I've made a reasonable start to the year. I'm up $101 having been down about $75 at one stage. My bankroll is $1127 so I'm not far off the 300 BB or so I need to take a serious crack at $2/$4 badugi (I took a shot back in September and lost a quarter of my bankroll in two hours; when you're properly rolled the whole experience is much less stressful and you can play better accordingly).
The highlight so far has been the 69-man KCL tourney I took out yesterday. In terms of number of entrants that's the biggest tournament I've ever actually won. My previous biggest was also my first-ever victory, a 66-man pot-limit badugi when I was still in my twenties, i.e. ages ago. In yesterday's tourney I made a good but unspectacular start, had a very good middle, won a big 50-50 hand which could have left me crippled, then got the speed wobbles but eventually cruised to the win. I got lucky of course, but felt I got full value for my hands and outplayed a lot of my opponents who folded too readily pre-draw.
Hand 1
Somehow I expected to lose this. I've run badly in this sort of situation in the past. There wasn't a lot in it.
PokerStars Game #73404637040: Tournament #493056174, $2.00+$0.20 USD Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit - Level IX (200/400) - 2012/01/06 16:38:33 ET
Table '493056174 6' 7-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: DerDude22 (16069 in chips)
Seat 2: dyadka (11298 in chips)
Seat 3: BloodVisions (4095 in chips)
Seat 4: *V.Danish* (6119 in chips)
Seat 5: daniel1021 (11396 in chips)
Seat 6: plutoman20 (17428 in chips)
Seat 7: LuckyFish628 (10415 in chips)
DerDude22: posts the ante 100
dyadka: posts the ante 100
BloodVisions: posts the ante 100
*V.Danish*: posts the ante 100
daniel1021: posts the ante 100
plutoman20: posts the ante 100
LuckyFish628: posts the ante 100
dyadka: posts small blind 200
BloodVisions: posts big blind 400
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [5s 3s 8h 6h 7d]
*V.Danish*: folds
daniel1021: raises 800 to 1200
plutoman20: raises 2400 to 3600
LuckyFish628: folds
DerDude22: folds
dyadka: folds
BloodVisions: folds
daniel1021: raises 7696 to 11296 and is all-in
plutoman20: calls 7696
daniel1021: stands pat
plutoman20: stands pat on [5s 3s 8h 6h 7d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
daniel1021: shows [5h 9c 2h 4c 6c] (Lo: 9,6,5,4,2)
plutoman20: shows [5s 3s 8h 6h 7d] (Lo: 8,7,6,5,3)
plutoman20 collected 23892 from pot
daniel1021 finished the tournament in 13th place
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 23892 Rake 0
Seat 1: DerDude22 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: dyadka (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: BloodVisions (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: *V.Danish* folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: daniel1021 showed [5h 9c 2h 4c 6c] and lost with Lo: 9,6,5,4,2
Seat 6: plutoman20 showed [5s 3s 8h 6h 7d] and won (23892) with Lo: 8,7,6,5,3
Seat 7: LuckyFish628 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Hand 2
I nearly four-bet this myself. I was happy not to see a shove post-draw but I think I would have reluctantly called anyway.
PokerStars Game #73409478459: Tournament #493056174, $2.00+$0.20 USD Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit - Level XIV (600/1200) - 2012/01/06 18:03:08 ET
Table '493056174 6' 7-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: terrypem (18428 in chips)
Seat 5: Lika-Geo (51819 in chips)
Seat 6: plutoman20 (67753 in chips)
terrypem: posts the ante 300
Lika-Geo: posts the ante 300
plutoman20: posts the ante 300
terrypem: posts small blind 600
Lika-Geo: posts big blind 1200
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [9s 4d 8d 6h 5d]
plutoman20: raises 2200 to 3400
terrypem: folds
Lika-Geo: raises 6600 to 10000
plutoman20: calls 6600
Lika-Geo: stands pat
plutoman20: stands pat on [9s 4d 8d 6h 5d]
Lika-Geo: bets 16125
plutoman20: calls 16125
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Lika-Geo: shows [4c 5h Th 5c 4s] (Lo: two pair, Fives and Fours)
plutoman20: shows [9s 4d 8d 6h 5d] (Lo: 9,8,6,5,4)
plutoman20 collected 53750 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 53750 Rake 0
Seat 1: terrypem (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: Lika-Geo (big blind) showed [4c 5h Th 5c 4s] and lost with Lo: two pair, Fives and Fours
Seat 6: plutoman20 (button) showed [9s 4d 8d 6h 5d] and won (53750) with Lo: 9,8,6,5,4
Hand 3
I don't want to get squeezed and Jackal is fairly short-stacked so I can't get a lot of value from him. Three-bets on these tables normally mean a pretty strong hand (though not always this strong!) so reluctantly I let this go.
