Let me just start by saying, I had been running bad lately. Bubbling a lot, and over all really getting discouraged.
Then I started to think, was I really running bad or was I playing bad. I started to really evaluate my play had the gnome rail me a few times as well as some of my fellow players at FCP(Full Contact Poker) I found I was playing Too tight, and overall causing so many bad beats because well I all I played was great hands this isn't a winning formula you have to have some aggression with average hands and figure out when to fold to a monster. Here are a few hands from tonights win
Just for the record I'm WilburTrey
Full Tilt Poker Game #4728211450: $1 + $0.25 Sit & Go (35870384), Table 4 - 50/100 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:07:04 ET - 2008/01/03
Seat 1: lizbelle01 (1,485)
Seat 2: AA_REFUSE2LOSE (3,420)
Seat 3: WilburTrey (3,060)
Seat 4: Frank61 (1,025)
Seat 5: SkippyTroy (2,175)
Seat 6: JAYC7 (4,830)
Seat 7: Dangolden (1,710)
Seat 8: WYTMAN88 (1,480)
WilburTrey posts the small blind of 50
Frank61 posts the big blind of 100
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to WilburTrey [Kc Qd]
SkippyTroy folds
JAYC7 calls 100
Dangolden folds
WYTMAN88 folds
lizbelle01 folds
AA_REFUSE2LOSE folds
WilburTrey has 15 seconds left to act
WilburTrey raises to 300
Frank61 folds
JAYC7 calls 200
*** FLOP *** [Qc 8c Qh]
WilburTrey checks
JAYC7 checks
*** TURN *** [Qc 8c Qh] [Ks]
WilburTrey checks
JAYC7 checks
*** RIVER *** [Qc 8c Qh Ks] [Qs]
WilburTrey bets 400
JAYC7 raises to 800
WilburTrey raises to 2,760, and is all in
JAYC7 calls 1,960
*** SHOW DOWN ***
WilburTrey shows [Kc Qd] four of a kind, Queens
JAYC7 mucks
WilburTrey wins the pot (6,220) with four of a kind, Queens
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 6,220 | Rake 0
Board: [Qc 8c Qh Ks Qs]
Seat 1: lizbelle01 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: AA_REFUSE2LOSE (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: WilburTrey (small blind) showed [Kc Qd] and won (6,220) with four of a kind, Queens
Seat 4: Frank61 (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: SkippyTroy didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: JAYC7 mucked [Kh 3h] - a full house, Queens full of Kings
Seat 7: Dangolden didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: WYTMAN88 didn't bet (folded)
This hand after the flop I am 100% sure I have the best hand dur... but I wait for him to catch up... he does and it cost him. By playing patient I was able to bust this guy
Full Tilt Poker Game #4728290067: $1 + $0.25 Sit & Go (35870384), Table 4 - 60/120 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:13:36 ET - 2008/01/03
Seat 1: lizbelle01 (1,685)
Seat 2: AA_REFUSE2LOSE (3,260)
Seat 3: WilburTrey (6,470)
Seat 4: Frank61 (1,105)
Seat 5: SkippyTroy (2,175)
Seat 6: JAYC7 (1,570)
Seat 8: WYTMAN88 (1,210)
Frank61 posts the small blind of 60
SkippyTroy posts the big blind of 120
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to WilburTrey [Ks Ah]
JAYC7 calls 120
WYTMAN88 has 15 seconds left to act
WYTMAN88 raises to 1,210, and is all in
lizbelle01 folds
AA_REFUSE2LOSE folds
WilburTrey calls 1,210
Frank61 folds
SkippyTroy folds
JAYC7 calls 1,090
*** FLOP *** [3c 5s 6d]
JAYC7 checks
WilburTrey checks
*** TURN *** [3c 5s 6d] [6h]
JAYC7 checks
WilburTrey checks
*** RIVER *** [3c 5s 6d 6h] [2h]
JAYC7 checks
WilburTrey checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
WYTMAN88 shows [As Tc] a pair of Sixes
WilburTrey shows [Ks Ah] a pair of Sixes
JAYC7 mucks
WilburTrey wins the pot (3,810) with a pair of Sixes
WYTMAN88 stands up
lizbelle01 stands up
AA_REFUSE2LOSE stands up
WilburTrey stands up
Frank61 stands up
SkippyTroy stands up
JAYC7 stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3,810 | Rake 0
Board: [3c 5s 6d 6h 2h]
Seat 1: lizbelle01 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: AA_REFUSE2LOSE didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: WilburTrey (button) showed [Ks Ah] and won (3,810) with a pair of Sixes
Seat 4: Frank61 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: SkippyTroy (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: JAYC7 mucked [7d Ad] - a pair of Sixes
Seat 8: WYTMAN88 showed [As Tc] and lost with a pair of Sixes
Ok here I didn't want to have a caller behind that just turned out to be a blessing in disguise. This however, might not have been the best play but it worked out for me.
