I have logged about 1k hands of NL50 in the past 2 days , I ran really badly yesterday for the first hour of 5 tabling. I got my money in as a 70/30 a bunch of times but got outdrawn like a mother. I have some hand histories from today's session that I'm gonna post, although yesterday I probably had more interesting hands, but I don't feel like digging through pokertracker at the moment.

I came in 2nd in a 5+.5 45 person tournament. I would have crushed my man heads up, but this happened: Keep in mind that I had gone all-in on the previous 2-3 hands on the flop....

PokerStars Game #8006977673: Tournament #40893054, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level X (400/800) - 2007/01/18 - 18:49:44 (ET)
Table '40893054 2' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 2: cutty sark 1 (26340 in chips)
Seat 9: astrodg (14160 in chips)
cutty sark 1: posts the ante 50
astrodg: posts the ante 50
astrodg: posts small blind 400
cutty sark 1: posts big blind 800
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to astrodg [Ks 8h]
astrodg: calls 400
cutty sark 1: checks
*** FLOP *** [6c 7s Kd]
cutty sark 1: bets 2400
astrodg: raises 10910 to 13310 and is all-in
cutty sark 1: calls 10910
*** TURN *** [6c 7s Kd] [3h]
*** RIVER *** [6c 7s Kd 3h] [5s]
astrodg said, "nh"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
cutty sark 1: shows [8c 9d] (a straight, Five to Nine)
astrodg: shows [Ks 8h] (a pair of Kings)
cutty sark 1 collected 28320 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 28320 | Rake 0
Board [6c 7s Kd 3h 5s]
Seat 2: cutty sark 1 (big blind) showed [8c 9d] and won (28320) with a straight, Five to Nine
Seat 9: astrodg (button) (small blind) showed [Ks 8h] and lost with a pair of Kings

It would have been nice to win that pot... but whatever, I'm content with 2nd, despite the fact that I know I would have taken this guy apart if i won that race.

This hand doesn't have many opportunities for mistake, but I am very curious how you pple act with Suited Connectors on the button in a full-ring NL50 game. For the most part I'll limp with suited connectors but fold to a raise. I'm pretty sure my play isn't horrible here, but is calling 5xBB a leak with this type of hand in a heads-up pot?

PokerStars Game #8006087939: Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2007/01/18 - 17:53:03 (ET)
Table 'Venusia IV' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: UFjakeluck ($56.30 in chips)
Seat 2: imbluffing24 ($49.95 in chips)
Seat 3: felizidad ($32.10 in chips)
Seat 4: Jakomo ($51 in chips)
Seat 5: Ainulindale ($36.35 in chips)
Seat 6: Shark1 ($89.70 in chips)
Seat 7: niqlas ($59.85 in chips)
Seat 8: astrodg ($29.30 in chips)
Seat 9: ev0rraise ($11.15 in chips)
ev0rraise: posts small blind $0.25
UFjakeluck: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to astrodg [9d Td]
imbluffing24: folds
felizidad: folds
Jakomo: folds
Ainulindale: calls $0.50
Shark1: calls $0.50
niqlas: raises $2 to $2.50
astrodg: calls $2.50
ev0rraise: folds
UFjakeluck: folds
Ainulindale: calls $2
Shark1: folds
*** FLOP *** [Js 6s Kh]
Ainulindale: checks
niqlas: bets $6.50
astrodg: folds
Ainulindale: folds
niqlas collected $8.35 from pot
niqlas: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $8.75 | Rake $0.40
Board [Js 6s Kh]
Seat 1: UFjakeluck (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: imbluffing24 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: felizidad folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Jakomo folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Ainulindale folded on the Flop
Seat 6: Shark1 folded before Flop
Seat 7: niqlas collected ($8.35)
Seat 8: astrodg (button) folded on the Flop
Seat 9: ev0rraise (small blind) folded before Flop


And the last hand I feel like posting is just a good old fashioned stacking:

PokerStars Game #8008354278: Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2007/01/18 - 20:14:48 (ET)
Table 'Giclas' 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: PokerPov ($59.95 in chips)
Seat 2: 1eva1 ($35.55 in chips)
Seat 3: janvp ($91.25 in chips)
Seat 4: REDJUH ($57.65 in chips)
Seat 5: NJ_devs87 ($67.65 in chips)
Seat 6: astrodg ($35.85 in chips)
astrodg: posts small blind $0.25
PokerPov: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to astrodg [Kh As]
1eva1: folds
janvp: folds
REDJUH: folds
NJ_devs87: raises $1.50 to $2
astrodg: calls $1.75
PokerPov: folds
*** FLOP *** [Qc 8h Ad]
astrodg: checks
NJ_devs87: bets $3
astrodg: raises $3 to $6
NJ_devs87: calls $3
*** TURN *** [Qc 8h Ad] [3d]
astrodg: bets $6
NJ_devs87: calls $6
*** RIVER *** [Qc 8h Ad 3d] [Tc]
astrodg: bets $21.85 and is all-in
NJ_devs87: calls $21.85
*** SHOW DOWN ***
astrodg: shows [Kh As] (a pair of Aces)
NJ_devs87: mucks hand
astrodg collected $69.20 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $72.20 | Rake $3
Board [Qc 8h Ad 3d Tc]
Seat 1: PokerPov (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: 1eva1 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: janvp folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: REDJUH folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: NJ_devs87 (button) mucked [Ah Jh]
Seat 6: astrodg (small blind) showed [Kh As] and won ($69.20) with a pair of Aces

MIN RAISE FTW!! Actually the only reason (other than him sucking) that I got his chips was b/c I didn't re-raise PF.

To be honest I was slightly worried when he called, i was defnitely expecting to see QQ or AQ, but I got lucky and my opponent made a dumb call.

I played the 25K GTD earlier today, I got through the rebuy period w/o having to rebuy. I bought the add-on for another 5$ and we were down to about 500 people. I got unlucky and flopped top pair with KQ on a Q102 board. My opponent 3bet before the flop and went all-in after I bet the flop so I folded and he showed his AA. About 4-5 hands after I picked up AJ suited and pushed my last 6K, LP went all-in to isolate and it folded around - he had Q-8s. I flopped a gutshot and a flush draw but missed my 17 outs cause he hit a queen.

I'm pumped about playing so much, I haven't really had 3-4 hour sessions of 4-5 tabling, but I am enjoying myself doing it. IT's fun to be supercharged about poker. I'm still under 1K at stars, but I'm getting close.

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