I had the opportunity to play in FTOPS event #1 a $200+16 NL tournament with a $750,000 guarantee tonight. The tournament brought a huge field of 5,319 entrants, paying 738 places. With a double stack and longer levels, I liked my chances. Here are some of my hands throughout.
Seat 1: Kin Corn Karn (3,000)
Seat 2: pokealong (2,380)
Seat 3: O0Brian0O (3,045)
Seat 4: 101011002 (2,215)
Seat 5: Black_BartA8 (2,235)
Seat 6: donpeters (2,970)
Seat 7: pigarco (4,310)
Seat 8: Belladdie (3,925)
Seat 9: c1 future pro (2,920)
101011002 posts the small blind of 15
Black_BartA8 posts the big blind of 30
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to donpeters [As Ad]
donpeters raises to 90
pigarco calls 90
Belladdie calls 90
c1 future pro folds
Kin Corn Karn folds
pokealong folds
O0Brian0O calls 90
101011002 calls 75
Black_BartA8 calls 60
*** FLOP *** [9d 6d Jh]
101011002 checks
Black_BartA8 checks
donpeters bets 375
pigarco folds
Belladdie folds
O0Brian0O folds
101011002 folds
Black_BartA8 folds
Uncalled bet of 375 returned to donpeters
donpeters mucks
donpeters wins the pot (540)
Wasn't really digging the 5 callers I had. I'd rather play my AA against 1-2 opponents. Still was able to scoop a decent pot early.
Seat 1: Kin Corn Karn (3,080)
Seat 2: pokealong (2,700)
Seat 3: O0Brian0O (2,340)
Seat 4: 101011002 (1,780)
Seat 5: Black_BartA8 (4,135)
Seat 6: donpeters (3,315)
Seat 7: pigarco (4,725)
Seat 8: Belladdie (2,245)
Seat 9: c1 future pro (2,680)
c1 future pro posts the small blind of 20
Kin Corn Karn posts the big blind of 40
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to donpeters [Jc Jh]
pokealong raises to 80 {Min-raise UTG, but he has been playing fairly loose and kind of all over the place with limps and min-raises.}
O0Brian0O has 15 seconds left to act
O0Brian0O folds
101011002 folds
Black_BartA8 has 15 seconds left to act
Black_BartA8 folds
donpeters raises to 240
pigarco folds
Belladdie folds
c1 future pro folds
Kin Corn Karn folds
pokealong has 15 seconds left to act
pokealong calls 160
*** FLOP *** [Kh Td 8h]
pokealong has 15 seconds left to act
pokealong checks
donpeters checks {Could have bet here. Wanted to keep the pot small and I had position, so I opted to check behind. Opinions?}
*** TURN *** [Kh Td 8h] [Ah]
pokealong has 15 seconds left to act
pokealong bets 200
donpeters has 15 seconds left to act
donpeters calls 200 {Wasn't a fan of the A, but with the Jh and a straight draw, also a pair that I thought had a decent chance of being good, I could call this. Thought about raising, but this early I decided not to get myself into unwanted trouble.}
*** RIVER *** [Kh Td 8h Ah] [Qc]
pokealong has 15 seconds left to act
pokealong checks
donpeters bets 400
pokealong has 15 seconds left to act
pokealong is sitting out
pokealong has timed out
pokealong folds
Uncalled bet of 400 returned to donpeters
pokealong has returned
donpeters mucks
donpeters wins the pot (940)
Another decent pot to add to my stack. Early on in tournaments, I'm looking for sure ways to increase my stack. I'm not here to donk it up and go balls to the wall when the blinds are low. I'll pick and choose my spots to slowly work my way up the ranks. When the blinds and antes get bigger, I'll be more willing to make some moves.
Seat 1: Kin Corn Karn (5,400)
Seat 2: Pwnataur (2,720)
Seat 3: O0Brian0O (2,180)
Seat 4: 101011002 (2,850)
Seat 5: Black_BartA8 (3,230)
Seat 6: donpeters (3,550)
Seat 7: pigarco (4,685)
Seat 8: Belladdie (3,352)
Seat 9: c1 future pro (1,913)
Pwnataur posts the small blind of 30
O0Brian0O posts the big blind of 60
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to donpeters [Qd Qh]
101011002 folds
Black_BartA8 folds
donpeters has 15 seconds left to act
donpeters raises to 180
pigarco folds
Belladdie folds
c1 future pro calls 180
Kin Corn Karn has 15 seconds left to act
Kin Corn Karn calls 180
Pwnataur has 15 seconds left to act
Pwnataur is sitting out
Pwnataur has timed out
Pwnataur folds
O0Brian0O calls 120
*** FLOP *** [4c Ts Tc]
O0Brian0O checks
donpeters checks {This is where I went wrong. I didn't want to commit to a hand I wasn't sure on although in hindsight I should have bet the flop here I think.}
c1 future pro checks
Kin Corn Karn bets 350
O0Brian0O folds
Pwnataur has been disconnected
donpeters calls 350
c1 future pro folds
*** TURN *** [4c Ts Tc] [Kc]
donpeters checks
Kin Corn Karn bets 700
donpeters has 15 seconds left to act
donpeters has requested TIME
donpeters folds
Uncalled bet of 700 returned to Kin Corn Karn
Kin Corn Karn mucks
Kin Corn Karn wins the pot (1,450)
The QQ hand is my biggest concern looking back on things. Kin Corn Karn showed me soon after that maybe I should have played this hand against him instead of conceding. He was shoving, raising, and calling with some crazy hands soon after which leads me to believe I was good.
Seat 1: Kin Corn Karn (4,652)
Seat 2: taylortreble (6,623)
Seat 3: O0Brian0O (1,300)
Seat 4: 101011002 (4,320)
Seat 5: kops123 (4,650)
Seat 6: donpeters (2,980)
Seat 7: pigarco (4,225)
Seat 8: Belladdie (5,312)
Seat 9: c1 future pro (7,391)
kops123 posts the small blind of 60
donpeters posts the big blind of 120
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to donpeters [Ad 6h]
pigarco folds
Belladdie folds
c1 future pro folds
Kin Corn Karn calls 120
taylortreble folds
O0Brian0O folds
101011002 folds
kops123 calls 60
donpeters checks
*** FLOP *** [4c 7h Ah]
kops123 has 15 seconds left to act
kops123 bets 240
donpeters calls 240
Kin Corn Karn folds
*** TURN *** [4c 7h Ah] [4d]
kops123 bets 560
donpeters has 15 seconds left to act
donpeters calls 560
*** RIVER *** [4c 7h Ah 4d] [4h]
kops123 checks
donpeters has 15 seconds left to act
donpeters bets 1,000
kops123 calls 1,000
*** SHOW DOWN ***
donpeters shows [Ad 6h] a full house, Fours full of Aces
kops123 mucks
donpeters wins the pot (3,960) with a full house, Fours full of Aces
Another good pot, this one really helped to boost me up there. When he checked the river, I was pretty positive I was good and decided on a value bet to get some extra chips out of him.
