I have not had the chance to play too much poker lately as I have been extremely busy and I was sick for a week. Of course that did not stop me from going to Meadows for the weekend.
I decided to skip the 8pm bounty tourney as it was my goal to get a good night sleep as I was recovering from the flu. That didn't happen. I sat down at the 1/2 game. I was playing really well and I was up about 100. Then the wheels fell off. The same guy hit 4 straights against me. Three were runner runner. It was sick. The fourth time he called 16 preflop with 34 off and called 30 on the flop with a gutter ball to the sucker straight. He hit it on the river. He stacked me two times within 2 orbits. I did double up off of him a few orbits later when he called my all in of $145 with k9 on a board of k78. I had k7. I was into the game for $700. I lost a decent pot when I flopped a set of 999 and lost to a straight flush. Glad the board did not pair as I would have gone broke.
I was really upset with my self getting so deep into a 1/2 game. I got up to $650 and was about to leave when I got involved in a hand that took me down to about $510. I decided at that point I lost about 200 not bad. Time to go to bed. It was after 5:00 am. There goes my good night sleep.
The main event started at 1:30. Linda and I got there about 1 and bought in. Julie bought in about 15 minutes later and gets the seat directly to my left. GRRR. I like sitting with Julie but I sure wish I had position. The tourney started off ok. Julie and I both played pretty smart and chipped up a little. Neither of us won or lost any big pots. I did win a decent pot when I called a raise from the guy to my right with my favorite hand and hit a straight. I cracked his QQ. It was a scary board so the pot was pretty small. We had one guy who decided to go all in with 12K in chips when the blinds were like 100/200. He got lucky and built up a huge stack. He eventually busted Julie with K10. What an idiot. He got a bunch of my chips as well. I raised with Ak and flopped an A. He called preflop with A6 off and turned two pair. I did not go broke on the hand but I did lose a bunch of chips. After that hand I could not get anything going. I was very short for the rest of the tourney. I was able to double up right after the dinner break but I could not get any traction. I had to shove from the big blind with A10. The other guy had AJ. That sucked. I think I went out about 39th.
I am a little upset about the last hand and I wanted to say something to the dealer but I kept my mouth shut. The guy raised and I shoved for a very small amount more. The guy was not paying much attention and the dealer said to him.. 17 more to call. He looked like he was about to say fold and the dealer clarified...only 1,700 more. I was really upset about this. The guy has to call as he raised to 10,000. But if he is not paying attention it is not the dealers job to clarify for him. Right? I was not happy about this at all. I did not say anything because the guy is one of the guys who plays that is handicapped and has to have someone help him read his cards and put chips into the pot. I would have felt horrible saying anything that could be construed against him. But the dealer needs to shut the fuck up. He had the best hand and he deserved to win, but it was pretty bad of the dealer to clarify for him.
To the cash game. I wanted to sit with Angela and Tom and play 2/4 limit, but I couldn't drink and that game is not fun sober. I sat at a 1/2 game and had a really good time. A couple of the people were playing the 7-2 game for $20 each. I'm in. I love that game. I won a few hands and was up about 75 dollars when I got coolered. I have 77. Flop 78q. Two spades. I bet $45. Big stack raises to $100. Having played with him before I know that he will do this with a queen, a flush draw or 7-2. I ship in my stack. He calls fairly quickly with 88. Grr. Set over Set. Rebuy.
I played in this game for another hour or so and got up to $500. One of the girls that was with me wanted a ride back to the h0tel so I cashed out. Small profit. I will take it. Played a little bit of 2/4 with the girls and flopped the K high flush. Same guy from last night flopped a straight flush. Wow. Thank god it was limit. I would have lost a bunch in a no limit game.
Wasn't sure what I was going to do on Sunday. I wanted to play some more but the group I was driving with wanted to go home. We decided that they would go shopping and I would play for a couple hours. I got to the casino and I put my name on the 1/2 list. I was about 7th on the list. I am sitting near the desk and I hear that they are going to open a 2/5 game. Ok. Put me on this list. I decided that I would sit down with $300 and I would not rebuy. I am playing really tight and am down about $25. I am talking the guy next to me and he wins a decent pot. He tells me that it is my turn this hand. There is a straddle for $10. I look down at 2-5 diamonds. Ok. Let's see a flop. There has not been a lot of raising so let's see if I can see a cheap flop. Of course the guy two from me raises to $35. There are 4 callers. Ok. I call. Flop is 5k2. Pretty good flop. (K of diamonds) I hate bottom two pair though. Let's play small and see what happens. I check. Preflop raiser bets 55 one caller. I call as well. Turn is a 4 of diamonds. Now I have two pair and a crappy flush draw. I check. Preflop raiser checks other guy bets $150. I only have $174 so I go all in. He calls of course. River is blank and I announce 2 pair. He mucks. $680 pot. Gotta love it.
I don't play anything for a while until another straddle hand. I have 77. I just call the straddle. Guy who was shoving chips around a lot raising and re raising was the one who straddled. He raised to $55. I call as do two others. Flop is 782. The straddler insta ships $397. I insta call. He looked sick that I called. The guy next to me thinks for a minute and folds. He had an eight. Guy says I have an open ended straight draw. I don't say a thing until the turn is a beautiful 8. I flip over my boat and say ship it! Guy next to me would have hit trip 8s with an A kicker. I would have gotten his stack if it was played differently. I decide I will play one more half hour. I lose about $175 with AQ. I should have folded to his river bet. I was trying to make the hero call. Dumb ass. Down to $975. Grrr. Very next hand I have 56 s on the button. Another straddle. I call for $10. No raises this time. I think that there were 7 to the flop. Flop is 34j. Staddler bets out $45. 2 callers before me. I call. Turn is blank. It is checked to me. I thought about firing a bet but decide that is a bad play. I check. River is a Seven. I have the nuts. Straddler bets out $55 it folds to me and I raise $100 more. He tanks and folds. He said he had two pair. I don't really believe him. I finish out the half hour and when the dealer asks for my money for time, I grab three racks and get ready to leave. I played 2.5 hours and I won over $900. Not a bad afternoon. Really glad that I ignored my rule for this year and put my name on the 2-5 list. Degenerate behavior generally wins out in my world. Glad it did not bite me in the ass like it normally does.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
A good start to 2011
My goal of playing more cash games this year is off to a good start. I have played in 4 "home" cash games so far. Unfortunately I have played poorly. I can't blame bad luck or bad cards. (Well I have not had pocket AA yet in a cash game this year) I have made two of the worst calls EVER.
