Luck

I won my first STT of the day. £3 pot limit. I wouldn't say that I'm always lucky, but in this particular game, I was very lucky. Short stacked and 6 players left, I went all-in with 44 came up again 99 and hit a runner-runner straight. In another key hand, I went all-in with AK and came up against KK. Luckily an ace came up on the flop. This left as chip leader with over 5,000 chips. Plain sailing from there.

I went out of the second game with the hand below. It really baffles me how someone could call my bet. I'm sure that people don't really think about the percentages. If they did, they wouldn't do it.

Game #1685290513: Hold'em PL (50/100) - 2006/02/26 - 15:55:15 (BST)
Table "STT 2016665 - 1" Seat 1 is the button.
Seat 1: Acepowerz (1440 in chips)
Seat 2: RumTiddle (798 in chips)
Seat 5: leere2 (2170 in chips)
Seat 6: Adrawlins (2795 in chips)
Seat 8: Tone51 (1022 in chips)
Seat 9: darg (1775 in chips)
RumTiddle: posts small blind 50
leere2: posts big blind 100
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to RumTiddle [3d 4d]
Adrawlins: folds
Tone51: calls 100
darg: calls 100
Acepowerz: folds
Acepowerz sits out
Acepowerz sits back
Acepowerz sits back
RumTiddle: raises to 500
leere2: folds
Tone51: calls 400
darg: folds
----- FLOP ----- [4c 8s 5d]
RumTiddle: bets 298 and is all-in
Tone51: calls 298
----- TURN ----- [4c 8s 5d][Jh]
----- RIVER ----- [4c 8s 5d Jh][Kd]
----- SHOW DOWN -----
RumTiddle: shows [3d 4d] (A Pair of Fours, King high)
Tone51: shows [Ac 8h] (A Pair of Eights, Ace high)
Tone51 collects 1796 from Main pot
----- SUMMARY -----
Total pot 1796 Main pot 1796 Rake 0
Board [4c 8s 5d Jh Kd]
Seat 1: Acepowerz (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: RumTiddle (small blind) showed [3d 4d] and lost
Seat 5: leere2 (big blind) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Adrawlins folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Tone51 showed [Ac 8h] and won (1796) with A Pair of Eights, Ace high
Seat 9: darg folded before Flop (didn't bet)

My third game hinged on this hand. Could be said that I was a little unlucky.

Game #1685949063: Hold'em PL (100/200) - 2006/02/26 - 16:55:08 (BST)
Table "STT 2016901 - 1" Seat 8 is the button.
Seat 3: Stoffa99 (1944 in chips)
Seat 4: Bigphonie (2257 in chips)
Seat 5: RumTiddle (1365 in chips)
Seat 7: Acepowerz (708 in chips)
Seat 8: bellfella (3726 in chips)
Stoffa99: posts small blind 100
Bigphonie: posts big blind 200
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to RumTiddle [Jc As]
RumTiddle: raises to 700
Acepowerz: folds
bellfella: folds
Stoffa99: raises to 1944 and is all-in
Bigphonie: folds
RumTiddle: is all-in 665
Returned uncalled bets 579 to Stoffa99
----- FLOP ----- [Ts Js Th]
----- TURN ----- [Ts Js Th][2h]
----- RIVER ----- [Ts Js Th 2h][9c]
----- SHOW DOWN -----
Stoffa99: shows [Qs Kd] (A Straight, King high)
RumTiddle: shows [Jc As] (Two Pairs, Jacks and Tens, Ace high)
Stoffa99 collects 2930 from Main pot
----- SUMMARY -----
Total pot 2930 Main pot 2930 Rake 0
Board [Ts Js Th 2h 9c]
Seat 3: Stoffa99 (small blind) showed [Qs Kd] and won (2930) with A Straight, King high
Seat 4: Bigphonie (big blind) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: RumTiddle showed [Jc As] and lost
Seat 7: Acepowerz folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: bellfella (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Blimey, just had some bad luck in my latest £5 thunder. In one hand, I raised the pot with KK and the flop came TQK. I quickly went all-in. My caller had pocket ten's. The turn and river were 9J for a split pot. Gutted. Another big pot. 3-way action. I hold AJ to a flop of AJ7. But, get beat by the flush draw. I eventually go out with 55 against K2. My percentages to win those hands were 94%, 65% and 70%, but I lost them all.