Where did half a year go?
Two years ago I joined Carbon Poker, mainly because it had badugi freerolls. I never deposited a penny on the site and almost forgot I still had the account. Then last weekend I fired up the site again to see what their wacky half-pot limit version of badugi was like. It was five-handed with antes instead of blinds. Often everyone would check pre-draw and the five players would draw a dozen or more cards between them. I never saw anyone bet less than the max (maybe you weren't allowed to) so it played out like a limit game but with limits that increased rapidly at each round. After watching some online poker (which is surely a bigger waste of time than playing it) I entered a hold 'em freeroll in a flashback to 2009. There were over 3000 entrants of which 24 got some kind of payout; blinds increased every seven minutes. Almost amusingly I sucked out left, right and centre only to finish 32nd.
I cashed out of both Stars and Full Tilt. The Stars cheque (in Aussie dollars) was sent via courier in double-quick time; in contrast Full Tilt needed a rather embarrassing photo of me holding a piece of ID, and sent the cheque (which I've yet to receive) by snail mail.
Well I made $61 in June (including a $50 bonus!) putting me $1414 ahead for 2011 and $9004 lifetime. This weekend I'll post about the whys of online poker, I promise :)
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Friday, June 10, 2011
It's over nine thousand!
It's over...and I'm out.
The "over 9000" thing is some internet joke (that I don't get) based on a Japanese cartoon, but last night my profit from this online poker lark broke through the US$9000 barrier. The opportunity cost of playing has got too high so last week I decided I'd call it a day if and when I hit nine grand. It can't believe it was only a week - it felt like forever. Having a profit target wasn't much fun - the emphasis shifted from how I was playing to the raw bottom line, and I became almost obsessive about the goal. I just wanted it to be over.
This was the badugi hand that got me over the line. It was a vaguely interesting hand too. With 952 I'm never sure how many to draw. Guitarlord's surprise pat made it a fairly clear draw-one, even with the chance I was drawing dead to a slow-played monster (which in fact I almost was).
PokerStars Game #63130413643: Badugi Limit ($0.50/$1.00 USD) - 2011/06/09 6:31:16 ET
Table 'Vundtia IV' 8-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: plutoman20 ($30.25 in chips)
Seat 2: AndreiPiter ($9.55 in chips)
Seat 3: guitarlord66 ($29.95 in chips)
Seat 5: beserk007 ($21 in chips)
Seat 6: PAWWEL GOOD ($22.15 in chips)
Seat 7: Stolljar ($7.50 in chips)
Seat 8: LiLZhiMiNG ($19.25 in chips)
AndreiPiter: posts small blind $0.25
guitarlord66: posts big blind $0.50
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [9c 5h 2c 9s]
beserk007: folds
PAWWEL GOOD has timed out
PAWWEL GOOD: folds
Stolljar: folds
LiLZhiMiNG: folds
plutoman20: raises $0.50 to $1
AndreiPiter: calls $0.75
guitarlord66: calls $0.50
*** FIRST DRAW ***
AndreiPiter: discards 1 card
guitarlord66: stands pat
plutoman20: discards 1 card [9c]
Dealt to plutoman20 [5h 2c 9s] [Qh]
AndreiPiter: checks
guitarlord66: bets $0.50
plutoman20: calls $0.50
AndreiPiter: calls $0.50
*** SECOND DRAW ***
AndreiPiter: discards 1 card
guitarlord66: stands pat
plutoman20: discards 1 card [Qh]
Dealt to plutoman20 [5h 2c 9s] [Ad]
AndreiPiter: checks
guitarlord66: bets $1
plutoman20: raises $1 to $2
AndreiPiter: folds
teonoel joins the table at seat #4
guitarlord66: calls $1
*** THIRD DRAW ***
guitarlord66: stands pat
plutoman20: stands pat on [5h 2c 9s Ad]
guitarlord66: checks
plutoman20: bets $1
guitarlord66: calls $1
*** SHOW DOWN ***
plutoman20: shows [Ad 5h 2c 9s] (Badugi: 9,5,2,A)
guitarlord66: shows [9h 7d 2s 3c] (Badugi: 9,7,3,2)
plutoman20 collected $10 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $10.50 Rake $0.50
Seat 1: plutoman20 (button) showed [Ad 5h 2c 9s] and won ($10) with a Badugi: 9,5,2,A
Seat 2: AndreiPiter (small blind) folded after the 2nd Draw
Seat 3: guitarlord66 (big blind) showed [9h 7d 2s 3c] and lost with a Badugi: 9,7,3,2
Seat 5: beserk007 folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 6: PAWWEL GOOD folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Stolljar folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 8: LiLZhiMiNG folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Now I face the task of cashing out on both sites. I'll try and qualify for a WCOOP event with my T$ and FPPs when the series comes around, and I've got enough Full Tilt frequent flyer points to buy into a MiniFTOPS so I'll do the badugi again if scheduling allows and I remember. But apart from that, it's all over. In the next few days I'll write a bit more about my little poker experiment - I feel I've learnt quite a bit from it.