In the first cash game that I played I lost a nominal amount and that can be attributed to no cards and playing for nine hours with very few good hands. I am ok with how this game went.
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In the next game I way overplayed top pair and gave a gift to Terry. Grayday was drinking and playing kind of crazy. Grayday bet 45 on an 8 high flop. Andy and I called. Terry inexplicably raised $200 more. I could not figure out why he was doing that. There were not any draws on the again? I stupidly called his raise and of course he had bottom set. So stupid. Just because I would not have raised there, doesn't mean other people wouldn't. It is a horrible call with my hand. (I had top pair top kicker and backdoor flush draw). Other than that hand I played really well. I re raised quite a bit and was aggressive and smart. Exclude that hand and I have a winning session. 0-2
Next game I played really well until one stupid hand. I got into a pot with Meat in a hand that I should have folded preflop. I flop middle pair with backdoor straight and flush draws. Meat check raises my 30 bet to 130. He has 93 behind. I can fold and still be ok. Nope. I put him all in. He is such a nit. Why would I do that. Very stupid play. So again, play good all night, misplay one hand and another losing session. 0-3.
The last cash game that I played was a time after a big tournament win and I didn't even really want to play, but I had really good focus, so I figured why not. I played well actually and I won. I also did not play very long. 1-3.
So I am getting the opportunity to play cash games regularly, now I just need to play better.
The tournaments have gone well. I have played in three. I have cashed in 2 of the 3. The big one was the CPMG winter classic. A two-day $200 buy in tournament. There were 30 players. I developed a strategy before the tournament and I stuck with it throughout day one. On one of the breaks I decided I had to change my strategy a little bit and it worked. Going into day 2 I was second in chips and had a great table draw. I developed a plan for day 2 and I executed the plan. Overall, it was the best poker that I have ever played and I won the tournament. More later.
In the first cash game that I played I lost a nominal amount and that can be attributed to no cards and playing for nine hours with very few good hands. I am ok with how this game went.
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In the next game I way overplayed top pair and gave a gift to Terry. Grayday was drinking and playing kind of crazy. Grayday bet 45 on an 8 high flop. Andy and I called. Terry inexplicably raised $200 more. I could not figure out why he was doing that. There were not any draws on the again? I stupidly called his raise and of course he had bottom set. So stupid. Just because I would not have raised there, doesn't mean other people wouldn't. It is a horrible call with my hand. (I had top pair top kicker and backdoor flush draw). Other than that hand I played really well. I re raised quite a bit and was aggressive and smart. Exclude that hand and I have a winning session. 0-2
Next game I played really well until one stupid hand. I got into a pot with Meat in a hand that I should have folded preflop. I flop middle pair with backdoor straight and flush draws. Meat check raises my 30 bet to 130. He has 93 behind. I can fold and still be ok. Nope. I put him all in. He is such a nit. Why would I do that. Very stupid play. So again, play good all night, misplay one hand and another losing session. 0-3.
The last cash game that I played was a time after a big tournament win and I didn't even really want to play, but I had really good focus, so I figured why not. I played well actually and I won. I also did not play very long. 1-3.
So I am getting the opportunity to play cash games regularly, now I just need to play better.
The tournaments have gone well. I have played in three. I have cashed in 2 of the 3. The big one was the CPMG winter classic. A two-day $200 buy in tournament. There were 30 players. I developed a strategy before the tournament and I stuck with it throughout day one. On one of the breaks I decided I had to change my strategy a little bit and it worked. Going into day 2 I was second in chips and had a great table draw. I developed a plan for day 2 and I executed the plan. Overall, it was the best poker that I have ever played and I won the tournament. More later.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Goals for 2011
I have been reading a lot of poker blogs and I see that everyone lists their goals for the year and it got me thinking. What are my poker goals? Do I have any? I have not really had any so I thought that it is about time that I create some goals. I have been playing this game a fairly long time and I have won and lost a lot of money over the years. Thankfully I have actually won more than I lost.
So my goals for 2011.
1. Cash in a "big" mtt. I am defining big as a tournament with at least 125 people and a buy in of more than $250. I have cashed in tournaments that qualify for each criteria but not for both. I should have cashed in the tournament at Meadows in December as I had a huge chip stack and was playing really well. Oh well. I think that I learned something from the experience.
2. Play at least 30 live cash games, excluding casino trips. There are a lot of home games and local "charity" games that I can play. Last year I only played in 20 such games and I did really well. (Excluding one trip to Gemini club where I played 2/5 and got killed with top boat vs. Straight flush. I should have left after that hand, but of course I bought in for another $500 and got squashed.) I need to play in more of these games as these are games where I can generally win.
3. Do not play 2/5. (except at the MGM or Palms in Vegas) I know that this is really not a goal but it is a reminder that I should not be playing in that game. My bankroll is not large enough to handle the swings. At most of the 2-5 games that I play in, the players hate money and just do not care. I have to exclude MGM and Palms because I seem to always win at those two places and I win big. For some stupid reason in my two vegas trips in 2010 I did not play in either place. Guess that is why I lost at the casino cash games last year.
4. Do not deposit more than $300 for on line poker. Lets face it. I suck at on line poker. I have had a few nice scores in mtts, but in general I am not very good. The other part that is hard for me is that it is not "money" that I can see and touch so I do not seem to mind blowing all the money in my account because it is not "real". I know that I will periodically deposit $50 here and there if there is a Sunday afternoon that I am home and a tourney that I really want to play so I do not want to cut it out completely.
5. Play Colin heads up. I am not really sure why I have this a goal for this year but it popped in my head so there you have it. I think that Colin is one of the best players that I know and I think it will be interesting playing him heads up.
6. Play another wsop event. I have played at least one event in each of the last three years and I had a great time. Each year I have sat with at least one person that is a "name" in the poker world. On two occasions I was right next to the person so I had the opportunity to talk with them. It was fun. Of course now I am like a stalker and pay attention to everything that they do.
7. Make up for the losses that I had in 2010. I know that we are supposed to look at poker as one long game and not be so concerned about short term variance, but I had a REALLY bad year in 2010. Most of my losses came in cash games at casinos. I have studied my notes from each losing session and have determined that most of the "big" losses have come after I take a horrendous beat and then play bad. Can you say TILT????
8. Stop going on TILT. It is really easy to say but oh so hard to do. I really think that if I get the opportunity to play more often that it will be easier to stay off tilt. My thinking now is that when I lose a big chuck of money because of a bad beat, I need to make up the losses now as I do not know when I will be able to play again.
