Hey there, sorry haven't updated in a while.
I played 2 SNGs last night simulatenously on Stars and it went good....almost very good if not for a late collapse.
The first SNG I picked up KK the first hand and busted a nut-flush drawer when I shoved and got called on the turn to bust him. Then a few hands later I picked up 22 and call a raise and flop trips.
I got it all-in against KK and held. I picked up AA once too I think.
I was up to 4500 very early but bubbled the thing when I tried to bully around the shorties and doubled them a few times. My demise was when I raised AT and got called.
Flop was 477 and I just hoped he had none of it (we were even stacks) so I shoved first and he called with A7. GG.
The second SNG I doubled with KK as well early AIPF vs JJ I think, don't remember.
I ended up second and the heads-up portion was a bore. We were exchanging leads and suckouts because the blinds were so huge so it was a shove fest which went on for a long time.
I finally tried to steal with J4 and he called with a King which held.
Meh, only +1BI for the night when it could have been muuucchh better.
Since I'm on a two weeks vacation I might try to play some tourneys at night we'll see, but if I play SNGs, I will play at least 2-3 to keep busy.
ronee
Monday, September 29, 2008
Thursday, September 25, 2008
An all-timer
Meh, too bad I busted on the first hand of heads-up (about even stacks) with AT vs J4 (complete donkey). I flopped a T but he got a Jack too.
But that hand below was definitely the pot of the tournament
http://www.pokerhand.org/?3239626
ronee
But that hand below was definitely the pot of the tournament
http://www.pokerhand.org/?3239626
ronee
On the uptick
PLO is really heart-stopping. Yesterday I lost a $30 pot three-handed with about the same hand which missed. This time I got hit by the deck and get the win. I am not sure what my odds are in this hand but I still like this draw very much.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?3239100
Pretty standard here against the short stack. I just realized now I was also holding two of his outs, woot!
http://www.pokerhand.org/?3239090
This hand capped a +$22 session which felt really great.
I was really sweating the flush draw but turns out he was drawing only to two outs.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?3239078
Other than that I have been playing a few super-turbos on FT the past few days, don't ask me why, I know it's stupid.
Anyways, it's stress free and if I can get lucky maybe I'll score something who knows? :)
Last one I played, I was on the bubble with AT when the CL shoved my BB with QdJd and he flops the flush, good game!
ronee
http://www.pokerhand.org/?3239100
Pretty standard here against the short stack. I just realized now I was also holding two of his outs, woot!
http://www.pokerhand.org/?3239090
This hand capped a +$22 session which felt really great.
I was really sweating the flush draw but turns out he was drawing only to two outs.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?3239078
Other than that I have been playing a few super-turbos on FT the past few days, don't ask me why, I know it's stupid.
Anyways, it's stress free and if I can get lucky maybe I'll score something who knows? :)
Last one I played, I was on the bubble with AT when the CL shoved my BB with QdJd and he flops the flush, good game!
ronee
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
I should stick to the games I am good at
Running like complete horse shit in PLO. I don't think I have hit better than two pairs during my session today! Which means death especially when you play a game like Omaha.
However, this little NLHE hand kind of made up for it.
The guy was a complete donk on my left, calling two all-ins with QTo and actually winning.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?3234333
ronee
However, this little NLHE hand kind of made up for it.
The guy was a complete donk on my left, calling two all-ins with QTo and actually winning.
http://www.pokerhand.org/?3234333
ronee
Monday, September 22, 2008
PartyPoker spikes my interest once again
My first ever poker room was Poker Room, but that doesn't really count since I only played maybe two play money games and that was about it.
After that I finally settled on PartyPoker (that was 3 years ago) and decided to deposit real money for the first time (ah, the days where VISA would just work!).
I deposited $50, ran it up to maybe $100 grinding micro-stakes SNGs, went on my first downswing and monkey-tilt down to $30. Then stupidly tried cash gaming at $0.25/$0.50 and ran that up to $130 in just a few days. From there, went through another downswing before going busto. Never redeposited again.