The "over 9000" thing is some internet joke (that I don't get) based on a Japanese cartoon, but last night my profit from this online poker lark broke through the US$9000 barrier. The opportunity cost of playing has got too high so last week I decided I'd call it a day if and when I hit nine grand. It can't believe it was only a week - it felt like forever. Having a profit target wasn't much fun - the emphasis shifted from how I was playing to the raw bottom line, and I became almost obsessive about the goal. I just wanted it to be over.
This was the badugi hand that got me over the line. It was a vaguely interesting hand too. With 952 I'm never sure how many to draw. Guitarlord's surprise pat made it a fairly clear draw-one, even with the chance I was drawing dead to a slow-played monster (which in fact I almost was).
PokerStars Game #63130413643: Badugi Limit ($0.50/$1.00 USD) - 2011/06/09 6:31:16 ET
Table 'Vundtia IV' 8-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: plutoman20 ($30.25 in chips)
Seat 2: AndreiPiter ($9.55 in chips)
Seat 3: guitarlord66 ($29.95 in chips)
Seat 5: beserk007 ($21 in chips)
Seat 6: PAWWEL GOOD ($22.15 in chips)
Seat 7: Stolljar ($7.50 in chips)
Seat 8: LiLZhiMiNG ($19.25 in chips)
AndreiPiter: posts small blind $0.25
guitarlord66: posts big blind $0.50
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [9c 5h 2c 9s]
beserk007: folds
PAWWEL GOOD has timed out
PAWWEL GOOD: folds
Stolljar: folds
LiLZhiMiNG: folds
plutoman20: raises $0.50 to $1
AndreiPiter: calls $0.75
guitarlord66: calls $0.50
*** FIRST DRAW ***
AndreiPiter: discards 1 card
guitarlord66: stands pat
plutoman20: discards 1 card [9c]
Dealt to plutoman20 [5h 2c 9s] [Qh]
AndreiPiter: checks
guitarlord66: bets $0.50
plutoman20: calls $0.50
AndreiPiter: calls $0.50
*** SECOND DRAW ***
AndreiPiter: discards 1 card
guitarlord66: stands pat
plutoman20: discards 1 card [Qh]
Dealt to plutoman20 [5h 2c 9s] [Ad]
AndreiPiter: checks
guitarlord66: bets $1
plutoman20: raises $1 to $2
AndreiPiter: folds
teonoel joins the table at seat #4
guitarlord66: calls $1
*** THIRD DRAW ***
guitarlord66: stands pat
plutoman20: stands pat on [5h 2c 9s Ad]
guitarlord66: checks
plutoman20: bets $1
guitarlord66: calls $1
*** SHOW DOWN ***
plutoman20: shows [Ad 5h 2c 9s] (Badugi: 9,5,2,A)
guitarlord66: shows [9h 7d 2s 3c] (Badugi: 9,7,3,2)
plutoman20 collected $10 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $10.50 Rake $0.50
Seat 1: plutoman20 (button) showed [Ad 5h 2c 9s] and won ($10) with a Badugi: 9,5,2,A
Seat 2: AndreiPiter (small blind) folded after the 2nd Draw
Seat 3: guitarlord66 (big blind) showed [9h 7d 2s 3c] and lost with a Badugi: 9,7,3,2
Seat 5: beserk007 folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 6: PAWWEL GOOD folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Stolljar folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 8: LiLZhiMiNG folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Now I face the task of cashing out on both sites. I'll try and qualify for a WCOOP event with my T$ and FPPs when the series comes around, and I've got enough Full Tilt frequent flyer points to buy into a MiniFTOPS so I'll do the badugi again if scheduling allows and I remember. But apart from that, it's all over. In the next few days I'll write a bit more about my little poker experiment - I feel I've learnt quite a bit from it.
Friday, June 3, 2011
Badugi hat-trick!
I've just won my third consecutive tourney on Poker Stars. All three of them in badugi! I did run pretty well this time it must be said, but I also played aggressively, betting and raising pretty much the whole time. It was a $2.20 pot-limit tourney after all (29 players entered; the other two drew fields of 22 and 49).
Here's a hand where I get lucky. Plan A was to snow after missing my first attempt at a rough seven draw, but Plan B didn't work out too badly! Of course if Erno Gott hadn't been so passive I never would have been able to make my hand.