Full Tilt Poker Game #4728330566: $1 + $0.25 Sit & Go (35870384), Table 2 - 60/120 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:16:57 ET - 2008/01/03
Seat 1: WilburTrey (8,710)
Seat 2: PMS (1,618)
Seat 3: Frank61 (1,045)
Seat 4: sictransit04118 (4,090)
Seat 5: Zambo_Man (7,485)
Seat 6: AcesUp1122 (9,410)
Seat 7: lizbelle01 (1,685)
Seat 9: JJ PITT (3,445)
WilburTrey posts the small blind of 60
PMS posts the big blind of 120
The button is in seat #9
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to WilburTrey [Js Jc]
Frank61 folds
sictransit04118 folds
Zambo_Man raises to 240
AcesUp1122 folds
lizbelle01 folds
JJ PITT folds
WilburTrey raises to 600
PMS folds
Zambo_Man calls 360
*** FLOP *** [3c Qd 9d]
WilburTrey bets 720
Zambo_Man raises to 6,885, and is all in
WilburTrey calls 6,165
Zambo_Man shows [Qh 7h]
WilburTrey shows [Js Jc]
*** TURN *** [3c Qd 9d] [Td]
*** RIVER *** [3c Qd 9d Td] [Kc]
Zambo_Man shows a pair of Queens
WilburTrey shows a straight, King high
WilburTrey wins the pot (15,090) with a straight, King high
Zambo_Man stands up
The blinds are now 80/160
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 15,090 | Rake 0
Board: [3c Qd 9d Td Kc]
Seat 1: WilburTrey (small blind) showed [Js Jc] and won (15,090) with a straight, King high
Seat 2: PMS (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: Frank61 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: sictransit04118 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: Zambo_Man showed [Qh 7h] and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 6: AcesUp1122 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: lizbelle01 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: JJ PITT (button) didn't bet (folded)
Ok, at this point I really didn't think this guy had the Queen. I thought he had a mid pocket pair or something. I think Full Tilt rewarded me because he made a horrendous call when I raised preflop. However, even if I lose here I still have around 2k and am a threat. I double I cruise to the money.
