Sunday, September 20, 2009
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Nawlins
I am in New Orleans for a night before catching a flight home. I was able to go over to Harrah's for my first live sessions since the WSOP. On a limited roll I decided to play some 3/6. The table had an average age of around 60 or so. The one other younger guy in the game was a loose passive fish. This was the game that dreams are made of. I wasn't going to win that huge pot but I was able to slowly chip up throughout the 2 1/2 hour session.
Over the session I probably raised around 10 hands. The rest of the table combined raised an additional four times. My pre-flop raises were thinning the field and leaving in the weak passive players. I had a few decent starting hands. I had AK twice and lost both times with it. KK held. JJ held. and in the last hand of the session I raised 1010 UTG and the whole table folded.
I was able to steal on tons of spots with air or next to it. Couple of notable hands. I saw one older dude fold JJ on a J,9,8,6,4 board. I'm pretty sure I saw the board right. I don't even remember seeing any flushes out there earlier. One decent pot I won was with K3ss with a free look from the BB. I flopped the nut flush and 3 barreled it and was called in two spots all the way down for a decent pot.
The whole table was a bunch of tell boxes. I one hand I flopped top pair from the sb with K7 and lead and was raised from the button. I called the turn and binked the two pair on the river. I was going to lead out but the button was about to release chips so I let him bet and threw in a check-raise. I was called by an ace high missed flush draw. If I miss on the river I might pitch top pair there too.
I ended the session with a $77 profit. Those videos helped more that I would have thought in the live setting.
After hitting the buffet I was looking for some penny slots to throw $20 in and get a point to let Harrah's now that I show up there and try and get some more offers coming my way. I found a 1 cent Monopoly machine and played 20 lines at a time. Right away it was loss after loss with the occasional 10 cent "win". I was gonna quit when I got down $5 but right before it I hit the bonus round for two choices of squares. First one I got something special and looked up and I won 2500 credits. I didn't even know that was the big win till the lady next to me told me. With the rest of the bonus round I won 3240 credits as noted below in the pic I snapped.
I ended cashing out with a $25 profit. Ship the penny slots.
I had a $15 match play to play on any even money table game. I decided to play roulette. Since it was a match play I had to put up $15 0f my own money. I got the brilliant idea to put $15 on red and another $15 on black along with the match play. Ball landed on red (one away from single zero) and I broke even. All told I walked out with a $102 profit.
I run good in Louisiana.
Over the session I probably raised around 10 hands. The rest of the table combined raised an additional four times. My pre-flop raises were thinning the field and leaving in the weak passive players. I had a few decent starting hands. I had AK twice and lost both times with it. KK held. JJ held. and in the last hand of the session I raised 1010 UTG and the whole table folded.
I was able to steal on tons of spots with air or next to it. Couple of notable hands. I saw one older dude fold JJ on a J,9,8,6,4 board. I'm pretty sure I saw the board right. I don't even remember seeing any flushes out there earlier. One decent pot I won was with K3ss with a free look from the BB. I flopped the nut flush and 3 barreled it and was called in two spots all the way down for a decent pot.
The whole table was a bunch of tell boxes. I one hand I flopped top pair from the sb with K7 and lead and was raised from the button. I called the turn and binked the two pair on the river. I was going to lead out but the button was about to release chips so I let him bet and threw in a check-raise. I was called by an ace high missed flush draw. If I miss on the river I might pitch top pair there too.
I ended the session with a $77 profit. Those videos helped more that I would have thought in the live setting.
After hitting the buffet I was looking for some penny slots to throw $20 in and get a point to let Harrah's now that I show up there and try and get some more offers coming my way. I found a 1 cent Monopoly machine and played 20 lines at a time. Right away it was loss after loss with the occasional 10 cent "win". I was gonna quit when I got down $5 but right before it I hit the bonus round for two choices of squares. First one I got something special and looked up and I won 2500 credits. I didn't even know that was the big win till the lady next to me told me. With the rest of the bonus round I won 3240 credits as noted below in the pic I snapped.
I ended cashing out with a $25 profit. Ship the penny slots.
I had a $15 match play to play on any even money table game. I decided to play roulette. Since it was a match play I had to put up $15 0f my own money. I got the brilliant idea to put $15 on red and another $15 on black along with the match play. Ball landed on red (one away from single zero) and I broke even. All told I walked out with a $102 profit.
I run good in Louisiana.
Monday, September 14, 2009
Take 2 Week 2
Two weeks in the book in Full Tilt's Take 2 promotion. I have been able to earn my point every day so far the last 14 days. I am well on my way to clearing the whole $50. Here are the stats so far.
I am more or less on a 1900 hands break even streak. In particular the last 500 hands or so I have had very few premium hands and the ones that I do play are not connecting. I can't complain about showing a profit though. Take the $28 profit plus the $10 in bonus money I have cleared plus $25 of the Take 2 bonus plus the $3 in rakeback I have earned I am showing a nice $66 profit.
My stats are looking pretty good. The VPIP and PFR have slipped a little bit over the last 1000 hands or so. I actually want those numbers up, not down.
Pokersluts was a disaster last night. It was LHE and I tried to use my cash game strategy. Epic fail. This kind of epic fail:
That one is for Columbo.
I am more or less on a 1900 hands break even streak. In particular the last 500 hands or so I have had very few premium hands and the ones that I do play are not connecting. I can't complain about showing a profit though. Take the $28 profit plus the $10 in bonus money I have cleared plus $25 of the Take 2 bonus plus the $3 in rakeback I have earned I am showing a nice $66 profit.
My stats are looking pretty good. The VPIP and PFR have slipped a little bit over the last 1000 hands or so. I actually want those numbers up, not down.
