Well, here goes my greatest month ever.
After I vowed not to play on Full Tilt for a while, I decided to donk off the rest of my BR in some higher buyins...what happened next is my greatest run ever, as I won my next three SNGs (at higher buy-ins than I usually play), which almost total my winnings for the month.
Right now, I am up very little on Stars (played early in the month) and concentrated on Full Tilt where I am up about $145 for the month now, which is $90 more than my previous monthly record. Funny how it goes.
Right now I am thinking of switching back to Stars for a little while as I suffered two sick beats in consecutive MTTs on Full Tilt.
First, I had JJ on a 532 board and he called with A3 only to river an Ace for two pairs.
Then I shoved AdKd preflop and he calls with AcKc and gets his flush......just sick.
Anyways, I will concentrate on $5 BIs at the moment and I will also try to increase my OPR% on my Stars account, which is less than stellar LOL. I have a 90% rankings on Full Tilt with about 75% on PokerStars I think.
And last but not least, congratulations to Scotty Nguyen for winning the $50K HORSE event for his fifth bracelet. I was really rooting for Negreanu in the later stages, unfortunately he flamed out. But it's all good, baby!
ronee
Monday, June 30, 2008
Thursday, June 26, 2008
8th in $3 MTT this morning
I mean, how far do we have to go to finally see the big bucks?
I registered along with 120 other players for the $3 MTT on Full Tilt and managed to climb among the leaders in mid-tourney. Thanks in no small parts to AA and KK that held up against shorter stacks' shoves.
After going as high as 9k in chips (among the leaders) I then proceed to be COMPLETELY card dead. The blinds were escalating and everybody was raising preflop like they had a plane to catch.
Anyways, only 12 get paid and we were 13 left. I think I was sitting in 11th position when I finally get 99 in MP and shove (reluctantly). Chip leader instacalls (he calls with lots of things really) to show AK and the race was on.
Luckily I turned a 9 and he rivered an Ace.....I exhale as I am out of the danger zone with about 7k. The shortest stack soon busts and I reach the final table with about 4k inchips....Leaders probably have 30k at that point, with blinds at 500/1000.
What do I get for the first hand at the final table? And COINCIDENTALLY I find myself in the big bling....T3 offsuit!!! greaaatttt.
The next hand isn't much better in the small blind. So there you go, I was down 1500 already in the first two hands of the final table.
Thanks to the other short stack, he busts first and I bust not long after with JdTd vs AQ.
I am happy I made it his far, but it seems making the final table just isn't enough to warrant a big cash. Looks like next time I am going to aim for the top three spots. Tough task if cards don't cooperate.
Well, still got a $10 cash and some hopes up.
ronee
I registered along with 120 other players for the $3 MTT on Full Tilt and managed to climb among the leaders in mid-tourney. Thanks in no small parts to AA and KK that held up against shorter stacks' shoves.
After going as high as 9k in chips (among the leaders) I then proceed to be COMPLETELY card dead. The blinds were escalating and everybody was raising preflop like they had a plane to catch.
Anyways, only 12 get paid and we were 13 left. I think I was sitting in 11th position when I finally get 99 in MP and shove (reluctantly). Chip leader instacalls (he calls with lots of things really) to show AK and the race was on.
Luckily I turned a 9 and he rivered an Ace.....I exhale as I am out of the danger zone with about 7k. The shortest stack soon busts and I reach the final table with about 4k inchips....Leaders probably have 30k at that point, with blinds at 500/1000.
What do I get for the first hand at the final table? And COINCIDENTALLY I find myself in the big bling....T3 offsuit!!! greaaatttt.
The next hand isn't much better in the small blind. So there you go, I was down 1500 already in the first two hands of the final table.
Thanks to the other short stack, he busts first and I bust not long after with JdTd vs AQ.
I am happy I made it his far, but it seems making the final table just isn't enough to warrant a big cash. Looks like next time I am going to aim for the top three spots. Tough task if cards don't cooperate.
