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Gotta Get My Grind On

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

oop, not posted for more than a week! I was away for a long weekend so haven’t actually played much poker, and what I did play was fairly so-so (On checking it I’ve made $56 – actually quite pleasing considering it seemed like I wasn’t playing at all).

Sooo, what can I post about? Not much I guess. Full Tilt is still proving to be the best site to play husngs – plenty of players and not much waiting for a game. Tonight I’ve been playing on Cake (under the alias ‘Rolf Lmao’ – geddit? :-) ), but it takes too long to sit and wait for someone to join you, so I’ve been joining anyone waiting on a game $25 or less (not many $25s, although the one I played I won – whoohoo!). So far been doing ok, but not getting many games over $10.

Here’s a great hand though – I love bluffing, but when someone showed me that they folded top pair it makes it well worth the many, many times that I get called down;

No Limit Holdem Tournament
2 Players

Stacks:
Hero (1,560)
BB (1,440)

Blinds: 10/20

Pre-Flop: (30, 2 players) Hero is SB 9spades poker card 2spades poker card
Hero raises to 40, BB calls 20

Flop: Qspades poker card 8clubs poker card 2diamonds poker card (80, 2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets 80, BB calls 80

Turn: 3diamonds poker card (240, 2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks

River: Jspades poker card (240, 2 players)
BB bets 240, Hero raises to 480, BB folds

Final Pot: 960
BB shows Qclubs poker card 9diamonds poker card

Hero wins 960 (net +360)

BB lost 360

There is some history on that hand – I’d played the same line of cbet, check turn, fold river about 3 times, with him making a PSB on the river each time. So I was actually waiting for a hand to have some value to take this line anyway, but I figured he’d also give the click-it-back action some credit on the river anyway, and a bluff would work just fine too (which it did lol!). However I had been putting that PSB of his as a stone cold bluff to simply buy the pot, and to see him fold away a hand with decent value really surprised me. I guess those other PSBs weren’t bluffs at all (maybe).

Oh, and here’s another one (different opponent);

No Limit Holdem Tournament
2 Players

$20 + $1 Heads Up Sit & Go

Stacks:
SB (1,140)
Hero (1,860)

Blinds: 10/20

Pre-Flop: (30, 2 players) Hero is BB 6hearts poker card Adiamonds poker card
SB raises to 40, Hero calls 20

Flop: 7spades poker card 4clubs poker card 5clubs poker card (80, 2 players)
Hero checks, SB bets 40, Hero raises to 100, SB calls 60

Turn: 5hearts poker card (280, 2 players)
Hero checks, SB bets 160, Hero calls 160

River: 7hearts poker card (600, 2 players)
Hero bets 200,
SB: what a joke
SB has 15 seconds left to act
SB: i got 36
SB folds

Final Pot: 800

Hero wins 800 (net +300)

SB lost 300

Possibly a bet for value more than a bluff, but very thin really…

6max? Game Over I Think…

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

Full Tilt is giving away another little bonus (without telling anyone it seems?), and S1ndr0me said he was off to do a bit of rush to clear it. Sounded a good idea so I opened up a couple of tables.

After 600 hands I was down $27 (NL10). I stopped playing and thought how familiar this was. Every 6max session lately has been a losing one. Not suckouts or bad beats either, just me being spewy.

So I went back to husngs ($10 ones – Monday’s always a bad day, so wanted to play for fun rather than pushing myself into $20s). Six games later I was still unbeaten. $57 from an hour’s play.

What’s the point in playing 6max? Obviously none at all. I’m down $180 this year playing that stupid game, while I’m up $460 playing husngs.

So, time to give up playing anything else other than heads up (well, apart from some MTTs just for the big event of it).

New Account – Cake Poker

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

I decided to open yet another poker account, this time on the Cake network. Choice was between Cake Poker and doylesroom, and after a bit of forum browsing I went with Cake Poker. Doyle’s Room has had a few customer support issues lately which might be minor problems, while there’s nothing but praise for Cake (confusing that it has the same name as the network, but I’m sure you’re following this…).

