Wednesday, February 24, 2010

LAPT: Punta Del Este so far

I arrived in Punta Del Este safe and sound, the only problem other than the 20hours of travelling was the timing of it, I got into Montevideo airport at like ~1am and out of customs by half one, I looked for a hotel near the airport before I went but the nearest one was like 11miles away, or I suck at looking for hotels, so I decided I would hang round the airport and get the soonest bus to Punta Del Este, so that turned out to be at half 5, and to be honest it didn’t really matter either way since I didn’t make arrangements with the hotel that I’m coming a day early so I would have had to hang round the hotel waiting on my room anyways. So I had left my house at 3.30am on Monday morning but didn’t bother going asleep for an hour or so, it was now effectively 24hours later with little to no sleep.

Montevideo airport as visually appealing as it is, it really does suck as the only thing open is a McCafe which doesn’t sell still water and no where to sprall out and lie down, so I decided to just stay awake. I got the bus at like 6am and arrived in the hotel and all by 8am, got a taxi up for 484peso’s don’t know yet whether that is good or bad. All I know was that the biggest scariest looking bee flew in half way thru and wouldn’t fly out and buzzed at me for the second half the trip. I didn’t get into my room until noon, I had a shower and went for a four hour sleep, got up about 5pm. I went for a bit of stroll, the scenery is amazing, it took ages before I hit a shop or a bar. I was hoping to find somewhere to get some water because its $4.5 a bottle in the room. I didn’t get any water so I have just been toping up the room tab. I got back the room at like ~8pm, rang reception looking for an adapter for my laptop but never got one, I was pretty tired still so I didn’t make any plans to go the Stars party especially with the tourney starting today. So I just got some room service and was asleep and all by about 9.30pm.

Flight
On my flight from Dublin to Amsterdam was fine, then arrive out in Amsterdam airport which from my only other experience told me it was huge, which it is but at peek times is crazy, board my flight to Sao Paolo and this is when the fun begins, I get there to find a Chinese guy already asleep in the middle seat, I have the aisle, his leg is also in my space and in general is pushing his boundaries imo, so this constant wrestling continues for the rest of the flight and the bastard robbed my earphones, Sao Paulo airport was a bit of a blur, pretty tired and fucked and unsure whether I would have to go out and check my bag back in, was getting mixed views off people I asked, you got to love being lost in translation. I eventually trusted that it would and the guy at the TAM desk outside the boarding gate confirmed this the flight with TAM was very pleasant,wasn’t overly happy with KLM they where very unclear about having the seats up while food was being served and in general were not as pleasant as when I flew with Air Newzealand but this might have to do with the china man I mentioned, but seriously someone with there seat stretched back while your trying to get stuck into the airplane slop is not on.

So the tourney is going to start in two hours, the plan is to get shaved and showered, get some food, register with the LAPT people and head over the casino which is across this tunnel which is kind of cool. Will post an update after day 1 hopefully i will survive a couple of levels for a change

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Updatements: Manchester, Online etc

So i headed over to Manchester for the UKIPT last week, my main event ended quite early which has become a habit of mine in live play. I drew quite a silly table where everyone on it thought that it would be cool to 3 and 4bet eachother on the very first level,

there was one hand wer i open JJ UTG+1 to like 200 after a limp, 2callers, this guy now squeezes to 750, its a shitty spot for me i know i'm ahead of the 3bettors range its like his 5th one so far and he has 4bet once, however i don't really want to 4bet with 15k stacks cos i'm putting myself into a shitty spot post regardless of the flops that dont come Jxx cos i reckon he will just flat whatever piece of crap he 3bet with, but also if i flat the other two lads will call behind, so i take the safest option which is to effectively setmine and call other two blokes call,

flop Q85, checks thru, i think no shud check a queen, unless one of the overcallers have a set i'm good,

turn comes a K, i think ah fuck it that just hit someone lets check again, it gets checked thru, i'm like hmmm

