Logging the Riverchasers

So I'm going to try and be a regular on the bloggament circuit going forward. I went out of the Mookie last night in 26th when a new player (one of the chip leaders) got moved to the table and opened into my BB from the SB and I shoved with A2. He had A9 and I didn't improve, but on the bright side, I did win a last longer with Loretta and chimp, so I still turned a mild profit.

So right now I'm in the riverchasers, and I've already had some interesting hands. I'm going to blog-as-I-go because I know I'm gonna forget these later.


Here villain is running 30/18/9, so I know he's playing this pretty wide.

Full Tilt Poker Game #5072267276: Riverchasers Online Tour (35917931), Table 1 - 40/80 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:47:23 ET - 2008/01/31
Seat 1: Drizztdj (2,455)
Seat 3: pureprophet (4,655)
Seat 4: nothinontv (3,125)
Seat 5: CheckinMyAA (3,365)
Seat 6: SirFWALGMan (7,370)
Seat 7: riggstad (1,855)
Seat 8: PSU_Bailey94 (4,685)
Seat 9: BamBamCan (2,610)
SirFWALGMan posts the small blind of 40
riggstad posts the big blind of 80
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Ad 9d]
PSU_Bailey94 folds
BamBamCan raises to 190 A raise....shocking
Drizztdj folds
pureprophet folds
nothinontv folds
SirFWALGMan: i think I knocked snake out last time too
CheckinMyAA calls 190 I like this hand in position vs an aggro monkey
SirFWALGMan folds
riggstad calls 110
*** FLOP *** [9c 8d 4s] Top pair is almost certainly good here
riggstad checks
BamBamCan bets 280 A guy with a 9.0 aggro is better? wth??
CheckinMyAA has 15 seconds left to act
CheckinMyAA raises to 900 Umm, yeah I raise.
riggstad folds
SirFWALGMan: i must have good customer service with all the repeat customers
BamBamCan raises to 2,420, and is all in That only mildly concerns me.
riggstad: good lord
SirFWALGMan: heh
CheckinMyAA calls 1,520
BamBamCan shows [6d 6h] Thankyou for playing.
CheckinMyAA shows [Ad 9d]
*** TURN *** [9c 8d 4s] [Kd]
*** RIVER *** [9c 8d 4s Kd] [8h]
SirFWALGMan: gg snake
BamBamCan shows two pair, Eights and Sixes
CheckinMyAA shows two pair, Nines and Eights
CheckinMyAA wins the pot (5,450) with two pair, Nines and Eights
BamBamCan stands up


This was a little earlier. I'm finally playing with some confidence...



Full Tilt Poker Game #5072230415: Riverchasers Online Tour (35917931), Table 1 - 40/80 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:44:29 ET - 2008/01/31
SirFWALGMan: oh god how I hate her
Seat 1: snakster (2,150)
Seat 3: pureprophet (4,655)
Seat 4: nothinontv (3,165)
Seat 5: CheckinMyAA (2,485)
Seat 6: SirFWALGMan (6,060)
Seat 7: riggstad (1,855)
Seat 8: PSU_Bailey94 (4,685)
Seat 9: BamBamCan (2,610)
nothinontv posts the small blind of 40
CheckinMyAA posts the big blind of 80
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [7s 7h]
SirFWALGMan: or him
SirFWALGMan folds
riggstad folds
riggstad: be nice to swimmom!
PSU_Bailey94 has 15 seconds left to act
PSU_Bailey94 folds
BamBamCan folds
riggstad: SHE is a great gal
snakster raises to 280
pureprophet folds
nothinontv folds
SirFWALGMan: Last riverchasers swim cheated me out of my rightful win
CheckinMyAA calls 200 I know this call is ~borderline, especially out of position. The plan was to c/r a half decent flop.
*** FLOP *** [Tc 6c 4h]
riggstad: lol
CheckinMyAA checks
snakster bets 600 He has a 100% cbet .. and he knows where the "pot" button is
SirFWALGMan: calls my all in with 2 overs
riggstad: you gotta stop pushing with A 10
CheckinMyAA raises to 2,000 I'll put him to the test... Going with my gut here.
SirFWALGMan: no draws
SirFWALGMan: and kills me
SirFWALGMan: I had a pair
snakster has 15 seconds left to act
SirFWALGMan: rvers a queen on me
SirFWALGMan: AQ
snakster folds I was kinda hoping he'd call me with worse because he'd committed so much, but I'll take it.
Uncalled bet of 1,400 returned to CheckinMyAA
CheckinMyAA mucks
CheckinMyAA wins the pot (1,800)
*** SUMMARY ***


