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after starting new poker week out 340 in hole when in one day i lost set over set (those always hurt) and when my nut flush was cracked on river by full house, i have got that back plus another 200.
here is the hand that made my day yesterday; i have been hanging around even and have my stack up to about 245 when this hand happens: i raise to ten dollars from mid position with pair of tens and am called by two people. flop comes ten, 3-3! i have flopped a full house! yes! now how am i going to get paid off? there is player in front and player behind me and lo and behold, player in front bets straight into me, 15 dollars. i call and the guy behind folds. turn is a 6 putting a flush draw out there as well and my boy in front bets 25 dollars into me. i call. the river is a 9 and he bets 25 and i raise to 50, thinking that is all i can get from him unless he has the 3, which i doubt because i don't think he would have lead out the betting with trips, i am thinking he has ace ten; but he goes all in!! i, of course, call and he turns over nines full of threes, the river giving him a full house. it was the worst card for him and the best card for me.
my 245 is now over 500 and then picked up another hundred and then left.
the day before i had sit there and thrown away cards for couple of hours and was down about 60 dollars when i was dealt a pair of nines in early position and called with them. the flop was, are you ready?, 9-9-8 with two spades. lordy, lordy. not only did i win a big pot against a straight, a flush and a full house i got a bonus for the 4 nines of another 100 dollars. i checked them each time and let people make their hands. it was so sweet.
sit and wait and patience will be rewarded. it takes a lot of discipline to play the way i do but it works for me. i enjoy just sitting at a poker table and engaging in light-hearted conversation with the other players so waiting for hands is not hard. not that i don't get rattled at times, of course i do, but when i do i get up and take a walk and talk to myself and then go back. since my friend gave me such an ass-chewing for getting upset one time when some fool drew out i have not gone on tilt since. slowed down my game and have been on a good roll ever since. there may be a lesson there......
here is the hand that made my day yesterday; i have been hanging around even and have my stack up to about 245 when this hand happens: i raise to ten dollars from mid position with pair of tens and am called by two people. flop comes ten, 3-3! i have flopped a full house! yes! now how am i going to get paid off? there is player in front and player behind me and lo and behold, player in front bets straight into me, 15 dollars. i call and the guy behind folds. turn is a 6 putting a flush draw out there as well and my boy in front bets 25 dollars into me. i call. the river is a 9 and he bets 25 and i raise to 50, thinking that is all i can get from him unless he has the 3, which i doubt because i don't think he would have lead out the betting with trips, i am thinking he has ace ten; but he goes all in!! i, of course, call and he turns over nines full of threes, the river giving him a full house. it was the worst card for him and the best card for me.
my 245 is now over 500 and then picked up another hundred and then left.
the day before i had sit there and thrown away cards for couple of hours and was down about 60 dollars when i was dealt a pair of nines in early position and called with them. the flop was, are you ready?, 9-9-8 with two spades. lordy, lordy. not only did i win a big pot against a straight, a flush and a full house i got a bonus for the 4 nines of another 100 dollars. i checked them each time and let people make their hands. it was so sweet.
sit and wait and patience will be rewarded. it takes a lot of discipline to play the way i do but it works for me. i enjoy just sitting at a poker table and engaging in light-hearted conversation with the other players so waiting for hands is not hard. not that i don't get rattled at times, of course i do, but when i do i get up and take a walk and talk to myself and then go back. since my friend gave me such an ass-chewing for getting upset one time when some fool drew out i have not gone on tilt since. slowed down my game and have been on a good roll ever since. there may be a lesson there......
posted by Ron Shock | 9:52 AM
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