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April 6, 2008, 5PM: Played 2 hours, Made $0.70 at Full Tilt
$2 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (21st out of 246 Players)
 I asked for it by limping. However, what do you do on the river here?
Full Tilt Poker Game #5932427884: $2 + $0.25 Tournament (45085168), Table 9 - 120/240 Ante 25 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:13:13 ET - 2008/04/06
Seat 1: Krayzie8 (23,473)
Seat 3: sandbc (22,950)
Seat 4: hoppersod (11,874)
Seat 5: Cooterfart (6,820)
Seat 6: swill pigs (15,412)
Seat 7: LionMuzerk (6,900)
Seat 8: NutsChamp (5,380)
Seat 9: 72 Super Beetle (5,930)
Krayzie8 antes 25
sandbc antes 25
hoppersod antes 25
Cooterfart antes 25
swill pigs antes 25
LionMuzerk antes 25
NutsChamp antes 25
72 Super Beetle antes 25
swill pigs posts the small blind of 120
LionMuzerk posts the big blind of 240
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to NutsChamp [Ah Ad]
NutsChamp calls 240
72 Super Beetle folds
Krayzie8 folds
sandbc folds
hoppersod folds
Cooterfart folds
swill pigs calls 120
LionMuzerk checks
*** FLOP *** [9h Th 4s]
swill pigs bets 240
LionMuzerk folds
NutsChamp raises to 700
swill pigs calls 460
*** TURN *** [9h Th 4s] [Jc]
swill pigs bets 960
NutsChamp calls 960
*** RIVER *** [9h Th 4s Jc] [3s]
swill pigs has 15 seconds left to act
swill pigs bets 3,840
NutsChamp has 15 seconds left to act
NutsChamp has requested TIME
NutsChamp.....
Last Update: April 6, 2008, 6:26PM | Permalink (4 Comments)
April 6, 2008, 2PM: Played 4 hours, Made $22.65 at Poker Stars
$3 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (444th out of 4291 Players)
 Not bad for not re-buying once. Didn't pay for the add on either. After the first break I sat back down with only 2k in chips. Anyways, I went busto trying to pick up the blinds utg.
Seat 1: BiffyClyro2 (73265 in chips)
Seat 2: themayorsc (21326 in chips)
Seat 3: polarmix (105540 in chips)
Seat 4: Herodonk (18830 in chips)
Seat 5: betthebigone (167127 in chips)
Seat 6: Tomjet (78369 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 7: mad max 1305 (3727 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 8: EmmanuelFr (52231 in chips)
Seat 9: ezmeat (33040 in chips)
BiffyClyro2: posts the ante 300
themayorsc: posts the ante 300
polarmix: posts the ante 300
Herodonk: posts the ante 300
betthebigone: posts the ante 300
Tomjet: posts the ante 300
mad max 1305: posts the ante 300
EmmanuelFr: posts the ante 300
ezmeat: posts the ante 300
themayorsc: posts small blind 1500
polarmix: posts big blind 3000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Herodonk [Ts As]
Herodonk: raises 15530 to 18530 and is all-in
betthebigone: calls 18530
Tomjet: folds
mad max 1305: folds
EmmanuelFr: raises 33401 to 51931 and is all-in
ezmeat: folds
BiffyClyro2: folds
themayorsc: folds
polarmix: folds
betthebigone: calls 33401
*** FLOP *** [6h 3c Th]
*** TURN *** [6h 3c Th] [4s]
*** RIVER *** [6h 3c Th 4s] [Kc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
betthebigone: shows [Js 7s] (high card King)
EmmanuelFr: shows [Kh Ah] (a pair of Kings)
EmmanuelFr collected 66802 from side pot
Herodonk: shows [Ts As] (a pair of Tens)
Even when I don't go in with the best hand, I get sucked out on. I don't know if that makes sense but It just sucks to get rivered for a huge pot.
Last Update: April 6, 2008, 3:45PM | Permalink (0 Comments)
April 6, 2008, 3PM: Played 1 hour, 15 minutes, Lost $11.00 at Poker Stars
$10 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (11,349th out of 22287 Players)
No suckout this time. I'm starting this log to keep track of the many times I get sucked out on. If that's not the case, then i'm putting up my hand history to see what went wrong. Would be great If I get some comments on your thoughts.
In this tourney, i'm going to charge the "L" to lack of patience and lack of attention to the game. Bad timing I think was also a factor since this guy is folding whenever he's not waking up with AK in the hole
Seat 1: bombalj (1770 in chips)
Seat 2: mrp123 (7682 in chips)
Seat 3: snake555 (6915 in chips)
Seat 4: Buffie05 (9655 in chips)
Seat 5: sky122 (5865 in chips)
Seat 6: john40777 (1875 in chips)
Seat 7: Donkey (2150 in chips)
Seat 8: wtgc (7955 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 9: Panda16 (10223 in chips)
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Donkey [Kc 9h]
wtgc is connected
wtgc has returned
bombalj: folds
mrp123: folds
snake555: folds
Buffie05: folds
sky122: folds
john40777: folds
Donkey: raises 600 to 900
wtgc: folds
Panda16: raises 1800 to 2700
Donkey: calls 1225 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [7s 7d 2s]
*** TURN *** [7s 7d 2s] [4s]
*** RIVER *** [7s 7d 2s 4s] [Th]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Panda16: shows [Kh Ah] (a pair of Sevens)
Donkey: shows [Kc 9h] (a pair of Sevens - lower kicker)
Last Update: April 6, 2008, 2:56PM | Permalink (2 Comments)
April 6, 2008, 12PM: Played 1 hour, 40 minutes, Lost $11.00 at PS
$10 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (551st out of 3688 Players)
 Blinds escalating pushed with 88, ran into AA and QQ At least AA held up and order was restored to the universe.
