Some Poker Hands

Last night, we played a short cash game of No Limit Texas Hold 'Em. Here was the layout:

Seat 1: Me
Seat 2
Seat 3: Two different players at different times
Seat 4: Someone there, then empty
Seat 5
Seat 6
Seat 7

So, for the most part it was a 6 handed game, since Seat 4 busted. The big winner was Seat 2, with Seat 6 managing to break even after a very large amount of bad beats that put him 3 buyins in the hole. Overall, very impressive. There are a few hands in particular that I'd like to discuss before going back to my last Sociology paper of the semester.

Hand #1 - The 7/2 Game
Me: 7/2 offsuit on the big blind

Action:
Calls around back to the big blind
Seat 1 raises to .45
Seat 2 calls
Seat 3 calls
Seat 4 calls
Folds around to Seat 1. Four handed to the flop.
Flop: Q, 10, 3
Seat 1 bets 70
Seat 2 folds
Seat 3 calls
Seat 4 calls
Turn: x
Checks around
River: x
Seat 1 all-in
Seat 3 folds
Seat 4 folds

Bluff with 7/2 offsuit earning me an extra 60 cents in that pot.

Hand #2: River Suck-Out
Seat 1 has A-Q spades
Seat 6 has the button
Calls around to Seat 5
Seat 5 raises to .35
Seat 6 calls
Seat 7 folds
Seat 1 re-raises to .70
Folds around to Seat 5
Seat 5 calls
Seat 6 calls
Flop: Ac-Qc-Jh
Seat 1 checks
Seat 5 bets .55
Seat 6 calls
Seat 1 raises to 1.20
Seat 5 calls
Seat 6 folds
Turn: 4d
Seat 1 bets 3.00
Seat 5 calls, all-in
Seat 5 reveals Ah-10d
River: Kd
Seat 5 wins the pot with a Straight to the Ace

I got beat on the river, but the funniest part was as soon as I saw his hand, I just said, "King'll save him" and then the dealer popped off the King of diamonds. I couldn't be upset about that hand, though. I knew that he had a bad Ace. I was kind of hoping I was wrong and he had A-J, but I guess you have to lose money to make money? I lost almost 4 dollars on that hand, taking me down to about 5.60 in chips. I got whittled away until the very last hand where I was under the small blind with a stack of 5.00 remaining after my blind was posted. This hand was played after seat 4 had left.

Seat 7 has the button
Seat 1: 5h-5d
Seat 3 calls
Seat 5 raises to 45
Seat 6 folds
Seat 7 calls
Seat 1 pushes all-in for a total of 5.05
Seat 5 calls
Seat 7 calls
Cards are flipped
Seat 5 has Kc-Qs
Seat 7 has Kh-Qd
Flop: 6-3-3
Turn: 2
River: A
Seat 1 wins

I tripled up on one very, very lucky all-in. I don't expect to be so lucky next time. I still couldn't believe I got called. Twice. I really thought I was dead.

After I knock out this paper, I think I'll post my impressions of some video games that I have played through the semester.