PokerStars Game #73422276627: Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit ($0.25/$0.50 USD) - 2012/01/06 23:47:31 ET
Table 'Boyce' 7-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Stressin78 ($10.50 in chips)
Seat 2: Ohnawiio ($28.90 in chips)
Seat 3: umjik ($29.90 in chips)
Seat 4: BADIM1965 ($49.40 in chips)
Seat 6: jackal5050 ($20.50 in chips)
Seat 7: plutoman20 ($44.10 in chips)
Ohnawiio: posts small blind $0.25
umjik: posts big blind $0.50
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [7h Qc 2h 4h 3c]
BADIM1965: raises $1.50 to $2
jackal5050: raises $3 to $5
plutoman20 said, "yikes"
plutoman20: folds
Stressin78: folds
Ohnawiio: folds
umjik: folds
BADIM1965: calls $3
BADIM1965: discards 1 card
jackal5050: stands pat
BADIM1965: bets $6
jackal5050: raises $9.50 to $15.50 and is all-in
BADIM1965: calls $9.50
*** SHOW DOWN ***
jackal5050: shows [6c 3d 2c 5h 7s] (Lo: 7,6,5,3,2)
BADIM1965: shows [6h 2s 9h 4s 7d] (Lo: 9,7,6,4,2)
jackal5050 collected $39.70 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $41.75 Rake $2.05
Seat 1: Stressin78 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Ohnawiio (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: umjik (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: BADIM1965 showed [6h 2s 9h 4s 7d] and lost with Lo: 9,7,6,4,2
Seat 6: jackal5050 showed [6c 3d 2c 5h 7s] and won ($39.70) with Lo: 7,6,5,3,2
Seat 7: plutoman20 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Hand 4
Despite the result I'm quite happy with my break here.
PokerStars Game #73189250447: Badugi Limit ($0.50/$1.00 USD) - 2012/01/02 19:58:05 ET
Table 'Aribeda X' 8-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: rimmo1969 ($18.80 in chips)
Seat 2: plutoman20 ($25.70 in chips)
Seat 4: milenium1 ($17.85 in chips)
Seat 5: patty5050 ($27.40 in chips)
Seat 6: stef456 ($23.15 in chips)
Seat 7: milyang ($10 in chips)
stef456: posts small blind $0.25
milyang: posts big blind $0.50
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [As 2s 3c Ad]
rimmo1969: folds
plutoman20 is connected
plutoman20: raises $0.50 to $1
milenium1: raises $0.50 to $1.50
patty5050: folds
stef456: calls $1.25
milyang: folds
plutoman20: calls $0.50
*** FIRST DRAW ***
stef456: stands pat
plutoman20: discards 1 card [7d]
Dealt to plutoman20 [Th]
milenium1: stands pat
stef456: checks
plutoman20: checks
milenium1: bets $0.50
stef456: calls $0.50
plutoman20: raises $0.50 to $1
milenium1: raises $0.50 to $1.50
stef456: calls $1
hockk was removed from the table for failing to post
plutoman20: calls $0.50
*** SECOND DRAW ***
stef456: discards 1 card
plutoman20: discards 1 card [Th]
Dealt to plutoman20 [3c]
milenium1: stands pat
stef456: checks
inperator34 joins the table at seat #3
plutoman20: checks
milenium1: bets $1
stef456: calls $1
plutoman20: calls $1
*** THIRD DRAW ***
stef456: discards 1 card
plutoman20: discards 1 card [5c]
Dealt to plutoman20 [3c] [As]
milenium1: stands pat
stef456: checks
plutoman20: checks
milenium1: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
stef456: shows [Tc 4d Ah 7s] (Badugi: T,7,4,A)
plutoman20: mucks hand
milenium1: mucks hand
stef456 collected $12 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $12.50 Rake $0.50
Seat 1: rimmo1969 folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 2: plutoman20 mucked [As 2s 3c Ad]
Seat 4: milenium1 mucked [3s 2d Jh Ac]
Seat 5: patty5050 (button) folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 6: stef456 (small blind) showed [Tc 4d Ah 7s] and won ($12) with a Badugi: T,7,4,A
Seat 7: milyang (big blind) folded before the Draw
Hand 5
Patting 42A on the last draw isn't in my repertoire (yet!). Whether she misclicked or just wants to project a batshit crazy image I don't know. If you snow a lot (and have shown down a few recent snows) then this play sort of makes sense.
