Where to begin. I have been up and down a lot lately. Let's just say that my SNG and cash games are going well, but my MTTs on Sunday were terrible. I got knocked out on the first hand of the Sunday Million with AA v 55 on a 23445 board. Oh well, let's forget about Sunday!
Woke up Monday and started playing some Satellites into the LAPT qualifiers. Played the $5.50+R and came in 7th when top 5 moved to the $109 qualifier, with a stack of 10k and blinds at 800/1.6k I shoved on the button with 79 to steal and got called with Q10 and AA. It happens.
Moved on to playing some Badugi. These games are so soft because most of the people playing are just testing it out to see what it's like. Played $1/$2 and left a winner.
Just for the hell of it I tried playing $3/$6 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw, and I actually made a bit of money, although the variance in triple draw is pretty sick. So I sort of hit and run it.
Went and played 0.25/0.50 PLO and lost $50. I'm down like $325 for the last 3-4 days, it hasn't been very good losing about half my bankroll. Oh well, hopefully things will turn around.
Monday, December 15, 2008
Sunday, December 14, 2008
Playing in the 2008 WBCOOP
I have registered to play in the PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker!
This PokerStars tournament is a No Limit Texas Hold’em event exclusive to Bloggers.
Registration code: 650896
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Down after the up.
Started the day by playing the $5+0.50 NLHE tourney, along with some $6+0.50 NLHE 6-max Turbos, which I lost in due to some of the dumbest play I've ever seen in my life. Ah well.
Used my Step2 ticket and won, moved to play Step3 while in the $5+0.50 and some 0.25/0.50 HU NLHE cash game, where I made about $5 in 100 hands, so, being bored, I stopped that and focused on Step3 and the $5+0.50.
There were 8 people left in the Step3 SNG with blinds at 5o/100, and it folded around to the SB who min raised my BB, putting him on a steal the entire way, I made a pretty bad read and sucked out pretty hard to knock him out and take a monstrous chip lead:
PokerStars Game #22881978329: Tournament #126785295, $75+$7 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2008/12/13 13:23:17 ET
Table '126785295 1' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 2: HipPocket (2005 in chips)
Seat 3: austinm (820 in chips)
Seat 4: Tango7 (2065 in chips)
Seat 5: cltrn (480 in chips)
Seat 6: Doikito (1225 in chips)
Seat 7: BartBRL (2550 in chips)
Seat 8: BamesJond87 (3280 in chips)
Seat 9: numbersup (1075 in chips)
BartBRL: posts small blind 50
BamesJond87: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BamesJond87 [3s 9h]
numbersup: folds
HipPocket: folds
austinm: folds
Tango7: folds
cltrn: folds
Doikito: folds
BartBRL: raises 100 to 200
BamesJond87: raises 225 to 425
BartBRL: calls 225
*** FLOP *** [3c Th 2s]
BartBRL: bets 300
BamesJond87: raises 450 to 750
BartBRL: calls 450
*** TURN *** [3c Th 2s] [6s]
BartBRL: bets 500
BamesJond87: calls 500
*** RIVER *** [3c Th 2s 6s] [9c]
BartBRL: checks
BamesJond87: bets 1605 and is all-in
BartBRL: calls 875 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (730) returned to BamesJond87
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BamesJond87: shows [3s 9h] (two pair, Nines and Threes)
BartBRL: shows [Jh Tc] (a pair of Tens)
BamesJond87 collected 5100 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5100 | Rake 0
Board [3c Th 2s 6s 9c]
Seat 2: HipPocket folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: austinm folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Tango7 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: cltrn folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Doikito (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: BartBRL (small blind) showed [Jh Tc] and lost with a pair of Tens
Seat 8: BamesJond87 (big blind) showed [3s 9h] and won (5100) with two pair, Nines and Threes
Seat 9: numbersup folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Went on to win the Step3 SNG to get a Step4 ticket. Not sure if I'm going to use it to try and get to the Step6 LAPT SNG or if I'm going to use it for the Sunday Million. I have a little while to decide.
While focusing on the Step3 SNG, my stack in the $5+0.50 dwindled down to about 1200, and my JJ lost to A7, oh well.
Went to 0.25/0.50 cash and made a bad read:
PokerStars Game #22886800054: Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2008/12/13 16:11:31 ET
Table 'Sagitta V' 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: flopthis1974 ($43.80 in chips)
Seat 2: BamesJond87 ($54.55 in chips)
BamesJond87: posts small blind $0.25
flopthis1974: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BamesJond87 [4c 3c]
BamesJond87: calls $0.25
flopthis1974: checks
*** FLOP *** [3s 4s 6s]
flopthis1974: bets $1
BamesJond87: raises $2 to $3
flopthis1974: raises $2 to $5
BamesJond87: calls $2
*** TURN *** [3s 4s 6s] [Kd]
flopthis1974: bets $0.50
BamesJond87: calls $0.50
*** RIVER *** [3s 4s 6s Kd] [Jh]
flopthis1974: bets $37.80 and is all-in
BamesJond87: calls $37.80
*** SHOW DOWN ***
flopthis1974: shows [8s 2s] (a flush, Eight high)
BamesJond87: mucks hand
flopthis1974 collected $87.10 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $87.60 | Rake $0.50
Board [3s 4s 6s Kd Jh]
Seat 1: flopthis1974 (big blind) showed [8s 2s] and won ($87.10) with a flush, Eight high
Seat 2: BamesJond87 (button) (small blind) mucked [4c 3c]
Lost a total of about $75 on cash games, so I'm taking a break from them for a little while.
Played the $22 deepstack, and was doing really well until this terrible call by a donkey:
PokerStars Game #22893610070: Tournament #125324020, $20+$2 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2008/12/13 20:18:27 ET
Table '125324020 40' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: BamesJond87 (13480 in chips)
Seat 2: pokerazazin (9225 in chips)
Seat 3: spinningist (3620 in chips)
Seat 4: pokersean420 (8795 in chips)
Seat 5: acnecare (12220 in chips)
Seat 6: Derek_Ridley (2665 in chips)
Seat 7: dcmaster42 (14880 in chips)
Seat 8: Owilltey (5780 in chips)
Seat 9: Ponch10 (26410 in chips)
pokersean420: posts small blind 50
acnecare: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BamesJond87 [Ah Ad]
Derek_Ridley: folds
dcmaster42: folds
Owilltey: folds
Ponch10: folds
BamesJond87: raises 200 to 300
pokerazazin: folds
spinningist: folds
pokersean420: calls 250
acnecare: raises 1100 to 1400
BamesJond87: raises 2600 to 4000
pokersean420: folds
acnecare: calls 2600
*** FLOP *** [Ks 9c 8c]
acnecare: checks
BamesJond87: bets 9480 and is all-in
acnecare: calls 8220 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (1260) returned to BamesJond87
*** TURN *** [Ks 9c 8c] [Jh]
*** RIVER *** [Ks 9c 8c Jh] [2c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
acnecare: shows [Qc Kc] (a flush, King high)
BamesJond87: shows [Ah Ad] (a pair of Aces)
acnecare collected 24740 from pot
BamesJond87 said, "what a terrible call"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 24740 | Rake 0
Board [Ks 9c 8c Jh 2c]
Seat 1: BamesJond87 showed [Ah Ad] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 2: pokerazazin folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: spinningist (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: pokersean420 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: acnecare (big blind) showed [Qc Kc] and won (24740) with a flush, King high
Seat 6: Derek_Ridley folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: dcmaster42 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Owilltey folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: Ponch10 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
That left me with like 1300 left, I doubled up the next hand with AK and just looked for spots to shove. Found another later with A4, lost, whatever. I was pretty mad after this hand and that terrible call so I didn't feel like playing anymore.
Today was not a good poker day.
Used my Step2 ticket and won, moved to play Step3 while in the $5+0.50 and some 0.25/0.50 HU NLHE cash game, where I made about $5 in 100 hands, so, being bored, I stopped that and focused on Step3 and the $5+0.50.
There were 8 people left in the Step3 SNG with blinds at 5o/100, and it folded around to the SB who min raised my BB, putting him on a steal the entire way, I made a pretty bad read and sucked out pretty hard to knock him out and take a monstrous chip lead:
PokerStars Game #22881978329: Tournament #126785295, $75+$7 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2008/12/13 13:23:17 ET
Table '126785295 1' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 2: HipPocket (2005 in chips)
Seat 3: austinm (820 in chips)
Seat 4: Tango7 (2065 in chips)
Seat 5: cltrn (480 in chips)
Seat 6: Doikito (1225 in chips)
Seat 7: BartBRL (2550 in chips)
Seat 8: BamesJond87 (3280 in chips)
Seat 9: numbersup (1075 in chips)
BartBRL: posts small blind 50
BamesJond87: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BamesJond87 [3s 9h]
numbersup: folds
HipPocket: folds
austinm: folds
Tango7: folds
cltrn: folds
Doikito: folds
BartBRL: raises 100 to 200
BamesJond87: raises 225 to 425
BartBRL: calls 225
*** FLOP *** [3c Th 2s]
BartBRL: bets 300
BamesJond87: raises 450 to 750
BartBRL: calls 450
*** TURN *** [3c Th 2s] [6s]
BartBRL: bets 500
BamesJond87: calls 500
*** RIVER *** [3c Th 2s 6s] [9c]
BartBRL: checks
BamesJond87: bets 1605 and is all-in
BartBRL: calls 875 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (730) returned to BamesJond87
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BamesJond87: shows [3s 9h] (two pair, Nines and Threes)
BartBRL: shows [Jh Tc] (a pair of Tens)
BamesJond87 collected 5100 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5100 | Rake 0
Board [3c Th 2s 6s 9c]
Seat 2: HipPocket folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: austinm folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Tango7 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: cltrn folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Doikito (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: BartBRL (small blind) showed [Jh Tc] and lost with a pair of Tens
Seat 8: BamesJond87 (big blind) showed [3s 9h] and won (5100) with two pair, Nines and Threes
Seat 9: numbersup folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Went on to win the Step3 SNG to get a Step4 ticket. Not sure if I'm going to use it to try and get to the Step6 LAPT SNG or if I'm going to use it for the Sunday Million. I have a little while to decide.
While focusing on the Step3 SNG, my stack in the $5+0.50 dwindled down to about 1200, and my JJ lost to A7, oh well.
Went to 0.25/0.50 cash and made a bad read:
PokerStars Game #22886800054: Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2008/12/13 16:11:31 ET
Table 'Sagitta V' 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: flopthis1974 ($43.80 in chips)
Seat 2: BamesJond87 ($54.55 in chips)
BamesJond87: posts small blind $0.25
flopthis1974: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BamesJond87 [4c 3c]
BamesJond87: calls $0.25
flopthis1974: checks
*** FLOP *** [3s 4s 6s]
flopthis1974: bets $1
BamesJond87: raises $2 to $3
flopthis1974: raises $2 to $5
BamesJond87: calls $2
*** TURN *** [3s 4s 6s] [Kd]
flopthis1974: bets $0.50
BamesJond87: calls $0.50
*** RIVER *** [3s 4s 6s Kd] [Jh]
flopthis1974: bets $37.80 and is all-in
BamesJond87: calls $37.80
*** SHOW DOWN ***
flopthis1974: shows [8s 2s] (a flush, Eight high)
BamesJond87: mucks hand
flopthis1974 collected $87.10 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $87.60 | Rake $0.50
Board [3s 4s 6s Kd Jh]
Seat 1: flopthis1974 (big blind) showed [8s 2s] and won ($87.10) with a flush, Eight high
Seat 2: BamesJond87 (button) (small blind) mucked [4c 3c]
Lost a total of about $75 on cash games, so I'm taking a break from them for a little while.
