Thursday, 5 July 2007

Para Bailar La Bamba

I'm sure I read somewhere that means 'Dance the goat'. Altavista Babelfish tells me that in order to dance you need a little grace. See this is more than just a poker-blog. It serves to enlighten and educate.

I join La Bamba poker site on the B2B network and put decide to do 90 minutes two tabling at 10/20euro tables.

I lose on one and win on the other table but my combined profit is a healthy 26 euros. Running at 20BB/100 that gives me a promising start. I was a little worried about taking on daytime Europeans again and coming up against more people looking to generate income from playing.
Weekends are always fun though. Drunken scandiwegians aplenty.

I'll stick up a few hand histories over the next day or so. I did make a big call down with A6 on what I was sure was a big river bluff and again with a lowly pair of sixes. Felted a short stack with Quads which seemed a bit like overkill as I suspect my 22's might have been good without any help.

Its Live Poker tonight at drop with me, the moll, Moocher and Bigshot confirmed and one slot available. Deadly?

I also have another 43 table hours to get through in the next 28 days so need to stack up a reasonable number of sessions. Two tabling should half the time online though.

Any action for anyone last night then?

Tuesday, 3 July 2007

No No! No No No No! No No it is limit.

Sneaked in a sng yesterday while a dodgy Tagalog soap opera played. Somehow managed to sign up for a limit game. With poker office keeping track of stats and some soap opera action catching my attention I fold and fold. I check in the big blind and its checked around. I decide to bet half pot and take it down. I'm surprised that the blinds are so high and there are 10 players left but some more soap opera action distracts. After 25 minutes of play and still 8 people left I'm in danger of getting blinded out and I decide to raise a marginal hand when its folded to me on the button. I can't work out where the box to type bets in has gone and end up clicking min-raise button and its folded to me.
Finally it dawns on me for the past thirty minutes I've been playing Limit! I end up chip I end up chip leader and start to apply pressure on the medium stacks when we are on the bubble. I end up with half of the tables chips in front of me at one stage. I end up going too far and pressuring second stack without a hand and this time it seems like he is willing to go to showdown and I have to fold giving up a pile of chips. I wait for the bubble to burst. Next hand I raise with AQ. Check raise when a queen hits. Check raise again on the turn to get it allin. He has 72 giving him a pair of 2's but hits another 2 on the river to knock me out.

Still pretty dull compared to NL but good for a change.

Outperforming the Dow Jones - the Lamma Poker Index

Well as always stock options go up and stock options go down. In the lamma poker index this weeks hottest peforming (DDP) stock breaks the 2K barrier and continues to romp on. (Phb) hits a new high. Despite optimistic reports of potential major gains Moocher stocks slides continue and are now in a seven week dip. Bigshot stocks haven't seeing much trading volume but industry experts predict signs that a period of volatility may be approaching with the oncoming wireless introduction and drast reduction in household personnel.

1) Deadly $2117 (+247) (+169)(+104) (+118)(-59)(+447) (-36) (+35) (+101) (-110) (+257) (+134) (+6) (+117)

2) Phillberto $1452 (+150)(-12) (+87) (+243) (+41) (+12) (+231)(+76)(+90) (+50) (+106) (+23) (+133) (+306)

3) Moocher666 $360 (-41) (-6) (-38) (-35) (-38) (-27) (-105) (no change)(+78) (+4) *

4) Bigshotbog $224 (no change)(nc) (nc)(-6) (nc)(-40) (nc)(nc) (nc) (-150)(nc) (+10) (-264)*Moocher owes Phillberto$475

Monday, 2 July 2007

HK$10,000 Macau Tournament

Deadly emails a forum poster and gets sent details of a tournament in the planning. With a HK$50,000 as the main event the HK$10,000 tourney seems to have caught the imagination of us all. To be held in the Astoria hotel in November it could be a taste of real tournament action for comparitively big stakes action. I plan to earn the money online before then. Bigshot as the name suggest could probably find that amount of money in his biscuit tin. With Moocher about to befriend a wealthy arab sheikh he can maybe even persuade him to bankroll him for the event. Deadly could make that in one night playing heads-up. So it looks like Team Lamma might have four entrants. Sham will sort out the T-shirts.

