Hello to all of my loyal readers. It is time for my second installment of DOTW. This week was a tough one in deciding who took the cake in total Donkey action. ESPN ME coverage filled me with a lot of potential candidates and even the Ladies Night on WPT even gave me a few to choose from so I've decided to go against the rules and dole out numerous winners.
1. Steve Dannenmann - How this guy made it to the final table I don't know, we shall see but his play was suspect. It wasn't that his play was that bad but what makes him eligible for DOTW is his bluffing "The Professor" (BTW, if you don't know who the Professor is, please stop reading this blog) and then calling his buddy to brag right after the hand. That was ridiculous to call his buddy and sad for him ESPN caught him doing it.
Note to Donkeys: If you do something really Donkeyish during the WSOP,
ESPN will catch it and air it.
Don't call your friend after a bluff, call him at the end of the day if you survive then tell him about your play
2. "The Professors" TV table - That whole table just gave there chips away especially that donkey who went all in and Lederer had practically the nuts.
3. The Stinky Guy - Man was that guy a donkey just for being annoying and smelly. Maybe across the pond it is ok not to wash your clothes but c'mon man. Also please Shut the F%$# UP!!! Last year Mattias Anderson and now this year that fool.
4. Jennifer Tilly - Now now you ladies out there don't flame me on this choice. I know she is the reigning ladies champ at the WSOP and won the WPT ladies night event but I think her play is extremely aggressive, loose and donkeyish. Of course they edit the show so we don't see every hand but I felt it was obvious that she didn't have anything on some of those hands. Granted I'm not under the lights and pressure so I may have done some of those laydowns but be aggressive ladies, you know she doesn't always have a big hand.
5. The guy playing against Layne Flack - Layne Flack opens the pot with AJ off suit. Get's reraised by a guy with pocket 6's. I don't mind the reraise but Layne may be the wrong person to do this against. Flop comes jack high and and turn an ace. Layne throws out a 20k bet on the river and the donkey calls him. You gotta know you are beat at that point. Give Layne some credit.
6. The other guy playing against Layne Flack - Layne raises with junk, get's re-raised with a guy with 54 and flop comes with an ace. Layne bet's, get reraised, then re-raises and the guy calls. They check it down and then the guy doesn't want to show his cards because he knows he is a donkey.
Another Note: When it goes down to the river, show your dam cards. I hate these guys who won't show there cards. Example: Kondraki flopping a set of 6's vs. pocket Q's.
7. Mike Matusow - JUST BECAUSE
Last Note: Raymer was the man in this tourney and if it wasn't for a donkey play that crippled him with about 3-4 tables left, he may have made the final table and made history. Matusow just needs to shut his yap. Got him nowhere except a bench to cry on last year. I applaud his performance this year but show some respect to Raymer...and I don't want to hear the BS that his is trying to get under his skin. Raymer proved last year that doesn't work.
Well I'm sure I've missed a few but hey it's a tough job keeping track of all the donkey's out there. See ya yall next week.
Action Donkey signing off...HEE HAW
Thursday, October 27, 2005
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Flame For Me
Hey guys -
Do me a huge favor. Log onto the fantasy football league and post a message about Rupp. His flaming has become very personal lately and I'm not happy about it. Rather than fighting back and lowering myself to his level, it would be a whole helluva lot more effective if you guys posted a message telling him how stupid he's being and that he needs to chill out. I deleted his last message but he put it back up there with more harsh words. I really don't want to have to kick him out of the league, but I will if this continues. Oh, and please don't be nice about whatever you have to say.
Thanks guys,
Josh has got a possee.
Do me a huge favor. Log onto the fantasy football league and post a message about Rupp. His flaming has become very personal lately and I'm not happy about it. Rather than fighting back and lowering myself to his level, it would be a whole helluva lot more effective if you guys posted a message telling him how stupid he's being and that he needs to chill out. I deleted his last message but he put it back up there with more harsh words. I really don't want to have to kick him out of the league, but I will if this continues. Oh, and please don't be nice about whatever you have to say.
Thanks guys,
Josh has got a possee.
2006 WSOP schedule released
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/poker/news/story?id=2203310
It is starting later next year. Starts 2 days before my birthday, looks like I will have to make a trip out there for the $1500 buy-in event.
The ME will take 13 days to play next year. CRAZY!!
It is starting later next year. Starts 2 days before my birthday, looks like I will have to make a trip out there for the $1500 buy-in event.
The ME will take 13 days to play next year. CRAZY!!
Call me the "New Grinder"
So I decided to let off a little steam tonight after work and jumped on PP for 2 quick SNGs. I decided to multi-table and within the first 10 mins I was down to T485 and T530 respectfully.
Not the way I imagined this going.
Of course, my T530 table was a result of me not budging off my AQos with a 5x the BB raise, flopping and Ace and completely getting committed by the river. The other guy? Pocket Aces, OF COURSE!
So I grinded for the next 45 minutes. I played tight, laying down KQs in the BB to a raise and re-raise, layed down pocket 8s with a J high flop and folded AJ when my 3x BB raise was min re-raised. (Always suspicious...)
I made the right moves at the right time... moving all in with AK in early position and getting called by AQ. Doubled up twice off the blinds in the later rounds by moving in with small pocket pairs, and all together played great poker.
Here's my stats from that two-table session:
Hands Dealt: 268
Hands Won: 20% (54)
Showdowns Won: 92% (that's right... 92%!!)
---Flop Hands---
Flops Seen: 20% (54)
Win % if Flops Seen: 64% (34)
So let's do the math... I told you I took a hit when I committed myself against pocket aces. I also lost the last showdown when I got knocked out in 5th in that tournament. I lost 2 showdowns in that tournament and those were the only 2 I lost all night. I won every showdown in the other tournament.
