So it's been a month now since I returned from Vegas, with a total loss (including all expenses and poker losses) of $4000. I actually thought it was worse, but I feel that's a reasonable figure for the three weeks.
The week after I got back I went on a mad rush anyway and won ~$3500 which steadied the ship a bit. I'm not playing so much recently though, as I have been more concentrating on college stuff.
I did, however, have a brush with alot of money in the stars $40k guarentee when I was chipleader in the tournament with 12 left. I ended up busting 9th for $1k when my AKs lost to K10s in a hand that shouldnt have even gotten to a flop, but for the fact that the villian opened for 6BBs when we had ~20BB effective.
For now I'm focusing on getting ready for the world cup of online poker which will run on pokerstars later this year. My edge in these big tournaments is so big compared to the average player, and so I'll probably put more of my roll than usual to try and stretch this edge during the series.
I'll be blogging the WCOOP events as I play them.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Friday, June 19, 2009
Sigh
Alot's happened in the past week. Somehow I've found myself down about $1300 even though I'm playing great. Lost two big $600 pots when I was far ahead (70%/95%) to a couple of pros. It's tough when that happens. Today I cashed in a Binion's poker classic event. They took my details and my name will be on cardplayer's website. Pretty cool.
I've been partying too hard, so I'm going to tone it down this week and play as many tournaments as I can. Going out in this place is just the best fun, I've met loads of new friends and got up to some silly stuff. We went to a nightclub with a waterfall in it, that was pretty cool.
I'm gonna update this better tomorrow, I'm pretty tired right now!
James
I've been partying too hard, so I'm going to tone it down this week and play as many tournaments as I can. Going out in this place is just the best fun, I've met loads of new friends and got up to some silly stuff. We went to a nightclub with a waterfall in it, that was pretty cool.
I'm gonna update this better tomorrow, I'm pretty tired right now!
James
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Ftw
Alot's happened in the last few days, financial situation has me down around $400 overall from a pretty silly run of cards yesterday, but I'm not too worried because the play here is so bad!
For some reason I keep on playing in the game at the stratosphere, where we're staying, which is full of regulars and crazy europeans coming over for the series, so I'm gonna go explore different cash games in the next week. I played for 2 hours at planet hollywood, which was amongst the most ridiculous experiences ever. Being served drinks by Women in their mid 40s with their boobs out makes me a touch uncomfortable. I try not to think to hard about anything that's here though because it's all so fake. Kind of like a Disneyland for older folk.
Played my first big multi-table tournament yesterday, and I pretty much played great. I didn't have any really big hands preflop, but I played ultra-hyper-aggressive because I was at a table full of nits. Ended up busting with about 50 left when I shoved 99 into AJ and lost the flip to some Scandanavian. They're generally the best poker players over here.
Craps has got to be one of the best games ever created, and I'd love to splurge some money on it but I'm not going to. Whoever thought of it is 100% a genius, because the house edge is super massive, but it's such a social game that noone really notices.
I'll keep checking in every now and again,
James
For some reason I keep on playing in the game at the stratosphere, where we're staying, which is full of regulars and crazy europeans coming over for the series, so I'm gonna go explore different cash games in the next week. I played for 2 hours at planet hollywood, which was amongst the most ridiculous experiences ever. Being served drinks by Women in their mid 40s with their boobs out makes me a touch uncomfortable. I try not to think to hard about anything that's here though because it's all so fake. Kind of like a Disneyland for older folk.
Played my first big multi-table tournament yesterday, and I pretty much played great. I didn't have any really big hands preflop, but I played ultra-hyper-aggressive because I was at a table full of nits. Ended up busting with about 50 left when I shoved 99 into AJ and lost the flip to some Scandanavian. They're generally the best poker players over here.
Craps has got to be one of the best games ever created, and I'd love to splurge some money on it but I'm not going to. Whoever thought of it is 100% a genius, because the house edge is super massive, but it's such a social game that noone really notices.
I'll keep checking in every now and again,
James
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Vegas!
Tuesday 9th of June
Hardcore leaching off some house’s wireless
The strip stands out like a sore thumb. The whole city is not like this.
Arrived at Vegas yesterday and pretty much just crashed upon arrival. The journey was real long, and the jetlag is still lingering for sure, went to bed at 8pm last night only to wake up at 5 this morning.
