Ending bankroll: 598$ [ Up $217 ]
Well I accomplished one of my August goals today. After the longest dead streak of MTT's in recent memory, I woke up with monsters all over the place in the middle stages, went card dead to the final 30, and then picked great spots and found perfect cards to take down the 215$ first place prize for the 2nd time. First time in several months.
The final table was rediculous. I've never seen so many LAGs. As the FT wore on (it dragged on for almost an hour and a half), everyone was getting very tired of the pushy chip leader who was actually starting to pick up a string of hands. This guy was calling everything and anything. He jammed with 42 on a A52 board, raised with hands like T4, 56, etc, and would call bets even if he was drawing to bottom pair. It totally baffled me that he got to the final table playing this way.
Here's a few FT highlights.
PokerStars Game #11354982896: Tournament #57602716, $4.00+$0.40 Holdem No Limit - Level XIV (1000/2000) - 2007/08/07 - 04:56:40 (ET)
Table 57602716 6 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 4: crushmastac (75848 in chips)
Seat 6: sheavens (99903 in chips)
Seat 9: cincykid420 (94249 in chips)
crushmastac: posts the ante 200
sheavens: posts the ante 200
cincykid420: posts the ante 200
cincykid420: posts small blind 1000
crushmastac: posts big blind 2000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to crushmastac [Jh Ad]
cincykid420 said, "gl all"
sheavens: calls 2000
cincykid420: calls 1000
crushmastac: raises 8000 to 10000
Since he'll call anything, might as well make it a big one.
sheavens: calls 8000
cincykid420: calls 8000
*** FLOP *** [Td Jd 7h]
cincykid420: bets 2000
crushmastac: raises 16000 to 18000
A lot of the time he would have folded to a play like this, but I guess he wasn't buying
sheavens: folds
cincykid420: calls 16000
*** TURN *** [Td Jd 7h] [3d]
cincykid420: checks
crushmastac: bets 25000
cincykid420: calls 25000
Wow. He must have SOMETHING??
*** RIVER *** [Td Jd 7h 3d] [3s]
cincykid420: checks
crushmastac: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
cincykid420: shows [9d Tc] (two pair, Tens and Threes)
crushmastac: shows [Jh Ad] (two pair, Jacks and Threes)
crushmastac collected 116600 from pot
crushmastac said, "ty sir"
cincykid420 said, "nh"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 116600 Rake 0
Maybe not... This was pretty standard play from him, but for a 100K+ pot? Even I was a little taken aback after watching him do this for 100 hands.
Only a couple hands later....
PokerStars Game #11354990527: Tournament #57602716, $4.00+$0.40 Holdem No Limit - Level XIV (1000/2000) - 2007/08/07 - 04:57:59 (ET)
Table 57602716 6 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 4: crushmastac (137848 in chips)
Seat 6: sheavens (89903 in chips)
Seat 9: cincykid420 (42249 in chips)
crushmastac: posts the ante 200
sheavens: posts the ante 200
cincykid420: posts the ante 200
cincykid420: posts small blind 1000
crushmastac: posts big blind 2000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to crushmastac [2s Ac]
sheavens: folds
cincykid420: raises 2000 to 4000
crushmastac: raises 8000 to 12000
cincykid420: calls 8000
*** FLOP *** [2d 6d Td]
cincykid420: bets 10000
crushmastac: calls 10000
Against him, bottom pair is almost certainly good.
*** TURN *** [2d 6d Td] [Ah]
cincykid420: bets 10000
crushmastac: raises 105648 to 115648 and is all-in
There's no way he's folding his last 10K and if he's got the flush, good for him.
cincykid420: calls 10049 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [2d 6d Td Ah] [6h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
cincykid420: shows [Jc Th] (two pair, Tens and Sixes)
crushmastac: shows [2s Ac] (two pair, Aces and Sixes)
crushmastac said, "gg"
crushmastac collected 84698 from pot
I told him when we were 7 handed I couldn't believe he made it to the final table. He proceded to start trashing me etc... This was a particularly satisfying K.O.
