Flipping ain't easy

EDIT: that was a post from thursday but it didn't publish.

Wow

Today has just been awful, cash games, SNGs, whatever.
I couldn't make a hand hold in PLO cash...let's say I bet pot with trips on the flop he always gets his open ender on the turn and I am already committed at that point.

Then I crashed in SNGs on FPT and Stars, the last one being the worse.
I was the chip leader during the first part of the tournament then I run AK vs 88 and miss. After that it's A6 vs Q7 and he flops the Queen.
After that I was all-in with QJ vs A8 and the flop comes AAQ, what gives?
Otherwise I see an idiot with AQ vs 55 and he runner-runners a flush to save his sorry ass.

Right now everything about poker is tilting me like crazy. Either I am getting outplayed or I can't win a damn flip it's so frustrating.

I will stop playing for the week and try to rethink my game a bit.
Lately there have been a few spots where I had the feeling I was good and folded to a bet when I was in fact ahead, I guess my confidence has been shaken quite a bit.

ronee

Bluff put me on tilt

I played one session where I quickly lost one BI with flopped trips vs flopped full house and reloaded. I reloaded and grinded back up from there, then lost half of my stack when the man on my right executed a bluff on the perfect board for him with this hand. I should have reraised him on the flop but let the turn get there. He told me later he missed his flush I proceeded to tilt off the rest of my money.
That's a 2BI loss for today on Full Tilt and I am not too happy about it but expected it somehow after the last few good days right?

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Sucks when you know you are beat but can't help yourself but making the call anyways.

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I was shocked when part of the pot was pushed to me.
I put him on an overset on the turn and was right but couldn't bring myself to folding my bottom set, and I didn't even notice that the river saved my sorry ass.

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I flopped the ultimate joint but it's just close to impossible to get value out of a hand like this.

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This hand is just WOW

http://www.pokerhand.org/?3113506

ronee

Another day another uptick

I sat at a PLO table and won one buy-in only five hands in with this.
Not sure what else he could have done to be honest since I could represent a flush draw or set at this point. Shows you again the importance of having the nuts in PLO when you have a showdown. Obviously I quit this session after only the 5th hand lol.

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I knew he had an overpair and made the correct read ftw!

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another fucking cooler!!!! I was up and he brought me back down with this lucky turn card sigh.

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I was able to go back to profits when this hand came up and again the Aces don't hold up.
Sorry dude but overpair in PLO are trash, you will learn in time.
Not long after this hand I amassed a little more money and just ran because like I said I am playing with scared money right now.

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Overpairs don't hold up? ORLY?
Another reason why playing with scared money is not a good thing, especially in PLO.
If I did not care about money, I would have reraised him pot preflop ONE HUNDRED PERCENT then I would watch for paint cards on the flop because most raisers preflop have a big pocket pair. I coulda/shoulda/woulda won that hand but I suck at poker.

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The chat that transpired after this hand is just the funniest ever!

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ed halliwell: well played gonzalez
GonzalezD89: i had full house
GonzalezD89: 3 6 and 1 J
GonzalezD89: what was wrong?
GonzalezD89: why i didnt count?
roneewong: only two cards from your hand dude
GonzalezD89: omg
GonzalezD89: oke
roneewong: no more no less
GonzalezD89: lolololol
GonzalezD89: omg
GonzalezD89: then

ronee

If I can make PLO reads like that maybe I could score a $100k win too

I saw Slaktarn getting owned by Benyamine while they were heads-up. DB Made a sick all-in call with second pair on the river (fyi second pair is worse than garbage in PLO!).

But this hand with Phil Galfond (2008 PLO+R bracelet winner this year) takes the cake!
A $100k+ pot and the rail goes crazy. By the way, he even said in the chat he knew he was bluffing.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?3105439

Please Full Tilt sign Phil Galfond as a red pro already!

ronee

Some hitting, and a lot of running

Lately I have just been sitting short at the PLO tables and doing the 'hit and run' thing once I doubled my stack.

