Just when we thought it couldn’t get any worse, Full Tilt’s licence was suspended last week. Luckily I cashed out of there two or three weeks ago, but will the cheque ($1400 and change) even arrive? And will it bounce when I try to cash it? There are players with scarily large amounts tied up on that site – five years’ average salary kind of amounts – who can’t cash out and fear the money might be gone for ever.
Assuming I do get my money I’ll finally be able to forget about my poker “career”. So why do people dabble (or a lot more) in this online poker lark in the first place?
1. To make money, obviously. But just as obviously most people don’t. I’m guessing 20% of players finish in the black in any given year. For me that was part of the motivation but deep down I knew I lacked the balls to play at high enough stakes to make serious dosh.
2. To have fun, get a buzz, all that stuff.
3. To give one’s brain a workout. The scenery constantly changes; having to react quickly to situations gave me a lot of mental stimulation. This was a pretty big motivator for me.
4. To boost one’s ego by outdoing certain other players, trash-talking in chat, and getting recognition for winning this or that tournament. I never ceased to be amazed at the egos that some players have. That part of the online poker scene left me cold to be honest. In the draw games that I played, people tended to me more civil than is the case at your average hold ’em table, and if they weren’t I’d just switch off chat.
5. To get involved in the poker community, socialise with other players on forums, or joke about how a certain hand played out.
6. To escape from real life, as an alternative to recreational drugs. That was my biggest motivator of all. The realisation of this (and my new situation of trying to pursue a business idea while holding down a full-time job) made me give up.
Finally, I loved this article about Black Friday that Andrew Brokos posted on Twoplustwo, particularly the bit about the meaninglessness of other (non-poker) jobs. I entirely agreed with him.
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
June monthly report (my last!)
Where did half a year go?
Two years ago I joined Carbon Poker, mainly because it had badugi freerolls. I never deposited a penny on the site and almost forgot I still had the account. Then last weekend I fired up the site again to see what their wacky half-pot limit version of badugi was like. It was five-handed with antes instead of blinds. Often everyone would check pre-draw and the five players would draw a dozen or more cards between them. I never saw anyone bet less than the max (maybe you weren't allowed to) so it played out like a limit game but with limits that increased rapidly at each round. After watching some online poker (which is surely a bigger waste of time than playing it) I entered a hold 'em freeroll in a flashback to 2009. There were over 3000 entrants of which 24 got some kind of payout; blinds increased every seven minutes. Almost amusingly I sucked out left, right and centre only to finish 32nd.
I cashed out of both Stars and Full Tilt. The Stars cheque (in Aussie dollars) was sent via courier in double-quick time; in contrast Full Tilt needed a rather embarrassing photo of me holding a piece of ID, and sent the cheque (which I've yet to receive) by snail mail.
Well I made $61 in June (including a $50 bonus!) putting me $1414 ahead for 2011 and $9004 lifetime. This weekend I'll post about the whys of online poker, I promise :)
Two years ago I joined Carbon Poker, mainly because it had badugi freerolls. I never deposited a penny on the site and almost forgot I still had the account. Then last weekend I fired up the site again to see what their wacky half-pot limit version of badugi was like. It was five-handed with antes instead of blinds. Often everyone would check pre-draw and the five players would draw a dozen or more cards between them. I never saw anyone bet less than the max (maybe you weren't allowed to) so it played out like a limit game but with limits that increased rapidly at each round. After watching some online poker (which is surely a bigger waste of time than playing it) I entered a hold 'em freeroll in a flashback to 2009. There were over 3000 entrants of which 24 got some kind of payout; blinds increased every seven minutes. Almost amusingly I sucked out left, right and centre only to finish 32nd.
I cashed out of both Stars and Full Tilt. The Stars cheque (in Aussie dollars) was sent via courier in double-quick time; in contrast Full Tilt needed a rather embarrassing photo of me holding a piece of ID, and sent the cheque (which I've yet to receive) by snail mail.
Well I made $61 in June (including a $50 bonus!) putting me $1414 ahead for 2011 and $9004 lifetime. This weekend I'll post about the whys of online poker, I promise :)
Friday, June 10, 2011
It's over nine thousand!
It's over...and I'm out.
The "over 9000" thing is some internet joke (that I don't get) based on a Japanese cartoon, but last night my profit from this online poker lark broke through the US$9000 barrier. The opportunity cost of playing has got too high so last week I decided I'd call it a day if and when I hit nine grand. It can't believe it was only a week - it felt like forever. Having a profit target wasn't much fun - the emphasis shifted from how I was playing to the raw bottom line, and I became almost obsessive about the goal. I just wanted it to be over.
