Pacific Poker's Tables of Weirdosby thestoryteller, March 20
I used to play on Pacific Poker before I realised that the site didn't provide hand histories so it was impossible to learn anything there. Today I finally got round to taking all my money out. On the way I popped into a couple of the 2NL rooms and found the same nutjobs still there.
There was the guy who only plays one table at a time and folds. every. single. hand. He doesn't defend his blinds, he doesn't do anything. Like a viper lying in wait, he folds. And folds. And folds. Until he gets AA, KK or QQ. Then he shoves. And everyone else folds. And then he goes back to folding. And folding. And folding.
There was also the guy who always buys in for 10 big blinds - 20c. Always. For him, the concept of "don't min raise" is completely irrelevant. A min raise pre flop gives you the wrong odds to set mine. A min raise post flop is a shove.
On PS microstakes, the competition is just bad. People shove Qh6h preflop. (Can someone explain why? I wouldn't shove Qh6h preflop if I was playing with my dog) Or they chase draws without proper odds. But on Pacific, the players are in a totally different class.
Anyway, i finally had a ridiculous heater where i didn't get any ridiculous 200bb coolers, and since my latest blog posts have been emo as hell, thought i'd post a happy one. Here's the graph from tonights session: http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/5473/nl5125khandseshdk3.jpg
I dropped my roll from $200ish all the way down to $50 at one stage, and a mate staked me $50, with us agreeing that with every $10 interval after $110, i'd send him $10 up to $200. (so when i hit $120, i sent him $10, then when i hit $130, i sent him $10.) My BR's currently sitting on $140 with the stake paid up to the $150 level. Hopefully i keep running well and pay him back + reach NL10 by the end of the easter holidays! (2 weeks from now).
Also, if theres anything whack looking about my stats (my PFR isnt there, but thats at 17.41) please let me know
Theres this site called Pokertime... The competition there is really easy. I have a friend who won like 1k for 2nd place and another friend who won like 500 for 5th.
Theyr both mediocre players and the site is simply a joke. Im not sure about the cashgames as i have limited experience from it but the tourneys are ridiculously easy.
After watching my 2nd friend who sux really bad win 500 from a 25 dollar buyin it made me wanna play too. Anyways i built up $100 to $230ish, but the problem was i bought in from his house and played on his computer
After the session i log out and found i was banned! Both me and him were banned. I have 230ish stuck in the acct and my friend has $500 check that might not even come....... goes to show how ligit the site is. Right now were trying to contact what evidence they have against us for being illigitimate players and theyr having a hard time telling us.
Right now i doubt they will undo locking us out of the system but we contacted support again to see if they can do anything about it again.
Like someone mentioned its not worth it to bother with these small poker sites.
this sunday my brother is going on a trip but he couldn't find anyone to cover for his shift sunday morning
so i have to "pose" as him..we both work at jamba juice but he's a lead and i'm still a lowly team member, but i've been working long enough to know what everything is etc
and so i have to work half a day (which is easter) and if my manager/boss comes in and sees me working and pretending to be my brother, then we both get fired
I know this is a really played out question, but I'll ask anyways. For 100nl on PS, is a win rate of 5PTBB/100 only for the best players on that limit? Or can a good winning player achieve this rather easily? This is what my goal is and I want to know if it's reasonable.
The Rockets' loss last night sucked. They play New Orleans tonight though and we've owned them the last 2 times. The West sucks because if the Rockets lose 3 in a row they go from like #1 to #6. At least the 1st round will be awesome no matter what the matchups are.
Well, tomorrow is my last day of school before spring break and I will definitely be playing as many live tourneys as I can because almost every casino in Reno has a March special, either the Grand Sierra Resort (which is hosting WPT tournies all month) and the Peppermill is having deep-stack tournies, which I took down first last week. Depending on how I do this weekend, I may play in the $300+$30 tourney the Grand Sierra is hosting, and if I do well in that, I'll play the $500 satellite to get into the $7,500 WPT tournament.
