by the word rake on the second one, looks like a cash game


those euros are fucking nuts

1/26/2006 2:11:34 PM

so ive been spreading my bankroll around some trying to win some bonus loot

full tilt emailed me, 100% bonus.

http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/depositBonusDetails.php

Quote :

"For each dollar raked from a pot, every player who was dealt cards for that hand will earn one point. You can earn partial points if less than one dollar is raked, and you can earn up to three points per hand. Each point is worth $.06, so you can earn up to $18 per hundred hands."

anyone done this and know what the partial points are? like could i play .25/.50 and make it eventually?

1/26/2006 5:12:25 PM

I dont think it would clear very well at .25/.50 limit, but it does clear quite well in NL because you get 3 pts for every all-in where they rake $3

I play there a lot, it's a quality site


and btw,

Quote :

"wow.....i hope that was early in a low buy-in tourny"

You would think so, but no. That's why I posted it, because that was exceptionally horrid play in a cash game.



[Edited on January 26, 2006 at 5:36 PM. Reason : btw]

1/26/2006 5:33:58 PM

always
protect
two-pair
early

1/26/2006 5:34:14 PM

yea i dont wanna play NL with my bankroll

i cleared one at absolute... 200 raked .50 or more ($10 pot) playing 1/2 - and i didnt lose any of my starting cash, actually ended up about 25% ahead.

but i was starting to get away from my goal, which was to play at limits that suited my bankroll. where i can take a few hard beats and still have money left over. so i wanna move back down to the lower levels till i double it up again.

just a matter of how many points i get from a 5 dollar pot vs what i get from a 20 dollar pot. if the proportions match up, i dont mind the time.

1/26/2006 5:45:48 PM

Well I had a really nasty hand about 20 min ago for my whole stack and it was so frustrating cause I knew I was so far ahead......

1/2 nl. I was the button.

I was sitting sorta low compared to the table with 112. The guy to my left is ultra agressive. Raised every pot. I am the dealer and get A-10 spades.

6 people in the pot I call
sb raised to 15
everyone calls
I call

Flop: 10 clubs 7 spades 4 spades


SB bets 25 into the pot
one call

I go all in

Both call..........

turn a 5 heart

both check

river a 4 clubs...............


sb checked
the other guy goes all in
sb folds.......

he has k-4 off suit
sb showed he had k-2 spades

I lose my whole stack to trip 4s

1/26/2006 10:46:22 PM

1/27/2006 12:08:49 AM

Sorry why were you in that hand? Nobody cares?

1/27/2006 12:28:06 AM

aha first hand at the table



PokerStars Game #3769145260: Hold'em No Limit ($2/$4) - 2006/01/27 - 00:47:57 (ET)
Table 'Sadachbia' Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: Xkal ($325 in chips)
Seat 2: babyshark33 ($400 in chips)
Seat 3: Elvis-73 ($420 in chips)
Seat 4: reyoo7 ($405.15 in chips)
reyoo7: posts small blind $2
Xkal: posts big blind $4
babyshark33: posts big blind $4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Xkal [4d 4s]
babyshark33: raises $8 to $12
Elvis-73: folds
reyoo7: calls $10
Xkal: calls $8
*** FLOP *** [6c 4c Js]
reyoo7: checks
Xkal: checks
babyshark33: bets $16
reyoo7: folds
Xkal: calls $16
*** TURN *** [6c 4c Js] [6h]
Xkal: checks
babyshark33: checks
*** RIVER *** [6c 4c Js 6h] [4h]
Xkal: bets $28
babyshark33: calls $28
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Xkal: shows [4d 4s] (four of a kind, Fours)
babyshark33: shows [Td Jh] (two pair, Jacks and Sixes)
Xkal collected $122 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $124 | Rake $2
Board [6c 4c Js 6h 4h]
Seat 1: Xkal (big blind) showed [4d 4s] and won ($122) with four of a kind, Fours
Seat 2: babyshark33 showed [Td Jh] and lost with two pair, Jacks and Sixes
Seat 3: Elvis-73 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: reyoo7 (small blind) folded on the Flop

1/27/2006 12:54:00 AM

forkgirl how big was your stack? i hope you were short stacked to push in that spot, i am drunk haha wish me luck tonight

1/27/2006 1:37:14 AM

im in the 4:00 100 on party if anyone is up, 27 left, i think im about to bubble out, but hopefully not!!!!!


