I made $446 in March, a pretty good result considering how little I actually played. At my lowest point I was down (from memory) $166. This is the first month that I've done better on Full Tilt (+$231) than on Stars (+$215). For the year to date I'm up $1072.
It's doubtful I'll play much in April. Mid-month I'll be shifting 400 miles south to Wellington. New city, new job, basically a new life ... poker will have to take a back seat for a while. In my next post (which won't be far away) I'll attempt to get a handle on what makes people play online poker in the first place, but for now I'll post some hands from a game I've yet to mention in this blog: Omaha-8.
Two years ago I only had very basic knowledge of poker. The only two games I had any vague clue about were Texas hold 'em and five-card draw. I had some idea of what stud was but didn't know about bring-ins or any of that stuff. As for Omaha-8, well I'd heard of it but had no idea how it was played - I always thought the 8 had something to do with having eight cards. When I first tried the game for play money, it took a few hundred hands before I could even read my hand. "Yes! There's a second spade to go with the three in my hand, and I've even got a something-something low!" Now I can read my hand, and even have some idea of its strength, but really I'm still a novice at the game. I sometimes browse the Omaha-8 section on Twoplustwo - a bloke who goes by the name Buzz, and must be at least seventy, moderates that forum. I enjoy reading his posts which at times get quite philosophical. Last weekend I tried my hand at a $4.40 no-limit Omaha-8 tournament. I finished in the top quarter but still some way short of the money. Here are three hands from the tourney:
Hand 1
If I wasn't in the big blind I wouldn't have gone near this hand, but I got a free look at a flop which I thought was a decent one for me (and perhaps more importantly, unhelpful for my opponents) so I fired out a bet. I followed up with another bet on the turn when I turned the nut straight (but, with a third spade out there, far from the nuts). When the board paired on the river, it seemed there were too many ways to lose - I was now only really beating a bluff - so I gave up.
PokerStars Game #59858993061: Tournament #376203535, $4.00+$0.40 USD Omaha Hi/Lo No Limit - Level IV (25/50) - 2011/03/26 20:15:29 ET Table '376203535 28' 9-max Seat #5 is the button Seat 1: 1mackdaddy (6579 in chips) Seat 2: cridivan8 (792 in chips) Seat 3: kwok1983 (8986 in chips) Seat 4: rolrobher73 (2895 in chips) Seat 5: pigwrench (7785 in chips) Seat 6: SugarTFox (3420 in chips) Seat 7: plutoman20 (4538 in chips) Seat 8: paytonw34 (3000 in chips) Seat 9: silvia132 (2610 in chips) SugarTFox: posts small blind 25 plutoman20: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to plutoman20 [8h 9h Jh As] paytonw34: calls 50 silvia132: calls 50 1mackdaddy: calls 50 cridivan8: folds kwok1983: folds rolrobher73: folds pigwrench: folds SugarTFox: calls 25 plutoman20: checks
*** FLOP *** [9s Ts Ah] SugarTFox: checks plutoman20: bets 150 paytonw34: calls 150 silvia132: folds 1mackdaddy: calls 150 SugarTFox: folds
*** TURN *** [9s Ts Ah] [7s] plutoman20: bets 380 paytonw34: calls 380 1mackdaddy: calls 380
*** RIVER *** [9s Ts Ah 7s] [7h] plutoman20: checks paytonw34: checks 1mackdaddy: bets 1100 plutoman20: folds paytonw34: folds Uncalled bet (1100) returned to 1mackdaddy 1mackdaddy collected 1840 from pot
*** SUMMARY *** Total pot 1840 Rake 0 Board [9s Ts Ah 7s 7h] Seat 1: 1mackdaddy collected (1840) Seat 2: cridivan8 folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 3: kwok1983 folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 4: rolrobher73 folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 5: pigwrench (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 6: SugarTFox (small blind) folded on the Flop Seat 7: plutoman20 (big blind) folded on the River Seat 8: paytonw34 folded on the River Seat 9: silvia132 folded on the Flop
Hand 2
Although folding to the shove kept me in the tournament on this occasion, I still think I should have called.