River A, check and hope and everyone obliges i turn up the JJ and win WTF, this just highlights the table imo, its a 3bet pot 4ways and no one can beat 4th pair,

I played a pretty weird hand which i made some mistakes on posted it here : http://www.irishpokerboards.com/forum/showthread.php?t=491

that left me with like 6.5k and i grinded it back up to like 10k when this happened, the lunny villain opens to 425, two callers to me, i look at QTdd on the button i have already been active shipping and re raising so that is out of the question i have too much to just jam but that wouldn't be awful, i can 3bet fold but that wud suck so calling is the best option, the BB who 3 or 4 times at the table looked like he was going to cry and who was greatly inexperienced called as well playing maybe 11k just barely covering me anyways,

FLOP come QsJd3d, checks thru to me i bet like 2525 into ~2kish, BB tanks shoves 10.5k, i overbet the pot by accident i put out all my low demonition chips and left myself with like 6.5k behind, when he shoved after looking like someone was setting him on fire, i felt it was a marginal hand like the nut flush draw, which i do beat i have a pair and two blockers,

so i call pretty quick, he flips AKdd what horrible flat pre, i expected to A8dd or something like that,

anyways 9d hits the turn no one outter for me,

ONLINE
so after this early bustout i considered changing my flight and just coming home but decided to grind it out a lil online and i managed to win a second package to LAPT Uruguay which means i got the $ for it, but i did have a couple of deep runs and bust outs in tourneys which sucked i just can't win any important flips in tourneys deep i build my stack without putting myself at risk and then i just lose a bunch of 50/50, 60/40, 70/30, 80/20s, its tourney variance and its only matter time etc the important thing is getting deep and the luck will look after itself, i also managed to bubble a Berlin package and UKIPT package for Coventry and came 6th in the 30r 6max last night after getting slowrolled on the river i flop nut flush vs a bare pair of fives runner runneraments for him and we play a pot for all the chips in play,

also would just like to say that fair play to Dara O'Kearney (Slowdoke on PS) he is the satelite king winning 2packages to EPT Berlin, his first of many to UKIPT Coventry, i railed one of his Berlin seats from about 40 out with 5seats and it was lesson in how to play a satelite and just totally owned it

also congratz to my horsey AK47 who had a deep run in the Micro Million and was unlucky not to go further

LIFE
its unfortunate but i'm afraid that i am going to have drop out of college in maynooth, i have discussed it over with my mam and sister, the guys in BBV at Irish poker boards and i have got some really good advice, but the fact remains that i have a compulsory class which i have missed 3 of already with going to uruguay next week i will miss another and will flunk the year, therefore i am going to cut my losses(already 3k down the drain) and dropout, i have emailed some of my lectures and they wish me luck, so its official i am playing poker as a profession

Sunday, February 7, 2010

FML this shit is getting annoying

KQ < JTs on a KQ4ss board in the Sunday Warm up wit 160 left for a pot for average stack for the last 40,

cannot win an important flip for my life,

only played like 3tourneys too this sunday cos didn't feel like a big grind,

Ah well, back on the horse roll on manchester

300 euro Deepstacked Festival

So I played the 300euro side event at the deepstacked festival and it was a very short day for me. It was such a pity because I got such a soft table draw. Two irish one who I played with once before in the one and only pub game I’ve ever played in JP’s game in Molloys. To say that he was terrible was being nice. The other was your typical old irish player who is very exploitable. Then there was a horrible Russian player, an Italian and the rest French/Belgian.

The first hand I got was two kings, it was the 3rd hand and the Russian had already lost maybe 5k and had 3bet the previous hand from 125 call, 700, and he took it down preflop. I raise UTG +1 to 225 after a limper, the Russian makes it 725, I know this is a combo of full of crap/steaming and some strong hands but nothing he should be 3betting with especially at this stage. It is an obvious 4bet vs. this opponent cos he will defend wit so much worse so I make my 4bet way bigger than normal and crank it up 2750 after a short think, he calls relatively quickly, given this type of player a 5bet would have been sick but my sizing was so that he should only 5bet AA but tbh this guy was so bad I don’t think I could fold. So the flop hits J96dd, I have the King of diamonds, I bet 3950 and he tanks and folds his garbage.