To help achieve many of these goals this year I am going to have cash games in my office. I bought a table and chips and I am excited about it. The bad part is that the players that I will be playing against are pretty good, but I generally hold my own against them. I think that this will help me achieve all of my goals. We shall see.
So my goals for 2011.
1. Cash in a "big" mtt. I am defining big as a tournament with at least 125 people and a buy in of more than $250. I have cashed in tournaments that qualify for each criteria but not for both. I should have cashed in the tournament at Meadows in December as I had a huge chip stack and was playing really well. Oh well. I think that I learned something from the experience.
2. Play at least 30 live cash games, excluding casino trips. There are a lot of home games and local "charity" games that I can play. Last year I only played in 20 such games and I did really well. (Excluding one trip to Gemini club where I played 2/5 and got killed with top boat vs. Straight flush. I should have left after that hand, but of course I bought in for another $500 and got squashed.) I need to play in more of these games as these are games where I can generally win.
3. Do not play 2/5. (except at the MGM or Palms in Vegas) I know that this is really not a goal but it is a reminder that I should not be playing in that game. My bankroll is not large enough to handle the swings. At most of the 2-5 games that I play in, the players hate money and just do not care. I have to exclude MGM and Palms because I seem to always win at those two places and I win big. For some stupid reason in my two vegas trips in 2010 I did not play in either place. Guess that is why I lost at the casino cash games last year.
4. Do not deposit more than $300 for on line poker. Lets face it. I suck at on line poker. I have had a few nice scores in mtts, but in general I am not very good. The other part that is hard for me is that it is not "money" that I can see and touch so I do not seem to mind blowing all the money in my account because it is not "real". I know that I will periodically deposit $50 here and there if there is a Sunday afternoon that I am home and a tourney that I really want to play so I do not want to cut it out completely.
5. Play Colin heads up. I am not really sure why I have this a goal for this year but it popped in my head so there you have it. I think that Colin is one of the best players that I know and I think it will be interesting playing him heads up.
6. Play another wsop event. I have played at least one event in each of the last three years and I had a great time. Each year I have sat with at least one person that is a "name" in the poker world. On two occasions I was right next to the person so I had the opportunity to talk with them. It was fun. Of course now I am like a stalker and pay attention to everything that they do.
7. Make up for the losses that I had in 2010. I know that we are supposed to look at poker as one long game and not be so concerned about short term variance, but I had a REALLY bad year in 2010. Most of my losses came in cash games at casinos. I have studied my notes from each losing session and have determined that most of the "big" losses have come after I take a horrendous beat and then play bad. Can you say TILT????
8. Stop going on TILT. It is really easy to say but oh so hard to do. I really think that if I get the opportunity to play more often that it will be easier to stay off tilt. My thinking now is that when I lose a big chuck of money because of a bad beat, I need to make up the losses now as I do not know when I will be able to play again.
To help achieve many of these goals this year I am going to have cash games in my office. I bought a table and chips and I am excited about it. The bad part is that the players that I will be playing against are pretty good, but I generally hold my own against them. I think that this will help me achieve all of my goals. We shall see.
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Vegas
****I thought that this was posted a while ago. Oops.*****
Vegas was a blast. I had a really good time but I could not win. I was at a bunch of tables with the WORST players ever and I lost everytime. It was crazy. One guy had two of the biggest tells I have ever seen and I could not capitalize on either of them. Everytime I got in a hand with him I knew exactly where I was with him, but someone else (who also knew where they were with him) interfered. It really sucked. I was at a point where I was seriously considering giving up playing poker, but as I thought about the hands, I do not think that I would have played the hands differently. I think I just had a lot of bad luck. There was some bad play, but not enough to make me give up. I am getting there though.
Vegas was a blast. I had a really good time but I could not win. I was at a bunch of tables with the WORST players ever and I lost everytime. It was crazy. One guy had two of the biggest tells I have ever seen and I could not capitalize on either of them. Everytime I got in a hand with him I knew exactly where I was with him, but someone else (who also knew where they were with him) interfered. It really sucked. I was at a point where I was seriously considering giving up playing poker, but as I thought about the hands, I do not think that I would have played the hands differently. I think I just had a lot of bad luck. There was some bad play, but not enough to make me give up. I am getting there though.
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Cash game or Tournament? Which to play.
Friday nights when there is not a home football game I get to play poker. Last Friday I had my choice. A tournament near my house or a great cash game about 35 minutes away. Hmm. I decided to only risk $60 of my bankroll and play the tourney. Since I am leaving for Vegas on Sunday I figured it was best to save my money to play against the really bad players in Vegas. The cash game players in the group are pretty tough. Some are horrible, but most are pretty good.
I got knocked out of the tourney in the third level. It was horrible. I lost a decent chuck of chips when Jack had JJ and I had 99 and the board was 10 high. I couldn't put him on a hand that beat me so I called his bets. He played it well and got maximum value of this hand. Then he played like Jack.
He called a pot sized bet on the flop out of position with a gutter ball to the sucker straight on a flushy board. The board was AJ7 with 2 clubs. I had AJ with the A of clubs. He had 89 off. Of course he hit the 10 on the turn. I couldn't fold my top two pair to him. I thought when he raised me on the turn that maybe he had KQ, but I actually thought he wouldn't call a big bet there with a gutter ball. Stupid Jen. He will call any bet with anything. I lost most of my remaining chips in that hand.
A few hands later the blinds are 75/150. I have 1025 chips left. He limps UTG. I look down at 77. All in. Of course he calls saying I will give you some chips back. Of course he limped UTG with 910 o. Hmm..what do you think came on the flop? I know he had about 18000 chips but really. 910 o.
I tried to get Data to let me buy back in but he would not budge. The rest of the players wanted me to buy in because they knew I was tilting and would probably spew chips. Better to spew in a $60 tourney than go to Terry's and spew with $300. Julie made my decision easy by giving me $200 to go to Terry's. I intentionally only brought an extra $100 with me so I would not be tempted to go to Terry's. It wasn't even 9 p.m. yet. I couldn't go home yet on my actual night out.
Off to Terry's cash game. I bought in for $300 and was seated with Jeremy, Ryan, Joe, Uncle Bob and Pyxis. Not a bad table. I stacked Ryan early on. I had KK, He flopped the nut flush draw. I was pretty sure he was pushing with the draw so I was willing to gamble. I was playing pretty tight, picking my spots trying to stay out trouble. It was working. I was up about $250.
