I apologize for taking so long to update.
I won another tournament this past Sunday, this time a $30 rebuy on Paradise for $13k. Its the third time I've won that specific tournament in 5 weeks.
This week nothing special has happened. I had two frustrating near misses today in the Party $30r and $100 40k guaranteed. I finished 11th in both of them! Nothing worse than getting close like that but not reaching the final table. In one of them I had 88 vs AQ and the other I lost with AJ vs T3.
I have started playing some turbo sit and goes this week. I've been playing mostly the $200+15's on Party and that has been going pretty well. Its a nice change because I was getting a little bored playing multi-tables all the time. Its nice to be able to play for an hour or two and then take a break and re-focus again.
Tomorrow I'm headed up north in Michigan to the Heartland Poker Tour event in Traverse City. Its a $1500+150 buy-in with the final 6 televised (its bascially public access TV here). Its an event in which I think there will be a lot of novice players so I made this last minute decision to go.
I will be back on Sunday and then home for a day before I head to New Orleans for the WSOP Circuit event.
Friday, May 19, 2006
Saturday, May 13, 2006
Out of my slump
After getting back from the Bahamas nothing seemed to change. I was still running really badly and just couldn't put a whole tournament together.
I finally got on track yesterday. I got second in the Party $40k guaranteed ($109 buy in) for $8500. I also made it heads up on Bodog for one of the WSOP prelim events. I had my opponent all in with AK vs TT but he won the coinflip and then I busted later with flush under flush which is pretty rare headsup. So instead of a package worth $2500 in that one I ended up with $0.
Today has been an even better day so far. I just chopped the Party $300+20 for over $18,000 which puts at a high for the year for profits. Nice to be back in that spot (its been weeks).
I finally got on track yesterday. I got second in the Party $40k guaranteed ($109 buy in) for $8500. I also made it heads up on Bodog for one of the WSOP prelim events. I had my opponent all in with AK vs TT but he won the coinflip and then I busted later with flush under flush which is pretty rare headsup. So instead of a package worth $2500 in that one I ended up with $0.
Today has been an even better day so far. I just chopped the Party $300+20 for over $18,000 which puts at a high for the year for profits. Nice to be back in that spot (its been weeks).
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
Two Outed...
Here is my report from the Paradise $5k in the Bahamas.
Started with $10k in chips and the levels were 60 minutes, 25-50, 50-100, 100-200, 100-200/25.
The only player I recognized at the table was Aaron Kanter who made the final table of the WSOP Main Event last year. It was clear early on that there were some inexperienced live players at the table and I planned to take them on as often as possible.
I struggled through the first level, not hitting any flops and not having any big starting hands, I think I was down to about 8300. Finally a hand came up in the second level. Kanter limped utg, I limped behind another limper on the button with 77 and the blinds came along. The flop was 733 two spades and Aaron bet 200, the second limper made it 500, I called, Aaron then made it 1300, the second limper who had made it 500 folded and I called. The turn was a red 5 and Aaron bet 2000, I called again. It was pretty clear that he had either AA or A3 and I made a mistake by not raising the turn. The river came another 5 and he check called 2000 and I scooped my first significant pot of the tournament.
I won a few small pots right in a row - picking on the weaker players at the table. I had that rare feeling (for me anyway) of being in pretty good control of my opponents. I did make one pretty big blunder where I sensed weakness from a player on a 98J flop and check raised with nothing. He called, then the Q came on the turn and he called my bet again (he checked down the river with a straight, AT). We went to break and at the beginning of level 3 I chipped up again to about 16k.
It was then when this hand came up. A bad player made it 400 utg (blinds were 100/200) and I called in position with 77. The small blind called and Kanter called in the BB. The flop was J73 two diamonds and the SB bet out 500. I thought the SB was a pretty bad player really. He had shown a pattern of min betting and/or min raising and I was pretty sure that he was never bluffing. He bet out 500, utg (who raised preflop) called, and I made it 2000 with my set of 7's. The SB then min re-raised to 3500. Normally I would just call here, but I felt he really liked his hand. I honestly couldn't put him on an overpair because he had just called preflop but a set of 3's seemed possible. I didn't want a diamond to hurt our action on the turn, so I just pushed all in. To my surprise, he called instantly with KK. After he put in the 3000, he called all in for 8600 more (I had him covered). All told it was about a 26k chip pot. I had a very nervous feeling about sweating the last two cards for some reason, and there it was, right on the turn, a king for him and I missed the one outer on the river. Instead of having 30k, I had 3500.
It was one of the most disgusting feelings I've had at the table. The same thing happened to me at the Borgata (where I had a set and someone called all in with one pair then hit an overset) but the pot was much smaller and I had a bunch of chips left when I lost. This one stung bad - you just don't get many opportunities to get chips in these tournaments and rarely do you have someone drawing so thin. But I knew I had to regroup, and I was still at a pretty easy table.
