Handy Pandies

I want to post my favourite hand of September, but it’s best if you see another hand first, from a few orbits earlier, at the same table, against the same player.

Both hands are blind-on-blind confrontations, and the villain is the SB.

The villain is a highly-ranked, regular, winning German player on PartyPoker.

NL Texas Hold'em $33 USD Buy-in
Level: 6 Blinds(75/150)
Sunday, September 26, 23:53:46 BST 2010

Table $5K Gtd Rebuy Table #6 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 9/10

Seat 1 ( 9,995 )
Seat 2 ( 8,090 )
Seat 3 ( 15,950 )
Seat 4 ( 8,822 )
Seat 5 ( 20,874 )
Seat 7: German ( 15,791 )
Seat 8: LiquidEyes ( 18,465 )
Seat 9 ( 9,823 )
Seat 10 ( 6,605 )

Level 6, Blinds(75/150)

** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to LiquidEyes [ 6c 6d ]

(7 folds)
German calls [75]
LiquidEyes raises [350]
German calls [350]

** Dealing Flop ** [ Ks, Ts, 2d ]
German checks
LiquidEyes checks

** Dealing Turn ** [ Jc ]
German checks
LiquidEyes checks

** Dealing River ** [ 6s ]
German bets [500]
LiquidEyes raises [1,800]
German calls [1,300]

LiquidEyes shows [ 6c, 6d ] three of a kind, Sixes.
German doesn't show [ Ad, Td ] a pair of Tens.

LiquidEyes wins 4,600 chips from the main pot with three of a kind, Sixes.

Pwnage Du Jour: Jack-Six Offsuit

So here’s the killer hand. He uses his entire timebank when I overbet the river!

I find it interesting the dynamic that can evolve between two regulars, that adds depth to hands like this. (Would he overbet with a big hand? Is he trying to make it look like a bluff? Does the fact I paid him off last time mean he is MORE or LESS likely to bluff me this time? etc.)

NL Texas Hold'em $33 USD Buy-in
Level:9 Blinds-Antes(150/300 -30)
Monday, September 27, 00:32:27 BST 2010

Table $5K Gtd Rebuy Table #6 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 9/10

Seat 1 ( 9,255 )
Seat 2 ( 18,535 )
Seat 3 ( 19,685 )
Seat 4 ( 832 )
Seat 5 ( 18,189 )
Seat 6 ( 14,081 )
Seat 7: German ( 13,881 )
Seat 8: LiquidEyes ( 18,975 )
Seat 10 ( 6,165 )

Level 9, Blinds-Antes(150/300 -30)

** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to LiquidEyes [ Jd 6h ]

(7 folds)
German calls [150]
LiquidEyes checks

** Dealing Flop ** [ 6s, Js, As ]
German checks
LiquidEyes bets [600]
German calls [600]

** Dealing Turn ** [ 4s ]
German checks
LiquidEyes checks

** Dealing River ** [ 6d ]
German bets [1,800]
LiquidEyes is all-In [18,045]

German will be using his time bank for this hand.
German is all-In [11,151]

German shows [ Jh, Qs ] a flush, Ace high.
LiquidEyes shows [ Jd, 6h ] a full house, Sixes full of Jacks.

LiquidEyes wins 27,972 chips from the main pot with a full house, Sixes full of Jacks.
German finished in 52nd place.

Five Minutes of Fame

This is the hand they featured on the Sky Poker channel:

Lunnie (SB) 6,661
POKERTREV (BB) 13,770
thesaint (5,917)
LazyBaby (16,620)
KickaStink (cutoff) 39,944
ACE_GUY (button) 31,344

Lunnie posts SB (400)
POKERTREV posts BB (800)

Dealt to KickaStink: [ 7s 7c ]

thesaint folds
LazyBaby folds
KickaStink raises to 1800
ACE_GUY (button) calls (1800)
Lunnie folds
POKERTREV folds

(pot 4800)

Flop: [ 3h Js 7h ]

KickaStink bets 2100
ACE_GUY raises to 4800
KickaStink calls (2700)

(pot 14,400)

Turn: [ 3h Js 7h ] [ 4c ]
KickaStink checks
ACE_GUY bets 7200

(pot now 21,600)
KickaStink raises all-in (33,344)
ACE_GUY folds

On the Sky Poker channel they reveal that he had pocket Sixes.