Moocher returns to form winning $40 and is back in black. A very light black - more charcoal even - but in the black nonetheless.
Poker free for me and likely to stay that way this week with work events on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, the Yau Yee league dinnere where we collect the league trophy on Friday and a kick boxing match in Macau on Saturday.
Squadron, winners of the first division have hired an open topped bus to take them round the streets of wanchai to celebrate their league win. Quality!
Maybe Deadly has some poker tales to relate. Maybe even Bigshotbog will return to the fold after his extended break.
Tuesday, 29 May 2007
Monday, 28 May 2007
Thijno - lessons learned?
Ok after posting so many hands. I thought it worthwhile to take some time to assess his play and see if I could work out his style.
As I mentioned he plays 66% of hands raising with just 0.6%. Poker Tracker shows him as being a big fish yet he has won more from me than any other player I've faced. This may just be that he is catching some big hands against me of course and I reckon I had some tough spots to contend with.
Looking into his stats a bit closer his aggression on different streets was as follows.
Pre-flop - <1
Flop: <1
Turn: 3
River: 10
His tactic seems to be to call anything down to the turn and then bet if checked to on the turn or even min-reraise.
He then follows up with a bet on the river. His overall aggression of 1.75 is actually very misleading. If a fish makes a bet on the river he usually has a big hand and its an easy laydown without the nuts or close to it but this guy has a lot of river bluffs in his range. Maybe all of his river bets were bluffs!
This seems to be very effective against me. I'll only be playing good hand or reasonable hands in position and usually raise and then continuation bet on the flop.
So when he bets on the turn and I've missed he gets some easy money. I tried double barrelling and got called both times and then he bets or calls on the river. If I face aggression on the turn and river and the guy doesn't seem aggressive I really want to showdown a big hand.
I think this guys post-flop skills are very good and suspect he is a winning player. Or maybe he is just a fish that has been getting very lucky.
Very interesting style and I suspect he may be targeting TAG's who are capable of laying down with his cold-calls (I'll look into that). Is it a strategy aimed at beating people with Poker Tracker?!??
After being felted on the last hand I left. I felt after the last hand if I wasn't already tilting then I was about to.
So armed with a good idea of how he plays should I play at his table again given the chance or should I look for easier pickings elsewhere? What do ya reckon?
I think I'd just watch him for a while first and build up a better view of how he plays.
As I mentioned he plays 66% of hands raising with just 0.6%. Poker Tracker shows him as being a big fish yet he has won more from me than any other player I've faced. This may just be that he is catching some big hands against me of course and I reckon I had some tough spots to contend with.
Looking into his stats a bit closer his aggression on different streets was as follows.
Pre-flop - <1
Flop: <1
Turn: 3
River: 10
His tactic seems to be to call anything down to the turn and then bet if checked to on the turn or even min-reraise.
He then follows up with a bet on the river. His overall aggression of 1.75 is actually very misleading. If a fish makes a bet on the river he usually has a big hand and its an easy laydown without the nuts or close to it but this guy has a lot of river bluffs in his range. Maybe all of his river bets were bluffs!
This seems to be very effective against me. I'll only be playing good hand or reasonable hands in position and usually raise and then continuation bet on the flop.
So when he bets on the turn and I've missed he gets some easy money. I tried double barrelling and got called both times and then he bets or calls on the river. If I face aggression on the turn and river and the guy doesn't seem aggressive I really want to showdown a big hand.
I think this guys post-flop skills are very good and suspect he is a winning player. Or maybe he is just a fish that has been getting very lucky.
Very interesting style and I suspect he may be targeting TAG's who are capable of laying down with his cold-calls (I'll look into that). Is it a strategy aimed at beating people with Poker Tracker?!??
After being felted on the last hand I left. I felt after the last hand if I wasn't already tilting then I was about to.
So armed with a good idea of how he plays should I play at his table again given the chance or should I look for easier pickings elsewhere? What do ya reckon?
I think I'd just watch him for a while first and build up a better view of how he plays.
Wild Jack - Deadly Doug
Took a break. Watched a few Cardrunner vids. Brystmar Small Stakes course (session 5) involved him facing very similar player to my friend at Party with him having some similar decisions to the ones I faced. He grimaced a few times and made a crying call or two but shrugged it off and says he would always sit next to the guy (who took all his money). Avoiding results oriented play is a good lesson to learn I reckon.
I thought I'd take a break from Party as I'm not earning any bonus anyway. I'd tried Paradise Poker and had a terrible experience. Four times since it moved network I've betted 0.60 or .070 and its ignored the decimal point causing me to overbet. I was called with top pair by a short stack and lost. Complained to support who told me there was no problem. They also changed the bonus when they migrated to half as good as it was. I tried to withdraw my funds and can't. They say you can only withdraw the way you have deposited but have removed Neteller as an option. No reply from support as yet.
I decide to sign up for my first prima site Wild Jack and get back on the horse.
US$100 bonus for 500 points. I play for a couple of hours. I win US$40 and start to make amends for my big Party losing session (which ended with me US$68 down) and hardly have a difficult decision to make. My Party PTBB/100 drops into a small negative unfortunately and my Wild Jack looks very healthy albeit with a small sample size.
I cashed out of Stars.
I was only single tabling at Prima but it seems soft - fingers crossed it stays this way. A disappointing end to what was looking like a promising week.
Once again as my alleged ancestor Robert Burns once wrote it is a case of watching 'the best laid plans of mice and men, gang aft agley'. Still I'll keep the faith and at least I still recorded a winning week.
Deadly update
Deadly records the best week of poker results so far and takes a giant leap towards his second grand. After taking down a good win at heads-up he shows he is more than a one trick pony recording a solid win at short handed. He even takes some time out to hone his razz skills. Hats off to you sir!
Moocher
Now playing on Empire - Moocher plays a lot of poker over the weekend! He reaches $417 at his low point where is effectively busted and playing with other peoples money ;-)
He takes Big nose the dog on a walk to clear his head and regain his focus and returns to put together a winning run. He even fits in a winning game before work and gets his bankroll back to US$518. Still another losing week for him although once he clears the empire bonus that might help put him back in the black.
Bigshot
All quiet there.
I thought I'd take a break from Party as I'm not earning any bonus anyway. I'd tried Paradise Poker and had a terrible experience. Four times since it moved network I've betted 0.60 or .070 and its ignored the decimal point causing me to overbet. I was called with top pair by a short stack and lost. Complained to support who told me there was no problem. They also changed the bonus when they migrated to half as good as it was. I tried to withdraw my funds and can't. They say you can only withdraw the way you have deposited but have removed Neteller as an option. No reply from support as yet.
I decide to sign up for my first prima site Wild Jack and get back on the horse.
US$100 bonus for 500 points. I play for a couple of hours. I win US$40 and start to make amends for my big Party losing session (which ended with me US$68 down) and hardly have a difficult decision to make. My Party PTBB/100 drops into a small negative unfortunately and my Wild Jack looks very healthy albeit with a small sample size.
I cashed out of Stars.
I was only single tabling at Prima but it seems soft - fingers crossed it stays this way. A disappointing end to what was looking like a promising week.
Once again as my alleged ancestor Robert Burns once wrote it is a case of watching 'the best laid plans of mice and men, gang aft agley'. Still I'll keep the faith and at least I still recorded a winning week.
Deadly update
Deadly records the best week of poker results so far and takes a giant leap towards his second grand. After taking down a good win at heads-up he shows he is more than a one trick pony recording a solid win at short handed. He even takes some time out to hone his razz skills. Hats off to you sir!
Moocher
Now playing on Empire - Moocher plays a lot of poker over the weekend! He reaches $417 at his low point where is effectively busted and playing with other peoples money ;-)
He takes Big nose the dog on a walk to clear his head and regain his focus and returns to put together a winning run. He even fits in a winning game before work and gets his bankroll back to US$518. Still another losing week for him although once he clears the empire bonus that might help put him back in the black.
Bigshot
All quiet there.
Hand History Extravaganza #10 - The final chapter.
And the very next hand....
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: petnoy2 ( $4.75)
Seat 2: Phillberto ( $29.30)
Seat 3: FoolsPlayPkr ( $24)
Seat 4: thijno ( $89.74)
Seat 5: huygens11 ( $31.15)
Seat 6: zweibeck ( $41.52)
huygens11 posts small blind (0.10)
zweibeck posts big blind (0.25)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Phillberto [ As, Qs ]
petnoy2 calls (0.25)
Phillberto raises (1.25) to 1.25
FoolsPlayPkr folds.
thijno calls (1.25)
huygens11 folds.
zweibeck calls (1)
petnoy2 calls (1)
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 9h, 8s, 3s ]
zweibeck checks.
petnoy2 checks.
Phillberto bets (3)
thijno calls (3)
zweibeck folds.
petnoy2 folds.
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 7h ]
Phillberto bets (8.50)
thijno raises (17) to 17
Phillberto calls (8.50)
** Dealing River ** : [ Ad ]
Phillberto? (8.05 remaining)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: petnoy2 ( $4.75)
Seat 2: Phillberto ( $29.30)
Seat 3: FoolsPlayPkr ( $24)
Seat 4: thijno ( $89.74)
Seat 5: huygens11 ( $31.15)
Seat 6: zweibeck ( $41.52)
huygens11 posts small blind (0.10)
zweibeck posts big blind (0.25)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Phillberto [ As, Qs ]
petnoy2 calls (0.25)
Phillberto raises (1.25) to 1.25
FoolsPlayPkr folds.
thijno calls (1.25)
huygens11 folds.
zweibeck calls (1)
petnoy2 calls (1)
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 9h, 8s, 3s ]
zweibeck checks.
petnoy2 checks.
Phillberto bets (3)
thijno calls (3)
zweibeck folds.
petnoy2 folds.
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 7h ]
Phillberto bets (8.50)
thijno raises (17) to 17
Phillberto calls (8.50)
** Dealing River ** : [ Ad ]
Phillberto? (8.05 remaining)
Hand History Extravaganza #9 thijno v phillberto (cont)
This is the very next hand after the last one posted and we clash again.
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: petnoy2 ( $5)
Seat 2: Phillberto ( $36.30)
Seat 3: FoolsPlayPkr ( $24)
Seat 4: thijno ( $82.94)
Seat 5: huygens11 ( $31.40)
Seat 6: zweibeck ( $41.52)
thijno posts small blind (0.10)
huygens11 posts big blind (0.25)
petnoy2 posts big blind (0.25)
** Dealing down cards
**Dealt to Phillberto [ Ts, Ks ]
zweibeck folds.petnoy2 checks.
Phillberto raises (1) to 1
FoolsPlayPkr folds.
thijno calls (0.90)
huygens11 folds.
petnoy2 folds.**
Dealing Flop ** : [ Td, Qh, Th ]
thijno bets (1)
Phillberto raises (3) to 3
thijno calls (2)
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 6h ]
thijno bets (3)
Phillberto calls (3)
** Dealing River ** : [ 4h ]
thijno bets (10)
Phillberto?
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: petnoy2 ( $5)
Seat 2: Phillberto ( $36.30)
Seat 3: FoolsPlayPkr ( $24)
Seat 4: thijno ( $82.94)
Seat 5: huygens11 ( $31.40)
Seat 6: zweibeck ( $41.52)
thijno posts small blind (0.10)
huygens11 posts big blind (0.25)
petnoy2 posts big blind (0.25)
** Dealing down cards
**Dealt to Phillberto [ Ts, Ks ]
zweibeck folds.petnoy2 checks.
Phillberto raises (1) to 1
FoolsPlayPkr folds.
thijno calls (0.90)
huygens11 folds.
petnoy2 folds.**
Dealing Flop ** : [ Td, Qh, Th ]
thijno bets (1)
Phillberto raises (3) to 3
thijno calls (2)
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 6h ]
thijno bets (3)
Phillberto calls (3)
** Dealing River ** : [ 4h ]
thijno bets (10)
Phillberto?
Hand History Extravaganza #8 thijno v phillberto (cont)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: petnoy2 ( $5)
Seat 2: Phillberto ( $28.95)
Seat 3: FoolsPlayPkr ( $24.10)
Seat 4: thijno ( $90.99)
Seat 5: huygens11 ( $31.40)
Seat 6: zweibeck ( $41.52)
FoolsPlayPkr
posts small blind (0.10)
thijno posts big blind (0.25)
petnoy2 is sitting out.
** Dealing down cards
**Dealt to Phillberto [ Qh, Qd ]
huygens11 folds.zweibeck folds.
Phillberto raises (1) to 1
FoolsPlayPkr folds.
thijno calls (0.75)
** Dealing Flop ** : [ Ks, 6d, 7c ]
thijno checks.
Phillberto bets (1.80)
thijno calls (1.80)
** Dealing Turn ** : [ Kh ]
thijno bets (5.25)
Phillberto?
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: petnoy2 ( $5)
Seat 2: Phillberto ( $28.95)
Seat 3: FoolsPlayPkr ( $24.10)
Seat 4: thijno ( $90.99)
Seat 5: huygens11 ( $31.40)
Seat 6: zweibeck ( $41.52)
FoolsPlayPkr
posts small blind (0.10)
thijno posts big blind (0.25)
petnoy2 is sitting out.
** Dealing down cards
**Dealt to Phillberto [ Qh, Qd ]
huygens11 folds.zweibeck folds.
Phillberto raises (1) to 1
FoolsPlayPkr folds.
thijno calls (0.75)
** Dealing Flop ** : [ Ks, 6d, 7c ]
thijno checks.
Phillberto bets (1.80)
thijno calls (1.80)
** Dealing Turn ** : [ Kh ]
thijno bets (5.25)
Phillberto?
Hand History Extravaganza #7 thijno v phillberto (cont)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: Mocreio ( $24.10)
Seat 2: Phillberto ( $25.55)
Seat 3: FoolsPlayPkr ( $25)
Seat 4: thijno ( $91.59)
Seat 5: huygens11 ( $24.90)
Seat 6: zweibeck ( $52.57)
Phillberto posts small blind (0.10)
FoolsPlayPkr posts big blind (0.25)
** Dealing down cards
**Dealt to Phillberto [ Td, 5d ]
thijno calls (0.25)
huygens11 folds.
zweibeck calls (0.25)
Mocreio folds.
Phillberto calls (0.15)
FoolsPlayPkr checks.
