Well, I started doing the NL50 thing yesterday, got 1,300 hands in at an extremely impressive 2.05PTBB/100 lol, a few key hands caused most of my pain. Tell me how you play these.

Hand 1:

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (10 handed)

Hero ($47.94)
UTG+2 ($68.73)
MP1 ($34.50)
MP2 ($70.05)
MP3 ($37.93)
CO ($22.20)
Button ($48.75)
SB ($50.70)
BB ($60.70)
UTG ($47.05)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with , . CO posts a blind of $0.50. SB posts a blind of $0.25.
UTG calls $0.50, Hero raises to $2.5, UTG+2 calls $2.50, MP1 calls $2.50, 6 folds, UTG folds.

Flop: ($9.25) , , (3 players)
Hero bets $6, UTG+2 calls $6, MP1 calls $32 (All-In), Hero calls $39.44 (All-In), UTG+2 folds.

Turn: ($92.69) (2 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($92.69) (2 players, 2 all-in)

Final Pot: $92.69

Results in white below:
Hero has Ks Kd (one pair, kings).
MP1 has 6d 6h (three of a kind, sixes).
Outcome: MP1 wins $79.25. Hero wins $13.44.

At the time of this hand I didn't think it through well enough, I thought that an average player wouldn't push a set right away, but afterwards I realized that the board was pretty draw heavy and there was a caller in between so I would be wanting to get all my chips in with a set as quickly as possible too. So do you lay down the kings here?

Hand 2:

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (10 handed)

CO ($54.05)
Hero ($59.12)
SB ($34.65)
BB ($59.10)
UTG ($50.15)
UTG+1 ($48.30)
UTG+2 ($11.95)
MP1 ($38.45)
MP2 ($51.25)
MP3 ($21)

Preflop: Hero is Button with , . SB posts a blind of $0.25.
2 folds, UTG+2 calls $0.50, MP1 calls $0.50, 3 folds, Hero calls $0.50, SB (poster) completes, BB checks.

Flop: ($2.50) , , (5 players)
SB checks, BB checks, UTG+2 checks, MP1 bets $3, Hero raises to $9, SB folds, BB folds, UTG+2 folds, MP1 calls $6.

Turn: ($20.50) (2 players)
MP1 bets $0.5, Hero raises to $10, MP1 calls $9.50.

River: ($40.50) (2 players)
MP1 calls $18.95 (All-In), Hero calls $18.95.

Final Pot: $78.40

Results in white below:
MP1 has Th As (full house, aces full of tens).
Hero has Ad Js (three of a kind, aces).
Outcome: MP1 wins $78.40.

Not really sure how I thought I could be ahead here except tha the 50 cent bet on the turn confused the hell out of me, by the river I'm getting around 3-1 on my money, the only problem being, I'm not sure what it is that I actually beat here. Going back to the turn...I feel like I have to raise this here, if he's drawing at some ludicrous gutshot, I can't allow him to take one off for 50 cents, I think the worst river card possible fell here.


Hand 3:

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ Hero (8 handed)

UTG+1 ($19)
MP1 ($45.50)
MP2 ($49)
CO ($84.65)
Button ($29.30)
SB ($65.50)
Hero ($59.05)
UTG ($53.35)

Preflop: Hero is BB with , . SB posts a blind of $0.25.
1 fold, UTG+1 calls $0.50, 2 folds, CO raises to $1, 1 fold, SB (poster) calls $0.75, Hero calls $0.50, UTG+1 calls $0.50.

Flop: ($4) , , (4 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $3.8, UTG+1 folds, CO calls $3.80, SB folds.

Turn: ($11.60) (2 players)
Hero bets $11.05, CO raises to $22.1, Hero calls $11.05.

River: ($55.80) (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $5, Hero calls $5.

Final Pot: $65.80

Results in white below:
Hero has Kd Qs (two pair, kings and sevens).
CO has 4c 3h (a full house, Fours full of sevens).
Outcome: CO wins $32.90. Hero wins $32.90.

Obviously, I wasn't happy about the turn raise but at this point I felt like Kings and Spades would do it for me which would be just about right to draw based on pot odds let alone implied odds. On the river, I can't feel like I'm ahead but can I really fold for $5 into $55? I was highly amused by the showdown on this one, that's all I can really say.