Play Online Poker Steveinho Birthday: June 10, 1983 Location: Lower Burrell, PA ALL-TIME STATS (more stats) Total Entries: 509 Total Won/Lost: $931.27 Total Hours: 413 Earnings/Hour: $2.25 ARCHIVE Most Recent October 2007 (49) September 2007 (25) August 2007 (125) July 2007 (45) June 2007 (36) May 2007 (240) April 2007 (1)

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July 2007 Log Entries

July 31, 2007, 2PM: Played 4 hours, Made $4.60 at Poker Stars
Free-Roll No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (8th out of 1237 Players)

too much detail to even go into... was on the button at the final table in 6th of 8... had Ah-4h
 
i pegged a guy as an aggro, already went over the top of him once to steal his bet
 
so he leads out, i go over the top on him... no one else was in the hand... exceeeeeeept the SB and BB
 
SB calls, he calls
 
SB ends up having A-J... aggro i read right as having shit, with K-9... and he lost with K high
 
and i, however, lost with A high

Last Update: July 31, 2007, 3:01PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

July 30, 2007, 11AM: Played 1 minute, Broke Even at Full Tilt
Free-Roll No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (1,250th out of 1318 Players)

just wanted to put this history up to add to the mystique of how poker stars always, always, always seems to horribly bad beat me
 
just a free roll, so, obviously you're going to have retarded betting... just dont expect to see people who do this get paid off
 
 
 
PokerStars Game #11218418534: Tournament #54228410, Freeroll Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2007/07/30 - 14:00:00 (ET)
Table '54228410 113' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Jojo@Mojo316 (1500 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 3: tinytim2006 (1500 in chips)
Seat 4: JKravat (1500 in chips)
Seat 5: kittycatlove (1500 in chips)
Seat 6: Steveinho (1500 in chips)
Seat 7: G.CruzMeira (1500 in chips)
Seat 8: freak39 (1500 in chips)
Seat 9: bigjr4real (1500 in chips)
tinytim2006: posts small blind 10
JKravat: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Steveinho [Td Th]
kittycatlove: raises 80 to 100
Steveinho: calls 100
G.CruzMeira: folds
freak39: folds
bigjr4real: calls 100
Jojo@Mojo316: folds
Jojo@Mojo316 is connected
Jojo@Mojo316 has returned
tinytim2006 has timed out
tinytim2006: folds
tinytim2006 is sitting out
JKravat: folds
*** FLOP *** [6s 7s 8s]
tinytim2006 has returned
kittycatlove: bets 1400 and is all-in
Steveinho: calls 1400 and is all-in
bigjr4real: folds
*** TURN *** [6s 7s 8s] [7h]
*** RIVER *** [6s 7s 8s 7h] [Qs]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
kittycatlove: shows [4h 7c] (three of a kind, Sevens)
Steveinho: shows [Td Th] (two pair, Tens and Sevens)
Steveinho said, "lol"
kittycatlove collected 3130 from pot
bigrich806 is connected
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3130 | Rake 0
Board [6s 7s 8s 7h Qs]
Seat 1: Jojo@Mojo316 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: tinytim2006 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: JKravat (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: kittycatlove showed [4h 7c] and won (3130) with three of a kind, Sevens
Seat 6: Steveinho showed [Td Th] and lost with two pair, Tens and Sevens
Seat 7: G.CruzMeira folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: freak39 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: bigjr4real folded on the Flop

Last Update: July 30, 2007, 11:06AM | Permalink (1 Comment)

July 28, 2007, 12AM: Played 1 hour, 15 minutes, Lost $40.00 at Oklahoma Firehall
$1/2 Texas Hold'em

never, ever, ever, ever have i been so card dead
 
i raised two hands during this entire sit down
 
i won ONE pot the whole time... the few times i stuck in pots on major odds because it was worth it (i.e. 7-1 when i have A-rag suited... gotta make that call)
 
 
but... cards didn't hit... i was able to temper myself so that losses weren't horrible
 
only hand i won i had A-Q off in the cutoff... four limpers, so i raised it to x6 the BB... one caller, Q-J-8... i make a 60-70% pot bet, or so... but she folds... for the first time ever ever
 
but that hand is why i only lost 40 in the cash game instead of 80... very loose, lots of limpers... just kept waiting for a strong hand that would flop a monster so i could get paid off... never worked

