Cash Game Extravaganza!

first, a quote by a great man:

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"You know, I realized how much I missed this place the past 2 weeks, I am happy to be back playing here."

John Veltheer
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

that pretty much confirms that all the stuff that spews from his mouth when he is playing with is is pure crap.

now, on to the game.

we had 14 players show up for our 2-table 7 handed cash game.

my table started with Bill, John, Eman, Sean, Joanne and Milner.
table #2 had Karl, Jane, Winston, Hondro, Hondro's friend, George and Julia.

here are some highlights from hands i saw at our table.

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

nothing of note was happening with until i got involved in a hand with Joanne and Milner. Joanne made a button raise to $4, Milly called in the SB and i did too in the BB.

flop was 5-3-2 rainbow

i had flopped top 2 pr with my standard 53 offsuit and saw Milly lead out at the pot for $15. now, with a button raise and both blinds completing it is usual for the blinds to be holding random suited panthers or small pockets. to see Michael lead out here did make me think he had a set or perhaps was betting a straight here to see what Joanne would do. i chose to just call the $15 because if Joanne had a big pair she would raise and i could then see what Michael would do.

Joanne did raise to $30 and in my head i knew she had an overpair, i thought JJ+. the scary part though was "what was Michael going to do?" usually in this spot i would expect him to reraise if he could beat 1pr so seeing him just call Joanne's raise gave me the feeling he did not flop a set or a straight. if Michael had raised i would have had a hard decision to make. since he didnt raise i chose to jam the rest of my stack in and pretty much tell them both i had a big hand

the pot had $12 preflop + $75 from Joanne, Milly and my flop bets. i called the $15 to make it $102 in the pot and my raise was $99 more.

Joanne tanked for about 45 seconds and decided to call. Milly folded what would have been the eventual winning hand.

turn was a 7
river was a 2

i knew the 2 pairing the board fcuked me hard and i probably had a look on my face like i just ate a sour lemon. Joanne said "53 no good anymore?" --- i tabled the 53 and she flipped over pocket Tens for the better 2 pair.

Milly folded QQ when Joanne called my raise

i had to hit the bank machine after this hand and as i was heading there i thought about how she could make that call. i know i want her to call but why would she? she had to know she was behind...right? whatever the case, i was broke and now had to try and get back to even.

i re-bought for $100.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

a BIG pot developed between Bill and John

John makes a pf raise and Bill calls along with someone else. flop is Q high, 3 diamonds. Bill has flopped the 2 nut low flush baby with the 3d4d!

checked to Bill who fires out $25 or $30. John raises another $100, Bill jams, John calls.

in this game its not required to show your cards so when the river brings a 4th diamond John looks disgusted and asks "awww crap, do you have the Ad?" i assumed John had a hand like KK with the Kd and Bill got fcuked. i think Bill thought he was done too and showed the 4 flush. John's face did not appear to show any signs of relief when he saw Bill's hand so it was clear the flush was good. i dont know what John had but Bill raked in the pot and was sitting pretty!

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

later, i had run my $100 up to around ~$110 when Sean, Me and Bill got busy in another big pot

Sean raised to $3 preflop and pretty much everyone called. i called with 8d9d

flop came K high, 2 diamonds.

Sean bets out for $19 and i call, Bill calls

turn is a black Queen, all of us check.

now, at this point i figure Sean had something he didnt wanna risk more $$ with because he would protect AK here or AA...i thought the K scared him a bit. Bill on the other hand is impossible to put on a hand because he plays a WIDE variety of shit. more shit than me!

when the river brought the Td the whole table knew someone "got there"

my thoughts here was that my hand was good. but with Bill and Sean left to act after me i kinda felt i could represent i hand a very marginal hand i just wanted to show down...with the intention of calling any bluff/bet on the river. so i checked my flush

Bill bet $25.
Sean was next and after 30 seconds he jams his stack, another ~$125!

