... can be costly. I was able to induce a bluff from a player who had exhibited signs of overplaying hands, but it put nearly all of my stack at risk early in the double-stacked, KO version of the Mookie. Check out my decision on the turn; I'd welcome discusssion on my decision to check rather than lead out.
[Edit]
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [Th 9d]
PirateLawyer calls 40
jjok calls 40
ElSnarfGrande folds
twoblackaces folds
wangta79 raises to 150
TFG folds
lucko21 folds
pokerpeaker folds
IlkkaK folds
PirateLawyer raises to 450 -- decide to represent JJ+, AK for deception and set up a postflop play with a squeeze; this opponent has shown signs of weakness early on
jjok folds
wangta79 calls 300
*** FLOP *** [7d 7c 8h]
PirateLawyer bets 600 -- easy c-bet with OESD; I can play this hand with confidence
wangta79 calls 600
*** TURN *** [7d 7c 8h] [Ts]
PirateLawyer checks -- now have top pair to go with my OESD, I decide to c/r, but this is a risky decision because I will have to hold up if my opponent takes the bait
wangta79 bets 1,925, and is all in -- I read this as a horrible bluff by a big ace; this bet size screams weakness and I can beat ace-high
PirateLawyer calls 1,925 -- nothing he has makes sense except Ax that I'm beating, and even if I'm wrong, I can improve with any ten, six, jack or possibly even a nine
wangta79 shows [Qs Ad] -- sure enough he has a big ace and I'm way ahead (86% favourite)
PirateLawyer shows [Th 9d]
*** RIVER *** [7d 7c 8h Ts] [Ac] -- thank you FTP, on cue the RNG shows its disdain for me
wangta79 shows two pair, Aces and Sevens
PirateLawyer shows two pair, Tens and Sevens
wangta79 wins the pot (6,050) with two pair, Aces and Sevens
Comments? This was a high-variance situation to get in early on in a deepstack tournament, but I still think it was a +EV situation given that I flopped well and seized the initiative. Ceding the initative was a calculated risk and I was strongly favoured to get a full double-up and an early KO bounty; it just didn't work out this time.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
SnG overbets
I've begun playing a few SnGs again as I attempt to grow my BR a bit more in the busy time before the awesome BB3 kicks off (for more info see here). Work might be super-busy but I try to find some time to play here and there. I usually find that I can almost always manage a top-3 finish in these turbos through some patience, superior situational awareness, and the ability to escape with minimal damage in marginal spots. I also like to mix in the occasional overbet for value or shove with a monster in hopes of inducing a big mistake because the players at this level are prone to overplay their hands at any point.
Well, just for giggles, here's one that backfired in the third level of the tourney.
Full Tilt Poker Game: $11 + $1 Sit & Go (Turbo) - 30/60
Seat 1: Aleatoris (1,960)
Seat 2: pow21 (1,885)
Seat 3: Zambrencia (1,650)
Seat 4: PirateLawyer (1,305) - I am down a bit because I tried set-mining with pocket sevens
Seat 5: ladydeuce222 (1,185)
Seat 6: HopeOne (1,905)
Seat 7: ocrFoX (1,440)
Seat 8: bettinman34 (685)
Seat 9: THE YEN (1,485)
Zambrencia posts the small blind of 30
PirateLawyer posts the big blind of 60
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [Qs Qh]
ladydeuce222 calls 60
HopeOne folds
ocrFoX folds
bettinman34 calls 60
THE YEN folds
Aleatoris folds
pow21 folds
Zambrencia calls 30
PirateLawyer raises to 1,305, and is all in -- trying to induce a big PF mistake by squeezing in the BB with a monster
ladydeuce222 calls 1,125, and is all in -- there's one
bettinman34 calls 625, and is all in - and another one, from my intended victim
Zambrencia folds
PirateLawyer shows [Qs Qh]
ladydeuce222 shows [7h Ah] -- suited Ax crap, I want this call every day, all day
bettinman34 shows [5s 5h] -- way to overplay presto PF, third player in
Uncalled bet of 120 returned to PirateLawyer
*** FLOP *** [As 9s Tc] - of course
*** TURN *** [As 9s Tc] [3c]
*** RIVER *** [As 9s Tc 3c] [7c]
PirateLawyer shows a pair of Queens
ladydeuce222 shows two pair, Aces and Sevens
ladydeuce222 wins the side pot (1,000) with two pair, Aces and Sevens
bettinman34 shows a pair of Fives
ladydeuce222 wins the main pot (2,115) with two pair, Aces and Sevens
bettinman34 stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3,115 Main pot 2,115. Side pot 1,000. | Rake 0
Board: [As 9s Tc 3c 7c]
Seat 1: Aleatoris didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: pow21 (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: Zambrencia (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: PirateLawyer (big blind) showed [Qs Qh] and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 5: ladydeuce222 showed [7h Ah] and won (3,115) with two pair, Aces and Sevens
Seat 6: HopeOne didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: ocrFoX didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: bettinman34 showed [5s 5h] and lost with a pair of Fives
Seat 9: THE YEN didn't bet (folded)
I hope to really jack up the amount of strategy posts here to improve the quality of the poker content here in my blog; I want to shake myself out of the rut of merely writing simple posts about tournament outcomes after the fact. So, with that being said, if anyone has any thoughts about this sort of play in the early stages of a SnG, I'm keen to hear them.
My overall take is that this is a nice big +EV situation that I've managed to create, but it does increase variance, too. Is the risk/reward ratio acceptable? Should I regularly expect awful calls like this or not?
Well, just for giggles, here's one that backfired in the third level of the tourney.
Full Tilt Poker Game: $11 + $1 Sit & Go (Turbo) - 30/60
Seat 1: Aleatoris (1,960)
Seat 2: pow21 (1,885)
Seat 3: Zambrencia (1,650)
Seat 4: PirateLawyer (1,305) - I am down a bit because I tried set-mining with pocket sevens
Seat 5: ladydeuce222 (1,185)
Seat 6: HopeOne (1,905)
Seat 7: ocrFoX (1,440)
Seat 8: bettinman34 (685)
Seat 9: THE YEN (1,485)
Zambrencia posts the small blind of 30
PirateLawyer posts the big blind of 60
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [Qs Qh]
ladydeuce222 calls 60
HopeOne folds
ocrFoX folds
bettinman34 calls 60
THE YEN folds
Aleatoris folds
pow21 folds
Zambrencia calls 30
PirateLawyer raises to 1,305, and is all in -- trying to induce a big PF mistake by squeezing in the BB with a monster
ladydeuce222 calls 1,125, and is all in -- there's one
bettinman34 calls 625, and is all in - and another one, from my intended victim
Zambrencia folds
PirateLawyer shows [Qs Qh]
ladydeuce222 shows [7h Ah] -- suited Ax crap, I want this call every day, all day
bettinman34 shows [5s 5h] -- way to overplay presto PF, third player in
Uncalled bet of 120 returned to PirateLawyer
*** FLOP *** [As 9s Tc] - of course
*** TURN *** [As 9s Tc] [3c]
*** RIVER *** [As 9s Tc 3c] [7c]
PirateLawyer shows a pair of Queens
ladydeuce222 shows two pair, Aces and Sevens
ladydeuce222 wins the side pot (1,000) with two pair, Aces and Sevens
bettinman34 shows a pair of Fives
ladydeuce222 wins the main pot (2,115) with two pair, Aces and Sevens
bettinman34 stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3,115 Main pot 2,115. Side pot 1,000. | Rake 0
Board: [As 9s Tc 3c 7c]
Seat 1: Aleatoris didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: pow21 (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: Zambrencia (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: PirateLawyer (big blind) showed [Qs Qh] and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 5: ladydeuce222 showed [7h Ah] and won (3,115) with two pair, Aces and Sevens
Seat 6: HopeOne didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: ocrFoX didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: bettinman34 showed [5s 5h] and lost with a pair of Fives
Seat 9: THE YEN didn't bet (folded)
I hope to really jack up the amount of strategy posts here to improve the quality of the poker content here in my blog; I want to shake myself out of the rut of merely writing simple posts about tournament outcomes after the fact. So, with that being said, if anyone has any thoughts about this sort of play in the early stages of a SnG, I'm keen to hear them.
My overall take is that this is a nice big +EV situation that I've managed to create, but it does increase variance, too. Is the risk/reward ratio acceptable? Should I regularly expect awful calls like this or not?
Sunday, February 24, 2008
More Proof that Live Poker is a Gold Mine
More proof that your average NL 1/2 table can be insanely profitable even after a casino's rake is accounted for:
1) Two players will call a $30 raise preflop in a straddled pot with 100 BB stacks or less (I had AA); one of them will stack off with second pair (99) to the board (T73 rainbow) by re-raising all-in (another $80) on the flop after you bet $60 -- two thirds of the pot -- so you're left with the easy decision to call $80 more into a pot of $300. Who can fold AA getting 3.75:1 pot odds in that spot? Not me.
2) Someone will lose their entire 100 BB stack with AA unimproved on a TT4 flop (I had QTs) by calling $50 bets on every street like clockwork.
3) A Crasian (crazy asian gambler; I stole this nickname from this fine blogger) decides to call a check-raise by me on a T75 flop (all spades) for the rest of their stack with red nines for second pair to the board and my JT is good.
4) You get horribly loose preflop calls of your large raises (the table was insensitive to PF raise size, so I jacked up my PF raise sizes with premium hands) and are able to lose the minimum with AK unimproved and win a nice pot with QQ without much difficulty as a Crasian on your immediate right bluffs all-in on the river after I set the trap by checking behind when I improved to middle set on the turn; the ace-high flop caused me to check the flop vs. two opponents rather than make an ill-advised c-bet where I can easily get re-raised off my hand.
I might be scuffling along and playing very few hands online as I organize a new PC purchase and install PokerTracker and some data-mining software to join the 21st century of online poker play, but I can crush live 1/2 NL games with the best of them -- today I was up 2 buyins in less than 3 hours and booked the profit and met up with friends for a nice steak dinner. At this rate my Las Vegas trip in early March will be a complete freeroll before I even get a chance to rack up some time in the soft Vegas games, where I hopefully will book a nice profit.
1) Two players will call a $30 raise preflop in a straddled pot with 100 BB stacks or less (I had AA); one of them will stack off with second pair (99) to the board (T73 rainbow) by re-raising all-in (another $80) on the flop after you bet $60 -- two thirds of the pot -- so you're left with the easy decision to call $80 more into a pot of $300. Who can fold AA getting 3.75:1 pot odds in that spot? Not me.
2) Someone will lose their entire 100 BB stack with AA unimproved on a TT4 flop (I had QTs) by calling $50 bets on every street like clockwork.
3) A Crasian (crazy asian gambler; I stole this nickname from this fine blogger) decides to call a check-raise by me on a T75 flop (all spades) for the rest of their stack with red nines for second pair to the board and my JT is good.
4) You get horribly loose preflop calls of your large raises (the table was insensitive to PF raise size, so I jacked up my PF raise sizes with premium hands) and are able to lose the minimum with AK unimproved and win a nice pot with QQ without much difficulty as a Crasian on your immediate right bluffs all-in on the river after I set the trap by checking behind when I improved to middle set on the turn; the ace-high flop caused me to check the flop vs. two opponents rather than make an ill-advised c-bet where I can easily get re-raised off my hand.
I might be scuffling along and playing very few hands online as I organize a new PC purchase and install PokerTracker and some data-mining software to join the 21st century of online poker play, but I can crush live 1/2 NL games with the best of them -- today I was up 2 buyins in less than 3 hours and booked the profit and met up with friends for a nice steak dinner. At this rate my Las Vegas trip in early March will be a complete freeroll before I even get a chance to rack up some time in the soft Vegas games, where I hopefully will book a nice profit.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Skillz Demonstration
Stay tuned for a fun, cheerful report on tonight's O8B skillz game. It should be a barrel of laughs and I'm determined to have fun with the blogger crowd as we play one of my favourite variants of poker. I shall try not to bubble out as I did last time this event was held. (Fortunately for me perhaps my nemesis from last time LJ doesn't appear to be playing tonight.)
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No luck at all, I was quickly bounced as my AA23 ds got outflopped and I had to fold to pressure on the turn.
Then getting 3:1 with every draw in the deck for high and the second nut low, I jammed and lost to the nut low to bust out. This was by far the right play as there was a lot of dead money to be had, but it turned out to be an untenable situation I couldn't escape.
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No luck at all, I was quickly bounced as my AA23 ds got outflopped and I had to fold to pressure on the turn.
Then getting 3:1 with every draw in the deck for high and the second nut low, I jammed and lost to the nut low to bust out. This was by far the right play as there was a lot of dead money to be had, but it turned out to be an untenable situation I couldn't escape.
Saturday, February 16, 2008
FCPC Deepstack Mini-Report
Finished in third place in the 16-player deepstack field at the FCPC.
I was able to patiently wait things out in the mid-to-late stages of the tournament as we neared the bubble as I was the chipleader with over a quarter of the chips in play (my highwater mark was about 115K). I had relentlessly chipped up in the early-to-middle stages of the tournament by nut-peddling big draws that hit and value-betting some good hands in position against some players who couldn't release top pair. I even managed to bust this shorty when my A9s held up vs. A5o.
Sadly as we got down to five-handed and the cash bubble, I finally woke up with a premium hand (QQ) on the button and 3-bet Simon allin. He instacalled with aces, of course, and I lost half my stack and was down to 50K.
From there I struggled and scuffled as the blinds and antes had risen to such a level that a lot of play had been taken away and I was stuck playing jam or fold poker as the stacks were no longer very deep. I was able to outlast Schaubs after he doubled me up when I shoved my KJs on the button and he called with AT; I outflopped him with a king in the door vs. his middle pair of tens and turned trips. Ryan later found himself down to only 3 big bets just after the cash bubble broke and he jammed and I woke up in the small blind with aces. He flopped a huge draw with his low suited connectors but blanked out. I hoped that would start a comeback for me to get to headsup, but Simon eliminated me in third place when he called my BB raise with K6s with 97s (I had his suit) and he called my allin c-bet (which was roughly pot-sized) on the 763 flop. He rivered a straight as I failed to improve. Simon went on to eliminate Ryan's friend Paul to win, so he put my chips to good use.
Fun times, and I liked how I played. I was very patient with the big stack and never got out of line or put myself in bad spots. The AA vs. QQ hand was a setup that I can't really get away from; c'est la vie. There's always next time!
I was able to patiently wait things out in the mid-to-late stages of the tournament as we neared the bubble as I was the chipleader with over a quarter of the chips in play (my highwater mark was about 115K). I had relentlessly chipped up in the early-to-middle stages of the tournament by nut-peddling big draws that hit and value-betting some good hands in position against some players who couldn't release top pair. I even managed to bust this shorty when my A9s held up vs. A5o.
Sadly as we got down to five-handed and the cash bubble, I finally woke up with a premium hand (QQ) on the button and 3-bet Simon allin. He instacalled with aces, of course, and I lost half my stack and was down to 50K.
From there I struggled and scuffled as the blinds and antes had risen to such a level that a lot of play had been taken away and I was stuck playing jam or fold poker as the stacks were no longer very deep. I was able to outlast Schaubs after he doubled me up when I shoved my KJs on the button and he called with AT; I outflopped him with a king in the door vs. his middle pair of tens and turned trips. Ryan later found himself down to only 3 big bets just after the cash bubble broke and he jammed and I woke up in the small blind with aces. He flopped a huge draw with his low suited connectors but blanked out. I hoped that would start a comeback for me to get to headsup, but Simon eliminated me in third place when he called my BB raise with K6s with 97s (I had his suit) and he called my allin c-bet (which was roughly pot-sized) on the 763 flop. He rivered a straight as I failed to improve. Simon went on to eliminate Ryan's friend Paul to win, so he put my chips to good use.
