BBT3 is coming, and with it a lot of people are starting to make predictions.
Loretta has already made Hoyazo's list of 40 players. Hopefully the prediction comes true and Lor gets back 2 back entries to the ToC.
I won't be able to play in nearly as many of these as I'd like to, since life is hugely demanding this semester, but I'll definitely get a few cracks at it.
Cya there!
Friday, February 29, 2008
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Getting a little tired of this (again)
I'm getting tired of posting about how bad I run, but there's nothing else to fucking post.
Playing the riverchasers, I just had 33 call me unimproved on a T-high flop (He minraised, I 3bet OTB). I wimp out turn and river because I don't really have a read and my AJ doesn't cut it. After that, JJ sees a Q on the flop and an A on the turn and I lay it down. A couple hands later...
Full Tilt Poker Game #5437366969: Riverchasers Online Tour (35918033), Table 2 - 30/60 - No Limit Holdem - 21:32:43 ET - 2008/02/28
Seat 1: GottaWinSum (7,525)
Seat 2: muhctim (3,380)
Seat 3: DaBag (5,960)
Seat 4: Drizztdj (2,760)
Seat 5: IlliniFan (4,380)
Seat 6: wwonka69 (2,410)
Seat 7: cndycarr10 (4,715), is sitting out
Seat 8: lightning36 (7,960)
Seat 9: CheckinMyAA (1,780)
cndycarr10 posts the small blind of 30
lightning36 posts the big blind of 60
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Kh Kc]
CheckinMyAA raises to 180
GottaWinSum folds
muhctim folds
DaBag folds
Drizztdj calls 180
IlliniFan folds
wwonka69 folds
cndycarr10 folds
lightning36 folds
*** FLOP *** [Jc 5s 7c]
cndycarr10 has returned
CheckinMyAA bets 350
Drizztdj calls 350
*** TURN *** [Jc 5s 7c] [2s]
CheckinMyAA bets 1,250, and is all in
cndycarr10 is sitting out
Drizztdj calls 1,250
CheckinMyAA shows [Kh Kc]
Drizztdj shows [Js Jd]
*** RIVER *** [Jc 5s 7c 2s] [2c]
CheckinMyAA shows two pair, Kings and Twos
Drizztdj shows a full house, Jacks full of Twos
Drizztdj wins the pot (3,650) with a full house, Jacks full of Twos
CheckinMyAA stands up
In a 26$ token frenzy I ran JJ into QQ on a T-high flop. (Called my raise IP pre, called flop bet on a wet board... Shoved it into him on the turn FTL.
Also played both daily doubles (Still alive in Double A), but double B ended in a lesson on how to dodge a lot of outs when AdTd was no good vs QQ on a T-high, two diamond flop. I turned a gutshot too, but everything missed, and there goes 12 bucks for a whopping 2 hands of tournament play. Wheee.
I run goot.
Roll is under 600 for the first time since shortly after winning the 3$ KO. I need to turn something around soon.
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EDIT: Crippled in the Double A by this
Full Tilt Poker Game #5437529423: Daily Double - A (40675475), Table 111 - 30/60 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:51:00 ET - 2008/02/28
Seat 1: CheckinMyAA (3,635)
Seat 2: fish001 (2,060)
Seat 3: cvthull (2,710)
Seat 4: Minus Orange (2,760)
Seat 5: CivicSi02 (2,065)
Seat 6: saintpimp (5,735)
Seat 7: duclover (1,628)
Seat 8: mesars (9,660)
Seat 9: CrunkPIMP (3,937)
fish001 posts the small blind of 30
cvthull posts the big blind of 60
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [As Ad]
Minus Orange folds
CivicSi02 calls 60
saintpimp folds
duclover folds
mesars folds
CrunkPIMP folds
CheckinMyAA raises to 260
fish001 folds
cvthull calls 200
CivicSi02 calls 200
*** FLOP *** [2c Kd Td]
cvthull checks
CivicSi02 checks
CheckinMyAA bets 700
cvthull calls 700
CivicSi02 has 15 seconds left to act
CivicSi02 raises to 1,805, and is all in
CheckinMyAA raises to 3,375, and is all in
cvthull calls 1,750, and is all in
CheckinMyAA shows [As Ad]
cvthull shows [Js Qs]
CivicSi02 shows [Ts Ks]
Uncalled bet of 925 returned to CheckinMyAA
*** TURN *** [2c Kd Td] [9h]
*** RIVER *** [2c Kd Td 9h] [Tc]
CheckinMyAA shows two pair, Aces and Tens
cvthull shows a straight, King high
cvthull wins the side pot (1,290) with a straight, King high
CivicSi02 shows a full house, Tens full of Kings
CivicSi02 wins the main pot (6,225) with a full house, Tens full of Kings
Playing the riverchasers, I just had 33 call me unimproved on a T-high flop (He minraised, I 3bet OTB). I wimp out turn and river because I don't really have a read and my AJ doesn't cut it. After that, JJ sees a Q on the flop and an A on the turn and I lay it down. A couple hands later...
Full Tilt Poker Game #5437366969: Riverchasers Online Tour (35918033), Table 2 - 30/60 - No Limit Holdem - 21:32:43 ET - 2008/02/28
Seat 1: GottaWinSum (7,525)
Seat 2: muhctim (3,380)
Seat 3: DaBag (5,960)
Seat 4: Drizztdj (2,760)
Seat 5: IlliniFan (4,380)
Seat 6: wwonka69 (2,410)
Seat 7: cndycarr10 (4,715), is sitting out
Seat 8: lightning36 (7,960)
Seat 9: CheckinMyAA (1,780)
cndycarr10 posts the small blind of 30
lightning36 posts the big blind of 60
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Kh Kc]
CheckinMyAA raises to 180
GottaWinSum folds
muhctim folds
DaBag folds
Drizztdj calls 180
IlliniFan folds
wwonka69 folds
cndycarr10 folds
lightning36 folds
*** FLOP *** [Jc 5s 7c]
cndycarr10 has returned
CheckinMyAA bets 350
Drizztdj calls 350
*** TURN *** [Jc 5s 7c] [2s]
CheckinMyAA bets 1,250, and is all in
cndycarr10 is sitting out
Drizztdj calls 1,250
CheckinMyAA shows [Kh Kc]
Drizztdj shows [Js Jd]
*** RIVER *** [Jc 5s 7c 2s] [2c]
CheckinMyAA shows two pair, Kings and Twos
Drizztdj shows a full house, Jacks full of Twos
Drizztdj wins the pot (3,650) with a full house, Jacks full of Twos
CheckinMyAA stands up
In a 26$ token frenzy I ran JJ into QQ on a T-high flop. (Called my raise IP pre, called flop bet on a wet board... Shoved it into him on the turn FTL.
Also played both daily doubles (Still alive in Double A), but double B ended in a lesson on how to dodge a lot of outs when AdTd was no good vs QQ on a T-high, two diamond flop. I turned a gutshot too, but everything missed, and there goes 12 bucks for a whopping 2 hands of tournament play. Wheee.
I run goot.
Roll is under 600 for the first time since shortly after winning the 3$ KO. I need to turn something around soon.
==================================
EDIT: Crippled in the Double A by this
Full Tilt Poker Game #5437529423: Daily Double - A (40675475), Table 111 - 30/60 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:51:00 ET - 2008/02/28
Seat 1: CheckinMyAA (3,635)
Seat 2: fish001 (2,060)
Seat 3: cvthull (2,710)
Seat 4: Minus Orange (2,760)
Seat 5: CivicSi02 (2,065)
Seat 6: saintpimp (5,735)
Seat 7: duclover (1,628)
Seat 8: mesars (9,660)
Seat 9: CrunkPIMP (3,937)
fish001 posts the small blind of 30
cvthull posts the big blind of 60
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [As Ad]
Minus Orange folds
CivicSi02 calls 60
saintpimp folds
duclover folds
mesars folds
CrunkPIMP folds
CheckinMyAA raises to 260
fish001 folds
cvthull calls 200
CivicSi02 calls 200
*** FLOP *** [2c Kd Td]
cvthull checks
CivicSi02 checks
CheckinMyAA bets 700
cvthull calls 700
CivicSi02 has 15 seconds left to act
CivicSi02 raises to 1,805, and is all in
CheckinMyAA raises to 3,375, and is all in
cvthull calls 1,750, and is all in
CheckinMyAA shows [As Ad]
cvthull shows [Js Qs]
CivicSi02 shows [Ts Ks]
Uncalled bet of 925 returned to CheckinMyAA
*** TURN *** [2c Kd Td] [9h]
*** RIVER *** [2c Kd Td 9h] [Tc]
CheckinMyAA shows two pair, Aces and Tens
cvthull shows a straight, King high
cvthull wins the side pot (1,290) with a straight, King high
CivicSi02 shows a full house, Tens full of Kings
CivicSi02 wins the main pot (6,225) with a full house, Tens full of Kings
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Trying to Turn a Profit on Tier I SNGs
So after last mid-week's debacle of running somewhat (extremely) crappy, I had a ROI on the 8$ Tier 1 token sats of about -30%. Not terrific, considering these things are supposed to be supremely beatable.
I had a very brief amount of time to try on this evening and went 1 for 1, despite running KK into the monster AQ early. Here's your key hands (for all the hand history junkies out there .. I know I'm one):
First hand of the tourney, I get a gift from the SB.
Full Tilt Poker Game #5415442313: Tier One $8+$0.70 (Turbo) (41202240), Table 2 - 15/30 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:10:08 ET - 2008/02/26
Seat 1: ktowngamblr (1,500)
Seat 2: CheckinMyAA (1,500)
Seat 3: LemonRooster (1,500)
Seat 4: Mission74 (1,500)
Seat 5: Diamond King 2 (1,500)
Seat 6: pokinator2000 (1,500)
Seat 7: xTheory (1,500)
Seat 8: Danuska54 (1,500)
Seat 9: runnergunner (1,500)
ktowngamblr posts the small blind of 15
CheckinMyAA posts the big blind of 30
The button is in seat #9
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Jd Ad]
LemonRooster has 15 seconds left to act
LemonRooster is sitting out
LemonRooster has timed out
LemonRooster folds
Mission74 has 15 seconds left to act
Mission74 is sitting out
Mission74 has timed out
Mission74 folds
Diamond King 2 has 15 seconds left to act
Diamond King 2 is sitting out
Diamond King 2 has timed out
Diamond King 2 folds
pokinator2000 folds
xTheory folds
Danuska54 folds
runnergunner folds
ktowngamblr calls 15
CheckinMyAA raises to 120
ktowngamblr calls 90
*** FLOP *** [Ah 7s 2h]
ktowngamblr checks
CheckinMyAA bets 200
ktowngamblr calls 200
*** TURN *** [Ah 7s 2h] [Qc]
ktowngamblr checks
CheckinMyAA bets 500
Diamond King 2 has returned
ktowngamblr raises to 1,180, and is all in
CheckinMyAA calls 680, and is all in
ktowngamblr shows [As 8c]
CheckinMyAA shows [Jd Ad]
*** RIVER *** [Ah 7s 2h Qc] [6d]
ktowngamblr shows a pair of Aces
CheckinMyAA shows a pair of Aces
CheckinMyAA wins the pot (3,000) with a pair of Aces
ktowngamblr: gh
ktowngamblr stands up
Less than an orbit later, KK is no good.
Full Tilt Poker Game #5415519720: Tier One $8+$0.70 (Turbo) (41202240), Table 2 - 25/50 - No Limit Holdem - 23:16:22 ET - 2008/02/26
Seat 2: CheckinMyAA (2,915)
Seat 3: LemonRooster (1,450)
Seat 4: Mission74 (1,820)
Seat 5: Diamond King 2 (1,500)
Seat 6: pokinator2000 (1,310)
Seat 7: xTheory (1,745)
Seat 8: Danuska54 (1,260)
Seat 9: runnergunner (1,500)
xTheory posts the small blind of 25
Danuska54 posts the big blind of 50
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Ks Kd]
runnergunner folds
CheckinMyAA raises to 150
LemonRooster folds
Mission74 folds
Diamond King 2 folds
pokinator2000 folds
xTheory folds
Danuska54 raises to 1,260, and is all in
CheckinMyAA calls 1,110
Danuska54 shows [Qs Ac]
CheckinMyAA shows [Ks Kd]
*** FLOP *** [As Ts 9s]
*** TURN *** [As Ts 9s] [6d]
*** RIVER *** [As Ts 9s 6d] [Ad]
Danuska54 shows three of a kind, Aces
CheckinMyAA shows two pair, Aces and Kings
Danuska54 wins the pot (2,545) with three of a kind, Aces
So that definitely takes the wind outta the old sails, but I kept on trucking. I didn't do much until I decide to gamble with a below-average stack.
Full Tilt Poker Game #5415798611: Tier One $8+$0.70 (Turbo) (41202240), Table 2 - 120/240 - No Limit Holdem - 23:39:10 ET - 2008/02/26
Seat 2: CheckinMyAA (2,040)
Seat 3: LemonRooster (1,240)
Seat 4: Mission74 (1,430)
Seat 6: pokinator2000 (1,950)
Seat 7: xTheory (3,480)
Seat 9: runnergunner (905)
pokinator2000 posts the small blind of 120
xTheory posts the big blind of 240
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Th Qd]
runnergunner folds
CheckinMyAA raises to 640
LemonRooster folds
Mission74 folds
pokinator2000 raises to 1,950, and is all in
xTheory folds
CheckinMyAA: sick gambooooooool .. lol
CheckinMyAA calls 1,310
pokinator2000 shows [As Js]
CheckinMyAA shows [Th Qd]
*** FLOP *** [Qh 6h Qs]
*** TURN *** [Qh 6h Qs] [7c]
*** RIVER *** [Qh 6h Qs 7c] [8d]
pokinator2000: ha
pokinator2000 shows a pair of Queens
CheckinMyAA shows three of a kind, Queens
CheckinMyAA wins the pot (4,140) with three of a kind, Queens
pokinator2000 stands up
And that was enough for me to coast to the final 6. On the token bubble it was a little worrisome. With the blinds at 200/400 and all the stacks at the table between 3000 and 5000. I was 2nd lowest stack, and in danger of being the bubble boy.
Fortunately for me, some dingus thought it would be cool to shove his #3 stack in the CO with 22. Even more fortunately, the donkknob big stack in the big blind called it off with AT. Ace on the flop and that's that. Questionable play in a satellite, IMO. Yeah, we were already in the money. But both those players could have eeeasily coasted to a token.
Works for me!
See you next time, and thanks for reading.
I had a very brief amount of time to try on this evening and went 1 for 1, despite running KK into the monster AQ early. Here's your key hands (for all the hand history junkies out there .. I know I'm one):
First hand of the tourney, I get a gift from the SB.
Full Tilt Poker Game #5415442313: Tier One $8+$0.70 (Turbo) (41202240), Table 2 - 15/30 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:10:08 ET - 2008/02/26
Seat 1: ktowngamblr (1,500)
Seat 2: CheckinMyAA (1,500)
Seat 3: LemonRooster (1,500)
Seat 4: Mission74 (1,500)
Seat 5: Diamond King 2 (1,500)
Seat 6: pokinator2000 (1,500)
Seat 7: xTheory (1,500)
Seat 8: Danuska54 (1,500)
Seat 9: runnergunner (1,500)
ktowngamblr posts the small blind of 15
CheckinMyAA posts the big blind of 30
The button is in seat #9
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Jd Ad]
LemonRooster has 15 seconds left to act
LemonRooster is sitting out
LemonRooster has timed out
LemonRooster folds
Mission74 has 15 seconds left to act
Mission74 is sitting out
Mission74 has timed out
Mission74 folds
Diamond King 2 has 15 seconds left to act
Diamond King 2 is sitting out
Diamond King 2 has timed out
Diamond King 2 folds
pokinator2000 folds
xTheory folds
Danuska54 folds
runnergunner folds
ktowngamblr calls 15
CheckinMyAA raises to 120
ktowngamblr calls 90
*** FLOP *** [Ah 7s 2h]
ktowngamblr checks
CheckinMyAA bets 200
ktowngamblr calls 200
*** TURN *** [Ah 7s 2h] [Qc]
ktowngamblr checks
CheckinMyAA bets 500
Diamond King 2 has returned
ktowngamblr raises to 1,180, and is all in
CheckinMyAA calls 680, and is all in
ktowngamblr shows [As 8c]
CheckinMyAA shows [Jd Ad]
*** RIVER *** [Ah 7s 2h Qc] [6d]
ktowngamblr shows a pair of Aces
CheckinMyAA shows a pair of Aces
CheckinMyAA wins the pot (3,000) with a pair of Aces
ktowngamblr: gh
ktowngamblr stands up
Less than an orbit later, KK is no good.
Full Tilt Poker Game #5415519720: Tier One $8+$0.70 (Turbo) (41202240), Table 2 - 25/50 - No Limit Holdem - 23:16:22 ET - 2008/02/26
Seat 2: CheckinMyAA (2,915)
Seat 3: LemonRooster (1,450)
Seat 4: Mission74 (1,820)
Seat 5: Diamond King 2 (1,500)
Seat 6: pokinator2000 (1,310)
Seat 7: xTheory (1,745)
Seat 8: Danuska54 (1,260)
Seat 9: runnergunner (1,500)
xTheory posts the small blind of 25
Danuska54 posts the big blind of 50
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Ks Kd]
runnergunner folds
CheckinMyAA raises to 150
LemonRooster folds
Mission74 folds
Diamond King 2 folds
pokinator2000 folds
xTheory folds
Danuska54 raises to 1,260, and is all in
CheckinMyAA calls 1,110
Danuska54 shows [Qs Ac]
CheckinMyAA shows [Ks Kd]
*** FLOP *** [As Ts 9s]
*** TURN *** [As Ts 9s] [6d]
*** RIVER *** [As Ts 9s 6d] [Ad]
Danuska54 shows three of a kind, Aces
CheckinMyAA shows two pair, Aces and Kings
Danuska54 wins the pot (2,545) with three of a kind, Aces
So that definitely takes the wind outta the old sails, but I kept on trucking. I didn't do much until I decide to gamble with a below-average stack.
