Mixed play. Last hand I had 2d 4d. Four players at table. I'm BB SB open raises 2 BB (480) and I call. Flop 5h 3h 3s. SB bets 480 into the 1060 pot and I call. I really didn't give much thought t what he might have and was looking at my open ended straight draw. Turn 6h. Darn. I hit my open ended straight but here is flush possible now. SB checks and I decdie to bet 1440 into the 2020 pot in hopes of closing it down right here. SB calls. River 8c. SB checks and I bet 1080 into the 4900 pot and the SB raises me with an all-in of 8023. I reluctantly call, expecting most likely to see a flush, but hoping at least for a chop. He shows 3c 5c, having hit a FH on the flop. He slowed played the FH.
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Friday, July 16, 2010
Rush 6 .02/.05 86 hands Down $6.94 Blinds ate xxxxx Rake xxxxx
Usual story. I have AKo vs Q9o. Flop 4h Ks Jh. SB bets .20 & I call. Turn 10s. SB bets .35, I raise to .70, he re-raises all-in for $5.61. I consider he might have AQ which would give him a straight and most likely why he would go all-in, but call anyway. He shows Q9, the straight on the other side. Either way I'm losing :-/ River 2d and my $4.34 is wiped out.
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Wednesday, July 14, 2010
2 HU $2 + .15 End 1st 32 Hands
Not much I need to say about this one. The other player played pretty aggressive so I did a lot of folding and he was ahead of me till hand 18 when my pocket 9's hit a set and held. Then we went back & forth until the 26th hand when my JTo hit a straight on a Q 9 8 flop and he had two pair in that same flop so I was able to let him lead with his aggressive betting. Next hand I had A3o and the flop was A A 8. I checked into it and he bet the pot of 120 and I raised him to 240. He folded. That left him with 465 chips. If I play carefully I should win this. Five hand later I was able to w/87o vs 73o The flop was 6 2 3 and we both checked. Turn 8. He went all-in w/his last 360 and I called since I had top pair showing. River a 5 and it was over.
Rush 9 player .05/.10 200 Hands Down $1.77 Blinds ate $2.85 Rake $2.52
I had a big dip early on but made a pretty good recovery and was only down $1.77 when I stopped at 200 hands. The big dip hand, though, shows my problem of how I don't let go of hands I should when I'm bet against.
I'm SB w/Kc 10h. Action folds to CO who open raises 3 BB (.30), SB folds, and I re-raise to .60. Sometimes the CO is just trying to steal to the blinds and if I roughly double their bet they often fold, but this one calls. So much for that. Flop Qd 9s 8s. Nothing much for me but a gutshot straight draw. I check and HJ bets .50 into the $1.30 pot and I call. Now why would he bet that much if he doesn't have something???? The more important question, for me, is why do I call when I have nothing??? Turn Kd. I pair my K. Again I check, CO bets $1 into the $2.30 pot and I call. I have the K's paired but a AK, KQ, or KJ has me beat. River 8c. No help to me. I check and CO bets $3.50 into the $4.30 pot and I call. WHY??? It's very unlikely he's bluffing and it's very unlikely my paired K's with the boards paired 8's can beat him. He shows Ah As and I'm down $5.60 just like that!! Grrrr. That kind of play by me puts me on tilt!! I do know better than that, but I don't seem to be able to stop myself all too often. :-/ Fortunatley I did make a comeback and even was on the plus side for awhile, by as much as $1.90.
This hand knocked me back to the negative side again. I'm UTG+1 w/9s 8d. I open raise w/.30. I was experimenting with this as I've seen a number of players raise early and everyone folds. It does seem to work faily often. BTN calls, rest fold. Flop 10d 4d Jh. I have an open-ended straight draw. I check and the BTN bets the pot of .75, I call. I didn't think much about what he might have, just whether I was willing to put .75 into the pot for a chance to get my straight. Turn Ks. No help to me. I check and BTN bets $1.50 into the $2.25 pot and one more time call. Grrrr. That is not good play on my part. I still have nothing. River 6d. There is now a flush possibility out there as well. I check and BTN bets $4.90 into the $5.25 pot and I finally fold, but it cost me $2.55 that wasn't necessary.
