Bill Sparks on Poker: Party Time

Tuesday, August 01, 2006

Party Time

A friend invited me to join PartyPoker so I dumped 100$ into the site and sat at a 0.50/1.00 game. Talk about soft! I tripled my money whithin a few hours. Here are some sample hands:

Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
5 players
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Stack sizes:
UTG: $199.16
CO: $36.80
Button: $75.80
DoctorSparks: $206.67
BB: $97

Pre-flop: (5 players) DoctorSparks is SB with
2 folds, Button calls, DoctorSparks calls, BB checks.

Flop: ($3, 3 players)
DoctorSparks bets $3, BB folds, Button calls.

Turn: ($9, 2 players)
DoctorSparks bets $6, Button calls.

River: ($21, 2 players)
DoctorSparks bets $15, Button raises all-in $65.8, DoctorSparks calls.

Results:
Final pot: $152.6
DoctorSparks shows
Button doesn't show

Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
5 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $120.88
CO: $43.50
Button: $141.14
DoctorSparks: $35.56
BB: $100

Pre-flop: (5 players) DoctorSparks is SB with
2 folds, Button raises to $4, DoctorSparks calls, BB calls.

Flop: ($12, 3 players)
DoctorSparks bets $7, BB folds, Button calls.

Turn: ($26, 2 players)
DoctorSparks checks, Button checks.

River: ($26, 2 players)
DoctorSparks bets $12, Button calls.

Results:
Final pot: $50
DoctorSparks shows
Button doesn't show

Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
5 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $92
CO: $48.70
Button: $106.31
DoctorSparks: $131.37
BB: $113.90

Pre-flop: (5 players) DoctorSparks is SB with
UTG raises to $4, CO folds, Button calls, DoctorSparks calls, BB calls.

Flop: ($16, 4 players)
DoctorSparks bets $7, BB folds, UTG calls, Button folds.

Turn: ($30, 2 players)
DoctorSparks checks, UTG checks.

River: ($30, 2 players)
DoctorSparks bets $30, UTG calls.

Results:
Final pot: $90
DoctorSparks shows
UTG doesn't show