Full Tilt Poker Game #5415798611: Tier One $8+$0.70 (Turbo) (41202240), Table 2 - 120/240 - No Limit Holdem - 23:39:10 ET - 2008/02/26
Seat 2: CheckinMyAA (2,040)
Seat 3: LemonRooster (1,240)
Seat 4: Mission74 (1,430)
Seat 6: pokinator2000 (1,950)
Seat 7: xTheory (3,480)
Seat 9: runnergunner (905)
pokinator2000 posts the small blind of 120
xTheory posts the big blind of 240
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Th Qd]
runnergunner folds
CheckinMyAA raises to 640
LemonRooster folds
Mission74 folds
pokinator2000 raises to 1,950, and is all in
xTheory folds
CheckinMyAA: sick gambooooooool .. lol
CheckinMyAA calls 1,310
pokinator2000 shows [As Js]
CheckinMyAA shows [Th Qd]
*** FLOP *** [Qh 6h Qs]
*** TURN *** [Qh 6h Qs] [7c]
*** RIVER *** [Qh 6h Qs 7c] [8d]
pokinator2000: ha
pokinator2000 shows a pair of Queens
CheckinMyAA shows three of a kind, Queens
CheckinMyAA wins the pot (4,140) with three of a kind, Queens
pokinator2000 stands up
And that was enough for me to coast to the final 6. On the token bubble it was a little worrisome. With the blinds at 200/400 and all the stacks at the table between 3000 and 5000. I was 2nd lowest stack, and in danger of being the bubble boy.
Fortunately for me, some dingus thought it would be cool to shove his #3 stack in the CO with 22. Even more fortunately, the donkknob big stack in the big blind called it off with AT. Ace on the flop and that's that. Questionable play in a satellite, IMO. Yeah, we were already in the money. But both those players could have eeeasily coasted to a token.
Works for me!
See you next time, and thanks for reading.
Saturday, February 23, 2008
Beating the Home Game (Part 2), 10$ KO final table recap
Ahh, sweet victory. Last night was another addition of "Poker Night at Ken's" and we had our best turn out yet, filling the 10-seater table for the first time on the first 10$ game. There were a lot of intense moments, one of which included a fairly early 3-way all in with me holding TT on a 3-rag board with two diamonds up against an unimproved 66 and AdJd. I dodged all 3000 outs and was sitting on a massive stack early. I got myself in trouble later when I underestimated how much another guy at the table had an pushed him in when I raised K8 OTB and he called me in MP with 89. The flop was 892 and from how he'd been playing, I thought he was weak, but ended up selling him almost my entire stack. I then doubled up about 4 times and went on a tear in the final 3 and ended up winning when KJ > JT heads up all in preflop.
The second game we upped the stakes to 20 bucks. I took the lead in this one when I ended up rivering a flush in the BB with 5s2s vs a poorly played top pair of aces. He told me "if you go all in, I'll call", so what the heck, I have to figure my flush is good... Early double up. I rolled from there, beating K4 with KJ on a K-high flop for another big pot, and ended up heads up with a massive chip lead. The money went in preflop with A5 vs my AJ, and that was that.
Back to back titles for the first time since the first games (2 months ago) feels good. The game is definitely a hit. The attendance has gotten better every time, and the vibe from everyone is that they love it and would do it more often if they could, so I might have to move the game to weekly, or twice every three weeks, or something to that effect.
In my mega-tilt of online play the last 3 days, I've been reluctant to do the 10$ KO recap. So I hope you guys can forgive me for just doing a brief final table recap.
So when we got to the final table, I was among the chip leaders. Chips looked like this:
Seat 1: Mike Litt (57,388)
Seat 2: FiveTenPlayer (21,570)
Seat 3: brspuppy (35,433)
Seat 4: boozinbill (47,110)
Seat 5: CheckinMyAA (52,559)
Seat 6: TenPennyDub (14,410)
Seat 7: allyrchips (21,857)
Seat 8: Jason9 (10,968)
Seat 9: LeCharognard (8,705)
The first big hand for me came about 6 hands in, when I got dealt 8dTd OTB. And I get a gift from a limper with AK.
Full Tilt Poker Game #5314755355: $10 + $1 KO Sit & Go (40410650), Table 7 - 1000/2000 Ante 250 - No Limit Holdem - 2:24:28 ET - 2008/02/19
Seat 1: Mike Litt (30,855)
Seat 2: FiveTenPlayer (36,590)
Seat 3: brspuppy (71,366)
Seat 4: boozinbill (26,190)
Seat 5: CheckinMyAA (58,259)
Seat 6: TenPennyDub (10,860)
Seat 7: allyrchips (20,307)
Seat 8: Jason9 (3,113)
Seat 9: LeCharognard (12,460)
Mike Litt antes 250
FiveTenPlayer antes 250
brspuppy antes 250
boozinbill antes 250
CheckinMyAA antes 250
TenPennyDub antes 250
allyrchips antes 250
Jason9 antes 250
LeCharognard antes 250
TenPennyDub posts the small blind of 1,000
allyrchips posts the big blind of 2,000
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [8d Td]
Jason9 folds
LeCharognard folds
Mike Litt folds
FiveTenPlayer folds
brspuppy calls 2,000
boozinbill folds
CheckinMyAA calls 2,000
I don't mind limping along with this hand... Horrible?
TenPennyDub folds
allyrchips checks
*** FLOP *** [5s 7c Tc]
More often than not, if you flop TP in these things, you've got the best hand.
Jason9 is feeling confused
Jason9 is feeling angry
allyrchips has 15 seconds left to act
allyrchips checks
brspuppy bets 8,000
CheckinMyAA calls 8,000
I don't think I want to raise...
allyrchips folds
*** TURN *** [5s 7c Tc] [8c]
brspuppy bets 12,000
CheckinMyAA calls 12,000
A couple draws get there .. but I make my 2nd pair .. I decide to go into station mode and hope for no 4th club on the river
*** RIVER *** [5s 7c Tc 8c] [4d]
brspuppy bets 16,000
CheckinMyAA calls 16,000
I wasn't thrilled making this call. With what I thought villain was playing, I thought he was going to check the river to me... Oh well, gotta call.
*** SHOW DOWN ***
brspuppy shows [Ks Ac] Ace King high Nice open limp, sir.
CheckinMyAA shows [8d Td] two pair, Tens and Eights
CheckinMyAA wins the pot (81,250) with two pair, Tens and Eights
Now the chips are:
Seat 1: Mike Litt (30,605)
Seat 2: FiveTenPlayer (36,340)
Seat 3: brspuppy (33,116)
Seat 4: boozinbill (25,940)
Seat 5: CheckinMyAA (101,259)
Seat 6: TenPennyDub (9,610)
Seat 7: allyrchips (18,057)
Seat 8: Jason9 (2,863)
Seat 9: LeCharognard (12,210)
Pretty good position.
A few hands later I get TT OTB and the CO shoves 15K into me behind a HJ limp. I reshove and flop top set and move up to 120K
Then I get frisky with 87 in late position and have to call when a shorty in the SB shoves for twice my raise. His AK holds up and I'm back down to 100K.
Then I shove QT in the SB into short BB's AT and I don't suck out. 75K
I squeeze in the BB a bit later with A5 and get one caller, but a cbet takes it down vs the SB. 95K
JQ loses a big pot when I raise UTG and end up vs BB on an Ace high flop. I cbet the flop, he calls. We check the turn, he bets the river and I let it go. It's possibly he was on a flush draw and missed (two spades on flop), but I doubt he hasn't paired. 62K
In the SB, I shove A9 into BB's A7. Good for a double up. 92K
What a frickin' rollercoaster. End up all in with 99 vs JJ (something that seems to be happening a lot to me lately) and I don't improve. Crippled at 28K (6BB). But since these things are turbos, the chip leader only has ~24BB.
For the 3rd time, I shove 8T from the SB into BB's QJ. I flop a ten, and he rivers a jack, but the jack completes my straight. Back up to 71K. If I wasn't so young I would probably have suffered at least 3 heart attacks by now.
I polish off the guy I just sucked out on with A3 vs his 9T. 86K
We're now 3 handed, and the chips look like this
Seat 2: FiveTenPlayer (59,274)
Seat 3: brspuppy (124,922)
Seat 5: CheckinMyAA (85,804)
At this point, brspuppy went into psycho aggro mode and pretty much open shoved every hand. FiveTen saw his tournament end when he got in with the best hand, 99 vs J9, but a J on the flop meant me and puppy were heads up. It lasted 3 hands.
Heads up chips:
Me: 114,354
Him: 155,646
The 2nd hand of heads up, I flop another shitty top pair and go to the house with it:
Full Tilt Poker Game #5314921192: $10 + $1 KO Sit & Go (40410650), Table 7 - 3000/6000 Ante 750 - No Limit Holdem - 2:47:08 ET - 2008/02/19
brspuppy: gg
Seat 3: brspuppy (155,646)
Seat 5: CheckinMyAA (114,354)
brspuppy antes 750
CheckinMyAA antes 750
brspuppy posts the small blind of 3,000
CheckinMyAA posts the big blind of 6,000
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Tc 5d]
brspuppy calls 3,000
CheckinMyAA checks
*** FLOP *** [3s Td 6h]
CheckinMyAA bets 13,500
brspuppy raises to 148,896, and is all in
This could be just about anything with how he's been playing the last 10 hands.
CheckinMyAA calls 94,104, and is all in
brspuppy shows [6s Kh] 2nd pair isn't goooot??
CheckinMyAA shows [Tc 5d]
Uncalled bet of 41,292 returned to brspuppy
*** TURN *** [3s Td 6h] [4s]
*** RIVER *** [3s Td 6h 4s] [Qh]
brspuppy shows a pair of Sixes
CheckinMyAA shows a pair of Tens
CheckinMyAA wins the pot (228,708) with a pair of Tens
Boooom
The next hand was the last hand.
Full Tilt Poker Game #5314924061: $10 + $1 KO Sit & Go (40410650), Table 7 - 3000/6000 Ante 750 - No Limit Holdem - 2:47:33 ET - 2008/02/19
Seat 3: brspuppy (41,292)
Seat 5: CheckinMyAA (228,708)
brspuppy antes 750
CheckinMyAA antes 750
CheckinMyAA posts the small blind of 3,000
brspuppy posts the big blind of 6,000
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [6d Ad]
CheckinMyAA raises to 227,958, and is all in
brspuppy calls 34,542, and is all in
CheckinMyAA shows [6d Ad]
brspuppy shows [Th 4h]
Uncalled bet of 187,416 returned to CheckinMyAA
*** FLOP *** [8h 6s Kd]
*** TURN *** [8h 6s Kd] [3s]
*** RIVER *** [8h 6s Kd 3s] [Qh]
CheckinMyAA shows a pair of Sixes
brspuppy shows King Queen high
CheckinMyAA wins the pot (82,584) with a pair of Sixes
brspuppy stands up
CheckinMyAA stands up
So it took getting lucky a few times, and ending up heads up with the easiest player I could have hoped for. Getting lucky is something I could use more of this week (you hear that, poker gods?)
I also played a 60$ live tournament at one of the local casinos. The blinds went up reeeally fast, and I couldn't get much going. I ended up getting cripped with about 50 players left when 88 < KQs. I was all in the next hand with J6 and two players called, and the chip leader at the table showed a T with the board showing AKJ5Q and that was all she wrote. It was fun, but I don't think I'll do it again. It was faster than a pokerstars turbo, which is already too fast for me. Maybe I'll try to find a live tournament with slower blinds...
That's all for now! Thanks for reading.
The second game we upped the stakes to 20 bucks. I took the lead in this one when I ended up rivering a flush in the BB with 5s2s vs a poorly played top pair of aces. He told me "if you go all in, I'll call", so what the heck, I have to figure my flush is good... Early double up. I rolled from there, beating K4 with KJ on a K-high flop for another big pot, and ended up heads up with a massive chip lead. The money went in preflop with A5 vs my AJ, and that was that.
Back to back titles for the first time since the first games (2 months ago) feels good. The game is definitely a hit. The attendance has gotten better every time, and the vibe from everyone is that they love it and would do it more often if they could, so I might have to move the game to weekly, or twice every three weeks, or something to that effect.
In my mega-tilt of online play the last 3 days, I've been reluctant to do the 10$ KO recap. So I hope you guys can forgive me for just doing a brief final table recap.
So when we got to the final table, I was among the chip leaders. Chips looked like this:
Seat 1: Mike Litt (57,388)
Seat 2: FiveTenPlayer (21,570)
Seat 3: brspuppy (35,433)
Seat 4: boozinbill (47,110)
Seat 5: CheckinMyAA (52,559)
Seat 6: TenPennyDub (14,410)
Seat 7: allyrchips (21,857)
Seat 8: Jason9 (10,968)
Seat 9: LeCharognard (8,705)
The first big hand for me came about 6 hands in, when I got dealt 8dTd OTB. And I get a gift from a limper with AK.
Full Tilt Poker Game #5314755355: $10 + $1 KO Sit & Go (40410650), Table 7 - 1000/2000 Ante 250 - No Limit Holdem - 2:24:28 ET - 2008/02/19
Seat 1: Mike Litt (30,855)
Seat 2: FiveTenPlayer (36,590)
Seat 3: brspuppy (71,366)
Seat 4: boozinbill (26,190)
Seat 5: CheckinMyAA (58,259)
Seat 6: TenPennyDub (10,860)
Seat 7: allyrchips (20,307)
Seat 8: Jason9 (3,113)
Seat 9: LeCharognard (12,460)
Mike Litt antes 250
FiveTenPlayer antes 250
brspuppy antes 250
boozinbill antes 250
CheckinMyAA antes 250
TenPennyDub antes 250
allyrchips antes 250
Jason9 antes 250
LeCharognard antes 250
TenPennyDub posts the small blind of 1,000
allyrchips posts the big blind of 2,000
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [8d Td]
Jason9 folds
LeCharognard folds
Mike Litt folds
FiveTenPlayer folds
brspuppy calls 2,000
boozinbill folds
CheckinMyAA calls 2,000
I don't mind limping along with this hand... Horrible?
TenPennyDub folds
allyrchips checks
*** FLOP *** [5s 7c Tc]
More often than not, if you flop TP in these things, you've got the best hand.
Jason9 is feeling confused
Jason9 is feeling angry
allyrchips has 15 seconds left to act
allyrchips checks
brspuppy bets 8,000
CheckinMyAA calls 8,000
I don't think I want to raise...
allyrchips folds
*** TURN *** [5s 7c Tc] [8c]
brspuppy bets 12,000
CheckinMyAA calls 12,000
A couple draws get there .. but I make my 2nd pair .. I decide to go into station mode and hope for no 4th club on the river
*** RIVER *** [5s 7c Tc 8c] [4d]
brspuppy bets 16,000
CheckinMyAA calls 16,000
I wasn't thrilled making this call. With what I thought villain was playing, I thought he was going to check the river to me... Oh well, gotta call.
*** SHOW DOWN ***
brspuppy shows [Ks Ac] Ace King high Nice open limp, sir.
CheckinMyAA shows [8d Td] two pair, Tens and Eights
CheckinMyAA wins the pot (81,250) with two pair, Tens and Eights
Now the chips are:
Seat 1: Mike Litt (30,605)
Seat 2: FiveTenPlayer (36,340)
Seat 3: brspuppy (33,116)
Seat 4: boozinbill (25,940)
Seat 5: CheckinMyAA (101,259)
Seat 6: TenPennyDub (9,610)
Seat 7: allyrchips (18,057)
Seat 8: Jason9 (2,863)
Seat 9: LeCharognard (12,210)
Pretty good position.
A few hands later I get TT OTB and the CO shoves 15K into me behind a HJ limp. I reshove and flop top set and move up to 120K
Then I get frisky with 87 in late position and have to call when a shorty in the SB shoves for twice my raise. His AK holds up and I'm back down to 100K.
Then I shove QT in the SB into short BB's AT and I don't suck out. 75K
I squeeze in the BB a bit later with A5 and get one caller, but a cbet takes it down vs the SB. 95K
JQ loses a big pot when I raise UTG and end up vs BB on an Ace high flop. I cbet the flop, he calls. We check the turn, he bets the river and I let it go. It's possibly he was on a flush draw and missed (two spades on flop), but I doubt he hasn't paired. 62K
In the SB, I shove A9 into BB's A7. Good for a double up. 92K
What a frickin' rollercoaster. End up all in with 99 vs JJ (something that seems to be happening a lot to me lately) and I don't improve. Crippled at 28K (6BB). But since these things are turbos, the chip leader only has ~24BB.
For the 3rd time, I shove 8T from the SB into BB's QJ. I flop a ten, and he rivers a jack, but the jack completes my straight. Back up to 71K. If I wasn't so young I would probably have suffered at least 3 heart attacks by now.
I polish off the guy I just sucked out on with A3 vs his 9T. 86K
We're now 3 handed, and the chips look like this
Seat 2: FiveTenPlayer (59,274)
Seat 3: brspuppy (124,922)
Seat 5: CheckinMyAA (85,804)
At this point, brspuppy went into psycho aggro mode and pretty much open shoved every hand. FiveTen saw his tournament end when he got in with the best hand, 99 vs J9, but a J on the flop meant me and puppy were heads up. It lasted 3 hands.
Heads up chips:
Me: 114,354
Him: 155,646
The 2nd hand of heads up, I flop another shitty top pair and go to the house with it:
Full Tilt Poker Game #5314921192: $10 + $1 KO Sit & Go (40410650), Table 7 - 3000/6000 Ante 750 - No Limit Holdem - 2:47:08 ET - 2008/02/19
brspuppy: gg
Seat 3: brspuppy (155,646)
Seat 5: CheckinMyAA (114,354)
brspuppy antes 750
CheckinMyAA antes 750
brspuppy posts the small blind of 3,000
CheckinMyAA posts the big blind of 6,000
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Tc 5d]
brspuppy calls 3,000
CheckinMyAA checks
*** FLOP *** [3s Td 6h]
CheckinMyAA bets 13,500
brspuppy raises to 148,896, and is all in
This could be just about anything with how he's been playing the last 10 hands.
CheckinMyAA calls 94,104, and is all in
brspuppy shows [6s Kh] 2nd pair isn't goooot??
CheckinMyAA shows [Tc 5d]
Uncalled bet of 41,292 returned to brspuppy
*** TURN *** [3s Td 6h] [4s]
*** RIVER *** [3s Td 6h 4s] [Qh]
brspuppy shows a pair of Sixes
CheckinMyAA shows a pair of Tens
CheckinMyAA wins the pot (228,708) with a pair of Tens
Boooom
The next hand was the last hand.
Full Tilt Poker Game #5314924061: $10 + $1 KO Sit & Go (40410650), Table 7 - 3000/6000 Ante 750 - No Limit Holdem - 2:47:33 ET - 2008/02/19
Seat 3: brspuppy (41,292)
Seat 5: CheckinMyAA (228,708)
brspuppy antes 750
CheckinMyAA antes 750
CheckinMyAA posts the small blind of 3,000
brspuppy posts the big blind of 6,000
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [6d Ad]
CheckinMyAA raises to 227,958, and is all in
brspuppy calls 34,542, and is all in
CheckinMyAA shows [6d Ad]
brspuppy shows [Th 4h]
Uncalled bet of 187,416 returned to CheckinMyAA
*** FLOP *** [8h 6s Kd]
*** TURN *** [8h 6s Kd] [3s]
*** RIVER *** [8h 6s Kd 3s] [Qh]
CheckinMyAA shows a pair of Sixes
brspuppy shows King Queen high
CheckinMyAA wins the pot (82,584) with a pair of Sixes
brspuppy stands up
CheckinMyAA stands up
So it took getting lucky a few times, and ending up heads up with the easiest player I could have hoped for. Getting lucky is something I could use more of this week (you hear that, poker gods?)
