Pokerpops ponders poker

[duke3016]

My approach to the Thursday night game has always been what some may call "Loose Aggresive" and others may call spewy. I play the game for fun take some "interesting" lines and often get called down light

This should make for a very interesting first few levels.

I"m looking forward to crossing swords with Ger again and to sharing the banter.

See above  

[pokerpops]

My approach to the Thursday night game has always been what some may call "Loose Aggresive" and others may call spewy. I play the game for fun take some "interesting" lines and often get called down light

This should make for a very interesting first few levels.

I"m looking forward to crossing swords with Ger again and to sharing the banter.

See above  

Bring it on big boy!!

[pokerpops]

Poker sucks and Ger is a luckbox fish

/thread

[duke3016]

Yahhhhhhhhhh  

[Laxie]

Poker sucks and Ger is a luckbox fish

/thread

I"m sorry, but if you expect us to follow this blog regularly, you"ll need to stop posting old news.  

[pokerpops]

Poker still sucks.

I received a picture message from young Stuart over the weekend. A photograph had been taken of his pint, the caption read Ger says you paid for this. Thanks.

Sigh



Poker since Thursday included the G £100 monthly in which I had a 100% record for flopping sets and getting a full double up when holding a pocket pair.
11 x 30 minute levels, one pair.
One x AK, I 3bet, he flats, we check down a horribly wet no A no K board and both turn over AK.
One x KQ flopped AJ10hh. I c-bet he folds.
Exited with a BvB shove of K9 where he has A10

Eventually I get a seat on the cash table and continue my flopping of sets and straights but with higher frequency and with better results and ended up £250

Sunday G £15+£15 I bust first bullet just before the break and re-enter. It"s all going rather well and my Hijack cut off and button raises are getting through or getting serious resistance until... I open J4hh and flop J94xxh. I get check called and decide to get in on the 7 flop.
villain has 44...

Eventually I get a seat on the cash table... Run golden in the extreme. It"s a .25/.50 table and seeing flops and playing post is huge fun some nights. Especially when you run like....
I call pre with J5ss and flop J55....
Won some proper pots too with proper hands including the very satisfying chunk from one of the old Gala regs whoever my 3bet with QJ and probably liked the look of the q1010 flop. But not as much as I did since I had QQ....

Lost a horrible one with QQ when I cold 4bet over a £3.50/£14 to £38. Was surprised to be flatted there from c£100, but we got it in on the AJx flop vs ..... AJ... He checked the flop and since he isn"t flatting AA pre I c-bet and called him off.
Meh

Ended up £220 from a peak of c£350 ip

[pokerpops]

An interesting week

Didn"t play much poker till Thursday when I had a spin at the £10rb at G. It"s guaranteed at £1000 with a minimum of 8 runners and this week, with Thursday also being Valentines Day it got just 14. Between us we managed to put £560 in the pot with me contributing way too much of it at £70. I rationalised this on the basis that I would pay £70 to be part of a 14 runner tourney with £1000 in the pool. Probably not wise, but I thought I had a decent shot at the prizes given the field. Finished 7th so outside the money.

