bet I'd had a pat 8-7. He folded. If he'd reraised again I'd have let my hand go; had he called I'd have patted and bombed the pot after the draw.