FCP Toronto #3

Short blog, dont wanna give a rundown on the hands, cuz even though I could write a book, its not even worth it. It's supposed to b e a fun event, dont wanna bore with that kinda shit. On that note, I ran real gooooooood once we got 4 handed. Played 2 games, got 1st in the official tourney and 2nd in the funniest turbo game ever. I need to play more live, I was a tell rack.

Need to finish strong in the FTOPS, 4 events, no cash. Only 2 to go. PLO tonight, Main Event tomorrow.

Calm Blue Ocean...

Not gonna go into any details, cuz no one should give a shit, but man, I run so gooooood this month (sw).

If I dont satellite soon, I'll be putting up over $1000 for the $500+35 event. So far, Ive gone through 6 $75 satellites and put up 1 second for like $12 profit and 5 no shows.

Not to mention its been over 20 days since a cash over $50. That adds up when you play $50+ MTTs and 3 rebuys and up.

FCP #3 on Friday. Be there if you're in the GTA. Thread here.

http://www.fullcontactpoker.com/poker-forum/index.php?showtopic=69251&hl=fcp+toronto

Full Tilt Series of Poker

I haven't been excited for somethin like this in a long time, although my game hasnt had the results lately, Im really looking forward to these tourneys. Right now I've signed up for Event 1, Event 2, Event 4, Event 6, and The Main Event. So overall I'm investing $1400 into these tourneys. Hopefully I end up on the plus side.

My game was lacking until Last Night, when I drove 30 mins to play a 5 man game. I rarely get the chance to play much live, and this kinda game was the perfect game to get my confidence back as I have a lot of success playing there (not because they stink, but because I usually get a good read on all of them.

Starting stack 5k, 25/50, blinds up 30 mins

First few levels I was a complete card rack, hitting trips and top and btotom pair with The Almighty KRABLAR. Both times I think I got paid off as well as I could.

I gave away a chance at more chips by talking too much shit during level 2 when I picked up AJ in the SB and the Button limped for 100 and I popped it to 400 and got called. Flop was a very harmless J-7-3 Rainbow. I led out for 500, and got re-raised to 1400 total. I wasnt worried about having the worst hand, but I knew that I couldnt just call. Yet, if I shove all in, he's surely not gonna call unless I'm crushed, which would only be with 66 and 33, as every other hand that beats me is very unlikely, as he would never ever ever call with JJ on the button) So the big question is, how oculd I make the most money out of the hand?
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Flat-Call- If I flatcall, it puts me in a really bad spot if any K, Q, T, or 9 comes (I'm not worried about J-8 or lower), or if a 6 comes (A-6 only hand I'm worried about), or a 3 (A-3). That is to say I would auto fold, but it would make my decision tougher. So on the turn, there are potentially 16 scarecards, and that isnt even COUNTING the fact that he might have 8-8 or any pair and was using his position. So I don't think flatcalling was an option.

Raise to 2300-3000 total - I originally thought I should've done this. However with the stacks the way they are, I thought that he would be too committed. and would feel compelled to call the raise. Of course, I want to get him to call, but I still get put in the tough spot. I still think this owuld've gotten the most monetary value.

Raise All-In - The answer I ended up doing. Raising all in here lessens the value against a good player capable of folding. One question that I haven't discussed, was whether I believed that the button can fold KJ, QJ, JT, J9, etc etc. I've played with this person many a times and discussed a lot of strategy, and I see him calling with KJ and QJ, and folding everything else. I know a lot of you are thinking, if he's only going to call with KJ and QJ, why not sucker him in with a lesser bet, to get hands like JT and J9 to call? The reason was that I was out of position with a vulnerable hand, and I needed to protect it, while also trying to force the button to make a bad decision and call me.

However, he folded QJ, but it was because most of the thought process I just typed, was being said out loud by myself. Foolish, but I saved his ass. If I keep my mouth shut and move in, I think I'm gettin paid. Oh well.

With 30 min blinds, the game moved really quickly. It became a turbo tourney, and I've played a lot of them, so I felt extreeeeemely comfortable. I told myself that when everyone's stacks are under 10 M, that I'm gonna be extremely aggressive, and the plan worked. After button got knocked out with QQ vs KQ, I was ready to turn it up 4 handed.