Seat 1: Kin Corn Karn (4,532)
Seat 2: taylortreble (6,623)
Seat 3: O0Brian0O (1,300)
Seat 4: 101011002 (4,320)
Seat 5: kops123 (2,730)
Seat 6: donpeters (5,020)
Seat 7: pigarco (4,225)
Seat 8: Belladdie (5,312)
Seat 9: c1 future pro (7,391)
donpeters posts the small blind of 60
pigarco posts the big blind of 120
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to donpeters [Jh Jc]
Belladdie folds
c1 future pro has 15 seconds left to act
c1 future pro raises to 350
Kin Corn Karn folds
taylortreble folds
O0Brian0O folds
101011002 folds
kops123 folds
donpeters has 15 seconds left to act
donpeters raises to 850
pigarco folds
c1 future pro has 15 seconds left to act
c1 future pro calls 500
*** FLOP *** [8s 4s Kh]
donpeters has 15 seconds left to act
donpeters checks
c1 future pro has 15 seconds left to act
c1 future pro checks
*** TURN *** [8s 4s Kh] [8c]
donpeters bets 900
c1 future pro has 15 seconds left to act
c1 future pro has requested TIME
c1 future pro folds
Uncalled bet of 900 returned to donpeters
donpeters mucks
donpeters wins the pot (1,820)
I made it through the second break and was doing all right. Looking back on things, maybe I could have gotten a little bit more aggressive. I was very card dead going into the second break and coming out of it. The blinds got up to 250/500 with an ante a 50. After going through the blinds, I had just over 3100 in chips left and shoved on the button when it folded around to me with A7. The SB went into the tank and called, so did the BB. The flop blanked me, I picked up a spade draw on the turn, but blanked the river, too. I did beat out the SB's hand of QJ with my ace-high, but was outkicked by the BB's AJ. I was out in 1170th place, just over 400 out of the money. Solid run I suppose, just couldn't get my bigger hands to give me a ton of action. I held AA a few times, QQ a few times, JJ and AK a few times as well but couldn't get the table to give me the bigger action I wanted. The table I was at for most of these hands was pretty loose and aggressive with a lot of raising and reraising going on preflop. Too bad none of this happened when I picked up my top hands.
I was able to profit off the tournament though. I was able to originally invest $3 to win into this tournament and a friend of mine and myself swapped 10% of each other. KakaFC22 is his name and he has been doing very, very well online lately in the tournaments he plays. He came in 522nd for just under $330 and shipped me my 10%. He also won in via satellite for $24+2, so it was a good showing for him. Congrats Kaka and keep it up!
Until my next big chance... the dream lives on.
2.06.2008
Session analysis and the FTOPS!
After dropping some more of my bankroll in the past two days, I hopped back on the tables last night for another session. I played the $.05/.10 deep table (min. $10, max. $20) on FTP and came away with a very solid session. I was happy with both my play and my results. Here's a few hands from the session.
Seat 1: ponzied ($20.35)
Seat 2: marrco2006 ($15.80)
Seat 3: donpeters ($9.65)
Seat 4: deep444 ($10.85)
Seat 5: urnieburn77 ($20.60)
Seat 6: Tarr6 ($4.70)
Seat 7: cryp88 ($18.65)
Seat 8: 4ever_leebug ($19.90)
urnieburn77 posts the small blind of $0.05
Tarr6 posts the big blind of $0.10
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to donpeters [Ac Qh]
cryp88 folds
4ever_leebug folds
ponzied folds
marrco2006 raises to $0.20 {Been playing loose, somewhat of a maniac.}
donpeters has 15 seconds left to act
donpeters raises to $0.75 {His range is too wide for me to just call and let him see a cheap flop.}
deep444 folds
urnieburn77 folds
Tarr6 folds
marrco2006 raises to $1.30 {I hate when people do this.}
donpeters has 15 seconds left to act
donpeters calls $0.55
*** FLOP *** [Kc 8c Ad]
marrco2006 bets $2.75
donpeters raises to $8.35, and is all in
marrco2006 calls $5.60
donpeters shows [Ac Qh]
marrco2006 shows [Jd Qc] {Umm... no 10 por favor.}
*** TURN *** [Kc 8c Ad] [6h]
*** RIVER *** [Kc 8c Ad 6h] [2c]
donpeters shows a pair of Aces
marrco2006 shows Ace King high
donpeters wins the pot ($17.55) with a pair of Aces
After the flop, I was pretty sure he held 1010, JJ, QQ, A10, AJ. He's the type of loose player that slow played his big hands and played his weaker ones aggressively. When he came out firing the pot, I smiled, threw up a fist pump, and moved all-in.
Seat 1: One Red Ace ($22.15)
Seat 2: marrco2006 ($4.70)
Seat 3: donpeters ($17.15) {In for $10, so I'm doing all right so far.}
Seat 4: deep444 ($11.90)
Seat 5: urnieburn77 ($18.75)
Seat 6: Tarr6 ($4.20)
Seat 7: Doctor Ray ($22.90)
Seat 8: AAndroid ($20.05)
donpeters posts the small blind of $0.05
deep444 posts the big blind of $0.10
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to donpeters [Ks Kc]
urnieburn77 raises to $0.30 {UTG, been playing fairly tight, this should get interesting.}
Tarr6 folds
Doctor Ray has 15 seconds left to act
Doctor Ray calls $0.30
AAndroid folds
One Red Ace calls $0.30
marrco2006 folds
donpeters has 15 seconds left to act
donpeters raises to $2 {Debated between making my raise between $1.50 and $2.00. Settled on the latter because I still had a loose player behind me in the BB and I was out of position on each subsequent street.}
deep444 has 15 seconds left to act
deep444 folds
urnieburn77 folds
Doctor Ray has 15 seconds left to act
Doctor Ray folds
One Red Ace folds
Uncalled bet of $1.70 returned to donpeters
donpeters mucks
donpeters wins the pot ($1.30) {Uneventful, but I'll take it.}
Seat 1: One Red Ace ($20)
Seat 2: soarsoar ($19.65)
Seat 3: donpeters ($18.25)
Seat 4: deep444 ($9.50)
Seat 5: CaptJab ($39.55)
Seat 6: Tarr6 ($10.20)
Seat 7: Doctor Ray ($13.45)
Seat 8: AAndroid ($32.50)
CaptJab posts the small blind of $0.05
Tarr6 posts the big blind of $0.10
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to donpeters [Jh Jd]
Doctor Ray calls $0.10
AAndroid has 15 seconds left to act
AAndroid calls $0.10
One Red Ace folds
soarsoar folds
donpeters raises to $0.60
deep444 calls $0.60
CaptJab calls $0.55 {Super maniac and I'm happy he called.}
Tarr6 folds
Doctor Ray calls $0.50
AAndroid calls $0.50
*** FLOP *** [3c Ad Js] {Bingo!}
CaptJab checks
Doctor Ray bets $1.60 {Bango!}
AAndroid folds
donpeters has 15 seconds left to act
donpeters calls $1.60
deep444 folds
CaptJab folds
*** TURN *** [3c Ad Js] [8d]
Doctor Ray bets $11.25, and is all in {Bongo!}
donpeters calls $11.25
Doctor Ray shows [Ac 2c]
donpeters shows [Jh Jd]
*** RIVER *** [3c Ad Js 8d] [8c]
Doctor Ray shows two pair, Aces and Eights
donpeters shows a full house, Jacks full of Eights
donpeters wins the pot ($26.80) with a full house, Jacks full of Eights
Doctor Ray is sitting out
I opted to just call the flop bet, hoping to trap CaptJab in for a loose call on a fairly dry board. Didn't work out the way I had planned, but still got the original flop bettor to stack off to me on the turn.
The following hand I had a plan, but it didn't work out. Looking back on it, I could have and maybe should have taken a different route, but opted not to because my opponent had been playing the last few hands like a complete nut.