I won the next two pots, then blinded down for awhile. Then the player to my right made it 700 in the cutoff seat and I looked down at TT. I actually had him covered at the time and I had a pretty easy push and he folded. I raised a hand or two later with KQ and got re-raised and folded and was shown AK. Then I won a few small pots to get back up to 6k without showing down a hand.
Soon afterwards I spewed some chips. A tight player min raised utg and I had AQ in the SB. Against the right person I would be all in preflop but I figured he was huge so I called (mucking might have been better). I missed the flop and he showed AK. Then I called a raise with 7s8s in a multiway pot and missed completely. Finally it was folded to me in MP and I decided to raise with K5o. The players to my left were all pretty tight and I figured I had a good chance to win the pot preflop. The player to my left in Seat 1 called the raise and we saw a flop of K86 heads up. I really didn't know what to do now, there was 1900 or so in the pot and I had about 4200 left. My opponent had bet often when checked to so I checked and decided to probably check raise all in hoping he might fold a hand like even KQ. I was a bit surprised when he checked behind. The turn brought a 7 so now I'm open ended. I decided to bet 800 and he quickly made it 2000. I really didn't know what he had but I thought hands like 78 or even a bluff (or semibluff) were possible so I decided to jam. He had a set of 8's and I missed my 8 outer on the river.
I met up with some Internet players later and we played some of the evening tournaments in the lobby at the Atlantis resort. I made the money in the dise $100r before losing a coinflip, then final tabled the Stars $150 for probably the first time ever and finished 8th for $2k.
I'm at the airport now waiting for my flight back to the States and then back home. I hope to get rolling a bit on the Internet in the next few weeks before I head down to New Orleans for the WSOP Circuit event.
Started with $10k in chips and the levels were 60 minutes, 25-50, 50-100, 100-200, 100-200/25.
The only player I recognized at the table was Aaron Kanter who made the final table of the WSOP Main Event last year. It was clear early on that there were some inexperienced live players at the table and I planned to take them on as often as possible.
I struggled through the first level, not hitting any flops and not having any big starting hands, I think I was down to about 8300. Finally a hand came up in the second level. Kanter limped utg, I limped behind another limper on the button with 77 and the blinds came along. The flop was 733 two spades and Aaron bet 200, the second limper made it 500, I called, Aaron then made it 1300, the second limper who had made it 500 folded and I called. The turn was a red 5 and Aaron bet 2000, I called again. It was pretty clear that he had either AA or A3 and I made a mistake by not raising the turn. The river came another 5 and he check called 2000 and I scooped my first significant pot of the tournament.
I won a few small pots right in a row - picking on the weaker players at the table. I had that rare feeling (for me anyway) of being in pretty good control of my opponents. I did make one pretty big blunder where I sensed weakness from a player on a 98J flop and check raised with nothing. He called, then the Q came on the turn and he called my bet again (he checked down the river with a straight, AT). We went to break and at the beginning of level 3 I chipped up again to about 16k.
It was then when this hand came up. A bad player made it 400 utg (blinds were 100/200) and I called in position with 77. The small blind called and Kanter called in the BB. The flop was J73 two diamonds and the SB bet out 500. I thought the SB was a pretty bad player really. He had shown a pattern of min betting and/or min raising and I was pretty sure that he was never bluffing. He bet out 500, utg (who raised preflop) called, and I made it 2000 with my set of 7's. The SB then min re-raised to 3500. Normally I would just call here, but I felt he really liked his hand. I honestly couldn't put him on an overpair because he had just called preflop but a set of 3's seemed possible. I didn't want a diamond to hurt our action on the turn, so I just pushed all in. To my surprise, he called instantly with KK. After he put in the 3000, he called all in for 8600 more (I had him covered). All told it was about a 26k chip pot. I had a very nervous feeling about sweating the last two cards for some reason, and there it was, right on the turn, a king for him and I missed the one outer on the river. Instead of having 30k, I had 3500.
It was one of the most disgusting feelings I've had at the table. The same thing happened to me at the Borgata (where I had a set and someone called all in with one pair then hit an overset) but the pot was much smaller and I had a bunch of chips left when I lost. This one stung bad - you just don't get many opportunities to get chips in these tournaments and rarely do you have someone drawing so thin. But I knew I had to regroup, and I was still at a pretty easy table.
I won the next two pots, then blinded down for awhile. Then the player to my right made it 700 in the cutoff seat and I looked down at TT. I actually had him covered at the time and I had a pretty easy push and he folded. I raised a hand or two later with KQ and got re-raised and folded and was shown AK. Then I won a few small pots to get back up to 6k without showing down a hand.
