Tinkering with UB again

Played the new 7-2 game on UltimateBet. It was a $.05/$.10 game, with $.15 from each person put into a side pool that they can win if they win a hand with 7/2.

It was wild!




The villain was 86/57.


Same villain, and the other guy was 77/32.

I suck out.

These players..... ugh!



I left because the biggest donk left, but finished ahead:

UB

Played the CC game on UB.
Won the CC game on UB.
No euber suckouts. The only time I remember sucking out was when my A/4 beat A/9.

Oh... one time I had 2/2 and someone had J/K on a A/J/J flop and slow player it, which allowed me to hit my third 2 for the full house. *Then* he stacked. :) But he totally let me get there.

Total prize pool : $215.00
9 places paid
1st $64.50
2nd $43.00
3rd $25.80
4th $21.50
5th $17.20
6th $13.97
7th $11.82
8th $9.67
9th $7.52

Split?

Hand #4. 1rishgir15 was 100/0/0 over three hands and 1ittleT0m was 0/0/0 (the other guy was 67/0/0). I've been getting in similar situations a lot lately, where I get all-in and have the best hand in a huge pot (though not necessarily dominant) and fail to get the win.
Runner/runners have been hurting me.

Woot! I expected a flush draw and maybe A/9. Maybe a straight draw. But not those terrible hands.

Anyway, I was chip leader for most of the tournament.
With three of us left (Yea! I cashed!)) the shorty was a luck-box. I made top pair on the flop anc checked, he shoved, I called, and he had second pair but made runner/runner straight! The very next hand the shorty made a runner/runner straight to suck out against the other big stack as well, only that time "shorty" had a lot more chips and doubling up made him chip leader.

Shorty was an idiot and I got his chips.
HU I couldn't catch a card. After the 4th loss in a row we were almost even in chips and I offered a deal.

Full Tilt has the option to make deals now! I really like their software update. This was each of our first tries at making a deal. He was dealer, so he got to pick the terms, but it's mostly automated.
He accepted and we split the pot according to chip percentages. He had maybe $250 more chips than me so he got a few cents more than me. But we both got better than 2nd place money, which was nice.

Played a couple S&G's.
Got sucked out on in 10th the first game.

The second game, I went out as bubble-boy:


Oh well. Play is terrible at that level.

Played with a friend because I was bored...

Played a game with a friend at the table.
We never really tangled (I stole his SB once I think)
I was bored, and playing a bit... a bit less than optimal.

Worst turn ever...

But worst call on the river ever! Did he think I had pocket 3's??? Ha ha ha!

I'm a liiiiittle aggro... and lucky:



Standard play IMO:

Or I was getting bored.

Left the game down $.44. Totally worth it IMO. :)

G'night!

I enter a satellite that pays 4 places.
The dude on my right has shoved on me the last two times it was folded to him on my BB.


Crippled, I'm all in and loooooooooove the flop:

Micro slump

I had a great vacation with my family at the beach in L.A. last week. I didn't play any poker, and came back refreshed and eager to play. Although, I think I came back with a bit of homesickness.

Anyway, the games have been a bit frustrating.

I lost my $27 steps ticket with some bad luck (my middle pair vs his gutshot that hit runner/runner flush). Well, I won a Step 1 from it, but I tilted that off.

Then I played a game I really wanted to win, the CardsChat HU game. I even went to my ex-in-law's place to use their DSL.
I played about a dozen hands, with K/2 being my best hand, when I got knocked out of the game. I could sometimes see my hands, but I couldn't click the button to return. It was miserable.
Occasionally I'd be active for a second, but before I could click bet/fold I'd be cut off again.
When I was down to $700 in chips I decided that my only chance of winning was to shove any two cards if I could access the game, and hope to get lucky.
I got in with J/T, I shoved, he won with a pair of kings.
It was a crushing game. To see my cards (A/Q, J/J, etc) and not be able to play... it was painful. And I love HU play and I love CC games.
I'd seriously rather have lost a regular $20 game via suckout than that particular $5 game the way I did.

The next day we had the deep stack CC tournament. This is another one that I really wanted to do well in. Redemption time, right?
Player #3 is a smart player and I crush his range at that point. He's shoving almost any pair, and A/7+ I think as he's down to less than 10 bb's.

The whole time I was thinking "No Ace! No Ace!" so I didn't even notice the two 9's on the board. So after the hand I said "GG" and was surprised to see "my" chips go his way. Ugh!

A bit later:

I hate it when I lose with the worst hand. :)
This was against the same player. I figured he pot committed himself with his T/T+, A/Q+ so I shoved. Oh well.
Of course, I was unable to come back from that and was out two hands later.

So today I decided to go to UB and try to build my BR. It was really slow at first (not a turbo like I'm used to), but when the bubble is close I kick it into gear and get aggressive and go from short stack to big stack.
Then I work my way to HU.
Then I get all-in on the turn with the nuts:


Then I flop top pair with an open ended straight draw:

Zoink! I fail to suck out and game over.

...but at least I finally made a profit.

Anyway, I plan on playing in a money added game tonight on UB. It has a nice overlay, and is at 7:00 which is a good time I think.
GL to me!