Dropping down a level

I took a cash out of most of my Full Tilt funds on Wednesday, leaving me with $600.00. I took it out as a precaution against the UIGEA Act that may or may not go into effect on Dec. 1, which stipulates that financial institutions are no longer allowed to process financial transactions for online gaming companies.

SO, a to make a long story short, staying at $50NL with $600.00 is going to be a difficult thing. 12 buy ins makes it easy to go broke, which is more or less what happened Thursday and Friday... my account dropped to around $350. I decided that I needed to drop down in stakes to $25NL until I can establish a reasonable account balance - at which time I can move back up to $50NL.

I forgot how easy $25NL is... these players are just terrible! Granted, I have a limited sample size, but I have included some of the more amazing hands that just stupefied me when I saw the players call me down.

Didn't win this one, but these villains were pure DONKEYS with a capital "D":
Full Tilt Poker $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em - 8 players - http://www.thehandconverter.com/hands/382892
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

UTG+1: $38.29
MP1: $3.20
MP2: $23.80
CO: $13.36
Hero (BTN): $37.39
SB: $12.55
BB: $5.00
UTG: $36.37

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is BTN with Kh Ac
1 fold, UTG+1 calls $0.25, 3 folds, Hero raises to $1.10, 1 fold, BB raises to $5 all in, UTG+1 calls $4.75, Hero raises to $10, UTG+1 calls $5
Okay. I've established that I have a monster hand. If you're UTG+1, are you calling a 4 bet for 1/3 of your stack (we're deep stacked here) with KTo? PURE DONKEY!

Flop: ($25.10) 8h Tc Jh (3 players - 1 is all in)
UTG+1 checks, Hero bets $8, UTG+1 calls $8
PLEASE QUEEN!!! PLEASE!!!

Turn: ($41.10) 5c (3 players - 1 is all in)
UTG+1 checks, Hero checks

River: ($41.10) Js (3 players - 1 is all in)
UTG+1 checks, Hero checks
Perhaps I can all in shove to represent a Jack, but I already contributed enough to this pot.

Final Pot: $41.10
UTG+1 shows Ts Kd (two pair, Jacks and Tens) - LOL!!!!
Hero shows Kh Ac (a pair of Jacks)
BB mucks Ad Qd
UTG+1 wins $24.70
UTG+1 wins $14.35
(Rake: $2.05)

Here's another hand; tough to fold AQo high, huh?

Full Tilt Poker $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em - 7 players - http://www.thehandconverter.com/hands/382899
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UTG: $69.47
UTG+1: $7.15
Hero (MP): $28.57
CO: $12.50
BTN: $5.00
SB: $6.08
BB: $36.77

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is MP with Kh Kc
2 folds, Hero raises to $0.85, 3 folds, BB raises to $2.65, Hero raises to $5, BB calls $2.35

Flop: ($10.10) 7h Jc 5d (2 players)
BB bets $6, Hero calls $6
AJo? JJJ? Pretty strong bet for a donk bet

Turn: ($22.10) 2s (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $8, BB calls $8
He doesn't have anything!

River: ($38.10) Jh (2 players)
BB bets $17.77 all in, Hero calls $9.57 all in
$9.57 into $38? CALL!!!

Final Pot: $57.24
Hero shows Kh Kc (two pair, Kings and Jacks)
BB shows Qc Ad (a pair of Jacks)
Hero wins $54.38
(Rake: $2.86)

Always good to stack off with AKo high! ESPECIALLY AGAINST THE POKER MEISTER - J9s

Full Tilt Poker $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em - 9 players - http://www.thehandconverter.com/hands/382900
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BTN: $10.28
SB: $32.22
BB: $5.00
UTG: $31.51
Hero (UTG+1): $35.81
UTG+2: $26.36
MP1: $8.42
MP2: $5.00
CO: $13.07

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is UTG+1 with Jh 9h
1 fold, Hero calls $0.25, UTG+2 raises to $1.10, 6 folds, Hero calls $0.85

Flop: ($2.55) 9s Jd 8d (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG+2 bets $2.55, Hero raises to $7.75, UTG+2 raises to $25.26 all in, Hero calls $17.51
PLEASE have AA, KK!

Turn: ($53.07) 8h (2 players - 1 is all in)
Damnit, he has a better two pair

River: ($53.07) Js (2 players - 1 is all in)
Redeemed!

Final Pot: $53.07
Hero shows Jh 9h (a full house, Jacks full of Nines)
UTG+2 shows Ad Kh (two pair, Jacks and Eights) - Nevermind; he had AK high! DONKEY!!!

Hero wins $50.42
(Rake: $2.65)

A Rakewell hand (the Mighty 24!):

Full Tilt Poker $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players - http://www.thehandconverter.com/hands/382902
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MP: $41.77
CO: $25.00
BTN: $33.86
SB: $12.42
Hero (BB): $25.00
UTG: $12.50

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is BB with 2c 4s
1 fold, MP calls $0.25, 2 folds, SB calls $0.15, Hero checks

Flop: ($0.75) 5d Ac 3c (3 players)
SB bets $0.25, Hero raises to $1, MP folds, SB calls $0.75

Turn: ($2.75) Jh (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $1.25, SB calls $1.25

River: ($5.25) 6h (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $4, SB calls $4

Final Pot: $13.25
SB mucks Ah 2h
Hero shows 2c 4s (a straight, Six high)
Hero wins $12.59
(Rake: $0.66)

But don't try to turn the Poker Meister against me!

Full Tilt Poker $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold'em - 9 players - http://www.thehandconverter.com/hands/382904
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SB: $10.10
Hero (BB): $39.89
UTG: $9.84
UTG+1: $8.17
UTG+2: $9.75
MP1: $5.91
MP2: $33.60
CO: $26.52
BTN: $5.00

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is BB with Td As
1 fold, UTG+1 calls $0.25, UTG+2 calls $0.25, MP1 calls $0.25, 3 folds, SB calls $0.15, Hero checks

Flop: ($1.25) 9c Ad Jh (5 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $0.75, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 raises to $3.50, MP1 folds, SB folds, Hero raises to $11.75, UTG+2 calls $6 all in

Turn: ($20.25) 3d (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: ($20.25) Ts (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $20.25
Hero shows Td As (two pair, Aces and Tens)
UTG+2 shows Js 9s (two pair, Jacks and Nines)
Hero wins $19.24
(Rake: $1.01)