To give some gambling spice to 2009 I have decided to put twenty large of the Queen's coin on a horse.
I'm hoping this little black stallion will come romping home for me.
Friday, 19 December 2008
Poker in the Black Isle
Arrived up in the north of Scotland amongst gusts of sleet to visit Big Bro and family. Once the kiddlywinks were despatched to bed we kicked off with a $1 18 man tourney with me talking bro through each decision. After doubling up with Pocket Kings hitting top trips against trip nines on the flop after folding the first fifty hands we took that puppy down without losing a showdown ansd without getting our money in bad once. My bro's friend arrived from Germany at the weekend so there may be some live action going on.
Tuesday, 16 December 2008
No Cigar
Well it's been a poker free holiday as you might have gathered. Internet connection is too dodgy and my Dad's computer is slower than a week in jail.
I did abandon the Moll on Sunday Christmas shopping in Glasgow for a 'quick' NL tourney in the same Casino I played at last time. 70 players sticking in £230 quid each. Starting stacks of 15,000 and blinds kicking off at 25/50. I folded all my hands for the first 40 minutes. When I raised in early position with QQ it was folded round to me quickly and I realised that everyone was paying some attention. It even got a comment so I realised my tight image was well established. I then kept it pretty tight but through in the occasional loose raise in late position and maintained my stack. When two new players moved to the table one made a raise and I reraised in position with KK . I called and a flop 0f 99Q and faced a raise which I flat called. The river brought a third 9 and he shoved. I decided AA was not something I could be scared of. A fourth nine was pretty unlikely so I put him on a Queen or a bluff and called and he showed the Queen and doubled me up.
I take down another small pot with a delayed c-bet from Jacks OOP on a dry flop. With a larger stack I got involved a little bit more putting a medium-shortish stack semi-loose button raiser to a decision for all his chips with AJ and getting a quick fold. I then made my first mistake raising from the button with Ace rage thinking it was blind on blind but having missed a call from UTG. A Qxx flop and I fire out with a near pot sized bet and get called. I check the turn and he shoves and I lose my first pot.
The field begins to thin and I survive the first two breaks and have a slightly peeved Moll now done with Xmas shopping on my hands.
My stack begins to dwindle and I reach Allin or fold territory. I decide to make my move early to make a call less likely and pick my spots carefully and don't get any callers and keep around the 25-35K mark. I come up against a button raise and reraise to 12,000 against a stack around 20K. He shoves and my pocket tens hold up against his fives taking my up to safe territory. I probably miss a few chances to steal blinds at this stage and play a little too conservatively and my stack begins to dwindle. I reach allin or fold territory and down to two tables get a long hard think from the BB after an UTH with AKs. She decides to lay it down and I avoid a probable race although it may have been AQ.
I squeak through to the final table of 10 with just the top 6 paying. With hefty blinds and a very short stack I raise allin with AK twice and take down the blinds. AA from early position again doesn't get any callers despiting offering the big blind almost 2-1 odds.
I have 40,000 left with blinds at 5,000/10,000 and we are down to the last 7. It is folded to me in the small blind and I look down at a distinctly poor T7o. Noone else is going to be forced to make their move this round so I have to decide if I steal 15,000 now or wait for a hand. I plump for the shove and the Big Blind calls with QJs. He rightly puts me on a pretty wide range and I realise he must see me as playing fairly loose having witnessed a shove a round from me.
Neither of us get any help so I leave as bubble boy and leave the rest to decide who gets the £2K+ prize-money and head out for a night in Airdrie.
Next poker session should be my brother's house where I take on him and his pal in some short handed home game action and no doubt some online action too.
I did abandon the Moll on Sunday Christmas shopping in Glasgow for a 'quick' NL tourney in the same Casino I played at last time. 70 players sticking in £230 quid each. Starting stacks of 15,000 and blinds kicking off at 25/50. I folded all my hands for the first 40 minutes. When I raised in early position with QQ it was folded round to me quickly and I realised that everyone was paying some attention. It even got a comment so I realised my tight image was well established. I then kept it pretty tight but through in the occasional loose raise in late position and maintained my stack. When two new players moved to the table one made a raise and I reraised in position with KK . I called and a flop 0f 99Q and faced a raise which I flat called. The river brought a third 9 and he shoved. I decided AA was not something I could be scared of. A fourth nine was pretty unlikely so I put him on a Queen or a bluff and called and he showed the Queen and doubled me up.
I take down another small pot with a delayed c-bet from Jacks OOP on a dry flop. With a larger stack I got involved a little bit more putting a medium-shortish stack semi-loose button raiser to a decision for all his chips with AJ and getting a quick fold. I then made my first mistake raising from the button with Ace rage thinking it was blind on blind but having missed a call from UTG. A Qxx flop and I fire out with a near pot sized bet and get called. I check the turn and he shoves and I lose my first pot.
The field begins to thin and I survive the first two breaks and have a slightly peeved Moll now done with Xmas shopping on my hands.
My stack begins to dwindle and I reach Allin or fold territory. I decide to make my move early to make a call less likely and pick my spots carefully and don't get any callers and keep around the 25-35K mark. I come up against a button raise and reraise to 12,000 against a stack around 20K. He shoves and my pocket tens hold up against his fives taking my up to safe territory. I probably miss a few chances to steal blinds at this stage and play a little too conservatively and my stack begins to dwindle. I reach allin or fold territory and down to two tables get a long hard think from the BB after an UTH with AKs. She decides to lay it down and I avoid a probable race although it may have been AQ.
I squeak through to the final table of 10 with just the top 6 paying. With hefty blinds and a very short stack I raise allin with AK twice and take down the blinds. AA from early position again doesn't get any callers despiting offering the big blind almost 2-1 odds.
I have 40,000 left with blinds at 5,000/10,000 and we are down to the last 7. It is folded to me in the small blind and I look down at a distinctly poor T7o. Noone else is going to be forced to make their move this round so I have to decide if I steal 15,000 now or wait for a hand. I plump for the shove and the Big Blind calls with QJs. He rightly puts me on a pretty wide range and I realise he must see me as playing fairly loose having witnessed a shove a round from me.
Neither of us get any help so I leave as bubble boy and leave the rest to decide who gets the £2K+ prize-money and head out for a night in Airdrie.
Next poker session should be my brother's house where I take on him and his pal in some short handed home game action and no doubt some online action too.
Sunday, 30 November 2008
Live from Phillberto's roof
Apologies as I managed to delete the final tallies of the night from my Blackberry. So I'll post my best guesses and please correct them before I add to the running totals.
Phillberto +$880
Rick +$500
Sham -$400
Rummy Coakes -$5xx
Bigshot -$400
My recollection of the hands have also dimmed with the passing of time so I'll recap the ones that spring to mind and edit in any other hands of note as I'm reminded.
The first mention has to go to Bigshot for a very brave calldown. Rummy Coakes fired on 3 streets. Bigshot called down on the river and Rummy had to show a bluff with nothing. The big surprise came when Bigshot showed AQ for Ace high having missed all his own draws.
The final hand of the night was also a big one with Phillberto making a pre-flop raise. Bigshot put in a re-raise and Phillberto called. Flop 96x. Phillberto raised Bigshots c-bet to $150 and Bigshot pushed for around $400. Phillberto called and his trip sixes held against Bigshot's pocket Jacks.
I returned from a swift break to see the final street of an interesting hand between Rummy Coakes and Bigshot on a T9xx board with a possible flush on the board. All the money went in but with both showing T9 the pot was split.
I recall Moocher having been involved in a series of big hands but will need to have my memory refreshed on that front as the only only one I can remember is Sham running into Moocher on a paired board with a King kicker with Moocher taking down a nice juicy pot - can't quite recall if he had the Ace kicker or trips in that one.
So looking like this could well be the final live Lamma session for me in 2009. I'll do the final tally later though just in case there are any games in my absence or we sneak one in somehow before I leave on Tuesday morning.
Phillberto +$880
Rick +$500
Sham -$400
Rummy Coakes -$5xx
Bigshot -$400
My recollection of the hands have also dimmed with the passing of time so I'll recap the ones that spring to mind and edit in any other hands of note as I'm reminded.
The first mention has to go to Bigshot for a very brave calldown. Rummy Coakes fired on 3 streets. Bigshot called down on the river and Rummy had to show a bluff with nothing. The big surprise came when Bigshot showed AQ for Ace high having missed all his own draws.
The final hand of the night was also a big one with Phillberto making a pre-flop raise. Bigshot put in a re-raise and Phillberto called. Flop 96x. Phillberto raised Bigshots c-bet to $150 and Bigshot pushed for around $400. Phillberto called and his trip sixes held against Bigshot's pocket Jacks.
I returned from a swift break to see the final street of an interesting hand between Rummy Coakes and Bigshot on a T9xx board with a possible flush on the board. All the money went in but with both showing T9 the pot was split.
I recall Moocher having been involved in a series of big hands but will need to have my memory refreshed on that front as the only only one I can remember is Sham running into Moocher on a paired board with a King kicker with Moocher taking down a nice juicy pot - can't quite recall if he had the Ace kicker or trips in that one.
So looking like this could well be the final live Lamma session for me in 2009. I'll do the final tally later though just in case there are any games in my absence or we sneak one in somehow before I leave on Tuesday morning.
The Best Laid Plans of Mice and Men Gang Aft Agley
So it was come the first day of my holiday I arose early to begin my attempt at earning a shilling on the virtual felt. Four tabling 25NL I decided was a sensible way to go to increase my chances of scoring a winning start given the proximity of my 50NL to breaking even.
It all started so well with me racking up a $40 win before breaking for breakfast. Some 5 hours later I shoved with AKs on a suited flop and was called by QJs and he spiked a Queen and I called it quits. Having turned into a mix of calling station and badly timed bluffs I had thrown away something in the region of 7 buy-ins and wasted an entire day. Having a high water mark of something like $480 in Poker Stars I had dropped down to $140. I tried again the next day and had to give up when my roll wouldn't allow me to play 4 tables of 25NL as I reached the bottom at $70.
Since then I decided to just play some recreational poker when I had the time and decided to enjoy my hols. With the occasional 4 (sometimes 5 and 6) tabling at 10NL I've scrabbled my roll up to $190. I've just about earned enough FPPs to allow me to buy a second fifty quid Amazon voucher for Crimbo.
So there we have it great plans up in smoke. Still I'm on my holly bags. I'm eating into my losses.
Down but not out.
It all started so well with me racking up a $40 win before breaking for breakfast. Some 5 hours later I shoved with AKs on a suited flop and was called by QJs and he spiked a Queen and I called it quits. Having turned into a mix of calling station and badly timed bluffs I had thrown away something in the region of 7 buy-ins and wasted an entire day. Having a high water mark of something like $480 in Poker Stars I had dropped down to $140. I tried again the next day and had to give up when my roll wouldn't allow me to play 4 tables of 25NL as I reached the bottom at $70.
Since then I decided to just play some recreational poker when I had the time and decided to enjoy my hols. With the occasional 4 (sometimes 5 and 6) tabling at 10NL I've scrabbled my roll up to $190. I've just about earned enough FPPs to allow me to buy a second fifty quid Amazon voucher for Crimbo.
So there we have it great plans up in smoke. Still I'm on my holly bags. I'm eating into my losses.
Down but not out.
Friday, 14 November 2008
Oops
Came home with a few beers inside me and decided to have a loose aggressive experiment at 25NL. It started well with me pulling off an allin bluff on a scare card. I then floated someone and took it away. Then my luck turned. I flopped a straight with 89 from the cutoff and got it allin on the flop against topset and he filled up. Shoved on a scare-card Ace against someone with pocket Aces. I Shoved with AKs against an over-raiser thinking they had a medium pair and might fold and they called with JJ. Lost close to a $100 in less than half an hour. Ah well - lets just see at as a poker stag night. My last night (I doubt it) of wild extravagant poker before I settle down to a dreary grind.
Wednesday, 12 November 2008
Poker Nirvana
Well here is the promised announcement. In tough economic times I have been given the option to take some unpaid leave over the Christmas/Chinese New Year period.
By job is secure for 2009 from Feb 1st and the hardship involves me sitting on a beach in the Phillipines drinking (virgin by day) Pina Colada and watching the kids build sand castles while getting set over setted on Stars.
Apart from the felting it sounds good to me.
I have a month in Scotland planned and then a Poker beach holiday planned for January.
I’m currently playing break-even Poker at 50NL at Stars so have the prospect of playing 25 hours a week for some Book Vouchers at Amazon as a reward!
I plan to sort out my Neteller account over the next couple of weeks so I can start playing on easier sites with a bigger first deposit bonus. Star lacks both a bonus and the opposition is proving pretty tough. I am trying to persevere because being able to beat 50NL on Stars is a key goal. I’m almost there but tend to get a little tilty and I’m letting random bluffing creep into my game. Even so eliminating these won't be enough to get me at a decent win-rate, I need to improve.
Hence I’ve signed up for 6 months of an online Poker training site ‘Deuces Cracked’. I love the name too. Not had a chance to watch more than one vid so far – been far too busy losing online to have time to learn!
No major hopes of enrichment from me. I’ll set myself some hopefully achievable goals in terms of number of hands and winning rate. A unique chance to improve my poker and get a tan and spend some time with the wife and kids.
I’ll also sign up for the Standard Chartered 10K so will set myself a goal there so will be a finely tuned athlete as well as ice cold Grinder by the time I return.
I may manage the occasional tournament or Casino visit in Scotland so may have a tale or there too. I suspect that the quality and regularity of the blog may improve although that could well be results oriented. Silence in this case will not be golden. Although my tan may be.
By job is secure for 2009 from Feb 1st and the hardship involves me sitting on a beach in the Phillipines drinking (virgin by day) Pina Colada and watching the kids build sand castles while getting set over setted on Stars.
Apart from the felting it sounds good to me.
I have a month in Scotland planned and then a Poker beach holiday planned for January.
I’m currently playing break-even Poker at 50NL at Stars so have the prospect of playing 25 hours a week for some Book Vouchers at Amazon as a reward!
I plan to sort out my Neteller account over the next couple of weeks so I can start playing on easier sites with a bigger first deposit bonus. Star lacks both a bonus and the opposition is proving pretty tough. I am trying to persevere because being able to beat 50NL on Stars is a key goal. I’m almost there but tend to get a little tilty and I’m letting random bluffing creep into my game. Even so eliminating these won't be enough to get me at a decent win-rate, I need to improve.
Hence I’ve signed up for 6 months of an online Poker training site ‘Deuces Cracked’. I love the name too. Not had a chance to watch more than one vid so far – been far too busy losing online to have time to learn!
No major hopes of enrichment from me. I’ll set myself some hopefully achievable goals in terms of number of hands and winning rate. A unique chance to improve my poker and get a tan and spend some time with the wife and kids.
I’ll also sign up for the Standard Chartered 10K so will set myself a goal there so will be a finely tuned athlete as well as ice cold Grinder by the time I return.
I may manage the occasional tournament or Casino visit in Scotland so may have a tale or there too. I suspect that the quality and regularity of the blog may improve although that could well be results oriented. Silence in this case will not be golden. Although my tan may be.
Week 44 November 3-10
Lamma Exchange 1752tbc (tbc)
Phillberto Weekly -11 Total +1380
Deadly Weekly +99 Total +881
Rummy Coakes -200 Total +245
Moocher Weekly nc Total -60
Lamma_Jim Weekly -4 Total -207
Bigshot Bog Weekly -163 Total - 766
Phillberto Weekly -11 Total +1380
Deadly Weekly +99 Total +881
Rummy Coakes -200 Total +245
Moocher Weekly nc Total -60
Lamma_Jim Weekly -4 Total -207
Bigshot Bog Weekly -163 Total - 766
Wednesday, 5 November 2008
Biggest Pot Yet
Well I continued my losing streak earlier this week. My Aces against Kings allin preflop and a King hits on the flop. I move allin with AQs on a Jxx flop after being reraised with two overcards and a flush draw. He calls with top set. I hit my flush and he fills up on the river.
I play again last night and I'm running well. I'm up $215 at coming to the end of my session. I have one regular on about three of my tables who has been giving me a lot of trouble. He has already taken down one big pot against my with my 88 and an open ended straight draw against his TT.
Holding KK he had raised my c-bet on a dry flop in position. I called and it was checked down with him having nothing. We clashed again with him making the same move. I again called with KK and this time his flop raise was met with a big turn bet. I decided I wasn't willing to call a river bet so opted to fold to the turn bet although felt somewhat tight in folding my overpair.
He is aggressive and has a very good win at showdown rate and indeed win-rate so I rate him as good. We have about 1,000 hands against each other so I suspect he has some knowledge of my basic game.
He raised in early position and I raise to $6. Flop is TT6 rainbow. I bet out for $6.50 and he raises me to $20. With deep stacks I decide to reraise to $45 and hope to take it down there. He flats.
Turn is a blank and he leads into me.. I’m thinking that this is maybe the time to let it go but then think that maybe I’m being shoved around. I’m way ahead or way behind so a call is best I decide. A Queen lands on the river.
He shoves on the river for $59. I convince myself that he has my pegged as weak tight and could be trying to fold my overpair here. I decide that although facing a big bet I have decent pot odds as the pot is so big. I make a crying call and he shows JTo to take down a monster pot of $240.
A harsh lesson learned. Realistically I don’t think I was beating anything other than a pure bluff there. I think my flop raise was fine if I was willing to give it up. Flagging up the fact I had an over-pair and then calling down was terrible. I didn’t have a big enough hand for the pot that was built up in the end. He is aggressive sure and capable of bluffing but is aloso good enough to make sure he had a hand in a big pot where I had virtually announced my own.
In retrospect I needed to adjust my play given the fact that we were both deep stacked. He correctly realized that his implied odds from calling a small blind re-raise of an early position initial raise was pretty good. Much better than it should have been indeed.
He was even gracious enough to apologise for ‘sucking out on me’ which I read as keep playing fish I like you. I ended up losing a few $$ more before quitting and ended $86 up recovering my previous night losses plus a few $$ more.
I plan to have a look through all his hands and see what reads I can pick up from his play as I suspect we may be clashing again.
I play again last night and I'm running well. I'm up $215 at coming to the end of my session. I have one regular on about three of my tables who has been giving me a lot of trouble. He has already taken down one big pot against my with my 88 and an open ended straight draw against his TT.
Holding KK he had raised my c-bet on a dry flop in position. I called and it was checked down with him having nothing. We clashed again with him making the same move. I again called with KK and this time his flop raise was met with a big turn bet. I decided I wasn't willing to call a river bet so opted to fold to the turn bet although felt somewhat tight in folding my overpair.
He is aggressive and has a very good win at showdown rate and indeed win-rate so I rate him as good. We have about 1,000 hands against each other so I suspect he has some knowledge of my basic game.
He raised in early position and I raise to $6. Flop is TT6 rainbow. I bet out for $6.50 and he raises me to $20. With deep stacks I decide to reraise to $45 and hope to take it down there. He flats.
Turn is a blank and he leads into me.. I’m thinking that this is maybe the time to let it go but then think that maybe I’m being shoved around. I’m way ahead or way behind so a call is best I decide. A Queen lands on the river.
He shoves on the river for $59. I convince myself that he has my pegged as weak tight and could be trying to fold my overpair here. I decide that although facing a big bet I have decent pot odds as the pot is so big. I make a crying call and he shows JTo to take down a monster pot of $240.
A harsh lesson learned. Realistically I don’t think I was beating anything other than a pure bluff there. I think my flop raise was fine if I was willing to give it up. Flagging up the fact I had an over-pair and then calling down was terrible. I didn’t have a big enough hand for the pot that was built up in the end. He is aggressive sure and capable of bluffing but is aloso good enough to make sure he had a hand in a big pot where I had virtually announced my own.
In retrospect I needed to adjust my play given the fact that we were both deep stacked. He correctly realized that his implied odds from calling a small blind re-raise of an early position initial raise was pretty good. Much better than it should have been indeed.
He was even gracious enough to apologise for ‘sucking out on me’ which I read as keep playing fish I like you. I ended up losing a few $$ more before quitting and ended $86 up recovering my previous night losses plus a few $$ more.
I plan to have a look through all his hands and see what reads I can pick up from his play as I suspect we may be clashing again.
Tuesday, 4 November 2008
Week 42 Oct 20 -27
Lamma Exchange 1752 (-608)
Phillberto Weekly -197 Total +1391
Deadly Weekly -168 Total +782
Rummy Coakes -155 Total +445
Moocher Weekly nc Total -60
Lamma_Jim Weekly +5 Total -203
Bigshot Bog Weekly -93Total -603
Well worst week ever for the Lamma poker chaps. Black October. Deadly, frustrated with Omaha returns to Holdem and it fails to click into place. It was almost inevitable by best week ever would be followed by a re-donation. The Poker gods don’t like cocky winners obviously! Lamma Jim with his $20 cash injection allows him to ride the waves of the financial Tsunami at the virtual felt once again.Bigshot discovers a new high octane way to burn his roll at the novelty ‘Double or nothing’ tourney circuit.A get well message to Moocher who was helicoptered to a HK hospital earlier this week. Hopefully he returns to his wily poker moonlighting soon.
Rummy has a new cash injection to his roll after helping a friend lose online. His dedication to book learnin’ will pay off soon I’m sure but it does need to be in conjunction with grinding out some hard lessons at the felt too to ensure those lessons are absorbed.
There may be some news from me soon that may well take this blog to the next level (mediocrity?). Watch this space.
Signing out with an appreciative applause for Bigshots tales of the felt from Macau and Korea. Hopefully we’ll get some more travelogues soon. Biggest Casino winner of the year is still at stake and so far everyone is on 0 or in deficit.
Monday, 27 October 2008
Table 'Salvia' 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: Phillberto01 ($50 in chips)
Seat 2: OzzyOwn ($50.50 in chips)
Seat 3: plj1 ($51.40 in chips)
Seat 4: ikdoemee ($55.85 in chips)
Seat 5: a_Kem_card ($51.25 in chips)
Seat 6: whatsurbench ($69.30 in chips)
whatsurbench: posts small blind $0.25
Phillberto01: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [9d 9c]
OzzyOwn: folds
plj1: calls $0.50
ikdoemee: folds
a_Kem_card: folds
whatsurbench: raises $2.50 to $3
The oversized bet I read as being a big hand so I decide to try and hit a 9 and stack him.
