Reading this forum is paying off for me

[devilmollusk]

I have been playing much better poker lately, and I really appreciate all the tips and strategy I pick up reading this site. Last night I played some of my best online poker to date. I took a horrendous beat early on playing $25 NL on Poker Room for half my buy-in. In past I would have played out my remaining $12 with a huge chip on my shoulder, lost it all, and went away angry. Last night I just bought it back up the next hand, and went on to take all my money back from the jackass that called my pocket kings all-in after the flop with a J5o (he hit the jack, proceeded to suck out the 5 on the river).

I played LAG, stole my fair share of pots, even had one guy tell me he knew I was bluffing him out of a lot of pots. The times I did have good hands I tended to get action.

There is one hand I would appreciate some analysis on. I made one minor mistake, but I think I played it right, if a bit agressively. zzzbiggie had not been at the table very long, won one big pot he didn't have to show down, but generally had shown himself to be a loose/weak player.

Texas Hold'em $0.25-$0.50 NL (real money), hand #794,085,387
Table Chihuahua, 5 Apr 2005 12:04 AM ET

Seat 1: zzzbiggie
Seat 7: dannyxiao
Seat 8: devilmollusk [ 9H,9S ]
Seat 9: TURTLECBECK
Seat 10: bigthinker
ANTES/BLINDS
TURTLECBECK posts blind ($0.10), bigthinker posts blind ($0.25).

PRE-FLOP
zzzbiggie calls $0.25, dannyxiao folds, devilmollusk bets $2, TURTLECBECK folds, bigthinker folds, zzzbiggie calls $1.75.

FLOP [board cards 2H,JS,QC ]
zzzbiggie bets $0.25, devilmollusk bets $4, zzzbiggie calls $3.75.

TURN [board cards 2H,JS,QC,6D ]
zzzbiggie bets $0.50, devilmollusk calls $0.50.

RIVER [board cards 2H,JS,QC,6D,3H ]
zzzbiggie bets $4, devilmollusk folds.

SHOWDOWN
zzzbiggie wins $16.70.

SUMMARY
Dealer: devilmollusk
Pot: $17.35 | Rake: $0.65
zzzbiggie bets $10.50, collects $16.70, net $6.20
dannyxiao loses $0
devilmollusk loses $6.50
TURTLECBECK loses $0.10
bigthinker loses $0.25

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