Full Tilt Poker Game #4728811232: $1 + $0.25 Sit & Go (35870384), Table 2 - 250/500 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:57:15 ET - 2008/01/03
Seat 1: WilburTrey (14,445)
Seat 2: SkippyTroy (2,790)
Seat 4: sictransit04118 (6,030)
Seat 5: waterdog996 (2,245)
Seat 7: linda367 (31,844)
Seat 9: JJ PITT (10,146)
JJ PITT posts the small blind of 250
WilburTrey posts the big blind of 500
The button is in seat #7
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to WilburTrey [4h 3s]
SkippyTroy folds
sictransit04118 folds
waterdog996 folds
linda367 folds
JJ PITT has 15 seconds left to act
JJ PITT calls 250
WilburTrey checks
*** FLOP *** [2h Ah 5c]
JJ PITT has 15 seconds left to act
JJ PITT bets 1,000
WilburTrey raises to 3,500
JJ PITT has 15 seconds left to act
JJ PITT raises to 9,646, and is all in
WilburTrey calls 6,146
JJ PITT shows [Kc As]
WilburTrey shows [4h 3s]
*** TURN *** [2h Ah 5c] [8c]
*** RIVER *** [2h Ah 5c 8c] [7c]
JJ PITT shows a pair of Aces
WilburTrey shows a straight, Five high
WilburTrey wins the pot (20,292) with a straight, Five high
JJ PITT stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 20,292 | Rake 0
Board: [2h Ah 5c 8c 7c]
Seat 1: WilburTrey (big blind) showed [4h 3s] and won (20,292) with a straight, Five high
Seat 2: SkippyTroy didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: sictransit04118 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: waterdog996 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: linda367 (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: JJ PITT (small blind) showed [Kc As] and lost with a pair of Aces
Here I am in the bigblind and I get to check it. I flop the nuts as soon as he raised all in I knew I had him. It was a great feeling. Also JJ PITT was by far the best player in this tournament even better then me hands down. He knew what he was doing and he pegged me as a lose aggressive opponent due to the JJ hand were I straighted. .
Full Tilt Poker Game #4729081354: $1 + $0.25 Sit & Go (35870384), Table 2 - 600/1200 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:20:53 ET - 2008/01/03
Seat 1: WilburTrey (61,136)
Seat 7: linda367 (6,364)
WilburTrey posts the small blind of 600
linda367 posts the big blind of 1,200
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to WilburTrey [3h 3c]
linda367: ready tolose
WilburTrey raises to 6,000
linda367 raises to 6,364, and is all in
WilburTrey calls 364
linda367 shows [Js Jd]
WilburTrey shows [3h 3c]
Studinator (Observer): 3
*** FLOP *** [2s 5d Ah]
Studinator (Observer): 4
*** TURN *** [2s 5d Ah] [9d]
Studinator (Observer): 3
Studinator (Observer): 4
*** RIVER *** [2s 5d Ah 9d] [4c]
linda367 shows a pair of Jacks
WilburTrey shows a straight, Five high
WilburTrey wins the pot (12,728) with a straight, Five high
WilburTrey: gg
linda367 stands up
WilburTrey stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 12,728 | Rake 0
Board: [2s 5d Ah 9d 4c]
Seat 1: WilburTrey (small blind) showed [3h 3c] and won (12,728) with a straight, Five high
Seat 7: linda367 (big blind) showed [Js Jd] and lost with a pair of Jacks
Then the very last hand this was a very back and forth battle Heads up. At the end I sucked out just proving you don't have to have the best hand to win.
Anyway I have been on a role and feel positive about poker again.
Thursday, January 3, 2008
Saturday, December 29, 2007
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Adam and Wilbur.
And This is our poker journey. We will post hand histories, updates, and I'm sure at time randomness.
Here is just a taste from Adam.
A Helping hand #1
And This is our poker journey. We will post hand histories, updates, and I'm sure at time randomness.
Here is just a taste from Adam.
A Helping hand #1
Okay, so I want to do this here and there when I play, to give everyone who’s taken a bit of interest some sort of idea what goes on in poker hands from the POV of me, p[laying them. I’ll mix good and bad decisions I make as well as the outcome. Let’s start off the series with one that changed my tournament this morning at the Gold Coast. Now, the basics go like this. The buy-in is $22, which draws a nice field, today’s being about 60. The structure holds limit hold ‘em for the first 3 levels, then no limit for the remainder. Each level is 20 minutes.
As we start the hand, we’re about three minutes into the 100-200 level of limit, trhe final one, actually before we change format. I’m sitting 9 handed at a table with about 1600 chips, good for 2nd stack. The blinds are directly to my left, making me the UTG position (under the gun). All, that said, let’s start the hand.