PokerStars Game #59860076833: Tournament #376203535, $4.00+$0.40 USD Omaha Hi/Lo No Limit - Level VI (40/80) - 2011/03/26 20:38:16 ET Table '376203535 28' 9-max Seat #3 is the button Seat 1: gotgame1538 (9427 in chips) Seat 2: Tekim007 (2625 in chips) Seat 3: kwok1983 (13515 in chips) Seat 4: rolrobher73 (2848 in chips) Seat 5: pigwrench (7095 in chips) Seat 6: SugarTFox (6725 in chips) Seat 7: plutoman20 (4218 in chips) Seat 8: tower999 (3000 in chips) Seat 9: silvia132 (4569 in chips) rolrobher73: posts small blind 40 pigwrench: posts big blind 80
*** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to plutoman20 [2s Jd Ac Qc] SugarTFox: folds plutoman20: calls 80 tower999: folds silvia132: calls 80 gotgame1538: calls 80 Tekim007: calls 80 kwok1983: raises 13435 to 13515 and is all-in rolrobher73: folds pigwrench: folds plutoman20: folds silvia132: folds gotgame1538: folds Tekim007: calls 2545 and is all-in Uncalled bet (10890) returned to kwok1983
*** FLOP *** [7s 2h 3d]
*** TURN *** [7s 2h 3d] [Td]
*** RIVER *** [7s 2h 3d Td] [7h]
*** SHOW DOWN *** Tekim007: shows [Th 4s 2d 3h] (HI: two pair, Tens and Sevens) kwok1983: shows [Ad As 4d 6h] (HI: two pair, Aces and Sevens; LO: 7,4,3,2,A) kwok1983 collected 2805 from pot kwok1983 collected 2805 from pot
Tekim007 finished the tournament in 380th place
*** SUMMARY *** Total pot 5610 Rake 0 Board [7s 2h 3d Td 7h] Seat 1: gotgame1538 folded before Flop Seat 2: Tekim007 showed [Th 4s 2d 3h] and lost with HI: two pair, Tens and Sevens Seat 3: kwok1983 (button) showed [Ad As 4d 6h] and won (5610) with HI: two pair, Aces and Sevens; LO: 7,4,3,2,A Seat 4: rolrobher73 (small blind) folded before Flop Seat 5: pigwrench (big blind) folded before Flop Seat 6: SugarTFox folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 7: plutoman20 folded before Flop Seat 8: tower999 folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 9: silvia132 folded before Flop
Hand 3
I think it was the sheer amount of folding over the previous 45 minutes or so that encouraged this call. This hand plays better heads-up I think. OneHopless was pretty unlucky to be eliminated here.
PokerStars Game #59862939053: Tournament #376203535, $4.00+$0.40 USD Omaha Hi/Lo No Limit - Level XIII (200/400) - 2011/03/26 21:49:14 ET Table '376203535 32' 9-max Seat #6 is the button Seat 1: bearly788 (21945 in chips) Seat 2: sapw (3425 in chips) Seat 3: sam tsunami (12427 in chips) Seat 4: Krossman44 (8050 in chips) Seat 5: plutoman20 (4431 in chips) Seat 6: danicasi (9868 in chips) Seat 7: Jogger1 (8840 in chips) Seat 8: oneHopless (4880 in chips) Seat 9: Puntal_13 (22894 in chips) bearly788: posts the ante 50 sapw: posts the ante 50 sam tsunami: posts the ante 50 Krossman44: posts the ante 50 plutoman20: posts the ante 50 danicasi: posts the ante 50 Jogger1: posts the ante 50 oneHopless: posts the ante 50 Puntal_13: posts the ante 50 Jogger1: posts small blind 200 oneHopless: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS *** Dealt to plutoman20 [Kd Ad Ks Ts] Puntal_13: folds bearly788: folds sapw: folds sam tsunami: calls 400 Krossman44: calls 400 plutoman20: calls 400 danicasi: folds Jogger1: calls 200 oneHopless: raises 4430 to 4830 and is all-in sam tsunami: folds Krossman44: calls 4430 plutoman20: calls 3981 and is all-in Jogger1: folds
