$2k!

Played again last night for 2-1/2 hours and won another $600. God damn this has been a good start to the week --> $650, $400, $550 & $600. My previous week high was $1850, admittedly at 1/2, so I knew it would be eclipsed sooner rather than later but its still nice to do it so soon. I never got to $2k in a week at 1/2 so my big aim is to try and get to $4k in one week at 2/4. I would love to do it this week but I just dont think I have the time. Sat. I have a lot of chores to complete and Sun. I have my housewarming and will be tied up all day. So instead I'll set a more realistic goal of making it to $3k and quietly hope for $4k, hehe.

Once again I am having trouble remembering any highlights...I won a lot of medium pots...I won a nice pot w/AA...

I limped UTG w/44 and I think the CO raised it to$16 and the SB called as did I. Flop came 479 (2 spades - always seems to be spades!) and SB checked as did I and CO bet $27, SB called and I decided I was either going to take the pot there or charge them a lot so I raised it up to $100. Both folded. Yes I could've raised less but I was quitting anyway and I didnt want to get outdrawn so decided to just take it down. Bad decision? Probably, but I am cool with it.

Cant remember anything else...guess I better start taking notes... Lets hit the $3k+ mark for the week!!!

Another day another dollar

I am trying to remeber what went down last night but cant seem to recall any spotlights...

Well anyway I played for about 2-1/2hrs and won $550. Puts my total for the 3 days this week at $1600 - pretty damn cool.

Aaahhh...I just remembered my last winning hand.

I am UTG+1 and limp w/33, about 4 of us see the flop.

Flop is AK3 (2 spades)

UTG leads out with $9, I raise $9, he reraises $9, I rereraise $9 (why only $9? Its a way a weak player trys to keep the strength in the hand and I was trying to represent being that player), UTG called.

Turn was an 8d, UTG bet $11 and I raised to $60, UTG called.

River was a 9h, UTG paused and went all-in for $175, I cringed and hoped he hadnt done the ole limp UTG w/AA/KK trick and called. UTG had AK for top two pair -- SWEET!

Another hand I limper UTG w/AJh, about 4 of us see a flop.

Flop Q9T (2 clubs)

I lead out w/$12 and get 2 callers, MP and CO.

Turn was a xh, goving me flush and open ended straight draw (LOTS of outs). So I lead out again $25 into a $50 pot, only MP called. If both had called my pot odds would've been perfect.

River was a Q non heart and I check folded. Did I control the amount bet by leading out or would it have been cheaper to check call?

Just cant recall any other hands...

Tonight is the season 5 premier of Smallville, yes I am a fan, and this season looks to be a doozy...cant wait.

Spreading the word

I have been religiously spreading the word of how lucrative poker can be to draw others into the fold. Perhaps they too can enjoy the success I am.

Played last night for about 2 hours and booked a $380 profit. Considering the cards fell squarely against me early putting me as low as $250 down I am veyr happy with the end result.

LP raised to $8, CO called as did I in the BB w/TT. Flop came JTx (2 spades). I checked and LP bet $8 CO folded and I decided the board was too draw heavy to play this too slow so raised it to $30, LP raised me back and I pushed, LP called. LP had JJ. Luckily LP was a SS and I only lost about $100...whew!

UTG bet $16 and I called w/8s8d from MP. Flop came 456 (2 spades), UTG bet $32 and I decided to test him and raised him another $32. UTG thought for a while then pushed $300+ and I folded. UTG asked me "TT/JJ?" And I replied "AKs?" UTG said "AQs, good read". Do you think my fold is good if that is the hand I put him on? In the long run I would make a small profit calling but I decided to let him have it - I prefer getting my stack in the middle when I have a huge hand or I am the aggressor. Right or wrong that is me (at least for now).

Anyway, $1k in 2 days, dont mind if I do. I will aim for a $2k+ week.

A big change in potential profit

So moving up to 2/4 doubles the chances of both profit and loss and yet when I am winning double the amount as 1/2 it just seems like a LOT of cash. Played for about 3 hours last night and won $675. That amount represents a good night and yet I was thinking "thats $675!!...for 3 hrs work!!". All I can say is its a lot of money and I am very lucky to be successful at this game and I hope it continues for a long time to come.

Had 44 OTB everyone folded to me so I raised to $12 and the SB called. Flop came Ax4 all diamonds. Sb checked and I bet $15. Turn was a non-diamond J and SB checked and I bet $35, Sb raised me $35 (he had $50 left) and I called. Turn was an x and SB lead out with a $4 bet which basically told me he didnt have the flush so I made it $50 and he called w/AsJd.

