Wednesday, January 30, 2008

The Poker Princess has Arrived



Congrats to fellow grinder NBA and the lovely Mrs. NBA on the birth of their daughter. Mom and baby are doing great and daddy can't wait to teach her the concepts of implied odds and the nuances of 2-7 triple draw.

Sunday, January 13, 2008

Out of Sunday Million

So I'm out less than 1 hour into the event. Finished 5965 out of 7370 players. Very frustrating tournament for me. I won the first hand dealt and that was the highlight. I got dealt 7 pockets pairs in probably 55 hands seen. Had AK once and made a big reraise which guy called and then he bet 1k on a 8 high flop and I folded. Had aces and everyone folded to my raise. Last hand I called off my remaining 1900 (150/300 level) when I got reraised with A10 of hearts and he had JJ and they held up. I only called because hand before that I got pushed off of my preflop raise for the millionth time and got frustrated. Bad call but mostly born out of frustration. Well 0 for 2 now in the sunday million. The play was really solid at my table. Nobody I knew but I'm sure some of them were pros. So now with
$.04 in PS and $.02 in FTP, I can now say I am done.

I was doing some thinking and realized the last 9 times I have aces either live or online, I have only won 3 times. How sick is that!!! Oh well what can you do.

Sunday Million Quest

So I had depsosited my last money into on-line site for a while. I decided to deposit into PokerStars with the sole purpose of qualifying into the Sunday Million. After 7 or 8 tourneys and the following beats.

PokerStars Game #14528159361: Tournament #73684025, $8.00+$0.80 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level VI (100/200) - 2008/01/13 - 11:53:45 (ET)
Table '73684025 6' 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: tramshur (5630 in chips)
Seat 5: Stewman20 (3370 in chips)
Stewman20: posts small blind 100
tramshur: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Stewman20 [4s 5d]
Stewman20: calls 100
tramshur: checks
*** FLOP *** [7h 8d 6s]
tramshur: checks
Stewman20: bets 400
tramshur: raises 400 to 800
Stewman20: raises 2370 to 3170 and is all-in
tramshur: calls 2370
*** TURN *** [7h 8d 6s] [Th]
*** RIVER *** [7h 8d 6s Th] [6d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
tramshur: shows [8s 6c] (a full house, Sixes full of Eights)
Stewman20: shows [4s 5d] (a straight, Four to Eight)
tramshur collected 6740 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 6740 | Rake 0
Board [7h 8d 6s Th 6d]
Seat 1: tramshur (big blind) showed [8s 6c] and won (6740) with a full house, Sixes full of Eights
Seat 5: Stewman20 (button) (small blind) showed [4s 5d] and lost with a straight, Four to Eight

PokerStars Game #14528405021: Tournament #73687188, $8.00+$0.80 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level II (15/30) - 2008/01/13 - 12:06:27 (ET)
Table '73687188 5' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Stewman20 (1970 in chips)
Seat 2: searzy1 (1905 in chips)
Seat 3: cypru (1365 in chips)
Seat 4: fstop14 (1405 in chips)
Seat 5: RuniZ (910 in chips)
Seat 6: cbrlionfish (1445 in chips)
searzy1: posts small blind 15
cypru: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Stewman20 [8h 7d]
fstop14: folds
RuniZ: folds
cbrlionfish: calls 30
Stewman20: calls 30
searzy1: calls 15
cypru has timed out
cypru: folds
*** FLOP *** [Jh Tc 9c]
cypru is sitting out
searzy1: bets 90
cypru has returned
cbrlionfish: raises 180 to 270
Stewman20: raises 1670 to 1940 and is all-in
searzy1: folds
cbrlionfish: calls 1145 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [Jh Tc 9c] [9h]
*** RIVER *** [Jh Tc 9c 9h] [Ah]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
cbrlionfish: shows [9s Ts] (a full house, Nines full of Tens)
Stewman20: shows [8h 7d] (a straight, Seven to Jack)
cbrlionfish collected 3040 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3040 | Rake 0
Board [Jh Tc 9c 9h Ah]
Seat 1: Stewman20 (button) showed [8h 7d] and lost with a straight, Seven to Jack
Seat 2: searzy1 (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 3: cypru (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: fstop14 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: RuniZ folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: cbrlionfish showed [9s Ts] and won (3040) with a full house, Nines full of Tens

