Wednesday, December 19, 2007

A mixed day of luck

Got a letter today from Littlewoods reminding me that I still had £60 in my account, I was going to add it to my bankroll, but thought I'd play it in a $1/$2 NL cash game instead. Got dealt AA 10th hand as dealer, the table had flat called the big blind or folded, I put in a $20 raise and got called by 3 players. Flop came AK7. Small bet made by first player to act, 3 calls, again big bet, called by 2. Turn, 4. $50 bet goes in from seat 1. I'm thinking he's holding AK. There is no flush out there. I call. River comes 7. Mild panic sets in as I wonder whether he's made quads. He checks, makes me more nervous. I've got about $30 left, talk about pot committed, I push them in, he calls.

He's got KK, he made his boat with KKK77 but got beat by my AAA77.

I'm sitting on $190. Basically just trebled my money.

I sit around for about an hour, folding mainly, going fishing on my blinds when I get dealt 6c7c on the big blind.

The table has called round to me, I put in a standard 3 x raise, half table calls, half folds. flops comes, all clubs QT2. Seat 3 bets at it, $30. Folds to me, I re-raise him $60, he reraises me $90. At this point I know he's out kicking me, but has he got 2 of them. I don't think he has, I want to put him out of the hand, I don't want him thinking he can go for his 50/50ish chance of getting a flush with cards 4 or 5. I push all in. He calls, he's got more chips than me.

Pot has almost $500 in it.

Cards on the backs. I was right, he's got Ac Qs.

Turn Qh. Christ now he's got a few outs. Another Q gives him Quads, and Ace, Ten or 2 gives him a full boat and a club gives him a bigger flush than me. River....................4.....clubs.

That's me. p1ssed off, logged off and buggered off (to pub at top of street for 3 speed Stellas).

Won't be logging onto Littlewoods Poker again in a hurry (yes I know it's the same as William Hill, Dusk Till Dawn Online, etc etc but it's the feeling it gives you isn't it...no?)

Bankroll: Unchanged.

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