Well this is it i guess.
I don't want to call it the end of my pokercareer but for sure it's a big time out.
Work and kid taking too much time ( quality time though ) to play serious poker.
I never have been the guy to play one game or so , i always needed to play 3 - 4 hour sessions 6 - 9 tabling or i didn't find amusement in it.
since i don't have the time to do this anymore i'm having a real time out.
Pokerstars decision to not longer let Belgian players cash their FFP points didn't do good either. 0 % Rakeback isn't really what i am looking for ...
Maybe in a few months the need to play comes back, if it doesn't i don't mind. i had a good time playing, made a lot of money from a nice hobby.
But now it's time to move on !!!
Cheers,
Entabeni
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Big changes in poker
Hello all,
Just a quick word on recent events in Poker.
First there was Black Friday, on which i don't need to explain alot as all of you what happened then. Nonetheless i would like to say that it's not the first action taken by a country on poker. Look what France did, Italy .... Off course the way the States acted is totally different but for me is only anohter indication that online poker is dead in long terms. The governments of other countries will also take measurements to either shut down a business which they find " illegal " or to otherwise legalise the pokerbusiness and take taxes. Both ways this will be the end for most of the pro pokerplayers on low - midstakes as these games in my opinion.
Second problem is they are introducing HYPERS , which attract most fish / gamblers and keep those players away from normal or turbo games. This also is very bad for good/winning pokerplayers.
It's possible they are introducing these to take as much rake as possible in the short term because they also see problems long term. Rakes in other games have gone up a litle also.
I feel sorry for all of the proplayers and sincerely hope i'm wrong. If not i hope most haven't lived a balla - life and put some of their profits aside so they can profit from this pokerexperience for a long time.
As said, i really hope i'm wrong.
Just a quick word on recent events in Poker.
First there was Black Friday, on which i don't need to explain alot as all of you what happened then. Nonetheless i would like to say that it's not the first action taken by a country on poker. Look what France did, Italy .... Off course the way the States acted is totally different but for me is only anohter indication that online poker is dead in long terms. The governments of other countries will also take measurements to either shut down a business which they find " illegal " or to otherwise legalise the pokerbusiness and take taxes. Both ways this will be the end for most of the pro pokerplayers on low - midstakes as these games in my opinion.
Second problem is they are introducing HYPERS , which attract most fish / gamblers and keep those players away from normal or turbo games. This also is very bad for good/winning pokerplayers.
It's possible they are introducing these to take as much rake as possible in the short term because they also see problems long term. Rakes in other games have gone up a litle also.
I feel sorry for all of the proplayers and sincerely hope i'm wrong. If not i hope most haven't lived a balla - life and put some of their profits aside so they can profit from this pokerexperience for a long time.
As said, i really hope i'm wrong.
Monday, May 23, 2011
Tought of the day
Had my first losing day in a while, you know, all went wrong ...
And the fish keep beratingme in chat. I finally answered:
You know people, there was a time i did react but i stopped doing that once i was 20K $ up .......................
Don't tap the glass i'd say.
Not a coincidence the bad run comes as Stars made it 15$ instead of 10$, typically me !!!
And the fish keep beratingme in chat. I finally answered:
You know people, there was a time i did react but i stopped doing that once i was 20K $ up .......................
Don't tap the glass i'd say.
Not a coincidence the bad run comes as Stars made it 15$ instead of 10$, typically me !!!
Monday, April 4, 2011
Games get tougher, fish get worse ...
What the hell is going on in this hand ???
I should be playing more ffs !!!!!
