The upcoming month of May is always the hardest time of the year. The anticipation of the upcoming WSOP is always high. Trying to get together the roll for the trip and if you are lucky enough to have one, trying to keep it before you leave. This ill be the first year since '05 that I am not going out there with a specific plan to play in an event. That's not to say I will try and satellite into an event, most likely the Main Event. I want to set aside about $800 or so for single table satellites at the Rio and then parlay that money into the $500 and $1k mega-satellites. I had good runs in the $1k megas in '06 including a final table but just falling short of a seat.
I have been trying to find some online play to prepare me for the trip. I really need to start playing some more big field MTT's. I just don't have the time or attention span right now to play these though. Lately I have been searching for anything to make money on. I have started to play more 2-7 at he $0.50/$1 level with some success. I also played another $2r into the $33r event. I ended up winning a seat investing a total of $8 in the process. I love these tourneys, especially since there is no rake.
Please, just let it be June already!!!!!!!!!!
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Monday, April 28, 2008
Friday Donkament and Getting PLO'd in the Ass
Once again I decided to play Kat's Donkament on Friday evening. I think I have found the secret. Go to happy hour. Come home with a good buzz. Win enough chips in the rebuy period that when you start to fall asleep during the second hour you can keep folding. Then by the time the final table hits, you have enough of a headache to keep you awake to win the bitch. Works for me. Basically I used all my luckboxing skills early to four-ple up on the first hand and then magically made 1010 hold up against 88, AK, and I think KJ right before the end of the rebuy. Can't tell you fuck about the next 30 mins or so as I couldn't keep my eyes open. Down to the bubble got it all in with QQ vs AK. Flop of QJ10. Turn A. River K. That was some serious ghey-ass shit there, but who am I to complain. HU with Riggstad went quick as I think like 5 hands in I got QQ again, he had an ace. There was alot of raising with a ragging flop and the QQ held up. So the Donkament is +EV for me. I'm pretty sure this is like winning a gold medal at the Special Olympics, but I guess I know my role.
Unfortunately this was the high water mark of the weekend. I spent the rest of it getting butt raped at the PLO tables. Which is bound to happen at some point when playing this game. Each loss was a little different then the next. First one I had AAxx in the BB and the button had been pot betting every time it folded to him. No difference this time, so I just call from the BB. The flop come a fairly innocuous J23 rainbow. I figure I'd let him pot bet and then get him on the re-pot. He obliges, I re-pot, and he thinks about it and smooth calls. This has me perplexed but I only have a few bucks behind now and when the 4 shows on the turn I just ship the 1/4 pot bet I have in my stack in and he calls. He had 9445 no suits. Lovely, rebuy please. Second loss was when a guy minraised UTG and I potted OTB with AKK7ds, then he repots. Now I know this screams AAxx, but I don't know if this is a fold here or not. The 7 is a dangler, but this is pretty strong hand to fold preflop in a 6 handed PLO game. Rightly or wrongly I called, hit the seven and a backdoor FD on the flop and it all went in, and his aces held. The last one stung the most when I was trying to get the 77% at the table and flopped a boat in the BB against him. Of course he hit his 6 outer on the turn for the bigger boat.
I think I need a break from the PLO tables. I feel like I haven't been playing as well the last week or so. Part of that is my quest to make ironman for the month. Why you ask. I have no fucking clue. The challenge, I guess. The 10K freeroll, maybe, that either A) I will get fiercly sucked out on in or B) (The Vegas Money Bet) will coincide with the day my wife goes into labor with our first born. I'm so positive of the second it's scary. Anyway, I digress, I need one more day of 50 FPP's to make it for the month. Most likely one more session on PLO and then a break. All that being said I have enjoyed playing it. This is the first real extended effort that I have made to play more ring then SNG's which has been good for the bankroll overall despite this weekends' setback.
Can you play PLO and change diapers at the same time?