I'm SB w/Kc 10h. Action folds to CO who open raises 3 BB (.30), SB folds, and I re-raise to .60. Sometimes the CO is just trying to steal to the blinds and if I roughly double their bet they often fold, but this one calls. So much for that. Flop Qd 9s 8s. Nothing much for me but a gutshot straight draw. I check and HJ bets .50 into the $1.30 pot and I call. Now why would he bet that much if he doesn't have something???? The more important question, for me, is why do I call when I have nothing??? Turn Kd. I pair my K. Again I check, CO bets $1 into the $2.30 pot and I call. I have the K's paired but a AK, KQ, or KJ has me beat. River 8c. No help to me. I check and CO bets $3.50 into the $4.30 pot and I call. WHY??? It's very unlikely he's bluffing and it's very unlikely my paired K's with the boards paired 8's can beat him. He shows Ah As and I'm down $5.60 just like that!! Grrrr. That kind of play by me puts me on tilt!! I do know better than that, but I don't seem to be able to stop myself all too often. :-/ Fortunatley I did make a comeback and even was on the plus side for awhile, by as much as $1.90.
This hand knocked me back to the negative side again. I'm UTG+1 w/9s 8d. I open raise w/.30. I was experimenting with this as I've seen a number of players raise early and everyone folds. It does seem to work faily often. BTN calls, rest fold. Flop 10d 4d Jh. I have an open-ended straight draw. I check and the BTN bets the pot of .75, I call. I didn't think much about what he might have, just whether I was willing to put .75 into the pot for a chance to get my straight. Turn Ks. No help to me. I check and BTN bets $1.50 into the $2.25 pot and one more time call. Grrrr. That is not good play on my part. I still have nothing. River 6d. There is now a flush possibility out there as well. I check and BTN bets $4.90 into the $5.25 pot and I finally fold, but it cost me $2.55 that wasn't necessary.
Rush 9 player .02/.05 500 Hands Down $13.89 Blinds ate $3.91 Rake $2.96
One general comment: One of the otehr fellow in a weekly poker group I attend and also has a blog has said "win big, lose litttle." When I play Rush, I take up the reverse mantra: Win Little, Lose Big, Reduce Bankroll!!
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How the 1st 210 hands went:
How the last 290 hands went
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How the 1st 210 hands went:
How the last 290 hands went
Rush 9 Flash .02/.05 104 Hands Down $3.02 Blinds ate xxx Rake $0.25
Poker Tracker has this as two separate events, the 1st 13 hands and the 2nd 88 hands. That's probably because I took a telephone call and had clicked the "sit out next hand" option and found that when I got back later FT had put my money back into my bankroll though I was still in the list of players.
In the 1st 13 hands I had one bad one. I had pocket J's. I limped in w/.05 and the action folded to HJ who raised me to .20. I called. Flop 8 2 8. I bet .10 into the .42 pot and the HJ raised me to .40. I called. On the turn I checked and he bet .50, I called. River I checked, he bet .75 and I called. HJ showed pocket K's. The way he was betting I should have folded early on but I didn't.
In the next 88 hands I have a similar loss though only for 0.95 this time. I'm the SB w/AQo. UTG open raises 3 BB (.15), everyone else folds, I call. Flop 10h 6c 2h. I check & UTG bets .10 into the .35 pot, I call. Turn 6h. Possible flush showing on board. We both check. River As. I pair my Ace and have top pair. I min bet .05 into the .55 pot and the HJ raises me to .70. Rats that suggest he has something. I decide to call and he shows pocket 10's hitting his set on the flop. I don't feel too bad about this one but still it fits into my pattern of winning a number of the smaller pots but losing on the bigger ones that it would have been best I'd folded on.
In the 1st 13 hands I had one bad one. I had pocket J's. I limped in w/.05 and the action folded to HJ who raised me to .20. I called. Flop 8 2 8. I bet .10 into the .42 pot and the HJ raised me to .40. I called. On the turn I checked and he bet .50, I called. River I checked, he bet .75 and I called. HJ showed pocket K's. The way he was betting I should have folded early on but I didn't.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Rush Tour 169 $1 + .10 End 1-7 Won Entry 368 hands Sat to Double Deuce Rush (7/12/10)
Payout: 1-7 Entry, 8th - $7.50, 9th - $4.50, 10th - $3
Fourth time was charm and I managed to finish in the top 7, actually 2nd. So now I have two FT tournaments to play this coming Sunday - BLT & $200K Double Deuce Rush.
Fourth time was charm and I managed to finish in the top 7, actually 2nd. So now I have two FT tournaments to play this coming Sunday - BLT & $200K Double Deuce Rush.
