Quick Session

Came home from work and played for 20-25 minutes.

I got 223 hands on six tables. I made $71. Sick stats.

For some reason, people felt the need to make massive bluffs, no idea why.

Highlights:

Table 'Vera' 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 3: HungLikADonk ($29.60 in chips)
Seat 4: kimpin33 ($4.95 in chips)
Seat 6: Knightsridge ($38 in chips)
HungLikADonk: posts small blind $0.10
kimpin33: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Knightsridge [6s 5s]
Knightsridge: raises $0.50 to $0.75
HungLikADonk: calls $0.65
kimpin33: folds
*** FLOP *** [4h 2h 3d] <---- !!!
ksfirefly joins the table at seat #2
HungLikADonk: checks
Knightsridge: bets $1
HungLikADonk: raises $2 to $3 <----- flush draw or air?
Knightsridge: raises $5.25 to $8.25 <---- make flush draw pay
HungLikADonk: raises $20.60 to $28.85 and is all-in <---- ummmm, ok
Knightsridge: calls $20.60 <----- SNAP CALL!
*** TURN *** [4h 2h 3d] [Jd]
*** RIVER *** [4h 2h 3d Jd] [5c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
HungLikADonk: shows [Tc Kh] (high card King) <---- *ahem*
Knightsridge: shows [6s 5s] (a straight, Deuce to Six)
Knightsridge collected $58.45 from pot

Table 'Fomalhaut III' 6-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Galinka ($5.90 in chips)
Seat 2: Knightsridge ($43.30 in chips)
Seat 3: bud_lite_48 ($13.65 in chips)
Seat 5: Sylle06 ($12.10 in chips)
bud_lite_48: posts small blind $0.10
Sylle06: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Knightsridge [Qc Kc]
Galinka: folds
Knightsridge: raises $0.75 to $1
bud_lite_48: folds
Sylle06: calls $0.75
*** FLOP *** [3s 7c Tc]
Sylle06: bets $0.75
Knightsridge: calls $0.75
*** TURN *** [3s 7c Tc] [6c]
Sylle06: bets $1.75
Knightsridge: calls $1.75
*** RIVER *** [3s 7c Tc 6c] [8d]
Sylle06: bets $8.60 and is all-in
Knightsridge: calls $8.60
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Sylle06: shows [Js Qs] (high card Queen) <---- ummm?
Knightsridge: shows [Qc Kc] (a flush, King high)
Knightsridge collected $23.10 from pot


PokerStars Game #13920273657: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2007/12/17 - 12:04:09 (ET)
Table 'Vera' 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 2: Schipperjr ($12.50 in chips)
Seat 3: HungLikADonk ($27.90 in chips)
Seat 4: kimpin33 ($5.65 in chips)
Seat 5: Riverdale27 ($25 in chips)
Seat 6: Knightsridge ($27.60 in chips)
Knightsridge: posts small blind $0.10
Schipperjr: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Knightsridge [Th Tc]
HungLikADonk: folds
kimpin33: folds
Riverdale27: folds
Knightsridge: raises $0.75 to $1
Schipperjr: raises $11.50 to $12.50 and is all-in <--- second time he had done this
Knightsridge: calls $11.50 <---- I fold AK here I think, but JJ QQ KK AA, he doesnt push
*** FLOP *** [Kh 5c Ks]
*** TURN *** [Kh 5c Ks] [5s]
*** RIVER *** [Kh 5c Ks 5s] [As]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Knightsridge: shows [Th Tc] (two pair, Kings and Tens)
Schipperjr: mucks hand
Knightsridge collected $23.75 from pot

Seat 2: Schipperjr (big blind) mucked [Qs 6h] <--- obviously

...

30th of 605 in a $10 Stars tourney.

I pushed QT from the button SB called w AT. Flop comes A, good night me.


I want to final one already.

It Continues

Just came 7th in a $12 180 man turbo sng.

Lost A5 v 22 then pushed T7 called by 55 no help.

I was chip leader going into final table but the blinds were massive so swings were gonna be there big time.

What sucked though is just before I was elminated in 7th, I was also playing a tourney on Full Tilt and with 80 people left I lost a pot for the chip lead with AA v KK all in preflop. K on turn. As soon as that happened I went from optimistic and hopeful to feeling negative to out the door in 7th place. I get $60 instead of the $600 for first.

God damnit.

Yet Again

I just finished 58th of 2550 in a Stars $10 tourney. I walked 99 into KK after trying to isolate a raiser.

To be fair I cant complain. Earlier in the tourney I had 99 and called a raise. Flop came A93. He bets I raise, he pushes. He has AA and I hit the case 9 on the turn. So I cant say I was unlucky.

I would just love to go the distance and close one of these out.

sigh...

Full Tilt $17.5K tourney

I hopped on Full Tilt while I was playing some Stars tourneys.

I played the 17.5K guaranteed with a $24+$2 buyin.

$6K for first.

I got 29th of 1200 for $85.

Man oh man so close.
I called an all in with 77 in BB from an UTG push. He had AK and hit a str8 on the river. I had to push a little while later.




So close to a big score. One hand here or there, or more importantly, when I have a hand I get action, it could have gone another way. damnit.

Graph of Said Sickness

The fiancee went to the gym tonight so I played another hour or so. Made another $35 but could have been more.

This hand pissed me off as the guy had gotten lucky numerous times to win hands. I suppose I could have waited for a better spot, but in cash games I think I should just take the edges I can get.

Seat 1: biggerman35 ($12.70 in chips) <---- villain
Seat 2: eloxis ($6 in chips)
Seat 4: Knightsridge ($45.15 in chips)
Seat 6: poknoob ($23.15 in chips)
biggerman35: posts small blind $0.10
eloxis: posts big blind $0.25
galliem: sits out
gabesen: is sitting out
gabesen leaves the table
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Knightsridge [As Ts]
Knightsridge: raises $0.75 to $1
poknoob: calls $1
biggerman35: calls $0.90
eloxis: calls $0.75
*** FLOP *** [4s Jd Ks] <---- nut flush draw, gutshot, and also figured my A was good if I hit.
biggerman35: checks
eloxis: checks
Knightsridge: bets $2.50
poknoob: folds
biggerman35: raises $9.20 to $11.70 and is all-in
eloxis: folds
Knightsridge: calls $9.20
*** TURN *** [4s Jd Ks] [3h]
*** RIVER *** [4s Jd Ks 3h] [Tc] <------ miss everything
*** SHOW DOWN ***
biggerman35: shows [Qh Kc] (a pair of Kings) <----- honestly?


anyways, here is todays graph.

Both kinds of sick

I am home from work today.....sick

I sat on the couch and Im up 6 buyins at 10cent 25cent....sick

I am now on $1083.

I kept silver star through January as well. I am gonna do my best to maintain gold, but it will take a lot of playing.

The fiancee is having girls day tomorrow for some secret santa thing as well as dinner and dancing. In otherwords I can play poker all day on Saturday and the fiancee wont mind. Holla!

Some big hands today:


Table 'Pamina' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: fonxi ($12.85 in chips)
Seat 2: Knightsridge ($63.20 in chips)
Seat 3: jetie1910 ($18.95 in chips)
Seat 4: cyber boy12 ($16.15 in chips)
Seat 5: Madsreality ($29.35 in chips)
Seat 6: xfish&chipsx ($11.10 in chips)
Knightsridge: posts small blind $0.10
jetie1910: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Knightsridge [Qh Kh]
cyber boy12: folds
Madsreality: folds
xfish&chipsx: calls $0.25
fonxi: folds
Knightsridge: calls $0.15
jetie1910: raises $1 to $1.25
xfish&chipsx: folds
Knightsridge: calls $1
*** FLOP *** [Jh As 3s]
Knightsridge: checks
jetie1910: bets $1.25
Knightsridge: calls $1.25 <----- float flop to see what happens
*** TURN *** [Jh As 3s] [Tc] <------ and the peasants rejoice
Knightsridge: checks
jetie1910: bets $2
Knightsridge: raises $4 to $6
jetie1910: raises $10.45 to $16.45 and is all-in
Knightsridge: calls $10.45
*** RIVER *** [Jh As 3s Tc] [7c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Knightsridge: shows [Qh Kh] (a straight, Ten to Ace)
jetie1910: mucks hand
Knightsridge collected $36.30 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Seat 2: Knightsridge (small blind) showed [Qh Kh] and won ($36.30) with a straight, Ten to Ace
Seat 3: jetie1910 (big blind) mucked [Ah Ks] <----- flop bet waaaaaay too small


Table 'Telesto III' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: alreet ($24.65 in chips)
Seat 2: Knightsridge ($29.55 in chips)
Seat 3: wiewaldi04 ($27.95 in chips)
Seat 4: MeM@05012007 ($13.05 in chips)
Seat 5: bryancups ($3.50 in chips)
bryancups: posts small blind $0.10
alreet: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Knightsridge [Jc Kd]
Knightsridge: raises $0.75 to $1
wiewaldi04: folds
MeM@05012007: folds
bryancups: folds
alreet: raises $2.75 to $3.75 <------ He was playing quite tight (hence the UTG raise on his blind), so I figured if a good flop came, I could have him
Knightsridge: calls $2.75
*** FLOP *** [5d Kh Js] <----- somwehere a baby smiles
bryancups leaves the table
alreet: checks
gothmistress joins the table at seat #6
Knightsridge: bets $4.75
alreet: calls $4.75
*** TURN *** [5d Kh Js] [Kc] <----- ahem.....THE NUTS BABY!
alreet: checks
Knightsridge: checks
*** RIVER *** [5d Kh Js Kc] [9c]
alreet: checks
Knightsridge: bets $7
alreet: calls $7
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Knightsridge: shows [Jc Kd] (a full house, Kings full of Jacks)
alreet: mucks hand
Knightsridge collected $29.60 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Seat 1: alreet (big blind) mucked [Ac As]
Seat 2: Knightsridge showed [Jc Kd] and won ($29.60) with a full house, Kings full of Jacks

Hopefully this weekend brings more of the same.