I had had enough of the Party software and gave Full Tilt and PokerStars their shot and never looked back. They had so many features that Party could not even touch (auto-centered view please? Customizable skins anyone?).
And tomorrow, everything could change. PartyPoker is set to unveil its new 'ground-breaking' software, and from the looks of it, it seems 'ok' but still a lot better than the crumsy old software.
Of course I will give it a try, but the new look is not the reason why I am thinking of depositing again.
How many times have you been on a US poker forum and heard someone say "I miss Party"?
Well I've seen it many times, and all those US players miss the action and the fish they used to get from Party. Of course those were the old days right around the boom, when most players didn't have a clue about poker in general, so who is to say that Party's crowd didn't get better now just like every other room?
That was my thinking until I read on a blog earlier stating that the country leading in terms of cashes at the WCOOP is the US, and it's not even close. Are Americans really better than Europeans when it comes to poker? And it so happens that Americans are only allowed to play on both sites that I play on, Tilt and Stars.
I might be dreaming here, maybe that statistic is skewed given that the WCOOP is geared towards a certain time zone but I doubt it would stop Europeans from playing in it.
Anyways, if the new Party software convinces me, maybe I will give it a shot again and see where the competition stands. Launch date is tomorrow.
ronee
After that I finally settled on PartyPoker (that was 3 years ago) and decided to deposit real money for the first time (ah, the days where VISA would just work!).
I deposited $50, ran it up to maybe $100 grinding micro-stakes SNGs, went on my first downswing and monkey-tilt down to $30. Then stupidly tried cash gaming at $0.25/$0.50 and ran that up to $130 in just a few days. From there, went through another downswing before going busto. Never redeposited again.
I had had enough of the Party software and gave Full Tilt and PokerStars their shot and never looked back. They had so many features that Party could not even touch (auto-centered view please? Customizable skins anyone?).
And tomorrow, everything could change. PartyPoker is set to unveil its new 'ground-breaking' software, and from the looks of it, it seems 'ok' but still a lot better than the crumsy old software.
Of course I will give it a try, but the new look is not the reason why I am thinking of depositing again.
How many times have you been on a US poker forum and heard someone say "I miss Party"?
Well I've seen it many times, and all those US players miss the action and the fish they used to get from Party. Of course those were the old days right around the boom, when most players didn't have a clue about poker in general, so who is to say that Party's crowd didn't get better now just like every other room?
That was my thinking until I read on a blog earlier stating that the country leading in terms of cashes at the WCOOP is the US, and it's not even close. Are Americans really better than Europeans when it comes to poker? And it so happens that Americans are only allowed to play on both sites that I play on, Tilt and Stars.
I might be dreaming here, maybe that statistic is skewed given that the WCOOP is geared towards a certain time zone but I doubt it would stop Europeans from playing in it.
Anyways, if the new Party software convinces me, maybe I will give it a shot again and see where the competition stands. Launch date is tomorrow.
ronee
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Live cashing streak is over, but not before one last hurrah
I was invited to another live game saturday night (second live game in a row) and this time had 7 players with a $1 buy-in only.
That made for a relaxed atmosphere and crazy calls really, I just had to adapt.
My friend/host also handed out packs of Carta Mundi cards that his business sells and it was a nice gesture, appreciated it very much.
We had enough time to play two games and I finished 1st and 5th respectively.
Don't remember much of the hands really, I was just fooling around, limping everywhere and trying to get paid off when I did hit:
GAME 1
- I was severely short stacked and limped with A2 suited in a three-handed pot.
I flop a deuce and we all call a bet to the turn which brings another deuce. I call a shover and almost triple up.
- I push from the button with ATo to try to commit the BB who was short. To my surprise the SB calls as well with KJ while the BB had garbage. BB flops a King but I runner-runner the nut flush. Justice!
- Heads-up my opponent is auto-all-in with less than a BB and I only have 46o to his overcards.