Previously I’ve mentioned that I was holding off on new accounts until I was at NL50 or NL100 so I could clear sign-up bonuses effectively, but now I can’t be bothered. I’m not rising up the ranks quickly enough in cash games to get to that point any time soon, while at the same time husng’s are mostly pulling in more cash than these bonuses offer anyway (well mostly, that $150 crash in my last post was pretty painful).

So far this morning I’m $100 up playing $10 games. The lobby’s not packed, but I rarely have to wait more than a minute for a game. Level of play has been pretty bad too, although not any more than Full Tilt or Pokerstars.

Interface is really clean and easy – I haven’t had a single misclick yet which is a good sign. Deposit and creating the account was all straightforward too.

The main reason I wanted a cake account was for their hand tracking policy – no HUD allowed, plus you’re allowed to change your screen name once a week. HEM imports the hand histories fine though (almost – it made a mistake on the prize for a 4man shootout, although it made the same mistake for a Full Tilt shootout as well once) – the strange thing though is that it doesn’t record your opponent’s names. Everyone is called CakeSeat8 etc. Makes it hard to go back and analyse a particular tournament when you can’t remember which one it was, which I guess is the point. Notes you make on players in the Cake interface do stay with that player even if they change their name, so that’s useful – essential even.

I’m happy so far (certainly while the new signup boomswitch is on!). Apart from I think I’ve put the tv remote into the washing machine with the bedding…

Update: The remote comes out of the washing machine looking incredibly clean. And it still works! (once it had dried out). I’d recommend it to anyone with grubby remotes…

Fear of the Reg

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

Switching to heads-up SNG’s has been a good move, but I’ve been a bit of a coward. Games at the weekend have been nice and easy, but the few I’ve tried on weekday evenings didn’t go too well. Not that I played many – usually it would go something like;

Sit down & wait.
Guy joins the table – shit, he has an avatar! He must be a reg…
He raises the button! Oh no, I’m in trouble.
We play a bunch of hands, I panic, money goes all in and then I go out.
I log out of poker and watch tv instead. Stop loss of one game!

Very pathetic. So I came up with a plan – weekday evening time here in the UK is working day time in the States, so all the Americans playing at that time would be more likely to be a reg. Solution – play Party Poker where our girth challenged ex-colonial friends can’t play! Our evening time would mean European casual players plus the Russians who should be getting on to be fairly drunk (yes, you know who you are!). Perfect plan!

Except it turns out the rake on Party Poker for micro SNGs is horrendous! Not only that, but they ‘hide’ how much of the buy-in is rake – you only get to see it as you register on a table (and even then it isn’t very obvious). I played a few games, won and lost the same number and was down a load just from rake. What a waste of time.

So I switched back to Pokerstars and thought ‘what the hell’ – if I play against regs then even if I lose it’s good for my game. Learn to play ffs.

And just to make it more interesting I switched up to $20 games. It turned out ok too – played 6 and won 4 of them, so was up $34. I then decided I might just cope with a 4man SNG, and crushed it  :-D

Total winnings for the night $97 (just an hour’s play too!).Two more straight wins and I’ll be bankrolled for $30 games

Ok, now I’m not scared of the regs. Well, not the regs on Thursday nights anyway…

Update: Hmm, just checked what kind of bankroll management people are recommending out there, and I’m being cautious (bit of a surprise!).  This is from an old (2007) 2p2 thread;

