Sunday, November 16, 2008

Hot bluff

PokerStars Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (10 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Preflop: Hero is BB with A, J
4 folds, MP2 calls, 1 fold, CO calls, 1 fold, SB calls, Hero checks

Flop: (4 SB) 4, K, 6 (4 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, MP2 bets, CO raises, 1 fold, Hero folds, MP2 calls

Turn: (4 BB) 6 (2 players)
MP2 checks, CO bets, MP2 raises, CO 3-bets, MP2 calls

River: (10 BB) 5 (2 players)
MP2 checks, CO bets, 1 fold

Total pot: $10 (10 BB) | Rake: $0.45

Results in white below:
CO had 8, 10 (one pair, sixes).
Outcome: CO won $9.55

Friday, November 07, 2008

Cold cap with 56s and get there

PokerStars Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (10 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Preflop: Hero is Button with K, K
2 folds, UTG+2 calls, 2 folds, MP3 calls, CO raises, Hero 3-bets, SB caps, 1 fold, UTG+2 calls, 1 fold, CO calls, Hero calls

Flop: (18 SB) 8, 9, Q (4 players)
SB bets, UTG+2 calls, CO calls, Hero calls

Turn: (11 BB) 7 (4 players)
SB bets, UTG+2 calls, CO calls, Hero calls

River: (15 BB) 6 (4 players)
SB bets, 1 fold, CO calls, Hero calls

Total pot: $36 (18 BB) | Rake: $1

Results in white below:
Hero mucked K, K (one pair, Kings).
SB had 6, 5 (straight, nine high).
CO mucked Q, A (one pair, Queens).
Outcome: SB won $35

Villan caps the river - bluff or value bet?

PokerStars Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (8 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with Q, Q
UTG raises, 2 folds, Hero 3-bets, CO calls, 3 folds, UTG calls

Flop: (10.5 SB) J, 7, Q (3 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets, CO calls, 1 fold

Turn: (6.25 BB) 6 (2 players)
Hero bets, CO calls

River: (8.25 BB) J (2 players)
Hero bets, CO raises, Hero 3-bets, CO caps, Hero calls

Total pot: $32.50 (16.25 BB) | Rake: $1

Results in white below:
Hero had Q, Q (full house, Queens over Jacks).
CO had A, K (one pair, Jacks).
Outcome: Hero won $31.50

Friday, July 04, 2008

lol quad stars

Bored for the holidays, fired up Stars for first time in ages. Raise with TT, flop quads. Two hands later, raise with KK, flop quads again!
Hand #1
PokerStars 0.25/0.50 Hold'em (10 handed) Poker Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: HTML)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with Ts, Tc.
UTG calls, 1 fold, UTG+2 calls, MP1 calls, MPB raises, 2 folds, Button calls, 1 fold, BB calls, UTG calls, UTG+2 calls, MP1 calls.

Flop: (12.40 SB) Td, 5h, Th (6 players)
BB bets, UTG calls, UTG+2 folds, MP1 folds, MPB raises, Button folds, BB calls, UTG folds.

Turn: (8.70 BB) Ah (2 players)
BB checks, MPB bets, BB folds.

Final Pot: 8.70 BB

Hand #2, two hands later:
PokerStars 0.25/0.50 Hold'em (10 handed) Poker Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: HTML)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+2 with Kh, Ks.
UTG calls, UTG+1 calls, UTGC raises, 7 folds, UTG calls, UTG+1 calls.

Flop: (7.40 SB) 9h, Kc, Kd (3 players)
UTG bets, UTG+1 folds, UTGC raises, UTG calls.

Turn: (5.70 BB) Qh (2 players)
UTG checks, UTGC bets, UTG folds.

Final Pot: 5.70 BB

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