Tuesday, December 26, 2006

not much to write about

made another final table the other day, in the late FTP $150, 2nd time i have made that final table... i went out 9th... made 1 bad play that made me desparate early at the FT.... with 2 tables left i was chip leader and lost almost all my chips in a huge pot AK vs QQ i hit the K he hit the Q.... if i win that pot i dont think anyone could had done much to stop me... oh well... i have been really disgruntled lately, and tend to not write when i dont have good things to write about... lucko has talked me into playing less tables at a time, so im trying that, and if i dont snap out of my slump soon, i will go back to my very boring bread and butter sng games. i just dont want to.... i know im capable in MTTs and dont want to quit.

hopefully i will have something positive to write about soon.... gl all... hope everyone had a good christmas...

Monday, December 18, 2006

a few more "almosts"

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had a very rough day... i was so stressed and so tilted, i blew $241 in the 10r on stars. i got real deep, i busted in that in 61st place... unfortunately i still lost money.

i final tabled 2 tournaments today but didnt do well at either final table. as a matter of fact i still lost money on the day (i played everything).

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this is the 30r on UB, i was an alternate, i got in so late i only played like 2 hands in the rebuy hour. this tourney is cool because you can do that and you can take a double rebuy right away and start with T4500, then they have double add ons as well.



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and this is the 8pm UB $109 that i have been playing lately... good tournament... slow structure and T2500 to start. UB has several $109's a day. i think i will be keeping money on that site, although i hate their software with a passion.


soon i have to win something... im getting stressed out constantly getting so close, while my bankroll is going down... i dont want to have to play sngs, MTTs are so much more fun... i want this to work.

Saturday, December 16, 2006

rise and fall to the final table of the 100r

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before i get into the final table i made yesterday, i want to mention that i got close to making one on FTP yesterday as well...

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i think i mentioned it yesterday that i had FT the day before as well... a cheap 4th place.


almost got one today as well, i got very unlucky to not make it, shorties doubled every time (about 6 times), then i get sucked out on, then lose another all in with a shorty then i run into AA all on the FT bubble.

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now onto the rebuy tourney....

i think i played this tourney well. i will go over a few key hands... im gonna copy kevin's style (blog page) a little bit, and see how i like it...i know this isnt a win, but i feel i played my best game in this tourney. unlike kevin i dont snap many screen shots while playing, so i loaded my HH file in pokerXfacter's replayer, and i will provide a link so anyone can watch the whole tourney if they like.


i started the 2nd hour here, i am in it for $709


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my 1st double up... i deserve this btw....

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this guy thought i was stealing and attempted a resteal.... hmmm i wonder if this is how he got his chips?


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well i guess this guy is definitely a blind defender... maybe he did get his chips this way, but we know for sure this is how he lost them... hmmmm... ty sir.


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this is a big hand... it tells the table im not gonna be ran over, and tells them to be careful of me. i tried to steal the blinds, this dude calls.... he leads out for 8k, in my pot? wtf... i re-pop him to 20k committing almost half my stack making me look very strong, it was a 2.5 times reraise as well... you can not do this against any opponant. he folds, and i win a nice pot.... notice who is on the button? its the winner of this tourney from the day before.

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this is just a few hands later, and you also at some point need to tell the table to stay off of your blinds... or mattg will rape you all night.. trust me i know.

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another sweet pot... dude pushed on me and i had the hand...

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sorry kevin, i hate doing this to you.... esp since i didnt win...

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last hand.... while at the final table, i couldnt even play a hand... table was very aggressive, and i couldnt get a hand... i was card dead, and maybe i played a lil to tight, and this push may be questionable, i could had waited another orbit, and hope i could find something better that i could get 1st in with.

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i believe if you wanted you can watch the whole tourney at pxf as long as you register with them for the free account. here is the link for this tourney:

100r whole tourney in replayer

i might take a look at the other final table i made a few days ago.. i know i made a very embarrassing play with 2 tables left... but i had a huge stack before that play... it might make an interesting post later... i will watch it in the replayer and see if i can find something worth writing about. unless i get a win or something in the mean time.. seems like i keep getting very close... its gotta come soon right??????

