Pretty sure MGM, Bellagio, and Mandalay Bay all had minimums. Both my home games do. It's usually $60 for 1-2 nl.

9/13/2010 8:34:09 AM

You are referring to minimum buy-in limits not minimum stack sizes

9/13/2010 7:54:58 PM

Yeh here in AC it's either 60 or 40 minimum for 1/2. I really wish they'd make the min like at least 50bb. It's annoying having to deal w/ the short stacks.

9/13/2010 9:57:35 PM

Ooooooooooooooh. My b. Yeah, never played in a game with minimum stack size. Very annoying if you are waiting for a seat in home game.

9/14/2010 11:15:45 AM

It just really distorts the game when you have tiny stacks at the table.

You get in a lot of situations where say a bad player that has $300 in chips raises to $10 preflop and you call with a marginal starting hand like ~10-8 suited and then before you can even see a flop you have to dodge 2-3 short stacks behind you who are looking to push with 9-9 or better

Obviously their strategy might not be optimal once they get below a certain size stack but it really distorts the game particularly when half the table plays like this these days.

Don't get me wrong, I love buying in the minimum in laggy 2-5 and 5-10 games and pushing my hands but I admit that its gay and my real complaint is once they are significantly below the min buy-in they just sit there and tie up the game until they bust or double

9/14/2010 3:14:39 PM

Killing time til my ring games starts...

PokerStars Game #50503134487: Tournament #333010496, $10+$1 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level III (20/40) - 2010/10/02 14:29:30 ET
Table '333010496 194' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: Dre 91 (3375 in chips)
Seat 2: Birmnghammer (3380 in chips)
Seat 3: Amelinrap (2880 in chips)
Seat 4: milesC80 (4110 in chips)
Seat 5: jiib77 (7510 in chips)
Seat 6: Flanders.zH (8140 in chips)
Seat 7: GoldenOne306 (2780 in chips)
Seat 8: map0038 (3020 in chips)
Seat 9: david0603 (2805 in chips)
map0038: posts small blind 20
david0603: posts big blind 40
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to david0603 [Qd 4s]
Dre 91: folds
Birmnghammer: folds
Amelinrap: folds
milesC80: calls 40
jiib77: folds
Flanders.zH: folds
GoldenOne306: folds
map0038: calls 20
david0603: checks
*** FLOP *** [Jd Qh 8h]
map0038: checks
david0603: bets 80
milesC80: calls 80
map0038: folds
*** TURN *** [Jd Qh 8h] [Qc]
david0603: bets 180
milesC80: calls 180
*** RIVER *** [Jd Qh 8h Qc] [Qs]
david0603: bets 380
milesC80: raises 380 to 760
david0603: raises 1745 to 2505 and is all-in
milesC80: calls 1745
*** SHOW DOWN ***
david0603: shows [Qd 4s] (four of a kind, Queens)
milesC80: shows [Ad Jh] (a full house, Queens full of Jacks)
david0603 collected 5650 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5650 | Rake 0
Board [Jd Qh 8h Qc Qs]
Seat 1: Dre 91 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Birmnghammer folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Amelinrap folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: milesC80 showed [Ad Jh] and lost with a full house, Queens full of Jacks
Seat 5: jiib77 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Flanders.zH folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: GoldenOne306 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: map0038 (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 9: david0603 (big blind) showed [Qd 4s] and won (5650) with four of a kind, Queens

PokerStars Game #50504288154: Tournament #333010496, $10+$1 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (40/80) - 2010/10/02 14:53:06 ET
Table '333010496 194' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Dre 91 (2851 in chips)
Seat 2: KMC2262 (4594 in chips)
Seat 3: sobranie1981 (2850 in chips)
Seat 4: Ordaemig (2910 in chips)
Seat 5: jiib77 (7265 in chips)
Seat 6: Flanders.zH (11875 in chips)
Seat 7: GoldenOne306 (2585 in chips)
Seat 8: map0038 (2590 in chips)
Seat 9: david0603 (5405 in chips)
KMC2262: posts small blind 40
sobranie1981: posts big blind 80
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to david0603 [Qc Qs]
Ordaemig: folds
jiib77: folds
Flanders.zH: folds
GoldenOne306 has timed out
GoldenOne306: folds
GoldenOne306 is sitting out
map0038: folds
david0603: raises 120 to 200
Dre 91: folds
KMC2262: raises 280 to 480
sobranie1981: folds
david0603: calls 280
*** FLOP *** [Jc 2s Qd]
KMC2262: bets 800
david0603: calls 800
*** TURN *** [Jc 2s Qd] [5c]
KMC2262: bets 3314 and is all-in
david0603: calls 3314
*** RIVER *** [Jc 2s Qd 5c] [Ts]
GoldenOne306 has returned
*** SHOW DOWN ***
KMC2262: shows [Kc Kd] (a pair of Kings)
david0603: shows [Qc Qs] (three of a kind, Queens)
david0603 collected 9268 from pot
KMC2262 finished the tournament in 4830th place
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 9268 | Rake 0
Board [Jc 2s Qd 5c Ts]
Seat 1: Dre 91 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: KMC2262 (small blind) showed [Kc Kd] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 3: sobranie1981 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: Ordaemig folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: jiib77 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Flanders.zH folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: GoldenOne306 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: map0038 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: david0603 showed [Qc Qs] and won (9268) with three of a kind, Queens