Then I had a cooler hand that I just do not think I can fold. The game is 1/2 and it is pot limit preflop. I raise to 7 with 77. Uncle Bob reraises from the small blind to 21 (I think). I decide to set mine. I was in position so I think I have to do that. Flop is K79 with 2 clubs. He bets $20. I raise to $60. He raises another $100. Now this is where I should have thought longer. I did not spend enough time thinking about what he could have here. I just thought..Hey this is uncle bob...he could be doing this with a flush draw...with AK or with AA. I am all in. As soon as he insta calls I knew it. You have a set right. Yep. Top set. Grrr. Can I fold bottom set there for $250 total? Against a different player I can maybe fold..but I am not sure that I am a good enough player to fold a set there. Maybe if we are really deep stacked I can fold bottom set, but not when he has less than a buy-in in his stack. Thoughts? Fold?
I build back up from that cooler hand when I run into another cooler. The other table decides to take a break. During their break Charlie grabs part of his stack and sits at our table for a little bit. He is pretty aggressive and we have a lot of history. I know that he thinks that I do not like to play big pots with him. This thought blinded me from making what in retrospect is an easy fold to Charlie. I am in the big blind, he is the small blind. A few limpers. He raised to 12. I reraised to 30. I had QQ. It folds to him and he raises the pot. Now this is where I tanked. I thought for quite a while before deciding to commit my stack. He had KK and hit quads just to rub it in. I know better. I do not need to stack off there with QQ. Charlie is really aggressive and likes to put a lot of money into pots....post flop. He would always rather play post flop because he is a really good player. I know that. As soon as he made the third raise I should have known better. With a smaller pair or a big Ace he is just going to call my raise even out of position to see a flop. He knows that he can outplay me after the flop. (I know it...he better know it.)
Two big pots and I am rebuying. A few people leave and we combined back to one table. My stack goes up and down. I lost a decent sized pot when Jeremy called with k4 s and hit the flush. I had AQ. I had top two pair and should have known better, but I still bet into him on the river and paid off his min raise. Dumbass. (Me not Jeremy)
Next hand I am UTG and look at one card the A of diamonds. Fuck it. I am not looking at the other card. I can only raise to 7 anyway, if I get raised I will look. (Can you say Tilt from the K4 hand). Flop is Axx. One diamond. I bet out. I think I got two callers. The turn is a 5. (I eventually looked and I had A5) I bet, Jeremy raised me all in. I call. I got there. River is blank and my two pair beat his AQ. Just trading chips.
We end the game at 2 am. I am down $275 total for the night. Not to bad for those two big pots that I lost. I have resigned myself to the thought process that I had to call with the Set and should have folded the QQ. I have been thinking about many of the hands from that night for the last few days. Hopefully I learned something from all of the hands and I can really start to get my game back together. I have been running bad which leads to playing bad so I am really trying hard to get it together.
I got knocked out of the tourney in the third level. It was horrible. I lost a decent chuck of chips when Jack had JJ and I had 99 and the board was 10 high. I couldn't put him on a hand that beat me so I called his bets. He played it well and got maximum value of this hand. Then he played like Jack.
He called a pot sized bet on the flop out of position with a gutter ball to the sucker straight on a flushy board. The board was AJ7 with 2 clubs. I had AJ with the A of clubs. He had 89 off. Of course he hit the 10 on the turn. I couldn't fold my top two pair to him. I thought when he raised me on the turn that maybe he had KQ, but I actually thought he wouldn't call a big bet there with a gutter ball. Stupid Jen. He will call any bet with anything. I lost most of my remaining chips in that hand.
A few hands later the blinds are 75/150. I have 1025 chips left. He limps UTG. I look down at 77. All in. Of course he calls saying I will give you some chips back. Of course he limped UTG with 910 o. Hmm..what do you think came on the flop? I know he had about 18000 chips but really. 910 o.
I tried to get Data to let me buy back in but he would not budge. The rest of the players wanted me to buy in because they knew I was tilting and would probably spew chips. Better to spew in a $60 tourney than go to Terry's and spew with $300. Julie made my decision easy by giving me $200 to go to Terry's. I intentionally only brought an extra $100 with me so I would not be tempted to go to Terry's. It wasn't even 9 p.m. yet. I couldn't go home yet on my actual night out.
Off to Terry's cash game. I bought in for $300 and was seated with Jeremy, Ryan, Joe, Uncle Bob and Pyxis. Not a bad table. I stacked Ryan early on. I had KK, He flopped the nut flush draw. I was pretty sure he was pushing with the draw so I was willing to gamble. I was playing pretty tight, picking my spots trying to stay out trouble. It was working. I was up about $250.
Then I had a cooler hand that I just do not think I can fold. The game is 1/2 and it is pot limit preflop. I raise to 7 with 77. Uncle Bob reraises from the small blind to 21 (I think). I decide to set mine. I was in position so I think I have to do that. Flop is K79 with 2 clubs. He bets $20. I raise to $60. He raises another $100. Now this is where I should have thought longer. I did not spend enough time thinking about what he could have here. I just thought..Hey this is uncle bob...he could be doing this with a flush draw...with AK or with AA. I am all in. As soon as he insta calls I knew it. You have a set right. Yep. Top set. Grrr. Can I fold bottom set there for $250 total? Against a different player I can maybe fold..but I am not sure that I am a good enough player to fold a set there. Maybe if we are really deep stacked I can fold bottom set, but not when he has less than a buy-in in his stack. Thoughts? Fold?
I build back up from that cooler hand when I run into another cooler. The other table decides to take a break. During their break Charlie grabs part of his stack and sits at our table for a little bit. He is pretty aggressive and we have a lot of history. I know that he thinks that I do not like to play big pots with him. This thought blinded me from making what in retrospect is an easy fold to Charlie. I am in the big blind, he is the small blind. A few limpers. He raised to 12. I reraised to 30. I had QQ. It folds to him and he raises the pot. Now this is where I tanked. I thought for quite a while before deciding to commit my stack. He had KK and hit quads just to rub it in. I know better. I do not need to stack off there with QQ. Charlie is really aggressive and likes to put a lot of money into pots....post flop. He would always rather play post flop because he is a really good player. I know that. As soon as he made the third raise I should have known better. With a smaller pair or a big Ace he is just going to call my raise even out of position to see a flop. He knows that he can outplay me after the flop. (I know it...he better know it.)
