Yep, this is the 49th post of this blog, just a quick one to make sure I don't go a whole month without posting (made it just in time), and to let you know how things have been going for me recently.
Well...where to start? Job-wise things are going good, been at Atkins just over a year now and still enjoying it. Got to get out the office the other week to go on a 3-day expenses paid trip to Bournemouth to look at a few junctions! Was a good laugh, managed to wangle it so Terry and I drove round together so it was a lot more fun than it would have been with one of the other guys. The bad thing about it was that we still had to get up and out by about 8:30am, but on 2 of the days we were finished by just after lunchtime and the hotel had a snooker table (albeit with pool cues) so we spent quite a bit of time in there. Also had an impromptu heads-up poker game one evening which I completely dominated before getting it all-in pre with AA versus his 33. I hadn't even finished my sentence "A three had better not..." when the first card out was a 3 and I ended up a loser in the game...
Online poker-wise I have not played very much recently, mainly because of BT, who not only want us to pay £125 for them to most probably flick a switch and "connect" our phone line, but also gave me a date of the 17th Sept for when an engineer was available to do what is likely to be a 5-minute job. Which means that I currently have no home internet connection so my poker exploits have been limited to brief forrays round the missus's parents house. My Full Tilt bankroll is down to about $520 from its high of $650, of which $80 is bonuses/rakeback which shows it's importance. I've had a few sick beats dealt on me the last couple of days which have hurt, AA cracked by TT all-pre, My 6 9 off splitting with my opponents 9 4 suited (blind battle) getting it all-in on the turn with the board reading T 8 7 5, that was a $100 pot that should have all been shipped my way. Also had an $80 pot all-in on the turn on a board of 7 7 7 Q, I had 5 5, he had K 3, obviously K on the river ships the pot to him...ah well, at least it shows there's money to be made from complete morons out there...
Finally, the flat is looking really good (mainly due to Jo keeping everything neat,clean and tidy) and we're settling in wonderfully. It's nice to be able to come home from a tough days work to your own house and just relax. The new pool table with table tennis top is being delivered next week as well so I'll have that to look forward to as the current pool table rolls all over the place as its about 10 years old and very unstable. That being said I did go on a 14 match winning streak when we first set it up...
Tuesday, September 09, 2008
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Quick Update
Been a while since I last updated, been very busy sorting out stuff for my new flat so no real time for poker. What I have played has been a mixture of the good, bad and ugly. Hit a new peak for the graph the other day, but that seems to have gone to my head and since then I've steadily leaked money (although I suppose it's a positive that I haven't had a major blowup for a while.)
I withdrew £225 from Party and dumped $400 into Full Tilt the a couple of days ago. After 1k hands i'd managed to grind that up to $600, even outdrawing a couple of people, but in the last 1k hands I've lost about $100 of that profit, although things could have been very different if I'd hit a couple of HUGE drawing hands that I had. Twice I've had a flush draw with a double belly buster all-in on the flop only to come up against sets both times (pretty much the only hand I'm not a favourite against) and both times I haven't managed to hit (which put paid to my theory that I might actually have a boomswitched account for once.)
Going down to Bournemouth for a few days with work to look at some junctions, so won't be able to play for a while, especially as we're moving in to the flat either Friday or Monday! Got the whole of next week off to spend some time settling into the flat with the missus and sorting out the loose ends that need tying up so may have a few sessions then (providing I can get the internet set up in time.)
Graph time I suppose:
Just over 12k hands played since May for a $512 profit at apparently $8.79 per hour so I'm not even making minimum wage! Stick to the day job me thinks...
I withdrew £225 from Party and dumped $400 into Full Tilt the a couple of days ago. After 1k hands i'd managed to grind that up to $600, even outdrawing a couple of people, but in the last 1k hands I've lost about $100 of that profit, although things could have been very different if I'd hit a couple of HUGE drawing hands that I had. Twice I've had a flush draw with a double belly buster all-in on the flop only to come up against sets both times (pretty much the only hand I'm not a favourite against) and both times I haven't managed to hit (which put paid to my theory that I might actually have a boomswitched account for once.)
Going down to Bournemouth for a few days with work to look at some junctions, so won't be able to play for a while, especially as we're moving in to the flat either Friday or Monday! Got the whole of next week off to spend some time settling into the flat with the missus and sorting out the loose ends that need tying up so may have a few sessions then (providing I can get the internet set up in time.)
Graph time I suppose:
Just over 12k hands played since May for a $512 profit at apparently $8.79 per hour so I'm not even making minimum wage! Stick to the day job me thinks...
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Stakes and Swings
Just a brief update as it's been a while on what I've been up to the last few weeks. Went on holiday to La Manga in Spain, played two rounds of golf on Championship courses and one was my best ever round, an 82! Could have been better if I hadn't four putted one green as well! Don't think I will play a better round for a long long time, pretty much everything went right.
Aside from the golf the holiday was brilliant all round, good food, good weather, good banter = happiness. Plus got to spend some quality time with the missus which was nice.
Came back and played my first game of cricket for the year. Took two wickets and hit 30-odd runs but was a bit rusty. Should be playing again in early September so have that to look forward to.
Now onto the poker... A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO ED ROGER AND WILL BREWIN! They finished 191st and 118th respectively in the World Series of Poker Main Event for about $38k and $41k. I managed to get a slice of their action as well (2% in each of them) so returned around $1600 for my $450 outlay. It was great to see them go so deep, made it very interesting reading the updates knowing that I had an interest in 2 of the runners for so long! Ed has written a few blogs of his time out there which you can see from the link on the right of this page, hopefully he'll do a more thorough report at some stage as well!
In terms of my poker it's been all about the swings baby...the end of the graph shows it all really, up and down like a yo-yo:
When I break it down into hands played at $0.25/$0.50 and hands played at $0.50/$1 it isn't hard to figure out where I have a problem.
Here is the $50nl graph:
As you can see, a fairly even upward curve.
Now here is the $100nl graph:
Hmmmm... maybe I should steer clear of moving up for a little bit. I would love to blame it on luck and being coolered but, quite frankly, I've just played terribly and moving up has had the opposite effect that I thought it would in that it has made me gamble more rather than play tighter with the higher stakes.
So I'm about $750 up from $50nl in the last couple of months and down about $475 at $100nl.
Tonight was a very good night, made about $240 in about 250 hands so I am content at the moment. Will hopefully post some time soon with a few of the hands that have been involved in my swings over the last couple of weeks, had some quite interesting ones and in fac I'll leave you with a couple that just show why I love Party poker at these stakes. People literally want to give you their money:
***** Hand History for Game 7222185777 *****
$50 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, July 15, 16:31:35 ET 2008
Table Table 164946 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 6: tornado1974 ( $112.13 USD )
Seat 1: mmiguelena ( $86.50 USD )
Seat 3: ben_w_2004 ( $103.26 USD )
Seat 2: rodiplby78 ( $50 USD )
Seat 4: pjferr ( $73.75 USD )
Seat 5: clabbesbulle ( $50 USD )
mmiguelena posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
rodiplby78 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to ben_w_2004 [ As Ah ]
ben_w_2004 raises [$2 USD]
pjferr folds.
clabbesbulle folds.
tornado1974 calls [$2 USD]
mmiguelena folds.
rodiplby78 folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ Jh, 6h, 8s ]
ben_w_2004 checks.
tornado1974 bets [$5 USD]
ben_w_2004 calls [$5 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Qd ]
ben_w_2004 checks.
tornado1974 bets [$15 USD]
ben_w_2004 calls [$15 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 9d ]
ben_w_2004 checks.
tornado1974 bets [$18 USD]
ben_w_2004 calls [$18 USD]
tornado1974 shows [ Ac, 4s ]high card Ace.
ben_w_2004 shows [ As, Ah ]a pair of Aces.
ben_w_2004 wins $77.75 USD from the main pot with a pair of Aces.
