CARDRUNNERS

just lost 21k playing 25-50 and some 50-100 hu. I think my play was pretty bad in the 25-50 game, i made some inexcusable bluffs (and some good ones that just ran into good hands) but i should have managed my image better.

i also got a big cooler AI pf with KK vs AA against a very aggressive player with whom i have been tangling a lot lately. it was a 275bb pot so it was a decently sized one.

then there was 50-100 HU. i feel i lpayed pretty well in this match and lost 9k while making basically no hands. I will paste a cooler hand that cost me over a buyin and then a good bluff. Nothing I can do about the first hand.

FullTiltPoker Game #2529071030: Table Masters (heads up) - $50/$100 - No Limit Hold'em - 13:37:33 ET - 2007/05/28
Seat 1: Dennis Gyllner ($13,648.50)
Seat 2: tay ($19,192.50)
Dennis Gyllner posts the small blind of $50
tay posts the big blind of $100
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to tay [As 9c]
Dennis Gyllner raises to $300
tay raises to $1,000
eoh1981 (Observer): thats bull
Dennis Gyllner calls $700
*** FLOP *** [2c Ad 9h]
tay bets $1,425
Dennis Gyllner calls $1,425
eoh1981 (Observer): if you really can see ..
*** TURN *** [2c Ad 9h] [3s]
eoh1981 (Observer): you be making money!!
tay has 15 seconds left to act
tay bets $3,800
Dennis Gyllner calls $3,800
*** RIVER *** [2c Ad 9h 3s] [5s]
eoh1981 (Observer): all in!!!!
tay has 15 seconds left to act
tay bets $12,967.50, and is all in
Dennis Gyllner calls $7,423.50, and is all in
Uncalled bet of $5,544 returned to tay
*** SHOW DOWN ***
tay shows [As 9c] (two pair, Aces and Nines)
Dennis Gyllner shows [5h 4h] (a straight, Five high)
Dennis Gyllner wins the pot ($27,296.50) with a straight, Five high
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $27,297 | Rake $0.50
Board: [2c Ad 9h 3s 5s]
Seat 1: Dennis Gyllner (small blind) showed [5h 4h] and won ($27,296.50) with a straight, Five high
Seat 2: tay (big blind) showed [As 9c] and lost with two pair, Aces and Nines

good bluff:

FullTiltPoker Game #2528854502: Table Masters (heads up) - $50/$100 - No Limit Hold'em - 12:59:39 ET - 2007/05/28
Seat 1: Dennis Gyllner ($15,246)
Seat 2: tay ($12,198.50)
tay posts the small blind of $50
Dennis Gyllner posts the big blind of $100
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to tay [5h 5c]
tay raises to $300
Dennis Gyllner calls $200
*** FLOP *** [Kc Ks 3s]
Dennis Gyllner checks
tay bets $450
Dennis Gyllner calls $450
*** TURN *** [Kc Ks 3s] [6s]
Dennis Gyllner bets $1,200
tay calls $1,200
*** RIVER *** [Kc Ks 3s 6s] [Jc]
Dennis Gyllner bets $3,600
tay has 15 seconds left to act
tay raises to $10,248.50, and is all in
Dennis Gyllner folds
Uncalled bet of $6,648.50 returned to tay
tay mucks
tay wins the pot ($11,099.50)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $11,100 | Rake $0.50
Board: [Kc Ks 3s 6s Jc]
Seat 1: Dennis Gyllner (big blind) folded on the River
Seat 2: tay (small blind) collected ($11,099.50), mucked

I can honestly say I do.  Alot of people hate them and think they ruin the game - but I look at it diffrently.  Check out the hands below vs shorstacks - if the same hand came up vs a player with a full buyin - I would lose a a whole buyin instead of $80.  And when I look back I have saved A-L-O-T of $$$ buy only losing the min to these guys...

Also - for you haters check out the hands below - I am sure you guys will feel good :o)  even though Ive been through hands like that many times - but enjoy anyways!

Standard

     nuffgreed is at seat 0 with $406.50.
     Club_Asad is at seat 1 with $569.
     Elimidonk is at seat 2 with $386.
     CrudBuddy is at seat 3 with $325.20.
     e8minabs is at seat 4 with $289.30.
     skiboy1 is at seat 5 with $117.10.
     The button is at seat 0.
    
     Club_Asad posts the small blind of $2.
     Elimidonk posts the big blind of $4.

     nuffgreed:  Jh Ad
     Club_Asad:  -- --
     Elimidonk:  -- --
     CrudBuddy:  -- --
     e8minabs:  -- --
     skiboy1:  -- --

Pre-flop:
 
          CrudBuddy raises to $8.   e8minabs folds.   skiboy1
          calls.   nuffgreed calls.   Club_Asad folds. 
          Elimidonk calls.  

Flop (board: 4s 7h Jd):
 
          Elimidonk checks.   CrudBuddy bets $14.   skiboy1
          calls.   nuffgreed raises to $46.   Elimidonk folds. 
          CrudBuddy folds.   skiboy1 goes all-in for $109.10. 
          nuffgreed calls.  

