a little no-limit

after NC decided to bail at the last minute, tuesday night poker was cancelled and all of a sudden i had a free evening on my hands. T was having dinner with a girlfriend so i decided to jump on ub. jumped into a pretty juicy nlhe table. one hand of note

(No Limit Hold'em) Powered by UltimateBet
     TankSJ: A J

Pre-flop:
     7s folds. 8s calls. TankSJ calls. 0s raises to $2.75. 1s folds. 2s folds. 3s folds. 4s folds. 5s folds. 6s calls. 8s folds. TankSJ calls.

Flop (board: T 8 6):
     6s checks. TankSJ bets $4.75. 0s raises to $9.50. 6s goes all-in for $8.50. TankSJ calls.

Turn (board: T 8 6 A):
     TankSJ goes all-in for $11.75. 0s calls.

River (board: T 8 6 A 4):

Showdown:
     TankSJ shows A J: flush, ace/jack high.
     0s mucks cards. (T J. )
     6s shows J 9: flush, ace/ten high.

i hadn't been at the table long but i had been there long enough to see the 0s raising with anything so i decided to see the flop. the pot sized bet on the flop was questionable but luckily it worked out for me.

i had queens at least three times and twice a queen high flop came. both times i had to bet something because there were flush/straight possibilities on the board and i couldn't let them see a card for free. unfortunately everyone folded when i bet. better to win a small pot though.

thanks to iggy at guinnessandpoker.blogspot.com for the mention. now i feel more compelled to keep up with the poker-related blogging.