</standard>

10/2/2010 2:57:32 PM

Never fails

PokerStars Game #50508359674: Tournament #333010536, $20+$2 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (125/250) - 2010/10/02 16:18:36 ET
Table '333010536 91' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: voodoocook (10425 in chips)
Seat 2: SPEKTAH (12102 in chips)
Seat 3: Grinderman10 (15400 in chips)
Seat 4: CarJamPark (10211 in chips)
Seat 5: A.J. Lever (16053 in chips)
Seat 6: robm3ister (6305 in chips)
Seat 7: Hunk86 (2625 in chips)
Seat 8: PDmitriP (14880 in chips)
Seat 9: david0603 (12316 in chips)
voodoocook: posts the ante 25
SPEKTAH: posts the ante 25
Grinderman10: posts the ante 25
CarJamPark: posts the ante 25
A.J. Lever: posts the ante 25
robm3ister: posts the ante 25
Hunk86: posts the ante 25
PDmitriP: posts the ante 25
david0603: posts the ante 25
Hunk86: posts small blind 125
PDmitriP: posts big blind 250
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to david0603 [Kd Ks]
david0603: calls 250
voodoocook: folds
SPEKTAH: folds
Grinderman10: folds
CarJamPark: folds
A.J. Lever: folds
robm3ister: folds
Hunk86: raises 2350 to 2600 and is all-in
PDmitriP: raises 12255 to 14855 and is all-in
david0603: calls 12041 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (2564) returned to PDmitriP
*** FLOP *** [4d Qh 8d]
*** TURN *** [4d Qh 8d] [5d]
*** RIVER *** [4d Qh 8d 5d] [6d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
PDmitriP: shows [Qc Ac] (a pair of Queens)
david0603: shows [Kd Ks] (a flush, King high)
david0603 collected 19382 from side pot
Hunk86: shows [3h Kh] (high card King)
david0603 collected 8025 from main pot
Hunk86 finished the tournament in 600th place
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 27407 Main pot 8025. Side pot 19382. | Rake 0
Board [4d Qh 8d 5d 6d]
Seat 1: voodoocook folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: SPEKTAH folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Grinderman10 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: CarJamPark folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: A.J. Lever folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: robm3ister (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Hunk86 (small blind) showed [3h Kh] and lost with high card King
Seat 8: PDmitriP (big blind) showed [Qc Ac] and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 9: david0603 showed [Kd Ks] and won (27407) with a flush, King high

10/2/2010 4:20:15 PM

Twas an interesting revolution

PokerStars Game #50515018425: Tournament #333010536, $20+$2 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XVI (1250/2500) - 2010/10/02 18:46:31 ET
Table '333010536 51' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: ostereo (207277 in chips)
Seat 2: david0603 (43928 in chips)
Seat 3: EL TORERO888 (40210 in chips)
Seat 4: PETE379777 (81003 in chips)
Seat 5: pliiiss (49981 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 6: Totha4 (54557 in chips)
Seat 7: oniart (191064 in chips)
Seat 8: brettsky678 (34156 in chips)
Seat 9: varilaci (113580 in chips)
ostereo: posts the ante 250
david0603: posts the ante 250
EL TORERO888: posts the ante 250
PETE379777: posts the ante 250
pliiiss: posts the ante 250
Totha4: posts the ante 250
oniart: posts the ante 250
brettsky678: posts the ante 250
varilaci: posts the ante 250
Totha4: posts small blind 1250
oniart: posts big blind 2500
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to david0603 [Ah Qh]
brettsky678: raises 31406 to 33906 and is all-in
varilaci: folds
pliiiss has returned
ostereo: folds
david0603: raises 9772 to 43678 and is all-in
EL TORERO888: folds
PETE379777: folds
pliiiss: folds
Totha4: folds
oniart: folds
Uncalled bet (9772) returned to david0603
*** FLOP *** [6h 2d 2h]
*** TURN *** [6h 2d 2h] [3c]
*** RIVER *** [6h 2d 2h 3c] [Kc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
brettsky678: shows [Ks Jc] (two pair, Kings and Deuces)
david0603: shows [Ah Qh] (a pair of Deuces)
brettsky678 collected 73812 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 73812 | Rake 0
Board [6h 2d 2h 3c Kc]
Seat 1: ostereo folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: david0603 showed [Ah Qh] and lost with a pair of Deuces
Seat 3: EL TORERO888 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: PETE379777 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: pliiiss (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Totha4 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: oniart (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: brettsky678 showed [Ks Jc] and won (73812) with two pair, Kings and Deuces
Seat 9: varilaci folded before Flop (didn't bet)

