Showing posts with label stud. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stud. Show all posts

Friday, February 11, 2011

Getting the hang of it

February has been a good month so far. There have been two main successes, the first being a purple patch at $2/$4 badugi. After 1400 hands (which I realise is a tiny sample) I'm running at a totally unsustainable nine big bets per hundred. As for the other achievement, I'm at last starting to get the hang of triple draw, or at least I think I am. I've posted some triple draw hands on Deuces Cracked (for some reason I don't like posting on forums) and have had some excellent and informative feedback, even if a lot of it wasn't conclusive. Here are a selection of hands I've played since I got back from Wellington:

Hand 1
As I was in the unusual position of having seen every deuce in the deck, as well as some other key cards, I decided to snow three-way. The real X-factor in this hand was Trillionaire, an aggressive player who doesn't like the fold button much. Had he made any sort of hand on the end he surely would have called me.

PokerStars Game #57469337615: Triple Draw 2-7 Lowball Limit ($0.25/$0.50 USD) - 2011/02/11 1:05:20 ET
Table 'Leuschneria IX' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 2: trillionair3 ($115.85 in chips)
Seat 3: plutoman20 ($14.15 in chips)
Seat 4: TheGanjaMan1 ($10.65 in chips)
Seat 5: jle420one ($11.40 in chips)
Seat 6: jeffnc ($10 in chips)
jle420one: posts small blind $0.10
jeffnc: posts big blind $0.25
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [2s 2c 7s 7h 4s]
trillionair3: calls $0.25
plutoman20: raises $0.25 to $0.50
TheGanjaMan1: folds
jle420one: calls $0.40
jeffnc: folds
trillionair3: calls $0.25
*** FIRST DRAW ***
jle420one: discards 2 cards
trillionair3: discards 3 cards
plutoman20: discards 2 cards [2s 7h]
Dealt to plutoman20 [2c 7s 4s] [2h 2d]
jle420one: checks
trillionair3: checks
plutoman20: bets $0.25
jle420one: calls $0.25
trillionair3: calls $0.25
*** SECOND DRAW ***
jle420one: discards 1 card
trillionair3: discards 3 cards
plutoman20: stands pat on [2c 7s 4s 2h 2d]
jle420one: checks
trillionair3: checks
plutoman20: bets $0.50
jle420one: calls $0.50
trillionair3: calls $0.50
*** THIRD DRAW ***
jle420one: discards 1 card
trillionair3: discards 2 cards
plutoman20: stands pat on [2c 7s 4s 2h 2d]
jle420one: folds
trillionair3: checks
plutoman20: bets $0.50
trillionair3: folds
Uncalled bet ($0.50) returned to plutoman20
plutoman20 collected $3.85 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $4 Rake $0.15
Seat 2: trillionair3 folded after the 3rd Draw
Seat 3: plutoman20 collected ($3.85)
Seat 4: TheGanjaMan1 (button) folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 5: jle420one (small blind) folded after the 3rd Draw
Seat 6: jeffnc (big blind) folded before the Draw

Hand 2
Storpu had been doing all kinds of crazy stuff (putting eight bucks into the pot with a two-card draw is craziness in itself), so I couldn't reasonably fold my 9-8 here. If you're going to lose a big pot, you may as well do so in style.

PokerStars Game #57004614248: Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit ($0.25/$0.50 USD) - 2011/02/02 16:35:20 ET
Table 'Selinur' 7-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: plutoman20 ($36.55 in chips)
Seat 3: pawel9304930 ($57.25 in chips)
Seat 4: KOLUN KZ ($24.75 in chips)
Seat 5: storpu ($29.20 in chips)
Seat 6: Angyalfold ($55.40 in chips)
Seat 7: Gizi4U ($23.90 in chips)
pawel9304930: posts small blind $0.25
KOLUN KZ: posts big blind $0.50
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [6s 4h 8c 9c 3c]
storpu: raises $2.50 to $3
Angyalfold: folds
Gizi4U: folds
plutoman20: raises $5 to $8
pawel9304930: folds
KOLUN KZ: folds
storpu: calls $5
storpu: discards 2 cards
plutoman20: stands pat on [6s 4h 8c 9c 3c]
storpu: bets $21.20 and is all-in
plutoman20: calls $21.20
*** SHOW DOWN ***
storpu: shows [3s 4s 7d 2c 5d] (Lo: 7,5,4,3,2)
plutoman20: shows [6s 4h 8c 9c 3c] (Lo: 9,8,6,4,3)
storpu collected $56.25 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $59.15 Rake $2.90
Seat 1: plutoman20 (button) showed [6s 4h 8c 9c 3c] and lost with Lo: 9,8,6,4,3
Seat 3: pawel9304930 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: KOLUN KZ (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: storpu showed [3s 4s 7d 2c 5d] and won ($56.25) with Lo: 7,5,4,3,2
Seat 6: Angyalfold folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Gizi4U folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Hands 3 & 4
Consecutive hands that show how hard it can be to get value. For some reason people don't want to bet their hands any more.

PokerStars Game #57231079184: Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit ($0.25/$0.50 USD) - 2011/02/06 15:53:39 ET
Table 'Ianthe XVIII' 7-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: antoca901 ($24.45 in chips)
Seat 2: Ya Tigra ($19.90 in chips)
Seat 3: Scylla0805 ($18 in chips)
Seat 4: percuni ($35.65 in chips)
Seat 5: ayury ($11.15 in chips)
Seat 6: NightStarUz ($15.85 in chips)
Seat 7: plutoman20 ($24 in chips)
ayury: posts small blind $0.25
NightStarUz: posts big blind $0.50
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [8d 2d 7c 6h Ks]
plutoman20: raises $1 to $1.50
antoca901: folds
Ya Tigra: calls $1.50
Scylla0805: calls $1.50
percuni: folds
ayury: folds
NightStarUz: folds
plutoman20: discards 1 card [Ks]
Dealt to plutoman20 [8d 2d 7c 6h] [7h]
Ya Tigra: discards 1 card
Scylla0805: stands pat
plutoman20: checks
Ya Tigra: checks
Scylla0805: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
plutoman20: shows [8d 2d 7c 6h 7h] (Lo: a pair of Sevens)
Ya Tigra: shows [9c 5d 3d 6d 7d] (Lo: 9,7,6,5,3)
Scylla0805: shows [5h 9h 2c 4d 3s] (Lo: 9,5,4,3,2)
Scylla0805 collected $5 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $5.25 Rake $0.25
Seat 1: antoca901 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Ya Tigra showed [9c 5d 3d 6d 7d] and lost with Lo: 9,7,6,5,3
Seat 3: Scylla0805 showed [5h 9h 2c 4d 3s] and won ($5) with Lo: 9,5,4,3,2
Seat 4: percuni (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: ayury (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: NightStarUz (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: plutoman20 showed [8d 2d 7c 6h 7h] and lost with Lo: a pair of Sevens

PokerStars Game #57231121183: Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit ($0.25/$0.50 USD) - 2011/02/06 15:54:16 ET
Table 'Ianthe XVIII' 7-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: antoca901 ($24.45 in chips)
Seat 2: Ya Tigra ($18.40 in chips)
Seat 3: Scylla0805 ($21.50 in chips)
Seat 4: percuni ($35.65 in chips)
Seat 5: ayury ($10.90 in chips)
Seat 6: NightStarUz ($15.35 in chips)
Seat 7: plutoman20 ($22.50 in chips)
NightStarUz: posts small blind $0.25
plutoman20: posts big blind $0.50
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [7c 9d Jc 2c 3h]
antoca901: calls $0.50
Ya Tigra: folds
Scylla0805: calls $0.50
percuni: folds
ayury: folds
NightStarUz: folds
plutoman20: raises $1.50 to $2
antoca901: calls $1.50
Scylla0805: calls $1.50
plutoman20: discards 1 card [Jc]
Dealt to plutoman20 [7c 9d 2c 3h] [6d]
antoca901: discards 1 card
Scylla0805: discards 1 card
plutoman20: bets $4
antoca901: folds
Scylla0805: calls $4
*** SHOW DOWN ***
plutoman20: shows [7c 9d 6d 2c 3h] (Lo: 9,7,6,3,2)
Scylla0805: shows [4c 8c 5s 7d 3s] (Lo: 8,7,5,4,3)
Scylla0805 collected $13.60 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $14.25 Rake $0.65
Seat 1: antoca901 folded on the Flop
Seat 2: Ya Tigra folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Scylla0805 showed [4c 8c 5s 7d 3s] and won ($13.60) with Lo: 8,7,5,4,3
Seat 4: percuni folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: ayury (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: NightStarUz (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: plutoman20 (big blind) showed [7c 9d 6d 2c 3h] and lost with Lo: 9,7,6,3,2

Hand 5
I had such a good draw...