You can’t stand or would prefer not to have to move down levels.
You like to have a very padded roll to feel comfortable playing.
Losing a decent portion of your BR tilts you.
You are still learning how to own HUSNGs and you aren’t quite comfortable playing them yet.
BR:$30 – $99 Play $2s
BR:$100 – $199 Play $5s
BR:$200 – $399 Play $10s
BR:$400 – $599 Play $20s
BR:$600 – $999 Play $30s
BR:$1000 – $2499 Play $50s
BR:$2500+ Play $100s
You are fine with having to move down.
You want to move up the ranks semi-quickly.
BR:$20 – $49 Play $2s
BR:$50 – $99 Play $5s
BR:$100 – $199 Play $10s
BR:$200 – $299 Play $20s
BR:$300 – $499 Play $30s
BR:$500 – $999 Play $50s
BR:$1000+ Play $100s
You are comfortable playing and adjusting to any stakes and player.
You are or have good reason to believe you are a solid winner. (Think 63%+ winrate here)
You have very minimal tilt issues.
You want to take on a bit more risk and build a roll quickly.
You are ok with having to redeposit if you bust early on.
BR:$10 – $24 Play $2s
BR:$25 – $49 Play $5s
BR:$50 – $99 Play $10s
BR:$100 – $149 Play $20s
BR:$150 – $249 Play $30s
BR:$250 – $499 Play $50s
BR:$500+ Play $100s

I reckon I fit into the middle option – 3rd one looks kinda scary, I’d be playing $50’s now and only one win away from $100s! That looks like a route to busto to me. If my weekend session has a solid winrate though, I might be tempted 8-O (somebody stop me!)

More $$$

Sunday, February 7th, 2010

I tried to get onto the Pokerstars Sunday Million through an $11 satellite that guaranteed 100 seats. About 3500 people signed up for it though, so it looked like a bit a grind to get through it. I built up a decent stack quickly, and managed to stay in the top 50 for a couple of hours (10th at one point). However the blinds increased quickly and everyone switched to push/fold pretty quickly – it became a minefield to enter any pot. I also started to wonder about the point of getting through one massive MTT to enter another massive MTT, both of which run into the early hours, and I decided that if I got my ticket I’d just cash it in rather than play. The decision became moot though as I ran into a couple of suckouts and went out 340th – 100 places short of a seat. Waste of time really – I think from now on if I enter a big MTT it a) won’t be a sat, b) starts in the morning UK time…

Meanwhile, husngs continue to deliver;

Merely a handful of SNGs and a nice $50 profit :-D I played on PokerStars for a bit since their traffic is still twice that of Full Tilt and I figured that the $10 husngs should be guaranteed fishy. On the whole they are, but I’m still defeating myself more than being outplayed – aggression works well, but it’s very easy to walk into a calling station’s bottom pair. I’m still trying to get the balance, and it’s getting better, but not perfect yet.

The fourth tournament was a 4 person shootout – very profitable it seems, $11 buy-in for a $44 prize. Only downside is having to wait for the other table to finish in the first round.

Holy Sunday morning TV! Batman the movie just came on, and this just happened. This could be quality! :-D

Update: Solid run at 4 man HU shootouts :-D Won 4 out of 5! Could this be my biggest winning day? $132 – it must be I think, I can’t remember anything bigger, including the day I won $90 in a $2 180man MTT. They are very slow though – I’ve just had to wait almost half an hour for one pair of donks trading blinds before one randomly went through to play me…

Turns out my hourly rate in husngs is comparable to my day job salary. Sooo, if I could maintain 40 hours a week of poker I could be a pro!  I think I’ll wait until my hourly rate means I don’t have to play quite so many hours. Oh, and  also when I know I’ll be on a heater 100% of the time :-)

January Results

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

Half good, half bad month.

The bad was my cash games – I started out the month after some in depth revision of my play, and came to the conclusion I was pushing too hard with paired hands (not PP) – overvaluing them and trying to get too much value. I was doing well at all-in play, and making good value out of 2pair+ hands, but the weaker made hands were wiping out those gains.

So I trimmed down my game and initially it seemed to be working – a nice 12 buy-in climb. It then collapsed dramatically, and to be honest I’m still not sure why;

At the bottom of that dive Full Tilt bought out Rush Poker, and I instantly switched, lured in by the appeal of big rakeback and racking up a large volume of hands. I’m not a big volume player, and the idea of boosting the number of hands was to reduce variance, but somehow I became swingier then ever. I possibly could have worked my way back to zero, but I was dispirited with the whole thing. My new year’s resolution was to not care about the limits I play, and just go with my bankroll, which is still fine, but it hurt to be within $8 of moving down to NL5 :-(

However  at that point I switched to HUSNGs. Which was the good half of the month :-D

For some reason I’ve been unstoppable – $5 buy-in games went fine, enough to give me confidence with the $10s. I then won 75% of $10 games – 17/23! Yesterday I tried some $20 games (not january I know), and won 2/3, so early days there – however the cash profit from these is astounding. Furthermore I’m not feeling bad (much) when I lose a match, not like when I’ve just spewed 4 buy-ins at NL10 – however that could be because I’m on a winning streak, sooo I’m not going to make too much of that right now.

