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Sunday, 13 January 2008

Who am I trying to kid?

Stick to one post a week? No hand histories? Yeah right!! Played bundle of super turbo tonight, all in or fold style. Up a few dollars plus a couple in rakeback, ROI for the evening of 41%, super duper!!
Four hands stood out this evening, 3 of which had me chuckling to myself for different reasons.....

toneman posts small blind [100]
$10 to $10k posts big blind [200]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to $10 to $10k [ 9h, Tc ]
toneman calls [100]
$10 to $10k checks
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8s, 8c, Qs ]
$10 to $10k checks
toneman bets [200]
$10 to $10k calls [200] Fairly certain oppo isn't strong here, he's been min betting the flop a lot, taking down the previous 2 pots uncontested. I plan to take it off him on the turn even if I miss the Jack, if he is strong then so be it.
** Dealing Turn ** [ Jc ] BINGO!!
$10 to $10k checks
toneman bets [450]
$10 to $10k raises to [1,200]
toneman goes all-in
toneman raises to [3,570]
This has confused me immensely, I'm calling with any two cards here, I'm hardly going to fold and leave 2 bbs am I?
$10 to $10k calls [380]
$10 to $10k goes all-in
Returning uncalled bet [1,990] to toneman
** Showdown **
$10 to $10k shows [ 9h, Tc ]
toneman shows [ Td, Ac ]
** Dealing River ** [ Kh ] NIIIIIIICE!!!!!!
** Hand Conclusion **
toneman wins 4,010 from main pot with a straight, Ace to Ten


Seat 1: $10 to $10k ( 828 )
Seat 2: GAF1 ( 3,243.50 )
Seat 5: imacake ( 1,928.50 )
Tourney Level:9 Blinds(300/600-50 ante)
$10 to $10k posts ante [50]
GAF1 posts ante [50]
imacake posts ante [50]
GAF1 posts small blind [300]
imacake posts big blind [600]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to $10 to $10k [ Kc, 8s ]
$10 to $10k goes all-in
$10 to $10k raises to [778]
GAF1 folds
imacake folds Comedy Gold!!!!!! (Still bubbled when I ran 76 soooooted into the monster that is J2o, but this hand more than made up for it!)
Returning uncalled bet [178] to $10 to $10k
** Hand Conclusion **
$10 to $10k wins 1,650 from main pot



Tourney Level:5 Blinds(75/150-(no ante))
TEDNET posts small blind [75]
guttuhaugen posts big blind [150]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to $10 to $10k [ 6d, Kd ] (I know, hangs head in shame...)
$10 to $10k goes all-in
$10 to $10k raises to [925]

imacake folds
Ice Scooby folds
homer666 calls [235]
homer666 goes all-in
TEDNET folds
guttuhaugen folds
Returning uncalled bet [690] to $10 to $10k
** Showdown **
homer666 shows [ Jd, Ah ] WHOOPS!!
$10 to $10k shows [ 6d, Kd ]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Qh, 6s, 9h ] WOO HOO!! No Ace, no Jack, no Ace, no Jack, no Ace, no Jack etc etc etc.....
** Dealing Turn ** [ Tc ]
** Dealing River ** [ 8d ]
Once again, NNNNIIIIIIIIICCCCEE!!!!!!!!!!
** Hand Conclusion **
homer666 wins 695 from main pot with a straight, Queen to Eight


Seat 2: Generally ( 2,570 )
Seat 3: imacake ( 945 )
Seat 4: $10 to $10k ( 2,485 )

Tourney Level:8 Blinds(200/400-25 ante)
Generally posts ante [25]
imacake posts ante [25]
$10 to $10k posts ante [25]
Generally posts small blind [200]
imacake posts big blind [400]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to $10 to $10k [ 6s, Ad ]
$10 to $10k goes all-in
$10 to $10k raises to [2,460]
To isolate the shortstack, I'm happy to take a pop at the shorty on the bubble and I would be very unlucky to run into a stronger ace or PP, because Generally surely can't call with anything less than 10s+ or at the very least AJ+....
Generally calls [2,260] This could be a problem......
imacake folds
** Showdown **
Generally shows [ Qh, Ac ] NOOOO!!!!
$10 to $10k shows [ 6s, Ad ]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 5s, 8s, 6d ] WOOO HOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ah ]
** Dealing River ** [ 7s ]
** Hand Conclusion **
$10 to $10k wins 5,395 from main pot with two pair, Aces and Sixes

I'm so glad I play with chat off, I imagine I'd have got a torrent of abuse for that one!! I went on to win, with Generally bubbling, I genuinely felt sorry for him as I know exactly how it feels. I thought it best to end the evening on a high note, so logged off after one of the harshest beats I've dished out for a long time (given the situation). I shall be willing to bet that Generally was fuming, even if it was only a $5 bubble.

Early night for me tonight, got a £25 live freezeout to attend tomorrow evening so going to aim for more than 6 hours sleep for a change!!

Be lucky!!

5 comments:

Wildcat said...

Doubt you would have got any abuse for that, even if you are an ace rag donkey :P

So, we are about to see you in the dyms are we? Well let me know when you do, I may be able to point out some of the "quality" players. Or not, as the case may be....

Going on my current run, maybe I should stick to them myself!

Wildcat said...

Oh, and gl in the 25 fo, get a decent result in that, and it could count towards the total ;)

Anonymous said...

Cheers Chalf, much appreciated. Been a while since I've final tabled up there so hopefully I'm due one :D

Ace rag is apparently the nuts on Betfair, were you not aware of this :p ??

As for the DYM's, the super turbo odds playing has (touch wood) started well, and I can feel myself being drawn into the leaderboard hunt already.... However I may chuck a score on the Hills account and keep it seperate, to see how I fare in some cheap DYMs before I pull all the dollars out of BF. I must say I'm intrigued by them, and was up for a far bit longer than anticipated last night just lying in bed trying to figure out an 'action plan' for my style of play (whether to play 6 or 10 handed). I think 10 is the way forward for me, I will have to 'beat' 5 others instead of 3 but it should give me a little more time to play rock at the beginning, a style I am much more comfortable playing 10 handed rather than 6. Do the blinds go up every 10 hands or is it done on time now? I imagine I'll be on MSN when I get home tonight, if not then definitely tomorrow night so I'll have a chat with you about it then. All hints and tips gratefully received!!
Cheers,
SG

SG - King of the forum ban said...

Lol, anonymous on my own blog. I have no idea how I've done that. I really must figure out how to use a pc properly.....

Simon Young said...

Good luck with the WSOP Challange. I'm currently doing similar thing, starting with $3 in PokerStars. Now on $510.
Have added your link - can you do the same?

Cheers

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