I wanted to start off by wishing good luck to all of my fellow bloggers that will be participating in the WSOP main event. I wish everybody luck, and I hope Loretta can pull it off by winning the whole damn thing on a freeroll.
As for myself, I am obviously not going to Vegas for the WSOP. I had plans about 3 months ago to get out for the last $1,500 NLHE event, but with all of the things going on at home, with my wife extremely busy with her work, it would have been impossible. I do get the whole month of August to myself and would like to get up there for a weekend, but within those 4 weeks, I need to get over to Mexico City to get LASIK on my eyes, so that might put a kink in things.
As far as poker goes, I am really flabbergasted to say the least. I had been on a decent incline as far as cashes go in 6-man SNG turbos, and all of a sudden, I failed to cash in 14 in a row. 8x$6, 2x$11, 2x$22 and 1x$33. I finished 3rd in what seemed like all of them. And my bust-out hands are a series of the cruelest bad beats you ever did see. Aces getting cracked, straights getting flushed on the river, and in what seemed like the last 5 or 6 bust-outs, KK, QQ or JJ vs. A-rag with an ace hitting every frickin’ time.
I am not one to whine about bad beats, but it was seriously shocking the series of beats I took. If you added them all up together as a probability, the chances would be one in a million for sure.
Anyways, I had to take a break from SNGs, because I was just getting raped, so the last couple of days, I got in about 1,000 hands of 50NL. I just wanted a change from the norm. Anyways, the results over that time recouped the $150+ I lost playing SNGs. Most of the profit coming from these hands:
The second hand there is pretty sick, and I manage to hit running jacks to take the pot, 2 outs on the turn and 4 outs on the river, something finally went my way.
Those two hands, coupled with some other standard play at 50NL have me even in the last 4 days, which is wonderful considering how shitty I have been running in 6-man SNGs.
Anyways, no poker for me in the next 3-4 days, probably until the weekend. Hopefully we are having a live game at my house on Saturday, but if not, I will be grinding away at the virtual tables instead.
Thanks all for reading, good luck to everyone.
Ryan
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Thursday, June 19, 2008
2nd place finish
The wife and her friends went out to the movies last night, so I found a spot to be able to play some poker for about 3 hours. I was considering playing a 180-man on Stars, but because I wanted to get done in less than 3 hours, I looked for a tournament with 60-120 people in it. Ultimately, I decided on a $3 tourney on FT that, when I registered, had about 90 people in it with 2 minutes left in registration. By the time I had tucked the kids in bed and returned to my seat 10 minutes into the tourney, there were 250+ entrants. Sigh…
First hand of significance came up just a minute or so after I sat down:
Seat 1: PJS JR (1,585)
Seat 2: Taly87 (850)
Seat 3: Daniel Nigreanu (510)
Seat 4: JEY43 (2,250)
Seat 5: big_val5 (1,418)
Seat 6: USC_Elation (2,512)
Seat 7: scat1028 (3,180)
Seat 8: ace1won (1,835)
Seat 9: canubeatme (1,380)
USC_Elation posts the small blind of 20
scat1028 posts the big blind of 40
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR [Ad Ac]
ace1won raises to 120
canubeatme calls 120
PJS JR raises to 440
6 folds
ace1won raises to 1,835, and is all in
canubeatme folds
PJS JR calls 1,145, and is all in
ace1won shows [Kh Kd]
PJS JR shows [Ad Ac]
Uncalled bet of 250 returned to ace1won
*** FLOP *** [Qs 7h 9c]
*** TURN *** [Qs 7h 9c] [5c]
*** RIVER *** [Qs 7h 9c 5c] [Qd]
ace1won shows two pair, Kings and Queens
PJS JR shows two pair, Aces and Queens
PJS JR wins the pot (3,350) with two pair, Aces and Queens
Pretty standard there, only 1 hand that could beat him, and obviously I had it. About 5 hands later, this one comes up…
Seat 1: PJS JR (3,350)
Seat 2: Taly87 (810)
Seat 3: Daniel Nigreanu (510)
Seat 4: JEY43 (2,390)
Seat 5: big_val5 (1,418)
Seat 6: USC_Elation (2,702)
Seat 7: scat1028 (3,120)
Seat 9: canubeatme (1,220)