Well, still got a $10 cash and some hopes up.
ronee
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Lack of interesting stuff
Well I haven't played much in the last few days, just micro stakes on Full Tilt.
My latest SNG I finished second in the $1 45-man for $11. I had a sick rush where I came in the second short stack at the final table and picked up AA (three-way AIPF) and KcQc for the rivered King high straight flush draw in my first two hands, so those were great boosts.
From then on I was card dead and folded a lot of my stack, just staying patient.
heads-up we both went all in on the first hand with my K6 vs JJ on a 345 board and I busted. Sigh, there goes my chance to finally win this 45-man in a loooong time.
Pros keep winning bracelets at the WSOP it's nuts. I have no clue what's gotten into them lol.
One of my favorites, David Benyamine finally took the time to actually play a tournament well and won. Then there is Jesper Hougaard, the player who owned Jamie Gold at last year's Main Event.
ronee
My latest SNG I finished second in the $1 45-man for $11. I had a sick rush where I came in the second short stack at the final table and picked up AA (three-way AIPF) and KcQc for the rivered King high straight flush draw in my first two hands, so those were great boosts.
From then on I was card dead and folded a lot of my stack, just staying patient.
heads-up we both went all in on the first hand with my K6 vs JJ on a 345 board and I busted. Sigh, there goes my chance to finally win this 45-man in a loooong time.
Pros keep winning bracelets at the WSOP it's nuts. I have no clue what's gotten into them lol.
One of my favorites, David Benyamine finally took the time to actually play a tournament well and won. Then there is Jesper Hougaard, the player who owned Jamie Gold at last year's Main Event.
ronee
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Nice game + Super Dario
Had a nice $5 9-man game last night.
This player in particular 'arizcardsfan' was great, we chatted all game long and he was fun playing with. Congrats for making it heads-up with me, and sorry for the suckout ;)
Here are the notable hands:
- Early, a poor guy gets AA vs KK and the K on the flop short stacks him to 200. Instead of shoving ATC, he tightens up even more. Somehow he gets KK and shoves to get called by AK and get sucked out on again.
- Card dead for much of the start, I shove QQ vs JJ on 'arizcardsfan's raise and I double up to get some life.
- On a very scary board with 4 players in, I had position and it was checked around to the turn. I was planning on putting in a bet if it was checked to me, but 'arizcardsfan' bets and we fold, only for him to show us KcJc for the King high straight flush. lol nh.
- On the bubble at 100/200 (which is early for the bubble) we have one player who had been disconnected forever, or maybe just left. Anyways, he only had 600 behind compared to our 4000+ each. We could certainly all make it to the money just by waiting. However there is an action flop with a board like QcJx9c and I have AcQc.
This other guy bets and I shove back with top pair and the nut draw. He calls, which makes me cringe because he shows KT for the flopped straight and I hate myself for putting my tournament life at risk. Luckily the turn is Tc and I bust him right out of the money. Sick. But at least 'absent' guy is ITM. Congrats!
- Heads up I have a 2-1 chip advantage which I lose little by little. We both shoved with my K7 on a board of K3xx and he shows 33. I was disappointed because he was mostly a tight player and really I was beat there but it's hard to lay down top pair heads-up. I then fall to 2000 chips and he has about 12000.
- I then manage to limp with AcQc hoping for a raise and he does so shove-call and he has A8. I double up.
- I take back the chip lead, only to lose it again, and take it back. Keep in mind the HU started at the 100/200 level, and we ended it on the 300/600 level So that's almost 30mins. It did seem like a long time.
Finally he raises me to 1200 and I decide to shove A7o. He tells me "race?" I reply "sure, let's go".
He then calls with 22 (he calls them 'love ducks') and we are off.
Amazingly the board goes K969K and I take the $22 with Ace kicker, sick. It's incredible how he went from favorite in the hand to the ultimate dog, the most useless hand on a board like that.
On the WSOP side, the pros are doing it again!!!!
John Phan won a bracelet! The great story about it is at one point they both agreed to go all-in blind for the bracelet and they did haha. Phan won that and doubled up to the chip lead.
