And some times it just happens ...

The cards ran hot tonight. It's great to experience, it doesn't happen often but tonight I just had one of those great nights where it all went right. The ironic thing was I only played one table becuase only one 5nl table on Stars was active, normally I'd play two.

Things started well ... this was my first hand! (Apologies for not removing the names of the innocent, hand converter doesnt seem to convert for this format).

POKERSTARS GAME #4527465867: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.02/$0.05) - 2006/04/05 - 05:27:22 (ET)
Table 'Schilowa' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: preston60 ($9.56 in chips)
Seat 2: Jonnie G ($7.70 in chips)
Seat 3: djones148 ($1.88 in chips)
Seat 4: T.J. Combo ($16.85 in chips)
Seat 5: murkulater ($5.67 in chips)
Seat 6: Quiike ($5.70 in chips)
Seat 7: TommieVB ($10.48 in chips)
Seat 8: Gaspiggy ($3.70 in chips)
Seat 9: aob_buzz ($5 in chips)
Jonnie G: posts small blind $0.02
djones148: posts big blind $0.05
aob_buzz: posts big blind $0.05
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to aob_buzz [As Ah]
T.J. Combo: folds
preston60 said, "alright piggy"
murkulater: raises $0.55 to $0.60
Quiike: folds
TommieVB: folds
Gaspiggy: folds
preston60 said, "a little 3 7 eh"
aob_buzz: raises $0.90 to $1.50
preston60: folds
Jonnie G: folds
djones148: folds
Jonnie G said, "hey it won the world series"
murkulater: raises $4.17 to $5.67 and is all-in
aob_buzz: calls $3.50 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [Jd 7d Jh]
preston60 said, "J 7"
*** TURN *** [Jd 7d Jh] [Jc]
*** RIVER *** [Jd 7d Jh Jc] [5d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
murkulater: shows [9h 9c] (a full house, Jacks full of Nines)
aob_buzz: shows [As Ah] (a full house, Jacks full of Aces)
aob_buzz collected $9.57 from pot
preston60 said, "who likes it"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $10.07 | Rake $0.50
Board [Jd 7d Jh Jc 5d]
Seat 1: preston60 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Jonnie G (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: djones148 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: T.J. Combo folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: murkulater showed [9h 9c] and lost with a full house, Jacks full of Nines
Seat 6: Quiike folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: TommieVB folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Gaspiggy folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: aob_buzz showed [As Ah] and won ($9.57) with a full house, Jacks full of Aces

Allright!

Played patient for a while, then later ...

