tough heads up game on paradise

I just happened to be observing when I came across this wonderful example. Hands like these are why I will never play high limit poker on paradise, these guys are just too good. I am hoping some of you experts out there can try to help me figure out what both of these guys were thinking at each point in the hand. To me this just shows how incredibly tough heads up and short handed play really is especially at the higher limits on paradise.


Game #186749101 - $15/$30 Texas Hold'em - 2002/05/14-16:15:42 (CST)

Table "St. Maarten" (real money) -- Seat 5 is the button

Seat 3: Runt20866 ($2,343 in chips)

Seat 5: TheCFC ($622 in chips)

Runt20866: Post Small Blind ($10)

TheCFC : Post Big Blind ($15)

Dealing...

Runt20866: Raise ($20)

TheCFC : Call ($15)

*** FLOP *** : [ 9d 3h 2s ]

Runt20866: Bet ($15)

TheCFC : Call ($15)

*** TURN *** : [ 9d 3h 2s ] [ Kd ]

Runt20866: Bet ($30)

TheCFC : Raise ($60)

Runt20866: Call ($30)

*** RIVER *** : [ 9d 3h 2s Kd ] [ Qh ]

Runt20866: Check

TheCFC : Bet ($30)

Runt20866: Call ($30)

*** SUMMARY ***

Pot: $269 | Rake: $1

Board: [ 9d 3h 2s Kd Qh ]

Runt20866 lost $135 [ 5s 4c ] (high card king)

TheCFC bet $135, collected $269, net +$134 (showed hand) [ 5h 8c ] (high card king)

Stoney1 didn't bet

Ms Josephine didn't bet

Is this a joke?

I've seen some things in my 50000+ hands of 1-1 play but this is the most amazing so far. I knew I was beat when I got called but...you'll see /images/smile.gif


$3/$6 Texas Hold'em (1-on-1)


Seat 4: Me ($273.50 in chips)

Seat 7: worthy opponent ($193 in chips)

worthy opponent: Post Small Blind ($1)

me: Post Big Blind ($3)

Dealt to me [ 5c ]

Dealt to me [ 5h ]

worthy opponent: Raise ($5)

me: Raise ($6)

worthy opponent: Call ($3)

*** FLOP *** : [ 8d Qd 3d ]

me: Bet ($3)

worthy opponent: Call ($3)

*** TURN *** : [ 8d Qd 3d ] [ Qh ]

me: Bet ($6)

worthy opponent: Call ($6)

*** RIVER *** : [ 8d Qd 3d Qh ] [ 8s ]

me: Bet ($6)

worthy opponent: Call ($6)

*** SUMMARY ***

Pot: $47 | Rake: $1

Board: [ 8d Qd 3d Qh 8s ]

me lost $24 (showed hand) [ 5c 5h ] (two pair, queens and eights)

worthy opponent bet $24, collected $47, net +$23 (showed hand) [ 6s 6c ] (two pair, queens and eights)


PS--this player did not call all the way every hand, he was not a good player by any means but he definitely knew about the fold button...also, he thought for about 20 seconds before making the call, so it's not like he hit the wrong button

they apparently aren't. Stoney1 and MsJosephine are probably thinking, "i can't wait to get into this game"