Fun times, and I liked how I played. I was very patient with the big stack and never got out of line or put myself in bad spots. The AA vs. QQ hand was a setup that I can't really get away from; c'est la vie. There's always next time!
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
One More Year
The odometer has completed a full revolution today as I'm a year older (wiser? probably not). The sun is shining, all is well.
I feel as if I'm in an interstitial place. A good one.
I feel as if I'm in an interstitial place. A good one.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Category Five (Okay, Maybe Only Category Three) Rant
Warning: some profanity ensues.
Well, it will once I have calmed down just a bit and copied over some hand histories from the ridiculous demonstration of "skills" that the poker blogger community put on in the limit hold'em tourney tonight.
For now, I'm off to relieve some frustration the old fashioned way. By drinking.
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I thought some alcohol would calm me down. It has, to some extent. But not enough for me to laugh when I looked over some of the most retarded plays I've ever seen in a limit tournament.
I really should have known better. I thought perhaps some of the field just might have a clue how to play limit hold'em. It's certainly the game I first played when I started to become a student of the game. I've played it profitably up to the 5/10 level online (which is still very low limits, believe me) and I figured I wasn't alone in that background.
Well, I'm not going to change any names to protect the innocent. If you're in one of the hands I show below, you'll just have to grin and bear it.
Here's Hand #1.
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [Ah Qc]
FishyMcDonK folds
Astin folds
PirateLawyer raises to 60 -- standard raise
BamBamCan folds
Kajagugu folds
emptyman calls 30 -- BB defends
*** FLOP *** [Jc 7c 3c]
emptyman checks
PirateLawyer bets 30 - standard c-bet with ace-high and the Q-high flush draw
emptyman raises to 60 - c/r; probably has a flush draw
PirateLawyer raises to 90 - time to jam the pot
emptyman raises to 120
PirateLawyer calls 30 -easy call
*** TURN *** [Jc 7c 3c] [Qd]
emptyman checks
PirateLawyer checks - giving a free card is painful but he could already have the flush
*** RIVER *** [Jc 7c 3c Qd] [3s]
emptyman bets 60
PirateLawyer calls 60 - easy call on a blank river
*** SHOW DOWN ***
emptyman shows [5h Ac] a pair of Threes - how to lose nearly the maximum with a naked flush draw
PirateLawyer shows [Ah Qc] two pair, Queens and Threes
PirateLawyer wins the pot (495) with two pair, Queens and Threes
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 495 | Rake 0
Board: [Jc 7c 3c Qd 3s]
Seat 1: PirateLawyer showed [Ah Qc] and won (495) with two pair, Queens and Threes
Seat 2: BamBamCan (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: Kajagugu (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: emptyman (big blind) showed [5h Ac] and lost with a pair of Threes
Seat 5: FishyMcDonK didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: Astin didn't bet (folded)
Look how many extra bets emptyman managed to spew off here. Just awful. He was supremely lucky that I didn't charge the maximum for his draw on the turn or value-raise the river.
Hand #2.
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [7c Ah]
BamBamCan folds
Kajagugu folds
emptyman calls 40
FishyMcDonK calls 40
Astin folds
PirateLawyer checks - no need to raise it up in this spot
*** FLOP *** [5s 9d Ac]
PirateLawyer checks - I will c/r here 100% of the time if I get the chance
emptyman checks
FishyMcDonK checks
*** TURN *** [5s 9d Ac] [8h]
PirateLawyer checks
emptyman bets 80
FishyMcDonK folds
PirateLawyer calls 80 - time to milk this situation as best I can with a check-call line
*** RIVER *** [5s 9d Ac 8h] [Kc]
PirateLawyer checks - hoping to c/r here again, but this is really a bit too fancy
emptyman checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
emptyman shows [Qs Jd] Ace King high -- if you're going to bluff in a multi-way pot, have some outs!
PirateLawyer shows [7c Ah] a pair of Aces
PirateLawyer wins the pot (300) with a pair of Aces
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 300 | Rake 0
Board: [5s 9d Ac 8h Kc]
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (big blind) showed [7c Ah] and won (300) with a pair of Aces
Seat 2: BamBamCan didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: Kajagugu didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: emptyman showed [Qs Jd] and lost with Ace King high
Seat 5: FishyMcDonK (button) folded on the Turn
Seat 6: Astin (small blind) folded before the Flop
Hand #3.
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [Ks Jd]
PirateLawyer raises to 100 - easy first in raise PF
BamBamCan folds
emptyman calls 100 - villain cold calls, which is an awful play; he should 3-bet almost anything here to fold out the blinds
FishyMcDonK folds
Astin folds
*** FLOP *** [Jc Qd 8d]
PirateLawyer checks
emptyman bets 50
PirateLawyer calls 50 - I know he'll fire, so let's let him hang himself
*** TURN *** [Jc Qd 8d] [4s]
PirateLawyer checks
emptyman bets 100
PirateLawyer calls 100 - as above
*** RIVER *** [Jc Qd 8d 4s] [6s]
PirateLawyer checks
emptyman bets 100
PirateLawyer calls 100 - I really should be willing to finally c/r but I settle for calling down
*** SHOW DOWN ***
emptyman shows [5d 4d] a pair of Fours
PirateLawyer shows [Ks Jd] a pair of Jacks
PirateLawyer wins the pot (775) with a pair of Jacks
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 775 | Rake 0
Board: [Jc Qd 8d 4s 6s]
Seat 1: PirateLawyer showed [Ks Jd] and won (775) with a pair of Jacks
Seat 2: BamBamCan didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: emptyman (button) showed [5d 4d] and lost with a pair of Fours
Seat 5: FishyMcDonK (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: Astin (big blind) folded before the Flop
Well, he actually had a real flush draw and bet it the whole way. But is there any way a pair of fours is good here? Not likely. Betting with a draw in a small pot is just spewage. Again he's lucky I didn't re-raise at any point.
Hand #4.
Our first real suckout of the session. This one is a classic 3-outer on the river variety.
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [Js Kc]
emptyman folds
FishyMcDonK raises to 100
Astin folds
PirateLawyer raises to 150 - easy re-raise to isolate a bad player out of position
BamBamCan folds
FishyMcDonK calls 50
*** FLOP *** [Kd 2c Ts]
PirateLawyer bets 50 - no reason not to lead with a good top pair hand
FishyMcDonK raises to 100
PirateLawyer calls 50 - easy call
*** TURN *** [Kd 2c Ts] [6h]
PirateLawyer checks
FishyMcDonK bets 100
PirateLawyer calls 100 - let's let him hang himself, I'm well ahead of his range here
*** RIVER *** [Kd 2c Ts 6h] [9d]
PirateLawyer checks
FishyMcDonK bets 100
PirateLawyer calls 100 -I'm committed to showdown
*** SHOW DOWN ***
FishyMcDonK shows [Kh 9s] two pair, Kings and Nines
PirateLawyer shows [Js Kc] a pair of Kings
FishyMcDonK wins the pot (950) with two pair, Kings and Nines
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 950 | Rake 0
Board: [Kd 2c Ts 6h 9d]
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (small blind) showed [Js Kc] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 2: BamBamCan (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: emptyman didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: FishyMcDonK showed [Kh 9s] and won (950) with two pair, Kings and Nines
Seat 6: Astin (button) didn't bet (folded)
I got this villain to bet with an inferior hand the whole way and he happened to hit a miracle river. Whee! It's retarded to play an easily dominated hand like K9 out of position vs. a 3-bettor's range of hands.
Hand #5.
Simply put, I check-call down with ace-high and catch out a bluff, since this villain has shown a propensity to bet with complete air.
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [As 9s]
itsgotmetoo folds
emptyman folds
FishyMcDonK folds
Astin folds
PirateLawyer raises to 160 - simple opening raise
BamBamCan raises to 240
PirateLawyer calls 80
*** FLOP *** [4c 6h 5s]
PirateLawyer checks
BamBamCan bets 80
PirateLawyer calls 80
*** TURN *** [4c 6h 5s] [4h]
PirateLawyer checks
BamBamCan bets 160
PirateLawyer calls 160
*** RIVER *** [4c 6h 5s 4h] [Jh]
PirateLawyer checks
BamBamCan bets 160
PirateLawyer calls 160
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BamBamCan shows [Kd Qc] a pair of Fours
PirateLawyer shows [As 9s] a pair of Fours
PirateLawyer wins the pot (1,280) with a pair of Fours
At some point you have to give up with king-high.
Hand #6.
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [9c Jc]
itsgotmetoo folds
emptyman folds
FishyMcDonK folds
Astin folds
PirateLawyer calls 40
BamBamCan raises to 160
PirateLawyer calls 80
*** FLOP *** [8d Jh Qh]
PirateLawyer checks
BamBamCan checks
*** TURN *** [8d Jh Qh] [Js] - nice turn card for me, certainly
PirateLawyer bets 160 - time to lead out, certainly
BamBamCan raises to 320 - now he raises!?
PirateLawyer raises to 480 - easy 3-bet
BamBamCan calls 160
*** RIVER *** [8d Jh Qh Js] [Qd]
PirateLawyer bets 160 - I don't like this card but have to bet
BamBamCan calls 160 - what can he possibly be calling with?
*** SHOW DOWN ***
PirateLawyer shows [9c Jc] a full house, Jacks full of Queens
BamBamCan mucks
PirateLawyer wins the pot (1,600) with a full house, Jacks full of Queens
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1,600 | Rake 0
Board: [8d Jh Qh Js Qd]
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (small blind) showed [9c Jc] and won (1,600) with a full house, Jacks full of Queens
Seat 2: BamBamCan (big blind) mucked [8c Ac] - two pair, Queens and Jacks
I have no idea how anyone could figure that an eight was good here. No idea.
Hand #7.
Waffles goes nuts with AK unimproved. Which should be good here about 5% of the time. I've been moved to a new table and have a solid TAG image.
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [9s Js]
jeciimd folds
Willywonka1 folds
avoque folds
PirateLawyer raises to 200
MiamiDon calls 150
SirFWALGMan raises to 300
PirateLawyer calls 100
MiamiDon calls 100
*** FLOP *** [7c 3h 6h]
MiamiDon checks
SirFWALGMan bets 100
PirateLawyer raises to 200 - I have nothing but need to raise in this good bluffing situation
MiamiDon folds
SirFWALGMan calls 100
*** TURN *** [7c 3h 6h] [4s]
SirFWALGMan checks
PirateLawyer bets 200 - Need to keep the pressure on
SirFWALGMan calls 200
*** RIVER *** [7c 3h 6h 4s] [3s]
SirFWALGMan checks
PirateLawyer bets 200 - This is a horrible board for a big ace, so let's fire again
SirFWALGMan calls 200
*** SHOW DOWN ***
PirateLawyer shows [9s Js] a pair of Threes
SirFWALGMan shows [Ks Ac] a pair of Threes -- that's a lot of hero calls
SirFWALGMan wins the pot (2,100) with a pair of Threes
Waffles, this rant is for you. You played AK horribly and are lucky your soul-mastery had its day here.
Hand #8. I get a monster hand and get paid off by an overplayed Ax hand, of course.
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [Kc Kd]
PirateLawyer raises to 240 - first in and auto-raise with this monster
MiamiDon folds
SirFWALGMan folds
jeciimd folds
MiamiDon has returned
Willywonka1 raises to 360
avoque folds
PirateLawyer raises to 480 - auto cap here obviously
Willywonka1 calls 120
*** FLOP *** [2s 8c 7c]
Willywonka1 checks
PirateLawyer bets 120 - auto flop bet
Willywonka1 calls 120
*** TURN *** [2s 8c 7c] [Qh]
Willywonka1 bets 240 - villain leads out, so the queen likely hit him
PirateLawyer calls 240 - I will sneakily call here and raise almost any river
*** RIVER *** [2s 8c 7c Qh] [Tc]
Willywonka1 bets 240 - villain bets out again
PirateLawyer raises to 480 - I raise on cue
Willywonka1 calls 240
*** SHOW DOWN ***
PirateLawyer shows [Kc Kd] a pair of Kings
Willywonka1 mucks
PirateLawyer wins the pot (2,760) with a pair of Kings
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2,760 | Rake 0
Board: [2s 8c 7c Qh Tc]
Seat 1: PirateLawyer showed [Kc Kd] and won (2,760) with a pair of Kings
Seat 2: MiamiDon didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: SirFWALGMan didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: jeciimd (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: Willywonka1 (small blind) mucked [Ah Qd] - a pair of Queens - classic overplayed TPTK
Seat 6: avoque (big blind) folded before the Flop
Victim should have dumped on the flop unimproved. Instead he spewed several more bets when my 4-bet range has him crushed ( he only beats JJ; QQ+ or AK all take him to the cleaners, as I did here).
Hand #9.
I wasn't involved in this hand but I felt quite sorry for poor MiamiDon such that I need to include this ridiculously overplayed KQ hand:
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [Jc Qd]
jeciimd folds
Willywonka1 folds
avoque raises to 240
PirateLawyer folds
MiamiDon raises to 360
SirFWALGMan folds
avoque raises to 480
MiamiDon calls 120
*** FLOP *** [9h 6s Th]
MiamiDon bets 120
avoque raises to 240
MiamiDon raises to 360
avoque calls 94, and is all in
MiamiDon shows [Ah Ad]
avoque shows [Qs Ks]
Uncalled bet of 26 returned to MiamiDon
*** TURN *** [9h 6s Th] [Js]
*** RIVER *** [9h 6s Th Js] [Qc]
MiamiDon shows a pair of Aces
avoque shows a straight, King high
avoque wins the pot (1,748) with a straight, King high
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1,748 | Rake 0
Board: [9h 6s Th Js Qc]
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: MiamiDon (small blind) showed [Ah Ad] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 3: SirFWALGMan (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: jeciimd didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: Willywonka1 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: avoque showed [Qs Ks] and won (1,748) with a straight, King high
Notice the donkey here hit a miracle two-outer on the turn (I had folded a jack). Capping preflop with KQs is the height of idiocy. Putting the rest of your stack in unimproved on the flop with a mere gutshot is insane.
Hand #10.
This proved that this villain was just about the worst limit tournament player in existence. He called off a huge portion of his stack with ace-high, no pair and no draw. Words fail me.
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [9d Jd]
Willywonka1 raises to 300
avoque folds
PirateLawyer raises to 450
NumbBono folds
SirFWALGMan folds
Willywonka1 calls 150
*** FLOP *** [2h 7h 5s]
Willywonka1 bets 150 - he leads out on a flop that can't have helped him
PirateLawyer raises to 300 - easy bluff raise
Willywonka1 calls 150
*** TURN *** [2h 7h 5s] [6s]
Willywonka1 checks
PirateLawyer bets 300 - no time to stop firing
Willywonka1: hey stop
Willywonka1 has 15 seconds left to act
Willywonka1 calls 300
*** RIVER *** [2h 7h 5s 6s] [7c]
Willywonka1 checks
PirateLawyer bets 300 - again, he has no piece of this board, I need to bet to win
Willywonka1 has 15 seconds left to act
Willywonka1: whatever
Willywonka1: a gift
Willywonka1 calls 300 - insane hero call
*** SHOW DOWN ***
PirateLawyer shows [9d Jd] a pair of Sevens
Willywonka1 shows [Td Ad] a pair of Sevens
Willywonka1 wins the pot (2,925) with a pair of Sevens
Willywonka1: i win - no shit Sherlock
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2,925 | Rake 0
Board: [2h 7h 5s 6s 7c]
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (button) showed [9d Jd] and lost with a pair of Sevens
Seat 2: NumbBono (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: SirFWALGMan (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: Willywonka1 showed [Td Ad] and won (2,925) with a pair of Sevens
Seat 6: avoque didn't bet (folded)
Ace-ten. He went to war with ace-ten unimproved on every freakin' street. There were no diamonds to match his pretty suited cards. Pure insanity.