The most important thing about changing gears, is by the time they figure out that you've changed, it'll be too late, and that's exactly what happened. I started out slow, raising a pot maybe every round, then by the end was raising almost 75% of the pots. The cards didn't matter, I didnt get any pair under 9s once, and AK once. not to mention at 200-400 with 25k total chips, the blinds were starting to add up. I picked up pot after pot (and getting nice walks from the SB), and by the time someone took a stand, it was so diminishing to my stack that I had to call (with 9-10), and I busted A-9. Life is easy sometimes.

In a turbo structure, you can't let the game come to you, which was what the other 3 players did. I think that is the main reason why live players can't succeed online, because they sit, and sit, and sit, and by the time they get what they are waiting for, they are so low in chips, that they get busted by an active player iwth a mediocre hand. I mean I can't count how many times I've heard this:

"Man my aces got cracked by 10-8 suited."
"What happened?"
"Well the blinds were 75-150 and I pushed for 750 and the BB called with 10-8! can you believe that?"
"What was his stack?"
"I dunno, close to 7k? Doesn't really matter tho it was a sick beat"

The rest of the tourney became pretty automatic, as it was nearing 6 am and we had to leave. However, one person seemed to get the aggressive part, and maybe he just caught a sick run of cards, but hey, he got the point I was trying to make all night. Sitting around in 4 handed turbo tournaments gets you crushed.

With that being said, I'm gonna get a good night's sleep, and hopefully I can have a good performance tomorrow. I also got my chat back last night on FTP, so I can give away my hands more ala Jamie Gold.

Why DN is the Man, and you are NOT

QUOTE(DanielNegreanu @ Saturday, August 5th, 2006, 11:13 PM) *

Tell Raymer to go breast feed some hungry children in Africa. Goof ball calling me out, who does he think he is, for real.

LMAO.

Oh, and Good luck to me in the Sunday Millllllllion.

Typos make baby jesus cry...

Chip leader at the $10+1 NL tourney, when this happens

PokerStars Game #5812985018: Tournament #28910224, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - LevelXIV (1500/3000) - 2006/08/05 - 23:26:00 (ET)
Table '28910224 73' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: lucaduc (13214 in chips)
Seat 2: rjbush03 (54925 in chips)
Seat 3: old&slow (88246 in chips)
Seat 4: Red Lion 70 (93946 in chips)
Seat 5: tb17 (117608 in chips)
Seat 6: JamesD21 (70760 in chips)
Seat 7: dull dude (29023 in chips)
Seat 8: PawaPedro (55329 in chips)
lucaduc: posts the ante 150
rjbush03: posts the ante 150
old&slow: posts the ante 150
Red Lion 70: posts the ante 150
tb17: posts the ante 150
JamesD21: posts the ante 150
dull dude: posts the ante 150
PawaPedro: posts the ante 150
rjbush03: posts small blind 1500
old&slow: posts big blind 3000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to tb17 [Ac Qc]
Red Lion 70: folds
tb17: raises 71000 to 74000
tb17 said, "oh whoops"
JamesD21: folds
dull dude: folds
PawaPedro: calls 55179 and is all-in
lucaduc: calls 13064 and is all-in
rjbush03: folds
old&slow: folds
tb17 said, "supposed to be 7400"
*** FLOP *** [3d Qs 9h]
tb17 said, "YAWN"
*** TURN *** [3d Qs 9h] [8h]
*** RIVER *** [3d Qs 9h 8h] [Kh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
tb17: shows [Ac Qc] (a pair of Queens)
PawaPedro: shows [Kd Ah] (a pair of Kings)
PawaPedro collected 84230 from side pot
lucaduc: shows [Ts Tc] (a pair of Tens)
PawaPedro collected 44892 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 129122 Main pot 44892. Side pot 84230. | Rake 0
Board [3d Qs 9h 8h Kh]
Seat 1: lucaduc (button) showed [Ts Tc] and lost with a pair of Tens
Seat 2: rjbush03 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: old&slow (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: Red Lion 70 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: tb17 showed [Ac Qc] and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 6: JamesD21 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: dull dude folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: PawaPedro showed [Kd Ah] and won (129122) with a pair of Kings

That's how to blow a chip lead.

Sidebets at the Jays game

Not poker related, but my cousins and I had a buncha sidebets during the whole game, which now that I think about it, were really stupid. But thanks to the free beer we got at the Windows Restaurant, all sanity was lost.

These are all the sidebets I remember making

It all began with "How many pitches will Roy pitch in the first inning?" and over under. I lost that.

$5 that Toronto wouldnt score in the first inning, they scored 3.

$5 that Johnny Mac wouldnt hit into a DP, he did.

$5 that Podsednik would steal a base once he busted, he did.