I had a session on Full Tilt where I flopped a set versus two pairs.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?3103702

Then I logged on on Stars and shoved my overpair and nut flush draw on the flop and outdrew two other guys. I realize after the hand I really only had 9 outs brrrrrr.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?3103709

I know this is not good poker etiquette and I will stop doing that when I recoup all my PLO losses.
I am up $12 (2 BI) this morning with just about 35 hands which is great.
However I see people accumulate huge stacks at PLO and I am confident I can do that once I get my.....confidence back lol.

This is ironic but as long as I am not even at PLO I will not have the balls to keep building a stack.
I would not have such a big hole to dig out of if I did not buy-in at a higher level before to try and recoup in the first place, silly me. But the last few days have been good and hopefully they keep going.

ronee

Cash game going up and down

I have a really hard time taking off in Omaha cash so far. I am about even across both Stars and Full Tilt in the last few sessions but I am confident I can start to make a profit.
I am usually able to make like 1-2 buy-ins only to lose it not long after.

Best hand won, and I am in fucking shock!

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My hand was so draw-heavy I had to take a shot on the turn. Like he said it was a good value bet on the river because I knew he had the straight and he pretty much had to call.

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Just one of those hands that would have put me in the black for the day but instead I get sucked out on. Maybe I should have pushed preflop to isolate?

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I definitely could not put GreatWon on 46xx but it's kind of nice to suck out for a change of pace.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?3098537

There is absolutely nothing else I could have done in this hand.
The donk just called with a 20% chance of winning the hand and he got there, WTF, that put me back to even for that session.

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PLO is so fucking cruel it's ridiculous

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JUSTICE!!!

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I had so many outs I can't even count them. I obviously knew I was beat but decided my odds where good enough in that spot.

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ronee

No justice in Omaha!

This hand just sticks a knife into my heart, such a BAD play for this guy it's amazing.
Really? Calling a 3bet/shove from me with one player left to act? ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR FUCKING MIND?
But at least to my credit, my play was perfectly fine. Even though in Omaha there is really no clear favorite preflop I will still make the same play every day of my life with such a monster.
So instead of being up 2BI I lost 2BI today. :(

http://www.pokerhand.org/?3084870

ronee

Return to NLHE......avorted?

Mmmmm my last few Omaha sessions haven't been really successful to say the least lol.
I found a great great forum post on the internet that I think is already fixing a lot of my leaks so I will study it and get back into action.

But before that I jumped into a NLHE SNG and got this little gem for you....I almost thought I had a chance, until PokerStars dashed my hopes by leaving yours truly the only loser....WTF?

http://www.pokerhand.org/?3080113

I mean, I could probably handle it if only one of those suckers won but this split is complete bullshit.
So instead of being the chip leader, I am out.

ronee

Still trying to learn Omaha and break even

Mmmmm I am really negative as far as Omaha cash is coming along.
I still have troubles adjusting to the game right now but at least it never ever gets boring, not like Hold'em.

I got a couple of bad beats here and there and draws that don't hit but that's ok.
my main leak right now is that I tend to call large river bets with 2nd or 3rd best when I absolutely know that the dude is gonna show me the nuts but still can't fold. :(
Btw, I keep reading recommendations on Omaha starting hands and some of the hands those guys show are just awful.....imo.

To the hands...

My gambling side comes out?
I am not sure, but I think this is pretty standard, I had 13 outs when the money went it

http://www.pokerhand.org/?3079582

How ironic is it that I keep missing my draws but this time I get two of them on the turn and river but I am already drawing dead on the flop?

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Can't say much about this luckbox right there. I just didn't want to see a high card on the last streets to fill his full house (OBV he had the Jack) but the turn did pair the ONLY rag he had, WTF.

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Again this is standard. Nut Draw vs Flopped Straight vs Set vs Donk Garbage.
I got lucky there but I had the best drawing hand and was able to quadruple up BINK.
The only regret I have is that I was gonna rebuy earlier but decided against it.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?3080844

ronee

Omaha stories

That hand was brutal.
I kind of knew my hand was no good when the made the turn bet, but I still had the draw to the straight flush to go along with my lower straight. Wasn't really worried about the last guy to act at this point.
I am not sure if this is standard or but, I'll probably post it on some forum to get an idea.
EDIT: I did post it on a forum and they do seem to think I misplayed the hand and should have laid it down. Basically my butt-end of the straight was really no good versus a bunch of higher straights, leaving me drawing for a miracle two-outter. Thanks to the P5 community.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?3072807

Making me sweat!

