Last night I experienced live poker for the first time. Like most new things that involve, er, real people, this was seriously scary for me. It was a weekly $10 buy-in tournament at the Cambridge Hotel pub. One bloke looked like he was running the show; I asked him if he was the poker guy. "What does it look like?" OK, be like that. He took my ten bucks and gave me a card which they stamp each time you buy a drink; each stamp was exchangeable for 500 chips. I just had two beers - hopefully they would relax me.
You could sit down at any table in front of any 6000-chip stack. Everybody seemed scary to some degree; I tried to pick the least scary table. The tournament started; cards and chips were flying around and it was all a bit intimidating. I quickly let the rest of the table know that I'd never played live before. I knew about burn cards but had no idea about cutting the cards before each deal or that funny yellow plastic card which stops people from seeing the bottom card in the deck. And as for that fancy shuffling, forget it. I made every mistake imaginable - forgetting to post the blinds, not knowing when it was my turn to act, dealing cards too high up (so people's eyeballs are a centimetre from the table when the cards are dealt?), trying to deal more than two cards to each player (perhaps wishing it was badugi), forgetting to burn, and plenty more besides. The chips were effectively foreign currency to me (what's black again?) and sometimes I put in the wrong amount. I had to concentrate so hard on the mechanics of the game that I was glad to be dealt mostly crap in the early stages.
I won my first pot when I flopped a flush draw with AQs and semibluffed the turn. Then just before the first break I got sucked in with KTs, calling off a fair portion of my stack before folding to a smallish river bet in a sizeable pot. He showed his rivered full house; I hadn't even got a pair. I was short and soon after the break I got all in with QJo, half-hoping I could just go home. My shove was called and I was heading home until a jack came on the river. Being unaware of poker etiquette I apologised profusely for my suckout.
I managed to accumulate chips after that. On one hand I got a free look in the big blind with (I think) Kd 6d. We went four-handed (at least) to the flop which came out all diamonds, including the ace, giving me the nut flush. I just checked, as did everyone else. The turn was basically a blank. Again I checked, this time there was a bet and a call, and I went all in. They folded but it was still a useful pot. People seemed to drop like flies and by the second break I found myself at the final table.
I still got pulled up for one or two things. The blinds were 800 and 1600 when I pushed out four 1000s followed by four 100s and announced "four-four". But no, I had to take back my 100s and only raise to 4000. It seems I tried to make a "string bet" (when a player uses more than one forward motion to put chips in for a raise without verbally declaring the raise first) but I wasn't to know. With maybe six players left and the blinds at 3000 and 6000, I had only 20,000 or so. I was in the big blind with Th 9d and nobody raised. The flop came 9-4-3, all hearts. I just checked, the (pretty good, I thought) woman opposite me went all in and had me covered. I had no real choice but to call with my pair and flush draw. She flipped over 4-3 for two small pair, the turn was a nine and I survived once more. I guessed I was slight underdog, maybe 55-45, but Twodimes actually makes me a 51-49 favourite. There can't be many times in hold 'em that the worst hand on the flop is actually the favourite. Soon afterwards she got short and shoved J2o; I happened to have KK and she was out.
They didn't have a payout structure; everything depended on deals. With five left we agreed that everyone would get $10 back from the $350 pool; with three left we decided to split the remainder $175-$75-$50. I thought I was likely to finish second because I had a good stack but heads-up isn't my forte, so I didn't like that split much but hey. When we got heads-up I had the chip lead. A few people stuck around to watch and one woman (who was particularly cowgirl-like) wanted to know my online handle. She was also desperate to know whether I had a jack on a particular hand in which I went all in. We swapped the chip lead three times, he survived with KK against my A8 on an eight-high flop, then I hung on with my pocket eights against two overcards but the end came for me with he rivered a nine to beat my K2s. The nerve-wracking tournament (the nerves had nothing to do with winning or losing) lasted a little over four hours.
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Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Getting lucky
Poker Stars' random number generator treated me well this morning. I played two tournaments simultaneously and cashed in both, but I spent a good part of my four hours gasping for air, clinging desperately to life. In the $5.50 single draw I was on the same table as Mr Shove, who might have been one of Roger Hargreaves' creations. I had good draws but kept folding to his all-ins. One time I was dealt a 10-6, Mr Shove made his usual play, and I folded once more, instantly regretting it (my fold was a kneejerk reaction based on cash game experience). I busted shortly before the rebuy period ended so I fired a second bullet. I got moved to another table and this time faced Mr Shove's big brother, Mr Push, who went all in about every third or fourth hand. I was low on chips when I got a seven draw in early position, there were a number of limpers, then Mr Push made his favourite play. With all the limpers it seemed a call. This time Mr Push had a pat nine but I made number three to survive. All my chips went in the middle on several occasions, and each time I somehow held on. I thought I played pretty well at the final table, pulling off the odd well-timed bluff. We were three-handed for a while until my luck finally deserted me when my pat 9-7 was outdrawn - had I won that hand I'd have been heads-up with a handy chip lead, but instead I finished in third place a few hands later. I could hardly complain with a payout of $72.50.
I made a good start to the weekly FPP no limit hold 'em tournament when I flopped the nut flush and check-raised all in against someone who couldn't get away from pocket aces. I wonder whether I could have done. I made what was probably a bad series of calls with a straight draw to lose half my stack, and was then crippled when my opponent rivered a straight. Shortly after, I got 88 and pushed, ran into JJ, but hit an eight on the river (I actually had six outs - I also had a gutshot straight draw). I acquired a reasonable stack and clung on for some time before busting in 210th place for $30.
Will I play any more poker this year? I don't know. Yesterday I was getting a bit fed up with it even though I was making money. It's perfect weather for it (it's been sheeting down with rain for days) but I've got plenty to do before I go down south on Wednesday. I'm also going to see Gorillaz on Tuesday night. Mum and Dad now have wireless broadband, and I'm sure I could sneak in the odd session on my laptop if I wanted to, but I think I'd rather be reading books and spending more time outside. I might play enough hands to get another $20 bonus on Full Tilt (that won't be many) and I'll call it a day - or a year.
Someone had this to say about Friday's $55 single draw tournament: "MiniFTOPS #25 was the most tilting experience ever playing poker. My time would have been better spent lighting 55 dollar bills on fire, one at a time." I don't tilt easily but I can see where he's coming from. 8643...8. Great. Next hand: 7632...6. Oh well. 8432...King. And so it went on. Here are a few recent hands:
Hand 1
This was probably the biggest hand of the tournament for me. It was the last hand before the first (and for me the only) break. Can I call getting two to one? I figured he could easily make this play with a worse hand, but a third of the time?
Full Tilt Poker Game #26462725259: MiniFTOPS Event #25 (195754169), Table 51 - 40/80 Ante 20 - No Limit 2-7 Single Draw - 21:54:41 ET - 2010/12/16
Seat 1: ratman5 (1,605)
Seat 2: jcg2005 (9,493)
Seat 3: foo__ (6,590)
Seat 4: plutoman20 (3,527)
Seat 5: 043icf (2,562)
Seat 6: da Mom2 (5,261)
ratman5 antes 20
jcg2005 antes 20
foo__ antes 20
plutoman20 antes 20
043icf antes 20
da Mom2 antes 20
jcg2005 posts the small blind of 40
foo__ posts the big blind of 80
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [9d 3h 2c 8c 4c]
plutoman20 raises to 280
043icf folds
da Mom2 folds
ratman5 folds
jcg2005 calls 240
foo__ calls 200
*** DRAW *** (Pot: 960)
jcg2005 stands pat
foo__ discards 1 card
plutoman20 stands pat on [9d 3h 2c 8c 4c]
foo__ is dealt 1 card
jcg2005 checks
foo__ bets 960
plutoman20 folds
jcg2005 folds
Uncalled bet of 960 returned to foo__
foo__ mucks
foo__ wins the pot (960)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 960 Rake 0
Seat 1: ratman5 (button) folded before the Draw
Seat 2: jcg2005 (small blind) folded after the Draw
Seat 3: foo__ (big blind) collected (960), mucked
Seat 4: plutoman20 folded after the Draw
Seat 5: 043icf folded before the Draw
Seat 6: da Mom2 folded before the Draw
Hand 2
This hand created a new record for the best hand I've ever folded in single draw. I hadn't seen Mr McGee make this move before, and I think he's polarised towards huge hands (i.e. sevens) and bluffs. My hand doesn't contain a seven. I don't think this would be a bad play if he did have a seven - he knows I'll have an eight a decent amount of the time, and a lot of players don't fold eights, let alone good eights. I can't say I enjoyed this fold, which was based on feel more than anything else.