Ha-UGE hand to propel me into the leaders




Full Tilt Poker Game #5072975433: Riverchasers Online Tour (35917931), Table 1 - 120/240 Ante 25 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:43:57 ET - 2008/01/31
Seat 1: tricounty21 (6,235)
Seat 2: katitude (4,615)
Seat 3: pureprophet (5,240)
Seat 4: RiverchaserRich (7,432)
Seat 5: CheckinMyAA (6,143)
Seat 6: SirFWALGMan (4,985)
Seat 7: pokerenthusiast (2,865)
Seat 9: DaBag (3,455)
tricounty21 antes 25
katitude antes 25
pureprophet antes 25
RiverchaserRich antes 25
CheckinMyAA antes 25
SirFWALGMan antes 25
pokerenthusiast antes 25
DaBag antes 25
tricounty21 posts the small blind of 120
katitude posts the big blind of 240
The button is in seat #9
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Jd Jc]
pureprophet folds
RiverchaserRich calls 240
CheckinMyAA raises to 900
SirFWALGMan folds
pokerenthusiast folds
DaBag folds
SirFWALGMan: lol
tricounty21 calls 780
katitude folds
RiverchaserRich folds
*** FLOP *** [Jh Th 4s]
SirFWALGMan: I won with J and T lows
tricounty21 bets 2,480
CheckinMyAA raises to 5,218, and is all in
tricounty21 has 15 seconds left to act
SirFWALGMan: it was read based and brick based but bricking less than the tard trying to bluff
tricounty21 has requested TIME
tricounty21 calls 2,738
CheckinMyAA shows [Jd Jc]
tricounty21 shows [Js Ad]
*** TURN *** [Jh Th 4s] [8h]
*** RIVER *** [Jh Th 4s 8h] [As]
CheckinMyAA shows three of a kind, Jacks
tricounty21 shows two pair, Aces and Jacks
CheckinMyAA wins the pot (12,916) with three of a kind, Jacks
SirFWALGMan: nasty


I have baaadly misplayed a couple hands here... Sitting in 9th after the 2nd hour with 15 left.

Sinking... 7000 and falling. Need cards soon.

Chipping up after getting JT back to back and stealin' some blinds.

Efff. Decide A5 is good on 753 after some guy with an 8.0 aggro factor who'd already stolen a few pots from me without having to show, and run it into QQ and don't suck out. The end, in lucky 13th.

Bleeeh.

Cya at the MATH next week! (Queens broke again)

Hmm. I think I might like heads up play. So Full Tilt has a 4 player 6.50$ double heads up SNG. It took me one hand to win the first match when I raised pre with QJ, villain made a soft 3bet, so I called. Flop came Q-high with two spades, he cbet, I jammed, he called with AsTs and bricked out. Not sure if that's okay for heads up play, but from what I've gathered reading about other people playing HU, top pair is usually golden.

The 2nd match took a bit longer, but it ended with a sick river card for the other guy who slow played his way to no pay.


Full Tilt Poker Game #5048864930: Tier One $6.50 + $0.40 Sit & Go (38342729), Table 1 - 20/40 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:16:27 ET - 2008/01/29
Seat 1: soccergun17 (2,740)
Seat 2: CheckinMyAA (3,260)
soccergun17 posts the small blind of 20
CheckinMyAA posts the big blind of 40
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Js Jc]
soccergun17 calls 20
CheckinMyAA raises to 120
soccergun17 calls 80
*** FLOP *** [8s 3c Ad]
CheckinMyAA bets 240
soccergun17 calls 240
*** TURN *** [8s 3c Ad] [Qd]
CheckinMyAA checks
soccergun17 checks
*** RIVER *** [8s 3c Ad Qd] [Jd]
CheckinMyAA bets 500
soccergun17 raises to 2,380, and is all in
CheckinMyAA calls 1,880
*** SHOW DOWN ***
soccergun17 shows [3h 3s] three of a kind, Threes
CheckinMyAA shows [Js Jc] three of a kind, Jacks
CheckinMyAA wins the pot (5,480) with three of a kind, Jacks
soccergun17 stands up
CheckinMyAA stands up


So I'll cya at the MATH next Monday! :)


On another note, QQ lost for the 7the time out of the last 8 when I raised preflop and saw a 852 flop. EP checks, MP donks, I shove, EP insta-calls, MP folds. Ofc EP has 88 and rivers quads just to rub it in my face. I'm seriously going to consider open folding the next QQ I get...

I run goooot (Part 39152?)

