The LMS (last man standing) game yesterday was a turbo, as per my suggestion. Unfortunately I joined a freeroll at 8:00 and decided to VPIP every hand, so I was distracted and missed the announcement to register for it. So I missed it.
The 90 player games fill in about twelve minutes. This 180 player game filled in 6 minutes. Cripes! I guess the turbos are popular.
I felt like playing so I pulled up two $10 DoN's.
On hand #1 I was dealt A/Js on the button and called a min-raise with a caller. 4 of us in the pot.
The flop was J/9/3. It was checked to me, I bet, and one guy called.
The turn was a 5. He checked, I checked.
The river was a 7. He bet, I called.
He had Q/Q.
I'm down $600, so I go from $1,500 to $900 on hand #1.
On the other table the same sort of thing happens. This time I have J/J and he has 6/9. The flop was 6/9/9.
There was a missed staight and missed flush draw on the river, so I was more apt to call. :( So I was down to $500'ish on that table.
A bit later at that second table I was down to $400 in late position, so I shoved with A/6s and the SB had A/A, to knock me out.
On the first table, I got low and shoved on the button with A/3s. The BB called with A/5o. It looked like we were going to split, until a 4 hit the river. Weee! $1,400 pot put me back in it.
The very next hand I had J/J. I shove, and the same guy calls with T/2 suited. He flops a T but I end up making a straight (not that I needed it) to knock him out.
The guy four seats to my right was up to 3,600 chips at one point, but he was in way too many pots. I saw him tangle with the chip leader several times when he didn't need to. Really, with 3,600 that late in the game he could have folded to the money.
He ended up being the bubble boy, and it was a much deserved loss.
So 2x $10.40 in buy-ins = $40.80
One win at $40 = $40
Loss of $.80
Could be worse.
I've abandoned my attempt to achieve SilverStar status this year. The Full Tilt thing distracted me, and I'm more entertained by tournament right now.
Playing rings without a drive is dangerous.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Saturday, April 18, 2009
MTT
I played a $2.20 MTT with friends at CardsChat. 12 of us put $1 into a pool, which the last player standing takes.
3 of us cashed, but I won the last player standing pool finishing 37th out of 2,745 entrants.
The sick part? I paid $2.20 to play, played for nearly five and a half hours, did better than 2,708 players, and was paid $9.89. That's $7.69 for, or about $.72 per hour.
That doesn't count the $12 I got from the pool ($11 profit).
The other two people who cashed were paid $3.84. Of course, they spent $2.20 for entry and $1 for the last man standing pool and four and 4:30 or whatever playing.
Anyway, I thought I'd post some interesting hands, though they're only going to be interesting to me.
Yay to yuck to doh to whew:
The guy was obviously a tard making a bet like that. Two pair is *nothing* on that board.
Late in the game, near the bubble, I get a dream hand. I totally expected a call, but...
After that he wrote "I am so stupid" in the chat.
The very next hand:
After that he quoted himself.
I told him that we were just about on the bubble and that he might cash. Despite this subtle warning he shoved two hands later with junk and lost. The first paying spot was something like 396th and after a long pause (as PokerStars calculated who finished where) he finished 396th. Lucky!
Woot:
My downfall wasn't too painful. My raises kept getting shoved on so I'd have to fold which whittled me down. Then I got all in with 9/9 vs someone's A/K and lost. Oh well, that's the game.
3 of us cashed, but I won the last player standing pool finishing 37th out of 2,745 entrants.
The sick part? I paid $2.20 to play, played for nearly five and a half hours, did better than 2,708 players, and was paid $9.89. That's $7.69 for, or about $.72 per hour.
That doesn't count the $12 I got from the pool ($11 profit).
The other two people who cashed were paid $3.84. Of course, they spent $2.20 for entry and $1 for the last man standing pool and four and 4:30 or whatever playing.
Anyway, I thought I'd post some interesting hands, though they're only going to be interesting to me.
Yay to yuck to doh to whew:
The guy was obviously a tard making a bet like that. Two pair is *nothing* on that board.
Late in the game, near the bubble, I get a dream hand. I totally expected a call, but...
After that he wrote "I am so stupid" in the chat.
The very next hand:
After that he quoted himself.
I told him that we were just about on the bubble and that he might cash. Despite this subtle warning he shoved two hands later with junk and lost. The first paying spot was something like 396th and after a long pause (as PokerStars calculated who finished where) he finished 396th. Lucky!
Woot:
My downfall wasn't too painful. My raises kept getting shoved on so I'd have to fold which whittled me down. Then I got all in with 9/9 vs someone's A/K and lost. Oh well, that's the game.