I look down at Queen-10 suited in spades (aka q-10 suited, or qs-10s). Being UTG, which is the first person to act and therefore the weakest before the flop, I simply call the big blind (BB) or 200. Play folds to the middle, where another caller comes in. Now, this caller, whom I’ve dubbed “Young Gun” is brash, a little loud, but a pretty nice guy, and a solid player so far. Everyone folds around to the BB, and he takes the option to check (if no one raises, the BB always gets last action, and always has the ability to raise or check themselves, since they made no decisions yet). The flop comes out Jack of spades, 9 of diamonds, king of spades (or Js-9d-Ks). Being UTG, I now have a much stronger position after the flop, as the first to act (action after each round always starts with the person on the button, to he left of the BB, and moves clockwise). Now, lets look at he situation. I have what is referred to as the Nuts. At the moment, I have the absolute best possible hand. I have a king high straight, also, with the four spades on the board, I have a flush draw that only an ace could beat. In addition, if you look closely, you’ll find another little nugget. The four spades I have are the 10-j-q-k. If the spade that drops is either a 9 or an ace, I’ll have a straight flush, and an unbeatable hand.
Now, let’s consider my opponents. I mentioned Young Gun a moment ago, but let’s go back to the BB. He’s older, quiet, and only played in a few pots. And because there was no raising in front of him, he could be holding anything. I’m in a fantastic position here. So I bet out, 200, only to be raised to 400 by Young Gun. Not a problem since he tends to raise a lot. Then, Quiet Guy calls. Now this sends off a few bells, as its rare for him. I know I have the Nuts, right now, but I would much prefer to be in the hand with only one of them from here out. I raise it up to 800. Young Gun quickly calls, and to my surprise, so does Quiet Guy. The turn (4th card on the board) is the Jack of clubs (Jc), and being first to act again (UTG, remember?), I bet out. Now…in limit games, the bet goes up at the turn, always important to remember. So my first bet is 400, enough to put both all-in. Young Gun wastes no time, and neither does Quiet Guy. Young Gun matches his final 400, and Quiet Guy tosses in 250. This leaves Young Gun and I in a side pot for 300, but now I’m worried badly. Most of my chips are in the middle as well, with only 350 behind after the raising.
Everyone flips over the cards, and I groan helplessly at the Jack on the turn. Young Gun is holding Js-9h, which not only gives him a Jacks over 9’s full house, but also eliminates one of two outs I had to the straight flush. Quiet Guy turns over Kc-Kh, giving him Kings over Jacks full house, and dooming me to 1 card, the Ace of Spades. It’s a spade on the River, but only a 4, leaving me beaten not once, but twice, and crippling me badly. Quiet Guy rakes in 3200 in chips, and Young Gun collects the 300 chip side pot, to keep him alive.
Now…how did this happen? Well, first of all, I have horrible luck. It’s just how it is. Secondly, let’s look at each player and see what develops.
If you’re Young Gun, you get in cheap with j9, and hit two pair on the flop. There was no raising before the flop, so you think you might be in good position here. The guy in front of you (oddly enough, me), raises out and that means strength for this guy, but you’re putting him on Kings, most likely, or maybe even AK, since the guy has played sneaky a few times.
If you’re Quiet Guy, you look down at a pair of Kings, and in a dream scenario, the whole table folds to you and two others. Now, you’ve been at this table long enough to know that if these two pay the blind, they won’t fold to your raise, so it’s pointless, because neither is getting away form this hand yet. The flop comes down and it’s got a flush draw on it, but you’ve got a set of Kings, two in hand, one on the flop. If either one of these two is holding Aces, Jacks, or Queen King, you’re in fantastic shape. And since both bet out in front of you after the flop, you can be pretty sure neither is relying on a flush draw. Now you can slowplay, and you just call into the turn.
From there, the Jack comes, and two full houses are two full houses. I lost the vast majority of my stack, Young Gun kept just enough to play short stacked and double later (which he did, several times), and Quiet Guy got the chips to allow him to continue to p[lay a tight, super cautious style that had worked for him.
Now, let’s do some math a little. After the flop, I’m far, far ahead of either. With the straight, flush draw, and straight flush draw, I’m far, far ahead.
