***** Hand History for Game 3504970464 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $30 Buy-in + $3 Entry Fee Trny:19914721 Level:3 Blinds(25/50) - Monday, February 06, 12:18:30 EDT 2006
Table Table 67196 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 7
Seat 5: bobsjoy ( $1355 )
Seat 7: jav75m ( $2365 )
Seat 9: Nelson777 ( $435 )
Seat 6: wooobab ( $1585 )
Seat 10: Kalle___Anka ( $1135 )
Seat 1: NoBlackAces ( $575 )
Seat 3: winwinbabes ( $550 )
Trny:19914721 Level:3
Blinds(25/50)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to NoBlackAces [ As Ac ]
Nelson777 folds.
Kalle___Anka folds.
NoBlackAces raises [200].
winwinbabes is all-In [550]
bobsjoy folds.
wooobab folds.
jav75m folds.
NoBlackAces: black aces = death x 2
NoBlackAces calls [350].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7s, Ad, 9d ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Qc ]
** Dealing River ** [ 4h ]
NoBlackAces shows [ As, Ac ] three of a kind, aces.
winwinbabes shows [ Js, Ah ] a pair of aces.
NoBlackAces wins 1175 chips from the main pot with three of a kind, aces.
winwinbabes finished in seventh place.
winwinbabes has left the table.
Amazing...
Monday, February 06, 2006
Sunday, February 05, 2006
I got "Rampaged"... and won $300 in 15 minutes
So If playing poker everyday for the last 6 months has tought me anything, it's this:
I cannot win tournaments on the weekends.
Just for fun, I went back through PokerTracker and broke my stats down by day of the week since November. This was hillarious:
Mon - Friday: + $3,720.72
Sat & Sun: - $910.12
So I decided to tempt fate this weekend when I logged on Saturday morning and said to the computer screeen, "Not this weekend, donkeys!! I will prevail!"
... I proceeded to finish out of the money in all 4 of my first buy-ins.
So, frustrated, I shut down PP and pulled out my homework. The mother-in-law was downstairs with the baby and I had the whole morning to myself, so I might as well be productive and get some work done...
That lasted about 15 minutes. I re-opened PP and signed back on after I got bored being productive.
I was done with tournaments so I decided to sweat the high-limit game. I opened the $2000 NL game and watched people raise $400 pre-flop just to steal the blinds. I got bored pretty quickly as there was very little post-flop play.
I went over to the limit section and started watching the 100/200 game. I watched as people went down to the showdown with hands like 10-6s and pocket 4s with 3 overs on the board. I thought to myself how easy this game would be for a tight-agressive player like myself...
Just one problem though... uh the bankroll needed to sit in a 100/200 game? Sklansky says that the minimum bankroll requirements are 300 x the BB of the limit you're playing. So lets see... that would mean I would only have to have a bankroll of $30,000.
I've got $600 in my PP account and $700 in my B & M bankroll...
So I headed over to the 5/10 table. I thought, how much different could this level be? I mean, there are donkeys at every level, right? I thought back to a comment RiverRat made to me a few months back... "The 8/16 guys are just as bad as the 4/8 guys... they just have bigger bankrolls."
I searched for an open 5/10 table and picked the one that had the largest average pot. This is usually a good sign of donkeys waiting to lose all their money. I noticed that most of the 5/10 tables were averaging between $35 - $40 a pot. This one table was averaging almost $100 per pot. Hmmmm... worth checking out.
I opened up the table and watched a few hands. I noticed this guy in the #6 seat was limping into every pot and playing uber agressive after the flop. He would bet out in early posistion and raise every hand in late position. The other guys were just letting him bully them. I watched this for about 5 minutes and decided I was going to take a seat.
I bought in for $200 and took a seat directly to the right of the maniac (named sistrluk). I planned on just waiting until a seat to the maniac's left opened up, but after just a few minutes, I quickly realized it didn't matter where I sat...
#Game No : 3492158949
***** Hand History for Game 3492158949 *****
$5/$10 Texas Hold'em - Saturday, February 04, 11:45:57 EDT 2006
Table Table 66065 (6 max) (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: Ikerath ( $135 )
Seat 2: walleyesrok ( $212 )
Seat 3: ALLIE24111 ( $87 )
Seat 4: kenrof777 ( $412 )
Seat 6: sistrluk ( $140.50 )
Seat 5: NoBlackAces ( $173 )
walleyesrok posts small blind [$2].
ALLIE24111 posts big blind [$5].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to NoBlackAces [ 9d 9c ]
kenrof777 folds.
NoBlackAces raises [$10].
sistrluk calls [$10].
Ikerath folds.
walleyesrok folds.
ALLIE24111 folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ Th, 2s, 6s ]
NoBlackAces bets [$5].
sistrluk raises [$10].
NoBlackAces raises [$10].
sistrluk calls [$5].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 7s ]
NoBlackAces bets [$10].
sistrluk raises [$20].
NoBlackAces raises [$20].
sistrluk raises [$20].
NoBlackAces calls [$10].
** Dealing River ** [ 8s ]
NoBlackAces bets [$10].
sistrluk raises [$20].
NoBlackAces calls [$10].
sistrluk shows [ 8c, 6c ] two pairs, eights and sixes.
NoBlackAces shows [ 9d, 9c ] a straight, six to ten.
NoBlackAces wins $174 from the main pot with a straight, six to ten.
Even though he raised me on every street, I knew I had the guy beat the whole way... when that 3rd spade came on the turn, it didn't slow me down one bit. When that river spade came I almost shit myself when he re-reraised me but I figured if he had a spade, I could pay another $10 to see it. When he flipped over two pair I literally laughed out loud.
I had been at the table for all of 4 hands and was already up almost $100.