well i am in the money with 20 left, hopefully i can put a rush together and cash something worthwhile, come watch if anyone is up

lol first hand after the break, i have wired js, utg go all in (severe short stack) called by queens, out in 20, damn not even worth talking about now

[Edited on January 27, 2006 at 6:14 AM. Reason : lkdjaf]

1/27/2006 5:52:39 AM

I'm half watching while playing half drunk heads up tournies
nevermind, you already busted


Funny story: Titan poker gave me $10 free a while ago for no particular reason. Well I wanted to play a satellite to their 100K for $10.50+$.75 so I took my $10 to a .25/.50 table and went all in n my first hand(with junk) trying to just steal some blinds so I would have the extra $1.25 for the satellite. I got called by someone with like $8 and I lose, so now I'm down to exactly $1.61

Instead of blowing it at that table I shut down the site and forget about it for a couple days. So last night I get half drunk and decide to fuck around with their micro limits, playing somewhat seriously at a .02/.04NL table and getting up to $3.50 or so. Then I take that and play a couple heads up $1 PLO tournies, then a couple $2 ones, then a $5 one. I win all but one of those, and a 6 person $5 PLO SnG tonight, and my current balance is $41.82.

This story will become a lot cooler if I can further parlay this $1.61 into some big MTT cashes.








[Edited on January 27, 2006 at 6:27 AM. Reason : a;slkjas]

1/27/2006 6:19:29 AM

Any resteraunts/bars to play at tonight or tomorrow and anyone know the prizes? A buddy and I are interested in trying our hand against some new people and see how we do.

1/27/2006 2:34:04 PM

Fri 01-27-06 8:00PM Scooters Grill and Bar Raleigh
Fri 01-27-06 7:00PM MoJos Billiards and Pub Apex
Fri 01-27-06 10:00PM MoJos Billiards and Pub Apex
Sat 01-28-06 1:00PM The Upper Deck Sports Pub Cary
Sat 01-28-06 4:00PM The Upper Deck Sports Pub Cary
Sat 01-28-06 4:00PM Babineau's Billiards Raleigh
Sat 01-28-06 8:00PM Babineau's Billiards Raleigh
Sat 01-28-06 7:00PM Brown's Billiards of Raleigh Raleigh
Sat 01-28-06 10:00PM Brown's Billiards of Raleigh Raleigh
Sat 01-28-06 2:00PM Snookers Raleigh
Sat 01-28-06 5:00PM Snookers Raleigh
Sat 01-28-06 12:00PM Raleigh Ale House Raleigh
Sat 01-28-06 3:00PM Raleigh Ale House Raleigh
Sat 01-28-06 7:00PM AMF Capital Lanes Raleigh
Sat 01-28-06 10:00PM AMF Capital Lanes Raleigh
Sat 01-28-06 7:30PM Play 2 Win Raleigh
Sat 01-28-06 10:00PM Play 2 Win Raleigh
Sat 01-28-06 6:00PM Judd's Bar and Grill Garner
Sat 01-28-06 9:00PM Judd's Bar and Grill Garner


[Edited on January 27, 2006 at 3:10 PM. Reason : dsfha]

1/27/2006 3:10:08 PM

Yea, I can copy paste from worldpoker taverns too. What kind of prizes are given away at these joints?

1/27/2006 3:22:42 PM

hey, no need to be sarcastic... you asked and i provided

i would say that about 90% of these places offer gift certificates as prizes.

there are a few that will give out good prizes like chip sets.

if it isnt either of the two above, then it will most likely be some bar logo crap from the place you play at.

but what do the prizes matter if you and your friend are just interested in trying your skill at different opponents?

[Edited on January 27, 2006 at 3:37 PM. Reason : ]

1/27/2006 3:36:40 PM

Well I'd be more interested in a $25 gift certificate to eat at their place than a tshirt. Yes, ultimately it's just for the competition but given the choice then I'd pick a more worthwhile prize even though at this point we aren't that good anyway so it should be a null point.

1/27/2006 4:30:04 PM

I'm getting together a deep stacks tourney game tonight. $10-20 buy in, slow blinds. Probably start between 10-11.

PM/IM me if you're interested.

1/27/2006 4:36:56 PM

so i just got a job offer that is ~45 minutes from atlantic city.

muahahaha

1/27/2006 5:52:16 PM

what is it?