*** FLOP *** [Js 9d 7h]
*** TURN *** [Js 9d 7h] [Jd]
*** RIVER *** [Js 9d 7h Jd] [6s]
*** SHOW DOWN *** oneHopless: shows [Ac Qc 2d As] (HI: two pair, Aces and Jacks) Krossman44: shows [2s 4s Jc 6c] (HI: a full house, Jacks full of Sixes) Krossman44 collected 898 from side pot plutoman20: shows [Kd Ad Ks Ts] (HI: two pair, Kings and Jacks) Krossman44 collected 14393 from main pot No low hand qualified
oneHopless finished the tournament in 146th place
plutoman20 finished the tournament in 147th place
*** SUMMARY *** Total pot 15291 Main pot 14393. Side pot 898. Rake 0 Board [Js 9d 7h Jd 6s] Seat 1: bearly788 folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 2: sapw folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 3: sam tsunami folded before Flop Seat 4: Krossman44 showed [2s 4s Jc 6c] and won (15291) with HI: a full house, Jacks full of Sixes Seat 5: plutoman20 showed [Kd Ad Ks Ts] and lost with HI: two pair, Kings and Jacks Seat 6: danicasi (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 7: Jogger1 (small blind) folded before Flop Seat 8: oneHopless (big blind) showed [Ac Qc 2d As] and lost with HI: two pair, Aces and Jacks Seat 9: Puntal_13 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Sunday, March 20, 2011
MiniFTOPS XIX badugi - $22 buy-in
It's just started, and I've already won a hand (yay!). I'm tired and stressed from having to make one of the hardest decisions I've ever made in my life, so I probably shouldn't be playing at all. But compared to life decisions, choosing whether to raise, call or fold is a breeze. I'll give regular updates on my progress (or otherwise).
Update 1: I'm on 5255 at the first break (we started on 4000). Lost a biggish pot just before the break where I drew two to 3-2 in the BB, made 9732 badugi on the first draw, but ran into a pat 854A. The pot was a lot bigger than it should have been due to a third player (monkey) in the hand.
Update 2: Good hour there, or really just the last half-hour. Up from just below my starting stack to 9410 currently (the highest I've been). Play is frustratingly slow though. We're about to go to 340/680; levels are 15 minutes after that.
Update 3: And I'm out! I didn't win another hand. Down to 5000-odd I had no choice but to commit with a pat 10-9. I was outdrawn and that left me crippled. I finished 476th out of 1373, winning seven of the 108 hands I played. In some ways I'm glad I didn't go deep. I have to make a couple of job-related phone calls tonight which will be hard enough without the added pressure of playing for serious loot.
Update 1: I'm on 5255 at the first break (we started on 4000). Lost a biggish pot just before the break where I drew two to 3-2 in the BB, made 9732 badugi on the first draw, but ran into a pat 854A. The pot was a lot bigger than it should have been due to a third player (monkey) in the hand.
Update 2: Good hour there, or really just the last half-hour. Up from just below my starting stack to 9410 currently (the highest I've been). Play is frustratingly slow though. We're about to go to 340/680; levels are 15 minutes after that.
Update 3: And I'm out! I didn't win another hand. Down to 5000-odd I had no choice but to commit with a pat 10-9. I was outdrawn and that left me crippled. I finished 476th out of 1373, winning seven of the 108 hands I played. In some ways I'm glad I didn't go deep. I have to make a couple of job-related phone calls tonight which will be hard enough without the added pressure of playing for serious loot.