Friday, April 17, 2009
Bleh
I haven't written in awhile. Let's see...
On Saturday I played my friend's family's tournament and came in 2nd. It was smaller than average so it only paid $80.
I got head's up with my friend's dad. Early on I turned two pair (he was all-in) and that turn gave his unpaired cards a gut-shot, which he rivered. Doh!
We had maybe 7 all-ins, tying once, and the short stack winning all but the last one.
He won the last one. :( I think I had A/7 and he had A/T or something.
When I went home it was past midnight so I played a couple ring games to get my final point to unlock the additional $20.
It was brutal.
On one table I had a marginal profit. On the other, these two guys kept three-betting me. Every time I bet they three-bet me, and it tilted me.
I lost $100 and rebought for $100.
I had 8/8 and raised, got three-bet, and called. The flop had all unders. He bet, I called.
The turn was junk, he bet, I called.
The river was a three. That put 2/3/4/6/7 on the board I think. He bet, and I shoved.
He called.
He had 3/3, for a rivered set.
Doh!
-$200 for the night.
So despite the bonuses, I think I'd down $35 because I tried to unlock the bonus. Really, had I not had the tilt-fest, giving away $200, it'd have been +EV. Oh well.
Oh... I played a live game last night.
It was frustrating. Early on (hand #1) there were two limpers and I had A/4s in the BB.
The flop was A/Q/x. I raised, one lady called, and the other folded.
The turn was an X. I raised, she called.
The river was a Q. I checked, she raised, I folded.
I lost $180 of my $1,000 stack that hand.
I figured that she was either calling me down with Q/x because she didn't believe that I had an Ace, or she had an Ace, in which case I was most likely out-kicked.
I limped in a few hands with draws (8/8 with three limpers, A/x suited on the button, etc.) but didn't win a single hand.
Close to the break I was down to 460 chips with 40/80 blinds. The two players on my left were talking to each other about how they were both short (~500-600 chips and needed to double up soon).
UTG+1 I looked down to see Q/Q. I bet more than half my stack, $300. Now, online that'd look way suspicious at this live game I don't give people credit for paying attention and I wanted to be able to shove any flop and get called with anything.
The guy two seats to my left shoved his ~$600 in, and everybody else folded.
He turned over vowels. :(
My friend was doing well in chips, but not too long after the break he had A/K and raised. Someone called. The flop was K/T/T and he shoved. The guy called with his Q/T.
Game over, and we both went home early.
I didn't play online last night. I probably will hit an online tournant tonight.
I'd wanted to make Silverstar this month but it's not going to happen. I'm just not playing much.
On Saturday I played my friend's family's tournament and came in 2nd. It was smaller than average so it only paid $80.
I got head's up with my friend's dad. Early on I turned two pair (he was all-in) and that turn gave his unpaired cards a gut-shot, which he rivered. Doh!
We had maybe 7 all-ins, tying once, and the short stack winning all but the last one.
He won the last one. :( I think I had A/7 and he had A/T or something.
When I went home it was past midnight so I played a couple ring games to get my final point to unlock the additional $20.
It was brutal.
On one table I had a marginal profit. On the other, these two guys kept three-betting me. Every time I bet they three-bet me, and it tilted me.
I lost $100 and rebought for $100.
I had 8/8 and raised, got three-bet, and called. The flop had all unders. He bet, I called.
The turn was junk, he bet, I called.
The river was a three. That put 2/3/4/6/7 on the board I think. He bet, and I shoved.
He called.
He had 3/3, for a rivered set.
Doh!
-$200 for the night.
So despite the bonuses, I think I'd down $35 because I tried to unlock the bonus. Really, had I not had the tilt-fest, giving away $200, it'd have been +EV. Oh well.
Oh... I played a live game last night.
It was frustrating. Early on (hand #1) there were two limpers and I had A/4s in the BB.
The flop was A/Q/x. I raised, one lady called, and the other folded.
The turn was an X. I raised, she called.
The river was a Q. I checked, she raised, I folded.
I lost $180 of my $1,000 stack that hand.
I figured that she was either calling me down with Q/x because she didn't believe that I had an Ace, or she had an Ace, in which case I was most likely out-kicked.
I limped in a few hands with draws (8/8 with three limpers, A/x suited on the button, etc.) but didn't win a single hand.
Close to the break I was down to 460 chips with 40/80 blinds. The two players on my left were talking to each other about how they were both short (~500-600 chips and needed to double up soon).
UTG+1 I looked down to see Q/Q. I bet more than half my stack, $300. Now, online that'd look way suspicious at this live game I don't give people credit for paying attention and I wanted to be able to shove any flop and get called with anything.
