This game was starting to get ridiculous. Here is one hand to use as an example. I feel like I played it really passively, but at the time I thought it would be safer to just hit an out instead of get all crazy with these guys. Afterwards if I would have played it like the made hand that it almost was, I probably would have taken the pot. Comments appreciated on this hand too

Texas Hold'em $1-$1 NL (real money), #1,398,472,470
Table Paramaribo, 25 Oct 2005 12:52 AM ET
Seat 3: SlappinYaUp ($140.30 in chips)
Seat 4: checks1x ($100 in chips)
Seat 7: AGilbert131 ($122.80 in chips)
Seat 9: tballtommy ($83.45 in chips)
Seat 10: Mmeat ($73.40 in chips)
ANTES/BLINDS
SlappinYaUp posts blind ($0.50), checks1x posts blind ($1), tballtommy posts blind ($1).

PRE-FLOP

SlappinYaUp gets [ 7C,7H ]

AGilbert131 bets $8, tballtommy calls $7, Mmeat calls $8, SlappinYaUp calls $7.50, checks1x folds.

FLOP [board cards 4C,6S,5D ]
SlappinYaUp checks, AGilbert131 bets $6, tballtommy calls $6, Mmeat calls $6, SlappinYaUp calls $6.

TURN [board cards 4C,6S,5D,2C ]
SlappinYaUp checks, AGilbert131 checks, tballtommy checks, Mmeat bets $5, SlappinYaUp calls $5, AGilbert131 calls $5, tballtommy calls $5.

RIVER [board cards 4C,6S,5D,2C,JC ]
SlappinYaUp checks, AGilbert131 checks, tballtommy checks, Mmeat bets $9, SlappinYaUp folds, AGilbert131 folds, tballtommy folds.

SHOWDOWN
Mmeat wins $84.



Now, this hand came up a short time later. Looking back, I don't know if I should have made it more preflop or not. Even though the game was crazy, I still feared a monster with the size of the reraise. I also didn't want to reraise allin, because that would have been a pretty big overbet. Maybe I was just being a pussy. On the flop, I hesitated a very long time before deciding to commit myself and I bet 60. He hesitated for a long time before pushing. Is this hand easy? I hate playing big pots with queens.


Texas Hold'em $1-$1 NL (real money), #1,398,482,374
Table Paramaribo, 25 Oct 2005 12:55 AM ET
Seat 3: SlappinYaUp ($116.80 in chips)
Seat 4: checks1x ($97.50 in chips)
Seat 7: AGilbert131 ($105.90 in chips)
Seat 9: tballtommy ($68.55 in chips)
Seat 10: Mmeat ($128 in chips)
ANTES/BLINDS
Mmeat posts blind ($0.50), SlappinYaUp posts blind ($1).

PRE-FLOP
checks1x bets $3, AGilbert131 bets $9, tballtommy calls $9, Mmeat calls $8.50, SlappinYaUp bets $20, checks1x folds, AGilbert131 calls $12, tballtommy calls $12, Mmeat calls $12.

FLOP [board cards 9C,6C,8H ]
Mmeat bets $6, SlappinYaUp bets $60, AGilbert131 bets $84.90 and is all-in, tballtommy folds, Mmeat folds, SlappinYaUp calls $24.90.