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The Poker Thread

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rony31

Team Captain
been playing SnGs on Pokerstars lately, with more success. At first I deposited $20 just to get a feel for PStars, then another $50, lost all that. then I deposited $30 and I'm now sitting at over $300, thanks mostly to last night. played 2 SnGs, one 18-person $16 buyin, won it and cashed in $108. then I played a $27 buyin and absolutely dominated from start to finish, taking out 12 or 13 of the other 17 players myself and winning $180. currently playing another $27 trny, I'll let you know how that goes :)
 
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Jaboldinho

Fan Favourite
Played a prize MTT in a free poker website called Triplejack. It was a qualifier for the September Laptop Tournament, 100 players and I ended up winning the ****. The winner of the main event can choose between the laptop and 550$, but the most f*cked up thing is you have to be a "Power player" (costs 6$ per month) on the site to win the laptop or 550$ and as I'm not a pp I can't win it. If I or some other non-pp wins it he can choose between a year of pp or 55$. F*cked up. :(
 
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rony31

Team Captain
I finished 9th out of 18 in that tournament... was in 3rd until I made a bonehead play with 77 and went all-in with a Q85 flop, all clubs... guy already had the flush :(
 
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Tajike

SG's Fluffiest
Yay, I love birthday luck! Qualified for the super sat to the Belgian Championship! Best money ever spend.
 
R

rony31

Team Captain
Nice, Taj (Y) on a darker note, this really pissed me off:

Code: 
PokerStars Game #12348368079: Tournament #62667989, $15+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2007/09/29 - 22:52:19 (ET)
Table '62667989 1' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: shiptosails (3400 in chips)
Seat 2: rony20 (3560 in chips)
Seat 3: ts0623 (3340 in chips)
Seat 4: Alkmaar111 (2995 in chips)
Seat 5: NtgElsMtrs (1065 in chips)
Seat 6: rickbart (4295 in chips)
Seat 7: YonnasWJ (1180 in chips)
Seat 8: beserious (1010 in chips)
Seat 9: Kern11 (6155 in chips)
ts0623: posts small blind 100
Alkmaar111: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to rony20 [Ad Jd]
NtgElsMtrs: folds
rickbart: folds
YonnasWJ: folds
beserious: raises 810 to 1010 and is all-in
Kern11: folds
shiptosails: folds
rony20: calls 1010
ts0623: folds
Alkmaar111: calls 810
*** FLOP *** [5h Jh 6d]
Alkmaar111: checks
rony20: bets 2550 and is all-in
Alkmaar111: calls 1985 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [5h Jh 6d] [9s]
*** RIVER *** [5h Jh 6d 9s] [4d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Alkmaar111: shows [7c 8d] (a straight, Five to Nine)
rony20: shows [Ad Jd] (a pair of Carlos*s)
Alkmaar111 collected 3970 from side pot
beserious: shows [Th Ts] (a pair of Tens)
rony20 said, "lol"
Alkmaar111 collected 3130 from main pot
rony20 said, "nice call"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 7100 Main pot 3130. Side pot 3970. | Rake 0
Board [5h Jh 6d 9s 4d]
Seat 1: shiptosails folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: rony20 (button) showed [Ad Jd] and lost with a pair of Carlos*s
Seat 3: ts0623 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: Alkmaar111 (big blind) showed [7c 8d] and won (7100) with a straight, Five to Nine
Seat 5: NtgElsMtrs folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: rickbart folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: YonnasWJ folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: beserious showed [Th Ts] and lost with a pair of Tens
Seat 9: Kern11 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

pretty sure the Alkmaar guy is a PStars programmer or something, because those calls were absolutely ridiculous (N)
 
J

Jaboldinho

Fan Favourite
I can understand the call after flop easily, but there's no way anyone in his senses would call that big a bet with 7 8 offsuit preflop. That's some f*cked up luck, man.
 
