ALL-TIME STATS (more stats) Total Entries: 391 Total Won/Lost: -$523.02 Total Hours: 478 Earnings/Hour: -$1.09 ARCHIVE Most Recent August 2006 (2) July 2006 (2) June 2006 (21) May 2006 (37) April 2006 (26) March 2006 (85) February 2006 (67) January 2006 (58) December 2005 (75) November 2005 (18)

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April 2006 Log Entries

April 2, 2006, 4AM: Played 45 minutes, Made $49.00 at Ringo's
Texas Hold'em

2-6 spread
Played 2 hands, 55 in cutoff floped a set for $10 and K high flush utg.  2-6 spread is easy when they let you see the flop for 2 each time.

Last Update: April 2, 2006, 4:30AM | Permalink (0 Comments)

April 1, 2006, 10PM: Played 2 hours, Lost $65.00 at Big Daddy's
$4/8 Texas Hold'em

Didn't hit a hand for 140 then grinded back to this point before a friend came and we bailed for different drunken adventures.

Last Update: April 2, 2006, 4:28AM | Permalink (0 Comments)

April 1, 2006, 5PM: Played 1 hour, 45 minutes, Lost $11.00 at FT
$10 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (76th out of 320 Players)

Still playing, but just barely.  Just a little story about a term called "POT ODDS".  Here it is:
 
The hand is fairly inconsequential, a dipshit hits a flop with the worst hand preflop then contributes his call to POT ODDS and the following dialogue ensues.  For kicks here is the hand and "converstion".  I am interested in what all of you think, am I correct, is he? Is the answer somewhere in between? I think there is room for meaningful discussion here.
 
Full Tilt Poker Game #538618800: $10 + $1 Tournament (3413496), Table 5 - 60/120 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:11:02 ET - 2006/04/01
Seat 1: Blightlord (3,190)
Seat 2: fastowl (4,860)
Seat 3: Casinohit (4,190)
Seat 4: famm (4,225)
Seat 5: hammerman (8,200)
Seat 6: joeybdb (1,030)
Seat 7: 1041 (6,350)
Seat 9: KroAce (9,335)
joeybdb posts the small blind of 60
1041 posts the big blind of 120
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to hammerman [9s 9c]
KroAce raises to 240
Blightlord folds
fastowl folds
Casinohit calls 240
joeybdb: well this is it
famm folds
hammerman calls 240
joeybdb raises to 1,030, and is all in
1041 folds
KroAce calls 790
hammerman: gluck
Casinohit calls 790
hammerman calls 790
*** FLOP *** [Qc Qh Ac]
DiamondJewel (Observer): gl gl
KroAce checks
Casinohit bets 3,160, and is all in
hammerman folds
KroAce calls 3,160
Casinohit shows [Qs Ks]
joeybdb shows [Kd Js]
KroAce shows [Ah Kh]
*** TURN *** [Qc Qh Ac] [7h]
*** RIVER *** [Qc Qh Ac 7h] [8c]
Casinohit shows three of a kind, Queens
KroAce shows two pair, Aces and Queens
Casinohit wins the side pot (6,320) with three of a kind, Queens
joeybdb shows a pair of Queens
Casinohit wins the main pot (4,240) with three of a kind, Queens
 
hammerman: bad flop for 99
Casinohit: pots odds said "hell yeah"
hammerman: there is no such thing as pot odds
preflop
Casinohit: sure is
hammerman: but you can tell yourself whatever you
want
Casinohit: risk another 800 to for a 4000 pot
famm: yes there is
hammerman: for how many outs?
Casinohit: of course there is
hammerman: what's the odds to hit your hand vs the
$ in the pot?
famm: every hand has a percentage value pre flop
hammerman: if so, then you must have a read on
everyone else and know how many outs the are to
hit your hand
famm: its not that precise
famm: for examplke AA is over 50% with 3 or less in
pot
hammerman: there is gambling with the worst hand
and getting lucky, then trying to cover bad play
with made up mathematics
hammerman: its poker you can put you chips in with
whatever you like, but don't cover it up by saying
the "odd" say it was the right play
Casinohit: pot odds
Casinohit: not odds
Casinohit: odds were i didn't have the best hand
Casinohit: but the odds of hitting the pot for what i
had to risk were GREAT
famm: pot odds mean you pay a smaller
percentage to call than your chances of winning
famm: for example you call 25% of pot when your
chances to win are over 25%
hammerman: with the action you didn't put any one
on AK or AQ, which gives you at best 3 outs
Casinohit: POT ODDS!
Casinohit: NOT ODDS!
Casinohit: jesus
hammerman: hey moron, I have a masters in math I
understand odds
hammerman: but based on your holdings you have
to put everyone else on a specific hand preflop to
have POT ODDS
Casinohit: with suited KQ, I figured calling the 800
reraise for a 4000 pot was worth it
Casinohit: period
Casinohit: nothing more
hammerman: that's fine and that is all you have to
say
Casinohit: all i ever did say
Casinohit: pot odds
hammerman: just don't say it is POT ODDS
famm: thats the definition of pot odds
Casinohit: that's what it is!
hammerman: OK, if you say so
Casinohit: pot odds
hammerman: just don't say it is POT ODDS
famm: thats the definition of pot odds
Casinohit: that's what it is!
Casinohit: you obviously don't play 2000 hand a
day like me
 
Moral of the story, big picture, I get wrapped up with this moron and don't notice that 4 hands later the sb flops top and bottom when I have top with good kick and lose most of my chips.  He got me off my game, and that is my fault, because I was sitting well and should have moneyed in this tourney.
 
Let me know what you think!

Last Update: April 1, 2006, 6:03PM | Permalink (2 Comments)

April 1, 2006, 3PM: Played 20 minutes, Made $1.05 at FT
$1 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo

jsut trying to clear the bonus $20 to make my account look better.

Last Update: April 1, 2006, 3:28PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

April 1, 2006, 3PM: Played 20 minutes, Made $11.85 at FT
$1 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo

clearing a quick $20 bonus and picked up a little extra.

Last Update: April 1, 2006, 3:27PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

April 1, 2006, 3PM: Made $20.00 at FT
Bonus

green! yeah green!

Last Update: April 1, 2006, 3:25PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

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