PokerStars Game #50515060616: Tournament #333010536, $20+$2 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XVII (1500/3000) - 2010/10/02 18:47:31 ET
Table '333010536 51' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: ostereo (207027 in chips)
Seat 2: david0603 (9772 in chips)
Seat 3: EL TORERO888 (39960 in chips)
Seat 4: PETE379777 (80753 in chips)
Seat 5: pliiiss (49731 in chips)
Seat 6: Totha4 (53057 in chips)
Seat 7: oniart (188314 in chips)
Seat 8: brettsky678 (73812 in chips)
Seat 9: varilaci (113330 in chips)
ostereo: posts the ante 300
david0603: posts the ante 300
EL TORERO888: posts the ante 300
PETE379777: posts the ante 300
pliiiss: posts the ante 300
Totha4: posts the ante 300
oniart: posts the ante 300
brettsky678: posts the ante 300
varilaci: posts the ante 300
oniart: posts small blind 1500
brettsky678: posts big blind 3000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to david0603 [Ac As]
varilaci: folds
ostereo: raises 3000 to 6000
david0603: raises 3472 to 9472 and is all-in
EL TORERO888: folds
PETE379777: folds
pliiiss: folds
Totha4: folds
oniart: folds
brettsky678: folds
ostereo: calls 3472
*** FLOP *** [Kd Kh Qh]
*** TURN *** [Kd Kh Qh] [4c]
*** RIVER *** [Kd Kh Qh 4c] [Kc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ostereo: shows [Js Ad] (three of a kind, Kings)
david0603: shows [Ac As] (a full house, Kings full of Aces)
david0603 collected 26144 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 26144 | Rake 0
Board [Kd Kh Qh 4c Kc]
Seat 1: ostereo showed [Js Ad] and lost with three of a kind, Kings
Seat 2: david0603 showed [Ac As] and won (26144) with a full house, Kings full of Aces
Seat 3: EL TORERO888 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: PETE379777 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: pliiiss folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Totha4 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: oniart (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: brettsky678 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: varilaci folded before Flop (didn't bet)

PokerStars Game #50515088331: Tournament #333010536, $20+$2 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XVII (1500/3000) - 2010/10/02 18:48:11 ET
Table '333010536 51' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 2: david0603 (26144 in chips)
Seat 3: EL TORERO888 (39660 in chips)
Seat 4: PETE379777 (80453 in chips)
Seat 5: pliiiss (49431 in chips)
Seat 6: Totha4 (52757 in chips)
Seat 7: oniart (186514 in chips)
Seat 8: brettsky678 (70512 in chips)
Seat 9: varilaci (113030 in chips)
david0603: posts the ante 300
EL TORERO888: posts the ante 300
PETE379777: posts the ante 300
pliiiss: posts the ante 300
Totha4: posts the ante 300
oniart: posts the ante 300
brettsky678: posts the ante 300
varilaci: posts the ante 300
brettsky678: posts small blind 1500
varilaci: posts big blind 3000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to david0603 [Qd Ah]
david0603: raises 22844 to 25844 and is all-in
EL TORERO888: folds
PETE379777: folds
pliiiss: folds
Totha4: folds
oniart: folds
brettsky678: folds
varilaci: calls 22844
*** FLOP *** [8d 4c As]
*** TURN *** [8d 4c As] [8h]
*** RIVER *** [8d 4c As 8h] [Qs]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
varilaci: shows [Td Kd] (a pair of Eights)
david0603: shows [Qd Ah] (two pair, Aces and Queens)
david0603 collected 55588 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 55588 | Rake 0
Board [8d 4c As 8h Qs]
Seat 2: david0603 showed [Qd Ah] and won (55588) with two pair, Aces and Queens
Seat 3: EL TORERO888 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: PETE379777 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: pliiiss folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Totha4 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: oniart (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: brettsky678 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: varilaci (big blind) showed [Td Kd] and lost with a pair of Eights

PokerStars Game #50515134755: Tournament #333010536, $20+$2 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XVII (1500/3000) - 2010/10/02 18:49:17 ET
Table '333010536 51' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 2: david0603 (52288 in chips)
Seat 3: EL TORERO888 (39060 in chips)
Seat 4: PETE379777 (79853 in chips)
Seat 5: pliiiss (48831 in chips)
Seat 6: Totha4 (52157 in chips)
Seat 7: oniart (185914 in chips)
Seat 8: brettsky678 (68412 in chips)
Seat 9: varilaci (91986 in chips)
david0603: posts the ante 300
EL TORERO888: posts the ante 300
PETE379777: posts the ante 300
pliiiss: posts the ante 300
Totha4: posts the ante 300
oniart: posts the ante 300
brettsky678: posts the ante 300
varilaci: posts the ante 300
david0603: posts small blind 1500
EL TORERO888: posts big blind 3000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to david0603 [Kc As]
PETE379777: folds
pliiiss: folds
Totha4: folds
oniart: folds
brettsky678: folds
varilaci: calls 3000
david0603: raises 48988 to 51988 and is all-in
EL TORERO888: folds
varilaci: calls 48988
*** FLOP *** [6s 8h 7d]
*** TURN *** [6s 8h 7d] [Qs]
*** RIVER *** [6s 8h 7d Qs] [4s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
david0603: shows [Kc As] (high card Ace)
varilaci: shows [Ah Js] (high card Ace - lower kicker)
david0603 collected 109376 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 109376 | Rake 0
Board [6s 8h 7d Qs 4s]
Seat 2: david0603 (small blind) showed [Kc As] and won (109376) with high card Ace
Seat 3: EL TORERO888 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: PETE379777 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: pliiiss folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Totha4 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: oniart folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: brettsky678 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: varilaci (button) showed [Ah Js] and lost with high card Ace