** Dealing Flop ** : [ Ah, Tc, Th ]
Phillberto bets (0.65)
FoolsPlayPkr folds.
thijno calls (0.65)
zweibeck folds.
** Dealing Turn ** : [ Jh ]
Phillberto bets (1.50)
thijno raises (3) to 3
Phillberto calls (1.50)
** Dealing River ** : [ 4c ]
Phillberto checks.
thijno bets (4)
Phillberto?
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: Mocreio ( $24.10)
Seat 2: Phillberto ( $25.55)
Seat 3: FoolsPlayPkr ( $25)
Seat 4: thijno ( $91.59)
Seat 5: huygens11 ( $24.90)
Seat 6: zweibeck ( $52.57)
Phillberto posts small blind (0.10)
FoolsPlayPkr posts big blind (0.25)
** Dealing down cards
**Dealt to Phillberto [ Td, 5d ]
thijno calls (0.25)
huygens11 folds.
zweibeck calls (0.25)
Mocreio folds.
Phillberto calls (0.15)
FoolsPlayPkr checks.
** Dealing Flop ** : [ Ah, Tc, Th ]
Phillberto bets (0.65)
FoolsPlayPkr folds.
thijno calls (0.65)
zweibeck folds.
** Dealing Turn ** : [ Jh ]
Phillberto bets (1.50)
thijno raises (3) to 3
Phillberto calls (1.50)
** Dealing River ** : [ 4c ]
Phillberto checks.
thijno bets (4)
Phillberto?
Hand History Extravaganza #6 - thijno v phillberto (cont)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 2: Phillberto ( $35.55)
Seat 3: FoolsPlayPkr ( $24.40)
Seat 4: thijno ( $79.19)
Seat 5: huygens11 ( $34.50)
Seat 6: zweibeck ( $44.12)
FoolsPlayPkr posts small blind (0.10)
thijno posts big blind (0.25)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Phillberto [ 6d, 6s ]
huygens11 folds.
zweibeck calls (0.25)
Phillberto raises (1.25) to 1.25
FoolsPlayPkr calls (1.15)
thijno calls (1)
zweibeck calls (1)
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 5s, 8c, 7c ]
FoolsPlayPkr checks.
thijno bets (0.75)
zweibeck calls (0.75)
Phillberto raises (3) to 3
FoolsPlayPkr folds.
thijno calls (2.25)
zweibeck calls (2.25)
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 7s ]
thijno bets (2)
zweibeck folds.
Phillberto?
Total number of players : 5
Seat 2: Phillberto ( $35.55)
Seat 3: FoolsPlayPkr ( $24.40)
Seat 4: thijno ( $79.19)
Seat 5: huygens11 ( $34.50)
Seat 6: zweibeck ( $44.12)
FoolsPlayPkr posts small blind (0.10)
thijno posts big blind (0.25)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Phillberto [ 6d, 6s ]
huygens11 folds.
zweibeck calls (0.25)
Phillberto raises (1.25) to 1.25
FoolsPlayPkr calls (1.15)
thijno calls (1)
zweibeck calls (1)
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 5s, 8c, 7c ]
FoolsPlayPkr checks.
thijno bets (0.75)
zweibeck calls (0.75)
Phillberto raises (3) to 3
FoolsPlayPkr folds.
thijno calls (2.25)
zweibeck calls (2.25)
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 7s ]
thijno bets (2)
zweibeck folds.
Phillberto?
Hand History Extravaganza #5 phillberto v thijno part 2
Sunday
thijno stats 67/0/1.75
loose passive pre-flop, neutral post-flop.
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: petnoy2 ( $5)
Seat 2: Phillberto ( $36.30)
Seat 3: FoolsPlayPkr ( $24)
Seat 4: thijno ( $82.94)
Seat 5: huygens11 ( $31.40)
Seat 6: zweibeck ( $41.52)
thijno posts small blind (0.10)
huygens11 posts big blind (0.25)
petnoy2 posts big blind (0.25)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Phillberto [ Ts, Ks ]
zweibeck folds.
petnoy2 checks.
Phillberto raises (1) to 1
FoolsPlayPkr folds.
thijno calls (0.90)
huygens11 folds.
petnoy2 folds.
** Dealing Flop ** : [ Td, Qh, Th ]
thijno bets (1)
Phillberto raises (3) to 3
thijno calls (2)
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 6h ]
thijno bets (3)
Phillberto calls (3)
** Dealing River ** : [ 4h ]
thijno bets (10)
Phillberto?
thijno stats 67/0/1.75
loose passive pre-flop, neutral post-flop.
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: petnoy2 ( $5)
Seat 2: Phillberto ( $36.30)
Seat 3: FoolsPlayPkr ( $24)
Seat 4: thijno ( $82.94)
Seat 5: huygens11 ( $31.40)
Seat 6: zweibeck ( $41.52)
thijno posts small blind (0.10)
huygens11 posts big blind (0.25)
petnoy2 posts big blind (0.25)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Phillberto [ Ts, Ks ]
zweibeck folds.
petnoy2 checks.
Phillberto raises (1) to 1
FoolsPlayPkr folds.
thijno calls (0.90)
huygens11 folds.
petnoy2 folds.
** Dealing Flop ** : [ Td, Qh, Th ]
thijno bets (1)
Phillberto raises (3) to 3
thijno calls (2)
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 6h ]
thijno bets (3)
Phillberto calls (3)
** Dealing River ** : [ 4h ]
thijno bets (10)
Phillberto?
Hand History Extravaganza #4
Sunday
Two tables - what is your play? How is mine up to river?
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 4
Seat 2: frusciante86 ( $34.85)
Seat 3: Phillberto ( $59.81)
Seat 4: ILOVE2H8U ( $27.45)
Seat 5: vspec1 ( $26.20)
ILOVE2H8U posts small blind (0.10)
vspec1 posts big blind (0.25)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Phillberto [ Ac, Ah ]
frusciante86 folds.
Phillberto raises (1) to 1
ILOVE2H8U calls (0.90)
vspec1 folds.**
Dealing Flop ** : [ Jc, 3s, 2s ]
ILOVE2H8U checks.
Phillberto bets (1.80)
ILOVE2H8U calls (1.80)
** Dealing Turn ** : [ Tc ]
ILOVE2H8U checks.
Phillberto checks.
** Dealing River ** : [ As ]
ILOVE2H8U checks.
Phillberto bets (3.50)
ILOVE2H8U raises (7) to 7
Phillberto
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: Mocreio ( $25)
Seat 2: Phillberto ( $25)
Seat 3: BinaryBluffer ( $34.75)
Seat 4: thijno ( $68.34)
Seat 5: huygens11 ( $25.20)
Seat 6: zweibeck ( $52.47)
BinaryBluffer posts small blind (0.10)
thijno posts big blind (0.25)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Phillberto [ Jh, Jc ]
huygens11 folds.zweibeck folds.
Phillberto raises (1) to 1
BinaryBluffer calls (0.90)
thijno folds.
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 7c, 6d, 8s ]
BinaryBluffer checks.
Phillberto bets (1.80)
BinaryBluffer raises (4) to 4
Phillberto raises (10.20) to 12
BinaryBluffer raises (29.75) to 33.75
BinaryBluffer is all-In.
Phillberto?
Two tables - what is your play? How is mine up to river?
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 4
Seat 2: frusciante86 ( $34.85)
Seat 3: Phillberto ( $59.81)
Seat 4: ILOVE2H8U ( $27.45)
Seat 5: vspec1 ( $26.20)
ILOVE2H8U posts small blind (0.10)
vspec1 posts big blind (0.25)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Phillberto [ Ac, Ah ]
frusciante86 folds.
Phillberto raises (1) to 1
ILOVE2H8U calls (0.90)
vspec1 folds.**
Dealing Flop ** : [ Jc, 3s, 2s ]
ILOVE2H8U checks.
Phillberto bets (1.80)
ILOVE2H8U calls (1.80)
** Dealing Turn ** : [ Tc ]
ILOVE2H8U checks.
Phillberto checks.
** Dealing River ** : [ As ]
ILOVE2H8U checks.
Phillberto bets (3.50)
ILOVE2H8U raises (7) to 7
Phillberto
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: Mocreio ( $25)
Seat 2: Phillberto ( $25)
Seat 3: BinaryBluffer ( $34.75)
Seat 4: thijno ( $68.34)
Seat 5: huygens11 ( $25.20)
Seat 6: zweibeck ( $52.47)
BinaryBluffer posts small blind (0.10)
thijno posts big blind (0.25)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Phillberto [ Jh, Jc ]
huygens11 folds.zweibeck folds.
Phillberto raises (1) to 1
BinaryBluffer calls (0.90)
thijno folds.
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 7c, 6d, 8s ]
BinaryBluffer checks.
Phillberto bets (1.80)
BinaryBluffer raises (4) to 4
Phillberto raises (10.20) to 12
BinaryBluffer raises (29.75) to 33.75
BinaryBluffer is all-In.
Phillberto?
Hand History Extravaganza #3
Saturday continued
I come up against a guy you will be seeing a lot of hands against on Sunday hands
thijno - 65% vp$ip 0% pre-flop raise and 1.75 aggression factor. Typical fish stats.
Sat May 26 23:34:27 EDT 2007
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: held01 ( $19.50)
Seat 2: Phillberto ( $25.95)
Seat 3: kkunkel ( $25)
Seat 4: thijno ( $10.55)
Seat 5: Missonly86 ( $8.57)
Seat 6: zweibeck ( $32.45)
thijno posts small blind (0.10)
Missonly86 posts big blind (0.25)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Phillberto [ Jc, Kd ]
zweibeck folds.
held01 calls (0.25)
Phillberto raises (1.25) to 1.25
thijno calls (1.15)
Missonly86 folds.
held01 folds.** Dealing Flop ** : [ 9c, 5s, 4h ]
thijno bets (0.75)
Phillberto raises (2.80) to 2.80
thijno calls (2.05)
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 2d ]
thijno bets (5)
Phillberto?
I come up against a guy you will be seeing a lot of hands against on Sunday hands
thijno - 65% vp$ip 0% pre-flop raise and 1.75 aggression factor. Typical fish stats.
Sat May 26 23:34:27 EDT 2007
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: held01 ( $19.50)
Seat 2: Phillberto ( $25.95)
Seat 3: kkunkel ( $25)
Seat 4: thijno ( $10.55)
Seat 5: Missonly86 ( $8.57)
Seat 6: zweibeck ( $32.45)
thijno posts small blind (0.10)
Missonly86 posts big blind (0.25)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Phillberto [ Jc, Kd ]
zweibeck folds.
held01 calls (0.25)
Phillberto raises (1.25) to 1.25
thijno calls (1.15)
Missonly86 folds.
held01 folds.** Dealing Flop ** : [ 9c, 5s, 4h ]
thijno bets (0.75)
Phillberto raises (2.80) to 2.80
thijno calls (2.05)
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 2d ]
thijno bets (5)
Phillberto?
Hand History Extravaganza#2
Saturday
Mama seems a bad player and is pretty wild.
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: Krauser55 ( $18.33)
Seat 2: Phillberto ( $24.30)
Seat 3: mama_andi_Ostenfelde ( $11.99)
Seat 4: MilleBaci ( $28.75)
Seat 5: craig08333 ( $8.32)
Seat 6: flyshe ( $32.25)
mama_andi_Ostenfelde posts small blind (0.10)
MilleBaci posts big blind (0.25)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Phillberto [ Kh, Ac ]
craig08333 folds.
flyshe folds.Krauser55 folds.
Phillberto raises (1) to 1
mama_andi_Ostenfelde calls (0.90)
MilleBaci folds.**
Dealing Flop ** : [ Jc, 6d, Kd ]
mama_andi_Ostenfelde bets (10.99)
mama_andi_Ostenfelde is all-In.
Phillberto?
What range do you put him on?
Mama seems a bad player and is pretty wild.
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: Krauser55 ( $18.33)
Seat 2: Phillberto ( $24.30)
Seat 3: mama_andi_Ostenfelde ( $11.99)
Seat 4: MilleBaci ( $28.75)
Seat 5: craig08333 ( $8.32)
Seat 6: flyshe ( $32.25)
mama_andi_Ostenfelde posts small blind (0.10)
MilleBaci posts big blind (0.25)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Phillberto [ Kh, Ac ]
craig08333 folds.
flyshe folds.Krauser55 folds.
Phillberto raises (1) to 1
mama_andi_Ostenfelde calls (0.90)
MilleBaci folds.**
Dealing Flop ** : [ Jc, 6d, Kd ]
mama_andi_Ostenfelde bets (10.99)
mama_andi_Ostenfelde is all-In.
Phillberto?
What range do you put him on?
Hand history extravaganza #1
Ok got a whole load of hands to post for comments. Bankrolls to follow.
Cholero is a reasonable player slightly loose aggressive. Varyag has recently joined the table.
Friday
Texas Hold'em Game Table (NL)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: cholero ( $22.93)
Seat 2: locoplayer1 ( $24.40)
Seat 3: n00bmare ( $29.70)
Seat 4: varyag1905 ( $26.10)
Seat 5: Phillberto ( $31)
Seat 6: kocember ( $15.35)
cholero posts small blind (0.10)
n00bmare posts big blind (0.25)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Phillberto [ As, Ah ]
varyag1905 raises (0.50) to 0.50
Phillberto raises (1.50) to 1.50
kocember folds.
cholero calls (1.40)
n00bmare folds.
varyag1905 calls (1)
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 2d, 9s, Kc ]
cholero bets (2)
varyag1905 calls (2)
Phillberto raises (6) to 6
cholero calls (4)
varyag1905 could not respond in time.(disconnected)
varyag1905 Disconnect Protection enabled.
Creating Main Pot with $10.25 with varyag1905
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 4s ]
cholero checks.
Phillberto bets (7)
cholero calls (7)
** Dealing River ** : [ 9h ]
cholero bets (8.43)
cholero is all-In.
Phillberto?
Cholero is a reasonable player slightly loose aggressive. Varyag has recently joined the table.