Turn (board: 4s 7h Jd Jc):
 
        (no action in this round)
         

River (board: 4s 7h Jd Jc 4d):
 
        (no action in this round)
                  

Showdown:
 
     skiboy1 shows 4h 4c.
     skiboy1 has 4h 4c 4s Jd 4d: four fours.
     nuffgreed mucks cards.
     (nuffgreed has Jh Ad.)
         

Hand #50972157-2952 Summary:
 
     $3 is raked from a pot of $266.20.
     $.50 jackpot contribution is raked.
     skiboy1 wins $262.70 with four fours.

Not sure how he just calls here - but I love it - if a fullstack called there - I'd get it all in on flop -a nd lose $400 instead of $80  :P

  ISterpis is at seat 0 with $1035.10.
     smoothlou425 is at seat 1 with $73.
     BIG0BLAST is at seat 2 with $106.45.
     nuffgreed is at seat 3 with $1432.40.
     aabye625 is at seat 4 with $220.25.
     strumpan is at seat 5 with $761.50.
     The button is at seat 3.
    
     aabye625 posts the small blind of $3.
     strumpan posts the big blind of $6.

     ISterpis:  -- --
     smoothlou425:  -- --
     BIG0BLAST:  -- --
     nuffgreed:  Kh Qc
     aabye625:  -- --
     strumpan:  -- --

Pre-flop:
 
          ISterpis folds.   smoothlou425 calls.   BIG0BLAST
          folds.   nuffgreed raises to $27.   aabye625 folds. 
          strumpan folds.   smoothlou425 calls.  

Flop (board: Qs Kd 3d):
 
          smoothlou425 goes all-in for $46.   nuffgreed calls.  
         

Turn (board: Qs Kd 3d Td):
 
        (no action in this round)
         

River (board: Qs Kd 3d Td 8d):
 
        (no action in this round)
         

Showdown:
 
     smoothlou425 shows Ad 6d.
     smoothlou425 has Ad 6d Kd Td 8d: flush, ace high.
     nuffgreed mucks cards.
     (nuffgreed has Kh Qc.)
         

Hand #50970104-1199 Summary:
 
     $3 is raked from a pot of $155.
     $.50 jackpot contribution is raked.
     smoothlou425 wins $151.50 with flush, ace high.

Add this guy on your buddy list - nothing really to say here - lol

AtkinP is at seat 1 with $196.
     nuffgreed is at seat 3 with $441.10.
     The button is at seat 1.
    
     nuffgreed posts the small blind of $2.
     c0wgir1 posts the big blind of $4.

     c0wgir1:  -- --
     AtkinP:  -- --
     nuffgreed:  Ac Ah

Pre-flop:
 
          AtkinP raises to $14.   nuffgreed re-raises to $46. 
          c0wgir1 folds.   AtkinP calls.  

Flop (board: 5h 4d 2c):
 
          nuffgreed bets $70.   AtkinP goes all-in for $150. 
          nuffgreed calls.  

Turn (board: 5h 4d 2c Qc):
 
        (no action in this round)
         

River (board: 5h 4d 2c Qc 9c):
 
        (no action in this round)
         

Showdown:
 
     AtkinP shows 7c 5c.
     AtkinP has 7c 5c 2c Qc 9c: flush, queen high.
     nuffgreed mucks cards.
     (nuffgreed has Ac Ah.)
         

Hand #50970087-5908 Summary:
 
     $1 is raked from a pot of $396.
     No jackpot-rake is taken from this hand.
     AtkinP wins $395 with flush, queen high.
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Cant lose them all - I guess I dodged a nine outer though...

Hand #50970104-1156 at Burmah (No Limit Hold'em)
Started at 24/Feb/08 20:35:56
 
     ISterpis is at seat 0 with $959.10.
     Jeff0811 is at seat 1 with $200.20.
     nuffgreed is at seat 3 with $606.70.
     aabye625 is at seat 4 with $415.50.
     dinero facil is at seat 5 with $1614.25.
     The button is at seat 5.
    
     ISterpis posts the small blind of $3.
     Jeff0811 posts the big blind of $6.

     ISterpis:  -- --
     Jeff0811:  -- --
     nuffgreed:  7h 6h
     aabye625:  -- --
     dinero facil:  -- --

Pre-flop:
 
          nuffgreed raises to $21.   aabye625 folds.   dinero
          facil calls.   ISterpis folds.   Jeff0811 calls.  

Flop (board: 3c 4h 5d):
 
          Jeff0811 checks.   nuffgreed bets $46.50.   dinero
          facil raises to $120.   Jeff0811 goes all-in for
          $179.20.   nuffgreed calls.   dinero facil calls.  

Turn (board: 3c 4h 5d 8s):
 
          nuffgreed checks.   dinero facil bets $240.   nuffgreed
          goes all-in for $406.50.   dinero facil calls.  

River (board: 3c 4h 5d 8s Jd):
 
        (no action in this round)
         

Showdown:
 
     nuffgreed shows 7h 6h.
     nuffgreed has 7h 6h 4h 5d 8s: straight, eight high.
     dinero facil mucks cards.
     (dinero facil has 3s 3h.)
     Jeff0811 shows 5c 6s.
     Jeff0811 has 5c 6s 5d 8s Jd: a pair of fives.
         

