Going for IRON MAN status in Febs.

To be qualified for iron man you need to get 200 points per day for 25 consecutive days. Getting 200 points is easy as pie, but playing for 25 straight days is cumbersome for somebody like me who gets bored easily.

The people who accomplish the IRON MAN are rewarded with entry to a 30k freeroll. In December there were 475 FTP members to reach the Iron Man plateau.

fyf I'm going for it.

fun statistics, and big pots of the day

After playing for about 2 hours, I looked over some filters in HEM and then looked at some fun statistics.

Here's a couple:
Was dealt AA once every 464 hands.
Was dealt KK once every 175 hands.
Never once lost with KK.
The only pocket pairs I have lost money with are QQ and JJ.
The hand I have won the most with other than KK is 22.

On to the big winning pots which I was very lucky in.

Full Tilt Poker Game #10270589576: Table Alina (6 max) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:19:40 ET - 2009/01/26
Seat 1: Kheops69 ($59.85)
Seat 2: PaperEmpire ($207.50)
Seat 3: theyoda43 ($55.10)
Seat 4: bucknutz07 ($50)
Seat 5: Ralenator ($42.35)
Seat 6: SHIPPOPOTAMUS ($50)
theyoda43 posts the small blind of $0.25
bucknutz07 posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SHIPPOPOTAMUS [Ks Qs]
Ralenator has 15 seconds left to act
Ralenator folds
SHIPPOPOTAMUS raises to $1.75
Kheops69 folds
PaperEmpire calls $1.75
theyoda43 folds
bucknutz07 calls $1.25
*** FLOP *** [4s 3c 7s]
bucknutz07 checks
SHIPPOPOTAMUS bets $4
PaperEmpire raises to $9
bucknutz07 folds
SHIPPOPOTAMUS has 15 seconds left to act
SHIPPOPOTAMUS raises to $28
PaperEmpire raises to $205.75, and is all in
SHIPPOPOTAMUS calls $20.25, and is all in
PaperEmpire shows [6c 5c]
SHIPPOPOTAMUS shows [Ks Qs]
Uncalled bet of $157.50 returned to PaperEmpire
*** TURN *** [4s 3c 7s] [2d]
*** RIVER *** [4s 3c 7s 2d] [9s]
PaperEmpire shows a straight, Seven high
SHIPPOPOTAMUS shows a flush, King high
SHIPPOPOTAMUS wins the pot ($99) with a flush, King high

Full Tilt Poker Game #10271375117: Table Alina (6 max) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:04:07 ET - 2009/01/26
Seat 1: Kheops69 ($82.35)
Seat 2: PaperEmpire ($99)
Seat 3: FukStikk ($27.55)
Seat 4: VBTFOOY ($19.50)
Seat 5: mikej313 ($43.95)
Seat 6: SHIPPOPOTAMUS ($84.10)
mikej313 posts the small blind of $0.25
SHIPPOPOTAMUS posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SHIPPOPOTAMUS [Kd Kc]
Kheops69 has 15 seconds left to act
Kheops69 raises to $2
PaperEmpire folds
FukStikk folds
VBTFOOY folds
mikej313 calls $1.75
SHIPPOPOTAMUS raises to $8
Kheops69 has 15 seconds left to act
Kheops69 folds
mikej313 raises to $20
SHIPPOPOTAMUS raises to $84.10, and is all in
mikej313 calls $23.95, and is all in
SHIPPOPOTAMUS shows [Kd Kc]
mikej313 shows [Jh Tc]
Uncalled bet of $40.15 returned to SHIPPOPOTAMUS
*** FLOP *** [4d 2h 3d]
*** TURN *** [4d 2h 3d] [Td]
*** RIVER *** [4d 2h 3d Td] [Ac]
SHIPPOPOTAMUS shows a pair of Kings
mikej313 shows a pair of Tens
SHIPPOPOTAMUS wins the pot ($86.90) with a pair of Kings
mikej313 is sitting out

Full Tilt Poker Game #10270524462: Table Hargrove (6 max) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:15:59 ET - 2009/01/26
Seat 1: J0NB DUECES ($33.40)
Seat 2: B1chzFulOfdeucz ($63.75)
Seat 3: SHIPPOPOTAMUS ($60.20)
Seat 4: Mohomafama ($53.85)
Seat 5: Johnny Peso ($49.20)
Seat 6: scbearce ($46.25)
B1chzFulOfdeucz posts the small blind of $0.25
SHIPPOPOTAMUS posts the big blind of $0.50
5 seconds left to act
scbearce is sitting out
Time has expired
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SHIPPOPOTAMUS [Ah Ac]
Mohomafama folds
Johnny Peso folds
J0NB DUECES raises to $1.50
B1chzFulOfdeucz folds
SHIPPOPOTAMUS has 15 seconds left to act
SHIPPOPOTAMUS raises to $5.50
scbearce has returned
J0NB DUECES calls $4
*** FLOP *** [4s 9h 4h]
SHIPPOPOTAMUS bets $7.50
J0NB DUECES calls $7.50
*** TURN *** [4s 9h 4h] [5d]
Johnny Peso is sitting out
Johnny Peso stands up
SHIPPOPOTAMUS has 15 seconds left to act
SHIPPOPOTAMUS bets $10
J0NB DUECES raises to $20.40, and is all in
SHIPPOPOTAMUS calls $10.40
J0NB DUECES shows [Qc Qh]
SHIPPOPOTAMUS shows [Ah Ac]
*** RIVER *** [4s 9h 4h 5d] [Td]
J0NB DUECES shows two pair, Queens and Fours
SHIPPOPOTAMUS shows two pair, Aces and Fours
SHIPPOPOTAMUS wins the pot ($64.05) with two pair, Aces and Fours
QnZAce88 sits down
J0NB DUECES is sitting out

Full Tilt Poker Game #10271189468: Table Mark (deep 6) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:53:39 ET - 2009/01/26
Seat 1: CashboyII ($159.85)
Seat 2: SHIPPOPOTAMUS ($51.05)
Seat 3: Spyrokete ($26.40)
Seat 4: meg0504 ($51.35)
Seat 5: sthsox ($113.45)
Seat 6: BallinBT77 ($62.65)
sthsox posts the small blind of $0.25
BallinBT77 posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SHIPPOPOTAMUS [Ah Kd]
CashboyII folds
SHIPPOPOTAMUS raises to $1.75
Spyrokete raises to $6
meg0504 folds
sthsox folds
BallinBT77 folds
SHIPPOPOTAMUS raises to $51.05, and is all in
Spyrokete calls $20.40, and is all in
SHIPPOPOTAMUS shows [Ah Kd]
Spyrokete shows [Qs Qd]
Uncalled bet of $24.65 returned to SHIPPOPOTAMUS
*** FLOP *** [7s 8h 9d]
*** TURN *** [7s 8h 9d] [As]
*** RIVER *** [7s 8h 9d As] [Ks]
SHIPPOPOTAMUS shows two pair, Aces and Kings
Spyrokete shows a pair of Queens
SHIPPOPOTAMUS wins the pot ($50.90) with two pair, Aces and Kings
Spyrokete is sitting out

Full Tilt Poker Game #10271458825: Table Europa (6 max) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:08:49 ET - 2009/01/26
Seat 1: sassoneinc ($48)
Seat 2: JessyJames11 ($13.65)
Seat 3: cygnus_rn ($57.35)
Seat 4: 7M3 ($50.20)
Seat 5: SURERTOM ($20)
Seat 6: SHIPPOPOTAMUS ($69.65)
JessyJames11 posts the small blind of $0.25
cygnus_rn posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SHIPPOPOTAMUS [As 7d]
7M3 folds
SHIPPOPOTAMUS raises to $1.75
sassoneinc calls $1.75
JessyJames11 has 15 seconds left to act
JessyJames11 folds
cygnus_rn folds
*** FLOP *** [5d Jd Ac]
SHIPPOPOTAMUS has 15 seconds left to act
SHIPPOPOTAMUS bets $3
sassoneinc calls $3
*** TURN *** [5d Jd Ac] [5s]
SHIPPOPOTAMUS checks
sassoneinc bets $7
SHIPPOPOTAMUS calls $7
*** RIVER *** [5d Jd Ac 5s] [Qh]
SHIPPOPOTAMUS checks
sassoneinc bets $14
SHIPPOPOTAMUS calls $14
*** SHOW DOWN ***
sassoneinc shows [Tc Qd] two pair, Queens and Fives
SHIPPOPOTAMUS shows [As 7d] two pair, Aces and Fives
SHIPPOPOTAMUS wins the pot ($49.65) with two pair, Aces and Fives

And now onto the biggest losers, the first one is embarrassing. :O

Full Tilt Poker Game #10270554377: Table Europa (6 max) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:17:40 ET - 2009/01/26
Seat 1: vivir el sueno ($52.25)
Seat 2: porkfriedroger ($35.65)
Seat 3: davechocho ($48.25)
Seat 4: 7M3 ($50)
Seat 5: CvdZ76 ($73.25)
Seat 6: SHIPPOPOTAMUS ($48.25)
davechocho posts the small blind of $0.25
7M3 posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SHIPPOPOTAMUS [6s 6h]
CvdZ76 folds
SHIPPOPOTAMUS raises to $1.75
vivir el sueno folds
porkfriedroger folds
CvdZ76 is feeling happy
davechocho calls $1.50
7M3 folds
*** FLOP *** [5h 3c 3d]
davechocho checks
SHIPPOPOTAMUS bets $3
davechocho calls $3
*** TURN *** [5h 3c 3d] [8d]
davechocho checks
SHIPPOPOTAMUS bets $6
davechocho raises to $15
SHIPPOPOTAMUS has 15 seconds left to act
CvdZ76: '?
SHIPPOPOTAMUS has requested TIME
SHIPPOPOTAMUS raises to $43.50, and is all in
davechocho calls $28.50, and is all in
SHIPPOPOTAMUS shows [6s 6h]
davechocho shows [9d 9c]
*** RIVER *** [5h 3c 3d 8d] [3s]
SHIPPOPOTAMUS shows a full house, Threes full of Sixes
davechocho shows a full house, Threes full of Nines
davechocho wins the pot ($94) with a full house, Threes full of Nines
SHIPPOPOTAMUS is sitting out

