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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Little Rock, AR
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Poker Journal -- 2005
Hello all,
I am starting this dynasty in hopes that it will help me improve on my game. I am posting the journey of my poker ‘career’, which is pretty much limited to the free time I have on my hands. The good news is I am still in college and I do have the free time. As long as I can keep my bankroll financed, I should be able to keep playing. Thus, hopefully this dynasty will be long lasting and I will keep my interest in it. I have divided this introduction into four sections: cash games, sit and go, tournaments, and live play. I will expand on each of these as the post continues. These are the four major areas of my play. Some (such as live play) overlap with others. However, I think that each other is distinctly different to earn its own section and attention. There are some bankroll considerations which I am going to discuss here. I have about $300 to invest initially. I have a policy of not playing with the rent money. I know I am going to buy Poker Tracker for the $50 price tag. I am going to dump $100 into Poker Stars and $150 into Party Poker. I will explain these in depth later. I also want this to be much more of a dynasty than just the cards that I get. I want intelligent discussion on the way I play and how you, the reader, would play it. I am also going to throw in bonus material such as book and site reviews. In my ideal mind, this will become a central point for all discussions related to poker and helping everyone become a better player. I will not be doing this live. In other words, I will be reviewing the hand histories and posting what happened after the game I am in is completed. However, I will be taking heavy notes on players. This should allow me to provide insight into exactly what I was thinking. If it does not, then I will change the way I do it. Cash Games Cash games are what I have been more successful at in the past. However, I usually waste all the bank that I build up on tournaments. Now I have wised up and decided to create two separate bankrolls for my tournament play and for my cash game play. I will play my cash games at Party Poker. I will start at the full table .5/1 stakes. These games have recently undergone changes. Party Poker has introduced the six max .5/1 tables which have become very popular. According to the poker boards I read, the full table games at Party have tightened up. I am going to try this for myself. I find hard to believe that the .5/1 full table game at Party is going tight I have a strategy that has been successful in winning money at cash games, although not at a great rate. I have followed the basic guidelines in Winning Low Limit Hold Em by Lee Jones. I have often wondered if my play is too tight. I picked up Small Stakes Hold Em by Ed Miller, etc. I am reading it in hopes that I can loosen up my game and dominate the cash games at the mirco level. There is some concern about my bankroll being only 150 BB. There is a theory floating around that you need at least 300 BB to survive the variance in your bankroll. This very well may be true but I am not sure If I have seen any evidence of it. If I am having a losing night, I can usually walk away and make it back the next day. We will see how this pans out. Sit and Go I am under the impression that sit and go can be a very profitable way of making money. Therefore , I am depositing $100 to fund a tournament bankroll into Poker Stars. I will begin playing the $5 Sit and Go and hope to build up my bankroll to go up the rungs of the Sit and Go ladder. I recently picked up Winning Low Limit Hold Em Third Edition. It has a detailed Sit and Go section which gives advice on how to win these style of tournaments. I think I can follow these guidelines very carefully. I will elaborate on my strategy in the Sit and Go posts. I am going to divide my Sit and Go sections into three different parts. The first will be the early stage of the event. I will discuss the hands that I play and if anyone busts out. The second stage is the middle stage. This will be full of additional commentary. Finally, if I make it to the last stage I will detail it as well. Tournaments Tournaments are what I enjoy playing the most. Unfortunately, I have never really done well enough in one to win any money. I am hoping to improve and become a much more consistent player in tournaments. In order to do this, I think I need to develop a style and stick with it. Of course, tournament play is all about adapting your play according to the table. I have read Harrington on Hold Em Volume I and plan on re-reading it before playing in another tournament. After that, I am going to lay out a plan which will be discussed here and I hope to get feed back on it. I am also planning on reading Harrington on Hold Em Volume Two as well. I will be playing my tournaments at Poker Stars. Live Play I occasionally go to the casinos in Tunica, MS to play. I am going to recap my action here. I am not very good at recalling everything that goes on but I will be able to at least provide a report of my winnings and key hands. I also hope to get involved in the tournament action that goes on in Tunica as I progress as a poker player.
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08-02-2005, 01:15 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Little Rock, AR
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Live Poker
$3-6 Hold Em at the Gold Strike in Tunica, MS I headed down south last night and played some live poker at the Gold Strike Casino and Resort. Gold Strike has a real nice poker room which hosts an annual WPT event. The dealers are friendly and the action is soft. I took out $160 out of my bank account. This is what I do when I go play live poker. I just withdraw from my bank account and have it back in there the next day (hopefully). I should note that I am not very good at remembering all the cards that came in certain situations. I can not remember the number of hands that I played or any of that other quality information. The live play reports will be watered down. I have a good memory, but it is hard to keep up with all the cards that come. First Session I sit down at the table and do not recognize anyone that I have played with before. After a couple of hands, I see we have some fish sitting down. As far as the hands go, it was pretty much a blur. I know I had pocket rockets a couple of times which both held up for wins. I had AQ suited and unsuited a couple of times. One made a big pot with a flopped straight. I had pocket 10s once and turned a set into a nice profit. I know I took some beats but I can not recall any major ones. I started at about 6:00 PM and got up at 8:30 PM turning a nice $56 profit. Starting Bankroll: $160 Ending Bankroll: $206 Profit/Loss: $+56 Second Session I got up for a while and went and ate the buffet with my girlfriend. I got mine comped but I had to pay for her's. We also went and walked around the strip and went to the other casinos at Horseshoe and Sheraton. Horseshoe has a nice poker room but the minimum that they spread is $4-8. We played roulette at Sheraton and lost $40 doing that. Between the roulette table, cost of a buffet, and a few slot machines in-between I was down to $150. Around 10:30 PM, I bought that in chips and sat down at the same table I was at earlier. A few of the same faces were around including one LAG and one semi-conservative player. One of the first few hands I got was a 96o from the BB. I checked for free and flopped two pair. I raised and the pot suddenly became huge. I knew my two pair was vulnerable. An ace came on the turn and a queen came on the river. I was thinking I was beat but the pot was up around $100 and I was not going to fold. Another player flipped over AQ and I was out drawn. I invested about $30 into that pot. It would only get worse from there. I lost pocket kings twice. Once to a KTo rivered gutshot straight and another to a 10-8 suited flush on the river. The play was very sloppy but I could not capitalize and lost about $90. I did everything I could to protect my hands but fate was not on my side. My only win of the second session was with a QJo when I flopped top pair and my kicker held up. I left at about 1:30 AM. Starting Bankroll: $150 Ending Bankroll: $60 Profit/Loss: ($90) Overall: ($34)
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08-02-2005, 02:00 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2001
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i'll be reading, good luck!
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08-03-2005, 02:04 PM
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Good luck at the tables. I'm going to make a few suggestions that helped me out when I started out playing online. Feel free to ignore or use any of the info below.
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I am not sure that this is the right thing to do with your money. With a bankroll this small you should be bonuswhoring to build it up. I'd recommend looking at hxxp://bonuswhores.com/ for sites that you can signup with and play a small amount of hands for (relatively) large bonuses. Party is great and you should play there but not until you have $500 to deposit. If you want to get on the party network cheaper look to coral/eurobet and deposit $200 there for the $50 bonus. As far as pokertracker goes I wouldn't buy that either. Get it for free at a site like hxxp://www.boogster.com/main.asp or hxxp://pokersourceonline.com/index2.asp. In the long term when you build up your bankroll you are going to want to have at least one site on each of the big networks that gives you rakeback. Rakeback is a great thing when you start playing more online. Learn about the affiliates that offer rakeback at hxxp://www.rakerebatereview.com/. Even if you don't signup for rakeback now make sure you leave yourself some options for rakeback in the future. I guess what I am trying to say is before you deposit your money anywhere look for the best offer available and plan out the sites that you want to hit up and the order you plan on playing them. Quote:
I like this idea. It's always interesting to see what someone thinks about a site or a book or whatever. Quote:
I play at the $1/$2 tables on the party network and let me tell you there are plenty of players seeing the flop every other hand. The play after the flop is truely horrible which is good because my play after the flop is merly adequate. Pay special attention to the free card play in SSH. I can't tell you how many free cards I have gotten in the games at party. Quote:
I wouldn't worry about this as long as you are bonuswhoring. With the bonuses you have an added cushion in case things aren't going well. You are protected from a downswing and don't need 300 BB to play IMO. Quote:
For SNG I highly recommend putting you money in Bodog for them. Bodog offers a %20 unlimited bonus. When you play a SNG you work off double the rake in bonus. So if you play a $5+$0.50 you work off $1 of your bonus. This means that bodog is paying YOU $0.50 to play the SNG. This is by far the best offer for SNG players that I have seen and there are plenty of them running at bodog. edit: Only play the SNG at bodog though as you need to contribute to the pot in the limit games for it to count as a raked hand and work of the bonus. Quote:
As good as HOH 1 is HOH 2 is that much better. There is some truely great stuff about short handed games and playing when the blinds get big. In the online world the blinds get big fast so I would consider this a must read even for the SNG tables and I think Radii would agree after seeing his many references to his M in his big tourney win last week. Again good luck. Last edited by dixieflatline : 08-03-2005 at 02:30 PM. |
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08-04-2005, 11:19 PM
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Alright, I agree with you on this front after doing some research. The real question is how I should attack the bonuses. I need to develop a plan to get the best of the bonuses. Is the Bonus Whore 101 section where I need to begin? Would that get me the max on these bonus chances? Quote:
I have heard of these sites before. It looks like I could Poker Tracker, HOH 2, and TOP all for free. Are these points easy to clear? Quote:
This is something that I have an interest in learning about as well. I will look into all of my options before playing. I was always told rake back is something at the the higher limits to pursue. Quote:
I have read the new Sit-n-Go section and it is a good read. I will post a review on that section alone within the next couple of days. Quote:
I also heard the play was terrible there. I will see about investing some money here as well. I think it is one of the sites on the bonus whore website. I am having a bit of a problem with my bank and that is delaying getting started in the poker action. Hopefully, it will be cleared up soon and I can begin playing.
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08-05-2005, 02:02 PM
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High School Varsity
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Yes bonuswhores does a great job of listing a large ammount of these sites and giving you an estimate of how much money per hour the bonus is making you(click on the site for the specifics including the hourly charts). So you have $300 to start. What you are looking for in order of importance: 1. sites that you need to deposit less than $300 to get the full bonus 2. sites that will let you play off the bonus at lower limits or have high clearances at lower limits 2. sites that have a quick clearance(5x the bonus in raked hands hands is great) 4. sites that give you a higher bonus This list will change once you get to say $500-$700. So let's take a look at some sites: Eurobet has a $200 deposit for $50 in bonus. This bonus clears at almost $9 an hour at the .50/1 tables. Eurobet also does offer rakeback which actually might be a downside because you might want to save sites that have nice rakeback for later. The bonus is 5x raked hands so 250 raked hands. bet365 has a $50 deposit for $50 bonus(you might want to deposit a bit more than $50 just to be safe). To my knowledge this site has never offered a reload so it's a nice site to do and be done. They do however also offer rakeback. At .50/1 the clearance is "only" $6.51 but if you play 100 hands a day then the next day you are eligible to play in their $1000 freeroll. I believe something like 800-900 people show up for this at the 8:30 EST one. Careful though they are a london company so their "days" are off from ours by a few hours. This is nice because it will get you in a decent MTT without any risk. This was the first site I did and I did it before I learned about rakeback but I never plan on playing there again and other Prima sites have better rakeback offers so I didn't really miss out. Cyyptos like poker plex, will hill, and littlewoods are also great. They offer monthly bonuses and they don't subtract your bonus from your rake so you definitely should signup for rakeback at all of these sites(except littlewoods which doesn't offer rakeback to my knowledge). These sites will require you to play at the $1/$2 tables to work off the bonus and the play can be tight there but the bonuses are monthly and you shouldn't lose more than their generous bonuses. Quote:
Some are easy to clear some are horribly hard. The bodog one looks right up your alley because they don't offer rakeback and if you are going to be playing SNG there anyway you might as well maximize your profits. The sites I like to signup through them for free stuff are ones that have a poor bonus, don't offer rakeback, and aren't poker tracker compliant. Any site I play at regularly I want to monitor my play but I'll signup for a site, play 300 hands or whatever to get pokerbooks even if I can't put the hands into pokertracker. Quote:
Rakeback is certainly very nice for play at the high tables. If you are playing 5/10 for instance rakeback will be MUCH better than chasing bonuses like you will be doing. But don't discount rakeback for low limit play especially for the sites that don't subtract your bonus from your rakeback. Signing up for rakeback at bet365 playing 250 hands and leaving isn't going to do you any good but signing up at pokerplex playing 300 hands a month for the bonus AND getting rakeback will add up over time. You will certainly want rakeback at at least one party site. I believe that party and pokernow have eliminated rakeback so eurobet, multipoker, empire, and intertops are your choices(somebody please correct me if I am wrong about this). Before signing up at any party site I would look at the rakeback offers and decide which site(s) you are get rakeback at. Quote:
Excellent. I look forward to it. Quote:
Yes I actually have only played SNG at bodog to work off a bonus to get pokertracker and I went 4th, 3rd, 3rd, 1st, 1st, 2nd, 4th, 6th, 1st, and 2nd. I can't say that they are harder or easier than other sites but using HOH 1 hand suggestions for the first 3 levels worked great. Multiple times players got eliminated on the first hand. I had some good cards in the end of some of thoses tourneys but I got there by just letting everyone knock each other out at the start. Quote:
Good luck at the tables. edit: BTW if you are interesting in more details on specific sites or have further questions about affiliates feel free to PM me. Last edited by dixieflatline : 08-05-2005 at 03:42 PM. |
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08-05-2005, 03:50 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2001
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This is the second time today I've heard bodog's SNGs and bonuses pimped. After I finish the pokerstars bonus (rake free SNGs, mmmmm), I think I will have to try out bodog.
And yes, Harrington's books are the best poker books I've ever read. They only relate to tourneys of course but they have changed my game drastically. I don't think I would have beaten moneymaker with the chiplead he had and the cards I had, but, I wish like hell i'd finished v2 first... the heads up section is awesome. GE, dixie has a lot of good advice IMO. Definitely plan a site for rakeback. Eurobet is a very good option at present, though I'm sure there are others. |
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No pokertacker with them but the play there at the lower levels is really bad and better than free signups are excellent. Quote:
I'm really looking forward to HOH III which should be all Q&A. Should be great as well. I am going to wait until the second printing next time though just so they catch all the typos. If I'm finding some typos in the pot odds number that isn't a good thing. Last edited by dixieflatline : 08-06-2005 at 04:58 PM. |
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I can confirm that Bodog is great for SNGs as well. I think I cashed out a little over $800 on my last $500 deposit playing pretty much $5 and $10 SNGs. The players are pretty bad as the blinds start rising and you need to get more aggressive.