Monday, July 12, 2010
Rush Tour 189 $1 + .10 End 131 45 hands Sat to Double Deuce Rush
Payout 1-8 Entry, 9th - $6.60, 10th - $3.90, 11th - $2.60.
So so play with the last hand pushing an AJ to win. I'm the SB w/Ac Js. HJ open raises 2 BB (60), CO & BTN fold, SB & I Call. Flop Ah 9h Ks. I pair my Ace but that K is a bit scary. SB bets 120 and I raise to 240, HJ folds, SB calls. Turn 2s. No help. SB bets 400 into the 1060 pot and I raise to 800, he re-raises all-in and I call. He shows As Qc; has my J covered. Now I was expecting to see a K, but that is somewhat ill-logical, as if he had AK he'd probably have bet even stronger and I guess he was assuming I did not have a K either for similar reasons. River 4c and I'm gone.
Now in the raising and re-raising part, when I go over a player, it's in part, to see how serious they are and to determine if I should stop at that point. The problem I have, is I DON'T STOP, I just keep going on. Restraint Ted, remember that.
So so play with the last hand pushing an AJ to win. I'm the SB w/Ac Js. HJ open raises 2 BB (60), CO & BTN fold, SB & I Call. Flop Ah 9h Ks. I pair my Ace but that K is a bit scary. SB bets 120 and I raise to 240, HJ folds, SB calls. Turn 2s. No help. SB bets 400 into the 1060 pot and I raise to 800, he re-raises all-in and I call. He shows As Qc; has my J covered. Now I was expecting to see a K, but that is somewhat ill-logical, as if he had AK he'd probably have bet even stronger and I guess he was assuming I did not have a K either for similar reasons. River 4c and I'm gone.
Now in the raising and re-raising part, when I go over a player, it's in part, to see how serious they are and to determine if I should stop at that point. The problem I have, is I DON'T STOP, I just keep going on. Restraint Ted, remember that.
Rush Tour 125 $1 + .10 End 49 85 hands Sat to Double Deuce Rush
Payout 1-5 Entry, 6th - $7.50, 7th - $4.50, 8th - $3
Not the greatest of play. Hand 22 I had Ad 8d vs 10c Jh. Flop 8c Qd Js. I'd paired my 8 and had a nut flush draw.Turn 5h. River Ac. I have two pair and needed that, since I didn't hit the flush, to beat the J the other player paired on the flop.
Hand 72 I give a bunch away w/Ah 8c. Flop 3d 3c 8d. I paired my 8, have a good kicker, but even at this point it's dangerous out there with the board paired. Turn Js. River 9c. Both over cards to my 8. BB has Ks Jh and I'm back to 1365 chips.
Hand 75 I give more of them away. I have Ah 10c. Flop Kh Jd 5h. I have a gutshot straight draw. MP1 keeps betting and I call. I have to fold after the River as I still have NOTHING!! I'm down to 665 chips and desperate.
Hand 85, last hand, I have Ad Qh and decide to go all-in w/my last 715 chips. I'm UTG. MP1 calls, rest fold. They have pocket Q's. That is curtains for me.
Not the greatest of play. Hand 22 I had Ad 8d vs 10c Jh. Flop 8c Qd Js. I'd paired my 8 and had a nut flush draw.Turn 5h. River Ac. I have two pair and needed that, since I didn't hit the flush, to beat the J the other player paired on the flop.
Hand 72 I give a bunch away w/Ah 8c. Flop 3d 3c 8d. I paired my 8, have a good kicker, but even at this point it's dangerous out there with the board paired. Turn Js. River 9c. Both over cards to my 8. BB has Ks Jh and I'm back to 1365 chips.
Hand 75 I give more of them away. I have Ah 10c. Flop Kh Jd 5h. I have a gutshot straight draw. MP1 keeps betting and I call. I have to fold after the River as I still have NOTHING!! I'm down to 665 chips and desperate.
Hand 85, last hand, I have Ad Qh and decide to go all-in w/my last 715 chips. I'm UTG. MP1 calls, rest fold. They have pocket Q's. That is curtains for me.
Rush Tour 140 $1 + .10 End 27 134 hands Sat to Double Deuce Rush
Payout 1-6 Entry, 7th - $8;30, 8th - $5.10, 9th - $3.40
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PS 9 SNG $3 + .40 End 5th 82 Hands
Mixed play. One big mistake toward the end. One player to my right had played a few hands, betting and raising through the River w/air, so I kept with him w/my A2s that had only paired the 2 on the board. This time he had pocket 8's and hit a set on the flop. I was down to 520 chips.