So these 8$ tournies that are supposedly so beatable to get 26$ tokens? Well I get off to a rough start when I run the best flopped hand into drawing hands and fold out when the draw gets there (both times there were >= 2 people in the pot with me, and I got to see showdowns where I would have been beat).

Then this. Classic crushmastac rolling.



Full Tilt Poker Game #5048543863: Tier One $8+$0.70 (38337976), Table 2 - 30/60 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:51:03 ET - 2008/01/29
Seat 1: ROBMACK (1,250)
Seat 3: CheckinMyAA (765)
Seat 4: BUBBLE BOY AA (960)
Seat 5: xxalexx1 (1,585), is sitting out
Seat 6: borgius (1,320), is sitting out
Seat 7: carlor (2,550)
Seat 8: JohnnyJ0811 (1,445)
Seat 9: FineDining (3,625)
borgius posts the small blind of 30
carlor posts the big blind of 60
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Ac Js]
JohnnyJ0811 folds
FineDining folds
ROBMACK calls 60
CheckinMyAA raises to 200
BUBBLE BOY AA folds
xxalexx1 folds
borgius folds
carlor calls 140
ROBMACK folds
*** FLOP *** [Jc 7d 5s]
carlor checks
CheckinMyAA bets 565, and is all in
carlor calls 565
CheckinMyAA shows [Ac Js]
carlor shows [9c 9s]
*** TURN *** [Jc 7d 5s] [8c]
*** RIVER *** [Jc 7d 5s 8c] [6d]
xxalexx1 has reconnected
CheckinMyAA shows a pair of Jacks
carlor shows a straight, Nine high
carlor wins the pot (1,620) with a straight, Nine high
CheckinMyAA stands up

A Quick Summary of the Weekend

QQ broke again. Decided to run it into AA this time (preflop).

TT < QQ on 559, going down to a perfect slow play in a donkey-riddled field I find the one guy who knows how to move.

Home game (part 3) was a success. 9 players for game 1, 8 for game 2. Same guy won both for a combined 110$ score. Good for him. I was card dead and couldn't get past 5th :( Had many beers so it was still fun.

Moved some monies to Full Tilt where I continue to be wildly unsuccessful.

I need to find my mojo.

Fast.

That is all.

Big hands still suck (First DQB in ages!)

Normally a min-3bet might scare me, but villain is 30/30 and is generally carrying himself like a dumbass. Have I ever mentioned I hate flushes?



PokerStars Game #14805176801: Tournament #75046390, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2008/01/25 - 01:56:47 (ET)
Table '75046390 1' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: quamism (1630 in chips)
Seat 2: LeD_GeN1 (1985 in chips)
Seat 3: bdogthahog (1700 in chips)
Seat 4: swedania (1440 in chips)
Seat 5: BignRich29 (2155 in chips)
Seat 6: crushmastac (1585 in chips)
Seat 7: rustynail43 (475 in chips)
Seat 8: pokerpete666 (1770 in chips)
Seat 9: spnpkr (760 in chips)
rustynail43: posts small blind 15
pokerpete666: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to crushmastac [Qc Qs]
bdogthahog said, "his boyfriend isnt putting out anymore"
spnpkr: calls 30
quamism: folds
LeD_GeN1: folds
bdogthahog: calls 30
swedania: calls 30
BignRich29: folds
crushmastac: raises 150 to 180
rustynail43: folds
pokerpete666: raises 150 to 330
spnpkr: folds
bdogthahog: folds
bdogthahog said, "yeah pete"
swedania: folds
bdogthahog said, "do your thang"
crushmastac: raises 1255 to 1585 and is all-in
pokerpete666: calls 1255
bdogthahog said, "yeah"
*** FLOP *** [5h 6s Qh]
*** TURN *** [5h 6s Qh] [Jh]
*** RIVER *** [5h 6s Qh Jh] [2s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
pokerpete666: shows [Ah 6h] (a flush, Ace high)
crushmastac: shows [Qc Qs] (three of a kind, Queens)
bdogthahog said, "hahahahahaha"
pokerpete666 collected 3275 from pot
bdogthahog said, "ahhahahahaha"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3275 Rake 0
Board [5h 6s Qh Jh 2s]
Seat 1: quamism folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: LeD_GeN1 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: bdogthahog folded before Flop
Seat 4: swedania folded before Flop
Seat 5: BignRich29 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: crushmastac (button) showed [Qc Qs] and lost with three of a kind, Queens
Seat 7: rustynail43 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: pokerpete666 (big blind) showed [Ah 6h] and won (3275) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 9: spnpkr folded before Flop


Top set no good.


-------------------------------------


Okay, so things got a bit better. I sucked out on somebody for the first time in god knows how long, and this was the final result.