Dario Minieri also won a bracelet at the 6-max event! I know he takes a lot of heat from people because of his attitude and arrogance, but he really IS good. Just sharkscope him if you don't believe it. He is HYPER aggressive like you wouldn't believe. Anyways, he had the best suckout in the world when he shoved 3s4s vs KK and got runner-runner 4s to take back the lead heads-up. Wow.
ronee
This player in particular 'arizcardsfan' was great, we chatted all game long and he was fun playing with. Congrats for making it heads-up with me, and sorry for the suckout ;)
Here are the notable hands:
- Early, a poor guy gets AA vs KK and the K on the flop short stacks him to 200. Instead of shoving ATC, he tightens up even more. Somehow he gets KK and shoves to get called by AK and get sucked out on again.
- Card dead for much of the start, I shove QQ vs JJ on 'arizcardsfan's raise and I double up to get some life.
- On a very scary board with 4 players in, I had position and it was checked around to the turn. I was planning on putting in a bet if it was checked to me, but 'arizcardsfan' bets and we fold, only for him to show us KcJc for the King high straight flush. lol nh.
- On the bubble at 100/200 (which is early for the bubble) we have one player who had been disconnected forever, or maybe just left. Anyways, he only had 600 behind compared to our 4000+ each. We could certainly all make it to the money just by waiting. However there is an action flop with a board like QcJx9c and I have AcQc.
This other guy bets and I shove back with top pair and the nut draw. He calls, which makes me cringe because he shows KT for the flopped straight and I hate myself for putting my tournament life at risk. Luckily the turn is Tc and I bust him right out of the money. Sick. But at least 'absent' guy is ITM. Congrats!
- Heads up I have a 2-1 chip advantage which I lose little by little. We both shoved with my K7 on a board of K3xx and he shows 33. I was disappointed because he was mostly a tight player and really I was beat there but it's hard to lay down top pair heads-up. I then fall to 2000 chips and he has about 12000.
- I then manage to limp with AcQc hoping for a raise and he does so shove-call and he has A8. I double up.
- I take back the chip lead, only to lose it again, and take it back. Keep in mind the HU started at the 100/200 level, and we ended it on the 300/600 level So that's almost 30mins. It did seem like a long time.
Finally he raises me to 1200 and I decide to shove A7o. He tells me "race?" I reply "sure, let's go".
He then calls with 22 (he calls them 'love ducks') and we are off.
Amazingly the board goes K969K and I take the $22 with Ace kicker, sick. It's incredible how he went from favorite in the hand to the ultimate dog, the most useless hand on a board like that.
On the WSOP side, the pros are doing it again!!!!
John Phan won a bracelet! The great story about it is at one point they both agreed to go all-in blind for the bracelet and they did haha. Phan won that and doubled up to the chip lead.
Dario Minieri also won a bracelet at the 6-max event! I know he takes a lot of heat from people because of his attitude and arrogance, but he really IS good. Just sharkscope him if you don't believe it. He is HYPER aggressive like you wouldn't believe. Anyways, he had the best suckout in the world when he shoved 3s4s vs KK and got runner-runner 4s to take back the lead heads-up. Wow.
ronee
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Playing the board?
I was playing another $1 45-man this afternoon.
Got AA on the BTN and raised minimum, and the blinds called, creating a 500 chip pot.
Well I got the dream flop of 3A3 and it was checked around to the turn of 8 and river 8.
After they all checked, instead of a smallish bet that might look like a trap, I decide to overbet and bet the pot. I get a call from the SB and show him the goods.
I was just shocked when I looked at the hand history and saw that he was holding 22!
Playing the board eh? I guess my pot bet worked to perfection :)
Unfortunately, my good run in this tourney came to an end. I had three straight finishes of 2nd, 3rd, and 4th, and this time I went out in 8th, almost ITM. I am still happy to have made the final table though and had a great chip stack that was above average.
I busted the short stack with TT vs Ax. Then I raised a couple of hands (KQ) that missed the board completely. Then I picked up AQ in MP and raise 2.5xBB and get called by the CL.