Unfortunately this was the high water mark of the weekend. I spent the rest of it getting butt raped at the PLO tables. Which is bound to happen at some point when playing this game. Each loss was a little different then the next. First one I had AAxx in the BB and the button had been pot betting every time it folded to him. No difference this time, so I just call from the BB. The flop come a fairly innocuous J23 rainbow. I figure I'd let him pot bet and then get him on the re-pot. He obliges, I re-pot, and he thinks about it and smooth calls. This has me perplexed but I only have a few bucks behind now and when the 4 shows on the turn I just ship the 1/4 pot bet I have in my stack in and he calls. He had 9445 no suits. Lovely, rebuy please. Second loss was when a guy minraised UTG and I potted OTB with AKK7ds, then he repots. Now I know this screams AAxx, but I don't know if this is a fold here or not. The 7 is a dangler, but this is pretty strong hand to fold preflop in a 6 handed PLO game. Rightly or wrongly I called, hit the seven and a backdoor FD on the flop and it all went in, and his aces held. The last one stung the most when I was trying to get the 77% at the table and flopped a boat in the BB against him. Of course he hit his 6 outer on the turn for the bigger boat.
I think I need a break from the PLO tables. I feel like I haven't been playing as well the last week or so. Part of that is my quest to make ironman for the month. Why you ask. I have no fucking clue. The challenge, I guess. The 10K freeroll, maybe, that either A) I will get fiercly sucked out on in or B) (The Vegas Money Bet) will coincide with the day my wife goes into labor with our first born. I'm so positive of the second it's scary. Anyway, I digress, I need one more day of 50 FPP's to make it for the month. Most likely one more session on PLO and then a break. All that being said I have enjoyed playing it. This is the first real extended effort that I have made to play more ring then SNG's which has been good for the bankroll overall despite this weekends' setback.
Can you play PLO and change diapers at the same time?
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Musings after St. Louis and other Stuff
Two things that stick in my mind from the St. Louis trip.
#1 - Its hard not to forget this because I heard the same story a total of 57 times. Once when each person he knew walked by, dealers, random strangers, etc. At the final table two of the three chip leaders got it all-in on a Q,7,2 rainbow. Dick (as Zerb calls him) pots it, next guy re-pots, Dick re-pots all-in and has next guy covered who calls. Dick has the Q,Q,x,x. Next guy has 7,7,A,x. Why is the A important? When the turn and river go runner runner A,A. Next guy was 4% on the flop and 6% on the turn and manages to pull a massive suckout. Dick ended up in the heads-up battle when I left. Not sure how that one ended. My money is on Dick. OK, maybe I should have called him pussy instead.
The other hand that sticks out was when i was in a $1/$2 NL hand. I had the 2,2 on the button and a TAGish dinosaur raises it up from early position to $12. Its folded to me and I know I am probably behind and if I hit I'm not getting paid. I folded but the LAGtard in the SB calls. Of course the flop comes A,10,2. The turn was the K. The LAG had K,10 and I just know I take all of his stack with that hand. I recognized the TAG but forgot to account for the LAG behind me.
Yesterday I played a WSOP freeroll on Stars, Yes, I was that bored. 1400 people and 50 advance to the next step. I finished 67th. Thats 80 minutes of my life I will never get back.
This morning I played a little .25/.50 NL and was up around $10 after one hour. My big hand was when I had A,A in the BB. I flat called a raise and saw a heads-up flop. It went check check. I lead for $5 on the turn and $10 on the river and he called all the way down. My hand was good (don't remember what he had). Bored with 2 tabling I decide to pop open a .10/.25 PLO table on FT. Within 20 minutes I cashed out with $70. Amazing what happens when your top sets hold up.
I played AIPS and lasted a total of 15 minutes. I called a pot sized bet with Q,J,10,X in the BB. Flop comes Q,10,X with two clubs. I check and the raiser throws out a 75% pot bet. This screams of AA or KK here. I re-pot all-in. He calls and shows A,10,10,9 with two clubs. Oops. After that I played in a $2 rebuy on Stars to the $33 tourney. I was in for $20 in the rebuy period but came out 19th in chips with 16 seats awarded. I had enough chips to survive one bad beat ( JJ < KJ ) and one coin flip when QQ < AK. I battled back and had to shove with JJ about 10 away from the bubble. The monster stack called with A,8. My hand held and I walked into the seat. I might have to play more of these $2 rebuys. With 95 runners or so 20 quit before the rebuy period was over. Pure gold. Just hope I can get that double-up sooner next time fore 8 rebuys and an add-on.
