Tuesday, April 29, 2008

$8 Donkament Win!

We're on a roll, post to come tomorrow, its too late tonight.

Monday, April 21, 2008

Heads Up is Easy?

Just decided to play a little bit of heads up. It's tough to keep other donks off the table when you're playing on a 6 max table. I would love to play 25NL, but had to play 50NL. I'm gonna guess and say that it was a good move.

Total Hands: 10
Time Played: 5 minutes
People Felted: 3
Profit: $109

FullTiltPoker Game #6122529819: Table Band (heads up) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 14:52:34 ET - 2008/04/21
Seat 1: trixter23 ($51.35)
Seat 2: conwayc ($9.90)
conwayc posts the small blind of $0.25
trixter23 posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to trixter23 [9c Jd]
conwayc calls $0.25
trixter23 checks
*** FLOP *** [9s Tc Jc]
trixter23 bets $1
conwayc calls $1
*** TURN *** [9s Tc Jc] [2s]
trixter23 checks
conwayc bets $0.50
trixter23 raises to $3.50
conwayc raises to $6.50
trixter23 raises to $49.85, and is all in
conwayc calls $1.90, and is all in
trixter23 shows [9c Jd]
conwayc shows [9h Th]
Uncalled bet of $41.45 returned to trixter23
*** RIVER *** [9s Tc Jc 2s] [7h]
trixter23 shows two pair, Jacks and Nines
conwayc shows two pair, Tens and Nines
trixter23 wins the pot ($19.30) with two pair, Jacks and Nines
conwayc is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $19.80 | Rake $0.50
Board: [9s Tc Jc 2s 7h]
Seat 1: trixter23 (big blind) showed [9c Jd] and won ($19.30) with two pair, Jacks and Nines
Seat 2: conwayc (small blind) showed [9h Th] and lost with two pair, Tens and Nines

FullTiltPoker Game #6122547057: Table Band (heads up) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 14:54:11 ET - 2008/04/21
Seat 1: trixter23 ($59.50)
Seat 2: unofamilia ($21.25)
trixter23 posts the small blind of $0.25
unofamilia posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to trixter23 [2s Ts]
trixter23 calls $0.25
unofamilia checks
*** FLOP *** [Qs 8c 6h]
unofamilia checks
trixter23 checks
*** TURN *** [Qs 8c 6h] [Ks]
unofamilia checks
trixter23 bets $0.50
unofamilia raises to $2.50
trixter23 calls $2
*** RIVER *** [Qs 8c 6h Ks] [As]
unofamilia bets $18.25, and is all in
trixter23 calls $18.25
*** SHOW DOWN ***
unofamilia shows [Kd Th] a pair of Kings
trixter23 shows [2s Ts] a flush, Ace high
trixter23 wins the pot ($42) with a flush, Ace high
unofamilia is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $42.50 | Rake $0.50
Board: [Qs 8c 6h Ks As]
Seat 1: trixter23 (small blind) showed [2s Ts] and won ($42) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 2: unofamilia (big blind) showed [Kd Th] and lost with a pair of Kings

FullTiltPoker Game #6122562585: Table Band (heads up) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 14:55:40 ET - 2008/04/21
Seat 1: trixter23 ($69.90)
Seat 2: mutjinsekkhi ($59.85)
mutjinsekkhi posts the small blind of $0.25
trixter23 posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to trixter23 [5c Ah]
mutjinsekkhi raises to $1.50
trixter23 calls $1
*** FLOP *** [As 5h 6h]
trixter23 checks
mutjinsekkhi checks
*** TURN *** [As 5h 6h] [Qd]
trixter23 bets $3
mutjinsekkhi raises to $12
trixter23 has 15 seconds left to act
trixter23 has requested TIME
trixter23 raises to $68.40, and is all in
mutjinsekkhi calls $46.35, and is all in
trixter23 shows [5c Ah]
mutjinsekkhi shows [Ac Kd]
Uncalled bet of $10.05 returned to trixter23
*** RIVER *** [As 5h 6h Qd] [7d]
trixter23 shows two pair, Aces and Fives
mutjinsekkhi shows a pair of Aces
trixter23 wins the pot ($119.20) with two pair, Aces and Fives
mutjinsekkhi is sitting out
mutjinsekkhi stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $119.70 | Rake $0.50
Board: [As 5h 6h Qd 7d]
Seat 1: trixter23 (big blind) showed [5c Ah] and won ($119.20) with two pair, Aces and Fives
Seat 2: mutjinsekkhi (small blind) showed [Ac Kd] and lost with a pair of Aces

and a couple of smaller pots after that.