Soon afterwards I spewed some chips. A tight player min raised utg and I had AQ in the SB. Against the right person I would be all in preflop but I figured he was huge so I called (mucking might have been better). I missed the flop and he showed AK. Then I called a raise with 7s8s in a multiway pot and missed completely. Finally it was folded to me in MP and I decided to raise with K5o. The players to my left were all pretty tight and I figured I had a good chance to win the pot preflop. The player to my left in Seat 1 called the raise and we saw a flop of K86 heads up. I really didn't know what to do now, there was 1900 or so in the pot and I had about 4200 left. My opponent had bet often when checked to so I checked and decided to probably check raise all in hoping he might fold a hand like even KQ. I was a bit surprised when he checked behind. The turn brought a 7 so now I'm open ended. I decided to bet 800 and he quickly made it 2000. I really didn't know what he had but I thought hands like 78 or even a bluff (or semibluff) were possible so I decided to jam. He had a set of 8's and I missed my 8 outer on the river.
I met up with some Internet players later and we played some of the evening tournaments in the lobby at the Atlantis resort. I made the money in the dise $100r before losing a coinflip, then final tabled the Stars $150 for probably the first time ever and finished 8th for $2k.
I'm at the airport now waiting for my flight back to the States and then back home. I hope to get rolling a bit on the Internet in the next few weeks before I head down to New Orleans for the WSOP Circuit event.
Monday, May 8, 2006
Can't find the big score...
The last week or two my tournament game has been terrible. I've been playing higher than ever before (meaning more tournaments and higher buy-ins) and I just can't seem to close in on any big wins.
Over a span of 58 tournaments I cashed for only $500 or so while the buy-ins totaled almost $12k (wow, yuck!). And then on Saturday night it looked like I might hit a big score in the $100r on Paradise. I was the chip leader for quite awhile but it a rough streak when we were down to 2 tables. When I finally got to the final table I was almost last in chips. I finally won a big coinflip at the final table, and then won a few smaller pots to get to third place or so. Then a really strange hand came up. Two to my left was a really bad player with a ton of chips. I'd watched him from 20 players and he was playing a ton of pots but flopping huge hands (he had 4 sets in the final two tables). It was folded to me on the button and I had AQ, which is a huge hand in that spot. The blinds were 4k/8k and I had about 120k. The small blind was very short, posting half of his stack in the SB. I contemplated just moving in, honestly, because I knew the big blind was going to call any raise. I decided in the end to raise to 24k and the SB folded (figure that one out) and the BB of course insta-called. His range here, in my mind, consists of all broadway combinations as well as suited connectors and smaller pairs. The flop came 556 and he checked and I decided to bet figuring he would fold most of his hands. Of course hs insta called again. The turn was a blank and I checked behind him. The river was another blank and I figured my hand now had very good showdown value so I checked behind (with about 50k left in my stack while the pot had about 120k). I was shocked when he flipped up AK and took the pot.
My opponent's play here is really strange. I would expect a re-raise from him (I would have called all in or moved all in) and I never really expected him to smooth call with AK. I guess I should consider myself lucky that he didn't re-raise preflop or we didn't flop an ace because I am going broke for sure. But that pot made it very hard for me to recover and I ended up 7th for $2300 or so.
So I woke up on Sunday ready to get a hot streak going. I played the $300 on Party and hit a few nice pots early - and had people play really bad against me in a few spots to chip up nicely close to the chip lead. Then around the bubble I got pretty aggressive and the big blind took a stand against me in one spot and I doubled him up. Then on the absolute bubble I was involved in this hand :
Seat 3: ProCappers ( $26603 )
Seat 5: SlashMcGirk ( $22250 )
Seat 6: SilverBu11et ( $18154 )
Seat 7: nsxowner ( $7677 )
Seat 9: amielle ( $3415 )
Seat 8: marcolina ( $8230 )
Seat 4: Monghood ( $17855 )
Seat 10: GameThief ( $47828 )
Trny:23210992 Level:10
Blinds-Antes(800/1600-50)
ProCappers posts ante [50].
Monghood posts ante [50].
SlashMcGirk posts ante [50].
SilverBu11et posts ante [50].
nsxowner posts ante [50].
marcolina posts ante [50].
amielle posts ante [50].
GameThief posts ante [50].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to SlashMcGirk [ Ah Tc ]
SilverBu11et folds.
nsxowner folds.
marcolina folds.
amielle folds.
GameThief folds.
ProCappers will be using his time bank for this hand.
ProCappers did not respond in time.
ProCappers folds.
Monghood is all-In [17005]
SlashMcGirk calls [16205].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 6c, 3d, 4s ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Kd ]
** Dealing River ** [ 7d ]
Monghood shows [ Qd, As ] high card ace.
SlashMcGirk shows [ Ah, Tc ] high card ace.
Monghood wins 36010 chips from the main pot with high card ace with queen kicker.
I thought it was a pretty clear call - the SB in this hand hadn't been very tight, but my table image was probably really loose. I know that if I were in the SB in this spot AT would be a fairly easy call against me - perhaps I made the right decision and just got unlucky that he had a bigger hand. But I lost the hand and it ruined my tourney. I was very short, made the money, won a showdown against a shorter stack then lost with 88 vs AQ. Again avoiding any real good money ($18k for first I finished in the high twenties for $500).