PokerStars Game #57244897788: Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit ($0.25/$0.50 USD) - 2011/02/06 20:13:57 ET
Table 'Harmonia XX' 7-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: plutoman20 ($22.65 in chips)
Seat 4: chrismystero ($18.90 in chips)
Seat 5: MJSGEORGIA ($48.70 in chips)
Seat 6: Mikemorrison ($7.85 in chips)
Seat 7: pedorretas31 ($21.80 in chips)
Mikemorrison: posts small blind $0.25
pedorretas31: posts big blind $0.50
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [7h 3s Tc 5h 2h]
plutoman20: raises $1 to $1.50
chrismystero: folds
MJSGEORGIA: folds
Mikemorrison: raises $6.35 to $7.85 and is all-in
pedorretas31: folds
plutoman20: calls $6.35
Mikemorrison: stands pat
plutoman20: discards 1 card [Tc]
Dealt to plutoman20 [7h 3s 5h 2h] [5d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Mikemorrison: shows [8c Td 5s 6h 9c] (Lo: T,9,8,6,5)
plutoman20: shows [7h 3s 5d 5h 2h] (Lo: a pair of Fives)
Mikemorrison collected $15.40 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $16.20 Rake $0.80
Seat 1: plutoman20 showed [7h 3s 5d 5h 2h] and lost with Lo: a pair of Fives
Seat 4: chrismystero folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: MJSGEORGIA (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Mikemorrison (small blind) showed [8c Td 5s 6h 9c] and won ($15.40) with Lo: T,9,8,6,5
Seat 7: pedorretas31 (big blind) folded before Flop

Hand 6
The problem here was Wjcone's short stack. His reraise of the initial min-raise didn't necessarily mean he had a pat hand at all; I couldn't find a fold with my super-rough nine. Neither could I find a fold, getting three to one, when he went all in.

PokerStars Game #57352850245: Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit ($0.25/$0.50 USD) - 2011/02/08 19:36:58 ET
Table 'Sigelinde XL' 7-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: hit4me2 ($26.65 in chips)
Seat 3: WJCONE ($15.50 in chips)
Seat 4: Vortexx1111 ($32.70 in chips)
Seat 5: 'tacheman ($13.65 in chips)
Seat 6: plutoman20 ($31.55 in chips)
Seat 7: z02dsl ($39.65 in chips)
plutoman20: posts small blind $0.25
z02dsl: posts big blind $0.50
TATAR TOPOR: sits out
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [3d 7c 9s 5h 8s]
hit4me2: raises $0.50 to $1
WJCONE: raises $2 to $3
Vortexx1111: folds
'tacheman: folds
plutoman20: raises $5 to $8
z02dsl: folds
hit4me2: folds
WJCONE: raises $7.50 to $15.50 and is all-in
plutoman20: calls $7.50
plutoman20: stands pat on [3d 7c 9s 5h 8s]
WJCONE: stands pat
*** SHOW DOWN ***
plutoman20: shows [3d 7c 9s 5h 8s] (Lo: 9,8,7,5,3)
WJCONE: shows [4h 7d 6h 2d 8h] (Lo: 8,7,6,4,2)
WJCONE collected $30.90 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $32.50 Rake $1.60
Seat 1: hit4me2 folded before Flop
Seat 3: WJCONE showed [4h 7d 6h 2d 8h] and won ($30.90) with Lo: 8,7,6,4,2
Seat 4: Vortexx1111 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: 'tacheman (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: plutoman20 (small blind) showed [3d 7c 9s 5h 8s] and lost with Lo: 9,8,7,5,3
Seat 7: z02dsl (big blind) folded before Flop

Hand 7
Should I have just checked sixth? Why didn't he raise me there? Should I have double-bet fourth? (at that stage I wanted to keep people in, but at these stakes it's likely people will stay in regardless). After the hand, Hagisscoop said he had me "crushed" on third with his KK, implying that I shouldn't have raised. He's about a two-to-one favourite, so it's hardly hold 'em where KK really does dominate QQ before the flop. If he was so confident of being ahead (and two-to-one is still a healthy advantage) why didn't he reraise me?

PokerStars Game #57122704603: 7 Card Stud Limit ($0.10/$0.20 USD) - 2011/02/04 17:56:43 ET
Table 'Kilia XVII' 8-max
Seat 1: ekgude ($5.62 in chips)
Seat 2: KINGBTL ($2.75 in chips)
Seat 3: JokerAceWild ($6.36 in chips)
Seat 4: hagisscoop ($4 in chips)
Seat 5: HeartOfGold ($3.44 in chips)
Seat 6: banze4 ($1.21 in chips)
Seat 7: plutoman20 ($9.12 in chips)
Seat 8: winkystinky ($2.73 in chips)
Everyone posts the ante $0.02
*** 3rd STREET ***
Dealt to ekgude [8s]
Dealt to KINGBTL [6h]
Dealt to JokerAceWild [2s]
Dealt to hagisscoop [6d]
Dealt to HeartOfGold [Jh]
Dealt to banze4 [8d]
Dealt to plutoman20 [5d Qs Qh]
Dealt to winkystinky [7s]
JokerAceWild: brings in for $0.05
hagisscoop: raises $0.05 to $0.10
HeartOfGold: folds
banze4: folds
plutoman20: raises $0.10 to $0.20
winkystinky: calls $0.20
ekgude: folds
KINGBTL: folds
JokerAceWild: folds
hagisscoop: calls $0.10
*** 4th STREET ***
Dealt to hagisscoop [6d] [Th]
Dealt to plutoman20 [5d Qs Qh] [Qc]
Dealt to winkystinky [7s] [8c]
Pair on board - a double bet is allowed
plutoman20: bets $0.10
winkystinky: calls $0.10
hagisscoop: calls $0.10
*** 5th STREET ***
Dealt to hagisscoop [6d Th] [3d]
Dealt to plutoman20 [5d Qs Qh Qc] [4c]
Dealt to winkystinky [7s 8c] [9c]
plutoman20: bets $0.20
winkystinky: calls $0.20
hagisscoop: folds
*** 6th STREET ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [5d Qs Qh Qc 4c] [3s]
Dealt to winkystinky [7s 8c 9c] [Jd]
plutoman20: bets $0.20
winkystinky: calls $0.20
*** RIVER ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [5d Qs Qh Qc 4c 3s] [8h]
plutoman20: checks
winkystinky: bets $0.20
plutoman20: calls $0.20
*** SHOW DOWN ***
winkystinky: shows [As Ts 7s 8c 9c Jd 2h] (a straight, Seven to Jack)
plutoman20: mucks hand
winkystinky collected $2.20 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $2.31 Rake $0.11
Seat 1: ekgude folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 2: KINGBTL folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 3: JokerAceWild folded on the 3rd Street
Seat 4: hagisscoop folded on the 5th Street
Seat 5: HeartOfGold folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 6: banze4 folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 7: plutoman20 mucked [5d Qs Qh Qc 4c 3s 8h]
Seat 8: winkystinky showed [As Ts 7s 8c 9c Jd 2h] and won ($2.20) with a straight, Seven to Jack

