Here's a few hands from tonight.

The first 2 hands deal with the flush draw. I believe the pot odds justified me staying in the hands.
CARDSON

***** Hand History for Game 1259991807 *****
50/100 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (NL) (Tournament 7657846) - Sat Dec 04 21:04:07 EST 2004
Table Table 13810 (Real Money) -- Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 7
Seat 1: MR_PLAYA_ (705)
Seat 2: zakszaks (740)
Seat 3: isseice (1470)
Seat 5: jaimeemg (805)
Seat 6: ngericl (910)
Seat 8: kendchand (2275)
Seat 9: judoknow (1095)
ngericl posts small blind (25)
kendchand posts big blind (50)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to ngericl [ Ac, Tc ]
kendchand: nh
judoknow folds.
MR_PLAYA_ folds.
zakszaks folds.
isseice raises (100) to 100
jaimeemg folds.
ngericl calls (75)
kendchand calls (50)
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 5s, 3c, 2c ]
ngericl checks.
kendchand bets (50)
isseice calls (50)
ngericl calls (50)
This is an easy call, yes?
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 5c ]
ngericl checks.
kendchand bets (150)
isseice calls (150)
ngericl raises (760) to 760
ngericl is all-In.
Should I have slow-played instead of going the aggressive route?
kendchand folds.
isseice folds.
Creating Main Pot with $1510 with ngericl
** Summary **
Main Pot: 1510
Board: [ 5s 3c 2c 5c ]
MR_PLAYA_ balance 705, didn't bet (folded)
zakszaks balance 740, didn't bet (folded)
isseice balance 1170, lost 300 (folded)
jaimeemg balance 805, didn't bet (folded)
ngericl balance 1510, bet 910, collected 1510, net +600
kendchand balance 1975, lost 300 (folded)
judoknow balance 1095, didn't bet (folded)

***** Hand History for Game 1260033646 *****
jaimeemg finished in seventh place.
100/200 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (NL) (Tournament 7657846) - Sat Dec 04 21:14:37 EST 2004
Table Table 13810 (Real Money) -- Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: MR_PLAYA_ (1060)
Seat 2: zakszaks (715)
Seat 3: isseice (920)
Seat 6: ngericl (1585)
Seat 8: kendchand (1810)
Seat 9: judoknow (1910)
isseice posts small blind (50)
ngericl posts big blind (100)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to ngericl [ Jc, 3c ]
kendchand folds.
judoknow folds.
MR_PLAYA_ calls (100)
zakszaks folds.
isseice calls (50)
ngericl checks.
** Dealing Flop ** : [ Kc, 9h, 9c ]
isseice checks.
ngericl bets (100)
Questionable, but testing the waters.
MR_PLAYA_ calls (100)
isseice folds.
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 5s ]
ngericl checks.
MR_PLAYA_ bets (100)
ngericl calls (100)
Is this the right decision? As I understand it, the pot odds would say it is.
** Dealing River ** : [ Ac ]
ngericl bets (760)
MR_PLAYA_ calls (760)
MR_PLAYA_ is all-In.
Creating Main Pot with $2220 with MR_PLAYA_
** Summary **
Main Pot: 2220 |
Board: [ Kc 9h 9c 5s Ac ]
MR_PLAYA_ balance 0, lost 1060 [ Ad Ks ] [ two pairs, aces and kings -- Ad,Ac,Ks,Kc,9h ]
zakszaks balance 715, didn't bet (folded)
isseice balance 820, lost 100 (folded)
ngericl balance 2745, bet 1060, collected 2220, net +1160 [ Jc 3c ] [ a flush, ace high -- Ac,Kc,Jc,9c,3c ]
kendchand balance 1810, didn't bet (folded)
judoknow balance 1910, didn't bet (folded)

The following hand was more difficult. Believe me, I thought about it long and hard. Maybe it was the wrong decision. Again, I think the pot odds justified the call.

