excerpts from FORTY DOLLAR NO LIMIT TEXAS HOLD'EM RING GAMES by Kim Isaac Greenblatt, copyright August 2007, All Rights Reserved
Hand #38
$40 No Limit Texas Holdem ($1/$2 NL)
Table With Mixed Aggression
1} Kim G $65 Tc 5c
2) Player 2 $41 2c 3h
3) Player 3 $19 As 8c
4) Player 4 $32 6h 9d
5) Player 5 $123 Js 4c
6) Player 6 $45 6c Qs
7) Player 7 $35 7s Ad
8) Player 8 $112 Ah 3c
9) Player 9 D $37 9h Qd
10) Player 10 $10 3d 7c
Player 10 posts small blind $1
Kim G posts big blind $2
Player 2 folds
Player 3 calls $2
Player 4 folds
Player 5 folds
Player 6 folds
Player 7 folds
Player 8 folds
Player 9 folds
Player 10 folds
Kim G checks
FLOP: 4s Kc Ac
I was on a flush draw here.
Kim G bets $2
Player 3 raises $15 (all-in)
Kim G calls $15
Kim G shows Tc 5c
Player 3 shows As 8c
TURN: 4s Kc Ac Td
RIVER: 4s Kc Ac Td 8s
Player 3 wins $36 with Two Pair, Aces and Eights
$3 raked.
The moral here also is make sure you are going to get paid off for your troubles otherwise don’t go after the flush draw!
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Hand #39
$40 No Limit Texas Holdem ($1/$2 NL)
Table With Mixed Aggression
1} Kim G $46 Jd 4d
2) Player 2 $41 8c Td
3) Player 3 $36 3c 9s
4) Player 4 $32 6h 8d
5) Player 5 $123 As 4s
6) Player 6 $45 Qs Ts
7) Player 7 $35 7c Ac
8) Player 8 $112 7d 6d
9) Player 9 $37 5s 3h
10) Player 10 D $9 9c Jh
Kim G posts small blind $1
Player 2 posts big blind $2
Player 3 folds
Player 4 calls $2
Player 5 folds
Player 6 raises $7
Player 7 folds
Player 8 folds
Player 9 folds
Player 10 folds
I should have folded and did not. The correct play is to fold or if you figure you can get to see a flop relatively inexpensively, go for it.
Kim G calls $8
Player 2 folds
Player 4 folds
FLOP: 4c Kd 3d
This time around, I was going to build my pot for my flush draw.
Kim G bets $11
Player 6 folds
Kim G wins $20 uncontested
$2 raked.
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