Played the $22 deepstack, and was doing really well until this terrible call by a donkey:
PokerStars Game #22893610070: Tournament #125324020, $20+$2 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2008/12/13 20:18:27 ET
Table '125324020 40' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: BamesJond87 (13480 in chips)
Seat 2: pokerazazin (9225 in chips)
Seat 3: spinningist (3620 in chips)
Seat 4: pokersean420 (8795 in chips)
Seat 5: acnecare (12220 in chips)
Seat 6: Derek_Ridley (2665 in chips)
Seat 7: dcmaster42 (14880 in chips)
Seat 8: Owilltey (5780 in chips)
Seat 9: Ponch10 (26410 in chips)
pokersean420: posts small blind 50
acnecare: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BamesJond87 [Ah Ad]
Derek_Ridley: folds
dcmaster42: folds
Owilltey: folds
Ponch10: folds
BamesJond87: raises 200 to 300
pokerazazin: folds
spinningist: folds
pokersean420: calls 250
acnecare: raises 1100 to 1400
BamesJond87: raises 2600 to 4000
pokersean420: folds
acnecare: calls 2600
*** FLOP *** [Ks 9c 8c]
acnecare: checks
BamesJond87: bets 9480 and is all-in
acnecare: calls 8220 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (1260) returned to BamesJond87
*** TURN *** [Ks 9c 8c] [Jh]
*** RIVER *** [Ks 9c 8c Jh] [2c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
acnecare: shows [Qc Kc] (a flush, King high)
BamesJond87: shows [Ah Ad] (a pair of Aces)
acnecare collected 24740 from pot
BamesJond87 said, "what a terrible call"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 24740 | Rake 0
Board [Ks 9c 8c Jh 2c]
Seat 1: BamesJond87 showed [Ah Ad] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 2: pokerazazin folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: spinningist (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: pokersean420 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: acnecare (big blind) showed [Qc Kc] and won (24740) with a flush, King high
Seat 6: Derek_Ridley folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: dcmaster42 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Owilltey folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: Ponch10 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
That left me with like 1300 left, I doubled up the next hand with AK and just looked for spots to shove. Found another later with A4, lost, whatever. I was pretty mad after this hand and that terrible call so I didn't feel like playing anymore.
Today was not a good poker day.
Friday, December 12, 2008
Good results in Cash and MTT!
Started the day with some 6-max PLO Turbos. Did okay in them, then I moved to 0.25/0.50 HU NLHE, where I made a great call on a bluff:
PokerStars Game #22850489296: Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2008/12/12 12:26:48 ET
Table 'Roma V' 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: BamesJond87 ($43.35 in chips)
Seat 2: Viper_ex ($57.95 in chips)
Viper_ex: posts small blind $0.25
BamesJond87: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BamesJond87 [7h 5d]
Viper_ex: raises $1 to $1.50
BamesJond87: calls $1
*** FLOP *** [Jd 7c 6d]
BamesJond87: bets $1
Viper_ex: raises $3 to $4
BamesJond87: calls $3
*** TURN *** [Jd 7c 6d] [3c]
BamesJond87: checks
Viper_ex: bets $10.50
BamesJond87: calls $10.50
*** RIVER *** [Jd 7c 6d 3c] [Kc]
BamesJond87: checks
Viper_ex: bets $41.95 and is all-in
BamesJond87: calls $27.35 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($14.60) returned to Viper_ex
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Viper_ex: shows [Ad 8d] (high card Ace)
BamesJond87: shows [7h 5d] (a pair of Sevens)
BamesJond87 collected $86.20 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $86.70 | Rake $0.50
Board [Jd 7c 6d 3c Kc]
Seat 1: BamesJond87 (big blind) showed [7h 5d] and won ($86.20) with a pair of Sevens
Seat 2: Viper_ex (button) (small blind) showed [Ad 8d] and lost with high card Ace
Lost my entire $50 buyin when AK ran into AA, which sucked a lot, and moved to try 0.50/1.00 to see how I did. I ended getting back more than what I lost in 0.25/0.50, thanks in large part to this hand:
PokerStars Game #22851672293: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2008/12/12 13:18:38 ET
Table 'Herrick IV' 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: BamesJond87 ($132.25 in chips)
Seat 2: blitzology ($100.90 in chips)
blitzology: posts small blind $0.50
BamesJond87: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BamesJond87 [Td Tc]
blitzology: raises $2 to $3
BamesJond87: calls $2
*** FLOP *** [Jh 2h Jc]
BamesJond87: checks
blitzology: bets $4.50
BamesJond87: calls $4.50
*** TURN *** [Jh 2h Jc] [8c]
BamesJond87: checks
blitzology: bets $7
BamesJond87: calls $7
*** RIVER *** [Jh 2h Jc 8c] [4s]
BamesJond87: checks
blitzology: bets $11
BamesJond87: calls $11
*** SHOW DOWN ***
blitzology: shows [8d 3d] (two pair, Jacks and Eights)
BamesJond87: shows [Td Tc] (two pair, Jacks and Tens)
BamesJond87 collected $50.50 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $51 | Rake $0.50
Board [Jh 2h Jc 8c 4s]
Seat 1: BamesJond87 (big blind) showed [Td Tc] and won ($50.50) with two pair, Jacks and Tens
Seat 2: blitzology (button) (small blind) showed [8d 3d] and lost with two pair, Jacks and Eights
I continued to play on, and 3 hands into my session with my next player, I got this lovely hand:
PokerStars Game #22852172085: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2008/12/12 13:39:10 ET
Table 'Ingwelde IV' 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Aero1441 ($103.60 in chips)
Seat 2: BamesJond87 ($96.50 in chips)
Aero1441: posts small blind $0.50
BamesJond87: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BamesJond87 [8h Ts]
Aero1441: raises $2 to $3
BamesJond87 said, "?"
BamesJond87: calls $2
*** FLOP *** [6h 7h 9h]
BamesJond87: bets $3
Aero1441: raises $11 to $14
BamesJond87: calls $11
*** TURN *** [6h 7h 9h] [Ad]
BamesJond87: checks
Aero1441: bets $30
BamesJond87: calls $30
*** RIVER *** [6h 7h 9h Ad] [4c]
BamesJond87: checks
Aero1441: bets $56.60 and is all-in
BamesJond87: calls $49.50 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($7.10) returned to Aero1441
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Aero1441: shows [Ks Kh] (a pair of Kings)
BamesJond87: shows [8h Ts] (a straight, Six to Ten)
BamesJond87 collected $192.50 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $193 | Rake $0.50
Board [6h 7h 9h Ad 4c]
Seat 1: Aero1441 (button) (small blind) showed [Ks Kh] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 2: BamesJond87 (big blind) showed [8h Ts] and won ($192.50) with a straight, Six to Ten
Then I got this, which I should have played better, but I made a bad read thinking he had AK or Ax and he would snap call:
PokerStars Game #22852296240: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2008/12/12 13:44:04 ET
Table 'Ingwelde IV' 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Aero1441 ($108.55 in chips)
Seat 2: BamesJond87 ($182.70 in chips)
Aero1441: posts small blind $0.50
BamesJond87: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BamesJond87 [Qd Qs]
Aero1441: raises $2 to $3
BamesJond87: raises $5 to $8
Aero1441: raises $14 to $22
BamesJond87: calls $14
*** FLOP *** [Qh 4s Ah]
BamesJond87: checks
Aero1441: checks
*** TURN *** [Qh 4s Ah] [As]
BamesJond87: checks
Aero1441: bets $20
BamesJond87: raises $140.70 to $160.70 and is all-in
BamesJond87 said, "no A"
Aero1441: folds
Uncalled bet ($140.70) returned to BamesJond87
BamesJond87 collected $83.50 from pot
BamesJond87: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $84 | Rake $0.50
Board [Qh 4s Ah As]
Seat 1: Aero1441 (button) (small blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 2: BamesJond87 (big blind) collected ($83.50)
This hand was a difficult call, but my read was right:
PokerStars Game #22852451909: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2008/12/12 13:50:19 ET
Table 'Ingwelde IV' 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Aero1441 ($110.10 in chips)
Seat 2: BamesJond87 ($212 in chips)
Aero1441: posts small blind $0.50
BamesJond87: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BamesJond87 [9s 9h]
Aero1441: raises $2 to $3
BamesJond87: calls $2
*** FLOP *** [7d 5c 6h]
BamesJond87: bets $3
Aero1441: raises $9 to $12
BamesJond87: calls $9
*** TURN *** [7d 5c 6h] [Kc]
BamesJond87: bets $15
Aero1441: calls $15
*** RIVER *** [7d 5c 6h Kc] [Td]
BamesJond87: checks
Aero1441: bets $37
BamesJond87: calls $37
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Aero1441: shows [6d 8d] (a pair of Sixes)
BamesJond87: shows [9s 9h] (a pair of Nines)
BamesJond87 collected $133.50 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $134 | Rake $0.50
Board [7d 5c 6h Kc Td]
Seat 1: Aero1441 (button) (small blind) showed [6d 8d] and lost with a pair of Sixes
Seat 2: BamesJond87 (big blind) showed [9s 9h] and won ($133.50) with a pair of Nines
After this it was just up up up. My bankroll has been skyrocketing lately, and I think it's a combination of me playing much better than I had been lately, and that I've been catching cards in the right places.
Right after that, I lost $50 in 0.25/0.50 when my two pair got beat by a straight, so I moved to 0.50/1.00, and lost another $40 there, so I was a bit on tilt and am taking a break for the night.
Edit: Decided to not take a break, Played the 30k guarantee, 40k guarantee, 3+R, and Quintuple shootout. Got to table 3 of the Quintuple shootout and cashed before my A7 lost to A6.
I was deep in the 30k guarantee, with about 280 players left, I had been in the top 10 chip lead for about the last hour, but this hand propelled me to a nice chip lead, I don't know HOW this went down(Back story, I had been raising ScaredBear's sb/bb for about the last 3-4 orbits, and he had finally started re-raising me consistently, so I figured he was just making a play, when he shoves I was 99% sure I was behind but with the money in the pot I had to call):
PokerStars Game #22866710084: Tournament #125328163, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level XIV (800/1600) - 2008/12/12 22:42:02 ET
Table '125328163 285' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: MANSOURDJ (65479 in chips)
Seat 2: ddsuperii (56457 in chips)
Seat 3: BamesJond87 (96203 in chips)
Seat 4: PAPER-STUNT (27025 in chips)
Seat 5: brabblejr (11972 in chips)
Seat 6: ScaredBear (67729 in chips)
Seat 7: dangeroos (39656 in chips)
Seat 8: Period Three (23799 in chips)
Seat 9: pinteliereke (25833 in chips)
MANSOURDJ: posts the ante 150
ddsuperii: posts the ante 150
BamesJond87: posts the ante 150
PAPER-STUNT: posts the ante 150
brabblejr: posts the ante 150
ScaredBear: posts the ante 150
dangeroos: posts the ante 150
Period Three: posts the ante 150
pinteliereke: posts the ante 150
BamesJond87: posts small blind 800
PAPER-STUNT: posts big blind 1600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BamesJond87 [Ac Kd]
brabblejr: folds
ScaredBear: raises 3200 to 4800
dangeroos: folds
Period Three: folds
pinteliereke: folds
MANSOURDJ: folds
ddsuperii: folds
BamesJond87: calls 4000
PAPER-STUNT: folds
*** FLOP *** [4s 9d 8h]
BamesJond87: bets 8000
ScaredBear: raises 16000 to 24000
BamesJond87: calls 16000
*** TURN *** [4s 9d 8h] [7h]
BamesJond87: bets 26000
ScaredBear: raises 12779 to 38779 and is all-in
BamesJond87: calls 12779
BamesJond87 said, " priced in now =/"
*** RIVER *** [4s 9d 8h 7h] [4d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BamesJond87: shows [Ac Kd] (a pair of Fours)
ScaredBear: shows [Js Qs] (a pair of Fours - lower kicker)
BamesJond87 collected 138108 from pot
BamesJond87 said, "oh wow"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 138108 | Rake 0
Board [4s 9d 8h 7h 4d]
Seat 1: MANSOURDJ folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: ddsuperii (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: BamesJond87 (small blind) showed [Ac Kd] and won (138108) with a pair of Fours
Seat 4: PAPER-STUNT (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: brabblejr folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: ScaredBear showed [Js Qs] and lost with a pair of Fours
Seat 7: dangeroos folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Period Three folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: pinteliereke folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Soon after, I was UTG with AK and raised, and the BB tried to steal my raise with a 30ish BB shove, which didn't work:
PokerStars Game #22866865180: Tournament #125328163, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level XIV (800/1600) - 2008/12/12 22:48:26 ET
Table '125328163 285' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: MANSOURDJ (56579 in chips)
Seat 2: ddsuperii (55557 in chips)
Seat 3: BamesJond87 (164232 in chips)
Seat 4: PAPER-STUNT (27325 in chips)
Seat 5: brabblejr (8672 in chips)
Seat 6: polux1 (12481 in chips)
Seat 7: dangeroos (37356 in chips)
Seat 8: Period Three (20499 in chips)
Seat 9: pinteliereke (44233 in chips)
MANSOURDJ: posts the ante 150
ddsuperii: posts the ante 150
BamesJond87: posts the ante 150
PAPER-STUNT: posts the ante 150
brabblejr: posts the ante 150
polux1: posts the ante 150
dangeroos: posts the ante 150
Period Three: posts the ante 150
pinteliereke: posts the ante 150
MANSOURDJ: posts small blind 800
ddsuperii: posts big blind 1600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BamesJond87 [Kc Ac]
BamesJond87: raises 2250 to 3850
PAPER-STUNT: folds
brabblejr: folds
polux1: folds
dangeroos: folds
Period Three: folds
pinteliereke: folds
MANSOURDJ: folds
ddsuperii: raises 51557 to 55407 and is all-in
BamesJond87: calls 51557
*** FLOP *** [5s Qc Qh]
*** TURN *** [5s Qc Qh] [7d]
*** RIVER *** [5s Qc Qh 7d] [2d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ddsuperii: shows [8c Js] (a pair of Queens)
BamesJond87: shows [Kc Ac] (a pair of Queens - Ace kicker)
BamesJond87 collected 112964 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 112964 | Rake 0
Board [5s Qc Qh 7d 2d]
Seat 1: MANSOURDJ (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: ddsuperii (big blind) showed [8c Js] and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 3: BamesJond87 showed [Kc Ac] and won (112964) with a pair of Queens
Seat 4: PAPER-STUNT folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: brabblejr folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: polux1 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: dangeroos folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Period Three folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: pinteliereke (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
After that hand I was sitting about 221k with the average stack being 45k, with 238 players left. With my chipstack the way it was, and how my table was behaving, I began relentlessly stealing blinds/antes, which worked quite well. Chipping up my stack without having to really get into any major confrontation. At the same time I was in the 3+R, down to about 25k when my BB was raised with blinds at 500/1k, the raise at 3000, I reraised to 8000, they reraised to 16k, and I shoved, getting called with AA. Thankfully, a 9 came on the turn and I doubled up to 52k.