PokerStars Game #14805755217: Tournament #75047392, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2008/01/25 - 02:52:48 (ET)
Table '75047392 1' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 2: init4dachips (5860 in chips)
Seat 8: crushmastac (7640 in chips)
crushmastac: posts small blind 100
init4dachips: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to crushmastac [Ks Ac]
crushmastac: raises 400 to 600
init4dachips: raises 400 to 1000
crushmastac: raises 1600 to 2600
init4dachips: raises 3260 to 5860 and is all-in
crushmastac: calls 3260
*** FLOP *** [Qh Jc Kd]
*** TURN *** [Qh Jc Kd] [Td]
*** RIVER *** [Qh Jc Kd Td] [7c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
init4dachips: shows [Th Tc] (three of a kind, Tens)
crushmastac: shows [Ks Ac] (a straight, Ten to Ace)
crushmastac collected 11720 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 11720 Rake 0
Board [Qh Jc Kd Td 7c]
Seat 2: init4dachips (big blind) showed [Th Tc] and lost with three of a kind, Tens
Seat 8: crushmastac (button) (small blind) showed [Ks Ac] and won (11720) with a straight, Ten to Ace

It's ironic that KK, QQ and JJ have all been huge losers for me, but AK seems to win for me almost every time. Wierd.



And to cap it off, this happened shortly after my suckout (to the same poor bastard that I sucked out on)


PokerStars Game #14805580110: Tournament #75047392, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2008/01/25 - 02:34:31 (ET)
Table '75047392 1' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 2: init4dachips (2470 in chips)
Seat 4: manice74 (2225 in chips)
Seat 5: Guinness78 (3175 in chips)
Seat 8: crushmastac (2520 in chips)
Seat 9: minor_third (3110 in chips)
minor_third: posts small blind 50
init4dachips: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to crushmastac [Kd 8d]
manice74: folds
Guinness78: folds
crushmastac: raises 200 to 300
Typical OTB steal. I've been playing my button pretty lightly, so I've been able to steal every couple orbits in LP.
minor_third: calls 250
init4dachips: folds
*** FLOP *** [8c 9s 8s]
Nevermind, I totally wanted to see a flop
minor_third: checks
crushmastac: bets 400
minor_third: calls 400
*** TURN *** [8c 9s 8s] [8h]
DQB!!!! MAN I haven't been able to say that in a LONG time.
minor_third: checks
crushmastac: bets 400
Try to fake weak and hope he hits the river or likes his 9...
minor_third: calls 400
*** RIVER *** [8c 9s 8s 8h] [Qd]
minor_third: checks
crushmastac: bets 1420 and is all-in
Please have hit, please have hit...
minor_third: calls 1420
Yessssshhhir!!
*** SHOW DOWN ***
crushmastac: shows [Kd 8d] (four of a kind, Eights)
minor_third: shows [Qc Th] (a full house, Eights full of Queens)
crushmastac collected 5140 from pot


That is all.

Fold QQ preflop!

Drunken heads up matches are +EV

So this weekend was rediculous, and that's an understatement. Long story short, went to a buddy's house, had a few shots, went to the bar, went through 4 pitchers, several rounds of shots, then came back to my place and decided it would be fun to have some rye coke and more beer. So we're all just about drunk blind, and one of my friends (also a poker addict, like myself) thought it would be fun to play heads up for 20 bucks. I don't remember how it ended, but we were playing 10BB stacks (yeah....drruuunk) and I got down to 3BB before making a big comeback winning a series of 60/40's and ended up winning.

So he says double or nothing, and tosses another 40 on the table, I'm drunk, so I of course say yes, and about 15 minutes later my TT > his AQ and I'm 60 bucks richer. haha. Yeah, kinda odd story, but I just felt like sharing.

Back on friday/saturday for the next home game results.

The Home Game - Part 2

So this past weekend was Poker night again, and attendance was once again a little thinner than hoped. 5 players came out to play, no rebuys this time. 10$ freeze out. Small stakes, yeah, but most of my friends are poor college-going folk, so it's still worth competing for.

The first game was the more intense of the two. I use the pokerstars blind structure (minus antes, by popular demand) and 20 minute levels. The very first hand of the tourney, I'm UTG and find none-other than red aces. I triple the bet to 60, and it folds around. Boooo. I show, for fun. I don't think it's -EV to show a hand like that when it's the first hand of the tourney. Some small pots later (none of which I won) I wake up with QQ OTB. One player limps, I raise it up again, the BB calls, and the limper folds. The first two cards on the flop were nice little rags, but the 3rd card in the window was a King :( BB checks to me, I bet about 2/3 the pot, and he min-raises.