#Game No : 7222190139
And his beauty. Can't believe he called the extra $18 on the end with no pair no draw:
***** Hand History for Game 7201441301 *****
$50 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, July 07, 16:45:50 ET 2008
Table Table 164767 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 3: maurov79 ( $80.10 USD )
Seat 1: ronnie6017 ( $30.37 USD )
Seat 6: BottonAnna ( $50.50 USD )
Seat 2: ben_w_2004 ( $55.27 USD )
Seat 5: ddrogue ( $50.25 USD )
ben_w_2004 posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
maurov79 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to ben_w_2004 [ Ad Ah ]
ddrogue folds.
BottonAnna raises [$2 USD]
ronnie6017 folds.
ben_w_2004 calls [$1.75 USD]
maurov79 folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 5s, 8c, Ac ]
ben_w_2004 checks.
BONER_LOL has joined the table.
BottonAnna bets [$4 USD]
ben_w_2004 raises [$8 USD]
BottonAnna raises [$8 USD]
ben_w_2004 calls [$4 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 9s ]
ben_w_2004 checks.
BottonAnna bets [$17 USD]
>You have options at Table 165557 Table!.
ben_w_2004 raises [$36.50 USD]
lol
BottonAnna is all-In.
** Dealing River ** [ 7h ]
ben_w_2004 shows [ Ad, Ah ]three of a kind, Aces.
BottonAnna doesn't show [ Jd, Qs ]high card Ace.
ben_w_2004 wins $99.50 USD from the main pot with three of a kind, Aces.
#Game No : 7201445997
Aside from the golf the holiday was brilliant all round, good food, good weather, good banter = happiness. Plus got to spend some quality time with the missus which was nice.
Came back and played my first game of cricket for the year. Took two wickets and hit 30-odd runs but was a bit rusty. Should be playing again in early September so have that to look forward to.
Now onto the poker... A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO ED ROGER AND WILL BREWIN! They finished 191st and 118th respectively in the World Series of Poker Main Event for about $38k and $41k. I managed to get a slice of their action as well (2% in each of them) so returned around $1600 for my $450 outlay. It was great to see them go so deep, made it very interesting reading the updates knowing that I had an interest in 2 of the runners for so long! Ed has written a few blogs of his time out there which you can see from the link on the right of this page, hopefully he'll do a more thorough report at some stage as well!
In terms of my poker it's been all about the swings baby...the end of the graph shows it all really, up and down like a yo-yo:
When I break it down into hands played at $0.25/$0.50 and hands played at $0.50/$1 it isn't hard to figure out where I have a problem.
Here is the $50nl graph:
As you can see, a fairly even upward curve.
Now here is the $100nl graph:
Hmmmm... maybe I should steer clear of moving up for a little bit. I would love to blame it on luck and being coolered but, quite frankly, I've just played terribly and moving up has had the opposite effect that I thought it would in that it has made me gamble more rather than play tighter with the higher stakes.
So I'm about $750 up from $50nl in the last couple of months and down about $475 at $100nl.
Tonight was a very good night, made about $240 in about 250 hands so I am content at the moment. Will hopefully post some time soon with a few of the hands that have been involved in my swings over the last couple of weeks, had some quite interesting ones and in fac I'll leave you with a couple that just show why I love Party poker at these stakes. People literally want to give you their money:
***** Hand History for Game 7222185777 *****
$50 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, July 15, 16:31:35 ET 2008
Table Table 164946 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 6: tornado1974 ( $112.13 USD )
Seat 1: mmiguelena ( $86.50 USD )
Seat 3: ben_w_2004 ( $103.26 USD )
Seat 2: rodiplby78 ( $50 USD )
Seat 4: pjferr ( $73.75 USD )
Seat 5: clabbesbulle ( $50 USD )
mmiguelena posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
rodiplby78 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to ben_w_2004 [ As Ah ]
ben_w_2004 raises [$2 USD]
pjferr folds.
clabbesbulle folds.
tornado1974 calls [$2 USD]
mmiguelena folds.
rodiplby78 folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ Jh, 6h, 8s ]
ben_w_2004 checks.
tornado1974 bets [$5 USD]
ben_w_2004 calls [$5 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Qd ]
ben_w_2004 checks.
tornado1974 bets [$15 USD]
ben_w_2004 calls [$15 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 9d ]
ben_w_2004 checks.
tornado1974 bets [$18 USD]
ben_w_2004 calls [$18 USD]
tornado1974 shows [ Ac, 4s ]high card Ace.
ben_w_2004 shows [ As, Ah ]a pair of Aces.
ben_w_2004 wins $77.75 USD from the main pot with a pair of Aces.
#Game No : 7222190139
And his beauty. Can't believe he called the extra $18 on the end with no pair no draw:
***** Hand History for Game 7201441301 *****
$50 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, July 07, 16:45:50 ET 2008
Table Table 164767 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 3: maurov79 ( $80.10 USD )
Seat 1: ronnie6017 ( $30.37 USD )
Seat 6: BottonAnna ( $50.50 USD )
Seat 2: ben_w_2004 ( $55.27 USD )
Seat 5: ddrogue ( $50.25 USD )
ben_w_2004 posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
maurov79 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to ben_w_2004 [ Ad Ah ]
ddrogue folds.
BottonAnna raises [$2 USD]
ronnie6017 folds.
ben_w_2004 calls [$1.75 USD]
maurov79 folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 5s, 8c, Ac ]
ben_w_2004 checks.
BONER_LOL has joined the table.
BottonAnna bets [$4 USD]
ben_w_2004 raises [$8 USD]
BottonAnna raises [$8 USD]
ben_w_2004 calls [$4 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 9s ]
ben_w_2004 checks.
BottonAnna bets [$17 USD]
>You have options at Table 165557 Table!.
ben_w_2004 raises [$36.50 USD]
lol
BottonAnna is all-In.
** Dealing River ** [ 7h ]
ben_w_2004 shows [ Ad, Ah ]three of a kind, Aces.
BottonAnna doesn't show [ Jd, Qs ]high card Ace.
ben_w_2004 wins $99.50 USD from the main pot with three of a kind, Aces.
#Game No : 7201445997
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Taking advantage...
Hands Played Tonight: 193
Profit for Night: $161.43
The title of this post refers to taking advantage of the fishes on the tables tonight. If there was ever an example of where poker software can be used to pay for itself it is tonight. I got in from work, loaded up Party and started data-mining the cash tables. Then did a couple of jobs around the house, had dinner and watched the Euro 2008 semi-final. After that I checked back to see how the tables were looking and managed to find 5-6 tables with loose fishes on, i.e. playing over 50% of hands. Within about 10 minutes I was sitting on 4 of these tables and taking advantage of them.
I only lost 2 pots where I had put in more than $10 in the short session, and both of those could have ended very differently. The first one was very early on:
***** Hand History for Game 7170195196 *****
$50 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, June 25, 17:18:24 ET 2008
Table Table 163765 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 3: card_nomade ( $16.85 USD )
Seat 4: kxu76 ( $71.05 USD )
Seat 5: mrcash9 ( $66.97 USD )
Seat 1: pixma11 ( $29.77 USD )
Seat 6: ISplashRollz ( $51.98 USD )
Seat 2: ben_w_2004 ( $49.25 USD )
kxu76 posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
mrcash9 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to ben_w_2004 [ 3s 5s ]
ISplashRollz folds.
pixma11 calls [$0.50 USD]
ben_w_2004 raises [$2 USD]
card_nomade calls [$2 USD]
kxu76 folds.
mrcash9 calls [$1.50 USD]
pixma11 calls [$1.50 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Ks, 4c, Ts ]
>You have options at Table 163664 Table!.
mrcash9 checks.
pixma11 bets [$7 USD]
ben_w_2004 calls [$7 USD]
card_nomade is all-In.
mrcash9 calls [$14.85 USD]
pixma11 folds.
ben_w_2004 calls [$7.85 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Qd ]
mrcash9 checks.
ben_w_2004 checks.
** Dealing River ** [ 2s ]
mrcash9 bets [$32 USD]
ben_w_2004 folds.
mrcash9 shows [ Th, Tc ]three of a kind, Tens.
card_nomade doesn't show [ Qc, Kc ]two pairs, Kings and Queens.
mrcash9 wins $32 USD from the side pot 1 with three of a kind, Tens.
mrcash9 wins $56.81 USD from the main pot with three of a kind, Tens.
