Squeezing the Nuts

I hit the $2000 mark and promptly fell back down settling at $1960. Ive played almost 10,000 hands. I feel that I am playing a little too loose at these levels and also leaving money on the table as shown below..


$0.25/$0.5 No Limit Holdem
5 players
Converted at weaktight.com


Stacks:

UTG		($83.63)
CO		($72.60)
BTN		($63.33)
Hero		($48.50)
BB		($92.45)

[CO posted $0.5]
Pre-flop: ($1.25, 5 players) Hero is SB

UTG calls $0.5, CO checks, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.25, BB checks
(A loose call. CO had posted blind and UTG had just called so i tried to get in cheap)

Flop: ($2.5, 4 players)
Hero bets $1, BB calls $1, 1 fold, CO calls $1
(lets try to build a pot and disguise the draw for when i hit)

Turn: ($5.5, 3 players)
Hero bets $6, 1 fold, CO calls $6
(Bam! time to squeeze the nuts. A small overbet, really trying to hide the fact ive just hit)

River: ($17.5, 2 players)
Hero bets $21, CO calls $21
(knowing now he has hit something I overbet for value)
Final Pot: $59
Hero shows:
CO shows:

Hero wins $55.55 ( won +$27.05 )
BB lost -$1.50
UTG lost -$0.50
CO lost -$28.50

Here's where my mistake was in the hand. By CO calling my over potsized bet should have told me had had a straight or at worst 2 pair. The bet should have folded any club flush draw. The 3 on the river changes nothing really. If anything it turns CO's 2 pair into a straight on the board. My bet size should have been all in. I missed out on another $20 or so. If he has an 8 he will call, with a straight on the board there's a good possibility at this level that he will also call. My bet of $21 was safe but I feel I missed out on some $$ there.

As mentioned I blasted my way past the $2000 mark due to this hand.

$0.5/$1 No Limit Holdem
6 players
Converted at weaktight.com


Stacks:

UTG		($217.33)
UTG+1		($188.02)
Hero		($122.70)
BTN		($207.85)
SB		($76.15)
BB		($12.40)

Pre-flop: ($1.5, 6 players) Hero is CO

UTG calls $1, UTG+1 calls $1, Hero raises to $6, 3 folds, UTG folds, UTG+1 calls $5

Flop: ($14.5, 2 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero bets $9, UTG+1 calls $9
(Cbet is a little loose on a very drawy board but I could rep a big pocket pair and im in position)

Turn: ($32.5, 2 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero checks
(I go for the free card, the benefit of position)

River: ($32.5, 2 players)
UTG+1 bets $7, Hero raises to $40, UTG+1 raises to $112, Hero goes all-in $67.7

Final Pot: $247.90
UTG+1 shows:
Hero shows:

UTG+1 wins $4.3 ( lost -$122.7 )
Hero wins $244.4 ( won +$121.7 )
UTG lost -$1.00

He probably should have just called my overbet but nothing that wrong with pushing with the 2nd nuts.

I will post some PT screenshots showing a very unsustainable winrate at $0.50/$1 in my next post. If I can break the $2000 mark I can start playing the $0.50/$1 more. At present I am only playing if i see a really high % per flop number and this has worked a dream. I am aiming at playing 5000 hands per month and I am slightly ahead of that target so far..

Graphs and stats on the next post..