Had a trip to London to visit Dad on Saturday and spent some decent time with him. Taught him how to upload photos from his camera and hopefully how to email them once he"s got them on the pc.
Took a bus ride and had a walk and eventually got to my room at the Victory Services Club just off the Edgeware Road around 6.30. For those who don"t know of it, the VSC is run for serving and ex-military folks but members can book rooms for guests. It"s very near to Marble Arch and rather economical in terms of London prices. My single room with shared facilities was £59.50 for the Saturday at the start of half-term which seemed pretty good.
Being near Marble Arch, and just off the Edgeware Road means it"s also rather close to the home of British Poker,The Vic so it was inevitable that I should spend my Saturday night there.
The £50 FO went poorly - too many pairs and AK/AQ hands that missed flops totally and I was out before the break.
The £1/£1 cash table went better. I left at sometime around 0415 with an extra £330 in my pocket. A fun table with a lot of players who kept allowing me to "get there" and then paying me off on the river.
Had only one hand that meant I had to make a really tough decision and posted it over on Blonde - I"ll C&P it here for more views when this is complete.
Sunday Lunch at the Royal Chelsea Hospital and then the train home via a stop over in Peterborough to pick up my 12yr old Granddaughter (I know, hard to believe I"m old enough isn"t it?) and arrived home in time to pop to the G. It was too late for the Sunday tourney but the cash game opened not long after 8 this week and I was the benficiary of some random bluffs by a fella who sat with £100 and seemed intent on losing it.
I"d missed out on the other donor"s presence, he played two hands, the first where he 3bet   and called a shove for £50 vs kings. Flop was   for a sweat for the lad who held the KK but our man reloaded and managed to double back up with his second £50 and then left.
The table had settled when Brian came down to say there was a £12 SnG being run with a seat to the Monthly £100 on offer. They were short of runners and I was eventually persuaded to join in and we played it as a £15 x 9handed with a seat for first and £25 for second.
Key hands en route to a win included outdrawing Brian (with KQ vs ?? i was too embarrassed to remember)
Winning a 3way all in where I shipped the button with A6 over a hijack raise with around 8 BBs and got there on the river to beat 88 and QQ
After that hand I had a proper stack and eventually three handed I had 65% of the chips and was shoving button and SB with pretty much any cards. Eventually I took out the second stack when he shipped A6 from the button into my AK and sealed the win with K2>>A2

A fun weekend of poker really, with the added joy of seeing Dad and getting some time with Granddaughter

[pokerpops]

Irritating Tourney Exit #372

£10rb, 6 left, 4 prizes.
I"ve recovered from a moment of madness where I managed to reduce myself to just over 4bb with KQCurrently have 10bb at 1000/2000/250
Bearded theorist has a rather large stack for the game at c75k having recently called two shortish all-ins with Q10ss and flushed them out.

He opens to 4500 on button, I shove SB for 20350 K10dd
Folds to him and he opines "I have too much already in" 63dd....

15850 to win 28350 with the added downside that he doubles me up and has to play oop to me with a stack.

x6xxx and it"s done.

[pokerpops]

In case you missed it - DTD have shifted to iPoker and are running the satellites to the upcoming Grand Prix on the new site.

Winning a satellite gets you a Golden Chip and the chance to take a trip with them to St Kitts. I did ok in these tournaments last year...

Oh, and yes, I have a Golden Chip!

But the format is slightly changed this year with online Day Ones as well as two live - 10% of the field go through to Day 2 which will play to the finish. 
If you are part of the 10% but have only a bowl left you can choose to sacrifice those chips and have another go at a Day 1, so I"m in the hunt for more!
Second today for £48 which at least funds a few more goes.

[pokerpops]

Binked a deepstack seat last night for the DTD £150k this weekend
My third attempt, but managed to get in each time for between £4.20 and £6.20 and one attempt didn"t cost extra because I"m an idiot.
I was out, waiting for a cash game to start at the G and having won a token for the satellite I decided to sit and play on the card table using my laptop.
Late regged and chipped up as we approached the add-on break I was rather pleased not to have needed the rb. Then, just as the three minute add-on break started my laptop screen went black because I hadn"t plugged the power supply in...
By the time I was back online the opportunity to add 10,000 chips had gone and I had dropped from a pretty comfortable spot to being in the mire.
Eventually exited when my, slightly tilty, UTG shove with AJ was called by AQ

One last try last night and after a pretty awful run of cards i clung on to my stack like it was golden and played literally two hands in two hours doubling up both times 77>A7 and QQ>99. The countdown was on and with 51 left a player on another table was all in for <1BB when I finally get AA utg.
What to do?
I can"t fold obviously, just in case the other guy survives, but I time banked then shoved and kept my eyes on the other table as the all in player was eliminated. The rest of my table folded anyway and voila, I have a seat.

Playing tonight online which is the only way I could fit the game in this weekend and will be putting up a cheeky staking thread shortly.