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08-19-2005, 12:35 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Little Rock, AR
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Cash Games - Bet365.com
I have decided to build my bankroll through the whole bonus whoring thing. I am following the outline from bonuswhores.com. Bet365 is the first site that I am depositing money into. They offer a $50 bonus for 250 raked hands. After that, I will withdraw my money and head to the next site. I sat down with $100 on the $.5/1 tables. Here is the table lineup: - StefanoR sitting in seat 2 with $18.00 - Golden14 sitting in seat 3 with $99.50 - Patrikli sitting in seat 5 with $9.24 - key_2 sitting in seat 6 with $52.75 - txstrevb sitting in seat 7 with $121.44 - guesito sitting in seat 8 with $97.00 - jantjuh86 sitting in seat 9 with $3.36 [Dealer] - Cor sitting in seat 10 with $25.00 [Sitting out] Hand #1 Hero [8c, Jh] txstrevb raised - $1.00 I have some reads on txstrevb. He raised in middle position with pocket 5’s. I think it is safe to assume that he is a loose-aggressive player. Everyone folded around to me and I choose to fold as well. There is a good chance that I am well behind in this hand. Hand #3 Hero [10c, Kh] We go five handed to the flop. I called for one small pre flop from the button. Flop [9c, Js, 5c] It is checked around to me. I decide to bet for value. I figure if I pair my king or ten I could have the best hand. I also have a gutshot draw and a backdoor flush draw. I only get one caller, Patrikli is the only caller. My read on him is that he is calling station on possibly a club flush draw. Turn [Qd] My gutshot draw comes through. Patrikli checks to me and I bet. He calls. River [2c] The flush card comes and it is possible that is what he could have. But since he could be playing a wide range of hands I am going to push the pot. He checks to me and I bet. He calls and my straight holds up for the $6.75 pot. Hand #4 Hero [6d, Ad] There is several people who call in front of me. I pay the small bet and hope it is not raised behind me. It is not and we go to the flop. Flop [7s, 5c, 2c] That is a pretty ragged flop with only the club flush draw out there. Guesito, a pretty tight and creative player bets into the five players. I decide to fold. Hand #5 Hero [Qd, As] I raise from middle position and I get two callers. We go three handed to the flop. Flop [3s, Qs, 4d] The flop comes four to a flush but also pairs one of my hole cards with the top kicker. Since we are only three handed though I do not have to worry that much about the flush draw. Jantjuh86 bets into the two player from first position. The middle player folds and I raise. Villain makes three bets and I cap. Turn [8d] Villain comes out gunning. The eight of diamonds is a blank so I re-raise. The villain calls for the rest of his chips and shows [6d, 5d] giving him an array of draws. River [5s] The river card pairs one of his but my higher pair holds up and I take down a $9.69 pot. Hand #6 Hero [9s, Ks] I am in middle position and decide to call. Only one other person calls and the blind stays in. We go three handed to the flop. Flop [As, 7c, 2h] The two players check to me. I decide to bet again for value. I also hope to get a free card out of the bet. One player folds and guesito calls. Turn [4d] The villain checks and I check as well exposing my free card play. River [5c] The villain bets into me and I decide to fold. In hindsight, perhaps this pot was too small to attempt the free card play. Hand #9 Hero [Kc, 5c] I am in the big blind so will get to see the flop for free as long as it is not raised. It is not and we go to the flop three handed. Flop [6h, 3c, Ac] I pick up the nut flush draw. I bet from under the gun and the calling station villan is the only caller. Turn [10s] I check and it is checked behind me as well. River [4c] There is the flush. I bet and the villain calls. I take down the $4.75 pot. Hand #11 Hero [8d, 8s] Guesito raises before the flop and I call. We go five handed to the flop and what looks like will be a big pot. Flop [6h, 7h, 10s] Guesito bets again and I figure him to be on overcards that missed the flop. I, on the other hand, have picked up second pair and a gutshot straight draw. I decide to call and the other players fold (one player, Pat, was all in). Turn [10d] Guesito checks and that is all I need. I bet he drops out of the hand. Pat shows [4c,7s] and it looks like my hand will hold up. River [3h] I win the hand and take $3.52 from the side pot and $5.49 from the main pot. Hand #17 Hero [Ad, Kh] I am under the gun and raise to a $1. That should send warning flags up everywhere. Two people call including the big blind. Flop [2c, Kd, 9s] The flop hits me. The big blind checks and I bet. The other two players fold and I take in a $3.75 pot. Hand #18 Hero [Jd, Jc] A pretty good player raises from middle position. However, my Jacks are in good shape I think. I make it three bets. Four people go to the flop. Flop [3h, Ad, 6h] The flop misses me and pairs an ace. I am still not sure if I am behind. I am second to act behind a person who checked. I bet. It is raised behind me and I call thinking I may have implied odds if I hit my set. Turn [5d] I check and it raised and re-raised behind me. I decide to fold. Hand #19 Hero [8s, 4s] I am in the small blind and can post half a bet to see the flop. Since this is a loose game, I decide to call. Flop [Kd, 2d, Js] The hand is raised and re-raised after my initial check. I fold. Hand #21 Hero [3s, 3d] I am in late position and call the small bet to see the flop. It is raised behind me and I call the raise. We are four players going to the flop. Flop [9s, Jh, Qc] The player to act first bets and I fold. Hand #22 Hero [Ks, Ad] I raise and get three callers going to the flop. Flop [Qh, 6d, 10d] The two players check to me and I bet. Guesito decides to check raise me. I call figuring I am on a gutshot draw and the backdoor nut flush draw and a good sized pot. Turn [2d] The turn gives me a redraw to the nut flush. Guesito bets and I call. River [2s] The villain checks. I check as well. The villain shows a pair of 10s for the full house. He was no doubt going for the check raise. Hand #27 Hero [10c, Kh] I am in the big blind and can check for free. We got three to the flop. Flop [5s, 3d, 6s] I check since I am first to act. The other two players check behind me as well. Turn [Kd] I pair my king and have a modest kicker. I bet and the player behind me raises for $1.25, which is what he had left. I call and the other player folded. River [Jc] The villain show [3h, Kc] to take the pot with two pair. Should I have bet this flop? Hand #28 Hero [9d, Kd] I am in the small blind and it is folded around to me. I raise trying to chase the big blind ( a loose calling station) out of the pot. He calls and we go heads up to the flop. Flop [Qd, As, 5c] The flop misses me but I decide to bet to try to chase out the big blind. He calls and we go to the turn. Turn [5h] I check and it is checked behind me. River [2c] I check and the villain checks. He shows [Ks, 3s] and we split the pot. Hand #30 Hero [10h, As] Txstrevb, the guy who raised with pocket 5’s, raised under the gun. I decide to call because of that. The calling station, POLONIA who have I battled with the last couple of times, calls. Flop [Qc, 6h, 10d] POLY bets and I raise, making second pair with top kicker. The pre-flop raiser folds and the villain calls. Turn [7d] It is checked to me and I bet which is called. River [8c] POLY checks and I check. Should I have bet again? I take the $7.25 pot. That ends tonight session. I did not play for long due to the US soccer game coming on. I made a small profit. I picked up 21 ranked hands to count toward my 250. Starting Cash: $100 Ending Cash: $111.21 Profit/Loss: +$11.21
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08-20-2005, 02:05 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2002
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Cash Games - Bet365.com
I am continuing my bonus whoring at Bet365.com. Yesterday, I had an average session. I hit the tables up again today in hopes of another profitable setting. I will sit at the Ask Me why table with a starting roll of $100. I am playing at the $.5/1 tables. The lineup: - Plesac sitting in seat 1 with $14.75 - FishnRich sitting in seat 2 with $28.00 [Dealer] - skunkpie sitting in seat 3 with $23.75 - Grumpyface sitting in seat 4 with $9.50 [Sitting out] - Golden14 sitting in seat 5 with $99.50 - Westinc sitting in seat 6 with $41.50 - ayerish sitting in seat 7 with $25.75 - zima7 sitting in seat 8 with $35.00 - henholland sitting in seat 9 with $38.75 - JONNYTHELIP sitting in seat 10 with $71.24 I recognize one player from yesterday. Grumpyface played with me yesterday and I have some notes on him. I also notice he is multi-tabling. He is probably bonus whoring like me. Hand #1 Hero [Jh, Kh] I am in the big blind with a pretty good hand. Three people call in front of me. Is this is a standard raise here? I check to the flop. Flop [Ks, 6d, 6s] I pair my King with a good kicker. The small blind checks and I bet. Westinc calls and the other two players fold. Turn [6c] I make the full house but if anyone has a King we are now splitting the pot. I bet and villain calls. River [Ah] I bet and villain raises. I call and villain shows [Kd, 9d] for the split pot. I take $4.38. Hand #2 Hero [5d, 6d] I am in the small blind so I will get to see the flop for half a bet. We go three to the flop. Flop [2c, Jc, As] After the flop, it is checked around the table. Turn [Qd] It is checked and zima7 bets. I lay this one down. Hand #4 Hero [Kd, Jc] I am in late position and decide to call with this one. We four handed to the flop. Flop [10d, Ad, 9d] I pick up the back door nut flush draw as well as a gutshot draw. It is bet into me and I raise for value. I get three callers. Turn [Ah] The turn card pairs the board which makes things scarier. I check and it is bet behind me and I decide to call. I am getting 7 to 1 with some outs. River [4h] Westinc (who later found was a LAG) bet into me and I folded after missing my draw. Hand #7 Hero [10s, Jd] I am in middle position but decide to call since the field is pretty loose. Three other players see the flop. Flop [As, 6c, 7s] It is checked around. I do not bet since I pick up nothing. Turn [6s] Plesac bets under the gun with the flush card coming out and I fold. Hand #8 Hero [8h, 8d] I call (should I raise this?) and everyone folds around to the big blind who checks. Flop [As, 9s, Jh] Villain checks to me and I bet out. Villain calls. Turn [9d] Turn card pairs the board and villain bets into me and I fold. Any comments on this one? Hand #9 Hero [10d, As] I call from early position. We got five handed to the flop. Flop [6h, Qh, 4h] Not really a good flop for me. I check and there is a bet behind me to which I fold to. Hand #12 Hero [Qs, 8s] I am in the small blind and I post a half bet to see the flop. We go three handed to the flop. Flop [6c, Jc, Qh] I bet out and the big blind folds Zima7 calls Turn [7c] I bet hoping to represent a flush. Villain calls. River [2s] I bet and villain calls. Villain shows [Qd, 9d] and I am left shaking my head. Hand #13 Hero [As, 2s] I call from the button and we go three handed to the flop. Flop [3c, 5d, 2s] I pick up a gutshot and a backdoor flush draw. Westinc bets and it raised by JONNYTHELIP. I fold as this is a small pot. Hand #16 Hero [As, 3s] I am the button and limp in with this drawing hand. We go three handed to the flop. Flop [4s, 4d, 5c] I get the gutshot and the backdoor flush draw. It bet into me and I raise for value. One player calls going to the turn. My read is that the villain is a donk and I want to isolate to win the pot. Turn [10c] It is checked to me and I check. River [4h] Villain bets into and I call. He shows [7d, 2d] and I take the $6.25 pot. Hand #19 Hero [Kd, Kc] I acquire a monster hand pre-flop. The caller in front of me raises and I re-raise. I only get one caller and that is the original raiser. At this point, I figure him for AK or AQ. Flop [Qh, 6s, 4s] Perfect flop for me. It is checked to me and I bet. Villain calls. Turn [3c] Villain checks and I bet. Villain then proceeds to check-raise. I put in three bets and villain calls. River [Qd] Damn! Did villain just pick up one of his five outs? He bets and I call. Sure enough villain flips over [Ad, Qs] and takes in the $12.25 pot. I was a freaking 9.2 to 1 favorite. Hand #21 Hero [9c, 7c] There is some action in front of me and I figure I am way behind but with it being four handed I figure I am getting just enough to take one off. Flop [Ks, Qd, 8d] It is bet into after I check and I fold. Hand #30 Hero [Qd, 5h] As part of the big blind special, I get to check for free. We go three handed to the flop. Flop [9d, 5c, Ah] It is checked around following this flop. I have bottom pair but figure its not worth much. Turn [8s] It is bet after I check and I fold. Hand #31 Hero [Ks, 10s] I am in the small blind and it raised in front of me by a guy who has been raising a ton lately. I call. Flop [9d, Ac, Kh] I check here with the intent of check-raising but it gets checked around. Turn [6c] I bet out this time and everyone folds I get a $5 pot without a fight. Hand #39 Hero [Js, Qd] With good position and no raise in front, I call the big blind here. We go four to the flop. Flop [8s, 7s, 10d] I get the gutshot draw and a backdoor flush draw. It is bet and front of me and I call. Villain and I go heads up to the flop. Turn [4s] I check and villain bets. The pot is small but I figure I have as many as 19 outs, almost half the remaining deck. River [Jd] Villain bets and I call. He shows [10h, 6d] and I take a $6.75 pot. Hand #56 Hero [8s, Kd] I am in the big blind so I see the flop for free. Flop [9h, 5h, Ac] It is checked around. Turn [7h] The fish to my left bets but I decide to fold. Hand #60 Hero [Ac, Qd] There is some action in front of me and I raise a $1. Plesac behind me limp re-raises and we go three handed to the flop. Flop [5c, 3d, 4s] Plesac bets into me and I raise. I isolate the pot against him as the other player folds. Turn [9d] Villain checks and I check River [10d] This could be a scare card for a weak tight player. I maybe should have bet after his check but I check as well and he shows pocket kings to take it. Hand #61 Hero [Ks, 9s] I call as do four others and we go to the flop. Flop [Qh, 9d, 2s] I pick up second pair and a backdoor flush draw. It is bet into me and I raise. Only one drops out and we go three handed to the turn. Turn [Kd] There is one of my outs. It is checked to me and I bet. The other two call. River [5d] Out comes the flush card but I am not worried. It is check to me and I bet. One person calls and I get the $10 pot. Starting Cash: $100 Ending Cash: $95.13 Profit/Loss: ($4.87) Overall, pretty much a disappointing session. I am impressed with my aggressive style of play. I add 16 hands to that 21 total, plus a couple of more that I did not post about. We will call it an even 40 hands.
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Site Review - Bet365.com
This is the first stop along the journey known to bonus whores. As aforementioned, this site offers a $50 bonus after playing 250 raked hands. This is good for small bank rolls such as my own. Unfortunately, past that, I do not find much good with this site. Software: In my opinion, it is slow and clunky. There are things that I do like about it. The action window is on the left side of the table which is interesting. This is where all players’ actions are posted and chat messages are displayed. It is a bit different and I like it. I also like the graphics of the site. But the negatives outweigh the positives on this one. The speed of the site is too much of a burden to overcome. However, I will say that is much better late at night. Promotions: The $50 deposit bonus is nice. They also offer at least one free roll everyday. They have a weekly $5000 free roll. They also have a $30,000 free roll once a month if you play in 250 hands the month before. I will be taking advantage of that. Players: Overall, the play seems real tight. I have played four sessions here. The last one I completed was a late night session and had several loose players around that were giving money away. However, I had some poor hands and some bad luck and could not take advantage of it for a substantial profit. Game Selection: This is where the low grades really come in for Bet365.com. You have to wait around for a micro limit game. I think this scares fish away. Fish want to get down and play poker immediately. The fact that I have to wait is no problem for me but I can see it scaring away players to other sites. Intangibles: The customer support seems solid. I have emailed them once and got a quick, professional response. The tournaments that they run are small and guarantee a certain amount of pay which I think is a nice bonus. There is also a very easy way to check how many raked hands you have played. The game history thing was a bit tricky but I figured it out. They store it as a XML document on the hard drive. This site is not a bad way to spend some time and accumulate the bonus. However, the tight play and the game selection will not me a regular at this site. I will keep it around for the free rolls (although the $5000 is really not worth my time) but I do not plan on depositing any more money after I withdraw.
