I've just found out I have to play tennis both tomorrow and the next day, so the next time I hit the virtual felt, it'll be December.
November has been a very good month. My overall profit hit the $7000 milestone today for the first time. I'm currently above that mark by a single dollar, having made $609 for the month. That includes $80 worth of bonuses from Full Tilt, as well as $12 of rakeback. My Full Tilt bankroll is sitting at $873; on Poker Stars I'm at $1228.
Single draw has been good to me this month; the introduction of that game on Full Tilt has certainly helped. Today I got especially lucky when I made number three and got all my chips in; my opponent (who seemed a decent player) had a totally unfoldable number six. That good fortune aside, I seem to know what I'm doing in single draw. Add a couple more draws, however, and I'm no longer sure. I feel competent in triple draw, but my results don't bear those feelings out. Admittedly I haven't played enough hands for my win (or loss) rates to be significant. Here are some hands from last night's losing session:
Hand 1
Full Tilt Poker Game #25900461781: Table Silver Knolls (6 max) - $0.50/$1 - Limit 2-7 Triple Draw - 04:00:01 ET - 2010/11/27
Seat 1: SSTANN6869 ($49.15)
Seat 2: TheMaax ($17.65)
Seat 3: bassviol ($34.25)
Seat 4: jrsears77 ($32.85)
Seat 5: michigan83dl ($39.45)
Seat 6: plutoman20 ($20.20)
plutoman20 posts the small blind of $0.25
SSTANN6869 posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [2s 2c 5c Kc 4c]
TheMaax folds
bassviol raises to $1
jrsears77 folds
michigan83dl folds
plutoman20 calls $0.75
SSTANN6869 folds
*** FIRST DRAW *** (Pot: $2.50)
plutoman20 discards 2 cards [2c Kc]
bassviol discards 2 cards
Dealt to plutoman20 [2s 5c 4c] [8c 4s]
plutoman20 bets $0.50 I've now got a smooth eight draw so I bet. Should I be betting every time I improve (even to iffy draws) in this spot? I really don't know.
bassviol raises to $1 So he's probably pat, but not necessarily.
plutoman20 calls $0.50
*** SECOND DRAW *** (Pot: $4.50)
plutoman20 discards 1 card [4s]
bassviol discards 1 card OK, he's not pat. I guess he's got a draw to the nuts.
Dealt to plutoman20 [2s 5c 4c 8c] [Jh]
bassviol is dealt 1 card
plutoman20 checks
bassviol bets $1
plutoman20 calls $1
*** THIRD DRAW *** (Pot: $6.50)
plutoman20 discards 1 card [Jh]
bassviol discards 1 card He's still betting his unmade hand.
Dealt to plutoman20 [2s 5c 4c 8c] [2h]
bassviol is dealt 1 card
plutoman20 bets $1 Normally I wouldn't do this with this hand (it has showdown value), but as he's been the aggressor so far, I feel he'll put me on a good hand when I bet out here.
bassviol folds I might well have had the best hand, but I also think he could have folded an ace or king.
Uncalled bet of $1 returned to plutoman20
plutoman20 mucks
plutoman20 wins the pot ($6.20)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $6.50 Rake $0.30
Seat 1: SSTANN6869 (big blind) folded before the Draw
Seat 2: TheMaax folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 3: bassviol folded after the 3rd Draw
Seat 4: jrsears77 folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 5: michigan83dl (button) folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 6: plutoman20 (small blind) collected ($6.20), mucked
Hand 2
Full Tilt Poker Game #25900795358: Table Silver Knolls (6 max) - $0.50/$1 - Limit 2-7 Triple Draw - 04:28:04 ET - 2010/11/27
Seat 1: jrsears77 ($38.45)
Seat 2: TheMaax ($13.50)
Seat 3: KCFHI ($4.50)
Seat 4: GLnhWPggFFS ($10.80)
Seat 5: michigan83dl ($46.35)
Seat 6: plutoman20 ($17.65)
GLnhWPggFFS posts the small blind of $0.25
michigan83dl posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [Qd 4s 2h 3d Qc]
plutoman20 raises to $1
jrsears77 calls $1
TheMaax folds
KCFHI folds
GLnhWPggFFS calls $0.75
michigan83dl calls $0.50
*** FIRST DRAW *** (Pot: $4)
GLnhWPggFFS discards 2 cards
michigan83dl discards 3 cards
plutoman20 discards 2 cards [Qd Qc]
jrsears77 discards 2 cards
GLnhWPggFFS is dealt 2 cards
michigan83dl is dealt 3 cards
Dealt to plutoman20 [4s 2h 3d] [6h 8c] Yay!
jrsears77 is dealt 2 cards
GLnhWPggFFS checks
michigan83dl checks
plutoman20 bets $0.50
jrsears77 calls $0.50
GLnhWPggFFS folds
michigan83dl raises to $1
plutoman20 raises to $1.50 With Michigan drawing three, and having drawn two myself, this is surely a very easy three-bet.
jrsears77 folds
michigan83dl calls $0.50
*** SECOND DRAW *** (Pot: $7.50)
michigan83dl stands pat
plutoman20 stands pat on [4s 2h 3d 6h 8c]
michigan83dl checks
plutoman20 bets $1
michigan83dl raises to $2
plutoman20: oh boy Was he slow-playing a miracle seven by only calling my three-bet?
plutoman20 calls $1
*** THIRD DRAW *** (Pot: $11.50)
michigan83dl stands pat
plutoman20 stands pat on [4s 2h 3d 6h 8c]
michigan83dl checks This was a surprise. Is he going for a check-raise? Did he raise the turn just to get me to break?
plutoman20 bets $1 This wasn't an easy decision.
jrsears77: dont do it
michigan83dl calls $1 When he just called, I expected to win the hand.
*** SHOW DOWN ***
plutoman20 shows [8c 6h 4s 3d 2h] 8,6,4,3,2
michigan83dl shows [7h 6d 5s 4c 2d] 7,6,5,4,2 So it was the miracle seven all along. In the end, it was simply a bad beat, although I probably should have lost another dollar on the river.
michigan83dl wins the pot ($13) with 7,6,5,4,2
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $13.50 Rake $0.50
Seat 1: jrsears77 folded after the 1st Draw
Seat 2: TheMaax folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 3: KCFHI (button) folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 4: GLnhWPggFFS (small blind) folded after the 1st Draw
Seat 5: michigan83dl (big blind) showed [7h 6d 5s 4c 2d] and won ($13) with 7,6,5,4,2
Seat 6: plutoman20 showed [8c 6h 4s 3d 2h] and lost with 8,6,4,3,2
Later on I had another hand with Michigan that wasn't too dissimilar. He raises UTG, I reraise with K5432, everybody else folds, he calls. First draw: he draws three (!), I catch an ace, he checks, I bet, he calls. Second draw: he pats (!), I catch a ten (wondering if there's any chance that could be good enough), he bets, I just call and decide to draw. Maybe I could have got him to break by raising. Third draw, he pats, I catch a queen, we check the river, he shows 96532.
Hand 3
Full Tilt Poker Game #25900988034: Table Silver Knolls (6 max) - $0.50/$1 - Limit 2-7 Triple Draw - 04:44:41 ET - 2010/11/27
Seat 1: jrsears77 ($19.45)
Seat 2: TheMaax ($19.75)
Seat 3: Svettik86 ($20.90)
Seat 4: GLnhWPggFFS ($16.95)
Seat 5: michigan83dl ($55)
Seat 6: plutoman20 ($23.50)
GLnhWPggFFS posts the small blind of $0.25
michigan83dl posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [2h 8d 8h 4s 3c]
plutoman20 raises to $1
jrsears77 raises to $1.50
TheMaax folds
Svettik86 folds
GLnhWPggFFS folds
michigan83dl folds
plutoman20 calls $0.50 I'll often cap one-card draws, but here there's no third player to get value from, and since Jrsears' range must consist of one-card draws and pat hands, I can't see how capping will achieve anything.
*** FIRST DRAW *** (Pot: $3.75)
plutoman20 discards 1 card [8h]
jrsears77 discards 2 cards OK, I was totally wrong about his range. Reraising an under-the-gun player with a two-card draw makes no sense to me, unless the UTG player is hyperaggressive and raises with stuff like 764 or 864.
Dealt to plutoman20 [2h 8d 4s 3c] [9c] I think I'll just go with this hand.
jrsears77 is dealt 2 cards
plutoman20 bets $0.50
jrsears77 calls $0.50
*** SECOND DRAW *** (Pot: $4.75)
plutoman20 stands pat on [2h 8d 4s 3c 9c]
jrsears77 stands pat Ugh. Why didn't he raise me?
plutoman20 bets $1 To be honest I don't like my hand much, but there's a reasonable chance I'm still ahead, and if he's got a 9-7, say, I want him to break it.
jrsears77 calls $1
*** THIRD DRAW *** (Pot: $6.75)
plutoman20 stands pat on [2h 8d 4s 3c 9c]
jrsears77 stands pat Bugger.
plutoman20 checks
jrsears77 checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
plutoman20 shows [9c 8d 4s 3c 2h] 9,8,4,3,2
jrsears77 shows [9s 7s 6h 5d 4d] 9,7,6,5,4 What on earth did he start with? I guess by drawing so rough, you make a lot of unbreakable hands, so your decisions on later streets become easier. If my opponents are three-betting 754 pre-draw against an UTG opener, then not raising when they make a hand, surely I'll beat them eventually. Or maybe not.
jrsears77 wins the pot ($6.45) with 9,7,6,5,4
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $6.75 Rake $0.30
Seat 1: jrsears77 showed [9s 7s 6h 5d 4d] and won ($6.45) with 9,7,6,5,4
Seat 2: TheMaax folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Svettik86 (button) folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 4: GLnhWPggFFS (small blind) folded before the Draw
Seat 5: michigan83dl (big blind) folded before the Draw
Seat 6: plutoman20 showed [9c 8d 4s 3c 2h] and lost with 9,8,4,3,2
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Thursday, November 25, 2010
The value of blockers
Hand 1
I should be seeing the last draw here. Tapirboy is a good player who recognises that I've probably improved to a strong three-card, so he'll happily reraise with any badugi. And the pot is easily big enough for me to peel.
Full Tilt Poker Game #25763106984: Table Vulgamore - $1/$2 - Limit Badugi - 01:42:11 ET - 2010/11/22
Seat 1: halcyon_phoenix ($18.15)
Seat 2: plutoman20 ($76.75)
Seat 3: Tapirboy ($49)
Seat 4: Raine1000 ($20)
Seat 5: Holdem_my_life ($60.50)
Seat 6: MacGeek ($40)
Seat 7: kawbloo75 ($108)
Seat 8: chight ($20)
plutoman20 posts the small blind of $0.50
Tapirboy posts the big blind of $1
5 seconds left to act
Time has expired
chight is sitting out
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [3s Ah 7h Js]
Holdem_my_life folds
MacGeek folds
kawbloo75 folds
halcyon_phoenix calls $1
plutoman20 calls $0.50
Tapirboy raises to $2
halcyon_phoenix calls $1
plutoman20 calls $1
*** FIRST DRAW *** (Pot: $6)
plutoman20 discards 2 cards [7h Js]
Tapirboy discards 1 card
halcyon_phoenix discards 1 card
Dealt to plutoman20 [3s Ah] [4c 3d]
Tapirboy is dealt 1 card
halcyon_phoenix is dealt 1 card
plutoman20 checks
Tapirboy bets $1
halcyon_phoenix calls $1
chight has returned
plutoman20 raises to $2
Tapirboy raises to $3
halcyon_phoenix calls $2
plutoman20 calls $1
*** SECOND DRAW *** (Pot: $15)
plutoman20 discards 1 card [3d]
Tapirboy stands pat
halcyon_phoenix discards 1 card
Dealt to plutoman20 [3s Ah 4c] [8h]
halcyon_phoenix is dealt 1 card
plutoman20 checks
Tapirboy bets $2
halcyon_phoenix calls $2
plutoman20 folds
*** THIRD DRAW *** (Pot: $19)
Tapirboy stands pat
halcyon_phoenix discards 1 card
halcyon_phoenix is dealt 1 card
Tapirboy checks
halcyon_phoenix checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Tapirboy shows [Qh 8d 3c 2s] a Badugi: Q, 8, 3, 2
halcyon_phoenix mucks
Tapirboy wins the pot ($18.25) with a Badugi: Q, 8, 3, 2
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $19 Rake $0.75
Seat 1: halcyon_phoenix (button) mucked [6c 5d 2h Qc] - a 3-Card: 6, 5, 2
Seat 2: plutoman20 (small blind) folded after the 2nd Draw
Seat 3: Tapirboy (big blind) showed [Qh 8d 3c 2s] and won ($18.25) with a Badugi: Q, 8, 3, 2
Seat 4: Raine1000 is sitting out
Seat 5: Holdem_my_life folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 6: MacGeek folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 7: kawbloo75 folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 8: chight is sitting out
Hand 2
I'm pretty sure Youfarted's hand stinks (I put him on a three-card seven or eight) so I think this was a good bluff.
Full Tilt Poker Game #25844044389: Table Codrington - $1/$2 - Limit Badugi - 00:55:54 ET - 2010/11/25
Seat 2: plutoman20 ($44.75)
Seat 3: MacGeek ($60)
Seat 6: Admiral Otomoto ($12.50)
Seat 7: meyus ($66)
Seat 8: YOUFARTED ($57.60)
YOUFARTED posts the small blind of $0.50
plutoman20 posts the big blind of $1
The button is in seat #7
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [Kd 3d 5d 2c]
Admiral Otomoto folds
meyus folds
YOUFARTED raises to $2
plutoman20 calls $1
*** FIRST DRAW *** (Pot: $4)
YOUFARTED discards 1 card
plutoman20 discards 2 cards [Kd 5d]
YOUFARTED is dealt 1 card
Dealt to plutoman20 [3d 2c] [9s Tc]
YOUFARTED bets $1
plutoman20 calls $1
*** SECOND DRAW *** (Pot: $6)
YOUFARTED discards 1 card
plutoman20 discards 1 card [Tc]
YOUFARTED is dealt 1 card
Dealt to plutoman20 [3d 2c 9s] [7d]
YOUFARTED checks
plutoman20 checks
*** THIRD DRAW *** (Pot: $6)
YOUFARTED discards 1 card
plutoman20 discards 1 card [7d]
YOUFARTED is dealt 1 card
Dealt to plutoman20 [3d 2c 9s] [6d]
YOUFARTED checks
plutoman20 bets $2
YOUFARTED folds
Uncalled bet of $2 returned to plutoman20
plutoman20 mucks
plutoman20 wins the pot ($5.75)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $6 Rake $0.25
Seat 2: plutoman20 (big blind) collected ($5.75), mucked
Seat 3: MacGeek is sitting out
Seat 6: Admiral Otomoto folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 7: meyus (button) folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 8: YOUFARTED (small blind) folded after the 3rd Draw
Hand 3
I think the most difficult spot in single draw is standing pat out of position with a rough hand against someone drawing one. Against this player, who bluffs a lot, it's even harder. As this session wore on, and I became aware of just how bluffy Bar_men is, I began to regret the way I played this hand. I should have bet seven or eight bucks post-draw; he'd have been less likely to bluff me. Who knows what he had. As it happens, I was in a similar situation tonight, with exactly the same hand, and bet it. My opponent folded.
PokerStars Game #53187757562: Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit ($0.25/$0.50 USD) - 2010/11/24 3:22:09 ET
Table 'Kobresia' 7-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: boongoo ($28.90 in chips)
Seat 2: andrey738 ($39.55 in chips)
Seat 3: frankpw ($36.35 in chips)
Seat 4: Elales ($19.50 in chips)
Seat 5: plutoman20 ($26.30 in chips)
Seat 6: John V1982 ($7.75 in chips)
Seat 7: bar_men_83 ($23.05 in chips)
Elales: posts small blind $0.25
plutoman20: posts big blind $0.50
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [7c 3d 8s 9d 6d]
John V1982: folds
bar_men_83: raises $1.50 to $2
boongoo: folds
andrey738: folds
frankpw: folds
Elales: folds
plutoman20: raises $4 to $6
bar_men_83: calls $4
plutoman20: stands pat on [7c 3d 8s 9d 6d]
bar_men_83: discards 1 card
plutoman20: checks
bar_men_83: bets $17.05 and is all-in
plutoman20: folds
Uncalled bet ($17.05) returned to bar_men_83
bar_men_83 collected $11.65 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $12.25 Rake $0.60
Seat 1: boongoo folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: andrey738 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: frankpw (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Elales (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: plutoman20 (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 6: John V1982 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: bar_men_83 collected ($11.65)
Hand 4
I don't break many 10-9's. Luckily this break worked out for me. I'm not sure whether it was the right play. I guess Popaionut could have had a worse 10-9 here.