Final gains: $120 including rakeback. $70 without rb – have to admit, rush poker did win in that respect!

February I’m concentrating on HU. Maybe this is a turning point in what kind of game I play, we’ll have to see…

ps. forgot to mention 21st in the WBCOOP main event as well :-)

Also got two weeks of stox from trulyfree, better get watching some vids I guess!

WBCOOP Main Event

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

Nuts all the way :-)

NL Holdem $20(BB) Poker Stars
SB ($2,450)
BB ($2,408)
UTG ($2,470)
UTG+1 ($2,470)
UTG+2 ($2,470)
MP1 ($2,460)
MP2 ($2,807)
CO ($2,440)
Hero ($2,525)

Dealt to Hero Tdiamonds poker card Kdiamonds poker card

UTG raises to $80, fold, fold, fold, MP2 calls $80, fold, Hero calls $80, fold, BB calls $60

FLOP ($330) Jdiamonds poker card Adiamonds poker card Qclubs poker card

BB checks, UTG bets $200, MP2 raises to $560, Hero calls $560, BB folds, UTG folds

TURN ($1,650) Jdiamonds poker card Adiamonds poker card Qclubs poker card 7hearts poker card

MP2 bets $750, Hero calls $750

RIVER ($3,150) Jdiamonds poker card Adiamonds poker card Qclubs poker card 7hearts poker card 6diamonds poker card

MP2 bets $820, Hero raises to $1,135 (AI), MP2 calls $315

MP2 shows Jspades poker card Aspades poker card
(Pre 61%, Flop 17.3%, Turn 9.1%)

Hero shows Tdiamonds poker card Kdiamonds poker card
(Pre 39%, Flop 82.7%, Turn 90.9%)

Hero wins $5,420

  • S1ndr0me seems to have fallen asleep, guess he’s not playing. United113 got a good early start too. Haven’t found anyone else yet…
  • Took a stab at a 3way pot, but got check-raised by someone who appeared to be disconnected. Looks like this is going to be it’s usual shove until I die spewfest bingo crap…
  • Found BurnleyMilk – he’s still on a starting stack. Still looking for more compadres – should be more of us around somewhere.
  • So many people sitting out, and so many timeout disconnections :-( Very sloooowww!
  • Bit of stealing, bit of bluffing. Twice avg pot.
  • Damn, all in AK against AJ – boards gets two Jacks. Back down to an average potsize :-(
  • Hit another straight. Not much action though. Chickens.
  • Same idiot with AJ calls down my top pair to hit his ace on the turn. Getting annoyed now :-(
  • Pulled off a bluff for $1000 – maintains me at average stack size (~$3k)
NL Holdem $40(BB) Poker Stars
SB ($5,700)
BB ($5,615)
UTG ($2,215)
UTG+1 ($2,260)
UTG+2 ($2,765)
MP1 ($3,220)
Hero ($3,185)
CO ($2,170)
BTN ($640)

Dealt to Hero Tdiamonds poker card Adiamonds poker card

fold, UTG+1 calls $40, UTG+2 calls $40, MP1 calls $40, Hero raises to $200, fold, BTN raises to $640 (AI), fold, fold, fold, UTG+2 calls $600, fold, Hero calls $440

FLOP ($2,060) Thearts poker card 3hearts poker card Tspades poker card

UTG+2 bets $2,125 (AI), Hero calls $2,125

TURN ($6,310) Thearts poker card 3hearts poker card Tspades poker card 6hearts poker card

RIVER ($6,310) Thearts poker card 3hearts poker card Tspades poker card 6hearts poker card 5hearts poker card

