Do no wrong

Ending Bankroll: 670$ [ Up 72$ ]

I work on trust hours and both my 'bosses' are away this week, and it was rainy outside, so I decided that I'd get a few hands of 25 NL to wait out the rain (I walk to work).

So I sat down and prompty began getting dealt QQ, KK, AA, and then TT that set on QQ, 88 that set on KK, and so on and so forth. I know it will only be a matter of time before I have to start grinding out a lot harder to win this much this fast, but it's nice to spike up 3 buy-in's in just under an hour.

3 times I flopped top set and dragged a nice pot.

PokerStars Game #11375734911: Holdem No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2007/08/08 - 10:59:16 (ET)
Table Eriphyla II 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: FiddyCent187 ($22.30 in chips)
Seat 2: crushmastac ($29.30 in chips)
Seat 3: Jupek ($9.15 in chips)
Seat 4: Mansch111 ($16.40 in chips)
Seat 5: JTdollar$ ($14 in chips)
Seat 6: geico79 ($5.30 in chips)
Seat 7: lmcjaho ($61.60 in chips)
Seat 8: yoboro ($11.90 in chips)
Seat 9: gillb06 ($24.50 in chips)
JTdollar$: posts small blind $0.10
geico79: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to crushmastac [Ts Tc]
lmcjaho: folds
yoboro: calls $0.25
gillb06: folds
FiddyCent187: calls $0.25
crushmastac: raises $1.25 to $1.50
Jupek: folds
Mansch111: folds
Jupek leaves the table
JTdollar$: calls $1.40
geico79: folds
yoboro: folds
FiddyCent187: folds
*** FLOP *** [4s Td 3c]
Boooooom!
Lexboe joins the table at seat #3
JTdollar$: bets $2.50
crushmastac: calls $2.50
*** TURN *** [4s Td 3c] [6s]
JTdollar$: bets $6
crushmastac: raises $6 to $12
Lets get one thing clear here. I hate min-raisers. I despise it, loathe it, etc. But it was the quickest way to get him all in and I was lazy.
JTdollar$: calls $4 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [4s Td 3c 6s] [5d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
JTdollar$: shows [Qc Qh] (a pair of Queens)
crushmastac: shows [Ts Tc] (three of a kind, Tens)
crushmastac collected $27.35 from pot
Sorry chummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm-P. I dont understand how these people weren't raising preflop. Although it woulda had to have been a hella raise to get me off the pot.


PokerStars Game #11376068818: Holdem No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2007/08/08 - 11:29:21 (ET)
Table Eriphyla II 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: FiddyCent187 ($25 in chips)
Seat 2: crushmastac ($57.05 in chips)
Seat 3: Lexboe ($15.30 in chips)
Seat 4: eqyinoon ($53.30 in chips)
Seat 5: bmarley2005 ($30.10 in chips)
Seat 6: geico79 ($6.35 in chips)
Seat 7: lmcjaho ($35.15 in chips)
Seat 8: JustinBlue9 ($13.65 in chips)
Seat 9: gillb06 ($28.35 in chips)
Lexboe: posts small blind $0.10
eqyinoon: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to crushmastac [Qh Qs]
bmarley2005: calls $0.25
geico79: folds
lmcjaho: calls $0.25
JustinBlue9 has timed out
JustinBlue9: folds
JustinBlue9 is sitting out
gillb06: folds
FiddyCent187: folds
JustinBlue9 said, ".75"
crushmastac: raises $1.25 to $1.50
JustinBlue9 has returned
Lexboe: folds
eqyinoon: folds
bmarley2005: calls $1.25
lmcjaho: calls $1.25
*** FLOP *** [5c 2c Qd]
Booooooooooooooooooom
bmarley2005: checks
lmcjaho: checks
crushmastac: bets $1.50
I'm trying to induce a raise by making my bet look weak...
bmarley2005: folds
lmcjaho: calls $1.50
*** TURN *** [5c 2c Qd] [Jd]
lmcjaho: checks
crushmastac: bets $3
Two FD's...better up the ante.
lmcjaho: calls $3
*** RIVER *** [5c 2c Qd Jd] [Kd]
lmcjaho: checks
crushmastac: bets $8
lmcjaho: folds
Awww, I wanted you to have AK...
crushmastac collected $13.20 from pot



PokerStars Game #11376001702: Holdem No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2007/08/08 - 11:23:20 (ET)
Table Eriphyla II 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: FiddyCent187 ($18.45 in chips)
Seat 2: crushmastac ($45.15 in chips)
Seat 3: Lexboe ($19.30 in chips)
Seat 4: eqyinoon ($48.85 in chips)
Seat 5: bmarley2005 ($29.50 in chips)
Seat 6: geico79 ($13.85 in chips)
Seat 7: lmcjaho ($35.05 in chips)
Seat 8: JustinBlue9 ($12.60 in chips)
bmarley2005: posts small blind $0.10
geico79: posts big blind $0.25
gillb06: sits out
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to crushmastac [8h 8d]
lmcjaho said, "nice catch"
lmcjaho: calls $0.25
JustinBlue9: raises $1 to $1.25
FiddyCent187: folds
crushmastac: calls $1.25
Juuuust enough in his stack for me to go set mining...IMO. Some people might disagree with that...
Lexboe: folds
eqyinoon: folds
bmarley2005: folds
geico79: folds
lmcjaho: calls $1
*** FLOP *** [3h 6d 8s]
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM... lol
lmcjaho: checks
JustinBlue9: bets $1.50
crushmastac: raises $3 to $4.50
lmcjaho: folds
JustinBlue9: raises $6.85 to $11.35 and is all-in
*drool*
crushmastac: calls $6.85
*** TURN *** [3h 6d 8s] [4h]
*** RIVER *** [3h 6d 8s 4h] [5s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
JustinBlue9: shows [Kd Kc] (a pair of Kings)
crushmastac: shows [8h 8d] (three of a kind, Eights)
crushmastac collected $25.50 from pot


It's also nice to be getting my chips in ahead, and staying ahead. My first few weeks of cash NL were riddled with rediculous suckouts, so this feels good. I'll enjoy it while it lasts.

I love being able to go through old sessions and review them. Especially in tournaments, but looking at statistics in NL cash has helped too. Some friendly statistics...

In 1200 hand sample...

Top profiting hands
Dealt JJ eleven times, Wins 90.91%, Profit +$48.25
Dealt 77 one time, Wins 100%, Profit +$31.45
Dealt TT seven times, Wins 71.43%, Profit +$27.05
Dealt 99 three times, Wins 100%, Profit +$21.8
88 four times, 50%,+$21.1
55 six times, 33.33%, +$18.45
And waaay down in 7th spot,
AA six times, 83.33%, +$16.45

So flopping sets with middle/small pairs has been tremendously profitable.

On the other side of the spectrum,

Top losing hands
Dealt Q8s six times, Wins 0%, Profit -$10.35
AT ten times, 30%, -$9.6
Q6 twelve times, 0%, -$8.0

Further down the list...

AK fourteen times, 57.14%, -$3.65 (That surprises me a little)
QQ nine times, 77.78%, -$3.65 (This number was much worse before it won for me twice today)

The last two are a bit odd, but the top 3-10 on the list have helped me plug a few holes in my game, although I don't know how the hell I've managed to play Q8s enough to lose 10$ to it. Haha... Hands like that and JTs, 9Ts, etc, all of them have left my playing portfolio unless I have position and reads, and even then I play them softer than I did.

That's all for now..

Right now, the rain has let up, so hi-ho, hi-ho...