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Cash Games - Bet365.com
I am playing the $.5/1 tables again tonight. I have to wait around a bit for a game, but I get to sit down not too long after. Here is the table line-up: - SwampyJ sitting in seat 1 with $48.25 - FishnRich sitting in seat 2 with $44.62 [Dealer] - TRD23 sitting in seat 3 with $19.50 [Sitting out] - bions112 sitting in seat 4 with $33.00 - szalko sitting in seat 5 with $16.00 - Golden14 sitting in seat 6 with $99.50 - FishStickz1 sitting in seat 7 with $59.50 - pokergc sitting in seat 8 with $54.00 [Sitting out] - JokerJack sitting in seat 9 with $15.00 - whippywhop12 sitting in seat 10 with $19.50 I see one player I recognize in pokergc. I really do not know much about him except that he seems to raise about 50% of the hands that he plays in. That is just a rough estimate. Hand #1 Hero [2c, 9d] I posted the big blind. As it turns out, I was suppose to wait a hand before posting but I was offered and took it on accident. This might be a glitch in the software. Anyway, I check for free. Flop [6h, 2h, Kd] I make bottom pair and check. It is raised behind me and I fold. Hand #2 Hero [9c, Jc] I get the suited one-gap in my true big blind. It is raised before the flop and I fold, as does everyone else. Hand #11 Hero [9h, Jh] I am on the button with this hand. It is folded around to me and I raise to steal the blinds. I am successful. Hand #12 Hero [10s, 10c] It is raised in front of me and I call. Should I have put in three bets here? I do not think so, maybe with JJ but not TT. We go three to the flop. Flop [6h, 6c, Qs] The paired board means I am most likely ahead. The pre-flop raiser bets into me and I raise. The other player folds and the villain calls/ Turn [4d] The villain checks and I bet. The villain folds and I take in a $6.25 pot. Hand #14 Hero [3h, 3s] I call from early to middle position. It is raised behind me and I call. We go three to the flop. Flop [Kh, Ah, 10h] I pick up a flush draw but I can not feel good with my kicker and three on the board. The flop is checked around. Turn [8c] It is bet into me and I fold. Hand #17 Hero [Ac, Ad] I raise under the gun and get one caller. Flop [Jd, 4d, Kh] I bet and bions112 folds. I get the $2.75 pot. Hand #19 Hero [Ac, Ad] Two hands later and in the big blind I get the same hand. I raise and get one caller. Flop [As, 3h, 4c] I make top set but only one player is around this time. I go for the check-raise and villain bets. I raise. The villain calls. Turn [Ks] I bet and the villain calls. River [2c] I bet even with the scare card and villain calls. I take in the $8.00 pot. Hand #22 Hero [Ks, 7s] I am in the cut off with a decent hand. It is folded to me and I raise. The big blinds calls. Flop [10s, Js, 10c] I bet out and the big blind folds. I take in a $2.75 pot. Hand #28 Hero [Kh, Kd] I am in the big blind. Unfortunately, it is folded around to me and I only get $.75. Ouch. Hand #30 Hero [Kd, 10h] I have the button and call for one bet. We go four handed to the flop. Flop [8c, 3d, 4d] I pick up a backdoor flush draw. It is bet into me and I decide to fold what I think is a weak draw. Hand #37 Hero [Js, 10d] I am in the small blind and it is folded around to me. I put in the half bet and get to see the flop. Flop [6c, Jc, Qd] I make second pair and bet out. The big blind folds and I take in a $1.50 pot. Hand #38 Hero [Js, 8s] I am on the button and call for the one small bet. We go four to the flop. Flop [9d, 8c, 2s] I pick up second pair and a backdoor flush draw. It is bet into me and raised before me. I call. Should I have re-raised here to isolate the pot? Turn [2h] It is checked around and in hindsight I should have put in a bet here. River [4d] It is again checked around and CawtBluffin shows [Qc, 9c] to take in the pot. This is one that I lost. Hand #38 Hero [Kh, Qc] It is folded around me and I raise. I get a couple of callers heading to the flop. Flop [6h, Js, 3s] The flop missed me and it is bet into me and I fold. Hand #39 Hero [Kc, Js] I call for one bet before the flop as does the player behind me. The big blind checks. Flop [2c, 6h, Qc] It is checked to me and I bet. One player calls. River [2h] I check and the villain bets. I fold. Hand #56 Hero [Ks, Ac] I was chased out of my blinds and that is why there is such a big gap. Anyway, I raise this from the button and get one caller. Flop [Qc, 3d, 10h] I pick up the gutshot draw and bet out when it is checked to me. Villain folds and I get the $3.00 pot. Hand #57 Hero [Js, Jh] Pocket Jacks are always one of the trickiest hands for me to play in limit poker. One player bets to which it is raised behind by a pretty quiet player. I make it three bets and one player calls. Flop [Kh, 9d, Ac] The villain bets and I call. In hindsight, I should have probably dropped this here. Turn [8s] It is bet into and I call again. River [5c] The villain bets and I call and he shows [Ah, Ks] for an 11 BB pot. Was I bleeding away money here? Hand #58 Hero [Kc, Qs] It is folded around to me and I raise. The small blind makes it three bets and I call. Flop [4d, 10c, 5s] The small blind bets and I call. That leads to me to believe he is on at least a pair as he is a passive player. Turn [Kd] The villain bets and I raise. The villain calls. River [Jh] The villain bets and I call. Villain shows [Ac, Kh] and the last two hands have put a serious dent in my profits. Hand #60 Hero [Jc, 4c] I am in the big blind and get to check for free. Flop [3h, 6c, 8s] It is bet and I drop this one. I have a losing session and am left pondering some of these plays. Anyway, I am always looking for suggestions. The offical count for raked hands stands at 75, so I have 175 to go. Starting Cash: $100 Ending Cash: $93.50 Profit/Loss: ($6.50)
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So 75 raked hands down which is almost 1/3 of the way there. You have worked off $15 of bonus so hopefully you can get out ahead. You are doing a lot of things right here but you got caught calling down in a few pots which really builds up. This is the place to work on your game though. Lastly bet365, a prima site, is a top 3-4 site in terms of limit play(according to bonuswhores). There are going to be even fewer tables when you move to the cryptos and other networks. I'm not a big fan of the Prima software either so if you don't really like it you should probably avoid the other Prima sites. Maybe eurobet is the place to go next. Exact same bonus structure but more tables. Even though it's going to be a negative proposition short term you might think about signing up for rakeback there though. Eurobet has a bad monthly bonus so lots of people use it for their rakeback play on the party network. ps. if you think this software is bad wait until you get to paradise  |
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Since all the prima sites take you to the same tables and since you keep the same username on each of the sites it's hard to tell which site he was playing on. I have played with him on three occasions for just under 400 hands. He is 15/5/0.9 (VP$IP/PFR/post flop aggression). His attempt to steal blinds is at 6% and he folded his blinds to every steal attempt. Note that he is very tight preflop so he should be taking good hands postflop but he isn't betting them hard. Someone with a VP$IP that low should have a much higher aggression number. So like in the hand you played against him with his top pair decent kicker he just checked down after the flop raise. You will find a lot of players like him on Prima from my experience. They play tightly but don't play all that well postflop. Show a little aggression and you will be rewarded with a free card at least. I have him as a slight money loser but he could be a slight winner. He was playing $1/2 last month against me so the fact that he has moved down might indicated he didn't do too well at $1/2. |
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08-22-2005, 10:32 PM
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Cash Games - Bet365.com
I never know what to say in these introductions. Maybe I will figure that out. Anyway, I am sitting at the $.5/1 tables again. Currently, I have completed 30 percent of the hands required for this bonus. I am looking to put in a lengthy session again tonight. Here is the line-up: - pokergc sitting in seat 1 with $49.00 [Dealer] - mov sitting in seat 2 with $6.00 - Golden14 sitting in seat 3 with $98.50 - 959903 sitting in seat 4 with $91.00 - Bottomdeal sitting in seat 5 with $29.95 - pukkaplayer sitting in seat 6 with $18.50 - jayso72 sitting in seat 7 with $36.25 - riverrat2004 sitting in seat 8 with $2.25 - blaarg77 sitting in seat 9 with $81.63 - Azukikuru sitting in seat 10 with $9.81 I recognize pokergc from the past couple of nights. I bet he is here just like me, clearing that bonus. Anyway, he is a pretty good player but predictable at the same time. Hand #1 Hero [9d, 6c] I am in the big blind. It is raised before me and I fold. Hand #2 Hero [10s, Jh] I am in the small blind and call for the half bet. We go three to the flop. Flop [9s, Qd, 6s] I pick up the open ended straight draw and a backdoor flush so I bet out from the first to act. I get one caller to the turn. Turn [7c] I miss my draw but bet out again. The villain folds and I take in a 4 BB pot. Hand #6 Hero [Ah, Jd] I raise from middle position and get five callers to the flop. Should I have raised here? I think that perhaps this is just a calling hand from middle position. Flop [3d, 10c, 5h] The first two players check and a player in front of me bets. I fold. The pot at this point was 12 SB. Was it worth sticking around for? My over cards would have given me top pair. I think I made a mistake in folding with potentially six outs. Hand #8 Hero [6h, 6c] I call from MP1 hoping to make the set. It gets raised behind me We got five handed to the flop with 10 SB in the pot. Flop [Ac, 7d, 2c] It is bet into me and I fold. I was getting 11 to 1 with a backdoor draw. Good fold? Hand #11 Hero [Qh, 3h] I am in the big blind. It is raised by a player who is an obvious fish. Can I see the flop with two fish calling in front of me. In hindsight, no, but I did anyway. Flop [9s, Kc, 7h] It is bet into me and I fold. Hand #13 Hero [9h, Kh] I am on the button making this an easy call. We go four-handed to the flop. Flop [Jh, 4c, Qh] It is bet into me and I raise for value. Two players fold and I call. My raise also may buy an out with the king. Turn [Kc] I make top pair. It is checked to me and I bet. Villain calls. River [3s] Villain checks and I bet. Villain calls and I take in 7.75 BB pot. Hand #14 Hero [7s, 7d] I am in late position and put in a call with the pocket pair. The flop consists of five other players. Flop [Jc, 2s, 9s] I miss my set and the flop is coordinated. I fold when it is bet into me. Hand #15 Hero [Ah, 7h] I limp in from middle position with a suited ace. It is raised behind me and I am getting good odds so I call. We go seven to the flop. Flop [4h, 8c, 5d] I have picked up a gutshot draw and a backdoor nut flush draw. I call for one small bet in this large pot. Turn [4d] It is bet and I fold. The pot at this point was about 10 BB. Should I have stuck around? Hand #19 Hero [3d, Jh] I am in the big blind and check for free. The pot is six-way action. Flop [7c, 3h, Ad] I make bottom pair but since this table is loose surely someone played with ace-rag. It is checked around and I am drawing to five outs. Turn [7h] It is bet and I fold. Hand #21 Hero [10s, 8s] This may be a bit loose to call this pre-flop but the table is full of donks and I have great position from the button. We go four to the flop. Flop [10h, Ac, 8d] I make two pair. It is bet into me and I raise. I chase away the other two players. Turn [8c] Money card! Now I regret chasing people away. Villain checks and I bet to which he calls. River [7h] It is checked to me and I bet. The villain folds and I get the $6.75 pot pushed my way. Hand #25 Hero [5h, 5c] I call from middle position. A total of four players see the flop. Flop [Kc, 4d, 10d] The two-outer does not come through. It is bet into me and I fold. Hand #31 Hero [Kd, 5d] I get the suited king and take a look at the flop for a small bet. Six other players do as well. Flop [9d, 2d, Ac] Pokergc in front of me bets and I raise. Everyone else folds. Turn [2s] The free card play works as it is checked into me and I check. River [7c] The villain bets into me and I fold. The free card play was exposed to an observant opponent. Hand #38 Hero [8h, 7c] I am in the big blind with a decent starting hand. It is raised in front of me but I try to do too much with this loose table. I call when I had a negative expectation and probably a big one at that. Flop [Jh, Qh, 10c] It is bet into me and I call with the gutshot draw. The pot was laying 9 to 1 with two calling stations behind me. I think the call here is fine. Turn [Jc] The board pairs. It is bet in front of me and I fold. Hand #46 Hero [8c, kc] I am under the gun but I call with the suited king. The game was real loose now and there not too many raises being done pre-flop. We go five to the flop. Flop [2s, 4d, Jd] I miss the draw and fold when it is two bets cold to me. Hand #50 Hero [Kh, 3h] I am from MP2 and feel I can justify a call here. We go four to the flop. Flop [4s, 5c, 2c] I pick an open ended straight draw. It is checked to me and I check. I am not sure why I did not bet here. Turn [7h] It is bet before me and I fold. The pot was 3 BB. Hand #51 Hero [Kc, 9c] I call before the flop and we go four handed to the flop. Flop [Jh, 7s, Kh] It is bet into me and I raise to isolate the pot and maybe “buy” a king out. Is this too aggressive? Two players call. Turn [8s] It is checked and I bet. The villain (L-P) check-raised me. I call. River [Ah] The villain bets out and I call. Villain shows [8h, Jd]. I smile and say “nice hand”. Hand #54 Hero [Kd, Ks] I am UTG+1 and raise. I get one caller. Flop [7c, 3s, 10c] I bet out and get called. Should I go for a check raise here? I think giving af ree card would be disastrous. Turn [9h] Now should I go for the check-raise since that card is not as bad? I bet and villain calls. River [7d] It pairs the board and I bet out. Villain folds and I get the $6.25 pot. I thought I played ok. However, I tried to do too much with a table that was very loose. I need to learn to stick by my guns and wait for the cards better. I am at 111 raked hands, so about 44% there. I hope to clear it by Tuesday or so. I am confident that I will come out ahead. (I would consider anything less than $150 disappointing). Starting Cash: $99 Ending Cash: $94 Profit/Loss: ($5.00)
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what position? It seems like you might be starting to loosen up a touch too much here. Maybe with 4 or 5 limpers before you, with you on the button, this is ok. But I'd sure hate a raise behind me here, and I wouldn't be real excited about even a king with that many opponents. Quote:
The problem with your gutshot draw is that if you hit the board shows 4 to a straight, and one of your 4 outs to even that puts a flush on the board. Easy fold on the flop IMO. The 3 suited king hands from EP/MP here seem a bit loose, even in a loose game. Quote:
You played this fine IMO. You will take down a pot vs worse hands quite often here, but its not nearly strong enough to try anything fancy against an opponent who has shown no signs of agression at any point. |
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Like Radii said I would have folded a couple of those suited kings but otherwise I thought this was a stronger session than last time. Just want to point out a couple of things.
