The Poker Bus

Lunch Fun

Over my lunch hour I was bored and decided to low roll some hands on DONKDOWN as I haven’t been feeling well lately and staying up playing on UB and then putting some time into DONKDOWN has been running its toll on me.

Here are a couple of interesting short handed simple 3-6$ limit hands. I hope a couple of them will generate discussion. Play at this level is just awful. I played a few hands with a highly aggressive player named bigwaite. He bought in for the table minimum and quickly heebed it up to 110+$ in no time. I target players like this, they are easy to maximize value from and you can take large swings by playing them but its all about adjustment here is an example of an intresting hand.

PokerStars Game #3322579751: Hold’em Limit ($3/$6) - 2005/12/13 - 13:00:54 (ET)
Table ‘Ophiuchus’ Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: bigwaite12 ($43 in chips)
Seat 2: flipper13 ($110 in chips)
Seat 3: The Gaffer10 ($73 in chips)
Seat 4: DonkDown ($517 in chips)
Seat 5: Timber01 ($179 in chips)
Seat 6: dangfcc ($95.50 in chips)
Timber01: posts small blind $1
dangfcc: posts big blind $3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DonkDown [Qc As]
bigwaite12: calls $3
flipper13: folds
The Gaffer10: folds
DonkDown: raises $3 to $6
Timber01: folds
dangfcc: calls $3
bigwaite12: calls $3
*** FLOP *** [Qh 7c 7d]
dangfcc: checks
bigwaite12: checks
DonkDown: bets $3
dangfcc: folds
bigwaite12: calls $3
*** TURN *** [Qh 7c 7d] [Ah]
bigwaite12: bets $6
dangfcc leaves the table
DonkDown: raises $6 to $12
bigwaite12: raises $6 to $18
DonkDown: raises $6 to $24
Betting is capped
bigwaite12: calls $6
*** RIVER *** [Qh 7c 7d Ah] [2d]
bigwaite12: checks
DonkDown: bets $6
bigwaite12: raises $4 to $10 and is all-in
DonkDown: calls $4
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bigwaite12: shows [X X] (XXXXXXXX)
DonkDown: shows [Qc As] (two pair, Aces and Queens)

What does bigwaite have??

Add up the clues and let me know?

Another bigwaite hand this one my play is more interesting, this falls along the lines of what Thomas Keller is talking about in cardplayer.com Its great to play your hand or to make a big hand and to be able to get paid, but how can we maximize our earnings?? We need to think about the type of hand that our opponent has its great to call a raise PF with 22 and hit your set but if the board comes 2-5-7 you need to figure out how that board could have hit your opponent, so many times I see the chance to slow play an aggressive player just go nowhere because Johnny set decided to 3 bet his 22 set on a weak board. In the small betting round what a waste. Here is a prime example of a hand where I could determine the type of holdings my opposition has and maximize value on a non-threatening board. My table image has been aggressive to this point, I have been opening many pots but not facing and re-raises so I will continue to run the table over if I am unopposed so yes I raise J10o UTG

Again what does bigwaite have?

PokerStars Game #3322561552: Hold’em Limit ($3/$6) - 2005/12/13 - 12:57:33 (ET)
Table ‘Ophiuchus’ Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: bigwaite12 ($110 in chips)
Seat 2: flipper13 ($94 in chips)
Seat 3: The Gaffer10 ($34 in chips)
Seat 4: DonkDown ($484 in chips)
Seat 5: Timber01 ($178 in chips)
Seat 6: dangfcc ($126.50 in chips)
flipper13: posts small blind $1
The Gaffer10: posts big blind $3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DonkDown [Jd Ts]
DonkDown: raises $3 to $6
Timber01: folds
dangfcc: folds
bigwaite12: calls $6
flipper13: folds
The Gaffer10: folds
*** FLOP *** [Th Kc 2s]
DonkDown: bets $3
bigwaite12: calls $3
*** TURN *** [Th Kc 2s] [Td]
DonkDown: checks
bigwaite12: checks
*** RIVER *** [Th Kc 2s Td] [6h]
DonkDown: bets $6
bigwaite12: raises $6 to $12
DonkDown: raises $6 to $18
bigwaite12: raises $6 to $24
Betting is capped
DonkDown: calls $6
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bigwaite12: shows [XX] (XX)
DonkDown: shows [Jd Ts] (three of a kind, Tens)
DonkDown collected $68 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $70 | Rake $2
Board [Th Kc 2s Td 6h]
Seat 1: bigwaite12 (button) showed [XX] XXX
Seat 2: flipper13 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: The Gaffer10 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: DonkDown showed [Jd Ts]
Seat 5: Timber01 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 6: dangfcc folded before Flop (didn’t bet)

Another hand where I messed up with my read and lost at least 1 more bet. Why did I miss the bet? Look at his play and you tell me why I missed the bet and tell me what he has. I was right in my ‘’Huntch’’ about his hand but I played it wrong.

PokerStars Game #3322572394: Hold’em Limit ($3/$6) - 2005/12/13 - 12:59:34 (ET)
Table ‘Ophiuchus’ Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: bigwaite12 ($61 in chips)
Seat 2: flipper13 ($113 in chips)
Seat 3: The Gaffer10 ($56 in chips)
Seat 4: DonkDown ($490 in chips)
Seat 6: dangfcc ($122.50 in chips)
flipper13: posts small blind $1
The Gaffer10: posts big blind $3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DonkDown [Th Jc]
DonkDown: calls $3
dangfcc: calls $3
bigwaite12: folds
flipper13: calls $2
The Gaffer10: checks
*** FLOP *** [Qc Jd 9h]
flipper13: checks
The Gaffer10: checks
Timber01 has returned
DonkDown: bets $3
dangfcc: raises $3 to $6
flipper13: folds
The Gaffer10: folds
DonkDown: calls $3
*** TURN *** [Qc Jd 9h] [7h]
DonkDown: checks
dangfcc: bets $6
DonkDown: calls $6
*** RIVER *** [Qc Jd 9h 7h] [Kc]
DonkDown: bets $6
dangfcc: raises $6 to $12
DonkDown: calls $6
*** SHOW DOWN ***
dangfcc: shows [XX]
DonkDown: shows [Th Jc] (a straight, Nine to King)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $60 | Rake $2
Board [Qc Jd 9h 7h Kc]
Seat 1: bigwaite12 (button) folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 2: flipper13 (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 3: The Gaffer10 (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 4: DonkDown showed [Th Jc]
Seat 6: dangfcc showed [XX]