The next real hand I played was in level one also when I limp after a couple limpers with QJs at some tables I squeeze but this would not get through and the table is so weak if I hit a big flop I can stack some weak one pair type hand. Flop comes QJ3dd, its checked to me on the button and I bet 250, into 325, the Russian calls quickly everyone else folds. The turn comes an 9hearts, I ponder and try to decide wat he has got, he for sure could have KT so a raise by him could put me in a sick spot, he couldn’t have a set cos he would play it faster on the flop, I also ruled out 2pair hands(he was BB) cos he would play them faster. So I put his range mostly to FD and some one pair type hands like JT or QT etc, so I bet 525 he snap call, so in my head I’m saying not putting any more money in on a diamond and bang the worst diamond hits the Kd, he checks and so do I he turns over T7dd what a terrible river check by him.

So the next hand is the most important of the day and is LOL and we are still in the first 40 level, one limp by the irish guy I described from JP’s game, this guys mo is he bets really aggro regardless and calls way too much with weak hands so hes an aggro calling station kind of he makes it 5,6,7x preflop, one hand I saw him play in JP’s game limped pot KK4 maybe 5players he overbets pot and gets one caller and then bets hard on a 6 and then again on like a 9 river, calls allin wit KJ, for the other guy to turn 66,

So the hand in question he limps I raise 78dd in the cutoff to 200 are Russian friend defends as does the limper, flop comes a dream T96 rainbow and the irish guy leads for 600 which is nearly full pot. I think that from the non aggro nature of the Russian post that I shouldn’t bother trying to just call in the hope he does something, so I decide to raise straight away to 1750, Russian fold, the next guy snap calls, turn comes a 5, and he checks so usually I would bet smaller to balance my bluffing range a little but bet 3500 cos this guy is such a station and his most likely hand is JT, T8, T7, I think he plays a set way more aggro, he could have two pair and is scared, he also may have a draw wit QJ or J8, the rivers I plan on slowing down are board pairs, Kings and eights, the river comes an Ace which is bad cos he may fold his hands that has the ten paired, I bet 7200 and he shoves for like 13k or so I snap and he turns over T8ss, I had been so focused on extracting value I didn’t see that a backdoor flush had came, but tbh if I had say it I wouldn’t have played the river any different cos that is such a lil part of his range.

So I am crippled down to 3325 blinds up to 50-100, I wait maybe 5 or 6 hands pick up aces in the cut off 4 limps to me, I make it 500, 6 to the flop I just know I’m never winning the flop comes a nightmare 625ss which basically means someone has flopped a set especially the way I’ve been running lately, checks to me and I bet 1425, sb calls and my irish friend calls, turn comes a 2 don’t know if it’s a good or bad card some loon could have A2 or 23s or some BS the SB leads for a 1000 lol at bet sizing, I say I know I’m bets I’m all in for like 1500 or so he calls guess wat fives full, I’m on my bike after an hour. It sucked so bad.

I will have to hope for better for my next two live trips in Manchester and Punta Del Este. I am a positive person so I must have got knocked out so I can have a great Sunday online obviously

Jay

Friday, February 5, 2010

GJP Deepstacked Satellite

Wrote this last night for freshness only publishing it now,

Played the Green Joker Poker Deep stacked Super Satellite,

50euro + 10euro in,
2rebuys or one rebuy and top up,
starting stack 3k,
4k for rebuys,
rebuys for the first hour,
three 20min levels, then the blinds go up to 25mins,

I managed to get through the rebuy without rebuying and had 4800 chips, toped up for 4k, so had 8800 with the blinds starting at 100-200,

But at the speed of live play and the blinds going up in 25mins, it was basically a turbo, there was a great turnout for the super satellite 271players, the funny thing was that this generated 54seats but there was only 15seats available, this left the interesting situation that when the bubble broke everyone would be guaranteed 550euro, now anyone who already had a ticket or didn’t want to play would drop out, chips removed but the remaining players would have to play it out for the 15seats. I thought that was a interesting bubble situation.