This is the first time he's been to the game. He's folded every hand so far, which I know isn't saying a lot since we're only 4 hands into this thing, but for some reason I was getting a strong-ish vibe off of him. So I pondered for a while and folded.

I didn't feel great about the hand at the time, but he made this play 4 or 5 more times throughout the course of the evening, and every time he had TP. Usually a shit kicker though. So I'm pretty sure he had a K there.

As usual, the rest of the field wasn't spectacular. One especially generous player went out early after continuously calling raises preflop, and big bets on all 3 streets with either ace high or a mediocre pair. Some folk just don't like money.

I ended up heads up with the same guy as the last game. I don't remember too much about the hands leading up to the final hand. A lot of stealing and restealing and we only saw two flops before we got to this hand.

Hero (~3400): OTB/SB with AsTs
Villain: (~4100): BB

Blinds 200/400

Hero raises to 1200. Villain calls.

Flop: K-Q-rag with 1 spade.

Hero checks, villain shoves, hero calls.


I wasn't crazy about calling, but I figured I had two live cards, and from how much he'd been shoving, I included some air in his range. I figured it was enough to call getting pretty big pot odds. He shows me K5, I don't improve, and I have to settle with 2nd. Oh well.


The next game was considerably faster. The winner from the first round had to jet off, and we agreed to make the blinds go up every 15 minutes. I don't remember too much until myself and the player who min-raised my QQ in the first tourney were heads up. The final hand saw me with AQ raise preflop. He calls. The flop comes three rag spades and I have less than a pot behind, so I shove, and he calls with KQ, the King in spades. The turn is a 4th rag spade, and that's all she wrote.

So I had a massive 0% ROI this time around (2nd place got their buyin back both games) but it was still a great deal of fun, and I'm really looking forward to the next one which will be Jan 25th. Hopefully we can fill the table this time.

Not in the cards

Fuck this. When your big hands lose 20-some times in a row its time to call it quits. AA gets cracked 5 times in a row. School starts in 3 days. I'm done. I'll play again in the summer, maybe by then I don't suck any more.

I'll still post about home games.

Later.







Fuck!

Fold AA preflop. Seriously. What the fuck.

Pretty gross.



PokerStars Game #14497198779: Tournament #73531312, $4.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2008/01/12 - 02:59:30 (ET)
Table '73531312 5' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: SilkPJs4u (2270 in chips)
Seat 2: crushmastac (1410 in chips)
Seat 3: BiggWillieG (4070 in chips)
Seat 4: TheRulersBac (1430 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 5: ki muuhl (1445 in chips)
Seat 6: TxTimmBo70 (2880 in chips)
Seat 7: FlowerGirl1 (1150 in chips)
Seat 8: sch@@pherder (1470 in chips)
Seat 9: Underdog1969 (1380 in chips)
TxTimmBo70: posts small blind 10
FlowerGirl1: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to crushmastac [As Ad]
sch@@pherder: folds
Underdog1969: folds
SilkPJs4u: calls 20
crushmastac: raises 80 to 100
BiggWillieG: calls 100
TheRulersBac: folds
ki muuhl: calls 100
TxTimmBo70: folds
FlowerGirl1: calls 80
SilkPJs4u: folds
*** FLOP *** [Ah Jh 3c]
FlowerGirl1: checks
crushmastac: bets 320
BiggWillieG: folds
ki muuhl: calls 320
FlowerGirl1: folds
*** TURN *** [Ah Jh 3c] [Tc]
crushmastac: bets 600
ki muuhl: raises 425 to 1025 and is all-in
crushmastac: calls 390 and is all-in
TheRulersBac has returned
*** RIVER *** [Ah Jh 3c Tc] [Ks]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
crushmastac: shows [As Ad] (three of a kind, Aces)
ki muuhl: shows [Qh Ac] (a straight, Ten to Ace)
ki muuhl collected 3050 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3050 | Rake 0
Board [Ah Jh 3c Tc Ks]
Seat 1: SilkPJs4u folded before Flop
Seat 2: crushmastac showed [As Ad] and lost with three of a kind, Aces
Seat 3: BiggWillieG folded on the Flop
Seat 4: TheRulersBac folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: ki muuhl (button) showed [Qh Ac] and won (3050) with a straight, Ten to Ace
Seat 6: TxTimmBo70 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: FlowerGirl1 (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 8: sch@@pherder folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: Underdog1969 folded before Flop (didn't bet)




This is 20 minutes later. I hate my life. At least I didn't get sucked out on this time when the money went in. But still. Brutal.