PokerStars Game #54388194113: Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit ($0.25/$0.50 USD) - 2010/12/17 1:47:16 ET
Table 'Icarus III' 7-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: carome ($27.80 in chips)
Seat 2: Elales ($25.75 in chips)
Seat 3: KHOOH Member ($9.75 in chips)
Seat 4: plutoman20 ($33.95 in chips)
Seat 5: mr_mcgee2 ($40 in chips)
Seat 6: CanadianPort ($44.40 in chips)
Seat 7: 'tacheman ($20.85 in chips)
plutoman20: posts small blind $0.25
mr_mcgee2: posts big blind $0.50
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [6s 2c Qs 3s 8d]
CanadianPort: folds
'tacheman: folds
carome: calls $0.50
Elales: folds
KHOOH Member: folds
plutoman20: raises $1.50 to $2
mr_mcgee2: calls $1.50
carome: calls $1.50
plutoman20: discards 1 card [Qs]
Dealt to plutoman20 [6s 2c 3s 8d] [5c]
mr_mcgee2: discards 1 card
carome: discards 1 card
plutoman20: bets $4
mr_mcgee2: raises $34 to $38 and is all-in
carome: folds
plutoman20: folds
Uncalled bet ($34) returned to mr_mcgee2
mr_mcgee2 collected $13.35 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $14 Rake $0.65
Seat 1: carome folded on the Flop
Seat 2: Elales folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: KHOOH Member (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: plutoman20 (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 5: mr_mcgee2 (big blind) collected ($13.35)
Seat 6: CanadianPort folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: 'tacheman folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Hand 3
I don't think I can call and pat, I don't think I can four-bet and pat (although he might well have folded had I done so), and I don't think I can fold this either. I end up breaking the better hand, just. It's not nice being out of position in this game.
PokerStars Game #54439997555: Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit ($0.25/$0.50 USD) - 2010/12/18 2:26:27 ET
Table 'Victoria V' 7-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: Elales ($20.45 in chips)
Seat 2: plutoman20 ($21.70 in chips)
Seat 3: El chapulin9 ($29.70 in chips)
Seat 4: John V1982 ($13.55 in chips)
Seat 5: cockaroach13 ($16.20 in chips)
Seat 6: mr_mcgee2 ($32.15 in chips)
Seat 7: andrey738 ($17.60 in chips)
andrey738: posts small blind $0.25
Elales: posts big blind $0.50
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [7s 8s Tc 6s 2c]
plutoman20: raises $1 to $1.50
El chapulin9: folds
John V1982: folds
cockaroach13: folds
mr_mcgee2: raises $3 to $4.50
andrey738: folds
Elales: folds
plutoman20: calls $3
plutoman20: discards 1 card [Tc]
Dealt to plutoman20 [7s 8s 6s 2c] [2s]
mr_mcgee2: stands pat
plutoman20: checks
mr_mcgee2: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
plutoman20: shows [7s 8s 2s 6s 2c] (Lo: a pair of Deuces)
mr_mcgee2: shows [7c 5s 8h Th 6d] (Lo: T,8,7,6,5)
mr_mcgee2 collected $9.30 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $9.75 Rake $0.45
Seat 1: Elales (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: plutoman20 showed [7s 8s 2s 6s 2c] and lost with Lo: a pair of Deuces
Seat 3: El chapulin9 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: John V1982 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: cockaroach13 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: mr_mcgee2 (button) showed [7c 5s 8h Th 6d] and won ($9.30) with Lo: T,8,7,6,5
Seat 7: andrey738 (small blind) folded before Flop
Hand 4
Elales really didn't like this. My hand isn't great but I don't want to fold in position, I can't break it, and if I'm going to pat I really have to reraise, which is what I do. Elales calls me (a four-bet and I'd have been out of the way), then he pats. Ugh. Now what? What's more likely? Him patting a worse jack or me hitting a deuce or a nine (which I figure will both be good). I decide on the latter, break my unbreakable hand, and strike gold. Elales' chat after this hand wasn't complimentary to me (and it's a good job he didn't know I drew to the 7654 or else he'd have been apoplectic). In hindsight I probably should have just folded to his initial raise. Make my hand J7652 or even J7653 and I think my play would have been fine. But his play wasn't brilliant either: by not four-betting he gave me infinite odds to hit my longshot draw (as it happened, if I'd hit a nine we would have split).
PokerStars Game #54440170421: Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit ($0.25/$0.50 USD) - 2010/12/18 2:35:28 ET
Table 'Victoria V' 7-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: Elales ($17.15 in chips)
Seat 2: plutoman20 ($21.10 in chips)
Seat 3: El chapulin9 ($27.80 in chips)
Seat 4: John V1982 ($12.90 in chips)
Seat 5: Donkery ($19.85 in chips)
Seat 6: mr_mcgee2 ($26.05 in chips)
Seat 7: andrey738 ($26.85 in chips)
Donkery: posts small blind $0.25
mr_mcgee2: posts big blind $0.50
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [5c Jh 7s 6h 4c]
andrey738: folds
Elales: raises $1 to $1.50
plutoman20: raises $2.50 to $4
El chapulin9: folds
John V1982: folds
Donkery: folds
mr_mcgee2: folds
Elales: calls $2.50
Elales: stands pat
plutoman20: discards 1 card [Jh]
Dealt to plutoman20 [5c 7s 6h 4c] [2s]
Elales: checks
plutoman20: bets $5.50
Elales: calls $5.50
*** SHOW DOWN ***
plutoman20: shows [5c 2s 7s 6h 4c] (Lo: 7,6,5,4,2)
Elales: mucks hand
plutoman20 collected $18.80 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $19.75 Rake $0.95
Seat 1: Elales mucked [9h 6c 7c 5h 4h]
Seat 2: plutoman20 showed [5c 2s 7s 6h 4c] and won ($18.80) with Lo: 7,6,5,4,2
Seat 3: El chapulin9 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: John V1982 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Donkery (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: mr_mcgee2 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: andrey738 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Hand 5
Yesterday I made $63 in two dozen hands at $2/$4 badugi. It was only the second time I'd played at that level; my first attempt was far less successful. The play on this table was particularly bad (hence why I was there). As yet, this is the biggest badugi pot I've played. It was hard to make sense of what was going on here. You've got Tima calling $5 pre-draw and taking two, Snirk donking into me and heaven knows what else. When Snirk gets out of the way I decide to put in a thin value raise. It was only half an hour after this hand, when I looked at what Ma22ye81 had, that I realised just how thin.
PokerStars Game #54413770401: Badugi Limit ($2/$4 USD) - 2010/12/17 14:59:01 ET
Table 'Lupus VIII' 8-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: plutoman20 ($127 in chips)
Seat 2: tima0061 ($39 in chips)
Seat 3: PanTangTyger ($80 in chips)
Seat 4: ma22ye81 ($52 in chips)
Seat 5: snirk ($173 in chips)
Seat 7: cuchiku ($151 in chips)
tima0061: posts small blind $1
PanTangTyger: posts big blind $2
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [6d 2c 4s 8h]
ma22ye81: raises $2 to $4
snirk: calls $4
cuchiku: folds
plutoman20: raises $2 to $6
tima0061: calls $5
PanTangTyger: calls $4
ma22ye81: calls $2
snirk: calls $2
*** FIRST DRAW ***
tima0061: discards 2 cards
PanTangTyger: discards 2 cards
ma22ye81: discards 2 cards
snirk: discards 1 card
plutoman20: stands pat on [6d 2c 4s 8h]
tima0061: checks
PanTangTyger: checks
ma22ye81: checks
snirk: bets $2
plutoman20: raises $2 to $4
tima0061: calls $4
PanTangTyger: folds
ma22ye81: raises $2 to $6
snirk: calls $4
plutoman20: calls $2
tima0061: calls $2
*** SECOND DRAW ***
tima0061: discards 1 card
ma22ye81: stands pat
snirk: discards 1 card
plutoman20: stands pat on [6d 2c 4s 8h]
tima0061: checks
ma22ye81: bets $4
snirk: folds
plutoman20: raises $4 to $8
tima0061: folds
ma22ye81: calls $4
*** THIRD DRAW ***
ma22ye81: stands pat
plutoman20: stands pat on [6d 2c 4s 8h]
ma22ye81: checks
plutoman20: bets $4
ma22ye81: calls $4
*** SHOW DOWN ***
plutoman20: shows [6d 2c 4s 8h] (Badugi: 8,6,4,2)
ma22ye81: mucks hand
plutoman20 collected $75 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $78 Rake $3
Seat 1: plutoman20 (button) showed [6d 2c 4s 8h] and won ($75) with a Badugi: 8,6,4,2
Seat 2: tima0061 (small blind) folded after the 2nd Draw
Seat 3: PanTangTyger (big blind) folded after the 1st Draw
Seat 4: ma22ye81 mucked [6c 3d 4h 8s]
Seat 5: snirk folded after the 2nd Draw
Seat 7: cuchiku folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Update:
Hand 6
This one from perhaps my last session of the year. Poolwiz doesn't cap pre-draw so probably doesn't like his badugi much. So I go for a bluff raise on the turn. It's important to be in position for this manoeuvre: if he calls and pats I can still draw.