Thursday, January 27, 2011

A quick heads-up

Well it was a fairly long heads-up actually. On Monday I took second in the "early bird" single draw tournament after four hours and exactly 500 hands. The middle stages of the tournament went very well for me. It wasn't as it I took down pot after pot with sevens and eights - in fact over half the hands I showed down were losers - but I won the pots that mattered. When we got heads-up though it was a different story. I had a chip lead of nearly three to two, but my opponent quickly whittled away at that, then overtook me, and although I hung in there for a decent period of time I never came back. It turned out my conqueror is some kind of heads-up KCL expert. He told me in chat that he made a living from it. On the right is his graph for heads-up tourneys over the last three months. Forty-five-degree angle graphs are not what you want to see! That's a lot of money to make from three months of purely heads-up poker.
In this morning's early bird I came fourth. It had a massive overlay - I don't mind getting up early if there's free money up for grabs. Only six paid, i.e. one of the final table would miss out; as we got down to seven I was the most likely candidate. I was really hanging on for dear life. When the bubble burst I was told I'd "played my Kiwi arse off" - I found that funny.
This afternoon I finished 93rd in the PLO8 blogger tournament (WBCOOP), enough for an $11 SCOOP ticket and a WBCOOP main event ticket although I doubt I can make that. I also tried the PLO high tourney on Tuesday - I don't know what I'm doing in that game and it was hardly surprising that I busted out early.
Here are some of the more interesting hands (in my opinion) from the last few days:
Hand 1
Win this hand and I'm ahead by two and a half to one. Lose and I'm out. How many outs have I got here? Probably not many, which is why (after using my time bank) I folded. Make the six a seven (or an eight) and I'd have called.
PokerStars Game #56448105939: Tournament #353438578, $5.00+$0.50 USD Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit - Level XIV (600/1200) - 2011/01/23 16:41:21 ET
Table '353438578 8' 7-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Stevenrh1 (77692 in chips)
Seat 6: plutoman20 (43808 in chips)
Stevenrh1: posts the ante 300
plutoman20: posts the ante 300
Stevenrh1: posts small blind 600
plutoman20: posts big blind 1200
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [4s 2h 6c 3s Jd]
Stevenrh1: raises 2400 to 3600
plutoman20: raises 7200 to 10800
Stevenrh1: raises 66592 to 77392 and is all-in
plutoman20: folds
Uncalled bet (66592) returned to Stevenrh1
Stevenrh1 collected 22200 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 22200 Rake 0
Seat 1: Stevenrh1 (button) (small blind) collected (22200)
Seat 6: plutoman20 (big blind) folded before Flop
Hand 2
PeccoKimi has been showing down flush draws and big trips; he's clearly playing for high. But because of him, I end up virtually stacking off trying to make an eight. There were various reasons why I called. For starters there's a whole heap of dead money here. Secondly Zaharik knows that Pecco is playing for high, so Zaharik's hand isn't necessarily super strong. Thirdly Pecco's high hand most likely contains high cards, so my outs are probably live (I was unlucky that he had two of the threes I needed). And finally it's a rebuy, so I can have another go. As it happened I didn't rebuy. I ran my last 200 chips up to more than 4000 before busting in the middle of the field. I read a comment recently that there's more money to be made from triple draw than single at the moment. That might be true, but if the overlays continue and there are still people who think the object of the game is the exact opposite of what it really is, I'll be playing single draw tournaments for a while yet.
PokerStars Game #56491193682: Tournament #355556779, $5.00+$0.50 USD Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2011/01/24 13:07:42 ET
Table '355556779 4' 7-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: Rene24101990 (1455 in chips)
Seat 2: desktom (3345 in chips)
Seat 3: Vindel (3135 in chips)
Seat 4: plutoman20 (1755 in chips)
Seat 5: _z@h@rik_ (1545 in chips)
Seat 6: PeccoKimi (935 in chips)
Rene24101990: posts the ante 5
desktom: posts the ante 5
Vindel: posts the ante 5
plutoman20: posts the ante 5
_z@h@rik_: posts the ante 5
PeccoKimi: posts the ante 5
Rene24101990: posts small blind 10
desktom: posts big blind 20
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [6c 4c 2d Qc 8c]
Vindel: folds
plutoman20: raises 50 to 70
_z@h@rik_: raises 150 to 220
PeccoKimi: raises 280 to 500
Rene24101990: folds
desktom: folds
plutoman20: calls 430
_z@h@rik_: raises 1040 to 1540 and is all-in
PeccoKimi: calls 430 and is all-in
plutoman20: calls 1040
plutoman20: discards 1 card [Qc]
Dealt to plutoman20 [6c 4c 2d 8c] [Js]
_z@h@rik_: stands pat
PeccoKimi: stands pat
_z@h@rik_ said, "lol"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
plutoman20: shows [6c 4c 2d Js 8c] (Lo: J,8,6,4,2)
_z@h@rik_: shows [5s 7d 8h 6h 2c] (Lo: 8,7,6,5,2)
_z@h@rik_ collected 1220 from side pot
PeccoKimi: shows [Td 3c Ts Th 3h] (Lo: a full house, Tens full of Threes)
_z@h@rik_ collected 2850 from main pot
PeccoKimi finished the tournament in 37th place
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4070 Main pot 2850. Side pot 1220. Rake 0
Seat 1: Rene24101990 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: desktom (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: Vindel folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: plutoman20 showed [6c 4c 2d Js 8c] and lost with Lo: J,8,6,4,2
Seat 5: _z@h@rik_ showed [5s 7d 8h 6h 2c] and won (4070) with Lo: 8,7,6,5,2
Seat 6: PeccoKimi (button) showed [Td 3c Ts Th 3h] and lost with Lo: a full house, Tens full of Threes
Hand 3
Eight left in this morning's tournament. Had I decided to shove here, or if Ikawayim had, I'd have been out. It was a biggish bet and I just had an inkling that I might be beaten. I ended up finishing fourth for $50.
PokerStars Game #56611144924: Tournament #355556803, $5.00+$0.50 USD Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit - Level VIII (150/300) - 2011/01/26 14:54:24 ET
Table '355556803 2' 7-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: plutoman20 (7225 in chips)
Seat 3: ikawayim (15775 in chips)
Seat 4: Rene24101990 (8155 in chips)
Seat 5: peggy360 (13390 in chips)
plutoman20: posts the ante 75
ikawayim: posts the ante 75
Rene24101990: posts the ante 75
peggy360: posts the ante 75
ikawayim: posts small blind 150
Rene24101990: posts big blind 300
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [7c 2s Kc 8c 3c]
peggy360: calls 300
plutoman20: raises 600 to 900
ikawayim: calls 750
Rene24101990: folds
peggy360: folds
ikawayim: discards 1 card
plutoman20: discards 1 card [Kc]
Dealt to plutoman20 [7c 2s 8c 3c] [4c]
ikawayim: bets 2100
plutoman20: calls 2100
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ikawayim: shows [5h 3s 8d 2c 6d] (Lo: 8,6,5,3,2)
plutoman20: mucks hand
ikawayim collected 6900 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 6900 Rake 0
Seat 2: plutoman20 (button) mucked [7c 2s 4c 8c 3c]
Seat 3: ikawayim (small blind) showed [5h 3s 8d 2c 6d] and won (6900) with Lo: 8,6,5,3,2
Seat 4: Rene24101990 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: peggy360 folded before Flop
Hand 4
After this hand this morning, I was in trouble again. I can't understand just calling a raise with such a strong hand.