After AJ hit that 3 run homer, I put $5 that Halladay would STILL get to the 8th. He was pulled in the 7th.

$5 that Jeremy Accardo would give up at least one run with 1st and 2nd with 0 out, he gets a DP and a K.

$5 that Accardo would throw less than 5 warmup pitches, he threw 6.

$5 that we could get Vernon Wells to turn around by yelling his name. He didn't turn around, But Alex Rios did when they were making the pitching change.

$5 that Speier would go scoreless. He gave up a single to Gload, steals, then Dye singles him in.

$5 that Jenksy would go scoreless in the 9th. He gives up a 2 strike 2 out HR to Troy Glaus.

And my favourite bet:

$5 on how many bums we would pass on our walk back to the Car. I bet 4, and my cousin bets 5. of course we had to pass through about 5 bums at one corner alone.

All in all, I lost aton of money, but it was a good time. Oh, and thanks for sucking Blue Jays. Now I can dream for next year and hope the Red Sox don't make the playoffs.

LOL, funniest hand EVER

PokerStars Game #5766643993: Tournament #28909924, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2006/08/01 - 23:46:28 (ET)
Table '28909924 158' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: yellowsub86 (32235 in chips)
Seat 2: markysals11 (24375 in chips)
Seat 3: Renosts (16650 in chips)
Seat 4: Huma (23290 in chips)
Seat 5: semipro (5325 in chips)
Seat 6: sinzie (25735 in chips)
Seat 7: JJ SUX (15065 in chips)
Seat 8: pockets39 (5630 in chips)
Seat 9: Calicobass (13505 in chips)
JJ SUX: posts small blind 100
pockets39: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Calicobass: folds
yellowsub86: folds
markysals11: raises 400 to 600
Renosts: raises 400 to 1000
Huma: folds
semipro: folds
sinzie: folds
JJ SUX: folds
pockets39: calls 800
markysals11 said, "oh"
markysals11: calls 400
*** FLOP *** [3c 4s Ks]
pockets39: bets 200
markysals11: calls 200
Renosts: raises 200 to 400
pockets39: raises 200 to 600
markysals11: folds
Renosts: raises 200 to 800
pockets39: raises 200 to 1000
markysals11 said, "this is so gay"
markysals11 said, "go all in"
Renosts: raises 200 to 1200
pockets39: raises 200 to 1400
markysals11 said, "omg"
markysals11 said, "omg"
Renosts: raises 200 to 1600
markysals11 said, "ogmogmogmogm"
markysals11 said, "gomgomgomgomg"
markysals11 said, "omgomgomgomg"
pockets39: raises 200 to 1800
markysals11 said, "omgomgomgmogm"
Renosts: raises 200 to 2000
markysals11 said, "u guys"
markysals11 said, "are so gay"
markysals11 said, "lol"
pockets39: raises 200 to 2200
markysals11 said, "wp"
markysals11 said, "wp"
markysals11 said, "wp"
markysals11 said, "wp"
markysals11 said, "wp"
markysals11 said, "wp"
markysals11 said, "wp"
markysals11 said, "wp"
markysals11 said, "wp"
Renosts: raises 200 to 2400
markysals11 said, "wp"
pockets39: raises 200 to 2600
Renosts: raises 200 to 2800
pockets39: raises 200 to 3000
sinzie said, "llllllllllllllllllloooooooolllllllllllllllllllllll"
markysals11 said, "HOW MANY BETS IS THIS"
Renosts: raises 12650 to 15650 and is all-in
pockets39: calls 1630 and is all-in
markysals11 said, "so obv"
markysals11 said, "i could have said that"
*** TURN *** [3c 4s Ks] [3d]
*** RIVER *** [3c 4s Ks 3d] [Tc]
markysals11 said, "two years ago"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
pockets39: shows [Kc Kd] (a full house, Kings full of Threes)
Renosts: shows [Ah As] (two pair, Aces and Threes)
pockets39 collected 12560 from pot
yellowsub86 said, ""rofl""
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 12560 | Rake 0
Board [3c 4s Ks 3d Tc]
Seat 1: yellowsub86 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: markysals11 folded on the Flop
Seat 3: Renosts showed [Ah As] and lost with two pair, Aces and Threes
Seat 4: Huma folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: semipro folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: sinzie (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: JJ SUX (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: pockets39 (big blind) showed [Kc Kd] and won (12560) with a full house, Kings full of Threes
Seat 9: Calicobass folded before Flop (didn't bet)