It never ceases to amuse me when my mistakes make me money. Here I meant to bet $99 on the river and accidentally bet $9. The result was inducing a huge check-raise bluff from a hand that almost certainly would have folded to my intended bet:
Full Tilt Poker, $3/$6 NL Hold’em Cash Game, 6 Players
LeggoPoker.com – Hand History Converter
BTN: $705
SB: $1,359.35
Hero (BB): $1,230
UTG: $1,336.25
MP: $600
CO: $1,828
Pre-Flop: A
7 dealt to Hero (BB)
4 folds, SB calls $3, Hero raises to $18, SB calls $12
Flop: ($36) 3
9
4 (2 Players)
SB checks, Hero checks
Turn: ($36) 8 (2 Players)
SB bets $13, Hero raises to $42, SB calls $29
River: ($120) 3 (2 Players)
SB checks, Hero bets $9, SB raises to $234, Hero calls $225
Results: $588 Pot ($3 Rake)
SB showed T Q (a pair of Threes) and LOST (-$294 NET)
Hero showed A 7 (a flush, Ace high) and WON $585 (+$291 NET)
Unfortunately, I decided to flush the profits and then some on an ill-conceived river check-raise bluff of my own:
Full Tilt Poker, $3/$6 NL Hold’em Cash Game, 5 Players
LeggoPoker.com – Hand History Converter
CO: $998
BTN: $597
Hero (SB): $1,713.20
BB: $352.10
UTG: $1,896.60
Pre-Flop: 8 8 dealt to Hero (SB)
UTG folds, CO raises to $21, BTN folds, Hero calls $18, BB folds
Flop: ($48) 2 J 5 (2 Players)
Hero checks, CO bets $35, Hero calls $35
Turn: ($118) 5
(2 Players)
Hero checks, CO bets $111, Hero calls $111
River: ($340) 7 (2 Players)
Hero checks, CO bets $200, Hero raises to $1,546.20 and is All-In, CO calls $631 and is All-In
Results: $2,002 Pot ($3 Rake)
CO showed J J (a full house, Jacks full of Fives) and WON $1,999 (+$1,001 NET)
Hero showed 8 8 (two pair, Eights and Fives) and LOST (-$998 NET)
First off, I hate the turn call. My thinking was that his range when he near-pots it is polarized to bluffs and boats, but it’s probably so waited towards boats that I don’t belong in the hand anyway. Then I disregard that read on the river and decide based on his bet-sizing that he has an overpair after all and maybe I can take him off of it. Pure sloppiness on my part.