November Graph

I made $620 in November and played 33,433 hands.



I plan on playing atleast 25K hands this month, but my goal is to make $1000 playing mainly 25NL. 40 buyins is doable. I am also going to try and keep gold star so I may have to jump up to 50NL to do that. I'll see.

flutieflake

Congrats to my friend from college Mike aka 'flutieflake'

He has cracked the leader board on sharkscope for average profit on his last 500 games playing $12 turbo sngs on Stars. He is number 5.

Cool

Gold baby

Oh, and I am 346 fpp's away from Gold Star.

Yeah, I played a shit load this weekend!

Basically it gets me fpp's twice as fast as normal where silver was only 1.5 times faster.

Anything to get me my 24' monitor faster is worth it.

Wanna See Something Sick?

Was frustrated today with my play. The fiancee needed to go down town to get a few things so I went along. It cleared my head and I basically began to think I had been really anxious to make plays and make money at the tables today. Not a good thing. Just play good poker and the money should follow. So, how do I go about this? Switch from 6max to full ring. Which tables you ask? Why $.50-$1 of course. I figured I would play patient and focus on not bluffing or making moves, but just being patient. I played for about 1.5 hours and I was verrrrrry pleased with the results.
The most money I have ever win a single hand. (This is the reason for the first big spike in the graph)

PokerStars Game #13461146835: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2007/11/25 - 13:17:35 (ET)
Table 'Hagihara II' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 2: DaveKev ($75.15 in chips)
Seat 3: kelly_kabob ($105.90 in chips)
Seat 4: Herby099 ($23 in chips)
Seat 5: chuckybrown ($92.30 in chips)
Seat 6: AKDario ($36 in chips)
Seat 7: pockett1 ($58.50 in chips)
Seat 8: Knightsridge ($97.70 in chips)
Seat 9: d3vd3v ($98.55 in chips)
Herby099: posts small blind $0.50
chuckybrown: posts big blind $1
KissTheAce: sits out
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Knightsridge [9d 9c]
AKDario: calls $1
pockett1: folds
Knightsridge: calls $1
d3vd3v: raises $3 to $4
DaveKev: folds
kelly_kabob: folds
Herby099: folds
chuckybrown: folds
AKDario: calls $3
Knightsridge: calls $3
*** FLOP *** [9s 2c 5c]
AKDario is disconnected
AKDario is connected
AKDario: bets $5
Knightsridge: calls $5
d3vd3v: raises $10 to $15
AKDario: folds
Knightsridge: raises $25 to $40
d3vd3v: calls $25
*** TURN *** [9s 2c 5c] [8s]
Knightsridge: bets $53.70 and is all-in
d3vd3v: calls $53.70
AKDario is disconnected
*** RIVER *** [9s 2c 5c 8s] [7s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Knightsridge: shows [9d 9c] (three of a kind, Nines)
d3vd3v: mucks hand
Knightsridge collected $202.90 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $205.90 | Rake $3
Board [9s 2c 5c 8s 7s]
Seat 2: DaveKev folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: kelly_kabob (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Herby099 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: chuckybrown (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: AKDario folded on the Flop
Seat 7: pockett1 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Knightsridge showed [9d 9c] and won ($202.90) with three of a kind, Nines
Seat 9: d3vd3v mucked [Ts Tc]

I think he shoulda got away from TT. I figured atleast QQ+.

The other spike in the graph.

PokerStars Game #13461695539: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2007/11/25 - 13:46:03 (ET)
Table 'Hagihara II' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: KissTheAce ($29.45 in chips)
Seat 2: DaveKev ($59.55 in chips)
Seat 3: cotenord ($67.10 in chips)
Seat 4: Bizaroid ($96 in chips)
Seat 5: 1n5an3.ua ($17 in chips)
Seat 6: pinchitos ($100 in chips)
Seat 7: juvenia ($100.85 in chips)
Seat 8: Knightsridge ($205.70 in chips)
Seat 9: awwh ($115.25 in chips)
awwh: posts small blind $0.50
KissTheAce: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Knightsridge [Ah Ad]
DaveKev: folds
cotenord: calls $1
Bizaroid: raises $3 to $4
1n5an3.ua: folds
pinchitos: folds
juvenia: folds
Knightsridge: raises $14 to $18
awwh: folds
KissTheAce: folds
cotenord: calls $17
Bizaroid: folds
*** FLOP *** [4c Kc 9s] This flop scared me.
cotenord: checks
Knightsridge: checks
*** TURN *** [4c Kc 9s] [Ts]
cotenord: checks
Knightsridge: bets $50
cotenord: calls $49.10 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [4c Kc 9s Ts] [7c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
cotenord: shows [Qc Qs] (a pair of Queens) yuck!
Knightsridge: shows [Ah Ad] (a pair of Aces)
Knightsridge collected $136.70 from pot

The second hand I didnt play very well, but after he checked the 2nd time it really didnt feel like KK. I was hoping to get a call from AK, KQ.

Unbelievable

I have ran so bad today. It is incredible. These are just the tip of the iceberg.

Seat 1: cédric1978 ($22.60 in chips)
Seat 2: pseiko ($15 in chips)
Seat 3: Sassyburns ($30 in chips)
Seat 4: snoweed ($23.55 in chips)
Seat 5: Knightsridge ($27.95 in chips)
Seat 6: airdecerisy ($31.25 in chips)
Knightsridge: posts small blind $0.10
airdecerisy: posts big blind $0.25
pseiko: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Knightsridge [3h 3c]
cédric1978: folds
pseiko: raises $0.25 to $0.50
Sassyburns: raises $0.75 to $1.25
snoweed: calls $1.25
Knightsridge: calls $1.15
airdecerisy: folds
pseiko: calls $0.75
*** FLOP *** [3s 7c Jc]
Knightsridge: bets $2.75
pseiko: calls $2.75
Sassyburns: raises $6.25 to $9
snoweed: folds
Knightsridge: raises $17.70 to $26.70 and is all-in
pseiko: folds
Sassyburns: calls $17.70
*** TURN *** [3s 7c Jc] [Qc]
*** RIVER *** [3s 7c Jc Qc] [9c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Knightsridge: shows [3h 3c] (a flush, Queen high)
Sassyburns: shows [Ah Ac] (a flush, Ace high)

Seat 1: ouwebolle ($10.40 in chips)
Seat 3: Parseval ($42.55 in chips)
Seat 4: Kaasklomp ($35.80 in chips)
Seat 5: Knightsridge ($51.65 in chips)
Seat 6: tropismus ($8.15 in chips)
Parseval: posts small blind $0.10
Kaasklomp: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Knightsridge [9s As]
Knightsridge: raises $0.75 to $1
Kaasklomp said, "ty"
tropismus: folds
ouwebolle: calls $1
Parseval: folds
Kaasklomp: folds
*** FLOP *** [9c Ac 4h]
Knightsridge: bets $1.50
ouwebolle: calls $1.50
*** TURN *** [9c Ac 4h] [4c]
Knightsridge: bets $5.50
ouwebolle: calls $5.50
*** RIVER *** [9c Ac 4h 4c] [3c]
Knightsridge: bets $4.25
ouwebolle: calls $2.40 and is all-in
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Knightsridge: shows [9s As] (two pair, Aces and Nines)
ouwebolle: shows [Ad 4d] (a full house, Fours full of Aces)
ouwebolle collected $20.15 from pot

Seat 1: ouch765 ($13.05 in chips)
Seat 3: Mr.Jeff ($74.15 in chips)
Seat 4: midget347 ($25.85 in chips)
Seat 5: Knightsridge ($30.30 in chips)
Seat 6: zippyhut ($58.45 in chips)
ouch765: posts small blind $0.10
Mr.Jeff: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Knightsridge [9s 9c]
midget347: folds
Knightsridge: raises $0.75 to $1
zippyhut: folds
ouch765: calls $0.90
Mr.Jeff: folds
*** FLOP *** [Jd 6h Jh]
ouch765: checks
Knightsridge: bets $2
ouch765: raises $5 to $7
Knightsridge: raises $5 to $12
ouch765: raises $0.05 to $12.05 and is all-in
Knightsridge: calls $0.05
*** TURN *** [Jd 6h Jh] [3s]
*** RIVER *** [Jd 6h Jh 3s] [6c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ouch765: shows [Th 6d] (a full house, Sixes full of Jacks)
Knightsridge: mucks hand
ouch765 collected $25.05 from pot

I was up as high as $1050 yesterday. I am now on $733.

