brace yourself for the varuance, and make sure to play hands that can play both ways.

Well he got broke, the passive guy left as well. I didn't make any money from them pretty much. Booked my first ever losing session of LO8
-3.5bb/100 after 600 hands. Had to happen sooner or later.

Here's a hand I played on another table:

Dealt to Hero
MLuciano954 calls [$0.50].
cel58 folds.
KwK__ calls [$0.50].
foxincoteau folds.
smatman folds.
Hero raises [$1].
stemyn folds.
dtagg2 folds.
micheal833 calls [$0.75].
cadzoo folds.
MLuciano954 calls [$0.50].
KwK__ calls [$0.50].

** Dealing Flop ** (Hmm... I recognise those cards from somehwre...)
micheal833 checks.
MLuciano954 checks.
KwK__ checks.
Hero bets [$0.50].
micheal833 calls [$0.50].
MLuciano954 calls [$0.50].
KwK__ calls [$0.50].

** Dealing Turn **
micheal833 checks.
MLuciano954 folds.
KwK__ checks.
Hero bets [$1].
micheal833 calls [$1].
KwK__ calls [$1].

** Dealing River **
micheal833 checks.
KwK__ checks.
Hero bets [$1].
micheal833 calls [$1].
KwK__ calls [$1].


Hero shows a full house, Aces full of twos.

micheal833 shows two pairs, queens and twos.
micheal833 shows 8,4,3,2,A for low.

KwK__ shows two pairs, sevens and twos.
KwK__ shows 7,6,3,2,A for low.

Hero wins $5.88 from the main pot with a full house, Aces full of twos.
KwK__ wins Lo ($5.87) from the main pot with 7,6,3,2,A.

Can you believe these guys?

It should be possible to get 10bb/100 playing against people like this...

uga06 has been playing 95% of his hands and raising more than 20%


Dealt to HERO
lq1xwvu folds.
rsmith390 calls [$0.50].
JC_LovesYOU calls [$0.50].
untiltherivr folds.
rossc77 folds.
uga06 raises [$1].
HERO raises [$1.50].
till_river folds.
gamblenot calls [$1].
rsmith390 calls [$1].
JC_LovesYOU calls [$1].
uga06 raises [$1].
HERO calls [$0.50].
gamblenot calls [$0.50].
rsmith390 calls [$0.50].
JC_LovesYOU calls [$0.50].

** Dealing Flop **
gamblenot checks.
rsmith390 checks.
JC_LovesYOU bets [$0.50].
uga06 calls [$0.50].
HERO raises [$1].
gamblenot calls [$1].
rsmith390 folds.
JC_LovesYOU calls [$0.50].
uga06 calls [$0.50].
** Dealing Turn ** [ Qc ]
gamblenot bets [$1].
JC_LovesYOU calls [$1].
uga06 calls [$1].
HERO raises [$2].
gamblenot calls [$1].
JC_LovesYOU calls [$1].
uga06 calls [$1].

** Dealing River **
gamblenot checks.
JC_LovesYOU checks.
uga06 checks.
HERO bets [$1].
gamblenot calls [$1].
JC_LovesYOU calls [$1].
uga06 calls [$1].

HERO shows a flush, ace high.
gamblenot doesn't show a flush, queen high.
JC_LovesYOU shows a full house, Eights full of queens.
uga06 doesn't show three of a kind, queens.
JC_LovesYOU wins $25.25 from the main pot with a full house, Eights full of queens.
There was no qualifying low hand.


Did I overplay this? I guess betting the river is a no-no with another player in the pot? Still, nobody showed strength. He's down over $100 in 75 hands for a nice -150bb/100 but I aint getting any of it, in fact I am down this session. Is it just plain variance or am I playing bad... that's what I'm wondering.

uga06 has been playing 95% of his hands and raising more than 20%


Dealt to HERO
lq1xwvu folds.
rsmith390 calls [$0.50].
JC_LovesYOU calls [$0.50].
untiltherivr folds.
rossc77 folds.
uga06 raises [$1].
HERO raises [$1.50].
till_river folds.
gamblenot calls [$1].
rsmith390 calls [$1].
JC_LovesYOU calls [$1].
uga06 raises [$1].
HERO calls [$0.50].
gamblenot calls [$0.50].
rsmith390 calls [$0.50].
JC_LovesYOU calls [$0.50].

** Dealing Flop **
gamblenot checks.
rsmith390 checks.
JC_LovesYOU bets [$0.50].
uga06 calls [$0.50].
HERO raises [$1].
gamblenot calls [$1].
rsmith390 folds.
JC_LovesYOU calls [$0.50].
uga06 calls [$0.50].
** Dealing Turn ** [ Qc ]
gamblenot bets [$1].
JC_LovesYOU calls [$1].
uga06 calls [$1].
HERO raises [$2].
gamblenot calls [$1].
JC_LovesYOU calls [$1].
uga06 calls [$1].

** Dealing River **
gamblenot checks.
JC_LovesYOU checks.
uga06 checks.
HERO bets [$1].
gamblenot calls [$1].
JC_LovesYOU calls [$1].
uga06 calls [$1].

HERO shows a flush, ace high.
gamblenot doesn't show a flush, queen high.
JC_LovesYOU shows a full house, Eights full of queens.
uga06 doesn't show three of a kind, queens.
JC_LovesYOU wins $25.25 from the main pot with a full house, Eights full of queens.
There was no qualifying low hand.


Did I overplay this? I guess betting the river is a no-no with another player in the pot? Still, nobody showed strength. He's down over $100 in 75 hands for a nice -150bb/100 but I aint getting any of it, in fact I am down this session. Is it just plain variance or am I playing bad... that's what I'm wondering.

I three-bet him UTG+1 with AAQ6ds, but got a call from the button who had AA2x, he flopped the nut flush and low draw so I had to surrender on the flop. This is the only time I have managed to cut down the field to 3 players, should I even be trying to with that hand?

Hehe, went to showdown 75%. At least he won't go to bed curious.