PokerStars Game #73420683831: Badugi Limit ($0.50/$1.00 USD) - 2012/01/06 22:40:20 ET
Table 'Silesia V' 8-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 2: TensiAngel ($7.70 in chips)
Seat 3: pobed58 ($22.90 in chips)
Seat 4: dreamgrl03 ($18.20 in chips)
Seat 5: cheesebal31 ($20.30 in chips)
Seat 6: joaoomachado ($31.20 in chips)
Seat 7: plutoman20 ($15.60 in chips)
Seat 8: Jorgos_Joanu ($18.85 in chips)
TensiAngel: posts small blind $0.25
pobed58: posts big blind $0.50
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [5h 4s Ad Ks]
dreamgrl03: calls $0.50
cheesebal31: folds
joaoomachado: folds
plutoman20: raises $0.50 to $1
Jorgos_Joanu: folds
TensiAngel: calls $0.75
pobed58: folds
dreamgrl03: calls $0.50
*** FIRST DRAW ***
TensiAngel: discards 1 card
dreamgrl03: discards 2 cards
plutoman20: discards 1 card [Ks]
Dealt to plutoman20 [5h 4s Ad] [3h]
TensiAngel: checks
dreamgrl03: checks
plutoman20: bets $0.50
TensiAngel: calls $0.50
dreamgrl03: calls $0.50
*** SECOND DRAW ***
TensiAngel: discards 1 card
dreamgrl03: discards 1 card
plutoman20: discards 1 card [5h]
Dealt to plutoman20 [4s Ad 3h] [Qh]
TensiAngel: checks
dreamgrl03: checks
plutoman20: bets $1
TensiAngel: folds
dreamgrl03: raises $1 to $2
plutoman20: calls $1
*** THIRD DRAW ***
dreamgrl03: stands pat
plutoman20: discards 1 card [Qh]
Dealt to plutoman20 [4s Ad 3h] [9s]
dreamgrl03: bets $1
plutoman20: calls $1
*** SHOW DOWN ***
dreamgrl03: shows [2d Ah 4c 6c] (3-card: 4,2,A)
plutoman20: mucks hand
dreamgrl03 collected $10.50 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $11 Rake $0.50
Seat 2: TensiAngel (small blind) folded after the 2nd Draw
Seat 3: pobed58 (big blind) folded before the Draw
Seat 4: dreamgrl03 showed [2d Ah 4c 6c] and won ($10.50) with a 3-card: 4,2,A
Seat 5: cheesebal31 folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 6: joaoomachado folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 7: plutoman20 mucked [9s 4s Ad 3h]
Seat 8: Jorgos_Joanu (button) folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Hand 6
I made a right pig's ear of this one. Royal Hippy is an aggressive spew-monkey while Fortoviy plays way too many hands so I shouldn't give either of them much credit. OOP on the flop I should have just ditched the jack to make life easier. I plan to pat and call down but when Fortoviy pats I figure my J4 is probably no good. It is indeed behind the median badugi you'll hit on a two-card draw (the median badugi after drawing two is T9, and the median badugi you'll actually pat in that situation - excluding things like K43A - is more like a mid-range ten). But Fortoviy doesn't seem to like his hand too much (judging from his initial flop call) so that wasn't clever thinking. Having thought about this more, given my reads on both players I've got the best hand about 40% of the time here when we're all pat which is a helluva lot more than my equity when I draw. But really I should have drawn one on the second draw.