I also played a 60$ live tournament at one of the local casinos. The blinds went up reeeally fast, and I couldn't get much going. I ended up getting cripped with about 50 players left when 88 < KQs. I was all in the next hand with J6 and two players called, and the chip leader at the table showed a T with the board showing AKJ5Q and that was all she wrote. It was fun, but I don't think I'll do it again. It was faster than a pokerstars turbo, which is already too fast for me. Maybe I'll try to find a live tournament with slower blinds...
That's all for now! Thanks for reading.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Good night...
Off to a good start:
Midnight madness: AA loses to T9 on a KJT flop. Runner boat.
3$ KO: Flop nut straight with J8 vs KK and QJ on a T97 board. Even though he only has 5 outs, he finds a 8 on the turn
10$ SNG (45 player): Raise otb with K9s. Villain who has raised 3 of the first 6 hands 3 bets and I shove. Maybe a bit sketchy, but normally when I see people doing this, its with garbage. He has QQ and I dont improve.
17K Guarentee: KK (one spade) in a raised pot, I bet a Q-rag-rag board with 2 spades, get minraised, and shove. Called by 7s9s for the naked FD and he connects on the turn, I miss the river.
All these hands are within the first 10 minutes of their respective tourneys.
What.
The.
Fuck.
EDIT: And it kept on going. I finally laid a beat of my own, but I also had TT < AQ, a royal flush draw blanked vs a pair, and I missed every FD / OESD I chased. I'm tilting a bit looking at my roll right now (Have pissed away over 1/2 my winnings from the 10$ KO tourny in the last two nights).
Roll: $699 :(
Midnight madness: AA loses to T9 on a KJT flop. Runner boat.
3$ KO: Flop nut straight with J8 vs KK and QJ on a T97 board. Even though he only has 5 outs, he finds a 8 on the turn
10$ SNG (45 player): Raise otb with K9s. Villain who has raised 3 of the first 6 hands 3 bets and I shove. Maybe a bit sketchy, but normally when I see people doing this, its with garbage. He has QQ and I dont improve.
17K Guarentee: KK (one spade) in a raised pot, I bet a Q-rag-rag board with 2 spades, get minraised, and shove. Called by 7s9s for the naked FD and he connects on the turn, I miss the river.
All these hands are within the first 10 minutes of their respective tourneys.
What.
The.
Fuck.
EDIT: And it kept on going. I finally laid a beat of my own, but I also had TT < AQ, a royal flush draw blanked vs a pair, and I missed every FD / OESD I chased. I'm tilting a bit looking at my roll right now (Have pissed away over 1/2 my winnings from the 10$ KO tourny in the last two nights).
Roll: $699 :(
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Blech. I can be such a donkey.
Roll: $763 + $26x1 = $789 (It was $845 this morning .. *sad face*)
I started off the day running badly but playing well, and finished the day playing piss poor and still running bad.
I jumped out to an early chiplead in a 10$ KO tourney with ~600 entrants. Then things started to slow down, but I stayed in the top 20 in chips. Then I lost a massive race with ... you guessed it, the dreaded ladies vs AK. K on the turn was good. So instead of vaulting back into a dominant chiplead (villain had almost the same amout of chips as me), I'm crippled and donk out a few hands later.
QQ also lost another huge pot in another tourney when I couldn't fend off JT's 5 outs when we got the money in on a jack high flop.
I finished the day making a couple donktacular moves. In an 8$x18 Token SNG, I decided (when I had the #3 chipstack) that it would be fun to call all in vs the chipleader when I raised KQ in MP and he called in LP. The Q high flop saw us get it in, and AQ railed me, when I probably could have easily coasted to a token. Dumb stuff.
Twice I overplayed 99. Once I don't think it was that bad. CO opened for 3x, I shoved my 13bb stack and he beat me into the pot with JJ. Pretty standard there, I think. The second overplaying was totally avoidable. An EP tightwad makes it 3x. He's running about 12/8, and the last time he opened in EP (for the same raise), he ended up running over someone with KK. So I decide to shove my 15BB stack into him from the CO, it folds to him and he snaps it off with - again - JJ.
Another day of losing a lot of races and running a lot of pairs into bigger pairs. Some of it was my fault. Some of it wasn't.
I leave you with one of the only times I've attempted a slow play in the last few days. You have to figure that most of the hands calling my raise haven't connected with this flop, and holy HELL do ya gotta like it if you're me. I'm still angry at myself for not betting the flop.
Full Tilt Poker Game #5326760343: $5 + $0.50 Tournament (40412543), Table 27 - 30/60 - No Limit Holdem - 1:32:34 ET - 2008/02/20
Seat 1: CRAFT-Club 5 (1,645)
Seat 2: LeonardWashingt (1,125)
Seat 3: CheckinMyAA (2,585)
Seat 4: DaToken (2,250)
Seat 5: PageUpV (3,675)
Seat 6: scoop you (1,280)
Seat 7: Mardy Mar (1,815)
Seat 8: finishing1st (1,755)
Seat 9: willy3006 (4,395)
PageUpV posts the small blind of 30
scoop you posts the big blind of 60
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Kc Ac]
Mardy Mar folds
finishing1st folds
willy3006 calls 60
CRAFT-Club 5 folds
LeonardWashingt folds
CheckinMyAA raises to 240
CRAFT-Club 5 is sitting out
DaToken folds
PageUpV calls 210
scoop you folds
CRAFT-Club 5 has returned
willy3006 calls 180
*** FLOP *** [5c Ah 2c]
PageUpV checks
willy3006 checks
CheckinMyAA checks
*** TURN *** [5c Ah 2c] [5h]
PageUpV bets 420
willy3006 calls 420
CheckinMyAA raises to 2,345, and is all in
PageUpV folds
willy3006 calls 1,925
CheckinMyAA shows [Kc Ac]
willy3006 shows [5d 6d]
*** RIVER *** [5c Ah 2c 5h] [8h]
CheckinMyAA shows two pair, Aces and Fives
willy3006 shows three of a kind, Fives
willy3006 wins the pot (5,890) with three of a kind, Fives
CheckinMyAA stands up
Yuck.
I did win a couple 26$ tokens. I just finished donking one off in the 17K. Ugh did I play that thing badly. Would have helped to get more than 3 premium hands over 2 hours.
I still plan to recap the 10$ KO win. I'll do that soon.
Thanks for readin'!
I started off the day running badly but playing well, and finished the day playing piss poor and still running bad.
I jumped out to an early chiplead in a 10$ KO tourney with ~600 entrants. Then things started to slow down, but I stayed in the top 20 in chips. Then I lost a massive race with ... you guessed it, the dreaded ladies vs AK. K on the turn was good. So instead of vaulting back into a dominant chiplead (villain had almost the same amout of chips as me), I'm crippled and donk out a few hands later.
QQ also lost another huge pot in another tourney when I couldn't fend off JT's 5 outs when we got the money in on a jack high flop.
I finished the day making a couple donktacular moves. In an 8$x18 Token SNG, I decided (when I had the #3 chipstack) that it would be fun to call all in vs the chipleader when I raised KQ in MP and he called in LP. The Q high flop saw us get it in, and AQ railed me, when I probably could have easily coasted to a token. Dumb stuff.
Twice I overplayed 99. Once I don't think it was that bad. CO opened for 3x, I shoved my 13bb stack and he beat me into the pot with JJ. Pretty standard there, I think. The second overplaying was totally avoidable. An EP tightwad makes it 3x. He's running about 12/8, and the last time he opened in EP (for the same raise), he ended up running over someone with KK. So I decide to shove my 15BB stack into him from the CO, it folds to him and he snaps it off with - again - JJ.
Another day of losing a lot of races and running a lot of pairs into bigger pairs. Some of it was my fault. Some of it wasn't.
I leave you with one of the only times I've attempted a slow play in the last few days. You have to figure that most of the hands calling my raise haven't connected with this flop, and holy HELL do ya gotta like it if you're me. I'm still angry at myself for not betting the flop.
Full Tilt Poker Game #5326760343: $5 + $0.50 Tournament (40412543), Table 27 - 30/60 - No Limit Holdem - 1:32:34 ET - 2008/02/20
Seat 1: CRAFT-Club 5 (1,645)
Seat 2: LeonardWashingt (1,125)
Seat 3: CheckinMyAA (2,585)
Seat 4: DaToken (2,250)
Seat 5: PageUpV (3,675)
Seat 6: scoop you (1,280)
Seat 7: Mardy Mar (1,815)
Seat 8: finishing1st (1,755)
Seat 9: willy3006 (4,395)
PageUpV posts the small blind of 30
scoop you posts the big blind of 60
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Kc Ac]
Mardy Mar folds
finishing1st folds
willy3006 calls 60
CRAFT-Club 5 folds
LeonardWashingt folds
CheckinMyAA raises to 240
CRAFT-Club 5 is sitting out
DaToken folds
PageUpV calls 210
scoop you folds
CRAFT-Club 5 has returned
willy3006 calls 180
*** FLOP *** [5c Ah 2c]
PageUpV checks
willy3006 checks
CheckinMyAA checks
*** TURN *** [5c Ah 2c] [5h]
PageUpV bets 420
willy3006 calls 420
CheckinMyAA raises to 2,345, and is all in
PageUpV folds
willy3006 calls 1,925
CheckinMyAA shows [Kc Ac]
willy3006 shows [5d 6d]
*** RIVER *** [5c Ah 2c 5h] [8h]
CheckinMyAA shows two pair, Aces and Fives
willy3006 shows three of a kind, Fives
willy3006 wins the pot (5,890) with three of a kind, Fives
CheckinMyAA stands up
Yuck.
I did win a couple 26$ tokens. I just finished donking one off in the 17K. Ugh did I play that thing badly. Would have helped to get more than 3 premium hands over 2 hours.
I still plan to recap the 10$ KO win. I'll do that soon.
Thanks for readin'!
Monday, February 18, 2008
BOOM!
So instead of getting to the final 15 with a shortish stack, I arrived in the final 20 with the chiplead and stayed there (or very close to it) until the final table when all hell broke loose since the blinds were so massive. This was a gift from the guy who finished 2nd... I'll detail this tomorrow.
After running so bad to start the week, this feels gooooot!
Oh, and about 7 KO's.
Thanks for readin'!
Shout Outs, MATH debut, LJ runs goot
Roll: $621 (no more tokens atm)
Not a ton to report today. First of all, a shout out to self proclaimed avid reader "slamjam027" from the CP forum for a big score in a 10$ 6-max tourney that he apparently entered after looking me up on FT and seeing I was playing one. It's flattering for a microdonk blogger like me to know that this wordy bag of drivel I call my blog has helped some people. So I guess I'll just have to keep doing it! Dang.
After 3 weeks of anticipation, I finally got to play in my first MATH tournament. I was absolutely riddled with cards from the get go, but failed to get paid well for any of them. Then I get moved to a table with LJ. She's raised my BB the orbit before and I had made a successful resteal. I'd also seen her overplay a flopped top pair in a limped pot where she sold a fair chunk of her stack to a BB special two-pair. So she tries it again, and here's the results...
Full Tilt Poker Game #5312005366: Mondays at the Hoy (38875755), Table 3 - 20/40 - No Limit Holdem - 22:18:56 ET - 2008/02/18
Seat 1: dnasty13 (2,590)
Seat 2: a104l9 (4,005)
Seat 3: ChapelncHill (3,685)
Seat 4: pvanharibo (2,545)
Seat 5: chitwood (2,295)
Seat 6: CheckinMyAA (2,880)
chitwood posts the small blind of 20
CheckinMyAA posts the big blind of 40
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Ks Qs] Loretta's favorite hand. Hasn't been good to me lately.
dnasty13 folds
a104l9 folds
ChapelncHill folds
pvanharibo raises to 100
ChapelncHill: tyty whew
chitwood folds
CheckinMyAA raises to 320 Standard.
pvanharibo calls 220 Ooh, she means business this time.
*** FLOP *** [9c 7d Kd]
CheckinMyAA bets 560
pvanharibo raises to 2,225, and is all in
Since she'd overplayed a TP earlier and this was consistent with a drawish play, I figure I'm either a big favorite or a very slight favorite.
CheckinMyAA calls 1,665
pvanharibo shows [Ad 8d] Yikes. I'm only a 54% favorite :(
CheckinMyAA shows [Ks Qs]
*** TURN *** [9c 7d Kd] [As] ..They never wait for the river, they always get me on the turn.
*** RIVER *** [9c 7d Kd As] [Jc] ..I don't resuck and that's that.
pvanharibo shows a pair of Aces
CheckinMyAA shows a pair of Kings
pvanharibo wins the pot (5,110) with a pair of Aces
After stealing like a mother for a few hands, here's how it ends.
Full Tilt Poker Game #5312093124: Mondays at the Hoy (38875755), Table 3 - 25/50 - No Limit Holdem - 22:25:17 ET - 2008/02/18
Seat 1: dnasty13 (1,830)
Seat 2: a104l9 (3,925)
Seat 3: ChapelncHill (6,620)
Seat 4: pvanharibo (5,160)
Seat 6: CheckinMyAA (465)
pvanharibo posts the small blind of 25
CheckinMyAA posts the big blind of 50
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Ks 8h]
dnasty13 folds
a104l9 folds
ChapelncHill folds
pvanharibo raises to 5,160, and is all in
CheckinMyAA calls 415, and is all in Insta-call
pvanharibo shows [Th Jc] Another 55/45
CheckinMyAA shows [Ks 8h]
Uncalled bet of 4,695 returned to pvanharibo
*** FLOP *** [Qs Ts 2d] Bleh.
*** TURN *** [Qs Ts 2d] [As] Oooh, 4 flush?
*** RIVER *** [Qs Ts 2d As] [Td] I have a nasty habbit of never pulling off a resuck.
pvanharibo shows three of a kind, Tens
CheckinMyAA shows a pair of Tens
pvanharibo wins the pot (930) with three of a kind, Tens
pvanharibo: gg ..lucksack.
CheckinMyAA stands up
pebble78 sits down
pebble78 adds 3,480
In all seriousness I don't hold any of this against LJ. She played them exactly like I (or anyone else, I think) would.
So my recent trend of losing in spots where I have a slight edge continues. This horse ain't winning races this week, which is unfortunate since I have so much time to play.
It'll turn around soon. Hopefully before the end of reading week.
Not a ton to report today. First of all, a shout out to self proclaimed avid reader "slamjam027" from the CP forum for a big score in a 10$ 6-max tourney that he apparently entered after looking me up on FT and seeing I was playing one. It's flattering for a microdonk blogger like me to know that this wordy bag of drivel I call my blog has helped some people. So I guess I'll just have to keep doing it! Dang.
After 3 weeks of anticipation, I finally got to play in my first MATH tournament. I was absolutely riddled with cards from the get go, but failed to get paid well for any of them. Then I get moved to a table with LJ. She's raised my BB the orbit before and I had made a successful resteal. I'd also seen her overplay a flopped top pair in a limped pot where she sold a fair chunk of her stack to a BB special two-pair. So she tries it again, and here's the results...
Full Tilt Poker Game #5312005366: Mondays at the Hoy (38875755), Table 3 - 20/40 - No Limit Holdem - 22:18:56 ET - 2008/02/18
Seat 1: dnasty13 (2,590)
Seat 2: a104l9 (4,005)
Seat 3: ChapelncHill (3,685)
Seat 4: pvanharibo (2,545)
Seat 5: chitwood (2,295)
Seat 6: CheckinMyAA (2,880)
chitwood posts the small blind of 20
CheckinMyAA posts the big blind of 40
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Ks Qs] Loretta's favorite hand. Hasn't been good to me lately.
dnasty13 folds
a104l9 folds
ChapelncHill folds
pvanharibo raises to 100
ChapelncHill: tyty whew
chitwood folds
CheckinMyAA raises to 320 Standard.
pvanharibo calls 220 Ooh, she means business this time.
*** FLOP *** [9c 7d Kd]
CheckinMyAA bets 560
pvanharibo raises to 2,225, and is all in
Since she'd overplayed a TP earlier and this was consistent with a drawish play, I figure I'm either a big favorite or a very slight favorite.
CheckinMyAA calls 1,665
pvanharibo shows [Ad 8d] Yikes. I'm only a 54% favorite :(
CheckinMyAA shows [Ks Qs]
*** TURN *** [9c 7d Kd] [As] ..They never wait for the river, they always get me on the turn.
*** RIVER *** [9c 7d Kd As] [Jc] ..I don't resuck and that's that.
pvanharibo shows a pair of Aces
CheckinMyAA shows a pair of Kings
pvanharibo wins the pot (5,110) with a pair of Aces
After stealing like a mother for a few hands, here's how it ends.
Full Tilt Poker Game #5312093124: Mondays at the Hoy (38875755), Table 3 - 25/50 - No Limit Holdem - 22:25:17 ET - 2008/02/18
Seat 1: dnasty13 (1,830)
Seat 2: a104l9 (3,925)
Seat 3: ChapelncHill (6,620)
Seat 4: pvanharibo (5,160)
Seat 6: CheckinMyAA (465)
pvanharibo posts the small blind of 25
CheckinMyAA posts the big blind of 50
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Ks 8h]
dnasty13 folds
a104l9 folds
ChapelncHill folds
pvanharibo raises to 5,160, and is all in
CheckinMyAA calls 415, and is all in Insta-call
pvanharibo shows [Th Jc] Another 55/45
CheckinMyAA shows [Ks 8h]
Uncalled bet of 4,695 returned to pvanharibo
*** FLOP *** [Qs Ts 2d] Bleh.
*** TURN *** [Qs Ts 2d] [As] Oooh, 4 flush?
*** RIVER *** [Qs Ts 2d As] [Td] I have a nasty habbit of never pulling off a resuck.
pvanharibo shows three of a kind, Tens
CheckinMyAA shows a pair of Tens
pvanharibo wins the pot (930) with three of a kind, Tens
pvanharibo: gg ..lucksack.
CheckinMyAA stands up
pebble78 sits down
pebble78 adds 3,480
In all seriousness I don't hold any of this against LJ. She played them exactly like I (or anyone else, I think) would.
So my recent trend of losing in spots where I have a slight edge continues. This horse ain't winning races this week, which is unfortunate since I have so much time to play.
It'll turn around soon. Hopefully before the end of reading week.