PokerStars Game #53237858414: Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit ($0.25/$0.50 USD) - 2010/11/25 2:57:04 ET
Table 'Bok IV' 7-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: denuc G ($8.90 in chips)
Seat 2: mr_mcgee2 ($26.30 in chips)
Seat 3: sngonta ($28 in chips)
Seat 4: popaionut ($100.55 in chips)
Seat 5: plutoman20 ($32.90 in chips)
Seat 6: vladd0 ($57.05 in chips)
vladd0 said, "sorry"
mr_mcgee2: posts small blind $0.25
sngonta: posts big blind $0.50
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [Ts 5d 6c 3s 9d]
popaionut: raises $1.50 to $2
plutoman20: raises $4 to $6
vladd0: folds
denuc G: raises $2.90 to $8.90 and is all-in
mr_mcgee2: folds
sngonta: folds
popaionut: calls $6.90
plutoman20: calls $2.90
popaionut: stands pat
plutoman20: discards 1 card [Ts]
Dealt to plutoman20 [5d 6c 3s 9d] [2d]
denuc G: discards 1 card
popaionut: checks
plutoman20: bets $11
popaionut: folds
Uncalled bet ($11) returned to plutoman20
*** SHOW DOWN ***
plutoman20: shows [2d 5d 6c 3s 9d] (Lo: 9,6,5,3,2)
denuc G: shows [Jh 8c 5c 2s 4s] (Lo: J,8,5,4,2)
plutoman20 collected $26.10 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $27.45 Rake $1.35
Seat 1: denuc G (button) showed [Jh 8c 5c 2s 4s] and lost with Lo: J,8,5,4,2
Seat 2: mr_mcgee2 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: sngonta (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: popaionut folded on the Flop
Seat 5: plutoman20 showed [2d 5d 6c 3s 9d] and won ($26.10) with Lo: 9,6,5,3,2
Seat 6: vladd0 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Hand 5
If you're going to shove, this would seem to be a particularly bad hand to do it with. This hand has enormous implied odds, and by going all-in you forfeit all of those. Then when he gets called, surely he should break here.
PokerStars Game #53188076258: Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit ($0.25/$0.50 USD) - 2010/11/24 3:40:14 ET
Table 'Kobresia' 7-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: boongoo ($12.65 in chips)
Seat 2: andrey738 ($36.05 in chips)
Seat 3: frankpw ($47.25 in chips)
Seat 4: Elales ($20.60 in chips)
Seat 5: plutoman20 ($24.25 in chips)
Seat 6: John V1982 ($5.10 in chips)
Seat 7: bar_men_83 ($26.20 in chips)
boongoo: posts small blind $0.25
andrey738: posts big blind $0.50
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [Ks Ad Qd 6h 9h]
frankpw: folds
Elales: calls $0.50
plutoman20: folds
John V1982: folds
bar_men_83: folds
boongoo: raises $12.15 to $12.65 and is all-in
andrey738: calls $12.15
Elales: folds
boongoo: stands pat
andrey738: stands pat
*** SHOW DOWN ***
boongoo: shows [3c 6d 2h Jd 7d] (Lo: J,7,6,3,2)
andrey738: shows [6c 3d 5s 9d 4h] (Lo: 9,6,5,4,3)
andrey738 collected $24.55 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $25.80 Rake $1.25
Seat 1: boongoo (small blind) showed [3c 6d 2h Jd 7d] and lost with Lo: J,7,6,3,2
Seat 2: andrey738 (big blind) showed [6c 3d 5s 9d 4h] and won ($24.55) with Lo: 9,6,5,4,3
Seat 3: frankpw folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Elales folded before Flop
Seat 5: plutoman20 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: John V1982 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: bar_men_83 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Hand 6
The value of blockers in this game can at times be significant. When Andrey pats behind, I surrender, not that I ever expected to see a top-twenty hand (the chances of that kind of hand are very much reduced due to my holding). If I was him I would have four-bet pre-draw. At work today (yes it was a slow day) I calculated some card removal effects; I show the results of those at the end of this hand.
PokerStars Game #53188153634: Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit ($0.25/$0.50 USD) - 2010/11/24 3:44:40 ET
Table 'Kobresia' 7-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: boongoo ($29.75 in chips)
Seat 2: andrey738 ($49.55 in chips)
Seat 3: frankpw ($47 in chips)
Seat 4: Elales ($17.10 in chips)
Seat 5: plutoman20 ($23 in chips)
Seat 6: John V1982 ($12.80 in chips)
Seat 7: bar_men_83 ($30.50 in chips)
plutoman20: posts small blind $0.25
John V1982: posts big blind $0.50
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [4s 3h 3d 4h 4c]
bar_men_83: folds
boongoo: folds
andrey738: raises $1.50 to $2
frankpw: calls $2
Elales: folds
plutoman20: raises $7 to $9
John V1982: folds
andrey738: calls $7
frankpw: folds
plutoman20: stands pat on [4s 3h 3d 4h 4c]
andrey738: stands pat
plutoman20: checks
andrey738: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
plutoman20: shows [4s 3h 3d 4h 4c] (Lo: a full house, Fours full of Threes)
andrey738: shows [4d 9d 6h 3s 2c] (Lo: 9,6,4,3,2)
andrey738 collected $19.50 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $20.50 Rake $1
Seat 1: boongoo folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: andrey738 showed [4d 9d 6h 3s 2c] and won ($19.50) with Lo: 9,6,4,3,2
Seat 3: frankpw folded before Flop
Seat 4: Elales (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: plutoman20 (small blind) showed [4s 3h 3d 4h 4c] and lost with Lo: a full house, Fours full of Threes
Seat 6: John V1982 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: bar_men_83 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
The probability of being dealt the nuts in deuce-to-seven is one in 2548. A top-twenty hand is therefore a one-in-127 shot. But, given that I have 44433, the probability of any one player having a top-twenty hand (which Andrey did indeed have in the hand above) is one in 262, i.e. 51% less likely than without the card removal effect.
Probabilities for some other hands (the probability shown is the chance of any one player being dealt a top-20 hand given that you have that particular holding):
22227..........1 in 463............72% less likely compared with no card removal
22277..........1 in 286............56% less likely
22777..........1 in 251............49% less likely
27777..........1 in 273............53% less likely
96532..........1 in 170............25% less likely
Broadway......1 in 75..............69% more likely
Having done these calculations, the blocking value of paired low cards is greater than I first thought. Of course, if you happen to hold all four deuces, your opponents can't possibly have (or make) any of the top eight hands. In a deep game, it might be worth going to the mat with quad deuces, both times in your life that you get them.
I should be seeing the last draw here. Tapirboy is a good player who recognises that I've probably improved to a strong three-card, so he'll happily reraise with any badugi. And the pot is easily big enough for me to peel.
Full Tilt Poker Game #25763106984: Table Vulgamore - $1/$2 - Limit Badugi - 01:42:11 ET - 2010/11/22
Seat 1: halcyon_phoenix ($18.15)
Seat 2: plutoman20 ($76.75)
Seat 3: Tapirboy ($49)
Seat 4: Raine1000 ($20)
Seat 5: Holdem_my_life ($60.50)
Seat 6: MacGeek ($40)
Seat 7: kawbloo75 ($108)
Seat 8: chight ($20)
plutoman20 posts the small blind of $0.50
Tapirboy posts the big blind of $1
5 seconds left to act
Time has expired
chight is sitting out
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [3s Ah 7h Js]
Holdem_my_life folds
MacGeek folds
kawbloo75 folds
halcyon_phoenix calls $1
plutoman20 calls $0.50
Tapirboy raises to $2
halcyon_phoenix calls $1
plutoman20 calls $1
*** FIRST DRAW *** (Pot: $6)
plutoman20 discards 2 cards [7h Js]
Tapirboy discards 1 card
halcyon_phoenix discards 1 card
Dealt to plutoman20 [3s Ah] [4c 3d]
Tapirboy is dealt 1 card
halcyon_phoenix is dealt 1 card
plutoman20 checks
Tapirboy bets $1
halcyon_phoenix calls $1
chight has returned
plutoman20 raises to $2
Tapirboy raises to $3
halcyon_phoenix calls $2
plutoman20 calls $1
*** SECOND DRAW *** (Pot: $15)
plutoman20 discards 1 card [3d]
Tapirboy stands pat
halcyon_phoenix discards 1 card
Dealt to plutoman20 [3s Ah 4c] [8h]
halcyon_phoenix is dealt 1 card
plutoman20 checks
Tapirboy bets $2
halcyon_phoenix calls $2
plutoman20 folds
*** THIRD DRAW *** (Pot: $19)
Tapirboy stands pat
halcyon_phoenix discards 1 card
halcyon_phoenix is dealt 1 card
Tapirboy checks
halcyon_phoenix checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Tapirboy shows [Qh 8d 3c 2s] a Badugi: Q, 8, 3, 2
halcyon_phoenix mucks
Tapirboy wins the pot ($18.25) with a Badugi: Q, 8, 3, 2
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $19 Rake $0.75
Seat 1: halcyon_phoenix (button) mucked [6c 5d 2h Qc] - a 3-Card: 6, 5, 2
Seat 2: plutoman20 (small blind) folded after the 2nd Draw
Seat 3: Tapirboy (big blind) showed [Qh 8d 3c 2s] and won ($18.25) with a Badugi: Q, 8, 3, 2
Seat 4: Raine1000 is sitting out
Seat 5: Holdem_my_life folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 6: MacGeek folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 7: kawbloo75 folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 8: chight is sitting out
Hand 2
I'm pretty sure Youfarted's hand stinks (I put him on a three-card seven or eight) so I think this was a good bluff.
Full Tilt Poker Game #25844044389: Table Codrington - $1/$2 - Limit Badugi - 00:55:54 ET - 2010/11/25
Seat 2: plutoman20 ($44.75)
Seat 3: MacGeek ($60)
Seat 6: Admiral Otomoto ($12.50)
Seat 7: meyus ($66)
Seat 8: YOUFARTED ($57.60)
YOUFARTED posts the small blind of $0.50
plutoman20 posts the big blind of $1
The button is in seat #7
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [Kd 3d 5d 2c]
Admiral Otomoto folds
meyus folds
YOUFARTED raises to $2
plutoman20 calls $1
*** FIRST DRAW *** (Pot: $4)
YOUFARTED discards 1 card
plutoman20 discards 2 cards [Kd 5d]
YOUFARTED is dealt 1 card
Dealt to plutoman20 [3d 2c] [9s Tc]
YOUFARTED bets $1
plutoman20 calls $1
*** SECOND DRAW *** (Pot: $6)
YOUFARTED discards 1 card
plutoman20 discards 1 card [Tc]
YOUFARTED is dealt 1 card
Dealt to plutoman20 [3d 2c 9s] [7d]
YOUFARTED checks
plutoman20 checks
*** THIRD DRAW *** (Pot: $6)
YOUFARTED discards 1 card
plutoman20 discards 1 card [7d]
YOUFARTED is dealt 1 card
Dealt to plutoman20 [3d 2c 9s] [6d]
YOUFARTED checks
plutoman20 bets $2
YOUFARTED folds
Uncalled bet of $2 returned to plutoman20
plutoman20 mucks
plutoman20 wins the pot ($5.75)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $6 Rake $0.25
Seat 2: plutoman20 (big blind) collected ($5.75), mucked
Seat 3: MacGeek is sitting out
Seat 6: Admiral Otomoto folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 7: meyus (button) folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 8: YOUFARTED (small blind) folded after the 3rd Draw
Hand 3
I think the most difficult spot in single draw is standing pat out of position with a rough hand against someone drawing one. Against this player, who bluffs a lot, it's even harder. As this session wore on, and I became aware of just how bluffy Bar_men is, I began to regret the way I played this hand. I should have bet seven or eight bucks post-draw; he'd have been less likely to bluff me. Who knows what he had. As it happens, I was in a similar situation tonight, with exactly the same hand, and bet it. My opponent folded.
PokerStars Game #53187757562: Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit ($0.25/$0.50 USD) - 2010/11/24 3:22:09 ET
Table 'Kobresia' 7-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: boongoo ($28.90 in chips)
Seat 2: andrey738 ($39.55 in chips)
Seat 3: frankpw ($36.35 in chips)
Seat 4: Elales ($19.50 in chips)
Seat 5: plutoman20 ($26.30 in chips)
Seat 6: John V1982 ($7.75 in chips)
Seat 7: bar_men_83 ($23.05 in chips)
Elales: posts small blind $0.25
plutoman20: posts big blind $0.50
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [7c 3d 8s 9d 6d]
John V1982: folds
bar_men_83: raises $1.50 to $2
boongoo: folds
andrey738: folds
frankpw: folds
Elales: folds
plutoman20: raises $4 to $6
bar_men_83: calls $4
plutoman20: stands pat on [7c 3d 8s 9d 6d]
bar_men_83: discards 1 card
plutoman20: checks
bar_men_83: bets $17.05 and is all-in
plutoman20: folds
Uncalled bet ($17.05) returned to bar_men_83
bar_men_83 collected $11.65 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $12.25 Rake $0.60
Seat 1: boongoo folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: andrey738 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: frankpw (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Elales (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: plutoman20 (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 6: John V1982 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: bar_men_83 collected ($11.65)
Hand 4
I don't break many 10-9's. Luckily this break worked out for me. I'm not sure whether it was the right play. I guess Popaionut could have had a worse 10-9 here.
PokerStars Game #53237858414: Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit ($0.25/$0.50 USD) - 2010/11/25 2:57:04 ET
Table 'Bok IV' 7-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: denuc G ($8.90 in chips)
Seat 2: mr_mcgee2 ($26.30 in chips)
Seat 3: sngonta ($28 in chips)
Seat 4: popaionut ($100.55 in chips)
Seat 5: plutoman20 ($32.90 in chips)
Seat 6: vladd0 ($57.05 in chips)
vladd0 said, "sorry"
mr_mcgee2: posts small blind $0.25
sngonta: posts big blind $0.50
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [Ts 5d 6c 3s 9d]
popaionut: raises $1.50 to $2
plutoman20: raises $4 to $6
vladd0: folds
denuc G: raises $2.90 to $8.90 and is all-in
mr_mcgee2: folds
sngonta: folds
popaionut: calls $6.90
plutoman20: calls $2.90
popaionut: stands pat
plutoman20: discards 1 card [Ts]
Dealt to plutoman20 [5d 6c 3s 9d] [2d]
denuc G: discards 1 card
popaionut: checks
plutoman20: bets $11
popaionut: folds
Uncalled bet ($11) returned to plutoman20
*** SHOW DOWN ***
plutoman20: shows [2d 5d 6c 3s 9d] (Lo: 9,6,5,3,2)
denuc G: shows [Jh 8c 5c 2s 4s] (Lo: J,8,5,4,2)
plutoman20 collected $26.10 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $27.45 Rake $1.35
Seat 1: denuc G (button) showed [Jh 8c 5c 2s 4s] and lost with Lo: J,8,5,4,2
Seat 2: mr_mcgee2 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: sngonta (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: popaionut folded on the Flop
Seat 5: plutoman20 showed [2d 5d 6c 3s 9d] and won ($26.10) with Lo: 9,6,5,3,2
Seat 6: vladd0 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Hand 5
If you're going to shove, this would seem to be a particularly bad hand to do it with. This hand has enormous implied odds, and by going all-in you forfeit all of those. Then when he gets called, surely he should break here.
PokerStars Game #53188076258: Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit ($0.25/$0.50 USD) - 2010/11/24 3:40:14 ET
Table 'Kobresia' 7-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: boongoo ($12.65 in chips)
Seat 2: andrey738 ($36.05 in chips)
Seat 3: frankpw ($47.25 in chips)
Seat 4: Elales ($20.60 in chips)
Seat 5: plutoman20 ($24.25 in chips)
Seat 6: John V1982 ($5.10 in chips)
Seat 7: bar_men_83 ($26.20 in chips)
boongoo: posts small blind $0.25
andrey738: posts big blind $0.50
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [Ks Ad Qd 6h 9h]
frankpw: folds
Elales: calls $0.50
plutoman20: folds
John V1982: folds
bar_men_83: folds
boongoo: raises $12.15 to $12.65 and is all-in
andrey738: calls $12.15
Elales: folds
boongoo: stands pat
andrey738: stands pat
*** SHOW DOWN ***
boongoo: shows [3c 6d 2h Jd 7d] (Lo: J,7,6,3,2)
andrey738: shows [6c 3d 5s 9d 4h] (Lo: 9,6,5,4,3)
andrey738 collected $24.55 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $25.80 Rake $1.25
Seat 1: boongoo (small blind) showed [3c 6d 2h Jd 7d] and lost with Lo: J,7,6,3,2
Seat 2: andrey738 (big blind) showed [6c 3d 5s 9d 4h] and won ($24.55) with Lo: 9,6,5,4,3
Seat 3: frankpw folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Elales folded before Flop
Seat 5: plutoman20 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: John V1982 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: bar_men_83 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Hand 6
The value of blockers in this game can at times be significant. When Andrey pats behind, I surrender, not that I ever expected to see a top-twenty hand (the chances of that kind of hand are very much reduced due to my holding). If I was him I would have four-bet pre-draw. At work today (yes it was a slow day) I calculated some card removal effects; I show the results of those at the end of this hand.
PokerStars Game #53188153634: Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit ($0.25/$0.50 USD) - 2010/11/24 3:44:40 ET
Table 'Kobresia' 7-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: boongoo ($29.75 in chips)
Seat 2: andrey738 ($49.55 in chips)
Seat 3: frankpw ($47 in chips)
Seat 4: Elales ($17.10 in chips)
Seat 5: plutoman20 ($23 in chips)
Seat 6: John V1982 ($12.80 in chips)
Seat 7: bar_men_83 ($30.50 in chips)
plutoman20: posts small blind $0.25
John V1982: posts big blind $0.50
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [4s 3h 3d 4h 4c]
bar_men_83: folds
boongoo: folds
andrey738: raises $1.50 to $2
frankpw: calls $2
Elales: folds
plutoman20: raises $7 to $9
John V1982: folds
andrey738: calls $7
frankpw: folds
plutoman20: stands pat on [4s 3h 3d 4h 4c]
andrey738: stands pat
plutoman20: checks
andrey738: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
plutoman20: shows [4s 3h 3d 4h 4c] (Lo: a full house, Fours full of Threes)
andrey738: shows [4d 9d 6h 3s 2c] (Lo: 9,6,4,3,2)
andrey738 collected $19.50 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $20.50 Rake $1
Seat 1: boongoo folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: andrey738 showed [4d 9d 6h 3s 2c] and won ($19.50) with Lo: 9,6,4,3,2
Seat 3: frankpw folded before Flop
Seat 4: Elales (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: plutoman20 (small blind) showed [4s 3h 3d 4h 4c] and lost with Lo: a full house, Fours full of Threes
Seat 6: John V1982 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: bar_men_83 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
The probability of being dealt the nuts in deuce-to-seven is one in 2548. A top-twenty hand is therefore a one-in-127 shot. But, given that I have 44433, the probability of any one player having a top-twenty hand (which Andrey did indeed have in the hand above) is one in 262, i.e. 51% less likely than without the card removal effect.