canubeatme posts the small blind of 20
PJS JR posts the big blind of 40
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR [Qc Ah]
2 folds
JEY43 calls 40
big_val5 folds
USC_Elation calls 40
2 folds
PJS JR raises to 250
JEY43 has 15 seconds left to act
JEY43 raises to 2,350, and is all in
PJS JR calls 2,100
PJS JR shows [Qc Ah]
JEY43 shows [Kc Qs]
*** FLOP *** [Kh 9c Ac]
*** TURN *** [Kh 9c Ac] [7h]
*** RIVER *** [Kh 9c Ac 7h] [7d]
PJS JR shows two pair, Aces and Sevens
JEY43 shows two pair, Kings and Sevens
PJS JR wins the pot (4,840) with two pair, Aces and Sevens
I didn’t figure him for a limp re-steal with aces or kings, so I just went with the hand. Fortunately, my hand held up. From there, because I had so many chips in comparison to the blinds, I didn’t get involved in too many more pot for the next 20-25 minutes. I wasn’t really getting anything, so I just laid back and waited. I bluffed at one big pot that netted me about 1,200 chips, and then the next big one came up:
Seat 1: midtown101 (6,990)
Seat 2: joaokar (3,218)
Seat 3: SaM ShAbAAm (4,954)
Seat 4: spacenoodle (10,567)
Seat 5: jersey eyed (5,584)
Seat 6: Erskineballer24 (1,423)
Seat 7: holynuckingfuts (3,755)
Seat 8: PJS JR (7,835)
Seat 9: BLACKHEART91 (910)
midtown101 posts the small blind of 60
joaokar posts the big blind of 120
The button is in seat #9
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR [Ac Jd]
4 folds
holynuckingfuts calls 120
PJS JR calls 120
BLACKHEART91 folds
midtown101 calls 60
joaokar raises to 3,218, and is all in
holynuckingfuts folds
PJS JR raises to 7,835, and is all in
midtown101 folds
PJS JR shows [Ac Jd]
joaokar shows [Ts Ah]
Uncalled bet of 4,617 returned to PJS JR
*** FLOP *** [4c Kh 7h]
*** TURN *** [4c Kh 7h] [Jh]
*** RIVER *** [4c Kh 7h Jh] [8h] ICK!
PJS JR shows a pair of Jacks
joaokar shows a flush, Ace high
joaokar wins the pot (6,676) with a flush, Ace high
That one stung, and I got berated by everyone at the table for my limp re-raise, but whatever, I was ahead, like I thought I was, and I got sucked out on. What can you do? I got my chips back within a couple of minutes anyways…
Seat 1: midtown101 (5,420)
Seat 2: Cro Owl (2,645)
Seat 3: SaM ShAbAAm (7,087)
Seat 5: jersey eyed (5,944)
Seat 6: Fivesocksdoc (7,921)
Seat 7: holynuckingfuts (4,445)
Seat 8: PJS JR (5,699)
Seat 9: TVtruckGUY (1,142)
jersey eyed posts the big blind of 160
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR [Ks As]
Fivesocksdoc calls 160
holynuckingfuts raises to 475
PJS JR raises to 5,699, and is all in
6 folds
holynuckingfuts calls 3,970, and is all in
PJS JR shows [Ks As]
holynuckingfuts shows [Ad Qs]
Uncalled bet of 1,254 returned to PJS JR
*** FLOP *** [Td Qh Js] weeeeeeeee!!
*** TURN *** [Td Qh Js] [Th]
*** RIVER *** [Td Qh Js Th] [3h]
PJS JR shows a straight, Ace high
holynuckingfuts shows two pair, Queens and Tens
PJS JR wins the pot (9,210) with a straight, Ace high
Thank you very much. I waited around for about 25-30 hands while getting nothing, before I get involved in another big pot:
Seat 1: midtown101 (4,863)
Seat 2: Cro Owl (3,074)
Seat 3: SaM ShAbAAm (7,377)
Seat 4: DAWG UGLY MATT (6,100)
Seat 5: shipitrealhard (7,169)
Seat 6: Fivesocksdoc (6,280)
Seat 7: Mr Memorabilia (7,875)
Seat 8: PJS JR (11,104)
Seat 9: rhoegg (4,513)
All antes posted
shipitrealhard posts the small blind of 120
Fivesocksdoc posts the big blind of 240
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR [Ah Kh]
Mr Memorabilia folds
PJS JR raises to 888
rhoegg folds
midtown101 calls 888
5 folds
*** FLOP *** [6c 2h Ts] Definitely not the best flop
PJS JR bets 1,440
midtown101 calls 1,440
*** TURN *** [6c 2h Ts] [Qh] Good card, straight and flush draw now
PJS JR bets 2,640 might as well just put him in…
midtown101 calls 2,510, and is all in
PJS JR shows [Ah Kh]
midtown101 shows [Td Ad] crap…
Uncalled bet of 130 returned to PJS JR
*** RIVER *** [6c 2h Ts Qh] [7h] weeeeeee!
PJS JR shows a flush, Ace high
midtown101 shows a pair of Tens
PJS JR wins the pot (10,261) with a flush, Ace high
That was a nice one to win. I am now top 3 or 4 in chips, and essentially rolling. Only lost 1 big hand, and I am getting my money in ahead.