Brian is also in and we"ve swapped our usual and all being well will be travelling together on Sunday.

[pokerpops]

About a year ago I was running pretty badly in local games, making some bad decisions and also running into some coolers and suck outs that were, to say the least, disappointing.
I"d suffered a nasty reverse in the UKIPT and been eliminated by runner runner threes.

Then, I played in the DTD Grand Prix...

This year I"m running badly. Take last night...

actually, don"t. suffice to say that I exited the home game when someone called my flop bet to hit his gutshot and raised when I bet my two pair on the river, and that was the least bad moment of a night where if the river hadn"t been dealt I"d be a fair few quid better off today
Nothing I could do on any of those hands either, just suck it up when the cards were turned over.

Next week, I"m playing in the DTD Grand Prix...

I was planning on just playing the last Day 1, live next Saturday, but having won two Golden Chips with a view to collecting the £60 for one it turns out that I can only do that if I qualify for Day Two before Saturday (it makes sense)
So at some stage this week I shall be playing an online Day 1 and endeavouring to outlast 90% of the field and to have something around the average stack of 200,000.
Looking back over the last two of these events, I"ve run very well in them.

Here"s hoping for more of the same

[Laxie]

Very best of luck with it!  

[pokerpops]

soooooooooo

Played the online Day 1 last night and since I was sitting with the laptop on and the poker client was open I opted to also play the DTD Blonde Poker League game. £5rb PLO. Not my usual game. By a long way.
Coming 2nd was a proper result!!

But - the more serious matter of the GP. I folded the first 13 hands, lost some chips on the 14th hand and then folded again for a while.
It was 45 minutes into the comp when I made my first move upwards on hand 31

***** Hand History for Game 1111111111 ***** (IPoker)
Tourney Hand NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, March 12, 09:17:54 ET 2013
Table Dusk GP Final Online Day 1c  801926787 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Seat 1: Player1 ( 17502 ) - VPIP: 20, PFR: 14, 3B: 4, AF: 1.8, Hands: 44
Seat 2: Player2 ( 34283 ) - VPIP: 14, PFR: 8, 3B: 4, AF: 2.5, Hands: 111
Seat 3: Player3 ( 18065 ) - VPIP: 31, PFR: 19, 3B: 29, AF: 1.2, Hands: 36
Seat 4: Player4 ( 13460 ) - VPIP: 33, PFR: 20, 3B: 6, AF: 2.3, Hands: 49
Seat 5: Player5 ( 8860 ) - VPIP: 38, PFR: 12, 3B: 3, AF: 0.8, Hands: 90
Seat 6: Hero ( 14080 ) - VPIP: 17, PFR: 11, 3B: 6, AF: 2.0, Hands: 3496
Seat 8: Player8 ( 41175 ) - VPIP: 23, PFR: 14, 3B: 11, AF: 1.5, Hands: 92
Seat 9: Player9 ( 17230 ) - VPIP: 21, PFR: 16, 3B: 2, AF: 1.1, Hands: 117
Seat 10: Player10 ( 30370 ) - VPIP: 20, PFR: 14, 3B: 4, AF: 1.8, Hands: 44
Hero posts ante of [25].
Player8 posts ante of [25].
Player9 posts ante of [25].
Player10 posts ante of [25].
Player1 posts ante of [25].
Player2 posts ante of [25].
Player3 posts ante of [25].
Player4 posts ante of [25].
Player5 posts ante of [25].
Hero posts small blind [150].
Player8 posts big blind [300].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [   As ]
Player9 folds
Player10 folds
Player1 folds
Player2 folds
Player3 raises [685]
Player4 folds
Player5 calls [685]
Hero raises [1950]
Player8 folds
Player3 folds
Player5 calls [1415]
** Dealing Flop ** [ , , ]
Hero bets [2100]
Player5 calls [2100]
** Dealing Turn ** [ ]
Hero bets [9855]
Player5 calls [4635]
** Dealing River ** [ ]
Hero wins 24100 from main pot
Player5 shows [, ]

which was nice

28 hands later..

