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Hand replay - 99 (+$7.50)
I have posted a hand where I lost due to the guy chasing flush with 85 and where he got me for about $10. I found this hand in Poker Tracker today, and I realised that it was played against the same guy. This time, the outcome was different for him. I took a look at the $$ that I lost to this guy and $$ that I won from him. Actually, the hand with 85 where he got the flush was the only hand that I lost to him, but in the meantime this guy lost 10 hands against me although, I must admit, in the end I am profiting for around $1.50 of him which is a profit either way. Anyway, look at this..
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NL25, 9 players
I had $11.65 and was in MP. I was dealt 
and I limped after the guy before me also limped. It was folded to the Villain who was OTB and he also called with both blinds also in the game. Flop came 
giving me a set. This was potentially dangerous flop for me because there were both flush, straight and straight flush draws possible so my set could have been endangered in more than on place. Blinds checked and the guy before me bets $0.25 into $1.25 pot. I raise him to $2 again hoping that draws will be discouraged and that I will in the end make the most of the calls if there will be any. Villain called $2 and both the blinds and the flop bettor folded. I was instantly putting Villain on one of the above mentioned draws since I knew from before that he is willing to chase flushes and straights to the river. Turn was a somewhat scary card for me, 
giving a possibility for even more hand combinations in this case. Since I had some experience (small but enough in this case) with the Villain I was figuring that he likes suited cards more than he does the connectors so I decided to fire another $5 into the $5.50 pot. Villain called me again. River card was 
assuring me that he didn't pick up his flush so I bet my all in of $4.40 into $15.50 pot, and Villain instantly folded. I might have made a mistake of not betting more on the turn or on the flop but I figured that my raises were high enough to get a caller (which I did on flop) who is willing to chase a draw, and on turn I didn't go higher than $5 even though i was left with $4.40 after the bet because I was affraid that he might not call that overbet and even though it would be fine to take that pot right there, it would be better to make him pay for his draw. That in the end meant that if he missed his flush he will not pay me my additional $4.40 which I bet on the river, but regardless of that I at least got the $2 on flop and $5 on turn. What would be a good idea to make this play more profitable in the future against someone who is willing to chase?
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I went on a picnic early in the morning today with some of my friends. We took our bikes and went driving up the Medvjednica mountain (mountain hovering over my city, Zagreb) which took almost two and a half hours to get on. It was my first time going up this (or any for that matter) mountain with a bike and I must say that it is HARD. We didn't take the woods route but the "easier", road route. By the time we got to the top we were so tired and powerless that all we could do was sit in a restaurant and eat and drink and think of sleep for some time... After that, it was all over again, just in the opposite direction and not by road. We took more demanding route down and to cut the long story short, when we came to the road again I realised that my rear tire was flat and that there is no way I can fix that right there so I had to push the bike to the nearest gas station, then pump the tire and drive for another 200 meters before pushing again because it was leaking so fast. Being so tired and beaten up, this happened at the worst possible moment, especially since I use my bike a lot to travel accross the city. Anyway, it was a great day and even though I had some negative experience at the end of the trip, I feel fulfiled and very tired still, but happily so. Perhaps, I will go and do this all over again next saturday.... cheers!
Post je objavljen 11.03.2007. u 01:30 sati.