So i've not made a post for a while. Mainly due to this new blog software and i've been going through a horrible spell. I withdrew some $ from FTP and made a deposit on Ladbrokes, which is a european site, with supposedly soft games. As you can see below i've ran ~ 8 buy-ins below EV over 5k hands, so it's not exactly gone well results wise. I've found that the games aren't actually that fishy either, so have been playing more on FTP recently. I think that once you lose alot at a site, your confidence kinda goes and it's hard to play your A+ game. Anyhow, i've been satisifed with my play but admitadly ive not played my best at all times. If you can't read number below i've basically lost $564 over 5k hands, but my $EV has been + $1100.

I also ran pretty bad on FTP and Crypto the last couple of weeks and my total downswing was probably 12 buy-ins.

This weekend i've had good results and have won ~ 4 buy-ins.

Look at how much of a station I am (btw how cool is my Ladbrokes SN?!):

***** Hand History for Game 1055016502 *****
$200.00 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, September 27, 10:25:05 ET 2008
Table 40 BB Sit Down 1 2 (e) (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Seat 1: walterized ( $200.00 USD )
Seat 2: MUCKEMSAYDUR ( $268.57 USD )
Seat 3: -IDDQD- ( $419.34 USD )
Seat 4: UKDragon ( $155.00 USD )
Seat 5: JDL83 ( $201.94 USD )
Seat 6: Mortan20 ( $210.84 USD )
JDL83 posts small blind [$1.00 USD].
Mortan20 posts big blind [$2.00 USD].
Dealt to MUCKEMSAYDUR [ 7s 9s ]
walterized folds
MUCKEMSAYDUR raises [$7.00 USD]
-IDDQD- folds
UKDragon folds
JDL83 folds
Mortan20 calls [$5.00 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7c, Jd, 5d ]
Mortan20 checks
MUCKEMSAYDUR bets [$10.00 USD]
Mortan20 calls [$10.00 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Th ]
Mortan20 checks
MUCKEMSAYDUR checks
** Dealing River ** [ 5s ]
Mortan20 bets [$17.50 USD]
MUCKEMSAYDUR calls [$17.50 USD]
Mortan20 shows [6h, 4h ]
MUCKEMSAYDUR shows [7s, 9s ]
MUCKEMSAYDUR wins $67.00 USD from main pot

The WSOPE is going on in London at the moment so i'm gonna head over to the Empire to watch some of it. Last year I played some cash games abit there also which wsa fun. Looking forward to it. Last year I watched Kenny Tran, Antonius, Negreanu and Johnny Chan which was awesome. I see David Benefield is currently chip leader. I love his vidoes and he seems to need chearing up from reading his blog. Taking this down may go some way towards doing that :) Go Raptor.

I just recorded a session for someone that has invited session reviews.

The session was cool with loads of interesting spots, particularly in the later stages of the video. As I was playing just 4 tables, I played a bit more LAGy that I have been the past few days. I played 21/18 and the session went well, results wise. I spewed in a couple spots though.

Here's a link to download the session.

It's 4 tables of 200nl on FT.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5YHPLDWW

Would love to hear any feedback :)

Ashley

Just had a sick couple of sessions. Cant complain about running poorly anymore :) Just what the Dr ordered. I've been playing more tables, and so have been playing nittier as a result. Think that this increases my hourly rate.

Runner, runner to crank his flopped straight.! He was playing like 20/10 I made a loose pf call against him, but wtf was he raising 85 UTG. Just shows you cant read too much into pre-flop stats, as if someone raises 10% of hands, doesnt mean he raises the top 10% of his hands.

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Seat 1: All Chin ($216.15)
Seat 2: alwhy2Azce ($284) -
Seat 3: DocBru ($200) -
Seat 4: KryptoKnight001 ($250) -
Seat 5: hojgaard ($264.90)
Seat 6: StructureK ($340)


PRE-FLOP:

DocBru posts small blind $1
KryptoKnight001 posts BIG blind $2
Dealt To: All Chin


RAISE hojgaard ($7)
FOLD StructureK
CALL All Chin ($7)
FOLD alwhy2Azce
FOLD DocBru
FOLD KryptoKnight001


FLOP:

Pot: $17


BET hojgaard ($10)
CALL All Chin ($10)


TURN:

Pot: $37


BET hojgaard ($22)
CALL All Chin ($22)


RIVER:

Pot: $81


BET hojgaard ($58)
RAISE All Chin ($177.15)
CALL hojgaard ($119.15)


SHOWDOWN:
All Chin:

MUCK hojgaard

All Chin collected $432.3 from main pot with a full house, Sixes full of Fives

SUMMARY:
Total pot: $435 Rake: $3

Final Board:


Seat 1: All Chin showed [6c 5c] and won 432.30 with a full house, Sixes full of Fives - Net Gain/Loss: ($216.15)
Seat 2: alwhy2Azce button didnt bet folded - Net Gain/Loss: ($0)
Seat 3: DocBru small blind folded before the Flop - Net Gain/Loss: ($-1)
Seat 4: KryptoKnight001 big blind folded before the Flop - Net Gain/Loss: ($-2)
Seat 5: hojgaard mucked [5h 8h] - a straight, Eight high - Net Gain/Loss: ($-216.15)
Seat 6: StructureK didnt bet folded - Net Gain/Loss: ($0)

Not sure what the best line on the turn is here. We are pretty deep, but in a re-raised pot im not folding and have the nut flush draw as back up. Very suprised he folded turn for not much more.

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Seat 1: tony park ($213.60)
Seat 2: Blind Willy ($200) -
Seat 3: TomInSweden ($192.80) -
Seat 4: All Chin ($400.35) -
Seat 5: StructureK ($275.45)
Seat 6: OmegaBDragon ($178.35)


PRE-FLOP:

TomInSweden posts small blind $1
All Chin posts BIG blind $2
Dealt To: All Chin


RAISE StructureK ($6)
CALL OmegaBDragon ($6)
FOLD tony park
CALL Blind Willy ($6)
FOLD TomInSweden
RAISE All Chin ($32)
CALL StructureK ($26)
FOLD OmegaBDragon
FOLD Blind Willy


FLOP:

Pot: $77


BET All Chin ($50)
CALL StructureK ($50)


TURN:

Pot: $177


CHECK All Chin
BET StructureK ($112)
RAISE All Chin ($318.35)
FOLD StructureK
UNCALLED All Chin ($206.35)
MUCK All Chin

All Chin collected $398 from main pot

SUMMARY:
Total pot: $401 Rake: $3

Final Board:


Seat 1: tony park didnt bet folded - Net Gain/Loss: ($0)
Seat 2: Blind Willy button folded before the Flop - Net Gain/Loss: ($-6)
Seat 3: TomInSweden small blind folded before the Flop - Net Gain/Loss: ($-1)
Seat 4: All Chin big blind collected 398, mucked - Net Gain/Loss: ($204)
Seat 5: StructureK folded on the Turn - Net Gain/Loss: ($-194)
Seat 6: OmegaBDragon folded before the Flop - Net Gain/Loss: ($-6)

The ol' limp re-raise stack off for 100bbs with KQ. I think it's pretty light getting it in with AK here!

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Seat 1: tony park ($200)
Seat 2: Blind Willy ($200) -
Seat 3: TomInSweden ($198.80) -
Seat 4: All Chin ($206.35) -
Seat 5: StructureK ($248.45)
Seat 6: OmegaBDragon ($200)


PRE-FLOP:

TomInSweden posts small blind $1
All Chin posts BIG blind $2
Dealt To: All Chin


FOLD StructureK
FOLD OmegaBDragon
CHECK tony park
FOLD Blind Willy
FOLD TomInSweden
RAISE All Chin ($10)
RAISE tony park ($27)
RAISE All Chin ($140)
RAISE tony park ($200)
CALL All Chin ($60)


FLOP:

Pot: $401




TURN:

Pot: $401




RIVER:

Pot: $401




SHOWDOWN:
tony park:

All Chin:


All Chin collected $398 from main pot with a pair of Aces

SUMMARY:
Total pot: $401 Rake: $3

Final Board:


Seat 1: tony park showed [Qs Kd] and lost with Ace King high - Net Gain/Loss: ($-200)

Seat 2: Blind Willy button didnt bet folded - Net Gain/Loss: ($0)
Seat 3: TomInSweden small blind folded before the Flop - Net Gain/Loss: ($-1)
Seat 4: All Chin big blind showed [As Kc] and won 398 with a pair of Aces - Net Gain/Loss: ($196)
Seat 5: StructureK didnt bet folded - Net Gain/Loss: ($0)
Seat 6: OmegaBDragon didnt bet folded - Net Gain/Loss: ($0)

Again I crank a flopped straight. Nice check on the turn, this guy was soooo loose passive I actually considered betting it for value, thank god i didnt.