Last Update: July 28, 2007, 1:05AM | Permalink (0 Comments)

July 28, 2007, 12AM: Played 3 hours, Made $320.00 at Oklahoma Firehall
$60 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (2nd out of 28 Players)

played very solid, tight poker... only made two or three legit bluffs...
 
stole blinds twice
big hand
 
3 players get paid
 
we're at two tables
 
blinds are 1k - 2k
 
i have 18k
 
i'm in the SB with 8s-8h
 
MP raises to 4k... i call, BB calls, everyone else folds
 
 
flop As-9s-6d
 
i check, BB checks... MP bets 4k... seems like a very weak bet to continue with when the pot is 12k to go... so i'm getting 4-1 to call
 
fuck that, i raise it... he has to call 12.5k more to stick in cause i'm all in
 
pot is now 24.5k with a 12.5k to stay in... basically 2-1, he folds
 
i jump up my stack really well... it gives me enough room to work at at the final table so i get heads up after watching 4/5ths of the table donk their lives away
 
 
big play i made to put me in position to make a move at the final table... guy to my right, who i end up going heads up with, is very aggressive at the final table... leading out on almost any pair or two faces, and getting called down a lot... however, his variance makes me tricky (i.e., 3 handed, we're in a battle of the blinds and he limps in, i call, we check the whole way down and he shows A-Q)
 
well blinds are at 2k-4k... 6 handed... i'm in 3rd i have about 45k chips, but i've been playing like a rock... he jumps it up to 16k... i look down at A-Q and immediately make a quick push... one guy thinks hard and folds, he thinks... puts me on a pair... and he folds, he had like 5s or something
 
if he knew i had A-Q and that he was a slight favorite, he would've called to try and bust me... so i'm glad he folded, considering i didn't want to bust just out of the money like that... but i wanted to make my move so i didn't put myself in a decision where i had to push to get in position, or i could be in a weak spot if i tried to bust someone
 
i make the BIG heads up mistake i always make
 
i raise it up with K-9 off and get a call... my stack is at about 75k and i'd say he's at... well, there's 28 players... so 280k chips... actually like 28.5k since they blinded a stack out... so i'm down 205l - 75k
 
flop 10d-9-7
 
now my plan is to check-raise this... but that's not smart cause he's been tight-aggressive, i realize retrospect...
 
so i check, he checks 2nd to act
 
turn is a Kd
 
so the pot is about 30k... i bet 25k more of my 60k stack on kings up to try and pull it down, he calls
 
river is a Qd... i check, he goes all in... problem is, i'm getting 4-1/5-1 to call
 
other problem is, blinds are 4k-8k... so, that stack isn't lasting more than two BBs heads up without me making some wins
 
kings up is very strong, and he could be making a play so i havet o call
 
aaaand, for the 2nd of the last 3 times i went to this game, i finihsed 2nd... always ahead until the end
 
c'est la vie... i won some races, first time i was all in during the tourney

Last Update: July 28, 2007, 10:48AM | Permalink (0 Comments)

July 28, 2007, 12AM: Played 15 minutes, Lost $20.00 at Oklahoma Firehall
$20 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (7th out of 11 Players)

turbo game... 4 minute blinds... won the first hand and was pot committed by the time the first orbit went around to me...
 
went all in UTG with Ac-4c and didn't hit at all... if i hadn't gone all in, i'd have about 4 orbits left... worst usage of $20 ever

Last Update: July 28, 2007, 12:43AM | Permalink (0 Comments)

July 24, 2007, 2PM: Played 5 hours, Lost $1.00 at Full Tilt
$1 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (3rd out of 10 Players)

okay, i can't buy a win
 
i keep playing single table satellites just to try to get back on track and keep losing either 2nd or 3rd
 
just went all in on a flop of Jc-7c-7 with my 7s-5 vs his Js-3c and he hit runner clubs to flush me out
 
lost an earlier one heads up when we both paired a flop with an ace, i had A-4 he had A-5 and it was one of the few boards where that 5 kicker would win it
 
won't mention how i lost one tourney since it's being discussed... just all low buy in shit that's frustrating me

