Here's another one

wow. how about the river call. it's like party poker never left town.

Full Tilt Poker Game #3113049604: Table Alexandra (6 max) - $5/$10 - Limit Hold'em - 14:57:20 ET - 2007/07/31
Seat 1: albelee ($185.50)
Seat 2: pebs44 ($62.50), is sitting out
Seat 3: GMUFKIA ($770.50)
Seat 4: itsiggy ($187.50)
Seat 5: redmanjew ($256.50)
Seat 6: 1peytonplace ($436.50)
itsiggy posts the small blind of $2.50
redmanjew posts the big blind of $5
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to redmanjew [Ad Ks]
1peytonplace calls $5
albelee folds
GMUFKIA folds
itsiggy raises to $10
redmanjew raises to $15
1peytonplace calls $10
itsiggy calls $5
*** FLOP *** [Kd Jd Js]
itsiggy checks
redmanjew bets $5
1peytonplace calls $5
itsiggy folds
*** TURN *** [Kd Jd Js] [Jc]
redmanjew bets $10
1peytonplace calls $10
*** RIVER *** [Kd Jd Js Jc] [Ts]
redmanjew bets $10
1peytonplace calls $10
*** SHOW DOWN ***
redmanjew shows [Ad Ks] a full house, Jacks full of Kings
1peytonplace mucks
redmanjew wins the pot ($92) with a full house, Jacks full of Kings
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $95 | Rake $3
Board: [Kd Jd Js Jc Ts]
Seat 1: albelee didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: pebs44 is sitting out
Seat 3: GMUFKIA (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: itsiggy (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 5: redmanjew (big blind) showed [Ad Ks] and won ($92) with a full house, Jacks full of Kings
Seat 6: 1peytonplace mucked [5d 4d] - three of a kind, Jacks

holy magoly

had to post immediately. one of the more inexplicable hands I've seen.

PokerStars Game #11212783861: Hold'em Limit ($5/$10) - 2007/07/30 - 03:37:32 (ET)
Table 'Lumen IV' 10-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: GoWitTheFlow ($178.50 in chips)
Seat 2: MochaMocha ($250 in chips)
Seat 3: Saraboo ($76 in chips)
Seat 6: jasonw882 ($202 in chips)
Seat 7: navynuk ($385.50 in chips)
Seat 8: pokerjl ($98 in chips)
Seat 9: Hooligan104 ($277.50 in chips)
Seat 10: badactuary ($239 in chips)
pokerjl: posts small blind $2
Hooligan104: posts big blind $5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to pokerjl [8c 9d]
badactuary: folds
GoWitTheFlow: folds
MochaMocha: folds
Saraboo: folds
jasonw882: folds
biguncle61 has returned
navynuk: calls $5
pokerjl: calls $3
Hooligan104: checks
*** FLOP *** [6c 5c 9c]
pokerjl: bets $5
GoWitTheFlow leaves the table
Hooligan104: calls $5
navynuk: calls $5
*** TURN *** [6c 5c 9c] [9s]
pokerjl: bets $10
hanpristeur5 joins the table at seat #1
Hooligan104: folds
navynuk: raises $10 to $20
pokerjl: calls $10
*** RIVER *** [6c 5c 9c 9s] [9h]
pokerjl: bets $10
navynuk: raises $10 to $20
pokerjl: raises $10 to $30
navynuk: calls $10
*** SHOW DOWN ***
pokerjl: shows [8c 9d] (four of a kind, Nines)
navynuk: mucks hand
pokerjl collected $127 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $130 | Rake $3
Board [6c 5c 9c 9s 9h]
Seat 1: GoWitTheFlow folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: MochaMocha folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Saraboo folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: jasonw882 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: navynuk (button) mucked [Js Tc]
Seat 8: pokerjl (small blind) showed [8c 9d] and won ($127) with four of a kind, Nines
Seat 9: Hooligan104 (big blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 10: badactuary folded before Flop (didn't bet)


c

an interesting day

I started today by 4 tabling FT playing short handed 5-10 and getting crushed. Everything lost, and lost, and lost. just one of those things. I made a full house with 76o on a 76436 board, and lost to 77. Yeah, that was ugly. I was down 700 in a flash. also, my internet kept dying on me, so that didn't help either.