Vegas is definitely a weird place, the noises from the slots are unbearable and you have to walk through them every time you want to leave the hotel. The poker room here is pretty cool though, the tournament structure is a bit crap but there’s some others going on around the strip.
Yesterday I played 3 hours of a cash game, with blinds at $1-$2 and an optional button straddle of $4, which is something I hadn’t seen before. We had a good table, and I made friends with two Norwegian guys, one either side of me, who were pretty much over to do the same thing I am. The play was super soft, with a guy who sounded like Buzz Lightyear limp calling any bet up to $20. He was the main target for the table really.
We also had this Philippino guy who was joking around the whole time but who clearly was a good player. Flopped a couple of sets (One against the Buzz Lightyear guy) at the right times to leave with around $200 profit, but subsequently pumped $60 back in the crappy tournament.
I met a guy named Eddy “Kingpin LV” in the tournament, who plays poker, wears a lot of bling and produces records. Thought that was pretty cool. Got his number and he said he’d show me around some pubs/clubs if I wanted a guide. He answered his phone with a “Holla” everytime. Cool.
We then went for a wander around the strip. Caeser’s palace is the biggest and most ridiculous place I have ever seen but they have the most amazing aquarium. There must have been around 20 different types of exotic fish on display, including manta rays and guys who looked like nemo. Went to a load of high street shops of familiar brands (Puma, Nike, Urban outfitters etc.) and there’s just so much clothing I want to get it’s ridiculous. We’ll see how the poker goes…
Today we’re gonna go for pancakes in the place nextdoor, and then probably just bum around the stratosphere. We plan to go up the tower to the bar and get an overview of the place. Also, our hotel does all you drink for 4 hours from 4-8pm for $20?! We’re going to go for unlimited drinks with the Norwegians one day this week.
Gonna head to the Golden nugget on Friday for a $200 tournament with a great structure, so pretty excited about that!
I’ll keep you updated as I go, but I think this’ll probably get out later than Today, so the updates may come in bursts!
James
Hardcore leaching off some house’s wireless
The strip stands out like a sore thumb. The whole city is not like this.
Arrived at Vegas yesterday and pretty much just crashed upon arrival. The journey was real long, and the jetlag is still lingering for sure, went to bed at 8pm last night only to wake up at 5 this morning.
Vegas is definitely a weird place, the noises from the slots are unbearable and you have to walk through them every time you want to leave the hotel. The poker room here is pretty cool though, the tournament structure is a bit crap but there’s some others going on around the strip.
Yesterday I played 3 hours of a cash game, with blinds at $1-$2 and an optional button straddle of $4, which is something I hadn’t seen before. We had a good table, and I made friends with two Norwegian guys, one either side of me, who were pretty much over to do the same thing I am. The play was super soft, with a guy who sounded like Buzz Lightyear limp calling any bet up to $20. He was the main target for the table really.
We also had this Philippino guy who was joking around the whole time but who clearly was a good player. Flopped a couple of sets (One against the Buzz Lightyear guy) at the right times to leave with around $200 profit, but subsequently pumped $60 back in the crappy tournament.
I met a guy named Eddy “Kingpin LV” in the tournament, who plays poker, wears a lot of bling and produces records. Thought that was pretty cool. Got his number and he said he’d show me around some pubs/clubs if I wanted a guide. He answered his phone with a “Holla” everytime. Cool.
We then went for a wander around the strip. Caeser’s palace is the biggest and most ridiculous place I have ever seen but they have the most amazing aquarium. There must have been around 20 different types of exotic fish on display, including manta rays and guys who looked like nemo. Went to a load of high street shops of familiar brands (Puma, Nike, Urban outfitters etc.) and there’s just so much clothing I want to get it’s ridiculous. We’ll see how the poker goes…
Today we’re gonna go for pancakes in the place nextdoor, and then probably just bum around the stratosphere. We plan to go up the tower to the bar and get an overview of the place. Also, our hotel does all you drink for 4 hours from 4-8pm for $20?! We’re going to go for unlimited drinks with the Norwegians one day this week.
Gonna head to the Golden nugget on Friday for a $200 tournament with a great structure, so pretty excited about that!
I’ll keep you updated as I go, but I think this’ll probably get out later than Today, so the updates may come in bursts!
James
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Victory in the 10r
Yesterday was a good day.