Phillberto01: calls $2.50
plj1: folds
*** FLOP *** [Ts 8s 4s]
He really has to bet this pot out and fold out any spade but he chooses to check and give me a free card.
whatsurbench: checks
I’m happy to take it.
Phillberto01: checks
*** TURN *** [Ts 8s 4s] [9h]
whatsurbench: bets $1.50
Again he gives any spade or any Jack or 7 odds to draw out.
Phillberto01: raises $5.10 to $6.60
I perhaps make too small a raise here. $5 call from him to win $20 (plus some additional implied odds). A high spade would call. My mistake was normally you would want to price a flush draw in here knowing you will bust them if the flush draw and full house land except in this case with three spades on the board the full house won’t ever make a flush. Having said that Pocket pair with a spade is going to be playing it more aggressively so a pocket pair is feasible
whatsurbench: calls $5.10
*** RIVER *** [Ts 8s 4s 9h] [Qh]
whatsurbench: checks
Phillberto01: bets $13
Jacks and Queens now beat me. I presume he would bet though so I bet what I think an amount a worried bigger pair would call.
whatsurbench: calls $13
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Phillberto01: shows [9d 9c] (three of a kind, Nines)
whatsurbench: shows [Ac Ad] (a pair of Aces)
Phillberto01 collected $43.50 from pot
He at least wanted to keep the pot manageable with his rockets which is understandable but should have c-bet none the less and slowed down if called.
Seat 1: Phillberto01 ($50 in chips)
Seat 2: OzzyOwn ($50.50 in chips)
Seat 3: plj1 ($51.40 in chips)
Seat 4: ikdoemee ($55.85 in chips)
Seat 5: a_Kem_card ($51.25 in chips)
Seat 6: whatsurbench ($69.30 in chips)
whatsurbench: posts small blind $0.25
Phillberto01: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [9d 9c]
OzzyOwn: folds
plj1: calls $0.50
ikdoemee: folds
a_Kem_card: folds
whatsurbench: raises $2.50 to $3
The oversized bet I read as being a big hand so I decide to try and hit a 9 and stack him.
Phillberto01: calls $2.50
plj1: folds
*** FLOP *** [Ts 8s 4s]
He really has to bet this pot out and fold out any spade but he chooses to check and give me a free card.
whatsurbench: checks
I’m happy to take it.
Phillberto01: checks
*** TURN *** [Ts 8s 4s] [9h]
whatsurbench: bets $1.50
Again he gives any spade or any Jack or 7 odds to draw out.
Phillberto01: raises $5.10 to $6.60
I perhaps make too small a raise here. $5 call from him to win $20 (plus some additional implied odds). A high spade would call. My mistake was normally you would want to price a flush draw in here knowing you will bust them if the flush draw and full house land except in this case with three spades on the board the full house won’t ever make a flush. Having said that Pocket pair with a spade is going to be playing it more aggressively so a pocket pair is feasible
whatsurbench: calls $5.10
*** RIVER *** [Ts 8s 4s 9h] [Qh]
whatsurbench: checks
Phillberto01: bets $13
Jacks and Queens now beat me. I presume he would bet though so I bet what I think an amount a worried bigger pair would call.
whatsurbench: calls $13
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Phillberto01: shows [9d 9c] (three of a kind, Nines)
whatsurbench: shows [Ac Ad] (a pair of Aces)
Phillberto01 collected $43.50 from pot
He at least wanted to keep the pot manageable with his rockets which is understandable but should have c-bet none the less and slowed down if called.
Week 42 Oct 20 -27
Lamma Exchange 2263 tbc
Phillberto Weekly +483 Total +1588
Deadly Weekly -248 Total +950
Rummy Coakes tbc Total +600
Moocher Weekly -15 Total -60
Lamma_Jim Weekly -9 Total -207
Bigshot Bog Weekly -75(tbc) Total -510
Deadly takes an unexpected tumble as he faces a down-swing. We await Rummy rising from his slumbers to update us on his week. Moocher busts out properly and arises in the middle of the night to try and resuscitate his lifeless bank-roll to no avail.
Lamma Jim proves he is better on stage than felt as he raises money for the Kids of Nepal and continues to donate online - what a nice lad.
Bigshot Bog takes off to Macau I believe but confesses to having another slide this week as Re-buy tournaments eat into his bank-roll. I believe the prizes get pretty hefty in these tournies so he may yet spring a big win and catapault himself up the table. The flip-side is he may end up with the Wooden spoon for this year's online challenge.
I manage to score my biggest win to date - and without a bonus in sight. Actually there was as I cashed in some FPP points for a fifty quid Amazon book voucher.
I played a marathon 4 table session on Saturday. 7 hours of solid poker. I got my money in good mostly and held up most of the time to take down $260 bucks. I managed a shorter session on Sunday where I managed to add to my tally despite losing a big pot with a combo-draw against two pair and then making a stack-a-donk check raise move which worked with QQ but his 99 had hit a set. I actually had a poor spell on the Saturday where I started to call too much and started to leak a little before kicking my aggression but was happy with my play.
I actually play much better once I have some winnings behind me as I’m less afraid to play my big draws aggressively.
All in all a very good week for me. My desktop wouldn’t start so I cranked up my lucky lap-top which I hold accountable for my good fortune. My desktop now shows a winning rate of 3.5PTBB/100 for 25NL and 0.5PTBB/100 for 50NL. My lucky laptop on the other hand shows a 13PTBB/100 for 25NL and 11PTBB/100 for 50NL showing an average hourly win-rate of US$20 an hour. Too good to maintain in the long run but still a pretty decent sample size, so it counts for something.
I also cashed out another $500 so have now cashed out HK$24,000 for the year with an initial target of HK$50,000 set at the start of the year. Not likely I’ll get there but I could cash out another 10K and still be rolled for 50NL so I would need to win another US$2,000 in the last two months to hit my target.
Likely to be a complete poker free week for me next week with corporate functions every night this week.
Phillberto Weekly +483 Total +1588
Deadly Weekly -248 Total +950
Rummy Coakes tbc Total +600
Moocher Weekly -15 Total -60
Lamma_Jim Weekly -9 Total -207
Bigshot Bog Weekly -75(tbc) Total -510
Deadly takes an unexpected tumble as he faces a down-swing. We await Rummy rising from his slumbers to update us on his week. Moocher busts out properly and arises in the middle of the night to try and resuscitate his lifeless bank-roll to no avail.
Lamma Jim proves he is better on stage than felt as he raises money for the Kids of Nepal and continues to donate online - what a nice lad.
Bigshot Bog takes off to Macau I believe but confesses to having another slide this week as Re-buy tournaments eat into his bank-roll. I believe the prizes get pretty hefty in these tournies so he may yet spring a big win and catapault himself up the table. The flip-side is he may end up with the Wooden spoon for this year's online challenge.
I manage to score my biggest win to date - and without a bonus in sight. Actually there was as I cashed in some FPP points for a fifty quid Amazon book voucher.
I played a marathon 4 table session on Saturday. 7 hours of solid poker. I got my money in good mostly and held up most of the time to take down $260 bucks. I managed a shorter session on Sunday where I managed to add to my tally despite losing a big pot with a combo-draw against two pair and then making a stack-a-donk check raise move which worked with QQ but his 99 had hit a set. I actually had a poor spell on the Saturday where I started to call too much and started to leak a little before kicking my aggression but was happy with my play.
I actually play much better once I have some winnings behind me as I’m less afraid to play my big draws aggressively.
All in all a very good week for me. My desktop wouldn’t start so I cranked up my lucky lap-top which I hold accountable for my good fortune. My desktop now shows a winning rate of 3.5PTBB/100 for 25NL and 0.5PTBB/100 for 50NL. My lucky laptop on the other hand shows a 13PTBB/100 for 25NL and 11PTBB/100 for 50NL showing an average hourly win-rate of US$20 an hour. Too good to maintain in the long run but still a pretty decent sample size, so it counts for something.
I also cashed out another $500 so have now cashed out HK$24,000 for the year with an initial target of HK$50,000 set at the start of the year. Not likely I’ll get there but I could cash out another 10K and still be rolled for 50NL so I would need to win another US$2,000 in the last two months to hit my target.
Likely to be a complete poker free week for me next week with corporate functions every night this week.
Thursday, 23 October 2008
Know when to fold em?
Played another 4 table session of 50NL on Stars for an hour or so last night. A few of my more difficult situations below. Comments welcomed.
Table 'Edburga II' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 2: mick022 ($41.05 in chips)
Seat 3: Phillberto01 ($58.70 in chips)
Seat 4: emo_donkey86 ($50 in chips)
Seat 5: zwartbont ($61.05 in chips)
Seat 6: Mr_jakass69 ($44.20 in chips)
zwartbont: posts small blind $0.25
Mr_jakass69: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [Qh Ac]
mick022: folds
Phillberto01: raises $1 to $1.50
emo_donkey86: calls $1.50
zwartbont: folds
Mr_jakass69: calls $1
If I remember correctly he was getting involved in about 30% of pots and is aggressive post-flop.
*** FLOP *** [Qs 9c 9d]
Mr_jakass69: checks
Phillberto01: bets $2.80
emo_donkey86: folds
Mr_jakass69: raises $4.70 to $7.50
Phillberto01: raises $4.70 to $12.20
Mr_jakass69: calls $4.70
*** TURN *** [Qs 9c 9d] [Tc]
Mr_jakass69: bets $12.50
Phillberto01 ??
Table 'Lucretia II' 6-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: HUBERT25 ($41.70 in chips)
Seat 2: cwirek1982 ($49.60 in chips)
Seat 3: realmaster83 ($82.40 in chips)
Seat 4: Phillberto01 ($69.05 in chips)
Seat 5: Nolledb ($24.75 in chips)
Seat 6: emo_donkey86 ($50 in chips)
realmaster83: posts small blind $0.25
Phillberto01: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [Qd Qs]
Nolledb: calls $0.50
emo_donkey86: folds
HUBERT25: calls $0.50
cwirek1982: raises $3 to $3.50
realmaster83: folds
Phillberto01: raises $6.50 to $10
Nolledb: raises $14.75 to $24.75 and is all-in
HUBERT25: folds
cwirek1982: folds
Nolledb said, "i have nothing"
Nolledb said,"really"
Phillberto01 ?????
Table 'Triglav' 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: Akula1337 ($65.30 in chips)
Seat 2: depemo ($83.90 in chips)
Seat 3: Jauhar ($51.45 in chips)
Seat 4: Phillberto01 ($74.10 in chips)
Seat 5: DrSpoony ($64.35 in chips)
Seat 6: cwirek1982 ($111.40 in chips)
Akula1337: posts small blind $0.25
depemo: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [Kc Ks]
Jauhar: folds
Phillberto01: raises $1 to $1.50
DrSpoony: calls $1.50
cwirek1982: folds
Akula1337: folds
depemo: calls $1
*** FLOP *** [7d 4c Th]
depemo: checks
Phillberto01: bets $3
DrSpoony: folds
depemo: calls $3
Depremo is a semi-loose and very aggressive. I’ve taken some pots from him by just calling him down with middling hands.
*** TURN *** [7d 4c Th] [As]
depemo: checks
Phillberto01: checks
*** RIVER *** [7d 4c Th As] [Ts]
depemo: bets $4.50
Phillberto01 ????
This is a tricky one. I checked the turn with the intention of hopefully catching a bluff on the river.
PokerStars Game #21400168767: Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2008/10/22 10:30:03 ET
Table 'Despina' 6-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: siryl11 ($47.60 in chips)
Seat 2: Phillberto01 ($60.85 in chips)
Seat 3: steffDD ($61.95 in chips)
Seat 4: Samzzy ($49 in chips)
Seat 5: ROSFER ($16.80 in chips)
Seat 6: FIX07 ($37.55 in chips)
Samzzy: posts small blind $0.25
ROSFER: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [Qc 9c]
FIX07: calls $0.50
siryl11: folds
Phillberto01: calls $0.50
steffDD: folds
Samzzy: calls $0.25
ROSFER: checks
*** FLOP *** [Ts Qh 4s]
Samzzy: checks
ROSFER: checks
FIX07: bets $0.50
Phillberto01: raises $1.90 to $2.40
Samzzy: folds
ROSFER: folds
FIX07: calls $1.90
*** TURN *** [Ts Qh 4s] [7s]
FIX07: checks
Phillberto01: checks
*** RIVER *** [Ts Qh 4s 7s] [3c]
FIX07: bets $4.50
Phillberto01 ???
Table 'Edburga II' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 2: mick022 ($41.05 in chips)
Seat 3: Phillberto01 ($58.70 in chips)
Seat 4: emo_donkey86 ($50 in chips)
Seat 5: zwartbont ($61.05 in chips)
Seat 6: Mr_jakass69 ($44.20 in chips)
zwartbont: posts small blind $0.25
Mr_jakass69: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [Qh Ac]
mick022: folds
Phillberto01: raises $1 to $1.50
emo_donkey86: calls $1.50
zwartbont: folds
Mr_jakass69: calls $1
If I remember correctly he was getting involved in about 30% of pots and is aggressive post-flop.
*** FLOP *** [Qs 9c 9d]
Mr_jakass69: checks
Phillberto01: bets $2.80
emo_donkey86: folds
Mr_jakass69: raises $4.70 to $7.50
Phillberto01: raises $4.70 to $12.20
Mr_jakass69: calls $4.70
*** TURN *** [Qs 9c 9d] [Tc]
Mr_jakass69: bets $12.50
Phillberto01 ??
Table 'Lucretia II' 6-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: HUBERT25 ($41.70 in chips)
Seat 2: cwirek1982 ($49.60 in chips)
Seat 3: realmaster83 ($82.40 in chips)
Seat 4: Phillberto01 ($69.05 in chips)
Seat 5: Nolledb ($24.75 in chips)
Seat 6: emo_donkey86 ($50 in chips)
realmaster83: posts small blind $0.25
Phillberto01: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [Qd Qs]
Nolledb: calls $0.50
emo_donkey86: folds
HUBERT25: calls $0.50
cwirek1982: raises $3 to $3.50
realmaster83: folds
Phillberto01: raises $6.50 to $10
Nolledb: raises $14.75 to $24.75 and is all-in
HUBERT25: folds
cwirek1982: folds
Nolledb said, "i have nothing"
Nolledb said,"really"
Phillberto01 ?????
Table 'Triglav' 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: Akula1337 ($65.30 in chips)
Seat 2: depemo ($83.90 in chips)
Seat 3: Jauhar ($51.45 in chips)
Seat 4: Phillberto01 ($74.10 in chips)
Seat 5: DrSpoony ($64.35 in chips)
Seat 6: cwirek1982 ($111.40 in chips)
Akula1337: posts small blind $0.25
depemo: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [Kc Ks]
Jauhar: folds
Phillberto01: raises $1 to $1.50
DrSpoony: calls $1.50
cwirek1982: folds
Akula1337: folds
depemo: calls $1
*** FLOP *** [7d 4c Th]
depemo: checks
Phillberto01: bets $3
DrSpoony: folds
depemo: calls $3
Depremo is a semi-loose and very aggressive. I’ve taken some pots from him by just calling him down with middling hands.
*** TURN *** [7d 4c Th] [As]
depemo: checks
Phillberto01: checks
*** RIVER *** [7d 4c Th As] [Ts]
depemo: bets $4.50
Phillberto01 ????
This is a tricky one. I checked the turn with the intention of hopefully catching a bluff on the river.
PokerStars Game #21400168767: Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2008/10/22 10:30:03 ET
Table 'Despina' 6-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: siryl11 ($47.60 in chips)
Seat 2: Phillberto01 ($60.85 in chips)
Seat 3: steffDD ($61.95 in chips)
Seat 4: Samzzy ($49 in chips)
Seat 5: ROSFER ($16.80 in chips)
Seat 6: FIX07 ($37.55 in chips)
Samzzy: posts small blind $0.25
ROSFER: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [Qc 9c]
FIX07: calls $0.50
siryl11: folds
Phillberto01: calls $0.50
steffDD: folds
Samzzy: calls $0.25
ROSFER: checks
*** FLOP *** [Ts Qh 4s]
Samzzy: checks
ROSFER: checks
FIX07: bets $0.50
Phillberto01: raises $1.90 to $2.40
Samzzy: folds
ROSFER: folds
FIX07: calls $1.90
*** TURN *** [Ts Qh 4s] [7s]
FIX07: checks
Phillberto01: checks
*** RIVER *** [Ts Qh 4s 7s] [3c]
FIX07: bets $4.50
Phillberto01 ???
Monday, 20 October 2008
Week 41 Oct 13 -20
Lamma Exchange 2263 (+31)
Deadly Weekly +160 Total +1196
Phillberto Weekly +51 Total +1105
Rummy Coakes -199 Total +600
Moocher Weekly +15 Total -5
Lamma_Jim Weekly -1 Total -198
Bigshot Bog Weekly -35 Total -435
A new leader at the top of the online challenge as a +$280 winning weekend propels Deadly into pole position. I follow a similar pattern and recover from a losing Monday with a winning Sunday after managing only two sessions this week. Rummy Coakes has a bit of a slide this week after his phenomenal start but his runners-up slot in the Tournament is another example of his improvement. Moocher does very well well to drag himself out of being Busted by scrabbling his loose cents together and using Free-rolls to get himself back to close to level for the year. We know Chris Jesus Ferguson turned $1 into US$10,000. Can Moocher emulate him?
Lamma Jim finally slips to the bottom of the slope and is due to $20 cash injection from me to try again. Bigshot’s Korean adventure comes to an end with a total of HK$4,200 being donated to the local hoodlums. Cheap holiday entertainment if you ask me for a Bigshot.
Well the Lamma Exchange seems to have survived the global crash okay. Want conservative investment advice. Stick all your savings in Poker Stars I’d say.
Deadly Weekly +160 Total +1196
Phillberto Weekly +51 Total +1105
Rummy Coakes -199 Total +600
Moocher Weekly +15 Total -5
Lamma_Jim Weekly -1 Total -198
Bigshot Bog Weekly -35 Total -435
A new leader at the top of the online challenge as a +$280 winning weekend propels Deadly into pole position. I follow a similar pattern and recover from a losing Monday with a winning Sunday after managing only two sessions this week. Rummy Coakes has a bit of a slide this week after his phenomenal start but his runners-up slot in the Tournament is another example of his improvement. Moocher does very well well to drag himself out of being Busted by scrabbling his loose cents together and using Free-rolls to get himself back to close to level for the year. We know Chris Jesus Ferguson turned $1 into US$10,000. Can Moocher emulate him?
Lamma Jim finally slips to the bottom of the slope and is due to $20 cash injection from me to try again. Bigshot’s Korean adventure comes to an end with a total of HK$4,200 being donated to the local hoodlums. Cheap holiday entertainment if you ask me for a Bigshot.
Well the Lamma Exchange seems to have survived the global crash okay. Want conservative investment advice. Stick all your savings in Poker Stars I’d say.
Lamma Fun Day Poker Tourney 2008
With a disappointing turn-out the Lamma Fun Day Poker Tournament was straight to a final table of 6.
First blood was to Moocher as he hit trip 4s on the turn and milked a small bet on the turn and river. The first major action was when Mrs Phillberto bet out pre-flop. Bet out on an Axx flop. Bet out close to pot on the turn on board showing two diamonds. The Ace of Diamonds landed on the River and Mrs Phillberto made a 2/3rd pot bet on the river. Moocher fearful of a full-house opted not to risk his tournament life and called the bet taking it down with 86s and Mrs Phillberto lost a big chunk of her chips with AK.
Les heading towards a short stack took down a decent multi-way pot on a Kxx flop that was bet into and had two callers. Bigshot checked, Mrs Phillberto checked and Les fired a near pot sized bet. With the possibility of an all-in from him on the river neither wanted to take a risk with their Kojaks (KJ) and Les took down a nice pot with a K6 bluff/value bet(?).
Les later has his stack whittled down and the two short stacks came up against each other in a battle of the blinds with Mrs Phillberto calling from the Small Blind and then calling a raise. Les shoved on an innocuous looking flop and Mrs Phillberto called off her remaining stack with A high. Les showed J5 for a pair and his hand held up. First out Lamma’s only lady representative.
Les’s fortunes didn’t last for long. Les bet into a Qxx flop with two to a suit. He made a small bet into the turn and river and was called by Moocher who came over the top with an allin on the river. Les called him down but was out-kicked by Moocher’s QJ to take Les out of the tournament and make Moocher Big-stack.
Down to 4 handed and the blinds starting to be meaningful it was folded round to Bigshot who limped from the small blind. Phillberto shoved and Bigshot called putting him on overcards and happy to gamble it up. Shown 77 he failed to hit an out and another one bites the dust.
Rummy Coakes tournament life was the next to be put at stake as he min raised from the button. Phillberto called and then pushed on the flop with a lowly pair. Phillberto called with J9s leaving him flush draw outs, a gutshot straight draw and two overcards for a total of 18 outs twice making him a decent favourite. Rummy Coakes held up though and doubled up.
Moocher met his end when shoving all-in from the small blind against Rummy Coakes who called Moocher’s shove with Q8o and took his stack when his A9 romped home leaving him just behind in chips for the heads-up battle with Phillberto.
It was then down to heads-up and with Blinds very the blinds at $64/$128 it started off with an all-in by Phillberto. With Don not catching any cards for a while Philllberto’s pre-flop allin aggression paid off. With Don down to a small stack Phillberto took a gamble with K9o calling Rummy Coakes shove with 42s. He spiked a 2 on the river and was back in business. Continued aggression by Phillberto saw him grind Don down and again as a shortish stack Rummy pushed. Phillberto called with K9 again but this time was up against K3 and Phillberto held up to claim the well polished trophy from Lamma’s very own Spice boy not to mention a nice little side-pot of US$1,500 and raising the same amount for Lamma Fun day charity.
First blood was to Moocher as he hit trip 4s on the turn and milked a small bet on the turn and river. The first major action was when Mrs Phillberto bet out pre-flop. Bet out on an Axx flop. Bet out close to pot on the turn on board showing two diamonds. The Ace of Diamonds landed on the River and Mrs Phillberto made a 2/3rd pot bet on the river. Moocher fearful of a full-house opted not to risk his tournament life and called the bet taking it down with 86s and Mrs Phillberto lost a big chunk of her chips with AK.
Les heading towards a short stack took down a decent multi-way pot on a Kxx flop that was bet into and had two callers. Bigshot checked, Mrs Phillberto checked and Les fired a near pot sized bet. With the possibility of an all-in from him on the river neither wanted to take a risk with their Kojaks (KJ) and Les took down a nice pot with a K6 bluff/value bet(?).