WTF is going in here?! i have the flush and i see a bet and a shove! "god dammit" im thinking, how can i possibly be good? then i realize Sean isnt shoving here when its obvious me and Bill were drawing to something. when the flush completes why is he jamming without the nuts?

i took about 2 minutes to think and decided i wasnt throwing in my last ~$75 kinda knowing im beat...i folded. Milly and Joanne saw my hand and my look of resignation when i tossed it away.

Bill folded and Sean showed Ad3d for the nuts...good fold daddy!

still, i was losing more money and i couldnt find a groove. i was worried i would blow this stack and be forced to sit out the rest of the night! i didnt want to do that

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

i borrowed $60 from Dr Fag and got my stack topped up a bit, enough to make plays and win a decent hand should i need to get it all in again.

the biggest cooler hand of this night award goes to Bill, check out this hand:

Sean raises to $31 (was this a mistake or not?) Bill calls from the SB with TT

heads-up:
flop is T-3-2 Bill has flopped the stone cold nuts baby!

Bill checks, Sean bets out small - $15, Bill calls

Bill could raise here but i like the call too. If Sean has an overpair the pot will still get juicy.

turn is a Queen

now, Bill fires out $30 or $35 ( i forget) Sean insta-jams! Bill insta-calls!

i stood up and asked Sean, "you made a set of Queens didnt you?" i asked this because i knew what Bill had preflop and knew Sean wouldnt jam with AA or KK here unless he was totally sure he had the best hand.

Sean shows QQ for a turned set
Bill shows TT for the flopped set

holy power cooler Batman, the pot was over $700!! that was nasty!

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------


i will have more to come including a hand i got involved in vs Joanne and one vs Julia...and i won them both!

JGB, Pay them their money!

Joanne $390
Grant $180
Bill $100

The same 3 who placed on April 4th place again this week. Joanne and Grant changed positions and Bill scooped 3rd place money once again.

Milner and I played a few $5 PLO games while waiting for the main event to end and we also played with Julia in a high stakes $10 tournament with THE WINNER TAKING ALL OF THE MONEY! that was a stressful game!

more to come when i have time and when i get the winner's picture of Joanne from Milner

Ladies Night

We had 3 ladies take part in this version of the Mystery Bounty and all 3 made it to the end. Jane, Julia and Alt-Delete were playing 3-handed when i returned from my self imposed exile. Julia and Jane ousted the shortie in Althalee and went on a record, at least in the FCPC, 1 hour 15 minute heads-up marathon!

the two ladies were taking turns winning massive pots vs each other but neither could deliver the knockout blow until just before midnight. Julia had just survived being all in when her miracle 9 hit on the river when she doused Jane's hopes winning with KT vs Jane's Q8.

again this alternate room we have used had some magic remaining. on four occasions we have played in the room and every time we have a game there quads have shown up. its absolutey ridiculous that our games went on a year long run without seeing quads and now in the span of 6 weeks we have had at least 7 or 8 four-of-a-kind hands.

tonight it was Althalee's turn to make quad 6's vs Sean...again. Sean has been the victim of the quads at least 3 times...maybe 4 times.

final payouts:

Julia $260 + $15 bounty from Jane
Jane $120 +$30 bounty on Tom and $15 split bounty on herself

"White Spot" Grant, FREE SHAKES!!

Grant said that if he won he would give everyone free shakes for life...so head on down to the White Spot at SW Marine and Oak to fill yourself up!

Unbelievably, Grant didnt get pocket 2s all night long so there was no "IM ALL IN BABY!" heard from him. What Grant did do was gather a healthy stack pretty early on and coast the rest of the way to take down his first DEEPStack title.

We used a modified structure for this event...Eitan's structure. personally i dont think i would use it again because even though we started with TC150,000 it was less chips in relation to the blinds than what we are accustomed to. starting with 150bb instead of 200bb was noticeable. 30 min levels did somewhat offset the difference in chips but the fact there was less room to play once you lost one big hand or 2 decent pots made it feel less like a DEEPStack.

We tried it and it wasnt bad but next time we'll go back to the usual stuff.

ok, on to the game. no big confrontations, no big setups nothing really happened until John and Joanne got busy in the 2nd or 3rd level.