Thursday, December 14, 2006

lucko came to town, and bloggers.

when people come to town and i play a lot live, i tend to ignore my blog a bit. i played the blogger tourney at caesars and did real shitty. then me and lucko went to the venetian $200 tourney later on that night. i busted in the 1st level, we had like $3.5k to start i think

i was in mid position, and everyone limped to me, i had AK clubs, so i make it 6 times the BB for $300. kid right behind me immediately made it $600, everyone else folds i call. flop was Qxx 2 clubs, i check he bets $800, i go all in.... he calls with JJ, and it held.

lucko also busted out early. we then went to the blooger think at IP for a few drinks. although we had been drinking for a while already.... we got to learn all about watches and blogs, kinda very boring, so we went downstairs to play drunk 1/2nl. lucko was super aggressive and i had position on him, i think i busted him 2 times with bottom pair.. heh. also busted smokkee who appears to tilt and get angry... heheh... i had a lot of fun.. it was awesome, i also doubled up like 4 ppl including smokkee, my stack was between 100 and 700 up and down the whole time,

when i had about $550, i had AK and raised preflop, some dude had limped in already, and he called. flop came AKx, he checks i bet, he calls, turn is a blank, he checks i bet , he calls. river is an A, he leads out for a 100, i push (he has me covered), he calls and i double with the nuts. he had something like AT.

but i lost a pot just as big at caesars a few days later when i flopped the nuts against some donkey who hit a running flush... he had flopped top pair. i had a straight. i always have horrible luck at caesars must be rigged for action there. hehe...

oh yeah, we also played the binions $340 tourney which is televised and you start with 6k and and it has a great blind structure. but we both busted early there too... i will prob play that more often... they also have it in a $600 buyin.
while at binions we played a little cash as well... they only had 1/2nl but they had guys buying in huge.. one dude sat with $8k. made things interesting... anyways, it was a fun weekend... a long weekend.. hehe.


oh yeah (again) i made a final table last night, but i didnt take any screenshots.. i got 4th.. kinda sucked... but i will take the $2400. lucko won the 100r last night for 25k, and my buddy from plus one, who is winning everything he touches right now, won the 100r 2 nights ago. i am a bit jealous, but very happy for then, they both really deserved a huge win.

Sunday, December 03, 2006

i can cash, but not close 'em out.

well, i played 11 MTTs today.... cashed 5 of them (nothing great though), still in one but not doing so great.... im getting frusterated that i am not making any final tables lately uuuugh. i have a few hands saved up and a few finishes i would like brag about a little.



PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (9 handed) pokerhand.org hand converter



Hero (t2140)

Button (t3362)

SB (t495)

BB (t3570)

UTG (t5875)

UTG+1 (t1875)

MP1 (t1225)

MP2 (t2990)

MP3 (t9443)



Preflop: Hero is CO with As, Qh.

1 fold, UTG+1 raises to t200, 3 folds, Hero calls t200, 1 fold, SB raises to t495, 1 fold, UTG+1 calls t295, Hero raises to t2140, UTG+1 folds.



Flop: (t3230) 7d, 7c, 9c (2 players)



Turn: (t3230) Qc (2 players)



River: (t3230) 5c (2 players)



Final Pot: t3230



Results in white below:

SB has 8d 8h (two pair, eights and sevens).

Hero has As Qh (two pair, queens and sevens).

Outcome: Hero wins t3230.


i really liked the way i played this hand, at first i just called because i wasnt so sure about the EP min raiser. as soon as the shorty reraised all in, and the EP guy didnt try to isolate or get more money in the pot, i knew i absolutely had to be ahead of him, great spot to push, IMO.

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PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (9 handed) pokerhand.org hand converter



CO (t2410)

Hero (t2380)

SB (t3640)

BB (t2010)

UTG (t3659)

UTG+1 (t2420)

MP1 (t2360)

MP2 (t1761)

MP3 (t1840)



Preflop: Hero is Button with 9c, 8d.

UTG calls t20, 4 folds, CO raises to t80, Hero calls t80, 1 fold, BB calls t60, UTG calls t60.



Flop: (t330) 7s, 6d, Ah (4 players)

BB checks, UTG checks, CO bets t220, Hero calls t220, BB calls t220, UTG folds.



Turn: (t990) 9s (3 players)

BB checks, CO checks, Hero checks.



River: (t990) 9h (3 players)

BB bets t300, CO calls t300, Hero raises to t920, BB folds, CO calls t620.



Final Pot: t3130



Results in white below:

CO has Ad Kc (two pair, aces and nines).

Hero has 9c 8d (three of a kind, nines).

Outcome: Hero wins t3130.


i thought this was an interesting hand, on the flop, i thought until my time was about out. i thought strongly about both raising and folding, i finally decided to call and make my choice on the turn. i am not sure if that was a horrible call or not. but the free card was awesome. the guy who called my raise on the river was dabest247, we played at the same table in almost every tourney i played today. man was he over agressive in blind defense, sucked out on me in a huge pot, like i need to double him.