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Seat 1: All Chin ($277)
Seat 2: Rexy ($154)
Seat 3: BSpencer1337 ($631.55) -
Seat 4: Kool313 ($222.70) -
Seat 5: browerkid ($466.20) -
Seat 6: nesre ($165.55)


PRE-FLOP:

Kool313 posts small blind $1
browerkid posts BIG blind $2
Dealt To: All Chin


CALL nesre ($2)
RAISE All Chin ($10)
FOLD Rexy
FOLD BSpencer1337
FOLD Kool313
FOLD browerkid
CALL nesre ($8)


FLOP:

Pot: $23


CHECK nesre
BET All Chin ($14)
CALL nesre ($14)


TURN:

Pot: $51


CHECK nesre
CHECK All Chin


RIVER:

Pot: $51


BET nesre ($26)
RAISE All Chin ($253)
CALL nesre ($115.55)
UNCALLED All Chin ($111.45)


SHOWDOWN:
All Chin:

MUCK nesre

All Chin collected $331.1 from main pot with a full house, Queens full of Aces

SUMMARY:
Total pot: $334 Rake: $3

Final Board:


Seat 1: All Chin showed [Qc Qd] and won 331.10 with a full house, Queens full of Aces - Net Gain/Loss: ($165.55)
Seat 2: Rexy didnt bet folded - Net Gain/Loss: ($0)
Seat 3: BSpencer1337 button didnt bet folded - Net Gain/Loss: ($0)
Seat 4: Kool313 small blind folded before the Flop - Net Gain/Loss: ($-1)
Seat 5: browerkid big blind folded before the Flop - Net Gain/Loss: ($-2)
Seat 6: nesre mucked [Kh Jc] - a straight, Ace high - Net Gain/Loss: ($-165.55)

Spew spastic on my part.

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Seat 1: martini72 ($141.60) -
Seat 2: All Chin ($202.70) -
Seat 3: jojohnny ($200) Sitting Out
Seat 4: le ti ga ($332)
Seat 5: phanXe ($200)
Seat 6: ahyeah222 ($200) Sitting Out -


PRE-FLOP:

martini72 posts small blind $1
All Chin posts BIG blind $2
Dealt To: All Chin


FOLD le ti ga
FOLD phanXe
CALL martini72 ($1)
RAISE All Chin ($8)
CALL martini72 ($6)


FLOP:

Pot: $16


CHECK martini72
BET All Chin ($10)
CALL martini72 ($10)


TURN:

Pot: $36


CHECK martini72
BET All Chin ($22)
CALL martini72 ($22)


RIVER:

Pot: $80


CHECK martini72
BET All Chin ($56)
CALL martini72 ($56)


SHOWDOWN:
All Chin:

martini72:


martini72 collected $190 from main pot with a flush, Ace high

SUMMARY:
Total pot: $192 Rake: $2

Final Board:


Seat 1: martini72 small blind showed [Js 2s] and won 190 with a flush, Ace high - Net Gain/Loss: ($94)

Seat 2: All Chin big blind showed [Qd 3h] and lost with Ace King high - Net Gain/Loss: ($-96)
Seat 3: jojohnny is sitting out - Net Gain/Loss: ($0)
Seat 4: le ti ga didnt bet folded - Net Gain/Loss: ($0)
Seat 5: phanXe didnt bet folded - Net Gain/Loss: ($0)
Seat 6: ahyeah222 button is sitting out - Net Gain/Loss: ($0)


Game #6324372983: Hold'em NL ($1/$2) - 2008/08/03 - 12:21:09 (DST)
Table "Isis" Seat 5 is the button.
Seat 1: Zebalhao ($200 in chips)
Seat 2: vdesire ($185.75 in chips)
Seat 3: zalk ($159.90 in chips)
Seat 4: punani77 ($243.45 in chips)
Seat 5: wondlof ($210.20 in chips)
Seat 6: Adler1980 ($250.92 in chips)
Adler1980: posts small blind $1
Zebalhao: posts big blind $2
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to wondlof [Ks Kd]
vdesire: raises to $7
zalk: folds
punani77: folds
wondlof: raises to $25
Adler1980: folds
Zebalhao: folds
vdesire: calls $18
----- FLOP ----- [Jd Qd Ts]
vdesire: bets $50
wondlof: raises to $185.20 and is all-in
vdesire: is all-in $110.75
Returned uncalled bets $24.45 to wondlof
----- TURN ----- [Jd Qd Ts][Qh]
----- RIVER ----- [Jd Qd Ts Qh][8c]
----- SHOW DOWN -----
wondlof: shows [Ks Kd] (Two Pairs, Kings and Queens, Jack high)
vdesire: shows [6d 4d] (A Pair of Queens, Jack high)
wondlof collected $371.50 from Main pot

Set over set in PLO :) I feel like my PLO game is coming together now. Hopefully i'll move up to $100 PLO shortly.

FullTiltPoker Game #7511848527: Table Anise (6 max) - $0.25/$0.50 - Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 16:53:06 ET - 2008/08/04
Seat 1: Enyigo Montoya ($49.50), is sitting out
Seat 2: Jonycashout ($74.30), is sitting out
Seat 3: All Chin ($50)
Seat 4: hellmuththeman ($65.35)
Seat 5: sting72 ($98.35)
Seat 6: sniper75 ($83.45)
All Chin posts the small blind of $0.25
hellmuththeman posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to All Chin [Qh Jc Qd 4c]
sting72 folds
sniper75 calls $0.50
All Chin calls $0.25
hellmuththeman checks
*** FLOP *** [9h 4d Qs]
All Chin bets $1.50
hellmuththeman folds
sniper75 raises to $6
All Chin has 15 seconds left to act
All Chin raises to $19.50
sniper75 calls $13.50
*** TURN *** [9h 4d Qs] [5h]
All Chin bets $30, and is all in
sniper75 calls $30
All Chin shows [Qh Jc Qd 4c]
sniper75 shows [6d 9d 9s As]
*** RIVER *** [9h 4d Qs 5h] [Td]
All Chin shows three of a kind, Queens
sniper75 shows three of a kind, Nines
All Chin wins the pot ($98.50) with three of a kind, Queens
sniper75 is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $100.50 | Rake $2
Board: [9h 4d Qs 5h Td]
Seat 1: Enyigo Montoya is sitting out
Seat 2: Jonycashout is sitting out
Seat 3: All Chin (small blind) showed [Qh Jc Qd 4c] and won ($98.50) with three of a kind, Queens
Seat 4: hellmuththeman (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 5: sting72 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: sniper75 (button) showed [6d 9d 9s As] and lost with three of a kind, Nines

Dont want to sound like a broken record, as all poker players say the same thing but i've had a pretty disappointing time at the tables for the last few weeks. I feel liek i've ran pretty bad. I've had some horrendous sessions. Buoyed by my very good winrate at 100nl HU, I played at £100 NL HU (equivalent to $200). My opponent was shocking, one of the worst opponents i've played this month. Needless to say I dropped $1k (5 buy-ins). :(

This shows how bad he was, and one of the few pots I won:

Game #6189365803: Hold'em NL (£0.50/£1) - 2008/07/20 - 14:04:52 (DST)
Table "Dedekind" Seat 1 is the button.
Seat 1: wondlof (£100 in chips)
Seat 2: OnUrBike (£222.94 in chips)
wondlof: posts small blind £0.50
OnUrBike: posts big blind £1
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to wondlof [2s As]
wondlof: raises to £3
OnUrBike: calls £2
----- FLOP ----- [Kc Ad 4d]
OnUrBike: checks
wondlof: bets £4
OnUrBike: raises to £12
wondlof: calls £8
----- TURN ----- [Kc Ad 4d][4s]
OnUrBike: bets £22
wondlof: calls £22
----- RIVER ----- [Kc Ad 4d 4s][9s]
OnUrBike: bets £54
wondlof: calls £54
----- SHOW DOWN -----
OnUrBike: shows [7d 8s] (A Pair of Fours, Ace high)
wondlof: shows [2s As] (Two Pairs, Aces and Fours, King high)
wondlof collected £181 from Main pot

This hand may be the sickest of the month

Opponent had been 3 betting me light, so I made a loose call pre-flop to make a move post flop. On the flop I have a double gutter, needing a 7 or J to give me a straight, so raise, meaning he has to fold a large % of his range (particularly given how light he has been 3 betting). He decides to call with A high! On the turn I make gin, and he decides to make a shove with a gutshot and no fold equity. The K binks.

FullTiltPoker Game #7394088425: Table Boca (heads up) - $0.50/$1 - No Limit Hold'em - 7:14:24 ET - 2008/07/27
Seat 1: akkxxl ($111.50)
Seat 2: All Chin ($109.50)
All Chin posts the small blind of $0.50
akkxxl posts the big blind of $1
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to All Chin [9h 8h]
All Chin raises to $3
akkxxl raises to $9
All Chin has 15 seconds left to act
All Chin calls $6
*** FLOP *** [6s Qc Th]
akkxxl bets $15
All Chin has 15 seconds left to act
All Chin raises to $46
akkxxl calls $31
*** TURN *** [6s Qc Th] [7d]
akkxxl bets $56.50, and is all in
All Chin calls $54.50, and is all in
akkxxl shows [Js Ac]
All Chin shows [9h 8h]
Uncalled bet of $2 returned to akkxxl
*** RIVER *** [6s Qc Th 7d] [Kc]
akkxxl shows a straight, Ace high
All Chin shows a straight, Ten high
akkxxl wins the pot ($218.50) with a straight, Ace high
All Chin adds $100
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $219 | Rake $0.50
Board: [6s Qc Th 7d Kc]
Seat 1: akkxxl (big blind) showed [Js Ac] and won ($218.50) with a straight, Ace high
Seat 2: All Chin (small blind) showed [9h 8h] and lost with a straight, Ten high

This one was pretty special too. It was a re-raised pot - he called flop with a gutshot and then jammed turn with 0% fold equity. I made small flop / turn bet to induce but common.