I played 3 tournaments in total, and after getting knocked out of the 100 FO and 44 FO 6-max I had only the 10r left to play. The reason why all rebuy tournaments under $50 on stars are so profitable is the amount of money put in by people unwilling to rebuy.
I rode my stack pretty easily up to 200k or so, and then won a couple of nice hands to get into real contention. Two really sticky spots came up however, one at the final table and one with 13 left.
Sticky spot 1.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4328198
The big decision here was the call of his 3 bet postflop. If he had been a worse player I may have folded, but he had just been playing so super aggressive I had to call.
Sticky spot 2.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4328207
This was meant to be a trap where I'd just call down the whole way but the river bet was so strange it made me pause for a bit. Eventually made the call.
Chopped for $5k, nice score just before I go away!
I played 3 tournaments in total, and after getting knocked out of the 100 FO and 44 FO 6-max I had only the 10r left to play. The reason why all rebuy tournaments under $50 on stars are so profitable is the amount of money put in by people unwilling to rebuy.
I rode my stack pretty easily up to 200k or so, and then won a couple of nice hands to get into real contention. Two really sticky spots came up however, one at the final table and one with 13 left.
Sticky spot 1.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4328198
The big decision here was the call of his 3 bet postflop. If he had been a worse player I may have folded, but he had just been playing so super aggressive I had to call.
Sticky spot 2.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?4328207
This was meant to be a trap where I'd just call down the whole way but the river bet was so strange it made me pause for a bit. Eventually made the call.
Chopped for $5k, nice score just before I go away!
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Vegas on Monday, some poker updates
Haven't been here in a while, mainly because of the fact that I haven't been playing to much due to exams and stuff.
Couldn't help myself playing the $6k guarenteed on Stars last night however, which I took a nice 3/72 in for 1.1k. Really want to play the 1.5k PLO8 WSOP event, but don't know if I have the balls to put up that much money.
I've taken a new approach to my MTT play in the last few months, and have been going into shove-mode far earlier than I usually would. Poker is not poker if you don't have more than 25 BBs to play with.
Gonna try make this blog a bit more accessible to non-poker players, cuase it's a lil technical right now.
I'll be periodically updating this blog during my Vegas experience, so look out here for thoughts on the game over there.
Jimmy
Couldn't help myself playing the $6k guarenteed on Stars last night however, which I took a nice 3/72 in for 1.1k. Really want to play the 1.5k PLO8 WSOP event, but don't know if I have the balls to put up that much money.
I've taken a new approach to my MTT play in the last few months, and have been going into shove-mode far earlier than I usually would. Poker is not poker if you don't have more than 25 BBs to play with.
Gonna try make this blog a bit more accessible to non-poker players, cuase it's a lil technical right now.
I'll be periodically updating this blog during my Vegas experience, so look out here for thoughts on the game over there.
Jimmy
Saturday, April 25, 2009
The World Series of Poker
Here's my bustout from the $650 WSOP main event satellite I just crashed out of. I hate coolers.
PokerStars Game #27484963440: Tournament #156615758, $615+$35 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (50/100) - 2009/04/25 16:09:14 ETTable '156615758 6' 9-max
Seat #1 is the buttonSeat 1: liIhoIdem954 (5988 in chips)
Seat 2: painhead (1665 in chips)
Seat 3: mendieta19 (1585 in chips)
Seat 4: oaktree50 (10082 in chips)
Seat 5: ryanghall (8340 in chips)
Seat 6: Rockytherock (2515 in chips)
Seat 8: waz111 (2488 in chips)
Seat 9: jotaele1 (1842 in chips)
liIhoIdem954: posts the ante 10
painhead: posts the ante 10
mendieta19: posts the ante 10
oaktree50: posts the ante 10
ryanghall: posts the ante 10
Rockytherock: posts the ante 10
waz111: posts the ante 10
jotaele1: posts the ante 10
painhead: posts small blind 50
mendieta19: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Rockytherock [Qs Qc]
oaktree50: folds
ryanghall: raises 200 to 300
Rockytherock: calls 300
waz111: folds jotaele1: folds