A few minutes later:
#Game No : 3492198596
***** Hand History for Game 3492198596 *****
$5/$10 Texas Hold'em - Saturday, February 04, 11:01:45 EDT 2006
Table Table 66065 (6 max) (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the buttonTotal number of players : 6
Seat 1: Ikerath ( $365 )
Seat 2: walleyesrok ( $177 )
Seat 3: ALLIE24111 ( $116 )
Seat 4: kenrof777 ( $353.50 )
Seat 6: sistrluk ( $183 )
Seat 5: NoBlackAces ( $237 )
ALLIE24111 posts small blind [$2].
kenrof777 posts big blind [$5].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to NoBlackAces [ Ah Th ]
NoBlackAces raises [$10].
sistrluk calls [$10].
Ikerath folds.
walleyesrok folds.
ALLIE24111 folds.
kenrof777 folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 9d, Td, 7s ]
NoBlackAces bets [$5].
sistrluk raises [$10].
NoBlackAces raises [$10].
sistrluk raises [$10].
NoBlackAces calls [$5].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 5h ]
NoBlackAces bets [$10].
sistrluk raises [$20].
NoBlackAces raises [$20].
sistrluk raises [$20].
NoBlackAces calls [$10].
** Dealing River ** [ 9s ]
NoBlackAces bets [$10].
sistrluk raises [$20].
NoBlackAces calls [$10].
sistrluk shows [ Js, Ts ] two pairs, tens and nines.
NoBlackAces shows [ Ah, Th ] two pairs, tens and nines.
NoBlackAces wins $184 from the main pot with two pairs, tens and nines with ace kicker.
Again, I bet into this maniac on every street, and in turn, raised and re-raised me every time. I had seen him play like this for the last 20 minutes and I was certain I had him. How often do you see someone take down a pot for 18 x the big bet with only top pair when it gets heads-up preflop!?
The guy busted a few minutes later and never rebought. I spent about 10 more minutes on the table chatting with the other players:
Ikerath: rebuy sis
NoBlackAces: can you beleive that guy?
ALLIE24111: he sat down with $50 and just started betting like crazy with trash flops
ALLIE24111: he was up a couple hundred quick cause nobody could keep up with him
Ikerath: i guess his luck ran out when you got here aces
NoBlackAces: lol... my lucky night i guess
Up over $200 in just over 20 minutes, I was satisfied enough to go back to my homework.
A few hours later, I got the itch again and remembering RiverRat's wise observation, I thought to myself, "if they play like this at the 5/10 limit, I bet they play like this at the 10/20 limit!"
I logged back on and looked for a 10/20 game. Again, I wanted to sit at a 6 handed table with higher average pot sizes than the other tables. I found one that i liked and took a seat. I bought in for only $300 as I wanted to get a sample of the play at this level. This is the very first hand I played:
#Game No : 3493741356
***** Hand History for Game 3493741356 *****
$10/$20 Texas Hold'em - Saturday, February 04, 13:58:53 EDT 2006
Table Table 64718 (6 max) (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the buttonTotal number of players : 6 Seat
1: RainingD ( $554.57 )
Seat 2: OnTwo ( $165.88 )
Seat 4: matchuman ( $328.17 )
Seat 5: netlemming ( $303 )
Seat 6: yuma23 ( $500 )
Seat 3: NoBlackAces ( $300 )
OnTwo posts small blind [$5].
NoBlackAces posts big blind [$10].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to NoBlackAces [ Ts 9c ]
matchuman folds.netlemming folds.
yuma23 folds.RainingD folds.
OnTwo raises [$15].
NoBlackAces calls [$10].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 4s, 8c, 7s ]
OnTwo bets [$10].
NoBlackAces raises [$20].
OnTwo calls [$10].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 4d ]
OnTwo checks.NoBlackAces bets [$20].
OnTwo calls [$20].
** Dealing River ** [ 6c ]
OnTwo checks.
NoBlackAces bets [$20].
OnTwo folds.
NoBlackAces does not show cards.
NoBlackAces wins $137
Okay, so I turned the nut straight no my first hand out of the BB... I know that had more to do with luck than anything. But I had gotten my first hand out of the way and picked up a $137 pot without showing. This could be good...
#Game No : 3493751949
***** Hand History for Game 3493751949 *****
$10/$20 Texas Hold'em - Saturday, February 04, 14:01:08 EDT 2006
Table Table 64718 (6 max) (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the buttonTotal number of players : 6
Seat 1: RainingD ( $428.69 )
Seat 2: OnTwo ( $123.76 )
Seat 4: matchuman ( $435.17 )
Seat 5: netlemming ( $288 )
Seat 6: yuma23 ( $514 )
Seat 3: NoBlackAces ( $352 )
yuma23 posts small blind [$5].
RainingD posts big blind [$10].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to NoBlackAces [ Kh Jh ]
OnTwo folds.
NoBlackAces raises [$20].
matchuman folds.
netlemming folds.
yuma23 folds.RainingD calls [$10].
** Dealing Flop ** [ Th, Js, Jd ]
RainingD checks.
NoBlackAces bets [$10].
RainingD calls [$10].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 4c ]
RainingD checks.
NoBlackAces bets [$20].
RainingD calls [$20].
** Dealing River ** [ Ts ]
RainingD bets [$20].
NoBlackAces raises [$40].
RainingD raises [$40].
NoBlackAces raises [$40].
RainingD calls [$20].
NoBlackAces shows [ Kh, Jh ] a full house, Jacks full of tens.
RainingD doesn't show [ Qh, 8s ] two pairs, jacks and tens.
NoBlackAces wins $262 from the main pot with a full house, Jacks full of tens.
He called me all the way down with a gutshot draw and then on the river tried to pick it up with Q high. I knew at this point, it was going to be easy to win at this level.
At work that night I was surfing the rec.gambling.poker newsgroup and noticed about 20 posts about this new strategy "rampaging". I tracked it back to a post on this site.
Apparently this idiot FellKnight has convinced a lot of people to try this stupid strategy. I guess that guy sistrluk on the first table thought he would try it at the 5/10 limit level instead of the micro NL level that Fell suggests.
So anyways, on Sunday I thought I would try to break the curse and played 5 tourneys before the Super Bowl started. I cashed in only 2... 1 second place and 1 third place. Again, I found myself down for the weekend in tournament play.
So back to the 10/20 game!
