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I found myself addicted to Rush Poker on FTP.  Sometimes there are quite a few donkeys on there, but it’s also overrun with rakeback whores, solid TAGs, and TAGFish.  It seems like the majority of the time, when the money goes in the middle, it’s due to some cooler.  I’ve made tons of money against TAGfish living off my non-showdown winnings.  They just fold too much.

It seems like in the midst of my downswing, my non-showdown winnings have suffered.  I’m running into the top of opponents ranges or just getting outplayed by some more solid players.  And when it comes to coolers and beats, well I’ve just been on the bad side of those more than the good side.

So I ditched the whole RUSH Poker thing so I could control my table selection and it worked out quite well.  I’ve had 2 winning sessions in a row.  Today I was down more about 4 buyins before the bad run finally ended and I actually came out ahead a couple buyins.  So far so good for my staking deal.

A couple fun hands from today:

How not to play in a 3 bet pot
Full Tilt Poker $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 827941
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BB: $51.40
UTG: $55.50
MP: $26.70
CO: $48.30
BTN: $53.85
Hero (SB): $77.50

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is SB with Q A
3 folds, BTN raises to $1.50, Hero raises to $5.50, 1 fold, BTN calls $4

Flop: ($11.50) Q 8 7 (2 players)
Hero bets $7.50, BTN calls $7.50

Turn: ($26.50) K (2 players)
Hero bets $14, BTN calls $14

River: ($54.50) 2 (2 players)
Hero bets $50.50 all in, BTN calls $26.85 all in

Final Pot: $108.20
BTN mucks Q T
Hero shows Q A (a pair of Queens)
Hero wins $105.20
(Rake: $3.00)

Soul read or just a crying spew call?
Full Tilt Poker $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - View hand 827942
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Hero (BTN): $50.00
SB: $51.05
BB: $80.55
UTG: $132.35
MP: $79.00
CO: $85.85

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is BTN with T 7
UTG raises to $1.50, 2 folds, Hero calls $1.50, 2 folds

Flop: ($3.75) 5 4 3 (2 players)
UTG bets $2.50, Hero raises to $7, UTG calls $4.50

Turn: ($17.75) K (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $11, UTG calls $11

River: ($39.75) Q (2 players)
UTG bets $39.75, Hero calls $30.50 all in

Final Pot: $100.75
Hero shows T 7 (a flush, King high)
UTG shows T T (a pair of Tens)
Hero wins $97.75
(Rake: $3.00)

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