I am a micro stakes player at University in England that is trying to earn myself around £60/$96 a week from playing poker. I used to play FTP but after that went tits up I started to play at my sports betting provider Ladbrokes. I deposited £15 into my Ladbrokes account 12 Days ago and played 18k hands at 0.02/0.04 6Max NL and turned that into £107. Anyways..
So today I decided to take a look at Pokerstars as at times the traffic at ladbrokes is poor. I had a play about with the settings at Stars and joined a table with a large waiting list and starting to watch just to see what I would be up against on this site. I was waiting a good 15 Minutes watching 2-3 players at this table bet almost every pot when it came my time to sit at the table.....
Hand converted with online PokerStrategy.com hand converter:
$0.02/$0.05 No-Limit Hold'em (6 handed)
Known players:
[tg]MP2$10.23:///////;MP3$6.05:///////;CO$12.42:///////;BU$12.31:///////;SB$12.50:///////;BB (Hero)$12.70:///////;[/tg]
Preflop: Hero is BB with Q:c, Q:s.
MP2 calls $0.05, MP3 folds, CO raises to $0.15, BU calls $0.15, SB folds, Hero raises to $1.15, MP2 folds, CO calls $1.00, BU calls $1.00.
Flop: ($3.52) 5:d, 8:h, 6:h (3 players)
Hero bets $1.85, CO raises to $3.70, BU calls $3.70, Hero raises to $11.55, CO calls $7.57, BU calls $7.46(All-In).
Turn: ($37.5) 3:s (3 players)
River: ($37.5) 4:d (3 players)
Final Pot: $37.5.
Results follow:
Hero shows a pair of queens(Q:c Q:s).
CO shows a pair of tens(T:h T:s).
BU shows a pair of fives(5:h J:h).
Hero wins with a pair of queens(Q:c Q:s).
Not a bad way to start eh?
I understand that a few of you may pick at the way I played this hand. I myself realise that my flop play was probably a little loose and a bit crazy. However after the Button called the two raises my guess was he was on a flush draw and i just had to decide whether the CO had a better hand than me. In hindsight against a tight player I would have folded. Either way I won the pot and am 459BB up already. Who Needs Full Tilt 