UTG limped, UTG+1 raised to $12, MP called and I reraised to $50 w/JJ, UTG pushed for $200 more, UTG+1 & MP folded as did I. Good or bad fold? I have seen AA/KK limped UTG so many times I decided to not donate $200 to it. Admittedly it isnt always AA/KK but until I know the opponents style I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.

The majority of the time my missed continuation bets were folded to - this is always a big help in making the night profitable.

Tonight I am going to a friends, so depending when I get home I may have time for one session before sleepy time...

Not much online poker

Was busy with friends and parties for a big chunk of last week so didnt get to play much. Ended up winning another $75 overall more than my previous post on Sunday. I had won $200ish teaching a friend Tim play but then went I got home I lost $200 with AK, $32 invested PF and the board came A24, my opponents held AA and 35o...think about it.

We had a poker party (that happened to coincide with my 31st b'day) at Tim and Leigh's house -- Thank you again guys, the party was SWEEEEEEEEET!! -- The main event was a $30 buy-in and we had 18 players. The blind structure was long enough that you could be patient for about 4 rounds until you had to start getting jiggy. Half the people there were real novices and I just sat back early and watched the hilarity and bad beats ensue. I didnt do much of anything until I got to the final table before opening up. Any strong hand I was pretty much pushing with and the reason I ended up winning the whole shebang was because I held up on 3 all-ins that were coin flips. The 2nd place guy was a great sport and winning was a very nice b'day gift --> 1st price $240.

This week is going to busy again and I have my house warming party this weekend, so there probably wont be too much poker going on. I hope the 2/4 success continues...

First week at 2/4

So I have played 3 nights so far this week. Monday +300, Tuesday day off, Weds. -200, Thursday home sick +1350.

I have fully come to grips with 2/4 and found it to be very similar to 1/2 in its opponents and style. The only difference is obvious --> the money. It has been exciting to me to play for higher amounts and its fun now betting in the hundreds, whereas before that would basically be the amount putting you all-in. Yesterdays profits was very cool and scary at the same time. It was scary because it all happened so easy and definitely made me think why do I need a day job when I could be doing this? I definitely am not quitting my day job this yr or next year but it was scary just that I thought that. I played 6 quick sessions yesterday of about 1-1.5hrs long and only one of them was a loser (-$10). And I must say it wasnt an usually good day as I lost plenty of pots and lost one full buy-in when I majorly overplayed QQ vs JJ that tripped. Amazingly I have already earnt 1/7th of my bodog points required to clear my $3k bonus ($430). I am not positive yet but I think at 2/4 I earn the points quicker as the rake is on avg. higher than at 1/2 - makes sense.

With the potential to be making a lot more money and the level being new to me I have a desire to play a lot more and yet at the same time I get bored playing it too often. That might be a good balance right there....

1st night of 2/4

An interesting night of 2/4 filled with some interesting hands and interesting folds and a one in a million lucky break for me.

Question what do you do when you are the PF aggressor with TP say AA/KK and the flop comes
QT3 (2 to a suit) when you bet 3/4 pot and are min. raised? This play had me in a quandary. It could represent so many different hands and probably is representative of a hand that has you beat somewhere between 50-75% of the time. But how do you find out without costing you half your chips or all of them? Think about it...it could be AQ testing whether you have AK or a medium PP. It could be KJ also testing you. It could be a flush draw or even a straight and flush draw. It could be 2 pair or trips testing whether you have a overpair and hoping you get jiggy with it. It could be a total bluff and testing you. What the hell do we do to find out? Is it something we should bring into our game and use against others when we dont have the hand to beat an overpair but no they will fold to heat? I hate getting min. raised and I still yet undecided on how to play aginst it when I have an overpair. Advice would be appreciated.

I had the above situation happen to me...I had AA UTG and bet $16, UTG+1 and CO called. Flop was QT3 (2 to a suit) and I bet $35, UTG+1 min. raised and CO folded. I decided to min. raise back, UTG+1 called. In all honesty my min. raise tells me nothing, its a useless bet. Turn was anothing card and I had to decide whether I felt I was ahead or not...I decided I was ahead and pushed. Just as I pushed the poker site went crazy and all 3 of my tables were paused and no action could take place but my time clock continued to wind down...WTF?! Would my bet be counted, would I be forced to fold, would it be a forced check down??? After a minute the tables came back online and my AA bet was not counted and it was a forced check down to the river. As it turned out UTG+1 had QT and I would've lost my buy-in!!! How fucking luck was I?!?! That crash saved me $270 - whew! I hate min. raises and they are a very powerful weapon whether bluffing, semi-bluffing or with the goods.

