Saturday, August 27, 2005
I wanna post this... for 2 reasons. 1 is my Ali like return to the world of online poker. 2 is for my fallen commrade Tronner... who suffered a horrific beat and I hope this shows that the best hand does win sometimes.
Hand #7898017-3684 at Atherton (No Limit Hold'em)
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Started at 27/Aug/05 16:28:37
Loded is at seat 0 with $7.40.
dark poet is at seat 1 with $10.10.
XXXXXXXX is at seat 2 with $17.62.
PAAAAT is at seat 3 with $2.25.
krebsd37 is at seat 4 with $3.80.
DAVE MATTHEWS is at seat 6 with $2.90.
FINN2WIN is at seat 7 with $15.05.
Jawful is at seat 8 with $23.84.
WhoIsPhaedrus is at seat 9 with $19.33.
The button is at seat 9.
Loded posts the small blind of $.05.
dark poet posts the big blind of $.10.
Loded: -- --
dark poet: -- --
XXXXXXXX A
A
PAAAAT: -- --
krebsd37: -- --
DAVE MATTHEWS: -- --
FINN2WIN: -- --
Jawful: -- --
WhoIsPhaedrus: -- --
Pre-flop:
XXXXXXXX raises to $.40. PAAAAT folds. krebsd37
folds. DAVE MATTHEWS folds. FINN2WIN folds.
Jawful folds. WhoIsPhaedrus folds. Loded calls.
dark poet calls.
(Well with aces... I raised only 4x as the last hand everyone folded to the blinds... but the 2 looser players called in the blinds.)
Flop (board: 6 9 5):
**(For the analysis... dark poet shows J K)
Loded checks. dark poet checks. XXXXXXXX bets
$1.25. Loded folds. dark poet raises to $4.95.
XXXXXXXX re-raises to $16.05. dark poet goes all-in
for $9.70. XXXXXXXX is returned $6.35 (uncalled).
(This is the thing about knowing what your opponent has and how to play against them. At the start there is $1.20 in the pot. I bet the pot as it is standard to win the pot right there and to not give drawing hands any odds to call against me. The best case scenario is someone playing a9 or k9 and hitting top pair. The re-raise didn't really surprize me because this particular player had done this in the past and he could only have 3 possible hands. Most likely hand is the a9 or k9 I was talking about and put that about 45%. The 2nd most likely hand was a 67 suited or even a kx suited for diamonds. Also put this about 45%. Last hand was a small pair with trips or a 68 in that range. Even if he hit 2 pair, I could still outdraw him but this I only put about 20%. For sake of time I will look at the 2nd case.
Assuming I was best I pushed all my chips in... and that put the pot at 22.20 and he had to call off his last 10$ to match. He was getting his 2:1 odds to call but if we look at the poker odds, I was exactly a 2:1 favorite at this point. Even though the odds just gave him enough to call correctly, he still had to call 10$ on nothing more then a draw with only 5$ invested in the pot. I guess I can't fault him for his call, but I never like putting money in the pot with just a draw. There is no way he coulda thought a king or jack would have made him best.)
Turn (board: 6 9 5 7
):
(no action in this round)
River (board: 6 9 5 7 J):
(no action in this round)
Showdown:
XXXXXXXX shows A A
XXXXXXXX has Ad Ah 9d 7c Jh: a pair of aces.
dark poet shows J K.
dark poet has Jd Kd 9d 7c Jh: a pair of jacks.
Hand #7898017-3684 Summary:
$1 is raked from a pot of $20.60.
XXXXXXXX wins $19.60 with a pair of aces.
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The moral of the story is you may of barely gotten the right odds to call, but you still lose all your money 67% of the time.
Hand #7898017-3684 at Atherton (No Limit Hold'em)
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Started at 27/Aug/05 16:28:37
Loded is at seat 0 with $7.40.
dark poet is at seat 1 with $10.10.
XXXXXXXX is at seat 2 with $17.62.