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Dining at the champion's table
It's been a choppy start to March. Until last weekend I'd never won or lost $100 in a cash-game session before (admittedly I play short sessions, and I'd had three results in the nineties). Then I had two 3-figure sessions in a matter of hours. First I dropped $113 in 65 hands of $3/$6 badugi (although I have the bankroll for those stakes I'm perhaps just outside my comfort zone), but I bounced back by making $137 in just 48 hands of $2/$4, greatly helped by some ultra-bizarro play in this hand. People do funny stuff when they have 32A don't they? I'm happy I never took my foot off the gas:
PokerStars Game #58660162672: Badugi Limit ($2/$4 USD) - 2011/03/04 17:09:38 ET
Table 'Castafiore XII' 8-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: lucaslogan ($71.50 in chips)
Seat 2: cafarte ($85 in chips)
Seat 3: MrSleet ($31.50 in chips)
Seat 4: xpokerplaya7 ($184.50 in chips)
Seat 5: hoppa731 ($133.50 in chips)
Seat 6: Whoop'n Ass ($58.50 in chips)
Seat 7: plutoman20 ($93 in chips)
Seat 8: Grekk ($109 in chips)
Grekk: posts small blind $1
lucaslogan: posts big blind $2
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [6h 2h 2c 4d]
cafarte: raises $2 to $4
MrSleet: folds
xpokerplaya7: folds
hoppa731: folds
Whoop'n Ass: calls $4
plutoman20: calls $4
Grekk: raises $2 to $6
lucaslogan: folds
cafarte: calls $2
Whoop'n Ass: calls $2
plutoman20: calls $2
*** FIRST DRAW ***
Grekk: discards 2 cards
cafarte: discards 1 card
Whoop'n Ass: discards 1 card
plutoman20: discards 1 card [2h]
Dealt to plutoman20 [6h 2c 4d] [5s]
Grekk: bets $2
cafarte: calls $2
Whoop'n Ass: raises $2 to $4
plutoman20: raises $2 to $6
Grekk: raises $2 to $8
Betting is capped
cafarte: calls $6
Whoop'n Ass: calls $4
plutoman20: calls $2
*** SECOND DRAW ***
Grekk: discards 1 card
cafarte: discards 1 card
Whoop'n Ass: stands pat
plutoman20: stands pat on [6h 2c 4d 5s]
Grekk: bets $4
cafarte: folds
Whoop'n Ass: calls $4
plutoman20: raises $4 to $8
Grekk: raises $4 to $12
Whoop'n Ass: calls $8
plutoman20: raises $4 to $16
Betting is capped
Grekk: calls $4
Whoop'n Ass: calls $4
*** THIRD DRAW ***
Grekk: discards 1 card
Whoop'n Ass: stands pat
plutoman20: stands pat on [6h 2c 4d 5s]
Grekk: checks
Whoop'n Ass: checks
plutoman20: bets $4
Grekk: calls $4
Whoop'n Ass: calls $4
*** SHOW DOWN ***
plutoman20: shows [6h 5s 2c 4d] (Badugi: 6,5,4,2)
Grekk: mucks hand
Whoop'n Ass: mucks hand
plutoman20 collected $115 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $118 Rake $3
Seat 1: lucaslogan (big blind) folded before the Draw
Seat 2: cafarte folded after the 2nd Draw
Seat 3: MrSleet folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 4: xpokerplaya7 folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 5: hoppa731 folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Whoop'n Ass mucked [Td 7h 3c 9s]
Seat 7: plutoman20 (button) showed [6h 5s 2c 4d] and won ($115) with a Badugi: 6,5,4,2
Seat 8: Grekk (small blind) mucked [2s Qd 3d Ah]
There's one other badugi hand of note, from a different session, which I'd prefer to forget: I folded 843A in a big pot when it turned out my two opponents were going crazy with 10-5 and 10-3. I was trying to plug what I think thought was a leak of mine - hanging on too long with eights and nines - but 843A is hardly any old eight. If I start folding that kind of hand I'm plugging one leak but creating a much bigger one.
I had a dream run at triple draw last night, a game I love to hate. There was a monkey at my table. For once I ran well enough to capitalise (in fact I ran very well) and the monkey kept reloading. Later a very tight passive player joined which made things even better for me. I stayed up late to make the most of the situation. I won $74 in 193 hands of 50c/$1, wiping out all my previous losses in the game.
I'm hardly star-struck by big-name poker players, but I admit to certain feelings of awe today when Jonathan Duhamel, winner of last year's WSOP, joined a $1/$2 badugi table. What Mr Nine Million was doing playing badugi at those stakes I had no idea, but it was indeed him. I only got involved in one hand with him, when he patted from the get-go and I triple-bricked my 642. We were heads-up by the end and I wanted to call him ("I caught a world champion's bluff!") but figured he really didn't need my $2. That must be the first time I've played a world champion at anything - it happened in a most unexpected way today.
Update:
I just had two goes at satelliting (which I don't think is a real word) into tomorrow's MiniFTOPS triple draw. The satellite fields were small (20 or 30) and only the winner gained a place, with the next three places getting small cash payouts, so to qualify you had to negotiate the short-handed stuff that I have very little clue about. I came ninth on my first attempt. The second time I ran pretty hot. We got down to three, i.e. clueless territory, but I still thought I was the best player. I had one of my opponents all in and was about to go heads-up with a chip lead, but he outdrew my number seven on the river. A little while later he rivered number four to beat my number five, and I didn't last much longer. Unsurprisingly he got the ticket.