10/2/2010 6:54:12 PM

Can I get an odds check? (on it being dealt)

PokerStars Game #50524290021: Hold'em No Limit ($0.02/$0.05 USD) - 2010/10/02 23:11:50 ET
Table 'Terradas II' 6-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: ncsuthedude ($12.50 in chips)
Seat 2: Shadow2155 ($7.32 in chips)
Seat 3: SilenceRay ($4.85 in chips)
Seat 4: acesnates2 ($15.07 in chips)
Seat 5: Fenster81 ($5 in chips)
Seat 6: Bobby's 427 ($4.97 in chips)
acesnates2: posts small blind $0.02
Fenster81: posts big blind $0.05
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ncsuthedude [Ac As]
Bobby's 427: folds
ncsuthedude: raises $0.15 to $0.20
Shadow2155: raises $0.15 to $0.35
SilenceRay: folds
acesnates2: raises $1.05 to $1.40
Fenster81: folds
ncsuthedude: raises $1.60 to $3
Shadow2155: raises $4.32 to $7.32 and is all-in
acesnates2 said, "wow"
ncsuthedude said, "tell me about it"
ncsuthedude said, "AA?"
acesnates2: raises $7.75 to $15.07 and is all-in
ncsuthedude: calls $9.50 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($2.57) returned to acesnates2
*** FLOP *** [5c 9s 8s]
*** TURN *** [5c 9s 8s] [9c]
*** RIVER *** [5c 9s 8s 9c] [4s]
Shadow2155 said, "nh aa"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
acesnates2: shows [Kh Kc] (two pair, Kings and Nines)
ncsuthedude: shows [Ac As] (two pair, Aces and Nines)
ncsuthedude collected $9.85 from side pot
Shadow2155: shows [Kd Ks] (two pair, Kings and Nines)
ncsuthedude collected $20.91 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $32.37 Main pot $20.91. Side pot $9.85. | Rake $1.61
Board [5c 9s 8s 9c 4s]
Seat 1: ncsuthedude showed [Ac As] and won ($30.76) with two pair, Aces and Nines
Seat 2: Shadow2155 showed [Kd Ks] and lost with two pair, Kings and Nines
Seat 3: SilenceRay (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: acesnates2 (small blind) showed [Kh Kc] and lost with two pair, Kings and Nines
Seat 5: Fenster81 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: Bobby's 427 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

10/2/2010 11:20:46 PM

got back on the online wagon, 1st tourney:

Stage #396804535 Tourney ID 5787984 Holdem Multi Normal Tournament No Limit 20 - 2010-10-15 01:37:44 (ET)
Table: 14 (Real Money) Seat #5 is the dealer
Seat 1 - KARIM0 (1,990 in chips)
Seat 2 - SADIEWADIE (2,010 in chips)
Seat 3 - APPHILIVEY00 (1,965 in chips)
Seat 4 - TURTSINU (1,970 in chips)
Seat 5 - DRANOFLUSH (1,805 in chips)
Seat 6 - EL_MAVERICK (1,960 in chips)
Seat 7 - BIOSHOCK111 (3,350 in chips)
EL_MAVERICK - Posts small blind 10
BIOSHOCK111 - Posts big blind 20
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to KARIM0 [Ks Kh]
KARIM0 - Raises 80 to 80
SADIEWADIE - Folds
APPHILIVEY00 - Folds
TURTSINU - Folds
DRANOFLUSH - Raises 270 to 270
EL_MAVERICK - Folds
BIOSHOCK111 - Folds
KARIM0 - Raises 760 to 840
DRANOFLUSH - Calls 570
*** FLOP *** [7s Qs 5c]
KARIM0 - All-In 1,150
DRANOFLUSH - All-In 965
KARIM0 - returned (185) : not called
*** TURN *** [7s Qs 5c] [Ad]
*** RIVER *** [7s Qs 5c Ad] [4c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
KARIM0 - Shows [Ks Kh] (One pair, kings)
DRANOFLUSH - Shows [4h 4d] (Three of a kind, fours)
DRANOFLUSH Collects 3,640 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total Pot(3,640)
Board [7s Qs 5c Ad 4c]
Seat 1: KARIM0 HI:lost with One pair, kings [Ks Kh - P:Ks,P:Kh,B:Ad,B:Qs,B:7s]
Seat 2: SADIEWADIE Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 3: APPHILIVEY00 Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 4: TURTSINU Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 5: DRANOFLUSH (dealer) won Total (3,640) All-In HI: (3,640) with Three of a kind, fours [4h 4d - P:4h,P:4d,B:4c,B:Ad,B:Qs]
Seat 6: EL_MAVERICK (small blind) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 7: BIOSHOCK111 (big blind) Folded on the POCKET CARDS


im over online again

prob like 5th hand of the tourney

[Edited on October 15, 2010 at 1:46 AM. Reason : 50+5 4k gtd]

