hello everyone hope you all had good wkends, well i been busy with not much time for poker
i got exams coming up first week of june so i been doing some revision and i went on a course last week on thur-sat so not much poker time.
if ur interested the course went quite well so hopeful for that exam, i got another course this thurs-sat which i not looking forward to, it not my best subject so should be hard!! fingers crossed!
the week after that i gonna have some study leave and then 1st wk of june i got my exams on 5th & 6th
so all work and no play makes me a dull boy, o when i off on study leave 30/5/07 - 4/06/07 i gonna try get one game of poker in each day sometime between my revising, so if anyone know's they going to be around on those dates let me know, maybe you could watch my game and offer some advice.. i now got a hotmail with messenger set up it think its pokeking69@hotmail.co.uk so either email me or add me to ur messenger
i did get a game in this morning b4 work, a $1 turbo on full tilt which i won!! solid play throughout and recovered after a big loss to take the heads up, so very pleased and $4.50 better off!!
stars though was just typical, i one a small pot early on and then this hand virtually killed me off
me in SB with bout 1800, i get AK
mid/late guy with less chips raises to 80 or 100
now my 1st thought was reraise but then i thought no, i am out of position, this guy could have a monster and there 2 others to call after me .... so i just called the raise as did the other 2 players
ok so flop
K36 or something like that, there was a K and the other 2 cards were both spades
great yes? top pair top kicker, so as i 1st i check with the intention of reraising anyone
next guy checks, as does the next, so back to original raiser now i was pretty sure he had to bet
and sure enough he bet 100..... great so how much to reraise? well think on flop pot was 4x80 + BB so bout 340-360 ish then the bet of 100 makes it 440-460 ish
so what now?? i reraise to 440 the next 2 fold and back to raiser
he reraises to 900 ish...... ok what u think he got??
surely if he has KK he just calls? so AA, prob same, so he got a king and surely not a 6 or 3 so a worse kicker than mine, maybe some of the flush draw?? well i gota be ahead so i reraise him all in which he didnt have much left behind anyway!!
so he calls
i have AK . pair kings ace kicker
he has K10, pair kings worse kicker and no flush draw!!
so looking good right?
any guesses what turn and river were??
turn 10
river K
he has full house , me trips!!
i had bout 500 left after that and never really got any cards, well when i had bout 450 left and blinds were bout to go up to 50/100 i pushed with Q10 hearts when flop was K109
the same guy calls, he has K7 so i need a Q or 10 or J to win
turn... 7
river crap
i was behind there but just painful that same guy did me!!
but its not all doom and gloom, i did get lucky on the full tilt game
i saw a cheap flop with 78 spades
flop comes 10,9x
one guy bets i reraise all in
he calls with 10,9 for 2 pair
turn Q
river J for my str8 and from there i went on to win!!
thanks to everyone for responses to my rake back, will check it out
in answer to some questions
no i dont get rakeback for stars, as far as i am aware they dont do it
so if party dont do rake back, any ideas on good bonus for sign up and download? bear in mind the low level i play at
oh yes i know i was tagged by kenn, i will get round to that soon.
PK69
Monday 21 May 2007
Monday 14 May 2007
wkend update
well i managed to get some more official poker time past the gf on sat,
so with things getting desperate on stars i needed a good one!!
well i started with a $1 45 man tourny, was planning to wait my time which went ok but eventually i went out in 31st!!
so what to do?? decided it was time for shit or bust!!
i played a $5 single table, and was awesome got heads up but couldn't seal the deal, but 2nd and $13.50 was just what i needed!!
i also played a $1.50 18 man tourny and came 3rd when it seemed i was destined for another heads up battle, here is the last hand
2nd in chips and i flop a gutshot str8 flush draw figured if i pushed had as much chance of hiting str8 or flush or str8 flush as not and given my chips he could fold, seems i was wrong!!
any thoughts??
also i been looking at some other sites as i dont think stars got many good daily tournys like 5k/10k guaranteed
any thoughts on these sites- partypoker,pacific/888, william hill & ladbrokes??
know where i can get a good rakeback on these sites??
PK69
so with things getting desperate on stars i needed a good one!!
well i started with a $1 45 man tourny, was planning to wait my time which went ok but eventually i went out in 31st!!
so what to do?? decided it was time for shit or bust!!
i played a $5 single table, and was awesome got heads up but couldn't seal the deal, but 2nd and $13.50 was just what i needed!!
i also played a $1.50 18 man tourny and came 3rd when it seemed i was destined for another heads up battle, here is the last hand
2nd in chips and i flop a gutshot str8 flush draw figured if i pushed had as much chance of hiting str8 or flush or str8 flush as not and given my chips he could fold, seems i was wrong!!
any thoughts??
also i been looking at some other sites as i dont think stars got many good daily tournys like 5k/10k guaranteed
any thoughts on these sites- partypoker,pacific/888, william hill & ladbrokes??
know where i can get a good rakeback on these sites??
PK69
Friday 11 May 2007
quick test
ok this just a quick test to see if i got this hand history thing sorted now
this was one of those dream flops
now i wood have folded but i figured once there was another caller i must have been getting the odds to to call and see a flop
i figure i either hit it or i dont, and did i hit it this time!!
Quick thanks to Yorkshire Pud and 20k mission for there responses that helped me with this
more updates after wkend
PK69
this was one of those dream flops
now i wood have folded but i figured once there was another caller i must have been getting the odds to to call and see a flop
i figure i either hit it or i dont, and did i hit it this time!!
