Back to $25 NL for the weekend...
Cujo_fan and I played a few co-op tourneyments Saturday afternoon to pass the time (two of us making decisions on one buyin). Finished third in a 3-table NL, made the final table in another, and rolled out early on a third. Fun stuff, playing together like that. Debating hands, arguing when to fold or raise, and generally just having a good time together.
I took a break from the SNG run and sat back down to a $25 NLHE table Saturday night before heading out on the town. Ran up to $40 without much trouble. Had a couple big fish at the table - re-raising people all-in with bottom pair and decent kicker (and getting smoked by flopped trips) or bluffing at pots with low pocket pairs when unfriendly flops fell.
Committed to picking someone up from the airport on Sunday (she was returning from a few days in Vegas), and after lunch with her came back and two-tabled $25 NLHE. Was on a solid run, up to about $40 on one table, $30 on the other, when I lost my $30 stack on one of the two to a solid player who slowplayed the nuts very well - I flopped a full house, he flopped a bigger full house, and we were both trying to slowplay. Hand history posted as Comment #1. Thats just one of those bad luck scenarios - no way i'm getting away from that hand with that flop.
Misplayed a straight tonight - posted as Comment #2. Should have made a bigger raise on the turn with two players in - might not have been able to push the four-flush out, but certainly could have made it a mathmatical bad play for him to have called (moving all-in on the turn, for example).
Overall a good night, despite losing some key pots. God bless the Party Poker fish...
I took a break from the SNG run and sat back down to a $25 NLHE table Saturday night before heading out on the town. Ran up to $40 without much trouble. Had a couple big fish at the table - re-raising people all-in with bottom pair and decent kicker (and getting smoked by flopped trips) or bluffing at pots with low pocket pairs when unfriendly flops fell.
Committed to picking someone up from the airport on Sunday (she was returning from a few days in Vegas), and after lunch with her came back and two-tabled $25 NLHE. Was on a solid run, up to about $40 on one table, $30 on the other, when I lost my $30 stack on one of the two to a solid player who slowplayed the nuts very well - I flopped a full house, he flopped a bigger full house, and we were both trying to slowplay. Hand history posted as Comment #1. Thats just one of those bad luck scenarios - no way i'm getting away from that hand with that flop.
Misplayed a straight tonight - posted as Comment #2. Should have made a bigger raise on the turn with two players in - might not have been able to push the four-flush out, but certainly could have made it a mathmatical bad play for him to have called (moving all-in on the turn, for example).
Overall a good night, despite losing some key pots. God bless the Party Poker fish...
posted by Performify at 6:20 PM
4 Comments:
Comment #1 - yeah, ouch
***** Hand History for Game 2018832225 *****
$25 NL Hold'em - Sunday, May 08, 17:06:12 EDT 2005
Table Table 36845 (Real Money)
Seat 8 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: Cbiscuit33 ( $35.1 )
Seat 4: slimphukr ( $28.3 )
Seat 5: Ubien ( $22.4 )
Seat 6: PolyPomona ( $16.65 )
Seat 7: doctorlj ( $34.7 )
Seat 8: Nygga800 ( $25 )
Seat 2: Performify ( $28.65 )
Seat 9: Laurentine ( $28.45 )
Seat 10: Quittr ( $25.35 )
Seat 3: donkofpuncho ( $24.75 )
Laurentine posts small blind [$0.1].
Quittr posts big blind [$0.25].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Performify [ 5c Kc ]
Cbiscuit33 folds.
Performify calls [$0.25].
donkofpuncho folds.
slimphukr folds.
Ubien has been reconnected and has 20 seconds to act.
Ubien has been reconnected and has 20 seconds to act.
Ubien folds.
PolyPomona folds.
doctorlj calls [$0.25].
Nygga800 raises [$2].
Laurentine folds.
Quittr folds.
Performify calls [$1.75].
doctorlj folds.
>You have options at Table 36960 Table!.
** Dealing Flop ** [ Kh, 5h, 5d ]
Performify checks.
Nygga800 checks.
** Dealing Turn ** [ Js ]
Performify bets [$2].
>You have options at Table 36960 Table!.
Nygga800 calls [$2].
** Dealing River ** [ Jh ]
Performify bets [$4].
Nygga800 is all-In [$21]
Performify calls [$17].
Performify shows [ 5c, Kc ] a full house, Fives full of kings.
Nygga800 shows [ Ks, Kd ] a full house, Kings full of jacks.
Nygga800 wins $48.1 from the main pot with a full house, Kings full of jacks.
Comment #2 - how not to play the nut straight
***** Hand History for Game 2019063019 *****
$25 NL Hold'em - Sunday, May 08, 17:57:00 EDT 2005
Table Table 36960 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 7
Seat 3: Aspen38 ( $58.65 )
Seat 1: Performify ( $28.65 )
Seat 2: Enigmma ( $32.85 )
Seat 5: DovVN ( $17.75 )
Seat 9: Joho01 ( $23.05 )
Seat 6: quicksanti ( $33 )
Seat 4: hemirounder ( $4.75 )
Joho01 posts small blind [$0.1].
Performify posts big blind [$0.25].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Performify [ Qs 3h ]
>You have options at Table 36845 Table!.
Enigmma folds.
Aspen38 calls [$0.25].
hemirounder folds.
>You have options at Table 36845 Table!.
DovVN calls [$0.25].
>You have options at Table 36845 Table!.
quicksanti calls [$0.25].
Joho01 calls [$0.15].
Performify checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [ Ks, Ts, Ac ]
Joho01 checks.
Performify checks.
eunuch has joined the table.
Aspen38 checks.
DovVN folds.
quicksanti bets [$0.5].
Joho01 calls [$0.5].
Performify calls [$0.5].
>You have options at Table 36845 Table!.
Aspen38 calls [$0.5].
** Dealing Turn ** [ Jd ]
>You have options at Table 36845 Table!.
Joho01 checks.
Performify bets [$3].
>You have options at Table 36845 Table!.
Aspen38 calls [$3].
quicksanti folds.
Flipper78 has joined the table.
Joho01 calls [$3].
** Dealing River ** [ 8s ]
Joho01 bets [$4].
Performify calls [$4].
Aspen38 calls [$4].
Joho01 shows [ 6s, As ] a flush, ace high.
Performify shows [ Qs, 3h ] a straight, ten to ace.
Aspen38 shows [ 4h, Qh ] a straight, ten to ace.
Joho01 wins $23.05 from the main pot with a flush, ace high.
I found it very difficult to watch Performify play. It is pretty clear that our two styles are very different. I'm still trying to figure out why the "Poker Bloggers" have such an obsession with playing the Hammer. I'm truly vexed.
Finishing third in one of the tournments was pretty fun though. I wish everyone could hear us bicker about how to play the hands, Abbott and Costello would have pissed their pants.
Was certainly a lot of fun playing with you. And yes, our styles are certainly different. Playing together and blending those styles was an interesting exercise.
Oh, and respect the hammer!
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