Friday
Texas Hold'em Game Table (NL)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: cholero ( $22.93)
Seat 2: locoplayer1 ( $24.40)
Seat 3: n00bmare ( $29.70)
Seat 4: varyag1905 ( $26.10)
Seat 5: Phillberto ( $31)
Seat 6: kocember ( $15.35)
cholero posts small blind (0.10)
n00bmare posts big blind (0.25)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Phillberto [ As, Ah ]
varyag1905 raises (0.50) to 0.50
Phillberto raises (1.50) to 1.50
kocember folds.
cholero calls (1.40)
n00bmare folds.
varyag1905 calls (1)
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 2d, 9s, Kc ]
cholero bets (2)
varyag1905 calls (2)
Phillberto raises (6) to 6
cholero calls (4)
varyag1905 could not respond in time.(disconnected)
varyag1905 Disconnect Protection enabled.
Creating Main Pot with $10.25 with varyag1905
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 4s ]
cholero checks.
Phillberto bets (7)
cholero calls (7)
** Dealing River ** : [ 9h ]
cholero bets (8.43)
cholero is all-In.
Phillberto?
Wednesday, 23 May 2007
Floated then I out-boat.
Feel like I had a disappointing night last night but still end up with $47 added to my bankroll.
Last night was the last night of Stars double points promotion. I still had a decent chunk of points to earn and any I didn't earn last night would take me twice as long to get. I decide to spark up three tables to help cross the bonus finish line.
Table 1,2,3 +$5
Just getting started and I'm winning a little on all three when called upon to put the babby to bed.
Table 4 -$17
When I return later I struggle on one table where a floater on my immediate left is targeting me. The rest of the table seems to take turns too. Same story. Call my pre-flop raise. Call my c-bet and bet out to take it away on the turn when I check or even reraise my second barrel. I'm down US$17 very fast and not liking it. I decide to just up and leave and find a new table.
Table 5 -$18
The new table proves event worse. Another floater who calls almost every raise. I hit a bunch of playable cards. After 70 hands I've raised over 30% of hands. None of them are hitting though and once again I'm getting it taken away on the turn. I start to take my own advice of yesterday on dealing with floaters with some success but I just don't hit enough hands to profit. I never recover and end up US$18 down.
Table 6 +$25
Only one table is going well. I'm up a buy-in which I've let dwindle down a bit but then catch a hand against a shortish stack. I raise pocket 99's which connect on a 983 flop. He checks and I check behind. flop comes a second 8 and he goes all-in with a big overbet. I don't believe he has an 8 anyway and the fact I'm beating him even if does helps too! I call and he has 53. I'm back above a buy-in up.
Table 7 +$3
I have one big hand where AQ hits top pair and I c-bet which I'll dig out and post later as I think I misplayed it. End up having to let top pair top kicker go in that big pot. Looking like another losing table and I'm heading for a bad night when I strike the pot of gold.
Raise Pocket 8's and get called. Flop J85 with two diamonds on the board. I bet out and get called. With straight and flush draws showing I have to keep betting. I do and he calls making a juicy pot. River is a J which completes the flush but also gives me a full house. I bet out and face a re-raise. I'm obviously facing a big hand. There are actually quite a few potential holdings that beat me here but I'm hoping nut flush and put him all-in. He calls and shows 5 5 to give me a big pot and turn a losing table into a small winning one. Phew.
I bring myself within two dollars of level for the night and have collected my US$50 bonus so call it a night.
I'll need to have a good look at some of the losing hands as I think I leaked a lot. Three tabling also made it a bit more difficult to keep track.
The plan now is to spend a bit of time doing the following;
1) watch some Cardrunnner vids
2) Set up PA Hud with some more detailed statistics including cold-calling.
3) Have a look through old hands on poker-tracker stats to see if need to plug leaks . I checked last night and I make money from every position except the small blind which I was pleased with - I'm also a winner with all types of made hands from pair to quads so they seem okay. I do need to try and improve my anti-floating tactics though.
4) Get the bankroll up to $1,050 by the end of May.
The bad news is I failed to keep above 10PTBB/100 for my spell at Stars as it dipped from 16 to 8 in the past two nights. Bah.
Last night was the last night of Stars double points promotion. I still had a decent chunk of points to earn and any I didn't earn last night would take me twice as long to get. I decide to spark up three tables to help cross the bonus finish line.
Table 1,2,3 +$5
Just getting started and I'm winning a little on all three when called upon to put the babby to bed.
Table 4 -$17
When I return later I struggle on one table where a floater on my immediate left is targeting me. The rest of the table seems to take turns too. Same story. Call my pre-flop raise. Call my c-bet and bet out to take it away on the turn when I check or even reraise my second barrel. I'm down US$17 very fast and not liking it. I decide to just up and leave and find a new table.
Table 5 -$18
The new table proves event worse. Another floater who calls almost every raise. I hit a bunch of playable cards. After 70 hands I've raised over 30% of hands. None of them are hitting though and once again I'm getting it taken away on the turn. I start to take my own advice of yesterday on dealing with floaters with some success but I just don't hit enough hands to profit. I never recover and end up US$18 down.
Table 6 +$25
Only one table is going well. I'm up a buy-in which I've let dwindle down a bit but then catch a hand against a shortish stack. I raise pocket 99's which connect on a 983 flop. He checks and I check behind. flop comes a second 8 and he goes all-in with a big overbet. I don't believe he has an 8 anyway and the fact I'm beating him even if does helps too! I call and he has 53. I'm back above a buy-in up.
Table 7 +$3
I have one big hand where AQ hits top pair and I c-bet which I'll dig out and post later as I think I misplayed it. End up having to let top pair top kicker go in that big pot. Looking like another losing table and I'm heading for a bad night when I strike the pot of gold.
Raise Pocket 8's and get called. Flop J85 with two diamonds on the board. I bet out and get called. With straight and flush draws showing I have to keep betting. I do and he calls making a juicy pot. River is a J which completes the flush but also gives me a full house. I bet out and face a re-raise. I'm obviously facing a big hand. There are actually quite a few potential holdings that beat me here but I'm hoping nut flush and put him all-in. He calls and shows 5 5 to give me a big pot and turn a losing table into a small winning one. Phew.
I bring myself within two dollars of level for the night and have collected my US$50 bonus so call it a night.
I'll need to have a good look at some of the losing hands as I think I leaked a lot. Three tabling also made it a bit more difficult to keep track.
The plan now is to spend a bit of time doing the following;
1) watch some Cardrunnner vids
2) Set up PA Hud with some more detailed statistics including cold-calling.
3) Have a look through old hands on poker-tracker stats to see if need to plug leaks . I checked last night and I make money from every position except the small blind which I was pleased with - I'm also a winner with all types of made hands from pair to quads so they seem okay. I do need to try and improve my anti-floating tactics though.
4) Get the bankroll up to $1,050 by the end of May.
The bad news is I failed to keep above 10PTBB/100 for my spell at Stars as it dipped from 16 to 8 in the past two nights. Bah.
Tuesday, 22 May 2007
C-bets and stats
I think I'll clear the Stars bonus before I get into this but now that I have PA HUD I want to explore a bit more detailed stats of my opponents.
The first one I want to look at is C-Bet (continuation bet) calling stats. I think some people only do it when they have a hand and others float as a general rule. For those that only call when they have something then you c-bet every time. For floaters you need to check sometimes and ensure some of those times you have a hand and then start firing a few more second barrels.
Most people seem to fall quite solidly into one camp or the other and I think knowing if they are likely to call will save a lot of money.
The first one I want to look at is C-Bet (continuation bet) calling stats. I think some people only do it when they have a hand and others float as a general rule. For those that only call when they have something then you c-bet every time. For floaters you need to check sometimes and ensure some of those times you have a hand and then start firing a few more second barrels.
Most people seem to fall quite solidly into one camp or the other and I think knowing if they are likely to call will save a lot of money.
Moocher update
Moocher's form slump continues and he suffers a few bad beats and his Full Tilt account dips to just US$5. Hopefully the Empire bonus, if he can get his money out of Party, can restore him back into the red. How about posting a few hands Moocher? Maybe a change to 6-max if you feel full ring gets a bit dull (which it does).
I don't want to see you bust out again. Maybe a spell of grinding at 0.02/.04 on Empire with some poker tracking software running?
I don't want to see you bust out again. Maybe a spell of grinding at 0.02/.04 on Empire with some poker tracking software running?
Spilt Milk
Not crying over it but thought it would be healthy to review my 3 biggest hands.
Started off at first table where I played one hand. Raised, was called. I missed c-bet and was raised and folded. The table breaks up and I leave $3 down.
Start up two tables. First table I initially drop $9 but carry on and eventually finish $18 up. Allw ell on good.
On the second table I notice a familiar name to my right as deadlydp joins the action. I end up $17 down on this table when I finish up. Three biggest losers below.
Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) -'Gilgamesh' 6-max
Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: BLADE__H ($29.40 in chips)
Seat 2: coolshuffle ($20 in chips)
Seat 3: Phillberto01 ($27.05 in chips)
Seat 4: shantanut ($23.95 in chips)
Seat 5: x putter ($11.45 in chips)
Seat 6: Dj3f ($40.90 in chips)
BLADE__H: posts small blind $0.10
coolshuffle: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to Phillberto01 [Kd Ac]
Phillberto01: raises $0.75 to $1
shantanut: folds
x putter: calls $1
Dj3f: folds
BLADE__H: folds
coolshuffle: folds
*** FLOP *** [Ah 3d 5s]
Phillberto01: bets $1.50
x putter: calls $1.50
Ok standard bet and standard c-bet so far. He calls it so I think he has the following. Ax (x=K,Q,J,) trips, pair (66-10 or maybe 22 or 44)
*** TURN *** [Ah 3d 5s] [2h]
He has a stack size left of US$9 and pot size of $5.35. Tricky. I can check and control the pot size or I can bet strongly and try and get him all in by the river. Third option is a bet that Ax hands will call. I want to fold out the middle pairs and get a call from as many Ax hands as possible so I bet half pot.
Phillberto01: bets $2.50
x putter: calls $2.50
Mmm. I'd usually put his Ax range at AK or AQ now. Other option is trips. Against a decent player I would think I am behind now over half the time - as this guy is a short stack I don't give him that credit. He could be hanging around with a weaker Ace or even refusing to give up on a decent high pair.
River comes.
*** RIVER *** [Ah 3d 5s 2h] [6h]
Flush hits but I can't see any way he has got this far with two hearts. It may encourage him to run a bluff though.
Phillberto01: checks
x putter: bets $3.75
He bets half his remaining stack. I reckon I'm behind over half the time here but not often enough to fold.
Phillberto01: calls $3.75
*** SHOW DOWN ***
x putter: shows [6d 6c] (three of a kind, Sixes)
Phillberto01: mucks hand
x putter collected $17 from pot
He made a very loose call on the turn. He had 6 outs. 8-1 to hit. If he is going for implied odds he needs to make $17.50 to justify the call. Not far off actually. Slightly -EV play from him and he gets lucky.
Any other ways to play it?
Next hand. Same table.
Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) -Table 'Gilgamesh' 6-max
Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: ZEWAINE ($29.75 in chips)
Seat 2: forgetaboute ($8.75 in chips)
Seat 3: Phillberto01 ($27.45 in chips)
Seat 4: Thijs1 ($41.15 in chips)
Seat 5: vico the cat ($41.15 in chips)
Seat 6: Dj3f ($10.65 in chips)
ZEWAINE: posts small blind $0.10
forgetaboute: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to Phillberto01 [Ah Qs]
Under the gun but decent cards so I raise.
Phillberto01: raises $0.75 to $1
Thijs1: folds vico the cat: calls $1
Dj3f: folds ZEWAINE: calls $0.90
forgetaboute: calls $0.75
*** FLOP *** [7h Qc 8h]
3 callers and a very drawy board.
ZEWAINE: bets $1.25
forgetaboute: folds
Ok I want to find out if I'm good here and chase out any draws.
Phillberto01: raises $2.25 to $3.50
vico the cat: folds
ZEWAINE: calls $2.25
He sticks around. Mmmm. Still a pretty wide range I could be up against.
*** TURN *** [7h Qc 8h] [9c]
ZEWAINE: checks
Maybe I should have bet again to take it away here. I opt for pot control and check.
Phillberto01: checks
*** RIVER *** [7h Qc 8h 9c] [Kh]
A scare card indeed. Flush gets there.
ZEWAINE: bets $9
Almost pot sized bet. Mmm he doesn't seem scared of the flush. 10 J got there on the turn KQ now beats me. Did he call with Ah10h maybe. or 10hJh or 9h10h. If it is a bluff it is a good one. I have to put give him credit for a hand here.
Phillberto01: folds
ZEWAINE collected $10.50 from pot
Ok last hand.
Table 'Gilgamesh' 6-max
Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: BLADE__H ($32.25 in chips)
Seat 2: deadlydp ($22.50 in chips)
Seat 3: Phillberto01 ($29.85 in chips)
Seat 4: Thijs1 ($38.60 in chips)
Seat 5: Jeffray73 ($21.35 in chips)
Seat 6: Dj3f ($14.95 in chips)
Jeffray73: posts small blind $0.10
Dj3f: posts big blind $0.25
BLADE__H: posts small blind $0.10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [6h 6c]
BLADE__H: folds
deadlydp: folds Phillberto01: raises $0.75 to $1
Thijs1: raises $2.50 to $3.50
Jeffray73: folds
Dj3f: folds
Phillberto01: calls $2.50
*** FLOP *** [3h 2d Ks]
Phillberto01: checks
Thijs1: bets $5
Phillberto01: folds
Thijs1 collected $7.10
Pretty straight forward I think. His reraise is likely to be a big pocket pair or AK. I call with an 8-1 chance to hit trips. Need to take a $20 pot down if I hit. Think that is likely enough so call. Miss and fold. Standard?
Deadly recovers his initial winnings and logs out a solid winner. Not my night however. Ah well at least I made inroads on my first deposit bonus. One decent session away from US$50 bonus. Some consolation. And internettexasholdem emailed me to say my books are on the way and gave me the registration code for Poker Ace HUD this morning.
Started off at first table where I played one hand. Raised, was called. I missed c-bet and was raised and folded. The table breaks up and I leave $3 down.
Start up two tables. First table I initially drop $9 but carry on and eventually finish $18 up. Allw ell on good.
On the second table I notice a familiar name to my right as deadlydp joins the action. I end up $17 down on this table when I finish up. Three biggest losers below.
Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) -'Gilgamesh' 6-max
Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: BLADE__H ($29.40 in chips)
Seat 2: coolshuffle ($20 in chips)
Seat 3: Phillberto01 ($27.05 in chips)
Seat 4: shantanut ($23.95 in chips)
Seat 5: x putter ($11.45 in chips)
Seat 6: Dj3f ($40.90 in chips)
BLADE__H: posts small blind $0.10
coolshuffle: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to Phillberto01 [Kd Ac]
Phillberto01: raises $0.75 to $1
shantanut: folds
x putter: calls $1
Dj3f: folds
BLADE__H: folds
coolshuffle: folds
*** FLOP *** [Ah 3d 5s]
Phillberto01: bets $1.50
x putter: calls $1.50
Ok standard bet and standard c-bet so far. He calls it so I think he has the following. Ax (x=K,Q,J,) trips, pair (66-10 or maybe 22 or 44)
*** TURN *** [Ah 3d 5s] [2h]
He has a stack size left of US$9 and pot size of $5.35. Tricky. I can check and control the pot size or I can bet strongly and try and get him all in by the river. Third option is a bet that Ax hands will call. I want to fold out the middle pairs and get a call from as many Ax hands as possible so I bet half pot.
Phillberto01: bets $2.50
x putter: calls $2.50
Mmm. I'd usually put his Ax range at AK or AQ now. Other option is trips. Against a decent player I would think I am behind now over half the time - as this guy is a short stack I don't give him that credit. He could be hanging around with a weaker Ace or even refusing to give up on a decent high pair.
River comes.
*** RIVER *** [Ah 3d 5s 2h] [6h]
Flush hits but I can't see any way he has got this far with two hearts. It may encourage him to run a bluff though.
Phillberto01: checks
x putter: bets $3.75
He bets half his remaining stack. I reckon I'm behind over half the time here but not often enough to fold.
Phillberto01: calls $3.75
*** SHOW DOWN ***
x putter: shows [6d 6c] (three of a kind, Sixes)
Phillberto01: mucks hand
x putter collected $17 from pot
He made a very loose call on the turn. He had 6 outs. 8-1 to hit. If he is going for implied odds he needs to make $17.50 to justify the call. Not far off actually. Slightly -EV play from him and he gets lucky.
Any other ways to play it?
Next hand. Same table.
Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) -Table 'Gilgamesh' 6-max
Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: ZEWAINE ($29.75 in chips)
Seat 2: forgetaboute ($8.75 in chips)
Seat 3: Phillberto01 ($27.45 in chips)
Seat 4: Thijs1 ($41.15 in chips)
Seat 5: vico the cat ($41.15 in chips)
Seat 6: Dj3f ($10.65 in chips)
ZEWAINE: posts small blind $0.10
forgetaboute: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to Phillberto01 [Ah Qs]
Under the gun but decent cards so I raise.
Phillberto01: raises $0.75 to $1
Thijs1: folds vico the cat: calls $1
Dj3f: folds ZEWAINE: calls $0.90
forgetaboute: calls $0.75
*** FLOP *** [7h Qc 8h]
3 callers and a very drawy board.
ZEWAINE: bets $1.25
forgetaboute: folds
Ok I want to find out if I'm good here and chase out any draws.
Phillberto01: raises $2.25 to $3.50
vico the cat: folds
ZEWAINE: calls $2.25
He sticks around. Mmmm. Still a pretty wide range I could be up against.
*** TURN *** [7h Qc 8h] [9c]
ZEWAINE: checks
Maybe I should have bet again to take it away here. I opt for pot control and check.
Phillberto01: checks
*** RIVER *** [7h Qc 8h 9c] [Kh]
A scare card indeed. Flush gets there.
ZEWAINE: bets $9
Almost pot sized bet. Mmm he doesn't seem scared of the flush. 10 J got there on the turn KQ now beats me. Did he call with Ah10h maybe. or 10hJh or 9h10h. If it is a bluff it is a good one. I have to put give him credit for a hand here.
Phillberto01: folds
ZEWAINE collected $10.50 from pot
Ok last hand.
Table 'Gilgamesh' 6-max
Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: BLADE__H ($32.25 in chips)
Seat 2: deadlydp ($22.50 in chips)
Seat 3: Phillberto01 ($29.85 in chips)
Seat 4: Thijs1 ($38.60 in chips)
Seat 5: Jeffray73 ($21.35 in chips)
Seat 6: Dj3f ($14.95 in chips)
Jeffray73: posts small blind $0.10
Dj3f: posts big blind $0.25
BLADE__H: posts small blind $0.10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [6h 6c]
BLADE__H: folds
deadlydp: folds Phillberto01: raises $0.75 to $1
Thijs1: raises $2.50 to $3.50
Jeffray73: folds
Dj3f: folds
Phillberto01: calls $2.50
*** FLOP *** [3h 2d Ks]
Phillberto01: checks
Thijs1: bets $5
Phillberto01: folds
Thijs1 collected $7.10
Pretty straight forward I think. His reraise is likely to be a big pocket pair or AK. I call with an 8-1 chance to hit trips. Need to take a $20 pot down if I hit. Think that is likely enough so call. Miss and fold. Standard?
Deadly recovers his initial winnings and logs out a solid winner. Not my night however. Ah well at least I made inroads on my first deposit bonus. One decent session away from US$50 bonus. Some consolation. And internettexasholdem emailed me to say my books are on the way and gave me the registration code for Poker Ace HUD this morning.
Monday, 21 May 2007
Poker Stars 10 billion hands - Lolz
I almost forgot to mention this. Poker Stars have been building up to this for a while in their marketing and have been doing milestone hands which seems like once every couple of hours. Usually they having been giving away US$250 for the winner and an unspecified amount for everyone else at the table (I'm guessing a buy in). I was trying to work out if I should get it all in with any two cards and decided I should. Anyway that was just for the 'little' milestones but the big one arrived and the lucky table was a .01/.02 table.
The prize for the winner was US$100,000. Here is the hand.
PokerStars Game #10000000000: Hold'em No Limit ($0.01/$0.02) 6-max Seat
#4 is the button
Seat 1: Rechargeable ($4.83 in chips)
Seat 2: inwooke ($1.73 in chips)
Seat 3: The_Moog ($6.43 in chips)
Seat 4: XTedForrestX ($2.95 in chips)
Seat 5: Ferius ($3.10 in chips)
Seat 6: justine0003 ($0.82 in chips)
Ferius: posts small blind $0.01
justine0003: posts big blind $0.02
*** HOLE CARDS ***
justine0003 said, "?"
The_Moog said, "wowowow"
The_Moog said, "YES"
Ferius said, "w2eet"
XTedForrestX said, "jfdklsa'sfjsd"
XTedForrestX said, "wow"
XTedForrestX said, "yeah baby"
The_Moog said, "my buttons are gone"
The_Moog said, "all in"justine0003 said, "how much do we win!!"
The_Moog said, "thanks"
Ferius said, "can me make a deal?"
The_Moog said, "i had that feeling"
XTedForrestX said, "yes make a deal"
XTedForrestX said, "lets chop it up"
justine0003 said, "ya lets do it"
XTedForrestX said, "i agree"
The_Moog said, "aGREE"
Rechargeable said, "Yes, if that is possible"
Ferius said, "chop it"
XTedForrestX said, "shyt load of money for us"
The_Moog said, "cool, i have a good hand to win ;)"
XTedForrestX said, "i seriously have AKs, but don't think it's worth to risk it"
The_Moog said, "lets do it before i get a disconnect"
XTedForrestX said, "where's the support?"
justine0003 said, "is this real"
justine0003 said, "and how do we get our money"
XTedForrestX said, "support"
XTedForrestX said, "help"
Ferius said, "lets go"XTedForrestX said, "can we chop?"
XTedForrestX said, "please"
justine0003 said, "and everyone else?"
XTedForrestX said, "can't we chop, and leave a certain amoutn to winner?"
XTedForrestX said, "not 100k"
XTedForrestX said, "little nutss"
Ferius said, "i want that"
The_Moog said, "gl table"
Rechargeable: raises $4.81 to $4.83 and is all-in
inwooke: folds
The_Moog: raises $1.60 to $6.43 and is all-in
XTedForrestX: folds
Ferius: calls $3.09 and is all-in
justine0003: calls $0.80 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [Ac Kc Td]
*** TURN *** [Ac Kc Td] [9c]
*** RIVER *** [Ac Kc Td 9c] [8h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Rechargeable: shows [5c 4d] (high card Ace)
The_Moog: shows [9h Th] (two pair, Tens and Nines)
The_Moog collected $3.31 from side pot-2
Ferius: mucks hand
The_Moog collected $6.49 from side pot-1
justine0003: shows [3c 8c] (a flush, Ace high)
justine0003 collected $3.13 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***Total pot $13.58
Main pot $3.13.
Side pot-1 $6.49.
Side pot-2 $3.31.
Rake $0.65
Board [Ac Kc Td 9c 8h]
Seat 1: Rechargeable showed [5c 4d] and lost with high card Ace
Seat 2: inwooke folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: The_Moog showed [9h Th] and won ($9.80) with two pair, Tens and Nines
Seat 4: XTedForrestX (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Ferius (small blind) mucked
Seat 6: justine0003 (big blind) showed [3c 8c] and won ($3.13) with a flush, Ace high
Now that is funny. I really expected better from Ted Forrest. He seemed like quite a good player on High Stakes Poker. Odds of over 30,000-1 and US$2.95 to lose. Nice fold Ted. Inwooke has even better odds but the second reraise looked like a high pocket pair to me. He saves his $1.73 for a better opportunity.
I love the quote from Ted "i seriously have AKs, but don't think it's worth to risk it". If he had AK diamonds that would be even funnier.
Most amusing.
The prize for the winner was US$100,000. Here is the hand.
PokerStars Game #10000000000: Hold'em No Limit ($0.01/$0.02) 6-max Seat
#4 is the button
Seat 1: Rechargeable ($4.83 in chips)
Seat 2: inwooke ($1.73 in chips)
Seat 3: The_Moog ($6.43 in chips)
Seat 4: XTedForrestX ($2.95 in chips)
Seat 5: Ferius ($3.10 in chips)
Seat 6: justine0003 ($0.82 in chips)
Ferius: posts small blind $0.01
justine0003: posts big blind $0.02
*** HOLE CARDS ***
justine0003 said, "?"
The_Moog said, "wowowow"
The_Moog said, "YES"
Ferius said, "w2eet"
XTedForrestX said, "jfdklsa'sfjsd"
XTedForrestX said, "wow"
XTedForrestX said, "yeah baby"
The_Moog said, "my buttons are gone"
The_Moog said, "all in"justine0003 said, "how much do we win!!"
The_Moog said, "thanks"
Ferius said, "can me make a deal?"
The_Moog said, "i had that feeling"
XTedForrestX said, "yes make a deal"
XTedForrestX said, "lets chop it up"
justine0003 said, "ya lets do it"
XTedForrestX said, "i agree"
The_Moog said, "aGREE"
Rechargeable said, "Yes, if that is possible"
Ferius said, "chop it"
XTedForrestX said, "shyt load of money for us"
The_Moog said, "cool, i have a good hand to win ;)"
XTedForrestX said, "i seriously have AKs, but don't think it's worth to risk it"
The_Moog said, "lets do it before i get a disconnect"
XTedForrestX said, "where's the support?"
justine0003 said, "is this real"
justine0003 said, "and how do we get our money"
XTedForrestX said, "support"
XTedForrestX said, "help"
Ferius said, "lets go"XTedForrestX said, "can we chop?"
XTedForrestX said, "please"
justine0003 said, "and everyone else?"
XTedForrestX said, "can't we chop, and leave a certain amoutn to winner?"
XTedForrestX said, "not 100k"
XTedForrestX said, "little nutss"
Ferius said, "i want that"
The_Moog said, "gl table"
Rechargeable: raises $4.81 to $4.83 and is all-in
inwooke: folds
The_Moog: raises $1.60 to $6.43 and is all-in
XTedForrestX: folds
Ferius: calls $3.09 and is all-in
justine0003: calls $0.80 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [Ac Kc Td]
*** TURN *** [Ac Kc Td] [9c]
*** RIVER *** [Ac Kc Td 9c] [8h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Rechargeable: shows [5c 4d] (high card Ace)
The_Moog: shows [9h Th] (two pair, Tens and Nines)
The_Moog collected $3.31 from side pot-2
Ferius: mucks hand
The_Moog collected $6.49 from side pot-1
justine0003: shows [3c 8c] (a flush, Ace high)
justine0003 collected $3.13 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***Total pot $13.58
Main pot $3.13.
Side pot-1 $6.49.
Side pot-2 $3.31.
Rake $0.65
Board [Ac Kc Td 9c 8h]
Seat 1: Rechargeable showed [5c 4d] and lost with high card Ace
Seat 2: inwooke folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: The_Moog showed [9h Th] and won ($9.80) with two pair, Tens and Nines
Seat 4: XTedForrestX (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Ferius (small blind) mucked
Seat 6: justine0003 (big blind) showed [3c 8c] and won ($3.13) with a flush, Ace high
Now that is funny. I really expected better from Ted Forrest. He seemed like quite a good player on High Stakes Poker. Odds of over 30,000-1 and US$2.95 to lose. Nice fold Ted. Inwooke has even better odds but the second reraise looked like a high pocket pair to me. He saves his $1.73 for a better opportunity.
I love the quote from Ted "i seriously have AKs, but don't think it's worth to risk it". If he had AK diamonds that would be even funnier.
Most amusing.
Poker holiday - dreaming?
This is all a bit hypothetical but I was pondering this last night. If I were to decide to return to the UK some time in the future I could make a stop off in the Philippines en route. Given the cost of living in there I'm considering the possibility of being able to support me and the family there for an extended holiday by playing poker.
I reckon the following variables have to be considered.
1) How many hours a week could I play.
2) How many tables could I play.
3) What level of table could I play.
4) What is my expected win-rate.
Based on my current play I would estimate the following as realistic.
1) 25 hours 2) 3 tables 3) 25NL 4) 10BB/hour win-rate
= US$750 a month = HK$5,850 = 29,250 peso a month.
Now in Hong Kong terms that is a lousy wage and I wouldn't dream of 'working' 25 hours for that amount. However if it enabled an extended holiday for say three months without dipping into my savings it wouldn't be too bad. Let Mrs Phillberto and the little 'berts see their family for a while. One three hour session in the morning, another three hours in the evening with the afternoon at the beach and laid back dinner and pina colada of an evening and a couple of days off a week to chill and be a tourist. What do you think?