And the hand that won it is broken in PokerOffice, but I was dealt Q8 and made my standard raise (First time I've been heads up with the chip lead in a while, so it was fun to push him around.) He calls, and the flop is a beautiful QQ2. I check/call his bet of 4000. Turn is a 2. I check raise this time, from 4000 to 16000. He quickly calls and I raise my eyebrow. The river is a blank 5, and I do a little hollywood and then put him all in, hoping it looks like a bluff. Sure enough, he calls off 62,000 chips with ace high, and I take the title.
Hells. Ya.
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Monday, August 6, 2007
I still suck at MTT's
The jynx hasn't let up. Thank god I'm finally profitable in cash. Playing a few PStars MTT's and so far AK had missed 3 times and calling stations have bet at me, so duh, fold. All my AJ's, AQ's, KQ's are getting 3 or 4 bet by the next best hand. Pocket pairs can't hold against 1 overcard.
Also, props to me for being the honorary bubble boy at the CardPlayer weekly. Managed to build up the chiplead twice, only to squander it by overplaying my dreadful lack of cards.
My play is slipping a little in MTT's... I can feel it. Every time I think I've gotten over being steamed by bad beats, I go on a streak a little longer than the last one I got over all those weeks ago and everything's hitting the fan.
So I'm conciously going to try to keep my body temperature down, grind out a few solid games, stop playing position early. Save positional play for later in the blind levels and stop trying to fool donks who call with K3 to a 5x BB raise. Etc...
Wow, as I write this is happened again. JQs, late position. I bring it in for 120 (4 BB's) .. first hand I've played in 2 orbits. Anyone paying ANY attention knows I'm a tightwad. Flop comes 8 high with none of my suite and the calling station in the BB leads for the pot... *deep breath*
Trying to keep it together.
Not doing very well at this particular moment in time.
Also, props to me for being the honorary bubble boy at the CardPlayer weekly. Managed to build up the chiplead twice, only to squander it by overplaying my dreadful lack of cards.
My play is slipping a little in MTT's... I can feel it. Every time I think I've gotten over being steamed by bad beats, I go on a streak a little longer than the last one I got over all those weeks ago and everything's hitting the fan.
So I'm conciously going to try to keep my body temperature down, grind out a few solid games, stop playing position early. Save positional play for later in the blind levels and stop trying to fool donks who call with K3 to a 5x BB raise. Etc...
Wow, as I write this is happened again. JQs, late position. I bring it in for 120 (4 BB's) .. first hand I've played in 2 orbits. Anyone paying ANY attention knows I'm a tightwad. Flop comes 8 high with none of my suite and the calling station in the BB leads for the pot... *deep breath*
Trying to keep it together.
Not doing very well at this particular moment in time.
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
I suck at keeping promises
Ending Bankroll: 381$ [ Up 54$ ]
So I broke my word. I went back on cash games because I was feeling really good and only had a couple hours. Got some really nice flops and won some huge pots. Also helped that some players were making brutal plays against me. I had a pretty loose image and I think that helped my big hands get action.
PokerStars Game #11248728078: Holdem No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2007/08/01 - 03:05:08 (ET)
Table Cybele II 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: Harm23 ($11.15 in chips)
Seat 2: crushmastac ($44.60 in chips)
Seat 3: judda33 ($20.85 in chips)
Seat 5: 1Lecter11 ($4.35 in chips)
Seat 6: nightdraw45 ($13.20 in chips)
Seat 7: Slipp1 ($23.90 in chips)
Seat 8: roland1952 ($25.55 in chips)
Seat 9: boozeorlose ($19.25 in chips)
Harm23: posts small blind $0.10
crushmastac: posts big blind $0.25
Im Road Dog: sits out
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to crushmastac [7h 7c]
judda33: calls $0.25
1Lecter11: folds
nightdraw45: raises $0.25 to $0.50
Slipp1: folds
roland1952: folds
boozeorlose: folds
Harm23: folds
crushmastac: calls $0.25
I still don't like playing mid-small pairs hard preflop, unless I know it will isolate me against a wreckless player.