PokerStars Game #14528553305: Tournament #73688648, $8.00+$0.80 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level I (10/20) - 2008/01/13 - 12:14:00 (ET)
Table '73688648 3' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 2: twiles77 (1390 in chips)
Seat 4: johnmax888 (4600 in chips)
Seat 5: Stewman20 (1480 in chips)
Seat 6: figliunici (1530 in chips)
Stewman20: posts small blind 10
figliunici: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Stewman20 [Kc 9h]
twiles77: calls 20
johnmax888: calls 20
Stewman20: calls 10
figliunici: checks
*** FLOP *** [7s 9d 3d]
Stewman20: bets 80
figliunici: folds
twiles77: calls 80
johnmax888: calls 80
*** TURN *** [7s 9d 3d] [3c]
Stewman20: bets 320
twiles77: folds
johnmax888: calls 320
*** RIVER *** [7s 9d 3d 3c] [8s]
Stewman20: checks
johnmax888: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Stewman20: shows [Kc 9h] (two pair, Nines and Threes)
johnmax888: shows [Td Th] (two pair, Tens and Threes)
johnmax888 collected 960 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 960 | Rake 0
Board [7s 9d 3d 3c 8s]
Seat 2: twiles77 folded on the Turn
Seat 4: johnmax888 (button) showed [Td Th] and won (960) with two pair, Tens and Threes
Seat 5: Stewman20 (small blind) showed [Kc 9h] and lost with two pair, Nines and Threes
Seat 6: figliunici (big blind) folded on the Flop

PokerStars Game #14529034461: Tournament #73688648, $8.00+$0.80 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level VI (100/200) - 2008/01/13 - 12:38:12 (ET)
Table '73688648 3' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 4: johnmax888 (4320 in chips)
Seat 5: Stewman20 (4680 in chips)
johnmax888: posts small blind 100
Stewman20: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Stewman20 [5d 7d]
johnmax888: raises 200 to 400
Stewman20: calls 200
*** FLOP *** [Ad 9d 3d]
Stewman20: checks
johnmax888: bets 200
Stewman20: raises 4080 to 4280 and is all-in
johnmax888: calls 3720 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [Ad 9d 3d] [Jd]
*** RIVER *** [Ad 9d 3d Jd] [3h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Stewman20: shows [5d 7d] (a flush, Ace high)
johnmax888: shows [Kd Qc] (a flush, Ace high - King higher)
johnmax888 collected 8640 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 8640 | Rake 0
Board [Ad 9d 3d Jd 3h]
Seat 4: johnmax888 (button) (small blind) showed [Kd Qc] and won (8640) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 5: Stewman20 (big blind) showed [5d 7d] and lost with a flush, Ace high

Next 2 weren't sunday mill quests but just thought I'd throw them in because of how bad I've been running.

PokerStars Game #14529277426: Tournament #71989205, 10FPP Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2008/01/13 - 12:49:49 (ET)
Table '71989205 125' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Stewman20 (1020 in chips)
Seat 2: Numy1986 (1410 in chips)
Seat 3: Jerryriti (2180 in chips)
Seat 4: iessica111 (1480 in chips)
Seat 5: hoppity05 (1480 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 6: Hardkor1971 (3710 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 7: memaw2401 (1340 in chips)
Seat 8: derbochumer1 (850 in chips)
Seat 9: JD,S RHINO (1360 in chips)
Numy1986: posts small blind 15
Jerryriti: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Stewman20 [Jh Js]
iessica111: folds
hoppity05: folds
Hardkor1971: folds
memaw2401: folds
derbochumer1: calls 30
JD,S RHINO: folds
Stewman20: raises 990 to 1020 and is all-in
Numy1986: calls 1005
Jerryriti: folds
derbochumer1: folds
*** FLOP *** [5c As 9d]
*** TURN *** [5c As 9d] [6h]
*** RIVER *** [5c As 9d 6h] [Td]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Numy1986: shows [9c 9s] (three of a kind, Nines)
Stewman20: shows [Jh Js] (a pair of Jacks)
Numy1986 collected 2100 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2100 | Rake 0
Board [5c As 9d 6h Td]
Seat 1: Stewman20 (button) showed [Jh Js] and lost with a pair of Jacks
Seat 2: Numy1986 (small blind) showed [9c 9s] and won (2100) with three of a kind, Nines
Seat 3: Jerryriti (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: iessica111 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: hoppity05 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Hardkor1971 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: memaw2401 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: derbochumer1 folded before Flop
Seat 9: JD,S RHINO folded before Flop (didn't bet)

