Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Taking a short break

On Sunday I played my first session of 50c/$1 single draw, dropped $56, and decided I wouldn't play any poker until Friday's early bird tournament. I was feeling depressed; when you're depressed it's hard to make rational decisions, and if you can't make rational decisions you're setting light to money. In recent weeks I'd got into a few bad habits, cooking meals while playing being the worst of them. When I'm playing poker I should only be playing poker. No phone calls, no emailing, no TV, definitely no stir-fries. Eating is OK (depending on what it is), music is fine, but that's about it.

Over the last month or so, the 25c/50c single draw tables have been populated by players trying to see a draw as cheaply as possible with their 8632 or 7542. If I'm honest it was getting to be a drag. But when I tried the next level of the game, the stakes had been raised in more ways than one. There were outrageous bluffs and people going to war with 10-8's. If I was in a better mental state it would have been a lot more fun that I've had in this game for ages.
I've also had a go at stud high for pretty much the first time ever - it's a fascinating game. I've only tried micro stakes (10c/20c) so far, which is just as well because I don't yet know what I'm doing. At these stakes a lot of players continue beyond third street (often way beyond) with just about anything, so hand reading (for me anyway) is incredibly difficult. As so many pots are multi-way, I now feel I should be aiming for big-pot hands - big trips, big straights, big flushes and full houses. So (QT)J would seem to be more playable than (55)Q, but that's only a hunch. I've already seen dozens of apparently junky starting hands turn into gold, so maybe I should just be following the herd and playing any three cards, whether rolled up aces or (72)9 rainbow. At this stage I simply don't know.
Hand 1
I just called Vindel's min-raise post-draw - at 25c/50c it's normally an eight (at least!). There's no way I'm folding here (unless I'm on a complete snow) so his raise makes no sense at all. But maybe that's precisely the point. Everybody on the table now thinks he's batshit crazy. Soon after this he went nuts with some other junk hand (AQJ94 or the like); then everyone knew he was batshit crazy. These moves had significant meta-game implications (or is it mega-game?) for the rest of the session when he ran red hot and got paid off handsomely.

PokerStars Game #55986491859: Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit ($0.50/$1.00 USD) - 2011/01/15 16:48:06 ET
Table 'Agelaos X' 7-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: bllyb1721 ($74.80 in chips)
Seat 2: mR b@bLe ($19.35 in chips)
Seat 3: Angyalfold ($39 in chips)
Seat 4: plutoman20 ($44.65 in chips)
Seat 5: musketss ($19.30 in chips)
Seat 6: Vindel ($85.70 in chips)
Angyalfold: posts small blind $0.50
plutoman20: posts big blind $1
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [2h 5s 4c 6c 9h]
musketss: folds
Vindel: raises $2 to $3
bllyb1721: folds
mR b@bLe: folds
Angyalfold: folds
plutoman20: raises $6 to $9
Vindel: calls $6
plutoman20: stands pat on [2h 5s 4c 6c 9h]
Vindel: discards 2 cards
plutoman20: bets $11
Vindel: raises $11 to $22
plutoman20: calls $11
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Vindel: shows [Ah Js 7d 5d 3c] (Lo: A,J,7,5,3)
plutoman20: shows [2h 5s 4c 6c 9h] (Lo: 9,6,5,4,2)
plutoman20 collected $59.50 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $62.50 Rake $3
Seat 1: bllyb1721 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: mR b@bLe (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Angyalfold (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: plutoman20 (big blind) showed [2h 5s 4c 6c 9h] and won ($59.50) with Lo: 9,6,5,4,2
Seat 5: musketss folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Vindel showed [Ah Js 7d 5d 3c] and lost with Lo: A,J,7,5,3

Hand 2
I decided to call here with my pair of deuces - getting bluffed here would have been a disaster. I wish I'd just shoved after the draw though and I wouldn't have had to make the decision.
