Sparked up the computer at 12.30pm and played 4 tables together (20NL, 40NL, 25NL, 40NL). I won a combined $12 on three tables and lost a whopping $40 getting stacked twice on the 20NL table. One was the KQ v KT hand I posted earlier. The other was a reraised preflop and I hit trips Ts on a AT2 flop. We got allin on the flop and he turned over AK. Runner runner club and I was felted.
A 97% favourite.
I also got all in with AK on an A766 board. He calls with AQ and the river is a 6 meaning a split pot.
I struggled a little four tabling and timed out on maybe 5 hands. One of them was KK and the other 77.
Ended up about $30 down at Poker4 Ever and about $40 down on the day. Meh.
Friday, 30 November 2007
Scary stuff
After buying in and felting two opponents I was playing with a $100 stack and a $70 at very aggressive 50NL with several opponents covering me and a very aggressive game.
On the $100 stack table I was on the BB and facing a raise for 1.75 and a call. I reraise for $6 bucks and both call.
Flop comes T98 with two diamonds.
Pot: $18.50
I bet pot and get called by both!
Turn appears to be a blank.
My play?
On the $100 stack table I was on the BB and facing a raise for 1.75 and a call. I reraise for $6 bucks and both call.
Flop comes T98 with two diamonds.
Pot: $18.50
I bet pot and get called by both!
Turn appears to be a blank.
My play?
The Empty - Day 3
Results and final figures to follow.
Here are a few hands for comment.
1)
UTG - Me $38.25
MP - $8.75
CO - covers me
Button Covers me
SB - $25
BB - covers me
I have 33 under the gun and raise to 1.75
MP calls
CO folds
Button calls
SB folds
BB calls
Flop: Jclubs 93 (rainbow)
BB bets 0.85
I call
MP bets 1.70
Button Calls
BB Calls
My play?
2) On the the Big Blind with Jacks I have a raise for 1.75 and a call from button in front of me. I bet 6.00. The original raiser folds and the smooth-caller reraised all in for his last $14. Me?
3) The very next hand I'm now short stacked at $22. Raiser and 3 callers (told you its a loose table). I bump it up from the small blind to $7. One caller from the button. Flop J76 rainbow
Pot: around $20
I have :$15
Me?
4) Got all in with KQ against KT with KQT3 (two clubs). Ten hits and I lose my stack.
5) Aggressive Button bets 1.75. I've folded a few and reraise to $6 with A9s. he calls.
Flop A9x.
Pot: 12.50
I bet $9
Turn an A hits.
30 in the pot.
Pump fist and shove or shove and pump fist?
6) Raise TT and get called. Flop KTx. Turn and river are not scary and I put him allin on the river. He calls with AA.
1) continued
I raise to 7.50
UTG calls (allin)Button calls
BB folds
Turn: 7 clubs
Pot: $31I have $30 remaining.
My play?
Here are a few hands for comment.
1)
UTG - Me $38.25
MP - $8.75
CO - covers me
Button Covers me
SB - $25
BB - covers me
I have 33 under the gun and raise to 1.75
MP calls
CO folds
Button calls
SB folds
BB calls
Flop: Jclubs 93 (rainbow)
BB bets 0.85
I call
MP bets 1.70
Button Calls
BB Calls
My play?
2) On the the Big Blind with Jacks I have a raise for 1.75 and a call from button in front of me. I bet 6.00. The original raiser folds and the smooth-caller reraised all in for his last $14. Me?
3) The very next hand I'm now short stacked at $22. Raiser and 3 callers (told you its a loose table). I bump it up from the small blind to $7. One caller from the button. Flop J76 rainbow
Pot: around $20
I have :$15
Me?
4) Got all in with KQ against KT with KQT3 (two clubs). Ten hits and I lose my stack.
5) Aggressive Button bets 1.75. I've folded a few and reraise to $6 with A9s. he calls.
Flop A9x.
Pot: 12.50
I bet $9
Turn an A hits.
30 in the pot.
Pump fist and shove or shove and pump fist?
6) Raise TT and get called. Flop KTx. Turn and river are not scary and I put him allin on the river. He calls with AA.
1) continued
I raise to 7.50
UTG calls (allin)Button calls
BB folds
Turn: 7 clubs
Pot: $31I have $30 remaining.
My play?
Deadly Hands
Quote Deadly
"Some Hands last night. Around 11pm I decided i needed some poker action as I hadn't played since coming back from Macau.Went for the quick rush of HU 50NL on Cardoza.First game. Me $50, opponent $70. Dealt to me KQ (club and heart I think)He smooth calls on the button I repop to $2 - he calls.Flop is KdQd10sI bet pot - $4he calls - $4Turn is 3sI bet pot - $12He calls - $12River is 10d (scare card in every way)I check, he checksHe had Ad7d and takes it down. What to do different here?
My goodness I had exactly the same hand last night up to the turn. I had position though. He bet out and I raised on the flop. He bet again and I pushed on the turn. He showed KT and spiked the ten on the river!
As played I think its fine. Was your plan to check/call? Against an aggressive opponent prone to bluffing you may consider sticking in a blocking bet in on the river. Next handI am dealt Qh9hRaise on the button to 1.75 -he calls.Flop is Kxx all hearts.I bet - $3He raises to $19 - pot betI re-raise all in - my remaining $27 or so.(I put him on a big flush draw - and I don't have enough behind to do much more)He calls and shows Ah3hWhat are the chances?He then sits out. Types "sorrz"
Standard. You can't worry about getting overflushed there. Get your money in. I try to get him to play for a while but no dice. He is sitting out on 3 tables.I find another table. This time the villian AAungarAA (i don't think it's him) was sat with $148.We low ball it for quite a while - back and forth until this hand.Me A10 suited - I forget which.Flop is A,10 x.I raised pre-flop and bet pot on every street. River was a 10 and I take down a chunk of change. I'm now on $95 ish and he is at $80 ishThen.Dealt KK on the button.I raise to 2.25 - I vary my raises so much as the slide bar control is tricky :-)He repops to $10 or so. I repop him to $30+ and of course he goes all in. What do you do here?".
Mmm tricky one.
His range is obviously pretty narrow. AA, KK, AK.
Against that range your only slightly behind (47%) with money in the pot.
With that range its a call but...........
AK while quite possible depending on the player he may chicken out here and fold or flat-call (poor play).
It's really a read dependent decision. From the previous hand he's shown he's willing to call down big pots without the nuts so he does have some gamble in him.
If we assumed that he would only make the play with Aces or AKs you become a big dog at 30%. You are calling maybe $40 to win $120 and getting odds of 3-1.
So if you run it 100 times then 70 times you lose $80 (-$5600)
30 times you win ($+2400)
Ev: -3,200
if you fold always then you lose $35 x 100 = -$3500
So if that range is accurate then a call is slightly better.
On the other hand.....
- According to Harrington the fourth raise is always Pocket Aces. (He also says assign 10% bluff ratio always though).
Fold.
But...........
- It's headsup. His range is likely bigger.
Pro calling
- if you gamble you are more likely to get paid off in future.
pro folding
- It may put you on tilt.
I'd probably make a call based on poker tracker stats. Aggression 4 or more I'd call. 2.5 I'd fold. In between I'd toss a coin!
I recently pushed for a $70 stack against an aggressive player and he called. We both had Aks and split the pot.
So my final advice to you is call but spike a King just to be on the safe side. ;-)
"Some Hands last night. Around 11pm I decided i needed some poker action as I hadn't played since coming back from Macau.Went for the quick rush of HU 50NL on Cardoza.First game. Me $50, opponent $70. Dealt to me KQ (club and heart I think)He smooth calls on the button I repop to $2 - he calls.Flop is KdQd10sI bet pot - $4he calls - $4Turn is 3sI bet pot - $12He calls - $12River is 10d (scare card in every way)I check, he checksHe had Ad7d and takes it down. What to do different here?
My goodness I had exactly the same hand last night up to the turn. I had position though. He bet out and I raised on the flop. He bet again and I pushed on the turn. He showed KT and spiked the ten on the river!
As played I think its fine. Was your plan to check/call? Against an aggressive opponent prone to bluffing you may consider sticking in a blocking bet in on the river. Next handI am dealt Qh9hRaise on the button to 1.75 -he calls.Flop is Kxx all hearts.I bet - $3He raises to $19 - pot betI re-raise all in - my remaining $27 or so.(I put him on a big flush draw - and I don't have enough behind to do much more)He calls and shows Ah3hWhat are the chances?He then sits out. Types "sorrz"
Standard. You can't worry about getting overflushed there. Get your money in. I try to get him to play for a while but no dice. He is sitting out on 3 tables.I find another table. This time the villian AAungarAA (i don't think it's him) was sat with $148.We low ball it for quite a while - back and forth until this hand.Me A10 suited - I forget which.Flop is A,10 x.I raised pre-flop and bet pot on every street. River was a 10 and I take down a chunk of change. I'm now on $95 ish and he is at $80 ishThen.Dealt KK on the button.I raise to 2.25 - I vary my raises so much as the slide bar control is tricky :-)He repops to $10 or so. I repop him to $30+ and of course he goes all in. What do you do here?".
Mmm tricky one.
His range is obviously pretty narrow. AA, KK, AK.
