The Poker Thread

Nice. I'd heard their support was good, but damn. Get grinding the Sit and Go's, I've got nearly 70 FPP's already!

I entered the 11pm Sunday Two Grand. It started with 2453 players and is now down to the last 216. I am lying in 104th. Nothing as epic as Satriales' win of course. Rex is letting me use his account as I didn't have enough FPPs.

I was actually gaining some momentum until I got moved to the chip leader's table. He has me dominated at a 9:1 chip lead, and seemingly every time I raise with AK/AQ etc it misses, and he's calling with anything and so when he bets one third of my stack I have to fold. Rather annoying really. Top prize is only $333 and it trickles down from there but I suppose it's cash and decent tournament practice. I'll keep this post updated.

It doesn't help that I'm pretty card dead at the moment.

01:54 - Was getting pretty low. Down to around 7k and picked up AT suited. A guy with around 4k pushed and I was last to act. Figured it was a flip so I called and won the hand, and I'm back up to 13k. I'm seriously card dead though. That was the first real hand I've picked up in about three rounds. 95/140.

01:59 - I just took a massive chance. A guy who has 7.6k put his stack in. I call with 44 and fortunately my pair holds up!

02:01 - It's all happening now. 27k in chips. AK on the button, a guy raises to 6k. I call preying to finally hit something on the flop. I hit a King. He bets out with 6k. I raise all in, he calls with QQ, my hand holds up. I'm now sitting on 56k. 17/107.

02:11 - I'm finally running good. I flat call with AQ. Flop comes AQ6 rainbow. I check, it is checked around. Ten on the turn. I bet 3,000 and the second guy raises, I re-raise all in and he shows KJ. This time it is I who hit the miracle card with an Ace on the river to give me a FH. 10/104.

We're now on a break.

02:31 - I stacked off almost half my chips when my flush draw missed. Almost back to where I was (71k) with 55k. It's also worth noting that this tournament has been running for almost four hours and I've not had Aces, Kings, Queens or Jacks.

02:54 - Up to 72k. 24/57.

Good luck, where do you need to get to be in the money?

I'm really tempted to play some poker but I've got a big piece of programming coursework that needs to be finished and submitted tomorrow

I just went out in 49th. I called with A3s and the flop came T88 with two spades. A guy bets 6k and then another guy pushes all in for 80k. At this point I have only 49k left and if I'm to make the final table I need to start taking some risks. Guy with 80k shows Q8 and I didn't hit my spade draw.

Oh, was in the money from 450-odd. But it doesn't shoot up much until the last five.

Unlucky. At least you got a bit of cash though, there's nothing worse than playing for a few hours and leaving empty handed.

satriales wrote:Unlucky. At least you got a bit of cash though, there's nothing worse than playing for a few hours and leaving empty handed.

Yeah, I guess. Outlasting over 2400 people does sort of feel like a mini accomplishment, and I think my all around game has massively improved from a year or so ago.

- My cash game whilst not the greatest I think I underrate a tad.
- Tourney play is pretty erratic but I've never had the chance to take place a serious one for proper cash but I've won a couple with fewer fields before this.
- SnG game is probably where I'm most confident. I feel I can beat them fairly consistently. However when hands don't hold up like on FT earlier there's really nothing you can do.

PsychicSykes wrote:Nice. I'd heard their support was good, but damn. Get grinding the Sit and Go's, I've got nearly 70 FPP's already!

Quicker via cash I think. I has like 2500 or something. What is your roll now?

Good work on the tournament Drum. I will send the cash tomorrow probably since I have poker tonight at uni. 6 max £5 freezeout. Should be good for me!

I don't have the HH for the hand PS but it went 150, 400, shove call.

My month so far is like only +$100 now. Lost a bit yesterday though I have almost cleared a $150 bonus. I have like £1119 + $524 + pending bonus. (Only like 20 FPP away now).

Also next Sunday or something we should all try and get in a small buyin tournament in the afternoon and rail eachother. See who can make it deep.

Fair point, but it depends on which cash games Drummy's playing. I prefer to multi-table the SnG's as it's a little more formulaic, plus you don't have to hope you get involved in a big pot for the FPP's.