I won a nice pot against an opponents poorly played hand. MP bet $8 and I called w/AJs as did BB. Flop was AJ4, BB checked and MP bet $7. I figured MP either had an Ace or a J and I was hoping he had an Ace with a strong kicker so I placed a bet that looks like it wants the pot right then and there and raised to $21, BB folded and MP called. Turn was a 9 and MP checked and I bet $60, MP called. River was a 7 and MP checked and I bet $125, MP called w/AQ.

I played for about 2.5hrs last night and ended $300 up thanks to the sites crashing, hehe. Either way its $300 more in my account and just the start I needed at 2/4. I feel more confident betting the amounts I do and can see that my usual game should still work at this level. Couple of times I bet $20 PF w/AQ and continued it on a missed flop with a $40 bet and was min. raised and forced to fold. That happened twice and is an easy way to lose $120...thats the kind of numbers I have to get used to.

I look forward to playing again tonight.

$20K

Several things happened in my poker world last week. First I was losing a lot midweek and by Friday was down $450. I decided over Sat. and Sun. I was going to devote the days to working it back. By Sunday evening I was $600 up and I must say very happy. Not only did I turn around my losing week but it meant I hit the magical $20k mark. My current BR is $20,100. Thus as of tonight I will testing myself at the $2/4 NL level - scary and exciting at the same time. Last time I tried it I got screwed over multiple times and really had my ass handed to me. This humbling time helped me refine and define my playing style and I feel a lot better with it and its strengths, yielding consistent results week in and week out. Now of course the real test is to try it out at the new level. Its going to take me some time getting my head around betting double the amount and not being worried about losing what I bet when semi bluffing. If I stick to my plan nothing much can go wrong (besides suckouts and bad beats!!).

A couple of hands I recall from the weekend...

I had AJs and limped in a friendly pot, flop QT9 two of my suit giving me the straight and flush draw. MP bet $6, I raised to $12, button called and MP pushed for another $67 (button also had $67 left). This defined MP's hand for me, I put him on either KJ or trips. I didnt care, I was calling it and hoping button did too to give me even better pot odds...button called. Turn was a low spade and river paired the T. MP had KJ, button had Q9 and I had the flush. MP went on standard whine mode...was a nice $150 profit pot for me.

Last night in my final session I had AKc on the button and raised two limpers to $12, BB and one limper called. Flop was 866 two clubs. BB lead out for $8 (limper folded) and I raised to $30, BB called. Turn was a low club and BB bet $45...at this point I truly hoped BB didnt have a boat because I was going the whole way with the hand now, so assuming he didnt how best to play it... I paused for quite a while trying to give off that I had AA with the Ace of clubs and eventually called. River was a nothing card and BB bet the exact amount I had left $107.50, a bet designed to look suspect in its cockiness (ie trying to come across as a bluff IMO) and I insta-called. What did BB have?? Q4c. Serves the bastard right for calling $12 with that shite!

I will repeat though I HATE FLUSHES!!! I lost many many pots to them and I just hate them in general as this is the one hand fishes love to chase and 1 in 3 catch. On Sunday I had trips on the flop 4 times, 2 times I had zero action and the two others I had to fold, one to an obvious flush catch and one to a four ard flush board. Trips are your moneymakers, so I hate to catch four of them and lose money on it! I also saw last night the same person get Quads twice in a row, big payoff on first one (9's) and smallish on the second (T's) - very nice.

Also won a couple of big pots when opponents tried to represent the hand I had when they had junk - I love when that happens!

Thats about it...now I really hope I can just get off to a good solid winning week at the new level...

Trips go down

As the titles suggests I got the money making hands but they ended up losing and losing big.

First one I raised a limper to $10 w/AA and he was sole caller. Flop came AQJ, he checked and I bet $15, called. Turn was an 8, he checked and I bet $40, he pushed, I called. River a T, he had 9Th for the winner.

