"Courage is grace under pressure"

This was meant to be a short session. I'm not really bankrolled for 50NL and i really don't like maniacs to my left either.

I noticed he would call ANY preflop raise, no matter how much was bet, so I thought I'd bet half my stack - if anything, it should look like i have AK and don't want to see a flop and miss.

On the flop, I ran the clock a little to make it look like I'd missed then eventually had pushed out of frustration:


Hand #1
PokerStars Game #19293795806: Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2008/08/02 - 07:24:06 (ET)
Table 'Rosalind' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: t.mara ($75.60 in chips)
Seat 3: Faraon777 ($50 in chips)
Seat 4: Forrest Gump ($30.40 in chips)
Seat 5: CElbe ($10.50 in chips)
Seat 6: Fishman226 ($151.85 in chips)
Seat 7: Muehle69 ($50 in chips)
Seat 8: BigPapa1933 ($54.70 in chips)
Seat 9: Trustey ($57.15 in chips)
Faraon777: posts small blind $0.25
Forrest Gump: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Forrest Gump [Kd Kc]
CElbe: folds
Fishman226: calls $0.50
Muehle69: folds
BigPapa1933: folds
Trustey: folds
t.mara: folds
Faraon777: folds
Forrest Gump: raises $9.50 to $10
Fishman226: calls $9.50
*** FLOP *** [2h Qc 6c]
Forrest Gump: bets $20.40 and is all-in
Fishman226: calls $20.40
*** TURN *** [2h Qc 6c] [7s]
*** RIVER *** [2h Qc 6c 7s] [Jd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Forrest Gump: shows [Kd Kc] (a pair of Kings)
Fishman226: shows [Js 3c] (a pair of Jacks)
Forrest Gump collected $58.05 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $61.05 | Rake $3
Board [2h Qc 6c 7s Jd]
Seat 2: t.mara (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Faraon777 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: Forrest Gump (big blind) showed [Kd Kc] and won ($58.05) with a pair of Kings
Seat 5: CElbe folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Fishman226 showed [Js 3c] and lost with a pair of Jacks
Seat 7: Muehle69 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: BigPapa1933 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: Trustey folded before Flop (didn't bet)




And then, the very next hand.

The thing is, they're always applying so much pressure. Even with top top on that fairly dry board, the river call wouldn't be that easy.



Hand #2
PokerStars Game #19293809374: Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2008/08/02 - 07:25:15 (ET)
Table 'Rosalind' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 2: t.mara ($75.60 in chips)
Seat 3: Faraon777 ($49.75 in chips)
Seat 4: Forrest Gump ($58.05 in chips)
Seat 5: CElbe ($10.50 in chips)
Seat 6: Fishman226 ($121.45 in chips)
Seat 7: Muehle69 ($50 in chips)
Seat 8: BigPapa1933 ($54.70 in chips)
Seat 9: Trustey ($57.15 in chips)
Forrest Gump: posts small blind $0.25
CElbe: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Forrest Gump [2c 3s]
Fishman226: calls $0.50
Muehle69: calls $0.50
BigPapa1933: folds
Trustey: calls $0.50
t.mara: raises $3.50 to $4
Faraon777: folds
Forrest Gump: folds
CElbe: folds
Fishman226: calls $3.50
Muehle69: calls $3.50
Trustey: folds
*** FLOP *** [Kc 9d Jd]
Fishman226: bets $8
Muehle69: folds
t.mara: calls $8
*** TURN *** [Kc 9d Jd] [7d]
Fishman226: bets $15
t.mara: calls $15
*** RIVER *** [Kc 9d Jd 7d] [2s]
Fishman226: bets $94.45 and is all-in
t.mara: calls $48.60 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($45.85) returned to Fishman226
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Fishman226: shows [Qd 9h] (a pair of Nines)
t.mara: shows [Ks Ad] (a pair of Kings)
t.mara collected $153.45 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $156.45 | Rake $3
Board [Kc 9d Jd 7d 2s]
Seat 2: t.mara showed [Ks Ad] and won ($153.45) with a pair of Kings
Seat 3: Faraon777 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Forrest Gump (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: CElbe (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: Fishman226 showed [Qd 9h] and lost with a pair of Nines
Seat 7: Muehle69 folded on the Flop
Seat 8: BigPapa1933 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: Trustey folded before Flop