Sunday, February 17, 2008
A couple tokens poorer, running bad, and running into other blogger types
Roll: $649 + $26x1 = $675
So yesterday was a busy day. I think I played about 10 MTTs. I used my 75$ in a shot at the 18K KO tourney. I didn't get a hand and ended up running AQ into AK when an ace turned. Didn't get any KOs. Played maybe 3 hands. I didn't feel at all comfortable playing, so I don't think I'll be going for any more 75$ tokens in the near future. It was an interesting experience though, that's for sure.
My one success last night, which still ended in disappointment, was making a big run in a 10$ 6-max tourney. I've never played a 6 max tourney before, and I actually had a ton of fun. I think the fact that most of my NL cash experience was on 6 max tables helped me with my play. I shot off to a huge start, and stayed in the top 20 in chips basically throughout the tournament. I suffered a couple beats late, but still had a decent stack. When the money bubble burst I found myself sitting with none other than Mookie-dominator Surf which was neat. He went out a bit earlier than I did when his AQ turned two pair, but rivered a T for the recockudonkulous suckout against KJ. I was having a hard time finding spots, and ended on a resteal when I shoved QJ in the SB vs a button raiser. The raiser had been very active, so I was counting on a fold, but didn't hate my showdown value. He called with 9's and I didn't improve.
Recently there have been a LOT of cases where I run really good early, only to run into a brick wall towards the endgame. Today has been LOADED with beats, some pretty severe. Here's some examples.
Full Tilt Poker Game #5295035924: $10 + $1 KO Sit & Go (40262186), Table 4 - 80/160 - No Limit Holdem - 17:14:02 ET - 2008/02/17
Seat 1: Mikaelinho (4,440)
Seat 2: joeyroll (3,730)
Seat 3: CheckinMyAA (8,752)
Seat 4: den boef (2,595)
Seat 5: KettleOne1 (4,710)
Seat 6: shot_docter (5,278)
Seat 7: Dr Nips (885)
Seat 8: opethabq (6,204)
Seat 9: aschro (1,867)
shot_docter posts the small blind of 80
Dr Nips posts the big blind of 160
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Qs Qc]
opethabq folds
aschro folds
Mikaelinho folds
joeyroll folds
CheckinMyAA raises to 480
den boef folds
KettleOne1 calls 480
shot_docter folds
Dr Nips raises to 885, and is all in
CheckinMyAA raises to 8,752, and is all in
KettleOne1 folds
CheckinMyAA shows [Qs Qc]
Dr Nips shows [Ah Tc]
Uncalled bet of 7,867 returned to CheckinMyAA
*** FLOP *** [4d Jc Qh]
*** TURN *** [4d Jc Qh] [9c]
*** RIVER *** [4d Jc Qh 9c] [8d]
CheckinMyAA shows three of a kind, Queens
Dr Nips shows a straight, Queen high
Dr Nips wins the pot (2,330) with a straight, Queen high
Nice that he had a short stack, but still. Nice to win this pot. Not shocking to see QQ lose.
This was probably the most painful.
Full Tilt Poker Game #5295122704: $10 + $1 KO Sit & Go (40261549), Table 7 - 120/240 Ante 25 - No Limit Holdem - 17:20:40 ET - 2008/02/17
Seat 1: CheckinMyAA (22,155)
Seat 3: BigSaltyBalls (3,210)
Seat 4: Mikaelinho (5,350)
Seat 5: papa334 (9,065)
Seat 6: tgifgolfmom (9,250)
Seat 7: notsoslomo (6,675)
Seat 8: Rdpoker (2,185)
Seat 9: Levesh (3,230)
CheckinMyAA antes 25
BigSaltyBalls antes 25
Mikaelinho antes 25
papa334 antes 25
tgifgolfmom antes 25
notsoslomo antes 25
Rdpoker antes 25
Levesh antes 25
Mikaelinho posts the small blind of 120
papa334 posts the big blind of 240
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Kc Kh]
tgifgolfmom folds
notsoslomo raises to 480
Rdpoker calls 480
Levesh has 15 seconds left to act
Levesh folds
CheckinMyAA raises to 22,130, and is all in
BigSaltyBalls folds
Mikaelinho folds
papa334 folds
notsoslomo calls 6,170, and is all in
Rdpoker folds
CheckinMyAA shows [Kc Kh]
notsoslomo shows [Jd Js]
Uncalled bet of 15,480 returned to CheckinMyAA
*** FLOP *** [2c 2d Jc]
*** TURN *** [2c 2d Jc] [6c]
*** RIVER *** [2c 2d Jc 6c] [4s]
CheckinMyAA shows two pair, Kings and Twos
notsoslomo shows a full house, Jacks full of Twos
notsoslomo wins the pot (14,340) with a full house, Jacks full of Twos
Winning this hand would have made me massive chip leader with 20 to go.
And then I couldn't help but get a little tilted by this. (Anyone calling here?)
Full Tilt Poker Game #5295537058: $10 + $1 KO Sit & Go (40261549), Table 4 - 400/800 Ante 100 - No Limit Holdem - 17:52:31 ET - 2008/02/17
Seat 1: luv2winn63 (8,415)
Seat 2: CheckinMyAA (34,532)
Seat 3: Mild07 (9,250)
Seat 4: chinzo (3,060), is sitting out
Seat 5: pb75fr (23,342)
Seat 6: maxbz (36,518)
Seat 7: brixmark (35,310)
Seat 8: verbat (13,929)
Seat 9: XxXTOROXxX (7,705)
luv2winn63 antes 100
CheckinMyAA antes 100
Mild07 antes 100
chinzo antes 100
pb75fr antes 100
maxbz antes 100
brixmark antes 100
verbat antes 100
XxXTOROXxX antes 100
maxbz posts the small blind of 400
brixmark posts the big blind of 800
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Th Ts]
verbat calls 800
XxXTOROXxX has 15 seconds left to act
chinzo has returned
XxXTOROXxX folds
luv2winn63 folds
CheckinMyAA raises to 2,200
Mild07 folds
chinzo raises to 2,960, and is all in
pb75fr raises to 23,242, and is all in
luv2winn63 has been disconnected
luv2winn63 has reconnected
maxbz has 15 seconds left to act
maxbz folds
brixmark folds
verbat folds
CheckinMyAA folds
pb75fr shows [6c Ac]
chinzo shows [As Td]
Uncalled bet of 20,282 returned to pb75fr
*** FLOP *** [7c Js 8s]
*** TURN *** [7c Js 8s] [Jc]
*** RIVER *** [7c Js 8s Jc] [Jd]
pb75fr shows three of a kind, Jacks
chinzo shows three of a kind, Jacks
chinzo wins the pot (11,020) with three of a kind, Jacks
The blinds are now 500/1,000 with an ante of 125
That's how I've been running in late stages lately.
Hopefully it improves! I'll be playing more tonight for shuuuure.
Thanks for reading!
So yesterday was a busy day. I think I played about 10 MTTs. I used my 75$ in a shot at the 18K KO tourney. I didn't get a hand and ended up running AQ into AK when an ace turned. Didn't get any KOs. Played maybe 3 hands. I didn't feel at all comfortable playing, so I don't think I'll be going for any more 75$ tokens in the near future. It was an interesting experience though, that's for sure.
My one success last night, which still ended in disappointment, was making a big run in a 10$ 6-max tourney. I've never played a 6 max tourney before, and I actually had a ton of fun. I think the fact that most of my NL cash experience was on 6 max tables helped me with my play. I shot off to a huge start, and stayed in the top 20 in chips basically throughout the tournament. I suffered a couple beats late, but still had a decent stack. When the money bubble burst I found myself sitting with none other than Mookie-dominator Surf which was neat. He went out a bit earlier than I did when his AQ turned two pair, but rivered a T for the recockudonkulous suckout against KJ. I was having a hard time finding spots, and ended on a resteal when I shoved QJ in the SB vs a button raiser. The raiser had been very active, so I was counting on a fold, but didn't hate my showdown value. He called with 9's and I didn't improve.
Recently there have been a LOT of cases where I run really good early, only to run into a brick wall towards the endgame. Today has been LOADED with beats, some pretty severe. Here's some examples.
Full Tilt Poker Game #5295035924: $10 + $1 KO Sit & Go (40262186), Table 4 - 80/160 - No Limit Holdem - 17:14:02 ET - 2008/02/17
Seat 1: Mikaelinho (4,440)
Seat 2: joeyroll (3,730)
Seat 3: CheckinMyAA (8,752)
Seat 4: den boef (2,595)
Seat 5: KettleOne1 (4,710)
Seat 6: shot_docter (5,278)
Seat 7: Dr Nips (885)
Seat 8: opethabq (6,204)
Seat 9: aschro (1,867)
shot_docter posts the small blind of 80
Dr Nips posts the big blind of 160
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Qs Qc]
opethabq folds
aschro folds
Mikaelinho folds
joeyroll folds
CheckinMyAA raises to 480
den boef folds
KettleOne1 calls 480
shot_docter folds
Dr Nips raises to 885, and is all in
CheckinMyAA raises to 8,752, and is all in
KettleOne1 folds
CheckinMyAA shows [Qs Qc]
Dr Nips shows [Ah Tc]
Uncalled bet of 7,867 returned to CheckinMyAA
*** FLOP *** [4d Jc Qh]
*** TURN *** [4d Jc Qh] [9c]
*** RIVER *** [4d Jc Qh 9c] [8d]
CheckinMyAA shows three of a kind, Queens
Dr Nips shows a straight, Queen high
Dr Nips wins the pot (2,330) with a straight, Queen high
Nice that he had a short stack, but still. Nice to win this pot. Not shocking to see QQ lose.
This was probably the most painful.
Full Tilt Poker Game #5295122704: $10 + $1 KO Sit & Go (40261549), Table 7 - 120/240 Ante 25 - No Limit Holdem - 17:20:40 ET - 2008/02/17
Seat 1: CheckinMyAA (22,155)
Seat 3: BigSaltyBalls (3,210)
Seat 4: Mikaelinho (5,350)
Seat 5: papa334 (9,065)
Seat 6: tgifgolfmom (9,250)
Seat 7: notsoslomo (6,675)
Seat 8: Rdpoker (2,185)
Seat 9: Levesh (3,230)
CheckinMyAA antes 25
BigSaltyBalls antes 25
Mikaelinho antes 25
papa334 antes 25
tgifgolfmom antes 25
notsoslomo antes 25
Rdpoker antes 25
Levesh antes 25
Mikaelinho posts the small blind of 120
papa334 posts the big blind of 240
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Kc Kh]
tgifgolfmom folds
notsoslomo raises to 480
Rdpoker calls 480
Levesh has 15 seconds left to act
Levesh folds
CheckinMyAA raises to 22,130, and is all in
BigSaltyBalls folds
Mikaelinho folds
papa334 folds
notsoslomo calls 6,170, and is all in
Rdpoker folds
CheckinMyAA shows [Kc Kh]
notsoslomo shows [Jd Js]
Uncalled bet of 15,480 returned to CheckinMyAA
*** FLOP *** [2c 2d Jc]
*** TURN *** [2c 2d Jc] [6c]
*** RIVER *** [2c 2d Jc 6c] [4s]
CheckinMyAA shows two pair, Kings and Twos
notsoslomo shows a full house, Jacks full of Twos
notsoslomo wins the pot (14,340) with a full house, Jacks full of Twos
Winning this hand would have made me massive chip leader with 20 to go.
And then I couldn't help but get a little tilted by this. (Anyone calling here?)
Full Tilt Poker Game #5295537058: $10 + $1 KO Sit & Go (40261549), Table 4 - 400/800 Ante 100 - No Limit Holdem - 17:52:31 ET - 2008/02/17
Seat 1: luv2winn63 (8,415)
Seat 2: CheckinMyAA (34,532)
Seat 3: Mild07 (9,250)
Seat 4: chinzo (3,060), is sitting out
Seat 5: pb75fr (23,342)
Seat 6: maxbz (36,518)
Seat 7: brixmark (35,310)
Seat 8: verbat (13,929)
Seat 9: XxXTOROXxX (7,705)
luv2winn63 antes 100
CheckinMyAA antes 100
Mild07 antes 100
chinzo antes 100
pb75fr antes 100
maxbz antes 100
brixmark antes 100
verbat antes 100
XxXTOROXxX antes 100
maxbz posts the small blind of 400
brixmark posts the big blind of 800
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Th Ts]
verbat calls 800
XxXTOROXxX has 15 seconds left to act
chinzo has returned
XxXTOROXxX folds
luv2winn63 folds
CheckinMyAA raises to 2,200
Mild07 folds
chinzo raises to 2,960, and is all in
pb75fr raises to 23,242, and is all in
luv2winn63 has been disconnected
luv2winn63 has reconnected
maxbz has 15 seconds left to act
maxbz folds
brixmark folds
verbat folds
CheckinMyAA folds
pb75fr shows [6c Ac]
chinzo shows [As Td]
Uncalled bet of 20,282 returned to pb75fr
*** FLOP *** [7c Js 8s]
*** TURN *** [7c Js 8s] [Jc]
*** RIVER *** [7c Js 8s Jc] [Jd]
pb75fr shows three of a kind, Jacks
chinzo shows three of a kind, Jacks
chinzo wins the pot (11,020) with three of a kind, Jacks
The blinds are now 500/1,000 with an ante of 125
That's how I've been running in late stages lately.
Hopefully it improves! I'll be playing more tonight for shuuuure.
Thanks for reading!
Saturday, February 16, 2008
I gots me one o' them big tokens!
So now that 14+1 tournies are slightly within my bankroll, I figured I'd take a shot at the 75$ token frenzy. Juuust scraped in there.
I did not play the bubble well at all. I called with too many hands to try and take out shorties acting behind me. But now I know, and all's well that ends well.
Also had two big sucks in a 5$ MTT. AA was no good vs K7s (nice limp/shove buddy), and a flopped full house lost to the one-outter quads on the turn (all in on flop). Winning that hand would have put me top 3 in chips. Oh well.
Also finished 14th in another 10$ KO tourny. Only got 1KO and didn't hit any of my big hands. Pretty uneventful really.
More coming tonight!
I did not play the bubble well at all. I called with too many hands to try and take out shorties acting behind me. But now I know, and all's well that ends well.
Also had two big sucks in a 5$ MTT. AA was no good vs K7s (nice limp/shove buddy), and a flopped full house lost to the one-outter quads on the turn (all in on flop). Winning that hand would have put me top 3 in chips. Oh well.
Also finished 14th in another 10$ KO tourny. Only got 1KO and didn't hit any of my big hands. Pretty uneventful really.
More coming tonight!
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Poker After Dark
So I came back after the tournies to play a lil cash NL. I figured I was comfortable playing one BI of 50NL and I ran pretty good and found a couple of people who really, really disliked money.
It might not seem like a lot to some, but for a baby stakes noob like me, sitting on this much money is pretty orgasmic.
I also ran two 25NL tables and was sitting on 200BB on each of those tables.
I'll post the clutch hands later. Right now I'm making myself late for school.
Roll: $692 + 2x$26 = $744
It might not seem like a lot to some, but for a baby stakes noob like me, sitting on this much money is pretty orgasmic.
I also ran two 25NL tables and was sitting on 200BB on each of those tables.
I'll post the clutch hands later. Right now I'm making myself late for school.
Roll: $692 + 2x$26 = $744
Running bad in the endgame is -EV
Played two tournies tonight and made 2 deep runs. Played a 5$ MTT and busted around 63rd out of ~400 when I restole in the SB with QJ behind OTB's open minraise. He called with A9 and I didn't suck out. Hour one saw me win some big pots and build a nice stack, but I ran dead for the next hour and a half, and when big hands showed up, they shit the bed hard.
The second tourny was another 10$ 90x KO. I racked up a ton of KOs early and mid stages. 6 by my count, several of them for big stacks. Twice I was #2 in chips, once with under 30 players left. But as it was a turbo, going 3 levels with big hands sucking it up ain't gonna get 'er done.
So if you've played these things, you know people are raising about top 30. Sometimes more. People open KQ, QJ, KT, etc. So after watching everyone raise with crap, but being totally card dead, I finally pick up a nice hand to look at and lose my shirt.
Full Tilt Poker Game #5248972533: $10 + $1 KO Sit & Go (39901488), Table 7 - 600/1200 Ante 150 - No Limit Holdem - 2:45:39 ET - 2008/02/14
Seat 2: CheckinMyAA (22,825)
Seat 3: Aceten48 (22,645)
Seat 4: SnoWmaN44 (11,580)
Seat 5: bigslickschu (6,830)
Seat 6: Carlito927 (33,075)
Seat 7: fear3381 (5,612)
Seat 8: TimminsAH (20,545)
Seat 9: big_fish72 (15,812)
CheckinMyAA antes 150
Aceten48 antes 150
SnoWmaN44 antes 150
bigslickschu antes 150
Carlito927 antes 150
fear3381 antes 150
TimminsAH antes 150
big_fish72 antes 150
Aceten48 posts the small blind of 600
SnoWmaN44 posts the big blind of 1,200
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Ad Qc]
bigslickschu folds
Carlito927 folds
fear3381 has 15 seconds left to act
fear3381 folds
TimminsAH folds
big_fish72 raises to 3,500
CheckinMyAA raises to 22,675, and is all in
Aceten48 folds
SnoWmaN44 folds
big_fish72 calls 12,162, and is all in
CheckinMyAA shows [Ad Qc]
big_fish72 shows [Ah As]
Uncalled bet of 7,013 returned to CheckinMyAA
*** FLOP *** [3h 4s Tc]
*** TURN *** [3h 4s Tc] [Jh]
*** RIVER *** [3h 4s Tc Jh] [9h]
CheckinMyAA shows Ace Queen high
big_fish72 shows a pair of Aces
big_fish72 wins the pot (34,324) with a pair of Aces
CheckinMyAA: ugh
Then AK shits a brick vs a short stack while we're on the bubble ... who calls on the bubble with this hand?? I don't hate my shove on the flop. Thoughts welcome though. Here I'm thinking if he's like your average bubble nit, he'll fold anything weak.