Cruel game.

My Last 27,000 hands

I had been employing 5cent 10cent moves into the world of 10cent 25cent poker and some were being exploited. I thought a lot about my way of playing certain hands and this graph is around the start of that. This is my last 27k hands at 25NL and 50NL.

Climbing Climbing

Up another $144 today 6 and 8 tabling 10cent 25cent.

Should have been more but I lost w AK all in preflop v AA. It was a brain freeze moment and was exactly the type of move I have been NOT doing the last month or so. Really pissed me off. It was a button raise I reraise from sb he rereraises and I pushed. Should have lost 4 at the most. Promised myself to play AK slower out of position.

Twice I had set under set which sucked and I got stacked each time, but I got AA v KK in pre and stacked him. Hit some nice hands and got paid here and there.

I am now sitting on $991 with 10,027 fpps. However, a bit undecided about what to do concerning my VIP status this month. I am on 2,478 this month. I already have silver for another month, but I only need another 1500 for gold. I am thinking about making a push for it. Just wish November didnt end on a Friday as if I could play this Saturday and next Saturday it is doable. But it will be tough otherwise. I will see how this weekend goes.

Best hand of the day:

Yes I know my preflop call is questionable but I figured I get paid off if I hit.

Notice how much Bomber has before the hand and then how much he has when he folds!!!

Seat 1: Simon Burch ($16.85 in chips)
Seat 2: Knightsridge ($25 in chips)
Seat 3: Envee ($5.05 in chips)
Seat 4: JackpotJoe13 ($31.40 in chips)
Seat 5: pollala ($25.20 in chips)
Seat 6: Bomber 120SB ($17.75 in chips)
Simon Burch: posts small blind $0.10
Knightsridge: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Knightsridge [4s 4d]
Envee: calls $0.25
JackpotJoe13: folds
pollala: folds
Bomber 120SB: raises $1.25 to $1.50
Simon Burch: folds
Knightsridge: calls $1.25
Envee: raises $3.55 to $5.05 and is all-in
Bomber 120SB: calls $3.55
Knightsridge: calls $3.55
*** FLOP *** [4c Js 3d]
Knightsridge: checks
Bomber 120SB: bets $4.75
Knightsridge: raises $7 to $11.75
Bomber 120SB: calls $7
*** TURN *** [4c Js 3d] [5c]
Knightsridge: bets $0.75
Bomber 120SB: calls $0.75
*** RIVER *** [4c Js 3d 5c] [Ah]
Knightsridge: bets $1
Bomber 120SB: folds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bomber 120SB is sitting out
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Knightsridge: shows [4s 4d] (three of a kind, Fours)
Knightsridge collected $23.85 from side pot
Bomber 120SB leaves the table
Envee: shows [Ks Kc] (a pair of Kings)
Knightsridge collected $14.50 from main pot

Yes, he started the hand with $17.75 and folded the river with 20cents left. He was only getting about 200-1 on his money.

My Poker Tracker Stats

I was playing 10NL (5cent 10cent) and doing really well. I then jumped up too early and got pushed around a little at 25NL (10cent 25cent). I dropped back, won my losses back, played more 25NL and played some 50NL as well.

I am confident playing 25NL now and I will stay there until I hit $1000 when I will make 50NL my primary game.

Update and Ship It

I am currently sitting on $800 on Stars which 99% is from cash games at the 10,20, and 50NL tables (10cent 20cent and 50cent BB's).

I have 9,481 fpp's which I plan on saving until I hit 68,000 and then I am getting a 24' monitor through their fpp store. I figure I am probably losing some $$$ through not having rakeback, but that monitor is like 800£ and it would take me somewhere close to that to earn that much back. Plus I love the Stars software more than any other site times 10.

The best hand of today:


$hip that $hit


Seat 1: generalgumle ($26.20 in chips)
Seat 2: drago0407 ($19.15 in chips)
Seat 3: lReindertl ($55.15 in chips)
Seat 4: Knightsridge ($25.10 in chips)
Seat 5: Ribo89 ($24.80 in chips)
Seat 6: digimax2007 ($8.60 in chips)
Knightsridge: posts small blind $0.10
Ribo89: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Knightsridge [9c 9d]
digimax2007: calls $0.25
generalgumle: calls $0.25
drago0407: folds
lReindertl: folds
Knightsridge: raises $1.25 to $1.50
Ribo89: folds
digimax2007: calls $1.25
generalgumle: calls $1.25
*** FLOP *** [3h 9h Ks] Hell Yes Baby!!!
Knightsridge: checks
digimax2007: bets $7.10 and is all-in
generalgumle: calls $7.10 <-------- ummm, is it my birthday?
Knightsridge: raises $16.50 to $23.60 and is all-in
generalgumle: calls $16.50 <------- yes, it must be
*** TURN *** [3h 9h Ks] [4d]
*** RIVER *** [3h 9h Ks 4d] [Ad]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Knightsridge: shows [9c 9d] (three of a kind, Nines)
generalgumle: mucks hand
Knightsridge collected $31.35 from side pot
digimax2007: mucks hand
Knightsridge collected $24.80 from main pot

LOL, they mucked KJ and the shortstacked pusher had Q8 hearts.

Honestly, who are these people?

LOL!

God love the chat box...

Seat 1: famou$_$oon ($50.50 in chips)
Seat 2: LilleRu ($21.75 in chips)
Seat 3: ghostman011 ($32.70 in chips)
Seat 4: Putinizzle ($28.20 in chips)
Seat 5: Knightsridge ($61.10 in chips)
Seat 6: Bú-yào-ku!!! ($15.60 in chips)
Bú-yào-ku!!!: posts small blind $0.25
famou$_$oon: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Knightsridge [Ad Kd]
LilleRu: folds
ghostman011: folds
Putinizzle: folds
Knightsridge: raises $1.50 to $2
Bú-yào-ku!!!: calls $1.75
famou$_$oon: folds
*** FLOP *** [Jc 5d Ac]
Bú-yào-ku!!!: checks
Knightsridge: bets $3
Bú-yào-ku!!!: raises $4 to $7
Knightsridge: raises $15.50 to $22.50
Bú-yào-ku!!!: calls $6.60 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [Jc 5d Ac] [8h]
*** RIVER *** [Jc 5d Ac 8h] [As]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Bú-yào-ku!!!: shows [9c Ah] (three of a kind, Aces)
Knightsridge: shows [Ad Kd] (three of a kind, Aces - King kicker)
Knightsridge collected $30.15 from pot

Normal hand right? lol....

Seat 1: famou$_$oon ($50 in chips)
Seat 2: LilleRu ($21.75 in chips)
Seat 3: ghostman011 ($32.70 in chips)
Seat 4: Putinizzle ($28.20 in chips)
Seat 5: Knightsridge ($75.65 in chips)
LilleRu: posts small blind $0.25
ghostman011: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Knightsridge [Kh Qs]
Putinizzle: folds
Knightsridge: folds
famou$_$oon: folds
Bú-yào-ku!!! said, "man f-uck off - u always raise from the button and this one time i call u have a good hand"
LilleRu: folds
ghostman011 collected $0.50 from pot
ghostman011: doesn't show hand

Seat 1: famou$_$oon ($50 in chips)
Seat 2: LilleRu ($21.50 in chips)
Seat 3: ghostman011 ($32.95 in chips)
Seat 4: Putinizzle ($28.20 in chips)
Seat 5: Knightsridge ($75.65 in chips)
ghostman011: posts small blind $0.25
Putinizzle: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Knightsridge [Kd 5h]
Bú-yào-ku!!! said, "i hope u lose everything"
Knightsridge: folds
Bú-yào-ku!!! leaves the table
famou$_$oon: folds
LilleRu: calls $0.50
.TilTandWiN. joins the table at seat #6
ghostman011: calls $0.25
Putinizzle: checks
*** FLOP *** [Th 4h 9c]
ghostman011: checks
Putinizzle: checks
Knightsridge said, "lol"
LilleRu: checks
*** TURN *** [Th 4h 9c] [8h]
ghostman011: checks
Putinizzle: checks
LilleRu: checks
*** RIVER *** [Th 4h 9c 8h] [4c]
ghostman011: checks
Putinizzle: checks
LilleRu: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ghostman011: shows [Jd 3c] (a pair of Fours)
Putinizzle: shows [3h Kc] (a pair of Fours - King kicker)
LilleRu: shows [Qd Kh] (a pair of Fours - King+Queen kicker)
LilleRu collected $1.45 from

love it

Todays Session

Played six 10cent - 25cent tables for about 2 hours or so. Made $50. I played well, had a misclick early on which cost me a lot. I meant to fold to a check raise and called it instead. I picked up draws on the turn and ended up getting stacked. That put me on tilt. Then this made my mood a little better. Nothing like hitting a one outer.