Game #6265301063: Hold'em NL (£0.50/£1) - 2008/07/28 - 13:19:14 (DST)
Table "Zartura" Seat 2 is the button.
Seat 1: Pap6 (£36.29 in chips)
Seat 2: Deadalive (£97.07 in chips)
Seat 3: wondlof (£100.50 in chips)
Seat 4: huettli (£40.97 in chips)
Seat 5: Bend1101 (£197.40 in chips)
Seat 6: Peet_The_ (£127.12 in chips)
wondlof: posts small blind £0.50
huettli: posts big blind £1
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to wondlof [Qd Qc]
Bend1101: folds
Peet_The_: folds
Pap6: raises to £3
Deadalive: calls £3
wondlof: raises to £13
huettli: folds
Pap6: calls £10
Deadalive: calls £10
----- FLOP ----- [Jd 3d 4c]
wondlof: bets £25
Pap6: folds
Deadalive: calls £25
----- TURN ----- [Jd 3d 4c][3c]
wondlof: bets £38
Deadalive: raises to £59.07 and is all-in
wondlof: calls £21.07
----- RIVER ----- [Jd 3d 4c 3c][2c]
----- SHOW DOWN -----
Deadalive: shows [5h Ac] (A Straight, Five high)
wondlof: shows [Qd Qc] (Two Pairs, Queens and Threes, Jack high)
Deadalive collected £205.14 from Main pot

I've also been taking shots at a‚¬200nl 6 max and £200 full-ring (which looks incredibly soft), equivalent to $300nl and $400 respectively. Unfortunately in my early forrays into a‚¬200nl 6 max i got into a button vs bb battle with TT against an aggro regular with KK and didnt suck out :(

Moan over, I have had some winners to put me in the green.

I loved this overbet shove against an awful aggro player in this spot, who id been battling with.

Game #6316234743: Hold'em NL (£0.50/£1) - 2008/08/02 - 15:20:46 (DST)
Table "Erlidge" Seat 5 is the button.
Seat 1: thrasher (£100.65 in chips)
Seat 2: Thebhoy77 (£21.55 in chips)
Seat 3: Wast3d (£39 in chips)
Seat 5: Dervish (£123.50 in chips)
Seat 6: wondlof (£124.33 in chips)
wondlof: posts small blind £0.50
thrasher: posts big blind £1
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to wondlof [Jd 9c]
Thebhoy77: folds
Wast3d: folds
Dervish: folds
wondlof: calls £0.50
thrasher: checks
----- FLOP ----- [Js Jh Qs]
wondlof: checks
thrasher: checks
----- TURN ----- [Js Jh Qs][6d]
wondlof: bets £2
thrasher: raises to £19
wondlof: calls £17
----- RIVER ----- [Js Jh Qs 6d][6s]
wondlof: bets £104.33 and is all-in
thrasher: is all-in £80.65
Returned uncalled bets £23.68 to wondlof
----- SHOW DOWN -----
wondlof: shows [Jd 9c] (A Full House, Jacks full of Sixes)
thrasher: shows [6h 7h] (A Full House, Sixes full of Jacks)
wondlof collected £198.30 from Main pot

Thought that this call down was sexy.

FullTiltPoker Game #7439728201: Table Golf (deep 6) - $1/$2 - No Limit Hold'em - 14:51:56 ET - 2008/07/30
Seat 1: fiskesuppe ($187)
Seat 2: lasma ($127.80)
Seat 3: BillFristLOL ($413)
Seat 4: BamYeah ($400), is sitting out
Seat 5: ironice85 ($200)
Seat 6: All Chin ($285)
BillFristLOL posts the small blind of $1
ironice85 posts the big blind of $2
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to All Chin [Th Tc]
All Chin raises to $7
fiskesuppe calls $7
lasma folds
BillFristLOL folds
ironice85 adds $2
ironice85 folds
*** FLOP *** [8h 6s 9d]
All Chin bets $12
fiskesuppe calls $12
*** TURN *** [8h 6s 9d] [Kd]
All Chin checks
fiskesuppe bets $16
All Chin calls $16
*** RIVER *** [8h 6s 9d Kd] [Qs]
All Chin checks
fiskesuppe has 15 seconds left to act
fiskesuppe bets $48
All Chin has 15 seconds left to act
All Chin has requested TIME
All Chin calls $48
*** SHOW DOWN ***
fiskesuppe shows [6c 3c] a pair of Sixes
All Chin shows [Th Tc] a pair of Tens
All Chin wins the pot ($166) with a pair of Tens

I also played HU vs MasterLJ for a short time. I love his HU videos and have learnt an awful lot from them, so thought that it would be a real challenge to play him, and hoped it would be in a video. Unfortunately, we only played for around 15 mins before he quit.

Only real pot of any size we played was one where he called a 3 bet by me with 77 and turned a set vs my QQ. Board was K high so i got away cheap :) I hope to see it in a video soon.

I got back from Vegas a few days ago.

I had a great time; it was really good to have a sustained period away from work. We flew Virgin from Gatwick and stayed at the Excalibur for our 24 days there. A group of 4 of us went from the UK.

I have to say it was pretty disappointing on the poker front. Before I went as I was busy with work I hadn't managed to transfer all the $ that I wanted from online accounts to my bank account. The sums of money were still on Neteller. No problem I thought, i'd just do that in Vegas. However, when I tried to log onto Neteller in Vegas my account was automatically closed due to restrictions imposed on US citizens. This meant that I didnt have access to the $ that I'd wanted and so I wasnt able to hop right into the 2-5 games like I wanted. I had to play $1-$2 NL at 25 hands an hour .... so boring. During the trip we mainly played at MGM and Ceasers and a bit at Excalibur.

I ran pretty shitty. On day 2 and 3 I went 20 hours without winning a showdown, and similarly on the last 2 days of the trip. I won basically no big pots when playing 2-4 NL at Mandalay Bay and 2-5 NL at MGM. II played the Ceasers $340 deep stack twice but didnt cash. In the live cash games I dont think that I was quite aggressive enough, but hey no one ever folds to me ever, and so I felt that I was nut--peddling and just set mining most the time, which obv heavily relies on not being card dead. I finished the trip in profit but due to the standard of play and how I ran, i did much worse that I would have expected.

I was suprised at how alot of players were so passive pre-flop with alot of their range. There was very little 3 betting and people played AK very passively. One hand pretty much summed up my trip. I limped with JQ after 2 limpers in MP. Button limps behind. Flop Jc Jh 9c. I bet, button calls. Turn 6c, I bet, button calls. River Qh. I decide that after he calls turn he must have strong hand ie trips / flush and that if I bet he'd probably just call with these. but if I check he'd very likely bet these for value. Also if he happened to have QT id give him chance to bluff missed draw. I check-raise and we get it in. He shows QQ, so he'd limped behind 3 limpers on button and called 2 streets in a 4 way pot on a scary board on which QQ is never good and then hit his 1 outer, that is the only card in deck on river that makes me put significantly more money in the pot!

Funilly enough, I did very well online during the trip. The trip made me realise that online is where I want to focus. Live poker is very boring and relies so much on variance. I mean in my 3.5 weeks there I probably played around 150 hours, which would have been like less than 4,000 hands, which would basically give no indication of whether or not I was good enough to beat the games.

Here's my online stats for the trip:

Oh well, back to work and back to online :)

My good form has continued this week. I've played maybe only 5 or 6 hours but I've run really well.

Bit of a donaion - always raising from BB after SB limps makes them do stupid things after a while.

Game #7394578424: Hold'em NL (£0.50/£1) - 2008/06/10 - 18:24:16 (DST)
Table "Paphon" Seat 3 is the button.
Seat 1: MrFistaDD (£111.32 in chips)
Seat 2: mrxxxxx (£143 in chips)
Seat 3: 4_king_l (£108 in chips)
Seat 4: Antipr002 (£80.03 in chips)
Seat 5: wondlof (£101.60 in chips)
Seat 6: Razor666 (£149.98 in chips)
Antipr002: posts small blind £0.50
wondlof: posts big blind £1
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to wondlof [4h 4d]
Razor666: folds
MrFistaDD: folds
mrxxxxx: folds
4_king_l: folds
Antipr002: calls £0.50
wondlof: raises to £4
Antipr002: calls £3
----- FLOP ----- [7h 3d 4c]
Antipr002: checks
wondlof: bets £5
Antipr002: raises to £20
wondlof: raises to £40
Antipr002: raises to £76.03 and is all-in
wondlof: calls £36.03
----- TURN ----- [7h 3d 4c][9d]
----- RIVER ----- [7h 3d 4c 9d][5s]
----- SHOW DOWN -----
Antipr002: shows [7c Ac] (A Pair of Sevens, Ace high)
wondlof: shows [4h 4d] (Three of a kind, Fours, Nine high)
wondlof collected £157.06 from Main pot
----- SUMMARY -----

This is probably my worst played hand of the week. I take a line like I've never taken before. I don't re-raise pre-flop, which is very, very rare and i just check-call down (guy is very nitty pre-flop though). On the river my hand looks super weak after the line i've taken and his river bet just doesnt seem like a value bet, like it wants to be called, and i've played my hand like a draw that has missed. Oh well.

