Tuesday, 8 May 2007
One for the road.
With Moocher and Deadly both set to head west they both find time for a farewell session. Deadly fares well (as he mentioned yesterday) felting his new found fishy friend twice on Cardoza for a US$35 gain. Moocher who had been flying high of late hits a bit of turbulence and loses two straight.
Monday, 7 May 2007
sbrugby - my new poker coach.
Watch the first of a Brian Townsend instructional video last night. He proceeds to double up two short stacks and then loe an all-in for a buy-in. He was ahead in all three when at least most of the money went in and loses them all. Not a flicker of 'tuff fish' emotion at all. Just takes a note on the player and carries on. A short stack calls first in on the button and he immediately takes a note....'Bad player' and carries on. Quite amusing.
Pretty interesting watching him and listening to the thought processes of a top player and watching him get a handle on how to take advantage of opponents weaknesses very quickly.
Pretty interesting watching him and listening to the thought processes of a top player and watching him get a handle on how to take advantage of opponents weaknesses very quickly.
Roll Up! Roll Up! Roll Up!
Monday morning roll-call:
1) Deadly US$1091 (+101) (-110) (+257) (+134) (+6) (+117)
2) Phillberto US$614 (+90) (+50) (+106) (+23) (+133) (+306) *
3) Moocher666 US$645 (+78) (+4) *
4) Bigshotbog US$270 (no change) (no change) (-150)(no change) (+10) (-264)
*Moocher owes US$455 to phillberto.
Deadly
Friday night sees deadly try out his hyper aggressive strategy raising big with anything from AA to 7-2. Alas opponents fail to be intimidated and he faces raises aplenty. He calls a halt to the experiment US$100 down. Recover US$70 playing heads-up as normal service resumes then follows it up with another win at a party heads-up SnG. Over-all he returns to his normal winning ways and almost recovers the previous weeks losses.
A trip to UK beckons so likely to be little poker played for the next couple of weeks (but you never know!).
Bon Voyages deadly!
Phillberto
Despite playing very little this week my win rate has been pretty good taking down some pretty solid wins in some very short multi-tabling sesssions. SnG's have proved fairly mediocre in terms of win rate so my emphasis is likely to switch back to mostly cash games once again.
Moocher666
Saturday morning sees three straight SNG wins. Decides his short-term poker future lies in SnG's and why not. Win rate seems to be showing some consistancy and he finishes the week the biggest winner of all. Sets US$1,000 as the target for his step-up to US$10 SNG.
Bigshotbog
Spending the week in Singapore with the nanny state watching his every move Bigshot suffers a mastication ban (chewing gum at least) with no limit being similarly well off limit.
1) Deadly US$1091 (+101) (-110) (+257) (+134) (+6) (+117)
2) Phillberto US$614 (+90) (+50) (+106) (+23) (+133) (+306) *
3) Moocher666 US$645 (+78) (+4) *
4) Bigshotbog US$270 (no change) (no change) (-150)(no change) (+10) (-264)
*Moocher owes US$455 to phillberto.
Deadly
Friday night sees deadly try out his hyper aggressive strategy raising big with anything from AA to 7-2. Alas opponents fail to be intimidated and he faces raises aplenty. He calls a halt to the experiment US$100 down. Recover US$70 playing heads-up as normal service resumes then follows it up with another win at a party heads-up SnG. Over-all he returns to his normal winning ways and almost recovers the previous weeks losses.
A trip to UK beckons so likely to be little poker played for the next couple of weeks (but you never know!).
Bon Voyages deadly!
Phillberto
Despite playing very little this week my win rate has been pretty good taking down some pretty solid wins in some very short multi-tabling sesssions. SnG's have proved fairly mediocre in terms of win rate so my emphasis is likely to switch back to mostly cash games once again.
Moocher666
Saturday morning sees three straight SNG wins. Decides his short-term poker future lies in SnG's and why not. Win rate seems to be showing some consistancy and he finishes the week the biggest winner of all. Sets US$1,000 as the target for his step-up to US$10 SNG.
Bigshotbog
Spending the week in Singapore with the nanny state watching his every move Bigshot suffers a mastication ban (chewing gum at least) with no limit being similarly well off limit.