Then, I make my first big laydown of the tournament:
Seat 1: jersey eyed (6,679)
Seat 2: Cro Owl (6,418)
Seat 3: SaM ShAbAAm (10,136)
Seat 5: a10fouru (12,385)
Seat 6: Fivesocksdoc (7,449)
Seat 7: Mr Memorabilia (9,623)
Seat 8: PJS JR (18,683)
Seat 9: Pay Station II (4,035)
Antes posted
Fivesocksdoc posts the small blind of 150
Mr Memorabilia posts the big blind of 300
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR [Kd Ah]
PJS JR raises to 1,099
4 folds
a10fouru calls 1,099
Fivesocksdoc calls 949
Mr Memorabilia calls 799
*** FLOP *** [9h 3h 3d]
Checks around
*** TURN *** [9h 3h 3d] [Ks]
Fivesocksdoc checks
Mr Memorabilia bets 1,500
PJS JR calls 1,500 what do you think of the call?
a10fouru has 15 seconds left to act
a10fouru raises to 10,596
2 folds
PJS JR has 15 seconds left to act
PJS JR folds THOUGHTS??
Uncalled bet of 9,096 returned to a10fouru
a10fouru mucks
a10fouru wins the pot (9,096)
I just didn’t feel right about the way he bet, and decided to lay it down. Maybe he had KQ or KJ, but I wasn’t sure, so I got out of there. I then won an 8,000-chip pot with top pair, crappy kicker to a guy who flopped middle pair and called me all the way to the river. I was now at 21,000 chips and going strong.
Here’s my next big hand:
Seat 4: F0RrealS0N (25,133)
Seat 6: Fivesocksdoc (56,796)
Seat 7: Everlastrr (9,365)
Seat 8: PJS JR (23,938)
Seat 9: tomfoolery72 (21,642)
Everyone antes
F0RrealS0N posts the small blind of 400
Fivesocksdoc posts the big blind of 800
The button is in seat #9
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR [Qc Qh]
Everlastrr raises to 9,265, and is all in
PJS JR raises to 23,838, and is all in
3 folds
PJS JR shows [Qc Qh]
Everlastrr shows [Tc Ah]
Uncalled bet of 14,573 returned to PJS JR
*** FLOP *** [2s 6h Kh]
*** TURN *** [2s 6h Kh] [3h]
*** RIVER *** [2s 6h Kh 3h] [6s]
PJS JR shows two pair, Queens and Sixes
Everlastrr shows a pair of Sixes
PJS JR wins the pot (20,230) with two pair, Queens and Sixes
We are down to 10 players, and waiting to knock out one guy. It finally happens, and the final table looks like this to start:
Seat 1: ajt1974 (11,830)
Seat 2: 5710 (10,459)
Seat 3: evienneau (64,342)
Seat 4: F0RrealS0N (19,258)
Seat 5: trey0924 (152,218)
Seat 6: Fivesocksdoc (67,021)
Seat 7: Anne-Marina (14,152)
Seat 8: PJS JR (32,678)
Seat 9: tomfoolery72 (21,042)
I am in fourth position in chips, but not for long. After knocking out one guy with 99 vs. his KT, the following hand came up that shot me up the leaderboard:
Seat 1: ajt1974 (22,760)
Seat 3: evienneau (44,140)
Seat 4: F0RrealS0N (41,598)
Seat 5: trey0924 (132,838)
Seat 6: Fivesocksdoc (104,971)
Seat 8: PJS JR (38,126)
Seat 9: tomfoolery72 (8,567)
Everyone antes
evienneau posts the small blind of 600
F0RrealS0N posts the big blind of 1,200
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR [4h 4s]
trey0924 calls 1,200
Fivesocksdoc calls 1,200
PJS JR calls 1,200
2 folds
evienneau calls 600
F0RrealS0N checks
*** FLOP *** [2d 4c Js] GIN!!
evienneau checks
F0RrealS0N bets 1,200
2 folds
PJS JR raises to 4,800 Bet your sets baby!
evienneau folds
F0RrealS0N calls 3,600
*** TURN *** [2d 4c Js] [5c]
F0RrealS0N checks
PJS JR bets 31,976, and is all in
F0RrealS0N calls 31,976
PJS JR shows [4h 4s]
F0RrealS0N shows [Jd 5s] unlucky there on the turn
*** RIVER *** [2d 4c Js 5c] [9d]
PJS JR shows three of a kind, Fours
F0RrealS0N shows two pair, Jacks and Fives
PJS JR wins the pot (80,602) with three of a kind, Fours
The next big one came up very quickly after that one:
Seat 1: ajt1974 (28,210)
Seat 3: evienneau (45,790)
Seat 5: trey0924 (128,488)
Seat 6: Fivesocksdoc (92,604)
Seat 8: PJS JR (78,402)
Seat 9: tomfoolery72 (19,506)
All antes
PJS JR posts the small blind of 800
tomfoolery72 posts the big blind of 1,600
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR [9d 9s]
ajt1974 folds
evienneau raises to 6,800
trey0924 folds
Fivesocksdoc calls 6,800
PJS JR calls 6,000
tomfoolery72 folds
*** FLOP *** [Ah 4h 9c] GIN AGAIN!!
PJS JR checks
evienneau bets 1,600
Fivesocksdoc calls 1,600
PJS JR raises to 9,999 Bet your sets baby!!
