Background-
My daughter is still asleep, so I'm going to, hopefully, play through an orbit before she wakes up. First hand at this table, no read, other than they look like people I've seen here before . . . only with different names. I'll put my thoughts here as they apply.
Party Poker 2/4 Hold'em (Left handed)
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Preflop: Hero is CO with 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]. Hero posts a blind of $2.
I'm not sure if this is a +EV move, or not. I usually wait until the BB unless I am going to be CO, then I take my chances.
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, MP1 raises, MP2 calls, MP3 folds, Hero (poster) calls, Button 3-bets, SB calls, BB calls, MP1 caps, MP2 calls, Hero calls, Button calls, SB calls, BB calls.
Obviously, from the start, I'm hoping for a flush, so a big pot with lots of callers is what I was hoping for. I am uncomfortable with the raises and re-raises, but if there's one thing that brings down big pocket pairs, it's a flush, so I'll take a look at the flop. If I don't like it, I muck.
Flop: (24 SB) 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(6 players)</font>
SB checks, BB checks, MP1 checks, MP2 bets . . .
Not great. Here's where I start hearing Ed's voice asking, "How big is the pot." And I "start thinking about how I am going to win it." Another 6? Runner-Runner for the flush? King? I have enough options and the pot is big enough to give me odds for these possibilities, so I'm in.
Hero calls, Button raises, SB folds, BB folds, MP1 calls, MP2 calls,
A raise. Not too much to worry about, probably still a big pocket pair. Ed wouldn't like me folding at this point, so . . .
Hero calls.
Turn: (16 BB) K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(4 players)</font>
Good, but not great. I am still behind KK, 22, 44 and probably some other stuff that I've been known to overlook. KK seems like the most logical at this point. Let's figure out where we stand and get some more money into this pot.
MP1 checks, MP2 bets, Hero raises, Button 3-bets, MP1 calls, MP2 calls $6.50 (All-In),
Ooops. There's your KK. Well, this pot is too big to get away from now. If he has "The Cowboys" (props to VVP) I can still win with a 6. And I have pot odds to risk that he doesn't have KK (220:1), that I can catch one of 2 remaing 6's (23:1) or Party will disconnect him (50:50)so . . .
Hero caps, Button calls, MP1 calls.
Results, River, and everything except a [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] in white below: <font color="white">
River: (30.62 BB) 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 4 players, 1 all-in)
Hmmm . . . that looks like Planter's*
to me Yay! Thanks to The Voice of Ed Miller (which in my mind sounds a lot like Lou Grant) and my lovely sleepy 2-year old for the biggest win of my budding poker career! Let's get some more money into this pot!
MP1 checks, Hero bets, Button calls, MP1 calls.
In hindsight, a check-raise would have been cool, stylish, profitable, and most importantly, extra-painful here, but I just wasn't thinking clearly
Final Pot: 33.62 BB
MP1 shows Ac Ks (two pair, kings and sixes).
MP2 shows 2s 2d (full house, twos full of sixes).
Hero shows 6c Kc (full house, sixes full of kings).
Button shows Ad As (two pair, aces and sixes).
Outcome: Hero wins 33.62 BB.
Someone, somewhere (probably on this forum) is posting a bad beat about how he lost a $125 pot with AA to some fish with K6s. The reality is, the raising and re-raising gave me pot odds the whole way that made it illogical for me to fold.
*I am claiming to have just made up 'Planter's' . . . as in 'The Nuts.' So if you ever here VVP use it, you can know he stole it from me! Thanks again, Ed.</font>