#1 - Its hard not to forget this because I heard the same story a total of 57 times. Once when each person he knew walked by, dealers, random strangers, etc. At the final table two of the three chip leaders got it all-in on a Q,7,2 rainbow. Dick (as Zerb calls him) pots it, next guy re-pots, Dick re-pots all-in and has next guy covered who calls. Dick has the Q,Q,x,x. Next guy has 7,7,A,x. Why is the A important? When the turn and river go runner runner A,A. Next guy was 4% on the flop and 6% on the turn and manages to pull a massive suckout. Dick ended up in the heads-up battle when I left. Not sure how that one ended. My money is on Dick. OK, maybe I should have called him pussy instead.
The other hand that sticks out was when i was in a $1/$2 NL hand. I had the 2,2 on the button and a TAGish dinosaur raises it up from early position to $12. Its folded to me and I know I am probably behind and if I hit I'm not getting paid. I folded but the LAGtard in the SB calls. Of course the flop comes A,10,2. The turn was the K. The LAG had K,10 and I just know I take all of his stack with that hand. I recognized the TAG but forgot to account for the LAG behind me.
Yesterday I played a WSOP freeroll on Stars, Yes, I was that bored. 1400 people and 50 advance to the next step. I finished 67th. Thats 80 minutes of my life I will never get back.
This morning I played a little .25/.50 NL and was up around $10 after one hour. My big hand was when I had A,A in the BB. I flat called a raise and saw a heads-up flop. It went check check. I lead for $5 on the turn and $10 on the river and he called all the way down. My hand was good (don't remember what he had). Bored with 2 tabling I decide to pop open a .10/.25 PLO table on FT. Within 20 minutes I cashed out with $70. Amazing what happens when your top sets hold up.
I played AIPS and lasted a total of 15 minutes. I called a pot sized bet with Q,J,10,X in the BB. Flop comes Q,10,X with two clubs. I check and the raiser throws out a 75% pot bet. This screams of AA or KK here. I re-pot all-in. He calls and shows A,10,10,9 with two clubs. Oops. After that I played in a $2 rebuy on Stars to the $33 tourney. I was in for $20 in the rebuy period but came out 19th in chips with 16 seats awarded. I had enough chips to survive one bad beat ( JJ < KJ ) and one coin flip when QQ < AK. I battled back and had to shove with JJ about 10 away from the bubble. The monster stack called with A,8. My hand held and I walked into the seat. I might have to play more of these $2 rebuys. With 95 runners or so 20 quit before the rebuy period was over. Pure gold. Just hope I can get that double-up sooner next time fore 8 rebuys and an add-on.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Live PLO Tourney
First off, never go to a casino well in advance of meeting someone or a tournament. When I got to Harrahs it was two hours before I was to meet Zerb. The wait list for $1/$2 was 8 deep so I gave up. I decided to go get my balls kicked by Pai Gow to the tune of $100. I was down only $3 when i decided to play the 3 card and 7 card bonuses. All of my $100 was gone 10 minutes later. The last hand was a supreme holding of j,8,7,5,4,3,2 with no flushes.
I decide to walk back over to the poker room and they had opened up a new table so there was no wait list. I got an immediate seat in the $1/$2 game. The first hand I picked-up was the 9s8s and played for a limp. I whiffed the flop and got out. About a lap in I picked up QdJd and limped. A few limpers come along and the BB raises to $12. All 5 of the limpers call and we take the flop 6 handed. Flop comes Q,9,2 rainbow. An EP player leads for $15, one player calls and I call. Turn is the 5 and the same player leads for $20. Next to act calls and I like the pot odds even if my hand is currently not the best. The river pairs the 9 and its checked around. The player leading the betting gives-up (Zerb said he had a 2 in his hand). The next player tables J,J and my Q,J is good. Nice sized pot.
The only other pot I won was when I had A,Q in late position and raised to 10 and the blinds and two limpers folded. Time for dinner after an hour and I cashed put with $303 good for a $103 profit.
