Someone learns a lesson:

brooklyncyc: posts small blind $0.01
SvgePenguin: posts big blind $0.02
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SvgePenguin [As 2d]
Vittgenstein: folds
Sneakers: folds
Yoda: folds
Phishphunk1: calls $0.02
Mercedes CH: calls $0.02
cbruponone: folds
brooklyncyc: folds
SvgePenguin: checks
*** FLOP *** [8d Qs 8s]
SvgePenguin: checks
Phishphunk1: checks
Mercedes CH: checks
*** TURN *** [8d Qs 8s] [7s]
SvgePenguin: checks
Phishphunk1: checks
R@y1980 joins the table at seat #4
Mercedes CH: checks
*** RIVER *** [8d Q s 8s 7s] [Ks]
SvgePenguin: bets $0.05
Phishphunk1: raises $0.17 to $0.22
Mercedes CH: folds
SvgePenguin: raises $0.33 to $0.55
Phishphunk1: calls $0.33
*** SHOW DOWN ***
SvgePenguin: shows [As 2d] (a flush, Ace high)
Phishphunk1: shows [5s Js] (a flush, King high)
SvgePenguin collected $1.12 from pot

Then the guy started bitching at me about me being a "river rat."

Ha ha ha ha! His complaints were the icing on the cake! ...that he gave me.

Hand of hands

Most of the table left so I was heads up with this guy.

How's this for a hand?
Ha ha!

I wasn't able to milk him for anything post flop though, so the joke was on me I guess.

Here's another:

Aug 10, 2007

Sometimes aggression pays:


This was in a freeroll. I was at a table where everybody except myself and one other player were sitting out.

Dumbest call ever?

Aug. 9, 2007

Here's a hand that scared me, then left me with confusion:
Dealt to SvgePenguin [As 8c]
treework: folds
Da_Bear1: folds
bruiser73: folds
321704686: folds
SvgePenguin: raises 400 to 500
Farin321: folds
freespirit96: folds
Dr Bling1: folds
VITAMIN QUE: calls 400
*** FLOP *** [Ac 5h Kh]
VITAMIN QUE: checks
SvgePenguin: bets 500
VITAMIN QUE: calls 500
*** TURN *** [Ac 5h Kh] [Kc]
VITAMIN QUE: checks
SvgePenguin: bets 1000
VITAMIN QUE: raises 1900 to 2900
SvgePenguin: raises 13980 to 16880 and is all-in
VITAMIN QUE: calls 10280 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [Ac 5h Kh Kc] [Ts]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
VITAMIN QUE: shows [Td Qh] (two pair, Kings and Tens)
SvgePenguin: shows [As 8c] (two pair, Aces and Kings)
SvgePenguin collected 28410 from pot
Dr Bling1 said, "??"
SvgePenguin said, "What's with that call???"

July 26, 2007

I was a railbird for a Joe Hachem heads up match.
Hit2hit shoved all-in on the turn.

Poor guy.

Here I am after finally getting a hand after a long cold streak in a freeroll tournament.

I was all-in pre-flop. Whah! Whah! Whah!
Oh well.

Since I'm bratting anyway, how about this hand? (It's another Pokerstars freeroll) How could I not call an all-in on the river? Before the river hit I was chanting "Ace or club! Ace or club!"

July 23, 2007

Back in July I watched Negreanu's first games on Pokerstars. Previously he played on FullContactPoker, but during the WSoP he switched to Pokerstars, which is my preferred site.

I felt bad for Negreanu at first. Every game he went to would be *full* of onlookers, many of whom would try to chat it up with Negreanu. I think Daniel tried too hard to be nice to the chatters. I'm sure it affected his game.

I copied the following chat because I thought it was interesting. I cut off the comment at the end, so I had to go back and type it in. I don't remember who said it, but it made me laugh.

Poker

Long time no post. I've been pokering more than ever. I'll post some of old emails in a bit.

Last night I got brutalized. I lost around 300 BB's, much of it due to making a *stupid* play with K/K. If I'd have shoved all-in pre-flop I'd be fine with losing it. But the flop was A/Q/Q and someone shoved all-in. Yeah, I had better than 3/1 odds to call, but I should have folded. I just couldn't get off the hand.

I played two tables at once and I'm not sure if it hurt me. It was my biggest loss in months.

Eventually I made 50bb's back at one table, then quit the second after a small come back there (the table had gone cold).

Then I hit a new table and managed to make 150 BB's there. So I didn't totally tank, and I'm up overall since yesterday morning.

Two hands I had fun with.

#1 A guy with a The Matrix avatar had $1.01 left and shoved all-in. Someone called.
I wrote, "Someone with a Matric avatar bet 101? How can he possibly lose?"
He won... of course. I mean, that's like calling "H4X0rZ's" 1337 bet in a tournament. You just don't do it.
(BTW, he had K/J so I made note of his aggression)

#2 With more than $2 to his name, I checked as BB with A/2.
The flop was A/A/Q, and I checked.
He shoved all-in.
I called.
The other cards were rags. The Matix guy had 6/7, a stone cold bluff.
The table had a good laugh at that.