Full Tilt Poker Game #26518525793: Table Ticonderoga - $1/$2 - Limit Badugi - 22:49:30 ET - 2010/12/18
Seat 1: Crabman ($53)
Seat 2: mafiawarwalter ($12)
Seat 3: poolwiz1 ($48)
Seat 4: Han_Jam_Bang ($64.50)
Seat 5: plutoman20 ($72.75)
Seat 6: manager9 ($20), is sitting out
Seat 7: papo95 ($23.25)
Seat 8: mymaria1 ($13.70)
mymaria1 posts the small blind of $0.50
Crabman posts the big blind of $1
The button is in seat #7
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [2s 2h Ah 3d]
mafiawarwalter folds
poolwiz1 raises to $2
Han_Jam_Bang folds
plutoman20 raises to $3
papo95 folds
mymaria1 folds
Crabman folds
poolwiz1 calls $1
*** FIRST DRAW *** (Pot: $7.50)
poolwiz1 stands pat
plutoman20 discards 1 card [2h]
Dealt to plutoman20 [2s Ah 3d] [Jh]
poolwiz1 bets $1
plutoman20 calls $1
*** SECOND DRAW *** (Pot: $9.50)
poolwiz1 stands pat
plutoman20 discards 1 card [Jh]
Dealt to plutoman20 [2s Ah 3d] [9h]
poolwiz1 bets $2
mafiawarwalter stands up
plutoman20 raises to $4
poolwiz1 folds
Uncalled bet of $2 returned to plutoman20
plutoman20 mucks
plutoman20 wins the pot ($13)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $13.50 Rake $0.50
Seat 1: Crabman (big blind) folded before the Draw
Seat 2: mafiawarwalter folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 3: poolwiz1 folded after the 2nd Draw
Seat 4: Han_Jam_Bang folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 5: plutoman20 collected ($13), mucked
Seat 6: manager9 is sitting out
Seat 7: papo95 (button) folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 8: mymaria1 (small blind) folded before the Draw
I made a good start to the weekly FPP no limit hold 'em tournament when I flopped the nut flush and check-raised all in against someone who couldn't get away from pocket aces. I wonder whether I could have done. I made what was probably a bad series of calls with a straight draw to lose half my stack, and was then crippled when my opponent rivered a straight. Shortly after, I got 88 and pushed, ran into JJ, but hit an eight on the river (I actually had six outs - I also had a gutshot straight draw). I acquired a reasonable stack and clung on for some time before busting in 210th place for $30.
Will I play any more poker this year? I don't know. Yesterday I was getting a bit fed up with it even though I was making money. It's perfect weather for it (it's been sheeting down with rain for days) but I've got plenty to do before I go down south on Wednesday. I'm also going to see Gorillaz on Tuesday night. Mum and Dad now have wireless broadband, and I'm sure I could sneak in the odd session on my laptop if I wanted to, but I think I'd rather be reading books and spending more time outside. I might play enough hands to get another $20 bonus on Full Tilt (that won't be many) and I'll call it a day - or a year.
Someone had this to say about Friday's $55 single draw tournament: "MiniFTOPS #25 was the most tilting experience ever playing poker. My time would have been better spent lighting 55 dollar bills on fire, one at a time." I don't tilt easily but I can see where he's coming from. 8643...8. Great. Next hand: 7632...6. Oh well. 8432...King. And so it went on. Here are a few recent hands:
Hand 1
This was probably the biggest hand of the tournament for me. It was the last hand before the first (and for me the only) break. Can I call getting two to one? I figured he could easily make this play with a worse hand, but a third of the time?
Full Tilt Poker Game #26462725259: MiniFTOPS Event #25 (195754169), Table 51 - 40/80 Ante 20 - No Limit 2-7 Single Draw - 21:54:41 ET - 2010/12/16
Seat 1: ratman5 (1,605)
Seat 2: jcg2005 (9,493)
Seat 3: foo__ (6,590)
Seat 4: plutoman20 (3,527)
Seat 5: 043icf (2,562)
Seat 6: da Mom2 (5,261)
ratman5 antes 20
jcg2005 antes 20
foo__ antes 20
plutoman20 antes 20
043icf antes 20
da Mom2 antes 20
jcg2005 posts the small blind of 40
foo__ posts the big blind of 80
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [9d 3h 2c 8c 4c]
plutoman20 raises to 280
043icf folds
da Mom2 folds
ratman5 folds
jcg2005 calls 240
foo__ calls 200
*** DRAW *** (Pot: 960)
jcg2005 stands pat
foo__ discards 1 card
plutoman20 stands pat on [9d 3h 2c 8c 4c]
foo__ is dealt 1 card
jcg2005 checks
foo__ bets 960
plutoman20 folds
jcg2005 folds
Uncalled bet of 960 returned to foo__
foo__ mucks
foo__ wins the pot (960)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 960 Rake 0
Seat 1: ratman5 (button) folded before the Draw
Seat 2: jcg2005 (small blind) folded after the Draw
Seat 3: foo__ (big blind) collected (960), mucked
Seat 4: plutoman20 folded after the Draw
Seat 5: 043icf folded before the Draw
Seat 6: da Mom2 folded before the Draw
Hand 2
This hand created a new record for the best hand I've ever folded in single draw. I hadn't seen Mr McGee make this move before, and I think he's polarised towards huge hands (i.e. sevens) and bluffs. My hand doesn't contain a seven. I don't think this would be a bad play if he did have a seven - he knows I'll have an eight a decent amount of the time, and a lot of players don't fold eights, let alone good eights. I can't say I enjoyed this fold, which was based on feel more than anything else.
PokerStars Game #54388194113: Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit ($0.25/$0.50 USD) - 2010/12/17 1:47:16 ET
Table 'Icarus III' 7-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: carome ($27.80 in chips)
Seat 2: Elales ($25.75 in chips)
Seat 3: KHOOH Member ($9.75 in chips)
Seat 4: plutoman20 ($33.95 in chips)
Seat 5: mr_mcgee2 ($40 in chips)
Seat 6: CanadianPort ($44.40 in chips)
Seat 7: 'tacheman ($20.85 in chips)
plutoman20: posts small blind $0.25
mr_mcgee2: posts big blind $0.50
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [6s 2c Qs 3s 8d]
CanadianPort: folds
'tacheman: folds
carome: calls $0.50
Elales: folds
KHOOH Member: folds
plutoman20: raises $1.50 to $2
mr_mcgee2: calls $1.50
carome: calls $1.50
plutoman20: discards 1 card [Qs]
Dealt to plutoman20 [6s 2c 3s 8d] [5c]
mr_mcgee2: discards 1 card
carome: discards 1 card
plutoman20: bets $4
mr_mcgee2: raises $34 to $38 and is all-in
carome: folds
plutoman20: folds
Uncalled bet ($34) returned to mr_mcgee2
mr_mcgee2 collected $13.35 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $14 Rake $0.65
Seat 1: carome folded on the Flop
Seat 2: Elales folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: KHOOH Member (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: plutoman20 (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 5: mr_mcgee2 (big blind) collected ($13.35)
Seat 6: CanadianPort folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: 'tacheman folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Hand 3
I don't think I can call and pat, I don't think I can four-bet and pat (although he might well have folded had I done so), and I don't think I can fold this either. I end up breaking the better hand, just. It's not nice being out of position in this game.