Two big pots and I am rebuying. A few people leave and we combined back to one table. My stack goes up and down. I lost a decent sized pot when Jeremy called with k4 s and hit the flush. I had AQ. I had top two pair and should have known better, but I still bet into him on the river and paid off his min raise. Dumbass. (Me not Jeremy)
Next hand I am UTG and look at one card the A of diamonds. Fuck it. I am not looking at the other card. I can only raise to 7 anyway, if I get raised I will look. (Can you say Tilt from the K4 hand). Flop is Axx. One diamond. I bet out. I think I got two callers. The turn is a 5. (I eventually looked and I had A5) I bet, Jeremy raised me all in. I call. I got there. River is blank and my two pair beat his AQ. Just trading chips.
We end the game at 2 am. I am down $275 total for the night. Not to bad for those two big pots that I lost. I have resigned myself to the thought process that I had to call with the Set and should have folded the QQ. I have been thinking about many of the hands from that night for the last few days. Hopefully I learned something from all of the hands and I can really start to get my game back together. I have been running bad which leads to playing bad so I am really trying hard to get it together.
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Horseshoe Indiana continued
The cash games at the Horseshoe were unbelievable. I was bummed about getting busted out of the tourney, but I was really excited about being able to get back to the cash games. I played Saturday night. Mike and I get seated at the same table and he immediately asks for a table change. Thank you Mike. This was the easiest table to play against.
Seat One. Open
Seat Two. Youngish girl who keeps rebuying for $100. If she missed the flop or if there were cards higher than her pocket pair..her face told the whole story. All you had to do was look. We got into several big pots together. The first one..I button straddle to $5. She raises to $20. I look down at AK s. There were two callers before me. I call. Flop is qq5. I know that she does not have a queen. She goes all in for about $95. I have two overs and a back door flush draw. I call. Turn J, River J. Her pocket 88 done. She rebuys. About ten hands later... I get AK again. I raise to $20. She calls. Flop K87. She checks, I bet $45..she goes all in for about $35 more. I call. She has 87. Nice hand. What was funny about the hand is she says oh wow.. I get my money back. I said...Some of it..for now. That did not sit well with her. I busted her about two rounds later. I do not even remember the hand. Buh Bye.
After she leaves a really aggressive guy sits down. I took about $100 off of him in a few small pots. I am ready to leave up to about $800 when this hand happens...I am under the gun.. I pick up KK. I raise to $12. He re raises to $55. Back to me..I look he has about $200 total. I bet $200. He calls off his stack with 1010. Of course he hit runner runner straight. Really. $200 with 10 10. Wow. I decided to stick around for a little bit more.
Seat Three. Olderish lady who had about $450 when I sat down. I only won a few small pots off of her, but she kept giving her money away. She check raised a guy on the river with the board showing A34510 with a pair of 10s. And she thought she was good. He of course had the straight. She finally cashed out with about $75. I did not get much directly from her but I got a lot of her money from the rest of the table.
Seat Four. He is dating or married to the original seat 2. Whenever he entered the pot he raised to 17 or 20. Kind of a big raise for 1/2 when there is not a straddle. I pick up 66 and call his raise I am in the cutoff. Flop is 8 high. He way over bets the pot and goes all in for about $85. I tank. I look at him and say...I think you missed with AK. I call. I was right. Ship it. He leaves the table. The guy who takes his seat is pretty abc and I did not get into any hands with him.
Seat Five. Very aggressive. Very good. If I wasn't winning the hand he usually was. We only got into one semi major pot when I had kq and flopped two pair. He called my bet on the flop and turn but folded the river. I think he was chasing a flush draw. Of course he did not have the odds to chase..but that never stopped anyone before.
Seat Six. Pretty aggressive good player. He has about $600 in front of him so we avoided playing big pots together. He was the recipient of the gift check raise from Seat three. I called a decent sized river bet from him early on with middle pair when I knew we was full of it. We avoided anything with each other after that.
Seat Seven. Some donky woman from Cleveland.
Seat Eight. Ok player. Understood mostly how to play, but did call some really crazy hands. The first being my first button straddle to $5. I raise to $20 with AKs. He was first to act and called with A5. His rationale. It was suited. He took a decent pot from me early on with that hand when he flopped two pair.
Seat Nine. Solid player. Able to fold when he thinks he is beat. Had about $500-600 in front of him most of the night. He made a great lay down to me that EVERYONE at the table thought was horrible. He was right. I raised in late position with a4 d. Why am I raising with this junk. Because I can at this table. the flop is A62 with two diamonds. Nice. I over bet the pot trying to look like I am afraid of the flush draw. Three callers. Turn a diamond. Now here is where I make my mistake. Grrr. I check raise his $55 bet on the turn to $100 straight. He just smooth calls. River is blank. I have the nuts. I bet $125. He tanks. He shows the 89 of diamonds and mucks. F***. Why did I check raise the turn. I should have waited. Damn. Seat Five went ballistic and asked if he could play those cards. He thought the guy should have shoved on me. Damn why wasn't he the one who hit. I later told the guy that he was right and that I had the nuts. I am not sure that he believed me.
Seat Ten. The first guy did not play too long because the donk in seat seven took most of this stack. Right after I lose $200 with KK vs 10 10 we get involved in a hand. I am Big Blind. I have A6. He raised to $12. About 5 callers. Normally I do not like to play this hand..but i am a little steamed. Flop is A55. I check he bets about $20 (don't remember exact amount). I do remember thinking..ok Jen...do not go broke with a weak ace against an unknown player. Turn is the beautiful 6. Nice. I check he bets $50. I just call. I want to make sure the river is a blank. River is a 9. Ok. I do not think this guy has A9. I lead out for $75. I thought about checking but I am not sure he would bet the river. He thinks for 2 seconds and calls. I say two pair. He nastily says show me. I really wanted to slow roll him and just show the ace or the six. But I decided that is a really dick move and I do not want to be that person. He showed A10 off. He left about three hands later.
The new seat ten. This hand may be one of the weirdest I have ever seen. It is about 4:30 am. I am getting tired and cold. I decide I am only playing one more round. I did not really play any hands with this guy but I have been pretty active. I button straddle for $6. (I LOVE THE BUTTON STRADDLE). Before the dealer even finishes dealing he raised to $15. Umm it is not your turn to act. The small blind acts first. Even knowing he is raising to $15 they both call. The dealer releases the $15 when it is his turn. Everyone else folds. I do not even look at my cards...I make it $45. Small blind really wants to call but he reluctantly gets out of the way as does the big blind. Guy calls. I finally look down at 68 h. I like that hand. Flop is 6710 with 2 hearts. Nice. I have a pair, a flush draw and a straight draw. I bet $50. He calls. Hmm. Turn is a 5. Even better. Open ended. I look at his stack he has about $85 left. I go all in. He thinks and thinks. He shows the hand to his girlfriend sitting behind him and continues to think. Finally he looks back at her and she says something to him and he calls. I was not happy about that. What happened to one player per hand. I call the floor over and explain what happened. He says she did not say anything to him. I call bullshit and say he shouldn't have even showed her his cards.