Tweaking the variables a little bit.
1) 30 hours 2) 4 tables 3) 50NL 4) 10BB/hour
All very hypothetical as I've not played at these levels yet but I don't see these targets as being too outlandish.
= US$2,400 a month = HK$18,720 = 93,600 peso a month.
Now again I wouldn't consider that as worth doing in Hong Kong or UK but staying in the Philippines I can imagine that might actually translate into a decent quality of life. Presumably I'd improve as I was playing so much.
I'd have the funds to cover a three month vacation even if the and wouldn't want to extend it beyond 3-12 months but see this as a viable detour on my way home.
As I have no plans to head home as yet so this is all hypothetical but with education fees looming on the horizon in the not too distant future it's got me to thinking.
What do you reckon? Pie in the sky?
I reckon the following variables have to be considered.
1) How many hours a week could I play.
2) How many tables could I play.
3) What level of table could I play.
4) What is my expected win-rate.
Based on my current play I would estimate the following as realistic.
1) 25 hours 2) 3 tables 3) 25NL 4) 10BB/hour win-rate
= US$750 a month = HK$5,850 = 29,250 peso a month.
Now in Hong Kong terms that is a lousy wage and I wouldn't dream of 'working' 25 hours for that amount. However if it enabled an extended holiday for say three months without dipping into my savings it wouldn't be too bad. Let Mrs Phillberto and the little 'berts see their family for a while. One three hour session in the morning, another three hours in the evening with the afternoon at the beach and laid back dinner and pina colada of an evening and a couple of days off a week to chill and be a tourist. What do you think?
Tweaking the variables a little bit.
1) 30 hours 2) 4 tables 3) 50NL 4) 10BB/hour
All very hypothetical as I've not played at these levels yet but I don't see these targets as being too outlandish.
= US$2,400 a month = HK$18,720 = 93,600 peso a month.
Now again I wouldn't consider that as worth doing in Hong Kong or UK but staying in the Philippines I can imagine that might actually translate into a decent quality of life. Presumably I'd improve as I was playing so much.
I'd have the funds to cover a three month vacation even if the and wouldn't want to extend it beyond 3-12 months but see this as a viable detour on my way home.
As I have no plans to head home as yet so this is all hypothetical but with education fees looming on the horizon in the not too distant future it's got me to thinking.
What do you reckon? Pie in the sky?
Free Gifts
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These guys provide links to the normal bonii offered by Party, Empire, Stars etc. You sign up using the link provided by them then after playing about half the way through your bonus you email them and choose three normal free gifts or one premium and one normal.
For my stars bonus I've opted for Poker Ace HUD (tracking software), Poker Theory by Sklansky/Miller and Harrington on Holdem 3.
They also offer premium gifts of DVD sets, International subscription for Bluff or Cardplayer, Poker Tracker etc.
As this is in addition to the normal bonus it is a great find.
www.internettexasholdem.com
These guys provide links to the normal bonii offered by Party, Empire, Stars etc. You sign up using the link provided by them then after playing about half the way through your bonus you email them and choose three normal free gifts or one premium and one normal.
For my stars bonus I've opted for Poker Ace HUD (tracking software), Poker Theory by Sklansky/Miller and Harrington on Holdem 3.
They also offer premium gifts of DVD sets, International subscription for Bluff or Cardplayer, Poker Tracker etc.
As this is in addition to the normal bonus it is a great find.
Roll's are the goal
Monday morning roll-call as follows:
1) Deadly US$1090 (-36) (+35) (+101) (-110) (+257) (+134) (+6) (+117)
2) Phillberto US$931 (+231)(+76)(+90) (+50) (+106) (+23) (+133) (+306) *
3) Moocher666 US$545 (-105) (no change)(+78) (+4) *
4) Bigshotbog US$230 (-40) (no change)(nc) (nc) (-150)(nc) (+10) (-264)
*Moocher owes Phillberto$455
Bigshotbog
Is online poker retirement being considered. Having built a bank-roll in excess of $900 it was looking very rosy for bigshot not so long ago. With his family in town poker time is going to be limited in any event this week. Surely some bad variance to blame for this run although perhaps his play has turned a little 'tilty' - hard to avoid. Come on bigshot suck it up and get back on a winning run.
Moocher
A bad week for Moocher. After returning from Dubai he has hit a bad run. Problems cashing out his Party roll to neteller delays his start on the empire bonus. Now running behind Moocher is looking for a decent run to get himself on track.
Deadly
Back in town after his trip. I strongly suspect this week may see deadly return to the virtual felt with a vengeance. Didn't find the time for a live session in the UK so his mouse finger must be even itchier.
Phillberto
I think that without counting bonii (I only got US$10 of bonus this week) this is my biggest winning week yet. Currently two tabling at 25NL at Stars. Played a three hour session on Sunday taking in around $60. I'm running at 16PTBB/100 which I'm happy with although that compares poorly to my 29PTBB/100 at 10NL. This is approaching $10 an hour win-rate playing two tables. I've played around 2,500 hands so far and I'm looking to get up to 10,000 hands before assessing the merits of moving up or adding more tables.
1) Deadly US$1090 (-36) (+35) (+101) (-110) (+257) (+134) (+6) (+117)
2) Phillberto US$931 (+231)(+76)(+90) (+50) (+106) (+23) (+133) (+306) *
3) Moocher666 US$545 (-105) (no change)(+78) (+4) *
4) Bigshotbog US$230 (-40) (no change)(nc) (nc) (-150)(nc) (+10) (-264)
*Moocher owes Phillberto$455
Bigshotbog
Is online poker retirement being considered. Having built a bank-roll in excess of $900 it was looking very rosy for bigshot not so long ago. With his family in town poker time is going to be limited in any event this week. Surely some bad variance to blame for this run although perhaps his play has turned a little 'tilty' - hard to avoid. Come on bigshot suck it up and get back on a winning run.
Moocher
A bad week for Moocher. After returning from Dubai he has hit a bad run. Problems cashing out his Party roll to neteller delays his start on the empire bonus. Now running behind Moocher is looking for a decent run to get himself on track.
Deadly
Back in town after his trip. I strongly suspect this week may see deadly return to the virtual felt with a vengeance. Didn't find the time for a live session in the UK so his mouse finger must be even itchier.
Phillberto
I think that without counting bonii (I only got US$10 of bonus this week) this is my biggest winning week yet. Currently two tabling at 25NL at Stars. Played a three hour session on Sunday taking in around $60. I'm running at 16PTBB/100 which I'm happy with although that compares poorly to my 29PTBB/100 at 10NL. This is approaching $10 an hour win-rate playing two tables. I've played around 2,500 hands so far and I'm looking to get up to 10,000 hands before assessing the merits of moving up or adding more tables.
Friday, 18 May 2007
A couple of tricky hands.
Reboot my computer and manage to get Stars working at last. Decide to play one table at Stars and one at Paradise.
The Stars table seems to be filled with a lot of short stacks for whom I give little respect. Four limpers and I have KK in the small blind. Raise $1.50. Short stack on $6 thinks I'm on the steal and puts me all in. An ace lands on the river but I take it down as he shows KJo. Nice play fella.
A new short stack ($7) arrives to take the vacated seat. He announces his arrival by going all-in and is uncalled. He shows J7o. Next hand, same tactic again. All-in. Uncalled again. Next hand I catch 77. I raise to a $1 under the gun hoping to isolate crazy man but get called by another shortie on $4! Crazy man goes all-in. I'm not overly happy with the prospect of 77 pre-flop against two callers but call anyway. Shortie folds and I watch four overcards fall none of which connect as crazy man shows down K6. My stack edges up to $43 ($18 up) when I call it a night.
Paradise table
Two key hands on the 5 max Paradise table that I'll share.
i'm in the small blind.
Big blind has $11.40 and I cover
Dealt AKo
Folded around and I raise from the small blind to U1$
Big blind calls.
Flop QQJ rainbow.
I check.
BB raises to $0.70
I call.
As he called a raise I think he has at least a couple of high cards or a pair. I may be ahead and its too small a bet to fold especially given that a 10 is a big out.
Turn is a 9
Pot: $3.4
I check.
BB bets 1.20
Mmmm. A second bullet. I think he likely has something now. A pocket pair. J or even a Q which he is milking. I'm getting around 3-1 to call. I think I have four outs with the tens and decent implied odds if it lands. 6 questionable outs with A and K. Odds are more like 4-1 on me hitting even counting some questionable outs and I make a very loose call.
Pot: 5.80
River: 10 (no flushes possible).
My dream card and I bet 2.50
He goes all-in costing me $6 more to call.
Mmmm. Given the amount of money in the pot I pretty much rule out a bluff. He thinks he has a hand, only question is how good a hand.
I lose to.....
Full house: He may have caught a full house on the flop. QJ would be a loosish call but possible. . A pair of JJ is also possible as is 99 and 10,10. Q9 is less likely to have called my initial raise. Q 10 again less likely. His bets are all eminently callable which fits in with this holding.
I split with....
AK - his bets all make sense here given my weakness. Possible although slightly reduced by me holding the same hand of course.
I beat...
Trips: I priced my bet size to make it difficult for trips to fold. A re-raise all-in pretty much rules out this holding. I think unlikely.
Straight: He holds the K. I think KQ fits with his play. KJ also. K 10 and K 9 both seem like loose pre-flop calls . Maybe suited though?
I call. I think its very close but I'm likely ahead of his range.
Would you call?
The other key hand of the night.
Again played out of position.
I hold Kc 6s.
Two callers and I'm in the big blind.
Pot: 0.75
Flop
4c 6h 7c
I connect a bit and bet 0.60. I want to take it down her and the flop is likely to have missed them both.
MP1 calls.
Mp2 folds
Pot: 1.95
Turn: Jc
I'm thinking he will fold a lot of holdings here. If he held a straight draw he should fold it. If he just holds a pair he has to be worried and I have a flush draw now to fall back on.
I bet$1.20
He thinks and calls.
Pot: 4.35
River: Qc
My flush hits.
I bet $2.50.
He re-raises me to $7.50
Pot: $14.35
I need to call $5.
What does he have? Almost certainly a club. I've got the second nuts and only Ac beats me. I'm getting 3-1 odds to call. I almost call and have another look at the board. Ig he doesn't have the Ac then the next best card is 10c. I really can't imagine he would make this raise with just the 10c. The pause and call on the turn smacks of a draw and most people can't lay down the Ace in those situations.
I fold. Weak tight?
What's your play?
The Stars table seems to be filled with a lot of short stacks for whom I give little respect. Four limpers and I have KK in the small blind. Raise $1.50. Short stack on $6 thinks I'm on the steal and puts me all in. An ace lands on the river but I take it down as he shows KJo. Nice play fella.
A new short stack ($7) arrives to take the vacated seat. He announces his arrival by going all-in and is uncalled. He shows J7o. Next hand, same tactic again. All-in. Uncalled again. Next hand I catch 77. I raise to a $1 under the gun hoping to isolate crazy man but get called by another shortie on $4! Crazy man goes all-in. I'm not overly happy with the prospect of 77 pre-flop against two callers but call anyway. Shortie folds and I watch four overcards fall none of which connect as crazy man shows down K6. My stack edges up to $43 ($18 up) when I call it a night.
Paradise table
Two key hands on the 5 max Paradise table that I'll share.
i'm in the small blind.
Big blind has $11.40 and I cover
Dealt AKo
Folded around and I raise from the small blind to U1$
Big blind calls.
Flop QQJ rainbow.
I check.
BB raises to $0.70
I call.
As he called a raise I think he has at least a couple of high cards or a pair. I may be ahead and its too small a bet to fold especially given that a 10 is a big out.
Turn is a 9
Pot: $3.4
I check.
BB bets 1.20
Mmmm. A second bullet. I think he likely has something now. A pocket pair. J or even a Q which he is milking. I'm getting around 3-1 to call. I think I have four outs with the tens and decent implied odds if it lands. 6 questionable outs with A and K. Odds are more like 4-1 on me hitting even counting some questionable outs and I make a very loose call.
Pot: 5.80
River: 10 (no flushes possible).
My dream card and I bet 2.50
He goes all-in costing me $6 more to call.
Mmmm. Given the amount of money in the pot I pretty much rule out a bluff. He thinks he has a hand, only question is how good a hand.
I lose to.....
Full house: He may have caught a full house on the flop. QJ would be a loosish call but possible. . A pair of JJ is also possible as is 99 and 10,10. Q9 is less likely to have called my initial raise. Q 10 again less likely. His bets are all eminently callable which fits in with this holding.
I split with....
AK - his bets all make sense here given my weakness. Possible although slightly reduced by me holding the same hand of course.
I beat...
Trips: I priced my bet size to make it difficult for trips to fold. A re-raise all-in pretty much rules out this holding. I think unlikely.
Straight: He holds the K. I think KQ fits with his play. KJ also. K 10 and K 9 both seem like loose pre-flop calls . Maybe suited though?
I call. I think its very close but I'm likely ahead of his range.
Would you call?
The other key hand of the night.
Again played out of position.
I hold Kc 6s.
Two callers and I'm in the big blind.
Pot: 0.75
Flop
4c 6h 7c
I connect a bit and bet 0.60. I want to take it down her and the flop is likely to have missed them both.
MP1 calls.
Mp2 folds
Pot: 1.95
Turn: Jc
I'm thinking he will fold a lot of holdings here. If he held a straight draw he should fold it. If he just holds a pair he has to be worried and I have a flush draw now to fall back on.
I bet$1.20
He thinks and calls.
Pot: 4.35
River: Qc
My flush hits.
I bet $2.50.
He re-raises me to $7.50
Pot: $14.35
I need to call $5.
What does he have? Almost certainly a club. I've got the second nuts and only Ac beats me. I'm getting 3-1 odds to call. I almost call and have another look at the board. Ig he doesn't have the Ac then the next best card is 10c. I really can't imagine he would make this raise with just the 10c. The pause and call on the turn smacks of a draw and most people can't lay down the Ace in those situations.
I fold. Weak tight?
What's your play?
