Snowboarding... and lots of aces

Snowboarding on Friday and Saturday was awesome! The snow was excellent (it didn't hurt to bad when I fell), and I was able to land some small jumps. I broke in some brand new boots and bindings which made a huge different compared to the crappy old boots and bindings I was using before. Got to carve it up for a few days with some cool guys. Only bummer thing was that the Wifi at the motel6 we stayed at really sucked. So I was able to play about 4 hands, on 1 table Friday night then called it quits. Because the connection kept going in and out. Because of that I didn't get my 200 ftps for Saturday, and now have to get 200pts the rest of the days of February in order to get the top Iron Man bonus level. My last post talked about how I have been running disgustingly hot at NL100 since I started February 15th. Well today was no exception.

I played two sessions today. One was 933 hands and the other was 764 hands... for 1697 total hands. My net profit was $457 over those two sessions. The tables were very loose and my hands seemed to be holding up. The craziest thing about today was the rate at which I was dealt aces. On average you should be dealt aces (or any specific pocket pair), once every 221 hands. Which means I should have been dealt aces between 7 and 8 times. Well in these sessions I had aces 19 times. More than double what would be expected. The even bigger thing was that I did not lose any of those hands where I had aces. On 3 occasions I got it allin preflop for 90 or more big blinds. My net profit on these 19 hands was $605. I was getting a ton of action and holding up, which made for a very profitable day.

I was very happy with my play, there was one hand where I had KK v AA, that I almost got away from. The guy bet 15$ on the flop when I knew he had a big hand, then the turn came Q, and he shoved for 30$. I should have folded, because the only thing I could have previously beaten was JJ or QQ, and the Q killed my kings. Instead I decided to pay off the guy on the cold deck, a spot where I could have saved 30 bucks. Overall I played tight and let the donks give their money away. However there was one hand that I was expecially proud of... here it is...

Full Tilt Poker Game #10785813874: Table Greenbrook - $0.50/$1 - No Limit Hold'em - 15:31:30 ET - 2009/02/22
Seat 1: shtaket31 ($22.60)
Seat 2: TopPokerChef ($45.55)
Seat 3: BoooomBaby7 ($128.15)
Seat 4: renohcard ($19.50)
Seat 5: dezrobi ($55)
Seat 6: 34dfjr ($22.95)
Seat 7: tzedakahjohn ($150.05)
Seat 8: porch50 ($17)
Seat 9: RoundersClub ($100.50)
RoundersClub posts the small blind of $0.50
shtaket31 posts the big blind of $1
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BoooomBaby7 [8s 8d]
TopPokerChef folds
BoooomBaby7 calls $1
renohcard has 15 seconds left to act
renohcard folds34dfjr folds
tzedakahjohn has 15 seconds left to act
tzedakahjohn folds
porch50 folds
RoundersClub raises to $4.50
shtaket31 folds
BoooomBaby7 calls $3.50
*** FLOP ***
[Kc 5c 5s]
RoundersClub checks
BoooomBaby7 checks
*** TURN ***
[Kc 5c 5s] [8h]
RoundersClub bets $7.50
BoooomBaby7 calls $7.50
*** RIVER *** [Kc 5c 5s 8h] [7d]
RoundersClub bets $18.50
BoooomBaby7 calls $18.50
*** SHOW DOWN ***
RoundersClub shows [Kd Ks] a full house, Kings full of Fives
BoooomBaby7 mucks
RoundersClub wins the pot ($59) with a full house, Kings full of Fives
BoooomBaby7 adds $0.35
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $62 Rake $3
Board: [Kc 5c 5s 8h 7d]
Seat 1: shtaket31 (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 2: TopPokerChef didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: BoooomBaby7 mucked [8s 8d] - a full house, Eights full of Fives
Seat 4: renohcard didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: dezrobi is sitting out
Seat 6: 34dfjr didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: tzedakahjohn didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: porch50 (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: RoundersClub (small blind) showed [Kd Ks] and won ($59) with a full house, Kings full of Fives


This was a very strange hand where it turns out I saved myself 70$. When he raised to that amount out of position I figured he had a big hand, I had some notes on him to where I knew he was a very tight multi tabler. The check on the flop was strange, because HU you would expect him to continuation bet a very high percentage of the time, but AK might check there, feeling good about the security of the hand. Turn 8 looks pretty yahtzee I know he doesn't have 55 raising out of position, so I have the 2nd nuts. His turn bet was very close to the size of the pot, so I flat called it figuring I didn't want to discourage a river bluff if he was in fact checking the flop and then betting the turn on air. The river rolled off blank, and he fired another close to pot size bet. He had $70 behind the 18.50 bet. I figured if I raised him to about $60 I would be commiting myself to his allin shove. The only thing I could maybe put him on in this situation from the way he played the had was AK or KK. I could see him checking the flop, and firing the turn with something like QQ or JJ. But there is no way he would fire the river so strong. I decided to play it safe with my 2nd nuts, which is something I very rarely do. In these situations, even when I suspect I might be getting coolered, I ship it anyways because the opponents at these stakes are so random. I figure I might be ahead, otherwise just take the cooler and move on, it happens. But this time I felt pretty confident that it would not be a good move to raise, and then force myself into calling a shove over the top. It turned out I was right, and saved myself $70 on the session.

I keep thinking... there is no way I am going to keep running this hot. But as long as the donks keep offering me their money, and not sucking out, I'll take it. I have recorded 6k hands at NL100 and have been stupidly successful. From what I have noticed, the play is much more aggro than NL50. And that is probably very good because the majority of the people are not going to realize how tight I play, and have their games adjusted for the way everyone else is playing. So while their plays might be semi correct/good against the average player at these stakes, against me they are greatly overplaying their hands. Whatever it is, I hope I can run stupid hot for as long as possible. After today's sessions I am up about $1500 over 6,000 hands of NL100.

Didn't get to play tournaments this weekend, but might try to squeeze the 10pm tourny in tonight. Hope this next week is as good as the last.

-Boooom