***** Hand History for Game 1111111111 ***** (IPoker)
Tourney Hand NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, March 12, 09:48:37 ET 2013
Table Dusk GP Final Online Day 1c  801926787 (Real Money)
Seat 8 is the button
Seat 1: Player1 ( 16420 ) - VPIP: 23, PFR: 7, 3B: 4, AF: 3.0, Hands: 56
Seat 2: Player2 ( 35933 ) - VPIP: 14, PFR: 8, 3B: 4, AF: 2.5, Hands: 111
Seat 3: Player3 ( 74975 ) - VPIP: 24, PFR: 16, 3B: 10, AF: 4.0, Hands: 80
Seat 4: Player4 ( 29140 ) - VPIP: 33, PFR: 20, 3B: 6, AF: 2.3, Hands: 49
Seat 5: Player5 ( 39097 ) - VPIP: 18, PFR: 16, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 90
Seat 6: Hero ( 18600 ) - VPIP: 17, PFR: 11, 3B: 6, AF: 2.0, Hands: 3496
Seat 8: Player8 ( 71817 ) - VPIP: 23, PFR: 14, 3B: 11, AF: 1.5, Hands: 92
Seat 9: Player9 ( 28583 ) - VPIP: 21, PFR: 16, 3B: 2, AF: 1.1, Hands: 117
Seat 10: Player10 ( 11505 ) - VPIP: 23, PFR: 7, 3B: 4, AF: 3.0, Hands: 56
Player9 posts ante of [50].
Player10 posts ante of [50].
Player1 posts ante of [50].
Player2 posts ante of [50].
Player3 posts ante of [50].
Player4 posts ante of [50].
Player5 posts ante of [50].
Hero posts ante of [50].
Player8 posts ante of [50].
Player9 posts small blind [250].
Player10 posts big blind [500].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [   ]
Player1 folds
Player2 folds
Player3 folds
Player4 folds
Player5 folds
Hero raises [1100]
Player8 raises [2300]
Player9 folds
Player10 folds
Hero raises [2900]
Player8 calls [1700]
** Dealing Flop ** [ , , ]
Hero checks
Player8 checks
** Dealing Turn ** [ ]
Hero bets [3500]
Player8 raises [67767]
Hero calls [11050]
** Dealing River ** [ ]
Hero wins 38300 from main pot
Player8 wins 53217 from main pot
Player8 shows [, ]

again, this was nice and does show that other players don"t take a lot of notice of our tendencies

This was less satisfactory...

***** Hand History for Game 1111111111 ***** (IPoker)
Tourney Hand NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, March 12, 11:05:52 ET 2013
Table Dusk GP Final Online Day 1c  801927327 (Real Money)
Seat 10 is the button
Seat 1: Player1 ( 10371 ) - VPIP: 13, PFR: 9, 3B: 0, AF: 0.7, Hands: 32
Seat 2: Player2 ( 36846 ) - VPIP: 30, PFR: 13, 3B: 5, AF: 2.5, Hands: 90
Seat 3: Hero ( 56083 ) - VPIP: 17, PFR: 11, 3B: 6, AF: 2.0, Hands: 3496
Seat 4: Player4 ( 39951 ) - VPIP: 7, PFR: 5, 3B: 3, AF: 0.0, Hands: 76
Seat 6: Player6 ( 67486 ) - VPIP: 12, PFR: 4, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 67
Seat 8: Player8 ( 31200 ) - VPIP: 15, PFR: 12, 3B: 8, AF: 0.0, Hands: 34
Seat 9: Player9 ( 34390 ) - VPIP: 24, PFR: 22, 3B: 13, AF: 2.0, Hands: 51
Seat 10: Player10 ( 49608 ) - VPIP: 13, PFR: 9, 3B: 0, AF: 0.7, Hands: 32
Player1 posts ante of [300].
Player2 posts ante of [300].
Hero posts ante of [300].
Player4 posts ante of [300].
Player6 posts ante of [300].
Player8 posts ante of [300].
Player9 posts ante of [300].
Player10 posts ante of [300].
Player1 posts small blind [1000].
Player2 posts big blind [2000].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [  As ]
Hero raises [4400]
Player4 folds
Player6 folds
Player8 folds
Player9 folds
Player10 folds
Player1 folds
Player2 calls [2400]
** Dealing Flop ** [ , , ]
Player2 checks
Hero bets [9150]
Player2 raises [32146]
Hero calls [22996]
** Dealing Turn ** [ ]
** Dealing River ** [ ]
Player2 wins 76492 from main pot
Player2 shows [, ]

