Forty Dollar No Limit Texas Hold'em Ring and Tournament Games

Hand #12
$40 No Limit Texas Holdem ($1/$2 NL)
Table With Mixed Aggression

1} Kim G             $97 Qc Ks
2) Player 2           $44 6s 3h
3) Player 3 D         $37 Th 7s
4) Player 4           $46 Ac 3c
5) Player 5           $35 7d 7c
6) Player 6           $35 4s As
7) Player 7           $40 2d Kd
8) Player 8           $29 9h 6h
9) Player 9           $28 8s Ts
10) Player 10          $42 9c 8d

Player 4 posts small blind $1
Player 5 posts big blind $2
Player 6 folds
Player 7 folds
Player 8 folds
Player 9 folds
Player 10 folds

In NL games I am not thrilled with KQ not suited. In the $40 NL games they get cracked a lot (or at least they SEEM to). The price is right at least to see a flop.

Kim G calls $2
Player 2 folds
Player 3 folds
Player 4 calls $1
Player 5 checks

FLOP: Js 5s 8c

Player 4 checks
Player 5 checks

There is a poker cliché “He (or she) who best first, generally wins in No Limit”. Sometimes that I a good slogan to test. My rationale was that if somebody raised me I might put them on two pair or trips and I could fold.

Kim G bets $2
Player 4 folds
Player 5 calls $2

TURN: Js 5s 8c Qh
Player 5 checks

At this point I figured that there wasn’t a chance of a flush and unless the player was baiting me, which was unlikely, I felt I had him beat. If he even held a Queen I figured statistically I had him with a better kicker.

Kim G bets $93 (all-in)
Player 5 folds

Kim G wins $9 uncontested
$1 raked.
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Hand #13
$40 No Limit Texas Holdem ($1/$2 NL)
Table With Mixed Aggression

1} Kim G            $102 7c 2c
2) Player 2          $44 Th 8h
3) Player 3          $37 8s 8c
4) Player 4 D      $44 6s 5h
5) Player 5          $31 Qh Ac
6) Player 6          $35 4h Jh
7) Player 7          $40 3h Kh
8) Player 8          $29 9h 3c
9) Player 9          $28 Ad Kc
10) Player 10         $42 As Ks

Player 5 posts small blind $1
Player 6 posts big blind $2
Player 7 folds
Player 8 folds
Player 9 raises $5
Player 10 raises $35 (all-in)

This is one of those situations that I call “The Hand Plays Itself”. In this case, the hand is easily folded!

Kim G folds
Player 2 folds
Player 3 folds
Player 4 folds
Player 5 folds
Player 6 folds
Player 9 folds

Player 10 wins $17 uncontested

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