Ship It

I played the weekend at 100NL, because I wanted to get back into it at a low stakes before I hit 400NL. I definitely think this was a good idea, even if I didn't make much due to ridiculous setups and beats. I was pretty pleased with how I played, although there was definitely room for improvement in some ways.

Yesterday I was tilting (non poker) because of a couple of things so decided it was best not to play. I did 4 hours of lessons today which was good, and after some dinner I loaded up 6 tables at 2/4. Things went pretty well. The game is definitely different there, much more aggro, players do have a raise/fold mentality although there were some fish on the tables too. I actually enjoyed it a lot and got a bit of a buzz (first time for ages in poker) playing higher stakes against generally better players. After about 20 minutes my brother came into the room and told me to watch the new episode of Prison Break, so as soon as he said that I had to log off and bank the $612 profit. I was pretty tired anyway. Here's two of the pots I won:-

With this hand, I made a standard 4x raise blind on blind after it was folded to me. BB called. It was a good flop for my hand, giving me a flush draw with a gutshot and an overcard which may or may not be live. I make a standard continuation bet and my opponent raises me 3x. I'm happy to play for stacks here so I make a value raise to about $200, basically committing myself to the hand. He calls (wtf?). I hit my money card on the turn and shoved, he called, and he was drawing dead having played KK appallingly.

No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $2/$4
6 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $474
UTG+1: $660.55
CO: $400
Button: $406.20
Hero: $402
BB: $584.15

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is SB with J♣ K♣
4 folds, Hero raises to $16, BB calls.

Flop: 9♣ Q♥ 2♣ ($32, 2 players)
Hero bets $22, BB raises to $64, Hero raises to $200.4, BB calls.

Turn: 7♣ ($432.8, 2 players)
Hero is all-in $185.6, BB calls.

River: J♥ ($804, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $804)

Results:
Final pot: $804
Hero showed Jc Kc
BB mucks Kh Ks

Not much explanation here. Opponent buys in for 1/2 a buyin and posts out of position. He puts me all in on his first hand on the table when I have AA. Sweet.

No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $2/$4
6 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $525.70
UTG+1: $200
Hero: $400
Button: $205.60
SB: $600
BB: $400

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is CO with A♦ A♠
UTG folds, UTG+1 raises to $16, Hero raises to $48, 3 folds, UTG+1 raises all-in $200, Hero calls.

Flop: Q♠ K♣ 9♦ ($406, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $406)

Turn: 5♥ ($406, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $406)

River: 6♥ ($406, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $406)

Results:Final pot: $406
UTG+1 showed Ac Jc
Hero showed Ad As

Gonna hit 2/4 up for most of the day tomorrow, looking forward to it. Good luck to everyone!