Monday, November 29, 2010

Why bluff ?

Don't know why they bluff me, i'm a fish and i call everything don't i ?

Started to play evening sessions and game ismuch wilder then in the morning, will have to adapt calling ranges.

PokerStars Game #53467682651: Tournament #336584723, $12+$1 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2010/11/29 20:10:22 CET [2010/11/29 14:10:22 ET]
Table '336584723 1' 6-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: tinajet (6315 in chips)
Seat 3: GunTucker45 (1345 in chips)
Seat 4: entabeni (1340 in chips)
GunTucker45: posts small blind 25
entabeni: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to entabeni [4h 2s]
tinajet: folds
GunTucker45: calls 25
entabeni: checks
*** FLOP *** [3h 4d Ah]
GunTucker45: bets 100
entabeni: calls 100
*** TURN *** [3h 4d Ah] [Ad]
GunTucker45: bets 200
entabeni: calls 200
*** RIVER *** [3h 4d Ah Ad] [Qh]
GunTucker45: bets 995 and is all-in
entabeni: calls 990 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (5) returned to GunTucker45
*** SHOW DOWN ***
GunTucker45: shows [Ts 6h] (a pair of Aces)
entabeni: shows [4h 2s] (two pair, Aces and Fours)
entabeni collected 2680 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2680 | Rake 0
Board [3h 4d Ah Ad Qh]
Seat 2: tinajet (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: GunTucker45 (small blind) showed [Ts 6h] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 4: entabeni (big blind) showed [4h 2s] and won (2680) with two pair, Aces and Fours

Saturday, November 27, 2010

Tough game/ tough hand

Flopping FH and getting one - outered by Royal Flush on river. The guy checks the Royal flush lol !!!! Off course here it pays off but if the guy doesn't have AJ there i don't believe he gets paid as it makes no sense to valuebet an ace there. Was glad it wasn't me with the AJ or would have tilted me for days !!!!

How would you guys play the Roayl flush on the river ??


PokerStars Game #53339454836: Tournament #335765418, $12+$1 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2010/11/27 9:50:30 CET [2010/11/27 3:50:30 ET]
Table '335765418 1' 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: anallagay (557 in chips)
Seat 2: MoertoD (1575 in chips)
Seat 3: inf1n17y (1120 in chips)
Seat 4: entabeni (1205 in chips)
Seat 5: Hellfreezer (2315 in chips)
Seat 6: KingTilt1888 (2228 in chips)
anallagay: posts small blind 15
MoertoD: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to entabeni [Kc 9c]
inf1n17y: folds
entabeni: folds
Hellfreezer: folds
KingTilt1888: raises 81 to 111
anallagay: folds
MoertoD: calls 81
*** FLOP *** [As Jd Js]
MoertoD: checks
KingTilt1888: checks
*** TURN *** [As Jd Js] [8s]
MoertoD: checks
KingTilt1888: bets 133
MoertoD: calls 133
*** RIVER *** [As Jd Js 8s] [Ts]
MoertoD: checks
KingTilt1888: bets 699
MoertoD: raises 632 to 1331 and is all-in
KingTilt1888: calls 632
*** SHOW DOWN ***
MoertoD: shows [Ks Qs] (a Royal Flush)
KingTilt1888: shows [Jh Ac] (a full house, Jacks full of Aces)
MoertoD collected 3165 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3165 | Rake 0
Board [As Jd Js 8s Ts]
Seat 1: anallagay (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: MoertoD (big blind) showed [Ks Qs] and won (3165) with a Royal Flush
Seat 3: inf1n17y folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: entabeni folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Hellfreezer folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: KingTilt1888 (button) showed [Jh Ac] and lost with a full house, Jacks full of Aces

Friday, November 19, 2010

Long live the aggression

Check check check the nuts untill eternity !!!!!!

Since there is no value in betting the stone cold nuts here i might as well check on each street and hope the fish decides it's time to represent a king ...

Give them rope, and they will hang themselves !!