PokerStars Game #14497408365: Tournament #73533242, $4.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2008/01/12 - 03:20:13 (ET)
Table '73533242 12' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: crushmastac (1500 in chips)
Seat 2: eugop (1500 in chips)
Seat 3: johnmer (1500 in chips)
Seat 4: ssscadillac (1500 in chips)
Seat 5: PK Jalfy (1500 in chips)
Seat 6: flowergirl67 (1500 in chips)
Seat 7: Cormega1874 (1500 in chips)
Seat 8: Doomicus (1500 in chips)
Seat 9: jon_8221986 (1500 in chips)
eugop: posts small blind 10
johnmer: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to crushmastac [Ah Ac]
ssscadillac: calls 20
PK Jalfy: folds
flowergirl67: folds
Cormega1874: calls 20
Doomicus: folds
jon_8221986: folds
crushmastac: raises 80 to 100
eugop: folds
johnmer: folds
ssscadillac: folds
Cormega1874: calls 80
*** FLOP *** [3s 5c 8h]
Cormega1874: checks
crushmastac: bets 180
Cormega1874: calls 180
*** TURN *** [3s 5c 8h] [Jc]
Cormega1874: checks
crushmastac: bets 400
Cormega1874: raises 500 to 900
crushmastac: raises 320 to 1220 and is all-in
Cormega1874: calls 320 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [3s 5c 8h Jc] [Kd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Cormega1874: shows [8d 8c] (three of a kind, Eights)
crushmastac: shows [Ah Ac] (a pair of Aces)
Cormega1874 collected 3050 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3050 | Rake 0
Board [3s 5c 8h Jc Kd]
Seat 1: crushmastac (button) showed [Ah Ac] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 2: eugop (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: johnmer (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: ssscadillac folded before Flop
Seat 5: PK Jalfy folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: flowergirl67 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Cormega1874 showed [8d 8c] and won (3050) with three of a kind, Eights
Seat 8: Doomicus folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: jon_8221986 folded before Flop (didn't bet)



And within 20 minutes of that I ran mid pairs into aces twice.

I am on fucking turbo tilt right now. Wow.

A couple examples of how my big hands keep killing me

This one isn't too too bad.


PokerStars Game #14465068519: Tournament #73372169, $4.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2008/01/10 - 18:52:45 (ET)
Table '73372169 6' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: crushmastac (1910 in chips)
Seat 2: Damagers (1490 in chips)
Seat 3: Rabo Karabek (1440 in chips)
Seat 4: azflush (1470 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 5: pagnottebert (2580 in chips)
Seat 6: golfking0916 (1460 in chips)
Seat 7: roland3s (1500 in chips)
Seat 8: The_JinxQ10 (2940 in chips)
Seat 9: Slick Tip (1650 in chips)
golfking0916: posts small blind 10
roland3s: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to crushmastac [Js Jc]
The_JinxQ10: folds
Slick Tip: folds
crushmastac: raises 60 to 80
Damagers: folds
Rabo Karabek: calls 80
azflush: folds
pagnottebert: calls 80
golfking0916: calls 70
roland3s: folds
*** FLOP *** [7s 5h 8d]
golfking0916: checks
crushmastac: bets 280
Rabo Karabek: raises 280 to 560
pagnottebert: raises 1940 to 2500 and is all-in
golfking0916: folds
crushmastac: calls 1550 and is all-in
I figured these things are donkey-ish enough that I might be good here sometimes, because who flat calls a 4x open with stacks these deep with QQ+?
Rabo Karabek: calls 800 and is all-in
Rabo Karabek said, "lol"
*** TURN *** [7s 5h 8d] [2c]
*** RIVER *** [7s 5h 8d 2c] [2d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
crushmastac: shows [Js Jc] (two pair, Jacks and Deuces)
pagnottebert: shows [5s 8h] (two pair, Eights and Fives)
azflush has returned
crushmastac collected 940 from side pot
Rabo Karabek: shows [Kc Kd] (two pair, Kings and Deuces)
Apparently he does.
Rabo Karabek collected 4420 from main pot
I got a teeny side pot and didn't get anywhere, busting soon after.