The floor guy is completely lost as to what to do. I said his hand should be dead. He says no. He says we will play for the money already in the pot and not the rest of his stack. I argue. I said no. I either have the best hand or the best draw. If we are going to see the river he should have to commit the rest of his stack. He does not agree. The river is a blank. He shows qj of hearts. Wow. Really glad that the heart did not come. Guess I did not have the best draw. BUT...I did have the best hand. Ship it. I then proceed to tell the dealer that I do not want her sitting behind him anymore. They leave the table. He yells some bullshit to me that there is no way I know what they said because they were speaking in Chinese. I then said..ok asshole...another rule violation..English only at the table! That was fun. It cost me about $80 bucks.
I yelled at the floor guy later that it was the worst ruling ever. He semi agreed but did not know what else to do. I said..call his hand dead...give him a warning.. a penalty...guess he never thought about that.
I finally decided that I needed some sleep for the long drive home the next day and went to bed about 5. It was a wild game. I wish that I could have stayed all night. I love casino poker.
Seat One. Open
Seat Two. Youngish girl who keeps rebuying for $100. If she missed the flop or if there were cards higher than her pocket pair..her face told the whole story. All you had to do was look. We got into several big pots together. The first one..I button straddle to $5. She raises to $20. I look down at AK s. There were two callers before me. I call. Flop is qq5. I know that she does not have a queen. She goes all in for about $95. I have two overs and a back door flush draw. I call. Turn J, River J. Her pocket 88 done. She rebuys. About ten hands later... I get AK again. I raise to $20. She calls. Flop K87. She checks, I bet $45..she goes all in for about $35 more. I call. She has 87. Nice hand. What was funny about the hand is she says oh wow.. I get my money back. I said...Some of it..for now. That did not sit well with her. I busted her about two rounds later. I do not even remember the hand. Buh Bye.
After she leaves a really aggressive guy sits down. I took about $100 off of him in a few small pots. I am ready to leave up to about $800 when this hand happens...I am under the gun.. I pick up KK. I raise to $12. He re raises to $55. Back to me..I look he has about $200 total. I bet $200. He calls off his stack with 1010. Of course he hit runner runner straight. Really. $200 with 10 10. Wow. I decided to stick around for a little bit more.
Seat Three. Olderish lady who had about $450 when I sat down. I only won a few small pots off of her, but she kept giving her money away. She check raised a guy on the river with the board showing A34510 with a pair of 10s. And she thought she was good. He of course had the straight. She finally cashed out with about $75. I did not get much directly from her but I got a lot of her money from the rest of the table.
Seat Four. He is dating or married to the original seat 2. Whenever he entered the pot he raised to 17 or 20. Kind of a big raise for 1/2 when there is not a straddle. I pick up 66 and call his raise I am in the cutoff. Flop is 8 high. He way over bets the pot and goes all in for about $85. I tank. I look at him and say...I think you missed with AK. I call. I was right. Ship it. He leaves the table. The guy who takes his seat is pretty abc and I did not get into any hands with him.
Seat Five. Very aggressive. Very good. If I wasn't winning the hand he usually was. We only got into one semi major pot when I had kq and flopped two pair. He called my bet on the flop and turn but folded the river. I think he was chasing a flush draw. Of course he did not have the odds to chase..but that never stopped anyone before.
Seat Six. Pretty aggressive good player. He has about $600 in front of him so we avoided playing big pots together. He was the recipient of the gift check raise from Seat three. I called a decent sized river bet from him early on with middle pair when I knew we was full of it. We avoided anything with each other after that.
Seat Seven. Some donky woman from Cleveland.
Seat Eight. Ok player. Understood mostly how to play, but did call some really crazy hands. The first being my first button straddle to $5. I raise to $20 with AKs. He was first to act and called with A5. His rationale. It was suited. He took a decent pot from me early on with that hand when he flopped two pair.
Seat Nine. Solid player. Able to fold when he thinks he is beat. Had about $500-600 in front of him most of the night. He made a great lay down to me that EVERYONE at the table thought was horrible. He was right. I raised in late position with a4 d. Why am I raising with this junk. Because I can at this table. the flop is A62 with two diamonds. Nice. I over bet the pot trying to look like I am afraid of the flush draw. Three callers. Turn a diamond. Now here is where I make my mistake. Grrr. I check raise his $55 bet on the turn to $100 straight. He just smooth calls. River is blank. I have the nuts. I bet $125. He tanks. He shows the 89 of diamonds and mucks. F***. Why did I check raise the turn. I should have waited. Damn. Seat Five went ballistic and asked if he could play those cards. He thought the guy should have shoved on me. Damn why wasn't he the one who hit. I later told the guy that he was right and that I had the nuts. I am not sure that he believed me.
Seat Ten. The first guy did not play too long because the donk in seat seven took most of this stack. Right after I lose $200 with KK vs 10 10 we get involved in a hand. I am Big Blind. I have A6. He raised to $12. About 5 callers. Normally I do not like to play this hand..but i am a little steamed. Flop is A55. I check he bets about $20 (don't remember exact amount). I do remember thinking..ok Jen...do not go broke with a weak ace against an unknown player. Turn is the beautiful 6. Nice. I check he bets $50. I just call. I want to make sure the river is a blank. River is a 9. Ok. I do not think this guy has A9. I lead out for $75. I thought about checking but I am not sure he would bet the river. He thinks for 2 seconds and calls. I say two pair. He nastily says show me. I really wanted to slow roll him and just show the ace or the six. But I decided that is a really dick move and I do not want to be that person. He showed A10 off. He left about three hands later.
The new seat ten. This hand may be one of the weirdest I have ever seen. It is about 4:30 am. I am getting tired and cold. I decide I am only playing one more round. I did not really play any hands with this guy but I have been pretty active. I button straddle for $6. (I LOVE THE BUTTON STRADDLE). Before the dealer even finishes dealing he raised to $15. Umm it is not your turn to act. The small blind acts first. Even knowing he is raising to $15 they both call. The dealer releases the $15 when it is his turn. Everyone else folds. I do not even look at my cards...I make it $45. Small blind really wants to call but he reluctantly gets out of the way as does the big blind. Guy calls. I finally look down at 68 h. I like that hand. Flop is 6710 with 2 hearts. Nice. I have a pair, a flush draw and a straight draw. I bet $50. He calls. Hmm. Turn is a 5. Even better. Open ended. I look at his stack he has about $85 left. I go all in. He thinks and thinks. He shows the hand to his girlfriend sitting behind him and continues to think. Finally he looks back at her and she says something to him and he calls. I was not happy about that. What happened to one player per hand. I call the floor over and explain what happened. He says she did not say anything to him. I call bullshit and say he shouldn't have even showed her his cards.