1/27/2006 7:03:24 PM

playin this dude in the heads up part of a shoot out

haha look at this shit




it gets heads up where i start

[Edited on January 28, 2006 at 12:33 AM. Reason : aha]

1/28/2006 12:33:00 AM

might try this 4k guaranteed on bodog. I think I will finish about 100th or so. haha

1/28/2006 12:56:53 AM

^^ niiiiice

1/28/2006 1:31:08 AM

fuckers..

[Edited on January 28, 2006 at 1:49 AM. Reason : .?]

1/28/2006 1:43:47 AM

finished 20 out of the money in the 3500 guaranteed on bodog tonight...

consoled myself by playing 1 heads up sng, and 2 10 person sngs. Won the heads up, and got 1st and 3rd in the 2 full table sngs. I find that I do better when doing 3 things at once, haha.

1/29/2006 4:55:57 AM

For you stud fans... ever seen this?

***** Hand History for Game 3458494485 *****
7 Card Stud $10 Buy-in + $1 Entry Fee Trny:19663312 Level:3 Stakes (50/100) - Sunday, January 29, 09:49:51 EDT 2006
Table Table 67472 (Real Money)
Seat 0 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 4: AmbreaDawn ( $1511 )
Seat 6: calcan408 ( $959 )
Seat 5: rolyat888 ( $386 )
Seat 7: woody3501 ( $2441 )
Seat 3: bluemetsfan ( $149 )
Seat 2: JonRiverside ( $954 )
Trny:19663312 Level:3
Stakes (50/100)
JonRiverside posts ante [10].
bluemetsfan posts ante [10].
AmbreaDawn posts ante [10].
rolyat888 posts ante [10].
calcan408 posts ante [10].
woody3501 posts ante [10].
** Dealing **
Dealt to AmbreaDawn [ Tc 3d 3s ]
AmbreaDawn opens.
AmbreaDawn bring-ins [15].
rolyat888 folds.
calcan408 completes [50].
woody3501 folds.
JonRiverside raises [100].
bluemetsfan is all-In [139]
AmbreaDawn folds.
calcan408 calls [89].
JonRiverside calls [39].
** Dealing Fourth street **
calcan408 opens.
calcan408 double bets [100].
JonRiverside raises [200].
calcan408 raises [200].
JonRiverside calls [100].
** Dealing Fifth street **
calcan408 opens.
calcan408 bets [100].
JonRiverside calls [100].
** Dealing Sixth street **
calcan408 opens.
calcan408 bets [100].
JonRiverside calls [100].
** Dealing River **
calcan408 opens.
calcan408 bets [100].
JonRiverside raises [200].
calcan408 raises [200].
JonRiverside is all-In [105]
calcan408 calls [5].
calcan408 shows [ 6d, 6s, 6c, 6h, 7d, 8c, 2h ] four of a kind, sixes.
JonRiverside shows [ Qh, 3c, Qc, 8s, Jc, Td, Qs ] three of a kind, queens.
bluemetsfan shows [ Jh, 4s, Th, As, 9s, Ac, 9h ] two pairs, aces and nines.
calcan408 wins 1610 chips from side pot #1 with four of a kind, sixes.
calcan408 wins 492 chips from the main pot with four of a kind, sixes.
bluemetsfan finished in sixth place.
JonRiverside finished in fifth place.
JonRiverside has left the table.
bluemetsfan has left the table.

Obviously the quads is no big deal, but after 4 cards?

1/29/2006 12:54:25 PM

thats pretty slick.

esp. getting action on it too.

1/29/2006 1:12:37 PM

i may have hit quads after 4 once or twice, tricky hand to play

1/29/2006 1:13:36 PM

People play crazy, but that guy had actually played OK most of the way. The way he was check-raising and reraising with a Q showing at the guy said one of three hands: AA6, KK6, or 666. When the 4th 6 came out, it was obvious he had at least 2 pair and most likely trips (quads, who knew)? Not a tough laydown for the guy with QQ, but of course he called through thinking trying to hit his Q which was absolutely no good anyways.

1/29/2006 4:30:06 PM

I saw Turner get QQQQxxx in the 5 minutes I was watching him that a 200+15 7CS MTT the other week

that guy..

