Although this was a 10 player table we only had 4-6 players during the time I was there. I had two reasonablely lucky hands with the same player that I managed to get him all-in with me. Neither of my starting hands was great (pocket 4's & pocket 2's) but I hit a set on each. In both cases the other player over played their cards, apparently without considering what I might have. I was a little worried as it was possible for them to make a straight with connected cards or one gappers but decided to risk it on what I thought that player likely would play with.
After my 2nd big win the table dropped down to me and one other player that was sitting out. Being nicely ahead, and wanting to get in some Carbon Poker tonight as well I thought it was a good time to stop and enjoy my winnings ($6.30).
Pocket 4's Pocket 2's
Monday, May 30, 2011
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Two sites to play on now
Yesterday I made a deposit to Carbon Poker so I can play for real money on there. I'd not started playing at all until I had the cash in. Its interface is a bit confusing to me as a session is played. I have trouble knowing who is betting and how much without staring at the table a bit. I suppose I'll get use to it as I play more. I test played a couple of sessions yesterday.
1st I played a $2 HU and won to get off to a good start. 2nd I played a 6 player bounty SNG ($1 for prize and $1 for bounty). I just missed the money coming in 3rd but did win $1 by knocking out one player. Much later I played in a 9 player $4 Ring game to get an idea of how the cash games went. I was doing OK until I over extended Trip 10's on the flop with a J kicker, that ran into an aggressive player who also hit Trip 10's but had a K kicker. :-/ Lost my whole $4 on that one. If I was a little more cautious with my betting and/or calling, I'd still have lost but lost less. I felt I had a decent hand to go to the River with but when I found I had opposition I needed to slow down and heed what the other player was doing and what he might have by doing it. I immediately quit after that as I had been playing for several hours on Pokerview before that. I have Rakeback with CP and am interested to see how that works.
Carbon Poker is able to use Poker Tracker by selecting the Merge Network. It was nice to have that back again, though some of the items are hard to see with the type of tables Carbon Poker uses.
That brings me to Pokerview. They had a 6 player $4 Ring game open that I joined. No webcam tables with players at that level. I got off to a poor start dropping my $4 then another $1.92. Mainly poor play choices on my part rather than any bad beats. Some time after that the tide turned and I was $10+ ahead. I'd already been playing for a couple of hours so it would have been a good idea for me to stop, but alas I didn't. Not much happened for another hour or so (a little up, a little down), then I started in a losing streak. Some due to poor play, others my cards didn't hold up. I stuck in there, being mentally on tilt if my play wasn't on tilt (it seemed no matter what I had, the other player had better (A5 loses to A3, KK loses to Qx when the board pairs Q's) and after another hour or more I finally quit and was down $5+. I'm a slow learner!
Expecting to play better this evening.
1st I played a $2 HU and won to get off to a good start. 2nd I played a 6 player bounty SNG ($1 for prize and $1 for bounty). I just missed the money coming in 3rd but did win $1 by knocking out one player. Much later I played in a 9 player $4 Ring game to get an idea of how the cash games went. I was doing OK until I over extended Trip 10's on the flop with a J kicker, that ran into an aggressive player who also hit Trip 10's but had a K kicker. :-/ Lost my whole $4 on that one. If I was a little more cautious with my betting and/or calling, I'd still have lost but lost less. I felt I had a decent hand to go to the River with but when I found I had opposition I needed to slow down and heed what the other player was doing and what he might have by doing it. I immediately quit after that as I had been playing for several hours on Pokerview before that. I have Rakeback with CP and am interested to see how that works.
Carbon Poker is able to use Poker Tracker by selecting the Merge Network. It was nice to have that back again, though some of the items are hard to see with the type of tables Carbon Poker uses.
That brings me to Pokerview. They had a 6 player $4 Ring game open that I joined. No webcam tables with players at that level. I got off to a poor start dropping my $4 then another $1.92. Mainly poor play choices on my part rather than any bad beats. Some time after that the tide turned and I was $10+ ahead. I'd already been playing for a couple of hours so it would have been a good idea for me to stop, but alas I didn't. Not much happened for another hour or so (a little up, a little down), then I started in a losing streak. Some due to poor play, others my cards didn't hold up. I stuck in there, being mentally on tilt if my play wasn't on tilt (it seemed no matter what I had, the other player had better (A5 loses to A3, KK loses to Qx when the board pairs Q's) and after another hour or more I finally quit and was down $5+. I'm a slow learner!
Expecting to play better this evening.
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