Against that range your only slightly behind (47%) with money in the pot.
With that range its a call but...........
AK while quite possible depending on the player he may chicken out here and fold or flat-call (poor play).
It's really a read dependent decision. From the previous hand he's shown he's willing to call down big pots without the nuts so he does have some gamble in him.
If we assumed that he would only make the play with Aces or AKs you become a big dog at 30%. You are calling maybe $40 to win $120 and getting odds of 3-1.
So if you run it 100 times then 70 times you lose $80 (-$5600)
30 times you win ($+2400)
Ev: -3,200
if you fold always then you lose $35 x 100 = -$3500
So if that range is accurate then a call is slightly better.
On the other hand.....
- According to Harrington the fourth raise is always Pocket Aces. (He also says assign 10% bluff ratio always though).
Fold.
But...........
- It's headsup. His range is likely bigger.
Pro calling
- if you gamble you are more likely to get paid off in future.
pro folding
- It may put you on tilt.
I'd probably make a call based on poker tracker stats. Aggression 4 or more I'd call. 2.5 I'd fold. In between I'd toss a coin!
I recently pushed for a $70 stack against an aggressive player and he called. We both had Aks and split the pot.
So my final advice to you is call but spike a King just to be on the safe side. ;-)
Thursday, 29 November 2007
Deal or No Deal
Ladbrokes and a few other sites offer a 'Deal or No Deal' game aimed I guess at the Bingo crowd on their site. They offer a 10GBP bonus for trying it out. As my account is for US$ I deposited $25 to make sure I covered the full amount ($21 is enough). The minimum game is $1 so you need to play 21 times to clear the bonus.
I didn't calculate the -ev on the game but I'd guess maybe $17 worth of value spread amongst 26 options so you should lose between $5 and $10 playing.
I used the following tactic:
1) Pick a case
2) Click autoselect
3) Take Deal
4) Rinse and repeat.
I lost $5 and made $20. Cash out - play poker.
I think that Coral etc do this so if its +ev there I'll deposit and let Mrs P play a little and I'll give her any winnings and underwrite any losses.
Hello Bankroll!
I didn't calculate the -ev on the game but I'd guess maybe $17 worth of value spread amongst 26 options so you should lose between $5 and $10 playing.
I used the following tactic:
1) Pick a case
2) Click autoselect
3) Take Deal
4) Rinse and repeat.
I lost $5 and made $20. Cash out - play poker.
I think that Coral etc do this so if its +ev there I'll deposit and let Mrs P play a little and I'll give her any winnings and underwrite any losses.
Hello Bankroll!
Whores!
The wife is away and I've got $1000 bucks ready to go in the wee sma' hours of Sunday morning set aside for some whoring activity. I've even set my alarm for 3am for a little 'Happy Hour' fun.
Poker4Ever do two special happy hours where you can deposit and the give you a 10% bonus. It's only available between 2pm and 5pm Eastern time which is bloody annoying. I'm therefore biting the bullet as I suspect I'll be arriving home at sometime in this window and I can set myself up for an easy US$100 bonus.
Obviously with that money I can afford the real McCoy if I was that way inclined.
Poker4Ever do two special happy hours where you can deposit and the give you a 10% bonus. It's only available between 2pm and 5pm Eastern time which is bloody annoying. I'm therefore biting the bullet as I suspect I'll be arriving home at sometime in this window and I can set myself up for an easy US$100 bonus.
Obviously with that money I can afford the real McCoy if I was that way inclined.
The Empty - Day 3
You would have been given long odds if you predicted that Ballet or ice skating would get in the way of this weeks poker mission but that's what happened. With a few tickets from work for Swan Lake it was with cautious optimism I attended after hearing glowing reports from the gaffer. I have to say I was rather impressed. Quite a spectacular performance. Those ruskies can skate. I managed a brief session on Poker4Ever after work and tallied another $7. I also took advantage of another promo - more on this later.
After a two and a half hour performance I caught the 11.30pm ferry so it was 12.30am before the computer was sparked up and the first hand dealt. As it was late I decided to gradually build up to three tables. Two 50NL and one 40NL which emptied and was replaced by a 20NL table. Managed to maintain a 10PTBB/100 on all tables for just I guess around 180 table minutes in total. I'm guessing around +$35 but I'll have to check that figure.
All in all another good day with another +$57 day chalked up and my PTBB/100 at Interpoker now upped to around 2.5.
After a two and a half hour performance I caught the 11.30pm ferry so it was 12.30am before the computer was sparked up and the first hand dealt. As it was late I decided to gradually build up to three tables. Two 50NL and one 40NL which emptied and was replaced by a 20NL table. Managed to maintain a 10PTBB/100 on all tables for just I guess around 180 table minutes in total. I'm guessing around +$35 but I'll have to check that figure.
All in all another good day with another +$57 day chalked up and my PTBB/100 at Interpoker now upped to around 2.5.
Wednesday, 28 November 2007
Going Pro! Get real! Planning for 2008
As is now customary whenever I have back to back winning sessions I mull over the 'what if' scenario of using poker as my main source of income. Obviously I'm not anywhere near there at all but I did tinker around with the kinds of figures I'd need to be capable of achieving to do so.
Scenario
I reckon playing 10K hands a week is achievable this might work out as follows;
MT (multi tabling) Ratio: 4
Hands per hour: 80
Hours: 31.25 hours a week
Level: 50NL
1BB/100 = $400 per month = HK$3,120 plus bonus = $10,920
2BB/100 = $800 per month = HK$6,240 = $14,040
4BB/100 = $1,600 per month = HK$12,480 = HK$20,280
6BB/100 = $2,400 per month = HK$18,720 = HK$26,520
8BB/100 = $3,200 per month = HK$24,960 = HK$32,760
10BB/100 = $4,000 per month = HK$31,200 = HK$39,000
Mmmm. That's not enough return for actually working for 31.25 hours a week!
At the lower levels my BB/100 is probably currently between 8 and 10 taking into account all the sites I've played. I'm improving for sure but stepping up as well so will be difficult to maintain these rates.
The received wisdom on poker forums is 100NL is a minimum for supporting yourself. I reckon it could support an extended semi-holiday in the Phillipines though if I was north of 5BB/100 and planning to leave Hong Kong.
Anyway back to reality. For 2008 I intend to set my expectations for any site at 5BB/100. This would work out at (including bonii) US$3,000 per month exactly if I was 4 tabling and playing full time.
Given that I don't have the time and I'm still learning the game and don't want to run 4 tables I can only manage a realistic 1,500 hands per week at the moment eg two tabling for 10 hours a week.
That should equate to $80 a month in bonus. If I can sustain a 5PTBB/100 winrate = $300 a month.
Total of $380 a month x 12 = US$4,560
Last year's target was US$1,000 and I'm likely to above $3,500 by year end.
So my bankroll target (for online play) in 2008 is US$8,000.
Having said that US$10K sounds like a bit more of a challenging goal!
Scenario
I reckon playing 10K hands a week is achievable this might work out as follows;
MT (multi tabling) Ratio: 4
Hands per hour: 80
Hours: 31.25 hours a week
Level: 50NL
1BB/100 = $400 per month = HK$3,120 plus bonus = $10,920
2BB/100 = $800 per month = HK$6,240 = $14,040
4BB/100 = $1,600 per month = HK$12,480 = HK$20,280
6BB/100 = $2,400 per month = HK$18,720 = HK$26,520
8BB/100 = $3,200 per month = HK$24,960 = HK$32,760
10BB/100 = $4,000 per month = HK$31,200 = HK$39,000
Mmmm. That's not enough return for actually working for 31.25 hours a week!
At the lower levels my BB/100 is probably currently between 8 and 10 taking into account all the sites I've played. I'm improving for sure but stepping up as well so will be difficult to maintain these rates.
The received wisdom on poker forums is 100NL is a minimum for supporting yourself. I reckon it could support an extended semi-holiday in the Phillipines though if I was north of 5BB/100 and planning to leave Hong Kong.
Anyway back to reality. For 2008 I intend to set my expectations for any site at 5BB/100. This would work out at (including bonii) US$3,000 per month exactly if I was 4 tabling and playing full time.
Given that I don't have the time and I'm still learning the game and don't want to run 4 tables I can only manage a realistic 1,500 hands per week at the moment eg two tabling for 10 hours a week.
That should equate to $80 a month in bonus. If I can sustain a 5PTBB/100 winrate = $300 a month.
Total of $380 a month x 12 = US$4,560
Last year's target was US$1,000 and I'm likely to above $3,500 by year end.
So my bankroll target (for online play) in 2008 is US$8,000.
Having said that US$10K sounds like a bit more of a challenging goal!
The Empty - Day 2
Well I had to get some exercise in first with my very own personal trainer Fred before starting so it was a 9pm start for me on the poker tables. According to my pre-prepared plan I wanted to get 2 hours in on Poker4Ever and then take a break for half an hour then rack up an hour playing on Interpoker.
Two tabling the 20NL I managed to build up my stack steadily throughout. Finished up $35 to the good which I was very happy about.
For my scheduled break I watched the latest season of High Stakes Poker! Ah the freedom of the empty! The internet connection was patchy so I didn't watch it all but I did get to watch the highest ever pot so far in televised poker history. Good stuff!