PokerStars Game #60324353886: Tournament #382238992, $12+$1 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2011/04/04 19:57:38 CET [2011/04/04 13:57:38 ET]
Table '382238992 1' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: entabeni (1320 in chips)
Seat 2: tekyumruk666 (1660 in chips)
Seat 3: arkasgr (1550 in chips)
Seat 4: Jase 0504 (1440 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 5: UGA1974 (1540 in chips)
Seat 6: westxranch1 (1490 in chips)
tekyumruk666: posts small blind 10
arkasgr: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to entabeni [3h 4h]
Jase 0504: folds
UGA1974: calls 20
westxranch1: calls 20
entabeni: calls 20
tekyumruk666: calls 10
arkasgr: checks
*** FLOP *** [4d 4s 4c]
tekyumruk666: checks
arkasgr: bets 20
UGA1974: folds
westxranch1: calls 20
entabeni: calls 20
tekyumruk666: raises 20 to 40
arkasgr: calls 20
westxranch1: calls 20
entabeni: calls 20
*** TURN *** [4d 4s 4c] [3d]
tekyumruk666: bets 80
arkasgr: folds
westxranch1: folds
entabeni: raises 80 to 160
tekyumruk666: calls 80
*** RIVER *** [4d 4s 4c 3d] [3c]
tekyumruk666: checks
entabeni: bets 355
tekyumruk666: calls 355
*** SHOW DOWN ***
entabeni: shows [3h 4h] (four of a kind, Fours)
tekyumruk666: mucks hand
entabeni collected 1290 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1290 | Rake 0
Board [4d 4s 4c 3d 3c]
Seat 1: entabeni (button) showed [3h 4h] and won (1290) with four of a kind, Fours
Seat 2: tekyumruk666 (small blind) mucked [8d Qc]
Seat 3: arkasgr (big blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 4: Jase 0504 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: UGA1974 folded on the Flop
Seat 6: westxranch1 folded on the Turn
I should be playing more ffs !!!!!
PokerStars Game #60324353886: Tournament #382238992, $12+$1 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2011/04/04 19:57:38 CET [2011/04/04 13:57:38 ET]
Table '382238992 1' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: entabeni (1320 in chips)
Seat 2: tekyumruk666 (1660 in chips)
Seat 3: arkasgr (1550 in chips)
Seat 4: Jase 0504 (1440 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 5: UGA1974 (1540 in chips)
Seat 6: westxranch1 (1490 in chips)
tekyumruk666: posts small blind 10
arkasgr: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to entabeni [3h 4h]
Jase 0504: folds
UGA1974: calls 20
westxranch1: calls 20
entabeni: calls 20
tekyumruk666: calls 10
arkasgr: checks
*** FLOP *** [4d 4s 4c]
tekyumruk666: checks
arkasgr: bets 20
UGA1974: folds
westxranch1: calls 20
entabeni: calls 20
tekyumruk666: raises 20 to 40
arkasgr: calls 20
westxranch1: calls 20
entabeni: calls 20
*** TURN *** [4d 4s 4c] [3d]
tekyumruk666: bets 80
arkasgr: folds
westxranch1: folds
entabeni: raises 80 to 160
tekyumruk666: calls 80
*** RIVER *** [4d 4s 4c 3d] [3c]
tekyumruk666: checks
entabeni: bets 355
tekyumruk666: calls 355
*** SHOW DOWN ***
entabeni: shows [3h 4h] (four of a kind, Fours)
tekyumruk666: mucks hand
entabeni collected 1290 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1290 | Rake 0
Board [4d 4s 4c 3d 3c]
Seat 1: entabeni (button) showed [3h 4h] and won (1290) with four of a kind, Fours
Seat 2: tekyumruk666 (small blind) mucked [8d Qc]
Seat 3: arkasgr (big blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 4: Jase 0504 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: UGA1974 folded on the Flop
Seat 6: westxranch1 folded on the Turn
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Welcome back
Today i playd my first 10 normal games in 2011 ( due to loads of work ). In March i hope i get right back on to pace.
Stars gave me their welcome treat as i got screwed set over set in my first game of the day and in my third i had a Royal Flush not being paid off .. LOL
Set over set : 0.03 %
Royal flush : 0.000154 %
Well now i'm sure, it's rigged. Just kidding. Just reminds me of what a brutal game this can be, but i quite enjoyed today's gaems, although i lost a little.
Hope to do some more blogging from march on.
Laters guys.