1/29/2006 4:53:03 PM

one of the craziest things ive seen

PokerStars Game #3798344611: Tournament #18866428, Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2006/01/29 - 18:23:32 (ET)
Table '18866428 1' Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: Cali Kush 24 (1570 in chips)
Seat 2: DangerDoug10 (1480 in chips)
Seat 3: SlowRay (1470 in chips)
Seat 4: bbmac35 (1470 in chips)
Seat 5: The Hish 24 (1480 in chips)
Seat 6: budidas (1500 in chips)
Seat 7: robbiej616 (1530 in chips)
Seat 8: snowgirl2 (1500 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 9: stackdreazy (1500 in chips)
The Hish 24: posts small blind 10
budidas: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to The Hish 24 [Kd Kh]
robbiej616: folds
snowgirl2: folds
stackdreazy: folds
Cali Kush 24: raises 40 to 60
DangerDoug10: folds
SlowRay: folds
bbmac35: folds
The Hish 24: raises 200 to 260
budidas: calls 240
Cali Kush 24: raises 1310 to 1570 and is all-in
The Hish 24: calls 1220 and is all-in
budidas: calls 1240 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [Kc Td As]
*** TURN *** [Kc Td As] [7c]
*** RIVER *** [Kc Td As 7c] [Jc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
budidas: shows [Ts Th] (three of a kind, Tens)
Cali Kush 24: shows [Jd Js] (three of a kind, Jacks)
stackdreazy said, "wow"
Cali Kush 24 collected 40 from side pot
The Hish 24: shows [Kd Kh] (three of a kind, Kings)
The Hish 24 collected 4440 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4480 Main pot 4440. Side pot 40. | Rake 0
Board [Kc Td As 7c Jc]
Seat 1: Cali Kush 24 showed [Jd Js] and won (40) with three of a kind, Jacks
Seat 2: DangerDoug10 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: SlowRay folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: bbmac35 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: The Hish 24 (small blind) showed [Kd Kh] and won (4440) with three of a kind, Kings
Seat 6: budidas (big blind) showed [Ts Th] and lost with three of a kind, Tens
Seat 7: robbiej616 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: snowgirl2 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: stackdreazy folded before Flop (didn't bet)

1/29/2006 6:25:14 PM

one more from that same tourney

PokerStars Game #3798860623: Tournament #18866428, Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2006/01/29 - 19:07:43 (ET)
Table '18866428 1' Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Cali Kush 24 (1790 in chips)
Seat 2: DangerDoug10 (3240 in chips)
Seat 5: The Hish 24 (3225 in chips)
Seat 7: robbiej616 (4480 in chips)
Seat 8: snowgirl2 (765 in chips) is sitting out
The Hish 24: posts small blind 75
robbiej616: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to The Hish 24 [3h 3c]
snowgirl2: folds
Cali Kush 24: calls 150
robbiej616 said, "good fold"
DangerDoug10: folds
The Hish 24: calls 75
robbiej616: checks
*** FLOP *** [9d 3s 3d]
snowgirl2 has returned
The Hish 24: checks
robbiej616: checks
Cali Kush 24: bets 300
The Hish 24: calls 300
robbiej616: folds
*** TURN *** [9d 3s 3d] [4d]
The Hish 24: checks
Cali Kush 24: bets 300
The Hish 24: raises 300 to 600
Cali Kush 24: calls 300
*** RIVER *** [9d 3s 3d 4d] [6d]
The Hish 24: bets 600
Cali Kush 24: raises 140 to 740 and is all-in
The Hish 24: calls 140
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Cali Kush 24: shows [Kd Qc] (a flush, King high)
The Hish 24: shows [3h 3c] (four of a kind, Threes)
robbiej616 said, "wow"
The Hish 24 collected 3730 from pot
robbiej616 said, "vnh"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3730 | Rake 0
Board [9d 3s 3d 4d 6d]
Seat 1: Cali Kush 24 showed [Kd Qc] and lost with a flush, King high
Seat 2: DangerDoug10 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: The Hish 24 (small blind) showed [3h 3c] and won (3730) with four of a kind, Threes
Seat 7: robbiej616 (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 8: snowgirl2 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

1/29/2006 7:09:14 PM

then check this one out

final table of a limit omaha tournament.