but then I fired up PS and elected to play some full ring 10/20... just one table... three interesting and great hands here:

PokerStars Game #11130547280: Hold'em Limit ($10/$20) - 2007/07/25 - 16:10:02 (ET)
Table 'Geometria IV' 10-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 2: King Mush ($130 in chips)
Seat 3: tlittlestone ($235 in chips)
Seat 4: sully7 ($222 in chips)
Seat 5: EmmitSmith ($982.50 in chips)
Seat 6: PROMOTERS ($870 in chips)
Seat 7: eating_Y ($1294 in chips)
Seat 8: 42DD ($177 in chips)
Seat 9: pokerjl ($547 in chips)
Seat 10: borntowin19 ($2936 in chips)
borntowin19: posts small blind $5
King Mush: posts big blind $10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to pokerjl [As Qs]
tlittlestone: folds
sully7: folds
EmmitSmith: calls $10
PROMOTERS: raises $10 to $20
eating_Y: folds
42DD: folds
pokerjl: raises $10 to $30
borntowin19: folds
King Mush: calls $20
EmmitSmith: raises $10 to $40
Betting is capped
PROMOTERS: calls $20
pokerjl: calls $10
King Mush: calls $10
*** FLOP *** [Qh 9c 4c]
King Mush: checks
EmmitSmith: checks
PROMOTERS: bets $10
pokerjl: raises $10 to $20
King Mush: calls $20
EmmitSmith: raises $10 to $30
PROMOTERS: folds
pokerjl: calls $10
King Mush: calls $10
*** TURN *** [Qh 9c 4c] [Qc]
King Mush: checks
EmmitSmith: bets $20
pokerjl: calls $20
King Mush: raises $20 to $40
EmmitSmith: raises $20 to $60
pokerjl: calls $40
King Mush: calls $20 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [Qh 9c 4c Qc] [4h]
EmmitSmith: bets $20
pokerjl: raises $20 to $40
EmmitSmith: folds
*** SHOW DOWN ***
pokerjl: shows [As Qs] (a full house, Queens full of Fours)
pokerjl collected $40 from side pot
King Mush: mucks hand
pokerjl collected $442 from main pot
King Mush said, "wow"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $485 Main pot $442. Side pot $40. | Rake $3
Board [Qh 9c 4c Qc 4h]
Seat 2: King Mush (big blind) mucked [7c 6c]
Seat 3: tlittlestone folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: sully7 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: EmmitSmith folded on the River
Seat 6: PROMOTERS folded on the Flop
Seat 7: eating_Y folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: 42DD folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: pokerjl (button) showed [As Qs] and won ($482) with a full house, Queens full of Fours
Seat 10: borntowin19 (small blind) folded before Flop


OK, so while I put the 4 bettor on a hand that had me beat, I still had to go with it on the flop. Then I can't fold the turn even though I am sure at least one of these guys has a flush. I have to call the river either way, but I'm really looking for one of my ten outs to the top full house (or quads).

what could the other guy (who bet/ folds the river) have? flush? aces? He can't fold anything there. maybe he had an underpair that got counterfeited? That's the only hand I can think of that should be played that way.