Last week I decided not to play the 1000 euro buy-in event at Venlo, Holland. On Friday I decided to play the EPT Warsaw and happy I did, but more about that later. On Saturday I went to Holland Casino Rotterdam with some friends. We occasionally do this. There are 100$ 20-man sng’s there every night, and most of the time I’ll back a few of my friends for it. They don’t play poker regularly, but they watch me play a lot and we play some sng’s for fun at my place, so I think they actually have an edge in these.
We walked around a bit and since it was weekend they had a 5-5 NL game running. I decided to play for a bit. Boy did that kill my evening. Everything was nice and dandy until I lost a couple pots. I lost some preflop allins and postflop allins that put me on raging tilt. It’s been a loooong time since I felt that kind of explosion. Combined with some comments from people here and there and the run of cards I went loco. The low-point of the night was calling allin for 1k with {5c}{4s}, and yes that was preflop. I can’t remember the last time I tilted this hard, it must be over a year ago and I was embarrassed. After a while I packed my shit and left with a 7,000 euro hole in my pocket.
When I came home I wrote some gangsta shit to cool down a bit.
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Sunday Tennis and JDK Training
First day of the rest of my life. I played Tennis again. My god, it’s been too long. I used to play for 8 years, and frequently, when I was younger. Always loving it, it’s a shame I didn’t play for 5-6 years. How good it felt. We went to play with Sluiter, Bas and Lisette. Jaco joined along to hang out and laugh at me. The first 3 hits felt a bit weird, but after that it went better than expected. My backhand presented some troubles due to rustiness, but overall I was pretty satisfied. God, do I love playing tennis. I bought rackets from Bas last week and we went to play again last Friday. I hope I can continue to play regularly, but I’m sure I will, cause it’s in my own hands. Even though those hands have tons of blisters on them now :O. Obviously, my body was aching, but in a good way, cause it’s regaining some energy and circulation :D.
After I played tennis Joost de Krijger dropped by. He goes as JDK87 on pokernews and the internetz and CanUCallThis on liquidpoker.net. More and more I’ve been talking to him about poker, and the more we talk, the more I think he has sick potential. On top of his potential I recognize a lot from the way I played in the beginning. Unconventional, complete FPS-syndrome and arrogant without ever having achieved anything. I like it. Most of our strategy talk looks like trash-talk, but with some legit points . Anyways I think he can be sick and I hope I can help him to reach a certain level.
Normally I would always train for money, but with him I don’t care about that and I just wanna help him. Raw talent yo. Every time we play heads up I’m amazed how tough he is, considering the hours he plays (not many) and the stakes he plays now. He is tougher than most 2-4 regulars and he could hold his own in many 3-6 games. That says a lot about a guy playing 0,50$-1$. We had a lot of fun and talked poker a lot and both played. I have one 2x30” Dell setup and a 2x20,1” dell setup, so people that drop by can play very comfortably. Luckily I won a lot back from my casino tilt on 3$-6$ on ps. Sunday is always a fun day to play, cause the games are sick weak. Joost went down a ton but made a nice recovery and won a bit too. Some Jagermeister marked the end of a fun day. Btw Joost, if you read this.. I still think you suck and this would be a more appropriate career for you:
(watch the whole vid it's sick)
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She doesn't look geeky anymore. In her next video's she looks a ton better and pretty cute. Or like Evelyn said: 'Daaamn, babygirl hit a salon'. That made me laugh :D.
EPT Poland, Warsaw
I was looking forward to going, also because I felt rested and energetic. Arriving at the airport, I met everyone from the Hotels.nl sponsor team. Michiel Brummelhuijs (utreg), Daan Ruiter (PokerDaan), Joep Durkstra (smokingjoep), Daniel Smidt (Danistar5) and their boss Kees. They were playing some Chinese while waiting for the flight. I joined them and we had a lot of laughs as is customary in the group of Dutch EPT travelers. Arriving at the Hyatt hotel I was pleased to see it was a nice environment AND that the casino was in the hotel. That’s just the best thing ever. You can walk down from your room waking up 15 minutes before the tournament starts.