Seat 1: Knightsridge ($31.50 in chips)
Seat 2: Xsnake ($18.30 in chips)
Seat 3: sxfactor ($24.90 in chips)
Seat 4: black muted ($22.40 in chips)
Seat 5: SummerBalls ($34.35 in chips)
Seat 6: andrew_mofo ($10.50 in chips)
andrew_mofo: posts small blind $0.10
Knightsridge: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Knightsridge [9d 9h]
Xsnake: calls $0.25
sxfactor: folds
black muted: raises $1.75 to $2
SummerBalls: folds
andrew_mofo: folds
Knightsridge: calls $1.75
Xsnake: folds
*** FLOP *** [As 6s 9c]
Knightsridge: bets $1.75
black muted: raises $1.75 to $3.50
Knightsridge: raises $3.50 to $7
black muted: raises $13.40 to $20.40 and is all-in
Knightsridge: calls $13.40
*** TURN *** [As 6s 9c] [Qh]
*** RIVER *** [As 6s 9c Qh] [9s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Knightsridge: shows [9d 9h] (four of a kind, Nines)
black muted: shows [Ah Ac] (a full house, Aces full of Nines)
Knightsridge collected $42.95 from pot

Then a little while later this happened. I know they even out each other but this hand sucked. I feel like he should have got away but I may have played the hand the same way as him.

Seat 1: Koolfm ($14.70 in chips)
Seat 2: SmokingChris ($25 in chips)
Seat 3: Wauban ($16.65 in chips)
Seat 4: Knightsridge ($54.55 in chips)
Seat 5: flamadis ($29.95 in chips)
Seat 6: nlwolf ($24.75 in chips)
nlwolf: posts small blind $0.10
Koolfm: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Knightsridge [Ac Ad]
SmokingChris: folds
Wauban: calls $0.25
Knightsridge: raises $1 to $1.25
flamadis: calls $1.25
nlwolf: raises $3.75 to $5
Koolfm: folds
Wauban: folds
Knightsridge: raises $12.50 to $17.50 <---- screams AA as I didnt push!!!
flamadis: folds
nlwolf: raises $7.25 to $24.75 and is all-in
Knightsridge: calls $7.25 <----- I know he has KK
*** FLOP *** [Jc 5d Ts]
*** TURN *** [Jc 5d Ts] [Kc]
*** RIVER *** [Jc 5d Ts Kc] [8h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
nlwolf: shows [Ks Kd] (three of a kind, Kings)
Knightsridge: mucks hand
nlwolf collected $48.70 from pot

Damn...

Im Not Dead

Still alive. Just not able to post anymore from work. Not cool.

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The Poker Film

Comeback Part II

Another one. Never say die.

240 chips...

PokerStars Game #12527570833: Tournament #63581483, $6.00+$0.25 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level II (15/30) - 2007/10/09 - 12:05:17 (ET)
Table '63581483 1' 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Knightsridge (1620 in chips)
Seat 2: guf72 (1380 in chips)
guf72: posts small blind 15
Knightsridge: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Knightsridge [6h 4h]
guf72: raises 30 to 60
Knightsridge: calls 30
*** FLOP *** [Qs 2h 3s]
Knightsridge: checks
guf72: bets 90
Knightsridge: calls 90
*** TURN *** [Qs 2h 3s] [5d]
Knightsridge: checks
guf72: bets 1230 and is all-in
Knightsridge: calls 1230
*** RIVER *** [Qs 2h 3s 5d] [9s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Knightsridge: shows [6h 4h] (a straight, Deuce to Six)
guf72: shows [7s 8s] (a flush, Queen high)
guf72 collected 2760 from pot


And then....


PokerStars Game #12527793339: Tournament #63581483, $6.00+$0.25 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level VI (100/200) - 2007/10/09 - 12:22:16 (ET)
Table '63581483 1' 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Knightsridge (1815 in chips)
Seat 2: guf72 (1185 in chips)
guf72: posts small blind 100
Knightsridge: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Knightsridge [Tc Ts]
guf72: calls 100
Knightsridge: raises 1615 to 1815 and is all-in
guf72: calls 985 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [7d Ks 2h]
*** TURN *** [7d Ks 2h] [8c]
*** RIVER *** [7d Ks 2h 8c] [9h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Knightsridge: shows [Tc Ts] (a pair of Tens)
guf72: shows [Qc Jh] (high card King)
Knightsridge collected 2370 from pot
Knightsridge [observer] said, "SHIP IT"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2370 | Rake 0
Board [7d Ks 2h 8c 9h]
Seat 1: Knightsridge (big blind) showed [Tc Ts] and won (2370) with a pair of Tens
Seat 2: guf72 (button) (small blind) showed [Qc Jh] and lost with high card King

Comeback

AQ no good v A9 and I am down to nothing...


PokerStars Game #12526761002: Tournament #63577509, $6.00+$0.25 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level I (10/20) - 2007/10/09 - 10:59:38 (ET)
Table '63577509 1' 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: rtrog (2860 in chips)
Seat 2: Knightsridge (140 in chips)
Knightsridge: posts small blind 10
rtrog: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Knightsridge [7d Kc]
Knightsridge: raises 120 to 140 and is all-in
rtrog: folds
Knightsridge collected 40 from pot
Knightsridge: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 40 | Rake 0
Seat 1: rtrog (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: Knightsridge (button) (small blind) collected (40)

and then...

PokerStars Game #12526892604: Tournament #63577509, $6.00+$0.25 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level III (25/50) - 2007/10/09 - 11:10:42 (ET)
Table '63577509 1' 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: rtrog (740 in chips)
Seat 2: Knightsridge (2260 in chips)
rtrog: posts small blind 25
Knightsridge: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Knightsridge [Ah Ac]
rtrog: raises 150 to 200
Knightsridge: raises 200 to 400
rtrog: raises 340 to 740 and is all-in
Knightsridge: calls 340
*** FLOP *** [Jh 4h Th]
*** TURN *** [Jh 4h Th] [7s]
*** RIVER *** [Jh 4h Th 7s] [Tc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Knightsridge: shows [Ah Ac] (two pair, Aces and Tens)
rtrog: shows [9s 9d] (two pair, Tens and Nines)
Knightsridge collected 1480 from pot

Damn straight.

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God Love Cash Games

PokerStars Game #12335526254: Hold'em No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2007/09/29 - 09:45:11 (ET)
Table 'Mauritia' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Loeffel71 ($3.40 in chips)
Seat 2: Captain Tom ($9.90 in chips)
Seat 3: Tiny Monkey ($13.15 in chips)
Seat 4: Knightsridge ($19.45 in chips)
Seat 5: bad boy win ($13.60 in chips)
Seat 6: jeremylin ($9.35 in chips)
Seat 7: brewzter ($4.70 in chips)
Seat 8: Mr Mitt ($12.45 in chips)
Seat 9: nicole1507 ($5.65 in chips)
Captain Tom: posts small blind $0.05
Tiny Monkey: posts big blind $0.10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Knightsridge [2h 2s]
Knightsridge: calls $0.10
bad boy win: calls $0.10
jeremylin: folds
brewzter: folds
Mr Mitt: raises $0.30 to $0.40
nicole1507: calls $0.40
Loeffel71: calls $0.40
Captain Tom: folds
Tiny Monkey: raises $0.70 to $1.10
Knightsridge: calls $1
bad boy win: calls $1
Mr Mitt: calls $0.70
nicole1507: folds
Loeffel71: calls $0.70
*** FLOP *** [2d 6c Th]
Tiny Monkey: checks
Knightsridge: bets $3.60
bad boy win: folds
Mr Mitt: calls $3.60
Loeffel71: folds
Tiny Monkey said, "so much for protecting my hand agianst dumb luckers"
Tiny Monkey: folds
*** TURN *** [2d 6c Th] [7c]
Knightsridge: bets $14.75 and is all-in
Mr Mitt: calls $7.75 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [2d 6c Th 7c] [Qc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Knightsridge: shows [2h 2s] (three of a kind, Deuces)
Mr Mitt: shows [Qd Qs] (three of a kind, Queens)
Mr Mitt collected $27.25 from pot

Sigh...

Who wants 4th?