Probabilities for some other hands (the probability shown is the chance of any one player being dealt a top-20 hand given that you have that particular holding):
22227..........1 in 463............72% less likely compared with no card removal
22277..........1 in 286............56% less likely
22777..........1 in 251............49% less likely
27777..........1 in 273............53% less likely
96532..........1 in 170............25% less likely
Broadway......1 in 75..............69% more likely
Having done these calculations, the blocking value of paired low cards is greater than I first thought. Of course, if you happen to hold all four deuces, your opponents can't possibly have (or make) any of the top eight hands. In a deep game, it might be worth going to the mat with quad deuces, both times in your life that you get them.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Biggest day since May
Yesterday was my most profitable single day since the SCOOP badugi. I made $195, not including the $20 bonus I received from Full Tilt. Single draw and badugi were both kind to me. I had two remarkable sessions of $1-$2 badugi back-to-back. On Poker Stars I made $52 in just 22 hands, then moved to Full Tilt where I won $71 in 43 hands. Today I'm down fractionally after a dismal badugi session, dropping $45 in 62 hands (of which I won three). Badugi on Full Tilt continues to be extremely volatile; the average pot size in a $1-$2 game is often around $15, and at one point yesterday it hit $20. With the play being so loose, the values of starting hands change somewhat. Good two-card draws go up in value, while dealt pats (even very good ones like eights and nines) go down. Three-card sixes or better are still very good starting hands, but it now matters less whether you have 32A or 643; with so many people in the pot, a good three-card will rarely win unimproved. Rough three-cards like 754 become real trouble hands: there's an increased likelihood of making the second-best hand.
Here are eight hands from the weekend so far:
Hand 1
Last weekend I folded the very same hand against someone who check-raised the turn. He was snowing. I didn't want to make the same mistake twice. I'm not sure what Romuloft was doing in this pot in the first place. Perhaps the snow was premeditated, but the chances are someone will make a genuine badugi along the way, sending his snowing plans out the window.
PokerStars Game #52978959138: Badugi Limit ($1/$2 USD) - 2010/11/20 3:49:48 ET
Table 'Svea II' 8-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: plutoman20 ($48.50 in chips)
Seat 2: Capsi199 ($9 in chips)
Seat 3: gregorianW ($17 in chips)
Seat 4: romuloft231 ($64 in chips)
Seat 5: geniy71 ($16 in chips)
Seat 6: ticalc2008 ($13.25 in chips)
Seat 7: xfritzxsinba ($57 in chips)
Seat 8: DaveBowman ($55.75 in chips)
Capsi199: posts small blind $0.50
gregorianW: posts big blind $1
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [2c 4c 2s Ah]
romuloft231: calls $1
geniy71: folds
ticalc2008: raises $1 to $2
xfritzxsinba: folds
DaveBowman: folds
plutoman20: raises $1 to $3
Capsi199: folds
gregorianW: folds
romuloft231: calls $2
ticalc2008: calls $1
*** FIRST DRAW ***
romuloft231: discards 1 card
ticalc2008: discards 1 card
plutoman20: discards 1 card [2c]
Dealt to plutoman20 [4c 2s Ah] [Js]
romuloft231: checks
ticalc2008: checks
plutoman20: bets $1
romuloft231: calls $1
ticalc2008: calls $1
*** SECOND DRAW ***
romuloft231: discards 1 card
ticalc2008: discards 1 card
plutoman20: discards 1 card [Js]
Dealt to plutoman20 [4c 2s Ah] [Ad]
romuloft231: checks
ticalc2008: checks
plutoman20: bets $2
romuloft231: raises $2 to $4
ticalc2008: folds
plutoman20: calls $2
*** THIRD DRAW ***
romuloft231: stands pat
plutoman20: discards 1 card [Ad]
Dealt to plutoman20 [4c 2s Ah] [5h]
romuloft231: bets $2
plutoman20: calls $2
*** SHOW DOWN ***
romuloft231: shows [3h Tc 6h 7d] (3-card: T,7,3)
plutoman20: shows [5h 4c 2s Ah] (3-card: 4,2,A)
plutoman20 collected $24.50 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $25.50 Rake $1
Seat 1: plutoman20 (button) showed [5h 4c 2s Ah] and won ($24.50) with a 3-card: 4,2,A
Seat 2: Capsi199 (small blind) folded before the Draw
Seat 3: gregorianW (big blind) folded before the Draw
Seat 4: romuloft231 showed [3h Tc 6h 7d] and lost with a 3-card: T,7,3
Seat 5: geniy71 folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 6: ticalc2008 folded after the 2nd Draw
Seat 7: xfritzxsinba folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 8: DaveBowman folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Hand 2
I'm dealt a monster badugi here, but there's a lot of action and I think I might well be beaten. I end up looking a bit silly when I table my hand! Romuloft, by the way, went from $64 to zero in under twenty minutes at this table. He was a bit unlucky bit did overplay a lot of rough hands.
PokerStars Game #52979189755: Badugi Limit ($1/$2 USD) - 2010/11/20 4:03:05 ET
Table 'Svea II' 8-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: plutoman20 ($77 in chips)
Seat 2: Capsi199 ($9.50 in chips)
Seat 3: gregorianW ($15 in chips)
Seat 4: romuloft231 ($43.50 in chips)
Seat 5: ezm_6131 ($1.50 in chips)
Seat 6: ticalc2008 ($25 in chips)
Seat 8: DaveBowman ($76 in chips)
plutoman20: posts small blind $0.50
Capsi199: posts big blind $1
dummy69: sits out
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [6s Ah 3c 5d]
gregorianW: folds
romuloft231: raises $1 to $2
ezm_6131: folds
ticalc2008: folds
DaveBowman: calls $2
plutoman20: raises $1 to $3
Capsi199: calls $2
romuloft231: raises $1 to $4
Betting is capped
DaveBowman: calls $2
plutoman20: calls $1
Capsi199: calls $1
*** FIRST DRAW ***
plutoman20: stands pat on [6s Ah 3c 5d]
Capsi199: discards 1 card
romuloft231: discards 1 card
DaveBowman: discards 1 card
plutoman20: bets $1
Capsi199: calls $1
romuloft231: raises $1 to $2
DaveBowman: folds
plutoman20: raises $1 to $3
Capsi199: raises $1 to $4
Betting is capped
romuloft231: calls $2
plutoman20: calls $1
*** SECOND DRAW ***
plutoman20: stands pat on [6s Ah 3c 5d]
Capsi199: discards 1 card
romuloft231: stands pat
plutoman20: bets $2
Capsi199: calls $1.50 and is all-in
romuloft231: raises $2 to $4
plutoman20: calls $2
*** THIRD DRAW ***
plutoman20: stands pat on [6s Ah 3c 5d]
Capsi199: discards 1 card
romuloft231: stands pat
plutoman20: checks
romuloft231: bets $2
plutoman20: calls $2
*** SHOW DOWN ***
romuloft231: shows [Ts 7d 4h 2c] (Badugi: T,7,4,2)
plutoman20: shows [6s Ah 3c 5d] (Badugi: 6,5,3,A)
plutoman20 collected $9 from side pot
Capsi199: shows [Ad 3h 8d 5s] (3-card: 5,3,A)
plutoman20 collected $31.50 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $41.50 Main pot $31.50. Side pot $9. Rake $1
Seat 1: plutoman20 (small blind) showed [6s Ah 3c 5d] and won ($40.50) with a Badugi: 6,5,3,A
Seat 2: Capsi199 (big blind) showed [Ad 3h 8d 5s] and lost with a 3-card: 5,3,A
Seat 3: gregorianW folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 4: romuloft231 showed [Ts 7d 4h 2c] and lost with a Badugi: T,7,4,2
Seat 5: ezm_6131 folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 6: ticalc2008 folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 8: DaveBowman (button) folded after the 1st Draw
Hand 3
What's going on here?! As we flip over our cards, I still think my ten badugi has a chance.
Full Tilt Poker Game #25706064164: Table Vulgamore - $1/$2 - Limit Badugi - 02:08:45 ET - 2010/11/20
Seat 1: SEXorPOKER ($65.50)
Seat 3: LordPye ($36.05)
Seat 5: gnd0221186 ($17)
Seat 6: larealtime ($36.25)
Seat 7: plutoman20 ($50)
Seat 8: Nuts888A ($27)
LordPye posts the small blind of $0.50
gnd0221186 posts the big blind of $1
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [6d 5h Tc 4s]
larealtime calls $1
plutoman20 raises to $2
Nuts888A calls $2
SEXorPOKER folds
LordPye folds
gnd0221186 folds
larealtime calls $1
*** FIRST DRAW *** (Pot: $7.50)
larealtime discards 2 cards
plutoman20 stands pat on [6d 5h Tc 4s]
Nuts888A discards 2 cards
larealtime is dealt 2 cards
Nuts888A is dealt 2 cards
larealtime checks
plutoman20 bets $1
Nuts888A calls $1
larealtime calls $1
*** SECOND DRAW *** (Pot: $10.50)
larealtime discards 1 card
plutoman20 stands pat on [6d 5h Tc 4s]
Nuts888A discards 2 cards
larealtime is dealt 1 card
Nuts888A is dealt 2 cards
larealtime checks
plutoman20 bets $2
Nuts888A calls $2
larealtime calls $2
*** THIRD DRAW *** (Pot: $16.50)
larealtime stands pat
plutoman20 stands pat on [6d 5h Tc 4s]
Nuts888A discards 1 card
Nuts888A is dealt 1 card
larealtime checks
plutoman20 checks
Nuts888A checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
plutoman20 shows [Tc 6d 5h 4s] a Badugi: T, 6, 5, 4
Nuts888A mucks
larealtime shows [4h 3s 2c Ad] a Badugi: 4, 3, 2, A
larealtime wins the pot ($15.75) with a Badugi: 4, 3, 2, A
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $16.50 Rake $0.75
Seat 1: SEXorPOKER (button) folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 3: LordPye (small blind) folded before the Draw
Seat 5: gnd0221186 (big blind) folded before the Draw
Seat 6: larealtime showed [4h 3s 2c Ad] and won ($15.75) with a Badugi: 4, 3, 2, A
Seat 7: plutoman20 showed [Tc 6d 5h 4s] and lost with a Badugi: T, 6, 5, 4
Seat 8: Nuts888A mucked [6c 5d Ah Qh] - a 3-Card: 6, 5, A
Hand 4
I guess you'd call this a four-card royal flush. However, if you were playing for high, you'd have to rank quads above a straight flush: it's over three times less likely. Martin calls with something that doesn't beat a lot of bluffs - did he know that his opponent was ignorant of the rules?
Full Tilt Poker Game #25707896509: Table Wells West - $1/$2 - Limit Badugi - 04:38:28 ET - 2010/11/20
Seat 1: w a martin ($59.55)
Seat 3: 910Special ($33.25)
Seat 4: oLLeK ($31)
Seat 5: Holundder ($50)
Seat 6: plutoman20 ($65.75)
Seat 7: Kornblume666 ($18.50)
Seat 8: kylethomps ($74.60)
kylethomps posts the small blind of $0.50
w a martin posts the big blind of $1
The button is in seat #7
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [Qc Qd 7h 8h]
910Special calls $1
oLLeK has 15 seconds left to act
oLLeK folds
Holundder folds
plutoman20 folds
Kornblume666 folds
kylethomps calls $0.50
w a martin checks
*** FIRST DRAW *** (Pot: $3)
kylethomps discards 1 card
w a martin discards 1 card
910Special discards 2 cards
kylethomps is dealt 1 card
w a martin is dealt 1 card
910Special is dealt 2 cards
kylethomps bets $1
w a martin raises to $2
910Special folds
kylethomps raises to $3
w a martin calls $1
*** SECOND DRAW *** (Pot: $9)
kylethomps stands pat
w a martin stands pat
kylethomps bets $2
w a martin calls $2
*** THIRD DRAW *** (Pot: $13)
kylethomps stands pat
w a martin has 15 seconds left to act
w a martin discards 1 card
w a martin is dealt 1 card
kylethomps bets $2
w a martin has 15 seconds left to act
w a martin calls $2
*** SHOW DOWN ***
kylethomps shows [As Js Ks Qs] a 1-Card: A
w a martin shows [9h 4s 2d 8d] a 3-Card: 9, 4, 2
w a martin wins the pot ($16.25) with a 3-Card: 9, 4, 2
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $17 Rake $0.75
Seat 1: w a martin (big blind) showed [9h 4s 2d 8d] and won ($16.25) with a 3-Card: 9, 4, 2
Seat 3: 910Special folded after the 1st Draw
Seat 4: oLLeK folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Holundder folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 6: plutoman20 folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Kornblume666 (button) folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 8: kylethomps (small blind) showed [As Js Ks Qs] and lost with a 1-Card: A
Hand 5
Firstly Tapirboy is a very good triple draw and badugi player, so perhaps I'd do well to avoid him. Secondly I've had more than my fair share of this kind of hand on Full Tilt. FlipAAA shouldn't be in this pot at all; if someone raises pre-draw in front of you, calling with a two-card draw is throwing money away (unless you know the raiser is very aggressive) - you just won't hit your hand often enough. But he does hit it here. Against a one-card draw I'd just call the raise with a rough pat eight, but against a two-card draw it seems too weak.
Full Tilt Poker Game #25726363749: Table Wells West - $1/$2 - Limit Badugi - 19:37:52 ET - 2010/11/20
Seat 1: flipAAA ($20.75)
Seat 2: IN_DA_WIND ($21.25)
Seat 3: Tapirboy ($67)
Seat 4: dakray ($62.30)
Seat 5: ajbutterfish ($38.25)
Seat 6: plutoman20 ($23.50)
Seat 7: joehunts ($12)
Seat 8: Me100 ($61.50)
Me100: nh
IN_DA_WIND posts the small blind of $0.50
Tapirboy posts the big blind of $1
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [7s Ac 5d 8h]
dakray folds
ajbutterfish folds
plutoman20 raises to $2
joehunts folds
Me100 folds
dakray: thx
flipAAA calls $2
IN_DA_WIND folds
Tapirboy calls $1
*** FIRST DRAW *** (Pot: $6.50)
Tapirboy discards 1 card
plutoman20 stands pat on [7s Ac 5d 8h]
flipAAA discards 2 cards
Tapirboy is dealt 1 card
flipAAA is dealt 2 cards
Tapirboy checks
plutoman20 bets $1
flipAAA raises to $2
Tapirboy folds
plutoman20 raises to $3
flipAAA calls $1
*** SECOND DRAW *** (Pot: $12.50)
plutoman20 stands pat on [7s Ac 5d 8h]
flipAAA stands pat
plutoman20 bets $2
flipAAA calls $2
*** THIRD DRAW *** (Pot: $16.50)
plutoman20 stands pat on [7s Ac 5d 8h]
flipAAA stands pat
plutoman20 bets $2
flipAAA calls $2
*** SHOW DOWN ***
plutoman20 shows [8h 7s 5d Ac] a Badugi: 8, 7, 5, A
flipAAA shows [8d 4c 3h 2s] a Badugi: 8, 4, 3, 2
flipAAA wins the pot ($19.50) with a Badugi: 8, 4, 3, 2
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $20.50 Rake $1
Seat 1: flipAAA (button) showed [8d 4c 3h 2s] and won ($19.50) with a Badugi: 8, 4, 3, 2
Seat 2: IN_DA_WIND (small blind) folded before the Draw
Seat 3: Tapirboy (big blind) folded after the 1st Draw
Seat 4: dakray folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 5: ajbutterfish folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 6: plutoman20 showed [8h 7s 5d Ac] and lost with a Badugi: 8, 7, 5, A
Seat 7: joehunts folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Me100 folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Hand 6
I don't like my bet on the flop. When Dakray bets into me on the turn, he hasn't necessarily got a badugi at all (I don't think), so I raise. Then he bets straight into me on the river and I figure I'm beaten. There's a hell of a lot of what they call donking in these games; it takes some getting used to.