This was the badugi hand that got me over the line. It was a vaguely interesting hand too. With 952 I'm never sure how many to draw. Guitarlord's surprise pat made it a fairly clear draw-one, even with the chance I was drawing dead to a slow-played monster (which in fact I almost was).
PokerStars Game #63130413643: Badugi Limit ($0.50/$1.00 USD) - 2011/06/09 6:31:16 ET
Table 'Vundtia IV' 8-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: plutoman20 ($30.25 in chips)
Seat 2: AndreiPiter ($9.55 in chips)
Seat 3: guitarlord66 ($29.95 in chips)
Seat 5: beserk007 ($21 in chips)
Seat 6: PAWWEL GOOD ($22.15 in chips)
Seat 7: Stolljar ($7.50 in chips)
Seat 8: LiLZhiMiNG ($19.25 in chips)
AndreiPiter: posts small blind $0.25
guitarlord66: posts big blind $0.50
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [9c 5h 2c 9s]
beserk007: folds
PAWWEL GOOD has timed out
PAWWEL GOOD: folds
Stolljar: folds
LiLZhiMiNG: folds
plutoman20: raises $0.50 to $1
AndreiPiter: calls $0.75
guitarlord66: calls $0.50
*** FIRST DRAW ***
AndreiPiter: discards 1 card
guitarlord66: stands pat
plutoman20: discards 1 card [9c]
Dealt to plutoman20 [5h 2c 9s] [Qh]
AndreiPiter: checks
guitarlord66: bets $0.50
plutoman20: calls $0.50
AndreiPiter: calls $0.50
*** SECOND DRAW ***
AndreiPiter: discards 1 card
guitarlord66: stands pat
plutoman20: discards 1 card [Qh]
Dealt to plutoman20 [5h 2c 9s] [Ad]
AndreiPiter: checks
guitarlord66: bets $1
plutoman20: raises $1 to $2
AndreiPiter: folds
teonoel joins the table at seat #4
guitarlord66: calls $1
*** THIRD DRAW ***
guitarlord66: stands pat
plutoman20: stands pat on [5h 2c 9s Ad]
guitarlord66: checks
plutoman20: bets $1
guitarlord66: calls $1
*** SHOW DOWN ***
plutoman20: shows [Ad 5h 2c 9s] (Badugi: 9,5,2,A)
guitarlord66: shows [9h 7d 2s 3c] (Badugi: 9,7,3,2)
plutoman20 collected $10 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $10.50 Rake $0.50
Seat 1: plutoman20 (button) showed [Ad 5h 2c 9s] and won ($10) with a Badugi: 9,5,2,A
Seat 2: AndreiPiter (small blind) folded after the 2nd Draw
Seat 3: guitarlord66 (big blind) showed [9h 7d 2s 3c] and lost with a Badugi: 9,7,3,2
Seat 5: beserk007 folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 6: PAWWEL GOOD folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Stolljar folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 8: LiLZhiMiNG folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Now I face the task of cashing out on both sites. I'll try and qualify for a WCOOP event with my T$ and FPPs when the series comes around, and I've got enough Full Tilt frequent flyer points to buy into a MiniFTOPS so I'll do the badugi again if scheduling allows and I remember. But apart from that, it's all over. In the next few days I'll write a bit more about my little poker experiment - I feel I've learnt quite a bit from it.
The "over 9000" thing is some internet joke (that I don't get) based on a Japanese cartoon, but last night my profit from this online poker lark broke through the US$9000 barrier. The opportunity cost of playing has got too high so last week I decided I'd call it a day if and when I hit nine grand. It can't believe it was only a week - it felt like forever. Having a profit target wasn't much fun - the emphasis shifted from how I was playing to the raw bottom line, and I became almost obsessive about the goal. I just wanted it to be over.
This was the badugi hand that got me over the line. It was a vaguely interesting hand too. With 952 I'm never sure how many to draw. Guitarlord's surprise pat made it a fairly clear draw-one, even with the chance I was drawing dead to a slow-played monster (which in fact I almost was).
