Sunday, April 11, 2010
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Sustainable
Rush has been going pretty good so far during Take 2. Through the first 5 days I have played enough $10 NL just to get my 5 points and then quit for the day. I am up 3 buy-ins including 2 today (at 1185bb/100). Think that is sustainable?
Last night I went and played at Harrah's. I played in a $65 single table satellite which didn't go exactly as planned. The first hand I played was in a multi-way limped pot and I had AJ in the BB. Flop comes J104 and I lead t125 into the t150 pot and get called by a very loose and passive player. Yes, I knew what kind of player she was after about 6 hands. After the call she has t600 of her t1500 starting stack. Turn 9 and I lead for t200 and she ships for an additional t400. I know I HAVE to fold in that spot as I am ahead approximately 0% of the time. Also if I fold I still have around t1100 and am in plenty good shape still. Like the mook that I am I call and she has 109. I miss the river and am down to t700. Shortly after that I have roughly the same stack and a very tight UTG lady raises to t300 at 25/50 and i find 88. I fold and see that I flop a set and would have nearly tripled up. I busted in 8th shortly after that.
On to the cash games I sit in a 1/2 game with $100. I dropped $30 immediately and then bumped back up to near even. I then lost another pot and was down to $40 before I added another $100. It was slow going after that but I eventually got it up to $210 before falling to $160 and staying there for a couple hours. What was going to be my last lap at the table there is an ep raise to $10 (standard for the game) and one caller before it gets to me. The ep raise was from a youngish kid who loved to bet and show the bluffs. If he was called he fired one bullet and gave up. First to call knew the same thing I knew. I call and there is one other call (we will call him tourney Guy) from the blinds and we take the flop 4 ways. Flop A85 rainbow and ep leads for $20 and all of us call. Turn is a brick 2 and it gets checked all the way through. River 9 and Tourney Guy leads for $50 (he has me covered). UTG folds, next guy folds and I take 20 seconds or so and ship my last $135. He thinks for maybe 10 seconds and calls. I show and he mucks what I assume is a rivered set (?????). It is tourney guy so he may have only had 2 pair there.
Only one other interesting hand happened after that. Youngish kid leads for $12 again and I choose to flat with QQ. Guy in 10 seat raises to $48 (he had done that earlier with JJ) and it folds to me. I tank for a bit and call. Flop comes K10x and I check. He bets $60 and I tank for a little and fold. They way I play the hand I really have no idea where I'm at. Maybe I should donk for something like $30 or something, maybe I need to 4bet pre and then fold to a shove.
I ended up +$117 in the cash game after about 4 1/2 hours and call it a night.
I am going to play AIPS and ZIPS online tonight. Rest of the trip might be canceled though as my son is having some serious bowel issues and I might have to catch a flight home if he has to go into the hospital. Think good thoughts for my little one.
Last night I went and played at Harrah's. I played in a $65 single table satellite which didn't go exactly as planned. The first hand I played was in a multi-way limped pot and I had AJ in the BB. Flop comes J104 and I lead t125 into the t150 pot and get called by a very loose and passive player. Yes, I knew what kind of player she was after about 6 hands. After the call she has t600 of her t1500 starting stack. Turn 9 and I lead for t200 and she ships for an additional t400. I know I HAVE to fold in that spot as I am ahead approximately 0% of the time. Also if I fold I still have around t1100 and am in plenty good shape still. Like the mook that I am I call and she has 109. I miss the river and am down to t700. Shortly after that I have roughly the same stack and a very tight UTG lady raises to t300 at 25/50 and i find 88. I fold and see that I flop a set and would have nearly tripled up. I busted in 8th shortly after that.