I saw 54 flops, and won 54 hands. I lost exactly 2 showdowns over 268 hands. I spent $22 x 2 SNGs for a $44 investment. I won $100 for my one first place finish. That's a net gain of a whopping $56!! Woohoo!
You might say to yourself, "Geez... 268 hands is a lot for 2 tournaments" (especially when I got knocked out in 5th in one!). Why were there so many hands played? Well, typical PP fish... we get down to 5 handed and the small stacks proceed to double-up hand after hand when they move all-in with any ace against the big stacks holding inferior cards every time.
Gotta love it...
Not the way I imagined this going.
Of course, my T530 table was a result of me not budging off my AQos with a 5x the BB raise, flopping and Ace and completely getting committed by the river. The other guy? Pocket Aces, OF COURSE!
So I grinded for the next 45 minutes. I played tight, laying down KQs in the BB to a raise and re-raise, layed down pocket 8s with a J high flop and folded AJ when my 3x BB raise was min re-raised. (Always suspicious...)
I made the right moves at the right time... moving all in with AK in early position and getting called by AQ. Doubled up twice off the blinds in the later rounds by moving in with small pocket pairs, and all together played great poker.
Here's my stats from that two-table session:
Hands Dealt: 268
Hands Won: 20% (54)
Showdowns Won: 92% (that's right... 92%!!)
---Flop Hands---
Flops Seen: 20% (54)
Win % if Flops Seen: 64% (34)
So let's do the math... I told you I took a hit when I committed myself against pocket aces. I also lost the last showdown when I got knocked out in 5th in that tournament. I lost 2 showdowns in that tournament and those were the only 2 I lost all night. I won every showdown in the other tournament.
I saw 54 flops, and won 54 hands. I lost exactly 2 showdowns over 268 hands. I spent $22 x 2 SNGs for a $44 investment. I won $100 for my one first place finish. That's a net gain of a whopping $56!! Woohoo!
You might say to yourself, "Geez... 268 hands is a lot for 2 tournaments" (especially when I got knocked out in 5th in one!). Why were there so many hands played? Well, typical PP fish... we get down to 5 handed and the small stacks proceed to double-up hand after hand when they move all-in with any ace against the big stacks holding inferior cards every time.
Gotta love it...
Sunday, October 23, 2005
Big Heeb... defender of blinds big and small!
Poker Tracker rocks.
I just downloaded the software last night... I imported my most recent 1000 hand histories and this is what it tells me:
In my last 18 tournaments, I finished in the money 50% of the time.
My buy-ins total $396.00, and I have won $640.00, giving me a ROI of 61.62% (not bad!)
My average finish in a 10 person tournament is 4.11. I have 3 first place finishes, 5 second place finishes and 1 third place finish.
Now here's an interesting statistic that I think I can really learn from:
On the button, I only cold called 1.26% of the time. I raised pre-flop 13.21% of the time when I was not the first one in, and I raised 10.69% of the time when I was the first in. I won 12.58% of the time I played a hand on the button.
When I looked at my stats in the SB, at first glance it appeared that I was playing way too many SB hands. But when I looked into it, when I was in the SB, I won more money than when I was on the button, went to less showdowns, and won a higher % of showdowns. Hmmm...
There is an option on Poker Tracker to play back hands. It's pretty cool. Wanna see that sweet trap you set when you flopped a made straight against top set? How 'bout the time you overplayed Q-9 in the cutoff and dumped over 1200 to the BB because you wouldn't let go of middle pair. I think of it like an old high school quarterback who sits on his couch on Saturday afternoons, replaying grainy videotape of all his old games. I really like this function.
Here's a funny statistic: In 18 SNGs, I never played with the same player twice. That struck me as very odd.
So, my suggestion to all of you is to go download Poker Tracker NOW and check it out. If you like it, it only costs $55 to register it and download all your histories. Do it!!
I just downloaded the software last night... I imported my most recent 1000 hand histories and this is what it tells me:
In my last 18 tournaments, I finished in the money 50% of the time.
My buy-ins total $396.00, and I have won $640.00, giving me a ROI of 61.62% (not bad!)
My average finish in a 10 person tournament is 4.11. I have 3 first place finishes, 5 second place finishes and 1 third place finish.
Now here's an interesting statistic that I think I can really learn from:
On the button, I only cold called 1.26% of the time. I raised pre-flop 13.21% of the time when I was not the first one in, and I raised 10.69% of the time when I was the first in. I won 12.58% of the time I played a hand on the button.
When I looked at my stats in the SB, at first glance it appeared that I was playing way too many SB hands. But when I looked into it, when I was in the SB, I won more money than when I was on the button, went to less showdowns, and won a higher % of showdowns. Hmmm...
There is an option on Poker Tracker to play back hands. It's pretty cool. Wanna see that sweet trap you set when you flopped a made straight against top set? How 'bout the time you overplayed Q-9 in the cutoff and dumped over 1200 to the BB because you wouldn't let go of middle pair. I think of it like an old high school quarterback who sits on his couch on Saturday afternoons, replaying grainy videotape of all his old games. I really like this function.
Here's a funny statistic: In 18 SNGs, I never played with the same player twice. That struck me as very odd.
So, my suggestion to all of you is to go download Poker Tracker NOW and check it out. If you like it, it only costs $55 to register it and download all your histories. Do it!!
Saturday, October 22, 2005
We need a new name for the blog...
I think we should consider re-naming the blog. We need a catchy name... something creative and meaningful.
Comment on this post with your thoughts, and any suggestions you may have.
And dammit... post something!
Comment on this post with your thoughts, and any suggestions you may have.
And dammit... post something!