Hand #50970104-1156 Summary:
 
     $2 is raked from a total pot of $1416.60.
               $2 is raked from the main pot of $603.60.
               $0 is raked from side pot #1 of $813.
     $.50 jackpot contribution is raked.
     nuffgreed wins the main pot $1416.60 with straight, eight high.

This all happened in a 2 hour session:

Hand #50972142-6486 at Dixiana (No Limit Hold'em)
Started at 25/Feb/08 21:48:46
 
     bboy scholar is at seat 0 with $423.40.
     moc101 is at seat 1 with $338.65.
     oddeye is at seat 2 with $417.75.
     nuffgreed is at seat 3 with $592.50.
     Parnish is at seat 4 with $288.30.
     LuckyJenny24 is at seat 5 with $76.70.
     The button is at seat 5.
    
     bboy scholar posts the small blind of $2.
     moc101 posts the big blind of $4.

     bboy scholar:  -- --
     moc101:  -- --
     oddeye:  -- --
     nuffgreed:  9h 9d
     Parnish:  -- --
     LuckyJenny24:  -- --

Pre-flop:
 
          oddeye folds.   nuffgreed raises to $14.   Parnish
          folds.   LuckyJenny24 folds.   bboy scholar calls. 
          moc101 calls.  

Flop (board: Th Jd 4h):
 
          bboy scholar checks.   moc101 checks.   nuffgreed
          checks.  

Turn (board: Th Jd 4h 9c):
 
          bboy scholar bets $14.   moc101 raises to $28. 
          nuffgreed calls.   bboy scholar calls.  

River (board: Th Jd 4h 9c 6s):
 
          bboy scholar checks.   moc101 bets $126.   nuffgreed
          folds.   bboy scholar goes all-in for $381.40.   moc101
          goes all-in for $296.65.   bboy scholar is returned
          $84.75 (uncalled).  

Showdown:
 
     bboy scholar shows Kc Qd.
     bboy scholar has Kc Qd Th Jd 9c: straight, king high.
     moc101 shows Js Ts.
     moc101 has Js Ts Th Jd 9c: two pair, jacks and tens.
         

Hand #50972142-6486 Summary:
 
     $3 is raked from a pot of $719.30.
     $.50 jackpot contribution is raked.
     bboy scholar wins $715.80 with straight, king high.

Hand #50992944-10411 at Elba (No Limit Hold'em)
Started at 25/Feb/08 21:27:23
 
     nuffgreed is at seat 0 with $388.
     chessking7 is at seat 1 with $851.10.
     skiboy1 is at seat 2 with $102.
     mellow_gold is at seat 3 with $388.
     AJ1971 is at seat 4 with $396.30.
     Le Monsieur is at seat 5 with $134.70.
     The button is at seat 4.
    
     Le Monsieur posts the small blind of $2.
     nuffgreed posts the big blind of $4.

     nuffgreed:  7c 7s
     chessking7:  -- --
     skiboy1:  -- --
     mellow_gold:  -- --
     AJ1971:  -- --
     Le Monsieur:  -- --

Pre-flop:
 
          chessking7 folds.   skiboy1 folds.   mellow_gold raises
          to $14.   AJ1971 folds.   Le Monsieur calls. 
          nuffgreed calls.  

Flop (board: Td Jh 7h):
 
          Le Monsieur bets $42.   nuffgreed raises to $120. 
          mellow_gold folds.   Le Monsieur calls.  

Turn (board: Td Jh 7h 5s):
 
          Le Monsieur goes all-in for $.70.   nuffgreed calls. 
         

River (board: Td Jh 7h 5s Ah):
 
        (no action in this round)
         

Showdown:
 
     Le Monsieur shows Qs Kd.
     Le Monsieur has Qs Kd Td Jh Ah: straight, ace high.
     nuffgreed mucks cards.
     (nuffgreed has 7c 7s.)
         

Hand #50992944-10411 Summary:
 
     $3 is raked from a pot of $283.40.
     $.50 jackpot contribution is raked.
     Le Monsieur wins $279.90 with straight, ace high.

Hand #50972142-6443 at Dixiana (No Limit Hold'em)
Started at 25/Feb/08 21:24:47
 
     bboy scholar is at seat 0 with $367.50.
     moc101 is at seat 1 with $103.40.
     yanb is at seat 2 with $89.
     nuffgreed is at seat 3 with $390.
     Parnish is at seat 4 with $340.50.
     King Rube is at seat 5 with $784.40.
     The button is at seat 2.
    
     nuffgreed posts the small blind of $2.
     Parnish posts the big blind of $4.

     bboy scholar:  -- --
     moc101:  -- --
     yanb:  -- --
     nuffgreed:  Jh Kc
     Parnish:  -- --
     King Rube:  -- --

Pre-flop:
 
          King Rube calls.   bboy scholar calls.   moc101 folds.
           yanb calls.   nuffgreed calls.   Parnish checks.  

Flop (board: 8c Jc 2s):
 
          nuffgreed bets $20.   Parnish folds.   King Rube folds.
            bboy scholar folds.   yanb calls.  