Four hands latter when I was down to 120 chips it looked like I might double up. I had 43o vs 6To. Flop 5s 4h Ad. So far so good, I paired my 4. Turn 3c. Even better I have two pair. I didn't notice it gave the BB an open ended straight draw. River 2d. My 1st thought was, oh crap we chop the pot, but the situation wasn't that good. Yes, he had the straight shown on the board, but with the 6 in his hand he had 6 high beating me. I was disappointed at that, but I was so low in chips it was going to be a struggle to get ahead and with blinds of 100/200 I was going to have to get very lucky just to stay in the session.
Time to get back on FT for awhile and build my confidence back up!
Four hands latter when I was down to 120 chips it looked like I might double up. I had 43o vs 6To. Flop 5s 4h Ad. So far so good, I paired my 4. Turn 3c. Even better I have two pair. I didn't notice it gave the BB an open ended straight draw. River 2d. My 1st thought was, oh crap we chop the pot, but the situation wasn't that good. Yes, he had the straight shown on the board, but with the 6 in his hand he had 6 high beating me. I was disappointed at that, but I was so low in chips it was going to be a struggle to get ahead and with blinds of 100/200 I was going to have to get very lucky just to stay in the session.
Time to get back on FT for awhile and build my confidence back up!
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Tour 18,686 Freeroll Won Entry End 879 199 Hands $1,000 Weekly Freeroll
Play was going along nicely then came to a screeching end as I crashed and burned on hand 196. I'm UTG w/As Qd, 31,714 chips. Blinds are 500/1000/ante 125. I open raise 3 BB (3000), UTG +1 folds, MP1 & MP2 call, and rest fold, making for a nice 11,625 pot. Flop Ac 9c 8d. I bet 4500 into the 11,625 pot, MP1 folds, and MP2 raises me to 9000. At this point I could call or fold and would have been better off folding, but I decide to re-raise him going all-in w/my 24, 214 chips. I actually do think about what he may have and that he might have AK, which would be a better kicker than my Q, but decide to take the gamble that he doesn't. He calls and, yes indeed, he has it when he shows Ah Kc. :-/ Turn 6c. River 2s. I'm down to 1496 chips with the BB of 1000 and ante of 125 coming up next hand. Does not look good.
Next hand , 197, I go all-in w/Ah 6h that holds up against Qh 8d and Jc 7c. I now have 6238 chips. Hand 198 I fold. Hand 199 I have pocket 8's on the BTN and raise the 3 limps all-in w/my last 4148 chips, SB w/58,682 chips calls, and the BB w/10,811 remaining chips re-raises all-in, the two others fold and the SB calls. SB has pocket 6's and the BB has A8o. Only one overcard out there to my 8's. I'm hopeful and if I win I'll have 15,000+ chips and able to breathe a little. Flop 3s Js 9d. So far so good. Turn 4c. One card to go! River 6c giving the SB a set and I'm gone along w/the BB. Sad, but if I hadn't pushed AQ two hands earlier, I'd still be in the game most likely. Hard to tell how I'd have responded to betting w/my pocket 8's, though the J 9 would have scared me off a bit.
Overall I played ok and even though I blew it in hand 196, I was at least conscious of what I doing. Having been able to do that, I now must learn to also "just say no."
This freeroll was different than I expected. Players, in general, played better than I expected and though we had thousands they didn't drop as quickly as they usually do in a freeroll. I guess having to be one of the top 250 winners in the satellite brings a better caliber of player to the tournament. At least that was the case at the tables I was at.
I still haven't decided if this is "worth-it" as the most you can win is $100 if you come in 1stand only pays the top 90. It does give me good practice at building my chip stack in a large tournament like this and I find it gets a lot trickier when the blinds get to the levels I busted out at. You can't just wait for good cards and limping can eat up your chips while you're waiting for one of those hits that make up for all those little losses. Plus it seems when I don't go in my cards seem to hit and when I do they don't. Hand 171 was an example of this. Well, example, in terms of, it's a hand I could have easily decided to fold.
Hand 171. Blinds are 250/500/ante 50. I'm SB w/13,903 chips. Action folds to the HJ who open raises 2 BB (1000), CO folds, BTN calls, and I decide that even though I only have pocket 2's, it's only costing me another 500 to get into a 3200 pot. BB calls. Flop 2c 10s 5d. I hit my set!! Everyone checks to me and I check as well. Turn 10d. Uh oh, a possible larger set is the 1st thought comes to my mind and I'm feeling disappointed. I make a min bet of 500, BB folds, HJ calls and BTN calls. River Ad. Nuts again, now there is a flush possibility out there & that beats a set!! I bet another min of 500 into the 5900 pot, HJ raises me to 3500, the BTN re-raises to 6500, and I'm thinking crap!! Then something dawns on me.
