The Gods Must Be Crazy at Flopped the Nuts

Michael Heilemann.
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The Gods Must Be Crazy

Published by Textbook 3 years, 6 months ago in Administrivia, Online Poker

It’s like Paradise knew I was playing on a $25 Max NLHE ring game with the last $13 in my account tonight.

I was down to about $6 or so when I played K♠9♥ in late-middle position. (It’s a weakness I have: Starting hands that are both ends of a straight and include a face card. It’s stupid. I know this.)
I am the last player of four to limp in to see the flop, which comes 8♦9♦9♣. Well, hot-skippy! I’ve got a set! The three ahead of me bet/raise/re-raise like it’s a limit game, so I go double the re-raiser. That chases everyone except the re-raiser.
Turn comes 9♦ – the flush card. I smooth-call the smallish bet.
River comes K♣, filling me up. UTG bets half of what I’ve got left, I go all-in and double through.

Nice. I’m almost back to the $13 I started with…

Two hands later:
K♠9♥. Huh… Same hand. Better play it. (I have already admitted terminal stupidity.)
Five limpers see the 9♣3♦A♠ flop. UTG bets minimum, everyone calls. I’m not feeling great about the middle pair with the ace out there, but a minimum bet isn’t enough to make me drop a made pair in this case.
The turn brings 9♦, which makes me feel a lot better. I only bet double the big blind, but I get only one caller.
The river is a J♥, and my trip nines are good for a little more than $5.

I’m in the black for the first time tonight… Woo!

Three hands after that:
I get T♦9♥ under the gun. For some reason, I call the big blind and raise that drops after me.
Flop: 5♦T♣A♦ – Once again, I have the middle pair with an ace on board. I bet out, and all of the other three players call.
Turn: 9♣ – Two pair is good enough for me at this table. I bet 6BB and get two callers.
River: 9♦ BINGO! I bet 8BB and get one caller, resulting in a $13+ pot.

Suddenly, I have doubled my stake.
On marginal hands.
I wasn’t meant to bust tonight, I guess.

(This post is mostly a means to test-drive the card plugin I got for Wordpress. Thanks for indulging me.)

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