The tournament was $55 buy-in PLO. You started with 10k in chips, 100/100 blinds and 20 minute levels. Pretty good IMO. They had 40 people. Before the tournament Zerb and myself guess it would take nearly 2 hours before the first bust. Wow were we ever wrong. By the end of the 2nd level one table had already busted and we had 24 by the first break at the end of level 3. The play at my table was pretty passive. There were 2-3 good players. In the first level I hit quad 4's for a smallish pot. At the end of the 3rd level I was sitting with 14k in chips.
Levels 4-6 I pretty much folded every hand I got. At the end of level 6 I had 6600 in chips and there were around 16 players left. With the blinds at 800/1600 and UTG to start level 7 I had to shove any 4. I shoved with J,X,X,X suited in spaded. Thought It was going to work until the BB woke up with A,A,2,4. Well, I run good and flopped the flush and he was drawing nearly dead and I got the double-up. I hung on and reached the final table with 12k in chips and 1k/2k blinds. I was able to get a double-up with A,A,x,x.
Down to 8 people and the tourney paying the top 5 I was able to double-up again with K,K,x,x and I was sitting on 37k. With one limper and me in the SB with A,J,10,x I called and the BB checked. The flop was 9,8,2 with two clubs. I checked and the BB bet pot. He had 9k behind and I decided to put him all-in for 9k more with the open ender to try and get a workable stack. He held top two. I paired my Ace on the turn giving me more puts but missed the river. After the hand I was down to 10k and the blinds were 2k/4k. When I was UTG +1 an interesting hand came-up. A short stack was all-in and two others were all-in on the turn. One of the chip leaders called. Could it be. He said I'm way behind but I call. He ends up going runner runner straight and knocks out all three people and I'm in the money.
Next hand UTG I had A,10,K5ss and shoved. The BB called with the K,10,J5ss. The flush hit and I got the double-up. The very next hand I get K,K,x,x and pot it from the BB after one limper (the same guy I doubled through). He puts me all-in and I call. He has A,K,10,X and he flops the ace and I'm done in 5th for $144. Damn, if I win that one I have around 60k in chips and am in decent shape to make the top 3. I will take the cash.
BTW me and Zerb had a $10 last longer. He busted around 12th place when he sensed weakness and shoved with 10,10. Unfortunately the guy behind woke-up with A,A. Overall a profitable trip to St. Louis for me.
I decide to walk back over to the poker room and they had opened up a new table so there was no wait list. I got an immediate seat in the $1/$2 game. The first hand I picked-up was the 9s8s and played for a limp. I whiffed the flop and got out. About a lap in I picked up QdJd and limped. A few limpers come along and the BB raises to $12. All 5 of the limpers call and we take the flop 6 handed. Flop comes Q,9,2 rainbow. An EP player leads for $15, one player calls and I call. Turn is the 5 and the same player leads for $20. Next to act calls and I like the pot odds even if my hand is currently not the best. The river pairs the 9 and its checked around. The player leading the betting gives-up (Zerb said he had a 2 in his hand). The next player tables J,J and my Q,J is good. Nice sized pot.
The only other pot I won was when I had A,Q in late position and raised to 10 and the blinds and two limpers folded. Time for dinner after an hour and I cashed put with $303 good for a $103 profit.
The tournament was $55 buy-in PLO. You started with 10k in chips, 100/100 blinds and 20 minute levels. Pretty good IMO. They had 40 people. Before the tournament Zerb and myself guess it would take nearly 2 hours before the first bust. Wow were we ever wrong. By the end of the 2nd level one table had already busted and we had 24 by the first break at the end of level 3. The play at my table was pretty passive. There were 2-3 good players. In the first level I hit quad 4's for a smallish pot. At the end of the 3rd level I was sitting with 14k in chips.
Levels 4-6 I pretty much folded every hand I got. At the end of level 6 I had 6600 in chips and there were around 16 players left. With the blinds at 800/1600 and UTG to start level 7 I had to shove any 4. I shoved with J,X,X,X suited in spaded. Thought It was going to work until the BB woke up with A,A,2,4. Well, I run good and flopped the flush and he was drawing nearly dead and I got the double-up. I hung on and reached the final table with 12k in chips and 1k/2k blinds. I was able to get a double-up with A,A,x,x.