evienneau folds
Fivesocksdoc calls 8,399
*** TURN *** [Ah 4h 9c] [3d]
PJS JR has 15 seconds left to act
PJS JR bets 61,403, and is all in
Fivesocksdoc calls 61,403
PJS JR shows [9d 9s]
Fivesocksdoc shows [Td Ac] drawing dead!! WEEEE!!
*** RIVER *** [Ah 4h 9c 3d] [Jc]
PJS JR shows three of a kind, Nines
Fivesocksdoc shows a pair of Aces
PJS JR wins the pot (167,604) with three of a kind, Nines
Of course, now I am the chipleader and steamrolling. We got down to 3-handed shortly after, with one guy and myself having 90% of the chips, though I doubled up the shorty when my AT couldn’t hold off his A7 AIPF. About 2 hands later, the other guy took out the shorty AQ vs. KQ and we were heads-up. This is how it looked starting heads-up:
Seat 3: evienneau (246,646)
Seat 8: PJS JR (146,354)
That changed quickly after this hand:
Seat 3: evienneau (260,001)
Seat 8: PJS JR (132,999)
evienneau antes 300
PJS JR antes 300
evienneau posts the small blind of 1,200
PJS JR posts the big blind of 2,400
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR [5c Th]
evienneau raises to 4,800
PJS JR raises to 19,999
evienneau calls 15,199
*** FLOP *** [3d Ts 6h]
PJS JR bets 29,999
evienneau raises to 239,702, and is all in
PJS JR calls 82,701, and is all in
evienneau shows [6c 7h]
PJS JR shows [5c Th]
Uncalled bet of 127,002 returned to evienneau
*** TURN *** [3d Ts 6h] [3c]
*** RIVER *** [3d Ts 6h 3c] [4h]
evienneau shows two pair, Sixes and Threes
PJS JR shows two pair, Tens and Threes
PJS JR wins the pot (265,998) with two pair, Tens and Threes
I should have been able to take it down from there, but then this $hit happened…
Seat 3: evienneau (149,502)
Seat 8: PJS JR (243,498)
evienneau antes 300
PJS JR antes 300
evienneau posts the small blind of 1,200
PJS JR posts the big blind of 2,400
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR [Kh Ah]
evienneau raises to 4,800
PJS JR raises to 243,198, and is all in
evienneau calls 144,402, and is all in
PJS JR shows [Kh Ah]
evienneau shows [Ac Qs] HOLD BABY!!!
Uncalled bet of 93,996 returned to PJS JR
*** FLOP *** [Qh Qd 9h]
*** TURN *** [Qh Qd 9h] [Qc]
*** RIVER *** [Qh Qd 9h Qc] [5c] LOL!
PJS JR shows three of a kind, Queens
evienneau shows four of a kind, Queens
evienneau wins the pot (299,004) with four of a kind, Queens
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 299,004 | Rake 0
That was humorous actually. The match ended soon after that when I tried to bluff on the river and he caught me. Then I got my last 30k in chips in with KJ and he calls with AK, game over. $130 cash for a $3 entry is pretty good, though I would have like the $204 for first.
Visual proof:
Anyways, gotta get to work, but thought I would share my final table with everyone. Will post again soon, although probably won’t play again until Saturday night or Sunday morning.
Thanks all for reading, and good luck at the tables.