The floor guy is completely lost as to what to do. I said his hand should be dead. He says no. He says we will play for the money already in the pot and not the rest of his stack. I argue. I said no. I either have the best hand or the best draw. If we are going to see the river he should have to commit the rest of his stack. He does not agree. The river is a blank. He shows qj of hearts. Wow. Really glad that the heart did not come. Guess I did not have the best draw. BUT...I did have the best hand. Ship it. I then proceed to tell the dealer that I do not want her sitting behind him anymore. They leave the table. He yells some bullshit to me that there is no way I know what they said because they were speaking in Chinese. I then said..ok asshole...another rule violation..English only at the table! That was fun. It cost me about $80 bucks.
I yelled at the floor guy later that it was the worst ruling ever. He semi agreed but did not know what else to do. I said..call his hand dead...give him a warning.. a penalty...guess he never thought about that.
I finally decided that I needed some sleep for the long drive home the next day and went to bed about 5. It was a wild game. I wish that I could have stayed all night. I love casino poker.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
What a weekend
Went to Horseshoe Indiana for the WSOP circuit event. It was a blast. Played quite a bit of poker, most of it good.
Friday afternoon..sit at the 1/2 game with $200. It is a great table, I am the youngest player at the table and the standard raise is to $6. If I cannot beat this table of nits, I have no business playing this game. I am playing tight aggressive because they see me as a rock and I do not want to get out of line too early. Win a few small pots. Then I pick up A9 on the button. There is a raise to $6. I just call. No reason to go crazy. Flop is 9 high with 2 diamonds. Sb bets 10 dollars. Hmm.. that smells like a flush draw. I thought about raising here, but he did not seem like the guy that would fold a flush draw ever...so lets play pot control. Turn is a Queen. Another $10 bet. I guess I could raise here, but I really don't want to go crazy with Top pair in case my flush draw read is wrong. River is a king. Now he grabs 40 dollars, adds 20, then takes away 10 and bets $50. What the hell is going on here? Was he betting the flush draw and hit a king? I think he missed the flush draw and is trying to bet me off this hand. I call. He just sits there. I look at him and say "Sir, I call..what do you have?" He shakes his head and shows a 7 high flush draw. I turn over my hand and scoop the pot. The older guys at the table were telling me/him that they would NEVER have called there but placating me with the standard "good call honey". I just kept my mouth shut and prayed that they would all stay at the table. About 15 minutes later I hear the call...cash game players this is your last hand..we will be closing all the tables for the freeroll. What? No way, this is the best table ever. Grr. That is a bad beat. I left the table up $193 in 45 minutes.
The freeroll was a joke. I did not even really want to play. Busted that pretty quickly with kk v. a7. Oh well.
Played again later in the night and had Colin and Gross at my table for most of the time. Colin could not win there so he left and went to another table. There were mostly standard junk there, nothing too fun. Except the 2 4 hand. I got 2 4 a bunch of times that day and I folded it almost every time. That is very hard for me to do, but I am really trying to get better at this game and playing 2 4 for a lot of money is just not a good thing. A really aggressive guy sits at the table and I can tell he is just waiting for some action and big pots. He button straddles for $10. I am utg and raise to $30 with the old 2 4. I know that there is no way this guy is folding his button straddle so I want to play a pot with him with my favorite hand. Gross then interferes and calls the $30. WTF. Aggressive guy calls as well. Flop is A K 5 rainbow. Not a great flop for 24, but a great flop for the "nitty woman" who raised to $30 under the gun. I bet $55. Tom thinks for a few minutes and finally folds. Aggressive guy insta mucks. I really wanted to show the 2 4, but I decided not a good idea yet. Gross tells me that he had JJ. I tell him..well you know I had one of two hands. AA or 2 4. I later told him it was the 2 4.
Gross got his money back from me later when we both flopped trip fours and I had him outkicked and he went runner runner flush. Luckily I just check called the river. Phew. Left that table up only about $30 after about 2 hours.
I was done for the night as I developed a migraine and I could not continue to focus.
Saturday is the Tourney. My table draw seems ok, a few older players really solid, a few older donks and a few randoms. As I am staring at the guy on my left I see that he has what appears to be 2 WSOP circuit rings. Great. Of course I ask him about them and find out that he was the "unofficial" WSOP circuit event player of the year for 2009. Nice. Maybe I can learn something from him. We chit chat and he shows me his cards some times after he folds and we discuss strategy a little. Worth the price of admission.
We had a guy who did not show up for the first three levels and then this black guy sits down. Hmm. He looks a little familiar. Dwyte Pilgrim. Just won the Borgata Open for 780,000. Nice. He only lasts a few levels and he is busted. Interesting to watch him play. He got coolered in a big hand and that took most of his chips.
The old Donk on my right bled most his chips away and we got into a big pot together. I called on the button with j10 s. Flop is j 5 9, two hearts. He checks. I think about checking behind, but decide..I better bet here. I bet about 2/3 of the pot, he tanks and shoves. I know that he has a flush draw. Fuck. What should I do. Why didn't I check the flop and see what comes on the turn. Grr. I call. Before he turns over his cards, I say "Show me 10 high flush draw." Nope. The 7 high flush draw. Really? The turn is another J, please do not let him get there. 6 of hearts on the river. Grr. Why does it always get there.
I lost a few other medium sized pots. Almost ready for dinner break and I have 6600. I want to push because after dinner the blinds will be 500/1000. I do not want to come back to six big blinds. Even I could not push with the garbage that I had. Off to dinner break.
Two hands after dinner I am in the big blind. Please let me double up or get knocked out. Poker tournaments are boring when you cannot play any hands. The button raised by BB for the 100th time, so I thought no matter what I have I am pushing. I look down at 10 10. All in. He calls with q3 and I avoid his over and the flush draw that he picked up. Yeah. I doubled up. Soon after that I get moved to a new table. I manage to double up one more time there to a high point of 27,000. Then, I lost about 4,500 with Aj vs. Ak. Luckily he did not reraise me preflop and luckily I did not hit an Ace. I lose a few more blinds and antes and have 21,500 when I pick up 99. The blinds are 700/1400 with a 200 ante. I raise to 4600 in mid position, one caller. The big blind goes all in for 19600. What do I do here? I would have 16,900 left if I fold. A little more than 10 big blinds. Can I really expect to get a better hand than 99? I finally decided to call because about 20 minutes ago this guy pulled the same move with 910 o and he did it another time when he did not have to show his cards. I am going back and forth in my head about the call. I think I have to call there.
