so i describe the basic of poker, now what are the hand we are hoping to get:
1/Royal Flush/Str8 flush= 5 cards of same suit in running ordere.g 10-A, 5-9
2/4 of a kind
3/Full House=3 cards same and a pair e.g AAKKK, the higher set of 3 determines best hand
4/Flush=5 cards same suit, the person with highest card of suit wins, or working down the hand the next highest card and so on, so if the A is on the flop then both have A high flush but next highest card counts to winning hand so if one has K and other a J the AK flush will win
5/Str8=5 cards in running order of any suit,
6/3 of a kind
7/2 pair
8/1 pair
9/high card
PK69
Wednesday, 18 April 2007
Poker today
well Full Tilt was again out of action, new software to download it said, so after downloading it i logged in and feeling uneasy i tried to view a cash table first... sure enough not much came up!!
seen this prob before so decided to leave FT for today and try again 2moro when hopefully it just starts working for some reason
so, on to pokerstars i go and i get in the $6 turbo 2 table tourny again, i think these are great value!!
playing pretty conservatively i make it to the final 12 or so, then take a few pots and we are the final 9.
early on i get 1010, make a raise get a call, flop a 10 i check the guy has been aggressive before, he duely come back over the top i call all in and we down to 8 and i 3rd in chips
i then get a run of cards, i get KK, something, QQ, something QQ, something, AKsuited, 1010 again, and the best part is that i make the most out of all of them, after this run we are down to 5 or 6 and i either chip leader or close 2nd
goes down to 4 which is payout time, and the small stack has been pushing all in almost every other hand
first hand i get against him.. AA i am SB so i just call, he is BB and as normal pushes all in, i insta call and its game over for him when his 37 does hit anything!!
down to 3 i wait my time but keep the pressure on with raises here and there, i am healthy chip leader, i take out 3rd place when my 66 beats his k4 so we heads up
i have about 20k
he has 4k
i raise a few times and get him to fold, he takes a few pots but i then get it back
with blinds about 500/1000 he cant last long
so when i get AQsuited i push him in, he calls with J4
flop x QJ,
turn x,
river... any guesses?? 4!! giving him 2 pair
with a few more chips he a bit more aggressive and at just the wrong time my cards seem to dry up!!
i call a few raises he and there to try see some flops but no joy
then a key hand, i have A9 he has A10, it all goes in and he hits a 10 on the flop
now i short stack, i fight and get some back
i get lucky with all in 310 v his A9 when my 3 on the flop holds
but i still treading water and the blinds go up to 600/1200!!
i get A7 suited and push he calls with J6, ace on flop and i look safe...... do feel that......
it coming.....
turn 6, river....... J!! so his 2 pair does me again!!
oh well happy with 2nd and another $32, that twice in 2 days!!
maybe i need to work on my heads up??
but with the blinds getting so high once u lose a few chips ur struggling
PK69
seen this prob before so decided to leave FT for today and try again 2moro when hopefully it just starts working for some reason
so, on to pokerstars i go and i get in the $6 turbo 2 table tourny again, i think these are great value!!
playing pretty conservatively i make it to the final 12 or so, then take a few pots and we are the final 9.
early on i get 1010, make a raise get a call, flop a 10 i check the guy has been aggressive before, he duely come back over the top i call all in and we down to 8 and i 3rd in chips
i then get a run of cards, i get KK, something, QQ, something QQ, something, AKsuited, 1010 again, and the best part is that i make the most out of all of them, after this run we are down to 5 or 6 and i either chip leader or close 2nd
goes down to 4 which is payout time, and the small stack has been pushing all in almost every other hand
first hand i get against him.. AA i am SB so i just call, he is BB and as normal pushes all in, i insta call and its game over for him when his 37 does hit anything!!
down to 3 i wait my time but keep the pressure on with raises here and there, i am healthy chip leader, i take out 3rd place when my 66 beats his k4 so we heads up
i have about 20k
he has 4k
i raise a few times and get him to fold, he takes a few pots but i then get it back
with blinds about 500/1000 he cant last long
so when i get AQsuited i push him in, he calls with J4
flop x QJ,
turn x,
river... any guesses?? 4!! giving him 2 pair
with a few more chips he a bit more aggressive and at just the wrong time my cards seem to dry up!!
