Rigged

Now i'm sure : live poker is rigged.

Played one ( 1 ) live MTT :

First table i'm at : 10th hand or so , some raising preflop and 3 Allinns on AK6 board : players show AA , KK and 66.

Last table i'm at : Royal flush flopped.

I'm getting back to online poker, at least that's not rigged ....

Finished 12th outta 99 just outside the money. Played for first and got caught on a major bluff, happens ....

Gonna buy me a dog beginning of 2011 , a Bordeauxdog, picture is in the profile.

Cheers

Poker mindset

Just reading this poker psychology book and they say : Poker is a game of both skill and luck. Everybody thinks mastering the skill is the hard thing, but it's actually easy compared to mastering the luck ...

Played one game yesterday and it's true ..

Part 1 , the skill

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Dealing pocket cards
Dealing to ezdollas: [Qd, Ah]
lange377 folds
JulianaGALO folds
FPokerB66 raises 60 to 60
fuzzy580 folds
derailed9 folds
trapt1029 folds
ezdollas calls 60
lisphimat folds
flopjunkie. folds
oleg143 folds
--- Dealing flop [Ts, 9h, 3d]
FPokerB66 bets 30
ezdollas calls 30
--- Dealing turn [2h]
FPokerB66 bets 30
ezdollas calls 30
--- Dealing river [9s]
FPokerB66 bets 210
ezdollas calls 210
---
Summary:
Main pot: 705 won by ezdollas (705)
Rake taken: $0
Seat 6: flopjunkie. (885), net: -15
Seat 7: oleg143 (1430), net: -30
Seat 8: lange377 (1500)
Seat 9: JulianaGALO (1500)
Seat 10: FPokerB66 (1170), net: -330, [7h, 8c] (PAIR NINE)
Seat 1: fuzzy580 (1500)
Seat 2: derailed9 (1670)
Seat 3: trapt1029 (1490)
Seat 4: ezdollas (1915), net: +375, [Qd, Ah] (PAIR NINE)
Seat 5: lisphimat (1940)
***** End of hand T5-72636258-4 *****
***** History for hand T5-72636258-5 (TOURNAMENT: "NL Hold'em Turbo", S-2135-35340, buy-in: $11) *****
Start hand: Thu Aug 5 22:00:44 GMT+0200 2010
Table: Table #1 [72636258] (NO_LIMIT TEXAS_HOLDEM 15/30, TC)
User: ezdollas
Button: seat 6
Players in round: 10

Part 2 : the luck

***** History for hand T5-72636258-10 (TOURNAMENT: "NL Hold'em Turbo", S-2135-35340, buy-in: $11) *****
Start hand: Thu Aug 5 22:06:13 GMT+0200 2010
Table: Table #1 [72636258] (NO_LIMIT TEXAS_HOLDEM 50/100, TC)
User: ezdollas
Button: seat 1
Players in round: 10
Seat 2: derailed9 (350)
Seat 3: trapt1029 (1490)
Seat 4: ezdollas (2068)
Seat 5: lisphimat (1790)
Seat 6: flopjunkie. (885)
Seat 7: oleg143 (3180)
Seat 8: lange377 (1455)
Seat 9: JulianaGALO (1445)
Seat 10: FPokerB66 (487)
Seat 1: fuzzy580 (1850)
derailed9 posts small blind (50)
trapt1029 posts big blind (100)
---
Dealing pocket cards
Dealing to ezdollas: [Qs, Qd]
ezdollas raises 300 to 300
lisphimat folds
flopjunkie. folds
oleg143 folds
lange377 folds
JulianaGALO folds
FPokerB66 raises 487 to 487 [all in]
fuzzy580 folds
derailed9 calls 300 [all in]
trapt1029 calls 387
ezdollas calls 187
--- Dealing flop [Jd, Jh, 8h]
trapt1029 bets 1003 [all in]
ezdollas calls 1003
--- Dealing flop [Jd, Jh, 8h]
--- Dealing turn [Th]
--- Dealing river [7s]

Ofc some would say why do you call here but i'm 100% sure he doesn't have a J, so he has 9 , 1010 or str8 or flushdraw . So in either case i'm a huge favourite in this hand postflop.

lol at putting in 485 of 1500 stack with 23hh with a raise UTG and 2 allinns ahead ( tho short ).

As said we need to embrace these plays !!!

Tomorrow off to first live game ver , plan on taking it down ( hope so ).

Cheers

RIP BETFAIR

RIP BETFAIR

My first pokersite ever ( where i made loads of online pokerfriends ) has officially been replaced by BF2 which is part of the Ongame network. Out of curiousity i took a look yesterday and : OMG this software and layout really sucks lol. So this isn't a site i plan on playing anymore in the future. I will stick to Stars and open a new account on another site where i get a good deal and a nice signup bonus. Any ideas/suggestions are welcome.

I just hope i stay in touch with all the guys i met there over the last 3 years and whom i really enjoyed playing/chatting with !!!

Still is unbeliavable how a site like BF who attracts lots of gamblers didn't succeed in building a nice pokersite. They fecked up bigtime by only rewarding superturbo players and focus on the gambling part for a 100%. They never took in account some people actually like to play a decent pokergame...

Cheers

Break

I'm gonna take a week non-poker. Been having this downswing on SNG's lately and thought yesterday i give a shot at cash. Well had 3 sets over sets ( two of whom hit on turn after allin on flop )against, had 2 times AA beaten preflop by AK and just had QQ beaten by 32 sooooted to leave me running 200$ below EV yet again. I'm so sick of it at the moment , but also proud i did stop instead of tilt, that i'm gonna take a week's break.

I'm looking into a business proposal and if this works out i will give up on poker completely. The donks getting rewarded and leaving me frustrated just isn't worth the extra cash. If it doesn't work out i will have to try and live amongst the donks ..... And cope with the swings and beats... !!!!

No way ure bluffing me ;-)

PokerStars Game #46748714199: Tournament #291524190, $12+$1 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2010/07/14 10:44:32 CET [2010/07/14 4:44:32 ET]
Table '291524190 1' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: thomohawk88 (4645 in chips)
Seat 2: entabeni (3120 in chips)
Seat 4: gelddepot (1235 in chips)
entabeni: posts small blind 50
gelddepot: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to entabeni [6d 7d]
thomohawk88 has timed out
thomohawk88: folds
thomohawk88 is sitting out
thomohawk88 has returned
entabeni: calls 50
gelddepot: checks
*** FLOP *** [Ah 2c 2s]
entabeni: checks
gelddepot: checks
*** TURN *** [Ah 2c 2s] [Ad]
entabeni: bets 100
gelddepot: raises 175 to 275
entabeni: raises 175 to 450
gelddepot: folds
Uncalled bet (175) returned to entabeni
entabeni collected 750 from pot
entabeni: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 750 | Rake 0
Board [Ah 2c 2s Ad]
Seat 1: thomohawk88 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: entabeni (small blind) collected (750)
Seat 4: gelddepot (big blind) folded on the Turn

Strike on PS !!!

Due to all the changing laws in European countries it's becoming harder and harder to be a pro - grinder. Now in France PS has doubled the Rake ( they say due to TAX reasons ). French pokerplayers are stating , obviously , that a doubled rake is no longer beatable.

So they 're going on strike and going for a massive SIT OUT now sunday.

this is the link : http://www.flopturnriver.com/blogs/french-poker-players-boycott-pokerstars-fr-12763