Back to the 30k guarantee, my stack suffered a bit of a hit when it got all in preflop with JJ v AQ and an Ace coming on the flop. I was still around 165k with the average stack at 65k though so I was fine. Soon after that though, I lost a big pot with AQ v KK v JJ and dropped to 81k. I managed to triple up in the 3+R to 108k with the average around 30k.5
Down to about 80k in the 30k Guarantee with blinds at 2k/4k, I got a free look at the flop in the bb, flop came 3 10 7, I bet at it and got a call from the sb, turn was a 6, checked and I bet again and was called. River he bets 25k, I tanked, called, and he shows 9 8. Good job, you called a gutshot straight draw on the flop. That put me down to around 9k, moved in a few hands later with KdQd and ended up doubling up do 26k. Shoved next hand with JJ and got the blinds/antes and moved up to 35k. Blinds moved up to 2.5k/5k, and I was down to 26k with KQ on the button, shoved and didn't get any callers. Up to 38k. Went through an orbit and wound up with 25k, shoved all in utg+1 with Q10, got called by A7 and lost. Made it to 69th out of 3375. Not bad.
I was still in the 3+R with 162k and the average stack at 75k. Had a real rollercoaster ride, 150k, 220k, up to 308k, down to 200k then 165k then 135k. Blinds were at 5k/10k with my stack at 135k, and I waited for a spot to pick up some chips, ran into a strong ace, and busted in 132nd out of 4356.
Overall, today was a good day!
PokerStars Game #22850489296: Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2008/12/12 12:26:48 ET
Table 'Roma V' 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: BamesJond87 ($43.35 in chips)
Seat 2: Viper_ex ($57.95 in chips)
Viper_ex: posts small blind $0.25
BamesJond87: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BamesJond87 [7h 5d]
Viper_ex: raises $1 to $1.50
BamesJond87: calls $1
*** FLOP *** [Jd 7c 6d]
BamesJond87: bets $1
Viper_ex: raises $3 to $4
BamesJond87: calls $3
*** TURN *** [Jd 7c 6d] [3c]
BamesJond87: checks
Viper_ex: bets $10.50
BamesJond87: calls $10.50
*** RIVER *** [Jd 7c 6d 3c] [Kc]
BamesJond87: checks
Viper_ex: bets $41.95 and is all-in
BamesJond87: calls $27.35 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($14.60) returned to Viper_ex
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Viper_ex: shows [Ad 8d] (high card Ace)
BamesJond87: shows [7h 5d] (a pair of Sevens)
BamesJond87 collected $86.20 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $86.70 | Rake $0.50
Board [Jd 7c 6d 3c Kc]
Seat 1: BamesJond87 (big blind) showed [7h 5d] and won ($86.20) with a pair of Sevens
Seat 2: Viper_ex (button) (small blind) showed [Ad 8d] and lost with high card Ace
Lost my entire $50 buyin when AK ran into AA, which sucked a lot, and moved to try 0.50/1.00 to see how I did. I ended getting back more than what I lost in 0.25/0.50, thanks in large part to this hand:
PokerStars Game #22851672293: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2008/12/12 13:18:38 ET
Table 'Herrick IV' 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: BamesJond87 ($132.25 in chips)
Seat 2: blitzology ($100.90 in chips)
blitzology: posts small blind $0.50
BamesJond87: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BamesJond87 [Td Tc]
blitzology: raises $2 to $3
BamesJond87: calls $2
*** FLOP *** [Jh 2h Jc]
BamesJond87: checks
blitzology: bets $4.50
BamesJond87: calls $4.50
*** TURN *** [Jh 2h Jc] [8c]
BamesJond87: checks
blitzology: bets $7
BamesJond87: calls $7
*** RIVER *** [Jh 2h Jc 8c] [4s]
BamesJond87: checks
blitzology: bets $11
BamesJond87: calls $11
*** SHOW DOWN ***
blitzology: shows [8d 3d] (two pair, Jacks and Eights)
BamesJond87: shows [Td Tc] (two pair, Jacks and Tens)
BamesJond87 collected $50.50 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $51 | Rake $0.50
Board [Jh 2h Jc 8c 4s]
Seat 1: BamesJond87 (big blind) showed [Td Tc] and won ($50.50) with two pair, Jacks and Tens
Seat 2: blitzology (button) (small blind) showed [8d 3d] and lost with two pair, Jacks and Eights
I continued to play on, and 3 hands into my session with my next player, I got this lovely hand:
PokerStars Game #22852172085: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2008/12/12 13:39:10 ET
Table 'Ingwelde IV' 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Aero1441 ($103.60 in chips)
Seat 2: BamesJond87 ($96.50 in chips)
Aero1441: posts small blind $0.50
BamesJond87: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BamesJond87 [8h Ts]
Aero1441: raises $2 to $3
BamesJond87 said, "?"
BamesJond87: calls $2
*** FLOP *** [6h 7h 9h]
BamesJond87: bets $3
Aero1441: raises $11 to $14
BamesJond87: calls $11
*** TURN *** [6h 7h 9h] [Ad]
BamesJond87: checks
Aero1441: bets $30
BamesJond87: calls $30
*** RIVER *** [6h 7h 9h Ad] [4c]
BamesJond87: checks
Aero1441: bets $56.60 and is all-in
BamesJond87: calls $49.50 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($7.10) returned to Aero1441
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Aero1441: shows [Ks Kh] (a pair of Kings)
BamesJond87: shows [8h Ts] (a straight, Six to Ten)
BamesJond87 collected $192.50 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $193 | Rake $0.50
Board [6h 7h 9h Ad 4c]
Seat 1: Aero1441 (button) (small blind) showed [Ks Kh] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 2: BamesJond87 (big blind) showed [8h Ts] and won ($192.50) with a straight, Six to Ten
Then I got this, which I should have played better, but I made a bad read thinking he had AK or Ax and he would snap call:
PokerStars Game #22852296240: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2008/12/12 13:44:04 ET
Table 'Ingwelde IV' 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Aero1441 ($108.55 in chips)
Seat 2: BamesJond87 ($182.70 in chips)
Aero1441: posts small blind $0.50
BamesJond87: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BamesJond87 [Qd Qs]
Aero1441: raises $2 to $3
BamesJond87: raises $5 to $8
Aero1441: raises $14 to $22
BamesJond87: calls $14
*** FLOP *** [Qh 4s Ah]
BamesJond87: checks
Aero1441: checks
*** TURN *** [Qh 4s Ah] [As]
BamesJond87: checks
Aero1441: bets $20
BamesJond87: raises $140.70 to $160.70 and is all-in
BamesJond87 said, "no A"
Aero1441: folds
Uncalled bet ($140.70) returned to BamesJond87
BamesJond87 collected $83.50 from pot
BamesJond87: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $84 | Rake $0.50
Board [Qh 4s Ah As]
Seat 1: Aero1441 (button) (small blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 2: BamesJond87 (big blind) collected ($83.50)
This hand was a difficult call, but my read was right:
PokerStars Game #22852451909: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2008/12/12 13:50:19 ET
Table 'Ingwelde IV' 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Aero1441 ($110.10 in chips)
Seat 2: BamesJond87 ($212 in chips)
Aero1441: posts small blind $0.50
BamesJond87: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BamesJond87 [9s 9h]
Aero1441: raises $2 to $3
BamesJond87: calls $2
*** FLOP *** [7d 5c 6h]
BamesJond87: bets $3
Aero1441: raises $9 to $12
BamesJond87: calls $9
*** TURN *** [7d 5c 6h] [Kc]
BamesJond87: bets $15
Aero1441: calls $15
*** RIVER *** [7d 5c 6h Kc] [Td]
BamesJond87: checks
Aero1441: bets $37
BamesJond87: calls $37
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Aero1441: shows [6d 8d] (a pair of Sixes)
BamesJond87: shows [9s 9h] (a pair of Nines)
BamesJond87 collected $133.50 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $134 | Rake $0.50
Board [7d 5c 6h Kc Td]
Seat 1: Aero1441 (button) (small blind) showed [6d 8d] and lost with a pair of Sixes
Seat 2: BamesJond87 (big blind) showed [9s 9h] and won ($133.50) with a pair of Nines
After this it was just up up up. My bankroll has been skyrocketing lately, and I think it's a combination of me playing much better than I had been lately, and that I've been catching cards in the right places.
Right after that, I lost $50 in 0.25/0.50 when my two pair got beat by a straight, so I moved to 0.50/1.00, and lost another $40 there, so I was a bit on tilt and am taking a break for the night.
Edit: Decided to not take a break, Played the 30k guarantee, 40k guarantee, 3+R, and Quintuple shootout. Got to table 3 of the Quintuple shootout and cashed before my A7 lost to A6.
