keeldazeeba bids farewell

[Matt1975]

Getting owned at the $50 buy-ins is an omen.

Party Poker 1/2 Hold'em (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

Preflop: Hero is MP with 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, CO calls, Button calls, <font color="#CC3333">SB 3-bets</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero caps</font>, CO calls, Button calls, SB calls.

Flop: (17 SB) 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, CO folds, Button calls, <font color="#CC3333">SB 3-bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero caps</font>, Button calls, SB calls.

Turn: (14.50 BB) 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, Button calls, SB calls all in.

River: (20 BB) T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, Button calls all-in

Final Pot: 25 BB

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
SB has Qs As (high card, ace).
Hero has 8d 8s (three of a kind, eights).
Button has 8c 7c (flush, ten high).
Outcome: Button wins 25 BB. </font>

Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
6 players
Converter

(BB has exactly $25, Hero has about $150)

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is UTG+1 with A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]
UTG folds, <font color="#cc0000">Hero raises to $2</font>, 3 folds, <font color="#cc0000">BB raises to $4</font>, <font color="#cc0000">Hero raises to $12</font>, BB calls.

Flop: T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ($24.25, 2 players)
BB checks, <font color="#cc0000">Hero bets $13</font>, <font color="cc0000">BB calls all-in $13</font>.

Turn: K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ($50.25, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $50.25)

River: Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] ($50.25, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $50.25)

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
Final pot: 50.25
BB has Ks Qs (two pair, kings and queens).
Hero has As Ah (one pair, aces).

Outcome: BB wins 50.25. </font>

After these two hands, I:
1. Stacked off 2.4 buy-ins on one hand, with AQo out of position against a set. (Love those $240 pots at $50 NL.)
2. Moved up to 1000NL and made a modest profit.
3. Tilted off two buy-ins at $5/10 Limit.
4. Realized it was 5 a.m. and that I had a serious problem, and that I loved my wife and my job too much to keep doing this.
5. Cashed out everything, uninstalled Party, and committed myself to a poker-free life. (After this post of course.)

I suck at poker, c'est la vie. Some of you suck at BBV but most of you don't. You know who you are. Have nice lives.