Quick thanks to Yorkshire Pud and 20k mission for there responses that helped me with this
more updates after wkend
PK69
Thursday 10 May 2007
Stats
well not a good day today, i played a $6.50 2 table turbo, a $6.50 45 man turbo and a $3.5 2 table turbo, and did nothing in any of them!!
so having just flushed $17 down the pan, what did i do???? my roll now down to say $45 ish...
thats right like a prize donkey i decide to have a big gamble to see if i can get some back!!
i put $25 on a cash table, and after chasing my str8 draw was soon down to $16!!
then the hand that cleaned me out
i limp as do about 4 others
i have 8J
flop is 8,9,10 no flush draws
i check
first guy bets $1
next guy raises to $2.50
i decide that my pair and open str8 draw is good for a push so i reraise all in for my last $12 ish
1st guy folds the reraiser thinks...... before calling with AA!!!
so any 7,8,J or Q, 13 outs
turn and river no help and i just did $25!!!
roll now down to $18 ish!!!
what was i thinking!!!!!!!!!
i have joined pokerhandorg and lets see if i can post a hand to test
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1080964
think gonna need some help with this pokerhand thing?? i can see that this one works, but how do u get some text to come up that u click to go to the pokerhandorg?? like on 20K's blog??
ok now i said stats at beginning, seeing as not a good day thought check out my stats on stars :
Hold'em (Real Money):688 hands played and saw flop:
- 55 times out of 109 while in small blind (50%)
- 70 times out of 107 while in big blind (65%)
- 140 times out of 472 in other positions (29%)
- a total of 265 times out of 688 (38%)
Pots won at showdown - 28 out of 76 (36%)
Pots won without showdown - 121
so overall seeing 38% of flops maybe a little high, think see to many from the blinds as it cheap or maybe call a small raise to try get lucky
29% from other positions not too bad
only 36% won at showdown, this looks like my downfall, seeing too many hands to showdown where it seems i am beat and should have folded earlier!! ??
so overall i won 149 hands out of 265 flops seen, thats 56%... not too bad??
so if i had folded more of those losing hands instead of going to showdown maybe thats where i can improve my game and not lose so much money??
any other thoughts people??
i can also get my stats for last 5 tournys:
PokerStars Tournament #49918732, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $3.00/$0.25
45 players
Tournament started - 2007/05/10 - 02:51:02 (ET)
You finished in 42nd place (eliminated at hand #9837473828).
9 hands played and saw flop:
- 1 times out of 1 while in small blind (100%)
- 0 times out of 1 while in big blind (0%)
- 2 times out of 7 in other positions (28%)
- a total of 3 times out of 9 (33%)
Pots won at showdown - 0 out of 2 (0%)
Pots won without showdown - 1
PokerStars Tournament #49918270, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $6.00/$0.50
45 players
Tournament started - 2007/05/10 - 02:47:42 (ET)
You finished in 31st place (eliminated at hand #9837509860).
19 hands played and saw flop:
- 1 times out of 2 while in small blind (50%)
- 2 times out of 2 while in big blind (100%)
- 4 times out of 15 in other positions (26%)
- a total of 7 times out of 19 (36%)
Pots won at showdown - 0 out of 1 (0%)
Pots won without showdown - 2
PokerStars Tournament #49918585, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $6.00/$0.50
18 players
Tournament started - 2007/05/10 - 02:46:41 (ET)
You finished in 10th place (eliminated at hand #9837503998).
21 hands played and saw flop:
- 3 times out of 4 while in small blind (75%)
- 0 times out of 4 while in big blind (0%)
- 3 times out of 13 in other positions (23%)
- a total of 6 times out of 21 (28%)
Pots won at showdown - 2 out of 3 (66%)
Pots won without showdown - 0
PokerStars Tournament #49839480, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $6.00/$0.50
18 playersTotal
Prize Pool: $108.00
Tournament started - 2007/05/09 - 02:56:03 (ET)
You finished in 5th place (eliminated at hand #9821906149).
58 hands played and saw flop:
- 3 times out of 9 while in small blind (33%)
- 4 times out of 9 while in big blind (44%)
- 11 times out of 40 in other positions (27%)
- a total of 18 times out of 58 (31%)
Pots won at showdown - 4 out of 8 (50%)
Pots won without showdown - 11
PokerStars Tournament #49839066, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $1.50/$0.2518 players
Total Prize Pool: $27.00
Tournament started - 2007/05/09 - 02:42:30 (ET)
You finished in 7th place (eliminated at hand #9821749906).
43 hands played and saw flop:
- 1 times out of 7 while in small blind (14%)
- 2 times out of 7 while in big blind (28%)
- 6 times out of 29 in other positions (20%)
- a total of 9 times out of 43 (20%)
Pots won at showdown - 2 out of 4 (50%)
Pots won without showdown - 1
not good reading!!! i tend to see about 30% of flops which not too bad many a little high
hands won over last 5 is terrible apart from the tourny b4 last where i finished 5th!! BUBBLE BOY again!! i saw 18 hands and won 15 of them!! 83%!! but of the 3 i lost 1 was the one that put me out, so nearly a good day!!
comments welcome!!
