Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Busted!
I had taken horrible beats over the last few weeks with the last few dollars going out on Sunday. 2 SnG’s and 1 cash game = 2 coolers and 1 bad beat.
First SnG I lost with Pocket Kings, when there were two limpers early and I put a large raise in from late. I get one of the limpers to call. Flop comes 8s-2d-5d. He checks and I continuation bet more then the pot and more then ½ my stack. He calls. Turn is the 4s. He checks and I shove, he calls.
He turns over As-9s and I show my Kings, board is 8s-2d-5d-4s River produces a 3 to give him the wheel and I am out.
Next SnG on the bubble, crazy player who has been raising almost 50% of his hands raises. I call with A-J. Flop comes J-7-2 he bets, I raise, he ships and I call. He has pocket 7’s and I’m done.
Cash game, all the money gets in when I have a flush and the other guy has a slightly bigger flush and with that I am broke.
I had been losing to a lot of 2 and 3 outers on Fulltilt lately. Getting my money in good but losing on the end.
This is basically a carry over from the Charity game we played at Woody’s a few weeks ago. I played very well and was reading the table well. When we 4 hand we were in the money. 3 of us were league regulars with a new’ish player being the 4th. The new player was weak but had a large stack. The one league regular had a monster stack with the other league player having a small stack with me having a medium stack.
UTG the get Kings and I raise 2.5 the BB. This was my standard raise. The monster stack asks how much I have back and I tell him. He then goes all-in. every one else folds and I call with my Kings. He says he was making a bit of a move hoping I would fold and turns over 4’s. I show Kings, the flop brings a 4 and I am out.
That has been how I have been running lately. So I guess it is good I am broke right now, saving myself the pain.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
More HORSE goodness
I have found the HORSE game to be a moneymaker allowing me to win a few dollars and then play some low limit SnG’s (where I seem to be losing a lot).
Full Tilt Poker: Table Greenham - $0.25/$0.50 - Limit Hold'em
Seat 1: Cezzie ($8.20)
Seat 2: peachrg5 ($11.70)
Seat 4: kjbcorona ($20.40)
Seat 5: charlus101 ($3.75)
Seat 7: Bankwell ($5.90)
Seat 8: oldphart2 ($7.75)
charlus101 posts the small blind of $0.10
Bankwell posts the big blind of $0.25
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Bankwell [Tc Ts]
oldphart2 folds
Cezzie calls $0.25 – This player has been very unpredictable. I’ve seen him limp/call with a large range of hands.
peachrg5 calls $0.25
kjbcorona calls $0.25
charlus101 calls $0.15
Bankwell checks – Normally I raise but have observed that no one would fold and I would just be building a bigger pot out of position so I just check.
*** FLOP *** [2s Th Ac]
charlus101 checks
Bankwell bets $0.25 – This is a very good flop for my hand. With the Ace there is a good chance some one limped with A-Rag and I want to get action and figure the best way to get it is to bet out.
Cezzie raises to $0.50 – This is a nice result but I figure will scare the other players out of the hand. I figure he can have A-2, A-10 or pocket 2’s here.
peachrg5 folds
kjbcorona folds
charlus101 folds
Bankwell calls $0.25 – I call here to pretend to be weak and will check/raise on the big bet round
*** TURN *** [2s Th Ac] [4d]
Bankwell checks
Cezzie bets $0.50
Bankwell raises to $1
Cezzie raises to $1.50
Bankwell raises to $2
Cezzie calls $0.50
Capped on the end. He has a legit hand of some sort.
*** RIVER *** [2s Th Ac 4d] [Td] – Sweet I guess he doesn’t have Ace-10 maybe A-2 or pocket 2’s.
Bankwell bets $0.50
Cezzie raises to $1
Bankwell raises to $1.50
Cezzie raises to $2
Bankwell calls $0.50
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Cezzie shows [As Ad] a full house, Aces full of Tens
Bankwell shows [Tc Ts] four of a kind, Tens
Bankwell wins the pot ($9.75) with four of a kind, Tens
This hand to be the worse way to play pocket Aces, he got lucky to flop a set and have some one else hit their hand but paid for it in the end. He let a bunch of people in the hand by his limp. Just horrible.
