Persistance Pays Off

ednesday night's session did not start off very well, but it ended very nicely. I found a table with the loose player I had played with in my last session and took an open seat to his left. I made some poor decisions early in the session and dug myself a pretty good hole.

A few hands in I raised with ATs and lost when the loose UTG player completed his full house on the turn. I had a feeling that I was beat when he bet on the turn, but I thought I should call it down.

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Preflop: Hero is CO with Ah, Th.
UTG calls, 1 fold, MP2 calls, Hero raises, 1 fold, SB calls, 1 fold, UTG calls, MP2 calls.

Flop: (9 SB) 7d, 7c, 3c (4 players)
SB checks, UTG checks, MP2 checks, Hero bets, SB calls, UTG calls, MP2 calls.

Turn: (6.50 BB) 7s (4 players)
SB checks, UTG bets, MP2 calls, Hero calls, SB folds.

River: (9.50 BB) 6h (3 players)
UTG bets, MP2 folds, Hero calls.
Final Pot: 11.50 BB

Results below:
UTG has 5h 3d (full house, sevens full of threes).
Hero has Ah Th (three of a kind, sevens)

I also missed out a split pot after being dealt a pair of Queens in the SB. Maybe if I had capped this preflop things might have turned out differently. I really thought I might have been up against either aces or kings here. The BB had not done alot of raising before the flop and I had seen him just call with pocket queens a few hands earlier.

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Preflop: Hero is SB with Qh, Qd.
UTG calls, 1 fold, MP2 calls, 2 folds, Hero raises, BB 3-bets, UTG calls, MP2 calls, Hero calls.

Flop: (12 SB) Td, 7c, 4d (4 players)
Hero bets, BB raises, UTG calls, MP2 folds, Hero calls.

Turn: (9 BB) 8s (3 players)
Hero checks, BB bets, UTG calls, Hero folds.

River: (11 BB) 3s (2 players)BB bets, UTG calls.

Final Pot: 13 BB
Results below: BB has Qc Qs (one pair, queens). UTG has Ac Kh (high card, ace).

I was down almost a $1.50 and was about ready to just quit, then I won a huge pot with pocket jacks. I made the continuation bet on the flop,but even after no one raised after me, the queen on the flop bothered me. Since the pot was getting very big and I decided to check and call on the turn and river and was pleasantly suprised at the showdown.

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Preflop: Hero is UTG with Jh, Jd.
Hero raises, 2 folds, MP2 calls, 1 fold, CO calls, Button calls, 1 fold, BB calls.

Flop: (10.40 SB) 4c, Qh, 8c (5 players)
BB checks, Hero bets, MP2 calls, CO calls, Button calls, BB calls.

Turn: (7.70 BB) 4s (5 players)
BB checks, Hero checks, MP2 bets, CO calls, Button calls, BB calls, Hero calls.

River: (12.70 BB) 7d (5 players)
BB checks, Hero checks, MP2 bets, CO calls, Button calls, BB folds, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 16.70 BB

Results below:
Hero has Jh Jd (two pair, jacks and fours).
MP2 has Js 8h (two pair, eights and fours).
CO has Ah 8s (two pair, eights and fours).
Button has 7s 6s (two pair, sevens and fours).

I won an even bigger pot just a few hands later after flopping two pair with AJs.

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Preflop: Hero is Button with Ah, Jh.
UTG calls, 2 folds, MP2 calls, 1 fold, CO calls, Hero raises, SB calls, BB calls, UTG calls, MP2 calls, CO calls.

Flop: (12 SB) Ts, As, Jd (6 players)
SB checks, BB checks, UTG checks, MP2 bets, CO calls, Hero raises, SB folds, BB calls, UTG calls, MP2 calls, CO calls.

Turn: (11 BB) 2h (5 players)
BB checks, UTG checks, MP2 checks, CO bets, Hero raises, BB calls, UTG folds, MP2 calls, CO calls.

River: (19 BB) 6s (4 players)
BB checks, MP2 checks, CO checks, Hero checks.

Final Pot: 19 BB

Results below:
BB has Ks 5c (high card, ace).
MP2 has Js Td (two pair, jacks and tens).
CO has 4s Ac (one pair, aces).
Hero has Ah Jh (two pair, aces and jacks).

A few hands later I won $1.10 when I made a flush with Q3s from the SB and ended up leaving at the end of the orbit with $1.62 in winnings.

Current Bankroll: $225.15

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