I tried again to get PA HUD working on Interpoker but once again failed. With it already being late I didn't have time to tinker so brought up a 50NL and a 40NL table. I got off to a bad start in the 40NL making a dubious river call with 99 on a Q high board when I was up against a pair of Jacks. I thought I might have been up against middle pair or something similar to my own hand.
So I run for most of the session at a deficit with my PTBB lingering under 1PTBB/100 after 4,000 hands. I then take down a couple of big hands on the 50NL table and manage to reclaim my losses on the 40NL table to finish up $38 up by the time the planned hour long session ends. Now I'm still just 40% through my $100 bonus. Bonus whores rates the play at these tables at D+ (Poker4Ever at A-) meaning the games there are much tougher - eg smaller pots with fewer people seeing the flop. I do have the advantage of tracking software at Interpoker but I suspect my +ev will be higher elsewhere. Still I'll grind it out as I need to be able to beat tougher players if I want to step up.
A $73 winning session and all is well in the rather empty place I call home.
With Swan Lake on Ice tonight, footie training tomorrow, the necessity to drink beer on Friday and a wedding on Saturday I doubt I'll be able to rack up any decent sessions until the weekend.
I should have a backlog of hands that I can post come the weekend though for due analysis.
Two tabling the 20NL I managed to build up my stack steadily throughout. Finished up $35 to the good which I was very happy about.
For my scheduled break I watched the latest season of High Stakes Poker! Ah the freedom of the empty! The internet connection was patchy so I didn't watch it all but I did get to watch the highest ever pot so far in televised poker history. Good stuff!
I tried again to get PA HUD working on Interpoker but once again failed. With it already being late I didn't have time to tinker so brought up a 50NL and a 40NL table. I got off to a bad start in the 40NL making a dubious river call with 99 on a Q high board when I was up against a pair of Jacks. I thought I might have been up against middle pair or something similar to my own hand.
So I run for most of the session at a deficit with my PTBB lingering under 1PTBB/100 after 4,000 hands. I then take down a couple of big hands on the 50NL table and manage to reclaim my losses on the 40NL table to finish up $38 up by the time the planned hour long session ends. Now I'm still just 40% through my $100 bonus. Bonus whores rates the play at these tables at D+ (Poker4Ever at A-) meaning the games there are much tougher - eg smaller pots with fewer people seeing the flop. I do have the advantage of tracking software at Interpoker but I suspect my +ev will be higher elsewhere. Still I'll grind it out as I need to be able to beat tougher players if I want to step up.
A $73 winning session and all is well in the rather empty place I call home.
With Swan Lake on Ice tonight, footie training tomorrow, the necessity to drink beer on Friday and a wedding on Saturday I doubt I'll be able to rack up any decent sessions until the weekend.
I should have a backlog of hands that I can post come the weekend though for due analysis.
Tuesday, 27 November 2007
The Empty - Day 1
A peculiarly Scottish word 'an empty' refers to being left in sole charge of the house. Reaching its most important status during the teenage years it once again allows for the loosening of certain restrictions with the removal of domestic duties. This week I intend to ramp up the poker playing and might even manage to frequent a Lamma bar or two as the week rolls on.
I steriotypically arrive home with takeaway from the Thai restaurant. With no little people to attend to I was logged into Poker4Ever by 7.30 and logged in a two hour session as planned.
I finish up $38 up. I take a planned break and spark up the desktop PC to begin working on my Interpoker bonus. Unfortunately I still can't get PAHUD working for some reason so have to make do with Gametime+ to watch my opponents stats. The competition isn't as soft as Poker4Ever and I'm bumbling along just ahead before I take down a sizeable pot. I'm $30 ahead and then seem to face difficult decision after decision and giving all my winnings away and am stuck for almost $30. Meh. A couple of big hands and I end up US$25 up. On the down side my PTBB/100 on Interpoker is dire at just under 1PTBB/100. I seem to be winning on the higher stakes and losing on the lower stakes so I end up winning but having a poor PTBB/100 figure. The bonus is also very slow. Its going to take another 20 sessions to clear the $100 bonus.
I end up playing another 30 minute session with the laptop but I get a cooler in the first five minutes. I've been super aggressive as I've been catching cards. With three 7s on the flop I raised and caught my 10 on the turn. I raised and he called. I'm out of position - he didn't raise preflop so AT is the only hand I'm afraid of. I bet out $5 on the river and he pumps it up to $15. I probably should have let it go there but I guess it was late and I wasn't on the top of my game.
All in all I rack up a $50 gain and clear a few more bonus points. My $/hour average is in double figures and I hope I can keep that going for the rest of the week.
I steriotypically arrive home with takeaway from the Thai restaurant. With no little people to attend to I was logged into Poker4Ever by 7.30 and logged in a two hour session as planned.
I finish up $38 up. I take a planned break and spark up the desktop PC to begin working on my Interpoker bonus. Unfortunately I still can't get PAHUD working for some reason so have to make do with Gametime+ to watch my opponents stats. The competition isn't as soft as Poker4Ever and I'm bumbling along just ahead before I take down a sizeable pot. I'm $30 ahead and then seem to face difficult decision after decision and giving all my winnings away and am stuck for almost $30. Meh. A couple of big hands and I end up US$25 up. On the down side my PTBB/100 on Interpoker is dire at just under 1PTBB/100. I seem to be winning on the higher stakes and losing on the lower stakes so I end up winning but having a poor PTBB/100 figure. The bonus is also very slow. Its going to take another 20 sessions to clear the $100 bonus.
I end up playing another 30 minute session with the laptop but I get a cooler in the first five minutes. I've been super aggressive as I've been catching cards. With three 7s on the flop I raised and caught my 10 on the turn. I raised and he called. I'm out of position - he didn't raise preflop so AT is the only hand I'm afraid of. I bet out $5 on the river and he pumps it up to $15. I probably should have let it go there but I guess it was late and I wasn't on the top of my game.
All in all I rack up a $50 gain and clear a few more bonus points. My $/hour average is in double figures and I hope I can keep that going for the rest of the week.
Monday, 26 November 2007
Sharkscope - Stars summary
This seems to be the only site where we all have accounts....
deadlydp
Played: 17
Average Profit:-$2
Average Stake: $5
Average ROI: -36%
Total Profit: -$40
Form: -
PokerStars
Lamma_Jim
Games Played: 56
Average Profit:-$1
Average Stake:$2
Average ROI:-31%
Total Profit: -$38
Form: Tilt
PokerStars
Moocher666
Games Played: 521
Average Profit: $0
Average Stake: $2
Average ROI: -13%
Total Profit: -$211
Form: Tilt
PokerStars
Phillberto01
Games Played: 215
Average Profit: $0
Average Stake: $3
Average ROI: 6%
Total Profit: $44
Form: -
PokerStars
ssammyy
Games Played: 125
Average Profit:$2
Average Stake: $7
Average ROI: 47%
Total Profit:$310
Form: -PokerStars
deadlydp
Played: 17
Average Profit:-$2
Average Stake: $5
Average ROI: -36%
Total Profit: -$40
Form: -
PokerStars
Lamma_Jim
Games Played: 56
Average Profit:-$1
Average Stake:$2
Average ROI:-31%
Total Profit: -$38
Form: Tilt
PokerStars
Moocher666
Games Played: 521
Average Profit: $0
Average Stake: $2
Average ROI: -13%
Total Profit: -$211
Form: Tilt
PokerStars
Phillberto01
Games Played: 215
Average Profit: $0
Average Stake: $3
Average ROI: 6%
Total Profit: $44
Form: -
PokerStars
ssammyy
Games Played: 125
Average Profit:$2
Average Stake: $7
Average ROI: 47%
Total Profit:$310
Form: -PokerStars
Bankrolls 26/11
Lamma Poker Exchange: previously 4326 (+142)
Online rolls/profits
1) Deadly $2870 (-30) (nc) (+283) (nc) (-150) (-120) (+140) (+250) (+100) (nc) (+100) (+3) (+123)(-30) (+51) (+205) (+12) (-267) (+1) (+82) (+247) (+169)(+104) (+118)(-59)(+447) (-36) (+35) (+101) (-110) (+257) (+134) (+6) (+117)
2) Phillberto $2813 (+183) (+39) (-19)(-34)(+64) (+173) (+11) (+230)(+23) (+60)(+80)(+41) (+95)(+37) (+148) (+41)(+143) (-117) (+69) (+131) (+150)(-12) (+87) (+243) (+41) (+12) (+231)(+76)(+90) (+50) (+106) (+23) (+133) (+306)
3) Bigshotbog $294 (+4) (+180) (-30) (-25) (-57) (+21) (+46)(+54) (-49)(-50) (-11) (nc) (+81)(-87) (nc)(-33) (-175) (nc) (-49) (nc) (nc) (nc)(nc) (nc)(-6)(nc)(-40) (nc)(nc) (nc) (-150)(nc) (+10) (-264)
4) Lamma_Jim $61 (-9) (nc) (+8) (+15) (-4) (-37) (-1) (-6) (nc) (-2) (+1) (-2) (-3) (+1)
5) Moocher666 $60 (-10) (+20) (+50) (-100) (-80) (nc) (-36) (-13)(-11)(+9) (+16)(-5) (-20) (+180) (-50) (-110)(-110) (nc) (-30) (-41) (-6) (-38)(-35)(-38)(-27) (-105) (nc) (+78) (+4)
Online rolls/profits
1) Deadly $2870 (-30) (nc) (+283) (nc) (-150) (-120) (+140) (+250) (+100) (nc) (+100) (+3) (+123)(-30) (+51) (+205) (+12) (-267) (+1) (+82) (+247) (+169)(+104) (+118)(-59)(+447) (-36) (+35) (+101) (-110) (+257) (+134) (+6) (+117)
2) Phillberto $2813 (+183) (+39) (-19)(-34)(+64) (+173) (+11) (+230)(+23) (+60)(+80)(+41) (+95)(+37) (+148) (+41)(+143) (-117) (+69) (+131) (+150)(-12) (+87) (+243) (+41) (+12) (+231)(+76)(+90) (+50) (+106) (+23) (+133) (+306)
3) Bigshotbog $294 (+4) (+180) (-30) (-25) (-57) (+21) (+46)(+54) (-49)(-50) (-11) (nc) (+81)(-87) (nc)(-33) (-175) (nc) (-49) (nc) (nc) (nc)(nc) (nc)(-6)(nc)(-40) (nc)(nc) (nc) (-150)(nc) (+10) (-264)
4) Lamma_Jim $61 (-9) (nc) (+8) (+15) (-4) (-37) (-1) (-6) (nc) (-2) (+1) (-2) (-3) (+1)
5) Moocher666 $60 (-10) (+20) (+50) (-100) (-80) (nc) (-36) (-13)(-11)(+9) (+16)(-5) (-20) (+180) (-50) (-110)(-110) (nc) (-30) (-41) (-6) (-38)(-35)(-38)(-27) (-105) (nc) (+78) (+4)
Asian Poker Open (Part 2)
Deadly draws table 23 just one away from me. I walk across just prior to the first break and he is struggling at around the 2,000 chip mark.