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You have to raise here. It's folded to you in MP and you are likely to have the best hand. Put in a raise. As you move up AJo UTG will become a boarderline hand. My stats for ATo in EP are slightly losing but slightly winning for AJo and from what I read that is about right. Here though in this loose game people will be calling with much worse than AJo so raise. After the flop you had no draws besides your overs on a pretty uncoordinated board. When someone bets into the pf raiser on this board they almost always have something. You have about 3 outs so you fold. Very well played from start to finish. When I started I would have peeled here for sure. Quote:
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Same thing here. This isn't the free card play being exposed once you show weakness on the turn you are going to get bet into a lot on the river. But that isn't a problem because you now know if your draw came in or not. Several times the flop better even bet into me when my flush did hit on the river and then paid off a raise. They just don't understand what you are doing here and make sure you don't try to explain it. I used this play last night on a fish at $2/4 who was on a great run and after my draw didn't hit and I folded the river he said in the chat: ?? strange play Even though this is an obvious play to us the fish don't understand it at all. These two hands show why understanding and using the free card play is super important at this level. |
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Cash Games - Bet365.com
I am seated at the Imagine table tonight. I get on and get to play right away. I am again at the $.5/1 tables. I need a good session to recover some lost bankroll in the previous two sessions. Hopefully, the cards will come tonight. Here is the table line-up: - what_happen sitting in seat 1 with $39.20 - Hedgehog2 sitting in seat 2 with $66.29 - simply_me sitting in seat 3 with $20.00 [Sitting out] - MortenB sitting in seat 4 with $17.00 - parel sitting in seat 5 with $24.75 - DenisaB sitting in seat 6 with $73.69 [Dealer] - bstranger sitting in seat 7 with $52.65 - Golden14 sitting in seat 8 with $93.50 - StefanoR sitting in seat 9 with $61.80 - Vividviking sitting in seat 10 with $38.50 By the way, the table line-up should become more interesting when I get poker tracker and can produce some stats. As it stands right now, they are just names. Hand #1 Hero [6h, Ad] I am in the big blind and get to check for free. We go four-handed to the flop. Flop [Qd, Ac, Qh] I am under the gun and bet out. Two players just call. Turn [5d] I check and everyone else does as well. Did I miss a bet here? River [3s] I check and the villain behind me bets. I call and the player sandwiched in-between us folds. The villain shows [Kd, 2c] and I get the $5.50 pot. Hand #23 Hero [Kd, 2d] This is a good table in terms of fish. However, it seems it is getting raised before the flp every time in front of me so I have to fold my marginal holdings and my blinds. Anyway, it did not happen this time and I check for free with one other player in the pot. Flop [8s, 10s, 6h] I check and fold when the villain bets. Hand #25 Hero [7d, Kd] I call from the button and we go to the flop with five players. Flop [4h, 7s, Jh] I get second pair. Everyone checks to me and I put in a bet. The table folds and I get $3.50. I will take it. Hand #32 Hero [Kc, Jc] I am in the small blind and raise with suited little Broadway hand. My raise trims the field to three players. Flop [8d, Jd, 2s] I pick up top pair. I am first to act and bet out. The two other players call. Turn [3h] I bet and get one caller. The other one folds. River [2c] I bet and the other player folds. I guess he missed his flush. I win $7.75. Hand #39 Hero [7s, 6s] I am in the big blind. It is raised in front of me and I fold. Do I play these suited connecters here for one bet with three other players in? That’s it. I only played 46 hands tonight. I am trying to remember the circumstances. It was a couple of nights ago. I think the table went tight and I was ready to go to sleep or work on something else. Anyway, I come out with a $7.75 profit. That is not bad work for 46 hands. Starting Cash: $94.00 Ending Cash: $101.75 Profit/Loss: +$7.75
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Out of position, on your first hand, this is tough, but I definitely bet the turn, you have no real reason to believe someone has a queen and Ax is certainly possible but for all you know at this point so is K2. If both opponents call the turn I think I very possibly check the river but plan on calling unless there is a bet and a raise behind me. Checking the river induces a bluff from a worse hand a lot of times and an ace with a better kicker may well let you see that you lose for free. Quote:
If its wild post flop and you're 100% sure to get paid off nicely if you flop big then I might stay in here. Otherwise I think this is probably pretty marginal, not terrible by any stretch, but perhaps marginal. Last edited by Radii : 08-23-2005 at 01:23 PM. |
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This is great adivse. I completely agree with this for this situation. Bet the turn then check the river hoping someone will bluff. That said you want to use this play sparingly. Value bets on the river are a huge source of income here at the low limits and people will call you down with 2nd pair, underpair, and ace high a lot. In this situation though about the only thing that might pay you off would be an underpair and there is a good chance they will take a stab on the river in this situation. Nice session |
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Cash Games - Bet365.com
I will first try my luck at the Imagine table again tonight. It is, of course, a $.5/1 table. I am hoping to have another productive session and make some profit. I would to leave up about $20. I am assuming it is the same amount of raked hands for the other Prima sites as it is at Bet365. Also, I wonder if I can take my notes with me to the other Prima sites. Anyway, here is the table line-up: - asdsadf sitting in seat 1 with $87.50 [Dealer] - Grazek sitting in seat 2 with $29.25 - Golden14 sitting in seat 3 with $99.50 - angelntx28 sitting in seat 4 with $14.25 - north48 sitting in seat 5 with $37.25 - one_eye_mike sitting in seat 6 with $50.00 [Sitting out] - jestermise sitting in seat 7 with $21.00 - whippywhop12 sitting in seat 8 with $28.08 - zzbob sitting in seat 9 with $9.50 [Sitting out] - szalko sitting in seat 10 with $12.25 I recognize a couple of players. I have noticed a lot of people multi-table. These guys are so easy to raise out of a pot. I guess I was the same way when I was a weak-table multi-tabling guy. Hand #1 Hero [5c, Qs] I get to check for free from the big blind. Flop [2h, 8s, Qd] I make top pair. The small blind bets and I fold. Good decision? The pot had 4 SB in it. Hand #2 Hero [2c, 2s] I complete form the small blind. The action is four-way going to the flop. Flop [3d, 7h, Ad] I check and everyone else does as well. Turn [5c] I pick up the gutshot but the pot only holds 2 BB. I check and there is action behind and I get out. Hand #3 Hero [7s, As] I limp in from the button. We go four-handed to the flop. Flop [8c, 5d, Ad] It is checked around to me and I bet. I get one caller. Turn [5s] The villain checks to me and I bet. The villain fold and I win 4.25 BB. Hand #18 Hero [Ah, Qc] I am in the big blind. An unknown player, Niemo, has just sat down and raised from under the gun. I call with my hand. Flop [4d, 10c, 3d] I check and Niemo bets out. I fold. I guess Niemo found the pot. Ha! Little poker humor folks. At this point, I realize this game is not going to last much longer. I decide to grab a seat at the other table, My Last Night on Earth. What kind of name is that for a poker table? Hand #21 Hero [Qh, Jh] I am on the button and it is raised in front of me. Since it is suited I will pay off to the raise and see the flop. Flop [8d, 9h, 8c] It is bet in front of me and I decide to call. I have the nut inside straight draw and a backdoor flush draw. Turn [Kh] It is bet in front of me and I fold. The pot was laying 5.5 to 1. I think it was a mistake to fold here. I must not have been paying attention. Hand #22 Hero [Ks, Jd] I call and the we go to the flop with three players. Flop [9s, Ac, Kd] It is checked to me and I bet. The other two players fold and I get the $2.25 pot. Hand #28 Hero [Jh, 2c] I check for free to see the flop. Three other players join me. Flop [Ks, 3d, Kd] I check. It is bet behind me and I fold. Hand #29 Hero [Ah, Qs] I am in the small blind and raise when the action gets to me. I get two callers. Flop [Js, 4d, 4s] I like the paired board as it means I am way ahead or way behind. I bet out and get one caller. Turn [5h] I bet again and villain calls. River [As] Flush? I bet but villain folds. Interesting. Anyway, I get 5.5 BB for my effort. Hand #37 Hero [Ah, 10h] I am in the big blind with this hand. It is raised in front of me and I call. We go two to the flop. Flop [8c, Kc, Jd] Villain bets and I fold. Hand #42 Hero [Qh, Js] I call and we go four-handed to the flop. Flop [Ad, 9d, 10d] It is checked to me and I bet out to find out some information. Everyone folds and I get $2.50 for my efforts. Hand #45 Hero [Ac, 10s] I am under the gun and I call. Someone raised behind me and I call the bet. We go to the flop with four players Flop [Qh, 4h, 4d] It is checked around. Turn [6s] I check and it is bet and raised behind me. I fold. Hand #56 Hero [9c, 9h] I am under the gun and I raise. It is called by one other player. Flop [9s, 8d, 3d] I make top set. The big blind checks and I bet. He folds and I take in a $3.00 pot. Hand #58 Hero [As, 8s] I am in the small blind. It is folded around to me. I raise and win without a fight. Hand #59 Hero [Ac, Ah] I see the pocket rockets and raise. Two others call. Flop [3d, As, Ad] Wow! The two others check to me and I check. After the hand, the guy says I missed a bet here. What do you think? Turn [6c] It is checked to me and I bet. I get one caller. River [Qh] It is checked to me and I bet. The villain pays off and I take in the $7.25 pot. Hand #76 Hero [Jh, 10s] I am in the big blind and check for free. There is only one other person in the pot. Flop [7h, 8h, 5d] I bet out hoping to win the pot right there. The villain calls. Turn [8s] I bet and villain raise. I lay it down. I think I gave away a BB here. Hand #79 Hero [Ad, 10d] A couple of player limp in and I raise. The guy behind me makes it three bets. I call and the others fold. Flop [4s, 7d, 8d] I bet for the draw and get raised. I make it three bets. Did I get carried away? Let’s look at some pot equity. I think my ace is good enough if it comes so I am on 12 outs. The pot at this time contains 11 SB. I expect to win this hand 26% of the time. My three bet represents 9% in the money in the pot. Since my draw will come in 26% of the time, this is correct I think. Turn [3h] I check and villain bets. I call. River [9h] I check and villain bets. I fold. Hand #82 Hero [8c, 9c] I call from middle position. It gets raised behind me and I call. Three players go to the flop. Flop [Qh, 10s, Qs] I pick up the gutshot draw. I check when it is checked to me. Turn [7s] I pick up the double gutshot draw. The villain bets and I call. One player drops out. River [8h] The villain bets. The pot holds 6 BB. I make a crying call and then villain shows [Ad, Jd] and I win the $7.25 pot. Hand #87 Hero [10d. 8d] I call from middle position. Three other players join me for this flop. Flop [Kd, 7d, 10c] It is checked to me and I bet. I get a caller. Turn [10h] It is checked to me and I bet. River [4s] I bet out after it is checked to me and the villain folds. Push that 5.75 BB to me. Hand #90 Hero [Kh, Ac] I raise under the gun and everyone folds. I am getting respect at this table. Should I change my game any? Hand #91 Hero [As, 9s] I am under the gun and call. The flop is five-handed. Flop [5d, 10h, Kc] I check and it is checked around. Turn [Jd] I check and it is checked around again. River [Ks] I check, it is bet behind me and I fold.’ Hand #97 Hero [Kc, Jc] I raise and it is folded again. I think I should adjust my game but I am not sure how. Hand #101 Hero [8d, 5d] I am in the blind and check for free. Three other players see the flop. Flop [6c, 5s, 8h] I pick up two pair and bet out. Everyone calls. Check-raise here maybe? I was first to act. Turn [As] I bet out and get called by only one person. River [4h] I bet and get called. Villain shows [Ah, 8c] and wins the 8 BB pot. Hand #117 Hero [10d, Kc] I call from late position. Three other players take the flop. Flop [10s, 7s, 8s] It is bet and front of me and I raise. Everyone drops out except the better. Turn [2d] It is checked to me and I bet. The villain calls. River [10h] It is checked to me and I bet. Villain pays off and I get the 8 BB pot. Hand #118 Hero [Js, 9s] I call and it is raised behind me. I call the raise and we go to the flop five-handed. Flop [Kc, Qd, Qs] I pick up the backdoor flush draw and the gutshot draw on a paired board. I call for one small bet. Turn [5c] It is checked around. River [9h] It is bet in front of me and I call. The pot was laying me 7 to 1 and the villain was fishy. I call and he shows the King to take the pot. Hand #124 Hero [6h, 6s] I call from middle position. Four players take the flop. Flop [7d, 6d, 10h] It is bet in front of me and I raise. Two players fold and the bettor calls. Turn [2s] It is checked and I bet. The villain calls. River [Jc] It is checked and I bet. Villain calls and mucks. I win the $7.75 pot. Hand #129 Hero [Qh, Kd] I raise from early position. Two players call my raise. Flop [Qc, 8d, 10h] It is checked and I bet out. The player behind me calls and the other folds. Turn [6s] I bet and the villain calls. River [5h] I bet and the villain calls and I win an 8 BB pot. I logged 130 hands tonight and showed a considerable profit. I made some questionable calls and raises but overall I think this was my best session. It is not just because of the money either although I am sure that factors in. I found some fish and some players who will pay off. Hopefully, they will be at the other Prima sites when I move there. Starting Cash: $100 Ending Cash: $113.50 Profit/Loss: +13.50
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Book Review - Small Stakes Hold Em
Small Stakes Hold Em is a text written on, you guessed it, small stakes hold em. It is authored by three different people. David Sklansky and Mason Malmuth are two recognizable names in the poker world. However, Ed Miller is not. He was contracted to provide knowledge on the smaller stakes limit games. Sklansky and Malmuth have generally played more higher limits (this according to the book). Let’s face it. The world of small stakes hold em is vastly different from its counterpart at the higher levels. This is why a book was needed for this level. I think the authors have hit the nail on the head with the content. There are some very good discussions on topics related to all things small stakes hold em offers. The book opens with an introduction to general poker play and gambling topics. It discusses everything a player should know at this point. It goes in depth using other gambling games as an example, such as roulette and blackjack. It also makes note of positive and negative expectation. I think this is a critical concept in small stakes. The book does a nice job covering it. Next is the section on the pre-flop play. It gives some recommendations on which hands to continue with. It goes into detail about how tight is right. It classifies starting hands into different categories. The book talks about domination, reverse-domination, and of course the value of position. It goes into the importance of being suited. It stresses that it takes more than just pre-flop play to win but you have to the fundamentals in place and not make costly errors. The post-flop section is a great read. It starts out with your normal discussion of outs and what-not. It discusses redraws and backdoor draws. The next section, “Finding Hidden Outs”, is a must read for all poker players who play in the low limits. The text goes into depth about evaluating the flop. It talks about the differences in a large pot and a small pot. There is other topics such as protecting your hand, the free card play, and slow playing. There are problems throughout the book which help you work with the topics. I found these especially beneficial in the post-flop section. The next section is about the river. There is no section on the turn but it covers the turn in the post-flop chapter. I think the river play chapter is the best in the book. It really applies to small stakes hold em. It talks about betting the river for value and play on the river when the pot is big. It also talks about going for overcalls and when you do not want overcalls. Again, I think this is a must read for all players who play at this level. There is a section on miscellaneous topics. This covers image and tells that would apply more to a brink and mortar card rooms. But you can find redeeming value in other parts of this chapter as well. There is a god section on playing over cards when they miss, which is something several players struggle with. It also talks about building big pots before the flop where you have an advantage. At the end, there I some comprehensive problems which sum up the topics in the book. These are very good. Try to work through them without cheating. Nothing can compensate for experience in poker. These will go along way without sitting at the actual poker table, which is a plus since your not investing any money. In conclusion, I think this is a must buy for any serious small stakes hold em player. It is well worth the investment and will compliment any poker book library. I would not recommend it for beginner players, however. If you are a beginning player you would be better served by getting Winning Low Limit Hold Em by Lee Jones or another intro book. Get some experience and the read Small Stakes Hold Em.
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08-25-2005, 08:19 AM
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08-25-2005, 12:11 PM
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If GE would put this much effort and thought into his school work, he'd be an A student.