Ryan
First hand of significance came up just a minute or so after I sat down:
Seat 1: PJS JR (1,585)
Seat 2: Taly87 (850)
Seat 3: Daniel Nigreanu (510)
Seat 4: JEY43 (2,250)
Seat 5: big_val5 (1,418)
Seat 6: USC_Elation (2,512)
Seat 7: scat1028 (3,180)
Seat 8: ace1won (1,835)
Seat 9: canubeatme (1,380)
USC_Elation posts the small blind of 20
scat1028 posts the big blind of 40
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR [Ad Ac]
ace1won raises to 120
canubeatme calls 120
PJS JR raises to 440
6 folds
ace1won raises to 1,835, and is all in
canubeatme folds
PJS JR calls 1,145, and is all in
ace1won shows [Kh Kd]
PJS JR shows [Ad Ac]
Uncalled bet of 250 returned to ace1won
*** FLOP *** [Qs 7h 9c]
*** TURN *** [Qs 7h 9c] [5c]
*** RIVER *** [Qs 7h 9c 5c] [Qd]
ace1won shows two pair, Kings and Queens
PJS JR shows two pair, Aces and Queens
PJS JR wins the pot (3,350) with two pair, Aces and Queens
Pretty standard there, only 1 hand that could beat him, and obviously I had it. About 5 hands later, this one comes up…
Seat 1: PJS JR (3,350)
Seat 2: Taly87 (810)
Seat 3: Daniel Nigreanu (510)
Seat 4: JEY43 (2,390)
Seat 5: big_val5 (1,418)
Seat 6: USC_Elation (2,702)
Seat 7: scat1028 (3,120)
Seat 9: canubeatme (1,220)
canubeatme posts the small blind of 20
PJS JR posts the big blind of 40
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR [Qc Ah]
2 folds
JEY43 calls 40
big_val5 folds
USC_Elation calls 40
2 folds
PJS JR raises to 250
JEY43 has 15 seconds left to act
JEY43 raises to 2,350, and is all in
PJS JR calls 2,100
PJS JR shows [Qc Ah]
JEY43 shows [Kc Qs]
*** FLOP *** [Kh 9c Ac]
*** TURN *** [Kh 9c Ac] [7h]
*** RIVER *** [Kh 9c Ac 7h] [7d]
PJS JR shows two pair, Aces and Sevens
JEY43 shows two pair, Kings and Sevens
PJS JR wins the pot (4,840) with two pair, Aces and Sevens
I didn’t figure him for a limp re-steal with aces or kings, so I just went with the hand. Fortunately, my hand held up. From there, because I had so many chips in comparison to the blinds, I didn’t get involved in too many more pot for the next 20-25 minutes. I wasn’t really getting anything, so I just laid back and waited. I bluffed at one big pot that netted me about 1,200 chips, and then the next big one came up:
Seat 1: midtown101 (6,990)
Seat 2: joaokar (3,218)
Seat 3: SaM ShAbAAm (4,954)
Seat 4: spacenoodle (10,567)
Seat 5: jersey eyed (5,584)
Seat 6: Erskineballer24 (1,423)
Seat 7: holynuckingfuts (3,755)
Seat 8: PJS JR (7,835)
Seat 9: BLACKHEART91 (910)
midtown101 posts the small blind of 60
joaokar posts the big blind of 120
The button is in seat #9
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR [Ac Jd]
4 folds
holynuckingfuts calls 120
PJS JR calls 120
BLACKHEART91 folds
midtown101 calls 60
joaokar raises to 3,218, and is all in
holynuckingfuts folds
PJS JR raises to 7,835, and is all in
midtown101 folds
PJS JR shows [Ac Jd]
joaokar shows [Ts Ah]
Uncalled bet of 4,617 returned to PJS JR
*** FLOP *** [4c Kh 7h]
*** TURN *** [4c Kh 7h] [Jh]
*** RIVER *** [4c Kh 7h Jh] [8h] ICK!
PJS JR shows a pair of Jacks
joaokar shows a flush, Ace high
joaokar wins the pot (6,676) with a flush, Ace high
That one stung, and I got berated by everyone at the table for my limp re-raise, but whatever, I was ahead, like I thought I was, and I got sucked out on. What can you do? I got my chips back within a couple of minutes anyways…
Seat 1: midtown101 (5,420)
Seat 2: Cro Owl (2,645)
Seat 3: SaM ShAbAAm (7,087)
Seat 5: jersey eyed (5,944)
Seat 6: Fivesocksdoc (7,921)
Seat 7: holynuckingfuts (4,445)
Seat 8: PJS JR (5,699)
Seat 9: TVtruckGUY (1,142)
jersey eyed posts the big blind of 160
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR [Ks As]
Fivesocksdoc calls 160
holynuckingfuts raises to 475
PJS JR raises to 5,699, and is all in
6 folds
holynuckingfuts calls 3,970, and is all in
PJS JR shows [Ks As]
holynuckingfuts shows [Ad Qs]
Uncalled bet of 1,254 returned to PJS JR
*** FLOP *** [Td Qh Js] weeeeeeeee!!
*** TURN *** [Td Qh Js] [Th]
*** RIVER *** [Td Qh Js Th] [3h]
PJS JR shows a straight, Ace high
holynuckingfuts shows two pair, Queens and Tens
PJS JR wins the pot (9,210) with a straight, Ace high
Thank you very much. I waited around for about 25-30 hands while getting nothing, before I get involved in another big pot:
Seat 1: midtown101 (4,863)
Seat 2: Cro Owl (3,074)
Seat 3: SaM ShAbAAm (7,377)
Seat 4: DAWG UGLY MATT (6,100)
Seat 5: shipitrealhard (7,169)
Seat 6: Fivesocksdoc (6,280)
Seat 7: Mr Memorabilia (7,875)
Seat 8: PJS JR (11,104)
Seat 9: rhoegg (4,513)
All antes posted
shipitrealhard posts the small blind of 120
Fivesocksdoc posts the big blind of 240
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR [Ah Kh]
Mr Memorabilia folds
PJS JR raises to 888
rhoegg folds
midtown101 calls 888
5 folds
*** FLOP *** [6c 2h Ts] Definitely not the best flop
PJS JR bets 1,440
midtown101 calls 1,440
*** TURN *** [6c 2h Ts] [Qh] Good card, straight and flush draw now
PJS JR bets 2,640 might as well just put him in…
midtown101 calls 2,510, and is all in
PJS JR shows [Ah Kh]