Have you noticed I missed something very important here. Pocket 10's on the board w/my set means I have a FH. That beats a 10 set, that beats a diamond flush. Now if someone has pocket 5's or A's then I'm in trouble, but no one has bet anything prior to the River at this point, so I think I'm on pretty good ground here. I could lose but I have a good chance of really chipping up! So I re-raise all-in w/my last 12,153 chips. The HJ calls and BTN re-raises to 18,806 and the HJ calls going all-in!!! Wheeeee!!!! Main pot, which is what I qualify for, is 43,909; side pot is 10,244. HJ shows Kd Qd having a nut high flush. BTN shows 3h 4h having a straight A-5. I win & boost my chips to 43,909!! Phew!!
Actually my not noticing the FH on the Turn probably helped me get a lot more chips as I'd have opened the betting more aggressively. By limping they thought I must not have much and they both had good hands that encouraged them to put their chips into play. I think the player with the straight was a bit iffy there and should have folded when he could see a flush on the board, but he may have been like I was later on and hoped the better didn't really have a hand that could beat him.
Next hand , 197, I go all-in w/Ah 6h that holds up against Qh 8d and Jc 7c. I now have 6238 chips. Hand 198 I fold. Hand 199 I have pocket 8's on the BTN and raise the 3 limps all-in w/my last 4148 chips, SB w/58,682 chips calls, and the BB w/10,811 remaining chips re-raises all-in, the two others fold and the SB calls. SB has pocket 6's and the BB has A8o. Only one overcard out there to my 8's. I'm hopeful and if I win I'll have 15,000+ chips and able to breathe a little. Flop 3s Js 9d. So far so good. Turn 4c. One card to go! River 6c giving the SB a set and I'm gone along w/the BB. Sad, but if I hadn't pushed AQ two hands earlier, I'd still be in the game most likely. Hard to tell how I'd have responded to betting w/my pocket 8's, though the J 9 would have scared me off a bit.
Overall I played ok and even though I blew it in hand 196, I was at least conscious of what I doing. Having been able to do that, I now must learn to also "just say no."
This freeroll was different than I expected. Players, in general, played better than I expected and though we had thousands they didn't drop as quickly as they usually do in a freeroll. I guess having to be one of the top 250 winners in the satellite brings a better caliber of player to the tournament. At least that was the case at the tables I was at.
I still haven't decided if this is "worth-it" as the most you can win is $100 if you come in 1stand only pays the top 90. It does give me good practice at building my chip stack in a large tournament like this and I find it gets a lot trickier when the blinds get to the levels I busted out at. You can't just wait for good cards and limping can eat up your chips while you're waiting for one of those hits that make up for all those little losses. Plus it seems when I don't go in my cards seem to hit and when I do they don't. Hand 171 was an example of this. Well, example, in terms of, it's a hand I could have easily decided to fold.
Hand 171. Blinds are 250/500/ante 50. I'm SB w/13,903 chips. Action folds to the HJ who open raises 2 BB (1000), CO folds, BTN calls, and I decide that even though I only have pocket 2's, it's only costing me another 500 to get into a 3200 pot. BB calls. Flop 2c 10s 5d. I hit my set!! Everyone checks to me and I check as well. Turn 10d. Uh oh, a possible larger set is the 1st thought comes to my mind and I'm feeling disappointed. I make a min bet of 500, BB folds, HJ calls and BTN calls. River Ad. Nuts again, now there is a flush possibility out there & that beats a set!! I bet another min of 500 into the 5900 pot, HJ raises me to 3500, the BTN re-raises to 6500, and I'm thinking crap!! Then something dawns on me.
Have you noticed I missed something very important here. Pocket 10's on the board w/my set means I have a FH. That beats a 10 set, that beats a diamond flush. Now if someone has pocket 5's or A's then I'm in trouble, but no one has bet anything prior to the River at this point, so I think I'm on pretty good ground here. I could lose but I have a good chance of really chipping up! So I re-raise all-in w/my last 12,153 chips. The HJ calls and BTN re-raises to 18,806 and the HJ calls going all-in!!! Wheeeee!!!! Main pot, which is what I qualify for, is 43,909; side pot is 10,244. HJ shows Kd Qd having a nut high flush. BTN shows 3h 4h having a straight A-5. I win & boost my chips to 43,909!! Phew!!