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08-26-2005, 04:04 AM
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Cash Games - Bet365.com
I am working on clearing this bonus and getting the free $50 courtesy of Bet35.com. I have high hopes of finishing it up today and I think that goal is attainable. I am hoping to put in a couple more good sessions and make somewhat of a profit when I leave the site. Anyway, here is the table line-up: - theWall sitting in seat 1 with $29.29 - henholland sitting in seat 2 with $48.25 - Piscivorous sitting in seat 3 with $22.25 - asghaa333 sitting in seat 4 with $25.00 [Sitting out] - mr_clutch sitting in seat 5 with $28.75 - lostboyz sitting in seat 6 with $14.50 - glceud sitting in seat 7 with $40.13 [Dealer] - Golden14 sitting in seat 8 with $100.00 [Sitting out] - jestermise sitting in seat 9 with $34.25 - Kingstonflav sitting in seat 10 with $163.92 Kingstonflav, hen Holland, and mr_clutch are all rocks who play the same way. There also playing on different tables so hopefully I can recognize this and take advantage of it. Hand #1 Hero [5s, 4h] I get to check for free and we go three-handed to the flop. Flop [Qd, 9h, 7s] I check and everyone else does as well. Turn [5c] I check again and everyone checks. Should I put in a bet here? River [5h] I bet and the other two fold and I when the small pot of $2.75. Hand #14 Hero [As, 5s] I am in middle position and call the big blind before the flop. Four players take the flop. Flop [Js, Qd, 4c] It is bet and raised (by a rock) before action gets to me and I would be forced to call two bets cold with a draw. I fold. Hand #30 Hero [Qc, 5s] I am in the big blind and check this for free with three other players. Flop [7s, 6d, Jh] A player bets into me and I fold. Hand #34 Hero [9s, 9h] With one caller in front of me, I raise from middle position. I get two callers. Flop [8s, 7c, Kc] It is checked to me and I bet. The other two players fold and I when $4. It is as easy as pie. Hand #36 Hero [Qh, Jh] I call from early position. The big blind raises and I continue along with two other players. Flop [2s, Js, 2h] Hello top pair. Pre-flop raiser bets and I raise that. He calls and the other folds. Turn [10c] He checks and I bet. He calls. River [10s] He checks and I bet. He decides to fold and I pick up 8 BB. I am proud of the way I played this hand. He was ahead of me pre-flop but I knew after the flop that I was ahead. I took advantage of the edge I had. It is obvious here he had [As, Ks] or something similar. Always bet when you have the advantage. Hand #37 Hero [10d, Jd] I am in early position with this hand. I call and it is raised behind me. I call again and we three-handed to the flop. Flop [8h, 10c, Ah] The pre-flop raiser checks and I bet. One player gets out of the way and the checker calls. Turn [7d] I pick up a gutshot nut draw and still second pair which could be good. I bet and preflop raiser check-raises me. I call. River [10s] The villain bets and I raise. He calls and I get the $12 pot. Villain ridicules me for this. Oh well, I have your money. Hand #42 Hero [6h, 6s] The player under the gun raises and I call. We are heads up to the flop. Flop [Kc, 5c, 4h] It is checked to me and I bet. He calls. Turn [Ah] The villain checks and I check. River [8s] Villain bets and I decide to make a crying call at the pot. He shows [Ks, Ad] for the win. This is the same guy earlier who complained about the trip 10s. He plays hands the exact same way. Hand #44 Hero [Kc, Ah] I am under the gun and I raise. The same villain calls and we are again heads up. Flop [7d, Qh, 9c] The villain checks and I bet. Should I have taken a free card here? Villain calls. Turn [7c] It is checked to me and I bet. I should have checked here for sure since villain loves the check-raise play. He raises and I fold. I am left pondering this one. There was a pretty bad storm coming in at the time and I did not want to risk losing power when I was in a big pot with the nuts. I decided to go ahead and get off and play the rest of the bonus requirements out later that night. It was a good session but left me with some question marks. Starting Cash: $100 Ending Cash: $106.25 Profit/Loss: +$6.25
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Some players love to slowplay. At these limits some players will raise with AK hit top pair top kicker and then check the flop. I generally don't like this play but I really hate it in the first hand. This is a super draw heavy board and yet he still decided not to protect his hand against two opponents! If the PFR checks an A or K high flop it may be because he was raising with JJ or QQ but he also might be slowplaying(especially when it is heads up). Just make sure to notice this behavior for the next time you play with him. Quote:
As you mentioned in your book review of SSH Ed miller has a great section on overcards at the end of his book. Here you absolutely have to bet the flop. You have only one opponent so your chances of winning the hand right now are high. Also, there are a lot of potential gutshot draws that you don't want drawing for free. Once he calls the flop you have another decision on the turn. It doesn't seem likely that the 7c changes anything so it's close as to betting again. Your opponent may now give up his draw when the bets get big. But he may check raise you if he hit something. This is pretty read dependant. I think I would fire again at this one. And, if that is your choice, you have to fold to this check raise. So good fold on the end. |
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08-26-2005, 11:41 PM
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Cash Games - Bet365.com
The storm has passed through and I am ready to once again continue my poker career, if you can call it that. The bulk of the storm missed us, which is good because it looked pretty nasty. Anyway, here is the table line-up: - candollars sitting in seat 1 with $19.25 -Pancho99 sitting in seat 2 with $15.00 - pukkaplayer sitting in seat 4 with $14.25 [Dealer] - Kutz41 sitting in seat 5 with $27.50 - Golden14 sitting in seat 6 with $99.50 - PolishPete sitting in seat 7 with $34.00 - BornToMeow sitting in seat 8 with $25.50 - sksiu sitting in seat 9 with $6.50 - WeirdoC sitting in seat 10 with $44.25 I see pukkaplayer and sksiu that I recognize from previous games. Pukka was bleeding money the other day and sksiu seems like a pretty loose player as well. Hand #1 Hero [6d, Jc] I am in the big blind and check for free with one other person in the pot. Flop [9s, 9h, 5h] I bet in to the villain hoping he might believe that flop actually hit me. He does not and calls. Turn [Qc] I check, the villain bets, and I fold. Hand #5 Hero [Kd, Jh] I call from middle position. It was folded around to me but I figured a call was the smart play here. It is raised behind me and I call, as does another player. Flop [4c, Jd, 9d] I make top pair and good kicker. The pre-flop raiser bets and I raise. The other player folds and the villain makes it three bets. At this point, I know I am probably behind but I have to stick it out since I do not know for sure. Turn [2h] The villain bets out and I call. River [3c] He bets and I call. The villain flips over [Ac, Ad] for the win. Hand #13 Hero [8c, 8d] I get this strong hand in late position. One person limps in before me. I bet to isolate and everyone folds except the caller. Flop [Kd, 3s, 4c] The villain checks and I bet. The villain folds and I pick up $3.25. Hand #21 Hero [10s, Kh] I call before the flop. Three other players take the flop Flop [2s, Qd, 8h] I am the last to act. Everyone checks and I check. Turn [Qh] It is checked to me and I check. Should I bet here? River [5s] It is checked all the way around again and one of the villain shows Ace high for the win. Hand #22 Hero [6s, 6d] I raise here. The game is breaking up and getting short handed. I think I may can steal. I get one caller (pifloyd much more on him later). Flop [8h, 4h, 5s] I pick up nothing but a ghotshot but bet after it was checked to me. The villain folds. I love this hand. It shows my growing awareness of situations like this that can be useful down the road. At this point, I switch tables. I left the other table down $3.25 so I have my work cut out for me. Here is the new table line-up: - Kingstonflav sitting in seat 1 with $187.00 [Dealer] - pifloyd1 sitting in seat 2 with $15.25 - candollars sitting in seat 3 with $51.50 - WaterGate sitting in seat 4 with $82.25 - Peter-23 sitting in seat 5 with $25.25 - BornToMeow sitting in seat 6 with $8.00 - Golden14 sitting in seat 7 with $99.50 - sksiu sitting in seat 8 with $4.25 - OneThumb sitting in seat 9 with $23.50 - asianmovie sitting in seat 10 with $15.00 Hand #29 Hero [Ks, As] I am in the small blind and raise after one player limped in. The big blind folds and the bettor calls. Flop [5h, 10d, 8h] I bet and the villain calls. Turn [9h] I check as does the villain. River [8c] I check and the villain bets. I call down and he shows [Jd, 9d]. I may need to re-read that section on over cards. Hand #32 Hero [8s, 9s] I limp in and we go four-handed to the flop. Flop [8h, 7s, 2s] Action is checked to me and I bet. The big blind raises and I call (he check-raised). Turn [8c] Money card. The big blind bets and raise. The big blind folds and I win $7.25. Hand #39 Hero [Qh, Ac] I am in the big blind with this hand. It is folded around and the button raises. I call. I should have re-raised here as this was an obvious steal attempt. Flop [5s, 4s, 2c] I pick up a gutshot draw. I check and the pre-flop raiser bets. I fold. Hand #42 Hero [8s, 8c] I limp in and three players take the flop. Flop [Ad, 10h, 5s] PifFloyd1 bets and I fold. As I later learn, I should have put in a fight here. Hand #48 Hero [8d, Ad] I call before the flop and the action is four way. Flop [9c, 10c, Jd] I pick an open ended straight draw and a backdoor draw to the nut flush. It is bet and I raise. Everyone folds and I get $3.25. Hand #61 Hero [Ad, Qd] My nemisis piffloyd1 raises before the flop. I have seen him raise with any pocket pair and he is playing super aggressive. I re-raise and we get three players to the flop. Flop [10c, 8c, Jc] I bet trying to get everyone to fold. Piffloyd1 raises me and I call. Turn [8s] I check, he bets and I fold. Thoughts? There was 7.5 BB in the pot. Hand #69 Hero [Qs, Js] I am under the gun and limp in. The action is four-handed to the flop. Flop [6h, Kc, 8c] I check and everyone else does as well. Turn [Ad] I pick up a gutshot but fold to action behind me. Hand #77 Hero [Qh, Ad] I raise from MP1 and get the big blind to call. Flop [As, 3s, 7d] The big blind checks and I bet. He calls. Turn [9d] The villain checks and I fire away. He folds and I win $4.25. Hand #97 Hero [6c, Ac] I am in the big blind and check for free with four other players. Flop [6s, 4c, 2h] I get top pair and fire away. One guy calls. Turn [2c] I bet and the villain folds. I take in a 4 BB pot. Hand #99 Hero [Jd, 10h] I limp in from the button. The action is four-way. Flop [7s, 5s, Kc] It is checked and piffloyd1 bets. If the flop would have hit me at all I would have raised. Anyway, I fold. Hand #102 Hero [Ac, 3c] I limp in from early position. Four other players take the flop. Flop [8d, 10c, Ks] I check and everyone else does as well. Turn [3s] Player in front of me bets and I fold. Hand #112 Hero [Qc, Ks] I raise from UTG+1. I get two callers. Flop [3s, 9h, Ah] The first player checks and I bet. The third guy raises and I fold. Hand #114 Hero [Jc, 3h] In the big blind, so I check for free. Two other players join me. Flop [8c, Jd, Kh] I check and everyone else does as well. Turn [3s] The SB checks and I bet. Both players fold. Even if this was a blank, do I still bet? For those with SSHE, see “Two Over Pair Hands”. Hand #117 Hero [2d, 2s] I call from early position. It is raised behind and I call. We go four to the flop. Flop [4d, Jd, Js] The pre-flop raiser bets and I fold, missing my set on the flop. Hand #112 Hero [5d, Ad] I am in the small blind and I complete. Three others take the flop. Flop [Kh, 2s, Qh] I check and it is bet behnd me and I fold. Hand #113 Hero [Qc, As] I have the button. The donk piffloyd1 raises so I put in a re-raise. I tight player caps and I call as does that wretched villain. Flop [Qd, 9d, 4c] It is bet and raised before me. I make it three bets. It gets capped and I call. Turn [8c] The tight layer goes all in for his last dollar. The villain raises and I call. River [2c] The donk bets and I call. He flips over [Ks, Kc]. I yelled at the screen after that one. This was a 20.25 BB pot. The tight player had the same thing I had. Hand #121 Hero [Kc, 10c] I call from middle position. Six players go to the flop. Flop [Jc, 10d, 7d] I pick up second pair and backdoor draw. It is bet into me and I raise. Three others call. Turn [5s] It is checked to me and I bet. I get one caller. River [5c] No diamond! I bet and the villain folds. I win $9.75. Hand #123 Hero [10d, 10h] UTG raises and I call. Do I make it three bets here? We go four-handed to the flop. Flop [2c, Jd, 2d] It is bet into me and I raise. One person calls. Turn [4d] The villain checks and I bet. The villain calls. River [4c] It is checked to me and I bet. The villain calls and mucks and I win $9.75. I clear the bonus and decide to get out of dodge. I am finishing up this report three days later. There was a problem with getting my money out. I finally had to go to within Neteller to get my money out. They give you one free transfer a month. I hope support at other Prima sites is better. Anyway, I made a late rally to get back some funds but that one hand still stings. Starting Cash: $100 Ending Cash: $108 Profit/Loss: +$8 Bankroll after Bet365: $165.95
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Little Rock, AR
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Cash Games - Crazy Poker