UTG+2 shows 2spades poker card 2clubs poker card
(Pre 19%, Flop 7.2%, Turn 4.8%)

Hero shows Tdiamonds poker card Adiamonds poker card
(Pre 27%, Flop 80.7%, Turn 73.8%)

BTN shows Jdiamonds poker card Jhearts poker card
(Pre 54%, Flop 12.1%, Turn 21.4%)

Hero wins $4,250
BTN wins $2,060

  • Nice :-) Shame the shortstack got the flush
  • Damm, lost a weak TP against a set of 5’s
  • Wheee, I hit a set of 5’s and take a $1k pot ($4k stack, $1k ahead of avg)
  • Few more pots, up to a $5k stack, and we go into the first break.

$1.5k ahead of the average stack – things are going ok I guess. At least I’ve seen a bit of action and hit a few hands. Still feels like I’m skirting on the edge of disaster – after the husngs being so straightforward, FR play feels like a crapshoot. Still 1440 players from a field of 2000 – field’s not thinning very quickly unfortunately. Never mind – keep this up and I might just get a $11 tourney ticket :roll:   Anyway, time for a pee (and not into a bottle)

  • Looks like BurnleyMilk took a hit, he’s down to $1.3k :-(   United113 is, like me, on a $5k stack.
  • Cowboys! 3bet the raiser, he folds. Just great. United’s pulling ahead to $6.5k
  • Nice – this irritating leprekahn02 idiot is constantly stealing – I 3bet him from the button, he calls, I cbet and take a nice $800 pot :-D Perhaps the idiot will calm down now
  • United’s storming further ahead – $7k! I’m still $6k, average stack is $3.8k
  • BurnleyMilk’s out. 1359th place. Tough break m8.
  • Leprekahn02 gives me another $1k pot. Mind you, he’s doing well with a $9k pot, so I should be careful of him really.
  • Crap, United113 has taken a hit – he’s down to $1k. I’m still at $6k. Leprekahn is still stealing :x
  • United’s out. 1263rd.
  • Hit a set of 8’s, 3way pot. Wimps all fold – I thought I was overdoing the aggresive image, but obv not. $7k stack, avg = $4k, still over 1k players left (bleh)
  • Found another blogger – Conan776. He’s on $4k which is ok, but judging from his blog he was doing better before the break
  • Guy to my left has been sitting out entire time. Free blinds :-) Otherwise still chipping away. $7k now (avg = $5k). Almost overtaken Leprakahn
  • Last hand before the second break I get QQ. Someone in MP shoves his short $1.5k stack, I shove all-in to fold out the dregs. It holds up (J8o I think), and now I’m $10k, avg $6.5, 785 players left.

Doing well I think – normally I spew out of control in these things. Awesomely Conan776 has knocked out the red pro at his table! No bonus for that I guess? Just kudos :-D

  • Arse. All-in against a $6k stack with AKs – he has AQo. Of course a Q comes up. Down to $3k.
  • Push hard for a few reasonable pots. Up to $5.6K
  • DevlsBnkroll (winner of an earlier wbcoop game this week) has joined our table. $8k stack. On my immediate left. Just great! :-(
  • Haha, I LAG him out of $2k :-D   Stack = $6.6k, avg is $8.8 now though… (yes, LAG is now a verb)
  • Just did a complete donk idiot move! AK in UTG+1, UTG raises & I 3bet, rest of table folds & he calls. Flop is low and dry – he shoves his stack. Now it’s not that big, but still pretty big, $4.5k or so. I put him on a bluff and call – he has TT! I hit a K on the river. Super lucky! Stack now $11k – above the average :-D
  • QTo hits two pair on the flop. Villain with $3k stack leads into me. I’m not sure what to do – two tone flop, my nemesis! So I shove, he folds, I’m happy with that.
  • 500 runners left
  • Wow, DevlsBnkroll is a nit! Wasn’t expecting that… could be dry run of hands perhaps
  • Conan776’s on $11k! Something good happened – I think I just missed it since there’s just gg in the chat box (lol). Wow, it was a royal flush
  • $4k pot from 2nd pair
  • Damn leprekan took me for a $7k pot – I had K9 on a K55 pot. He just let me bet into him… At least I pot controlled myself a little bit (only a little bit tho)
  • Oh no – Conan776’s on $500 – guess it’s game over for him
  • aaaand, he’s out :-(
  • And then I do this to leprekahn :-)
No Limit Holdem Tournament
9 Players

