During last week I tried to play poker every day. I can't say I missed a day, although there were days when I played over 4,000 hands, and some others when I only managed almost 1,000. I ended the week in profit accumulating about 1,000 big bets in 4 different levels, ranging from 100NL to 600NL.

Let's see some interesting hands. 

Starting with my most profitable hand (600NL), I should mention that the player calling with A9o was a huge fish playing about 92% of his hands.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $6 BB (6 handed)

UTG ($1139.15)
MP ($693)
CO ($570)
Jimmakos ($2015.45)
SB ($1258.20)
BB ($561)

Preflop: Jimmakos is Button with , .
UTG calls $6, MP raises to $24, 1 fold, Jimmakos raises to $90, 2 folds, UTG calls $84, MP raises to $693, Jimmakos raises to $2015.45, UTG calls $1049.15 (All-In).

Flop: ($2088) , , (3 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: ($2088) (3 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($2088) (3 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $2980.30

Results in white below:
UTG has 9s Ah (one pair, twos).
MP doesn't show (Ac Kh).
Jimmakos has Jh Js (two pair, jacks and twos).
Outcome: Jimmakos wins $3856.60.

He had already shown weakness when out of position but he was quite aggressive in position. In order to realize what kind of player he was, look at the following hand:

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $6 BB (5 handed)

SB ($1437.45)
BB ($118.55)
UTG ($1476.05)
Jimmakos ($995.65)
Button ($745.30)

Preflop: Jimmakos is MP with A, 2.
1 fold, Jimmakos raises to $24, 1 fold, SB raises to $60, 1 fold, Jimmakos calls $36.

Flop: ($126) 2, 7, 5 (2 players)
SB bets $60, Jimmakos raises to $303, SB calls $243.

Turn: ($732) 4 (2 players)
SB bets $90, Jimmakos calls $90.

River: ($912) 7 (2 players)
SB bets $186, Jimmakos calls $186.

Final Pot: $1284

Results in white below:
SB has Td Qc (one pair, sevens).
Jimmakos has As 2s (two pair, sevens and twos).
Outcome: Jimmakos wins $1284.

Looking at my worst hand for the week (400NL), I admit that I should have folded the river. Of course the standard play was to fold preflop, but being quite deep I thought I could make something out of a favorite flop.  

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $4 BB (6 handed)

Button ($537.55)
SB ($388.10)
BB ($166)
UTG ($1033)
Jimmakos ($1094.20)
CO ($520.90)

Preflop: Jimmakos is MP with 7, 7.
UTG raises to $14, Jimmakos calls $14, CO calls $14, Button calls $14, 1 fold, BB raises to $166, UTG calls $152, Jimmakos calls $152, CO calls $152, Button folds.

Flop: ($680) T, T, J (4 players)
UTG checks, Jimmakos checks, CO checks.

Turn: ($680) 7 (4 players)
UTG bets $256, Jimmakos calls $256, CO folds.

River: ($1192) Q (3 players)
UTG bets $611 (All-In), Jimmakos calls $611.

Final Pot: $2414

Results in white below:
UTG has Th Tc (four of a kind, tens).
Jimmakos has 7c 7s (full house, sevens full of tens).
Outcome: UTG wins $2414.

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Let's see now a couple of special hands. First come a hand played against "nanonoko", who is quite famous in Pokerstars and also in 2+2 forum. Obviously, there's a war going on at medium stakes!

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $4 BB (6 handed)

SB ($388)
BB ($388)
UTG ($982)
MP ($1096.10)
CO ($1155.30)
Jimmakos ($1123.40)

Preflop: Jimmakos is Button with , .
1 fold, MP raises to $12, CO calls $12, Jimmakos raises to $64, 2 folds, MP folds, CO calls $52.

Flop: ($146) , , (2 players)
CO checks, Jimmakos bets $106, CO raises to $299, Jimmakos raises to $748, CO raises to $1091.3, Jimmakos calls $311.40 (All-In).

Turn: ($2264.80) (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($2264.80) (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $2264.80

Results in white below:
CO has 4h 4d (one pair, fours).
Jimmakos has 8d 9h (straight, nine high).
Outcome: Jimmakos wins $2264.80.

Next comes a winning hand. What was that? Yes, that is 72s. :)

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $6 BB (6 handed)

BB ($1279.05)
UTG ($600)
MP ($853)
Jimmakos ($1127)
Button ($1311.60)
SB ($577.95)

Preflop: Jimmakos is CO with 7, 2.
2 folds, Jimmakos raises to $24, Button calls $24, 1 fold, BB calls $18.

Flop: ($75) Q, 2, 3 (3 players)
BB checks, Jimmakos bets $54, Button calls $54, BB calls $54.

Turn: ($237) 9 (3 players)
BB checks, Jimmakos checks, Button bets $180, BB calls $180, Jimmakos calls $180.

River: ($777) 2 (3 players)
BB checks, Jimmakos checks, Button bets $498, BB folds, Jimmakos calls $498.

Final Pot: $1773

Results in white below:
Jimmakos has 7c 2c (three of a kind, twos).
Button has Qs Ah (two pair, queens and twos).
Outcome: Jimmakos wins $1773.

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One of the hands you should take a look is the following. It's one of those cases when you actually have a flush draw but you don't bet it when you have position. Very few opponents will put you on flush draw and when you hit, you will get paid quite enough. Notice that in this instance, if I would bet the flop, the villain was most probably going to check-raise and that would mean me pushing all my chips in having just 26% equity. Compare that to pushing the 75% of my stack on the river when I'm definately ahead.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $6 BB (6 handed) 

Button ($1380)
SB ($379)
BB ($435.25)
UTG ($639.15)
MP ($627)
Jimmakos ($627)

Preflop: Jimmakos is CO with 7, J.
1 fold, MP raises to $24, Jimmakos raises to $84, 3 folds, MP calls $60.

Flop: ($177) 3, T, 4 (2 players)
MP checks, Jimmakos checks.

Turn: ($177) Q (2 players)
MP bets $96, Jimmakos calls $96.

River: ($369) 8 (2 players)
MP checks, Jimmakos bets $240, MP raises to $447, Jimmakos calls $207 (All-In).

Final Pot: $816

Results in white below:
MP has Th Ts (three of a kind, tens).
Jimmakos has 7s Js (flush, jack high).
Outcome: Jimmakos wins $1263.

So, that is all about me playing poker last week. Concerning the current week, I have already played a couple of thousand hands at 600 and 1000NL with some success but I'll have a full report next Monday most probably. I'm not in the mood for tournaments nowadays, although I still compete in the Sundays' big tournaments. If you happen to enjoy reading my articles, consider subscribing to my feed and as always I welcome all comments. Best of luck!