I played on Day 1b, so I got to hang out a fair bit on day the first night. Day 1 A was railbird time for me. I almost never do it, but someone forgot to put my charger in my laptop bag, #$%#$@%^#$%, which means I had no internet the whole week. That was kinda tilting, cause I wanted to play online and grind, since I’m not playing enough when I’m at home. Luckily Ludovic Lacay busted out on day 1, which is a good thing for poker in general.
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Day 1 b was pretty uneventful for me. The table was filled with nits and 2-3 good players. I was playing very patiently and it felt satisfying. I made some minor bluffs, which all worked because of my image. Then I got {Kh}{Kc} and Theo Jorgensson limped in the cut-off at the 75-150 level. I made it 550 on the button and both the blinds and Theo called. Theo is a very dangerous and good player, so he worried me the most. The flop was {3c}{6h}{7h}, mehh. They all check and I bet 1450. The blinds fold and I hoped to take it down there, but Theo called. The turn is the {9h} and he bets out 2700 this time. This is a slamdunk fold. I feel he either is betting a set here so I’m not gonna check behind or he just has a flush already and thinks im checking so he tries to take one more street of value. Whichever, I’m fucked, so I folded and I believe it was a good one.
Later on in the 100-200 level, there was 1 passive weak player and Theo isolating him. I took the pot down it first happened and Theo ‘accused’ me of making a play. The very next hand I get {Jh}{Th} and the same scenario plays out. Fish limps, Theo makes it 800. If I make a move for it here again I think I’m gonna get shoved on by half of his range. I decided to flatcall. Fishy calls too and the flop is {9d}{9h}{Qs}, not too bad. They both check and I bet 2400, near pot. This is basically a committing bet, cause I play 8.8k when we start this hand. Sure enough the weak player folds and Theo checkpushes, indicating a massive hand. The odds are fine though and after the amount I invested I called the allin bet. He had {9c}{7c} and he held up, knocking me out. I wasn’t too disappointed because I finally followed the gameplan I had. I played pretty tight, not taking every weakness I observed as a possibility to bluff. Also, this was one of the first EPT’s where I didn’t wanna fly home the moment I busted. I’m happy I didn’t, cause we had soooo much fun drinking in the lobby every day. I was cracking up all the time and it really inspired me to play more live events. I’m rested and confident and I enjoy spending time at poker tournaments again.
I almost missed my flight back, cause the hotel was hustling Hans Ritburg into paying 1000 euro extra, which was unacceptable of course. Due to Polish carelessness and a double-paid cab-driver, we made it. No matter how fun trips are, god it feels good to be home. And god it feels good to have youtube again.
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Weekend
Friday I dropped by Jaco’s place. They were all going on vacation so we hung out there a bit. Saturday I went to Vlissingen to visit my parents and show my dad my Fender. He was completely in love with it and played on it for hours. Was nice to hear for me too cause I cannot play a single note still. Oh, I saw ‘The Bucket List’ in cinemas. Very nice movie, featuring Jack Nickelson and Morgan Freeman. If you have a chance to see it, gogooggo. Sunday I spent some time with my dad playing guitar and him explaining stuff about it. After getting a cup of coffee at my grandma’s place I went back home to play the Sunday’s online.
Tournaments on Pokerstars started an hour early. Nice, I missed the warm-up and the 100 FO starting around same time. Instantly demotivating me. I figured I would be chilling out and doing some blog-stuff. Luckily, Jaco convinced me in playing them, so I did. And how that turned out to be. First the T6-Sunday started, being a 150 euro rebuy. Remi came home when it was going for a wihle and we started drinking beers. By the time it got near the final table, I was completely hammered. That’s a good thing imo, cause I never cashed big in a tourney sober. Makes you think doesn’t it. I finished 3rd out of 1500 people, wooooot. Freerolling and still drinking I continued to play the pokerstars Sunday. From around 400 people left I had 10 bb’s the whole time. I managed to survive and pick my spots. When there were 100 people left I finally got hold of some cards and quadruple up in a couple hands. I was close to being leaderchip now and I hardly ever slowed from there.