10/15/2010 1:42:27 AM

so retarded

Full Tilt Poker Game #25037082192: $5 + $0.50 Sit & Go (193907055), Table 2 - 150/300 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:54:22 ET - 2010/10/26
Seat 1: Carl Sipp (2,820)
Seat 2: teenholvan (5,170)
Seat 3: 12-strike (6,195)
Seat 4: mosen23 (4,214)
Seat 5: wakegator2 (4,970)
Seat 6: owledge (5,110)
Seat 7: nikedunklowpro (1,249)
Seat 8: sugar_beet777 (4,594)
Seat 9: PRO FRO (6,178)
owledge posts the small blind of 150
nikedunklowpro posts the big blind of 300
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to nikedunklowpro [8d 7h]
sugar_beet777 calls 300
PRO FRO folds
Carl Sipp folds
teenholvan folds
12-strike folds
mosen23 folds
wakegator2 folds
owledge folds
nikedunklowpro checks
*** FLOP *** [9c 6h 2d]
nikedunklowpro bets 949, and is all in
sugar_beet777 calls 949
nikedunklowpro shows [8d 7h]
sugar_beet777 shows [Kh Qd]
*** TURN *** [9c 6h 2d] [2c]
*** RIVER *** [9c 6h 2d 2c] [6s]
nikedunklowpro shows two pair, Sixes and Twos
sugar_beet777 shows two pair, Sixes and Twos
sugar_beet777 wins the pot (2,648) with two pair, Sixes and Twos

10/26/2010 11:07:02 PM

he did have the best hand

10/27/2010 5:51:14 PM

holy 15k downswing i'm on

ugh

10/27/2010 7:58:56 PM

^^it's a horrendous call, ask anyone who knows anything about poker

on another note, glad I just wasted the last 3 hours of my night to bust out to some idiot...

Full Tilt Poker Game #25065429644: $2,500 Guarantee (Cashout) (193913419), Table 22 - 250/500 Ante 50 - No Limit Hold'em - 00:10:12 ET - 2010/10/28
Seat 1: Caroleal (30,091)
Seat 2: devinmcd11 (7,874)
Seat 3: Tennispro777 (13,555)
Seat 4: nikedunklowpro (11,330)
Seat 5: shepster88 (8,564)
Seat 6: fishman991 (6,440)
Seat 7: setiva420 (13,330)
Seat 8: jszelwa (26,700)
Seat 9: Grayweld (6,268)
Caroleal antes 50
devinmcd11 antes 50
Tennispro777 antes 50
nikedunklowpro antes 50
shepster88 antes 50
fishman991 antes 50
setiva420 antes 50
jszelwa antes 50
Grayweld antes 50
nikedunklowpro posts the small blind of 250
shepster88 posts the big blind of 500
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to nikedunklowpro [Th Ah]
fishman991 folds
setiva420 folds
jszelwa folds
Grayweld folds
Caroleal raises to 1,200
devinmcd11 folds
Tennispro777 folds
nikedunklowpro raises to 11,280, and is all in
shepster88 folds
Caroleal calls 10,080
nikedunklowpro shows [Th Ah]
Caroleal shows [As 8c]
*** FLOP *** [Jh 2h 8s]
*** TURN *** [Jh 2h 8s] [7c]
*** RIVER *** [Jh 2h 8s 7c] [6d]
nikedunklowpro shows Ace Jack high
Caroleal shows a pair of Eights
Caroleal wins the pot (23,510) with a pair of Eights
nikedunklowpro: joke
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 23,510 | Rake 0
Board: [Jh 2h 8s 7c 6d]
Seat 1: Caroleal showed [As 8c] and won (23,510) with a pair of Eights

10/28/2010 12:19:46 AM

Add to fish list

10/28/2010 12:39:27 AM

I have decided to start a new quest.

1. Download random poker client. COMPLETE
2. Do not deposit money, but instead win money playing only free rolls.
3. Make $10,000 by playing cash games with winnings from (2) above.
4. Cash out and buy something cool with winnings.

10/28/2010 1:07:50 AM

^ That's the way to do it! I got up to 250 once using all freeroll money and got greedy and played with all of it at once. That's the reason I don't gamble. I'm a good player, I just can't manage the money at the table.

10/28/2010 11:05:33 AM

^^haha, nice

Yeah I like to do stuff like that but I don't think I could get to $10K anytime soon. I'm still rolling off the $5.50 my buddy shipped me a couple weeks ago, got it up to $155 right now, would've probably added a decent amount if I didn't get donked out of that tourney above. I usually try to get it up to a few hundo and cash out, this is how I bought my Evo and my ipod, I'm gonna try to get to about $1200 this time and get a new macbook.