judda33: calls $0.25
*** FLOP *** [Jd 7s 6h]
2nd flopped set.
crushmastac: checks
Pretty harmless flop, so sloooooooooooowplay
judda33: checks
nightdraw45: bets $1
crushmastac: calls $1
Originally I planned to make my move on the turn
judda33: raises $19.35 to $20.35 and is all-in
But this made life easy. He's seen 60% of the flops, there's no way I'm giving him JJ
nightdraw45: calls $11.70 and is all-in
Oh baby. *drool*
crushmastac: calls $19.35
*** TURN *** [Jd 7s 6h] [Jc]
*** RIVER *** [Jd 7s 6h Jc] [8c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
crushmastac: shows [7h 7c] (a full house, Sevens full of Jacks)
judda33: shows [Jh Ac] (three of a kind, Jacks)
crushmastac collected $14.55 from side pot
nightdraw45: mucks hand
crushmastac collected $37.75 from main pot
Ship it!!
I've actually lost a bunch of MTT's lately again, so I was down around 308$ before this session. Picked up 3 buyins in a hurry. It helped that I was running really well, and I was able to lay down some big hands that got had mediocre hands catch up.
Maybe some more cash to come. I still think I prefer MTT's...
So I broke my word. I went back on cash games because I was feeling really good and only had a couple hours. Got some really nice flops and won some huge pots. Also helped that some players were making brutal plays against me. I had a pretty loose image and I think that helped my big hands get action.
PokerStars Game #11248728078: Holdem No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2007/08/01 - 03:05:08 (ET)
Table Cybele II 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: Harm23 ($11.15 in chips)
Seat 2: crushmastac ($44.60 in chips)
Seat 3: judda33 ($20.85 in chips)
Seat 5: 1Lecter11 ($4.35 in chips)
Seat 6: nightdraw45 ($13.20 in chips)
Seat 7: Slipp1 ($23.90 in chips)
Seat 8: roland1952 ($25.55 in chips)
Seat 9: boozeorlose ($19.25 in chips)
Harm23: posts small blind $0.10
crushmastac: posts big blind $0.25
Im Road Dog: sits out
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to crushmastac [7h 7c]
judda33: calls $0.25
1Lecter11: folds
nightdraw45: raises $0.25 to $0.50
Slipp1: folds
roland1952: folds
boozeorlose: folds
Harm23: folds
crushmastac: calls $0.25
I still don't like playing mid-small pairs hard preflop, unless I know it will isolate me against a wreckless player.
judda33: calls $0.25
*** FLOP *** [Jd 7s 6h]
2nd flopped set.
crushmastac: checks
Pretty harmless flop, so sloooooooooooowplay
judda33: checks
nightdraw45: bets $1
crushmastac: calls $1
Originally I planned to make my move on the turn
judda33: raises $19.35 to $20.35 and is all-in
But this made life easy. He's seen 60% of the flops, there's no way I'm giving him JJ
nightdraw45: calls $11.70 and is all-in
Oh baby. *drool*
crushmastac: calls $19.35
*** TURN *** [Jd 7s 6h] [Jc]
*** RIVER *** [Jd 7s 6h Jc] [8c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
crushmastac: shows [7h 7c] (a full house, Sevens full of Jacks)
judda33: shows [Jh Ac] (three of a kind, Jacks)
crushmastac collected $14.55 from side pot
nightdraw45: mucks hand
crushmastac collected $37.75 from main pot
Ship it!!
I've actually lost a bunch of MTT's lately again, so I was down around 308$ before this session. Picked up 3 buyins in a hurry. It helped that I was running really well, and I was able to lay down some big hands that got had mediocre hands catch up.