Full Tilt Poker Game #10270161927: Table Ormsby (6 max) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 19:55:04 ET - 2009/01/26
Seat 1: ChkPointCharlie ($66.05)
Seat 2: pzoxic ($55.25)
Seat 3: Nazguld ($191.40)
Seat 4: Juma1987 ($50)
Seat 5: mmmpotbrownies ($50)
Seat 6: SHIPPOPOTAMUS ($55.40)
SHIPPOPOTAMUS posts the small blind of $0.25
ChkPointCharlie posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SHIPPOPOTAMUS [Ts Tc]
pzoxic folds
Nazguld folds
Juma1987 folds
mmmpotbrownies raises to $1.75
SHIPPOPOTAMUS has 15 seconds left to act
SHIPPOPOTAMUS raises to $6
ChkPointCharlie calls $5.50
mmmpotbrownies adds $1.75
mmmpotbrownies folds
*** FLOP *** [Ks Ah 6s]
SHIPPOPOTAMUS checks
ChkPointCharlie checks
*** TURN *** [Ks Ah 6s] [Js]
SHIPPOPOTAMUS checks
ChkPointCharlie bets $9
SHIPPOPOTAMUS has 15 seconds left to act
SHIPPOPOTAMUS calls $9
*** RIVER *** [Ks Ah 6s Js] [8h]
SHIPPOPOTAMUS checks
ChkPointCharlie bets $16.50
SHIPPOPOTAMUS has 15 seconds left to act
SHIPPOPOTAMUS has requested TIME
SHIPPOPOTAMUS folds
Uncalled bet of $16.50 returned to ChkPointCharlie
ChkPointCharlie mucks
ChkPointCharlie wins the pot ($30.20)

Full Tilt Poker Game #10270830495: Table Mayfair (6 max) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:33:22 ET - 2009/01/26
Seat 1: Nocontrl9 ($42.45)
Seat 2: mcmarky ($50)
Seat 3: WalkingOnWater5 ($52.25)
Seat 4: Bobiedobie ($29.05)
Seat 5: SHIPPOPOTAMUS ($58.90)
Seat 6: borjanych ($50)
Bobiedobie posts the small blind of $0.25
SHIPPOPOTAMUS posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SHIPPOPOTAMUS [8d 5d]
borjanych has 15 seconds left to act
borjanych folds
Nocontrl9 folds
mcmarky folds
WalkingOnWater5 raises to $1.75
Bobiedobie folds
SHIPPOPOTAMUS raises to $6
WalkingOnWater5 calls $4.25
*** FLOP *** [As 4d Tc]
SHIPPOPOTAMUS has 15 seconds left to act
SHIPPOPOTAMUS bets $8.75
WalkingOnWater5 has 15 seconds left to act
WalkingOnWater5 raises to $17.50
SHIPPOPOTAMUS has 15 seconds left to act
SHIPPOPOTAMUS has requested TIME
SHIPPOPOTAMUS folds
Uncalled bet of $8.75 returned to WalkingOnWater5
WalkingOnWater5 mucks
WalkingOnWater5 wins the pot ($28.30)

Full Tilt Poker Game #10270800854: Table Hargrove (6 max) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:31:43 ET - 2009/01/26
Seat 1: J0NB DUECES ($40.20)
Seat 2: B1chzFulOfdeucz ($51.35)
Seat 3: SHIPPOPOTAMUS ($111)
Seat 4: Ben Haymaker ($50)
Seat 5: QnZAce88 ($55.55)
Seat 6: llaw99 ($50)
SHIPPOPOTAMUS posts the small blind of $0.25
Ben Haymaker posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SHIPPOPOTAMUS [Ad 5d]
QnZAce88 folds
llaw99 folds
J0NB DUECES folds
B1chzFulOfdeucz raises to $1.50
SHIPPOPOTAMUS raises to $5.50
Ben Haymaker adds $0.50
Ben Haymaker folds
B1chzFulOfdeucz calls $4
*** FLOP *** [9s 3h 4c]
SHIPPOPOTAMUS bets $7.20
B1chzFulOfdeucz raises to $21.50
SHIPPOPOTAMUS folds
Uncalled bet of $14.30 returned to B1chzFulOfdeucz
B1chzFulOfdeucz mucks
B1chzFulOfdeucz wins the pot ($24.65)

Full Tilt Poker Game #10270800854: Table Hargrove (6 max) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:31:43 ET - 2009/01/26
Seat 1: J0NB DUECES ($40.20)
Seat 2: B1chzFulOfdeucz ($51.35)
Seat 3: SHIPPOPOTAMUS ($111)
Seat 4: Ben Haymaker ($50)
Seat 5: QnZAce88 ($55.55)
Seat 6: llaw99 ($50)
SHIPPOPOTAMUS posts the small blind of $0.25
Ben Haymaker posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SHIPPOPOTAMUS [Ad 5d]
QnZAce88 folds
llaw99 folds
J0NB DUECES folds
B1chzFulOfdeucz raises to $1.50
SHIPPOPOTAMUS raises to $5.50
Ben Haymaker adds $0.50
Ben Haymaker folds
B1chzFulOfdeucz calls $4
*** FLOP *** [9s 3h 4c]
SHIPPOPOTAMUS bets $7.20
B1chzFulOfdeucz raises to $21.50
SHIPPOPOTAMUS folds
Uncalled bet of $14.30 returned to B1chzFulOfdeucz
B1chzFulOfdeucz mucks
B1chzFulOfdeucz wins the pot ($24.65)

yeouch. -150

Those 600 hands were a fucking bloodbath.

Every time I c-bet and had a hand they went away really fast, every time I c-bet with nothing I got raised really fast. Every pot where I flopped a big hand vs a bad player, they somehow managed to flop a bigger hand. Every time I rivered a straight vs a bad player, they managed to make sure it was in a pot where they rivered a flush.

Really awkward day so far.

Here's the biggest cooler:

Full Tilt Poker Game #10133418647: Table Joshua (6 max) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 14:31:03 ET - 2009/01/19
Seat 1: commonday ($50)
Seat 2: Mc Bien ($10)
Seat 3: SHIPPOPOTAMUS ($58.50)
Seat 4: ace9suit ($19.75)
Seat 5: ForTheLov3 ($92.25)
Seat 6: PokerVeteran81 ($132.95)
ace9suit posts the small blind of $0.25
ForTheLov3 posts the big blind of $0.50
Mc Bien posts $0.50
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SHIPPOPOTAMUS [Kc Ac]
PokerVeteran81 raises to $2
commonday folds
Mc Bien folds
SHIPPOPOTAMUS calls $2
ace9suit folds
ForTheLov3 folds
*** FLOP *** [Kh 7c 5c]
PokerVeteran81 bets $4
SHIPPOPOTAMUS raises to $8
PokerVeteran81 has 15 seconds left to act
PokerVeteran81 raises to $22
SHIPPOPOTAMUS raises to $56.50, and is all in
PokerVeteran81 calls $34.50
SHIPPOPOTAMUS shows [Kc Ac]
PokerVeteran81 shows [Kd Ks]
*** TURN *** [Kh 7c 5c] [Jh]
*** RIVER *** [Kh 7c 5c Jh] [3s]
SHIPPOPOTAMUS shows a pair of Kings
PokerVeteran81 shows three of a kind, Kings
PokerVeteran81 wins the pot ($115.25) with three of a kind, Kings
SHIPPOPOTAMUS is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $118.25 | Rake $3
Board: [Kh 7c 5c Jh 3s]
Seat 1: commonday didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: Mc Bien folded before the Flop
Seat 3: SHIPPOPOTAMUS (button) showed [Kc Ac] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 4: ace9suit (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: ForTheLov3 (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: PokerVeteran81 showed [Kd Ks] and won ($115.25) with three of a kind, Kings

CRACKIN' ACES

Full Tilt Poker Game #10083003869: Table Conway (6 max) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:53:10 ET - 2009/01/16
Seat 1: SHIPPOPOTAMUS ($132.30)
Seat 2: RodneyBR ($51.85)
Seat 3: airwalker43 ($74.70)
Seat 4: jocky_es ($52.95)
Seat 5: 888allin888 ($50)
Seat 6: WatchMeXplode ($124.30)
WatchMeXplode posts the small blind of $0.25
SHIPPOPOTAMUS posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SHIPPOPOTAMUS [Js Jd]
RodneyBR has 15 seconds left to act
RodneyBR folds
airwalker43 folds
jocky_es raises to $2
888allin888 folds
WatchMeXplode folds
SHIPPOPOTAMUS raises to $6.25
jocky_es calls $4.25
*** FLOP *** [7h 2c 9c]
SHIPPOPOTAMUS bets $9
jocky_es has 15 seconds left to act
jocky_es calls $9
*** TURN *** [7h 2c 9c] [2h]
SHIPPOPOTAMUS bets $117.05, and is all in
jocky_es calls $37.70, and is all in
SHIPPOPOTAMUS shows [Js Jd]
jocky_es shows [Ad Ac]
Uncalled bet of $79.35 returned to SHIPPOPOTAMUS
*** RIVER *** [7h 2c 9c 2h] [Jh]
SHIPPOPOTAMUS shows a full house, Jacks full of Twos
jocky_es shows two pair, Aces and Twos
SHIPPOPOTAMUS wins the pot ($103.15) with a full house, Jacks full of Twos
jocky_es adds $10
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $106.15 | Rake $3
Board: [7h 2c 9c 2h Jh]
Seat 1: SHIPPOPOTAMUS (big blind) showed [Js Jd] and won ($103.15) with a full house, Jacks full of Twos
Seat 2: RodneyBR didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: airwalker43 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: jocky_es showed [Ad Ac] and lost with two pair, Aces and Twos
Seat 5: 888allin888 (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: WatchMeXplode (small blind) folded before the Flop