Seat 1: One Red Ace ($27.50)
Seat 2: soarsoar ($19.45)
Seat 3: donpeters ($30.25)
Seat 4: deep444 ($1.55), is sitting out
Seat 5: CaptJab ($47.45)
Seat 6: Jiboy1337 ($19.90)
Seat 7: centja1 ($23.10)
Seat 8: AAndroid ($24.80)
Jiboy1337 has 5 seconds left to act
Jiboy1337 posts the small blind of $0.05
centja1 posts the big blind of $0.10
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to donpeters [Jh Th]
AAndroid has 15 seconds left to act
AAndroid is sitting out
AAndroid has timed out
AAndroid folds
One Red Ace calls $0.10
soarsoar calls $0.10
AAndroid has returned
donpeters calls $0.10
CaptJab has 15 seconds left to act
CaptJab raises to $0.65 {Has been raising and playing each of the last 10-12 hands.}
Jiboy1337 folds
centja1 folds
One Red Ace has 15 seconds left to act
One Red Ace folds
soarsoar folds
donpeters calls $0.55
*** FLOP *** [6h Qh 2h] {Beautiful flop.}
donpeters checks
CaptJab bets $0.90
donpeters raises to $2.70 {Questionable, but if he hit any of this flop he's coming back over the top.}
CaptJab has 15 seconds left to act
CaptJab folds
Uncalled bet of $1.80 returned to donpeters
donpeters mucks
donpeters wins the pot ($3.15)
So looking back on the hand, I should have just called the flop and then threw my check-raise in on the turn. I check-raised, hoping my opponent would come back over the top of me based on how he had been playing the past few hands. As soon as he folded, I knew I probably should have just called and trapped him for more. They always say that not losing money in poker is a win, but is not winning money a loss?
Seat 1: One Red Ace ($30.70)
Seat 2: MoMoney2305 ($18.60)
Seat 3: donpeters ($30.65)
Seat 4: Poonet ($17)
Seat 5: Mutton Stew ($20.75), is sitting out
Seat 6: Jiboy1337 ($19.70)
Seat 7: centja1 ($25.90)
Seat 8: AAndroid ($32.25), is sitting out
donpeters posts the small blind of $0.05
Poonet posts the big blind of $0.10
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to donpeters [2h 2s]
Jiboy1337 folds
centja1 folds
One Red Ace calls $0.10
MoMoney2305 folds
donpeters calls $0.05
Poonet checks
*** FLOP *** [5d 4h 2c] {Whoohoo!}
donpeters bets $0.30 {No slow-playing here.}
Poonet raises to $0.90 {Perfect. Not that strong of a player here}
One Red Ace folds
donpeters has 15 seconds left to act
donpeters raises to $3 {Like I said, no slow-playing here.}
Poonet has 15 seconds left to act
Poonet adds $4
Poonet folds
Uncalled bet of $2.10 returned to donpeters
donpeters mucks
donpeters wins the pot ($1.90)
Seat 1: One Red Ace ($30.75)
Seat 2: MoMoney2305 ($17.10)
Seat 3: donpeters ($30.40)
Seat 4: Poonet ($21.20)
Seat 5: Mutton Stew ($20.75), is sitting out
Seat 6: Jiboy1337 ($20)
Seat 7: centja1 ($28.15)
Seat 8: AAndroid ($32.25), is sitting out
Poonet posts the small blind of $0.05
Jiboy1337 posts the big blind of $0.10
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to donpeters [Qh Kh]
centja1 raises to $0.40
One Red Ace folds
MoMoney2305 calls $0.40
donpeters calls $0.40
Poonet calls $0.35
Jiboy1337 folds
*** FLOP *** [Th 9c Qc]
Poonet checks
centja1 checks
MoMoney2305 checks
donpeters bets $1.40 {If no one wants the pot, I'll take a stab here in position.}
Mutton Stew has returned
Poonet calls $1.40 {Pretty big check, call.}
centja1 folds
MoMoney2305 folds
*** TURN *** [Th 9c Qc] [2c]
Poonet checks
donpeters has 15 seconds left to act
donpeters bets $3 {The flush draw hit, but I opted to fire and see where I'm at. He could have a Jx, a weaker Q, etc. and I want to keep control of the action.}
Poonet has 15 seconds left to act
Poonet raises to $8 {Not how I wanted to keep control of the action. Now I'm thinking 2 pair, flush, flopped straight.}
donpeters has 15 seconds left to act
donpeters folds
Uncalled bet of $5 returned to Poonet
Poonet mucks
Poonet wins the pot ($9.45)
I opted to not play a big pot with just my top pair and gutshot with KQ on a fairly connected board. I can pick much better spots than this to get my money in.
At the end of the 3 hour, 26 minute session, I saw 223 hands and netted a win for $15.60. I also cleared a $7.50 chunk of bonus money, so that puts me at +$23.10 for this session. Not bad for playing $.05/.10 NL. I have been running bad as of late, so I played even tighter than I normally do for this session and it seems to have worked. Out of the 223 hands I saw, I only saw the flop a mere 11% and took down 2 hands preflop. At these limits I feel patience is such a key factor. There are so many weak and loose players out there in the micros that just sitting tight and playing straight forward poker works the best for me.
While playing the cash table, I was also playing my $50+5 FTOPS satellite. I won in for $3 a few weeks back and tonight was the night I was up to win my seat. They have us a deeper stack than normal and just under 25% won seats... I liked my chances. I had a key hand early on that gave me a nice, comfy double up.
Seat 1: Dahladino (1,980)
Seat 2: marinersjj (2,030)
Seat 3: Aron F Jenks (1,970)
Seat 4: OlyDaJew (1,960)
Seat 5: kyriasialiolios (2,000)
Seat 6: robert99999ft (3,005)
Seat 7: spike800 (1,780)
Seat 8: donpeters (1,980)
Seat 9: timjim_1 (1,295)
donpeters posts the small blind of 10
timjim_1 posts the big blind of 20
The button is in seat #7
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to donpeters [8d Td]
Dahladino folds
marinersjj folds
Aron F Jenks calls 20
OlyDaJew calls 20
kyriasialiolios calls 20
robert99999ft calls 20
spike800 folds
donpeters calls 10
timjim_1 checks
*** FLOP *** [8h Ad Ts]
donpeters has 15 seconds left to act
donpeters bets 100 {Don't like to get too tricky in a satellite, just come out betting. And this is really early.}
timjim_1 folds
Aron F Jenks folds
OlyDaJew folds
kyriasialiolios raises to 300
robert99999ft folds
donpeters has 15 seconds left to act
donpeters has requested TIME
donpeters raises to 700
kyriasialiolios calls 400 {Snap call! I put him on Ax and was leaning towards an AJ.}
*** TURN *** [8h Ad Ts] [Kc]
donpeters bets 1,260, and is all in
kyriasialiolios has 15 seconds left to act
kyriasialiolios has requested TIME {Now I'm praying for a call, I know I have him.}
kyriasialiolios calls 1,260
donpeters shows [8d Td]
kyriasialiolios shows [Ah 7c] {Awesome, sweet, thanks.}
*** RIVER *** [8h Ad Ts Kc] [6h]
donpeters shows two pair, Tens and Eights
kyriasialiolios shows a pair of Aces
donpeters wins the pot (4,040) with two pair, Tens and Eights
Seat 1: BocceBob (5,395)
Seat 2: donpeters (3,610)
Seat 3: JoeytheLips (825), is sitting out
Seat 4: RedDogg101 (660)
Seat 5: ronzki (1,005), is sitting out
Seat 6: druster (7,235)
Seat 7: 2DogsHumpin (3,340)
Seat 8: dodger368 (5,985)
Seat 9: urdadio (855), is sitting out
RedDogg101 posts the small blind of 60
ronzki posts the big blind of 120
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to donpeters [Jc Js]
druster folds
2DogsHumpin folds
dodger368 folds
urdadio folds
BocceBob raises to 240 {I still don't really get the min-raise from MP.}
donpeters has 15 seconds left to act
donpeters raises to 650
JoeytheLips folds
RedDogg101 folds
ronzki folds
BocceBob has 15 seconds left to act
BocceBob folds
Uncalled bet of 410 returned to donpeters
donpeters mucks
donpeters wins the pot (660) {Decent pot, I'll take it.}
Seat 1: BocceBob (6,415)
Seat 2: donpeters (4,170)
Seat 3: JoeytheLips (585), is sitting out
Seat 4: DeepBlueSea (1,125)
Seat 5: ronzki (585), is sitting out
Seat 6: druster (7,515)
Seat 7: 2DogsHumpin (3,700)
Seat 8: dodger368 (5,505)
Seat 9: urdadio (435), is sitting out
donpeters posts the small blind of 80
JoeytheLips posts the big blind of 160
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to donpeters [9h 9s]
DeepBlueSea folds
ronzki folds
druster folds
2DogsHumpin folds
dodger368 raises to 480
urdadio folds
BocceBob calls 480
donpeters calls 400
JoeytheLips folds
*** FLOP *** [4d Js 4s]
donpeters checks
dodger368 checks
BocceBob checks
*** TURN *** [4d Js 4s] [As]
donpeters checks
dodger368 checks
BocceBob bets 160
donpeters has 15 seconds left to act
donpeters calls 160 {Cheap enough for a chance to win a big pot if the river bet stays small.}
dodger368 calls 160 {Something smells here, I just had that feeling.}
*** RIVER *** [4d Js 4s As] [7h]
donpeters checks
dodger368 bets 800
BocceBob raises to 1,600
donpeters folds
dodger368 raises to 4,865, and is all in {That feeling was reassured big time!}
BocceBob calls 3,265
*** SHOW DOWN ***
dodger368 shows [Jh Jd] a full house, Jacks full of Fours
BocceBob mucks
dodger368 wins the pot (11,810) with a full house, Jacks full of Fours
This hand actually gave me a ton of confidence. I had a feeling the way it played out that dodger held JJ the entire time. When my suspicions were confirmed and I was right, I was very happy with myself and my read and felt I had a lot of confidence from here on out. You don't always have to be a big player in a hand to get a huge emotional and mental lift!
