online playing.

was a very good day for me on the tables. played a good game only 1 major mistake and ended up having nice profits on all 3 site's.
cake played 2 brief short stacking sessions of .50/$1 for a profit of +29
full tilt played .25/.50 full ring games and after a bad start dropping 30 turned that around to finish the day +37
and a great day on william hill playing the euro 15cent/25 cent descirbed in better detail below finishing with a massive profit (for those stakes) of +226
*All figures updated for the month in the about me section*


ok so today i played a bit of 15/25 cent EURO on william hill, i wanted to play some .25/.50 USD or .5/1 But couldnt get any tables going as day time here is the dead of night in europe. so this euro currency 15.25 cent is equal to .30/50 cent Aus and i think it like roughly would equate to a .40 cent bb in USD. but the quality of play here is very bad, you get some bad beats on this site but it is definatly very exploitable, i was and only play 6 max on will and am experementing with diff strategies of the best way to exploit the fish. i.e playing the normal tag game or playing a more small ball approach keeping the pot small with one pair hands and getting it big with premium hands... i will keep this updated to see how it goes.
but it is normal in these games for 2 players to limp, their is very little aggresion and even when the aggresion comes preflop the players still call with weak cards position seems of little importance this is the same in the .25/50 cent USD games only the arnt AS BAD.
here are a few of the hands that came up today.

Game #7176013873: Hold'em NL (£0.15/£0.25) - 2009/02/07 - 05:39:21 (UK)
Table "Halla" Seat 5 is the button.
Seat 1: samilace (£73.61 in chips)
Seat 2: Nata05122 sits out
Seat 3: Onionhead (£31.98 in chips)
Seat 4: Chr311270 sits out
Seat 5: Johnners (£21.35 in chips)
Seat 6: Spearmin (£58.08 in chips)
Spearmin: posts small blind £0.15
samilace: posts big blind £0.25
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to samilace [Th 9d]
Nata05122 sits back
Onionhead: calls £0.25
Johnners: folds
Spearmin: folds
samilace: checks
----- FLOP ----- [Js Qd 6h]
samilace: checks
Onionhead: bets £1
samilace: calls £1
----- TURN ----- [Js Qd 6h][Kd]
samilace: checks
Onionhead: bets £2
samilace: raises to £4.50
Onionhead: calls £2.50
----- RIVER ----- [Js Qd 6h Kd][8s]
samilace: bets £5
Onionhead: calls £5
----- SHOW DOWN -----
samilace: shows [Th 9d] (A Straight, King high)
Onionhead: mucks hand [8d Jd]
samilace collected £20.57 from Main pot
----- SUMMARY -----
Total pot £21.65 Main pot £20.57 Rake £1.08
Board [Js Qd 6h Kd 8s]
Seat 1: samilace (big blind) showed [Th 9d] and won (£20.57) with A Straight, King high
Seat 3: Onionhead mucked [8d Jd]
Seat 5: Johnners (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Spearmin (small blind) folded before Flop (didn't bet)


my line is here on the river to just bet $5 because i genuinly dont think he is very strong and i want a call here had i known he rivered 2 pair i would have bet closer to $10, but this illustrates my point about the weak games on the turn the king comes and i check raise him he calls with 3rd pair and flush draw i think i could have won a little more off this hand but its done now.




Nata05122: posts big blind £0.25
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to samilace [Js Jd]
Bjor04071: folds
Davsha001: calls £0.25
Johnd1507: folds
Spearmin: folds
samilace: raises to £0.75
Nata05122: calls £0.50
Davsha001: folds
----- FLOP ----- [Qd Jh 6d]
samilace: bets £1.25
Nata05122: calls £1.25
----- TURN ----- [Qd Jh 6d][5s]
samilace: bets £2.75
Nata05122: raises to £5.50
samilace: raises to £12.50
Nata05122: calls £7
----- RIVER ----- [Qd Jh 6d 5s][3d]
samilace: bets £14.90 and is all-in
Nata05122: calls £14.90
----- SHOW DOWN -----
samilace: shows [Js Jd] (Three of a kind, Jacks, Queen high)
Nata05122: shows [5d Jc] (Two Pairs, Jacks and Fives, Queen high)
samilace collected £56.10 from Main pot
----- SUMMARY -----
Total pot £59.05 Main pot £56.10 Rake £2.95
Board [Qd Jh 6d 5s 3d]
Seat 1: samilace (small blind) showed [Js Jd] and won (£56.10) with Three of a kind, Jacks, Queen high
Seat 2: Nata05122 (big blind) showed [5d Jc] and lost with Two Pairs, Jacks and Fives, Queen high
Seat 3: Bjor04071 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Davsha001 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Johnd1507 folded before Flop (didn't bet)


