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I'm not sure you're all that interested in reading my hand histories, but I'd appreciate it if you have some time. As you can see, in the first hand I lose a full house to a straight flush. I'm not involved in the second hand, but it was the very next hand and there was another straight flush dealt. I wonder how often that happens?

Finally, in the third hand, not a half hour later, I lose a highly disguised full house to a better full house pulled on the river.

My first thought is that I wasn't aggressive enough with my betting on both of the hands that I lost, but I really have the feeling that no matter how I had bet either hand, the other guy wouldn't have folded, so that I could have lost even more $$ than I did. I know you don't have the advantage of having seen how each player was playing, or how tight/loose the game was, so it's hard for you. But if you would offer some thoughts on how I played each hand and whether I got crushed by bad luck or horrible play, I'm sure it would help my game.

Thanks again for a great site.

Cheers,

Kevin

Miami

***** Hand History for Game 724994429 *****

2/4 TexasHTGameTable (Limit) - Sun Jul 04 16:59:12 EDT

2004

Table Belly dances (Real Money) -- Seat 5 is the button

Total number of players : 10

Seat 1: PrcHawkeye ( $84)

Seat 2: kl144 ( $109)

Seat 3: ciferd ( $0)

Seat 4: Postbudet ( $50)

Seat 5: keysers0ze ( $15)

Seat 6: LordGeznikor ( $172)

Seat 7: bighead3 ( $128)

Seat 8: otilt ( $154)

Seat 9: jackjericho ( $128.50)

Seat 10: Hellice ( $97)

LordGeznikor posts small blind (1)

bighead3 is sitting out.

otilt posts big blind (2)

Postbudet posts big blind (2)

** Dealing down cards **

Dealt to otilt [ 8h, Jd ]

jackjericho calls (2)

Hellice folds.

PrcHawkeye folds.

kl144 folds.

Postbudet checks.

keysers0ze folds.

LordGeznikor calls (1)

otilt checks.

** Dealing Flop ** : [ Jc, Js, 9c ]

LordGeznikor bets (2)

otilt calls (2)

jackjericho calls (2)

Postbudet folds.

** Dealing Turn ** : [ Tc ]

LordGeznikor bets (4)

otilt calls (4)

jackjericho calls (4)

** Dealing River ** : [ Ts ]

LordGeznikor bets (4)

otilt raises (8) to 8

jackjericho folds.

LordGeznikor raises (8) to 12

otilt calls (4)

** Summary **

Main Pot: $47.50 | Rake: $2.50

Board: [ Jc Js 9c Tc Ts ]

PrcHawkeye balance $84, didn't bet (folded)

kl144 balance $109, didn't bet (folded)

Boveng balance $25, sits out

Postbudet balance $48, lost $2 (folded)

keysers0ze balance $15, didn't bet (folded)

LordGeznikor balance $199.50, bet $20, collected $47.50,

net +$27.50 [ Kc Qc ] [ a straight flush, king high --

Kc,Qc,Jc,Tc,9c ]

bighead3 balance $128, sits out

otilt balance $134, lost $20 [ 8h Jd ] [ a full house,

Jacks full of tens -- Jd,Jc,Js,Tc,Ts ]

jackjericho balance $120.50, lost $8 (folded)

Hellice balance $97, didn't bet (folded)

*******************************************

***** Hand History for Game 724997305 *****

PrcHawkeye has left the table.

2/4 TexasHTGameTable (Limit) - Sun Jul 04 17:00:31 EDT

2004

Table Belly dances (Real Money) -- Seat 6 is the button

Total number of players : 9

Seat 2: kl144 ( $109)

Seat 3: Boveng ( $25)

Seat 4: Postbudet ( $48)

Seat 5: keysers0ze ( $15)

Seat 6: LordGeznikor ( $199.50)

Seat 7: bighead3 ( $128)

Seat 8: otilt ( $134)

Seat 9: jackjericho ( $120.50)

Seat 10: Hellice ( $97)

otilt posts small blind (1)

jackjericho posts big blind (2)

Boveng posts big blind (2)

** Dealing down cards **

Dealt to otilt [ 3c, 8s ]

kl144: nh

Hellice folds.

kl144 calls (2)

Boveng raises (2) to 4

Postbudet folds.

keysers0ze folds.

LordGeznikor folds.

LordGeznikor: tx

otilt folds.

jackjericho calls (2)

kl144 calls (2)

** Dealing Flop ** : [ 9h, Qh, Ks ]

jackjericho checks.

kl144 checks.

Boveng bets (2)

jackjericho folds.

kl144 calls (2)

** Dealing Turn ** : [ Kh ]

kl144 checks.

