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TwistedEcho  United Kingdom. Feb 13 2008 08:16. Posts 3539 | | |
First of all, really sorry i haven't uploaded a video yet. Since my propbet i have played maybe 3k hands of cash and several tournaments. I basically took 3/4 days off straight after my bet for my sisters 21st, and was drunk for most of that, and then chilled for a few days till FTOPS started. I decided to really focus on tournaments for the two weeks of FTOPS and play less tables so i haven't managed to make a video yet.
I will however be uploading both my FTP mulligan 1st place win, and my 10r 3rd place on PXF once the site stops running so slow, so hopefully that will keep you guys happy until i make a cashgame video! I'd imagine i won't make one till after FTOPS has finished (which is this weekend) but what i might do is record myself playing the $2500 2day event and 100r PLO if people are interested in that?
Anyway, i'm currently back home w/ my parents for a week because its closer to the Grosvenor Poker Tour event thats happening in walsall (crappy place in england). Its one of the bigger tournaments in england, they have a leg in a city each month with a few smaller tournaments and a £1k ME which is pretty big for england. I'm playing a £220 NLHEfo, £330 NLHE double chance and £250 PLOfo and then the £1k NLHE ME.
In the £220 NLHEfo my table looked fairly soft other than dave colclough. About 20 hands in at 25/50 (6k starting stacks) EP limps, button limps and i have QQ in sb. I raise to 250 and they both call pretty quick. Flop comes TT8r and i bet 600 and the EP instaminraises to 1200. Button tanks and folds, and i figure i can't fold here vs some live moron and i'll checkfold to a big turn bet, and vb if it goes check check. Turn is a T and i check. He has 4525 left, 4k in 1k chips, and he throws in the 525. I figure i have to play for stacks here, and checkraise to 1500 total. He calls and river is an 8 for a final board of TT8T8. I instashove and he snapcalls, i ask if he has quads and he shows JTd, i fold. Guy next to me 'so you had nothing then?' .... well i didn't beat quads! Next hand someone limps and i throw my 700 chips in with AK hoping to look like tilt, he folds, next hand blinds went up to 50-100 and someone raises to 250 so i shove 77 and he wins the race with AQ.
The £330 was last night, and i hated the double chance element of it. You paid £300 for 7000 tournament chips, but you got T3500 and a voucher for the other 3500 when you sat down. Blinds were 25/50 and you could take the second stack anytime after the first hand. If you busted or got to the end of level 2 (50/100) you had to take the second stack.
I guess the structure is to keep donks happy and give them a second chance when they bust, but it just meant everyone played 65bb deep for 45mins, and then ave stack was like 40bb for the second level. I was the only one who took the second stack asap and got some weird looks lolz. Two donks at my table had doubled up early anyway, so it clearly was correct to take it. I didn't play any interesting hands really, one time it was folded to me in the SB and i raise AA to 300 at 50/100. BB is some 70yr old nit who calls fast. I have about 7000 still and he covers. FLop comes J86hh and i bet 400, he makes it 1500. I fold pretty fast and he shows 88. Dumb old people. I then move table and one guy limps so i raise to 400 from the CO with QQ. SB has 3500 and calls, limper calls. Flop comes QT9dd and SB leads for 1200, other limper folds. I figure i dont need to hollywood since hes commited and shove, he snapcalls JTo and turn K.
I'm down to 2300 at 75/150 and its folded to the sb who completes. I probably should shove but i just check my Q4o. Flop comes A44hh and we both check. Turn 9 he checks, i bet 200 he makes it 700 i 'think' and call. Turn T he bets 1300 and i shove for 1650 total and he folds lolz. Then some old UK pro limps UTG, utg+1 limps, bigstack who doesn't seem good limps and sb completes. I have AKc in bb, and possibly should shove here, but instead i raise to 1k. UTG pro folds, utg+1 shoves for 1500 total, and second limper calls pretty fast... loooooool. I can't reraise so call the 500 more, and the flop comes 345.