PokerStars Game #11130857799: Hold'em Limit ($10/$20) - 2007/07/25 - 16:29:20 (ET)
Table 'Geometria IV' 10-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: iamhammer ($353 in chips)
Seat 2: King Mush ($169 in chips)
Seat 3: GFL605 ($278 in chips)
Seat 4: sully7 ($285.50 in chips)
Seat 5: EmmitSmith ($1188.50 in chips)
Seat 6: Archangelele ($252.50 in chips)
Seat 7: eating_Y ($1247 in chips)
Seat 8: 42DD ($117 in chips)
Seat 9: pokerjl ($999 in chips)
sully7: posts small blind $5
EmmitSmith: posts big blind $10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to pokerjl [Kh Kd]
Archangelele: calls $10
eating_Y: folds
42DD: folds
pokerjl: raises $10 to $20
iamhammer: folds
King Mush: folds
GFL605: folds
sully7: folds
EmmitSmith: calls $10
Archangelele: calls $10
*** FLOP *** [9c Qs 9d]
EmmitSmith: checks
Archangelele: checks
pokerjl: bets $10
EmmitSmith: raises $10 to $20
Archangelele: calls $20
pokerjl: raises $10 to $30
EmmitSmith: calls $10
Archangelele: calls $10
*** TURN *** [9c Qs 9d] [Jd]
EmmitSmith: bets $20
Archangelele: calls $20
pokerjl: calls $20
*** RIVER *** [9c Qs 9d Jd] [Tc]
EmmitSmith: checks
Archangelele: checks
pokerjl: bets $20
EmmitSmith: calls $20
Archangelele: calls $20
*** SHOW DOWN ***
pokerjl: shows [Kh Kd] (a straight, Nine to King)
EmmitSmith: mucks hand
Archangelele: mucks hand
pokerjl collected $272 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $275 | Rake $3
Board [9c Qs 9d Jd Tc]
Seat 1: iamhammer folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: King Mush folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: GFL605 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: sully7 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: EmmitSmith (big blind) mucked [Qc Ad]
Seat 6: Archangelele mucked [Jh Td]
Seat 7: eating_Y folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: 42DD folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: pokerjl showed [Kh Kd] and won ($272) with a straight, Nine to King

I was pretty damn sure I was ahead the whole way here, but that bet out on the turn confused me. I though the guy had QJ, and I was still winning, but with the other guy calling, the possible st8, and the board paired, I just called. Luckily, I got 2 calls on the river.

PokerStars Game #11130914080: Hold'em Limit ($10/$20) - 2007/07/25 - 16:32:52 (ET)
Table 'Geometria IV' 10-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: iamhammer ($345 in chips)
Seat 2: King Mush ($169 in chips)
Seat 3: GFL605 ($168 in chips)
Seat 5: EmmitSmith ($1245.50 in chips)
Seat 6: Archangelele ($67.50 in chips)
Seat 7: eating_Y ($1222 in chips)
Seat 9: pokerjl ($1283 in chips)
Seat 10: borntowin19 ($2809 in chips)
Yesbo will be allowed to play after the button
pokerjl: posts small blind $5
borntowin19: posts big blind $10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to pokerjl [Ks Kc]
iamhammer: raises $10 to $20
King Mush: calls $20
GFL605: folds
EmmitSmith: folds
Archangelele: folds
eating_Y: folds
pokerjl: raises $10 to $30
borntowin19: folds
iamhammer: calls $10
King Mush: calls $10
*** FLOP *** [5c Ad 2c]
pokerjl: bets $10
sully7 has returned
iamhammer: calls $10
King Mush: folds
*** TURN *** [5c Ad 2c] [4s]
pokerjl: checks
iamhammer: bets $20
pokerjl: calls $20
*** RIVER *** [5c Ad 2c 4s] [4h]
pokerjl: checks
iamhammer: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
pokerjl: shows [Ks Kc] (two pair, Kings and Fours)
iamhammer: shows [Tc Th] (two pair, Tens and Fours)
pokerjl collected $157 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $160 | Rake $3
Board [5c Ad 2c 4s 4h]
Seat 1: iamhammer showed [Tc Th] and lost with two pair, Tens and Fours
Seat 2: King Mush folded on the Flop
Seat 3: GFL605 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: EmmitSmith folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Archangelele folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: eating_Y (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: pokerjl (small blind) showed [Ks Kc] and won ($157) with two pair, Kings and Fours
Seat 10: borntowin19 (big blind) folded before Flop

This was probably the easiest hand, though I thought I was probably losing until he checked the river. We were heads up... I had Kings... that was that.

Anyway. with the run I made at PS, I ended up making about 200 bucks in the session, so that was nice, especially since I was down 700 early. Yay kings!

and we're back...

well, the first day back and playing online poker again, i dropped 1k. It was just ugly. I hit 2 sets on the day, and one of them lost to quads while the other lost to a str8.

I also made no str8s, no flushes... just plain brutal.

Luckily, the past few days i've won that back... the games are still good online and I think I'm a better player than I was before I left for the Vegas trip. I make more and better value bets, I don't make a bet that has a very little chance of having a positive expectation, I call a little more on the flop, etc.