midtown101 shows [Td Ad] crap…
Uncalled bet of 130 returned to PJS JR
*** RIVER *** [6c 2h Ts Qh] [7h] weeeeeee!
PJS JR shows a flush, Ace high
midtown101 shows a pair of Tens
PJS JR wins the pot (10,261) with a flush, Ace high
That was a nice one to win. I am now top 3 or 4 in chips, and essentially rolling. Only lost 1 big hand, and I am getting my money in ahead.
Then, I make my first big laydown of the tournament:
Seat 1: jersey eyed (6,679)
Seat 2: Cro Owl (6,418)
Seat 3: SaM ShAbAAm (10,136)
Seat 5: a10fouru (12,385)
Seat 6: Fivesocksdoc (7,449)
Seat 7: Mr Memorabilia (9,623)
Seat 8: PJS JR (18,683)
Seat 9: Pay Station II (4,035)
Antes posted
Fivesocksdoc posts the small blind of 150
Mr Memorabilia posts the big blind of 300
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR [Kd Ah]
PJS JR raises to 1,099
4 folds
a10fouru calls 1,099
Fivesocksdoc calls 949
Mr Memorabilia calls 799
*** FLOP *** [9h 3h 3d]
Checks around
*** TURN *** [9h 3h 3d] [Ks]
Fivesocksdoc checks
Mr Memorabilia bets 1,500
PJS JR calls 1,500 what do you think of the call?
a10fouru has 15 seconds left to act
a10fouru raises to 10,596
2 folds
PJS JR has 15 seconds left to act
PJS JR folds THOUGHTS??
Uncalled bet of 9,096 returned to a10fouru
a10fouru mucks
a10fouru wins the pot (9,096)
I just didn’t feel right about the way he bet, and decided to lay it down. Maybe he had KQ or KJ, but I wasn’t sure, so I got out of there. I then won an 8,000-chip pot with top pair, crappy kicker to a guy who flopped middle pair and called me all the way to the river. I was now at 21,000 chips and going strong.
Here’s my next big hand:
Seat 4: F0RrealS0N (25,133)
Seat 6: Fivesocksdoc (56,796)
Seat 7: Everlastrr (9,365)
Seat 8: PJS JR (23,938)
Seat 9: tomfoolery72 (21,642)
Everyone antes
F0RrealS0N posts the small blind of 400
Fivesocksdoc posts the big blind of 800
The button is in seat #9
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR [Qc Qh]
Everlastrr raises to 9,265, and is all in
PJS JR raises to 23,838, and is all in
3 folds
PJS JR shows [Qc Qh]
Everlastrr shows [Tc Ah]
Uncalled bet of 14,573 returned to PJS JR
*** FLOP *** [2s 6h Kh]
*** TURN *** [2s 6h Kh] [3h]
*** RIVER *** [2s 6h Kh 3h] [6s]
PJS JR shows two pair, Queens and Sixes
Everlastrr shows a pair of Sixes
PJS JR wins the pot (20,230) with two pair, Queens and Sixes
We are down to 10 players, and waiting to knock out one guy. It finally happens, and the final table looks like this to start:
Seat 1: ajt1974 (11,830)
Seat 2: 5710 (10,459)
Seat 3: evienneau (64,342)
Seat 4: F0RrealS0N (19,258)
Seat 5: trey0924 (152,218)
Seat 6: Fivesocksdoc (67,021)
Seat 7: Anne-Marina (14,152)
Seat 8: PJS JR (32,678)
Seat 9: tomfoolery72 (21,042)
I am in fourth position in chips, but not for long. After knocking out one guy with 99 vs. his KT, the following hand came up that shot me up the leaderboard:
Seat 1: ajt1974 (22,760)
Seat 3: evienneau (44,140)
Seat 4: F0RrealS0N (41,598)
Seat 5: trey0924 (132,838)
Seat 6: Fivesocksdoc (104,971)
Seat 8: PJS JR (38,126)
Seat 9: tomfoolery72 (8,567)
Everyone antes
evienneau posts the small blind of 600
F0RrealS0N posts the big blind of 1,200
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR [4h 4s]
trey0924 calls 1,200
Fivesocksdoc calls 1,200
PJS JR calls 1,200
2 folds
evienneau calls 600
F0RrealS0N checks
*** FLOP *** [2d 4c Js] GIN!!
evienneau checks
F0RrealS0N bets 1,200
2 folds
PJS JR raises to 4,800 Bet your sets baby!