Full Tilt Poker Game #10083161897: Table Conway (6 max) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:02:53 ET - 2009/01/16
Seat 1: SHIPPOPOTAMUS ($171.25)
Seat 2: RodneyBR ($51.10)
Seat 3: ComfyPants ($50)
Seat 4: jocky_es ($36.90)
Seat 5: DisciplineKelly ($82.35)
Seat 6: WatchMeXplode ($129.05)
DisciplineKelly posts the small blind of $0.25
WatchMeXplode posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SHIPPOPOTAMUS [4s 4c]
SHIPPOPOTAMUS raises to $1.75
RodneyBR folds
ComfyPants folds
jocky_es folds
DisciplineKelly folds
WatchMeXplode raises to $5.50
SHIPPOPOTAMUS calls $3.75
*** FLOP *** [Kh 5h 4h]
WatchMeXplode bets $4
SHIPPOPOTAMUS calls $4
*** TURN *** [Kh 5h 4h] [Kd]
WatchMeXplode checks
SHIPPOPOTAMUS checks
*** RIVER *** [Kh 5h 4h Kd] [2h]
WatchMeXplode has 15 seconds left to act
WatchMeXplode bets $10
SHIPPOPOTAMUS raises to $30
WatchMeXplode calls $20
*** SHOW DOWN ***
SHIPPOPOTAMUS shows [4s 4c] a full house, Fours full of Kings
WatchMeXplode mucks
SHIPPOPOTAMUS wins the pot ($76.25) with a full house, Fours full of Kings
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $79.25 | Rake $3
Board: [Kh 5h 4h Kd 2h]
Seat 1: SHIPPOPOTAMUS showed [4s 4c] and won ($76.25) with a full house, Fours full of Kings
Seat 2: RodneyBR didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: ComfyPants didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: jocky_es (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: DisciplineKelly (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: WatchMeXplode (big blind) mucked [As Ah] - a flush, Ace high

A deep stack bluff gone horrible...

Full Tilt Poker Game #10081705412: Table Vern (deep 6) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:33:59 ET - 2009/01/16
Seat 1: StvnSD ($111)
Seat 2: nobackburner ($14.90)
Seat 3: ryanaw ($90)
Seat 4: dieu_alex2009 ($20.50)
Seat 5: SHIPPOPOTAMUS ($69.45)
Seat 6: sosoon88 ($43.45)
SHIPPOPOTAMUS posts the small blind of $0.25
sosoon88 posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SHIPPOPOTAMUS [5d 7d]
StvnSD folds
nobackburner calls $0.50
ryanaw raises to $2.25
dieu_alex2009 folds
SHIPPOPOTAMUS calls $2
sosoon88 folds
nobackburner calls $1.75
*** FLOP *** [8d 4h Ah]
SHIPPOPOTAMUS checks
nobackburner checks
ryanaw bets $4
SHIPPOPOTAMUS calls $4
nobackburner folds
*** TURN *** [8d 4h Ah] [5h]
SHIPPOPOTAMUS checks
ryanaw has 15 seconds left to act
ryanaw bets $7
SHIPPOPOTAMUS raises to $19
nobackburner adds $7
ryanaw has 15 seconds left to act
ryanaw calls $12
*** RIVER *** [8d 4h Ah 5h] [9d]
SHIPPOPOTAMUS has 15 seconds left to act
SHIPPOPOTAMUS bets $32
ryanaw raises to $64.75, and is all in
SHIPPOPOTAMUS folds
Uncalled bet of $32.75 returned to ryanaw
ryanaw mucks
ryanaw wins the pot ($114.25)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $117.25 | Rake $3
Board: [8d 4h Ah 5h 9d]
Seat 1: StvnSD didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: nobackburner folded on the Flop
Seat 3: ryanaw collected ($114.25), mucked
Seat 4: dieu_alex2009 (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: SHIPPOPOTAMUS (small blind) folded on the River
Seat 6: sosoon88 (big blind) folded before the Flop

My cash game play was really weak today for some reason and I'm super lucky to have come out in the green. I also did a set of 6 SnGs, 2 Firsts, 1 second, 1 third, 2 bubbles. Here's one of the bubbles:

Full Tilt Poker Game #10076648149: $10 + $1 Sit & Go (76476576), Table 1 - 100/200 - No Limit Hold'em - 15:31:12 ET - 2009/01/16
Seat 1: SHIPPOPOTAMUS (2,884)
Seat 3: Nez69 (2,609)
Seat 6: clint_73 (3,862)
Seat 8: Neil Diamond81 (4,145)
clint_73 posts the small blind of 100
Neil Diamond81 posts the big blind of 200
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SHIPPOPOTAMUS [Ac Ad]
SHIPPOPOTAMUS raises to 500
Nez69 folds
clint_73 calls 400
Neil Diamond81 folds
*** FLOP *** [Kh 7h Tc]
clint_73 checks
SHIPPOPOTAMUS bets 2,384, and is all in
clint_73 calls 2,384
SHIPPOPOTAMUS shows [Ac Ad]
clint_73 shows [7s 7c]
*** TURN *** [Kh 7h Tc] [6d]
*** RIVER *** [Kh 7h Tc 6d] [4s]
SHIPPOPOTAMUS shows a pair of Aces
clint_73 shows three of a kind, Sevens
clint_73 wins the pot (5,968) with three of a kind, Sevens
SHIPPOPOTAMUS stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5,968 | Rake 0
Board: [Kh 7h Tc 6d 4s]
Seat 1: SHIPPOPOTAMUS showed [Ac Ad] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 3: Nez69 (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: clint_73 (small blind) showed [7s 7c] and won (5,968) with three of a kind, Sevens
Seat 8: Neil Diamond81 (big blind) folded before the Flop

This particular player would have paid off with any K, any T, maybe with a 7, and would have checked shoved me in with QJ or two hearts. I wanted to secure the pot now vs the draws while letting him pay off with pairs...

New monitor

It's all like KAKOWWWW. It's way bigger than I ever expected. One problem however is that my laptop display settings cannot go as high as the best quality for the monitor.

Not a big deal, I have never played more than 4 tables at once on my laptop with overlap, so I need to get adjusted to playing two more tables at a time anyways and then I hope I need to adjust to 6 tables, and if all goes well I'll buy a desktop next month. To the tables we goooo.

Word of the day: Unsick

Full Tilt Poker Game #10044362255: Table Breeze (6 max) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:15:47 ET - 2009/01/14
Seat 1: Fissy12345 ($45.15)
Seat 2: SHIPPOPOTAMUS ($59.35)
Seat 3: flolikemike ($32.15)
Seat 4: JuriVranjes ($50.35)
Seat 5: MWalsh86 ($25.10)
Seat 6: BBBill_92679 ($51.40)
flolikemike posts the small blind of $0.25
JuriVranjes posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SHIPPOPOTAMUS [7c Kc]
MWalsh86 calls $0.50
BBBill_92679 folds
Fissy12345 calls $0.50
SHIPPOPOTAMUS calls $0.50
flolikemike folds
JuriVranjes checks
*** FLOP *** [3c Jh Ks]
JuriVranjes checks
MWalsh86 bets $1.50
Fissy12345 calls $1.50
SHIPPOPOTAMUS calls $1.50
JuriVranjes adds $0.15
JuriVranjes folds
*** TURN *** [3c Jh Ks] [7h]
MWalsh86 bets $4
Fissy12345 folds
SHIPPOPOTAMUS raises to $57.35, and is all in
MWalsh86 calls $19.10, and is all in
SHIPPOPOTAMUS shows [7c Kc]
MWalsh86 shows [Ah Ac]
Uncalled bet of $34.25 returned to SHIPPOPOTAMUS
MWalsh86: sick
*** RIVER *** [3c Jh Ks 7h] [3h]
SHIPPOPOTAMUS shows two pair, Kings and Sevens
MWalsh86 shows two pair, Aces and Threes
MWalsh86 wins the pot ($50.35) with two pair, Aces and Threes
MWalsh86: unsick
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $52.95 | Rake $2.60
Board: [3c Jh Ks 7h 3h]
Seat 1: Fissy12345 folded on the Turn
Seat 2: SHIPPOPOTAMUS (button) showed [7c Kc] and lost with two pair, Kings and Sevens
Seat 3: flolikemike (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: JuriVranjes (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 5: MWalsh86 showed [Ah Ac] and won ($50.35) with two pair, Aces and Threes
Seat 6: BBBill_92679 didn't bet (folded)

There you have it, calling the rest of your money off as a 3:1 dog and then hitting after you played your hand horribly is UNSICK. Somebody who feels the need to say that after a poker hand which they won is an obvious douchebag who spray paints into gym socks and then huffs it to get high because that's what you do when you play Aces terribly and have no friends. I wasn't really bothered by it because I was just trying to shut the hand down and thought the way he called so quickly he had KJ, but was surprised when he had only AA. But hey, I was was playing K7 with him in my crosshairs in the first place.

I made many horrible mistakes during the 800 hands I played after dinner, but still somehow made $20 during that span. The way I played this river is just disgusting and baffling.