but I dug in and maintained focus and balance, won a few uncontested pots with raises/shoves/reshoves before this

***** Hand History for Game 1111111111 ***** (IPoker)
Tourney Hand NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, March 12, 11:21:51 ET 2013
Table Dusk GP Final Online Day 1c  801927327 (Real Money)
Seat 9 is the button
Seat 2: Player2 ( 121928 ) - VPIP: 30, PFR: 13, 3B: 5, AF: 2.5, Hands: 90
Seat 3: Hero ( 23737 ) - VPIP: 17, PFR: 11, 3B: 6, AF: 2.0, Hands: 3496
Seat 4: Player4 ( 64096 ) - VPIP: 26, PFR: 16, 3B: 10, AF: 1.2, Hands: 154
Seat 5: Player5 ( 99228 ) - VPIP: 17, PFR: 13, 3B: 11, AF: 0.0, Hands: 24
Seat 6: Player6 ( 51786 ) - VPIP: 12, PFR: 4, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 67
Seat 8: Player8 ( 29280 ) - VPIP: 7, PFR: 5, 3B: 3, AF: 0.0, Hands: 76
Seat 9: Player9 ( 41190 ) - VPIP: 24, PFR: 22, 3B: 13, AF: 2.0, Hands: 51
Player2 posts ante of [300].
Hero posts ante of [300].
Player4 posts ante of [300].
Player5 posts ante of [300].
Player6 posts ante of [300].
Player8 posts ante of [300].
Player9 posts ante of [300].
Player2 posts small blind [1200].
Hero posts big blind [2400].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [  As ]
Player4 folds
Player5 folds
Player6 folds
Player8 folds
Player9 raises [4800]
Player2 calls [3600]
Hero raises [21037]
Player9 folds
Player2 calls [18637]
** Dealing Flop ** [ , Ts, ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ ]
** Dealing River ** [ ]
Hero wins 53774 from main pot
Player2 shows [, ]

and this

***** Hand History for Game 1111111111 ***** (IPoker)
Tourney Hand NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, March 12, 11:39:29 ET 2013
Table Dusk GP Final Online Day 1c  801927327 (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Seat 1: Player1 ( 208596 ) - VPIP: 34, PFR: 34, 3B: 13, AF: 2.0, Hands: 53
Seat 2: Player2 ( 115000 ) - VPIP: 30, PFR: 13, 3B: 5, AF: 2.5, Hands: 90
Seat 3: Hero ( 55574 ) - VPIP: 17, PFR: 11, 3B: 6, AF: 2.0, Hands: 3496
Seat 5: Player5 ( 61283 ) - VPIP: 22, PFR: 22, 3B: 15, AF: 0.0, Hands: 23
Seat 6: Player6 ( 29686 ) - VPIP: 12, PFR: 4, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 67
Seat 8: Player8 ( 51260 ) - VPIP: 7, PFR: 5, 3B: 3, AF: 0.0, Hands: 76
Seat 9: Player9 ( 109621 ) - VPIP: 11, PFR: 3, 3B: 0, AF: 1.0, Hands: 36
Seat 10: Player10 ( 88487 ) - VPIP: 34, PFR: 34, 3B: 13, AF: 2.0, Hands: 53
Player2 posts ante of [500].
Hero posts ante of [500].
Player5 posts ante of [500].
Player6 posts ante of [500].
Player8 posts ante of [500].
Player9 posts ante of [500].
Player10 posts ante of [500].
Player1 posts ante of [500].
Player2 posts small blind [2000].
Hero posts big blind [4000].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [  As Tc ]
Player5 folds
Player6 folds
Player8 folds
Player9 folds
Player10 folds
Player1 raises [8000]
Player2 folds
Hero raises [51074]
Player1 calls [47074]
** Dealing Flop ** [ , , ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ ]
** Dealing River ** [ ]
Hero wins 116148 from main pot
Player1 shows [, ]

and then
with 20 left, 14 going through...