Pokersluts was a disaster last night. It was LHE and I tried to use my cash game strategy. Epic fail. This kind of epic fail:
That one is for Columbo.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Worst...Beat...Ever
Warning, bad beat story ahead. Like you couldn't tell by the title already anyways. Here it goes...
I think I was handed the worst beat I have ever taken at a poker table last night during AIPS. It was pretty much the perfect storm. It's not about the $5 buyin. It's about the side bet that a lot of the Poker Soup crew has on the player of the year standings. I have a slim lead over Jerry. Luckily nobody made the points last night.
The hand that took me out was a doozy. Part of the perfect storm was who my loss came against, Heffmike. He has to be the luckiest motherfuckin' blogger who has ever walked the earth. I have seen him put so many horrific beats on so many people it is just sick. I used to hate his game but anyone who gets that deep that much is not a fluke. He is a very good player.
To set-up the hand we have around 30 people left paying top 15. I am down to 4 big bets and looking to find a hand to 3bet pre and let it play out. I find KK23 and am going with it. With Heffmike 2betting right in front of me this is the perfect spot. Even if I have a worse hand I go with it here because he is likely to open light in this spot a lot.
(click through for hand replayer)
Our pre-flop stats show us the following:
scottc25 -
Scoop: 74.08%
Hi: 74.08%
Lo: 43.91%
Heffmike -
Scoop: 19.29%
Hi: 25.92%
Lo: 0.00%
After the flop I have him so far in jail its fucking sick. About as good as it gets in Omaha really. He is dead to running queens or running jack 10. Here are the percentages:
scottc25 -
Scoop: 97.93%
Hi: 97.93%
Lo: 63.41%
Heff -
Scoop: 2.07%
Hi: 2.07%
Lo: 0.00%
I guess my only solace is that he was bounced out on the bubble. What can I say, I take great pleasure in other peoples misfortune.
Following-up on the Take 2 challenge I cleared the second hurdle today. I have earned $15 of the $50 so far. I took some beats early today as my wall can attest to. Losing this morning cost more than the $5 in poker. Fixing the holes in the walls will cost $20 to fix. I think I might have an anger problem.
I think I was handed the worst beat I have ever taken at a poker table last night during AIPS. It was pretty much the perfect storm. It's not about the $5 buyin. It's about the side bet that a lot of the Poker Soup crew has on the player of the year standings. I have a slim lead over Jerry. Luckily nobody made the points last night.
The hand that took me out was a doozy. Part of the perfect storm was who my loss came against, Heffmike. He has to be the luckiest motherfuckin' blogger who has ever walked the earth. I have seen him put so many horrific beats on so many people it is just sick. I used to hate his game but anyone who gets that deep that much is not a fluke. He is a very good player.
To set-up the hand we have around 30 people left paying top 15. I am down to 4 big bets and looking to find a hand to 3bet pre and let it play out. I find KK23 and am going with it. With Heffmike 2betting right in front of me this is the perfect spot. Even if I have a worse hand I go with it here because he is likely to open light in this spot a lot.
(click through for hand replayer)
Our pre-flop stats show us the following:
scottc25 -
Scoop: 74.08%
Hi: 74.08%
Lo: 43.91%
Heffmike -
Scoop: 19.29%
Hi: 25.92%
Lo: 0.00%
After the flop I have him so far in jail its fucking sick. About as good as it gets in Omaha really. He is dead to running queens or running jack 10. Here are the percentages:
scottc25 -
Scoop: 97.93%
Hi: 97.93%
Lo: 63.41%
Heff -
Scoop: 2.07%
Hi: 2.07%
Lo: 0.00%
I guess my only solace is that he was bounced out on the bubble. What can I say, I take great pleasure in other peoples misfortune.
Following-up on the Take 2 challenge I cleared the second hurdle today. I have earned $15 of the $50 so far. I took some beats early today as my wall can attest to. Losing this morning cost more than the $5 in poker. Fixing the holes in the walls will cost $20 to fix. I think I might have an anger problem.
Monday, September 7, 2009
Week 1 of Take 2
It's the 7th so we are one week down in the Take 2 promotion on Full Tilt. I have been able to get my point each day so far. Now I only have to get points in 18 of the last 23 days of the month. With a couple of work trips including one to New Orleans, I am going to need those days.
Not including the $5 bonus I have earned so far I am up a touch under $25.
Respectable numbers in my opinion. I guess I am not shocked when I see that the 10c 20c game is waaaay easier than the 25c 50c game. Having the HUD running from Poker tracker makes a world of difference. I know when to raise when tight players are behind.,I know when to discount and aggro player raise, etc.
I might try and play more hands this week, concentrating on the triple points happy hour between 1pm and 6pm. Not sure if I should make an effort to play more of the lower game or higher game.
The videos have helped a lot. I am 4 videos into the first series.
Not including the $5 bonus I have earned so far I am up a touch under $25.
Respectable numbers in my opinion. I guess I am not shocked when I see that the 10c 20c game is waaaay easier than the 25c 50c game. Having the HUD running from Poker tracker makes a world of difference. I know when to raise when tight players are behind.,I know when to discount and aggro player raise, etc.
I might try and play more hands this week, concentrating on the triple points happy hour between 1pm and 6pm. Not sure if I should make an effort to play more of the lower game or higher game.
The videos have helped a lot. I am 4 videos into the first series.
Friday, September 4, 2009
Pokersoup.tv Invitational
Another week off from the Pokersluts means another Pokersoup tourney. This time we are giving away a stylish pokersoup.tv hat for 1st place. Come see if you have enough to beat Blaz in a limidonk game.Pokersoup.tv Invitational
Sunday, September 6th
Full Tilt Poker
21:00 server time
H.O.R.S.E
password is pokersoup
Go to the Pokersoup web site for more details.
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