Three Hands

I lost 5.5 buy-ins on Thursday evening. Really that was just Thursday morning's session and the previous day's winnings. Not a gigantic loss. Just frustrating to drop a bunch and really have erased a day and half's work.

No matter what, the other guy would have crap and luck out or I'd put a bunch of money in and then have to fold when the one card that made my hand crap would show up and the other guy would bet large.

Below the jump are three hands showing idiots getting lucky when I had the better hand when the money went in.


This first hand is a mess. The guy flat calling with KK preflop is a fish. He should've 3bet. Then he flats a cbet on the flop with his overpair. The turn shove didn't make any sense to me, I guess he could've been slow-playing T9, but I put him on a diamond draw, and frankly it wasn't much more to call. Unfortunately, the board paired on the river and counterfeited my hand.

Poker Stars No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

SB: 39
BB: 97
Hero (UTG): 250
MP: 96
CO: 71
BTN: 103.5

Pre Flop: (1.5) Hero is UTG with Q J
Hero raises to 4, 1 fold, CO calls 4, BTN calls 4, SB calls 3.5, 1 fold

Flop: (17) J 8 Q (4 players)
SB checks, Hero bets 15, CO calls 15, BTN folds, SB folds

Turn: (47) 3 (2 players)
Hero bets 30, CO raises to 52 all in, Hero calls 22

River: (151) 3 (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: 151
Hero shows Q J (two pair, Queens and Jacks)
CO shows K K (two pair, Kings and Threes)
CO wins 143.5
(Rake: 7.5)

The next one I cold 4bet vs a short stacker who just min 3bet a preflop minraiser. Since he's got so little, I decide to just make my 4bet a little over min and to snap call a reraise from either player. Unfortunately the weaker hand hit postflop and hit a flush. One more or one less heart and I would've won.

Poker Stars No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

BB: 48.5
UTG: 43
MP: 147.5
CO: 40
Hero (BTN): 258.5
SB: 183

Pre Flop: (1.5) Hero is BTN with A K
UTG calls 1, MP raises to 4, CO raises to 7, Hero raises to 15, 4 folds, CO raises to 39.5 all in, Hero calls 24.5

Flop: (85.5) 3 2 2 (2 players - 1 is all in)

Turn: (85.5) T (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: (85.5) T (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: 85.5
CO shows K J (a flush, King high)
Hero shows A K (two pair, Tens and Deuces)
CO wins 83.5
(Rake: 2)

This last one is again vs a short-stacker who shoves with a hand they shouldn't be shoving with pre. In this case, a hand they shouldn't even be calling with pre. Again, one more or one less heart and I would've won. I know this is a cooler and that I was way ahead pre, but given how bad the session went, this hand was typical.

Poker Stars No Limit Hold'em - 4 players
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

BB: 250
CO: 184.5
BTN: 23.5
Hero (SB): 250

Pre Flop: (1.5) Hero is SB with K K
CO calls 1, BTN calls 1, Hero raises to 6, 2 folds, BTN raises to 23.5 all in, Hero calls 17.5

Flop: (49) 3 4 T (2 players - 1 is all in)

Turn: (49) A (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: (49) 7 (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: 49
BTN shows 8 5 (a flush, Ace high)
Hero shows K K (a pair of Kings)
BTN wins 49