The Poker Thread

WP RGG.

NBC HU results.

Slayer, is there anything in the lppl online shop? I have lots of points but nothing I want to use them on. If theres anything you want, I will give you a discount on their worth and you could send me the funds?

FYI, he hasn't posted since December.

Has it really been 3 months wow!

Sorry guys lots of stuff going on might be moving in with my partner soon.

Poker Stars $10+$1 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t15/t30 Blinds - 6 players - View hand 1225049
DeucesCracked Poker Videos Hand History Converter

anderson_83a (UTG): t1525 50.83 BBs
PZoltan (MP): t1790 59.67 BBs
WILHELM82 (CO): t1500 50 BBs
Voytenok1 (BTN): t885 29.50 BBs
Kalitche (SB): t1340 44.67 BBs
Hero (BB): t1880 62.67 BBs

Pre Flop: (t45) Hero is BB with 4 Q
3 folds, Voytenok1 calls t30, Kalitche calls t15, Hero checks

Flop: (t90) Q Q Q (3 players)
Kalitche checks, Hero checks, Voytenok1 checks

Turn: (t90) 9 (3 players)
Kalitche checks, Hero bets t60, Voytenok1 calls t60, Kalitche folds

River: (t210) 9 (2 players)
Hero bets t795, Voytenok1 calls t795 all in

Final Pot: t1800
Voytenok1 shows 8 9 (a full house, Queens full of Nines)
Hero shows 4 Q (four of a kind, Queens)
Hero wins t1800


Guy snap called

Apparently the guy who finished 6th in the $11M tournament last weekend has had his $500,000 prize money confiscated because he was only 17.

How gutted must he be feeling right now.

I love it when you flop the nuts and then three people go all-in.


Edit: Just came 3rd in a $12 180-Man, knocked out with KK<ATo
Edit: And 5th in another one with KJs<53, although I was almost blinded out in 10th place so lucky to get that far.

My local club has the worst standard EVER now. EVER.

If I had a hand better then J-5 I would have won a lot I reckon. I cannot WAIT for next week!

It's nice to have the nuts and be re-raised on the river:

GG RGG

Not sure whether this was posted, but here's the link for HSP 702: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYLmZPdErf4

Links are slow this season it would appear.

Wow, they have ruined HSP

Yeah it's rubbish. Bad players, crappy adds, gooseberry fool banter.

How is anyone supposed to get durr'd if he isn't there. Damn jokerstars.

In other news I cashed in a jokerstars MTT yesterday for like $20 or something. Didn't cash in the others do ended up down obv but progress nonetheless.

http://pokerdogsuk.com/index.php?p=1_19_Deepstack40


Game on?

In. Although they don't appear to have put a date up.

FFS.

I did nothing wrong tonight and somehow I bubbled in a freezeout. Luckily I got my money back for that but forjesuschristsakes can my cards hold?

Mid stack. Mini stack shoves blind on blind. I have Eights. Call. He has Aces - I lose.

I am now a mini stack. I shove with A-2. Called by Q-J. Win. Double.

Short stack shoves. I have Queens. He has Tens. They hold, and I am well above average.

Another short stack shoves next hand. I have Queens again and call. He has A-J. Turn is an Ace. Back to the realms of average.

Win a pot where I have got trips on the flop. Back above average.

Down to five. Guy shoves for a third of my stack. I take some time, then call with A-EIGHT. He has A-3. Hits a 3 straight out. I am yet again back to slightly below average.

Mini stack shoves - and is insta called by someone else with Aces. He shows A-FOUR and is out.

Bubble money agreed, buy-in back.

I need to make a move. I raise with A-9, everyone calls. Nothing initially. Checks round to me, so I bet 2/3 the pot. Fold, fold - call.
I hit a 9 on the turn. Check, check - guy who is a donk bets half the pot, and I know he cant have a ten so I call. The other fold. The last card is a another 9. He shoves all in - and I snap and hes rivered a flush. The blinds were so high I dont think I could have gotten away from it, and this guy was so loose it was unreal.

I just want to win at that club! Never won there, and come close on several occassion - its getting on my wick!

Without stack sizes, blinds, etc, it's difficult to really comment. GG though.

Drumstick wrote:Without stack sizes, blinds, etc, it's difficult to really comment. GG though.

To be fair its very hard to remember stack sizes over a long time.

DML wrote:

Drumstick wrote:Without stack sizes, blinds, etc, it's difficult to really comment. GG though.

To be fair its very hard to remember stack sizes over a long time.

True. I always make a point of regularly checking out the stacks of my tablesmates and my own stack as well so that I always know where I'm at in relation to their stacks. It's also handy as with practice you can become really quite adept at accurately estimating stack sizes with just a short glance. As a result things like the blinds and stacks always stay with me throughout live tournaments when considering past actions from each player.

So, uhhhh...poker.

I'm a newbie; I got into it playing some card games at my girlfriend's place and figured I'd play it online a little (Texas Hold 'Em). I'm not ready for cash games just yet due to various reasons, but I've been playing some free flash games and suchlike. I realise doing so doesn't exactly count as good experience for a proper game, as nothing is at stake, but it's decent for learning how the game goes, if not for learning strategy.

I have a couple of books - Texas Hold 'Em Poker: Win Online by Paul Mendelson and Texas Hold 'Em For Dummies by Mark Harlan - but was wondering if there were any other books, websites etc that are recommended reading for a poker novice. I'm going to do a lot of reading before I even attempt a cash game.

Oh, and another question, does anybody know when poker is back on Sky Sports? Summer, I'm guessing, to tie in with the WSoP?