PokerStars Game #14530205512: Hold'em Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2008/01/13 - 13:28:32 (ET)
Table 'Baade' 6-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: jormel ($7.45 in chips)
Seat 2: Stewman20 ($6.20 in chips)
Seat 3: Chillwurst ($14.30 in chips)
Seat 4: habigsberg ($3.25 in chips)
Seat 5: Phoibe ($8.65 in chips)
habigsberg: posts small blind $0.10
Phoibe: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Stewman20 [5c 4c]
jormel: calls $0.25
Stewman20: calls $0.25
Chillwurst: folds
habigsberg: calls $0.15
Phoibe: checks
*** FLOP *** [4d 7c 4h]
habigsberg: checks
Phoibe: bets $0.25
jormel: folds
Stewman20: calls $0.25
habigsberg: calls $0.25
*** TURN *** [4d 7c 4h] [Qd]
habigsberg: checks
Phoibe: bets $0.50
Stewman20: raises $0.50 to $1
habigsberg: folds
Phoibe: calls $0.50
*** RIVER *** [4d 7c 4h Qd] [7s]
Phoibe: checks
Stewman20: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Phoibe: shows [7d Td] (a full house, Sevens full of Fours)
Stewman20: shows [5c 4c] (a full house, Fours full of Sevens)
Phoibe collected $3.60 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $3.75 | Rake $0.15
Board [4d 7c 4h Qd 7s]
Seat 1: jormel folded on the Flop
Seat 2: Stewman20 showed [5c 4c] and lost with a full house, Fours full of Sevens
Seat 3: Chillwurst (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: habigsberg (small blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 5: Phoibe (big blind) showed [7d Td] and won ($3.60) with a full house, Sevens full of Fours

So finally with my last 6-max DS attempt I win a seat after a tough heads up battle. Final hand my A10 held up over his KQ. Guy wanted to chop also but I declined.

Saturday, January 12, 2008

The Most Powerful Hand in Poker, a Cold Deck, and a Donkey Prefop Call

Full Tilt Poker Game #4834597026: Table Gullwing - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 16:19:57 ET - 2008/01/12
Seat 1: optionraise ($44.30)
Seat 2: NitLionFan ($15.65)
Seat 3: dobieatwar ($49.25)
Seat 4: MattyTrane ($47.75)
Seat 5: dianxin ($58)
Seat 6: AZ DonkeyHerder ($14.10)
Seat 7: giimoney ($9.90)
Seat 8: OffilinG ($12.80)
Seat 9: powerisgood ($54.10)
dianxin posts the small blind of $0.25
AZ DonkeyHerder posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to AZ DonkeyHerder [Th 8s]
giimoney folds
OffilinG folds
powerisgood raises to $1.75
optionraise folds
NitLionFan calls $1.75
dobieatwar folds
MattyTrane folds
dianxin folds
AZ DonkeyHerder calls $1.25
*** FLOP *** [Ts As 8c]
AZ DonkeyHerder checks
powerisgood checks
NitLionFan checks
*** TURN *** [Ts As 8c] [4c]
AZ DonkeyHerder bets $4
powerisgood has 15 seconds left to act
powerisgood raises to $12
NitLionFan folds
AZ DonkeyHerder raises to $12.35, and is all in
powerisgood calls $0.35
AZ DonkeyHerder shows [Th 8s]
powerisgood shows [Qd Ah]
*** RIVER *** [Ts As 8c 4c] [7h]
AZ DonkeyHerder shows two pair, Tens and Eights
powerisgood shows a pair of Aces
AZ DonkeyHerder wins the pot ($28.70) with two pair, Tens and Eights
powerisgood adds $10
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $30.20 | Rake $1.50
Board: [Ts As 8c 4c 7h]
Seat 1: optionraise didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: NitLionFan folded on the Turn
Seat 3: dobieatwar didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: MattyTrane (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: dianxin (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: AZ DonkeyHerder (big blind) showed [Th 8s] and won ($28.70) with two pair, Tens and Eights
Seat 7: giimoney didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: OffilinG didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: powerisgood showed [Qd Ah] and lost with a pair of Aces