Started playing ring on Stars again. AA no good v KK all in pre for $20. JJ no good v 97 on a 762 flop. Get TT all in on a flop of 2TQ, up against QQ. So I quickly left the cash tables as I didnt have enough to keep losing like that. Ended up playing a bunch of $3 6 man turbos. Did well, made some money so I am going to keep playing them for now.

Been playing in freerolls on Will Hill the last few nights. Two tourneys each night, top 50 go through to final tourney next Saturday for a chance to win an EPT seat (10K euro). Last night there was 1345 runners, with a £1000 added prizepool. First place gets a laptop. So naturally I get 4th. urggggg. Still good for £60 and yes thats good when it cost me nothing to play, but still, I really wanted the laptop for the fiancee. 5 handed I went card dead. Pushed A6 into KK and became shortstacked, then pushed 24s into big blinds A8. No help. I did have some fold equity and without a hand he does not call ther so I am happy with the move. Just wished I could have pulled the trigger.

The fiancee goes home to Ireland this weekend and I am off school Friday and Monday for some weird UK holiday thing. Im cool with it. So lots of poker in the next few days.

I will try and keep this blog updated.

Update on Cash Games

I bought Poker Tracker and Poker Ace recently since I started playing cash games. They are both pretty good programs. I have played about 9000 hands of 5cent 10cent blinds and I am up about $110. I know it is a lot of hands for $110, but I have to start somewhere.

Something that is totally new to me is playing cash games within my roll lol! I am used to being euphoric or miserable after a session as the money involved was more than I could afford. This is much better. I had KK within 3 hands a few days ago and got stacked twice. Once against TT and TJ all in preflop. (yes 1 out) and the other was all in on a flop of 9h6h2h. I put him all in for his stack and he called with QcTh. Yes, he called with a 10 high flush draw. lol. I literally laughed and rebought. It didnt matter to me as I knew I played both hands well and I was unlucky. If I had lost $100 or $200 I would have been devastated.

I hope to update better in the future (I hope to jump to $25 NL as soon as I hit $500) but my school recently updated the internet restrictions and blogspot.com is no longer accessible. So that sucks, but I will make a better effort from home.

All in all. I am liking cash games.

Scotland!!!!

What a game.

Rakeback

So I signed up for rakeback through rakebreak.com for Full Tilt. Playing on Stars though fun, was not getting me any rakeback so I was losing out quite a bit.

That being said, last night I 6 tabled the 5cent 10cent tables and I got hammered. Twice I had set under set, I got it all in with KK v QQ on a 26Q flop, and I lost a big pot with AJ v J9 on a J82 flop. Not cool. I also fell in love with top pair on a Q high board and I kept calling. I dunno why. I was obviously behind a set of Q's

All in all, a loss of $28. And considering the new account I started had only $100 on it, I am not happy.

I had no hands stay ahead throughout the session and I had TT, JJ, QQ, and KK about 15 times in the last 1/2 hour of the session and I received multiple callers each time (even when raising it ridiculous) and each time an ace flopped. It was uncanny. I also only had AA twice the entire session, both times winning the blinds.

Yuck. Definitely a session to forget.

I have yet to import the hands into poker tracker, but I am curious to see the results.

PS My new name on Full Tilt is Cabot Cove. A direct homage to that wonderful detective Jessica Fletcher in the timeless show, Murder She Wrote. Cabot Cove was where the show took place. And even though someone was murdered there every week, people still lived there.

Beautiful Girls

The movie I referenced yesterday, Beautiful Girls, was in fact a movie owned by Mike my roommate from college. I watched it one day at the end of 3rd year and loved it.

So credit must go to Mike as he saw it first.

Blog Changes

I just updated my blog with recent templates and such. I also figured out how to put a picture at the top of my blog which I wanted to do when I first started blogging my poker exploits.

The picture is of the cast from my favorite movie called Beautiful Girls. It is the same pic I have as my Stars avatar.

The movie is set in a place called Knightsridge, hence the name I chose for poker.

Knightsridge the Grinder

I just referred to myself in the first person. Fantastic. Yet another first for the blog.

I played again last night on the $10 max buyin on Stars. I played six tables, then tried eight, but went back to six. Eight was not too tough, but there was considerable overlap so I went back to six.

I made $28 in about two hours so 140 BB an hour. This is quite good as I was down about $14 at one point. (my KK v QQ all in on the flop of 57T, Q on turn)

By playing six tables for that amount of time I encountered some very interesting hands:

One hand I had KK and raised with one caller. I hit quads on the flop and checked. Turn is a Q check check. River a J he bets $.50, I make it $1.50 and he calls with AA. Strange strange hand. Cannot believe he had AA.

Another hand that I am still debating is I am UTG with KK and make it $.30 to play. The small blind then re-raises me, making it $.75 to go. The BB then calls. I should have re-raised but I didnt, and I called. Flop came QT7 which is just a massive board of draws and possible sets. The small blind leads out for $1.50 and the BB insta calls. I really didnt know where I stood. I was sure either AA or a set was lurking so I folded. The turn came a 4 and they both checked. DAMNIT. As soon as they both checked I knew I would have been in front. The river was a 6, making the board QT746 and the small blind went all in and the small blind insta called again. Their hands? The small blind who had re-raised an UTG raiser out of position had AQ of course and the insta caller BB, 88. That was a $20 pot which is a big pot for those stakes. I couldnt believe he had re-raised me with AQ. I gave him way too much credit. Would have bumped my profit big time if I had stayed in the hand. But to be fair I went with my read and I am cool with that.

I am trying to get used to playing cash games and some hands are played much differently than sngs. Small pocket pairs play very well with set mining big on my list. I flat call any pocket pair anywhere on the table for just the BB, but fold lower ones to a raise. (this may be wrong but I am still learning how the games go) I am also trying to see cheap flops with Ax suited. I hit a few flushes and was paid off on them. As far as bluffing goes, I do very little. I will do a continuation bet with AK but if it is called I shut down as players will call down with very little.

Odds and Ends:

I signed up for Full Tilt last night on a new account to get some rakeback. It is technically the fiancee's account which I am hoping she will play, but Im not too sure. I am getting rakeback on the account so I may start playing there instead of Stars. It could mean as much as $60-$100 a month which at those stakes, is massive. I am just waiting for confirmation from rakebreak.com to say the account is good to go.

I am going to buy pokertracker today. I need some software to track my stats and profits playing cash games (and most importantly the hands costing me the most money) just so I can plug some leaks.

I have given some thought as to when I should move up to $25 NL (10 cent - 25 cent blinds) and I figure 20 buyins should be ok. I would move back down if I went below 15 buyins. So 20 buyins of $25 is $500. (That is shocking as I was playing $50 and $100 with less than that and $200 NL with $600-$700 last year. Bankroll Management has never been my strong suit, but I am trying to change that)

I always thought Stars hand histories had to be emailed to me, which was not cool as it only gives you the most recent 200 hands. Which is quite useless after 6 tabling for two hours. This is not the case as today I found I can automatcally save my hand histories directly onto my computer the same as on Full Tilt.

My thoughts on cash were always quite bleak. I enjoyed the winning of sngs and always thought you cant 'win' cash games. Well I must say, when sitting at a table and you stack a player...it feels pretty damn good. Especially when they reload and go out of their way to play pots with me. This is quite funny though as I play only solid hands.

Hopefully I will get some more playing in tonight.

Weekend Poker

I played quite a bit this weekend.

On Saturday I played 45 heads up games. Yes I know, a lot of them. The fiancee's sister and friend were over this weekend so they were off shopping, talking about our upcoming wedding and the details that are endless (dress, food, hymns in the church, who is/isnt going) all of which is important, but I personally could not care less about. I would get married in a barn wearing a garbage bag while some dog barks in the distance, but it makes the fiancee happy so its cool with me. So of the 45 I won 27, which is a 60% success rate. The rake hurts over that many games, but I did ok.

On Sunday I went over to the 'house of poker' where a few guys a know live. I had beent here before but with scheduling and my laziness I had not been back. Anyways, I walk in and I see three guys all playing poker in various positions in the room on reclining leather couches wacthing the Villa Chelsea game on a massive tv. So after some careful planning and thought, I am moving in there tomorrow. Kidding. Anyways, I lug out my laptop and open some games. I played a 5$ Stars tourney where QQ ran into KK and I also played a £12 sat to the 40K on Will Hill. The sat went well. I had my hands hold and I didnt do anything stupid. From 120 people with 12 getting a seat, I coasted in with no real drama. So now I had a seat into a tourney that costs £110, while in my account I had $105. Yes, this tourney was over twice what I had in my account. So I tried to unregister for the 40K but for some reason Will Hill does not allow sat winners to unregister. I called Will Hill customer service and they said that poker support was not in and that I should call back Monday morning when they are in. I then informed her that the tournament started in 15 minutes and by that time a refund would be impossible. Her response? 'Yes that is correct sir'. Ok then, thanks for nothing.