Maybe some more cash to come. I still think I prefer MTT's...
Monday, July 30, 2007
Sometimes you just have to laugh at yourself
I will NEVER forgive myself for this.
PokerStars Game #11219151067: Tournament #56905786, $4.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level XI (500/1000) - 2007/07/30 - 14:44:29 (ET)
Table '56905786 11' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: crushmastac (26141 in chips)
Seat 2: jimmy813 (55488 in chips)
Seat 3: break007 (45565 in chips)
Seat 4: Rich09024 (21992 in chips)
Seat 5: npgdan (31333 in chips)
Seat 6: Bird1982 (45367 in chips)
Seat 7: bafoon_58 (15770 in chips)
Seat 8: billybilly71 (17059 in chips)
Seat 9: morgss (11285 in chips)
crushmastac: posts the ante 100
jimmy813: posts the ante 100
break007: posts the ante 100
Rich09024: posts the ante 100
npgdan: posts the ante 100
Bird1982: posts the ante 100
bafoon_58: posts the ante 100
billybilly71: posts the ante 100
morgss: posts the ante 100
Rich09024: posts small blind 500
npgdan: posts big blind 1000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to crushmastac [Td Ts]
Bird1982: folds
bafoon_58: folds
billybilly71: calls 1000
morgss: folds
crushmastac: raises 4000 to 5000
jimmy813: folds
break007: folds
Rich09024: folds
npgdan: calls 4000
billybilly71: raises 11959 to 16959 and is all-in
crushmastac: calls 11959
If you listen closely, you can actually here the *click* of my brain shutting off. This should have been an insta-jam. Only player left to act is npgdan, who has been playing questionable cards very aggressively.
npgdan: raises 11959 to 28918
I should have thought about it a little more than I did. ..Or a little less. I overthought it, and pulled one of those "well I might as well hold on to what chips I can" since I was sure I was against two bigger pairs, especially since billy limp-jammed. So I managed to talk myself out of it even though I'm getting 3000:1 pot odds...
crushmastac: folds
*** FLOP *** [Tc 2c 3h]
billybilly71 said, "lol"
*** TURN *** [Tc 2c 3h] [Qh]
*** RIVER *** [Tc 2c 3h Qh] [7h]
billybilly71 said, "v good"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
npgdan: shows [Th Jd] (a pair of Tens)
billybilly71: shows [Kh As] (high card Ace)
crushmastac said, "F F F F F F F F F"
I almost cried. I would have been dominating chip leader at the final table with cards rolling in my favor. I was running so good in this tournament I don't know what the hell came over me.
Never again...
PokerStars Game #11219151067: Tournament #56905786, $4.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level XI (500/1000) - 2007/07/30 - 14:44:29 (ET)
Table '56905786 11' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: crushmastac (26141 in chips)
Seat 2: jimmy813 (55488 in chips)
Seat 3: break007 (45565 in chips)
Seat 4: Rich09024 (21992 in chips)
Seat 5: npgdan (31333 in chips)
Seat 6: Bird1982 (45367 in chips)
Seat 7: bafoon_58 (15770 in chips)
Seat 8: billybilly71 (17059 in chips)
Seat 9: morgss (11285 in chips)
crushmastac: posts the ante 100
jimmy813: posts the ante 100
break007: posts the ante 100
Rich09024: posts the ante 100
npgdan: posts the ante 100
Bird1982: posts the ante 100
bafoon_58: posts the ante 100
billybilly71: posts the ante 100
morgss: posts the ante 100
Rich09024: posts small blind 500
npgdan: posts big blind 1000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to crushmastac [Td Ts]
Bird1982: folds
bafoon_58: folds
billybilly71: calls 1000
morgss: folds
crushmastac: raises 4000 to 5000
jimmy813: folds
break007: folds
Rich09024: folds
npgdan: calls 4000
billybilly71: raises 11959 to 16959 and is all-in
crushmastac: calls 11959
If you listen closely, you can actually here the *click* of my brain shutting off. This should have been an insta-jam. Only player left to act is npgdan, who has been playing questionable cards very aggressively.