Full Tilt Poker Game #25725809307: Table Wells West - $1/$2 - Limit Badugi - 19:14:32 ET - 2010/11/20
Seat 1: Dan_Chipman ($71), is sitting out
Seat 2: DamienRennie ($49)
Seat 3: Tapirboy ($65)
Seat 4: dakray ($30.55)
Seat 5: ajbutterfish ($50)
Seat 6: plutoman20 ($44.25)
Seat 7: joehunts ($26.50)
Tapirboy posts the small blind of $0.50
dakray posts the big blind of $1
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [7d As 5c Js]
plutoman20 raises to $2
joehunts folds
DamienRennie folds
Tapirboy folds
dakray calls $1
*** FIRST DRAW *** (Pot: $4.50)
dakray discards 1 card
plutoman20 discards 1 card [Js]
dakray is dealt 1 card
Dealt to plutoman20 [7d As 5c] [3c]
dakray checks
plutoman20 bets $1
dakray calls $1
*** SECOND DRAW *** (Pot: $6.50)
dakray discards 1 card
plutoman20 discards 1 card [5c]
dakray is dealt 1 card
Dealt to plutoman20 [7d As 3c] [9h]
dakray bets $2
plutoman20 raises to $4
dakray calls $2
*** THIRD DRAW *** (Pot: $14.50)
dakray stands pat
plutoman20 stands pat on [7d As 3c 9h]
dakray bets $2
plutoman20: lol
plutoman20 calls $2
*** SHOW DOWN ***
dakray shows [8h 6d 3s 2c] a Badugi: 8, 6, 3, 2
plutoman20 mucks
dakray wins the pot ($17.75) with a Badugi: 8, 6, 3, 2
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $18.50 Rake $0.75
Seat 1: Dan_Chipman is sitting out
Seat 2: DamienRennie (button) folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Tapirboy (small blind) folded before the Draw
Seat 4: dakray (big blind) showed [8h 6d 3s 2c] and won ($17.75) with a Badugi: 8, 6, 3, 2
Seat 5: ajbutterfish is sitting out
Seat 6: plutoman20 mucked [9h 7d 3c As] - a Badugi: 9, 7, 3, A
Seat 7: joehunts folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Hand 7
When Ilovetolie pats in front of me, I don't know what to do. I think it's a close one. I decide to break because my draw is so good, and get lucky. It turns out I had the best hand before the draw.
PokerStars Game #52974592178: Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit ($0.25/$0.50 USD) - 2010/11/20 0:15:32 ET
Table 'Interamnia' 7-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: plutoman20 ($30 in chips)
Seat 2: vivaldi111 ($34.80 in chips)
Seat 3: PATSYPOKER19 ($17.50 in chips)
Seat 5: be_fuddle32 ($9.45 in chips)
Seat 6: mrjimmie65 ($16.10 in chips)
Seat 7: ilovetolie ($14.80 in chips)
be_fuddle32: posts small blind $0.25
mrjimmie65: posts big blind $0.50
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [6c 2h 3d 7h Ts]
ilovetolie: raises $1.50 to $2
plutoman20: raises $4 to $6
vivaldi111: folds
PATSYPOKER19: folds
be_fuddle32: calls $5.75
mrjimmie65: folds
ilovetolie: calls $4
be_fuddle32: discards 1 card
ilovetolie: stands pat
plutoman20: discards 1 card [Ts]
Dealt to plutoman20 [6c 2h 3d 7h] [8h]
be_fuddle32: checks
ilovetolie: checks
plutoman20: bets $10
be_fuddle32: folds
ilovetolie: calls $8.80 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($1.20) returned to plutoman20
*** SHOW DOWN ***
plutoman20: shows [6c 2h 3d 7h 8h] (Lo: 8,7,6,3,2)
ilovetolie: shows [4s Th 7c 9c 6s] (Lo: T,9,7,6,4)
plutoman20 collected $34.35 from pot
ilovetolie leaves the table
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $36.10 Rake $1.75
Seat 1: plutoman20 showed [6c 2h 3d 7h 8h] and won ($34.35) with Lo: 8,7,6,3,2
Seat 2: vivaldi111 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: PATSYPOKER19 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: be_fuddle32 (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 6: mrjimmie65 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: ilovetolie showed [4s Th 7c 9c 6s] and lost with Lo: T,9,7,6,4
Hand 8
This is why you should never limp strong draws, in this game or in badugi. The problem I faced here was that Tinchaso limped all his draws, whether they were one-card draws to monsters or crappy two-card ones. But by overlimping, I let in two-card draws behind me. I make a crying call here, expecting to be beaten. It's just as well I didn't hit my 8-7 because I probably would have raised.
PokerStars Game #53006191056: Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit ($0.25/$0.50 USD) - 2010/11/20 15:55:02 ET
Table 'Pomona VIII' 7-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: tinchaso ($12.30 in chips)
Seat 2: plutoman20 ($22.10 in chips)
Seat 3: tiburon451 ($38.70 in chips)
Seat 4: tenmilebill ($18.30 in chips)
Seat 5: bar_men_83 ($44.20 in chips)
Seat 6: Ic3-T ($50 in chips)
Seat 7: bigkkahuna ($28.60 in chips)
bar_men_83: posts small blind $0.25
plutoman20 said, "nh"
Ic3-T: posts big blind $0.50
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [5d Qs 7d 3h 8s]
tinchaso said, "ty"
bigkkahuna: folds
tinchaso: calls $0.50
plutoman20: calls $0.50
tiburon451: folds
tenmilebill: calls $0.50
bar_men_83: folds
Ic3-T: checks
Ic3-T: discards 2 cards
tinchaso: discards 2 cards
plutoman20: discards 1 card [Qs]
Dealt to plutoman20 [5d 7d 3h 8s] [9d]
tenmilebill: discards 1 card
Ic3-T: bets $2.50
tinchaso: folds
plutoman20: calls $2.50
tenmilebill: folds
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Ic3-T: shows [2c 7c 8h 4d 3d] (Lo: 8,7,4,3,2)
plutoman20: mucks hand
Ic3-T collected $6.90 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $7.25 Rake $0.35
Seat 1: tinchaso folded on the Flop
Seat 2: plutoman20 mucked [5d 9d 7d 3h 8s]
Seat 3: tiburon451 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: tenmilebill (button) folded on the Flop
Seat 5: bar_men_83 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: Ic3-T (big blind) showed [2c 7c 8h 4d 3d] and won ($6.90) with Lo: 8,7,4,3,2
Seat 7: bigkkahuna folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Here are eight hands from the weekend so far:
Hand 1
Last weekend I folded the very same hand against someone who check-raised the turn. He was snowing. I didn't want to make the same mistake twice. I'm not sure what Romuloft was doing in this pot in the first place. Perhaps the snow was premeditated, but the chances are someone will make a genuine badugi along the way, sending his snowing plans out the window.
PokerStars Game #52978959138: Badugi Limit ($1/$2 USD) - 2010/11/20 3:49:48 ET
Table 'Svea II' 8-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: plutoman20 ($48.50 in chips)
Seat 2: Capsi199 ($9 in chips)
Seat 3: gregorianW ($17 in chips)
Seat 4: romuloft231 ($64 in chips)
Seat 5: geniy71 ($16 in chips)
Seat 6: ticalc2008 ($13.25 in chips)
Seat 7: xfritzxsinba ($57 in chips)
Seat 8: DaveBowman ($55.75 in chips)
Capsi199: posts small blind $0.50
gregorianW: posts big blind $1
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [2c 4c 2s Ah]
romuloft231: calls $1
geniy71: folds
ticalc2008: raises $1 to $2
xfritzxsinba: folds
DaveBowman: folds
plutoman20: raises $1 to $3
Capsi199: folds
gregorianW: folds
romuloft231: calls $2
ticalc2008: calls $1
*** FIRST DRAW ***
romuloft231: discards 1 card
ticalc2008: discards 1 card
plutoman20: discards 1 card [2c]
Dealt to plutoman20 [4c 2s Ah] [Js]
romuloft231: checks
ticalc2008: checks
plutoman20: bets $1
romuloft231: calls $1
ticalc2008: calls $1
*** SECOND DRAW ***
romuloft231: discards 1 card
ticalc2008: discards 1 card
plutoman20: discards 1 card [Js]
Dealt to plutoman20 [4c 2s Ah] [Ad]
romuloft231: checks
ticalc2008: checks
plutoman20: bets $2
romuloft231: raises $2 to $4
ticalc2008: folds
plutoman20: calls $2
*** THIRD DRAW ***
romuloft231: stands pat
plutoman20: discards 1 card [Ad]
Dealt to plutoman20 [4c 2s Ah] [5h]
romuloft231: bets $2
plutoman20: calls $2
*** SHOW DOWN ***
romuloft231: shows [3h Tc 6h 7d] (3-card: T,7,3)
plutoman20: shows [5h 4c 2s Ah] (3-card: 4,2,A)
plutoman20 collected $24.50 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $25.50 Rake $1
Seat 1: plutoman20 (button) showed [5h 4c 2s Ah] and won ($24.50) with a 3-card: 4,2,A
Seat 2: Capsi199 (small blind) folded before the Draw
Seat 3: gregorianW (big blind) folded before the Draw
Seat 4: romuloft231 showed [3h Tc 6h 7d] and lost with a 3-card: T,7,3
Seat 5: geniy71 folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 6: ticalc2008 folded after the 2nd Draw
Seat 7: xfritzxsinba folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 8: DaveBowman folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Hand 2
I'm dealt a monster badugi here, but there's a lot of action and I think I might well be beaten. I end up looking a bit silly when I table my hand! Romuloft, by the way, went from $64 to zero in under twenty minutes at this table. He was a bit unlucky bit did overplay a lot of rough hands.
PokerStars Game #52979189755: Badugi Limit ($1/$2 USD) - 2010/11/20 4:03:05 ET
Table 'Svea II' 8-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: plutoman20 ($77 in chips)
Seat 2: Capsi199 ($9.50 in chips)
Seat 3: gregorianW ($15 in chips)
Seat 4: romuloft231 ($43.50 in chips)
Seat 5: ezm_6131 ($1.50 in chips)
Seat 6: ticalc2008 ($25 in chips)
Seat 8: DaveBowman ($76 in chips)
plutoman20: posts small blind $0.50
Capsi199: posts big blind $1
dummy69: sits out
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [6s Ah 3c 5d]
gregorianW: folds
romuloft231: raises $1 to $2
ezm_6131: folds
ticalc2008: folds
DaveBowman: calls $2
plutoman20: raises $1 to $3
Capsi199: calls $2
romuloft231: raises $1 to $4
Betting is capped
DaveBowman: calls $2
plutoman20: calls $1
Capsi199: calls $1
*** FIRST DRAW ***
plutoman20: stands pat on [6s Ah 3c 5d]
Capsi199: discards 1 card
romuloft231: discards 1 card
DaveBowman: discards 1 card
plutoman20: bets $1
Capsi199: calls $1
romuloft231: raises $1 to $2
DaveBowman: folds
plutoman20: raises $1 to $3
Capsi199: raises $1 to $4
Betting is capped
romuloft231: calls $2
plutoman20: calls $1
*** SECOND DRAW ***
plutoman20: stands pat on [6s Ah 3c 5d]
Capsi199: discards 1 card
romuloft231: stands pat
plutoman20: bets $2
Capsi199: calls $1.50 and is all-in
romuloft231: raises $2 to $4
plutoman20: calls $2
*** THIRD DRAW ***
plutoman20: stands pat on [6s Ah 3c 5d]
Capsi199: discards 1 card
romuloft231: stands pat
plutoman20: checks
romuloft231: bets $2
plutoman20: calls $2
*** SHOW DOWN ***
romuloft231: shows [Ts 7d 4h 2c] (Badugi: T,7,4,2)
plutoman20: shows [6s Ah 3c 5d] (Badugi: 6,5,3,A)
plutoman20 collected $9 from side pot
Capsi199: shows [Ad 3h 8d 5s] (3-card: 5,3,A)
plutoman20 collected $31.50 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $41.50 Main pot $31.50. Side pot $9. Rake $1
Seat 1: plutoman20 (small blind) showed [6s Ah 3c 5d] and won ($40.50) with a Badugi: 6,5,3,A
Seat 2: Capsi199 (big blind) showed [Ad 3h 8d 5s] and lost with a 3-card: 5,3,A
Seat 3: gregorianW folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 4: romuloft231 showed [Ts 7d 4h 2c] and lost with a Badugi: T,7,4,2
Seat 5: ezm_6131 folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 6: ticalc2008 folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 8: DaveBowman (button) folded after the 1st Draw
Hand 3
What's going on here?! As we flip over our cards, I still think my ten badugi has a chance.
Full Tilt Poker Game #25706064164: Table Vulgamore - $1/$2 - Limit Badugi - 02:08:45 ET - 2010/11/20
Seat 1: SEXorPOKER ($65.50)
Seat 3: LordPye ($36.05)
Seat 5: gnd0221186 ($17)
Seat 6: larealtime ($36.25)
Seat 7: plutoman20 ($50)
Seat 8: Nuts888A ($27)
LordPye posts the small blind of $0.50
gnd0221186 posts the big blind of $1
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [6d 5h Tc 4s]
larealtime calls $1
plutoman20 raises to $2
Nuts888A calls $2
SEXorPOKER folds
LordPye folds
gnd0221186 folds
larealtime calls $1
*** FIRST DRAW *** (Pot: $7.50)
larealtime discards 2 cards
plutoman20 stands pat on [6d 5h Tc 4s]
Nuts888A discards 2 cards
larealtime is dealt 2 cards
Nuts888A is dealt 2 cards
larealtime checks
plutoman20 bets $1
Nuts888A calls $1
larealtime calls $1
*** SECOND DRAW *** (Pot: $10.50)
larealtime discards 1 card
plutoman20 stands pat on [6d 5h Tc 4s]
Nuts888A discards 2 cards
larealtime is dealt 1 card
Nuts888A is dealt 2 cards
larealtime checks
plutoman20 bets $2
Nuts888A calls $2
larealtime calls $2
*** THIRD DRAW *** (Pot: $16.50)
larealtime stands pat
plutoman20 stands pat on [6d 5h Tc 4s]
Nuts888A discards 1 card
Nuts888A is dealt 1 card
larealtime checks
plutoman20 checks
Nuts888A checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
plutoman20 shows [Tc 6d 5h 4s] a Badugi: T, 6, 5, 4
Nuts888A mucks
larealtime shows [4h 3s 2c Ad] a Badugi: 4, 3, 2, A
larealtime wins the pot ($15.75) with a Badugi: 4, 3, 2, A
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $16.50 Rake $0.75
Seat 1: SEXorPOKER (button) folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 3: LordPye (small blind) folded before the Draw
Seat 5: gnd0221186 (big blind) folded before the Draw
Seat 6: larealtime showed [4h 3s 2c Ad] and won ($15.75) with a Badugi: 4, 3, 2, A
Seat 7: plutoman20 showed [Tc 6d 5h 4s] and lost with a Badugi: T, 6, 5, 4
Seat 8: Nuts888A mucked [6c 5d Ah Qh] - a 3-Card: 6, 5, A
Hand 4
I guess you'd call this a four-card royal flush. However, if you were playing for high, you'd have to rank quads above a straight flush: it's over three times less likely. Martin calls with something that doesn't beat a lot of bluffs - did he know that his opponent was ignorant of the rules?
Full Tilt Poker Game #25707896509: Table Wells West - $1/$2 - Limit Badugi - 04:38:28 ET - 2010/11/20
Seat 1: w a martin ($59.55)
Seat 3: 910Special ($33.25)
Seat 4: oLLeK ($31)
Seat 5: Holundder ($50)
Seat 6: plutoman20 ($65.75)
Seat 7: Kornblume666 ($18.50)
Seat 8: kylethomps ($74.60)
kylethomps posts the small blind of $0.50
w a martin posts the big blind of $1
The button is in seat #7
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [Qc Qd 7h 8h]
910Special calls $1
oLLeK has 15 seconds left to act
oLLeK folds
Holundder folds
plutoman20 folds
Kornblume666 folds
kylethomps calls $0.50
w a martin checks
*** FIRST DRAW *** (Pot: $3)
kylethomps discards 1 card
w a martin discards 1 card
910Special discards 2 cards
kylethomps is dealt 1 card
w a martin is dealt 1 card
910Special is dealt 2 cards
kylethomps bets $1
w a martin raises to $2
910Special folds
kylethomps raises to $3
w a martin calls $1
*** SECOND DRAW *** (Pot: $9)
kylethomps stands pat
w a martin stands pat
kylethomps bets $2
w a martin calls $2
*** THIRD DRAW *** (Pot: $13)
kylethomps stands pat
w a martin has 15 seconds left to act
w a martin discards 1 card
w a martin is dealt 1 card
kylethomps bets $2
w a martin has 15 seconds left to act
w a martin calls $2
*** SHOW DOWN ***
kylethomps shows [As Js Ks Qs] a 1-Card: A
w a martin shows [9h 4s 2d 8d] a 3-Card: 9, 4, 2
w a martin wins the pot ($16.25) with a 3-Card: 9, 4, 2
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $17 Rake $0.75
Seat 1: w a martin (big blind) showed [9h 4s 2d 8d] and won ($16.25) with a 3-Card: 9, 4, 2
Seat 3: 910Special folded after the 1st Draw
Seat 4: oLLeK folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Holundder folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 6: plutoman20 folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Kornblume666 (button) folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 8: kylethomps (small blind) showed [As Js Ks Qs] and lost with a 1-Card: A
Hand 5
Firstly Tapirboy is a very good triple draw and badugi player, so perhaps I'd do well to avoid him. Secondly I've had more than my fair share of this kind of hand on Full Tilt. FlipAAA shouldn't be in this pot at all; if someone raises pre-draw in front of you, calling with a two-card draw is throwing money away (unless you know the raiser is very aggressive) - you just won't hit your hand often enough. But he does hit it here. Against a one-card draw I'd just call the raise with a rough pat eight, but against a two-card draw it seems too weak.
