Monday, June 30, 2014

Going yard

In baseball, going yard means hitting a home run. In poker, the equivalent is going all in and winning the pot. By that definition, I've gone yard 472 times in my cash game no limit hold'em career. The latest time was on hand 52 of Saturday night's session. I was dealt pocket nines, and ended up winning a pot worth $107,066 with a full house, nines full of aces.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 53 hands and saw flop:
 - 8 out of 9 times while in big blind (88%)
 - 5 out of 10 times while in small blind (50%)
 - 23 out of 34 times in other positions (67%)
 - a total of 36 out of 53 (67%)
 Pots won at showdown - 4 of 9 (44%)
 Pots won without showdown - 5

delta: $57,066
cash game no limit hold'em balance: $6,461,750
balance: $9,519,453

Saturday, June 28, 2014

One and done

Last night, I had my 67th one and done session. A one and done session is when you hit the felt and quit without reupping. I'm much more likely to reup after hitting the felt than not; when I don't, it's either too late, or I'm too tired, or both. There's more than one way a one and done session can end; it can end with a whimper, a bang, or anything in between. Last night, it ended with a bang. I was dealt 2c 6c, paired both cards on the flop, went all in on the turn, and lost to a two pair of sevens and deuces. I lost $26,330, just a squeak over half my starting stack, on the hand.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 37 hands and saw flop:
 - 5 out of 5 times while in big blind (100%)
 - 3 out of 5 times while in small blind (60%)
 - 19 out of 27 times in other positions (70%)
 - a total of 27 out of 37 (72%)
 Pots won at showdown - 0 of 5 (0%)
 Pots won without showdown - 2

delta: $-50,000
cash game no limit hold'em balance: $6,404,684
balance: $9,462,387

Friday, June 27, 2014

Tenliness is next to quadliness

It's a funny thing, but sometimes facts just can't convince you to give up your previously held, erroneous beliefs. The facts tell me that my most frequently occurring quads are not quad tens, but I'm sure the facts are lying :-) After all, 3 of my last 5 quads have been quad tens. Last night, I won a monster pot of $127,484 with them on hand 28, and knew it was time to get out of Dodge. A nice ancillary benefit was that I got my cash game no limit hold'em balance back into the blue.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 29 hands and saw flop:
 - 1 out of 4 times while in big blind (25%)
 - 1 out of 2 times while in small blind (50%)
 - 6 out of 23 times in other positions (26%)
 - a total of 8 out of 29 (27%)
 Pots won at showdown - 1 of 2 (50%)
 Pots won without showdown - 2

delta: $76,984
cash game no limit hold'em balance: $6,454,684
balance: $9,512,387


Thursday, June 26, 2014

A short blue distance

I've talked before of my perpetual goal of getting into the blue. One statistic I keep a pretty close eye on is blue distance. That's the number of play dollars you need to add to your balance in order to set a new all time high. The best blue distance value to have is zero, which means you're already in the blue. Here are my last ten cash game no limit hold'em blue distance values:

 59,265  2014-06-13
159,265  2014-06-16
136,510  2014-06-17
216,048  2014-06-18
209,952  2014-06-19
108,812  2014-06-20
146,817  2014-06-21
105,303  2014-06-23
104,159  2014-06-24
  9,228  2014-06-25


I have a strong hunch I'll be back in the blue by the end of the night.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 40 hands and saw flop:
 - 6 out of 7 times while in big blind (85%)
 - 6 out of 7 times while in small blind (85%)
 - 13 out of 26 times in other positions (50%)
 - a total of 25 out of 40 (62%)
 Pots won at showdown - 3 of 6 (50%)
 Pots won without showdown - 2

delta: $94,931
cash game no limit hold'em balance: $6,377,700
balance: $9,435,403

Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Third best Dolly

Last night, I had a lengthy session, but little to show for it at the end. At least I came out slightly ahead. The most memorable hand of the night came relatively early on. On hand 24, I was dealt 2c Tc, and ended up winning a pot worth $52,588 with two pair, tens and deuces. For those in the know poker-wise, any ten deuce hand, suited or otherwise, is known as a Doyle Brunson, in honor of his back to back Word Series of Poker Main Event wins, in each of which his winning hand was a ten deuce. Since Brunson's nickname is Tex Dolly, I decided to see where last night's "Dolly" stacked up. It turns out it was my third best ever; here are the top 10:

