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From the Poker Blog for rubytide

August 27, 2010, 12AM: Played 2 hours, Lost $40.80 at PokerStars
$8 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (611th out of 1842 Players)

$40k rebuy
 
PokerStars Game #48698898665: Tournament #327010324, $8.00+$0.80 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (150/300) - 2010/08/27 2:18:21 AEST [2010/08/26 12:18:21 ET]
Table '327010324 76' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: rubytide (6335 in chips)
Seat 2: slapbash (7600 in chips)
Seat 3: crdchop (6590 in chips)
Seat 4: ReraiseRob (11265 in chips)
Seat 5: kongernst (6350 in chips)
Seat 6: Troccas10405 (6801 in chips)
Seat 7: minhcub (13728 in chips)
Seat 8: ramsof21 (5025 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 9: vinger 68 (24408 in chips)
rubytide: posts the ante 25
slapbash: posts the ante 25
crdchop: posts the ante 25
ReraiseRob: posts the ante 25
kongernst: posts the ante 25
Troccas10405: posts the ante 25
minhcub: posts the ante 25
ramsof21: posts the ante 25
vinger 68: posts the ante 25
rubytide: posts small blind 150
slapbash: posts big blind 300
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to rubytide [Kd Kc]
crdchop: calls 300
ReraiseRob: calls 300
kongernst: folds
Troccas10405: folds
minhcub: folds
ramsof21: folds
vinger 68: calls 300
rubytide: raises 1000 to 1300
slapbash: folds
crdchop: calls 1000
ReraiseRob: folds
vinger 68: calls 1000
*** FLOP *** [3s 5c 5s]
rubytide: bets 5010 and is all-in
crdchop: raises 255 to 5265 and is all-in
vinger 68: folds
Uncalled bet (255) returned to crdchop
*** TURN *** [3s 5c 5s] [9h]
*** RIVER *** [3s 5c 5s 9h] [7h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
rubytide: shows [Kd Kc] (two pair, Kings and Fives)
crdchop: shows [5h 8h] (three of a kind, Fives)
crdchop collected 14745 from pot
rubytide finished the tournament in 611th place
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 14745 | Rake 0
Board [3s 5c 5s 9h 7h]
Seat 1: rubytide (small blind) showed [Kd Kc] and lost with two pair, Kings and Fives
Seat 2: slapbash (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: crdchop showed [5h 8h] and won (14745) with three of a kind, Fives
Seat 4: ReraiseRob folded before Flop
Seat 5: kongernst folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Troccas10405 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: minhcub folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: ramsof21 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: vinger 68 (button) folded on the Flop
 
what. in. the. fuck.
and the worst part is that this guy hadnt stepped out of line at all. and then he limp/calls a raise utg with 58? i am totally confounded. completely.

Last Update: August 26, 2010, 12:22PM | Permalink (1 Comment)

From the Poker Blog for Danizme (private)

August 8, 2010, 11AM: Played 11 hours at Rama
$2 No-Limit Texas Hold'em

This was a big day for me. I stayed in the hotel over night, and when I woke up I was able to shower, get breakfast, and mosey down to the poker room. No 45 minute drive for me, and it was really relaxing. They opened a new table for me and 9 others. I started out ok, up a bit before the following hand came up.
 
910o on btn. several limpers to me, i limp, sb completes, bb checks. 7 see the flop. Flop: KQJ rainbow. the first few people check, MP bets out $15. He gets 1 caller, and I raise to $45. BB pushes for $140, MP and caller fold, I of course call. He shows QJ for top two pairs, and I'm looking very good. Turn is a blank, river is another J and I'm down to about $60. What can I do here? I flopped huge, raised it when it was bet into me, and got all my money in as a better than 4-1 favorite. Can't ask for much more than that.
 
After this hand I added on another $100, and I was never below $150 again. I was raising preflop with nothing, cbetting the flop and taking it down, or raising preflop with good cards, and getting away when my opponent out flops me, and winning pots when i connect at all.
 