Thursday, 17 May 2007
My fate is in the Stars
A change of heart, I decide I want to give Stars another chance. Join a table and after fifteen minutes I hit a big hand. Playing five handed I raise 5 5 under the gun to $1. I'm not being given too much respect on my raises by this guy and as big blind calls with US$16 behind (I cover). Flop 5 6 7 rainbow. BB bets U$1.50. I give him a pretty big range here. I'm worried about giving a draw a free card and if he has an overpair or two pair I may be able to bust him. I raise to US$5. He comes back over the top and goes all in. What does he have?
Trips - 2 outs and I'm almost drawing dead. 20%?
Made straight - I have 8 outs on the turn then 11 on the river. Odds of 2.5-1(?) on catching a full house. I need to call another $10 to win $32. I have the pot odds to call. So my big re-raise committed me - need to give that bet size some thought for next time. 30%
Two pair - I'm well ahead and I put this down as his most likely holding. 35%
Overpair - If he has AA or KK he has played them strangely. QQ is possible I guess, JJ or lower then he is being extremely aggressive. 10%
Top pair and draw - outside possibility. I think he would have folded this to my reraise or just called. 5%
Ultimately I'm not going to fold trips so I call.
My connection goes awry and I have to wait about 45 secs before returning to the table. First thing I notice is he is sitting out and I have his cash. Woo hoo! Then I notice a lot of chatter in german with the word 'Gluck' appearing a lot. I surmise from this he was ahead and I've hit the full house. I check the hand history and indeed he had 8 9o and a 6 hit on the river to boat me up.
Well I'll try and remember this one when I finally take a costly bad beat.
My connection at Stars continues to be temperamental. I switch to Paradise take down a couple more dollars and decide to call it a night and start watching a movie before crashing out.
Trips - 2 outs and I'm almost drawing dead. 20%?
Made straight - I have 8 outs on the turn then 11 on the river. Odds of 2.5-1(?) on catching a full house. I need to call another $10 to win $32. I have the pot odds to call. So my big re-raise committed me - need to give that bet size some thought for next time. 30%
Two pair - I'm well ahead and I put this down as his most likely holding. 35%
Overpair - If he has AA or KK he has played them strangely. QQ is possible I guess, JJ or lower then he is being extremely aggressive. 10%
Top pair and draw - outside possibility. I think he would have folded this to my reraise or just called. 5%
Ultimately I'm not going to fold trips so I call.
My connection goes awry and I have to wait about 45 secs before returning to the table. First thing I notice is he is sitting out and I have his cash. Woo hoo! Then I notice a lot of chatter in german with the word 'Gluck' appearing a lot. I surmise from this he was ahead and I've hit the full house. I check the hand history and indeed he had 8 9o and a 6 hit on the river to boat me up.
Well I'll try and remember this one when I finally take a costly bad beat.
My connection at Stars continues to be temperamental. I switch to Paradise take down a couple more dollars and decide to call it a night and start watching a movie before crashing out.
Wednesday, 16 May 2007
Just another day in Paradise
Eating Pineapple fried rice as I play another session over lunch break. I raise 10 10 on the button, get called from shortie small blind and get re-raised by the big blind. He has a medium stack and its not a huge re-raise (2.20). Raising after the small blind called it is far more likely he has a big hand. I decide to call for set value. Rainbow flop A,10,X. Perfect. Shortie goes all in. BB goes all-in for $17.50. I briefly consider AA as his holding but pretty sure he would just call with this. No way I can fold trips here anyway. Shortie shows AQ and BB show AK. Nice pot.
Start to take over the table and end up $39 up. That could keep me in fried rice for the next two weeks. Looks like I'm on a bit of hot streak. I'll continue with Paradise for now methinks.
Start to take over the table and end up $39 up. That could keep me in fried rice for the next two weeks. Looks like I'm on a bit of hot streak. I'll continue with Paradise for now methinks.
Bonus Dilemma
Currently got three bonus options in front of me at the moment and I'm in a bit of a quandary.
Option 1.
Party
Received a very welcome 15% bonus up to a $100 offer today. Was just about to transfer all my money across there for what is the best reload in town until I checked the conditions. Usually they offer x10 raked hands which means I could clear the bonus in 6 hours four tabling at any level. Party tightens up a lot during reload periods but I 'm sure I would still be making a reasonable amount on top of this at the 10NL tables. With the new bonus structure of 3 party points per $1 bonus that makes it closer to 24 hours of multi-tabling to be done in a week. Only $1 an hour per table. Mmmm. Expires in 7 days.
Poker Stars
Poker Stars welcome bonus works out at $1 an hour playing 25NL. They are offering double points earning rate until the 22/5 making it $2 per hour. On top of this I stand to get three free gifts from Internettexasholdem.com who I used to refer me. This includes a range of books, PA HUD and a year's magazine subscription that you choose from. On the down side they have just offered a reload bonus which means every bonus whore in the globe will be playing there meaning I'll face some tough tables if I play there. The other downside is my connection sucks. Not sure why but this may be the decisive factor.
Paradise
$2 an hour bonus. Steady but no time expiry so should be able to do this at any time although they are about to change network which will probably mean scratching all existing bonus in place. Games seem soft but lack of tracking software and site structure makes it difficult to multi-table.
Decisions. Decisions.
Option 1.
Party
Received a very welcome 15% bonus up to a $100 offer today. Was just about to transfer all my money across there for what is the best reload in town until I checked the conditions. Usually they offer x10 raked hands which means I could clear the bonus in 6 hours four tabling at any level. Party tightens up a lot during reload periods but I 'm sure I would still be making a reasonable amount on top of this at the 10NL tables. With the new bonus structure of 3 party points per $1 bonus that makes it closer to 24 hours of multi-tabling to be done in a week. Only $1 an hour per table. Mmmm. Expires in 7 days.
Poker Stars
Poker Stars welcome bonus works out at $1 an hour playing 25NL. They are offering double points earning rate until the 22/5 making it $2 per hour. On top of this I stand to get three free gifts from Internettexasholdem.com who I used to refer me. This includes a range of books, PA HUD and a year's magazine subscription that you choose from. On the down side they have just offered a reload bonus which means every bonus whore in the globe will be playing there meaning I'll face some tough tables if I play there. The other downside is my connection sucks. Not sure why but this may be the decisive factor.
Paradise
$2 an hour bonus. Steady but no time expiry so should be able to do this at any time although they are about to change network which will probably mean scratching all existing bonus in place. Games seem soft but lack of tracking software and site structure makes it difficult to multi-table.
Decisions. Decisions.
Paradise more gains.
Tried again at Poker Stars last night and again suffered a terrible connection. No worries, off to paradise. Two seperate sessions both end up with me almost up a buy-in. With an additional US$10 of bonus cleared I am US$62 to the good so can't complain. Neither poker Tracker nor Poker Office work there which means I have to pay a bit more attention but still seem to be managing. I believe I can import hands retrospectively though email so may be able to pull some stats later.
Tuesday, 15 May 2007
Paradise Lost. Paradise won.
I noticed on Bonuwhores.com that Poker Stars were offering a double the normal player point promotion. They offer a US$50 bonus for joining which works our at US$1 an hour playing 25NL. Not the best bonus around and even with double points promotion it makes it reasonable but not spectacular. Cranked it up and deposited US$100. The connection was very ropey though and I was disconnected in the middle of a couple of hands (fortunately pre-flop). I thought I would quit before it happened in a decent sized pot but still ,managed to leave S$5 up. All dressed up with nowhere to play. Bah.
I'd previously deposited US$150 in Paradise Poker but had lost US$35 and with Poker Office not working on the site I'd decided Party even without bonii would be more profitable. I sparked up a 25NL table (5 handed). I thought I'd try it out with Poker Tracker. I was making little progress with getting Poker Tracker to work and was US$8 down and considering leaving then I caught a hand. Raised QJ on the button up to $1. Two callers. I was being floated a lot so rather than checking and waiting for someone to catch up I bet out and sure enough get a caller. Turn was a 5. I bet half pot hoping to keep him in the hand. He sticks around and I'm hoping a possible flush draw hits. It is a harmless 2 and I'm surprised to see him bet US$10 - almost pot. I know he has a big hand. JJ and QQ beat me but surely I would have faced a raise pre-flop. AJ, 55, J5, 22 or overplaying a high pair or AQ unlikely but possible. I put him all in for my last 10 and he called and shows 55 before leaving broke.
I play on for another hour or so and add another 8$ to my stack. Having dropped 2$ misplaying AJ at party earlier and finish the day +US$35.
Moocher returns from Dubai with an itchy mouse finger. Normally looser than a wizard's sleeve at the best of times his craving for action means he starts to see any two cards as playable. He hits a bad run. Cumulative losses not tallied as yet but looks like last week's profit may have a sizeable bite missing from it.
Playing loose does at least mean you get paid off on your big hands and Moocher's pocket kings see a perfect flop as two more arrive to quad him up. Loosey goosey opponent puts him all in there and then with a low pair. Lolz donkaments.
I'd previously deposited US$150 in Paradise Poker but had lost US$35 and with Poker Office not working on the site I'd decided Party even without bonii would be more profitable. I sparked up a 25NL table (5 handed). I thought I'd try it out with Poker Tracker. I was making little progress with getting Poker Tracker to work and was US$8 down and considering leaving then I caught a hand. Raised QJ on the button up to $1. Two callers. I was being floated a lot so rather than checking and waiting for someone to catch up I bet out and sure enough get a caller. Turn was a 5. I bet half pot hoping to keep him in the hand. He sticks around and I'm hoping a possible flush draw hits. It is a harmless 2 and I'm surprised to see him bet US$10 - almost pot. I know he has a big hand. JJ and QQ beat me but surely I would have faced a raise pre-flop. AJ, 55, J5, 22 or overplaying a high pair or AQ unlikely but possible. I put him all in for my last 10 and he called and shows 55 before leaving broke.
I play on for another hour or so and add another 8$ to my stack. Having dropped 2$ misplaying AJ at party earlier and finish the day +US$35.
Moocher returns from Dubai with an itchy mouse finger. Normally looser than a wizard's sleeve at the best of times his craving for action means he starts to see any two cards as playable. He hits a bad run. Cumulative losses not tallied as yet but looks like last week's profit may have a sizeable bite missing from it.
Playing loose does at least mean you get paid off on your big hands and Moocher's pocket kings see a perfect flop as two more arrive to quad him up. Loosey goosey opponent puts him all in there and then with a low pair. Lolz donkaments.
Monday, 14 May 2007
Rollin' rollin' rollin'
Deadly checks in to confirm he has been on poker holiday so his winnings restricted to his pre-departure winning session. Moocher returns from Dubai so may have some activity to report.
I chalk up a beer and champagne fueled junk trip on Saturday and a run to the Yau Yee league sixes semi-finals under a toasting sun on Sunday which leaves time for less than two hours at the virtual tables. I play a 25NL and a 10NL concurrently and move another US$12 in the right direction.
Bigshot returns from Singapore where its all been ML and not so much NL. He declines to answer questions of unaccounted for play so it's another no-change week for him and his busy schedule looks set to continue.
So the roll-call looks as follows.
1) Deadly US$1126 (+35) (+101) (-110) (+257) (+134) (+6) (+117)
2) Phillberto US$700 (+76)(+90) (+50) (+106) (+23) (+133) (+306) *
3) Moocher666 US$645 (no change)(+78) (+4) *
4) Bigshotbog US$270 (no change)(no change) (no change) (-150)(no change) (+10) (-264)
*Moocher owes US$455 to phillberto.
I've also made some retrospective changes on last week's bankroll so the US$55 transfer to moocher shows up on the total bakroll but not on the weekly +/- figure.
I chalk up a beer and champagne fueled junk trip on Saturday and a run to the Yau Yee league sixes semi-finals under a toasting sun on Sunday which leaves time for less than two hours at the virtual tables. I play a 25NL and a 10NL concurrently and move another US$12 in the right direction.
Bigshot returns from Singapore where its all been ML and not so much NL. He declines to answer questions of unaccounted for play so it's another no-change week for him and his busy schedule looks set to continue.
So the roll-call looks as follows.
1) Deadly US$1126 (+35) (+101) (-110) (+257) (+134) (+6) (+117)
2) Phillberto US$700 (+76)(+90) (+50) (+106) (+23) (+133) (+306) *
3) Moocher666 US$645 (no change)(+78) (+4) *
4) Bigshotbog US$270 (no change)(no change) (no change) (-150)(no change) (+10) (-264)
*Moocher owes US$455 to phillberto.
I've also made some retrospective changes on last week's bankroll so the US$55 transfer to moocher shows up on the total bakroll but not on the weekly +/- figure.
Friday, 11 May 2007
Steady Course
Variance seems to be letting me off lightly at the moment. Another winning session last night. Played one 25NL table for an hour and a half. It was at a pretty passive table and I wasn't really put to any tough decisions. Value betted when I could and ended up calling it a night at US$18 up. That brings my stats to over 10PTBB/100 which is where I want to be. With a junk trip, BBQ and football tournament to fit in this weekend I won't be able to rack up much playing time. If I find myself at another passive 25NL though I'm planning to open up a second table and hopefully double my hourly win-rate.
I'd previously opened up my game at 10NL so had been playing semi-loose aggressive for the past couple of thousand hands which was paying off. Now playing 6-max I've maintained similar stats which should work pretty well for short handed tables.
About time I was given a reload bonus though. Ladbrokes and Party Poker are both due one.
I'd previously opened up my game at 10NL so had been playing semi-loose aggressive for the past couple of thousand hands which was paying off. Now playing 6-max I've maintained similar stats which should work pretty well for short handed tables.
About time I was given a reload bonus though. Ladbrokes and Party Poker are both due one.
Thursday, 10 May 2007
Stepping Up
Managed a 20 minute stint 10NL at lunchtime and managed to retrieve yesterday's small losses on 25NL. The evening saw me try a 25NL party table again. I found myself facing a lot more all-ins though not as many pre-flop re-raises. At 10NL the all-ins tend to be pre-flop or with the nuts but these all-ins were taking down reasonable pots.
Came up against one short stack a few times. He bets so I reraise with Jacks. He calls and a King shows on the flop. I decide we are both pot committed so check, thinking that is more likely to entice a bluff if I do as I will call any bet. He indeed goes all in, I call, and my jacks are good. We clash again shortly after and I again have a (smaller) pocket pair with one overcard. He goes all-in and I this time I decide to fold. Third time I raise AKs he calls, I raise and he again goes all-in. My flush hits and I felt him again. Shame he is buying in for the minimum only. I lose a few pots once again to an aggressive player to my left whose all-ins on the turn take a couple of pots where I have to lay-down marginal hands.