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This one brought a nice turn card for me.
I knew he turned the flush but I didn't want to raise him right there on his bet, because the board paired and I was afraid to scare him off. I still don't know if that would have worked to build up the pot for an even bigger pot-sized river bet.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?3074476

he bluffed me out of this pot pretty good.
I still don't know if I should believe what he said, but he told me he had ATTx and no spades, not sure what to make of his words and my laydown to be honest. He just sat at the table and I didn't expect him to put on a move like that.

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THE FOLLOWING THREE HANDS HAPPENED IN SUCCESSION ON POKERSTARS AND I GOT OUT

He called the hand sick and I have to completely agree with him, not much we can both do there.
I had outs and decided to call down.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?3075876

Just a little rush, that's it.

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I didn't bet the river because he made quick calls everytime.
Maybe he got the full house I dunno, but as they say, you can only get called by a hand that can beat you. Now that I see his hand, I should have bet. I suck at Omaha.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?3075894

What can I say so far.....I am down a lot on Full Tilt and up a decent amount on Stars.
I am note quite sure I am breaking even across the sites since I started playing Omaha cash but I doubt it. Too bad my current version of PokerTracker doesn't include Omaha games.

ronee

It's a love/hate relationship

Why I love Omaha

http://www.pokerhand.org/?3072200

Why I hate Omaha

http://www.pokerhand.org/?3072207

I should have been up $10 for that session, but instead I am breaking even. :P
Now I know why they say Omaha is the swingiest game ever!
Plus I was gonna sit out the very next hand with a profit of $5 and saw a double suited J44K and I thought, "what the hell".

ronee

My first foray into Omaha

Ok I lied, I couldn't stay away from the tables long enough.
In a desperate attempt to recoup my losses I made a stupid decision.

I decided to give Omaha a try at 0.05/0.10 and got out with a full buy-in.
The games were pretty easy, and as expected, a lot of limpers and chasers.
I am defenitely not good at this game, but I don't think the others are any good either to be honest with you. Almost no one raised preflop and all-around checks were the rigor. You just have to make sure that you show down the nuts, or close to it.

Speaking of nuts, here are the hands:

Welcome to the wonderful world of Omaha from Full Tilt.

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Thought he was chasing the flush and I got lucky on the river.
But in my defense, I wouldn't have reraised him all-in with two pairs at the end XD.

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I was wrong about Omaha it's a fun game, just because it creates big pots quickly and if you are careful enough and can control the pot size you can definitely make a profit.
Like I said, I have been losing my patience lately, folding in Hold'em is NOT fun, especially when you are card dead. It's a nice break to have playable hands for a change ;)

ronee

Taking a break

I am so tilted from Poker right now.
I played SNGs this morning and kept running into big hands.

On the buble of an SNG, I shoved QQ and got called by the short stack's AJ which hit an Ace on the flop to cripple me. I than had to push KQ suited and got instacalled by AA!

Very next SNG with a 3000+ stack (good for 2nd) I call a short stack's shove with 66 and he had QQ.

Not long after I push a raiser with JJ and he shows AA.

Then short stacked with QT I commit my chips on a KKT flop and he shows KQ.

Anyway, it's the perfect time for a break right now. I am trying to play tight/solid poker but I either get sucked out on or run into monsters. Bleh.
Bankroll is still very fine, but if things go on like this, this will be a losing month which would really suck XD.
I will take the rest of the week off and refocus, read some articles and study a little.
I am not sure if my game has changed for the worse in the last few weeks but one thing that I am losing for sure is patience and I will try to readjust.

ronee

I just suck at cash games

My last cash game session hasn't been as smooth as the first one to say the least lol.
I think that overall I lost my profit from yesterday and then a little more.
Right now I can't really adjust to cash games because of my tight-aggressive nature and also the fact that I value money so much haha.

