The crazy variance starting from about 1,552 is actually over two days. I got up to 18 but dropped to $11, grinded back up to $18 but then ran into some coolers and dropped again. More gridning to $16 but then dropped again and am now at $13. Hope to grind up to $18 again and finally cross that wall into $20+.
party poker seems to hate letting me win. Anyway, here are 3 of what I believe to me my most notable hands of the day (the rest are coolers and bad beats on both ends that no one wants to really see)
Party Poker - $0.01/$0.02 No Limit Holdem (9 players)
Party Poker Hand Converter Tool from
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SB: $1.20
BB: $1
UTG: $0.98
UTG+1: $2 (sitting out)
MP: $0.98
MP+1: $1 (sitting out)
MP+2 Hero: $1.66
CO: $2 (sitting out)
BTN: $1.70
Pre-flop: ($0.03) Hero is MP+2 and dealt
2 folds,
Hero raises to $0.06, BTN calls $0.06,
SB raises to $0.14,
BB folds, Hero calls $0.08, BTN calls $0.08
Flop: ($0.44)
(6 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, BTN checks
Turn: ($0.44)
(6 players)
SB checks,
Hero bets $0.30, BTN calls $0.30,
SB folds
River: ($1.04)
(5 players)
Hero checks,
BTN bets $0.99, Hero calls $0.99
Villain hid his AKo well from me and later felted me with Aces which I think he got like 3 hands later when I had A8s. Did not expect him to have Aces especially when the board had an ace on the flop.
Party Poker - $0.01/$0.02 No Limit Holdem (6 players)
Party Poker Hand Converter Tool from
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SB: $1.05
BB: $3.07
UTG: $2
MP: $2 (sitting out)
CO: $1.78
BTN Hero: $2.49
Pre-flop: ($0.03) Hero is BTN and dealt
UTG raises to $0.06, CO calls $0.06,
Hero raises to $0.20,
3 folds, CO calls $0.14
Flop: ($0.49)
(3 players)
CO bets $0.47, Hero calls $0.47
Turn: ($1.43)
(3 players)
CO checks,
Hero bets $1.82 (All-in), CO calls $1.11 (All-in)
River: ($4.36)
(3 players)
I think people may criticize my shove on the turn here after villain checked. Reason I did it was because villain seemed weak during the flop and spent quite some time when thinking of calling my first raise. I felt that my shove was the right play since I the pot was big enough for me to take down the pot, there were not major hands in my way, and I had significant outs to make the nut flush or the nut straight. Looking back, I had even more outs (could have won if I paired my Ace or King) so i had 18 outs and fold
equity.