a good, quick day.

I've been having a lot of days like today. I play for a little while, win some money, decide to stop. jump back on, play for another little while, stop. Jump on again, win again, stop. In about 100 minutes of play, I'm up 290 marracas today. That's how I've been running: Goot, very goot. I'm really not supposed to stop, but I often do. Superstition or something. The fact is, when I am better than the other guys, I'm supposed to stick around until they are broke or I am asleep. It's easier for me to do in a casino than at home. When you leave a casino, you are done. At home, I can jump on whenever I feel like it. I've been going with that this year, and so far, it's worked out OK.

Here's a few fun hands from the evening:

***** Hand History for Game 5068345237 *****
$5/$10 Texas Hold'em - Thursday, August 31, 00:17:32 ET 2006
Table Table 109554 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 2: vanbasten9 ( $89.50 )
Seat 4: kiwiz ( $438.75 )
Seat 5: scrange ( $152 )
Seat 6: home_run_man ( $0 )
Seat 1: thejlev111 ( $331 )
thejlev111 posts small blind [$2].
vanbasten9 posts big blind [$5].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to thejlev111 [ Ad As ]
home_run_man has left the table.
kiwiz folds.
scrange raises [$10].
thejlev111 raises [$13].
vanbasten9 calls [$10].
scrange calls [$5].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 3h, 9h, 7s ]
thejlev111 bets [$5].
vanbasten9 calls [$5].
scrange calls [$5].
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ac ]
thejlev111 bets [$10].
vanbasten9 calls [$10].
scrange folds.
** Dealing River ** [ Kd ]
thejlev111 bets [$10].
vanbasten9 calls [$10].
thejlev111 shows [ Ad, As ] three of a kind, aces.
vanbasten9 doesn't show [ 9c, Th ] a pair of nines.
thejlev111 wins $98 from the main pot with three of a kind, aces.

Ok, that was played terribly. If you want to call 2 bets cold with 910o fine, you'll never win money playing poker, but fine (you do play on Party poker after all) , but at least check raise me on the flop. Or go away on the turn when the ace hits. Cause now you can only beat pocket eights and QJ suited and are losing to every other possible holding I might have.


Here's a fun one too:
***** Hand History for Game 5068319327 *****
$5/$10 Texas Hold'em - Thursday, August 31, 00:13:41 ET 2006
Table Monster #1293670 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 1: MOONRIDER217 ( $303.75 )
Seat 6: skuzzy ( $738.62 )
Seat 2: thejlev111 ( $260.34 )
Seat 3: Realtor96 ( $188.25 )
Seat 4: stockwalker5 ( $209 )
MOONRIDER217 posts small blind [$2].
thejlev111 posts big blind [$5].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to thejlev111 [ 7d 7c ]
Realtor96 folds.
stockwalker5 raises [$10].
form357 has joined the table.
skuzzy folds.
MOONRIDER217 folds.
thejlev111 calls [$5].
** Dealing Flop ** [ Ah, 7h, Qh ]
thejlev111 checks.
stockwalker5 bets [$5].
thejlev111 raises [$10].
stockwalker5 calls [$5].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 5d ]
thejlev111 bets [$10].
stockwalker5 calls [$10].
** Dealing River ** [ 3c ]
thejlev111 bets [$10].
stockwalker5 raises [$20].
thejlev111 calls [$10].
stockwalker5 shows [ As, 3s ] two pairs, aces and threes.
thejlev111 shows [ 7d, 7c ] three of a kind, sevens.
The time at which hand ended:Aug 31 2006 00:13 ET
thejlev111 wins $99.50 from the main pot with three of a kind, sevens.

Ok, I missed a river raise there. I got confused: was he slowplaying a flush? Did he make a straight? I play my sets a little too conservatively when I get re-raised with them. It's a leak because I miss bets sometimes... certainly more than I save on the occasional time I am beat.

***** Hand History for Game 5068248344 *****
$5/$10 Texas Hold'em - Thursday, August 31, 00:03:19 ET 2006
Table Monster #1293670 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: MOONRIDER217 ( $377.25 )
Seat 3: Timmy0801 ( $18.34 )
Seat 5: CountDoncula ( $412.25 )
Seat 6: skuzzy ( $853.62 )
Seat 2: thejlev111 ( $244 )
Seat 4: SloppyWaffle ( $227 )
skuzzy posts small blind [$2].
MOONRIDER217 posts big blind [$5].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to thejlev111 [ Qd Ac ]
thejlev111 raises [$10].
Timmy0801 folds.
SloppyWaffle folds.
CountDoncula folds.
skuzzy raises [$13].
MOONRIDER217 folds.
thejlev111 calls [$5].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 9d, Qh, 7h ]
skuzzy bets [$5].
thejlev111 raises [$10].
skuzzy raises [$10].
thejlev111 calls [$5].
** Dealing Turn ** [ Tc ]
skuzzy bets [$10].
thejlev111 calls [$10].
** Dealing River ** [ 7d ]
skuzzy bets [$10].
thejlev111 calls [$10].
skuzzy shows [ 8h, 8d ] two pairs, eights and sevens.
thejlev111 shows [ Qd, Ac ] two pairs, queens and sevens.
The time at which hand ended:Aug 31 2006 00:03 ET
thejlev111 wins $101.50 from the main pot with two pairs, queens and sevens.

How do you like the 3 bet on the flop with 2 overs and no draw? Shouldn't he at least check/call the river? Cause now he can't beat anything on the board. I guess he didn't take game theory.