npgdan: raises 11959 to 28918
I should have thought about it a little more than I did. ..Or a little less. I overthought it, and pulled one of those "well I might as well hold on to what chips I can" since I was sure I was against two bigger pairs, especially since billy limp-jammed. So I managed to talk myself out of it even though I'm getting 3000:1 pot odds...
crushmastac: folds
*** FLOP *** [Tc 2c 3h]
billybilly71 said, "lol"
*** TURN *** [Tc 2c 3h] [Qh]
*** RIVER *** [Tc 2c 3h Qh] [7h]
billybilly71 said, "v good"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
npgdan: shows [Th Jd] (a pair of Tens)
billybilly71: shows [Kh As] (high card Ace)
crushmastac said, "F F F F F F F F F"
I almost cried. I would have been dominating chip leader at the final table with cards rolling in my favor. I was running so good in this tournament I don't know what the hell came over me.
Never again...
Friday, July 27, 2007
What's going on with Limit?
Ending Bankroll: 327$ [ Up 24$ ]
So I tried playing some more tournaments. Busted early in most, late in two. My AA streak ended. It held up, but for a very mediocre pot. To hell with it, I'll take it!
So after busting out of ~8 tournies I decided to give something else a try. Cash NL hasn't been my thing, but I used to play limit live and I thought it would be neat to check how it plays online. So I sat down to a few tables of .5/1$ limit, and before I know it I've turned 40$ into 80$ and recovered all my loses on the day. I went on to pick up a bit more, but I was surprised at how easy it was to make money.
That said, it certainly doesn't have the profit potential of tournaments - at least at the limit I'd be comfortable playing. We'll see. I want to try some more tournies now that I've had something positive happen for the first time in about a week. See if I can turn this nasty SNG slump around.
One thing I just have to share, I was sitting at 4 tables and at one point I had AA on one table, and KK on two other tables, all at the same time. All three held up. That's a miracle for me .. nonetheless in a fixed limit game. So I'm feeling better about my luck again.
So I tried playing some more tournaments. Busted early in most, late in two. My AA streak ended. It held up, but for a very mediocre pot. To hell with it, I'll take it!
So after busting out of ~8 tournies I decided to give something else a try. Cash NL hasn't been my thing, but I used to play limit live and I thought it would be neat to check how it plays online. So I sat down to a few tables of .5/1$ limit, and before I know it I've turned 40$ into 80$ and recovered all my loses on the day. I went on to pick up a bit more, but I was surprised at how easy it was to make money.
That said, it certainly doesn't have the profit potential of tournaments - at least at the limit I'd be comfortable playing. We'll see. I want to try some more tournies now that I've had something positive happen for the first time in about a week. See if I can turn this nasty SNG slump around.
One thing I just have to share, I was sitting at 4 tables and at one point I had AA on one table, and KK on two other tables, all at the same time. All three held up. That's a miracle for me .. nonetheless in a fixed limit game. So I'm feeling better about my luck again.
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
AA breaks again, Top set cracked
Ending Bankroll: 303$ [ Down 8$ ]
6 in a row now. This time I had a chance to lay them down.
PokerStars Game #11135678655: Tournament #56481984, $4.00+$0.40 Holdem No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2007/07/25 - 21:20:26 (ET)
Table 56481984 7 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: RobWagsf (1415 in chips)
Seat 2: Kwame Hart (670 in chips)
Seat 3: bilew222 (1985 in chips)
Seat 4: plumberium (605 in chips)
Seat 5: USLawStinks (2685 in chips)
Seat 6: gakins (1200 in chips)
Seat 7: crushmastac (1500 in chips)
Seat 9: sarspec (4230 in chips)
plumberium: posts small blind 15
USLawStinks: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
I'd been pretty dead the first 20 or so hands. This was the first hand I really played.