Actually my not noticing the FH on the Turn probably helped me get a lot more chips as I'd have opened the betting more aggressively. By limping they thought I must not have much and they both had good hands that encouraged them to put their chips into play. I think the player with the straight was a bit iffy there and should have folded when he could see a flush on the board, but he may have been like I was later on and hoped the better didn't really have a hand that could beat him.
PS 2 HU $5 + .25 End 2nd 54 Hands
Play was going along nicely and then I was beat twice w/2 pair. The 1st one I should have folded because he could have a flush & he did. I had 56o, he had AJs. Flop 7h kh 6d. Paired my 6. Turn 5d gave me two pair. River 10d. Gave him his flush. That didn't hurt too bad as I only went from 1930 to 1710. I only min bet on the Turn and maybe if I'd have bet more aggressively I might have got him to fold, but with AJ but I'm not sure, plus the board showed a possible straight too at the Turn, so it was a bit risky to bet too much at that point. Except for the call on the River I feel I did ok with the hand.
More hurtful came two hands later. I had 7s 8s and open raised to 2 BB (60), BB called. Flop 3d 7d Ah. I pair my 7. I bet 60 into the 120 pot and BB raises me to 120. I call. I figure there is a good chance he has the Ace but I wanted to see the turn. Turn 8c. I now have two pair!! I bet 180 into the 360 pot and the BB raises me to 360. I'm still thinking he has only a pair of A's so decide to go for the kill and re-raise all-in w/my last 1575 chips (he has 705 left), and I expect most likely he'll fold. He doesn't!! :-/ He calls and shows Ac 7h, also hitting two pair on the flop and a better one than mine. River Js. I'm down to 510 chips and wasn't able to recover from that.
Once again I'm not taking the time to fully think about what the other player might have when he ups the ante against me. I gave him credit for a pair of A's but didn't seriously consider that he might have two pair as well with his A's being the top pair that would beat me! Hopefully I'll learn before I go broke at this!!
More hurtful came two hands later. I had 7s 8s and open raised to 2 BB (60), BB called. Flop 3d 7d Ah. I pair my 7. I bet 60 into the 120 pot and BB raises me to 120. I call. I figure there is a good chance he has the Ace but I wanted to see the turn. Turn 8c. I now have two pair!! I bet 180 into the 360 pot and the BB raises me to 360. I'm still thinking he has only a pair of A's so decide to go for the kill and re-raise all-in w/my last 1575 chips (he has 705 left), and I expect most likely he'll fold. He doesn't!! :-/ He calls and shows Ac 7h, also hitting two pair on the flop and a better one than mine. River Js. I'm down to 510 chips and wasn't able to recover from that.
Once again I'm not taking the time to fully think about what the other player might have when he ups the ante against me. I gave him credit for a pair of A's but didn't seriously consider that he might have two pair as well with his A's being the top pair that would beat me! Hopefully I'll learn before I go broke at this!!
PS 9 SNG $1 +.25 KO + .15 End 1st, 3 KO 83 Hands
Since I've been doing poorly at the higher levels decided to drop back to the lowest level and give one of the KO's a go of it. It was a pretty wild and wooly for the 1st part of it, with one player who would go for it and bet w/nothing. Part of the time he got lucky.
Three players were knocked out very early in the session. I wasn't sure I was going to make it to the bubble as my stack went down but I was able to do a couple of blind + limp(s) steals by going all-in, I managed to keep my head above water. Also a little help from this loose player who bet 120 on the River w/nothing.
When we got down to the bubble I was low stack w/1270, next high had 1596. The top two stacks had 5355 & 5105. My chips varied from a over a 1000 to a little under a 1000. I was very lucky on a hand where I had A6o vs Ajo. The board was kind ... A 2 Q 2 2 giving us both FH's and we chopped the pot.
I had a couple of boost w/KQo holding up and took out the 4th player w/AQs vs QTs when the board held up and he didn't hit a flush draw. So when we started as three I was middle stack w/4960, low stack had 1060, and the big stack 7255. 1st hand into it I had Ac Jc as BB. BTN limped in w/150, SB called, and I raised to 450. The short stack went all-in w/1060 chips, SB folded & I called. I'd still have 4000 chips if I lost, so I thought it was worth the risk. BTN shows pocket Q's. I have one overcard. Flop 3s 2s Jh. I pair my J, but that doesn't beat their Q's! Turn Ad. Now that's better!! I have two pair. River 3d. I win and have 6320 chips to 7180 chips.