Les later has his stack whittled down and the two short stacks came up against each other in a battle of the blinds with Mrs Phillberto calling from the Small Blind and then calling a raise. Les shoved on an innocuous looking flop and Mrs Phillberto called off her remaining stack with A high. Les showed J5 for a pair and his hand held up. First out Lamma’s only lady representative.
Les’s fortunes didn’t last for long. Les bet into a Qxx flop with two to a suit. He made a small bet into the turn and river and was called by Moocher who came over the top with an allin on the river. Les called him down but was out-kicked by Moocher’s QJ to take Les out of the tournament and make Moocher Big-stack.
Down to 4 handed and the blinds starting to be meaningful it was folded round to Bigshot who limped from the small blind. Phillberto shoved and Bigshot called putting him on overcards and happy to gamble it up. Shown 77 he failed to hit an out and another one bites the dust.
Rummy Coakes tournament life was the next to be put at stake as he min raised from the button. Phillberto called and then pushed on the flop with a lowly pair. Phillberto called with J9s leaving him flush draw outs, a gutshot straight draw and two overcards for a total of 18 outs twice making him a decent favourite. Rummy Coakes held up though and doubled up.
Moocher met his end when shoving all-in from the small blind against Rummy Coakes who called Moocher’s shove with Q8o and took his stack when his A9 romped home leaving him just behind in chips for the heads-up battle with Phillberto.
It was then down to heads-up and with Blinds very the blinds at $64/$128 it started off with an all-in by Phillberto. With Don not catching any cards for a while Philllberto’s pre-flop allin aggression paid off. With Don down to a small stack Phillberto took a gamble with K9o calling Rummy Coakes shove with 42s. He spiked a 2 on the river and was back in business. Continued aggression by Phillberto saw him grind Don down and again as a shortish stack Rummy pushed. Phillberto called with K9 again but this time was up against K3 and Phillberto held up to claim the well polished trophy from Lamma’s very own Spice boy not to mention a nice little side-pot of US$1,500 and raising the same amount for Lamma Fun day charity.
Thursday, 16 October 2008
BigShot from Seoul said...
Greetings from the Walker Hill Casino and Hotel in lovely Seoul. That's right lovely.... because its a crisp fall day, the leaves are turning brown and the hotel/casino where i'm staying for this conference is situated on top of a hill over looking the water. The cooler weather also showcases the Korean babes in their very stylish winter coats and knee boots.
With not much to do at this conference, plenty of time for poker...Monday night - one poker table going at KWon1,000/2,000 (HK$6.50/HK$13). Minimum buy-in KWon200,000 (HK$2,600) and off we go.Fairly tight at first against a mixture of Korean american homeboys and some real American jar head types. Having a little trouble adjusting to
1)cash game since i've been playing mainly tourneys on line,
2)full nine person table,and
3)having to actually talk to people as i play
...Play it cool but the game is pretty fast and aggresive. Typical opening raise is HK$95 to HK$127. Lots of action, lots of reraising. Slowly get into the swing of things but my calibration is slightly off and am a little too tight.Unlike Phil, I really can't remember my hands but get felted twice in a roughly four hour session and leave with my tail between my legs down HK$2,550 for the night.Tuesday night. Get everything i need done, quick trip to the gym and down to the casino by 7 pm. Shorthanded table but i'm feeling much better. Recalibrate and things are going well. Slowing the playas file in and two tables going. At mine, two guys with big stacks throwing around HK$637 (KWon100,000) raises like its going out of style. Luckily for me, one of them doesn't know what he is doing and i take him down full house over flush - is there any better beat that that? for the winner of course - for about HK$3,800. A little later on, I'm dealt AA and KK back to back and both hold up. After a couple of hours i'm up HK$4,450.Did i mention free food and drink for the playas? Tell the pit what you want from any of the hotel restaurants and when its ready, they send you off to the dining room to munch it down.Had a beautiful warn onion tart with asparagus and a lobster bolognaise spagetti.Back to the table and its getting late night and the regulars start rolling in. Good players. And over the coming few hours get taken down big time twice for about HK$3,500 each time.As i said, can't remember the exact details but the first was straight over two pair and the second, to end my evening, was KK over QQ. I had QQ and raised under the gun, it folded around to the cut off who reraised by about 5x the pot. He had been playing very loose and very aggresive all night. Pushing for the straddle and raising every limped pot. I put him all in and he called and his KK held up.Marathon session that started at 7 pm and ended at 3 am. Down another HK$2,550 bringing my two day loss to HK$5,100.Tonight is my last night and back up for it ready or not...
With not much to do at this conference, plenty of time for poker...Monday night - one poker table going at KWon1,000/2,000 (HK$6.50/HK$13). Minimum buy-in KWon200,000 (HK$2,600) and off we go.Fairly tight at first against a mixture of Korean american homeboys and some real American jar head types. Having a little trouble adjusting to
1)cash game since i've been playing mainly tourneys on line,
2)full nine person table,and
3)having to actually talk to people as i play
...Play it cool but the game is pretty fast and aggresive. Typical opening raise is HK$95 to HK$127. Lots of action, lots of reraising. Slowly get into the swing of things but my calibration is slightly off and am a little too tight.Unlike Phil, I really can't remember my hands but get felted twice in a roughly four hour session and leave with my tail between my legs down HK$2,550 for the night.Tuesday night. Get everything i need done, quick trip to the gym and down to the casino by 7 pm. Shorthanded table but i'm feeling much better. Recalibrate and things are going well. Slowing the playas file in and two tables going. At mine, two guys with big stacks throwing around HK$637 (KWon100,000) raises like its going out of style. Luckily for me, one of them doesn't know what he is doing and i take him down full house over flush - is there any better beat that that? for the winner of course - for about HK$3,800. A little later on, I'm dealt AA and KK back to back and both hold up. After a couple of hours i'm up HK$4,450.Did i mention free food and drink for the playas? Tell the pit what you want from any of the hotel restaurants and when its ready, they send you off to the dining room to munch it down.Had a beautiful warn onion tart with asparagus and a lobster bolognaise spagetti.Back to the table and its getting late night and the regulars start rolling in. Good players. And over the coming few hours get taken down big time twice for about HK$3,500 each time.As i said, can't remember the exact details but the first was straight over two pair and the second, to end my evening, was KK over QQ. I had QQ and raised under the gun, it folded around to the cut off who reraised by about 5x the pot. He had been playing very loose and very aggresive all night. Pushing for the straddle and raising every limped pot. I put him all in and he called and his KK held up.Marathon session that started at 7 pm and ended at 3 am. Down another HK$2,550 bringing my two day loss to HK$5,100.Tonight is my last night and back up for it ready or not...
Week 40 Oct 6 -13
Lamma Exchange 2232 (-36)
Phillberto Weekly -69 Total +1054
Deadly Weekly +136 Total +1036
Rummy Coakes -68 Total +799
Moocher Weekly -29 Total -29
Lamma_Jim Weekly -6 Total -198
Bigshot Bog Weekly nc Total -400
Tight at the top. I had to recover from bigger losses to get where I was. My play has been patchy. I keep seeming to lose my pre-flop all-ins. Latest one was AA v KK v QQ with KK taking hitting trips. Both me and QQ had bigger stacks so I did get a little money back but these results make it pretty difficult to score a winning session. In fact I had to fight tilt on a few occasions. I actually managed to recover a decent chunk of my losses on a hand where I didn't play trips as fast as I should have. I end up hitting Quads Rockets with my AQ. He has KK and quite reasonbly thought he was good with Aces over Kings full house only to lose his stack.
Got off to a poor start this week as well. Turning a $75 gain into $50 loss in some sloppy end of session play.
Phillberto Weekly -69 Total +1054
Deadly Weekly +136 Total +1036
Rummy Coakes -68 Total +799
Moocher Weekly -29 Total -29
Lamma_Jim Weekly -6 Total -198
Bigshot Bog Weekly nc Total -400
Tight at the top. I had to recover from bigger losses to get where I was. My play has been patchy. I keep seeming to lose my pre-flop all-ins. Latest one was AA v KK v QQ with KK taking hitting trips. Both me and QQ had bigger stacks so I did get a little money back but these results make it pretty difficult to score a winning session. In fact I had to fight tilt on a few occasions. I actually managed to recover a decent chunk of my losses on a hand where I didn't play trips as fast as I should have. I end up hitting Quads Rockets with my AQ. He has KK and quite reasonbly thought he was good with Aces over Kings full house only to lose his stack.
Got off to a poor start this week as well. Turning a $75 gain into $50 loss in some sloppy end of session play.
Wednesday, 8 October 2008
Tilt and Bust
It's been a rocky week for me on the poker front. Having kicked off the week with a significant losing session losing on all four tables I played on I am now $200 down at 50NL. Having beaten 25NL by 7PTBB/100 my expectation was that I should be beating 50NL by 4-7PTBB/100 but its not panning out that way. I lost two stacks on Monday. A set over set situation on a dry board which I could do nothing firstly. Second was an interesting situation where I reraised the cut-off from the button guy three times in a row. The third time he play back and reraised me big. Holding Pocket 8s I had a hand but by no means a monster in 3 bet pot. I shoved thinking I could get a fold as his range was a lot bigger than it would normally be. He called with AQo making me a slight favourite but the cards didn't fall my way.My play suffered a little as a result and I didn't make any progress in the rest of the session.
My session started yesterday started with 2 all-ins in the first 10 minutes of play. First was another set over set situation. Ouch. Second was all-in pre-flop for $55. My Pocket Kings watched a horror flop of AQJxx meaning pretty much every hand he might have had was beating me and sure enough he showed Queens to win the hand. My play temporarily suffered and I verged on tilt for another 15 minutes before reigning myself in and playing solid poker. I realised I had lost on the last tables I had played. With a win rate of 60% on 25NL that was a pretty harsh sight.
I recovered the $100 evetually after stacking a medium stack with a beautiful set over set situation in my favour. My tilt induced $25 that I threw away I never won back though and that is a vital lesson to learn. Its those $$$ that are the simultaneously the easiest to avoid (you know you are making bad plays) but the hardest to actually do.
I'm now $300 down on my high-water mark and hope my luck turns soon. If I lose another $200 at 50NL I'll drop down to 25NL for a while I think but still confident that won't happen although it could take a while to get back into positive territory. I need to re-find my patience - I think I've been pushing a bit hard of late. I need to pick my spots a little more carefully.
I also meet Moocher spitting feathers as he bemoans the cruel nature of poker. 9 months of grinding which left him a few hundred dollars to the good were wiped out in two short weeks and its a surprise BUSTO for Moocher. Reduced to lowly free-rolls for the time being. He also manages to get his chat blocked from Poker Stars for his colourful vocabulary that followed his final beat which was quite fittingly Aces being cracked by Q8o.
WIll he return to try again? Watch this space.
My session started yesterday started with 2 all-ins in the first 10 minutes of play. First was another set over set situation. Ouch. Second was all-in pre-flop for $55. My Pocket Kings watched a horror flop of AQJxx meaning pretty much every hand he might have had was beating me and sure enough he showed Queens to win the hand. My play temporarily suffered and I verged on tilt for another 15 minutes before reigning myself in and playing solid poker. I realised I had lost on the last tables I had played. With a win rate of 60% on 25NL that was a pretty harsh sight.
I recovered the $100 evetually after stacking a medium stack with a beautiful set over set situation in my favour. My tilt induced $25 that I threw away I never won back though and that is a vital lesson to learn. Its those $$$ that are the simultaneously the easiest to avoid (you know you are making bad plays) but the hardest to actually do.
I'm now $300 down on my high-water mark and hope my luck turns soon. If I lose another $200 at 50NL I'll drop down to 25NL for a while I think but still confident that won't happen although it could take a while to get back into positive territory. I need to re-find my patience - I think I've been pushing a bit hard of late. I need to pick my spots a little more carefully.
I also meet Moocher spitting feathers as he bemoans the cruel nature of poker. 9 months of grinding which left him a few hundred dollars to the good were wiped out in two short weeks and its a surprise BUSTO for Moocher. Reduced to lowly free-rolls for the time being. He also manages to get his chat blocked from Poker Stars for his colourful vocabulary that followed his final beat which was quite fittingly Aces being cracked by Q8o.
WIll he return to try again? Watch this space.
Monday, 6 October 2008
Homage to Rummy
Just had a look at Lamma's new starlets Official Poker Ranking Standing
Rating: 97.55%
Rank: 14,054 of 574,021
Profit: $1,078
ROI: 73%
Average Buy-In:$8
After last week's big score he followed up with a 3rd in a $12 180 man tourney and winning three 45 man tournies. Quite an introduction.
Rating: 97.55%
Rank: 14,054 of 574,021
Profit: $1,078
ROI: 73%
Average Buy-In:$8
After last week's big score he followed up with a 3rd in a $12 180 man tourney and winning three 45 man tournies. Quite an introduction.
Week 39 Sep 30-Oct 6
Lamma Exchange 2268 (-29)
Phillberto Weekly -111 Total +1123
Deadly Weekly -65 Total +900
Rummy Coakes +617 Total +867
Moocher Weekly -220 Total -30
Lamma_Jim Weekly nc Total -192
Bigshot Bog Weekly -250Total -400
Well its looking like a disastrous week for Lamma Poker. Moocher goes from looking very positive into a free-fall towards busto. Bigshot previously dipping his toe into negative territory waters is now up to his knees. Deadly has to work late into the night to minimise his deficit for the week. Similarly I try to put in the hours at the weekend to make up for some bad beats but fail to turn things around in time and end up almost making thing even worse with some bad play.
We await positive news from Rummy Coakes who blew us all away last week with his 180 man tourney win to ensure the black clouds gathering over Lamma poker have a silver lining of sorts.
Edit - And what a silver lining it proved to be. Having crossed paths with Rummy on Saturday night he kept his winning streak to himself. Very modest. He is ripping up the 45 man SNGs at the moment and racks up the biggest winning week by anyone to date. Add that to last week when he took down the biggest tournament pot he is racking up a record a week.
Will we see a different Rummy at the next Live game or will it just be extra cash in his pocket to burn. So it's now looking like the online race is on and the a big surge from the bag of the field for Rummy Coakes looks likely to shake things up!
Phillberto Weekly -111 Total +1123
Deadly Weekly -65 Total +900
Rummy Coakes +617 Total +867
Moocher Weekly -220 Total -30
Lamma_Jim Weekly nc Total -192
Bigshot Bog Weekly -250Total -400
Well its looking like a disastrous week for Lamma Poker. Moocher goes from looking very positive into a free-fall towards busto. Bigshot previously dipping his toe into negative territory waters is now up to his knees. Deadly has to work late into the night to minimise his deficit for the week. Similarly I try to put in the hours at the weekend to make up for some bad beats but fail to turn things around in time and end up almost making thing even worse with some bad play.
We await positive news from Rummy Coakes who blew us all away last week with his 180 man tourney win to ensure the black clouds gathering over Lamma poker have a silver lining of sorts.
Edit - And what a silver lining it proved to be. Having crossed paths with Rummy on Saturday night he kept his winning streak to himself. Very modest. He is ripping up the 45 man SNGs at the moment and racks up the biggest winning week by anyone to date. Add that to last week when he took down the biggest tournament pot he is racking up a record a week.
Will we see a different Rummy at the next Live game or will it just be extra cash in his pocket to burn. So it's now looking like the online race is on and the a big surge from the bag of the field for Rummy Coakes looks likely to shake things up!
Monday, 29 September 2008
Live Summary - September
1) (1) Phillberto +2028 (+500)
2) (3) Bigshot +1648(+800)
3) (2) Deadly +1350
4) (5) Spicer +26
5) (6) John -14
6)(9) Les -200
7)(8) Sham -246 (-200)
8) (4) Lamma Jim -300 (-600)
9) (9) Moocher -448
10) (10) Pete -766
11) (11) Don -2870 (-500)
Starting to look like a two-horse race for this year's title but it aint over till the Fat Lady Sings. Perhaps if Deadly can manage to take the slow boat to Lamma he could put himself in with a chance. Jim plunges down the leader-board after his performance and Sham loses his chance to climb back into positive territory after losing a big one in the last ten minutes.
Don continues to fare badly as he continues to get to grips with the game by following through with his untamed aggression. It is paying dividends online though it seems.
2) (3) Bigshot +1648(+800)
3) (2) Deadly +1350
4) (5) Spicer +26
5) (6) John -14
6)(9) Les -200
7)(8) Sham -246 (-200)
8) (4) Lamma Jim -300 (-600)
9) (9) Moocher -448
10) (10) Pete -766
11) (11) Don -2870 (-500)
Starting to look like a two-horse race for this year's title but it aint over till the Fat Lady Sings. Perhaps if Deadly can manage to take the slow boat to Lamma he could put himself in with a chance. Jim plunges down the leader-board after his performance and Sham loses his chance to climb back into positive territory after losing a big one in the last ten minutes.
Don continues to fare badly as he continues to get to grips with the game by following through with his untamed aggression. It is paying dividends online though it seems.
Live - Back at Phillberto's
Friday night poker eventually happened after much shenanigans. With Spice opting for a more stress-free night in the pub, Peter letting having a son the day before distract him and Moocher having a tooth removed and pleading sore gums as his match excuse we eventually got under way 4 handed expecting Sham and some fresh blood in Canadian Steve. In the end Steve couldn't make it so 5 handed it was.
Jim got off to an aggressive start betting into an AQx flop in a multi-way and then hitting a trip queens on the river but not getting any action.
I clashed with Don first calling his pre-flop raise with AKs in position. The flop came A9x giving me not only Top pair top kicker but also the nut flush draw. Facing an aggressive bet on the flop I considered just shoving then but decided to give Don some rope to hang himself given my likely lock on the hand. The turn brought a spade to give me the nut flush. Don virtually bet his entire stack then called the remainder of his stack off drawing dead with a 9 and second pair.
Don was also to cross swords with Bigshot in a big pre-flop play. With a lot of money in pre-flop Bigshot let Don make a sizeable bet into a low flop. He then pushed all-in over the top and Don called. It looked like a battle of over-pairs but Big-shot showed AK for a brave bluff. I suspect I would have let my pocket Tens go there but Don called the bet. A solid favourite to recoup his losses Don watched with horror as one of Mark's six outs hit and he lost to Barry Greenstein's favourite 'An Ace on the River'.
With a big stack I checked with A9 on the big-blind and was happy to see a flop of A96. Some money went in on the flop and I just called. Turn brought a K. I then re-raised Jim's bet to $60 expecting to take the pot down or get a call but instead faced a re-raise all-in.. With top and middle pair I was facing a tough decision. I could well have laid the hand down in certain circumstances. It was just over a pot sized bet I had to call so thought I would take my almost even odds. Jim turned over AT and I held up. It was certainly a bet that would fold any hands I beat so was a medium hand turned into a bluff.
For once I managed to build a decent stack early.
Jim managed to lose another couple of stacks but I'll need some reminders on how these happened. I think one was against Sham where Sham's hand held up.
My one clash with Bigshot came in a raised pot pre-flop that was played multi-way. Out of position I opted to take a flop with 79o and connected with Top 2 on the flop. Bigshot bet out and I called planning to reraise on the turn. The turn brought a card that would have made a straight if had been betting an open-ended draw so with big stacks at stake I was no longer comfortable my two pair was good. The river brought I think a Queen and I faced a river bet of around $100.
I now suspected I was up against at least Top-Pair and very possibly trips or a straight. I decided to err on the side of caution and folded my top pair - showing my hand. Bigshot showed Pocket Kings and seemed to be somewhat surprised I had laid it down. I just thought his bet was a tad large for an overpair and thought he would have started to become worried by my two flat-calls. Once again Bigshot gets the edge on me in a crunch hand and ensures he finishes as the big winner.
So with Jim, three buy-ins down calling it a night all four of us had started to assemble reasonable stacks.
With the crazy last fifteen minutes bell rung Sham and Bigshot clashed. A raise from Bigshot saw a call on all three streets. KTxxx board with all the money going in to give a pot in the region of $700. Mark showed flopped trip tens and bet his made hand the whole way through while Sham called him down with KJ losing his hard earned stack in one fell-swoop.
With the now traditional end of the night lottery won by Bigshot to round off spare chips into a lucky lottery won to save splitting hundreds we wound our weary way home at a rather civilized end time of shortly after midnight.
Jim got off to an aggressive start betting into an AQx flop in a multi-way and then hitting a trip queens on the river but not getting any action.
I clashed with Don first calling his pre-flop raise with AKs in position. The flop came A9x giving me not only Top pair top kicker but also the nut flush draw. Facing an aggressive bet on the flop I considered just shoving then but decided to give Don some rope to hang himself given my likely lock on the hand. The turn brought a spade to give me the nut flush. Don virtually bet his entire stack then called the remainder of his stack off drawing dead with a 9 and second pair.
Don was also to cross swords with Bigshot in a big pre-flop play. With a lot of money in pre-flop Bigshot let Don make a sizeable bet into a low flop. He then pushed all-in over the top and Don called. It looked like a battle of over-pairs but Big-shot showed AK for a brave bluff. I suspect I would have let my pocket Tens go there but Don called the bet. A solid favourite to recoup his losses Don watched with horror as one of Mark's six outs hit and he lost to Barry Greenstein's favourite 'An Ace on the River'.
With a big stack I checked with A9 on the big-blind and was happy to see a flop of A96. Some money went in on the flop and I just called. Turn brought a K. I then re-raised Jim's bet to $60 expecting to take the pot down or get a call but instead faced a re-raise all-in.. With top and middle pair I was facing a tough decision. I could well have laid the hand down in certain circumstances. It was just over a pot sized bet I had to call so thought I would take my almost even odds. Jim turned over AT and I held up. It was certainly a bet that would fold any hands I beat so was a medium hand turned into a bluff.
For once I managed to build a decent stack early.
Jim managed to lose another couple of stacks but I'll need some reminders on how these happened. I think one was against Sham where Sham's hand held up.
My one clash with Bigshot came in a raised pot pre-flop that was played multi-way. Out of position I opted to take a flop with 79o and connected with Top 2 on the flop. Bigshot bet out and I called planning to reraise on the turn. The turn brought a card that would have made a straight if had been betting an open-ended draw so with big stacks at stake I was no longer comfortable my two pair was good. The river brought I think a Queen and I faced a river bet of around $100.
