Hello dudes, it's your friendly neighbourhood administrator here.

I've never pretended to be excellent at poker (that's ice's side of things! ), but before I had a good few months break from it I was a consistent (but smalltime) winner.

Now I've gone back to it I've (quite possibly mistakenly) moved up to .50/1.

So anyway, briachek was talking to me on PM saying 'how come you don't post histories, are you that good?'. Er.. no. And in fact I'd like to start learning from you guys myself.

This hand was at the end of a Stars session in which I'd been rivered a fair bit, and despite the fact that I say to myself 'I don't go on tilt', I think I obviously did, no?

Comments (not too severe, if you please) appreciated.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (8 handed)

saw flop|saw showdown

MP1 ($172.45)
MP2 ($26.90)
CO ($100)
Button ($95.35)
SB ($22.50)
BB ($136.80)
UTG ($50.50)
Hero ($97.50)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with , . CO posts a blind of $1.
UTG calls $1, Hero raises to $4, 6 folds, UTG calls $3.

Flop: ($10.50) , , (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $8, UTG raises to $20, Hero calls $12.

Turn: ($50.50) (2 players)
UTG bets $26.5 (All-In), Hero calls $26.50.

River: ($103.50) (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $103.50

Results in white below:
UTG has 5h 5s (three of a kind, fives).
Hero has Ah As (one pair, aces).
Outcome: UTG wins $103.50.

Glad to see you posting when you aren't announcing a tourney or banning someone.

Tough play. I think since you don't have the Ad, you have to fold that turn unless the guy is a complete muppet.

yes, definetely had to let go that one. Painful but it s the way to go.

I was in a hand like that but with KK. The difference also was that i checked his stats and he only was winning 28% of showdowns and had been playing really erratic. I thought fo a while and called the all in with my overpair on the flop. He had TPGK and I took the pot. in this situation i thiink you are beat in more than 75% of times, making the move EV-.

Gotta let go unimproved overpairs under that kind of aggression i think.

AlexMR.