The HU was fun. I was able to slow play some good situations and the other player would bet and I could call and/or make a small raise, so I didn't have to give away to much of how good my hand was, then on the River I'd make a decent raise and he would call me. One example: I have Qd 2d, I'm BB w/8020 chips, blinds 100/200. He open raises 2 BB (400) and I call him. Flop 9h Jd 4d. Not much for me, but I do have a flush draw. He bets 400 into the 800 pot and I call. Turn Ad. I have the 2nd high nut flush. As long as he doesn't have two diamonds with one being the K I'm in great shape. He bets 400 into the 1600 pot and I raise him to 800 and he calls. Not sure what that means beyond my raise didn't scare him away. River 10h. I like that as it has straight possibilities and if he hit a straight he might be more willing to put some chips into the pot. He checks and I bet 1000 into the 3200 pot. I'm expecting him to fold, but instead he calls. He shows Ac 8d, just a pair of A's. I now have 10,820 chips to his 2680.
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 1.4 Tournament, 100/200 Blinds (2 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
saw flop | saw showdown
SB (t5280)
Hero (BB) (t8220)
Hero's M: 27.40
Preflop: Hero is BB with Q
, 2
SB bets t400, Hero calls t200
Flop: (t800) 9
, J, 4 (2 players)
Hero checks, SB bets t400, Hero calls t400
Turn: (t1600) A (2 players)
Hero checks, SB bets t400, Hero raises to t800, SB calls t400
River: (t3200) 10 (2 players)
Hero bets t1000, SB calls t1000
Total pot: t5200
Main pot: t5200 between SB and Hero, won by Hero
Results:
SB mucked A
, 8 (one pair, Aces).
Hero had Q, 2 (flush, Ace high).
Outcome: Hero won t5200
Two hands later I had Q3o and the flop was 2 3 3 giving me trip 3's. Again I checked and he bet into the hand, though he didn't bite on the River this time. Next hand he doubled up. I had Kd 8d. He raised my 2 BB (400) open raise to 1000 and I called. Flop Ad 10d 9c. I'm on a nut flush draw this time. He bets his last 880 chips and I call. He shows A9o hitting two pair on the flop. Turn 3s. River Js. He gets this one.
The penultimate hand minus one happens two hand later. I'm the SB w/Js 8s, I limp in w/200 and he raises to 600 and I call. Flop Jh Jd 8d. WOW I couldn't ask for a nicer flop!! Will I be able to get anything with it, or will it just look too scary for him to risk his chips? No it isn't & yes he will. He bets 600 into the 1200 pot and I call. Turn Ad. Rats, now he has not only pocket J's staring at him, there is a possible diamond flush showing. He checks and I decide I'll try a modest bet of 700 into the 2400 pot. Maybe he's hit the diamond flush! He calls. River 9s. Straight possibilities show as well. He checks again and I bet 1500 into the 3800 pot, again expecting he'll fold, unless he has something GREAT like a J w/an A as if he loses that will leave him with only 260 chips. He calls!! He only has Kd Qh, no pair, no straight, no flush. Maybe he thought I was bluffing.
Next hand he folds and on the last hand he's the BB and all-in. He has 4h 6h and I have 3c 3h. The board plays out Qd 8h 7s Qc 3s. It's over and I win!! .
Having trouble getting a hand read on FlopTurnRiver. Tried a couple of hands says it can't read header, tried from direct email of the hand from Poker Stars. Same problem. Worked fine earlier today
Discovered the problem ...it's the KO format in pricing that messes up FlopTurnRiver. FTR only understands pricing of "Buy-in + Rake." In KO sessions, Poker Stars has the price listed as "Buy in + KO amt + Rake." If I delete the KO part it converts fine.
Three players were knocked out very early in the session. I wasn't sure I was going to make it to the bubble as my stack went down but I was able to do a couple of blind + limp(s) steals by going all-in, I managed to keep my head above water. Also a little help from this loose player who bet 120 on the River w/nothing.
When we got down to the bubble I was low stack w/1270, next high had 1596. The top two stacks had 5355 & 5105. My chips varied from a over a 1000 to a little under a 1000. I was very lucky on a hand where I had A6o vs Ajo. The board was kind ... A 2 Q 2 2 giving us both FH's and we chopped the pot.