I was deep in the 30k guarantee, with about 280 players left, I had been in the top 10 chip lead for about the last hour, but this hand propelled me to a nice chip lead, I don't know HOW this went down(Back story, I had been raising ScaredBear's sb/bb for about the last 3-4 orbits, and he had finally started re-raising me consistently, so I figured he was just making a play, when he shoves I was 99% sure I was behind but with the money in the pot I had to call):
PokerStars Game #22866710084: Tournament #125328163, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level XIV (800/1600) - 2008/12/12 22:42:02 ET
Table '125328163 285' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: MANSOURDJ (65479 in chips)
Seat 2: ddsuperii (56457 in chips)
Seat 3: BamesJond87 (96203 in chips)
Seat 4: PAPER-STUNT (27025 in chips)
Seat 5: brabblejr (11972 in chips)
Seat 6: ScaredBear (67729 in chips)
Seat 7: dangeroos (39656 in chips)
Seat 8: Period Three (23799 in chips)
Seat 9: pinteliereke (25833 in chips)
MANSOURDJ: posts the ante 150
ddsuperii: posts the ante 150
BamesJond87: posts the ante 150
PAPER-STUNT: posts the ante 150
brabblejr: posts the ante 150
ScaredBear: posts the ante 150
dangeroos: posts the ante 150
Period Three: posts the ante 150
pinteliereke: posts the ante 150
BamesJond87: posts small blind 800
PAPER-STUNT: posts big blind 1600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BamesJond87 [Ac Kd]
brabblejr: folds
ScaredBear: raises 3200 to 4800
dangeroos: folds
Period Three: folds
pinteliereke: folds
MANSOURDJ: folds
ddsuperii: folds
BamesJond87: calls 4000
PAPER-STUNT: folds
*** FLOP *** [4s 9d 8h]
BamesJond87: bets 8000
ScaredBear: raises 16000 to 24000
BamesJond87: calls 16000
*** TURN *** [4s 9d 8h] [7h]
BamesJond87: bets 26000
ScaredBear: raises 12779 to 38779 and is all-in
BamesJond87: calls 12779
BamesJond87 said, " priced in now =/"
*** RIVER *** [4s 9d 8h 7h] [4d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BamesJond87: shows [Ac Kd] (a pair of Fours)
ScaredBear: shows [Js Qs] (a pair of Fours - lower kicker)
BamesJond87 collected 138108 from pot
BamesJond87 said, "oh wow"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 138108 | Rake 0
Board [4s 9d 8h 7h 4d]
Seat 1: MANSOURDJ folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: ddsuperii (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: BamesJond87 (small blind) showed [Ac Kd] and won (138108) with a pair of Fours
Seat 4: PAPER-STUNT (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: brabblejr folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: ScaredBear showed [Js Qs] and lost with a pair of Fours
Seat 7: dangeroos folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Period Three folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: pinteliereke folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Soon after, I was UTG with AK and raised, and the BB tried to steal my raise with a 30ish BB shove, which didn't work:
PokerStars Game #22866865180: Tournament #125328163, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level XIV (800/1600) - 2008/12/12 22:48:26 ET
Table '125328163 285' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: MANSOURDJ (56579 in chips)
Seat 2: ddsuperii (55557 in chips)
Seat 3: BamesJond87 (164232 in chips)
Seat 4: PAPER-STUNT (27325 in chips)
Seat 5: brabblejr (8672 in chips)
Seat 6: polux1 (12481 in chips)
Seat 7: dangeroos (37356 in chips)
Seat 8: Period Three (20499 in chips)
Seat 9: pinteliereke (44233 in chips)
MANSOURDJ: posts the ante 150
ddsuperii: posts the ante 150
BamesJond87: posts the ante 150
PAPER-STUNT: posts the ante 150
brabblejr: posts the ante 150
polux1: posts the ante 150
dangeroos: posts the ante 150
Period Three: posts the ante 150
pinteliereke: posts the ante 150
MANSOURDJ: posts small blind 800
ddsuperii: posts big blind 1600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BamesJond87 [Kc Ac]
BamesJond87: raises 2250 to 3850
PAPER-STUNT: folds
brabblejr: folds
polux1: folds
dangeroos: folds
Period Three: folds
pinteliereke: folds
MANSOURDJ: folds
ddsuperii: raises 51557 to 55407 and is all-in
BamesJond87: calls 51557
*** FLOP *** [5s Qc Qh]
*** TURN *** [5s Qc Qh] [7d]
*** RIVER *** [5s Qc Qh 7d] [2d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ddsuperii: shows [8c Js] (a pair of Queens)
BamesJond87: shows [Kc Ac] (a pair of Queens - Ace kicker)
BamesJond87 collected 112964 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 112964 | Rake 0
Board [5s Qc Qh 7d 2d]
Seat 1: MANSOURDJ (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: ddsuperii (big blind) showed [8c Js] and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 3: BamesJond87 showed [Kc Ac] and won (112964) with a pair of Queens
Seat 4: PAPER-STUNT folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: brabblejr folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: polux1 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: dangeroos folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Period Three folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: pinteliereke (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
After that hand I was sitting about 221k with the average stack being 45k, with 238 players left. With my chipstack the way it was, and how my table was behaving, I began relentlessly stealing blinds/antes, which worked quite well. Chipping up my stack without having to really get into any major confrontation. At the same time I was in the 3+R, down to about 25k when my BB was raised with blinds at 500/1k, the raise at 3000, I reraised to 8000, they reraised to 16k, and I shoved, getting called with AA. Thankfully, a 9 came on the turn and I doubled up to 52k.
Back to the 30k guarantee, my stack suffered a bit of a hit when it got all in preflop with JJ v AQ and an Ace coming on the flop. I was still around 165k with the average stack at 65k though so I was fine. Soon after that though, I lost a big pot with AQ v KK v JJ and dropped to 81k. I managed to triple up in the 3+R to 108k with the average around 30k.5
Down to about 80k in the 30k Guarantee with blinds at 2k/4k, I got a free look at the flop in the bb, flop came 3 10 7, I bet at it and got a call from the sb, turn was a 6, checked and I bet again and was called. River he bets 25k, I tanked, called, and he shows 9 8. Good job, you called a gutshot straight draw on the flop. That put me down to around 9k, moved in a few hands later with KdQd and ended up doubling up do 26k. Shoved next hand with JJ and got the blinds/antes and moved up to 35k. Blinds moved up to 2.5k/5k, and I was down to 26k with KQ on the button, shoved and didn't get any callers. Up to 38k. Went through an orbit and wound up with 25k, shoved all in utg+1 with Q10, got called by A7 and lost. Made it to 69th out of 3375. Not bad.
I was still in the 3+R with 162k and the average stack at 75k. Had a real rollercoaster ride, 150k, 220k, up to 308k, down to 200k then 165k then 135k. Blinds were at 5k/10k with my stack at 135k, and I waited for a spot to pick up some chips, ran into a strong ace, and busted in 132nd out of 4356.
Overall, today was a good day!
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Very up! Great day, new choice of play?
Woke up today, loaded a $4+.40 180 SNG, and then opened up a HU 0.25/0.50 cash game. This was a nice way to start the day, about 50 hands into the session:
PokerStars Game #22821539038: Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2008/12/11 12:38:36 ET
Table 'Massinga' 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: BamesJond87 ($65.20 in chips)
Seat 2: Karmahoos ($53.15 in chips)
BamesJond87: posts small blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BamesJond87 [9h 9d]
BamesJond87: raises $1 to $1.50
Karmahoos: raises $3.50 to $5
BamesJond87: calls $3.50
*** FLOP *** [9c 9s 7d]
Karmahoos: bets $6.50
BamesJond87: calls $6.50
*** TURN *** [9c 9s 7d] [6c]
Karmahoos: bets $14
BamesJond87: calls $14
*** RIVER *** [9c 9s 7d 6c] [Ac]
Karmahoos: bets $27.65 and is all-in
BamesJond87: calls $27.65
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Karmahoos: shows [Ks Kd] (two pair, Kings and Nines)
BamesJond87: shows [9h 9d] (four of a kind, Nines)
BamesJond87 collected $105.80 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $106.30 | Rake $0.50
Board [9c 9s 7d 6c Ac]
Seat 1: BamesJond87 (button) (small blind) showed [9h 9d] and won ($105.80) with four of a kind, Nines
Seat 2: Karmahoos (big blind) showed [Ks Kd] and lost with two pair, Kings and Nines
Won about $65 playing HU, then I left and focused on the SNG since it was starting to get a little deeper in it and I wanted to get my tournament/sng results out of the red that they are in right now. That didn't go too smoothly. Made a bad river bluff with 6s9s on a 4s5s6hAd7h board, and got called with AA. It was either a bad bluff or a bad call, I can't really figure that one out.
Went and played 2 $6+0.50 PLO 6-max SNGs, which I did terribly in. So I moved onto 0.25/0.50 HU PLO. Had a good run there:
PokerStars Game #22823648239: Omaha Pot Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2008/12/11 14:04:17 ET
Table 'Esperanto V' 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: basti-rocks ($62.70 in chips)
Seat 2: BamesJond87 ($34.75 in chips)
BamesJond87: posts small blind $0.25
basti-rocks: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BamesJond87 [3c 5c Ac 5s]
BamesJond87: calls $0.25
basti-rocks: checks
*** FLOP *** [Ad 2c Qc]
basti-rocks: bets $0.95
BamesJond87: raises $2.85 to $3.80
basti-rocks: raises $8.55 to $12.35
BamesJond87: calls $8.55
*** TURN *** [Ad 2c Qc] [7c]
basti-rocks: checks
BamesJond87: bets $21.90 and is all-in
basti-rocks: calls $21.90
*** RIVER *** [Ad 2c Qc 7c] [3d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
basti-rocks: shows [Qs 6d Qh Qd] (three of a kind, Queens)
BamesJond87: shows [3c 5c Ac 5s] (a flush, Ace high)
BamesJond87 collected $69 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $69.50 | Rake $0.50
Board [Ad 2c Qc 7c 3d]
Seat 1: basti-rocks (big blind) showed [Qs 6d Qh Qd] and lost with three of a kind, Queens
Seat 2: BamesJond87 (button) (small blind) showed [3c 5c Ac 5s] and won ($69) with a flush, Ace high
Then I picked this up a few hands later:
PokerStars Game #22823714826: Omaha Pot Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2008/12/11 14:06:40 ET
Table 'Esperanto V' 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: basti-rocks ($25.45 in chips)
Seat 2: BamesJond87 ($71.30 in chips)
basti-rocks: posts small blind $0.25
BamesJond87: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BamesJond87 [Th 5c Ad 3h]
basti-rocks: raises $1 to $1.50
BamesJond87: calls $1
*** FLOP *** [4d 5d As]
BamesJond87: bets $1.50
basti-rocks: calls $1.50
*** TURN *** [4d 5d As] [5s]
BamesJond87: bets $3
basti-rocks: calls $3
*** RIVER *** [4d 5d As 5s] [Tc]
BamesJond87: bets $8
basti-rocks: calls $8
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BamesJond87: shows [Th 5c Ad 3h] (a full house, Fives full of Aces)
basti-rocks: mucks hand
BamesJond87 collected $27.50 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $28 | Rake $0.50
Board [4d 5d As 5s Tc]
Seat 1: basti-rocks (button) (small blind) mucked [8c Kc 3d Ac]
Seat 2: BamesJond87 (big blind) showed [Th 5c Ad 3h] and won ($27.50) with a full house, Fives full of Aces
It's always good to get positive reinforcement from the guy you're beating: "basti-rocks: u play too good for me^^"
I started playing badly and getting a bad run of cards, until this SICK hand:
PokerStars Game #22824726462: Omaha Pot Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2008/12/11 14:42:08 ET
Table 'Esperanto V' 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: basti-rocks ($76.10 in chips)
Seat 2: BamesJond87 ($45.10 in chips)
basti-rocks: posts small blind $0.25
BamesJond87: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BamesJond87 [7s Kc Kh Ks]
basti-rocks: raises $1 to $1.50
BamesJond87: calls $1
*** FLOP *** [5s 2h 5h]
BamesJond87: checks
basti-rocks: bets $2
BamesJond87: calls $2
*** TURN *** [5s 2h 5h] [3s]
BamesJond87: checks
basti-rocks: bets $4.50
BamesJond87: calls $4.50
*** RIVER *** [5s 2h 5h 3s] [Kd]
BamesJond87: bets $13
basti-rocks: raises $13 to $26
BamesJond87: raises $11.10 to $37.10 and is all-in
basti-rocks: calls $11.10
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BamesJond87: shows [7s Kc Kh Ks] (a full house, Kings full of Fives)
basti-rocks: shows [Ad 5c Ah 3c] (a full house, Fives full of Threes)
BamesJond87 collected $89.70 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $90.20 | Rake $0.50
Board [5s 2h 5h 3s Kd]
Seat 1: basti-rocks (button) (small blind) showed [Ad 5c Ah 3c] and lost with a full house, Fives full of Threes
Seat 2: BamesJond87 (big blind) showed [7s Kc Kh Ks] and won ($89.70) with a full house, Kings full of Fives
He went broke a few hands later with this:
PokerStars Game #22824809471: Omaha Pot Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2008/12/11 14:45:04 ET
Table 'Esperanto V' 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: basti-rocks ($40.10 in chips)
Seat 2: BamesJond87 ($79.40 in chips)
BamesJond87: posts small blind $0.25
basti-rocks: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BamesJond87 [3c Td Ah 3s]
BamesJond87: calls $0.25
basti-rocks: raises $1 to $1.50
BamesJond87: calls $1
*** FLOP *** [Qs 8s 3h]
basti-rocks: bets $2
BamesJond87: raises $3 to $5
basti-rocks: raises $12.85 to $17.85
BamesJond87: raises $38.55 to $56.40
basti-rocks: calls $20.75 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($17.80) returned to BamesJond87
*** TURN *** [Qs 8s 3h] [7c]
*** RIVER *** [Qs 8s 3h 7c] [8c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
basti-rocks: shows [9s 5s 8d Tc] (three of a kind, Eights)
BamesJond87: shows [3c Td Ah 3s] (a full house, Threes full of Eights)
BamesJond87 collected $79.70 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $80.20 | Rake $0.50
Board [Qs 8s 3h 7c 8c]
Seat 1: basti-rocks (big blind) showed [9s 5s 8d Tc] and lost with three of a kind, Eights
Seat 2: BamesJond87 (button) (small blind) showed [3c Td Ah 3s] and won ($79.70) with a full house, Threes full of Eights
PLO is a SICK cash game, really really sick. I was up to about $150 on the table until the guy I was playing with rivered a flush when I had a straight. I still made about $55 on PLO, though.