Full Tilt Poker Game #25726363749: Table Wells West - $1/$2 - Limit Badugi - 19:37:52 ET - 2010/11/20
Seat 1: flipAAA ($20.75)
Seat 2: IN_DA_WIND ($21.25)
Seat 3: Tapirboy ($67)
Seat 4: dakray ($62.30)
Seat 5: ajbutterfish ($38.25)
Seat 6: plutoman20 ($23.50)
Seat 7: joehunts ($12)
Seat 8: Me100 ($61.50)
Me100: nh
IN_DA_WIND posts the small blind of $0.50
Tapirboy posts the big blind of $1
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [7s Ac 5d 8h]
dakray folds
ajbutterfish folds
plutoman20 raises to $2
joehunts folds
Me100 folds
dakray: thx
flipAAA calls $2
IN_DA_WIND folds
Tapirboy calls $1
*** FIRST DRAW *** (Pot: $6.50)
Tapirboy discards 1 card
plutoman20 stands pat on [7s Ac 5d 8h]
flipAAA discards 2 cards
Tapirboy is dealt 1 card
flipAAA is dealt 2 cards
Tapirboy checks
plutoman20 bets $1
flipAAA raises to $2
Tapirboy folds
plutoman20 raises to $3
flipAAA calls $1
*** SECOND DRAW *** (Pot: $12.50)
plutoman20 stands pat on [7s Ac 5d 8h]
flipAAA stands pat
plutoman20 bets $2
flipAAA calls $2
*** THIRD DRAW *** (Pot: $16.50)
plutoman20 stands pat on [7s Ac 5d 8h]
flipAAA stands pat
plutoman20 bets $2
flipAAA calls $2
*** SHOW DOWN ***
plutoman20 shows [8h 7s 5d Ac] a Badugi: 8, 7, 5, A
flipAAA shows [8d 4c 3h 2s] a Badugi: 8, 4, 3, 2
flipAAA wins the pot ($19.50) with a Badugi: 8, 4, 3, 2
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $20.50 Rake $1
Seat 1: flipAAA (button) showed [8d 4c 3h 2s] and won ($19.50) with a Badugi: 8, 4, 3, 2
Seat 2: IN_DA_WIND (small blind) folded before the Draw
Seat 3: Tapirboy (big blind) folded after the 1st Draw
Seat 4: dakray folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 5: ajbutterfish folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 6: plutoman20 showed [8h 7s 5d Ac] and lost with a Badugi: 8, 7, 5, A
Seat 7: joehunts folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Me100 folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Hand 6
I don't like my bet on the flop. When Dakray bets into me on the turn, he hasn't necessarily got a badugi at all (I don't think), so I raise. Then he bets straight into me on the river and I figure I'm beaten. There's a hell of a lot of what they call donking in these games; it takes some getting used to.
Full Tilt Poker Game #25725809307: Table Wells West - $1/$2 - Limit Badugi - 19:14:32 ET - 2010/11/20
Seat 1: Dan_Chipman ($71), is sitting out
Seat 2: DamienRennie ($49)
Seat 3: Tapirboy ($65)
Seat 4: dakray ($30.55)
Seat 5: ajbutterfish ($50)
Seat 6: plutoman20 ($44.25)
Seat 7: joehunts ($26.50)
Tapirboy posts the small blind of $0.50
dakray posts the big blind of $1
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [7d As 5c Js]
plutoman20 raises to $2
joehunts folds
DamienRennie folds
Tapirboy folds
dakray calls $1
*** FIRST DRAW *** (Pot: $4.50)
dakray discards 1 card
plutoman20 discards 1 card [Js]
dakray is dealt 1 card
Dealt to plutoman20 [7d As 5c] [3c]
dakray checks
plutoman20 bets $1
dakray calls $1
*** SECOND DRAW *** (Pot: $6.50)
dakray discards 1 card
plutoman20 discards 1 card [5c]
dakray is dealt 1 card
Dealt to plutoman20 [7d As 3c] [9h]
dakray bets $2
plutoman20 raises to $4
dakray calls $2
*** THIRD DRAW *** (Pot: $14.50)
dakray stands pat
plutoman20 stands pat on [7d As 3c 9h]
dakray bets $2
plutoman20: lol
plutoman20 calls $2
*** SHOW DOWN ***
dakray shows [8h 6d 3s 2c] a Badugi: 8, 6, 3, 2
plutoman20 mucks
dakray wins the pot ($17.75) with a Badugi: 8, 6, 3, 2
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $18.50 Rake $0.75
Seat 1: Dan_Chipman is sitting out
Seat 2: DamienRennie (button) folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Tapirboy (small blind) folded before the Draw
Seat 4: dakray (big blind) showed [8h 6d 3s 2c] and won ($17.75) with a Badugi: 8, 6, 3, 2
Seat 5: ajbutterfish is sitting out
Seat 6: plutoman20 mucked [9h 7d 3c As] - a Badugi: 9, 7, 3, A
Seat 7: joehunts folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Hand 7
When Ilovetolie pats in front of me, I don't know what to do. I think it's a close one. I decide to break because my draw is so good, and get lucky. It turns out I had the best hand before the draw.
PokerStars Game #52974592178: Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit ($0.25/$0.50 USD) - 2010/11/20 0:15:32 ET
Table 'Interamnia' 7-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: plutoman20 ($30 in chips)
Seat 2: vivaldi111 ($34.80 in chips)
Seat 3: PATSYPOKER19 ($17.50 in chips)
Seat 5: be_fuddle32 ($9.45 in chips)
Seat 6: mrjimmie65 ($16.10 in chips)
Seat 7: ilovetolie ($14.80 in chips)
be_fuddle32: posts small blind $0.25
mrjimmie65: posts big blind $0.50
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [6c 2h 3d 7h Ts]
ilovetolie: raises $1.50 to $2
plutoman20: raises $4 to $6
vivaldi111: folds
PATSYPOKER19: folds
be_fuddle32: calls $5.75
mrjimmie65: folds
ilovetolie: calls $4
be_fuddle32: discards 1 card
ilovetolie: stands pat
plutoman20: discards 1 card [Ts]
Dealt to plutoman20 [6c 2h 3d 7h] [8h]
be_fuddle32: checks
ilovetolie: checks
plutoman20: bets $10
be_fuddle32: folds
ilovetolie: calls $8.80 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($1.20) returned to plutoman20
*** SHOW DOWN ***
plutoman20: shows [6c 2h 3d 7h 8h] (Lo: 8,7,6,3,2)
ilovetolie: shows [4s Th 7c 9c 6s] (Lo: T,9,7,6,4)
plutoman20 collected $34.35 from pot
ilovetolie leaves the table
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $36.10 Rake $1.75
Seat 1: plutoman20 showed [6c 2h 3d 7h 8h] and won ($34.35) with Lo: 8,7,6,3,2
Seat 2: vivaldi111 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: PATSYPOKER19 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: be_fuddle32 (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 6: mrjimmie65 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: ilovetolie showed [4s Th 7c 9c 6s] and lost with Lo: T,9,7,6,4
Hand 8
This is why you should never limp strong draws, in this game or in badugi. The problem I faced here was that Tinchaso limped all his draws, whether they were one-card draws to monsters or crappy two-card ones. But by overlimping, I let in two-card draws behind me. I make a crying call here, expecting to be beaten. It's just as well I didn't hit my 8-7 because I probably would have raised.
PokerStars Game #53006191056: Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit ($0.25/$0.50 USD) - 2010/11/20 15:55:02 ET
Table 'Pomona VIII' 7-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: tinchaso ($12.30 in chips)
Seat 2: plutoman20 ($22.10 in chips)
Seat 3: tiburon451 ($38.70 in chips)
Seat 4: tenmilebill ($18.30 in chips)
Seat 5: bar_men_83 ($44.20 in chips)
Seat 6: Ic3-T ($50 in chips)
Seat 7: bigkkahuna ($28.60 in chips)
bar_men_83: posts small blind $0.25
plutoman20 said, "nh"
Ic3-T: posts big blind $0.50
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [5d Qs 7d 3h 8s]
tinchaso said, "ty"
bigkkahuna: folds
tinchaso: calls $0.50
plutoman20: calls $0.50
tiburon451: folds
tenmilebill: calls $0.50
bar_men_83: folds
Ic3-T: checks
Ic3-T: discards 2 cards
tinchaso: discards 2 cards
plutoman20: discards 1 card [Qs]
Dealt to plutoman20 [5d 7d 3h 8s] [9d]
tenmilebill: discards 1 card
Ic3-T: bets $2.50
tinchaso: folds
plutoman20: calls $2.50
tenmilebill: folds
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Ic3-T: shows [2c 7c 8h 4d 3d] (Lo: 8,7,4,3,2)
plutoman20: mucks hand
Ic3-T collected $6.90 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $7.25 Rake $0.35
Seat 1: tinchaso folded on the Flop
Seat 2: plutoman20 mucked [5d 9d 7d 3h 8s]
Seat 3: tiburon451 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: tenmilebill (button) folded on the Flop
Seat 5: bar_men_83 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: Ic3-T (big blind) showed [2c 7c 8h 4d 3d] and won ($6.90) with Lo: 8,7,4,3,2
Seat 7: bigkkahuna folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Three KCL hands
Three hands from last weekend's 25c/50c KCL games on Full Tilt.
Hand 1
I don't really see the point of bluffing with a medium-strength hand like a 9-7. Maybe he didn't think he was bluffing; he didn't strike me as being a particularly good player.
Full Tilt Poker Game #25504228475: Table Farnsworth (6 max, ante) - $0.25/$0.50 Ante $0.10 - No Limit 2-7 Single Draw - 21:15:08 ET - 2010/11/12
Seat 1: wapitihunter ($35)
Seat 2: edooo123456 ($26.80)
Seat 3: ACompleteMuppet ($100.75)
Seat 4: jjkrueger ($41.85)
Seat 5: plutoman20 ($29.55)
Seat 6: 1dsmII ($20)
jjkrueger antes $0.10
ACompleteMuppet antes $0.10
edooo123456 antes $0.10
plutoman20 antes $0.10
5 seconds left to act
jjkrueger posts the small blind of $0.25
plutoman20 posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [2c 4c 8d 5d As]
edooo123456 raises to $3.50
ACompleteMuppet folds
jjkrueger calls $3.25
plutoman20 calls $3
*** DRAW *** (Pot: $10.90)
jjkrueger discards 1 card
plutoman20 discards 1 card [As]
edooo123456 has 15 seconds left to act
edooo123456 discards 1 card
jjkrueger is dealt 1 card
Dealt to plutoman20 [2c 4c 8d 5d] [3h]
edooo123456 is dealt 1 card
jjkrueger checks
plutoman20 bets $6.50
edooo123456 folds
jjkrueger raises to $38.25, and is all in
plutoman20 calls $19.45, and is all in
Uncalled bet of $12.30 returned to jjkrueger
*** SHOW DOWN ***
jjkrueger shows [9d 7s 6s 4s 3c] 9,7,6,4,3
plutoman20 shows [8d 5d 4c 3h 2c] 8,5,4,3,2
plutoman20 wins the pot ($60.80) with 8,5,4,3,2
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $62.80 Rake $2
Seat 1: wapitihunter is sitting out
Seat 2: edooo123456 folded after the Draw
Seat 3: ACompleteMuppet (button) folded before the Draw
Seat 4: jjkrueger (small blind) showed [9d 7s 6s 4s 3c] and lost with 9,7,6,4,3
Seat 5: plutoman20 (big blind) showed [8d 5d 4c 3h 2c] and won ($60.80) with 8,5,4,3,2
Seat 6: 1dsmII is sitting out
Hand 2
This was a strange one. I don't know why Mr2jt patted a queen with such a smooth draw available. Maybe he thought that patting would make me break a better hand (in that case he thought right) but isn't the aim of the game, if possible, to take your opponent's stack?
Full Tilt Poker Game #25539031955: Table Farnsworth (6 max, ante) - $0.25/$0.50 Ante $0.10 - No Limit 2-7 Single Draw - 03:43:28 ET - 2010/11/14
Seat 1: Mr2jt ($65.05)
Seat 4: hatchi_ak ($38.60)
Seat 5: Sheepishlion ($29.25)
Seat 6: plutoman20 ($31.95)
Mr2jt antes $0.10
Sheepishlion antes $0.10
hatchi_ak antes $0.10
plutoman20 antes $0.10
Sheepishlion posts the small blind of $0.25
plutoman20 posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [Js 3h 8h 5c 9c]
Mr2jt raises to $1.50
hatchi_ak folds
Sheepishlion folds
plutoman20 calls $1
*** DRAW *** (Pot: $3.65)
plutoman20 discards 1 card [Js]
Mr2jt stands pat
Dealt to plutoman20 [3h 8h 5c 9c] [Ad]
plutoman20 checks
Mr2jt checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Mr2jt shows [Qd 8c 4d 3d 2d] Q,8,4,3,2
plutoman20 mucks
Mr2jt wins the pot ($3.50) with Q,8,4,3,2
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $3.65 Rake $0.15
Seat 1: Mr2jt showed [Qd 8c 4d 3d 2d] and won ($3.50) with Q,8,4,3,2
Seat 4: hatchi_ak (button) folded before the Draw
Seat 5: Sheepishlion (small blind) folded before the Draw
Seat 6: plutoman20 (big blind) mucked [Ad 9c 8h 5c 3h] - A,9,8,5,3
Hand 3
In an earlier post I mentioned something about post-draw bet sizing. I said that anything less than 60% of the pot leaves you open to potential bluff raises. Well here Mr2jt makes a half-pot bet to induce a bluff-raise from someone drawing two, and it works a treat. How would you balance this play? For every pat seven you get umpteen rough nines and tens. It's something I'll have to think about.
Full Tilt Poker Game #25538989824: Table Farnsworth (6 max, ante) - $0.25/$0.50 Ante $0.10 - No Limit 2-7 Single Draw - 03:39:57 ET - 2010/11/14
Seat 1: Mr2jt ($39.35)
Seat 4: hatchi_ak ($31.70)
Seat 5: Sheepishlion ($30.70)
Seat 6: plutoman20 ($31.30)
Mr2jt antes $0.10
Sheepishlion antes $0.10
hatchi_ak antes $0.10
plutoman20 antes $0.10
plutoman20 posts the small blind of $0.25
Mr2jt posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [2c 9h Qh Qd 9c]
hatchi_ak folds
Sheepishlion raises to $2.15
plutoman20 folds
Mr2jt raises to $5.50
Sheepishlion calls $3.35
*** DRAW *** (Pot: $11.65)
Mr2jt stands pat
Sheepishlion discards 2 cards
Sheepishlion is dealt 2 cards
Mr2jt bets $6
Sheepishlion has 15 seconds left to act
Sheepishlion raises to $25.10, and is all in
Mr2jt calls $19.10
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Sheepishlion shows [Ad 8d 5h 4h 3d] A,8,5,4,3
Mr2jt shows [7h 6h 5d 3h 2d] 7,6,5,3,2
Mr2jt wins the pot ($59.85) with 7,6,5,3,2
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $61.85 Rake $2
Seat 1: Mr2jt (big blind) showed [7h 6h 5d 3h 2d] and won ($59.85) with 7,6,5,3,2
Seat 4: hatchi_ak folded before the Draw
Seat 5: Sheepishlion (button) showed [Ad 8d 5h 4h 3d] and lost with A,8,5,4,3
Seat 6: plutoman20 (small blind) folded before the Draw
Hand 1
I don't really see the point of bluffing with a medium-strength hand like a 9-7. Maybe he didn't think he was bluffing; he didn't strike me as being a particularly good player.
Full Tilt Poker Game #25504228475: Table Farnsworth (6 max, ante) - $0.25/$0.50 Ante $0.10 - No Limit 2-7 Single Draw - 21:15:08 ET - 2010/11/12
Seat 1: wapitihunter ($35)
Seat 2: edooo123456 ($26.80)
Seat 3: ACompleteMuppet ($100.75)
Seat 4: jjkrueger ($41.85)
Seat 5: plutoman20 ($29.55)
Seat 6: 1dsmII ($20)
jjkrueger antes $0.10
ACompleteMuppet antes $0.10
edooo123456 antes $0.10
plutoman20 antes $0.10
5 seconds left to act
jjkrueger posts the small blind of $0.25
plutoman20 posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [2c 4c 8d 5d As]
edooo123456 raises to $3.50
ACompleteMuppet folds
jjkrueger calls $3.25
plutoman20 calls $3
*** DRAW *** (Pot: $10.90)
jjkrueger discards 1 card
plutoman20 discards 1 card [As]
edooo123456 has 15 seconds left to act
edooo123456 discards 1 card
jjkrueger is dealt 1 card
Dealt to plutoman20 [2c 4c 8d 5d] [3h]
edooo123456 is dealt 1 card
jjkrueger checks
plutoman20 bets $6.50
edooo123456 folds
jjkrueger raises to $38.25, and is all in
plutoman20 calls $19.45, and is all in
Uncalled bet of $12.30 returned to jjkrueger
*** SHOW DOWN ***
jjkrueger shows [9d 7s 6s 4s 3c] 9,7,6,4,3
plutoman20 shows [8d 5d 4c 3h 2c] 8,5,4,3,2
plutoman20 wins the pot ($60.80) with 8,5,4,3,2
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $62.80 Rake $2
Seat 1: wapitihunter is sitting out
Seat 2: edooo123456 folded after the Draw
Seat 3: ACompleteMuppet (button) folded before the Draw
Seat 4: jjkrueger (small blind) showed [9d 7s 6s 4s 3c] and lost with 9,7,6,4,3
Seat 5: plutoman20 (big blind) showed [8d 5d 4c 3h 2c] and won ($60.80) with 8,5,4,3,2
Seat 6: 1dsmII is sitting out
Hand 2
This was a strange one. I don't know why Mr2jt patted a queen with such a smooth draw available. Maybe he thought that patting would make me break a better hand (in that case he thought right) but isn't the aim of the game, if possible, to take your opponent's stack?
