my day started out playing the $6 token frenzy for a $24 token. i managed to win that token without much difficulty. just my normal game and hands holding up. i took three shots at winning a seat in the sunday 750k. all small buy in turbo rebuy events... i didn't play great... got overaggressive with AdKd on a flop of 9d6h5d in a limped pot. an early limper bet the pot and i shoved over the top thinking he didn't have enough to merit a call. little did i know i'd get snap called behind me by a set of 6's and not improve to become a short stack. i played my usual short stack game to no avail.
i also played about 125 hands at the .10/.25 NL table... picked up about $35. my big hand was picking up KK on the button and getting a limp call from the CO. flop came two suits and 8 high. the player had been very loose and overaggressive with single pairs. he bet the flop, i raised the pot and he shoved all in. i called and he flipped over K8 so i picked up a buy-in there.
my big adventure of the night was using the 24$ token for the 28k at 10pm. i was able to build up to 4500 at the 50/100 level after flopping a set and someone shoving into me with no pair no draw. then i picked up AA in the next level and doubled up against someone holding JT... the flop was 892. i cont. bet and got smooth called in position. next card off was a Ten. i accidentally checked and he bet small and i shoved... he called and my 70% chance came through. from there i built a stack using steals and winning a 2-1 shot when i had top and bottom pair against TopPairTopKicker (TpTk). I made it into the money and was shortstacked at the 1.2k/2.4k blinds when i shoved AT and got called by QT from a tight player from the sb. i had about 24k when the blinds when the blinds rose to 1.5k/3.k. i didn't pick up any hands to shove and from the sb i had A6 offsuit. the button was EXTREMELY aggressive on picking on the short stacks and had about 140k in chips. he shoved his button and i thought about calling. typically i like to be the one shoving and will wait for a spot where i might have a chance of stealing without a showdown. my gut told me to call but i took the safe rout and folded. the BB called with K5 and doubled through the buttons T3. i don't know what the right play is given i have only 17.5k in chips. given the knowledge of the player i regret not calling. if i didn't know the player at all i could have made a better argument for folding and waiting. so i have about 17k in chips in the utg+1 spot with A7s so i shove, get called by the CO with AK and out i go in 60th place and took home $74.
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Friday, December 28, 2007
awful day at the tables...
well i don't have much good to say.... i played about 500 hands at the .10/.25 NL game and lost 4 buy-ins. i could have made it about 2 buy-ins less but i learned some lessons. sometimes it's cheaper to find out where you are on the flop then to have a tougher decision on the turn out of position like when i had AcKc in the small blind and the flop came KT5. i made a normal bet and got raised... i really felt that i was ahead but just called... 9 on the turn... he bet pot on the turn and the river and he flipped over QJ.... so obvs. i think i'd found during this process i'd rather go with my read and accept the consequences and learn than play scared and timid. i've NEVER played like that live and i don't trust my reads as much online. that needs to change.
I played a few turbo rebuy satellites, the 4pm $10 buy-in, then the 8:30 $3 rebuy, the two 9 pm daily doubles. I bricked out of all of them. I ran kind of bad AND card dead... not a good combination for my style of play. No regrets about any of my play in the the tournaments though. Time to dust myself off and try again.
I played a few turbo rebuy satellites, the 4pm $10 buy-in, then the 8:30 $3 rebuy, the two 9 pm daily doubles. I bricked out of all of them. I ran kind of bad AND card dead... not a good combination for my style of play. No regrets about any of my play in the the tournaments though. Time to dust myself off and try again.
Thursday, December 27, 2007
the 11 p.m. never steers me wrong....
well... i played about 200 hands or so at the .10/.25 NL 6 handed game and picked up around $20 bucks. i don't know if there are any real hands of merit in there... someone bluffed at me when i had trip jacks. that was the only big pot. i'm about 450 hands deep and am looking towards 5000 hands and evaluating.
now i decided to play two MTT's after getting home. i played a $5 500 person tournament which i finished 170th or so. i was able to build my stack a little over starting value and picked up QQ... there was a limper with a little less than me in chips and i shoved. at these levels people will call an allin after limping with fours or hands similar. he called off his entire stack with AT. unfortunately he spiked an ace and i was crippled. i'm not sure if this is the correct way to play or not with about 15 BB's. but a standard raise brings me down to 12BB's and i don't want to have to fold to any overcard on the flop if i get check pushed. what do you all think?