PokerStars Game #63130413643: Badugi Limit ($0.50/$1.00 USD) - 2011/06/09 6:31:16 ET
Table 'Vundtia IV' 8-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: plutoman20 ($30.25 in chips)
Seat 2: AndreiPiter ($9.55 in chips)
Seat 3: guitarlord66 ($29.95 in chips)
Seat 5: beserk007 ($21 in chips)
Seat 6: PAWWEL GOOD ($22.15 in chips)
Seat 7: Stolljar ($7.50 in chips)
Seat 8: LiLZhiMiNG ($19.25 in chips)
AndreiPiter: posts small blind $0.25
guitarlord66: posts big blind $0.50
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [9c 5h 2c 9s]
beserk007: folds
PAWWEL GOOD has timed out
PAWWEL GOOD: folds
Stolljar: folds
LiLZhiMiNG: folds
plutoman20: raises $0.50 to $1
AndreiPiter: calls $0.75
guitarlord66: calls $0.50
*** FIRST DRAW ***
AndreiPiter: discards 1 card
guitarlord66: stands pat
plutoman20: discards 1 card [9c]
Dealt to plutoman20 [5h 2c 9s] [Qh]
AndreiPiter: checks
guitarlord66: bets $0.50
plutoman20: calls $0.50
AndreiPiter: calls $0.50
*** SECOND DRAW ***
AndreiPiter: discards 1 card
guitarlord66: stands pat
plutoman20: discards 1 card [Qh]
Dealt to plutoman20 [5h 2c 9s] [Ad]
AndreiPiter: checks
guitarlord66: bets $1
plutoman20: raises $1 to $2
AndreiPiter: folds
teonoel joins the table at seat #4
guitarlord66: calls $1
*** THIRD DRAW ***
guitarlord66: stands pat
plutoman20: stands pat on [5h 2c 9s Ad]
guitarlord66: checks
plutoman20: bets $1
guitarlord66: calls $1
*** SHOW DOWN ***
plutoman20: shows [Ad 5h 2c 9s] (Badugi: 9,5,2,A)
guitarlord66: shows [9h 7d 2s 3c] (Badugi: 9,7,3,2)
plutoman20 collected $10 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $10.50 Rake $0.50
Seat 1: plutoman20 (button) showed [Ad 5h 2c 9s] and won ($10) with a Badugi: 9,5,2,A
Seat 2: AndreiPiter (small blind) folded after the 2nd Draw
Seat 3: guitarlord66 (big blind) showed [9h 7d 2s 3c] and lost with a Badugi: 9,7,3,2
Seat 5: beserk007 folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 6: PAWWEL GOOD folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Stolljar folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 8: LiLZhiMiNG folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Now I face the task of cashing out on both sites. I'll try and qualify for a WCOOP event with my T$ and FPPs when the series comes around, and I've got enough Full Tilt frequent flyer points to buy into a MiniFTOPS so I'll do the badugi again if scheduling allows and I remember. But apart from that, it's all over. In the next few days I'll write a bit more about my little poker experiment - I feel I've learnt quite a bit from it.
Friday, June 3, 2011
Badugi hat-trick!
I've just won my third consecutive tourney on Poker Stars. All three of them in badugi! I did run pretty well this time it must be said, but I also played aggressively, betting and raising pretty much the whole time. It was a $2.20 pot-limit tourney after all (29 players entered; the other two drew fields of 22 and 49).
Here's a hand where I get lucky. Plan A was to snow after missing my first attempt at a rough seven draw, but Plan B didn't work out too badly! Of course if Erno Gott hadn't been so passive I never would have been able to make my hand.