Also, my no set streak got very long. It took until about 10.5 hours in to hit a set. I hit top set of kings, and took $300 off another guy who had kj, and rivered 2 pair.
 
I ended up a huge winner with $1110.

Last Update: August 16, 2010, 8:16AM | Permalink (2 Comments)

From the Poker Blog for nublets (private)

July 11, 2010, 2PM: Played 2 hours at Grand Libosa
$3 No-Limit Texas Hold'em

Not much to say here. Just played really active poker. I do think I bleed a bit too much on my calls. I think everyone is floating because of how I play. My perception is skewed that my opponents will float like me and it's causing me to lose lots of bets where I shouldn't. My image paid off when I got AA UTG as i was packing up my chips. Up until this point I had been raising a large % of hands preflop and for the most part playing well post flop. Cutoff ended up 4 betting me with AJ preflop.

Last Update: July 11, 2010, 9:22PM | Permalink (1 Comment)

From the Poker Blog for veran (private)

July 6, 2010, 8PM
Texas Hold'em

PokerStars Game #46402407917: Tournament #288460996, $5.00+$5.00+$0.50 USD Hold'em No Limit - Match Round II, Level I (10/20) - 2010/07/05 21:28:12 ET
Table '288460996 55' 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: QMB1980 (1480 in chips)
Seat 2: VeraN (1520 in chips)
VeraN: posts small blind 10
QMB1980: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to VeraN [9s Qs]
VeraN: raises 40 to 60
QMB1980: raises 1420 to 1480 and is all-in
VeraN: calls 1420
*** FLOP *** [3c 4s 8c]
*** TURN *** [3c 4s 8c] [6h]
*** RIVER *** [3c 4s 8c 6h] [Jc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
QMB1980: shows [Qc Ah] (high card Ace)
VeraN: shows [9s Qs] (high card Queen)
QMB1980 collected 2960 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2960 | Rake 0
Board [3c 4s 8c 6h Jc]
Seat 1: QMB1980 (big blind) showed [Qc Ah] and won (2960) with high card Ace
Seat 2: VeraN (button) (small blind) showed [9s Qs] and lost with high card Queen
 
PokerStars Game #46402420219: Tournament #288460996, $5.00+$5.00+$0.50 USD Hold'em No Limit - Match Round II, Level I (10/20) - 2010/07/05 21:28:34 ET
Table '288460996 55' 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: QMB1980 (2960 in chips)
Seat 2: VeraN (40 in chips)
QMB1980: posts small blind 10
VeraN: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to VeraN [3s 8c]
QMB1980: folds
Uncalled bet (10) returned to VeraN
VeraN collected 20 from pot
VeraN: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 20 | Rake 0
Seat 1: QMB1980 (button) (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: VeraN (big blind) collected (20)
 
PokerStars Game #46402612646: Tournament #288460996, $5.00+$5.00+$0.50 USD Hold'em No Limit - Match Round II, Level IV (25/50) - 2010/07/05 21:34:23 ET
Table '288460996 55' 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: QMB1980 (1330 in chips)
Seat 2: VeraN (1670 in chips)
QMB1980: posts small blind 25
VeraN: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to VeraN [Ks Ad]
QMB1980: calls 25
VeraN: raises 1620 to 1670 and is all-in
QMB1980: calls 1280 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (340) returned to VeraN
*** FLOP *** [6d 8s Qs]
*** TURN *** [6d 8s Qs] [2h]
*** RIVER *** [6d 8s Qs 2h] [9h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
VeraN: shows [Ks Ad] (high card Ace)
QMB1980: shows [Jh Kc] (high card King)
VeraN collected 2660 from pot
VeraN wins the $5 bounty for eliminating QMB1980
QMB1980 finished the tournament in 103rd place
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2660 | Rake 0
Board [6d 8s Qs 2h 9h]
Seat 1: QMB1980 (button) (small blind) showed [Jh Kc] and lost with high card King
Seat 2: VeraN (big blind) showed [Ks Ad] and won (2660) with high card Ace