The guy two seats to my left shoved his ~$600 in, and everybody else folded.
He turned over vowels. :(
My friend was doing well in chips, but not too long after the break he had A/K and raised. Someone called. The flop was K/T/T and he shoved. The guy called with his Q/T.
Game over, and we both went home early.
I didn't play online last night. I probably will hit an online tournant tonight.
I'd wanted to make Silverstar this month but it's not going to happen. I'm just not playing much.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Ouch
I sat at a table, and this was my first hand:
What a nice start to the evening. Too bad my my good fortune didn't continue.
Quite a bit later, at the same table, I figured the guy had something like T/T:
Bummer.
The very next hand...
Why couldn't he have A/K? :(
Standard aggro:
I can has chips? Nom nom nom! I figured he had < Q/Q and I was right.
Let the tilt begin:
Argh!
And here... total tilt. I pretty much give him my money like a tilting donkey.
Bah. I should have check/called this river:
He makes the straight and the flush. :( I didn't even notice the flush draw until the river.
Well, I get a little lucky, and this guy totally... totally misplays his hand post-flop.
One of the last hands of the night.
So basically, down $127 for the night. Brutal.
Oh... on FullTilt I got me $5 bonus and am winning there. I think I made about $12 two tabling for a little bit.
What a nice start to the evening. Too bad my my good fortune didn't continue.
Quite a bit later, at the same table, I figured the guy had something like T/T:
Bummer.
The very next hand...
Why couldn't he have A/K? :(
Standard aggro:
I can has chips? Nom nom nom! I figured he had < Q/Q and I was right.
Let the tilt begin:
Argh!
And here... total tilt. I pretty much give him my money like a tilting donkey.
Bah. I should have check/called this river:
He makes the straight and the flush. :( I didn't even notice the flush draw until the river.
Well, I get a little lucky, and this guy totally... totally misplays his hand post-flop.
One of the last hands of the night.
So basically, down $127 for the night. Brutal.
Oh... on FullTilt I got me $5 bonus and am winning there. I think I made about $12 two tabling for a little bit.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
FT
I didn't hit PS, but I spent some time on FT to get that bonus. I didn't do all that well.
Anyway... I finished down $20. :(
But today I unlocked the $5 and I'm half way to unlocking an additional $20 and I think I'm in the green overall for rings on Tilt.
Oh... I also had a whim to play a Matrix (4 table) tournament. I was out on a table in hand #1 when my J/J (on the button) got all in pre flop VS A/Ko in the BB. The flop was A/A/x.
I forget how I was out at the other two tables, but they were early as well. I made good plays, but had bad results.
I flat out won the last table. So, $.90 return on a $1.25 investment, for a $.35 loss. Oh well.
Anyway... I finished down $20. :(
But today I unlocked the $5 and I'm half way to unlocking an additional $20 and I think I'm in the green overall for rings on Tilt.
Oh... I also had a whim to play a Matrix (4 table) tournament. I was out on a table in hand #1 when my J/J (on the button) got all in pre flop VS A/Ko in the BB. The flop was A/A/x.
I forget how I was out at the other two tables, but they were early as well. I made good plays, but had bad results.
I flat out won the last table. So, $.90 return on a $1.25 investment, for a $.35 loss. Oh well.
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Good day
It was a very good day.
I didn't play much poker, just some hands on Full Tilt to unlock their "Take 2" bonus. I'll probably play every day to unlock the $20. Though, I'm playing way under-rolled.
Yesterday I did a full stack bluff check-shove and was called by someone who had paired his 6 (K/6), so I lost $50. I'm a tard.
I did OK on Full Tilt today, making $9+ profit. On one of the last hands of the night I cut my profit in half though:
Do I even need to explain what kind of player he was?
I should have made it more pre-flop, but my HUD is messy for FT and I'm new to it so I didn't realize that many people were in the pot.
Anyway, poker had nothing to do with it being a good day. I did some house work, I watched my daughter play soccer on a beautiful sunny day, I played soccer with her when we got home from the soccer game, we played in the house, we made dinner together, I tucked her in at night.
Really, I only played poker to do the daily bonus requirement.
Poker is less and less a factor in my life, which is a good thing. But when I do play, I'm happy with how I've been playing.
I didn't play much poker, just some hands on Full Tilt to unlock their "Take 2" bonus. I'll probably play every day to unlock the $20. Though, I'm playing way under-rolled.
Yesterday I did a full stack bluff check-shove and was called by someone who had paired his 6 (K/6), so I lost $50. I'm a tard.
I did OK on Full Tilt today, making $9+ profit. On one of the last hands of the night I cut my profit in half though:
Do I even need to explain what kind of player he was?