10/28/2010 6:00:07 PM

such a sick joke

Full Tilt Poker Game #25112153284: $5 + $0.50 Sit & Go (194528617), Table 1 - 300/600 - No Limit Hold'em - 19:22:44 ET - 2010/10/29
Seat 1: nikedunklowpro (7,346)
Seat 4: SonnyWobbles (9,700)
Seat 7: VaIkyriiie (9,954)
nikedunklowpro posts the small blind of 300
SonnyWobbles posts the big blind of 600
The button is in seat #7
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to nikedunklowpro [4d 4s]
VaIkyriiie raises to 1,200
nikedunklowpro raises to 7,341
SonnyWobbles folds
VaIkyriiie raises to 9,954, and is all in
nikedunklowpro calls 5, and is all in
VaIkyriiie shows [2d 2h]
nikedunklowpro shows [4d 4s]
Uncalled bet of 2,608 returned to VaIkyriiie
*** FLOP *** [Ks 4c Ah]
*** TURN *** [Ks 4c Ah] [5d]
*** RIVER *** [Ks 4c Ah 5d] [3c]
VaIkyriiie shows a straight, Five high
nikedunklowpro shows three of a kind, Fours
VaIkyriiie wins the pot (15,292) with a straight, Five high
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 15,292 | Rake 0
Board: [Ks 4c Ah 5d 3c]
Seat 1: nikedunklowpro (small blind) showed [4d 4s] and lost with three of a kind, Fours

10/29/2010 7:26:09 PM

Quote :

"^^it's a horrendous call, ask anyone who knows anything about poker "

good call, i know nothing about poker

also semi-bluffing people in a low level sit in go almost never works, ask anyone who knows anything about poker. its usually better to let the bad players who play at that level hang themselves when you hit something

[Edited on October 29, 2010 at 8:26 PM. Reason : .]

10/29/2010 8:12:06 PM

^yep

the 6 handed $5+.50s on FT are ripe i think i've cashed in 16 of the last 20 I played in

10/29/2010 10:59:56 PM

ive been 6 tabling the $20 and $50 double or nothing sng's on stars....easy $

10/29/2010 11:21:35 PM

^^^I honestly was not trying to sound like such a douchebag with that comment, and I don't think you don't know anything about poker. I guess we just have 2 different styles, that's an insta-shove all day for me on that flop considering I'm heads up and out of position with an open ended straight draw and there were no raises preflop.

10/30/2010 10:38:43 AM

I just took 1st in a $5 rebuy on FT for a $3480 score, biggest to date for me

10/30/2010 10:41:10 AM

$5 rebuy on Full Tilt? not seeing that win on there. are you bullshiting us?

[Edited on October 30, 2010 at 11:08 AM. Reason : .]

10/30/2010 11:08:44 AM

lol, why would I lie about a $5 tournament?

it's under my buddy's name "asianricecooker," he let me buy in to a few tournaments last night off his bankroll, gave me a few pointers along the way, but he let me play my game and he was passed out before I even made the final table, I left him $1500 and shipped myself $2K which I think is pretty fair.

10/30/2010 3:11:44 PM

Wanted to get any thoughts on this hand from the other night, there's no way I should be laying this down is there?

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (9 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from http://www.flopturnriver.com

SB ($133.05)
BB ($40)
UTG ($150.40)
UTG+1 ($100)
MP1 ($57.10)
MP2 ($36.50)
Hero (MP3) ($231.35)
CO ($110.20)
Button ($153.70)

Preflop: Hero is MP3 with 9s, 9h
UTG bets $3.50, 1 fold, MP1 calls $3.50, 1 fold, Hero calls $3.50, CO calls $3.50, 1 fold, SB calls $3, 1 fold

Flop: ($18.50) 9d, 5d, Jh (5 players)
SB checks, UTG checks, MP1 bets $5, Hero raises to $17, 1 fold, SB calls $17, 1 fold, MP1 raises to $53.60 (All-In), Hero raises to $227.85 (All-In), SB calls $112.55 (All-In)

Turn: ($331.20) 10h (3 players, 3 all-in)

River: ($331.20) 3d (3 players, 3 all-in)

Total pot: $331.20 | Rake: $3
Main pot: $179.30 between SB, MP1 and Hero, won by SB
Side pot 1: $151.90 between SB and Hero, won by SB

10/30/2010 6:57:48 PM

^no way I'm folding there, you played it perfectly IMO. Most likely up against a flush draw, maybe J9, maybe set of 5's, maybe a donk that can't get off his AJ. Obviously the only hand we are really worried about here is JJ. I think it would definitely be -EV to fold here.

[Edited on October 30, 2010 at 8:43 PM. Reason : /]

10/30/2010 8:33:02 PM

i'd fold there if i hated money

otherwise...ummm...lol

10/31/2010 12:32:13 AM

if anyone folds there, stop playing poker

[Edited on October 31, 2010 at 12:43 AM. Reason : e]

10/31/2010 12:43:11 AM

If the guy announces JJ and shows you a black jack, consider folding. Because the other jack could be red or black and there's just no way you can no which one... without a better read it's really 50-50 as to whether its black or red...

10/31/2010 11:45:39 AM

Quote :

"i'd fold there if i hated money"

11/1/2010 11:18:01 AM

^^ oh wait, i misundersood the post i thought there was a side bet where you had to announce his hole cards exactly or else you'd lose the pot.

If this is just a normal poker situation then yeah get the money in...

11/1/2010 10:11:48 PM

brutal...