Board: 9d-Js-Ks
Me: Qs-10s
YG: Jc-9h
QG: Kc-Kh
Now, after the flop, these two only have so many outs.
-Young Gun needs the 9 of clubs (because the 9 of spades give me the straight flush), or one of two remaining Jacks, for a total of 3 outs (or about, a 7% chance to beat me). He would need two running cards to even tie with a straight.
-Quiet Guy needs That same 9 of clubs for the same reasons, one of two remaining jacks, or the remaining King of diamonds for the full house, which is, 4 outs and about 9%. He would also need two running cards to tie me with a straight.
In short, a total of 5 cards in the entire deck (about 10%), could have beaten me there, and low and behold, one did. I had this pot won, and the hand crushed, and simply caught a horrendous beat. In fact, when the cards went up, even the guy won the hand groaned when he saw mine.
This was the defining hand of the tournament, as I said, and crippled me, since the next two hands were eaten by blinds (300 of my 350.) I managed to work back to 450, but went out (about 15 hands after the crippling, and 3 other KO’s later) holding Ace-2 of spades, and getting unlucky against King-2 of diamonds (interestingly, the flop came, everyone said I was in god shape, and I called the turn being a king…and was right).
There you go, in its entirety, the first hand in the series from my POV. Now, I know, I picked a losing hand for my first, to illustrate a good point in poker. You can be perfect, and still lose. It does happen. The key is what you take from it. And in this case, I leave that to you to decide. My answer personally, is that I could not have played this pot any differently. I am happy with all of my decisions inside the hand, and only the result works against me. Plus, if you know any poker players, bad beat stories are always fun. Til next time, I’m Adam (aka AdamWolf at the tables). Now I need a strong drink.
As we start the hand, we’re about three minutes into the 100-200 level of limit, trhe final one, actually before we change format. I’m sitting 9 handed at a table with about 1600 chips, good for 2nd stack. The blinds are directly to my left, making me the UTG position (under the gun). All, that said, let’s start the hand.
I look down at Queen-10 suited in spades (aka q-10 suited, or qs-10s). Being UTG, which is the first person to act and therefore the weakest before the flop, I simply call the big blind (BB) or 200. Play folds to the middle, where another caller comes in. Now, this caller, whom I’ve dubbed “Young Gun” is brash, a little loud, but a pretty nice guy, and a solid player so far. Everyone folds around to the BB, and he takes the option to check (if no one raises, the BB always gets last action, and always has the ability to raise or check themselves, since they made no decisions yet). The flop comes out Jack of spades, 9 of diamonds, king of spades (or Js-9d-Ks). Being UTG, I now have a much stronger position after the flop, as the first to act (action after each round always starts with the person on the button, to he left of the BB, and moves clockwise). Now, lets look at he situation. I have what is referred to as the Nuts. At the moment, I have the absolute best possible hand. I have a king high straight, also, with the four spades on the board, I have a flush draw that only an ace could beat. In addition, if you look closely, you’ll find another little nugget. The four spades I have are the 10-j-q-k. If the spade that drops is either a 9 or an ace, I’ll have a straight flush, and an unbeatable hand.
Now, let’s consider my opponents. I mentioned Young Gun a moment ago, but let’s go back to the BB. He’s older, quiet, and only played in a few pots. And because there was no raising in front of him, he could be holding anything. I’m in a fantastic position here. So I bet out, 200, only to be raised to 400 by Young Gun. Not a problem since he tends to raise a lot. Then, Quiet Guy calls. Now this sends off a few bells, as its rare for him. I know I have the Nuts, right now, but I would much prefer to be in the hand with only one of them from here out. I raise it up to 800. Young Gun quickly calls, and to my surprise, so does Quiet Guy. The turn (4th card on the board) is the Jack of clubs (Jc), and being first to act again (UTG, remember?), I bet out. Now…in limit games, the bet goes up at the turn, always important to remember. So my first bet is 400, enough to put both all-in. Young Gun wastes no time, and neither does Quiet Guy. Young Gun matches his final 400, and Quiet Guy tosses in 250. This leaves Young Gun and I in a side pot for 300, but now I’m worried badly. Most of my chips are in the middle as well, with only 350 behind after the raising.