PAAAAT is at seat 3 with $2.25.
krebsd37 is at seat 4 with $3.80.
DAVE MATTHEWS is at seat 6 with $2.90.
FINN2WIN is at seat 7 with $15.05.
Jawful is at seat 8 with $23.84.
WhoIsPhaedrus is at seat 9 with $19.33.
The button is at seat 9.
Loded posts the small blind of $.05.
dark poet posts the big blind of $.10.
Loded: -- --
dark poet: -- --
XXXXXXXX A
APAAAAT: -- --
krebsd37: -- --
DAVE MATTHEWS: -- --
FINN2WIN: -- --
Jawful: -- --
WhoIsPhaedrus: -- --
Pre-flop:
XXXXXXXX raises to $.40. PAAAAT folds. krebsd37
folds. DAVE MATTHEWS folds. FINN2WIN folds.
Jawful folds. WhoIsPhaedrus folds. Loded calls.
dark poet calls.
(Well with aces... I raised only 4x as the last hand everyone folded to the blinds... but the 2 looser players called in the blinds.)
Flop (board: 6
9 5):**(For the analysis... dark poet shows J
K)Loded checks. dark poet checks. XXXXXXXX bets
$1.25. Loded folds. dark poet raises to $4.95.
XXXXXXXX re-raises to $16.05. dark poet goes all-in
for $9.70. XXXXXXXX is returned $6.35 (uncalled).
(This is the thing about knowing what your opponent has and how to play against them. At the start there is $1.20 in the pot. I bet the pot as it is standard to win the pot right there and to not give drawing hands any odds to call against me. The best case scenario is someone playing a9 or k9 and hitting top pair. The re-raise didn't really surprize me because this particular player had done this in the past and he could only have 3 possible hands. Most likely hand is the a9 or k9 I was talking about and put that about 45%. The 2nd most likely hand was a 67 suited or even a kx suited for diamonds. Also put this about 45%. Last hand was a small pair with trips or a 68 in that range. Even if he hit 2 pair, I could still outdraw him but this I only put about 20%. For sake of time I will look at the 2nd case.
Assuming I was best I pushed all my chips in... and that put the pot at 22.20 and he had to call off his last 10$ to match. He was getting his 2:1 odds to call but if we look at the poker odds, I was exactly a 2:1 favorite at this point. Even though the odds just gave him enough to call correctly, he still had to call 10$ on nothing more then a draw with only 5$ invested in the pot. I guess I can't fault him for his call, but I never like putting money in the pot with just a draw. There is no way he coulda thought a king or jack would have made him best.)
Turn (board: 6
9 5 7):(no action in this round)
River (board: 6
9 5 7 J):(no action in this round)
Showdown:
XXXXXXXX shows A
AXXXXXXXX has Ad Ah 9d 7c Jh: a pair of aces.
dark poet shows J
K.dark poet has Jd Kd 9d 7c Jh: a pair of jacks.
Hand #7898017-3684 Summary:
$1 is raked from a pot of $20.60.
XXXXXXXX wins $19.60 with a pair of aces.
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The moral of the story is you may of barely gotten the right odds to call, but you still lose all your money 67% of the time.
We're Baaaackkkkkkkk
Sunday, December 19, 2004
Well I lied about the last post coming soon but I do have a bunch of material I want to cover. School is done and I now have time to play some poker I just really haven't had the right mindset to play. I will make this post brief and elaborate in a future post.
Party Poker continues to offer huge sums of free money to play and this is gonna be round #3 with party poker. I hope I am wiser and I will do whatever it takes to make sure I add to the profit that I have already accumulated there. Tonight though was about tournaments. Many people have never placed high in the money and almost everyone I know has not made it to the final table in 2-3 different types of poker. Tonight I managed to do both.
This is me on my Ubuddy
The 3:30 is the NLH freeroll with just under 2100 people being entered. I manged to finish 7th which is a personal best for that many people. I have won quite a few freerolls but never with over 1000 people.
