Just a quick post to wish my niece Nadene a very happy 1st birthday 
She’s having a little tea party later so I’ll be picking Katie up after work and taking her there. Hope you have a great day Nadene!
Playing Texas Hold’em on Ladbrokes Poker recently, I got lucky on the flop and hit a full house. Wanting to maximise my profit, here is how I started off slowly to lull my opponents into a false sense of security…
(My online poker name is “Stunshot”).
Stunshot: T♣ 8♣
Stunshot posted small blind (10)
Nixo posted big blind (20)
Game #522,858,739 starting
Dealing Hole Cards
julien22 called for 20
Hoken66 folded
kudu_kid called for 20
Stunshot called for 10
Nixo checked
No-one had raised, I had posted the small blind and it would only cost me another 10 to see the flop, so I decided to stay in the hand.
Dealing the Flop: T♥ T♦ 8♦
Fantastic! I had hit a full house on the flop Now, how should I play it…?
Stunshot checked
Nixo bet for 20
julien22 called for 20
kudu_kid called for 20
Stunshot raised for 80
Nixo called for 60
julien22 raised for 120
kudu_kid folded
Stunshot raised for 360
Nixo called for 360
julien22 called for 300
I’d managed to get two players to put a few hundred chips in each – hopefully enough to convince them to stay in the hand ’til the end.
Dealing the turn: K♠
Stunshot bet for 540
Nixo folded
julien22 went all-in for 1,040
Stunshot went all-in for 460
Extra chips returned to julien22, 40
I bet a hefty amount, but not enough to make my hand seem totally convincing. Just enough to coax my opponent into “calling my bluff”. Of course, I wasn’t bluffing!
Dealing the river: 9♥
Stunshot wins 3,420 with a Full House, Tens full of Eights
I’d have usually folded a 10/8 suited, but on this occasion it paid off
Dan Mullen is an Analyst Programmer, entrepreneur and web guru. He lives in Sunderland with his beautiful daughter Katie.
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