PokerStars Game #58660162672: Badugi Limit ($2/$4 USD) - 2011/03/04 17:09:38 ET
Table 'Castafiore XII' 8-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: lucaslogan ($71.50 in chips)
Seat 2: cafarte ($85 in chips)
Seat 3: MrSleet ($31.50 in chips)
Seat 4: xpokerplaya7 ($184.50 in chips)
Seat 5: hoppa731 ($133.50 in chips)
Seat 6: Whoop'n Ass ($58.50 in chips)
Seat 7: plutoman20 ($93 in chips)
Seat 8: Grekk ($109 in chips)
Grekk: posts small blind $1
lucaslogan: posts big blind $2
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [6h 2h 2c 4d]
cafarte: raises $2 to $4
MrSleet: folds
xpokerplaya7: folds
hoppa731: folds
Whoop'n Ass: calls $4
plutoman20: calls $4
Grekk: raises $2 to $6
lucaslogan: folds
cafarte: calls $2
Whoop'n Ass: calls $2
plutoman20: calls $2
*** FIRST DRAW ***
Grekk: discards 2 cards
cafarte: discards 1 card
Whoop'n Ass: discards 1 card
plutoman20: discards 1 card [2h]
Dealt to plutoman20 [6h 2c 4d] [5s]
Grekk: bets $2
cafarte: calls $2
Whoop'n Ass: raises $2 to $4
plutoman20: raises $2 to $6
Grekk: raises $2 to $8
Betting is capped
cafarte: calls $6
Whoop'n Ass: calls $4
plutoman20: calls $2
*** SECOND DRAW ***
Grekk: discards 1 card
cafarte: discards 1 card
Whoop'n Ass: stands pat
plutoman20: stands pat on [6h 2c 4d 5s]
Grekk: bets $4
cafarte: folds
Whoop'n Ass: calls $4
plutoman20: raises $4 to $8
Grekk: raises $4 to $12
Whoop'n Ass: calls $8
plutoman20: raises $4 to $16
Betting is capped
Grekk: calls $4
Whoop'n Ass: calls $4
*** THIRD DRAW ***
Grekk: discards 1 card
Whoop'n Ass: stands pat
plutoman20: stands pat on [6h 2c 4d 5s]
Grekk: checks
Whoop'n Ass: checks
plutoman20: bets $4
Grekk: calls $4
Whoop'n Ass: calls $4
*** SHOW DOWN ***
plutoman20: shows [6h 5s 2c 4d] (Badugi: 6,5,4,2)
Grekk: mucks hand
Whoop'n Ass: mucks hand
plutoman20 collected $115 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $118 Rake $3
Seat 1: lucaslogan (big blind) folded before the Draw
Seat 2: cafarte folded after the 2nd Draw
Seat 3: MrSleet folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 4: xpokerplaya7 folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 5: hoppa731 folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Whoop'n Ass mucked [Td 7h 3c 9s]
Seat 7: plutoman20 (button) showed [6h 5s 2c 4d] and won ($115) with a Badugi: 6,5,4,2
Seat 8: Grekk (small blind) mucked [2s Qd 3d Ah]
There's one other badugi hand of note, from a different session, which I'd prefer to forget: I folded 843A in a big pot when it turned out my two opponents were going crazy with 10-5 and 10-3. I was trying to plug what I think thought was a leak of mine - hanging on too long with eights and nines - but 843A is hardly any old eight. If I start folding that kind of hand I'm plugging one leak but creating a much bigger one.
I had a dream run at triple draw last night, a game I love to hate. There was a monkey at my table. For once I ran well enough to capitalise (in fact I ran very well) and the monkey kept reloading. Later a very tight passive player joined which made things even better for me. I stayed up late to make the most of the situation. I won $74 in 193 hands of 50c/$1, wiping out all my previous losses in the game.
I'm hardly star-struck by big-name poker players, but I admit to certain feelings of awe today when Jonathan Duhamel, winner of last year's WSOP, joined a $1/$2 badugi table. What Mr Nine Million was doing playing badugi at those stakes I had no idea, but it was indeed him. I only got involved in one hand with him, when he patted from the get-go and I triple-bricked my 642. We were heads-up by the end and I wanted to call him ("I caught a world champion's bluff!") but figured he really didn't need my $2. That must be the first time I've played a world champion at anything - it happened in a most unexpected way today.
