Chipping Away at Freeroll Tournaments

Ended another fruitfull day in the pits on a sour note. 

The day started by playing 2-4 cents limit hold 'em and with an immediate drop in the buy-in by playing too loose.  The worst play the King made was calling down, with nothing, to the river, a loose player who had T7 offsuit and made two pair.  This player was so loose and seeing the flop about 75% of the time, so the King called him down to river with nothing but two high cards. The chance of making two pair with AK offsuit is the same as with T7 offsuit.  The lucky fish, was from a Spanish speaking country.  Putting off getting revenge, the King moved to a greener pasture - a less aggressive and loose table.

Playing tight, the losses were put in control and eventually the gains came back little by little.  The best hand of the day was a full house of three aces and two nines. It was not the nuts, but the thanks to a calling station the pot was big.  This play stands out also because preflop, the King cold called a raise with A9 suited fron the middle position. A9 suited is not a strong hand for cold calling but if many others cold called the raise it is a good hand.  It was a passive table of about 30 cents average pot and four others cold called the raise and there were not reraises.  Two aces flopped giving the King trips with a good kicker..  On the turn, a nine came making aces full of nines.  This was not the nuts but close to it.  After going for overcalls to build the pot on the turn, the King raised on the river and hoped for a raising war that never happened.

It is the last month of fiscal year two and financially it will be another good year, with no way of going in the red. 

The day ended, on a sour note, by getting eliminated on the first hand, in a no-limit hold 'em tournament, by going all-in with aces top pair with a jack kicker and getting outdrawn by a loose player with a garbage hand who caught two pair.