I now suspected I was up against at least Top-Pair and very possibly trips or a straight. I decided to err on the side of caution and folded my top pair - showing my hand. Bigshot showed Pocket Kings and seemed to be somewhat surprised I had laid it down. I just thought his bet was a tad large for an overpair and thought he would have started to become worried by my two flat-calls. Once again Bigshot gets the edge on me in a crunch hand and ensures he finishes as the big winner.
So with Jim, three buy-ins down calling it a night all four of us had started to assemble reasonable stacks.
With the crazy last fifteen minutes bell rung Sham and Bigshot clashed. A raise from Bigshot saw a call on all three streets. KTxxx board with all the money going in to give a pot in the region of $700. Mark showed flopped trip tens and bet his made hand the whole way through while Sham called him down with KJ losing his hard earned stack in one fell-swoop.
With the now traditional end of the night lottery won by Bigshot to round off spare chips into a lucky lottery won to save splitting hundreds we wound our weary way home at a rather civilized end time of shortly after midnight.
Week 38 - Sep 22-29
Lamma Exchange 2297 (+238)
Phillberto Weekly +109 Total +1234
Deadly Weekly +104 Total +965
Moocher Weekly -150 Total +190
Don +286 Total +250
Bigshot Bog Weekly -75 Total -150
Lamma_Jim Weekly nc Total -192
Well three plus figures for the week but one that jumps out. Don makes his second week in the world of online poker a dramatic one. Finishing first in a 180 man $12 tournament and taking down a prize of $594 which I think gives him the title for biggest prize taken down by anyone in the tournament circuit on this fare isle.
He hands some of it back but not to worry as he got involved in some 100NL cash game action. He called a stack off with AQ against AK in a A63 flop. No grinding for Don it seems. I think we may see a swing or two along the way as he heads for glory or bust.
Phillberto Weekly +109 Total +1234
Deadly Weekly +104 Total +965
Moocher Weekly -150 Total +190
Don +286 Total +250
Bigshot Bog Weekly -75 Total -150
Lamma_Jim Weekly nc Total -192
Well three plus figures for the week but one that jumps out. Don makes his second week in the world of online poker a dramatic one. Finishing first in a 180 man $12 tournament and taking down a prize of $594 which I think gives him the title for biggest prize taken down by anyone in the tournament circuit on this fare isle.
He hands some of it back but not to worry as he got involved in some 100NL cash game action. He called a stack off with AQ against AK in a A63 flop. No grinding for Don it seems. I think we may see a swing or two along the way as he heads for glory or bust.
Sunday, 28 September 2008
Quads and Pocket Rockets
Saturday saw me manage a little online cash game action after the previous nighs live action.
Seat 1: Radim01 ($34.30 in chips)
Seat 2: ahippl1 ($57.35 in chips)
Seat 3: humanoideja ($60.20 in chips)
Seat 4: Phillberto01 ($52.55 in chips)
eat 5: froop12 ($17.20 in chips)
Seat 6: Mountain GG ($28.80 in chips)
Phillberto01: posts small blind $0.25
froop12: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [Ah 3h]
Mountain GG: calls $0.50
Radim01: calls $0.50
ahippl1: folds
humanoideja: calls $0.50
Phillberto01: calls $0.25
froop12: checks
*** FLOP *** [3c 4s 3s]
Phillberto01: bets $1.40
froop12: calls $1.40
Mountain GG: calls $1.40
Radim01: calls $1.40
humanoideja: folds
Well plenty of action here which I'm happy to see.
*** TURN *** [3c 4s 3s] [4d]
Well I think there its very likely at least one of the three callers has a 4.
Phillberto01: checks
froop12: checks
Mountain GG: checks
Radim01: checks
***RIVER *** [3c 4s 3s 4d] [3d]
Phillberto01: bets $4
Well how about that. Quad-tastic.
froop12: calls $4
Mountain GG: raises $8 to $12
He likes his hand. He doesn't have a 3. Must be a 4.
Radim01: folds
Lets see if he will stack off.
Phillberto01: raises $18 to $30
froop12: folds
Mountain GG: calls $14.90 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($3.10) returned to Phillberto01
froop12 leaves the table
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Phillberto01: shows [Ah 3h] (four of a kind, Threes)
Mountain GG: shows [4h 4c] (four of a kind, Fours)
Ouch. Seems my one out didn't exist after all. Just glad he didn't have a full stack.
Mountain GG collected $62.90 from pot
It was a hand I can do nothing about so I shrug it off and carry on.
Seat 2: Lackey30 ($25.90 in chips)
Seat 3: Phillberto01 ($71.50 in chips)
Seat 4: Jamesunsat ($48.50 in chips)
Seat 5: LittleORK ($124.50 in chips)
Seat 6: Redwng24 ($77.05 in chips)
LittleORK: posts small blind $0.25
Redwng24: posts big blind $0.50
Meistro: sits out ***
HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to Phillberto01 [Ad Ac]
Lackey30: folds
Standard raise at 50NL
Phillberto01: raises $1 to $1.50
Jamesunsat: raises $3 to $4.50
I like this.
LittleORK: folds
Redwng24: calls $4
Another caller. Super. I'm up against Big Pairs I assume so no need to mess around. Maybe get read as AK with any luck.
Phillberto01: raises $15.50 to $20
Jamesunsat: raises $28.50 to $48.50 and is all-in
Redwng24: calls $44
Wow a re-raise and call. Looking like AA,KK, QQ. Lets get it all-in.
Phillberto01: raises $23 to $71.50 and is all-in
Redwng24: calls $23
Bingo. Now no King, No Queen.
*** FLOP *** [Js Th 6s]
*** TURN *** [Js Th 6s] [9d]
No 8,Q,K
*** RIVER *** [Js Th 6s 9d] [8s]
Didn't like that. Hoping they both have KK now.
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Redwng24: shows [Jh Qs] (a straight, Eight to Queen)
JQo what a muppet.
Phillberto01: mucks hand
Redwng24 collected $46 from side pot
Jamesunsat: shows [Qd Qc] (a straight, Eight to Queen)
A bit more reasonable I guess. Split pot but none for me.
Redwng24 collected $71.90 from main pot
Jamesunsat collected $71.85 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***Total pot $191.75 Main pot $143.75. Side pot $46. Rake $2
Ah well not worth worrying about. I won a fortune in Sklansky bucks.
Seat 1: Radim01 ($34.30 in chips)
Seat 2: ahippl1 ($57.35 in chips)
Seat 3: humanoideja ($60.20 in chips)
Seat 4: Phillberto01 ($52.55 in chips)
eat 5: froop12 ($17.20 in chips)
Seat 6: Mountain GG ($28.80 in chips)
Phillberto01: posts small blind $0.25
froop12: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [Ah 3h]
Mountain GG: calls $0.50
Radim01: calls $0.50
ahippl1: folds
humanoideja: calls $0.50
Phillberto01: calls $0.25
froop12: checks
*** FLOP *** [3c 4s 3s]
Phillberto01: bets $1.40
froop12: calls $1.40
Mountain GG: calls $1.40
Radim01: calls $1.40
humanoideja: folds
Well plenty of action here which I'm happy to see.
*** TURN *** [3c 4s 3s] [4d]
Well I think there its very likely at least one of the three callers has a 4.
Phillberto01: checks
froop12: checks
Mountain GG: checks
Radim01: checks
***RIVER *** [3c 4s 3s 4d] [3d]
Phillberto01: bets $4
Well how about that. Quad-tastic.
froop12: calls $4
Mountain GG: raises $8 to $12
He likes his hand. He doesn't have a 3. Must be a 4.
Radim01: folds
Lets see if he will stack off.
Phillberto01: raises $18 to $30
froop12: folds
Mountain GG: calls $14.90 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($3.10) returned to Phillberto01
froop12 leaves the table
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Phillberto01: shows [Ah 3h] (four of a kind, Threes)
Mountain GG: shows [4h 4c] (four of a kind, Fours)
Ouch. Seems my one out didn't exist after all. Just glad he didn't have a full stack.
Mountain GG collected $62.90 from pot
It was a hand I can do nothing about so I shrug it off and carry on.
Seat 2: Lackey30 ($25.90 in chips)
Seat 3: Phillberto01 ($71.50 in chips)
Seat 4: Jamesunsat ($48.50 in chips)
Seat 5: LittleORK ($124.50 in chips)
Seat 6: Redwng24 ($77.05 in chips)
LittleORK: posts small blind $0.25
Redwng24: posts big blind $0.50
Meistro: sits out ***
HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to Phillberto01 [Ad Ac]
Lackey30: folds
Standard raise at 50NL
Phillberto01: raises $1 to $1.50
Jamesunsat: raises $3 to $4.50
I like this.
LittleORK: folds
Redwng24: calls $4
Another caller. Super. I'm up against Big Pairs I assume so no need to mess around. Maybe get read as AK with any luck.
Phillberto01: raises $15.50 to $20
Jamesunsat: raises $28.50 to $48.50 and is all-in
Redwng24: calls $44
Wow a re-raise and call. Looking like AA,KK, QQ. Lets get it all-in.
Phillberto01: raises $23 to $71.50 and is all-in
Redwng24: calls $23
Bingo. Now no King, No Queen.
*** FLOP *** [Js Th 6s]
*** TURN *** [Js Th 6s] [9d]
No 8,Q,K
*** RIVER *** [Js Th 6s 9d] [8s]
Didn't like that. Hoping they both have KK now.
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Redwng24: shows [Jh Qs] (a straight, Eight to Queen)
JQo what a muppet.
Phillberto01: mucks hand
Redwng24 collected $46 from side pot
Jamesunsat: shows [Qd Qc] (a straight, Eight to Queen)
A bit more reasonable I guess. Split pot but none for me.
Redwng24 collected $71.90 from main pot
Jamesunsat collected $71.85 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***Total pot $191.75 Main pot $143.75. Side pot $46. Rake $2
Ah well not worth worrying about. I won a fortune in Sklansky bucks.
Thursday, 25 September 2008
Poker Stars Lamma Clash
It seems Moocher wan't enjoying his best luck on the tournament circuit so decided to sit along-side me on a 50NL table with $30 at stake. Before we crossed swords who should pop up but DeadlyDp who I had picked up on radar the night before picking up a $150 Omaha pot to cap an already winning session.
Seat 1: cocolive ($19.85 in chips)
Seat 2: deadlydp ($94.75 in chips)
Seat 3: Moocher666 ($39.75 in chips)
Seat 4: Phillberto01 ($52.25 in chips)
Seat 5: bizwhizkid ($47.25 in chips)
Seat 6: lesp78 ($61.30 in chips)
lesp78: posts small blind $0.25
cocolive: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [Qd Qh]
deadlydp: folds
Moocher666: raises $0.50 to $1
Phillberto01: raises $2.50 to $3.50
bizwhizkid: folds
lesp78: folds
cocolive: folds
Moocher666: calls $2.50
*** FLOP *** [Qc 5c 7c]
Moocher666: bets $10
Phillberto01: raises $38.75 to $48.75 and is all-in
Moocher666: calls $26.25 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($12.50) returned to Phillberto01
*** TURN *** [Qc 5c 7c] [4d]
*** RIVER *** [Qc 5c 7c 4d] [6c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Moocher666: shows [8s 8c] (a flush, Queen high)
Phillberto01: mucks hand
Moocher666 collected $77.25 from pot
29% chance of winning. $26 to win $54. Slightly better than 2-1 pot odds.
Well hitting his gutshot and flush on the river to rub some salt in the wounds. Moocher takes down a nice pot. Not sure quite what he put me on to make the call. Better to be lucky than good eh Mooch.
Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Woidprophet ($49.45 in chips)
Seat 2: deadlydp ($91.55 in chips)
Seat 3: Moocher666 ($88.95 in chips)
Seat 4: Phillberto01 ($50 in chips)
Seat 5: bizwhizkid ($46.50 in chips)
Seat 6: kembell ($21.30 in chips)
deadlydp: posts small blind $0.25
Moocher666: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [9d 4c]
Phillberto01: folds
bizwhizkid: folds
kembell: calls $0.50
Woidprophet: folds
deadlydp: folds
Moocher666: checks
*** FLOP *** [7h 7s 5c]
Moocher666: bets $1.50
kembell: raises $1.50 to $3
Moocher666: calls $1.50
*** TURN *** [7h 7s 5c] [2d]
Moocher666: checks
kembell: bets $3
Moocher666: calls $3
*** RIVER *** [7h 7s 5c 2d] [4s]
Moocher666: bets $11
kembell: calls $11
*** SHOW DOWN
***Moocher666: shows [6d 4d] (two pair, Sevens and Fours)
kembell: shows [Kh Ks] (two pair, Kings and Sevens)
kembell collected $33.55 from pot
A foolhardy stab at the end or does it get a fold enough?
Seat 1: cocolive ($19.10 in chips)
Seat 2: deadlydp ($92.30 in chips)
Seat 3: Moocher666 ($76.10 in chips)
Seat 4: Phillberto01 ($50 in chips)
Seat 5: bizwhizkid ($47.25 in chips)
Seat 6: kembell ($15.15 in chips)
deadlydp: posts small blind $0.25
Moocher666: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [Qs 8c]
Phillberto01: folds
bizwhizkid: folds
kembell: folds
cocolive: raises $1.50 to $2
deadlydp: folds
Moocher666: raises $6 to $8
cocolive: raises $11.10 to $19.10 and is all-in
Moocher666: calls $11.10
*** FLOP *** [Qc 4d Js]
*** TURN *** [Qc 4d Js] [9d]
*** RIVER *** [Qc 4d Js 9d] [8s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Moocher666: shows [Kh Ks] (a pair of Kings)
cocolive: mucks hand
Moocher666 collected $36.55 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***Total pot $38.45 Rake $1.90 Board [Qc 4d Js 9d 8s]
Seat 1: cocolive (button) mucked [Kd Ah]
Another overplayed Big Slick gets its comeuppance. Just as well I think it would be fair to say the rest of his possible range would have drawn out on you. The board doesn't get much scarier than that for Cowboys.
Another Moocher hand for you...
Seat 1: Wim1441 ($56.50 in chips)
Seat 2: HuBaer582 ($20.25 in chips)
Seat 3: Moocher666 ($21.90 in chips)
Seat 4: Phillberto01 ($67.65 in chips)
Seat 5: dwaynenorris ($84.90 in chips)
Seat 6: lesp78 ($48.25 in chips)
dwaynenorris: posts small blind $0.25
lesp78: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [Ts 7h]
Wim1441: folds
HuBaer582: folds
Moocher666: calls $0.50
Phillberto01: folds
dwaynenorris: raises $0.50 to $1
lesp78: folds
Moocher666: calls $0.50
*** FLOP *** [5h Jd 9h]
dwaynenorris: bets $1
Moocher666: raises $2.50 to $3.50
dwaynenorris: calls $2.50
*** TURN *** [5h Jd 9h] [9c]
dwaynenorris: checks
Moocher666: checks
*** RIVER *** [5h Jd 9h 9c] [9d]
dwaynenorris: bets $5
Moocher666: raises $12.40 to $17.40 and is all-in
dwaynenorris said, "you win"
dwaynenorris: folds
The weak bet on the river seems to indicate he doesn't have a Jack but has a pair of some sorts. A nice move by Moocher if he didn't have it or indeed if he did.
And another clash between Moocher and myself...
Seat 1: Wim1441 ($58.25 in chips)
Seat 2: HuBaer582 ($20.50 in chips)
Seat 3: Moocher666 ($39.20 in chips)
Seat 4: Phillberto01 ($54.90 in chips)
Seat 5: dwaynenorris ($69.50 in chips)
Seat 6: lesp78 ($51.50 in chips)
Wim1441: posts small blind $0.25
HuBaer582: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [Qs Qd]
Moocher666: calls $0.50
Phillberto01: raises $1.50 to $2
dwaynenorris: folds
lesp78: folds
Wim1441: folds
HuBaer582: folds
Moocher666: calls $1.50
*** FLOP *** [9d 3h Ks]
Moocher666: checks
Phillberto01: checks
*** TURN *** [9d 3h Ks] [3c]
Moocher666: bets $2.50
Phillberto01: calls $2.50
*** RIVER *** [9d 3h Ks 3c] [6d]
Moocher666: bets $10
Phillberto01: calls $10
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Moocher666: shows [Ts 9s] (two pair, Nines and Threes)
Phillberto01: shows [Qs Qd] (two pair, Queens and Threes)
Phillberto01 collected $28.30 from pot
I think the bet on the turn is a reasonable value bet. The bet on the river is too big to get a call from a weaker hand so presumably is trying to chase out TT-QQ and I'm not sure it can accomplish that often enough.
Now for Deadly...Only one clash with me
Seat 1: SeaWeedBoy ($47.35 in chips)
Seat 2: deadlydp ($86.35 in chips)
Seat 3: Moocher666 ($38.50 in chips)
Seat 4: Phillberto01 ($55.80 in chips)
Seat 5: bizwhizkid ($47.50 in chips)
Seat 6: lesp78 ($63.55 in chips)
Moocher666: posts small blind $0.25
Phillberto01: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [Jd 9c]
bizwhizkid: folds
lesp78: folds
SeaWeedBoy: folds
deadlydp: calls $0.50
Moocher666: calls $0.25
Phillberto01: checks
*** FLOP *** [8s Tc 2h]
Moocher666: checks
Phillberto01: bets $1
An open-ended straight-draw is enough to try and take it down.
deadlydp: raises $2 to $3
I suspect a fold could have been in order here but I stick around.
Moocher666: folds
Phillberto01: calls $2
*** TURN *** [8s Tc 2h] [5c]
Phillberto01: bets $4
With me holding the only drawing hand I think the chance of getting a fold are slim and as Deadly pointed out the draw is a bit transparent. Add that to me being out of position and its a fold. My bad.
deadlydp: calls $4
*** RIVER *** [8s Tc 2h 5c] [9d]
Phillberto01: checks
deadlydp: checks
Deadly presumably worried about trips or QJs misses a value bet here I think with his top two.
*** SHOW DOWN ***Phillberto01: shows [Jd 9c] (a pair of Nines)
deadlydp: shows [Th 8d] (two pair, Tens and Eights)
deadlydp collected $14.75 from pot
Seat 1: AngeloOSX ($34.60 in chips)
Seat 2: deadlydp ($49 in chips)
Seat 3: Moocher666 ($25.05 in chips)
Seat 4: Phillberto01 ($72.75 in chips)
Seat 5: bizwhizkid ($50 in chips)
Seat 6: lesp78 ($61.25 in chips)
lesp78: posts small blind $0.25
AngeloOSX: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [6s 9h]
deadlydp: calls $0.50
Moocher666: folds
Phillberto01: folds
bizwhizkid: raises $1 to $1.50
lesp78: folds
Angelo OSX: calls $1
With bizwhizkid on the button his range is behind Deadly's AJ. Angelo has only played a dozen hands but has played 8 of them so his call means little.
deadlydp: raises $3.50 to $5
bizwhizkid: folds AngeloOSX: calls $3.50
*** FLOP *** [6c Jh 6d]
AngeloOSX: checks
deadlydp: checks
Opts to check behind and hope no K or Q appears.
*** TURN *** [6c Jh 6d] [Ts]
AngeloOSX: bets $5
With a bunch of straight possibilities Deadly makes the right decision to raise here I think with TPTK.
deadlydp: raises $19.50 to $24.50
AngeloOSX: calls $19.50
*** RIVER *** [6c Jh 6d Ts] [Ac]
AngeloOSX: checks
Moocher666 said, "oops"
deadlydp: bets $5.50
AngeloOSX: calls $5.10 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($0.40) returned to deadlydp
*** SHOW DOWN ***
deadlydp: shows [Js Ad] (two pair, Aces and Jacks)
AngeloOSX: mucks hand
deadlydp collected $67.95 from pot
Seat 1: AngeloOSX (big blind) mucked [Td Ks]
And that was Bye Bye Angelo.
As for me...
Seat 1: Woidprophet ($48.25 in chips)
Seat 2: JSharkhunter ($52.05 in chips)
Seat 3: Moocher666 ($74.55 in chips)
Seat 4: Phillberto01 ($50 in chips)
Seat 5: Anytime429 ($50 in chips)
Seat 6: kembell ($38.80 in chips)
Moocher666: posts small blind $0.25
Phillberto01: posts big blind $0.50***
HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [8d Th]
Anytime429: folds
kembell: calls $0.50
Woidprophet: folds
JSharkhunter: folds
Moocher666: folds
Phillberto01: checks
*** FLOP *** [5s 9s 8h]
Phillberto01: checks
kembell: checks
*** TURN *** [5s 9s 8h] [7d]
Phillberto01: checks
kembell: checks
*** RIVER *** [5s 9s 8h 7d] [Jh]
Phillberto01: bets $0.50
kembell: raises $1 to $1.50
Phillberto01: raises $2.50 to $4
kembell: raises $6 to $10
Phillberto01: calls $6
*** SHOW DOWN ***
kembell: shows [Tc Qh] (a straight, Eight to Queen)
Phillberto01: mucks hand
kembell collected $20.20 from pot
Maybe just as well I didn't go for the semi-bluff earlier or I could well have been felted there.
Seat 1: Wim1441 ($56.90 in chips)
Seat 2: HuBaer582 ($29.25 in chips)
Seat 3: Moocher666 ($29.25 in chips)
Seat 4: Phillberto01 ($72.90 in chips)
Seat 5: dwaynenorris ($17.80 in chips)
Seat 6: lesp78 ($51.50 in chips)
Phillberto01: posts small blind $0.25
dwaynenorris: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [Ac Qs]
lesp78: folds Wim1441: raises $1.25 to $1.75
dwaynenorris said, "all in"
HuBaer582: folds
dwaynenorris said, "lets go"
Moocher666: folds
Phillberto01: calls $1.50
dwaynenorris: calls $1.25*** FLOP *** [As 9d 4h]
Phillberto01: checks
dwaynenorris: checks
Moocher666 said, "ah a cyber *****"
Wim1441: bets $3.50
Phillberto01: calls $3.50
dwaynenorris: folds *** TURN *** [As 9d 4h] [Ks]
Phillberto01: bets $5
With a flush draw and straight draws I bet out.
Wim1441: raises $12 to $17
That's a tricky one. He may be betting a draw but OOP I'm not willing to put my stack at risk.
Phillberto01: folds
One of the final hands of the night for me.