Dealt to crushmastac [Ah Ad]
gakins: raises 90 to 120
This guy has seen 80% of the flops. He's pretty aggressive.
crushmastac: raises 180 to 300
sarspec: folds
RobWagsf: calls 300
This worried me. This guy had played only 2 more hands than me (4/20) and he was very tight. I had his range on TT-KK here.
Kwame Hart: folds
bilew222: folds
bilew222 is sitting out
plumberium: folds
USLawStinks: folds
gakins: calls 180
*** FLOP *** [Ks Qd Tc]
My heart sank when I saw this flop. For one, 3 of the 4 holdings I put Rob on has just made a set. Secondly, gakins likes hands like KQ, QT, KT, so I'm fearing both a set and two pair.
gakins: checks
crushmastac: bets 270
I want to know where I stand
RobWagsf: calls 270
gakins: raises 630 to 900 and is all-in
Here I actually put gakins on KQ. Rob's call wasnt comforting either.
bilew222 has returned
2*crazyace is connected
crushmastac: folds
That's probably the easiest AA fold I've ever had to make.
RobWagsf: calls 630
*** TURN *** [Ks Qd Tc] [3d]
*** RIVER *** [Ks Qd Tc 3d] [3c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
gakins: shows [Kh As] (two pair, Kings and Threes)
RobWagsf: shows [Kd Kc] (a full house, Kings full of Threes)
Turns out I was crushed on the flop as expected (except I was a little surprised to see AK in gakins' hand) and saved myself 800 chips, only to go out 10 hands later when 77 set, but TT set too.
RobWagsf collected 3015 from pot
This was actually earlier. Only about the 6th hand. It just boggles my mind how badly some people overplay flush draws. It almost boggles my mind as much as how often the FD gets there when I hold a monster.
PokerStars Game #11135164684: Tournament #56480484, $4.00+$0.40 Holdem No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2007/07/25 - 20:50:50 (ET)
Table 56480484 11 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: bonagur (2280 in chips)
Seat 2: fenceman10 (1580 in chips)
Seat 3: Kakaio (1500 in chips)
Seat 4: lakers1137 (1550 in chips)
Seat 5: Texasman44 (1460 in chips)
Seat 6: GolferLS (1580 in chips)
Seat 7: bluedodger1 (1350 in chips)
Seat 8: crushmastac (1480 in chips)
Seat 9: ms.lucky34 (1620 in chips)
crushmastac: posts small blind 10
ms.lucky34: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to crushmastac [Jh Jd]
bonagur: folds
fenceman10: calls 20
Kakaio: calls 20
lakers1137: folds
Texasman44: calls 20
GolferLS: calls 20
bluedodger1: calls 20
crushmastac: raises 120 to 140
ms.lucky34: folds
fenceman10: calls 120
Kakaio: folds
Texasman44: folds
GolferLS: folds
bluedodger1: calls 120
*** FLOP *** [Js 7s 8d]
crushmastac: checks
fenceman10: bets 300
bluedodger1: folds
crushmastac: raises 600 to 900
Get out of my kitchen
fenceman10: raises 540 to 1440 and is all-in
Ok, raise me with ur 2nd nut draw and ur 2-1 dog odds
crushmastac: calls 440 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [Js 7s 8d] [6s]
Ugh. Pair the board?? He hit his 9 outter, now I wanna hit mine.
*** RIVER *** [Js 7s 8d 6s] [Tc]
Ugh.
*** SHOW DOWN ***
crushmastac: shows [Jh Jd] (three of a kind, Jacks)
fenceman10: shows [2s Ks] (a flush, King high)
fenceman10 collected 3180 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3180 Rake 0
Board [Js 7s 8d 6s Tc]
All I could do was smile. I'll try again later and keep playing my game.
6 in a row now. This time I had a chance to lay them down.