Joanne raises it up with KK, John re-pops it with AK. After Joanne shoved John was obligated to call the difference but he did not hit the Ace so his big stack at the time was severly shortened. not long after John eeded to make a move and when "Ken Leeeeee" arrived John was more than willing to gamble (who wouldnt?). Unfortunately, Bill was right next door with a pair of Kens (KK) and hasta la vista baby! John was toast.

Eitan left next when his AT lost to Joanne's flopped flush with the 5d6d. Eitan had the Ad redraw but missed

Next one gone was Julia. earlier she had doubled Joanne up when she limp for 2000 or 3000 (i cant remember what the blinds were) and then called Joanne's all-in for another 65,000. Joanne tabled pocket 4s and Julia had A9. no help for Julia and her stack was crippled. she left in 9th when her A7 could not outdraw Bill's AK.

Jane was next on the chopping block when she put her faith in 8d9d vs Grants JJ. the Jacks would hold and Jane was flambayed in 8th.

Althalee aka "Alt+Delete" had amassed a very healthy stack early but lost a critical hand to "White Spot" Grant. on a K92 flop a series of bets, raises and then an ALL-IN from Alt+Delete put Grant in a position to call of all his chips. Grant thought it through and figured his KQ must be good and he made the call. Alt+Delete showed the KT for top pair-shittier kicker and it bricked for her the rest of the way to give Grant an absolutely huge amount of chips! not long after that she was crushed by Bill. her AT vs his AK = Althalee out in 7th

down to 6-handed play the blinds were eating away at the shorties, myself included.

Matt would be the first to succumb to these blinds when his A3 ran into Joanne's 56. somehow she won and Matt was politely asked to leave. this was his reaction:

Yours truly was next to go. i had TC102,000 with blinds at 5,000/10,000 and looked at 99. i jammed and Joanne quickly called with AK. a god-damned Ace on the turn was all she wrote for me and i had another out of the money finish ending up in 5th spot.

Bubble time! And of course 240 couldnt make it in. he never gets into the money and thats too bad because he is a nice big cuddly teddy bear. once again as well, "Ken Leeeee" was what 240 decided to run with but when Bill called and showed KJ the big cuddly teddy bear was looking for a little 7 love. unfortunately for him it did not arrive and out in 4th was 240.

now we are in the money!

Grant and Joanne were leading at this point (i think) and Bill would have to battle hard to oust them for the title. too bad for Bill he flopped top pair vs Grant on a Qxx board. Bill went All-In after a bet a raise and another raise. again Grant had to think about this call because he had limped in the SB with AA. he did call and Bill displayed Q3--> top pair no kicker. no help for Bill meant he secured $140 for third place and we were heads up!

it didnt take long to end it. rather than explain here is a picture of the hand.

Grant had 96...Joanne had 73...ALL-IN on the flop

(the flop starts on the right and the river is the card on the far left)


Grant hits the river 9 to win DEEPStack 14!

FREE SHAKES NEXT WEEK!!! (i like chocolate Mr Quail)

DEEPStack 14 Preview

the ladies are in full effect tonight as 4 chicks will be playing in DS14. never before have we had so much estrogen in the game. will that lead to another female champion or will the power of man overwhelm and come on top again?

here is the lineup in order of predicted finish:

simon

joanne

bill

eitan

matt

john

jane

althalee

grant

julia

240

The Truth Hurts

just a little email banter. you gotta read the last email first and work your way up:

----- Original Message -----

From: 'simon heald'

To: Fuel55

standard


----- Original Message -----
From: Fuel55
To: 'simon heald'
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 6:32 PM
Subject: RE: DEEPStack 14 lineup is set


I have no chance


From: simon heald [mailto:sjktrash@shaw.ca]

Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 6:25 PM

To: 240; Althalee; Grant; Eitan Even; Julia; John V; Joanne; Jane; Bill

Subject: DEEPStack 14 lineup is set

here is the group:

simon
bill
jane
jv
eitan
julia
grant
joanne
alt+delete
240