Live from the Deli

The action starts early. Bigshot raises and gets called by deadly in the Bigblind.
Flop comes 10 8 6 and the money starts to go in. when a 7 arrives the 9 would fill a straight. Big shot makes a raise on the river and gets called. Bigshot shows down 66 and had hit trips on the flop. Deadly opts to call with the 9 in the hole and scared of the J9. My holding on this first hand J9o and I was soo close to playing it!
I raise in late position with 89o and get called by deadly. When A8x flop comes he bets out. I consider reraising to find out if he has it but decide to play cautious thinking I'll have easier spots.
I watch unplayable cards for an age and then pick up 99. I raise and end up heads up against the Malaysian Master Sham. A small bet by Sham and I reraise. He calls. The turn leaves it again just one card off a straight. Sham bets $50. Sham could be playing anything. Scared of an overpair, made straight, two pair I let it slide and he shows a compete bluff. Ouch. Nicely done but a tad risky.
Pete arrives to take up another seat and soon after Moocher finds himself in the action when he lands a dream flop with his A10s catching a mono diamond flop. Bigshot takes the betting lead and Moocher checks behind. With a non diamond turn Bigshot bets and is faced by a Moocher allin. He calls and they both flip over. Bigshot has QJ to give him two pairs leaving him four outs.

Moocher takes a sickening beat as a jack hits on the river - he calls it a night convinced the poker gods have it in for him. Two late arrivals join - Dave and Jan with his female fanclub. Dave isn't afraid of seeing some action and puts in some ballsy bluff raises. Enough are picked off though to see him having to buy-in four times in quick succession.

Bigshot starts to pile up the chips and Deadly makes some gains. Some of the money is taken off the table as Pete leaves with some cash in his pocket and Deadly leaves later $250 to the good.

Lots of showdowns now with middle pair vs bottom pair or Ace high versus bottom pair not out of the ordinary. I continue to fold some bad cards. Not seeing any pairs, Anything higher than A6o. Even two face cards or suited connectors. Not a thing.

The game starts to get a bit ragged and slows down. Breaches of etiquette occur as the turn and river are peeked at with action still playing and comments made on what had been folded mid hand.

Ol' Dave makes a bit of a comeback and Sham's pile seems to be growing slightly. I manage to limp into a couple of pots and take them down with middle pair against Dave. Mark has a city of chips and I've battled by way up to a small hamlet of $300. We decide to call it a night after one more round. The final hand sees three way action with Jan, bigshot and myself seeing the flop. Jan bizarrelly goes allin then in a moment of panic at his decision pulls it all back in. Noone calls him on it but when he bets $40 and then changes it to $60 he seems to have taken string betting to a new level.

With his panic reaction to his impetuous allin I can't see him having two pair or better. I think he has an ace and a medium kicker. I call as I still have bigshot behind and I think I have to fold if he comes over the top. He folds and when Jan leads with a small bet on the turn I decide that he probably has a smaller kicker than me. I push and he calls. He flips over A4 and with the board reading
A35 he has a gutshot and two pair possibility leaving him seven outs. The 2 lands filling his straight and I've missed my chance to finish a winner. 6 hours of play and my best three hands pre-flop were 99, KQ, A8s. I hit top pair twice and middle pair twice. For the second time in a row I'm using the same official match excuse once again. Bad cards!
Approximate +/- as follows
Big winner again: Bigshot +800
Deadly +250
Sham +200
Pete +150
Jan -150
Moocher -200
Phillberto -250
Dave -750

Sunday, 1 July 2007

I got my fix on Poker 66

Well Poker 66 it was short and sweet but its time to hit the road - route erm what number again.....
A mere 20 euro bonus at 5x raked hands per $. Completed on saturday and sunday morning while waiting for the rest of the house to arise. The biggest of the hands posted already.
Complete stats:
20NL (677 hands) 12.69BB/100
10NL (197) 14.87BB/100
Total (874 hands 13.18BB/100
+40.23euros +$20euro bonus
US$84 for just over 4 hours of two tabling.

My Hands in Your Hands

Plenty of action for you to pick your way through. Nine hands in total. Not in any order so stack sizes won't help. All played at 66 Poker on the B2B network.
1)
Texas Hold'em No Limit EUR 0.10/0.20
Players(max 6):
diman (EUR 11.52 in seat 1)
israel rozn (EUR 38.75 in seat 2)
lasturnik (EUR 8.80 in seat 3)
franktank3 (EUR 10.00 in seat 4)
Philberto1 (EUR 28.20 in seat 5)
itsgood (EUR 5.50 in seat 6)
Dealer: diman
Small Blind: israel rozn (0.10)
Big Blind: lasturnik (0.20)
philberto1 was dealt: 8h - 8s
Philberto1 Raise (1.00)
itsgood Call (1.00)
diman Fold
israel rozn Call (0.90)
asturnik Fold
Flop 7s - 6c - 3c
israel rozn Check
Philberto1 Bet (2.10)
itsgood Raise (4.25)
israel rozn Call (4.25)
Philberto1 ???

