Some Hands + WSOP Here We Come!

I haven’t posted a ton about my actual poker play since I stopped the back to basics blog. I don’t want this to be a results blog, but I will definitely be posting up all the interesting hands/situations I get into as well as general thoughts on the game I come up with. I’ve been playing anywhere from $200NL to $600NL 6max, some $400 heads up, and even a little 6 max Omaha the last few weeks. For a while it was looking like I would repeat the pre WSOP month long cooler from last year, but I was able to pull out of that and have consistently been able to make some good money. I’ll be able to take a decent chunk of that to Vegas, so hopefully I can continue doing well and come back with a bracelet or 3. Here are some interesting hands I’ve played so far this week.

I made the huge preflop raise because this guy had been getting frustrated with me and had started to call all my bets. I knew the extra large bet would make him do something stupid. We were both a little more than 2 buyins deep, so getting as much money in early is definitively a plus. The turn was an amazing card since it lets me play the hand like I have the nuts. I'm still probably going to get the money in vs this guy even on a scarier board, but it's always nice to know you have the best hand in a huge pot. My turn smooth call works very well because he proceeds to bluff a buy in and a half on the river then fold when he only has to call $300 more into a $2600 pot. I wish it were easier to post bodog hands, stuff like this happens all the time.

I had an interesting 2/4 heads up session. This guy ran very hot early and took a few buyins from me. He was a tight preflop player who really fished it up when he did see a flop. I played him for about 5 hours and it took me like two before I realized how terrible he was. I picked up on some triggers that would make him bluff big or call down with ace high. After the rough start I was able to come back and built up my stack to about $3000k before we finished. At points we were playing 4+ buyins deep each. Here are some of the hands from that match (in no particular order).

FullTiltPoker Game #2557084922: Table Ahey (heads up) - $2/$4 - No Limit Hold'em - 3:24:10 ET - 2007/06/01
Seat 1: pareshjain ($2,046.80)
Seat 2: dot_carter ($1,009.50)
pareshjain posts the small blind of $2
dot_carter posts the big blind of $4
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to dot_carter [7d Qd]
pareshjain calls $2
dot_carter checks
*** FLOP *** [4s Ad Td]
dot_carter bets $8
pareshjain raises to $32
dot_carter calls $24
*** TURN *** [4s Ad Td] [6d]
dot_carter bets $72
pareshjain raises to $288
dot_carter raises to $973.50, and is all in
pareshjain calls $685.50
dot_carter shows [7d Qd]
pareshjain shows [Kd 5d]
*** RIVER *** [4s Ad Td 6d] [9h]
dot_carter shows a flush, Ace high
pareshjain shows a flush, Ace high
pareshjain wins the pot ($2,018.50) with a flush, Ace high
dot_carter is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $2,019 | Rake $0.50
Board: [4s Ad Td 6d 9h]
Seat 1: pareshjain (small blind) showed [Kd 5d] and won ($2,018.50) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 2: dot_carter (big blind) showed [7d Qd] and lost with a flush, Ace high

FU TURN CARD!

FullTiltPoker Game #2557625887: Table Ahey (heads up) - $2/$4 - No Limit Hold'em - 6:36:37 ET - 2007/06/01
Seat 1: pareshjain ($2,443.20)
Seat 2: dot_carter ($1,341.50)
pareshjain posts the small blind of $2
dot_carter posts the big blind of $4
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to dot_carter [Ac Tc]
pareshjain raises to $12
dot_carter raises to $36
pareshjain calls $24
*** FLOP *** [8s 9s 3d]
dot_carter bets $55
pareshjain calls $55
*** TURN *** [8s 9s 3d] [Td]
dot_carter checks
pareshjain bets $182
dot_carter calls $182
*** RIVER *** [8s 9s 3d Td] [9h]
dot_carter checks
pareshjain bets $424
dot_carter calls $424
*** SHOW DOWN ***
pareshjain shows [Kh Ts] (two pair, Tens and Nines)
dot_carter shows [Ac Tc] (two pair, Tens and Nines)
dot_carter wins the pot ($1,393.50) with two pair, Tens and Nines
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $1,394 | Rake $0.50
Board: [8s 9s 3d Td 9h]
Seat 1: pareshjain (small blind) showed [Kh Ts] and lost with two pair, Tens and Nines
Seat 2: dot_carter (big blind) showed [Ac Tc] and won ($1,393.50) with two pair, Tens and Nines

Deep stack heads up is fun!