Second one I had 88 in a 4 way limped pot. Flop comes 8QA (2 spades). One of the blinds (donkey) overbet $20 and I raised it to $40 and he to $60, I called so he could lead out on the turn and I could jam. Turn was an A and I just knew I was now toast but even though I felt it he was such the donkey I couldnt drop it. He bet $50, I called, river wasnt an 8 he put me in. he had AQ. Look at his play from the beginning, he limped w/ a strong hand then hit huge and didnt go for a check raise but instead doubled the pot to win a massive $10...well played genius.

I also had some bizzaro hands played against me. I had AA in the BB and raised one UTG limper to $10. Flop was all low, I bet $15, he called. Turn was low again and he had $70 left...I was going all the way with this hand but I wanted him to make a play for it, so I checked and he bet $35 and I pushed, he called. He had 25o which had two paired on the turn. River paired a board jack so I ended up with a better 2 pair. Jesus!

Another hand I had AQs and raised a couple of limpers to $12, one called. Flop was low and missed me and after he checked I bet $15, he called. Turn was low, he checked as did I. RIver missed me again and he bet out pot $50, easy fold for me. He showed 35o for a made straight on the turn. Wow!

So I lost $310 -- fuckers.

Another day

Decided to play in the X-pack last night which would be my first time back in about 6 months. Its an invitation only small tourney fill of mostly DBPOKER members. Considering I practically never play tournament style I was very happy to walk away with 2nd prize out of a field of 29. To get there I bluffed once with a river push after calling small bets on the flop and turn - I had air. Twice I hit my flush with overcards and a flush draw.

While that was going on I was also 3 tabling at the cash tables and getting outdrawn. My worst was losing AA vs KK for $120 of my money. I was down a lot at one point and made some small comebacks and then this hand. Couple of limpers and I raise to $12 w/JJ and an EP limper reraises to $22, I call. Flop is JTx. EP bets $20 which seems a rather paltry bet so I am not going to slowplay it and test raise him another $20 (at least that was what I was trying to represent), he then raised me another $20 (retesting me?), I call. Now I am ready to slowplay looking to jam his turn bet. Turn is low and he jams for $140 and I call with the nuts. River is an Ace and I hope he doesnt have AA --> he has AQs!! The question is what would've I done if he had played it the same way but I hadnt tripped on the flop? I quit after that hand $50 up on the cash tables and another $50 profit from the tourney...not too shabby afterall.

Little bit closer

Won $130 last night, winning a bit here and a bit there. I actually got a lot of strong hands last night but very little playback. I also hit trips 4 times but once again no playback. I won a nice pot where I limped w/T9s and MP raised to $6 which I was sole caller. Flop was 478 and I checked and MP bet $5 which I raised to $10 trying a small semi-bluff figuring he may just have overcards giving me 10 live outs. Mp called. Turn was a J and I had my straight so I bet 1/2 pot $15 which MP then raised to $40 or $45 and I paused for effect and then pushed (he only had about $30 or $40 left. He ended up having pocket 8's but didnt boat on the river. I made about $100 on that hand. I dont recall if it was last night or the night before but everyone folded to the button who made it $6 and the SB called as did I in the BB w/66. Flop was J6x and we checked to the button who bet $8. I decided to raise hoping the button had a strong jack at least and I was going to represent I had a Jack and wanted him to fold so I raised it to $24. Button paused then raised me another $40. I figured he was committing himself to the hand so I pushed and he may have had about $60 left which he called with -- he had KK and no King came. I am glad we got it all-in on the flop as the turn was a jack and that would've probably scared him off, not to mention the river was an Ace. I was just hoping he didnt have AJ!

Only $400 to go till I hit $20k!!!!!! If I can be similarily successful at $2/4 as I am at $1/2 there is no reason I cannot make $30k in my first yr. WOW, who would've thought?

BR Week 34

Profit for the week $775, BR week 34: $19,500.

When I hit $20k I am moving up to $2/4 -- wish me luck.

No fun

The cards have been terrible to me for the last two sessions. Last night epitomized it. Everytime I got a strong PF hand I got totally screwed on the flop - literally. The one time my low pp hit in my last two sessions we get all-in on the turn and the other guy hits a higher trip on the river. The last two sessions have cost me $500 and there wasnt jack shit I could do about it. Just having one of those weeks where the boards are not favourable. Fortunately I am still up $80 and as long as I keep out of the red I wont bitch for too long.

