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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Of all the bad beats…

    MultiPoker’s Sunday morning freeroll:

    Party Poker No-Limit Hold’em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (10 handed) converter

    CO (t720)
    Button (t510)
    SB (t830)
    BB (t890)
    Hero (t765)
    UTG+1 (t2110)
    UTG+2 (t860)
    MP1 (t2430)
    MP2 (t880)
    MP3 (t875)

    Preflop: Hero is UTG with Qs, Qc.
    Hero raises to t120, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 folds, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, MP3 folds, CO calls t120, Button folds, SB folds, BB folds.

    Flop: (t285) 7c, 7s, 7h (2 players)
    Hero bets t645 (All-In), CO calls t600 (All-In).

    Turn: (t1530) 4s (2 players, 2 all-in)

    River: (t1530) 7d (2 players, 2 all-in)

    Final Pot: t1530
    Main Pot: t1485 (t1485), between CO and Hero. > CO (t1485)
    Pot 2: t45 (t45), returned to Hero.

    Hero shows Qs Qc (four of a kind, sevens).
    CO shows Kh Qh (four of a kind, sevens, King kicker).
    Outcome: Hero wins t45. CO wins t1485.

    Suck.

    I bounced out in 133rd (out of 189) within one or two orbits. Went all-in with KJs; ATo caught an ace on the flop and that was that. He also managed to take down someone with pocket jacks who didn’t improve.

  • CCWSOP IV

    We had our fourth no limit tournament last night. Eight players, $10 buy-in with $5 rebuys available in the first two rounds. No one rebought.

    This was probably our best tournament yet, in terms of level of play and the action.

    Some highlights:

    One poor guy in UTG+1 played the hammer and flopped a boat. Unfortunately someone in SB made his boat with pocket queens when a third Hilton made an appearance on the turn. That was painful to see.

    On another hand I raised with AQo and got re-raised over the top by someone who had pocket 7s. I called and caught my ace on the flop, and another on the turn, giving me a full boat to her two pair. That turned out really nicely since she had earlier sucked out a set on the river to my paired ace, ten kicker. In fact, I think she had pocket 7s then as well.

    After that I had enough chips to push some blinds around and eventually got in the money.

    With pocket 7s in the big blind I mistakenly raised $6 against two callers. Should have figured it was a bad idea after what happened to that girl, but…. The button re-raised $10 and I went all-in to find myself against cowboys. I bounced out in third with 20% of the prize money. Serves me right.

    The heads-up play was intense. Lots of back and forth, lots of swapping of position. It lasted for at least two and a half rounds or so, and that meant that they were at it for about two hours (I think 45 minutes is way too long–but last time people complained 30 minutes was too short). There were some tough laydowns, and some crazy all-in action: 1) QJ beating AK when the board made a set on the flop and showed a queen on the river; 2) a postflop AXs flush draw beating top two pair on the river. Same guy held both losing hands. At some point pocket 7s lost again. Ugh.

    Finally, with $24 in the pot and the buzzer signaling the end of the $3-$6 blinds, the shorter stack went all-in with AJo. Bigger stack called with K6o. K6 caught a 6 on the flop and won half the prize money. Unbelievable. But after the bad beats and suckouts that happened to K6 earlier, this was his due. The poker gods eventually restore balance and +EV.

    Good times.