Full Tilt Poker Game #25254852417: $28,000 Guarantee (195466848), Table 11 - 200/400 Ante 50 - No Limit Hold'em - 00:18:14 ET - 2010/11/04
Seat 1: marximus4000 (6,773)
Seat 2: Chancew (32,025)
Seat 3: derty655 (6,080)
Seat 4: X-cheater (5,850)
Seat 5: PokerBabe31 (11,913)
Seat 6: POKER LARRY 81 (9,570)
Seat 8: sir_marks_alot (8,789)
Seat 9: MV2 (8,879)
marximus4000 antes 50
Chancew antes 50
derty655 antes 50
X-cheater antes 50
PokerBabe31 antes 50
POKER LARRY 81 antes 50
sir_marks_alot antes 50
MV2 antes 50
POKER LARRY 81 posts the small blind of 200
sir_marks_alot posts the big blind of 400
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to sir_marks_alot [Kh Ac]
MV2 folds
marximus4000 folds
Chancew folds
derty655 folds
pat4ak2 sits down
X-cheater has 15 seconds left to act
X-cheater raises to 5,800, and is all in
PokerBabe31 folds
POKER LARRY 81 folds
sir_marks_alot calls 5,400
X-cheater shows [Qs 7c]
sir_marks_alot shows [Kh Ac]
*** FLOP *** [As 5d Ts]
X-cheater: lol
*** TURN *** [As 5d Ts] [Qd]
*** RIVER *** [As 5d Ts Qd] [Qc]
X-cheater shows three of a kind, Queens
sir_marks_alot shows two pair, Aces and Queens
X-cheater wins the pot (12,200) with three of a kind, Queens

11/4/2010 12:39:20 AM

brutal indeed, but I'm glad there are idiots like that online, otherwise it would be a lot harder to be profitable

11/8/2010 10:57:02 PM

and for sng's today...

Donks- 7 me- 0

11/8/2010 10:58:02 PM

Speechless...


Full Tilt Poker Game #25549610581: Super Stack $14K Guarantee (197914108), Table 185 - 30/60 - No Limit Hold'em - 13:52:04 ET - 2010/11/14
Seat 1: _JCAT2 (5,270)
Seat 2: Stapone (5,275)
Seat 3: 34 Cat (4,985)
Seat 4: VanTheMen (5,525)
Seat 5: c10poker (4,355)
Seat 6: BloodTide (3,365)
Seat 7: nikedunklowpro (18,245)
Seat 8: maralee1 (4,020)
Seat 9: gaijin26 (6,555)
Stapone posts the small blind of 30
34 Cat posts the big blind of 60
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to nikedunklowpro [7s 9s]
VanTheMen folds
c10poker folds
BloodTide folds
nikedunklowpro calls 60
maralee1 raises to 120
gaijin26 folds
_JCAT2 folds
Stapone folds
34 Cat calls 60
nikedunklowpro calls 60
*** FLOP *** [8s Js 9h]
34 Cat checks
nikedunklowpro checks
maralee1 bets 360
34 Cat folds
nikedunklowpro has 15 seconds left to act
nikedunklowpro raises to 980
maralee1 calls 620
*** TURN *** [8s Js 9h] [6h]
nikedunklowpro bets 17,145, and is all in
maralee1 has 15 seconds left to act
maralee1 calls 2,920, and is all in
nikedunklowpro shows [7s 9s]
maralee1 shows [As 8d]
Uncalled bet of 14,225 returned to nikedunklowpro
*** RIVER *** [8s Js 9h 6h] [8h]
nikedunklowpro shows two pair, Nines and Eights
maralee1 shows three of a kind, Eights
maralee1 wins the pot (8,190) with three of a kind, Eights
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 8,190 | Rake 0
Board: [8s Js 9h 6h 8h]
Seat 1: _JCAT2 (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: Stapone (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: 34 Cat (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 4: VanTheMen didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: c10poker didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: BloodTide didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: nikedunklowpro showed [7s 9s] and lost with two pair, Nines and Eights
Seat 8: maralee1 showed [As 8d] and won (8,190) with three of a kind, Eights

11/14/2010 3:54:23 PM

Why are you limping mid position with that?
Why push on the turn?

11/14/2010 5:44:34 PM

^it's the type of hand you can bust a lot of big hands with

I'm certainly not coming into the pot with a raise and have to fold to a reraise. Also, it was a super stack tourney with plenty of chips to play with, and I like to try to get stacked early in the tourney if possible.

I was representing a big hand, that's why I re-raised on the flop and shoved the turn, rather than donk shoving the flop. It looks much stronger. This idiot just didn't know when to fold.

[Edited on November 14, 2010 at 6:42 PM. Reason : /]

11/14/2010 6:39:05 PM

play is bad on both sides.....other than that idiot that called with A8, 90% of the time you're only going to get called if you are behind

[Edited on November 14, 2010 at 10:19 PM. Reason : ,]

11/14/2010 9:56:25 PM

Nah it wasn't a bad play, I'm not check/calling there on the flop and turn when I put him on a marginal/draw hand (possible position bet since he was last to act) and I think I can get him to fold. I was spot on, he just made a horrendous call and got extremely lucky that I not only didn't have the huge hand I was representing, but my monster draw didn't get there either and yet he was still behind until the river hit him.