PokerStars Game #54439997555: Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit ($0.25/$0.50 USD) - 2010/12/18 2:26:27 ET
Table 'Victoria V' 7-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: Elales ($20.45 in chips)
Seat 2: plutoman20 ($21.70 in chips)
Seat 3: El chapulin9 ($29.70 in chips)
Seat 4: John V1982 ($13.55 in chips)
Seat 5: cockaroach13 ($16.20 in chips)
Seat 6: mr_mcgee2 ($32.15 in chips)
Seat 7: andrey738 ($17.60 in chips)
andrey738: posts small blind $0.25
Elales: posts big blind $0.50
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [7s 8s Tc 6s 2c]
plutoman20: raises $1 to $1.50
El chapulin9: folds
John V1982: folds
cockaroach13: folds
mr_mcgee2: raises $3 to $4.50
andrey738: folds
Elales: folds
plutoman20: calls $3
plutoman20: discards 1 card [Tc]
Dealt to plutoman20 [7s 8s 6s 2c] [2s]
mr_mcgee2: stands pat
plutoman20: checks
mr_mcgee2: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
plutoman20: shows [7s 8s 2s 6s 2c] (Lo: a pair of Deuces)
mr_mcgee2: shows [7c 5s 8h Th 6d] (Lo: T,8,7,6,5)
mr_mcgee2 collected $9.30 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $9.75 Rake $0.45
Seat 1: Elales (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: plutoman20 showed [7s 8s 2s 6s 2c] and lost with Lo: a pair of Deuces
Seat 3: El chapulin9 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: John V1982 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: cockaroach13 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: mr_mcgee2 (button) showed [7c 5s 8h Th 6d] and won ($9.30) with Lo: T,8,7,6,5
Seat 7: andrey738 (small blind) folded before Flop
Hand 4
Elales really didn't like this. My hand isn't great but I don't want to fold in position, I can't break it, and if I'm going to pat I really have to reraise, which is what I do. Elales calls me (a four-bet and I'd have been out of the way), then he pats. Ugh. Now what? What's more likely? Him patting a worse jack or me hitting a deuce or a nine (which I figure will both be good). I decide on the latter, break my unbreakable hand, and strike gold. Elales' chat after this hand wasn't complimentary to me (and it's a good job he didn't know I drew to the 7654 or else he'd have been apoplectic). In hindsight I probably should have just folded to his initial raise. Make my hand J7652 or even J7653 and I think my play would have been fine. But his play wasn't brilliant either: by not four-betting he gave me infinite odds to hit my longshot draw (as it happened, if I'd hit a nine we would have split).
PokerStars Game #54440170421: Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit ($0.25/$0.50 USD) - 2010/12/18 2:35:28 ET
Table 'Victoria V' 7-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: Elales ($17.15 in chips)
Seat 2: plutoman20 ($21.10 in chips)
Seat 3: El chapulin9 ($27.80 in chips)
Seat 4: John V1982 ($12.90 in chips)
Seat 5: Donkery ($19.85 in chips)
Seat 6: mr_mcgee2 ($26.05 in chips)
Seat 7: andrey738 ($26.85 in chips)
Donkery: posts small blind $0.25
mr_mcgee2: posts big blind $0.50
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [5c Jh 7s 6h 4c]
andrey738: folds
Elales: raises $1 to $1.50
plutoman20: raises $2.50 to $4
El chapulin9: folds
John V1982: folds
Donkery: folds
mr_mcgee2: folds
Elales: calls $2.50
Elales: stands pat
plutoman20: discards 1 card [Jh]
Dealt to plutoman20 [5c 7s 6h 4c] [2s]
Elales: checks
plutoman20: bets $5.50
Elales: calls $5.50
*** SHOW DOWN ***
plutoman20: shows [5c 2s 7s 6h 4c] (Lo: 7,6,5,4,2)
Elales: mucks hand
plutoman20 collected $18.80 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $19.75 Rake $0.95
Seat 1: Elales mucked [9h 6c 7c 5h 4h]
Seat 2: plutoman20 showed [5c 2s 7s 6h 4c] and won ($18.80) with Lo: 7,6,5,4,2
Seat 3: El chapulin9 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: John V1982 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Donkery (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: mr_mcgee2 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: andrey738 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Hand 5
Yesterday I made $63 in two dozen hands at $2/$4 badugi. It was only the second time I'd played at that level; my first attempt was far less successful. The play on this table was particularly bad (hence why I was there). As yet, this is the biggest badugi pot I've played. It was hard to make sense of what was going on here. You've got Tima calling $5 pre-draw and taking two, Snirk donking into me and heaven knows what else. When Snirk gets out of the way I decide to put in a thin value raise. It was only half an hour after this hand, when I looked at what Ma22ye81 had, that I realised just how thin.
PokerStars Game #54413770401: Badugi Limit ($2/$4 USD) - 2010/12/17 14:59:01 ET
Table 'Lupus VIII' 8-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: plutoman20 ($127 in chips)
Seat 2: tima0061 ($39 in chips)
Seat 3: PanTangTyger ($80 in chips)
Seat 4: ma22ye81 ($52 in chips)
Seat 5: snirk ($173 in chips)
Seat 7: cuchiku ($151 in chips)
tima0061: posts small blind $1
PanTangTyger: posts big blind $2
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [6d 2c 4s 8h]
ma22ye81: raises $2 to $4
snirk: calls $4
cuchiku: folds
plutoman20: raises $2 to $6
tima0061: calls $5
PanTangTyger: calls $4
ma22ye81: calls $2
snirk: calls $2
*** FIRST DRAW ***
tima0061: discards 2 cards
PanTangTyger: discards 2 cards
ma22ye81: discards 2 cards
snirk: discards 1 card
plutoman20: stands pat on [6d 2c 4s 8h]
tima0061: checks
PanTangTyger: checks
ma22ye81: checks
snirk: bets $2
plutoman20: raises $2 to $4
tima0061: calls $4
PanTangTyger: folds
ma22ye81: raises $2 to $6
snirk: calls $4
plutoman20: calls $2
tima0061: calls $2
*** SECOND DRAW ***
tima0061: discards 1 card
ma22ye81: stands pat
snirk: discards 1 card
plutoman20: stands pat on [6d 2c 4s 8h]
tima0061: checks
ma22ye81: bets $4
snirk: folds
plutoman20: raises $4 to $8
tima0061: folds
ma22ye81: calls $4
*** THIRD DRAW ***
ma22ye81: stands pat
plutoman20: stands pat on [6d 2c 4s 8h]
ma22ye81: checks
plutoman20: bets $4
ma22ye81: calls $4
*** SHOW DOWN ***
plutoman20: shows [6d 2c 4s 8h] (Badugi: 8,6,4,2)
ma22ye81: mucks hand
plutoman20 collected $75 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $78 Rake $3
Seat 1: plutoman20 (button) showed [6d 2c 4s 8h] and won ($75) with a Badugi: 8,6,4,2
Seat 2: tima0061 (small blind) folded after the 2nd Draw
Seat 3: PanTangTyger (big blind) folded after the 1st Draw
Seat 4: ma22ye81 mucked [6c 3d 4h 8s]
Seat 5: snirk folded after the 2nd Draw
Seat 7: cuchiku folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Update:
Hand 6
This one from perhaps my last session of the year. Poolwiz doesn't cap pre-draw so probably doesn't like his badugi much. So I go for a bluff raise on the turn. It's important to be in position for this manoeuvre: if he calls and pats I can still draw.