Moved back to 0.25/0.50 HU NLHE, and had a good run with a fish there:
PokerStars Game #22829008454: Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2008/12/11 17:02:50 ET
Table 'Penthesilea' 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: BamesJond87 ($53.25 in chips)
Seat 2: SillyBilly51 ($22.85 in chips)
SillyBilly51: posts small blind $0.25
BamesJond87: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BamesJond87 [3h Ac]
SillyBilly51: raises $1.50 to $2
BamesJond87: calls $1.50
*** FLOP *** [8c Qc 9c]
BamesJond87: checks
SillyBilly51: bets $2
BamesJond87: calls $2
*** TURN *** [8c Qc 9c] [Kc]
BamesJond87: checks
SillyBilly51: bets $4
BamesJond87: calls $4
*** RIVER *** [8c Qc 9c Kc] [7d]
BamesJond87: checks
SillyBilly51: bets $9
BamesJond87: raises $9 to $18
SillyBilly51: calls $5.85 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($3.15) returned to BamesJond87
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BamesJond87: shows [3h Ac] (a flush, Ace high)
SillyBilly51: mucks hand
BamesJond87 collected $45.20 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $45.70 | Rake $0.50
Board [8c Qc 9c Kc 7d]
Seat 1: BamesJond87 (big blind) showed [3h Ac] and won ($45.20) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 2: SillyBilly51 (button) (small blind) mucked [Jc As]
He was so sweet about it afterwards: "SillyBilly51: fu.ckin donk"
Another good hand soon followed:
PokerStars Game #22829833625: Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2008/12/11 17:30:19 ET
Table 'Esclangona III' 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: BamesJond87 ($53.50 in chips)
Seat 2: Ihatewow89 ($41.90 in chips)
Ihatewow89: posts small blind $0.25
BamesJond87: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BamesJond87 [8c 6c]
Ihatewow89: raises $0.50 to $1
BamesJond87: calls $0.50
*** FLOP *** [6d 2h 8d]
BamesJond87: checks
Ihatewow89: bets $1.50
BamesJond87: raises $3.50 to $5
Ihatewow89: calls $3.50
*** TURN *** [6d 2h 8d] [Ks]
BamesJond87: checks
Ihatewow89: bets $4.50
BamesJond87: calls $4.50
*** RIVER *** [6d 2h 8d Ks] [6h]
BamesJond87: bets $13
Ihatewow89: calls $13
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BamesJond87: shows [8c 6c] (a full house, Sixes full of Eights)
Ihatewow89: mucks hand
BamesJond87 collected $46.50 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $47 | Rake $0.50
Board [6d 2h 8d Ks 6h]
Seat 1: BamesJond87 (big blind) showed [8c 6c] and won ($46.50) with a full house, Sixes full of Eights
Seat 2: Ihatewow89 (button) (small blind) mucked [9h 9c]
My run had been getting better and better all day. Lost a bit of money playing the $6+0.60 6max NLHE SNGs, but won a $22 HyperTurbo for T$55 which I just turned into $55.35. Won more in 0.25/0.50 HU NLHE. Then I tried winning some satellite seats. Tried an $11+0.70 DS to the Sunday Million which didn't work out so well when my AQ got beaten by A6 with all the money going in preflop. Then I tried a couple Step1 Seats for the LAPT. Lost the first then won the second. Now I'm very tired after a long day of poker. Going to see how far I can get in the steps tomorrow.
PokerStars Game #22821539038: Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2008/12/11 12:38:36 ET
Table 'Massinga' 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: BamesJond87 ($65.20 in chips)
Seat 2: Karmahoos ($53.15 in chips)
BamesJond87: posts small blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BamesJond87 [9h 9d]
BamesJond87: raises $1 to $1.50
Karmahoos: raises $3.50 to $5
BamesJond87: calls $3.50
*** FLOP *** [9c 9s 7d]
Karmahoos: bets $6.50
BamesJond87: calls $6.50
*** TURN *** [9c 9s 7d] [6c]
Karmahoos: bets $14
BamesJond87: calls $14
*** RIVER *** [9c 9s 7d 6c] [Ac]
Karmahoos: bets $27.65 and is all-in
BamesJond87: calls $27.65
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Karmahoos: shows [Ks Kd] (two pair, Kings and Nines)
BamesJond87: shows [9h 9d] (four of a kind, Nines)
BamesJond87 collected $105.80 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $106.30 | Rake $0.50
Board [9c 9s 7d 6c Ac]
Seat 1: BamesJond87 (button) (small blind) showed [9h 9d] and won ($105.80) with four of a kind, Nines
Seat 2: Karmahoos (big blind) showed [Ks Kd] and lost with two pair, Kings and Nines
Won about $65 playing HU, then I left and focused on the SNG since it was starting to get a little deeper in it and I wanted to get my tournament/sng results out of the red that they are in right now. That didn't go too smoothly. Made a bad river bluff with 6s9s on a 4s5s6hAd7h board, and got called with AA. It was either a bad bluff or a bad call, I can't really figure that one out.
Went and played 2 $6+0.50 PLO 6-max SNGs, which I did terribly in. So I moved onto 0.25/0.50 HU PLO. Had a good run there:
PokerStars Game #22823648239: Omaha Pot Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2008/12/11 14:04:17 ET
Table 'Esperanto V' 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: basti-rocks ($62.70 in chips)
Seat 2: BamesJond87 ($34.75 in chips)
BamesJond87: posts small blind $0.25
basti-rocks: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BamesJond87 [3c 5c Ac 5s]
BamesJond87: calls $0.25
basti-rocks: checks
*** FLOP *** [Ad 2c Qc]
basti-rocks: bets $0.95
BamesJond87: raises $2.85 to $3.80
basti-rocks: raises $8.55 to $12.35
BamesJond87: calls $8.55
*** TURN *** [Ad 2c Qc] [7c]
basti-rocks: checks
BamesJond87: bets $21.90 and is all-in
basti-rocks: calls $21.90
*** RIVER *** [Ad 2c Qc 7c] [3d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
basti-rocks: shows [Qs 6d Qh Qd] (three of a kind, Queens)
BamesJond87: shows [3c 5c Ac 5s] (a flush, Ace high)
BamesJond87 collected $69 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $69.50 | Rake $0.50
Board [Ad 2c Qc 7c 3d]
Seat 1: basti-rocks (big blind) showed [Qs 6d Qh Qd] and lost with three of a kind, Queens
Seat 2: BamesJond87 (button) (small blind) showed [3c 5c Ac 5s] and won ($69) with a flush, Ace high
Then I picked this up a few hands later:
PokerStars Game #22823714826: Omaha Pot Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2008/12/11 14:06:40 ET
Table 'Esperanto V' 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: basti-rocks ($25.45 in chips)
Seat 2: BamesJond87 ($71.30 in chips)
basti-rocks: posts small blind $0.25
BamesJond87: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BamesJond87 [Th 5c Ad 3h]
basti-rocks: raises $1 to $1.50
BamesJond87: calls $1
*** FLOP *** [4d 5d As]
BamesJond87: bets $1.50
basti-rocks: calls $1.50
*** TURN *** [4d 5d As] [5s]
BamesJond87: bets $3
basti-rocks: calls $3
*** RIVER *** [4d 5d As 5s] [Tc]
BamesJond87: bets $8
basti-rocks: calls $8
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BamesJond87: shows [Th 5c Ad 3h] (a full house, Fives full of Aces)
basti-rocks: mucks hand
BamesJond87 collected $27.50 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $28 | Rake $0.50
Board [4d 5d As 5s Tc]
Seat 1: basti-rocks (button) (small blind) mucked [8c Kc 3d Ac]
Seat 2: BamesJond87 (big blind) showed [Th 5c Ad 3h] and won ($27.50) with a full house, Fives full of Aces
It's always good to get positive reinforcement from the guy you're beating: "basti-rocks: u play too good for me^^"
I started playing badly and getting a bad run of cards, until this SICK hand:
PokerStars Game #22824726462: Omaha Pot Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2008/12/11 14:42:08 ET
Table 'Esperanto V' 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: basti-rocks ($76.10 in chips)
Seat 2: BamesJond87 ($45.10 in chips)
basti-rocks: posts small blind $0.25
BamesJond87: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BamesJond87 [7s Kc Kh Ks]
basti-rocks: raises $1 to $1.50
BamesJond87: calls $1
*** FLOP *** [5s 2h 5h]
BamesJond87: checks
basti-rocks: bets $2
BamesJond87: calls $2
*** TURN *** [5s 2h 5h] [3s]
BamesJond87: checks
basti-rocks: bets $4.50
BamesJond87: calls $4.50
*** RIVER *** [5s 2h 5h 3s] [Kd]
BamesJond87: bets $13
basti-rocks: raises $13 to $26
BamesJond87: raises $11.10 to $37.10 and is all-in
basti-rocks: calls $11.10
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BamesJond87: shows [7s Kc Kh Ks] (a full house, Kings full of Fives)
basti-rocks: shows [Ad 5c Ah 3c] (a full house, Fives full of Threes)
BamesJond87 collected $89.70 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $90.20 | Rake $0.50
Board [5s 2h 5h 3s Kd]
Seat 1: basti-rocks (button) (small blind) showed [Ad 5c Ah 3c] and lost with a full house, Fives full of Threes
Seat 2: BamesJond87 (big blind) showed [7s Kc Kh Ks] and won ($89.70) with a full house, Kings full of Fives
He went broke a few hands later with this:
PokerStars Game #22824809471: Omaha Pot Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2008/12/11 14:45:04 ET
Table 'Esperanto V' 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: basti-rocks ($40.10 in chips)
Seat 2: BamesJond87 ($79.40 in chips)
BamesJond87: posts small blind $0.25
basti-rocks: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BamesJond87 [3c Td Ah 3s]
BamesJond87: calls $0.25
basti-rocks: raises $1 to $1.50
BamesJond87: calls $1
*** FLOP *** [Qs 8s 3h]
basti-rocks: bets $2
BamesJond87: raises $3 to $5
basti-rocks: raises $12.85 to $17.85
BamesJond87: raises $38.55 to $56.40
basti-rocks: calls $20.75 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($17.80) returned to BamesJond87
*** TURN *** [Qs 8s 3h] [7c]
*** RIVER *** [Qs 8s 3h 7c] [8c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
basti-rocks: shows [9s 5s 8d Tc] (three of a kind, Eights)
BamesJond87: shows [3c Td Ah 3s] (a full house, Threes full of Eights)
BamesJond87 collected $79.70 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $80.20 | Rake $0.50
Board [Qs 8s 3h 7c 8c]
Seat 1: basti-rocks (big blind) showed [9s 5s 8d Tc] and lost with three of a kind, Eights
Seat 2: BamesJond87 (button) (small blind) showed [3c Td Ah 3s] and won ($79.70) with a full house, Threes full of Eights
PLO is a SICK cash game, really really sick. I was up to about $150 on the table until the guy I was playing with rivered a flush when I had a straight. I still made about $55 on PLO, though.