Update:
I just had two goes at satelliting (which I don't think is a real word) into tomorrow's MiniFTOPS triple draw. The satellite fields were small (20 or 30) and only the winner gained a place, with the next three places getting small cash payouts, so to qualify you had to negotiate the short-handed stuff that I have very little clue about. I came ninth on my first attempt. The second time I ran pretty hot. We got down to three, i.e. clueless territory, but I still thought I was the best player. I had one of my opponents all in and was about to go heads-up with a chip lead, but he outdrew my number seven on the river. A little while later he rivered number four to beat my number five, and I didn't last much longer. Unsurprisingly he got the ticket.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
February monthly report
For almost the second half of February I didn't play at all. I got depressed, then my laptop got sick and I had to take it in for an operation, then Christchurch got hit by that devastating earthquake. This was a nightmare for many thousands of Cantabrians but gave me a full-time temporary job, sorting out insurance claims. In short, my thoughts have been a world away from rough eights and pat nines.
I made $284 in February, taking my profit for 2011 to $626. At one stage my year-to-date profit was close to $800, but I suffered a couple of horror badugi sessions which were really just a correction after an unsustainably good run. I finally got my computer back today and played some badugi on Stars, carrying on pretty much where I left off. Here are a couple of hands:
Hand 1
This was only my fourth or fifth hand after my hiatus. Lukey and I were chatting about the earthquake when, to my surprise, I was dealt the 11,000-to-1 nuts. I was even more surprised when Lukey showed me her hand. This isn't the first time she's played a monster in this fashion against me.
PokerStars Game #58518883980: Badugi Limit ($1/$2 USD) - 2011/03/02 1:12:36 ET
Table 'Eugenia XII' 8-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: Dick Edd ($185 in chips)
Seat 2: mastapazoo ($51.75 in chips)
Seat 4: plutoman20 ($48.50 in chips)
Seat 5: Zecke1960 ($35.50 in chips)
Seat 6: Targhee ($66.25 in chips)
Seat 7: arnaldo23 ($70 in chips)
Seat 8: lukey1958 ($66.75 in chips)
Targhee: posts small blind $0.50
arnaldo23: posts big blind $1
NatalShark: sits out
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [4s 2c 3h Ad]
lukey1958 said, "during office hours as well"
lukey1958: calls $1
Dick Edd: folds
mastapazoo: folds
plutoman20: raises $1 to $2
Zecke1960: calls $2
Targhee: calls $1.50
arnaldo23: calls $1
lukey1958: calls $1
*** FIRST DRAW ***
Targhee: discards 1 card
arnaldo23: discards 2 cards
lukey1958: discards 2 cards
plutoman20: stands pat on [4s 2c 3h Ad]
Zecke1960: discards 3 cards
Targhee: checks
arnaldo23: checks
lukey1958: checks
plutoman20: bets $1
Zecke1960: calls $1
Targhee: calls $1
arnaldo23: folds
lukey1958: calls $1
*** SECOND DRAW ***
Targhee: discards 1 card
lukey1958: discards 1 card
plutoman20: stands pat on [4s 2c 3h Ad]
Zecke1960: discards 2 cards
Targhee: checks
lukey1958: bets $2
plutoman20: raises $2 to $4
Zecke1960: folds
Targhee: folds
lukey1958: calls $2
*** THIRD DRAW ***
lukey1958: stands pat
plutoman20: stands pat on [4s 2c 3h Ad]
lukey1958: checks
plutoman20: bets $2
lukey1958: calls $2
*** SHOW DOWN ***
plutoman20: shows [4s 2c 3h Ad] (Badugi: 4,3,2,A)
plutoman20 said, "sorry lukey"
lukey1958: shows [5d 3s 4c Ah] (Badugi: 5,4,3,A)
plutoman20 collected $25 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $26 Rake $1
Seat 1: Dick Edd folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 2: mastapazoo folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 4: plutoman20 showed [4s 2c 3h Ad] and won ($25) with a Badugi: 4,3,2,A
Seat 5: Zecke1960 (button) folded after the 2nd Draw
Seat 6: Targhee (small blind) folded after the 2nd Draw
Seat 7: arnaldo23 (big blind) folded after the 1st Draw
Seat 8: lukey1958 showed [5d 3s 4c Ah] and lost with a Badugi: 5,4,3,A
Hand 2
In hindsight I think just calling the river would have been better. You never know but when he caps the turn I'm probably up against a six at least. So my number seven beats about half his hands, and when you consider the extra bet I lose when he three-bets me I think that without any reads it's a fairly clear call.