He returns from the break and finds a playable hand
Deadly raises with Q hearts J hearts and gets a caller.
The one cardrunners video I saw I remember late on in a tourney getting this hand and stacking it. He makes a spiel about it saying that it appears to be a good hand but at this stage you are really looking at getting all your money in (this is related to stack sizes on his table so I'm assuming he would offer the same advice in this situation).
The flop misses Deadly and he pushes and puts the decsision to his opponent.
He gets a fold and a boost to his stack.
Next I hear from him and there are only 25 players left and he is the short stack. Only ten pay so he is looking to be in a tricky situation. He fades out in 22nd position as the blinds take their toll and when he finally makes a stand loses out.
Pretty solid effort though 22nd out of 80 and is the leading Lamma representative!
It's Sunday Deadly returns for more as I spend the day with the family before the fly off.
This time the $500 tourney has 75 entrants.
My battery is dead so I don't get any reports from him until later in the day.
Once again he goes deep. This time the blinds are 200/400 with blinds up to 75. His stack is diminished to 2,500 and each pot starts off with 1,200. The big stack at his table leads out meaning Deadly has commit his stack. Against a loose raiser and with KK he sees a chance to double up and stay alive for a few more rounds. The Big stack turns over a pair of jacks and he is an 80% favourite. A jack lands and Deadly has a bad beat tale to remember for a while.
Final result 18 out of 76.
Maybe more hands from Deadly when he returns.
He returns from the break and finds a playable hand
Deadly raises with Q hearts J hearts and gets a caller.
The one cardrunners video I saw I remember late on in a tourney getting this hand and stacking it. He makes a spiel about it saying that it appears to be a good hand but at this stage you are really looking at getting all your money in (this is related to stack sizes on his table so I'm assuming he would offer the same advice in this situation).
The flop misses Deadly and he pushes and puts the decsision to his opponent.
He gets a fold and a boost to his stack.
Next I hear from him and there are only 25 players left and he is the short stack. Only ten pay so he is looking to be in a tricky situation. He fades out in 22nd position as the blinds take their toll and when he finally makes a stand loses out.
Pretty solid effort though 22nd out of 80 and is the leading Lamma representative!
It's Sunday Deadly returns for more as I spend the day with the family before the fly off.
This time the $500 tourney has 75 entrants.
My battery is dead so I don't get any reports from him until later in the day.
Once again he goes deep. This time the blinds are 200/400 with blinds up to 75. His stack is diminished to 2,500 and each pot starts off with 1,200. The big stack at his table leads out meaning Deadly has commit his stack. Against a loose raiser and with KK he sees a chance to double up and stay alive for a few more rounds. The Big stack turns over a pair of jacks and he is an 80% favourite. A jack lands and Deadly has a bad beat tale to remember for a while.
Final result 18 out of 76.
Maybe more hands from Deadly when he returns.
Asian Poker Open - Results (Part 1)
Back from Macau to hear a Vietnamese Nail Technician (as in beauty therapist) won the US$2,500 tourney. Hachem and Liz Lieu made the final table and the high rollers event kicks off today. I managed just one tournaments...full blow by blow coverage below......
Entry Fee: US$470+30
Stacks are $3,000 and blind levels jump every thirty minutes.
Blinds 25/50 - no playble hands in site and raises on my blinds mean I don't see a flop.
Blinds 50/100 - Two limpers to me in the cut off and I call and hope to see a flop with 67s. The blinds follow me in and its five handed. Flop comes 789 with two clubs showing.
Under the gun plus one sticks in a $400 raise and its folded to me. I have bottom pair and an open ended straight draw. I would have to risk a sizeable percentage of my stack and I could already be drawing dead so I let it go.
Blinds 50/100 - I get another chance to see a hand in the big blind with 3 limpers in.
Flop J92 with two clubs.
Pot: 450
I lead for 300.
I'm called by an aggressive Scandinavian player in early position.
Turn: K diamonds
Pot: 1,150
I bet 500
A weak bet here. I was planning to play it stronger but realised the king could have filled up a higher straight draw.
Scandanavian throws in a raise of 1,200 and I give it up.
My stack size is reduced to about 1,800.
Blinds 75/150
It's folded to me in the cut-off with T8s and I plan to raise 3 times the big blind and bet 300. As soon as I do so I realise my mistake and that I've failed to take into account the latest blind increase making it a min-raise. Ouch. The latest player, who appears to be wearing a bracelet of the poker variety and looks the part pushes all in from the small blind. I fold with my tails between my legs.
I've not been getting any cards at all and I'm not getting respect when I do raise. My stack is down to 1,400 and the blinds already mean I'm in allin preflop territory.
Blinds 75/150 - Chinese guy on my immediate right (UTG+1) raises to $500. I push over the top with Ace Jack spades nd its folded all the way back around to him. I'm looking for a fold here but when he ponders it I'm thinking he may call with a middle pair or slightly better hand that dominates me. He calls and flips over K and T hearts.
I go in as a 61% favourite and noone connects and I'm back up to near my starting stack.
Blinds 100/200
I'm under the gun and I look at Pocket 9's. Its my best hand yet but its still a pretty marginal raising hand. I raise to $600. Folded to Mr Bracelet and he once again pushes on me. He has me covered. I'm pretty sure I'm beat or possibly racing with AK. I give it up and he tells me he did indeed have a big pair.
I reach the first break with a newly diminished stack and join Deadly to compare notes. I'll give you the scoop on his tourney in the next post.
I return from the break. Stack size 2,000 and within a couple of hands the big blinds are folded to me as they do they announce that antes of $25 are to be added to the pot.
Blinds 75/150 antes 25 (8 handed)
Its folded all the way to me to the small blind and its my previous combatant to act.
The pot is already $425
He raises $500.
I look down at pocket 3's. I think he has a pretty wide raising range and I think my 3's are ahead. His pot odds are good hear but I think I have a decent fold equity and I'm a slight favourite anything other than a higher pair.
When he ponders my push I'm pretty sure I'm not going to be a big dog. I'm once again hoping for a fold but at worst I'm going to be racing for my tournament life.
He eventually sticks his money in and flips over J3.
Its as good a situation as I could hope for really and leaves him with just one overcard and me a 67.5% favourite. the luck factor deserts me as a Jack spikes on the flop. I have a runner runner straight possibility and just one out. It's not looking good. My straight possibility vanishes on the turn and my one out fails to show on the river and I'm gone.
Summary: I think in retrospect I may have been better not getting involved with both T8 hands and saved my chips for later. Seems an overpair could well have been paid off and those extra chips could well have given me enough breathing space to find them. I recognised one of the guys at my table from Hong Kong rounders, another guy at my table was across from Bangkok that I had been watching playing on the Lightning automated poker machine at pretty high stakes and he had walked away a stack up. I had a semi-pro from Australia at my table for a while and the wife of an unnamed pro whose husband finished 50th in the US$2,500 event. There were a few weaker players at the table that I noticed so the standard wasn't overly intimidating. I'll be back next year.
Result: I estimate 35th out of 80.
Entry Fee: US$470+30
Stacks are $3,000 and blind levels jump every thirty minutes.
Blinds 25/50 - no playble hands in site and raises on my blinds mean I don't see a flop.