Moved back to 0.25/0.50 HU NLHE, and had a good run with a fish there:
PokerStars Game #22829008454: Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2008/12/11 17:02:50 ET
Table 'Penthesilea' 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: BamesJond87 ($53.25 in chips)
Seat 2: SillyBilly51 ($22.85 in chips)
SillyBilly51: posts small blind $0.25
BamesJond87: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BamesJond87 [3h Ac]
SillyBilly51: raises $1.50 to $2
BamesJond87: calls $1.50
*** FLOP *** [8c Qc 9c]
BamesJond87: checks
SillyBilly51: bets $2
BamesJond87: calls $2
*** TURN *** [8c Qc 9c] [Kc]
BamesJond87: checks
SillyBilly51: bets $4
BamesJond87: calls $4
*** RIVER *** [8c Qc 9c Kc] [7d]
BamesJond87: checks
SillyBilly51: bets $9
BamesJond87: raises $9 to $18
SillyBilly51: calls $5.85 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($3.15) returned to BamesJond87
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BamesJond87: shows [3h Ac] (a flush, Ace high)
SillyBilly51: mucks hand
BamesJond87 collected $45.20 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $45.70 | Rake $0.50
Board [8c Qc 9c Kc 7d]
Seat 1: BamesJond87 (big blind) showed [3h Ac] and won ($45.20) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 2: SillyBilly51 (button) (small blind) mucked [Jc As]
He was so sweet about it afterwards: "SillyBilly51: fu.ckin donk"
Another good hand soon followed:
PokerStars Game #22829833625: Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2008/12/11 17:30:19 ET
Table 'Esclangona III' 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: BamesJond87 ($53.50 in chips)
Seat 2: Ihatewow89 ($41.90 in chips)
Ihatewow89: posts small blind $0.25
BamesJond87: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BamesJond87 [8c 6c]
Ihatewow89: raises $0.50 to $1
BamesJond87: calls $0.50
*** FLOP *** [6d 2h 8d]
BamesJond87: checks
Ihatewow89: bets $1.50
BamesJond87: raises $3.50 to $5
Ihatewow89: calls $3.50
*** TURN *** [6d 2h 8d] [Ks]
BamesJond87: checks
Ihatewow89: bets $4.50
BamesJond87: calls $4.50
*** RIVER *** [6d 2h 8d Ks] [6h]
BamesJond87: bets $13
Ihatewow89: calls $13
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BamesJond87: shows [8c 6c] (a full house, Sixes full of Eights)
Ihatewow89: mucks hand
BamesJond87 collected $46.50 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $47 | Rake $0.50
Board [6d 2h 8d Ks 6h]
Seat 1: BamesJond87 (big blind) showed [8c 6c] and won ($46.50) with a full house, Sixes full of Eights
Seat 2: Ihatewow89 (button) (small blind) mucked [9h 9c]
My run had been getting better and better all day. Lost a bit of money playing the $6+0.60 6max NLHE SNGs, but won a $22 HyperTurbo for T$55 which I just turned into $55.35. Won more in 0.25/0.50 HU NLHE. Then I tried winning some satellite seats. Tried an $11+0.70 DS to the Sunday Million which didn't work out so well when my AQ got beaten by A6 with all the money going in preflop. Then I tried a couple Step1 Seats for the LAPT. Lost the first then won the second. Now I'm very tired after a long day of poker. Going to see how far I can get in the steps tomorrow.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Up and down ride.
So here I am on day #2. Not feeling like playing for higher stakes early in the day, I decided to play a $3+.40 PLO 6-max SNG, which I easily took down for $11.70($8.30 profit). So I played another and also won that pretty easily, so either I'm good at PLO or low stakes PLO is like printing money. Played another where I turned the nut straight on the turn with no flush possibilities, someone shoved all in with 2p and rivered a full house, what a donk. Did a $5+0.50 PLO HU game and lost to probably the worst PLO player I've ever seen, he just got hit with the deck harder than St. Louis did by Hurricane Katrina. So, mildly on tilt I entered the $11+0.50 HU PLO Turbo SNG, and got lucky enough to play someone who had one of the worst ROIs I've ever seen, so I obviously lost because the guy runner runners a flush when I flop top set. There goes all my PLO profit for the day and then some. In the red for the day, I entered an $11+0.50 NLHE HU SNG, and of course my QJ loses to Q2 on the turn when he shoves on a QJ26 board and a 2 comes on the river. On major tilt, I took a break, which was quickly overcome by my tilt, and played another $11+0.50 HU SNG, but it was a 4 player one, so I had to win 2 HU Turbo matches to make any money, and I ended up coming in 2nd after K5 lost to 75 on a 55J72 board. Man I run good.
Decided to go to HU Cash Games, where I played well and ran terrible, here's an example:
PokerStars Game #22801593805: Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2008/12/10 18:00:52 ET
Table 'Oenone II' 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: BamesJond87 ($14.45 in chips)
Seat 2: ttlpoker555 ($24.30 in chips)
ttlpoker555: posts small blind $0.25
BamesJond87: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BamesJond87 [Tc Qh]
ttlpoker555: calls $0.25
BamesJond87: raises $1 to $1.50
ttlpoker555: calls $1
*** FLOP *** [Ts Ks 7h]
BamesJond87: bets $1
ttlpoker555: raises $1 to $2
BamesJond87: calls $1
*** TURN *** [Ts Ks 7h] [9c]
BamesJond87: checks
ttlpoker555: bets $2.50
BamesJond87: calls $2.50
*** RIVER *** [Ts Ks 7h 9c] [9h]
BamesJond87: checks
ttlpoker555: bets $5
BamesJond87: calls $5
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ttlpoker555: shows [9d 7s] (a full house, Nines full of Sevens)
BamesJond87: mucks hand
ttlpoker555 collected $21.50 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $22 | Rake $0.50
Board [Ts Ks 7h 9c 9h]
Seat 1: BamesJond87 (big blind) mucked [Tc Qh]
Seat 2: ttlpoker555 (button) (small blind) showed [9d 7s] and won ($21.50) with a full house, Nines full of Sevens
I guess I can't complain after this great hand, though:
PokerStars Game #22802037063: Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2008/12/10 18:16:18 ET
Table 'Mellena' 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: BamesJond87 ($45.40 in chips)
Seat 2: TheFaaim ($49.55 in chips)
BamesJond87: posts small blind $0.25
TheFaaim: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BamesJond87 [3c 3h]
BamesJond87: raises $1 to $1.50
TheFaaim: raises $1.50 to $3
BamesJond87: calls $1.50
*** FLOP *** [8s 3d Qh]
TheFaaim: checks
BamesJond87: bets $2
TheFaaim: raises $2 to $4
BamesJond87: raises $4 to $8
TheFaaim: calls $4
*** TURN *** [8s 3d Qh] [Ks]
TheFaaim: checks
BamesJond87: bets $15
TheFaaim: calls $15
*** RIVER *** [8s 3d Qh Ks] [7h]
TheFaaim: checks
BamesJond87: bets $19.40 and is all-in
TheFaaim: calls $19.40
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BamesJond87: shows [3c 3h] (three of a kind, Threes)
TheFaaim: mucks hand
BamesJond87 collected $90.30 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $90.80 | Rake $0.50
Board [8s 3d Qh Ks 7h]
Seat 1: BamesJond87 (button) (small blind) showed [3c 3h] and won ($90.30) with three of a kind, Threes
Seat 2: TheFaaim (big blind) mucked [Jd Qs]
Did okay in some PLO SNGs, then played the weekly ChipTalk tourney(NLHE $10+1), which started off pretty rocky, dropping to 1080 chips in the first 3-4 hands. I picked up the early chip lead when I made what I think was a really good call:
PokerStars Game #22807376010: Tournament #125971967, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2008/12/10 21:37:57 ET
Table '125971967 3' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 2: Whataboutj (1840 in chips)
Seat 3: buddy4bass (1370 in chips)
Seat 4: mipevi (1620 in chips)
Seat 5: BamesJond87 (1480 in chips)
Seat 8: gman1973a (1025 in chips)
Seat 9: eroxors (1665 in chips)
gman1973a: posts small blind 10
eroxors: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BamesJond87 [9h Qc]
Whataboutj: folds
buddy4bass: calls 20
mipevi: folds
BamesJond87: raises 40 to 60
gman1973a: folds
eroxors: calls 40
buddy4bass: calls 40
*** FLOP *** [Tc 3c 9d]
eroxors: checks
buddy4bass: checks
BamesJond87: bets 125
eroxors: calls 125
buddy4bass: folds
*** TURN *** [Tc 3c 9d] [Qs]
eroxors: checks
BamesJond87: bets 200
eroxors: calls 200
*** RIVER *** [Tc 3c 9d Qs] [Kd]
eroxors: bets 350
BamesJond87: calls 350
*** SHOW DOWN ***
eroxors: shows [3s 8s] (a pair of Threes)
BamesJond87: shows [9h Qc] (two pair, Queens and Nines)
BamesJond87 collected 1540 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1540 | Rake 0
Board [Tc 3c 9d Qs Kd]
Seat 2: Whataboutj folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: buddy4bass folded on the Flop
Seat 4: mipevi folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: BamesJond87 (button) showed [9h Qc] and won (1540) with two pair, Queens and Nines
Seat 8: gman1973a (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: eroxors (big blind) showed [3s 8s] and lost with a pair of Threes
After that I lost a couple of pots and dropped down to 1580. Then up to 2200, down to 650, up to 1700, and eventually busted pretty early.
d
Started 8-tabling 0.05/0.10 cash tables, and made some money there. Here's my graph right now for cash games:
It's interesting looking, that's for sure. Once I stopped doing 0.25/.50 HU and started multitabling 0.05/0.10 it started evening out more though.