Friday, March 6, 2009
Predator and Prey
It was the 5th game of the season for the league (out of 12) and I missed the first few because I was taking Squash lessons.
We had 10 players including Pokertart and myself. There were 2 new players (Keith and Shaun, they were new to me.) One semi-new player (Anthony; he played the season I missed) and the rest were regulars.
The new players were all seated to my right and I had two tighter players seated to my left. This was ideal seating for stealing blinds and having position on the new players when I was in pots with them
After a few blind levels I had the new players figured out. Shaun was a bit of a calling station, Anthony was very loose/aggressive calling off chips with small pairs or over betting small pots with large bets, and Keith was pretty tight.
I realized that during the game there is a Predator and Prey type relationship between the players of the game. Basically all the predators are trying to feed off the prey, the trick is to not let the prey realize that they are the prey and let them think they are the predators.
The predators try to feed off each other as well but it is much more dangerous.
Anthony was a player that though he was a predator but really was prey. He built up a big stack by pushing or calling all-ins and getting lucky. He busted Allen when Allen limped UTG and he raised. When it got folded back to Allen he pushed all-in. With out much thought Anthony called and showed Q-J, Allen had A-J. Anthony made a straight on the turn.
When we were 6 handed there was a big 4 way all-in. Daryl pushed all-in from UTG, then Anthony pushed all-in, folded to Kris who also goes all-in from the SB. Steve in the BB also goes all-in, Anthony had every one covered.
The hand turn over and it is Steve with Queens, Daryl with 2’s, Kris with 7’s and Anthony with Ace-King. From comes Ace-7-X and we lose two players.
This was bad for me as at that point I had an average stack with 6 players but then went to the shortest stack with 4 players on the bubble.
My stack was about 1600 and the blinds were 100-200. I shipped it in from the SB on a family limped pot with Kc-10c. Anthony who limped called my shove with 5’s. Turn brought a King and I doubled up.
Hand of the night:
I was in the SB, Kris (with the big stack) in the BB and Anthony (with a stack slightly bigger then mine) was UTG with Keith on the button. Keith was just folding away almost looking to squeeze in the money with only about 1000 chips total. Blinds were still 100-200
Anthony raises to 600 with Kings, Keith folds. I call from the SB, as does Kris from the BB.
Flop comes 2-10-Q all different suits. I check, Kris bets 600, Anthony then shoves.
Now over all this is a bad shove with Kings, because the only hands that will call you here are hands that beat you or A-Q. King-Queen and King-Jack are unlikely because of the kings in the hand. Also because of the bubble a lot of hands may fold here as well such as Any 10 hand (A-10, Jack-10).
Also with a player betting into you he may bet the other streets and you can win more where the shove scares him off.
I in the SB then push all-in and then Kris calls. Kris shows pocket 2’s for a bottom set; I turn over pocket Queens for top set and then Anthony shows his Kings. Nothing else comes and Anthony is out.
A few hands later we bust Keith and get heads up between Kris and I.
At first it is pretty passive but when the blinds move up I pick up the aggression. I ended up losing to Kris and he goes to win.
Overall it was good and I enjoyed the game a lot.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Handsto kill your self by
Full Tilt Poker Table Born (6 max) - $0.25/$0.50 - Limit Hold'em
Seat 2: Bankwell ($11.20)
Seat 3: audri ($4.95)
Seat 4: jerryhatrick ($12.60)
Seat 5: tympanist ($5.25)
Seat 6: StudFreak83 ($15.55)
StudFreak83 posts the small blind of $0.10
Bankwell posts the big blind of $0.25
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Bankwell [2d 2c]
audri folds
jerryhatrick raises to $0.50 – Normally I defend against a lone bet
StudFreak83 raises to $0.75 – On a 3 bet I usually pitch because the first raiser could 4 bet and I have the worse pair.