Thursday, April 17, 2008

$2 Donkament Win!

I've felt like my MTT game has been pretty good as of late. It's been the same old story, getting deep and losing a key race and that being that. Tonight I played pretty well and got lucky in some spots. Which you always have to do win. I got off to a real fast start jumping into the top 5 in chips pretty early. I really didn't have any trouble building my stack.

From 18 on down to the final table my setup was great. I had the 2 absolute tightest players on my left and the chip leader at the time was folding every hand so I was able to steal pretty much whenever I wanted. Towards the last couple of times before the bubble burst they either picked up hands or saw what I was doing and decided to play back and I dropped a little bit. We made it to the Final Table and found ourselves in the middle of the pack or so.



I would say about 4 hands later when I was on the button I made a pretty marginal call.

AT vs QQ

I thought I would be ahead of his range there even though it was for a lot of my stack. Plus the money didn't really make a difference to me. I wanted to accumulate so I could make a run at first. With 9 bb's I think this was an OK call. My stack was now at 62k, good for 2nd in chips at the time. 2 hands later came the big hand of the night for me which gave me a huge stack. The chip leader at the time who was a very tight player, raised utg and I had AK. We were definitely too deep for a flat out shove so I cold called. I'd be able to get away easy if I missed and be able to play a pot in position. I got a gem of a flop. He insta shoves and I probably beat him into the pot and river a flush. So now we're sitting REALLY good.

Huge Pot



A few hands later I pop it up with KQhh. Banini flat calls in the sb. I hit the flop hard(tehe) so we just give him the pile. I thought he was trying to get more money with the other shorties. If he had shoved pre I would have folded. He gets unlucky and we go to 4 handed play.



2 hands later pokrprodgy shoves and I wake up with QQ in the bb, he hits the ole Ace on the river. Which is ok considering how lucky I've gotten.

QQ vs A9

I think I made a pretty tight lay down in a hand a few orbits later. I was raising almost every hand and no one was playing back until pokrprodgy starting shoving on me. I was probably ahead on this hand, but I felt like I had real control over the table and I didn't really need to race for chips.

Tight laydown

I was rewarded the very next hand after this and got it in very good. Notice I raised and left him 1 chippy.

JJ vs TT

2 hands again after that I got it all in with skeez since he had no chips. Won that race to..obv

Another race won weeee

So we entered heads up with about a 225-110 chip lead. I was playing small pots and pretty much outplaying the guy through the first 10-15 hands or so. It was pretty much like this for a while. He started to get angry at me and was open shoving on the button and what not. I let him trap himself after a few times of that and won the tournament here. You know it wasn't a great tournament monetarily, but I think it gives me the boost I need to just get over that hump of running bad. Hopefully I can transition this into some bigger scores in the coming weeks. For those who don't know, you can click the blue links to be directed to the hand history.


Friday, April 04, 2008

Rant

I've been playing a lot of sngs the last few days and my results are just disgusting. I'm pretty sure this is one of the worst runs I've had in a long time. I really don't like to play cash games with such a weak bankroll because my swings in cash are too big. I'd do anything to have my old bankroll back, things would be so much easier. I just wanted to post some hands on how ridiculous this has been. I mean some of them are really bad, others are just the standard 2-3 outers. Still, it sucks when they all come at the same time.

This first one was how i went out of the $3r tonight. The pf raise was a little excessive, but the way the table was playing, I really just wanted to take it down pf. Then this genius goes and does this..

FullTiltPoker Game #5911405031: $6,000 Guarantee (Rebuy) (44311686), Table 25 - 200/400 Ante 50 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:42:29 ET - 2008/04/04
Seat 1: trixter23 (11,885)
Seat 3: Esoderek (17,245)
Seat 4: hounddog455 (18,640)
Seat 5: Snock Man (9,220)
Seat 6: Dyandin (38,195)
Seat 7: thebaz9 (30,850)
Seat 8: stuNehTevaHI (15,780)
Seat 9: DFSDA (9,012)
trixter23 antes 50
Esoderek antes 50
hounddog455 antes 50
Snock Man antes 50
Dyandin antes 50
thebaz9 antes 50
stuNehTevaHI antes 50
DFSDA antes 50
Esoderek posts the small blind of 200
hounddog455 posts the big blind of 400
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to trixter23 [As Kd]
Snock Man folds
Dyandin folds
thebaz9 folds
stuNehTevaHI has 15 seconds left to act
stuNehTevaHI calls 400
DFSDA calls 400
trixter23 raises to 2,600
Esoderek has 15 seconds left to act
Esoderek folds
indychris sits down
indychris adds 22,170
hounddog455 folds
stuNehTevaHI raises to 15,730, and is all in
DFSDA folds
trixter23 calls 9,235, and is all in
stuNehTevaHI shows [Ah Jc]
trixter23 shows [As Kd]
Uncalled bet of 3,895 returned to stuNehTevaHI
*** FLOP *** [7d 2d 8s]
*** TURN *** [7d 2d 8s] [Jd]
*** RIVER *** [7d 2d 8s Jd] [7h]
stuNehTevaHI shows two pair, Jacks and Sevens
trixter23 shows a pair of Sevens
stuNehTevaHI wins the pot (25,070) with two pair, Jacks and Sevens
trixter23 stands up