Full Tilt Poker Game #10045379341: Table Chow (6 max) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:15:40 ET - 2009/01/14
Seat 1: TecmoSuperBowl ($102.35)
Seat 2: TomOnTilt ($50.95)
Seat 3: countgrrrrr ($124.30)
Seat 4: willymayshayes ($52.70)
Seat 5: SHIPPOPOTAMUS ($70.90)
Seat 6: vivir el sueno ($72)
TomOnTilt posts the small blind of $0.25
countgrrrrr posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SHIPPOPOTAMUS [Ac 9c]
willymayshayes folds
SHIPPOPOTAMUS raises to $1.75
vivir el sueno calls $1.75
TecmoSuperBowl folds
TomOnTilt calls $1.50
countgrrrrr folds
*** FLOP *** [9d 6d 8h]
TomOnTilt checks
SHIPPOPOTAMUS bets $4
vivir el sueno calls $4
TomOnTilt calls $4
*** TURN *** [9d 6d 8h] [Ah]
TomOnTilt checks
SHIPPOPOTAMUS bets $13
vivir el sueno calls $13
TomOnTilt folds
*** RIVER *** [9d 6d 8h Ah] [5d]
SHIPPOPOTAMUS has 15 seconds left to act
SHIPPOPOTAMUS bets $10
vivir el sueno raises to $26.50
SHIPPOPOTAMUS calls $16.50
*** SHOW DOWN ***
vivir el sueno shows [9h 7h] a straight, Nine high
SHIPPOPOTAMUS mucks
vivir el sueno wins the pot ($93.75) with a straight, Nine high
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $96.75 | Rake $3
Board: [9d 6d 8h Ah 5d]
Seat 1: TecmoSuperBowl (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: TomOnTilt (small blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 3: countgrrrrr (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: willymayshayes didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: SHIPPOPOTAMUS mucked [Ac 9c] - two pair, Aces and Nines
Seat 6: vivir el sueno showed [9h 7h] and won ($93.75) with a straight, Nine high

Seriously Pete, seriously. The only reason I can think of why I bet, and then called a raise is that I was upset that the worst river card in the deck came when I had 2-pair vs the worst two players at the table.

Here's another one. This one is a little different because the villain is soooooo loose and passive preflop, and this is about the 5th continuation bet he raised from me. 3 in a row I'll believe, 4 I'm skeptical, 5 fuck your face.

Full Tilt Poker Game #10045011505: Table Breeze (6 max) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:54:16 ET - 2009/01/14
Seat 1: Fissy12345 ($46.30)
Seat 2: SHIPPOPOTAMUS ($66.40)
Seat 3: flolikemike ($28.65)
Seat 4: JuriVranjes ($50)
Seat 5: hurt71 ($18.20)
Seat 6: Nickw1979 ($54.60)
Fissy12345 posts the small blind of $0.25
SHIPPOPOTAMUS posts the big blind of $0.50
5 seconds left to act
hurt71 is sitting out
Time has expired
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SHIPPOPOTAMUS [Jd Jh]
flolikemike calls $0.50
JuriVranjes folds
Nickw1979 folds
Fissy12345 calls $0.25
SHIPPOPOTAMUS raises to $2.75
flolikemike calls $2.25
Fissy12345 folds
*** FLOP *** [4s Qs 6h]
SHIPPOPOTAMUS bets $4
flolikemike has 15 seconds left to act
flolikemike raises to $10
SHIPPOPOTAMUS raises to $63.65, and is all in
flolikemike calls $15.90, and is all in
SHIPPOPOTAMUS shows [Jd Jh]
flolikemike shows [Ac Qc]
Uncalled bet of $37.75 returned to SHIPPOPOTAMUS
*** TURN *** [4s Qs 6h] [3s]
*** RIVER *** [4s Qs 6h 3s] [Ad]
SHIPPOPOTAMUS shows a pair of Jacks
flolikemike shows two pair, Aces and Queens
flolikemike wins the pot ($54.95) with two pair, Aces and Queens
SHIPPOPOTAMUS adds $12.25
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $57.80 | Rake $2.85
Board: [4s Qs 6h 3s Ad]
Seat 1: Fissy12345 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 2: SHIPPOPOTAMUS (big blind) showed [Jd Jh] and lost with a pair of Jacks
Seat 3: flolikemike showed [Ac Qc] and won ($54.95) with two pair, Aces and Queens
Seat 4: JuriVranjes didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: hurt71 is sitting out
Seat 6: Nickw1979 (button) didn't bet (folded)

The players during the night were way looser, and way more aggressive than the guys during the day. I ran about 800 hands of about 30/24/3 during the day, and running 20/15/2 during this last session. The reason being I hate to build pots when people disregard pot size in the first place. They're equally willing to go broke with top pair in a $5 pot as they are in a $15 pot. The difference is that in small pots their bluffs are less threatening when you keep them honest, and their top pairs still lose their whole entire stacks because they don't know any better.

Anyways here's my big winners on the day:

Full Tilt Poker Game #10038291100: Table Lazarette (6 max) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 14:07:03 ET - 2009/01/14
Seat 1: Broxwalker ($50)
Seat 2: toto117 ($36.70), is sitting out
Seat 3: gamblestar77 ($14.55)
Seat 4: SQUARES ($88.75)
Seat 5: mattk20 ($51.10)
Seat 6: SHIPPOPOTAMUS ($55.70)
mattk20 posts the small blind of $0.25
SHIPPOPOTAMUS posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SHIPPOPOTAMUS [Jc 9c]
Broxwalker folds
gamblestar77 folds
SQUARES calls $0.50
mattk20 folds
SHIPPOPOTAMUS raises to $2
SQUARES calls $1.50
*** FLOP *** [Qc 4s Js]
SHIPPOPOTAMUS bets $2
SQUARES calls $2
gamblestar77 adds $5
*** TURN *** [Qc 4s Js] [5c]
SHIPPOPOTAMUS bets $5
SQUARES calls $5
*** RIVER *** [Qc 4s Js 5c] [8c]
SHIPPOPOTAMUS has 15 seconds left to act
SHIPPOPOTAMUS bets $13
toto117 stands up
SQUARES raises to $57.25
SHIPPOPOTAMUS calls $33.70, and is all in
Uncalled bet of $10.55 returned to SQUARES
*** SHOW DOWN ***
SQUARES shows [Ts 5s] a pair of Fives
SHIPPOPOTAMUS shows [Jc 9c] a flush, Queen high
SHIPPOPOTAMUS wins the pot ($108.65) with a flush, Queen high
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $111.65 | Rake $3
Board: [Qc 4s Js 5c 8c]
Seat 1: Broxwalker didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: toto117 is sitting out
Seat 3: gamblestar77 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: SQUARES (button) showed [Ts 5s] and lost with a pair of Fives
Seat 5: mattk20 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: SHIPPOPOTAMUS (big blind) showed [Jc 9c] and won ($108.65) with a flush, Queen highFull Tilt Poker Game #10045383492: Table Date (deep 6) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:15:54 ET - 2009/01/14
Seat 1: Vik Flash ($50)
Seat 2: SHIPPOPOTAMUS ($109.85)
Seat 3: bigroostah ($51.30)
Seat 4: chipstacker2005 ($94.35)
Seat 5: Top Marx ($14.95)
Seat 6: INo1989 ($54.70)

I <3 thin value vs donkeys. I know exactly how this next guy plays hands he thinks are really huge and this wasn't it.

chipstacker2005 posts the small blind of $0.25
Top Marx posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SHIPPOPOTAMUS [Ac Kh]
INo1989 has 15 seconds left to act
INo1989 raises to $2
Vik Flash folds
SHIPPOPOTAMUS raises to $6.75
bigroostah folds
chipstacker2005 folds
Top Marx folds
INo1989 raises to $14
SHIPPOPOTAMUS calls $7.25
*** FLOP *** [Td Js Ks]
INo1989 checks
SHIPPOPOTAMUS checks
*** TURN *** [Td Js Ks] [5c]
INo1989 bets $16
SHIPPOPOTAMUS has 15 seconds left to act
SHIPPOPOTAMUS raises to $95.85, and is all in
INo1989 calls $24.70, and is all in
SHIPPOPOTAMUS shows [Ac Kh]
INo1989 shows [Qs Qc]
Uncalled bet of $55.15 returned to SHIPPOPOTAMUS
*** RIVER *** [Td Js Ks 5c] [8h]
SHIPPOPOTAMUS shows a pair of Kings
INo1989 shows a pair of Queens
SHIPPOPOTAMUS wins the pot ($107.15) with a pair of Kings
INo1989 is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $110.15 | Rake $3
Board: [Td Js Ks 5c 8h]
Seat 1: Vik Flash didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: SHIPPOPOTAMUS showed [Ac Kh] and won ($107.15) with a pair of Kings
Seat 3: bigroostah (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: chipstacker2005 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: Top Marx (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: INo1989 showed [Qs Qc] and lost with a pair of Queens

Full Tilt Poker Game #10036724535: Table Busa (6 max) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 12:08:26 ET - 2009/01/14
Seat 1: Gauge ($48.80)
Seat 2: oVIRUSo ($59.70)
Seat 3: SHIPPOPOTAMUS ($50)
Seat 4: cuteannie ($35.50)
Seat 5: bocca78 ($61.80)
Seat 6: DirtyPrttyThing ($50.85)
DirtyPrttyThing posts the small blind of $0.25
Gauge posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SHIPPOPOTAMUS [7h 7d]
oVIRUSo folds
oVIRUSo stands up
SHIPPOPOTAMUS raises to $1.75
rectort sits down
cuteannie has 15 seconds left to act
rectort adds $35
cuteannie calls $1.75
bocca78 calls $1.75
DirtyPrttyThing calls $1.50
Gauge calls $1.25
*** FLOP *** [7s 5d 7c]
DirtyPrttyThing checks
Gauge checks
SHIPPOPOTAMUS checks
cuteannie has 15 seconds left to act
cuteannie checks
bocca78 checks
*** TURN *** [7s 5d 7c] [9h]
DirtyPrttyThing checks
Gauge checks
SHIPPOPOTAMUS bets $5
cuteannie folds
bocca78 folds
DirtyPrttyThing has 15 seconds left to act
DirtyPrttyThing raises to $13.25
Gauge folds
SHIPPOPOTAMUS has 15 seconds left to act
SHIPPOPOTAMUS has requested TIME
SHIPPOPOTAMUS calls $8.25
*** RIVER *** [7s 5d 7c 9h] [Ac]
DirtyPrttyThing bets $20
SHIPPOPOTAMUS raises to $35, and is all in
DirtyPrttyThing calls $15
*** SHOW DOWN ***
SHIPPOPOTAMUS shows [7h 7d] four of a kind, Sevens
DirtyPrttyThing mucks
SHIPPOPOTAMUS wins the pot ($102.25) with four of a kind, Sevens
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $105.25 | Rake $3
Board: [7s 5d 7c 9h Ac]
Seat 1: Gauge (big blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 2: oVIRUSo didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: SHIPPOPOTAMUS showed [7h 7d] and won ($102.25) with four of a kind, Sevens
Seat 4: cuteannie folded on the Turn
Seat 5: bocca78 (button) folded on the Turn
Seat 6: DirtyPrttyThing (small blind) mucked [9d 9s] - a full house, Nines full of Sevens