PokerStars Game #52927982450: Tournament #333070977, $12+$1 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2010/11/19 9:35:55 CET [2010/11/19 3:35:55 ET]
Table '333070977 1' 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 2: gorsil65 (3970 in chips)
Seat 4: entabeni (3120 in chips)
Seat 6: Bailo87 (1910 in chips)
gorsil65: posts small blind 25
entabeni: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to entabeni [Kd 6h]
Bailo87: calls 50
gorsil65: calls 25
entabeni: checks
*** FLOP *** [Kh Ks Kc]
gorsil65: checks
entabeni: checks
Bailo87: bets 200
gorsil65: folds
entabeni: calls 200
*** TURN *** [Kh Ks Kc] [4h]
entabeni: checks
Bailo87: bets 450
entabeni: calls 450
*** RIVER *** [Kh Ks Kc 4h] [6s]
entabeni: checks
Bailo87: bets 650
entabeni: raises 700 to 1350
Bailo87: calls 560 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (140) returned to entabeni
*** SHOW DOWN ***
entabeni: shows [Kd 6h] (four of a kind, Kings)
Bailo87: shows [5s 5h] (a full house, Kings full of Fives)
entabeni collected 3870 from pot
Bailo87 finished the tournament in 3rd place
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3870 | Rake 0
Board [Kh Ks Kc 4h 6s]
Seat 2: gorsil65 (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 4: entabeni (big blind) showed [Kd 6h] and won (3870) with four of a kind, Kings
Seat 6: Bailo87 (button) showed [5s 5h] and lost with a full house, Kings full of Fives

Thursday, November 18, 2010

Banned Pokerstars Commercial

Just found this video on the blog of Pro Poker player James Atkin and liked it so much i had to put in on my blog. Thx for sharing James !!

Friday, November 12, 2010

Stars security

I will not say there's no collusion at Stars , but at least they keep an eye out for colluders and find them time to time. Received this mail this morning and was credited 35$. Didn't notice the collusion so was a pleasant surprise. Congrats Stars.

The mail :

Hello,

PokerStars has become aware of two players who were working together in our Sit & Go tournaments to the detriment of other players. You were involved in at least one tournament with these players and as a result you may have been adversely affected.

The players' accounts were closed and their funds frozen pending a thorough investigation, which is now complete. Fortunately the problem was identified quickly and they had only played in a few tournaments before the accounts were closed.

In a case such as this it is our policy to confiscate the colluders' winnings or balances and to distribute them to the players affected by their actions in as fair a way as possible. To confirm your credit, log onto your PokerStars account, go to the 'Cashier' screen and click the 'History' button. Your share will be shown "ADMIN CREDIT", followed by the amount of the credit.

I regret that we will be unable to answer questions as to how your specific credit amount was calculated. Likewise, we are not at liberty to identify the specific games or players in question. Suffice to say that they have been barred from the site and you will not encounter them again.

The integrity of the games at PokerStars is of paramount importance to us and we will not abide cheating or collusion in our games. We work hard to police our games and prevent such instances. In the rare cases where collusion has actually occurred, we make sure that any players affected are compensated appropriately.

Thank you for your continued play here on PokerStars. Please do not hesitate to let us know any time we can be of help.

Best Regards,

PokerStars Game Security

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Decision time

Hi all,

Recently i had to make a big decision.

Untill recently i had a succesfull business which i sold like 2 years ago. At the same time i had my baby boy Illian born and decided to take a 2-year career-stop. So i've been home the last 2 years enjoying all fun parts of life ....

But from this week on my son is going to school, my wife started her major in lawschool in october so i have to do something usefull too i guess.

I tought about playing poker professionally for quite a long time. I made all the calculations and working like 50 hours a week should make me like 4K to 5K $ a month. That is playing 13$ 6max while having 17%-18% ROI over last 1K games. So i make like 2.2$ per game and play like 10 an hour. 22$ per hour x 50 hours = 1.1K per week. Include some bonusses and we have like 5K per month.

Ofc with the aim to make the step to the 23$ games and make like 10 - 12% there : 2.8$ per game. Would make like 6.5K per month including bonusses.

TAX FREE !!!!!!!

But :

Do i want to spend 50 hours a week on my computer playing poker ??
Will online poker continue to excist in its current form ??
And i had many other issues ....

So i have this job offer as an export manager, which will allow me to travel alot and meet all kind of interesting people. Well, i decided to take the offer and should be signing my contract next week. I would start the job 1st December and am really excited about it.

One important side note : if i were 20 years old i would certainly choose for the poker lifestyle and play like 80 hours a week ( which would make me like 10K a month )!!!! But in my situation i just feel i'm making the right choice.

I do plan on playing poker in the future. And will keep all my winnings aside for my little boy untill he turns 18. He will have a nice start in life with my pokerwinnings then lol.

Will keep on blogging too.

Cheers

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Another form of Variance

Well, variance is always there. But always in another form. Ran pretty horrid today, losing just a little bit. Played 20 games and had all my luck combined into 1 game. It was a 13$ Regular game that was over in 39 minutes and just 49 hands. My average game where i get HU last between 55 - 65 minutes. So this was a real quickie i'd say.