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Tajike

SG's Fluffiest
rony31;2410086 said:
Nice, Taj (Y) on a darker note, this really pissed me off:

Code: 
PokerStars Game #12348368079: Tournament #62667989, $15+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2007/09/29 - 22:52:19 (ET)
Table '62667989 1' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: shiptosails (3400 in chips)
Seat 2: rony20 (3560 in chips)
Seat 3: ts0623 (3340 in chips)
Seat 4: Alkmaar111 (2995 in chips)
Seat 5: NtgElsMtrs (1065 in chips)
Seat 6: rickbart (4295 in chips)
Seat 7: YonnasWJ (1180 in chips)
Seat 8: beserious (1010 in chips)
Seat 9: Kern11 (6155 in chips)
ts0623: posts small blind 100
Alkmaar111: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to rony20 [Ad Jd]
NtgElsMtrs: folds
rickbart: folds
YonnasWJ: folds
beserious: raises 810 to 1010 and is all-in
Kern11: folds
shiptosails: folds
rony20: calls 1010
ts0623: folds
Alkmaar111: calls 810
*** FLOP *** [5h Jh 6d]
Alkmaar111: checks
rony20: bets 2550 and is all-in
Alkmaar111: calls 1985 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [5h Jh 6d] [9s]
*** RIVER *** [5h Jh 6d 9s] [4d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Alkmaar111: shows [7c 8d] (a straight, Five to Nine)
rony20: shows [Ad Jd] (a pair of Carlos*s)
Alkmaar111 collected 3970 from side pot
beserious: shows [Th Ts] (a pair of Tens)
rony20 said, "lol"
Alkmaar111 collected 3130 from main pot
rony20 said, "nice call"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 7100 Main pot 3130. Side pot 3970. | Rake 0
Board [5h Jh 6d 9s 4d]
Seat 1: shiptosails folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: rony20 (button) showed [Ad Jd] and lost with a pair of Carlos*s
Seat 3: ts0623 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: Alkmaar111 (big blind) showed [7c 8d] and won (7100) with a straight, Five to Nine
Seat 5: NtgElsMtrs folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: rickbart folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: YonnasWJ folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: beserious showed [Th Ts] and lost with a pair of Tens
Seat 9: Kern11 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

pretty sure the Alkmaar guy is a PStars programmer or something, because those calls were absolutely ridiculous (N)
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1) I would never ever call a 5BB all-in with AJs from any position except from the SB or the BB (and even then when no one has called before me). I would need to have a serious edge and chip advantage over the Villain to call this in any other position, which in this case you didn't have. I would call your move a minor blunder. Remember: someone doesn't go all-in for 5BB with utter crap. His range would be any pocket pair 99+, AK and maybe AQs. Your AJ is an underdog to all of these. This would've been a good call if you were short-handed, like a table of 4-6 players. On a full table this is just kamikaze.

2) There is no other sane explanation to Alkmaar's call than that he was willing to defend his BB to the extreme. There are many of these nut cases on every pokersite. Your job would be not to fall victim to these guys but to exploit them whenever you can. One way to have avoided him calling pre-flop would be by pushing your entire stack instead of calling off ~1/3 of your stack. Though again, folding AJ here would've been more profitable for you (your M is still ~10 so there's no need to do kinky stuff).
 
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Tajike

SG's Fluffiest
Update time:

- I'll be playing the WBCOOP (World Blogger Championship Of Online Poker) next Sunday on PokerStars

- I was on regional TV. They made a piece about the Flemish Poker Challenge winner at our final Poker4Charity qualifier. I played with the guy at a "televised tabled" with three more people (they showed me doing some chiptricks but focused on the other guy for the rest of the time) and they had some shots of the tourny itself (two great shots of me with the second one being brilliant). It's all in Dutch but for those interested: http://streamyou.be/atv/INZICHT/inzicht%2010 oktober 2007.wmv (I'm the guy who positions himself in his seat (first shot) and who points his finger at someone in slo-mo (second, brilliant shot)/all the chiptricks you see during the first few minutes are mine as I was the only one doing them at that TV table)

- In the course of the next few days I'll start coaching someone I played with during a cashgame. Goal is to get him deep at the Flemish Poker Challenge or the Belgian Championship next year.