Full Tilt Poker Game #26518525793: Table Ticonderoga - $1/$2 - Limit Badugi - 22:49:30 ET - 2010/12/18
Seat 1: Crabman ($53)
Seat 2: mafiawarwalter ($12)
Seat 3: poolwiz1 ($48)
Seat 4: Han_Jam_Bang ($64.50)
Seat 5: plutoman20 ($72.75)
Seat 6: manager9 ($20), is sitting out
Seat 7: papo95 ($23.25)
Seat 8: mymaria1 ($13.70)
mymaria1 posts the small blind of $0.50
Crabman posts the big blind of $1
The button is in seat #7
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [2s 2h Ah 3d]
mafiawarwalter folds
poolwiz1 raises to $2
Han_Jam_Bang folds
plutoman20 raises to $3
papo95 folds
mymaria1 folds
Crabman folds
poolwiz1 calls $1
*** FIRST DRAW *** (Pot: $7.50)
poolwiz1 stands pat
plutoman20 discards 1 card [2h]
Dealt to plutoman20 [2s Ah 3d] [Jh]
poolwiz1 bets $1
plutoman20 calls $1
*** SECOND DRAW *** (Pot: $9.50)
poolwiz1 stands pat
plutoman20 discards 1 card [Jh]
Dealt to plutoman20 [2s Ah 3d] [9h]
poolwiz1 bets $2
mafiawarwalter stands up
plutoman20 raises to $4
poolwiz1 folds
Uncalled bet of $2 returned to plutoman20
plutoman20 mucks
plutoman20 wins the pot ($13)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $13.50 Rake $0.50
Seat 1: Crabman (big blind) folded before the Draw
Seat 2: mafiawarwalter folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 3: poolwiz1 folded after the 2nd Draw
Seat 4: Han_Jam_Bang folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 5: plutoman20 collected ($13), mucked
Seat 6: manager9 is sitting out
Seat 7: papo95 (button) folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 8: mymaria1 (small blind) folded before the Draw
Monday, December 6, 2010
Treading water
I finished the weekend slightly ahead but really it felt I was treading water. The cash games at Full Tilt weren’t up to much: badugi ran at 25c/50c and $2/$4 but nothing in between, single draw seemed to be restricted to penny stakes, while ace-to-five hardly ran at all. However I did play two tournaments on Full Tilt. The first was a $3.30 turbo single draw. I don’t like playing turbo anything, but blind levels tend to increase more gradually than on Stars and payout scales are usually more sensible, so on a whim I decided to play. Eight of the 68 starters got paid. I was one of them, just making the flashy final table before busting out in sixth for a payout of eleven bucks.
The other tournament was a freeroll open to Aussies and Kiwis who deposited in November. Handy sums of money were available – ninety out of 300 got paid, the minimum payout being $20. Early on I got AKo, an early-position player raised, I reraised, one of the blinds cold-called while the original raiser folded. The flop came A-10-something, all unsuited. I bet and got check-raised all-in (he had me covered). I put him on a set of tens, top two pair (would he cold-call my three-bet with A-10?), an identical hand to mine, or a complete bluff. I got away.
The next hand of note: I raised pre-flop with AQo and got a lone call from a big stack. Another ace-high rainbow flop with two low cards, I bet, he called me. The turn was a blank but put a flush draw out there. I shoved, he called with no pair but he had the nut flush draw. He missed the nine-outer and I survived.
The bubble had just burst when I got pocket nines in early position and raised to a quarter of my stack. I was talking to my mum on the phone, so decision-making was harder than normal. I got one caller, we saw a flop and guess what, it came ace-high and rainbow with two low cards and unfortunately no nine. I decided to shove, he called me and flipped over AQ. I missed my two-outer to be out in 81st place for a useful twenty bucks. The play in that tournament was tight and seemed to be of a high standard. Somehow it made me more of a fan of no-limit hold ‘em tournaments.
Here are a few hands from the last week or so:
Hand 1
I very rarely comment on my opponents’ play in chat, but I did after this hand. ? How does Lukey not raise at all after the second or third draw? I asked her (I think it is a she) if she could see my cards. After the second draw I don’t necessarily have a badugi at all. I could understand just calling as a slow play with the intention of capping the river, but when she just called my river bet and we split the pot I was blown away. Her (utterly crazy if you ask me) play saved us both money in the end. I feel like posting this hand on Twoplustwo, but I won’t because I don’t want to raise my profile.
PokerStars Game #53732430038: Badugi Limit ($1/$2 USD) - 2010/12/04 16:23:49 ET
Table 'Pierretta IX' 8-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: milyang ($20 in chips)
Seat 4: plutoman20 ($39.50 in chips)
Seat 5: lukey1958 ($30 in chips)
Seat 6: adrian432 ($44 in chips)
Seat 7: gmd68 ($76 in chips)
Seat 8: MILKDOG2007 ($24.25 in chips)
eeeooplad will be allowed to play after the button
plutoman20: posts small blind $0.50
lukey1958: posts big blind $1
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [5c 3d 4h 7h]
adrian432: folds
gmd68: calls $1
MILKDOG2007: folds
milyang: folds
plutoman20: raises $1 to $2
lukey1958: calls $1
gmd68: calls $1
*** FIRST DRAW ***
plutoman20: discards 1 card [7h]
Dealt to plutoman20 [5c 3d 4h] [8d]
lukey1958: discards 1 card
gmd68: discards 2 cards
plutoman20: bets $1
lukey1958: calls $1
gmd68: calls $1
*** SECOND DRAW ***
plutoman20: discards 1 card [8d]
Dealt to plutoman20 [5c 3d 4h] [2s]
lukey1958: discards 1 card
gmd68: discards 1 card
plutoman20: bets $2
lukey1958: calls $2
gmd68: folds
*** THIRD DRAW ***
plutoman20: stands pat on [5c 3d 4h 2s]
lukey1958: stands pat
plutoman20: bets $2
lukey1958: calls $2
*** SHOW DOWN ***
plutoman20: shows [5c 3d 4h 2s] (Badugi: 5,4,3,2)
lukey1958: shows [5s 3c 2h 4d] (Badugi: 5,4,3,2)
plutoman20 collected $8.25 from pot
lukey1958 collected $8 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $17 Rake $0.75
Seat 2: milyang (button) folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 4: plutoman20 (small blind) showed [5c 3d 4h 2s] and won ($8.25) with a Badugi: 5,4,3,2
Seat 5: lukey1958 (big blind) showed [5s 3c 2h 4d] and won ($8) with a Badugi: 5,4,3,2
Seat 6: adrian432 folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 7: gmd68 folded after the 2nd Draw
Seat 8: MILKDOG2007 folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Hand 2
Whether this snow attempt is at all sensible I don’t know. I’ve got a four flush with no high cards but unfortunately no babies either. When I get reraised, and the reraise gets called, I decide to just dump it. Then I (we?) get accused of collusion! The winning hand by the way was 32A, so it’s likely my snow would have been picked off anyway, even if I had continued.
PokerStars Game #53544566957: Badugi Limit ($1/$2 USD) - 2010/11/30 23:25:52 ET
Table 'Waterman' 8-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 2: plutoman20 ($58.25 in chips)
Seat 3: grubette ($40.25 in chips)
Seat 4: Landau1120 ($44.50 in chips)
Seat 5: anudim ($26.75 in chips)
Seat 6: albond69 ($42 in chips)
Seat 7: rossboss35 ($22.75 in chips)
albond69: posts small blind $0.50
rossboss35: posts big blind $1
SOoN_GoKu: sits out
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [5d 8d 7d 9d]
plutoman20: raises $1 to $2
grubette: folds
Landau1120: raises $1 to $3
anudim: calls $3
albond69: folds
rossboss35: folds
cdgolfer is connected
plutoman20: folds
*** FIRST DRAW ***
Landau1120: discards 1 card
anudim: discards 1 card
Landau1120: bets $1
anudim: calls $1
*** SECOND DRAW ***
Landau1120: discards 1 card
anudim: discards 1 card
Landau1120: checks
anudim: bets $2
rossboss35 said, "colusion going on"
Landau1120: calls $2
Hand 3
A nice big pot here, but I think Chiefs’ play is really bad. I’d imagine the set of hands calling this bet are very close to the set of hands that beat him. As it was, this call wasn’t an easy one. I think I might have folded 87643.
PokerStars Game #53652195755: Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit ($0.25/$0.50 USD) - 2010/12/03 4:33:16 ET
Table 'Amata III' 7-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: DaquintaQB ($29.10 in chips)
Seat 2: Donkery ($82.35 in chips)
Seat 3: chiefs1010 ($37.80 in chips)
Seat 4: plutoman20 ($66.35 in chips)
Seat 5: NEMUNAS ($30.25 in chips)
Seat 6: Corrigal R ($14.65 in chips)
Seat 7: poofitwasgon ($29.95 in chips)
plutoman20: posts small blind $0.25
NEMUNAS: posts big blind $0.50
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [6c 5s 2d 3c Kc]
Corrigal R: calls $0.50
poofitwasgon: calls $0.50
DaquintaQB: calls $0.50
Donkery: calls $0.50
chiefs1010: raises $1.50 to $2
plutoman20: calls $1.75
NEMUNAS: folds
Corrigal R: folds
poofitwasgon: folds
DaquintaQB: calls $1.50
Donkery: folds
plutoman20: discards 1 card [Kc]
Dealt to plutoman20 [6c 5s 2d 3c] [8c]
DaquintaQB: discards 2 cards
chiefs1010: stands pat
plutoman20: bets $5
DaquintaQB: folds
chiefs1010: raises $30.80 to $35.80 and is all-in
plutoman20: calls $30.80
*** SHOW DOWN ***
chiefs1010: shows [2c 8s 5d 7d 6d] (Lo: 8,7,6,5,2)
plutoman20: shows [6c 5s 2d 3c 8c] (Lo: 8,6,5,3,2)
plutoman20 collected $76.60 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $79.60 Rake $3
Seat 1: DaquintaQB folded on the Flop
Seat 2: Donkery folded before Flop
Seat 3: chiefs1010 (button) showed [2c 8s 5d 7d 6d] and lost with Lo: 8,7,6,5,2
Seat 4: plutoman20 (small blind) showed [6c 5s 2d 3c 8c] and won ($76.60) with Lo: 8,6,5,3,2
Seat 5: NEMUNAS (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: Corrigal R folded before Flop
Seat 7: poofitwasgon folded before Flop
Hand 4
Surely my 9-8 can’t be good here 25% of the time, even with Donkery in the hand. I actually don’t mind the fold, getting three to one, in spite of the result.