Friday, 4 May 2007
Flying the Flag
With both Moocher and deadly taking a night off and bigshot still awol I'm left playing solitaire (well holdem then). With two hours in between finishing work and football training I spark up four tables and with no stats programmes running in the background to help. Only have one hand history to post as I can't pull them from my Poker Tracker database. Biggest hand of the night....
Seat 1: BOAzrael ( $16.86)
Seat 2: zuendkerze82 ( $2.15)
Seat 3: nietzojoh ( $6.36)
Seat 4: End30eer ( $9.35)
Seat 5: Phillberto ( $20.29)
Seat 6: Addel555 ( $1.85)
Seat 7: Bol_shoi ( $1.65)
Seat 8: MasterJiiLee ( $10)
Seat 9: ASbest222 ( $1.85)
Seat 10: ImHereFish ( $12.77)
ImHereFish posts small blind (0.05)
BOAzrael posts big blind (0.10)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Phillberto [ 6c, 6d ]
zuendkerze82 folds.
nietzojoh raises (0.30) to 0.30
Not too expensive. I'll try and hit trips.
Phillberto calls (0.30)
Addel555 folds.
Bol_shoi folds.
MasterJiiLee raises (0.95) to 0.95
Oh Oh. Looks like somone has a big hand. I check his stack size US$10. Big enough pot odds then to try and catch a 6 and hopefully felt him if i do. Lets see what nietzoh does first as I'll have to fold to another reraise.
ASbest222 folds.
ImHereFish folds.
BOAzrael folds.
nietzojoh calls (0.65)
Looks even better for me if I hit. I'm in.
Phillberto calls (0.65)
** Dealing Flop ** : [ Ac, 6s, Qd ]
nietzojoh checks.
Mmm. Start thinking hand ranges. Master JiiLee first. His 3 bet was strong in face of raise and my cold call. I think I'm looking at JJ+ and AK, maybe a lesser chance of 10 10 and AQs. I decide here that I'm ahead of his range although two of his likely pairs have me in big trouble.
Ok probably rule out AA, KK for nietzojoh with no re-re-raise (though not 100%). So QQ-88 maybe , AK, a loose call on AQ even. Again ahead of the range. Decide to check raise and try and get an extra bet.
Phillberto checks.
MasterJiiLee bets (2)
nietzojoh raises (5.40) to 5.40
Ah. slow playing then. Now I put his hand range on QQ, AK, AQ, and just maybe AA. Still ahead of that range. Nietzojohh has made my bet for me and I don't want to scare away any Ax hands so I just call but its all going in anyway.
Phillberto calls (5.40)
MasterJiiLee calls (3.40)
Well , well. Unlikely he has anything worse than AK now or AA, QQ. hopefully the former.
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 2d ]
nietzojoh bets (0.01)
nietzojoh is all-In.
Phillberto bets (4)
Ok lets get it all-in.
MasterJiiLee calls (3.65)
MasterJiiLee is all-In.
** Dealing River ** : [ 8h ]
Creating Main Pot with $18.27 with nietzojoh
Creating Side Pot 1 with $7.24 with MasterJiiLee
** Summary **Main Pot: $18.27 Side Pot 1: $7.24 Rake: $1Board: [ Ac 6s Qd 2d 8h ]
Any comments on play or thought process? Have to go to the felt here, yes? Want to guess what was shown down?
Seat 1: BOAzrael ( $16.86)
Seat 2: zuendkerze82 ( $2.15)
Seat 3: nietzojoh ( $6.36)
Seat 4: End30eer ( $9.35)
Seat 5: Phillberto ( $20.29)
Seat 6: Addel555 ( $1.85)
Seat 7: Bol_shoi ( $1.65)
Seat 8: MasterJiiLee ( $10)
Seat 9: ASbest222 ( $1.85)
Seat 10: ImHereFish ( $12.77)
ImHereFish posts small blind (0.05)
BOAzrael posts big blind (0.10)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Phillberto [ 6c, 6d ]
zuendkerze82 folds.
nietzojoh raises (0.30) to 0.30
Not too expensive. I'll try and hit trips.
Phillberto calls (0.30)
Addel555 folds.
Bol_shoi folds.