PokerStars Game #55987739083: Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit ($0.50/$1.00 USD) - 2011/01/15 17:11:22 ET
Table 'Agelaos X' 7-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: bllyb1721 ($44.70 in chips)
Seat 2: mR b@bLe ($9.25 in chips)
Seat 3: Angyalfold ($61.15 in chips)
Seat 4: plutoman20 ($70.25 in chips)
Seat 5: musketss ($36.55 in chips)
Seat 6: Vindel ($30.85 in chips)
Seat 7: toyo8 ($30.10 in chips)
bllyb1721: posts small blind $0.50
mR b@bLe: posts big blind $1
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [8c 4s 4d 9h 2h]
Angyalfold: folds
plutoman20: raises $2 to $3
musketss: folds
Vindel: folds
toyo8: folds
bllyb1721: folds
mR b@bLe: calls $2
mR b@bLe: discards 2 cards
plutoman20: discards 1 card [4d]
Dealt to plutoman20 [8c 4s 9h 2h] [2d]
mR b@bLe: checks
plutoman20: bets $4
mR b@bLe: raises $2.25 to $6.25 and is all-in
plutoman20: calls $2.25
*** SHOW DOWN ***
mR b@bLe: shows [3c 7s 9s 6d 5d] (Lo: 9,7,6,5,3)
plutoman20: shows [8c 4s 2d 9h 2h] (Lo: a pair of Deuces)
mR b@bLe collected $18.10 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $19 Rake $0.90
Seat 1: bllyb1721 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: mR b@bLe (big blind) showed [3c 7s 9s 6d 5d] and won ($18.10) with Lo: 9,7,6,5,3
Seat 3: Angyalfold folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: plutoman20 showed [8c 4s 2d 9h 2h] and lost with Lo: a pair of Deuces
Seat 5: musketss folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Vindel folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: toyo8 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Hand 3
I needed reads (which I didn't have until later) to reraise this big open-raise. I wish I'd just called and drawn. When he shoves I have to fold - my 10-8 is almost certainly dead, I don't have the odds to draw, and of course I've got no implied odds.
PokerStars Game #55987853074: Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit ($0.50/$1.00 USD) - 2011/01/15 17:13:23 ET
Table 'Agelaos X' 7-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: bllyb1721 ($47.55 in chips)
Seat 2: mR b@bLe ($17.60 in chips)
Seat 3: Angyalfold ($59.15 in chips)
Seat 4: plutoman20 ($59.50 in chips)
Seat 5: musketss ($35.55 in chips)
Seat 6: Vindel ($30.85 in chips)
Seat 7: toyo8 ($31.60 in chips)
musketss: posts small blind $0.50
Vindel: posts big blind $1
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [8d 6s 4h 2s Td]
toyo8: folds
bllyb1721: raises $4 to $5
mR b@bLe: folds
Angyalfold: folds
plutoman20: raises $10 to $15
musketss: folds
Vindel: folds
mR b@bLe said, "wow"
bllyb1721: raises $32.55 to $47.55 and is all-in
plutoman20: folds
Uncalled bet ($32.55) returned to bllyb1721
bllyb1721 collected $31.50 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $31.50 Rake $0
Seat 1: bllyb1721 collected ($31.50)
Seat 2: mR b@bLe folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Angyalfold folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: plutoman20 (button) folded before Flop
Seat 5: musketss (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: Vindel (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: toyo8 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Hand 4
This was the biggie. My last hand of the session. I'm three-betting a lot of draws here, but when Musketss (who has so far done nothing out of the ordinary) comes over the top I figure I'm up against at least a nine, probably a 9-7 or better. There's even a small chance I'm drawing dead, and if Vindel hadn't cold-called the $17 I think I'd have let this go. When Musketss bets $10 out of position there's a chance he's got a better hand than my rough eight, but when Vindel min-raises (again) I'm pretty sure I'm dead. Still, given his earlier antics there's no way I can fold. At least I hung on to my last four bucks - over time those add up.