Omaha Limit - Level XVII
(8000/16000) - 2006/01/29 - 18:08:50 (ET)
Table '18470012 15' Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: Woody1958 (62152 in chips)
Seat 3: MakYak66 (345799 in chips)
Seat 4: Rifkie (233568 in chips)
Seat 5: pilgrimshoes (236813 in chips)
Seat 9: Tom Racer (201668 in chips)
Rifkie: posts small blind 4000
pilgrimshoes: posts big blind 8000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to pilgrimshoes [8s 6c 9d 8d]
Tom Racer: folds
Woody1958: raises 8000 to 16000
MakYak66: calls 16000
Rifkie: folds
pilgrimshoes: calls 8000
*** FLOP *** [8h Qd 3c]
pilgrimshoes: checks
Woody1958: bets 8000
MakYak66: raises 8000 to 16000
pilgrimshoes: raises 8000 to 24000
Woody1958: raises 8000 to 32000
Betting is capped
MakYak66: calls 16000
pilgrimshoes: calls 8000
*** TURN *** [8h Qd 3c] [Jc]
pilgrimshoes: bets 16000
Woody1958: calls 14152 and is all-in
MakYak66: calls 16000
*** RIVER *** [8h Qd 3c Jc] [Ah]
pilgrimshoes: bets 16000
MakYak66: calls 16000
*** SHOW DOWN ***
pilgrimshoes: shows [8s 6c 9d 8d] (three of a kind, Eights)
MakYak66: shows [Qs 5d 6d Qh] (three of a kind, Queens)
MakYak66 collected 35696 from side pot
Woody1958: shows [4h Kh As Ac] (three of a kind, Aces)
Woody1958 collected 190456 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 226152 Main pot 190456. Side pot 35696. | Rake 0
Board [8h Qd 3c Jc Ah]
Seat 1: Woody1958 showed [4h Kh As Ac] and won (190456) with three of a kind, Aces
Seat 3: MakYak66 (button) showed [Qs 5d 6d Qh] and won (35696) with three of a kind,
Queens
Seat 4: Rifkie (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: pilgrimshoes (big blind) showed [8s 6c 9d 8d] and lost with three of a kind,
Eights
Seat 9: Tom Racer folded before Flop (didn't bet)

notice how its 5 handed.

[Edited on January 29, 2006 at 7:21 PM. Reason : e]

1/29/2006 7:21:20 PM

In our local Thursday night game, guy is holding pocket 6s. Flop comes Qxx rainbow. I think it was either checked around or the minimum bet with 3 people in. Turn card is a 6. Guy holding the sixes just randomly says, I love me some sixes. He bets out, gets 1 caller. River, a 6. Checks, the other guy in with him bets out sorta strong. Guy with the quads comes over top big time. Guy that originally bet out look at him for about 20 seconds, finally says, if I fold you gonna show em too me. Guy with the quads shakes his head no in this emphatic "I don't have shit way", and gets the other guy to call him.

In a turn of crazy irony, about 10 hands later, the same guy that got burned by the quad 6s guy was holding a 2 when trip 2s flopped the board. Four people were in the hand after the flop betting it pretty hard, the guy holding the 2 just dragging along. River comes out A, the guy that had been holding the quad 6s thought his boat could win it, and ended up giving most of his money back to the guy he beat earlier.

1/29/2006 7:22:52 PM

i was just up like $40 and some motherfucker wins $60 from me and immediately cashes out

what the fuck is that

1/30/2006 12:54:26 AM

"hit n' run"

1/30/2006 12:56:03 AM

im so pissed right now

1/30/2006 1:06:56 AM

deservedly so, i have actually never had that happen, but if it did i'd be then

get it back man.

1/30/2006 1:12:25 AM

goddamnit

fuck this goddamn game

dude just fucked my rockets with QQ then rivered the straight flush on me

1/30/2006 1:30:03 AM

so i go to this new game and it seems ok, not that bad lots of money no one i know. of course im antsy and its 5 handed so i figure i can play K9o from late after getting a feel for how the game was going, so i raise.

of course i get calls from everyone.

of course i bet the flop hard even tho i missed b/c earlier i saw 8c2c take down a pot.

and of course i find out that i bet into a set of threes after getting called by T3o (not in a blind but if it was, still.... ).

wonder what the rationale behind that call was...pot odds? did they really hope to hit the flop that hard? maybe they wanted to donate to the new guy

note to self, play only groups 1-3 with this bunch and ill be wiping my butt with the crisp $100 bills that were flying around. i do have to say tho, the place was nice...great setup and all...definately will go again