Last Update: July 24, 2007, 2:10PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

July 24, 2007, 10AM:
i'd like some opinions on how i played this hand

the player in question is nebrico
 
during the first level... maybe 9 or 10 hands in, he min-raised preflop and i called from the SB with A-5 off... flop came out 2-5-Q
 
i bet, he min raised, i call
i check the turn on a blank, he makes a big bet i fold
 
does the same thing later, gets called down and shows a strong hand
 
does the same thing later, gets called down and shows a bluff, but had high cards
 
so... we get to this hand
 
Seat 1: nebrico (3,810)
Seat 2: XNXICEMANXNX (4,775)
Seat 3: sauceman31 (7,455)
Seat 4: Steveinho (1,465)
Seat 5: vilydes (1,625)
Seat 6: tiledude3 (2,605)
sauceman31 posts the small blind of 25
Steveinho posts the big blind of 50
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Steveinho [4c 7d]
vilydes folds
tiledude3 calls 50
nebrico raises to 100
XNXICEMANXNX folds
sauceman31 calls 75
Steveinho calls 50
tiledude3 calls 50
 
loose call... i made it banking on it being a small raise and if i hit the flop being able to reel in a huge pot
 
*** FLOP *** [6d 9s 5h]
sauceman31 checks
Steveinho checks
tiledude3 checks
nebrico bets 400
sauceman31 folds
Steveinho raises to 1,365, and is all in
tiledude3 folds
nebrico calls 965
 
 
my logic was seeing him bet the pot again and putting him on a bluff... i'll just leave this as is for like, a day or two, and then post the results
 
just some thoughts on the check-raise all in semi-bluff

Last Update: July 24, 2007, 10:39AM | Permalink (16 Comments)

July 20, 2007, 8PM: Played 2 hours, 48 minutes, Lost $60.00 at Oklahoma Firehall
$60 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (5th out of 22 Players)

tough one...
 
got to the final table, watched people go out... gradually got blinded down, so i pushed for about x3 the BB with pocket 3s
 
got called by A-J and won the race
 
so i'm in much better shape... few hands later, guy goes all in from first position... i'm in the BB, and i spy A-K... i call quickly
 
he has A-Q
 
flop A-5-9
 
turn Q
river Q
 
short stacked again... few hands later i push from 1st with K-8 off... get called by the big stack, who had to call, with 2c-5c and he rivered the wheel
 
i played pretty well i felt, only one time did the cards bail me out and i was ahead each time i pushed... just, some nights aren't your night

Last Update: July 20, 2007, 8:23PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

July 19, 2007, 8AM: Played 24 minutes, Lost $1.00 at Full Tilt
$1 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (5th out of 9 Players)

and the experiment dies!
 
had two guys all in... one had Jh-3h one had Ks-10s and i had Ad-10c
 
i held until the river when a K hit... the J-3 had the small stack, so i would've still won the bigger pot had that K not hit
 
i was short then... had like and M of something like 5... in the SB, i had K-J... so i pushed... right into the BB's pocket Aces
 
funny, i played four tables on there the past two days... three were just FPP satellites, and two of the times i busted were against the AA in a favorable spot
 
yesterday it was with KK against an aggro going all in, i call, and the second caller had AA
 
today it's a solid hand in the battle of the blinds... Poker Stars always nails me, i think it's just in my brain like that... that's why i waste all my time on FT now, i think i just have a mental block with it

Last Update: July 19, 2007, 8:16AM | Permalink (0 Comments)

July 19, 2007, 7AM: Played 45 minutes, Made $0.80 at Poker Stars
$0.05/0.10 Texas Hold'em

trying to resurrect my account i severely busted in the spring... how do you do that?
 
.2/.4 cent limit until you hit a dollar and can play a sit and go!
 
great success!

Last Update: July 19, 2007, 7:48AM | Permalink (0 Comments)

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