Hey guys haven't posted for a while but I have been playing.
I took 2 poker trips in the last 3 weeks which limited my freetime for posting.
Hand #26
this is a $2/5 table at Harvey's Lake Tahoe. I've been playing well and the table is soft so I'm in for $600 and have $1,800 in front of me.
UTG straddles for $15. she has been straddling every chance she gets and she is a mediocre player at best, and usually just checks her option in the straddle. She has about $1,000. EP calls. MP calls off about $1,400 and he is an older recreational player who I'm trying to play pots with. he way overvalues TP and won't fold draws for any price (even bad draws). it folds to my button and I have
and I call along for $15.
The SB is a good player with a stack of $1,200 somewhat on the tight side he is a german I get the feeling plays professionally (about 25 years old) makes it $70 out of the SB. it folds around to me. I am getting 2.5:1 and decide to call. This hand is already getting questionable.
pot contains $190 flop is
I check, he bets $75 and I check raise to $225. He calls
pot contains $640
turn is
I bet $325 and he goes all in for about $900 total. Yuck. I tank for a while. It's hard for me to imagine what I'm beating now. I feel like he has QQ or possibly a really strong combo draw. I don't think he would play AA this way. On the other hand, I'm getting 3.25:1 on a call so I only need to be correct 23% of the time. I'm genuinely conflicted and almost fold but end up making the call.
he shows me the bad news, he had KQ! I should have folded. I had lots of opportunities to fold this hand and probably should have taken many of them.
but....I river a 7 so I win a huge pot lol. woops.
Hand #27
this is at $1/2 at planet hollywood in Vegas.
I'm UTG with about $750 and the table is softer than usual.
I make it $7 with
MP attempts to limp for $2, the SB completes for $2 at the time I'm announcing to the dealer that I have actually raised. the dealer asks the BB "option" and I repeat "NO! I raised...." lol. anyways everyone calls. 4 people to a flop.
pot contains $28
flop
both blinds check I bet $16. MP calls, his total stack is about $200 SB raises to $60- his total stack is about $500. BB folds.
I re-raise to $225. MP sigh calls. SB tank folds.
the board runs out brick brick and the MP player says "king hi". I show my hand to scoop with just a pair of 9s and the SB complains that he folded bottom 2.
Recap of my play over these last few months
I've actually played a lot of poker in the last month or so since I've posted, easily hitting my 4 hour per week goal of playing cash.
I started this thread on 8/26/19 so it's now been 3 months.
if I filter my results for the last 3 months I have played 79.25 hours of cash at stakes between $1-2 and $5-5.
My hourly rate for that 3 month period is $96.02 and 23.24 bb per hour.
broken down by stake:
for $1/2 and $1/3 I played 48.5 hours I'm making $29.36 an hour and 12.47 bb per hour.
for $2/5 and $5/5 I played 30.75 hours and I'm making $201.044 an hour and 66.65 bb per hour
Cumulative total:
When I add my current 3 months of results to my previous results at stakes $5/5 and lower I'm now making $55.65 overall. for 17.63bb per hour.