- I qualified to represent Team Limburg for Poker4Charity (the tournament I finished 5th last year). Tournament will be on Nevember 18th @ Grand Casino, Brussels. Belgian/Dutch poker pros to be expected: Marc Naalden, Kristof De Smedt, Marcel Luske, Daniel Dodet. There will also be some Belgian celebrities and media attention

- I failed to qualify for the Belgian Championship during the super sat because I get irritated by people who push all in every hand after which I tilt and call them down with mediocre hands (BIG leak in my game). Finished 16th out of 49 players while I was in the top 5 the entire time
 
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rony31

Team Captain
Tajike;2410485 said:
1) I would never ever call a 5BB all-in with AJs from any position except from the SB or the BB (and even then when no one has called before me). I would need to have a serious edge and chip advantage over the Villain to call this in any other position, which in this case you didn't have. I would call your move a minor blunder. Remember: someone doesn't go all-in for 5BB with utter crap. His range would be any pocket pair 99+, AK and maybe AQs. Your AJ is an underdog to all of these. This would've been a good call if you were short-handed, like a table of 4-6 players. On a full table this is just kamikaze.

2) There is no other sane explanation to Alkmaar's call than that he was willing to defend his BB to the extreme. There are many of these nut cases on every pokersite. Your job would be not to fall victim to these guys but to exploit them whenever you can. One way to have avoided him calling pre-flop would be by pushing your entire stack instead of calling off ~1/3 of your stack. Though again, folding AJ here would've been more profitable for you (your M is still ~10 so there's no need to do kinky stuff).
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BUT THEY WERE SUITED!!! (H) :(
 
S

ShearerM4

Fan Favourite
This whole Absolute Poker superuser controversy is pretty fascinating I must say... apparently it all came from this particular hand:

Stage #896976330 Tourney ID 1883389 Holdem Multi Normal Tournament No
Limit $4500 - 2007-09-13 01:43:48 (ET)
Table: 14 (Real Money) Seat #3 is the dealer
Seat 3 - POTRIPPER ($765740 in chips)
Seat 8 - CRAZYMARCO ($214260 in chips)

POTRIPPER - Ante $450
CRAZYMARCO - Ante $450
POTRIPPER - Posts small blind $2250
CRAZYMARCO - Posts big blind $4500

*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to CRAZYMARCO [9h 2h]
POTRIPPER - Calls $2250
CRAZYMARCO - Checks

*** FLOP *** [4h Kd Kh]
CRAZYMARCO - Checks
POTRIPPER - Bets $9000
CRAZYMARCO - Calls $9000

*** TURN *** [4h Kd Kh] [7s]
CRAZYMARCO - Checks
POTRIPPER - Bets $13500
CRAZYMARCO - All-In(Raise) $200310 to $200310
POTRIPPER - Calls $186810

*** RIVER *** [4h Kd Kh 7s] [5s]

*** SHOW DOWN ***
POTRIPPER - Shows [10c 9c] (One pair, kings)
CRAZYMARCO - Shows [9h 2h] (One pair, kings)
POTRIPPER Collects $428520 from main pot
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The guy played every hand bar 7 in this MTT... every time he didnt play a hand, someone at the table had either AA, KK or QQ.
 