Anyways in the satellite my stack peeked at 11k, then an interesting hand came up where the blinds are 150-300 25 ante, 10handed, couple of limps around I limp the button with J9s, the sb raises to 1350, one caller, everyone else folds, I decide to take a flop here, I’m getting a great price,
300+300+300+300+(1350X2)+250=4200 I have to call 1.05k more, little loose but I have position and a good read on the two opponents,
Flop comes 8s7s5, the raiser checks, next guy snaps 5k in I reship my 9k, original raiser folds, villain flips 98hh vs. J9ss, I brick out, couple hands later I ship 3700 A8s from the CO, called by the buttons 99, I manage to flop a FD and hit it on the river, this brings me up to like 8kish,

I had a pretty good table draw in that no one had a notion of short stack play, so I was looking forward to abusing the shit out of them, so I was shoving in +ev spots, have roughly 11k I shove wit JJ from early position blinds are 400/800 ante 75, get called by a guy with 77 he has like 8k,
QTQ8 and the miracle 7 ball on the river, so I’m down to like 2800 bohoo, if I had to won that I’d would been in a great position but ah well can’t do much better than that, I shove the next hand UTG wit 64of, there is a chance the BB will fold incorrectly even though he should call any two, he does call any two wit J2off, I manage to flop 2pair which put me at like 6kish buy still in serious danger, I wait for a spot to push but can’t cos someone had brought the action in before me and I had no fold equity and not a strong enough showdown hand, I end up shoving my last 5325 chips in the middle from UTG +1 with J9s, get called by the next guy with roughly 6or 7k in chips wit 44, I am not a huge fan of his call he is at best racing, someone can wake up with a stronger hand behind and have him crushed, he will be better pushing himself with any two. The door card is a 9 but the two following where 64 and then the sweat of a 9 on the turn but it no joy, the BB actually made a bad fold with AJ.

I would have liked to play but the main event but it sold out some time ago uncapped this event could have hit the 600 or 700players mark i believe, I will just have to wait for the side event on Saturday 300euro in with 20k chips and 40mins blinds, i registered for this already can't afford to miss another event cos its soldout, so hopefully I will get something going in this.

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

ARGH!!!

just came 47th out of a couple of thousand in the 10$ rebuy on stars, i actually ran pretty bad in showdown pots as i have been this year but wat can you do,

here are my last 3 major hands, i acquired the big stack by winning a AQ vs AJ vs TT but i got most by pushing small edges and min raising most hands, this just sucks to go this way

Seat 1: faxekondi500 (504264 in chips)
Seat 2: DrJFF (693817 in chips)
Seat 3: robby-70 (692871 in chips)
Seat 4: LilFishAtL (106415 in chips)
Seat 5: Graf N5 (303800 in chips)
Seat 6: kievclubber (449103 in chips)
Seat 7: grazia59223 (512449 in chips)
Seat 9: b2p1991 (93189 in chips)
faxekondi500: posts the ante 1600
DrJFF: posts the ante 1600
robby-70: posts the ante 1600
LilFishAtL: posts the ante 1600
Graf N5: posts the ante 1600
kievclubber: posts the ante 1600
grazia59223: posts the ante 1600
b2p1991: posts the ante 1600
faxekondi500: posts small blind 8000
DrJFF: posts big blind 16000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DrJFF [Ah Ac]
robby-70: calls 16000
LilFishAtL: folds
Graf N5: folds
kievclubber: folds
grazia59223: folds
b2p1991: raises 75589 to 91589 and is all-in
faxekondi500: folds
DrJFF: calls 75589
robby-70: folds
*** FLOP *** [4c 3s Jc]
*** TURN *** [4c 3s Jc] [5s]
*** RIVER *** [4c 3s Jc 5s] [9s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
DrJFF: shows [Ah Ac] (a pair of Aces)
b2p1991: shows [5d 5c] (three of a kind, Fives)
b2p1991 collected 219978 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 219978 | Rake 0
Board [4c 3s Jc 5s 9s]
Seat 1: faxekondi500 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: DrJFF (big blind) showed [Ah Ac] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 3: robby-70 folded before Flop
Seat 4: LilFishAtL folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Graf N5 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: kievclubber folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: grazia59223 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: b2p1991 (button) showed [5d 5c] and won (219978) with three of a kind, Fives

