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Month: July 2004

  • Sometimes you get really lucky…

    …get hit by the flop in a big way, and manage to have people stay in with crap that doesn’t improve.

    Party Poker 1/2 Hold’em (10 handed) converter

    Preflop: Hero is MP2 with 9s, 9h.
    UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 calls, MP1 calls, Hero calls, MP3 folds, CO calls, Button calls, SB completes, BB raises, UTG+2 calls, MP1 calls, Hero calls, CO calls, Button calls, SB calls.

    Flop: (14 SB) 5c, 4d, 9c (7 players)
    SB checks, BB bets, UTG+2 calls, MP1 calls, Hero raises, CO calls, Button calls, SB folds, BB calls, UTG+2 calls, MP1 calls.

    Turn: (13 BB) 7h (6 players)
    BB checks, UTG+2 checks, MP1 checks, Hero bets, CO calls, Button calls, BB calls, UTG+2 calls, MP1 calls.

    River: (19 BB) 3s (6 players)
    BB checks, UTG+2 checks, MP1 checks, Hero bets, CO folds, Button calls, BB folds, UTG+2 folds, MP1 calls.

    Final Pot: 22 BB
    Main Pot: 22 BB, between MP1, Hero and Button. > Pot won by Hero (22 BB).

    MP1 shows Kc Kd (one pair, kings).
    Hero shows 9s 9h (three of a kind, nines).
    Button shows Qc 7c (one pair, sevens).
    Outcome: Hero wins 22 BB.

    Good thing, too, ’cause I was slightly down before this hand. Now some of you may think that I should have slow-played this one, trapping the pre-flop raiser into adding another BB or two to my stack. But I think Izmet says that you should not slow play a set. At least, not at my skill level. Also, given the table’s history, I knew I couldn’t rule out someone having crap cards working well with the crap board.

  • Weekly game results: July 8

    Another down week for me, and it looks like I’m at the bottom of the pack for these two sessions.


          This week   Cumulative
    CR      -$5.00      -$1.05
    EM      +$2.05      +$3.35
    ER      +$0.25      +$0.85
    JB      -$5.00      -$2.55
    JC      +$9.45      +$4.45
    Me      -$1.75      -$5.05

    This week we played .10/.20 limit Hold ‘Em, a bit different from our usual spread limit .05/.25/.50 game. CR complained pretty vocally about the change, but I think it’s good to mix things up a bit.

    JC had a monster session, winning approximately 16BB/hr. EM’s doing pretty well in the cumulative, too.

  • Drink up all you people

    KCRW has a new show called Final Curtain. It’s fantastic. The writers scour the obituaries for interesting stories and do short pieces on each person. It’s really not as morbid as you might think. The show features 100-year old diving champions, freeway engineers, and more…

  • Housekeeping

    The archives were getting way too unmanageable, so we switched from weekly to monthly archives. It’ll take a couple days or so for Google to catch up with their index.

    We’re certain you’re ecstatic.

  • How to lose $12 in a single hand at the .50/1 tables

    Wasn’t sure if it were possible, but there you have it.

    Party Poker 0.50/1 Hold’em (8 handed) converter

    Preflop: Hero is Button with 7c, Qc.
    UTG raises, UTG+1 folds, MP1 calls, MP2 folds, CO calls, Hero calls, SB calls, BB 3-bets, UTG caps, MP1 calls, CO calls, Hero calls, SB calls, BB calls.

    Flop: (24 SB) Js, 7d, Qs (6 players)
    SB checks, BB checks, UTG bets, MP1 raises, CO calls, Hero 3-bets, SB calls, BB folds, UTG caps, MP1 calls, CO calls, Hero calls, SB calls.

    Turn: (22 BB) 8c (5 players)
    SB checks, UTG bets, MP1 raises, CO folds, Hero 3-bets, SB calls, UTG caps, MP1 calls, Hero calls, SB calls.

    River: (38 BB) Ad (4 players)
    SB checks, UTG bets, MP1 calls, Hero raises, SB calls, UTG 3-bets, MP1 calls, Hero caps, SB calls, UTG calls $0.25 (All-In), MP1 calls.

    Final Pot: 53.25 BB
    Main Pot: 51 BB, between Hero, SB, UTG and MP1. > Pot won by UTG (51 BB).
    Pot 2: 2.25 BB, between Hero, SB and MP1. > Pot won by MP1 (2.25 BB).

    SB shows 9s Jd (one pair, jacks).
    UTG shows 7h 7s (three of a kind, sevens).
    MP1 shows 8d Qd (two pair, queens and eights).
    Hero shows 7c Qc (two pair, queens and sevens).
    Outcome: UTG wins 51 BB. MP1 wins 2.25 BB.

    Yeah, I think I was a little on tilt. The table had had the best of me on a couple hands, and their behavior had me mystified. I think I figured that if I were going down, I’d go down big. In other words, I should have left the table and found another.