Unfortunately the SB reraises to 2000, which I call and the CL folds, I have 5000 left behind, plenty enough.
The flop comes AKx and he bets half my stack. At this point I should have folded because his position and preflop action screamed at least AK. But I was surprised he didn't decide to trap.
Maybe he was playing QQ/JJ and wanted to resteal preflop.
So I reluctantly shoved and he showed AA. Wow... like I said, incredible that he bet the flop since he was the absolute favorite. But in any case he got all my chips. I guess he decided that I, at least, had an Ace or King to make the call preflop.
Got AA on the BTN and raised minimum, and the blinds called, creating a 500 chip pot.
Well I got the dream flop of 3A3 and it was checked around to the turn of 8 and river 8.
After they all checked, instead of a smallish bet that might look like a trap, I decide to overbet and bet the pot. I get a call from the SB and show him the goods.
I was just shocked when I looked at the hand history and saw that he was holding 22!
Playing the board eh? I guess my pot bet worked to perfection :)
Unfortunately, my good run in this tourney came to an end. I had three straight finishes of 2nd, 3rd, and 4th, and this time I went out in 8th, almost ITM. I am still happy to have made the final table though and had a great chip stack that was above average.
I busted the short stack with TT vs Ax. Then I raised a couple of hands (KQ) that missed the board completely. Then I picked up AQ in MP and raise 2.5xBB and get called by the CL.
Unfortunately the SB reraises to 2000, which I call and the CL folds, I have 5000 left behind, plenty enough.
The flop comes AKx and he bets half my stack. At this point I should have folded because his position and preflop action screamed at least AK. But I was surprised he didn't decide to trap.
Maybe he was playing QQ/JJ and wanted to resteal preflop.
So I reluctantly shoved and he showed AA. Wow... like I said, incredible that he bet the flop since he was the absolute favorite. But in any case he got all my chips. I guess he decided that I, at least, had an Ace or King to make the call preflop.
ACTION FLOP!!!
I guess JJ was a clear loser with the preflop reraise, but I thought he was trying to isolate with a hand like AK. Then the desired low flop came and my over pair and flush draw was too hard to lay down imo. Opinions?
Full Tilt Poker Game #6876364290: $1 + $0.25 Sit & Go (52255873), Table 3 - 60/120 - No Limit Hold'em - 15:45:24 ET - 2008/06/18
Seat 1: abelus (7,000)
Seat 2: Matman2702 (5,775)
Seat 3: peteraz222 (3,695)
Seat 4: roneewong (9,573)
Seat 5: I Understand U (4,050)
Seat 6: Shasta3 (870)
Seat 7: jjerusalem (11,300)
Seat 8: DaDirty111 (2,585)
Seat 9: flyinhazards (10,370)
abelus posts the small blind of 60
Matman2702 posts the big blind of 120
The button is in seat #9
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to roneewong [Jd Jh]
peteraz222 has 15 seconds left to act
peteraz222 raises to 240
roneewong calls 240
I Understand U folds
Shasta3 raises to 870, and is all in
jjerusalem folds
DaDirty111 folds
flyinhazards folds
abelus has 15 seconds left to act
abelus raises to 1,500
Matman2702 folds
peteraz222 calls 1,260
roneewong calls 1,260
*** FLOP *** [6h 5h 4h]
abelus has 15 seconds left to act
abelus bets 5,500, and is all in
peteraz222 calls 2,195, and is all in
roneewong calls 5,500
abelus shows [As Ac]
peteraz222 shows [5s 5c]
roneewong shows [Jd Jh]
Shasta3 shows [Kh Kd]
*** TURN *** [6h 5h 4h] [Tc]
*** RIVER *** [6h 5h 4h Tc] [6s]
abelus shows two pair, Aces and Sixes
roneewong shows two pair, Jacks and Sixes
abelus wins side pot #2 (6,610) with two pair, Aces and Sixes
peteraz222 shows a full house, Fives full of Sixes
peteraz222 wins side pot #1 (8,475) with a full house, Fives full of Sixes
Shasta3 shows two pair, Kings and Sixes
