NLH

We get moved to a new table at the beginning of round three playing 50-100. We then play extremely tight for the entire round. A few interesting hands.

Everyone checks to us in seat nine and we raise to 250 with KT. The blinds call and the flop comes 36K. They check and we bet 250. The small blind folds and the big blind raises to 950. Do we fold raise or call?

Not sure what he has, because he is in the blind. It could be a bluff or a semi bluff. Most likely, he paired something on the board. If he did, it is unlikely that it is the king. If it is the king, it is unlikely that he has our 10 beat. If he has a straight draw for a second-place pair, we don't want to let him see the turn for free. He only has another 3000 in chips, so we push all in. He folds. Great result.

Chair five raises to 250 and gets called by the button. We call from the big blind with 57d. Flop comes TJQ rainbow. We check, they check and the free turn comes 5s. We bet 200 and chair 5 tanks for a minute and calls. The button folds. The river comes 4s. Unless he has spades, that doesnt help him. He has 1300 in chips so we bet 525. The magic number to scare people is 40% of their stack. Unfortunately, it did not work and he raised all in. We fold. Not good.

There is a short-stacked hyper aggressive player on the button who raises to 200 on the button. The small blind folds and we have a 28 in the big blind. This min raise from hyper boy looks like a steal so we try to resteal by raising to 675. He folds. Giddey-up!

We play some great small-game poke through round 4, betting from position into small pots after raggedy flops that couldnt have helped our opponents and watching them fold. Small pots, but pots nonetheless.

Seat 5 raises to 400 and we re-raise with AQ from the button to 1200. Everyone folds to seat 5 who calls. Flop comes 456s, which is an amazing flop if one has spades or low cards, which we do not. Seat 5 bets 1200 and we fold.

Everyone folds to us in seat 9 with 89h and we raise to 350. The button calls, the blinds fold and the flop comes 68T. Great flop. We have a pair and a gut ahot straight draw. We bet 450 and he raises to 2000. Hmmmm, huge raise, like screaming straight or set. In any case, we dont have the cards to call that so we fold. He shows TT. He had top set, so we needed a 7 to hit the board to win, making us about a 15% dog. Good fold but chips are going in the wrong direction!

Everyone folds to us chair nine. We limp with KT. The button limps, the small blind limps and the big blind, a short stack with 2000 and chips, pushes all in. He Could have almost anything. He is facing three limpers and most likely hoping that everyone will simply fold and give him the small pot. The king ten is likely a good hand, so we call. Everyone else folds and the big blind shows King Jack. Terrible. He has us dominated. His Jack holds up and we lose the pot.

We close round 4 with about 7500 in chips, down from a high of about 11500! Still a good stack.

Focused Donkey

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