So ends my attempt at playing NLH tourneys again. I feel better about my playing today. The luck factor in NLH, eapecially large field tourneys, is high. I felt I made good plays and put my money in with the best of it most of the time. I avoided most of the mistakes that cost me tourneys before. If I continue to play this way, I should be OK, but I don't know if I want to stomach the swings in NLH.
I enjoy playing PLO, but there are just not a lot of large field tourneys online. I just need to keep working on my NLH game if I want to play tourney poker online, or stick to PLO Sit n Go's or the limited tourneys offered.
Last Update: April 6, 2008, 12:52PM | Permalink (0 Comments)
April 6, 2008, 1AM: Played 1 hour, Made $215.00 at Birdhouse
$2 No-Limit Texas Hold'em
 2 hands of note. limped with A8d on moe's straddle. he made it $16 more. justin called, so i called too. flop comes AJ8 rainbow. justin led out for $15 i think. i called to bring moe in. he called. turn is blank. justin bets $35, i cold call, moe moves in for $20 more. justin folds? and i call. i turn up my hand. the river is another 8 and moe mucks. i'm pretty sure i didnt need that extra 8, but it didnt hurt. the other hand: we're playing 4 handed. marcus straddles on button for $8. justin opens for $23 from sb. i call from bb with TdTs, marcus buttoncalls. flop comes 8d7d5s. justin checks, i bet $35, marcus calls $35, leaving himself with $42. then he syas that the $2 is going in dark even though its not his turn. i know him well enough that he has me beat when he called the $35, so i know i need to improve. turn is 9d. now i'm openended strt flush draw, so i call and turn it up. river is 6h. i have a straight. marcus mucks and gets mad at the dealer, claiming a set of 8s. game breaks.
Last Update: April 6, 2008, 12:28AM | Permalink (0 Comments)
April 5, 2008, 5PM: Played 5 hours, 30 minutes, Lost $330.00 at AmVets - Birmingham
$300 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (8th out of 20 Players)
had some really big hands early. win a pot with kings, eliminated a player with JTs vs his AQ when the flop came down AKQ. i bet, he checkraised and i moved in, knowing he wouldnt be able to fold and he didnt. flopped a set 2 different times. while it was nice to run to so hot, i knew that it was still very early in the tourney and i would probably not get cards this good for the rest of the tourney. well, i did have plenty of playable hands, but i didnt get any action on them. maybe cuz i all i showed previous was the nuts so nobody would give me action. anyway, i blinded down and ended up pushing from the cutoff with A9o. my buddy was in the bb and had some chips, so i knew would let me steal his blind. bu the sb woke up with AQ and i couldnt suck out.
Last Update: April 6, 2008, 12:18AM | Permalink (0 Comments)
April 5, 2008, 11PM: Played 5 hours, Lost $220.00 at Northern Quest
$2 No-Limit Texas Hold'em
 COOL.....
kinda NL in SPOKANE now......there is a 2-200 spread game out west of spokane now. Its the first game for me and it was crazy and i think i was not ready...
I losted wiht AA preflop to 99 hitting a set like 15 hands in that was fun....Then rebuy and sat for a while watchin how some limit players i play with played the game. I saw real NL bluffs and 900 pots. The table was also half drunk so it was kinda of hard to concentrate for me.
Overall it was really fun and i just need to play poker and not worry about my chip stack going up or down. New game for me to learn more about...
Last Update: April 5, 2008, 11:48PM | Permalink (2 Comments)
April 5, 2008, 8PM: Played 5 hours, 45 minutes, Made $48.60 at PokerStars
$3 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (61st out of 3625 Players)
3.30+3+3+3+3 (3 rebuys, add-on)
1/2 all-in during rebuy hour, went into 2nd hour with 9.4K after add-on
built stack in 2nd hour
card-dead after level 9, got moved to a table where players were stalling constantly, saw very few hands
lost all-in open push for 2.5xBB with T9_o in EP, one player called with JJ in MP, did not improve
showdowns: 10/16
65/35's: 0/1
75/25's: 1/2
coinflips: 2/2
80/20's: 2/2
70/30's: 0/1
85/15's: 1/1
90/10's: 1/1
10/90's: 0/2
35/65's: 1/1
60/40's: 1/1
25/75's: 1/1
15/85's: 0/1
Last Update: April 5, 2008, 11:02PM | Permalink (0 Comments)
April 5, 2008, 8PM: Played 1 hour, Lost $4.44 at PS
$4.04 Buy-In Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo Tournament (124th out of 510 Players)
4 handed
This is the poker equivalent of crack! 4 handed O8. I played just to force me to play more hands, read players better, and be aggressive. It was successful, but it hurt all of the other tournes I was playing as it monopolized my attention. There is no down time. I built a big stack then got crushed in 3 hands. Second nut flush to nut flush crippled me then I can't remember what the hell came next.
Best $4.44 loss ever. This was a fun tourney. Next time I need to make sure it is the only thing I am playing.
Last Update: April 5, 2008, 8:39PM | Permalink (0 Comments)
April 5, 2008, 10AM: Played 2 hours, Lost $30.00 at Harrah's
$30 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (20th out of 60 Players)
 My first hand that I won was with KK. Standard raise and post flop bet. A lady stayed with me all the way to all in after the turn. She had two pair Q&J and had me bet until the river gave me a A high straight. She was leading off with the betting and I should have folded without a set.
This tournament starts 1500 in chips and 15 blinds, it always takes at least 200 to isolate the table. A continuation bet with two callers will cost 800 leaving you with very little to work with if you don't win the hand. Consider changing betting pattern to 100 +100 each round until final table, to survive.
Last Update: April 5, 2008, 2:43PM | Permalink (0 Comments)
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