Time to review 2010.
Personally it was a strange year , i had such a good time being home all year and watching my kid grow up, spending this incredibe time together was just amazing; I would do it all over again if i could. On the other hand we had to cope with 3 big losses in our lives , so it was a harsh year on that point of view. Just shows us all once again we can only live one day at a time , but we should also take full advantage of life all day. CARPE DIEM.
All these events led me to making some decisions. First of all i'm not going to be independent anymore ( i want to have time with the kiddo ) and second i'm not going to play poker full time ( various reasons : most importantly it's an age thing, plus the illegality in which poker still is situated in Belgium ). Plus i found this wonderfull job opportunity in the sales business, which with some luck should lead me to go live abroad in a few years ( big dream of mine )and it's now or never, if i don't take the job now the job is gone.
Pokerwise it's been very good. I played Betfair for the first part of the year and Stars for the second half. I made 10.4K $ which is very good considering my volume and hours of play i only put in. Played mostly 13$ 6max games , in which i really excelled to have a 17% ROI , thus a 2.2$ AVG profit. Zero losing months is also very good.
As for next year i won't put up too many goals as i will still have to see if i have any time left, beside work and the kiddo. I plan on buying a Dogue de Brodeaux in March, so that should take some of my time too. And then in summer i plan on buying a horse. So i will have less time, but need more money, guess i'll have to sleep less and play poker in the evening hours ...
I will continue to play the 13$ 6max games , mixing it up with some 25$ 6max games. And i will start playing more of the 12 and 18 man regulars too ( if i ever want to make it to the top of a SNG leaderboard on Stars this is the way to do it ).
Hope you all have a good end of the year, and ofc a good start of then new year.
Cheers
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
18 man reg 6$ game
Hello everybody.
Decided to take a 18man reg game today to make a little change and go and say hello to the fishays that normally don't get to play with me ;-) No need to say i took the game down ( otherwise i wouldn't make a blog about it ofc ). Nah seriously, two free HH's for you all. Next year there won't be any HH's on this blog anymore, no more free poker lessons !!!! I have a few students now and it's not quite fair to them if i put hh's out here for free.
1st hand : we have KK here and get 3 calls, not optimal but it's 6$ game so i expect to get loose calls every hand.
Flop comes 5910 , two diamonds but nonetheless a good flop for us, so we decide to fire about 2/3 of the pot , not minding to take the pot down right here but not afraid to get it allin here neither.
Fishay globo2410 decides to call so we see a turn , a blank 3. Nice card for me to bet 2/3 of the pot again, not giving him the correct odds to call if he's on a draw.
Fishay calls again so what does he have ?? Let's take a look : he can have TP ( A10, K10, Q10,J10 ), he can have a draw like QJ or 87, or he has the flush draw , at this moment i don't even exclude a 9 with good kicker.
I think if he has a set or two pair here he raises me on turn.
River is J. Not a real bad card. The only hands that got there ( imo ) is 10J or KQdd. SO : he missed a lot of hands. I don't think there's a lot of value in betting here as any hand that will call here will normally have me beat. That's why we decide to check and we'll ok to take the pot on showdown but we also will defo call an AI.
Fishay goes AI , snapcall, and turns over A8 for missed FD.
PokerStars Game #55025067265: Tournament #346866533, $6.00+$0.60 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2010/12/29 14:57:27 CET [2010/12/29 8:57:27 ET]
Table '346866533 3' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: PTlowprofile (1250 in chips)
Seat 3: entabeni (1685 in chips)
Seat 4: globo2410 (3155 in chips)
Seat 5: dajust 2000 (850 in chips)
Seat 6: xiscames (2060 in chips)
dajust 2000: posts small blind 15
xiscames: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to entabeni [Kc Kh]
PTlowprofile: folds
entabeni: raises 60 to 90
globo2410: calls 90
dajust 2000: calls 75
xiscames: calls 60
*** FLOP *** [5d Td 9h]
dajust 2000: checks
xiscames: checks
entabeni: bets 210
globo2410: calls 210
dajust 2000: folds
xiscames: folds
*** TURN *** [5d Td 9h] [3s]
entabeni: bets 480
globo2410: calls 480
*** RIVER *** [5d Td 9h 3s] [Jh]
entabeni: checks
globo2410: bets 2375 and is all-in
entabeni: calls 905 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (1470) returned to globo2410
*** SHOW DOWN ***
globo2410: shows [Ad 8d] (high card Ace)
entabeni: shows [Kc Kh] (a pair of Kings)
entabeni collected 3550 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3550 | Rake 0
Board [5d Td 9h 3s Jh]
Seat 1: PTlowprofile folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: entabeni showed [Kc Kh] and won (3550) with a pair of Kings
Seat 4: globo2410 (button) showed [Ad 8d] and lost with high card Ace
Seat 5: dajust 2000 (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 6: xiscames (big blind) folded on the Flop
So we get HU against another fishay who is way worse then me. We're quite deep so decide to play many flops and use our postflop skill to take this guy out instead of getting it in to quickly.