Alright, I cleared the Bet365 bonus and got the money out (without the help of the terrible Bet365 customer support). I now move on to Crazy Poker, another Prima site. Crazy Poker gives you a $10 download bonus and the same 5x bonus that Bet365 offers. The catch here is that it is only $40. They give you 40% of your deposit (max $40) and since I deposited the full $100, I will get the $40 after 200 raked hands. I also see that my notes are brought over from Bet365. I also see many familiar faces from the other site. Here is the line-up: - whippywhop12 sitting in seat 1 with $4.91 - L0QTiS sitting in seat 2 with $27.25 - leh1945 sitting in seat 3 with $39.00 [Dealer] - lostgalaxy sitting in seat 4 with $53.75 - Golden14 sitting in seat 5 with $99.50 - guruchu sitting in seat 6 with $9.00 - Wip2121 sitting in seat 7 with $31.50 - TRD23 sitting in seat 8 with $30.00 [Sitting out] - biggys sitting in seat 9 with $17.75 - Dime04 sitting in seat 10 with $48.28 I have played with a couple of players in the line-up before. They are all tight players who play their good hands and fold everything else. Hand #1 Hero [2h, Jh] I am in the big blind and check for free. Two other players join me. Flop [6h, 3h, Ac] I am first to act and bet out. The other two players fold and I win $2.25. Hand #7 Hero [Ks, Qc] I raise from early position and get one caller, biggys. Flop [7s, 4s, Ac] My read on biggys was that he would call anything on the pre-flop/flop and the fold to action on the turn. With that in mind, I bet and get called. Turn [8c] I bet and the villain folds and I get $4.75. Hand #13 Hero [5s, As] I limp in from late position. It is raised behind me and I call. Flop [6h, Jd, Jc] It is checked to me and I check. Turn [9s] It is bet and front of me and I fold. Hand #28 Hero [10h, Kc] I am in the small blind and the only caller is the fish we talked about earlier. I raise for isolation and the fish calls. Flop [7d, 6c, 7h] I fire away and the villain calls. Turn [6d] I am either way ahead or way behind here so I bet. The villain calls. River [Ks] I bet, the villain calls, and I win $7.25. Hand #31 Hero [10s, 10h] It is called before and I raise from MP1. I get two callers. Flop [5d, As, Kh] I bet out on my action and everyone folds. I win $3.75. Hand #32 Hero [Kd, Jd] I raise again with this hand and get two callers/ Flop [7c, Ah, 10s] I check and the other two check as well. Turn [Kh] It is checked to me and I bet. The other two fold and I get $4.75. Hand #34 Hero [4d, 4h] It raised by a new player and I call. The action is three-handed. Flop [7d, 2h, 6s] I have some live cards and I could be way ahead if the pre-flop raiser is on two over cards. I check and the pre-flop raiser bets. I raise. The other player folds and the original bettor calls. Turn [Ad] I fire again and get called. River [6h] I check and the villain checks. He flips over pocket kings and I lose. Did I push too much here? Hand #38 Hero [5d, 6d] I am in the small blind and complete. The action is four-way. Flop [Js, Qd, Ad] It is bet and called before me. I raise for value. I get two callers. Turn [Jd] Flush card. The fish checks and I bet. The other player calls and the checker (Biggys) raises. I put in three bets. BadBeatBob folds and biggys calls. River [10c] It is checked to me and I bet. The fish calls and shows [8d, 3d] for the higher flush. Ouch. Hand #40 Hero [Ah, Ac] I raise and get four callers. Flop [4c, 10d, 8d] It is bet into me and I raise. Everyone calls. Turn [Kc] It is checked to me and I bet. Everyone calls. River [10s] I bet and get one caller. The rockets hold up for a $14.50 pot. Hand #41 Hero [Ks, Ac] I am under the gun and raise. I get one caller. Flop [5h, 8h, 3s] It is checked to me and I bet. The checker raises me. I call. Turn [10s] I am bet into and I fold. Good or bad? Hand #50 Hero [10h, 10s] I am UTG+1 and raise. I get two callers. Flop [7d, 2s, 4h] It is checked to me and I bet. Both players call. Turn [3s] It is checked and I fire again. The player behind me calls folds and the checker calls. River [9s] It is checked to me and I bet. The guy check-raises me and I call. He shows pocket 8’s and I win the $10.75 pot. Hand #53 Hero [9s, 7s] I am in the small blind and complete. Action is four way. Flop [Jh, 7d, Ks] I check and it is checked around. Turn [3h] I check and again it is checked around. River [4d] I bet and everyone folds. I get the $3. Hand #55 Hero [Qh, Jd] I raise from late positon after one player limped in. I am hoping to isolate between me and the fish, who is in the big blind. It does not work and we go four to the flop. Flop [9d, 9s, 2c] It is bet before me by the limper and I fold. Hand #65 Hero [Jd, As] I limp in and four others do as well. Flop [Qh, 3d, 2d] It is checked and I bet with the backdoor draw. I get one caller. Turn [7c] I bet again and get called. River [3c] I bet and get called. The villain shows [9d, Qh]. Sheesh, I gave away money here. Hand #73 Hero [Ks, 3s] I call with the suited king from MP. Three others take the flop. Flop [5h, 6c, Ad] It is checked around. Turn [4s] Once again checked around. River [10s] It is bet and I fold. Hand #76 Hero [10s, Ah] I call from UTG+1. The big blind takes the flop and that is it. Flop [Jh, 4c, Jc] It is checked to me and I bet. The villain folds and I get $1.75. Hand #77 Hero [8h, Ah] I am in the big blind and it raised in front of me. I call for the one bet. Flop [Jd, 10d, 6s] I check and it is bet behind me from one of the three remaining players. I fold. Hand #79 Hero [10s, As] Two people call in front of me and I raise. Everyone else folds and those two call. Flop [3d, 10d, 7s] Top pair and nut backdoor draw. I bet one player calls. Turn [4h] It is checked to me and I fire away. The villain folds and I get $5.75. Hand #80 Hero [4h, 4d] I limp in and three others take the flop. Flop [Qc, 4d, 5h] The player before me bets and I raise. The first guy in who checks makes it three bets. I cap and two others call. Turn [8s] The two players before me bet and call. I raise. They both call. River [Jh] Both check to me and I bet. They both call and one of the villain shows pocket 5’s for the higher set. #$%&! I lose the 17.5 BB pot. Hand #81 Hero [5d, 5s] I have to call a raise with these and the action is three-way. Flop [10s, Jd, Js] Where is the five at now? I fold. Hand #85 Hero [Jc, 10c] I limp in and we get two other players going to the flop. Flop [5s, 7d, 7h] I check and it gets checked around. Turn [Qh] I check and it gets checked around again. River [Js] I bet out and the other two players fold and I get $2.75. Hand #89 Hero [5c, 5s] I call a raise from the small blind hoping to flop the winning set. Flop [2h, Qs, 8c] Nope. I fold. Hand #90 Hero [Ks, Ad] I raise from button and get two callers. Flop [Kd, 9c, 9h] It is checked to me and I bet. I get one caller. Turn [8c] The villain checks and I bet. He folds and I get $5.75. Hand #102 Hero [8d, 8h] I am in middle position and raise. I get three callers. Flop [2d, 5s, Kh] It is checked to me and I bet. One person sticks around. Flop [10h] It is checked and I bet. He folds and I win $5.75. Hand #104 Hero [Kc, Qh] I raise and everyone folds. Hand #105 Hero [Jd, As] I limp in and it is raised behind me. I call and the action is five-way. Flop [7d, 3d, 8c] It is checked around and the button bets. I call getting 13 to 1. Turn [9h] I pick-up a gutshot. However, it was going to be two bets cold to me so I fold. Hand #113 Hero [As, Jh] I limp in and the flop is going to be five-handed. Flop [Kd, Kh, Ks] It is checked to me and I check. I should have put in a bet here. Turn [6s] It is checked around again. River [5s] It is bet before me and I fold. Hand #119 Hero [6d, 6h] I am in the small blind and complete. Two others take the flop. Flop [6c, Jc, 5h] I bet out and get raised. I make it three bets and get called. We are now heads up. Turn [Jh] I bet when I pick up the boat and villain calls. River [As] I bet once again. The villain calls and I win 9.25 BB. Hand #129 Hero [Qs, Js] I call a raise from the button to see the flop. We go four-handed. Flop [2s, 6d, Kd] It is bet and raised before it gets to me and I fold. Hand #133 Hero [Ks, 8s] I limp and we go three players to the flop. Flop [Kd, Ac, 9h] The first two players check and I bet. They both call. Turn [6c] It is checked to me and I check. River [4c] It is bet in front of me and I fold. Hand #135 Hero [Kd, 8s] He table was getting short handed hoping to flop a king. I guess I should have folded pre-flop. One other person goes to the flop with me. Flop [5c, 7d, 6h] The good news is I pick up the open-ended straight draw. It is bet into me and I raise for value. The bettor calls. Turn [4h] There is its. I bet and get raised. I re-raise. It gets capped and I call. River [Kc] I spike a king but it does not matter. I bet and get raised. I call The villain flips over [9h, 8h] to win the 14.75 BB pot. $%^#! Hand #137 Hero [Ac, 5c] It is raised in front of me an I call from late position. We go heads up. Flop [9h, Jd, 3s] It is bet into me and I fold. Hand #139 Hero [5c, 5s] I limp in and the big blind takes the flop. Flop [Jc, 5h, Kh] It is checked to me and I bet. The villain folds and my set is worth $1.75. I am really looking for some feedback on this session. I think I bled away some money at times with being too aggressive. At the same time I hit some big hands but my opponents happened to hit bigger hands. My cash at this table went through some variance. Oh well, let me know what you think. Starting Cash: $100 Ending Cash: $102.50 Profit/Loss: +$2.50
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08-30-2005, 11:38 PM
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Dec 2002
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Cash Games - Crazy Poker
I am continuing to try to work off the bonus and get the additional $40. This is a weekend game and they are usually more loose but we will see how that prediction goes. Yesterday’s session was interesting ad I hope that can avoid some of the variance swings I went through. Here is the table line-up: - Losedenrebuy sitting in seat 1 with $15.12 - Golden14 sitting in seat 2 with $99.50 - pbsanchez sitting in seat 3 with $12.62 - leers sitting in seat 4 with $137.01 - Incitatus sitting in seat 5 with $32.75 - Mysmongot sitting in seat 6 with $123.00 - Mungaman sitting in seat 8 with $31.62 - dragostea sitting in seat 9 with $20.50 - landhawk sitting in seat 10 with $24.01 [Dealer] Hand #1 Hero [7d, Qc] I check for free and we go three-handed to the flop. Flop [Qs, 4d, 10d] I make top pair with a marginal kicker and no backdoor draws. It is bet into me and I fold. Good lay-down? Hand #8 Hero [6s, 9s] I am in the big blind and check for free. Only one other person is in the hand. Flop [3s, 8d, 6d] I pick up second pair and bet in the heads up situation. The other player folds and I take in the $1.75. Hand #11 Hero [Qh, Kh] I am in the cut-off and open raise. I get two callers. Flop [As, 4s, 3s] It is bet into me and I fold. Hand #15 Hero [Kd, Js] I limp in from under the gun. The action if four-way going to the flop. Flop [7c, Ah, 9d] It is checked around. Turn [2s] I check, there is action behind me and I fold. Hand #16 Hero [Ac, 6c] I am in the big blind and check. Only one other person takes the flop. Flop [8d, 6h, 2h] I bet out and the villain calls. Turn [3s] I bet again and the villain calls. River [8h] I bet one more time and the villain folds, giving me the $4.25 pot. Hand #22 Hero [10c, As] I call from early position. It is raised behind me and I call. Three other players take the flop. Flop [3s, 2s, 5c] I pickup a gutshot draw. It is bet in front of me and I call. The pot at this point was 9 SB giving me the implied odds to call. Turn [3s] The board pairs. It is bet into me and I get out. Hand #31 Hero [10c, Kd] I am under the gun and limp in. It raised and re-raised behind me. I fold. Hand #33 Hero [Kh, Ac] I am in the small blind. I get a couple of limpers and I raise. We go heads up to the flop. Flop [Jd, 2s, 9s] I bet out and it is raised behind me. I call. Turn [5s] I check and the villain bets. I fold. Hand #36 Hero [Qc, Kc] I raise and get the big blind to call. Flop [5c, Kh, 3d] I make top pair. It is checked me and I bet. The loose villain calls. Turn [As] It is checked to me and I bet. The villain calls. River [2d] The villain checks and I check. He flips over [3c,4c] for the five high straight. Interesting. Hand #41 Hero [Ah, 2h] I have the button and limp in. Action is six-way to the flop. Flop [9d, 8c, 8s] It is bet in front of me and I fold. Hand #42 Hero [Kd, Qs] I raise from late position. I get three callers to the flop. Flop [Ah, 4d, Qh] I make second pair and it is checked to me. I bet and all three callers see the turn. Turn [2s] It is checked to me and I bet. Two players call. River [7c] It is checked to me and I bet. One person calls and mucks. I get the 10.75 BB pot. Hand #49 Hero [2s, 2c] I am in the big blind and check. Flop [10s, 4s, 9h] It is checked in front of and I check as well. There is a bet behind me and I fold. Hand #50 Hero [Js, Kh] I complete from the small blind. The flop is five-handed. Flop [Ac, 7h, 3h] I check. It is bet behind me and when action get back around to me I fold. Hand #51 Hero [Qs, 9s] I limp in from the button. Four players see the flop. Flop [4d, 7c, 4h] It is checked around. Turn [Ah] It is checked around again. River [6d] Once again, it is checked and my Queen high does not hold up. Hand #53 Hero [Qd, 10d] I limp in. it is raised behind me and I call. Three others layers will see the flop. Flop [9c, Jh, 7c] I pick-up an open-ended straight draw. It is checked to me and I bet. I win the ppot without a fight and get $4.25. Hand #59 Hero [Ah, 10d] I am in the big blind and I check. I go to the flop heads up with a fish. Flop [Kd, 6d, 5s] I pick-up a backdoor flush draw and an over card. It is bet into me and I raise. The villain makes it three bets and I call. I am not sure why I raised here. Turn [8c] I check and the villain checks. River [7d] I check, he bets, and I fold. Hand #62 Hero [8c, 8s] I have the button and raise with a couple of limpers out front. Two others take the flop. Flop [Qh, As, 4h] It is checked to me and I bet. I get check-raised and pay off. Turn [Kd] It is checked in front of me and I check. River [2c] It is checked and I check. The villian shows [Ac, 6c] for the win. Hand #66 Hero [8d, 7d] The game is getting real loose and I limp in from this hand. The action is six-way going to the flop. Flop [7c, Ah, Qs] It is bet in front of me and I lay this one down. Hand #68 Hero [2d, 2h] I limp in from early position with the red two’s. It is raised behind me and I call down. Flop [Qc, 9s, 9h] It is bet in front me and I fold. Hand #72 Hero [Qs, Qh] I raise from the small blind and get three other callers. Flop [Qc, 7s, 7d] That flop hit me on the head and more. I check, it is bet behind me and I call. Since the other two players folded, should I have raised? Turn [6h] I check and the villain checks. River [8c] I bet and the villain folds. I win $5.75 but I did I miss a bet or two here? Hand #76 Hero [2h, Ah] I get the suited ace and limp in pre-flop. It is raised behind me and I call. Flop [3d, 2d, 6c] It is bet in front of me and I fold. Hand #85 Hero [Qs, Ad] I raise from under the gun and get two callers. Flop [2d, 7d, 3s] There is a bet in front of and I call as does the other player. Turn [Ac] It is checked to me, I bet, and get one caller. River [10h] I bet and the villain folds to me. I get the 8 BB pot. Hand #91 Hero [Kh, Ks] I raise and get one caller before the flop. Flop [As, 2s, Jh] I bet and the villain folds. I pick up $3.25. Hand #98 Hero [As, Ks] I am in the small blind. It raised in front of me and I make it three bets. Only one person takes the flop. Flop [Qc, 6s, 2c] I bet out and the villain folds. I did not expect it to be that easy. Hand #102 Hero [Js, As] I raise from middle position and get two callers. Flop [Qs, 4h, 7h] I bet out and get one caller. Turn [10s] I pick up the flush draw and bet out. The villain folds and I get $5.50. Hand #108 Hero [10d, Kd] I am in the big blind. I check along with five other players. Flop [9h, 4d, 5d] I bet and get two callers. It is raised behind me and everyone pays to see the turn, making this a huge pot. Turn [10s] I pair one of my hole cards. I bet and get raised behind me. I call and the action is three-handed to the river. River [6h] I check and it is bet behind me. I suspect I am behind but I call. The villain shows [9s, As] and I win $14.75. Wow. Hand #109 Hero [Kh, Ac] It is raised and re-raised in front of me. I cap although I really did not mean to. We go three players to the flop. Flop [7h, 4d, Qc] I check and it is checked around. Turn [Kc] The table all the sudden comes to life. I bet, it gets raised and re-raised and I simply call. River [5c] I check, its I bet and called by me and the other player. One of the players shows pocket Q’s for the set. Nice hand, kiddo. Hand #130 Hero [7d, Kd] I limp in from middle position. Action is five-handed. Flop [6s, 6d, 7s] I make top pair and bet out. Everyone folds and I get $2.75. Hand #131 Hero [Ac, Qs] I raise from under the gun and get one caller. Flop [Ah, Qh, 9c] I make top two pair. It is bet in front of me and I raise. The villain calls. Turn [3c] The villain bets and I raise. He makes it three bets and I cap. River [7s] He bets and I raise. He calls. It does not show what he had but I am thing an Ace and a three. I win the $15.50 pot. Well, this was an excellent session. These games are notoriously loose on the weekends. I got some big cards and they paid off. The pots were also very big for this limit. This helps out the bankroll but I know that there will be variance. I took a break and when I got back my seat was gone. I like that feature. I do not think the Party network does that. Starting Cash: $100 Ending Cash: $126.75 Profit/Loss: +$26.75
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Cash Games - Crazy Poker