These next 2 happened literally 3 seconds apart.

FullTiltPoker Game #5908997297: $6 + $0.50 Madness (Turbo) (44984102), Table 1 - 120/240 - No Limit Hold'em - 19:31:45 ET - 2008/04/04
Seat 3: MAMURA (620)
Seat 4: Tepen69 (4,910)
Seat 5: StringerBell420 (2,630)
Seat 7: Gomizzou1 (3,640)
Seat 8: trixter23 (1,700)
Gomizzou1 posts the small blind of 120
trixter23 posts the big blind of 240
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to trixter23 [Ah Ac]
MAMURA folds
Tepen69 raises to 720
StringerBell420 calls 720
Gomizzou1 folds
trixter23 raises to 1,700, and is all in
Tepen69 raises to 4,910, and is all in
StringerBell420 folds
Tepen69 shows [Ts As]
trixter23 shows [Ah Ac]
Uncalled bet of 3,210 returned to Tepen69
*** FLOP *** [Th 2c Td]
*** TURN *** [Th 2c Td] [6h]
*** RIVER *** [Th 2c Td 6h] [7d]
Tepen69 shows three of a kind, Tens
trixter23 shows two pair, Aces and Tens
Tepen69 wins the pot (4,240) with three of a kind, Tens
trixter23 stands up

FullTiltPoker Game #5908998207: $6 + $0.50 Madness (Turbo) (44984208), Table 1 - 120/240 - No Limit Hold'em - 19:31:49 ET - 2008/04/04
Seat 1: trixter23 (1,630)
Seat 2: cynait (6,730)
Seat 6: MAMURA (5,140)
MAMURA posts the small blind of 120
trixter23 posts the big blind of 240
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to trixter23 [Ad Kc]
cynait folds
MAMURA calls 120
trixter23 raises to 1,630, and is all in
MAMURA calls 1,390
trixter23 shows [Ad Kc]
MAMURA shows [Qs Jc]
*** FLOP *** [Th As Ks]
*** TURN *** [Th As Ks] [2d]
*** RIVER *** [Th As Ks 2d] [5d]
trixter23 shows two pair, Aces and Kings
MAMURA shows a straight, Ace high
MAMURA wins the pot (3,260) with a straight, Ace high
trixter23 stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3,260 | Rake 0
Board: [Th As Ks 2d 5d]
Seat 1: trixter23 (big blind) showed [Ad Kc] and lost with two pair, Aces and Kings
Seat 2: cynait (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: MAMURA (small blind) showed [Qs Jc] and won (3,260) with a straight, Ace high

this one was good.

** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to trixter23 [2c 2s]
paison15 folds
trixter23 calls 30
Loves2Spooge2 has 15 seconds left to act
Loves2Spooge2 folds
80sed has 15 seconds left to act
80sed calls 30
JohnnyBH calls 30
auntiec calls 30
Samurai Chkn folds
Conny1017 has 15 seconds left to act
Conny1017 calls 15
krusty2 checks
*** FLOP *** [Ad 2h 8h]
Conny1017 checks
krusty2 checks
trixter23 bets 140
80sed folds
JohnnyBH calls 140
auntiec calls 140
Conny1017 folds
krusty2 folds
*** TURN *** [Ad 2h 8h] [Js]
trixter23 checks
JohnnyBH bets 240
auntiec calls 240
trixter23 raises to 1,330, and is all in
Loves2Spooge2 has been disconnected
JohnnyBH has 15 seconds left to act
Loves2Spooge2 has reconnected
JohnnyBH folds
auntiec calls 1,090, and is all in
trixter23 shows [2c 2s]
auntiec shows [Th 7h]
*** RIVER *** [Ad 2h 8h Js] [5h]
trixter23 shows three of a kind, Twos
auntiec shows a flush, Ten high
auntiec wins the pot (3,500) with a flush, Ten high
trixter23 stands up

Hope everyone is running better than i am. Next post will probably be Sunday.

/rant