We limp with 22 and fishay raises to 600 OOP. We could go allin here but we have a 54% lead at best and could be facing a higher PP which has us crushed. We could fold as we are very unlikely to hit the flop and will certainly face a C bet from this aggro guy. But we could also call in position, if we hit a set we can take him out, AND we have chips ( like 90BB ). So we decide to see a flop.
Flop is 466 which is a very very good flop for my 22. If he didn't have a pair ( or maybe A6 ) we're still ahead. Vilain bets this flop ( as he will do 80% of time ), which could mean he has a pp or two high cards ( we can discount A6 as he would check there likely ). We decide to call and see what he does on turn.
Turn is 9. Not such a bad card again for my hand. This time he bets 800 in a 2850 pot giving me 4.6/1 to call. Is he bluffing here 18% of the time which means i would have good odds to call ?? Off course he is. We can just call and re evaluate on river.
River brings the 5 of diamonds, a complete blank. If i had him on turn i have him on river. He bets 1000 into 4450 pot. Which seems like a real valuebet giving me 5.4/1 to call. This ofc are odds i cannot refuse, so i call.
To be fair i call any bet here as i'm 75% sure i have the best hand. I mean with what hand would he follow that line ?? If he were a good player i would be scared he's using like 2 blocking bets to see a fairly cheap showdown with hands like 77 88, but he's not that good.
vilain turns over A10 and we take down a very nice pot.
PokerStars Game #55027078939: Tournament #346866533, $6.00+$0.60 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2010/12/29 15:49:48 CET [2010/12/29 9:49:48 ET]
Table '346866533 2' 6-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: vluka (8609 in chips)
Seat 2: entabeni (18391 in chips)
vluka: posts the ante 25
entabeni: posts the ante 25
entabeni: posts small blind 100
vluka: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to entabeni [2h 2c]
entabeni: calls 100
vluka: raises 400 to 600
entabeni: calls 400
*** FLOP *** [4h 6d 6s]
vluka: bets 800
entabeni: calls 800
*** TURN *** [4h 6d 6s] [9s]
vluka: bets 800
entabeni: calls 800
*** RIVER *** [4h 6d 6s 9s] [5d]
vluka: bets 1000
entabeni: calls 1000
*** SHOW DOWN ***
vluka: shows [Ac Th] (a pair of Sixes)
entabeni: shows [2h 2c] (two pair, Sixes and Deuces)
entabeni collected 6450 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 6450 | Rake 0
Board [4h 6d 6s 9s 5d]
Seat 1: vluka (big blind) showed [Ac Th] and lost with a pair of Sixes
Seat 2: entabeni (button) (small blind) showed [2h 2c] and won (6450) with two pair, Sixes and Deuce
2010 results will be up soon. 2011 goals also.
Cheers.
Decided to take a 18man reg game today to make a little change and go and say hello to the fishays that normally don't get to play with me ;-) No need to say i took the game down ( otherwise i wouldn't make a blog about it ofc ). Nah seriously, two free HH's for you all. Next year there won't be any HH's on this blog anymore, no more free poker lessons !!!! I have a few students now and it's not quite fair to them if i put hh's out here for free.
1st hand : we have KK here and get 3 calls, not optimal but it's 6$ game so i expect to get loose calls every hand.
Flop comes 5910 , two diamonds but nonetheless a good flop for us, so we decide to fire about 2/3 of the pot , not minding to take the pot down right here but not afraid to get it allin here neither.
Fishay globo2410 decides to call so we see a turn , a blank 3. Nice card for me to bet 2/3 of the pot again, not giving him the correct odds to call if he's on a draw.
Fishay calls again so what does he have ?? Let's take a look : he can have TP ( A10, K10, Q10,J10 ), he can have a draw like QJ or 87, or he has the flush draw , at this moment i don't even exclude a 9 with good kicker.
I think if he has a set or two pair here he raises me on turn.
River is J. Not a real bad card. The only hands that got there ( imo ) is 10J or KQdd. SO : he missed a lot of hands. I don't think there's a lot of value in betting here as any hand that will call here will normally have me beat. That's why we decide to check and we'll ok to take the pot on showdown but we also will defo call an AI.
Fishay goes AI , snapcall, and turns over A8 for missed FD.
