First hand of a SNG, and I get dealt AK suited in the big blind.
Under the gun raises to 90. Dude in middle position shoves all-in for 1,500.
I have no idea what to make of this. The dude has the little mark next to his icon that indicates he plays a ton of poker. But that doesn't mean he's any good.
Besides, from my experience, people who know anything about poker don't shove all their chips in in response to a standard raise.
So I call. What the heck else am I supposed to do?
UTG folds, and the shove monkey rolls over AQ offsuit. Before the cards hit the board, some guy types in the chatbox.
"Retards"
Another guy types:
"Some people just can't play postflop"
Not sure, but calling a shove with AK suited might not be an awful play. And the shove didn't leave me much choice but to NOT play postflop.
The great thing is I checked both players on OPR. Both of them are losing money faster than a 5-year-old with a hole in his pocket.
Retards.
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Should have gone broke; ended up winning
This is what probably should have been the last hand in the tournament where I came back from 190 chips to win all 67,500. Let me know what you think of how I played this.
Blinds: 30-60
Site: Full Tilt Poker
Dealt to Hero:8♠ 5♠
1 player folds.
herejohnny calls [60]
lucky60 calls [60]
1 player folds.
killemall808 calls [60]
1 player folds.
There is now 270 in the pot (including 30 of mine) and I have 160 behind. I could wait for a few hands and try to get my last 160 in heads-up, but I think this is a great opportunity to shove.
No one has shown strength. The BB has a random hand and will likely fold. What I'm really hoping for is one caller, which would make the pot 560. That means I would be betting 160 to try to win a pot of 400 — which means I'm getting great odds unless someone has an overpair. And I'm not buying an overpair with three limps.
Hero raises to 190, and is all in
1 player folds.
herejohnny raises to 740, and is all in
2 players fold.
herejohnny shows: A♠ K♥
Hero shows: 8♠ 5♠
Got my wish. I am a 3-2 underdog, but I was getting 2 1/2 to 1 on my bet.
Flop: 8♥ J♠ 4♠
Uh. Wow. Not a bad flop for my trash hand, eh?
Turn: 6♠
River: 9♦ herejohnny shows Ace King high
Hero shows a flush, Jack high
Hero wins the pot (560) with a flush, Jack high
Of course, I still had a ton of work to do from here, but if I lose this hand I never see my first royal flush … or any money.
Current bankroll: $1,524 (first time over $1,500)
OPR ranking: 98.13
Blinds: 30-60
Site: Full Tilt Poker
Dealt to Hero:8♠ 5♠
1 player folds.
herejohnny calls [60]
lucky60 calls [60]
1 player folds.
killemall808 calls [60]
1 player folds.
There is now 270 in the pot (including 30 of mine) and I have 160 behind. I could wait for a few hands and try to get my last 160 in heads-up, but I think this is a great opportunity to shove.
No one has shown strength. The BB has a random hand and will likely fold. What I'm really hoping for is one caller, which would make the pot 560. That means I would be betting 160 to try to win a pot of 400 — which means I'm getting great odds unless someone has an overpair. And I'm not buying an overpair with three limps.
Hero raises to 190, and is all in
1 player folds.
herejohnny raises to 740, and is all in
2 players fold.
herejohnny shows: A♠ K♥
Hero shows: 8♠ 5♠
Got my wish. I am a 3-2 underdog, but I was getting 2 1/2 to 1 on my bet.
Flop: 8♥ J♠ 4♠
Uh. Wow. Not a bad flop for my trash hand, eh?
Turn: 6♠
River: 9♦ herejohnny shows Ace King high
Hero shows a flush, Jack high
Hero wins the pot (560) with a flush, Jack high
Of course, I still had a ton of work to do from here, but if I lose this hand I never see my first royal flush … or any money.
Current bankroll: $1,524 (first time over $1,500)
OPR ranking: 98.13
Monday, May 4, 2009
Best. Comeback. Ever
Twenty minutes into a 45-person, $11 SNG on Sunday night, I had 190 chips.
An hour later, I had 67,500.
Quite a comeback. First place was $171. That pushed my bankroll to a new record. In fact, if I hadn't transferred $10 to a friend to get him started online, my bankroll would be above $1,500 for the first time.
I will post the hand that started my comeback from the dead as soon as I can pull it out of the archives, but check out the best hand I've ever had — first one of these ever — right here:
Stacks:
UTG with 4048
UTG+1 with 905
MP1 with 2205
MP2 with 8631
CO with 1815
BTN with 3328
SB with 4615
BB with 3838
Blinds: 100-200
Site: Full Tilt Poker
Dealt to MP2:Q♠ K♠
Preflop:
3 players fold.
Hero raises to 400
3 players fold.
BB calls [200]
Potsize: 900
Can't remember why I min-raised. That's really strange of me. I never do that. There was a guy who would play any two cards and was really aggressive post-flop. If he was the big blind, I might have been trying to get heads up with him without building too big of a pot preflop. But I really can't remember.
Flop:
8♦ 10♠ J♠
BB checks
Hero bets [400]
BB calls [400]
Potsize: 1700
I think an open-ended flush draw with one out to the royal flush is probably a hand I should push hard. But it gets even better …
Turn:
A♠
BB checks
Hero checks
Potsize: 1700
No sense in betting. Although checking is probably suspicious.
River:
K♦
BB checks
Hero bets [600]
1 players fold.
Probably should have bet the turn. The king on the river might have killed my action, even if villain had two pair or a set.
Don't know. Maybe I could have played this better. Never had a royal flush before. I'll try to do better next time.
Current bankroll: $1,494
OPR ranking: 98.08
An hour later, I had 67,500.
Quite a comeback. First place was $171. That pushed my bankroll to a new record. In fact, if I hadn't transferred $10 to a friend to get him started online, my bankroll would be above $1,500 for the first time.
I will post the hand that started my comeback from the dead as soon as I can pull it out of the archives, but check out the best hand I've ever had — first one of these ever — right here:
Stacks:
UTG with 4048
UTG+1 with 905
MP1 with 2205
MP2 with 8631
CO with 1815
BTN with 3328
SB with 4615
BB with 3838
Blinds: 100-200
Site: Full Tilt Poker
Dealt to MP2:Q♠ K♠
Preflop:
3 players fold.
Hero raises to 400
3 players fold.
BB calls [200]
Potsize: 900
Can't remember why I min-raised. That's really strange of me. I never do that. There was a guy who would play any two cards and was really aggressive post-flop. If he was the big blind, I might have been trying to get heads up with him without building too big of a pot preflop. But I really can't remember.
Flop:
8♦ 10♠ J♠
BB checks
Hero bets [400]
BB calls [400]
Potsize: 1700
I think an open-ended flush draw with one out to the royal flush is probably a hand I should push hard. But it gets even better …
Turn:
A♠
BB checks
Hero checks
Potsize: 1700
No sense in betting. Although checking is probably suspicious.
River:
K♦
BB checks
Hero bets [600]
1 players fold.
Probably should have bet the turn. The king on the river might have killed my action, even if villain had two pair or a set.
Don't know. Maybe I could have played this better. Never had a royal flush before. I'll try to do better next time.
Current bankroll: $1,494
OPR ranking: 98.08
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