The 5:00 was the $1 limit O8b. I got horrifically rivered when it was down to 3 and fought my way back from 3000 chips when the blinds were 1/2000 just to get rivered again to finish 3rd. It is a great result for limit poker which I dislike but I am still disapointed because with one break my way I coulda easily won it.
I have now won/monied in the following disciplines of poker in money tournaments:
NLH holdem (Won)
Limit Holdem (Placed)
Pot Limit Holdem(Won)
Pot Limit O8b (Won)
Limit O8b (Placed several times)
7stud (Placed)
Not a bad result for a nights work and with party poker, I have to play an assload of raked hands this week so that is what I will be doing. Somehow I doubt there is any readers left but ya never know :). Till next time.
Party Poker continues to offer huge sums of free money to play and this is gonna be round #3 with party poker. I hope I am wiser and I will do whatever it takes to make sure I add to the profit that I have already accumulated there. Tonight though was about tournaments. Many people have never placed high in the money and almost everyone I know has not made it to the final table in 2-3 different types of poker. Tonight I managed to do both.
This is me on my Ubuddy
The 3:30 is the NLH freeroll with just under 2100 people being entered. I manged to finish 7th which is a personal best for that many people. I have won quite a few freerolls but never with over 1000 people.
The 5:00 was the $1 limit O8b. I got horrifically rivered when it was down to 3 and fought my way back from 3000 chips when the blinds were 1/2000 just to get rivered again to finish 3rd. It is a great result for limit poker which I dislike but I am still disapointed because with one break my way I coulda easily won it.
I have now won/monied in the following disciplines of poker in money tournaments:
NLH holdem (Won)
Limit Holdem (Placed)
Pot Limit Holdem(Won)
Pot Limit O8b (Won)
Limit O8b (Placed several times)
7stud (Placed)
Not a bad result for a nights work and with party poker, I have to play an assload of raked hands this week so that is what I will be doing. Somehow I doubt there is any readers left but ya never know :). Till next time.
Monday, December 06, 2004
Well hasn't it been a long time. No this blog isn't dead and yes in the next few days I will have 1000 words+ of a post to submit. For the 3 readers that I hope stuck around I have a good post coming up so stay tuned ...
Friday, November 12, 2004
It's amazing what a little focus and skill can do in the freeroll world that is online poker. To make it past the first hour it takes a lot of patience and some luck. Once you hit a certain point than your skill has to drive you the rest of the way. Tonight I played 3 freerolls on 3 seperate clients and I placed in the top 10% in each one. One of my freerolls I really couldn't do much and starved to death but I had played well. The other 2 freerolls are a different matter. In any tournament you can pick out 1 or 2 key hands that make or break you in a tournament. The frustrating part is that in both the other freerolls I was 3-handed and by far the best only to come up broke busted and disgusted. In stars my set of 4's lost to a river straight to not just 1 but two people. I never had the cards or chips to really make a dent after that. The hand that knocked me out was my KK vs QQ vs AJ and the river brought a queen. Very frustrating because I again had the best hand by a mile. The most frustrating result was on UB.
I had about 11k in chips and was in the big blind. The chip average at the time was just over 20k and I sat just below the middle of the pack. I pick up QQ and I am ready to rumble. Four limpers attempt to get into the pot and I quickly put my chips in. Many people question this move but when your late in a tournament you have 2 moves .. raise or fold. To my delight or so I thought I got 2 callers. Flop comes 842 and the first caller quickly goes all in. I know right then I just got brutally outdrawn and I know the guy called most of his chips with 88 and I am all but gone. Sure enough the cards flip over and he shows his 88. I am not mad in how I played this hand because more often than not I will come out a head making this play. The frustrating thing is that the pot would have put me in the top 15 in chips and make me a serious contender for the top prize. I said it before and I will say it again all you can do is put your money in when your best. The bad beats late in tournaments always hurt the most and it is a small consilation prize that I played the hands well and trapped my opponents correctly and made the +EV play. Just once I tonight I would have loved to see the best hand win. Ah well still a good night overall but I just can't stop thinking how much better it would have been if luck were on my side.