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ShearerM4

Fan Favourite
Not bothered looking through the whole HH, but my favourite hand i have seen is definitely:

Stage #896745075 Tourney ID 1883389 Holdem Multi Normal Tournament No Limit $400 - 2007-09-12 23:03:28.005 (ET)
Table: 13 (Real Money) Seat #5 is the dealer
Seat 6 - BLANCONEGRO ($12350 in chips)
Seat 7 - CLOVER777 ($2915 in chips)
Seat 8 - SMOOVESTEELY ($19620 in chips)
Seat 9 - SCARFACE_79 ($6716 in chips)
Seat 2 - OBV_DONK ($5795 in chips)
Seat 1 - AUTOSMOKE ($6684 in chips)
Seat 3 - POTRIPPER ($47974 in chips)
Seat 4 - POTR0AST ($38260 in chips)
Seat 5 - POKERME420 ($20270 in chips)

BLANCONEGRO - Posts small blind $200
CLOVER777 - Posts big blind $400

*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to AUTOSMOKE [9d 5s]
Dealt to OBV_DONK [6d Qc]
Dealt to POKERME420 [Ac 4h]
Dealt to BLANCONEGRO [3h 10h]
Dealt to CLOVER777 [8s 10d]
Dealt to SMOOVESTEELY [Kh 9s]
Dealt to SCARFACE_79 [6c 8h]
Dealt to POTR0AST [Jc As]
Dealt to POTRIPPER [Qs 3s]

SMOOVESTEELY - Folds
SCARFACE_79 - Folds
AUTOSMOKE - Folds
OBV_DONK - Folds
POTRIPPER - Raises $1600 to $1600
POTR0AST - Calls $1600
POKERME420 - Folds
BLANCONEGRO - Folds
CLOVER777 - Folds

*** FLOP *** [9h 6h 6s]
POTRIPPER - Bets $2800
POTR0AST - Calls $2800

*** TURN *** [9h 6h 6s] [3c]
POTRIPPER - Bets $5200
POTR0AST - Raises $10400 to $10400
POTRIPPER - Calls $5200

*** RIVER *** [9h 6h 6s 3c] [5h]
POTRIPPER - Bets $6000
POTR0AST - Calls $6000
POTRIPPER Collects $42560 from main pot
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:D
 
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Tajike

SG's Fluffiest
I don't know if I should laugh or feel afraid about the fact that POTRIPPER's account was tracked back to the CEO of Absolute

My fav POTRIPPER hands:

Stage #896551087 Tourney ID 1883389 Holdem Multi Normal Tournament No Limit $10 - 2007-09-12 21:07:06.007 (ET)
Table: 13 (Real Money) Seat #4 is the dealer
Seat 5 - POKERME420 ($9830 in chips)
Seat 6 - SCOTT_NZL ($9810 in chips)
Seat 7 - DZ00NUTS ($10000 in chips)
Seat 1 - BIGREDAK86 ($9960 in chips)
Seat 2 - JOSIAHW ($10055 in chips)
Seat 3 - POTRIPPER ($10390 in chips)
Seat 4 - POTR0AST ($9955 in chips)
POKERME420 - Posts small blind $5
SCOTT_NZL - Posts big blind $10
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to JOSIAHW [Ks Qh]
Dealt to BIGREDAK86 [7s 4d]
Dealt to POTRIPPER [10d Js]
Dealt to POTR0AST [Qs 3h]
Dealt to POKERME420 [10c Jh]
Dealt to SCOTT_NZL [8d 3d]
Dealt to DZ00NUTS [5d 8h]
BIGREDAK86 - Folds
DZ00NUTS - Folds
JOSIAHW - Raises $40 to $40
POTRIPPER - Calls $40
POTR0AST - Folds
SCOTT_NZL - Folds
POKERME420 - Calls $35
*** FLOP *** [Kd 9h Qd]
POKERME420 - Checks
JOSIAHW - Bets $50
Seat 4, RE-JOIN
POTRIPPER - Calls $50
POKERME420 - Raises $230 to $230
JOSIAHW - Calls $180
POTRIPPER - Calls $180
*** TURN *** [Kd 9h Qd] [8c]
POKERME420 - Bets $700
JOSIAHW - Calls $700
POTRIPPER - Raises $2740 to $2740
POKERME420 - All-In(Raise) $8860 to $9560
JOSIAHW - Folds
POTRIPPER - Calls $6820
*** SHOW DOWN ***
*** RIVER *** [Kd 9h Qd 8c] [5h]
POTRIPPER - Shows [10d Js] (Straight, nine to king)
POKERME420 - Shows [10c Jh] (Straight, nine to king)
POTRIPPER Collects $10320 from main pot
POKERME420 Collects $10320 from main pot