$61,894 2d Tc full house Tc Ts Td 2d 2s 2012\0706 hand  27
$26,713 2d Td full house Td Th Tc 2d 2c 2014\0415 hand  30
$25,919 2c Tc two pair   Tc Th 2s 2c Kd 2014\0624 hand  24
$21,240 Th 2h flush      Th 9h 8h 4h 2h 2013\0716\hand 101
$11,190 2h Th full house 2h 2s 2d Qd Qc 2013\0608 hand   1
 $9,000 Tc 2d two pair   Tc Ts 2d 2c Jd 2013\1014 hand  79
 $6,636 Tc 2c flush      Jc Tc 4c 3c 2c 2013\0911 hand  37
 $6,415 Td 2d flush      Jd Td 7d 5d 2d 2013\0613 hand  19
 $4,000 Th 2c full house Th Ts Tc 2h 2c 2012\0517 hand  53
 $3,757 2c Tc two pair   Tc Td 8d 8h As 2012\0705 hand  34


During current Hold'em session you were dealt 108 hands and saw flop:
 - 14 out of 16 times while in big blind (87%)
 - 12 out of 20 times while in small blind (60%)
 - 43 out of 72 times in other positions (59%)
 - a total of 69 out of 108 (63%)
 Pots won at showdown - 3 of 16 (18%)
 Pots won without showdown - 15

delta: $1,144
cash game no limit hold'em balance: $6,282,769
balance: $9,340,472

Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Beware the uberflush, my son

Let me just say, I hate uberflushes. As much as I love flushes, I absolutely hate flushes which beat my flushes. How dare they :-) Last night, I ran into an uberflush on hand 10, and promptly hit the felt. I reupped for the max, and set to grinding. Sixty five hands later, I made it back into the black, and stayed there. There's definitely a lot to be said for grinding.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 100 hands and saw flop:
 - 8 out of 12 times while in big blind (66%)
 - 6 out of 13 times while in small blind (46%)
 - 36 out of 75 times in other positions (48%)
 - a total of 50 out of 100 (50%)
 Pots won at showdown - 4 of 8 (50%)
 Pots won without showdown - 9

delta: $41,514
cash game no limit hold'em balance: $6,281,625
balance: $9,339,328

Monday, June 23, 2014

Donkey shove

On Saturday night, I played like a donkey on the very first hand. I'd been dealt pocket sevens, and hit a set on the flop. I bet big on the flop, bigger on the turn, and biggest on the river. That strategy would have been fine, except for one glaring problem - the river gave the fourth card to a straight. I should just have checked the river, then folded to any big bet. Instead, I made a donkey shove, and was insta-called. I got what I deserved; the caller had the straight. I looked through the archives, and found that I've only ever lost my entire starting stack on the first hand twice. After my donkey shove, I reupped for the max, and settled in for a long night of grinding. I hit the felt for the second time on hand 56. I never made it back to the black, but at least recovered my second lost stack, plus change.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 133 hands and saw flop:
 - 15 out of 19 times while in big blind (78%)
 - 7 out of 19 times while in small blind (36%)
 - 46 out of 95 times in other positions (48%)
 - a total of 68 out of 133 (51%)
 Pots won at showdown - 6 of 21 (28%)
 Pots won without showdown - 12

delta: $-38,005
cash game no limit hold'em balance: $6,240,111
balance: $9,297,814

Saturday, June 21, 2014

The opposite of grinding

Every so often, you find yourself on poker's Easy Street. That's when your decisions are effortless, since you're getting dealt both wonderful hold cards and wonderful fold cards. When you're dealt wonderful hold cards, you hold on to them to the end of the line. When you're dealt wonderful fold cards, you fold them right way. When you're essentially not dealt anything in between, your poker life is really good. That's what happened to me last night. I call such a situation the opposite of grinding. Last night, my average ending balance was a healthy 69K, more than 100K north of the previous night's session. Of course, poker's Easy Street is not something any poker player has any control over. Nevertheless, it's fun when it happens :-)

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 74 hands and saw flop:
 - 9 out of 12 times while in big blind (75%)
 - 8 out of 10 times while in small blind (80%)
 - 27 out of 52 times in other positions (51%)
 - a total of 44 out of 74 (59%)
 Pots won at showdown - 5 of 15 (33%)
 Pots won without showdown - 11

delta: $101,140
cash game no limit hold'em balance: $6,278,116
balance: $9,335,819