PokerStars Game #62889129148: Tournament #399244797, $2.00+$0.20 USD Badugi Pot Limit - Level V (50/100) - 2011/06/03 6:15:53 ET
Table '399244797 4' 8-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: aus_raider (2910 in chips)
Seat 2: Enno Gott (5010 in chips)
Seat 3: 4ippolino (3110 in chips)
Seat 4: a1951 (1480 in chips)
Seat 5: HeadCrusher (2510 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 6: utzu09 (2600 in chips)
Seat 7: GottfriedS (3170 in chips)
Seat 8: plutoman20 (3215 in chips)
aus_raider: posts small blind 50
Enno Gott: posts big blind 100
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [7h 4d 8s 6s]
4ippolino: folds
a1951: folds
HeadCrusher: folds
utzu09: folds
GottfriedS: calls 100
plutoman20: raises 180 to 280
aus_raider: folds
Enno Gott: calls 180
GottfriedS: calls 180
*** FIRST DRAW ***
Enno Gott: discards 1 card
GottfriedS: discards 2 cards
plutoman20: discards 1 card [8s]
Dealt to plutoman20 [7h 4d 6s] [8d]
Enno Gott: checks
GottfriedS: checks
plutoman20: bets 530
Enno Gott: calls 530
GottfriedS: folds
*** SECOND DRAW ***
Enno Gott: stands pat
plutoman20: discards 1 card [8d]
Dealt to plutoman20 [7h 4d 6s] [Ac]
Enno Gott: checks
plutoman20: bets 1300
Enno Gott: calls 1300
*** THIRD DRAW ***
Enno Gott: stands pat
plutoman20: stands pat on [7h 4d 6s Ac]
Enno Gott: checks
plutoman20: bets 1105 and is all-in
Enno Gott: calls 1105
*** SHOW DOWN ***
plutoman20: shows [7h 4d Ac 6s] (Badugi: 7,6,4,A)
Enno Gott: shows [7c 6d As 8h] (Badugi: 8,7,6,A)
plutoman20 collected 6760 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 6760 Rake 0
Seat 1: aus_raider (small blind) folded before the Draw
Seat 2: Enno Gott (big blind) showed [7c 6d As 8h] and lost with a Badugi: 8,7,6,A
Seat 3: 4ippolino folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 4: a1951 folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 5: HeadCrusher folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 6: utzu09 folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 7: GottfriedS folded after the 1st Draw
Seat 8: plutoman20 (button) showed [7h 4d Ac 6s] and won (6760) with a Badugi: 7,6,4,A
A bug has been going round the office; unfortunately I caught it so I took Wednesday off work. I had furniture delivered and managed to stock up the bookcase. I also fired up some badugi. It wasn't one of my happier times on the virtual felt as I took a three-figure hit on the first of June. After tonight's efforts I'm "only" $56 in arrears for the still-very-young month.
Here's a hand where I get lucky. Plan A was to snow after missing my first attempt at a rough seven draw, but Plan B didn't work out too badly! Of course if Erno Gott hadn't been so passive I never would have been able to make my hand.
PokerStars Game #62889129148: Tournament #399244797, $2.00+$0.20 USD Badugi Pot Limit - Level V (50/100) - 2011/06/03 6:15:53 ET
Table '399244797 4' 8-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: aus_raider (2910 in chips)
Seat 2: Enno Gott (5010 in chips)
Seat 3: 4ippolino (3110 in chips)
Seat 4: a1951 (1480 in chips)
Seat 5: HeadCrusher (2510 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 6: utzu09 (2600 in chips)
Seat 7: GottfriedS (3170 in chips)
Seat 8: plutoman20 (3215 in chips)
aus_raider: posts small blind 50
Enno Gott: posts big blind 100
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [7h 4d 8s 6s]
4ippolino: folds
a1951: folds
HeadCrusher: folds
utzu09: folds
GottfriedS: calls 100
plutoman20: raises 180 to 280
aus_raider: folds
Enno Gott: calls 180
GottfriedS: calls 180
*** FIRST DRAW ***
Enno Gott: discards 1 card
GottfriedS: discards 2 cards
plutoman20: discards 1 card [8s]
Dealt to plutoman20 [7h 4d 6s] [8d]
Enno Gott: checks
GottfriedS: checks
plutoman20: bets 530
Enno Gott: calls 530
GottfriedS: folds
*** SECOND DRAW ***
Enno Gott: stands pat
plutoman20: discards 1 card [8d]
Dealt to plutoman20 [7h 4d 6s] [Ac]
Enno Gott: checks
plutoman20: bets 1300
Enno Gott: calls 1300
*** THIRD DRAW ***
Enno Gott: stands pat
plutoman20: stands pat on [7h 4d 6s Ac]
Enno Gott: checks
plutoman20: bets 1105 and is all-in
Enno Gott: calls 1105
*** SHOW DOWN ***
plutoman20: shows [7h 4d Ac 6s] (Badugi: 7,6,4,A)
Enno Gott: shows [7c 6d As 8h] (Badugi: 8,7,6,A)
plutoman20 collected 6760 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 6760 Rake 0
Seat 1: aus_raider (small blind) folded before the Draw
Seat 2: Enno Gott (big blind) showed [7c 6d As 8h] and lost with a Badugi: 8,7,6,A
Seat 3: 4ippolino folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 4: a1951 folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 5: HeadCrusher folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 6: utzu09 folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 7: GottfriedS folded after the 1st Draw
Seat 8: plutoman20 (button) showed [7h 4d Ac 6s] and won (6760) with a Badugi: 7,6,4,A
A bug has been going round the office; unfortunately I caught it so I took Wednesday off work. I had furniture delivered and managed to stock up the bookcase. I also fired up some badugi. It wasn't one of my happier times on the virtual felt as I took a three-figure hit on the first of June. After tonight's efforts I'm "only" $56 in arrears for the still-very-young month.
