A Tale of Two Buyins

300 Hands / +1BI / .5 Hours

I have decided to include hand histories with my explanations of hands. It will make things less confusing. Although it is more fun scratching your head and trying to figure out what the hell I am saying. I am doing this because a new commenter possibly new reader named Hellblood is always like "wtf?" in my comments. Apparently he thinks this is a poker blog.

I start off good with a standard double up with AA vs QQ. I then decide to bluff the fuck out of this hand. Occasionally I should be smarter and not bluff as much. However I think the poker gods like when I bluff. Originally I felt bad about spewing off on a bluff but I think that is a bad mentality. I was sort of right that he had a weakish hand. I just did not realize he would not fold. If you never bluff though your doing it wrong and when you bluff you will get caught on occasion. Show Hand

Full Tilt Poker Game #18699630056: Table Mach 10 - $0.05/$0.10 - No Limit Hold'em - 6:25:51 ET - 2010/02/23
Seat 1: Siyanda ($12.19)
Seat 2: Gieremek65 ($11.19)
Seat 3: diddlmaus64 ($10.46)
Seat 4: LessonsRExtra ($13.63)
Seat 5: Majubiese ($12.53)
Seat 6: FATSALI ($10.15)
Seat 7: Waffles ($9.66)
Seat 8: GA31 ($10.73)
Seat 9: schrder_hl ($6.84)
Waffles posts the small blind of $0.05
GA31 posts the big blind of $0.10
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Waffles [6c 9c]
schrder_hl folds
Siyanda folds
Gieremek65 folds
diddlmaus64 folds
LessonsRExtra folds
Majubiese raises to $0.35
FATSALI folds
Waffles raises to $0.90
GA31 folds
Majubiese calls $0.55
*** FLOP *** [5h Ks 7s]
Waffles has 15 seconds left to act
Waffles bets $1.25
Majubiese calls $1.25
*** TURN *** [5h Ks 7s] [Kh]
Waffles bets $2
Majubiese calls $2
*** RIVER *** [5h Ks 7s Kh] [3d]
Waffles has 15 seconds left to act
Waffles bets $4
Majubiese calls $4
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Waffles shows [6c 9c] a pair of Kings
Majubiese shows [Qh Qs] two pair, Kings and Queens
Majubiese wins the pot ($15.31) with two pair, Kings and Queens
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $16.40 | Rake $1.09
Board: [5h Ks 7s Kh 3d]
Seat 1: Siyanda didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: Gieremek65 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: diddlmaus64 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: LessonsRExtra didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: Majubiese showed [Qh Qs] and won ($15.31) with two pair, Kings and Queens
Seat 6: FATSALI (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: Waffles (small blind) showed [6c 9c] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 8: GA31 (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 9: schrder_hl didn't bet (folded)

The poker gods loves me though. When I am not playing like a puss they reward me like this

Full Tilt Poker Game #18699642396: Table Mach 10 - $0.05/$0.10 - No Limit Hold'em - 6:26:54 ET - 2010/02/23
Seat 1: Majubiese ($19.69)
Seat 2: billcf123 ($23.07)
Seat 3: v1cmAn ($10.52)
Seat 4: Waffles ($1.51)
Seat 5: falcon725 ($10.64)
Seat 6: Boggart York ($23.42)
Seat 7: PKR TG10 ($13.78)
Seat 8: Sly-kon ($10.15)
Seat 9: JonDohnson ($7.49)
Sly-kon posts the small blind of $0.05
JonDohnson posts the big blind of $0.10
The button is in seat #7
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Waffles [2h 2d]
Majubiese folds
billcf123 folds
v1cmAn folds
Waffles calls $0.10
falcon725 folds
Boggart York folds
PKR TG10 calls $0.10
Sly-kon has 8 seconds left to act
Sly-kon raises to $0.55
JonDohnson folds
Waffles calls $0.45
PKR TG10 folds
*** FLOP *** [3h 2c 2s]
Sly-kon bets $9.60, and is all in
Waffles calls $0.96, and is all in
Sly-kon shows [Ad Ah]
Waffles shows [2h 2d]
Uncalled bet of $8.64 returned to Sly-kon
*** TURN *** [3h 2c 2s] [7d]
*** RIVER *** [3h 2c 2s 7d] [8s]
Sly-kon shows two pair, Aces and Twos
Waffles shows four of a kind, Twos
Waffles wins the pot ($3.01) with four of a kind, Twos
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $3.22 | Rake $0.21
Board: [3h 2c 2s 7d 8s]
Seat 1: Majubiese didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: billcf123 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: v1cmAn didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: Waffles showed [2h 2d] and won ($3.01) with four of a kind, Twos
Seat 5: falcon725 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: Boggart York didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: PKR TG10 (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 8: Sly-kon (small blind) showed [Ad Ah] and lost with two pair, Aces and Twos
Seat 9: JonDohnson (big blind) folded before the Flop