#Game No : 3502357644
***** Hand History for Game 3502357644 *****
$10/$20 Texas Hold'em - Sunday, February 05, 21:44:47 EDT 2006
Table Table 65271 (6 max) (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the buttonTotal number of players : 6
Seat 1: jaggm ( $1071.25 )
Seat 2: Lestat__ ( $357 )
Seat 3: GoldenGus ( $1002 )
Seat 5: tgililland ( $192 )
Seat 6: ImOldHickory ( $955.50 )
Seat 4: NoBlackAces ( $285 )
ImOldHickory posts small blind [$5].
jaggm posts big blind [$10].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to NoBlackAces [ Ah As ]
Lestat__ raises [$20].
GoldenGus folds.
NoBlackAces raises [$30].
tgililland folds.
ImOldHickory folds.
jaggm calls [$20].
Lestat__ raises [$20].
NoBlackAces calls [$10].
jaggm calls [$10].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 9c, Qs, 6h ]
jaggm checks.Lestat__ bets [$10].
NoBlackAces raises [$20].
jaggm calls [$20].
Lestat__ calls [$10].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 8d ]
jaggm checks.Lestat__ checks.
NoBlackAces bets [$20].
jaggm calls [$20].
Lestat__ folds.
** Dealing River ** [ 9d ]
jaggm checks.
NoBlackAces checks.
jaggm shows [ 7c, 8h ] two pairs, nines and eights.
NoBlackAces shows [ Ah, As ] two pairs, aces and nines.
NoBlackAces wins $222 from the main pot with two pairs, aces and nines.
I got scared on the river when the board paired 9s and pussed out on a value bet. I know I could have made anotgher $20 there, but all I could think about was how this guy just sucked out on me.
8 hours of playing tournaments = - $115
1 hour of playing ring games = + $572
It's going to be really hard to go back to those measily $20 SNGs...
I cannot win tournaments on the weekends.
Just for fun, I went back through PokerTracker and broke my stats down by day of the week since November. This was hillarious:
Mon - Friday: + $3,720.72
Sat & Sun: - $910.12
So I decided to tempt fate this weekend when I logged on Saturday morning and said to the computer screeen, "Not this weekend, donkeys!! I will prevail!"
... I proceeded to finish out of the money in all 4 of my first buy-ins.
So, frustrated, I shut down PP and pulled out my homework. The mother-in-law was downstairs with the baby and I had the whole morning to myself, so I might as well be productive and get some work done...
That lasted about 15 minutes. I re-opened PP and signed back on after I got bored being productive.
I was done with tournaments so I decided to sweat the high-limit game. I opened the $2000 NL game and watched people raise $400 pre-flop just to steal the blinds. I got bored pretty quickly as there was very little post-flop play.
I went over to the limit section and started watching the 100/200 game. I watched as people went down to the showdown with hands like 10-6s and pocket 4s with 3 overs on the board. I thought to myself how easy this game would be for a tight-agressive player like myself...
Just one problem though... uh the bankroll needed to sit in a 100/200 game? Sklansky says that the minimum bankroll requirements are 300 x the BB of the limit you're playing. So lets see... that would mean I would only have to have a bankroll of $30,000.
I've got $600 in my PP account and $700 in my B & M bankroll...
So I headed over to the 5/10 table. I thought, how much different could this level be? I mean, there are donkeys at every level, right? I thought back to a comment RiverRat made to me a few months back... "The 8/16 guys are just as bad as the 4/8 guys... they just have bigger bankrolls."
I searched for an open 5/10 table and picked the one that had the largest average pot. This is usually a good sign of donkeys waiting to lose all their money. I noticed that most of the 5/10 tables were averaging between $35 - $40 a pot. This one table was averaging almost $100 per pot. Hmmmm... worth checking out.
I opened up the table and watched a few hands. I noticed this guy in the #6 seat was limping into every pot and playing uber agressive after the flop. He would bet out in early posistion and raise every hand in late position. The other guys were just letting him bully them. I watched this for about 5 minutes and decided I was going to take a seat.
I bought in for $200 and took a seat directly to the right of the maniac (named sistrluk). I planned on just waiting until a seat to the maniac's left opened up, but after just a few minutes, I quickly realized it didn't matter where I sat...
#Game No : 3492158949
***** Hand History for Game 3492158949 *****
$5/$10 Texas Hold'em - Saturday, February 04, 11:45:57 EDT 2006
Table Table 66065 (6 max) (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: Ikerath ( $135 )
Seat 2: walleyesrok ( $212 )
Seat 3: ALLIE24111 ( $87 )
Seat 4: kenrof777 ( $412 )
Seat 6: sistrluk ( $140.50 )
Seat 5: NoBlackAces ( $173 )
walleyesrok posts small blind [$2].
ALLIE24111 posts big blind [$5].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to NoBlackAces [ 9d 9c ]
kenrof777 folds.
NoBlackAces raises [$10].
sistrluk calls [$10].
Ikerath folds.
walleyesrok folds.
ALLIE24111 folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ Th, 2s, 6s ]
NoBlackAces bets [$5].
sistrluk raises [$10].
NoBlackAces raises [$10].
sistrluk calls [$5].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 7s ]
NoBlackAces bets [$10].
sistrluk raises [$20].
NoBlackAces raises [$20].
sistrluk raises [$20].
NoBlackAces calls [$10].
** Dealing River ** [ 8s ]
NoBlackAces bets [$10].
sistrluk raises [$20].
NoBlackAces calls [$10].
sistrluk shows [ 8c, 6c ] two pairs, eights and sixes.
NoBlackAces shows [ 9d, 9c ] a straight, six to ten.
NoBlackAces wins $174 from the main pot with a straight, six to ten.
Even though he raised me on every street, I knew I had the guy beat the whole way... when that 3rd spade came on the turn, it didn't slow me down one bit. When that river spade came I almost shit myself when he re-reraised me but I figured if he had a spade, I could pay another $10 to see it. When he flipped over two pair I literally laughed out loud.
I had been at the table for all of 4 hands and was already up almost $100.