the 11 p.m. 10$ buyin was about 179 players. it ended around 3 a.m. i took down first for about $500 dollars. and to be honest i don't know how it happened up until about the final table. for the first time in my MTT career i went to the final table with chips... i was 2/9 but very close to the leader and there were 3 shorties at the table. i didn't manage to eliminate anyone until the 6th player. nothing special to note and that i really don't remember sucking out on anyone. i only made one play of significance where i smooth called a Cutoff raise from the button with KhQh. One of the blinds came along. The cutoff had stolen a lot and i figured i'd learn a little from yesterday and not commit too many chips before the flop. Flop came Ah6h4d. he bet 1/2 pot and i shoved. i really didn't think he had an ace and didn't want to commit his chips without it... and if he did, i at least had the nut flush draw as outs... he folded. the other major hand of note is a blind vs. blind cooler that i got the better of. one of the chip leaders was on my left and 3 bet me preflop 2 other times when i had legit hands. so with 16 people left and in the small blind i woke up with aces.... since he had reraised several times i figured i'd give him a chance to sink himself. he shoved all in over the top of my standard raise and i of course called. my hand held and propelled me to the final table. a few steals and such kept my stack at a good level... i had about 20% of the chips in play. when we got to three handed i got short stacked... i had about 40k in chips with 2k/4k blinds. I got widdled down to 25k and woke up with 99 on the button and won a race.... to get to about 60k... then i worked up to 80k. the player i beat was the shortie at 52k.... i had 99 again in the BB... he made it 12k on the button and i shoved... he snapcalled with aq and i won another race. when we got HU i did my usual HU thing... i worked up to 190k and he had about 60k and 2.5k/5k blinds... he limped on the button and i had Js4c. the flop came AsKs6s. i checked and he bet 11.2k. i thought he definitely would have raised any ace in position and that he maybe had a king or a little PP (pocket pair). i thought i could blow him off the hand so i check shoved. thinking he had to fold and if he didn't i had outs. he called with AJ and i hit my flush on the river.... GG me. First suckout of the day at the best time.
now i decided to play two MTT's after getting home. i played a $5 500 person tournament which i finished 170th or so. i was able to build my stack a little over starting value and picked up QQ... there was a limper with a little less than me in chips and i shoved. at these levels people will call an allin after limping with fours or hands similar. he called off his entire stack with AT. unfortunately he spiked an ace and i was crippled. i'm not sure if this is the correct way to play or not with about 15 BB's. but a standard raise brings me down to 12BB's and i don't want to have to fold to any overcard on the flop if i get check pushed. what do you all think?
the 11 p.m. 10$ buyin was about 179 players. it ended around 3 a.m. i took down first for about $500 dollars. and to be honest i don't know how it happened up until about the final table. for the first time in my MTT career i went to the final table with chips... i was 2/9 but very close to the leader and there were 3 shorties at the table. i didn't manage to eliminate anyone until the 6th player. nothing special to note and that i really don't remember sucking out on anyone. i only made one play of significance where i smooth called a Cutoff raise from the button with KhQh. One of the blinds came along. The cutoff had stolen a lot and i figured i'd learn a little from yesterday and not commit too many chips before the flop. Flop came Ah6h4d. he bet 1/2 pot and i shoved. i really didn't think he had an ace and didn't want to commit his chips without it... and if he did, i at least had the nut flush draw as outs... he folded. the other major hand of note is a blind vs. blind cooler that i got the better of. one of the chip leaders was on my left and 3 bet me preflop 2 other times when i had legit hands. so with 16 people left and in the small blind i woke up with aces.... since he had reraised several times i figured i'd give him a chance to sink himself. he shoved all in over the top of my standard raise and i of course called. my hand held and propelled me to the final table. a few steals and such kept my stack at a good level... i had about 20% of the chips in play. when we got to three handed i got short stacked... i had about 40k in chips with 2k/4k blinds. I got widdled down to 25k and woke up with 99 on the button and won a race.... to get to about 60k... then i worked up to 80k. the player i beat was the shortie at 52k.... i had 99 again in the BB... he made it 12k on the button and i shoved... he snapcalled with aq and i won another race. when we got HU i did my usual HU thing... i worked up to 190k and he had about 60k and 2.5k/5k blinds... he limped on the button and i had Js4c. the flop came AsKs6s. i checked and he bet 11.2k. i thought he definitely would have raised any ace in position and that he maybe had a king or a little PP (pocket pair). i thought i could blow him off the hand so i check shoved. thinking he had to fold and if he didn't i had outs. he called with AJ and i hit my flush on the river.... GG me. First suckout of the day at the best time.