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BB (t9370)

UTG (t15140)

UTG+1 (t6690)

MP1 (t13700)

MP2 (t8530)

MP3 (t15000)

CO (t11000)

Hero (t12420)

SB (t11050)



Preflop: Hero is Button with 8h, 9c.

4 folds, MP3 raises to t480, 1 fold, Hero calls t480, 2 folds.



Flop: (t1140) 5h, 6c, 3s (2 players)

MP3 bets t480, Hero raises to t1680, MP3 folds.



Final Pot: t3300



Results in white below:

No showdown. Hero wins t3300.



just a fun hand, i dont bluff a lot, but we must bluff occasionally.

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MP2 (t11230)

MP3 (t13280)

CO (t9920)

Button (t11160)

SB (t8750)

BB (t6600)

UTG (t9880)

Hero (t9270)

MP1 (t9910)



Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with 7c, 3c.

1 fold, Hero raises to t160, 1 fold, MP2 raises to t560, 5 folds, Hero calls t400.



Flop: (t1240) Js, Jd, 7s (2 players)

Hero checks, MP2 checks.



Turn: (t1240) 2h (2 players)

Hero bets t880, MP2 calls t880.



River: (t3000) 7h (2 players)

Hero checks, MP2 checks.



Final Pot: t3000



Results in white below:

Hero has 7c 3c (full house, sevens full of jacks).

MP2 has Qh Qd (two pair, queens and jacks).

Outcome: Hero wins t3000.


dont play 73s like this, but if you do.. make sure its against someone who has no clue how to play post-flop.


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PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (9 handed) pokerhand.org hand converter



Button (t2220)

Hero (t2250)

BB (t6078)

UTG (t2895)

UTG+1 (t2520)

MP1 (t5005)

MP2 (t1820)

MP3 (t3952)

CO (t7515)



Preflop: Hero is SB with Kc, Qd.

5 folds, CO calls t100, 1 fold, Hero completes, BB checks.



Flop: (t300) Tc, 6c, Kd (3 players)

Hero bets t200, BB calls t200, CO folds.



Turn: (t700) Td (2 players)

Hero bets t500, BB raises to t1100, Hero raises to t1950, BB calls t850.



River: (t4600) 3c (2 players)



Final Pot: t4600



Results in white below:

Hero has Kc Qd (two pair, kings and tens).

BB has 9d Ks (two pair, kings and tens).

Outcome: Hero wins t4600.


interesting hand, kinda tuff spot. i pushed because i thought he could very easily be on a draw, and i needed chips anyways.

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this guy must had thought i missed the flop, lets tell him we have an over pair... again not often but definately at times.

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PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (9 handed) pokerhand.org hand converter



CO (t1345)

Button (t1010)

SB (t2695)

BB (t7165)

UTG (t3012)

UTG+1 (t6490)

MP1 (t1345)

MP2 (t15275)

Hero (t5573)



Preflop: Hero is MP3 with 5s, 5d.

4 folds, Hero raises to t300, 3 folds, BB raises to t900, Hero calls t600.



Flop: (t1850) 6c, 4s, Kh (2 players)

BB bets t1155, Hero calls t1155.



Turn: (t4160) 7s (2 players)

BB checks, Hero bets t3518 (All-In), BB folds.



Final Pot: t7678



Results in white below:

No showdown. Hero wins t7678.


another semi-bluff... this guy gave me a great spot to try for it. i was planning to try for this pot to begin with, this turn was a great card.


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ok, thats all the hands i saved the last few days.. i want to talk about a few tourneys i did well in. 1st in a PLO 8/B. i have played O8/B but never in PL, this was a $100 buy in, small tourney.. but since it is a new game to me i gotta brag about making the final table.

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also tonight was the blogger tourney, it is every few weeks and it is a $75 buyin. this week only 13 people played for some reason.. not sure why. anyways, i won it. i played it 3 times and won it 2 times. you will see lucko was 2nd.. he also won it 2 times i believe.

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btw, dont beleve lucko if he says i made a bad call on the last hand.

Saturday, December 02, 2006

whats been going on... and maybe a few hands.

anyways, been playing a lot of MTTs still, pretty much loosing money.... but i am cashing a high percentage and getting very deep in a lot... so a big win is near... i feel it... so im sticking with them for now...

i did play a few sngs today... i played 4 lost 4... so gay.... oh well....