Seat 1: Woidprophet ($70.15 in chips)
Seat 2: JSharkhunter ($53 in chips)
Seat 3: Moocher666 ($64.65 in chips)
Seat 4: Phillberto01 ($50 in chips)
Seat 5: matchlesswin ($68.55 in chips)
Seat 6: kembell ($34.40 in chips)
Moocher666: posts small blind $0.25
Phillberto01: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [Kd Qc]
matchlesswin: calls $0.50
kembell: calls $0.50
Woidprophet: folds
JSharkhunter: folds
Moocher666: folds
Phillberto01: checks
*** FLOP *** [2c 8s Kc]
Phillberto01: bets $1.30
matchlesswin: folds
kembell: raises $1.30 to $2.60
matchlesswin is sitting out
The min-raise is a warning sign but I get to see what he does on the turn first.
Phillberto01: calls $1.30
*** TURN *** [2c 8s Kc] [Qh]
Phillberto01: checks
kembell: bets $2.50
I think this is the time to raise. I should be willing to put the stack in here and chase away the flush draws.
Phillberto01: calls $2.50
*** RIVER *** [2c 8s Kc Qh] [3s]
Phillberto01: checks
kembell: bets $7.50
Well I missed the turn bet so hope to make up for it with a check-raise which works.
Phillberto01: raises $9.50 to $17
The re-raise is a bit unexpected. Won't be surprised to see trips here.
kembell: raises $9.50 to $26.50
Phillberto01: calls $9.50
*** SHOW DOWN ***kembell: shows [Ks 8d] (two pair, Kings and Eights)
Phillberto01: shows [Kd Qc] (two pair, Kings and Queens)
Phillberto01 collected $61.95 from pot
Well it worked out okay but maybe I should have taken the simpler route and raised on the turn and stuck it in on the river.
$37 down on this table and another $30 down elsewhere including a felting with TPTK, trips against a straight and how about this bizarre hand
Seat 1: bizwhizkid ($48.20 in chips)
Seat 2: Esp0rn ($51.30 in chips)
Seat 3: Phillberto01 ($78.55 in chips)
Seat 4: PerkeoX ($50.95 in chips)
Seat 6: confusedsoul ($49 in chips)
confusedsoul: posts small blind $0.25
bizwhizkid: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to Phillberto01 [Jh Jd]
Esp0rn: raises $1.50 to $2
Phillberto01: calls $2
PerkeoX: folds
confusedsoul: folds
bizwhizkid: folds
*** FLOP *** [4c Tc Ts]
Esp0rn: bets $2.50
Phillberto01: calls $2.50
*** TURN *** [4c Tc Ts] [7d]
Esp0rn: checks
Phillberto01: bets $3.50
Esp0rn: raises $7 to $10.50
Phillberto01: calls $7
*** RIVER *** [4c Tc Ts 7d] [Ah]
Esp0rn: checks
Phillberto01: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Esp0rn: shows [As Qs] (two pair, Aces and Tens)
He raises me with A high and then hits the Ace and doesn't bet. How peculiar.
Seat 1: cocolive ($19.85 in chips)
Seat 2: deadlydp ($94.75 in chips)
Seat 3: Moocher666 ($39.75 in chips)
Seat 4: Phillberto01 ($52.25 in chips)
Seat 5: bizwhizkid ($47.25 in chips)
Seat 6: lesp78 ($61.30 in chips)
lesp78: posts small blind $0.25
cocolive: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [Qd Qh]
deadlydp: folds
Moocher666: raises $0.50 to $1
Phillberto01: raises $2.50 to $3.50
bizwhizkid: folds
lesp78: folds
cocolive: folds
Moocher666: calls $2.50
*** FLOP *** [Qc 5c 7c]
Moocher666: bets $10
Phillberto01: raises $38.75 to $48.75 and is all-in
Moocher666: calls $26.25 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($12.50) returned to Phillberto01
*** TURN *** [Qc 5c 7c] [4d]
*** RIVER *** [Qc 5c 7c 4d] [6c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Moocher666: shows [8s 8c] (a flush, Queen high)
Phillberto01: mucks hand
Moocher666 collected $77.25 from pot
29% chance of winning. $26 to win $54. Slightly better than 2-1 pot odds.
Well hitting his gutshot and flush on the river to rub some salt in the wounds. Moocher takes down a nice pot. Not sure quite what he put me on to make the call. Better to be lucky than good eh Mooch.
Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Woidprophet ($49.45 in chips)
Seat 2: deadlydp ($91.55 in chips)
Seat 3: Moocher666 ($88.95 in chips)
Seat 4: Phillberto01 ($50 in chips)
Seat 5: bizwhizkid ($46.50 in chips)
Seat 6: kembell ($21.30 in chips)
deadlydp: posts small blind $0.25
Moocher666: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [9d 4c]
Phillberto01: folds
bizwhizkid: folds
kembell: calls $0.50
Woidprophet: folds
deadlydp: folds
Moocher666: checks
*** FLOP *** [7h 7s 5c]
Moocher666: bets $1.50
kembell: raises $1.50 to $3
Moocher666: calls $1.50
*** TURN *** [7h 7s 5c] [2d]
Moocher666: checks
kembell: bets $3
Moocher666: calls $3
*** RIVER *** [7h 7s 5c 2d] [4s]
Moocher666: bets $11
kembell: calls $11
*** SHOW DOWN
***Moocher666: shows [6d 4d] (two pair, Sevens and Fours)
kembell: shows [Kh Ks] (two pair, Kings and Sevens)
kembell collected $33.55 from pot
A foolhardy stab at the end or does it get a fold enough?
Seat 1: cocolive ($19.10 in chips)
Seat 2: deadlydp ($92.30 in chips)
Seat 3: Moocher666 ($76.10 in chips)
Seat 4: Phillberto01 ($50 in chips)
Seat 5: bizwhizkid ($47.25 in chips)
Seat 6: kembell ($15.15 in chips)
deadlydp: posts small blind $0.25
Moocher666: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [Qs 8c]
Phillberto01: folds
bizwhizkid: folds
kembell: folds
cocolive: raises $1.50 to $2
deadlydp: folds
Moocher666: raises $6 to $8
cocolive: raises $11.10 to $19.10 and is all-in
Moocher666: calls $11.10
*** FLOP *** [Qc 4d Js]
*** TURN *** [Qc 4d Js] [9d]
*** RIVER *** [Qc 4d Js 9d] [8s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Moocher666: shows [Kh Ks] (a pair of Kings)
cocolive: mucks hand
Moocher666 collected $36.55 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***Total pot $38.45 Rake $1.90 Board [Qc 4d Js 9d 8s]
Seat 1: cocolive (button) mucked [Kd Ah]
Another overplayed Big Slick gets its comeuppance. Just as well I think it would be fair to say the rest of his possible range would have drawn out on you. The board doesn't get much scarier than that for Cowboys.
Another Moocher hand for you...
Seat 1: Wim1441 ($56.50 in chips)
Seat 2: HuBaer582 ($20.25 in chips)
Seat 3: Moocher666 ($21.90 in chips)
Seat 4: Phillberto01 ($67.65 in chips)
Seat 5: dwaynenorris ($84.90 in chips)
Seat 6: lesp78 ($48.25 in chips)
dwaynenorris: posts small blind $0.25
lesp78: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [Ts 7h]
Wim1441: folds
HuBaer582: folds
Moocher666: calls $0.50
Phillberto01: folds
dwaynenorris: raises $0.50 to $1
lesp78: folds
Moocher666: calls $0.50
*** FLOP *** [5h Jd 9h]
dwaynenorris: bets $1
Moocher666: raises $2.50 to $3.50
dwaynenorris: calls $2.50
*** TURN *** [5h Jd 9h] [9c]
dwaynenorris: checks
Moocher666: checks
*** RIVER *** [5h Jd 9h 9c] [9d]
dwaynenorris: bets $5
Moocher666: raises $12.40 to $17.40 and is all-in
dwaynenorris said, "you win"
dwaynenorris: folds
The weak bet on the river seems to indicate he doesn't have a Jack but has a pair of some sorts. A nice move by Moocher if he didn't have it or indeed if he did.
And another clash between Moocher and myself...
Seat 1: Wim1441 ($58.25 in chips)
Seat 2: HuBaer582 ($20.50 in chips)
Seat 3: Moocher666 ($39.20 in chips)
Seat 4: Phillberto01 ($54.90 in chips)
Seat 5: dwaynenorris ($69.50 in chips)
Seat 6: lesp78 ($51.50 in chips)
Wim1441: posts small blind $0.25
HuBaer582: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [Qs Qd]
Moocher666: calls $0.50
Phillberto01: raises $1.50 to $2
dwaynenorris: folds
lesp78: folds
Wim1441: folds
HuBaer582: folds
Moocher666: calls $1.50
*** FLOP *** [9d 3h Ks]
Moocher666: checks
Phillberto01: checks
*** TURN *** [9d 3h Ks] [3c]
Moocher666: bets $2.50
Phillberto01: calls $2.50
*** RIVER *** [9d 3h Ks 3c] [6d]
Moocher666: bets $10
Phillberto01: calls $10
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Moocher666: shows [Ts 9s] (two pair, Nines and Threes)
Phillberto01: shows [Qs Qd] (two pair, Queens and Threes)
Phillberto01 collected $28.30 from pot
I think the bet on the turn is a reasonable value bet. The bet on the river is too big to get a call from a weaker hand so presumably is trying to chase out TT-QQ and I'm not sure it can accomplish that often enough.
Now for Deadly...Only one clash with me
Seat 1: SeaWeedBoy ($47.35 in chips)
Seat 2: deadlydp ($86.35 in chips)
Seat 3: Moocher666 ($38.50 in chips)
Seat 4: Phillberto01 ($55.80 in chips)
Seat 5: bizwhizkid ($47.50 in chips)
Seat 6: lesp78 ($63.55 in chips)
Moocher666: posts small blind $0.25
Phillberto01: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [Jd 9c]
bizwhizkid: folds
lesp78: folds
SeaWeedBoy: folds
deadlydp: calls $0.50
Moocher666: calls $0.25
Phillberto01: checks
*** FLOP *** [8s Tc 2h]
Moocher666: checks
Phillberto01: bets $1
An open-ended straight-draw is enough to try and take it down.
deadlydp: raises $2 to $3
I suspect a fold could have been in order here but I stick around.
Moocher666: folds
Phillberto01: calls $2
*** TURN *** [8s Tc 2h] [5c]
Phillberto01: bets $4
With me holding the only drawing hand I think the chance of getting a fold are slim and as Deadly pointed out the draw is a bit transparent. Add that to me being out of position and its a fold. My bad.
deadlydp: calls $4
*** RIVER *** [8s Tc 2h 5c] [9d]
Phillberto01: checks
deadlydp: checks
Deadly presumably worried about trips or QJs misses a value bet here I think with his top two.
*** SHOW DOWN ***Phillberto01: shows [Jd 9c] (a pair of Nines)
deadlydp: shows [Th 8d] (two pair, Tens and Eights)
deadlydp collected $14.75 from pot
Seat 1: AngeloOSX ($34.60 in chips)
Seat 2: deadlydp ($49 in chips)
Seat 3: Moocher666 ($25.05 in chips)
Seat 4: Phillberto01 ($72.75 in chips)
Seat 5: bizwhizkid ($50 in chips)
Seat 6: lesp78 ($61.25 in chips)
lesp78: posts small blind $0.25
AngeloOSX: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [6s 9h]
deadlydp: calls $0.50
Moocher666: folds
Phillberto01: folds
bizwhizkid: raises $1 to $1.50
lesp78: folds
Angelo OSX: calls $1
With bizwhizkid on the button his range is behind Deadly's AJ. Angelo has only played a dozen hands but has played 8 of them so his call means little.
deadlydp: raises $3.50 to $5
bizwhizkid: folds AngeloOSX: calls $3.50
*** FLOP *** [6c Jh 6d]
AngeloOSX: checks
deadlydp: checks
Opts to check behind and hope no K or Q appears.
*** TURN *** [6c Jh 6d] [Ts]
AngeloOSX: bets $5
With a bunch of straight possibilities Deadly makes the right decision to raise here I think with TPTK.
deadlydp: raises $19.50 to $24.50
AngeloOSX: calls $19.50
*** RIVER *** [6c Jh 6d Ts] [Ac]
AngeloOSX: checks
Moocher666 said, "oops"
deadlydp: bets $5.50
AngeloOSX: calls $5.10 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($0.40) returned to deadlydp
*** SHOW DOWN ***
deadlydp: shows [Js Ad] (two pair, Aces and Jacks)
AngeloOSX: mucks hand
deadlydp collected $67.95 from pot
Seat 1: AngeloOSX (big blind) mucked [Td Ks]
And that was Bye Bye Angelo.
As for me...
Seat 1: Woidprophet ($48.25 in chips)
Seat 2: JSharkhunter ($52.05 in chips)
Seat 3: Moocher666 ($74.55 in chips)
Seat 4: Phillberto01 ($50 in chips)
Seat 5: Anytime429 ($50 in chips)
Seat 6: kembell ($38.80 in chips)
Moocher666: posts small blind $0.25
Phillberto01: posts big blind $0.50***
HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [8d Th]
Anytime429: folds
kembell: calls $0.50
Woidprophet: folds
JSharkhunter: folds
Moocher666: folds
Phillberto01: checks
*** FLOP *** [5s 9s 8h]
Phillberto01: checks
kembell: checks
*** TURN *** [5s 9s 8h] [7d]
Phillberto01: checks
kembell: checks
*** RIVER *** [5s 9s 8h 7d] [Jh]
Phillberto01: bets $0.50
kembell: raises $1 to $1.50
Phillberto01: raises $2.50 to $4
kembell: raises $6 to $10
Phillberto01: calls $6
*** SHOW DOWN ***
kembell: shows [Tc Qh] (a straight, Eight to Queen)
Phillberto01: mucks hand
kembell collected $20.20 from pot
Maybe just as well I didn't go for the semi-bluff earlier or I could well have been felted there.
Seat 1: Wim1441 ($56.90 in chips)
Seat 2: HuBaer582 ($29.25 in chips)
Seat 3: Moocher666 ($29.25 in chips)
Seat 4: Phillberto01 ($72.90 in chips)
Seat 5: dwaynenorris ($17.80 in chips)
Seat 6: lesp78 ($51.50 in chips)
Phillberto01: posts small blind $0.25
dwaynenorris: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [Ac Qs]
lesp78: folds Wim1441: raises $1.25 to $1.75
dwaynenorris said, "all in"
HuBaer582: folds
dwaynenorris said, "lets go"
Moocher666: folds
Phillberto01: calls $1.50
dwaynenorris: calls $1.25*** FLOP *** [As 9d 4h]
Phillberto01: checks
dwaynenorris: checks
Moocher666 said, "ah a cyber *****"
Wim1441: bets $3.50
Phillberto01: calls $3.50
dwaynenorris: folds *** TURN *** [As 9d 4h] [Ks]
Phillberto01: bets $5
With a flush draw and straight draws I bet out.
Wim1441: raises $12 to $17
That's a tricky one. He may be betting a draw but OOP I'm not willing to put my stack at risk.
Phillberto01: folds
One of the final hands of the night for me.
Seat 1: Woidprophet ($70.15 in chips)
Seat 2: JSharkhunter ($53 in chips)
Seat 3: Moocher666 ($64.65 in chips)
Seat 4: Phillberto01 ($50 in chips)
Seat 5: matchlesswin ($68.55 in chips)
Seat 6: kembell ($34.40 in chips)
Moocher666: posts small blind $0.25
Phillberto01: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [Kd Qc]
matchlesswin: calls $0.50
kembell: calls $0.50
Woidprophet: folds
JSharkhunter: folds
Moocher666: folds
Phillberto01: checks
*** FLOP *** [2c 8s Kc]
Phillberto01: bets $1.30
matchlesswin: folds
kembell: raises $1.30 to $2.60
matchlesswin is sitting out
The min-raise is a warning sign but I get to see what he does on the turn first.
Phillberto01: calls $1.30
*** TURN *** [2c 8s Kc] [Qh]
Phillberto01: checks
kembell: bets $2.50
I think this is the time to raise. I should be willing to put the stack in here and chase away the flush draws.
Phillberto01: calls $2.50
*** RIVER *** [2c 8s Kc Qh] [3s]
Phillberto01: checks
kembell: bets $7.50
Well I missed the turn bet so hope to make up for it with a check-raise which works.
Phillberto01: raises $9.50 to $17
The re-raise is a bit unexpected. Won't be surprised to see trips here.
kembell: raises $9.50 to $26.50
Phillberto01: calls $9.50
*** SHOW DOWN ***kembell: shows [Ks 8d] (two pair, Kings and Eights)
Phillberto01: shows [Kd Qc] (two pair, Kings and Queens)
Phillberto01 collected $61.95 from pot
Well it worked out okay but maybe I should have taken the simpler route and raised on the turn and stuck it in on the river.
$37 down on this table and another $30 down elsewhere including a felting with TPTK, trips against a straight and how about this bizarre hand
Seat 1: bizwhizkid ($48.20 in chips)
Seat 2: Esp0rn ($51.30 in chips)
Seat 3: Phillberto01 ($78.55 in chips)
Seat 4: PerkeoX ($50.95 in chips)
Seat 6: confusedsoul ($49 in chips)
confusedsoul: posts small blind $0.25
bizwhizkid: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to Phillberto01 [Jh Jd]
Esp0rn: raises $1.50 to $2
Phillberto01: calls $2
PerkeoX: folds
confusedsoul: folds
bizwhizkid: folds
*** FLOP *** [4c Tc Ts]
Esp0rn: bets $2.50
Phillberto01: calls $2.50
*** TURN *** [4c Tc Ts] [7d]
Esp0rn: checks
Phillberto01: bets $3.50
Esp0rn: raises $7 to $10.50
Phillberto01: calls $7
*** RIVER *** [4c Tc Ts 7d] [Ah]
Esp0rn: checks
Phillberto01: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Esp0rn: shows [As Qs] (two pair, Aces and Tens)
He raises me with A high and then hits the Ace and doesn't bet. How peculiar.
Tuesday, 23 September 2008
Live Summary
Had to track back to July to find these
Running Live totals for the year
1) 2) Phillberto +1528 (+300)
2) 1) Deadly +1350
3) (3) Bigshot +848 (+400)
4) (4) Lamma Jim +300
5) (5) Spicer +26
6) (6) John -14
7)(8) Sham -46
9)(9) Les -200
10) (7) Moocher -448 (-200)
11) (11) Pete -766
12) (12) Don -2370 (-500)
Deadly's absence means he loses his top of the table position. Bigshot closes the gap a tad. Don makes a bigger mountain to climb to move up the table and Moocher slips down a few slots.
With another Live game in the offing for the weekend the chance to make a move is there for everyone.
Running Live totals for the year
1) 2) Phillberto +1528 (+300)
2) 1) Deadly +1350
3) (3) Bigshot +848 (+400)
4) (4) Lamma Jim +300
5) (5) Spicer +26
6) (6) John -14
7)(8) Sham -46
9)(9) Les -200
10) (7) Moocher -448 (-200)
11) (11) Pete -766
12) (12) Don -2370 (-500)
Deadly's absence means he loses his top of the table position. Bigshot closes the gap a tad. Don makes a bigger mountain to climb to move up the table and Moocher slips down a few slots.
With another Live game in the offing for the weekend the chance to make a move is there for everyone.
Live at Phillberto's
Final Results
Bigshot +HK$400
Phillberto +$300
Moocher -$200
Don -$500
With fewer participants than anticipated it was short handed action in storefor everyone. It actually led to a lot more action for everyone and theaction was pretty thick and fast. The action kicked off pretty early with Don trying to assert his aggressive mark on the game.
Mark limped on the button Don raised, I called and Bigshot then came back over the top forcing us both out of the pot.
Moocher trail-blazed an early lead after he took down a large pot against Bigshot. Moocher fired a big bet on the river which Bigshot opted to call.Moocher showed a surprise 'wheel' straight with A3 and with Bigshot mucking and leaving what he may have had an unsoved mystery. I suspect it was a bluff-catcher of sorts rather than a monster and was hoping to pick off a Moocher steal.
I managed to knock back a decent number of lagers with accompanying herbal enhancement so what I lack in preciseness of hands remembered I made up for in a relaxing Friday night chillin' on da roof.
As a short stack Bigshot repeated his trick of limping on the button. Don stuck in a big raise from the Small blind. With position and 99 I opted to call. Bigshot then moved all-in with his short-stack. Don folded, presumably looking to have stolen from a tight blind a weak limper. I called with very good pot odds hoping for a race with two overcards and finding Bigshot had made a move with 56s. He found one six on the flop and a second on the turn to save himself from the first felting of the night.
Bigshot and Moocher were to clash in a battle of the kickers. AJ versus AT but a Queen was to land on the river in an AA33 board ensuring the pot was split.
Don then inflicted some damage on me. I raised with 66 and bet out again on a low flop which Don called. I led out again on the turn with my open-ended straight draw with three of a suit on the board and was pushed all-in by Don leaving me in a pretty tough position. My pot odds were so good and I could well have been against a bluff with overcards and I made the call to find myself up against a flush with no outs.
After sitting on a short stack for a while it was agreed that buy-ins would be allowed and I exercised the option along with Don.
After that I found an opportunity to win some of my previous losses back. After seeing a flop for free on the Big Blind I stuck around with a flush draw which landed. Don bet into me on the river leaving himself only a small amount left and he called my raise putting him all-in. His top pair wasn't enough.
Bigshot and Moocher crossed swords in one of the defining hands of the night. An Action board of KQAJA with 3 suited. Moocher bet out with Top pair which improved to a straight on the turn but also filled up Bigshots flush. The board must have looked pretty scary to them both but with so much of the money in already and out of position Moocher pushed on the river. A fairly quick call from Bigshot on the river - although he probably wasn't beating much his pot odds just about justified it and Moocher showed what was pretty much a bluff while Bigshot's lowly flush held up.
I clashed again with Don. Bigshot raised, Don reraised and I came over the top, presumably signalling a pretty big hand. Bigshot read this as strength and folded but Don opted to call. A flop of Jxx and I bet out for half pot and was called. I bet half pot again on the river and was called. Don lead into me on the river and I called unsure as to where I stood. Don only held 66 and hoped to push me off my hand but lacked to $$$ to force me off my hand. I suspect a larger bet on the turn might have had a possibility of working but by the river I know what price to pay and my pot odds made it too hard to consider folding.