I promptly lost one buy-in by gambling on a hand that could have gone either way, but for some reason I liked my draw a lot. If I had won that, I would have been on top of the world but I guess not. I'm probably down like -$12 (which makes me almost even with yesterday), which isn't bad I guess, good thing I went on another table and ended things on a little rush.

This is the hand I was talking about. He reraised me very quick on the flop and I just went with it (overcards and flush draw probably good?) to realize I was actually in worse shape, being 4-to-1 underdog in the hand, ichk.

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That was the ugliest river card ever. I now realize I should have shoved the turn instead of being afraid of a bigger flush. They most likely would have called and so I missed a potentially huge pot.

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This is Full Tilt playing Jedi mind games with me and the other guy.

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Tough call, it was 50/50 he had a better Ace. Obviously he didn't have the 6 either given the action and my slow calls. I was sort of getting exasperated and reluctantly called, I suck at poker.

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ronee

Running a little better in cash I guess

i was so tilted i sat in a $0.10/$0.25 cash game with $15.
The game quickly filled up and we went from 4-handed to full ring in a flash.

A few of the players were aggressive, especially one who ran his initial stack from $25 to $50 quite quickly. He raised a lot preflop and showed down a lot of monsters. It does help when you hit two full houses within your first 6 hands of play doesn't it? I just had to stay out of his way lol.

My table was very tight, just folding on the flop anytime I missed.
I was down to $10 very early, just missing everything and then I called a raise from the guy on my right and flopped a set with TT on a T-high board. He c-bet me and I called, but unfortunately he slowed down afterwards, knowning my tight image represented a monster.

I was at $12 when this decent pot came up.

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My thought process was simple. I was clearly representing a c-bet on the flop, that much was clear.
He simply called and I just did'nt think he had the Ace at that point, with his aggressive nature he would have reraised me most of the time.
We both check the turn. But he did bet the river very aggressively, as planned, he was very LAG. At that point, he either had a monster or garbage, because the only thing that could worry me is that he hit a boat on the river. I still didn't think he had the Ace on the river because he wouldn't bet that much with that board so I just went with it.
Like I said, my flop bet was SO OBVIOUSLY a continuation move and he absolutely knew it. I completed my tight-weak image on the turn by checking and he immediately tried to bluff the river on me. That started tilting him and he shoved AIPF KQ vs someone's AQ turned a King, unfair XD

This hand below will haunt me forever, but not for the reason you think, I did win my biggest pot.

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I am deeply disappointed because I just had the feeling he had an overpair as well!
ZOMG, why didn't I check the river!!!??? I had the perfect tight-weak image and I butchered what could have been $4-5 more. Fuck me I am so stupid.
He called very quickly every street and represented something like TT/JJ and by shoving the river, I obliterated my chance to have him try to resteal the pot on the river bet. He had to lay it down. I mean, even if he had AK, that move on the river was -EV for me, like I said, I am deeply disappointed, because I am just too quick to act and that happens a LOT.

But hey, still a +$11 session and I can't complain.

ronee

Running like complete crap

The last few SNGs have been just terrible.
I went all-in preflop a few times and lost all of my races, and I was favored in all of them, if only so slightly.

The worst was probably AT vs QT and he spiked a Q on the turn, and then I tilted off the rest of my chips (still a good stack but all the raise-calling donks forced that move on me) with 77 and got called light by QJ and he flop two pairs, GG.

Just now, I was browsing Full Tilt not looking to play and I saw a red pro (Biorac, still don't know who that guy is) on the 90-man double stack so I sat in for the fun and busted early with this cooler.
His reraise really light a bulb in my head. But given he didn't reraise the initial bettor there might be a chance he didn't have it. I guess he knew I was drawing and got there, plus it's a $1 SNG!! Still a cooler imo.

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For once I try to get cute with a garbage hand in early position...XD I get there and get this result instead.