Blinds 50/100 - Two limpers to me in the cut off and I call and hope to see a flop with 67s. The blinds follow me in and its five handed. Flop comes 789 with two clubs showing.
Under the gun plus one sticks in a $400 raise and its folded to me. I have bottom pair and an open ended straight draw. I would have to risk a sizeable percentage of my stack and I could already be drawing dead so I let it go.
Blinds 50/100 - I get another chance to see a hand in the big blind with 3 limpers in.
Flop J92 with two clubs.
Pot: 450
I lead for 300.
I'm called by an aggressive Scandinavian player in early position.
Turn: K diamonds
Pot: 1,150
I bet 500
A weak bet here. I was planning to play it stronger but realised the king could have filled up a higher straight draw.
Scandanavian throws in a raise of 1,200 and I give it up.
My stack size is reduced to about 1,800.
Blinds 75/150
It's folded to me in the cut-off with T8s and I plan to raise 3 times the big blind and bet 300. As soon as I do so I realise my mistake and that I've failed to take into account the latest blind increase making it a min-raise. Ouch. The latest player, who appears to be wearing a bracelet of the poker variety and looks the part pushes all in from the small blind. I fold with my tails between my legs.
I've not been getting any cards at all and I'm not getting respect when I do raise. My stack is down to 1,400 and the blinds already mean I'm in allin preflop territory.
Blinds 75/150 - Chinese guy on my immediate right (UTG+1) raises to $500. I push over the top with Ace Jack spades nd its folded all the way back around to him. I'm looking for a fold here but when he ponders it I'm thinking he may call with a middle pair or slightly better hand that dominates me. He calls and flips over K and T hearts.
I go in as a 61% favourite and noone connects and I'm back up to near my starting stack.
Blinds 100/200
I'm under the gun and I look at Pocket 9's. Its my best hand yet but its still a pretty marginal raising hand. I raise to $600. Folded to Mr Bracelet and he once again pushes on me. He has me covered. I'm pretty sure I'm beat or possibly racing with AK. I give it up and he tells me he did indeed have a big pair.
I reach the first break with a newly diminished stack and join Deadly to compare notes. I'll give you the scoop on his tourney in the next post.
I return from the break. Stack size 2,000 and within a couple of hands the big blinds are folded to me as they do they announce that antes of $25 are to be added to the pot.
Blinds 75/150 antes 25 (8 handed)
Its folded all the way to me to the small blind and its my previous combatant to act.
The pot is already $425
He raises $500.
I look down at pocket 3's. I think he has a pretty wide raising range and I think my 3's are ahead. His pot odds are good hear but I think I have a decent fold equity and I'm a slight favourite anything other than a higher pair.
When he ponders my push I'm pretty sure I'm not going to be a big dog. I'm once again hoping for a fold but at worst I'm going to be racing for my tournament life.
He eventually sticks his money in and flips over J3.
Its as good a situation as I could hope for really and leaves him with just one overcard and me a 67.5% favourite. the luck factor deserts me as a Jack spikes on the flop. I have a runner runner straight possibility and just one out. It's not looking good. My straight possibility vanishes on the turn and my one out fails to show on the river and I'm gone.
Summary: I think in retrospect I may have been better not getting involved with both T8 hands and saved my chips for later. Seems an overpair could well have been paid off and those extra chips could well have given me enough breathing space to find them. I recognised one of the guys at my table from Hong Kong rounders, another guy at my table was across from Bangkok that I had been watching playing on the Lightning automated poker machine at pretty high stakes and he had walked away a stack up. I had a semi-pro from Australia at my table for a while and the wife of an unnamed pro whose husband finished 50th in the US$2,500 event. There were a few weaker players at the table that I noticed so the standard wasn't overly intimidating. I'll be back next year.
Result: I estimate 35th out of 80.
Friday, 23 November 2007
Asian Poker Open - on the way
Catching my ferry in an hour and a half and ready to rumble. Deadly is already in town and may even have managed to catch a SNG by now. Liz Lieu's manager contacted my boss and I've been introduced to her agent so I may even get the chance to meet the Poker Diva while there. Throw in Fernando's - garlic prawns, Sangria, Chrorizo etc and I have myself a cracking weekend lined up. Another week of solid poker to follow. Hell I may even be able to win my buy-in back!
I've left my hat, shades and ipod at home. Too cliched.
I hope my first hand is as dramatic as the first hand in the latest episode of High Stakes Poker.
Raisy Daisy!
I've left my hat, shades and ipod at home. Too cliched.
I hope my first hand is as dramatic as the first hand in the latest episode of High Stakes Poker.
Raisy Daisy!
Running Hot
Back on Poker4Ever again. Need to clear a bonus at InterPoker but hard to turn my back on a winning run. Didn't have long to play but was up two buyins when I ran into this situation. Appreciate a quick line check on it.
20NL 6 max
limped to me 4 handed in the big blind and I check.
Stack sizes - effectively all $23
Phillberto holds 8h5h
Flop Kh8s6h
Small blind bets pot 0.80
Phillberto raises to 2.40
Fold. Fold
Small blind calls.
Turn 4h
Pot size 5.60
Small blind bets 5.60
Phillberto pushes for $15.
How does it look?
On a second shorter session later I was up against a very aggressive big stack who was prone to overbets and trying to push people around although.
Effective stacks:
One limp
I raise on the button with K8s (hearts) to 0.90.
Bully (Big Blind) raises to $2.30
limper folds
Phillberto calls.
Flop: K86 (two spades).
Pot: 4.90
Bully checks
Phillberto bets pot 4.90
Bully calls
Turn: 2 clubs
Pot: 14.70
I push my final $16.
Thoughts?
Limped pot and me on position. I flat call two big raises with a straight draw and in position. He slows down on the river with around a $6 pot and I raise to $2.40 with K high and he folds.
:-)
Three handed I limp in the blind and the flop is 44Q. I have 45o. He overbets and I call. I'm worried that my 4 is now quite transparent so opt to check behind on the turn. He checks to me so I make a value bet of 3/4 pot and he calls and mucks letting me take an $11 pot down.
We now have similar size of stacks (US50+) and I'm all for trying to felt him but its a big poker weekend and Mrs P insists its bedtime.
20NL 6 max
limped to me 4 handed in the big blind and I check.
Stack sizes - effectively all $23
Phillberto holds 8h5h
Flop Kh8s6h
Small blind bets pot 0.80
Phillberto raises to 2.40
Fold. Fold
Small blind calls.
Turn 4h
Pot size 5.60
Small blind bets 5.60
Phillberto pushes for $15.
How does it look?
On a second shorter session later I was up against a very aggressive big stack who was prone to overbets and trying to push people around although.
Effective stacks:
One limp
I raise on the button with K8s (hearts) to 0.90.
Bully (Big Blind) raises to $2.30
limper folds
Phillberto calls.
Flop: K86 (two spades).
Pot: 4.90
Bully checks
Phillberto bets pot 4.90
Bully calls
Turn: 2 clubs
Pot: 14.70
I push my final $16.
Thoughts?
Limped pot and me on position. I flat call two big raises with a straight draw and in position. He slows down on the river with around a $6 pot and I raise to $2.40 with K high and he folds.
:-)
Three handed I limp in the blind and the flop is 44Q. I have 45o. He overbets and I call. I'm worried that my 4 is now quite transparent so opt to check behind on the turn. He checks to me so I make a value bet of 3/4 pot and he calls and mucks letting me take an $11 pot down.
We now have similar size of stacks (US50+) and I'm all for trying to felt him but its a big poker weekend and Mrs P insists its bedtime.
Thursday, 22 November 2007
Another winning session
Two tabled for under an hour again last night and managed to chalk up another win on both tables. Doubled up on the first table and had lost half my buyin on the other but bought in for another $2 to ensure I covered everyone I had position on. Hit the second nut flush to double up and ended up winning on the second table too taking me up to $1,100 in my Poker4Ever account. Not bad for a $200 deposit.
Never managed to watch the MTT cardrunners video I downloaded. Maybe tonight for that.
Also have the latest episode of HSP to watch too. Good stuff. I think Moocher is stuck across in Dubai for a while. Any online action elsewhere?
Never managed to watch the MTT cardrunners video I downloaded. Maybe tonight for that.
Also have the latest episode of HSP to watch too. Good stuff. I think Moocher is stuck across in Dubai for a while. Any online action elsewhere?
Wednesday, 21 November 2007
Poker4Ever - Next Live Game
Managed just a short session last night as I went training to try and keep my weightloss objective on track. 20 minutes was good for $12 though. I also got a reply from Interpoker who have said they will manually credit me my bonus when I complete the requirements. I'm about 40% through the requirements and have an empty with the rest of the family off to the Philippines for 10 days.
I am of course hoping that a Live game will come together next weekend. I believe Casa Deadly has been touted as a venue. What time shall we start then?
Anyone else in for the last longer Macau bet?
I am of course hoping that a Live game will come together next weekend. I believe Casa Deadly has been touted as a venue. What time shall we start then?
Anyone else in for the last longer Macau bet?
Tuesday, 20 November 2007
Asian Poker Open - Macau bound
So it looks like there are only two Lamma representatives in Macau this weekend and neither Deadly nor myself will be competing in the main event. We'll both be playing in a US$500 game on the Saturday and a SNG on the Sunday.
