short session

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 960 hands and saw flop:

- a total of 140 out of 960 (14%)
Pots won at showdown - 20 of 46 (43%)
Pots won without showdown - 79

My motivation to play poker is as high as before. I played a small session today but it was not a great session. I lost a bit due to bad luck and I was tired and I am busy with a lot of other stuff. Also since I have not played the past few days I tried bluffing a bit more, which ended up costing me here and there. The bankroll is at 176$.

One of my goals is to defend the Silver VIP status, which will be easy. I have 148 points left and still 2 weeks until I have to get that full and I know I wont be able to get to Gold this month anyways, so there is no need to push sessions to the maximum.

However there was one hand I found interesting and I played it with one of my favorite players marcel2311. It was a small pot and I dont remember the action preflop and on the flop. I had a hand like 35os in the BB and I think marcel was in the SB. There was also limpers. I made a straight on the turn, but there was also a flush possibility and marcel bet. I just called and the others folded. The river was another heart. I did not have one. My straight looked beat. The board was something like A3427. marcel checked the river and I decided to bet a decent size into the pot, but it was still small. Maybe a 10c bet. marcel decided to call. He had A2.
Very interesting call. He called to see, not because he thought his 2 pair was good. A call that he had to made to know more about my game. It was also a good bet by my considering I could have been beat easily. I tend to pay off sometimes too. Its good to know in such small pots how the player plays certain hands. He knew I could have had nothing. I like bluffing small pots.
In his spot I think I would have bet the flop with the A to know where everyone is at. If you get called from the guys who limped in position you can be sure your A2 (in general with a low kicker) is not good. Then on the turn when it completes the straight as well as the flush, it is basically and easy check fold. Then again he did have to pair on the turn. I would have seen how much my opponents would bet in the spot and possibly call to try to hit the full house.
But yeah, interesting hand I think.