Game #7405016514: Hold'em NL ($1/$2) - 2008/06/11 - 18:59:57 (DST)
Table "Pop Art" Seat 6 is the button.
Seat 1: donkeyboz sits out
Seat 2: robpoon ($243.07 in chips)
Seat 3: wondlof ($223.80 in chips)
Seat 4: f4l4rd0 ($486 in chips)
Seat 5: BLAUUUU ($250.75 in chips)
Seat 6: rizla9 ($153.22 in chips)
robpoon: posts small blind $1
wondlof: posts big blind $2
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to wondlof [Qh Qd]
f4l4rd0: folds
BLAUUUU: raises to $6
rizla9: folds
robpoon: folds
wondlof: calls $4
----- FLOP ----- [Kc 7h 4c]
wondlof: checks
BLAUUUU: bets $8
wondlof: calls $8
----- TURN ----- [Kc 7h 4c][Th]
wondlof: checks
BLAUUUU: bets $14
wondlof: calls $14
----- RIVER ----- [Kc 7h 4c Th][2d]
wondlof: checks
BLAUUUU: bets $60
wondlof: calls $60
----- SHOW DOWN -----
BLAUUUU: shows [Ks Kh] (Three of a kind, Kings, Ten high)
wondlof: mucks hand [Qh Qd]
BLAUUUU collected $174 from Main pot

Lovely overbet shove on river with full-house vs obvious straight. Obv v glad at turn check.

Game #7413527244: Hold'em NL (a‚¬0.50/a‚¬1) - 2008/06/12 - 16:35:23 (DST)
Table "PlayersParadise" Seat 2 is the button.
Seat 1: jorden23 (a‚¬52.70 in chips)
Seat 2: wondlof (a‚¬114.80 in chips)
Seat 3: Thim15072 (a‚¬142.87 in chips)
Seat 4: catD10 (a‚¬45.49 in chips)
Seat 5: BWFC02 (a‚¬107.30 in chips)
Seat 6: FooLoo (a‚¬145.10 in chips)
Thim15072: posts small blind a‚¬0.50
catD10: posts big blind a‚¬1
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to wondlof [9d Ts]
BWFC02: folds
FooLoo: folds
jorden23: folds
wondlof: raises to a‚¬3
Thim15072: calls a‚¬2.50
catD10: folds
----- FLOP ----- [6s Th 9c]
Thim15072: checks
wondlof: bets a‚¬5
Thim15072: calls a‚¬5
----- TURN ----- [6s Th 9c][7d]
Thim15072: checks
wondlof: checks
----- RIVER ----- [6s Th 9c 7d][9s]
Thim15072: checks
wondlof: bets a‚¬10
Thim15072: raises to a‚¬20
wondlof: raises to a‚¬106.80 and is all-in
Thim15072: calls a‚¬86.80
----- SHOW DOWN -----
wondlof: shows [9d Ts] (A Full House, Nines full of Tens)
Thim15072: shows [8s Kd] (A Straight, Ten high)
wondlof collected a‚¬227.60 from Main pot

Guy calling off 25% of his stack with 33 pre-flop. Great action flop:

FullTiltPoker Game #6819881123: Table Worron (deep hu) - $0.50/$1 - No Limit Hold'em - 7:55:53 ET - 2008/06/14
Seat 1: All Chin ($200)
Seat 2: SAMMYLEX ($68.30)
All Chin posts the small blind of $0.50
SAMMYLEX posts the big blind of $1
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to All Chin [As Ks]
All Chin has 15 seconds left to act
All Chin raises to $3
SAMMYLEX raises to $5
All Chin has 15 seconds left to act
All Chin raises to $15
SAMMYLEX calls $10
*** FLOP *** [Qs 3c Js]
SAMMYLEX checks
All Chin bets $18
SAMMYLEX raises to $36
All Chin raises to $185, and is all in
SAMMYLEX calls $17.30, and is all in
All Chin shows [As Ks]
SAMMYLEX shows [3d 3h]
Uncalled bet of $131.70 returned to All Chin
*** TURN *** [Qs 3c Js] [6d]
*** RIVER *** [Qs 3c Js 6d] [Qd]
All Chin shows a pair of Queens
SAMMYLEX shows a full house, Threes full of Queens
SAMMYLEX wins the pot ($136.10) with a full house, Threes full of Queens
All Chin adds $68.30

Guy is never just calling flop / checking turn with top-pair good kicker, particularly given tempo of match, and never value-betting a ten like that on river. This was an insta-call.

Game #7445829424: Hold'em NL (£0.50/£1) - 2008/06/15 - 16:29:19 (DST)
Table "Granada" Seat 1 is the button.
Seat 1: L8ton23 (£168 in chips)
Seat 2: wondlof (£101 in chips)
L8ton23: posts small blind £0.50
wondlof: posts big blind £1
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to wondlof [Td 7d]
L8ton23: raises to £3
wondlof: raises to £10
L8ton23: calls £7
----- FLOP ----- [Qh Th 5s]
wondlof: bets £15
L8ton23: calls £15
----- TURN ----- [Qh Th 5s][3c]
wondlof: checks
L8ton23: checks
----- RIVER ----- [Qh Th 5s 3c][Qc]
wondlof: checks
L8ton23: bets £38
wondlof: calls £38
----- SHOW DOWN -----
L8ton23: shows [Jd 9s] (A Pair of Queens, Jack high)
wondlof: shows [Td 7d] (Two Pairs, Queens and Tens, Seven high)
wondlof collected £125 from Main pot

With Vegas in mind, where I think I will play a few of the $200 / $300 tournaments at Caesers and the Venetian (deep stacked), I played a live £50 freezout tournament at Big Slick in Croydon. 10k starting chips, 20 min levels.

My friend Dan, who used to make videos for Cardrunners (fruitypro) turned up and was sat to my direct left. He;s just got back from Vegas so was nice to catch up and get a few Vegas tips.

First real pot I played was at 50-100 level. I raised 1 limper from CO w Ac9c to 400.

Very loose button and BB call, limper folds.

Flop Kd 3h 4d

BB checks I bet 800 into 1400, button calls, BB folds. I could tell that button didnt like his hand very much.

Turn As. I now value bet 1300 as I think he has a weak king.

River 8c

I make a small value bet of 1800, he calls, and shows Ad Jh. So anoying, as turn is 2 outer, only card that makes me lose a big-ish pot. This cut me down to ~ 7k.

Blinds soon went up to 100-200, 150-300 and I had to play snug as my stack didnt allow me to call / re-raise light.

Next big pot, I raise to 1200 at 200-400 level with 33 and the loose BB calls.

Flop 456 and he has a stack size that makes c/r'ing all in a common play on this ragy flop that I 'probably missed'. I check behind.

Turn 2 giving me the straight. He bets 1600 and has around 4k left. I consider shoving but decide there may be more value in just calling and letting him bluff river as on such scary board I dont exopect him to call with worse, but due to scary board he may well bluff shove river.

River is 3, givng me meaningless set and putting my hand is now the board. He has air and would probably have bluff shoved but we split, so another 2 outer.

Same player, very next hand, I raise w JQo, button calls, he calls from SB.

Flop Jh 5h 6d

Pot is 3600.

SB open shoves for 8k. I have 9k.

Button also looks interested. Wtf? I dont like my hand much, but he would never open shove with a set, and I very much doubt 2 pair, but he could well with KJ, or flush draw + overcard against which i dont have fantastic equity. Button also looks keen. Eventually I call. Button passes his Kh Qh. SB shows 69o and rivers a 9, leaving me crippled next hand with blinds increased to 300-600.

I muck J2o utg + 1. Next hand I ship in with A7o, and lose to AQ and AJ (we all made 2 pair). So I played 3 big pots and effectively lost to two 2 outers and a 5 outer.

I'm heading to Vegas on tuesday morning (17th June) until 9 July. I'm staying at the Excalibur and am sooo excited. I plan on having a couple sessions at 1-3 nl and then playing 2-5 nl if the games are as juicy as i've heard. I will also play a few tournaments at Caesers and teh Venetian.

Fingers crossed I run well!

I was off work sick on friday and so played quite a bit. Won alot in the morning but then ran like shit in the afternnon to get stuck. Decent session in the evening, as I was too ill to go out like I usually do and i got back in the black for the day.

Here's my stats for friday and another example of me running well at £ and shit at $. It's even at the same site and generally against the very same players.

I generally ran ballbags at $ by people calling re-raises and hitting sets etc.

On Saturday, I was still felling rough and so wasnt up for a night out, so went to play a £50 freezout at a poker club near me (Big Slick). This was for live tourney practice, as im heading to Vegas on 17th June and will probably play some tourneys there. I wanted to get back in the right tourney mindset and think about adjustments from usual cash game strategy. Also the tournament had a decent structure - 10k starting chips, 25 min blind levels.

Early on 2 limpers at 25-50 level, - I raise to 250 from SB with black Aces, BB and both limpers call - so pot 1025.

Flop 6TT rainbow. I bet 600, BB calls, limpers fold.

Turn J - I check-call 800.

River goes check - check - he shows T8. Hmmm you got value there sir.

Another couple of hands I try to punish limpers in position (usual cash game strategy) but fail when they call and hit flop / i miss, so lose a few more chips. Win a few back with a hero call with middle pair - calling 2 barrels from someone when his line didnt make sense.

Then blinds at 75-150 - last hand before break 2 limpers and SB limps - I raise to 1k w As9c and approx 7k stack. Part of this is thinking that people dont want to get involved in marginal hand just before break.

Both call, pot is 3.15k.

Flop comes Ac Ks 6s

I bet 1.7k, first limper folds, second calls.

Turn Jc

I check, opponent shoves for 6.4k, and he covers me.

