Something To Blog About! (I Guess.)
ITM's are always good to blog about, so I'm back. :) I didn't get to play much poker at all today, and when I did, I sat down at 11:45p for the 11:30 Stars $20/2 MTT. I'm kinda happy I pre-registered, but I never like missing hands!
The turnout tonight wasn't so scary: 866 entrants seems light compared to the normal ~1100. In the early stages, I was able to double up w/ J9s, when I limped from LP in a multiway pot and eventually rivered a straight. :) If you let me catch for cheap, I WILL take you up on that offer. :)
The next notable hand was limping w/ ATs in MP/LP. Someone limped from an earlier position, and the BB checked. The flop came 2T2, rainbow. The BB lead out w/ a $200 bet, which was less than the size of the pot, T$350. MP called. I decided between calling and raising. I doubt either guy had a 2. Here's why: Most likely, w/ the blinds at $50/100, the MP limper isn't calling w/ a 2. He might have two of them (lol), but I seriously doubt he's sitting on a 2. The BB, who is more likely to have a 2, doesn't because he bets out. Who would lead out holding such a strong hand? Again, the average $20/2 tournament player checks there. I was confident in having the best hand. I called the bet. Looking back, this was a mistake, I probably should have raised. Ahh well. The turn brought a rag 3, and BB checks. MP bets $2oo. Considering the pot size, that bet is super weak. I raise to $600 and take the pot.
Nothing else happened TOO MUCH. I kinda sat w/ a ~T$5800 stack for a while. I was moved to a table w/ two big chip stacks which were definitely aggro. There wasn't much I could do... when I had weak hands, they weren't in the pot, and when I had marginal hands, it seemed like they were raising from EP. I didn't want to get invovled w/ a big stack w/ something mediocre, so my plan was to wait for a legitimate hand and try to double up through one of the big boys.
Of course, that didn't happen. I witness numerous bad beats... but since I wasn't involved in too much action, I watched from the sidelines. Looking back at the tournament, once we reached the ante level, I was shortstacked. I stayed that way for the majority of the tournament.
The bubble started at 81. With my short stack, I was not going to be able to fold into the money. I had to take a shot, and went w/ J9s. Folded to the BB, who insta-called w/ A9o. I luckily river a straight, and he's pissed. What can you do? Fuck you - finally *I* got lucky. Anyway, with the bubble so near, I decided to either play GOOD hands, or just get cheap money.
I got cheap money. :) We resumed normal play after #82 was knocked out. Soon thereafter, I finally get a hand! Being so short, I HAVE to push, I want to make it seem like desperation. Here's how I end the tournament, runner runner, of course:
PokerStars Game #2640247139: Tournament #12672510, Hold'em No Limit - Level X (400/800) - 2005/09/23 - 02:10:16 (ET)Table '12672510 60'
Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: GB2005 (23599 in chips)
Seat 2: kdluck (13366 in chips)
Seat 3: BryBer34 (7020 in chips)
Seat 4: fccesq (36239 in chips)
Seat 5: kbc22 (21460 in chips)
Seat 6: T-bull (25764 in chips)
Seat 7: Aequitas58 (5633 in chips)
Seat 8: BigRM (6474 in chips)
Seat 9: CLUB40DEUCE (12740 in chips)
BryBer34: posts small blind 400
fccesq: posts big blind 800
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Aequitas58 [Qd Qs]
kbc22: folds T-bull: folds
Aequitas58: raises 4783 to 5583
and is all-inBigRM: folds
CLUB40DEUCE: folds
GB2005: folds
kdluck: folds
BryBer34: folds
fccesq: calls 4783
*** FLOP *** [9h 9d 3d]
*** TURN *** [9h 9d 3d] [6h]
Aequitas58 said, "lol"
*** RIVER *** [9h 9d 3d 6h] [Ah]
Aequitas58 said, "yup"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
fccesq: shows [Jh Qh] (a flush, Ace high)
Aequitas58: shows [Qd Qs] (two pair, Queens and Nines)
fccesq collected 12016 from pot
He flipped his two hearts, I saw the flop, saw the heart (on the flop), and said to myself... "Hearts? Are you kidding?" I laughed at the turn, and kinda knew it was coming on the river.
Oh well. Oddly enough, winning that hand would have not only given me a top 50 stack, but for the first time in almost 1.5 hours, I would have felt some slight relief.
Nah, not me.
:)
As a funny side note: a player at my table rivered someone hard, putting him out of the tournament. The "newly eliminated" goes on a tirade on the bigger stack. After the insults stop, he asks to play heads up for $1000. At this point, the lucky player - and the rest of the table - just laugh at him. I stay quiet. The guy responds that he'll play HU for $5. This doesn't please Mr. Newly Eliminated. I then say, "Do you really wanna play for $1000? We might be able to do that." He leaves, yelling: "f this, I don't have to prove anything to this chitty table!" LOL.