I had a couple of boost w/KQo holding up and took out the 4th player w/AQs vs QTs when the board held up and he didn't hit a flush draw. So when we started as three I was middle stack w/4960, low stack had 1060, and the big stack 7255. 1st hand into it I had Ac Jc as BB. BTN limped in w/150, SB called, and I raised to 450. The short stack went all-in w/1060 chips, SB folded & I called. I'd still have 4000 chips if I lost, so I thought it was worth the risk. BTN shows pocket Q's. I have one overcard. Flop 3s 2s Jh. I pair my J, but that doesn't beat their Q's! Turn Ad. Now that's better!! I have two pair. River 3d. I win and have 6320 chips to 7180 chips.
The HU was fun. I was able to slow play some good situations and the other player would bet and I could call and/or make a small raise, so I didn't have to give away to much of how good my hand was, then on the River I'd make a decent raise and he would call me. One example: I have Qd 2d, I'm BB w/8020 chips, blinds 100/200. He open raises 2 BB (400) and I call him. Flop 9h Jd 4d. Not much for me, but I do have a flush draw. He bets 400 into the 800 pot and I call. Turn Ad. I have the 2nd high nut flush. As long as he doesn't have two diamonds with one being the K I'm in great shape. He bets 400 into the 1600 pot and I raise him to 800 and he calls. Not sure what that means beyond my raise didn't scare him away. River 10h. I like that as it has straight possibilities and if he hit a straight he might be more willing to put some chips into the pot. He checks and I bet 1000 into the 3200 pot. I'm expecting him to fold, but instead he calls. He shows Ac 8d, just a pair of A's. I now have 10,820 chips to his 2680.
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 1.4 Tournament, 100/200 Blinds (2 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
saw flop | saw showdown
SB (t5280)
Hero (BB) (t8220)
Hero's M: 27.40
Preflop: Hero is BB with Q
, 2SB bets t400, Hero calls t200
Flop: (t800) 9
, J, 4 (2 players)Hero checks, SB bets t400, Hero calls t400
Turn: (t1600) A
(2 players)Hero checks, SB bets t400, Hero raises to t800, SB calls t400
River: (t3200) 10
(2 players)Hero bets t1000, SB calls t1000
Total pot: t5200
Main pot: t5200 between SB and Hero, won by Hero
Results:
SB mucked A
, 8 (one pair, Aces).Hero had Q
, 2 (flush, Ace high).Outcome: Hero won t5200
Two hands later I had Q3o and the flop was 2 3 3 giving me trip 3's. Again I checked and he bet into the hand, though he didn't bite on the River this time. Next hand he doubled up. I had Kd 8d. He raised my 2 BB (400) open raise to 1000 and I called. Flop Ad 10d 9c. I'm on a nut flush draw this time. He bets his last 880 chips and I call. He shows A9o hitting two pair on the flop. Turn 3s. River Js. He gets this one.
The penultimate hand minus one happens two hand later. I'm the SB w/Js 8s, I limp in w/200 and he raises to 600 and I call. Flop Jh Jd 8d. WOW I couldn't ask for a nicer flop!! Will I be able to get anything with it, or will it just look too scary for him to risk his chips? No it isn't & yes he will. He bets 600 into the 1200 pot and I call. Turn Ad. Rats, now he has not only pocket J's staring at him, there is a possible diamond flush showing. He checks and I decide I'll try a modest bet of 700 into the 2400 pot. Maybe he's hit the diamond flush! He calls. River 9s. Straight possibilities show as well. He checks again and I bet 1500 into the 3800 pot, again expecting he'll fold, unless he has something GREAT like a J w/an A as if he loses that will leave him with only 260 chips. He calls!! He only has Kd Qh, no pair, no straight, no flush. Maybe he thought I was bluffing.
Next hand he folds and on the last hand he's the BB and all-in. He has 4h 6h and I have 3c 3h. The board plays out Qd 8h 7s Qc 3s. It's over and I win!! .
Having trouble getting a hand read on FlopTurnRiver. Tried a couple of hands says it can't read header, tried from direct email of the hand from Poker Stars. Same problem. Worked fine earlier today
Discovered the problem ...it's the KO format in pricing that messes up FlopTurnRiver. FTR only understands pricing of "Buy-in + Rake." In KO sessions, Poker Stars has the price listed as "Buy in + KO amt + Rake." If I delete the KO part it converts fine.
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