I think wtf, you would never do that with set of 6s, and he'd shown willingness to raise AJ, AK type hands pre-flo and so limp-call line didnt fit. But, he'd also played one hand like a nit when he c/'d a paired flop with nut flush draw, lead turn after he hit but then check-deliberated called river. I thought that he has KJ, A6 enough here to make this a fold but something didnt feel right and he looked awkward - i guess i should have trusted my read. After I folded he showed 7s8s for the flush draw. As it was the break, dealer delt river and it was Js, so would have lost anyway.

After break i steal a few pots to stay afloat and then hand where same player from above limps from CO, SB limps and I check BB with Q 9

Flop: T J 4

SB shows no interest and checks, I lead for 400 into 600

CO calls

Turn 2

Pot is 1.4k and I have 5.8k

Not sure what the best play is here given my stack size? I check-call 900 and c/f on blank river.

At what's stack size does shoving turn become optimal? Stack size really changes the best line to take - this is quite important to be of aware of in tournaments where stack sizes are always changing; much more so than cash games where effective stack sizes are pretty static, and the pot:stack ratio is much higher. If my stack is smaller than i think shoving turn is best play, and in this spot i think that check-raising all in would be better than check-calling and he would effectively be crippled if he called and lost and lets remember he did only limp from CO and didnt raise this drawy flop when i bet.

Anyway down to 4.4k, I open shove with AQ at 200-400 blinds from button and get snap-called by SB (player with T8 from 1st hand of tournament ) with AK, which holds.

I hate tournaments, and now am not that eager to play them in Vegas like I was a few days ago.

Then this evening I played a short cash session online. I won 1 very big pot. Button vs SB, we got it in for 158bbs all-in pre-flop.

Game #7373828584: Hold'em NL ($1/$2) - 2008/06/08 - 17:42:09 (DST)
Table "Rigasaraomu" Seat 6 is the button.
Seat 1: Dani1983 ($317.95 in chips)
Seat 2: 0fresh0 ($200 in chips)
Seat 3: rizla9 ($213.80 in chips)
Seat 4: Dean1962 ($254.58 in chips)
Seat 5: Psycoke ($90.67 in chips)
Seat 6: wondlof ($374.45 in chips)
Dani1983: posts small blind $1
0fresh0: posts big blind $2
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to wondlof [As Ad]
rizla9: folds
Dean1962: folds
Psycoke: folds
wondlof: raises to $6
Dani1983: raises to $20
0fresh0: folds
wondlof: raises to $60
Dani1983: raises to $317.95 and is all-in
wondlof: calls $257.95
----- FLOP ----- [Qd 5d Kc]
----- TURN ----- [Qd 5d Kc][Jd]
rizla9 sits out
----- RIVER ----- [Qd 5d Kc Jd][4s]
----- SHOW DOWN -----
Dani1983: shows [Kh Ah] (A Pair of Kings, Ace high)
wondlof: shows [As Ad] (A Pair of Aces, King high)
wondlof collected $634.90 from Main pot

Decided this one needed 3 barrels:

Game #7373729194: Hold'em NL ($1/$2) - 2008/06/08 - 17:40:10 (DST)
Table "Pop Art" Seat 6 is the button.
Seat 1: Trantino ($252.15 in chips)
Seat 2: CAP99 ($768.05 in chips)
Seat 3: rizla9 ($188.25 in chips)
Seat 4: klo23 ($200.65 in chips)
Seat 5: wondlof ($200 in chips)
Seat 6: daz_aaa ($79.15 in chips)
Trantino: posts small blind $1
CAP99: posts big blind $2
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to wondlof [Qd As]
rizla9: calls $2
klo23: folds
wondlof: raises to $10
daz_aaa: folds
Trantino: folds
CAP99: calls $8
rizla9: folds
----- FLOP ----- [Td 9s 4s]
CAP99: checks
wondlof: bets $16
CAP99: calls $16
----- TURN ----- [Td 9s 4s][4d]
CAP99: checks
wondlof: bets $35
CAP99: calls $35
----- RIVER ----- [Td 9s 4s 4d][6d]
CAP99: checks
wondlof: bets $105
CAP99: folds
Returned uncalled bets $105 to wondlof
wondlof: doesn't show hand
wondlof collected $122 from Main pot

So overall stats for the weekend were below, which I can live with:

So I just wish I can run better in $, more like I do at the £ tables. Here's my £ stats on Crypto since March as a bit of a brag:

Also, the rakeback site that I use is doing a special reward thing this month for the top rake-earners. I'm currently in 3rd place in the othe rrooms category (ie not FT, Absolute, Cake, UB): But as i'm going away next tuesday, i'll probably stlip down the leaderboard :(

Here's the hands that I've played since last entry (17th may). It's gone okay - but i'm still incapable of winning in $! Lets hope that changes before I get to Vegas

I think that I've played pretty well on the whole, but could have played better at times. I've been playing some on Betfair too, where i've just set up an account - as I find the games on UK sites easier than Full-Tilt (where i've basically stopped plaing apart from HU NLH). You cant use PA Hud on it though, which I actually quite like, as I rarely pay any attention to it, and it discourages mult-tabling 2+2'ers / Cardrunners from playing on the site I guess. The software is very, very fast and is going to take some getting used to. It's not very user friendly IMO.

Got away with minimal damage from this hand - something didnt fee right about getting it in:

Game #7348951014: Hold'em NL ($1/$2) - 2008/06/06 - 15:48:00 (DST)
Table "Bahar" Seat 5 is the button.
Seat 1: LuckyAlfi ($111 in chips)
Seat 2: pilly123 ($158.32 in chips)
Seat 3: Jin82 ($284.95 in chips)
Seat 4: sayiko ($140.88 in chips)
Seat 5: wondlof ($200 in chips)
Seat 6: Forrest sits out
LuckyAlfi: posts small blind $1
pilly123: posts big blind $2
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to wondlof [Kd Jh]
Jin82: folds
sayiko: calls $2
wondlof: raises to $9
LuckyAlfi: folds
pilly123: folds
sayiko: calls $7
----- FLOP ----- [6s Kc Kh]
sayiko: checks
wondlof: bets $15
sayiko: calls $15
----- TURN ----- [6s Kc Kh][Th]
sayiko: bets $20
wondlof: calls $20
----- RIVER ----- [6s Kc Kh Th][4s]
sayiko: bets $65
wondlof: calls $65
----- SHOW DOWN -----
sayiko: shows [Qd Ks] (Three of a kind, Kings, Queen high)
wondlof: mucks hand [Kd Jh]
sayiko collected $218 from Main pot

This is basically why ive been losing at 200nl, hands like this. Alot of regs seem to think that its fine to call re-raises out of position to set mine - big leak/

Game #7347169984: Hold'em NL ($1/$2) - 2008/06/06 - 12:49:38 (DST)
Table "Kaluga" Seat 6 is the button.
Seat 2: allurbase ($198 in chips)
Seat 3: muttley15 ($355.40 in chips)
Seat 4: potter ($236.30 in chips)
Seat 5: loibedo ($200 in chips)
Seat 6: wondlof ($199 in chips)
allurbase: posts small blind $1
muttley15: posts big blind $2
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to wondlof [Js Jc]
potter: folds
loibedo: raises to $8
wondlof: raises to $26
allurbase: folds
muttley15: folds
loibedo: calls $18
----- FLOP ----- [6c 3c 8c]
loibedo: checks
wondlof: bets $45
loibedo: raises to $90
wondlof: raises to $173 and is all-in
loibedo: calls $83
----- TURN ----- [6c 3c 8c][Th]
----- RIVER ----- [6c 3c 8c Th][Qh]
----- SHOW DOWN -----
wondlof: shows [Js Jc] (A Pair of Jacks, Queen high)
loibedo: shows [8s 8d] (Three of a kind, Eights, Queen high)
loibedo collected $398 from Main pot

Yep middle pair is obviously good on the turn.

Game #7344789614: Hold'em NL ($1/$2) - 2008/06/06 - 08:16:41 (DST)
Table "Pairpockets" Seat 5 is the button.
Seat 1: BLAUUUU ($254.60 in chips)
Seat 2: wondlof ($211.70 in chips)
Seat 3: Onlyaman ($227.10 in chips)
Seat 4: SweetMry ($92.10 in chips)
Seat 5: badboy100 sits out
Seat 6: Yiannos5 ($79 in chips)
Yiannos5: posts small blind $1
BLAUUUU: posts big blind $2
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to wondlof [Ad Qs]
wondlof: raises to $6
Onlyaman: folds
SweetMry: calls $6
Yiannos5: folds
BLAUUUU: folds
----- FLOP ----- [4c Ac Ks]
wondlof: bets $11
SweetMry: calls $11
----- TURN ----- [4c Ac Ks][9c]
wondlof: bets $26
SweetMry: calls $26
----- RIVER ----- [4c Ac Ks 9c][Kh]
wondlof: checks
SweetMry: bets $15
wondlof: calls $15
----- SHOW DOWN -----
SweetMry: shows [Qd Kc] (Three of a kind, Kings, Ace high)
wondlof: mucks hand [Ad Qs]
SweetMry collected $116 from Main pot
----- SUMMARY -----

Like my river slight over-shove here, trying to make my hand look like a bluff.