After that I made it deep in the Pokerroom $300+20. I was one of the top three stacks from 3 or 4 tables left until the final table. Then, with about 7 players left I raised in EP with 33 (I almost mucked it too, but I had a decent table image)... someone came over the top and I had to call getting about 2.2:1. I called, he had AK, but I lost the coinflip. I folded a few more hands then was dealt 77 on the button. The cutoff, an active, good player, raised to 11k and I re-raised all in with about 55k. I ran into KK - but I turned a flush draw and a straight draw but couldn't suck out. So I ended up 6th for $3300.
I also made the money in the Party $200, but just barely and lost AT vs KQ. To summarize some other tourneys I played yesterday : $100r Playa on Dise, lost all in with QQ vs 77. $100r on Stars, had 11k at the break, then ran QQ into AA for $10k after I got it to $14k. I survived for awhile, won a coinflip (wow), then lost on a re-steal from the blinds. $200 on Full Tilt, with about 180 players left I lost the following hand :
Full Tilt Poker Game #621154955: $200,000 Guarantee! (3778087), Table 47 - 300/600 Ante 75 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:32:09 ET - 2006/05/07
Seat 1: Nordberg (10,550)
Seat 2: felt2svelte (5,057)
Seat 3: Apeeln (17,600)
Seat 4: Cylon Empire (6,130)
Seat 5: MrNeverNuts (19,363)
Seat 6: MilesFromEarth (45,232)
Seat 7: NYSEGUY1 (13,470)
Seat 8: SainT-MichaeL1 (6,480)
Seat 9: dtbman (10,605)
Nordberg antes 75
felt2svelte antes 75
Apeeln antes 75
Cylon Empire antes 75
MrNeverNuts antes 75
MilesFromEarth antes 75
NYSEGUY1 antes 75
SainT-MichaeL1 antes 75
dtbman antes 75
Apeeln posts the small blind of 300
Cylon Empire posts the big blind of 600
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Nordberg [6d 6c]
MrNeverNuts folds
MilesFromEarth folds
NYSEGUY1 calls 600
SainT-MichaeL1 folds
dtbman folds
Nordberg calls 600
felt2svelte folds
Apeeln has 15 seconds left to act
Apeeln raises to 6,000
Cylon Empire folds
NYSEGUY1 folds
Nordberg has 15 seconds left to act
Nordberg raises to 10,475, and is all in
Apeeln calls 4,475
Nordberg shows [6d 6c]
Apeeln shows [Qh Kd]
*** FLOP *** [8s 4h Ad]
*** TURN *** [8s 4h Ad] [9h]
*** RIVER *** [8s 4h Ad 9h] [Kc]
Nordberg shows a pair of Sixes
Apeeln shows a pair of Kings
Apeeln wins the pot (22,825) with a pair of Kings
Nordberg stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 22,825 | Rake 0
Board: [8s 4h Ad 9h Kc]
Seat 1: Nordberg showed [6d 6c] and lost with a pair of Sixes
Seat 2: felt2svelte (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: Apeeln (small blind) showed [Qh Kd] and won (22,825) with a pair of Kings
Seat 4: Cylon Empire (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: MrNeverNuts folded before the Flop
Seat 6: MilesFromEarth folded before the Flop
Seat 7: NYSEGUY1 folded before the Flop
I might not normally play here but I felt like he didn't have a pair with the huge raise from the BB. I also thought that maybe I was dominating a week ace - again I just couldn't have my hand hold up to get a stack going. In the $200 HORSE I lost all of my chips in limit holdem with AJ vs AT when AT hit a flush on the river... in the $200 WSOP qualifier on FUll Tilt I lost with AK vs KJ.
Anyway, I hope I start running better soon. I'm on my way to the Bahamas today to play in the PAradise Poker Conquest which is a $5k buy-in. I'm not sure if I start Tuesday or Wednesday -
Over a span of 58 tournaments I cashed for only $500 or so while the buy-ins totaled almost $12k (wow, yuck!). And then on Saturday night it looked like I might hit a big score in the $100r on Paradise. I was the chip leader for quite awhile but it a rough streak when we were down to 2 tables. When I finally got to the final table I was almost last in chips. I finally won a big coinflip at the final table, and then won a few smaller pots to get to third place or so. Then a really strange hand came up. Two to my left was a really bad player with a ton of chips. I'd watched him from 20 players and he was playing a ton of pots but flopping huge hands (he had 4 sets in the final two tables). It was folded to me on the button and I had AQ, which is a huge hand in that spot. The blinds were 4k/8k and I had about 120k. The small blind was very short, posting half of his stack in the SB. I contemplated just moving in, honestly, because I knew the big blind was going to call any raise. I decided in the end to raise to 24k and the SB folded (figure that one out) and the BB of course insta-called. His range here, in my mind, consists of all broadway combinations as well as suited connectors and smaller pairs. The flop came 556 and he checked and I decided to bet figuring he would fold most of his hands. Of course hs insta called again. The turn was a blank and I checked behind him. The river was another blank and I figured my hand now had very good showdown value so I checked behind (with about 50k left in my stack while the pot had about 120k). I was shocked when he flipped up AK and took the pot.