On a side not I will be BANISHING Turbo SNGs from my games completely effective today.
Why you may ask? I am just tired of gamling for all my chips after 10mins of play, because that's what has been happening lately.
My last cashes have been in non-Turbos and I don't think that is a coincidence at all.
So I will go home tonight and remove the Turbos from my SNG/Tourney filters once and for all.
It's funny because that's where I used to make a lot of cash , especially on Stars, but since I am running like shit and not winning flips,....well you get the picture!

I am thinking of moving up, to maybe $5/$10 9-man NON-TURBO SNGs, still undecided on that. I do have the bankroll but it still is a tough step to take at this point.
It would only take like a 2-game losing streak to rattle my confidence LOL. And I expect the swings to be crazzzyyyyy.

ronee

James Obst is fucking SICK!

I was about to go to sleep as I said in my earlier post.

But then I caught this post on pocketfives.com that said that Andy McLEOD was at the final table of FTOPS 21, which is Razz.

That guy's real name is James Obst, he's from Australia and plays as "Andy McLEOD" on PokerStars and "TheFatFish" on Full Tilt Poker. He got busted (rather ratted out by a former friend of his) in 2007 for being underage and the poker rooms froze his online accounts (without taking any money).

Well he turned 21 just recently, and the week of his come back, he takes 4th in the Sunday Million for $70k, just a sicko!

I opened the table and he was heads-up with some other dude for a $40k first place prize.
And what do you know, he was down 1 to 2 in chips and goes all-in on the river with a 7-low versus an 8-low to double up. His opponent must have been so pissed because his hand was awesome. Anyways, James took it down not long after....SICK.

ronee

7th, 2nd, 2nd, 1st

My girlfriend wasn't here last night so I four-tabled on PokerStars, it's been a long time since I multi-tabled.

I wasn't really comfortable with it because I haven't been really on my game lately.
I had finishes of 7th, 2nd, 2nd and 1st which I am really really proud about.
Especially since my two losses in heads-ups where due to bad beats....I was favorite when the money went in the middle, but what can you do? Could have easily had 3 first places,....I mean, those weren't coin flips either! I was probably 70-30 in both and got sucked out on.

Still very disappointed because I could have been in the black but I'll settle for being in the "green" :D

To the hands!

Almost busted early in this one. Luckily someone bet big on the turn and the odds weren't good for me anymore. Whew, someone had the nut draw lol.

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three-handed this was the perfect spot to shove with the nut draw.
Usually I wouldn't do this (I'd just call) but I had no other choice here and got paid off very nicely.

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I have no clue what he was trying to pull off here. Maybe he thought I was on top pair and relied on this overcards and gutshot to outdraw me. Too bad for him I flopped a monster. It was good to bust him too, he was talking too much! j/k

http://www.pokerhand.org/?3053807

Cooler for him definitely but to his credit, he made me sweat until the river!

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Damn, that was a stupid river card for me.
But I absolutely do not understand his flat call on the river! I mean, it's true there are a lot of donks at those levels. If he had shoved, I probably would have had no other choice but to call here. I think it's the SNG that I won too,...I guess I can't be too proud about it...

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That dude got lucky there! That was the oneeeeeeeee!!!!! TILT MODE!!!!!

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The most aggressive player wins in the NLHE!!!
I can't figure out if I am either a huge donk or a genius to be honest with you.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?3053839

Too bad I didn't get to show this hand.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?3053843

Anyways, it's kind of late right now and I'm probably gonna call it a night.
Good luck to everyone at the tables.

ronee

I kinda LOL'ed

I saw John Duthie pull this bluff just now on PokerStars at 100/200 NL

http://www.pokerhand.org/?3046811

ronee

Very well played Stars

I didn't even know there was a new feature on PokerStars until someone pointed it out on a forum.

Basically the neat thing is this: We have shitty connections in Tahiti and sometimes you could click to register for an SNG, and when you finally click OK, it tells you that the registration is closed because it filled up!
I always hated that shit! Well now you can check a little box that says "Automatically try to register to identical tournament if this one is already full"!



I think this is great!

