Low-limit madness
 

This was just too funny not to post. No questions on how I played it... but check out these three people raising and re-raising each other with a nothing board. The way they behaved, they should have all had a high pocket pair...

** Game ID 681883603 starting - 2006-02-10 23:46:32
** Flat Pack [Hold 'em] (0.10|0.20 Fixed Limit - Cash Game) Real Money

- 5466 sitting in seat 1 with $3.43 [PT shows him as loose-aggressive - we don't get to see what he had here, but he was hugely aggressive against me when I had the nuts a few hands before]
- fat_winner sitting in seat 3 with $5.97
- F1Speed sitting in seat 4 with $31.43
- LittleJuliet sitting in seat 5 with $8.35
- Xxaceshigh77 sitting in seat 6 with $4.48 [Dealer]
- yMe3 sitting in seat 7 with $1.67 [not enough data for a read]
- apochomongo sitting in seat 8 with $6.53 [also not enough data]
- MathBabe sitting in seat 9 with $12.30
- reggie100000 sitting in seat 10 with $2.70 [calling station]

yMe3 posted the small blind - $0.05
apochomongo posted the big blind - $0.10
** Dealing card to MathBabe: Queen of Hearts, King of Diamonds
MathBabe called - $0.10
reggie100000 called - $0.10
5466 raised - $0.20
fat_winner folded
F1Speed folded
LittleJuliet folded
Xxaceshigh77 folded
yMe3 called - $0.20
apochomongo called - $0.20
MathBabe called - $0.20
reggie100000 called - $0.20

** Dealing the flop: 9 of Hearts, 5 of Hearts, 6 of Spades
yMe3 checked
apochomongo bet - $0.10
MathBabe folded
reggie100000 called - $0.10
5466 raised - $0.20
yMe3 called - $0.20
apochomongo raised - $0.30
reggie100000 called - $0.30
5466 raised - $0.40
yMe3 called - $0.40
apochomongo called - $0.40
reggie100000 called - $0.40

** Dealing the turn: 4 of Diamonds
yMe3 checked
apochomongo bet - $0.20
reggie100000 folded
5466 raised - $0.40
yMe3 called - $0.40
apochomongo raised - $0.60
5466 called - $0.60
yMe3 called - $0.60

** Dealing the river: 9 of Clubs
yMe3 checked
apochomongo bet - $0.20
5466 raised - $0.40
yMe3 called - $0.40
apochomongo raised - $0.60
5466 called - $0.60
yMe3 went all-in - $0.12
apochomongo shows: 8 of Hearts, 7 of Diamonds
5466 mucks: [Would love to have known what he had - I took more of his money than anyone else's this evening]
yMe3 shows: Ace of Clubs, 5 of Diamonds [Yes, went all-in with bottom pair!]
apochomongo wins $5.66 from the main pot
apochomongo wins $5.82 from side pot 1

End of game 681883603

Question for you
 

Mathbabe, the mere fact that you have PT, know math, consider how to play hands, etc. makes me think you should be playing for more than dimes – 1/2 perhaps at least. I don’t think the level of players you find there is going to be much better than at the microlimits – who knows, it might be worse. Is it simply a bankroll issue?

Got it in one...
 

You got it. Until I get a job I'm trying to make do with what I've already got deposited, and build it up. I have been playing the .25/.50 tables sometimes lately, and it's going well, although the players are a bit tighter. Thanks for the vote of confidence!