Full Tilt Poker Game #4834799873: Table Gullwing - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 16:37:30 ET - 2008/01/12
Seat 1: optionraise ($52.55)
Seat 2: NitLionFan ($15.45)
Seat 3: dobieatwar ($46.75)
Seat 4: MattyTrane ($52.30)
Seat 5: dianxin ($55.25), is sitting out
Seat 6: AZ DonkeyHerder ($18.40)
Seat 7: giimoney ($9.65)
Seat 8: OffilinG ($12.55)
Seat 9: powerisgood ($49.25)
OffilinG posts the small blind of $0.25
powerisgood posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #7
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to AZ DonkeyHerder [3c 3h]
optionraise calls $0.50
NitLionFan folds
dobieatwar folds
MattyTrane folds
AZ DonkeyHerder calls $0.50
giimoney folds
OffilinG calls $0.25
powerisgood checks
*** FLOP *** [Qc Js 3d]
OffilinG checks
powerisgood bets $1
optionraise calls $1
AZ DonkeyHerder raises to $4
OffilinG has 15 seconds left to act
OffilinG raises to $12.05, and is all in
powerisgood folds
optionraise folds
AZ DonkeyHerder calls $8.05
OffilinG shows [Qh Qd]
AZ DonkeyHerder shows [3c 3h]
*** TURN *** [Qc Js 3d] [5c]
*** RIVER *** [Qc Js 3d 5c] [2h]
OffilinG shows three of a kind, Queens
AZ DonkeyHerder shows three of a kind, Threes
OffilinG wins the pot ($26.70) with three of a kind, Queens
AZ DonkeyHerder: nh
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $28.10 | Rake $1.40
Board: [Qc Js 3d 5c 2h]
Seat 1: optionraise folded on the Flop
Seat 2: NitLionFan didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: dobieatwar didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: MattyTrane didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: dianxin is sitting out
Seat 6: AZ DonkeyHerder showed [3c 3h] and lost with three of a kind, Threes
Seat 7: giimoney (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: OffilinG (small blind) showed [Qh Qd] and won ($26.70) with three of a kind, Queens
Seat 9: powerisgood (big blind) folded on the Flop

PokerStars Game #14519921860: Tournament #72645991, $10.70+$1.00 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level I (10/20) - 2008/01/13 - 00:52:37 (ET)
Table '72645991 8' 10-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: kimmychewy (1500 in chips)
Seat 2: Mr. Maxwell (1820 in chips)
Seat 3: graf2000 (1290 in chips)
Seat 4: Stewman20 (1480 in chips)
Seat 5: creestud79 (1500 in chips)
Seat 6: keyly (2210 in chips)
Seat 7: JagerMaestro (1480 in chips)
Seat 8: Lem Motlow (1500 in chips)
Seat 9: IrieCPA (1480 in chips)
Seat 10: Chat Gagne (740 in chips)
Stewman20: posts small blind 10
creestud79: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Stewman20 [As Ac]
keyly: folds
JagerMaestro: folds
Lem Motlow: folds
IrieCPA: folds
Chat Gagne: calls 20
kimmychewy: folds
Mr. Maxwell: calls 20
graf2000: calls 20
Stewman20: raises 180 to 200
creestud79: folds
Chat Gagne: folds
Mr. Maxwell: folds
graf2000: calls 180
*** FLOP *** [7c Qs 9d]
Stewman20: bets 450
graf2000: raises 640 to 1090 and is all-in
Stewman20: calls 640
*** TURN *** [7c Qs 9d] [2d]
*** RIVER *** [7c Qs 9d 2d] [7h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Stewman20: shows [As Ac] (two pair, Aces and Sevens)
graf2000: shows [7s 9s] (a full house, Sevens full of Nines)
graf2000 collected 2640 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2640 | Rake 0
Board [7c Qs 9d 2d 7h]
Seat 1: kimmychewy folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Mr. Maxwell folded before Flop
Seat 3: graf2000 (button) showed [7s 9s] and won (2640) with a full house, Sevens full of Nines
Seat 4: Stewman20 (small blind) showed [As Ac] and lost with two pair, Aces and Sevens
Seat 5: creestud79 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: keyly folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: JagerMaestro folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Lem Motlow folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: IrieCPA folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 10: Chat Gagne folded before Flop


So was the end of my money on FTP and most of it on PS. I am now done with poker till end of February and this time I'm serious. No Rincon this year for me. Been running so bad, it is actually laughable.

Best of luck to those out there who have actual skill at this game, it is apparent I don't have much.