Got out of jail, in the end.

Another frustrating night of Rush Poker - still monitoring those pocket pairs!

I played 355 hands, and this is what I saw

(w = won hand, l = lost hand, f = folded pre-flop, * = hit a set on the flop)

KK x 3 (w-w-w)
QQ x 4 (w*-w*-w-w)
JJ x 2 (w-l)
TT x 2 (l-l)
99 x 1 (l)
88 x 3 (w-w-l)
55 x 3 (w-l-f)
44 x 4 (f-w-l-l)
22 x 2 (l-l)

As you can see, I picked up 24 pocket pairs, from 355 hands. That's an average of 1 in every 14.8 hands (better than the average of 1 in every 17).

I twice folded pre-flop (to big raises/re-raises), so saw 22 flops and hit a set on 2 occasions - both with pocket Queens (in fact, I flopped a boat with the first one, and got no action, and the second time I had Queens I turned a boat full of Jacks, and only got paid the minimum from A-J, as the river put a possible flush on the board).

So, 2 out of 22 flops is equal to 1 set in every 11 pairs, still a bit below the average of 1 in every 8.7 times, but maybe not as bad as last night.

I had been frustrated for the first 354 hands and had to re-load several times, such that my initial $5.00 turned into $10.00 very quickly. However, the last hand was my get out of jail hand. I had Pocket Kings in the BB and there were 4 limpers, so I made it $0.35 to go, and still picked up 3 callers.

The flop was 5c-Qd-Js. I was about to bet out, and paused, deciding to check-raise any bet. P1 makes it $0.50 (just over 1/3 pot) and this is quickly called by P2. P3 folds, and it's back round to me. The pot is now $2.36 and they have $1.99 and $2.78 back, respectively. I decide there are too many draws out there so I decide to put them both all-in, with a $3.45 bet. I am expecting one of them to have top-pair and the other to have a draw, so I am hoping for one call - I get two.

P1 has 10-J, for middle pair and P2 has K-J, same again with a better kicker. So, I now have to fade another Jack, or a Ten. The turn is relief, as the Kc lands, giving me the set. P2 is drawing dead, and I now have to fade an Ace on the river (that would have been criminal). It's the 5d (improving me to a house). I scooped the $9.80 pot to get myself back into profit for the evening.


That's when I decided to call it a night. Again, I was ahead of the average for pocket pairs dealt, but behind the average for sets seen on the flop. One night it'll all come together and I might make a few bob - 'til then I'll keep grinding.