Stars gave me their welcome treat as i got screwed set over set in my first game of the day and in my third i had a Royal Flush not being paid off .. LOL
Set over set : 0.03 %
Royal flush : 0.000154 %
Well now i'm sure, it's rigged. Just kidding. Just reminds me of what a brutal game this can be, but i quite enjoyed today's gaems, although i lost a little.
Hope to do some more blogging from march on.
Laters guys.
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Review and thoughts
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 $46.80 - congratulations!
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2180 | Rake 0
Board [Jh 9d 9h 8s 7s]
Seat 2: holiday fund (button) (small blind) showed [Ad Ah] and lost with two pair, Aces and Nines
Seat 3: entabeni (big blind) showed [Tc Qh] and won (2180) with a straight, Eight to Queen
Friday, October 29, 2010
Poker dead ??
Sometimes i hear ( or i read in blogs ) people say : poker is dead, there's too much info around, everybody knows how to play , bla bla bla ...
Yesterday i watched an episode of the WSOP coverage where 27 people were left and they played to 18. Fillipo Candio raises about 3.5 BB and calls a RR to 12B by CL ( who is actually reasonable tight ). Candio has 57s. Flop comes 566 , CL bets, Candio raises and the CL goes allin. Candio can easily fold here as he keeps like 50 BB behind. He obv makes the call ( i mean what does he beat here ???? ) and he he runs into AA but hits a 12% runner runner str8 ........ To get chipleader himself ...
Day 2 i saw him 6 bet ( very deep ) with KK , run into AA ( obv ) and hit K on river .... GG
Candio is on FT now. Obv he 's a good player but i mean , can't win without luck. And comparing him with other players left with last 18 he really looks like a fish.
So at every level you find fish....
Just had this call tonight in a 4$ MTT . I go allin when limped to me and i think this is a nice spot to add 20% to my stack, or possible have a flip when called ...
PokerStars Game #51862807227: Tournament #323674704, $4.00+$0.40 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XI (125/250) - 2010/10/29 21:21:57 CET [2010/10/29 15:21:57 ET]
Table '323674704 91' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: entabeni (5030 in chips)
Seat 2: moos2008 (4475 in chips)
Seat 3: cata_m2001 (6260 in chips)
Seat 4: Zimza26 (6495 in chips)
Seat 5: jzmhung5 (5450 in chips)
Seat 6: bull666666 (15820 in chips)
Seat 7: Dyngelanden (3735 in chips)
Seat 8: dirtydiana73 (7245 in chips)
Seat 9: batman992 (3290 in chips)
entabeni: posts the ante 30
moos2008: posts the ante 30
cata_m2001: posts the ante 30
Zimza26: posts the ante 30
jzmhung5: posts the ante 30
bull666666: posts the ante 30
Dyngelanden: posts the ante 30
dirtydiana73: posts the ante 30
batman992: posts the ante 30
bull666666: posts small blind 125
Dyngelanden: posts big blind 250
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to entabeni [Kh Qc]
dirtydiana73: folds
batman992: calls 250
entabeni: raises 4750 to 5000 and is all-in
moos2008: folds
cata_m2001: folds
Zimza26: folds
jzmhung5: folds
bull666666: folds
Dyngelanden: folds
batman992: calls 3010 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (1740) returned to entabeni
*** FLOP *** [Th 5s 3h]
*** TURN *** [Th 5s 3h] [7s]
*** RIVER *** [Th 5s 3h 7s] [2s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
batman992: shows [Tc 5h] (two pair, Tens and Fives)
entabeni: shows [Kh Qc] (high card King)
batman992 collected 7165 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 7165 | Rake 0
Board [Th 5s 3h 7s 2s]
Seat 1: entabeni showed [Kh Qc] and lost with high card King
Seat 2: moos2008 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: cata_m2001 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Zimza26 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: jzmhung5 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: bull666666 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: Dyngelanden (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: dirtydiana73 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: batman992 showed [Tc 5h] and won (7165) with two pair, Tens and Fives
Here are the guys stats ....
batman992 3.737 -$1 $2 -27% -$3.099 Tilt 54 PokerStars
LONG LIVE THE FISH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yesterday i watched an episode of the WSOP coverage where 27 people were left and they played to 18. Fillipo Candio raises about 3.5 BB and calls a RR to 12B by CL ( who is actually reasonable tight ). Candio has 57s. Flop comes 566 , CL bets, Candio raises and the CL goes allin. Candio can easily fold here as he keeps like 50 BB behind. He obv makes the call ( i mean what does he beat here ???? ) and he he runs into AA but hits a 12% runner runner str8 ........ To get chipleader himself ...
