we have filled up both tables for tonight's $40 game. after the room fee and the new "supplies bought by simon over 3 years" fee has been applied we will have a $760 prize pool.
1st $400
2nd $200
3rd $110
4th $50
i am predicting a top 7 finish for myself. lol, is that any good? poker is rigged anyway so ill probably win.
Friday, February 29, 2008
Monday, February 25, 2008
$10 + $5 Rebuy Madness
the name says it all. this game, for the first hour (and some would claim even after the addons), is just a bunch of blind all-ins. mthe name of the game is to build a stack big enough to bully or coast to the final table. all the usual 72off vs AK battles were waged and your usual "a pair of twos is good!" calls were heard throughout the night. once the rebuy period ends and the addons are done we normally see the typical game develop...whatever that is.
the winner on the night was this guy, Jonny. he was able to find a way to survive the madness and chip away when heads-up to secure his first FCPC title. i dont have a picture of Jonny but ill find one on the internet and post it later.
the night had its share of chip leaders that is for sure. when we hit the final 10 i dont know who was ahead but it didnt take long for Julia, a new-comer to the game, to start rolling. she was betting betting betting and winning winning winning virtually every pot she entered. when we found ourselves with 7 players left she was quite a ways aghead of 2nd place...then the wheels fell off...she wouldnt be the first chipleader to lose it all.
yours truly took a few chunks out of her stack then finished her off when my AQ nailed and Ace on the flop and sent her JJ to the rail. that pot gave me an enourmous stack and i think i thought getting into the money was a formality. at one point i counted ~110,000TC with just 5 players left.
the bubble boy ended up being me thanks to one lost race and one decision afew people questioned but one i feel alright about. first, i had a chance to knock Jonny out with AQ vs his 99 all-in preflop. i did not improve so he was able to double through me and sit comfortably again. a short while later i was involved in my final hand:
blinds at 2,000/4,000 i raise UTG to 15,000 holding 77. Matt, Jonny's friend, re-raises to 40,000 on the button and it folds back to me. now i remember thinking quite a bit before calling him here. the more i thought about all the possibilities i had to give him credit for AK or AQ, perhas a bigger pocket pair but that was mathematically unlikely. the reason i called was because if i saw a favourable flop i could jam it and get 2 overcards to fold.
the flop came Jd 9c 6c
the first thing i thought was "this aint bad, AK and AQ have missed. any pocket below Tens (if he indeed had a pair) would have a big decision to make if i jam here. what are the chances he has a Jack, not likely if he re-raises preflop"
so i announced all-in! and he called pretty damn quick...fcuk
i knew i was toast when i flipped over my hand and i was a bit surprised to see him table AcJc only because of the preflop play. he certainly wasnt gonna fold after he nailed the flop as good as one could expect. i was done in 5th, i bubbled and got some "what were you doing remarks?" afterwards. i tried to explain why i did what i did but apparently 77 is an auto fold preflop there.
i suppose i could have gone all-in preflop and given him a decision but the both of us would have looked like retards for overplaying our hands. im sure he would have called too because after the reraise he was pot committed.
is AJ 5-handed worth losing your stack with preflop? is 77 worth it? i dont know but the way the hand was played he could only call the all-in if he hit a pair and he did. thats poker.
final results can be found on the FCPC site
see you next friday!
the winner on the night was this guy, Jonny. he was able to find a way to survive the madness and chip away when heads-up to secure his first FCPC title. i dont have a picture of Jonny but ill find one on the internet and post it later.
the night had its share of chip leaders that is for sure. when we hit the final 10 i dont know who was ahead but it didnt take long for Julia, a new-comer to the game, to start rolling. she was betting betting betting and winning winning winning virtually every pot she entered. when we found ourselves with 7 players left she was quite a ways aghead of 2nd place...then the wheels fell off...she wouldnt be the first chipleader to lose it all.
yours truly took a few chunks out of her stack then finished her off when my AQ nailed and Ace on the flop and sent her JJ to the rail. that pot gave me an enourmous stack and i think i thought getting into the money was a formality. at one point i counted ~110,000TC with just 5 players left.
the bubble boy ended up being me thanks to one lost race and one decision afew people questioned but one i feel alright about. first, i had a chance to knock Jonny out with AQ vs his 99 all-in preflop. i did not improve so he was able to double through me and sit comfortably again. a short while later i was involved in my final hand:
blinds at 2,000/4,000 i raise UTG to 15,000 holding 77. Matt, Jonny's friend, re-raises to 40,000 on the button and it folds back to me. now i remember thinking quite a bit before calling him here. the more i thought about all the possibilities i had to give him credit for AK or AQ, perhas a bigger pocket pair but that was mathematically unlikely. the reason i called was because if i saw a favourable flop i could jam it and get 2 overcards to fold.