Thursday, October 20, 2005
How NOT To Play Pocket Aces (A Fish's tail)
Put witty827 on all your buddy lists, fellas... check this out:
***** Hand History for Game 2904837456 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $20 Buy-in + $2 Entry Fee Trny:16734670 Level:2 Blinds(15/30) - Thursday, October 20, 14:15:30 EDT 2005
Table Table 67496 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: Lamit591 ( $725 )
Seat 2: fasted4868 ( $630 )
Seat 3: witty827 ( $775 )
Seat 5: bigredshoes ( $680 )
Seat 6: SFDP5 ( $445 )
Seat 7: TAR4225 ( $1320 )
Seat 8: MULuke04 ( $745 )
Seat 9: Kali_King ( $710 )
Seat 10: BigHeeb91 ( $1240 )
Seat 4: GutBustinG ( $730 )
Trny:16734670 Level:2
Blinds(15/30)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to BigHeeb91 [ Qc 2d ]
GutBustinG folds.
bigredshoes folds.
SFDP5 folds.
TAR4225 raises [60].
MULuke04 folds.
Kali_King folds.
BigHeeb91 folds.
Lamit591 calls [60].
fasted4868 folds.
witty827 calls [30].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 4c, Ks, 6c ]
witty827 checks.
TAR4225 checks.
Lamit591 checks.
** Dealing Turn ** [ Qd ]
witty827 bets [125].
TAR4225 calls [125].
Lamit591 folds.
** Dealing River ** [ 2s ]
witty827 bets [150].
TAR4225 calls [150].
witty827 shows [ As, Ad ] a pair of aces.
TAR4225 shows [ Kh, Qh ] two pairs, kings and queens.
TAR4225 wins 745 chips from the main pot with two pairs, kings and queens.
He Calls, checks, calls, calls. Damn near the worst play with pocket aces I have ever seen.
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On a funnier note, here's an entry from Dr Pauly's Tao of a Poker Blog:
"Last night after I completed my work for the day, I played at the Bellagio. I sat down for two hours at a $8/$16 table... I sat next to the "cool guy toughster" who sported a barb wire tattoo and wore shades at the table. He looked like a total idiot but was actually a nice guy. Always get to know the person sitting to your left. Ask plenty of questions if you can. The better profile you can come up with, the better your chances of knowing if you have a fish, a maniac, or a rock sitting next to you."
Haha.. if I didn't know better, I'd say the guy was sitting next to White. But, it's not like White has played the 8-16 game at the Bellagio recently... oh wait.
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So I got my MGM offer in the mail yesterday... Weeknights for $60 weekends for $100. 2 complimentary buffets and $50 in gaming chips (I called the hotel and they are not good for the poker room)
The offer is good thru December 29... So fellas, anytime you guys wanna go away for another weekend, I'm game.
***** Hand History for Game 2904837456 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $20 Buy-in + $2 Entry Fee Trny:16734670 Level:2 Blinds(15/30) - Thursday, October 20, 14:15:30 EDT 2005
Table Table 67496 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: Lamit591 ( $725 )
Seat 2: fasted4868 ( $630 )
Seat 3: witty827 ( $775 )
Seat 5: bigredshoes ( $680 )
Seat 6: SFDP5 ( $445 )
Seat 7: TAR4225 ( $1320 )
Seat 8: MULuke04 ( $745 )
Seat 9: Kali_King ( $710 )
Seat 10: BigHeeb91 ( $1240 )
Seat 4: GutBustinG ( $730 )
Trny:16734670 Level:2
Blinds(15/30)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to BigHeeb91 [ Qc 2d ]
GutBustinG folds.
bigredshoes folds.
SFDP5 folds.
TAR4225 raises [60].
MULuke04 folds.
Kali_King folds.
BigHeeb91 folds.
Lamit591 calls [60].
fasted4868 folds.
witty827 calls [30].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 4c, Ks, 6c ]
witty827 checks.
TAR4225 checks.
Lamit591 checks.
** Dealing Turn ** [ Qd ]
witty827 bets [125].
TAR4225 calls [125].
Lamit591 folds.
** Dealing River ** [ 2s ]
witty827 bets [150].
TAR4225 calls [150].
witty827 shows [ As, Ad ] a pair of aces.
TAR4225 shows [ Kh, Qh ] two pairs, kings and queens.
TAR4225 wins 745 chips from the main pot with two pairs, kings and queens.
He Calls, checks, calls, calls. Damn near the worst play with pocket aces I have ever seen.
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On a funnier note, here's an entry from Dr Pauly's Tao of a Poker Blog:
"Last night after I completed my work for the day, I played at the Bellagio. I sat down for two hours at a $8/$16 table... I sat next to the "cool guy toughster" who sported a barb wire tattoo and wore shades at the table. He looked like a total idiot but was actually a nice guy. Always get to know the person sitting to your left. Ask plenty of questions if you can. The better profile you can come up with, the better your chances of knowing if you have a fish, a maniac, or a rock sitting next to you."
Haha.. if I didn't know better, I'd say the guy was sitting next to White. But, it's not like White has played the 8-16 game at the Bellagio recently... oh wait.
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So I got my MGM offer in the mail yesterday... Weeknights for $60 weekends for $100. 2 complimentary buffets and $50 in gaming chips (I called the hotel and they are not good for the poker room)
The offer is good thru December 29... So fellas, anytime you guys wanna go away for another weekend, I'm game.
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
Donkey of the Week
Hello all you readers out there. Since I am the original "Action Donkey", I have decided to create a weekly column (at least monthly...don't flame me if I'm not doing this weekly) in dediciation to the biggest donkey of the week in the poker tv world.
The inaugural Donkey of the week or as will further be labeled (DOTW) is a gentleman by the name of Pittman. I don't recall his first name so I'll just stick to his last name. Now let me preface this by saying I'm not a Phil Hellmuth fan but that move by Pittman going all in with a KJ at the WSOP ME when it is obvious Phil has him beat pre-flop is a joke. I can understand Phil's reaction and I applaud him for dropping the D-bomb using the word Donkey in describing this guys actions but that is poker and it is his money and he can play it as badly as he wants.