Stacks:
UTG (10,875)
UTG+1 (17,320)
MP1 (4,235)
MP2 (6,685)
MP3 (9,953)
CO (3,150)
Hero (14,023)
SB (15,312)
BB (5,348)

Blinds: 100/200 Ante 25

Pre-Flop: (525, 9 players) Hero is BTN Jspades poker card Jclubs poker card
4 folds, MP3 raises to 500, 1 fold, Hero raises to 1,500, 2 folds, MP3 calls 1,000

Flop: 2spades poker card 6hearts poker card 2hearts poker card (3,525, 2 players)
MP3 checks, Hero bets 3,000, MP3 goes all-in 8,428, Hero calls 5,428

Turn: Jhearts poker card (20,381, 2 players, 1 all-in)

River: 5hearts poker card (20,381, 2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: 20,381
MP3 shows a flush, Queen high
Qdiamonds poker card Qhearts poker card
Hero shows a full house, Jacks full of Deuces
Jspades poker card Jclubs poker card

Hero wins 20,381 (net +10,428)

MP3 lost 9,953

  • Muwahahaha!  $24k stack, almost twice the average.
  • Turns out it was lipaonline that knocked Conan776 out (runner up in an earlier event, 2nd place maybe?). He seemed to have all the tough tables!

3rd break. $26k stack, average $13.8k, 370 runners left. Not a bad run for me really.

  • Raise 55, get shoved over by a $5k stack, folds to me so I call hoping not to see another pair. He has AQ but it hits a straight (see – AQ is hard to beat!). $20k stack, avg is $15k so still ok
  • :-( nits to my right, LAGs to my left. Just great!
  • Looking throught the field, lipaonline is 6th – just how does he do it every time?

Amazing that this still happens this deep;

$200/$400 Ante $50 No Limit Holdem
9 Players

Stacks:
UTG ($4,394)
Hero ($21,774)
MP1 ($9,934)
MP2 ($24,141)
MP3 ($6,608)
CO ($6,195)
BTN ($47,036)
SB ($1,352)
BB ($42,845)

Pre-Flop: ($1,050, 9 players) Hero is UTG+1 7spades poker card 6spades poker card
UTG goes all-in $4,344, Hero folds, MP1 goes all-in $9,884, 3 folds, BTN calls $9,884, 2 folds

Flop: 5clubs poker card 7diamonds poker card 8diamonds poker card ($25,162, 3 players, 2 all-in)

Turn: 5diamonds poker card ($25,162, 3 players, 2 all-in)

River: 4diamonds poker card ($25,162, 3 players, 2 all-in)

Final Pot: $25,162
UTG shows
Aspades poker card 8spades poker card
MP1 shows
9spades poker card 9diamonds poker card
BTN shows
Jdiamonds poker card Aclubs poker card

BTN wins $25,162 (net +$15,228)