this hand was very early on in the session and helped my build my stack up nice early i have no idea wtf he is thinking at all i guess it just shows the fish in this game calling a raise with j5 flat calling with middle pair on the flop and going broke with 2nd and 4th pair even after the flush comes when i have shown no stop aggresion the whole hand, perhaps i could have re raised a little more on the turn but i wanted to get him to call whilst commiting himself to the river bet regardless of what card comes, may have worked.




#7176013583: Hold'em NL (£0.15/£0.25) - 2009/02/07 - 05:30:54 (UK)
Table "Halla" Seat 5 is the button.
Seat 1: samilace (£52.57 in chips)
Seat 2: Nata05122 (£32.03 in chips)
Seat 3: Onionhead (£19.40 in chips)
Seat 4: Chr311270 sits out
Seat 5: Lawr04041 (£9.60 in chips)
Seat 6: Spearmin (£36.63 in chips)
Spearmin: posts small blind £0.15
samilace: posts big blind £0.25
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to samilace [Ac Qc]
Nata05122: raises to £0.50
Onionhead: calls £0.50
Lawr04041: folds
Spearmin: calls £0.35
samilace: calls £0.25
----- FLOP ----- [7c Ad 8c]
Spearmin: checks
samilace: checks
Nata05122: bets £0.25
Onionhead: calls £0.25
Spearmin: folds
samilace: raises to £1.25
Nata05122: calls £1
Onionhead: calls £1
----- TURN ----- [7c Ad 8c][5c]
samilace: bets £2.25
Nata05122: calls £2.25
Onionhead: calls £2.25
----- RIVER ----- [7c Ad 8c 5c][7h]
samilace: checks
Nata05122: checks
Onionhead: bets £15.40 and is all-in
samilace: calls £15.40
Nata05122: folds
----- SHOW DOWN -----
Onionhead: shows [2d Ah] (Two Pairs, Aces and Sevens, Eight high)
samilace: shows [Ac Qc] (A Flush, Ace high)
samilace collected £41.14 from Main pot
----- SUMMARY -----
Total pot £43.30 Main pot £41.14 Rake £2.16
Board [7c Ad 8c 5c 7h]
Seat 1: samilace (big blind) showed [Ac Qc] and won (£41.14) with A Flush, Ace high
Seat 2: Nata05122 folded on the River
Seat 3: Onionhead showed [2d Ah] and lost with Two Pairs, Aces and Sevens, Eight high
Seat 5: Lawr04041 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Spearmin (small blind) folded on the Flop




this hand demonstrates what i was talking about earlier still experimenting with small ball and tag approach in this game, i decide to just flat call with aq and play a multiway pot vs the lesser players with this small approach im thinking not to raise it up when im a 60% favourite keep the pot small with these hands aggresive but small and then get bigger pots with the bigger edge...a great flop for me decide to check raise to try and get more money in the pot it works. turn comes the flush bet out again probably should have bet closer to $3 these guys just loved calling anyway ....and then on the river the terrible card!! pairing the board.
i decide to check because you know not many worse hands can call a bet here, but they can bet, but apon reflection i guess these guys would probably still call anyway. and checking also induces the bluff. a fullhouse doesnt really make alot of sense for either player here but i guess im used to playing against better tricky oppenants where it would be a possibility.
so guy shoves i snap call, hoping to get nato to call who i put on a hand like aj, a10 maybe even ak but he tank folds.
so dude has a2 and i scoop the pot, what was he thinking i dont know, i think the flop was an easy fold for him, the turn even easier, but hey im not complaining. and i guess in this case checking the river definatly got me more money because i would have probably only bet around $8 this way i got his full 14 or so.

definatly in upcoming blogs as i experiment with these diff approaches to the game i will give updates and examples of how they are both going and which i think is better, obv for decent games a good 6 max game is generally the appropriate strategy but the william hill games seem considerably weaker than say tilt cake or stars.