the flop came Jd 9c 6c
the first thing i thought was "this aint bad, AK and AQ have missed. any pocket below Tens (if he indeed had a pair) would have a big decision to make if i jam here. what are the chances he has a Jack, not likely if he re-raises preflop"
so i announced all-in! and he called pretty damn quick...fcuk
i knew i was toast when i flipped over my hand and i was a bit surprised to see him table AcJc only because of the preflop play. he certainly wasnt gonna fold after he nailed the flop as good as one could expect. i was done in 5th, i bubbled and got some "what were you doing remarks?" afterwards. i tried to explain why i did what i did but apparently 77 is an auto fold preflop there.
i suppose i could have gone all-in preflop and given him a decision but the both of us would have looked like retards for overplaying our hands. im sure he would have called too because after the reraise he was pot committed.
is AJ 5-handed worth losing your stack with preflop? is 77 worth it? i dont know but the way the hand was played he could only call the all-in if he hit a pair and he did. thats poker.
final results can be found on the FCPC site
see you next friday!
Saturday, February 16, 2008
DEEPStack 12 Results
well, well well...how about this, i won!
even haley's comet streaks by every 76 years so waking up realizing i DID actually win a tournament shouldnt feel so "wow" but feeling like i was in a major slump this year and finding a way to get out of it with a DEEPStack win feels pretty nice. actually, the fact we had 16 players and a $650 first place prize feels more than nice. its my 2nd outright DEEPStack win and 3rd overall (one chopped with Eman).
lets see a picture of my beautiful face :
lets see a picture of my beautiful face :
(pay no attention to the ugliness in the background)
now because i won ill recap how things went for me.
things started well. i won a number of small pots to get up to ~30,000 (we started this week with 25,000TC). then i was involved in a big pot relative to the blinds and i played it pretty piss poorly.
blinds are 150/300 and i raise to 900 in EP with AT and got two callers, Dave and Eitan. flop comes AQx and all three of us check. im certain i have the best hand and i tried to be a bit tricky here which would have worked if i followed through with a raise on the turn., but when the K came on the turn i simply called Dave's bet of 2500 when my instinct was to raise...i guess i thought i could get Dave to bluff the river if a blank hit. anyway, a lovely T hits the river giving me two terrible pair. the board shows AQxKT and Dave goes all-in for 8700. the way he acted and the wauy the betting went i struggled to find a way he could have a Jack. i wondered out loud what he could have that included a Jack and then reluctantly called. he flipped over QJ which was a reasonable holding given we all checked the flop. my stack of ~30,000 was now down to around 17,000. good thing for me was the fact Dave was in a giving mood and would later give me a present that set me up nicely for the final table.
as we neared the final table a hand developed at table #1 that had involved way too many chips. to start, Bob was a bit short and made a standard raise preflop that was called by Dave and myself. i had the button and pocket 3s. the flop came 743 and Dave bet 11,100, enough to put Bob all-in. Bob made the call with JJ and i was left to decide what to do here. i chose to just shove it all in for another 29,900 and let dave make a decision. amazingly Dave deduced i had nothing and called with....A4! thank you Mr Dave Abbott. a miracle J hit the turn saving Bob's ass and when the river blanked i had ~60,000 and Bob scooped close to 40,000.
i think that set us up for the final table.
the first two hands i get at the FT are 22 and AK. i raise both hands and win one without a flop and the other when John and i check it down on a 67376 board.
John would be the first to leave us, followed by Kent, Bob, Julia and George.
with a healthy stack i chose to engage in some butt-play and raised a few limpers with K2. Niall in the SB decided 77 was the hand he was looking for and shoved for almost the same amount i had raised. i called, not because i liked my hand but because there was so much dead money in there. his 77 held up and i had used up all of my "playing" chips and had to gear down for a while. it helped that i went card dead but the blinds were beginning to eat me up.
when we hit 5-handed play the post flop action slowly deteriorated as the blinds increased. i found myself the shortstack with roughly 30,000 with blinds at 2000/4000/400 ante and finally i found a hand to play. i was happy to shove over top of a EP raise with AJ. he called with A9 and i was able to grab close to 65,000TC.