At that point I stopped drinking, cause I was getting pretty dizzy. I made a pretty crucial call with {Ah}{Jh} allin for 110k in a 120k pot when I raised from the cut-off and the bb flatcalled. The flop was {Qs}{5d}{4h} and he stop and go’d shoved. I called and he showed me {Kc}{Jd}, wooooot. The rail started to explode from then and I went on to get deeper and deeper. I won some pots near the Final table, but overall my stack was diminishing. I entered the FT being 8 out of 9. I think I had by far the most FT experience of all the people that were there, so I still felt confident. Picking my spots I managed to move up a bit in stack until I won a big coinflip 22 vs AK to double up! LEEEE THANKS FOR THE ONE TIME. When it got down to top 3, no deals were being made, which was fine. One solid player and one weaker player were left besides me, and I moved myself in chipleader position. When I had 32 million vs 27million vs 16 million I went pretty cardead and had to slow down some. Then the uneventful bustout hand occurred. I raised {Ks}{5s} on the button and the solid player and chipleader by then called from the bb. The flop was {10c}{9s}{8s} and he frontbet 3m into a 4m, pot or so. I reraised to 12.8m and he shoved, with me calling obviously. He turned over 88 for a set and it held, busting me out. I don’t feel any regrets about the last hand, I was pretty content with the biggest tournament payday I had in my poker career.
The sickest thing is I played 2 tournaments and came in third in both of them. Both being Sundays of two different sites. It always feels good to come in third out of 7500 people. Hollaaaaaa. I’m not gonna forsake on my side-bet because of this score and I’m gonna do my best to win it. Thanks everyone for the support during the tournaments. I’m gonna chill out a bit this week and then play full throttle online before EPT San Remo and EPT Finals in Monte Carlo start.
OH I bought another guitar btw. Some present cause I did well this weekend. I think it’s important to treat urself after big hits, so you instantly see what you work for. Gibson SG Phantom BK
Also been playing some cashgames for something to do, here's a few of my interesting hands;
#1 - Not sure whether my river call is good. I considered folding but I also considered raising. + Show Spoiler +
Submitted by : jase
PokerStars Game #16088580601: Hold'em No Limit ($0.01/$0.02) - 2008/03/19 - 08:40:46 (ET)
Table 'Irpedina' 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: scv12u ($3.19 in chips)
Seat 2: M@RIOK ($3.54 in chips)
Seat 3: gorn87 ($4.55 in chips)
Seat 4: julezb87 ($4.97 in chips)
Seat 5: xghjase ($3.51 in chips)
Seat 6: LocalGuy11 ($1.24 in chips)
scv12u: posts small blind $0.01
M@RIOK: posts big blind $0.02
Showdown M@RIOK: shows (two pair, Queens and Tens)
xghjase : shows (a straight, Nine to King)
xghjase collected $0.81 from pot
Summary Total pot $0.81 | Rake $0
Board
Seat 1: scv12u (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: M@RIOK (big blind) showed and lost with two pair, Queens and Tens
Seat 3: gorn87 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: julezb87 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: xghjase showed and won ($0.81) with a straight, Nine to King
Seat 6: LocalGuy11 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
#2 - Last two times I had caught my flush on the turn or river and he had shoved a set once and twopair when the flushcard came over. I think he may be scared shoving which is very odd, but I have found it to be pretty common at NL2 over the last 2 days. + Show Spoiler +
Submitted by : jase
PokerStars Game #16088517908: Hold'em No Limit ($0.01/$0.02) - 2008/03/19 - 08:35:20 (ET)
Table 'Crommelin' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: b0nb0nbl0c ($2.26 in chips)
Seat 2: jimbob615 ($8.75 in chips)
Seat 3: Rubennos ($6.36 in chips)
Seat 4: xghjase ($2.73 in chips)
Seat 5: famu85 ($3.23 in chips)