Another short stack shows a penchant for going all-in. He manages to double up despite having Q10 and now commands a medium stack. I raise with AA and he puts me all-in pre-flop. Thank you kind donator. He mucks without showing and disappears.
I finish for the night $30 up at 25NL added to theUS$8 made earlier at 10NL.
Still a tiny sample size but at 6PTBB/100 I'm content with my start. I've certainly misplayed a few hands and feel I am stretching my game a bit more facing a bit more of a challenge. I am earning less than I would at 10NL but feel the time is right to step-up. If I can maintain over 10PTBB/100 over 10,000 hands I reckon I'll be very confident in stepping up once again to the 50NL tables. I'll also begin to think of multi-tabling if I can continue with a winning rate.
Came up against one short stack a few times. He bets so I reraise with Jacks. He calls and a King shows on the flop. I decide we are both pot committed so check, thinking that is more likely to entice a bluff if I do as I will call any bet. He indeed goes all in, I call, and my jacks are good. We clash again shortly after and I again have a (smaller) pocket pair with one overcard. He goes all-in and I this time I decide to fold. Third time I raise AKs he calls, I raise and he again goes all-in. My flush hits and I felt him again. Shame he is buying in for the minimum only. I lose a few pots once again to an aggressive player to my left whose all-ins on the turn take a couple of pots where I have to lay-down marginal hands.
Another short stack shows a penchant for going all-in. He manages to double up despite having Q10 and now commands a medium stack. I raise with AA and he puts me all-in pre-flop. Thank you kind donator. He mucks without showing and disappears.
I finish for the night $30 up at 25NL added to theUS$8 made earlier at 10NL.
Still a tiny sample size but at 6PTBB/100 I'm content with my start. I've certainly misplayed a few hands and feel I am stretching my game a bit more facing a bit more of a challenge. I am earning less than I would at 10NL but feel the time is right to step-up. If I can maintain over 10PTBB/100 over 10,000 hands I reckon I'll be very confident in stepping up once again to the 50NL tables. I'll also begin to think of multi-tabling if I can continue with a winning rate.
Wednesday, 9 May 2007
PA HUD
This is an overlay that takes information from Poker Tracker to provide real time information on game play. Up until now I've been using Gametime+ which is free. I'm using the PA HUD trial version at the moment which is restricted to use on one table and so far I don't have it set up to give me any more information than I already get although it can do a lot more. It does seem to be the choice of the pros though and I like the idea of having a lot more information about cold calling stats and what they do after a pre-flop raise.
I'm looking into a way of getting it for free. I've found a site www.internettexasholdem.com which gives you three gifts of choice in addition to the standard bonii most of the sites offer. Gifts include a decent selection of books and PA HUD. Nice.
I'm looking into a way of getting it for free. I've found a site www.internettexasholdem.com which gives you three gifts of choice in addition to the standard bonii most of the sites offer. Gifts include a decent selection of books and PA HUD. Nice.
All by myself.
With everyone in foreign climes I have finally decided it is time to step up a level. Checked my stats for the last 3,000 hands at 10NL and at 28 Poker Tracker Big Bets per 100 hands(28PTBB/100) I feel confident that I have this level thoroughly beat. With a big bet(BB) = 2 x the big blinds that works out at a winning rate of US$5.6 for every 100 hands I play and with me three tabling I'm pretty close to 200 hands an hour. Better than the pay for frying burgers. Just.
At the table I sit down at the guy on my left in particular is pretty aggressive. I start off with a run of good but not great cards and end up with a raising % of 28. I think he picks up on this and starts 3 betting me liberally in position. He catches me three times without cards I can play back with and then another opponent does the same. US$4 down. When I do catch any hands that could stand a 3-bet I take down the pot unchallenged. With a short stack to my left I make a standard raise on the button with 66. Flop 854 rainbow. He checks I bet 3/4 pot and he check raises all-in which is less than pot. I call but thinking I'm likely behind or in at best a race and he indeed shows an 8 to take the pot. Not great best sizing by me and not a good start
I also come up against a lot of my raises being called followed up with 1/3 size pot bets on the flop working on the principle I miss most flops. I give up on a few I miss initially but then when a particularly unscary board shows after raising KJs on the button I opt to fire a second bullet on the turn. It is again called but I hit my jack on the river. He checks and I think about raising but just check behind. The river jack meant he hit 2 pairs with J6. Not sure if I would have faced a check raise or not. If he is calling raises with J6o out of position though. I'll make my money back.
I've been continuation betting 90%+ of flops at 10NL. Maybe this is one thing I need to think about looking at when stepping up levels. Seems I will meet a higher percentages of floaters so I need to pay attention to flop texture, sometimes check behind and be willing to double-barrel on occasion.
Anyway I decided to find an easier table and cut my losses. At the new table I lay AA down early to someone who is playing their first hand on the table who calls my pre-flop raise and flop continuation bet and then bets aggressively on the turn with no draws on the board. I'm worried he has hit trips and won't slow down on the river so reluctantly fold. Feel I may have been weak tight here so I'll try and post this hand later for comment.
Now I am US$23 down but keep buying in to the max buy-in. Gradually I begin to dominate the table and end up playing with a bunch of guys playing with 10-12$ stacks. I now feel I am outplaying them and my stack climbs to US$40+ and my opponents gradually disappear leaving me as the only person left on the table.
I end up US$7 down on the night. I'm pretty confident I will beat this level but will start to meet some decent players in amongst the usual medley of donkeys and fish. Key lesson today has to be table selection. Need to work out if I can pull stats from a few tables before I sit down.
At the table I sit down at the guy on my left in particular is pretty aggressive. I start off with a run of good but not great cards and end up with a raising % of 28. I think he picks up on this and starts 3 betting me liberally in position. He catches me three times without cards I can play back with and then another opponent does the same. US$4 down. When I do catch any hands that could stand a 3-bet I take down the pot unchallenged. With a short stack to my left I make a standard raise on the button with 66. Flop 854 rainbow. He checks I bet 3/4 pot and he check raises all-in which is less than pot. I call but thinking I'm likely behind or in at best a race and he indeed shows an 8 to take the pot. Not great best sizing by me and not a good start
I also come up against a lot of my raises being called followed up with 1/3 size pot bets on the flop working on the principle I miss most flops. I give up on a few I miss initially but then when a particularly unscary board shows after raising KJs on the button I opt to fire a second bullet on the turn. It is again called but I hit my jack on the river. He checks and I think about raising but just check behind. The river jack meant he hit 2 pairs with J6. Not sure if I would have faced a check raise or not. If he is calling raises with J6o out of position though. I'll make my money back.
I've been continuation betting 90%+ of flops at 10NL. Maybe this is one thing I need to think about looking at when stepping up levels. Seems I will meet a higher percentages of floaters so I need to pay attention to flop texture, sometimes check behind and be willing to double-barrel on occasion.
Anyway I decided to find an easier table and cut my losses. At the new table I lay AA down early to someone who is playing their first hand on the table who calls my pre-flop raise and flop continuation bet and then bets aggressively on the turn with no draws on the board. I'm worried he has hit trips and won't slow down on the river so reluctantly fold. Feel I may have been weak tight here so I'll try and post this hand later for comment.
Now I am US$23 down but keep buying in to the max buy-in. Gradually I begin to dominate the table and end up playing with a bunch of guys playing with 10-12$ stacks. I now feel I am outplaying them and my stack climbs to US$40+ and my opponents gradually disappear leaving me as the only person left on the table.
I end up US$7 down on the night. I'm pretty confident I will beat this level but will start to meet some decent players in amongst the usual medley of donkeys and fish. Key lesson today has to be table selection. Need to work out if I can pull stats from a few tables before I sit down.
Tuesday, 8 May 2007
One for the road.
With Moocher and Deadly both set to head west they both find time for a farewell session. Deadly fares well (as he mentioned yesterday) felting his new found fishy friend twice on Cardoza for a US$35 gain. Moocher who had been flying high of late hits a bit of turbulence and loses two straight.
Monday, 7 May 2007
sbrugby - my new poker coach.
Watch the first of a Brian Townsend instructional video last night. He proceeds to double up two short stacks and then loe an all-in for a buy-in. He was ahead in all three when at least most of the money went in and loses them all. Not a flicker of 'tuff fish' emotion at all. Just takes a note on the player and carries on. A short stack calls first in on the button and he immediately takes a note....'Bad player' and carries on. Quite amusing.
Pretty interesting watching him and listening to the thought processes of a top player and watching him get a handle on how to take advantage of opponents weaknesses very quickly.
Pretty interesting watching him and listening to the thought processes of a top player and watching him get a handle on how to take advantage of opponents weaknesses very quickly.
Roll Up! Roll Up! Roll Up!
Monday morning roll-call:
1) Deadly US$1091 (+101) (-110) (+257) (+134) (+6) (+117)
2) Phillberto US$614 (+90) (+50) (+106) (+23) (+133) (+306) *
3) Moocher666 US$645 (+78) (+4) *
4) Bigshotbog US$270 (no change) (no change) (-150)(no change) (+10) (-264)
*Moocher owes US$455 to phillberto.
Deadly
Friday night sees deadly try out his hyper aggressive strategy raising big with anything from AA to 7-2. Alas opponents fail to be intimidated and he faces raises aplenty. He calls a halt to the experiment US$100 down. Recover US$70 playing heads-up as normal service resumes then follows it up with another win at a party heads-up SnG. Over-all he returns to his normal winning ways and almost recovers the previous weeks losses.
A trip to UK beckons so likely to be little poker played for the next couple of weeks (but you never know!).
Bon Voyages deadly!
Phillberto
Despite playing very little this week my win rate has been pretty good taking down some pretty solid wins in some very short multi-tabling sesssions. SnG's have proved fairly mediocre in terms of win rate so my emphasis is likely to switch back to mostly cash games once again.
Moocher666
Saturday morning sees three straight SNG wins. Decides his short-term poker future lies in SnG's and why not. Win rate seems to be showing some consistancy and he finishes the week the biggest winner of all. Sets US$1,000 as the target for his step-up to US$10 SNG.
Bigshotbog
Spending the week in Singapore with the nanny state watching his every move Bigshot suffers a mastication ban (chewing gum at least) with no limit being similarly well off limit.
1) Deadly US$1091 (+101) (-110) (+257) (+134) (+6) (+117)
2) Phillberto US$614 (+90) (+50) (+106) (+23) (+133) (+306) *
3) Moocher666 US$645 (+78) (+4) *
4) Bigshotbog US$270 (no change) (no change) (-150)(no change) (+10) (-264)
*Moocher owes US$455 to phillberto.
Deadly
Friday night sees deadly try out his hyper aggressive strategy raising big with anything from AA to 7-2. Alas opponents fail to be intimidated and he faces raises aplenty. He calls a halt to the experiment US$100 down. Recover US$70 playing heads-up as normal service resumes then follows it up with another win at a party heads-up SnG. Over-all he returns to his normal winning ways and almost recovers the previous weeks losses.
A trip to UK beckons so likely to be little poker played for the next couple of weeks (but you never know!).
Bon Voyages deadly!
Phillberto
Despite playing very little this week my win rate has been pretty good taking down some pretty solid wins in some very short multi-tabling sesssions. SnG's have proved fairly mediocre in terms of win rate so my emphasis is likely to switch back to mostly cash games once again.
Moocher666
Saturday morning sees three straight SNG wins. Decides his short-term poker future lies in SnG's and why not. Win rate seems to be showing some consistancy and he finishes the week the biggest winner of all. Sets US$1,000 as the target for his step-up to US$10 SNG.
Bigshotbog
Spending the week in Singapore with the nanny state watching his every move Bigshot suffers a mastication ban (chewing gum at least) with no limit being similarly well off limit.
Friday, 4 May 2007
Flying the Flag
With both Moocher and deadly taking a night off and bigshot still awol I'm left playing solitaire (well holdem then). With two hours in between finishing work and football training I spark up four tables and with no stats programmes running in the background to help. Only have one hand history to post as I can't pull them from my Poker Tracker database. Biggest hand of the night....
Seat 1: BOAzrael ( $16.86)
Seat 2: zuendkerze82 ( $2.15)
Seat 3: nietzojoh ( $6.36)
Seat 4: End30eer ( $9.35)
Seat 5: Phillberto ( $20.29)
Seat 6: Addel555 ( $1.85)
Seat 7: Bol_shoi ( $1.65)
Seat 8: MasterJiiLee ( $10)
Seat 9: ASbest222 ( $1.85)
Seat 10: ImHereFish ( $12.77)
ImHereFish posts small blind (0.05)
BOAzrael posts big blind (0.10)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Phillberto [ 6c, 6d ]
zuendkerze82 folds.
nietzojoh raises (0.30) to 0.30
Not too expensive. I'll try and hit trips.
Phillberto calls (0.30)
Addel555 folds.
Bol_shoi folds.
MasterJiiLee raises (0.95) to 0.95
Oh Oh. Looks like somone has a big hand. I check his stack size US$10. Big enough pot odds then to try and catch a 6 and hopefully felt him if i do. Lets see what nietzoh does first as I'll have to fold to another reraise.
ASbest222 folds.
ImHereFish folds.
BOAzrael folds.
nietzojoh calls (0.65)
Looks even better for me if I hit. I'm in.
Phillberto calls (0.65)
** Dealing Flop ** : [ Ac, 6s, Qd ]
nietzojoh checks.
Mmm. Start thinking hand ranges. Master JiiLee first. His 3 bet was strong in face of raise and my cold call. I think I'm looking at JJ+ and AK, maybe a lesser chance of 10 10 and AQs. I decide here that I'm ahead of his range although two of his likely pairs have me in big trouble.
Ok probably rule out AA, KK for nietzojoh with no re-re-raise (though not 100%). So QQ-88 maybe , AK, a loose call on AQ even. Again ahead of the range. Decide to check raise and try and get an extra bet.
Phillberto checks.