PokerStars Game #56612163789: Tournament #355556803, $5.00+$0.50 USD Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit - Level VIII (150/300) - 2011/01/26 15:11:45 ET
Table '355556803 2' 7-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: Ruskor777 (17830 in chips)
Seat 2: plutoman20 (5800 in chips)
Seat 3: ikawayim (19300 in chips)
Seat 4: Rene24101990 (8530 in chips)
Seat 5: peggy360 (10990 in chips)
Seat 6: E.K.X (11650 in chips)
Seat 7: lmmmjm (12900 in chips)
Ruskor777: posts the ante 75
plutoman20: posts the ante 75
ikawayim: posts the ante 75
Rene24101990: posts the ante 75
peggy360: posts the ante 75
E.K.X: posts the ante 75
lmmmjm: posts the ante 75
Ruskor777: posts small blind 150
plutoman20: posts big blind 300
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [7c 2s 6d 6c 5d]
ikawayim: folds
Rene24101990: folds
peggy360: folds
E.K.X: raises 600 to 900
lmmmjm: calls 900
Ruskor777: folds
plutoman20: calls 600
plutoman20: discards 1 card [6c]
Dealt to plutoman20 [7c 2s 6d 5d] [9d]
E.K.X: discards 1 card
lmmmjm: stands pat
plutoman20: bets 2000
E.K.X: folds
lmmmjm: calls 2000
*** SHOW DOWN ***
plutoman20: shows [7c 2s 6d 9d 5d] (Lo: 9,7,6,5,2)
lmmmjm: shows [7d 4s 2d 6h 9c] (Lo: 9,7,6,4,2)
lmmmjm collected 7375 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 7375 Rake 0
Seat 1: Ruskor777 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: plutoman20 (big blind) showed [7c 2s 6d 9d 5d] and lost with Lo: 9,7,6,5,2
Seat 3: ikawayim folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Rene24101990 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: peggy360 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: E.K.X folded on the Flop
Seat 7: lmmmjm (button) showed [7d 4s 2d 6h 9c] and won (7375) with Lo: 9,7,6,4,2
Hand 5
I guess drawing one (as you would with this hand in five-card draw high) would have been more convincing. I decide to give up when he bets even though I knew he wasn't betting a seven.
PokerStars Game #56621170240: Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit ($0.25/$0.50 USD) - 2011/01/26 17:36:40 ET
Table 'Una XXIV' 7-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: plutoman20 ($30 in chips)
Seat 2: I am MAKLAUD ($8 in chips)
Seat 3: XxCraxerxX ($13.50 in chips)
Seat 4: percuni ($20.95 in chips)
Seat 5: Haleike ($51.10 in chips)
Seat 6: stefge ($58 in chips)
Seat 7: ANMACLAU ($60 in chips)
XxCraxerxX: posts small blind $0.25
percuni: posts big blind $0.50
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [7s 7d 7h 7c Qs]
Haleike: folds
stefge: folds
ANMACLAU: folds
plutoman20: raises $1 to $1.50
I am MAKLAUD: folds
XxCraxerxX: folds
percuni: calls $1
percuni: discards 1 card
plutoman20: stands pat on [7s 7d 7h 7c Qs]
percuni: bets $1.50
plutoman20: folds
Uncalled bet ($1.50) returned to percuni
percuni collected $3.10 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $3.25 Rake $0.15
Seat 1: plutoman20 folded on the Flop
Seat 2: I am MAKLAUD (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: XxCraxerxX (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: percuni (big blind) collected ($3.10)
Seat 5: Haleike folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: stefge folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: ANMACLAU folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Hand 6
It's quite possible Milyang didn't break the best hand here. I decided to bet the end - he might have thought I was snowing.
PokerStars Game #56509645444: Badugi Limit ($1/$2 USD) - 2011/01/24 17:53:49 ET
Table 'T #831328974' 8-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: milyang ($31.25 in chips)
Seat 2: lynxjune ($39.50 in chips)
Seat 3: Foxy_Boxer ($92.50 in chips)
Seat 4: big fitz 4 ($77.50 in chips)
Seat 5: nick200484 ($10.75 in chips)
Seat 6: ZESUPERDONK ($72.75 in chips)
Seat 7: plutoman20 ($67.75 in chips)
Foxy_Boxer: posts small blind $0.50
big fitz 4: posts big blind $1
BOBVESS: sits out
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [4d 7d 2s 5h]
nick200484: folds
ZESUPERDONK: folds
plutoman20: raises $1 to $2
milyang: raises $1 to $3
lynxjune: folds
Foxy_Boxer: folds
big fitz 4: folds
plutoman20: calls $1
*** FIRST DRAW ***
plutoman20: discards 1 card [7d]
Dealt to plutoman20 [4d 2s 5h] [Qc]
milyang: stands pat
plutoman20: checks
milyang: bets $1
plutoman20: raises $1 to $2
milyang: calls $1
*** SECOND DRAW ***
plutoman20: stands pat on [4d 2s 5h Qc]
milyang: discards 1 card
plutoman20: bets $2
milyang: calls $2
*** THIRD DRAW ***
plutoman20: stands pat on [4d 2s 5h Qc]
milyang: discards 1 card
plutoman20: bets $2
milyang: folds
Uncalled bet ($2) returned to plutoman20
plutoman20 collected $14.75 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $15.50 Rake $0.75
Seat 1: milyang folded after the 3rd Draw
Seat 2: lynxjune (button) folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Foxy_Boxer (small blind) folded before the Draw
Seat 4: big fitz 4 (big blind) folded before the Draw
Seat 5: nick200484 folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 6: ZESUPERDONK folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 7: plutoman20 collected ($14.75)
Hand 7
Playing against a monkey increases expected profits, but variance goes through the roof. You end up putting in a jillion bets and if you don't hit you won't get any of them back. Look what 24lexy was drawing to here.
PokerStars Game #56618082178: Badugi Limit ($1/$2 USD) - 2011/01/26 16:44:19 ET
Table 'T #833642309' 8-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 2: 24lexy ($11.75 in chips)
Seat 3: Marbous ($91 in chips)
Seat 4: matandkt ($39 in chips)
Seat 5: plutoman20 ($41.50 in chips)
Seat 6: mooietruus ($48 in chips)
Seat 7: jdfm007 ($38.75 in chips)
Seat 8: w1972vw ($44 in chips)
jdfm007: posts small blind $0.50
w1972vw: posts big blind $1
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [As 4c 2c 2d]
24lexy: raises $1 to $2
Marbous: raises $1 to $3
matandkt: folds
plutoman20: calls $3
mooietruus: calls $3
jdfm007: folds
w1972vw has timed out
w1972vw: folds
24lexy: raises $1 to $4
Betting is capped
Marbous: calls $1
plutoman20: calls $1
mooietruus: calls $1
*** FIRST DRAW ***
24lexy: discards 3 cards
Marbous: stands pat
plutoman20: discards 1 card [2c]
Dealt to plutoman20 [As 4c 2d] [9d]
mooietruus: discards 2 cards
24lexy: bets $1
Marbous: raises $1 to $2
plutoman20: calls $2
mooietruus: calls $2
24lexy: raises $1 to $3
Marbous: raises $1 to $4
Betting is capped
plutoman20: calls $2
mooietruus: calls $2
24lexy: calls $1
*** SECOND DRAW ***
24lexy: discards 1 card
Marbous: stands pat
plutoman20: discards 1 card [9d]
Dealt to plutoman20 [As 4c 2d] [Jc]
mooietruus: discards 1 card
24lexy: bets $2
Marbous: raises $2 to $4
plutoman20: calls $4
mooietruus: calls $4
24lexy: calls $1.75 and is all-in
*** THIRD DRAW ***
24lexy: discards 1 card
Marbous: stands pat
plutoman20: discards 1 card [Jc]
Dealt to plutoman20 [As 4c 2d] [Kh]
mooietruus: discards 1 card
Marbous: checks
plutoman20: checks
mooietruus: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Marbous: shows [7s 9c 8d Th] (Badugi: T,9,8,7)
plutoman20: mucks hand
mooietruus: mucks hand
Marbous collected $0.75 from side pot
24lexy: mucks hand
Marbous collected $47.50 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $49.25 Main pot $47.50. Side pot $0.75. Rake $1
Seat 2: 24lexy mucked [3h Ts 7c Jh]
Seat 3: Marbous showed [7s 9c 8d Th] and won ($48.25) with a Badugi: T,9,8,7
Seat 4: matandkt folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 5: plutoman20 mucked [As 4c Kh 2d]
Seat 6: mooietruus (button) mucked [6s 2s 3d Ah]
Seat 7: jdfm007 (small blind) folded before the Draw