This one made life a bit more frustrating


PokerStars Game #14466016716: Tournament #73376254, $4.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2008/01/10 - 19:37:28 (ET)
Table '73376254 18' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: pjk0224 (1540 in chips)
Seat 2: B5050 (1410 in chips)
Seat 3: tiny8145 (1410 in chips)
Seat 4: jimmymac55+1 (1260 in chips)
Seat 5: Frostydad (1750 in chips)
Seat 6: crushmastac (1920 in chips)
Seat 7: LightningLee (1460 in chips)
Seat 8: blumdiggity (2840 in chips)
Seat 9: Buster727 (1390 in chips)
Frostydad: posts small blind 10
crushmastac: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to crushmastac [Qc Qh]
LightningLee: calls 20
blumdiggity: calls 20
Buster727: folds
pjk0224: calls 20
B5050: raises 200 to 220
This guy is running tight enough that I know he has a decent hand here, but I'm pretty sure I'm good vs his range.
tiny8145: folds
jimmymac55+1: folds
Frostydad: folds
crushmastac: raises 1700 to 1920 and is all-in
LightningLee: folds
blumdiggity: folds
pjk0224: calls 1520 and is all-in
B5050: calls 1190 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [Kc 2d 7s]
*** TURN *** [Kc 2d 7s] [Ah]
*** RIVER *** [Kc 2d 7s Ah] [8c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
crushmastac: shows [Qc Qh] (a pair of Queens)
pjk0224: shows [9h 9s] (a pair of Nines)
crushmastac collected 260 from side pot
B5050: shows [Ks Ac] (two pair, Aces and Kings)
B5050 collected 4280 from main pot
And I win a nice lil 260 side pot. Losing races is -EV...and something I'm doing a lot of lately.


And then this was a little tilty. The thing that kills me is sportsfan has been running a rediculous 70/40/4 over 20 hands, so the one time I pick up a hand...


PokerStars Game #14466205791: Tournament #73373854, $4.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2008/01/10 - 19:46:09 (ET)
Table '73373854 2' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: #1sportsfa (1650 in chips)
Seat 2: BATDAN3 (3425 in chips)
Seat 3: bigdaddy183 (955 in chips)
Seat 4: krazybaldguy (4075 in chips)
Seat 5: poKermAniAKK (980 in chips)
Seat 6: rickybPNE (940 in chips)
Seat 8: Xaq_Nautilus (4540 in chips)
Seat 9: crushmastac (3050 in chips)
#1sportsfa: posts small blind 25
BATDAN3: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to crushmastac [Qh Qc]
bigdaddy183: folds
~Foxy1Lady~ is connected
krazybaldguy: calls 50
poKermAniAKK: calls 50
rickybPNE: folds
Xaq_Nautilus: calls 50
crushmastac: raises 225 to 275
#1sportsfa: raises 425 to 700
Shocking, from a 70/40...
BATDAN3: folds
krazybaldguy: calls 650
poKermAniAKK: folds
Xaq_Nautilus: folds
crushmastac: raises 2350 to 3050 and is all-in
Cold call behind doesn't worry me.
#1sportsfa: calls 950 and is all-in
krazybaldguy: calls 2350
*** FLOP *** [Qs Ah 4h]
*** TURN *** [Qs Ah 4h] [3d]
*** RIVER *** [Qs Ah 4h 3d] [7c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
krazybaldguy: shows [Jd Jc] (a pair of Jacks)
That's fine.
crushmastac: shows [Qh Qc] (three of a kind, Queens)
crushmastac collected 2800 from side pot
#1sportsfa: shows [As Ad] (three of a kind, Aces)
Aww common, are you fscking kidding me??
#1sportsfa collected 5100 from main pot
I got a 2200 side pot this time, but it didn't last long. A couple key hands later and I'm done.


The consolation side pots are lovely... :/


I'm playing while I write this and I've just gone out of two more with 99 to a guy who called my 3-bet pre with A7 out of position and flopped an A... I just can't get anything going right now. I've got one left, I'm running totally dead, but that's okay, cuz if I pick up a big hand, it'll probably screw me.

Guess I'm waiting for a BB special or two.

Grr.

Bouncin' Around

Wheeee! Had a break even series of days. Had a day to play a series of MTT's which saw me bust out of three 4$ 180's, a 5$ 45 man, a 5$ 360 man and a couple 2$/3$ MTTs with > 1200 people. There were a couple sick coolers and some ugly-ish beats. I don't remember too many specifics except the following thing I was thinking for a while afterwards:

If your premium hands aren't performing, you're never going to go deep.

It's a pretty obvious statement. And Saturday was a huge demonstration of the times everything seems to get cracked. I had AA cracked by 66 AI preflop, I had KK cracked by ATo and J8o (Got him in on a J-high flop with one pair and the river was an 8). AK missed almost every time and it seemed like my opponents were always floating me and it's frustrating! Arg! So a lot of good hands fucked me over. My one cooler was running QQ into a 3-all in preflop war where it was my QQ vs KK and TT. The only hand that improved was the the K's, so whatdaya do? You keep on truckin!

