A few weeks/months ago Lana, the director of CR marketing, asked me to write an article for a magazine on an interesting hand I played. It ended up being a hand vs fellow CR instructor John "Nicolak" Kim. He's mentioned the hand in a video he's done and his blog I believe, mostly because we have played some pretty interesting hands over the years.

Here is the actual HH.

Full Tilt, $5/$10 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
Poker Tools by CardRunners - Hand Details

Hero (MP): $1,000 (100 bb)
CO: $2,169 (216.9 bb)
BTN: $543 (54.3 bb)
SB: $3,963 (396.3 bb)
BB: $1,000 (100 bb)
UTG: $1,000 (100 bb)

Preflop: Hero is MP with A K
UTG raises to $30, Hero raises to $95, CO folds, BTN calls $95, 2 folds, UTG calls $65

Flop: ($300) 9 8 8 (3 players)
UTG checks, Hero checks, BTN checks

Turn: ($300) A (3 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $150, BTN folds, UTG calls $150

River: ($600) 7 (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero checks


John ended up having pocket 88s for flopped quads. I don't think I can copy and paste the article into my blog, but here is the link. Just basically an article on my thought process through the entire hand.

http://www.pokerplayer.co.uk/poker-strategy/cash-poker/11281/cash_game_thinking.html

Also, before CR started posting Cash Plays podcasts I was on the first one that was officially sponsored by CR I think. It was aired a few months ago right after I went deep in an mini FTOPS event and after a rough couple of months poker wise. I talk about downswings and trying to recover from them. John and I also discuss another very interesting hand that we played together pretty indepth and it's very interesting to hear each side. Here's the link to that.

http://www.pokerroad.com/radio/cash-plays/83


Hope you guys who are bored/interested enough to click the links enjoy! ha