Hands this session:
1009
Profit this session:
473

Played my longest session ever. I know 1000 hands aint a lot for most of you, but for me it is. I played it 5-tabling (I usually 4-table). I ran well and played good. I will continue playing 5 tables, and my goal is to be able to play 6 tables of NL 100 by the end of june. I'll play a few more session 5-tabling and then add one more table by the end of the month.

I love the river openpush with the nuts (or close to the nuts) - it gets called all the time by great hands you have beat. Say the pot is $40 on the river, you opponent has bet both turn and river in position and you just check/called both streets OOP. On the river you have a monster and you both have $80 behind. Often openpushing OOP is better than valuebetting if you think opp has a decent hand (which he probably has because he bet both the flop and turn). Sure, you'll get less calls than a valuebet, but in the long run you'll mostly be paid much better off by openpushing. Deciding between openpushing or valuebetting the river with a monster is not always easy though. Read the two chapters on "Playing the nuts on the river" for a good discussion on this topic.

Here's an example:

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

CO ($94.15)
Button ($75.60)
Hero ($107.30)
BB ($146.41)
UTG ($100.96)
MP ($90.71)

Preflop: Hero is SB with T, K. Hero posts a blind of $0.50.
1 fold, MP calls $1, 2 folds, Hero (poster) completes, BB raises to $2, MP calls $2, Hero calls $2.

Flop: ($9) Q, J, 5 (3 players)
Hero checks, BB bets $4, MP folds, Hero calls $4.

Turn: ($17) 3 (2 players)
Hero checks, BB bets $8, Hero calls $8.

River: ($33) A (2 players)
Hero calls $92.30 (All-In), BB calls $92.30.

Final Pot: $217.60

Results in white below:
Hero has Ts Kc (straight, ace high).
BB has Ah Ad (three of a kind, aces).
Outcome: Hero wins $217.60.

And here's one where I'm in position - a valuebet will almost only be called by the same hands that will call a push:

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

Hero ($103.95)
SB ($76.65)
BB ($97.45)
UTG ($118.32)
MP ($102.41)
CO ($94.36)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 5, 5. SB posts a blind of $0.50.
UTG calls $1, 1 fold, Hero calls $1, SB (poster) completes, BB checks.

Flop: ($4) Q, 5, K (5 players)
SB bets $3, BB folds, UTG calls $3, Hero calls $3.

Turn: ($13) 5 (4 players)
SB bets $3, UTG raises to $10, Hero calls $10, SB calls $7.

River: ($43) Q (4 players)
SB checks, UTG checks, Hero calls $89.95 (All-In), SB calls $62.65 (All-In), UTG folds.

Final Pot: $195.60

Results in white below:
SB has Ac Qd (full house, queens full of fives).
CO has (full house, queens full of fives).
Hero has 5h 5d (four of a kind, fives).
Outcome: Hero wins $195.60.


I feel like writing a clever post about something pokerrelated - I might sit down later and write one just for the fun of it.

I'm going out tonite with some friends and my GF and I'll probably get pretty drunk, but I'll try and see if I can get in another session early tomorrow.

Good luck and good cards!

Total hands:
6801
Total profit:
1366
Total BR:
4466