#Game No : 7170199286
I honestly don't know why I called the extra $7 after the guy had limp called $14! It was pretty obvious that I was going to face a decision like the one I was posed with when the spade hit the river and to me i just smelt like he had a bigger flush, he played it so bad to be fair and if I hadn't been such a good player and been able to get away from that he'd have been in trouble. A worse player would have insta-called for his stack their with my low flush.
Still that was only $17 lost. The next hand was the only outdraw I suffered all night which was nice, luckily it was only a short-stack:
***** Hand History for Game 7170219083 *****
$50 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, June 25, 17:28:10 ET 2008
Table Table 162656 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 3: wixxkrueppel ( $22.72 USD )
Seat 4: eraiser83 ( $110.89 USD )
Seat 2: Scorcer777 ( $50 USD )
Seat 1: ben_w_2004 ( $58.98 USD )
Seat 5: DellaPierre ( $60.47 USD )
Seat 6: ISmashDreams ( $49.50 USD )
ISmashDreams posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
ben_w_2004 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to ben_w_2004 [ As Ac ]
Scorcer777 folds.
wixxkrueppel calls [$0.50 USD]
eraiser83 folds.
DellaPierre calls [$0.50 USD]
ISmashDreams folds.
ben_w_2004 raises [$2 USD]
wixxkrueppel calls [$2 USD]
DellaPierre folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8s, 6h, 9c ]
ben_w_2004 bets [$4 USD]
wixxkrueppel is all-In.
ben_w_2004 calls [$16.22 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 6s ]
** Dealing River ** [ 9h ]
ben_w_2004 shows [ As, Ac ]two pairs, Aces and Nines.
wixxkrueppel shows [ 3d, 9d ]a full house, Nines full of Sixes.
wixxkrueppel wins $43.89 USD from the main pot with a full house, Nines full of Sixes.
#Game No : 7170221083
What the hell he's doing with nine-trey in this hand I do not know...oh wait... it was SOOTED...!
So...onto the good stuff...and there was plenty of it tonight, I think I may have even run better than the Cannon tonight, not only in making hands for myself, but also for my opponents to get enough of a piece to lose a large chunk of money.
saying that though the river probably cost me his whole stack here, although I should have just rereraised the turn then it wouldn't have even mattered as he no doubt would have shoved.
***** Hand History for Game 7170201834 *****
$50 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, June 25, 17:21:11 ET 2008
Table Table 163765 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 4: kxu76 ( $70.80 USD )
Seat 5: mrcash9 ( $106.43 USD )
Seat 1: pixma11 ( $0 USD )
Seat 6: ISplashRollz ( $71.25 USD )
Seat 2: ben_w_2004 ( $50 USD )
Seat 3: Oddball79 ( $50 USD )
ISplashRollz posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
ben_w_2004 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
pixma11 has left the table.
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to ben_w_2004 [ 8s As ]
kxu76 calls [$0.50 USD]
mrcash9 raises [$1 USD]
ISplashRollz folds.
ben_w_2004 calls [$0.50 USD]
kxu76 calls [$0.50 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 4s, 5s, 2c ]
ben_w_2004 bets [$3 USD]
kxu76 calls [$3 USD]
Party3AHKA has joined the table.
mrcash9 calls [$3 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 2s ]
>You have options at Table 163701 Table!.
ben_w_2004 bets [$6 USD]
kxu76 folds.
mrcash9 raises [$12 USD]
ben_w_2004 calls [$6 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ Ks ]
ben_w_2004 bets [$13 USD]
mrcash9 calls [$13 USD]
ben_w_2004 shows [ 8s, As ]a flush, Ace high.
mrcash9 doesn't show [ 9s, Ts ]a flush, King high.
ben_w_2004 wins $60.25 USD from the main pot with a flush, Ace high.
#Game No : 7170205447
Ironically this was against the same guy who I folded a low flush to earlier so I was prety much just getting back the chips I'd loaned him...
A lovely check-raise on the river in this next hand:
***** Hand History for Game 7170235581 *****
$50 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, June 25, 17:34:51 ET 2008
Table Table 163719 (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 3: Bakvos ( $87.03 USD )
Seat 1: g_wentino ( $93.71 USD )
Seat 2: sparrt ( $38.23 USD )
Seat 4: cont_radu_cf ( $61.18 USD )
Seat 6: ben_w_2004 ( $67.30 USD )
Seat 5: ISmashDreams ( $50 USD )
ben_w_2004 posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
g_wentino posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to ben_w_2004 [ Qs Kc ]
sparrt folds.
Bakvos folds.
cont_radu_cf folds.
ben_w_2004 raises [$1.75 USD]
g_wentino calls [$1.50 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Jd, 5h, Tc ]
ben_w_2004 bets [$3 USD]
g_wentino calls [$3 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ah ]
>You have options at Table 163701 Table!.
ben_w_2004 bets [$7 USD]
g_wentino raises [$19 USD]
ben_w_2004 calls [$12 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 7d ]
ben_w_2004 checks.
g_wentino bets [$21 USD]
ben_w_2004 is all-In.
g_wentino calls [$22.30 USD]
g_wentino shows [ Jh, Ad ]two pairs, Aces and Jacks.
ben_w_2004 shows [ Qs, Kc ]a straight Ten to Ace.
ben_w_2004 wins $132.60 USD from the main pot with a straight, Ten to Ace.
#Game No : 7170238732
Pretty much put him on AJ and could tell he wanted to fold when I reraised him but he'd already committed too much.
Here's another example of the deck helping me out:
***** Hand History for Game 7170216674 *****
$50 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, June 25, 17:27:12 ET 2008
Table Table 163701 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 4: ArisBFT ( $104.75 USD )
Seat 2: SNEEKWATER7 ( $66.90 USD )
Seat 6: StevieG1515 ( $56.02 USD )
Seat 3: ben_w_2004 ( $56.05 USD )
Seat 1: mtn_dude ( $116.23 USD )
Seat 5: Alphahahn ( $51.15 USD )
StevieG1515 posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
SNEEKWATER7 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to ben_w_2004 [ Kd Jh ]
ben_w_2004 raises [$2 USD]
ArisBFT folds.
Alphahahn folds.
>You have options at Table 163765 Table!.
StevieG1515 raises [$4.75 USD]
SNEEKWATER7 folds.
ben_w_2004 calls [$3 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Jd, 6h, 9h ]
>You have options at Table 163664 Table!.
StevieG1515 checks.
ben_w_2004 checks.
** Dealing Turn ** [ Kh ]
StevieG1515 bets [$2.50 USD]
ben_w_2004 calls [$2.50 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ Ks ]
>You have options at Table 163719 Table!.
StevieG1515 bets [$10 USD]
ben_w_2004 raises [$35 USD]
StevieG1515 is all-In.
ben_w_2004 calls [$13.52 USD]
ben_w_2004 shows [ Kd, Jh ]a full house, Kings full of Jacks.
StevieG1515 doesn't show [ Js, Jc ]a full house, Jacks full of Kings.
ben_w_2004 wins $110.54 USD from the main pot with a full house, Kings full of Jacks.
#Game No : 7170219088
I pretty much sensed he was setting some sort of trap here. He had continuation bet 100% of the time and it didnt add up that he wouldnt having reraised preflop. Thought I was drawing to a heart even when I called the small turn bet, obviously the second king was the only card that meant I'd:
a) win the hand
b) get paid off
Had a couple of other mid-size pots that went well mainly where I got a couple of big bets called with big pairs. I saw Aces 5 times in the 193 hands! Considering you get them on average once every 214 hands that stat was pleasant...
It wouldn't be a good post without a nice graph to show you, so here it is...
I'm going on holiday on Saturday for a week to La Manga, so that will be a good session to end things for a while if I don't get to play again before I go.