Seat 6: FASTPLAY4928 ($0.72 in chips)
famu85: posts small blind $0.01
FASTPLAY4928: posts big blind $0.02
b0nb0nbl0c: checks
xghjase : bets $0.14
b0nb0nbl0c: raises $2.04 to $2.18 and is all-in
xghjase : calls $2.04
River (Pot : $4.55)
Showdown b0nb0nbl0c: shows (two pair, Aces and Sevens)
xghjase : shows (four of a kind, Sixes)
xghjase collected $4.35 from pot
Summary Total pot $4.55 | Rake $0.20
Board
Seat 1: b0nb0nbl0c showed and lost with two pair, Aces and Sevens
Seat 2: jimbob615 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Rubennos folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: xghjase (button) showed and won ($4.35) with four of a kind, Sixes
Seat 5: famu85 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: FASTPLAY4928 (big blind) folded on the Flop
#3 - Should I not shove here? I didn't want him drawing but I was also scared of a set at the same time. + Show Spoiler +
Submitted by : jase
PokerStars Game #16083570777: Hold'em No Limit ($0.01/$0.02) - 2008/03/19 - 00:03:15 (ET)
Table 'Haidea III' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: Matabei ($3.01 in chips)
Seat 2: xghjase ($2.31 in chips)
Seat 3: boomzboombam ($4.75 in chips)
Seat 4: Kingpin1986 ($2.04 in chips)
Seat 6: fin_ire ($1.93 in chips)
fin_ire: posts small blind $0.01
Matabei: posts big blind $0.02
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to xghjase
xghjase : raises $0.06 to $0.08
boomzboombam: folds
Kingpin1986: folds
fin_ire: calls $0.07
Matabei: calls $0.06
Showdown Matabei: shows (two pair, Aces and Nines)
xghjase : shows (a full house, Nines full of Aces)
xghjase collected $4.50 from pot
Summary Total pot $4.70 | Rake $0.20
Board
Seat 1: Matabei (big blind) showed and lost with two pair, Aces and Nines
Seat 2: xghjase showed and won ($4.50) with a full house, Nines full of Aces
Seat 3: boomzboombam folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Kingpin1986 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: fin_ire (small blind) folded on the Flop
#4 - PKS Ace is a pretty solid player, but I had pulled a few moves on him in a couple of tables and I think he may have been playing back in frustration + Show Spoiler +
Submitted by : jase
PokerStars Game #16065542464: Hold'em No Limit ($0.01/$0.02) - 2008/03/18 - 09:34:35 (ET)
Table 'Titan' 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: olip3210 ($5.53 in chips)
Seat 3: xghjase ($1.88 in chips)
Seat 4: olip123 ($3.02 in chips)
Seat 5: PKS Ace ($3.73 in chips)
Seat 6: bortox ($0.79 in chips)
olip3210: posts small blind $0.01
xghjase : posts big blind $0.02
olip123: posts small & big blinds $0.03
Holecards(Odds) Dealt to xghjase
olip123: checks
PKS Ace: raises $0.06 to $0.08
bortox: folds
olip3210: calls $0.07
steen007 has returned
xghjase : calls $0.06
olip123: calls $0.06
Showdown xghjase : shows (a full house, Fours full of Deuces)
PKS Ace: mucks hand
xghjase collected $3.78 from pot
xghjase said, "nh"
Summary Total pot $3.93 | Rake $0.15
Board
Seat 1: olip3210 (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 3: xghjase (big blind) showed and won ($3.78) with a full house, Fours full of Deuces
Seat 4: olip123 folded on the Flop
Seat 5: PKS Ace mucked
Seat 6: bortox (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Showdown mcoles01: shows (a pair of Nines)
xghjase : shows (a pair of Aces)
xghjase collected $10.60 from side pot
SCHROMP: mucks hand
xghjase collected $1.05 from main pot
Summary Total pot $12.25 Main pot $1.05. Side pot $10.60. | Rake $0.60
Board
Seat 1: SCHROMP mucked
Seat 2: xghjase showed and won ($11.65) with a pair of Aces
Seat 3: Kiebitz0815 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: smoran26 (button) folded on the Flop
Seat 5: mcoles01 (small blind) showed and lost with a pair of Nines
Seat 6: d@rkne33 (big blind) folded before Flop
#6 - Should I raise flop/turn here? I know I got all my chips in in the end but maybe I could have got more out of mcoles? + Show Spoiler +