***** Betfair Poker Hand History for Game 365226486 *****
NL $1/$2 Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, June 03, 21:28:12 GMT 2008
Table Oxygen 143 6-max (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of active players : 5
Seat 2: Tarkalqsnik ( $205.51 )
Seat 3: ManCity4ev ( $252.90 )
Seat 4: BIGBEARD ( $150.10 )
Seat 5: F1tzer ( $238.95 )
Seat 6: emesiar ( $199 )
Tarkalqsnik posts big blind [$2]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to emesiar [ Ah, 9c ]
ManCity4ev folds
BIGBEARD folds
F1tzer calls [$2]
emesiar raises to [$9]
Tarkalqsnik calls [$7]
F1tzer folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ Js, 9d, 5c ]
Tarkalqsnik checks
emesiar bets [$15]
Tarkalqsnik calls [$15]
** Dealing Turn ** [ As ]
Tarkalqsnik checks
emesiar bets [$38]
Tarkalqsnik calls [$38]
** Dealing River ** [ Td ]
Tarkalqsnik checks
emesiar goes all-in
emesiar bets [$137]
Tarkalqsnik calls [$137]
** Showdown **
Tarkalqsnik shows [ 9s, Ts ] two pair, Tens and Nines
emesiar shows [ Ah, 9c ] two pair, Aces and Nines
** Hand Conclusion **
emesiar wins $397 from main pot with two pair, Aces and Nines

This player called a turn shove with a flush draw - lovely spot with top set...

Game #7309067114: Hold'em NL (a‚¬0.50/a‚¬1) - 2008/06/02 - 18:16:26 (DST)
Table "Elysehope" Seat 6 is the button.
Seat 2: Vidal62 (a‚¬63.24 in chips)
Seat 3: Gusta2307 (a‚¬69.63 in chips)
Seat 4: mrpink (a‚¬167.50 in chips)
Seat 5: JoakimR (a‚¬152.85 in chips)
Seat 6: wondlof (a‚¬116.95 in chips)
Vidal62: posts small blind a‚¬0.50
Gusta2307: posts big blind a‚¬1
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to wondlof [Qs Qh]
mrpink: folds
JoakimR: folds
wondlof: raises to a‚¬3
Vidal62: folds
Gusta2307: calls a‚¬2
----- FLOP ----- [5c 9c Qd]
Gusta2307: checks
wondlof: bets a‚¬4
Gusta2307: raises to a‚¬8
wondlof: calls a‚¬4
----- TURN ----- [5c 9c Qd][Th]
Gusta2307: bets a‚¬15
wondlof: raises to a‚¬50
Gusta2307: calls a‚¬35
----- RIVER ----- [5c 9c Qd Th][3c]
Gusta2307: bets a‚¬8.63 and is all-in
wondlof: calls a‚¬8.63
----- SHOW DOWN -----
Gusta2307: shows [Ac 7c] (A Flush, Ace high)
wondlof: shows [Qs Qh] (Three of a kind, Queens, Ten high)
Gusta2307 collected a‚¬136.76 from Main pot

Another example of reg calling re-raise OOP with small pair - granted we were bit deeper but still leak IMO.

Game #7309478214: Hold'em NL (£0.50/£1) - 2008/06/02 - 18:43:31 (DST)
Table "Dlakha" Seat 1 is the button.
Seat 1: Theger001 (£83.85 in chips)
Seat 2: Teegaa1 (£100.40 in chips)
Seat 3: TheRogue (£176.80 in chips)
Seat 4: z4muz (£125.85 in chips)
Seat 6: wondlof (£226.20 in chips)
Teegaa1: posts small blind £0.50
TheRogue: posts big blind £1
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to wondlof [Ad Kh]
z4muz: raises to £4
wondlof: raises to £14
Theger001: folds
Teegaa1: folds
TheRogue: folds
z4muz: calls £10
----- FLOP ----- [4s 2h Kd]
z4muz: checks
wondlof: bets £22
z4muz: raises to £55
wondlof: calls £33
----- TURN ----- [4s 2h Kd][5c]
z4muz: bets £56.85 and is all-in
wondlof: calls £56.85
----- RIVER ----- [4s 2h Kd 5c][4d]
----- SHOW DOWN -----
z4muz: shows [4c 4h] (Four of a kind, Fours, King high)
wondlof: shows [Ad Kh] (Two Pairs, Kings and Fours, Ace high)
z4muz collected £250.20 from Main pot

This guy is soooo passive that I actuaually considered just calling and going to showdown and even made a post on 2=2 about whether I should shove given that he has AF 0.37 over 700 hands.

Game #7307796074: Hold'em NL (£0.50/£1) - 2008/06/02 - 17:17:30 (DST)
Table "Dlakha" Seat 6 is the button.
Seat 1: Tas684 (£50.35 in chips)
Seat 2: Teegaa1 (£99 in chips)
Seat 3: Dani1983 (£97.50 in chips)
Seat 4: Dodger02 (£29.40 in chips)
Seat 5: Rudi13051 (£200.10 in chips)
Seat 6: wondlof (£101.35 in chips)
Tas684: posts small blind £0.50
Teegaa1: posts big blind £1
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to wondlof [Td Jc]
Dani1983: folds
Dodger02: folds
Rudi13051: folds
wondlof: raises to £3
Tas684: folds
Teegaa1: calls £2
----- FLOP ----- [7h 7c 9h]
Teegaa1: checks
wondlof: bets £4
Teegaa1: calls £4
----- TURN ----- [7h 7c 9h][8s]
Teegaa1: checks
wondlof: bets £8
Teegaa1: raises to £16
wondlof: raises to £52
Teegaa1: raises to £92 and is all-in
wondlof: calls £40
----- RIVER ----- [7h 7c 9h 8s][Jd]
----- SHOW DOWN -----
Teegaa1: shows [7d 8d] (A Full House, Sevens full of Eights)
wondlof: shows [Td Jc] (A Straight, Jack high)
Teegaa1 collected £195.50 from Main pot

Same player

Game #7309133434: Hold'em NL (£0.50/£1) - 2008/06/02 - 18:22:27 (DST)
Table "Dlakha" Seat 3 is the button.
Seat 1: Theger001 (£63.90 in chips)
Seat 2: Teegaa1 (£66.75 in chips)
Seat 3: TheRogue (£196.15 in chips)
Seat 4: z4muz (£93.50 in chips)
Seat 5: mtalasaz1 (£40 in chips)
Seat 6: wondlof (£100 in chips)
z4muz: posts small blind £0.50
mtalasaz1: posts big blind £1
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to wondlof [9s Js]
wondlof: raises to £3
Theger001: calls £3
Teegaa1: calls £3
TheRogue: folds
z4muz: folds
mtalasaz1: folds
----- FLOP ----- [9d 2d Jd]
wondlof: bets £10
Theger001: calls £10
Teegaa1: raises to £63.75 and is all-in
wondlof: raises to £97 and is all-in
Theger001: folds
Returned uncalled bets £33.25 to wondlof
----- TURN ----- [9d 2d Jd][As]
----- RIVER ----- [9d 2d Jd As][3h]
----- SHOW DOWN -----
wondlof: shows [9s Js] (Two Pairs, Jacks and Nines, Ace high)
Teegaa1: shows [9h 9c] (Three of a kind, Nines, Ace high)
Teegaa1 collected £145 from Main pot

And again same player - this time I get him

Game #7309477544: Hold'em NL (£0.50/£1) - 2008/06/02 - 18:38:07 (DST)
Table "Dlakha" Seat 6 is the button.
Seat 1: Theger001 (£87.05 in chips)
Seat 2: Teegaa1 (£140.30 in chips)
Seat 3: TheRogue (£171.15 in chips)
Seat 4: z4muz (£128.85 in chips)
Seat 5: mrpink sits out
Seat 6: wondlof (£115.35 in chips)
Theger001: posts small blind £0.50
Teegaa1: posts big blind £1
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to wondlof [Ad 5d]
TheRogue: folds
z4muz: folds
wondlof: raises to £3
Theger001: calls £2.50
Teegaa1: calls £2
----- FLOP ----- [9d Jd Qd]
Theger001: checks
Teegaa1: checks
wondlof: bets £5.50
Theger001: folds
Teegaa1: calls £5.50
----- TURN ----- [9d Jd Qd][5c]
Teegaa1: checks
wondlof: bets £13
Teegaa1: raises to £83
wondlof: raises to £106.85 and is all-in
Teegaa1: calls £23.85
----- RIVER ----- [9d Jd Qd 5c][5s]
----- SHOW DOWN -----
wondlof: shows [Ad 5d] (A Flush, Ace high)
Teegaa1: shows [9s Js] (Two Pairs, Jacks and Nines, Queen high)
wondlof collected £230.70 from Main pot

Losing a big pot - guy was playing like 60/10 and was maniac aggressive post flop.

Game #7244171674: Hold'em NL ($1/$2) - 2008/05/27 - 19:27:36 (DST)
Table "Rigasaraomu" Seat 6 is the button.
Seat 1: Paulhem ($516.37 in chips)
Seat 2: Csaba1312 ($201.70 in chips)
Seat 3: wondlof ($283.85 in chips)
Seat 4: unholy ($52 in chips)
Seat 5: UAW@nker ($76 in chips)
Seat 6: Ezeemoney ($208.55 in chips)
Paulhem: posts small blind $1
Csaba1312: posts big blind $2
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to wondlof [Ac Ah]
wondlof: raises to $7
unholy: folds
UAW@nker: calls $7
Ezeemoney: folds
Paulhem: calls $6
Csaba1312: calls $5
----- FLOP ----- [6h 8h 2h]
Paulhem: checks
Csaba1312: checks
wondlof: bets $22
UAW@nker: folds
Paulhem: raises to $509.37 and is all-in
Csaba1312: folds
wondlof: is all-in $254.85
Returned uncalled bets $232.52 to Paulhem
----- TURN ----- [6h 8h 2h][2d]
----- RIVER ----- [6h 8h 2h 2d][7d]
----- SHOW DOWN -----
Paulhem: shows [Qh Kh] (A Flush, King high)
wondlof: shows [Ac Ah] (Two Pairs, Aces and Twos, Eight high)
Paulhem collected $578.70 from Main pot

My call of the flop C/R is debateable and I get lucky - he can be c/r'ing with air though, as i'd been c-betting alot and have backdoor straight / flush draws so decide to peel one.