I moved on to the $5+0.20 NLHE Double or Nothings, and man what a joke. Here's another great hand turned bad beat:
PokerStars Game #22809903849: Tournament #126254784, $5.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2008/12/10 23:23:50 ET
Table '126254784 1' 10-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: jimmimac23 (985 in chips)
Seat 2: casinocraps (885 in chips)
Seat 3: potje2803 (1950 in chips)
Seat 4: FOTC1971 (900 in chips)
Seat 5: Thank U Fish (1625 in chips)
Seat 6: elCari (1490 in chips)
Seat 7: couz007 (1805 in chips)
Seat 8: wurzelbrei (1360 in chips)
Seat 9: fcking jacks (1555 in chips)
Seat 10: BamesJond87 (2445 in chips)
jimmimac23: posts the ante 10
casinocraps: posts the ante 10
potje2803: posts the ante 10
FOTC1971: posts the ante 10
Thank U Fish: posts the ante 10
elCari: posts the ante 10
couz007: posts the ante 10
wurzelbrei: posts the ante 10
fcking jacks: posts the ante 10
BamesJond87: posts the ante 10
fcking jacks: posts small blind 50
BamesJond87: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BamesJond87 [Qc Qs]
jimmimac23: folds
casinocraps: folds
potje2803: calls 100
FOTC1971: raises 790 to 890 and is all-in
Thank U Fish: folds
elCari: folds
couz007: folds
wurzelbrei: folds
fcking jacks: folds
BamesJond87: calls 790
potje2803: folds
*** FLOP *** [9c Qh 7h]
*** TURN *** [9c Qh 7h] [3h]
*** RIVER *** [9c Qh 7h 3h] [5h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BamesJond87: shows [Qc Qs] (three of a kind, Queens)
FOTC1971: shows [Kh Qd] (a flush, King high)
FOTC1971 collected 2030 from pot
fcking jacks said, "of course"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2030 | Rake 0
Board [9c Qh 7h 3h 5h]
Seat 1: jimmimac23 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: casinocraps folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: potje2803 folded before Flop
Seat 4: FOTC1971 showed [Kh Qd] and won (2030) with a flush, King high
Seat 5: Thank U Fish folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: elCari folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: couz007 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: wurzelbrei (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: fcking jacks (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 10: BamesJond87 (big blind) showed [Qc Qs] and lost with three of a kind, Queens
Oh well, I played 3 and won 2. Didn't do much after that. I'm down :(
Decided to go to HU Cash Games, where I played well and ran terrible, here's an example:
PokerStars Game #22801593805: Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2008/12/10 18:00:52 ET
Table 'Oenone II' 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: BamesJond87 ($14.45 in chips)
Seat 2: ttlpoker555 ($24.30 in chips)
ttlpoker555: posts small blind $0.25
BamesJond87: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BamesJond87 [Tc Qh]
ttlpoker555: calls $0.25
BamesJond87: raises $1 to $1.50
ttlpoker555: calls $1
*** FLOP *** [Ts Ks 7h]
BamesJond87: bets $1
ttlpoker555: raises $1 to $2
BamesJond87: calls $1
*** TURN *** [Ts Ks 7h] [9c]
BamesJond87: checks
ttlpoker555: bets $2.50
BamesJond87: calls $2.50
*** RIVER *** [Ts Ks 7h 9c] [9h]
BamesJond87: checks
ttlpoker555: bets $5
BamesJond87: calls $5
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ttlpoker555: shows [9d 7s] (a full house, Nines full of Sevens)
BamesJond87: mucks hand
ttlpoker555 collected $21.50 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $22 | Rake $0.50
Board [Ts Ks 7h 9c 9h]
Seat 1: BamesJond87 (big blind) mucked [Tc Qh]
Seat 2: ttlpoker555 (button) (small blind) showed [9d 7s] and won ($21.50) with a full house, Nines full of Sevens
I guess I can't complain after this great hand, though:
PokerStars Game #22802037063: Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2008/12/10 18:16:18 ET
Table 'Mellena' 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: BamesJond87 ($45.40 in chips)
Seat 2: TheFaaim ($49.55 in chips)
BamesJond87: posts small blind $0.25
TheFaaim: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BamesJond87 [3c 3h]
BamesJond87: raises $1 to $1.50
TheFaaim: raises $1.50 to $3
BamesJond87: calls $1.50
*** FLOP *** [8s 3d Qh]
TheFaaim: checks
BamesJond87: bets $2
TheFaaim: raises $2 to $4
BamesJond87: raises $4 to $8
TheFaaim: calls $4
*** TURN *** [8s 3d Qh] [Ks]
TheFaaim: checks
BamesJond87: bets $15
TheFaaim: calls $15
*** RIVER *** [8s 3d Qh Ks] [7h]
TheFaaim: checks
BamesJond87: bets $19.40 and is all-in
TheFaaim: calls $19.40
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BamesJond87: shows [3c 3h] (three of a kind, Threes)
TheFaaim: mucks hand
BamesJond87 collected $90.30 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $90.80 | Rake $0.50
Board [8s 3d Qh Ks 7h]
Seat 1: BamesJond87 (button) (small blind) showed [3c 3h] and won ($90.30) with three of a kind, Threes
Seat 2: TheFaaim (big blind) mucked [Jd Qs]
Did okay in some PLO SNGs, then played the weekly ChipTalk tourney(NLHE $10+1), which started off pretty rocky, dropping to 1080 chips in the first 3-4 hands. I picked up the early chip lead when I made what I think was a really good call:
PokerStars Game #22807376010: Tournament #125971967, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2008/12/10 21:37:57 ET
Table '125971967 3' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 2: Whataboutj (1840 in chips)
Seat 3: buddy4bass (1370 in chips)
Seat 4: mipevi (1620 in chips)
Seat 5: BamesJond87 (1480 in chips)
Seat 8: gman1973a (1025 in chips)
Seat 9: eroxors (1665 in chips)
gman1973a: posts small blind 10
eroxors: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BamesJond87 [9h Qc]
Whataboutj: folds
buddy4bass: calls 20
mipevi: folds
BamesJond87: raises 40 to 60
gman1973a: folds
eroxors: calls 40
buddy4bass: calls 40
*** FLOP *** [Tc 3c 9d]
eroxors: checks
buddy4bass: checks
BamesJond87: bets 125
eroxors: calls 125
buddy4bass: folds
*** TURN *** [Tc 3c 9d] [Qs]
eroxors: checks
BamesJond87: bets 200
eroxors: calls 200
*** RIVER *** [Tc 3c 9d Qs] [Kd]
eroxors: bets 350
BamesJond87: calls 350
*** SHOW DOWN ***
eroxors: shows [3s 8s] (a pair of Threes)
BamesJond87: shows [9h Qc] (two pair, Queens and Nines)
BamesJond87 collected 1540 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1540 | Rake 0
Board [Tc 3c 9d Qs Kd]
Seat 2: Whataboutj folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: buddy4bass folded on the Flop
Seat 4: mipevi folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: BamesJond87 (button) showed [9h Qc] and won (1540) with two pair, Queens and Nines
Seat 8: gman1973a (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: eroxors (big blind) showed [3s 8s] and lost with a pair of Threes
After that I lost a couple of pots and dropped down to 1580. Then up to 2200, down to 650, up to 1700, and eventually busted pretty early.
d
Started 8-tabling 0.05/0.10 cash tables, and made some money there. Here's my graph right now for cash games:
It's interesting looking, that's for sure. Once I stopped doing 0.25/.50 HU and started multitabling 0.05/0.10 it started evening out more though.
I moved on to the $5+0.20 NLHE Double or Nothings, and man what a joke. Here's another great hand turned bad beat:
PokerStars Game #22809903849: Tournament #126254784, $5.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2008/12/10 23:23:50 ET
Table '126254784 1' 10-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: jimmimac23 (985 in chips)
Seat 2: casinocraps (885 in chips)
Seat 3: potje2803 (1950 in chips)
Seat 4: FOTC1971 (900 in chips)
Seat 5: Thank U Fish (1625 in chips)
Seat 6: elCari (1490 in chips)
Seat 7: couz007 (1805 in chips)
Seat 8: wurzelbrei (1360 in chips)
Seat 9: fcking jacks (1555 in chips)
Seat 10: BamesJond87 (2445 in chips)
jimmimac23: posts the ante 10
casinocraps: posts the ante 10
potje2803: posts the ante 10
FOTC1971: posts the ante 10
Thank U Fish: posts the ante 10
elCari: posts the ante 10
couz007: posts the ante 10
wurzelbrei: posts the ante 10
fcking jacks: posts the ante 10
BamesJond87: posts the ante 10
fcking jacks: posts small blind 50
BamesJond87: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BamesJond87 [Qc Qs]
jimmimac23: folds
casinocraps: folds
potje2803: calls 100
FOTC1971: raises 790 to 890 and is all-in
Thank U Fish: folds
elCari: folds
couz007: folds
wurzelbrei: folds
fcking jacks: folds
BamesJond87: calls 790
potje2803: folds
*** FLOP *** [9c Qh 7h]
*** TURN *** [9c Qh 7h] [3h]
*** RIVER *** [9c Qh 7h 3h] [5h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BamesJond87: shows [Qc Qs] (three of a kind, Queens)
FOTC1971: shows [Kh Qd] (a flush, King high)
FOTC1971 collected 2030 from pot
fcking jacks said, "of course"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2030 | Rake 0
Board [9c Qh 7h 3h 5h]
Seat 1: jimmimac23 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: casinocraps folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: potje2803 folded before Flop
Seat 4: FOTC1971 showed [Kh Qd] and won (2030) with a flush, King high
Seat 5: Thank U Fish folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: elCari folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: couz007 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: wurzelbrei (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: fcking jacks (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 10: BamesJond87 (big blind) showed [Qc Qs] and lost with three of a kind, Queens
Oh well, I played 3 and won 2. Didn't do much after that. I'm down :(
Monday, December 8, 2008
First Post, The journey begins!
So, here I am. After playing poker for a few years, having a lot of ups and downs, and going bust more than once, I am finally going to document my progress online, and try to not go bust anymore, and make this a decent source of income.
I fancy myself a pretty good player, profitable, but able to tilt way too easily, which is one of the reasons I created this blog; embarrassment. If I show how stupid I act sometimes when I tilt, then I'll feel absolutely ridiculous, and therefore this should help me.
I've deposited money, and I'm finally going to start tracking my earnings better than I used to, so let's see how I did my first day.
My bankroll here on day #1: $361.90
I started with some PLO, coming 2nd in my 6-max SNG for a bit of profit, which was a good mental boost, then proceeded to play another SNG where someone lost 1/2 their stack by getting sucked out on with AJvA9, then next hand open shoved for 980 with blinds 15/30. Called with AQ because it was obvious he was tilting, he caught a 3, short stacked me, shoved next hand with 420 left with AQ again, got called with K9c and they hit a flush. Great start to NLHE. Went back to Omaha again, ran terrible in the next SNG(JJ9T v JQKK with a flop of J102 and he runner runners a flush).
Went back to NLHE, moving up to the $12+1 6-max SNGs, doing well in those, played very well which kept me going.
Decided to do a $4+.40 180 SNG after that. I got short right off the go with a bad bluff, but started playing well, and stayed in the top 25 or so til we were down to about 55 players, where 2 bluffs in a row dropped me to 3305 chips with the average stack at 5294 and blinds at 100/200. Played position after that for the most part because my table seemed pretty soft and picked up a few pots here and there to keep me afloat, until I lost half my stack in a hand where I had middle pair v. top pair. Got down to 2305 with avg. at 6136 and blinds at 125/250/25. Then I got this hand:
PokerStars Game #22749720445: Tournament #125796880, $4.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (125/250) - 2008/12/08 21:58:35 ET
Table '125796880 17' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: BamesJond87 (2230 in chips)
Seat 2: rjmunro (9650 in chips)
Seat 3: tsatsaras (9255 in chips)
Seat 4: EZ-BIDY (3730 in chips)
Seat 6: Uypobrecito (12566 in chips)
Seat 7: Lorr1968 (9816 in chips)
Seat 9: fathead2045 (10561 in chips)
BamesJond87: posts the ante 25
rjmunro: posts the ante 25
tsatsaras: posts the ante 25
EZ-BIDY: posts the ante 25
Uypobrecito: posts the ante 25
Lorr1968: posts the ante 25
fathead2045: posts the ante 25
fathead2045: posts small blind 125
BamesJond87: posts big blind 250
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BamesJond87 [4d Ah]
rjmunro: folds
tsatsaras: folds
EZ-BIDY: folds
Uypobrecito: raises 250 to 500
Lorr1968: folds
fathead2045: folds
saggai is connected
BamesJond87: raises 1705 to 2205 and is all-in
Uypobrecito: calls 1705
*** FLOP *** [7h Kc 6d]
*** TURN *** [7h Kc 6d] [4s]
*** RIVER *** [7h Kc 6d 4s] [Ad]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BamesJond87: shows [4d Ah] (two pair, Aces and Fours)
Uypobrecito: shows [Jc As] (a pair of Aces)
BamesJond87 collected 4710 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4710 | Rake 0
Board [7h Kc 6d 4s Ad]
Seat 1: BamesJond87 (big blind) showed [4d Ah] and won (4710) with two pair, Aces and Fours
Seat 2: rjmunro folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: tsatsaras folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: EZ-BIDY folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Uypobrecito showed [Jc As] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 7: Lorr1968 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: fathead2045 (small blind) folded before Flop
Nice suckout on my part, but hey, it happens. My chipstack kept going up and down after that, playing mostly position to try and win pots which was working out rather well. Started pushing people around a little bit more when we got down to about 35, with top 18 getting paid. Sometimes though, it's smart to fold, and other times you just get a bad read:
PokerStars Game #22750043988: Tournament #125796880, $4.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (150/300) - 2008/12/08 22:11:38 ET
Table '125796880 17' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: BamesJond87 (6610 in chips)
Seat 2: rjmunro (8350 in chips)
Seat 3: tsatsaras (7580 in chips)
Seat 4: OneMannGang (5252 in chips)
Seat 6: Uypobrecito (10886 in chips)
Seat 7: Lorr1968 (10941 in chips)
Seat 8: saggai (2155 in chips)
Seat 9: fathead2045 (10586 in chips)
BamesJond87: posts the ante 25
rjmunro: posts the ante 25
tsatsaras: posts the ante 25
OneMannGang: posts the ante 25
Uypobrecito: posts the ante 25
Lorr1968: posts the ante 25
saggai: posts the ante 25
fathead2045: posts the ante 25
BamesJond87: posts small blind 150
rjmunro: posts big blind 300
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BamesJond87 [Js Kh]
tsatsaras: folds
OneMannGang: raises 699 to 999
Uypobrecito: folds
Lorr1968: folds
saggai: calls 999
fathead2045: folds
BamesJond87: calls 849
rjmunro: folds
*** FLOP *** [Kc Ah 3h]
BamesJond87: checks
OneMannGang: bets 1200
saggai: calls 1131 and is all-in
BamesJond87: folds
Uncalled bet (69) returned to OneMannGang
*** TURN *** [Kc Ah 3h] [2d]
*** RIVER *** [Kc Ah 3h 2d] [7s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
OneMannGang: shows [Th Jh] (high card Ace)
saggai: shows [Ts Td] (a pair of Tens)
saggai collected 5759 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5759 | Rake 0
Board [Kc Ah 3h 2d 7s]
Seat 1: BamesJond87 (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 2: rjmunro (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: tsatsaras folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: OneMannGang showed [Th Jh] and lost with high card Ace
Seat 6: Uypobrecito folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Lorr1968 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: saggai showed [Ts Td] and won (5759) with a pair of Tens
Seat 9: fathead2045 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
A little while later I picked up this hand with 26 players left:
PokerStars Game #22750314443: Tournament #125796880, $4.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (150/300) - 2008/12/08 22:22:51 ET
Table '125796880 17' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: BamesJond87 (4161 in chips)
Seat 2: rjmunro (8450 in chips)
Seat 3: CCFlyer (7257 in chips)
Seat 4: OneMannGang (1897 in chips)
Seat 5: radmanjeff (8735 in chips)
Seat 6: Uypobrecito (6211 in chips)
Seat 7: Lorr1968 (13341 in chips)
Seat 8: saggai (6159 in chips)
Seat 9: fathead2045 (15311 in chips)
BamesJond87: posts the ante 25
rjmunro: posts the ante 25
CCFlyer: posts the ante 25
OneMannGang: posts the ante 25
radmanjeff: posts the ante 25
Uypobrecito: posts the ante 25
Lorr1968: posts the ante 25
saggai: posts the ante 25
fathead2045: posts the ante 25
Lorr1968: posts small blind 150
saggai: posts big blind 300
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BamesJond87 [As Qs]
fathead2045: raises 600 to 900
BamesJond87: raises 3236 to 4136 and is all-in
rjmunro: folds
CCFlyer: folds
OneMannGang: folds
radmanjeff: folds
Uypobrecito: folds
Lorr1968: folds
saggai: folds
fathead2045: calls 3236
*** FLOP *** [7c 4s 7d]
*** TURN *** [7c 4s 7d] [9s]
*** RIVER *** [7c 4s 7d 9s] [Qd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
fathead2045: shows [Ts Kc] (a pair of Sevens)
BamesJond87: shows [As Qs] (two pair, Queens and Sevens)
fathead2045 said, "nh"
BamesJond87 collected 8947 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 8947 | Rake 0
Board [7c 4s 7d 9s Qd]
Seat 1: BamesJond87 showed [As Qs] and won (8947) with two pair, Queens and Sevens
Seat 2: rjmunro folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: CCFlyer folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: OneMannGang folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: radmanjeff folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Uypobrecito (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Lorr1968 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: saggai (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: fathead2045 showed [Ts Kc] and lost with a pair of Sevens
It was just the kind of double up I was looking for. The bubble took forever, but I had the honor of popping it when I picked up AA v 66. Went into the final 18 with just about the chip avg of 15k, and proceeded to donk off about 8500 of it. With 6344 left and blinds at 300/600/50 someone shoved and I made a terrible call with KJ when they had AK and busted in 17th. Waste of time for just $4 profit.