Anyways, congrats to Mr. Pittman, you are the DOTW.
The inaugural Donkey of the week or as will further be labeled (DOTW) is a gentleman by the name of Pittman. I don't recall his first name so I'll just stick to his last name. Now let me preface this by saying I'm not a Phil Hellmuth fan but that move by Pittman going all in with a KJ at the WSOP ME when it is obvious Phil has him beat pre-flop is a joke. I can understand Phil's reaction and I applaud him for dropping the D-bomb using the word Donkey in describing this guys actions but that is poker and it is his money and he can play it as badly as he wants.
Anyways, congrats to Mr. Pittman, you are the DOTW.
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Top 10 observations in this recent trip to Vegas
Now some of these I've known about but some I didn't...
10. Expect to see a lot of young HPOA's (Hot piece of ass's) with old men....it's all about the money baby!!
9. If you stare at a hooker long enough across the casino floor, she will eventually wave at you and tell you to come over.
8. If you are playing a ring game and a guy and woman sit down at the same time along with a new dealer and then get up and leave when the dealer changes about 30 minutes later with about a profit of $300, you know something is not kosher (Right Sinatra76).
7. The Bellagio poker room is an awesome experience but too crowded.
6. I am utterly consumed and addicted with Poker which just proves that I really need to get laid and soon.
5. I am not yet in the league of tournament pro's but I don't feel like dead money either.
4. Liz Lieu and Evelyn Ng are just as hot in person as they are on TV. GOOD FREAKING LORD!!!!
3. I am horrible at playing STT's with a friend because I don't catch on to certain moves like I should (sorry Big Heeb).
2. I am a lot better at single table tournaments than I used to be, but I guess just going 1 for 1 isn't really proving too much.
1. I am the biggest DONKEY of them all for continually playing cash games with complete donkey's who call a twice raised pot with J10 out of position and chase it down to the river to make a runner runner flush while I had KK and flopped a set.
10. Expect to see a lot of young HPOA's (Hot piece of ass's) with old men....it's all about the money baby!!
9. If you stare at a hooker long enough across the casino floor, she will eventually wave at you and tell you to come over.
8. If you are playing a ring game and a guy and woman sit down at the same time along with a new dealer and then get up and leave when the dealer changes about 30 minutes later with about a profit of $300, you know something is not kosher (Right Sinatra76).
7. The Bellagio poker room is an awesome experience but too crowded.
6. I am utterly consumed and addicted with Poker which just proves that I really need to get laid and soon.
5. I am not yet in the league of tournament pro's but I don't feel like dead money either.
4. Liz Lieu and Evelyn Ng are just as hot in person as they are on TV. GOOD FREAKING LORD!!!!
3. I am horrible at playing STT's with a friend because I don't catch on to certain moves like I should (sorry Big Heeb).
2. I am a lot better at single table tournaments than I used to be, but I guess just going 1 for 1 isn't really proving too much.
1. I am the biggest DONKEY of them all for continually playing cash games with complete donkey's who call a twice raised pot with J10 out of position and chase it down to the river to make a runner runner flush while I had KK and flopped a set.
My Last Bad Beat Post EVER
I had been waiting all morning for the baby to go down for his nap, and finally at 9:35 he was asleep. I logged on, got the last seat at the $50 mini-step, and started at 9:36. At 9:37, I was out of the tournament.
***** Hand History for Game 2895229924 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $50 Buy-in + $5 Entry Fee Trny:16683256 Level:1 Blinds(10/15) - Tuesday, October 18, 12:36:47 EDT 2005
Table Mini Step 3 #1068359 (Real Money)
Seat 8 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: IRound ( $1000 )
Seat 10: BigHeeb91 ( $1000 )
Seat 5: agoldman2004 ( $1000 )
Seat 6: fortyfor60 ( $1000 )
Seat 4: kiskis1 ( $1000 )
Seat 3: alanmountain ( $1000 )
Seat 8: maynard21 ( $1000 )
Seat 2: MarMoss ( $1000 )
Seat 9: noobie79 ( $1000 )
Seat 7: TUSCADERO ( $1000 )
Trny:16683256 Level:1
Blinds(10/15)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to BigHeeb91 [ Ad Ac ]
IRound folds.
MarMoss folds.
alanmountain folds.
kiskis1 folds.
agoldman2004 folds.
fortyfor60 calls [15].
TUSCADERO folds.
maynard21 folds.
noobie79 calls [5].
BigHeeb91 raises [60].
fortyfor60 is all-In [985]
noobie79 folds.
BigHeeb91 is all-In [925]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8d, Kh, Kd ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Jd ]
** Dealing River ** [ 5d ]
BigHeeb91 shows [ Ad, Ac ] a flush, ace high.
fortyfor60 shows [ 5h, 5s ] a full house, Fives full of kings.
fortyfor60 wins 2015 chips from the main pot with a full house, Fives full of kings.
BigHeeb91 finished in tenth place.
BigHeeb91 has left the table.
The jackass limps, re-raises all-in. I knew he had a baby pair and I actually contemplated folding because I had such a bad feeling. I was an 80% favorite pre-flop, 92% after the flop, and 95.5% after the turn. He was dead to one of two 5s left in the deck.