I'm psyched to play a bunchy more.

a bone, thrown.

have been doing actual work lately. interesting to do something where you are certain to get paid instead of what I've been doing over the past five weeks.

all I've had time to do is play some heads up matches over the past few nights on FTP. I'm up about 350 doing that, though they have been relatively low limit matches (20-30 bucks).

i'm thinking tomorrow is when i'm getting back on the poker horse...

Back in Brooklyn

I arrived home yesterday... the day before, I lost a big Pot playing 30-60 at Bellagio when my turned set of nines lost to a rivered set of aces... what sucked about it was not losing the pot, but that the way it came down, it was one of the ways I was likely to lose the most possible money... maybe if I flopped the set. perhaps I would have lost more, but I don't think so, not against that particular player... anyway, it was a 900 pot that went the wrong way, and meant I had a losing session instead of a winning one that night.

The day of my flight, i played at the Rio, and they only had a 4-8 game going, but with a kill. I figured, what the hell, I'm leaving in 40 minutes anyway... I only won three pots, but I won both kill pots (which means we were playing 8-16 instead)... on the first (non-kill) pot I won, I had posted and the under the gun player raised. I called in late position with j2suicted. The bb also called. the flop was J33. i check raised any everybody called. I bet the turn and they both called... The river came an ace... the bb checked, the raiser bet and clearly looked confident... I called anyway, and the bb folded. The utg guy showed 78 of clubs and I won the pot. the BB said he folded pocket kings... I was sort of amazed at how I needed things to go to win that pot... an ace had to come, the original raiser had to bet, and I had to call even though iw as pretty sure I was beat, even with the guy behind me still to act. He said he folded because I called. it's rare to have the worst hand bet, the 2nd best hand call and the best hand fold... but it happened! if he had taken control of the pot pre-flop or even on the flop, he certainly would have won... but we were playing 4-8, so I guess that's not really fair of me to say. i won 155 in about 40 min, and had to jump on my plane.... and now I am back form five weeks fo poker mayhem.


Not sure what's next poker wise... thinking about playing some home games in the city...

last day...

So, I played today, for what was likely my last time in Vegas. yesterday, i was in a great 30-60 game at Bellagio, but was never up or down more than 300 bucks. i had a guy raise me on the turn with a gutshot and get there (when I had QQ). It was a spectacular game, and now i can say, for the first time, i am totally comfortable in a 30-60 game.

Today, I was at the Rio and they had 0 limit games going. i was here to rail Matt and Action bob
(they both busted out)... I actually sat in a 4-8 game for 8 hands (won both hands I played...to the tune of 38 bucks! schweet!)

Then they opened up a 10-20 game and it was a blast. we played 3 handed for a while, and I did well. the guy on my left kept straddling and raising, but i had a good sense of how he was playing, so it didn't bother me... I ended the day up 874, which is pretty good. for the trip, playing limit hold em, I am up about 3k (even after the first day where i was down 1.5 k), but because of nl cash and the sats, i am down a bit for the trip. nothing terrible, i am happy to say.
it makes it even clearer to me I should be playing limit hold em or tournaments with quality structures only. everything else my edge is weaker...

No more NL cash!

Played at the rio last night. I had to wait a LONG time for a table, they were only spreading 2 limit games… eventually, I sat at a NL table to kill time. What I learned is that it’s been a long, long time since I played NL cash games, and that my bet sizing is way off. I was raising too much or not enough, and dropped 1.1k pretty quickly. I also got unlucky when a guy hit his five outer on the river to beat me (we would have chopped otherwise, we were all in on the turn on that one).

I got moved to a 10-20 table, dropped a little more cash there, then to a 20-40 table where everything suddenly started going right:

I flop top pair and an open ender, pick up a flush draws on the turn, get raised on the turn, make the flush on the river.

Three bet on the button a late position (hijack) raiser and caller (cut-off)with kj of diamonds, get four bet by the cut-off (!), and flop a jack. He’s all in on the turn… I hit another J on the river… he turns over 2 queens and curses his luck. I didn’t say anything to him about how if he played it correctly I never would have been in the hand.