Last Update: July 6, 2010, 8:58PM | Permalink (1 Comment)

From the Poker Blog for veran (private)

July 3, 2010, 10PM: Played 3 hours, 17 minutes at Carom
$2 No-Limit Texas Hold'em

Overall: 11-9 (55%)

Last Update: July 25, 2010, 9:28PM | Permalink (1 Comment)

From the Poker Blog for EightFive

May 29, 2010, 11AM:
WSOP Fantasy Bet

My friend and I picked teams again this year.  Sorry to OPL for not posting/making this available for everyone.  It was semi-last minute, and, basically, I forgot.  Scoring (same as last time):
 
Cash 100
Final Table 300
3rd 500
2nd 700
1st 1,000
  
If the event is a 5k we multiply the points by 1.5.
If it's 10k we multiply by 2.
The 50k Player's Championship (8-game mix) and the 25k NL 6-Max will be multiplied by 3.
Women's, Seniors, and TOC events are not included.
 
Me----------------------Ryan
  
Daniel Negreanu---------Phil Ivey
Barry Greenstein--------Gus Hansen
Phil Hellmuth-----------JC Tran
Jason Mercier-----------Erick Lindgren
Jeffrey Lisandro--------Scott Clements
Mike Matusow------------Allen Cunningham
Chris Ferguson----------Isaac Baron
Gavin Griffin-----------Steve Gross
Daniel Alaei------------Ted Forrest
Annette Obrestad--------Antonio Esfandiari
 
Overall, I like my team.  I think it is really important to get players that can play all the games as they will have a much better chance of final tabling a 300 person Stud8 tourney than a 4k person NLH tourney.  I think Mercier at #4 was a stretch for me.  Also, not sure how much Ferguson, Griffin and Alaei are going to be playing.  I wish I could take Bonomo and Binger in place of two of my later picks in hindsight.  For Ryan, I think Gus at #2 was really reaching.  I also wonder how much AC, Forrest, and Antonio will play.
 
I destroyed Ryan in this bet two years ago, but we didn't do it last year.  I think the teams are a little more even this year.  I do think I have a slight edge however.

Last Update: May 29, 2010, 11:39AM | Permalink (20 Comments)

From the Poker Blog for vincentlouie

July 3, 2010, 11PM: Played 3 hours, 30 minutes, Made $30.00 at Carom
$1/2 Texas Hold'em

game died pretty fast and I wanted to beat this one kid in the head

Last Update: July 4, 2010, 3:31PM | Permalink (1 Comment)

From the Poker Blog for MilkDrop (private)

July 3, 2010, 10PM: Played 4 hours, 20 minutes at Borgata
$10 No-Limit Texas Hold'em

Broke the $20k barrier.

Last Update: July 4, 2010, 3:46AM | Permalink (1 Comment)

From the Poker Blog for nublets (private)

July 3, 2010, 10PM: Played 5 hours at Borgata
$2 No-Limit Texas Hold'em

Why can I never leave with money?

Last Update: July 4, 2010, 3:39AM | Permalink (1 Comment)

From the Poker Blog for MilkDrop (private)

July 1, 2010, 10PM: Played 4 hours, 30 minutes at Queens
$2 No-Limit Texas Hold'em

Ran super good tonight. Flopped a straight flush and quads in one night! What are the odds of that happening? FYI, I got paid on the straight flush, but not on quads.
 
Other than that, just played standard TAG style. Stole some pots here and there with my tight image, and the rest of the time, just played solid poker.
 
Sadly, I'm still down overall for the year at Carom Cafe. This means, I've been playing like dogshit + running super bad there ever since I started playing there, geez.
 
Hopefully, after my next session at Carom Cafe, I'll be up there for the year. There's no reason why I shouldn't be winning there consistently.

Last Update: July 2, 2010, 4:07AM | Permalink (1 Comment)

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