Full Tilt Poker Game #10045082128: Table Date (deep 6) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:58:22 ET - 2009/01/14
Seat 2: SHIPPOPOTAMUS ($51.50)
Seat 3: rails696 ($86.70)
Seat 4: scouby30 ($44.10)
Seat 5: oVIRUSo ($50.45)
Seat 6: INo1989 ($27.40)
INo1989 posts the small blind of $0.25
SHIPPOPOTAMUS posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SHIPPOPOTAMUS [Qc Qh]
rails696 calls $0.50
scouby30 has 15 seconds left to act
scouby30 calls $0.50
oVIRUSo folds
INo1989 calls $0.25
SHIPPOPOTAMUS raises to $3.50
rails696 calls $3
scouby30 calls $3
INo1989 has 15 seconds left to act
INo1989 calls $3
*** FLOP *** [Qd 8h Th]
INo1989 has 15 seconds left to act
INo1989 checks
SHIPPOPOTAMUS checks
rails696 bets $0.50
scouby30 raises to $6.50
INo1989 folds
SHIPPOPOTAMUS raises to $48, and is all in
rails696 folds
scouby30 calls $34.10, and is all in
SHIPPOPOTAMUS shows [Qc Qh]
scouby30 shows [Qs Ad]
Uncalled bet of $7.40 returned to SHIPPOPOTAMUS
*** TURN *** [Qd 8h Th] [3h]
*** RIVER *** [Qd 8h Th 3h] [6h]
SHIPPOPOTAMUS shows a flush, Queen high
scouby30 shows a pair of Queens
SHIPPOPOTAMUS wins the pot ($92.70) with a flush, Queen high
scouby30 is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $95.70 | Rake $3
Board: [Qd 8h Th 3h 6h]
Seat 2: SHIPPOPOTAMUS (big blind) showed [Qc Qh] and won ($92.70) with a flush, Queen high
Seat 3: rails696 folded on the Flop
Seat 4: scouby30 showed [Qs Ad] and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 5: oVIRUSo (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: INo1989 (small blind) folded on the Flop

Perfect execution of stacking a guy you don't 3bet without AA or KK. Hes thinking "oh but wouldn't shippopotamus re-raise with TT or JJ? I bet he's got AJ or one of the draws, I'll ship to him because I like his poker name". Thanks NickW1979, your poker name is awful, 1979 was the worst year ever and your family doesn't love you.

Full Tilt Poker Game #10045263989: Table Breeze (6 max) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:08:59 ET - 2009/01/14
Seat 1: pebblebeach1111 ($22)
Seat 2: SHIPPOPOTAMUS ($48.85)
Seat 3: James Crum ($50)
Seat 4: JuriVranjes ($59.35)
Seat 5: hurt71 ($18.65)
Seat 6: Nickw1979 ($50)
JuriVranjes posts the small blind of $0.25
hurt71 posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SHIPPOPOTAMUS [Tc Td]
Nickw1979 raises to $2
pebblebeach1111 folds
SHIPPOPOTAMUS calls $2
James Crum folds
JuriVranjes folds
hurt71 folds
*** FLOP *** [Th Jc 3h]
Nickw1979 bets $3
SHIPPOPOTAMUS raises to $9
Nickw1979 has 15 seconds left to act
Nickw1979 raises to $20
SHIPPOPOTAMUS raises to $46.85, and is all in
Nickw1979 calls $26.85
SHIPPOPOTAMUS shows [Tc Td]
Nickw1979 shows [Ks Kh]
*** TURN *** [Th Jc 3h] [5d]
*** RIVER *** [Th Jc 3h 5d] [9s]
SHIPPOPOTAMUS shows three of a kind, Tens
Nickw1979 shows a pair of Kings
SHIPPOPOTAMUS wins the pot ($95.45) with three of a kind, Tens
Nickw1979 adds $48.85
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $98.45 | Rake $3
Board: [Th Jc 3h 5d 9s]
Seat 1: pebblebeach1111 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: SHIPPOPOTAMUS showed [Tc Td] and won ($95.45) with three of a kind, Tens
Seat 3: James Crum (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: JuriVranjes (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: hurt71 (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: Nickw1979 showed [Ks Kh] and lost with a pair of Kings

mm good and bad.

So in my past 8 Sit and Goes that I've played I have cashed in all 8 of them, which is sweet. Unfortunately it's a bitter kind of sweet as I have gotten 1st place twice, and 2nd place six times. "O Y SO UNHAPPY PETE"?, it's because of how awful I have been running HU in anything lately, whether its been at the end of tournaments, end of SNGs, or HU SNGs. For example in the six 2nd place finishes I took, in 5 of them I had my opponents all in twice while I had the best hand and lost. I kind of feel sorry for the two guys I actually beat, losing to me HU means you're like a huge donkey or something. I cannot deny that I have won my fair share of coinflips en route to the HU battles, but it's so fucking ugly how I'm losing these HU matches.

Also a note on the players in the SnGs, I looked up a couple guys that seemed to be playing a good SnG strategy and were in multiple tourneys, and a couple of them had ROIs in the mid-teens and one guy notably had made over 8k in SnGs... And none of them had an answer for me. Maybe they were mass multitabling and had just no idea how bad I was abusing them.

I also had some good results at cash game tables before all of the tables I was at completely dried up at which point I moved onto the SnGs.

Going to take a break for a little while and play some more after whenever dinner is.

beat day

I played the two Sunday small stakes massive field tourneys. The 11 buyin 200k guaranteed on PokerStars and the 22 FTP 100k guaranteed. I went out right before the first break of the Stars tourney on this hand:

PokerStars Game #23804785199: Tournament #131675540, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2009/01/11 16:29:44 ET
Table '131675540 2359' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: PEDROOOOOOOO (4560 in chips)
Seat 2: Imalaydee (1750 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 3: Zen Monkey77 (1825 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 4: CHIN_TAOU (6640 in chips)
Seat 5: bigster785 (2180 in chips)
Seat 6: DonYoung (3555 in chips)
Seat 7: brauncos (2300 in chips)
Seat 8: DaBuzzzz (7930 in chips)
Seat 9: Tigerspaw1 (9600 in chips)
bigster785: posts small blind 100
DonYoung: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PEDROOOOOOOO [Kh 7h]
brauncos: folds
DaBuzzzz: folds
Tigerspaw1: folds
PEDROOOOOOOO: raises 400 to 600
Imalaydee: folds
Zen Monkey77: folds
CHIN_TAOU: calls 600
bigster785: folds
DonYoung: folds
*** FLOP *** [9s 7c Qs]
PEDROOOOOOOO: bets 650
CHIN_TAOU: calls 650
*** TURN *** [9s 7c Qs] [Ks]
PEDROOOOOOOO: bets 3310 and is all-in
CHIN_TAOU: calls 3310
*** RIVER *** [9s 7c Qs Ks] [3s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
PEDROOOOOOOO: shows [Kh 7h] (two pair, Kings and Sevens)
CHIN_TAOU: shows [As 9d] (a flush, Ace high)
CHIN_TAOU collected 9420 from pot

70% fav to win going from turn to river, but I couldn't side step the bad beat.

The FTP tournament ended in a hugely frustrating fashion right before the bubble. After running hot I had a 20k stack when I got moved to a new table. I stole a couple times but then the guys at the table ended up wising up. I three barreled about 1/3 of my stack away to big troutt earlier. He's a loose aggressive good player with good results according to OPR. Aceman is a loose aggressive awful playing luckbox from what I've seen so far. This was such a dream spot, a guy raising with a huge range, a guy calling raises with a huge range, and enough of a stack to push them out for 7500 more. T_goodwin in the BB has played 1 hand of 40 quickly puts the rest of his stack in and I know I'm crushed, a little bit of good news though Aceman calls and gives me an overlay, that was nice of him.

FullTiltPoker Game #9989019153: The $100K Double Deuce (73510655), Table 109 - 500/1000 Ante 125 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:02:54 ET - 2009/01/11
Seat 1: bigredcanplay (14,356)
Seat 2: krill dog (32,105)
Seat 3: 22Aceman22 (75,545)
Seat 4: SLOW_ROLLIN_24 (9,597)
Seat 5: SHIPPOPOTAMUS (10,970)
Seat 6: PokerMom1605 (21,636)
Seat 7: T_Goodwin (13,121)
Seat 8: Bowlerdog (21,049)
Seat 9: Big Troutt (27,937)
bigredcanplay antes 125
krill dog antes 125
22Aceman22 antes 125
SLOW_ROLLIN_24 antes 125
SHIPPOPOTAMUS antes 125
PokerMom1605 antes 125
T_Goodwin antes 125
Bowlerdog antes 125
Big Troutt antes 125
PokerMom1605 posts the small blind of 500
T_Goodwin posts the big blind of 1,000
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to SHIPPOPOTAMUS [As Jc]
Bowlerdog folds
Big Troutt raises to 2,500
bigredcanplay folds
krill dog folds
22Aceman22 calls 2,500
SLOW_ROLLIN_24 folds
SHIPPOPOTAMUS raises to 10,845, and is all in
PokerMom1605 folds
T_Goodwin raises to 12,996, and is all in
Big Troutt has 15 seconds left to act
Big Troutt folds
22Aceman22 calls 10,496
T_Goodwin shows [Ks Kd]
22Aceman22 shows [Ts Js]
SHIPPOPOTAMUS: christ. time to get kicked in the face by a flop.
SHIPPOPOTAMUS shows [As Jc]
SHIPPOPOTAMUS: A
SHIPPOPOTAMUS: is live
*** FLOP *** [4h 9d 2s]
SHIPPOPOTAMUS: A
*** TURN *** [4h 9d 2s] [Tc]
*** RIVER *** [4h 9d 2s Tc] [6s]
SHIPPOPOTAMUS: A
T_Goodwin shows a pair of Kings
22Aceman22 shows a pair of Tens
T_Goodwin wins the side pot (4,302) with a pair of Kings
SHIPPOPOTAMUS shows Ace Jack high
T_Goodwin wins the main pot (36,660) with a pair of Kings

And after playing for 3 hours, I go out in 1100th place, 20 spots away from the money.