***** Hand History for Game 2895229924 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $50 Buy-in + $5 Entry Fee Trny:16683256 Level:1 Blinds(10/15) - Tuesday, October 18, 12:36:47 EDT 2005
Table Mini Step 3 #1068359 (Real Money)
Seat 8 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: IRound ( $1000 )
Seat 10: BigHeeb91 ( $1000 )
Seat 5: agoldman2004 ( $1000 )
Seat 6: fortyfor60 ( $1000 )
Seat 4: kiskis1 ( $1000 )
Seat 3: alanmountain ( $1000 )
Seat 8: maynard21 ( $1000 )
Seat 2: MarMoss ( $1000 )
Seat 9: noobie79 ( $1000 )
Seat 7: TUSCADERO ( $1000 )
Trny:16683256 Level:1
Blinds(10/15)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to BigHeeb91 [ Ad Ac ]
IRound folds.
MarMoss folds.
alanmountain folds.
kiskis1 folds.
agoldman2004 folds.
fortyfor60 calls [15].
TUSCADERO folds.
maynard21 folds.
noobie79 calls [5].
BigHeeb91 raises [60].
fortyfor60 is all-In [985]
noobie79 folds.
BigHeeb91 is all-In [925]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8d, Kh, Kd ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Jd ]
** Dealing River ** [ 5d ]
BigHeeb91 shows [ Ad, Ac ] a flush, ace high.
fortyfor60 shows [ 5h, 5s ] a full house, Fives full of kings.
fortyfor60 wins 2015 chips from the main pot with a full house, Fives full of kings.
BigHeeb91 finished in tenth place.
BigHeeb91 has left the table.
The jackass limps, re-raises all-in. I knew he had a baby pair and I actually contemplated folding because I had such a bad feeling. I was an 80% favorite pre-flop, 92% after the flop, and 95.5% after the turn. He was dead to one of two 5s left in the deck.
Monday, October 17, 2005
It wouldn't be a bad beat...
...If I didn't have the best hand going into the flop and got outdrawn...
These two hands occured within 2 seconds of each other. I tried multi-tabling a $50 and a $5 in the steps on PP... here's how it they ended:
The first one is the $50 tournament... only the top 2 move on to the next level, but places 3 & 4 get rebuys back into the $50 level. 5 & 6 go down a level to the $20 tournament.
***** Hand History for Game 2893361742 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $50 Buy-in + $5 Entry Fee Trny:16673442 Level:6 Blinds(100/200) - Monday, October 17, 23:34:37 EDT 2005
Table Mini Step 3 #1068126 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 1: BigHeeb91 ( $385 )
Seat 4: cwj111 ( $1965 )
Seat 3: Shuber ( $1965 )
Seat 10: wakzak99 ( $2040 )
Seat 8: mimekai ( $3645 )
Trny:16673442 Level:6
Blinds(100/200)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to BigHeeb91 [ Kc As ]
mimekai folds.
wakzak99 folds.
BigHeeb91 is all-In [385]
Shuber folds.
cwj111 calls [185].
** Dealing Flop ** [ Ts, Td, 4h ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ac ]
** Dealing River ** [ 4c ]
cwj111 shows [ 9c, Th ] a full house, Tens full of fours.
BigHeeb91 shows [ Kc, As ] two pairs, aces and tens.
cwj111 wins 870 chips from the main pot with a full house, Tens full of fours.
BigHeeb91 finished in fifth and wins Entry to Mini Step 2
BigHeeb91 has left the table.
2 seconds earlier, I was heads up with this shmuck. In the $5 tournament, only the winner goes on to the next level. 2nd place gets a re-buy back into the $5 level.
He had been making moves on me ever since we got heads up and I was just waiting for any face card. I got it, he moved all-in and I had him before the flop.
***** Hand History for Game 2893361550 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $5 Buy-in + $1 Entry Fee Trny:16673149 Level:8 Blinds(200/400) -
Monday, October 17, 23:34:35 EDT 2005
Table Mini Step 1 #1068563 (Real Money)
Seat 9 is the button
Total number of players : 2
Seat 9: Clutch_One ( $6755 )
Seat 1: BigHeeb91 ( $1245 )
Trny:16673149 Level:8
Blinds(200/400)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to BigHeeb91 [ 9c Jh ]
Clutch_One is all-In [6555]
BigHeeb91 is all-In [845]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 3s, 7c, 4c ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 5s ]
** Dealing River ** [ 3c ]
Clutch_One shows [ Th, 7h ] two pairs, sevens and threes.
BigHeeb91 shows [ 9c, Jh ] a pair of threes.
Clutch_One wins 5510 chips from side pot #1 with two pairs, sevens and threes.
Clutch_One wins 2490 chips from the main pot with two pairs, sevens and threes.
BigHeeb91 finished in second and wins Entry to Mini Step 1
BigHeeb91 has left the table.
Congratulations,Clutch_One! You won Entry to Mini Step 2.
Clutch_One has left the table.
This tournament has finished, congratulations to the winners.
Let this be a lesson to all thinking about playing these god-damned steps. Here's my stats from just these two tournaments:
Hands Dealt: 129
Hands Won: 24% (31)
Showdowns Won: 70%
--- Flop Hands ---
Flops Seen: 29% (37)
Win % if Flops Seen: 47% (17)
So the moral of the story is... You can play nearly 130 hands of perfect poker, win almost a quarter of the hands you're dealt, win almost half the hands you see the flop on, and still make absolutely no progress.
I hate this game...
These two hands occured within 2 seconds of each other. I tried multi-tabling a $50 and a $5 in the steps on PP... here's how it they ended:
The first one is the $50 tournament... only the top 2 move on to the next level, but places 3 & 4 get rebuys back into the $50 level. 5 & 6 go down a level to the $20 tournament.
***** Hand History for Game 2893361742 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $50 Buy-in + $5 Entry Fee Trny:16673442 Level:6 Blinds(100/200) - Monday, October 17, 23:34:37 EDT 2005
Table Mini Step 3 #1068126 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 1: BigHeeb91 ( $385 )
Seat 4: cwj111 ( $1965 )
Seat 3: Shuber ( $1965 )
Seat 10: wakzak99 ( $2040 )
Seat 8: mimekai ( $3645 )
Trny:16673442 Level:6
Blinds(100/200)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to BigHeeb91 [ Kc As ]
mimekai folds.
wakzak99 folds.
