Party Poker 0.50/1 Hold'em (10 handed)

Preflop: Hero is BB with , . MP3 posts a blind of $0.50.
UTG calls, 1 fold, UTG+2 calls, 1 fold, MP2 calls, MP3 (poster) checks, CO calls, Button calls, SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: (8 SB) , , (8 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, UTG checks, UTG+2 checks, MP2 checks, MP3 checks, CO checks, Button checks.

Turn: (4 BB) (8 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, UTG folds, UTG+2 folds, MP2 folds, MP3 folds, CO folds, Button folds, SB calls.

River: (6 BB) (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, SB folds.

Final Pot: 7 BB

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FLOP: I checked for a few reasons-

1) My hand wasn't that strong. I wanted to see how much action there was before me. If only a LP player bet, I'd raise it to try to thin the field. He would be giving 9:1 odds, but my raise would make it 11:2 or 5.5:1 odds, which is far less favorable.
2) My hand was extremely vulnerable. Overcards, gutshots, middle or bottom pair (could outdraw me with two-pair or trips), OESDs, random pocket pairs, etc. all could be out there in an 8-handed pot.
3) The pot was huge! Leading out would give people 9:1 or better odds.

I was surprised NO ONE bet that flop. I figured my top-pair was best so far.

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TURN: Now's my opportunity to protect my hand. Betting only gives them 5:1 odds with one card to come. The only hands that worry me here would be 52 and 75 and I wanted to know sooner rather than later whether my hand would hold up.

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RIVER: I still thought my hand was best. This table was extremely loose and filled with so many calling stations it was ridiculous! I was called down with crap like Q-high.

On another note, I had the lamest variance tonight. Out of 132 hands, I won FIVE of them - a whopping 4%! The only time I folded what would have been the winning hand was when I was given 6:1 odds on the turn with a gutshot draw. The river completed the gutshot. I made the right fold.

I still ended up making a profit tonight at least.