Taking Names and Kicking Nothing

I didn't get the great cards last night that I was getting last session, but I didn't really expect to. I started out this session intending to keep notes on my opponents, but that turned out to be very distracting. I really need an effective way of keeping track of what people are playing and doing.

I only played about 70 hands, winning two of them, but still ended up losing $0.62. The table was very tight and aggressive. There was very little preflop raising.

This was the biggest pot I won last night:

** Game ID 480264083 starting - 2005-08-31 20:06:35
** Long Life Milk [Hold 'em] (0.050.10 Fixed Limit - Cash Game) Real Money
- Gnola sitting in seat 1 with $6.77
- ugabuddy sitting in seat 2 with $6.67
- pocasso sitting in seat 3 with $7.98
- MrBigStuff25 sitting in seat 4 with $19.51 [Dealer]
- Chazler sitting in seat 5 with $1.48
- wrenhouse sitting in seat 6 with $0.45
- DoctorGRB sitting in seat 7 with $6.40
- patse sitting in seat 8 with $3.79
- the_curious sitting in seat 9 with $2.80
- AAA_Ken sitting in seat 10 with $1.77
Chazler posted the small blind - $0.02
wrenhouse posted the big blind - $0.05

** Dealing card to MrBigStuff25: Queen of Hearts, 10 of Diamonds
DoctorGRB folded
patse folded
the_curious folded
AAA_Ken called - $0.05
Gnola called - $0.05
ugabuddy called - $0.05
pocasso called - $0.05
MrBigStuff25 called - $0.05
Chazler called - $0.05
wrenhouse checked

** Dealing the flop: 10 of Clubs, 9 of Diamonds, Jack of Spades
Chazler checked
wrenhouse checked
AAA_Ken bet - $0.05
Gnola folded
ugabuddy raised - $0.10
pocasso folded
MrBigStuff25 called - $0.10
Chazler called - $0.10
wrenhouse called - $0.10
AAA_Ken called - $0.10

** Dealing the turn: 7 of Spades
Chazler checked
wrenhouse checked
AAA_Ken checked
ugabuddy bet - $0.10
MrBigStuff25 called - $0.10
Chazler called - $0.10
wrenhouse folded
AAA_Ken raised - $0.20
ugabuddy raised - $0.30
MrBigStuff25 called - $0.30
Chazler called - $0.30
AAA_Ken called - $0.30

** Dealing the river: King of Hearts
Chazler checked
AAA_Ken checked
ugabuddy bet - $0.10
MrBigStuff25 raised - $0.20
Chazler called - $0.20
AAA_Ken called - $0.20
ugabuddy called - $0.20
Chazler mucks: 8 of Spades, Ace of Spades
AAA_Ken mucks: Jack of Diamonds, 8 of Diamonds
ugabuddy shows: King of Spades, Queen of Diamonds
ugabuddy wins $1.39 from the main pot
MrBigStuff25 wins $1.39 from the main pot
End of game 480264083

It was a good thing the other guy didn't have an Ace or this would have been a huge loss for me. After this hand I was up a whole nickel. Then a few hands later my two pair (Jacks and Tens) was beaten by three of a kind on the river and was back down $0.64. I should have played my top pair more aggressively on the turn instead of checking and letting someone else bet first.

The other pot I won was $0.51 with a pair of Kings. I started out with Kc Ts on the button. Three hearts hit on the flop and everyone checked. The turn gave me my second K and everyone checked again. The river was the Qs, the SB and BB checked and then UTG bet. Everyone folded around to me and I called. UTG was holding Ks 9h.

The .05/.10 limit games on Royal Vegas have become pretty difficult to win during the week and also pretty scarce. I guess everyone is at Party Poker. I am going to try and play my first freeroll tournament on RV this weekend. I hope I don't bust out first.

Current BR: $19.57