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 !!
Thursday, November 18, 2010
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.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
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