peteraz222 wins the main pot (3,600) with a full house, Fives full of Sixes
Shasta3 stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 18,685 Main pot 3,600. Side pot 1 8,475. Side pot 2 6,610. | Rake 0
Board: [6h 5h 4h Tc 6s]
Seat 1: abelus (small blind) showed [As Ac] and won (6,610) with two pair, Aces and Sixes
Seat 2: Matman2702 (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: peteraz222 showed [5s 5c] and won (12,075) with a full house, Fives full of Sixes
Seat 4: roneewong showed [Jd Jh] and lost with two pair, Jacks and Sixes
Seat 5: I Understand U didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: Shasta3 showed [Kh Kd] and lost with two pair, Kings and Sixes
Seat 7: jjerusalem didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: DaDirty111 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: flyinhazards (button) didn't bet (folded)
Full Tilt Poker Game #6876364290: $1 + $0.25 Sit & Go (52255873), Table 3 - 60/120 - No Limit Hold'em - 15:45:24 ET - 2008/06/18
Seat 1: abelus (7,000)
Seat 2: Matman2702 (5,775)
Seat 3: peteraz222 (3,695)
Seat 4: roneewong (9,573)
Seat 5: I Understand U (4,050)
Seat 6: Shasta3 (870)
Seat 7: jjerusalem (11,300)
Seat 8: DaDirty111 (2,585)
Seat 9: flyinhazards (10,370)
abelus posts the small blind of 60
Matman2702 posts the big blind of 120
The button is in seat #9
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to roneewong [Jd Jh]
peteraz222 has 15 seconds left to act
peteraz222 raises to 240
roneewong calls 240
I Understand U folds
Shasta3 raises to 870, and is all in
jjerusalem folds
DaDirty111 folds
flyinhazards folds
abelus has 15 seconds left to act
abelus raises to 1,500
Matman2702 folds
peteraz222 calls 1,260
roneewong calls 1,260
*** FLOP *** [6h 5h 4h]
abelus has 15 seconds left to act
abelus bets 5,500, and is all in
peteraz222 calls 2,195, and is all in
roneewong calls 5,500
abelus shows [As Ac]
peteraz222 shows [5s 5c]
roneewong shows [Jd Jh]
Shasta3 shows [Kh Kd]
*** TURN *** [6h 5h 4h] [Tc]
*** RIVER *** [6h 5h 4h Tc] [6s]
abelus shows two pair, Aces and Sixes
roneewong shows two pair, Jacks and Sixes
abelus wins side pot #2 (6,610) with two pair, Aces and Sixes
peteraz222 shows a full house, Fives full of Sixes
peteraz222 wins side pot #1 (8,475) with a full house, Fives full of Sixes
Shasta3 shows two pair, Kings and Sixes
peteraz222 wins the main pot (3,600) with a full house, Fives full of Sixes
Shasta3 stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 18,685 Main pot 3,600. Side pot 1 8,475. Side pot 2 6,610. | Rake 0
Board: [6h 5h 4h Tc 6s]
Seat 1: abelus (small blind) showed [As Ac] and won (6,610) with two pair, Aces and Sixes
Seat 2: Matman2702 (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: peteraz222 showed [5s 5c] and won (12,075) with a full house, Fives full of Sixes
Seat 4: roneewong showed [Jd Jh] and lost with two pair, Jacks and Sixes
Seat 5: I Understand U didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: Shasta3 showed [Kh Kd] and lost with two pair, Kings and Sixes
Seat 7: jjerusalem didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: DaDirty111 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: flyinhazards (button) didn't bet (folded)
Sad day!!!
Sigh....I feel like I want to cry.
Yesterday the Lakers got DEMOLISHED by the Celtics in Game 6. That was expected and promptly reminded me of the 2004 Finals where the Lakers (again favorites) lost to the densive-minded (that word again) Pistons. Oh well, next year should be better as L.A. should be the clear-cut favorite to reach the Finals and take it all. Andrew Bynum will be a great center, and will allow Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom to slide to their respective positions (power and small forward). That way Radmanovic can hit the bench and I will be happy.