PK69
so having just flushed $17 down the pan, what did i do???? my roll now down to say $45 ish...
thats right like a prize donkey i decide to have a big gamble to see if i can get some back!!
i put $25 on a cash table, and after chasing my str8 draw was soon down to $16!!
then the hand that cleaned me out
i limp as do about 4 others
i have 8J
flop is 8,9,10 no flush draws
i check
first guy bets $1
next guy raises to $2.50
i decide that my pair and open str8 draw is good for a push so i reraise all in for my last $12 ish
1st guy folds the reraiser thinks...... before calling with AA!!!
so any 7,8,J or Q, 13 outs
turn and river no help and i just did $25!!!
roll now down to $18 ish!!!
what was i thinking!!!!!!!!!
i have joined pokerhandorg and lets see if i can post a hand to test
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1080964
think gonna need some help with this pokerhand thing?? i can see that this one works, but how do u get some text to come up that u click to go to the pokerhandorg?? like on 20K's blog??
ok now i said stats at beginning, seeing as not a good day thought check out my stats on stars :
Hold'em (Real Money):688 hands played and saw flop:
- 55 times out of 109 while in small blind (50%)
- 70 times out of 107 while in big blind (65%)
- 140 times out of 472 in other positions (29%)
- a total of 265 times out of 688 (38%)
Pots won at showdown - 28 out of 76 (36%)
Pots won without showdown - 121
so overall seeing 38% of flops maybe a little high, think see to many from the blinds as it cheap or maybe call a small raise to try get lucky
29% from other positions not too bad
only 36% won at showdown, this looks like my downfall, seeing too many hands to showdown where it seems i am beat and should have folded earlier!! ??
so overall i won 149 hands out of 265 flops seen, thats 56%... not too bad??
so if i had folded more of those losing hands instead of going to showdown maybe thats where i can improve my game and not lose so much money??
any other thoughts people??
i can also get my stats for last 5 tournys:
PokerStars Tournament #49918732, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $3.00/$0.25
45 players
Tournament started - 2007/05/10 - 02:51:02 (ET)
You finished in 42nd place (eliminated at hand #9837473828).
9 hands played and saw flop:
- 1 times out of 1 while in small blind (100%)
- 0 times out of 1 while in big blind (0%)
- 2 times out of 7 in other positions (28%)
- a total of 3 times out of 9 (33%)
Pots won at showdown - 0 out of 2 (0%)
Pots won without showdown - 1
PokerStars Tournament #49918270, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $6.00/$0.50
45 players
Tournament started - 2007/05/10 - 02:47:42 (ET)
You finished in 31st place (eliminated at hand #9837509860).
19 hands played and saw flop:
- 1 times out of 2 while in small blind (50%)
- 2 times out of 2 while in big blind (100%)
- 4 times out of 15 in other positions (26%)
- a total of 7 times out of 19 (36%)
Pots won at showdown - 0 out of 1 (0%)
Pots won without showdown - 2
PokerStars Tournament #49918585, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $6.00/$0.50
18 players
Tournament started - 2007/05/10 - 02:46:41 (ET)
You finished in 10th place (eliminated at hand #9837503998).
21 hands played and saw flop:
- 3 times out of 4 while in small blind (75%)
- 0 times out of 4 while in big blind (0%)
- 3 times out of 13 in other positions (23%)
- a total of 6 times out of 21 (28%)
Pots won at showdown - 2 out of 3 (66%)
Pots won without showdown - 0
PokerStars Tournament #49839480, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $6.00/$0.50
18 playersTotal
Prize Pool: $108.00
Tournament started - 2007/05/09 - 02:56:03 (ET)
You finished in 5th place (eliminated at hand #9821906149).
58 hands played and saw flop:
- 3 times out of 9 while in small blind (33%)
- 4 times out of 9 while in big blind (44%)
- 11 times out of 40 in other positions (27%)
- a total of 18 times out of 58 (31%)
Pots won at showdown - 4 out of 8 (50%)
Pots won without showdown - 11
PokerStars Tournament #49839066, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $1.50/$0.2518 players
Total Prize Pool: $27.00
Tournament started - 2007/05/09 - 02:42:30 (ET)
You finished in 7th place (eliminated at hand #9821749906).
43 hands played and saw flop:
- 1 times out of 7 while in small blind (14%)
- 2 times out of 7 while in big blind (28%)
- 6 times out of 29 in other positions (20%)
- a total of 9 times out of 43 (20%)
Pots won at showdown - 2 out of 4 (50%)
Pots won without showdown - 1
not good reading!!! i tend to see about 30% of flops which not too bad many a little high
hands won over last 5 is terrible apart from the tourny b4 last where i finished 5th!! BUBBLE BOY again!! i saw 18 hands and won 15 of them!! 83%!! but of the 3 i lost 1 was the one that put me out, so nearly a good day!!
comments welcome!!