i call a few raises he and there to try see some flops but no joy
then a key hand, i have A9 he has A10, it all goes in and he hits a 10 on the flop
now i short stack, i fight and get some back
i get lucky with all in 310 v his A9 when my 3 on the flop holds
but i still treading water and the blinds go up to 600/1200!!
i get A7 suited and push he calls with J6, ace on flop and i look safe...... do feel that......
it coming.....
turn 6, river....... J!! so his 2 pair does me again!!
oh well happy with 2nd and another $32, that twice in 2 days!!
maybe i need to work on my heads up??
but with the blinds getting so high once u lose a few chips ur struggling
PK69
Tuesday, 17 April 2007
Busy Busy Busy!!
wow work is busy at the moment, plus with doing my training courses i getting next to no time to play poker or work on my blog!!
i logged on to Full Tilt this morning ready to play my usual $2 turbo but it wasn't there!!
it was odd the sng menu looked weird, the smallest no limit game was $100 !!!! whats that about?
did anyone else notice this or have any probs??
so i started up pokerstars, and got on a $6 turbo 2 table sng, i came 2nd for a very nice $30ish, more of that please!!
Rackback- i know lots of people out there all use it but i have a question, i joined rakebrain and that is where i downloaded full tilt from, now looking on my rakebrain account is shows the rake i have earned back for the last few months, now how do i know if this has gone into my full tilt account?? anyone?
i tried looking at my account history but it only showed my initial deposit??
any ideas on that one?
when i get the chance i will continue with my poker basic theory and move on to other areas that i clearly need to work on
goodluck on the tables all
PK69
i logged on to Full Tilt this morning ready to play my usual $2 turbo but it wasn't there!!
it was odd the sng menu looked weird, the smallest no limit game was $100 !!!! whats that about?
did anyone else notice this or have any probs??
so i started up pokerstars, and got on a $6 turbo 2 table sng, i came 2nd for a very nice $30ish, more of that please!!
Rackback- i know lots of people out there all use it but i have a question, i joined rakebrain and that is where i downloaded full tilt from, now looking on my rakebrain account is shows the rake i have earned back for the last few months, now how do i know if this has gone into my full tilt account?? anyone?
i tried looking at my account history but it only showed my initial deposit??
any ideas on that one?
when i get the chance i will continue with my poker basic theory and move on to other areas that i clearly need to work on
goodluck on the tables all
PK69
Friday, 13 April 2007
Basic Holdem
Another $2 turbo and another good finish, 2nd! thats two 1st's and a 2nd in my last 3!! i just need to keep this going now
OK, lets start on some basics (i know we all know these but for the sake of being complete)
I play NoLimit Holdem(NLHE), tourny or cash games, though i really should stick to tourny's for now!!
as we all know this is how the game goes
everyone is dealt 2 cards face down, that only they can see, the person to the left of the dealer Small Blind (SB) makes a half bet of the minimum, the player to his left Big Blind (BB) makes the minimum bet from here everyone has 3 choices, fold and keep there chips, call the bet or raise, of which the raise has to be a minimum of the value of the BB or previous bet if reraising
once every has called we see 3 cards (Flop), another round of betting, a 4th Card (Turn) another round of betting and a final 5th card and a final round of betting
the player with the best hand (5 cards using any of his 2 and the 5 on the board) or who's bet is not called wins the hand
basic i know, but lets cover it and move on
PK69
OK, lets start on some basics (i know we all know these but for the sake of being complete)
I play NoLimit Holdem(NLHE), tourny or cash games, though i really should stick to tourny's for now!!
as we all know this is how the game goes
everyone is dealt 2 cards face down, that only they can see, the person to the left of the dealer Small Blind (SB) makes a half bet of the minimum, the player to his left Big Blind (BB) makes the minimum bet from here everyone has 3 choices, fold and keep there chips, call the bet or raise, of which the raise has to be a minimum of the value of the BB or previous bet if reraising
once every has called we see 3 cards (Flop), another round of betting, a 4th Card (Turn) another round of betting and a final 5th card and a final round of betting
the player with the best hand (5 cards using any of his 2 and the 5 on the board) or who's bet is not called wins the hand
basic i know, but lets cover it and move on
PK69
Thursday, 12 April 2007
Another day, same old......
