Grant's Glasgow Banter

[Santino67]

Had a bit of a mixed bag last night and this kind of sums it up........played a 15c/30c table for about 90 mins and left before tourneys started, finishing with almost double my buy in with $57+

Busted out Furness game very early after making a preflop raise with  ac  kc flop comes 10 high 2 clubs on board and there"s a pot bet of 240. Figuring i"m probably fave I raise it up to 800 and all the chips are in pre and I"m up against 10/J. J on turn and no club or Q to help sees me with the proverbial chip and chair and sharp exit.

Got down to 34th in the $22 MTT and with blinds at 125/250 shoved my remaining 3k with A 10, called by K J and failed to hold up after K & J appear on board.

Also played in a $3 MTT to alleviate boredom more than anything and cashed for the sum of $5.15 after 2 and a half hours of what can only be described as a complete donkfest  

More of the same tonight methinks, hope to see some of you at the tables

[Santino67]

Yes more of the same as promised......started the 8.30pm $11 MTT and 20 mins in have got my stack up to 3.2k from 1.5 after a couple of loons decided their A5 and 45 where good against my KK after my pre flop raise and a 5 came down on flop lol

Updates to come.....

Newcomer to table at level 3 with 12k chips lol. Thankfully on other side of the table but already putting questions to shorties and outdrawing when he gets called, example in last hand had  jd   bet throughout and runner runners a flush, quickly up to over 14k so need to suss this one out. Level 4 40/80 and he"s just called an all in of 910 with J7 against AK, obviously hits the J and busts another. Thankfully next hand I"m up to 4.4k with 4/6 on a 2/3/4/8 board and no takers on turn.

End of level 4 and just got a beating with top2 OOP and run into flopped nut flush   down to just over 1k and back to the drawing board. back up to just over 1.5 starting stack after a shove from SB on a A35 flop with A4, get 2 others shove behind so expect the worst and they flip A5 and 24, turn 6 river 7, one guy out and I split with the other very lucky boy lol. 2 mins left of 60/120 level so fold/shove time coming up

Out after break with shove on button in open spot with A5 called by A8, 8 played with only 2 overs and ace on board. Damage was done earlier running into that flopped flush ..... chin up and on to next game  

[Santino67]

[Quasar]

Good luck Grant  

[Santino67]

Good luck Grant  

Thanks Debs, I"ll update above

[Santino67]

Playing my usual Betfair $22 1500 chips 12 min levels at 11.15pm, would love to see some of you guys there if you can make it  

[Santino67]

Won"t go into last night in any detail, except to say doubled up in first level with a set of 5"s and some fool thought his J/10 was good on a 10 high flop. I then got stung with pocket 8"s OOP, my raise called pre, c bet with one over K on flop, called again, blank on turn so bet again and called again then gave it up on river. Got creative a while later with 5/6 on a 2/4/J flop, checked to me and my bet called. Another 4 on turn saw villain bet out and call my raise, blank on end and this time the J/10 was actually good  

Was downhill from there and not long before i went out my AQ being called by 44 and no help from the board. Only leaves me to say that I found myself getting sucked into the aggro of recent tables I"ve been on, possibly because I doubled my stack early, probably more likely because I lacked focus

[Santino67]

So tomorrow will see the Cheltenham Grand Annual Drinking Handicap at Alfredo"s bar in Glasgow, to celebrate all that is good in life with some friends   Tonight I"ll warm up with a couple of cold cans while watching the Rangers v PSV game & simultaneously playing the Bronze Freeroll. Currently on a 15c/30c cash table and so far up to $47.

Cheltenham has been a frustrating event up till now, lots of 2nd"s 3rd"s and 4th"s and my downfall of betting to win and not each-way. Today had my bankers doubled, only £10 but Kalahari King didn"t quite make it to join Big Bucks in winners enclosure so will look forward to Gold Cup day tomorrow, win or lose always a very enjoyable time with the guys  

Good luck to you all, whatever you"re punting on

[Santino67]

Still in freeroll, crazy stuff lol. Currently 40th of 133 left from 804 starters. Top 90 get something, Top 20 get Betfair live sat ticket + cash

Now got Mark Porter on table with me, into last 100 now and on 10k, Mark on 5k

just ignore that, quick switcharound, mark now on 25k after AK and KK shoved, both called and held up

And I"m out in 76th, thankfully Mark still going along nicely with 22k.

Finally, well done to Mark, a long drawn out affair to win a $24 ticket + $3.90 but 19th out of 804 runners is very good going.

[Santino67]

A bit of advice needed here gang on a few hands, honestly want to know if I"m doing the right thing, not a bad beat moan but obviously linked.