PokerStars Game #53649898877: Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit ($0.25/$0.50 USD) - 2010/12/03 2:26:52 ET
Table 'Amata III' 7-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: SARIIA ($12.65 in chips)
Seat 2: Donkery ($48.55 in chips)
Seat 3: chiefs1010 ($52.05 in chips)
Seat 4: plutoman20 ($59.05 in chips)
Seat 5: _the_panic_ ($38.60 in chips)
Seat 6: zysiu25 ($6.65 in chips)
Seat 7: lGotRivered ($54.15 in chips)
SARIIA: posts small blind $0.25
Donkery: posts big blind $0.50
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [4s 7c 8c 3c Kh]
chiefs1010: folds
lGotRivered said, "1/2 is waitin"
plutoman20: raises $1 to $1.50
_the_panic_: folds
zysiu25: folds
lGotRivered: raises $3 to $4.50
SARIIA: folds
Donkery: calls $4
plutoman20: calls $3
Donkery: stands pat
plutoman20: discards 1 card [Kh]
Dealt to plutoman20 [4s 7c 8c 3c] [9s]
lGotRivered: discards 1 card
Donkery: checks
plutoman20: checks
lGotRivered: bets $11
Donkery: calls $11
plutoman20: folds
*** SHOW DOWN ***
lGotRivered: shows [2h Ah 7h 9d 4d] (Lo: A,9,7,4,2)
Donkery: shows [6s 2d 3d Th 7d] (Lo: T,7,6,3,2)
Donkery collected $34 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $35.75 Rake $1.75
Seat 1: SARIIA (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: Donkery (big blind) showed [6s 2d 3d Th 7d] and won ($34) with Lo: T,7,6,3,2
Seat 3: chiefs1010 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: plutoman20 folded on the Flop
Seat 5: _the_panic_ folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: zysiu25 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: lGotRivered (button) showed [2h Ah 7h 9d 4d] and lost with Lo: A,9,7,4,2
Hand 5
I’d built up a very healthy stack in this session, only to lose 40% of it on this hand. Normally I bet out here but sometimes I go for the check-raise to mix up my play. I did think about just calling the reraise and in hindsight it might have been the right play. Popaionut is a solid regular player who probably expects me to have at least an eight unless I’m bluffing, so his reraising range might be number seven or better, meaning my number five is behind most of his range. Against a worse player this would be an easy all-in.
PokerStars Game #53653362263: Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit ($0.25/$0.50 USD) - 2010/12/03 5:30:20 ET
Table 'Amata III' 7-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 2: SARIIA ($30 in chips)
Seat 3: chiefs1010 ($45.30 in chips)
Seat 4: plutoman20 ($106.50 in chips)
Seat 5: NEMUNAS ($42.25 in chips)
Seat 6: popaionut ($44.45 in chips)
Seat 7: hacker59 ($48.70 in chips)
plutoman20: posts small blind $0.25
NEMUNAS: posts big blind $0.50
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [8h Jd 5s 3d 4d]
popaionut: raises $1 to $1.50
hacker59: folds
SARIIA: folds
chiefs1010: folds
hacker59 leaves the table
plutoman20: calls $1.25
NEMUNAS: folds
plutoman20: discards 1 card [Jd]
Dealt to plutoman20 [8h 5s 3d 4d] [2h]
popaionut: stands pat
Angyalfold joins the table at seat #7
plutoman20: checks
popaionut: bets $2.50
plutoman20: raises $4.50 to $7
popaionut: raises $18 to $25
plutoman20: raises $80 to $105 and is all-in
popaionut: calls $17.95 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($62.05) returned to plutoman20
*** SHOW DOWN ***
plutoman20: shows [8h 2h 5s 3d 4d] (Lo: 8,5,4,3,2)
popaionut: shows [2c 7d 3s 6d 5h] (Lo: 7,6,5,3,2)
popaionut collected $86.40 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $89.40 Rake $3
Seat 2: SARIIA folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: chiefs1010 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: plutoman20 (small blind) showed [8h 2h 5s 3d 4d] and lost with Lo: 8,5,4,3,2
Seat 5: NEMUNAS (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: popaionut showed [2c 7d 3s 6d 5h] and won ($86.40) with Lo: 7,6,5,3,2
Seat 7: hacker59 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Hand 6
Should I be shoving here? I don’t think I can possibly fold pre-flop – I’ve seen people make this move with rough nines, tens and all sorts, especially with short stacks like this.
PokerStars Game #53544702175: Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit ($0.25/$0.50 USD) - 2010/11/30 23:30:43 ET
Table 'Gaby II' 7-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: CASTILLO73 ($22.05 in chips)
Seat 2: papasipeye ($13.50 in chips)
Seat 3: plutoman20 ($27.60 in chips)
Seat 4: chopertony ($37.25 in chips)
Seat 6: grigoriy9 ($9.25 in chips)
Seat 7: Wink_wink ($23.85 in chips)
Wink_wink: posts small blind $0.25
CASTILLO73: posts big blind $0.50
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [5s 4h 9c 7c 2s]
papasipeye: folds
plutoman20: raises $1 to $1.50
chopertony: calls $1.50
grigoriy9: raises $7.75 to $9.25 and is all-in
Wink_wink: folds
CASTILLO73: folds
plutoman20: raises $18.35 to $27.60 and is all-in
chopertony: folds
Uncalled bet ($18.35) returned to plutoman20
plutoman20: stands pat on [5s 4h 9c 7c 2s]
grigoriy9: stands pat
plutoman20 said, "nh"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
plutoman20: shows [5s 4h 9c 7c 2s] (Lo: 9,7,5,4,2)
grigoriy9: shows [3h 8s 5c 4d 6c] (Lo: 8,6,5,4,3)
grigoriy9 collected $19.75 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $20.75 Rake $1
Seat 1: CASTILLO73 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: papasipeye folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: plutoman20 showed [5s 4h 9c 7c 2s] and lost with Lo: 9,7,5,4,2
Seat 4: chopertony folded before Flop
Seat 6: grigoriy9 (button) showed [3h 8s 5c 4d 6c] and won ($19.75) with Lo: 8,6,5,4,3
Seat 7: Wink_wink (small blind) folded before Flop
Hand 7
This was a tricky hand but I think my decision was the right one. People drawing two (or three!) hit sevens and eights more often than you think (as I know from playing triple draw). This wasn’t a big raise but I’m only really beating a bluff. I put him on an 8-7.