***** Hand History for Game 1260045954 *****
200/400 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (NL) (Tournament 7657846) - Sat Dec 04 21:17:41 EST 2004
Table Table 13810 (Real Money) -- Seat 8 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 2: zakszaks (715)
Seat 3: isseice (820)
Seat 6: ngericl (2695)
Seat 8: kendchand (2260)
Seat 9: judoknow (1510)
judoknow posts small blind (100)
zakszaks posts big blind (200)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to ngericl [ Jd, Kd ]
isseice folds.
ngericl calls (200)
kendchand folds.
judoknow calls (100)
zakszaks checks.
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 6d, 7h, 9s ]
judoknow checks.
zakszaks checks.
ngericl bets (200)
judoknow folds.
zakszaks raises (515) to 515
zakszaks is all-In.
ngericl calls (315)
Right here. Do I or don't I? Do I or don't I? Do I or don't I?
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 5h ]
** Dealing River ** : [ 3h ]
Creating Main Pot with $1630 with zakszaks
** Summary **
Main Pot: 1630 |
Board: [ 6d 7h 9s 5h 3h ]
zakszaks balance 1630, bet 715, collected 1630, net +915 [ Ac 3d ] [ a pair of threes -- Ac,9s,7h,3d,3h ]
isseice balance 820, didn't bet (folded)
ngericl balance 1980, lost 715 [ Jd Kd ] [ high card king -- Kd,Jd,9s,7h,6d ]
kendchand balance 2260, didn't bet (folded)
judoknow balance 1310, lost 200 (folded)

For the next hand, the thinking was: The guy is short-stacked. Here's a chance to pick him off. If he's holding two overs, it's a coin-flip. I go all-in to scare off anybody after me. I want this to be heads-up.

***** Hand History for Game 1260057331 *****
200/400 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (NL) (Tournament 7657846) - Sat Dec 04 21:20:32 EST 2004
Table Table 13810 (Real Money) -- Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 2: zakszaks (1530)
Seat 3: isseice (520)
Seat 6: ngericl (2280)
Seat 8: kendchand (2260)
Seat 9: judoknow (1410)
ngericl posts small blind (100)
kendchand posts big blind (200)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to ngericl [ 7c, 7h ]
judoknow folds.
zakszaks folds.
isseice raises (520) to 520
isseice is all-In.
ngericl raises (2180) to 2280
ngericl is all-In.
kendchand folds.
** Dealing Flop ** : [ Qs, 8h, 6h ]
** Dealing Turn ** : [ Td ]
** Dealing River ** : [ 2h ]
Creating Main Pot with $1240 with isseice
Creating Side Pot 1 with $1760 with ngericl
** Summary **
Main Pot: 1240 | Side Pot 1: 1760
Board: [ Qs 8h 6h Td 2h ]
zakszaks balance 1530, didn't bet (folded)
isseice balance 0, lost 520 [ 3s 3d ] [ a pair of threes -- Qs,Td,8h,3s,3d ]
ngericl balance 3000, bet 2280, collected 3000, net +720 [ 7c 7h ] [ a pair of sevens -- Qs,Td,8h,7c,7h ]
kendchand balance 2060, lost 200 (folded)
judoknow balance 1410, didn't bet (folded)

This last one, I think I should've slow-played a bit.

***** Hand History for Game 1260081242 *****
300/600 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (NL) (Tournament 7657846) - Sat Dec 04 21:26:30 EST 2004
Table Table 13810 (Real Money) -- Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 2
Seat 6: ngericl (4200)
Seat 8: kendchand (3800)
ngericl posts small blind (150)
kendchand posts big blind (300)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to ngericl [ Ks, Kc ]
ngericl calls (150)
kendchand raises (300) to 600
ngericl raises (3900) to 4200
ngericl is all-In.
I'm thinking: I want to get all his chips in before the flop. I don't want to see an A come on board and have to react to him. I want to dictate the action.
kendchand folds.
Instead, he folds. Now I wonder if I had slow-played it, then could I've taken more chips from him? Assuming my kk was good enough, of course.
Creating Main Pot with $4800 with ngericl
** Summary **
Main Pot: 4800
ngericl balance 4800, bet 4200, collected 4800, net +600
kendchand balance 3200, lost 600 (folded)

I guess if there's one theme to these hands, it's: "Do you want to gamble, or not?" Tell me what y'all think. Thanks.