PokerStars Game #2500435521: Hold'em No Limit ($2/$4) - 2005/09/04 - 23:39:09 (ET)
Table 'Alsuhail II' Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: L;EOTOM ($129.05 in chips)
Seat 2: Hardwerk ($261 in chips)
Seat 3: Xaston ($812 in chips)
Seat 4: iluvplypokah ($364 in chips)
Seat 5: Check Around ($364.85 in chips)
Seat 7: xartopexteis ($156 in chips)
Seat 8: HotFlop ($116.10 in chips)
Check Around: posts small blind $2
xartopexteis: posts big blind $4
kshoe20: sits out
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Xaston [9s 9c]
oonyceguyoo has returned
HotFlop: raises $4 to $8
L;EOTOM: calls $8
Hardwerk: calls $8
Xaston: raises $24 to $32
iluvplypokah: folds
Check Around: folds
xartopexteis: folds
HotFlop: calls $24
L;EOTOM: folds
Hardwerk: folds
*** FLOP *** [6c 9d Qs]
HotFlop: checks
Xaston: checks
*** TURN *** [6c 9d Qs]
oonyceguyoo leaves the table
HotFlop: bets $20
Xaston: raises $760 to $780 and is all-in
HotFlop: calls $64.10 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [6c 9d Qs Ad]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
HotFlop: shows [Qd Kd] (two pair, Aces and Queens)
Xaston: shows [9s 9c] (a full house, Nines full of Aces)
Xaston collected $251.20 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $254.20 | Rake $3
Board [6c 9d Qs Ad Ac]
Seat 1: L;EOTOM folded before Flop
Seat 2: Hardwerk folded before Flop
Seat 3: Xaston showed [9s 9c] and won ($251.20) with a full house, Nines full of Aces
Seat 4: iluvplypokah (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Check Around (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: xartopexteis (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: HotFlop showed [Qd Kd] and lost with two pair, Aces and Queens


I prolly shoulda just called pre flop, but I love betting and raising, so I figured maybe I'll just pick it up pre flop. Then I had a monster flop and I'd normally bet that, but I felt given his stack size, a flop check would really help me take his stack.



PokerStars Game #2499977949: Hold'em No Limit ($2/$4) - 2005/09/04 - 22:46:18 (ET)
Table 'Alsuhail II' Seat #3 is the button
Seat 3: Xaston ($626.10 in chips)
Seat 5: Check Around ($380 in chips)
Seat 6: Shummway ($128.50 in chips)
Seat 7: Fulfdawg ($161.05 in chips)
Seat 9: krex ($625.40 in chips)
Check Around: posts small blind $2
Shummway: posts big blind $4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Xaston [8h 8d]
Fulfdawg: folds
krex: raises $8 to $12
Xaston: calls $12
Check Around: calls $10
Shummway: folds
*** FLOP *** [Qh Ah 9h]
Check Around: checks
krex: checks
Xaston: bets $24
Check Around: calls $24
krex: folds
*** TURN *** [Qh Ah 9h]
Check Around: bets $20
Xaston: raises $100 to $120
Check Around: folds
Xaston collected $126 from pot
Xaston: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $128 | Rake $2
Board [Qh Ah 9h Td]
Seat 3: Xaston (button) collected ($126)
Seat 5: Check Around (small blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 6: Shummway (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: Fulfdawg folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: krex folded on the Flop


Looked like he had maybe a weak ace or a flush draw that he didnt want to pay a lot to see the river with, so I did the exact opposite and made it so he had to pay a lot to see. I shoulda just given up right?


PokerStars Game #2500131702: Hold'em No Limit ($2/$4) - 2005/09/04 - 23:04:12 (ET)
Table 'Alsuhail II' Seat #5 is the button
Seat 3: Xaston ($571.80 in chips)
Seat 5: Check Around ($451.50 in chips)
Seat 6: Shummway ($114.50 in chips)
Seat 7: Xaropinha ($448.10 in chips)
Shummway: posts small blind $2
Xaropinha: posts big blind $4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Xaston [Ac Th]
Xaston: raises $8 to $12
Check Around: calls $12
Shummway: folds
Xaropinha: folds
*** FLOP *** [5h Ah 5c]
Xaston: bets $12
Check Around: raises $12 to $24
Xaston: raises $61 to $85
Check Around: calls $61
*** TURN *** [5h Ah 5c]
Xaston: bets $120
Check Around said, "AJ no good"
Check Around: folds
Xaston collected $198 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $200 | Rake $2
Board [5h Ah 5c Kc]
Seat 3: Xaston collected ($198)
Seat 5: Check Around (button) folded on the Turn
Seat 6: Shummway (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: Xaropinha (big blind) folded before Flop

I liked that turn cause it put me ahead of AJ and AQ, and of course it wasnt a heart.

Nice aggressive playing! IMHO. On hand 1, you are lucky that he was a moron to call you like that with that crap. I would have folded and I am also a moron . Nice result anyway.

I really like hands 1 and 2. I don't like hand #3 so much but it's not "bad" in my opinion.

Be prepared for a lot of varience playing this aggressively.

Yea, on hand 3 I felt like he won't be calling me with ANYTHING I'm beating, so technically it's a bluff, but with aces up it didn't feel like a bluff. I just didn't want to check and have to call some huge bet.