And I am not a big fan of soccer either, but France got ousted from the Euro 2008 competition, so just a sad day all around. Although that didn't sting as much as the other loss.
I think Portugal or the Netherlands have to be favored now, especially the Netherlands since they literally KILLED the world champs (Italy) and the vice-world champs (France) on their way to the playoffs.
Poker wise, everything was cool, until the Lakers lost LOL.
In the past three days I finished 2nd, 3rd, 4th (see a trend?) in the $1 45-man I played.
This I think is a cool accomplishment, even though the fields are weak, butI am proud of it nonetheless. That amounts to a $18 run I think.
Then the Lakers lost and I played a $5 9-man last night and promptly lost in 6th hahaha.
I love limping with smallish pairs, and I did with 77 in the cutoff. We went maybe 4-handed to the flop and the flop was 863.
The BB bets I call, everyone folds. The turn is 5 and it gives me an open-ender and he bets half my stack, OUCH. He could have an 8 or even worse. I shoved anyways, hoping he had a 6 or my draw would save me but he turned up 63o and I bricked. I guess that will teach me not to raise preflop with a pair, or at least slow down when I miss my set after the flop and give respect to the blinds on a rag board. I make such rookie mistakes sometimes.
On the WSOP side, the pros are KILLING IT!
Now Phil 'OMGClayAiken' Galfond won the PLO+R event, just sick. I rail him sometimes at the 200/400 PLO games on Full Tilt and the guy is good.
Now, I see that Dario Minieri is the clear leader at the final table of the NLHE 6-max even. Just sicker! He is the most aggressive player I have ever seen, and when he has a big stack, he is not afraid to use it. I expect a dominating win or a dramatic fall with his style. But I kinda hope he wins.
ronee
Yesterday the Lakers got DEMOLISHED by the Celtics in Game 6. That was expected and promptly reminded me of the 2004 Finals where the Lakers (again favorites) lost to the densive-minded (that word again) Pistons. Oh well, next year should be better as L.A. should be the clear-cut favorite to reach the Finals and take it all. Andrew Bynum will be a great center, and will allow Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom to slide to their respective positions (power and small forward). That way Radmanovic can hit the bench and I will be happy.
And I am not a big fan of soccer either, but France got ousted from the Euro 2008 competition, so just a sad day all around. Although that didn't sting as much as the other loss.
I think Portugal or the Netherlands have to be favored now, especially the Netherlands since they literally KILLED the world champs (Italy) and the vice-world champs (France) on their way to the playoffs.
Poker wise, everything was cool, until the Lakers lost LOL.
In the past three days I finished 2nd, 3rd, 4th (see a trend?) in the $1 45-man I played.
This I think is a cool accomplishment, even though the fields are weak, butI am proud of it nonetheless. That amounts to a $18 run I think.
Then the Lakers lost and I played a $5 9-man last night and promptly lost in 6th hahaha.
I love limping with smallish pairs, and I did with 77 in the cutoff. We went maybe 4-handed to the flop and the flop was 863.
The BB bets I call, everyone folds. The turn is 5 and it gives me an open-ender and he bets half my stack, OUCH. He could have an 8 or even worse. I shoved anyways, hoping he had a 6 or my draw would save me but he turned up 63o and I bricked. I guess that will teach me not to raise preflop with a pair, or at least slow down when I miss my set after the flop and give respect to the blinds on a rag board. I make such rookie mistakes sometimes.
On the WSOP side, the pros are KILLING IT!
Now Phil 'OMGClayAiken' Galfond won the PLO+R event, just sick. I rail him sometimes at the 200/400 PLO games on Full Tilt and the guy is good.
Now, I see that Dario Minieri is the clear leader at the final table of the NLHE 6-max even. Just sicker! He is the most aggressive player I have ever seen, and when he has a big stack, he is not afraid to use it. I expect a dominating win or a dramatic fall with his style. But I kinda hope he wins.
ronee
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