UTG lost $4,394
MP1 lost $9,934

and yes, the winner was the biggest fish at the table…

  • Average stack is catching me up :-( Need to play some hands! Tables getting a bit shove happy tho
  • Just realised people are betting odd amounts, like $2,999 – the spare change creates a huge stack graphic. Pretty good idea, might make some think the bet is bigger than it really is.
  • Thankfully I get the chance, not that I hit any flops but fortunately my opponents have no balls. Two hands go my way and up to $28k, avg at $19k
  • Fish in hand earlier is now chip leader. The name Labschie rings a bell though – maybe he’s not a fish? The hands he’s been playing tho… Hmmm, seems he’s like lipaonline and is one of these pokernews bloggers who don’t blog…
  • Took some money of Labschie, stole a few blinds, stack at $30k, avg $20k, feeling comfortable now to win my $11 tourney ticket (whoohoo)
  • Hmm, he took some back off me, putting his stack over $100k. Good grief…
  • Just realised it’s not an $11 tourney ticket, it’s $22 OMGOMGOMGOMG! Gotta get in the money now!
  • Last hand before the break, and again won a big pot – $12k this time, giving me stack of $32k. Not quite sure how it happened tho – I was on the button, raised for a steal & got 3bet. I called although had a very weak hand – I mainly called because it was obviously a defend from this 31/22 guy. I hit bottom pair on the flop which left me in an awkward spot – he checked though. I put in a 1/2pot raise and he folded. I’d won a pot that was way bigger than I expected. I gotta be careful I think!

4th break. Stack $32k, average $23k, 216 runners left (153 for ITM)

  • 1st hand – $18k pot, AT & hit an A on the flop – bet flop and turn and checked back the river. Villain showed A6. Stupid call from the BB by him really… My stack $41k, not quite twice the average.
  • In a nice spot now – nits to my left. Also guy to my right tried to steal, I 3bet with 66, low flop and I got him to fold which was a nice pot. Not sure I can do that too many times to him though – seems like the kind that would fight back. $49k stack.

Good grief – this is against Labschie;

$350/$700 Ante $85 No Limit Holdem
9 Players

Stacks:
UTG ($47,560)
UTG+1 ($55,929)
MP1 ($36,733)
Hero ($49,088)
MP3 ($27,643)
CO ($32,055)
BTN ($8,545)
SB ($25,084)
BB ($80,094)

Pre-Flop: ($1,815, 9 players) Hero is MP2 Khearts poker card Jspades poker card
3 folds, Hero raises to $2,100, 4 folds, BB calls $1,400

Flop: 5spades poker card 7spades poker card 7hearts poker card ($5,315, 2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $2,700, BB calls $2,700

Turn: Aclubs poker card ($10,715, 2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $5,700, BB calls $5,700

River: 9clubs poker card ($22,115, 2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks

Final Pot: $22,115
BB shows
Kspades poker card 4spades poker card
Hero shows
Khearts poker card Jspades poker card

Hero wins $22,115 (net +$11,530)

BB lost $10,585

  • Then my TT stood up, so now on $65k, 10th place out of 193 runners

OMG!!! I get 33 on the button, labschie limps so I give a good raise. He reraises though, so I shove, thinking ‘wtf, I’m tired, I have him covered (just), if I lose I still might make it to the tickets (only a few to go out). He calls with AA.

The flop, turn and river sloowly eek out into a fuck’in 4567 straight!!!

I’m 2nd place in chips – $106k! 160 runners left. Wow, awesome suckout :-D

  • A misclick loses me $10k – I thought I was clicking bet to steal the blinds, but someone had already raised – duh. Down to 6th place. Still not ITM yet! C’mon!!!
  • ok, tables are synchronising – one more poor fool to go out and we can start playing poker again. Smallest stack is about 2 orbits, so might take a while
  • ITM
  • Bit of a card drought :-(

Another break. God I wish I hadn’t drank that bottle of wine earlier – I’ve a headache, it’s work tomorrow, it’s 1am. Oh well, let’s keep going. Stack’s $102k, 5th place out of 127, which means another 64 players to go out before my ticket goes up to $55. How many more hours? God knows…