BigHeeb91 is all-In [385]
Shuber folds.
cwj111 calls [185].
** Dealing Flop ** [ Ts, Td, 4h ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ac ]
** Dealing River ** [ 4c ]
cwj111 shows [ 9c, Th ] a full house, Tens full of fours.
BigHeeb91 shows [ Kc, As ] two pairs, aces and tens.
cwj111 wins 870 chips from the main pot with a full house, Tens full of fours.
BigHeeb91 finished in fifth and wins Entry to Mini Step 2
BigHeeb91 has left the table.
2 seconds earlier, I was heads up with this shmuck. In the $5 tournament, only the winner goes on to the next level. 2nd place gets a re-buy back into the $5 level.
He had been making moves on me ever since we got heads up and I was just waiting for any face card. I got it, he moved all-in and I had him before the flop.
***** Hand History for Game 2893361550 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $5 Buy-in + $1 Entry Fee Trny:16673149 Level:8 Blinds(200/400) -
Monday, October 17, 23:34:35 EDT 2005
Table Mini Step 1 #1068563 (Real Money)
Seat 9 is the button
Total number of players : 2
Seat 9: Clutch_One ( $6755 )
Seat 1: BigHeeb91 ( $1245 )
Trny:16673149 Level:8
Blinds(200/400)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to BigHeeb91 [ 9c Jh ]
Clutch_One is all-In [6555]
BigHeeb91 is all-In [845]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 3s, 7c, 4c ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 5s ]
** Dealing River ** [ 3c ]
Clutch_One shows [ Th, 7h ] two pairs, sevens and threes.
BigHeeb91 shows [ 9c, Jh ] a pair of threes.
Clutch_One wins 5510 chips from side pot #1 with two pairs, sevens and threes.
Clutch_One wins 2490 chips from the main pot with two pairs, sevens and threes.
BigHeeb91 finished in second and wins Entry to Mini Step 1
BigHeeb91 has left the table.
Congratulations,Clutch_One! You won Entry to Mini Step 2.
Clutch_One has left the table.
This tournament has finished, congratulations to the winners.
Let this be a lesson to all thinking about playing these god-damned steps. Here's my stats from just these two tournaments:
Hands Dealt: 129
Hands Won: 24% (31)
Showdowns Won: 70%
--- Flop Hands ---
Flops Seen: 29% (37)
Win % if Flops Seen: 47% (17)
So the moral of the story is... You can play nearly 130 hands of perfect poker, win almost a quarter of the hands you're dealt, win almost half the hands you see the flop on, and still make absolutely no progress.
I hate this game...
Monday, October 03, 2005
Downhill and FAST
Yah, it was that kind of night...
Here's how it started:
***** Hand History for Game 2821849790 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $20 Buy-in + $2 Entry Fee Trny:16311598 Level:3 Blinds(25/50) - Tuesday, October 04, 00:44:23 EDT 2005
Table Table 14918 (Real Money)
Seat 10 is the buttonTotal number of players : 8 Seat 3: mhouseslp ( $1410 )
Seat 4: Fulldragh22 ( $735 )
Seat 1: BigHeeb91 ( $635 )
Seat 10: cbender3 ( $535 )
Seat 9: Ten9Spades ( $650 )
Seat 5: WIDOCMIKE ( $770 )
Seat 7: Four2OneDog ( $1580 )
Seat 2: bigjimm11 ( $1685 )
Trny:16311598 Level:3Blinds(25/50)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to BigHeeb91 [ Jc Js ]
mhouseslp calls [50].
Fulldragh22 folds.
WIDOCMIKE calls [50].
Four2OneDog folds.
Ten9Spades folds.
cbender3 folds.
BigHeeb91 raises [225].
bigjimm11 folds.
mhouseslp folds.
WIDOCMIKE calls [200].
** Dealing Flop **
[ 9s, 4s, As ]
BigHeeb91 is all-In [385]
WIDOCMIKE calls [385].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 7h ]
** Dealing River ** [ Td ]
BigHeeb91 shows [ Jc, Js ] a pair of jacks.
WIDOCMIKE shows [ Ts, Ac ] two pairs, aces and tens.
WIDOCMIKE wins 1370 chips from the main pot with two pairs, aces and tens.
BigHeeb91 finished in eighth place.
BigHeeb91 has left the table.
Okay, sure.. it was getting to be panic time ( it was level 3) and a measily 4 x the bb raise wasn't enough to push the bb off his A-10 os. Yay.
Then, in the very next tournament:
***** Hand History for Game 2821918723 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $20 Buy-in + $2 Entry Fee Trny:16312183 Level:2 Blinds(15/30) - Tuesday, October 04, 00:56:57 EDT 2005
Table Table 14519 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 5: Rzeznik1085 ( $368 )
Seat 1: BigHeeb91 ( $770 )
Seat 7: jfg999 ( $725 )
Seat 4: jptufguy ( $1210 )
Seat 10: ActionMan70 ( $730 )
Seat 6: Mk2323 ( $167 )
Seat 8: Thucydides ( $1145 )
Seat 2: silvrbritchs ( $1230 )
Seat 3: denalipark ( $880 )
Seat 9: AlienAnt ( $775 )
Trny:16312183 Level:2
Blinds(15/30)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to BigHeeb91 [ Qh Qc ]
AlienAnt folds.
ActionMan70 folds.
BigHeeb91 raises [90].
silvrbritchs folds.
denalipark folds.
jptufguy calls [90].
Rzeznik1085 folds.
Mk2323 folds.
jfg999 folds.
