August 14 hands

Absolute Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
5 players

Stack sizes:
UTG: $12.90
CO: $105.20
Button: $206.95
Hero: $283.60
BB: $215.50

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is SB with 6h 6d
UTG calls, CO raises to $5, Button calls, Hero calls, 2 folds.

This opponent is fairly tight so I'm just set-mining with my 66.

Flop: 4c 6s qs ($17, 3 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $13, Button folds, Hero raises to $34, CO raises all-in $100.2, Hero calls.

Bingo! Sometimes I bet/3-bet with my sets. Here I decided to check-raise hoping to trap the guy in the middle of us for a bet. CO thought for quite a while and shoved - obviously I call.

Turn: 8s ($217.4, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $217.4)

River: 2c ($217.4, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $217.4)

Results:
Final pot: $217.4
CO Shows Kh Qh
Hero Shows 6h 6d

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Absolute Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
6 players

Stack sizes:
UTG: $88.05
UTG+1: $79.57
CO: $103
Button: $159.35
SB: $160.20
Hero: $207.45

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is BB with 5d :10d
UTG calls, 3 folds, SB calls, Hero checks.

Flop: 7d jh kd ($3, 3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $2, UTG calls, SB folds.

Here I decide to take a stab at the pot with my flush draw 3-handed. I quite like this as it's possible they'll both fold, or I might get position in the hand and take a free turn, or I might hit a flush on the turn and they'll be less inclined to believe me.

Turn: ad ($7, 2 players)
Hero bets $4, UTG raises to $8, Hero raises to $36, UTG calls.

I hit my flush and bet it out. He min-raises, which makes me a little worried, but I do have the 3rd nut flush so I put in a decent 3-bet.

River: 5c ($79, 2 players)
Hero bets $62, UTG calls all-in $49.05.
Uncalled bets: $12.95 returned to Hero.

I was slightly worried that he had a higher flush when he called my 3-bet, but I still shove the river as I think there are plenty of hands he looks me up with that I beat.

Results:
Final pot: $177.1
Hero Shows 5d 10d
UTG Shows Ac Js

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Absolute Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
6 players

Stack sizes:
UTG: $53.85
UTG+1: $33.40
CO: $76.93
Hero: $258.88
SB: $75.61
BB: $83.41

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is Button with 5h 6h
UTG calls, 2 folds, Hero calls, SB calls, BB raises to $4, UTG calls, Hero calls, SB calls.

Limping the button isn't my usual play, but I'll do it sometimes. The BB raises and I'm getting decent odds to see a flop in position.

Flop: 4c ah 3h ($16, 4 players)
SB checks, BB bets $4, UTG folds, Hero calls, SB folds.

Awesome flop for me. I'll normally raise this but I felt like a big Ace was a good part of BB's range so I elected to flat call.

Turn: jh ($24, 2 players)
BB bets $6, Hero raises to $15, BB calls.

I hit my flush and raise his weak lead. I raised fairly small and think I should have probably made it around $19.

River: 5s ($54, 2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $34, BB raises all-in $60.41, Hero calls.

I put him on AK-AJ so when he checks I fire out a decent sized bet that I think he'll call. He check-raises me all-in and I obviously call. He managed to hit a higher flush than me and I was really surprised he raised from the BB with T8s. Oh well, I think this is a cooler and I'm glad he didn't have a 200BB stack.

Results:
Final pot: $174.82
BB Shows 8h 10h

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Absolute Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
5 players

Stack sizes:
UTG: $79.05
CO: $256.80
Hero: $234
SB: $26.25
BB: $118.39

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is Button with as 5s
2 folds, Hero raises to $4, SB folds, BB raises to $8, Hero calls.

BB min 3-bets so I'm priced in to look for a good flop here.

Flop: qs ad 6s ($16.5, 2 players)
BB bets $2, Hero raises to $15, BB raises to $31, Hero raises all-in $226, BB calls all-in $79.39.

That's a good flop. He bets weakly so I raise it up and he pretty much insta-raised me again for basically the minimum. I think this guy's range is AK, AQ, AJ, AA, QQ to do this. I shoved and, with hindisight, I think calling might've been a better choice. He's shown me he likes his hand a lot with a min-raise pre-flop, and a small bet followed by a small re-raise on the flop. I think he's more likely to have a really strong hand here than one pair. I shoved though, he showed my AQ and I didn't have as good odds as I thought. I definitely think I got carried away with myhand here and should've slowed down to the 3-bet on the flop.

Uncalled bets: $115.61 returned to Hero.

Turn: 8c ($237.28, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $237.28)

River: 9h ($237.28, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $237.28)

Results:
Final pot: $237.28
Hero Shows As 5s
BB Shows Qd Ah