I did play some cash games during the course of the tournaments, which didn't go well either. I flopped big twice on PokerStars and both times my opponent flopped bigger, one of which I should have folded.

-$33 in tourneys, -$90 cash games = -$120.

Killing shit tomorrow:)

I'm so lazy.

I've played about 1/4 of the minimum that I should be playing during the week. I'm excited about the 28" monitor that I ordered, and my poker goals for this week are:

Play 30 Sit and Goes
Play 10 Heads Up SnGs
Play 5,000 hands of NLHE cash games
Play 2,000 hands of PLO cash games
Play 1,000 hands of Limit Hold Em
Play 1,000 hands of Limit Omaha Hi/Lo
Play 1,000 hands of Stud Variation games
Read the new Collin Moshman book to its entirety.

Let's fuck shit up.

i'm a weak tight luck box

Regarding a 6max PLO hand, I had 8877 single suited in second spot, I open for a min-raise and everybody behind me calls.

The flop is KKT rainbow and it gets checked around.
The turn is a 7, SB checks, BB bets the pot, and now I'm sandwiched between 3 active players and a guy potting from out of position into 4 active players. Any one of them could have KT, TT, K7, or a Kxyz and have plenty of outs to beat me and position on me.

I fold my underfull. One player calls. River is a 9. Both players check, the BB shows AQJx for a straight, and the other player mucks what had to have been three Kings.

uh oops.

sngs tomorrow, mtts on the weekend~~

Hands of the Day

I put in about 3-4 hours of cash game play before I noticed myself getting bored and clicking cashier to see how much I was up/down which is always an indicator that I'm going to start either playing way too loose or way too tight. Couple cool hands today, that I don't have the histories from because I played on mom's computer and Windows Vista is beat.

I ran really well today. I flatted an UTG raise with QQ, flopped a set and stacked AA. Called another raise from a tight player with 99, flopped a set and stacked KK which didn't even turn a flush draw or anything like that. Just the way I like it, easy. Also I hit 3 combo draws in a row, the 15+ out variety which I have missed every single one for the past month, which really felt spectacular despite not getting heavily paid off on any of them.

Also, I was trying to start some $1/2 9man Limit HE games to autopilot while I played NL, I played heads up with a guy for about 7 hands before he took $15 and split from me. Then at the other table a guy sat down and quickly took $10 off me and sat out. To which I said "wise decision, gl when the table fills up". Apparently that worked as he sat back down with me for about 50 hands which I ran super hot and took $40 off him.

I didn't start off so great though, very early into my session playing at a 6max .25/.50 NL table I was dealt AdKd, I didn't have any table experience with anybody before, but it was obvious that the player in the BB was awful.

The UTG player raises to $1.75 and I elect to call in the cutoff with AKs. I want to keep the guy in the bb around and use my position over the other guy. Both the small and big blinds call.

Flop is Qd 8d 2d

SB checks
BB bets $2
UTG calls $2
I sit on it and call $2
SB folds

Turn is Qc
BB bets $2
UTG calls $2

What's going on? BB is probably harmless and I would love to get all in vs his remaining 30-40BB stack. The UTG player who made the raise preflop however has just elected to call two small bets rather than raise on two consecutive streets. Is he really weak, really strong, or really worried?

I raise to $9
BB folds
UTG raises to $20

Hmm that was unexpected... Unless he has QQ or 88, I've got him beat. If he's got a flush it's probably with two smaller suited connectors. If I reraise him here he might fold a small flush which I don't want. If he's got AQ, KQ, or QJ he has a 25% chance to beat me on the river. If I make the call the pot swells to about $45 and have $32 left behind. If he bets out big on the river I have a tough decision to make, if he bets out small I'm flat calling, if he checks I'm shoving.

I call $11.

River is Kc
UTG checks fairly quickly
I bet $32

after he thinks for about 40 seconds I'm very pleased with myself that he might call with AQ or a smaller flush until he calls with 88 for 8s full. I don't know maybe the river shove was incorrect.

At the same table about a half hour later I made a big laydown. I had JT in the bb. The guy who plays very poorly raises, the guy that took the seat of the guy who stacked me in the AK hand flat calls after playing snugly for a couple of rounds and has 100bbs in front, I call in the bb.

Flop is TT3.
I check.
Fish bets $2.
New guy raises to $4.
I was going to check raise the fish but unless this new guy unlikely slowplayed AA-JJ preflop or is making some goofy isolation raise after seeing the fish make his standard continuation bet, he's either got AT, KT, or 33.

I call $4. Now my hand is practically face up to anybody who's ever played NLHE before.

Turn is 4.
I check
Fish checks
New guy bets pot, which covers the fish.
I fold.
Fish calls.

KK vs 33, 33 holds up to win the pot. And probably could have won a lot more money off me than he did, but you can't fault the guy for getting the live drawing hand out and the close to dead one in.

Jesus fuck. Bad beat.

I tried to download the new Common album last night via torrent, and the torrent site was acting really slow, so I tried to shut down my computer real quick and this morning when I woke up at 9a to get a full day of cards in my worst fear was confirmed during boot up - some fucking worm that records keystrokes and takes snapshots of my desktop. Lol... Changed all of my poker passwords on mom's computer which is where I post from now while I scan my AV on my laptop.

If worst comes to worst I will recover from a backup point on my laptop which is from like over a year ago. Oh well.

Computer worms are -EV, in case you were wondering.

O8 hand read

3 tabled 9man $1/$2 O8 for a little while today and I misread a hand that caused me to get quartered.

I had an A246 with a suited A on the button. It was folded around to a guy who had shown down a bunch of middle cards in an earlier hand, so definitely not a great player, who raises in middle position. I flat, and the bb comes along.

The flop is 8c Jc 3d
So I have a great nut-low draw with al, making the low on the turn also always gives me a straight draw. It's checked to the villain who bets, I don't want to raise because I have nothing yet and I need to give the BB a chance to come along with a naked A2 or even better an A4. BB Folds

Turn is 5s
Villain bets into me again and now I raise because it accomplishes a couple things. First it gives him a chance to fold if he's got a weak high hand which could easily be with this guy, second I've got the nut low and tons of cards that improve my hand. Nothing wrong with this play, villain calls.

River is a Qd which doesn't help me at all but is also unlikely to have helped him unless he was playing some JT98 garbage. Villain checks to me, at this point I don't think that the villain has A2 in his hand, and probably has a weak low combination with some sort of missed flush draw. It's impossible for me to have him beat playing Ace high as a my high hand and I feel like if I can bluff him out enough to profit at least a little bit by scooping the pot. He snap calls and shows down A25x for his nut low and a pair of 5s for high, and I get quartered.

I think I played the hand well until the river. This guy was probably going to call with AA for the high and with just about any low hand he could have where he would also win the high half vs my futile in the hand.

My logic was correct, but my final hand left me with no outs for the high pot. In the future to make a bet on the river against a guy like this I need at least SOME pair so that when he calls with a shitty low I can scoop him if he calls and when he folds. Otherwise, I should have just checked behind this hand and saved myself $1.50.

no play today

I was going to just sit around and play some tournaments all day, definitely the gargantuan $11 buyin 200kG on Stars and and the $22 buyin 100kG on FTP, but there is a family dealy going on in like 2 hours. I could play some cash games or two rounds of turbo SnGs, but I think I will put some time in by reading Pot-Limit Omaha by Jeff Hwang which has gone untouched for a while.

Something I have been thinking about lately is whether it is more profitable for me to play on PokerStars and shoot for the Platinum level perks monthly against really weak competition or to keep most of my business on FTP where I have the rakeback set up against players who are for most part way more competent than on Stars. One option I have been weighing in my head is to play SnGs on PokerStars, and keep my cash play exclusive to FTP. So when I'm not playing NLHE or PLO 6 maxes on FTP, I could run my rounds of SnGs on Stars and keep two tables of full ring Limit Omaha 8 or better going. My SNG ROI will probably fall about 5% or so, but sucking up a steady BB/hr at 2 O8 tables plus whatever I make in rakeback will easily more than cover that loss in ROI.

Going to play cards all day tomorrow, and love it. Gl at the tables.

harrah's turbo bounty analysis

First stop of the day was Harrah's for a $40+10 bounty turbo tournament with 10k starting stacks, 50/100 blinds and 15 minute increments. Should be interesting because I love to play bounty turbos on FTP where it's loose and fast. First time playing live poker in a while, I sat there playing snug just trying to build up table feel especially because the tables were starting 11 handed which is fucking beat. Great table I was in seat 5. Seat 1 was a some 35ish year old lady, seat 2 tight nervous looking motherfucker, seat 3 is supertight guy wearing a hat, seat 4 is another tight passive guy, to my left in seat 6 is another 35ish year old woman who was talkative and seemed to be comfortable at the table limped a lot and liked to make a lot of small raises, seat 7 was a terrible loose-passive guy with some mustache action going, seat 8 was an older loose-passive guy, seat 9 was a really awesome looking jewish guy with a gold chain on his neck and was wearing a track suit also super loose passive, seat 10 is another loose passive guy but would fold quickly if he bricked flop, and seat 11 was a guy who just wanted to sit at a poker table I guess, didn't play or say anything.