Down to 8 people and the tourney paying the top 5 I was able to double-up again with K,K,x,x and I was sitting on 37k. With one limper and me in the SB with A,J,10,x I called and the BB checked. The flop was 9,8,2 with two clubs. I checked and the BB bet pot. He had 9k behind and I decided to put him all-in for 9k more with the open ender to try and get a workable stack. He held top two. I paired my Ace on the turn giving me more puts but missed the river. After the hand I was down to 10k and the blinds were 2k/4k. When I was UTG +1 an interesting hand came-up. A short stack was all-in and two others were all-in on the turn. One of the chip leaders called. Could it be. He said I'm way behind but I call. He ends up going runner runner straight and knocks out all three people and I'm in the money.
Next hand UTG I had A,10,K5ss and shoved. The BB called with the K,10,J5ss. The flush hit and I got the double-up. The very next hand I get K,K,x,x and pot it from the BB after one limper (the same guy I doubled through). He puts me all-in and I call. He has A,K,10,X and he flops the ace and I'm done in 5th for $144. Damn, if I win that one I have around 60k in chips and am in decent shape to make the top 3. I will take the cash.
BTW me and Zerb had a $10 last longer. He busted around 12th place when he sensed weakness and shoved with 10,10. Unfortunately the guy behind woke-up with A,A. Overall a profitable trip to St. Louis for me.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Atlantic City and Other Stuff
Work is ghey or I would have posted sooner. I hate when things like "work" get in the way of "real" priorities like poker blogging. I mean really WTF?
Saturday I trucked on the AC bus trip down to the Hilton. But the Hilton sucks, so we walked the minute and a half to the Trop. First bad beat, there is a waiting list of 8 people for 3/6 hold'em. First suckout, we get the floor man to open a new table and the 3 of us all get on the same table. I'd love to share with you some great poker insight to my 3/6 game or how I really outplayed some uber-donk at the table but this session was more about drinking and laughing at the donks. I definately don't play the uber-aggro high variance style of limit poker but I do play much looser then most and rely on that image and good post flop skillz to win my money. That being said, after about an hour I was almost down to the felt of my original 150 buyin, but I was magically able to make QQ stand up against an UTG limper who hit bottom pair with his 73os. I can't make this shit up people. Then the fun hand of the night happened. My buddy, or at least I think he is still my buddy, raises. I am in the SB with J2s, an effing monster people. [FLASHBACK] This guy tries to bust me with crap in our home game all the time. He loves to see me tilt, it entertains him. That's our back story here [/FLASHBACK]. I call as does the BB and the early limper (73os boy). Flop is 752 with one spade. Checks around to my buddy, he bets, I call. I am almost positive at this point he has an over pair because he wouldn't bet with air there. Turn is the 6s. I check call another bet. River is the 9s. Now here's where I screwed up, I went for the check raise when I should have bet because he has to call at that point. But he checks, I show, he shows KK, and proceeds to call me the stupidest poker player ever, for the next 20 mins. This made it all worth it. Ended up coming back and only being down 11 bucks at the table, given I drank at least 3 times that much in alcohol at the table, it was worth it.
Last night was CHIMPS main event. I played uber monkey tight in the beginning, partly to biuld the image, partly because I was paying more attention to game 7 Flyers/Caps (Go Flyers!). Built up a nice big stack early, winning 11 of 11 hands that I had played thought the first hour. Then in hour 2 the huge hand came up with Snuffy, where he made a small raise OTB and I just called from the BB with A10h, not wanting to make a huge pot here OOP against the other chip leader. Flop come KhJh6c. I check. Snuffy bets 900 into the 1300 chip pot and I check raise to 2700. Now he thinks a little then pushes all in for about 3K more. At this point I think math dictates I make this call even though it's not the best situation. I call and he shows KJ, turn and river blank and I don't improve. Now crippled I eventually show with A5s and get called by the BB with QQ. Flop 556. This get's me back to functional. Now 3 handed. Same guy that has QQ earlier raises from the button, I shove in the SB with JJ, button calls. He's got QQ. Flop Jxx. This guy now will beat me on the street if he finds me. He gets eliminated on the next hand. Snuffy and I get HU and decided to chop the money and play for the bracelet. In an epic (not really) HU battle I won the big pot when I hit my flush on the end, didn't get paid but took the big chip lead then held on for the win. I think this win actually makes CHIMPS slightly profitable for me on the year, but just barely.