On to the cash games I sit in a 1/2 game with $100. I dropped $30 immediately and then bumped back up to near even. I then lost another pot and was down to $40 before I added another $100. It was slow going after that but I eventually got it up to $210 before falling to $160 and staying there for a couple hours. What was going to be my last lap at the table there is an ep raise to $10 (standard for the game) and one caller before it gets to me. The ep raise was from a youngish kid who loved to bet and show the bluffs. If he was called he fired one bullet and gave up. First to call knew the same thing I knew. I call and there is one other call (we will call him tourney Guy) from the blinds and we take the flop 4 ways. Flop A85 rainbow and ep leads for $20 and all of us call. Turn is a brick 2 and it gets checked all the way through. River 9 and Tourney Guy leads for $50 (he has me covered). UTG folds, next guy folds and I take 20 seconds or so and ship my last $135. He thinks for maybe 10 seconds and calls. I show and he mucks what I assume is a rivered set (?????). It is tourney guy so he may have only had 2 pair there.
Only one other interesting hand happened after that. Youngish kid leads for $12 again and I choose to flat with QQ. Guy in 10 seat raises to $48 (he had done that earlier with JJ) and it folds to me. I tank for a bit and call. Flop comes K10x and I check. He bets $60 and I tank for a little and fold. They way I play the hand I really have no idea where I'm at. Maybe I should donk for something like $30 or something, maybe I need to 4bet pre and then fold to a shove.
I ended up +$117 in the cash game after about 4 1/2 hours and call it a night.
I am going to play AIPS and ZIPS online tonight. Rest of the trip might be canceled though as my son is having some serious bowel issues and I might have to catch a flight home if he has to go into the hospital. Think good thoughts for my little one.
Saturday, April 3, 2010
Misc Items
I played in a $2 HORSE MTT on Full Tilt yesterday and ended up making the final table and finished 6th/116. I made 5x the buy-in but unfortunately that's only $10. In the first hour of the tournament I won only two hands. I picked-up a 1/2 pot in O8 with the nut low and the other winning hand was a scoop in Stud8 for a double up. I picked-up some hands in the middle stages including taking a 5k stack from an opponent in stud in two hands when I made a boat vs his rivered straight and trips vs his two pair two hands later. I was in the top 8 stacks from about 50 left all the way to the final table. Entering the final table I was 4th/7 (2 busted on FT bubble) but never picked-up any hands. I busted with split 10's vs buried aces in Stud.
I was able to get in a short live session at the track. I am guessing the table started fairly recently. When I bought in for the full $100 I was the 2nd biggest stack at the table. The table was playing ultra nitty. In a multi-way limped pot I decided just to check my option in the BB with AJ. Flop comes Jxx and I look for a check raise. MP bets $10 and gets 1 caller before me and I kick it up to $25. MP has raising chips in his hand but he elects just to call as does the other player. Turn A and I lead for $35 and I get two folds. MP said he had KK. Nice limp pre-flop. Not much happened after that and what I view as one of the tougher players came and sat to my immediate left so I ended up calling it a day after only 1 hour with a $46 profit. With a couple of winning sessions lately I am really looking forward to St. Louis next week.
Take 2
Full Tilt is running Take 2 again. It starts today and is running for the next 9 days. If you play at least two tables, and this includes Rush, and earn 5 points for 5 days you get $5. If you earn 5 points all 9 days you get and additional $20. It's super easy to complete this. I was able to get my points within 8 minutes 3 tabling Rush 0.05/0.10. You could probably fold every hand and wind up profitable.
I was able to get in a short live session at the track. I am guessing the table started fairly recently. When I bought in for the full $100 I was the 2nd biggest stack at the table. The table was playing ultra nitty. In a multi-way limped pot I decided just to check my option in the BB with AJ. Flop comes Jxx and I look for a check raise. MP bets $10 and gets 1 caller before me and I kick it up to $25. MP has raising chips in his hand but he elects just to call as does the other player. Turn A and I lead for $35 and I get two folds. MP said he had KK. Nice limp pre-flop. Not much happened after that and what I view as one of the tougher players came and sat to my immediate left so I ended up calling it a day after only 1 hour with a $46 profit. With a couple of winning sessions lately I am really looking forward to St. Louis next week.