PokerStars Game #53544062131: Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit ($0.25/$0.50 USD) - 2010/11/30 23:08:23 ET
Table 'Gaby II' 7-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: CASTILLO73 ($14.60 in chips)
Seat 2: Foolbright ($8 in chips)
Seat 3: plutoman20 ($29.50 in chips)
Seat 4: rmaph ($9.35 in chips)
Seat 5: jimo29 ($43.25 in chips)
Seat 6: grigoriy9 ($10.50 in chips)
Seat 7: Wink_wink ($27.55 in chips)
Foolbright: posts small blind $0.25
plutoman20: posts big blind $0.50
Wink_wink: posts small & big blinds $0.75
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [2s 5c 9d 9c 7h]
rmaph: folds
jimo29: calls $0.50
grigoriy9: folds
Wink_wink: checks
CASTILLO73: raises $1.50 to $2
Foolbright: folds
plutoman20: calls $1.50
jimo29: folds
Wink_wink: calls $1.50
plutoman20: discards 1 card [9c]
Dealt to plutoman20 [2s 5c 9d 7h] [3c]
Wink_wink: discards 2 cards
CASTILLO73: stands pat
plutoman20: bets $4
Wink_wink: raises $6 to $10
CASTILLO73: folds
plutoman20: folds
Uncalled bet ($6) returned to Wink_wink
Wink_wink collected $14.30 from pot
Wink_wink: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $15 Rake $0.70
Seat 1: CASTILLO73 (button) folded on the Flop
Seat 2: Foolbright (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: plutoman20 (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 4: rmaph folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: jimo29 folded before Flop
Seat 6: grigoriy9 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Wink_wink collected ($14.30)
The other tournament was a freeroll open to Aussies and Kiwis who deposited in November. Handy sums of money were available – ninety out of 300 got paid, the minimum payout being $20. Early on I got AKo, an early-position player raised, I reraised, one of the blinds cold-called while the original raiser folded. The flop came A-10-something, all unsuited. I bet and got check-raised all-in (he had me covered). I put him on a set of tens, top two pair (would he cold-call my three-bet with A-10?), an identical hand to mine, or a complete bluff. I got away.
The next hand of note: I raised pre-flop with AQo and got a lone call from a big stack. Another ace-high rainbow flop with two low cards, I bet, he called me. The turn was a blank but put a flush draw out there. I shoved, he called with no pair but he had the nut flush draw. He missed the nine-outer and I survived.
The bubble had just burst when I got pocket nines in early position and raised to a quarter of my stack. I was talking to my mum on the phone, so decision-making was harder than normal. I got one caller, we saw a flop and guess what, it came ace-high and rainbow with two low cards and unfortunately no nine. I decided to shove, he called me and flipped over AQ. I missed my two-outer to be out in 81st place for a useful twenty bucks. The play in that tournament was tight and seemed to be of a high standard. Somehow it made me more of a fan of no-limit hold ‘em tournaments.
Here are a few hands from the last week or so:
Hand 1
I very rarely comment on my opponents’ play in chat, but I did after this hand. ? How does Lukey not raise at all after the second or third draw? I asked her (I think it is a she) if she could see my cards. After the second draw I don’t necessarily have a badugi at all. I could understand just calling as a slow play with the intention of capping the river, but when she just called my river bet and we split the pot I was blown away. Her (utterly crazy if you ask me) play saved us both money in the end. I feel like posting this hand on Twoplustwo, but I won’t because I don’t want to raise my profile.
PokerStars Game #53732430038: Badugi Limit ($1/$2 USD) - 2010/12/04 16:23:49 ET
Table 'Pierretta IX' 8-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: milyang ($20 in chips)
Seat 4: plutoman20 ($39.50 in chips)
Seat 5: lukey1958 ($30 in chips)
Seat 6: adrian432 ($44 in chips)
Seat 7: gmd68 ($76 in chips)
Seat 8: MILKDOG2007 ($24.25 in chips)
eeeooplad will be allowed to play after the button
plutoman20: posts small blind $0.50
lukey1958: posts big blind $1
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [5c 3d 4h 7h]
adrian432: folds
gmd68: calls $1
MILKDOG2007: folds
milyang: folds
plutoman20: raises $1 to $2
lukey1958: calls $1
gmd68: calls $1
*** FIRST DRAW ***
plutoman20: discards 1 card [7h]
Dealt to plutoman20 [5c 3d 4h] [8d]
lukey1958: discards 1 card
gmd68: discards 2 cards
plutoman20: bets $1
lukey1958: calls $1
gmd68: calls $1
*** SECOND DRAW ***
plutoman20: discards 1 card [8d]
Dealt to plutoman20 [5c 3d 4h] [2s]
lukey1958: discards 1 card
gmd68: discards 1 card
plutoman20: bets $2
lukey1958: calls $2
gmd68: folds
*** THIRD DRAW ***
plutoman20: stands pat on [5c 3d 4h 2s]
lukey1958: stands pat
plutoman20: bets $2
lukey1958: calls $2
*** SHOW DOWN ***
plutoman20: shows [5c 3d 4h 2s] (Badugi: 5,4,3,2)
lukey1958: shows [5s 3c 2h 4d] (Badugi: 5,4,3,2)
plutoman20 collected $8.25 from pot
lukey1958 collected $8 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $17 Rake $0.75
Seat 2: milyang (button) folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 4: plutoman20 (small blind) showed [5c 3d 4h 2s] and won ($8.25) with a Badugi: 5,4,3,2
Seat 5: lukey1958 (big blind) showed [5s 3c 2h 4d] and won ($8) with a Badugi: 5,4,3,2
Seat 6: adrian432 folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 7: gmd68 folded after the 2nd Draw
Seat 8: MILKDOG2007 folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Hand 2
Whether this snow attempt is at all sensible I don’t know. I’ve got a four flush with no high cards but unfortunately no babies either. When I get reraised, and the reraise gets called, I decide to just dump it. Then I (we?) get accused of collusion! The winning hand by the way was 32A, so it’s likely my snow would have been picked off anyway, even if I had continued.
PokerStars Game #53544566957: Badugi Limit ($1/$2 USD) - 2010/11/30 23:25:52 ET
Table 'Waterman' 8-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 2: plutoman20 ($58.25 in chips)
Seat 3: grubette ($40.25 in chips)
Seat 4: Landau1120 ($44.50 in chips)
Seat 5: anudim ($26.75 in chips)
Seat 6: albond69 ($42 in chips)
Seat 7: rossboss35 ($22.75 in chips)
albond69: posts small blind $0.50
rossboss35: posts big blind $1
SOoN_GoKu: sits out
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [5d 8d 7d 9d]
plutoman20: raises $1 to $2
grubette: folds
Landau1120: raises $1 to $3
anudim: calls $3
albond69: folds
rossboss35: folds
cdgolfer is connected
plutoman20: folds
*** FIRST DRAW ***
Landau1120: discards 1 card
anudim: discards 1 card
Landau1120: bets $1
anudim: calls $1
*** SECOND DRAW ***
Landau1120: discards 1 card
anudim: discards 1 card
Landau1120: checks
anudim: bets $2
rossboss35 said, "colusion going on"
Landau1120: calls $2
Hand 3
A nice big pot here, but I think Chiefs’ play is really bad. I’d imagine the set of hands calling this bet are very close to the set of hands that beat him. As it was, this call wasn’t an easy one. I think I might have folded 87643.
PokerStars Game #53652195755: Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit ($0.25/$0.50 USD) - 2010/12/03 4:33:16 ET
Table 'Amata III' 7-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: DaquintaQB ($29.10 in chips)
Seat 2: Donkery ($82.35 in chips)
Seat 3: chiefs1010 ($37.80 in chips)
Seat 4: plutoman20 ($66.35 in chips)
Seat 5: NEMUNAS ($30.25 in chips)
Seat 6: Corrigal R ($14.65 in chips)
Seat 7: poofitwasgon ($29.95 in chips)
plutoman20: posts small blind $0.25
NEMUNAS: posts big blind $0.50
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [6c 5s 2d 3c Kc]
Corrigal R: calls $0.50
poofitwasgon: calls $0.50
DaquintaQB: calls $0.50
Donkery: calls $0.50
chiefs1010: raises $1.50 to $2
plutoman20: calls $1.75
NEMUNAS: folds
Corrigal R: folds
poofitwasgon: folds
DaquintaQB: calls $1.50
Donkery: folds
plutoman20: discards 1 card [Kc]
Dealt to plutoman20 [6c 5s 2d 3c] [8c]
DaquintaQB: discards 2 cards
chiefs1010: stands pat
plutoman20: bets $5
DaquintaQB: folds
chiefs1010: raises $30.80 to $35.80 and is all-in
plutoman20: calls $30.80
*** SHOW DOWN ***
chiefs1010: shows [2c 8s 5d 7d 6d] (Lo: 8,7,6,5,2)
plutoman20: shows [6c 5s 2d 3c 8c] (Lo: 8,6,5,3,2)
plutoman20 collected $76.60 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $79.60 Rake $3
Seat 1: DaquintaQB folded on the Flop
Seat 2: Donkery folded before Flop
Seat 3: chiefs1010 (button) showed [2c 8s 5d 7d 6d] and lost with Lo: 8,7,6,5,2
Seat 4: plutoman20 (small blind) showed [6c 5s 2d 3c 8c] and won ($76.60) with Lo: 8,6,5,3,2
Seat 5: NEMUNAS (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: Corrigal R folded before Flop
Seat 7: poofitwasgon folded before Flop
Hand 4
Surely my 9-8 can’t be good here 25% of the time, even with Donkery in the hand. I actually don’t mind the fold, getting three to one, in spite of the result.