Hand #11: oh I run good. Sure this shorty was kinda priced in but this was a retarded spot to push ATC.
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (2,455)
Seat 2: NumbBono (4,565)
Seat 3: SirFWALGMan (7,469)
Seat 5: Willywonka1 (7,302)
Seat 6: avoque (593)
Willywonka1 posts the small blind of 100
avoque posts the big blind of 200
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [Kd Kc]
PirateLawyer raises to 400 - UTG raise with a monster to isolate the shorty and win the blinds
NumbBono folds
SirFWALGMan folds
Willywonka1 folds
avoque raises to 593, and is all in
PirateLawyer calls 193 - instacall!
avoque shows [3c As]
PirateLawyer shows [Kd Kc]
*** FLOP *** [Ah 3d 5d] - fawk you FTP
*** TURN *** [Ah 3d 5d] [Jd]
*** RIVER *** [Ah 3d 5d Jd] [2h]
avoque shows two pair, Aces and Threes
PirateLawyer shows a pair of Kings
avoque wins the pot (1,286) with two pair, Aces and Threes
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1,286 | Rake 0
Board: [Ah 3d 5d Jd 2h]
Seat 1: PirateLawyer showed [Kd Kc] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 2: NumbBono didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: SirFWALGMan (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: Willywonka1 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: avoque (big blind) showed [3c As] and won (1,286) with two pair, Aces and Threes
Hand #12. I'm steaming from the last hand and am now short-stacked. So I actually suckout vs. AQ for a change with A9s, go figure.
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (1,162)
Seat 2: NumbBono (3,479)
Seat 3: SirFWALGMan (8,269)
Seat 5: Willywonka1 (7,202)
Seat 6: avoque (2,272)
NumbBono posts the small blind of 100
SirFWALGMan posts the big blind of 200
SirFWALGMan: wow
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [Ac 9c]
avoque: oooouuuuucccccchhhh
avoque: jesus
Willywonka1 folds
avoque folds
PirateLawyer raises to 400 - easy opening raise on the button
NumbBono calls 300 - SB cold calls
SirFWALGMan raises to 600 - Waffles 3-bets from the BB
PirateLawyer raises to 800 - easy cap as I'm pot committed
NumbBono folds - I get the SB to fold and create some dead money for a nice overlay; this is a key concept to master for cash games
SirFWALGMan calls 200
*** FLOP *** [2c 7c Kh]
SirFWALGMan bets 200
PirateLawyer raises to 362, and is all in - easy jam on this flop
SirFWALGMan calls 162
PirateLawyer shows [Ac 9c]
SirFWALGMan shows [Qs Ah]
*** TURN *** [2c 7c Kh] [3c] - I get there!
*** RIVER *** [2c 7c Kh 3c] [4h]
PirateLawyer shows a flush, Ace high
SirFWALGMan shows Ace King high
PirateLawyer wins the pot (2,724) with a flush, Ace high
PirateLawyer: one time
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2,724 | Rake 0
Board: [2c 7c Kh 3c 4h]
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (button) showed [Ac 9c] and won (2,724) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 2: NumbBono (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: SirFWALGMan (big blind) showed [Qs Ah] and lost with Ace King high
Seat 5: Willywonka1 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: avoque didn't bet (folded)
Sometimes you have to gamble it up when your big hands get cracked.
Lucky Hand #13, my bustout hand. It really speaks for itself.
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (1,324)
Seat 2: NumbBono (2,067)
Seat 3: SirFWALGMan (5,894)
Seat 4: itsgotmetoo (13,430)
Seat 5: Willywonka1 (11,124)
PirateLawyer posts the small blind of 125
NumbBono posts the big blind of 250
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [Kh As]
SirFWALGMan folds
itsgotmetoo folds
Willywonka1 folds
PirateLawyer raises to 500
NumbBono has 15 seconds left to act
NumbBono calls 250
*** FLOP *** [5c Jh Kc]
PirateLawyer bets 250
NumbBono raises to 500
PirateLawyer raises to 750
NumbBono raises to 1,000
PirateLawyer calls 74, and is all in
NumbBono shows [3d Kd]
PirateLawyer shows [Kh As]
Uncalled bet of 176 returned to NumbBono
*** TURN *** [5c Jh Kc] [3s]
*** RIVER *** [5c Jh Kc 3s] [8s]
NumbBono shows two pair, Kings and Threes
PirateLawyer shows a pair of Kings
NumbBono wins the pot (2,648) with two pair, Kings and Threes
PirateLawyer stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2,648 | Rake 0
Board: [5c Jh Kc 3s 8s]
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (small blind) showed [Kh As] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 2: NumbBono (big blind) showed [3d Kd] and won (2,648) with two pair, Kings and Threes
Seat 3: SirFWALGMan didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: itsgotmetoo didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: Willywonka1 didn't bet (folded)
I hope these hands illustrate just how cavalierly people were treating their tournament lives. It was a gong show. Fawk!
Well, it will once I have calmed down just a bit and copied over some hand histories from the ridiculous demonstration of "skills" that the poker blogger community put on in the limit hold'em tourney tonight.
For now, I'm off to relieve some frustration the old fashioned way. By drinking.
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I thought some alcohol would calm me down. It has, to some extent. But not enough for me to laugh when I looked over some of the most retarded plays I've ever seen in a limit tournament.
I really should have known better. I thought perhaps some of the field just might have a clue how to play limit hold'em. It's certainly the game I first played when I started to become a student of the game. I've played it profitably up to the 5/10 level online (which is still very low limits, believe me) and I figured I wasn't alone in that background.
Well, I'm not going to change any names to protect the innocent. If you're in one of the hands I show below, you'll just have to grin and bear it.
Here's Hand #1.
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [Ah Qc]
FishyMcDonK folds
Astin folds
PirateLawyer raises to 60 -- standard raise
BamBamCan folds
Kajagugu folds
emptyman calls 30 -- BB defends
*** FLOP *** [Jc 7c 3c]
emptyman checks
PirateLawyer bets 30 - standard c-bet with ace-high and the Q-high flush draw
emptyman raises to 60 - c/r; probably has a flush draw
PirateLawyer raises to 90 - time to jam the pot
emptyman raises to 120
PirateLawyer calls 30 -easy call
*** TURN *** [Jc 7c 3c] [Qd]
emptyman checks
PirateLawyer checks - giving a free card is painful but he could already have the flush
*** RIVER *** [Jc 7c 3c Qd] [3s]
emptyman bets 60
PirateLawyer calls 60 - easy call on a blank river
*** SHOW DOWN ***
emptyman shows [5h Ac] a pair of Threes - how to lose nearly the maximum with a naked flush draw
PirateLawyer shows [Ah Qc] two pair, Queens and Threes
PirateLawyer wins the pot (495) with two pair, Queens and Threes
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 495 | Rake 0
Board: [Jc 7c 3c Qd 3s]
Seat 1: PirateLawyer showed [Ah Qc] and won (495) with two pair, Queens and Threes
Seat 2: BamBamCan (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: Kajagugu (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: emptyman (big blind) showed [5h Ac] and lost with a pair of Threes
Seat 5: FishyMcDonK didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: Astin didn't bet (folded)
Look how many extra bets emptyman managed to spew off here. Just awful. He was supremely lucky that I didn't charge the maximum for his draw on the turn or value-raise the river.
Hand #2.
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [7c Ah]
BamBamCan folds
Kajagugu folds
emptyman calls 40
FishyMcDonK calls 40
Astin folds
PirateLawyer checks - no need to raise it up in this spot
*** FLOP *** [5s 9d Ac]
PirateLawyer checks - I will c/r here 100% of the time if I get the chance
emptyman checks
FishyMcDonK checks
*** TURN *** [5s 9d Ac] [8h]
PirateLawyer checks
emptyman bets 80
FishyMcDonK folds
PirateLawyer calls 80 - time to milk this situation as best I can with a check-call line
*** RIVER *** [5s 9d Ac 8h] [Kc]
PirateLawyer checks - hoping to c/r here again, but this is really a bit too fancy
emptyman checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
emptyman shows [Qs Jd] Ace King high -- if you're going to bluff in a multi-way pot, have some outs!
PirateLawyer shows [7c Ah] a pair of Aces
PirateLawyer wins the pot (300) with a pair of Aces
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 300 | Rake 0
Board: [5s 9d Ac 8h Kc]
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (big blind) showed [7c Ah] and won (300) with a pair of Aces
Seat 2: BamBamCan didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: Kajagugu didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: emptyman showed [Qs Jd] and lost with Ace King high
Seat 5: FishyMcDonK (button) folded on the Turn
Seat 6: Astin (small blind) folded before the Flop
Hand #3.
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [Ks Jd]
PirateLawyer raises to 100 - easy first in raise PF
BamBamCan folds
emptyman calls 100 - villain cold calls, which is an awful play; he should 3-bet almost anything here to fold out the blinds
FishyMcDonK folds
Astin folds
*** FLOP *** [Jc Qd 8d]
PirateLawyer checks
emptyman bets 50
PirateLawyer calls 50 - I know he'll fire, so let's let him hang himself
*** TURN *** [Jc Qd 8d] [4s]
PirateLawyer checks
emptyman bets 100
PirateLawyer calls 100 - as above
*** RIVER *** [Jc Qd 8d 4s] [6s]
PirateLawyer checks
emptyman bets 100
PirateLawyer calls 100 - I really should be willing to finally c/r but I settle for calling down
*** SHOW DOWN ***
emptyman shows [5d 4d] a pair of Fours
PirateLawyer shows [Ks Jd] a pair of Jacks
PirateLawyer wins the pot (775) with a pair of Jacks
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 775 | Rake 0
Board: [Jc Qd 8d 4s 6s]
Seat 1: PirateLawyer showed [Ks Jd] and won (775) with a pair of Jacks
Seat 2: BamBamCan didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: emptyman (button) showed [5d 4d] and lost with a pair of Fours
Seat 5: FishyMcDonK (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: Astin (big blind) folded before the Flop
Well, he actually had a real flush draw and bet it the whole way. But is there any way a pair of fours is good here? Not likely. Betting with a draw in a small pot is just spewage. Again he's lucky I didn't re-raise at any point.
Hand #4.
Our first real suckout of the session. This one is a classic 3-outer on the river variety.
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [Js Kc]
emptyman folds
FishyMcDonK raises to 100
Astin folds
PirateLawyer raises to 150 - easy re-raise to isolate a bad player out of position
BamBamCan folds
FishyMcDonK calls 50
*** FLOP *** [Kd 2c Ts]
PirateLawyer bets 50 - no reason not to lead with a good top pair hand
FishyMcDonK raises to 100
PirateLawyer calls 50 - easy call
*** TURN *** [Kd 2c Ts] [6h]
PirateLawyer checks
FishyMcDonK bets 100
PirateLawyer calls 100 - let's let him hang himself, I'm well ahead of his range here
*** RIVER *** [Kd 2c Ts 6h] [9d]
PirateLawyer checks
FishyMcDonK bets 100
PirateLawyer calls 100 -I'm committed to showdown
*** SHOW DOWN ***
FishyMcDonK shows [Kh 9s] two pair, Kings and Nines
PirateLawyer shows [Js Kc] a pair of Kings
FishyMcDonK wins the pot (950) with two pair, Kings and Nines
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 950 | Rake 0
Board: [Kd 2c Ts 6h 9d]
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (small blind) showed [Js Kc] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 2: BamBamCan (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: emptyman didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: FishyMcDonK showed [Kh 9s] and won (950) with two pair, Kings and Nines
Seat 6: Astin (button) didn't bet (folded)
I got this villain to bet with an inferior hand the whole way and he happened to hit a miracle river. Whee! It's retarded to play an easily dominated hand like K9 out of position vs. a 3-bettor's range of hands.
Hand #5.
Simply put, I check-call down with ace-high and catch out a bluff, since this villain has shown a propensity to bet with complete air.
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [As 9s]
itsgotmetoo folds
emptyman folds
FishyMcDonK folds
Astin folds
PirateLawyer raises to 160 - simple opening raise
BamBamCan raises to 240
PirateLawyer calls 80
*** FLOP *** [4c 6h 5s]
PirateLawyer checks
BamBamCan bets 80
PirateLawyer calls 80
*** TURN *** [4c 6h 5s] [4h]
PirateLawyer checks
BamBamCan bets 160
PirateLawyer calls 160
*** RIVER *** [4c 6h 5s 4h] [Jh]
PirateLawyer checks
BamBamCan bets 160
PirateLawyer calls 160
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BamBamCan shows [Kd Qc] a pair of Fours
PirateLawyer shows [As 9s] a pair of Fours
PirateLawyer wins the pot (1,280) with a pair of Fours
At some point you have to give up with king-high.
Hand #6.
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [9c Jc]
itsgotmetoo folds
emptyman folds
FishyMcDonK folds
Astin folds
PirateLawyer calls 40
BamBamCan raises to 160
PirateLawyer calls 80
*** FLOP *** [8d Jh Qh]
PirateLawyer checks
BamBamCan checks
*** TURN *** [8d Jh Qh] [Js] - nice turn card for me, certainly
PirateLawyer bets 160 - time to lead out, certainly
BamBamCan raises to 320 - now he raises!?
PirateLawyer raises to 480 - easy 3-bet
BamBamCan calls 160
*** RIVER *** [8d Jh Qh Js] [Qd]
PirateLawyer bets 160 - I don't like this card but have to bet
BamBamCan calls 160 - what can he possibly be calling with?
*** SHOW DOWN ***
PirateLawyer shows [9c Jc] a full house, Jacks full of Queens
BamBamCan mucks
PirateLawyer wins the pot (1,600) with a full house, Jacks full of Queens
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1,600 | Rake 0
Board: [8d Jh Qh Js Qd]
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (small blind) showed [9c Jc] and won (1,600) with a full house, Jacks full of Queens
Seat 2: BamBamCan (big blind) mucked [8c Ac] - two pair, Queens and Jacks
I have no idea how anyone could figure that an eight was good here. No idea.
Hand #7.
Waffles goes nuts with AK unimproved. Which should be good here about 5% of the time. I've been moved to a new table and have a solid TAG image.
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [9s Js]
jeciimd folds
Willywonka1 folds
avoque folds
PirateLawyer raises to 200
MiamiDon calls 150
SirFWALGMan raises to 300
PirateLawyer calls 100
MiamiDon calls 100
*** FLOP *** [7c 3h 6h]
MiamiDon checks
SirFWALGMan bets 100
PirateLawyer raises to 200 - I have nothing but need to raise in this good bluffing situation
MiamiDon folds
SirFWALGMan calls 100
*** TURN *** [7c 3h 6h] [4s]
SirFWALGMan checks
PirateLawyer bets 200 - Need to keep the pressure on
SirFWALGMan calls 200
*** RIVER *** [7c 3h 6h 4s] [3s]
SirFWALGMan checks
PirateLawyer bets 200 - This is a horrible board for a big ace, so let's fire again
SirFWALGMan calls 200
*** SHOW DOWN ***
PirateLawyer shows [9s Js] a pair of Threes
SirFWALGMan shows [Ks Ac] a pair of Threes -- that's a lot of hero calls
SirFWALGMan wins the pot (2,100) with a pair of Threes
Waffles, this rant is for you. You played AK horribly and are lucky your soul-mastery had its day here.
