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PostRe: ***Offical Poker Thread*** by **DML** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 7:55 pm

Nova wrote:
PokerStars Game #24590141308: Hold'em No Limit ($0.02/$0.05) - 2009/02/04 18:19:59 GMT [2009/02/04 13:19:59 ET]
Table 'Brendelia' 6-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: RichardNova ($6.22 in chips)
Seat 2: aziz 7777 ($7.70 in chips)
Seat 3: bigscotty ($7.19 in chips)
Seat 4: java780 ($5.17 in chips)
Seat 5: R.IsaiahG. ($7.90 in chips)
RichardNova: posts small blind $0.02
aziz 7777: posts big blind $0.05
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RichardNova [As Ts]
bigscotty: calls $0.05
java780: calls $0.05
R.IsaiahG.: folds
RichardNova: calls $0.03
aziz 7777: raises $0.65 to $0.70
bigscotty: folds
java780: folds
RichardNova: calls $0.65
*** FLOP *** [9d Ad Ah]
RichardNova: checks
aziz 7777: bets $7 and is all-in
RichardNova: calls $5.52 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($1.48) returned to aziz 7777
*** TURN *** [9d Ad Ah] [6d]
*** RIVER *** [9d Ad Ah 6d] [Qd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
RichardNova: shows [As Ts] (three of a kind, Aces)
aziz 7777: shows [8c 8d] (a flush, Ace high)
aziz 7777 collected $11.94 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $12.54 | Rake $0.60
Board [9d Ad Ah 6d Qd]
Seat 1: RichardNova (small blind) showed [As Ts] and lost with three of a kind, Aces
Seat 2: aziz 7777 (big blind) showed [8c 8d] and won ($11.94) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 3: bigscotty folded before Flop
Seat 4: java780 folded before Flop
Seat 5: R.IsaiahG. (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

THATS a bad beat!

:lol:

We need you to ration this smiley (

) for occassions more like this where it actually IS proper unlucky!

PostRe: ***Offical Poker Thread*** by **Nova** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 8:43 pm

Well that just caps off a rotten day nicely. I play a FPP satellite to go to the Sunday 200k, get into last three, one guy calls all in with K5, I call with JJ, and he hits 2 5s on the flop.

What is wrong with my luck at the moment?

PostRe: ***Offical Poker Thread*** by **Rex McGee** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 8:55 pm

It all comes back around Nova. You tend to remember the bad beats more than the times you suck out. Once you suck out you just forget it and assume it was fine you know? There is also the fact that if you are good you are moe likely to get money in ahead. When you are ahead and win you might somehow take this for granted and think that since you were you "deserve" the whole pot. You don't though, if they had any outs that is. Everytime you win and are ahead you are still somewhat "lucky" but you count these as though you deserved to win always you know?

I am sure things will change eventually, remember the start? You ran pretty damn good!

I've been running pretty sweet lately too. I have £1119 of my roll in my bank and the rest in $$ in my account. It was like $400 last month but just now after some more success in $22 SNG I have $1016.88. 1k in both currencies is quite nice.

PostRe: ***Offical Poker Thread*** by **Nova** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 9:01 pm

Rex McGee wrote:It all comes back around Nova. You tend to remember the bad beats more than the times you suck out. Once you suck out you just forget it and assume it was fine you know? There is also the fact that if you are good you are moe likely to get money in ahead. When you are ahead and win you might somehow take this for granted and think that since you were you "deserve" the whole pot. You don't though, if they had any outs that is. Everytime you win and are ahead you are still somewhat "lucky" but you count these as though you deserved to win always you know?

I am sure things will change eventually, remember the start? You ran pretty damn good!

I've been running pretty sweet lately too. I have £1119 of my roll in my bank and the rest in $$ in my account. It was like $400 last month but just now after some more success in $22 SNG I have $1016.88. 1k in both currencies is quite nice.

Very nice Rex! My mistake was taking money out, which has now been spent :lol:

I'll just restart, it's all good. You are right, I've just noticed some pretty harsh beats recently, that's all.

PostRe: ***Offical Poker Thread*** by **Rex McGee** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 9:35 pm

Got some guides for SnG players:

http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/for ... t8202.html
http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/for ... 16942.html
http://cvsng.blogspot.com/2007/11/partial-sng-book.html << Lots of maths
http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/for ... 41170.html
http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/for ... 18272.html
http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/for ... 49674.html << More maths

PostRe: ***Offical Poker Thread*** by **Nova** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 12:34 pm

What the actual feck?

I've taken almost all of my pokerstars money out for now, I'll just play lowest stakes. I need the money for uni, plus whether it sounds bitter or not, I'm getting sucked out far more often than I'm sucking out, I'm sure.