Boveng bets (4)

kl144 calls (4)

** Dealing River ** : [ Th ]

kl144 bets (4)

Boveng raises (8) to 8

kl144 calls (4)

** Summary **

Main Pot: $39 | Rake: $2

Board: [ 9h Qh Ks Kh Th ]

nauster balance $100, sits out

kl144 balance $91, lost $18 [ Tc Qd ] [ two pairs, kings

and queens -- Ks,Kh,Qd,Qh,Tc ]

Boveng balance $46, bet $18, collected $39, net +$21 [ Jd

Jh ] [ a straight flush, king high -- Kh,Qh,Jh,Th,9h ] Postbudet balance $48, didn't bet (folded) keysers0ze balance $15, didn't bet (folded) LordGeznikor balance $199.50, didn't bet (folded) bighead3 balance $128, sits out otilt balance $133, lost $1 (folded) jackjericho balance $116.50, lost $4 (folded) Hellice balance $97, didn't bet (folded)

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***** Hand History for Game 725039618 *****

2/4 TexasHTGameTable (Limit) - Sun Jul 04 17:20:02 EDT

2004

Table Belly dances (Real Money) -- Seat 8 is the button

Total number of players : 10

Seat 1: nauster ( $56)

Seat 2: kl144 ( $62.75)

Seat 3: spatne ( $116)

Seat 4: Postbudet ( $75)

Seat 5: malonestar ( $120.50)

Seat 6: LordGeznikor ( $217.50)

Seat 7: bighead3 ( $127)

Seat 8: otilt ( $134.50)

Seat 9: jackjericho ( $132.25)

Seat 10: Hellice ( $91)

jackjericho posts small blind (1)

Hellice posts big blind (2)

** Dealing down cards **

Dealt to otilt [ 8h, 8s ]

nauster folds.

kl144 calls (2)

spatne folds.

Postbudet folds.

malonestar calls (2)

LordGeznikor folds.

bighead3 folds.

otilt calls (2)

jackjericho calls (1)

Hellice checks.

** Dealing Flop ** : [ 8d, 4s, 3d ]

jackjericho checks.

Hellice checks.

kl144 checks.

malonestar bets (2)

otilt calls (2)

jackjericho calls (2)

Hellice folds.

kl144 raises (4) to 4

malonestar raises (4) to 6

otilt raises (6) to 8

jackjericho folds.

kl144 calls (4)

malonestar calls (2)

** Dealing Turn ** : [ 4c ]

kl144 checks.

malonestar checks.

otilt bets (4)

kl144 folds.

malonestar raises (8) to 8

otilt raises (8) to 12

malonestar calls (4)

** Dealing River ** : [ As ]

malonestar bets (4)

otilt raises (8) to 8

malonestar raises (8) to 12

otilt raises (8) to 16

malonestar calls (4)

** Summary **

Main Pot: $89 | Rake: $3

Board: [ 8d 4s 3d 4c As ]

nauster balance $56, didn't bet (folded)

kl144 balance $52.75, lost $10 (folded)

spatne balance $116, didn't bet (folded)

Postbudet balance $75, didn't bet (folded)

malonestar balance $171.50, bet $38, collected $89, net

+$51 [ Ac Ah ] [ a full house, Aces full of fours --

Ac,Ah,As,4s,4c ]

LordGeznikor balance $217.50, didn't bet (folded)

bighead3 balance $127, didn't bet (folded)

otilt balance $96.50, lost $38 [ 8h 8s ] [ a full house,

Eights full of fours -- 8h,8s,8d,4s,4c ]

jackjericho balance $128.25, lost $4 (folded)

Hellice balance $89, lost $2 (folded)

Answer: Wow those are some serious bad beats, plus two straight flushes back to back? Straight flushes are extremely rare. I don't think I've ever seen two in a row, or even in the same session. That seems a little odd to me. Where was this?

The first hand you played fine. I might have raised the turn and if I got reraised I would just call. On the river though I would for sure cap it (max raises). The only hand that can beat you at that point would be quad Tens or a straight flush and the chance of that is next to nothing. After seeing how badly the people played the AA one you mentioned, you should definitely cap the full house. He could even have just a Ten.

On the last hand when you had 88, you played that one perfectly. The guy with the Aces just got really lucky and played like an idiot. He couldn't have possibly thought his two pair was good there -- at minimum you had a 4.

Poker can be really one sided sometimes and no matter how well you play and how badly someone else plays, you lose to them. The main thing to keep in mind is that it won't always be like that and what little they win from you that day will be lost right back to the poker community tomorrow.

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