Turn (board: 8c Jc 2s 8s):
 
          nuffgreed bets $70.   yanb goes all-in for $65. 
          nuffgreed is returned $5 (uncalled).  

River (board: 8c Jc 2s 8s Qs):
 
        (no action in this round)
         

Showdown:
 
     nuffgreed shows Jh Kc.
     nuffgreed has Jh Kc 8c Jc 8s: two pair, jacks and eights.
     yanb shows Js 9s.
     yanb has Js 9s 2s 8s Qs: flush, queen high.
         

Hand #50972142-6443 Summary:
 
     $3 is raked from a pot of $190.
     $.50 jackpot contribution is raked.
     yanb wins $186.50 with flush, queen high.

Hand #50970085-10699 at Bayview (No Limit Hold'em)
Started at 25/Feb/08 20:57:15
 
     itchyass is at seat 0 with $420.50.
     alluneed is at seat 1 with $927.30.
     3Swearengen3 is at seat 2 with $355.40.
     nuffgreed is at seat 3 with $404.
     wwfgan is at seat 4 with $532.15.
     papaGEORGIOOO is at seat 5 with $397.60.
     The button is at seat 1.
    
     3Swearengen3 posts the small blind of $2.
     nuffgreed posts the big blind of $4.

     itchyass:  -- --
     alluneed:  -- --
     3Swearengen3:  -- --
     nuffgreed:  Ks Kh
     wwfgan:  -- --
     papaGEORGIOOO:  -- --

Pre-flop:
 
          wwfgan calls.   papaGEORGIOOO folds.   itchyass folds.
           alluneed folds.   3Swearengen3 calls.   nuffgreed
          raises to $24.   wwfgan re-raises to $76. 
          3Swearengen3 folds.   nuffgreed goes all-in for $404. 
          wwfgan calls.  

Flop (board: 8c 8s 4h):
 
        (no action in this round)
         

Turn (board: 8c 8s 4h As):
 
        (no action in this round)
         

River (board: 8c 8s 4h As 6h):
 
        (no action in this round)
         

Showdown:
 
     nuffgreed shows Ks Kh.
     nuffgreed has Ks Kh 8c 8s As: two pair, kings and eights.
     wwfgan shows 4d 4s.
     wwfgan has 4d 4s 8c 8s 4h: full house, fours full of eights.
         

Hand #50970085-10699 Summary:
 
     $3 is raked from a pot of $812.
     $.50 jackpot contribution is raked.
     wwfgan wins $808.50 with full house, fours full of eights.

Hand #50970097-5264 at Blue (No Limit Hold'em)
Started at 25/Feb/08 21:09:39
 
     HotOmar is at seat 0 with $107.90.
     exubz is at seat 1 with $140.50.
     nuffgreed is at seat 3 with $475.
     bforme81 is at seat 5 with $80.
     The button is at seat 1.
    
     nuffgreed posts the small blind of $2.
     bforme81 posts the big blind of $4.
     HotOmar posts out of turn for $4.

     HotOmar:  -- --
     exubz:  -- --
     nuffgreed:  Qh Ks
     bforme81:  -- --

Pre-flop:
 
          HotOmar checks.   exubz raises to $18.   nuffgreed
          calls.   bforme81 calls.   HotOmar calls.  

Flop (board: Qd 7c 6c):
 
          nuffgreed checks.   bforme81 checks.   HotOmar checks.
           exubz bets $72.   nuffgreed calls.   bforme81 folds. 
          HotOmar folds.  

Turn (board: Qd 7c 6c 9h):
 
          nuffgreed bets $60.   exubz goes all-in for $50.50. 
          nuffgreed is returned $9.50 (uncalled).  

River (board: Qd 7c 6c 9h 8c):
 
        (no action in this round)
         

Showdown:
 
     nuffgreed shows Qh Ks.
     nuffgreed has Qh Ks Qd 9h 8c: a pair of queens.
     exubz shows Th Ts.
     exubz has Th 7c 6c 9h 8c: straight, ten high.
         

Hand #50970097-5264 Summary:
 
     $2 is raked from a pot of $317.
     $.50 jackpot contribution is raked.
     exubz wins $314.50 with straight, ten high.

So I haven't been playing much live cash game poker lately. In the Bahamas, I made a brief apperance in the 25/50 game but I was so tired from having played in the donkament I couldn't stay very long. I had the chance to rail Boosted J, which was cool because I got to see what it's like being in the fray in a 50/100 game with very very deep stacks (I have never played with more than 30kish on the table at any one time, and sitting with 50-60k is very scary).

In any case, I played in the 25/50 "home" game in the hotel suite I mentioned in my December 9th, 2006 entry. The same cast of characters of successful businessmen, with a few different faces. And me. I got to the game late, because I went to dinner with Caitiln, my friend Mike (a friend from my summer associate class at my law firm last summer) and his wife. We had a great dinner at a restaurant called Mai House, owned by the same guy who owns Tribeca Grill and Nobu. That guy literally owns 3 very nice restaurants all on the same block! His offices are also on that block, and I often see him outside in the summertime on a table set up outside his first floor office, conducting business. Pretty cool.