My opponent's play here is really strange. I would expect a re-raise from him (I would have called all in or moved all in) and I never really expected him to smooth call with AK. I guess I should consider myself lucky that he didn't re-raise preflop or we didn't flop an ace because I am going broke for sure. But that pot made it very hard for me to recover and I ended up 7th for $2300 or so.
So I woke up on Sunday ready to get a hot streak going. I played the $300 on Party and hit a few nice pots early - and had people play really bad against me in a few spots to chip up nicely close to the chip lead. Then around the bubble I got pretty aggressive and the big blind took a stand against me in one spot and I doubled him up. Then on the absolute bubble I was involved in this hand :
Seat 3: ProCappers ( $26603 )
Seat 5: SlashMcGirk ( $22250 )
Seat 6: SilverBu11et ( $18154 )
Seat 7: nsxowner ( $7677 )
Seat 9: amielle ( $3415 )
Seat 8: marcolina ( $8230 )
Seat 4: Monghood ( $17855 )
Seat 10: GameThief ( $47828 )
Trny:23210992 Level:10
Blinds-Antes(800/1600-50)
ProCappers posts ante [50].
Monghood posts ante [50].
SlashMcGirk posts ante [50].
SilverBu11et posts ante [50].
nsxowner posts ante [50].
marcolina posts ante [50].
amielle posts ante [50].
GameThief posts ante [50].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to SlashMcGirk [ Ah Tc ]
SilverBu11et folds.
nsxowner folds.
marcolina folds.
amielle folds.
GameThief folds.
ProCappers will be using his time bank for this hand.
ProCappers did not respond in time.
ProCappers folds.
Monghood is all-In [17005]
SlashMcGirk calls [16205].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 6c, 3d, 4s ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Kd ]
** Dealing River ** [ 7d ]
Monghood shows [ Qd, As ] high card ace.
SlashMcGirk shows [ Ah, Tc ] high card ace.
Monghood wins 36010 chips from the main pot with high card ace with queen kicker.
I thought it was a pretty clear call - the SB in this hand hadn't been very tight, but my table image was probably really loose. I know that if I were in the SB in this spot AT would be a fairly easy call against me - perhaps I made the right decision and just got unlucky that he had a bigger hand. But I lost the hand and it ruined my tourney. I was very short, made the money, won a showdown against a shorter stack then lost with 88 vs AQ. Again avoiding any real good money ($18k for first I finished in the high twenties for $500).
After that I made it deep in the Pokerroom $300+20. I was one of the top three stacks from 3 or 4 tables left until the final table. Then, with about 7 players left I raised in EP with 33 (I almost mucked it too, but I had a decent table image)... someone came over the top and I had to call getting about 2.2:1. I called, he had AK, but I lost the coinflip. I folded a few more hands then was dealt 77 on the button. The cutoff, an active, good player, raised to 11k and I re-raised all in with about 55k. I ran into KK - but I turned a flush draw and a straight draw but couldn't suck out. So I ended up 6th for $3300.
I also made the money in the Party $200, but just barely and lost AT vs KQ. To summarize some other tourneys I played yesterday : $100r Playa on Dise, lost all in with QQ vs 77. $100r on Stars, had 11k at the break, then ran QQ into AA for $10k after I got it to $14k. I survived for awhile, won a coinflip (wow), then lost on a re-steal from the blinds. $200 on Full Tilt, with about 180 players left I lost the following hand :
Full Tilt Poker Game #621154955: $200,000 Guarantee! (3778087), Table 47 - 300/600 Ante 75 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:32:09 ET - 2006/05/07
Seat 1: Nordberg (10,550)
Seat 2: felt2svelte (5,057)
Seat 3: Apeeln (17,600)
Seat 4: Cylon Empire (6,130)
Seat 5: MrNeverNuts (19,363)
Seat 6: MilesFromEarth (45,232)
Seat 7: NYSEGUY1 (13,470)
Seat 8: SainT-MichaeL1 (6,480)
Seat 9: dtbman (10,605)
Nordberg antes 75
felt2svelte antes 75
Apeeln antes 75
Cylon Empire antes 75
MrNeverNuts antes 75
MilesFromEarth antes 75
NYSEGUY1 antes 75
SainT-MichaeL1 antes 75
dtbman antes 75
Apeeln posts the small blind of 300
Cylon Empire posts the big blind of 600
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Nordberg [6d 6c]
MrNeverNuts folds