I had about 11k in chips and was in the big blind. The chip average at the time was just over 20k and I sat just below the middle of the pack. I pick up QQ and I am ready to rumble. Four limpers attempt to get into the pot and I quickly put my chips in. Many people question this move but when your late in a tournament you have 2 moves .. raise or fold. To my delight or so I thought I got 2 callers. Flop comes 842 and the first caller quickly goes all in. I know right then I just got brutally outdrawn and I know the guy called most of his chips with 88 and I am all but gone. Sure enough the cards flip over and he shows his 88. I am not mad in how I played this hand because more often than not I will come out a head making this play. The frustrating thing is that the pot would have put me in the top 15 in chips and make me a serious contender for the top prize. I said it before and I will say it again all you can do is put your money in when your best. The bad beats late in tournaments always hurt the most and it is a small consilation prize that I played the hands well and trapped my opponents correctly and made the +EV play. Just once I tonight I would have loved to see the best hand win. Ah well still a good night overall but I just can't stop thinking how much better it would have been if luck were on my side.
Saturday, November 06, 2004
Just when I thought the rebellion had hope. It finally happened to me today ... I lost to a 1080:1 longshot (this is the worst bad beat in poker). I had 101078 with a flop of 1074. Runner runner 4's and I was broke, busted and disgusted. What can ya do.
Tuesday, November 02, 2004
These were dark days for the rebellion. Pin skywalker (yes I get to be luke cause its my fucking story) over the past few weeks has been having trouble earning and placing well in tournaments. Shane kanobi threw his mouse in disgust after losing to guys who couldn't stop calling in 7stud8b. Don Calrissian is ready to throw his cards away for good after the last home game and Rich2D2 was hating o8b because it has screwed him over for the last time. Jaybacca had all but given up hope with poker after trips on the flop lost to a runner runner full house and general Troy Solo has all but accepted poker as a luck game and has plans to leave the rebellion. To top things off the Evil Chris Vader won $10 pots at the home game with 83 and 710. The rebellion was in bad shape.
Pin skywalker had a tough delemma on his hands. He was asked again and again to try to explain his jedi training because faith in the force has been lost. Skywalker and Solo sat down to again discuss this issue. Solo consistantly gets fucked in the ass by the cards but continues to play despite thinking that he has no chance to win. In classic jedi fashion Skywalker replied "search your feeling for your know poker is a skill game, you will know this is true. This is why you still play".
With a glimpse of hope left, the rebellion slowly started to fight back against Darth Chris and the goon empire (All in good fun Chris :). For the first time in months Troy Solo had come ahead money at the poker tables and Rich2D2 had placed top 10 in a very tough tournament. The rebellion is finally gaining some confidence which is like obtaining plans to destroy the death star. Our rebellion will never fully topple the evil empire because there are as many goons as storm troopers who still believe that suited cards are worth a raise because "hey the cards were suited".
What the rebellion can do is plan for the future and create methods for standing up to and cracking the empire respectively. We now have methods to track tournaments on a point system which I would advise all of you to sign up for to make yourself better players based on studying histories and posting public results to create positive reinforcers. The most important part is to keep the faith long term. It is so easy to focus on short term results in thinking that a losing month is the end of the world and you doubt your poker skills. Long term gains are what counts and even when playing each hand you are even. You are not up or down because it has no effect on how you should play this hand. In closing I call on the rebellion to stand up and fight and enjoy it ... and may the force(luck?) be with you.
Pin skywalker had a tough delemma on his hands. He was asked again and again to try to explain his jedi training because faith in the force has been lost. Skywalker and Solo sat down to again discuss this issue. Solo consistantly gets fucked in the ass by the cards but continues to play despite thinking that he has no chance to win. In classic jedi fashion Skywalker replied "search your feeling for your know poker is a skill game, you will know this is true. This is why you still play".