My "B" game

I played a little loose last night and got jiggy with some marginal hands and got outplayed early.
I thought I was down a ton in the first 30mins of playing (like $250) but I cant have been, so I'll guess I was down somewhere between $150-$200. I lost $50 early with AQs when I was the aggressor PF and a limper called me and then on my continuation bet of $20 on a 8s9d9s flop he min. raised me which I called and check folded to his $50 turn bet. I also lost $40 from the BB w/J7o when the flop came J58 and I led out $2 and was min. raised. Turn was a 6 so I now had TPSD so lead out with $6 and was again min. raised. River was an Ace and I checked and he bet $20 and I thought about this one for a long time and called because I had seen so many donkey plays up to this point that I figured it was even money my hand was the best - he had J8. As seems to be the case with me when I start losing I start opening up my PF hand selections and thus limped w/5c7c. Flop came A46, blind bet $6, UTG min. raised and I called (normally I will fold - I dont like chasing) because I simply wanted to hit. Turn missed me and I called UTG's $24 bet, river was an Ace and he bet $24 again, I suspect the river gave him a boat.

At my high losing point I was looking for any reason to quit thinking I would play just a little longer. My 3 highlight hands of the night came soon after.

UTG raises to $6 and I call w/QdJd along with one other. Flop is AKT 2 hearts, they both check and I bet $10 and UTG min. raises me. I decide to let him be the aggressor with the nuts and hopefully milk him bad. Turn is a Q which I obviously hate to see and he checks. I am not going to give any free cards though so I bet $40 which he calls. I suspect UTG has trips at this point and hope for a safe river. River is a low non heart card and he checks again with $57 left, I decide to put him in and he calls - he had AA for trips. Profit $125.

UTG min. raises to $4 and I raise him to $12 from EP, SB & UTG call. Flop is 5d5c9c and they both check to me and I bet $30 to take it down now. SB folds and UTG raises me to $90 and I decide to push in (UTG and I had about the same money $230). Now at this point in hindsight I think I played this hand badly. I certainly didnt suspect he had a boat at this point but he could very easily have had AA/KK - his play certainly mimicked it. He called my all-in and had one of the few hands I was ahead at this point to but still a slight dog to, KcQc. The final two cards missed him and I took a big pot. Profit $240.

EP raised to $10 and I called from MP w/KK (EP had $83 at start of hand) and I was wanting him to be the aggressor so I could go for his entire chip stack. Flop was 48J and he bet $12 which I called. Turn was one of the cards I didnt want to see - an Ace - he bet $24 which I called. River was a T putting 3 spades out there and he checked. Once again I made a marginal decision and decided to put in enough so he had to go all-in to call (an additional $37). The question is what hand will call that bet? Two reasons I did it, though I dont know how good of value those reasons were. (1.) I was willing to risk $83 from the getgo so when he checked the river it gave me some confidence, so I felt like risking the final bet (2.) I dont respect shortstacks at all and know they play marginal hands and will call with marginal hands. EP ended up calling and had QQ, one of the few hands he mght have that I actually beat. Profit $83.

I quit soon after that last pot and somehow made a total profit of $270 for 1hr's play. Considering I was down a lot very quickly and not playing the best poker I was very, very happy to come back and be so far ahead. That win puts me $200 up for the week.

My ex came over last night to see my condo and met my new roomie and we hung out for a while. We had a good time and I am finding it easier to get along with her the more time goes by. I even offered the possibility up of her coming to my housewarming...we'll see about that one.

BR week 33 and Labor Day Weekend

Didnt do very well at poker this past week but did post a profit. I made about $300 playing poker and finally cleared my $1k reload bonus from Bodog. it took me a month to clear it and was weel worth. So both totals put my BR to about $18,700. Monday wasnt a good start to the week though and I lost $65 over the course of a few sessions. Basically the whole 3 day weekend the cards didnt fall favourably for me. One session kind of summed it up how the weekend went for me --> I got AA four times within an hr, 3 times no one called my PF raise and the other one was called by one who hit his set on the flop. BUT I did make $300 and lets not forget that bonus baby!!

So I will stay away from Bodog for a couple of weeks and will clear a bonus on Pokerstars and Party Poker for now. I am thinking when I go back to Bodog I will reload for $12k and spend 2 months getting the points required to clear a $2k bonus!! Must try and get as much bonus money from them before they yank the carpet from out under me. It is seriously just too sweet.

Only need to make about $1400 more dollars before I am going to take the challenge and move up to $2/4 NL. I failed miserably the last time I attempted but I do look forward to tackling it again and with a bigger BR cushion hopefully the increased betting amounts wont faze me.