Take 2
Full Tilt is running Take 2 again. It starts today and is running for the next 9 days. If you play at least two tables, and this includes Rush, and earn 5 points for 5 days you get $5. If you earn 5 points all 9 days you get and additional $20. It's super easy to complete this. I was able to get my points within 8 minutes 3 tabling Rush 0.05/0.10. You could probably fold every hand and wind up profitable.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Strategy Question
Strategy time for everyone. This one is fairly simple. What do you do?
(Note: I deleted starting stacks for the 7 folds as it doesn't pertain to the hand)
Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (9 handed) -
Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
SB ($19.19)
Hero (BB) ($10.59)
Preflop: Hero is BB with J
, 8
7 folds, SB bets $0.20, Hero ???
(Note: I deleted starting stacks for the 7 folds as it doesn't pertain to the hand)
Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (9 handed) -
Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
SB ($19.19)
Hero (BB) ($10.59)
Preflop: Hero is BB with J
, 87 folds, SB bets $0.20, Hero ???
Monday, March 29, 2010
Vegas Plans
It's already a little under three short months away so I thought I would post The Corporation's plans for Vegas during the WSOP.
Zooks: 6/15 - 6/21 staying at Harrah's with T and Suzan.
Snuffy: 6/16 - 6/21 staying at Exaclubur (hotel subject to change)
Snarf: hahahahhahahahahha, I asked if he had any thoughts of going, "Thoughts, yes. In actuality, no."
Another mini get together will happen in just under two weeks April 8-11 in St. Louis for the WSOP-C event at Harrah's. I will be there along with Loser64 and Budgetcoach.
Zooks: 6/15 - 6/21 staying at Harrah's with T and Suzan.
Snuffy: 6/16 - 6/21 staying at Exaclubur (hotel subject to change)
Snarf: hahahahhahahahahha, I asked if he had any thoughts of going, "Thoughts, yes. In actuality, no."
Another mini get together will happen in just under two weeks April 8-11 in St. Louis for the WSOP-C event at Harrah's. I will be there along with Loser64 and Budgetcoach.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
PokerSlut Tour XVIII NLHE DS
We're back at it tonight!
Snuffy's edit: I am looking to book action on this season. I'm looking for odds for me to win it all or I will take anyone on head to head for the season.
Friday, March 26, 2010
Something Bad, Something Good
I went to go play yesterday. My plan was to get a couple of hours in before the heads-up tournament started at 4pm. I had already bought my $125 ticket to the event a couple weeks ago because I expected the 64 player cap to be hit. I show up just before cash games start and I wander over to the bulletin board to see if they have the number of entrants listed. Looking at the board I see that the event was YESTERDAY. Fuck Fuck Fuck. There is $125 down the drain. I now know how much I need to make in the cash games to break even on the day. The goal would be $125 and get the hell out.
I was on the 3rd 1/2 table to get going about 10 minutes after they opened. Early on there was a raise to $6 and I called with KJdd along with 4 others. Six ways to the flop it comes AhQh10d. The raiser leads for $10 and I go ahead and raise it up to $25, everyone folds back and he tanks and folds AK face up. Just like that I am up to $140. I fold for about the next lap and a half and then pick-up 66 UTG+1. UTG raises to $12 and I FOLD!?!? What the fuck am I doing? If I can't call $12 with 66 in a 1/2 game why am I playing? After I fold I see 5 people call the raise and the flop naturally comes Q65. Here is where it gets interesting. SB leads for $12, next to act who is a total fish shoves for his last $40. It gets back to the pre-flop raiser who has $80 behind and he decides to send it in. Back to the SB who shoves for about $60 or so. What do they roll over? SB has KQ (lol) short stack had Q10 (double lol) and original raiser has KK. Turn brick river 10 and the fish gets shipped the pot. Shortly after that he gets up and moves to the 5/10 game ($100 buy-in, triple lol).
If I call the raise i would take down the approximately $150 pot (I assume the SB woulda folded). I seriously contemplated getting up right there. If I am playing not to lose I really should leave but do I? No. Turned out to be a great decision.