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
1st cash in a while...
i started my cash games up at the 25$ NL tables... i watched a CardRunners video or two on low stakes NL 6-handed games and got to it. they're good videos and i think i get more from the thought processes of the player than anything else. so i played about two hundred hands and picked up $50 over two tables... one hand was an absolute cooler for the other player:
Full Tilt Poker Game #4621391093: Table Drexel (6 max) - $0.10/$0.25 - No Limit Hold'em - 15:04:11 ET - 2007/12/25
Seat 1: Crazy-Foxx ($26.60)
Seat 2: Kutusoff ($36.90)
Seat 3: The-Evil-Death ($12.75)
Seat 4: Paradise1 ($35.60)
Seat 5: elzino ($29.15)
Seat 6: emperor tsai ($14.90)
The-Evil-Death posts the small blind of $0.10
Paradise1 posts the big blind of $0.25
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to elzino [9s 9d]
elzino calls $0.25
emperor tsai calls $0.25
Crazy-Foxx calls $0.25
Kutusoff folds
The-Evil-Death calls $0.15
Paradise1 checks
*** FLOP ***
[Tc 9c 9h]
The-Evil-Death checks
Paradise1 checks
elzino checks
emperor tsai checks
Crazy-Foxx checks
*** TURN ***
[Tc 9c 9h] [7d]
The-Evil-Death checks
Paradise1 bets $1
elzino calls $1
emperor tsai folds
Crazy-Foxx calls $1
The-Evil-Death has 15 seconds left to act
The-Evil-Death calls $1
*** RIVER ***
[Tc 9c 9h 7d] [7s]
The-Evil-Death checks
Paradise1 bets $3.75
elzino has 15 seconds left to act
elzino raises to $13
Crazy-Foxx folds
The-Evil-Death folds
Paradise1 raises to $34.35, and is all in
elzino calls $14.90, and is all in
Uncalled bet of $6.45 returned to Paradise1
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Paradise1 shows [Td Th] a full house, Tens full of Nines
elzino shows [9s 9d] four of a kind, Nines
elzino wins the pot ($58.05) with four of a kind, Nines
*** SUMMARY ***Total pot $61.05 Rake $3
Board: [Tc 9c 9h 7d 7s]
Seat 1: Crazy-Foxx folded on the River
Seat 2: Kutusoff (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: The-Evil-Death (small blind) folded on the River
Seat 4: Paradise1 (big blind) showed [Td Th] and lost with a full house, Tens full of Nines
Seat 5: elzino showed [9s 9d] and won ($58.05) with four of a kind, Nines
Seat 6: emperor tsai folded on the Turn
If you know anyone who can get away with top Full House let me know...
Any line i take that doesn't get all my chips in the middle against his hand (which I never gave him by the way) is terrible...
the other hand that i won most of my money on was a pot which i limped with 4s, raise to $1 behind me, a flat call and then i called. 3 way flop 4h 3s 2h
i check, original raiser bets 2.50... min raise to 5... then i bet the pot feeling that someone has an overpair or an ace high flush draw... original raiser folds, minraiser pushes and shows 99. can't say i understand a call with that weak of an overpair after a third bet but i'll take it.
i played two MTT's:
a freeroll to poker after dark round 2.... 1/360 gets a seat to next round i finished 2/360 gg me :)
and the 8:30 6k guarantee $3 rebuy... i was in for two buyins plus the addon. i was about 11/120 in chip position at one point and finished 40th. i made a terrible play with about 68 left when i had 40k in chips at the 1k/2k blind level. word to the wise... don't lose 1/2 of a big stack in a hand where you don't even see the flop.
elzino = jackass
now down to 20k i have to play my usual short stack game which i do believe i play exceptionally well. i manage to get my stack back to 32k but the blinds are now 2k/4k. i am in the small blind with 28k in chips to start the hand... the big blind has about 42k. fold to me... i open shove with kj... and drum roll please....
snap call... i'm thinking "oh great, i ran into ak or better... gg me"
he turns over......