Hand #8. I get a monster hand and get paid off by an overplayed Ax hand, of course.
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [Kc Kd]
PirateLawyer raises to 240 - first in and auto-raise with this monster
MiamiDon folds
SirFWALGMan folds
jeciimd folds
MiamiDon has returned
Willywonka1 raises to 360
avoque folds
PirateLawyer raises to 480 - auto cap here obviously
Willywonka1 calls 120
*** FLOP *** [2s 8c 7c]
Willywonka1 checks
PirateLawyer bets 120 - auto flop bet
Willywonka1 calls 120
*** TURN *** [2s 8c 7c] [Qh]
Willywonka1 bets 240 - villain leads out, so the queen likely hit him
PirateLawyer calls 240 - I will sneakily call here and raise almost any river
*** RIVER *** [2s 8c 7c Qh] [Tc]
Willywonka1 bets 240 - villain bets out again
PirateLawyer raises to 480 - I raise on cue
Willywonka1 calls 240
*** SHOW DOWN ***
PirateLawyer shows [Kc Kd] a pair of Kings
Willywonka1 mucks
PirateLawyer wins the pot (2,760) with a pair of Kings
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2,760 | Rake 0
Board: [2s 8c 7c Qh Tc]
Seat 1: PirateLawyer showed [Kc Kd] and won (2,760) with a pair of Kings
Seat 2: MiamiDon didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: SirFWALGMan didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: jeciimd (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: Willywonka1 (small blind) mucked [Ah Qd] - a pair of Queens - classic overplayed TPTK
Seat 6: avoque (big blind) folded before the Flop
Victim should have dumped on the flop unimproved. Instead he spewed several more bets when my 4-bet range has him crushed ( he only beats JJ; QQ+ or AK all take him to the cleaners, as I did here).
Hand #9.
I wasn't involved in this hand but I felt quite sorry for poor MiamiDon such that I need to include this ridiculously overplayed KQ hand:
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [Jc Qd]
jeciimd folds
Willywonka1 folds
avoque raises to 240
PirateLawyer folds
MiamiDon raises to 360
SirFWALGMan folds
avoque raises to 480
MiamiDon calls 120
*** FLOP *** [9h 6s Th]
MiamiDon bets 120
avoque raises to 240
MiamiDon raises to 360
avoque calls 94, and is all in
MiamiDon shows [Ah Ad]
avoque shows [Qs Ks]
Uncalled bet of 26 returned to MiamiDon
*** TURN *** [9h 6s Th] [Js]
*** RIVER *** [9h 6s Th Js] [Qc]
MiamiDon shows a pair of Aces
avoque shows a straight, King high
avoque wins the pot (1,748) with a straight, King high
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1,748 | Rake 0
Board: [9h 6s Th Js Qc]
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: MiamiDon (small blind) showed [Ah Ad] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 3: SirFWALGMan (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: jeciimd didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: Willywonka1 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: avoque showed [Qs Ks] and won (1,748) with a straight, King high
Notice the donkey here hit a miracle two-outer on the turn (I had folded a jack). Capping preflop with KQs is the height of idiocy. Putting the rest of your stack in unimproved on the flop with a mere gutshot is insane.
Hand #10.
This proved that this villain was just about the worst limit tournament player in existence. He called off a huge portion of his stack with ace-high, no pair and no draw. Words fail me.
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [9d Jd]
Willywonka1 raises to 300
avoque folds
PirateLawyer raises to 450
NumbBono folds
SirFWALGMan folds
Willywonka1 calls 150
*** FLOP *** [2h 7h 5s]
Willywonka1 bets 150 - he leads out on a flop that can't have helped him
PirateLawyer raises to 300 - easy bluff raise
Willywonka1 calls 150
*** TURN *** [2h 7h 5s] [6s]
Willywonka1 checks
PirateLawyer bets 300 - no time to stop firing
Willywonka1: hey stop
Willywonka1 has 15 seconds left to act
Willywonka1 calls 300
*** RIVER *** [2h 7h 5s 6s] [7c]
Willywonka1 checks
PirateLawyer bets 300 - again, he has no piece of this board, I need to bet to win
Willywonka1 has 15 seconds left to act
Willywonka1: whatever
Willywonka1: a gift
Willywonka1 calls 300 - insane hero call
*** SHOW DOWN ***
PirateLawyer shows [9d Jd] a pair of Sevens
Willywonka1 shows [Td Ad] a pair of Sevens
Willywonka1 wins the pot (2,925) with a pair of Sevens
Willywonka1: i win - no shit Sherlock
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2,925 | Rake 0
Board: [2h 7h 5s 6s 7c]
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (button) showed [9d Jd] and lost with a pair of Sevens
Seat 2: NumbBono (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: SirFWALGMan (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: Willywonka1 showed [Td Ad] and won (2,925) with a pair of Sevens
Seat 6: avoque didn't bet (folded)
Ace-ten. He went to war with ace-ten unimproved on every freakin' street. There were no diamonds to match his pretty suited cards. Pure insanity.
Hand #11: oh I run good. Sure this shorty was kinda priced in but this was a retarded spot to push ATC.
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (2,455)
Seat 2: NumbBono (4,565)
Seat 3: SirFWALGMan (7,469)
Seat 5: Willywonka1 (7,302)
Seat 6: avoque (593)
Willywonka1 posts the small blind of 100
avoque posts the big blind of 200
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [Kd Kc]
PirateLawyer raises to 400 - UTG raise with a monster to isolate the shorty and win the blinds
NumbBono folds
SirFWALGMan folds
Willywonka1 folds
avoque raises to 593, and is all in
PirateLawyer calls 193 - instacall!
avoque shows [3c As]
PirateLawyer shows [Kd Kc]
*** FLOP *** [Ah 3d 5d] - fawk you FTP
*** TURN *** [Ah 3d 5d] [Jd]
*** RIVER *** [Ah 3d 5d Jd] [2h]
avoque shows two pair, Aces and Threes
PirateLawyer shows a pair of Kings
avoque wins the pot (1,286) with two pair, Aces and Threes
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1,286 | Rake 0
Board: [Ah 3d 5d Jd 2h]
Seat 1: PirateLawyer showed [Kd Kc] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 2: NumbBono didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: SirFWALGMan (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: Willywonka1 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: avoque (big blind) showed [3c As] and won (1,286) with two pair, Aces and Threes
Hand #12. I'm steaming from the last hand and am now short-stacked. So I actually suckout vs. AQ for a change with A9s, go figure.
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (1,162)
Seat 2: NumbBono (3,479)
Seat 3: SirFWALGMan (8,269)
Seat 5: Willywonka1 (7,202)
Seat 6: avoque (2,272)
NumbBono posts the small blind of 100
SirFWALGMan posts the big blind of 200
SirFWALGMan: wow
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [Ac 9c]
avoque: oooouuuuucccccchhhh
avoque: jesus
Willywonka1 folds
avoque folds
PirateLawyer raises to 400 - easy opening raise on the button
NumbBono calls 300 - SB cold calls
SirFWALGMan raises to 600 - Waffles 3-bets from the BB
PirateLawyer raises to 800 - easy cap as I'm pot committed
NumbBono folds - I get the SB to fold and create some dead money for a nice overlay; this is a key concept to master for cash games
SirFWALGMan calls 200
*** FLOP *** [2c 7c Kh]
SirFWALGMan bets 200
PirateLawyer raises to 362, and is all in - easy jam on this flop
SirFWALGMan calls 162
PirateLawyer shows [Ac 9c]
SirFWALGMan shows [Qs Ah]
*** TURN *** [2c 7c Kh] [3c] - I get there!
*** RIVER *** [2c 7c Kh 3c] [4h]
PirateLawyer shows a flush, Ace high
SirFWALGMan shows Ace King high
PirateLawyer wins the pot (2,724) with a flush, Ace high
PirateLawyer: one time
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2,724 | Rake 0
Board: [2c 7c Kh 3c 4h]
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (button) showed [Ac 9c] and won (2,724) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 2: NumbBono (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: SirFWALGMan (big blind) showed [Qs Ah] and lost with Ace King high
Seat 5: Willywonka1 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: avoque didn't bet (folded)
Sometimes you have to gamble it up when your big hands get cracked.
Lucky Hand #13, my bustout hand. It really speaks for itself.
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (1,324)
Seat 2: NumbBono (2,067)
Seat 3: SirFWALGMan (5,894)
Seat 4: itsgotmetoo (13,430)
Seat 5: Willywonka1 (11,124)
PirateLawyer posts the small blind of 125
NumbBono posts the big blind of 250
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [Kh As]
SirFWALGMan folds
itsgotmetoo folds
Willywonka1 folds
PirateLawyer raises to 500
NumbBono has 15 seconds left to act
NumbBono calls 250
*** FLOP *** [5c Jh Kc]
PirateLawyer bets 250
NumbBono raises to 500
PirateLawyer raises to 750
NumbBono raises to 1,000
PirateLawyer calls 74, and is all in
NumbBono shows [3d Kd]
PirateLawyer shows [Kh As]
Uncalled bet of 176 returned to NumbBono
*** TURN *** [5c Jh Kc] [3s]
*** RIVER *** [5c Jh Kc 3s] [8s]
NumbBono shows two pair, Kings and Threes
PirateLawyer shows a pair of Kings
NumbBono wins the pot (2,648) with two pair, Kings and Threes
PirateLawyer stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2,648 | Rake 0
Board: [5c Jh Kc 3s 8s]
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (small blind) showed [Kh As] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 2: NumbBono (big blind) showed [3d Kd] and won (2,648) with two pair, Kings and Threes
Seat 3: SirFWALGMan didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: itsgotmetoo didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: Willywonka1 didn't bet (folded)
I hope these hands illustrate just how cavalierly people were treating their tournament lives. It was a gong show. Fawk!
It's Vegas time!
It's February 12th, which means I will be a year older in less than 24 hours.
I have decided to seize an opportunity to go with some friends (March 6th-10th) for my first-ever trip to Vegas as a nice birthday present to myself. I plan to do the usual things a first-timer to Vegas will do: see the sights, take in a show, play some poker, do some serious eating and drinking, etc. etc.
Any advice from Vegas veterans would be welcome. I will have to make an attempt to meet any of the Vegas-based bloggers during my visit.
I have decided to seize an opportunity to go with some friends (March 6th-10th) for my first-ever trip to Vegas as a nice birthday present to myself. I plan to do the usual things a first-timer to Vegas will do: see the sights, take in a show, play some poker, do some serious eating and drinking, etc. etc.
Any advice from Vegas veterans would be welcome. I will have to make an attempt to meet any of the Vegas-based bloggers during my visit.
MATH postmorterm
I like to analyze big hands that I play in tournaments to see where I went wrong; constant improvement is the goal here at Pattern Recognition. The analysis below might seem simple to some but I honestly feel that simple lessons are the most powerful. This hand serves as another reminder that good situation selection is paramount in poker. If you deviate from it, you can get in all kinds of trouble. Poker is a cruel game, after all.
So, without further ado, let's look over my bustout hand from the MATH last night. The cash bubble has just burst and we're four-handed. Here are the chip counts:
Mondays at the Hoy - 400/800 Ante 100
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (13,310)
Seat 3: a104l9 (32,105)
Seat 5: cubanlinks (8,044)
Seat 6: columbo (21,541)
PirateLawyer antes 100
a104l9 antes 100
cubanlinks antes 100
columbo antes 100
PirateLawyer posts the small blind of 400
a104l9 posts the big blind of 800
The button is in seat #6
And as you can see I'm in the small blind with a marginal hand, a one-gapper. I am solidly in third place and have been selectively aggressive at the final table. I have made some laydowns when pressured postflop, but overall I have a solid table image.
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [8h Tc]
cubanlinks folds
columbo folds
PirateLawyer has 15 seconds left to act
PirateLawyer raises to 1,900 -- This is a crucial decision point. Do I want to play here against the chipleader, who has nearly three times my stack, or do I passively fold? Arguments can be made for both courses of action, but I think most everyone would agree that I made a significant bet-sizing error in that my raise was too small. Wes can justify calling this size of raise with ATC and the advantage of position throughout the hand.
a104l9 calls 1,100
*** FLOP *** [7d 6s 4d] -- a fairly good flop for my hand. All undercards, and I have a double belly buster. I have two possible lines of play: make a c-bet, or check with the intention of raising (I should have just enough chips behind to have some fold equity) or flat-calling with the intention of jamming almost any turn card.
PirateLawyer bets 2,800 -- I opt for the c-bet
a104l9 raises to 12,600 -- Wes puts me all in! I have to figure he has 10-15% bluffs (which I sadly cannot beat), 50% one-pair hands (which I have a lot of equity against), 35% draws (where I'm in fairly rough shape)
PirateLawyer calls 8,510, and is all in -- I decide to gamble and play for a real shot at first place money if I can double up
a104l9 shows [7c 8s] -- Doh! it turns out I had Wes dominated preflop but he's ahead and one of my overcards is tainted; if a five comes off we would chop it up. I need a ten or a nine to come off.
PirateLawyer shows [8h Tc]
Uncalled bet of 1,290 returned to a104l9
*** TURN *** [7d 6s 4d] [Ad]
*** RIVER *** [7d 6s 4d Ad] [Qc]
a104l9 shows a pair of Sevens
PirateLawyer shows Ace Queen high
a104l9 wins the pot (26,820) with a pair of Sevens
PirateLawyer stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 26,820 | Rake 0
Board: [7d 6s 4d Ad Qc]
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (small blind) showed [8h Tc] and lost with Ace Queen high
Seat 3: a104l9 (big blind) showed [7c 8s] and won (26,820) with a pair of Sevens
Seat 5: cubanlinks folded before the Flop
Seat 6: columbo (button) folded before the Flop
Conclusion: I made several errors in this hand, I believe. I think this should have been a easy fold preflop as my hand doesn't play well postflop out of position, and I don't really want to tangle with the chipleader under those conditions. Secondly, if I opt to play the hand, I need to buckle down and make a sizeable raise to at least 3 times the blinds. Thirdly, my stack size was too awkward for a c-bet if I'm put to the test (which I was). I need to either check-raise to exert maximum pressure or check-fold and preserve my chipstack and wait for a better spot as I will be getting the button next and can try to recover some lost ground.
So, without further ado, let's look over my bustout hand from the MATH last night. The cash bubble has just burst and we're four-handed. Here are the chip counts:
Mondays at the Hoy - 400/800 Ante 100
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (13,310)
Seat 3: a104l9 (32,105)
Seat 5: cubanlinks (8,044)
Seat 6: columbo (21,541)
PirateLawyer antes 100
a104l9 antes 100
cubanlinks antes 100
columbo antes 100
PirateLawyer posts the small blind of 400
a104l9 posts the big blind of 800
The button is in seat #6
And as you can see I'm in the small blind with a marginal hand, a one-gapper. I am solidly in third place and have been selectively aggressive at the final table. I have made some laydowns when pressured postflop, but overall I have a solid table image.
