Joined: May '08
Location: Germany
Age: 59 (M)
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Check behind at the river. Every spade and every ace beats you. And it is unlikely that a worse hand calls if you bet. You can see opponents hand, and make notes.
Full Tilt Poker Game #23311422468: Table Kofi - $0.05/$0.10 - No Limit Hold'em - 17:00:57 ET - 2010/08/23 Seat 1: SnakesOnaPLAIN ($12.06) Seat 2: newfg00 ($6.35) Seat 3: ElectricSixx ($19) Seat 4: igryla1 ($10.80) Seat 5: Denver2004 ($9.83) Seat 6: Pifon ($4.21) Seat 7: kpaxa ($4.38) Seat 8: Hero ($11.13) Seat 9: IloveBeckyT ($8.47) IloveBeckyT posts the small blind of $0.05 SnakesOnaPLAIN posts the big blind of $0.10 The button is in seat #8 *** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to Hero [Qh Qc] newfg00 folds ElectricSixx raises to $0.40 igryla1 folds Denver2004 folds Pifon folds kpaxa folds Hero raises to $1.20 IloveBeckyT folds SnakesOnaPLAIN folds ElectricSixx has 15 seconds left to act ElectricSixx calls $0.80 *** FLOP *** [Ks 3h Ts] ElectricSixx checks Hero checks *** TURN *** [Ks 3h Ts] ElectricSixx bets $1.40 Hero calls $1.40 *** RIVER *** [Ks 3h Ts Js] ElectricSixx checks Hero has 15 seconds left to act Hero checks *** SHOW DOWN *** ElectricSixx shows [Ac Ah] a straight, Ace high Hero mucks ElectricSixx wins the pot ($5) with a straight, Ace high *** SUMMARY *** Total pot $5.35 | Rake $0.35 Board: [Ks 3h Ts Js Qs] Seat 1: SnakesOnaPLAIN (big blind) folded before the Flop Seat 2: newfg00 didn't bet (folded) Seat 3: ElectricSixx showed [Ac Ah] and won ($5) with a straight, Ace high Seat 4: igryla1 didn't bet (folded) Seat 5: Denver2004 didn't bet (folded) Seat 6: Pifon didn't bet (folded) Seat 7: kpaxa didn't bet (folded) Seat 8: Hero (button) mucked [Qh Qc] - three of a kind, Queens Seat 9: IloveBeckyT (small blind) folded before the Flop
As you can see, though played the hand terribly I feel like I saved a little bit of money. If I had c-bet the flop (1.70 or 1.80) I would have been undoubtedly reraised and would have to fold. And here I paid 1.40 to stay in the hand to showdown.
All in all, this was, probably, the only hand that I played bad during the whole session. That night I played 2 tables for 2,5 hours and finished + around 30 $. This is pretty good for NL10.
The reason I posted this hand is that it looks pretty educational. At least, much more educational than those numerous bad beats hand histories that are posted here.
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