Seat 1: FLoWerGirl19 (4,410)
Seat 2: KBBPOKER (9,860)
Seat 3: Flowkid1 (4,084)
Seat 4: timjim_1 (2,070)
Seat 5: jwood71 (7,140)
Seat 6: arigold13 (9,551)
Seat 7: donpeters (3,555)
Seat 8: cosjoel (7,620)
Seat 9: acesindixie (5,065)
FLoWerGirl19 antes 25
KBBPOKER antes 25
Flowkid1 antes 25
timjim_1 antes 25
jwood71 antes 25
arigold13 antes 25
donpeters antes 25
cosjoel antes 25
acesindixie antes 25
Flowkid1 posts the small blind of 120
timjim_1 posts the big blind of 240
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to donpeters [Js Ah]
jwood71 folds
arigold13 folds
donpeters raises to 600
cosjoel folds
acesindixie folds
FLoWerGirl19 folds
KBBPOKER folds
Flowkid1 folds
timjim_1 has 15 seconds left to act
timjim_1 calls 360
*** FLOP *** [Th 3h 4c]
timjim_1 checks
donpeters bets 950 {A nice continuation bet always did the trick.}
timjim_1 folds
Uncalled bet of 950 returned to donpeters
donpeters mucks
donpeters wins the pot (1,545)
Seat 1: KurMur (5,748)
Seat 2: rvdh51 (4,513)
Seat 3: Jorge Q (6,036)
Seat 4: donpeters (3,090)
Seat 6: DONKYcDONKYdu (7,064)
Seat 7: clarktheshrk (5,618)
Seat 8: bud85 (10,710)
Seat 9: dolfan89 (3,164)
KurMur antes 50
rvdh51 antes 50
Jorge Q antes 50
donpeters antes 50
DONKYcDONKYdu antes 50
clarktheshrk antes 50
bud85 antes 50
dolfan89 antes 50
Jorge Q posts the small blind of 200
donpeters posts the big blind of 400
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to donpeters [Th Qd]
AmbulanceChaser sits down
AmbulanceChaser adds 8,828
DONKYcDONKYdu folds
clarktheshrk folds
bud85 folds
dolfan89 has 15 seconds left to act
dolfan89 is sitting out
dolfan89 has timed out
dolfan89 folds
KurMur folds
dolfan89 has returned
rvdh51 has 15 seconds left to act
rvdh51 folds
Jorge Q has 15 seconds left to act
Jorge Q raises to 800 {Folds to the SB and he min-raises, hmm.}
donpeters has 15 seconds left to act
donpeters has requested TIME
donpeters folds
Uncalled bet of 400 returned to Jorge Q
Jorge Q mucks
Jorge Q wins the pot (1,200)
I debated for a good time on what to do here. In the end I folded, but I'm still questioning my play here. It folded around to the SB who proceeded to min-raise my BB. I think in a normal tournament I'd shove here, putting him on a weak attempt to steal the blinds and antes, but because this is a satellite and my main goal is lasting and conserving chips, I opted for folding. A friend of mine was rail-birding and said he would have just called. I felt with my stack size, I couldn't just call another 400 chips here.
After this, things got a little worrisome. I had to shove with A7, KQ, and A9 in some good spots to pick up the blinds and antes to keep myself out of harms way. In the end, I was able to grind it out and making it into the top 156 out of 687 and qualify for FTOPS Event #1. The event is a $750,000 guarantee taking place tonight. Blind levels are increased an extra 2 minutes and we start with a double stack of 3000, so I'm happy. Wish me luck.
Seat 1: ponzied ($20.35)
Seat 2: marrco2006 ($15.80)
Seat 3: donpeters ($9.65)
Seat 4: deep444 ($10.85)
Seat 5: urnieburn77 ($20.60)
Seat 6: Tarr6 ($4.70)
Seat 7: cryp88 ($18.65)
Seat 8: 4ever_leebug ($19.90)
urnieburn77 posts the small blind of $0.05
Tarr6 posts the big blind of $0.10
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to donpeters [Ac Qh]
cryp88 folds
4ever_leebug folds
ponzied folds
marrco2006 raises to $0.20 {Been playing loose, somewhat of a maniac.}
donpeters has 15 seconds left to act
donpeters raises to $0.75 {His range is too wide for me to just call and let him see a cheap flop.}
deep444 folds
urnieburn77 folds
Tarr6 folds
marrco2006 raises to $1.30 {I hate when people do this.}
donpeters has 15 seconds left to act
donpeters calls $0.55
*** FLOP *** [Kc 8c Ad]
marrco2006 bets $2.75
donpeters raises to $8.35, and is all in
marrco2006 calls $5.60
donpeters shows [Ac Qh]
marrco2006 shows [Jd Qc] {Umm... no 10 por favor.}
*** TURN *** [Kc 8c Ad] [6h]
*** RIVER *** [Kc 8c Ad 6h] [2c]
donpeters shows a pair of Aces
marrco2006 shows Ace King high
donpeters wins the pot ($17.55) with a pair of Aces
After the flop, I was pretty sure he held 1010, JJ, QQ, A10, AJ. He's the type of loose player that slow played his big hands and played his weaker ones aggressively. When he came out firing the pot, I smiled, threw up a fist pump, and moved all-in.