Bankwell folds
jerryhatrick calls $0.25
*** FLOP *** [2h Qd 2s] – Kill me please
StudFreak83 bets $0.25
MMeanKitty sits down
jerryhatrick has 15 seconds left to act
MMeanKitty adds $10
jerryhatrick folds
Uncalled bet of $0.25 returned to StudFreak83
StudFreak83 mucks
StudFreak83 wins the pot ($1.70)
Does any one call the 3 bet with the 2’s? There are not a lot of flops that you want to see and get action on and being this is limit Hold’em the implied odds are pretty low.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Long time
Reason being I don’t have as much free time as I used to.
I am not at home with the Tartwell. I am a stay at home dad, which means I don’t have much time during the day to write and when I get the time in the evening I tend to sit back and relax.
I haven’t played much poker over the last few months. I not longer have Bankwell as my userID any more, something to do with multiple accounts and such. Nothing to explain just using a very old userID. I cashed most of money out from on-line anyways and have only been playing super low limits.
I took the worse beat of my life at Seneca in October. With 18 players left a player shipped his Queens into my Kings on a flop of 4-6-6 only to hit a Queen on the turn. The reason why it was the worse beat was because I had a very large stack and he had a large stack and it crippled me badly. Top 9 paid and I was good for the final table until that hand. I knew I had him beat; the whole way the hand went down.
Since that happen in October I didn’t win a coin flip until December. No matter what end I had if the money got in pre-flop and it was a pair vs. over cards I would end up on the losing end, so basically I tried to avoid them and only get it in as a favorite.
Played a little in the league and not much of Woody’s. It is just difficult to make it out to those games.
The last season of the league went pretty good for me. I missed about a third to a quarter of the games but placed 3rd over all.
I’m going to try to get back to writing when I have the time, but I’ll have to see.
Friday, September 5, 2008
Some stuff
Not much has been going on with me on the poker front.
I haven’t played live since the baby game and only have been playing on-line since the little Banktart (or Tartwell?) has been born. He has been taking up most of my time much to my enjoyment.
I’ve been playing a mix of different games lately, mostly focusing on PLOH/L, or OH/L. Also I have been a few HORSE SnG’s and MTT with mixed results. I played a few different Sats for FTOPS without success.
Playing the mixed games has allowed me to take all the different bad beats known to man. I personally think the worse beats come in the Stud games because you can see them coming, you know that you have the guy beat, you know they need to get lucky, you see them hit a lucky card on 6th, and then they get active on 7th.
I played a PLOH/L heads up game yesterday, sometime you win and sometime you just destroy them.
Seat 1: Bankwell (1,820)
Seat 2: bobbybobo (1,180)
Bankwell posts the small blind of 25
bobbybobo posts the big blind of 50
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Bankwell [Qs 9d 5d Js]
Bankwell calls 25
bobbybobo has 15 seconds left to act
bobbybobo checks
*** FLOP *** [9c Ks Ts]
bobbybobo bets 50
Bankwell raises to 150
bobbybobo raises to 250
Bankwell raises to 750
bobbybobo raises to 1,130, and is all in
Bankwell calls 380
bobbybobo shows [Qc 7s Jh 5h]
Bankwell shows [Qs 9d 5d Js]
*** TURN *** [9c Ks Ts] [3s]
*** RIVER *** [9c Ks Ts 3s] [As]
bobbybobo shows a straight, Ace high, for high
Bankwell shows a Royal Flush, for high
Bankwell wins the pot (2,360) with a Royal Flush
I also played a NL Hold’em SnG yesterday and went on to take 2nd. I haven’t play much Hold’em (other then the limit Hold’em in the HORSE games) and found the game very easy. Not sure if the players were scared weak or I was playing well.