liIhoIdem954: folds
painhead: raises 1355 to 1655 and is all-in
mendieta19: folds
ryanghall: raises 6675 to 8330 and is all-in
Rockytherock: calls 2205 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (5825) returned to ryanghall
*** FLOP *** [Js Jh Qh]
*** TURN *** [Js Jh Qh] [Ad]
*** RIVER *** [Js Jh Qh Ad] [Td]***
SHOW DOWN ***
ryanghall: shows [As Ac] (a full house, Aces full of Jacks)
Rockytherock: shows [Qs Qc] (a full house, Queens full of Jacks)
ryanghall collected 1700 from side
potpainhead: shows [8c 8s] (two pair, Jacks and Eights)
ryanghall collected 5145 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***Total pot 6845 Main pot 5145. Side pot 1700. Rake 0
Board [Js Jh Qh Ad Td]Seat 1:
liIhoIdem954 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 2: painhead (small blind) showed [8c 8s] and lost with two pair, Jacks and EightsSeat 3: mendieta19 (big blind) folded before FlopSeat 4: oaktree50 folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 5: ryanghall showed [As Ac] and won (6845) with a full house, Aces full of JacksSeat 6: Rockytherock showed [Qs Qc] and lost with a full house, Queens full of JacksSeat 8: waz111 folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 9: jotaele1 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
PokerStars Game #27484963440: Tournament #156615758, $615+$35 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (50/100) - 2009/04/25 16:09:14 ETTable '156615758 6' 9-max
Seat #1 is the buttonSeat 1: liIhoIdem954 (5988 in chips)
Seat 2: painhead (1665 in chips)
Seat 3: mendieta19 (1585 in chips)
Seat 4: oaktree50 (10082 in chips)
Seat 5: ryanghall (8340 in chips)
Seat 6: Rockytherock (2515 in chips)
Seat 8: waz111 (2488 in chips)
Seat 9: jotaele1 (1842 in chips)
liIhoIdem954: posts the ante 10
painhead: posts the ante 10
mendieta19: posts the ante 10
oaktree50: posts the ante 10
ryanghall: posts the ante 10
Rockytherock: posts the ante 10
waz111: posts the ante 10
jotaele1: posts the ante 10
painhead: posts small blind 50
mendieta19: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Rockytherock [Qs Qc]
oaktree50: folds
ryanghall: raises 200 to 300
Rockytherock: calls 300
waz111: folds jotaele1: folds
liIhoIdem954: folds
painhead: raises 1355 to 1655 and is all-in
mendieta19: folds
ryanghall: raises 6675 to 8330 and is all-in
Rockytherock: calls 2205 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (5825) returned to ryanghall
*** FLOP *** [Js Jh Qh]
*** TURN *** [Js Jh Qh] [Ad]
*** RIVER *** [Js Jh Qh Ad] [Td]***
SHOW DOWN ***
ryanghall: shows [As Ac] (a full house, Aces full of Jacks)
Rockytherock: shows [Qs Qc] (a full house, Queens full of Jacks)
ryanghall collected 1700 from side
potpainhead: shows [8c 8s] (two pair, Jacks and Eights)
ryanghall collected 5145 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***Total pot 6845 Main pot 5145. Side pot 1700. Rake 0
Board [Js Jh Qh Ad Td]Seat 1:
liIhoIdem954 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 2: painhead (small blind) showed [8c 8s] and lost with two pair, Jacks and EightsSeat 3: mendieta19 (big blind) folded before FlopSeat 4: oaktree50 folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 5: ryanghall showed [As Ac] and won (6845) with a full house, Aces full of JacksSeat 6: Rockytherock showed [Qs Qc] and lost with a full house, Queens full of JacksSeat 8: waz111 folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 9: jotaele1 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Playing some tired poker
Last Saturday I decided to play some poker starting from about 6pm. I was very tired from band practice but often use poker as a way to wind down before going to bed after a long day.
I started playing a few tournaments, including the $215 8-game which happens every Saturday on stars and I really enjoy. However, fatigue quickly set in across the board, and I was playing about $800 worth of tournaments. I started busting out, and didn't really try to fight in any of my games, my bustout in the 8-game was particularly stupid.
The next morning I found myself with that nice dent in my account and I was shaking my head at my idiocy.
I'm playing a bit today, if I'm not too tired.
James
I started playing a few tournaments, including the $215 8-game which happens every Saturday on stars and I really enjoy. However, fatigue quickly set in across the board, and I was playing about $800 worth of tournaments. I started busting out, and didn't really try to fight in any of my games, my bustout in the 8-game was particularly stupid.