The best indicator of the table play was this hand:
Seat 11 posts SB of 200
Seat 1 posts BB of 400
Seat 2 limps UTG
Seat 3 limps
Seat 4 folds
I fold
Seat 6 raises to 1,400
Seat 7 calls 1,400
Seat 8 calls 1,400
Seat 9 calls 1,400
Seat 10 calls 1,400,
SB folds
BB calls 1,000 more
Seat 2 Folds
Seat 3 Folds

9,000 in the pot with 6 people looking at the flop, the pot already has practically everybody covered except the jewish guy.

Flop is 9h 7d 5h
BB checks
Seat 6 bets 3500 and has about 5,000 left
Seat 7 folds
Seat 8 folds
Seat 9 calls 3500 quickly
Seat 10 calls 3500
BB calls 3500

23,000 chip pot and 4 people left in the pot, a everyone except the jewish guy has between 3k and 5k left

Turn is 3h
BB deliberates and checks
Seat 6 checks
Seat 9 grabs a handful of chips and fiddles around before checking
Seat 10 checks

River is a brick
BB deliberates a little bit again before checking
Seat 6 quickly checks
Seat 9 leads out for 2,000
Seat 10 folds
BB calls
Seat 6 folds

Showdown is Jh7h for the Jewish dude in seat 9, and Th6h for the woman in the BB.

Awesome hand for me, not only do I know how horrible everybody plays now but now I've got almost everybody at the table covered for bounties.

PULL THE TRIGGER VS MUSTACHE first hand of 200/400 blinds

A couple hands later I get 9s8s utg+2 and I obviously feel like playing a pot. With hands like AA, KK, QQ, AK, AQ, and KQ I'd probably pop it to 1,600 or so based on how everybody plays and get huge value off top pair, but with JJ-88 and mid-ranged suited connectors I wanted to keep the pot at a manageable size and win a medium pot with a pair or huge pot with a monster. I make it 1,000 with 98s and surprisingly got called in only one spot by seat 7 mustachio.

Flop is 5h 6h 6d with a pot of 1,600. Effective stack size is opponent's 5000ish.

I really feel like this particular player doesn't differentiate one bet size from another, he's either calling or he's not. It's probably really questionable to continuation bet this guy as he doesn't bet himself and will probably check behind if I check letting me see a free card. I lead out for 700 into him and he calls rather quickly. At this point I feel like there's 4 different holdings this guy would call with but not raise.

1.) Pair smaller than 55. Maybe but less likely 99, 88, 77 for overpairs.
2.) Ace high
3.) Overcards
4.) A draw to a flush, but more likely a draw to a goofy straight as he likes to play any two suiteds and is the type of player who would definitely peel any straight draw.

After he calls I'm going to check/fold the turn if he bets. The turn comes a King which is a bluffable card to some players but not to this guy. Either he just paired his King or he's going to be upset that I bet into him again and never fold anything until he sees all of the cards on board. He quickly checks behind me and I can't for the life of me remember what the river was except that it was not an Ace, because I was already trying to think of how much I was going to bet on the river to any river card. Because either I'm going to bet my straight for value, a pair of 9s or 8s for value, and bluff everything but an Ace because I think Ace-high is his most likely hand on the flop. River is a non-Ace, and I went for a 2,500 bluff expecting to get called by any pocket pair, and maybe Ace-high. Bet size is on the much larger size on the river than the flop because I think he is a little more weary my hand now that he can't anticipate another card coming.

He thinks for about 45 seconds with a strong itch to do something other than folding before he taps the table and throws his cards in the muck where one bounces off the felt and I briefly see a 7d. Had to have been A7 or a straight draw even though he starts talking to someone across the table like he had a pair.

FINDING GOOD MUSTACHE VALUE 200/400 blinds two hands later

A tight player utg limps, I raise to 1,400 with QJo, mustache in seat 7 calls, it's folded around to tight UTG who looks a tad peeved and folds.

3,800 in the pot with effective stack of 6,000ish after he won the previous pot by moving in on the flop and taking it down uncontested.

Flop comes QT8 with two hearts. I already don't see any folding top pair, good kicker, draw to a gutshot, vs a loose player, with a bounty on his head anywhere in the hand. Question is how to value town the mustache for all or most of his chips. The best plan of attack seems like a small bet on the flop followed by the rest on the turn. He called the first bet on the flop and folded to the second.

AK JAM OR FOLD? 200/400 blinds about 10 hands later, right before break

With Dave Sandel standing right behind me, a really tight player at the table with about 9k in front of him raises to 1,200 from EP. This guy is obviously not messing around. Probably AA-99, AK, or AQ. I don't think calling is a very viable option here because if I call and it's a heads up pot he wins when I miss. He doesn't pay when I hit, either he folds underpairs or splits with AK. I hit and he has AA or KK and still manage to lose. If I call and a bunch of other people call behind me, I'm squeezed between a tight early raisor and a bunch of active players which is definitely a +EV play getting weaker hands to call, but super risky for my tournament life when I don't need to be with players this bad. There's an argument for folding but fuck folding's face, it's a turbo bounty, and there's one or two players at the table who have me covered. So 3-betting becomes the best option. He'll fold anything he stepped out of line with if that was somehow the case, he'll fold the bottom half of his real hand range, and shove the other half.

My mind is made up that I'm not going to 3-bet and fold to anybody that doesn't have me covered. I opt to raise it to a little under full pot size to 4,000. making the pot 13,000 if he moves in, and an easy 5,000 more to call. The actual away from the table math: Pokerstove numbers even if he's shoving QQ+ puts AKo at 30% to win, getting 2.6:1 I would need 27% to call. He'll probably fold a ton so the 3-bet will show a big return as well as set up the possibility for a $10 bounty. It's folded around to the initial raisor who thinks for a couple minutes before saying nice hand and showing the guy next to him pocket Jacks before folding. I guess I just look like a dangerous motherfucker.

A much tougher spot would have been if I had JJ, TT, or 99 in this same scenario. 11 handed with a really tight guy raising early and not way too much pressure from the blinds. Thinking about it now. It's crazy to say, but I think I would muck 99, call with TT, and raise JJ and reluctantly go to the felt if he 4-bets. If I raise with 99 I'm playing mostly for fold equity against a narrow range - not fun. I'm playing fit or fold if I call - I'm in position against him but I have about 6 active players behind who don't like to fold preflop that will have position on me, put me in a squeeze and then cripple me when the flop is 357 and the first raisor looks disgusted and checks to me and I bet to protect my hand only to find out somebody called with 75s. The thought of getting raised by one of these players probably indicates a really strong hand and sets up a disgusting spot where I'd be getting about 2:1 on my money from the numerous players with about 7k chips behind me Even though the difference between TT and 99 is pretty small, I'm going to play TT in this spot but I'm definitely not 3-betting this guy that TT never crushes when continues playing the hand, and makes hands that I'd want to play against fold even though there are probably very little of those type hands in his range. Another big difference is that when a player behind me with a 7k stack moves all-in, I have an easy decision coming up. If the EP raisor continues, I fold. If he folds, I am going into stare mode for a minute to "make a read" and calling probably 90% of the time getting 2:1 with Tens. Running the away from the table hand ranges through POKERSTOVE makes me pretty confident that folding 99, but calling TT to the initial raise based on how I would fare against an all-in reraise behind me.

Against a shoving range of 88+,AQs+,AQo+
99 has a 41% equity
TT has a 47% equity

Against a realistically tighter range of 99+,AKs,AKo
99 has a 31% equity
TT has a 40% equity

TT is a clear call getting 2:1 the both times when the initial raisor folds, whereas 99 is a call vs the slightly looser range and a fold against the tighter range. The tough spot with TT comes when I call and there are a few calls behind me, the flop is all undercards and the initial raisor leads into a big field probably fold in this spot. Or if I call preflop and the pot is heads up and the flop has one J or one Q on it, in which case I am probably going to the felt on.

With JJ the reason for raising is simple, it's a turbo bounty tournament and there's a bunch of cash games running 15 yards away. Fuck your mouth if you do anything different than raise in this spot, busting early in tournaments is nothing to be ashamed of.

Stack is at 17k going into the first break.

AFTER BREAK TABLE SWITCH 300/600 blinds

Came back, got 0 cards, 2 players got moved from our table and, 1 player got eliminated for the first from our table all tournament. After playing 8 handed for 5 minutes or so, our table was broken up and I moved to another table with like 15k in chips. When I walked over to my new table a player was making an exit in a squareoff of two goofy looking hands, I didn't see the action or look at the pot size so I didn't know what to make of it. My first impression of the table was that it was very loose and aggressive. A majority of the hands I watched were raised pots with some action on the flop. Which I probably should have taken into consideration before this hand:

Dealt 22 utg
kid to my left limps
lady left to him moves her small stack all in for about 5k more
folded around to me and was strongly considering moving all in to isolate, but folded
kid to my left says I think I'll gamble and calls
the lady's AA holds up vs the kid's 99, and he now becomes the shortest stack.
After a 66572 board. In retrospect I probably should have just thrown deuces away utg after what I had seen.

Another interesting hand worth noting despite not really knowing what the action was that I was not involved in

Seat 9 posts SB 300
Seat 1 posts BB 600
Seat 2 raises ???
Seat 3-6 fold
I fold in seat 7
the kid in Seat 8 calls
SB folds
BB calls

The flop 6d 6h 2d
BB moves in for ???
Seat 2 has an AK face and AK faces some more before folding
Seat 8 calls his last 2k or so

Both look like they just got told they just ate human being meat while they wait for the other to turn their hand over. BB shows AcQc and the kid in seat 8 shows 4h3h, and AK face moans about folding AK. The kid rivers a 4 and survives.

Two players get eliminated and some new meat comes in a woman in seat 2 and a guy in seat 4.

ACCUMULATING WITH JUNK 300/600 - 400/800 blinds and a stack at 13k

10 hands went by without any preflop aggression from anybody at all, so I decided to take the initiative myself. Raising and taking it twice in a row with a couple trash hands. On my third attempt to raise a trash hand I get called by the kid in seat 8, flop comes with a bunch of cards, I c-bet and he folds quickly. Not bad, I picked up about 5k in 6 hands with absolutely nothing.