He flops a pair but I river a gutshot 8-high straight to win the first game. Not the best way to win but I'll take it anyways.
GAME 2
- First hand I call a raiser with 99 and we see a flop of 9xA. He bets, I raise, he reraises, I reraise, he calls. Turn is another A which would seal my win or break me really. He pushes, I call and he only has KK, I double up the first hand of the game.
- I lose half my stack later when I shove with QQ and get a call by KJ. He flops a King and I am left the shorter stack again.
- Have A7 and we have a four-handed hand. Flop was A7Q.
Don't remember what happened, but I folded on the turn because of a shover and I remember the shover busting with the other two guys both having AQ whew!
- I don't remember my last hand, but I just know it was a bad beat lol. Oh well, who cares?
From then on we tried to play Stud and Omaha just for a change and they all agreed.
They also all agreed that Stud is very hard to play while Omaha generates waaayyy too much action lol. We had so many crazy hands in Omaha we just couldn't stop laughing.
Finally, it was getting late and we all decided to go all-in (in Omaha, yes!) just to decide the winner.
I think I had the second best hand with T9KJ, while the best hand had AKT8 or something.
I turned two pairs and won that last hand, whatever PLO :P
ronee
That made for a relaxed atmosphere and crazy calls really, I just had to adapt.
My friend/host also handed out packs of Carta Mundi cards that his business sells and it was a nice gesture, appreciated it very much.
We had enough time to play two games and I finished 1st and 5th respectively.
Don't remember much of the hands really, I was just fooling around, limping everywhere and trying to get paid off when I did hit:
GAME 1
- I was severely short stacked and limped with A2 suited in a three-handed pot.
I flop a deuce and we all call a bet to the turn which brings another deuce. I call a shover and almost triple up.
- I push from the button with ATo to try to commit the BB who was short. To my surprise the SB calls as well with KJ while the BB had garbage. BB flops a King but I runner-runner the nut flush. Justice!
- Heads-up my opponent is auto-all-in with less than a BB and I only have 46o to his overcards.
He flops a pair but I river a gutshot 8-high straight to win the first game. Not the best way to win but I'll take it anyways.
GAME 2
- First hand I call a raiser with 99 and we see a flop of 9xA. He bets, I raise, he reraises, I reraise, he calls. Turn is another A which would seal my win or break me really. He pushes, I call and he only has KK, I double up the first hand of the game.
- I lose half my stack later when I shove with QQ and get a call by KJ. He flops a King and I am left the shorter stack again.
- Have A7 and we have a four-handed hand. Flop was A7Q.
Don't remember what happened, but I folded on the turn because of a shover and I remember the shover busting with the other two guys both having AQ whew!
- I don't remember my last hand, but I just know it was a bad beat lol. Oh well, who cares?
From then on we tried to play Stud and Omaha just for a change and they all agreed.
They also all agreed that Stud is very hard to play while Omaha generates waaayyy too much action lol. We had so many crazy hands in Omaha we just couldn't stop laughing.
Finally, it was getting late and we all decided to go all-in (in Omaha, yes!) just to decide the winner.
I think I had the second best hand with T9KJ, while the best hand had AKT8 or something.
I turned two pairs and won that last hand, whatever PLO :P
ronee
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Still doing good in live games, but I hate 2nd place
I had another live game last night, with 8 players, a $5 buy-in and prizes as followed $20, $15, $5 for the first 3.
I am somewhat happy and disappointed because I finished 2nd in both games we played, but I also know I could/should/would have finished first if I played better and avoided bad beats here and there.
But I still came out the winner, as I was the only person to cash in both games and got the most profit, with a net +$20 in winnings (which also makes the two winners the only other players in the black).
Don't remember much of the action to be honest with you but I am just going to give you a bunch of hands.
FIRST GAME
- Two-handed flop of TTT and one player shoves his short stack and gets called. He showed 99 but caller had a crushing KT, good game.