Full Tilt Poker Game #25539031955: Table Farnsworth (6 max, ante) - $0.25/$0.50 Ante $0.10 - No Limit 2-7 Single Draw - 03:43:28 ET - 2010/11/14
Seat 1: Mr2jt ($65.05)
Seat 4: hatchi_ak ($38.60)
Seat 5: Sheepishlion ($29.25)
Seat 6: plutoman20 ($31.95)
Mr2jt antes $0.10
Sheepishlion antes $0.10
hatchi_ak antes $0.10
plutoman20 antes $0.10
Sheepishlion posts the small blind of $0.25
plutoman20 posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [Js 3h 8h 5c 9c]
Mr2jt raises to $1.50
hatchi_ak folds
Sheepishlion folds
plutoman20 calls $1
*** DRAW *** (Pot: $3.65)
plutoman20 discards 1 card [Js]
Mr2jt stands pat
Dealt to plutoman20 [3h 8h 5c 9c] [Ad]
plutoman20 checks
Mr2jt checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Mr2jt shows [Qd 8c 4d 3d 2d] Q,8,4,3,2
plutoman20 mucks
Mr2jt wins the pot ($3.50) with Q,8,4,3,2
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $3.65 Rake $0.15
Seat 1: Mr2jt showed [Qd 8c 4d 3d 2d] and won ($3.50) with Q,8,4,3,2
Seat 4: hatchi_ak (button) folded before the Draw
Seat 5: Sheepishlion (small blind) folded before the Draw
Seat 6: plutoman20 (big blind) mucked [Ad 9c 8h 5c 3h] - A,9,8,5,3
Hand 3
In an earlier post I mentioned something about post-draw bet sizing. I said that anything less than 60% of the pot leaves you open to potential bluff raises. Well here Mr2jt makes a half-pot bet to induce a bluff-raise from someone drawing two, and it works a treat. How would you balance this play? For every pat seven you get umpteen rough nines and tens. It's something I'll have to think about.
Full Tilt Poker Game #25538989824: Table Farnsworth (6 max, ante) - $0.25/$0.50 Ante $0.10 - No Limit 2-7 Single Draw - 03:39:57 ET - 2010/11/14
Seat 1: Mr2jt ($39.35)
Seat 4: hatchi_ak ($31.70)
Seat 5: Sheepishlion ($30.70)
Seat 6: plutoman20 ($31.30)
Mr2jt antes $0.10
Sheepishlion antes $0.10
hatchi_ak antes $0.10
plutoman20 antes $0.10
plutoman20 posts the small blind of $0.25
Mr2jt posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [2c 9h Qh Qd 9c]
hatchi_ak folds
Sheepishlion raises to $2.15
plutoman20 folds
Mr2jt raises to $5.50
Sheepishlion calls $3.35
*** DRAW *** (Pot: $11.65)
Mr2jt stands pat
Sheepishlion discards 2 cards
Sheepishlion is dealt 2 cards
Mr2jt bets $6
Sheepishlion has 15 seconds left to act
Sheepishlion raises to $25.10, and is all in
Mr2jt calls $19.10
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Sheepishlion shows [Ad 8d 5h 4h 3d] A,8,5,4,3
Mr2jt shows [7h 6h 5d 3h 2d] 7,6,5,3,2
Mr2jt wins the pot ($59.85) with 7,6,5,3,2
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $61.85 Rake $2
Seat 1: Mr2jt (big blind) showed [7h 6h 5d 3h 2d] and won ($59.85) with 7,6,5,3,2
Seat 4: hatchi_ak folded before the Draw
Seat 5: Sheepishlion (button) showed [Ad 8d 5h 4h 3d] and lost with A,8,5,4,3
Seat 6: plutoman20 (small blind) folded before the Draw
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Up-and-down weekend
Yesterday I made $150 on the virtual poker tables. My best session was a $70 profit (in 146 hands) in a 25c/50c single draw game on Full Tilt. The other main highlight was a second-place finish in the $11 single draw tournament on Poker Stars. Unfortunately there were only eleven runners so my payout was just $33. When we got heads-up I was behind by about 2½ to one. Almost immediately I got a draw to the nuts and my opponent, who had an eight draw, put me all in. He made a queen while I hit a jack to give me a slight chip lead. Very soon after we were both dealt pat nines and we stacked off again. My 9-8 lost to his 9-6. A few hands later it was all over: he was lucky enough to be dealt the stone-cold nuts, leaving me drawing very dead. I've finished second in five of the last eight tournaments I've entered (since the SCOOP in May, I've only played seven tournaments). It seems if there are thousands of entrants I'll come second; if there are just a handful I'll still come second. Following that to its logical conclusion, I should avoid heads-up tournaments like the plague.
Today I had a horrendous badugi session. In just 75 hands of $1/$2 on Full Tilt I dropped $52. Eight of the nine hands I showed down were losers. Obviously I was running very cold there, but overall I'm struggling in that game, even though a lot of the play I see looks pretty poor. Perhaps it's just variance. What really adds to the swings is that a lot of the time the pot gets so bloated by the turn that you get the odds to draw a third time. In tighter games you can just fold and save the $2.
Here are some hands:
Hand 1
What does a shove to 100 big blinds mean? I had no reads. And what about NYRambler's call (and subsequent pat)?
Full Tilt Poker Game #25480093341: Table Meadowlands (6 max, ante) - $0.10/$0.20 Ante $0.05 - No Limit 2-7 Single Draw - 23:55:44 ET - 2010/11/11
Seat 1: Sual1 ($20.19)
Seat 2: plutoman20 ($20.39)
Seat 3: _the_panic_ ($17.08)
Seat 4: jjkrueger ($8.84)
Seat 5: NYRambler ($25.14)
Seat 6: bhredraider ($25.56)
_the_panic_ antes $0.05
bhredraider antes $0.05
jjkrueger antes $0.05
Sual1 antes $0.05
plutoman20 antes $0.05
NYRambler antes $0.05
plutoman20 posts the small blind of $0.10
_the_panic_ posts the big blind of $0.20
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [9c 5s 2s 4d 8d]
jjkrueger folds
NYRambler raises to $0.60
bhredraider calls $0.60
Sual1 has 15 seconds left to act
Sual1 raises to $20.14, and is all in
plutoman20 has 15 seconds left to act
plutoman20 folds
_the_panic_ has 15 seconds left to act
_the_panic_ has requested TIME
_the_panic_ folds
NYRambler calls $19.54
bhredraider folds
*** DRAW *** (Pot: $41.48)
NYRambler stands pat
Sual1 has 15 seconds left to act
Sual1 stands pat
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Sual1 shows [Ts 8s 6c 4s 3s] T,8,6,4,3
NYRambler mucks
Sual1 wins the pot ($39.41) with T,8,6,4,3
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $41.48 Rake $2.07
Seat 1: Sual1 (button) showed [Ts 8s 6c 4s 3s] and won ($39.41) with T,8,6,4,3
Seat 2: plutoman20 (small blind) folded before the Draw
Seat 3: _the_panic_ (big blind) folded before the Draw
Seat 4: jjkrueger folded before the Draw
Seat 5: NYRambler mucked [Jc 7d 5c 3d 2h] - J,7,5,3,2
Seat 6: bhredraider folded before the Draw
Hand 2
This seemed like quite a big three-bet. Was it a big hand or a "please fold" kind of hand?
Full Tilt Poker Game #25481485690: Table Meadowlands (6 max, ante) - $0.10/$0.20 Ante $0.05 - No Limit 2-7 Single Draw - 01:24:48 ET - 2010/11/12
Seat 1: Sual1 ($37.64)
Seat 2: plutoman20 ($13.55)
Seat 3: motor2home ($12.44)
Seat 4: spike420211 ($25.76)
Seat 5: Theo Sagan ($9.68)
Seat 6: ACompleteMuppet ($22.26)
Theo Sagan antes $0.05
spike420211 antes $0.05
Sual1 antes $0.05
ACompleteMuppet is sitting out
motor2home antes $0.05
plutoman20 antes $0.05
Theo Sagan posts the small blind of $0.10
Sual1 posts the big blind of $0.20
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [2s Qs 6d 4d 5s]
ACompleteMuppet stands up
plutoman20 raises to $0.80
motor2home calls $0.80
spike420211 folds
Theo Sagan raises to $3.65
Sual1 folds
plutoman20 calls $2.85
motor2home folds
*** DRAW *** (Pot: $8.55)
Theo Sagan stands pat
plutoman20 discards 1 card [Qs]
Dealt to plutoman20 [2s 6d 4d 5s] [9c]
Theo Sagan bets $5.98, and is all in
plutoman20 calls $5.98
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Theo Sagan shows [8h 7s 6s 5c 3c] 8,7,6,5,3
plutoman20 mucks
Theo Sagan wins the pot ($19.49) with 8,7,6,5,3
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $20.51 Rake $1.02
Seat 1: Sual1 (big blind) folded before the Draw
Seat 2: plutoman20 mucked [9c 6d 5s 4d 2s] - 9,6,5,4,2
Seat 3: motor2home folded before the Draw
Seat 4: spike420211 (button) folded before the Draw
Seat 5: Theo Sagan (small blind) showed [8h 7s 6s 5c 3c] and won ($19.49) with 8,7,6,5,3
Seat 6: ACompleteMuppet is sitting out
Hand 3
Normally a four-bet in position with a 10-6 is a good play I think, but the problem here is that due to my shortish stack, the only four-bet size that makes any sense is a shove. I would have been better to have just called his three-bet and drawn. When he calls my all-in and pats I don't fancy my chances. With my gutshot draw, I honestly don't know whether patting or breaking is best here.
Full Tilt Poker Game #25483684436: Table Meadowlands (6 max, ante) - $0.10/$0.20 Ante $0.05 - No Limit 2-7 Single Draw - 04:29:53 ET - 2010/11/12
Seat 1: yitsok ($21.32)
Seat 3: Saxonic ($18.76)
Seat 4: Jok13 ($9.45)
Seat 5: plutoman20 ($12.10)
Seat 6: chybaty ($29.15)
Saxonic antes $0.05
Jok13 antes $0.05
yitsok antes $0.05
chybaty antes $0.05
plutoman20 antes $0.05
yitsok posts the small blind of $0.10
Saxonic posts the big blind of $0.20
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [2s 6d 3c Th 5s]
Jok13 folds
plutoman20 raises to $0.80
chybaty folds
yitsok raises to $2.85
Saxonic folds
plutoman20 has 15 seconds left to act
plutoman20 raises to $12.05, and is all in
yitsok calls $9.20
*** DRAW *** (Pot: $24.55)
yitsok stands pat
plutoman20 stands pat on [2s 6d 3c Th 5s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
plutoman20 shows [Th 6d 5s 3c 2s] T,6,5,3,2
yitsok shows [9s 7c 5c 3d 2d] 9,7,5,3,2
yitsok wins the pot ($23.33) with 9,7,5,3,2
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $24.55 Rake $1.22
Seat 1: yitsok (small blind) showed [9s 7c 5c 3d 2d] and won ($23.33) with 9,7,5,3,2
Seat 3: Saxonic (big blind) folded before the Draw
Seat 4: Jok13 folded before the Draw
Seat 5: plutoman20 showed [Th 6d 5s 3c 2s] and lost with T,6,5,3,2
Seat 6: chybaty (button) folded before the Draw
Hand 4
I thought this was an interesting one. I hit a nine on the second draw and Idaho raised. I break my nine only for Idaho to draw himself. If he could see that I had a very breakable hand, this was great play from him (he goes from being a definite underdog to almost 50:50). Given that he can't see my hand I'm not so sure. Also, should I be breaking here?
Full Tilt Poker Game #25427593624: Table War Paint (6 max) - $0.25/$0.50 - Limit 2-7 Triple Draw - 03:51:55 ET - 2010/11/10
Seat 1: XJustVarianceX ($21.50)
Seat 2: plutoman20 ($8.20)
Seat 3: Lono_Kaz ($11.30)
Seat 4: lDAHO ($7.05)
Seat 5: Crazy Chewie ($38.20), is sitting out
Seat 6: XpLoSiVe14 ($14)
XpLoSiVe14 posts the small blind of $0.10
XJustVarianceX posts the big blind of $0.25
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [3c 5c 7h 2d Qc]
plutoman20 raises to $0.50
Crazy Chewie has returned
Lono_Kaz folds
lDAHO calls $0.50
XpLoSiVe14 folds
XJustVarianceX has 15 seconds left to act
XJustVarianceX calls $0.25
*** FIRST DRAW *** (Pot: $1.60)
XJustVarianceX discards 1 card
plutoman20 discards 1 card [Qc]
lDAHO discards 2 cards
XJustVarianceX is dealt 1 card
Dealt to plutoman20 [3c 5c 7h 2d] [Tc]
lDAHO is dealt 2 cards
XJustVarianceX checks
plutoman20 bets $0.25
lDAHO calls $0.25
XJustVarianceX calls $0.25
*** SECOND DRAW *** (Pot: $2.35)
XJustVarianceX discards 2 cards
plutoman20 discards 1 card [Tc]
lDAHO discards 1 card
XJustVarianceX is dealt 2 cards
Dealt to plutoman20 [3c 5c 7h 2d] [9d]
lDAHO is dealt 1 card
XJustVarianceX checks
plutoman20 bets $0.50
lDAHO raises to $1
XJustVarianceX has 15 seconds left to act
XJustVarianceX folds
plutoman20 calls $0.50
*** THIRD DRAW *** (Pot: $4.35)
plutoman20 discards 1 card [9d]
lDAHO discards 1 card
Dealt to plutoman20 [3c 5c 7h 2d] [4h]
lDAHO is dealt 1 card
plutoman20 bets $0.50
lDAHO has 15 seconds left to act
lDAHO calls $0.50
*** SHOW DOWN ***
plutoman20 shows [7h 5c 4h 3c 2d] 7,5,4,3,2
lDAHO mucks
plutoman20 wins the pot ($5.10) with 7,5,4,3,2
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $5.35 Rake $0.25
Seat 1: XJustVarianceX (big blind) folded after the 2nd Draw
Seat 2: plutoman20 showed [7h 5c 4h 3c 2d] and won ($5.10) with 7,5,4,3,2
Seat 3: Lono_Kaz folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 4: lDAHO mucked [Ac 6d 4c 3d 2c] - A,6,4,3,2
Seat 5: Crazy Chewie (button) is sitting out
Seat 6: XpLoSiVe14 (small blind) folded before the Draw
Hand 5
HanndyMannny seems to think he can pick almost my exact hand. Surely in a heads-up game I should have a much wider range, especially when my opponent is drawing three for a second time.
Full Tilt Poker Game #25479682259: Table Bridlewood (6 max) - $0.25/$0.50 - Limit 2-7 Triple Draw - 23:33:07 ET - 2010/11/11
Seat 3: plutoman20 ($13.20)
Seat 5: HanndyMannny ($24.35)
Seat 6: sleip-gamble ($15.40), is sitting out
plutoman20 posts the small blind of $0.10
HanndyMannny posts the big blind of $0.25
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [5d Th 6d Tc 3s]
sleip-gamble stands up
plutoman20 raises to $0.50
HanndyMannny calls $0.25
*** FIRST DRAW *** (Pot: $1)
HanndyMannny discards 3 cards
plutoman20 discards 2 cards [Th Tc]
HanndyMannny is dealt 3 cards
Dealt to plutoman20 [5d 6d 3s] [9d Td]
HanndyMannny checks
plutoman20 bets $0.25
HanndyMannny calls $0.25
*** SECOND DRAW *** (Pot: $1.50)
HanndyMannny discards 3 cards
plutoman20 stands pat on [5d 6d 3s 9d Td]
HanndyMannny is dealt 3 cards
HanndyMannny checks
plutoman20 bets $0.50
HanndyMannny has 15 seconds left to act
HanndyMannny: 34578 ot 34568? or a 9?
HanndyMannny calls $0.50
*** THIRD DRAW *** (Pot: $2.50)
HanndyMannny discards 1 card
plutoman20 stands pat on [5d 6d 3s 9d Td]
HanndyMannny is dealt 1 card
HanndyMannny checks
plutoman20 checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
plutoman20 shows [Td 9d 6d 5d 3s] T,9,6,5,3
HanndyMannny mucks
plutoman20 wins the pot ($2.40) with T,9,6,5,3
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $2.50 Rake $0.10
Seat 3: plutoman20 (small blind) showed [Td 9d 6d 5d 3s] and won ($2.40) with T,9,6,5,3
Seat 5: HanndyMannny (big blind) mucked [Ad 5s 4s 3c 2h] - A,5,4,3,2
Seat 6: sleip-gamble is sitting out
Hand 6
Wow. I guess I should have called, right? This is where reads come in handy, and I don't have any. It's interesting that Who_9_Dey must have thought something was up, but alas his bluff-catcher wasn't good enough to catch this particular bluff. I'm grateful for his call however - it gives me information I otherwise wouldn't have had. By the way, this hand didn't come from today's disaster session.