Kd2d
i went from dejected to elated... what else can i hope for... that he magically mucked his hand and we don't see a flop. best possible scenario... flop K84....(feeling good).... turn 2 (boo but i still have any J, 8, 4)..... river 6. and i'm out. moral of the story... play a bigger stack better
Full Tilt Poker Game #4621391093: Table Drexel (6 max) - $0.10/$0.25 - No Limit Hold'em - 15:04:11 ET - 2007/12/25
Seat 1: Crazy-Foxx ($26.60)
Seat 2: Kutusoff ($36.90)
Seat 3: The-Evil-Death ($12.75)
Seat 4: Paradise1 ($35.60)
Seat 5: elzino ($29.15)
Seat 6: emperor tsai ($14.90)
The-Evil-Death posts the small blind of $0.10
Paradise1 posts the big blind of $0.25
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to elzino [9s 9d]
elzino calls $0.25
emperor tsai calls $0.25
Crazy-Foxx calls $0.25
Kutusoff folds
The-Evil-Death calls $0.15
Paradise1 checks
*** FLOP ***
[Tc 9c 9h]
The-Evil-Death checks
Paradise1 checks
elzino checks
emperor tsai checks
Crazy-Foxx checks
*** TURN ***
[Tc 9c 9h] [7d]
The-Evil-Death checks
Paradise1 bets $1
elzino calls $1
emperor tsai folds
Crazy-Foxx calls $1
The-Evil-Death has 15 seconds left to act
The-Evil-Death calls $1
*** RIVER ***
[Tc 9c 9h 7d] [7s]
The-Evil-Death checks
Paradise1 bets $3.75
elzino has 15 seconds left to act
elzino raises to $13
Crazy-Foxx folds
The-Evil-Death folds
Paradise1 raises to $34.35, and is all in
elzino calls $14.90, and is all in
Uncalled bet of $6.45 returned to Paradise1
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Paradise1 shows [Td Th] a full house, Tens full of Nines
elzino shows [9s 9d] four of a kind, Nines
elzino wins the pot ($58.05) with four of a kind, Nines
*** SUMMARY ***Total pot $61.05 Rake $3
Board: [Tc 9c 9h 7d 7s]
Seat 1: Crazy-Foxx folded on the River
Seat 2: Kutusoff (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: The-Evil-Death (small blind) folded on the River
Seat 4: Paradise1 (big blind) showed [Td Th] and lost with a full house, Tens full of Nines
Seat 5: elzino showed [9s 9d] and won ($58.05) with four of a kind, Nines
Seat 6: emperor tsai folded on the Turn
If you know anyone who can get away with top Full House let me know...
Any line i take that doesn't get all my chips in the middle against his hand (which I never gave him by the way) is terrible...
the other hand that i won most of my money on was a pot which i limped with 4s, raise to $1 behind me, a flat call and then i called. 3 way flop 4h 3s 2h
i check, original raiser bets 2.50... min raise to 5... then i bet the pot feeling that someone has an overpair or an ace high flush draw... original raiser folds, minraiser pushes and shows 99. can't say i understand a call with that weak of an overpair after a third bet but i'll take it.
i played two MTT's:
a freeroll to poker after dark round 2.... 1/360 gets a seat to next round i finished 2/360 gg me :)
and the 8:30 6k guarantee $3 rebuy... i was in for two buyins plus the addon. i was about 11/120 in chip position at one point and finished 40th. i made a terrible play with about 68 left when i had 40k in chips at the 1k/2k blind level. word to the wise... don't lose 1/2 of a big stack in a hand where you don't even see the flop.
elzino = jackass
now down to 20k i have to play my usual short stack game which i do believe i play exceptionally well. i manage to get my stack back to 32k but the blinds are now 2k/4k. i am in the small blind with 28k in chips to start the hand... the big blind has about 42k. fold to me... i open shove with kj... and drum roll please....
snap call... i'm thinking "oh great, i ran into ak or better... gg me"
he turns over......