Seat 1: One Red Ace ($22.15)
Seat 2: marrco2006 ($4.70)
Seat 3: donpeters ($17.15) {In for $10, so I'm doing all right so far.}
Seat 4: deep444 ($11.90)
Seat 5: urnieburn77 ($18.75)
Seat 6: Tarr6 ($4.20)
Seat 7: Doctor Ray ($22.90)
Seat 8: AAndroid ($20.05)
donpeters posts the small blind of $0.05
deep444 posts the big blind of $0.10
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to donpeters [Ks Kc]
urnieburn77 raises to $0.30 {UTG, been playing fairly tight, this should get interesting.}
Tarr6 folds
Doctor Ray has 15 seconds left to act
Doctor Ray calls $0.30
AAndroid folds
One Red Ace calls $0.30
marrco2006 folds
donpeters has 15 seconds left to act
donpeters raises to $2 {Debated between making my raise between $1.50 and $2.00. Settled on the latter because I still had a loose player behind me in the BB and I was out of position on each subsequent street.}
deep444 has 15 seconds left to act
deep444 folds
urnieburn77 folds
Doctor Ray has 15 seconds left to act
Doctor Ray folds
One Red Ace folds
Uncalled bet of $1.70 returned to donpeters
donpeters mucks
donpeters wins the pot ($1.30) {Uneventful, but I'll take it.}
Seat 1: One Red Ace ($20)
Seat 2: soarsoar ($19.65)
Seat 3: donpeters ($18.25)
Seat 4: deep444 ($9.50)
Seat 5: CaptJab ($39.55)
Seat 6: Tarr6 ($10.20)
Seat 7: Doctor Ray ($13.45)
Seat 8: AAndroid ($32.50)
CaptJab posts the small blind of $0.05
Tarr6 posts the big blind of $0.10
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to donpeters [Jh Jd]
Doctor Ray calls $0.10
AAndroid has 15 seconds left to act
AAndroid calls $0.10
One Red Ace folds
soarsoar folds
donpeters raises to $0.60
deep444 calls $0.60
CaptJab calls $0.55 {Super maniac and I'm happy he called.}
Tarr6 folds
Doctor Ray calls $0.50
AAndroid calls $0.50
*** FLOP *** [3c Ad Js] {Bingo!}
CaptJab checks
Doctor Ray bets $1.60 {Bango!}
AAndroid folds
donpeters has 15 seconds left to act
donpeters calls $1.60
deep444 folds
CaptJab folds
*** TURN *** [3c Ad Js] [8d]
Doctor Ray bets $11.25, and is all in {Bongo!}
donpeters calls $11.25
Doctor Ray shows [Ac 2c]
donpeters shows [Jh Jd]
*** RIVER *** [3c Ad Js 8d] [8c]
Doctor Ray shows two pair, Aces and Eights
donpeters shows a full house, Jacks full of Eights
donpeters wins the pot ($26.80) with a full house, Jacks full of Eights
Doctor Ray is sitting out
I opted to just call the flop bet, hoping to trap CaptJab in for a loose call on a fairly dry board. Didn't work out the way I had planned, but still got the original flop bettor to stack off to me on the turn.
The following hand I had a plan, but it didn't work out. Looking back on it, I could have and maybe should have taken a different route, but opted not to because my opponent had been playing the last few hands like a complete nut.
Seat 1: One Red Ace ($27.50)
Seat 2: soarsoar ($19.45)
Seat 3: donpeters ($30.25)
Seat 4: deep444 ($1.55), is sitting out
Seat 5: CaptJab ($47.45)
Seat 6: Jiboy1337 ($19.90)
Seat 7: centja1 ($23.10)
Seat 8: AAndroid ($24.80)
Jiboy1337 has 5 seconds left to act
Jiboy1337 posts the small blind of $0.05
centja1 posts the big blind of $0.10
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to donpeters [Jh Th]
AAndroid has 15 seconds left to act
AAndroid is sitting out
AAndroid has timed out
AAndroid folds
One Red Ace calls $0.10
soarsoar calls $0.10
AAndroid has returned
donpeters calls $0.10
CaptJab has 15 seconds left to act
CaptJab raises to $0.65 {Has been raising and playing each of the last 10-12 hands.}
Jiboy1337 folds
centja1 folds
One Red Ace has 15 seconds left to act
One Red Ace folds
soarsoar folds
donpeters calls $0.55
*** FLOP *** [6h Qh 2h] {Beautiful flop.}
donpeters checks
CaptJab bets $0.90
donpeters raises to $2.70 {Questionable, but if he hit any of this flop he's coming back over the top.}
CaptJab has 15 seconds left to act
CaptJab folds
Uncalled bet of $1.80 returned to donpeters
donpeters mucks
donpeters wins the pot ($3.15)
So looking back on the hand, I should have just called the flop and then threw my check-raise in on the turn. I check-raised, hoping my opponent would come back over the top of me based on how he had been playing the past few hands. As soon as he folded, I knew I probably should have just called and trapped him for more. They always say that not losing money in poker is a win, but is not winning money a loss?
Seat 1: One Red Ace ($30.70)
Seat 2: MoMoney2305 ($18.60)
Seat 3: donpeters ($30.65)
Seat 4: Poonet ($17)
Seat 5: Mutton Stew ($20.75), is sitting out
Seat 6: Jiboy1337 ($19.70)
Seat 7: centja1 ($25.90)
Seat 8: AAndroid ($32.25), is sitting out
donpeters posts the small blind of $0.05
Poonet posts the big blind of $0.10
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to donpeters [2h 2s]
Jiboy1337 folds
centja1 folds
One Red Ace calls $0.10
MoMoney2305 folds
donpeters calls $0.05
Poonet checks
*** FLOP *** [5d 4h 2c] {Whoohoo!}
donpeters bets $0.30 {No slow-playing here.}
Poonet raises to $0.90 {Perfect. Not that strong of a player here}
One Red Ace folds
donpeters has 15 seconds left to act
donpeters raises to $3 {Like I said, no slow-playing here.}
Poonet has 15 seconds left to act
Poonet adds $4
Poonet folds
Uncalled bet of $2.10 returned to donpeters
donpeters mucks
donpeters wins the pot ($1.90)
Seat 1: One Red Ace ($30.75)
Seat 2: MoMoney2305 ($17.10)
Seat 3: donpeters ($30.40)
Seat 4: Poonet ($21.20)
Seat 5: Mutton Stew ($20.75), is sitting out
Seat 6: Jiboy1337 ($20)
Seat 7: centja1 ($28.15)
Seat 8: AAndroid ($32.25), is sitting out
Poonet posts the small blind of $0.05
Jiboy1337 posts the big blind of $0.10
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to donpeters [Qh Kh]
centja1 raises to $0.40
One Red Ace folds
MoMoney2305 calls $0.40
donpeters calls $0.40
Poonet calls $0.35
Jiboy1337 folds
*** FLOP *** [Th 9c Qc]
Poonet checks
centja1 checks
MoMoney2305 checks
donpeters bets $1.40 {If no one wants the pot, I'll take a stab here in position.}
Mutton Stew has returned
Poonet calls $1.40 {Pretty big check, call.}
centja1 folds
MoMoney2305 folds
*** TURN *** [Th 9c Qc] [2c]
Poonet checks
donpeters has 15 seconds left to act
donpeters bets $3 {The flush draw hit, but I opted to fire and see where I'm at. He could have a Jx, a weaker Q, etc. and I want to keep control of the action.}
Poonet has 15 seconds left to act
Poonet raises to $8 {Not how I wanted to keep control of the action. Now I'm thinking 2 pair, flush, flopped straight.}
donpeters has 15 seconds left to act
donpeters folds
Uncalled bet of $5 returned to Poonet
Poonet mucks
Poonet wins the pot ($9.45)
I opted to not play a big pot with just my top pair and gutshot with KQ on a fairly connected board. I can pick much better spots than this to get my money in.
At the end of the 3 hour, 26 minute session, I saw 223 hands and netted a win for $15.60. I also cleared a $7.50 chunk of bonus money, so that puts me at +$23.10 for this session. Not bad for playing $.05/.10 NL. I have been running bad as of late, so I played even tighter than I normally do for this session and it seems to have worked. Out of the 223 hands I saw, I only saw the flop a mere 11% and took down 2 hands preflop. At these limits I feel patience is such a key factor. There are so many weak and loose players out there in the micros that just sitting tight and playing straight forward poker works the best for me.