MasterJiiLee raises (0.95) to 0.95
Oh Oh. Looks like somone has a big hand. I check his stack size US$10. Big enough pot odds then to try and catch a 6 and hopefully felt him if i do. Lets see what nietzoh does first as I'll have to fold to another reraise.
ASbest222 folds.
ImHereFish folds.
BOAzrael folds.
nietzojoh calls (0.65)
Looks even better for me if I hit. I'm in.
Phillberto calls (0.65)
** Dealing Flop ** : [ Ac, 6s, Qd ]
nietzojoh checks.
Mmm. Start thinking hand ranges. Master JiiLee first. His 3 bet was strong in face of raise and my cold call. I think I'm looking at JJ+ and AK, maybe a lesser chance of 10 10 and AQs. I decide here that I'm ahead of his range although two of his likely pairs have me in big trouble.
Ok probably rule out AA, KK for nietzojoh with no re-re-raise (though not 100%). So QQ-88 maybe , AK, a loose call on AQ even. Again ahead of the range. Decide to check raise and try and get an extra bet.
Phillberto checks.
MasterJiiLee bets (2)
nietzojoh raises (5.40) to 5.40
Ah. slow playing then. Now I put his hand range on QQ, AK, AQ, and just maybe AA. Still ahead of that range. Nietzojohh has made my bet for me and I don't want to scare away any Ax hands so I just call but its all going in anyway.
Phillberto calls (5.40)
MasterJiiLee calls (3.40)
Well , well. Unlikely he has anything worse than AK now or AA, QQ. hopefully the former.
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 2d ]
nietzojoh bets (0.01)
nietzojoh is all-In.
Phillberto bets (4)
Ok lets get it all-in.
MasterJiiLee calls (3.65)
MasterJiiLee is all-In.
** Dealing River ** : [ 8h ]
Creating Main Pot with $18.27 with nietzojoh
Creating Side Pot 1 with $7.24 with MasterJiiLee
** Summary **Main Pot: $18.27 Side Pot 1: $7.24 Rake: $1Board: [ Ac 6s Qd 2d 8h ]
Any comments on play or thought process? Have to go to the felt here, yes? Want to guess what was shown down?
Thursday, 3 May 2007
All quiet(ish) on the Eastern Front
Last week's breaking news from Russia was their decision to classify poker as a sport. Witnesses to Deadly's corporate football performance have since requested that football be downgraded to a parlour sport. Seems the man's finishing may not be quite as 'deadly' on astroturf as on the felt.
Moocher also had his corporate head on with homework to do and a dubai trip looming. He did manage to squeak in one US$6 - 9 man SnG and ends up raising the metaphorical winner's trophy along with his bankroll. With a US$25 Party bonus on top his bankroll looks like it is heading in the right direction and his good run continues.
With Bigshotbog off to Singapore we assume his run-rate remains low to non-existant.
I sneak away for one US$6 SnG and one accompanying 10NL table. Fold through the early stages and am just about to kick into life when my computer freezes. It regains some vital signs in time to see my stack at 770 with still four left at around 4.5K each. Start getting aggressive and steal blinds to get up to 1,400 but eventually get called. I'm pleased ti avoid domination as my A7s meets 55 but it comes off second best. I spark up two more cash games and it takes me another 30 mins to win US$8 and make amends for the loss.
Moocher also had his corporate head on with homework to do and a dubai trip looming. He did manage to squeak in one US$6 - 9 man SnG and ends up raising the metaphorical winner's trophy along with his bankroll. With a US$25 Party bonus on top his bankroll looks like it is heading in the right direction and his good run continues.
With Bigshotbog off to Singapore we assume his run-rate remains low to non-existant.
I sneak away for one US$6 SnG and one accompanying 10NL table. Fold through the early stages and am just about to kick into life when my computer freezes. It regains some vital signs in time to see my stack at 770 with still four left at around 4.5K each. Start getting aggressive and steal blinds to get up to 1,400 but eventually get called. I'm pleased ti avoid domination as my A7s meets 55 but it comes off second best. I spark up two more cash games and it takes me another 30 mins to win US$8 and make amends for the loss.
Wednesday, 2 May 2007
Up on the Roof
Two pairs of shades on display but more likely linked to the sunny holiday sun than hiding the windows to the soul. We get some live action at last. Subjective summary follows. Feel free to add your own.