So I tried one of them 10$ 45 man tournies. I let myself play one of these a week because my last couple performances have resulted in a combined ROI of ~250%. I ended up making the final table with an average stack, getting a bit short, but then doubling up twice late courtesy of the table bigstack who was giving chips away as best he could. In the end I 3-bet shoved KQ into the donkytonk chip leader who snap-called with the monster A4 and I was done in 4th. I would have been 3rd, but the table short stack doubled up twice, both times by sucking out. Grr @ being cheated out of an extra 20 bucks! haha. Oh well, 4th paid 56$ and change, so that was nice. It made back the money I'd lost in the other tourneys and then some, to finish the day around 240$.

Then yesterday I had a gross cash session where I definitely found the down side of the variance coin and dropped back to 228$ I might throw up some hand histories later (don't have 'em here) but to some up some of the better ones, I got QQ all in preflop and AK rivered an Ace. I had KK cracked yet again, this time by a player who called all in on the flop with a naked OESD. Just a lot of situations where I was 70/30 or 60/40 or 55/45 where my opponents always seemed to get there. Oh well. Keep on truckin'.

Definitely getting better at staying cool after beats. Well...More cool. I still get a little hot under the collar.



See ya next time. I'm due for a heater. Haven't had one of those in a while.

2008 Goals For A Micro Limit Donkus

Little bit of a grueling session today, another 4-500 hands where I didn't get anything fantastic. AK a couple times and QQ (which actually won a nice pot). The theme of the day was aggro-donkery. Seriously. I was 5-tabling and 3 of my tables had someone running 60/30/5 or higher. One of my tables had a guy running 90/70/4!!!! (I busted him out of almost every chip he brought to that table). I was immediately on his left and I was able to just cruify him (or rather, let him crucify himself) every time I got the smallest piece of a flop. This guy would lead all 3 streets and fold to any kind of a raise on the river. Twice I had a hand and he folded, once I didn't, and he folded that one too. I love players like this. As long as they don't combine their aggrodonkery with lucksackhood. That's a leathal combination right there.

I can't remember any big pots today. Just lots and lots of 2-4$ pots.

Long story short, I picked up another 2.5 buyins to close within 3 buyins of where I was before the massacre from two weeks back. Yay! Want to get some MTTs in this weekend, hopefully.


But yes!! Tis the season for resolutions in the bloggiverse, and I'm not one to miss out on what all the cool kids are doing, so here goes! My resolutions are:

1. Quit smoking. So far so good. I've been an antsy motherfucker the last few days, but it's getting better.

2. Increase bankroll enough to be rolled for 50NL (30 buyins) by the end of the year. This is huge for me because the thought of having a 1500$ bankroll is disgustingly arousing. Wierd, I know.

3. Final table at least one major MTT. This one doesn't seem too rediculous. I don't have time to play the big MTTs very often, but when I do I typically play fairly well, and of course I keep trying to learn to be better.

4. Run at 10BB/100 hands or better in all cash levels. (Currently ~12.5 in 10NL). I'm honestly not very familiar with this number, so I don't know how acheivable this is. Just from having looked at my stats it seems like something I should be able to attain if I play a solid game.

5. Keep learning to deal with beats - especially beats late in a tournament.

6. Increase readership. I know I have a few fans out there who pop by in the comments section from time to time. I love hearing from all of you, and feel free to paste a link up on your blog if you hand one, and I'll gladly link you back. We're all in this together! Bloggers unite! Haha.


It's a pretty short list, but for a college student who plays 2-3 times a week for 1-3 hour sessions, it should still be a challenge. I'll keep ya up to date on progress.

Current Bankroll: $229
Target Bankroll: $1,500

Got some work to do :)

A couple more buyins

The process of rescuing my BR from the tiltiness of a couple weeks ago is almost complete. I salvaged another 2 buyins in a quick session this afternoon. There were a few big pots, including an overpair QQ being good on a T high board for 1 buyin, AQ being good on a Q-high turn when we got it in for another buyin (that I was surprised to get .. I don't have the HH here, but I 3bet pre, he called, I cbet a raggy flop, I bet again on a Q turn, and by then the bet represented half his stack, so he jammed, and I called. He ended up having AJ unimproved if I remember right. That one definitely left me scratching my head.

Lost a pretty big hand when I played 2nd pair TK pretty fast into a player who had just shown up and flopped himself a set of 9's. Fortunately he bought in a lil short and it didn't hurt as much as it could have.

Back over 200, time to start pushing for 3.