It's all about exploiting weakness,
--
Lou
The turnout tonight wasn't so scary: 866 entrants seems light compared to the normal ~1100. In the early stages, I was able to double up w/ J9s, when I limped from LP in a multiway pot and eventually rivered a straight. :) If you let me catch for cheap, I WILL take you up on that offer. :)
The next notable hand was limping w/ ATs in MP/LP. Someone limped from an earlier position, and the BB checked. The flop came 2T2, rainbow. The BB lead out w/ a $200 bet, which was less than the size of the pot, T$350. MP called. I decided between calling and raising. I doubt either guy had a 2. Here's why: Most likely, w/ the blinds at $50/100, the MP limper isn't calling w/ a 2. He might have two of them (lol), but I seriously doubt he's sitting on a 2. The BB, who is more likely to have a 2, doesn't because he bets out. Who would lead out holding such a strong hand? Again, the average $20/2 tournament player checks there. I was confident in having the best hand. I called the bet. Looking back, this was a mistake, I probably should have raised. Ahh well. The turn brought a rag 3, and BB checks. MP bets $2oo. Considering the pot size, that bet is super weak. I raise to $600 and take the pot.
Nothing else happened TOO MUCH. I kinda sat w/ a ~T$5800 stack for a while. I was moved to a table w/ two big chip stacks which were definitely aggro. There wasn't much I could do... when I had weak hands, they weren't in the pot, and when I had marginal hands, it seemed like they were raising from EP. I didn't want to get invovled w/ a big stack w/ something mediocre, so my plan was to wait for a legitimate hand and try to double up through one of the big boys.
Of course, that didn't happen. I witness numerous bad beats... but since I wasn't involved in too much action, I watched from the sidelines. Looking back at the tournament, once we reached the ante level, I was shortstacked. I stayed that way for the majority of the tournament.
The bubble started at 81. With my short stack, I was not going to be able to fold into the money. I had to take a shot, and went w/ J9s. Folded to the BB, who insta-called w/ A9o. I luckily river a straight, and he's pissed. What can you do? Fuck you - finally *I* got lucky. Anyway, with the bubble so near, I decided to either play GOOD hands, or just get cheap money.
I got cheap money. :) We resumed normal play after #82 was knocked out. Soon thereafter, I finally get a hand! Being so short, I HAVE to push, I want to make it seem like desperation. Here's how I end the tournament, runner runner, of course:
PokerStars Game #2640247139: Tournament #12672510, Hold'em No Limit - Level X (400/800) - 2005/09/23 - 02:10:16 (ET)Table '12672510 60'
Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: GB2005 (23599 in chips)
Seat 2: kdluck (13366 in chips)
Seat 3: BryBer34 (7020 in chips)
Seat 4: fccesq (36239 in chips)
Seat 5: kbc22 (21460 in chips)
Seat 6: T-bull (25764 in chips)
Seat 7: Aequitas58 (5633 in chips)
Seat 8: BigRM (6474 in chips)
Seat 9: CLUB40DEUCE (12740 in chips)
BryBer34: posts small blind 400
fccesq: posts big blind 800
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Aequitas58 [Qd Qs]
kbc22: folds T-bull: folds
Aequitas58: raises 4783 to 5583
and is all-inBigRM: folds
CLUB40DEUCE: folds
GB2005: folds
kdluck: folds
BryBer34: folds
fccesq: calls 4783
*** FLOP *** [9h 9d 3d]
*** TURN *** [9h 9d 3d] [6h]
Aequitas58 said, "lol"
*** RIVER *** [9h 9d 3d 6h] [Ah]
Aequitas58 said, "yup"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
fccesq: shows [Jh Qh] (a flush, Ace high)
Aequitas58: shows [Qd Qs] (two pair, Queens and Nines)
fccesq collected 12016 from pot
He flipped his two hearts, I saw the flop, saw the heart (on the flop), and said to myself... "Hearts? Are you kidding?" I laughed at the turn, and kinda knew it was coming on the river.
Oh well. Oddly enough, winning that hand would have not only given me a top 50 stack, but for the first time in almost 1.5 hours, I would have felt some slight relief.
Nah, not me.
:)
As a funny side note: a player at my table rivered someone hard, putting him out of the tournament. The "newly eliminated" goes on a tirade on the bigger stack. After the insults stop, he asks to play heads up for $1000. At this point, the lucky player - and the rest of the table - just laugh at him. I stay quiet. The guy responds that he'll play HU for $5. This doesn't please Mr. Newly Eliminated. I then say, "Do you really wanna play for $1000? We might be able to do that." He leaves, yelling: "f this, I don't have to prove anything to this chitty table!" LOL.
It's all about exploiting weakness,
--
Lou
posted by Aequitas58 at 2:13 AM
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