Poker, its a funny old game, the gods are just playing with me
i play a $2 turbo on full tilt, play steady and when we get down to 3 the other 2 guys are so passive that i just bet everything until the bet back, it didnt take too long and i won!! at last 2 wins in 2 days, need a few more now
but then my other temptation reared its ugly head, i put $6 in a cash table!!! why do i do it???????
a few good hands where i didn't put the guy on anything so reraised and took some pots, can't remember any details!!
now the bad.
i get AQ i raise 3xbb, think 1 caller
flop comes pretty raggy, he checks so i bet bout half-3/4 pot..... he thins then calls
turn a 6 and pairs the board, he checks again.... well he not showing any strength so i fire again at it, this time a pot size bet....
again he dwells before calling
river cant remember he checks and now i think i must be being trapped so i check back
i show and i either had 1 or 2 pairs, cant remember exactly now
so what he have........ K4hearts, and u know what the river was... yup the 3rd heart to give him the FLUSH!! he had nothing but kept calling to the river where he duely got the winning hand
so what i do wrong?? should i have bet more??
a few hands later and still pretty pissed off i get A10 diamonds 2 limpers so i raise 4xBB, SB folds, BB calls and one other calls
flop is J89, with one diamond
1st guy checks, 2nd bets 20c, i reraise to 80c now the original checker re-reraises to $1.80......
other guy folds... so i got open ended str8 and a runner runner nut flush draw....
i decide to jam in my remaining $3.50 or similar amount
the guy thinks for a while and calls
showdown
ME A10 str8 and flush draw
HIM 53clubs ??????? there are 2 clubs on the board!!!!
so turn... a Q!!!! i got the str8 for once the gods are smiling on me!!!!!
River... CLUB!! he takes the flush and my $6 is gone
so did i play it wrong? was it just the gods? or is it just that flush draws always hit against me?
so after getting my account up it now at either $10 or $16 not sure
brilliant!! i couldnt get pokerstars to work so will look into that 2moro
PK69
i play a $2 turbo on full tilt, play steady and when we get down to 3 the other 2 guys are so passive that i just bet everything until the bet back, it didnt take too long and i won!! at last 2 wins in 2 days, need a few more now
but then my other temptation reared its ugly head, i put $6 in a cash table!!! why do i do it???????
a few good hands where i didn't put the guy on anything so reraised and took some pots, can't remember any details!!
now the bad.
i get AQ i raise 3xbb, think 1 caller
flop comes pretty raggy, he checks so i bet bout half-3/4 pot..... he thins then calls
turn a 6 and pairs the board, he checks again.... well he not showing any strength so i fire again at it, this time a pot size bet....
again he dwells before calling
river cant remember he checks and now i think i must be being trapped so i check back
i show and i either had 1 or 2 pairs, cant remember exactly now
so what he have........ K4hearts, and u know what the river was... yup the 3rd heart to give him the FLUSH!! he had nothing but kept calling to the river where he duely got the winning hand
so what i do wrong?? should i have bet more??
a few hands later and still pretty pissed off i get A10 diamonds 2 limpers so i raise 4xBB, SB folds, BB calls and one other calls
flop is J89, with one diamond
1st guy checks, 2nd bets 20c, i reraise to 80c now the original checker re-reraises to $1.80......
other guy folds... so i got open ended str8 and a runner runner nut flush draw....
i decide to jam in my remaining $3.50 or similar amount
the guy thinks for a while and calls
showdown
ME A10 str8 and flush draw
HIM 53clubs ??????? there are 2 clubs on the board!!!!
so turn... a Q!!!! i got the str8 for once the gods are smiling on me!!!!!
River... CLUB!! he takes the flush and my $6 is gone
so did i play it wrong? was it just the gods? or is it just that flush draws always hit against me?
so after getting my account up it now at either $10 or $16 not sure
brilliant!! i couldnt get pokerstars to work so will look into that 2moro
PK69
Wednesday, 11 April 2007
NON Poker
well work is over so time for a quick post, i must say that Man Utd were awesome last night!! we destroyed Roma 7-1!! it is probably the best performance this season and we are in the semi of champ league now!!
ok so thats the non poker stuff out the way
i may have mentioned before that my full tilt not going so well, was down to like $5 at one point
i am now up to $15!! i played a $2 turbo this morning and won!! a cash finish at last!! just need a dozen more and i mite be back to where i started!!
i have also decided to put $60 in my pokerstars account, there chance for 2 or 3 table turbos in the morning mean i mite be able to build my roll a bit more should i make the cash instead of the current single tables at full tilt
now about my posts, i have noticed previously that my posts are mainly my losing hands, now i know we all have bad beats and we heard them all before so from now i want to do it differently
i will continue to discuss my losing hands, because, u need to learn from ur mistakes and cut them out to improve so where i am losing i must be doing something wrong.. though i will try not to dwell on only these
i will also try to post a few winning hands with my thoughts to see if i won because of good decisions or luck
also while talking about my sessions played i need to do some work on my theory as this is what i am thinking about when i actually play so by working on that i should improve me play before i make the mistakes which i tell u about
so from now:
more theory discussions
some winning hands
and some losing hands
well thats the goal anyway, but we all love a moan!!