PK69
Wednesday 9 May 2007
Trip 5's
If you read my SHATTERED DREAMS post u will no i send i would post some more of my fuck ups, well as it happens the main 2 were both when i hit trip 5's on the flop... here goes
first of all this mite have been on a 6 max table before i went on the 10 table and lost $10 with my aces
the table was fairly passive and i had been doing ok and was up from $5 to bout $8 when i get 57 off, everyone see's a cheap flop of 558,
so i got trip 5's there a bet before me so i decide to raise it up to bout $1, guy after me reraises to $2
so what now??? well i felt invincible for some reason and i was thinking that i must be the only person with a 5 so i push all in for $8 against this guy who had bout $4 before the hand everyone folded apart from this guy
he called and showed 5,10!! oops!! no 7 or high cards to split so back down to $3 as he take that pot
thats what i get for being too aggressive i told myself
so bit later on 10 seater after i lost with the aces i call a min raise with A5clubs hoping for clubs or low cards
think 2 other saw flop of 559
so after last time i wasn't going to play this hand so aggressively so i bet under half pot, get 2 callers
turn 10
no flushes and my trips still look like best hand so bet bout 2/3 rds pot this time get called by 1
river J..... didn't like this card made a str8 draw.....
so i bet half pot the other guy min raises it back... so at this point my thinking was he could have a 5 but i have Ace kicker this time, he could have had 2 over cards and been drawing and hit one for 2 pair?? he hadn't shown much aggression til the river so could it be a bluff??
figured by now i had to call just in case i did have it
he shows KQoff and had drawn the str8 on river!!
so twice trips 5's did me, thankfully i didn't lose it all on that hand!
once i slow played and once i pushed, both times bad result
any thoughts??
i know i have read and also thought myself never slow play trips as basically u prob got ur best hand right there and slow play only lets other draw to a hand that could beat u, now while this is true .. we all trying to make money here, and if u always push ur good hands then people will not call and u wont make the money so what ur looking to do is play the best hand in the most deceptive way possible.....easier said than done!!
more poker theory shortly, pls leave a comment on this or any previous or future post or email me pokeking69@yahoo.co.uk with any comments on anything
PK69
first of all this mite have been on a 6 max table before i went on the 10 table and lost $10 with my aces
the table was fairly passive and i had been doing ok and was up from $5 to bout $8 when i get 57 off, everyone see's a cheap flop of 558,
so i got trip 5's there a bet before me so i decide to raise it up to bout $1, guy after me reraises to $2
so what now??? well i felt invincible for some reason and i was thinking that i must be the only person with a 5 so i push all in for $8 against this guy who had bout $4 before the hand everyone folded apart from this guy
he called and showed 5,10!! oops!! no 7 or high cards to split so back down to $3 as he take that pot
thats what i get for being too aggressive i told myself
so bit later on 10 seater after i lost with the aces i call a min raise with A5clubs hoping for clubs or low cards
think 2 other saw flop of 559
so after last time i wasn't going to play this hand so aggressively so i bet under half pot, get 2 callers
turn 10
no flushes and my trips still look like best hand so bet bout 2/3 rds pot this time get called by 1
river J..... didn't like this card made a str8 draw.....
so i bet half pot the other guy min raises it back... so at this point my thinking was he could have a 5 but i have Ace kicker this time, he could have had 2 over cards and been drawing and hit one for 2 pair?? he hadn't shown much aggression til the river so could it be a bluff??
figured by now i had to call just in case i did have it
he shows KQoff and had drawn the str8 on river!!
so twice trips 5's did me, thankfully i didn't lose it all on that hand!
once i slow played and once i pushed, both times bad result
any thoughts??
i know i have read and also thought myself never slow play trips as basically u prob got ur best hand right there and slow play only lets other draw to a hand that could beat u, now while this is true .. we all trying to make money here, and if u always push ur good hands then people will not call and u wont make the money so what ur looking to do is play the best hand in the most deceptive way possible.....easier said than done!!
more poker theory shortly, pls leave a comment on this or any previous or future post or email me pokeking69@yahoo.co.uk with any comments on anything
PK69
Tuesday 8 May 2007
Saturday!!
well hope everyone had a good bank holiday weekend, i had a great wkend!! saturday did some shopping bought some clothes with GF, then got a new toy!! our video been playing up last few months and after failing to record the poker on channel 5 on wednesday for last 2 weeks decided it had to go!! saw a freeview digital recorder on sale in argos. got that home and set it up, its just like sky plus without the sky!! anyway it will do for me!!
Sunday spent another day in the garden with GF and my mum, man its hard work but its slowly getting there
Monday just did a few bits round house and relaxed!!!
So good wkend all in all, oh yes MAN UTD are CHAMPIONS!!!!!
so no doubt ur all gagging to hear bout my first official poker session, with the GF's consent
well on saturday after shopping and setting up new toy it was bout 4 or 5pm, i lgged onto stars, after checking my blog, alas no tips for where to play, anyway as GF was hanging up the washing i saw that there were quite a few games that looked interesting
couple of $10 double & triple shoot outs to sunday million and warm up etc, interesting but wood lead to play on sunday could be an issue...
then i saw the 2 tournys i had to play..
a $10k guaranteed and a deep stack tounry for $22 & $11, i knew it was a 3rd of my roll but i had to try, if u dont shoot u dont score right??
well, surprise!! i didnt make any money in either of them, however i was very happy with my play and but for 2 unlucky hands and 1 bad decision i could have done so much better!!
so what happened??
well in the 10k u start with 3k chips, got off to a slow start in this, taking it easy. i slowly got up to bout 4k was prob under average, there were 700 in it. got up to 5k and was nearly average.
then with Q10diamonds i flop open end str8 flush draw!! chased it to river and didn't hit str8 , flush or anything that saw me drop to bout 2.5k
i then lost another hand or 2 and down to bout 1.7k
so i knew i had to make some moves, i stole a few blinds got just over 2k, then with a good pocket pair i pushed all in, i got a call and i held out, next hand i get aces!!
so i raise a small stack goes all in and i call and win and back to 6k!!
still under average and am bout 135th of 300-400 , this is where i went sour!!