We clashed once again. This time with me holding JJ. I slowed up on an Axx flop and decided to c-bet. When a second Ace landed on the turn I bet out. Once again Don made a move on the river and I called with JJ with no obvious draws to see if he had the Ace he was representing. He did not.
A few brownie points for Bigshot on this hand. The two big stacks at the table clashed as both Bigshot and myself had in excess of $1,000 at the table. I got involved with 79o but in position. I flopped an open ended straight draw on a KT8 two suited board. Bigshot lead out and I stuck in a re-raise of $130. I thought I may have been able to fold top-pair and if I didn't reckoned my flop aggression would give me a good chance of seeing the next two cards for free. His response was a very ballsy shove for what must have been $900 more. An easy lay-down for me of course but a very nice time to re-raise as I could well have made that bet with trips not wanting to risk seeing a flush land and hoping to get some money out of AK or KT.
Bravest call of the day goes to Bigshot who called down yet another river bluff from Don holding A2 but holding only a pair of twos on a board of funnily enough lots of ovecards.
Looks like a typhoon is a brewing....
Bigshot +HK$400
Phillberto +$300
Moocher -$200
Don -$500
With fewer participants than anticipated it was short handed action in storefor everyone. It actually led to a lot more action for everyone and theaction was pretty thick and fast. The action kicked off pretty early with Don trying to assert his aggressive mark on the game.
Mark limped on the button Don raised, I called and Bigshot then came back over the top forcing us both out of the pot.
Moocher trail-blazed an early lead after he took down a large pot against Bigshot. Moocher fired a big bet on the river which Bigshot opted to call.Moocher showed a surprise 'wheel' straight with A3 and with Bigshot mucking and leaving what he may have had an unsoved mystery. I suspect it was a bluff-catcher of sorts rather than a monster and was hoping to pick off a Moocher steal.
I managed to knock back a decent number of lagers with accompanying herbal enhancement so what I lack in preciseness of hands remembered I made up for in a relaxing Friday night chillin' on da roof.
As a short stack Bigshot repeated his trick of limping on the button. Don stuck in a big raise from the Small blind. With position and 99 I opted to call. Bigshot then moved all-in with his short-stack. Don folded, presumably looking to have stolen from a tight blind a weak limper. I called with very good pot odds hoping for a race with two overcards and finding Bigshot had made a move with 56s. He found one six on the flop and a second on the turn to save himself from the first felting of the night.
Bigshot and Moocher were to clash in a battle of the kickers. AJ versus AT but a Queen was to land on the river in an AA33 board ensuring the pot was split.
Don then inflicted some damage on me. I raised with 66 and bet out again on a low flop which Don called. I led out again on the turn with my open-ended straight draw with three of a suit on the board and was pushed all-in by Don leaving me in a pretty tough position. My pot odds were so good and I could well have been against a bluff with overcards and I made the call to find myself up against a flush with no outs.
After sitting on a short stack for a while it was agreed that buy-ins would be allowed and I exercised the option along with Don.
After that I found an opportunity to win some of my previous losses back. After seeing a flop for free on the Big Blind I stuck around with a flush draw which landed. Don bet into me on the river leaving himself only a small amount left and he called my raise putting him all-in. His top pair wasn't enough.
Bigshot and Moocher crossed swords in one of the defining hands of the night. An Action board of KQAJA with 3 suited. Moocher bet out with Top pair which improved to a straight on the turn but also filled up Bigshots flush. The board must have looked pretty scary to them both but with so much of the money in already and out of position Moocher pushed on the river. A fairly quick call from Bigshot on the river - although he probably wasn't beating much his pot odds just about justified it and Moocher showed what was pretty much a bluff while Bigshot's lowly flush held up.
I clashed again with Don. Bigshot raised, Don reraised and I came over the top, presumably signalling a pretty big hand. Bigshot read this as strength and folded but Don opted to call. A flop of Jxx and I bet out for half pot and was called. I bet half pot again on the river and was called. Don lead into me on the river and I called unsure as to where I stood. Don only held 66 and hoped to push me off my hand but lacked to $$$ to force me off my hand. I suspect a larger bet on the turn might have had a possibility of working but by the river I know what price to pay and my pot odds made it too hard to consider folding.
We clashed once again. This time with me holding JJ. I slowed up on an Axx flop and decided to c-bet. When a second Ace landed on the turn I bet out. Once again Don made a move on the river and I called with JJ with no obvious draws to see if he had the Ace he was representing. He did not.
A few brownie points for Bigshot on this hand. The two big stacks at the table clashed as both Bigshot and myself had in excess of $1,000 at the table. I got involved with 79o but in position. I flopped an open ended straight draw on a KT8 two suited board. Bigshot lead out and I stuck in a re-raise of $130. I thought I may have been able to fold top-pair and if I didn't reckoned my flop aggression would give me a good chance of seeing the next two cards for free. His response was a very ballsy shove for what must have been $900 more. An easy lay-down for me of course but a very nice time to re-raise as I could well have made that bet with trips not wanting to risk seeing a flush land and hoping to get some money out of AK or KT.
Bravest call of the day goes to Bigshot who called down yet another river bluff from Don holding A2 but holding only a pair of twos on a board of funnily enough lots of ovecards.
Looks like a typhoon is a brewing....
Week 36 & 37 Sep 10-22
Lamma Exchange 2171
Phillberto Weekly +185 Total +1075
Deadly Weekly +11 Total +861
Moocher Weekly +230 Total +340
Bigshot Bog Weekly nc Total -75
Lamma_Jim Weekly nc Total -192
Don -34 Total -34
Figure now updated. A good week for Moocher whose starting to build up his roll. Don blows hot and cold in his opening week ending on a small deficit having plumbed the dizzy hits of +$150 at one stage. Deadly perhaps unlucky or perhaps a little rusty fails to get any real momentum going and I settle for a reasonable result given my internet was done for 10 days thanks to PCCW (lack of) customer service.
Phillberto Weekly +185 Total +1075
Deadly Weekly +11 Total +861
Moocher Weekly +230 Total +340
Bigshot Bog Weekly nc Total -75
Lamma_Jim Weekly nc Total -192
Don -34 Total -34
Figure now updated. A good week for Moocher whose starting to build up his roll. Don blows hot and cold in his opening week ending on a small deficit having plumbed the dizzy hits of +$150 at one stage. Deadly perhaps unlucky or perhaps a little rusty fails to get any real momentum going and I settle for a reasonable result given my internet was done for 10 days thanks to PCCW (lack of) customer service.
Friday, 12 September 2008
Big winners
Quick note of my top ten winning hands
AA -$389
KK- $350
QQ- $155
AKs- $144
99- $136
AQs - $109
KQo- $101 (Surprise!)
JJ- $91
AJo- $94
ATo- $83
Bottom 3
44- -$72
33- -$56
KTo- -$45
Just had a look and was set over setted twice with trip 4s.
Table 'Rhodope V' 6-max
Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: WREED!@ ($47.25 in chips)
Seat 2: chrisT18 ($88.75 in chips)
Seat 3: negreanuread ($57.30 in chips)
Seat 4: DaddyDon123 ($23.65 in chips)
Seat 5: Phillberto01 ($114.40 in chips)
Seat 6: Sickboy6 ($72.45 in chips)
Phillberto01: posts small blind $0.25
Sickboy6: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [3d 3h]
WREED!@: folds
chrisT18: folds
negreanuread: folds
DaddyDon123: calls $0.50
Phillberto01: calls $0.25
Sickboy6: checks
*** FLOP *** [3s 6h Ac]
Phillberto01: bets $1
Sickboy6: raises $2.50 to $3.50
DaddyDon123: folds
Phillberto01: raises $3.25 to $6.75
Sickboy6: raises $15.25 to $22
Phillberto01: calls $15.25
*** TURN *** [3s 6h Ac] [Ah]
Phillberto01: checks
Sickboy6: bets $25
Phillberto01: raises $66.90 to $91.90 and is all-in
Sickboy6: calls $24.95 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [3s 6h Ac Ah] [Ad]
*** SHOW DOWN ***Phillberto01: shows [3d 3h] (a full house, Aces full of Threes)
Sickboy6: shows [As 6c] (four of a kind, Aces)
Sickboy6 collected $142.40 from pot
Maybe I've posted that before. Think that may have scared me off 50NL for a while.
AA -$389
KK- $350
QQ- $155
AKs- $144
99- $136
AQs - $109
KQo- $101 (Surprise!)
JJ- $91
AJo- $94
ATo- $83
Bottom 3
44- -$72
33- -$56
KTo- -$45
Just had a look and was set over setted twice with trip 4s.
Table 'Rhodope V' 6-max
Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: WREED!@ ($47.25 in chips)
Seat 2: chrisT18 ($88.75 in chips)
Seat 3: negreanuread ($57.30 in chips)
Seat 4: DaddyDon123 ($23.65 in chips)
Seat 5: Phillberto01 ($114.40 in chips)
Seat 6: Sickboy6 ($72.45 in chips)
Phillberto01: posts small blind $0.25
Sickboy6: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [3d 3h]
WREED!@: folds
chrisT18: folds
negreanuread: folds
DaddyDon123: calls $0.50
Phillberto01: calls $0.25
Sickboy6: checks
*** FLOP *** [3s 6h Ac]
Phillberto01: bets $1
Sickboy6: raises $2.50 to $3.50
DaddyDon123: folds
Phillberto01: raises $3.25 to $6.75
Sickboy6: raises $15.25 to $22
Phillberto01: calls $15.25
*** TURN *** [3s 6h Ac] [Ah]
Phillberto01: checks
Sickboy6: bets $25
Phillberto01: raises $66.90 to $91.90 and is all-in
Sickboy6: calls $24.95 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [3s 6h Ac Ah] [Ad]
*** SHOW DOWN ***Phillberto01: shows [3d 3h] (a full house, Aces full of Threes)
Sickboy6: shows [As 6c] (four of a kind, Aces)
Sickboy6 collected $142.40 from pot
Maybe I've posted that before. Think that may have scared me off 50NL for a while.
Small pairs - A leak?
Just been through some Poker Tracker stats and noticed that my small pairs from 66-22 are all losing hands.
Need to have a look at that and see how it can be addressed. I suspect I'm calling as a matter of course to try and hit trips and felt somebody. Maybe I need to reduce my calls to people that are more likely to have big hands.
Need to have a look at that and see how it can be addressed. I suspect I'm calling as a matter of course to try and hit trips and felt somebody. Maybe I need to reduce my calls to people that are more likely to have big hands.
Thursday, 11 September 2008
Losing hands too
Table 'Tergeste' 6-max Seat
#2 is the button
Seat 1: tocca ($38.35 in chips)
Seat 2: Phillberto01 ($53.05 in chips)
Seat 5: the clêaner ($50 in chips)
Seat 6: lastride111 ($27.25 in chips)
jcosme will be allowed to play after the button
Jusso5 will be allowed to play after the button
the clêaner: posts small blind $0.25
lastride111: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [Kc Ad]
tocca: raises $1 to $1.50
Short handed but in position. Normally a raising hand but worth a call sometimes.
Phillberto01: calls $1.50
the clêaner: folds
lastride111: calls $1
*** FLOP *** [7s Js Ks]
lastride111: bets $2
tocca: calls $2
A nice flop but flush and straight draws out there. Some money in the pot already and happy to take it down now.
Phillberto01: raises $7 to $9
lastride111: folds tocca: raises $7 to $16
Mmm. Not what I expected. Its a small raise that looks like it wants a call. I check out stack sizes. If I call this then I can't fold later. He has to be ahead of TPTK. I'm not likely to improve. AQ with A spades? He would have enough outs to make that play but surely a shove would have been better. Nope I reckon I'm behind here. Better let it go.
Phillberto01: folds
Uncalled bet ($7) returned to tocca
tocca collected $23.55 from pottocca: shows [Ts Qs] (a flush, King high)
Well appreciate the insight buddy. I read you well. Open ended straight flush draw to boot.
Happy to escape from that.
Table 'Garuda' 6-max
Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: Rudi 1951 ($49 in chips)
Seat 3: BWolfe07 ($99.55 in chips)
Seat 4: SmutsHarry ($53.75 in chips)
Seat 5: BiG_RoN81 ($49 in chips)
Seat 6: Phillberto01 ($52.25 in chips)
Rudi 1951: posts small blind $0.25
BWolfe07: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [9c 9d]
SmutsHarry: raises $1.50 to $2
BiG_RoN81: folds
SmutsHarry has a pre-flop raising range of 14%. That was actually his first raise from UTG so maybe a little aggressive but I have position so what the hell.
Phillberto01: raises $4 to $6
Rudi 1951: calls $5.75
Been playing 40% of pots so hard to read this call.
BWolfe07: folds
SmutsHarry: calls $4
Mmm not a monster but could be ahead. Pretty unclear where I stand.
*** FLOP *** [8d 4s 5c]
Rudi 1951: checks
SmutsHarry: checks
Mmm. No strength so far. A little worried about a check raise still.
Phillberto01: checks
*** TURN *** [8d 4s 5c] [8h]
Rudi 1951: checks
SmutsHarry: checks
Phillberto01: checks
In retrospect I prefer a bet here.
*** RIVER *** [8d 4s 5c 8h] [2s]
Rudi 1951: checks
SmutsHarry: checks
A missed value bet I think. Nobody is slow playing three streets. $5 bet maybe?
Phillberto01: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Rudi 1951: shows [Qs Jd] (a pair of Eights)
SmutsHarry: shows [6d 6h] (two pair, Eights and Sixes)
Phillberto01: shows [9c 9d] (two pair, Nines and Eights)
Phillberto01 collected $17.60 from pot
Table 'Garuda' 6-max
Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: Rudi 1951 ($33.15 in chips)
Seat 3: BWolfe07 ($96.85 in chips)
Seat 4: SmutsHarry ($63.25 in chips)
Seat 5: BiG_RoN81 ($53.85 in chips)
Seat 6: Phillberto01 ($69.40 in chips)
Phillberto01: posts small blind $0.25
Rudi 1951: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [Kc As]
BWolfe07: folds
SmutsHarry: folds
BiG_RoN81: raises $1 to $1.50
Phillberto01: raises $4.50 to $6
Raise it up this time. Loose aggro and he is raising 30% of the time. I'm almost certainly ahead.
Rudi 1951: folds
BiG_RoN81: calls $4.50
*** FLOP *** [7c 9c 6h]
Well it missed me but a c-bet required.
Phillberto01: bets $7
BiG_RoN81: calls $7
Ouch using his position.
*** TURN *** [7c 9c 6h] [5h]
Phillberto01: checks
BiG_RoN81: bets $15
A nice raise. I doubt I'd check here with an overpair.
I'm out of position and have A high. I have to let it go.
Phillberto01: folds
Table 'Atami' 6-max
Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: Phillberto01 ($50.45 in chips)
Seat 2: lillifleck ($17.85 in chips)
Seat 3: IsuMarci ($53.40 in chips)
Seat 4: Tahomo ($69.45 in chips)
Seat 5: .TilTandWiN. ($52.30 in chips)
Seat 6: PostHumka ($47.95 in chips)
Tahomo: posts small blind $0.25.
TilTandWiN.: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [As Ac]
PostHumka: folds
Phillberto01: raises $1 to $1.50
lillifleck: folds
IsuMarci: folds
Tahomo: folds
.TilTandWiN.: calls $1
*** FLOP *** [2c Ts 8h]
.TilTandWiN.: bets $3
Likely to be ahead. No draws so I don't have to raise.
Phillberto01: calls $3
*** TURN *** [2c Ts 8h] [Kc]
.TilTandWiN.: bets $7.50
Interesting bet. He said he had something before betting into a pre-flop raiser. I thought maybe a T or 8 or pocket 9s or such like. J9 possibly but is it a hand to call a raise with? He certainly isn't likely to have hit his King. Betting pot with trips is unlikely. A bit lost on his hand here. I opt to call and see what happens on the river. I probably will lay down to a big bet on the river.
Phillberto01: calls $7.50
*** RIVER *** [2c Ts 8h Kc] [Qh]
.TilTandWiN.: checks
With a J9 getting there and doubting he has a King I decide to be conservative and check. Another missed value bet maybe?
Phillberto01: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
.TilTandWiN.: shows [Qc Jh] (a pair of Queens)
Ok. Turn bet makes sense. A little aggressive betting into a raiser with a gutshot but I guess it was likely to have missed me so why not.
Phillberto01: shows [As Ac] (a pair of Aces)
Phillberto01 collected $23.10 from pot
$8 to the good. No major confrontations. Not great play but happy to escape early from my TPTK hand.
#2 is the button
Seat 1: tocca ($38.35 in chips)
Seat 2: Phillberto01 ($53.05 in chips)
Seat 5: the clêaner ($50 in chips)
Seat 6: lastride111 ($27.25 in chips)
jcosme will be allowed to play after the button
Jusso5 will be allowed to play after the button
the clêaner: posts small blind $0.25
lastride111: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [Kc Ad]
tocca: raises $1 to $1.50
Short handed but in position. Normally a raising hand but worth a call sometimes.
Phillberto01: calls $1.50
the clêaner: folds
lastride111: calls $1
*** FLOP *** [7s Js Ks]
lastride111: bets $2
tocca: calls $2
A nice flop but flush and straight draws out there. Some money in the pot already and happy to take it down now.
Phillberto01: raises $7 to $9
lastride111: folds tocca: raises $7 to $16
Mmm. Not what I expected. Its a small raise that looks like it wants a call. I check out stack sizes. If I call this then I can't fold later. He has to be ahead of TPTK. I'm not likely to improve. AQ with A spades? He would have enough outs to make that play but surely a shove would have been better. Nope I reckon I'm behind here. Better let it go.
Phillberto01: folds
Uncalled bet ($7) returned to tocca
tocca collected $23.55 from pottocca: shows [Ts Qs] (a flush, King high)
Well appreciate the insight buddy. I read you well. Open ended straight flush draw to boot.
Happy to escape from that.
Table 'Garuda' 6-max
Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: Rudi 1951 ($49 in chips)
Seat 3: BWolfe07 ($99.55 in chips)
Seat 4: SmutsHarry ($53.75 in chips)
Seat 5: BiG_RoN81 ($49 in chips)
Seat 6: Phillberto01 ($52.25 in chips)
Rudi 1951: posts small blind $0.25
BWolfe07: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [9c 9d]
SmutsHarry: raises $1.50 to $2
BiG_RoN81: folds
SmutsHarry has a pre-flop raising range of 14%. That was actually his first raise from UTG so maybe a little aggressive but I have position so what the hell.
Phillberto01: raises $4 to $6
Rudi 1951: calls $5.75
Been playing 40% of pots so hard to read this call.
BWolfe07: folds
SmutsHarry: calls $4
Mmm not a monster but could be ahead. Pretty unclear where I stand.
*** FLOP *** [8d 4s 5c]
Rudi 1951: checks
SmutsHarry: checks
Mmm. No strength so far. A little worried about a check raise still.
Phillberto01: checks
*** TURN *** [8d 4s 5c] [8h]
Rudi 1951: checks
SmutsHarry: checks
Phillberto01: checks
In retrospect I prefer a bet here.
*** RIVER *** [8d 4s 5c 8h] [2s]
Rudi 1951: checks
SmutsHarry: checks
A missed value bet I think. Nobody is slow playing three streets. $5 bet maybe?
Phillberto01: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Rudi 1951: shows [Qs Jd] (a pair of Eights)
SmutsHarry: shows [6d 6h] (two pair, Eights and Sixes)
Phillberto01: shows [9c 9d] (two pair, Nines and Eights)
Phillberto01 collected $17.60 from pot
Table 'Garuda' 6-max
Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: Rudi 1951 ($33.15 in chips)
Seat 3: BWolfe07 ($96.85 in chips)
Seat 4: SmutsHarry ($63.25 in chips)
Seat 5: BiG_RoN81 ($53.85 in chips)
Seat 6: Phillberto01 ($69.40 in chips)
Phillberto01: posts small blind $0.25
Rudi 1951: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [Kc As]
BWolfe07: folds
SmutsHarry: folds
BiG_RoN81: raises $1 to $1.50
Phillberto01: raises $4.50 to $6
Raise it up this time. Loose aggro and he is raising 30% of the time. I'm almost certainly ahead.
Rudi 1951: folds
BiG_RoN81: calls $4.50
*** FLOP *** [7c 9c 6h]
Well it missed me but a c-bet required.
Phillberto01: bets $7
BiG_RoN81: calls $7
Ouch using his position.
*** TURN *** [7c 9c 6h] [5h]
Phillberto01: checks
BiG_RoN81: bets $15
A nice raise. I doubt I'd check here with an overpair.
I'm out of position and have A high. I have to let it go.
Phillberto01: folds
Table 'Atami' 6-max
Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: Phillberto01 ($50.45 in chips)
Seat 2: lillifleck ($17.85 in chips)
Seat 3: IsuMarci ($53.40 in chips)
Seat 4: Tahomo ($69.45 in chips)
Seat 5: .TilTandWiN. ($52.30 in chips)
Seat 6: PostHumka ($47.95 in chips)
Tahomo: posts small blind $0.25.
TilTandWiN.: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [As Ac]
PostHumka: folds
Phillberto01: raises $1 to $1.50
lillifleck: folds
IsuMarci: folds
Tahomo: folds
.TilTandWiN.: calls $1
*** FLOP *** [2c Ts 8h]
.TilTandWiN.: bets $3
Likely to be ahead. No draws so I don't have to raise.
Phillberto01: calls $3
*** TURN *** [2c Ts 8h] [Kc]
.TilTandWiN.: bets $7.50
Interesting bet. He said he had something before betting into a pre-flop raiser. I thought maybe a T or 8 or pocket 9s or such like. J9 possibly but is it a hand to call a raise with? He certainly isn't likely to have hit his King. Betting pot with trips is unlikely. A bit lost on his hand here. I opt to call and see what happens on the river. I probably will lay down to a big bet on the river.
Phillberto01: calls $7.50
*** RIVER *** [2c Ts 8h Kc] [Qh]
.TilTandWiN.: checks
With a J9 getting there and doubting he has a King I decide to be conservative and check. Another missed value bet maybe?
Phillberto01: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
.TilTandWiN.: shows [Qc Jh] (a pair of Queens)
Ok. Turn bet makes sense. A little aggressive betting into a raiser with a gutshot but I guess it was likely to have missed me so why not.
