Play Online Poker OPsilos Birthday: April 25, 1950 Location: Dutch Antilles ALL-TIME STATS (more stats) Total Entries: 23 Total Won/Lost: $662.00 Total Hours: 56 Earnings/Hour: $11.72 ARCHIVE Most Recent November 2007 (2) October 2007 (8) September 2007 (10) August 2007 (3)

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November 6, 2007, 9PM: Played 4 hours, Made $125.00 at Princess Casino, Port de Plaisance
$25 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (4th out of 21 Players)

Tough tournament where I learned that patience does pay off every now and then. Before the break I played very few hands and I won just three, but I sat with a reasonable stack. After the break I went more or less card dead and I struggled to make the final table. I let it bleed down to 4,000 in chips; then I had to move, and my suited K-3 ran into AK! Cracked that monster when a 3 hit the turn. When I was in the money, in fourth place, I gambled with pocket threes against the same player and this time it was bye-bye, coz he held pocket Jacks. Went home a happy camper.

Last Update: November 7, 2007, 6:39AM | Permalink (0 Comments)

November 2, 2007, 2PM: Played 3 hours, 30 minutes, Lost $100.00 at Rouge et Noir, Philipsburg
$2 No-Limit Texas Hold'em

Tough session, where I hovered for hours around my starting stack, then I finally picked up some pots, only to blow it all on two hands. First I get Kh-9h out of position and I limp. Board comes all diamonds with K-9. I push my two pair and get called by one player who later turns out to be holding... pocket sevens. He hits a set on the turn and tops it off with a flush on the river. Then I go down with pocket tens against a player who hits a Queen on the flop. Shouldn't have pushed this one, but there you go. No fool like an old fool, lol.

Last Update: November 7, 2007, 6:34AM | Permalink (0 Comments)

October 26, 2007, 2PM: Played 1 hour, 15 minutes, Lost $100.00 at Rouge et Noir, Philipsburg
$2 No-Limit Texas Hold'em

Dull cash game, though there was a bunch of wild gamblers at the table. With A-Q suited in the small blind I flop the nut flush draw with two Jacks on board.  I move all in, and a player holding pocket Queens calls me. I don't improve and go broke. Mwah, worse things have happened to me at a poker table. Better next time. My strategy is to minimize losses to $100 a session and to storm back on better days. Works so far.

Last Update: October 26, 2007, 12:39PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

October 23, 2007, 9PM: Played 4 hours, Lost $145.00 at Princess Casino, Port de Plaisance
$25 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (6th out of 29 Players)

Duh. Some interesting winning hands with AA, QQ and AQ, but otherwise unremarkable. Made the final table with a reasonable stack, but I went card dead and got eaten up by the blinds. When I finally made a move with K-Q offsuit I ran into pocket Kings and went out sixth, one place outside the money. At least I won a small last-longer bet against my colleague Geno.

Last Update: October 24, 2007, 5:57AM | Permalink (0 Comments)

October 19, 2007, 2PM: Played 2 hours, Made $55.00 at Rouge et Noir, Philipsburg
$2 No-Limit Texas Hold'em

Roller coaster afternoon. Got AA on the first hand and made hardly any money, then lost 3/4 of my $100 stack when my K-10 flopped top two pair and I failed to play agressive to protect my hand. I let a player draw to a set. Duh. Still came out on top when my last hand, K-3 offsuit hit two pair against a player holding 10-3. From $95 in the hole to $55 up, I ain't complaining, though I kick my own behind for the way I handled the K-10 hand.

Last Update: October 21, 2007, 12:44PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

October 16, 2007, 9PM: Played 2 hours, 30 minutes, Lost $100.00 at Princess Casino, Port de Plaisance
$25 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (17th out of 20 Players)

Boy, what a night. Before the break I go all in with my last 700 and I get SIX callers, so I think I'm dead. A ten hits the flop and my K-kicker carries the day.
After the break, I soon make my trade makr moron move with As-Js. From the small blind I move all in for about 8,000 and I get called by a guy holding Ah-Qh. three hearts hit the flop and I am gone.
Cloutier came to mind on the way home: Never bluff an idiot because he will always call you.
Point taken.

Last Update: October 17, 2007, 5:24PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

October 12, 2007, 2PM: Played 2 hours, Made $139.00 at Rouge et Noir, Philipsburg
$2 No-Limit Texas Hold'em

Typical cash game, steadily increased stack, until I lost half of it with AQ; the board came with Q-J-10 leaving me with four outs for the nut straight.My opponent kept betting, I put him on AK for a made straight and folded.
Later played couple hands more agressive and I left with a decent profit.

Last Update: October 12, 2007, 1:33PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

October 9, 2007, 10PM: Played 4 hours, Made $565.00 at Princess Casino, Port de Plaisance
$25 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (1st out of 20 Players)

All went well from the start; hit two pair with 7-8 suited on the flop, moved all in, got called by pocket kings and cracked them. Slightly disgusted when my A-J offsuit ran into another A-J offsuit and the guy caught runner runner for the nut flush. On the bright side, short stacked with three players left at the final table, I move all in on a raise with 6-4 offsuit and hit a straight. Twenty minutes later we split the prizepool three ways.

Last Update: October 10, 2007, 6:21AM | Permalink (0 Comments)

October 5, 2007, 2PM: Played 15 minutes, Lost $100.00 at Rouge et Noir, Philipsburg
$2 No-Limit Texas Hold'em

Wow, this is the shortest session I ever played. In a five-handed game, the player to my right raises to $12 and I just call with J-J. I turn a set, and because there are two hearts on board, I push my remaining stack of about $80 in the pot. My opponent calls with a suited AKh -making him a 4-1 dog. He hits his flush on the river.
One of those days huh?

Last Update: October 5, 2007, 12:31PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

October 2, 2007, 9PM: Played 2 hours, 30 minutes, Lost $200.00 at Princess Casino, Port de Plaisance
$25 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (26th out of 30 Players)

Wow, one of those nights to forget. Nothing went my way, I hardly got any playable hands and the ones I did get, either did not get paid off, or they got cracked.
One example: I limped with pocket fours out of position, intending to muck them if they don't improve on the flop. Board comes 7-6-4 rainbow and I move all in to push draws out of the hand. Big blind calls with, what else, 3-5 for the straight.

Last Update: October 3, 2007, 8:25AM | Permalink (0 Comments)

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