Friday, June 20, 2014

Grinding

You're a grinder if you can find a way to win when you've basically been losing the whole night. A simple way to rank how successful your grinding was is to sort your winning sessions in ascending order of average ending balance. The lower your average ending balance, the higher the quality of your grinding. Last night, I hit the top 5:

$-38,302 2014-02-03
$-34,387 2011-12-17
$-32,470 2013-10-21
$-31,588 2014-05-30
$-31,028 2014-06-19


Grinding isn't fun, but it's a necessary skill to have.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 68 hands and saw flop:
 - 8 out of 11 times while in big blind (72%)
 - 5 out of 10 times while in small blind (50%)
 - 30 out of 47 times in other positions (63%)
 - a total of 43 out of 68 (63%)
 Pots won at showdown - 9 of 15 (60%)
 Pots won without showdown - 6

delta: $6,096
cash game no limit hold'em balance: $6,176,976
balance: $9,234,679

Thursday, June 19, 2014

The phantom bankroll

Last night, I stayed much too long at the fair. From an early point in the session, I was underwater for over a hundred straight hands. When I vaulted into the black on hand 112, I should have known enough to quit while I was ahead. Actually, let me rephrase that. I should have had the discipline to quit while I was ahead. I've never had a problem knowing when it's time to quit; it's just that I sometimes have a problem acting on that knowledge :-) This got me to wondering how big my bankroll would be if I never had a problem acting on the knowledge that it was time to quit. I call this the phantom bankroll. It's a simple calculation - I take my high water mark from each session, and add them up. This requires the full hand histories, of course. Here are the numbers:

        648 number of cash game no limit hold'em sessions
 $5,432,297 actual bankroll from those sessions
$18,158,311 phantom bankroll from those sessions

Certainly an eye-opener.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 178 hands and saw flop:
 - 18 out of 23 times while in big blind (78%)
 - 13 out of 24 times while in small blind (54%)
 - 55 out of 131 times in other positions (41%)
 - a total of 86 out of 178 (48%)
 Pots won at showdown - 3 of 22 (13%)
 Pots won without showdown - 19

delta: $-79,538
cash game no limit hold'em balance: $6,170,880
balance: $9,228,583

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Shot from guns

Last night, I had my third best cash game no limit hold'em opening hand delta ever. Here are the top ten:

$95,100 2013-03-03
$59,800 2012-02-06
$57,250 2014-06-17
$44,000 2012-01-10
$42,400 2013-01-01
$39,900 2012-01-11
$28,850 2013-12-23
$22,500 2013-08-20
$22,478 2014-02-05
$21,400 2013-08-11


It's always nice to start off your session "shot from guns" :-) When you hit the ground running, you open up the possibility of running further and faster than you ever have before.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 64 hands and saw flop:
 - 7 out of 9 times while in big blind (77%)
 - 3 out of 8 times while in small blind (37%)
 - 26 out of 47 times in other positions (55%)
 - a total of 36 out of 64 (56%)
 Pots won at showdown - 7 of 10 (70%)
 Pots won without showdown - 2

delta: $22,755
cash game no limit hold'em balance: $6,250,418
balance: $9,308,121

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Pockmarked

Pocket pairs, aka "pocks", are funny things. They're strong holdings, but they don't always hold up. Last night, all three of my pocks bit the dust. They definitely caused my session to be pockmarked :-) All things being equal (which they almost never are), you should be dealt pocks once every 17 hands. With the number of hands I typically play a night, I can expect to get pocks at least 3 times per session. Last night, all three of my pocks were royal, but that didn't help me. Here's the tale of woe:

- on hand 13, I was dealt pocket jacks, and folded to a big river bet on a board of Kh Ts Tc 7s 8s; I lost $2,000 on the hand

- on hand 15, I was dealt pocket queens, and folded to a big river bet on a board of Kd 2d Kh 3s js; I lost $9,000 on the hand

- on hand 65, I was dealt pocket kings, went all in with them on the turn, and lost to a three of a kind, eights, on a board of Jd 8d 8c 5h 4h; I lost $24,825 on the hand, hit the felt, and decided not to reup a second time

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 65 hands and saw flop:
 - 7 out of 8 times while in big blind (87%)
 - 3 out of 7 times while in small blind (42%)
 - 25 out of 50 times in other positions (50%)
 - a total of 35 out of 65 (53%)
 Pots won at showdown - 1 of 5 (20%)
 Pots won without showdown - 4

delta: $-100,000
cash game no limit hold'em balance: $6,227,663
balance: $9,285,366

