More of the Same

Down then up then down then up was how I ran until a brutal thirty minutes last night knocked me down $500 or so.  Back into the hole as I try to get my bankroll back above $4k again on PokerStars.

This hand finished it off for me as I played nineteen hands at this table plus nine at another to lose buy-in’s at both.  Do you slow down here?

POKERSTARS GAME #12523184557:  HOLD’EM NO LIMIT ($1/$2) – 2007/10/09 – 03:19:25 (ET)
Table ‘Ascanios II’ 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: moneyymakerr ($314.60 in chips)
Seat 2: csquard ($281.20 in chips)
Seat 3: blackshoe02 ($108.20 in chips)
Seat 4: Shabik ($249.60 in chips)
Seat 6: kapie123 ($812.60 in chips)
moneyymakerr: posts small blind $1
csquard: posts big blind $2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to csquard [Ac Ah]
benji1314 leaves the table
blackshoe02: calls $2
Shabik: folds
kapie123: raises $8 to $10
moneyymakerr: folds
AL_MZ joins the table at seat #5
csquard: raises $14 to $24
blackshoe02: folds
kapie123: calls $14
*** FLOP *** [6c Kh 6s]
csquard: bets $32
kapie123: calls $32
*** TURN *** [6c Kh 6s] [Tc]
csquard: bets $100
kapie123: raises $656.60 to $756.60 and is all-in
csquard: calls $125.20 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [6c Kh 6s Tc] [Qh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
csquard: shows [Ac Ah] (two pair, Aces and Sixes)
kapie123: shows [8h 6h] (three of a kind, Sixes)
kapie123 collected $563.40 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $565.40 | Rake $2
Board [6c Kh 6s Tc Qh]
Seat 1: moneyymakerr (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: csquard (big blind) showed [Ac Ah] and lost with two pair, Aces and Sixes
Seat 3: blackshoe02 folded before Flop
Seat 4: Shabik folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 6: kapie123 (button) showed [8h 6h] and won ($563.40) with three of a kind, Sixes

Also, I normally fold here but didn’t this time.  It obviously worked, but do you fold these small to middle pairs in a situation like this or when you get re-raised (more likely)?

POKERSTARS GAME #12522243352:  HOLD’EM NO LIMIT ($1/$2) – 2007/10/09 – 01:31:30 (ET)
Table ‘Caecilia III’ 6-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 2: db3pittfan ($109.20 in chips)
Seat 3: sofa king AK ($203.30 in chips)
Seat 4: csquard ($221.90 in chips)
Seat 5: Lucky_WIns ($393.75 in chips)
Seat 6: TreaTmenT25 ($50.35 in chips)
csquard: posts small blind $1
Lucky_WIns: posts big blind $2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to csquard [9h 9s]
TreaTmenT25: folds
db3pittfan: folds
sofa king AK: raises $4 to $6
csquard: calls $5
Lucky_WIns: raises $22 to $28
sofa king AK: folds
ZeKGB joins the table at seat #1
csquard: calls $22
*** FLOP *** [9c Qc Qs]
csquard: bets $40
Lucky_WIns: raises $325.75 to $365.75 and is all-in
csquard: calls $153.90 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [9c Qc Qs] [5c]
*** RIVER *** [9c Qc Qs 5c] [4d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
csquard: shows [9h 9s] (a full house, Nines full of Queens)
Lucky_WIns: mucks hand
Lucky_WIns said, “diagf”
csquard collected $447.80 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $449.80 | Rake $2
Board [9c Qc Qs 5c 4d]
Seat 2: db3pittfan folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 3: sofa king AK (button) folded before Flop
Seat 4: csquard (small blind) showed [9h 9s] and won ($447.80) with a full house, Nines full of Queens
Seat 5: Lucky_WIns (big blind) mucked [Ks Kd]
Seat 6: TreaTmenT25 folded before Flop (didn’t bet)

By the way, I’m sure everyone knows about this.  If not, PokerStars is hosting their World Blogger Championship of Online Poker on 14 October at 3PM ET.   I won’t be able to play in it, but this is a no-brainer free-roll for sure.

In other news, the link to a story about the WSOP Final Table on www.espn.com jumps straight to the Rugby site Scrum.com.   Maybe more than coincidence?

Tonight will be a big night on ESPN where we’ll find out exactly what Jerry Yang had as he went hyper-aggressive in the early stages of the Main Event Final Table.

I’m in the midst of a busy couple of weeks, so sorry for the brevity.