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PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t800 (9 handed) pokerhand.org hand converter



CO (t17056)

Button (t32145)

SB (t43538)

Hero (t28090)

UTG (t11495)

UTG+1 (t24073)

MP1 (t22756)

MP2 (t26545)

MP3 (t21900)



Preflop: Hero is BB with Ts, As.

5 folds, CO raises to t2400, 2 folds, Hero raises to t28040, CO calls t14606 (All-In).



Flop: (t45396) 2c, Jd, 9d (2 players, 1 all-in)



Turn: (t45396) 4c (2 players, 1 all-in)



River: (t45396) Qh (2 players, 1 all-in)



Final Pot: t45396



Results in white below:

Hero has Ts As (high card, ace).

CO has Qc Ac (one pair, queens).

Outcome: CO wins t34362. Hero wins t11034.



im not sure this was a good push.... it prob is ahead of the average guy's range here.... is it bad?

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SB (t41878)

Hero (t73821)

UTG (t63940)

UTG+1 (t24255)

MP1 (t18346)

MP2 (t13945)

MP3 (t14159)

CO (t46875)

Button (t11022)



Preflop: Hero is BB with 2d, 7c.

7 folds, SB completes, Hero checks.



Flop: (t3000) 3d, 2s, Jd (2 players)

SB bets t3200, Hero calls t3200.



Turn: (t9400) 8s (2 players)

SB bets t3200, Hero raises to t8000, SB calls t4800.



River: (t25400) 2c (2 players)

SB checks, Hero bets t11200, SB calls t11200.



Final Pot: t47800



Results in white below:

SB has Kh 8c (two pair, eights and twos).

Hero has 2d 7c (three of a kind, twos).

Outcome: Hero wins t47800.



ooops, was expecting a fold on the turn.

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PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (9 handed) pokerhand.org hand converter



Button (t1815)

SB (t1830)

BB (t2550)

Hero (t1490)

UTG+1 (t1520)

MP1 (t1295)

MP2 (t2930)

MP3 (t2175)

CO (t2365)



Preflop: Hero is UTG with 3c, 3h.

Hero calls t30, 6 folds, SB raises to t120, 1 fold, Hero calls t90.



Flop: (t270) 3d, 4h, Qh (2 players)

SB bets t150, Hero raises to t510, SB raises to t1620, Hero calls t860 (All-In).



Turn: (t3260) Qs (2 players, 1 all-in)



River: (t3260) Js (2 players, 1 all-in)



Final Pot: t3260



Results in white below:

SB has Jd Qc (full house, queens full of jacks).

Hero has 3c 3h (full house, threes full of queens).

Outcome: SB wins t3260.


nasty hand early in the stars 150 today... uuuuuugh

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PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t600 (8 handed) pokerhand.org hand converter



CO (t27222)

Button (t7060)

Hero (t16640)

BB (t24931)

UTG (t8341)

UTG+1 (t5342)

MP1 (t5496)

MP2 (t36007)



Preflop: Hero is SB with Qh, Kh.

6 folds, Hero completes, BB raises to t3000, Hero raises to t16640, BB calls t13590.



Flop: (t33530) 3d, 2s, Ks (2 players)



Turn: (t33530) 3c (2 players)



River: (t33530) 4d (2 players)



Final Pot: t33530



Results in white below:

Hero has Qh Kh (two pair, kings and threes).

BB has Js Jc (two pair, jacks and threes).

Outcome: Hero wins t33530.


to aggressive? probably... this happened today, and i really thought i would look huge... didnt expect JJ or a call. oops...

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BB (t72518)

UTG (t52669)

Hero (t44668)

MP1 (t101901)

MP2 (t102406)

CO (t225916)

Button (t98566)

SB (t25126)



Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with 9s, Kh.

1 fold, Hero raises to t44368, 4 folds, SB calls t21826 (All-In), BB calls t38368.



Flop: (t106662) 5s, 9d, Kc (3 players, 1 all-in)



Turn: (t106662) 6s (3 players, 1 all-in)



River: (t106662) Qd (3 players, 1 all-in)



Final Pot: t106662



Results in white below:

BB has Ac Ah (one pair, aces).

Hero has 9s Kh (two pair, kings and nines).

SB has Ad Qs (one pair, queens).

Outcome: Hero wins t106662.


what a luckbox...... heheheh
got deep here but not deep enough....

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on another note..... lucko completely destroyed the $50 1 time rebuy tourney on stars tonight.. he was a cardrack... but played awesome...he did the right thing and turned down the chop and played... took advantage of the remaining weak players, made them look 3/4ths retarded.

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