***** Hand History for Game 1111111111 ***** (IPoker)
Tourney Hand NL Texas Hold'em - Wednesday, March 13, 12:04:59 ET 2013
Table Dusk GP Final Online Day 1c  801927327 (Real Money)
Seat 8 is the button
Seat 1: Player1 ( 303509 ) - VPIP: 34, PFR: 34, 3B: 13, AF: 2.0, Hands: 53
Seat 2: Player2 ( 192500 ) - VPIP: 30, PFR: 13, 3B: 5, AF: 2.5, Hands: 90
Seat 3: Hero ( 120431 ) - VPIP: 17, PFR: 11, 3B: 6, AF: 2.0, Hands: 3496
Seat 5: Player5 ( 241611 ) - VPIP: 18, PFR: 16, 3B: 0, AF: 0.0, Hands: 90
Seat 6: Player6 ( 140284 ) - VPIP: 13, PFR: 4, 3B: 7, AF: 0.0, Hands: 24
Seat 8: Player8 ( 55946 ) - VPIP: 7, PFR: 5, 3B: 3, AF: 0.0, Hands: 76
Seat 9: Player9 ( 54066 ) - VPIP: 11, PFR: 3, 3B: 0, AF: 1.0, Hands: 36
Player9 posts ante of [500].
Player1 posts ante of [500].
Player2 posts ante of [500].
Hero posts ante of [500].
Player5 posts ante of [500].
Player6 posts ante of [500].
Player8 posts ante of [500].
Player9 posts small blind [2500].
Player1 posts big blind [5000].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [   ]
Player2 folds
Hero raises [11000]
Player5 folds
Player6 raises [139784]
Player8 folds
Player9 folds
Player1 folds
Hero calls [108931]
** Dealing Flop ** [ , , ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ ]
** Dealing River ** [ Ts ]
Player6 wins 270715 from main pot
Player6 shows [, ]


oh well - I now find myself forced into playing another online Day 1 because I was one of the "rounded down" players and get a £60 token to use for a re-entry which, if unused before Saturday, is worthless.

I"m out to see David O"Doherty tonight so it looks like I"ll be playing in the last chance atmosphere of Thursday night


[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghxnKDBadSk[/youtube]

[pokerpops]

The Amos Family / Team Pony now has just one chance of securing a trip to the Caribbean from the current GP

I played online again last night and just never really got going. Picked off a shortish stack when we got it in pre with my AA holding vs his AhKh despite the fact that he had outs on the river. But after that, nothing. No spots. No callers when I had a hand. Too many callers at other times.
Eventually, with around 40 left utg+1 raised to 4x and I found JJ... He had AA and held.

It feels as though the KK<55 hand was my moment and that it has passed now.

I"d have preferred to play my second Golden Chip live, but the rules regarding the value of the £60 token for getting caught in the rounding down spots meant that it had zero value if unused when I could have used it. Oh well, I guess I wouldn"t be moaning about it if I was writing here about having 300k to take into Day 2.

So now, I"ll be playing Day1 live at DTD and obviously aiming for a deep run. If lightning strikes again and I make the final table without that Golden Chip I may look less happy than I should. Remind me, should that happen, that I should be celebrating!!

Good luck to all who are in already, or who are playing today or tomorrow.

[pokerpops]

I am honoured and, in truth, slightly embarrassed today. To whoever it is that compiles shortlists for the APAT Awards, I just want to say...