While playing the cash table, I was also playing my $50+5 FTOPS satellite. I won in for $3 a few weeks back and tonight was the night I was up to win my seat. They have us a deeper stack than normal and just under 25% won seats... I liked my chances. I had a key hand early on that gave me a nice, comfy double up.
Seat 1: Dahladino (1,980)
Seat 2: marinersjj (2,030)
Seat 3: Aron F Jenks (1,970)
Seat 4: OlyDaJew (1,960)
Seat 5: kyriasialiolios (2,000)
Seat 6: robert99999ft (3,005)
Seat 7: spike800 (1,780)
Seat 8: donpeters (1,980)
Seat 9: timjim_1 (1,295)
donpeters posts the small blind of 10
timjim_1 posts the big blind of 20
The button is in seat #7
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to donpeters [8d Td]
Dahladino folds
marinersjj folds
Aron F Jenks calls 20
OlyDaJew calls 20
kyriasialiolios calls 20
robert99999ft calls 20
spike800 folds
donpeters calls 10
timjim_1 checks
*** FLOP *** [8h Ad Ts]
donpeters has 15 seconds left to act
donpeters bets 100 {Don't like to get too tricky in a satellite, just come out betting. And this is really early.}
timjim_1 folds
Aron F Jenks folds
OlyDaJew folds
kyriasialiolios raises to 300
robert99999ft folds
donpeters has 15 seconds left to act
donpeters has requested TIME
donpeters raises to 700
kyriasialiolios calls 400 {Snap call! I put him on Ax and was leaning towards an AJ.}
*** TURN *** [8h Ad Ts] [Kc]
donpeters bets 1,260, and is all in
kyriasialiolios has 15 seconds left to act
kyriasialiolios has requested TIME {Now I'm praying for a call, I know I have him.}
kyriasialiolios calls 1,260
donpeters shows [8d Td]
kyriasialiolios shows [Ah 7c] {Awesome, sweet, thanks.}
*** RIVER *** [8h Ad Ts Kc] [6h]
donpeters shows two pair, Tens and Eights
kyriasialiolios shows a pair of Aces
donpeters wins the pot (4,040) with two pair, Tens and Eights
Seat 1: BocceBob (5,395)
Seat 2: donpeters (3,610)
Seat 3: JoeytheLips (825), is sitting out
Seat 4: RedDogg101 (660)
Seat 5: ronzki (1,005), is sitting out
Seat 6: druster (7,235)
Seat 7: 2DogsHumpin (3,340)
Seat 8: dodger368 (5,985)
Seat 9: urdadio (855), is sitting out
RedDogg101 posts the small blind of 60
ronzki posts the big blind of 120
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to donpeters [Jc Js]
druster folds
2DogsHumpin folds
dodger368 folds
urdadio folds
BocceBob raises to 240 {I still don't really get the min-raise from MP.}
donpeters has 15 seconds left to act
donpeters raises to 650
JoeytheLips folds
RedDogg101 folds
ronzki folds
BocceBob has 15 seconds left to act
BocceBob folds
Uncalled bet of 410 returned to donpeters
donpeters mucks
donpeters wins the pot (660) {Decent pot, I'll take it.}
Seat 1: BocceBob (6,415)
Seat 2: donpeters (4,170)
Seat 3: JoeytheLips (585), is sitting out
Seat 4: DeepBlueSea (1,125)
Seat 5: ronzki (585), is sitting out
Seat 6: druster (7,515)
Seat 7: 2DogsHumpin (3,700)
Seat 8: dodger368 (5,505)
Seat 9: urdadio (435), is sitting out
donpeters posts the small blind of 80
JoeytheLips posts the big blind of 160
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to donpeters [9h 9s]
DeepBlueSea folds
ronzki folds
druster folds
2DogsHumpin folds
dodger368 raises to 480
urdadio folds
BocceBob calls 480
donpeters calls 400
JoeytheLips folds
*** FLOP *** [4d Js 4s]
donpeters checks
dodger368 checks
BocceBob checks
*** TURN *** [4d Js 4s] [As]
donpeters checks
dodger368 checks
BocceBob bets 160
donpeters has 15 seconds left to act
donpeters calls 160 {Cheap enough for a chance to win a big pot if the river bet stays small.}
dodger368 calls 160 {Something smells here, I just had that feeling.}
*** RIVER *** [4d Js 4s As] [7h]
donpeters checks
dodger368 bets 800
BocceBob raises to 1,600
donpeters folds
dodger368 raises to 4,865, and is all in {That feeling was reassured big time!}
BocceBob calls 3,265
*** SHOW DOWN ***
dodger368 shows [Jh Jd] a full house, Jacks full of Fours
BocceBob mucks
dodger368 wins the pot (11,810) with a full house, Jacks full of Fours
This hand actually gave me a ton of confidence. I had a feeling the way it played out that dodger held JJ the entire time. When my suspicions were confirmed and I was right, I was very happy with myself and my read and felt I had a lot of confidence from here on out. You don't always have to be a big player in a hand to get a huge emotional and mental lift!
Seat 1: FLoWerGirl19 (4,410)
Seat 2: KBBPOKER (9,860)
Seat 3: Flowkid1 (4,084)
Seat 4: timjim_1 (2,070)
Seat 5: jwood71 (7,140)
Seat 6: arigold13 (9,551)
Seat 7: donpeters (3,555)
Seat 8: cosjoel (7,620)
Seat 9: acesindixie (5,065)
FLoWerGirl19 antes 25
KBBPOKER antes 25
Flowkid1 antes 25
timjim_1 antes 25
jwood71 antes 25
arigold13 antes 25
donpeters antes 25
cosjoel antes 25
acesindixie antes 25
Flowkid1 posts the small blind of 120
timjim_1 posts the big blind of 240
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to donpeters [Js Ah]
jwood71 folds
arigold13 folds
donpeters raises to 600
cosjoel folds
acesindixie folds
FLoWerGirl19 folds
KBBPOKER folds
Flowkid1 folds
timjim_1 has 15 seconds left to act
timjim_1 calls 360
*** FLOP *** [Th 3h 4c]
timjim_1 checks
donpeters bets 950 {A nice continuation bet always did the trick.}
timjim_1 folds
Uncalled bet of 950 returned to donpeters
donpeters mucks
donpeters wins the pot (1,545)
Seat 1: KurMur (5,748)
Seat 2: rvdh51 (4,513)
Seat 3: Jorge Q (6,036)
Seat 4: donpeters (3,090)
Seat 6: DONKYcDONKYdu (7,064)
Seat 7: clarktheshrk (5,618)
Seat 8: bud85 (10,710)
Seat 9: dolfan89 (3,164)
KurMur antes 50
rvdh51 antes 50
Jorge Q antes 50
donpeters antes 50
DONKYcDONKYdu antes 50
clarktheshrk antes 50
bud85 antes 50
dolfan89 antes 50
Jorge Q posts the small blind of 200
donpeters posts the big blind of 400
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to donpeters [Th Qd]
AmbulanceChaser sits down
AmbulanceChaser adds 8,828
DONKYcDONKYdu folds
clarktheshrk folds
bud85 folds
dolfan89 has 15 seconds left to act
dolfan89 is sitting out
dolfan89 has timed out
dolfan89 folds
KurMur folds
dolfan89 has returned
rvdh51 has 15 seconds left to act
rvdh51 folds
Jorge Q has 15 seconds left to act
Jorge Q raises to 800 {Folds to the SB and he min-raises, hmm.}
donpeters has 15 seconds left to act
donpeters has requested TIME
donpeters folds
Uncalled bet of 400 returned to Jorge Q
Jorge Q mucks
Jorge Q wins the pot (1,200)
I debated for a good time on what to do here. In the end I folded, but I'm still questioning my play here. It folded around to the SB who proceeded to min-raise my BB. I think in a normal tournament I'd shove here, putting him on a weak attempt to steal the blinds and antes, but because this is a satellite and my main goal is lasting and conserving chips, I opted for folding. A friend of mine was rail-birding and said he would have just called. I felt with my stack size, I couldn't just call another 400 chips here.