Full Tilt Poker Game #5249025117: $10 + $1 KO Sit & Go (39901488), Table 7 - 800/1600 Ante 200 - No Limit Holdem - 2:53:14 ET - 2008/02/14
Seat 2: CheckinMyAA (22,787)
Seat 3: Aceten48 (26,795)
Seat 5: bigslickschu (11,260)
Seat 8: TimminsAH (12,645)
Seat 9: big_fish72 (32,662)
CheckinMyAA antes 200
Aceten48 antes 200
bigslickschu antes 200
TimminsAH antes 200
big_fish72 antes 200
Aceten48 posts the small blind of 800
bigslickschu posts the big blind of 1,600
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Ac Ks]
TimminsAH folds
big_fish72 folds
CheckinMyAA raises to 4,000
Aceten48 folds
bigslickschu calls 2,400
*** FLOP *** [5c Td 7c]
bigslickschu checks
CheckinMyAA bets 18,587, and is all in
bigslickschu calls 7,060, and is all in
CheckinMyAA shows [Ac Ks]
bigslickschu shows [7d 6s]
Uncalled bet of 11,527 returned to CheckinMyAA
*** TURN *** [5c Td 7c] [8s]
*** RIVER *** [5c Td 7c 8s] [5h]
CheckinMyAA shows a pair of Fives
bigslickschu shows two pair, Sevens and Fives
bigslickschu wins the pot (23,920) with two pair, Sevens and Fives
CheckinMyAA: grrrr
The blinds are now 1,000/2,000 with an ante of 250
Then we finally break the bubble and get to the FT, and first hand, I get sucked out on again.
Full Tilt Poker Game #5249068574: $10 + $1 KO Sit & Go (39901488), Table 7 - 1200/2400 Ante 300 - No Limit Holdem - 2:59:40 ET - 2008/02/14
Seat 1: Carlito927 (24,286)
Seat 2: CheckinMyAA (11,527)
Seat 3: Aceten48 (23,345)
Seat 4: JFossum (14,576)
Seat 5: bigslickschu (27,120)
Seat 6: supertoes (73,301)
Seat 7: zip4life (51,688)
Seat 8: TimminsAH (4,145)
Seat 9: big_fish72 (40,012)
Carlito927 antes 300
CheckinMyAA antes 300
Aceten48 antes 300
JFossum antes 300
bigslickschu antes 300
supertoes antes 300
zip4life antes 300
TimminsAH antes 300
big_fish72 antes 300
Aceten48 posts the small blind of 1,200
JFossum posts the big blind of 2,400
xIAx ByTheWay (Observer): cash money james mi boy
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Ts Ah]
bigslickschu folds
Aceten48: CHEYA!
supertoes has 15 seconds left to act
CheckinMyAA: yey
supertoes folds
zip4life raises to 9,600
TimminsAH folds
big_fish72 folds
Carlito927 folds
CheckinMyAA raises to 11,227, and is all in
Aceten48 folds
JFossum folds
zip4life calls 1,627
CheckinMyAA shows [Ts Ah]
zip4life shows [Kh Qs]
Aceten48: GG guys
xIAx ByTheWay (Observer): let that loser timmins go out first
*** FLOP *** [8c Kd 9c]
*** TURN *** [8c Kd 9c] [6d]
*** RIVER *** [8c Kd 9c 6d] [9s]
CheckinMyAA shows a pair of Nines
zip4life shows two pair, Kings and Nines
zip4life wins the pot (28,754) with two pair, Kings and Nines
CheckinMyAA: Boooo
CheckinMyAA stands up
Today was one of those days where I ran really good early, but then couldn't catch a break when it really mattered. Frustrating, to be sure. Still a 20$ net profit on that tourny, but it could have / should have been so much more...
I do enjoy this tournament a lot though. I'm 2 for 2 in making deep runs, so it's only a matter of time before I get lucky when it matters.
Later days! I leave you with one of the (positive) highlights of the night:
Seat 1: fear3381 (8,037)
Seat 3: SnoWmaN44 (13,380)
Seat 4: snowman835 (6,840)
Seat 5: mdlyons81 (13,245)
Seat 6: CheckinMyAA (23,065)
Seat 8: Attackmac (9,535)
Seat 9: CASHMEOUT1 (520)
fear3381 antes 125
SnoWmaN44 antes 125
snowman835 antes 125
mdlyons81 antes 125
CheckinMyAA antes 125
Attackmac antes 125
CASHMEOUT1 antes 125
mdlyons81 posts the small blind of 500
CheckinMyAA posts the big blind of 1,000
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Ah Qc]
Attackmac folds
CASHMEOUT1 calls 395, and is all in
fear3381 folds
SnoWmaN44 calls 1,000
snowman835 raises to 6,715, and is all in
mdlyons81 folds
CheckinMyAA raises to 22,940, and is all in
SnoWmaN44 folds
CheckinMyAA shows [Ah Qc]
CASHMEOUT1 shows [3h Ac]
snowman835 shows [7c 7s]
Uncalled bet of 16,225 returned to CheckinMyAA
*** FLOP *** [4c Qd Qs]
*** TURN *** [4c Qd Qs] [Qh]
*** RIVER *** [4c Qd Qs Qh] [Th]
CheckinMyAA shows four of a kind, Queens
snowman835 shows a full house, Queens full of Sevens
CheckinMyAA wins the side pot (13,350) with four of a kind, Queens
CASHMEOUT1 shows three of a kind, Queens
CheckinMyAA wins the main pot (2,850) with four of a kind, Queens
CheckinMyAA: DQB!
CASHMEOUT1 stands up
snowman835 stands up
Roll: $567 + 2x$26 = $619
The second tourny was another 10$ 90x KO. I racked up a ton of KOs early and mid stages. 6 by my count, several of them for big stacks. Twice I was #2 in chips, once with under 30 players left. But as it was a turbo, going 3 levels with big hands sucking it up ain't gonna get 'er done.
So if you've played these things, you know people are raising about top 30. Sometimes more. People open KQ, QJ, KT, etc. So after watching everyone raise with crap, but being totally card dead, I finally pick up a nice hand to look at and lose my shirt.
Full Tilt Poker Game #5248972533: $10 + $1 KO Sit & Go (39901488), Table 7 - 600/1200 Ante 150 - No Limit Holdem - 2:45:39 ET - 2008/02/14
Seat 2: CheckinMyAA (22,825)
Seat 3: Aceten48 (22,645)
Seat 4: SnoWmaN44 (11,580)
Seat 5: bigslickschu (6,830)
Seat 6: Carlito927 (33,075)
Seat 7: fear3381 (5,612)
Seat 8: TimminsAH (20,545)
Seat 9: big_fish72 (15,812)
CheckinMyAA antes 150
Aceten48 antes 150
SnoWmaN44 antes 150
bigslickschu antes 150
Carlito927 antes 150
fear3381 antes 150
TimminsAH antes 150
big_fish72 antes 150
Aceten48 posts the small blind of 600
SnoWmaN44 posts the big blind of 1,200
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Ad Qc]
bigslickschu folds
Carlito927 folds
fear3381 has 15 seconds left to act
fear3381 folds
TimminsAH folds
big_fish72 raises to 3,500
CheckinMyAA raises to 22,675, and is all in
Aceten48 folds
SnoWmaN44 folds
big_fish72 calls 12,162, and is all in
CheckinMyAA shows [Ad Qc]
big_fish72 shows [Ah As]
Uncalled bet of 7,013 returned to CheckinMyAA
*** FLOP *** [3h 4s Tc]
*** TURN *** [3h 4s Tc] [Jh]
*** RIVER *** [3h 4s Tc Jh] [9h]
CheckinMyAA shows Ace Queen high
big_fish72 shows a pair of Aces
big_fish72 wins the pot (34,324) with a pair of Aces
CheckinMyAA: ugh
Then AK shits a brick vs a short stack while we're on the bubble ... who calls on the bubble with this hand?? I don't hate my shove on the flop. Thoughts welcome though. Here I'm thinking if he's like your average bubble nit, he'll fold anything weak.
Full Tilt Poker Game #5249025117: $10 + $1 KO Sit & Go (39901488), Table 7 - 800/1600 Ante 200 - No Limit Holdem - 2:53:14 ET - 2008/02/14
Seat 2: CheckinMyAA (22,787)
Seat 3: Aceten48 (26,795)
Seat 5: bigslickschu (11,260)
Seat 8: TimminsAH (12,645)
Seat 9: big_fish72 (32,662)
CheckinMyAA antes 200
Aceten48 antes 200
bigslickschu antes 200
TimminsAH antes 200
big_fish72 antes 200
Aceten48 posts the small blind of 800
bigslickschu posts the big blind of 1,600
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Ac Ks]
TimminsAH folds
big_fish72 folds
CheckinMyAA raises to 4,000
Aceten48 folds
bigslickschu calls 2,400
*** FLOP *** [5c Td 7c]
bigslickschu checks
CheckinMyAA bets 18,587, and is all in
bigslickschu calls 7,060, and is all in
CheckinMyAA shows [Ac Ks]
bigslickschu shows [7d 6s]
Uncalled bet of 11,527 returned to CheckinMyAA
*** TURN *** [5c Td 7c] [8s]
*** RIVER *** [5c Td 7c 8s] [5h]
CheckinMyAA shows a pair of Fives
bigslickschu shows two pair, Sevens and Fives
bigslickschu wins the pot (23,920) with two pair, Sevens and Fives
CheckinMyAA: grrrr
The blinds are now 1,000/2,000 with an ante of 250
Then we finally break the bubble and get to the FT, and first hand, I get sucked out on again.
Full Tilt Poker Game #5249068574: $10 + $1 KO Sit & Go (39901488), Table 7 - 1200/2400 Ante 300 - No Limit Holdem - 2:59:40 ET - 2008/02/14
Seat 1: Carlito927 (24,286)
Seat 2: CheckinMyAA (11,527)
Seat 3: Aceten48 (23,345)
Seat 4: JFossum (14,576)
Seat 5: bigslickschu (27,120)
Seat 6: supertoes (73,301)
Seat 7: zip4life (51,688)
Seat 8: TimminsAH (4,145)
Seat 9: big_fish72 (40,012)
Carlito927 antes 300
CheckinMyAA antes 300
Aceten48 antes 300
JFossum antes 300
bigslickschu antes 300
supertoes antes 300
zip4life antes 300
TimminsAH antes 300
big_fish72 antes 300
Aceten48 posts the small blind of 1,200
JFossum posts the big blind of 2,400
xIAx ByTheWay (Observer): cash money james mi boy
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Ts Ah]
bigslickschu folds
Aceten48: CHEYA!
supertoes has 15 seconds left to act
CheckinMyAA: yey
supertoes folds
zip4life raises to 9,600
TimminsAH folds
big_fish72 folds
Carlito927 folds
CheckinMyAA raises to 11,227, and is all in
Aceten48 folds
JFossum folds
zip4life calls 1,627
CheckinMyAA shows [Ts Ah]
zip4life shows [Kh Qs]
Aceten48: GG guys
xIAx ByTheWay (Observer): let that loser timmins go out first
*** FLOP *** [8c Kd 9c]
*** TURN *** [8c Kd 9c] [6d]
*** RIVER *** [8c Kd 9c 6d] [9s]
CheckinMyAA shows a pair of Nines
zip4life shows two pair, Kings and Nines
zip4life wins the pot (28,754) with two pair, Kings and Nines
CheckinMyAA: Boooo
CheckinMyAA stands up
Today was one of those days where I ran really good early, but then couldn't catch a break when it really mattered. Frustrating, to be sure. Still a 20$ net profit on that tourny, but it could have / should have been so much more...
I do enjoy this tournament a lot though. I'm 2 for 2 in making deep runs, so it's only a matter of time before I get lucky when it matters.
Later days! I leave you with one of the (positive) highlights of the night:
Seat 1: fear3381 (8,037)
Seat 3: SnoWmaN44 (13,380)
Seat 4: snowman835 (6,840)
Seat 5: mdlyons81 (13,245)
Seat 6: CheckinMyAA (23,065)
Seat 8: Attackmac (9,535)
Seat 9: CASHMEOUT1 (520)
fear3381 antes 125
SnoWmaN44 antes 125
snowman835 antes 125
mdlyons81 antes 125
CheckinMyAA antes 125
Attackmac antes 125
CASHMEOUT1 antes 125
mdlyons81 posts the small blind of 500
CheckinMyAA posts the big blind of 1,000
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Ah Qc]
Attackmac folds
CASHMEOUT1 calls 395, and is all in
fear3381 folds
SnoWmaN44 calls 1,000
snowman835 raises to 6,715, and is all in
mdlyons81 folds
CheckinMyAA raises to 22,940, and is all in
SnoWmaN44 folds
CheckinMyAA shows [Ah Qc]
CASHMEOUT1 shows [3h Ac]
snowman835 shows [7c 7s]
Uncalled bet of 16,225 returned to CheckinMyAA
*** FLOP *** [4c Qd Qs]
*** TURN *** [4c Qd Qs] [Qh]
*** RIVER *** [4c Qd Qs Qh] [Th]
CheckinMyAA shows four of a kind, Queens
snowman835 shows a full house, Queens full of Sevens
CheckinMyAA wins the side pot (13,350) with four of a kind, Queens
CASHMEOUT1 shows three of a kind, Queens
CheckinMyAA wins the main pot (2,850) with four of a kind, Queens
CheckinMyAA: DQB!
CASHMEOUT1 stands up
snowman835 stands up
Roll: $567 + 2x$26 = $619
Monday, February 11, 2008
That's better...
Playing in bigger buyin tournies is fun...
So a similar go tonight. 1x 8$ tier one, 2x 10$ STT.
The first 10$ SNG saw me get brutally short and fight back to a decent stack. Then I lost my shirt in a BvB encounter. BB was 30/20/5 at this point, so I figured I'd get played back at in which case I was prepared to get it in. (The SNG regs might kill me for this). I have A2 in the SB and it folds to me, I raise to 300 (3x), he makes it 800, right on cue. We're both sitting on ~2800, and I go with my read and shove all 28BB. He calls pretty quick, and I've run myself into AK. I don't suck out and I'm done in 6th.
The 2nd 10$ SNG was better. We got ITM when one person at the table got all in with JJ vs a couple of A-rag hands and held up. I was 3rd by a bit. I made some good steals and resteals and actually had a fair amount of hands to back me up. The FCD (flush chasing donkey) chip leader had been playing all kinds of bad thus far, and I doubled through him when AQ > AJ. Eventually he knocks out the other player, and we fight a bit and get around dead even in chips at ~6500 a piece. The key hand saw him raise, I shove with A6 (overbet because I knew he was an idiot and would call with hands I had an edge on) and he calls with A4 sooted in diamonds. The flop was all rags which was promising, but there were 2 diamonds, and I just knew it was coming, and sure enough the 3rd diamond fell on the turn. The very next hand I shoved TT into his monster A5 and he flops an ace to finish me off. Oh well. Sometimes the donkeys gotta win if people like me are gonna keep turning a profit.
The Tier 1 SNG was pretty quiet. I again got my fair share of cards and hit hands when it mattered and got to the final table 2nd in chips. I was prepared to play pretty slow since there were a lot of short stacks with < 8BB. Unfortunately they kept doubling up, or it would fold around, and so on. Finally I started getting involved and let the SB hang himself when he slowplayed flopped trips.
Full Tilt Poker Game #5221919630: Tier One $8+$0.70 (Turbo) (39692837), Table 2 - 300/600 - No Limit Holdem - 1:00:42 ET - 2008/02/12
Seat 1: ACESKINGER (2,707)
Seat 3: CheckinMyAA (7,267)
Seat 4: ChrisRyon (5,063)
Seat 5: bigsam888 (4,178)
Seat 7: rootless222 (3,092)
Seat 8: knollian (1,585)
Seat 9: Edge21 (3,108)
ACESKINGER posts the small blind of 300
CheckinMyAA posts the big blind of 600
The button is in seat #9
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [6c 7s]
ChrisRyon folds
bigsam888 folds
rootless222 folds
knollian folds
Edge21 folds
ACESKINGER calls 300
CheckinMyAA checks
*** FLOP *** [8s 9d 9s]
ACESKINGER checks
CheckinMyAA checks
*** TURN *** [8s 9d 9s] [Jh]
rootless222: dam
ACESKINGER bets 600
CheckinMyAA calls 600
*** RIVER *** [8s 9d 9s Jh] [5c]
ACESKINGER has 15 seconds left to act
ACESKINGER bets 1,507, and is all in
CheckinMyAA calls 1,507
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ACESKINGER shows [Kc 9h] three of a kind, Nines
CheckinMyAA shows [6c 7s] a straight, Nine high
CheckinMyAA wins the pot (5,414) with a straight, Nine high
ACESKINGER stands up
That broke the money bubble, but we were still one away from tokens. One of the other big stacks at the table polished off another shorty when his J8 sucked out on A7, and there ya go! I am now the proud owner of not one, but two tier I tokens! So that buys me into the MATH (if I ever get off work before 8pm MST) and a shot at the 24K some time in the next week or so hopefully.
Roll is sitting at 551$ + 26$x2 = 603$
Thanks for readin'!
So a similar go tonight. 1x 8$ tier one, 2x 10$ STT.
The first 10$ SNG saw me get brutally short and fight back to a decent stack. Then I lost my shirt in a BvB encounter. BB was 30/20/5 at this point, so I figured I'd get played back at in which case I was prepared to get it in. (The SNG regs might kill me for this). I have A2 in the SB and it folds to me, I raise to 300 (3x), he makes it 800, right on cue. We're both sitting on ~2800, and I go with my read and shove all 28BB. He calls pretty quick, and I've run myself into AK. I don't suck out and I'm done in 6th.
The 2nd 10$ SNG was better. We got ITM when one person at the table got all in with JJ vs a couple of A-rag hands and held up. I was 3rd by a bit. I made some good steals and resteals and actually had a fair amount of hands to back me up. The FCD (flush chasing donkey) chip leader had been playing all kinds of bad thus far, and I doubled through him when AQ > AJ. Eventually he knocks out the other player, and we fight a bit and get around dead even in chips at ~6500 a piece. The key hand saw him raise, I shove with A6 (overbet because I knew he was an idiot and would call with hands I had an edge on) and he calls with A4 sooted in diamonds. The flop was all rags which was promising, but there were 2 diamonds, and I just knew it was coming, and sure enough the 3rd diamond fell on the turn. The very next hand I shoved TT into his monster A5 and he flops an ace to finish me off. Oh well. Sometimes the donkeys gotta win if people like me are gonna keep turning a profit.
The Tier 1 SNG was pretty quiet. I again got my fair share of cards and hit hands when it mattered and got to the final table 2nd in chips. I was prepared to play pretty slow since there were a lot of short stacks with < 8BB. Unfortunately they kept doubling up, or it would fold around, and so on. Finally I started getting involved and let the SB hang himself when he slowplayed flopped trips.