PokerStars Game #53649898877: Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit ($0.25/$0.50 USD) - 2010/12/03 2:26:52 ET
Table 'Amata III' 7-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: SARIIA ($12.65 in chips)
Seat 2: Donkery ($48.55 in chips)
Seat 3: chiefs1010 ($52.05 in chips)
Seat 4: plutoman20 ($59.05 in chips)
Seat 5: _the_panic_ ($38.60 in chips)
Seat 6: zysiu25 ($6.65 in chips)
Seat 7: lGotRivered ($54.15 in chips)
SARIIA: posts small blind $0.25
Donkery: posts big blind $0.50
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [4s 7c 8c 3c Kh]
chiefs1010: folds
lGotRivered said, "1/2 is waitin"
plutoman20: raises $1 to $1.50
_the_panic_: folds
zysiu25: folds
lGotRivered: raises $3 to $4.50
SARIIA: folds
Donkery: calls $4
plutoman20: calls $3
Donkery: stands pat
plutoman20: discards 1 card [Kh]
Dealt to plutoman20 [4s 7c 8c 3c] [9s]
lGotRivered: discards 1 card
Donkery: checks
plutoman20: checks
lGotRivered: bets $11
Donkery: calls $11
plutoman20: folds
*** SHOW DOWN ***
lGotRivered: shows [2h Ah 7h 9d 4d] (Lo: A,9,7,4,2)
Donkery: shows [6s 2d 3d Th 7d] (Lo: T,7,6,3,2)
Donkery collected $34 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $35.75 Rake $1.75
Seat 1: SARIIA (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: Donkery (big blind) showed [6s 2d 3d Th 7d] and won ($34) with Lo: T,7,6,3,2
Seat 3: chiefs1010 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: plutoman20 folded on the Flop
Seat 5: _the_panic_ folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: zysiu25 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: lGotRivered (button) showed [2h Ah 7h 9d 4d] and lost with Lo: A,9,7,4,2
Hand 5
I’d built up a very healthy stack in this session, only to lose 40% of it on this hand. Normally I bet out here but sometimes I go for the check-raise to mix up my play. I did think about just calling the reraise and in hindsight it might have been the right play. Popaionut is a solid regular player who probably expects me to have at least an eight unless I’m bluffing, so his reraising range might be number seven or better, meaning my number five is behind most of his range. Against a worse player this would be an easy all-in.
PokerStars Game #53653362263: Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit ($0.25/$0.50 USD) - 2010/12/03 5:30:20 ET
Table 'Amata III' 7-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 2: SARIIA ($30 in chips)
Seat 3: chiefs1010 ($45.30 in chips)
Seat 4: plutoman20 ($106.50 in chips)
Seat 5: NEMUNAS ($42.25 in chips)
Seat 6: popaionut ($44.45 in chips)
Seat 7: hacker59 ($48.70 in chips)
plutoman20: posts small blind $0.25
NEMUNAS: posts big blind $0.50
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [8h Jd 5s 3d 4d]
popaionut: raises $1 to $1.50
hacker59: folds
SARIIA: folds
chiefs1010: folds
hacker59 leaves the table
plutoman20: calls $1.25
NEMUNAS: folds
plutoman20: discards 1 card [Jd]
Dealt to plutoman20 [8h 5s 3d 4d] [2h]
popaionut: stands pat
Angyalfold joins the table at seat #7
plutoman20: checks
popaionut: bets $2.50
plutoman20: raises $4.50 to $7
popaionut: raises $18 to $25
plutoman20: raises $80 to $105 and is all-in
popaionut: calls $17.95 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($62.05) returned to plutoman20
*** SHOW DOWN ***
plutoman20: shows [8h 2h 5s 3d 4d] (Lo: 8,5,4,3,2)
popaionut: shows [2c 7d 3s 6d 5h] (Lo: 7,6,5,3,2)
popaionut collected $86.40 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $89.40 Rake $3
Seat 2: SARIIA folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: chiefs1010 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: plutoman20 (small blind) showed [8h 2h 5s 3d 4d] and lost with Lo: 8,5,4,3,2
Seat 5: NEMUNAS (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: popaionut showed [2c 7d 3s 6d 5h] and won ($86.40) with Lo: 7,6,5,3,2
Seat 7: hacker59 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Hand 6
Should I be shoving here? I don’t think I can possibly fold pre-flop – I’ve seen people make this move with rough nines, tens and all sorts, especially with short stacks like this.
PokerStars Game #53544702175: Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit ($0.25/$0.50 USD) - 2010/11/30 23:30:43 ET
Table 'Gaby II' 7-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: CASTILLO73 ($22.05 in chips)
Seat 2: papasipeye ($13.50 in chips)
Seat 3: plutoman20 ($27.60 in chips)
Seat 4: chopertony ($37.25 in chips)
Seat 6: grigoriy9 ($9.25 in chips)
Seat 7: Wink_wink ($23.85 in chips)
Wink_wink: posts small blind $0.25
CASTILLO73: posts big blind $0.50
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [5s 4h 9c 7c 2s]
papasipeye: folds
plutoman20: raises $1 to $1.50
chopertony: calls $1.50
grigoriy9: raises $7.75 to $9.25 and is all-in
Wink_wink: folds
CASTILLO73: folds
plutoman20: raises $18.35 to $27.60 and is all-in
chopertony: folds
Uncalled bet ($18.35) returned to plutoman20
plutoman20: stands pat on [5s 4h 9c 7c 2s]
grigoriy9: stands pat
plutoman20 said, "nh"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
plutoman20: shows [5s 4h 9c 7c 2s] (Lo: 9,7,5,4,2)
grigoriy9: shows [3h 8s 5c 4d 6c] (Lo: 8,6,5,4,3)
grigoriy9 collected $19.75 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $20.75 Rake $1
Seat 1: CASTILLO73 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: papasipeye folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: plutoman20 showed [5s 4h 9c 7c 2s] and lost with Lo: 9,7,5,4,2
Seat 4: chopertony folded before Flop
Seat 6: grigoriy9 (button) showed [3h 8s 5c 4d 6c] and won ($19.75) with Lo: 8,6,5,4,3
Seat 7: Wink_wink (small blind) folded before Flop
Hand 7
This was a tricky hand but I think my decision was the right one. People drawing two (or three!) hit sevens and eights more often than you think (as I know from playing triple draw). This wasn’t a big raise but I’m only really beating a bluff. I put him on an 8-7.
PokerStars Game #53544062131: Single Draw 2-7 Lowball No Limit ($0.25/$0.50 USD) - 2010/11/30 23:08:23 ET
Table 'Gaby II' 7-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: CASTILLO73 ($14.60 in chips)
Seat 2: Foolbright ($8 in chips)
Seat 3: plutoman20 ($29.50 in chips)
Seat 4: rmaph ($9.35 in chips)
Seat 5: jimo29 ($43.25 in chips)
Seat 6: grigoriy9 ($10.50 in chips)
Seat 7: Wink_wink ($27.55 in chips)
Foolbright: posts small blind $0.25
plutoman20: posts big blind $0.50
Wink_wink: posts small & big blinds $0.75
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [2s 5c 9d 9c 7h]
rmaph: folds
jimo29: calls $0.50
grigoriy9: folds
Wink_wink: checks
CASTILLO73: raises $1.50 to $2
Foolbright: folds
plutoman20: calls $1.50
jimo29: folds
Wink_wink: calls $1.50
plutoman20: discards 1 card [9c]
Dealt to plutoman20 [2s 5c 9d 7h] [3c]
Wink_wink: discards 2 cards
CASTILLO73: stands pat
plutoman20: bets $4
Wink_wink: raises $6 to $10
CASTILLO73: folds
plutoman20: folds
Uncalled bet ($6) returned to Wink_wink
Wink_wink collected $14.30 from pot
Wink_wink: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $15 Rake $0.70
Seat 1: CASTILLO73 (button) folded on the Flop
Seat 2: Foolbright (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: plutoman20 (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 4: rmaph folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: jimo29 folded before Flop
Seat 6: grigoriy9 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Wink_wink collected ($14.30)
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