POKERSTARS GAME #4527613272: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.02/$0.05) - 2006/04/05 - 06:30:41 (ET)
Table 'Schilowa' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: preston60 ($13.12 in chips)
Seat 2: Vic3Roy ($7.96 in chips)
Seat 3: wRyanW ($1.93 in chips)
Seat 4: T.J. Combo ($15.30 in chips)
Seat 5: normanorca ($7.11 in chips)
Seat 6: jps151074 ($10.82 in chips)
Seat 7: TommieVB ($5.66 in chips)
Seat 8: gmcatm ($3.12 in chips)
Seat 9: aob_buzz ($9.64 in chips)
Vic3Roy: posts small blind $0.02
wRyanW: posts big blind $0.05
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to aob_buzz [4d 4s]
preston60 said, "just low enough to call"
preston60 said, "ty"
T.J. Combo: folds
normanorca: calls $0.05
jps151074: folds
aob_buzz said, "damn river wouldnt have played it otherwise :P"
preston60 said, "thats 3 sets in 800 hands"
T.J. Combo said, "77?"
preston60 said, "i'm on a role"
preston60 said, "LOL"
TommieVB: folds
gmcatm: calls $0.05
aob_buzz: calls $0.05
preston60: calls $0.05
aob_buzz said, "two in like the last five, stop complaining :)"
Vic3Roy: raises $0.10 to $0.15
wRyanW: folds
normanorca: calls $0.10
gmcatm: calls $0.10
aob_buzz: calls $0.10
preston60: calls $0.10
*** FLOP *** [4h 7s Ts]
TommieVB is sitting out
preston60 said, "i'm not compaining - i'm braggin"
aob_buzz said, ":)"
T.J. Combo said, "lol"
Vic3Roy: bets $0.50
normanorca: folds
gmcatm: folds
gmcatm is sitting out
preston60 said, "lol"
aob_buzz: raises $0.50 to $1
preston60: folds
preston60 said, "j/k"
Vic3Roy: raises $0.50 to $1.50
aob_buzz: calls $0.50
*** TURN *** [4h 7s Ts] [Qd]
T.J. Combo said, "I keep saying to myself that I'll go to bed after this hand"
Vic3Roy: bets $1
preston60 said, "i seriously am unsure of whats goin on what now"
aob_buzz: raises $6.99 to $7.99 and is all-in
preston60 said, "i think someone's been drinking out ofmy handle..."
T.J. Combo said, "I think someone was betting the flush draw"
Vic3Roy: calls $5.31 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [4h 7s Ts Qd] [4c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Vic3Roy: shows [Js Jc] (two pair, Jacks and Fours)
aob_buzz: shows [4d 4s] (four of a kind, Fours)
aob_buzz collected $15.62 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $16.42 | Rake $0.80
Board [4h 7s Ts Qd 4c]
Seat 1: preston60 (button) folded on the Flop
Seat 2: Vic3Roy (small blind) showed [Js Jc] and lost with two pair, Jacks and Fours
Seat 3: wRyanW (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: T.J. Combo folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: normanorca folded on the Flop
Seat 6: jps151074 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: TommieVB folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: gmcatm folded on the Flop
Seat 9: aob_buzz showed [4d 4s] and won ($15.62) with four of a kind, Fours

I so nearly folded to the re-raise, fearing an over set ... and in retrospect I think I made a mistake, I should have pushed right there. But for a change it came off ... and the river would have sealed it anyway.

Finally, although I didnt make much here, how is this for a flop:

POKERSTARS GAME #4527624226: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.02/$0.05) - 2006/04/05 - 06:35:37 (ET)
Table 'Schilowa' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: preston60 ($14.71 in chips)
Seat 2: Vic3Roy ($4.25 in chips)
Seat 3: wRyanW ($1.86 in chips)
Seat 4: T.J. Combo ($15.23 in chips)
Seat 5: normanorca ($6.69 in chips)
Seat 6: jps151074 ($11.04 in chips)
Seat 9: aob_buzz ($17.30 in chips)
jps151074: posts small blind $0.02
aob_buzz: posts big blind $0.05
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to aob_buzz [Qc Ad]
Vic3Roy said, "i knew it too"
T.J. Combo said, "I think Pokerstars has a Continuous shuffle thing going on"
preston60: folds
Vic3Roy: folds
wRyanW: folds
T.J. Combo: calls $0.05
normanorca: folds
preston60 said, "lol - thats the worst"
jps151074: calls $0.03
aob_buzz: raises $0.15 to $0.20
preston60 said, "been there though - good hand"
preston60 said, "good pot managemtn"
T.J. Combo said, "Last hand for me, then I'm out."
preston60 said, "cuz i woulda called most bets there"
T.J. Combo: calls $0.15
jps151074: folds
*** FLOP *** [As Ah Qs]
aob_buzz: bets $0.25
preston60 said, "BS TJ"
T.J. Combo said, "Damn, this 9 high is hard to get away from."
T.J. Combo: folds
aob_buzz collected $0.45 from pot
aob_buzz: shows [Qc Ad] (a full house, Aces full of Queens)
preston60 said, "y quit now - your about to double up"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $0.45 | Rake $0
Board [As Ah Qs]
Seat 1: preston60 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Vic3Roy folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: wRyanW folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: T.J. Combo folded on the Flop
Seat 5: normanorca (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: jps151074 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: aob_buzz (big blind) collected ($0.45)

I so wanted to check the flop, but I thought that would look like a slowplay after the raise, and was hoping if he held the other ace he might re-raise my bet.

I enjoyed tonight ... so many times it doesnt happen, but it sure did tonight!