Feh.
Played a $20 and was out really freaking early when I raised UTG with A/Qs and was called by 4/5s. He min bet the 4/5/9 flop and I called. Q on the turn and he shoved. I called. Oh well.
Lost a couple S&G's as well.
Played a cash game and I was down around $54 for the night. This dude on my right loved chasing people off pots when this happened:
Boo-ya!
Saturday, May 30, 2009
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Zzzzz...
Not much going on. I have not been playing the Last Player Standing games on CardsChat, because I haven't felt like committing the time to the game.
I've hit a few ring games for short sessions and always seem to come out a winner.
In my last ring, I was down maybe $20 when I had 9/9 on a Q/T/9 flop. I got all-in against another full stack, and he showed Q/T.
I've been playing the $2, 1 table S&G's on Full Tilt. I keep getting 3rd place (which pays $3-something), but last night I managed to change my luck and land 2nd.
Only one hand sticks out in my mind.
4 left, so we're on the bubble.
I have $1,200 and the blinds are $75/$150.
The lady on my right was tight, and I had shoved on the button the previous three rotations when she folded, which hurt the BB who was now down to $2,000. I had legit hands each time (Ace/rag'ish).
I get K/Qs on the button and shove.
The SB folds, and the BB calls... with 4/5 suited!
Wha? Did he assume that I had 2/3 or 3/4?
Anyway, my hand somehow held and he was left with $800 and went out a few rounds later.
I've hit a few ring games for short sessions and always seem to come out a winner.
In my last ring, I was down maybe $20 when I had 9/9 on a Q/T/9 flop. I got all-in against another full stack, and he showed Q/T.
I've been playing the $2, 1 table S&G's on Full Tilt. I keep getting 3rd place (which pays $3-something), but last night I managed to change my luck and land 2nd.
Only one hand sticks out in my mind.
4 left, so we're on the bubble.
I have $1,200 and the blinds are $75/$150.
The lady on my right was tight, and I had shoved on the button the previous three rotations when she folded, which hurt the BB who was now down to $2,000. I had legit hands each time (Ace/rag'ish).
I get K/Qs on the button and shove.
The SB folds, and the BB calls... with 4/5 suited!
Wha? Did he assume that I had 2/3 or 3/4?
Anyway, my hand somehow held and he was left with $800 and went out a few rounds later.
Monday, May 18, 2009
Update
EDIT: Looks like PokerHandReplays is screwing up and showing the same hand (not mine) for every hand. Hopefully this will be corrected on their end, as all the posted hands have different PHR #'s, yet a completely different PHR hand is displayed.
Not much has been going on.
I've played a few hit & run ring games, leaving after about 20 hands each time and with a pretty big profit. Last night I played a total of 17 hands at $50NL 6-max and left $27 in the green. I had about three other sessions, making about $10 in each.
The sample size is tiny though, so the incredibly high bb/100 is just luck, but it still feels good.
I have not been doing well in the 90 player S&G's I've been playing. Last time I lost a couple coin flips to the same person to get KO'd (my underpair vs his AK AIPF, then I rebuild stack to get APIF with him again with my AK vs his underpair).
Blah blah blah...
I played one $2 +$.25 9 player S&G on FT, because I had a few beers and didn't want to risk "real" money. Besides, I think the S&G's are softer on FT.
I ran hot.
Check out these three hands I had in a row:
Followed immediately by:
Followed immediately by:
Yeah, K/K three hands in a row! And two of them make sets!
You know, I *thought* he had an overpair here. But I figured I was just paranoid.
Guess my gut < my luck.
Do you hear that loud sucking sound?
Zoink!
A coin flip was the last meaningful hand of the game:
After that he was all-in every hand, and my SB insta-called me. He had a pretty good run, but I finally won 5 hands later! :) It would have been hilarious if he could have made a comeback. But man, those first 4 hands I was laughing because he couldn't be killed.
Edit: If you see the same hand for all, then PHR hasn't fixed their stuff yet. I had K/K three hands in a row (sets twice). Then I had A/T on a T high flop, and stacked vs J/J, only to make trip Tens.
Then I get AIPF with Q/T vs A/A and make the straight.
Finally I get AIPF with A/7 vs his 6/6 and hit my Ace.
Not much has been going on.
I've played a few hit & run ring games, leaving after about 20 hands each time and with a pretty big profit. Last night I played a total of 17 hands at $50NL 6-max and left $27 in the green. I had about three other sessions, making about $10 in each.
The sample size is tiny though, so the incredibly high bb/100 is just luck, but it still feels good.
I have not been doing well in the 90 player S&G's I've been playing. Last time I lost a couple coin flips to the same person to get KO'd (my underpair vs his AK AIPF, then I rebuild stack to get APIF with him again with my AK vs his underpair).
Blah blah blah...
I played one $2 +$.25 9 player S&G on FT, because I had a few beers and didn't want to risk "real" money. Besides, I think the S&G's are softer on FT.
I ran hot.
Check out these three hands I had in a row:
Followed immediately by:
Followed immediately by:
Yeah, K/K three hands in a row! And two of them make sets!
You know, I *thought* he had an overpair here. But I figured I was just paranoid.
Guess my gut < my luck.
Do you hear that loud sucking sound?
Zoink!
A coin flip was the last meaningful hand of the game:
After that he was all-in every hand, and my SB insta-called me. He had a pretty good run, but I finally won 5 hands later! :) It would have been hilarious if he could have made a comeback. But man, those first 4 hands I was laughing because he couldn't be killed.
Edit: If you see the same hand for all, then PHR hasn't fixed their stuff yet. I had K/K three hands in a row (sets twice). Then I had A/T on a T high flop, and stacked vs J/J, only to make trip Tens.
Then I get AIPF with Q/T vs A/A and make the straight.
Finally I get AIPF with A/7 vs his 6/6 and hit my Ace.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Post #199
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.
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.
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.
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