(not only is he a cheating bastard, he's also aweful at it as well. I still can't figure out why he would raise on the turn instead of the river where he can snatch an extra bet by the guy with KQ)

Stage #896692437 Tourney ID 1883389 Holdem Multi Normal Tournament No Limit $150 - 2007-09-12 22:16:10.002 (ET)
Table: 13 (Real Money) Seat #6 is the dealer
Seat 7 - DZ00NUTS ($5308.50 in chips)
Seat 8 - KOOLKEITH13 ($5254 in chips)
Seat 9 - SCARFACE_79 ($9627.50 in chips)
Seat 1 - BIGREDAK86 ($4100 in chips)
Seat 2 - JOSIAHW ($5391 in chips)
Seat 3 - POTRIPPER ($37686 in chips)
Seat 4 - POTR0AST ($12173 in chips)
Seat 5 - POKERME420 ($10615 in chips)
Seat 6 - JINXY_MONKEY ($8290 in chips)
DZ00NUTS - Posts small blind $75
KOOLKEITH13 - Posts big blind $150
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to BIGREDAK86 [5d 8c]
Dealt to JOSIAHW [10c 9h]
Dealt to POTRIPPER [Ah 2c]
Dealt to POTR0AST [Ks 9d]
Dealt to POKERME420 [Ac 4d]
Dealt to JINXY_MONKEY [4s 7s]
Dealt to DZ00NUTS [6c 5h]
Dealt to KOOLKEITH13 [Jd Qs]
Dealt to SCARFACE_79 [8h 6d]
SCARFACE_79 - Folds
BIGREDAK86 - Folds
JOSIAHW - Folds
POTRIPPER - Raises $600 to $600
POTR0AST - Folds
POKERME420 - Folds
JINXY_MONKEY - Folds
DZ00NUTS - Folds
KOOLKEITH13 - Calls $450
*** FLOP *** [3s As 10s]
KOOLKEITH13 - Checks
POTRIPPER - Bets $750
KOOLKEITH13 - Raises $2100 to $2100
POTRIPPER - Calls $1350
*** TURN *** [3s As 10s] [Qd]
KOOLKEITH13 - All-In $2554
POTRIPPER - Calls $2554
*** RIVER *** [3s As 10s Qd] [Qc]
POTRIPPER - Shows [Ah 2c] (Two Pair, aces and queens)
KOOLKEITH13 - Shows [Jd Qs] (Three of a kind, queens)
KOOLKEITH13 Collects $10583 from main pot

(lol justice?)
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The entire handhistory (great read btw): http://www.pocketfives.com/EDA6857F-CF36-4054-8EFD-425EE43B85C2.aspx
 
L

Lean

Fan Favourite
Started playing it this week. Doing some Pot Limit Hold'Em at Everest Poker, no money involved. Hopefully next time i decide to play a lil' tournament with my mates i dont get my arse handed on a plate.

The problem is the folks who play for no money at Everest are a bunch of psychos and they'll bet/pay their mothers to see the river. Yesterday i got a starting hand of aces, decided to go aggressive but not only they called me, they re-raised me, with **** on their hands! And the only card that would make me lose the hand on the river was the card that gave them a 2-3-4-5-6 straight. Frustrating.
 
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ShearerM4

Fan Favourite
Interesting read Taj. Only playing at rather low stakes I've never really taken position into account that much... I know the theory of it well, I've read what there is to know about it, but realise I never apply it.

Been trying to raise any two cards from time to time on the button or cut-off, it can work well.
 
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ShearerM4

Fan Favourite
Really starting to feel comfortable in cash game.



oohh yeah :mrpimp:

Trying to pay a month's rent with only poker winnings. If only the dollar wasnt so weak at the moment :(
 
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