MilesFromEarth folds
NYSEGUY1 calls 600
SainT-MichaeL1 folds
dtbman folds
Nordberg calls 600
felt2svelte folds
Apeeln has 15 seconds left to act
Apeeln raises to 6,000
Cylon Empire folds
NYSEGUY1 folds
Nordberg has 15 seconds left to act
Nordberg raises to 10,475, and is all in
Apeeln calls 4,475
Nordberg shows [6d 6c]
Apeeln shows [Qh Kd]
*** FLOP *** [8s 4h Ad]
*** TURN *** [8s 4h Ad] [9h]
*** RIVER *** [8s 4h Ad 9h] [Kc]
Nordberg shows a pair of Sixes
Apeeln shows a pair of Kings
Apeeln wins the pot (22,825) with a pair of Kings
Nordberg stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 22,825 | Rake 0
Board: [8s 4h Ad 9h Kc]
Seat 1: Nordberg showed [6d 6c] and lost with a pair of Sixes
Seat 2: felt2svelte (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: Apeeln (small blind) showed [Qh Kd] and won (22,825) with a pair of Kings
Seat 4: Cylon Empire (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: MrNeverNuts folded before the Flop
Seat 6: MilesFromEarth folded before the Flop
Seat 7: NYSEGUY1 folded before the Flop
I might not normally play here but I felt like he didn't have a pair with the huge raise from the BB. I also thought that maybe I was dominating a week ace - again I just couldn't have my hand hold up to get a stack going. In the $200 HORSE I lost all of my chips in limit holdem with AJ vs AT when AT hit a flush on the river... in the $200 WSOP qualifier on FUll Tilt I lost with AK vs KJ.
Anyway, I hope I start running better soon. I'm on my way to the Bahamas today to play in the PAradise Poker Conquest which is a $5k buy-in. I'm not sure if I start Tuesday or Wednesday -
Tuesday, May 2, 2006
Not much to report
Not too much to report. I haven't had a very good go of it lately - with the exception of winning another bracelet race on Full Tilt Poker on Saturday night. This time it was in Limit Holdem. I now have $3,000 in tournament chips waiting for me at the World Series of Poker to use in any event I would like. I'm trying to accumulate more entries as I would like to play a pretty good number of preliminary events (although I don't have my schedule figured out quite yet).
On Sunday I got fairly deep in two tournaments but was still a loser for the day. On Interpoker I was 14th for 500 Gbp which is around $900 and on Stars I was in the top 100 in their $500 tourney for almost $2000.
Here is a very entertaining 15/30 hand I played yesterday... if my opponent had half a brain I would have made far more money on it but he decided to check call with middle set then quads.
Dealt to SlashMcGirk [ As Ac ]
POLICE5150 has joined the table.
xyz2u raises [$30].
SlashMcGirk raises [$45].
mes44 folds.
zongur folds.
hammer166 folds.
xyz2u calls [$15].
** Dealing Flop ** [ Jh, Ad, 4c ]
xyz2u checks.
SlashMcGirk bets [$15].
xyz2u calls [$15].
** Dealing Turn ** [ Jd ]
xyz2u checks.
SlashMcGirk bets [$30].
xyz2u calls [$30].
** Dealing River ** [ Ah ]
xyz2u checks.
SlashMcGirk bets [$30].
xyz2u raises [$60].
SlashMcGirk raises [$60].
xyz2u raises [$60].
SlashMcGirk calls [$30].
xyz2u shows [ Jc, Js ] four of a kind, jacks.
SlashMcGirk shows [ As, Ac ] four of a kind, aces.
SlashMcGirk wins $443 from the main pot with four of a kind, aces.
On Sunday I got fairly deep in two tournaments but was still a loser for the day. On Interpoker I was 14th for 500 Gbp which is around $900 and on Stars I was in the top 100 in their $500 tourney for almost $2000.
Here is a very entertaining 15/30 hand I played yesterday... if my opponent had half a brain I would have made far more money on it but he decided to check call with middle set then quads.
Dealt to SlashMcGirk [ As Ac ]
POLICE5150 has joined the table.
xyz2u raises [$30].
SlashMcGirk raises [$45].
mes44 folds.
zongur folds.
hammer166 folds.
xyz2u calls [$15].
** Dealing Flop ** [ Jh, Ad, 4c ]
xyz2u checks.
SlashMcGirk bets [$15].
xyz2u calls [$15].
** Dealing Turn ** [ Jd ]
xyz2u checks.
SlashMcGirk bets [$30].
xyz2u calls [$30].
** Dealing River ** [ Ah ]
xyz2u checks.
SlashMcGirk bets [$30].
xyz2u raises [$60].
SlashMcGirk raises [$60].
xyz2u raises [$60].
SlashMcGirk calls [$30].
xyz2u shows [ Jc, Js ] four of a kind, jacks.
SlashMcGirk shows [ As, Ac ] four of a kind, aces.
SlashMcGirk wins $443 from the main pot with four of a kind, aces.