Last night was the first night I played since Saturday. May play Riverchasers Thursday. Would like to finally play the sat into the bracelet race on Friday. Someday I'll get to the damn step 4 on Stars, maybe tonight.
Saturday I trucked on the AC bus trip down to the Hilton. But the Hilton sucks, so we walked the minute and a half to the Trop. First bad beat, there is a waiting list of 8 people for 3/6 hold'em. First suckout, we get the floor man to open a new table and the 3 of us all get on the same table. I'd love to share with you some great poker insight to my 3/6 game or how I really outplayed some uber-donk at the table but this session was more about drinking and laughing at the donks. I definately don't play the uber-aggro high variance style of limit poker but I do play much looser then most and rely on that image and good post flop skillz to win my money. That being said, after about an hour I was almost down to the felt of my original 150 buyin, but I was magically able to make QQ stand up against an UTG limper who hit bottom pair with his 73os. I can't make this shit up people. Then the fun hand of the night happened. My buddy, or at least I think he is still my buddy, raises. I am in the SB with J2s, an effing monster people. [FLASHBACK] This guy tries to bust me with crap in our home game all the time. He loves to see me tilt, it entertains him. That's our back story here [/FLASHBACK]. I call as does the BB and the early limper (73os boy). Flop is 752 with one spade. Checks around to my buddy, he bets, I call. I am almost positive at this point he has an over pair because he wouldn't bet with air there. Turn is the 6s. I check call another bet. River is the 9s. Now here's where I screwed up, I went for the check raise when I should have bet because he has to call at that point. But he checks, I show, he shows KK, and proceeds to call me the stupidest poker player ever, for the next 20 mins. This made it all worth it. Ended up coming back and only being down 11 bucks at the table, given I drank at least 3 times that much in alcohol at the table, it was worth it.
Last night was CHIMPS main event. I played uber monkey tight in the beginning, partly to biuld the image, partly because I was paying more attention to game 7 Flyers/Caps (Go Flyers!). Built up a nice big stack early, winning 11 of 11 hands that I had played thought the first hour. Then in hour 2 the huge hand came up with Snuffy, where he made a small raise OTB and I just called from the BB with A10h, not wanting to make a huge pot here OOP against the other chip leader. Flop come KhJh6c. I check. Snuffy bets 900 into the 1300 chip pot and I check raise to 2700. Now he thinks a little then pushes all in for about 3K more. At this point I think math dictates I make this call even though it's not the best situation. I call and he shows KJ, turn and river blank and I don't improve. Now crippled I eventually show with A5s and get called by the BB with QQ. Flop 556. This get's me back to functional. Now 3 handed. Same guy that has QQ earlier raises from the button, I shove in the SB with JJ, button calls. He's got QQ. Flop Jxx. This guy now will beat me on the street if he finds me. He gets eliminated on the next hand. Snuffy and I get HU and decided to chop the money and play for the bracelet. In an epic (not really) HU battle I won the big pot when I hit my flush on the end, didn't get paid but took the big chip lead then held on for the win. I think this win actually makes CHIMPS slightly profitable for me on the year, but just barely.
Last night was the first night I played since Saturday. May play Riverchasers Thursday. Would like to finally play the sat into the bracelet race on Friday. Someday I'll get to the damn step 4 on Stars, maybe tonight.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
I Heart St. Louis
I'm not sure what it is about this town but I always seem to play well land run well here. Last trip I played in two tournaments and finished 3rd in both of them. I also had a good cash session. Last night was more of the same.
I arrived at Harrah's about 5 minutes before 7pm trying to get in the $35 NLHE tournament. Too late, it was already full. This was the best thing to happen to me.