Niall, myself, Sean, Ryan and Paul were playing 5-handed for quite some time before we lost Niall. stacks were fluctuating quickly and a few of us took turns on the short stack. Niall went out in 5th but i cant remember what he lost with, i think Ryan took him down (but im not totally sure of that).
the key hand when we hit the money was between myself and Sean. i had AA UTG and raised to 20,000 with blinds at 3,000/6,000. Sean went Sly Stallone on me and i didnt hesitate to flip over my bullets after he tabled QQ. a few seconds later, for comedic effect, i announced "i call". Sean wasnt too happy to see my hand and he bounced around a bit before coming back to deal the board. winning this hand put me well over 100,000TC and Sean, the chip leader for the final table from the start was down to ~50,000.
i think the next hand i was dealt TT and as i was stacking the chips i went all-in. thats when Paul called me with AKcc and he hit a K on the flop and he was back in the game.
Sean was the shorty now when he had the button and moved in with KJss. yan in the BB called with AT but when the board showed KTxKx Sean was out of the doldrums. this loss meant Ryan only had about 10,000TC and he blindly put them in on the next hand. his 96ss was up vs Sean's AA. he flopped a pair and turn a flush draw but couldnt get there on the river and Ryan was terminated in 4th.
we lost Sean in 3rd after i called his preflop raise holding 97cc. i checked the 763 flop and when he moved in i called quickly knowing only an overpair was beating me. odds are he didnt have one so when i saw the flop i was not going to go away. he showed K6ss for middle pair. i made a straight on the river to get to heads-up against Paul.
stacks were about 65%-35% for me and i offered Paul $400 to go home. i needed to finish the game as fast as possible becaus my babysitter was probably passed out upstairs. $300 was guaranteed to 2nd place so i was really hoping he would take the generous offer. he chose to play it out and when he took a chip lead on me after he shoved with K9 or KT and i had AQ i was worried. he won the hand after hitting a pair of Kings and i was cursing AQ yet again. but as quickly as i lost the lead i got it all back plus bit when i picked off a couple bluffs.
the final hand he shoved preflop with 9T and i woke up with JJ. he flopped a gutterball on a KQx board but my 2 Jacks were what he needed. he missed the turn and river and finally after 5.5 hours or so i had finally won a tournament!
lets see my pretty face again:
see you next week, im out!
Friday, February 15, 2008
DEEPStack 12 Preview
here comes a mother of a DEEPstack tonight!
normally we will hold the game to a max of 10, sometimes 11 players. tonight i thought we could beef up the game by expanding it to 16 players and it sold out pretty quick. at this time we only have 15 (someone got too sick to play) and are currently working on finding a 16th, we'll see.
payouts for 15 players will be:
1. $630
2. $280
3. $180
4. $ 90
the lineup includes a number of people who do not regularly come out to the games so i am having a hard time handicapping this one. Ryan, a non-regular lurker is coming with a friend who has never been, Julia is coming to only her 2nd game and Bob's friend Niall is giving our game another try, we see him roughly every 6 weeks. with a couple wildcard retards playing (him and him) you can understand why this is going to be probably my worst predictions ever.
having said all this lets have a look at the lineup:
simon dave john jane ryan paul bob niall
sean eitan julia grant cathy kent george
all the names in bold are those that the "Magic Dice" have predicted will make the final table. i guess ill go ahead and predict who of these people will win and who will finish in 10th. althought these predictions are not going to be all that close, the "Magic Dice" has told me you can take 4 of the predicted finishes to the bank
1. George
2. Simon
3. John
4. Dave
5. Eitan
6. Sean
7. Julia
8. Jane
9. Bob
10. Kent
comments always welcome, trash talk is encouraged
normally we will hold the game to a max of 10, sometimes 11 players. tonight i thought we could beef up the game by expanding it to 16 players and it sold out pretty quick. at this time we only have 15 (someone got too sick to play) and are currently working on finding a 16th, we'll see.
payouts for 15 players will be:
1. $630
2. $280
3. $180
4. $ 90
the lineup includes a number of people who do not regularly come out to the games so i am having a hard time handicapping this one. Ryan, a non-regular lurker is coming with a friend who has never been, Julia is coming to only her 2nd game and Bob's friend Niall is giving our game another try, we see him roughly every 6 weeks. with a couple wildcard retards playing (him and him) you can understand why this is going to be probably my worst predictions ever.
having said all this lets have a look at the lineup:
simon dave john jane ryan paul bob niall
sean eitan julia grant cathy kent george
all the names in bold are those that the "Magic Dice" have predicted will make the final table. i guess ill go ahead and predict who of these people will win and who will finish in 10th. althought these predictions are not going to be all that close, the "Magic Dice" has told me you can take 4 of the predicted finishes to the bank
1. George
2. Simon
3. John
4. Dave
5. Eitan
6. Sean
7. Julia
8. Jane
9. Bob
10. Kent
comments always welcome, trash talk is encouraged
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Omaha Results
so, our 2nd ever PLO game went down this past friday and, as expected, it was not a showcase of "good omaha" but really, what is? omaha is a game of getting there. its a game of chasing draws. wondering, hoping, praying you have the best of it when the board pairs and you hold the nut straight.
