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Misclicking for Fun and Profit

note: cross posted from Andrew's blog at http://www.thinkingpoker.net/Blog/

It never ceases to amuse me when my mistakes make me money. Here I meant to bet $99 on the river and accidentally bet $9. The result was inducing a huge check-raise bluff from a hand that almost certainly would have folded to my intended bet:

Full Tilt Poker, $3/$6 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 6 Players

BTN: $705
SB: $1,359.35
Hero (BB): $1,230
UTG: $1,336.25
MP: $600
CO: $1,828

Pre-Flop: Ac 7c dealt to Hero (BB)
4 folds, SB calls $3, Hero raises to $18, SB calls $12

Flop: ($36) 3s 9h 4c (2 Players)
SB checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($36) 8c (2 Players)
SB bets $13, Hero raises to $42, SB calls $29

River: ($120) 3c (2 Players)
SB checks, Hero bets $9, SB raises to $234, Hero calls $225

Results: $588 Pot ($3 Rake)
SB showed Th Qc (a pair of Threes) and LOST (-$294 NET)
Hero showed Ac 7c (a flush, Ace high) and WON $585 (+$291 NET)

Unfortunately, I decided to flush the profits and then some on an ill-conceived river check-raise bluff of my own:

Full Tilt Poker, $3/$6 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 5 Players

CO: $998
BTN: $597
Hero (SB): $1,713.20
BB: $352.10
UTG: $1,896.60

Pre-Flop: 8c 8h dealt to Hero (SB)
UTG folds, CO raises to $21, BTN folds, Hero calls $18, BB folds

Flop: ($48) 2s Jc 5c (2 Players)
Hero checks, CO bets $35, Hero calls $35

Turn: ($118) 5d (2 Players)
Hero checks, CO bets $111, Hero calls $111

River: ($340) 7c (2 Players)
Hero checks, CO bets $200, Hero raises to $1,546.20 and is All-In, CO calls $631 and is All-In

Results: $2,002 Pot ($3 Rake)
CO showed Jh Js (a full house, Jacks full of Fives) and WON $1,999 (+$1,001 NET)
Hero showed 8c 8h (two pair, Eights and Fives) and LOST (-$998 NET)

First off, I hate the turn call. My thinking was that his range when he near-pots it is polarized to bluffs and boats, but it's probably so waited towards boats that I don't belong in the hand anyway. Then I disregard that read on the river and decide based on his bet-sizing that he has an overpair after all and maybe I can take him off of it. Pure sloppiness on my part.