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [8h Tc]
cubanlinks folds
columbo folds
PirateLawyer has 15 seconds left to act
PirateLawyer raises to 1,900 -- This is a crucial decision point. Do I want to play here against the chipleader, who has nearly three times my stack, or do I passively fold? Arguments can be made for both courses of action, but I think most everyone would agree that I made a significant bet-sizing error in that my raise was too small. Wes can justify calling this size of raise with ATC and the advantage of position throughout the hand.
a104l9 calls 1,100
*** FLOP *** [7d 6s 4d] -- a fairly good flop for my hand. All undercards, and I have a double belly buster. I have two possible lines of play: make a c-bet, or check with the intention of raising (I should have just enough chips behind to have some fold equity) or flat-calling with the intention of jamming almost any turn card.
PirateLawyer bets 2,800 -- I opt for the c-bet
a104l9 raises to 12,600 -- Wes puts me all in! I have to figure he has 10-15% bluffs (which I sadly cannot beat), 50% one-pair hands (which I have a lot of equity against), 35% draws (where I'm in fairly rough shape)
PirateLawyer calls 8,510, and is all in -- I decide to gamble and play for a real shot at first place money if I can double up
a104l9 shows [7c 8s] -- Doh! it turns out I had Wes dominated preflop but he's ahead and one of my overcards is tainted; if a five comes off we would chop it up. I need a ten or a nine to come off.
PirateLawyer shows [8h Tc]
Uncalled bet of 1,290 returned to a104l9
*** TURN *** [7d 6s 4d] [Ad]
*** RIVER *** [7d 6s 4d Ad] [Qc]
a104l9 shows a pair of Sevens
PirateLawyer shows Ace Queen high
a104l9 wins the pot (26,820) with a pair of Sevens
PirateLawyer stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 26,820 | Rake 0
Board: [7d 6s 4d Ad Qc]
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (small blind) showed [8h Tc] and lost with Ace Queen high
Seat 3: a104l9 (big blind) showed [7c 8s] and won (26,820) with a pair of Sevens
Seat 5: cubanlinks folded before the Flop
Seat 6: columbo (button) folded before the Flop
Conclusion: I made several errors in this hand, I believe. I think this should have been a easy fold preflop as my hand doesn't play well postflop out of position, and I don't really want to tangle with the chipleader under those conditions. Secondly, if I opt to play the hand, I need to buckle down and make a sizeable raise to at least 3 times the blinds. Thirdly, my stack size was too awkward for a c-bet if I'm put to the test (which I was). I need to either check-raise to exert maximum pressure or check-fold and preserve my chipstack and wait for a better spot as I will be getting the button next and can try to recover some lost ground.
Monday, February 11, 2008
A MATH achievement
[Edit: now with hand histories]
I'm happy to have finally cashed in the MATH in 2008. I was stuck to the immediate right of the big chipleader once the cash bubble broke so that made my task difficult. Ultimately I put all my chips in with a double gutter and an overcard but didn't get there to bustout in 4th place. Wes picked up a miracle 7 on the flop after I raised out of the blinds but I certainly can't fault him for making that call given his chipstack. I would've liked a nine or ten to scoop or a five to chop, though!
Overall in 243 hands I saw 21% of the flops and won 28% of the hands I played. I made quite a few tough laydowns and applied pressure in good situations throughout and clawed back from an early short stack twice.
I fall quickly to a paltry 1000 chips or so early on as I'm pressured off hands with big check-raises or re-raises, mostly at the hands of Astin, who is playing his usual aggressive style early on.
So, I tighten up and am able to double through with KK vs. an unimproved AQ on a ragged flop.
(CoogDog proved to be a live one but sadly I wasn't the one to finish him off just before the first break.)
Full Tilt Poker Game #5219932378: Mondays at the Hoy (38875721), Table 4 - 25/50 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:25:02 ET - 2008/02/11
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (1,150)
Seat 2: CoogDog (3,355)
Seat 4: swimmom95 (3,453), is sitting out
Seat 5: Astin (6,722)
Seat 6: muhctim (7,950)
muhctim posts the small blind of 25
PirateLawyer posts the big blind of 50
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [Kc Kh]
CoogDog calls 50
swimmom95 folds
Astin calls 50
muhctim calls 25
PirateLawyer raises to 250
CoogDog calls 200
Astin folds
muhctim folds
*** FLOP *** [2h 9c Th]
PirateLawyer bets 900, and is all in
CoogDog calls 900
PirateLawyer shows [Kc Kh]
CoogDog shows [Ac Qd] - when is ace-high ever good here?!
*** TURN *** [2h 9c Th] [4s]
*** RIVER *** [2h 9c Th 4s] [3d]
PirateLawyer shows a pair of Kings
CoogDog shows Ace Queen high
PirateLawyer wins the pot (2,400) with a pair of Kings
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2,400 | Rake 0
Board: [2h 9c Th 4s 3d]
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (big blind) showed [Kc Kh] and won (2,400) with a pair of Kings
Seat 2: CoogDog showed [Ac Qd] and lost with Ace Queen high
Seat 4: swimmom95 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: Astin (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: muhctim (small blind) folded before the Flop
The very next hand:
Full Tilt Poker Game #5219943648: Mondays at the Hoy (38875721), Table 4 - 25/50 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:25:49 ET - 2008/02/11
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (2,400)
Seat 2: CoogDog (2,205)
Seat 4: swimmom95 (3,453), is sitting out
Seat 5: Astin (6,672)
Seat 6: muhctim (7,900)
PirateLawyer posts the small blind of 25
CoogDog posts the big blind of 50
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [As Kh]
swimmom95 folds
Astin folds
muhctim folds
PirateLawyer calls 25
CoogDog checks
*** FLOP *** [Ad 2s 8s]
PirateLawyer checks
CoogDog checks
*** TURN *** [Ad 2s 8s] [6d]
PirateLawyer bets 100
CoogDog folds
Uncalled bet of 100 returned to PirateLawyer
PirateLawyer mucks
PirateLawyer wins the pot (100)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 100 | Rake 0
Board: [Ad 2s 8s 6d]
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (small blind) collected (100), mucked
Seat 2: CoogDog (big blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 4: swimmom95 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: Astin didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: muhctim (button) didn't bet (folded)
And then the hand after that as I go on a heater:
Full Tilt Poker Game #5219950762: Mondays at the Hoy (38875721), Table 4 - 25/50 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:26:19 ET - 2008/02/11
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (2,450)
Seat 2: CoogDog (2,155)
Seat 4: swimmom95 (3,453), is sitting out
Seat 5: Astin (6,672)
Seat 6: muhctim (7,900)
CoogDog posts the small blind of 25
swimmom95 posts the big blind of 50
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [5d 6d]
Astin calls 50
muhctim folds
PirateLawyer calls 50 - easy limp now that I have some chips
CoogDog calls 25
swimmom95 checks
*** FLOP *** [4s 3c Kh] - promising flop!
CoogDog checks
swimmom95 checks
Astin bets 200
PirateLawyer raises to 400 -- min-raise to represent a monster with plans to take a free card on the turn
CoogDog folds
swimmom95 folds
swimmom95 has returned
Astin calls 200
*** TURN *** [4s 3c Kh] [Js]
Astin checks
PirateLawyer checks -- free card? yes please!
*** RIVER *** [4s 3c Kh Js] [7c] -- GIN!!!
Astin bets 500
PirateLawyer has 15 seconds left to act
PirateLawyer raises to 1,500 -- leaving myself 500 behind
Astin has 15 seconds left to act
Astin calls 1,000
*** SHOW DOWN ***
PirateLawyer shows [5d 6d] a straight, Seven high
Astin mucks
PirateLawyer wins the pot (4,000) with a straight, Seven high
PirateLawyer: ship it
Astin: nh
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4,000 | Rake 0
Board: [4s 3c Kh Js 7c]
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (button) showed [5d 6d] and won (4,000) with a straight, Seven high
Seat 2: CoogDog (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 4: swimmom95 (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 5: Astin mucked [Kd Ts] - a pair of Kings - Astin likes to play with two paint cards and I earned the maximum here
Seat 6: muhctim didn't bet (folded)
I screwed up my bet-sizing on the turn and learnt just how donk-tastic CoogDog could be -- who calls with a gutshot on a 3-flush board?!
Full Tilt Poker Game #5219984116: Mondays at the Hoy (38875721), Table 4 - 25/50 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:28:40 ET - 2008/02/11
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (4,600)
Seat 2: CoogDog (2,105)
Seat 4: swimmom95 (3,378)
Seat 5: Astin (4,722)
Seat 6: muhctim (7,825)
PirateLawyer posts the small blind of 25
CoogDog posts the big blind of 50
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [Jh Jd]
swimmom95 folds
Astin has 15 seconds left to act
Astin calls 50
muhctim folds
PirateLawyer raises to 180
CoogDog calls 130
Astin folds
*** FLOP *** [8c 5c 2h]
PirateLawyer bets 250
CoogDog calls 250
*** TURN *** [8c 5c 2h] [4c]
PirateLawyer has 15 seconds left to act
PirateLawyer bets 350 -- this bet needed to be twice as large, at least
CoogDog calls 350
*** RIVER *** [8c 5c 2h 4c] [5s]
PirateLawyer bets 450
CoogDog raises to 1,325, and is all in
PirateLawyer calls 875 - crying call
*** SHOW DOWN ***
CoogDog shows [As 5h] three of a kind, Fives
PirateLawyer shows [Jh Jd] two pair, Jacks and Fives
CoogDog wins the pot (4,260) with three of a kind, Fives
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4,260 | Rake 0
Board: [8c 5c 2h 4c 5s]
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (small blind) showed [Jh Jd] and lost with two pair, Jacks and Fives
Seat 2: CoogDog (big blind) showed [As 5h] and won (4,260) with three of a kind, Fives
Seat 4: swimmom95 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: Astin folded before the Flop
Seat 6: muhctim (button) didn't bet (folded)
Then I pick up a series of pots with some uncontested c-bets and chip up back to 4000 before I get my revenge on CoogDog:
Full Tilt Poker Game #5220148658: Mondays at the Hoy (38875721), Table 4 - 30/60 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:40:19 ET - 2008/02/11
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (3,795)
Seat 2: CoogDog (5,145)
Seat 4: swimmom95 (2,903)
Seat 5: Astin (3,862)
Seat 6: muhctim (6,925)
CoogDog posts the small blind of 30
swimmom95 posts the big blind of 60
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [Ts Tc]
Astin folds
muhctim folds
PirateLawyer raises to 180
CoogDog calls 150
swimmom95 folds
*** FLOP *** [Qd Th 8h]
CoogDog checks
PirateLawyer bets 300
CoogDog calls 300 - I hope he's check-calling with a big hand so I can get paid off
*** TURN *** [Qd Th 8h] [4c]
CoogDog checks
PirateLawyer bets 600
CoogDog calls 600
*** RIVER *** [Qd Th 8h 4c] [8s]
CoogDog bets 2,714 -- I'm being reverse-Hoyed when I have the third nuts, whee!
PirateLawyer raises to 2,715, and is all in
CoogDog calls 1
*** SHOW DOWN ***
PirateLawyer shows [Ts Tc] a full house, Tens full of Eights
CoogDog mucks
PirateLawyer wins the pot (7,650) with a full house, Tens full of Eights
The blinds are now 40/80
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 7,650 | Rake 0
Board: [Qd Th 8h 4c 8s]
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (button) showed [Ts Tc] and won (7,650) with a full house, Tens full of Eights
Seat 2: CoogDog (small blind) mucked [Jd 8d] - three of a kind, Eights -- I guess I have to be grateful he is a payoff wizard who stuck around with such a bad hand
Seat 4: swimmom95 (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: Astin didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: muhctim didn't bet (folded)
After the first break I have an average stack of 5K.
Then I got short when I tried a big check-raise at the wrong time:
Full Tilt Poker Game #5220590007: Mondays at the Hoy (38875721), Table 4 - 60/120 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:12:17 ET - 2008/02/11
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (4,970)
Seat 2: chitwood (1,520)
Seat 3: a104l9 (10,471)
Seat 5: Astin (4,814)
Seat 6: muhctim (8,488)
muhctim posts the small blind of 60
PirateLawyer posts the big blind of 120
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [8s Qs]
chitwood folds
a104l9 raises to 420
Astin folds
muhctim folds
PirateLawyer has 15 seconds left to act
PirateLawyer calls 300
*** FLOP *** [4c 9d 9c]
PirateLawyer checks
a104l9 checks
*** TURN *** [4c 9d 9c] [5c]
PirateLawyer checks
a104l9 checks
*** RIVER *** [4c 9d 9c 5c] [8h]
PirateLawyer checks
a104l9 bets 900
PirateLawyer has 15 seconds left to act
PirateLawyer raises to 2,200 -- hoping to push him off a weak two pair hand
a104l9 raises to 7,500
PirateLawyer has 15 seconds left to act
PirateLawyer has requested TIME
PirateLawyer: so gross -- I grandstand as I've no choice but to fold
PirateLawyer folds
Uncalled bet of 5,300 returned to a104l9
a104l9 mucks
a104l9 wins the pot (5,300)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5,300 | Rake 0
Board: [4c 9d 9c 5c 8h]
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (big blind) folded on the River
Seat 2: chitwood didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: a104l9 collected (5,300), mucked
Seat 5: Astin (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: muhctim (small blind) folded before the Flop
I got a courtesy double-up from Wes a bit later:
Full Tilt Poker Game #5220669859: Mondays at the Hoy (38875721), Table 4 - 80/160 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:18:14 ET - 2008/02/11
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (3,280)
Seat 2: chitwood (1,520)
Seat 3: a104l9 (13,311)
Seat 5: Astin (4,424)
Seat 6: muhctim (7,728)
muhctim posts the small blind of 80
PirateLawyer posts the big blind of 160
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [Td Ac]
chitwood has 15 seconds left to act
chitwood folds
Astin: I don't get it... did they forget to put aces in this deck?
a104l9 raises to 560
Astin folds
muhctim folds
PirateLawyer: lol
PirateLawyer has 15 seconds left to act
PirateLawyer raises to 1,800 -- speaking of aces ...
a104l9 has 15 seconds left to act
a104l9 calls 1,240
*** FLOP *** [4d 9s 4h]
PirateLawyer bets 1,480, and is all in
a104l9 has 15 seconds left to act
a104l9 calls 1,480
PirateLawyer shows [Td Ac]
a104l9 shows [Jd Kd] -- wow! can I dodge six outs twice?
*** TURN *** [4d 9s 4h] [6d]
*** RIVER *** [4d 9s 4h 6d] [7h]
PirateLawyer shows a pair of Fours
a104l9 shows a pair of Fours
PirateLawyer wins the pot (6,640) with a pair of Fours
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 6,640 | Rake 0
Board: [4d 9s 4h 6d 7h]
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (big blind) showed [Td Ac] and won (6,640) with a pair of Fours
Seat 2: chitwood didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: a104l9 showed [Jd Kd] and lost with a pair of Fours
Seat 5: Astin (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: muhctim (small blind) folded before the Flop
I 3-bet Astin with tens and took down a nice pot preflop. Back up to 7300 (blinds were 80/160).