Seat 8: w1972vw (big blind) folded before the Draw
Hand 8
The monkey reloaded. Should I be keeping this jack? A queen would be a clear break while a ten would be a clear pat. Assuming neither of my opponents has a better three-card than mine, patting gives me 52% equity with two draws left.
PokerStars Game #56619099014: Badugi Limit ($1/$2 USD) - 2011/01/26 17:02:18 ET
Table 'T #833642309' 8-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: joaoomachado ($14 in chips)
Seat 2: 24lexy ($82 in chips)
Seat 3: Marbous ($161.75 in chips)
Seat 4: milyang ($18.50 in chips)
Seat 5: plutoman20 ($18 in chips)
Seat 6: allianzzz ($20 in chips)
Seat 7: jdfm007 ($29 in chips)
Seat 8: w1972vw ($25.75 in chips)
allianzzz: posts small blind $0.50
jdfm007: posts big blind $1
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [4h As Ac 3c]
w1972vw: calls $1
joaoomachado: folds
24lexy: raises $1 to $2
Marbous: folds
milyang: folds
plutoman20: raises $1 to $3
allianzzz: folds
jdfm007: folds
w1972vw: calls $2
24lexy: raises $1 to $4
Betting is capped
plutoman20: calls $1
w1972vw: calls $1
*** FIRST DRAW ***
w1972vw: discards 1 card
24lexy: discards 1 card
plutoman20: discards 1 card [Ac]
Dealt to plutoman20 [4h As 3c] [Jd]
w1972vw: checks
24lexy: checks
plutoman20: bets $1
w1972vw: calls $1
24lexy: calls $1
*** SECOND DRAW ***
w1972vw: discards 1 card
24lexy: discards 1 card
plutoman20: stands pat on [4h As 3c Jd]
w1972vw: checks
24lexy: checks
plutoman20: bets $2
w1972vw: calls $2
24lexy: calls $2
*** THIRD DRAW ***
w1972vw: discards 1 card
24lexy: discards 1 card
plutoman20: stands pat on [4h As 3c Jd]
w1972vw: checks
24lexy: checks
plutoman20: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
w1972vw: shows [5c 7s 3d 6s] (3-card: 6,5,3)
24lexy: shows [9s Th 4c 7d] (Badugi: T,9,7,4)
plutoman20: mucks hand
24lexy collected $21.50 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $22.50 Rake $1
Seat 1: joaoomachado folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 2: 24lexy showed [9s Th 4c 7d] and won ($21.50) with a Badugi: T,9,7,4
Seat 3: Marbous folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 4: milyang folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 5: plutoman20 (button) mucked [4h As Jd 3c]
Seat 6: allianzzz (small blind) folded before the Draw
Seat 7: jdfm007 (big blind) folded before the Draw
Seat 8: w1972vw showed [5c 7s 3d 6s] and lost with a 3-card: 6,5,3
Hand 9
I hate these sorts of hands where you get whipsawed. Should I have folded the turn facing two more bets cold and possibly drawing to two outs to tie?
Full Tilt Poker Game #27555080103: Table Dune Ridge (6 max) - $0.25/$0.50 - Limit 2-7 Triple Draw - 03:10:23 ET - 2011/01/24
Seat 1: plutoman20 ($11.65)
Seat 3: cruffles ($6.65)
Seat 4: Elvstroem ($13.75)
Seat 5: MisterJekyll ($0.55)
Seat 6: h-gerizson ($12.25)
cruffles posts the small blind of $0.10
Elvstroem posts the big blind of $0.25
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [Ts 5c 8s 2d 7h]
MisterJekyll folds
h-gerizson raises to $0.50
plutoman20 calls $0.50
cruffles folds
Elvstroem raises to $0.75
h-gerizson raises to $1
plutoman20 calls $0.50
Elvstroem calls $0.25
*** FIRST DRAW *** (Pot: $3.10)
Elvstroem discards 1 card
h-gerizson discards 1 card
plutoman20 discards 2 cards [Ts 8s]
Elvstroem is dealt 1 card
h-gerizson is dealt 1 card
Dealt to plutoman20 [5c 2d 7h] [Jc Ks]
Elvstroem checks
h-gerizson bets $0.25
plutoman20 calls $0.25
Elvstroem calls $0.25
*** SECOND DRAW *** (Pot: $3.85)
Elvstroem discards 1 card
h-gerizson discards 1 card
plutoman20 discards 2 cards [Jc Ks]
Elvstroem is dealt 1 card
h-gerizson is dealt 1 card
Dealt to plutoman20 [5c 2d 7h] [9h 3s]
Elvstroem checks
h-gerizson bets $0.50
plutoman20 calls $0.50
Elvstroem raises to $1
h-gerizson raises to $1.50
plutoman20 calls $1
Elvstroem raises to $2
h-gerizson calls $0.50
plutoman20 calls $0.50
*** THIRD DRAW *** (Pot: $9.85)
Elvstroem stands pat
h-gerizson stands pat
plutoman20 discards 1 card [9h]
Dealt to plutoman20 [5c 2d 7h 3s] [Qs]
Elvstroem checks
h-gerizson checks
plutoman20 checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Elvstroem shows [7d 6d 5s 4h 2h] 7,6,5,4,2
h-gerizson mucks
plutoman20 mucks
Elvstroem wins the pot ($9.40) with 7,6,5,4,2
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $9.85 Rake $0.45
Seat 1: plutoman20 (button) mucked [Qs 7h 5c 3s 2d] - Q,7,5,3,2
Seat 3: cruffles (small blind) folded before the Draw
Seat 4: Elvstroem (big blind) showed [7d 6d 5s 4h 2h] and won ($9.40) with 7,6,5,4,2
Seat 5: MisterJekyll folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 6: h-gerizson mucked [8h 6c 5d 4d 2s] - 8,6,5,4,2
Hand 10
Here I make a regrettable fold. It just didn't seem I even a 6% chance of my hand being good. Spedtsberg was betting anything, so might well have had just a pair of kings. But unless Pacogreen is a complete muppet (or misclicked) he can beat KK. And there's nothing I beat that beats KK apart from, well, the hand Pacogreen actually had. What I didn't take into account, unfortunately, was that hadn't seen a single ace.
PokerStars Game #56500494588: 7 Card Stud Limit ($0.10/$0.20 USD) - 2011/01/24 15:32:26 ET
Table 'Iphiklos XXV' 8-max
Seat 2: sorrell88 ($4.73 in chips)
Seat 4: blufpoker_kk ($1.28 in chips)
Seat 5: spedtsberg ($2.60 in chips)
Seat 6: pacogreen ($3.96 in chips)
Seat 7: streusel66 ($2.65 in chips)
Seat 8: plutoman20 ($9.54 in chips)
sorrell88: posts the ante $0.02
blufpoker_kk: posts the ante $0.02
spedtsberg: posts the ante $0.02
pacogreen: posts the ante $0.02
streusel66: posts the ante $0.02
plutoman20: posts the ante $0.02
*** 3rd STREET ***
Dealt to sorrell88 [Qd]
Dealt to blufpoker_kk [Qc]
Dealt to spedtsberg [Kh]
Dealt to pacogreen [Qh]
Dealt to streusel66 [Qs]
Dealt to plutoman20 [2h 2d 5s]
plutoman20: brings in for $0.05
sorrell88: raises $0.05 to $0.10
blufpoker_kk: calls $0.10
spedtsberg: calls $0.10
pacogreen: calls $0.10
streusel66: folds
plutoman20: calls $0.05
*** 4th STREET ***
Dealt to sorrell88 [Qd] [3h]
Dealt to blufpoker_kk [Qc] [2s]
Dealt to spedtsberg [Kh] [Kd]
Dealt to pacogreen [Qh] [9s]
Dealt to plutoman20 [2h 2d 5s] [5d]
Pair on board - a double bet is allowed
spedtsberg: bets $0.20
pacogreen: calls $0.20
looney ltd joins the table at seat #3
plutoman20: raises $0.20 to $0.40
sorrell88: folds
blufpoker_kk: folds
spedtsberg: calls $0.20
pacogreen: calls $0.20
*** 5th STREET ***
Dealt to spedtsberg [Kh Kd] [2c]
Dealt to pacogreen [Qh 9s] [7c]
Dealt to plutoman20 [2h 2d 5s 5d] [4s]
spedtsberg: checks
pacogreen: checks
plutoman20: bets $0.20
spedtsberg: calls $0.20
pacogreen: calls $0.20
*** 6th STREET ***
Dealt to spedtsberg [Kh Kd 2c] [5h]
Dealt to pacogreen [Qh 9s 7c] [Kc]
Dealt to plutoman20 [2h 2d 5s 5d 4s] [6d]
spedtsberg: bets $0.20
pacogreen: calls $0.20
plutoman20: calls $0.20
*** RIVER ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [2h 2d 5s 5d 4s 6d] [9h]
spedtsberg: bets $0.20
pacogreen: calls $0.20
plutoman20: folds
*** SHOW DOWN ***
spedtsberg: shows [6h Js Kh Kd 2c 5h Td] (a pair of Kings)
pacogreen: shows [Ad As Qh 9s 7c Kc 4h] (a pair of Aces)
pacogreen collected $3.26 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $3.42 Rake $0.16
Seat 2: sorrell88 folded on the 4th Street
Seat 4: blufpoker_kk folded on the 4th Street
Seat 5: spedtsberg showed [6h Js Kh Kd 2c 5h Td] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 6: pacogreen showed [Ad As Qh 9s 7c Kc 4h] and won ($3.26) with a pair of Aces
Seat 7: streusel66 folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 8: plutoman20 folded on the River