As there are a few big names of the poker world in town I may be a railbird for part of the time. I'm also up for a last longest side bet with anyone. I'll put HK$100 on Barry Greenstein. Happy to go with a head to head with someone or indeed we can throw in together to make a winner takes all pot. Anyone?
Also in the last episode of High Stakes Poker we had a situation arise where without revealing too much we had two 'representatives' clash in an all-in pot. The agreed wager was HK$50. Now in this occasion the duelees choose to run the river card three times.
This leaves three possibilities in the event of a 2/1 win for someone.
a) Counts as a felting - payup fella!
b) Loser pays two thirds of fifty dalla is the fair result.
c) It isn't technically a felting so no money is paid.
I think to be fair only people that haven't seen the episode yet can answer. As we live in Hong Kong it is only fair that democracy is not involed in settling this therefore the first person to answer with a) b) or c) can decide the solution which will be adhered to on all other situations.
As for online poker I managed an hour or so last night single tabling 20NL. Taking a break from mutli-tabling worked out well and after dropping 60% of my stack early and buying in for another $20 I managed to work my stack up to just shy of $100 before calling it a night. I did multitable a $4.40 Stars MTT early though and managed to have QQ lose to AA, KK beat AA, managed to somehow accidentally fold QQ in a three way pot that I would have taken down before losing with AK to 55 in a race.
As there are a few big names of the poker world in town I may be a railbird for part of the time. I'm also up for a last longest side bet with anyone. I'll put HK$100 on Barry Greenstein. Happy to go with a head to head with someone or indeed we can throw in together to make a winner takes all pot. Anyone?
Also in the last episode of High Stakes Poker we had a situation arise where without revealing too much we had two 'representatives' clash in an all-in pot. The agreed wager was HK$50. Now in this occasion the duelees choose to run the river card three times.
This leaves three possibilities in the event of a 2/1 win for someone.
a) Counts as a felting - payup fella!
b) Loser pays two thirds of fifty dalla is the fair result.
c) It isn't technically a felting so no money is paid.
I think to be fair only people that haven't seen the episode yet can answer. As we live in Hong Kong it is only fair that democracy is not involed in settling this therefore the first person to answer with a) b) or c) can decide the solution which will be adhered to on all other situations.
As for online poker I managed an hour or so last night single tabling 20NL. Taking a break from mutli-tabling worked out well and after dropping 60% of my stack early and buying in for another $20 I managed to work my stack up to just shy of $100 before calling it a night. I did multitable a $4.40 Stars MTT early though and managed to have QQ lose to AA, KK beat AA, managed to somehow accidentally fold QQ in a three way pot that I would have taken down before losing with AK to 55 in a race.
Monday, 19 November 2007
Updated Tournament Rankings
Tournament rankings:
Bigshot goes deep in a $20 deep stack tournament. Chip leader with just six left on a school night and domestic pressures mounting he crashes out in order to avoid a sleepless night of toil. Taking down a $186 win though he can't complain. Currently the only person to be showing a positive return on investment in tournament play he currently holds three titles (see below).
Bigshot: 53,304 of 671,036
ROI: +23%
Phillberto: 168,526 of 671,036
ROI:-2%
Moocher 346,256 of 671,036
ROI: -24%
Biggest online winner:
1)Deadlydp
Biggest Live winner
1) BigshotBog
Best online tournament player
1) BigshotBog
Biggest Casino winner
1) BigshotBog
Bigshot goes deep in a $20 deep stack tournament. Chip leader with just six left on a school night and domestic pressures mounting he crashes out in order to avoid a sleepless night of toil. Taking down a $186 win though he can't complain. Currently the only person to be showing a positive return on investment in tournament play he currently holds three titles (see below).
Bigshot: 53,304 of 671,036
ROI: +23%
Phillberto: 168,526 of 671,036
ROI:-2%
Moocher 346,256 of 671,036
ROI: -24%
Biggest online winner:
1)Deadlydp
Biggest Live winner
1) BigshotBog
Best online tournament player
1) BigshotBog
Biggest Casino winner
1) BigshotBog
Updated rolls -
Lamma Poker Exchange: 4184(+247)
Online rolls/profits
1) Deadly $2900 (nc) (+283) (nc) (-150) (-120) (+140) (+250) (+100) (nc) (+100) (+3) (+123)(-30) (+51) (+205) (+12) (-267) (+1) (+82) (+247) (+169)(+104) (+118)(-59)(+447) (-36) (+35) (+101) (-110) (+257) (+134) (+6) (+117)
2) Phillberto $2630 (+39) (-19)(-34)(+64) (+173) (+11) (+230)(+23) (+60)(+80)(+41) (+95)(+37) (+148) (+41)(+143) (-117) (+69) (+131) (+150)(-12) (+87) (+243) (+41) (+12) (+231)(+76)(+90) (+50) (+106) (+23) (+133) (+306)
3) Bigshotbog $290 (+180) (-30) (-25) (-57) (+21) (+46)(+54) (-49)(-50) (-11) (nc) (+81)(-87) (nc)
(-33) (-175) (nc) (-49) (nc) (nc) (nc)(nc) (nc)(-6)(nc)(-40) (nc)(nc) (nc) (-150)(nc) (+10) (-264)
4) Moocher666 $70 (+20) (+50) (-100) (-80) (nc) (-36) (-13)(-11)(+9) (+16)(-5) (-20) (+180) (-50) (-110)(-110) (nc) (-30) (-41) (-6) (-38)(-35)(-38)(-27) (-105) (nc) (+78) (+4)
5) Lamma_Jim $70 (nc) (+8) (+15) (-4) (-37) (-1) (-6) (nc) (-2) (+1) (-2) (-3) (+1)
Online rolls/profits
1) Deadly $2900 (nc) (+283) (nc) (-150) (-120) (+140) (+250) (+100) (nc) (+100) (+3) (+123)(-30) (+51) (+205) (+12) (-267) (+1) (+82) (+247) (+169)(+104) (+118)(-59)(+447) (-36) (+35) (+101) (-110) (+257) (+134) (+6) (+117)
2) Phillberto $2630 (+39) (-19)(-34)(+64) (+173) (+11) (+230)(+23) (+60)(+80)(+41) (+95)(+37) (+148) (+41)(+143) (-117) (+69) (+131) (+150)(-12) (+87) (+243) (+41) (+12) (+231)(+76)(+90) (+50) (+106) (+23) (+133) (+306)
3) Bigshotbog $290 (+180) (-30) (-25) (-57) (+21) (+46)(+54) (-49)(-50) (-11) (nc) (+81)(-87) (nc)
(-33) (-175) (nc) (-49) (nc) (nc) (nc)(nc) (nc)(-6)(nc)(-40) (nc)(nc) (nc) (-150)(nc) (+10) (-264)
4) Moocher666 $70 (+20) (+50) (-100) (-80) (nc) (-36) (-13)(-11)(+9) (+16)(-5) (-20) (+180) (-50) (-110)(-110) (nc) (-30) (-41) (-6) (-38)(-35)(-38)(-27) (-105) (nc) (+78) (+4)
5) Lamma_Jim $70 (nc) (+8) (+15) (-4) (-37) (-1) (-6) (nc) (-2) (+1) (-2) (-3) (+1)
Thursday, 15 November 2007
Moneymaker
Picked up the Moneymaker story in a second hand book shop in Lantau at the weekend if anyone fancies reading it. Pretty interesting tale giving his exploits in the Satellite tournament, main event and his earlier sports betting obsession.
Mrs Phillberto also picked up WPT Europe magazine as it was won by an 18 Year old girl who seems shit hot and is a top ranked online player. Moocher do you still have Deadly's mags? We need to arrange a swap.
Happy to trade any poker related fact or fiction with anyone. Rounders DVD anyone? I've not heard anyone say 'that's a positional raise' in a russian accent recently.
Mrs Phillberto also picked up WPT Europe magazine as it was won by an 18 Year old girl who seems shit hot and is a top ranked online player. Moocher do you still have Deadly's mags? We need to arrange a swap.
Happy to trade any poker related fact or fiction with anyone. Rounders DVD anyone? I've not heard anyone say 'that's a positional raise' in a russian accent recently.
