All That Glitters Ain't Gold

"You lazy, half-ass bully! Any asshole can pull a gun on somebody! You don't know the first thing about stealing a car! What, you need a role model! " - Donny - Gone In 60 Seconds

After the small road bump of two days ago, things have been going pretty good. My love for the shorthanded tables is certainly being cemented as I run into table after table of people who put their money into the pot with substandard or, in many cases, non-existant hands.

I've particularly come to love the guy who seems to think that, after 3 rounds of me betting and raising the pot, he seems to think that he can convince me to fold on the river. Once, I can understand.. Perhaps he's feeling me up to see what I'd do. But every opportunity he gets? Look, I'm here to tell you, if you're not playing on Party Poker, you're simply missing out on the best things in life. While you're at it, help a fellow blog brother out and use bonus code IGGY on your first deposit. I'll forgive that his complete idiot friend managed to pull down 50 Large the other day pulling a Gus Hanson on the 2+2 tournement the other day. And by idiot, I do most certainly mean idiot. Of course, he's the one with a stack of cash, and here I am grinding away, so he's clearly an idiot with a gift for cards. Anyway, if ever you wanted to know why I turn chat off on Party, there's your reason.



Goddamn kids.

Anyway, I think it'll be quite a while before I win a pot like that, so onward with my grinding.

Yesterday was a rather big varience day that ended up in the green. If table selection was important in the $.50/$1 tables, it's absolutely critical at the shorthanded tables. Looking at the sessions yesterday, I bounced around from a couple of tables after playing 10 or so hands and deciding that the table texture wasn't good. It paid off with a $29 win. I also paid a visit to the $1/$2 Bad Beat Jackpot tables. It was interesting, but I'm not going back. I would think that my chances of winning that jackpot are probably equal or less then my chances of winning next year's WSOP. Anyway, this is not the time to get creative with the bankroll. I'm on a mission.

Today started out decent enough. I sit down, post the blind and this hand unfolds...

Party Poker 1/2 Hold'em (6 max, 5 handed)

Preflop: The_ICP is BB with As, 5h.
UTG calls, 1 fold, Button calls, SB completes, The_ICP checks,


Flop: (4 SB) Ah, 8d, 5s (4 players)
SB checks, The_ICP bets, UTG calls, Button raises, SB calls, The_ICP 3-bets, UTG calls, Button calls, SB calls.


Turn: (8 BB) 3c (4 players)
SB checks, The_ICP bets, UTG folds, Button raises, SB calls, The_ICP 3-bets, Button caps, SB calls, The_ICP calls.


River: (20 BB) 6d (3 players)
SB checks, The_ICP bets, Button calls, SB folds.


Final Pot: 22 BB
Main Pot: 22 BB, between Button and The_ICP. >

Results:
The_ICP shows As 5h (two pair, aces and fives).
Button shows 8c 9h (one pair, eights).
Outcome: The_ICP wins 22 BB.

Nice start. Next hand, half the table bails and we're suddenly 3 handed. I pull down the blinds on the next hand and leave.

Then I sat down at the table I would have LOVED to run over. 4 guys who haven't a friggin clue what the Hell they're doing. I swear to you, these guys were betting and capping third pair, raising and capping the pot with 2 gappers, it was unreal. The varience on that table was massive, and I got the worst of it, coming within $5 of busting out of my buyin. I managed to catch a couple at the end, but still left that table $30 in the red.

Last table was great. A real loose/passive extravaganza and finally I was starting to hit some hands. All said and done, I finished today up $53.50.

So I'm still running pretty damn good. I'll break down the month in the next post. From the initial look at things, I can honestly say that this is a good win rate I'm on here. Almost 4BB/hr. I feel good about this as it's not an insanely high win rate and thus it's a rate that can be sustained.

Okay, gotta go push some more tin!