Thursday, April 27, 2006
A Typical Day...
I thought I would share what a typical tournament day is like for me...
2pm :
Entered the World Series of Poker double shootout on Stars - fee was $150+10.
I got some chips early in this thing when I turned the nut flush - but when we were down to 4 or 5 I raised on the button with 77 and the blinds pushed with 99 and I called and lost.
Entered the $50+5 tournament on Party. I doubled early in this tournament and had a nice stack for awhile - eventually I put my chips in with KhQh against KT and JJ on a ten high flop with two hearts and lost a 30k pot about 15 spots from the money. If I win that pot I'm in pretty darn good shape.
2:15pm :
Entered the $100 rebuy on Pokerstars. Spent $309, rebuying at the beginning and adding on. I made the money in this tourney for the first time (I rarely play it) and made $520 for my effort. The unfortunate ending to this tournament was running into AA with JJ in the blinds with about 15 people left.
3:00pm :
Entered the $30 rebuy on Stars (WSOP satellite). Spent $213. I lost a coinflip with about 15 left to give me a pretty good stack. (Only first place got a WSOP entry and second and third got cash)
Entered the $30 rebuy on Paradise. Spent $90. Had a good first hour then went on a huge rush when we got into the money, chip leader with about 18 left, but came up short at the end and finished third for $4200.
3:15pm :
Entered the $50 rebuy on Stars. Spent $455. Never had a lot of chips and ran JJ into AA with about 80 people left or so.
4:00pm :
Entered the $500 POT LIMIT 5 CARD DRAW tournament on Pokerroom. Its part of their big series - there was a $150k guarantee and only around 160 people entered - so I figured even with my limited knowledge of the game (ie, no knowledge) I would probably be +EV. I finished maybe 80th, maybe worse, I don't really remember. Playing 5 tables plus this game that I never play was a big tough. I ran a flush into a full house early to go to 3200 from 5000, then got it all the way to 10000 before I ran two pair into trips and was crippled.
4:10pm :
Entered the $30 rebuy on Party. Spent $393. Had a huge stack after the rebuy period (see the 13 rebuys) but made a terrible call for almost all of my chips then ran TT into JJ.
6:00pm :
Entered the $100 rebuy on Dise. Spent $300. Never had any chips but made the money and won $322. (got my money back).
7:00pm :
Entered the $300+20 on Stars. Tripled up early on with the nut flush vs a smaller flush vs top pair no kicker (yeah, I was a little bit surprised the last guy came along). I stayed at 7500 for a long time after my triple up. About 6 spots from the money I re-raised the small blind with KQ from the BB and lost to her JJ - leaving me in last place. A few hands later I tripled up with QQ vs AK and AK. (There was an ace on the flop but I runner'd spades!). Then I lost a huge pot on the bubble with TT vs a short stacks 44. I eventually lost with KJ vs 87 on a 76TJ board. Again, I won just a small amount $495.
Entered the $100 35k guarantee on Party. Made the money and with about 30 left I lost a coinflip. I won $387.
9:00 pm :
Entered the $30 rebuy on Dise. Spent $150. Busted right after the break with TT vs 97 on a 778 flop.
Entered the $150 on Stars. This is a tournament I never do well, so I was excited to have a nice stack with about 80 people left (54 paid), but then lost with AA vs 99 after the T92 flop, then AQ to TT for all my chips when the board came AQxxT.
Entered the $69+6 satellite on Full Tilt. Had no chips the entire time then lost with AK vs AJ with about 15 people left, if I win, I probably get a seat to a $1500 WSOP tourney.
Entered the $50+4 Bodog satellite for a $1500 WSOP entry. Busted very early with a big pair vs a set.
So that's what its like to play 4-5 tables for 10 hours straight... and many people do it far more often and for longer than I do!
2pm :
Entered the World Series of Poker double shootout on Stars - fee was $150+10.
I got some chips early in this thing when I turned the nut flush - but when we were down to 4 or 5 I raised on the button with 77 and the blinds pushed with 99 and I called and lost.
Entered the $50+5 tournament on Party. I doubled early in this tournament and had a nice stack for awhile - eventually I put my chips in with KhQh against KT and JJ on a ten high flop with two hearts and lost a 30k pot about 15 spots from the money. If I win that pot I'm in pretty darn good shape.
2:15pm :
Entered the $100 rebuy on Pokerstars. Spent $309, rebuying at the beginning and adding on. I made the money in this tourney for the first time (I rarely play it) and made $520 for my effort. The unfortunate ending to this tournament was running into AA with JJ in the blinds with about 15 people left.
3:00pm :
Entered the $30 rebuy on Stars (WSOP satellite). Spent $213. I lost a coinflip with about 15 left to give me a pretty good stack. (Only first place got a WSOP entry and second and third got cash)
Entered the $30 rebuy on Paradise. Spent $90. Had a good first hour then went on a huge rush when we got into the money, chip leader with about 18 left, but came up short at the end and finished third for $4200.
