Sunday, January 11, 2009

Positional Power

The following hand is from a cash game. It demonstrates the powerful advantage of position when you are facing an opponent that you have a great feel for. [Edit: see comment below]

Full Tilt Poker Game #9821427250: Table White Sails - $0.10/$0.25 - No Limit Hold'em - 18:30:17 ET - 2009/01/02
Seat 1: ampyJ ($25)
Seat 2: CraiGMaCxx ($25.10)
Seat 3: adyRehab ($12.85)
Seat 4: oper557 ($25)
Seat 5: gbreath111 ($6)
Seat 6: YEDontheRIV ($32.95)
Seat 7: bip ($24.75)
Seat 8: CgCook38 ($37.20)
Seat 9: azykanuck51 ($22.65)
bip posts the small blind of $0.10
CgCook38 posts the big blind of $0.25
5 seconds left to act
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CgCook38 [Kh 7d]
azykanuck51 calls $0.25
ampyJ folds
CraiGMaCxx has 15 seconds left to act
CraiGMaCxx raises to $1.10
adyRehab calls $1.10
gbreath111 folds
YEDontheRIV folds
bip folds
CgCook38 has 15 seconds left to act
CgCook38 calls $0.85
azykanuck51 folds
*** FLOP *** [2h 6d 7s]
CgCook38 bets $1.50
azykanuck51 stands up
CraiGMaCxx raises to $4
adyRehab folds
CgCook38 calls $2.50
*** TURN *** [2h 6d 7s] [2d]
CgCook38 checks
oper557 has been disconnected
oper557 has reconnected
CraiGMaCxx bets $6
CgCook38 calls $6
*** RIVER *** [2h 6d 7s 2d] [5h]
CgCook38 checks
CraiGMaCxx has 15 seconds left to act
CraiGMaCxx checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
CraiGMaCxx shows [4c 4d] two pair, Fours and Twos
CgCook38 shows [Kh 7d] two pair, Sevens and Twos
CgCook38 wins the pot ($22.50) with two pair, Sevens and Twos
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $23.65 Rake $1.15
Board: [2h 6d 7s 2d 5h]
Seat 1: ampyJ didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: CraiGMaCxx showed [4c 4d] and lost with two pair, Fours and Twos
Seat 3: adyRehab folded on the Flop
Seat 4: oper557 is sitting out
Seat 5: gbreath111 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: YEDontheRIV (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: bip (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 8: CgCook38 (big blind) showed [Kh 7d] and won ($22.50) with two pair, Sevens and Twos
Seat 9: azykanuck51 folded before the Flop

1 comment:

  1. I am not one to avoid conflict. CraigMac wrote me to let me know that my play in this hand was horrible (in not so many words). I have to agree with his thoughts on my starting hand. I don't really know what I was thinking entering a pot with K7o. I had just finished reading David Williams' chapter in Negreanu's book, and maybe I was feeling a bit too squirrely. As a matter of fact, this is a hand history that ended up with the wrong title and wrong intro paragraph. I'm not even in position in this hand. How embarrassing.

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