A quick $2/$4 NLHU session this morning - some hands.

I sit down with a guy, and had never played him before. A quick check shows he is only single-tabling.

The first hand - I sit down and find 99 - I raise, and get reraised. I call the reraise. I give up on the turn. I don't know if I am ahead (I never know if someone is just trying to donate a stack on hand 1), but I figure if he is going to push with nothing - I will catch him. But, I don't have enough evidence to know this.


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HAND #1
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Full Tilt, $2/$4 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 2 Players
Hand History Converter by Hero raises to $12, BB raises to $39, Hero calls $27

Flop: ($78) J 3 Q (2 players)
BB bets $47, Hero calls $47

Turn: ($172) 6 (2 players)
BB bets $95, Hero folds

Results (listed below in white, highlight to see): $172 pot ($0.50 rake)
BB mucked and won $171.50 ($85.50 net)







A few hands go by, and this guy is a betting machine. He raises every button, reraises from the sb a lot, and fires constantly. I get a good reraising hand, and flop top pair. I perhaps should have bet the turn, but was hoping he would fire so I could check raise all in.



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HAND #2
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Full Tilt, $2/$4 NL Hold' >Hand'>http://www.stoxpoker.com/hand_history_converter/">Hand History Converter by BTN raises to $12, Hero raises to $40, BTN calls $28

Flop: ($80) 8 Q 9 (2 players)
Hero bets $72, BTN calls $72

Turn: ($224) 4 (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN checks

River: ($224) 4 (2 players)
Hero bets $128, BTN calls $128

Results (listed below in white, highlight to see): $480 pot ($0.50 rake)
Hero showed As Qh (two pairs, Queens and Fours) and won $479.50 ($239.50 net)
BTN mucked and lost (-$240 net)






In hand 3 - I made a move with 65, and got pushed off my marginal hand.


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HAND #3
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Full Tilt, $2/$4 NL Hold' >Hand'>http://www.stoxpoker.com/hand_history_converter/">Hand History Converter by BTN raises to $12, Hero calls $8

Flop: ($24) 4 6 A (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $16, Hero raises to $42, BTN calls $26

Turn: ($108) 2 (2 players)
Hero bets $64, BTN raises to $145, Hero folds

Results (listed below in white, highlight to see): $236 pot ($0.50 rake)
BTN mucked and won $235.50 ($117.50 net)






Hand 4 - In position, I just was not going to necessarily give him credit for an ace. Big pot for Elmo.



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HAND #4
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Full Tilt, $2/$4 NL Hold' >Hand'>http://www.stoxpoker.com/hand_history_converter/">Hand History Converter by Hero raises to $12, BB calls $8

Flop: ($24) A 6 4 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $16, BB raises to $48, Hero calls $32

Turn: ($120) 8 (2 players)
BB bets $65, Hero calls $65

River: ($250) 2 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks

Results (listed below in white, highlight to see): $250 pot ($0.50 rake)
BB showed Kh 7h (high card Ace) and lost (-$125 net)
Hero showed 7c 6c (a pair of Sixes) and won $249.50 ($124.50 net)







This was questionnable - but given how aggressive he was, and how often he reraised me on the flop, I was going to 3-bet. At that point, I was committed and thankfully ahead (and won).


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HAND #5
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Full Tilt, $2/$4 NL Hold' >Hand'>http://www.stoxpoker.com/hand_history_converter/">Hand History Converter by Hero raises to $12, BB calls $8

Flop: ($24) 5 2 3 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $18, BB raises to $56, Hero raises to $192, BB raises to $503 and is all-in, Hero calls $311

Turn: ($1,030) 9 (2 players, 1 is all-in)
River: ($1,030) 8 (2 players, 1 is all-in)

Results (listed below in white, highlight to see): $1,030 pot ($0.50 rake)
BB showed 5c 4c (a pair of Fives) and lost (-$515 net)
Hero showed 7d 7s (a pair of Sevens) and won $1,029.50 ($514.50 net)






He started calling me names after this, and I remember telling myself that perhaps he will make a mistake or two. About 5 hands went by, and we let him hang himself.


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HAND #6

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Full Tilt, $2/$4 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 2 Players

Hand History Converter by Stoxpoker



Hero (BTN): $1,044 (261 bb)

BB: $406 (101.5 bb)



Pre-Flop: Hero is BTN with 2 2

Hero raises to $12, BB raises to $39, Hero calls $27



Flop: ($78) 4 2 9 (2 players)

BB bets $47, Hero calls $47



Turn: ($172) 4 (2 players)

BB bets $90, Hero calls $90



River: ($352) 6 (2 players)

BB bets $230 and is all-in, Hero calls $230



Results (listed below in white, highlight to see): $812 pot ($0.50 rake)

BB showed 8s 3s (a pair of Fours) and lost (-$406 net)

Hero showed 2h 2d (a full house, Twos full of Fours) and won $811.50 ($405.50 net)






He left after this hand. I am happy with how I played. The big problem - I think I was too excited/happy about this win. Winning 2.5 buyins from a player can happen easily, and that 77 vs. 54 hand could have easily gone the other way. Over time, I hope that the wins and loses become a bit more "routine" for me at $2/$4 NL. But today, I am really happy about the $1,000 pick up. That concerns me.