2)
Texas Hold'em No Limit EUR 0.10/0.20
Players(max 6):
diman (EUR 4.96 in seat 1)
israel rozn (EUR 21.44 in seat 2)
wildnikky (EUR 50.83 in seat 4)
Philberto1 (EUR 20.30 in seat 5)
Dealer: Philberto1
Small Blind: diman (0.10)
Big Blind: israel rozn (0.20)
philberto1 was dealt: Td - Jc
wildnikky Fold
Philberto1 Raise (0.80)
diman Foldisrael rozn Call (0.60)
Flop 8h - 9c - Ts
israel rozn Bet (1.00)
Philberto1 Raise (2.40)
israel rozn Call (1.40)
Turn 8h - 9c - Ts - Js
israel rozn Check
Philberto1 Bet (3.75)
israel rozn Call (3.75)
River 8h - 9c - Ts - Js - Qs
israel rozn Check
Philberto1 ?????


3)
Texas Hold'em No Limit EUR 0.10/0.20 - Table "Ostersund"
Players(max 6):
diman (EUR 12.96 in seat 1)
israel rozn (EUR 42.56 in seat 2)
lasturnik (EUR 8.80 in seat 3)
franktank3 (EUR 10.00 in seat 4)
Philberto1 (EUR 19.70 in seat 5)
itsgood (EUR 9.60 in seat 6)
Dealer: Philberto1
Small Blind: itsgood (0.10)
Big Blind: diman (0.20)
philberto1 was dealt: Kh - Th
israel rozn Call (0.20)
lasturnik Fold
Philberto1 Raise (1.00)
itsgood Call (0.90)
diman Fold
israel rozn Call (0.80)
Flop Js - Qd - 4s
itsgood Check
israel rozn Check
Philberto1 Bet (2.50)
itsgood Call (2.50)
israel rozn Call (2.50)
Turn Js - Qd - 4s - 9s
itsgood Check
israel rozn Check
Philberto1 Check
River Js - Qd - 4s - 9s - 6c
itsgood Check
israel rozn Bet (2.00)
Phillberto ????

4)
Texas Hold'em No Limit EUR 0.10/0.20 - Table "Ostersund"
Players(max 6):
diman (EUR 9.76 in seat 1)
israel rozn (EUR 35.55 in seat 2)
lasturnik (EUR 2.20 in seat 3)
Philberto1 (EUR 20.95 in seat 5)
itsgood (EUR 19.96 in seat 6)
Dealer: Philberto1
Small Blind: itsgood (0.10)
Big Blind: diman (0.20)
philberto1 was dealt: Ks - Ts
israel rozn Call (0.20)
lasturnik Call (0.20)
Philberto1 Raise (1.20)
itsgood Call (1.10)
diman Fold
israel rozn Fold
lasturnik Call (1.00)
Flop Kd - Th - Tc
itsgood Bet (0.80)
lasturnik Fold
Philberto1 Call (0.80)
Turn Kd - Th - Tc - 8h
itsgood Bet (0.85)
Philberto1 Raise (2.40)
itsgood Call (1.55)
River Kd - Th - Tc - 8h - Qh
itsgood Check
Philberto1 ????

5)
Texas Hold'em No Limit EUR 0.10/0.20 - Table "Ostersund"
Players(max 6):
diman (EUR 9.06 in seat 1)
israel rozn (EUR 35.34 in seat 2)
lasturnik (EUR 6.15 in seat 3)
nuno2 (EUR 6.60 in seat 4)
Philberto1 (EUR 30.60 in seat 5)
itsgood (EUR 13.20 in seat 6)
Dealer: Philberto1
Small Blind: itsgood (0.10)
Big Blind: diman (0.20)
philberto1 was dealt: Ts - Jh
israel rozn Call (0.20)
lasturnik Foldnuno2 Call (0.20)
Philberto1 Raise (0.60)
itsgood Fold
diman Fold
israel rozn Call (0.40)
nuno2 Call (0.40)
Flop Js - Jd - Ah
israel rozn Check
nuno2 Check
Philberto1 Bet (1.60)
israel rozn Call (1.60)
nuno2 Fold
Turn Js - Jd - Ah - 2c
israel rozn Check
Philberto1 Bet (2.40)
israel rozn Raise (4.80)
Philberto1 Call (2.40)
River Js - Jd - Ah - 2c - 8c
israel rozn Bet (5.00)
Philberto1 ????

