So I just read Harrington on Hold 'em volume one and here I am thinking I'm hot stuff.

Free flop, that's fine. I find myself with top pair and the flush draw. Pretty good hand, so I'm going to go ahead and fire off a bet. Narrowed the field to one, so looking pretty good, he's likely got overcards, paired, or on a flush draw. Since he didn't come over top he's not likely to hold an overpair. A set is possible here.

Next card, 3, looks good. It didn't help me, but it makes it less likely he's holding a set. I've still got top pair, and I don't want to appear to be drawing, so I give another bet. The re-raise is scary, but its 6 to call 20 and that gives me a little better than 1 to 3 odds, Harringtons formula for drawing to a flush.

4 on the river, I've improved but not much. If he's playing an overpair I've got him... oh crap, I don't he's got two pair also. Well, found my own error with just a little brain power. Goodbye 19 dollars.


Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ Hero (10 handed) from (Format: Bet The Pot)

MP2 ($91.73)
MP3 ($49.51)
CO ($10.80)
Button ($49.20)
SB ($27.13)
Hero ($52.32)
UTG ($49.50)
UTG+1 ($70.83)
UTG+2 ($124.85)
MP1 ($30.75)

Preflop: Hero is BB with , . SB posts a blind of $0.25.
1 fold, UTG+1 calls $0.50, UTG+2 calls $0.50, 4 folds, Button calls $0.50, SB (poster) completes, Hero checks.

Flop: ($2.50) , , (5 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $2, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 folds, Button calls $2, SB folds.

Turn: ($6.50) (2 players)
Hero bets $4, Button raises to $10, Hero calls $6.

River: ($26.50) (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets $19, Hero calls $19.

Final Pot: $64.50

Looking further overpair is not very likely without a pf raise, set, FD, SD, or two pair or two high cards are all I see now.

hey platypus, i've seen you on party poker games before on the NL50 game.
also seen you on the pokerroom network.

i was just wondering, are you the same platypus that played/plays on the UB NL50 game regularly?

To answer your question Eclipse, thats the same one that used to play UB. I made a move to partypoker recently to get looser tables. The onpoker stuff is just for bonuses, but I'll be back there for the hollywood and other ones I need to clear. Expect me next month.