Renton’s Poker Blog

Played 5 SnG’s tonight, finished 1st in 1, for a $27 win; however, I didn’t money in the other 4, making tonight a net of $3 up.  Woot.  Or something.  What can I say, I had a set of Queens get beat by a river straight, and had my pocket A’s beaten by a set of 9’s.  Just bad luck, vairnece, bad beats, however you want to look at it.
On a good note, I think I’m playing better, I’ve gotten more agressive, so that tends to do well in these low limit buyins.  The downside is I have to be picky on which hands to play.  A good article about how I try to play this stuff now.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (9 handed) HandConverter Link

saw flop|saw showdown

UTG (t1360)
UTG+1 (t1450)
MP1 (t1240)
MP2 (t1330)
MP3 (t1350)
CO (t1625)
Hero (t605)
SB (t2140)
BB (t2400)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A, A.
UTG calls t30, 1 fold, MP1 calls t30, MP2 calls t30, MP3 raises to t60, 1 fold, Hero raises to t180, 1 fold, , UTG folds, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, MP3 raises to t1350, Hero calls t425 (All-In), BB calls t540.

Flop: (t3410) 5, 7, Q (3 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: (t3410) J (3 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t3410) A (3 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: t3410
Main Pot: t1920 (t1920), between MP3, Hero and BB. > Pot won by Hero (t1920).
Pot 2: t1490 (t1490), between MP3 and BB. > Pot won by BB (t1490).

Results below:
BB has Q Q (three of a kind, queens).
MP3 has J J (three of a kind, jacks).
Hero has A A (three of a kind, aces).
Outcome: Hero wins t1920. BB wins t1490.