Happy August!

Hello readers, how are you doing? Things have been going very well lately. I have been doing well. Won five or six entries on ub for numerous tournies, came in 11th in the Deep Stack last night, which was a small cash, but I played really well and I did bust in an unfortunate manner. Three nights ago, I cashed for fourth in the 30k guar for 2400$ but was partners with someone, so only got 1200$ but that's still fine, anything to build my accounts and get me back on track.

So there is a hand I wanted to post for discussion. Please leave comments if you have any thoughts on this hand. In the deep stack last night, early on, blinds 20 40. I had built a nice stack to 7000. I have A 10 os on the button. One limper, I raise to 110. The bb calls and limper calls. Both limper and bb are super tight players. Flop comes out A 10 j with 2 hearts. Although I have flopped top and bottom, I am not happy with this flop. Limper and bb's range def include AJ, KQ, two hearts, and bb could have pkt jj. They both check to me. Pot is 340. I decide to check. If I am ahead, I am going to stay ahead on turn albeit a high card most likely. Second, if I am behind, I have few outs to catch up and I can control the size of the pot. I really think this is a good spot to check. Although I will end up calling more bets on later streets, if I am ahead I induce bluffs and if I am behind, I can decide where I am at based on size of bet. Turn is 2 sp. BB bets 300 which is almost whole pot. Now I give him AK AQ AJ or kq. I call. River is 6 cl. He bets 300 again. I decide to call instead of raise. I call, he has AQ and I am good. One player I know who is a decent player, suggested that I should have won a bigger pot based on strength of my hand. I actually liked the way I played the hand. If I thought I made a mistake at any point, I would admit it- I think it is very important to be honest about one's play in order to get better. I reviewed the hand with Jonathan and he agreed that I played it well. What do you guys think?

Another funny story. Jon was playing pokerstars Donkevent last night. One of the players bet small into a rather large pot on the river and Jon called with ace hi bc it appeared the bettor had missed a draw, bc a bet did not make sense. So Jon called with Ace hi and the player turned over 3rd pair. So Jon said, were u trying to bluff? And the guy's response: "why did you call, I don't bet with nothing!". LMAO On the floor laughing. If you bet into 3 players out of pos on river with third pair, does that not equal a bluff? I guess not to everyone.

So as you guys know, I do some poker coaching online, railing players, discussing hands, plays, strategy etc. So one of the newest players I talk to is very religious. Late one night, while we were discussing various hands, he says to me "If I wasn't a christian, I'd be a pimp." One of funniest lines I heard in a while. Another friend, who is very tan, told me "you are so white, I should rub myself on you and give you some color." That's either a very weird suggestion, or the worst come on line I ever heard. LMAO. But so cheeezy, its hilarious.

Ok guys, that it for now. One more thing, I don't know how much poker I am going to be playing this month. I am swamped with work and need to get it done, so we see how it goes. Talk to you guys soon, and makes lots of $$$$$$$$$$!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good money and peace,

Lucky C and Ace