25 NL

I've got the roll to play 6 max 25 NL, so I've begun four-tabling it. The goal is to move up to 50 after I hit $1250 (from $625)

This is pretty much godawful from start to finish. I misplayed every street and basically donked a buyin. The only thing that cheers me up is that eventually I'll get to do it to someone else.

Then...

POKERSTARS GAME #6779637826: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.10/$0.25) - 2006/10/26 - 17:58:02 (ET)
Table 'Volans' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: WolfOnTheFol ($30.35 in chips)
Seat 2: eggowar ($26.45 in chips)
Seat 3: FleaVan ($16.40 in chips)
Seat 4: Carlito0010 ($22.90 in chips)
Seat 5: Sniper13013 ($6.75 in chips)
Seat 6: SanMiguel99 ($32.65 in chips)
Sniper13013: posts small blind $0.10
SanMiguel99: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to WolfOnTheFol [Qh Qd]
WolfOnTheFol: raises $0.50 to $0.75
eggowar: raises $1.50 to $2.25
FleaVan: folds
Carlito0010: folds
Sniper13013: folds
SanMiguel99: folds
WolfOnTheFol: calls $1.50
*** FLOP *** [4d 9h 6c]
WolfOnTheFol: bets $3.50
eggowar: raises $3.50 to $7
WolfOnTheFol: folds
eggowar collected $11.30 from pot
eggowar: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $11.85 | Rake $0.55
Board [4d 9h 6c]
Seat 1: WolfOnTheFol folded on the Flop
Seat 2: eggowar collected ($11.30)
Seat 3: FleaVan folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Carlito0010 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Sniper13013 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: SanMiguel99 (big blind) folded before Flop

This was basically me trying to avoid making the same mistake twice, but after talking it over with Shads the conclusion was that I can actually push here; there's no flush draw to worry about and the range of hands I can be annihilating is significantly higher than what I'm drawing almost dead to.

I've also rammed AQ into AK twice in the last 24 hours. AQ is tricky; one of the hands I limped it from the small blind and probably deserved what I got, but the other time...

POKERSTARS GAME #6784014086: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.10/$0.25) - 2006/10/26 - 23:23:09 (ET)
Table 'Eridanus II' 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: quadflop ($32.45 in chips)
Seat 3: linda53 ($12.05 in chips)
Seat 5: WolfOnTheFol ($23.65 in chips)
Seat 6: patoman ($41.60 in chips)
patoman: posts small blind $0.10
quadflop: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to WolfOnTheFol [Qc Ad]
linda53: raises $0.50 to $0.75
WolfOnTheFol: calls $0.75
patoman: folds
quadflop: folds
*** FLOP *** [Ks 3s Ah]
linda53: bets $0.75
WolfOnTheFol: calls $0.75
*** TURN *** [Ks 3s Ah] [5d]
linda53: bets $1.25
WolfOnTheFol: calls $1.25
*** RIVER *** [Ks 3s Ah 5d] [6d]
linda53: checks
WolfOnTheFol: bets $3.50
linda53: calls $3.50
*** SHOW DOWN ***
WolfOnTheFol: shows [Qc Ad] (a pair of Aces)
linda53: shows [Kh As] (two pair, Aces and Kings)
linda53 collected $12.25 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $12.85 | Rake $0.60
Board [Ks 3s Ah 5d 6d]
Seat 1: quadflop (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: linda53 showed [Kh As] and won ($12.25) with two pair, Aces and Kings
Seat 5: WolfOnTheFol (button) showed [Qc Ad] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 6: patoman (small blind) folded before Flop


I need to learn that sometimes LAG maniacs actually have the hand they're representing.

But sometimes they have seven high.

That was an interesting session.

I'm trying to avoid losing too much money to value bets on the river while not losing even more money by laying down the best hand. There will probably be hands to follow.

I'm overall happy with how I'm playing; aside from that KK hand I havn't done anything glaringly stupid.

It's possible there will be a forthcoming post regarding AQ. This depends on if I keep losing money with it.

that is all.