Monday, May 30, 2011
May monthly report
I made $231 in May, pretty good considering I only played on seven days. My profit for the year is $1353. Lifetime I'm up $8943.
With the US dollar dropping like a stone, and American players being locked out of online play, I think it might be time for Poker Stars to ditch the greenback as its currency of choice in favour of something slightly more stable. The Russian ruble, the Canadian loonie and the Indonesian rupiah would all be suitable choices, the Rupiah because it trades at 9000 to the US dollar. Last year I stayed in Bali; my hotel bill came to over four million.
There won't be many more updates I'm afraid. With my new job and plans to start a business (giving me effectively two jobs) I can't afford to be badugi-ing for much longer. It's a shame because it's a been an interesting ride, but as they say, as one door closes another one, er, slams you in the face? I hope not.
With the US dollar dropping like a stone, and American players being locked out of online play, I think it might be time for Poker Stars to ditch the greenback as its currency of choice in favour of something slightly more stable. The Russian ruble, the Canadian loonie and the Indonesian rupiah would all be suitable choices, the Rupiah because it trades at 9000 to the US dollar. Last year I stayed in Bali; my hotel bill came to over four million.
There won't be many more updates I'm afraid. With my new job and plans to start a business (giving me effectively two jobs) I can't afford to be badugi-ing for much longer. It's a shame because it's a been an interesting ride, but as they say, as one door closes another one, er, slams you in the face? I hope not.
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Big-bet badugi bonanza
Last night I won my second Poker Stars tournament in a row. It was a $2.20 pot-limit badugi with 49 runners - back in the day I played those all the time. If anything the play in the early stages was even worse than I remember. With such a low buy-in I could have a bit of fun patting junk and seeing what might happen. I ran pretty well but was pleased with how I played. It was the first tournament I'd played on Stars since 9th April when I took down a 22-man limit badugi at the same micro buy-in - that time I seemed to get an embarrassingly good run of cards.
I also had a good night at the $1/$2 badugi and 25c/50c single draw cash games. Overall I made $100 for the night, which might go some way to restoring the value of my bankroll in my local currency. The NZ dollar has soared to 82 cents against the US.
Here are three hands from last night's big-bet badugiment:
Hand 1
A tiny pot, but notable because I can't remember ever snowing in a two-to-pat situation before. My short-term memory is shocking but I knew I'd seen a lot of spades even if I couldn't remember which ones. My mistake here was going for a check-raise on the turn instead of just betting out.
PokerStars Game #62610445004: Tournament #396965571, $2.00+$0.20 USD Badugi Pot Limit - Level III (30/60) - 2011/05/27 5:54:14 ET
Table '396965571 2' 8-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: cindyana (1610 in chips)
Seat 3: plutoman20 (3520 in chips)
Seat 5: andrey738 (1555 in chips)
Seat 6: black813813 (5300 in chips)
Seat 7: BK1976 (2780 in chips)
Seat 8: bibisss21 (2305 in chips)
cindyana: posts small blind 30
plutoman20: posts big blind 60
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [As Ks Th 3s]
BK1976: calls 60
cindyana: calls 30
plutoman20: checks
Everybody else folds
*** FIRST DRAW ***
cindyana: discards 2 cards
plutoman20: discards 3 cards [Ks Th 3s]
Dealt to plutoman20 [As] [4s 7d 7s]
BK1976: discards 1 card
cindyana: checks
plutoman20: checks
BK1976: checks
*** SECOND DRAW ***
cindyana: discards 2 cards
plutoman20: discards 2 cards [4s 7s]
Dealt to plutoman20 [As 7d] [Js Qs]
BK1976: discards 1 card
cindyana: checks
plutoman20: checks
BK1976: checks
*** THIRD DRAW ***
cindyana: discards 2 cards
plutoman20: stands pat on [As 7d Js Qs]
BK1976: discards 1 card
cindyana: checks
plutoman20: bets 140
BK1976: folds
cindyana: folds
Uncalled bet (140) returned to plutoman20
plutoman20 collected 180 from pot
Hand 2
I thought I was toast here. I found Nachti's two min-raises awkward, although in hindsight he was probably just clicking buttons. I nearly broke off the ten on the flop but there was a (not insignificant) chance I was drawing dead. Had my hand been T542 I'd have broken I think.