I called/raised a lot with position on the table to make a continuation bet on the flop to take it down.
Several people would limp and I would also limp on the button to have the flop checked to me, where I would bet and win.
I did such out to get into the money but I didn’t expect the guy to call. I was in the BB with 9-7 and a player limp so I checked. Flop came 8-6-K, I check and the limper check. Turn was a 9. I bet and the guy raised. I decided to ship it in and he quickly called with K-Q. Turn was a 5 and I crippled him badly. He went on to bubble was I placed 2nd.
Heads-up I was destine to lose. With the chip lead I was all-in with pocket 8’s against pocket 9’s. It was 9-10-J by the turn but I couldn’t get there on the end.
Final hand was me all-in with Ac-Jc and I was against As-Ks. Nothing hit and that was the game.
Friday, August 29, 2008
Looking for some advice
I haven’t been playing live poker just on-line. The bad beats have been come fast and furious.
Here is one for the Stud masters (Bam-Bam are you out there?)
Need some feed back here; these two hands crippled me pretty badly. Not sure if I made a mistake along the way or it was just total bad luck. (BTW I bubbled the money and was totally steaming when I went out.)
Full Tilt Poker Game #7850791443: $10 + $1 Tournament (59581664), Table 8 - 500/1000 Ante 100 - Limit Stud Hi -
Seat 3: crryyiill (10,365)
Seat 4: thekingfrog (23,499)
Seat 5: Bankwell (14,134)
Seat 6: birns (6,323)
Seat 7: dallasstars29 (5,405)
Seat 8: Max Borge (12,958)
crryyiill antes 100
thekingfrog antes 100
Bankwell antes 100
birns antes 100
dallasstars29 antes 100
Max Borge antes 100
***
Dealt to crryyiill [3s]
Dealt to thekingfrog [Kh]
Dealt to Bankwell [Ad Th] [As]
Dealt to birns [4c]
Dealt to dallasstars29 [2s]
Dealt to Max Borge [Ah]
dallasstars29 is low with [2s]
dallasstars29 brings in for 150
Max Borge completes it to 500
crryyiill folds
thekingfrog calls 500
Bankwell raises to 1,000 – With the other Ace out there, I like my hand as I feel it is unlikely I am beat at this point. I decide to isolate here and try to take the other Ace Heads-up.
birns calls 1,000 – 4 calls? Not sure what to think of this one.
dallasstars29 folds
Max Borge folds – OK the Ace folds
thekingfrog calls 500 – The King calls, I suspect he has another King under
***
Dealt to thekingfrog [Kh] [8c]
Dealt to Bankwell [Ad Th As] [9c] – Bricks all around
Dealt to birns [4c] [Jh]
Bankwell bets 500 – It looks bad for every one but I still think I am ahead here.
birns calls 500
thekingfrog calls 500
***
Dealt to thekingfrog [Kh 8c] [Jd]
Dealt to Bankwell [Ad Th As 9c] [Qh] – Good card for me except for the two Jacks that are out.
Dealt to birns [4c Jh] [2c]
Bankwell bets 1,000
birns raises to 2,000 – This is unexpected. I think he may have improved to two pair. I don’t think he is rolled up. His stack is short
thekingfrog folds
Bankwell calls 1,000
***
Dealt to Bankwell [Ad Th As 9c Qh] [9s] – I now have my two pair.
Dealt to birns [4c Jh 2c] [5s]
Bankwell bets 1,000
birns raises to 2,000
Bankwell raises to 3,000
birns calls 723, and is all in
Bankwell shows [Ad Th As 9c Qh 9s]
birns shows [6c 3d 4c Jh 2c 5s] - ???????