Anyways, I come to the game, and I start off raising the very first hand, AQ. I bet the J87 flop, get called, chk the turn and river, and get shown 44, which is good. Welcome to the game. I realize in this game bluffs have to be very selective, and betting hands for value is of maximum importance, because you WILL get called down. I saw a few amazing hands. The most amazing of these was the following. Guy makes it 250 from ep. Cold call. Other guy min raises to 500. Gets back to the original raiser, and he makes it 5500 to go (leaving himself about 8k behind). Fold, the initial min raiser COLD CALLS he 5500!! Amazing. The flop comes down 976. The initial raiser checks. The cold caller thinks and shoves all in. The initial person who made it 5500 folds KK face up. The cold caller shows QQ. Insane.

Anyways, I was even or down slightly for most of the night, and then I went on a huge rush. Here are the hands.

Hand 1: I raise 65ss in LP, and get a call from the button. This player knows that I'm a strong player. Flop comes J58 two clubs. I bet the flop for 450. He just calls. Turn is a blank, non-club. I bet the turn for 1300. He calls again. River is an offsuit A. I bet 3500 on the river, trying to get him to lay down a Jack. He thinks for a while, and mucks. I'm not sure how in love with this bet I am, but I figure calling with a hand like J10 is very hard.

Hand 2: I call out for the nuts, and flop it. After a bunch of limpers, I raise with AJo. I get called by every single person at the table. One of the guys comments, "whatever you had, it's no good anymore." I call out to the dealer to please flop me the nuts. The flop comes out a beautiful AJ6. I bet out 1400 (which was a relatively large flop bet). But I figure I get called by any ace, and I want to build a pot. Everyone folds!! I show my hand and say, wow, I actually flopped the nuts.

Hand 3: Flopping a flush. I raise the J9dd from the cutoff and get called by the button. The button is one of the stronger players of the game and is capable of some big calls, and he makes the call. The flop comes 8xx three diamonds. GIN. I bet out 450. He calls. Turn comes 9. I bet 1300. He calls again. At this point I put him on AdX. Turn is a beautiful A, non diamond. I tank it, and throw out one 5k chip. He looks at me, asks what I want, and I say nothing, staring at the board. I try to give off a few false weak tells, and finally he calls with Ad9, for top two. That hand got the rush going.

Hand 4: Interesting line. One of the stronger players in the game limps on the button. The SB calls, I raise it up to 400 from the BB with AKhh, about the best hand I've gotten all night. They both call. The flop comes A1010. SB chks, I bet 800, the button calls. Now, on this hand, he's not floating me. He either has a 10 or an ace. Turn is a 6. I decide to chk. He bets 1300. I call. The river is a 3. I decide I do not want to call a huge river bet, so I decide to value-block. I bet 2800. He tanks, and calls. He says after the hand that if he was really on his game he would have raised my river bet. I liked the way I played this, because I get value from worse Aces and also it's very hard for him to raise me on the river even with a 10.

Hand 5. The setup. Limped around, but chk Q10dd from the BB. The flop comes A102. It checks around. The turn is a 3, putting two diamonds on the board. A guy bets out 500 and I make it 2k. He calls. River is a blank, I chk he chks and he wins with A4. This hand was important for the next one, knowing that I'm capable of bluffing, which I sort of was with Q10, but I also wanted a cheap showdown and wanted to charge a diamond draw.

Hand 6. The big shebang Button limps, SB raises, I just call with 99 button calls. The flop comes A98. Gin for me. SB checks, I lead out for 1100, button folds, SB, thinks for a while, says: "wow you really have 99," (which scared the living hell out of me), and chk min raises to 2200. Now, I had seen him do this play earlier, and he had the stone nuts, so I was worried about AA (slightly) but hoped he had a hand like two pair, 88, or AK, obviously. I just call. Turn is a 2. He bets out 3000. I decide to just call again. The river is 2. He bets out 3k. I eyeball his stack (he didn't stack his chips neatly), and see approximately how much he has. He has around 10 behind after his bet. Instead of shoving all in, I decide to make it 13000 on the river. He calls, and 99 is good.


All in all, an amazing night. The company in this game is great, along with the atmosphere, and winning 29k in any night you play poker is always nice.

I will get into the blog portion more later but here are some sick hands from the last session.  I still ended up but these defiently would have helped

FullTiltPoker Game #3765067024: Table Findlay (6 max) - $0.10/$0.25 - No Limit Hold'em - 15:57:06 ET - 2007/10/05
Seat 1: SleepyLaBeef ($24.25)
Seat 2: Tip_Drill719 ($2.45)
Seat 3: SchadurAck ($25)
Seat 4: begin ($61.95)
Seat 5: ckpak ($24.65)
Seat 6: Traditional ($25)
Tip_Drill719 posts the small blind of $0.10
SchadurAck has 5 seconds left to act
SchadurAck posts the big blind of $0.25
5 seconds left to act
Traditional posts a dead small blind of $0.10
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Traditional [Jh Qh]
begin calls $0.25
ckpak calls $0.25
Traditional raises to $1.45
SleepyLaBeef folds
Tip_Drill719 folds
SchadurAck folds
begin calls $1.20
ckpak calls $1.20
*** FLOP *** [2h 3h 7c]
begin checks
ckpak checks
Traditional bets $3.25
begin calls $3.25
ckpak folds
*** TURN *** [2h 3h 7c] [4h]
begin checks
Traditional bets $8.75
begin raises to $57.25, and is all in
Traditional calls $11.45, and is all in
begin shows [6h 5h]
Traditional shows [Jh Qh]
Uncalled bet of $37.05 returned to begin
*** RIVER *** [2h 3h 7c 4h] [8h]
begin shows a straight flush, Six high
Traditional shows a flush, Queen high
begin wins the pot ($49.15) with a straight flush, Six high
Traditional is sitting out