PokerStars Game #62611517418: Tournament #396965571, $2.00+$0.20 USD Badugi Pot Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2011/05/27 6:46:10 ET
Table '396965571 5' 8-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: kepaxaneeeng (4390 in chips)
Seat 2: Aigil (2757 in chips)
Seat 3: bibisss21 (3105 in chips)
Seat 4: plutoman20 (7763 in chips)
Seat 5: cindyana (1885 in chips)
Seat 6: ramzes1975 (8033 in chips)
Seat 7: nachti52 (6030 in chips)
Seat 8: Pit theSnake (3619 in chips)
ramzes1975: posts small blind 100
nachti52: posts big blind 200
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [2s 7h Td 6c]
Pit theSnake: folds
kepaxaneeeng: folds
Aigil: folds
bibisss21: folds
plutoman20: raises 440 to 640
cindyana: folds
ramzes1975: folds
nachti52: raises 440 to 1080
plutoman20: raises 1840 to 2920
nachti52: raises 1840 to 4760
plutoman20: calls 1840
*** FIRST DRAW ***
nachti52: stands pat
plutoman20: stands pat on [2s 7h Td 6c]
nachti52: bets 1270 and is all-in
plutoman20: calls 1270
*** SECOND DRAW ***
nachti52: stands pat
plutoman20: stands pat on [2s 7h Td 6c]
*** THIRD DRAW ***
nachti52: stands pat
plutoman20: stands pat on [2s 7h Td 6c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
nachti52: shows [Jd 6h 3s 7c] (Badugi: J,7,6,3)
plutoman20: shows [2s 7h Td 6c] (Badugi: T,7,6,2)
plutoman20 collected 12160 from pot
nachti52 finished the tournament in 16th place
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 12160 Rake 0
Seat 1: kepaxaneeeng folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Aigil folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 3: bibisss21 folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 4: plutoman20 showed [2s 7h Td 6c] and won (12160) with a Badugi: T,7,6,2
Seat 5: cindyana (button) folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 6: ramzes1975 (small blind) folded before the Draw
Seat 7: nachti52 (big blind) showed [Jd 6h 3s 7c] and lost with a Badugi: J,7,6,3
Seat 8: Pit theSnake folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Hand 3
I'll admit I was trying to be the big bully here, but hey, it's not often I'm in this stack-size situation.
PokerStars Game #62613307876: Tournament #396965571, $2.00+$0.20 USD Badugi Pot Limit - Level XII (400/800) - 2011/05/27 8:02:24 ET
Table '396965571 5' 8-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 2: a1951 (13194 in chips)
Seat 4: plutoman20 (47703 in chips)
Seat 5: Dr.Gerry (10332 in chips)
Seat 7: maddylow (2271 in chips)
a1951: posts small blind 400
plutoman20: posts big blind 800
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [8h 9s 5d 6d]
Dr.Gerry: calls 800
maddylow: folds
a1951: calls 400
plutoman20: raises 1600 to 2400
Dr.Gerry: calls 1600
a1951: folds
*** FIRST DRAW ***
plutoman20: discards 1 card [6d]
Dealt to plutoman20 [8h 9s 5d] [2h]
Dr.Gerry: discards 1 card
plutoman20: bets 3400
Dr.Gerry: calls 3400
*** SECOND DRAW ***
plutoman20: stands pat on [8h 9s 5d 2h]
Dr.Gerry: discards 1 card
plutoman20: bets 5000
Dr.Gerry: calls 4532 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (468) returned to plutoman20
*** THIRD DRAW ***
plutoman20: discards 1 card [8h]
Dealt to plutoman20 [9s 5d 2h] [Th]
Dr.Gerry: stands pat
*** SHOW DOWN ***
plutoman20: shows [Th 9s 5d 2h] (3-card: 9,5,2)
Dr.Gerry: shows [Ad 6h 3c 4s] (Badugi: 6,4,3,A)
plutoman20 said, "nh"
Dr.Gerry collected 21464 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 21464 Rake 0
Seat 2: a1951 (small blind) folded before the Draw
Seat 4: plutoman20 (big blind) showed [Th 9s 5d 2h] and lost with a 3-card: 9,5,2
Seat 5: Dr.Gerry showed [Ad 6h 3c 4s] and won (21464) with a Badugi: 6,4,3,A
Seat 7: maddylow (button) folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
I also had a good night at the $1/$2 badugi and 25c/50c single draw cash games. Overall I made $100 for the night, which might go some way to restoring the value of my bankroll in my local currency. The NZ dollar has soared to 82 cents against the US.