A few minutes later:
#Game No : 3492198596
***** Hand History for Game 3492198596 *****
$5/$10 Texas Hold'em - Saturday, February 04, 11:01:45 EDT 2006
Table Table 66065 (6 max) (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the buttonTotal number of players : 6
Seat 1: Ikerath ( $365 )
Seat 2: walleyesrok ( $177 )
Seat 3: ALLIE24111 ( $116 )
Seat 4: kenrof777 ( $353.50 )
Seat 6: sistrluk ( $183 )
Seat 5: NoBlackAces ( $237 )
ALLIE24111 posts small blind [$2].
kenrof777 posts big blind [$5].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to NoBlackAces [ Ah Th ]
NoBlackAces raises [$10].
sistrluk calls [$10].
Ikerath folds.
walleyesrok folds.
ALLIE24111 folds.
kenrof777 folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 9d, Td, 7s ]
NoBlackAces bets [$5].
sistrluk raises [$10].
NoBlackAces raises [$10].
sistrluk raises [$10].
NoBlackAces calls [$5].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 5h ]
NoBlackAces bets [$10].
sistrluk raises [$20].
NoBlackAces raises [$20].
sistrluk raises [$20].
NoBlackAces calls [$10].
** Dealing River ** [ 9s ]
NoBlackAces bets [$10].
sistrluk raises [$20].
NoBlackAces calls [$10].
sistrluk shows [ Js, Ts ] two pairs, tens and nines.
NoBlackAces shows [ Ah, Th ] two pairs, tens and nines.
NoBlackAces wins $184 from the main pot with two pairs, tens and nines with ace kicker.
Again, I bet into this maniac on every street, and in turn, raised and re-raised me every time. I had seen him play like this for the last 20 minutes and I was certain I had him. How often do you see someone take down a pot for 18 x the big bet with only top pair when it gets heads-up preflop!?
The guy busted a few minutes later and never rebought. I spent about 10 more minutes on the table chatting with the other players:
Ikerath: rebuy sis
NoBlackAces: can you beleive that guy?
ALLIE24111: he sat down with $50 and just started betting like crazy with trash flops
ALLIE24111: he was up a couple hundred quick cause nobody could keep up with him
Ikerath: i guess his luck ran out when you got here aces
NoBlackAces: lol... my lucky night i guess
Up over $200 in just over 20 minutes, I was satisfied enough to go back to my homework.
A few hours later, I got the itch again and remembering RiverRat's wise observation, I thought to myself, "if they play like this at the 5/10 limit, I bet they play like this at the 10/20 limit!"
I logged back on and looked for a 10/20 game. Again, I wanted to sit at a 6 handed table with higher average pot sizes than the other tables. I found one that i liked and took a seat. I bought in for only $300 as I wanted to get a sample of the play at this level. This is the very first hand I played:
#Game No : 3493741356
***** Hand History for Game 3493741356 *****
$10/$20 Texas Hold'em - Saturday, February 04, 13:58:53 EDT 2006
Table Table 64718 (6 max) (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the buttonTotal number of players : 6 Seat
1: RainingD ( $554.57 )
Seat 2: OnTwo ( $165.88 )
Seat 4: matchuman ( $328.17 )
Seat 5: netlemming ( $303 )
Seat 6: yuma23 ( $500 )
Seat 3: NoBlackAces ( $300 )
OnTwo posts small blind [$5].
NoBlackAces posts big blind [$10].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to NoBlackAces [ Ts 9c ]
matchuman folds.netlemming folds.
yuma23 folds.RainingD folds.
OnTwo raises [$15].
NoBlackAces calls [$10].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 4s, 8c, 7s ]
OnTwo bets [$10].
NoBlackAces raises [$20].
OnTwo calls [$10].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 4d ]
OnTwo checks.NoBlackAces bets [$20].
OnTwo calls [$20].
** Dealing River ** [ 6c ]
OnTwo checks.
NoBlackAces bets [$20].
OnTwo folds.
NoBlackAces does not show cards.
NoBlackAces wins $137
Okay, so I turned the nut straight no my first hand out of the BB... I know that had more to do with luck than anything. But I had gotten my first hand out of the way and picked up a $137 pot without showing. This could be good...
#Game No : 3493751949
***** Hand History for Game 3493751949 *****
$10/$20 Texas Hold'em - Saturday, February 04, 14:01:08 EDT 2006
Table Table 64718 (6 max) (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the buttonTotal number of players : 6
Seat 1: RainingD ( $428.69 )
Seat 2: OnTwo ( $123.76 )
Seat 4: matchuman ( $435.17 )
Seat 5: netlemming ( $288 )
Seat 6: yuma23 ( $514 )
Seat 3: NoBlackAces ( $352 )
yuma23 posts small blind [$5].
RainingD posts big blind [$10].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to NoBlackAces [ Kh Jh ]
OnTwo folds.
NoBlackAces raises [$20].
matchuman folds.
netlemming folds.
yuma23 folds.RainingD calls [$10].
** Dealing Flop ** [ Th, Js, Jd ]
RainingD checks.
NoBlackAces bets [$10].
RainingD calls [$10].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 4c ]
RainingD checks.
NoBlackAces bets [$20].
RainingD calls [$20].
** Dealing River ** [ Ts ]
RainingD bets [$20].
NoBlackAces raises [$40].
RainingD raises [$40].
NoBlackAces raises [$40].
RainingD calls [$20].
NoBlackAces shows [ Kh, Jh ] a full house, Jacks full of tens.
RainingD doesn't show [ Qh, 8s ] two pairs, jacks and tens.
NoBlackAces wins $262 from the main pot with a full house, Jacks full of tens.
He called me all the way down with a gutshot draw and then on the river tried to pick it up with Q high. I knew at this point, it was going to be easy to win at this level.
At work that night I was surfing the rec.gambling.poker newsgroup and noticed about 20 posts about this new strategy "rampaging". I tracked it back to a post on this site.
Apparently this idiot FellKnight has convinced a lot of people to try this stupid strategy. I guess that guy sistrluk on the first table thought he would try it at the 5/10 limit level instead of the micro NL level that Fell suggests.