Full Tilt Poker Game #25523219663: Table Wells West - $1/$2 - Limit Badugi - 15:05:45 ET - 2010/11/13
Seat 1: WHO_9_DEY ($39)
Seat 2: Me100 ($45.75)
Seat 4: ajbutterfish ($60.75)
Seat 5: plutoman20 ($50)
Seat 6: Junedog79 ($8.50)
Seat 8: rufie101 ($42.75)
ajbutterfish posts the small blind of $0.50
plutoman20 posts the big blind of $1
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [Td 4h 3c Jh]
Junedog79 folds
rufie101 folds
WHO_9_DEY calls $1
Me100 folds
ajbutterfish raises to $2
plutoman20 calls $1
WHO_9_DEY calls $1
*** FIRST DRAW *** (Pot: $6)
ajbutterfish discards 1 card
plutoman20 discards 2 cards [Td Jh]
WHO_9_DEY discards 2 cards
ajbutterfish is dealt 1 card
Dealt to plutoman20 [4h 3c] [8c Ad]
WHO_9_DEY is dealt 2 cards
ajbutterfish bets $1
plutoman20 raises to $2
WHO_9_DEY calls $2
ajbutterfish calls $1
*** SECOND DRAW *** (Pot: $12)
ajbutterfish discards 1 card
plutoman20 discards 1 card [8c]
WHO_9_DEY discards 1 card
ajbutterfish is dealt 1 card
Dealt to plutoman20 [4h 3c Ad] [Jc]
WHO_9_DEY is dealt 1 card
ajbutterfish checks
plutoman20 bets $2
WHO_9_DEY calls $2
ajbutterfish raises to $4
plutoman20 calls $2
WHO_9_DEY calls $2
*** THIRD DRAW *** (Pot: $24)
ajbutterfish stands pat
plutoman20 discards 1 card [Jc]
WHO_9_DEY discards 1 card
Dealt to plutoman20 [4h 3c Ad] [2c]
WHO_9_DEY is dealt 1 card
ajbutterfish bets $2
plutoman20 folds
WHO_9_DEY calls $2
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ajbutterfish shows [5c 4d 3s Qs] a 3-Card: 5, 4, 3
WHO_9_DEY mucks
ajbutterfish wins the pot ($27) with a 3-Card: 5, 4, 3
*** SUMMARY ***Total pot $28 Rake $1
Seat 1: WHO_9_DEY mucked [6s 5d Ah 8d] - a 3-Card: 6, 5, A
Seat 2: Me100 (button) folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 4: ajbutterfish (small blind) showed [5c 4d 3s Qs] and won ($27) with a 3-Card: 5, 4, 3
Seat 5: plutoman20 (big blind) folded after the 3rd Draw
Seat 6: Junedog79 folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 8: rufie101 folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Today I had a horrendous badugi session. In just 75 hands of $1/$2 on Full Tilt I dropped $52. Eight of the nine hands I showed down were losers. Obviously I was running very cold there, but overall I'm struggling in that game, even though a lot of the play I see looks pretty poor. Perhaps it's just variance. What really adds to the swings is that a lot of the time the pot gets so bloated by the turn that you get the odds to draw a third time. In tighter games you can just fold and save the $2.
Here are some hands:
Hand 1
What does a shove to 100 big blinds mean? I had no reads. And what about NYRambler's call (and subsequent pat)?
Full Tilt Poker Game #25480093341: Table Meadowlands (6 max, ante) - $0.10/$0.20 Ante $0.05 - No Limit 2-7 Single Draw - 23:55:44 ET - 2010/11/11
Seat 1: Sual1 ($20.19)
Seat 2: plutoman20 ($20.39)
Seat 3: _the_panic_ ($17.08)
Seat 4: jjkrueger ($8.84)
Seat 5: NYRambler ($25.14)
Seat 6: bhredraider ($25.56)
_the_panic_ antes $0.05
bhredraider antes $0.05
jjkrueger antes $0.05
Sual1 antes $0.05
plutoman20 antes $0.05
NYRambler antes $0.05
plutoman20 posts the small blind of $0.10
_the_panic_ posts the big blind of $0.20
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [9c 5s 2s 4d 8d]
jjkrueger folds
NYRambler raises to $0.60
bhredraider calls $0.60
Sual1 has 15 seconds left to act
Sual1 raises to $20.14, and is all in
plutoman20 has 15 seconds left to act
plutoman20 folds
_the_panic_ has 15 seconds left to act
_the_panic_ has requested TIME
_the_panic_ folds
NYRambler calls $19.54
bhredraider folds
*** DRAW *** (Pot: $41.48)
NYRambler stands pat
Sual1 has 15 seconds left to act
Sual1 stands pat
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Sual1 shows [Ts 8s 6c 4s 3s] T,8,6,4,3
NYRambler mucks
Sual1 wins the pot ($39.41) with T,8,6,4,3
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $41.48 Rake $2.07
Seat 1: Sual1 (button) showed [Ts 8s 6c 4s 3s] and won ($39.41) with T,8,6,4,3
Seat 2: plutoman20 (small blind) folded before the Draw
Seat 3: _the_panic_ (big blind) folded before the Draw
Seat 4: jjkrueger folded before the Draw
Seat 5: NYRambler mucked [Jc 7d 5c 3d 2h] - J,7,5,3,2
Seat 6: bhredraider folded before the Draw
Hand 2
This seemed like quite a big three-bet. Was it a big hand or a "please fold" kind of hand?
Full Tilt Poker Game #25481485690: Table Meadowlands (6 max, ante) - $0.10/$0.20 Ante $0.05 - No Limit 2-7 Single Draw - 01:24:48 ET - 2010/11/12
Seat 1: Sual1 ($37.64)
Seat 2: plutoman20 ($13.55)
Seat 3: motor2home ($12.44)
Seat 4: spike420211 ($25.76)
Seat 5: Theo Sagan ($9.68)
Seat 6: ACompleteMuppet ($22.26)
Theo Sagan antes $0.05
spike420211 antes $0.05
Sual1 antes $0.05
ACompleteMuppet is sitting out
motor2home antes $0.05
plutoman20 antes $0.05
Theo Sagan posts the small blind of $0.10
Sual1 posts the big blind of $0.20
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [2s Qs 6d 4d 5s]
ACompleteMuppet stands up
plutoman20 raises to $0.80
motor2home calls $0.80
spike420211 folds
Theo Sagan raises to $3.65
Sual1 folds
plutoman20 calls $2.85
motor2home folds
*** DRAW *** (Pot: $8.55)
Theo Sagan stands pat
plutoman20 discards 1 card [Qs]
Dealt to plutoman20 [2s 6d 4d 5s] [9c]
Theo Sagan bets $5.98, and is all in
plutoman20 calls $5.98
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Theo Sagan shows [8h 7s 6s 5c 3c] 8,7,6,5,3
plutoman20 mucks
Theo Sagan wins the pot ($19.49) with 8,7,6,5,3
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $20.51 Rake $1.02
Seat 1: Sual1 (big blind) folded before the Draw
Seat 2: plutoman20 mucked [9c 6d 5s 4d 2s] - 9,6,5,4,2
Seat 3: motor2home folded before the Draw
Seat 4: spike420211 (button) folded before the Draw
Seat 5: Theo Sagan (small blind) showed [8h 7s 6s 5c 3c] and won ($19.49) with 8,7,6,5,3
Seat 6: ACompleteMuppet is sitting out
Hand 3
Normally a four-bet in position with a 10-6 is a good play I think, but the problem here is that due to my shortish stack, the only four-bet size that makes any sense is a shove. I would have been better to have just called his three-bet and drawn. When he calls my all-in and pats I don't fancy my chances. With my gutshot draw, I honestly don't know whether patting or breaking is best here.
Full Tilt Poker Game #25483684436: Table Meadowlands (6 max, ante) - $0.10/$0.20 Ante $0.05 - No Limit 2-7 Single Draw - 04:29:53 ET - 2010/11/12
Seat 1: yitsok ($21.32)
Seat 3: Saxonic ($18.76)
Seat 4: Jok13 ($9.45)
Seat 5: plutoman20 ($12.10)
Seat 6: chybaty ($29.15)
Saxonic antes $0.05
Jok13 antes $0.05
yitsok antes $0.05
chybaty antes $0.05
plutoman20 antes $0.05
yitsok posts the small blind of $0.10
Saxonic posts the big blind of $0.20
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [2s 6d 3c Th 5s]
Jok13 folds
plutoman20 raises to $0.80
chybaty folds
yitsok raises to $2.85
Saxonic folds
plutoman20 has 15 seconds left to act
plutoman20 raises to $12.05, and is all in
yitsok calls $9.20
*** DRAW *** (Pot: $24.55)
yitsok stands pat
plutoman20 stands pat on [2s 6d 3c Th 5s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
plutoman20 shows [Th 6d 5s 3c 2s] T,6,5,3,2
yitsok shows [9s 7c 5c 3d 2d] 9,7,5,3,2
yitsok wins the pot ($23.33) with 9,7,5,3,2
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $24.55 Rake $1.22
Seat 1: yitsok (small blind) showed [9s 7c 5c 3d 2d] and won ($23.33) with 9,7,5,3,2
Seat 3: Saxonic (big blind) folded before the Draw
Seat 4: Jok13 folded before the Draw
Seat 5: plutoman20 showed [Th 6d 5s 3c 2s] and lost with T,6,5,3,2
Seat 6: chybaty (button) folded before the Draw
Hand 4
I thought this was an interesting one. I hit a nine on the second draw and Idaho raised. I break my nine only for Idaho to draw himself. If he could see that I had a very breakable hand, this was great play from him (he goes from being a definite underdog to almost 50:50). Given that he can't see my hand I'm not so sure. Also, should I be breaking here?
Full Tilt Poker Game #25427593624: Table War Paint (6 max) - $0.25/$0.50 - Limit 2-7 Triple Draw - 03:51:55 ET - 2010/11/10
Seat 1: XJustVarianceX ($21.50)
Seat 2: plutoman20 ($8.20)
Seat 3: Lono_Kaz ($11.30)
Seat 4: lDAHO ($7.05)
Seat 5: Crazy Chewie ($38.20), is sitting out
Seat 6: XpLoSiVe14 ($14)
XpLoSiVe14 posts the small blind of $0.10
XJustVarianceX posts the big blind of $0.25
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [3c 5c 7h 2d Qc]
plutoman20 raises to $0.50
Crazy Chewie has returned
Lono_Kaz folds
lDAHO calls $0.50
XpLoSiVe14 folds
XJustVarianceX has 15 seconds left to act
XJustVarianceX calls $0.25
*** FIRST DRAW *** (Pot: $1.60)
XJustVarianceX discards 1 card
plutoman20 discards 1 card [Qc]
lDAHO discards 2 cards
XJustVarianceX is dealt 1 card
Dealt to plutoman20 [3c 5c 7h 2d] [Tc]
lDAHO is dealt 2 cards
XJustVarianceX checks
plutoman20 bets $0.25
lDAHO calls $0.25
XJustVarianceX calls $0.25
*** SECOND DRAW *** (Pot: $2.35)
XJustVarianceX discards 2 cards
plutoman20 discards 1 card [Tc]
lDAHO discards 1 card
XJustVarianceX is dealt 2 cards
Dealt to plutoman20 [3c 5c 7h 2d] [9d]
lDAHO is dealt 1 card
XJustVarianceX checks
plutoman20 bets $0.50
lDAHO raises to $1
XJustVarianceX has 15 seconds left to act
XJustVarianceX folds
plutoman20 calls $0.50
*** THIRD DRAW *** (Pot: $4.35)
plutoman20 discards 1 card [9d]
lDAHO discards 1 card
Dealt to plutoman20 [3c 5c 7h 2d] [4h]
lDAHO is dealt 1 card
plutoman20 bets $0.50
lDAHO has 15 seconds left to act
lDAHO calls $0.50
*** SHOW DOWN ***
plutoman20 shows [7h 5c 4h 3c 2d] 7,5,4,3,2
lDAHO mucks
plutoman20 wins the pot ($5.10) with 7,5,4,3,2
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $5.35 Rake $0.25
Seat 1: XJustVarianceX (big blind) folded after the 2nd Draw
Seat 2: plutoman20 showed [7h 5c 4h 3c 2d] and won ($5.10) with 7,5,4,3,2
Seat 3: Lono_Kaz folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 4: lDAHO mucked [Ac 6d 4c 3d 2c] - A,6,4,3,2
Seat 5: Crazy Chewie (button) is sitting out
Seat 6: XpLoSiVe14 (small blind) folded before the Draw
Hand 5
HanndyMannny seems to think he can pick almost my exact hand. Surely in a heads-up game I should have a much wider range, especially when my opponent is drawing three for a second time.
Full Tilt Poker Game #25479682259: Table Bridlewood (6 max) - $0.25/$0.50 - Limit 2-7 Triple Draw - 23:33:07 ET - 2010/11/11
Seat 3: plutoman20 ($13.20)
Seat 5: HanndyMannny ($24.35)
Seat 6: sleip-gamble ($15.40), is sitting out
plutoman20 posts the small blind of $0.10
HanndyMannny posts the big blind of $0.25
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [5d Th 6d Tc 3s]
sleip-gamble stands up
plutoman20 raises to $0.50
HanndyMannny calls $0.25
*** FIRST DRAW *** (Pot: $1)
HanndyMannny discards 3 cards
plutoman20 discards 2 cards [Th Tc]
HanndyMannny is dealt 3 cards
Dealt to plutoman20 [5d 6d 3s] [9d Td]
HanndyMannny checks
plutoman20 bets $0.25
HanndyMannny calls $0.25
*** SECOND DRAW *** (Pot: $1.50)
HanndyMannny discards 3 cards
plutoman20 stands pat on [5d 6d 3s 9d Td]
HanndyMannny is dealt 3 cards
HanndyMannny checks
plutoman20 bets $0.50
HanndyMannny has 15 seconds left to act
HanndyMannny: 34578 ot 34568? or a 9?
HanndyMannny calls $0.50
*** THIRD DRAW *** (Pot: $2.50)
HanndyMannny discards 1 card
plutoman20 stands pat on [5d 6d 3s 9d Td]
HanndyMannny is dealt 1 card
HanndyMannny checks
plutoman20 checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
plutoman20 shows [Td 9d 6d 5d 3s] T,9,6,5,3
HanndyMannny mucks
plutoman20 wins the pot ($2.40) with T,9,6,5,3
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $2.50 Rake $0.10
Seat 3: plutoman20 (small blind) showed [Td 9d 6d 5d 3s] and won ($2.40) with T,9,6,5,3
Seat 5: HanndyMannny (big blind) mucked [Ad 5s 4s 3c 2h] - A,5,4,3,2
Seat 6: sleip-gamble is sitting out
Hand 6
Wow. I guess I should have called, right? This is where reads come in handy, and I don't have any. It's interesting that Who_9_Dey must have thought something was up, but alas his bluff-catcher wasn't good enough to catch this particular bluff. I'm grateful for his call however - it gives me information I otherwise wouldn't have had. By the way, this hand didn't come from today's disaster session.
Full Tilt Poker Game #25523219663: Table Wells West - $1/$2 - Limit Badugi - 15:05:45 ET - 2010/11/13
Seat 1: WHO_9_DEY ($39)
Seat 2: Me100 ($45.75)
Seat 4: ajbutterfish ($60.75)
Seat 5: plutoman20 ($50)
Seat 6: Junedog79 ($8.50)
Seat 8: rufie101 ($42.75)
ajbutterfish posts the small blind of $0.50
plutoman20 posts the big blind of $1
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [Td 4h 3c Jh]
Junedog79 folds
rufie101 folds
WHO_9_DEY calls $1
Me100 folds
ajbutterfish raises to $2
plutoman20 calls $1
WHO_9_DEY calls $1
*** FIRST DRAW *** (Pot: $6)
ajbutterfish discards 1 card
plutoman20 discards 2 cards [Td Jh]
WHO_9_DEY discards 2 cards
ajbutterfish is dealt 1 card
Dealt to plutoman20 [4h 3c] [8c Ad]
WHO_9_DEY is dealt 2 cards
ajbutterfish bets $1
plutoman20 raises to $2
WHO_9_DEY calls $2
ajbutterfish calls $1
*** SECOND DRAW *** (Pot: $12)
ajbutterfish discards 1 card
plutoman20 discards 1 card [8c]
WHO_9_DEY discards 1 card
ajbutterfish is dealt 1 card
Dealt to plutoman20 [4h 3c Ad] [Jc]
WHO_9_DEY is dealt 1 card
ajbutterfish checks
plutoman20 bets $2
WHO_9_DEY calls $2
ajbutterfish raises to $4
plutoman20 calls $2
WHO_9_DEY calls $2
*** THIRD DRAW *** (Pot: $24)
ajbutterfish stands pat
plutoman20 discards 1 card [Jc]
WHO_9_DEY discards 1 card
Dealt to plutoman20 [4h 3c Ad] [2c]
WHO_9_DEY is dealt 1 card
ajbutterfish bets $2
plutoman20 folds
WHO_9_DEY calls $2
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ajbutterfish shows [5c 4d 3s Qs] a 3-Card: 5, 4, 3
WHO_9_DEY mucks
ajbutterfish wins the pot ($27) with a 3-Card: 5, 4, 3
*** SUMMARY ***Total pot $28 Rake $1
Seat 1: WHO_9_DEY mucked [6s 5d Ah 8d] - a 3-Card: 6, 5, A
Seat 2: Me100 (button) folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 4: ajbutterfish (small blind) showed [5c 4d 3s Qs] and won ($27) with a 3-Card: 5, 4, 3
Seat 5: plutoman20 (big blind) folded after the 3rd Draw
Seat 6: Junedog79 folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 8: rufie101 folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Sixty-nine, dude!