Monday, June 16, 2014

Flopped flushes sometimes flop

On Friday night, I flopped a flush that flopped, since it ran into a better flopped flush. I lost $62,785 on that one hand. This got me curious about my record in flopped flushes, so I ran the numbers. In 48,434 hands of cash game no limit hold'em, I've flopped a flush 80 times. Of those 80 hands, I've won 63 and lost 17. My aggregate delta in flopped flushes is $340,314. I'm actually a bit surprised that my winning percentage in flopped flushes isn't higher.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 121 hands and saw flop:
 - 11 out of 17 times while in big blind (64%)
 - 11 out of 18 times while in small blind (61%)
 - 47 out of 86 times in other positions (54%)
 - a total of 69 out of 121 (57%)
 Pots won at showdown - 8 of 19 (42%)
 Pots won without showdown - 14

delta: $-23,724
cash game no limit hold'em balance: $6,327,663
balance: $9,385,366

Friday, June 13, 2014

Third best cash game session ever

I've now played over a thousand sessions of cash game poker in my career. Over seven hundred of those have been of the no limit hold'em variety. Last night, I had my third best cash game session ever. What a great way to come out of a slump! Fittingly, the hand that took my stack into the stratosphere was my favorite kind of hand, a flush. It was my best flush ever, with a hand delta of $101,500. It was also my ninth best hand of any type. It came early on, on hand 8. When I was dealt a hammer forty hands later, I knew it was time to quit.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 48 hands and saw flop:
 - 5 out of 7 times while in big blind (71%)
 - 2 out of 6 times while in small blind (33%)
 - 19 out of 35 times in other positions (54%)
 - a total of 26 out of 48 (54%)
 Pots won at showdown - 6 of 10 (60%)
 Pots won without showdown - 2

delta: $153,040
cash game no limit hold'em balance: $6,351,387
balance: $9,409,090

Thursday, June 12, 2014

River love

Last night, the poker gods showed me some river love on the penultimate hand of the session. I felt like I was due :-) I hit a flush on the river, and raked in a pot worth $46,931. Small potatoes by some standards, but very welcome to me, as a great way to end my slump. The reason that pot was as big as it was was because I bet into it every street, sensing the flush that was coming. That kind of betting pattern makes it harder for opponents to put you on a hand, so it's more likely you'll get called at the end, when you're making your biggest bet of the hand. I liken this to a surfer sensing the best wave before it actually shows itself; you have to take it on faith in the early going.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 75 hands and saw flop:
 - 10 out of 10 times while in big blind (100%)
 - 7 out of 11 times while in small blind (63%)
 - 25 out of 54 times in other positions (46%)
 - a total of 42 out of 75 (56%)
 Pots won at showdown - 5 of 8 (62%)
 Pots won without showdown - 6

delta: $37,088
cash game no limit hold'em balance: $6,198,347
balance: $9,256,050

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

House falls on man

By my count, this is the third time I've used this blog post title. It's no less apt now than in the first two instances. Last night, on hand 23, my stack took a massive hit. I'd made a flush on the turn, but lost to a full house which was made on the river. For some reason, my opponent didn't put me all in on the river; I have no idea why not. If he had, I would have hit the felt. I was a 77.27% favorite after the turn, but it wasn't meant to be. Even though I'm mired in a slump, I know I'm not playing that badly. It's hard to say when the slump will end, though.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 53 hands and saw flop:
 - 7 out of 7 times while in big blind (100%)
 - 5 out of 7 times while in small blind (71%)
 - 24 out of 39 times in other positions (61%)
 - a total of 36 out of 53 (67%)
 Pots won at showdown - 3 of 10 (30%)
 Pots won without showdown - 7

delta: $-35,738
cash game no limit hold'em balance: $6,161,259
balance: $9,218,962

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Triple pox

Last night, my session was undone when I ran into a cooler at the end. I call the situation I found myself in "triple pocks", which sounds like "triple pox" for good reason. I'll use the two phrases interchangeably.  "Triple pox" is when three of the players at the table have all been dealt a pocket pair. You want to avoid "triple pox" like the plague, since you're likely to be in a coin flip situation at best, and drawing seriously thin at worst. The trouble is, you'll never know you're in "triple pox" until it's much too late to do anything about it. Very often, one of the three players will go all in preflop, and the other two are almost certain to call. Last night, on the hand in question, I'd been dealt pocket jacks. One of my opponents had been dealt pocket queens, and another had been dealt pocket aces. What really did me in was that the opponent who'd been dealt rockets had been betting way too frequently, and I figured he had a whole lot of nothing. I was a 14.69% dog, the player with pocket queens was a 17.51% dog, and the player with the rockets was a 67.36% favorite. The rockets held up. I got curious about how often "triple pox" situations arise, so I wrote a utility to do the tabulation on my historical data. In 24,110 hands, "triple pox" has come up a mere 26 times.