8th hand :

PokerStars Game #52118609935: Tournament #327808517, $12+$1 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2010/11/03 20:29:14 CET [2010/11/03 15:29:14 ET]
Table '327808517 1' 6-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: teeeel (1520 in chips)
Seat 2: holiday fund (1460 in chips)
Seat 3: entabeni (1440 in chips)
Seat 5: miliev87 (1570 in chips)
Seat 6: energy_66 (3010 in chips)
miliev87: posts small blind 10
energy_66: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to entabeni [7c 7s]
teeeel: folds
holiday fund: folds
entabeni: raises 40 to 60
miliev87: calls 50
energy_66: calls 40
*** FLOP *** [9s 7h 9c]
miliev87: checks
energy_66: checks
entabeni: bets 40
miliev87: calls 40
energy_66: calls 40
*** TURN *** [9s 7h 9c] [Jc]
miliev87: bets 100
energy_66: calls 100
entabeni: raises 260 to 360
miliev87: raises 1110 to 1470 and is all-in
energy_66: calls 1370
entabeni: calls 980 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [9s 7h 9c Jc] [5d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
miliev87: shows [9d 6d] (three of a kind, Nines)
energy_66: shows [Qc 9h] (three of a kind, Nines - Queen kicker)
energy_66 collected 260 from side pot
entabeni: shows [7c 7s] (a full house, Sevens full of Nines)
entabeni collected 4320 from main pot
miliev87 finished the tournament in 5th place
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4580 Main pot 4320. Side pot 260. | Rake 0
Board [9s 7h 9c Jc 5d]
Seat 1: teeeel folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: holiday fund folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: entabeni (button) showed [7c 7s] and won (4320) with a full house, Sevens full of Nines
Seat 5: miliev87 (small blind) showed [9d 6d] and lost with three of a kind, Nines
Seat 6: energy_66 (big blind) showed [Qc 9h] and won (260) with three of a kind, Nines

Hand 23 i had AA and won V KK

Hand 32 :



PokerStars Game #52119402964: Tournament #327808517, $12+$1 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2010/11/03 20:43:10 CET [2010/11/03 15:43:10 ET]
Table '327808517 1' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: teeeel (1390 in chips)
Seat 2: holiday fund (1265 in chips)
Seat 3: entabeni (6345 in chips)
holiday fund: posts small blind 25
entabeni: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to entabeni [9d Ad]
teeeel: raises 100 to 150
holiday fund: folds
entabeni: calls 100
*** FLOP *** [9s 9h 9c]
entabeni: checks
teeeel: bets 250
entabeni: calls 250
*** TURN *** [9s 9h 9c] [7s]
entabeni: checks
teeeel: bets 990 and is all-in
entabeni: calls 990
*** RIVER *** [9s 9h 9c 7s] [8d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
entabeni: shows [9d Ad] (four of a kind, Nines)
teeeel: shows [4s Ah] (three of a kind, Nines)
entabeni collected 2805 from pot
teeeel finished the tournament in 3rd place
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2805 | Rake 0
Board [9s 9h 9c 7s 8d]
Seat 1: teeeel (button) showed [4s Ah] and lost with three of a kind, Nines
Seat 2: holiday fund (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: entabeni (big blind) showed [9d Ad] and won (2805) with four of a kind, Nines

Hand 49 cracking Aces to finish the job :

PokerStars Game #52119885164: Tournament #327808517, $12+$1 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2010/11/03 20:51:37 CET [2010/11/03 15:51:37 ET]
Table '327808517 1' 6-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: holiday fund (1090 in chips)
Seat 3: entabeni (7910 in chips)
holiday fund: posts small blind 50
entabeni: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to entabeni [Tc Qh]
holiday fund: calls 50
entabeni: checks
*** FLOP *** [Jh 9d 9h]
entabeni: bets 100
holiday fund: calls 100
*** TURN *** [Jh 9d 9h] [8s]
entabeni: checks
holiday fund: bets 200
entabeni: raises 300 to 500
holiday fund: raises 390 to 890 and is all-in
entabeni: calls 390
*** RIVER *** [Jh 9d 9h 8s] [7s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
entabeni: shows [Tc Qh] (a straight, Eight to Queen)
holiday fund: shows [Ad Ah] (two pair, Aces and Nines)
entabeni collected 2180 from pot
holiday fund finished the tournament in 2nd place and received $25.20.
entabeni wins the tournament and receives $46.80 - congratulations!
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2180 | Rake 0
Board [Jh 9d 9h 8s 7s]
Seat 2: holiday fund (button) (small blind) showed [Ad Ah] and lost with two pair, Aces and Nines
Seat 3: entabeni (big blind) showed [Tc Qh] and won (2180) with a straight, Eight to Queen