Here are three hands from last night's big-bet badugiment:
Hand 1
A tiny pot, but notable because I can't remember ever snowing in a two-to-pat situation before. My short-term memory is shocking but I knew I'd seen a lot of spades even if I couldn't remember which ones. My mistake here was going for a check-raise on the turn instead of just betting out.
PokerStars Game #62610445004: Tournament #396965571, $2.00+$0.20 USD Badugi Pot Limit - Level III (30/60) - 2011/05/27 5:54:14 ET
Table '396965571 2' 8-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: cindyana (1610 in chips)
Seat 3: plutoman20 (3520 in chips)
Seat 5: andrey738 (1555 in chips)
Seat 6: black813813 (5300 in chips)
Seat 7: BK1976 (2780 in chips)
Seat 8: bibisss21 (2305 in chips)
cindyana: posts small blind 30
plutoman20: posts big blind 60
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [As Ks Th 3s]
BK1976: calls 60
cindyana: calls 30
plutoman20: checks
Everybody else folds
*** FIRST DRAW ***
cindyana: discards 2 cards
plutoman20: discards 3 cards [Ks Th 3s]
Dealt to plutoman20 [As] [4s 7d 7s]
BK1976: discards 1 card
cindyana: checks
plutoman20: checks
BK1976: checks
*** SECOND DRAW ***
cindyana: discards 2 cards
plutoman20: discards 2 cards [4s 7s]
Dealt to plutoman20 [As 7d] [Js Qs]
BK1976: discards 1 card
cindyana: checks
plutoman20: checks
BK1976: checks
*** THIRD DRAW ***
cindyana: discards 2 cards
plutoman20: stands pat on [As 7d Js Qs]
BK1976: discards 1 card
cindyana: checks
plutoman20: bets 140
BK1976: folds
cindyana: folds
Uncalled bet (140) returned to plutoman20
plutoman20 collected 180 from pot
Hand 2
I thought I was toast here. I found Nachti's two min-raises awkward, although in hindsight he was probably just clicking buttons. I nearly broke off the ten on the flop but there was a (not insignificant) chance I was drawing dead. Had my hand been T542 I'd have broken I think.
PokerStars Game #62611517418: Tournament #396965571, $2.00+$0.20 USD Badugi Pot Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2011/05/27 6:46:10 ET
Table '396965571 5' 8-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: kepaxaneeeng (4390 in chips)
Seat 2: Aigil (2757 in chips)
Seat 3: bibisss21 (3105 in chips)
Seat 4: plutoman20 (7763 in chips)
Seat 5: cindyana (1885 in chips)
Seat 6: ramzes1975 (8033 in chips)
Seat 7: nachti52 (6030 in chips)
Seat 8: Pit theSnake (3619 in chips)
ramzes1975: posts small blind 100
nachti52: posts big blind 200
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [2s 7h Td 6c]
Pit theSnake: folds
kepaxaneeeng: folds
Aigil: folds
bibisss21: folds
plutoman20: raises 440 to 640
cindyana: folds
ramzes1975: folds
nachti52: raises 440 to 1080
plutoman20: raises 1840 to 2920
nachti52: raises 1840 to 4760
plutoman20: calls 1840
*** FIRST DRAW ***
nachti52: stands pat
plutoman20: stands pat on [2s 7h Td 6c]
nachti52: bets 1270 and is all-in
plutoman20: calls 1270
*** SECOND DRAW ***
nachti52: stands pat
plutoman20: stands pat on [2s 7h Td 6c]
*** THIRD DRAW ***
nachti52: stands pat
plutoman20: stands pat on [2s 7h Td 6c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
nachti52: shows [Jd 6h 3s 7c] (Badugi: J,7,6,3)
plutoman20: shows [2s 7h Td 6c] (Badugi: T,7,6,2)
plutoman20 collected 12160 from pot
nachti52 finished the tournament in 16th place
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 12160 Rake 0
Seat 1: kepaxaneeeng folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Aigil folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 3: bibisss21 folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 4: plutoman20 showed [2s 7h Td 6c] and won (12160) with a Badugi: T,7,6,2
Seat 5: cindyana (button) folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Seat 6: ramzes1975 (small blind) folded before the Draw
Seat 7: nachti52 (big blind) showed [Jd 6h 3s 7c] and lost with a Badugi: J,7,6,3
Seat 8: Pit theSnake folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Hand 3
I'll admit I was trying to be the big bully here, but hey, it's not often I'm in this stack-size situation.