and this

Full Tilt Poker Game #18699650475: Table Mach 10 - $0.05/$0.10 - No Limit Hold'em - 6:27:34 ET - 2010/02/23
Seat 1: DerUnglaubliche ($25.36)
Seat 2: YourMothersV ($9.81)
Seat 3: KOMA8787 ($2.80)
Seat 4: ReinMaker ($9.32)
Seat 5: kleopatra7 ($9.94)
Seat 6: tonet9 ($4)
Seat 7: Waffles ($3.01)
Seat 8: GA31 ($10.18)
Seat 9: Sly-kon ($10)
kleopatra7 posts the small blind of $0.05
tonet9 posts the big blind of $0.10
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Waffles [9d 9h]
Waffles calls $0.10
GA31 folds
Sly-kon has 8 seconds left to act
Sly-kon folds
DerUnglaubliche folds
YourMothersV folds
KOMA8787 folds
ReinMaker has 8 seconds left to act
ReinMaker folds
kleopatra7 folds
tonet9 checks
*** FLOP *** [5h Kc 4d]
tonet9 checks
Waffles bets $0.25
tonet9 calls $0.25
*** TURN *** [5h Kc 4d] [9s]
tonet9 checks
Waffles bets $0.75
tonet9 raises to $3.65, and is all in
Waffles calls $1.91, and is all in
tonet9 shows [4c Kh]
Waffles shows [9d 9h]
Uncalled bet of $0.99 returned to tonet9
*** RIVER *** [5h Kc 4d 9s] [9c]
tonet9 shows two pair, Kings and Nines
Waffles shows four of a kind, Nines
Waffles wins the pot ($5.67) with four of a kind, Nines
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $6.07 | Rake $0.40
Board: [5h Kc 4d 9s 9c]
Seat 1: DerUnglaubliche didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: YourMothersV didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: KOMA8787 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: ReinMaker (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: kleopatra7 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: tonet9 (big blind) showed [4c Kh] and lost with two pair, Kings and Nines
Seat 7: Waffles showed [9d 9h] and won ($5.67) with four of a kind, Nines
Seat 8: GA31 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: Sly-kon didn't bet (folded)

.

Alas somehow I ended up going broke

Full Tilt Poker Game #18699765543: Table Mach 10 - $0.05/$0.10 - No Limit Hold'em - 6:37:03 ET - 2010/02/23
Seat 1: valkovboss ($5.12)
Seat 2: Paetron ($10.23)
Seat 3: slymer55 ($25.54)
Seat 4: bxstar ($9.40)
Seat 5: Dashbo ($13.69)
Seat 6: jogott ($14.62)
Seat 7: winmagic78 ($12.92)
Seat 8: GA31 ($11.02)
Seat 9: Maniac57 ($3.58)
Maniac57 posts the small blind of $0.05
valkovboss posts the big blind of $0.10
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Maniac57 [Ad 8d]
Paetron folds
slymer55 folds
bxstar has 8 seconds left to act
bxstar calls $0.10
Dashbo folds
jogott folds
winmagic78 folds
GA31 folds
Maniac57 has 8 seconds left to act
Maniac57 raises to $0.30
valkovboss folds
bxstar calls $0.20
*** FLOP *** [5c 7h 6d]
Maniac57 bets $0.40
bxstar raises to $1.90
Maniac57 raises to $3.28, and is all in
bxstar calls $1.38
Maniac57 shows [Ad 8d]
bxstar shows [7s 7c]
*** TURN *** [5c 7h 6d] [Ts]
*** RIVER *** [5c 7h 6d Ts] [2c]
Maniac57 shows Ace Ten high
bxstar shows three of a kind, Sevens
bxstar wins the pot ($6.78) with three of a kind, Sevens
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $7.26 | Rake $0.48
Board: [5c 7h 6d Ts 2c]
Seat 1: valkovboss (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 2: Paetron didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: slymer55 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: bxstar showed [7s 7c] and won ($6.78) with three of a kind, Sevens
Seat 5: Dashbo didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: jogott didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: winmagic78 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: GA31 (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: Maniac57 (small blind) showed [Ad 8d] and lost with Ace Ten high

on that buyin anyways.

So I fired it up again and hit a mad rush of cards. Actually what I hit was a mad rush of situations. Cards do not matter at all. It is having those cards hit when people have reasonably strong hands.

