In hindsight, I should've seen it coming. I had AA and the flop came up J-8-3. Soon as I raised, Johnny-on-the-spot immediately doubled his bet. He did it so quick. I just looked at him for a second, and called him anyway. He had J-J.
I should've figured that out, just the way he freakin' jumped in there like that. But when you got a pair of aces, you don't feel rightly mortal to those kind of sheniangans.
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Thursday, 22 December 2005 19:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jams Murphy (ystrickler), Thursday, 22 December 2005 19:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jams Murphy (ystrickler), Thursday, 22 December 2005 19:28 (eighteen years ago) link
Yeah, I know that intellectually, but I get too wound up when DoucheBoy hits his dream draw that I wig out and get all Matusowy on the guy. And then I get called "poopshits".
That tourney sounds awesome, BTW!
― David R. (popshots75`), Thursday, 22 December 2005 19:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― slow jamz and white guy indie acoustic shit (Chris V), Thursday, 22 December 2005 21:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 22 December 2005 23:47 (eighteen years ago) link
If anyone is interested (and it's just me talking about poker), I have a poker blog you can fnd here. Let me know what you think!
― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 6 January 2006 18:04 (eighteen years ago) link
SNGs are teh suck for me. Been trying them lately - HOSE CITY. I did, however, manage to make it into the money in thee hot-to-trot 50K unlimited rebuy hoohah. Lucky me, I played when "only" 600 folks entered. Ended up finishing 55th or so, only because douchebag big stacked honker decided to call my AQ off AI preflop w/ AT suited, and he caught a flop featuring both a T and two suited cards. Jerk.
Nice bloggo, btw!
― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 6 January 2006 18:28 (eighteen years ago) link
PS from my previous post - the buy in for that 50K was $30. I ended up winning $175!
― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 6 January 2006 18:29 (eighteen years ago) link
I get the rakeback through a rakeback website who seem pretty decent. The downside is you can't get it on sites where you are already subscribed. However, if you swap to a site which does offer rakeback and uses the same network (e.g I used to play at William Hill but now play at Interpoker, on the same tables only with a slightly different interface and 30% rakeback) then effectively nothing has changed other than the money coming into your account :)
If you want to email me I'll happily give you all the details and refer you!
― Markelby (Mark C), Friday, 6 January 2006 18:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Friday, 6 January 2006 20:05 (eighteen years ago) link
It was all a blur. Flop was showing Q-A-9. He called all-in with $33. I had close to eighty with K-Q suited in the pocket. I figured that he might have the Ace, but I had the three spades and a pair already. Really, like an idiot, I called him. He had A-3. The next card was the ten of spades. I had four spades now, but was still nervous as hell. The river was a Jack, giving me a straight.
I feel kinda bad because I beat the host (who's been a great host), and he's never won one before. But he went all-in first, which was a good move though maybe not in hindsight.
Anyway, maybe you could say I showed some (blind, dumb, wreckless, stupid) BALLS and came out ahead. Nine out of ten times I would've lost, but I got it this time.
Anyone else feel guilty for winning hands that they walked backwards into? It's hard to feel that bad when you did what you were supposed to even if you weren't supposed to that.
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Monday, 9 January 2006 09:40 (eighteen years ago) link
I've had a good few days playing at Party, with my last six $10+$1 SNG results coming 2nd, 1st, 2nd, 2nd, 7th*, & 1st. If anyone's interested, I posted the complete hand history (i.e. the 32 hands where I saw a flop or was in the last three) of the SNG I won yesterday on the bijou poker forum on which I also post - you can find it here. Comments more than welcome!
*99 in pocket, pushed when shortstacked, came up against AA. Flop Q9x, woohoo! Turn Q, river... Q, giving him a higher full house. I HATE being beaten by the board.
― Markelby (Mark C), Monday, 9 January 2006 10:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― RJG (RJG), Monday, 9 January 2006 10:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― Markelby (Mark C), Monday, 9 January 2006 11:01 (eighteen years ago) link
i had QQ and made these two folks go all-in pre-flop with their one A.
Flop: 2 Q 5Turn: 4River: 3
heh. i roffled.
― ken c (ken c), Monday, 9 January 2006 13:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Monday, 9 January 2006 20:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Monday, 9 January 2006 22:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 03:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 03:23 (eighteen years ago) link
and also. when i have the slicks it had to be when someone else has rockets.
― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 03:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 03:26 (eighteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 03:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 03:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― Jams Murphy (ystrickler), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 04:20 (eighteen years ago) link
I haven't played online, so what do I know.
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 05:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 05:43 (eighteen years ago) link
I once won a shorthanded SNG in 11 hands - I got great cards, played them hard, and took out each of the players one by one in the space of 5 minutes. It was brutal and beautiful :)
― Markelby (Mark C), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 12:37 (eighteen years ago) link
it's only beautiful when your great cards don't get knocked out by A 2 3 4 5 far out straight draw
― ken c (ken c), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 12:56 (eighteen years ago) link
I played one single hand on the final table (99 vs AQ) and bust out, but it didn't matter, as 4th through 10th all got the same prize :)
― Markelby (Mark C), Monday, 23 January 2006 00:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― Markelby (Mark C), Monday, 23 January 2006 00:02 (eighteen years ago) link
i'm getting kinda sick of pokerroom tho. does anyone know of any other mac-compatible sites?
― Jams Murphy (ystrickler), Monday, 23 January 2006 00:39 (eighteen years ago) link
Also, Pacific supports Macs, and it's supposed to be full of fish. There are some fun turbo tourneys there too.
If you decide to go for either, then I'd be delighted to either refer you to Pacific for bonus fun, or set you up with my rakeback provider for Full Tilt (I think they offer a 27% rakeback scheme) - let me know if I can help!
― Markelby (Mark C), Monday, 23 January 2006 11:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Monday, 23 January 2006 11:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― Markelby (Mark C), Monday, 23 January 2006 11:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 00:02 (eighteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 00:03 (eighteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 00:04 (eighteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 00:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 00:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 00:18 (eighteen years ago) link
someone went all in with A5 to buy the blinds. I had KK and called it. he catches 436 and then 8 on the river. sick.
fuck party poker
― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 00:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 00:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 00:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 01:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 01:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 01:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 25 January 2006 02:25 (eighteen years ago) link