3:15pm :
Entered the $50 rebuy on Stars. Spent $455. Never had a lot of chips and ran JJ into AA with about 80 people left or so.
4:00pm :
Entered the $500 POT LIMIT 5 CARD DRAW tournament on Pokerroom. Its part of their big series - there was a $150k guarantee and only around 160 people entered - so I figured even with my limited knowledge of the game (ie, no knowledge) I would probably be +EV. I finished maybe 80th, maybe worse, I don't really remember. Playing 5 tables plus this game that I never play was a big tough. I ran a flush into a full house early to go to 3200 from 5000, then got it all the way to 10000 before I ran two pair into trips and was crippled.
4:10pm :
Entered the $30 rebuy on Party. Spent $393. Had a huge stack after the rebuy period (see the 13 rebuys) but made a terrible call for almost all of my chips then ran TT into JJ.
6:00pm :
Entered the $100 rebuy on Dise. Spent $300. Never had any chips but made the money and won $322. (got my money back).
7:00pm :
Entered the $300+20 on Stars. Tripled up early on with the nut flush vs a smaller flush vs top pair no kicker (yeah, I was a little bit surprised the last guy came along). I stayed at 7500 for a long time after my triple up. About 6 spots from the money I re-raised the small blind with KQ from the BB and lost to her JJ - leaving me in last place. A few hands later I tripled up with QQ vs AK and AK. (There was an ace on the flop but I runner'd spades!). Then I lost a huge pot on the bubble with TT vs a short stacks 44. I eventually lost with KJ vs 87 on a 76TJ board. Again, I won just a small amount $495.
Entered the $100 35k guarantee on Party. Made the money and with about 30 left I lost a coinflip. I won $387.
9:00 pm :
Entered the $30 rebuy on Dise. Spent $150. Busted right after the break with TT vs 97 on a 778 flop.
Entered the $150 on Stars. This is a tournament I never do well, so I was excited to have a nice stack with about 80 people left (54 paid), but then lost with AA vs 99 after the T92 flop, then AQ to TT for all my chips when the board came AQxxT.
Entered the $69+6 satellite on Full Tilt. Had no chips the entire time then lost with AK vs AJ with about 15 people left, if I win, I probably get a seat to a $1500 WSOP tourney.
Entered the $50+4 Bodog satellite for a $1500 WSOP entry. Busted very early with a big pair vs a set.
So that's what its like to play 4-5 tables for 10 hours straight... and many people do it far more often and for longer than I do!
Sunday, April 23, 2006
Razz
Its been a rough week. I think I've lost every day, mostly playing tournaments and not getting anywhere but also playing 15/30 and losing.
I did however win one thing last night - I took down the $24+2 Razz satellite on Full Tilt and won a seat to the $1500 Razz tournament at the World Series of Poker on July 22 (I also won $500 spending money). For anyone who doesn't know, Razz is a game that is dealt exactly like 7 card stud but you play for the low instead of the high. A2345 is the very best hand in Razz (straights and flushes do not count against you). If it sounds weird and a little boring, well, it is. But it is probably my second best game to holdem and I was hoping to play it at the World Series even if I didn't win a seat first.
When I got heads up I was pretty nervous because I had gotten second in the $100 Razz tourney on Full Tilt twice and really hadn't played well heads up. Razz is a pretty funky game heads up, whomever has the low card usually just completes and takes the pot on third street - and the only time you ever get deep in a hand is when you have close to the same hand as your opponent... no matter if its a great hand or a terrible hand. So with about 180,000 chips in play I started heads up with about 110k, got ground down all the way to 35k before coming back to win. Heads up lasted what seemed like an hour or so.
I plan on playing just about every Sunday tournament I can today, so wish me luck, hopefully I get out of this losing streak today.
I did however win one thing last night - I took down the $24+2 Razz satellite on Full Tilt and won a seat to the $1500 Razz tournament at the World Series of Poker on July 22 (I also won $500 spending money). For anyone who doesn't know, Razz is a game that is dealt exactly like 7 card stud but you play for the low instead of the high. A2345 is the very best hand in Razz (straights and flushes do not count against you). If it sounds weird and a little boring, well, it is. But it is probably my second best game to holdem and I was hoping to play it at the World Series even if I didn't win a seat first.
When I got heads up I was pretty nervous because I had gotten second in the $100 Razz tourney on Full Tilt twice and really hadn't played well heads up. Razz is a pretty funky game heads up, whomever has the low card usually just completes and takes the pot on third street - and the only time you ever get deep in a hand is when you have close to the same hand as your opponent... no matter if its a great hand or a terrible hand. So with about 180,000 chips in play I started heads up with about 110k, got ground down all the way to 35k before coming back to win. Heads up lasted what seemed like an hour or so.
I plan on playing just about every Sunday tournament I can today, so wish me luck, hopefully I get out of this losing streak today.
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