I sat back down for my second session of the night after getting a bite to eat and taking a little break. I am hoping the fish that I owned earlier would still be around. Was that a great session or what? I am still glowing from it. Anyway, here is the table line-up: - john010868 sitting in seat 1 with $65.03 - mar333 sitting in seat 2 with $34.25 - cicicreeper sitting in seat 3 with $12.25 - crazynammer sitting in seat 4 with $11.00 - BGK888 sitting in seat 5 with $36.00 - sergus sitting in seat 6 with $8.75 [Dealer] - ryanpace sitting in seat 7 with $22.25 - FattyDaddy sitting in seat 8 with $29.93 [Sitting out] - Golden14 sitting in seat 9 with $99.50 - Carstone sitting in seat 10 with $29.00 I recognize a couple of names from that list. Mar333 was the guy who hit the higher set on me a couple of sessions ago. I played with BGK888 the last session. Hand #1 Hero [Qc, 10d] It raised in front of me and I fold. I am guessing that is pretty standard? Hand #2 Hero [As, Js] There is one limper in front and I raise out of the big blind. He big blind and limper calls. Flop [8s, 7c, Qh] I check and it is checked around. Turn [6h] The action is checked through the table. River [4c] I check, it is bet behind me and I fold. Hand #5 Hero [5s, Ks] I am in middle position and limp in. Four players take the flop. Flop [10h, 7s, 9s] It is bet in front of me and I raise for value. Two players call. Turn [4c] It is checked and I take the free card. River [3h] It is checked and I check. A pair of fives wins the pot. Hand #8 Hero [7s, 7h] The under the gun player raises and I call. One other person calls. Flop [6h, 9d, Qh] It is bet in front of me and I fold. Hand #15 Hero [Kh, Qc] I open raise and get one caller, mar333. Flop [2h, 7c, Ac] I bet out and get called. Turn [4d] I check, it is bet behind me and I fold. Hand #17 Hero [5c, Ac] I limp in from under the gun. It is raised behind me and I call. Flop [Jd, Qh, 8d] I check, it is bet behind me and I fold. Hand #21 Hero [Qd, Qs] I raise but no wants to fight. I show my ladies for a psychological purpose. Hand #23 Hero [Qd, Qc] Two hands later I get the ladies again. I raise and get five callers. Flop [9s, 3h, Jd] I bet out and get two callers. Turn [2h] I bet and get called. The last player raises. I put in three bets and it gets capped. River [Jh] The villain bets and I call. He shows pocket 9’s and takes the pot. Hand #26 Hero [Ah, Qh] I open raise and get two callers. Flop [9h, 7h, 10h] I bet out. I am always hesitate to slow play flushes. I get one caller. Turn [9s] I bet out despite the board pairing. The villain calls. River [8d] I bet out, the villain calls and I win 8 BB. Hand #27 Hero [9h, 8h] I limp in from under the gun. We go four-handed to the flop. Flop [6h, 10h, 3c] I bet and everyone folds, give me $2.50. Hand #28 Hero [Kc, Ac] It is raised in front of me. I make it three bets and get one caller. Flop [2c, Jc, 7d] I bet out and the villain folds. I should have gone for the check-raise here. Anyway, I get $4.25. Hand #30 Hero [Ah, 8h] I limp in from the button and we go four to the flop. Flop [4s, 4h, 10c] It is bet in front of me and I fold. Hand #37 Hero [7s, 6c] I am in the big blind and check for free. Four players will see the flop. Flop [6h, Kc, Ks] I bet into the field and get one caller. Turn [Qh] I bet and get called. River [3h] I bet and get called again. The villain shows [Ah, 4h] to win the pot. My read here was excellent and the river bailed him out. Hand #39 Hero [Kd, 10s] I limp in from the button. Four other players tag along. Flop [3h, 4h, 3s] It is bet, raise, and re-raised before it gets to me. You boys have fun. Hand #43 Hero [10s, Ac] I limp in from early position. The action is five way to the flop. Flop [9d, 5c, 2s] It bet in front of me and I fold. Hand #60 Hero [Kh, Ah] I open raise from middle position and a player behind me makes it three bets. I cap it. Flop [2c, 5h, Qs] I bet into the player and he folds. I win $5.25. Hand #64 Hero [Ah, Qs] Two players limp in. I am in the small blind and raise. Both limpers call. Flop [4d, 9d, 7s] It is bet into me and I call. Turn [3d] It is bet into me and I fold. Hand #68 Hero [9d, Ad] It is raised in front of me and I call. The action is five-handed going to the flop. Flop [10h, 8c, Jd] I pick up the open-ended straight I draw, as well the nut backdoor flush draw and an over card.. It is bet to me and I raise. Four players continue. Turn [9c] That is the worse card in the deck for me. I need to find where I am at after the first two player check. I bet and is raised and re-raised behind me. I fold. Hand #69 Hero [5s, 5h] I limp in from middle position,. Four others do the same. Flop [4s, 10s, 3d] It is checked to me and I check. There is a bet behind me and I fold. Hand #81 Hero [Qd, Jc] I limp in from middle position. The action is five-way to the flop. Flop [6c, 6s, 3c] It is bet before it gets to me and I fold. Hand #85 Hero [6c, 6s] I call from the button and the big blind checks. We are heads up. Flop [Ah, ad, 9c] I bet into the big blind and he folds. I get $1.75. Hand #98 Hero [10d, 10s] I am under the gun plus one and raise. I get two callers. Flop [4d, 9h, 7s] It is checked to me and I bet. A players uses the check-raise on me and I make it three bets. He calls. Turn [9s] I bet and the villain folds. I get the 8 BB pot. I guess he was bluffing. Hand #106 Hero [Js, 10s] I limp in from early position. Four players see the flop. Flop [10h, 4d, 7c] It is checked to me and I bet. I get one caller. Turn [Ks] The villain checks and I bet. He folds. Hand #107 Hero [Ah, 5h] I limp from under the gun. The dealer and the big blind wil see this flop. Flop [Qc, 4c, 7d] I check, it is bet behind me and I fold. Hand #110 Hero [Ah, 10c] I limp in from the button. Five players see the flop. Flop [3c, 8d, 8s] It is bet in front of me and I fold. Hand #112 Hero [9c, 9h] I open raise with the pocket pair. I get two callers. Flop [7d, 10s, As] It is bet and called in front of me and I fold. Hand #119 Hero [Kh, 2h] I complete from the small blind. Two others players play along. Flop [4h, Jh, 6h] I bet and both players call. Turn [Ad] I bet, one folds, and one calls. River [3s] I bet, get called and win the $6.75 pot. Hand #120 Hero [Kd, Ac] I raise from the button and get two callers. Flop [Jc, As, 7s] It is bet in front of me and I raise. One player calls. Turn [8d] It is checked and I bet. Villain calls. River [8h] It is checked to me. I bet and get called. I take down the 9 BB pot. Hand #121 Hero [10h, Kh] It is raised in front of me and I call. We are heads up. Flop [8h, 2c, 5h] The villain bets and I raise. The pot was so small here I do not think this was a good value bet. He re-raises to which I call. Turn [Ad] He bets and I call. River [7c] He bets and I fold. Hand #128 Hero [7d, Ad] I call from the button. Four players pay to see the flop. Flop [9c, 8h, 6d] I pick an open ended straight draw and an over card. It is bet to me and I raise. Two players call. Turn [Qc] It is checked to me and I check. River [2d] I miss and fold. Alright, so decent session. I think have some leaks that I need to plug. Other than that, I am playing pretty good poker right now. I played a lot of poker tonight and that contributes to my raked hands. I will clear it with one more session. I have about fourty hands to go. Starting Cash: $100 Ending Cash: $91.75 Profit/Loss: ($8.25)
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This is a major trouble spot for me but i think that you should probably raise here. If both opponents come with you to the turn, or you get 3-bet on the flop then you can slow down and consider a fold on the turn perhaps(or maybe since this is your first hand you may want to call it down). With just one PF limper and the SB completing with you I don't think i'm folding this for one bet on the flop. Quote:
Your hands to this point don't indicate a very loose table. I don't think I'm limping with KJo UTG here. Quote:
Same here with limping UTG with an offsuit king. Quote:
heads up vs a limper who you have a read on as a fish, I'm raising this out of the big blind pre-flop. Assuming by 'fish' you mean at minimum that he's a loose player pre-flop, you are far ahead of his range of holdings. a pre-flop raise would likely change the post flop action, though if it stayed the same(he bet/you raise/he 3-bet) then I play it like you did. Quote:
I like the slowplay on the flop. Unless he has a 7 you're not making a lot of money here without your opponent improving anyway. On the turn I think I probably bet out with just one opponent. Sure he probably folds given the later action, but at this point I think I'm hoping he has a 7 or a pocket pair higher than 7s and will at least call it down. Quote:
You very likely have the direct odds to 3-bet the flop. Whether i'd do this or not would depend on how many people I force to cold-call two bets. You want at least two people calling your 3-bet. If you think that's very likely to happen, I'd 3-bet it. Nice pot. |
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Absolutely. That's a marginal limp pre-flop, no way to cold-call with it. Quote:
i'd bet the flop. If you get any resistance there's not much point continuing after that. Quote:
That's a pretty loose limp IMO. You need a ton of passive players pre-flop to limp a suited king with that kicker. Quote:
This is a tough one b/c you can win so much with a set, but remember that you're only about 7.5:1 to hit a set on the flop, you usually need to fold this behind a UTG raise unless, again, the table is extremely loose. Quote:
That's another pretty loose call pre-flop when you're only getting 3 other players in. I love suited connectors(probably too much) but you want some other limpers before you first. Quote:
Unless you were the big blind, this is a pretty loose PF call as well. Once you have some hands in pokertracker, you can look at the hands you cold-call with. You'll find a lot of numbers showing you that cold-calling a PF raise is something that you want to to very very rarely. |
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No Limit Hold Em Tournament - Crazy Poker
Alright, I have been working on my No Limit game. I have been re-reading Harrington on Hold Em volume one. Crazy Poker runs these tournaments everyday that if you play 100 raked hands in the previous day you get to play in a $1000 freeroll. Eighty prizes pay and first place wins $250. So, I enrolled in this one and took my shot at the no limit game. I am going to be doing the information a bit different here. I am going to be giving you blind sizes, pot sizes, etc. This information is much more prudent in no limit than it is in limit. Hopefully, it will flow easily and will be a good read. Here we go. Hand #1 (Stack Size: $1000, Blinds: 10/20) Hero is in the big blind with [Kh, Kc] I have three limpers out front. I raise to 1$00 chips. Two limpers call. Flop [6d, 4s, 3s] (Pot Size: $320) I put in a $200 bet to chase away those trying to chase the various draws. Turn [Ks] (Pot Size: $920) I bet $500 in chips on my set but also a flush card. Both players raise and I win $1420 in chips. Hand #2 (Stack Size: $1610, Blinds: 10/20) Hero is in the small blind with [8d, 7s] There are three callers in front and I complete from the small blind. Flop [2s, 5d, 10s] (Pot Size: $100) I pick up the backdoor flush draw. I check and it is bet $60 chips behind me. The pot is $220 when it gets back to me and offering 3.6 to 1 odds. I fold. Hand #10 (Stack Size: $1600, Blinds: 10/20) Hero is in late position with [10c, Ad] There is one caller in front and I call. The small blind completes and the big blind checks. Flop [6c, 2s, 4c] (Pot Size: $80) It is bet $80 in front of me and there is one caller. The pot is $240 and I fold. Hand #12 (Stack Size: $1580, Blinds: 10/20) Hero is in middle position with [6h, 6d] There is one limper in front and I call. Another player calls, the small blind completes and the big blind folds. Flop [Qc, 4c, Ah] (Pot Size: $100) It is checked to me and I check. It gets checked around. Turn [2c] (Pot Size: $100) Checked around once more. River [5s] (Pot Size: $100) It is bet $80 in front of me and I fold. Hand #13 (Stack Size: $1560, Blinds 10/20) Hero is in middle position with [Js, Ah] There is one caller in front and I limp. One person calls behind me and the big blind checks. Flop [10h, 7h, 5d] (Pot Size: $90) It is checked to me and I bet $50 with the nut backdoor flush draw and the two overs. I get one caller. Turn [3s] (Pot Size: $190) The villain checks and I bet $90 into him. He calls. River [6c] (Pot Size: $370) He checks and I check. Villain shows [3h, 6c] for two pair and the win. Hand #16 (Stack Size: $1400, Blinds 10/20) Hero is under the gun with [Qc, Ah] I raise to $80 and get two callers, one of them the big blind. Flop [Jc, 4d, 5d] (Pot Size: $250) The action gets checked around. Turn [6s] (Pot Size: $250) The action is checked around again. River [3h] (Pot Size: $250) It is bet $60 in front of me and I fold. Hand #18 (Stack Size: $1290, Blinds: 15/30) Hero is in the big blind with [3s, 7d] I check for free. I am heads up on the flop. Flop [10d, 4c, 4s] (Pot Size: $70) I bet $50 chips on a bluff. The villain calls. Turn [Kc] (Pot Size: $170) I check and the villain checks. River [3h] I check and the villain checks. He mucks and the $170 pot. Hand #21 (Stack Size: $1400 ,Blinds: 15/30) Hero is in late position with [10c, 9h] There is two limpers out front and I limp in as well. The big blind checks. Flop [10d, Ad, 2d] I pick up second pair. It is checked to me and I bet $100. Everyone folds and I win $235. Hand #22 (Stack Size: $1505, Blinds: 15/30) Hero is in middle position with [Jd, Js] I open raise to $90 in chips. One player and the big blind call. Flop [10c, 6d, 5h] (Pot Size: $285) I bet $300 (too much?) and get one caller. Turn [Jc] (Pot Size: $885) I pick up my set and bet $300. The other player goes all in for his last $570. I call the remaining $270. He flips over [Kc, 10h] and I have won the pot. River [7c] I win the $2025. Hand #26 (Stack Size: $2570 Blinds: 15/30) Hero is in early position with [Ad, Qd] I raise to $90. Everyone folds and I pick up $135. Hand #28 (Stack Size: $2615, Blinds: 15/30) Hero is under the gun with [Ks, 10s] I limp in for $30. It is raised for $120 behind me and I fold. Hand #29 (Stack Size $2555 Blinds: 15/30) Hero is in big blind with [Ad, 3d] I check for free with two other players in the pot. Flop [9d, 8c, 8h] (Pot Size: $105) I check, it is bet $90 behind me and I fold. Hand #30 (Stack Size: $2540 Blinds: 15/30) Hero is in small blind with [Ad, 9d] I complete with one other player. The big blind folded. Flop [8h, Qs, 7h] (Pot Size: $90) I check and it is checked behind me. Turn [9c] (Pot Size: $90) I bet $60 into my opponent and he calls. River [7d] (Pot Size: $210) I bet $100 into my opponent and he calls. I win the $410 with second pair. Hand #31 (Stack Size: $2275, Blinds: 15/30) Hero has the button with [7h, 8h] There are two callers in front and I call. The big blind checks. Flop [7d, Js, 7c] (Pot Size: $135) It is checked around to me and I bet $90. Everyone folds and I get $225. Comments? Hand #36 (Stack Size: $2880, Blinds: 15/30) Hero is under the gun plus one with [Jc, Jd] I raise $90 and get one caller, the big blind. Flop [3d, 9s, 5c] (Pot Size: $195) It is checked to me and I bet $150. The big blind folds and I get the $345 pot. Hand #39 (Stack Size: $2935, Blinds: 25/50) Hero is in the big blind with [9d, 9s] There is one caller in front, A player who has been aggressive raises to $400 behind him. I think and decide to re-raise to $750 thinking he is on over cards. He goes all in for his last $575 and I call. He flips over pocket 7’s and I am in good shape. Flop [10h, Kh, 4s] (Pot Size: $2025) So far so good, he does hold the 7h so he is picked up a backdoor draw. Turn [Ac] (Pot Size: $2025) No more backdoor draw. River [6h] (Pot Size: $2025) Whew. I survive. Was this the right play here? Hand #55 (Stack Size: $4010, Blinds: 25/50) Hero is in early position with [Qd, Kh] I raise to $100 and get one caller. Flop [6s, Ad, 6c] (Pot Size: $275) I put in a bet to find out where I am at of $150. The player comes back with a raise of $300 and I fold. Hand #58 (Stack Size: $3710 Blinds: 25/50) Hero is in the big blind with [Ad, As] There is one caller in front and I raise to $150. He folds when it gets back to him and I win $225. Hand #60 (Stack Size: $3810 Blinds: 25/50) Hero has the button with [Kc, 10s] There is two callers in front and I limp in. The big blind checks. Flop [3c ,Qh, 6s] (Pot Size: $225) There is a bet of $150 and I fold. Hand #67 (Stack Size: $3660, Blinds: 50/100) Hero is in the big blind with [Qd, 10h] It is raised in front. The small blind calls and I have 5 to 1 odds. To loose here? Flop [4c, 8d, 10c] (Pot Size: $600) I pick up top pair. One player goes all in for their last $755. I raise all in to isolate the pot and the player who raised pre-flop folds. The villain flips over [Jd, 6d]. Turn [7h] (Pot Size: $2110) Still way ahead. River [10c] And I win. Hand #69 (Stack Size: $4915, Blinds: 50/100) Hero has the button with [2c, Ac] I open raise to $200 trying to steal the blinds. The big blind calls. Flop [4s, 9h, 7c] (Pot Size: $450) The villain checks and I bet $300. He folds and I get the $750 Hand #70 (Stack Size: $5165, Blinds: 50/100) Hero is in late position with [Ks, 10c] It is folded around to me and I open-raise to $200. Everyone folds and I get $350. Hand #76 (Stack Size: $5215 Blinds: 50/100) Hero is in the big blind with [Ah, 7h] There is a limper in front and the small blind calls. I check. Flop [5c, 2s, 10c] (Pot Size: $300) It is checked around. Turn [Js] (Pot Size: $300) I check and there is a raise of $300 behind me. I fold. Hand #79 (Stack Size: $5165 Blinds: 50/100) Hero has the button with [Ks, 4c] It is folded around to me and I raise. Both blinds fold and I pick up $350. Hand #98 (Stack Size: $5315 Blinds: 50/100) Hero is in late position with [Qh, 10h] I open-raise with $300 and everyone folds, giving me $450. Hand #102 (Stack Size: $5465 Blinds: 50/100) Hero is early position with [Ac, Kh] I open-raise to $400. Everyone folds, giving me $550. Hand #105 (Stack Size: $5515, Blinds: 50/100) Hero is in the big blind with [Qd, Qc] There is two limpers in front and I raise to $500. Neither calls and I win the $700 pot. Hand #107 (Stack Size: $5765, Blinds 50/100) Hero has the button with [5s, 4d] I open-raise and steal both the blinds. Keep in mind the small blind was not in the game and the big blind was very inactive. Hand #113 (Stack Size: $5765 Blinds: 50/100) Hero is in early position with [Ad, 10c] I raise to $300. Everyone folds but my bet puts two inactive players all in. They flip [3c, As] and [Jd, 7c]. Flop [7d, 3s, 6d] (Pot Size: $310) Well.. Turn [Js] The inactive players wins this one. River [10s] I pair one of my hole cards but it does no good. Hand #114 (Stack Size: $5660, Blinds: 75/150) Hero is in the big blind with [9h, 8h] I check for free from the big blind. There is one caller and the small blind folded. Flop [Js, 5d, 5h] (Pot Size: $375) I check and a player behind me bets $300 and I kick it in. Hand #118 (Stack Size: $5785, Blinds: 75/150) Hero is in middle position with [Ad, Kc] I open-raise to $600 and everyone folds. My bet puts one of the inactive players all in so we will see the hand through. He shows [2c, 7d] Flop [5h, 3s, 6d] (Pot Size: $580) I am ahead. Turn [5s] (Pot Size: $580) Board pairs but I have the kicker. River [9h] I take this one. Hand #119 (Stack Size: $6005 Blinds: 75/150) Hero is in middle position with [8c, 8s] I open-raise to $300. Everyone folds. It puts one of the blinds all-in. I am not going to go through the hand but I won $205. Hand #121 (Stack Size: $5945 Blinds: 75/150) Hero is in the big blind with [5s, 3d] The small blind completes and I check for free. Flop [Ks, 10s, Kh] (Pot Size: $300) The small blind bets $150 and I fold. Hand #123 (Stack Size: $5870, Blinds: 75/150) Hero has the button with [Ac, Jd] One player limps in, I call, and the big blind checks. Flop [Kd, Ks, 7h] It is bet and called in front of me and I fold. Hand #125 (Stack Size: $5720 Blinds: 75/150) Hero is in middle position with [4d, 4h] There is one caller in front and I limp in. A player limps in behind, the small blind completes, and the big blind checks. Flop [5h, 8d, 5d] (Pot Size: $750) I miss the set. A couple of players bet in front of me and one goes all in. I fold. Hand #128 (Stack Size: $5270 Blinds: 75/150) Hero is in the big blind with [2h, Ac] Everyone folds around and the small blind completes. I check for free. Flop [Jd, 7d, 3s] The small blind bets $450 and I fold. Hand #129 (Stack Size: $5195 Blinds: 75/150) Hero is in the small blind with [Jd, Jh] Everyone folds to me and I raise to $675. The big blind (who is now an active player) folds. Hand #140 (Stack Size: $5170, Blinds: 100/200) Hero is in the small blind with [8s, 2h] It is folded around to me and I raise. The big blind folds. He was inactive at this time. Hand #143 (Stack Size: $5470, Blinds 100/200) Hero is in middle position with [As, Qd] There is one limper out in front. I raise to $600 and everyone folds except the limper who calls. Flop [Jd, Ad, Ac] (Pot Size: $1500) The villain bets $600 and I raise to $1200. He calls. Turn [9c] (Pot Size: $3900) I bet $2000 after it is checked to me. The villain calls. River [7d] (Pot Size: $7900) I go all in for my last $1670 and the villain folds. Interesting. Hand #146 (Stack Size: $9570, Blinds: 100/200) Hero is in early position with [Kd, Qd] I raise to $600 in chips. The big blind calls. Flop [4s, 10h, 2h] (Pot size: $1300) It is checked to me and I bet $500. The villain folds. And I get $1800. Hand #148 (Stack Size: $10070 Blinds: 100/200) Hero is in the big blind with [9c, 6s] There is one caller in front and I check for free. Flop [Qd, 5d, 10c] (Pot Size: $500) I check, the villain bets and I fold. Hand #160 (Stack Size: $9670, Blinds: 100/200) Hero is in middle position with [4d, 4s] There is one limper in front and I call. One guy limps in behind and the big blind checks. Flop [9s, 7c, As] (Pot Size: $800) I miss my set. It is checked through. Turn [Ad] (Pot Size: $800) There is a bet of $200 and I fold. Hand #162 (Stack Size: 9470, Blinds: 150/300) Hero is early position with [Kc, Jc] I raise $600 and everyone folds. Hand #171 (Stack Size: $9470, Blinds 150/300) Hero is in early position with [Kh, Qs] I open-raise to $900. Everyone folds. Hand #175 (Stack Size: $10370, Blinds: 150/300) Hero has the button with [Ac, 3d] It is folded around to me and I raise to $600. The big blind calls. Flop [Qd, 6d, 5h] (Pot Size: $1350 The villain checks and I bet $700. He folds and I get $2050. Hand #179 (Stack Size: $11200 Blinds: 200/400) Hero is in middle position with [Ad, Jc] I open-raise to $800 and everyone folds. Hand #184 (Stack Size: $11320, Blinds: 200/400) Hero is in the big blind with [6h, 6s] There is one limper in front and a raiser behind. I call the $400 to see the flop. Flop [5h, 7c, 9d] (Pot Size: $2400) I pick up the gutshot draw and bet $1000 chips. The villain raises $2000 and I re-raise to $5000. He folds. I am not sure why I did this play. Hand #191 (Stack Size: $15520, Blinds: 300/600) Hero is in early position with [10d, Ac] I limp in from early position. The small blind completes and the big blind goes all in for $840. The small blind and I call. Flop [4c, 2s, 9h] (Pot Size: $2520) It is checked through. Turn [9d] (Pot Size: $2520) Checked through again. River [6d] (Pot Size: $2520) It is checked through and my high card Ace holds up. Hand #192 (Stack Size: $16600, Blinds: 300/600) Hero is in the big blind with [Jc, Kh] There is a raise in front and I call. Flop [Ah, 5c, 4s] (Pot Size: $2700) I check. The player behind me goes all in and I fold. Hand #193 (Stack Size: $15700, Blinds: 300/600) Hero is in the small blind with [5d, 6s] There is one caller in front and I complete. The big blind checks. Am I being too loose here? Or are these the hands you need to go with late in a tournament? Flop [10h, 4h, 4s] (Pot Size: $1800) There is a bet in front and I fold. Hand #197 (Stack Size: $15400, Blinds: 300/600) Hero is in middle position with [Kc, Kd] I raise to $1200 in chips. Everyone folds and I get no action with my pre-flop monster. Hand #201 (Stack Size: $16300, Blinds: 300/600) Hero is in the small blind with [Jd, Qd] A player limps in. I see a raise in front of me and I call. The player who limped called as well. Flop [10c, 4c, 2h] (Pot Size: $4200) There is action in behind me after I check and I get out. Hand #207 (Stack Size: $15400, Blinds 300/600) Hero is in early position with [Qc, Kd] I open raise to $1800 and everyone folds. Hand #214 (Stack Size: $15700, Blinds: 400/800) Hero is under the gun with [Ah, 10h] I open-raise to $2400. Everyone folds. Hand #217 (Stack Size: $15700, Blinds: 400/800) Hero has the button with [Jh, 10h] I open-raise to $1600 and the big blind calls. Flop [10c, 4c, 2h] (Pot Size: $2800) It is checked to me and I bet $3000. The big blind folds. Hand #227 (Stack Size: $17700, Blinds: 400/800) Hero is in early position with [Ad, 9d] I limp in. The small blind calls and the big blind checks. Flop [7c, Qh, 2c] (Pot Size: $2400) There is action in front of me and I fold. Hand #226 (Stack Size: $15400, Blinds 500/1000) Hero is in early position with [7d, 7c] At this point of the tournament, I need to get all my chips in. I am on the bubble here. I can hold on and move up one spot to get another $1. Or I can look to double up and get back in this thing. I raise to $3000. The guy behind me re-raises me to $5000. I know he is on over cards. I push all and he calls and flips over [Ks, Ad]. I should say, he has me covered. Flop [Jc, 9s, 10d] (Pot Size: $32300) I pick up a gutshot draw. If an eight comes out this is all over. Turn [Jd] (Pot Size: $32300) I need to survive one more card. River [Ac] Damn! That was one of his six outs. I was an 87% favorite. Wow, this took a while to type. It is worth it though. I love analyzing my play and getting feedback from others. I am sure this thing will get much easier when I get Poker Tracker. Anyway, I finished 32nd for a profit of $4. I thought I played excellent poker, but after the review I think I found some errors. The one thing I would change about the last play is just call the raise and then push all my chips after the flop no matter what. Anyway, let me know what you think. Tournament Investment: $0 Profit/Loss: $4
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Generally looks good to me but I'm mostly a limit player so take it FWIW. A couple of quick things though. First I would make more continuation bets on the flop when you raise PF. Even if you miss if you only have one or two callers they might fold as well. If you make a half pot sized bet it only has to win 1 time in 3 to break even and you will win much more than that. Second, near the end of the tourney your stack was getting smaller than I think you realized. When you read HOH 2 he will lay out good strategy on when you are getting short and what to do when you are short. One of the key things there is when your stack divided by the blinds + antes is bewteen 10 and 20 playing speculative hands isn't a good idea. The reason for this is even limping takes a large portion of your stack and the reward for hitting is limited by the ammount of chips you have. From my experience online players bad play turns horrible when they get into these situations. Many players are just trying to hold on for a small bump in pay increase and will fold far to many hands they should be open raising(or pushing) with and limp many hands they should be folding(did you notice how so many of your raises went uncontested at the end?). Every tourney I see players waiting for a big hand as their chips dwindle to just a few BB. Even when they find that monster hand because they are so shortstacked they get lots of callers and then get sucked out on often. Even if they do win they still are severly short and not really in a good position. You didn't let this happen to you which is a very good thing. |
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I am posting and update for those who care (dixiflatline and radii). Due to some unfortunate circumstance involving my roommate being a drunk and having to kick him out, I am now playing poker full time. That is right, I am treating it as an eight hour job. I no longer have time to due hand for hand updates like I was. However, I am sure I will be using this thread to post periodic updates.
It feels good to be a rounder!
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GE - can't wait for the update.
I finally went down to Bay 101 (home of the WPT's Shooting Star) this past Thursday to play in one of their tournaments for the first time. It was a $50 +$20 RBA. I finished 17th out of a 100 and was only a hand away from probably being able to survive to the final table (10) and a payout.
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wow, good luck. How is it to be playing 8 hours a day? Have you got poker tracker yet? With that many hands PT really is a must. What sites are you playing at? Limits? number of tables? Hourly earning(if you are willing to share)? Latly have you signed up for rakeback yet? That will really help if you are playing that much. |
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09-11-2005, 10:05 PM
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I am so glad I went out and bought him Rounders... now he thinks he's Matt Damon.  |
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“Listen, here is the thing, if you can spot the sucker within a half hour of sitting at the table, then you are the sucker.” Playing eight hours a day is not so bad. I do not have a roommate anymore and had to take my pups back to my house two hours away. I take some breaks but have no real distraction, which makes it much easier. I am still playing the micro limits and clearing all the Prima bonuses. I have about two months before I need to pay the rent (I have it covered until then.) My goal is to have a bankroll of $2,000 and be four tabling the $3/6 at Part or Empire. I am also going to have to buy a new monitor here soon. I am getting Poker Trackers once I clear the bonus at Royal Vegas. I a then going to get Player View from that site. If I do not get my money from Aztec Riches Soon I will go crazy!
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Good to here. I'd think about investing in a nice chair as well(seriously). PT will help and you should be able to import all your old hands to check things. Instead of playerview I'd check out pokerace's HUD: hxxp://pokeracesoftware.com/. Some nice things there. Did you finish off the new bet365 reload bonus? $100 for 500 rakeds hands. Pretty nice. I'd be very interested in hearing which sites your hitting and what affiliates your signing up with. Id imagine that you can get through a couple of sites a day playing 8 hours a day.
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09-14-2005, 02:45 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2002
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I found out from Aztec Riches that today that is going to take up to an additional two weeks for me to get the majority of my bankroll from their site. That site plain out sucks. They sent me a physical check by a human mistake instead of putting into my neteller account. The guy I talked said management will take to 1-2 weeks to put a stop payment on the check and issue the funds to my neteller account. Why the hell would it take that long? Now I may miss the Bet365 reload bonus.
Anyway, I would not recommend Atec Riches to anyone. There bonus took me 1500+ hands to clear. Also obviously, their cash out process is terrible.
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09-14-2005, 09:25 PM
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Wow that really sucks. Yeah I just finished the bet365 bonus. Took me almost 700 hands and I won $0.72 The $100 bonus wasn't bad though. I just finished off the monthly crypto bonuses as well. I'd like to get back to party because the tables are better but these bonuses are just too good to pass up. |
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09-14-2005, 09:38 PM
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I thought it was a only a 500 hand bonus?
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09-14-2005, 10:45 PM
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Sorry 700 dealt hands to get 500 raked. Not bad at all really.
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