with AQ i raise 3xbb, small stack goes all in for bout 3k, i call
he has 22 flop turn and river all miss me and he is good and now i am down to 3k ish
few hands later i get AK so i raise 3xbb again, another small stack goes all in so again i call
he has 10J
flop K97, looking good!!
turn 2, nearly there
river Q and he makes a str8!!!
so now i got bout 1.2 k and blinds are coming round at 200/400
i get K8 so i push
the big stack on 11k calls with A2, no luck and i finsh in the 300's
all in all fairly happy, but for some luck and chasing the str8 flush mite have been a good day, top 100 or so got paid
ok so what bout the deep stack, well i did better in this!! there were bout 500 in it and 65 paid, starting stack of 5k
hit some hands early on to get to 6 and then 7k, was playing patient as the clock was 30 mins blinds so no rush
kept moving along nicely and after 1hr 30 mins or so was on 10k and 90th of 300 ish, bit under average but leader on my table and going well
then this is where it went wrong
a min raise from early few callers i call with 35off, not good i know but i had the chips for a speculative call here and there
flop 249, 2 spades
early bets less half pot, figure i getting odds for my str8 so i call as does 1 other
turn 6!!! of spades,
tricky here as flush is on board but i made my str8.....
early bets bout half pot i feel he not got flush so to be sure i reraise to bout1.8k, folded back to early
he reraises to 3k........ i dont buy it, i dont know why but i didnt so i reraise all in for 10k!!
he thinks and then calls his last 3k
he shows ... KK with a spade
i have my str8
river....... a spade!!! he takes it on river with king high flush and i down to 5k!!
damn it!!
no need to worry though still time and chips, funnily enough i just got busted out the other tourny as this happened
i won some back off some other players
but ultimately the same guy wood take me out a few hands later
i cant remember now
but i remember i raised and got it in either pre or on the flop, was ahead again until he hit on river to take me out again in 300's
so but for some luck could have done ok there too!!
well at least thats what i can remember now on tuesday, i do recall this:
i was pretty happy afterwards and apart from the guy making king high flush and then hitting something on river i would have been ok in deep stack
and in the 10k twice i called short stack all ins and was unlucky, once against 22 which held out and another against 10j which made a str8 on river
so i happy
also if any of u are wondering what the monster hand was from shattered dreams when my aces lost.....
it was 26!!! for a str8!!
$10 all in with 26!! what can u say bout that??
PK69
Sunday spent another day in the garden with GF and my mum, man its hard work but its slowly getting there
Monday just did a few bits round house and relaxed!!!
So good wkend all in all, oh yes MAN UTD are CHAMPIONS!!!!!
so no doubt ur all gagging to hear bout my first official poker session, with the GF's consent
well on saturday after shopping and setting up new toy it was bout 4 or 5pm, i lgged onto stars, after checking my blog, alas no tips for where to play, anyway as GF was hanging up the washing i saw that there were quite a few games that looked interesting
couple of $10 double & triple shoot outs to sunday million and warm up etc, interesting but wood lead to play on sunday could be an issue...
then i saw the 2 tournys i had to play..
a $10k guaranteed and a deep stack tounry for $22 & $11, i knew it was a 3rd of my roll but i had to try, if u dont shoot u dont score right??
well, surprise!! i didnt make any money in either of them, however i was very happy with my play and but for 2 unlucky hands and 1 bad decision i could have done so much better!!
so what happened??
well in the 10k u start with 3k chips, got off to a slow start in this, taking it easy. i slowly got up to bout 4k was prob under average, there were 700 in it. got up to 5k and was nearly average.
then with Q10diamonds i flop open end str8 flush draw!! chased it to river and didn't hit str8 , flush or anything that saw me drop to bout 2.5k
i then lost another hand or 2 and down to bout 1.7k
so i knew i had to make some moves, i stole a few blinds got just over 2k, then with a good pocket pair i pushed all in, i got a call and i held out, next hand i get aces!!
so i raise a small stack goes all in and i call and win and back to 6k!!
still under average and am bout 135th of 300-400 , this is where i went sour!!
with AQ i raise 3xbb, small stack goes all in for bout 3k, i call
he has 22 flop turn and river all miss me and he is good and now i am down to 3k ish
few hands later i get AK so i raise 3xbb again, another small stack goes all in so again i call
he has 10J
flop K97, looking good!!
turn 2, nearly there
river Q and he makes a str8!!!
so now i got bout 1.2 k and blinds are coming round at 200/400
i get K8 so i push
the big stack on 11k calls with A2, no luck and i finsh in the 300's
all in all fairly happy, but for some luck and chasing the str8 flush mite have been a good day, top 100 or so got paid
ok so what bout the deep stack, well i did better in this!! there were bout 500 in it and 65 paid, starting stack of 5k
hit some hands early on to get to 6 and then 7k, was playing patient as the clock was 30 mins blinds so no rush
kept moving along nicely and after 1hr 30 mins or so was on 10k and 90th of 300 ish, bit under average but leader on my table and going well
then this is where it went wrong
a min raise from early few callers i call with 35off, not good i know but i had the chips for a speculative call here and there
flop 249, 2 spades
early bets less half pot, figure i getting odds for my str8 so i call as does 1 other
turn 6!!! of spades,
tricky here as flush is on board but i made my str8.....
early bets bout half pot i feel he not got flush so to be sure i reraise to bout1.8k, folded back to early
he reraises to 3k........ i dont buy it, i dont know why but i didnt so i reraise all in for 10k!!