Uncalled bet of 277 returned to Bankwell
***
Dealt to Bankwell [Ad Th As 9c Qh 9s] [8h]
Dealt to birns [6c 3d 4c Jh 2c 5s] [Jc]
Bankwell shows [Ad Th As 9c Qh 9s 8h] two pair, Aces and Nines
birns shows [6c 3d 4c Jh 2c 5s Jc] a straight, Six high
birns wins the pot (15,196) with a straight, Six high
The game is now 600/1,200 Limit Stud H/L with an ante of 100
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 15,196 | Rake 0
Seat 5: Bankwell showed [Ad Th As 9c Qh 9s 8h] and lost with two pair, Aces and Nines
Seat 6: birns showed [6c 3d 4c Jh 2c 5s Jc] and won (15,196) with a straight, Six high
Yes he called with 6-3-4 and stayed to hit a 2 and then a 5 for the gut shot. If you review the bring in card was a 2 so not sure why he was in the hand? Does any one play this different? Or was it just a donkey called that got lucky twice to make a straight?
Full Tilt Poker Game #7850840280: $10 + $1 Tournament (59581664), Table 8 - 600/1200 Ante 100 - Limit Stud H/L -
Seat 4: thekingfrog (16,499)
Seat 5: Bankwell (10,876)
Seat 6: birns (14,796)
Seat 7: dallasstars29 (4,555)
Seat 8: Max Borge (25,958)
thekingfrog antes 100
Bankwell antes 100
birns antes 100
dallasstars29 antes 100
Max Borge antes 100
***
Dealt to thekingfrog [Kc]
Dealt to Bankwell [Ad 5h] [Ac] – Stud Hi/Lo, split Aces with a 5. Good hand to get people out with a solid starting high and a 5 for some low potential. Also with the other low cards I think it would be hard for people to make lows.
Dealt to birns [7c]
Dealt to dallasstars29 [2d]
Dealt to Max Borge [2h]
dallasstars29 is low with [2d]
dallasstars29 brings in for 200
Max Borge calls 200
thekingfrog folds
Bankwell completes it to 600
birns folds
dallasstars29 folds
Max Borge calls 400
***
Dealt to Bankwell [Ad 5h Ac] [3h] – Solid card for me. 3 to a low. Plus pretty sure I have the best high right now.
Dealt to Max Borge [2h] [5c]
Bankwell bets 600
Max Borge calls 600
***
Dealt to Bankwell [Ad 5h Ac 3h] [Td] – Another good round of card, because we both bricked chances my high is good.
Dealt to Max Borge [2h 5c] [9d]
Bankwell bets 1,200
Max Borge calls 1,200 – I have no idea what he has but I don’t think he has a high and is drawing for a low.
***
Dealt to Bankwell [Ad 5h Ac 3h Td] [6s] – 4 to a low, if he started with 34 in the hold (only hand I can put him on as I have two aces and a 3) he just made a pair.
Dealt to Max Borge [2h 5c 9d] [4d]
Bankwell bets 1,200
Max Borge raises to 2,400 – ok that is a weird one
Bankwell calls 1,200
***
Dealt to Bankwell [Ad 5h Ac 3h Td 6s] [Kh] – Bricked on the end.
Bankwell checks
Max Borge bets 1,200
Bankwell calls 1,200 – Got to look it up.
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Max Borge shows [Qd 5d 2h 5c 9d 4d 4c] two pair, Fives and Fours, for high -I think he actually started with 4c-5d-2h in the hole instead of the Q.
Bankwell mucks
Max Borge wins the pot (12,700) with two pair, Fives and Fours
No low hand qualified
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 12,700 | Rake 0
Seat 4: thekingfrog folded on
Seat 5: Bankwell mucked [Ad Kh Ac 3h Td 6s 5h] - HI: a pair of Aces
Seat 6: birns folded on
Seat 7: dallasstars29 folded on
Seat 8: Max Borge showed [Qd 5d 2h 5c 9d 4d 4c] and won (12,700) with HI: two pair, Fives and Fours
Any one plays these any different or are they just a few coolers?