So at the end of day 1 I made $18.50 profit, putting my bankroll at $380.04.
Edit: Didn't feel like sleeping, played a $1.75 PLO 18person tourney. Came in 3rd for $5.40, making today's profit $23.90 to put my bankroll at $383.69
I fancy myself a pretty good player, profitable, but able to tilt way too easily, which is one of the reasons I created this blog; embarrassment. If I show how stupid I act sometimes when I tilt, then I'll feel absolutely ridiculous, and therefore this should help me.
I've deposited money, and I'm finally going to start tracking my earnings better than I used to, so let's see how I did my first day.
My bankroll here on day #1: $361.90
I started with some PLO, coming 2nd in my 6-max SNG for a bit of profit, which was a good mental boost, then proceeded to play another SNG where someone lost 1/2 their stack by getting sucked out on with AJvA9, then next hand open shoved for 980 with blinds 15/30. Called with AQ because it was obvious he was tilting, he caught a 3, short stacked me, shoved next hand with 420 left with AQ again, got called with K9c and they hit a flush. Great start to NLHE. Went back to Omaha again, ran terrible in the next SNG(JJ9T v JQKK with a flop of J102 and he runner runners a flush).
Went back to NLHE, moving up to the $12+1 6-max SNGs, doing well in those, played very well which kept me going.
Decided to do a $4+.40 180 SNG after that. I got short right off the go with a bad bluff, but started playing well, and stayed in the top 25 or so til we were down to about 55 players, where 2 bluffs in a row dropped me to 3305 chips with the average stack at 5294 and blinds at 100/200. Played position after that for the most part because my table seemed pretty soft and picked up a few pots here and there to keep me afloat, until I lost half my stack in a hand where I had middle pair v. top pair. Got down to 2305 with avg. at 6136 and blinds at 125/250/25. Then I got this hand:
PokerStars Game #22749720445: Tournament #125796880, $4.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (125/250) - 2008/12/08 21:58:35 ET
Table '125796880 17' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: BamesJond87 (2230 in chips)
Seat 2: rjmunro (9650 in chips)
Seat 3: tsatsaras (9255 in chips)
Seat 4: EZ-BIDY (3730 in chips)
Seat 6: Uypobrecito (12566 in chips)
Seat 7: Lorr1968 (9816 in chips)
Seat 9: fathead2045 (10561 in chips)
BamesJond87: posts the ante 25
rjmunro: posts the ante 25
tsatsaras: posts the ante 25
EZ-BIDY: posts the ante 25
Uypobrecito: posts the ante 25
Lorr1968: posts the ante 25
fathead2045: posts the ante 25
fathead2045: posts small blind 125
BamesJond87: posts big blind 250
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BamesJond87 [4d Ah]
rjmunro: folds
tsatsaras: folds
EZ-BIDY: folds
Uypobrecito: raises 250 to 500
Lorr1968: folds
fathead2045: folds
saggai is connected
BamesJond87: raises 1705 to 2205 and is all-in
Uypobrecito: calls 1705
*** FLOP *** [7h Kc 6d]
*** TURN *** [7h Kc 6d] [4s]
*** RIVER *** [7h Kc 6d 4s] [Ad]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BamesJond87: shows [4d Ah] (two pair, Aces and Fours)
Uypobrecito: shows [Jc As] (a pair of Aces)
BamesJond87 collected 4710 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4710 | Rake 0
Board [7h Kc 6d 4s Ad]
Seat 1: BamesJond87 (big blind) showed [4d Ah] and won (4710) with two pair, Aces and Fours
Seat 2: rjmunro folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: tsatsaras folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: EZ-BIDY folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Uypobrecito showed [Jc As] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 7: Lorr1968 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: fathead2045 (small blind) folded before Flop
Nice suckout on my part, but hey, it happens. My chipstack kept going up and down after that, playing mostly position to try and win pots which was working out rather well. Started pushing people around a little bit more when we got down to about 35, with top 18 getting paid. Sometimes though, it's smart to fold, and other times you just get a bad read:
PokerStars Game #22750043988: Tournament #125796880, $4.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (150/300) - 2008/12/08 22:11:38 ET
Table '125796880 17' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: BamesJond87 (6610 in chips)
Seat 2: rjmunro (8350 in chips)
Seat 3: tsatsaras (7580 in chips)
Seat 4: OneMannGang (5252 in chips)
Seat 6: Uypobrecito (10886 in chips)
Seat 7: Lorr1968 (10941 in chips)
Seat 8: saggai (2155 in chips)
Seat 9: fathead2045 (10586 in chips)
BamesJond87: posts the ante 25
rjmunro: posts the ante 25
tsatsaras: posts the ante 25
OneMannGang: posts the ante 25
Uypobrecito: posts the ante 25
Lorr1968: posts the ante 25
saggai: posts the ante 25
fathead2045: posts the ante 25
BamesJond87: posts small blind 150
rjmunro: posts big blind 300
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BamesJond87 [Js Kh]
tsatsaras: folds
OneMannGang: raises 699 to 999
Uypobrecito: folds
Lorr1968: folds
saggai: calls 999
fathead2045: folds
BamesJond87: calls 849
rjmunro: folds
*** FLOP *** [Kc Ah 3h]
BamesJond87: checks
OneMannGang: bets 1200
saggai: calls 1131 and is all-in
BamesJond87: folds
Uncalled bet (69) returned to OneMannGang
*** TURN *** [Kc Ah 3h] [2d]
*** RIVER *** [Kc Ah 3h 2d] [7s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
OneMannGang: shows [Th Jh] (high card Ace)
saggai: shows [Ts Td] (a pair of Tens)
saggai collected 5759 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5759 | Rake 0
Board [Kc Ah 3h 2d 7s]
Seat 1: BamesJond87 (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 2: rjmunro (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: tsatsaras folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: OneMannGang showed [Th Jh] and lost with high card Ace
Seat 6: Uypobrecito folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Lorr1968 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: saggai showed [Ts Td] and won (5759) with a pair of Tens
Seat 9: fathead2045 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
A little while later I picked up this hand with 26 players left:
PokerStars Game #22750314443: Tournament #125796880, $4.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (150/300) - 2008/12/08 22:22:51 ET
Table '125796880 17' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: BamesJond87 (4161 in chips)
Seat 2: rjmunro (8450 in chips)
Seat 3: CCFlyer (7257 in chips)
Seat 4: OneMannGang (1897 in chips)
Seat 5: radmanjeff (8735 in chips)
Seat 6: Uypobrecito (6211 in chips)
Seat 7: Lorr1968 (13341 in chips)
Seat 8: saggai (6159 in chips)
Seat 9: fathead2045 (15311 in chips)
BamesJond87: posts the ante 25
rjmunro: posts the ante 25
CCFlyer: posts the ante 25
OneMannGang: posts the ante 25
radmanjeff: posts the ante 25
Uypobrecito: posts the ante 25
Lorr1968: posts the ante 25
saggai: posts the ante 25
fathead2045: posts the ante 25
Lorr1968: posts small blind 150
saggai: posts big blind 300
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to BamesJond87 [As Qs]
fathead2045: raises 600 to 900
BamesJond87: raises 3236 to 4136 and is all-in
rjmunro: folds
CCFlyer: folds
OneMannGang: folds
radmanjeff: folds
Uypobrecito: folds
Lorr1968: folds
saggai: folds
fathead2045: calls 3236
*** FLOP *** [7c 4s 7d]
*** TURN *** [7c 4s 7d] [9s]
*** RIVER *** [7c 4s 7d 9s] [Qd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
fathead2045: shows [Ts Kc] (a pair of Sevens)
BamesJond87: shows [As Qs] (two pair, Queens and Sevens)
fathead2045 said, "nh"
BamesJond87 collected 8947 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 8947 | Rake 0
Board [7c 4s 7d 9s Qd]
Seat 1: BamesJond87 showed [As Qs] and won (8947) with two pair, Queens and Sevens
Seat 2: rjmunro folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: CCFlyer folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: OneMannGang folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: radmanjeff folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Uypobrecito (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Lorr1968 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: saggai (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: fathead2045 showed [Ts Kc] and lost with a pair of Sevens
It was just the kind of double up I was looking for. The bubble took forever, but I had the honor of popping it when I picked up AA v 66. Went into the final 18 with just about the chip avg of 15k, and proceeded to donk off about 8500 of it. With 6344 left and blinds at 300/600/50 someone shoved and I made a terrible call with KJ when they had AK and busted in 17th. Waste of time for just $4 profit.
So at the end of day 1 I made $18.50 profit, putting my bankroll at $380.04.
Edit: Didn't feel like sleeping, played a $1.75 PLO 18person tourney. Came in 3rd for $5.40, making today's profit $23.90 to put my bankroll at $383.69
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