Full Tilt Poker Game #5221919630: Tier One $8+$0.70 (Turbo) (39692837), Table 2 - 300/600 - No Limit Holdem - 1:00:42 ET - 2008/02/12
Seat 1: ACESKINGER (2,707)
Seat 3: CheckinMyAA (7,267)
Seat 4: ChrisRyon (5,063)
Seat 5: bigsam888 (4,178)
Seat 7: rootless222 (3,092)
Seat 8: knollian (1,585)
Seat 9: Edge21 (3,108)
ACESKINGER posts the small blind of 300
CheckinMyAA posts the big blind of 600
The button is in seat #9
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [6c 7s]
ChrisRyon folds
bigsam888 folds
rootless222 folds
knollian folds
Edge21 folds
ACESKINGER calls 300
CheckinMyAA checks
*** FLOP *** [8s 9d 9s]
ACESKINGER checks
CheckinMyAA checks
*** TURN *** [8s 9d 9s] [Jh]
rootless222: dam
ACESKINGER bets 600
CheckinMyAA calls 600
*** RIVER *** [8s 9d 9s Jh] [5c]
ACESKINGER has 15 seconds left to act
ACESKINGER bets 1,507, and is all in
CheckinMyAA calls 1,507
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ACESKINGER shows [Kc 9h] three of a kind, Nines
CheckinMyAA shows [6c 7s] a straight, Nine high
CheckinMyAA wins the pot (5,414) with a straight, Nine high
ACESKINGER stands up
That broke the money bubble, but we were still one away from tokens. One of the other big stacks at the table polished off another shorty when his J8 sucked out on A7, and there ya go! I am now the proud owner of not one, but two tier I tokens! So that buys me into the MATH (if I ever get off work before 8pm MST) and a shot at the 24K some time in the next week or so hopefully.
Roll is sitting at 551$ + 26$x2 = 603$
Thanks for readin'!
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Rough start at the 10$ level
But some promise... I tried my hand at an 8$ tier 1 sat, and busted on a 60/40.
Played two 10$ 45 player SNGs. Went deep in one but bubbled the final table when I got down to 8BB and started pushing and eventually ran KQs into QQ.
I got 13th in the 90 player 10$ deep stack turbo. That's where I had most of my fun. I got 3 KO's early on route to a big stack, but then ran dry for 4 levels and suddenly was less than the average stack. I tried opening whenever it came to me unopened (which wasn't much) and lost a key hand in a BvB encounter. Don't have the HH, but it went something like this:
Hero is in the SB with Ac4c, blinds are 200/400. Hero has ~6000 and villain has ~3700. Hero makes a stealish looking raise to 1200, hoping to get a resteal shove out of villain. Villain calls. Flop comes 7c 6h 5c. Hero shoves, BB hesitates, but calls and shows 8h 2s... So I have 17 outs (none of which I technically need) and he has 6.. Of course there's a non-club 9 on the turn, and the river bricks and I'm crippled and never truly recover. I was a bit surprised at how he played it. And it's frustrating when someone calls your semi-bluff shove with a worse draw and gets there while you don't. Winning that hand would have gotten me right back into contention with about 25 left.
Oh well.
On another note, home game part 4 saw me bust out around the middle of the pack both times. Once with the worst hand, once on a bluff. I had two big hands early in the first game and had a nice stack, but proceded to run drier than the Sahara in summer for the rest of the night. Frustrating, to be sure. It's been 5 games without a cash in my own game... Seems bad, but the players that are showing up these days have better and better game. It's fun in that it makes it a genuine challenge.
Outta here for now. I'll be able to take a few more cracks at 10$ tournies before I scale back.
Thanks for reading.
Played two 10$ 45 player SNGs. Went deep in one but bubbled the final table when I got down to 8BB and started pushing and eventually ran KQs into QQ.
I got 13th in the 90 player 10$ deep stack turbo. That's where I had most of my fun. I got 3 KO's early on route to a big stack, but then ran dry for 4 levels and suddenly was less than the average stack. I tried opening whenever it came to me unopened (which wasn't much) and lost a key hand in a BvB encounter. Don't have the HH, but it went something like this:
Hero is in the SB with Ac4c, blinds are 200/400. Hero has ~6000 and villain has ~3700. Hero makes a stealish looking raise to 1200, hoping to get a resteal shove out of villain. Villain calls. Flop comes 7c 6h 5c. Hero shoves, BB hesitates, but calls and shows 8h 2s... So I have 17 outs (none of which I technically need) and he has 6.. Of course there's a non-club 9 on the turn, and the river bricks and I'm crippled and never truly recover. I was a bit surprised at how he played it. And it's frustrating when someone calls your semi-bluff shove with a worse draw and gets there while you don't. Winning that hand would have gotten me right back into contention with about 25 left.
Oh well.
On another note, home game part 4 saw me bust out around the middle of the pack both times. Once with the worst hand, once on a bluff. I had two big hands early in the first game and had a nice stack, but proceded to run drier than the Sahara in summer for the rest of the night. Frustrating, to be sure. It's been 5 games without a cash in my own game... Seems bad, but the players that are showing up these days have better and better game. It's fun in that it makes it a genuine challenge.
Outta here for now. I'll be able to take a few more cracks at 10$ tournies before I scale back.
Thanks for reading.
Thursday, February 7, 2008
3$ KO Victory Recap
Alright, so as promised, here's some outtakes from the tourny last night.
The very first hand of the tourny I got dealt ATs, a hand that I've learned is a potential disaster in my hands. I'm OTB and there's 3 limps ahead, I pop it 6x the BB and UTG and MP1 call. It's checked to me and I fire a fairly decent bet on a K-high flop that I totally whiffed. UTG of course c/r shoves and I fold. So there goes 1/3 of my stack early. Shite.
A few hands later I get frisky in LP with 97s and I fold on a river bet after checking down a KKK3Q board.
The very next hand my vexation continued when I got KJs in MP and called an EP raise. Unfortunately a LP player 3b pretty hard so I folded. Down to about 1/2 my stack in less than an orbit. Not looking good.
Then I'm getting a little tilty and this hand comes up.
Full Tilt Poker Game #5153561043: $3 + $0.30 Knockout (39062812), Table 48 - 15/30 - No Limit Hold'em - 0:21:45 ET - 2008/02/07
antonac has reconnected
Seat 1: PotSmokr (2,410)
Seat 2: antonac (1,455)
Seat 3: kag22 (1,395)
Seat 4: MaxShade (2,385)
Seat 5: soupbones (1,440)
Seat 6: Nicbar (1,785)
Seat 7: dbroncosrule (1,320)
Seat 8: kohler5 (635)
Seat 9: CheckinMyAA (675)
soupbones posts the small blind of 15
Nicbar posts the big blind of 30
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [5d 6d]
dbroncosrule folds
kohler5 has 15 seconds left to act
kohler5 calls 30
CheckinMyAA has 15 seconds left to act
CheckinMyAA calls 30
PotSmokr calls 30
antonac folds
kag22 folds
MaxShade calls 30
soupbones calls 15
Nicbar checks
*** FLOP *** [2h 9c 5s]
soupbones checks
Nicbar has 15 seconds left to act
Nicbar checks
kohler5 checks
CheckinMyAA checks
PotSmokr bets 60
MaxShade folds
soupbones folds
Nicbar calls 60
kohler5 folds
CheckinMyAA calls 60
*** TURN *** [2h 9c 5s] [9s]
Nicbar checks
CheckinMyAA checks
PotSmokr bets 180
Nicbar calls 180
CheckinMyAA calls 180
*** RIVER *** [2h 9c 5s 9s] [Qd]
Nicbar checks
CheckinMyAA checks
PotSmokr bets 350
Nicbar calls 350
CheckinMyAA: haha f it
CheckinMyAA has 15 seconds left to act
CheckinMyAA calls 350
*** SHOW DOWN ***
PotSmokr shows [Jh Th] a pair of Nines
Nicbar shows [2s 5c] two pair, Nines and Fives
CheckinMyAA shows [5d 6d] two pair, Nines and Fives
Nicbar ties for the pot (975) with two pair, Nines and Fives
CheckinMyAA ties for the pot (975) with two pair, Nines and Fives
That got me back to 2/3 of a starting stack, and a little bit of breathing room.
Then I pick up a pot when I cbet AQ on a 9-high flop and my opp folds.
KK shows up and wins me the blinds. I'm back to a starting stack, but I only have 15BB.
AJ wins a small pot.
Then I go and donk it up with QTs in late position and run it into quad 6's. (I rivered the flush on a 64669 board). Down to 10BB.
A couple small pots later I chip back up over 1000, still badly in need of chips.
Finally I pick up AT and double through 66 when we get it in preflop. Up to 1860.
Another cbet on a whiffed flop gets me up to 1930.
KK shows up again and a cbet on an A-high flop is good. 2280.
I get Q9s in the BB and I call a turn bet to river the flush and double through a poorly slowplayed top two pair. 3720.
Then I get a bit lucky. I get 79 in the BB and I get to see a free flop. It comes T83, and I make a somewhat sketchy call on the flop bet and turn a 6. Gin! My opponent didn't peg me for a straight draw and paid me off nicely with his monster JT for top pair. Up to 8920.
Fast forward 30 or so hands and I crack 10K only to race a shorty holding 44 to my A9. He holds and I'm back down to 6785, good for 23BB.
Then I kill a guy for trying to float me when I raise and cbet a AQJ flop with A7 in my hand. He calls the flop, and turn, but folds on the river. Flush draw maybe? Back up to 12,310.
QQ pays me their only visit of the tourny and I take it on a scary flop.
Full Tilt Poker Game #5154797298: $3 + $0.30 Knockout (39062812), Table 36 - 250/500 Ante 50 - No Limit Hold'em - 2:30:17 ET - 2008/02/07
Seat 1: promoe (14,458)
Seat 2: reginald19 (8,540)
Seat 3: metalvolta (2,918)
Seat 4: BirdDurden (16,519)
Seat 5: EISENPONY (7,170)
Seat 6: PotSmokr (14,645)
Seat 7: CheckinMyAA (14,060)
Seat 8: TonganPlayer (22,974)
Seat 9: rboomk (10,440)
promoe antes 50
reginald19 antes 50
metalvolta antes 50
BirdDurden antes 50
EISENPONY antes 50
PotSmokr antes 50
CheckinMyAA antes 50
TonganPlayer antes 50
rboomk antes 50
BirdDurden posts the small blind of 250
EISENPONY posts the big blind of 500
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Qh Qs]
PotSmokr folds
CheckinMyAA raises to 1,200
TonganPlayer folds
rboomk calls 1,200
promoe folds
reginald19 folds
metalvolta folds
BirdDurden folds
EISENPONY folds
*** FLOP *** [7s Ks Ac]
CheckinMyAA has 15 seconds left to act
CheckinMyAA bets 2,000
rboomk has 15 seconds left to act
rboomk folds
Uncalled bet of 2,000 returned to CheckinMyAA
CheckinMyAA mucks
CheckinMyAA wins the pot (3,600)
Up to 16,410, good for 33BB.
I try to take out another shorty with 66 and fail. 11,710.
It's a while before I see my next hand, but it pays off.
Full Tilt Poker Game #5154945668: $3 + $0.30 Knockout (39062812), Table 36 - 400/800 Ante 100 - No Limit Hold'em - 2:50:46 ET - 2008/02/07
Seat 1: promoe (6,958)
Seat 3: kyman458 (6,915)
Seat 4: BirdDurden (36,824)
Seat 5: Topcheese (3,199), is sitting out
Seat 6: PotSmokr (21,225)
Seat 7: CheckinMyAA (12,988)
Seat 8: TonganPlayer (24,849)
Seat 9: rboomk (26,355)
promoe antes 100
kyman458 antes 100
BirdDurden antes 100
Topcheese antes 100
PotSmokr antes 100
CheckinMyAA antes 100
TonganPlayer antes 100
rboomk antes 100
CheckinMyAA posts the small blind of 400
TonganPlayer posts the big blind of 800
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Ad Qs]
rboomk folds
promoe folds
kyman458 folds
BirdDurden folds
Topcheese folds
PotSmokr folds
CheckinMyAA raises to 3,200
TonganPlayer raises to 24,749, and is all in
CheckinMyAA calls 9,688, and is all in
TonganPlayer shows [Th Ac]
CheckinMyAA shows [Ad Qs]
Uncalled bet of 11,861 returned to TonganPlayer
*** FLOP *** [3h Jc Kh]
*** TURN *** [3h Jc Kh] [3d]
*** RIVER *** [3h Jc Kh 3d] [4d]
TonganPlayer shows a pair of Threes
CheckinMyAA shows a pair of Threes
CheckinMyAA wins the pot (26,576) with a pair of Threes
Boom!
A while later JQ bets the turn and river on a AT52A and I station him with JT. 41,475 (over 40BB for the first time since the beginning of the tourny)
After this point I had to be very patient. I wasn't seeing many cards. Fortunately for me, when they showed up, they were netting big gains. If you haven't already read the thread of idiotic opponents, check out when my opponents get it all in with here...
Full Tilt Poker Game #5155074520: $3 + $0.30 Knockout (39062812), Table 36 - 600/1200 Ante 150 - No Limit Hold'em - 3:09:51 ET - 2008/02/07
Seat 1: promoe (17,873)
Seat 2: BAMAUNIT1 (20,985)
Seat 4: RandyWil (36,096)
Seat 5: vincentvegga (11,309)
Seat 6: PotSmokr (9,092)
Seat 7: CheckinMyAA (33,675)
Seat 8: TonganPlayer (22,095)
Seat 9: rboomk (24,415)
promoe antes 150
BAMAUNIT1 antes 150
RandyWil antes 150
vincentvegga antes 150
PotSmokr antes 150
CheckinMyAA antes 150
TonganPlayer antes 150
rboomk antes 150
vincentvegga posts the small blind of 600
PotSmokr posts the big blind of 1,200
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Kh Kd]
RandyWil has been disconnected
CheckinMyAA has 15 seconds left to act
CheckinMyAA raises to 3,900
TonganPlayer folds
rboomk folds
promoe folds
BAMAUNIT1 folds
RandyWil has reconnected
RandyWil folds
vincentvegga calls 3,300
PotSmokr raises to 8,942, and is all in
CheckinMyAA raises to 33,525, and is all in
vincentvegga calls 7,259, and is all in
CheckinMyAA shows [Kh Kd]
vincentvegga shows [Jd 9d]
PotSmokr shows [3c Qc]
Uncalled bet of 22,366 returned to CheckinMyAA
*** FLOP *** [Qh Th 3h]
*** TURN *** [Qh Th 3h] [Jh]
*** RIVER *** [Qh Th 3h Jh] [6s]
Ugly flop, but it works out in the end.
CheckinMyAA shows a flush, King high
vincentvegga shows a pair of Jacks
CheckinMyAA wins the side pot (4,434) with a flush, King high
PotSmokr shows two pair, Queens and Threes
CheckinMyAA wins the main pot (28,026) with a flush, King high
PotSmokr stands up
vincentvegga stands up
Two bounties for me! (And 55,000)
I steal a few pots and break 64K
A4 pays me a bet when I turn a Q with Q8 (I was BB). 73K
At this point we're down to the final 30. I'm cool as a cucumber (but also quite tired). This was probably the most clutch part of the whole tournament for me. The next 60 hands were full of absolutely squat, and I got blinded down to 42K before I started picking spots to steal. It was hard because in the last hour I've been moved 3 times, so my reads on who I can steal from isn't sharp. Fortunately, I picked a lot of my spots well, and never got myself in trouble when I got caught. Three of the people at the table were mumbling to each other about how often I was stealing ... but they still let me do it as long as it wasn't too frequent.
I pick up KJ and a player who's gone from uber nit to firing at everything bets all 3 streets of K9Q8Q with AT. I'm back up to 77K
I crack 100K on another steal w 87 soooted.
Then I get another gift and another bounty.
Full Tilt Poker Game #5155457744: $3 + $0.30 Knockout (39062812), Table 36 - 2500/5000 Ante 600 - No Limit Hold'em - 4:15:18 ET - 2008/02/07
Seat 1: Mr Pokerroom (104,304)
Seat 2: BAMAUNIT1 (31,613)
Seat 3: Mztiso (133,430)
Seat 4: CheckinMyAA (82,576)
Seat 7: ForestEatsTrees (71,651)
Seat 9: roka1029 (5,638)
Mr Pokerroom antes 600
BAMAUNIT1 antes 600
Mztiso antes 600
CheckinMyAA antes 600
ForestEatsTrees antes 600
roka1029 antes 600
Mr Pokerroom posts the small blind of 2,500
BAMAUNIT1 posts the big blind of 5,000
The button is in seat #9
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Ah Ks]
Mztiso folds
CheckinMyAA raises to 13,000
ForestEatsTrees folds
roka1029 folds
Mr Pokerroom calls 10,500
BAMAUNIT1 calls 8,000
*** FLOP *** [5d 3h 4h]
Mr Pokerroom checks
BAMAUNIT1 bets 10,000
CheckinMyAA calls 10,000
Mr Pokerroom folds
*** TURN *** [5d 3h 4h] [9h]
BAMAUNIT1 has 15 seconds left to act
BAMAUNIT1 checks
CheckinMyAA bets 58,976, and is all in
BAMAUNIT1 has 15 seconds left to act
BAMAUNIT1 calls 8,013, and is all in
CheckinMyAA shows [Ah Ks]
ForestEatsTrees: well, looks like BAMA is on his way out
BAMAUNIT1 shows [Kh 6s]
Uncalled bet of 50,963 returned to CheckinMyAA
*** RIVER *** [5d 3h 4h 9h] [5h]
CheckinMyAA shows a flush, Ace high
BAMAUNIT1 shows a flush, King high
CheckinMyAA wins the pot (78,626) with a flush, Ace high
BAMAUNIT1 stands up
That puts me at 130K and among the top 5 in chips.
And it's final table time! Woot! I was pretty pumped at this point.
Another big pot to put me over 200K
Full Tilt Poker Game #5155510412: $3 + $0.30 Knockout (39062812), Table 52 - 3000/6000 Ante 750 - No Limit Hold'em - 4:25:12 ET - 2008/02/07
Seat 1: richi14 (98,450)
Seat 2: samwise45 (128,798), is sitting out
Seat 3: Mztiso (229,080)
Seat 4: Mr Pokerroom (89,354)
Seat 5: ForestEatsTrees (128,501)
Seat 6: PurpleGoo (93,839)
Seat 7: CheckinMyAA (148,277)
Seat 8: tricky_j (37,701)
richi14 antes 750
samwise45 antes 750
Mztiso antes 750
Mr Pokerroom antes 750
ForestEatsTrees antes 750
PurpleGoo antes 750
CheckinMyAA antes 750
tricky_j antes 750
tricky_j posts the small blind of 3,000
richi14 posts the big blind of 6,000
The button is in seat #7
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [8c 8s]
samwise45 folds
Mztiso raises to 18,000
Mr Pokerroom folds
ForestEatsTrees folds
PurpleGoo folds
CheckinMyAA raises to 42,000
tricky_j folds
richi14 folds
Mztiso calls 24,000
*** FLOP *** [4d 2c 7d]
Mztiso bets 24,000
CheckinMyAA raises to 102,000
Mztiso has 15 seconds left to act
Mztiso folds
Uncalled bet of 78,000 returned to CheckinMyAA
CheckinMyAA mucks
CheckinMyAA wins the pot (147,000)
Good time for a heater. Another KO.