Profit for Night: $161.43
The title of this post refers to taking advantage of the fishes on the tables tonight. If there was ever an example of where poker software can be used to pay for itself it is tonight. I got in from work, loaded up Party and started data-mining the cash tables. Then did a couple of jobs around the house, had dinner and watched the Euro 2008 semi-final. After that I checked back to see how the tables were looking and managed to find 5-6 tables with loose fishes on, i.e. playing over 50% of hands. Within about 10 minutes I was sitting on 4 of these tables and taking advantage of them.
I only lost 2 pots where I had put in more than $10 in the short session, and both of those could have ended very differently. The first one was very early on:
***** Hand History for Game 7170195196 *****
$50 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, June 25, 17:18:24 ET 2008
Table Table 163765 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 3: card_nomade ( $16.85 USD )
Seat 4: kxu76 ( $71.05 USD )
Seat 5: mrcash9 ( $66.97 USD )
Seat 1: pixma11 ( $29.77 USD )
Seat 6: ISplashRollz ( $51.98 USD )
Seat 2: ben_w_2004 ( $49.25 USD )
kxu76 posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
mrcash9 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to ben_w_2004 [ 3s 5s ]
ISplashRollz folds.
pixma11 calls [$0.50 USD]
ben_w_2004 raises [$2 USD]
card_nomade calls [$2 USD]
kxu76 folds.
mrcash9 calls [$1.50 USD]
pixma11 calls [$1.50 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Ks, 4c, Ts ]
>You have options at Table 163664 Table!.
mrcash9 checks.
pixma11 bets [$7 USD]
ben_w_2004 calls [$7 USD]
card_nomade is all-In.
mrcash9 calls [$14.85 USD]
pixma11 folds.
ben_w_2004 calls [$7.85 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Qd ]
mrcash9 checks.
ben_w_2004 checks.
** Dealing River ** [ 2s ]
mrcash9 bets [$32 USD]
ben_w_2004 folds.
mrcash9 shows [ Th, Tc ]three of a kind, Tens.
card_nomade doesn't show [ Qc, Kc ]two pairs, Kings and Queens.
mrcash9 wins $32 USD from the side pot 1 with three of a kind, Tens.
mrcash9 wins $56.81 USD from the main pot with three of a kind, Tens.
#Game No : 7170199286
I honestly don't know why I called the extra $7 after the guy had limp called $14! It was pretty obvious that I was going to face a decision like the one I was posed with when the spade hit the river and to me i just smelt like he had a bigger flush, he played it so bad to be fair and if I hadn't been such a good player and been able to get away from that he'd have been in trouble. A worse player would have insta-called for his stack their with my low flush.
Still that was only $17 lost. The next hand was the only outdraw I suffered all night which was nice, luckily it was only a short-stack:
***** Hand History for Game 7170219083 *****
$50 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, June 25, 17:28:10 ET 2008
Table Table 162656 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 3: wixxkrueppel ( $22.72 USD )
Seat 4: eraiser83 ( $110.89 USD )
Seat 2: Scorcer777 ( $50 USD )
Seat 1: ben_w_2004 ( $58.98 USD )
Seat 5: DellaPierre ( $60.47 USD )
Seat 6: ISmashDreams ( $49.50 USD )
ISmashDreams posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
ben_w_2004 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to ben_w_2004 [ As Ac ]
Scorcer777 folds.
wixxkrueppel calls [$0.50 USD]
eraiser83 folds.
DellaPierre calls [$0.50 USD]
ISmashDreams folds.
ben_w_2004 raises [$2 USD]
wixxkrueppel calls [$2 USD]
DellaPierre folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8s, 6h, 9c ]
ben_w_2004 bets [$4 USD]
wixxkrueppel is all-In.
ben_w_2004 calls [$16.22 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 6s ]
** Dealing River ** [ 9h ]
ben_w_2004 shows [ As, Ac ]two pairs, Aces and Nines.
wixxkrueppel shows [ 3d, 9d ]a full house, Nines full of Sixes.
wixxkrueppel wins $43.89 USD from the main pot with a full house, Nines full of Sixes.
#Game No : 7170221083
What the hell he's doing with nine-trey in this hand I do not know...oh wait... it was SOOTED...!
So...onto the good stuff...and there was plenty of it tonight, I think I may have even run better than the Cannon tonight, not only in making hands for myself, but also for my opponents to get enough of a piece to lose a large chunk of money.
saying that though the river probably cost me his whole stack here, although I should have just rereraised the turn then it wouldn't have even mattered as he no doubt would have shoved.
***** Hand History for Game 7170201834 *****
$50 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, June 25, 17:21:11 ET 2008
Table Table 163765 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 4: kxu76 ( $70.80 USD )
Seat 5: mrcash9 ( $106.43 USD )
Seat 1: pixma11 ( $0 USD )
Seat 6: ISplashRollz ( $71.25 USD )
Seat 2: ben_w_2004 ( $50 USD )
Seat 3: Oddball79 ( $50 USD )
ISplashRollz posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
ben_w_2004 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
pixma11 has left the table.
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to ben_w_2004 [ 8s As ]
kxu76 calls [$0.50 USD]
mrcash9 raises [$1 USD]
ISplashRollz folds.
ben_w_2004 calls [$0.50 USD]
kxu76 calls [$0.50 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 4s, 5s, 2c ]
ben_w_2004 bets [$3 USD]
kxu76 calls [$3 USD]
Party3AHKA has joined the table.
mrcash9 calls [$3 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 2s ]
>You have options at Table 163701 Table!.
ben_w_2004 bets [$6 USD]
kxu76 folds.
mrcash9 raises [$12 USD]
ben_w_2004 calls [$6 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ Ks ]
ben_w_2004 bets [$13 USD]
mrcash9 calls [$13 USD]
ben_w_2004 shows [ 8s, As ]a flush, Ace high.
mrcash9 doesn't show [ 9s, Ts ]a flush, King high.
ben_w_2004 wins $60.25 USD from the main pot with a flush, Ace high.
#Game No : 7170205447
Ironically this was against the same guy who I folded a low flush to earlier so I was prety much just getting back the chips I'd loaned him...
A lovely check-raise on the river in this next hand:
***** Hand History for Game 7170235581 *****
$50 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, June 25, 17:34:51 ET 2008
Table Table 163719 (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 3: Bakvos ( $87.03 USD )
Seat 1: g_wentino ( $93.71 USD )
Seat 2: sparrt ( $38.23 USD )
Seat 4: cont_radu_cf ( $61.18 USD )
Seat 6: ben_w_2004 ( $67.30 USD )
Seat 5: ISmashDreams ( $50 USD )
ben_w_2004 posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
g_wentino posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to ben_w_2004 [ Qs Kc ]
sparrt folds.
Bakvos folds.
cont_radu_cf folds.
ben_w_2004 raises [$1.75 USD]
g_wentino calls [$1.50 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Jd, 5h, Tc ]
ben_w_2004 bets [$3 USD]
g_wentino calls [$3 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ah ]
>You have options at Table 163701 Table!.
ben_w_2004 bets [$7 USD]
g_wentino raises [$19 USD]
ben_w_2004 calls [$12 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 7d ]
ben_w_2004 checks.
g_wentino bets [$21 USD]
ben_w_2004 is all-In.
g_wentino calls [$22.30 USD]
g_wentino shows [ Jh, Ad ]two pairs, Aces and Jacks.
ben_w_2004 shows [ Qs, Kc ]a straight Ten to Ace.
ben_w_2004 wins $132.60 USD from the main pot with a straight, Ten to Ace.
#Game No : 7170238732
Pretty much put him on AJ and could tell he wanted to fold when I reraised him but he'd already committed too much.
Here's another example of the deck helping me out:
***** Hand History for Game 7170216674 *****
$50 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, June 25, 17:27:12 ET 2008
Table Table 163701 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 4: ArisBFT ( $104.75 USD )
Seat 2: SNEEKWATER7 ( $66.90 USD )
Seat 6: StevieG1515 ( $56.02 USD )
Seat 3: ben_w_2004 ( $56.05 USD )
Seat 1: mtn_dude ( $116.23 USD )
Seat 5: Alphahahn ( $51.15 USD )
StevieG1515 posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
SNEEKWATER7 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to ben_w_2004 [ Kd Jh ]
ben_w_2004 raises [$2 USD]
ArisBFT folds.