Submitted by : jase
PokerStars Game #16063042849: Hold'em No Limit ($0.01/$0.02) - 2008/03/18 - 04:54:51 (ET)
Table 'Hersilia' 6-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: SCHROMP ($3 in chips)
Seat 2: xghjase ($2.73 in chips)
Seat 3: Kiebitz0815 ($2.97 in chips)
Seat 4: smoran26 ($5.03 in chips)
Seat 5: mcoles01 ($9.15 in chips)
smoran26: posts small blind $0.01
mcoles01: posts big blind $0.02
mcoles01: bets $0.16
SCHROMP: raises $2.52 to $2.68 and is all-in
d@rkne33 has returned
xghjase : calls $2.41 and is all-in
xghjase said, "omg"
mcoles01: folds
Showdown SCHROMP: shows (a straight, Five to Nine)
xghjase : shows (a flush, Ace high)
xghjase collected $5.70 from pot
Summary Total pot $5.95 | Rake $0.25
Board
Seat 1: SCHROMP showed and lost with a straight, Five to Nine
Seat 2: xghjase showed and won ($5.70) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 3: Kiebitz0815 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: smoran26 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: mcoles01 (big blind) folded on the River
Any comments on how those were played badly/well/could be better would be nice, I'll add why I did what to some of them in a bit.
GLGL
edit: Also, I've only been playing 6max cash for a couple days now after playing SNGS for a few months so any criticism is welcome
Alright, so i started playing poker a little while ago , but never serious, just messing around. 50 bucks here and there, would always end up losing it, cause i never payed too much attention to actually learning the game. About a month ago i decided to actually try poker for real, and deposited 500$. I played seriously and tried actually grinding tables, after two weeks of being up and down i came out at about 750. Then I again stopped trying to play the game right, and would sit for a few minutes at the end of the night, and try to win fast / big, would end up winning some but eventually playing like an idiot and end up tilting. Also tried playing high stakes tourneys without a big roll to back it up, always busted before getting into the money. I didnt even pay attention too much to my bank roll, and im now down to about 140. I really wana take poker seriously now, actually put time into grinding slowly but surely, and learning the game. I think blogging might get me a little more motivated to try and become a better player.
Also, if any one can give me any advice for a newby, or mention some good articles / videos i should take a look at, id appreciate it. And if anyone knows me, i was not0rious / star.not0 on euro / iccup. I finally uninstalled sc, and now going to go for poker. Ill keep you posted on how it goes. Mainly for my sakes
- peaseeee
campo514: bets $5
artesvivae joins the table at seat #1
Python817 : calls $5
River (Pot : $18.25)
campo514: bets $11
Python817 : calls $11
Showdown campo514: shows (three of a kind, Sixes)
Python817 : mucks hand
campo514 collected $38.30 from pot
Summary Total pot $40.25 | Rake $1.95
Board
Seat 2: Python817 (button) mucked
Seat 3: rGiosa (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: campo514 (big blind) showed and won ($38.30) with three of a kind, Sixes
Seat 6: mites & lice folded before Flop (didn't bet)
artesvivae: bets $25.40 and is all-in
Python817 : calls $25.40
Showdown artesvivae: shows (high card Ace)
Python817 : shows (three of a kind, Tens)
Python817 collected $85.05 from pot
Summary Total pot $88.05 | Rake $3
Board
Seat 1: artesvivae showed and lost with high card Ace
Seat 2: Python817 showed and won ($85.05) with three of a kind, Tens
Seat 3: rGiosa (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: campo514 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: Wake_skate38 (big blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 6: mites & lice folded before Flop
other than that I just won a lot of smaller pots and a few allins against shortstacks
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