PokerStars Game #58520373621: Badugi Limit ($1/$2 USD) - 2011/03/02 2:36:06 ET
Table 'Eugenia XII' 8-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: Dick Edd ($175.50 in chips)
Seat 2: GVP-URFO ($26.75 in chips)
Seat 4: plutoman20 ($55.50 in chips)
Seat 6: Owschlag ($41.75 in chips)
Seat 7: nelda ($25.50 in chips)
Owschlag: posts small blind $0.50
nelda: posts big blind $1
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [Ah 6c Th 2s]
Dick Edd: folds
GVP-URFO: raises $1 to $2
plutoman20: calls $2
Owschlag: folds
nelda: calls $1
*** FIRST DRAW ***
nelda: discards 2 cards
GVP-URFO: discards 1 card
plutoman20: discards 1 card [Th]
Dealt to plutoman20 [Ah 6c 2s] [4d]
nelda: checks
GVP-URFO: bets $1
plutoman20: raises $1 to $2
nelda: folds
GVP-URFO: calls $1
*** SECOND DRAW ***
GVP-URFO: discards 1 card
plutoman20: stands pat on [Ah 6c 2s 4d]
GVP-URFO: checks
plutoman20: bets $2
GVP-URFO: raises $2 to $4
plutoman20: raises $2 to $6
GVP-URFO: raises $2 to $8
Betting is capped
plutoman20: calls $2
*** THIRD DRAW ***
GVP-URFO: stands pat
plutoman20: stands pat on [Ah 6c 2s 4d]
GVP-URFO: bets $2
plutoman20: raises $2 to $4
GVP-URFO: raises $2 to $6
plutoman20: calls $2
*** SHOW DOWN ***
GVP-URFO: shows [3d 4c 5h As] (Badugi: 5,4,3,A)
Mega joins the table at seat #8
plutoman20: mucks hand
GVP-URFO collected $37.50 from pot
plutoman20 said, "nh"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $38.50 Rake $1
Seat 1: Dick Edd folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 2: GVP-URFO showed [3d 4c 5h As] and won ($37.50) with a Badugi: 5,4,3,A
Seat 4: plutoman20 (button) mucked [Ah 6c 4d 2s]
Seat 6: Owschlag (small blind) folded before the Draw
Seat 7: nelda (big blind) folded after the 1st Draw
I made $284 in February, taking my profit for 2011 to $626. At one stage my year-to-date profit was close to $800, but I suffered a couple of horror badugi sessions which were really just a correction after an unsustainably good run. I finally got my computer back today and played some badugi on Stars, carrying on pretty much where I left off. Here are a couple of hands:
Hand 1
This was only my fourth or fifth hand after my hiatus. Lukey and I were chatting about the earthquake when, to my surprise, I was dealt the 11,000-to-1 nuts. I was even more surprised when Lukey showed me her hand. This isn't the first time she's played a monster in this fashion against me.