So anyways, on Sunday I thought I would try to break the curse and played 5 tourneys before the Super Bowl started. I cashed in only 2... 1 second place and 1 third place. Again, I found myself down for the weekend in tournament play.
So back to the 10/20 game!
#Game No : 3502357644
***** Hand History for Game 3502357644 *****
$10/$20 Texas Hold'em - Sunday, February 05, 21:44:47 EDT 2006
Table Table 65271 (6 max) (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the buttonTotal number of players : 6
Seat 1: jaggm ( $1071.25 )
Seat 2: Lestat__ ( $357 )
Seat 3: GoldenGus ( $1002 )
Seat 5: tgililland ( $192 )
Seat 6: ImOldHickory ( $955.50 )
Seat 4: NoBlackAces ( $285 )
ImOldHickory posts small blind [$5].
jaggm posts big blind [$10].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to NoBlackAces [ Ah As ]
Lestat__ raises [$20].
GoldenGus folds.
NoBlackAces raises [$30].
tgililland folds.
ImOldHickory folds.
jaggm calls [$20].
Lestat__ raises [$20].
NoBlackAces calls [$10].
jaggm calls [$10].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 9c, Qs, 6h ]
jaggm checks.Lestat__ bets [$10].
NoBlackAces raises [$20].
jaggm calls [$20].
Lestat__ calls [$10].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 8d ]
jaggm checks.Lestat__ checks.
NoBlackAces bets [$20].
jaggm calls [$20].
Lestat__ folds.
** Dealing River ** [ 9d ]
jaggm checks.
NoBlackAces checks.
jaggm shows [ 7c, 8h ] two pairs, nines and eights.
NoBlackAces shows [ Ah, As ] two pairs, aces and nines.
NoBlackAces wins $222 from the main pot with two pairs, aces and nines.
I got scared on the river when the board paired 9s and pussed out on a value bet. I know I could have made anotgher $20 there, but all I could think about was how this guy just sucked out on me.
8 hours of playing tournaments = - $115
1 hour of playing ring games = + $572
It's going to be really hard to go back to those measily $20 SNGs...
Sunday, January 22, 2006
3 1/2 hours = $6 and one great read
So I had the itch to play some live poker on Saturday and with nothing to do I decided to go over to Bay 101 to play some 6-12 action. I waited an hour to play (nothing new on a weekend) and then sat down to play. 3rd hand in I am dealt AKs (diamonds) and raise UTG to $12. Guy next to me calls and the bb calls. Flop comes K73 all spades. I bet, 2nd position calls and the bb raises. Now I'm thinking great this guy has a flush and I lose again. I call and so does 2nd position. I check the turn which is a rag and so does the guy next to me. BB bets I call and so does 2nd. River is Ace of hearts. I now have top 2 but I check, so does 2nd and so does bb. I never see what the bb has but the guy in 2nd wins with 5-2 of spades. WTF??????? Arghh, tired of this donkey shit. To his credit though, the guy was a good player and left up about $700 for the night but I don't get the call here.
So I am down to about $50 left and after about 30 minutes and I'm thinking here we go again. I wait longer to play than I actually play for. Anyways, I win 2 pots in a row and am now up a little. I grind up and down for the next hour or so and then win 3 straight hands to be up about $100. From there on I ended up chopping 4 pots including this beauty:
I limp with 109o. Flop comes Jc8c3d. Checks to me in late position and I bet my open ender. Small blind (very tight player) raises, every one folds and I call. It is just him and me heads up. Turn is my gin card Qh. I bet he raises, I reraise, he reraises, I reraise and he reraises. Now I know he has 109 too and he has to know I have it also, so why does he keep raising???? Well my friends, that's because he has the straight flush draw. I figured he had 109c, the only reason to keep reraising. So after 5 reraises I just call. River is Kh, he bets and I just call knowing it is a chop. He flips over his 109c and we chop. Now this loudmouth who thought he could get a read off anyone was saying how come I just didn't keep reraising the turn if I had the nuts. I tried to explain to him that I knew what the guy had. So why keep reraising with the guy drawing to 9 outs to beat me. He said I should have kept reraising because I had the nuts up to that point. I disagreed since I was extremely certain of my read. Was I right or wrong? Please I want feedback? I think I was right!!
Well after playing for 3 1/2 hours, I finished up $6. I am actually happy with this result if you can believe it. If I hadn't chopped any of those pots, I would have been up probably at least $300-$400 if not more but hey I was down, grinded back up and eventually left slightly up. A lot of my reads were right on which really boosts my confidence that my live game action may be turning around (I had been on a horrible run in 2005). I want to go back tonight but will probably just relax at home after work today.
Oh yeah one more thing, I had AK 8 times in 3 1/2 hours. Never seen it so much in my life. I chopped 2 of the pots (they also had AK...what are the odds????), won 3 and lost 3. I guess about right.
So I am down to about $50 left and after about 30 minutes and I'm thinking here we go again. I wait longer to play than I actually play for. Anyways, I win 2 pots in a row and am now up a little. I grind up and down for the next hour or so and then win 3 straight hands to be up about $100. From there on I ended up chopping 4 pots including this beauty:
I limp with 109o. Flop comes Jc8c3d. Checks to me in late position and I bet my open ender. Small blind (very tight player) raises, every one folds and I call. It is just him and me heads up. Turn is my gin card Qh. I bet he raises, I reraise, he reraises, I reraise and he reraises. Now I know he has 109 too and he has to know I have it also, so why does he keep raising???? Well my friends, that's because he has the straight flush draw. I figured he had 109c, the only reason to keep reraising. So after 5 reraises I just call. River is Kh, he bets and I just call knowing it is a chop. He flips over his 109c and we chop. Now this loudmouth who thought he could get a read off anyone was saying how come I just didn't keep reraising the turn if I had the nuts. I tried to explain to him that I knew what the guy had. So why keep reraising with the guy drawing to 9 outs to beat me. He said I should have kept reraising because I had the nuts up to that point. I disagreed since I was extremely certain of my read. Was I right or wrong? Please I want feedback? I think I was right!!
