Don't think I actually played the hand particularly well, as I'm sure will be pointed out, but since my poker playing has been indifferent for the last wee while(and since its been a while since there's been a post on this thread) I'll stick it up anyway.
To set the scene, I'd been watching the table($25 max buy in) for about 5 minutes, and FatCBlunt420 was being horribly reckless, plunging all in without too much, and getting lucky once or twice.
So I get a seat, and this was the first hand
#Game No : 2865502878
***** Hand History for Game 2865502878 *****
$25 NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, October 12, 12:31:43 EDT 2005
Table Table 64792 (6 max) (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: chinch_11 ( $14.15 )
Seat 2: trishetrish ( $9.40 )
Seat 3: WesCoasRider ( $0 )
Seat 4: FatCBlunt420 ( $8.25 )
Seat 6: itsurmny ( $24.75 )
Seat 5: Beanie1984 ( $25 )
FatCBlunt420 posts small blind [$0.10].
WesCoasRider has left the table.
Beanie1984 posts big blind [$0.25].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Beanie1984 [ 4c 4s ]
I played my big pocket pairs horribly yesterday, letting too many smaller hands see the flop for free...and was thinking I would atleast stick in a $0.50 raise.
itsurmny raises [$0.50].
chinch_11 folds.
trishetrish folds.
FatCBlunt420 raises [$0.65].
Was in two minds whether to raise again or not, but thinking that with a raise and re raise I was prob up against a decent hand or two, I decided to call and look to hit trips.
Beanie1984 calls [$0.50].
itsurmny calls [$0.25].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 4h, Th, Js ]
Hooray!
FatCBlunt420 bets [$0.25].
That bet was neither here nor there...but I decided I'd slowplay it and just call(Is that a mistake? Is a raise better to get rid of hands drawing to the straight or flush? I was a bit caught up in the moment of hitting trips(its been a while) so my immediate reaction was a flat call.)
Beanie1984 calls [$0.25].
itsurmny raises [$6].
FatCBlunt420 is all-In [$7.25]
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...now there's a thinker.
At this point, with my limited abilities or reading hands I had them both down for a jack. Perhaps 10 A.
Beanie1984 is all-In [$24]
My thought was that itsurmy might have 2 pair, in which case I would expect a call, or just a pair of jacks, in which case I'd expect him to fold and I would be up against Blunt with a nice extra $6 to the winner.
itsurmny is all-In [$19]
** Dealing Turn ** [ As ]
** Dealing River ** [ 7s ]
itsurmny shows [ Jc, 9h ] a pair of jacks.
FatCBlunt420 shows [ Qs, Qc ] a pair of queens.
Beanie1984 shows [ 4c, 4s ] three of a kind, fours.
Beanie1984 wins $0.25 from side pot #2 with three of a kind, fours.
Beanie1984 wins $32.20 from side pot #1 with three of a kind, fours.
Beanie1984 wins $23.55 from the main pot with three of a kind, fours.
As it was, it was an overpair and a top pair.
I did a wee jump and toddled off to count my winnings
Admittedly, there was a decent chance that one of them had hit trips too, but with 10s or jacks I was thinking they would have made a bit more of an effort pre flop.
If they were drawing to a flush or a straight, and hit, then fair doos, a gutsy call, and I would have had to have a months break or so.
But who cares
I don't think my thinking or play in that hand was too impressive, but as it is at these low money tables it often doesn't have to be.
But feel free to post up my mistakes and some tips, as if I can learn from a hand and win $29(big stakes for me
) from it then all the better.