The next morning I found myself with that nice dent in my account and I was shaking my head at my idiocy.
I'm playing a bit today, if I'm not too tired.
James
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
SCOOP 11, Mixed hold'em
Buy In - $320
Finished - 74th of 1125
Money - $725.62
I really enjoyed this tournament which culminated in, what my opinion, was an unavoidable coinflip in the NL 500/1000 round. We had history, with me doubling him up when I called his 15BB shove with KQ when he showed AQ. I knew this was a coinflip probably 97% of the time and felt I needed to gamble because the limit rounds were brutal. The hand is shown below, along with a few other important hands in the tournament.
As good as bust -
Table '200904112 34' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: RuFio25 (2658 in chips)
Seat 2: scarface_79 (4402 in chips)
Seat 3: Joe_Banks (6716 in chips)
Seat 4: jcamby33 (20938 in chips)
Seat 5: skat tilt (22867 in chips)
Seat 6: Rockytherock (16485 in chips)
skat tilt: posts small blind 150
Rockytherock: posts big blind 300
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Rockytherock [Jc Jh]
RuFio25 has timed out
RuFio25: folds
RuFio25 is sitting out
scarface_79: folds
RuFio25 has returned
Joe_Banks: raises 300 to 600
jcamby33: calls 600
skat tilt: folds
Rockytherock: raises 300 to 900
Joe_Banks: calls 300
jcamby33: calls 300
*** FLOP *** [6c 9h 9d]
Rockytherock: bets 300
Joe_Banks: calls 300
jcamby33: raises 300 to 600
Rockytherock: calls 300
Joe_Banks: calls 300
*** TURN *** [6c 9h 9d] [2s]
Rockytherock: checks
Joe_Banks: checks
jcamby33: bets 600
Rockytherock: calls 600
Joe_Banks: folds
*** RIVER *** [6c 9h 9d 2s] [8d]
Rockytherock: checks
jcamby33: bets 600
Rockytherock: calls 600
*** SHOW DOWN ***
jcamby33: shows [9c As] (three of a kind, Nines)
Rockytherock: mucks hand
jcamby33 collected 7050 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 7050 | Rake 0
Board [6c 9h 9d 2s 8d]
Seat 1: RuFio25 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: scarface_79 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Joe_Banks folded on the Turn
Seat 4: jcamby33 (button) showed [9c As] and won (7050) with three of a kind, Nines
Seat 5: skat tilt (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: Rockytherock (big blind) mucked [Jc Jh]
Was torn between value betting/checking the river here
PokerStars Game #26841390999: Tournament #200904112, $300+$20 Hold'em Mixed (Hold'em Limit) - Level XXV (800/1600) - 2009/04/08 0:03:07 WET [2009/04/07 19:03:07 ET]
Table '200904112 34' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: SixZeros (26475 in chips)
Seat 2: scarface_79 (9098 in chips)
Seat 3: NEKOTYAN (17550 in chips)
Seat 4: jcamby33 (28450 in chips)
Seat 5: skat tilt (34601 in chips)
Seat 6: Rockytherock (28223 in chips)
scarface_79: posts small blind 400
NEKOTYAN: posts big blind 800
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Rockytherock [Kc Kd]
jcamby33: folds
skat tilt: raises 800 to 1600
Rockytherock: raises 800 to 2400
SixZeros: folds
scarface_79: folds
NEKOTYAN: folds
skat tilt: calls 800
*** FLOP *** [Jc 8c Th]
skat tilt: checks
Rockytherock: bets 800
skat tilt: calls 800
*** TURN *** [Jc 8c Th] [Qd]
skat tilt: checks
Rockytherock: checks
*** RIVER *** [Jc 8c Th Qd] [Js]
skat tilt: checks
Rockytherock: bets 1600
skat tilt: calls 1600
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Rockytherock: shows [Kc Kd] (two pair, Kings and Jacks)
skat tilt: shows [9s 8d] (a straight, Eight to Queen)
skat tilt collected 10800 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 10800 | Rake 0
Board [Jc 8c Th Qd Js]
Seat 1: SixZeros (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: scarface_79 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: NEKOTYAN (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: jcamby33 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: skat tilt showed [9s 8d] and won (10800) with a straight, Eight to Queen
Seat 6: Rockytherock showed [Kc Kd] and lost with two pair, Kings and Jacks
Finished - 74th of 1125
Money - $725.62
I really enjoyed this tournament which culminated in, what my opinion, was an unavoidable coinflip in the NL 500/1000 round. We had history, with me doubling him up when I called his 15BB shove with KQ when he showed AQ. I knew this was a coinflip probably 97% of the time and felt I needed to gamble because the limit rounds were brutal. The hand is shown below, along with a few other important hands in the tournament.
