sometimes poker can be such a c*nt

Stacks:
UTG with $39.35
MP with $30.90
CO with $25.00
BTN with $34.85
SB with $24.40
BB with $25.00

Blinds: $0.10/$0.25
Site: Full Tilt Poker

Dealt to BTN:Q♦ K♦

Preflop:
UTG raises to $1
2 players fold.
Hero calls [$1]
2 players folded.

Total folds this street: 4
Potsize: $2.35

utg was a fairly tight aggressive player, i was happy to see a flop from the button here and see what develops

Flop:
A♦ 3♠ 6♦
UTG bets [$2.35]
2 players fold.
Hero calls [$2.35]

Potsize: $7.05

i thought i would float the guy here as we were both pretty deep and i didn't give him credit for an ace so i was going to re-evaluate on the turn

Turn:
3♦
UTG checks
Hero bets [$3]
UTG calls [$3]

Potsize: $13.05

great card for me, with the check i'm thinking he's scared of the flush but i don't want to lose him, half bet should suffice and it did

River:
J♣
UTG bets [$7.25]
Hero raises to $18
UTG raises to $28.75
Hero calls [$10.50] [ all-in ]
Uncalled bet of $0.25 returned to UTG

the rest is great, i raise hoping to get him to come over the top which he does and i'm actually smiling to myself as i had been stuck before this and this would make good.

Results:
UTG shows :
3♣ A♣

UTG wins the pot ($67.05) with a full house, Threes full of Aces

conclusion, what f*cking muppet raises from utg with a/3, and then luckboxes out with a turned full house. sooooooo soooooo sick, the poor guy got berated by the table after that and i had to leave as i could feel myself about to expload with rage.

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pop quiz

fellow fishies, its pop quiz time. think you know your poker numbers? then post your answers in the comment field;


1. how many possible hands can you be dealt preflop?

2. how many possible hand combinations are there after the flop has been dealt?

3. how many hands beat your pocket jacks pre-flop?

over to you, if you dare!

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poker and life

well i managed to escape any major embarrassment on april fools day, although i did believe that they had discovered flying penguins in the falklands for a little while. luckily i didn't mention it to anyone and my gullibility went undetected!

been doing quite a lot recently outside of poker which is good, been catching up with a lot of friends for a few bevs, been screaming at charlton a fair amount (not so much fun) as they throw away their chance at the play-offs, got a bbq on sunday with some buds although i hear its going to rain/snow, have booked a trip to go zorbing with my fiancee which is likely to be a laugh or make me sick and am heading away for a few days soon to stay in a castle up norf and just disconnect a little. so all in all been a good few weeks with even more planned in.

also back at the gym after a three week lay-off because i had the lurg. feels good and healthy again although i'm aching all over as well...but thats a sign of progress!

pokerwise i've just finished a little session and made just over a buy-in. quite happy with myself running at about 15bb / 100 which is above where i wanted to be. have also taken steps to consolidate my rolls so should be taking another better prepared shot at nl50 in the next few weeks.

also just watched a heads up match between green plastic and annette_15 which was pretty cool. green plastic was steam rolling over annette before he kinda out thought himself and made a few mistakes for annette to pull it back. i think green plastic was up by a little overall but could have been much much more if he slowed down a little towards the end.

thats about all at the moment. hope all else is well in blog land and thanks for reading

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