Well after playing for 3 1/2 hours, I finished up $6. I am actually happy with this result if you can believe it. If I hadn't chopped any of those pots, I would have been up probably at least $300-$400 if not more but hey I was down, grinded back up and eventually left slightly up. A lot of my reads were right on which really boosts my confidence that my live game action may be turning around (I had been on a horrible run in 2005). I want to go back tonight but will probably just relax at home after work today.
Oh yeah one more thing, I had AK 8 times in 3 1/2 hours. Never seen it so much in my life. I chopped 2 of the pots (they also had AK...what are the odds????), won 3 and lost 3. I guess about right.
Thursday, January 19, 2006
Reno Trip Report
Hey Guys,
I was in Reno this past Saturday till Monday. After an arduous 10 hour drive due to snow conditions, we landed in at the Atlantis hotel around 8:00pm. I played some poker around 1:00am. They have a 5 table room spreading 3-6lh and 50nlh buy-in. I sat down to play some 3-6. I didn't play the first hand then played the next 3 hands and proceeded to make 2 full houses and 2 pair. I then folded next hand and then raised with AQs on the next and a flop of KJ10 rainbow was perfect. A fellow player had AK which made it really nice for me. Within 10 minutes I was up $160 playing 3-6 of all things. There were 2 major donkeys at my table playing every single hand and calling all raises and flop bets. Now I was loving this but one of the donkey's was replaced by another donkey who played every single hand, no matter what. This turned out to be my demise. Within about 2 hours, I was up $3. I had pocket kings, raised form the sb to 5 (they play 1-2 blinds there) and everybody limped in called. Flop came J93 rainbow. I bet everyone folds but donkey. Turn a 2. I bet 6 he raises I reraise he calls. I bet the river he calls and turns over 9-2 for 2 pair. That type of shit happened to me the rest of the night.
The next day I played in a $30+5 w/1 $30AO. I finished 28th out of 80. No memorable hands. Just grinded away having to go all in 4 times. I doubled and tripled up 2 of the times.
I then sat down for some 4-8 action after the tourney. Bought in for $100. First hand 2nd position, I raise with AKo. 5 callers including blinds. Flop comes out J high. sb bets, bb raises, I fold. Second hand, now UTG. I raise with AQs (clubs). The guy in 2nd position calls instantly and one other caller. Flop comes KJ8 all spades. I bet, 2nd position raises, I call. Turn is a 10. I have made my straight, can only lose to a flush. I bet 8 guys raises I call. I check bet call the river and he flips over Q5 of spades. What a donkey. Calls $8 with Q5. I proceed to win 2 small pots and lose everything about $45 later.
I did learn how to play three card poker. Fun game. My buddy Danny won big, not me of course. Dropped $60 there but had fun playing. Odds definitely in the house favor big time but I knew that going in. That's why I always stayed away from that game.
A first did happen for me though. I played fortune pai gow and had a $1 on the bonus and hit a straight flush. Paid me $50x1. Besides that no big winnings.
I understand from No Black Aces that the link wasn't working for the mp3. You can right click on it and it should allow you to save it. It is a small file so fast download.
I was in Reno this past Saturday till Monday. After an arduous 10 hour drive due to snow conditions, we landed in at the Atlantis hotel around 8:00pm. I played some poker around 1:00am. They have a 5 table room spreading 3-6lh and 50nlh buy-in. I sat down to play some 3-6. I didn't play the first hand then played the next 3 hands and proceeded to make 2 full houses and 2 pair. I then folded next hand and then raised with AQs on the next and a flop of KJ10 rainbow was perfect. A fellow player had AK which made it really nice for me. Within 10 minutes I was up $160 playing 3-6 of all things. There were 2 major donkeys at my table playing every single hand and calling all raises and flop bets. Now I was loving this but one of the donkey's was replaced by another donkey who played every single hand, no matter what. This turned out to be my demise. Within about 2 hours, I was up $3. I had pocket kings, raised form the sb to 5 (they play 1-2 blinds there) and everybody limped in called. Flop came J93 rainbow. I bet everyone folds but donkey. Turn a 2. I bet 6 he raises I reraise he calls. I bet the river he calls and turns over 9-2 for 2 pair. That type of shit happened to me the rest of the night.
The next day I played in a $30+5 w/1 $30AO. I finished 28th out of 80. No memorable hands. Just grinded away having to go all in 4 times. I doubled and tripled up 2 of the times.
I then sat down for some 4-8 action after the tourney. Bought in for $100. First hand 2nd position, I raise with AKo. 5 callers including blinds. Flop comes out J high. sb bets, bb raises, I fold. Second hand, now UTG. I raise with AQs (clubs). The guy in 2nd position calls instantly and one other caller. Flop comes KJ8 all spades. I bet, 2nd position raises, I call. Turn is a 10. I have made my straight, can only lose to a flush. I bet 8 guys raises I call. I check bet call the river and he flips over Q5 of spades. What a donkey. Calls $8 with Q5. I proceed to win 2 small pots and lose everything about $45 later.
I did learn how to play three card poker. Fun game. My buddy Danny won big, not me of course. Dropped $60 there but had fun playing. Odds definitely in the house favor big time but I knew that going in. That's why I always stayed away from that game.
A first did happen for me though. I played fortune pai gow and had a $1 on the bonus and hit a straight flush. Paid me $50x1. Besides that no big winnings.
I understand from No Black Aces that the link wasn't working for the mp3. You can right click on it and it should allow you to save it. It is a small file so fast download.
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
NoBlackAces
So I changed my name on PP. Yah, big help that was:
***** Hand History for Game 3392967083 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $30 Buy-in + $3 Entry Fee Trny:19319913 Level:3 Blinds(25/50) - Wednesday, January 18, 14:01:33 EDT 2006
Table Table 66858 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 7
Seat 1: NoBlackAces ( $1610 )
Seat 10: crazzychet ( $690 )
Seat 2: beachbookie ( $1900 )
Seat 5: rdunsdon ( $640 )
Seat 9: MeatnormousC ( $1430 )
Seat 7: akwalk ( $845 )
Seat 3: johnnyblue7 ( $885 )
Trny:19319913 Level:3
Blinds(25/50)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to NoBlackAces [ Ac As ]
rdunsdon folds.
akwalk folds.