Phillberto01: shows [As Ac] (a pair of Aces)
Phillberto01 collected $23.10 from pot
$8 to the good. No major confrontations. Not great play but happy to escape early from my TPTK hand.
Wednesday, 10 September 2008
Live Game proposal
I'm up for a Live game this long weekend and Happy to Host. When are people not available.
Lets start of with an 8.30 to late Friday night proposal. Who is in?
Lets start of with an 8.30 to late Friday night proposal. Who is in?
Tuesday, 9 September 2008
If only it was always this easy
Stepped up to 50NL last night. I decided to three table rather than four table to give me a little extra thinking time.
It all went very well. I started off in the first round by reraising with Aces from the small blind and getting a fold to my c-bet. I then reraised from the Button with 88 and got a fold to my c-bet on an A8x flop. Shame.
I've posted all hands +$10 win plus one slightly under that I liked.
Table 'Amherstia' 6-max Seat #5 is the button Seat 2: 4nk8r ($30 in chips) Seat 3: Phillberto01 ($70.95 in chips)
Seat 4: outflopped ($20.80 in chips)
Seat 5: Qu3stion_cz ($64.50 in chips)
Seat 6: PhilofSpade ($16.25 in chips)
PhilofSpade: posts small blind $0.25
Maartengr: is sitting out
4nk8r: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [8d Ad]
Maartengr leaves the table
Phillberto01: raises $1 to $1.50
outflopped: folds
Qu3stion_cz: folds
PhilofSpade: raises $1.50 to $3
Min-raise out of position. I could well be dominated here but a fold would be too weak.
4nk8r: folds
jay83666 joins the table at seat #1
Phillberto01: calls $1.50
*** FLOP *** [7h 6d 2d]
PhilofSpade: bets $5.50
Could be a c-bet with AK. I am favourite against an overpair and have plenty of outs in any event.
Phillberto01: raises $62.45 to $67.95 and is all-in
PhilofSpade: calls $7.75 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($54.70) returned to Phillberto01
*** TURN *** [7h 6d 2d] [4d]
*** RIVER *** [7h 6d 2d 4d] [6s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
PhilofSpade: shows [9h 9s] (two pair, Nines and Sixes)
Phillberto01: shows [8d Ad] (a flush, Ace high)
Phillberto01 collected $31.40 from pot
The favourite takes it ;-)
Table 'Amherstia' 6-max
Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Maartengr ($69.10 in chips)
Seat 2: KinkyApe ($49.50 in chips)
Seat 3: Phillberto01 ($50 in chips)
Seat 4: Arriba1986 ($11.35 in chips)
Seat 5: Qu3stion_cz ($60.05 in chips)
Seat 6: H3cke.exe ($11 in chips)
KinkyApe: posts small blind $0.25
Phillberto01: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [Kd Ks]
Arriba1986: calls $0.50
Qu3stion_cz: raises $2 to $2.50
H3cke.exe: calls $2.50
Maartengr: folds
KinkyApe: folds
Phillberto01: raises $5.50 to $8
Arriba1986: folds
Qu3stion_cz: folds
H3cke.exe: calls $5.50
*** FLOP *** [Jh 8c Tc]
Phillberto01: bets $3
H3cke.exe: calls $3 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [Jh 8c Tc] [Qd]
*** RIVER *** [Jh 8c Tc Qd] [7d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Phillberto01: shows [Kd Ks] (a pair of Kings)
H3cke.exe: mucks hand
Phillberto01 collected $24.05 from pot
Seat 6: H3cke.exe mucked [Ac Th]
Mmm. Its possible it could have been a squeeze by me I guess. A little bit of wishful thinking there.
Table 'Naos III' 6-max
Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Mr_Mimm ($11.45 in chips)
Seat 2: Phillberto01 ($96.50 in chips)
Seat 3: keyser78 ($14.85 in chips)
Seat 4: titzman7 ($23.90 in chips)
Seat 5: pitsn1 ($51.50 in chips)
Seat 6: BaasBaas ($64.65 in chips)
keyser78: posts small blind $0.25
titzman7: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [Ah Jc]
pitsn1: folds
BaasBaas: raises $1.25 to $1.75
Mr_Mimm: folds
Phillberto01: calls $1.75
keyser78: folds
titzman7: folds
*** FLOP *** [8c 8d 8s]
BaasBaas: bets $3
Nothing changed since after the flop. I may be ahead and I have position.
Phillberto01: calls $3
*** TURN *** [8c 8d 8s] [Jh]
BaasBaas: bets $6.25
Phillberto01: calls $6.25
*** RIVER *** [8c 8d 8s Jh] [2h]
BaasBaas: checks
Phillberto01: bets $8
Maybe a little bit too big my river bet here. I'm looking for a call from a medium pair.
BaasBaas: folds
Uncalled bet ($8) returned to Phillberto01
Phillberto01 collected $21.65 from pot
Phillberto01: doesn't show hand
Table 'Naos III' 6-max
Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: knockum0 ($18.20 in chips)
Seat 2: Phillberto01 ($49.50 in chips)
Seat 4: titzman7 ($55.10 in chips)
Seat 5: pitsn1 ($57.70 in chips)
Seat 6: BaasBaas ($50 in chips)
Phillberto01: posts small blind $0.25
titzman7: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [Kh Kd]
pitsn1: folds
BaasBaas: raises $1.25 to $1.75
knockum0: calls $1.75
Phillberto01: raises $6.25 to $8
A squeeze position again but I have the goods again.
titzman7: folds
BaasBaas: folds
knockum0: calls $6.25
*** FLOP *** [4h 2h 8d]
Phillberto01: bets $11
knockum0: calls $10.20 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($0.80) returned to Phillberto01
*** TURN *** [4h 2h 8d] [8s]
*** RIVER *** [4h 2h 8d 8s] [Ks]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Phillberto01: shows [Kh Kd] (a full house, Kings full of Eights)
knockum0: mucks hand
Phillberto01 collected $36.80 from pot
knockum0 leaves the table
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $38.65 Rake $1.85
Board [4h 2h 8d 8s Ks]
Seat 1: knockum0 (button) mucked [Ac Th]
Wow. Another non-believer. He was beating what exactly?
Table 'Naos III' 6-max
Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Thibavol ($48.50 in chips)
Seat 2: Phillberto01 ($60.85 in chips)
Seat 3: luckyES ($31.80 in chips)
Seat 4: titzman7 ($54.35 in chips)
Seat 5: pitsn1 ($59.20 in chips)
Seat 6: BaasBaas ($53.50 in chips)
luckyES: posts small blind $0.25
titzman7: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [7c Kc]
pitsn1: folds
BaasBaas: folds
Thibavol: folds
Phillberto01: raises $1 to $1.50
luckyES: folds
titzman7: raises $1.50 to $3
Whats with these min-raises from out of position. I have a big hand and I'd like to give you advance notion whilst ensuring you have sufficient pot odds to see some cards....
Phillberto01: calls $1.50
*** FLOP *** [Kh 5c Jc]
titzman7: bets $3
Well my King probably isn't good but I'm well ahead of AA here so happy to get it allin here if required.
Phillberto01: raises $6 to $9
titzman7: calls $6
*** TURN *** [Kh 5c Jc] [5d]
titzman7: bets $11
Mmm tricky one. He has a hand he likes. AK, AA or trips I suspect. My 7s are no longer outs and I could now be drawing dead. His underbet makes it a bit too tempting though.
Phillberto01: calls $11
*** RIVER *** [Kh 5c Jc 5d] [4c]
titzman7: bets $14
I get the card I'm after. Now I have to consider the possibility of re-raising. I have a big enough pot to justify making the turn call already. I decide to err on the side of caution as I suspect he will lay down his hands. I maybe prefer a push in retrospect but I'm not sure.
Phillberto01: calls $14
*** SHOW DOWN ***
titzman7: shows [Ad Ah] (two pair, Aces and Fives)
Phillberto01: shows [7c Kc] (a flush, King high)
Phillberto01 collected $71.25 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Table 'Silesia II' 6-max
Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Smackjack777 ($78.25 in chips)
Seat 2: Evilstorm ($53.15 in chips)
Seat 3: Phillberto01 ($58.35 in chips)
Seat 4: crash529 ($85.10 in chips)
Seat 5: mr_filofax ($50.95 in chips)
Seat 6: pitsn1 ($50 in chips)
Phillberto01: posts small blind $0.25
crash529: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [9s 9h]
mr_filofax: folds
pitsn1: folds
Smackjack777: folds
Evilstorm: folds
Phillberto01: raises $1.50 to $2
crash529: calls $1.50
*** FLOP *** [9c 4s 8d]
Quite a flop for a battle of the blinds.
Phillberto01: bets $2.70
crash529: calls $2.70
*** TURN *** [9c 4s 8d] [5s]
Some draw appearing now - hopefully he has an overpair.
Phillberto01: bets $8
crash529: calls $8
*** RIVER *** [9c 4s 8d 5s] [9d]
Well if he has 67 he is getting stacked now. I bet expecting to get paid by an overpair.
Phillberto01: bets $17
crash529: calls $17
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Phillberto01: shows [9s 9h] (four of a kind, Nines)
crash529: mucks hand
Phillberto01 collected $56.50 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $59.40 Rake $2.90
Seat 4: crash529 (big blind) mucked [8h Kh]
I guess he saw it as a bluff. I suppose most hands would have been worried by the 9s so maybe not a terrible read so it could have looked like a bluff.
'Silesia II' 6-max
Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: Jochem78 ($31.30 in chips)
Seat 2: Helga Kummer ($50 in chips)
Seat 3: Phillberto01 ($94.10 in chips)
Seat 4: narbet ($17.15 in chips)
Seat 5: pierrelbc ($32.35 in chips)
Seat 6: pitsn1 ($97 in chips)
Jochem78: posts small blind $0.25
Helga Kummer: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [As Ah]
Phillberto01: raises $1 to $1.50
narbet: folds
pierrelbc: folds
pitsn1: folds
Jochem78: raises $2 to $3.50
What is with the small reraises from out of position?!?
Helga Kummer: folds
Ok lets see if he wants to play for his stack...
Phillberto01: raises $7.50 to $11
narbet leaves the table
Jochem78: calls $7.50
*** FLOP *** [7c Qh 2d]
Jochem78: checks
Phillberto01: bets $11
Jochem78: raises $9.30 to $20.30 and is all-in
Phillberto01: calls $9.30
*** TURN *** [7c Qh 2d] [Qs]
Not the turn I wanted to see...
*** RIVER *** [7c Qh 2d Qs] [2h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Jochem78: shows [Td Ts] (two pair, Queens and Tens)
Phillberto01: shows [As Ah] (two pair, Aces and Queens)
Phillberto01 collected $60.10 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $63.10 Rake $3
Board [7c Qh 2d Qs 2h]
Seat 1: Jochem78 (small blind) showed [Td Ts]
Really is my lucky night.
Table 'Silesia II' 6-max
Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Smackjack777 ($84.05 in chips)
Seat 2: cashin423 ($37.50 in chips)
Seat 3: Phillberto01 ($88.90 in chips)
Seat 4: narbet ($22.55 in chips)
Seat 5: CyberSn4ke ($44.50 in chips)
Seat 6: pitsn1 ($101.75 in chips)
Phillberto01: posts small blind $0.25
narbet: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [5d 5h]
CyberSn4ke: folds
pitsn1: folds
Smackjack777: folds
cashin423: calls $0.50
Open limper. Pah - lets raise it up.
Phillberto01: raises $2 to $2.50
narbet: calls $2
cashin423: calls $2
Oooh two callers. Lets see the flop.
*** FLOP *** [Jc 4h Jd]
Looks like it wants a c-bet here.
Phillberto01: bets $4.50
narbet: calls $4.50
Ok maybe he called with a pair.
cashin423: folds
*** TURN *** [Jc 4h Jd] [Ks]
I don't think he got here with a King although I could have. He may well have a better pair than my 5's though so I don't want to check it down. I think this is a good spot to make a move. He has no idea what my river bet will be. Its gotta be a tough call for him.
Phillberto01: bets $8
narbet: folds
Cool. Happy with that spot.
I'm pretty happy with that session. Got the cards which always helps but stayed out of trouble.
It all went very well. I started off in the first round by reraising with Aces from the small blind and getting a fold to my c-bet. I then reraised from the Button with 88 and got a fold to my c-bet on an A8x flop. Shame.
I've posted all hands +$10 win plus one slightly under that I liked.
Table 'Amherstia' 6-max Seat #5 is the button Seat 2: 4nk8r ($30 in chips) Seat 3: Phillberto01 ($70.95 in chips)
Seat 4: outflopped ($20.80 in chips)
Seat 5: Qu3stion_cz ($64.50 in chips)
Seat 6: PhilofSpade ($16.25 in chips)
PhilofSpade: posts small blind $0.25
Maartengr: is sitting out
4nk8r: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [8d Ad]
Maartengr leaves the table
Phillberto01: raises $1 to $1.50
outflopped: folds
Qu3stion_cz: folds
PhilofSpade: raises $1.50 to $3
Min-raise out of position. I could well be dominated here but a fold would be too weak.
4nk8r: folds
jay83666 joins the table at seat #1
Phillberto01: calls $1.50
*** FLOP *** [7h 6d 2d]
PhilofSpade: bets $5.50
Could be a c-bet with AK. I am favourite against an overpair and have plenty of outs in any event.
Phillberto01: raises $62.45 to $67.95 and is all-in
PhilofSpade: calls $7.75 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($54.70) returned to Phillberto01
*** TURN *** [7h 6d 2d] [4d]
*** RIVER *** [7h 6d 2d 4d] [6s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
PhilofSpade: shows [9h 9s] (two pair, Nines and Sixes)
Phillberto01: shows [8d Ad] (a flush, Ace high)
Phillberto01 collected $31.40 from pot
The favourite takes it ;-)
Table 'Amherstia' 6-max
Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Maartengr ($69.10 in chips)
Seat 2: KinkyApe ($49.50 in chips)
Seat 3: Phillberto01 ($50 in chips)
Seat 4: Arriba1986 ($11.35 in chips)
Seat 5: Qu3stion_cz ($60.05 in chips)
Seat 6: H3cke.exe ($11 in chips)
KinkyApe: posts small blind $0.25
Phillberto01: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [Kd Ks]
Arriba1986: calls $0.50
Qu3stion_cz: raises $2 to $2.50
H3cke.exe: calls $2.50
Maartengr: folds
KinkyApe: folds
Phillberto01: raises $5.50 to $8
Arriba1986: folds
Qu3stion_cz: folds
H3cke.exe: calls $5.50
*** FLOP *** [Jh 8c Tc]
Phillberto01: bets $3
H3cke.exe: calls $3 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [Jh 8c Tc] [Qd]
*** RIVER *** [Jh 8c Tc Qd] [7d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Phillberto01: shows [Kd Ks] (a pair of Kings)
H3cke.exe: mucks hand
Phillberto01 collected $24.05 from pot
Seat 6: H3cke.exe mucked [Ac Th]
Mmm. Its possible it could have been a squeeze by me I guess. A little bit of wishful thinking there.
Table 'Naos III' 6-max
Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Mr_Mimm ($11.45 in chips)
Seat 2: Phillberto01 ($96.50 in chips)
Seat 3: keyser78 ($14.85 in chips)
Seat 4: titzman7 ($23.90 in chips)
Seat 5: pitsn1 ($51.50 in chips)
Seat 6: BaasBaas ($64.65 in chips)
keyser78: posts small blind $0.25
titzman7: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [Ah Jc]
pitsn1: folds
BaasBaas: raises $1.25 to $1.75
Mr_Mimm: folds
Phillberto01: calls $1.75
keyser78: folds
titzman7: folds
*** FLOP *** [8c 8d 8s]
BaasBaas: bets $3
Nothing changed since after the flop. I may be ahead and I have position.
Phillberto01: calls $3
*** TURN *** [8c 8d 8s] [Jh]
BaasBaas: bets $6.25
Phillberto01: calls $6.25
*** RIVER *** [8c 8d 8s Jh] [2h]
BaasBaas: checks
Phillberto01: bets $8
Maybe a little bit too big my river bet here. I'm looking for a call from a medium pair.
BaasBaas: folds
Uncalled bet ($8) returned to Phillberto01
Phillberto01 collected $21.65 from pot
Phillberto01: doesn't show hand
Table 'Naos III' 6-max
Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: knockum0 ($18.20 in chips)
Seat 2: Phillberto01 ($49.50 in chips)
Seat 4: titzman7 ($55.10 in chips)
Seat 5: pitsn1 ($57.70 in chips)
Seat 6: BaasBaas ($50 in chips)
Phillberto01: posts small blind $0.25
titzman7: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [Kh Kd]
pitsn1: folds
BaasBaas: raises $1.25 to $1.75
knockum0: calls $1.75
Phillberto01: raises $6.25 to $8
A squeeze position again but I have the goods again.
titzman7: folds
BaasBaas: folds
knockum0: calls $6.25
*** FLOP *** [4h 2h 8d]
Phillberto01: bets $11
knockum0: calls $10.20 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($0.80) returned to Phillberto01
*** TURN *** [4h 2h 8d] [8s]
*** RIVER *** [4h 2h 8d 8s] [Ks]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Phillberto01: shows [Kh Kd] (a full house, Kings full of Eights)
knockum0: mucks hand
Phillberto01 collected $36.80 from pot
knockum0 leaves the table
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $38.65 Rake $1.85
Board [4h 2h 8d 8s Ks]
Seat 1: knockum0 (button) mucked [Ac Th]
Wow. Another non-believer. He was beating what exactly?
Table 'Naos III' 6-max
Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Thibavol ($48.50 in chips)
Seat 2: Phillberto01 ($60.85 in chips)
Seat 3: luckyES ($31.80 in chips)
Seat 4: titzman7 ($54.35 in chips)
Seat 5: pitsn1 ($59.20 in chips)
Seat 6: BaasBaas ($53.50 in chips)
luckyES: posts small blind $0.25
titzman7: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [7c Kc]
pitsn1: folds
BaasBaas: folds
Thibavol: folds
Phillberto01: raises $1 to $1.50
luckyES: folds
titzman7: raises $1.50 to $3
Whats with these min-raises from out of position. I have a big hand and I'd like to give you advance notion whilst ensuring you have sufficient pot odds to see some cards....
Phillberto01: calls $1.50
*** FLOP *** [Kh 5c Jc]
titzman7: bets $3
Well my King probably isn't good but I'm well ahead of AA here so happy to get it allin here if required.
Phillberto01: raises $6 to $9
titzman7: calls $6
*** TURN *** [Kh 5c Jc] [5d]
titzman7: bets $11
Mmm tricky one. He has a hand he likes. AK, AA or trips I suspect. My 7s are no longer outs and I could now be drawing dead. His underbet makes it a bit too tempting though.
Phillberto01: calls $11
*** RIVER *** [Kh 5c Jc 5d] [4c]
titzman7: bets $14
I get the card I'm after. Now I have to consider the possibility of re-raising. I have a big enough pot to justify making the turn call already. I decide to err on the side of caution as I suspect he will lay down his hands. I maybe prefer a push in retrospect but I'm not sure.
Phillberto01: calls $14
*** SHOW DOWN ***
titzman7: shows [Ad Ah] (two pair, Aces and Fives)
Phillberto01: shows [7c Kc] (a flush, King high)
Phillberto01 collected $71.25 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Table 'Silesia II' 6-max
Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Smackjack777 ($78.25 in chips)
Seat 2: Evilstorm ($53.15 in chips)
Seat 3: Phillberto01 ($58.35 in chips)
Seat 4: crash529 ($85.10 in chips)
Seat 5: mr_filofax ($50.95 in chips)
Seat 6: pitsn1 ($50 in chips)
Phillberto01: posts small blind $0.25
crash529: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [9s 9h]
mr_filofax: folds
pitsn1: folds
Smackjack777: folds
Evilstorm: folds
Phillberto01: raises $1.50 to $2
crash529: calls $1.50
*** FLOP *** [9c 4s 8d]
Quite a flop for a battle of the blinds.
Phillberto01: bets $2.70
crash529: calls $2.70
*** TURN *** [9c 4s 8d] [5s]
Some draw appearing now - hopefully he has an overpair.
Phillberto01: bets $8
crash529: calls $8
*** RIVER *** [9c 4s 8d 5s] [9d]
Well if he has 67 he is getting stacked now. I bet expecting to get paid by an overpair.
Phillberto01: bets $17
crash529: calls $17
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Phillberto01: shows [9s 9h] (four of a kind, Nines)
crash529: mucks hand
Phillberto01 collected $56.50 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $59.40 Rake $2.90
Seat 4: crash529 (big blind) mucked [8h Kh]
I guess he saw it as a bluff. I suppose most hands would have been worried by the 9s so maybe not a terrible read so it could have looked like a bluff.
'Silesia II' 6-max
Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: Jochem78 ($31.30 in chips)
Seat 2: Helga Kummer ($50 in chips)
Seat 3: Phillberto01 ($94.10 in chips)
Seat 4: narbet ($17.15 in chips)
Seat 5: pierrelbc ($32.35 in chips)
Seat 6: pitsn1 ($97 in chips)
Jochem78: posts small blind $0.25
Helga Kummer: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [As Ah]
Phillberto01: raises $1 to $1.50
narbet: folds
pierrelbc: folds
pitsn1: folds
Jochem78: raises $2 to $3.50
What is with the small reraises from out of position?!?
Helga Kummer: folds
Ok lets see if he wants to play for his stack...
Phillberto01: raises $7.50 to $11
narbet leaves the table
Jochem78: calls $7.50
*** FLOP *** [7c Qh 2d]
Jochem78: checks
Phillberto01: bets $11
Jochem78: raises $9.30 to $20.30 and is all-in
Phillberto01: calls $9.30
*** TURN *** [7c Qh 2d] [Qs]
Not the turn I wanted to see...
*** RIVER *** [7c Qh 2d Qs] [2h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Jochem78: shows [Td Ts] (two pair, Queens and Tens)
Phillberto01: shows [As Ah] (two pair, Aces and Queens)
Phillberto01 collected $60.10 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $63.10 Rake $3
Board [7c Qh 2d Qs 2h]
Seat 1: Jochem78 (small blind) showed [Td Ts]
Really is my lucky night.