Everyone flips over the cards, and I groan helplessly at the Jack on the turn. Young Gun is holding Js-9h, which not only gives him a Jacks over 9’s full house, but also eliminates one of two outs I had to the straight flush. Quiet Guy turns over Kc-Kh, giving him Kings over Jacks full house, and dooming me to 1 card, the Ace of Spades. It’s a spade on the River, but only a 4, leaving me beaten not once, but twice, and crippling me badly. Quiet Guy rakes in 3200 in chips, and Young Gun collects the 300 chip side pot, to keep him alive.
Now…how did this happen? Well, first of all, I have horrible luck. It’s just how it is. Secondly, let’s look at each player and see what develops.
If you’re Young Gun, you get in cheap with j9, and hit two pair on the flop. There was no raising before the flop, so you think you might be in good position here. The guy in front of you (oddly enough, me), raises out and that means strength for this guy, but you’re putting him on Kings, most likely, or maybe even AK, since the guy has played sneaky a few times.
If you’re Quiet Guy, you look down at a pair of Kings, and in a dream scenario, the whole table folds to you and two others. Now, you’ve been at this table long enough to know that if these two pay the blind, they won’t fold to your raise, so it’s pointless, because neither is getting away form this hand yet. The flop comes down and it’s got a flush draw on it, but you’ve got a set of Kings, two in hand, one on the flop. If either one of these two is holding Aces, Jacks, or Queen King, you’re in fantastic shape. And since both bet out in front of you after the flop, you can be pretty sure neither is relying on a flush draw. Now you can slowplay, and you just call into the turn.
From there, the Jack comes, and two full houses are two full houses. I lost the vast majority of my stack, Young Gun kept just enough to play short stacked and double later (which he did, several times), and Quiet Guy got the chips to allow him to continue to p[lay a tight, super cautious style that had worked for him.
Now, let’s do some math a little. After the flop, I’m far, far ahead of either. With the straight, flush draw, and straight flush draw, I’m far, far ahead.
Board: 9d-Js-Ks
Me: Qs-10s
YG: Jc-9h
QG: Kc-Kh
Now, after the flop, these two only have so many outs.
-Young Gun needs the 9 of clubs (because the 9 of spades give me the straight flush), or one of two remaining Jacks, for a total of 3 outs (or about, a 7% chance to beat me). He would need two running cards to even tie with a straight.
-Quiet Guy needs That same 9 of clubs for the same reasons, one of two remaining jacks, or the remaining King of diamonds for the full house, which is, 4 outs and about 9%. He would also need two running cards to tie me with a straight.
In short, a total of 5 cards in the entire deck (about 10%), could have beaten me there, and low and behold, one did. I had this pot won, and the hand crushed, and simply caught a horrendous beat. In fact, when the cards went up, even the guy won the hand groaned when he saw mine.
This was the defining hand of the tournament, as I said, and crippled me, since the next two hands were eaten by blinds (300 of my 350.) I managed to work back to 450, but went out (about 15 hands after the crippling, and 3 other KO’s later) holding Ace-2 of spades, and getting unlucky against King-2 of diamonds (interestingly, the flop came, everyone said I was in god shape, and I called the turn being a king…and was right).
There you go, in its entirety, the first hand in the series from my POV. Now, I know, I picked a losing hand for my first, to illustrate a good point in poker. You can be perfect, and still lose. It does happen. The key is what you take from it. And in this case, I leave that to you to decide. My answer personally, is that I could not have played this pot any differently. I am happy with all of my decisions inside the hand, and only the result works against me. Plus, if you know any poker players, bad beat stories are always fun. Til next time, I’m Adam (aka AdamWolf at the tables). Now I need a strong drink.
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