Some morning fun

I woke up early today and played an hour of $2/$4 6-max and cleared a decent win. Here's the play of the day from this session. I will never ever understand why someone would bet the river here (other than just pure stupidity). If you absolutely must take your Q6o to showdown on the KKJTQ board against a guy who's raised you on every street, at least check-call to try to catch a bluff. Will I fold a better hand here? No. Will I call with a worse hand? Maybe with J8s or T8s or something, but that's about it. Will I bet with a worse hand? Sometimes.

Thanks for calling the river raise too.

$2/$4 Texas Hold'em
Table Lake Perch (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 3
Seat 5: Hero ( $81 )
Seat 3: linci_ ( $152.50 )
Seat 4: jobbo1234 ( $64.18 )
linci_ posts small blind [$1].
jobbo1234 posts big blind [$2].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [ Jd Jc ]
Hero raises [$4].
linci_ folds.
jobbo1234 calls [$2].
** Dealing Flop ** [ Kc, Tc, Jh ]
jobbo1234 bets [$2].
Hero raises [$4].
jobbo1234 calls [$2].
** Dealing Turn ** [ Kd ]
jobbo1234 bets [$4].
Hero raises [$8].
jobbo1234 calls [$4].
** Dealing River ** [ Qd ]
jobbo1234 bets [$4].
Hero raises [$8].
jobbo1234 calls [$4].
Hero shows [ Jd, Jc ] a full house, Jacks full of kings.
jobbo1234 doesn't show [ Qs, 6c ] two pairs, kings and queens.
Hero wins $48 from the main pot with a full house, Jacks full of kings.


I also played a $16 WSOP double shootout and took 4th on the first table (out of 4). Here's the KO hand (10th hand of the tourney), where I play the role of donkey.

Level I (10/20)
Seat 1: mjellyboy (860 in chips)
Seat 7: Hero (1370 in chips)
Seat 8: hogdogeyw (1620 in chips)
Seat 9: OpusX73 (2150 in chips)
hogdogeyw: posts small blind 10
OpusX73: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Tc 9s]
mjellyboy: folds
Hero: raises 40 to 60
hogdogeyw: calls 50
OpusX73: folds
*** FLOP *** [Kd 2s Jd]
hogdogeyw: checks
Hero: bets 100
hogdogeyw: calls 100
*** TURN *** [Kd 2s Jd] [Qs]
hogdogeyw: bets 100
Hero: raises 400 to 500
hogdogeyw: raises 960 to 1460 and is all-in
Hero: calls 710 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [Kd 2s Jd Qs] [4d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
hogdogeyw: shows [As Th] (a straight, Ten to Ace)
Hero: shows [Tc 9s] (a straight, Nine to King)
hogdogeyw collected 2760 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2760 | Rake 0
Board [Kd 2s Jd Qs 4d]
Seat 1: mjellyboy folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Hero (button) showed [Tc 9s] and lost with a straight, Nine to King
Seat 8: hogdogeyw (small blind) showed [As Th] and won (2760) with a straight, Ten to Ace
Seat 9: OpusX73 (big blind) folded before Flop

This isn't that bad I don't think. I think his range is something like any two pair, set, straight and some pair/draw combos like AK or KT, a range which I am currently crushing. Those are the hands I'd move in with anyway...


I also decided that I am going to discontinue the Donk of the Day feature and replace it with a "play of the day" feature, starting in the above post. It will mostly be donkey-type plays, but I want to work on having more respect for my opponents and trying to see their plays from a positive side. I'll try to give both humorous AND interesting/subtle plays so we can learn as well as be entertained.