Had a good weekend - went to the old roomies housewarming, went to a pub to watch a Bulldogs game (they kicked ass), carried on drinking afterwards at a friends, and saw a comedy show featuring Bob Marley (very funny). The girl I just started dating I have decided already is a bust - she is a total downer and my patience could only last so long with her. I'll have to let her know sometime this week, today probably.

I am getting a whole bunch of tickets to different events...hmmm, who am I going to take?

I hope the poker results are back to their usual positive returns this week. BRING IT ON!!

5 mins. of pain

I called my friend and left a message for him to come and help and had no idea how long he would be so I sat down to play poker. Played for 5 minutes before he called and lost two hands costing me $100. Hand 1 I had 2 pair and lost to flopped trips, hand 2 I had TT and lost to QQ. Thats the way life goes - damn if he had only answered the phone! LOL.

So last night we finally put my bedframe together, put my mirror on my dresser, put together my dining room table and put together my bookcase. I have 6 table chairs I need to put together also and have done one so far. The condo is starting to look like a home now and a nice one at that.

Have a busy weekend ahead of me --> tonight have a housewarming with my old roomie and his fiance. Tomorrow am going to a pub with my roomie and her friends and Alex to watch a Bulldog football game and drink in the afternoon. Sat. night Alex and I will continue to drink with whoever else shows up and Sarah a new girl I have met is coming over to join me. Sunday night Sarah and I are going to a comedy show. In between all this I need to play poker, go to the gym, go shopping and work on my condo. Sarah is staying Sat. and Sun. night so I need to take care of her too.

Now I am hungry...I need some breakfast!

Teaching my roomie the ropes

After going out to dinner with my ex and her friend, we all went to IKEA and I bought my dining room table and chairs and a bookcase, I got home around 8ish.

Around 8:45 I sit down to play an hr of poker and my roomie comes into my room with a magazine and plunks down on my bed. I tell her she isnt going to learn poker sitting there so she goes grabs a chair and we settle in for me to begin her initial learning session. I typically think "trying to teach someone means I will lose big time". Thankfully that wasnt the case and I ended up booking a $285 win for only an hr's play!

One hand I had AJ and limped into a 6 way pot from LP. Flop was 347 (2 diamonds) and everyone checks. Turn is a Js and I bet $8, CO sole caller. River is another 7 and there are no flushes. At this point I was debating what to bet as I felt my opponent didnt have much so I went weakish and bet $12 hoping for a call, instead the CO raised me to $60!! Now I had to think...did he have a set of 7's? He wouldnt check the flop in last position w/top pair. He doesnt have a flush. He could have a straight but that would be a very funky way to play it - but possible. Did he slowplay a set on the flop...doubtful, he would've raised me on the turn. Much more likely he has something like KJ and smelt weakness. Ultimately I was trying to represent weakness on the river bet, he smelt it and decided to steal. But people if you are going to steal, bet the amount that you would if you do have the best hand, in this case I say a $36 bet looks good. His huge raise screamed to me that he didnt have much and was trying to force me off the hand. I did not believe he had slowplayed a monster or caught river trip sevens and was certainly willing to pay if he had. So as I said to my roomie at the time "I dont believe him" and called. CO had A3o!

I won an AQs hand that I raised to $10 PF with one blind calling. Flop was all low 2 hearts and the blind made a weakish bet of about $9 which I raised to $30, he called. Turn was an A and he checked. At this point that Ace could get me in trouble if he has trips so I decided to not overplay the turn and bet the small amount of $25. The blind thought for a long time and eventually folded. I have to assume he had a middle pair 99-QQ.

Another hand I had AA from LP and raised a couple of limpers to $15 and got 4 callers! Flop was 3s4sJd and two checked to me and I bet $40 and the button was the sole caller. Turn was not a spade nor scary and I honestly felt he hadnt tripped up and was willing to put my money where my thoughts were and pushed in, button folded. Why did I feel he hadnt tripped up? For one he was the first caller of my flop bet and only a real loose player would call me w/33 or 44 for that price but JJ definitely would. Also though with four of us in the flop and a 2 to a flush out there I would expect him to raise to price out any of the other two trying to draw. With the two early position players folding I felt confident enough my hand was the best and priced him out seeing the river with my push. Guess I was right this time.

So thus ended a very profitable one hour session and only further cemented my roomies desire to start learning and playing poker...another person to join the fold, hehe.