Game #7233444914: Hold'em NL (£0.50/£1) - 2008/05/26 - 18:40:46 (DST)
Table "Mississauga" Seat 3 is the button.
Seat 1: wondlof (£153.84 in chips)
Seat 2: JokeHand (£44.96 in chips)
Seat 3: ds89441 (£83.31 in chips)
Seat 4: mack8484 (£105.90 in chips)
Seat 5: FloppyDuc (£86 in chips)
Seat 6: bowmore (£145.30 in chips)
mack8484: posts small blind £0.50
FloppyDuc: posts big blind £1
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to wondlof [5d 7d]
bowmore: folds
wondlof: raises to £3
JokeHand: folds
ds89441: calls £3
mack8484: folds
FloppyDuc: calls £2
----- FLOP ----- [3d 5s 2h]
FloppyDuc: checks
wondlof: bets £7
ds89441: folds
FloppyDuc: raises to £21
wondlof: calls £14
----- TURN ----- [3d 5s 2h][6d]
FloppyDuc: bets £20
wondlof: calls £20
----- RIVER ----- [3d 5s 2h 6d][4s]
FloppyDuc: bets £42 and is all-in
wondlof: calls £42
----- SHOW DOWN -----
FloppyDuc: shows [Jh Jd] (A Straight, Six high)
wondlof: shows [5d 7d] (A Straight, Seven high)
wondlof collected £172.50 from Main pot

I'm pretty confident at the moment, and really feel as though my post-flop play has improved. I'm much more confident now playing a looser style ~ 21/18; whereas a couple months ago I was more like 19/16 style. I leave for Vegas on 17th June (a week on tuesday) and cannot wait.

Since the last entry I've been pretty busy and haven't got too many hands in. When I have played it's gone pretty rubbish.

I ran awful at $100nl, which is better than running awful at £100 or $200nl I suppose.

Below are my NLH stats:

Here's me getting zero credit for a hand on Crypto once again; this time against a 30/18 aggro reg, who i've played over 2k hands with, so I get it in fairly light. Quite pleased that he saw my hand as this is the lightest i'd ever get it in with, but his perception of my range will be vastly aletred and a skewed one at that, so I can adjust and totally pawn him.

Game #7157110084: Hold'em NL (£0.50/£1) - 2008/05/19 - 17:05:20 (DST)
Table "Laburnum" Seat 2 is the button.
Seat 1: MushyPeas (£119.35 in chips)
Seat 2: mrxxxxx (£111.75 in chips)
Seat 3: Kribensis (£88.50 in chips)
Seat 4: wondlof (£100.85 in chips)
Seat 5: Bigfella (£117.70 in chips)
Seat 6: Firewall sits out
Kribensis: posts small blind £0.50
wondlof: posts big blind £1
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to wondlof [8s 8h]
Bigfella: folds
MushyPeas: folds
mrxxxxx: raises to £4
Kribensis: folds
wondlof: raises to £14
mrxxxxx: raises to £44
wondlof: raises to £100.85 and is all-in
mrxxxxx: calls £56.85
----- FLOP ----- [4s Qc 9s]
----- TURN ----- [4s Qc 9s][9d]
----- RIVER ----- [4s Qc 9s 9d][Tc]
----- SHOW DOWN -----
wondlof: shows [8s 8h] (Two Pairs, Nines and Eights, Queen high)
mrxxxxx: shows [5h 5d] (Two Pairs, Nines and Fives, Queen high)
wondlof collected £199.20 from Main pot

This hand was against someone who floats me alot, so I considered C/R'ing the flop, and then at the last moment, realised that I was suspicious of his small turn bet on this dry board as when he floats / takes it away on turn he usually bets bigger. Not sure about the river call, but think i have to call as my hand is pretty under-repped and he could well have 45.

Game #7141040604: Hold'em NL (£0.50/£1) - 2008/05/18 - 10:23:55 (DST)
Table "Paphon" Seat 3 is the button.
Seat 1: wondlof (£100 in chips)
Seat 3: EDDDDDIE (£109.40 in chips)
Seat 4: Cra150820 (£130.35 in chips)
Seat 5: Kasparoso (£110.15 in chips)
Seat 6: L8ton23 (£96.05 in chips)
Cra150820: posts small blind £0.50
Kasparoso: posts big blind £1
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to wondlof [Jd 9h]
L8ton23: folds
wondlof: raises to £3
EDDDDDIE: calls £3
Cra150820: folds
Kasparoso: folds
----- FLOP ----- [9c 5s 2d]
wondlof: bets £5
EDDDDDIE: calls £5
----- TURN ----- [9c 5s 2d][Js]
wondlof: checks
EDDDDDIE: bets £9
wondlof: calls £9
----- RIVER ----- [9c 5s 2d Js][4h]
wondlof: bets £25
EDDDDDIE: raises to £55
wondlof: calls £30
----- SHOW DOWN -----
EDDDDDIE: shows [5d 5h] (Three of a kind, Fives, Jack high)
wondlof: mucks hand [Jd 9h]
EDDDDDIE collected £142.50 from Main pot

Getting my shove called by K high; no draw in a re-raised pot is obviously absolutely ludicrous!

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Seat 1: kentus87 ($213.30)
Seat 2: Pocket Eggs ($202)
Seat 3: BOGDANOF ($110.90)
Seat 4: Nylle79 ($689.90) -
Seat 5: GotBluffing ($200) Sitting Out
Seat 6: Hero ($416.45) -


PRE-FLOP:

Small Blind Player Sitting Out
All Chin posts BIG blind $2
Dealt To: Hero


CALL kentus87 ($2)
FOLD Pocket Eggs
FOLD BOGDANOF
RAISE Nylle79 ($8)
RAISE Hero ($32)
CALL kentus87 ($30)
CALL Nylle79 ($24)


FLOP:

Pot: $96


BET Hero ($85)
CALL kentus87 ($85)
FOLD Nylle79


TURN:

Pot: $266


BET Hero ($100)
CALL kentus87 ($96.30)
UNCALLED Hero ($3.70)


RIVER:

Pot: $458.6




SHOWDOWN:
Hero:

kentus87:


Hero collected $455.6 from main pot with two pair, Aces and Sixes

SUMMARY:
Total pot: $458 Rake: $3

As I usually do when I'm not feeling on top of my NLH game, I tend to play abit of Omaha. I'm still learning the game and really enjoying it. Feels far less of a grind when I play and I encounter new situations the whole time which I rarely do in NLH.

I've tried to play abit tighter and stay away from marginal spots, and have been doing great, but I still find myself in spots where I really dont know the best play ie raising river bets with middle set etc. When have top set and lead into for bet with size the stack of the pot remaining on a 3 flush turn hmmmm. Need to watch some more videos and be more certain of plays in sticky spots before I move up to $100 PLO. Still I've ran at 9.44ptb/100 over 6.k hands so far, hope it continues.

So I was in Birmingham last week again on training. This meant that I was able to play for approx 45 mins each evening before we went out, so managed to get quiet a few hands in over the week and then again over the long weekend (it was a bank holiday in the UK).

I had some good results:

This weekend I played at £0.50 - £1 again (equivalent to $1-$2) on the Crypto network. I've come to the realisation that the games on Crypto are much softer than those at 200nl on Full Tilt and so i've made the decision to make this my bread and butter game. With that in mind I've also made a deposit onto the Ladborkes site (another Euro site).

Here's some hands:

Getting overshoved into with Quads :)

Game #6977344954: Hold'em NL ($1/$2) - 2008/05/02 - 18:54:57 (DST)
Table "Babuk" Seat 4 is the button.
Seat 1: rubinho ($308.19 in chips)
Seat 2: wondlof ($210.05 in chips)
Seat 3: FRENCH007 ($328.35 in chips)
Seat 4: Uller111 ($179.10 in chips)
Seat 5: rpatters1 ($128.45 in chips)
Seat 6: LETS_BUST ($220.55 in chips)
rpatters1: posts small blind $1
LETS_BUST: posts big blind $2
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to wondlof [Ad Ac]
rubinho: folds
wondlof: raises to $7
FRENCH007: folds
Uller111: folds
rpatters1: calls $6
LETS_BUST: folds
----- FLOP ----- [Qh 3d 8s]
rpatters1: checks
wondlof: bets $11
rpatters1: calls $11
----- TURN ----- [Qh 3d 8s][As]
rpatters1: checks
wondlof: checks
----- RIVER ----- [Qh 3d 8s As][Ah]
rpatters1: bets $110.45 and is all-in
wondlof: calls $110.45
----- SHOW DOWN -----
rpatters1: shows [Jd Js] (Two Pairs, Aces and Jacks, Queen high)
wondlof: shows [Ad Ac] (Four of a kind, Aces, Queen high)
wondlof collected $255.90 from Main pot

Getting called by A high!