PK69
ok so thats the non poker stuff out the way
i may have mentioned before that my full tilt not going so well, was down to like $5 at one point
i am now up to $15!! i played a $2 turbo this morning and won!! a cash finish at last!! just need a dozen more and i mite be back to where i started!!
i have also decided to put $60 in my pokerstars account, there chance for 2 or 3 table turbos in the morning mean i mite be able to build my roll a bit more should i make the cash instead of the current single tables at full tilt
now about my posts, i have noticed previously that my posts are mainly my losing hands, now i know we all have bad beats and we heard them all before so from now i want to do it differently
i will continue to discuss my losing hands, because, u need to learn from ur mistakes and cut them out to improve so where i am losing i must be doing something wrong.. though i will try not to dwell on only these
i will also try to post a few winning hands with my thoughts to see if i won because of good decisions or luck
also while talking about my sessions played i need to do some work on my theory as this is what i am thinking about when i actually play so by working on that i should improve me play before i make the mistakes which i tell u about
so from now:
more theory discussions
some winning hands
and some losing hands
well thats the goal anyway, but we all love a moan!!
PK69
Happy Easter...... not quite!
Hello all, been a while since my last post, hope u all been running well and killing the tables
i... well.... i have been absolutely raped senseless!! u know those times when everything goes against u, when u just think why do i bother, well that has been my easter!!
been playing bad, rushing, playing crappy cards, tilt is my best friend lately!!
however i am determined that this must only be a blip and i can pull it back!!
i wont bore u with all the details of my sessions but here is a example of my lack of luck
i not doing well short stacked, i get A9 diamonds its good enough for me so i push my tiny stack in, i get 2 callers, flop comes Q94 with 2 hearts
so i got some of it...... 1 caller bets and the other folds
the caller has A9 also, with the A of hearts
so i looking good for a split here........ but whats that.....
yes he has the ace of hearts and there 2 hearts on the flop........ i get that sinking feeling... u know what i mean.... like fate u can feel it coming
turn........ 3 of..... hearts!
so no heart and i am still in the game
river........ HEART of course!!
another tourny i was actually doing ok
i have AQ clubs so i raise 3xBB
a kinda middle stack but getting low goes all in... back to me and i call (i think was like this or maybe he went all in on flop..)
flop is something like A105 so i well ahead
turn 2
river 3
what u think has has???
yup A4 and a str8!!
anyway i have more to say but as i am at work it will have to wait for another post
also wombol thanks for ur concern at my absence, i will get back to u re full tilt soon
PK69
i... well.... i have been absolutely raped senseless!! u know those times when everything goes against u, when u just think why do i bother, well that has been my easter!!
been playing bad, rushing, playing crappy cards, tilt is my best friend lately!!
however i am determined that this must only be a blip and i can pull it back!!
i wont bore u with all the details of my sessions but here is a example of my lack of luck
i not doing well short stacked, i get A9 diamonds its good enough for me so i push my tiny stack in, i get 2 callers, flop comes Q94 with 2 hearts
so i got some of it...... 1 caller bets and the other folds
the caller has A9 also, with the A of hearts
so i looking good for a split here........ but whats that.....
yes he has the ace of hearts and there 2 hearts on the flop........ i get that sinking feeling... u know what i mean.... like fate u can feel it coming
turn........ 3 of..... hearts!
so no heart and i am still in the game
river........ HEART of course!!
another tourny i was actually doing ok
i have AQ clubs so i raise 3xBB
a kinda middle stack but getting low goes all in... back to me and i call (i think was like this or maybe he went all in on flop..)
flop is something like A105 so i well ahead
turn 2
river 3
what u think has has???
yup A4 and a str8!!
anyway i have more to say but as i am at work it will have to wait for another post
also wombol thanks for ur concern at my absence, i will get back to u re full tilt soon
PK69
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