So I end up playing the 40K and as tournaments go, this one was highly uneventful. The best hand I played was the first of the tourney. AdQd on the button, it was raised with three callers. I call. Flop comes T high with 2 diamonds. Raiser bets same amount as his preflop raise. Two callers. I pump it up 3/4 of the pot, all fold. Yes, it was downhill from there. TT raised, called on a Q high board. Check raised I fold. AQ raised, KJ3 flop. Raise and a reraise in front of me, I fold. Then I go card dead for two levels before I get AK. With 1400 behind and 600 in the pot I push and lose a race to TT. Ho hum, as I said, uneneventful. Mark and George were still alive though and George had a nice stack. I had to leave at 10:30 as I needed to be up for work in the morning and I didnt want to bother with a cab at midnight so I called the fiancee and she came and picked me up.

I got home and fired up Will Hill to see how George and Mark were getting on and then debated over what to play. I didnt want to play a HU game as I was kind of tired and I wasnt in the mood to be involved in a long drawn out game. So based on Mark's and George's success on cash I decided to play some myself. My history in cash games is not exactly a merry one. I have consistently played in games above my head (sometimes way above my head) and I always get my fingers burnt. I know I am capable of playing a solid cash game, but because the figures involved usually represent a high % of my roll, I can never remove emotion from my thinking. AKA I feel terrible about losses and inevitably end up chasing lost money. It is a bad habit and one I have never removed from my cash game play. So I decided to swallow my pride and begin at the bottom rung of the ladder. I started playing 5cent 10 cent tables. I promised myself I would play tight and not get fancy with plays people at that level would never fold to. And because I intended on playing tight, I knew I would be playing few hands, so I sat down at 6 tables. Yes, 6. It was actually a lot of fun. I ended up only winning $25, but that is 250 BB in 1.5 hours so I was ok with that. (It would have been a lot more but I had to fold two sets when the flush came and two people were betting and raising into a sizeable pot for those stakes. I also lost a $20 pot when I flopped two pair with 73o in the BB. The money went in after genuis slow played his aces preflop only to hit his set on the river.) If either board pairs when the flush came, or that A does not come on the river, my profit would have been around $40-$60 which would have been pretty good.

I must say that I enjoyed playing cash quite a bit, and knowing the amount of money I had on the table was a small % of my roll, bad beats and bad cards rolled off me. (except that 73 hand, that pissed me off). I am going to continue playing cash and attempt to slowly move up the ladder. After thinking a lot of where my game is and where I would like it to go, I think cash is the logical area. Though my past is quite jaded in cash games, I think if I build from the ground levels up, I can do well.

PS I was watching Mark and George play until there was about 15 left or so in the 40K. George I think finished 14th or so but Mark had a big stack and was definitely in a good position to do some damage. Hope you took it down Mark.

PPS Mark, you are going to have to show me how to use Poker Tracker. I tried this morning and it confused the hell out of me.

I just dunno

I am giving up poker for the next three days.

I have had enough for a little while.

Maybe changing sites is a good idea...NOPE

Table "5413917 - 1" Seat 1 is the button.

Seat 1: Emmap0611 (1500 in chips)

Seat 2: danger5 (1500 in chips)

Emmap0611: posts small blind 7

danger5: posts big blind 15

----- HOLE CARDS -----

dealt to Emmap0611 [Kc Kh]

Emmap0611: raises to 45

danger5: raises to 1500 and is all-in

Emmap0611: calls 1455 and is all-in

----- FLOP ----- [9h Jc Qs]

----- TURN ----- [9h Jc Qs][Qd]

----- RIVER ----- [9h Jc Qs Qd][3c]

----- SHOW DOWN -----

danger5: shows [9c 9s] (A Full House, Nines full of Queens)

Emmap0611: shows [Kc Kh] (Two Pairs, Kings and Queens, Jack high)

danger5 collected 3000 from Main pot

----- SUMMARY -----

Total pot 3000 Main pot 3000 Rake 0

Board [9h Jc Qs Qd 3c]

Seat 1: Emmap0611 (small blind) showed [Kc Kh] and lost with Two Pairs, Kings and Queens, Jack high

Seat 2: danger5 (big blind) showed [9c 9s] and won (3000) with A Full House, Nines full of Queens

Bad Beats

Sorry for all the bad beats recently.

I am enduring the worst run of luck I have ever had playing poker.

I cannot believe what is happening in front of me.

I hope it ends soon.

Ummmm, Question.....WTF?

Table '59568850 1' 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Knightsridge (1560 in chips)
Seat 2: Xunomaha68X (1440 in chips)
Knightsridge: posts small blind 10
Xunomaha68X: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Knightsridge [Kc Js]
Knightsridge: raises 40 to 60
Xunomaha68X: raises 120 to 180
Knightsridge: calls 120
*** FLOP *** [5d Kd 3s]
Xunomaha68X: bets 360
Knightsridge: calls 360
*** TURN *** [5d Kd 3s] [2c]
Xunomaha68X: bets 900 and is all-in
Knightsridge: calls 900
*** RIVER *** [5d Kd 3s 2c] [6d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Xunomaha68X: shows [6h 6s] (three of a kind, Sixes)
Knightsridge: shows [Kc Js] (a pair of Kings)
Xunomaha68X collected 2880 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2880 | Rake 0
Board [5d Kd 3s 2c 6d]
Seat 1: Knightsridge (button) (small blind) showed [Kc Js] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 2: Xunomaha68X (big blind) showed [6h 6s] and won (2880) with three of a kind, Sixes

Jesus...

Table '59488343 1' 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Knightsridge (1680 in chips)
Seat 2: gonzokovac (1320 in chips)
Knightsridge: posts small blind 10
gonzokovac: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Knightsridge [As Ac]
Knightsridge: raises 40 to 60
gonzokovac: raises 1260 to 1320 and is all-in
Knightsridge: calls 1260
*** FLOP *** [3h 8s 9c]
*** TURN *** [3h 8s 9c] [Jc]
Knightsridge said, "jesus"
*** RIVER *** [3h 8s 9c Jc] [6d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
gonzokovac: shows [8h 8d] (three of a kind, Eights)
Knightsridge: shows [As Ac] (a pair of Aces)
gonzokovac collected 2640 from pot
gonzokovac said, "sry"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2640 | Rake 0
Board [3h 8s 9c Jc 6d]
Seat 1: Knightsridge (button) (small blind) showed [As Ac] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 2: gonzokovac (big blind) showed [8h 8d] and won (2640) with three of a kind, Eights

Seriously?

These are all the same game.


Round I, Level I (10/20) - 2007/08/27 - 12:06:28 (ET)
Table '59471289 1' 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: billiejoe77 (1080 in chips)
Seat 2: Knightsridge (1920 in chips)
billiejoe77: posts small blind 10
Knightsridge: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Knightsridge [8s 8c]
billiejoe77: raises 140 to 160
Knightsridge: raises 1760 to 1920 and is all-in
billiejoe77: calls 920 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [3c 3d 4d]
*** TURN *** [3c 3d 4d] [Jc]
*** RIVER *** [3c 3d 4d Jc] [Kc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Knightsridge: shows [8s 8c] (two pair, Eights and Threes)
billiejoe77: shows [6c Ks] (two pair, Kings and Threes)
billiejoe77 collected 2160 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2160 | Rake 0
Board [3c 3d 4d Jc Kc]
Seat 1: billiejoe77 (button) (small blind) showed [6c Ks] and won (2160) with two pair, Kings and Threes
Seat 2: Knightsridge (big blind) showed [8s 8c] and lost with two pair, Eights and Threes

Round I, Level I (10/20) - 2007/08/27 - 12:08:44 (ET)
Table '59471289 1' 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: billiejoe77 (1300 in chips)
Seat 2: Knightsridge (1700 in chips)
billiejoe77: posts small blind 10
Knightsridge: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Knightsridge [Th Ah]
billiejoe77: raises 20 to 40
Knightsridge: raises 1660 to 1700 and is all-in
billiejoe77: calls 1260 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [8d 3d 5d]
*** TURN *** [8d 3d 5d] [9s]
*** RIVER *** [8d 3d 5d 9s] [Kd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Knightsridge: shows [Th Ah] (high card Ace)
billiejoe77: shows [Ts Kh] (a pair of Kings)
billiejoe77 collected 2600 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2600 | Rake 0
Board [8d 3d 5d 9s Kd]
Seat 1: billiejoe77 (button) (small blind) showed [Ts Kh] and won (2600) with a pair of Kings
Seat 2: Knightsridge (big blind) showed [Th Ah] and lost with high card Ace]

Round I, Level II (15/30) - 2007/08/27 - 12:09:41 (ET)
Table '59471289 1' 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: billiejoe77 (2580 in chips)
Seat 2: Knightsridge (420 in chips)
billiejoe77: posts small blind 15
Knightsridge: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Knightsridge [Ks 6s]
billiejoe77: raises 60 to 90
Knightsridge: raises 330 to 420 and is all-in
billiejoe77: calls 330
*** FLOP *** [6h Ac Td]
*** TURN *** [6h Ac Td] [Qc]
*** RIVER *** [6h Ac Td Qc] [Qd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Knightsridge: shows [Ks 6s] (two pair, Queens and Sixes)

This has been happening a lot lately...