I was able to get a seat immediately in a 1/2 NL game and bought in for $175 (that's all I had on me). The second hand from middle position I picked-up AdJd and limped. Six people to the flop of J,4,3. The UTG player leads for $15, I call along with two others. OK, a loose passive game by the looks of it (except for the UTG player). The turn pairs the 3. UTG bets out $15 again and I am the only caller. The river is a 9. UTG leads for $25 and looking at this board there is no way he holds a 3. If he does so be it. I raised to $60 and he says u hit your kicker huh and calls with K,J. Good start.
I won one other medium sized pot before i picked up 5,5 in early position and limped. We go to a flop of A,5,3 rainbow. EP player leads for $15, I call and 3 others call. The turn was another ace. EP leads again for $25 and I raise to $70 and one other behind me calls and EP calls. The river is the worst card in the deck, another Ace. The EP player shoves for $120. I fold and the other player folds. He shows the A,K. Damn it.
Next interesting hand I get 10s9s in late position and call a raise to $6 along with 50 other people. The flop comes 9 high with two spades. Its checked to me and I bet out $20 and get one or two callers. The turn brings a 3rd spade. The aggro player I faced in the 1st hand leads for $25 and I raise to $60 and he calls. The river is a non-spade and he checks. I bet out $70 and he folds. He said he had the A,9 with the ace of spades.
Last interesting hand of the night I get 5,5 and limp. Multiple ways to the flop of J,5,4. A SAG (sick asian gambler) who has re-bought about 6 times already shoves for his last $25. The guy who beat me with quads calls. OK no way he is drawing out on me here. I raise to $80 and he folds. The SAG was drawing dead and I picked up a nice pot.
After about two hours of play I got up with $503 in front of me for a profit of $328.
CHIMPS championship is tonight I need to finish top 7 to lock-up the season 2 title and we can have a meeting of the season champions tomorrow night at Harrahs with Zerb.
I arrived at Harrah's about 5 minutes before 7pm trying to get in the $35 NLHE tournament. Too late, it was already full. This was the best thing to happen to me.
I was able to get a seat immediately in a 1/2 NL game and bought in for $175 (that's all I had on me). The second hand from middle position I picked-up AdJd and limped. Six people to the flop of J,4,3. The UTG player leads for $15, I call along with two others. OK, a loose passive game by the looks of it (except for the UTG player). The turn pairs the 3. UTG bets out $15 again and I am the only caller. The river is a 9. UTG leads for $25 and looking at this board there is no way he holds a 3. If he does so be it. I raised to $60 and he says u hit your kicker huh and calls with K,J. Good start.
I won one other medium sized pot before i picked up 5,5 in early position and limped. We go to a flop of A,5,3 rainbow. EP player leads for $15, I call and 3 others call. The turn was another ace. EP leads again for $25 and I raise to $70 and one other behind me calls and EP calls. The river is the worst card in the deck, another Ace. The EP player shoves for $120. I fold and the other player folds. He shows the A,K. Damn it.
Next interesting hand I get 10s9s in late position and call a raise to $6 along with 50 other people. The flop comes 9 high with two spades. Its checked to me and I bet out $20 and get one or two callers. The turn brings a 3rd spade. The aggro player I faced in the 1st hand leads for $25 and I raise to $60 and he calls. The river is a non-spade and he checks. I bet out $70 and he folds. He said he had the A,9 with the ace of spades.
Last interesting hand of the night I get 5,5 and limp. Multiple ways to the flop of J,5,4. A SAG (sick asian gambler) who has re-bought about 6 times already shoves for his last $25. The guy who beat me with quads calls. OK no way he is drawing out on me here. I raise to $80 and he folds. The SAG was drawing dead and I picked up a nice pot.
After about two hours of play I got up with $503 in front of me for a profit of $328.
CHIMPS championship is tonight I need to finish top 7 to lock-up the season 2 title and we can have a meeting of the season champions tomorrow night at Harrahs with Zerb.
