Fortytwo. My aces streak has been extended to 42 straight. Twice last night, I got them in the big blind, and the table just folded to me. Those hands still count. Maybe I should put up a counter somewhere here to keep track of the streak. As soon as I do that, it’ll get broken, though. I wonder how many times I’ve cracked aces in that span. I did it once last night, because the guy slowplayed himself into oblivion.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold’em, $0.50 penner4242 (6 max, 5 handed) converter

SB ($43.8)
penner4242 ($99.25)
UTG ($58.7)
MP ($99.9)
Button ($43.1)

Preflop: penner4242 is BB with Q♥, T♠. SB posts a blind of $0.25.
UTG calls $0.50, 1 fold, Button calls $0.50, SB (poster) completes, penner4242 checks.

Flop: ($2) A♥, 9♦, J♣ (4 players)
SB checks, penner4242 checks, UTG checks, Button checks.

Turn: ($2) 6♥ (4 players)
SB bets $1, penner4242 calls $1, UTG calls $1, Button folds.

River: ($5) 8♠ (3 players)
SB checks, penner4242 bets $4, UTG raises to $15, SB folds, penner4242 raises to $93.75 (All-In), UTG calls $42.20 (All-In).

penner4242 is returned 36.55 (uncalled).

Final Pot: $123.40

Results below:
penner4242 has Q♥ T♠ (straight, queen high).
UTG has A♠ A♦ (three of a kind, aces).
Outcome: penner4242 wins $123.40.

No preflop raise, no bet with a set on the flop, and only called (didn’t raise) a small bet on the turn with some obvious flush and straight draw possibilities. Significant betting anywhere before the river could have easily gotten rid of me there. Not that I’m complaining.

I think I’ve found a big leak in my game that I have to figure out how to get away from, I just don’t know how to do it. The problem occurs when I’ve got trips (two on the board) and a decent kicker, with no straight or flush possibilities, and someone else has a lower kicker but has hit it and has a full house. I just can’t seem to get away from these hands. It happened twice last night, with AT vs A2 and an A2xAx board, and KQ vs K7 with a KK7xx board. I lost quite a bit of money on both of those hands (but still booked a nice win for the night). I’m just not sure how to get away from these. If there’s a possible straight or flush out, I have a much easier time doing it, but when there’s not, I pretty much turn into a calling (or raising) station. At least I’ve identified the problem.

One other thing: I think I just might be overplaying the hammer. Just a little bit. Check out the preflop raise percentage. (Note: most of the losses below from KQo are from the hand mentioned above, and KJs were from a guy who called way too big a bet with a flush draw, and then hit it. I didn’t pay him off.)

On the other hand, if I always folded it, I’d have lost a lot more than just 0.15 by just posting the blinds. So maybe I’m playing it alright. 🙂

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