After this, things got a little worrisome. I had to shove with A7, KQ, and A9 in some good spots to pick up the blinds and antes to keep myself out of harms way. In the end, I was able to grind it out and making it into the top 156 out of 687 and qualify for FTOPS Event #1. The event is a $750,000 guarantee taking place tonight. Blind levels are increased an extra 2 minutes and we start with a double stack of 3000, so I'm happy. Wish me luck.
2.05.2008
Let the bad beats roll...
I don't like to blog about beats I am given, but I have to get some of this off my chest. This week has been nothing short of catastrophic for me on the felt. I've been getting beaten down in every way, shape, and form. I've tried MTTs, cash tables, dropping limits, switching games... I'm just getting killed.
Seat 1: Mclrn11 ($19.15)
Seat 2: Eagle1959 ($15.65)
Seat 3: 007_Lalli ($22.05)
Seat 4: mckdaddy23 ($38.90)
Seat 5: JoeSnak ($19.85)
Seat 6: Athos000 ($9.50)
Seat 7: smellytuna ($16.15)
Seat 8: donpeters ($20.75)
Athos000 posts the small blind of $0.05
smellytuna posts the big blind of $0.10
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to donpeters [Ts As]
donpeters raises to $0.40
Mclrn11 folds
Eagle1959 folds
007_Lalli folds
mckdaddy23 calls $0.40
JoeSnak folds
Athos000 calls $0.35
smellytuna checks
*** FLOP *** [Ad Qs 3c]
Athos000 checks
smellytuna checks
donpeters bets $1.00
mckdaddy23 calls $1.00
Athos000 folds
Smellytuna folds
*** TURN *** [Ad Qs 3c] [3s]
donpeters bets $2.40
mckdaddy23 calls $2.40
*** RIVER *** [Ad Qs 3c 3s] [3d]
donpeters bets $3.20
mckdaddy23 has 15 seconds left to act
mckdaddy23 raises to $37.50, and is all in
donpeters has 15 seconds left to act
donpeters has requested TIME
donpeters calls $19.05, and is all in
Uncalled bet of $18.15 returned to mckdaddy23
*** SHOW DOWN ***
mckdaddy23 shows [3h 5h] four of a kind, Threes
donpeters mucks
Maybe I should have or could have folded on the end, but I'm not putting this guy on a 3 in this spot. Another A was what I thought, but I guess I was fooled.
Early on in the Early Double B on FTP, I found myself raising UTG with QQ. The button shoved with a short stack of about 1000 chips and I called. He showed K9 and spiked a K and I was down from 2300 to just over 1200. A few hands later, a player in middle position raised. The blinds were up to 80/160 and I felt I had decent fold equity on the raiser with my remaining 1200 chips. He held only 2000 and I decided my 88 was good enough to make a play here. When the action got back to him, he made an instant call and showed 94s and the flop came 4Q9, turn 9 and I was out. Good, sweet, thanks.
I was still in the Early Double A when I limped from late position with 89c in a multiway pot. The flop came 567 and I was smiling. First to act bet out and second to act shoved, I called and so did the originally bettor. J5 was shown along with KK (weird limping after UTG limps). Turn came a 9, river an 8 and we chopped 3 ways
Full Tilt Poker Game #5134880112: Early Double - A (38301607), Table 102 - 80/160 - No Limit Hold'em - 17:34:15 ET - 2008/02/05
Seat 1: roly_3208 (9,740)
Seat 2: SHUGNDELLY (5,093)
Seat 3: Longthrow (1,225)
Seat 4: CraftyCal (1,345)
Seat 5: donpeters (2,365)
Seat 6: thekofi (1,672)
Seat 7: spidersigmar (3,555)
Seat 8: ElGrando81 (4,350)
Seat 9: Santoca (3,640)
donpeters posts the small blind of 80
thekofi posts the big blind of 160
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to donpeters [Qc Qd]
spidersigmar folds
ElGrando81 folds
Santoca calls 160
roly_3208 raises to 640 {Big chips, plays a good amount of hands, I'm positive he'll call me here with a wide range.}
SHUGNDELLY folds
Longthrow has 15 seconds left to act
Longthrow calls 640 {Been playing almost anything PF, leaves himself with 585?}
CraftyCal folds
donpeters raises to 2,365, and is all in {Please help this to hold!}
thekofi has 15 seconds left to act
thekofi calls 1,512, and is all in
Santoca has 15 seconds left to act
Santoca folds
roly_3208 calls 1,725
Longthrow calls 585, and is all in
donpeters shows [Qc Qd]
thekofi shows [Jd Kd] {Gotta gamble to win, right? ... right?!!?!}
roly_3208 shows [Qs Qh] {Awesome!}
Longthrow shows [7d 8d] {First thought, WTF? Second thought, he'll win.}
*** FLOP *** [6h Kc 9s]
*** TURN *** [6h Kc 9s] [Ad]
*** RIVER *** [6h Kc 9s Ad] [4h]
donpeters shows a pair of Queens
roly_3208 shows a pair of Queens
donpeters ties for side pot #2 (693) with a pair of Queens
roly_3208 ties for side pot #2 (693) with a pair of Queens
thekofi shows a pair of Kings
thekofi wins side pot #1 (1,341) with a pair of Kings
Longthrow shows Ace King high
thekofi wins the main pot (5,060) with a pair of Kings
Longthrow stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 7,787 Main pot 5,060. Side pot 1 1,341. Side pot 2 1,386. Rake 0
Board: [6h Kc 9s Ad 4h]
Seat 1: roly_3208 showed [Qs Qh] and won (693) with a pair of Queens
Seat 2: SHUGNDELLY didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: Longthrow showed [7d 8d] and lost with Ace King high
Seat 4: CraftyCal (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: donpeters (small blind) showed [Qc Qd] and won (693) with a pair of Queens
Seat 6: thekofi (big blind) showed [Jd Kd] and won (6,401) with a pair of Kings
Seat 7: spidersigmar didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: ElGrando81 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: Santoca folded before the Flop
Still my great luck right now while I run bad. Just needed to do some venting. I'm still going to keep playing and do my best to play my A-game. I have an FTOPS satellite tonight for $50+5 that I won into a week or so back for $3, so wish me luck.
Seat 1: Mclrn11 ($19.15)
Seat 2: Eagle1959 ($15.65)
Seat 3: 007_Lalli ($22.05)
Seat 4: mckdaddy23 ($38.90)
Seat 5: JoeSnak ($19.85)
Seat 6: Athos000 ($9.50)
Seat 7: smellytuna ($16.15)
Seat 8: donpeters ($20.75)
Athos000 posts the small blind of $0.05
smellytuna posts the big blind of $0.10
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to donpeters [Ts As]
donpeters raises to $0.40
Mclrn11 folds
Eagle1959 folds
007_Lalli folds
mckdaddy23 calls $0.40
JoeSnak folds
Athos000 calls $0.35
smellytuna checks
*** FLOP *** [Ad Qs 3c]
Athos000 checks
smellytuna checks
donpeters bets $1.00
mckdaddy23 calls $1.00
Athos000 folds
Smellytuna folds
*** TURN *** [Ad Qs 3c] [3s]
donpeters bets $2.40
mckdaddy23 calls $2.40
*** RIVER *** [Ad Qs 3c 3s] [3d]
donpeters bets $3.20
mckdaddy23 has 15 seconds left to act
mckdaddy23 raises to $37.50, and is all in
donpeters has 15 seconds left to act
donpeters has requested TIME
donpeters calls $19.05, and is all in
Uncalled bet of $18.15 returned to mckdaddy23
*** SHOW DOWN ***
mckdaddy23 shows [3h 5h] four of a kind, Threes
donpeters mucks
Maybe I should have or could have folded on the end, but I'm not putting this guy on a 3 in this spot. Another A was what I thought, but I guess I was fooled.
