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.