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Taking a short break

On Sunday I played my first session of 50c/$1 single draw, dropped $56, and decided I wouldn't play any poker until Friday's early bird tournament. I was feeling depressed; when you're depressed it's hard to make rational decisions, and if you can't make rational decisions you're setting light to money. In recent weeks I'd got into a few bad habits, cooking meals while playing being the worst of them. When I'm playing poker I should only be playing poker. No phone calls, no emailing, no TV, definitely no stir-fries. Eating is OK (depending on what it is), music is fine, but that's about it.

Over the last month or so, the 25c/50c single draw tables have been populated by players trying to see a draw as cheaply as possible with their 8632 or 7542. If I'm honest it was getting to be a drag. But when I tried the next level of the game, the stakes had been raised in more ways than one. There were outrageous bluffs and people going to war with 10-8's. If I was in a better mental state it would have been a lot more fun that I've had in this game for ages.
I've also had a go at stud high for pretty much the first time ever - it's a fascinating game. I've only tried micro stakes (10c/20c) so far, which is just as well because I don't yet know what I'm doing. At these stakes a lot of players continue beyond third street (often way beyond) with just about anything, so hand reading (for me anyway) is incredibly difficult. As so many pots are multi-way, I now feel I should be aiming for big-pot hands - big trips, big straights, big flushes and full houses. So (QT)J would seem to be more playable than (55)Q, but that's only a hunch. I've already seen dozens of apparently junky starting hands turn into gold, so maybe I should just be following the herd and playing any three cards, whether rolled up aces or (72)9 rainbow. At this stage I simply don't know.
Hand 1
I just called Vindel's min-raise post-draw - at 25c/50c it's normally an eight (at least!). There's no way I'm folding here (unless I'm on a complete snow) so his raise makes no sense at all. But maybe that's precisely the point. Everybody on the table now thinks he's batshit crazy. Soon after this he went nuts with some other junk hand (AQJ94 or the like); then everyone knew he was batshit crazy. These moves had significant meta-game implications (or is it mega-game?) for the rest of the session when he ran red hot and got paid off handsomely.

PokerStars Game #55986491859: Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit ($0.50/$1.00 USD) - 2011/01/15 16:48:06 ET
Table 'Agelaos X' 7-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: bllyb1721 ($74.80 in chips)
Seat 2: mR b@bLe ($19.35 in chips)
Seat 3: Angyalfold ($39 in chips)
Seat 4: plutoman20 ($44.65 in chips)
Seat 5: musketss ($19.30 in chips)
Seat 6: Vindel ($85.70 in chips)
Angyalfold: posts small blind $0.50
plutoman20: posts big blind $1
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [2h 5s 4c 6c 9h]
musketss: folds
Vindel: raises $2 to $3
bllyb1721: folds
mR b@bLe: folds
Angyalfold: folds
plutoman20: raises $6 to $9
Vindel: calls $6
plutoman20: stands pat on [2h 5s 4c 6c 9h]
Vindel: discards 2 cards
plutoman20: bets $11
Vindel: raises $11 to $22
plutoman20: calls $11
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Vindel: shows [Ah Js 7d 5d 3c] (Lo: A,J,7,5,3)
plutoman20: shows [2h 5s 4c 6c 9h] (Lo: 9,6,5,4,2)
plutoman20 collected $59.50 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $62.50 Rake $3
Seat 1: bllyb1721 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: mR b@bLe (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Angyalfold (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: plutoman20 (big blind) showed [2h 5s 4c 6c 9h] and won ($59.50) with Lo: 9,6,5,4,2
Seat 5: musketss folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Vindel showed [Ah Js 7d 5d 3c] and lost with Lo: A,J,7,5,3