PokerStars Game #73469822763: Badugi Limit ($0.50/$1.00 USD) - 2012/01/07 19:15:59 ET
Table 'Tsai IV' 8-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: plutoman20 ($23.90 in chips)
Seat 2: Cwietok ($58.85 in chips)
Seat 4: RoyalHippy ($16.45 in chips)
Seat 5: Barmaley05 ($13.65 in chips)
Seat 6: FELISYO ($22.35 in chips)
Seat 7: Fortoviy1979 ($45.05 in chips)
Seat 8: mb-706492 ($8.25 in chips)
mb-706492: posts small blind $0.25
plutoman20: posts big blind $0.50
ErjaTilhi: sits out
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [Jh 3s Qd 2h]
Cwietok: folds
RoyalHippy: raises $0.50 to $1
Barmaley05: folds
FELISYO: folds
Fortoviy1979: calls $1
mb-706492: folds
plutoman20: calls $0.50
*** FIRST DRAW ***
plutoman20: discards 2 cards [Jh Qd]
Dealt to plutoman20 [3s 2h] [4d Jc]
RoyalHippy: stands pat
Fortoviy1979: discards 2 cards
plutoman20: checks
RoyalHippy: bets $0.50
Fortoviy1979: calls $0.50
plutoman20: raises $0.50 to $1
RoyalHippy: raises $0.50 to $1.50
Fortoviy1979: calls $1
plutoman20: calls $0.50
*** SECOND DRAW ***
plutoman20: stands pat on [3s 2h 4d Jc]
RoyalHippy: stands pat
Fortoviy1979: stands pat
plutoman20: checks
RoyalHippy: bets $1
Fortoviy1979: calls $1
plutoman20: calls $1
*** THIRD DRAW ***
plutoman20: discards 1 card [Jc]
Dealt to plutoman20 [3s 2h 4d] [6h]
RoyalHippy: stands pat
Fortoviy1979: stands pat
plutoman20: checks
RoyalHippy: checks
Fortoviy1979: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
plutoman20: shows [4d 3s 6h 2h] (3-card: 4,3,2)
RoyalHippy: shows [9s 2d 3c Qh] (Badugi: Q,9,3,2)
Fortoviy1979: mucks hand
RoyalHippy collected $10.25 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $10.75 Rake $0.50
Seat 1: plutoman20 (big blind) showed [4d 3s 6h 2h] and lost with a 3-card: 4,3,2
Seat 2: Cwietok folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 4: RoyalHippy showed [9s 2d 3c Qh] and won ($10.25) with a Badugi: Q,9,3,2
Seat 5: Barmaley05 folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 6: FELISYO folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Fortoviy1979 (button) mucked [Qc Kd 5h 2s]
Seat 8: mb-706492 (small blind) folded before the Draw
Hand 7
Thinking (correctly) that he's got a crappy hand, I decide to bluff-raise the river. But the sort of player who's going to make T9864 isn't the sort of player I should be bluffing anyway I suppose.