Thanks to my ongoing IM session with Zooks I have every big hand I played, and there were a lot of them in a short period of time. Sitting on around $140 I limp with QJ suited and go ahead and flop the flush. I bet the flop and got 1 caller. Turn brings a 4th of the suit and I bet again and get called. River brings a 5th of the suit and I check it back and my hand is good, he flashed the 10 for the 3rd nuts. Up to $172. Not long after I limp A3dd and the flop comes down J33 in a multi-way pot. I bet out in late position and the 4 others in the hand all fold.
My first losing hand I raised to $10 with QQ and only the player to my left calls leaving$25 behind. Flop comes A106dd. Playing with him for a while in the past I'm fairly certain he doesn't have the ace I lead for $20, he sends his last $25 in and I call. No he doesn't have the A, he has QJ for the 15 outer and he gets there and I am back down to $120.
About a lap later I am in late position and limp along with just about the rest of the field with Q9dd. Flop comes J10xdd. Guess it doesn't get much better than that. A late position player leads for $20 into the $12ish pot. I am next to act and just call along with two others and the pot has ballooned up pretty quickly. Turn brings me the flush and it's checked to me. I bet 30ish and its folded back to the flop raiser and he check raise shoves and has be covered. This dude was a major donator and got lucky early to build a stack. I called fairly quick. He says damn you have the flush and turns over 98 for the flopped straight and is drawing dead. I get better than the full double and am sitting on $285 after the hand.
Not longer after that (noticing a trend?) I flop two pair from the blind and it all gets in on the turn vs the same guy who doubled through me and this time he missed his 15 outs and I am up to $330. As my hands can now turn anything to gold it wasn't much longer I limp A9dd. Flop comes 789 and it gets check through 5 ways. Turn binks the 9. One player bets $15 and I min-bet it up to $30. A 3rd player shoves for his last $37 and we both call. Thinking I need the board to pair it comes in the way of a 7. Other player check and I bet $40 and he turbo-mucks 10J for the flopped straight face up. The all-in player also flopped the straight with 10J. After the hand I am now just a touch under $400.
This session isn't even close to over yet.
I raise 88 first in and get 2 callers. Flop comes 642 and I lead for $10 and get min-raised by the fish to my immediate left, next to act calls and I call. Turn 10. I check and other two check??? River 8 for my set. I lead for $25 and both fold. Not long after that the fish to my left decides to throw the $4 straddle on. It gets called in 5 spots before it gets to me in the BB and I look down at AA. I raise to $27 and EVERY ONE FOLDS. I will take it.
Then the inevitable cooler comes. I am sitting on $380 or so and call a raise to $6 with K9dd. About 4-5 people to the flop and it comes Q96dd. Pre-flop raiser bets $10 and gets 3 callers. Turn pairs the 6 and it gets checked around. River completes the flush. I lead for $15, fish calls and a tighty mctight min raises to $30. I make the crying call and fish calls. Tight had the A5dd and scoops. and I am back down to $320. Of course I was on my last lap at the table too.
Still on my last lap (last hand actually) I limp AK UTG and the fish raises to $6 like he has a tendency to do. Everyone else at the table knows he is a fish and 5 other people call the $6 before it gets back to me. I put in a small raise the $220 and everyone folds.
I ended up staying through the blinds and got up with $342 in front of me. A ton of hands for a 3 hour session for sure. Made up for that missed tournament.
I was on the 3rd 1/2 table to get going about 10 minutes after they opened. Early on there was a raise to $6 and I called with KJdd along with 4 others. Six ways to the flop it comes AhQh10d. The raiser leads for $10 and I go ahead and raise it up to $25, everyone folds back and he tanks and folds AK face up. Just like that I am up to $140. I fold for about the next lap and a half and then pick-up 66 UTG+1. UTG raises to $12 and I FOLD!?!? What the fuck am I doing? If I can't call $12 with 66 in a 1/2 game why am I playing? After I fold I see 5 people call the raise and the flop naturally comes Q65. Here is where it gets interesting. SB leads for $12, next to act who is a total fish shoves for his last $40. It gets back to the pre-flop raiser who has $80 behind and he decides to send it in. Back to the SB who shoves for about $60 or so. What do they roll over? SB has KQ (lol) short stack had Q10 (double lol) and original raiser has KK. Turn brick river 10 and the fish gets shipped the pot. Shortly after that he gets up and moves to the 5/10 game ($100 buy-in, triple lol).