Day 2 i saw him 6 bet ( very deep ) with KK , run into AA ( obv ) and hit K on river .... GG
Candio is on FT now. Obv he 's a good player but i mean , can't win without luck. And comparing him with other players left with last 18 he really looks like a fish.
So at every level you find fish....
Just had this call tonight in a 4$ MTT . I go allin when limped to me and i think this is a nice spot to add 20% to my stack, or possible have a flip when called ...
PokerStars Game #51862807227: Tournament #323674704, $4.00+$0.40 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XI (125/250) - 2010/10/29 21:21:57 CET [2010/10/29 15:21:57 ET]
Table '323674704 91' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: entabeni (5030 in chips)
Seat 2: moos2008 (4475 in chips)
Seat 3: cata_m2001 (6260 in chips)
Seat 4: Zimza26 (6495 in chips)
Seat 5: jzmhung5 (5450 in chips)
Seat 6: bull666666 (15820 in chips)
Seat 7: Dyngelanden (3735 in chips)
Seat 8: dirtydiana73 (7245 in chips)
Seat 9: batman992 (3290 in chips)
entabeni: posts the ante 30
moos2008: posts the ante 30
cata_m2001: posts the ante 30
Zimza26: posts the ante 30
jzmhung5: posts the ante 30
bull666666: posts the ante 30
Dyngelanden: posts the ante 30
dirtydiana73: posts the ante 30
batman992: posts the ante 30
bull666666: posts small blind 125
Dyngelanden: posts big blind 250
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to entabeni [Kh Qc]
dirtydiana73: folds
batman992: calls 250
entabeni: raises 4750 to 5000 and is all-in
moos2008: folds
cata_m2001: folds
Zimza26: folds
jzmhung5: folds
bull666666: folds
Dyngelanden: folds
batman992: calls 3010 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (1740) returned to entabeni
*** FLOP *** [Th 5s 3h]
*** TURN *** [Th 5s 3h] [7s]
*** RIVER *** [Th 5s 3h 7s] [2s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
batman992: shows [Tc 5h] (two pair, Tens and Fives)
entabeni: shows [Kh Qc] (high card King)
batman992 collected 7165 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 7165 | Rake 0
Board [Th 5s 3h 7s 2s]
Seat 1: entabeni showed [Kh Qc] and lost with high card King
Seat 2: moos2008 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: cata_m2001 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Zimza26 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: jzmhung5 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: bull666666 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: Dyngelanden (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: dirtydiana73 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: batman992 showed [Tc 5h] and won (7165) with two pair, Tens and Fives
Here are the guys stats ....
batman992 3.737 -$1 $2 -27% -$3.099 Tilt 54 PokerStars
LONG LIVE THE FISH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Committing preflop based on note
In this hand i'm up against an opponent on which i have following note : shark, but overplays AK and/or medium pair early stages
With this in mind we elect to put a serious 7X 3-bet in when raised to us , instead of the usual 3X 3-bet.
Why ? Various reasons :
1. Because we want to commit villain preflop and the normal 3-bet just doesn't do this. Pot would only be 900 preflop with me having 2.1K behind and villain 3K. i would need to bet every street and get called every street to get it allin with these stacks. I want to get it allin on 1 street or pre( ofc in this hand the flop came just to good to put it in on flop )
2. Because doubling up here means i have 5K leaving all others behind with 1.5K making me strong favourite to win.
3. Because of the note
4. Because many weak players play small pairs/ AK the way i play my AA here , they raise very big pre because they don't know how to play a flop , so they want to get it in pre or just take the pot pre. Villain being a good player may pick up on this and will hopefully not put me on AA with this kind of big reraise.