On my side of things I don't expect playing for the rest of the week.
I have things to do today and next comes the 3-day week-end and my g/f should be getting most of that time ;)

ronee

I'm so getting sick of this shit

http://www.pokerhand.org/?3041623

This reminded me of this hand that happened just yesterday.
Fucking bitch on the flop is the only paint card obviously!

http://www.pokerhand.org/?3036637

ronee

PS: Full Tilt Poker is sooooo rigged! :P

2nd in an 18-man SNG on PokersStars

I played this morning and it didn't start well.

I was able to accumulate chips and be the chip leader at my table, however, someone walked in, asking me to fix a printer and that kind of tilted me a little LOL.
The issue was a non-issue and I missed maybe 10 hands. The worst one being AK in position, and I would have turned broadway vs the lower straight....Sad....He shipped it too....Oh....I love the new PokerStars Hand Replayer by the way.


I love having the chip lead. That allows me to call shorter stacks' all-ins without breaking a sweat. This is standard preflop...until the river. You can't teach that!

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I tried to bluff the river by making a bet and he called. Only to shower a weaker Ace.
I guess my CL image played a part there, people don't give me enough credit for a big hand.
But in his defense, his read was 'somewhat' correct, I had nothing so I should be more careful next time. A well-timed reraise from him would have gotten me off the hand ASAP.

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More bad beats. This guy took the lead from me at the final table and never looked back.
Little did I know that I was gonna lose to him heads-up...when I should have busted him right there for the monstruous stack.
Back in the day I would have never had the guts to reraise preflop with AQ (just call) but I feel it is the right thing to do know, be the aggressor preflop, and if he misses the flop, that pot will be mine.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?3036563

Standard bustout hand. This was the second heads-up hand and I think he called because I shoved the first hand with AT and he folded. No I wasn't trying to bully, just double up because he had a 2-to-1 lead on me. He obviously gambled with one overcard and got the win.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?3036637


By the way, there are soooo many posts online about Full Tilt's crashes/lags because of the FTOPS. It's been a complete nightmare so far and players are asking for refunds out of their tournament buy-ins. I wouldn't want to be deep in a tournament or high-stakes hand right now.
Anyways, it's been down for a few hours now and we still don't know when it will be back, even the Full Tilt website was down for a while.

PokerStars has a lot of experience for himself in large fields. Their network holds up even with the weekly Sunday Million and the titanic WCOOP Main Event.

ronee

This better stop right now

Wow, I should stop posting every time I finish a SNG, but hey, this blog is also an outing for my pain/grief/tilt so there you go.

Feels good to get some stuff off my chest, and then when I see the hands I post, I tend to get mor analytical about them and analyze, which I'd never do otherwise.
Do you seem me going through hand histories in Poker Tracker? Me neither.

This hand was a complete nightmare, and the Vilain a complete DONK.
He is probably a noob who reads too many poker books, saw his weak Ace on the button and thought to himself "hey, this is the perfect spot to steal, so let's do it!"
I reraised instantly with QQ, committing myself and the rest is... well, standard!

http://www.pokerhand.org/?3032603

Can't catch a break here! (again)

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ONE FOR ME!!!

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Standard BS. Really though I won there, until the pot was slided to him.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?3032706

Maybe moving up will stop all the stupid bad beats I get. I mean, would people call my 3-bets preflop with A-rag as they do in a $1 SNG?

There were maybe 2 other times in 4-handed play where I was the leader and called the shorter stacks' all-ins with better kickers. But this time they didn't pair their kickers, noooooo, both times the board went high and it counterfeited our hands for split pots.

I did finish 2nd in this stupid SNG though.
I haven't played a Turbo on Full Tilt in a long time, and I know remember why I stopped playing them LOL.
It's such a shove fest it's not even funny. That might explain a lot of the hands above.

Btw, is it better to play Turbos on Full Tilt or Stars?
Check out the structures below and let me know what you think:
(The colors represent the same time frame, so, it shows the levels after 15, 30, and 45 mins of play respectively)

ronee

@$%^@$%&@&*^&*$%@

What the FUCK?

Cruising along fine in a SNG on Stars, within two players off the cash with a very good stack.
And those 3 hands happen in the next 5 hands!

- AhKh, SS shoves, I call and he shows TT. I river an Ace, but he already flopped a set. Whatever.