PokerStars Game #11719843142: Tournament #59469879, $6.00+$0.25 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level II (15/30) - 2007/08/27 - 11:48:22 (ET)
Table '59469879 1' 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Knightsridge (1160 in chips)
Seat 2: PLAAYJ (1840 in chips)
PLAAYJ: posts small blind 15
Knightsridge: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Knightsridge [3s 2d]
PLAAYJ: calls 15
Knightsridge: checks
*** FLOP *** [8h 3d 2h]
Knightsridge: checks
PLAAYJ: bets 90
Knightsridge: raises 150 to 240
PLAAYJ: raises 1570 to 1810 and is all-in
Knightsridge: calls 890 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [8h 3d 2h] [5d]
*** RIVER *** [8h 3d 2h 5d] [Qs]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Knightsridge: shows [3s 2d] (two pair, Threes and Deuces)
PLAAYJ: shows [6d 4h] (a straight, Deuce to Six)
Knightsridge said, "lol"
PLAAYJ collected 2320 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2320 | Rake 0
Board [8h 3d 2h 5d Qs]
Seat 1: Knightsridge (big blind) showed [3s 2d] and lost with two pair, Threes and Deuces
Seat 2: PLAAYJ (button) (small blind) showed [6d 4h] and won (2320) with a straight, Deuce to Six

Honestly...who are these people?

Weekend Recap

Well, first things first.

Thanks to my good friend Mike who came to visit me in Scotland this past weekend. He is heading back to Canada this week and is going to be away from his girlfriend until Christmas. But being the degenerate poker player that he is, he came over to see me for a couple days. Good to see you.

Mike came Thursday night and we played some online and ordered Chinese food, of which I ate too much. Poker wise I lost three heads up games in a row for the first time ever after endurring some ridiculous outdraws. (3 times in a row I got my money in as a 66% or higher fav and lost) While Mike destroyed the 6 handed $13 sngs. Mike stayed up till 4am playing as I had work the next day and he would be bored so he was hopnig to sleep for most of it.

I go to work, and then come home Friday afternoon to find Mike sitting at the computer, not showered, not having eaten all day and the first words out of his mouth as I walk in the room are 'so many bad beats today, this is disgusting, you have no idea'. God I miss talking poker all day. So we talk about his online day which was quite bad, and then I play a few heads up matches and run alright. So we get cleaned up and call a taxi. Taxi arrives and takes us to Argyle Street where we walk to KFC. (Point of interest, cab driver was a New England Patriots fan and a BoSox fan. Kindred spirit if there ever was one) We eat some KFC and head to the Cincin club for a 25£ freeze. As we are walking I realise I have lost my glasses and sunglasses which were both in my pouch on my hoodie. Damn. (I dont wear sunglasses, but I bring them to form a little box on the table to protect my cards from my neighbors.) So we go back to KFC, no luck, head to the club and call the cab company to check the cab, no luck. So I lost a nice pair of sunglasses and a pair of prescription glasses. Damnit. Anyways.

The tourney is highly ineventful for both me and Mike. I start with 10K and never get above 13K. I lose some on a bad steal with QT and get raised all in by shortie. I call as I am getting odds until I find he has AA and I dont hit. Then I push 99 into JJ and I am done. Mike pushed AQ into AK after losing a big hand with Ax against J9 all in pre. So we left the club frustrated and went to the Counting House (just off George Square) for a pint. I had a pint of Carling, Mike had Magners, and we spent about 5£ playing a video touch screen game. One game was called 'Losers Win' where there were questions and to get it right you had to answer wrong. You would think this is easy, but trust me, its not.

We then walk to Buchanan and grab a chips cheese and curry sauce (dont knock it till you try it) which is absolutely delicious. And we talk about University days while we eat in the middle of the street. We then grab a cab and head back to my flat. We get in, and the fiancee is just leaving to go dancing with friends while Mike and I get ready for an eveing of online poker. Is life not perfect when everyone is happy? We both play the $22 six handed deep stack tourney and the 100K garunteed $10 both on Stars. I also play a $6.50 bounty tourney on UB and a $10 tourney on Will Hill. The UB goes down in flames when I push with TPTK against a flopped straight, but the WH tourney goes well but I lose some crucial hands on the Final Table for 7th of 90 and $20 profit. The deepstack is going well and both Mike and I are getting some chips. As time goes on, we actually get moved to the same table and I freak out. I sit out and contact stars to make sure it is ok that we are both playing in the same room and we are on the same table. I sit out for 20 mins waiting for confirmation. (when we were seated at the same table and I was sitting out Mike and I never discussed the hands I folded until he was out of the hand) Stars finally emailed me to say it was ok, so I began playing again. It didnt help Mike though, as soon after, he had QQ and raised 3x bb and was called in two spots. Flop comes 9T3. It ends up that all three players are all in with JJ, QQ and JQ (JQ called two all ins, worst play ever) So obviously, the turn is an 8 and Miek goes down in flames when the river is no help. He was bummed. He actually got QQ again shortstacked and I raised with AJs. He pushed and I called. I hit an ace and he was gone. Unlucky Mike, that QJ call was awful. So anyways, I am playing well and when the bubble bursts (340 started) I am 14th of 30. $1600 for first, yes, I want to win badly. Then comes this hand.

I am in the BB and get 94o. The button flat calls, the small blind completes and I check. Flop comes 959. SB checks, I check, button leads out. Small Blind raises and I reraise thinking the small blind is trying to steal. Button folds, small blind calls. I think he is on a flush draw. Turn is an offsuit K. he checks I push, he calls with A9, river is a brick and I am gone. God Damnit. Pissed me off so much. I had like 50K at 400-800 blinds and I lose on one hand. I should never have gone broke there, but I should have lost a lot. Tough to get away from, but I should not have pushed. I was sure he was drawing though. C'est la vie. Great tourney though, ridiculous amounts of play.

The next morning, Mike and I talk some more about poker and whatnot, and play a little, then the fiancee and I drive Miek to the airport. On the way we agree that he and I as well as a few poker playing friends should plana trip to Vegas at some point. Sounds good to me.

I end up watching Go with teh fiancee that afternoon after getting some Greggs sandwiches and crisps, then watching X-Factor (whatever, its not that bad a show) and we then go see The Bourne Ultimatum which is just awesome. Sunday our water heater breaks and we stay in bed till like 3pm hoping it will fix itself and letting the water run. It didnt. We watched Batman Begins waiting for the repair guy to come, but he takes to long so we cancel and we will get a local guy who is much cheaper today. We head to Asda for groceries, and then when I get home I play some more heads up games. I got sucked out big time the first two games, but then I ran good and actually ended up sucking out on some other guy so it was ok. I am currently at 32-15 with my heads up 100 game quest. Not as good as I would like to be, but 68% is apparently pretty sound. I think I should be able to go on a run and hit 73-75% by the time I finish. I would have to go 4 wins of 5 games for the remainder but I am confident it can be done.

Anways, I should be playing more tonight.

Heads Up Challenge Continued

So I tempted fate last night by playing a sixth game after having won five in a row. I was upset with that decision because even though winning five in a row has no bearing on the sixth, in my mind I knew it would be tough to win. So rather than not play, I played, and lost. So I walked away from my computer upset with myself and went in to watch some tv (the fiancee was off visiting a friend) Then as I was watching CSI Miami, I wanted to play some more, so I grabbed the computer and came back into the bedroom.

Side note - I have wireless in my flat but I forgot the password to connect to it, so when I bought my Mac I couldnt connect. (I am sure some computer guru could have found the password somewhere, but alas, I am no guru) So anyways, after arriving home from New York, I was unpacking and moved some books onto the bookshelf. A piece of paper fell out and on it was the password. BINGO. So to make a long story short I know have wireless.

So after my rant post last night about tempting fate I played another five games and I went 5 for 5. Which made me feel much better and brought my total to 10 wins, 1 loss.

C'mon 80 wins!

Mike arrives tomorrow. We have decided to stay in tomrrow night and give the Wabash a miss. We will order some chinese, play online, and watch a dvd or two. Does it get any better than that?

God Damnit

Consider fate tempted. Just lost. AT I raise big and he puts me all in with KJ. Flop comes K high.


5-1

Rolling

Played a little last night.