So I left and won a free turney at Browns since i didnt want to mess with any more $$$$...i will be selling a lawn chair since i have no use for it
My 5th hand I get AdAc and get called by K7o; K7o flopped 2 pair, i laugh then the Ace of spades come on the river and im shocked the best hand won lol

another fun one...I go for a steal with Q9o and get called by Axo...I turn and river a str8...ouch by it felt so good

and the best one of all...K2d from the button. i fold b/c K2 (shit to begin with) against people who play Kx like Aces will just bleed chips...unless i hit this flop

FLOP: Kc, Kh, 9something
TURN: Some numbered card I (and below is why i only remembered certain cards)
RIVER: Ks

Ace high took it down. i laugh and pull my hand from the muck. I push down on the throttle and start to swallow chips...i wish it was for real money tho


yeah its late and im rabbling, deal with it

[Edited on January 30, 2006 at 4:44 AM. Reason : call was call, throttle was trottle, bleed was bled ]

1/30/2006 4:37:19 AM

PAGING JonTurner.....








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HAHAHAHAHA, OH SHIT!!!!

1/30/2006 11:30:27 AM

?

1/30/2006 3:03:57 PM

double shootout to 750K guarenteed, 64 players.

Heads up first round, I get allin with AK vs AQ
flop QQ5
turn Q

No money for 2nd

grrr

1/30/2006 8:14:50 PM

^^^ omg I just laughed so hard.

Inside joke.

Just back from The Borgata WPT series a few hours ago... BAD series for me. I played all 7 prelim events (buy ins from $500 - 2500 for the prelims), and then the $10k main event (I won my entry in a single table $1k satellite for that, but I spent $3,500 playing satellites total for it).

First 5 events, I don't even make the dinner break in any. Then the 6th ($1,500 NL)... I made a strong run but had some of the worst luck I've ever had during a single tourney. We start with 7k in chips, and about 20 minutes in, during the first round, with blinds at 25/50, a fairly loose player raises to 300. I look down to see RED queens. I'm the only caller (don't like committing too many chips preflop early in tourney with this hand). Flop is J23, all hearts, he bets out 500. I'm pretty sure I'm ahead here, and although just calling is an option, I make it 1300. He calls. Turn is a black 7. He checks, I bet 2500. He then check/raises me all in (1700 on top of my bet). We had both lost a few chips, but not many at this point, but I had him covered by 750. At this point, I pretty much HAVE to call... in fact, I do feel I could be, but probably am not ahead here. I can beat AJ (with A of hearts) or KJ (with K of hearts), which are both very likely hands. Unfortunately, he's got me killed with top set (JJ)! I do have 11 outs, but I miss, so I'm down to 750 just like that.

Well, I pay the blinds shortly thereafter, and I pick up AKsuited on the bb next time around. With a few limpers, and a raise in front of me, obviously I push with my miniscule stack. Well, one of the limpers calls, and the original raiser re-raises big. I end up beating his TT in a race, and quadruple up from the dead money in the pot! Back to ~2500. I work it back up to 6000, and then make a bad play where I pretty much bluff off my whole stack except for 1000 when I'm up against top set and drawing dead. Obviously a bad read on my part, heh. Long story short, and I don't even remember how much of it happened, but 20 minutes after I drop to 1000, I'm up to 22,000!!

For the next few hours, I drift between about 15000 and 24000, without ever getting much of a hand... our original table finally breaks, and I'm moved with about 22k. I win a race against a short stack at my new table, and I've now got 27k, the most I've had all tourney... blinds are now 800/1600 with a 200 ante, and I look down from the small blind to see AA for the first time all tourney! It's folded around to the button, who pushes all in with his ~9k! I "think" for 10 sec's or so, and call (hoping for action from the bb, but he's quickly out). He flips up Q9o. Q on the flop, Q on the river. I'm down to 18k.

2 or 3 hands later, our table breaks. This puts us down to 50 players, 27 are paid. New table, one blind revolution in, and I pick up KK for the first time all tourney! I raise to 3600 (my standard raise at this level), and the small blind, who has a seemingly identical stack, pushes all in! I call, he flips up QQ. Flop 6JJ, Q on turn. I'm out.

I had QQ, KK, and AA all once during the day... QQ cracked by JJ, KK by QQ, and AA by Q9. And I still managed to come close to the money, so I felt damn good about my game! So I played the 11pm $300 second chance tourney... 99 players, I chopped up 2nd for $4k I also won some $500 vouchers in both of the $200 "voucher satellites" that I played. They paid 4 $500 vouchers for every 10 entries. I made a deal with a short stack at the final table in one of them, and got 2 vouchers, and in the 2nd one, I got the full 4.

