Aristotle_Poker Birthday: Prefer not to say Location: BC ALL-TIME STATS (more stats) Total Entries: 12 Total Won/Lost: $2,031.00 Total Hours: 61 Earnings/Hour: $33.30 ARCHIVE Most Recent February 2007 (5) January 2007 (7)

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February 4, 2007, 11PM: Played 9 hours, Made $1,065.00 at River Rock
$3/6 Texas Hold'em

Played very solidly today, controlled, patient and selective aggression.  Had very little leaks in games and didnt lose more than 150-200 on any hands. 
 
Key hand played very well:
 
In late position, limped with pocket 66.  7 players in pot with pot around 40 ish.  Flop comes (2S,6S,8). Early position bets out 30, get 3 callers ... I raise to 130.  Intital raiser, Min raises to 260 (650 left). 1 guy puts in his remaining 185.  All else folds to me.  I think to myself, initial raiser has trip 8s!! OOther guy buying for Nut flush draw.  Contemplated for good couple minutes ... how can I leave myself with outs ... since there will be a side pot.  Also, is there value pushing all in??? NO!!! only caller will be a guaranteed Top Set! So, not likely he has Trip 2s as Bottom set most likely pushes over top or smooth call rather Min Raise.... 
 
So, I smooth call it.  Turn comes a Js. Now 3 spades out there.  Guy raise 200, and I think for few secs raised all in as he has about 450 left.  Playing it out as (I) was going for the Nut flush draw by thinking out long and methodically on flop saved me ... He folded face up conceding Flush is good, or Trip Jacks ... something weird like that.
 
Ended with all in guy had the A,9 Nut flush and I was able to play it out that I managed to actually win $ from the side pot pushing out Trip 8s vs my Trip 6s!
 
Lucky but at same time, well planned and thought out.  Call on the flop reraise was key.  No value in reraising.

Last Update: February 4, 2007, 11:28PM

1 Comment

SLB we call that, "Strong Like Bull".
 
Keep playing smart like like.
 
I like to hear your description of playing NL.  I don't play it much and like to pick up more info.
 
Oh, you should change this log entry to No limit, you have it posted as 3-6 limit holdem.

Posted by DeiYuo on February 5, 2007, 1:01AM

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