he thinks and then calls his last 3k
he shows ... KK with a spade
i have my str8
river....... a spade!!! he takes it on river with king high flush and i down to 5k!!
damn it!!
no need to worry though still time and chips, funnily enough i just got busted out the other tourny as this happened
i won some back off some other players
but ultimately the same guy wood take me out a few hands later
i cant remember now
but i remember i raised and got it in either pre or on the flop, was ahead again until he hit on river to take me out again in 300's
so but for some luck could have done ok there too!!
well at least thats what i can remember now on tuesday, i do recall this:
i was pretty happy afterwards and apart from the guy making king high flush and then hitting something on river i would have been ok in deep stack
and in the 10k twice i called short stack all ins and was unlucky, once against 22 which held out and another against 10j which made a str8 on river
so i happy
also if any of u are wondering what the monster hand was from shattered dreams when my aces lost.....
it was 26!!! for a str8!!
$10 all in with 26!! what can u say bout that??
PK69
Friday 4 May 2007
A Winning Session and where to find some value??
This morning was the first in a while, A WINNING SESSION!!
I played a $1.75 2 table turbo on stars and….. I won for a nice $10!!
At same time played a $6.50 2 table turbo and….. crept into 4th for a small cash
Then trying to keep my discipline, I put $5 on a 1c/2c 6 max table
And about 10mins later with a wapping 50c profit I left as time for work
Hey gota start somewhere
NOW…. Where to find some value???
As it’s a bank holiday wkend that means I have pencilled in some VPT (valuable poker time) with the GF’s acceptance. Now I have about $80-$90 in my stars account and Saturday will be my day, now I not going to all day maybe 2-4 hours tops, it wont be in the evening probably around mid day to early evening i.e say 12/1 til 5/6 ish
So what I need from you are suggestions of what games I should play during this time?
Cash or tourney? Which tournys? Now I happy to have a punt at anything up to say $20 buy in or say $10 if re buys, so what I would hope for is one tourney where I can hopefully make a nice cash finish and get the roll jump up to a better level
So who’s knows the best place for me?? It has to be on stars, and you have til 6pm today to let me know
PK69
I played a $1.75 2 table turbo on stars and….. I won for a nice $10!!
At same time played a $6.50 2 table turbo and….. crept into 4th for a small cash
Then trying to keep my discipline, I put $5 on a 1c/2c 6 max table
And about 10mins later with a wapping 50c profit I left as time for work
Hey gota start somewhere
NOW…. Where to find some value???
As it’s a bank holiday wkend that means I have pencilled in some VPT (valuable poker time) with the GF’s acceptance. Now I have about $80-$90 in my stars account and Saturday will be my day, now I not going to all day maybe 2-4 hours tops, it wont be in the evening probably around mid day to early evening i.e say 12/1 til 5/6 ish
So what I need from you are suggestions of what games I should play during this time?
Cash or tourney? Which tournys? Now I happy to have a punt at anything up to say $20 buy in or say $10 if re buys, so what I would hope for is one tourney where I can hopefully make a nice cash finish and get the roll jump up to a better level
So who’s knows the best place for me?? It has to be on stars, and you have til 6pm today to let me know
PK69
Thursday 3 May 2007
Shattered Dreams!! : -(
well what more can i say, not only was the footy last night a complete disaster right from the first whistle but also i had a crack at some cash tables this morning and dispite some good early work i managed to drop bout $25, some bad play but also the suck outs were just amazing...
this just typifies it
bout mid position i get ACES!!! nearly wet myself!! now as we all do, i thinking how can i make the most out of this dead cert winner, right??
well the table had been pretty active recently so, bit dangerous but i just called think i was 99% sure there would be a raise
so i limp... fold fold, then late guy raises to 40c, yes!! now SB calls so now i think i will press home
so i reraise to $1... the late guy reraises to $1.75!! the SB calls, there a bit more action than i would like here so i figure i gota really push it....
i reraise all in for $10!!!!! there bout $3in pot which i happy to take
anyway long dwell but late guy calls as does SB
flop K3K, right now i thinking shit someone gonna have a K
turn 4
river 5
so what u think happens when we all turn cards over???
i proudly show my AA only to lose!
SB also shows AA only to lose!!
so late guy, any guess what monster he called $10 all in with and won??
i'll see if any of u get it and will tell u in my next post, along with some of my other great fuck ups!!
PK69
this just typifies it
bout mid position i get ACES!!! nearly wet myself!! now as we all do, i thinking how can i make the most out of this dead cert winner, right??
well the table had been pretty active recently so, bit dangerous but i just called think i was 99% sure there would be a raise
so i limp... fold fold, then late guy raises to 40c, yes!! now SB calls so now i think i will press home
so i reraise to $1... the late guy reraises to $1.75!! the SB calls, there a bit more action than i would like here so i figure i gota really push it....
i reraise all in for $10!!!!! there bout $3in pot which i happy to take
anyway long dwell but late guy calls as does SB
flop K3K, right now i thinking shit someone gonna have a K
turn 4
river 5
so what u think happens when we all turn cards over???
i proudly show my AA only to lose!
SB also shows AA only to lose!!
so late guy, any guess what monster he called $10 all in with and won??
i'll see if any of u get it and will tell u in my next post, along with some of my other great fuck ups!!