PostRe: ***Offical Poker Thread*** by **Rex McGee** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 1:17 pm

Why not get camtasia and film you playing some SnG. Upload them and we can take a look. I've been doing great at the $22 games. Last night I won 3 out of 6 and bubbled one of the non cashes. Looking at your graph now something has to be up as well. I don't think you can attibute all of that to variance. I still think you moved up levels rather quickly. Play the lower stakes and get some vids then move up only when your roll says you can do so.

I take roll management so seriously and it seems to pay off. I have enough moneys to play $88 SnG games but I am playing $22 because it seems right for me just now. I'm in no hurry to move up and get destroyed!

Here's my graph anyway. Pretty chuffed with recent play!

PostRe: ***Offical Poker Thread*** by **Nova** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 4:54 pm

Beautiful Rex! I'm sorting it now - if you take money out does it affect the graph?

I'm starting literally at the bottom now, for fun. Got a uni poker soc night tonight, can't wait!

PostRe: ***Offical Poker Thread*** by **DML** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 6:27 pm

Thats not a very good 'all in' there Rich.

A bit of reading on the Gap Concept would do you good I reckon.

PostRe: ***Offical Poker Thread*** by **Rex McGee** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 6:58 pm

Nova wrote:Beautiful Rex! I'm sorting it now - if you take money out does it affect the graph?

No. Sharkscope is nothing to do with any poker site. They just track every sit and go and the results. They cannot possibly know how much money you have in there. I have more than $500 for example.

Also I don't think it's the worst push ever DML. You might question it since the guy has raised but Nova was the one in the game so you would think he knows something about the calling ranges of the guy. I don't know if you were aware that it was a SnG either and he was shortstacked with like 5 BB.

PostRe: ***Offical Poker Thread*** by **Drumstick** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 7:34 pm

TYVM. That's why you don't limp AQ.

Running pretty well right now. Knew he was likely to stick it in based on previous play.

Also managed to get away from this and lost the minimum really.

Something just felt a bit iffy.

PostRe: ***Offical Poker Thread*** by **DML** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 7:45 pm

Mind you, I just do not rate A,7 - its got to be a pretty rubbish situation to push with that, theres no straight potential whatsoever, I'd almost prefer to be looking at A,2 in my hand!

PostRe: ***Offical Poker Thread*** by **Rex McGee** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 7:49 pm

DML wrote:Mind you, I just do not rate A,7 - its got to be a pretty rubbish situation to push with that, theres no straight potential whatsoever, I'd almost prefer to be looking at A,2 in my hand!

He is all in preflop.

Good work Drum.

PostRe: ***Offical Poker Thread*** by **DML** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 7:52 pm

Rex McGee wrote:
DML wrote:Mind you, I just do not rate A,7 - its got to be a pretty rubbish situation to push with that, theres no straight potential whatsoever, I'd almost prefer to be looking at A,2 in my hand!

He is all in preflop.

Good work Drum.

I mean to launch into the all-in. I'm not saying Id rather have the A2 over the A7 in that particular head to head.

PostRe: ***Offical Poker Thread*** by **Rex McGee** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 7:58 pm

Well given the situation Nova can do this with any Ace. He isn't looking to make a straight, he is looking to win with high card. Also with A7 he can flip vs 66- whereas A2 is doomed all in here.

Last edited by Drumstick on Fri Feb 06, 2009 1:16 am, edited 1 time in total.

Rex McGee wrote:Good work Drum.

Roll is $170.72. Only popped on for an hour to show my friends what the Stars software was like. Most of my big hands missed too, think I could have doubled my profit if it'd gone as well as usual.

PostRe: ***Offical Poker Thread*** by **Nova** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 1:11 am

Rex McGee wrote:Well given the situation Nova can do this with any Ace. He isn't looking to make a straight, he is looking to win with high card. Also with A7 he can flip vs 66- whereas A2 is doomed all in here.

Exactly.

I played in the uni poker soc thing tonight. For my first time out, I played it really well, but lost a lot of chips to a flush (I had a straight), and when I went all in with K10, I was called by K6 and the caller got a 6 as the first card on the flop

Came 25th out of 140, so happy with that for a first outing. Providing I don't get unlucky like that again I think I could make some money there.

PostRe: ***Offical Poker Thread*** by **Drumstick** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 1:54 am

Oh before I forget:

Rex McGee wrote:Why not get camtasia and film you playing some SnG.

Do this. Also record running commentary with your thoughts etc.

PostRe: ***Offical Poker Thread*** by **satriales** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 2:00 am

Played four $5 SnG tournaments today. Came 2nd in three of them and 4th in the other (I went out with KK vs AA).
So overall that's about $19 profit for those, which makes up for the small losing streak I had yesterday :shifty:

PostRe: ***Offical Poker Thread*** by **Nova** » Fri Feb 06, 2009 9:37 am

I'll play a 3$ tourney on FT today and record it.

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