With a glimpse of hope left, the rebellion slowly started to fight back against Darth Chris and the goon empire (All in good fun Chris :). For the first time in months Troy Solo had come ahead money at the poker tables and Rich2D2 had placed top 10 in a very tough tournament. The rebellion is finally gaining some confidence which is like obtaining plans to destroy the death star. Our rebellion will never fully topple the evil empire because there are as many goons as storm troopers who still believe that suited cards are worth a raise because "hey the cards were suited".
What the rebellion can do is plan for the future and create methods for standing up to and cracking the empire respectively. We now have methods to track tournaments on a point system which I would advise all of you to sign up for to make yourself better players based on studying histories and posting public results to create positive reinforcers. The most important part is to keep the faith long term. It is so easy to focus on short term results in thinking that a losing month is the end of the world and you doubt your poker skills. Long term gains are what counts and even when playing each hand you are even. You are not up or down because it has no effect on how you should play this hand. In closing I call on the rebellion to stand up and fight and enjoy it ... and may the force(luck?) be with you.
Sunday, October 31, 2004
AH, for some sun in your eyes...
What a pain in the ass poker is. Its nice to lose when your best and lose when your worst. Wheres the fun?
THREE_Js is at seat 0 with 895.
Yakko is at seat 1 with 2200.
cudaracer1974 is at seat 3 with 1515.
bearslady is at seat 4 with 410.
papag is at seat 7 with 1990.
Ramsis is at seat 8 with 120.
teeler is at seat 9 with 2870.
The button is at seat 0.
Yakko posts the small blind of 20.
cudaracer1974 posts the big blind of 40.
THREE_Js: -- --
Yakko: Ac Kc
cudaracer1974: -- --
bearslady: -- --
papag: -- --
Ramsis: -- --
teeler: -- --
Pre-flop:
bearslady folds. papag calls. Ramsis calls.
teeler folds. THREE_Js calls. Yakko raises to 520.
cudaracer1974 folds. papag folds. Ramsis goes
all-in for 120. THREE_Js folds. Yakko is returned
400 (uncalled).
Tournament all-in showdown -- players show:
Yakko shows Ac Kc.
Ramsis shows Ah 9d.
Flop (board: 4d 8d 3d):
(no action in this round)
Turn (board: 4d 8d 3d 2d):
(no action in this round)
River (board: 4d 8d 3d 2d 4c):
(no action in this round)
Showdown:
Yakko has Ac Kc 4d 8d 4c: a pair of fours.
Ramsis has 9d 4d 8d 3d 2d: flush, nine high.
Hand #3122517-34 Summary:
No rake is taken for this hand.
Ramsis wins 360 with flush, nine high.
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AND AND AND AND AND AND AND AND
THE VERY NEXT HAND!!!
Hand #3122517-35 at Sherborn (No Limit Hold'em Sit and Go)
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Started at 31/Oct/04 07:24:04
THREE_Js is at seat 0 with 855.
Yakko is at seat 1 with 2080.
cudaracer1974 is at seat 3 with 1475.
bearslady is at seat 4 with 410.
papag is at seat 7 with 1950.
Ramsis is at seat 8 with 360.
teeler is at seat 9 with 2870.
The button is at seat 1.
cudaracer1974 posts the small blind of 20.
bearslady posts the big blind of 40.
THREE_Js: -- --
Yakko: Kc Kd
cudaracer1974: -- --
bearslady: -- --
papag: -- --
Ramsis: -- --
teeler: -- --
Pre-flop:
papag calls. Ramsis folds. teeler calls. THREE_Js
folds. Yakko raises to 1900. cudaracer1974 goes
all-in for 1475. bearslady folds. papag folds.
teeler folds. Yakko is returned 425 (uncalled).
Tournament all-in showdown -- players show:
Yakko shows Kc Kd.
cudaracer1974 shows Ad Ah.