I fold AT which I've opened for a standard raise when a shorty jams behind me for 2K. (he flashed KK)
Next hand I get a few chips back with a hand that flopped huge:
Full Tilt Poker Game #5220822023: Mondays at the Hoy (38875721), Table 4 - 100/200 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:29:33 ET - 2008/02/11
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (5,470)
Seat 2: chitwood (2,980)
Seat 3: a104l9 (10,461)
Seat 5: Astin (3,764)
Seat 6: muhctim (7,588)
muhctim posts the small blind of 100
PirateLawyer posts the big blind of 200
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [9h 3h]
chitwood raises to 600
a104l9 folds
Astin calls 600
muhctim folds
PirateLawyer calls 400
*** FLOP *** [Qs 2h 5h]
PirateLawyer checks
chitwood checks
Astin checks
*** TURN *** [Qs 2h 5h] [4h]
PirateLawyer bets 500 -- praying to get paid off here, obviously, with a straight flush redraw
chitwood folds
Astin has 15 seconds left to act
Astin calls 500
*** RIVER *** [Qs 2h 5h 4h] [2d]
PirateLawyer has 15 seconds left to act
PirateLawyer bets 2,663 -- my turn for a reverse Hoy
Astin folds
Uncalled bet of 2,663 returned to PirateLawyer
PirateLawyer mucks
PirateLawyer wins the pot (2,900)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2,900 | Rake 0
Board: [Qs 2h 5h 4h 2d]
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (big blind) collected (2,900), mucked
Seat 2: chitwood folded on the Turn
Seat 3: a104l9 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: Astin (button) folded on the River
Seat 6: muhctim (small blind) folded before the Flop
The antes kick in but I'm healthy with a 7K stack. I start 3-betting with a wider range but only in good situations where I'm in position with hands that play well postflop.
We drop down to 4-handed and I've got 9k in chips. All four players are separated by 4K, total, so everyone has to play carefully.
I try a 3-bet out of the blinds with A5s and get 4-bet. I have to fold and I drop down to 6K as the blinds escalate to 200/400/50.
So I pull out the trusty stop'n'go vs. Astin on the next hand:
Full Tilt Poker Game #5221185271: Mondays at the Hoy (38875721), Table 4 - 200/400 Ante 50 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:57:37 ET - 2008/02/11
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (6,185)
Seat 3: a104l9 (10,856)
Seat 4: pebble78 (11,263)
Seat 5: Astin (6,749)
PirateLawyer antes 50
a104l9 antes 50
pebble78 antes 50
Astin antes 50
PirateLawyer posts the small blind of 200
a104l9 posts the big blind of 400
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [9h Ah]
pebble78 folds
Astin raises to 1,600
PirateLawyer has 15 seconds left to act
PirateLawyer calls 1,400
a104l9 folds
*** FLOP *** [7s 3h 2d]
PirateLawyer bets 4,535, and is all in
Astin has 15 seconds left to act
Astin folds
Uncalled bet of 4,535 returned to PirateLawyer
PirateLawyer mucks
PirateLawyer wins the pot (3,800)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3,800 | Rake 0
Board: [7s 3h 2d]
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (small blind) collected (3,800), mucked
Seat 3: a104l9 (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: pebble78 folded before the Flop
Seat 5: Astin (button) folded on the Flop
I chip up to 10K but Wes busts Astin to climb up to the 15K chip mark and a big lead.
We're down to 3-handed play as 7 players remain as we battle to get to the final table.
I chip up a bit more with a trusty presto hand and we get to the final table and I'm dead-average in chips:
Full Tilt Poker Game #5221262278: Mondays at the Hoy (38875721), Table 4 - 200/400 Ante 50 - No Limit Hold'em - 0:03:46 ET - 2008/02/12
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (12,335)
Seat 2: hoyazo (12,344)
Seat 3: a104l9 (13,605)
Seat 4: pebble78 (11,823)
Seat 5: cubanlinks (13,900)
Seat 6: columbo (10,993)
I fold a bunch, due to severe card death, and patiently wait for good situations to stay afloat.
I win a decent pot with KJs w/o a showdown on an AKT8 board.
Wes wins a huge pot and cripples Hoy with QQ vs. AQ. Wes now has 30K in chips.
Hoy goes out a couple of hands later and I've got to deal with the unpleasantly huge stack to my immediate left.
The cash bubble breaks as columbo busts pebble.
I fold to some very aggro shoves by cuban a couple of times, then get my revenge with a hammer squeeze:
Full Tilt Poker Game #5221538570: Mondays at the Hoy (38875721), Table 4 - 300/600 Ante 75 - No Limit Hold'em - 0:26:41 ET - 2008/02/12
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (13,010)
Seat 3: a104l9 (32,205)
Seat 5: cubanlinks (10,644)
Seat 6: columbo (19,141)
PirateLawyer antes 75
a104l9 antes 75
cubanlinks antes 75
columbo antes 75
columbo posts the small blind of 300
PirateLawyer posts the big blind of 600
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [2c 7h]
a104l9 folds
cubanlinks calls 600
columbo calls 300
PirateLawyer raises to 2,700
cubanlinks folds
columbo folds
Uncalled bet of 2,100 returned to PirateLawyer
PirateLawyer shows [2c 7h] Seven Two high
PirateLawyer wins the pot (2,100)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2,100 | Rake 0
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (big blind) collected (2,100)
Seat 3: a104l9 folded before the Flop
Seat 5: cubanlinks (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: columbo (small blind) folded before the Flop
Sadly, that was my swan song just before I busted out in fourth place. I wonder if Hoy will give this particular hand his stamp of approval?
I'm happy to have finally cashed in the MATH in 2008. I was stuck to the immediate right of the big chipleader once the cash bubble broke so that made my task difficult. Ultimately I put all my chips in with a double gutter and an overcard but didn't get there to bustout in 4th place. Wes picked up a miracle 7 on the flop after I raised out of the blinds but I certainly can't fault him for making that call given his chipstack. I would've liked a nine or ten to scoop or a five to chop, though!
Overall in 243 hands I saw 21% of the flops and won 28% of the hands I played. I made quite a few tough laydowns and applied pressure in good situations throughout and clawed back from an early short stack twice.
I fall quickly to a paltry 1000 chips or so early on as I'm pressured off hands with big check-raises or re-raises, mostly at the hands of Astin, who is playing his usual aggressive style early on.
So, I tighten up and am able to double through with KK vs. an unimproved AQ on a ragged flop.
(CoogDog proved to be a live one but sadly I wasn't the one to finish him off just before the first break.)
Full Tilt Poker Game #5219932378: Mondays at the Hoy (38875721), Table 4 - 25/50 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:25:02 ET - 2008/02/11
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (1,150)
Seat 2: CoogDog (3,355)
Seat 4: swimmom95 (3,453), is sitting out
Seat 5: Astin (6,722)
Seat 6: muhctim (7,950)
muhctim posts the small blind of 25
PirateLawyer posts the big blind of 50
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [Kc Kh]
CoogDog calls 50
swimmom95 folds
Astin calls 50
muhctim calls 25
PirateLawyer raises to 250
CoogDog calls 200
Astin folds
muhctim folds
*** FLOP *** [2h 9c Th]
PirateLawyer bets 900, and is all in
CoogDog calls 900
PirateLawyer shows [Kc Kh]
CoogDog shows [Ac Qd] - when is ace-high ever good here?!
*** TURN *** [2h 9c Th] [4s]
*** RIVER *** [2h 9c Th 4s] [3d]
PirateLawyer shows a pair of Kings
CoogDog shows Ace Queen high
PirateLawyer wins the pot (2,400) with a pair of Kings
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2,400 | Rake 0
Board: [2h 9c Th 4s 3d]
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (big blind) showed [Kc Kh] and won (2,400) with a pair of Kings
Seat 2: CoogDog showed [Ac Qd] and lost with Ace Queen high
Seat 4: swimmom95 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: Astin (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: muhctim (small blind) folded before the Flop
The very next hand:
Full Tilt Poker Game #5219943648: Mondays at the Hoy (38875721), Table 4 - 25/50 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:25:49 ET - 2008/02/11
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (2,400)
Seat 2: CoogDog (2,205)
Seat 4: swimmom95 (3,453), is sitting out
Seat 5: Astin (6,672)
Seat 6: muhctim (7,900)
PirateLawyer posts the small blind of 25
CoogDog posts the big blind of 50
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [As Kh]
swimmom95 folds
Astin folds
muhctim folds
PirateLawyer calls 25
CoogDog checks
*** FLOP *** [Ad 2s 8s]
PirateLawyer checks
CoogDog checks
*** TURN *** [Ad 2s 8s] [6d]
PirateLawyer bets 100
CoogDog folds
Uncalled bet of 100 returned to PirateLawyer
PirateLawyer mucks
PirateLawyer wins the pot (100)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 100 | Rake 0
Board: [Ad 2s 8s 6d]
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (small blind) collected (100), mucked
Seat 2: CoogDog (big blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 4: swimmom95 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: Astin didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: muhctim (button) didn't bet (folded)
And then the hand after that as I go on a heater:
Full Tilt Poker Game #5219950762: Mondays at the Hoy (38875721), Table 4 - 25/50 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:26:19 ET - 2008/02/11
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (2,450)
Seat 2: CoogDog (2,155)
Seat 4: swimmom95 (3,453), is sitting out
Seat 5: Astin (6,672)
Seat 6: muhctim (7,900)
CoogDog posts the small blind of 25
swimmom95 posts the big blind of 50
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [5d 6d]
Astin calls 50
muhctim folds
PirateLawyer calls 50 - easy limp now that I have some chips
CoogDog calls 25
swimmom95 checks
*** FLOP *** [4s 3c Kh] - promising flop!
CoogDog checks
swimmom95 checks
Astin bets 200
PirateLawyer raises to 400 -- min-raise to represent a monster with plans to take a free card on the turn
CoogDog folds
swimmom95 folds
swimmom95 has returned
Astin calls 200
*** TURN *** [4s 3c Kh] [Js]
Astin checks
PirateLawyer checks -- free card? yes please!
*** RIVER *** [4s 3c Kh Js] [7c] -- GIN!!!
Astin bets 500
PirateLawyer has 15 seconds left to act
PirateLawyer raises to 1,500 -- leaving myself 500 behind
Astin has 15 seconds left to act
Astin calls 1,000
*** SHOW DOWN ***
PirateLawyer shows [5d 6d] a straight, Seven high
Astin mucks
PirateLawyer wins the pot (4,000) with a straight, Seven high
PirateLawyer: ship it
Astin: nh
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4,000 | Rake 0
Board: [4s 3c Kh Js 7c]
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (button) showed [5d 6d] and won (4,000) with a straight, Seven high
Seat 2: CoogDog (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 4: swimmom95 (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 5: Astin mucked [Kd Ts] - a pair of Kings - Astin likes to play with two paint cards and I earned the maximum here
Seat 6: muhctim didn't bet (folded)
I screwed up my bet-sizing on the turn and learnt just how donk-tastic CoogDog could be -- who calls with a gutshot on a 3-flush board?!
Full Tilt Poker Game #5219984116: Mondays at the Hoy (38875721), Table 4 - 25/50 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:28:40 ET - 2008/02/11
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (4,600)
Seat 2: CoogDog (2,105)
Seat 4: swimmom95 (3,378)
Seat 5: Astin (4,722)
Seat 6: muhctim (7,825)
PirateLawyer posts the small blind of 25
CoogDog posts the big blind of 50
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [Jh Jd]
swimmom95 folds
Astin has 15 seconds left to act
Astin calls 50
muhctim folds
PirateLawyer raises to 180
CoogDog calls 130
Astin folds
*** FLOP *** [8c 5c 2h]
PirateLawyer bets 250
CoogDog calls 250
*** TURN *** [8c 5c 2h] [4c]
PirateLawyer has 15 seconds left to act
PirateLawyer bets 350 -- this bet needed to be twice as large, at least
CoogDog calls 350
*** RIVER *** [8c 5c 2h 4c] [5s]
PirateLawyer bets 450
CoogDog raises to 1,325, and is all in
PirateLawyer calls 875 - crying call
*** SHOW DOWN ***
CoogDog shows [As 5h] three of a kind, Fives
PirateLawyer shows [Jh Jd] two pair, Jacks and Fives
CoogDog wins the pot (4,260) with three of a kind, Fives
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4,260 | Rake 0
Board: [8c 5c 2h 4c 5s]
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (small blind) showed [Jh Jd] and lost with two pair, Jacks and Fives
Seat 2: CoogDog (big blind) showed [As 5h] and won (4,260) with three of a kind, Fives
Seat 4: swimmom95 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: Astin folded before the Flop
Seat 6: muhctim (button) didn't bet (folded)
Then I pick up a series of pots with some uncontested c-bets and chip up back to 4000 before I get my revenge on CoogDog:
Full Tilt Poker Game #5220148658: Mondays at the Hoy (38875721), Table 4 - 30/60 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:40:19 ET - 2008/02/11
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (3,795)
Seat 2: CoogDog (5,145)
Seat 4: swimmom95 (2,903)
Seat 5: Astin (3,862)
Seat 6: muhctim (6,925)
CoogDog posts the small blind of 30
swimmom95 posts the big blind of 60
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [Ts Tc]
Astin folds
muhctim folds
PirateLawyer raises to 180
CoogDog calls 150
swimmom95 folds
*** FLOP *** [Qd Th 8h]
CoogDog checks
PirateLawyer bets 300
CoogDog calls 300 - I hope he's check-calling with a big hand so I can get paid off
*** TURN *** [Qd Th 8h] [4c]
CoogDog checks
PirateLawyer bets 600
CoogDog calls 600
*** RIVER *** [Qd Th 8h 4c] [8s]
CoogDog bets 2,714 -- I'm being reverse-Hoyed when I have the third nuts, whee!
PirateLawyer raises to 2,715, and is all in
CoogDog calls 1
*** SHOW DOWN ***
PirateLawyer shows [Ts Tc] a full house, Tens full of Eights
CoogDog mucks
PirateLawyer wins the pot (7,650) with a full house, Tens full of Eights
The blinds are now 40/80
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 7,650 | Rake 0
Board: [Qd Th 8h 4c 8s]
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (button) showed [Ts Tc] and won (7,650) with a full house, Tens full of Eights
Seat 2: CoogDog (small blind) mucked [Jd 8d] - three of a kind, Eights -- I guess I have to be grateful he is a payoff wizard who stuck around with such a bad hand
Seat 4: swimmom95 (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: Astin didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: muhctim didn't bet (folded)
After the first break I have an average stack of 5K.
Then I got short when I tried a big check-raise at the wrong time:
Full Tilt Poker Game #5220590007: Mondays at the Hoy (38875721), Table 4 - 60/120 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:12:17 ET - 2008/02/11
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (4,970)
Seat 2: chitwood (1,520)
Seat 3: a104l9 (10,471)
Seat 5: Astin (4,814)
Seat 6: muhctim (8,488)
muhctim posts the small blind of 60
PirateLawyer posts the big blind of 120
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [8s Qs]
chitwood folds
a104l9 raises to 420
Astin folds
muhctim folds
PirateLawyer has 15 seconds left to act
PirateLawyer calls 300
*** FLOP *** [4c 9d 9c]
PirateLawyer checks
a104l9 checks
*** TURN *** [4c 9d 9c] [5c]
PirateLawyer checks
a104l9 checks
*** RIVER *** [4c 9d 9c 5c] [8h]
PirateLawyer checks
a104l9 bets 900
PirateLawyer has 15 seconds left to act
PirateLawyer raises to 2,200 -- hoping to push him off a weak two pair hand
a104l9 raises to 7,500
PirateLawyer has 15 seconds left to act
PirateLawyer has requested TIME
PirateLawyer: so gross -- I grandstand as I've no choice but to fold
PirateLawyer folds
Uncalled bet of 5,300 returned to a104l9
a104l9 mucks
a104l9 wins the pot (5,300)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5,300 | Rake 0
Board: [4c 9d 9c 5c 8h]
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (big blind) folded on the River
Seat 2: chitwood didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: a104l9 collected (5,300), mucked
Seat 5: Astin (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: muhctim (small blind) folded before the Flop
I got a courtesy double-up from Wes a bit later:
Full Tilt Poker Game #5220669859: Mondays at the Hoy (38875721), Table 4 - 80/160 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:18:14 ET - 2008/02/11
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (3,280)
Seat 2: chitwood (1,520)
Seat 3: a104l9 (13,311)
Seat 5: Astin (4,424)
Seat 6: muhctim (7,728)
muhctim posts the small blind of 80
PirateLawyer posts the big blind of 160
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [Td Ac]
chitwood has 15 seconds left to act
chitwood folds
Astin: I don't get it... did they forget to put aces in this deck?
a104l9 raises to 560
Astin folds
muhctim folds
PirateLawyer: lol
PirateLawyer has 15 seconds left to act
PirateLawyer raises to 1,800 -- speaking of aces ...
a104l9 has 15 seconds left to act
a104l9 calls 1,240
*** FLOP *** [4d 9s 4h]
PirateLawyer bets 1,480, and is all in
a104l9 has 15 seconds left to act
a104l9 calls 1,480
PirateLawyer shows [Td Ac]
a104l9 shows [Jd Kd] -- wow! can I dodge six outs twice?