PokerStars Game #55025067265: Tournament #346866533, $6.00+$0.60 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2010/12/29 14:57:27 CET [2010/12/29 8:57:27 ET]
Table '346866533 3' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: PTlowprofile (1250 in chips)
Seat 3: entabeni (1685 in chips)
Seat 4: globo2410 (3155 in chips)
Seat 5: dajust 2000 (850 in chips)
Seat 6: xiscames (2060 in chips)
dajust 2000: posts small blind 15
xiscames: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to entabeni [Kc Kh]
PTlowprofile: folds
entabeni: raises 60 to 90
globo2410: calls 90
dajust 2000: calls 75
xiscames: calls 60
*** FLOP *** [5d Td 9h]
dajust 2000: checks
xiscames: checks
entabeni: bets 210
globo2410: calls 210
dajust 2000: folds
xiscames: folds
*** TURN *** [5d Td 9h] [3s]
entabeni: bets 480
globo2410: calls 480
*** RIVER *** [5d Td 9h 3s] [Jh]
entabeni: checks
globo2410: bets 2375 and is all-in
entabeni: calls 905 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (1470) returned to globo2410
*** SHOW DOWN ***
globo2410: shows [Ad 8d] (high card Ace)
entabeni: shows [Kc Kh] (a pair of Kings)
entabeni collected 3550 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3550 | Rake 0
Board [5d Td 9h 3s Jh]
Seat 1: PTlowprofile folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: entabeni showed [Kc Kh] and won (3550) with a pair of Kings
Seat 4: globo2410 (button) showed [Ad 8d] and lost with high card Ace
Seat 5: dajust 2000 (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 6: xiscames (big blind) folded on the Flop
So we get HU against another fishay who is way worse then me. We're quite deep so decide to play many flops and use our postflop skill to take this guy out instead of getting it in to quickly.
We limp with 22 and fishay raises to 600 OOP. We could go allin here but we have a 54% lead at best and could be facing a higher PP which has us crushed. We could fold as we are very unlikely to hit the flop and will certainly face a C bet from this aggro guy. But we could also call in position, if we hit a set we can take him out, AND we have chips ( like 90BB ). So we decide to see a flop.
Flop is 466 which is a very very good flop for my 22. If he didn't have a pair ( or maybe A6 ) we're still ahead. Vilain bets this flop ( as he will do 80% of time ), which could mean he has a pp or two high cards ( we can discount A6 as he would check there likely ). We decide to call and see what he does on turn.
Turn is 9. Not such a bad card again for my hand. This time he bets 800 in a 2850 pot giving me 4.6/1 to call. Is he bluffing here 18% of the time which means i would have good odds to call ?? Off course he is. We can just call and re evaluate on river.
River brings the 5 of diamonds, a complete blank. If i had him on turn i have him on river. He bets 1000 into 4450 pot. Which seems like a real valuebet giving me 5.4/1 to call. This ofc are odds i cannot refuse, so i call.
To be fair i call any bet here as i'm 75% sure i have the best hand. I mean with what hand would he follow that line ?? If he were a good player i would be scared he's using like 2 blocking bets to see a fairly cheap showdown with hands like 77 88, but he's not that good.
vilain turns over A10 and we take down a very nice pot.
PokerStars Game #55027078939: Tournament #346866533, $6.00+$0.60 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2010/12/29 15:49:48 CET [2010/12/29 9:49:48 ET]
Table '346866533 2' 6-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: vluka (8609 in chips)
Seat 2: entabeni (18391 in chips)
vluka: posts the ante 25
entabeni: posts the ante 25
entabeni: posts small blind 100
vluka: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to entabeni [2h 2c]
entabeni: calls 100
vluka: raises 400 to 600
entabeni: calls 400
*** FLOP *** [4h 6d 6s]
vluka: bets 800
entabeni: calls 800
*** TURN *** [4h 6d 6s] [9s]
vluka: bets 800
entabeni: calls 800
*** RIVER *** [4h 6d 6s 9s] [5d]
vluka: bets 1000
entabeni: calls 1000
*** SHOW DOWN ***
vluka: shows [Ac Th] (a pair of Sixes)
entabeni: shows [2h 2c] (two pair, Sixes and Deuces)
entabeni collected 6450 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 6450 | Rake 0
Board [4h 6d 6s 9s 5d]
Seat 1: vluka (big blind) showed [Ac Th] and lost with a pair of Sixes
Seat 2: entabeni (button) (small blind) showed [2h 2c] and won (6450) with two pair, Sixes and Deuce
2010 results will be up soon. 2011 goals also.
Cheers.
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
For Belgian readers
Be sure to check out this weeks P - Magazine and read " lezersbrieven " . Entabeni has made a statement and P Magazine were so kind to publish my comment/statement, which does actually mean it made sense lol.
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