I have like 2700 left, and pretty sure the second limper has a pair and won't fold. We check it down (turn 2 river J) and he has 88. V next hand i have like 2700 and post my sb. CO limps for 150 and hes awful, so i shove A9o in sb. I cba to raise a normal amount, and he never has a good hand there so im happy picking up the 375 in the pot, and if he calls good for him. He says he 'knew i was going to do that' and goes into the tank. I'm tempted to laugh at him for knowing and not calling with anything good, and he finally calls with A8. He hits an 8 and i bust. I say nice hand etc, and he tells the table how he knew my range was huge etc. Sick reads.
My friend still had a ton of chips at this point, so i go find out what cashgames are running. They have £50 (£2-£2 blinds) and $100 PLO (£2-£5 blinds) running. 100PLO is full and there is a seat at the $50 so i get that and buyin for £200 since i figure thats a reasonable amount. I haven't played any PLO live, so i expected it to be fairly soft. There was one old woman with about 300, a guy to my right with about 200 and everyone else had 50-150. I hate how short lots of the live UK games run 
Anyway as i sit down, i notice all the players have lots of cards, way more than 4. I'm kinda confused but don't want to look dumb and ask whats going on. I get dealt into the next hand and get 6 cards... ok... I figure its cool as long as i don't have to discard any sometime!! I quickly work out its 4-6card omaha, with the button each hand choosing how many cards, awesome!
First few hands i watch people play awful and bust and then rebuy for £100 or so. It seems the standard hand is everyone limps for £2, someone makes it £10 and then we see a 5-7way flop (depending how many people at the table) and then just get allin on the flop. I limp with QQxxx in 5card omaha and flop top set vs two random hands and win a nice pot early, and then i have x45678 in 6card omaha and raise to £10 and get called by all 5 other people. Flop comes 652 and SB pots with like £100 total, and MP reshoves for £210. I figure i probaly have decent equity here vs even the flopped straight, and reshove and SB calls.
Turn i make the nuts and SB folds and MP shows 56xxx for top 2 and he had some random gutshot too... lozl.
So i'm quickly up to £600 or so when some guy in a wheelchair sits to my left with £500, he instantly loses 100 first hand, and im hoping to get into a pot with him. Few hands after i get KKxxxx in 6card omaha and limp, as expected someone makes it £10 and we all call. Flop comes KJ7r and PFR checks, and its checked to me on button. I bet £50 into the £70 pot which was a mistake since there are so many wraps that people can have with 6cards that i really need to be potting it here. Wheelchair guy in SB calls, and BB checkraises allin for like £110 total. I reshove and wheelchair guy calls claiming he has 12 outs. Turn As, river 3s putting backdoor spades. I say 'i guess i dont win it all anymore' and show KK, wheelchair guy shows QT4422 (guess he thought if he made a set he wins.. lol) and other dude claims he had a smaller set.
Wheelchair guy INSTANTLY annouces hes leaving and moves to another table, fucker. I then go on mad tilt and play every hand and down to about £150 (cba reloading since im tilting).
We see a flop of Kh 8h 4x and i have AQh4467. PFR bets £50, EP repots to 200 i get it in, PFR folds. I say 'im probably behind but have outs' EP says 'you are ahead probably'. I show 44 and ask if its good, no reply. Turn and river blank out, and he turns over KK. Not sure if he was being a douche or figured i had a huge draw.
I decided best not to rebuy since im going to be on crazy monkey tilt and finish down £300. Its really odd how losing small amounts of money really bothers me live (and losing dumb pot like the KK one) but online i wouldn't care at all and just reload and keep playing.
I then wait 30mins for my friend to bust and come home. Today i'm playing a £250 PLO tournament which i assume is 4card omaha but who knows. If i bust in time im coming back to play the FTOPS $300 6max rebuy, otherwise i guess i'll get some sleep. The FTOPS starts at 2am, and the £1k starts at 3pm, so hopefully i can get enough sleep inbetween to be ok.
Anyway, thats enough rambling - will update how the PLO/ftops/£1k go at some point, and will post links for my 10r and FTP tournaments once PXF is back up and running. Let me know if recording the $2500/100rplo is worth it since its going to be a loooong video most likely, and i'm not doing that if no one is going to watch it!
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