American Chris
Only a short stay with other plans for the day. Buys-in for HK$200. Leaves with nothing but a couple of cold beers in him.
-HK$200
Jack the lad.
Clutching a summary sheet of hand strengths. Flush beats straight etc Jack looked like he might be in for a poker lesson or two. Dropped a buy-in after having his Q flush losing to Deadly's over king flush. Not an easy one to get away from. Sat out for a bit before re-buying. In the end he mostly got his money in with decent hands despite a few showdowns with Sham where both seemed willing to call down with close to nothing. Ends up almost recovering his original stake and makes a slightly losing debut.
-HK$34
Moocher
His confidence from the morning's internet play seemed to have him in a buoyant mood. Catches some nice hands at times even managing to hit quads two hands in a row. Milks his four sixes nicely but not getting the reraise he was hoping for. With an ace and a queen on the board and three sixes it looked likely someone had a full house. Finishes with a big hand against the host. Two aces on the board and two queens on the board. Big overbet on the the river from moocher accompanied by a speech about it being the last hand of the night. The host's hand reading skills don't appear to be on the clairvoyant side of the scale and he calls with the weaker full house.
+HK$326
The host with the most
Our host doesn't like to fold. Also seemed to be the one most in need of Jack's hand strength charts as he takes two pairs on a flushing and straightening board to the wire in a big pot. Takes a nice pot from phillberto though as he pushes all in with a straight on the river inducing a crying call with two pair and pot odds that proved just too tempting. It takes the final hand against moocher though to change a winning session into a slightly losing one.
-HK$60.
Deadly
Gets involved in only a handful of big pots and shows down the winning hand on the majority of occasions. Starts off taking down a medium pot early with a better 2 pair against phillberto. Overflush against Jack the lad adds to his stack and betting a made but vulnerable flush against the host who chases hoping his killer ace will hit. It doesn't and Doug cashes out early to the good.
+HK$258
Phillberto
Disclaimer - excuses, excuses excuses to follow! Think I can be fairly comfortable in claiming to be cold decked. In terms of starting hands I have pocket queens early which hit trips on the flop but dont get any action. Next premium hand I get is JJ with ten minutes to go which isnt too happy to see a board which includes A, A , K and Q. The host calls a first and second bullet and then bets minimum on the river. Any higher and I would have folded but I called HK$4 to be shown pocket fours. Didn't see the big slick once. AQ just once which I had to lay down when moocher connects with a third eight and his overbet lets me get away. AJ I see once, when under the gun, making it a marginal raising hand which connects and lets me take a small pot.
In terms of connecting with the board I offer the following as evidence of being cold-decked. This is for 5 hours play...
Straight flush/quads - as if . Total 0
Full house - Get one but it faces moochers quads. Total : 1 (behind).
Flush - No made flushes all day. Get only two flush draws which I bet. Neither hit and both get called.
Straights - Zero.
Two pairs - Twice. Lose once to deadly's better two pair and once to the host who hits his two pair on the river. Total 2 (both behind).
HK$-290
American Chris
Only a short stay with other plans for the day. Buys-in for HK$200. Leaves with nothing but a couple of cold beers in him.
-HK$200
Jack the lad.
Clutching a summary sheet of hand strengths. Flush beats straight etc Jack looked like he might be in for a poker lesson or two. Dropped a buy-in after having his Q flush losing to Deadly's over king flush. Not an easy one to get away from. Sat out for a bit before re-buying. In the end he mostly got his money in with decent hands despite a few showdowns with Sham where both seemed willing to call down with close to nothing. Ends up almost recovering his original stake and makes a slightly losing debut.
-HK$34
Moocher
His confidence from the morning's internet play seemed to have him in a buoyant mood. Catches some nice hands at times even managing to hit quads two hands in a row. Milks his four sixes nicely but not getting the reraise he was hoping for. With an ace and a queen on the board and three sixes it looked likely someone had a full house. Finishes with a big hand against the host. Two aces on the board and two queens on the board. Big overbet on the the river from moocher accompanied by a speech about it being the last hand of the night. The host's hand reading skills don't appear to be on the clairvoyant side of the scale and he calls with the weaker full house.