MeatnormousC folds.
crazzychet folds.
NoBlackAces raises [125].
beachbookie calls [100].
johnnyblue7 calls [75].
** Dealing Flop ** [ Qd, 4c, 2d ]
beachbookie bets [100].
johnnyblue7 folds.
NoBlackAces raises [600].
beachbookie calls [500].
** Dealing Turn ** [ Js ]
beachbookie checks.
NoBlackAces is all-In [885]
beachbookie: tilt
beachbookie calls [885].
** Dealing River ** [ 9d ]
beachbookie shows [ Jc, Jh ] three of a kind, jacks.
NoBlackAces shows [ Ac, As ] a pair of aces.
beachbookie wins 3345 chips from the main pot with three of a kind, jacks.
NoBlackAces finished in seventh place.
NoBlackAces has left the table.
His flop bet reeked of a naked ace or underpair. I mean, he knew I was gonna bet that flop no matter what and he thought that T100 bet would slow me down??? Nice that he called on the flop when I raised him 6 times his original bet with that under pair, huh?
I am cursed with this fucking hand. PokerTracker says I have lost with AcAs 6 of the last 7 times I have seen the flop. Red aces? Yah, I've won 6 out of the last 6 times I have seen the flop.
I love this game, just hate the players.
Thursday, January 12, 2006
He was a Donk by Mike Matusow
I don't like this guy but I do find this humorous!! If the link doesn't work, you can right click and download it that way. It works fine for me but a few people told me it didn't work for them. Right-clicking and saving should work.
http://www.angelfire.com\ca5\stewman\he_was_a_donk.mp3/
http://www.angelfire.com\ca5\stewman\he_was_a_donk.mp3/
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
One of the best poker blogs
I read this guy Chris Fargis all the time. He has one of the best blogs IMHO. This was from his latest posting. I tried to add his site as a link on the side but no luck yet. If anyone knows how to let me know.
"After the tournament I messed around and played various card games with ZeeJustin, ThorLaden, and Empire2000. These are fine fellows, all of them. After that I headed back to the room to go to sleep but Gavin Smith accosted me in the lobby and demanded that I let him play online on my account so we did that for about three or four hours. The highlight of the night had to have been when Gavin bet all but $1 that a guy had in front of him on the turn with no hand at all and the guy called. When the guy bet $1 into the $1500 pot on the river, Gavin mucked his ten high. I told Gavin I was pretty sure this was wrong. He told me he wasn't sure, but that I might be right."
http://www.twentyoneoutstwice.blogspot.com/
"After the tournament I messed around and played various card games with ZeeJustin, ThorLaden, and Empire2000. These are fine fellows, all of them. After that I headed back to the room to go to sleep but Gavin Smith accosted me in the lobby and demanded that I let him play online on my account so we did that for about three or four hours. The highlight of the night had to have been when Gavin bet all but $1 that a guy had in front of him on the turn with no hand at all and the guy called. When the guy bet $1 into the $1500 pot on the river, Gavin mucked his ten high. I told Gavin I was pretty sure this was wrong. He told me he wasn't sure, but that I might be right."
http://www.twentyoneoutstwice.blogspot.com/
Sunday, January 08, 2006
Happy Birthday To Me
So today's my 27th birthday...
I had a lot of fun tonight with Sinatra, Pappy and significant others. Dinner and cards is always a treat. Winning a 6 person tournament... priceless.
Well, maybe not priceless... but definately worth $40.
Anyways, after I got home I decided to hop on ole Party Poker hoping somebody else would be on to chat with. Nope. Oh well... used my Mini Step 3 free-roll and won the damn thing so I'm on to Mini Step 4. I thought I would share my stats from the first tournament on my birthday. Definately a lucky day to be playing cards.
Stewman we missed you tonight... well, the good thing about you not being here meant I actually stood a chance at winning a tourney, but none-the-less...
Still don't have a new name... gotta get one though.
I'm out -
I had a lot of fun tonight with Sinatra, Pappy and significant others. Dinner and cards is always a treat. Winning a 6 person tournament... priceless.
Well, maybe not priceless... but definately worth $40.
Anyways, after I got home I decided to hop on ole Party Poker hoping somebody else would be on to chat with. Nope. Oh well... used my Mini Step 3 free-roll and won the damn thing so I'm on to Mini Step 4. I thought I would share my stats from the first tournament on my birthday. Definately a lucky day to be playing cards.
Stewman we missed you tonight... well, the good thing about you not being here meant I actually stood a chance at winning a tourney, but none-the-less...
Still don't have a new name... gotta get one though.
I'm out -
Thursday, January 05, 2006
Getting on with life...
I wanted to take this opportunity and thank you guys for being so supportive over the last few weeks. Shit had really hit the fan and I am extremely grateful that you guys lent me an ear.
Seriously, thank you.
Stewman: I apoligize that you haven't been "in the know" but just consider yourself lucky that you don't work at that piece of shit company the rest of us do.
On to less important stuff...
Online poker is fun again! During all the drama and bullshit I really limited myself to playing online because I felt like I couldn't afford to lose. The result = I lost confidence in my game and when I did play, I played scared.
But for the most part, I'm winning again. I had a rough December (my first month in the red since May) but have been putting together a nice rebound month for January.
The schedule for the Feb WSOP Circuit at Harrah's Rincon is still not out, but I am planning to be there for at least 3 events and some cash games. I want to do the rounds in the main event and get some pics taken with the big boys (since you guys never seem to take any pics of me when we're in Vegas!!) and put them up on the blog.
I read a HILLARIOUS article on gutshot.com. It's called "Donking It Up In The Game Of Life". My favorite line is:
"A standard raise of thirty-seven and a half times the big blind should be sufficient to eliminate both players and take down a very small pot pre-flop with a dominating hand and favorable table position."
Too funny... I swear, after having my black aces cracked three times in 2 hours, I felt like this was my only play.
