[Wooderson]

So the theory is win big pots with small cards, small pots with big cards, right?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)
BB ($39.55)
UTG ($24.20)
MP ($25)
CO ($70.40)
Hero ($23.95)
SB ($45.15)
Preflop: Hero is Button with T, Q.
UTG calls $0.25, 1 fold, CO calls $0.25, Hero calls $0.25, SB completes, BB checks.
Flop: ($1.25) 9, J, 3 (5 players)
SB checks, BB checks, UTG checks, CO bets $1, Hero raises to $3, SB folds, BB folds, UTG folds, CO calls $2.
Turn: ($7.25) 4 (2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets $7, CO calls $7.
River: ($21.25) Q (2 players)
CO checks, Hero bets $13.7 (All-In), CO calls $13.70.
Final Pot: $48.65
Results in white below:
CO has 8c Tc (straight, queen high).
Hero has Th Qh (one pair, queens).
Outcome: CO wins $48.65.


Five minutes later...

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (5 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)
UTG ($24.35)
MP ($24.75)
Button ($94.55)
Hero ($26.45)
BB ($25)
Preflop: Hero is SB with 7, 6.
2 folds, Button raises to $0.75, Hero calls $0.65, BB calls $0.50.
Flop: ($2.25) 2, 5, 4 (3 players)
Hero bets $1.5, BB calls $1.50, Button folds.
Turn: ($5.25) 8 (2 players)
Hero bets $3, BB calls $3.
River: ($11.25) 5 (2 players)
BB raises to $19.75, Hero calls $12.75.
Final Pot: $43.75
Results in white below:
BB has 2s 2h (full house, twos full of fives).
Hero has 7d 6d (straight flush, eight high).
Outcome: Hero wins $43.75.

[Big Mike]

I'm not a no-limit master or anything, but why not just check behind on the first hand?

[99%evil]

Second hand is wrong, you don't have a straight flush...musta been a 4d, hey, that's pokah.

[Wooderson]

Originally Posted by Big Mike

I'm not a no-limit master or anything, but why not just check behind on the first hand?

It was based on my read of the player from his previous hands.

Originally Posted by 99%evil

Second hand is wrong, you don't have a straight flush...musta been a 4d, hey, that's pokah.

I know I don't have a straight flush (i just realized that it says I do - the hand converter must have done that b/c the HH int PT doesn't say that).

I jsut thought both of these hands were amazing examples of being "rivered" (it would have been if I had have won them as well). Both are examples where we each had a good number of outs and no matter who won it would feel like a very bad beat.

[99%evil]

Oh....I was going to say, you made your money back...guess not.

[Wooderson]

Originally Posted by 99%evil

Oh....I was going to say, you made your money back...guess not.

Ha! Oh...

[Irish Se7en]

I'm trying to figure out which hand was the bad beat?


If you want some bad beats, I'll post a couple from last night.

One would be don't limp on the button with Kings, Reraise with A/Q preflop on loose table, don't over play A/K (not bad beat just a bad play post flop). I was down $30 and then hit some hands to be a +$4 for the night. 2 hours for $4, I feel my donkey ears getting longer.


Irish

[Wooderson]

Originally Posted by Irish Se7en

I'm trying to figure out which hand was the bad beat?

Run each of them through Pokerstove. It's fun!

[FL70]

In the 2nd hand he wasn't getting proper pot odds, but he did have 10 outs and hitting a well disguised boat can (obviously) pay off. But it seems to me that in the first hand you built a big pot with nothing more than a Q-hi OESD.

[Wooderson]

Originally Posted by FL70

In the 2nd hand he wasn't getting proper pot odds, but he did have 10 outs and hitting a well disguised boat can (obviously) pay off. But it seems to me that in the first hand you built a big pot with nothing more than a Q-hi OESD.

First hand - Flop had Q high OESD, turn also gave me a flush draw. The villain had been playing EVERYTHING and dumping money into pots on calls like this, then folding to 82% of river raises. Again, run it through Pokerstove. This is a classic example of two things: the hero donkfesting and the villain getting the lucky end of probability.