As good as bust -
PokerStars Game #26844594685: Tournament #200904112, $300+$20 Hold'em Mixed (Hold'em No Limit) - Level XXXIV (500/1000) - 2009/04/08 1:44:10 WET [2009/04/07 20:44:10 ET]PokerStars Game #26837992524: Tournament #200904112, $300+$20 Hold'em Mixed (Hold'em Limit) - Level XVII (300/600) - 2009/04/07 22:27:48 WET [2009/04/07 17:27:48 ET]
Table '200904112 34' 6-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: CobaltBlueX (57496 in chips)
Seat 2: tzompu (90195 in chips)
Seat 3: slammedfire (46651 in chips)
Seat 4: crackhAAd (33493 in chips)
Seat 5: kidpoker406 (130942 in chips)
Seat 6: Rockytherock (47434 in chips)
slammedfire: posts the ante 125
crackhAAd: posts the ante 125
kidpoker406: posts the ante 125
Rockytherock: posts the ante 125
CobaltBlueX: posts the ante 125
tzompu: posts the ante 125
slammedfire: posts small blind 500
crackhAAd: posts big blind 1000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Rockytherock [Th Td]
kidpoker406: folds
Rockytherock: raises 2000 to 3000
CobaltBlueX: folds
tzompu: folds
kidpoker406 said, "nhl"
slammedfire: raises 43526 to 46526 and is all-in
crackhAAd: folds
Rockytherock: calls 43526
*** FLOP *** [5s Kh 7c]
*** TURN *** [5s Kh 7c] [5h]
*** RIVER *** [5s Kh 7c 5h] [6s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
slammedfire: shows [Ah Ks] (two pair, Kings and Fives)
Rockytherock: shows [Th Td] (two pair, Tens and Fives)
Rockytherock said, "gg gl"
slammedfire collected 94802 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 94802 | Rake 0
Board [5s Kh 7c 5h 6s]
Seat 1: CobaltBlueX folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: tzompu (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: slammedfire (small blind) showed [Ah Ks] and won (94802) with two pair, Kings and Fives
Seat 4: crackhAAd (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: kidpoker406 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Rockytherock showed [Th Td] and lost with two pair, Tens and Fives
Very badly played hand early on -
Table '200904112 34' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: RuFio25 (2658 in chips)
Seat 2: scarface_79 (4402 in chips)
Seat 3: Joe_Banks (6716 in chips)
Seat 4: jcamby33 (20938 in chips)
Seat 5: skat tilt (22867 in chips)
Seat 6: Rockytherock (16485 in chips)
skat tilt: posts small blind 150
Rockytherock: posts big blind 300
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Rockytherock [Jc Jh]
RuFio25 has timed out
RuFio25: folds
RuFio25 is sitting out
scarface_79: folds
RuFio25 has returned
Joe_Banks: raises 300 to 600
jcamby33: calls 600
skat tilt: folds
Rockytherock: raises 300 to 900
Joe_Banks: calls 300
jcamby33: calls 300
*** FLOP *** [6c 9h 9d]
Rockytherock: bets 300
Joe_Banks: calls 300
jcamby33: raises 300 to 600
Rockytherock: calls 300
Joe_Banks: calls 300
*** TURN *** [6c 9h 9d] [2s]
Rockytherock: checks
Joe_Banks: checks
jcamby33: bets 600
Rockytherock: calls 600
Joe_Banks: folds
*** RIVER *** [6c 9h 9d 2s] [8d]
Rockytherock: checks
jcamby33: bets 600
Rockytherock: calls 600
*** SHOW DOWN ***
jcamby33: shows [9c As] (three of a kind, Nines)
Rockytherock: mucks hand
jcamby33 collected 7050 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 7050 | Rake 0
Board [6c 9h 9d 2s 8d]
Seat 1: RuFio25 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: scarface_79 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Joe_Banks folded on the Turn
Seat 4: jcamby33 (button) showed [9c As] and won (7050) with three of a kind, Nines
Seat 5: skat tilt (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: Rockytherock (big blind) mucked [Jc Jh]
Was torn between value betting/checking the river here
PokerStars Game #26841390999: Tournament #200904112, $300+$20 Hold'em Mixed (Hold'em Limit) - Level XXV (800/1600) - 2009/04/08 0:03:07 WET [2009/04/07 19:03:07 ET]
Table '200904112 34' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: SixZeros (26475 in chips)
Seat 2: scarface_79 (9098 in chips)
Seat 3: NEKOTYAN (17550 in chips)