PokerStars Game #11135678655: Tournament #56481984, $4.00+$0.40 Holdem No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2007/07/25 - 21:20:26 (ET)
Table 56481984 7 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: RobWagsf (1415 in chips)
Seat 2: Kwame Hart (670 in chips)
Seat 3: bilew222 (1985 in chips)
Seat 4: plumberium (605 in chips)
Seat 5: USLawStinks (2685 in chips)
Seat 6: gakins (1200 in chips)
Seat 7: crushmastac (1500 in chips)
Seat 9: sarspec (4230 in chips)
plumberium: posts small blind 15
USLawStinks: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
I'd been pretty dead the first 20 or so hands. This was the first hand I really played.
Dealt to crushmastac [Ah Ad]
gakins: raises 90 to 120
This guy has seen 80% of the flops. He's pretty aggressive.
crushmastac: raises 180 to 300
sarspec: folds
RobWagsf: calls 300
This worried me. This guy had played only 2 more hands than me (4/20) and he was very tight. I had his range on TT-KK here.
Kwame Hart: folds
bilew222: folds
bilew222 is sitting out
plumberium: folds
USLawStinks: folds
gakins: calls 180
*** FLOP *** [Ks Qd Tc]
My heart sank when I saw this flop. For one, 3 of the 4 holdings I put Rob on has just made a set. Secondly, gakins likes hands like KQ, QT, KT, so I'm fearing both a set and two pair.
gakins: checks
crushmastac: bets 270
I want to know where I stand
RobWagsf: calls 270
gakins: raises 630 to 900 and is all-in
Here I actually put gakins on KQ. Rob's call wasnt comforting either.
bilew222 has returned
2*crazyace is connected
crushmastac: folds
That's probably the easiest AA fold I've ever had to make.
RobWagsf: calls 630
*** TURN *** [Ks Qd Tc] [3d]
*** RIVER *** [Ks Qd Tc 3d] [3c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
gakins: shows [Kh As] (two pair, Kings and Threes)
RobWagsf: shows [Kd Kc] (a full house, Kings full of Threes)
Turns out I was crushed on the flop as expected (except I was a little surprised to see AK in gakins' hand) and saved myself 800 chips, only to go out 10 hands later when 77 set, but TT set too.
RobWagsf collected 3015 from pot
This was actually earlier. Only about the 6th hand. It just boggles my mind how badly some people overplay flush draws. It almost boggles my mind as much as how often the FD gets there when I hold a monster.
PokerStars Game #11135164684: Tournament #56480484, $4.00+$0.40 Holdem No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2007/07/25 - 20:50:50 (ET)
Table 56480484 11 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: bonagur (2280 in chips)
Seat 2: fenceman10 (1580 in chips)
Seat 3: Kakaio (1500 in chips)
Seat 4: lakers1137 (1550 in chips)
Seat 5: Texasman44 (1460 in chips)
Seat 6: GolferLS (1580 in chips)
Seat 7: bluedodger1 (1350 in chips)
Seat 8: crushmastac (1480 in chips)
Seat 9: ms.lucky34 (1620 in chips)
crushmastac: posts small blind 10
ms.lucky34: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to crushmastac [Jh Jd]
bonagur: folds
fenceman10: calls 20
Kakaio: calls 20
lakers1137: folds
Texasman44: calls 20
GolferLS: calls 20
bluedodger1: calls 20
crushmastac: raises 120 to 140
ms.lucky34: folds
fenceman10: calls 120
Kakaio: folds
Texasman44: folds
GolferLS: folds
bluedodger1: calls 120
*** FLOP *** [Js 7s 8d]
crushmastac: checks
fenceman10: bets 300
bluedodger1: folds
crushmastac: raises 600 to 900
Get out of my kitchen
fenceman10: raises 540 to 1440 and is all-in
Ok, raise me with ur 2nd nut draw and ur 2-1 dog odds
crushmastac: calls 440 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [Js 7s 8d] [6s]
Ugh. Pair the board?? He hit his 9 outter, now I wanna hit mine.