Still haven't changed the name although I want to. Hopefully I will get around to it this week.
Seriously, thank you.
Stewman: I apoligize that you haven't been "in the know" but just consider yourself lucky that you don't work at that piece of shit company the rest of us do.
On to less important stuff...
Online poker is fun again! During all the drama and bullshit I really limited myself to playing online because I felt like I couldn't afford to lose. The result = I lost confidence in my game and when I did play, I played scared.
But for the most part, I'm winning again. I had a rough December (my first month in the red since May) but have been putting together a nice rebound month for January.
The schedule for the Feb WSOP Circuit at Harrah's Rincon is still not out, but I am planning to be there for at least 3 events and some cash games. I want to do the rounds in the main event and get some pics taken with the big boys (since you guys never seem to take any pics of me when we're in Vegas!!) and put them up on the blog.
I read a HILLARIOUS article on gutshot.com. It's called "Donking It Up In The Game Of Life". My favorite line is:
"A standard raise of thirty-seven and a half times the big blind should be sufficient to eliminate both players and take down a very small pot pre-flop with a dominating hand and favorable table position."
Too funny... I swear, after having my black aces cracked three times in 2 hours, I felt like this was my only play.
Still haven't changed the name although I want to. Hopefully I will get around to it this week.
Sunday, January 01, 2006
How To Make A Great Call...
And get sucked out on:
***** Hand History for Game 3296817999 *****
NL Texas Hold'em Trny:18797044 Level:1 Blinds (10/15) - Sunday, January 01, 14:06:08 EDT 2006
Table Multi-Table(554985) Table #35 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: BigHeeb91 ( $1030 )
Seat 2: alani111 ( $950 )
Seat 3: lilalilalu ( $975 )
Seat 4: wirehanger ( $1125 )
Seat 5: talmor ( $1050 )
Seat 6: jdsilb ( $1180 )
Seat 7: lovekayloo ( $870 )
Seat 8: x4kinggenius ( $985 )
Seat 10: pnsnkr ( $1000 )
Seat 9: jerseyslamm ( $1000 )
Trny:18797044 Level:1
Blinds (10/15)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to BigHeeb91 [ Ks Kd ]
*** HAPPY NEW YEAR! ***
Party Poker wishes all its players a very happy and prosperous 2006!
Thank you for playing at Party Poker!
jerseyslamm folds.
pnsnkr raises [45].
BigHeeb91 raises [120].
alani111 calls [120].
lilalilalu folds.
wirehanger folds.
talmor raises [275].
jdsilb folds.
lovekayloo folds.
x4kinggenius folds.
pnsnkr folds.
BigHeeb91 calls [155].
alani111 calls [155].
** Dealing Flop ** [ Td, 8h, Jh ]
BigHeeb91 checks.
alani111 bets [350].
talmor is all-In [775]
BigHeeb91 is all-In [755]
alani111 folds.
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ah ]
** Dealing River ** [ 7d ]
BigHeeb91 shows [ Ks, Kd ] a pair of kings.
talmor shows [ Tc, Ac ] two pairs, aces and tens.
talmor wins 20 chips from side pot #1 with two pairs, aces and tens.
talmor wins 2755 chips from the main pot with two pairs, aces and tens.
Player BigHeeb91 finished in 536 place
BigHeeb91 has left the table.
Okay Okay... I suppose I could have re-re-raised preflop, but It was raised ahead of me, a caller behind me and then another re-raise after me. I had to put him on aces, but when the flop came out and he raised all-in, I knew he was weak. I actually put him on mid pair or a high ace. I was excited when he pushed because I knew I had him and was worried about the guy behind me that cold-called the flop twice.
Oh well.. that will be the last tournament I ever play as BigHeeb91.
***** Hand History for Game 3296817999 *****
NL Texas Hold'em Trny:18797044 Level:1 Blinds (10/15) - Sunday, January 01, 14:06:08 EDT 2006
Table Multi-Table(554985) Table #35 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: BigHeeb91 ( $1030 )
Seat 2: alani111 ( $950 )
Seat 3: lilalilalu ( $975 )
Seat 4: wirehanger ( $1125 )
Seat 5: talmor ( $1050 )
Seat 6: jdsilb ( $1180 )
Seat 7: lovekayloo ( $870 )
Seat 8: x4kinggenius ( $985 )
Seat 10: pnsnkr ( $1000 )
Seat 9: jerseyslamm ( $1000 )
Trny:18797044 Level:1
Blinds (10/15)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to BigHeeb91 [ Ks Kd ]
*** HAPPY NEW YEAR! ***
Party Poker wishes all its players a very happy and prosperous 2006!
Thank you for playing at Party Poker!
jerseyslamm folds.
pnsnkr raises [45].
BigHeeb91 raises [120].
alani111 calls [120].
lilalilalu folds.
wirehanger folds.
talmor raises [275].
jdsilb folds.
lovekayloo folds.
x4kinggenius folds.
pnsnkr folds.
BigHeeb91 calls [155].
alani111 calls [155].
** Dealing Flop ** [ Td, 8h, Jh ]
BigHeeb91 checks.
alani111 bets [350].
talmor is all-In [775]
BigHeeb91 is all-In [755]
alani111 folds.
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ah ]
** Dealing River ** [ 7d ]
BigHeeb91 shows [ Ks, Kd ] a pair of kings.
talmor shows [ Tc, Ac ] two pairs, aces and tens.
talmor wins 20 chips from side pot #1 with two pairs, aces and tens.
talmor wins 2755 chips from the main pot with two pairs, aces and tens.
Player BigHeeb91 finished in 536 place
BigHeeb91 has left the table.
Okay Okay... I suppose I could have re-re-raised preflop, but It was raised ahead of me, a caller behind me and then another re-raise after me. I had to put him on aces, but when the flop came out and he raised all-in, I knew he was weak. I actually put him on mid pair or a high ace. I was excited when he pushed because I knew I had him and was worried about the guy behind me that cold-called the flop twice.
Oh well.. that will be the last tournament I ever play as BigHeeb91.
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