PokerStars Game #55989558089: Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit ($0.50/$1.00 USD) - 2011/01/15 17:43:53 ET
Table 'Agelaos X' 7-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 2: mR b@bLe ($24.25 in chips)
Seat 3: Angyalfold ($107.15 in chips)
Seat 4: plutoman20 ($42.40 in chips)
Seat 5: musketss ($35.55 in chips)
Seat 6: Vindel ($130.70 in chips)
Seat 7: toyo8 ($30.90 in chips)
musketss: posts small blind $0.50
Vindel: posts big blind $1
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [3d 6h Ts 8s 4s]
mR b@bLe said, "we do deal)))"
toyo8: folds
mR b@bLe: raises $1 to $2
Angyalfold: folds
plutoman20: raises $4 to $6
musketss: raises $12 to $18
Vindel: calls $17
mR b@bLe: folds
plutoman20: calls $12
mR b@bLe said, "wow"
musketss: stands pat
Vindel: discards 1 card
plutoman20: discards 1 card [Ts]
Dealt to plutoman20 [3d 6h 8s 4s] [7s]
musketss: bets $10
Vindel: raises $10 to $20
plutoman20: calls $20
musketss: calls $7.55 and is all-in
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Vindel: shows [7h 3s 5s 2h 4c] (Lo: 7,5,4,3,2)
plutoman20: mucks hand
Vindel collected $4.90 from side pot
mR b@bLe said, "wowowowowowowow"
musketss: mucks hand
toyo8 said, "nh"
Vindel collected $105.65 from main pot
plutoman20 said, "oh dear"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $113.55 Main pot $105.65. Side pot $4.90. Rake $3
Seat 2: mR b@bLe folded before Flop
Seat 3: Angyalfold folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: plutoman20 (button) mucked [3d 6h 7s 8s 4s]
Seat 5: musketss (small blind) mucked [5h 6d 4h 2c 9d]
Seat 6: Vindel (big blind) showed [7h 3s 5s 2h 4c] and won ($110.55) with Lo: 7,5,4,3,2
Seat 7: toyo8 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Hand 5
I see this situation in badugi from time to time. Someone donks into a pat hand after they've drawn. It makes no sense to me but normally it means they have some kind of badugi, even when they've drawn two. Just about any badugi beats my K-10 so I just call here, but I turn my hand face up as a crappy badugi (I guess I could just call with a monster too). Then to my slight surprise he draws again, and donks into me again! My initial call on the flop gives him licence to snow, especially on the last draw, which is why I decide to call on the end.
Full Tilt Poker Game #27258055279: Table High Vista - $0.50/$1 - Limit Badugi - 02:07:51 ET - 2011/01/14
Seat 3: dobby821 ($9.50)
Seat 5: plutoman20 ($18.50)
Seat 6: fnkmstr ($39.90)
Seat 7: Fantushi ($19.75)
Seat 8: dArtalgnan ($33.95)
dobby821 posts the small blind of $0.25
plutoman20 posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [Th 5s 2d Kc]
fnkmstr folds
Fantushi folds
dArtalgnan folds
dobby821 calls $0.25
plutoman20 raises to $1
dobby821 calls $0.50
*** FIRST DRAW *** (Pot: $2)
dobby821 discards 2 cards
plutoman20 stands pat on [Th 5s 2d Kc]
dobby821 is dealt 2 cards
dobby821 has 15 seconds left to act
dobby821 bets $0.50
plutoman20 calls $0.50
*** SECOND DRAW *** (Pot: $3)
dobby821 discards 1 card
plutoman20 stands pat on [Th 5s 2d Kc]
dobby821 is dealt 1 card
dobby821 bets $1
plutoman20 calls $1
*** THIRD DRAW *** (Pot: $5)
dobby821 stands pat
plutoman20 stands pat on [Th 5s 2d Kc]
dobby821 bets $1
plutoman20 calls $1
*** SHOW DOWN ***
dobby821 shows [5c 4h 2s Ad] a Badugi: 5, 4, 2, A
plutoman20 mucks
dobby821 wins the pot ($6.65) with a Badugi: 5, 4, 2, A
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $7 Rake $0.35
Seat 1: ExxCaliber is sitting out
Seat 2: BuzzEngineer is sitting out
Seat 3: dobby821 (small blind) showed [5c 4h 2s Ad] and won ($6.65) with a Badugi: 5, 4, 2, A
Seat 4: Macadeezy is sitting out
Seat 5: plutoman20 (big blind) mucked [Kc Th 5s 2d] - a Badugi: K, T, 5, 2
Seat 6: fnkmstr folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Fantushi folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 8: dArtalgnan (button) folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Hand 6
Here's one of those stud hands I was talking about.