Thucydides folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ Jd, 5c, Td ]
BigHeeb91 bets [200].
jptufguy raises [400].
BigHeeb91 is all-In [480]
jptufguy calls [280].
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ad ]
** Dealing River ** [ Js ]
jptufguy shows [ 5s, 5h ] a full house, Fives full of jacks.
BigHeeb91 shows [ Qh, Qc ] two pairs, queens and jacks.
jptufguy wins 1585 chips from the main pot with a full house, Fives full of jacks.
BigHeeb91 finished in tenth place.
BigHeeb91 has left the table.
Okay, sure... I should have smelled something fishy when the guy min-raises me on the flop. Now, I have had fish do this to me with top pair after a big raise preflop, so I was hoping he was holding a jack. Whoops. Beware of the fish who don't believe in setting traps with a guy betting into him. The other day I held A-K, flopped top two when the flop came down A-K-6, and lost to a flopped set of 6s. Today, it's just an over pair losing to a flopped set.
I guess this means I'm done with PP until after Vegas. Just can't afford to take the morale hit when I lose like this. I held the nut straight today and bet every street, only to be rivered by a 10 high flush. Dan Harrington tells me that I made the right play (betting on every street 3/4 of the pot and giving the guy horrible odds to draw to the flush with two clubs on the board), but it just seems like it hurts me more than pays off. I hate leaving you with a bad beat story, so I'll end on this note. I cut out as much of the inimportant stuff as possible, but you'll get the picture. We begin right after I bluffed off my entire stack into a guy who checked the turn and the river with a J high flush. This was the largest comeback of my PP history:
***** Hand History for Game 2821631038 *****NL Texas Hold'em $20 Buy-in + $2 Entry Fee Trny:16310764 Level:1 Blinds(10/15) - Tuesday, October 04, 00:07:38 EDT 2005Table Table 14981 (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the buttonTotal number of players : 10
Seat 1: BigHeeb91 ( $5 )
Trny:16310764 Level:1Blinds(10/15)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to BigHeeb91 [ Ad Jd ]
BigHeeb91 is all-In [5]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 3s, Qs, 7s ]
Dealing Turn ** [ 3d ]
Dealing River ** [ Ac ]
BigHeeb91 shows [ Ad, Jd ] two pairs, aces and threes.
LrcyByTrick wins 20 chips from side pot #2 with two pairs, queens and threes.
jab2112 wins 745 chips from side pot #1 with two pairs, queens and threes.
LrcyByTrick wins 745 chips from side pot #1 with two pairs, queens and threes.
BigHeeb91 wins 25 chips from the main pot with two pairs, aces and threes.
A few hands later:
***** Hand History for Game 2821664639 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $20 Buy-in + $2 Entry Fee Trny:16310764 Level:2 Blinds(15/30) - Tuesday, October 04, 00:12:55 EDT 2005
Table Table 14981 (Real Money)
Seat 1: BigHeeb91 ( $25 )
Trny:16310764 Level:2Blinds(15/30)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to BigHeeb91 [ Kd Kh ]
BigHeeb91: i DARE you to raise everybody
cards4days: o wait let me finish this real quick you can watch from the sideline
BigHeeb91: common jackass
** Dealing Flop **
[Qd, 5d, 7d ]
** Dealing River **
xtremholdem shows [ Qc, Kc ] a pair of queens.
BigHeeb91 shows [ Kd, Kh ] a flush, king high.
xtremholdem wins 1225 chips from side pot #1 with a pair of queens.
BigHeeb91 wins 90 chips from the main pot with a flush, king high.
Anyways, I was able to pick up the blinds the next time around when I raised all-in bringing my stack up to T135. When the short stack made a move on my BB and everybody folded, I called and flopped my jack, crippling him and shipping another T150 to my stack. I went heads up outchipped 7 to 1 (approx 7,000 to 1,000). Blinds were at 150/300 so a lucky coinflip got me up to 2,000 and I started stealing blinds with all-in moves holding any ace or king. When he limped from the SB with Qs and I checked with 9-6 and the flop came 10-9-9, he lost another T2,000 putting us almost dead even. The final hand was nothing dramatic, just pocket 6s holding up against j-8 when he flopped an 8 and I turned the 3rd 6.
All in all, a horrible night. 1 win, 5 5th place or WORSE finishes.
Vegas in 2 more days... 2 more days...
Here's how it started:
***** Hand History for Game 2821849790 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $20 Buy-in + $2 Entry Fee Trny:16311598 Level:3 Blinds(25/50) - Tuesday, October 04, 00:44:23 EDT 2005
Table Table 14918 (Real Money)
Seat 10 is the buttonTotal number of players : 8 Seat 3: mhouseslp ( $1410 )
Seat 4: Fulldragh22 ( $735 )
Seat 1: BigHeeb91 ( $635 )
Seat 10: cbender3 ( $535 )
Seat 9: Ten9Spades ( $650 )
Seat 5: WIDOCMIKE ( $770 )
Seat 7: Four2OneDog ( $1580 )
Seat 2: bigjimm11 ( $1685 )
Trny:16311598 Level:3Blinds(25/50)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to BigHeeb91 [ Jc Js ]
mhouseslp calls [50].
Fulldragh22 folds.
WIDOCMIKE calls [50].
Four2OneDog folds.
Ten9Spades folds.
cbender3 folds.
BigHeeb91 raises [225].
bigjimm11 folds.
mhouseslp folds.
WIDOCMIKE calls [200].
** Dealing Flop **
[ 9s, 4s, As ]
BigHeeb91 is all-In [385]
WIDOCMIKE calls [385].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 7h ]
** Dealing River ** [ Td ]
BigHeeb91 shows [ Jc, Js ] a pair of jacks.
WIDOCMIKE shows [ Ts, Ac ] two pairs, aces and tens.