*** RIVER *** [Js 7s 8d 6s] [Tc]
Ugh.
*** SHOW DOWN ***
crushmastac: shows [Jh Jd] (three of a kind, Jacks)
fenceman10: shows [2s Ks] (a flush, King high)
fenceman10 collected 3180 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3180 Rake 0
Board [Js 7s 8d 6s Tc]
All I could do was smile. I'll try again later and keep playing my game.
The beat goes on
Ending Bankroll: 311$ [ Down 38$ ]
I tell ya, when it rains it pours. AA dumped me again, putting my winning % win AA below 70% (WTF??). AA vs AA and he made the 4 card flush.. *shrug* I actually made a pretty good run in one tournament yesterday (4$/180) and we were down to the final 30-some. I was sitting on about 11k (8k-ish average) and I was in the BB with AK. OTB had 7000 infront of him and made it 1800 to go (600 BB), the SB flat called and I elected to take the flop since SB had smooth called earlier with QQ and I didn't feel like proposing a race yet. This was probably my mistake on the hand. If I'd jammed here it might have ended up differently. Long story short the flop came K-rag-rag with 2 diamonds, to which villain in the SB checked. I fired 3000 in to which he insta-minraised. I know I have him beat so I throw in the rest of my chips and he calls, showing KQ diamonds. I pump my fist knowing I'm ~2-1 to take this [EDIT: Hmm, I learned something today. Without the OTB, I was a very small favorite. With the OTB, I was actually a slight dog. Oh well...]. The turn bricks and the river is the 8 of diamonds. SB was the only player at the table that had me outchipped. Any other player and this hand would have only hurt me a bit.. Certainly not put me out. I couldn't help but steam for a bit as this now puts my losing streak at a 30+ tournament run, with loses (including my loses in my careless ring game ventures) to 100$.
I think I went on tilt a little bit in the middle. The tournaments I lost yesterday were all places where I got my chips in a favorite and lost.
If I'd won that had I would have been the absolutely dominating chip leader for the entire tournament. And the last 4 times that's happened at that point of the tournament, I run to the final 3.
Next time...
I really hate flushes. I never seem to make them (since I'm never foolish enough to draw to one without the odds) and they break me far too often.
I tell ya, when it rains it pours. AA dumped me again, putting my winning % win AA below 70% (WTF??). AA vs AA and he made the 4 card flush.. *shrug* I actually made a pretty good run in one tournament yesterday (4$/180) and we were down to the final 30-some. I was sitting on about 11k (8k-ish average) and I was in the BB with AK. OTB had 7000 infront of him and made it 1800 to go (600 BB), the SB flat called and I elected to take the flop since SB had smooth called earlier with QQ and I didn't feel like proposing a race yet. This was probably my mistake on the hand. If I'd jammed here it might have ended up differently. Long story short the flop came K-rag-rag with 2 diamonds, to which villain in the SB checked. I fired 3000 in to which he insta-minraised. I know I have him beat so I throw in the rest of my chips and he calls, showing KQ diamonds. I pump my fist knowing I'm ~2-1 to take this [EDIT: Hmm, I learned something today. Without the OTB, I was a very small favorite. With the OTB, I was actually a slight dog. Oh well...]. The turn bricks and the river is the 8 of diamonds. SB was the only player at the table that had me outchipped. Any other player and this hand would have only hurt me a bit.. Certainly not put me out. I couldn't help but steam for a bit as this now puts my losing streak at a 30+ tournament run, with loses (including my loses in my careless ring game ventures) to 100$.
I think I went on tilt a little bit in the middle. The tournaments I lost yesterday were all places where I got my chips in a favorite and lost.
If I'd won that had I would have been the absolutely dominating chip leader for the entire tournament. And the last 4 times that's happened at that point of the tournament, I run to the final 3.
Next time...
I really hate flushes. I never seem to make them (since I'm never foolish enough to draw to one without the odds) and they break me far too often.
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