PokerStars Game #55923998311: 7 Card Stud Limit ($0.10/$0.20 USD) - 2011/01/14 15:26:47 ET
Table 'Altarf XV' 8-max
Seat 1: Brodiaga98 ($0.95 in chips)
Seat 2: streusel66 ($3.91 in chips)
Seat 3: plutoman20 ($7.84 in chips)
Seat 4: hillbilly350 ($1.13 in chips)
Seat 5: gmorion ($0.73 in chips)
Seat 6: DJekky ($3.04 in chips)
Seat 7: Sabr1988 ($6.81 in chips)
Seat 8: bogieV ($4.52 in chips)
Brodiaga98: posts the ante $0.02
streusel66: posts the ante $0.02
plutoman20: posts the ante $0.02
hillbilly350: posts the ante $0.02
gmorion: posts the ante $0.02
DJekky: posts the ante $0.02
Sabr1988: posts the ante $0.02
bogieV: posts the ante $0.02
*** 3rd STREET ***
Dealt to Brodiaga98 [Jh]
Dealt to streusel66 [Jd]
Dealt to plutoman20 [5s Kh Ks]
Dealt to hillbilly350 [5h]
Dealt to gmorion [Td]
Dealt to DJekky [Jc]
Dealt to Sabr1988 [8c]
Dealt to bogieV [7c]
hillbilly350: brings in for $0.05
gmorion: calls $0.05
DJekky: folds
Sabr1988: calls $0.05
bogieV: folds
Brodiaga98: folds
streusel66: folds
plutoman20: raises $0.05 to $0.10
hillbilly350: folds
gmorion: calls $0.05
Sabr1988: calls $0.05
*** 4th STREET ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [5s Kh Ks] [Ad]
Dealt to gmorion [Td] [Qc]
Dealt to Sabr1988 [8c] [4s]
plutoman20: bets $0.10
gmorion: calls $0.10
Sabr1988: calls $0.10
*** 5th STREET ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [5s Kh Ks Ad] [9s]
Dealt to gmorion [Td Qc] [2d]
Dealt to Sabr1988 [8c 4s] [5c]
plutoman20: bets $0.20
gmorion: calls $0.20
Sabr1988: calls $0.20
*** 6th STREET ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [5s Kh Ks Ad 9s] [6d]
Dealt to gmorion [Td Qc 2d] [8s]
Dealt to Sabr1988 [8c 4s 5c] [7s]
plutoman20: checks
gmorion: checks
Sabr1988: bets $0.20
plutoman20: calls $0.20
gmorion: calls $0.20
*** RIVER ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [5s Kh Ks Ad 9s 6d] [As]
plutoman20: checks
gmorion: checks
Sabr1988: bets $0.20
plutoman20: calls $0.20
gmorion: calls $0.11 and is all-in
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Sabr1988: shows [6h Ac 8c 4s 5c 7s Ts] (a straight, Four to Eight)
plutoman20: mucks hand
Sabr1988 collected $0.17 from side pot
gmorion: mucks hand
gmorion leaves the table
Sabr1988 collected $2.23 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $2.52 Main pot $2.23. Side pot $0.17. Rake $0.12
Seat 1: Brodiaga98 folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 2: streusel66 folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 3: plutoman20 mucked [5s Kh Ks Ad 9s 6d As]
Seat 4: hillbilly350 folded on the 3rd Street
Seat 5: gmorion mucked [4d 4h Td Qc 2d 8s 2h]
Seat 6: DJekky folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Sabr1988 showed [6h Ac 8c 4s 5c 7s Ts] and won ($2.40) with a straight, Four to Eight
Seat 8: bogieV folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)

Hand 7
And here's another. I bet sixth here because I caught a flush draw; otherwise I would have checked. In hindsight there were so many clubs dead that my flush draw wasn't worth much.