Alphahahn folds.
>You have options at Table 163765 Table!.
StevieG1515 raises [$4.75 USD]
SNEEKWATER7 folds.
ben_w_2004 calls [$3 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Jd, 6h, 9h ]
>You have options at Table 163664 Table!.
StevieG1515 checks.
ben_w_2004 checks.
** Dealing Turn ** [ Kh ]
StevieG1515 bets [$2.50 USD]
ben_w_2004 calls [$2.50 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ Ks ]
>You have options at Table 163719 Table!.
StevieG1515 bets [$10 USD]
ben_w_2004 raises [$35 USD]
StevieG1515 is all-In.
ben_w_2004 calls [$13.52 USD]
ben_w_2004 shows [ Kd, Jh ]a full house, Kings full of Jacks.
StevieG1515 doesn't show [ Js, Jc ]a full house, Jacks full of Kings.
ben_w_2004 wins $110.54 USD from the main pot with a full house, Kings full of Jacks.
#Game No : 7170219088
I pretty much sensed he was setting some sort of trap here. He had continuation bet 100% of the time and it didnt add up that he wouldnt having reraised preflop. Thought I was drawing to a heart even when I called the small turn bet, obviously the second king was the only card that meant I'd:
a) win the hand
b) get paid off
Had a couple of other mid-size pots that went well mainly where I got a couple of big bets called with big pairs. I saw Aces 5 times in the 193 hands! Considering you get them on average once every 214 hands that stat was pleasant...
It wouldn't be a good post without a nice graph to show you, so here it is...
I'm going on holiday on Saturday for a week to La Manga, so that will be a good session to end things for a while if I don't get to play again before I go.
Saturday, June 21, 2008
The river has not been kind...
The other day I had a big losing session because of bad play, I'll be the first to admit that. But TODAY has been something else, as the title of this post suggests. I dropped around $140 this evening and pretty much all the big pots I played I was in front on the turn and behind on the river.
The first hand is the main exception to the rule however:
***** Hand History for Game 7160028517 *****
$50 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, June 21, 18:01:25 ET 2008
Table Table 163103 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 2: nancyboy88 ( $59.23 USD )
Seat 5: ruin_me ( $67.36 USD )
Seat 4: ben_w_2004 ( $50 USD )
Seat 6: SethGecko82 ( $50 USD )
Seat 1: Lines13 ( $37.04 USD )
Seat 3: klater ( $49.25 USD )
ben_w_2004 posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
ruin_me posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to ben_w_2004 [ 3d 3c ]
SethGecko82 folds.
>You have options at Table 163719 Table!.
Lines13 calls [$0.50 USD]
nancyboy88 raises [$2.50 USD]
klater calls [$2.50 USD]
ben_w_2004 calls [$2.25 USD]
>You have options at Table 163719 Table!.
ruin_me folds.
Lines13 folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 3h, 6d, 9s ]
ben_w_2004 checks.
nancyboy88 bets [$6 USD]
klater raises [$13 USD]
ben_w_2004 calls [$13 USD]
nancyboy88 is all-In.
klater folds.
ben_w_2004 is all-In.
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ah ]
** Dealing River ** [ 8d ]
ben_w_2004 shows [ 3d, 3c ]three of a kind, Threes.
nancyboy88 shows [ 9h, 9d ]three of a kind, Nines.
nancyboy88 wins $9.23 USD from the side pot 1 with three of a kind, Nines.
nancyboy88 wins $113.50 USD from the main pot with three of a kind, Nines.
There's no way I'm getting away from this for 100 big blinds and the set over set set-up was just typical of the whole night.
Next was the first of the river miracles:
***** Hand History for Game 7160022867 *****
$50 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, June 21, 17:59:10 ET 2008
Table Table 163103 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 2: nancyboy88 ( $59.98 USD )
Seat 5: ruin_me ( $65.11 USD )
Seat 4: ben_w_2004 ( $50 USD )
Seat 6: SethGecko82 ( $47 USD )
Seat 1: Lines13 ( $19.50 USD )
Seat 3: klater ( $50 USD )
SethGecko82 posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
Lines13 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to ben_w_2004 [ Kh Th ]
nancyboy88 folds.
ben_w_2004 raises [$2 USD]
ruin_me folds.
SethGecko82 folds.
Lines13 calls [$1.50 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 5c, Js, Ks ]
Lines13 checks.
>You have options at Table 163719 Table!.
ben_w_2004 bets [$3 USD]
Lines13 calls [$3 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 4c ]
Lines13 bets [$2.50 USD]
ben_w_2004 raises [$14.50 USD]
>You have options at Table 163719 Table!.
Lines13 is all-In.
** Dealing River ** [ Tc ]
ben_w_2004 shows [ Kh, Th ]two pairs, Kings and Tens.
Lines13 shows [ 3c, Kc ]a flush, King high.
Lines13 wins $37.29 USD from the main pot with a flush, King high.
#Game No : 7160025811
To be fair he did have the flush draw and a few 3's to draw to so this wasn't the worst of the night.
This was probably the most annoying hand of the day:
***** Hand History for Game 7160090754 *****
$50 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, June 21, 18:24:39 ET 2008
Table Table 163718 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 2: pacuma ( $101.75 USD )
Seat 3: kaiserzose ( $35.93 USD )
Seat 6: hubdiflagner ( $51.88 USD )
Seat 5: ben_w_2004 ( $74.40 USD )
Seat 4: simaoclone ( $25.54 USD )
Seat 1: Youse11111 ( $50 USD )
Youse11111 posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
pacuma posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to ben_w_2004 [ Kd Th ]
kaiserzose raises [$1 USD]
simaoclone folds.
ben_w_2004 calls [$1 USD]
hubdiflagner folds.
Youse11111 folds.
pacuma calls [$0.50 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Ks, 5h, Tc ]
pacuma checks.
kaiserzose bets [$2 USD]
ben_w_2004 raises [$6 USD]
pacuma folds.
kaiserzose calls [$4 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Kc ]
kaiserzose bets [$6 USD]
ben_w_2004 calls [$6 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ Ah ]
kaiserzose bets [$0.50 USD]
ben_w_2004 raises [$12 USD]
kaiserzose is all-In.
ben_w_2004 calls [$10.93 USD]
ben_w_2004 shows [ Kd, Th ]a full house, Kings full of Tens.
kaiserzose shows [ Ad, Kh ]a full house, Kings full of Aces.
kaiserzose wins $70.11 USD from the main pot with a full house, Kings full of Aces.
#Game No : 7160094798
Obviously any other card and I get his whole stack. He was a bad player this guy and I happened to be sitting next to him on another table when this happened:
***** Hand History for Game 7160030802 *****
$50 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, June 21, 18:02:21 ET 2008
Table Table 163719 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 2: Amela21 ( $20.60 USD )
Seat 3: Gamlet66 ( $27.05 USD )
Seat 4: hubdiflagner ( $50.50 USD )
Seat 6: kaiserzose ( $24.07 USD )
Seat 1: ben_w_2004 ( $50 USD )
Seat 5: Da__Banker ( $42.38 USD )
ben_w_2004 posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
Amela21 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to ben_w_2004 [ Ad As ]
Gamlet66 folds.
hubdiflagner folds.
Da__Banker folds.
kaiserzose raises [$1 USD]
ben_w_2004 raises [$3.75 USD]
Amela21 folds.
kaiserzose calls [$3 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8c, 2s, Jh ]
ben_w_2004 checks.
kaiserzose bets [$5 USD]
ben_w_2004 calls [$5 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Th ]
ben_w_2004 checks.
kaiserzose is all-In.
ben_w_2004 calls [$15.07 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ Qc ]
ben_w_2004 shows [ Ad, As ]a pair of Aces.
kaiserzose shows [ 8s, Qs ]two pairs, Queens and Eights.
kaiserzose wins $46.21 USD from the main pot with two pairs, Queens and Eights.