Flop (board: 6h Qd 4c):
(no action in this round)
Turn (board: 6h Qd 4c Th):
(no action in this round)
River (board: 6h Qd 4c Th 3d):
(no action in this round)
Showdown:
Yakko has Kc Kd 6h Qd Th: a pair of kings.
cudaracer1974 has Ad Ah 6h Qd Th: a pair of aces.
Hand #3122517-35 Summary:
No rake is taken for this hand.
cudaracer1974 wins 3070 with a pair of aces.
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That was the second time in 2 hours that I had KK and ended up against AA
What a pain in the ass poker is. Its nice to lose when your best and lose when your worst. Wheres the fun?
THREE_Js is at seat 0 with 895.
Yakko is at seat 1 with 2200.
cudaracer1974 is at seat 3 with 1515.
bearslady is at seat 4 with 410.
papag is at seat 7 with 1990.
Ramsis is at seat 8 with 120.
teeler is at seat 9 with 2870.
The button is at seat 0.
Yakko posts the small blind of 20.
cudaracer1974 posts the big blind of 40.
THREE_Js: -- --
Yakko: Ac Kc
cudaracer1974: -- --
bearslady: -- --
papag: -- --
Ramsis: -- --
teeler: -- --
Pre-flop:
bearslady folds. papag calls. Ramsis calls.
teeler folds. THREE_Js calls. Yakko raises to 520.
cudaracer1974 folds. papag folds. Ramsis goes
all-in for 120. THREE_Js folds. Yakko is returned
400 (uncalled).
Tournament all-in showdown -- players show:
Yakko shows Ac Kc.
Ramsis shows Ah 9d.
Flop (board: 4d 8d 3d):
(no action in this round)
Turn (board: 4d 8d 3d 2d):
(no action in this round)
River (board: 4d 8d 3d 2d 4c):
(no action in this round)
Showdown:
Yakko has Ac Kc 4d 8d 4c: a pair of fours.
Ramsis has 9d 4d 8d 3d 2d: flush, nine high.
Hand #3122517-34 Summary:
No rake is taken for this hand.
Ramsis wins 360 with flush, nine high.
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AND AND AND AND AND AND AND AND
THE VERY NEXT HAND!!!
Hand #3122517-35 at Sherborn (No Limit Hold'em Sit and Go)
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Started at 31/Oct/04 07:24:04
THREE_Js is at seat 0 with 855.
Yakko is at seat 1 with 2080.
cudaracer1974 is at seat 3 with 1475.
bearslady is at seat 4 with 410.
papag is at seat 7 with 1950.
Ramsis is at seat 8 with 360.
teeler is at seat 9 with 2870.
The button is at seat 1.
cudaracer1974 posts the small blind of 20.
bearslady posts the big blind of 40.
THREE_Js: -- --
Yakko: Kc Kd
cudaracer1974: -- --
bearslady: -- --
papag: -- --
Ramsis: -- --
teeler: -- --
Pre-flop:
papag calls. Ramsis folds. teeler calls. THREE_Js
folds. Yakko raises to 1900. cudaracer1974 goes
all-in for 1475. bearslady folds. papag folds.
teeler folds. Yakko is returned 425 (uncalled).
Tournament all-in showdown -- players show:
Yakko shows Kc Kd.
cudaracer1974 shows Ad Ah.
Flop (board: 6h Qd 4c):
(no action in this round)
Turn (board: 6h Qd 4c Th):
(no action in this round)
River (board: 6h Qd 4c Th 3d):
(no action in this round)
Showdown:
Yakko has Kc Kd 6h Qd Th: a pair of kings.
cudaracer1974 has Ad Ah 6h Qd Th: a pair of aces.
Hand #3122517-35 Summary:
No rake is taken for this hand.
cudaracer1974 wins 3070 with a pair of aces.
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That was the second time in 2 hours that I had KK and ended up against AA