PokerStars Game #62889129148: Tournament #399244797, $2.00+$0.20 USD Badugi Pot Limit - Level V (50/100) - 2011/06/03 6:15:53 ET
Table '399244797 4' 8-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: aus_raider (2910 in chips)
Seat 2: Enno Gott (5010 in chips)
Seat 3: 4ippolino (3110 in chips)
Seat 4: a1951 (1480 in chips)
Seat 5: HeadCrusher (2510 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 6: utzu09 (2600 in chips)
Seat 7: GottfriedS (3170 in chips)
Seat 8: plutoman20 (3215 in chips)
aus_raider: posts small blind 50
Enno Gott: posts big blind 100
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [7h 4d 8s 6s]
4ippolino: folds
a1951: folds
HeadCrusher: folds
utzu09: folds
GottfriedS: calls 100
plutoman20: raises 180 to 280
aus_raider: folds
Enno Gott: calls 180
GottfriedS: calls 180
*** FIRST DRAW ***
Enno Gott: discards 1 card
GottfriedS: discards 2 cards
plutoman20: discards 1 card [8s]
Dealt to plutoman20 [7h 4d 6s] [8d]
Enno Gott: checks
GottfriedS: checks
plutoman20: bets 530
Enno Gott: calls 530
GottfriedS: folds
*** SECOND DRAW ***
Enno Gott: stands pat
plutoman20: discards 1 card [8d]
Dealt to plutoman20 [7h 4d 6s] [Ac]
Enno Gott: checks
plutoman20: bets 1300
Enno Gott: calls 1300
*** THIRD DRAW ***
Enno Gott: stands pat
plutoman20: stands pat on [7h 4d 6s Ac]
Enno Gott: checks
plutoman20: bets 1105 and is all-in
Enno Gott: calls 1105
*** SHOW DOWN ***
plutoman20: shows [7h 4d Ac 6s] (Badugi: 7,6,4,A)
Enno Gott: shows [7c 6d As 8h] (Badugi: 8,7,6,A)
plutoman20 collected 6760 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 6760 Rake 0
Seat 1: aus_raider (small blind) folded before the Draw
Seat 2: Enno Gott (big blind) showed [7c 6d As 8h] and lost with a Badugi: 8,7,6,A
Seat 3: 4ippolino folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 4: a1951 folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 5: HeadCrusher folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 6: utzu09 folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 7: GottfriedS folded after the 1st Draw
Seat 8: plutoman20 (button) showed [7h 4d Ac 6s] and won (6760) with a Badugi: 7,6,4,A
A bug has been going round the office; unfortunately I caught it so I took Wednesday off work. I had furniture delivered and managed to stock up the bookcase. I also fired up some badugi. It wasn't one of my happier times on the virtual felt as I took a three-figure hit on the first of June. After tonight's efforts I'm "only" $56 in arrears for the still-very-young month.
Here's a hand where I get lucky. Plan A was to snow after missing my first attempt at a rough seven draw, but Plan B didn't work out too badly! Of course if Erno Gott hadn't been so passive I never would have been able to make my hand.
PokerStars Game #62889129148: Tournament #399244797, $2.00+$0.20 USD Badugi Pot Limit - Level V (50/100) - 2011/06/03 6:15:53 ET
Table '399244797 4' 8-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: aus_raider (2910 in chips)
Seat 2: Enno Gott (5010 in chips)
Seat 3: 4ippolino (3110 in chips)
Seat 4: a1951 (1480 in chips)
Seat 5: HeadCrusher (2510 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 6: utzu09 (2600 in chips)
Seat 7: GottfriedS (3170 in chips)
Seat 8: plutoman20 (3215 in chips)
aus_raider: posts small blind 50
Enno Gott: posts big blind 100
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [7h 4d 8s 6s]
4ippolino: folds
a1951: folds
HeadCrusher: folds
utzu09: folds
GottfriedS: calls 100
plutoman20: raises 180 to 280
aus_raider: folds
Enno Gott: calls 180
GottfriedS: calls 180
*** FIRST DRAW ***
Enno Gott: discards 1 card
GottfriedS: discards 2 cards
plutoman20: discards 1 card [8s]
Dealt to plutoman20 [7h 4d 6s] [8d]
Enno Gott: checks
GottfriedS: checks
plutoman20: bets 530
Enno Gott: calls 530
GottfriedS: folds
*** SECOND DRAW ***
Enno Gott: stands pat
plutoman20: discards 1 card [8d]
Dealt to plutoman20 [7h 4d 6s] [Ac]
Enno Gott: checks
plutoman20: bets 1300
Enno Gott: calls 1300
*** THIRD DRAW ***
Enno Gott: stands pat
plutoman20: stands pat on [7h 4d 6s Ac]
Enno Gott: checks
plutoman20: bets 1105 and is all-in
Enno Gott: calls 1105
*** SHOW DOWN ***
plutoman20: shows [7h 4d Ac 6s] (Badugi: 7,6,4,A)
Enno Gott: shows [7c 6d As 8h] (Badugi: 8,7,6,A)
plutoman20 collected 6760 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 6760 Rake 0
Seat 1: aus_raider (small blind) folded before the Draw
Seat 2: Enno Gott (big blind) showed [7c 6d As 8h] and lost with a Badugi: 8,7,6,A
Seat 3: 4ippolino folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 4: a1951 folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 5: HeadCrusher folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 6: utzu09 folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 7: GottfriedS folded after the 1st Draw
Seat 8: plutoman20 (button) showed [7h 4d Ac 6s] and won (6760) with a Badugi: 7,6,4,A
A bug has been going round the office; unfortunately I caught it so I took Wednesday off work. I had furniture delivered and managed to stock up the bookcase. I also fired up some badugi. It wasn't one of my happier times on the virtual felt as I took a three-figure hit on the first of June. After tonight's efforts I'm "only" $56 in arrears for the still-very-young month.
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