11/15/2010 3:58:10 PM

i guess what a "monster draw" is has changed over the years

11/15/2010 4:08:11 PM

As boobs said it's going to be quite rare you actually get someone to call the all in with a worse hand.

11/15/2010 4:32:48 PM

Well, my quest for free money has taken some hits. I was in a freeroll last Sunday, 5th in chips after a couple blind levels (about 3,800 people total) when my wife told me, "Hey, we need to go to the hospital, my water just broke." I was like all at the same time.

We got to the hospital and got settled in. I pulled out my computer through the hospital Wi-Fi and still had some chips, and managed to get my stack back up to a respectable amount, but eventually busted out in 45th place, so still no free money.

Anyway, 2 days later, we had a beautiful baby girl. She was born with a ton of hair that has formed itself into a natural mohawk. She is really awesome. Life is quite hectic right now but I am still committed to my goal of turning $0 into $10,000.

11/15/2010 5:31:39 PM

^^^a pair with a gutshot straight flush draw gives me quite a few outs even if he happened to have a made hand (and I highly doubted that based on his bet/position and the plethora of possible draw hands)

^^I didn't want a call there, it was a semi-bluff

[Edited on November 15, 2010 at 5:36 PM. Reason : /]

11/15/2010 5:35:31 PM

post the hand on 2+2, they wont be as nice as we were on the commentary of that hand

11/16/2010 1:10:13 AM

Well it took a good bit of reading but I'm good at casino poker again.

Having such a strong limit background always hurt my NL game because i was too focused on not giving free cards instead of protecting my stack. Also I fell in love with the maniacal image game that a few of my buddies play and tried to emulate it without having a solid enough understanding of SPR or just general postflop skills.

Successful big scores in Vegas and Ft Lauderdale on my trips the last two months.

I'd like to get to the point where I feel more comfortable at the 5/10 and 10/25 NL games, but I always feel like a good bit of those players just have too much experience advantage over me because of the millions of hands they've logged online.

Does anyone here play relatively high limit live games? There's a 10/25 NL game in FL that is calling my name but I figured it'd be more rewarding if I won the $ to buy myself in first rather than dumping a few grand in a game I might not be able to hang in yet.

11/16/2010 1:25:58 AM

bankroll mgt is #1

when i used to play more often id play 5/10 nl and 20/40 limit mixed, but a buddy of mine had half of my action which made it more comfortable.

if you are playing 10/25 nl your br should be at least 150k imo

[Edited on November 16, 2010 at 11:34 PM. Reason : if limit ws your game it is not wise to go from lhe to nlhe in a limit you arent comfortable with]

11/16/2010 11:32:38 PM

awesome.

Full Tilt Poker Game #25644038412: $8 + $0.80 Tournament (198889903), Table 7 - 50/100 - No Limit Hold'em - 19:51:04 ET - 2010/11/17
Seat 1: Excel0815 (9,535)
Seat 2: diddy424 (4,705)
Seat 3: maurloo1 (3,975)
Seat 4: AJK013 (2,841)
Seat 5: hrhcassandra (2,590)
Seat 6: nikedunklowpro (4,285)
Seat 8: RIVER FORKER (10,090)
Seat 9: moneytrain67 (12,588)
moneytrain67 posts the small blind of 50
Excel0815 posts the big blind of 100
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to nikedunklowpro [As Qc]
diddy424 folds
maurloo1 calls 100
AJK013 folds
hrhcassandra folds
nikedunklowpro raises to 250
RIVER FORKER folds
moneytrain67 folds
Excel0815 has 15 seconds left to act
Excel0815 calls 150
maurloo1 calls 150
*** FLOP *** [Tc Js Kh]
Excel0815 has 15 seconds left to act
Excel0815 checks
maurloo1 bets 3,725, and is all in
nikedunklowpro raises to 4,035, and is all in
Excel0815 folds
nikedunklowpro shows [As Qc]
maurloo1 shows [2h Ac]
Uncalled bet of 310 returned to nikedunklowpro
*** TURN *** [Tc Js Kh] [6h]
*** RIVER *** [Tc Js Kh 6h] [Qs]
nikedunklowpro shows a straight, Ace high
maurloo1 shows a straight, Ace high
maurloo1 ties for the pot (4,125) with a straight, Ace high
nikedunklowpro ties for the pot (4,125) with a straight, Ace high
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 8,250 | Rake 0
Board: [Tc Js Kh 6h Qs]
Seat 1: Excel0815 (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 2: diddy424 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: maurloo1 showed [2h Ac] and won (4,125) with a straight, Ace high
Seat 4: AJK013 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: hrhcassandra didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: nikedunklowpro showed [As Qc] and won (4,125) with a straight, Ace high

11/17/2010 8:00:14 PM

Quote :

"post the hand on 2+2, they wont be as nice as we were on the commentary of that hand"

I'm not really worried about it, I'm satisfied with the way I played the hand. And I definitely don't agree with everything I read on 2+2.

11/17/2010 11:03:41 PM