I think in this hand

Full Tilt Poker Game #18699977442: Table Mach 10 - $0.05/$0.10 - No Limit Hold'em - 6:53:29 ET - 2010/02/23
Seat 1: v1cmAn ($9.43)
Seat 2: royalrens ($15.93)
Seat 3: thepokerjoker12 ($6.71)
Seat 4: hope123 ($8.30)
Seat 5: Waffles ($10.98)
Seat 6: bbkiddo ($4.89)
Seat 7: freund147 ($10.05)
Seat 8: zektotti ($3.31)
Seat 9: sayplsbb ($11.28)
hope123 posts the small blind of $0.05
Waffles posts the big blind of $0.10
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Waffles [5c 7c]
bbkiddo folds
freund147 has 8 seconds left to act
freund147 folds
zektotti folds
sayplsbb folds
v1cmAn calls $0.10
royalrens folds
thepokerjoker12 folds
hope123 has 8 seconds left to act
hope123 calls $0.05
Waffles checks
*** FLOP *** [3c 3s Qd]
hope123 checks
Waffles checks
v1cmAn checks
*** TURN *** [3c 3s Qd] [6c]
hope123 bets $0.30
Waffles calls $0.30
v1cmAn folds
*** RIVER *** [3c 3s Qd 6c] [4h]
hope123 bets $7.90, and is all in
Waffles calls $7.90
*** SHOW DOWN ***
hope123 shows [Ah 3h] three of a kind, Threes
Waffles shows [5c 7c] a straight, Seven high
Waffles wins the pot ($15.59) with a straight, Seven high
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $16.70 | Rake $1.11
Board: [3c 3s Qd 6c 4h]
Seat 1: v1cmAn folded on the Turn
Seat 2: royalrens didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: thepokerjoker12 (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: hope123 (small blind) showed [Ah 3h] and lost with three of a kind, Threes
Seat 5: Waffles (big blind) showed [5c 7c] and won ($15.59) with a straight, Seven high
Seat 6: bbkiddo didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: freund147 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: zektotti didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: sayplsbb didn't bet (folded)

my opponent slow play no pay. Well it paid me. Glad the straight hit and not the flush. I hit gutters like a motherfucker.

Love me some German money

Full Tilt Poker Game #18699995930: Table Mach 10 - $0.05/$0.10 - No Limit Hold'em - 6:54:54 ET - 2010/02/23
Seat 1: JunPyo ($16.53)
Seat 2: Waffles ($17.57)
Seat 3: manmoon92 ($14.51)
Seat 4: kinyii ($9.99)
Seat 5: freund147 ($9.70)
Seat 6: Iseeuhand ($10)
Seat 7: RoyBati ($10.20)
Seat 8: 5andelay ($9.80)
Seat 9: valkovboss ($4.50)
valkovboss posts the small blind of $0.05
JunPyo posts the big blind of $0.10
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Waffles [6s 6c]
Waffles calls $0.10
manmoon92 calls $0.10
kinyii has 8 seconds left to act
kinyii folds
freund147 calls $0.10
Iseeuhand folds
RoyBati folds
5andelay folds
valkovboss folds
JunPyo checks
*** FLOP *** [3h 6d 4s]
JunPyo checks
Waffles bets $0.30
manmoon92 folds
freund147 raises to $1.35
JunPyo has 15 seconds left to act
JunPyo has requested TIME
JunPyo folds
Waffles calls $1.05
*** TURN *** [3h 6d 4s] [Ks]
Waffles checks
freund147 bets $2.50
Waffles raises to $16.12, and is all in
freund147 calls $5.75, and is all in
Waffles shows [6s 6c]
freund147 shows [4c 4d]
Uncalled bet of $7.87 returned to Waffles
*** RIVER *** [3h 6d 4s Ks] [9s]
Waffles shows three of a kind, Sixes
freund147 shows three of a kind, Fours
Waffles wins the pot ($18.34) with three of a kind, Sixes
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $19.65 | Rake $1.31
Board: [3h 6d 4s Ks 9s]
Seat 1: JunPyo (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 2: Waffles showed [6s 6c] and won ($18.34) with three of a kind, Sixes
Seat 3: manmoon92 folded on the Flop
Seat 4: kinyii didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: freund147 showed [4c 4d] and lost with three of a kind, Fours
Seat 6: Iseeuhand didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: RoyBati didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: 5andelay (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: valkovboss (small blind) folded before the Flop

. Set over set is always awesome. I thought he could have a straight but I had outs and I decided if he had the monster than so be it. I think he has the straight maybe 10-15% of the time. Since he is German. SO I went for it.

So that is a tale of two buyins. One I made a few wrong moves and did not get lucky, the other I got really lucky to hit big hands when my opponent had strong hands also. As a side note I am going to play around with the DIV tags a little today, so will probably republish this post a lot, and figure out how to make them jump better. I like putting the hand history in a tag so you can optionally see the hands. If anyone wants some help implementing something like that let me know.