I honestly can't remember that hand as you describe it, but I don't have a great memory so I'll try and put my reasoning across. I believe I was on the button so raising 4's is fine, especially as I expect the blinds to fold a decent amount of the time. With you in the SB(?) raising, as I knew you were a good thinking player you were unlikely to be raising with complete trash, despite my aggressive image at that point. Only because I know you're a good player did I think you had a wider range than an average player would have. I think I had you pegged at something like 88+, ATs+, KTs, ATos, KTos. While this would probably make me a small underdog, I feel that with the dead money in the pot, the small chance you're making a bluff and the smallish amount of fold equity I had made it a +EV play.

Think of it as Jamie Gold being happy to get Allen Cunningham AI on a coinflip and you'll see my point.

PsychicSykes wrote:Fair point, but it depends on which cash games Drummy's playing. I prefer to multi-table the SnG's as it's a little more formulaic, plus you don't have to hope you get involved in a big pot for the FPP's.

$0.01/0.02.

Drumstick wrote:

PsychicSykes wrote:Fair point, but it depends on which cash games Drummy's playing. I prefer to multi-table the SnG's as it's a little more formulaic, plus you don't have to hope you get involved in a big pot for the FPP's.

$0.01/0.02.

Get in the Sit and Go's sharpish, I've been playing them almost exclusively and have 63 FPP's from less than a weeks play. Great bankroll builder too, tight as a rock until the blinds reach 50/100 or it's four handed, then get aggressive while everyone is scared of missing out on third place.

Running 86 from 684 players now in a 1$ tournament. Original number - 4590

You had 33, not 44.

Pot was 150 blinds + your 150 raise. I make it 450 with about another 500-550 behind. I think you have about 3000-3500 chips. I just think it's a fold because your stack drops to 2k from 3k if you lose and I won't put in half my stack to fold a shove, so evidently my raise is to get all in regardless. I think you can fold and lose 150 but fair play, you won the hand I guess. +/- EV isn't what SnG are about either. Your tournament equity is far more important. If say you are 60% but yopur equity would stand to drop so low you would never be making the call. It's why you raise less as well in SnG. 3BB is like a tops preflop and it decreases as the tournament progress.

Played some cash at uni today between lectures. +$75.

Villain is 24/17/2.4 over 115 hands.



Was not expecting 97!!

Nova wrote:Running 86 from 684 players now in a 1$ tournament. Original number - 4590

Good luck! I'll be watching.

GJ on the cash, Tommy.

I'll probably be playing a few SnGs tonight.

Drumstick wrote:

Nova wrote:Running 86 from 684 players now in a 1$ tournament. Original number - 4590

Good luck! I'll be watching.

I thought I had to push him, just to avoid the straight. Right move?

I think you could have probably milked him for a little more but killing off the pot and getting the chips isn't bad.

Drumstick wrote:I think you could have probably milked him for a little more but killing off the pot and getting the chips isn't bad.

Yeah. I just didn't want to have to split it. All he needed was a Jack or a ten and it could be close

Now short stacking. I went for the coin flip, sensing the shaky nature of the all in, but he hit a full house at the flop

Rex McGee wrote:You had 33, not 44.

Pot was 150 blinds + your 150 raise. I make it 450 with about another 500-550 behind. I think you have about 3000-3500 chips. I just think it's a fold because your stack drops to 2k from 3k if you lose and I won't put in half my stack to fold a shove, so evidently my raise is to get all in regardless. I think you can fold and lose 150 but fair play, you won the hand I guess. +/- EV isn't what SnG are about either. Your tournament equity is far more important. If say you are 60% but yopur equity would stand to drop so low you would never be making the call. It's why you raise less as well in SnG. 3BB is like a tops preflop and it decreases as the tournament progress.

Pot is 700 (150 Blinds+150 Raise+400 3bet) and you have 550 behind. To put you AI will cost me 800 more for a shot at a 2050 pot. (700 pot+550 behind+800 cost) Flat calling is out of the question as you're going AI on any flop, while I'm getting extremely good odds. Assuming my maths isn't screwed up, I have the feeling it may be, with those odds, the only way I can fold is if I'm sure you have a higher pair than me.

In last 170 now, lagging a bit on 22k with the average at about 40, but still have about 15BB at the moment, so OK. Just takes one big hand.

Pretty good start.

Serves the guy with the Jacks right for not raising pre flop. I didn't think that the hand would hold up actually, I did not want to be flipping with a flush draw. Whatever.