Bullajami: Home of the "U"
Nothing new here, so you can stop reading now if you were hoping for something new.
Played at Nine.com again last night. It's on the Action Poker Network. I usually play the FRLH tables (there are no dedicated short hand tables, but sometimes tables are short). I'll play any game from $2/4 to $5/10. I would consider playing $10/20 there if the game looked good enough, but it hasn't happened yet.
Played $5/10 last night. The standard collection of 2 donks, 4 to 6 below average and 1 to 3 decent players were assembled. I took a gut shot donk-out early and then bet into my nut flush draw from EP on the flop, turn and river. Missed the draw and got raised on the river by the same donk boy. I had made a crappy third pair and gave it a call just to see. He had flopped top pair crummy kicker, never improved, never protected his hand and then raised the river. I was definitely at the right table.
Then it turns on a dime. I flop deuces full of tens holding 22 in EP. I check-called the flop, but donkboy acting after me re-raised. He has a T, and this could be good. I called. It checks around to him and he bets, everyone folds and I raise. He makes it 3 and I call. I called because I fear if I don't he won't bet the river hard. I bet out the river and he raises. I make it 3 and he makes it 4. He shows JTo, and I take a very nice pot.
On the BTN I have AKs and raise folding everyone but donkboy. I flop nothing but he folds to my flop bet. (First time for everything). I flop the nut straight from MP and take a decent pot. I was up a nice little bit now, but I took another gut shot to end the evening up just half of a BB. I had been notified that an article I posted on my website was improperly formatted and I needed to fix it, so I logged off.
I was getting enough decent hands last night to get my money in the pot often, and therefore I was earning poker points at a good rate, so I worked off over 100 points toward my bonus in a short 1-table session. I was happy about that. I was also happy to finish up a hair after having taken two gutshots - that won't normally happen.