*** TURN *** [4d 9s 4h] [6d]
*** RIVER *** [4d 9s 4h 6d] [7h]
PirateLawyer shows a pair of Fours
a104l9 shows a pair of Fours
PirateLawyer wins the pot (6,640) with a pair of Fours
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 6,640 | Rake 0
Board: [4d 9s 4h 6d 7h]
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (big blind) showed [Td Ac] and won (6,640) with a pair of Fours
Seat 2: chitwood didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: a104l9 showed [Jd Kd] and lost with a pair of Fours
Seat 5: Astin (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: muhctim (small blind) folded before the Flop
I 3-bet Astin with tens and took down a nice pot preflop. Back up to 7300 (blinds were 80/160).
I fold AT which I've opened for a standard raise when a shorty jams behind me for 2K. (he flashed KK)
Next hand I get a few chips back with a hand that flopped huge:
Full Tilt Poker Game #5220822023: Mondays at the Hoy (38875721), Table 4 - 100/200 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:29:33 ET - 2008/02/11
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (5,470)
Seat 2: chitwood (2,980)
Seat 3: a104l9 (10,461)
Seat 5: Astin (3,764)
Seat 6: muhctim (7,588)
muhctim posts the small blind of 100
PirateLawyer posts the big blind of 200
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [9h 3h]
chitwood raises to 600
a104l9 folds
Astin calls 600
muhctim folds
PirateLawyer calls 400
*** FLOP *** [Qs 2h 5h]
PirateLawyer checks
chitwood checks
Astin checks
*** TURN *** [Qs 2h 5h] [4h]
PirateLawyer bets 500 -- praying to get paid off here, obviously, with a straight flush redraw
chitwood folds
Astin has 15 seconds left to act
Astin calls 500
*** RIVER *** [Qs 2h 5h 4h] [2d]
PirateLawyer has 15 seconds left to act
PirateLawyer bets 2,663 -- my turn for a reverse Hoy
Astin folds
Uncalled bet of 2,663 returned to PirateLawyer
PirateLawyer mucks
PirateLawyer wins the pot (2,900)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2,900 | Rake 0
Board: [Qs 2h 5h 4h 2d]
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (big blind) collected (2,900), mucked
Seat 2: chitwood folded on the Turn
Seat 3: a104l9 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: Astin (button) folded on the River
Seat 6: muhctim (small blind) folded before the Flop
The antes kick in but I'm healthy with a 7K stack. I start 3-betting with a wider range but only in good situations where I'm in position with hands that play well postflop.
We drop down to 4-handed and I've got 9k in chips. All four players are separated by 4K, total, so everyone has to play carefully.
I try a 3-bet out of the blinds with A5s and get 4-bet. I have to fold and I drop down to 6K as the blinds escalate to 200/400/50.
So I pull out the trusty stop'n'go vs. Astin on the next hand:
Full Tilt Poker Game #5221185271: Mondays at the Hoy (38875721), Table 4 - 200/400 Ante 50 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:57:37 ET - 2008/02/11
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (6,185)
Seat 3: a104l9 (10,856)
Seat 4: pebble78 (11,263)
Seat 5: Astin (6,749)
PirateLawyer antes 50
a104l9 antes 50
pebble78 antes 50
Astin antes 50
PirateLawyer posts the small blind of 200
a104l9 posts the big blind of 400
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [9h Ah]
pebble78 folds
Astin raises to 1,600
PirateLawyer has 15 seconds left to act
PirateLawyer calls 1,400
a104l9 folds
*** FLOP *** [7s 3h 2d]
PirateLawyer bets 4,535, and is all in
Astin has 15 seconds left to act
Astin folds
Uncalled bet of 4,535 returned to PirateLawyer
PirateLawyer mucks
PirateLawyer wins the pot (3,800)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3,800 | Rake 0
Board: [7s 3h 2d]
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (small blind) collected (3,800), mucked
Seat 3: a104l9 (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: pebble78 folded before the Flop
Seat 5: Astin (button) folded on the Flop
I chip up to 10K but Wes busts Astin to climb up to the 15K chip mark and a big lead.
We're down to 3-handed play as 7 players remain as we battle to get to the final table.
I chip up a bit more with a trusty presto hand and we get to the final table and I'm dead-average in chips:
Full Tilt Poker Game #5221262278: Mondays at the Hoy (38875721), Table 4 - 200/400 Ante 50 - No Limit Hold'em - 0:03:46 ET - 2008/02/12
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (12,335)
Seat 2: hoyazo (12,344)
Seat 3: a104l9 (13,605)
Seat 4: pebble78 (11,823)
Seat 5: cubanlinks (13,900)
Seat 6: columbo (10,993)
I fold a bunch, due to severe card death, and patiently wait for good situations to stay afloat.
I win a decent pot with KJs w/o a showdown on an AKT8 board.
Wes wins a huge pot and cripples Hoy with QQ vs. AQ. Wes now has 30K in chips.
Hoy goes out a couple of hands later and I've got to deal with the unpleasantly huge stack to my immediate left.
The cash bubble breaks as columbo busts pebble.
I fold to some very aggro shoves by cuban a couple of times, then get my revenge with a hammer squeeze:
Full Tilt Poker Game #5221538570: Mondays at the Hoy (38875721), Table 4 - 300/600 Ante 75 - No Limit Hold'em - 0:26:41 ET - 2008/02/12
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (13,010)
Seat 3: a104l9 (32,205)
Seat 5: cubanlinks (10,644)
Seat 6: columbo (19,141)
PirateLawyer antes 75
a104l9 antes 75
cubanlinks antes 75
columbo antes 75
columbo posts the small blind of 300
PirateLawyer posts the big blind of 600
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [2c 7h]
a104l9 folds
cubanlinks calls 600
columbo calls 300
PirateLawyer raises to 2,700
cubanlinks folds
columbo folds
Uncalled bet of 2,100 returned to PirateLawyer
PirateLawyer shows [2c 7h] Seven Two high
PirateLawyer wins the pot (2,100)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2,100 | Rake 0
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (big blind) collected (2,100)
Seat 3: a104l9 folded before the Flop
Seat 5: cubanlinks (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: columbo (small blind) folded before the Flop
Sadly, that was my swan song just before I busted out in fourth place. I wonder if Hoy will give this particular hand his stamp of approval?
Friday, February 8, 2008
Omaha theory advanced in leaps and bounds
I was first out of tonight's 8-handed PLO tourney earlier tonight.
However, I was really happy with my play and I do think I played well. My opponent who check-raised me on a flop of Kd7c5d was put to the test when I 3-bet allin after being the original EP raiser preflop. He decided to call off his entire stack (another 11K; we had starting stacks of 20K) with an extremely vulnerable hand of KT97 for top two pair and no redraws (he was also holding no diamonds).
Obviously, this is extemely foolish in the long run, because I have a significant equity edge with my range of hands against that holding. (It just so happened here that I 3-bet light holding AdKc6c4s; which was an OESD holding top pair -- which still gave me 12 outs against his hand, and that's the best case scenario for him). I also figured I had some fold equity since he couldn't be holding the nut flush draw.
However, I was really happy with my play and I do think I played well. My opponent who check-raised me on a flop of Kd7c5d was put to the test when I 3-bet allin after being the original EP raiser preflop. He decided to call off his entire stack (another 11K; we had starting stacks of 20K) with an extremely vulnerable hand of KT97 for top two pair and no redraws (he was also holding no diamonds).
Obviously, this is extemely foolish in the long run, because I have a significant equity edge with my range of hands against that holding. (It just so happened here that I 3-bet light holding AdKc6c4s; which was an OESD holding top pair -- which still gave me 12 outs against his hand, and that's the best case scenario for him). I also figured I had some fold equity since he couldn't be holding the nut flush draw.
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Friday is Omaha Day
I can only imagine what will happen at the club on Friday night. Should be some crazy situations and much gambling going on!
Hopefully unlike last time we played an Omaha tournament on Friday night, I won't bubble out. I don't want to start another one of those streaks.
Hopefully unlike last time we played an Omaha tournament on Friday night, I won't bubble out. I don't want to start another one of those streaks.
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
One and done
One and done. Waffles blitzed me 2-0.
Short answer: I run bad, and Waffles did play well (and hit several draws). And there were two genuine coolers that I got hammered by.
[Edit]
Signs that you are in for a painful session:
First hand of a HU SnG, you get AQs on the button. And then this happens ...
Heads Up Sit & Go - 10/20
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (1,500)
Seat 2: SirFWALGMan (1,500)
SirFWALGMan posts the small blind of 10
PirateLawyer posts the big blind of 20
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [Ad Qd]
SirFWALGMan calls 10
PirateLawyer raises to 60
SirFWALGMan calls 40
*** FLOP *** [Ah 7h 7d]
PirateLawyer bets 75
SirFWALGMan calls 75
*** TURN *** [Ah 7h 7d] [Kh]
PirateLawyer checks
SirFWALGMan checks
*** RIVER *** [Ah 7h 7d Kh] [5s]
PirateLawyer bets 200
SirFWALGMan calls 200
*** SHOW DOWN ***
PirateLawyer shows [Ad Qd] two pair, Aces and Sevens
SirFWALGMan shows [As 6s] two pair, Aces and Sevens
PirateLawyer ties for the pot (335) with two pair, Aces and Sevens
SirFWALGMan ties for the pot (335) with two pair, Aces and Sevens
I shake off that failed trap and manage to get a decent chiplead through a variety of good flops, aggressive play, and a couple of monster hands that saw very little action (like a KK which just won the blinds when I put in a standard 3xBB raise preflop).
Then Waffles plays a draw for all of his chips with one card to come when I'd flopped two pair and well ... I don't run so good, right?
Heads Up Sit & Go - 15/30
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (1,725)
Seat 2: SirFWALGMan (1,275)
SirFWALGMan posts the small blind of 15
PirateLawyer posts the big blind of 30
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [4c Kd]
SirFWALGMan calls 15
PirateLawyer raises to 90
SirFWALGMan calls 60
*** FLOP *** [4s Ah Kh]
PirateLawyer bets 180
SirFWALGMan calls 180
*** TURN *** [4s Ah Kh] [Td]
PirateLawyer bets 400
SirFWALGMan raises to 1,005, and is all in
PirateLawyer calls 605
SirFWALGMan shows [5h Jh] -- he has 10 outs once; that's a lot, says Waffles (he might have figured on 12 but two of his heart outs are tainted because they fill me up)
PirateLawyer shows [4c Kd]
*** RIVER *** [4s Ah Kh Td] [6h] -- yes, yes it is ... thank you FTP
SirFWALGMan shows a flush, Ace high
PirateLawyer shows two pair, Kings and Fours
SirFWALGMan wins the pot (2,550) with a flush, Ace high
A few hands later, this is pretty self-explanatory . . .
Heads Up Sit & Go - 20/40
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (355)
Seat 2: SirFWALGMan (2,645)
SirFWALGMan posts the small blind of 20
PirateLawyer posts the big blind of 40
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [Kd Ks]
SirFWALGMan raises to 120
PirateLawyer raises to 355, and is all in
SirFWALGMan calls 235
PirateLawyer shows [Kd Ks]
SirFWALGMan shows [Ah Ad]
SirFWALGMan: haha
*** FLOP *** [2h Jc 3d]
PirateLawyer: fawk me
SirFWALGMan: lol
SirFWALGMan: nice
*** TURN *** [2h Jc 3d] [Th]
*** RIVER *** [2h Jc 3d Th] [2c]
PirateLawyer shows two pair, Kings and Twos
SirFWALGMan shows two pair, Aces and Twos
SirFWALGMan wins the pot (710) with two pair, Aces and Twos
PirateLawyer stands up
SirFWALGMan stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 710 | Rake 0
Board: [2h Jc 3d Th 2c]
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (big blind) showed [Kd Ks] and lost with two pair, Kings and Twos
Seat 2: SirFWALGMan (small blind) showed [Ah Ad] and won (710) with two pair, Aces and Twos
Round two boiled down to a couple of nasty hands where frankly we both overplayed marginal hands but unbeknownst to me I was up the creek without a paddle.
Seat 1: SirFWALGMan (1,455)
Seat 2: PirateLawyer (1,545)
PirateLawyer posts the small blind of 10
SirFWALGMan posts the big blind of 20
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [8c Ac]
PirateLawyer raises to 40
SirFWALGMan calls 20
*** FLOP *** [As Ah 6s]
SirFWALGMan checks
PirateLawyer checks
*** TURN *** [As Ah 6s] [7d]
SirFWALGMan bets 80
PirateLawyer raises to 160 -- my raise here was too small, as it turned out
SirFWALGMan calls 80
*** RIVER *** [As Ah 6s 7d] [Qs]
SirFWALGMan bets 800
PirateLawyer has 15 seconds left to act
PirateLawyer has requested TIME
PirateLawyer calls 800 -- I reluctantly call the overbet
*** SHOW DOWN ***
SirFWALGMan shows [Ks 7s] a flush, Ace high
PirateLawyer mucks
SirFWALGMan wins the pot (2,000) with a flush, Ace high
SirFWALGMan: BOOOM!
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2,000 | Rake 0
Board: [As Ah 6s 7d Qs]
Seat 1: SirFWALGMan (big blind) showed [Ks 7s] and won (2,000) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 2: PirateLawyer (small blind) mucked [8c Ac] - three of a kind, Aces
I manage to double up once only to get involved in this sick hand which sends me packing ... check out the absolutely sick river card!
Seat 1: SirFWALGMan (1,850)
Seat 2: PirateLawyer (1,150)
SirFWALGMan posts the small blind of 15
PirateLawyer posts the big blind of 30
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [Js 7s]
SirFWALGMan calls 15
PirateLawyer raises to 90
SirFWALGMan calls 60
*** FLOP *** [9d 8h 3c]
PirateLawyer bets 95 - standard c-bet here with a gutterball, since I was the PF raiser
SirFWALGMan calls 95
*** TURN *** [9d 8h 3c] [9h]
PirateLawyer bets 140 - try to represent a 9
SirFWALGMan raises to 280
PirateLawyer calls 140 - I should've released here
*** RIVER *** [9d 8h 3c 9h] [Ts]
PirateLawyer checks
SirFWALGMan bets 450
PirateLawyer raises to 685, and is all in
SirFWALGMan calls 235
*** SHOW DOWN ***
PirateLawyer shows [Js 7s] a straight, Jack high
SirFWALGMan shows [Qc Jh] a straight, Queen high
SirFWALGMan wins the pot (2,300) with a straight, Queen high
SirFWALGMan: lol
PirateLawyer stands up
SirFWALGMan stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2,300 | Rake 0
Board: [9d 8h 3c 9h Ts]
Seat 1: SirFWALGMan (small blind) showed [Qc Jh] and won (2,300) with a straight, Queen high
Seat 2: PirateLawyer (big blind) showed [Js 7s] and lost with a straight, Jack high
I have to hand it to Waffles, his min-raise on the turn there was pretty sick. I should've shoved or folded ... flat calling there got me in a world of hurt.