evienneau folds
F0RrealS0N calls 3,600
*** TURN *** [2d 4c Js] [5c]
F0RrealS0N checks
PJS JR bets 31,976, and is all in
F0RrealS0N calls 31,976
PJS JR shows [4h 4s]
F0RrealS0N shows [Jd 5s] unlucky there on the turn
*** RIVER *** [2d 4c Js 5c] [9d]
PJS JR shows three of a kind, Fours
F0RrealS0N shows two pair, Jacks and Fives
PJS JR wins the pot (80,602) with three of a kind, Fours
The next big one came up very quickly after that one:
Seat 1: ajt1974 (28,210)
Seat 3: evienneau (45,790)
Seat 5: trey0924 (128,488)
Seat 6: Fivesocksdoc (92,604)
Seat 8: PJS JR (78,402)
Seat 9: tomfoolery72 (19,506)
All antes
PJS JR posts the small blind of 800
tomfoolery72 posts the big blind of 1,600
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR [9d 9s]
ajt1974 folds
evienneau raises to 6,800
trey0924 folds
Fivesocksdoc calls 6,800
PJS JR calls 6,000
tomfoolery72 folds
*** FLOP *** [Ah 4h 9c] GIN AGAIN!!
PJS JR checks
evienneau bets 1,600
Fivesocksdoc calls 1,600
PJS JR raises to 9,999 Bet your sets baby!!
evienneau folds
Fivesocksdoc calls 8,399
*** TURN *** [Ah 4h 9c] [3d]
PJS JR has 15 seconds left to act
PJS JR bets 61,403, and is all in
Fivesocksdoc calls 61,403
PJS JR shows [9d 9s]
Fivesocksdoc shows [Td Ac] drawing dead!! WEEEE!!
*** RIVER *** [Ah 4h 9c 3d] [Jc]
PJS JR shows three of a kind, Nines
Fivesocksdoc shows a pair of Aces
PJS JR wins the pot (167,604) with three of a kind, Nines
Of course, now I am the chipleader and steamrolling. We got down to 3-handed shortly after, with one guy and myself having 90% of the chips, though I doubled up the shorty when my AT couldn’t hold off his A7 AIPF. About 2 hands later, the other guy took out the shorty AQ vs. KQ and we were heads-up. This is how it looked starting heads-up:
Seat 3: evienneau (246,646)
Seat 8: PJS JR (146,354)
That changed quickly after this hand:
Seat 3: evienneau (260,001)
Seat 8: PJS JR (132,999)
evienneau antes 300
PJS JR antes 300
evienneau posts the small blind of 1,200
PJS JR posts the big blind of 2,400
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR [5c Th]
evienneau raises to 4,800
PJS JR raises to 19,999
evienneau calls 15,199
*** FLOP *** [3d Ts 6h]
PJS JR bets 29,999
evienneau raises to 239,702, and is all in
PJS JR calls 82,701, and is all in
evienneau shows [6c 7h]
PJS JR shows [5c Th]
Uncalled bet of 127,002 returned to evienneau
*** TURN *** [3d Ts 6h] [3c]
*** RIVER *** [3d Ts 6h 3c] [4h]
evienneau shows two pair, Sixes and Threes
PJS JR shows two pair, Tens and Threes
PJS JR wins the pot (265,998) with two pair, Tens and Threes
I should have been able to take it down from there, but then this $hit happened…
Seat 3: evienneau (149,502)
Seat 8: PJS JR (243,498)
evienneau antes 300
PJS JR antes 300
evienneau posts the small blind of 1,200
PJS JR posts the big blind of 2,400
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR [Kh Ah]
evienneau raises to 4,800
PJS JR raises to 243,198, and is all in
evienneau calls 144,402, and is all in
PJS JR shows [Kh Ah]
evienneau shows [Ac Qs] HOLD BABY!!!
Uncalled bet of 93,996 returned to PJS JR
*** FLOP *** [Qh Qd 9h]
*** TURN *** [Qh Qd 9h] [Qc]
*** RIVER *** [Qh Qd 9h Qc] [5c] LOL!
PJS JR shows three of a kind, Queens
evienneau shows four of a kind, Queens
evienneau wins the pot (299,004) with four of a kind, Queens
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 299,004 | Rake 0
That was humorous actually. The match ended soon after that when I tried to bluff on the river and he caught me. Then I got my last 30k in chips in with KJ and he calls with AK, game over. $130 cash for a $3 entry is pretty good, though I would have like the $204 for first.
Visual proof:
Anyways, gotta get to work, but thought I would share my final table with everyone. Will post again soon, although probably won’t play again until Saturday night or Sunday morning.
Thanks all for reading, and good luck at the tables.