PokerStars Game #62613307876: Tournament #396965571, $2.00+$0.20 USD Badugi Pot Limit - Level XII (400/800) - 2011/05/27 8:02:24 ET
Table '396965571 5' 8-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 2: a1951 (13194 in chips)
Seat 4: plutoman20 (47703 in chips)
Seat 5: Dr.Gerry (10332 in chips)
Seat 7: maddylow (2271 in chips)
a1951: posts small blind 400
plutoman20: posts big blind 800
*** DEALING HANDS ***
Dealt to plutoman20 [8h 9s 5d 6d]
Dr.Gerry: calls 800
maddylow: folds
a1951: calls 400
plutoman20: raises 1600 to 2400
Dr.Gerry: calls 1600
a1951: folds
*** FIRST DRAW ***
plutoman20: discards 1 card [6d]
Dealt to plutoman20 [8h 9s 5d] [2h]
Dr.Gerry: discards 1 card
plutoman20: bets 3400
Dr.Gerry: calls 3400
*** SECOND DRAW ***
plutoman20: stands pat on [8h 9s 5d 2h]
Dr.Gerry: discards 1 card
plutoman20: bets 5000
Dr.Gerry: calls 4532 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (468) returned to plutoman20
*** THIRD DRAW ***
plutoman20: discards 1 card [8h]
Dealt to plutoman20 [9s 5d 2h] [Th]
Dr.Gerry: stands pat
*** SHOW DOWN ***
plutoman20: shows [Th 9s 5d 2h] (3-card: 9,5,2)
Dr.Gerry: shows [Ad 6h 3c 4s] (Badugi: 6,4,3,A)
plutoman20 said, "nh"
Dr.Gerry collected 21464 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 21464 Rake 0
Seat 2: a1951 (small blind) folded before the Draw
Seat 4: plutoman20 (big blind) showed [Th 9s 5d 2h] and lost with a 3-card: 9,5,2
Seat 5: Dr.Gerry showed [Ad 6h 3c 4s] and won (21464) with a Badugi: 6,4,3,A
Seat 7: maddylow (button) folded before the Draw (didn't bet)
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Gone burger!
I've been on a five-week badugi exclusion diet but I fell off the wagon just in time to play the MiniFTOPS $22 buy-in on Full Tilt which had a convenient start time of 9am (presumably they've moved the tourneys forward to an un-American time slot). Black Friday meant there were only 400-odd players instead of the hordes who entered last time; the standard of play on my table was surprisingly good. I couldn't make any headway, my 4000 starting stack never reached 6000, and after bricking the best draw twice in quick succession I was out. I only lasted an hour and a half.
My early exit is no bad thing. The sun is trying to break through the clouds and I've got a bunch of stuff to get from the market.
My early exit is no bad thing. The sun is trying to break through the clouds and I've got a bunch of stuff to get from the market.
Sunday, May 1, 2011
April monthly report and a wheel to start the new month
April was an understandably low-volume month. New city, new job, Black Friday and virtually no internet coverage made online poker a near-impossible task. I was up a couple of hundred at one stage, then nosedived into the red before taking a small profit for the month of $49.For all you lowballers in America who now only get nuts in your breakfast cereal, take a look at this trailer I spotted at a market in Wellington today. It’s got an extra wheel!
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Apokerlypse
You probably can't read the "update" above, but I can assure you it's not good. The FBI have seized the PokerStars.com site (and Full Tilt too) and by the time I logged on to Stars the company had rerouted it to another address. US players are locked out. Can they cash out? Can I cash out (even though I'm outside the US)? I've just moved from Auckland to Wellington and right now I don't even have an address. And if everyone tries to cash out, Poker Stars' funds might have shrunk to the point that when I try to, the money won't be there. It's probably just as well I'm starting a new job on Monday.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
March monthly report
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)
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)
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