i said to myself okay if your going to get suckout on this is small enough

and then once i raise this one its a call with any two, flop came i thought my turn?

Table '283010642 196' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: faxekondi500 (489864 in chips)
Seat 2: DrJFF (587828 in chips)
Seat 3: robby-70 (646471 in chips)
Seat 4: LilFishAtL (76015 in chips)
Seat 5: Graf N5 (281400 in chips)
Seat 6: kievclubber (479503 in chips)
Seat 7: grazia59223 (579649 in chips)
Seat 9: b2p1991 (215178 in chips)
faxekondi500: posts the ante 1600
DrJFF: posts the ante 1600
robby-70: posts the ante 1600
LilFishAtL: posts the ante 1600
Graf N5: posts the ante 1600
kievclubber: posts the ante 1600
grazia59223: posts the ante 1600
b2p1991: posts the ante 1600
Graf N5: posts small blind 8000
kievclubber: posts big blind 16000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DrJFF [5c 6d]
grazia59223: folds
b2p1991: folds
faxekondi500: folds
DrJFF: raises 16989 to 32989
robby-70: folds
LilFishAtL: raises 41426 to 74415 and is all-in
Graf N5: folds
kievclubber: folds
DrJFF: calls 41426
*** FLOP *** [Qs 6c 5s]
*** TURN *** [Qs 6c 5s] [Ac]
Graf N5 said, "lol"
*** RIVER *** [Qs 6c 5s Ac] [7h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
DrJFF: shows [5c 6d] (two pair, Sixes and Fives)
LilFishAtL: shows [Ah Ad] (three of a kind, Aces)
LilFishAtL collected 185630 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 185630 | Rake 0
Board [Qs 6c 5s Ac 7h]
Seat 1: faxekondi500 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: DrJFF showed [5c 6d] and lost with two pair, Sixes and Fives
Seat 3: robby-70 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: LilFishAtL (button) showed [Ah Ad] and won (185630) with three of a kind, Aces
Seat 5: Graf N5 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: kievclubber (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: grazia59223 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: b2p1991 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

this one is pretty close but i felt there was far more overcard hands in his range than say 22-66, which i think he folds or calls(cos hes bad), i reckon he may only like shove 99+ but like all broadways,