Ryan
Monday, June 16, 2008
Just hanging around…
Pretty uneventful over the last 13 days or so since I blogged last. Blogging has definitely not been #1 on my to-do list. My wife is in the middle of her busy season with her business, things at work for me have been stressful, and the kids are taking up more of our time, so poker time has been cut into quite a bit.
Overall, I am not really worried about it, mostly because in August, I am going on a poker frenzy, with my wife and kids going away, I am going to be in the house alone for 30 days, so I will have plenty of poker to play.
Actual play has been limited to heads-up SNGs and 6-man turbos on Full Tilt. Here are my Sharkscope graphs to date:
Has you can see, I have very defined trends on Full Tilt, and my PokerStars graph is all over the map. I don’t really know the reason for that. All I do know is that FT seems to play differently, as evidenced from the graph.
I don’t really have much else to say at this point other than another congrats to Loretta for kicking more ass and making it to the Main Event on a freeroll. Nice job.
Hope everyone is well, and hope everyone had a Happy Father’s Day.
Ryan
Overall, I am not really worried about it, mostly because in August, I am going on a poker frenzy, with my wife and kids going away, I am going to be in the house alone for 30 days, so I will have plenty of poker to play.
Actual play has been limited to heads-up SNGs and 6-man turbos on Full Tilt. Here are my Sharkscope graphs to date:
Has you can see, I have very defined trends on Full Tilt, and my PokerStars graph is all over the map. I don’t really know the reason for that. All I do know is that FT seems to play differently, as evidenced from the graph.
I don’t really have much else to say at this point other than another congrats to Loretta for kicking more ass and making it to the Main Event on a freeroll. Nice job.
Hope everyone is well, and hope everyone had a Happy Father’s Day.
Ryan
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Standard Update
Wow, I just realized that it had been quite a while since I updated last time. I guess I have been a little lazy overall, with a lot of things going on in my life non-poker related.
We have finalized our summer plans, and I will officially be a bachelor for 30 days in August. My wife is taking all of the kids up to Canada for 2 months, and I will join them for the last month, but I will be on my own, no kids, no rules, no anything for a month (well, except for work.) That should be an exciting month on the poker front, and I am already looking forward to it.
Currently, poker has been so-so. Been playing some heads-up SNGs with some success, though I am still donking around at the $6 level. It is pretty funny how in these SNGs, that some people are willing to go AIPF for 35+ BBs with A-rags, K7-KT, and various other suited connectors. I like to shove when I get premium hands, and sooner or later, some donk calls you at a 70-30 dog or worse. I like it. :D
Played the $3+R on Stars a couple of times with no success. Both times, I have gone out 800-1000st place with AA vs. some lower PP and they spike a set. Really frustrating. Mainly staying with $6 6-man turbos and $6 heads up SNGs lately, as I never seem to have much time for more than that, and I am staying even basically. Nothing to exciting to show for my play the last couple of weeks.
Currently, my roll sits at about $525. After I cashed out before, I was down to $350ish, and I ran it as high as about $580, but I have since backed up a little. No cash games at all recently, as I don’t have to patience for that right now.
Congrats to Fuel, Loretta and Lucko for their recent success at the virtual felt. Sure would love to know the secret behind all of their success. I can’t seem to find mine right now.
Anyways, enough wallowing for now, back to work, and then some poker later.
Good luck to everyone.
Ryan
We have finalized our summer plans, and I will officially be a bachelor for 30 days in August. My wife is taking all of the kids up to Canada for 2 months, and I will join them for the last month, but I will be on my own, no kids, no rules, no anything for a month (well, except for work.) That should be an exciting month on the poker front, and I am already looking forward to it.
Currently, poker has been so-so. Been playing some heads-up SNGs with some success, though I am still donking around at the $6 level. It is pretty funny how in these SNGs, that some people are willing to go AIPF for 35+ BBs with A-rags, K7-KT, and various other suited connectors. I like to shove when I get premium hands, and sooner or later, some donk calls you at a 70-30 dog or worse. I like it. :D
Played the $3+R on Stars a couple of times with no success. Both times, I have gone out 800-1000st place with AA vs. some lower PP and they spike a set. Really frustrating. Mainly staying with $6 6-man turbos and $6 heads up SNGs lately, as I never seem to have much time for more than that, and I am staying even basically. Nothing to exciting to show for my play the last couple of weeks.
Currently, my roll sits at about $525. After I cashed out before, I was down to $350ish, and I ran it as high as about $580, but I have since backed up a little. No cash games at all recently, as I don’t have to patience for that right now.
Congrats to Fuel, Loretta and Lucko for their recent success at the virtual felt. Sure would love to know the secret behind all of their success. I can’t seem to find mine right now.
Anyways, enough wallowing for now, back to work, and then some poker later.
Good luck to everyone.
Ryan
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