PokerStars Game #55997329304: 7 Card Stud Limit ($0.10/$0.20 USD) - 2011/01/15 20:22:31 ET
Table 'Cottrell XII' 8-max
Seat 1: johnnyru16 ($4 in chips)
Seat 2: Abagail9 ($4.68 in chips)
Seat 3: maestro6 ($4.11 in chips)
Seat 4: Fatdaddy500 ($12.25 in chips)
Seat 5: psycho622 ($10.09 in chips)
Seat 6: plutoman20 ($3.92 in chips)
Seat 7: sgstais ($3.98 in chips)
Seat 8: Jaz077 ($1.80 in chips)
johnnyru16: posts the ante $0.02
Abagail9: posts the ante $0.02
maestro6: posts the ante $0.02
Fatdaddy500: posts the ante $0.02
psycho622: posts the ante $0.02
plutoman20: posts the ante $0.02
sgstais: posts the ante $0.02
Jaz077: posts the ante $0.02
*** 3rd STREET ***
Dealt to johnnyru16 [8s]
Dealt to Abagail9 [5c]
Dealt to maestro6 [Jh]
Dealt to Fatdaddy500 [Jc]
Dealt to psycho622 [Ah]
Dealt to plutoman20 [Kc Kd 7d]
Dealt to sgstais [Ks]
Dealt to Jaz077 [Ac]
Abagail9: brings in for $0.05
maestro6: folds
Fatdaddy500: calls $0.05
psycho622: folds
plutoman20: raises $0.05 to $0.10
sgstais: folds
Jaz077: folds
johnnyru16: folds
Abagail9: calls $0.05
Fatdaddy500: calls $0.05
*** 4th STREET ***
Dealt to Abagail9 [5c] [Qd]
Dealt to Fatdaddy500 [Jc] [Qs]
Dealt to plutoman20 [Kc Kd 7d] [Tc]
Fatdaddy500: checks
plutoman20: bets $0.10
Abagail9: calls $0.10
Fatdaddy500: calls $0.10
*** 5th STREET ***
Dealt to Abagail9 [5c Qd] [3c]
Dealt to Fatdaddy500 [Jc Qs] [6s]
Dealt to plutoman20 [Kc Kd 7d Tc] [2c]
Fatdaddy500: checks
plutoman20: bets $0.20
Abagail9: calls $0.20
Fatdaddy500: calls $0.20
*** 6th STREET ***
Dealt to Abagail9 [5c Qd 3c] [Kh]
Dealt to Fatdaddy500 [Jc Qs 6s] [Qc]
Dealt to plutoman20 [Kc Kd 7d Tc 2c] [8c]
Fatdaddy500: checks
plutoman20: bets $0.20
Abagail9: calls $0.20
Fatdaddy500: calls $0.20
*** RIVER ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [Kc Kd 7d Tc 2c 8c] [6h]
Fatdaddy500: checks
plutoman20: checks
Abagail9: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Abagail9: shows [Th Js 5c Qd 3c Kh 9c] (a straight, Nine to King)
Fatdaddy500: mucks hand
plutoman20: mucks hand
Abagail9 collected $1.87 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $1.96 Rake $0.09
Seat 1: johnnyru16 folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Abagail9 showed [Th Js 5c Qd 3c Kh 9c] and won ($1.87) with a straight, Nine to King
Seat 3: maestro6 folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Fatdaddy500 mucked [9s 7c Jc Qs 6s Qc 2d]
Seat 5: psycho622 folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 6: plutoman20 mucked [Kc Kd 7d Tc 2c 8c 6h]
Seat 7: sgstais folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Jaz077 folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)

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