gotta win your races

Seat 1: faxekondi500 (485064 in chips)
Seat 2: DrJFF (508613 in chips)
Seat 3: robby-70 (641671 in chips)
Seat 4: LilFishAtL (182430 in chips)
Seat 5: Graf N5 (204600 in chips)
Seat 6: kievclubber (450703 in chips)
Seat 7: grazia59223 (688449 in chips)
Seat 9: b2p1991 (194378 in chips)
faxekondi500: posts the ante 1600
DrJFF: posts the ante 1600
robby-70: posts the ante 1600
LilFishAtL: posts the ante 1600
Graf N5: posts the ante 1600
kievclubber: posts the ante 1600
grazia59223: posts the ante 1600
b2p1991: posts the ante 1600
b2p1991: posts small blind 8000
faxekondi500: posts big blind 16000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DrJFF [2c 2h]
DrJFF: raises 16989 to 32989
robby-70: calls 32989
LilFishAtL: raises 147841 to 180830 and is all-in
Graf N5: folds
kievclubber: folds
grazia59223: folds
b2p1991: folds
faxekondi500: folds
DrJFF: raises 326183 to 507013 and is all-in
robby-70: folds
Uncalled bet (326183) returned to DrJFF
*** FLOP *** [Jh 8h Ks]
*** TURN *** [Jh 8h Ks] [Tc]
DrJFF said, "ffs"
*** RIVER *** [Jh 8h Ks Tc] [7h]
robby-70 said, "damn"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
DrJFF: shows [2c 2h] (a pair of Deuces)
LilFishAtL: shows [Jc Ac] (a pair of Jacks)
LilFishAtL collected 431449 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 431449 | Rake 0
Board [Jh 8h Ks Tc 7h]
Seat 1: faxekondi500 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: DrJFF showed [2c 2h] and lost with a pair of Deuces
Seat 3: robby-70 folded before Flop
Seat 4: LilFishAtL showed [Jc Ac] and won (431449) with a pair of Jacks
Seat 5: Graf N5 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: kievclubber folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: grazia59223 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: b2p1991 (small blind) folded before Flop

And then this guy had been 4x and 9x and stuff and turned up wit the goods, he also called 16bb wit AT which i'm only remembering now, but i felt the 2x was a weaker hand and i would take it down pre and get momentum back, LOL at a complete value shove

i also have Hearts covered on the turn

Seat 1: faxekondi500 (457864 in chips)
Seat 2: DrJFF (308583 in chips)
Seat 3: robby-70 (642282 in chips)
Seat 4: LilFishAtL (429849 in chips)
Seat 5: Graf N5 (201400 in chips)
Seat 6: kievclubber (447503 in chips)
Seat 7: grazia59223 (685249 in chips)
Seat 9: b2p1991 (183178 in chips)
faxekondi500: posts the ante 1600
DrJFF: posts the ante 1600
robby-70: posts the ante 1600
LilFishAtL: posts the ante 1600
Graf N5: posts the ante 1600
kievclubber: posts the ante 1600
grazia59223: posts the ante 1600
b2p1991: posts the ante 1600
DrJFF: posts small blind 8000
robby-70: posts big blind 16000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DrJFF [3d Ah]
LilFishAtL: folds
Graf N5: folds
kievclubber: folds
grazia59223: raises 16000 to 32000
b2p1991: folds
faxekondi500: folds
DrJFF: raises 274983 to 306983 and is all-in
robby-70: folds
grazia59223: calls 274983
*** FLOP *** [Js Th 3h]
*** TURN *** [Js Th 3h] [5h]
*** RIVER *** [Js Th 3h 5h] [9s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
DrJFF: shows [3d Ah] (a pair of Threes)
grazia59223: shows [Ks Qs] (a straight, Nine to King)
grazia59223 collected 642766 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 642766 | Rake 0
Board [Js Th 3h 5h 9s]
Seat 1: faxekondi500 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: DrJFF (small blind) showed [3d Ah] and lost with a pair of Threes
Seat 3: robby-70 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: LilFishAtL folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Graf N5 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: kievclubber folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: grazia59223 showed [Ks Qs] and won (642766) with a straight, Nine to King
Seat 9: b2p1991 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

don't usually post beats but mixing it up having a lil rant cos its jus happening amass big stack lose all key pots,

i was chipleader from 200out in top 10 from 600 out, 1/50 and bust in 47 ah well

Sunday went fairly shit as well, one small cash, and my staking which i knew was high risk drew a loss, with only one guy cashing

Playing the supersat for the deepstacked on thursday night hopefully i can snag a ticket, would prefer to just buy in and burn some more mulaa off :), will play the 300 side event if i don't get a ticket,

Slept it out for college this morn which sucked went the gym which is good

have no excuses for 2mro as i'm not in till 3pm

anyways later, i'm actually completely over the above BS back on the horse and all that

Jay