Hand 2
I decided to call here with my pair of deuces - getting bluffed here would have been a disaster. I wish I'd just shoved after the draw though and I wouldn't have had to make the decision.
PokerStars Game #55987739083: Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit ($0.50/$1.00 USD) - 2011/01/15 17:11:22 ET
Table 'Agelaos X' 7-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: bllyb1721 ($44.70 in chips)
Seat 2: mR b@bLe ($9.25 in chips)
Seat 3: Angyalfold ($61.15 in chips)
Seat 4: plutoman20 ($70.25 in chips)
Seat 5: musketss ($36.55 in chips)
Seat 6: Vindel ($30.85 in chips)
Seat 7: toyo8 ($30.10 in chips)
bllyb1721: posts small blind $0.50
mR b@bLe: posts big blind $1
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [8c 4s 4d 9h 2h]
Angyalfold: folds
plutoman20: raises $2 to $3
musketss: folds
Vindel: folds
toyo8: folds
bllyb1721: folds
mR b@bLe: calls $2
mR b@bLe: discards 2 cards
plutoman20: discards 1 card [4d]
Dealt to plutoman20 [8c 4s 9h 2h] [2d]
mR b@bLe: checks
plutoman20: bets $4
mR b@bLe: raises $2.25 to $6.25 and is all-in
plutoman20: calls $2.25
*** SHOW DOWN ***
mR b@bLe: shows [3c 7s 9s 6d 5d] (Lo: 9,7,6,5,3)
plutoman20: shows [8c 4s 2d 9h 2h] (Lo: a pair of Deuces)
mR b@bLe collected $18.10 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $19 Rake $0.90
Seat 1: bllyb1721 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: mR b@bLe (big blind) showed [3c 7s 9s 6d 5d] and won ($18.10) with Lo: 9,7,6,5,3
Seat 3: Angyalfold folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: plutoman20 showed [8c 4s 2d 9h 2h] and lost with Lo: a pair of Deuces
Seat 5: musketss folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Vindel folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: toyo8 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Hand 3
I needed reads (which I didn't have until later) to reraise this big open-raise. I wish I'd just called and drawn. When he shoves I have to fold - my 10-8 is almost certainly dead, I don't have the odds to draw, and of course I've got no implied odds.
PokerStars Game #55987853074: Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit ($0.50/$1.00 USD) - 2011/01/15 17:13:23 ET
Table 'Agelaos X' 7-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: bllyb1721 ($47.55 in chips)
Seat 2: mR b@bLe ($17.60 in chips)
Seat 3: Angyalfold ($59.15 in chips)
Seat 4: plutoman20 ($59.50 in chips)
Seat 5: musketss ($35.55 in chips)
Seat 6: Vindel ($30.85 in chips)
Seat 7: toyo8 ($31.60 in chips)
musketss: posts small blind $0.50
Vindel: posts big blind $1
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [8d 6s 4h 2s Td]
toyo8: folds
bllyb1721: raises $4 to $5
mR b@bLe: folds
Angyalfold: folds
plutoman20: raises $10 to $15
musketss: folds
Vindel: folds
mR b@bLe said, "wow"
bllyb1721: raises $32.55 to $47.55 and is all-in
plutoman20: folds
Uncalled bet ($32.55) returned to bllyb1721
bllyb1721 collected $31.50 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $31.50 Rake $0
Seat 1: bllyb1721 collected ($31.50)
Seat 2: mR b@bLe folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Angyalfold folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: plutoman20 (button) folded before Flop
Seat 5: musketss (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: Vindel (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: toyo8 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Hand 4
This was the biggie. My last hand of the session. I'm three-betting a lot of draws here, but when Musketss (who has so far done nothing out of the ordinary) comes over the top I figure I'm up against at least a nine, probably a 9-7 or better. There's even a small chance I'm drawing dead, and if Vindel hadn't cold-called the $17 I think I'd have let this go. When Musketss bets $10 out of position there's a chance he's got a better hand than my rough eight, but when Vindel min-raises (again) I'm pretty sure I'm dead. Still, given his earlier antics there's no way I can fold. At least I hung on to my last four bucks - over time those add up.

PokerStars Game #55989558089: Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit ($0.50/$1.00 USD) - 2011/01/15 17:43:53 ET
Table 'Agelaos X' 7-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 2: mR b@bLe ($24.25 in chips)
Seat 3: Angyalfold ($107.15 in chips)
Seat 4: plutoman20 ($42.40 in chips)
Seat 5: musketss ($35.55 in chips)
Seat 6: Vindel ($130.70 in chips)
Seat 7: toyo8 ($30.90 in chips)
musketss: posts small blind $0.50
Vindel: posts big blind $1
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [3d 6h Ts 8s 4s]
mR b@bLe said, "we do deal)))"
toyo8: folds
mR b@bLe: raises $1 to $2
Angyalfold: folds
plutoman20: raises $4 to $6
musketss: raises $12 to $18
Vindel: calls $17
mR b@bLe: folds
plutoman20: calls $12
mR b@bLe said, "wow"
musketss: stands pat
Vindel: discards 1 card
plutoman20: discards 1 card [Ts]
Dealt to plutoman20 [3d 6h 8s 4s] [7s]
musketss: bets $10
Vindel: raises $10 to $20
plutoman20: calls $20
musketss: calls $7.55 and is all-in
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Vindel: shows [7h 3s 5s 2h 4c] (Lo: 7,5,4,3,2)
plutoman20: mucks hand
Vindel collected $4.90 from side pot
mR b@bLe said, "wowowowowowowow"
musketss: mucks hand
toyo8 said, "nh"
Vindel collected $105.65 from main pot
plutoman20 said, "oh dear"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $113.55 Main pot $105.65. Side pot $4.90. Rake $3
Seat 2: mR b@bLe folded before Flop
Seat 3: Angyalfold folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: plutoman20 (button) mucked [3d 6h 7s 8s 4s]
Seat 5: musketss (small blind) mucked [5h 6d 4h 2c 9d]
Seat 6: Vindel (big blind) showed [7h 3s 5s 2h 4c] and won ($110.55) with Lo: 7,5,4,3,2
Seat 7: toyo8 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Hand 5
I see this situation in badugi from time to time. Someone donks into a pat hand after they've drawn. It makes no sense to me but normally it means they have some kind of badugi, even when they've drawn two. Just about any badugi beats my K-10 so I just call here, but I turn my hand face up as a crappy badugi (I guess I could just call with a monster too). Then to my slight surprise he draws again, and donks into me again! My initial call on the flop gives him licence to snow, especially on the last draw, which is why I decide to call on the end.
Full Tilt Poker Game #27258055279: Table High Vista - $0.50/$1 - Limit Badugi - 02:07:51 ET - 2011/01/14
Seat 3: dobby821 ($9.50)
Seat 5: plutoman20 ($18.50)
Seat 6: fnkmstr ($39.90)
Seat 7: Fantushi ($19.75)
Seat 8: dArtalgnan ($33.95)
dobby821 posts the small blind of $0.25
plutoman20 posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [Th 5s 2d Kc]
fnkmstr folds
Fantushi folds
dArtalgnan folds
dobby821 calls $0.25
plutoman20 raises to $1
dobby821 calls $0.50
*** FIRST DRAW *** (Pot: $2)
dobby821 discards 2 cards
plutoman20 stands pat on [Th 5s 2d Kc]
dobby821 is dealt 2 cards
dobby821 has 15 seconds left to act
dobby821 bets $0.50
plutoman20 calls $0.50
*** SECOND DRAW *** (Pot: $3)
dobby821 discards 1 card
plutoman20 stands pat on [Th 5s 2d Kc]
dobby821 is dealt 1 card
dobby821 bets $1
plutoman20 calls $1
*** THIRD DRAW *** (Pot: $5)
dobby821 stands pat
plutoman20 stands pat on [Th 5s 2d Kc]
dobby821 bets $1
plutoman20 calls $1
*** SHOW DOWN ***
dobby821 shows [5c 4h 2s Ad] a Badugi: 5, 4, 2, A
plutoman20 mucks
dobby821 wins the pot ($6.65) with a Badugi: 5, 4, 2, A
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $7 Rake $0.35
Seat 1: ExxCaliber is sitting out
Seat 2: BuzzEngineer is sitting out
Seat 3: dobby821 (small blind) showed [5c 4h 2s Ad] and won ($6.65) with a Badugi: 5, 4, 2, A
Seat 4: Macadeezy is sitting out
Seat 5: plutoman20 (big blind) mucked [Kc Th 5s 2d] - a Badugi: K, T, 5, 2
Seat 6: fnkmstr folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Fantushi folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 8: dArtalgnan (button) folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Hand 6
Here's one of those stud hands I was talking about.
PokerStars Game #55923998311: 7 Card Stud Limit ($0.10/$0.20 USD) - 2011/01/14 15:26:47 ET
Table 'Altarf XV' 8-max
Seat 1: Brodiaga98 ($0.95 in chips)
Seat 2: streusel66 ($3.91 in chips)
Seat 3: plutoman20 ($7.84 in chips)
Seat 4: hillbilly350 ($1.13 in chips)
Seat 5: gmorion ($0.73 in chips)
Seat 6: DJekky ($3.04 in chips)
Seat 7: Sabr1988 ($6.81 in chips)
Seat 8: bogieV ($4.52 in chips)
Brodiaga98: posts the ante $0.02
streusel66: posts the ante $0.02
plutoman20: posts the ante $0.02
hillbilly350: posts the ante $0.02
gmorion: posts the ante $0.02
DJekky: posts the ante $0.02
Sabr1988: posts the ante $0.02
bogieV: posts the ante $0.02
*** 3rd STREET ***
Dealt to Brodiaga98 [Jh]
Dealt to streusel66 [Jd]
Dealt to plutoman20 [5s Kh Ks]
Dealt to hillbilly350 [5h]
Dealt to gmorion [Td]
Dealt to DJekky [Jc]
Dealt to Sabr1988 [8c]
Dealt to bogieV [7c]
hillbilly350: brings in for $0.05
gmorion: calls $0.05
DJekky: folds
Sabr1988: calls $0.05
bogieV: folds
Brodiaga98: folds
streusel66: folds
plutoman20: raises $0.05 to $0.10
hillbilly350: folds
gmorion: calls $0.05
Sabr1988: calls $0.05
*** 4th STREET ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [5s Kh Ks] [Ad]
Dealt to gmorion [Td] [Qc]
Dealt to Sabr1988 [8c] [4s]
plutoman20: bets $0.10
gmorion: calls $0.10
Sabr1988: calls $0.10
*** 5th STREET ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [5s Kh Ks Ad] [9s]
Dealt to gmorion [Td Qc] [2d]
Dealt to Sabr1988 [8c 4s] [5c]
plutoman20: bets $0.20
gmorion: calls $0.20
Sabr1988: calls $0.20
*** 6th STREET ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [5s Kh Ks Ad 9s] [6d]
Dealt to gmorion [Td Qc 2d] [8s]
Dealt to Sabr1988 [8c 4s 5c] [7s]
plutoman20: checks
gmorion: checks
Sabr1988: bets $0.20
plutoman20: calls $0.20
gmorion: calls $0.20
*** RIVER ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [5s Kh Ks Ad 9s 6d] [As]
plutoman20: checks
gmorion: checks
Sabr1988: bets $0.20
plutoman20: calls $0.20
gmorion: calls $0.11 and is all-in
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Sabr1988: shows [6h Ac 8c 4s 5c 7s Ts] (a straight, Four to Eight)
plutoman20: mucks hand
Sabr1988 collected $0.17 from side pot
gmorion: mucks hand
gmorion leaves the table
Sabr1988 collected $2.23 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $2.52 Main pot $2.23. Side pot $0.17. Rake $0.12
Seat 1: Brodiaga98 folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 2: streusel66 folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 3: plutoman20 mucked [5s Kh Ks Ad 9s 6d As]
Seat 4: hillbilly350 folded on the 3rd Street
Seat 5: gmorion mucked [4d 4h Td Qc 2d 8s 2h]
Seat 6: DJekky folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Sabr1988 showed [6h Ac 8c 4s 5c 7s Ts] and won ($2.40) with a straight, Four to Eight
Seat 8: bogieV folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)