FullTiltPoker Game #2557521030: Table Ahey (heads up) - $2/$4 - No Limit Hold'em - 5:48:39 ET - 2007/06/01
Seat 1: pareshjain ($1,863.10)
Seat 2: dot_carter ($1,543.80)
pareshjain posts the small blind of $2
dot_carter posts the big blind of $4
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to dot_carter [7d Td]
pareshjain raises to $12
dot_carter raises to $36
pareshjain calls $24
*** FLOP *** [6c Qh 9d]
dot_carter bets $55
pareshjain raises to $145
dot_carter calls $90
*** TURN *** [6c Qh 9d] [5s]
dot_carter checks
pareshjain checks
*** RIVER *** [6c Qh 9d 5s] [4d]
dot_carter bets $255
pareshjain has 15 seconds left to act
pareshjain calls $255
*** SHOW DOWN ***
dot_carter shows [7d Td] (Queen Ten high)
pareshjain shows [3c Ac] (Ace Queen high)
pareshjain wins the pot ($871.50) with Ace Queen high
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $872 | Rake $0.50
Board: [6c Qh 9d 5s 4d]
Seat 1: pareshjain (small blind) showed [3c Ac] and won ($871.50) with Ace Queen high
Seat 2: dot_carter (big blind) showed [7d Td] and lost with Queen Ten high

This was the hand that made me realize what a mega fish he was. I got him to call me with A high 4-5 more times in the session when I actually had a hand.

FullTiltPoker Game #2557452749: Table Ahey (heads up) - $2/$4 - No Limit Hold'em - 5:19:27 ET - 2007/06/01
Seat 1: pareshjain ($2,749)
Seat 2: dot_carter ($666.60)
pareshjain posts the small blind of $2
dot_carter posts the big blind of $4
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to dot_carter [7h 7d]
pareshjain raises to $12
dot_carter raises to $36
pareshjain calls $24
*** FLOP *** [6h 7c 3s]
dot_carter bets $55
pareshjain calls $55
*** TURN *** [6h 7c 3s] [5d]
dot_carter checks
pareshjain bets $182
dot_carter calls $182
*** RIVER *** [6h 7c 3s 5d] [Qc]
dot_carter checks
pareshjain bets $546
dot_carter calls $393.60, and is all in
Uncalled bet of $152.40 returned to pareshjain
*** SHOW DOWN ***
pareshjain shows [Tc 8c] (Queen Ten high)
dot_carter shows [7h 7d] (three of a kind, Sevens)
dot_carter wins the pot ($1,332.70) with three of a kind, Sevens
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $1,333.20 | Rake $0.50
Board: [6h 7c 3s 5d Qc]
Seat 1: pareshjain (small blind) showed [Tc 8c] and lost with Queen Ten high
Seat 2: dot_carter (big blind) showed [7h 7d] and won ($1,332.70) with three of a kind, Sevens

Had to let him bluff of his stack here.

I think I'm going to work some Omaha into the rotation. It seems like a fun change of pace, especially if people play this bad:

FullTiltPoker Game #2602540992: Table Atlantic (6 max) - $1/$2 - Pot Limit Omaha - 2:19:30 ET - 2007/06/07
Seat 1: ykamikaze ($267.35)
Seat 2: dot_carter ($396)
Seat 3: sweets166 ($506.25)
Seat 4: marcjays ($321.30)
Seat 5: monkey68 ($164.95)
Seat 6: ClownBluff ($198)
ClownBluff posts the small blind of $1
ykamikaze posts the big blind of $2
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to dot_carter [Ah As 7c 9h]
dot_carter raises to $7
sweets166 raises to $24
marcjays calls $24
monkey68 folds
ClownBluff folds
ykamikaze calls $22
dot_carter raises to $121
sweets166 calls $97
marcjays has 15 seconds left to act
marcjays folds
ykamikaze folds
*** FLOP *** [8s 5d 8c]
dot_carter bets $275, and is all in
sweets166 calls $275
dot_carter shows [Ah As 7c 9h]
sweets166 shows [4h Js Qd Qh]
*** TURN *** [8s 5d 8c] [2d]
*** RIVER *** [8s 5d 8c 2d] [8h]
dot_carter shows a full house, Eights full of Aces
sweets166 shows a full house, Eights full of Queens
dot_carter wins the pot ($838) with a full house, Eights full of Aces
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $841 | Rake $3
Board: [8s 5d 8c 2d 8h]
Seat 1: ykamikaze (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 2: dot_carter showed [Ah As 7c 9h] and won ($838) with a full house, Eights full of Aces
Seat 3: sweets166 showed [4h Js Qd Qh] and lost with a full house, Eights full of Queens
Seat 4: marcjays folded before the Flop
Seat 5: monkey68 (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: ClownBluff (small blind) folded before the Flop

Finally a graph of my last 35k hands at full tilt. It's a shame I can't get bodog into the graph as well!



Jared and I are leave for the Vegas road trip tomorrow, and will be making a stop in San Antonio to catch game 2 of the NBA finals. We are taking our time to get to the WSOP since we don't have the house till the 16th. We were both too pumped to sit around the apt anymore so we figured that we might as well go see a the basketball game. I've never been to the finals of a big sports before, hopefully this will be the first of many big sporting events I attend in the near future. We still need to do the pre WSOP competition I wrote about earlier. We will most likely get it done on the way to Vegas. The real question is should I make Jared dye his hair pink, blue, or red when I crush him?