I hear you

Okay guys,

I hear you. I talked to more than one of you and cede that I definitely misplayed the previous hand. To finish up the hand of the day from the previous post:

I raised to 40,000 (bad I know).
Initial Raiser goes in for 63,000.
Reraiser calls all in.

I call.

Hands:

Me: AK0
Second place Guy: 99
Short Stack Guy: AKo

I think the move in by the 99 is a play that trumps my in the worst play department. He pushed knowing we both were coming and we had Reraised and REreraised his open bet. I think that play was moronic. Of course he flops a set and moves into the chip lead with 145,000. I go down to last in chips with 17,000. I get back to where when it is heads up against Mr. 99, we are tied. He played well heads up and takes it down. But I think the play on the 99 was bad. My play was definitely bad, but his was worse looking back at it.

Last night:

Finished 19th/460 in a $50 NL event on stars for $160 (winner got $5400 - sigh). Get crippled six-handed with a hand that is interesting:

PokerStars Game #3019550940: Tournament #14705289
Hold'em No Limit

Level XII(800/1600, 75 Ante)
Seat #1 is the button

Seat 1: EARLBRY (49530 in chips)
Seat 2: 8ivyleague8 (93356 in chips)
Seat 4: bagbalm4u (29470 in chips)
Seat 5: gavros33 (10820 in chips)
Seat 6: winstonddogg (18845 in chips)
Seat 9: Grip'nRip (20292 in chips)

8ivyleague8: posts small blind 800
bagbalm4u: posts big blind 1600

*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to Grip'nRip [8d Ad]

gavros33: folds
winstonddogg: calls 1600
Grip'nRip: raises 4800 to 6400
EARLBRY: folds
8ivyleague8: folds
bagbalm4u: folds
winstonddogg: calls 4800

*** FLOP *** [3s Ah 6h]

winstonddogg: checks
Grip'nRip: bets 13817 and is all-in
winstonddogg: calls (immediately) 12370 and is all-in

*** TURN *** [3s Ah 6h] [2s]

*** RIVER *** [3s Ah 6h 2s] [5d]

*** SHOW DOWN ***

winstonddogg: shows [Ac 2d] (two pair, Aces and Deuces)
Grip'nRip: shows [8d Ad] (a pair of Aces)
winstonddogg collected 40390 from pot

*** SUMMARY ***

Total pot 40390 Rake 0
Board [3s Ah 6h 2s 5d]

Seat 6: winstonddogg showed [Ac 2d] and won (40390) with two pair, Aces andDeuces
Seat 9: Grip'nRip showed [8d Ad] and lost with a pair of Aces

I cannot believe two things with this hand. 1. Why he open limped and then called preflop with his hand and 2. why he thought that his hand was good on the flop. I conceed that I most likely go bust with his hand if I get to the flop, but I do not get to see that flop. And he check called all in very fast like he had a monster. I just don't get it sometimes, but then again, I am dumbfounded more and more with each session on line. Until next time,

Good Luck and See You at the Felt......................

Hand of the Day

Made another run at a $20 180-player sng last night. Finished second. Played solid and had some luck in the middle rounds. $720. Account is now got some cushion. I will stay around the $20 entry fee range, with one exception. I will probably start playing the Sunday $200 event again. That event has life changing money on the top end and I am playing great right now. One final table there and I am set for the WSOP, which is the goal going forward.

Hand of the day. I am the chip leader with 80,000 last night with 8 remaining. Blinds are 800-1600 with 200 ante. Second place had 63,000 and all the others had under 30,000. I am in the SB with AKo. Second place guy makes it 4800. Medium stack immediately makes it 16,000. Folded around to me.

What do you do here?

Answer to what actually happened tomorrow. Until then,

Good Luck and See You at the Felt.......................

BREAK THROUGH FINALLY

$20 180-player SNG on Stars Last Night. Tripled up with a rivered flush during the first orbit and never looked back. Had 65% of the chips when the final table started and lost the lead for five hands during the heads up battle, but took it down.

Stats:

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 285 hands and saw flop:-

34 out of 53 times while in big blind (64%)
23 out of 53 times while in small blind (43%)
38 out of 179 times in other positions (21%)

a total of 95 out of 285 (33%)

Pots won at showdown - 28 of 39 (71%)
Pots won without showdown - 65

I hit some monsters, and really had a good time during the tournament. I never see that many flops, but when you are running well, you need to play more hands. I am happy. $1072. That is 10% of what I need for next summer.

Oh, and shortly after I won that one, I made the money in the $10 rebuy event. I have not played in that event I a while, I rebought once and really never paid attention to it as I was having too much fun with the $20 event. I only played tier one or two hands and won two huge blind v. blind hands. Another $108, for $87 profit.

It was as good a night as I have had on line in a while. Until next time,

Good Luck and See You at the Felt..............

Live Tournaments and Memphis Trip

Went to Memphis this weekend to see a friend and have a weekend of fun drinking and being a bachelor. Had a great time and took a few hours on Saturday to go down to the Grand Casino to play in a daily tournament. Got there prepared to play in a 10 am event that really started at 1 pm. I was a little put out, but we were not going out until 8 or so Saturday night, so I sat down in a 4-8 limit to spend some time. About 11 or so, they started a 1-2 NL and I sat down with the maximum $500. Two interesting hands.

Hand one. I am up about 50, it is a fun table, but nothing serious. The big stack is two to my right with about 800. I had a good read on him, so I really wasnt in danger with any one hand. I get, AA in the SB. two limpers and I pop it to 20. Mid limper called. I put it in my head, he has a middle pair. The flop comes JJ2 rainbow. I bet 40, he min raises to 80. I call. Turn is a 4. I check raise his 50 all in. He calls and turns over J10 offsuit. SIGH. Oh well, the river didnt bail me out and I shipped 280 to him from my stack. I grind it out and end down 120. I played well, but alas, no good. I moved to the tournament. That is when it gets interesting.

$100 +30. 15 minute rounds with 5000 in chips to start. 55 players started. Interesting structure and can be defined with the term "Crap Shoot." I decided to have a little fun. I got two $20 last longer bets, so it would either be $170 or $90 if I didnt cash. I won both the last longer. Interesting hands.

I have 33 on the button with 7700 in chips. The blinds are 100-200. A late position player makes it 500, he has played a lot of hands and only had 3500 in chips. I started to reraise, but just smooth called him. The BB was a nut peddling woman. She was nice enough, but went all in on the flop or check folded. She called. I stared right at her because she had a stack similar to mine and I wanted her to go in with the worst of it. She looked at the flop about a half a second and goes all in and the initial raiser beat her in the pot. I look at the board, it reads 234 two tone. I actually thought about folding but could not do it. I really thought they both had bigger pp. I turn over my 33 and say I call. The BB turned over 44. The other guy had 77. I dont get the miracle and I am immediately down to 1k with 100-200 blinds.

VERY NEXT HAND. One Limper and a raiser to 600. I have 77. I almost have to go with it and push in 1000. get the BB and the initial raiser to call. The flop comes 773. Okay, I live to pounce another day. I get it up to 22000 at one point but with the horrible structure, I never got comfortable to where I could wait and go out 14th. Top 9 get paid.

I played well and did the best I could.

I had a good time in Memphis. Until next time,

Good Luck and See You at the Felt.................