WIDOCMIKE wins 1370 chips from the main pot with two pairs, aces and tens.
BigHeeb91 finished in eighth place.
BigHeeb91 has left the table.
Okay, sure.. it was getting to be panic time ( it was level 3) and a measily 4 x the bb raise wasn't enough to push the bb off his A-10 os. Yay.
Then, in the very next tournament:
***** Hand History for Game 2821918723 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $20 Buy-in + $2 Entry Fee Trny:16312183 Level:2 Blinds(15/30) - Tuesday, October 04, 00:56:57 EDT 2005
Table Table 14519 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 5: Rzeznik1085 ( $368 )
Seat 1: BigHeeb91 ( $770 )
Seat 7: jfg999 ( $725 )
Seat 4: jptufguy ( $1210 )
Seat 10: ActionMan70 ( $730 )
Seat 6: Mk2323 ( $167 )
Seat 8: Thucydides ( $1145 )
Seat 2: silvrbritchs ( $1230 )
Seat 3: denalipark ( $880 )
Seat 9: AlienAnt ( $775 )
Trny:16312183 Level:2
Blinds(15/30)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to BigHeeb91 [ Qh Qc ]
AlienAnt folds.
ActionMan70 folds.
BigHeeb91 raises [90].
silvrbritchs folds.
denalipark folds.
jptufguy calls [90].
Rzeznik1085 folds.
Mk2323 folds.
jfg999 folds.
Thucydides folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ Jd, 5c, Td ]
BigHeeb91 bets [200].
jptufguy raises [400].
BigHeeb91 is all-In [480]
jptufguy calls [280].
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ad ]
** Dealing River ** [ Js ]
jptufguy shows [ 5s, 5h ] a full house, Fives full of jacks.
BigHeeb91 shows [ Qh, Qc ] two pairs, queens and jacks.
jptufguy wins 1585 chips from the main pot with a full house, Fives full of jacks.
BigHeeb91 finished in tenth place.
BigHeeb91 has left the table.
Okay, sure... I should have smelled something fishy when the guy min-raises me on the flop. Now, I have had fish do this to me with top pair after a big raise preflop, so I was hoping he was holding a jack. Whoops. Beware of the fish who don't believe in setting traps with a guy betting into him. The other day I held A-K, flopped top two when the flop came down A-K-6, and lost to a flopped set of 6s. Today, it's just an over pair losing to a flopped set.
I guess this means I'm done with PP until after Vegas. Just can't afford to take the morale hit when I lose like this. I held the nut straight today and bet every street, only to be rivered by a 10 high flush. Dan Harrington tells me that I made the right play (betting on every street 3/4 of the pot and giving the guy horrible odds to draw to the flush with two clubs on the board), but it just seems like it hurts me more than pays off. I hate leaving you with a bad beat story, so I'll end on this note. I cut out as much of the inimportant stuff as possible, but you'll get the picture. We begin right after I bluffed off my entire stack into a guy who checked the turn and the river with a J high flush. This was the largest comeback of my PP history:
***** Hand History for Game 2821631038 *****NL Texas Hold'em $20 Buy-in + $2 Entry Fee Trny:16310764 Level:1 Blinds(10/15) - Tuesday, October 04, 00:07:38 EDT 2005Table Table 14981 (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the buttonTotal number of players : 10
Seat 1: BigHeeb91 ( $5 )
Trny:16310764 Level:1Blinds(10/15)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to BigHeeb91 [ Ad Jd ]
BigHeeb91 is all-In [5]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 3s, Qs, 7s ]
Dealing Turn ** [ 3d ]
Dealing River ** [ Ac ]
BigHeeb91 shows [ Ad, Jd ] two pairs, aces and threes.
LrcyByTrick wins 20 chips from side pot #2 with two pairs, queens and threes.
jab2112 wins 745 chips from side pot #1 with two pairs, queens and threes.
LrcyByTrick wins 745 chips from side pot #1 with two pairs, queens and threes.
BigHeeb91 wins 25 chips from the main pot with two pairs, aces and threes.
A few hands later:
***** Hand History for Game 2821664639 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $20 Buy-in + $2 Entry Fee Trny:16310764 Level:2 Blinds(15/30) - Tuesday, October 04, 00:12:55 EDT 2005
Table Table 14981 (Real Money)
Seat 1: BigHeeb91 ( $25 )
Trny:16310764 Level:2Blinds(15/30)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to BigHeeb91 [ Kd Kh ]
BigHeeb91: i DARE you to raise everybody
cards4days: o wait let me finish this real quick you can watch from the sideline
BigHeeb91: common jackass
** Dealing Flop **
[Qd, 5d, 7d ]
** Dealing River **
xtremholdem shows [ Qc, Kc ] a pair of queens.
BigHeeb91 shows [ Kd, Kh ] a flush, king high.
xtremholdem wins 1225 chips from side pot #1 with a pair of queens.
BigHeeb91 wins 90 chips from the main pot with a flush, king high.
Anyways, I was able to pick up the blinds the next time around when I raised all-in bringing my stack up to T135. When the short stack made a move on my BB and everybody folded, I called and flopped my jack, crippling him and shipping another T150 to my stack. I went heads up outchipped 7 to 1 (approx 7,000 to 1,000). Blinds were at 150/300 so a lucky coinflip got me up to 2,000 and I started stealing blinds with all-in moves holding any ace or king. When he limped from the SB with Qs and I checked with 9-6 and the flop came 10-9-9, he lost another T2,000 putting us almost dead even. The final hand was nothing dramatic, just pocket 6s holding up against j-8 when he flopped an 8 and I turned the 3rd 6.
All in all, a horrible night. 1 win, 5 5th place or WORSE finishes.
Vegas in 2 more days... 2 more days...
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