>You have options at Table 163764 Table!.
#Game No : 7160033037
Boom...on the river again. So that's about $150 worth of pots I've been sucked out on and another $50 lost to a set up and I would say I've played great poker tonight and generally made the right decisions, just disappointing that it doesn't reflect in profit.
Just had this little gem as well:
***** Hand History for Game 7160098126 *****
$50 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, June 21, 18:27:16 ET 2008
Table Speed #1416553 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: Banu48 ( $43.16 USD )
Seat 2: suganutz911 ( $19.58 USD )
Seat 3: john_cormier ( $20.25 USD )
Seat 4: fullCastle ( $22.16 USD )
Seat 5: gorrie_1 ( $19.59 USD )
Seat 6: ben_w_2004 ( $50 USD )
gorrie_1 posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
ben_w_2004 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to ben_w_2004 [ 8s 6s ]
Banu48 folds.
suganutz911 calls [$0.50 USD]
john_cormier calls [$0.50 USD]
fullCastle folds.
gorrie_1 calls [$0.25 USD]
ben_w_2004 checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 3s, 6d, 2s ]
gorrie_1 checks.
ben_w_2004 bets [$1.50 USD]
suganutz911 calls [$1.50 USD]
john_cormier calls [$1.50 USD]
gorrie_1 folds.
** Dealing Turn ** [ 8c ]
ben_w_2004 bets [$6 USD]
suganutz911 calls [$6 USD]
john_cormier calls [$6 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 7s ]
ben_w_2004 is all-In.
suganutz911 did not respond in time
suganutz911 folds.
john_cormier is all-In.
ben_w_2004 shows [ 8s, 6s ]a flush, Eight high.
john_cormier shows [ 4s, Js ]a flush, Jack high.
ben_w_2004 wins $29.75 USD from the side pot 1 with a flush, Eight high.
john_cormier wins $46.55 USD from the main pot with a flush, Jack high.
#Game No : 7160101048
Thanks for that river Party, I was happy with the 2 pair though...
Here's the graph:
In other news I finally got round to playing another round of golf today for the first time since early April. Played a new course down near Folkestone at Etchinghill and it was a pretty nice, well-maintained course, would definitely visit again. I shot a 92 which I was more than happy with having not played for so long and was good preparation for La Manga next week. Dad managed to break a record...his highest ever round...by shooting 135, the most impressive holes were probably the 14 and 15...yes those are the scores not the holes! Some of the shots reminded me of N-Dog in his prime shanking days...
The first hand is the main exception to the rule however:
***** Hand History for Game 7160028517 *****
$50 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, June 21, 18:01:25 ET 2008
Table Table 163103 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 2: nancyboy88 ( $59.23 USD )
Seat 5: ruin_me ( $67.36 USD )
Seat 4: ben_w_2004 ( $50 USD )
Seat 6: SethGecko82 ( $50 USD )
Seat 1: Lines13 ( $37.04 USD )
Seat 3: klater ( $49.25 USD )
ben_w_2004 posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
ruin_me posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to ben_w_2004 [ 3d 3c ]
SethGecko82 folds.
>You have options at Table 163719 Table!.
Lines13 calls [$0.50 USD]
nancyboy88 raises [$2.50 USD]
klater calls [$2.50 USD]
ben_w_2004 calls [$2.25 USD]
>You have options at Table 163719 Table!.
ruin_me folds.
Lines13 folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 3h, 6d, 9s ]
ben_w_2004 checks.
nancyboy88 bets [$6 USD]
klater raises [$13 USD]
ben_w_2004 calls [$13 USD]
nancyboy88 is all-In.
klater folds.
ben_w_2004 is all-In.
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ah ]
** Dealing River ** [ 8d ]
ben_w_2004 shows [ 3d, 3c ]three of a kind, Threes.
nancyboy88 shows [ 9h, 9d ]three of a kind, Nines.
nancyboy88 wins $9.23 USD from the side pot 1 with three of a kind, Nines.
nancyboy88 wins $113.50 USD from the main pot with three of a kind, Nines.
There's no way I'm getting away from this for 100 big blinds and the set over set set-up was just typical of the whole night.
Next was the first of the river miracles:
***** Hand History for Game 7160022867 *****
$50 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, June 21, 17:59:10 ET 2008
Table Table 163103 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 2: nancyboy88 ( $59.98 USD )
Seat 5: ruin_me ( $65.11 USD )
Seat 4: ben_w_2004 ( $50 USD )
Seat 6: SethGecko82 ( $47 USD )
Seat 1: Lines13 ( $19.50 USD )
Seat 3: klater ( $50 USD )
SethGecko82 posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
Lines13 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to ben_w_2004 [ Kh Th ]
nancyboy88 folds.
ben_w_2004 raises [$2 USD]
ruin_me folds.
SethGecko82 folds.
Lines13 calls [$1.50 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 5c, Js, Ks ]
Lines13 checks.
>You have options at Table 163719 Table!.
ben_w_2004 bets [$3 USD]
Lines13 calls [$3 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 4c ]
Lines13 bets [$2.50 USD]
ben_w_2004 raises [$14.50 USD]
>You have options at Table 163719 Table!.
Lines13 is all-In.
** Dealing River ** [ Tc ]
ben_w_2004 shows [ Kh, Th ]two pairs, Kings and Tens.
Lines13 shows [ 3c, Kc ]a flush, King high.
Lines13 wins $37.29 USD from the main pot with a flush, King high.
#Game No : 7160025811
To be fair he did have the flush draw and a few 3's to draw to so this wasn't the worst of the night.
This was probably the most annoying hand of the day:
***** Hand History for Game 7160090754 *****
$50 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, June 21, 18:24:39 ET 2008
Table Table 163718 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 2: pacuma ( $101.75 USD )
Seat 3: kaiserzose ( $35.93 USD )
Seat 6: hubdiflagner ( $51.88 USD )
Seat 5: ben_w_2004 ( $74.40 USD )
Seat 4: simaoclone ( $25.54 USD )
Seat 1: Youse11111 ( $50 USD )
Youse11111 posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
pacuma posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to ben_w_2004 [ Kd Th ]
kaiserzose raises [$1 USD]
simaoclone folds.
ben_w_2004 calls [$1 USD]
hubdiflagner folds.
Youse11111 folds.
pacuma calls [$0.50 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Ks, 5h, Tc ]
pacuma checks.
kaiserzose bets [$2 USD]
ben_w_2004 raises [$6 USD]
pacuma folds.
kaiserzose calls [$4 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Kc ]
kaiserzose bets [$6 USD]
ben_w_2004 calls [$6 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ Ah ]
kaiserzose bets [$0.50 USD]
ben_w_2004 raises [$12 USD]
kaiserzose is all-In.
ben_w_2004 calls [$10.93 USD]
ben_w_2004 shows [ Kd, Th ]a full house, Kings full of Tens.
kaiserzose shows [ Ad, Kh ]a full house, Kings full of Aces.
kaiserzose wins $70.11 USD from the main pot with a full house, Kings full of Aces.
#Game No : 7160094798
Obviously any other card and I get his whole stack. He was a bad player this guy and I happened to be sitting next to him on another table when this happened:
***** Hand History for Game 7160030802 *****
$50 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, June 21, 18:02:21 ET 2008
Table Table 163719 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 2: Amela21 ( $20.60 USD )
Seat 3: Gamlet66 ( $27.05 USD )
Seat 4: hubdiflagner ( $50.50 USD )
Seat 6: kaiserzose ( $24.07 USD )
Seat 1: ben_w_2004 ( $50 USD )
Seat 5: Da__Banker ( $42.38 USD )
ben_w_2004 posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
Amela21 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to ben_w_2004 [ Ad As ]
Gamlet66 folds.
hubdiflagner folds.