If I call the raise i would take down the approximately $150 pot (I assume the SB woulda folded). I seriously contemplated getting up right there. If I am playing not to lose I really should leave but do I? No. Turned out to be a great decision.
Thanks to my ongoing IM session with Zooks I have every big hand I played, and there were a lot of them in a short period of time. Sitting on around $140 I limp with QJ suited and go ahead and flop the flush. I bet the flop and got 1 caller. Turn brings a 4th of the suit and I bet again and get called. River brings a 5th of the suit and I check it back and my hand is good, he flashed the 10 for the 3rd nuts. Up to $172. Not long after I limp A3dd and the flop comes down J33 in a multi-way pot. I bet out in late position and the 4 others in the hand all fold.
My first losing hand I raised to $10 with QQ and only the player to my left calls leaving$25 behind. Flop comes A106dd. Playing with him for a while in the past I'm fairly certain he doesn't have the ace I lead for $20, he sends his last $25 in and I call. No he doesn't have the A, he has QJ for the 15 outer and he gets there and I am back down to $120.
About a lap later I am in late position and limp along with just about the rest of the field with Q9dd. Flop comes J10xdd. Guess it doesn't get much better than that. A late position player leads for $20 into the $12ish pot. I am next to act and just call along with two others and the pot has ballooned up pretty quickly. Turn brings me the flush and it's checked to me. I bet 30ish and its folded back to the flop raiser and he check raise shoves and has be covered. This dude was a major donator and got lucky early to build a stack. I called fairly quick. He says damn you have the flush and turns over 98 for the flopped straight and is drawing dead. I get better than the full double and am sitting on $285 after the hand.
Not longer after that (noticing a trend?) I flop two pair from the blind and it all gets in on the turn vs the same guy who doubled through me and this time he missed his 15 outs and I am up to $330. As my hands can now turn anything to gold it wasn't much longer I limp A9dd. Flop comes 789 and it gets check through 5 ways. Turn binks the 9. One player bets $15 and I min-bet it up to $30. A 3rd player shoves for his last $37 and we both call. Thinking I need the board to pair it comes in the way of a 7. Other player check and I bet $40 and he turbo-mucks 10J for the flopped straight face up. The all-in player also flopped the straight with 10J. After the hand I am now just a touch under $400.
This session isn't even close to over yet.
I raise 88 first in and get 2 callers. Flop comes 642 and I lead for $10 and get min-raised by the fish to my immediate left, next to act calls and I call. Turn 10. I check and other two check??? River 8 for my set. I lead for $25 and both fold. Not long after that the fish to my left decides to throw the $4 straddle on. It gets called in 5 spots before it gets to me in the BB and I look down at AA. I raise to $27 and EVERY ONE FOLDS. I will take it.
Then the inevitable cooler comes. I am sitting on $380 or so and call a raise to $6 with K9dd. About 4-5 people to the flop and it comes Q96dd. Pre-flop raiser bets $10 and gets 3 callers. Turn pairs the 6 and it gets checked around. River completes the flush. I lead for $15, fish calls and a tighty mctight min raises to $30. I make the crying call and fish calls. Tight had the A5dd and scoops. and I am back down to $320. Of course I was on my last lap at the table too.
Still on my last lap (last hand actually) I limp AK UTG and the fish raises to $6 like he has a tendency to do. Everyone else at the table knows he is a fish and 5 other people call the $6 before it gets back to me. I put in a small raise the $220 and everyone folds.
I ended up staying through the blinds and got up with $342 in front of me. A ton of hands for a 3 hour session for sure. Made up for that missed tournament.
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