Short answer: I run bad, and Waffles did play well (and hit several draws). And there were two genuine coolers that I got hammered by.
[Edit]
Signs that you are in for a painful session:
First hand of a HU SnG, you get AQs on the button. And then this happens ...
Heads Up Sit & Go - 10/20
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (1,500)
Seat 2: SirFWALGMan (1,500)
SirFWALGMan posts the small blind of 10
PirateLawyer posts the big blind of 20
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [Ad Qd]
SirFWALGMan calls 10
PirateLawyer raises to 60
SirFWALGMan calls 40
*** FLOP *** [Ah 7h 7d]
PirateLawyer bets 75
SirFWALGMan calls 75
*** TURN *** [Ah 7h 7d] [Kh]
PirateLawyer checks
SirFWALGMan checks
*** RIVER *** [Ah 7h 7d Kh] [5s]
PirateLawyer bets 200
SirFWALGMan calls 200
*** SHOW DOWN ***
PirateLawyer shows [Ad Qd] two pair, Aces and Sevens
SirFWALGMan shows [As 6s] two pair, Aces and Sevens
PirateLawyer ties for the pot (335) with two pair, Aces and Sevens
SirFWALGMan ties for the pot (335) with two pair, Aces and Sevens
I shake off that failed trap and manage to get a decent chiplead through a variety of good flops, aggressive play, and a couple of monster hands that saw very little action (like a KK which just won the blinds when I put in a standard 3xBB raise preflop).
Then Waffles plays a draw for all of his chips with one card to come when I'd flopped two pair and well ... I don't run so good, right?
Heads Up Sit & Go - 15/30
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (1,725)
Seat 2: SirFWALGMan (1,275)
SirFWALGMan posts the small blind of 15
PirateLawyer posts the big blind of 30
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [4c Kd]
SirFWALGMan calls 15
PirateLawyer raises to 90
SirFWALGMan calls 60
*** FLOP *** [4s Ah Kh]
PirateLawyer bets 180
SirFWALGMan calls 180
*** TURN *** [4s Ah Kh] [Td]
PirateLawyer bets 400
SirFWALGMan raises to 1,005, and is all in
PirateLawyer calls 605
SirFWALGMan shows [5h Jh] -- he has 10 outs once; that's a lot, says Waffles (he might have figured on 12 but two of his heart outs are tainted because they fill me up)
PirateLawyer shows [4c Kd]
*** RIVER *** [4s Ah Kh Td] [6h] -- yes, yes it is ... thank you FTP
SirFWALGMan shows a flush, Ace high
PirateLawyer shows two pair, Kings and Fours
SirFWALGMan wins the pot (2,550) with a flush, Ace high
A few hands later, this is pretty self-explanatory . . .
Heads Up Sit & Go - 20/40
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (355)
Seat 2: SirFWALGMan (2,645)
SirFWALGMan posts the small blind of 20
PirateLawyer posts the big blind of 40
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [Kd Ks]
SirFWALGMan raises to 120
PirateLawyer raises to 355, and is all in
SirFWALGMan calls 235
PirateLawyer shows [Kd Ks]
SirFWALGMan shows [Ah Ad]
SirFWALGMan: haha
*** FLOP *** [2h Jc 3d]
PirateLawyer: fawk me
SirFWALGMan: lol
SirFWALGMan: nice
*** TURN *** [2h Jc 3d] [Th]
*** RIVER *** [2h Jc 3d Th] [2c]
PirateLawyer shows two pair, Kings and Twos
SirFWALGMan shows two pair, Aces and Twos
SirFWALGMan wins the pot (710) with two pair, Aces and Twos
PirateLawyer stands up
SirFWALGMan stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 710 | Rake 0
Board: [2h Jc 3d Th 2c]
Seat 1: PirateLawyer (big blind) showed [Kd Ks] and lost with two pair, Kings and Twos
Seat 2: SirFWALGMan (small blind) showed [Ah Ad] and won (710) with two pair, Aces and Twos
Round two boiled down to a couple of nasty hands where frankly we both overplayed marginal hands but unbeknownst to me I was up the creek without a paddle.
Seat 1: SirFWALGMan (1,455)
Seat 2: PirateLawyer (1,545)
PirateLawyer posts the small blind of 10
SirFWALGMan posts the big blind of 20
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [8c Ac]
PirateLawyer raises to 40
SirFWALGMan calls 20
*** FLOP *** [As Ah 6s]
SirFWALGMan checks
PirateLawyer checks
*** TURN *** [As Ah 6s] [7d]
SirFWALGMan bets 80
PirateLawyer raises to 160 -- my raise here was too small, as it turned out
SirFWALGMan calls 80
*** RIVER *** [As Ah 6s 7d] [Qs]
SirFWALGMan bets 800
PirateLawyer has 15 seconds left to act
PirateLawyer has requested TIME
PirateLawyer calls 800 -- I reluctantly call the overbet
*** SHOW DOWN ***
SirFWALGMan shows [Ks 7s] a flush, Ace high
PirateLawyer mucks
SirFWALGMan wins the pot (2,000) with a flush, Ace high
SirFWALGMan: BOOOM!
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2,000 | Rake 0
Board: [As Ah 6s 7d Qs]
Seat 1: SirFWALGMan (big blind) showed [Ks 7s] and won (2,000) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 2: PirateLawyer (small blind) mucked [8c Ac] - three of a kind, Aces
I manage to double up once only to get involved in this sick hand which sends me packing ... check out the absolutely sick river card!
Seat 1: SirFWALGMan (1,850)
Seat 2: PirateLawyer (1,150)
SirFWALGMan posts the small blind of 15
PirateLawyer posts the big blind of 30
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [Js 7s]
SirFWALGMan calls 15
PirateLawyer raises to 90
SirFWALGMan calls 60
*** FLOP *** [9d 8h 3c]
PirateLawyer bets 95 - standard c-bet here with a gutterball, since I was the PF raiser
SirFWALGMan calls 95
*** TURN *** [9d 8h 3c] [9h]
PirateLawyer bets 140 - try to represent a 9
SirFWALGMan raises to 280
PirateLawyer calls 140 - I should've released here
*** RIVER *** [9d 8h 3c 9h] [Ts]
PirateLawyer checks
SirFWALGMan bets 450
PirateLawyer raises to 685, and is all in
SirFWALGMan calls 235
*** SHOW DOWN ***
PirateLawyer shows [Js 7s] a straight, Jack high
SirFWALGMan shows [Qc Jh] a straight, Queen high
SirFWALGMan wins the pot (2,300) with a straight, Queen high
SirFWALGMan: lol
PirateLawyer stands up
SirFWALGMan stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2,300 | Rake 0
Board: [9d 8h 3c 9h Ts]
Seat 1: SirFWALGMan (small blind) showed [Qc Jh] and won (2,300) with a straight, Queen high
Seat 2: PirateLawyer (big blind) showed [Js 7s] and lost with a straight, Jack high
I have to hand it to Waffles, his min-raise on the turn there was pretty sick. I should've shoved or folded ... flat calling there got me in a world of hurt.
Short MATH report
Did well in some SnGs yesterday so I bought in for the MATH the old-fashioned way. We had thirty runners, and I was doing quite well, about sixth in chips after building back up after I ran TT into short-stacked Astin's AA (stop if you've heard this before).
So then of course I get moved to a sticky spot at a new table with a very aggro chipleader to my left and the tough TBA to my right, both of whom have me outchipped by a fair margin. I tighten up a fair bit and scuffle along with an average stack with twelve left (top four cash). Then I double up a shorty with this redonkulous beat:
Full Tilt Poker Game #5126295707: Mondays at the Hoy (38875684), Table 4 - 100/200
Seat 1: Mattazuma (1,104)
Seat 3: twoblackaces (15,889)
Seat 4: PirateLawyer (3,951)
Seat 5: pureprophet (14,040)
PirateLawyer posts the small blind of 100
pureprophet posts the big blind of 200
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [Ad Kd]
Mattazuma raises to 1,104, and is all in
twoblackaces folds
PirateLawyer raises to 3,951, and is all in -- easy raise to isolate with suited Big Slick
pureprophet folds
PirateLawyer shows [Ad Kd]
NumbBono sits down
NumbBono adds 2,163
TripJax sits down
TripJax adds 8,045
Mattazuma shows [Kh Tc] -- even better than I thought, he is dominated and I have a huge advantage
Uncalled bet of 2,847 returned to PirateLawyer
*** FLOP *** [7c Jh 4c]
*** TURN *** [7c Jh 4c] [Ks] -- still need to fade three outs
*** RIVER *** [7c Jh 4c Ks] [Td] -- fawk you FTP!!!!!!!!!!!!
PirateLawyer shows a pair of Kings
Mattazuma shows two pair, Kings and Tens
Mattazuma wins the pot (2,408) with two pair, Kings and Tens
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2,408 | Rake 0
Board: [7c Jh 4c Ks Td]
Seat 1: Mattazuma showed [Kh Tc] and won (2,408) with two pair, Kings and Tens
Seat 3: twoblackaces (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: PirateLawyer (small blind) showed [Ad Kd] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 5: pureprophet (big blind) folded before the Flop
Classic FTP RNG at its rivered 3-outer variety bad beat best.
So the antes kick in and I've got an M of 5 at our five-handed table with eleven players left and I have been patiently folding all marginal hands in marginal situations (in other words, I was very card dead at a time when I really couldn't afford to be) for a while as I try to find a spot to chip up.
So I pick up ducks on the button and jam after it's been folded to me (I put in just over 2500 to win 485; in other words I just want to increase my chip count by 9% without showdown by getting past the blinds uncontested). Of course Mattazuma now wakes up with aces and IGHN in tenth place.
Sigh. Poker is fun, but it can also be cruel. I'll have to wait at least another week to cash in the MATH in 2008.
So then of course I get moved to a sticky spot at a new table with a very aggro chipleader to my left and the tough TBA to my right, both of whom have me outchipped by a fair margin. I tighten up a fair bit and scuffle along with an average stack with twelve left (top four cash). Then I double up a shorty with this redonkulous beat:
Full Tilt Poker Game #5126295707: Mondays at the Hoy (38875684), Table 4 - 100/200
Seat 1: Mattazuma (1,104)
Seat 3: twoblackaces (15,889)
Seat 4: PirateLawyer (3,951)
Seat 5: pureprophet (14,040)
PirateLawyer posts the small blind of 100
pureprophet posts the big blind of 200
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PirateLawyer [Ad Kd]
Mattazuma raises to 1,104, and is all in
twoblackaces folds
PirateLawyer raises to 3,951, and is all in -- easy raise to isolate with suited Big Slick
pureprophet folds
PirateLawyer shows [Ad Kd]
NumbBono sits down
NumbBono adds 2,163
TripJax sits down
TripJax adds 8,045
Mattazuma shows [Kh Tc] -- even better than I thought, he is dominated and I have a huge advantage
Uncalled bet of 2,847 returned to PirateLawyer
*** FLOP *** [7c Jh 4c]
*** TURN *** [7c Jh 4c] [Ks] -- still need to fade three outs
*** RIVER *** [7c Jh 4c Ks] [Td] -- fawk you FTP!!!!!!!!!!!!
PirateLawyer shows a pair of Kings
Mattazuma shows two pair, Kings and Tens
Mattazuma wins the pot (2,408) with two pair, Kings and Tens
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2,408 | Rake 0
Board: [7c Jh 4c Ks Td]
Seat 1: Mattazuma showed [Kh Tc] and won (2,408) with two pair, Kings and Tens
Seat 3: twoblackaces (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: PirateLawyer (small blind) showed [Ad Kd] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 5: pureprophet (big blind) folded before the Flop
Classic FTP RNG at its rivered 3-outer variety bad beat best.
So the antes kick in and I've got an M of 5 at our five-handed table with eleven players left and I have been patiently folding all marginal hands in marginal situations (in other words, I was very card dead at a time when I really couldn't afford to be) for a while as I try to find a spot to chip up.
So I pick up ducks on the button and jam after it's been folded to me (I put in just over 2500 to win 485; in other words I just want to increase my chip count by 9% without showdown by getting past the blinds uncontested). Of course Mattazuma now wakes up with aces and IGHN in tenth place.
Sigh. Poker is fun, but it can also be cruel. I'll have to wait at least another week to cash in the MATH in 2008.
Monday, February 4, 2008
HUC6
It turns out my opponent in the HUC6 (which is being run by this fine gentleman) opening round is the blogosphere's finest provider of rants, Waffles!
Hopefully I can manage to set him off at least once and be the subject of one of his patented screeds.
Stay tuned for a post-match report in the next couple of days.
Hopefully I can manage to set him off at least once and be the subject of one of his patented screeds.
Stay tuned for a post-match report in the next couple of days.
Saturday, February 2, 2008
Gone Skiing
A couple of days skiing my brains out on the slopes is just what the doctor ordered. I'm heading up to the mountains for the weekend for some exercise in the snow.
Next week I'll hopefully be having an exciting opportunity to do some prep work as a junior on a murder trial that will be starting in two or three weeks.
Last night I managed to bust out of the bubble streak I've been having in tournaments by finishing third at the weekly FCPC tournament. There were some really funny hands during the session, including one particularly gruesome one against a brand-new player who clearly didn't really know what she was doing. (She seemed a very nice person, but value-betting 400 OOP into a 4000 pot with a miraculous aces-up hand that you've rivered at the same time the board has put out a fourth club and you have no clubs is insane; then again one can't be too surprised because like many players she played Ax way too much and took them way too far). I made the crying call since I had queens up (which I'd raised with on the turn) and the table erupted in laughter when she showed such an unlikely holding (she had Ad4h vs. my QsJd on a AcQc8cJh4c board).
If I'd actually made more than one draw in five last night (obviously one in three is the expected norm) or hadn't been outdrawn by K9s vs. my AK where Eitan miraculously flopped a flush draw and got there on the turn to cost me a chunk of my stack, I likely could have finished second, but I'll take any cash I can get just to snap the streak.
Next week I'll hopefully be having an exciting opportunity to do some prep work as a junior on a murder trial that will be starting in two or three weeks.
Last night I managed to bust out of the bubble streak I've been having in tournaments by finishing third at the weekly FCPC tournament. There were some really funny hands during the session, including one particularly gruesome one against a brand-new player who clearly didn't really know what she was doing. (She seemed a very nice person, but value-betting 400 OOP into a 4000 pot with a miraculous aces-up hand that you've rivered at the same time the board has put out a fourth club and you have no clubs is insane; then again one can't be too surprised because like many players she played Ax way too much and took them way too far). I made the crying call since I had queens up (which I'd raised with on the turn) and the table erupted in laughter when she showed such an unlikely holding (she had Ad4h vs. my QsJd on a AcQc8cJh4c board).
If I'd actually made more than one draw in five last night (obviously one in three is the expected norm) or hadn't been outdrawn by K9s vs. my AK where Eitan miraculously flopped a flush draw and got there on the turn to cost me a chunk of my stack, I likely could have finished second, but I'll take any cash I can get just to snap the streak.
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