Da__Banker folds.
kaiserzose raises [$1 USD]
ben_w_2004 raises [$3.75 USD]
Amela21 folds.
kaiserzose calls [$3 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8c, 2s, Jh ]
ben_w_2004 checks.
kaiserzose bets [$5 USD]
ben_w_2004 calls [$5 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Th ]
ben_w_2004 checks.
kaiserzose is all-In.
ben_w_2004 calls [$15.07 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ Qc ]
ben_w_2004 shows [ Ad, As ]a pair of Aces.
kaiserzose shows [ 8s, Qs ]two pairs, Queens and Eights.
kaiserzose wins $46.21 USD from the main pot with two pairs, Queens and Eights.
>You have options at Table 163764 Table!.
#Game No : 7160033037
Boom...on the river again. So that's about $150 worth of pots I've been sucked out on and another $50 lost to a set up and I would say I've played great poker tonight and generally made the right decisions, just disappointing that it doesn't reflect in profit.
Just had this little gem as well:
***** Hand History for Game 7160098126 *****
$50 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Saturday, June 21, 18:27:16 ET 2008
Table Speed #1416553 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: Banu48 ( $43.16 USD )
Seat 2: suganutz911 ( $19.58 USD )
Seat 3: john_cormier ( $20.25 USD )
Seat 4: fullCastle ( $22.16 USD )
Seat 5: gorrie_1 ( $19.59 USD )
Seat 6: ben_w_2004 ( $50 USD )
gorrie_1 posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
ben_w_2004 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to ben_w_2004 [ 8s 6s ]
Banu48 folds.
suganutz911 calls [$0.50 USD]
john_cormier calls [$0.50 USD]
fullCastle folds.
gorrie_1 calls [$0.25 USD]
ben_w_2004 checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 3s, 6d, 2s ]
gorrie_1 checks.
ben_w_2004 bets [$1.50 USD]
suganutz911 calls [$1.50 USD]
john_cormier calls [$1.50 USD]
gorrie_1 folds.
** Dealing Turn ** [ 8c ]
ben_w_2004 bets [$6 USD]
suganutz911 calls [$6 USD]
john_cormier calls [$6 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ 7s ]
ben_w_2004 is all-In.
suganutz911 did not respond in time
suganutz911 folds.
john_cormier is all-In.
ben_w_2004 shows [ 8s, 6s ]a flush, Eight high.
john_cormier shows [ 4s, Js ]a flush, Jack high.
ben_w_2004 wins $29.75 USD from the side pot 1 with a flush, Eight high.
john_cormier wins $46.55 USD from the main pot with a flush, Jack high.
#Game No : 7160101048
Thanks for that river Party, I was happy with the 2 pair though...
Here's the graph:
In other news I finally got round to playing another round of golf today for the first time since early April. Played a new course down near Folkestone at Etchinghill and it was a pretty nice, well-maintained course, would definitely visit again. I shot a 92 which I was more than happy with having not played for so long and was good preparation for La Manga next week. Dad managed to break a record...his highest ever round...by shooting 135, the most impressive holes were probably the 14 and 15...yes those are the scores not the holes! Some of the shots reminded me of N-Dog in his prime shanking days...
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Grinding away
The last few sessions I have played have been fairly encouraging. Moving on from the last post I've ground out a small profit in a couple of hour-or-so sessions.
In other gambling news I used my £50 free bet on Betfred to back Tiger Woods in the US Open on Saturday at 9/4. 2 days later and I was happy with my £112.50 return after 19 play-off holes!
Had a few quid on Royal Ascot as well. Ended up -£5 on Tuesday and -£1 today. I'll be happy with -£30 for the whole meet considering that there are 5 days to get through, seems to be more about minimizing losses than making a profit for me!
I've also done pretty well with my Euro 2008 bets so far. Had £10 on Portugal at the start of the tournament at 8/1 and laid that at 5/1 after their first two matches so basically sand to win £30 if they win with no risk. Also laid Germany at the start of the tournament for £10 at 4/1 then bet on them at 6/1 after they lost to Croatia so I again have no risk. I also had a £5 bet on Russia at 33/1 before the tourney started and having now qualified for the Quarters they've come in to 14/1 so I'll be laying them off tomorrow as they have the Dutch in the next round.
Of course, in line with my recent posts, this post wouldn't be complete with out the latest graph. Back over the $100 profit mark. Should be over $400 but for the blow-up...
In other gambling news I used my £50 free bet on Betfred to back Tiger Woods in the US Open on Saturday at 9/4. 2 days later and I was happy with my £112.50 return after 19 play-off holes!
Had a few quid on Royal Ascot as well. Ended up -£5 on Tuesday and -£1 today. I'll be happy with -£30 for the whole meet considering that there are 5 days to get through, seems to be more about minimizing losses than making a profit for me!
I've also done pretty well with my Euro 2008 bets so far. Had £10 on Portugal at the start of the tournament at 8/1 and laid that at 5/1 after their first two matches so basically sand to win £30 if they win with no risk. Also laid Germany at the start of the tournament for £10 at 4/1 then bet on them at 6/1 after they lost to Croatia so I again have no risk. I also had a £5 bet on Russia at 33/1 before the tourney started and having now qualified for the Quarters they've come in to 14/1 so I'll be laying them off tomorrow as they have the Dutch in the next round.
Of course, in line with my recent posts, this post wouldn't be complete with out the latest graph. Back over the $100 profit mark. Should be over $400 but for the blow-up...
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Back in the black...
After my nightmare the other day I bravely went back to the tables today and ground out a $50 profit to push myself back above zero. Of course I have the graph to show you:
Nothing spectacular really. Just grinding away, had my usual dip when I started and thought my bad run may continue but managed to pull it together and make a few hands which was nice.
I'm currently watching the US Open, got a few quid on it as well, I've been betting and laying for the last couple of days and the upshot of it is that if Westwood wins I win £20 profit, Mediate wins I get £40 profit and I had a free £50 which I stuck on Woods yesterday at 9/4 when he was 5 shots behind the leader with 6 holes to play, when I got up this morning he was 8/15on and 1 shot in front! So was loving that, but wish I'd laid a bit of that bet because he's not looking too good today so far.
I'm also watching Ed "The Cannon" Roger (Wendyx25) in action in the $300k on Party, currently 50 left and he's got ~200k chips with the average about 150k. First prize is $60,000 so I am hoping and praying that he takes it down, will be so good for him and it's only a matter of time before he gets a big score like he might do tonight. Hopefully when he does he won't get too big headed and still play the 10p/20p home games...
Nothing spectacular really. Just grinding away, had my usual dip when I started and thought my bad run may continue but managed to pull it together and make a few hands which was nice.
I'm currently watching the US Open, got a few quid on it as well, I've been betting and laying for the last couple of days and the upshot of it is that if Westwood wins I win £20 profit, Mediate wins I get £40 profit and I had a free £50 which I stuck on Woods yesterday at 9/4 when he was 5 shots behind the leader with 6 holes to play, when I got up this morning he was 8/15on and 1 shot in front! So was loving that, but wish I'd laid a bit of that bet because he's not looking too good today so far.
I'm also watching Ed "The Cannon" Roger (Wendyx25) in action in the $300k on Party, currently 50 left and he's got ~200k chips with the average about 150k. First prize is $60,000 so I am hoping and praying that he takes it down, will be so good for him and it's only a matter of time before he gets a big score like he might do tonight. Hopefully when he does he won't get too big headed and still play the 10p/20p home games...
Friday, June 13, 2008
What the hell am I doing?
Just did something uncheeselike. Lost $320 in about 15 minutes playing $0.50/$1. Was up around $40 at one stage and was going to quit then but then this happened:
http://www.pokerhand.org/?2752036
So decided to carry on, then:
http://www.pokerhand.org/?2752048
Tilted so pushed a flush draw:
http://www.pokerhand.org/?2752061
And finally got stacked when I would usually have folded the flop with no problems at all:
http://www.pokerhand.org/?2752066
Obviously this had a catastrophic effect on the graph:
Oops...
http://www.pokerhand.org/?2752036
So decided to carry on, then:
http://www.pokerhand.org/?2752048
Tilted so pushed a flush draw:
http://www.pokerhand.org/?2752061
And finally got stacked when I would usually have folded the flop with no problems at all:
http://www.pokerhand.org/?2752066
Obviously this had a catastrophic effect on the graph:
Oops...