UH I CALL 500/1000 stack at 17k or so

Sitting in the BB, it's folded around to a guy who's 3 off the button who hasn't done anything since I got there who moves in for about 10k more. It's folded to me and I take a peek down and see red Ten black Ten. I maybe should have thought about it for longer than it took to process the numbers and colors but never folding TT in this spot. Ever.

He turns over KJo. The board comes 5 babies and I accomplished winning a coinflip, which is the biggest mark of all good tournament players. $10 bounty in my pocket.

BIG DAVE SITS, I BLIND STEAL A LOT 500/1000 - 600/1200, 28k stack

Dave Sandel's table gets broken up and he finds his way over to the seat of the player I just eliminated. The table just got really sweet for a couple reasons - my dad plays NLHE pretty passively and loose, and the dealer at the table is really chatty and distracting some of the other players and now nobody seems like they want to be aggressive or defend their blinds. I keep a steady storm of raises coming never once getting reraised. Much of the time when I'm getting called my c-bets are taking down the pot.

After the guys in seats 4, 5, 6 all limp in I look down at Q2o and make it 6k from the cutoff. The guy in seat 4 looks like he has a vendetta against me before folding. The other two guys fold, and then Big Dave wants to make sure everyone knows how I'm raising every hand apparently and states that I'm playing very aggressively.

guy in seat 4 plays the last couple hands before break very aggressively stealing a couple thousand.

BACK FROM BREAK 800/1600 blinds 65k stack

I'm really planning on winning this tournament right now, with 50 people left the average chips is at about 24k, which I'm well ahead of. I have more than double the chips of everybody at my table and I really love tablemates. Not only have I more than doubled my stack in the 30 minutes leading up to break, I did it without ever seeing a turn card. I have the greatest spot at the table. The two guys to my right never raise without great hands but limp and fold to raises, the kid to my left is easy to read and looks like he wants to part of me, the woman who is in the BB when I'm on the button hasn't played any hand except for Aces, the guy in the BB when I'm cutoff hasn't played any hand except for the AQ hand from earlier, the woman to his left defends her blinds with calls and then folds to c-bets. The only guy who looks like he might want to play some poker with me is the guy in seat 4.

I'm in the BB and it's folded to the guy who hasn't played anything except AQ mentioned earlier, and he moves in for about 5,000 over the bb. While my dad deliberates I look down at Ac7c which is more than enough to call the all in. Big Dave calls, and I think about it for a little bit. I hate to play dry pots out of position when I could be dominated by either guy, it's got to be one of the least lucrative spots in poker. So I weigh the pros/cons in my head. And my imaginary list looks a little something like this:

cons - dry pot, out of position vs a guy who willingly called with active players behind him and is the guy who is currently second in chips at the table, if I raise to isolate which would probably be my preferred play online I run the risk of ruining my table image and my ability to steal.

pros - getting nearly 3:1 on a call, big dave is pretty easy to read and gives free cards, would never fold a set to a flush, $10 bounty. UH NM I CALL.

The flop is Q86 with two hearts. There's nothing in there for me I check, Dad checks. Turn is the Ah. With 3 hearts on board I'm not trying to create a side pot out of position when getting called means I'm behind or am trying to avoid a heart, I check, Dad checks. River is a non-heart Ten, I check, Dad Checks. Dad shows 55, short stack shows A4 for a split. I think I played this hand pretty standardly but my dad could have played it a bit better.

You could definitely make an argument for isolating preflop, but calling is also okay, folding is tight but okay. Of the 3 I think I would probably lean towards making a small iso-raise and throw up and fold if somebody shoves. After I call, I have passed up the opportunity to raise which should tip him off immediately that I need help on the flop. I rarely see players who understand how to play in dry pots even though they are pretty common in tournaments. A lot of time, two players just elect to play nice and try to eliminate the all in player, but much of the time that isn't correct at all.

Let's say the flop is AKT, that is an obvious board for Dave to go for a check-down play because there is so little chance that 55 is going to get through two players, one who can't go anywhere.

The Q86 board is completely different because not only does he have a great chance of being ahead of the all-in player still, but he can push me out of a hand that has 6 outs to win or even push me off a hand that currently beats his such as A8 or 77. The only time his bet doesn't help is when I have a pocket pair smaller than his, a big hand, or there is a change in payout that happens solely due to this player being eliminated.

I bet 100% of the time on that flop in Dave's shoes.

OHYEAH AA 1000/2000 blinds 70k

The guy in seat 4 has been pretty active ith some limps and some raises, from all sorts of positions and is starting to get erratic. He was up to 50k, down to 9k, up to 40k, back down to 25k. And has detracted from my stealing a little bit lately. I've raised twice so far at this blind level and both times to 5000. Once going uncontested and another getting called by the woman in seat 2 who donk bet small into me and I folded. Seat 4 is the BB. Something felt awesome when I got my first card and I peeked at an Ace of hearts. The two guys to my right fold, and I peek at my second card the Ace of spades and after double checking I raise to 5,000. It's folded around to the big blind who looks at his hole cards and quickly announces all in for about 22,000 more. I call and table my Aces, and he tables 9c6c. The flop has two clubs on it and someone says "it's never easy", the turn comes Kc and I'm dead. It honestly didn't bother me because of how badly I have the table dominated, I've still got 43k in chips which is good for 2nd at the table. The biggest hurt is not getting the $10 bounty.

BOTTOM PAIR SHOVE 1000/2000 blinds

I'm back on the move trying to accumulate some blinds when I ran across a hand I'm not sure I like the way I played it.

It's folded around to me and I'm two off the button, and I look at Td3d and raise to 6k. It's folded over to the woman who had been defending and then folding to c-bets who calls the 4k.

The pot has 13,000 in it and the effective stack is about 16k
Flop is Ks Jh 3h
BB checks to me
I look at her stack up and down and announce all in at almost the same time she picks her chips up and holds them out forward.

I started to get ready to turn my bluff over but she didn't do anything yet and I ask "do you call?" but she was apparently just trying to put her chips out for me to see them and she says "no, I was just showing you how much" and folds.

In a redo, I think I'd probably more likely go for a probe bet and fold to a raise and shut down to a call, but the aggression got the job done here.

QUEENS GET ACTION 1000/2000 blinds 55k stack

I'm UTG+1 and I look down at two black Queens and make the standard 5k I'm making a steal raise. Much to my delight the kid to my left who had been really quiet lately. Moves all in for 15k on top, it folds around to me and I call. He tables 77.

The flop is 3 small cards with two clubs, the turn comes up 7c and he shouts in my fucking ear, so he's got a set and now I've got a flush draw which I'm very very long overdue to hit, but alas did not. So all of my steals work out great, and then I get all in as a 4:1 two times in the past 10 minutes only to lose both. That's poker bitches.

SEAT 4 YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE 1200/2400 - 1500/3000 30k stack

Seat 4 has been steady playing like a retard, with tons of swings. Giving chips away and then hitting his lucky hand when he's all in, 3 times or so. On big Dave's crippling hand, he moves in with QJ, and seat 4 quickly calls with 44 for his tourney life. Dealer burns and puts three cards face down, and with a Q in the window seat 4 looks like he's finally finished, but the door card is a 4. And he cheers and jeers. Dad bites the dusk a little bit later.

MY EXIT 1500/3000 14k left

Getting raped by the blinds, I made one steal attempt and got reraised. Seat 4 has once again shipped his chips and doubled up kid next to me who has taken out the super tight lady next to him and then he gave those chips away to the guy with the mullet to my right. On the previous hand I folded K2s in the bb to an EP raisor which was a mistake with the blinds being so large.

The next hand I have about 12k left after posting the BB. The AQ guy min raises from EP. Seat 4 moves in for less than me and I look down at 9c7c. pot looks like this 4,500 + 6,000 + 10k = 20.5k. Seems like an easy decision, probably in the 30% equity range vs the ranges of the two other guys plus an opportunity to get a bounty, maybe the first raisor makes a crazy fold and I'm heads up against seat 4 and he shows 87 in a creative dream world situation. To my surprise the kid to my left calls, and the EP player calls. I have a stake in the main pot and side pot 1. The flop is Kx 5c 2x. The kid to my left goes all in which was upsetting, and the first raisor folds.

The kid to my left turns over 32o. NOT A TYPO, THREE-TWO OFFSUIT. And the seat 4 guy turns over TT, Jesus christ. the turn is a 6. So I've got an 8 to justify ever playing poker again, and a 9 or 7 to win the side pot. River is a brick and I'm gone. Beat.

LOLCHOPAMENTS.

best chop ever

8 left in the Caesar's 100+20, I've got average number of chips, payout is 5 spots 1800ish for first, 1100ish for 2nd, 570ish for 3rd, 440ish for 4th and 320ish for 5th. The table buddy, nice guy decent player proposes that we start discussing chops. Everybody is for it except a guy who was currently 3rd is all for it. Guy in Phillies shirt to my right who's really short on chips spends an extra couple minutes trying to coerce this guy to take the chop. But he still says nay.

A couple hands later, Asian guy with big stack moves all in, Phillies guy moves in, non-chop moves in. It's A7s, 99, AJ. Board comes QQ997. Phillies guy becomes 2nd in chips, Asian guy is practically out the door, Non-Chop has 500 left after splitting the awesome 1000 chip side pot with Asian guy's A7.

Non-chop goes out next hand. Nice guy proposes deal again, Phillies guy takes it right away even though he's got a huge stack now, and then an excellent player who had a commanding chip lead for some reason or another agrees. We agreed to chop $500 a piece and leave $900 on the table for first. Biggest winner however is the guy who had 1/4 the average chips. Even crazier than taking the first chop, nice guy who was knocked out in 4th proposes that the last 3 players discuss a chop so that they chop up the remaining $900 and so that everybody can get their cash and book. Excellent player with at least 60% of the chips in play agrees, and Phillies shirt guy now becomes the big winner by chopping 1/3 of the remaining cash with 1/10 of the remaining chips. Apparently the good player either hates money or was planning on getting one $800 hooker or maybe 800 $1 hookers.