Monday night was a good one for me. I made $84, mostly in two short sessions of 25c/50c single draw on Poker Stars. Here are three of Monday's hands:
Hand 1
Donkery was living up to his name. The more I saw him play, the more I wished I'd called the four-bet with the advantage of position.
PokerStars Game #52356126865: Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit ($0.25/$0.50 USD) - 2010/11/08 0:47:55 ET
Table 'Aguilar' 7-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: papasipeye ($57.05 in chips)
Seat 2: Speedy_PT ($49.50 in chips)
Seat 3: got2Bnow ($11.20 in chips)
Seat 4: Donkery ($18.65 in chips)
Seat 5: plutoman20 ($28.15 in chips)
Seat 7: jkyb ($52.75 in chips)
Speedy_PT: posts small blind $0.25
got2Bnow: posts big blind $0.50
wk20a: sits out
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [Th 8c 2s 6h 3s]
Donkery: raises $1.50 to $2
plutoman20: raises $4 to $6
jkyb: folds
papasipeye: folds
Speedy_PT: folds
got2Bnow: folds
Donkery: raises $12.65 to $18.65 and is all-in
plutoman20: folds
Uncalled bet ($12.65) returned to Donkery
Donkery collected $12.75 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $12.75 Rake $0
Seat 1: papasipeye (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Speedy_PT (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: got2Bnow (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: Donkery collected ($12.75)
Seat 5: plutoman20 folded before Flop
Seat 7: jkyb folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Hand 2
This was the big one. It had shades of that $100 pot I played a few weeks ago. Pre-draw, wk20a could have had anything up to a ten, but when he bet on the end, I expected to have the second-best hand. What would I have done if I'd hit a nine (which, as it turns out, would have been enough)? I really don't know.
PokerStars Game #52356177524: Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit ($0.25/$0.50 USD) - 2010/11/08 0:50:23 ET
Table 'Aguilar' 7-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: papasipeye ($57.05 in chips)
Seat 2: Speedy_PT ($48.50 in chips)
Seat 3: got2Bnow ($8.70 in chips)
Seat 4: Donkery ($26.10 in chips)
Seat 5: plutoman20 ($23.50 in chips)
Seat 6: wk20a ($19.25 in chips)
Seat 7: jkyb ($53.85 in chips)
jkyb: posts small blind $0.25
papasipeye: posts big blind $0.50
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [5s Ac 4h 2s 8c]
Speedy_PT: raises $1 to $1.50
got2Bnow: calls $1.50
Donkery: raises $2 to $3.50
plutoman20: calls $3.50
wk20a: raises $8.50 to $12
jkyb: folds
papasipeye: folds
papasipeye said, "nice hand"
jkyb said, "thsi a big one"
Speedy_PT: calls $10.50
got2Bnow: folds
Donkery: calls $8.50
jkyb said, "wow"
plutoman20 said, "guess i've got the odds"
plutoman20: calls $8.50
Speedy_PT: discards 1 card
Donkery: discards 1 card
plutoman20: discards 1 card [Ac]
Dealt to plutoman20 [5s 4h 2s 8c] [7d]
wk20a: stands pat
Speedy_PT: checks
Donkery: checks
plutoman20: checks
wk20a: bets $7.25 and is all-in
Speedy_PT: calls $7.25
Donkery: folds
plutoman20 said, "87 dammit"
plutoman20: calls $7.25
*** SHOW DOWN ***
wk20a: shows [6c 9h 8d 2d 3h] (Lo: 9,8,6,3,2)
Speedy_PT: mucks hand
plutoman20: shows [5s 7d 4h 2s 8c] (Lo: 8,7,5,4,2)
plutoman20 collected $69 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $72 Rake $3
Seat 1: papasipeye (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: Speedy_PT mucked [6d 4c 7c Ts 2c]
Seat 3: got2Bnow folded before Flop
Seat 4: Donkery folded on the Flop
Seat 5: plutoman20 showed [5s 7d 4h 2s 8c] and won ($69) with Lo: 8,7,5,4,2
Seat 6: wk20a (button) showed [6c 9h 8d 2d 3h] and lost with Lo: 9,8,6,3,2
Seat 7: jkyb (small blind) folded before Flop
Hand 3
This was the very first hand of the second session. I'd had my eye on this table for a little while and Donkery was seemingly betting and raising willy-nilly. Here he might have remembered the earlier hand where I folded to his four-bet and thought I'd do the same again, but this time I estimated his range at anything from the nuts to a royal flush. I'm ahead of the majority of that, so I decide to gamble. He had a nine draw, and thankfully missed it.
PokerStars Game #52357702451: Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit ($0.25/$0.50 USD) - 2010/11/08 2:19:35 ET
Table 'Aguilar' 7-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: papasipeye ($65.95 in chips)
Seat 2: elchino_007 ($64.40 in chips)
Seat 3: BOOTS1918 ($75.90 in chips)
Seat 4: Donkery ($37.65 in chips)
Seat 5: plutoman20 ($30 in chips)
Seat 6: kdogg224 ($8.10 in chips)
Seat 7: cielorazzo12 ($81.85 in chips)
Donkery: posts small blind $0.25
plutoman20: posts big blind $0.50
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [5d 2d 9s 6c Td]
kdogg224: folds
cielorazzo12: calls $0.50
papasipeye: folds
elchino_007: folds
BOOTS1918: folds
Donkery said, "change your name deck"
Donkery: raises $5 to $5.50
plutoman20: raises $8.50 to $14
cielorazzo12: folds
BOOTS1918 said, "what"
Donkery: raises $23.65 to $37.65 and is all-in
plutoman20: calls $16 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($7.65) returned to Donkery
Donkery: discards 1 card
plutoman20: stands pat on [5d 2d 9s 6c Td]
elchino_007 said, "LOL"
BOOTS1918 said, "lol"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Donkery: shows [7s 3s Ac 2c 9d] (Lo: A,9,7,3,2)
plutoman20: shows [5d 2d 9s 6c Td] (Lo: T,9,6,5,2)
BOOTS1918 said, " idiot"
plutoman20 collected $57.50 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $60.50 Rake $3
Seat 1: papasipeye folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: elchino_007 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: BOOTS1918 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Donkery (small blind) showed [7s 3s Ac 2c 9d] and lost with Lo: A,9,7,3,2
Seat 5: plutoman20 (big blind) showed [5d 2d 9s 6c Td] and won ($57.50) with Lo: T,9,6,5,2
Seat 6: kdogg224 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: cielorazzo12 folded before Flop
The Full Tilt single draw games run at smaller stakes, right down to the 2c/5c blind level. They also feature antes of half the small blind (or slightly less in some cases). I think this is a good thing as it promotes action; there is sometimes a distinct lack of that in the 25c/50c games on Stars (although not on Monday night!).
Lower stakes mean you can experiment a bit (particularly with bluffs) without risking too much. Of course the small stakes also mean you're more likely to get called.
In a 10c/20c game on Full Tilt on Monday night, we were heads-up to the draw, he drew two and I drew one, pairing my six. I bluffed my pair, he then check-raised me, I folded, then he showed me two tens!
In a 5c/10c game last night I four-bet pre-draw out of position with a very pretty looking "skip straight flush", J9753, all hearts. My opponent had been three-betting liberally, and the last time I'd four-bet I'd had a pat 8-7. He folded. If he'd reraised again I'd have let my hand go; had he called I'd have patted and bombed the pot after the draw.
Hand 1
Donkery was living up to his name. The more I saw him play, the more I wished I'd called the four-bet with the advantage of position.
PokerStars Game #52356126865: Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit ($0.25/$0.50 USD) - 2010/11/08 0:47:55 ET
Table 'Aguilar' 7-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: papasipeye ($57.05 in chips)
Seat 2: Speedy_PT ($49.50 in chips)
Seat 3: got2Bnow ($11.20 in chips)
Seat 4: Donkery ($18.65 in chips)
Seat 5: plutoman20 ($28.15 in chips)
Seat 7: jkyb ($52.75 in chips)
Speedy_PT: posts small blind $0.25
got2Bnow: posts big blind $0.50
wk20a: sits out
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [Th 8c 2s 6h 3s]
Donkery: raises $1.50 to $2
plutoman20: raises $4 to $6
jkyb: folds
papasipeye: folds
Speedy_PT: folds
got2Bnow: folds
Donkery: raises $12.65 to $18.65 and is all-in
plutoman20: folds
Uncalled bet ($12.65) returned to Donkery
Donkery collected $12.75 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $12.75 Rake $0
Seat 1: papasipeye (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Speedy_PT (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: got2Bnow (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: Donkery collected ($12.75)
Seat 5: plutoman20 folded before Flop
Seat 7: jkyb folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Hand 2
This was the big one. It had shades of that $100 pot I played a few weeks ago. Pre-draw, wk20a could have had anything up to a ten, but when he bet on the end, I expected to have the second-best hand. What would I have done if I'd hit a nine (which, as it turns out, would have been enough)? I really don't know.
PokerStars Game #52356177524: Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit ($0.25/$0.50 USD) - 2010/11/08 0:50:23 ET
Table 'Aguilar' 7-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: papasipeye ($57.05 in chips)
Seat 2: Speedy_PT ($48.50 in chips)
Seat 3: got2Bnow ($8.70 in chips)
Seat 4: Donkery ($26.10 in chips)
Seat 5: plutoman20 ($23.50 in chips)
Seat 6: wk20a ($19.25 in chips)
Seat 7: jkyb ($53.85 in chips)
jkyb: posts small blind $0.25
papasipeye: posts big blind $0.50
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [5s Ac 4h 2s 8c]
Speedy_PT: raises $1 to $1.50
got2Bnow: calls $1.50
Donkery: raises $2 to $3.50
plutoman20: calls $3.50
wk20a: raises $8.50 to $12
jkyb: folds
papasipeye: folds
papasipeye said, "nice hand"
jkyb said, "thsi a big one"
Speedy_PT: calls $10.50
got2Bnow: folds
Donkery: calls $8.50
jkyb said, "wow"
plutoman20 said, "guess i've got the odds"
plutoman20: calls $8.50
Speedy_PT: discards 1 card
Donkery: discards 1 card
plutoman20: discards 1 card [Ac]
Dealt to plutoman20 [5s 4h 2s 8c] [7d]
wk20a: stands pat
Speedy_PT: checks
Donkery: checks
plutoman20: checks
wk20a: bets $7.25 and is all-in
Speedy_PT: calls $7.25
Donkery: folds
plutoman20 said, "87 dammit"
plutoman20: calls $7.25
*** SHOW DOWN ***
wk20a: shows [6c 9h 8d 2d 3h] (Lo: 9,8,6,3,2)
Speedy_PT: mucks hand
plutoman20: shows [5s 7d 4h 2s 8c] (Lo: 8,7,5,4,2)
plutoman20 collected $69 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $72 Rake $3
Seat 1: papasipeye (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: Speedy_PT mucked [6d 4c 7c Ts 2c]
Seat 3: got2Bnow folded before Flop
Seat 4: Donkery folded on the Flop
Seat 5: plutoman20 showed [5s 7d 4h 2s 8c] and won ($69) with Lo: 8,7,5,4,2
Seat 6: wk20a (button) showed [6c 9h 8d 2d 3h] and lost with Lo: 9,8,6,3,2
Seat 7: jkyb (small blind) folded before Flop
Hand 3
This was the very first hand of the second session. I'd had my eye on this table for a little while and Donkery was seemingly betting and raising willy-nilly. Here he might have remembered the earlier hand where I folded to his four-bet and thought I'd do the same again, but this time I estimated his range at anything from the nuts to a royal flush. I'm ahead of the majority of that, so I decide to gamble. He had a nine draw, and thankfully missed it.
PokerStars Game #52357702451: Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit ($0.25/$0.50 USD) - 2010/11/08 2:19:35 ET
Table 'Aguilar' 7-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: papasipeye ($65.95 in chips)
Seat 2: elchino_007 ($64.40 in chips)
Seat 3: BOOTS1918 ($75.90 in chips)
Seat 4: Donkery ($37.65 in chips)
Seat 5: plutoman20 ($30 in chips)
Seat 6: kdogg224 ($8.10 in chips)
Seat 7: cielorazzo12 ($81.85 in chips)
Donkery: posts small blind $0.25
plutoman20: posts big blind $0.50
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [5d 2d 9s 6c Td]
kdogg224: folds
cielorazzo12: calls $0.50
papasipeye: folds
elchino_007: folds
BOOTS1918: folds
Donkery said, "change your name deck"
Donkery: raises $5 to $5.50
plutoman20: raises $8.50 to $14
cielorazzo12: folds
BOOTS1918 said, "what"
Donkery: raises $23.65 to $37.65 and is all-in
plutoman20: calls $16 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($7.65) returned to Donkery
Donkery: discards 1 card
plutoman20: stands pat on [5d 2d 9s 6c Td]
elchino_007 said, "LOL"
BOOTS1918 said, "lol"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Donkery: shows [7s 3s Ac 2c 9d] (Lo: A,9,7,3,2)
plutoman20: shows [5d 2d 9s 6c Td] (Lo: T,9,6,5,2)
BOOTS1918 said, " idiot"
plutoman20 collected $57.50 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $60.50 Rake $3
Seat 1: papasipeye folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: elchino_007 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: BOOTS1918 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Donkery (small blind) showed [7s 3s Ac 2c 9d] and lost with Lo: A,9,7,3,2
Seat 5: plutoman20 (big blind) showed [5d 2d 9s 6c Td] and won ($57.50) with Lo: T,9,6,5,2
Seat 6: kdogg224 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: cielorazzo12 folded before Flop
The Full Tilt single draw games run at smaller stakes, right down to the 2c/5c blind level. They also feature antes of half the small blind (or slightly less in some cases). I think this is a good thing as it promotes action; there is sometimes a distinct lack of that in the 25c/50c games on Stars (although not on Monday night!).
Lower stakes mean you can experiment a bit (particularly with bluffs) without risking too much. Of course the small stakes also mean you're more likely to get called.
In a 10c/20c game on Full Tilt on Monday night, we were heads-up to the draw, he drew two and I drew one, pairing my six. I bluffed my pair, he then check-raised me, I folded, then he showed me two tens!
In a 5c/10c game last night I four-bet pre-draw out of position with a very pretty looking "skip straight flush", J9753, all hearts. My opponent had been three-betting liberally, and the last time I'd four-bet I'd had a pat 8-7. He folded. If he'd reraised again I'd have let my hand go; had he called I'd have patted and bombed the pot after the draw.
Monday, November 8, 2010
Draw on Full Tilt
Full Tilt, the world’s second-biggest online poker site, introduced draw games last Friday. This potential bonanza had been talked about for a while, but no dates were ever mentioned so I wasn’t exactly holding my breath. Then suddenly, it happened. My intention was never to deposit ever again, but the opportunity to make money from these new games seemed too good to pass up, so I transferred $600 onto the site. Now is a great time for Kiwis and Aussies to deposit (with the NZ dollar at almost 80c and the Aussie at parity against the greenback) and a horrible time to cash out.
So far it hasn’t turned to the cash cow I was hoping, although I had a busy weekend so I couldn’t play many hands. I started with $1-$2 badugi – one of my bread-and-butter games on Poker Stars – but I dumped $42.50 in that game in double-quick time. The play was far more aggressive than I’m used to on Stars – capped pots pre-draw with nobody pat were fairly standard – so it was high-variance stuff. I probably misplayed two or three hands and got a bit unlucky when my pat tens ran into better pats and people hit sevens and eights with their two-card draws.
I’ve also tried KCL (they have that at lower stakes than on Stars) and ace-to-five triple draw, a new game for me. Ace-to-five appears a less interesting game than deuce-to-seven but it has the potential to be profitable because my opponents might not know what they’re doing. There is one major snag however: I might not know what I’m doing either. Here’s my take on strategy so far:
- People tend to overvalue hands in this game. Something like 7643A isn’t as good as it looks. It’s number 14, equivalent to 87632 in 2-7 (in fact it’s even worse than that – see below). So by drawing to fives and sixes, people will pay off multiple big bets when you hit.
- Why is an A-5 hand worse than its 2-7 equivalent? Well, you’ll see monster hands more often in A-5 (that’s a scary fact given how often people show up with a wheel in 2-7). Take two-card draws to the nuts for instance. In both games there are ten of these, but in 2-7 some of them (namely 754, 753, 743 and 543) are unplayable unless you’re in position or can get in cheaply from the blinds; they can make the nuts but they can also make disasters. So a lot of these nut draws (and other things like 764 and 653) are folded from the start and never materialise. In contrast, it seems you can open any two-card wheel draw in A-5, from any position (I might be wrong about this). There’s also the fact that flushes count against you in 2-7, although the effect of this would seem to be small.
- On the subject of two-card draws, 62A (which can make nos. 2, 3, 4, 12, 13 and 16) appears to be better than 543 (which can make 1, 5, 6, 10, 11 and 21). They both seem playable in any position. Conversely, 72A (which can make 7, 8, 9, 12, 13 and 16) doesn’t look as good as 654 (4, 5, 6, 19, 20 and 21). I don’t think you should play either of those out of position.
- I’m still not sure what to do with one-card seven draws like 732A and 762A. I’d be more inclined to break the latter but I guess you should probably break both pre-draw if it’s multi-way. I’d be hard pushed to break a dealt pat seven.
- On the last draw in 2-7, a pat jack is a favourite over a one-card draw. In A-5 you need a pat ten to be a favourite. But in both games it can often be close to a coin flip, and if you’ve got a big draw beneath your top card you should probably go for the monster.
- In A-5 the likelihood is that someone will hit a hand before the last draw, so there are fewer opportunities to bluff on the end (or to snow) than in 2-7.
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