So overall I did GREAT in the low buy in side tournies, but I couldn't catch a break in the big ones.

Oh, so for the main event, I got sat at a table with Jean-Robert Bellande, Nick Shulmann, Erik Siedel, and John Juanda. Everybody was saying it was the toughest table in the tourney. I got practically 0 hands, and managed to leave the table with 15k of my original 25k when it broke about 7 hours in... couldn't ask for much more without ever picking up a hand.

My new table had more donks than I've ever seen at one table in a $500 or $1k tourney, let alone a $10k event!! Unfortunately, I managed to double up early on when I got lucky on a button steal with Q9 following one limper. The flop was 996, and I managed to double up off the guy (he had limped utg with A6o), and it was unbelievably easy getting him to put in his entire stack, even with a 996T3 board, with 3 spades! Unfortunately I made one crucial mistake an hour later when I rivered a straight with T9 on a J2QJ8 board... There was no raise preflop, one limper, and the big blind turned a boat with J2. It was checked to the river, where I bet out 6k (too much, stupid, stupid bet). The bb then reraised to 24k, and I made by far the worst call I've made in a long time. Terrible, terrible call. That put me down to 12k in chips with 600/1200 blinds. And I didn't want to sit around waiting for a hand, and I made a bad mistake attempting a resteal, and that was that.

Overall, -$11k for the trip (close to even in the few side cash games I played, and I lost $1k in casino games )

Oh well, it's been a great year 'til that, so it's back to the regular online tourney + live Vegas tourneys grind

1/31/2006 4:37:26 AM

great report jon, its too bad things didnt work out better.

played with quinlin last night, and of course he had some stories and plenty of bad beat stories.

ahah

[Edited on January 31, 2006 at 10:38 AM. Reason : e]

1/31/2006 10:38:13 AM

My N Raleigh game should be on tonight.... 9ish. PM me for info.

1/31/2006 1:23:37 PM

***** Hand History for Game 3471690990 *****
NL Texas Hold'em Trny:19734100 Level:2 Blinds (10/20) - Tuesday, January 31, 18:11:10 EDT 2006
Table $500K Qualifier Freeroll 100 points(585329) Table #52 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: leorapp ( $5220 )
Seat 2: phayford ( $409 )
Seat 3: suicidal222 ( $1840 )
Seat 4: Elspeth ( $1150 )
Seat 5: finecon ( $670 )
Seat 6: pokerhawk06 ( $405 )
Seat 7: jbplotki ( $3672 )
Seat 8: danlmo ( $1190 )
Seat 9: rnorman1963 ( $3565 )
Seat 10: indianrick ( $3370 )
Trny:19734100 Level:2
Blinds (10/20)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to jbplotki [ Ah Ad ]
danlmo folds.
rnorman1963 calls [20].
indianrick folds.
leorapp folds.
phayford folds.
suicidal222 folds.
Elspeth calls [20].
finecon folds.
pokerhawk06 is all-In [395]
jbplotki raises [770].
rnorman1963 calls [770].
Elspeth folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 5h, 7d, 2d ]
jbplotki is all-In [2882]
rnorman1963 is all-In [2775]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 7h ]
** Dealing River ** [ Ts ]
jbplotki shows [ Ah, Ad ] two pairs, aces and sevens.
rnorman1963 shows [ 7c, 7s ] four of a kind, sevens.
pokerhawk06 shows [ 2c, Kc ] two pairs, sevens and twos.
jbplotki wins 107 chips from side pot #2 with two pairs, aces and sevens.
rnorman1963 wins 6320 chips from side pot #1 with four of a kind, sevens.
rnorman1963 wins 1235 chips from the main pot with four of a kind, sevens.
Player pokerhawk06 finished in 621 place
pokerhawk06 has left the table.
The Small Blind left the table. The Dealer button remains in place.


I love losing with AA to quads.

1/31/2006 6:14:15 PM

I told you about betting the best hand.





[Edited on January 31, 2006 at 7:55 PM. Reason : :p]

1/31/2006 7:51:30 PM

its a freeroll.

1/31/2006 8:06:07 PM

im going back to the borgata this weekend once shit will have settled down

1/31/2006 8:51:47 PM