Raise with AK, flop an ace, get called all the way and win!

Raise with AQ, flop a gutshot wheel draw, turn and ace, river a Q and get called the whole way.

In about 70 min, I won 900… which made the session, while still a loser, not nearly as bad.

No more NL cash!

well, I ended up getting crushed in online play (three hands in a row where I was way ahead and lost... 600 bucks right there... poof.) but then the girl and I went to bellagio at 3:30 am and played for a few hours, and I got some cards... I left up 760 even though I lost a 750 pot with AA to KK.

Today I played in a main event sat. , but could pick up no real hands... everyone around me seemed to be turning over wired kings, while I had to do my winning with A4 offsuit. Still, about three hours in, i had 3x my starting chips and was an above average stack. Then the blinds got high, everyone kept raising and I never had anything... till I looked down at AJ, moved in and the big blind woke up with AK.

I think I played well... and if anything, i was very aware of how well i played post flop... and think I should be trying to play more tourneys where there is significant post flop play.

So, while tghe trip ins't over yet, i am up in cash games but down about 3k in sats... having lost my last 6 in a row after winning the first one. Boooo. Down for the trip as of now... I still have some time to try to rally.

the 4th of July has passed.

happy 4th and all that.

I'm trying to decide how long to stay in Vegas. I'm not playing the main event this year, and the cash games should be pretty jammed up over the next few days, with the main event beginning.

the last few days have been slow... three days ago i lost about 900 where a guy just had my number. Everytime I folded I had the ebst hand, every time I called he did. It was just bizarre.

Then, the next day, i won a few big pots early, went up 700, and never saw anopther hand a agiain. ended up 60 for the session. I did meet a girl at the table and that's been fun.

Yesterday, the 4th, I didn't play. today, I've been playing online for a bit, am doing well.

I'm trying to figure out how much longer I'm going to stay in vegas... I figure I'm leaving sometime between sunday and thursday... we'll see.

yay.

Another good day today, playing 20-40 at the Rio. I played for less than 4 hours, and left up 1k. I only had three pocket pairs in the entire session (QQ, JJ, and 44) but won with all three of them. i even flopped a set of fours! (first set in at least 3 days.)

Besides that, things just went pretty fine. When the flush card came, and i had a good hand with no flush, and I called the bettor, they didn't have the flush either time. I did make one fold that i regretted, where i flopped a gutshot and called a bet (the pot was big enough), then turned a flush draw, but it paired the board. a woman who had not raised once raised when a guy bet and I was concerned that I was drawing dead. it was clear she thought she was strong, but i wasn't sure if strong to her was trips or a boat. in the end, i folded, thinking the odds were against her only having trips. river did make my flush, and she showed trips with a deuce kicker. I was not happy about it. I gave her too much credit. Lesson learned.

Besides that, things went well. I check raised a pre flop raiser with a gut shot, he 3 bet me and I called. The turn brought my str8, and I check raised him again. Sadly, he folded... but at least I didn't have to show what I was check raising with.

I'm getting closer to getting even than I've been since the 'day of blood', when i dropped 3 k on sats. The last four days have been great, with me up almost 2.8k. Limit hold em! yay...

Today I run goot.

I guess it had to happen eventually. I ran good today. by this, I mean, i actually got there on some of my draws (2 open ended straight draws turned into straights! awesome!). after yesterday, where literally, the best hand i made was flopping trips one time (and not getting any money out of them), no sets, no str8s, no flushes, no nothing... today i flopped trip 8s and got paid off, flopped a flush and got paid off (even made a str8 flush by the river), and got there on two open enders. awesome. no sets, but I'm not complaining.

I think my big pairs held up alright today too... though not usually for big pots... still, in about 5 hours I was up 550, and that's pretty good for 15-30.

we just need more days like this, and less days like yesterday is all.

I even won both times with AA, though both were tiny pots (one time the blinds, the other the guy called my pre flop raise and folded on the flop)... i am not complaining. i'm just happy to have it hold up.

the play was pretty dreadful again, with people cold calling a raise with a suited Q6, limping with k7 offsuit, etc. i love playing with people like that. It reminds me of the old days online.