I recognize that I'm in another poker slump, and hope to break out of it tonight.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 139 hands and saw flop:
 - 16 out of 18 times while in big blind (88%)
 - 11 out of 18 times while in small blind (61%)
 - 62 out of 103 times in other positions (60%)
 - a total of 89 out of 139 (64%)
 Pots won at showdown - 8 of 18 (44%)
 Pots won without showdown - 15

delta: $-50,000
cash game no limit hold'em balance: $6,196,997
balance: $9,254,700

Monday, June 9, 2014

Polarized

On Saturday night, I hit the felt when I called a polarizing bet an opponent made on the river. A polarizing bet is one which indicates that the bettor either has nothing, or has the nuts. There's nothing in between. In such cases, you have to rely primarily on your gut to tell you whether to fold or call. What made my decision harder was the fact that I'd hit a straight on the turn. The river card paired the turn card, putting full houses into play, but I just didn't believe my opponent had one. I was wrong. C'est la vie!

In other news, over the weekend I wrote the utility to figure out just how lonely the loneliest pot of my career was. My guesstimate was way off. I'd figured the loneliest it could be was about twenty lost hands in either direction, but the actual number turned out to be thirty.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 105 hands and saw flop:
 - 11 out of 13 times while in big blind (84%)
 - 8 out of 14 times while in small blind (57%)
 - 44 out of 78 times in other positions (56%)
 - a total of 63 out of 105 (60%)
 Pots won at showdown - 8 of 17 (47%)
 Pots won without showdown - 7

delta: $-39,931
cash game no limit hold'em balance: $6,246,997
balance: $9,304,700

Saturday, June 7, 2014

36 million play dollars lost

Last night I reached another milestone, with a flourish. On the "strength" of losing 100,000 play dollars on the night, the total amount of money I've lost in my poker career topped the 36 million play dollars mark. As I've said before, you can't win a lot of money without losing a lot of money on the way. I'm actually pretty proud of all the money I've lost :-)

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 122 hands and saw flop:
 - 15 out of 18 times while in big blind (83%)
 - 10 out of 18 times while in small blind (55%)
 - 49 out of 86 times in other positions (56%)
 - a total of 74 out of 122 (60%)
 Pots won at showdown - 5 of 17 (29%)
 Pots won without showdown - 9

delta: $-100,000
cash game no limit hold'em balance: $6,286,928
balance: $9,344,631

Friday, June 6, 2014

The power of pocket pairs

Everyone knows that pocket pairs are extremely powerful when you're heads up. The fact is, they can be very powerful even when more players are at the table. Last night, I admittedly got very lucky late very late in the session. On hand 65, I was dealt pocket sixes in the big blind, and ended up going all in preflop with them. Another player raised all in after me, and got called. My sixes were up against a pair of tens and a pair of queens, so I was a 15.82% dog. However, I flopped a set, and ended up winning the main pot, which was worth $147,340. The pair of queens won a side pot worth $119,422. The reason I went all in was that the player who had the tens, and who had opened the preflop betting by raising to $10,000, had been playing very loosely, going all in far too often, and I figured he had "squadoosh" (to use a Norman Chad term). I should have folded after the pair of queens (who was in the small blind) called, and would have had I been disciplined enough, but I was "feeling it", as they say :-)

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 66 hands and saw flop:
 - 7 out of 9 times while in big blind (77%)
 - 5 out of 10 times while in small blind (50%)
 - 20 out of 47 times in other positions (42%)
 - a total of 32 out of 66 (48%)
 Pots won at showdown - 3 of 5 (60%)
 Pots won without showdown - 7

delta: $97,090
cash game no limit hold'em balance: $6,386,928
balance: $9,444,631