PokerStars Game #58518883980: Badugi Limit ($1/$2 USD) - 2011/03/02 1:12:36 ET
Table 'Eugenia XII' 8-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: Dick Edd ($185 in chips)
Seat 2: mastapazoo ($51.75 in chips)
Seat 4: plutoman20 ($48.50 in chips)
Seat 5: Zecke1960 ($35.50 in chips)
Seat 6: Targhee ($66.25 in chips)
Seat 7: arnaldo23 ($70 in chips)
Seat 8: lukey1958 ($66.75 in chips)
Targhee: posts small blind $0.50
arnaldo23: posts big blind $1
NatalShark: sits out
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [4s 2c 3h Ad]
lukey1958 said, "during office hours as well"
lukey1958: calls $1
Dick Edd: folds
mastapazoo: folds
plutoman20: raises $1 to $2
Zecke1960: calls $2
Targhee: calls $1.50
arnaldo23: calls $1
lukey1958: calls $1
*** FIRST DRAW ***
Targhee: discards 1 card
arnaldo23: discards 2 cards
lukey1958: discards 2 cards
plutoman20: stands pat on [4s 2c 3h Ad]
Zecke1960: discards 3 cards
Targhee: checks
arnaldo23: checks
lukey1958: checks
plutoman20: bets $1
Zecke1960: calls $1
Targhee: calls $1
arnaldo23: folds
lukey1958: calls $1
*** SECOND DRAW ***
Targhee: discards 1 card
lukey1958: discards 1 card
plutoman20: stands pat on [4s 2c 3h Ad]
Zecke1960: discards 2 cards
Targhee: checks
lukey1958: bets $2
plutoman20: raises $2 to $4
Zecke1960: folds
Targhee: folds
lukey1958: calls $2
*** THIRD DRAW ***
lukey1958: stands pat
plutoman20: stands pat on [4s 2c 3h Ad]
lukey1958: checks
plutoman20: bets $2
lukey1958: calls $2
*** SHOW DOWN ***
plutoman20: shows [4s 2c 3h Ad] (Badugi: 4,3,2,A)
plutoman20 said, "sorry lukey"
lukey1958: shows [5d 3s 4c Ah] (Badugi: 5,4,3,A)
plutoman20 collected $25 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $26 Rake $1
Seat 1: Dick Edd folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 2: mastapazoo folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 4: plutoman20 showed [4s 2c 3h Ad] and won ($25) with a Badugi: 4,3,2,A
Seat 5: Zecke1960 (button) folded after the 2nd Draw
Seat 6: Targhee (small blind) folded after the 2nd Draw
Seat 7: arnaldo23 (big blind) folded after the 1st Draw
Seat 8: lukey1958 showed [5d 3s 4c Ah] and lost with a Badugi: 5,4,3,A
Hand 2
In hindsight I think just calling the river would have been better. You never know but when he caps the turn I'm probably up against a six at least. So my number seven beats about half his hands, and when you consider the extra bet I lose when he three-bets me I think that without any reads it's a fairly clear call.
PokerStars Game #58520373621: Badugi Limit ($1/$2 USD) - 2011/03/02 2:36:06 ET
Table 'Eugenia XII' 8-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: Dick Edd ($175.50 in chips)
Seat 2: GVP-URFO ($26.75 in chips)
Seat 4: plutoman20 ($55.50 in chips)
Seat 6: Owschlag ($41.75 in chips)
Seat 7: nelda ($25.50 in chips)
Owschlag: posts small blind $0.50
nelda: posts big blind $1
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [Ah 6c Th 2s]
Dick Edd: folds
GVP-URFO: raises $1 to $2
plutoman20: calls $2
Owschlag: folds
nelda: calls $1
*** FIRST DRAW ***
nelda: discards 2 cards
GVP-URFO: discards 1 card
plutoman20: discards 1 card [Th]
Dealt to plutoman20 [Ah 6c 2s] [4d]
nelda: checks
GVP-URFO: bets $1
plutoman20: raises $1 to $2
nelda: folds
GVP-URFO: calls $1
*** SECOND DRAW ***
GVP-URFO: discards 1 card
plutoman20: stands pat on [Ah 6c 2s 4d]
GVP-URFO: checks
plutoman20: bets $2
GVP-URFO: raises $2 to $4
plutoman20: raises $2 to $6
GVP-URFO: raises $2 to $8
Betting is capped
plutoman20: calls $2
*** THIRD DRAW ***
GVP-URFO: stands pat
plutoman20: stands pat on [Ah 6c 2s 4d]
GVP-URFO: bets $2
plutoman20: raises $2 to $4
GVP-URFO: raises $2 to $6
plutoman20: calls $2
*** SHOW DOWN ***
GVP-URFO: shows [3d 4c 5h As] (Badugi: 5,4,3,A)
Mega joins the table at seat #8
plutoman20: mucks hand
GVP-URFO collected $37.50 from pot
plutoman20 said, "nh"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $38.50 Rake $1
Seat 1: Dick Edd folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 2: GVP-URFO showed [3d 4c 5h As] and won ($37.50) with a Badugi: 5,4,3,A
Seat 4: plutoman20 (button) mucked [Ah 6c 4d 2s]
Seat 6: Owschlag (small blind) folded before the Draw
Seat 7: nelda (big blind) folded after the 1st Draw
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