- Heads-up he has a 2-1 lead on me and I push with (huge blinds) AJ and to my surprise he snaps with 89 and pairs on the flop to bust me.
SECOND GAME
- QJ and three of us see a flop of KJx and it's all checked. The turn is a rag and the short stack shoves and the other folds. I put him on a Jack as well and think for about 1 min. since it was about half my stack (trying to surive at this point). I call and he showed J4, with the river missing him.
- KK in the SB with 4 limpers, I raise 5xBB and they all fold.
- On the bubble I raise A9o UTG and the SB shoves. Now since I know him, he could have anything from A5 to AA in that spot. I call for half my stack and he shows AK, ichk! I double him up and I am short stacked.
- KK again and I shove my minuscule stack and get 2 callers. They checked all the way down to the river which is another K. I triple up with the nuts.
- Not long after I get KK again in the SB and it's folded to me. I decide to trap and simply call, hoping for a raise in position. To my surprise he checks.
Flop is KQT and I check, he bets, I call trying to represent a draw. Turn is the case King and I have a nuclear hold on the hand and check...since I represented a draw, the King would not have helped me.
Of course he bets and I shove for very little more. He agonizes because he now knows I do have something and calls anyway because he could afford it and was committed. I show quads and he had A5.
- Heads-up I doubled him up when I had AJ vs KQ and he paired on the flop.
- After a few more hands I tried to steal with K3 by shoving and he snaps with A3 and I miss.
Well there it is. Like I said, a few bad beats killed me but what can you do. I really need to work on my heads-up game right now and try to avoid spots where I gamble too much.
Meh, still a good night overall. Even though the structure was very very fast, it was more of a push/fold contest, but it's a skill that will come in handy from time to time.
ronee
I am somewhat happy and disappointed because I finished 2nd in both games we played, but I also know I could/should/would have finished first if I played better and avoided bad beats here and there.
But I still came out the winner, as I was the only person to cash in both games and got the most profit, with a net +$20 in winnings (which also makes the two winners the only other players in the black).
Don't remember much of the action to be honest with you but I am just going to give you a bunch of hands.
FIRST GAME
- Two-handed flop of TTT and one player shoves his short stack and gets called. He showed 99 but caller had a crushing KT, good game.
- Heads-up he has a 2-1 lead on me and I push with (huge blinds) AJ and to my surprise he snaps with 89 and pairs on the flop to bust me.
SECOND GAME
- QJ and three of us see a flop of KJx and it's all checked. The turn is a rag and the short stack shoves and the other folds. I put him on a Jack as well and think for about 1 min. since it was about half my stack (trying to surive at this point). I call and he showed J4, with the river missing him.
- KK in the SB with 4 limpers, I raise 5xBB and they all fold.
- On the bubble I raise A9o UTG and the SB shoves. Now since I know him, he could have anything from A5 to AA in that spot. I call for half my stack and he shows AK, ichk! I double him up and I am short stacked.
- KK again and I shove my minuscule stack and get 2 callers. They checked all the way down to the river which is another K. I triple up with the nuts.
- Not long after I get KK again in the SB and it's folded to me. I decide to trap and simply call, hoping for a raise in position. To my surprise he checks.
Flop is KQT and I check, he bets, I call trying to represent a draw. Turn is the case King and I have a nuclear hold on the hand and check...since I represented a draw, the King would not have helped me.
Of course he bets and I shove for very little more. He agonizes because he now knows I do have something and calls anyway because he could afford it and was committed. I show quads and he had A5.
- Heads-up I doubled him up when I had AJ vs KQ and he paired on the flop.
- After a few more hands I tried to steal with K3 by shoving and he snaps with A3 and I miss.
Well there it is. Like I said, a few bad beats killed me but what can you do. I really need to work on my heads-up game right now and try to avoid spots where I gamble too much.
Meh, still a good night overall. Even though the structure was very very fast, it was more of a push/fold contest, but it's a skill that will come in handy from time to time.
ronee
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