FullTiltPoker Game #3765078911: Table Drexel (6 max) - $0.10/$0.25 - No Limit Hold'em - 15:58:37 ET - 2007/10/05
Seat 1: BadgerfanChi ($29.75)
Seat 2: DONK987654321 ($8.15)
Seat 3: Traditional ($132.80)
Seat 4: SleepyLaBeef ($24.90)
Seat 5: elves377 ($24.50)
Seat 6: SchadurAck ($29.65)
elves377 posts the small blind of $0.10
SchadurAck posts the big blind of $0.25
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Traditional [8d 8s]
BadgerfanChi calls $0.25
DONK987654321 folds
Traditional raises to $1.10
SleepyLaBeef calls $1.10
elves377 raises to $4.90
SchadurAck folds
BadgerfanChi folds
Traditional calls $3.80
SleepyLaBeef folds
*** FLOP *** [3s Qd Tc]
elves377 bets $5
Traditional has 15 seconds left to act
Traditional calls $5
*** TURN *** [3s Qd Tc] [Ts]
elves377 bets $10
Traditional raises to $20
elves377 calls $4.60, and is all in
Traditional shows [8d 8s]
elves377 shows [Ks Ac]
Uncalled bet of $5.40 returned to Traditional
*** RIVER *** [3s Qd Tc Ts] [Ah]
Traditional shows two pair, Tens and Eights
elves377 shows two pair, Aces and Tens
elves377 wins the pot ($48.10) with two pair, Aces and Tens
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $50.60 | Rake $2.50
Board: [3s Qd Tc Ts Ah]
Seat 1: BadgerfanChi folded before the Flop
Seat 2: DONK987654321 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: Traditional showed [8d 8s] and lost with two pair, Tens and Eights

although this looks like i was getting it in really light, I pretty much was 100% ahead, possible JJ or 99 but nothing beat me besides those hands

I ran very well playing poker this weekend. After having a few small losing days midweek I won about 145k between Saturday and Sunday. The 50/100 NL games were running on FTP (even 4 at a time for a while!) and I fared well in them, as well as in some 25/50 games and some PLO on both Stars and FTP. Here are some of the more interesting hands:

Here I didn't have much of a read on this player's NL game but his line just felt like a bluff a lot, so I went with my gut. I later found out that he actually was pretty spewy.

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Game Notes: early in match

Seat 2: Sirens ($9,149.50) -
Player Notes: mostly a PLO player, hadnt had much experience with him in NLHE
Seat 3: LucLongley ($13,098) -


PRE-FLOP:

Sirens posts small blind $50
LucLongley posts BIG blind $100
Dealt To: LucLongley


RAISE Sirens ($300)
CALL LucLongley ($200)


FLOP:

Pot: $600


CHECK LucLongley
BET Sirens ($450)
RAISE LucLongley ($1400)
CALL Sirens ($950)


TURN:

Pot: $3400


CHECK LucLongley
BET Sirens ($2150)
CALL LucLongley ($2150)


RIVER:

Pot: $7700


CHECK LucLongley
BET Sirens ($5299.50)
CALL LucLongley ($5299.50)


SHOWDOWN:
Sirens:

LucLongley:


LucLongley collected $18298.5 from main pot with a pair of Aces

SUMMARY:
Total pot: $18 Rake: $0.50

Final Board:


Seat 2: Sirens small blind showed [4c 3s] and lost with a pair of Threes - Net Gain/Loss: ($-9149.5)
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In this match I had been betting smallish pretty much every time he checked to me in reraised pots. I felt he was getting fed up with this and got him to jam the turn drawing very slim.

** Game ID 1725197452 starting - 2007-11-18 16:11:39
** Slippery Slopes [Hold 'em] (50.00|100.00 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money

- LIMPA_DIRR sitting in seat 1 with $7519.50
- Hero sitting in seat 2 with $31764.50 [Dealer]

Hero posted the small blind - $50.00
LIMPA_DIRR posted the big blind - $100.00
** Dealing card to Hero: 10 of Clubs, 9 of Hearts
Hero raised - $350.00
LIMPA_DIRR raised - $1100.00
Hero called - $1100.00

** Dealing the flop: 2 of Hearts, 8 of Clubs, 10 of Spades
LIMPA_DIRR checked
Hero bet - $1250.00
LIMPA_DIRR called - $1250.00

** Dealing the turn: 8 of Hearts
LIMPA_DIRR checked
Hero bet - $2450.00
LIMPA_DIRR went all-in - $5269.50
Hero called - $5269.50

** Dealing the river: Jack of Diamonds
LIMPA_DIRR shows: Ace of Diamonds, 9 of Diamonds
Hero shows: 10 of Clubs, 9 of Hearts
Hero wins $15238.00 from the main pot

This hand is from a long, aggressive HU match. My aggressive image allows me to get paid off after hitting a fortunate river.

