Monday, March 14, 2005

thank you 2/4

well all my good luck that i hadnt gotten at 2/4 just spilled out today. I started playing 1/2 earlier and couldnt get anything going so I decided to play the 2/4 bad beat jackpot tables. On my first hand I won the biggest pot since I started this little adventure, I almost folded on the river too
Party Poker 2/4 Hold'em (9 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is Button with Qh, Ac.
UTG calls, UTG+1 calls, MP1 calls, 1 fold, MP3 calls, CO calls, Hero raises, SB calls, 1 fold, UTG calls, UTG+1 calls, MP1 calls, MP3 calls, CO 3-bets, Hero caps, SB calls, UTG calls, UTG+1 calls, MP1 calls, MP3 calls, CO calls.

Flop: (29 SB) Qc, 5c, Jh (7 players)
SB checks, UTG checks, UTG+1 checks, MP1 checks, MP3 checks, CO checks, Hero bets, SB calls, UTG calls, UTG+1 calls, MP1 calls, MP3 calls, CO calls.

Turn: (18 BB) Ts (7 players)
SB checks, UTG checks, UTG+1 checks, MP1 checks, MP3 checks, CO checks, Hero bets, SB calls, UTG raises, UTG+1 folds, MP1 folds, MP3 folds, CO folds, Hero calls, SB folds.

River: (23 BB) 2d (2 players)
UTG bets, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 25 BB

Results in white below:
UTG has Kh 8c (high card, king).
Hero has Qh Ac (one pair, queens).
Outcome: Hero wins 25 BB.


I could not believe that I won with 1 pair. The guy who checked raised me on the turn probably saved the hand for me by getting a few people to fold.

After about 300 hands at 2/4 I wont about $160, it should have been more too except for a few bloody hands like these

Party Poker 2/4 Hold'em (8 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is UTG with As, Ac.
Hero raises, 1 fold, MP1 calls, MP2 calls, 1 fold, Button 3-bets, 2 folds, Hero caps, MP1 calls, MP2 calls, Button calls.

Flop: (17.50 SB) Qc, 4d, Jh (4 players)
Hero bets, MP1 calls, MP2 calls, Button calls.

Turn: (10.75 BB) Tc (4 players)
Hero checks, MP1 bets, MP2 raises, Button 3-bets, Hero folds, MP1 calls, MP2 calls.

River: (19.75 BB) 7s (3 players)
MP1 checks, MP2 checks, Button bets, MP1 calls, MP2 calls.

Final Pot: 22.75 BB

Results in white below:
MP1 has 10h 10s ( three of a kind 10s).
MP2 has 9c 8c (straight, queen high).
Button has Ks Ah (straight, ace high).
Outcome: Button wins 22.75 BB.


Only two damn 10s in the whole deck. At least I was able to dump it on the turn when everyone decided to go insane

Party Poker 2/4 Hold'em (10 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with Kc, Kh.
UTG calls, 1 fold, UTG+2 calls, 1 fold, Hero raises, MP3 calls, CO 3-bets, Button calls, 1 fold, BB calls, UTG folds, UTG+2 folds, Hero caps, MP3 calls, CO calls, Button calls, BB calls.

Flop: (22.50 SB) 6d, 9s, 2c (5 players)
BB checks, Hero bets, MP3 folds, CO calls, Button calls, BB calls.

Turn: (13.25 BB) Tc (4 players)
BB checks, Hero bets, CO calls, Button calls, BB calls.

River: (17.25 BB) Js (4 players)
BB bets, Hero raises, CO folds, Button folds, BB calls.

Final Pot: 21.25 BB

Results in white below:
BB has Jh Jc (three of a kind, jacks).
Hero has Kc Kh (one pair, kings).
Outcome: BB wins 21.25 BB.


I didnt mean to raise on the river, i just clicked Bet/Raise by accident. I can't fault the guy too much but it still sucks.

Hopefully I will be able to stay at 2/4 now and not move back down to 1/2. The tables seem to be much looser and the play much worse at 2/4. It might be from playing the bad beat tables but I havent played enough to know for sure. I feel that there will probably be much more variance at 2/4 as opposed to 1/2 in terms of bb per hour but the games are so good I should be able to move through them quickly and up to 3/6 within a month or two.

According to Poker Tracker I have only played 43 hrs of poker online in about a month. So if I can start getting 20 hrs a week I should be able to grow my bankroll much faster. I also need to buy a new computer so I can fit four tables on the screen and listen to music at the same time. My laptop is a piece of crap and I can only do 3 tables at once and nothing else or my computer will start slowing down. When I get to $2000 in the bankroll I think I will take out $800 and buy a new computer. Dell always has a bunch of good deals so I can probably get something that will work great.

Well I have to study for a few hours before I can play anymore poker.

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