Thursday, June 5, 2014

The loneliest pot

Last night, I only won one pot. It happened early on, on hand 2. I got curious about how I've fared in sessions like that, so I ran the numbers. In 704 sessions of cash game no limit hold'em poker, I've won a single pot 21 times. 19 of those were winning sessions. Here are details of the two losing ones:

date        hands pots_won_at_showdown pots_won_without_showdown   delta
2014-06-04     29                    0                         1  -50000
2013-01-08     20                    1                         0  -40000


This made me wonder what would qualify as the loneliest pot of my career. I decided it would have to be the won pot with the most adjacent losing hands on either side of it, where counting stops when either side runs into a won pot. For instance, a won pot preceded by 1 losing hand and followed by 50 losing hands would be considered less lonely than a won pot preceded by 2 losing hands and followed by 2 losing hands, since the nearest won pot in the first case is only 2 hands away but in the second case is 3 hands away. It's virtually certain that my won pot of last night's session isn't my loneliest pot, since it happened on hand 2, very close to a prior won pot from the session before. At some point, I'll write a program to determine the "winner" :-) My guess is that my loneliest pot will be about 20 hands away from its nearest neighbor.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 29 hands and saw flop:
 - 2 out of 3 times while in big blind (66%)
 - 1 out of 4 times while in small blind (25%)
 - 8 out of 22 times in other positions (36%)
 - a total of 11 out of 29 (37%)
 Pots won at showdown - 0 of 3 (0%)
 Pots won without showdown - 1

delta: $-50,000
cash game no limit hold'em balance: $6,289,838
balance: $9,347,541

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Double rarity

Last night, I achieved a double rarity - I was never underwater, and my showdown percentage was perfect. Let me delve into the archives to see if that's ever happened before ... As it turns out, I've accomplished this feat 10 times in my cash game no limit hold'em career. Not too shabby!

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 21 hands and saw flop:
 - 3 out of 3 times while in big blind (100%)
 - 1 out of 3 times while in small blind (33%)
 - 6 out of 15 times in other positions (40%)
 - a total of 10 out of 21 (47%)
 Pots won at showdown - 3 of 3 (100%)
 Pots won without showdown - 2

delta: $44,542
cash game no limit hold'em balance: $6,339,838
balance: $9,397,541

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

The contra bar chart

Last night, the bar chart of my stack size over the course of the session was the exact opposite of what I wanted it to be. Although I was above water most of the night, I went underwater very late in the session, and hit the felt when my flopped stealth two pair ran up against a flopped flush. Just for fun, I calculated the above water percentage of all my losing sessions; last night's came in the third highest on the list (81.7%). The reflection of the bar chart on the x-axis would have made a much prettier picture.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 131 hands and saw flop:
 - 27 out of 34 times while in big blind (79%)
 - 18 out of 33 times while in small blind (54%)
 - 36 out of 64 times in other positions (56%)
 - a total of 81 out of 131 (61%)
 Pots won at showdown - 12 of 26 (46%)
 Pots won without showdown - 22

delta: $-51,000
cash game no limit hold'em balance: $6,295,296
balance: $9,352,999


Monday, June 2, 2014

Top five one pair

If there's anything I like better than making a top ten list, it's making a top five list. That air is even more rarefied. On Friday night, my penultimate hand of the session made it into the top five of my one pair hands, based on hand delta. Since I've had 11,613 such hands, last night's hand made it into the top 5 percent of the top 1 percent. Here are my top five one pair hands:

105238 Kh Ks one pair Kh Ks Jh Ts 9d 2014\0429 hand 78
 99550 Ad As one pair Ad As Kh Qc 8h 2013\0608 hand 37
 84967 Qh Qd one pair Qh Qd Js Ts 8h 2013\1122 hand 41
 77626 Ac As one pair Ac As 9c 8d 4c 2012\1218 hand 30
 73250 Jd Ad one pair Ad Ac Kd Qs Jd 2014\0530 hand 49


As you can see, it was also my top one pair hand where I hadn't been dealt a pocket pair.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 50 hands and saw flop:
 - 7 out of 12 times while in big blind (58%)
 - 3 out of 9 times while in small blind (33%)
 - 13 out of 29 times in other positions (44%)
 - a total of 23 out of 50 (46%)
 Pots won at showdown - 3 of 5 (60%)
 Pots won without showdown - 8

delta: $30,914
cash game no limit hold'em balance: $6,346,296
balance: $9,403,999