Hand 7
And here's another. I bet sixth here because I caught a flush draw; otherwise I would have checked. In hindsight there were so many clubs dead that my flush draw wasn't worth much.

PokerStars Game #55997329304: 7 Card Stud Limit ($0.10/$0.20 USD) - 2011/01/15 20:22:31 ET
Table 'Cottrell XII' 8-max
Seat 1: johnnyru16 ($4 in chips)
Seat 2: Abagail9 ($4.68 in chips)
Seat 3: maestro6 ($4.11 in chips)
Seat 4: Fatdaddy500 ($12.25 in chips)
Seat 5: psycho622 ($10.09 in chips)
Seat 6: plutoman20 ($3.92 in chips)
Seat 7: sgstais ($3.98 in chips)
Seat 8: Jaz077 ($1.80 in chips)
johnnyru16: posts the ante $0.02
Abagail9: posts the ante $0.02
maestro6: posts the ante $0.02
Fatdaddy500: posts the ante $0.02
psycho622: posts the ante $0.02
plutoman20: posts the ante $0.02
sgstais: posts the ante $0.02
Jaz077: posts the ante $0.02
*** 3rd STREET ***
Dealt to johnnyru16 [8s]
Dealt to Abagail9 [5c]
Dealt to maestro6 [Jh]
Dealt to Fatdaddy500 [Jc]
Dealt to psycho622 [Ah]
Dealt to plutoman20 [Kc Kd 7d]
Dealt to sgstais [Ks]
Dealt to Jaz077 [Ac]
Abagail9: brings in for $0.05
maestro6: folds
Fatdaddy500: calls $0.05
psycho622: folds
plutoman20: raises $0.05 to $0.10
sgstais: folds
Jaz077: folds
johnnyru16: folds
Abagail9: calls $0.05
Fatdaddy500: calls $0.05
*** 4th STREET ***
Dealt to Abagail9 [5c] [Qd]
Dealt to Fatdaddy500 [Jc] [Qs]
Dealt to plutoman20 [Kc Kd 7d] [Tc]
Fatdaddy500: checks
plutoman20: bets $0.10
Abagail9: calls $0.10
Fatdaddy500: calls $0.10
*** 5th STREET ***
Dealt to Abagail9 [5c Qd] [3c]
Dealt to Fatdaddy500 [Jc Qs] [6s]
Dealt to plutoman20 [Kc Kd 7d Tc] [2c]
Fatdaddy500: checks
plutoman20: bets $0.20
Abagail9: calls $0.20
Fatdaddy500: calls $0.20
*** 6th STREET ***
Dealt to Abagail9 [5c Qd 3c] [Kh]
Dealt to Fatdaddy500 [Jc Qs 6s] [Qc]
Dealt to plutoman20 [Kc Kd 7d Tc 2c] [8c]
Fatdaddy500: checks
plutoman20: bets $0.20
Abagail9: calls $0.20
Fatdaddy500: calls $0.20
*** RIVER ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [Kc Kd 7d Tc 2c 8c] [6h]
Fatdaddy500: checks
plutoman20: checks
Abagail9: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Abagail9: shows [Th Js 5c Qd 3c Kh 9c] (a straight, Nine to King)
Fatdaddy500: mucks hand
plutoman20: mucks hand
Abagail9 collected $1.87 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $1.96 Rake $0.09
Seat 1: johnnyru16 folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Abagail9 showed [Th Js 5c Qd 3c Kh 9c] and won ($1.87) with a straight, Nine to King
Seat 3: maestro6 folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Fatdaddy500 mucked [9s 7c Jc Qs 6s Qc 2d]
Seat 5: psycho622 folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 6: plutoman20 mucked [Kc Kd 7d Tc 2c 8c 6h]
Seat 7: sgstais folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Jaz077 folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)