MasterJiiLee bets (2)
nietzojoh raises (5.40) to 5.40
Ah. slow playing then. Now I put his hand range on QQ, AK, AQ, and just maybe AA. Still ahead of that range. Nietzojohh has made my bet for me and I don't want to scare away any Ax hands so I just call but its all going in anyway.
Phillberto calls (5.40)
MasterJiiLee calls (3.40)
Well , well. Unlikely he has anything worse than AK now or AA, QQ. hopefully the former.
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 2d ]
nietzojoh bets (0.01)
nietzojoh is all-In.
Phillberto bets (4)
Ok lets get it all-in.
MasterJiiLee calls (3.65)
MasterJiiLee is all-In.
** Dealing River ** : [ 8h ]
Creating Main Pot with $18.27 with nietzojoh
Creating Side Pot 1 with $7.24 with MasterJiiLee
** Summary **Main Pot: $18.27 Side Pot 1: $7.24 Rake: $1Board: [ Ac 6s Qd 2d 8h ]
Any comments on play or thought process? Have to go to the felt here, yes? Want to guess what was shown down?
Seat 1: BOAzrael ( $16.86)
Seat 2: zuendkerze82 ( $2.15)
Seat 3: nietzojoh ( $6.36)
Seat 4: End30eer ( $9.35)
Seat 5: Phillberto ( $20.29)
Seat 6: Addel555 ( $1.85)
Seat 7: Bol_shoi ( $1.65)
Seat 8: MasterJiiLee ( $10)
Seat 9: ASbest222 ( $1.85)
Seat 10: ImHereFish ( $12.77)
ImHereFish posts small blind (0.05)
BOAzrael posts big blind (0.10)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Phillberto [ 6c, 6d ]
zuendkerze82 folds.
nietzojoh raises (0.30) to 0.30
Not too expensive. I'll try and hit trips.
Phillberto calls (0.30)
Addel555 folds.
Bol_shoi folds.
MasterJiiLee raises (0.95) to 0.95
Oh Oh. Looks like somone has a big hand. I check his stack size US$10. Big enough pot odds then to try and catch a 6 and hopefully felt him if i do. Lets see what nietzoh does first as I'll have to fold to another reraise.
ASbest222 folds.
ImHereFish folds.
BOAzrael folds.
nietzojoh calls (0.65)
Looks even better for me if I hit. I'm in.
Phillberto calls (0.65)
** Dealing Flop ** : [ Ac, 6s, Qd ]
nietzojoh checks.
Mmm. Start thinking hand ranges. Master JiiLee first. His 3 bet was strong in face of raise and my cold call. I think I'm looking at JJ+ and AK, maybe a lesser chance of 10 10 and AQs. I decide here that I'm ahead of his range although two of his likely pairs have me in big trouble.
Ok probably rule out AA, KK for nietzojoh with no re-re-raise (though not 100%). So QQ-88 maybe , AK, a loose call on AQ even. Again ahead of the range. Decide to check raise and try and get an extra bet.
Phillberto checks.
MasterJiiLee bets (2)
nietzojoh raises (5.40) to 5.40
Ah. slow playing then. Now I put his hand range on QQ, AK, AQ, and just maybe AA. Still ahead of that range. Nietzojohh has made my bet for me and I don't want to scare away any Ax hands so I just call but its all going in anyway.
Phillberto calls (5.40)
MasterJiiLee calls (3.40)
Well , well. Unlikely he has anything worse than AK now or AA, QQ. hopefully the former.
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 2d ]
nietzojoh bets (0.01)
nietzojoh is all-In.
Phillberto bets (4)
Ok lets get it all-in.
MasterJiiLee calls (3.65)
MasterJiiLee is all-In.
** Dealing River ** : [ 8h ]
Creating Main Pot with $18.27 with nietzojoh
Creating Side Pot 1 with $7.24 with MasterJiiLee
** Summary **Main Pot: $18.27 Side Pot 1: $7.24 Rake: $1Board: [ Ac 6s Qd 2d 8h ]
Any comments on play or thought process? Have to go to the felt here, yes? Want to guess what was shown down?
Thursday, 3 May 2007
All quiet(ish) on the Eastern Front
Last week's breaking news from Russia was their decision to classify poker as a sport. Witnesses to Deadly's corporate football performance have since requested that football be downgraded to a parlour sport. Seems the man's finishing may not be quite as 'deadly' on astroturf as on the felt.
Moocher also had his corporate head on with homework to do and a dubai trip looming. He did manage to squeak in one US$6 - 9 man SnG and ends up raising the metaphorical winner's trophy along with his bankroll. With a US$25 Party bonus on top his bankroll looks like it is heading in the right direction and his good run continues.
With Bigshotbog off to Singapore we assume his run-rate remains low to non-existant.
I sneak away for one US$6 SnG and one accompanying 10NL table. Fold through the early stages and am just about to kick into life when my computer freezes. It regains some vital signs in time to see my stack at 770 with still four left at around 4.5K each. Start getting aggressive and steal blinds to get up to 1,400 but eventually get called. I'm pleased ti avoid domination as my A7s meets 55 but it comes off second best. I spark up two more cash games and it takes me another 30 mins to win US$8 and make amends for the loss.
Moocher also had his corporate head on with homework to do and a dubai trip looming. He did manage to squeak in one US$6 - 9 man SnG and ends up raising the metaphorical winner's trophy along with his bankroll. With a US$25 Party bonus on top his bankroll looks like it is heading in the right direction and his good run continues.
With Bigshotbog off to Singapore we assume his run-rate remains low to non-existant.
I sneak away for one US$6 SnG and one accompanying 10NL table. Fold through the early stages and am just about to kick into life when my computer freezes. It regains some vital signs in time to see my stack at 770 with still four left at around 4.5K each. Start getting aggressive and steal blinds to get up to 1,400 but eventually get called. I'm pleased ti avoid domination as my A7s meets 55 but it comes off second best. I spark up two more cash games and it takes me another 30 mins to win US$8 and make amends for the loss.
Wednesday, 2 May 2007
Up on the Roof
Two pairs of shades on display but more likely linked to the sunny holiday sun than hiding the windows to the soul. We get some live action at last. Subjective summary follows. Feel free to add your own.
American Chris
Only a short stay with other plans for the day. Buys-in for HK$200. Leaves with nothing but a couple of cold beers in him.
-HK$200
Jack the lad.
Clutching a summary sheet of hand strengths. Flush beats straight etc Jack looked like he might be in for a poker lesson or two. Dropped a buy-in after having his Q flush losing to Deadly's over king flush. Not an easy one to get away from. Sat out for a bit before re-buying. In the end he mostly got his money in with decent hands despite a few showdowns with Sham where both seemed willing to call down with close to nothing. Ends up almost recovering his original stake and makes a slightly losing debut.
-HK$34
Moocher
His confidence from the morning's internet play seemed to have him in a buoyant mood. Catches some nice hands at times even managing to hit quads two hands in a row. Milks his four sixes nicely but not getting the reraise he was hoping for. With an ace and a queen on the board and three sixes it looked likely someone had a full house. Finishes with a big hand against the host. Two aces on the board and two queens on the board. Big overbet on the the river from moocher accompanied by a speech about it being the last hand of the night. The host's hand reading skills don't appear to be on the clairvoyant side of the scale and he calls with the weaker full house.
+HK$326
The host with the most
Our host doesn't like to fold. Also seemed to be the one most in need of Jack's hand strength charts as he takes two pairs on a flushing and straightening board to the wire in a big pot. Takes a nice pot from phillberto though as he pushes all in with a straight on the river inducing a crying call with two pair and pot odds that proved just too tempting. It takes the final hand against moocher though to change a winning session into a slightly losing one.
-HK$60.
Deadly
Gets involved in only a handful of big pots and shows down the winning hand on the majority of occasions. Starts off taking down a medium pot early with a better 2 pair against phillberto. Overflush against Jack the lad adds to his stack and betting a made but vulnerable flush against the host who chases hoping his killer ace will hit. It doesn't and Doug cashes out early to the good.
+HK$258
Phillberto
Disclaimer - excuses, excuses excuses to follow! Think I can be fairly comfortable in claiming to be cold decked. In terms of starting hands I have pocket queens early which hit trips on the flop but dont get any action. Next premium hand I get is JJ with ten minutes to go which isnt too happy to see a board which includes A, A , K and Q. The host calls a first and second bullet and then bets minimum on the river. Any higher and I would have folded but I called HK$4 to be shown pocket fours. Didn't see the big slick once. AQ just once which I had to lay down when moocher connects with a third eight and his overbet lets me get away. AJ I see once, when under the gun, making it a marginal raising hand which connects and lets me take a small pot.
In terms of connecting with the board I offer the following as evidence of being cold-decked. This is for 5 hours play...
Straight flush/quads - as if . Total 0
Full house - Get one but it faces moochers quads. Total : 1 (behind).
Flush - No made flushes all day. Get only two flush draws which I bet. Neither hit and both get called.
Straights - Zero.
Two pairs - Twice. Lose once to deadly's better two pair and once to the host who hits his two pair on the river. Total 2 (both behind).
HK$-290
American Chris
Only a short stay with other plans for the day. Buys-in for HK$200. Leaves with nothing but a couple of cold beers in him.
-HK$200
Jack the lad.
Clutching a summary sheet of hand strengths. Flush beats straight etc Jack looked like he might be in for a poker lesson or two. Dropped a buy-in after having his Q flush losing to Deadly's over king flush. Not an easy one to get away from. Sat out for a bit before re-buying. In the end he mostly got his money in with decent hands despite a few showdowns with Sham where both seemed willing to call down with close to nothing. Ends up almost recovering his original stake and makes a slightly losing debut.
-HK$34
Moocher
His confidence from the morning's internet play seemed to have him in a buoyant mood. Catches some nice hands at times even managing to hit quads two hands in a row. Milks his four sixes nicely but not getting the reraise he was hoping for. With an ace and a queen on the board and three sixes it looked likely someone had a full house. Finishes with a big hand against the host. Two aces on the board and two queens on the board. Big overbet on the the river from moocher accompanied by a speech about it being the last hand of the night. The host's hand reading skills don't appear to be on the clairvoyant side of the scale and he calls with the weaker full house.
+HK$326
The host with the most
Our host doesn't like to fold. Also seemed to be the one most in need of Jack's hand strength charts as he takes two pairs on a flushing and straightening board to the wire in a big pot. Takes a nice pot from phillberto though as he pushes all in with a straight on the river inducing a crying call with two pair and pot odds that proved just too tempting. It takes the final hand against moocher though to change a winning session into a slightly losing one.
-HK$60.
Deadly
Gets involved in only a handful of big pots and shows down the winning hand on the majority of occasions. Starts off taking down a medium pot early with a better 2 pair against phillberto. Overflush against Jack the lad adds to his stack and betting a made but vulnerable flush against the host who chases hoping his killer ace will hit. It doesn't and Doug cashes out early to the good.
+HK$258
Phillberto
Disclaimer - excuses, excuses excuses to follow! Think I can be fairly comfortable in claiming to be cold decked. In terms of starting hands I have pocket queens early which hit trips on the flop but dont get any action. Next premium hand I get is JJ with ten minutes to go which isnt too happy to see a board which includes A, A , K and Q. The host calls a first and second bullet and then bets minimum on the river. Any higher and I would have folded but I called HK$4 to be shown pocket fours. Didn't see the big slick once. AQ just once which I had to lay down when moocher connects with a third eight and his overbet lets me get away. AJ I see once, when under the gun, making it a marginal raising hand which connects and lets me take a small pot.
In terms of connecting with the board I offer the following as evidence of being cold-decked. This is for 5 hours play...
Straight flush/quads - as if . Total 0
Full house - Get one but it faces moochers quads. Total : 1 (behind).
Flush - No made flushes all day. Get only two flush draws which I bet. Neither hit and both get called.
Straights - Zero.
Two pairs - Twice. Lose once to deadly's better two pair and once to the host who hits his two pair on the river. Total 2 (both behind).
HK$-290
May Day
Holidays mean no work. Holidays mean poker. With a live game scheduled for May day most still managed to fit in some online play before hand.
Deadly
Recovered US$40 playing cap no limit ensuring the bankroll recovers its missing digit. Wakes up this morning with a poker itch that needs scratching and decides that limit stud is the game of choice for the day. Beginners luck sees him add another US$5 to his roll.
Moocher
With US$500 now tucked in poker. US$55 remaining in Full Tilt and the remnants of his last buy in hiding out in i4 Rick has quite a poker portfolio. Investments in tournaments across all three sites paid dividends. He also began his cash game career winning a buy in or two which covered his simulataneous early tournament bust out. As an action junkie the cash games played a bit slow for his liking. Party bonus is initially showing as only US$25. Remains to be seen whether this refer a friend bonus is in addition to the 20% first deposit bonus we expected.
Both would be nice.
Phillberto
Only one warm-up SnG for me. Another place but only third helping ITM stats but not doing much for the bankroll. Losing an annoying US$6 in an accompanying cash game having to lay down pocket kings on a scary board to a turn overbet from an aggro donk. Net effect -US$2.
Bigshotbog
Skips the live game. No reports of any online action and a planned trip to Singapore we may be looking at another quiet week from the man who only recently invested in a sizeable poker library.
On to the live game.............
Deadly
Recovered US$40 playing cap no limit ensuring the bankroll recovers its missing digit. Wakes up this morning with a poker itch that needs scratching and decides that limit stud is the game of choice for the day. Beginners luck sees him add another US$5 to his roll.
Moocher
With US$500 now tucked in poker. US$55 remaining in Full Tilt and the remnants of his last buy in hiding out in i4 Rick has quite a poker portfolio. Investments in tournaments across all three sites paid dividends. He also began his cash game career winning a buy in or two which covered his simulataneous early tournament bust out. As an action junkie the cash games played a bit slow for his liking. Party bonus is initially showing as only US$25. Remains to be seen whether this refer a friend bonus is in addition to the 20% first deposit bonus we expected.
Both would be nice.
Phillberto
Only one warm-up SnG for me. Another place but only third helping ITM stats but not doing much for the bankroll. Losing an annoying US$6 in an accompanying cash game having to lay down pocket kings on a scary board to a turn overbet from an aggro donk. Net effect -US$2.
Bigshotbog
Skips the live game. No reports of any online action and a planned trip to Singapore we may be looking at another quiet week from the man who only recently invested in a sizeable poker library.
On to the live game.............
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