Played a $6 18 man turbo, got nowhere and pushed A4 into QQ. Yawn. Then played a 12 man $13 six handed sng. I got third for $28, when I should have won it. I was at 10K to 4K and 3K and got third. I was too aggressive with QT on an ace high flop and then lost a coin flip to exit. Really disappointed with that result as it was $72 for first and I had it. 10K of 18K chips in play and I lost it. Damn.

Anyways. I was at work today and at lunch time I was looking on the 2+2 forum and saw a heads up section. Since Stars put heads up cash games, heads up has exploded, and 2+2 made a forum. (not sure if heads up forum is a direct result of Stars new tables as the forum I think came first, but from reading some posts, it definitely increased the traffic on there) Anyways, I really enjoyed reading some of the posts and there are definitely some players on there who post that I could learn a lot from. Anyways. As I was on the train home I got an idea. Instead of bouncing around, I am going to try and play 100 heads up matches at the $6 turbo level. I figure I should win around 80 of them as I usually win around 80% or so, give or take.

So if I play 100 games, that is $650. If I win 80 of them, that is $960. A profit of $310. Not a bad payday if I can manage that level of success.

So far I have played five since I got home and I am 5-0. Not a bad way to start. This is usually where I go unhinged though, (game number 6), so I may not tempt fate tonight and just wait till tomorrow. I'll see.

Mike comes Thursday from Canada, pretty pumped to see him and to talk poker. I truly believe that if Mike and I lived close to one another (ie same city or town) we would both be making solid money online. As it stands, we play small stakes sngs lol.

Some day...

Monday Morning Quarterback

Played a little this weekend. Nothing major, but being back in Glasgow does allow me to play more than New York so it is a welcome change.

On Friday night I played some cash on Full Tilt and Stars. I lost on both which was yet another reminder to not play cash. So on Saturday I planned on playing heads up sngs and maybe a few full tables ones as well. I began by winning a $13 six seater which was a nice way to start then I won five consecutive $11 heads up games. Not bad at all. $55 profit in about 1.5 hours. Then the 6th game I lost which pissed me off. He hit every miracle card he could and then I pushed with A2 and he called with A9 (blinds were big) I hit a deuce on the flop and I thought justice had prevailed, but a nine on the turn erased any justuce I felt I was owed and thatw as that. I dropped down to $6 heads up games and won two before siging off. A good session. On Sunday I played some more heads up winning four of six but one of the losing games was a $11 while the wins were only $6 so a little profit, but to be honest I was just chilling out watching Bourne Supremecy and didnt mind.

My heads up game is getting stronger every game I play. I rarely lose two in a row and if I get a lead I usually keep it. One major change I am making is folding marginal hands preflop when I am out of position. It is amazing the hands people will call with out of position both preflop and on the flop. And also, especially at the $6 level, if they check the river after check calling flop and/or turn nine times out of ten they fold to a pot sized bet on the river. I am not saying it is fool proof, but I cannot count the number of times I bet with air on the river and they insta fold after checking.

I really enjoy the heads up sngs, and hopefully I can stay focused enough to solely play them.

Hoping to play some more tonight after going to the gym.

Back in Glasgow

Arrived back in Glasgow Tuesday morning after flying from JFK to Heathrow, Heathrow to Glasgow. I showered at home and then took a cab to school. Two inservice days and today, I am teaching. Crazy.

I am pretty much exhausted but glad to be back in a routine. New York was awesome, had a great time, and camp was a good time. By the way, the roller hockey tournament I refereed, my camp won it fort he first time in eleven years. I was glad to see them win, but it was difficult to enjoy it as I was involved. But afterwards, it sunk in and I was very happy for the kids.

OK, so poker related stuff. I have been playing a little lately on Full Tilt and Stars. Stars I am glad to say have finally gotten heads up cash tables. So I have been having a bash at them recently. I have been doing ok as well. On Full Tilt yesterday I lost a little when a guy went on tilt and pushed in for $35 preflop and I called with tens. He had K6 and the flop and river were both kings. C'est la vie I suppose. But I dropped an additional $25 to the same player trying to recoup the losses. I am going to play some heads up matches first, and then cash games. Just so I dont get too over eager.

Stars balance is now $302, Full Tilt $262, Ultimate Bet $360, and Will Hill $90. The fiancee and I have also been talking about our wedding next summer (July 5th) and we need to be saving money better than we have been. So we are both taking half our wages from New York and setting up an account with an additional £200 per month from each of us. That should give us a pretty good sum for the wedding. So for the first time in my life since I began playing poker, I am going to rely on poker to pay bills. I figure I can make $25 per day on poker as long as I stay disciplined and focused. That amount is basically winning four heads up matches at the $6 level which I know I can do with regularity.

Oh, and my friend Mike is coming to visit next Friday for 2 days before he returns to Canada for school. He has been dating an Irish girl for a few years now so he spent the summer there. Im not sure what the odds would be, but I lived with four guys in college, and two of us are now dating Irish girls. I would say, considering we had never been to Ireland and we are both Canadian, they would have been pretty long.

Update from New York

In New York right now. Having a good time. Updates are tough to do but I have a few minutes right now so....

Flight over was brutal. Delayed 2 hours, got to JFK airport and our bags were lost. It took 8 days to get them back. Yes 8 days. They were sent to Jamaica before they got here. No idea why. But boy were me and the fiancee glad to get our stuff finally.

I have played 4 Heads up matches since I got here, winning 3 of them. Not a lot of free time here so it is tough and I dont want to get too involved in a game as I could be called away at any minute to deal with a problem somewhere.

Tomorrow is a big day for the kids. It is our annual roller hockey tounrnament which I used to coach, but now I just referee. My feet are going to be so sore tomorrow. The first game is 10:30am with the finals scheduled for 7:00pm. It is going to be rough.

Nothing new really. I am trying to follow the WSOP main event and some hands are just crazy.

Anyways, I will try and update sooner next time.

When The Dog Is Smiling...

...good things are happening.

I have been playing pretty good recently and I am currently sitting on $240 on Stars. I won a 18 man $6 turbo as well as a few $6 six handed sngs. I also played a 45 man $5 sng coming 6th. I was chipleader with 6 left with 2nd place in chips to my left. Blinds were 800-1600 and I had a stack of 1600. Yes chipleader, but in no way safe and content. I get AJo and put the bb all in for his life of 8.5k. Unfortunately, the sb, second in chips flat calls me. Damn. Flop comes Q73. He checks. Now I know that he has only 4K left, but at the $5 level, being pot committed does not always come into it. So I ship it all in praying he folds. He calls with 33 and his set obviously wins. Now why on earth did he basically put his life on a hand where he is at best a coin flip. I couldnt believe he called preflop. Why mess with the one player who can eliminate you? So I type in 'wow, you put your life on 33'. Next hand I get AK and double up v the same guy's 55. Very next hand I get 66 and ship it in again. I am called by AK and it hits an A and I am down to near nothing. This is where it gets funny. Another player, not involved in any of these hands then says 'well you put your life on 66'. Obviously frustrated I type in 'I moved in with 66 idiot...he called with 33...calling and moving in are different things' He didnt reply. It gets folded to me in the sb and I ship in my remaining chips with A2. BB wakes up with AQ and I am gone. I have to play at low levels, but the players are just so bad. Yes I know that is a good thing, but to play for almost 2 hours and lose when a guy puts his life on 33...frustrating.

I also played a tourney on UB, 6 handed, 72 entries paying top 6. I ended 9th when 88 was no good v 44 all in preflop. I win that and I am going nicely. I am currently sitting on $360 on UB.

Full Tilt I have not played much on recently. I have about $240 on there.

William Hill I played a little a few weeks ago but nothing recently. I have about $100 left on there but rakeback will be coming soon.

All in all, some nice progress. I am hoping to get above 300 on Stars, maybe even $350, before I leave for NY in 4 days.

Shenanigans

Yes shenanigans. I have never used that word on this blog and I thought it was high time.

So I played a bunch of $6 heads up matches last night. Twenty to be precise. I won 14 of them and lost six (obviously). What those stas do not tell you however, is that in the middle of these, I decided to play some full table turbos so I multitabled four of them. In those four my best finish was 6th. Yes, I know, impressive. The highlights were as follows: K5 in the BB losing to K7 on a K562 board. Losing with JT to J7 when I pushed for 5x the bb. Pushing AT into QQ, and my favorite, losing with AA to A9 and 77. It was a lot of fun to say the least. So with that disaster of a set, I ended up making about $15 on the day.

So in two days I have increased my roll my 50% and I am definitely on target for my goal of $250 by the time I leave for New York. (Maybe even $300 if I can push myself and stay focused).

The fiancee is working tonight at her school so I am hoping to get in some playing tonight. However, Thursday night TV is pretty good so I may only play a few. House at 9pm, Shark at 10pm and CSI Vegas at 11pm. Yes I know, nothing incredible but British tv is pathetic and the only good shows are from North America.

So I am hoping for a total of 7 games tonight with my goal to win all 7, but I would settle for going 5 and 2.

Heres to hoping.