First hand up blinds 25/50 and I have 2.8k with  qh qs. Guy in mid position with   td has 1.25k chips raises to 150 preflop and i re-raise him to 600, he calls. Am I right in believing this is a dumb call, considering I"ve already answered his question and he"s only leaving himself 650 chips behind. Needless to say he hit 2 diamonds on J high flop and he now has odds to call any bet on flop so chips go in and he hits flush on river.

2nd hand need advice on blinds 60/120 I have  tc ts utg so raise to 360, guy behind me min raises to 600 and button shoves for for more than my stack. I lay it down pre flop, again want to know if you"d do the same. The min raiser called the shove with   and button flips   jd. Thankfully he hit his jack but i was scratching me head at the play when I saw the cards.

Final hand I"m keen to get thoughts on, blinds 80/160 I have  kc kh in cut off, EP raises to 480, another calls so i shove my remaining 1.8k. Now if you"re the guy in EP what"s your range for calling?

In addition to above have to say the table wasn"t particularly aggressive, only cards I"d shown in game were QQ twice (Other hand held up against a KQ) and I hadn"t been that involved due to lack of cards and bigger stacks to my right.

Cheers
Grant

[Swinebag]

hand 1 - 3 bet less, say to 450, unless you are last to act in which case jam.

hand 2 - you didn"t put the stacks down so don"t know if this is a bad fold or not - generally speaking it is probably a good pass

hand 3 - nothing wrong here - original raisers range will be pretty wide for calling here. He"s not raising then folding to a 11X shove

[PauletweRoper]

I think you made the right decisions in all the hands. But got unlucky on another day you will be glad they made them moves and you will have their chips.
Hand one he made a bad call, he should of either be folding or pushing all in with his chip stack.
Second hand you have seen 2 acts of strength with the min raise then with the shove. You have to lay it down.
Final hand I think you make the right move, personally if I was the early raisers then I"m only calling with the top 4 hands.

[Santino67]

hand 1 - 3 bet less, say to 450, unless you are last to act in which case jam.

hand 2 - you didn"t put the stacks down so don"t know if this is a bad fold or not - generally speaking it is probably a good pass

hand 3 - nothing wrong here - original raisers range will be pretty wide for calling here. He"s not raising then folding to a 11X shove

hand 2, guy on button jammed for 3.5k and had us both covered

[Swinebag]

hand 1 - 3 bet less, say to 450, unless you are last to act in which case jam.

hand 2 - you didn"t put the stacks down so don"t know if this is a bad fold or not - generally speaking it is probably a good pass

hand 3 - nothing wrong here - original raisers range will be pretty wide for calling here. He"s not raising then folding to a 11X shove

hand 2, guy on button jammed for 3.5k and had us both covered

probably a correct pass then

[Santino67]

Cheers for the comments guys, thought I may be losing the plot and was keen to get your opinions. Been getting a real bad run of out draws lately and laying down big starting hands. On the plus side, just got my first ever Royal Flush  

TEXAS_HOLDEM, NO_LIMIT, T5-128855842-38
played at "Table #4" for USD TC from 2011-03-21 19:01 until 2011-03-21 19:02



Seat 2: Santino1967 (775 in chips)  
Seat 3: jopeka1972 (3,650 in chips)  
Seat 4: Adrian_01 (2,390 in chips)  
Seat 5: orestis48 (3,130 in chips)  
Seat 7: viptrek (895 in chips)  
Seat 8: the cabbag27 (5,670 in chips)  
Seat 9: TROVALAFEDE (2,045 in chips)  
Seat 10: laku11 (1,560 in chips)  



ANTES/BLINDS
the cabbag27 posts small blind (40), TROVALAFEDE posts big blind (80),

PRE-FLOP
laku11 folds, Santino1967 raises to 775 and is all-in, jopeka1972 calls 775, Adrian_01 folds, orestis48 folds, viptrek folds, the cabbag27 folds, TROVALAFEDE folds.

FLOP [board cards: TS,TH,3C ]


TURN [board cards: TS,TH,3C,AH ]


RIVER [board cards: TS,TH,3C,AH,KH ]


SHOWDOWN
Santino1967 shows [ JH,QH ]
jopeka1972 shows [ 8C,8S ]
Santino1967 wins 1,670.



SUMMARY
Dealer: viptrek
Pot: 1,670
Santino1967, bets 775, collects 1,670, net 895
jopeka1972, loses 775
Adrian_01, loses 0
orestis48, loses 0
viptrek, loses 0
the cabbag27, loses 40
TROVALAFEDE, loses 80
laku11, loses 0