Seat 4: jcamby33 (28450 in chips)
Seat 5: skat tilt (34601 in chips)
Seat 6: Rockytherock (28223 in chips)
scarface_79: posts small blind 400
NEKOTYAN: posts big blind 800
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Rockytherock [Kc Kd]
jcamby33: folds
skat tilt: raises 800 to 1600
Rockytherock: raises 800 to 2400
SixZeros: folds
scarface_79: folds
NEKOTYAN: folds
skat tilt: calls 800
*** FLOP *** [Jc 8c Th]
skat tilt: checks
Rockytherock: bets 800
skat tilt: calls 800
*** TURN *** [Jc 8c Th] [Qd]
skat tilt: checks
Rockytherock: checks
*** RIVER *** [Jc 8c Th Qd] [Js]
skat tilt: checks
Rockytherock: bets 1600
skat tilt: calls 1600
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Rockytherock: shows [Kc Kd] (two pair, Kings and Jacks)
skat tilt: shows [9s 8d] (a straight, Eight to Queen)
skat tilt collected 10800 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 10800 | Rake 0
Board [Jc 8c Th Qd Js]
Seat 1: SixZeros (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: scarface_79 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: NEKOTYAN (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: jcamby33 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: skat tilt showed [9s 8d] and won (10800) with a straight, Eight to Queen
Seat 6: Rockytherock showed [Kc Kd] and lost with two pair, Kings and Jacks
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Brag
Have to start off on a positive!
I ran into Thx4UrM0ney in a $27 18 man SnG on pokerstars. For those of you who don't know, he's the guy who won SCOOP 4 medium for $103k last week. He said he was staked and pocketed $53k for himself... not bad for a freeroll!
He told me that all players who final table a SCOOP event get a limited edition jacket, and I'm in that group with my 7th place in SCOOP 2 medium!
Of course, a jacket doesn't really compare to the prize money, but that's the beauty of the gambler's fallacy.
For more information on SCOOP - www.pokerstars.com/scoop
EDIT
Check out the pokerstars blog on my final table -
http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2009/scoop-victory-is-twice-as-nice-for-sdoub-038153.html
I ran into Thx4UrM0ney in a $27 18 man SnG on pokerstars. For those of you who don't know, he's the guy who won SCOOP 4 medium for $103k last week. He said he was staked and pocketed $53k for himself... not bad for a freeroll!
He told me that all players who final table a SCOOP event get a limited edition jacket, and I'm in that group with my 7th place in SCOOP 2 medium!
Of course, a jacket doesn't really compare to the prize money, but that's the beauty of the gambler's fallacy.
For more information on SCOOP - www.pokerstars.com/scoop
EDIT
Check out the pokerstars blog on my final table -
http://www.pokerstarsblog.com/scoop/2009/scoop-victory-is-twice-as-nice-for-sdoub-038153.html
Journey of a grinder
Welcome to my blog that's been a long time coming. I have played internet poker for the past 4 years and am at a reasonable standard, but have many flaws in my game that need ironing out. This blog will hopefully help me to achieve this, and give you an insight into someone who fancies themselves as a reasonably good multi-table tournament player. Strategy of poker can be discussed until the cows come home, but in brief I would categorize myself as much more of a 'feel' player than one who calculates the odds. I do know some basic percentages, but in my opinion 'math' types in their purest form do not exist, even in live poker, because the amount of mental arithmetic necessary to be done in under a minute is ridiculous.
So welcome! Appreciate, comment away and if you have any questions for me don't hesitate, I'll be posting hands and such from various tournaments as they arise, with my thoughts behind my line.
James
So welcome! Appreciate, comment away and if you have any questions for me don't hesitate, I'll be posting hands and such from various tournaments as they arise, with my thoughts behind my line.
James
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