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Profitable Weekend
I got in a whole 90 minutes of live play on Friday. The very first hand of the day I get A,10 UTG+1 and limp. We see a 7-way limped hand to a A,10,4 rainbow flop. UTG leads out for $15 and I flat call. Everyone else folds and an 8 hits the turn. UTG bets $15 again and I raise to $45 leaving $38 behind. He thinks for a minute and calls. OK I'm sure he has A,K or A,Q here. The river is a 3. He checks and I shove. He hums and haws and says two pair huh? He calls. I show the two pair and I was right, he had A,K. HE gets up after one hand and leaves. Good start. I only ended up winning two other hands that I can think of right now. Smallish pots. I ended up leaving with a $72 profit. Good comeback after the $45 loss on Thursday.
Saturday was the Ante-Up! home game. We had it at my house this time. As usual I ran my first buy-in into dust (almost) and re-bought for another $100. Two key hands got me back. When we were playing 2-7 I was dealt 3 to the wheel and limped. On the first draw I hit the wheel and was able to get in two bets. On the second draw Steve drew 1 and I stood pat. He leads, I 2 bet, he 3 bets and I cap it. We both stay pat on the 3rd draw. He leads I raise and he calls. He said well only one hand can beat me. I tables the wheel and he had a #2. I don't remember ever seeing that in 2-7 before.
The other key hand was in NL when I had Q,J and raised to $3 and got 2 or 3 callers. Flop comes Q,x,x with 2 clubs. I lead for $6 and Gambit raises to $15, Fasso thinks for a long time and folds. I flat call. At this point I am planning on capping it ($50 max per hand) on the turn. A non-club baby hits the turn and Gambit leads for $20. I cap it which was was $32. He thought for a long time and folded. Fasso picks up his mucked cards of Q,10 and asks Gambit if he could beat that. He said yes and that he folded K,Q. Really? I don't think you can fold that hand there. I told him I had A,Q. After the game I texted him saying I had Q,J. He sent one back saying he had the exact same hand as me. That was a nice pot to win.
At the end of the 6 1/2 hour game I showed a profit of $27. Down early, rally, show a small profit. Thats how I roll. Guess I need to arrive two hours late next time.
I'm in St. Louis this week. I hope to get 2-3 days of play in. I am meeting Zerb at Harrahs on Wednesday for the PLO tournament. I have always played well in St. Louis including two 3rd place finishes in two tourneys played last time I was in town. Cash games are always good too. I can actually buy-in for more than the shitty $100 max that we have in Florida.
Saturday was the Ante-Up! home game. We had it at my house this time. As usual I ran my first buy-in into dust (almost) and re-bought for another $100. Two key hands got me back. When we were playing 2-7 I was dealt 3 to the wheel and limped. On the first draw I hit the wheel and was able to get in two bets. On the second draw Steve drew 1 and I stood pat. He leads, I 2 bet, he 3 bets and I cap it. We both stay pat on the 3rd draw. He leads I raise and he calls. He said well only one hand can beat me. I tables the wheel and he had a #2. I don't remember ever seeing that in 2-7 before.
The other key hand was in NL when I had Q,J and raised to $3 and got 2 or 3 callers. Flop comes Q,x,x with 2 clubs. I lead for $6 and Gambit raises to $15, Fasso thinks for a long time and folds. I flat call. At this point I am planning on capping it ($50 max per hand) on the turn. A non-club baby hits the turn and Gambit leads for $20. I cap it which was was $32. He thought for a long time and folded. Fasso picks up his mucked cards of Q,10 and asks Gambit if he could beat that. He said yes and that he folded K,Q. Really? I don't think you can fold that hand there. I told him I had A,Q. After the game I texted him saying I had Q,J. He sent one back saying he had the exact same hand as me. That was a nice pot to win.
At the end of the 6 1/2 hour game I showed a profit of $27. Down early, rally, show a small profit. Thats how I roll. Guess I need to arrive two hours late next time.
I'm in St. Louis this week. I hope to get 2-3 days of play in. I am meeting Zerb at Harrahs on Wednesday for the PLO tournament. I have always played well in St. Louis including two 3rd place finishes in two tourneys played last time I was in town. Cash games are always good too. I can actually buy-in for more than the shitty $100 max that we have in Florida.
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