one pair on a semi-coordinated flop with flush and straight draws is usually not gonna hold. who you are playing against matters, will they fold top 2? will they call a pot bet holding nut or 2nd nut draws? simply shoving more money into the pot expecting your opponent will fold is a risky play.
we saw boats lose to bigger boats and of course we saw people chasing flushes on paired boards lose to flopped full houses. thats omaha right?
the predictions from the previous post have to be altered a bit since we had one cancellation. here are the revised predictions followed by the actual finish:
1. Eitan - finished 7th
2. Jonny - finished 2nd just as i predicted
3. Milner - finished 3rd just as i predicted
4. Bill - finished 5th, so close
5. Eman - finished 4th, so close
6. Simon - finished 6th just as i predicted
7. Sean - finished 8th
8. Grant - got credit for the win with a slight chip advantage heads up. unbelieveable he didnt go out first
3/8 aint bad as far as figuring out where people would end up. if Grant and Eitan had flipped-flopped results i would have had a remarkably good record this week.
certainly we will do it again only because i absolutely loved the chips we played with. Jonny owns them and it takes a game of omaha to get him out to play.
one pair on a semi-coordinated flop with flush and straight draws is usually not gonna hold. who you are playing against matters, will they fold top 2? will they call a pot bet holding nut or 2nd nut draws? simply shoving more money into the pot expecting your opponent will fold is a risky play.
we saw boats lose to bigger boats and of course we saw people chasing flushes on paired boards lose to flopped full houses. thats omaha right?
the predictions from the previous post have to be altered a bit since we had one cancellation. here are the revised predictions followed by the actual finish:
1. Eitan - finished 7th
2. Jonny - finished 2nd just as i predicted
3. Milner - finished 3rd just as i predicted
4. Bill - finished 5th, so close
5. Eman - finished 4th, so close
6. Simon - finished 6th just as i predicted
7. Sean - finished 8th
8. Grant - got credit for the win with a slight chip advantage heads up. unbelieveable he didnt go out first
3/8 aint bad as far as figuring out where people would end up. if Grant and Eitan had flipped-flopped results i would have had a remarkably good record this week.
certainly we will do it again only because i absolutely loved the chips we played with. Jonny owns them and it takes a game of omaha to get him out to play.
Monday, February 04, 2008
Omatards in Action
this week marks the 2nd installment of the Omaha series (series?? maybe one day). its only the second time we've given omaha a try even though most of us have some experience in it. i can only imagine what the rants and slags will be like when this guy and this guy get drawn out and lose a pot.
here is the lineup for the Omaha game in order of predicted finish:
1. Eitan - on a roll and he is turning into a solid player with some impressive results. lucky jew!
2. Jonny - omaha is his specialty so i expect a good finish
3. Milner - i really hope he cashes, he deserves it. early big stack turns into 3rd place
4. Bill - Omaha? whats that? why do i have 4 cards? i have trip 5s and an Ace...im all in!!
5. Eman - prove me wrong butt-munch!
6. John - retards! blah blah blah...i hate this place! more blah...why cant you ever fold?! blah
7. Simon - im on a seriously disgusting run and Omaha wont be my saviour. i suck
8. Sean - re-raises from the BB with JJxx and cant lay it down on a 6 high board
9. Grant - i dont know why but he has no luck. someone will draw out on his flopped monster
i rolled the dice to get these predictions but the comments, pure gold, are courtesy of me
see you friday
here is the lineup for the Omaha game in order of predicted finish:
1. Eitan - on a roll and he is turning into a solid player with some impressive results. lucky jew!
2. Jonny - omaha is his specialty so i expect a good finish
3. Milner - i really hope he cashes, he deserves it. early big stack turns into 3rd place
4. Bill - Omaha? whats that? why do i have 4 cards? i have trip 5s and an Ace...im all in!!
5. Eman - prove me wrong butt-munch!
6. John - retards! blah blah blah...i hate this place! more blah...why cant you ever fold?! blah
7. Simon - im on a seriously disgusting run and Omaha wont be my saviour. i suck
8. Sean - re-raises from the BB with JJxx and cant lay it down on a 6 high board
9. Grant - i dont know why but he has no luck. someone will draw out on his flopped monster
i rolled the dice to get these predictions but the comments, pure gold, are courtesy of me
see you friday
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