POKERSTARS GAME #13300788159: OMAHA POT LIMIT ($25/$50) - 2007/11/17 - 16:34:14 (ET)
Table 'Ialmenus IV' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 4: $tinger 88 ($21273 in chips)
Seat 5: gordo16 ($15355.90 in chips)
$tinger 88: posts small blind $25
gordo16: posts big blind $50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to $tinger 88 [9h Qh 6h 7d]
$tinger 88: raises $100 to $150
gordo16: raises $300 to $450
$tinger 88: calls $300
*** FLOP *** [7c 2c 5h]
gordo16: checks
$tinger 88: bets $750
gordo16: calls $750
*** TURN *** [7c 2c 5h] [4s]
gordo16: checks
$tinger 88: bets $2050
gordo16: calls $2050
*** RIVER *** [7c 2c 5h 4s] [8d]
gordo16: checks
$tinger 88: bets $5850
gordo16: calls $5850
*** SHOW DOWN ***
$tinger 88: shows [9h Qh 6h 7d] (a straight, Five to Nine)
gordo16: mucks hand
$tinger 88 collected $18199 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $18200 | Rake $1
Board [7c 2c 5h 4s 8d]
Seat 4: $tinger 88 (button) (small blind) showed [9h Qh 6h 7d] and won ($18199) with a straight, Five to Nine
Seat 5: gordo16 (big blind) mucked [Kh 4c 8c 7s]

From the same HU match, I flatcall a 3bet with AAxx single-suited semi-deep, flop the 2nd nuts, and am fortunate enough that he flops the 3rd nuts. I think my line can def be a bluff though and get him to rebluff with air a fair amount.

POKERSTARS GAME #13298947291: OMAHA POT LIMIT ($25/$50) - 2007/11/17 - 14:59:30 (ET)
Table 'Ialmenus IV' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 4: $tinger 88 ($8967.40 in chips)
Seat 5: gordo16 ($8424.50 in chips)
$tinger 88: posts small blind $25
gordo16: posts big blind $50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to $tinger 88 [Td Ah 6c Ac]
$tinger 88: raises $100 to $150
gordo16: raises $300 to $450
$tinger 88: calls $300
*** FLOP *** [As 7d 7h]
gordo16: bets $600
$tinger 88: raises $1050 to $1650
gordo16: raises $1450 to $3100
$tinger 88: calls $1450
*** TURN *** [As 7d 7h] [Jc]
gordo16: bets $4874.50 and is all-in
$tinger 88: calls $4874.50
*** RIVER *** [As 7d 7h Jc] [8h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
gordo16: shows [7c Ad Qc Th] (a full house, Sevens full of Aces)
$tinger 88: shows [Td Ah 6c Ac] (a full house, Aces full of Sevens)
$tinger 88 collected $16848 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $16849 | Rake $1
Board [As 7d 7h Jc 8h]
Seat 4: $tinger 88 (button) (small blind) showed [Td Ah 6c Ac] and won ($16848) with a full house, Aces full of Sevens
Seat 5: gordo16 (big blind) showed [7c Ad Qc Th] and lost with a full house, Sevens full of Aces

Standard Omahahaha.

POKERSTARS GAME #13298888248: OMAHA POT LIMIT ($25/$50) - 2007/11/17 - 14:56:21 (ET)
Table 'Herberta II' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Jinx1 ($1125 in chips)
Seat 4: $tinger 88 ($5299 in chips)
Seat 5: Rockfaith ($14724 in chips)
Seat 6: LuckyTC ($3886 in chips)
$tinger 88: posts small blind $25
Rockfaith: posts big blind $50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to $tinger 88 [Ad Ac 2s Qd]
LuckyTC: raises $50 to $100
Jinx1: folds
$tinger 88: calls $75
Rockfaith: raises $300 to $400
LuckyTC: calls $300
$tinger 88: raises $1200 to $1600
Rockfaith: calls $1200
LuckyTC: calls $1200
*** FLOP *** [Kd Qh Jd]
$tinger 88: bets $3699 and is all-in
Rockfaith: raises $9425 to $13124 and is all-in
LuckyTC: calls $2286 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [Kd Qh Jd] [Ah]
*** RIVER *** [Kd Qh Jd Ah] [Kc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
$tinger 88: shows [Ad Ac 2s Qd] (a full house, Aces full of Kings)
Rockfaith: mucks hand
$tinger 88 collected $2826 from side pot
LuckyTC: mucks hand
$tinger 88 collected $11656 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $14484 Main pot $11656. Side pot $2826. | Rake $2
Board [Kd Qh Jd Ah Kc]
Seat 1: Jinx1 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: $tinger 88 (small blind) showed [Ad Ac 2s Qd] and won ($14482) with a full house, Aces full of Kings
Seat 5: Rockfaith (big blind) mucked [8c Ts Tc As]
Seat 6: LuckyTC mucked [Jc 5d Th 8d]

Also today I was watching some Frank Caliendo clips on Youtube with friends today. He is hilarious and some of his impersonations are priceless, especially George W. Bush, John Madden, and Jim Rome. Here is my favorite clip:

His show "Frank TV" premieres Tuesday on TBS. I can't wait.

