Tuesday, February 16, 2010

The Return of Isildur

Isildur1 is baaack! And cleaning out pockets....




^^ I would love to know ZeeJustin's thought process before getting involved in that match. Isil is probably the best NLHE HU player in the world. So, why not six table him at 400NL? That's a plan. Not a good plan, obviously.

Update:  Justin tweets:

This hand about sums up my day

Ugh, I dunno. I was breaking even for a while at these special 40 man games, but the cloud of doom continues. It seems like in the middle game all it takes is to lose one hand, and then you are in the yellow or red zone PDQ. I really need to go back to my bread and butter (27 or 18 man games) before I go busto.

Poker Stars $10+$1 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t125/t250 Blinds + t25 - 6 players
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter

UTG: t5210 M = 9.92
MP: t3925 M = 7.48
CO: t5810 M = 11.07
BTN: t1525 M = 2.90
SB: t9077 M = 17.29
Hero (BB): t3696 M = 7.04

Pre Flop: (t525) Hero is BB with 9 of hearts Q of hearts
3 folds, BTN raises to t1500 all in, 1 fold, Hero calls t1250

Flop: (t3275) 7 of clubs 2 of diamonds 7 of diamonds (2 players - 1 is all in)

Turn: (t3275) 3 of hearts (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: (t3275) 5 of hearts (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: t3275
BTN shows 6 of clubs 3 of clubs (two pair, Sevens and Threes)
Hero shows 9 of hearts Q of hearts (a pair of Sevens)
BTN wins t3275

Total in the zone pick off, but just can't hold. I know I only had 63% equity, so it's not a horrendous beat, but still, dealer one time!!

Sunday, February 14, 2010

The $10 forty mans are nice and fishy

But someone please teach me to fade outs!

Poker Stars, $10 + $1 NL Hold'em Tournament, 10/20 Blinds, 10 Players

LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

: 1,500
Hero (): 1,140
: 1,480
: 1,960
: 1,500
: 1,500
: 1,500
: 1,500
: 1,500
: 1,420

Pre-Flop: (30) dealt to Hero ()

2 folds, raises to 40,  calls 40, 3 folds, Hero raises to 120, 2 folds,  calls 80,  calls 80

Flop: (390) (3 Players)

 checks, bets 160, Hero raises to 400,  calls 400,  calls 240

Turn: (1,590) [ ] (3 Players)

 checks,  checks, Hero bets 620 and is All-In,  folds,  calls 620

River: (2,830) [ ] (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Results: 2,830 Pot

Hero showed and LOST (-1,140 NET)

Villain showed and WON 2,830 (+1,690 NET)

Next!



Poker Stars, $10 + $1 NL Hold'em Tournament, 10/20 Blinds, 10 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

: 1,091
: 1,490
: 2,033
: 1,470
: 1,470
Hero (): 1,442
: 1,199
: 1,649
: 1,676
: 1,480

Pre-Flop: (30) dealt to Hero ()
folds, raises to 41, 2 folds, Hero raises to 140, calls 140, 4 folds, calls 99

Flop: (450) (3 Players)
bets 202, Hero raises to 1,302 and is All-In, calls 1,059 and is All-In, folds

Turn: (2,770) [ ] (2 Players - 1 is All-In)


River: (2,770) [ ] (2 Players - 1 is All-In)


Results: 2,770 Pot
Hero showed and LOST (-1,199 NET)
Villain showed and WON 2,770 (+1,571 NET)


Grandaddy -- The Crystal Lake

Min-raise UTG is always AA

And yet I still 5 bet shoved KK, and so I'm out of the $40 micro million in near record time. Meh. Would have all gone in on the 888 flop anyway....

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Losing streak snapped!

Finally making a little headway again. Here's my month so far:

 
Update: kept winning!