- I push 99 with three limpers, SS shows AJ and Chip "donk" Leader shows rags and flop is Axx.
I survive with the side-pot.

- Chip "donk" Leader limps and I shove K9 from the SB and he calls with J6 and flops a Jack.

This hand also happened to me very early in the tourney which hurt me a lot.
Although I was able to bounce back later, it just stings. My value bet on the turn was good I feel, but somehow, the donkey got there.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?3032265

ronee

Standard bust hand

Meh, busted out of a 45-man in 22nd place.
It truly is disappointing since I had a good stack and was looking to make a deep run.

77 UTG I call the BB of 100 with my 2400 stack and find 4 more callers.
Flop is T97 and UTG bets 200 I raise to 400. The player after me calls and every one else folds.
Q on the turn doesn't really concern me since it's unlikely he has KJ or J8. I bet pot (1600) to get him out of any draws and he calls.
River comes Q and at that point I am low on chips and shove my Sevens full.
He showed me TT for Tens full. GG.

ronee

Instant off-tilt, sort off

Made a return to FTP today, registering for a $1 45-man and I got 3rd, good for $7.
I was chip leader for the first half of the tournament, thanks in big part to me gambling on a flush draw and tripling up.

After that, the following hand came up:

http://www.pokerhand.org/?3032975

I called with third pair on the flop because I just had the feeling the board completely missed him. He raised preflop OOP which showed a lot of strenght.
However, he paused on the flop and bet only half the pot, so that looked like a continuation bet to me and I made the call. The turn obviously didn't help him at all and I picked up a flush draw to boot with my minuscule pair. He shoved and I called, my read was good as he showed AK.
Would I have called if I didn't get that flush draw? I don't know, because it gave me a blanket just in case my read was wrong, but I didn't need it.

The next hand is my biggest:

http://www.pokerhand.org/?3032981

I value bet all the way to the river. The turn was magical to me and insured me a huge pot three-handed.
It was also the first hand back from the first break, good times. He showed 77 to my full house.

This hand was a big blunder on my part. I had top pair and feared I was outkicked.
Because of that I didn't bet the turn and he caught me on the damn river. I'm so stupid.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?3032983

Runner-runner bad beats are NEVER fun!:

http://www.pokerhand.org/?3032987

The 4-handed and 3-handed parts of the game were complete GRINDS.
Chip leads kept moving around, short stacks kept getting their miracle cards to stay alive (case in point: 53o vs Q5o flop 53x) and I was getting frustrated.
3-handed, the blinds reached 3000-6000 which happens very rarely, given there are only 67500 chips in play! That means the three of us had an M of 3 only!
Finally I shoved A9 vs AQ and (surprise, surprise!) failed to catch my card. Meh, always happens for the others, never to oneself.

Winning is good, but who am i kidding I'm still tilting from yesterday XD.

ronee

Tilting like crazy!

I haven't played (ok, played maybe once) for the last week because I didn't feel like it and today was definitely not the day to start playing again.

I started 6 $3 10-man SNGs and cashed in only one! Just so sick. That caps a -$14 day I think.
I don't think I am playing bad, but it just seems like I can't catch cards or a break at the right time. To give you an example:

KK vs A9 he spikes an Ace on the flop. Which really sucks because he shoved a raiser from his SB and I pushed in the BB.

TT vs QJ, he flops QQJ. God-awful move on his part preflop. I raised, he reraised, I shoved and he called, WTF?

Apart from that, it just feels like everytime we are on the bubble, the short stacks keep shoving mediocre hands and doubling up against the chip leader, which in turn makes yours truly the short stack. God I just hate that.

I know that my bubble game isn't at its best right now, with either a short or big stack I just can't keep up with the blinds/antes to cash. Maybe the answer would be to stop playing turbos. But I have always been profitable in those so I don't see a reason to stop playing them anytime soon.

Is a -4BI considered a downswing? Is it standard? Should I even be on tilt or mad about it?
Anyways, right now seems a good time to quit for today and refresh.
I will start playing again on Full Tilt soon and hopefully I will do better.

ronee