Full Tilt Poker Game #5155519798: $3 + $0.30 Knockout (39062812), Table 52 - 3000/6000 Ante 750 - No Limit Hold'em - 4:27:02 ET - 2008/02/07
Seat 1: richi14 (87,200)
Seat 2: samwise45 (117,548), is sitting out
Seat 3: Mztiso (142,830)
Seat 4: Mr Pokerroom (87,104)
Seat 5: ForestEatsTrees (159,251)
Seat 6: PurpleGoo (100,589)
Seat 7: CheckinMyAA (227,027)
Seat 8: tricky_j (32,451)
richi14 antes 750
samwise45 antes 750
Mztiso antes 750
Mr Pokerroom antes 750
ForestEatsTrees antes 750
PurpleGoo antes 750
CheckinMyAA antes 750
tricky_j antes 750
Mztiso posts the small blind of 3,000
Mr Pokerroom posts the big blind of 6,000
Mztiso: thought so
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Kc Ad]
ForestEatsTrees folds
PurpleGoo raises to 12,000
Mr Pokerroom: ha
CheckinMyAA raises to 42,000
tricky_j folds
richi14 folds
samwise45 folds
Mztiso folds
Mr Pokerroom folds
PurpleGoo calls 30,000
*** FLOP *** [Qh Kh 4c]
PurpleGoo bets 57,839, and is all in
CheckinMyAA calls 57,839
PurpleGoo shows [9h Th]
CheckinMyAA shows [Kc Ad]
*** TURN *** [Qh Kh 4c] [7s]
*** RIVER *** [Qh Kh 4c 7s] [2d]
PurpleGoo shows King Queen high
CheckinMyAA shows a pair of Kings
CheckinMyAA wins the pot (214,678) with a pair of Kings
PurpleGoo stands up
That's good for 341K
A bunch of shorties go out. I'm hoving around 330K still.
4-handed at it looks like this:
Seat 3: Mztiso (214,926)
Seat 4: Mr Pokerroom (50,556)
Seat 5: ForestEatsTrees (205,402)
Seat 7: CheckinMyAA (483,116)
I'm feeling good about this. I haven't looked at the lobby to see what the payouts are deliberately to not psych myself out.
Another final table KO:
Full Tilt Poker Game #5155643685: $3 + $0.30 Knockout (39062812), Table 52 - 5000/10000 Ante 1000 - No Limit Hold'em - 4:51:58 ET - 2008/02/07
Seat 3: Mztiso (214,926)
Seat 4: Mr Pokerroom (50,556)
Seat 5: ForestEatsTrees (205,402)
Seat 7: CheckinMyAA (483,116)
Mztiso antes 1,000
Mr Pokerroom antes 1,000
ForestEatsTrees antes 1,000
CheckinMyAA antes 1,000
Mztiso posts the small blind of 5,000
Mr Pokerroom posts the big blind of 10,000
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Ad Th]
ForestEatsTrees folds
CheckinMyAA raises to 30,000
Mztiso folds
Mr Pokerroom raises to 49,556, and is all in
CheckinMyAA calls 19,556
Mr Pokerroom shows [Qc 6c]
CheckinMyAA shows [Ad Th]
*** FLOP *** [7h 3h 3s]
Mztiso: woo hoo
*** TURN *** [7h 3h 3s] [Kh]
*** RIVER *** [7h 3h 3s Kh] [4s]
Mr Pokerroom: gg
Mr Pokerroom shows a pair of Threes
CheckinMyAA shows a pair of Threes
CheckinMyAA wins the pot (108,112) with a pair of Threes
Mr Pokerroom stands up
Then I lose a big race and the chip lead.
Seat 3: Mztiso (203,926)
Seat 5: ForestEatsTrees (218,402)
Seat 7: CheckinMyAA (531,672)
Mztiso antes 1,000
ForestEatsTrees antes 1,000
CheckinMyAA antes 1,000
CheckinMyAA posts the small blind of 5,000
Mztiso posts the big blind of 10,000
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Ah 9d]
ForestEatsTrees: god that is annoying
ForestEatsTrees folds
Mztiso: yup
CheckinMyAA raises to 30,000
Mztiso raises to 80,000
CheckinMyAA raises to 530,672, and is all in
Mztiso: dammit!
Mztiso has 15 seconds left to act
Mztiso calls 122,926, and is all in
CheckinMyAA shows [Ah 9d]
Mztiso shows [8d 8h]
Uncalled bet of 327,746 returned to CheckinMyAA
*** FLOP *** [Qc 6s 6h]
*** TURN *** [Qc 6s 6h] [Th]
*** RIVER *** [Qc 6s 6h Th] [4c]
CheckinMyAA shows a pair of Sixes
Mztiso shows two pair, Eights and Sixes
Mztiso wins the pot (408,852) with two pair, Eights and Sixes
CheckinMyAA: dang. nh
That threatened to take the wind out of my sails, but I handled it pretty well and stayed cool. It was, after all, the first clutch race I'd lost all tourny.
Then this was the biggest hand of the final table. My opponent makes a poor play preflop and I get a lucky flop and he can fold it.
Seat 3: Mztiso (396,852)
Seat 5: ForestEatsTrees (191,902)
Seat 7: CheckinMyAA (365,246)
Mztiso antes 1,500
ForestEatsTrees antes 1,500
CheckinMyAA antes 1,500
ForestEatsTrees posts the small blind of 6,000
CheckinMyAA posts the big blind of 12,000
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Jd Qd]
Mztiso raises to 36,000
ForestEatsTrees folds
CheckinMyAA raises to 100,000
Mztiso calls 64,000
*** FLOP *** [9c Qh Qc]
CheckinMyAA has 15 seconds left to act
CheckinMyAA bets 263,746, and is all in
Mztiso has 15 seconds left to act
Mztiso calls 263,746
CheckinMyAA shows [Jd Qd]
Mztiso shows [As Kh]
*** TURN *** [9c Qh Qc] [Th]
Mztiso: dangit
*** RIVER *** [9c Qh Qc Th] [Td]
CheckinMyAA shows a full house, Queens full of Tens
Mztiso shows two pair, Queens and Tens
CheckinMyAA wins the pot (737,992) with a full house, Queens full of Tens
Now the chips look like this:
Seat 3: Mztiso (31,606)
Seat 5: ForestEatsTrees (184,402)
Seat 7: CheckinMyAA (737,992)
Not too much later, the #2 stack loses his head.
Seat 3: Mztiso (85,924)
Seat 5: ForestEatsTrees (131,584)
Seat 7: CheckinMyAA (736,492)
Mztiso antes 1,500
ForestEatsTrees antes 1,500
CheckinMyAA antes 1,500
Mztiso posts the small blind of 6,000
ForestEatsTrees posts the big blind of 12,000
The button is in seat #7
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Kc 9d]
Mztiso: oh snas
Mztiso: snaps
CheckinMyAA raises to 36,000
Mztiso folds
ForestEatsTrees calls 24,000
*** FLOP *** [Js 9c 2d]
ForestEatsTrees checks
CheckinMyAA bets 60,000
ForestEatsTrees raises to 94,084, and is all in
CheckinMyAA calls 34,084
ForestEatsTrees shows [9h 8h]
CheckinMyAA shows [Kc 9d]
*** TURN *** [Js 9c 2d] [6d]
*** RIVER *** [Js 9c 2d 6d] [2s]
ForestEatsTrees shows two pair, Nines and Twos
CheckinMyAA shows two pair, Nines and Twos
CheckinMyAA wins the pot (270,668) with two pair, Nines and Twos
CheckinMyAA: gg forest
ForestEatsTrees stands up
Chips:
Seat 3: Mztiso (78,424)
Seat 7: CheckinMyAA (875,576)
It only took 3 hands for this. I figured I was probably 40% to win this pot and I was willing to take a shot based on how badly I had him outchipped.
Seat 3: Mztiso (45,424)
Seat 7: CheckinMyAA (908,576)
Mztiso antes 1,500
CheckinMyAA antes 1,500
Mztiso posts the small blind of 6,000
CheckinMyAA posts the big blind of 12,000
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Js 6s]
Mztiso: i was lasst too earlier
Mztiso raises to 24,000
CheckinMyAA has 15 seconds left to act
CheckinMyAA raises to 907,076, and is all in
Mztiso: =(
Mztiso calls 19,924, and is all in
CheckinMyAA shows [Js 6s]
Mztiso shows [Td As]
CheckinMyAA: gamble time
Uncalled bet of 863,152 returned to CheckinMyAA
*** FLOP *** [Kd 3c 4s]
*** TURN *** [Kd 3c 4s] [Jd]
*** RIVER *** [Kd 3c 4s Jd] [6c]
CheckinMyAA shows two pair, Jacks and Sixes
Mztiso shows Ace King high
CheckinMyAA wins the pot (90,848) with two pair, Jacks and Sixes
Mztiso stands up
CheckinMyAA stands up
And that was that! I got the message popping up to tell me 389.55$ had been credited, my eyes popped out and I just sat there and smiled. This is about as good as it gets for a micro limit donk like me.
Now I'm adequately rolled for up to 10$ tournies.
Hope you enjoyed it. I sure did.
And for the more nitty people on the CP forum who are learning the art of stealing, this is why it's so important. There is no way I would have even final tabled this thing, let alone beat it, if I didn't steal continuously. There were a lot of steals that I won preflop, but there were a few where I got called by a player out of position and they folded to my flop bets. You have to be willing to go with it when you decide to make a move. Keep your reads sharp, your concentration high, and who knows what'll happen!
Thanks for reading. Back soon with the home game update!
The very first hand of the tourny I got dealt ATs, a hand that I've learned is a potential disaster in my hands. I'm OTB and there's 3 limps ahead, I pop it 6x the BB and UTG and MP1 call. It's checked to me and I fire a fairly decent bet on a K-high flop that I totally whiffed. UTG of course c/r shoves and I fold. So there goes 1/3 of my stack early. Shite.
A few hands later I get frisky in LP with 97s and I fold on a river bet after checking down a KKK3Q board.
The very next hand my vexation continued when I got KJs in MP and called an EP raise. Unfortunately a LP player 3b pretty hard so I folded. Down to about 1/2 my stack in less than an orbit. Not looking good.
Then I'm getting a little tilty and this hand comes up.
Full Tilt Poker Game #5153561043: $3 + $0.30 Knockout (39062812), Table 48 - 15/30 - No Limit Hold'em - 0:21:45 ET - 2008/02/07
antonac has reconnected
Seat 1: PotSmokr (2,410)
Seat 2: antonac (1,455)
Seat 3: kag22 (1,395)
Seat 4: MaxShade (2,385)
Seat 5: soupbones (1,440)
Seat 6: Nicbar (1,785)
Seat 7: dbroncosrule (1,320)
Seat 8: kohler5 (635)
Seat 9: CheckinMyAA (675)
soupbones posts the small blind of 15
Nicbar posts the big blind of 30
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [5d 6d]
dbroncosrule folds
kohler5 has 15 seconds left to act
kohler5 calls 30
CheckinMyAA has 15 seconds left to act
CheckinMyAA calls 30
PotSmokr calls 30
antonac folds
kag22 folds
MaxShade calls 30
soupbones calls 15
Nicbar checks
*** FLOP *** [2h 9c 5s]
soupbones checks
Nicbar has 15 seconds left to act
Nicbar checks
kohler5 checks
CheckinMyAA checks
PotSmokr bets 60
MaxShade folds
soupbones folds
Nicbar calls 60
kohler5 folds
CheckinMyAA calls 60
*** TURN *** [2h 9c 5s] [9s]
Nicbar checks
CheckinMyAA checks
PotSmokr bets 180
Nicbar calls 180
CheckinMyAA calls 180
*** RIVER *** [2h 9c 5s 9s] [Qd]
Nicbar checks
CheckinMyAA checks
PotSmokr bets 350
Nicbar calls 350
CheckinMyAA: haha f it
CheckinMyAA has 15 seconds left to act
CheckinMyAA calls 350
*** SHOW DOWN ***
PotSmokr shows [Jh Th] a pair of Nines
Nicbar shows [2s 5c] two pair, Nines and Fives
CheckinMyAA shows [5d 6d] two pair, Nines and Fives
Nicbar ties for the pot (975) with two pair, Nines and Fives
CheckinMyAA ties for the pot (975) with two pair, Nines and Fives
That got me back to 2/3 of a starting stack, and a little bit of breathing room.
Then I pick up a pot when I cbet AQ on a 9-high flop and my opp folds.
KK shows up and wins me the blinds. I'm back to a starting stack, but I only have 15BB.
AJ wins a small pot.
Then I go and donk it up with QTs in late position and run it into quad 6's. (I rivered the flush on a 64669 board). Down to 10BB.
A couple small pots later I chip back up over 1000, still badly in need of chips.
Finally I pick up AT and double through 66 when we get it in preflop. Up to 1860.
Another cbet on a whiffed flop gets me up to 1930.
KK shows up again and a cbet on an A-high flop is good. 2280.
I get Q9s in the BB and I call a turn bet to river the flush and double through a poorly slowplayed top two pair. 3720.
Then I get a bit lucky. I get 79 in the BB and I get to see a free flop. It comes T83, and I make a somewhat sketchy call on the flop bet and turn a 6. Gin! My opponent didn't peg me for a straight draw and paid me off nicely with his monster JT for top pair. Up to 8920.
Fast forward 30 or so hands and I crack 10K only to race a shorty holding 44 to my A9. He holds and I'm back down to 6785, good for 23BB.
Then I kill a guy for trying to float me when I raise and cbet a AQJ flop with A7 in my hand. He calls the flop, and turn, but folds on the river. Flush draw maybe? Back up to 12,310.
QQ pays me their only visit of the tourny and I take it on a scary flop.
Full Tilt Poker Game #5154797298: $3 + $0.30 Knockout (39062812), Table 36 - 250/500 Ante 50 - No Limit Hold'em - 2:30:17 ET - 2008/02/07
Seat 1: promoe (14,458)
Seat 2: reginald19 (8,540)
Seat 3: metalvolta (2,918)
Seat 4: BirdDurden (16,519)
Seat 5: EISENPONY (7,170)
Seat 6: PotSmokr (14,645)
Seat 7: CheckinMyAA (14,060)
Seat 8: TonganPlayer (22,974)
Seat 9: rboomk (10,440)
promoe antes 50
reginald19 antes 50
metalvolta antes 50
BirdDurden antes 50
EISENPONY antes 50
PotSmokr antes 50
CheckinMyAA antes 50
TonganPlayer antes 50
rboomk antes 50
BirdDurden posts the small blind of 250
EISENPONY posts the big blind of 500
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Qh Qs]
PotSmokr folds
CheckinMyAA raises to 1,200
TonganPlayer folds
rboomk calls 1,200
promoe folds
reginald19 folds
metalvolta folds
BirdDurden folds
EISENPONY folds
*** FLOP *** [7s Ks Ac]
CheckinMyAA has 15 seconds left to act
CheckinMyAA bets 2,000
rboomk has 15 seconds left to act
rboomk folds
Uncalled bet of 2,000 returned to CheckinMyAA
CheckinMyAA mucks
CheckinMyAA wins the pot (3,600)
Up to 16,410, good for 33BB.
I try to take out another shorty with 66 and fail. 11,710.
It's a while before I see my next hand, but it pays off.
Full Tilt Poker Game #5154945668: $3 + $0.30 Knockout (39062812), Table 36 - 400/800 Ante 100 - No Limit Hold'em - 2:50:46 ET - 2008/02/07
Seat 1: promoe (6,958)
Seat 3: kyman458 (6,915)
Seat 4: BirdDurden (36,824)
Seat 5: Topcheese (3,199), is sitting out
Seat 6: PotSmokr (21,225)
Seat 7: CheckinMyAA (12,988)
Seat 8: TonganPlayer (24,849)
Seat 9: rboomk (26,355)
promoe antes 100
kyman458 antes 100
BirdDurden antes 100
Topcheese antes 100
PotSmokr antes 100
CheckinMyAA antes 100
TonganPlayer antes 100
rboomk antes 100
CheckinMyAA posts the small blind of 400
TonganPlayer posts the big blind of 800
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Ad Qs]
rboomk folds
promoe folds
kyman458 folds
BirdDurden folds
Topcheese folds
PotSmokr folds
CheckinMyAA raises to 3,200
TonganPlayer raises to 24,749, and is all in
CheckinMyAA calls 9,688, and is all in
TonganPlayer shows [Th Ac]
CheckinMyAA shows [Ad Qs]
Uncalled bet of 11,861 returned to TonganPlayer
*** FLOP *** [3h Jc Kh]
*** TURN *** [3h Jc Kh] [3d]
*** RIVER *** [3h Jc Kh 3d] [4d]
TonganPlayer shows a pair of Threes
CheckinMyAA shows a pair of Threes
CheckinMyAA wins the pot (26,576) with a pair of Threes
Boom!
A while later JQ bets the turn and river on a AT52A and I station him with JT. 41,475 (over 40BB for the first time since the beginning of the tourny)
After this point I had to be very patient. I wasn't seeing many cards. Fortunately for me, when they showed up, they were netting big gains. If you haven't already read the thread of idiotic opponents, check out when my opponents get it all in with here...
Full Tilt Poker Game #5155074520: $3 + $0.30 Knockout (39062812), Table 36 - 600/1200 Ante 150 - No Limit Hold'em - 3:09:51 ET - 2008/02/07
Seat 1: promoe (17,873)
Seat 2: BAMAUNIT1 (20,985)
Seat 4: RandyWil (36,096)
Seat 5: vincentvegga (11,309)
Seat 6: PotSmokr (9,092)
Seat 7: CheckinMyAA (33,675)
Seat 8: TonganPlayer (22,095)
Seat 9: rboomk (24,415)
promoe antes 150
BAMAUNIT1 antes 150
RandyWil antes 150
vincentvegga antes 150
PotSmokr antes 150
CheckinMyAA antes 150
TonganPlayer antes 150
rboomk antes 150
vincentvegga posts the small blind of 600
PotSmokr posts the big blind of 1,200
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Kh Kd]
RandyWil has been disconnected
CheckinMyAA has 15 seconds left to act
CheckinMyAA raises to 3,900
TonganPlayer folds
rboomk folds
promoe folds
BAMAUNIT1 folds
RandyWil has reconnected
RandyWil folds
vincentvegga calls 3,300
PotSmokr raises to 8,942, and is all in
CheckinMyAA raises to 33,525, and is all in
vincentvegga calls 7,259, and is all in
CheckinMyAA shows [Kh Kd]
vincentvegga shows [Jd 9d]
PotSmokr shows [3c Qc]
Uncalled bet of 22,366 returned to CheckinMyAA
*** FLOP *** [Qh Th 3h]
*** TURN *** [Qh Th 3h] [Jh]
*** RIVER *** [Qh Th 3h Jh] [6s]
Ugly flop, but it works out in the end.
