The Mookie

So, after being appropriately schooled by Fuel55 in one of his recent posts, I made it a point to not play weak-tight poker. Tonight's Mookie was the first opportunity to try this out.

The first few levels were nothing out of the ordinary. Some good hands, a few c-bets, the standard.

Here's a hand that came up that I picked up by getting lucky and not letting myself get pushed around.

Full Tilt Poker Game #2600913206: The Mookie-Zoom-Zoom-ZeemII (19726030), Table 5 - 30/60 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:35:13 ET - 2007/06/06
Seat 1: crazdgamer (1,700)
Seat 2: BrLKoSTa420 (1,405)
Seat 3: atomicslug (1,105)
Seat 4: HighOnPoker (2,310)
Seat 5: IslandBum1 (650)
Seat 7: boneyardxxx (1,510)
Seat 8: Patchmaster (3,170)
Seat 9: katiemother (1,385)
HighOnPoker posts the small blind of 30
IslandBum1 posts the big blind of 60
The button is in seat #3

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to crazdgamer [9h 8h]
boneyardxxx folds
Patchmaster folds
katiemother folds
crazdgamer calls 60 (yay for sooted connectors.)
BrLKoSTa420 folds
atomicslug folds
HighOnPoker calls 30
IslandBum1 checks

*** FLOP *** [Jc 2c Tc]

HighOnPoker bets 120
IslandBum1 folds
crazdgamer calls 120 (while I don't have a club, I'm fairly certain he doesn't have 2 clubs. He makes this bet with any Jack and possibly any high club. I call with 8 outs.)

*** TURN *** [Jc 2c Tc] [7s] (awesome!)

HighOnPoker bets 360
crazdgamer raises to 1,520, and is all in (if he flopped the flush, so it goes. if he didn't flop the flush, I'm best right now, and I don't want him drawing to a flush.)
HighOnPoker folds

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Full Tilt Poker Game #2600939870: The Mookie-Zoom-Zoom-ZeemII (19726030), Table 5 - 30/60 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:38:26 ET - 2007/06/06
Seat 1: crazdgamer (2,480)
Seat 2: BrLKoSTa420 (1,405)
Seat 3: atomicslug (1,105)
Seat 4: HighOnPoker (1,770)
Seat 5: IslandBum1 (560)
Seat 7: boneyardxxx (1,390)
Seat 8: Patchmaster (3,080)
Seat 9: katiemother (1,445)
katiemother posts the small blind of 30
crazdgamer posts the big blind of 60
The button is in seat #8

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to crazdgamer [6c Ah]
BrLKoSTa420 has 15 seconds left to act
BrLKoSTa420 folds
atomicslug folds
HighOnPoker folds
IslandBum1 folds
boneyardxxx folds
Patchmaster folds
katiemother calls 30
crazdgamer checks

*** FLOP *** [Qh 7c Ac]

katiemother bets 120
crazdgamer calls 120 (I think I'm good, but I don't feel like getting re-raised (my read on katiemother has been LAG.))

*** TURN *** [Qh 7c Ac] [8c]
katiemother bets 360
crazdgamer calls 360 (a little concerned about 3 clubs. My club isn't very strong.)

*** RIVER *** [Qh 7c Ac 8c] [9c] (ugh)
katiemother bets 905, and is all in
crazdgamer calls 905 (crying call. need to see what she kept firing bullets with.)

*** SHOW DOWN ***
katiemother shows [8s Kc] (a flush, Ace high) (air on the flop, 3rd pair on the turn, nut flush on the river. My read was right, but I let myself get beat here.)
crazdgamer mucks
katiemother wins the pot (2,890) with a flush, Ace high

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Full Tilt Poker Game #2601000066: The Mookie-Zoom-Zoom-ZeemII (19726030), Table 5 - 40/80 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:45:44 ET - 2007/06/06
Seat 1: crazdgamer (1,005)
Seat 2: BrLKoSTa420 (2,105)
Seat 3: BuddyDank (1,125)
Seat 4: HighOnPoker (2,845)
Seat 5: IslandBum1 (440)
Seat 7: boneyardxxx (1,390)
Seat 8: Patchmaster (2,960)
Seat 9: katiemother (2,490)
katiemother posts the small blind of 40
crazdgamer posts the big blind of 80
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to crazdgamer [Ah Qc]
BrLKoSTa420 folds
BuddyDank folds
HighOnPoker folds
IslandBum1 folds
atomicslug (Observer): gl all
boneyardxxx raises to 240
Patchmaster folds
katiemother folds
crazdgamer raises to 1,005, and is all in (always push while you still have fold equity.)
boneyardxxx folds
Uncalled bet of 765 returned to crazdgamer
crazdgamer mucks
crazdgamer wins the pot (520)

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My last hand, which wasn't caught by hand history because it was the last hand before the table broke up, was my AT vs. katiemother's AJ.

Not bad, although the combination of unluckiness and not raising with the best hand was a critical moment. I'm learning though.