I wanted to shove the next two hands, put i picked up 5 high each time and I wanted to get my money in a little better. I end up in the big blind with 10 2 and call all in for my last 500 chips above the big blind. He has A10. Of course. I cannot even have 2 live cards. We both hit the 10, but it is not enough and I am out of the tourney about 105 place. That really sucks. Oh well. Off to play cash.
I will talk about the nightly cash game later. It was juicy!
Friday afternoon..sit at the 1/2 game with $200. It is a great table, I am the youngest player at the table and the standard raise is to $6. If I cannot beat this table of nits, I have no business playing this game. I am playing tight aggressive because they see me as a rock and I do not want to get out of line too early. Win a few small pots. Then I pick up A9 on the button. There is a raise to $6. I just call. No reason to go crazy. Flop is 9 high with 2 diamonds. Sb bets 10 dollars. Hmm.. that smells like a flush draw. I thought about raising here, but he did not seem like the guy that would fold a flush draw ever...so lets play pot control. Turn is a Queen. Another $10 bet. I guess I could raise here, but I really don't want to go crazy with Top pair in case my flush draw read is wrong. River is a king. Now he grabs 40 dollars, adds 20, then takes away 10 and bets $50. What the hell is going on here? Was he betting the flush draw and hit a king? I think he missed the flush draw and is trying to bet me off this hand. I call. He just sits there. I look at him and say "Sir, I call..what do you have?" He shakes his head and shows a 7 high flush draw. I turn over my hand and scoop the pot. The older guys at the table were telling me/him that they would NEVER have called there but placating me with the standard "good call honey". I just kept my mouth shut and prayed that they would all stay at the table. About 15 minutes later I hear the call...cash game players this is your last hand..we will be closing all the tables for the freeroll. What? No way, this is the best table ever. Grr. That is a bad beat. I left the table up $193 in 45 minutes.
The freeroll was a joke. I did not even really want to play. Busted that pretty quickly with kk v. a7. Oh well.
Played again later in the night and had Colin and Gross at my table for most of the time. Colin could not win there so he left and went to another table. There were mostly standard junk there, nothing too fun. Except the 2 4 hand. I got 2 4 a bunch of times that day and I folded it almost every time. That is very hard for me to do, but I am really trying to get better at this game and playing 2 4 for a lot of money is just not a good thing. A really aggressive guy sits at the table and I can tell he is just waiting for some action and big pots. He button straddles for $10. I am utg and raise to $30 with the old 2 4. I know that there is no way this guy is folding his button straddle so I want to play a pot with him with my favorite hand. Gross then interferes and calls the $30. WTF. Aggressive guy calls as well. Flop is A K 5 rainbow. Not a great flop for 24, but a great flop for the "nitty woman" who raised to $30 under the gun. I bet $55. Tom thinks for a few minutes and finally folds. Aggressive guy insta mucks. I really wanted to show the 2 4, but I decided not a good idea yet. Gross tells me that he had JJ. I tell him..well you know I had one of two hands. AA or 2 4. I later told him it was the 2 4.
Gross got his money back from me later when we both flopped trip fours and I had him outkicked and he went runner runner flush. Luckily I just check called the river. Phew. Left that table up only about $30 after about 2 hours.
I was done for the night as I developed a migraine and I could not continue to focus.
Saturday is the Tourney. My table draw seems ok, a few older players really solid, a few older donks and a few randoms. As I am staring at the guy on my left I see that he has what appears to be 2 WSOP circuit rings. Great. Of course I ask him about them and find out that he was the "unofficial" WSOP circuit event player of the year for 2009. Nice. Maybe I can learn something from him. We chit chat and he shows me his cards some times after he folds and we discuss strategy a little. Worth the price of admission.
We had a guy who did not show up for the first three levels and then this black guy sits down. Hmm. He looks a little familiar. Dwyte Pilgrim. Just won the Borgata Open for 780,000. Nice. He only lasts a few levels and he is busted. Interesting to watch him play. He got coolered in a big hand and that took most of his chips.
The old Donk on my right bled most his chips away and we got into a big pot together. I called on the button with j10 s. Flop is j 5 9, two hearts. He checks. I think about checking behind, but decide..I better bet here. I bet about 2/3 of the pot, he tanks and shoves. I know that he has a flush draw. Fuck. What should I do. Why didn't I check the flop and see what comes on the turn. Grr. I call. Before he turns over his cards, I say "Show me 10 high flush draw." Nope. The 7 high flush draw. Really? The turn is another J, please do not let him get there. 6 of hearts on the river. Grr. Why does it always get there.
I lost a few other medium sized pots. Almost ready for dinner break and I have 6600. I want to push because after dinner the blinds will be 500/1000. I do not want to come back to six big blinds. Even I could not push with the garbage that I had. Off to dinner break.
Two hands after dinner I am in the big blind. Please let me double up or get knocked out. Poker tournaments are boring when you cannot play any hands. The button raised by BB for the 100th time, so I thought no matter what I have I am pushing. I look down at 10 10. All in. He calls with q3 and I avoid his over and the flush draw that he picked up. Yeah. I doubled up. Soon after that I get moved to a new table. I manage to double up one more time there to a high point of 27,000. Then, I lost about 4,500 with Aj vs. Ak. Luckily he did not reraise me preflop and luckily I did not hit an Ace. I lose a few more blinds and antes and have 21,500 when I pick up 99. The blinds are 700/1400 with a 200 ante. I raise to 4600 in mid position, one caller. The big blind goes all in for 19600. What do I do here? I would have 16,900 left if I fold. A little more than 10 big blinds. Can I really expect to get a better hand than 99? I finally decided to call because about 20 minutes ago this guy pulled the same move with 910 o and he did it another time when he did not have to show his cards. I am going back and forth in my head about the call. I think I have to call there.
I wanted to shove the next two hands, put i picked up 5 high each time and I wanted to get my money in a little better. I end up in the big blind with 10 2 and call all in for my last 500 chips above the big blind. He has A10. Of course. I cannot even have 2 live cards. We both hit the 10, but it is not enough and I am out of the tourney about 105 place. That really sucks. Oh well. Off to play cash.
I will talk about the nightly cash game later. It was juicy!
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