Bitches...

[Talking Poker]

I was dealt QQ five times tonight. Twice, I three bet with it preflop and picked up the blinds plus the opening raise. Here is how the other three hands went for me:


Hand #1 - I usually see this sort of thing coming, but I will admit that I was pretty shocked when he turned his hand over this time.

Full Tilt Cash game, buy-in $, $3/$6 No Limit, 6 players
Hand History by

SB: $603
HERO (BB): $812
UTG: $570
MP: $600
CO: $396.40
Button: $421.10

SB posts Small Blind $3
HERO posts Big Blind $6

Pre-flop: Q Q ($9)
UTG folds
MP folds
CO folds
Button raises to $24
SB folds
HERO raises to $78
Button calls $54

Flop: 7 6 Q ($159)
HERO bets $108
Button calls $108

Turn: 7 6 Q K ($375)
HERO bets $282
Button calls $235.1 and is all in

River: 7 6 Q K 8 ($)
HERO
Button shows K K
Button wins $842.20 with three of a kind Kings

Hand #2 - Standard (you have no idea).

Full Tilt Cash game, buy-in $, $2/$4 No Limit, 5 players
Hand History by

SB: $1434
HERO (BB): $465
UTG: $400
CO: $400
Button: $187

SB posts Small Blind $2
HERO posts Big Blind $4

Pre-flop: Q Q ($6)
UTG raises to $14
Button folds
SB folds
HERO raises to $48
UTG raises to $400 and is all in
HERO calls $352

Flop: 4 T T ($802)

Turn: 4 T T 6 ($802)

River: 4 T T 6 K ($802)

UTG shows A K
UTG wins $800 with two pair Kings and Tens


Hand #3 - I though about three betting the flop, but decided to peel a card first. I almost folded on the turn, more afraid of 2 pair than anything, believe it or not. But I knew this particular opponent had been waiting to make a play on me (and there are a lot of legit hands I'm still ahead of). Also, with this board, I really thought his bet looked like a bluff. I was 95% sure he didn't have the straight, and a lot of people would opt to check for pot control on this turn if they had a hand with decent showdown potential, so I decided he was taking a stab and I went for it. Whoops...

Full Tilt Cash game, buy-in $, $2/$4 No Limit, 6 players
Hand History by

SB: $400.40
BB: $496
UTG: $398
MP: $171.85
HERO (CO): $929
Button: $429

SB posts Small Blind $2
BB posts Big Blind $4

Pre-flop: Q Q ($6)
UTG folds
MP folds
HERO raises to $14
Button calls $14
SB folds
BB folds

Flop: 6 4 3 ($34)
HERO bets $28
Button raises to $96
HERO calls $68

Turn: 6 4 3 5 ($226)
HERO checks
Button bets $136
HERO raises to $819 and is all in
Button calls $183 and is all in

River: 6 4 3 5 6 ($1364)

Button shows K K
Button wins $861 with two pair Kings and Sixes