$12+$1 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level III
Table '313922236 1' 6-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: Vindictive69 (1305 in chips)
Seat 2: Villain (3480 in chips)
Seat 3: entabeni (2545 in chips)
Seat 5: iknewit1 (1670 in chips)
iknewit1: posts small blind 25
Vindictive69: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to entabeni [As Ac]
Villain: raises 100 to 150
entabeni: raises 1065 to 1215
iknewit1: folds
Vindictive69: folds
Villain: calls 1065
*** FLOP *** [Ah Qc Qd]
Villain: checks
entabeni: checks
*** TURN *** [Ah Qc Qd] [9c]
Villain: bets 500
entabeni: calls 500
*** RIVER *** [Ah Qc Qd 9c] [Qs]
Villain: bets 900
entabeni: calls 830 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (70) returned to MetalStack
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Villain: shows [Jc Js] (a full house, Queens full of Jacks)
entabeni: shows [As Ac] (a full house, Aces full of Queens)
entabeni collected 5165 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5165 | Rake 0
Board [Ah Qc Qd 9c Qs]
Seat 1: Vindictive69 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: Villain showed [Jc Js] and lost with a full house, Queens full of Jacks
Seat 3: entabeni (button) showed [As Ac] and won (5165) with a full house, Aces full of Queens
Seat 5: iknewit1 (small blind) folded before Flop
It called mixing your game up.
Flop came just perfect, river got me scared a little lol. Took the big pot, took the lead and took first place.
Cheers.
With this in mind we elect to put a serious 7X 3-bet in when raised to us , instead of the usual 3X 3-bet.
Why ? Various reasons :
1. Because we want to commit villain preflop and the normal 3-bet just doesn't do this. Pot would only be 900 preflop with me having 2.1K behind and villain 3K. i would need to bet every street and get called every street to get it allin with these stacks. I want to get it allin on 1 street or pre( ofc in this hand the flop came just to good to put it in on flop )
2. Because doubling up here means i have 5K leaving all others behind with 1.5K making me strong favourite to win.
3. Because of the note
4. Because many weak players play small pairs/ AK the way i play my AA here , they raise very big pre because they don't know how to play a flop , so they want to get it in pre or just take the pot pre. Villain being a good player may pick up on this and will hopefully not put me on AA with this kind of big reraise.
$12+$1 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level III
Table '313922236 1' 6-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: Vindictive69 (1305 in chips)
Seat 2: Villain (3480 in chips)
Seat 3: entabeni (2545 in chips)
Seat 5: iknewit1 (1670 in chips)
iknewit1: posts small blind 25
Vindictive69: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to entabeni [As Ac]
Villain: raises 100 to 150
entabeni: raises 1065 to 1215
iknewit1: folds
Vindictive69: folds
Villain: calls 1065
*** FLOP *** [Ah Qc Qd]
Villain: checks
entabeni: checks
*** TURN *** [Ah Qc Qd] [9c]
Villain: bets 500
entabeni: calls 500
*** RIVER *** [Ah Qc Qd 9c] [Qs]
Villain: bets 900
entabeni: calls 830 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (70) returned to MetalStack
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Villain: shows [Jc Js] (a full house, Queens full of Jacks)
entabeni: shows [As Ac] (a full house, Aces full of Queens)
entabeni collected 5165 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5165 | Rake 0
Board [Ah Qc Qd 9c Qs]
Seat 1: Vindictive69 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: Villain showed [Jc Js] and lost with a full house, Queens full of Jacks
Seat 3: entabeni (button) showed [As Ac] and won (5165) with a full house, Aces full of Queens
Seat 5: iknewit1 (small blind) folded before Flop
It called mixing your game up.
Flop came just perfect, river got me scared a little lol. Took the big pot, took the lead and took first place.
Cheers.
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