"not as good as party, but..."

So I'm playing everyday at Full tilt now. The players are better than the guys at party poker, I am sad to say.

But not much better. There is very little of a guy calling to the river with 9 high to see if he can make his runner runner gut shot or flush.

That said, there is still a lot of lame play. I am beating the game for 6BB/100, which is insanely high and cannot last. I haven't played that many hands, so it's just a function of sample size. Still, I was winning 3.31/ 100 at party since I got back from the World Series (though that doesn't include the two ugly days at 10/20). I seem to crush 5/10. It's nice.


The plan is to play 5/10 for a while longer, and see if I can keep crushing. If so, I'll move up to either 8/16 or 10/20. If not, I'll settle in at 5/10 for a while longer. That's fine. I'm happy to be making 77 marraccas an hour playing 5/10, as I have since aug 1. And that's before 27% rakeback.

It's not as much as I get paid in my real job, but I love the compettion of poker and am glad to have found something that I can do even if everything else falls apart completely.

Here's a hand to chew on. I think I have to fold on the turn. I didn't, partially because I'd been beating this particular guy a lot and thought he might be playing back at me, and also because I'm not one to fold all that often head up with top pair in limit. What do you think? :

FullTiltPoker Game #1143056867: Table Alto (6 max) - $5/$10 - Limit Hold'em - 14:55:57 ET - 2006/10/24
Seat 1: redmanjew ($219.50)
Seat 2: MrBetti ($115)
Seat 3: KosimoKing ($232.50)
Seat 4: billyallday32 ($291.50)
Seat 5: CumQuat ($395)
Seat 6: _A_Jack_Off_1 ($207)
_A_Jack_Off_1 posts the small blind of $2.50
redmanjew posts the big blind of $5
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to redmanjew [6c Qd]
MrBetti raises to $10
billyallday32 folds
CumQuat folds
_A_Jack_Off_1 folds
redmanjew calls $5
*** FLOP *** [Qc 4c 2d]
redmanjew checks
MrBetti bets $5
redmanjew raises to $10
MrBetti calls $5
*** TURN *** [Qc 4c 2d] [8s]
redmanjew bets $10
MrBetti raises to $20
redmanjew calls $10
*** RIVER *** [Qc 4c 2d 8s] [7d]
redmanjew checks
MrBetti bets $10
redmanjew calls $10
*** SHOW DOWN ***
MrBetti shows [Kc Ac] (Ace King high)
redmanjew shows [6c Qd] (a pair of Queens)
redmanjew wins the pot ($99.50) with a pair of Queens
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $102.50 | Rake $3
Board: [Qc 4c 2d 8s 7d]
Seat 1: redmanjew (big blind) showed [6c Qd] and won ($99.50) with a pair of Queens
Seat 2: MrBetti showed [Kc Ac] and lost with Ace King high
Seat 3: KosimoKing is sitting out
Seat 4: billyallday32 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: CumQuat (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: _A_Jack_Off_1 (small blind) folded before the Flop


I mean, what can I beat on the turn? Pretty much nothing, except what he actually had.