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
That's annoying...
My "new thing" when playing poker is to play like a tw*t for a while to build up a loose, rubbish image in the hope that my good hands get paid off. So it's very annoying when this happens:
***** Hand History for Game 7131835777 *****
$50 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, June 10, 16:40:50 ET 2008
Table Table 152116 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: PokerKater80 ( $84.73 USD )
Seat 4: chen1222 ( $17.38 USD )
Seat 5: marbar112 ( $26.43 USD )
Seat 6: David210982 ( $56 USD )
Seat 2: m_bertelsen ( $54.94 USD )
Seat 3: ben_w_2004 ( $51.81 USD )
chen1222 posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
marbar112 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to ben_w_2004 [ Ah Ad ]
David210982 raises [$2 USD]
PokerKater80 folds.
m_bertelsen folds.
ben_w_2004 raises [$7 USD]
chen1222 is all-In. ($17!)
marbar112 folds.
David210982 is all-In. ($56!!!)
ben_w_2004 is all-In.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7h, Jd, 9d ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 3c ]
** Dealing River ** [ 8h ]
ben_w_2004 shows [ Ah, Ad ]a pair of Aces.
chen1222 shows [ 7d, 7c ]three of a kind, Sevens.
David210982 shows [ Js, Jc ]three of a kind, Jacks.
David210982 wins $4.19 USD from the side pot 2 with three of a kind, Jacks.
David210982 wins $68.49 USD from the side pot 1 with three of a kind, Jacks.
David210982 wins $50.01 USD from the main pot with three of a kind, Jacks.
Obviously this is what I want, someone to put in just over 100 big blinds with Jacks pre-flop. What I don't then want to see is a Jack pop up on the flop. Note that I also would have lost to the short stack who managed to hit a set of 7's.
I know what you're all thinking..."what has this done to the graph Ben?" Well I'll show you:
This is the graph for the 4.5k hands I've played since May when I started "afresh". I think if I'd won that pot with aces I would have reached a new peak in the graph. Oh well there's always tomorrow...
I needed cheering up so I thought I'd check out Cashy's graph and boy did it make me chuckle. I've only got about 300 hands on him from a couple of recent cash sessions but you will probably notice a general trend...
So that just shows me, things could be worse...
***** Hand History for Game 7131835777 *****
$50 USD NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, June 10, 16:40:50 ET 2008
Table Table 152116 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: PokerKater80 ( $84.73 USD )
Seat 4: chen1222 ( $17.38 USD )
Seat 5: marbar112 ( $26.43 USD )
Seat 6: David210982 ( $56 USD )
Seat 2: m_bertelsen ( $54.94 USD )
Seat 3: ben_w_2004 ( $51.81 USD )
chen1222 posts small blind [$0.25 USD].
marbar112 posts big blind [$0.50 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to ben_w_2004 [ Ah Ad ]
David210982 raises [$2 USD]
PokerKater80 folds.
m_bertelsen folds.
ben_w_2004 raises [$7 USD]
chen1222 is all-In. ($17!)
marbar112 folds.
David210982 is all-In. ($56!!!)
ben_w_2004 is all-In.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7h, Jd, 9d ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 3c ]
** Dealing River ** [ 8h ]
ben_w_2004 shows [ Ah, Ad ]a pair of Aces.
chen1222 shows [ 7d, 7c ]three of a kind, Sevens.
David210982 shows [ Js, Jc ]three of a kind, Jacks.
David210982 wins $4.19 USD from the side pot 2 with three of a kind, Jacks.
David210982 wins $68.49 USD from the side pot 1 with three of a kind, Jacks.
David210982 wins $50.01 USD from the main pot with three of a kind, Jacks.
Obviously this is what I want, someone to put in just over 100 big blinds with Jacks pre-flop. What I don't then want to see is a Jack pop up on the flop. Note that I also would have lost to the short stack who managed to hit a set of 7's.
I know what you're all thinking..."what has this done to the graph Ben?" Well I'll show you:
This is the graph for the 4.5k hands I've played since May when I started "afresh". I think if I'd won that pot with aces I would have reached a new peak in the graph. Oh well there's always tomorrow...
I needed cheering up so I thought I'd check out Cashy's graph and boy did it make me chuckle. I've only got about 300 hands on him from a couple of recent cash sessions but you will probably notice a general trend...
So that just shows me, things could be worse...
Monday, May 26, 2008
3 Month Update
I literally have not played poker since the Reading Series of Poker back in February, until just recently.
Went up to London on Friday night for a cheeky 10p/20p cash game at Liam/Ed/Ant/Alpy's flat. Arrived and was straight into a game of snooker against the Cannon, easiest tenner I've ever made... to the cash game then and I bought in for £40, average stack was probably about £60 between the 6 of us. Not much to write home about cards wise for the night, we played for about 7 hours and in that time I saw AK once, Kings once, AQ a few times and that was pretty much it.
The AK hand I flat called an early raise atempting to mix things up. Unfortunately so did everyone else and we went to the flop 6-way! Flop comes a beautiful AAx and I check call a CashyP bet. Can't remember exactly what happened next but I think we got it all in on the turn with him pretty much sure he was behind, I think his words were "well if I'm beat, I'm beat" or something to that effect. I didn't win very many hands all night and stayed around the £70 mark for a long while before leaking money in the last couple of hours and ending up at about £50. Oh...almost forgot...I folded Kings pre-flop for the first time in my life. Standard. Of course Big Tone had aces for about the millionth time in the night, he's such a card rack.
Had a brief look at my pokertracker stats and managed to peel off a couple of graphs. The first is evidence of my lack of cash game prowess:
This is for about the last year I think as that is when I got pokertracker. So up about $150, would have been $200 if I hadnt just recieved a sick outdraw just now. Holding 22 on a 266A board I got it all in vs 69 on the turn, of course the 9 hit the river.
Here is my graph of Sit and Go's, I think just on Party and there's only 95 in the last year and I'm fairly certain I've played more than this considering I've played 20 in the last 2 days!
Big upswing near the end I cashed in 8 consecutive sng's, 3rd 3 times, 2nd 3 times and 1st twice, I ran like God in some of those. Big downswing at the end was last night where I cashed in just 1 out of 8 sng's, I ran like Cheese for them...
Went up to London on Friday night for a cheeky 10p/20p cash game at Liam/Ed/Ant/Alpy's flat. Arrived and was straight into a game of snooker against the Cannon, easiest tenner I've ever made... to the cash game then and I bought in for £40, average stack was probably about £60 between the 6 of us. Not much to write home about cards wise for the night, we played for about 7 hours and in that time I saw AK once, Kings once, AQ a few times and that was pretty much it.
The AK hand I flat called an early raise atempting to mix things up. Unfortunately so did everyone else and we went to the flop 6-way! Flop comes a beautiful AAx and I check call a CashyP bet. Can't remember exactly what happened next but I think we got it all in on the turn with him pretty much sure he was behind, I think his words were "well if I'm beat, I'm beat" or something to that effect. I didn't win very many hands all night and stayed around the £70 mark for a long while before leaking money in the last couple of hours and ending up at about £50. Oh...almost forgot...I folded Kings pre-flop for the first time in my life. Standard. Of course Big Tone had aces for about the millionth time in the night, he's such a card rack.
Had a brief look at my pokertracker stats and managed to peel off a couple of graphs. The first is evidence of my lack of cash game prowess:
This is for about the last year I think as that is when I got pokertracker. So up about $150, would have been $200 if I hadnt just recieved a sick outdraw just now. Holding 22 on a 266A board I got it all in vs 69 on the turn, of course the 9 hit the river.
Here is my graph of Sit and Go's, I think just on Party and there's only 95 in the last year and I'm fairly certain I've played more than this considering I've played 20 in the last 2 days!
Big upswing near the end I cashed in 8 consecutive sng's, 3rd 3 times, 2nd 3 times and 1st twice, I ran like God in some of those. Big downswing at the end was last night where I cashed in just 1 out of 8 sng's, I ran like Cheese for them...
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