PK69
Wednesday 2 May 2007
same old same old
well another morning and more stupidity!!
today feeling rather brave/stupid i start up for games!! 2 on FT one $1 turbo and a $2 turbo, on stars one $1.75 2 table turbo and one $6 2 table turbo
typically in the 2 cheaper tournys i started well, but in the other 2 was just coasting along waiting for some cards
i destroyed the $1.75 on stars and soon was chip leader out of 12 then 10 then 9 etc....
in fact it was only when we down to 6 that some people got stacks close to mine!!
early on it was just beautiful, no matter what i had it seemed to hit!! 2 early double ups and then a few more good pots
anyway when down to 6 things tightened up and i lost a few chips here and there, eventually down to 3 then i take out 3rd and we HU with about even stacks, i get the first advantage when i take bout 4k off other guy
i on 20k he on 8k!!
then he starts pushing all in a few times, i dont wanna risk it just yet so i fold, then he pushes again and i have A2, i figure my ace is ahead so i call
he has 6J hearts
flop xxx
turn x, looking good, no flush, just one more bullet to dodge
river...... 6!!
damn it!!
suddenly i lagging chips!!
i get a few more back, but he starts pushing again
so when i get 67 diamonds i push
he has A2, maybe its a sign and it wont hold up again??
flop xx2
turn A
river 2!!!
typical!!
oh well 2nd is ok
in the 2 FT games i take a 3rd and 6th, and in the other stars game 6th also
so all in all, not a great start
so then as usual i figure lets see if i can make some back in cash games
so more unusually for me i decided to keep it small
i put $5 on then 1c/2c table
its pretty passive and i take a few early pots, not bad
then when i have AQ and flop an ace a small stack goes all in for 53c i call and he has nothing!! no pair barely even draw!!
so i then up to $6.13 wow!!
a few more pots and i nearly at $7
then the hand that had to happen
i get 10J diamonds and raise 2xbb a few callers as seems to be the norm at this level
flop comes xJJ !!!there is a bet and raise before it comes to me, i reraise about $2, fold fold, then this guy goes all in... for like 50c more so of course i call
whats he got???? 710 hearts, so a weak draw to a str8... but whats that i see 2 hearts on the board!!
turn x and no heart
river.... do i even need to tell u... HEART!!!!!!!!! jesus christ, why is it everyone hits there flush draw against me!!! yet i never seem to get mine.. oh well such is life, u get kicked when ur down!!
anyway with time pressing on and being down to $4 i decide to leave before i do something stupid!!
anyway, i have left message with a few of my fellow bloggers but no harm is asking everyone
i play most mornings before work 7:30-8:45ish am uk time
if anyone wants to watch or would be kind enough to watch/advise me a bit then would be most appreciated, just leave a comment or email me pokeking69@yahoo.co.uk and we will see what we can sort out.... my game hopefully!!
anyway i promise more theory soon, also have to say well done to liverpool last night in footy, sorry to chelsea fans out there, i all for supporting the british clubs in europe but with mr big heads attitude i was glad that chelsea lost and cant go for a quad!!
PK69
today feeling rather brave/stupid i start up for games!! 2 on FT one $1 turbo and a $2 turbo, on stars one $1.75 2 table turbo and one $6 2 table turbo
typically in the 2 cheaper tournys i started well, but in the other 2 was just coasting along waiting for some cards
i destroyed the $1.75 on stars and soon was chip leader out of 12 then 10 then 9 etc....
in fact it was only when we down to 6 that some people got stacks close to mine!!
early on it was just beautiful, no matter what i had it seemed to hit!! 2 early double ups and then a few more good pots
anyway when down to 6 things tightened up and i lost a few chips here and there, eventually down to 3 then i take out 3rd and we HU with about even stacks, i get the first advantage when i take bout 4k off other guy
i on 20k he on 8k!!
then he starts pushing all in a few times, i dont wanna risk it just yet so i fold, then he pushes again and i have A2, i figure my ace is ahead so i call
he has 6J hearts
flop xxx
turn x, looking good, no flush, just one more bullet to dodge
river...... 6!!
damn it!!
suddenly i lagging chips!!
i get a few more back, but he starts pushing again
so when i get 67 diamonds i push
he has A2, maybe its a sign and it wont hold up again??
flop xx2
turn A
river 2!!!
typical!!
oh well 2nd is ok
in the 2 FT games i take a 3rd and 6th, and in the other stars game 6th also
so all in all, not a great start
so then as usual i figure lets see if i can make some back in cash games
so more unusually for me i decided to keep it small
i put $5 on then 1c/2c table
its pretty passive and i take a few early pots, not bad
then when i have AQ and flop an ace a small stack goes all in for 53c i call and he has nothing!! no pair barely even draw!!
so i then up to $6.13 wow!!
a few more pots and i nearly at $7
then the hand that had to happen
i get 10J diamonds and raise 2xbb a few callers as seems to be the norm at this level
flop comes xJJ !!!there is a bet and raise before it comes to me, i reraise about $2, fold fold, then this guy goes all in... for like 50c more so of course i call
whats he got???? 710 hearts, so a weak draw to a str8... but whats that i see 2 hearts on the board!!
turn x and no heart
river.... do i even need to tell u... HEART!!!!!!!!! jesus christ, why is it everyone hits there flush draw against me!!! yet i never seem to get mine.. oh well such is life, u get kicked when ur down!!
anyway with time pressing on and being down to $4 i decide to leave before i do something stupid!!
anyway, i have left message with a few of my fellow bloggers but no harm is asking everyone
i play most mornings before work 7:30-8:45ish am uk time
if anyone wants to watch or would be kind enough to watch/advise me a bit then would be most appreciated, just leave a comment or email me pokeking69@yahoo.co.uk and we will see what we can sort out.... my game hopefully!!
anyway i promise more theory soon, also have to say well done to liverpool last night in footy, sorry to chelsea fans out there, i all for supporting the british clubs in europe but with mr big heads attitude i was glad that chelsea lost and cant go for a quad!!