October Summary
Monthly totals:
1) Phillberto: Oct: +203 Sep: +434 Aug: +321 July: +226 June: +468 May +360 Aprl: +269 Mrch (2 wks): +442
Average: +363 per month
2) Deadly - Oct - -130 Sep: +453 Aug: + 349 July: -172 June: +638 May: +389 April: +382 Mrch (2wks) : +123
Average: +270 per month
3) Lamma_Jim Oct: -26 Sep: -10 Aug: -2 (2 wks)
Average: -15 per month
4) Moocher: Oct: -160 Sep: -21 Aug: 0 July -140 June: -120 May: -170 April (2 weeks): +81
Average: -81 per month
5) Bigshot: Oct: -15 Sep: -56 Aug -39 July: -224 June: 0 May: -46 April -150 March (2 weeks) -254 (-705)
Average: -105 per month
1) Phillberto: Oct: +203 Sep: +434 Aug: +321 July: +226 June: +468 May +360 Aprl: +269 Mrch (2 wks): +442
Average: +363 per month
2) Deadly - Oct - -130 Sep: +453 Aug: + 349 July: -172 June: +638 May: +389 April: +382 Mrch (2wks) : +123
Average: +270 per month
3) Lamma_Jim Oct: -26 Sep: -10 Aug: -2 (2 wks)
Average: -15 per month
4) Moocher: Oct: -160 Sep: -21 Aug: 0 July -140 June: -120 May: -170 April (2 weeks): +81
Average: -81 per month
5) Bigshot: Oct: -15 Sep: -56 Aug -39 July: -224 June: 0 May: -46 April -150 March (2 weeks) -254 (-705)
Average: -105 per month
Rolls - as of 12 November
Lamma Poker Exchange: 3937 (+299)
Online rolls/profits
1) Deadly $2900 (+283) (nc) (-150) (-120) (+140) (+250) (+100) (nc) (+100) (+3) (+123)(-30) (+51) (+205) (+12) (-267) (+1) (+82) (+247) (+169)(+104) (+118)(-59)(+447) (-36) (+35) (+101) (-110) (+257) (+134) (+6) (+117)
2) Phillberto $2591 (-19)(-34)(+64) (+173) (+11) (+230)(+23) (+60)(+80)(+41) (+95)(+37) (+148) (+41)(+143) (-117) (+69) (+131) (+150)(-12) (+87) (+243) (+41) (+12) (+231)(+76)(+90) (+50) (+106) (+23) (+133) (+306)
3) Bigshotbog $110 (-30) (-25) (-57) (+21) (+46)(+54) (-49)(-50) (-11) (nc) (+81)(-87) (nc) (-33) (-175) (nc) (-49) (nc) (nc) (nc)(nc) (nc)(-6)(nc)(-40) (nc)(nc) (nc) (-150)(nc) (+10) (-264)
4) Moocher666 $50 (+50) (-100) (-80) (nc) (-36) (-13)(-11)(+9) (+16)(-5) (-20) (+180) (-50) (-110)(-110) (nc) (-30) (-41) (-6) (-38)(-35)(-38)(-27) (-105) (nc) (+78) (+4)
5) Lamma_Jim $62 (+15) (-13) (-15) (+4) (-37) (-1) (-6) (nc) (-2) (+1) (-2) (-3) (+1)
Once I add those in I can calculate the October +/- figures for all.
Online rolls/profits
1) Deadly $2900 (+283) (nc) (-150) (-120) (+140) (+250) (+100) (nc) (+100) (+3) (+123)(-30) (+51) (+205) (+12) (-267) (+1) (+82) (+247) (+169)(+104) (+118)(-59)(+447) (-36) (+35) (+101) (-110) (+257) (+134) (+6) (+117)
2) Phillberto $2591 (-19)(-34)(+64) (+173) (+11) (+230)(+23) (+60)(+80)(+41) (+95)(+37) (+148) (+41)(+143) (-117) (+69) (+131) (+150)(-12) (+87) (+243) (+41) (+12) (+231)(+76)(+90) (+50) (+106) (+23) (+133) (+306)
3) Bigshotbog $110 (-30) (-25) (-57) (+21) (+46)(+54) (-49)(-50) (-11) (nc) (+81)(-87) (nc) (-33) (-175) (nc) (-49) (nc) (nc) (nc)(nc) (nc)(-6)(nc)(-40) (nc)(nc) (nc) (-150)(nc) (+10) (-264)
4) Moocher666 $50 (+50) (-100) (-80) (nc) (-36) (-13)(-11)(+9) (+16)(-5) (-20) (+180) (-50) (-110)(-110) (nc) (-30) (-41) (-6) (-38)(-35)(-38)(-27) (-105) (nc) (+78) (+4)
5) Lamma_Jim $62 (+15) (-13) (-15) (+4) (-37) (-1) (-6) (nc) (-2) (+1) (-2) (-3) (+1)
Once I add those in I can calculate the October +/- figures for all.
Rolls - as of 5th November
Lamma Poker Exchange: 3638 (-172)
Online rolls/profits
1) Deadly $2617 (nc) (-150) (-120) (+140) (+250) (+100) (nc) (+100) (+3) (+123)(-30) (+51) (+205) (+12) (-267) (+1) (+82) (+247) (+169)(+104) (+118)(-59)(+447) (-36) (+35) (+101) (-110) (+257) (+134) (+6) (+117)
2) Phillberto $2610 (-34)(+64) (+173) (+11) (+230)(+23) (+60)(+80)(+41) (+95)(+37) (+148) (+41)(+143) (-117) (+69) (+131) (+150)(-12) (+87) (+243) (+41) (+12) (+231)(+76)(+90) (+50) (+106) (+23) (+133) (+306)
3) Bigshotbog $140 (-25) (-57) (+21) (+46)(+54) (-49)(-50) (-11) (nc) (+81)(-87) (nc) (-33)
(-175) (nc) (-49) (nc) (nc) (nc)(nc) (nc)(-6)(nc)(-40) (nc)(nc) (nc) (-150)(nc) (+10) (-264)
4) Moocher666 $0 (-100) (-80) (nc) (-36) (-13)(-11)(+9) (+16)(-5) (-20) (+180) (-50) (-110)
(-110) (nc) (-30) (-41) (-6) (-38)(-35)(-38)(-27) (-105) (nc) (+78) (+4)
5) Lamma_Jim $70 (+8) (+15) (-4) (-37) (-1) (-6) (nc) (-2) (+1) (-2) (-3) (+1)
Online rolls/profits
1) Deadly $2617 (nc) (-150) (-120) (+140) (+250) (+100) (nc) (+100) (+3) (+123)(-30) (+51) (+205) (+12) (-267) (+1) (+82) (+247) (+169)(+104) (+118)(-59)(+447) (-36) (+35) (+101) (-110) (+257) (+134) (+6) (+117)
2) Phillberto $2610 (-34)(+64) (+173) (+11) (+230)(+23) (+60)(+80)(+41) (+95)(+37) (+148) (+41)(+143) (-117) (+69) (+131) (+150)(-12) (+87) (+243) (+41) (+12) (+231)(+76)(+90) (+50) (+106) (+23) (+133) (+306)
3) Bigshotbog $140 (-25) (-57) (+21) (+46)(+54) (-49)(-50) (-11) (nc) (+81)(-87) (nc) (-33)
(-175) (nc) (-49) (nc) (nc) (nc)(nc) (nc)(-6)(nc)(-40) (nc)(nc) (nc) (-150)(nc) (+10) (-264)
4) Moocher666 $0 (-100) (-80) (nc) (-36) (-13)(-11)(+9) (+16)(-5) (-20) (+180) (-50) (-110)
(-110) (nc) (-30) (-41) (-6) (-38)(-35)(-38)(-27) (-105) (nc) (+78) (+4)
5) Lamma_Jim $70 (+8) (+15) (-4) (-37) (-1) (-6) (nc) (-2) (+1) (-2) (-3) (+1)
Bigshot - Live in Canada
In the interests of accuracy across the board I think we need to start a tally of live poker winnings or losses. It may only include Bigshot who is managed a number of trips to the local casino during his trip home. I believe he turned defeat into sweet victory on the final day. Care to share your estimate of winnings Bigshot? If you remember anything about the big hand that would be a bonus.
After lunch in the FCC with Bigshot I've updated all figures with an estimate from him of HK$2,400 win so the Casino live tally so far looks like this.....(drum-roll).
Bigshot +$2,400
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After lunch in the FCC with Bigshot I've updated all figures with an estimate from him of HK$2,400 win so the Casino live tally so far looks like this.....(drum-roll).
Bigshot +$2,400
End message.
Wednesday, 14 November 2007
Catching Up
As I've been a bit lax in keeping the blog up to date I'd appreciate if everyone can post their bankrolls for the past couple of weeks as of Monday morning. Guesses are better than no figure at all. I do have some figures from a couple of weeks ago so should be able to get back up to speed soon.
A few hands from lunch that I can post. I bought into a 50NL table for $35. After folding for a while I eventually raised from the cutoff with 45o and was reraised to gave it up. After folding for a bit more I then played a hand from the cutoff with 89o and had two callers. The flop was K76 and I bet pot and got one caller. The turn was a beautiful 9 and I bet out for 3/4 pot for $8 which left the perfect amount for an under pot sized push on the river. I'm guessing I was up against two pairs or trips that saw me as overplaying AK or maybe it even was an overplayed big slick he held - who knows.
Now with a stack of $54 I almost immediately ran into AA and raised and got a caller from the big blinds who had $18 behind. A dry flop of Jxx with no draws and I faced a pot sized bet of $4.50. I called and another nothing card showed. He pushed for his final $12. I called and my pocket rockets were way behind his flopped trip Jacks. Should I have put him on trips here and folded that last bet? I suspect KK and QQ would have reraised. I was expecting it to be AJ or trips.
Now down once again (this is all in a 15minute session) I managed to climb back up to positive territory. Playing four handed I raise once again in the cutoff with a borderline hand this time K6s. My raise has two callers. The flop comes J62 with two hearts giving me the flush draw. One check and the remaining short stack makes an overbet push for $10. I think I'm likely to be ahead with probably 14 outs twice so call. The turn is a six and he turns over absolutely nothing for a pure bluff. Lunch is over and I add $15 to my bankroll.