+HK$326
The host with the most
Our host doesn't like to fold. Also seemed to be the one most in need of Jack's hand strength charts as he takes two pairs on a flushing and straightening board to the wire in a big pot. Takes a nice pot from phillberto though as he pushes all in with a straight on the river inducing a crying call with two pair and pot odds that proved just too tempting. It takes the final hand against moocher though to change a winning session into a slightly losing one.
-HK$60.
Deadly
Gets involved in only a handful of big pots and shows down the winning hand on the majority of occasions. Starts off taking down a medium pot early with a better 2 pair against phillberto. Overflush against Jack the lad adds to his stack and betting a made but vulnerable flush against the host who chases hoping his killer ace will hit. It doesn't and Doug cashes out early to the good.
+HK$258
Phillberto
Disclaimer - excuses, excuses excuses to follow! Think I can be fairly comfortable in claiming to be cold decked. In terms of starting hands I have pocket queens early which hit trips on the flop but dont get any action. Next premium hand I get is JJ with ten minutes to go which isnt too happy to see a board which includes A, A , K and Q. The host calls a first and second bullet and then bets minimum on the river. Any higher and I would have folded but I called HK$4 to be shown pocket fours. Didn't see the big slick once. AQ just once which I had to lay down when moocher connects with a third eight and his overbet lets me get away. AJ I see once, when under the gun, making it a marginal raising hand which connects and lets me take a small pot.
In terms of connecting with the board I offer the following as evidence of being cold-decked. This is for 5 hours play...
Straight flush/quads - as if . Total 0
Full house - Get one but it faces moochers quads. Total : 1 (behind).
Flush - No made flushes all day. Get only two flush draws which I bet. Neither hit and both get called.
Straights - Zero.
Two pairs - Twice. Lose once to deadly's better two pair and once to the host who hits his two pair on the river. Total 2 (both behind).
HK$-290
May Day
Holidays mean no work. Holidays mean poker. With a live game scheduled for May day most still managed to fit in some online play before hand.
Deadly
Recovered US$40 playing cap no limit ensuring the bankroll recovers its missing digit. Wakes up this morning with a poker itch that needs scratching and decides that limit stud is the game of choice for the day. Beginners luck sees him add another US$5 to his roll.
Moocher
With US$500 now tucked in poker. US$55 remaining in Full Tilt and the remnants of his last buy in hiding out in i4 Rick has quite a poker portfolio. Investments in tournaments across all three sites paid dividends. He also began his cash game career winning a buy in or two which covered his simulataneous early tournament bust out. As an action junkie the cash games played a bit slow for his liking. Party bonus is initially showing as only US$25. Remains to be seen whether this refer a friend bonus is in addition to the 20% first deposit bonus we expected.
Both would be nice.
Phillberto
Only one warm-up SnG for me. Another place but only third helping ITM stats but not doing much for the bankroll. Losing an annoying US$6 in an accompanying cash game having to lay down pocket kings on a scary board to a turn overbet from an aggro donk. Net effect -US$2.
Bigshotbog
Skips the live game. No reports of any online action and a planned trip to Singapore we may be looking at another quiet week from the man who only recently invested in a sizeable poker library.
On to the live game.............
Deadly
Recovered US$40 playing cap no limit ensuring the bankroll recovers its missing digit. Wakes up this morning with a poker itch that needs scratching and decides that limit stud is the game of choice for the day. Beginners luck sees him add another US$5 to his roll.
Moocher
With US$500 now tucked in poker. US$55 remaining in Full Tilt and the remnants of his last buy in hiding out in i4 Rick has quite a poker portfolio. Investments in tournaments across all three sites paid dividends. He also began his cash game career winning a buy in or two which covered his simulataneous early tournament bust out. As an action junkie the cash games played a bit slow for his liking. Party bonus is initially showing as only US$25. Remains to be seen whether this refer a friend bonus is in addition to the 20% first deposit bonus we expected.
Both would be nice.
Phillberto
Only one warm-up SnG for me. Another place but only third helping ITM stats but not doing much for the bankroll. Losing an annoying US$6 in an accompanying cash game having to lay down pocket kings on a scary board to a turn overbet from an aggro donk. Net effect -US$2.
Bigshotbog
Skips the live game. No reports of any online action and a planned trip to Singapore we may be looking at another quiet week from the man who only recently invested in a sizeable poker library.
On to the live game.............
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