PokerStars Game #73418484386: Triple Draw 2-7 Lowball Limit ($0.50/$1.00 USD) - 2012/01/06 21:24:54 ET
Table 'Seraphina II' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: plutoman20 ($16.75 in chips)
Seat 2: DaBro228 ($12.45 in chips)
Seat 3: §ick&Dirty ($53.85 in chips)
Seat 4: Pischi ($10.75 in chips)
Seat 6: Peresvet7 ($42.55 in chips)
DaBro228: posts small blind $0.25
§ick&Dirty: posts big blind $0.50
snowboard789: sits out
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [5c 2h 5h 4s 8s]
Pischi: folds
Peresvet7: folds
plutoman20: raises $0.50 to $1
DaBro228: folds
§ick&Dirty: calls $0.50
*** FIRST DRAW ***
§ick&Dirty: discards 2 cards
plutoman20: discards 1 card [5c]
Dealt to plutoman20 [2h 5h 4s 8s] [8h]
§ick&Dirty: checks
plutoman20: bets $0.50
§ick&Dirty: calls $0.50
*** SECOND DRAW ***
§ick&Dirty: discards 1 card
plutoman20: discards 1 card [8h]
Dealt to plutoman20 [2h 5h 4s 8s] [2c]
§ick&Dirty: checks
plutoman20: checks
*** THIRD DRAW ***
§ick&Dirty: stands pat
plutoman20: discards 1 card [2c]
Dealt to plutoman20 [2h 5h 4s 8s] [8c]
§ick&Dirty: bets $1
plutoman20: raises $1 to $2
§ick&Dirty: calls $1
*** SHOW DOWN ***
plutoman20: shows [8c 2h 5h 4s 8s] (Lo: a pair of Eights)
§ick&Dirty: shows [6d 8d 9s 4h Ts] (Lo: T,9,8,6,4)
§ick&Dirty collected $6.90 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $7.25 Rake $0.35
Seat 1: plutoman20 (button) showed [8c 2h 5h 4s 8s] and lost with Lo: a pair of Eights
Seat 2: DaBro228 (small blind) folded before the Draw
Seat 3: §ick&Dirty (big blind) showed [6d 8d 9s 4h Ts] and won ($6.90) with Lo: T,9,8,6,4
Seat 4: Pischi folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Peresvet7 folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Hand 8
I go for a thinnish value bet here, don't expect him to raise and don't expect to win when I call.
PokerStars Game #73419365197: Triple Draw 2-7 Lowball Limit ($0.50/$1.00 USD) - 2012/01/06 21:52:32 ET
Table 'Seraphina II' 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: plutoman20 ($45.15 in chips)
Seat 3: Mistr Kim ($12.20 in chips)
Seat 5: tikmann22 ($24.65 in chips)
Seat 6: Peresvet7 ($40.15 in chips)
plutoman20: posts small blind $0.25
Mistr Kim: posts big blind $0.50
42llopi: sits out
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [8h 4h As Ah 2c]
tikmann22: folds
Peresvet7: folds
plutoman20: raises $0.50 to $1
Mistr Kim: raises $0.50 to $1.50
plutoman20: calls $0.50
*** FIRST DRAW ***
plutoman20: discards 2 cards [As Ah]
Dealt to plutoman20 [8h 4h 2c] [7s 6s]
Mistr Kim: discards 2 cards
plutoman20: checks
Mistr Kim: checks
*** SECOND DRAW ***
plutoman20: stands pat on [8h 4h 2c 7s 6s]
Mistr Kim: discards 2 cards
plutoman20: bets $1
Mistr Kim: calls $1
*** THIRD DRAW ***
plutoman20: stands pat on [8h 4h 2c 7s 6s]
Mistr Kim: stands pat
plutoman20: bets $1
Mistr Kim: raises $1 to $2
plutoman20: calls $1
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Mistr Kim: shows [8c 2h 7c 3s 9h] (Lo: 9,8,7,3,2)
plutoman20: shows [8h 4h 7s 6s 2c] (Lo: 8,7,6,4,2)
plutoman20 collected $8.60 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $9 Rake $0.40
Seat 1: plutoman20 (small blind) showed [8h 4h 7s 6s 2c] and won ($8.60) with Lo: 8,7,6,4,2
Seat 3: Mistr Kim (big blind) showed [8c 2h 7c 3s 9h] and lost with Lo: 9,8,7,3,2
Seat 5: tikmann22 folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Peresvet7 (button) folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
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