Early on in the Early Double B on FTP, I found myself raising UTG with QQ. The button shoved with a short stack of about 1000 chips and I called. He showed K9 and spiked a K and I was down from 2300 to just over 1200. A few hands later, a player in middle position raised. The blinds were up to 80/160 and I felt I had decent fold equity on the raiser with my remaining 1200 chips. He held only 2000 and I decided my 88 was good enough to make a play here. When the action got back to him, he made an instant call and showed 94s and the flop came 4Q9, turn 9 and I was out. Good, sweet, thanks.
I was still in the Early Double A when I limped from late position with 89c in a multiway pot. The flop came 567 and I was smiling. First to act bet out and second to act shoved, I called and so did the originally bettor. J5 was shown along with KK (weird limping after UTG limps). Turn came a 9, river an 8 and we chopped 3 ways
Full Tilt Poker Game #5134880112: Early Double - A (38301607), Table 102 - 80/160 - No Limit Hold'em - 17:34:15 ET - 2008/02/05
Seat 1: roly_3208 (9,740)
Seat 2: SHUGNDELLY (5,093)
Seat 3: Longthrow (1,225)
Seat 4: CraftyCal (1,345)
Seat 5: donpeters (2,365)
Seat 6: thekofi (1,672)
Seat 7: spidersigmar (3,555)
Seat 8: ElGrando81 (4,350)
Seat 9: Santoca (3,640)
donpeters posts the small blind of 80
thekofi posts the big blind of 160
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to donpeters [Qc Qd]
spidersigmar folds
ElGrando81 folds
Santoca calls 160
roly_3208 raises to 640 {Big chips, plays a good amount of hands, I'm positive he'll call me here with a wide range.}
SHUGNDELLY folds
Longthrow has 15 seconds left to act
Longthrow calls 640 {Been playing almost anything PF, leaves himself with 585?}
CraftyCal folds
donpeters raises to 2,365, and is all in {Please help this to hold!}
thekofi has 15 seconds left to act
thekofi calls 1,512, and is all in
Santoca has 15 seconds left to act
Santoca folds
roly_3208 calls 1,725
Longthrow calls 585, and is all in
donpeters shows [Qc Qd]
thekofi shows [Jd Kd] {Gotta gamble to win, right? ... right?!!?!}
roly_3208 shows [Qs Qh] {Awesome!}
Longthrow shows [7d 8d] {First thought, WTF? Second thought, he'll win.}
*** FLOP *** [6h Kc 9s]
*** TURN *** [6h Kc 9s] [Ad]
*** RIVER *** [6h Kc 9s Ad] [4h]
donpeters shows a pair of Queens
roly_3208 shows a pair of Queens
donpeters ties for side pot #2 (693) with a pair of Queens
roly_3208 ties for side pot #2 (693) with a pair of Queens
thekofi shows a pair of Kings
thekofi wins side pot #1 (1,341) with a pair of Kings
Longthrow shows Ace King high
thekofi wins the main pot (5,060) with a pair of Kings
Longthrow stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 7,787 Main pot 5,060. Side pot 1 1,341. Side pot 2 1,386. Rake 0
Board: [6h Kc 9s Ad 4h]
Seat 1: roly_3208 showed [Qs Qh] and won (693) with a pair of Queens
Seat 2: SHUGNDELLY didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: Longthrow showed [7d 8d] and lost with Ace King high
Seat 4: CraftyCal (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: donpeters (small blind) showed [Qc Qd] and won (693) with a pair of Queens
Seat 6: thekofi (big blind) showed [Jd Kd] and won (6,401) with a pair of Kings
Seat 7: spidersigmar didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: ElGrando81 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: Santoca folded before the Flop
Still my great luck right now while I run bad. Just needed to do some venting. I'm still going to keep playing and do my best to play my A-game. I have an FTOPS satellite tonight for $50+5 that I won into a week or so back for $3, so wish me luck.
2.04.2008
The blog is back.
This isn't an "I'm back" post, but more to announce the blog coming back. I've been playing a ton of poker lately online, mostly over at Full Tilt and doing fairly well. I deposited $175 at the beginning of January and since worked it up to over $400 playing mostly the $.05/.10 NL tables and with the help of some bonuses. I'll be keeping track of my bankroll on the blog and post session stats and analysis.
As of right now, I plan on sticking with Full Tilt. I like the play there and I've worked myself into some nice games where I have a decent edge on the field. The past month of January I was able to record just under 20,000 hands and successfully qualify for Bronze Iron Man status. Goals for next month include qualifying for the one-a-day $2,000 freeroll and achieving at least Silver Iron Man status.
I also post some results that some of my friends in the poker world have. I attend Elon University and we have a very solid group of about 6-7 players here. We are constantly helping each other out and testing the skills of one another. There's 4 or 5 of us that have accounts at Full Tilt and we have all been doing fairly well as of late. A few of us have qualified for some FTOPS events and others have gone really deep into tournaments, often taking down first prize. There will be plenty updates on these types of things as well as the Elon Poker Tournament Series we have set up.
I don't plan on setting any monetary goals for each months only because I know the variance that poker brings. It can be rough roads sometimes and your bankroll can flucuate a lot. I hope to combine solid play with good bankroll management in hopes of building as high as possible.
Start: 175
Current: 433.03
February goals:
1. Qualify for Silver Iron Man Status on Full Tilt
2. Qualify for the one-a-day freeroll on Full Tilt
3. Play well in the Elon Poker Tournament Series
4. Organize GPSTS chapter at Elon
And for all of you interested in learning about the Elon Poker Tournament Series, check out http://www.elonpoker.s5.com/. Also check out the Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society at http://www.gpsts.org/.
As of right now, I plan on sticking with Full Tilt. I like the play there and I've worked myself into some nice games where I have a decent edge on the field. The past month of January I was able to record just under 20,000 hands and successfully qualify for Bronze Iron Man status. Goals for next month include qualifying for the one-a-day $2,000 freeroll and achieving at least Silver Iron Man status.
I also post some results that some of my friends in the poker world have. I attend Elon University and we have a very solid group of about 6-7 players here. We are constantly helping each other out and testing the skills of one another. There's 4 or 5 of us that have accounts at Full Tilt and we have all been doing fairly well as of late. A few of us have qualified for some FTOPS events and others have gone really deep into tournaments, often taking down first prize. There will be plenty updates on these types of things as well as the Elon Poker Tournament Series we have set up.
I don't plan on setting any monetary goals for each months only because I know the variance that poker brings. It can be rough roads sometimes and your bankroll can flucuate a lot. I hope to combine solid play with good bankroll management in hopes of building as high as possible.
Start: 175
Current: 433.03
February goals:
1. Qualify for Silver Iron Man Status on Full Tilt
2. Qualify for the one-a-day freeroll on Full Tilt
3. Play well in the Elon Poker Tournament Series
4. Organize GPSTS chapter at Elon
And for all of you interested in learning about the Elon Poker Tournament Series, check out http://www.elonpoker.s5.com/. Also check out the Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society at http://www.gpsts.org/.
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