I wanted to post these threads not only to show you how important it is to make sure there's fish in the game (remember, if you can't tell who the fish is it's you - Doyle Brunson), but also to show you why it's important to almost always stand pat so your opponent can't put you on a hand.


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PokerStars Game #16063044139: Tournament #81326194, $1.00+$0.10 5
Card Draw Pot Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2008/03/18 - 04:55:20 (ET)
Table '81326194 1' 6-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: basby (1663 in chips)
Seat 2: Faltenotto11 (1195 in chips)
Seat 3: golden31 (1623 in chips)
Seat 4: sweetNshy (1570 in chips)
Seat 5: JustFoldFish (1759 in chips)
Seat 6: ralphshoney (1190 in chips)
golden31: posts small blind 15
sweetNshy: posts big blind 30
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to JustFoldFish
JustFoldFish: raises 75 to 105
ralphshoney: folds
basby: calls 105
Faltenotto11: folds
golden31: calls 90
sweetNshy: folds
golden31: discards 2 cards
JustFoldFish: stands pat on
basby: discards 2 cards
golden31: checks
JustFoldFish: bets 345
basby: folds
golden31: folds
JustFoldFish collected 345 from pot
JustFoldFish: shows [6h] (high card King)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 345 | Rake 0
Seat 1: basby folded after the Draw
Seat 2: Faltenotto11 (button) folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 3: golden31 (small blind) folded after the Draw
Seat 4: sweetNshy (big blind) folded before the Draw
Seat 5: JustFoldFish collected (345)
Seat 6: ralphshoney folded before the Draw (didn't bet)

So now I know he's tilted. So watch what I do three hands later.

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PokerStars Game #16063060650: Tournament #81326194, $1.00+$0.10 5
Card Draw Pot Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2008/03/18 - 04:57:46 (ET)
Table '81326194 1' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: basby (1528 in chips)
Seat 2: Faltenotto11 (1165 in chips)
Seat 3: golden31 (1488 in chips)
Seat 4: sweetNshy (1660 in chips)
Seat 5: JustFoldFish (1969 in chips)
Seat 6: ralphshoney (1190 in chips)
JustFoldFish: posts small blind 15
ralphshoney: posts big blind 30
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to JustFoldFish
basby: folds
Faltenotto11: calls 30
golden31: calls 30
sweetNshy: calls 30
JustFoldFish: raises 150 to 180
ralphshoney: folds
Faltenotto11: folds
golden31: calls 150
sweetNshy: folds
JustFoldFish: stands pat on
golden31: discards 5 cards
JustFoldFish: bets 450
golden31: calls 450
*** SHOW DOWN ***
JustFoldFish: shows (two pair, Eights and Deuces)
golden31: mucks hand
JustFoldFish collected 1350 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1350 | Rake 0
Seat 1: basby folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Faltenotto11 folded before the Draw
Seat 3: golden31 mucked
Seat 4: sweetNshy (button) folded before the Draw
Seat 5: JustFoldFish (small blind) showed [8d Tc 8s 2s 2d] and won
(1350) with two pair, Eights and Deuces
Seat 6: ralphshoney (big blind) folded before the Draw