A few hands from lunch that I can post. I bought into a 50NL table for $35. After folding for a while I eventually raised from the cutoff with 45o and was reraised to gave it up. After folding for a bit more I then played a hand from the cutoff with 89o and had two callers. The flop was K76 and I bet pot and got one caller. The turn was a beautiful 9 and I bet out for 3/4 pot for $8 which left the perfect amount for an under pot sized push on the river. I'm guessing I was up against two pairs or trips that saw me as overplaying AK or maybe it even was an overplayed big slick he held - who knows.
Now with a stack of $54 I almost immediately ran into AA and raised and got a caller from the big blinds who had $18 behind. A dry flop of Jxx with no draws and I faced a pot sized bet of $4.50. I called and another nothing card showed. He pushed for his final $12. I called and my pocket rockets were way behind his flopped trip Jacks. Should I have put him on trips here and folded that last bet? I suspect KK and QQ would have reraised. I was expecting it to be AJ or trips.
Now down once again (this is all in a 15minute session) I managed to climb back up to positive territory. Playing four handed I raise once again in the cutoff with a borderline hand this time K6s. My raise has two callers. The flop comes J62 with two hearts giving me the flush draw. One check and the remaining short stack makes an overbet push for $10. I think I'm likely to be ahead with probably 14 outs twice so call. The turn is a six and he turns over absolutely nothing for a pure bluff. Lunch is over and I add $15 to my bankroll.
Live - Winners and Losers
Bigshot +1228
Deadly +898
Spicer +520
Sham +506
Pete +210
Jack -34
Jan - 150
Steve -152
American Chris -400
Lamma_Jim -442
Phillberto -1118
Dave - 1150
Both Deadly and Spicer climb above Sham to secure second and third spot. Bigshot stays top of the pile and Phillberto manages to climb off bottom spot. Lamma_Jim may be difficult to persuade to return. Like the Scottish Don will be finding his own place in the ranking before long after he takes a few dalla off of Moocher at Backgammon.
Deadly +898
Spicer +520
Sham +506
Pete +210
Jack -34
Jan - 150
Steve -152
American Chris -400
Lamma_Jim -442
Phillberto -1118
Dave - 1150
Both Deadly and Spicer climb above Sham to secure second and third spot. Bigshot stays top of the pile and Phillberto manages to climb off bottom spot. Lamma_Jim may be difficult to persuade to return. Like the Scottish Don will be finding his own place in the ranking before long after he takes a few dalla off of Moocher at Backgammon.
Live with the Tight Bunch
It's been a while. With a work and holiday taking precidence poker was put on the back burner for a bit. Below are the final results for the live session.
Moocher +380
Spice Boy +182
Phillberto +180
DeadlyDP +174
Bigshot +0
Sham - 400
Lamma_Jim -442
I'll post the hands of note that I can remember but I'm sure plenty lost in the mists of time. Remind away.
Spice Boy versus Moocher
A pretty sizeable pot was built up by Moocher and Spice calls. Moocher follows up with a big bet on the river and sees a quick call by the Spice fellow. Moocher looks gum when the call in announced and seems resigned to defeat. Spicer takes the plaudits when he shows an underpair to the board. He put Moocher on precisely nothing and was well rewarded for his excellent reading.
Bigshot v Lamma_Jim v Moocher
The biggest pot yet in Lamma's short history. With a flush draw showing on the flop the money started going in. The turn saw the flush draw completed and the betting didn't let up with Bigshot the aggressor and Lamma_Jim and Moocher tagging along. With the board pairing on the river it made for an exciting finale. When Bigshot bet out for $80 (?) he got a semi-reluctant call from Lamma_Jim who obviously would have preferred a smaller bet. His call was enough to see Moocher give up though (wisely as he later revealed two pairs as his holding). Bigshot turned over a Jack high flush. His aggressive value betting paid off and he faced a weak hand from LammaJim who was only able to match a 9 on the board with his pocket cards. I believe that resulted in a pot in the region of $350 but any more accurate memories our there?
Phillberto v Sham
A limped pot and a flop of Txx. Phillberto bet out and got two callers. A second Ten on the turn and it was down to two-way. The river didn't complete any flushes or straights and Sham bets out for $10. Phillberto makes a small value raise to $40 and is called. Both show a ten but Sham loses out with an 8 kicker against a Q.
Moocher v Phillberto
In a limped pot and the flop coming KK3 Moocher puts in overpotsized raise of $20. Phillberto reraises to $50 and Moocher calls. Phillberto bets $50 on an undercard on the turn. and Moocher puts a minimum raise on the turn. Phillberto toys with a reraise but decided to let it slide and gives up the hand. Moocher takes down the pot and later claims to have 67o and was behind to a mighty 89s.
Phillberto v Bigshot
Phillberto raises and c-bets on the flop and is called by Bigshot. A flushdraw lands and Phillberto makes a tentative raise and is called. When Phillberto checks on the river Bigshot bets out for $80 no doubt expecting a fold but Phillberto calls with a baby flush to take the hand and Bigshot shows a 9 for a second pair.
Moocher v Spice Boy #2 #3 #4
With the play down to 4 handed and only 20 minutes to go Moocher staged a dramatic recovery. In quick succession these two tangled and thrice Spicer was forced to much his cards.
Phillberto v Moocher #2 #3
With a reinvigorated stack and back in black Moocher starts to play with confident abandon. He calls a button raise from Phillberto who holds QQ.
Flop comes Jxx with a heart flush draw showing. Phillberto bets out at 3/4 pot and Moocher calls. A heart lands on the turn and Phillberto bets out at just over half pot and faces a reraise. Its a tough decision and with pretty sizeable stacks behind us I have to lay it down. Moocher shows a J6 of hearts and I managed to escape relatively unscathed. Moocher takes another pot with a raise on the turn and once again claims to have held the goods after Phillberto mucks.
Seems another session may be in the offing sooner rather than later.
Moocher +380
Spice Boy +182
Phillberto +180
DeadlyDP +174
Bigshot +0
Sham - 400
Lamma_Jim -442
I'll post the hands of note that I can remember but I'm sure plenty lost in the mists of time. Remind away.
Spice Boy versus Moocher
A pretty sizeable pot was built up by Moocher and Spice calls. Moocher follows up with a big bet on the river and sees a quick call by the Spice fellow. Moocher looks gum when the call in announced and seems resigned to defeat. Spicer takes the plaudits when he shows an underpair to the board. He put Moocher on precisely nothing and was well rewarded for his excellent reading.
Bigshot v Lamma_Jim v Moocher
The biggest pot yet in Lamma's short history. With a flush draw showing on the flop the money started going in. The turn saw the flush draw completed and the betting didn't let up with Bigshot the aggressor and Lamma_Jim and Moocher tagging along. With the board pairing on the river it made for an exciting finale. When Bigshot bet out for $80 (?) he got a semi-reluctant call from Lamma_Jim who obviously would have preferred a smaller bet. His call was enough to see Moocher give up though (wisely as he later revealed two pairs as his holding). Bigshot turned over a Jack high flush. His aggressive value betting paid off and he faced a weak hand from LammaJim who was only able to match a 9 on the board with his pocket cards. I believe that resulted in a pot in the region of $350 but any more accurate memories our there?
Phillberto v Sham
A limped pot and a flop of Txx. Phillberto bet out and got two callers. A second Ten on the turn and it was down to two-way. The river didn't complete any flushes or straights and Sham bets out for $10. Phillberto makes a small value raise to $40 and is called. Both show a ten but Sham loses out with an 8 kicker against a Q.
Moocher v Phillberto
In a limped pot and the flop coming KK3 Moocher puts in overpotsized raise of $20. Phillberto reraises to $50 and Moocher calls. Phillberto bets $50 on an undercard on the turn. and Moocher puts a minimum raise on the turn. Phillberto toys with a reraise but decided to let it slide and gives up the hand. Moocher takes down the pot and later claims to have 67o and was behind to a mighty 89s.
Phillberto v Bigshot
Phillberto raises and c-bets on the flop and is called by Bigshot. A flushdraw lands and Phillberto makes a tentative raise and is called. When Phillberto checks on the river Bigshot bets out for $80 no doubt expecting a fold but Phillberto calls with a baby flush to take the hand and Bigshot shows a 9 for a second pair.
Moocher v Spice Boy #2 #3 #4
With the play down to 4 handed and only 20 minutes to go Moocher staged a dramatic recovery. In quick succession these two tangled and thrice Spicer was forced to much his cards.
Phillberto v Moocher #2 #3
With a reinvigorated stack and back in black Moocher starts to play with confident abandon. He calls a button raise from Phillberto who holds QQ.
Flop comes Jxx with a heart flush draw showing. Phillberto bets out at 3/4 pot and Moocher calls. A heart lands on the turn and Phillberto bets out at just over half pot and faces a reraise. Its a tough decision and with pretty sizeable stacks behind us I have to lay it down. Moocher shows a J6 of hearts and I managed to escape relatively unscathed. Moocher takes another pot with a raise on the turn and once again claims to have held the goods after Phillberto mucks.
Seems another session may be in the offing sooner rather than later.
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