CheckinMyAA shows a flush, King high
vincentvegga shows a pair of Jacks
CheckinMyAA wins the side pot (4,434) with a flush, King high
PotSmokr shows two pair, Queens and Threes
CheckinMyAA wins the main pot (28,026) with a flush, King high
PotSmokr stands up
vincentvegga stands up
Two bounties for me! (And 55,000)
I steal a few pots and break 64K
A4 pays me a bet when I turn a Q with Q8 (I was BB). 73K
At this point we're down to the final 30. I'm cool as a cucumber (but also quite tired). This was probably the most clutch part of the whole tournament for me. The next 60 hands were full of absolutely squat, and I got blinded down to 42K before I started picking spots to steal. It was hard because in the last hour I've been moved 3 times, so my reads on who I can steal from isn't sharp. Fortunately, I picked a lot of my spots well, and never got myself in trouble when I got caught. Three of the people at the table were mumbling to each other about how often I was stealing ... but they still let me do it as long as it wasn't too frequent.
I pick up KJ and a player who's gone from uber nit to firing at everything bets all 3 streets of K9Q8Q with AT. I'm back up to 77K
I crack 100K on another steal w 87 soooted.
Then I get another gift and another bounty.
Full Tilt Poker Game #5155457744: $3 + $0.30 Knockout (39062812), Table 36 - 2500/5000 Ante 600 - No Limit Hold'em - 4:15:18 ET - 2008/02/07
Seat 1: Mr Pokerroom (104,304)
Seat 2: BAMAUNIT1 (31,613)
Seat 3: Mztiso (133,430)
Seat 4: CheckinMyAA (82,576)
Seat 7: ForestEatsTrees (71,651)
Seat 9: roka1029 (5,638)
Mr Pokerroom antes 600
BAMAUNIT1 antes 600
Mztiso antes 600
CheckinMyAA antes 600
ForestEatsTrees antes 600
roka1029 antes 600
Mr Pokerroom posts the small blind of 2,500
BAMAUNIT1 posts the big blind of 5,000
The button is in seat #9
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Ah Ks]
Mztiso folds
CheckinMyAA raises to 13,000
ForestEatsTrees folds
roka1029 folds
Mr Pokerroom calls 10,500
BAMAUNIT1 calls 8,000
*** FLOP *** [5d 3h 4h]
Mr Pokerroom checks
BAMAUNIT1 bets 10,000
CheckinMyAA calls 10,000
Mr Pokerroom folds
*** TURN *** [5d 3h 4h] [9h]
BAMAUNIT1 has 15 seconds left to act
BAMAUNIT1 checks
CheckinMyAA bets 58,976, and is all in
BAMAUNIT1 has 15 seconds left to act
BAMAUNIT1 calls 8,013, and is all in
CheckinMyAA shows [Ah Ks]
ForestEatsTrees: well, looks like BAMA is on his way out
BAMAUNIT1 shows [Kh 6s]
Uncalled bet of 50,963 returned to CheckinMyAA
*** RIVER *** [5d 3h 4h 9h] [5h]
CheckinMyAA shows a flush, Ace high
BAMAUNIT1 shows a flush, King high
CheckinMyAA wins the pot (78,626) with a flush, Ace high
BAMAUNIT1 stands up
That puts me at 130K and among the top 5 in chips.
And it's final table time! Woot! I was pretty pumped at this point.
Another big pot to put me over 200K
Full Tilt Poker Game #5155510412: $3 + $0.30 Knockout (39062812), Table 52 - 3000/6000 Ante 750 - No Limit Hold'em - 4:25:12 ET - 2008/02/07
Seat 1: richi14 (98,450)
Seat 2: samwise45 (128,798), is sitting out
Seat 3: Mztiso (229,080)
Seat 4: Mr Pokerroom (89,354)
Seat 5: ForestEatsTrees (128,501)
Seat 6: PurpleGoo (93,839)
Seat 7: CheckinMyAA (148,277)
Seat 8: tricky_j (37,701)
richi14 antes 750
samwise45 antes 750
Mztiso antes 750
Mr Pokerroom antes 750
ForestEatsTrees antes 750
PurpleGoo antes 750
CheckinMyAA antes 750
tricky_j antes 750
tricky_j posts the small blind of 3,000
richi14 posts the big blind of 6,000
The button is in seat #7
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [8c 8s]
samwise45 folds
Mztiso raises to 18,000
Mr Pokerroom folds
ForestEatsTrees folds
PurpleGoo folds
CheckinMyAA raises to 42,000
tricky_j folds
richi14 folds
Mztiso calls 24,000
*** FLOP *** [4d 2c 7d]
Mztiso bets 24,000
CheckinMyAA raises to 102,000
Mztiso has 15 seconds left to act
Mztiso folds
Uncalled bet of 78,000 returned to CheckinMyAA
CheckinMyAA mucks
CheckinMyAA wins the pot (147,000)
Good time for a heater. Another KO.
Full Tilt Poker Game #5155519798: $3 + $0.30 Knockout (39062812), Table 52 - 3000/6000 Ante 750 - No Limit Hold'em - 4:27:02 ET - 2008/02/07
Seat 1: richi14 (87,200)
Seat 2: samwise45 (117,548), is sitting out
Seat 3: Mztiso (142,830)
Seat 4: Mr Pokerroom (87,104)
Seat 5: ForestEatsTrees (159,251)
Seat 6: PurpleGoo (100,589)
Seat 7: CheckinMyAA (227,027)
Seat 8: tricky_j (32,451)
richi14 antes 750
samwise45 antes 750
Mztiso antes 750
Mr Pokerroom antes 750
ForestEatsTrees antes 750
PurpleGoo antes 750
CheckinMyAA antes 750
tricky_j antes 750
Mztiso posts the small blind of 3,000
Mr Pokerroom posts the big blind of 6,000
Mztiso: thought so
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Kc Ad]
ForestEatsTrees folds
PurpleGoo raises to 12,000
Mr Pokerroom: ha
CheckinMyAA raises to 42,000
tricky_j folds
richi14 folds
samwise45 folds
Mztiso folds
Mr Pokerroom folds
PurpleGoo calls 30,000
*** FLOP *** [Qh Kh 4c]
PurpleGoo bets 57,839, and is all in
CheckinMyAA calls 57,839
PurpleGoo shows [9h Th]
CheckinMyAA shows [Kc Ad]
*** TURN *** [Qh Kh 4c] [7s]
*** RIVER *** [Qh Kh 4c 7s] [2d]
PurpleGoo shows King Queen high
CheckinMyAA shows a pair of Kings
CheckinMyAA wins the pot (214,678) with a pair of Kings
PurpleGoo stands up
That's good for 341K
A bunch of shorties go out. I'm hoving around 330K still.
4-handed at it looks like this:
Seat 3: Mztiso (214,926)
Seat 4: Mr Pokerroom (50,556)
Seat 5: ForestEatsTrees (205,402)
Seat 7: CheckinMyAA (483,116)
I'm feeling good about this. I haven't looked at the lobby to see what the payouts are deliberately to not psych myself out.
Another final table KO:
Full Tilt Poker Game #5155643685: $3 + $0.30 Knockout (39062812), Table 52 - 5000/10000 Ante 1000 - No Limit Hold'em - 4:51:58 ET - 2008/02/07
Seat 3: Mztiso (214,926)
Seat 4: Mr Pokerroom (50,556)
Seat 5: ForestEatsTrees (205,402)
Seat 7: CheckinMyAA (483,116)
Mztiso antes 1,000
Mr Pokerroom antes 1,000
ForestEatsTrees antes 1,000
CheckinMyAA antes 1,000
Mztiso posts the small blind of 5,000
Mr Pokerroom posts the big blind of 10,000
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Ad Th]
ForestEatsTrees folds
CheckinMyAA raises to 30,000
Mztiso folds
Mr Pokerroom raises to 49,556, and is all in
CheckinMyAA calls 19,556
Mr Pokerroom shows [Qc 6c]
CheckinMyAA shows [Ad Th]
*** FLOP *** [7h 3h 3s]
Mztiso: woo hoo
*** TURN *** [7h 3h 3s] [Kh]
*** RIVER *** [7h 3h 3s Kh] [4s]
Mr Pokerroom: gg
Mr Pokerroom shows a pair of Threes
CheckinMyAA shows a pair of Threes
CheckinMyAA wins the pot (108,112) with a pair of Threes
Mr Pokerroom stands up
Then I lose a big race and the chip lead.
Seat 3: Mztiso (203,926)
Seat 5: ForestEatsTrees (218,402)
Seat 7: CheckinMyAA (531,672)
Mztiso antes 1,000
ForestEatsTrees antes 1,000
CheckinMyAA antes 1,000
CheckinMyAA posts the small blind of 5,000
Mztiso posts the big blind of 10,000
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Ah 9d]
ForestEatsTrees: god that is annoying
ForestEatsTrees folds
Mztiso: yup
CheckinMyAA raises to 30,000
Mztiso raises to 80,000
CheckinMyAA raises to 530,672, and is all in
Mztiso: dammit!
Mztiso has 15 seconds left to act
Mztiso calls 122,926, and is all in
CheckinMyAA shows [Ah 9d]
Mztiso shows [8d 8h]
Uncalled bet of 327,746 returned to CheckinMyAA
*** FLOP *** [Qc 6s 6h]
*** TURN *** [Qc 6s 6h] [Th]
*** RIVER *** [Qc 6s 6h Th] [4c]
CheckinMyAA shows a pair of Sixes
Mztiso shows two pair, Eights and Sixes
Mztiso wins the pot (408,852) with two pair, Eights and Sixes
CheckinMyAA: dang. nh
That threatened to take the wind out of my sails, but I handled it pretty well and stayed cool. It was, after all, the first clutch race I'd lost all tourny.
Then this was the biggest hand of the final table. My opponent makes a poor play preflop and I get a lucky flop and he can fold it.
Seat 3: Mztiso (396,852)
Seat 5: ForestEatsTrees (191,902)
Seat 7: CheckinMyAA (365,246)
Mztiso antes 1,500
ForestEatsTrees antes 1,500
CheckinMyAA antes 1,500
ForestEatsTrees posts the small blind of 6,000
CheckinMyAA posts the big blind of 12,000
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Jd Qd]
Mztiso raises to 36,000
ForestEatsTrees folds
CheckinMyAA raises to 100,000
Mztiso calls 64,000
*** FLOP *** [9c Qh Qc]
CheckinMyAA has 15 seconds left to act
CheckinMyAA bets 263,746, and is all in
Mztiso has 15 seconds left to act
Mztiso calls 263,746
CheckinMyAA shows [Jd Qd]
Mztiso shows [As Kh]
*** TURN *** [9c Qh Qc] [Th]
Mztiso: dangit
*** RIVER *** [9c Qh Qc Th] [Td]
CheckinMyAA shows a full house, Queens full of Tens
Mztiso shows two pair, Queens and Tens
CheckinMyAA wins the pot (737,992) with a full house, Queens full of Tens
Now the chips look like this:
Seat 3: Mztiso (31,606)
Seat 5: ForestEatsTrees (184,402)
Seat 7: CheckinMyAA (737,992)
Not too much later, the #2 stack loses his head.
Seat 3: Mztiso (85,924)
Seat 5: ForestEatsTrees (131,584)
Seat 7: CheckinMyAA (736,492)
Mztiso antes 1,500
ForestEatsTrees antes 1,500
CheckinMyAA antes 1,500
Mztiso posts the small blind of 6,000
ForestEatsTrees posts the big blind of 12,000
The button is in seat #7
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Kc 9d]
Mztiso: oh snas
Mztiso: snaps
CheckinMyAA raises to 36,000
Mztiso folds
ForestEatsTrees calls 24,000
*** FLOP *** [Js 9c 2d]
ForestEatsTrees checks
CheckinMyAA bets 60,000
ForestEatsTrees raises to 94,084, and is all in
CheckinMyAA calls 34,084
ForestEatsTrees shows [9h 8h]
CheckinMyAA shows [Kc 9d]
*** TURN *** [Js 9c 2d] [6d]
*** RIVER *** [Js 9c 2d 6d] [2s]
ForestEatsTrees shows two pair, Nines and Twos
CheckinMyAA shows two pair, Nines and Twos
CheckinMyAA wins the pot (270,668) with two pair, Nines and Twos
CheckinMyAA: gg forest
ForestEatsTrees stands up
Chips:
Seat 3: Mztiso (78,424)
Seat 7: CheckinMyAA (875,576)
It only took 3 hands for this. I figured I was probably 40% to win this pot and I was willing to take a shot based on how badly I had him outchipped.
Seat 3: Mztiso (45,424)
Seat 7: CheckinMyAA (908,576)
Mztiso antes 1,500
CheckinMyAA antes 1,500
Mztiso posts the small blind of 6,000
CheckinMyAA posts the big blind of 12,000
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Js 6s]
Mztiso: i was lasst too earlier
Mztiso raises to 24,000
CheckinMyAA has 15 seconds left to act
CheckinMyAA raises to 907,076, and is all in
Mztiso: =(
Mztiso calls 19,924, and is all in
CheckinMyAA shows [Js 6s]
Mztiso shows [Td As]
CheckinMyAA: gamble time
Uncalled bet of 863,152 returned to CheckinMyAA
*** FLOP *** [Kd 3c 4s]
*** TURN *** [Kd 3c 4s] [Jd]
*** RIVER *** [Kd 3c 4s Jd] [6c]
CheckinMyAA shows two pair, Jacks and Sixes
Mztiso shows Ace King high
CheckinMyAA wins the pot (90,848) with two pair, Jacks and Sixes
Mztiso stands up
CheckinMyAA stands up
And that was that! I got the message popping up to tell me 389.55$ had been credited, my eyes popped out and I just sat there and smiled. This is about as good as it gets for a micro limit donk like me.
Now I'm adequately rolled for up to 10$ tournies.
Hope you enjoyed it. I sure did.
And for the more nitty people on the CP forum who are learning the art of stealing, this is why it's so important. There is no way I would have even final tabled this thing, let alone beat it, if I didn't steal continuously. There were a lot of steals that I won preflop, but there were a few where I got called by a player out of position and they folded to my flop bets. You have to be willing to go with it when you decide to make a move. Keep your reads sharp, your concentration high, and who knows what'll happen!
Thanks for reading. Back soon with the home game update!
389$ richer
Went on heaters at all the right times (including early at the final table to take an insurmountable chip lead) and finished it off nicely. Heads up lasted 3 hands as I had him outstacked about 10 to 1. MAN does this feel good. I dunno if I'm gonna be able to sleep at all.
Details tomorrow.
Details tomorrow.
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Queens are no good on FT too...
8 of the last 10 times. The two wins were small pots. The 8 losses were all for big stacks...
Full Tilt Poker Game #5111983232: $5 + $0.50 Knockout (38728210), Table 11 - 50/100 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:59:18 ET - 2008/02/03
Seat 1: IKE13 (1,460)
Seat 2: CheckinMyAA (6,530)
Seat 3: Colorado_2007 (3,365)
Seat 4: papajack69 (2,310)
Seat 5: killab1 (7,280)
Seat 6: goldglare (1,660)
Seat 7: IPOW78 (4,240)
Seat 8: Nutsafloppn (3,550)
Seat 9: JayDoublU (9,410)
IPOW78 posts the small blind of 50
Nutsafloppn posts the big blind of 100
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Qd Qh]
JayDoublU calls 100
IKE13 folds
CheckinMyAA raises to 400
Colorado_2007 folds
papajack69 folds
killab1 folds
goldglare calls 400
IPOW78 folds
Nutsafloppn calls 300
JayDoublU calls 300
*** FLOP *** [Jh 8c 5c]
Nutsafloppn bets 3,150, and is all in
JayDoublU folds
CheckinMyAA raises to 6,130, and is all in
goldglare folds
CheckinMyAA shows [Qd Qh]
Nutsafloppn shows [9c Kc]
Uncalled bet of 2,980 returned to CheckinMyAA
*** TURN *** [Jh 8c 5c] [Ks]
*** RIVER *** [Jh 8c 5c Ks] [4c]
CheckinMyAA shows a pair of Queens
Nutsafloppn shows a flush, King high
Nutsafloppn wins the pot (7,950) with a flush, King high
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 7,950 Rake 0
Board: [Jh 8c 5c Ks 4c]
Seat 1: IKE13 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: CheckinMyAA showed [Qd Qh] and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 3: Colorado_2007 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: papajack69 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: killab1 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: goldglare (button) folded on the Flop
Seat 7: IPOW78 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 8: Nutsafloppn (big blind) showed [9c Kc] and won (7,950) with a flush, King high
Seat 9: JayDoublU folded on the Flop
Full Tilt Poker Game #5111983232: $5 + $0.50 Knockout (38728210), Table 11 - 50/100 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:59:18 ET - 2008/02/03
Seat 1: IKE13 (1,460)
Seat 2: CheckinMyAA (6,530)
Seat 3: Colorado_2007 (3,365)
Seat 4: papajack69 (2,310)
Seat 5: killab1 (7,280)
Seat 6: goldglare (1,660)
Seat 7: IPOW78 (4,240)
Seat 8: Nutsafloppn (3,550)
Seat 9: JayDoublU (9,410)
IPOW78 posts the small blind of 50
Nutsafloppn posts the big blind of 100
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Qd Qh]
JayDoublU calls 100
IKE13 folds
CheckinMyAA raises to 400
Colorado_2007 folds
papajack69 folds
killab1 folds
goldglare calls 400
IPOW78 folds
Nutsafloppn calls 300
JayDoublU calls 300
*** FLOP *** [Jh 8c 5c]
Nutsafloppn bets 3,150, and is all in
JayDoublU folds
CheckinMyAA raises to 6,130, and is all in
goldglare folds
CheckinMyAA shows [Qd Qh]
Nutsafloppn shows [9c Kc]
Uncalled bet of 2,980 returned to CheckinMyAA
*** TURN *** [Jh 8c 5c] [Ks]
*** RIVER *** [Jh 8c 5c Ks] [4c]
CheckinMyAA shows a pair of Queens
Nutsafloppn shows a flush, King high
Nutsafloppn wins the pot (7,950) with a flush, King high
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 7,950 Rake 0
Board: [Jh 8c 5c Ks 4c]
Seat 1: IKE13 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: CheckinMyAA showed [Qd Qh] and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 3: Colorado_2007 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: papajack69 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: killab1 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: goldglare (button) folded on the Flop
Seat 7: IPOW78 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 8: Nutsafloppn (big blind) showed [9c Kc] and won (7,950) with a flush, King high
Seat 9: JayDoublU folded on the Flop
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