I should have made it more pre-flop, but my HUD is messy for FT and I'm new to it so I didn't realize that many people were in the pot.
Anyway, poker had nothing to do with it being a good day. I did some house work, I watched my daughter play soccer on a beautiful sunny day, I played soccer with her when we got home from the soccer game, we played in the house, we made dinner together, I tucked her in at night.
Really, I only played poker to do the daily bonus requirement.
Poker is less and less a factor in my life, which is a good thing. But when I do play, I'm happy with how I've been playing.
Saturday, April 4, 2009
Ups and downs
I started off doing pretty well. Then I lost a bit.
On one table I kept losing in "had to call" situations, and it was frustrating. Here's an example:
I ended up losing $26 at that frustrating table, and was down maybe $30'ish overall when this hand happened:
Whew.
So the nightly total is 450 hands played, $36 profit, for 8.88bb/100. I paid $18.70 in rake.
So I'm running 3.2bb/100 for the month, with $44 in profits in 4 days. Could be better. Could be worse.
On one table I kept losing in "had to call" situations, and it was frustrating. Here's an example:
I ended up losing $26 at that frustrating table, and was down maybe $30'ish overall when this hand happened:
Whew.
So the nightly total is 450 hands played, $36 profit, for 8.88bb/100. I paid $18.70 in rake.
So I'm running 3.2bb/100 for the month, with $44 in profits in 4 days. Could be better. Could be worse.
Friday, April 3, 2009
Good, bad, and ugly
I started an early session and was doing well on 3/4 tables, and only down a couple bucks on the odd table. I was bossing people around, people weren't calling my bluffs, isolation plays worked, etc. I felt like I controlled the tables pretty well.
Here I raised with my little pair and called for set value, hoping he had J/J plus and made an overpair on the flop.
Then towards the end of the night:
Anyway, despite losing these, I finished the session down less than $28. I'm still up (barely) since my return to rings a couple days ago, but only by $7+.
I'm done with rings for the day. I'll probably hit the last-man-standing event, which is the $4k guaranteed tonight at 8:15.
Here I raised with my little pair and called for set value, hoping he had J/J plus and made an overpair on the flop.
Then towards the end of the night:
Anyway, despite losing these, I finished the session down less than $28. I'm still up (barely) since my return to rings a couple days ago, but only by $7+.
I'm done with rings for the day. I'll probably hit the last-man-standing event, which is the $4k guaranteed tonight at 8:15.
Thursday, April 2, 2009
What goes up...
Had a great short session yesterday.
Had an equally great short session today.
Had a catastrophic session tonight. My J/J overpair vs a short ($20) stacker's A/A overpair, K/K in the BB getting a walk, and other frustrating stuff. I'm not really carrying any of it with me. I don't like it, but that stuff happens.
The hand of the night, against a pretty wild player who I let bet for me:
Today's stats:
The bottom four games are my first session.
And to spare you the math, I lost close to $44 today. Bummer.
Had an equally great short session today.
Had a catastrophic session tonight. My J/J overpair vs a short ($20) stacker's A/A overpair, K/K in the BB getting a walk, and other frustrating stuff. I'm not really carrying any of it with me. I don't like it, but that stuff happens.
The hand of the night, against a pretty wild player who I let bet for me:
Today's stats:
The bottom four games are my first session.
And to spare you the math, I lost close to $44 today. Bummer.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
I wanted to start playing rings but I also wanted to play the last-man-standing game. Ends up I didn't get online in time to play the LMS game, so I played some rings for 20 minutes until Lost came on:
It was a good session.
I stacked a half-stacker twice. Once time I check-raised him with A/K on a dry flop (he made it $6, I made it $18) and he shoved on me for an his last $4. I called hoping he had overs (8/8+) and he had 3/3. I rivered the Ace to win.
Then I opened with A/Ts and he and another guy called. On the turn the half-stacker (buys in for $25) and I got it all in when I turned trip Tens. He had Q/T for smaller trips with an overcard kicker. Not that it mattered, but an Ace hit the river that time as well, to give me a full house.
Anyway, I ran way hot so I'm happy.
It was a good session.
I stacked a half-stacker twice. Once time I check-raised him with A/K on a dry flop (he made it $6, I made it $18) and he shoved on me for an his last $4. I called hoping he had overs (8/8+) and he had 3/3. I rivered the Ace to win.
Then I opened with A/Ts and he and another guy called. On the turn the half-stacker (buys in for $25) and I got it all in when I turned trip Tens. He had Q/T for smaller trips with an overcard kicker. Not that it mattered, but an Ace hit the river that time as well, to give me a full house.
Anyway, I ran way hot so I'm happy.
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