6)
Texas Hold'em No Limit EUR 0.10/0.20 - Table "Stockvik"
Players(max 6):
cobra14 (EUR 11.94 in seat 1)
gorsam (EUR 13.36 in seat 2)
shimoni11 (EUR 6.95 in seat 3)
Philberto1 (EUR 32.19 in seat 4)
Phenomi (EUR 17.96 in seat 5)
caster- (EUR 17.27 in seat 6)
Dealer: PhenomiSmall Blind: caster- (0.10)
Big Blind: cobra14 (0.20)
philberto1 was dealt: Ah - Kh
gorsam Fold
shimoni11 Call (0.20)
Philberto1 Raise (1.00)
Phenomi Fold
caster- Fold
cobra14 Call (0.80)
shimoni11 Raise (1.60)
Philberto1 ???

7)
Texas Hold'em No Limit EUR 0.10/0.20 - Table "Stockvik"
Players(max 6):
gorsam (EUR 17.02 in seat 2)
shimoni11 (EUR 1.80 in seat 3)
Philberto1 (EUR 20.79 in seat 4)
Phenomi (EUR 21.57 in seat 5)
daniele76 (EUR 9.73 in seat 6)
Dealer: shimoni11
Small Blind: Philberto1 (0.10)
Big Blind: Phenomi (0.20)
philberto1 was dealt: Jc - 4c
daniele76 Call (0.20)
gorsam Fold
shimoni11 Call (0.20)
Philberto1 Call (0.10)
Phenomi Check
Flop Kc - 9c - 2c
Philberto1 Bet (0.65)
Phenomi Fold
daniele76 Raise (1.30)
shimoni11 Fold
Philberto1 Raise (2.50)
daniele76 Call (1.85)
Turn Kc - 9c - 2c - Ks
Philberto1 ???

8)
Texas Hold'em No Limit EUR 0.10/0.20 - Table "Ugglarp"
Players(max 6):
lottedk (EUR 27.87 in seat 2)
niki5 (EUR 15.54 in seat 3)
jona8 (EUR 18.19 in seat 4)
shai111 (EUR 23.18 in seat 5)
Philberto1 (EUR 33.42 in seat 6)
Dealer: Philberto1
Small Blind: lottedk (0.10)Big Blind: niki5 (0.20)
philberto1 was dealt: Qd - Td
jona8 Raise (0.40)
shai111 Fold
Philberto1 Call (0.40)
lottedk Call (0.30)
niki5 Call (0.20)
Flop Ah - Jd - 8c
lottedk Check
niki5 Check
jona8 Check
Philberto1 Check
Turn Ah - Jd - 8c - Ad
lottedk Check
niki5 Check
jona8 Bet (0.20)
Philberto1 Raise (0.50)
lottedk Call (0.50)
niki5 Fold
jona8 Raise (0.60)
Philberto1 Call (0.30)
lottedk Call (0.30)
River Ah - Jd - 8c - Ad - Kc
lottedk Bet (1.60)
jona8 Raise (6.75)
Philberto1 ???

9)
Texas Hold'em No Limit EUR 0.10/0.20 - Table "Ugglarp"
Players(max 6):
joker_78 (EUR 21.83 in seat 1)
lottedk (EUR 19.30 in seat 2)
niki5 (EUR 17.81 in seat 3)
sofoulaki (EUR 11.80 in seat 4)
shai111 (EUR 19.76 in seat 5)
Philberto1 (EUR 21.03 in seat 6)
Dealer: joker_78
Small Blind: lottedk (0.10)
Big Blind: niki5 (0.20)
philberto1 was dealt: 5d - 5s
sofoulaki Fold
shai111 Fold
Philberto1 Raise (0.80)
joker_78 Raise (2.40)
lottedk Fold
niki5 Fold
Philberto1 Call (1.60)
Flop 4d - Qc - 5c
Philberto1 Bet (4.00)
joker_78 Raise (8.00)
Philberto1 ???