  • Still card dead. C’mon, c’mon…
  • Hmm, made a couple of really bad plays and donked off $25k. Tiredness and frustration at no decent hole cards. Ok, slap in the face, concentrate, don’t be a donk.
  • Another pot lost – JT in early position (I know, I know), btn calls. A J arrives on the turn, but the river brings a possible straight if he has 87. How likely is that? I decide to check-call. Of course he has it… Stack $46k – less than the avg stack. 93 left in – need another 30 to go out. Gonna be close I think unless I can win a reasonable pot
  • Call a $10k stack’s shove with AT. He has QQ and it holds. I’m 54th out of 88. A couple of blinds come my way, but it feels miserable
  • Someone called JBug40 has the most gorgeous avatar ever! Although she has a bit of a strong chin? Hope I’m not doing a crying game there
  • AKs, I 3bet, they fold. Half way down the field now. Should make it to the $55 ticket, now 16 players need to go out.
  • UTG to my right shoves his $20k stack. I have 55??? It’s early position and too many to act after me, and that’s half my stack. I fold – it goes round the table and someone calls. He had 99 – phew!
  • Conan776 still railing! Hope it’s not too dull man!
  • KK on the button. Get a nice bundle from Jbug (not to showdown unfortunately)
  • Straight away another $28k pot as KT hits TPGK. Now 20th out of 67, above average stack – easily into the next bigger prize
  • A nice run of cards at last – a couple of AJ’s, and into 18th. Tables sync as we wait for one more idiot to fall
  • Play the most bizarre line ever against a big stack – folded to me in the SB, I check, he think and raise, I call and check-raise the monotone flop. I think he just folds out of confusion
  • Hit TPTK, and get a nice $40k pot – 8th out of 64 now. Still waiting for that last idiot! And it looks like it’s going to be our table as loads of ppl shove! 44 beats AK, but no-one goes out
  • Hit a set, but no action. The idiot has gone, I now have a $55 ticket

Another break. Why’s this on a Sunday?!?

  • Hooray, another person sitting out to my left – free blinds!
  • Oh, he woke up :-(
  • Table’s become very tight. So dull! So I start randomly splashing around raises, particularly effective from utg, utg+1 – up to 9th now. Hope they’re not reading this
  • 7th
  • ah, messed up – tangled with the guy on my right, realising only afterwards he was a nit and the flop hit his range really hard – I folded river, but should have folded pre, or on the flop. Back to 11th
  • And a bigger mess. Guy two places to my left never makes sense. He plays it just like a FD, then calls a big river bet with bottom pair? Of course I had nothing, but that’s not the point
  • Had a nice semi bluff with 33. People seem to be folding ok
  • 6 more to go out for $215 ticket!
  • Mass all-in knocks two people out! I get moved to a new table with new strange people who haven’t seen my manic play yet. Cool!
  • Which fails instantly as I throw $70k at someone (half my stack!). Oh well :-) Half way down the field again.
  • won a couple of reasonable pots, plus some blinds. Not really moved up the field much, but at least I’ve kept my stack up with the joneses – 2 players to go out for next prize up :-)
  • 1 more to go out. After that I’m not sure if I can stay awake. Lots of shoving going on the other tables, but the shortstacks keep doubling up.

And now we’re on a break…

  • So I take the last guy out myself on a lucky T4o call hitting a 4. Shortie was btn and raised, I called expecting the BB to also call and we’d check it down. But he folded, duh. Still, lucky result. Now have $216 ticket.
  • Took someone else out with A8s. Good grief – the next prize up is $2k! I guess I’ve got to keep going – I’m 11th at the moment, 23 to go out
  • Picked up a few more shortstacks. Now 7th. Too tired to blog much really
  • QQ, flop has a K and I get cold feet checking the turn. That lets the other guys flush in :-( Down to 21st out of 27 – need 17 to go out to win $2k, feels a bit like a long shot in a way
  • I’m too tired. I shove KJs against a bigger stack. I get my flush. I’m now 9th – it won’t let me go

Ah, then I finally get in trouble – I get 3bet and I call. Flop is low, but a bit connected. I go for a checkraise (I just have overcards), but realise the pot is too big, and all I can do is minraise. He thinks then shoves, and I decide to fold. It left me very low in the field – very careless!

Immediately the next hand is AQs – I reraised by a bigstack and I go all-in. He has 44 and it holds up. Game over.

So, a $215 SCOOP ticket. I’ve no idea what that means, but I’m too tired to find out now. I might play it rather than cash it, since right now it’s not money or even bankroll – it’s just a ticket. We’ll see.

Anyway, if you’ve been following (and thanks to Conan for railing!), thanks, and good night!

also, in before tl;dr

(pic ‘Borrowed’ from Conan776)



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