Update on the Village and my Poker Play week of December 8th, 2008

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It was great to be home for a full week and reacquaint myself with all the villagers. I got a lot of questions about my stay in America. From how Obama was running the United States, I had to remind everybody he is not the president yet, to the financial crisis.  It is funny how everybody cares about the United States even people in my little village. The United States has no material effect on our village and I doubt ever could, but people seem to care.

I had one meeting with the elders about our situation with the environment and the financial health of our village. As I had mentioned we are going to have a great crop this year and I believe will be able to sell our pineapples to other villages. The elders are already taking about what they might spend the money on. I have their ear since I was the one that bought the elephant dung that has allowed for such a great crop. They are going to allow me to develop a long term plan for the village, one that both will make sure we are healthy finically and environmentally. They did remind me my diesel generator has the biggest carbon foot print in the village.  I will keep everybody posted as my plans move forward.

Poker was good this week I continue to keep the quantity of my play low and my quality high. I played 10.7 hours just an hour more then last week, with a total of 970 hands about 90 hands an hour. I won $82.00 which works out to almost $11.00 an hour. Below are my best and worst hands of the week. As you can see the best hand was only best, because the Poker Gods paid me off.  I hit 53,000 hands played for the year this week.

BEST HAND

WORST HAND


BEST HAND
POKERSTARS GAME #22732398383:  HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($1/$2) - 2008/12/08 11:28:24 ET
Table 'Semele IV' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: bubbakush77 ($95.60 in chips)
Seat 2: bw07507 ($200 in chips)
Seat 3: suddend3ath ($196.70 in chips)
Seat 4: ADZ122 ($203 in chips)
Seat 5: Spagiari ($200 in chips)
Seat 6: Tzoo ($232.50 in chips)
Seat 7: KingBoromir ($212 in chips)
Seat 8: DUG ($215.70 in chips)
Seat 9: Nostromo9366 ($217.50 in chips)
KingBoromir: posts small blind $1
DUG: posts big blind $2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DUG [3s Kd]     Not a very good hand to play, if you hit a K your kicker is not good.
Nostromo9366: folds
bubbakush77: folds
bw07507: raises $5 to $7
suddend3ath: folds
ADZ122: folds
Spagiari: folds
Tzoo: folds
KingBoromir: folds
DUG: calls $5        So why am I playing, This guy is new to the table and I think I can get him to fold.
*** FLOP *** [3c 5s 9s] I hit bottom pair not good, but again I think I can get him to fold, he has either AK or a med to high pair. TT, JJ, QQ, KK or AA.
DUG: checks    I am going to check raise.
bw07507: bets $10    What I would expect no matter what the flop was.
DUG: raises $18 to $28 This should get him to fold. It will look like I hit a set and do not want him to draw if he has 2 spades.
bw07507: calls $18  Not good for me.
*** TURN *** [3c 5s 9s] [4d]  The 4 could not have helped him.
DUG: bets $50    I will bet about 3/4 the pot, this should get him to fold.
bw07507 : calls $50  Oh, SH&T!!!
*** RIVER *** [3c 5s 9s 4d] [3d] Poker Gods paying me off. No way he thinks I have a 3.
DUG: bets $130.70 and is all-in  He must have AA or KK and will pay me off.
bw07507: calls $115 and is all-in Perfect
Uncalled bet ($15.70) returned to DUG
*** SHOW DOWN ***
DUG: shows [3s Kd] (three of a kind, Threes)
bw07507: mucks hand
DUG collected $398 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $401 | Rake $3
Board [3c 5s 9s 4d 3d]
Seat 1: bubbakush77 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: bw07507 mucked [Th Tc]  I love players that fall in love with their hands. Remember if you end up at the river, a pair is not a very good hand. All he had was a pair. He should have reraised me before the river and I would have gone away. (folded)
Seat 3: suddend3ath folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: ADZ122 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Spagiari folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Tzoo (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: KingBoromir (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: DUG (big blind) showed [3s Kd] and won ($398) with three of a kind, Threes
Seat 9: Nostromo9366 folded before Flop (didn't bet)


WORST HAND

POKERSTARS GAME #22731788032:  HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($1/$2) - 2008/12/08 10:59:15 ET
Table 'Hela II' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: Spagiari ($240 in chips)
Seat 2: ADZ122 ($200 in chips)
Seat 3: 21hero ($128.45 in chips)
Seat 4: Dr. Fells ($192 in chips)
Seat 5: Ajven ($200 in chips)
Seat 6: DUG ($202.95 in chips)
Seat 7: tbv84 ($235 in chips)
Seat 8: piscogay ($194 in chips)
Seat 9: Muisamaa ($212.05 in chips)
Dr. Fells: posts small blind $1
Ajven: posts big blind $2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DUG [4d 5d]   I will play these hands about 10% of the time. Low suited connectors.
DUG: calls $2
tbv84: folds
piscogay: folds
Muisamaa: folds
Spagiari: folds
ADZ122: folds
21hero: folds
Dr. Fells: folds
Ajven: raises $8 to $10
DUG: calls $8     I think he is stealing.
*** FLOP *** [Ts 6c 5c]
Ajven: bets $16  Continuation bet.
DUG: raises $29 to $45 I raise hit a pair.
Ajven: calls $29    Not good.
*** TURN *** [Ts 6c 5c] [2h]
Ajven: checks   This is good.
DUG: bets $55 Take the pot here.
Ajven: raises $90 to $145 and is all-in   Oh, NO!! I have to fold, I only have a pair and it would cost me all my chips.
DUG: folds
Uncalled bet ($90) returned to Ajven
Ajven collected $218 from pot
Ajven: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $221 | Rake $3
Board [Ts 6c 5c 2h]
Seat 1: Spagiari folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: ADZ122 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: 21hero (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Dr. Fells (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: Ajven (big blind) collected ($218)
Seat 6: DUG folded on the Turn
Seat 7: tbv84 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: piscogay folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: Muisamaa folded before Flop (didn't bet)
 
Cheers,

DUG