I'm heading home to PA for Thanksgiving break tomorrow. It'll be nice seeing friends and family but unfortunately I have to get some schoolwork done too. I have 3 papers due next week, then finals soon after, meh. Hopefully I can get out to the movies to see Michael Clayton and/or No Country for Old Men, both of which have gotten excellent reviews.

That's all for now. Have a great Thanksgiving everyone!

Total Bankroll as we speak is $8,145.76. Im pumped! I ran pretty good today except for 1 SICK SICK SICK cooler!
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1618401 POKERSTARS GAME #12793129089: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.50/$1.00) - 2007/10/23 - 02:40:32 (ET)
Table 'Demophon' 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: RoyMitchels ($61.10 in chips)
Seat 2: Bazuko ($126.30 in chips)
Seat 3: M Davis ($102.50 in chips)
Seat 4: MrteddyKGB ($96.50 in chips)
Seat 5: CandSForever ($66.25 in chips)
Seat 6: polarop ($148.95 in chips)
polarop: posts small blind $0.50
RoyMitchels: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Bazuko [7h 7c]
Bazuko: raises $3 to $4
M Davis: folds
MrteddyKGB: folds
CandSForever: folds
CandSForever leaves the table
polarop: calls $3.50
RoyMitchels: calls $3
*** FLOP *** [7d 5d 2s]
polarop: bets $6
RoyMitchels: folds
Bazuko: raises $12 to $18
polarop: calls $12
*** TURN *** [7d 5d 2s] [2c]
polarop: checks
MrteddyKGB leaves the table
Bazuko: bets $22
polarop: calls $22
*** RIVER *** [7d 5d 2s 2c] [8h]
polarop: bets $55
Bazuko: raises $27.30 to $82.30 and is all-in
polarop: calls $27.30
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Bazuko: shows [7h 7c] (a full house, Sevens full of Deuces)
polarop: shows [2d 2h] (four of a kind, Deuces)
polarop collected $253.60 from pot

But I sucked it up and knew it was just that a cooler. So I kept playing my game. I just analyzed my play and the biggest losing pot other than the cooler that I lost was $12.
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Thats it for now, I hope i can keep playing good solid poker, Ive been working on opening a lot more on pos and Re raising a lot more to take control of the pot, along with calling a lot of c bets on pos and betting on the turn when they show weakness.
Good Luck,
Hugo.

Today everything worked out great. I played cash games for about 45 mins and picked up 4 buy ins at 100NL WOOOT!

Then, I had a decision. I had 13,300 fpp, now I could get to 13.5k and get a ticket for the sunday $215, which I can sell for /$208.55 guranteed or I could play a couple of the 5400FPPs 10 man sitngos, where top 4 get a seat and hopefully I can win one and have some extra fpps for whatever.

Well, I played the first one and got a seat, I was shortstacked and pushed 900 at the 150/300/50a from the co and both blinds go all in. I was up against 66 and 99. The flop was a lovely 334, weeeeeeee!

I decided to play one more and AGAIN I took it down, this time w no major suckouts, just some nice solid poker.

So, now I was up about $820 and dediced to play some cash, where I could not win against a specific oponent playing 68/22 , but finally busted him on this hand: Although he had already donked off most of his stack, its still a good feeling to bust him.

FullTiltPoker Game #4208712565: Table Charles (6 max) - $0.50/$1 - No Limit Hold'em - 18:15:50 ET - 2007/11/17
Seat 1: blame ($172.60)
Seat 2: garrett303 ($125.30)
Seat 3: bigt1964 ($30.70)
Seat 4: LH-DALLAS ($148.20)
Seat 5: Born2Greatness ($382.35)
Seat 6: Miyogi ($101.55)
LH-DALLAS posts the small blind of $0.50
Born2Greatness posts the big blind of $1
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to LH-DALLAS [Kh As]
Miyogi folds
blame folds
garrett303 calls $1
bigt1964 calls $1
LH-DALLAS raises to $6
Born2Greatness folds
garrett303 folds
bigt1964 calls $5
*** FLOP *** [7c Ac Ad]
LH-DALLAS checks
bigt1964 bets $24.70, and is all in
LH-DALLAS calls $24.70
bigt1964 shows [Kd 7h]
LH-DALLAS shows [Kh As]
*** TURN *** [7c Ac Ad] [9s]
*** RIVER *** [7c Ac Ad 9s] [5h]
bigt1964 shows two pair, Aces and Sevens
LH-DALLAS shows three of a kind, Aces
LH-DALLAS wins the pot ($60.40) with three of a kind, Aces
(big blind) folded before the Flop

However, my AK's werent hitting and ended down about $120. So that brings todays results to +$700.

Awesone day!!! Now, Im gonna go try and get platinum on stars and hopefully supernova before the end of the year.