Game #7004043804: Hold'em NL ($1/$2) - 2008/05/05 - 10:00:30 (DST)
Table "Drisho" Seat 3 is the button.
Seat 1: shazam ($420.30 in chips)
Seat 2: mustaffan ($231.15 in chips)
Seat 3: Atha19102 ($112.20 in chips)
Seat 4: wondlof ($206.30 in chips)
Seat 5: Soren2305 ($30.85 in chips)
Seat 6: Kasparoso ($201.40 in chips)
wondlof: posts small blind $1
Soren2305: posts big blind $2
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to wondlof [Js Jh]
Kasparoso: folds
shazam: raises to $8
mustaffan: folds
Atha19102: calls $8
wondlof: raises to $32
Soren2305: folds
shazam: folds
Atha19102: calls $24
----- FLOP ----- [3c 9d 6h]
wondlof: bets $40
Atha19102: calls $40
----- TURN ----- [3c 9d 6h][Jd]
wondlof: checks
Atha19102: checks
----- RIVER ----- [3c 9d 6h Jd][7c]
wondlof: bets $50
Atha19102: is all-in $40.20
Returned uncalled bets $9.80 to wondlof
----- SHOW DOWN -----
wondlof: shows [Js Jh] (Three of a kind, Jacks, Nine high)
Atha19102: shows [Ac Ks] (High Card Ace)
wondlof collected $231.40 from Main pot
----- SUMMARY -----
Total pot $234.40 Main pot $231.40 Rake $3
Board [3c 9d 6h Jd 7c]
Seat 1: shazam folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: mustaffan folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Atha19102 (button) showed [Ac Ks] and lost with High Card Ace
Seat 4: wondlof (small blind) showed [Js Jh] and won ($231.40) with Three of a kind, Jacks, Nine high
Seat 5: Soren2305 (big blind) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Kasparoso folded before Flop (didn't bet)
****HAND ENDS****

Game #7003910774: Hold'em NL (£0.50/£1) - 2008/05/05 - 09:08:15 (DST)
Table "Dlakha" Seat 3 is the button.
Seat 1: dfxxfd (£227.55 in chips)
Seat 2: RockogRu1 (£114.10 in chips)
Seat 3: wondlof (£100 in chips)
Seat 4: Joel23091 sits out
Seat 5: Ramirez (£23.75 in chips)
Seat 6: zamzam (£113.25 in chips)
Ramirez: posts small blind £0.50
zamzam: posts big blind £1
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to wondlof [Ah 5h]
dfxxfd: folds
RockogRu1: folds
wondlof: raises to £3.50
Ramirez: folds
zamzam: calls £2.50
----- FLOP ----- [5d Qs Jh]
zamzam: checks
wondlof: checks
----- TURN ----- [5d Qs Jh][5s]
Rob181260 joins the table at seat #4
zamzam: bets £5
wondlof: raises to £15
zamzam: calls £10
----- RIVER ----- [5d Qs Jh 5s][Ac]
zamzam: bets £20
wondlof: raises to £65
zamzam: raises to £94.75 and is all-in
wondlof: is all-in £16.50
Returned uncalled bets £13.25 to zamzam
----- SHOW DOWN -----
zamzam: shows [Tc Kc] (A Straight, Ace high)
wondlof: shows [Ah 5h] (A Full House, Fives full of Aces)
wondlof collected £197.50 from Main pot
----- SUMMARY -----
Total pot £200.50 Main pot £197.50 Rake £3
Board [5d Qs Jh 5s Ac]
Seat 1: dfxxfd folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: RockogRu1 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: wondlof (button) showed [Ah 5h] and won (£197.50) with A Full House, Fives full of Aces
Seat 5: Ramirez (small blind) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: zamzam (big blind) showed [Tc Kc] and lost with A Straight, Ace high
****HAND ENDS****

Fairly nice flop :)

Game #6974777044: Hold'em NL (£0.50/£1) - 2008/05/02 - 16:26:03 (DST)
Table "Dlakha" Seat 3 is the button.
Seat 1: mugge26 (£261.01 in chips)
Seat 2: Dav020563 (£71.70 in chips)
Seat 3: Corrosive (£97 in chips)
Seat 4: MrFistaDD (£90 in chips)
Seat 5: Razor666 (£96 in chips)
Seat 6: wondlof (£170.25 in chips)
MrFistaDD: posts small blind £0.50
Razor666: posts big blind £1
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to wondlof [Kd Ad]
wondlof: raises to £3.50
mugge26: folds
Dav020563: raises to £11
Corrosive: folds
MrFistaDD: folds
Razor666: folds
wondlof: calls £7.50
----- FLOP ----- [8d 3d 2d]
wondlof: checks
Dav020563: checks
----- TURN ----- [8d 3d 2d][Th]
wondlof: bets £13
Dav020563: calls £13
----- RIVER ----- [8d 3d 2d Th][Qd]
wondlof: bets £15
Dav020563: raises to £47.70 and is all-in
wondlof: calls £32.70
----- SHOW DOWN -----
Dav020563: shows [4c 3c] (A Pair of Threes, Queen high)
wondlof: shows [Kd Ad] (A Flush, Ace high)
wondlof collected £141.90 from Main pot
----- SUMMARY -----
Total pot £144.90 Main pot £141.90 Rake £3
Board [8d 3d 2d Th Qd]
Seat 1: mugge26 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Dav020563 showed [4c 3c] and lost with A Pair of Threes, Queen high
Seat 3: Corrosive (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: MrFistaDD (small blind) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Razor666 (big blind) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: wondlof showed [Kd Ad] and won (£141.90) with A Flush, Ace high
****HAND ENDS****

Loose 3 bet against a loose CO opener.

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Seat 1: PushTheStack ($108.85)
Seat 2: nakamora12 ($185.05)
Seat 3: Hero ($99.50) -
Seat 4: glasstiger ($120.80) -
Seat 5: Akitsum ($100) -
Seat 6: Rich Momma S ($69.70)


PRE-FLOP:

glasstiger posts small blind $0.50
Akitsum posts BIG blind $1
Dealt To: Hero


FOLD Rich Momma S
FOLD PushTheStack
RAISE nakamora12 ($3.50)
RAISE Hero ($12)
FOLD glasstiger
FOLD Akitsum
CALL nakamora12 ($8.50)


FLOP:

Pot: $25.5


CHECK nakamora12
BET Hero ($20)
RAISE nakamora12 ($173.05)
CALL Hero ($67.50)
UNCALLED nakamora12 ($85.55)


TURN:

Pot: $200.5




RIVER:

Pot: $200.5




SHOWDOWN:
nakamora12:

Hero:


nakamora12 collected $197.5 from main pot with a full house, Nines full of Jacks

I also had this unfortunate reverse 1 outer, why did I have 2 hit my gutshot :( My line looks like bullshit thats why I think that I can shove.

Cryptologic Network No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (5 handed) http://www.learnhowtoplaypokerfree.com/convert/convert.cgi">Hand History converter Courtesy of PokerZion.com">http://pokerzion.com/">PokerZion.com

UTG ($103.19)
MP ($192.14)
Hero ($199)
SB ($46.82)
BB ($144)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 7, 4. SB posts a blind of $2.
1 fold, UTG calls $2, MP calls $2, Hero raises to $10, 1 fold, UTG folds, MP calls $8.

Flop: ($24) 5, A, 3(2 players)
MP checks, Hero bets $16, MP calls $16.

Turn: ($56) 3(2 players)
MP checks, Hero checks.

River: ($56) 6(2 players)
MP bets $56. Hero shoves.

Was shown 55 for a full-house, for some reason I cant find the HH on PT so have got it from a post I made on 2+2 about shoving the river.

I also made this big laydown, which I got quite a bit of flack from on 2+2. See this thread: http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showthread.php?t=195838

Given that I raised utg and that the SB is a very good 24/18 player I think that I prefer just calling pf, as we are 155bbs deep and 4 betting allows him to play perfectly vs my range ie fold TT-QQ, shove AA. I think that by 4 betting I miss out on post-flop value from TT-QQ. His 3 betting range, given my utg raise is 99 +, AQ, AK I think.

On the flop I am very suspicious of his flop. If I bet and am C/R AI wtf do I beat vs a good player this deep? He's certainly not doing that with JJ. I cant see him not c-betting with AQ in this spot. I think turn is then standard. When he bets river, after my turn call and his pf 3 bet I think his range is very narrow, like AQ, QQ, JJ, AA. But again, I really think that he just c-bets AQ, and so I find a fold. Everyone disagrees with me though :)

Cryptologic Network No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (6 handed) http://www.learnhowtoplaypokerfree.com/convert/convert.cgi">Hand History converter Courtesy of PokerZion.com">http://pokerzion.com/">PokerZion.com

Button ($184.74)
SB ($311.15)
BB ($203)
Hero ($325.50)
MP ($66.41)
CO ($144.10)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with K, K.
Hero raises to $7, 3 folds, SB raises to $22, 1 fold, Hero calls $15.

Flop: ($46) Q, 6, 6(2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks.

Turn: ($46) 3(2 players)
SB bets $30, Hero calls $30.

River: ($106) J(2 players)
SB bets $80, Hero folds.

Final Pot: $186

Other good news is that Vegas is fully booked now, flying Virgin direct from Gatwick on 17th June, staying at Excalibur til 9th July. Cannot wait, to be in Vegas during the WSOP. I'm hopefully gonna crush the cash games :) If anyone is having a CR get-together let me know, or if anyone recomends the best places for $1-3 or $2-$5 NL let me know.