PK69
Tuesday 1 May 2007
the last week
well i hope everyone is good and well and the cards are working for you!!
well i have some up and then downs since my last post
the day after my last post i played a $2 turbo on FT and WON for a nice $9, the account up to $20 now, however since then i played 3 and out early in one, bubble in another and 3rd this morning so prob more like $15 right now
On stars i been playing the $6 2 table turbos, i got 2nd for $30 or 40 i also bubbled once and another lower finish
so it mixed bag,
this morning though i crumbled and played a cash table!! i got stop myself cos i only seem to lose, there is a different style required for cash tables and i just haven't got it yet!! any tips on cash game greatly appreciated!!
so i put $25 on a table, too much of my bank roll i know, but i just cant seem to manage the lower limits, i know i still losing on this limit but i feel apart from the one bad call i always make where i lose, overall at the 10c/25c table i got more of a feel for things
so starts ok small pot here, then i make Ace high str8 and get a few more dollars off a guy, and i up to $31.55 so nearly $7 up, then in BB i have Q6diamonds and late guy min raises as a few see call i figure i getting odds for a speculative call
flop comes QA6 rainbow!!
ok so 2 pair, and given the size of raise pre flop i guessing no one got AQ, A6 maybe? but i figure my 2 pair best or even right now so i check
there a bet and then the original raiser (late guy) raises to 75c, not that strong given pot size, so i reraise to $2.50 everyone else folds he thinks and calls,
turn = 2, not scary right? so now the pot getting big, he started with bout $8-10 so he only got bout 3-4 left now, and i want it so i figure this guy has an Ace and will bet it so i check again, bit dodgy but he bets $2 i rerasie him all in and he calls
i have 2 pair Q&6
he has A2 for 2 pair!!
damn!!
so i lose and down to like $19
small pots here and there, and then another time i manage to lose a $5 pot and down to $13, at this point i figure best i leave before i do the lot!!
so stars account now down to bout $90 after being up close to $130, damn!! just a few tournys with no cash and 2 bad days on cash
must avoid the cash til i get control and more roll!!
will do some strategy posts soon
non poker related, get in Man utd, awesome game to come back against AC Milan for a 3-2 lead, though still on knife edge, but even better, the come back against everton for a 4-2 win, esp when Bolton did us huge favour and drew with Chelsea!!
also what a lovely wkend, shame i was on a course all day sat, but spent sunday in garden, unfortunately all day working as currently its a jungle that indiana jones could happily trek though, still some progress and garden looking bit more friendly now!!
PK69
well i have some up and then downs since my last post
the day after my last post i played a $2 turbo on FT and WON for a nice $9, the account up to $20 now, however since then i played 3 and out early in one, bubble in another and 3rd this morning so prob more like $15 right now
On stars i been playing the $6 2 table turbos, i got 2nd for $30 or 40 i also bubbled once and another lower finish
so it mixed bag,
this morning though i crumbled and played a cash table!! i got stop myself cos i only seem to lose, there is a different style required for cash tables and i just haven't got it yet!! any tips on cash game greatly appreciated!!
so i put $25 on a table, too much of my bank roll i know, but i just cant seem to manage the lower limits, i know i still losing on this limit but i feel apart from the one bad call i always make where i lose, overall at the 10c/25c table i got more of a feel for things
so starts ok small pot here, then i make Ace high str8 and get a few more dollars off a guy, and i up to $31.55 so nearly $7 up, then in BB i have Q6diamonds and late guy min raises as a few see call i figure i getting odds for a speculative call
flop comes QA6 rainbow!!
ok so 2 pair, and given the size of raise pre flop i guessing no one got AQ, A6 maybe? but i figure my 2 pair best or even right now so i check
there a bet and then the original raiser (late guy) raises to 75c, not that strong given pot size, so i reraise to $2.50 everyone else folds he thinks and calls,
turn = 2, not scary right? so now the pot getting big, he started with bout $8-10 so he only got bout 3-4 left now, and i want it so i figure this guy has an Ace and will bet it so i check again, bit dodgy but he bets $2 i rerasie him all in and he calls
i have 2 pair Q&6
he has A2 for 2 pair!!
damn!!
so i lose and down to like $19
small pots here and there, and then another time i manage to lose a $5 pot and down to $13, at this point i figure best i leave before i do the lot!!
so stars account now down to bout $90 after being up close to $130, damn!! just a few tournys with no cash and 2 bad days on cash
must avoid the cash til i get control and more roll!!
will do some strategy posts soon
non poker related, get in Man utd, awesome game to come back against AC Milan for a 3-2 lead, though still on knife edge, but even better, the come back against everton for a 4-2 win, esp when Bolton did us huge favour and drew with Chelsea!!
also what a lovely wkend, shame i was on a course all day sat, but spent sunday in garden, unfortunately all day working as currently its a jungle that indiana jones could happily trek though, still some progress and garden looking bit more friendly now!!
PK69
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