excerpts from FORTY DOLLAR NO LIMIT TEXAS HOLD'EM RING GAMES by Kim Isaac Greenblatt, copyright August 2007, All Rights Reserved

 Hand #61
$40 No Limit Texas Holdem ($1/$2 NL)
Table With Mixed Aggression

 1} Kim G           $184  6d 9c
 2) Player 2         (sitting out)
 3) Player 3         $18  Ts Qd
 4) Player 4         $37  3h 2c
 5) Player 5  D     $110  5h 4h
 6) Player 6         $91  8c Kd
 7) Player 7         $18  Qs 4c
 8) Player 8          (sitting out)
 9) Player 9         $24  3s 8d
10) Player 10        (sitting out)

Player 6  posts small blind $1
Player 7  posts big blind $2
Player 9  folds

Eventually, you need common sense to kick in and slow it down back to your normal game.

Kim G folds
Player 3 folds
Player 4  folds
Player 5  raises $5
Player 6  folds
Player 7  folds

Player 5  wins $5 uncontested
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Hand #62
$40 No Limit Texas Holdem ($1/$2 NL)
Table With Mixed Aggression

 1} Kim G           $184  Jd 9d
 2) Player 2         (sitting out)
 3) Player 3         $18  5d 5c
 4) Player 4         $37  Ts Qd
 5) Player 5         $113  Js 6c
 6) Player 6  D     $90  8s 9c
 7) Player 7         $16  4s 3s
 8) Player 8          (sitting out)
 9) Player 9         $24  3h 2h
10) Player 10        (sitting out)

Player 7  posts small blind $1
Player 9  posts big blind $2
Kim G calls $2
Player 3 folds
Player 4  calls $2
Player 5  folds
Player 6  folds
Player 7  calls $1
Player 9  checks

FLOP:  Kc Jh As
Player 7  checks
Player 9  checks
Kim G bets $6
Player 4  raises $10
Player 7  folds
Player 9  folds
Kim G folds

Player 4  wins $18 uncontested
$2 raked.
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 Hand #63
$40 No Limit Texas Holdem ($1/$2 NL)
Table With Mixed Aggression

 1} Kim G            $176  3s 3h
 2) Player 2         (sitting out)
 3) Player 3         $18  4s Tc
 4) Player 4         $47  Qc 5h
 5) Player 5         $113  9c Qd
 6) Player 6         $90  4d Qh
 7) Player 7  D     $14  Kh 2d
 8) Player 8          (sitting out)
 9) Player 9         $22  6h Ah
10) Player 10        (sitting out)

Player 9  posts small blind $1
Kim G posts big blind $2
Player 3 folds
Player 4  folds
Player 5  folds
Player 6  folds
Player 7  folds
Player 9  calls $1

What would you do?  If I have a pocket pair from the big blind, I like to bet it to try and put some money in the pot and thin the herd.

Kim G bets $2
Player 9  calls $2

FLOP:  Ts 7s Ks

Player 9  checks
Kim G bets $10

Player 9  folds

Kim G wins $8 uncontested

My one concern was that he might have had pocket spades but if he did, he would have raised me.

 

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