Table 'Silesia II' 6-max
Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Smackjack777 ($84.05 in chips)
Seat 2: cashin423 ($37.50 in chips)
Seat 3: Phillberto01 ($88.90 in chips)
Seat 4: narbet ($22.55 in chips)
Seat 5: CyberSn4ke ($44.50 in chips)
Seat 6: pitsn1 ($101.75 in chips)
Phillberto01: posts small blind $0.25
narbet: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [5d 5h]
CyberSn4ke: folds
pitsn1: folds
Smackjack777: folds
cashin423: calls $0.50
Open limper. Pah - lets raise it up.
Phillberto01: raises $2 to $2.50
narbet: calls $2
cashin423: calls $2
Oooh two callers. Lets see the flop.
*** FLOP *** [Jc 4h Jd]
Looks like it wants a c-bet here.
Phillberto01: bets $4.50
narbet: calls $4.50
Ok maybe he called with a pair.
cashin423: folds
*** TURN *** [Jc 4h Jd] [Ks]
I don't think he got here with a King although I could have. He may well have a better pair than my 5's though so I don't want to check it down. I think this is a good spot to make a move. He has no idea what my river bet will be. Its gotta be a tough call for him.
Phillberto01: bets $8
narbet: folds
Cool. Happy with that spot.
I'm pretty happy with that session. Got the cards which always helps but stayed out of trouble.
Monday, 8 September 2008
Week 35 September 2-9th
Lamma Exchange +1733 (-114)
Phillberto Weekly +16 Total +940
Deadly Weekly -100 Total +850
Moocher Weekly -5 Total +210
Bigshot Bog Weekly -25 Total -75
Lamma_Jim Weekly nc Total -192
Don - Looks like he will kick off his online career this week.
After a pretty heavy week of poker last week and no bonus at stake I opted for a poker lite week. As I was out on most evening I did manage a series of $5 heads up Sit and Go's. I was interested if my play had improved after adapting my game. I think it has a bit but its still very much a game of feel.
I small win for the week though and good to keep my hand in with a bit of variety. Obviously Deadly's return sees a little bit of rust having to be shaken off which gives me the opportunity to get my nose in front in the online stakes race to glory.
Moocher spends most of his week in Dubai. Don's online poker career seems destined to kick off this week and hopefully can make arrangements for him to kick off his online career.Lisboa Grand Poker Room
After an always superb dinner at Fernando's where I witnesses a couple of diner's wearing Poker Stars tops it was off to the Grand Waldo for a look-around.
After locating the Poker room I thought I'd give myself forty minutes to check out the play and get a feel for the place with a view to returning some other time when more time was available.
Two games were on offer 10/20 and 25/50. I opted for the the 10/20 of course. Minimum buy-in was HK$400 and maximum buy-in $2000. With a couple of jugs of sangria and the potential involvement of some APPT involvees I decided to err on the side of caution and bought in for $1,000 and a new table was set-up.
Initially six people at the table. Three Americans and two Chinese guys.
I start off in middle position and fold my way the first round and a half getting a feel for the table. I note a show-down of two pairs where one player slow-played two-pair on the flop and then bet out on the turn. The Chinese player called the raise and checked it down on the river when an Ace landed which gave him two pairs (he had previously called a turn bet with bottom pair). An under-the-gun raise from one of the Americans is called by his buddy in the big-blind.
Its checked down the whole way. UTG shows TT and big blind shows 44.
My first action is after 3 limpers and I have K9s on the button. I pump it up to $140 and get one call only from the initial limper. Its A93 flop and he leads for $200. I suspect he has a weaker Ace but don't think its a time to come over the top just yet so let it go.
A few round later and there are two limpers in front of me and I pop it up to $120 with pocket sixes. The same middle aged Chinese guy makes it $320 to go. I'm playing with less than $900 now so I don't have anything like the implied odds I need to flop a set and its an easy fold. I'm feeling sober now and starting to regret playing with half a stack as it means I should adjust my play. The table now fills up to eight people again meaning I should adjust to a more full ring strategy - something I'm pretty rusty on (maybe calling with the sixes would have been better.)
On the button again and with two limpers and I make it $120 to go with KJ. The same Chinese opponent makes a call and we are heads-up.
He checks it to me on a QTx rainbow flop.
I bet $180 and he folds after a small pause and I take down my first pot.
Mrs Phillberto comes up to check on my progress and my stack is hovering around $930.
Shortly afterwards there are a five limpers in front of me and I look down at Pocket Cowboys.
I make it $160 to go. Its folded around pretty fast until the cut-off, a youngish Chinese guy new to the table, who makes the call.
Now $430 in the pot and I have $770 remaining. No Ace I think.
Flop comes AJT rainbow and its checked to me.
Ouch. A pretty horrible flop for me.
He didn't have the odds to call for set-value although I can't assume he knows that. He didn't raise so an Ace with a medium kicker could well have hit him. Pocket Tens or Jacks may also be possible or even a speculative call with JTs that he didn't want to fold.
I check behind probably now happy to get to a free showdown and maybe beat pocket 8s.
The turn brings a K - giving a full rainbow flop and he leads for $300.
Pot now at $730 giving me practically a pot sized bet left.
Trips for me but it also means one card to a straight.
$300 to call. If he has a Queen then if I fill-up for a full house I will get his stack so $300 to win just shy of $2,000. 11 outs and 2 for a split. Approx 3-1 with 2.5 pot odds and implied odds definitely making it a call. Its of course very possible I still have him beat.
AK is of course very unlikely. AJ and AT are possible which now have crushed and trip Tens is also virtually drawing dead. Its looking like a way ahead/way behind situation so I elect to just call.
The river brings a 2 so the board is essentially unchanged and he puts me all-in fairly quickly.
$430 behind and a pot of $1890 at stake.
4.4-1 pot odds against an unknown player.
My big pre-flop bet means he should be worried I have trips or the straight unless he has the Queen himself. I reckon there has to be a strong chance he has it.
So the question is what other hands could he be willing to get it all-in with? I'll be astonished if he showed up with Aces there. Tens are possibilities, Jacks slightly less so and Queens even less likely. Most people would raise pre-flop after so many limpers though with all three pairs. AJ or AT are possibilities. I would have liked him to give some more thought to his river bet though.
He really has to put me on a big hand here if he is a thinking player.
I have a big hand none-the-less and big pot odds and I make the call.
So what is the thinking then?
Easy call?
A tough call but given the pot odds it has to be made?
Time for a brave fold?
Call An unknown player could well turn up with A8 here?
A pretty tough spot for me.
So have a guess what happened.
A. I make the call and he shows a Queen
B. I make the call and he shows A2.
C. I make the call and he shows TT.
D. I make the fold and he tells me he had AQ. I cash out with half my buy-in intact.
E. I make the fold and don't ask what he had and then lose it all reraising allin pre with AK.
After locating the Poker room I thought I'd give myself forty minutes to check out the play and get a feel for the place with a view to returning some other time when more time was available.
Two games were on offer 10/20 and 25/50. I opted for the the 10/20 of course. Minimum buy-in was HK$400 and maximum buy-in $2000. With a couple of jugs of sangria and the potential involvement of some APPT involvees I decided to err on the side of caution and bought in for $1,000 and a new table was set-up.
Initially six people at the table. Three Americans and two Chinese guys.
I start off in middle position and fold my way the first round and a half getting a feel for the table. I note a show-down of two pairs where one player slow-played two-pair on the flop and then bet out on the turn. The Chinese player called the raise and checked it down on the river when an Ace landed which gave him two pairs (he had previously called a turn bet with bottom pair). An under-the-gun raise from one of the Americans is called by his buddy in the big-blind.
Its checked down the whole way. UTG shows TT and big blind shows 44.
My first action is after 3 limpers and I have K9s on the button. I pump it up to $140 and get one call only from the initial limper. Its A93 flop and he leads for $200. I suspect he has a weaker Ace but don't think its a time to come over the top just yet so let it go.
A few round later and there are two limpers in front of me and I pop it up to $120 with pocket sixes. The same middle aged Chinese guy makes it $320 to go. I'm playing with less than $900 now so I don't have anything like the implied odds I need to flop a set and its an easy fold. I'm feeling sober now and starting to regret playing with half a stack as it means I should adjust my play. The table now fills up to eight people again meaning I should adjust to a more full ring strategy - something I'm pretty rusty on (maybe calling with the sixes would have been better.)
On the button again and with two limpers and I make it $120 to go with KJ. The same Chinese opponent makes a call and we are heads-up.
He checks it to me on a QTx rainbow flop.
I bet $180 and he folds after a small pause and I take down my first pot.
Mrs Phillberto comes up to check on my progress and my stack is hovering around $930.
Shortly afterwards there are a five limpers in front of me and I look down at Pocket Cowboys.
I make it $160 to go. Its folded around pretty fast until the cut-off, a youngish Chinese guy new to the table, who makes the call.
Now $430 in the pot and I have $770 remaining. No Ace I think.
Flop comes AJT rainbow and its checked to me.
Ouch. A pretty horrible flop for me.
He didn't have the odds to call for set-value although I can't assume he knows that. He didn't raise so an Ace with a medium kicker could well have hit him. Pocket Tens or Jacks may also be possible or even a speculative call with JTs that he didn't want to fold.
I check behind probably now happy to get to a free showdown and maybe beat pocket 8s.
The turn brings a K - giving a full rainbow flop and he leads for $300.
Pot now at $730 giving me practically a pot sized bet left.
Trips for me but it also means one card to a straight.
$300 to call. If he has a Queen then if I fill-up for a full house I will get his stack so $300 to win just shy of $2,000. 11 outs and 2 for a split. Approx 3-1 with 2.5 pot odds and implied odds definitely making it a call. Its of course very possible I still have him beat.
AK is of course very unlikely. AJ and AT are possible which now have crushed and trip Tens is also virtually drawing dead. Its looking like a way ahead/way behind situation so I elect to just call.
The river brings a 2 so the board is essentially unchanged and he puts me all-in fairly quickly.
$430 behind and a pot of $1890 at stake.
4.4-1 pot odds against an unknown player.
My big pre-flop bet means he should be worried I have trips or the straight unless he has the Queen himself. I reckon there has to be a strong chance he has it.
So the question is what other hands could he be willing to get it all-in with? I'll be astonished if he showed up with Aces there. Tens are possibilities, Jacks slightly less so and Queens even less likely. Most people would raise pre-flop after so many limpers though with all three pairs. AJ or AT are possibilities. I would have liked him to give some more thought to his river bet though.
He really has to put me on a big hand here if he is a thinking player.
I have a big hand none-the-less and big pot odds and I make the call.
So what is the thinking then?
Easy call?
A tough call but given the pot odds it has to be made?
Time for a brave fold?
Call An unknown player could well turn up with A8 here?
A pretty tough spot for me.
So have a guess what happened.
A. I make the call and he shows a Queen
B. I make the call and he shows A2.
C. I make the call and he shows TT.
D. I make the fold and he tells me he had AQ. I cash out with half my buy-in intact.
E. I make the fold and don't ask what he had and then lose it all reraising allin pre with AK.
Monday, 1 September 2008
Bye Bye Bonii, Bonii bye bye
Well following on from Neteller's withdrawal the change in Hong Kong transferral to gambling sites means they won't process any transactions. Which means I now have a major problem transferring cash. I've emailed to find out if the restrictions are because my account is based on Hong Kong or because the transaction takes place in Hong Kong.
I'm hoping I can perhaps make a transfer when I go to Macau for the weekend or take a trip to Singapore or the Philippines or whatever.
As things stand I'll have to withdraw my funds from Neteller and make do with $1,300 odds I have on Stars. Bah, humbug.
As for my results this week having two good sessions earlier in the week I continued my form with a $100 win on Friday night. Saturday got off to a great start with me soon a further $70 to the good. Then disaster struck. A number of hands went against me and I lost $140. Sunday was more of the same. I decided to open one 50NL table in order to help me clear the $145 bonus I was tantalisngly close to getting. I played tight and was waiting for my moment. When the cards didn't come I decided to start making some moves expecting to command respect. I raised under the gun with JTs. Not normally a hand to play from there but I expected to take it down without any resistance. Not to be. Every single player called me. Perhaps putting me on AA and hoping for the chance to bust me. Flop comes T9x and giving me top pair. I don't want to risk getting raised so check-call. Its now heads up and the turn brings me an undercard and flush draw. I'm again given reasonable odds on the turn given my draw and I suspect I'm up against trips. The river blanks and I face a shove so I have to let it go. The same aggro player kept pounding on me with medium hands and I lost three pots around the $15-20 mark, to damage my otherwise good session. I eventually play back with some squeeze re-raises with nothing to claw some money back (and win only after a hefty c-bet) but kept facing the same problem of getting too many callers with my big pairs and getting my AQ type hands re-raised pre-flop by the button and having to let them go.
Maybe I should have just left the table as the standard seemed to be a lot better than 25NL.
My win-rate on my Desktop hovers between 4 and 5 PTBB/100 meaning I'm not making much of an inroad into bringing it to a level I'm happy with.
Despite a decent top-line improvement I'm disappointed with my earnings rate this week. Coupled with transferring money online difficulties I'd say a tad disappointing this week but now hanging ominously on the shoulder of Deadlydp as we move into the final quarter on both the live stakes and online.
I'm hoping I can perhaps make a transfer when I go to Macau for the weekend or take a trip to Singapore or the Philippines or whatever.
As things stand I'll have to withdraw my funds from Neteller and make do with $1,300 odds I have on Stars. Bah, humbug.
As for my results this week having two good sessions earlier in the week I continued my form with a $100 win on Friday night. Saturday got off to a great start with me soon a further $70 to the good. Then disaster struck. A number of hands went against me and I lost $140. Sunday was more of the same. I decided to open one 50NL table in order to help me clear the $145 bonus I was tantalisngly close to getting. I played tight and was waiting for my moment. When the cards didn't come I decided to start making some moves expecting to command respect. I raised under the gun with JTs. Not normally a hand to play from there but I expected to take it down without any resistance. Not to be. Every single player called me. Perhaps putting me on AA and hoping for the chance to bust me. Flop comes T9x and giving me top pair. I don't want to risk getting raised so check-call. Its now heads up and the turn brings me an undercard and flush draw. I'm again given reasonable odds on the turn given my draw and I suspect I'm up against trips. The river blanks and I face a shove so I have to let it go. The same aggro player kept pounding on me with medium hands and I lost three pots around the $15-20 mark, to damage my otherwise good session. I eventually play back with some squeeze re-raises with nothing to claw some money back (and win only after a hefty c-bet) but kept facing the same problem of getting too many callers with my big pairs and getting my AQ type hands re-raised pre-flop by the button and having to let them go.
Maybe I should have just left the table as the standard seemed to be a lot better than 25NL.
My win-rate on my Desktop hovers between 4 and 5 PTBB/100 meaning I'm not making much of an inroad into bringing it to a level I'm happy with.
Despite a decent top-line improvement I'm disappointed with my earnings rate this week. Coupled with transferring money online difficulties I'd say a tad disappointing this week but now hanging ominously on the shoulder of Deadlydp as we move into the final quarter on both the live stakes and online.
Week 34 Aug 25-Sep1
Lamma Exchange +1577 (tbc)
Deadly Weekly +0 Total +950
Phillberto Weekly +268 Total +924
Moocher Weekly tbc Total +215
Bigshot Bog Weekly tbc Total -55
Lamma_Jim Weekly -3 Total -192
Don - Off the blocks soon?
Deadly Weekly +0 Total +950
Phillberto Weekly +268 Total +924
Moocher Weekly tbc Total +215
Bigshot Bog Weekly tbc Total -55
Lamma_Jim Weekly -3 Total -192
Don - Off the blocks soon?
Wednesday, 27 August 2008
Cashing Out
Looks like I’ve missed the deadline for transferring cash from Neteller. One poker site is being excessively slow at allowing me to cash out (Pokerroom LA). Once I receive that payment I’ll withdraw, probably as a cheque, all the trapped Neteller funds. I should be slightly over HK$11,000 to the good depending on fees. If combined with money already squirreled away and moneys owed that should take me to HK$25,000 withdrawn. Making me 50% of the way to my 2008 target of cashing out HK$50,000K.
It will leave my online roll pretty slim at US1,191 but it should be enough to deposit to cover any bonus offers and should be plenty to withstand even the most brutal variance at 25NL.
It will leave my online roll pretty slim at US1,191 but it should be enough to deposit to cover any bonus offers and should be plenty to withstand even the most brutal variance at 25NL.
Another winning session
Another two hour session last night. Hampered by my laptop power connection finally giving up on me and having to switch to a desktop that is reaching the autumn years in terms of its useful life.
I switched over from the laptop $40 up but then had to play blind for 20 minutes due to Poker Tracker problems and ended up dropping $13 of my gains before realizing I needed to reboot and just quitting.
On one table there were a frequent limpers so I bumped it up with QQ and made medium bets on a rag flop with QQ to take down a pot from 88.
Ten minutes later and five limpers to me in the Big Blind. I raise to $2 and Under the Gun shoves for $22 more to me. I pause to give the impression I’m considering it but make an easy fold pretty sure he has Aces.
Ten minutes later
Seat 1: hukilai ($17.75 in chips)
Seat 2: DonSuavecito ($35.85 in chips)
Seat 3: mirop1 ($25 in chips)
Seat 4: Phillberto01 ($45.20 in chips)
Seat 5: SUCKOUTTOBY ($26.05 in chips)
Seat 6: Buulldoozerr ($24.75 in chips)
Buulldoozerr: posts small blind $0.10
hukilai: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [9h 9s]
DonSuavecito: calls $0.25
mirop1: folds
Phillberto01: raises $1 to $1.25
SUCKOUTTOBY: raises $1 to $2.25
Buulldoozerr: folds
hukilai: calls $2
DonSuavecito: calls $2
Phillberto01: calls $1
*** FLOP *** [5d 4h 3h]
hukilai: checks
DonSuavecito: checks
I have an overpair but with so many players in the pot and the initial raiser with position on me I think it’s going to be a case of set or forget.
Phillberto01: checks
SUCKOUTTOBY: checks
Oh well I get a free card. I know he may be a slow player though.
*** TURN *** [5d 4h 3h] [9d]
hukilai: checks
DonSuavecito: checks
With draws on the board I don’t want to mess around.
Phillberto01: bets $7
SUCKOUTTOBY: raises $9 to $16
Looks like he was slowplaying a monster. Aces or trips I reckon.
hukilai: folds
DonSuavecito: folds
I opt to get it all-in just in case it’s a draw.
Phillberto01: raises $26.95 to $42.95 and is all-in
SUCKOUTTOBY: calls $7.80 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($19.15) returned to Phillberto01
*** RIVER *** [5d 4h 3h 9d] [Ts]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Phillberto01: shows [9h 9s] (three of a kind, Nines)
SUCKOUTTOBY: mucks hand
Phillberto01 collected $53.90 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $56.70 Rake $2.80
Board [5d 4h 3h 9d Ts]
Seat 4: Phillberto01 showed [9h 9s] and won ($53.90) with three of a kind, Nines
Seat 5: SUCKOUTTOBY (button) mucked [4d 4c]
Thanks for the stack, fella.
One more session and I have enough points to buy Harrington on Cash Games Volume 2. Still not finished Volume 1. I hope it give my game a further boost.
I'm now at 60% winning sessions (laptop stats). Now tracking to be very hot on Deadly’s heels come Monday with a $145 bonus and a decent weekend session if I can fit one in.
My new tactic is to get up before the wife and kids and then make the breakfast when they get up. I get brownie points and FPP star points!
I switched over from the laptop $40 up but then had to play blind for 20 minutes due to Poker Tracker problems and ended up dropping $13 of my gains before realizing I needed to reboot and just quitting.
On one table there were a frequent limpers so I bumped it up with QQ and made medium bets on a rag flop with QQ to take down a pot from 88.
Ten minutes later and five limpers to me in the Big Blind. I raise to $2 and Under the Gun shoves for $22 more to me. I pause to give the impression I’m considering it but make an easy fold pretty sure he has Aces.
Ten minutes later
Seat 1: hukilai ($17.75 in chips)
Seat 2: DonSuavecito ($35.85 in chips)
Seat 3: mirop1 ($25 in chips)
Seat 4: Phillberto01 ($45.20 in chips)
Seat 5: SUCKOUTTOBY ($26.05 in chips)
Seat 6: Buulldoozerr ($24.75 in chips)
Buulldoozerr: posts small blind $0.10
hukilai: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Phillberto01 [9h 9s]
DonSuavecito: calls $0.25
mirop1: folds
Phillberto01: raises $1 to $1.25
SUCKOUTTOBY: raises $1 to $2.25
Buulldoozerr: folds
hukilai: calls $2
DonSuavecito: calls $2
Phillberto01: calls $1
*** FLOP *** [5d 4h 3h]
hukilai: checks
DonSuavecito: checks
I have an overpair but with so many players in the pot and the initial raiser with position on me I think it’s going to be a case of set or forget.
Phillberto01: checks
SUCKOUTTOBY: checks
Oh well I get a free card. I know he may be a slow player though.
*** TURN *** [5d 4h 3h] [9d]
hukilai: checks
DonSuavecito: checks
With draws on the board I don’t want to mess around.
Phillberto01: bets $7
SUCKOUTTOBY: raises $9 to $16
Looks like he was slowplaying a monster. Aces or trips I reckon.
hukilai: folds
DonSuavecito: folds
I opt to get it all-in just in case it’s a draw.
Phillberto01: raises $26.95 to $42.95 and is all-in
SUCKOUTTOBY: calls $7.80 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($19.15) returned to Phillberto01
*** RIVER *** [5d 4h 3h 9d] [Ts]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Phillberto01: shows [9h 9s] (three of a kind, Nines)
SUCKOUTTOBY: mucks hand
Phillberto01 collected $53.90 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $56.70 Rake $2.80
Board [5d 4h 3h 9d Ts]
Seat 4: Phillberto01 showed [9h 9s] and won ($53.90) with three of a kind, Nines
Seat 5: SUCKOUTTOBY (button) mucked [4d 4c]
Thanks for the stack, fella.
One more session and I have enough points to buy Harrington on Cash Games Volume 2. Still not finished Volume 1. I hope it give my game a further boost.
I'm now at 60% winning sessions (laptop stats). Now tracking to be very hot on Deadly’s heels come Monday with a $145 bonus and a decent weekend session if I can fit one in.
My new tactic is to get up before the wife and kids and then make the breakfast when they get up. I get brownie points and FPP star points!
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