Kd2d
i went from dejected to elated... what else can i hope for... that he magically mucked his hand and we don't see a flop. best possible scenario... flop K84....(feeling good).... turn 2 (boo but i still have any J, 8, 4)..... river 6. and i'm out. moral of the story... play a bigger stack better
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Merry Christmas
Hello all
it's been a while (almost two months exactly since I've posted a blog)
for all of you who wonder what i've been up to. it hasn't been much poker. i ran bad for a while and had to work more. i went to vegas for a 5 day stretch and had a great time... picked up about 250$ over three days and about 10 hours playing just 1-2 NL at the Venetian. considering i had a free room and paid only 350$ for the flight i'm not disappointed in the least.
lately i've wanted to play more again... i've only played three sng's... 2 turbo 11's (1 win) and a turbo 22 (3rd place). i've wanted to improve my cash game play and implement some solid bankroll guidelines. i enjoy the 6 max NL games and think they can be tremendously profitable. i feel like 30 buy-ins is a reasonable starting amount for any small NL buy-in game up to the 50$ buy-in. i also have seen some friends play some soft stud H/L games and i was profiting when i played over at party up to 15/30. my bankroll right now will not cover the bigger games at all so they'll have to wait.
when it comes to mtt's, i won't play anything over 24$ buy-in unless i satellite my way in and will focus mostly on the 5 and 10$ buy-ins as i've always done well there. i played a satellite into the sunday 750k and won a seat and played in that event for the first time. i ran pretty poorly postflop and made a move when my stack dropped down to 50% of it's original size at the 80/160 blinds. there was a limper, a minraise, a cold call and i had ak in the BB. i didn't have a great read but i couldn't picture a huge hand from the raiser so i shoved as a squeeze figuring if i got called it was a race but would have loved to take down the pot right there. turns out the raiser had KK and i was out. i could have just called and was 50/50 on the play so any opinions you all have would be appreciated. i clearly wasn't playing just to cash but to accumulate chips. hopefully i'll get another shot to play in an event of that nature in the future.
it's been a while (almost two months exactly since I've posted a blog)
for all of you who wonder what i've been up to. it hasn't been much poker. i ran bad for a while and had to work more. i went to vegas for a 5 day stretch and had a great time... picked up about 250$ over three days and about 10 hours playing just 1-2 NL at the Venetian. considering i had a free room and paid only 350$ for the flight i'm not disappointed in the least.
lately i've wanted to play more again... i've only played three sng's... 2 turbo 11's (1 win) and a turbo 22 (3rd place). i've wanted to improve my cash game play and implement some solid bankroll guidelines. i enjoy the 6 max NL games and think they can be tremendously profitable. i feel like 30 buy-ins is a reasonable starting amount for any small NL buy-in game up to the 50$ buy-in. i also have seen some friends play some soft stud H/L games and i was profiting when i played over at party up to 15/30. my bankroll right now will not cover the bigger games at all so they'll have to wait.
when it comes to mtt's, i won't play anything over 24$ buy-in unless i satellite my way in and will focus mostly on the 5 and 10$ buy-ins as i've always done well there. i played a satellite into the sunday 750k and won a seat and played in that event for the first time. i ran pretty poorly postflop and made a move when my stack dropped down to 50% of it's original size at the 80/160 blinds. there was a limper, a minraise, a cold call and i had ak in the BB. i didn't have a great read but i couldn't picture a huge hand from the raiser so i shoved as a squeeze figuring if i got called it was a race but would have loved to take down the pot right there. turns out the raiser had KK and i was out. i could have just called and was 50/50 on the play so any opinions you all have would be appreciated. i clearly wasn't playing just to cash but to accumulate chips. hopefully i'll get another shot to play in an event of that nature in the future.
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