Thursday, June 2, 2011

Good way to bust from a tournament

Full Tilt Poker $1 + $0.10 Multi-Rush OD No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t800/t1600 Blinds + t200 - 7 players - View hand 1329410

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BTN: t50557 M = 13.30

SB: t52237 M = 13.75

Hero (BB): t12397 M = 3.26

UTG: t40060 M = 10.54

UTG+1: t45092 M = 11.87

MP: t16872 M = 4.44

CO: t53209 M = 14.00



Pre Flop: (t3800) Hero is BB with A of diamonds K of diamonds

4 folds, BTN calls t1600, 1 fold, Hero raises to t12197 all in, BTN calls t10597



Flop: (t26594) Q of clubs 9 of spades 5 of spades (2 players - 1 is all in)



Turn: (t26594) J of clubs (2 players - 1 is all in)



River: (t26594) 8 of spades (2 players - 1 is all in)



Final Pot: t26594

BTN shows A of clubs 9 of clubs (a pair of Nines)

Hero shows A of diamonds K of diamonds (Ace King high)

BTN wins t26594




Another great bust from a tournament

Full Tilt Poker $1 + $0.10 Multi-Rush OD No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t50/t100 Blinds - 9 players - View hand 1329357

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BTN: t1350 13.50 BBs

SB: t4785 47.85 BBs

BB: t4800 48 BBs

UTG: t550 5.50 BBs

UTG+1: t2160 21.60 BBs

UTG+2: t4215 42.15 BBs

MP1: t4450 44.50 BBs

Hero (MP2): t2840 28.40 BBs

CO: t5275 52.75 BBs



Pre Flop: (t150) Hero is MP2 with K of diamonds A of hearts

4 folds, Hero raises to t350, CO calls t350, 3 folds



Flop: (t850) 6 of clubs 9 of clubs K of clubs (2 players)

Hero bets t850, CO raises to t1700, Hero raises to t2490 all in, CO calls t790



Turn: (t5830) 5 of hearts (2 players - 1 is all in)



River: (t5830) T of diamonds (2 players - 1 is all in)



Final Pot: t5830

Hero shows K of diamonds A of hearts (a pair of Kings)

CO shows K of spades T of spades (two pair, Kings and Tens)

CO wins t5830




Saturday, May 28, 2011

Suckouts Continue!

Full Tilt Poker $1 + $0.10 Multi-Rush OD No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t100/t200 Blinds - 9 players - View hand 1323908

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BTN: t8606 43.03 BBs

SB: t4250 21.25 BBs

Hero (BB): t9717 48.59 BBs

UTG: t1712 8.56 BBs

UTG+1: t5340 26.70 BBs

UTG+2: t4598 22.99 BBs

MP1: t5870 29.35 BBs

MP2: t12795 63.98 BBs

CO: t8048 40.24 BBs



Pre Flop: (t300) Hero is BB with J of clubs J of diamonds

1 fold, UTG+1 calls t200, 4 folds, BTN raises to t900, 1 fold, Hero raises to t1600, 1 fold, BTN raises to t2300, Hero calls t700



Flop: (t4900) 7 of spades 7 of hearts 4 of clubs (2 players)

Hero checks, BTN bets t6306 all in, Hero calls t6306



Turn: (t17512) Q of diamonds (2 players - 1 is all in)



River: (t17512) K of spades (2 players - 1 is all in)



Final Pot: t17512

BTN shows K of clubs A of diamonds (two pair, Kings and Sevens)

Hero shows J of clubs J of diamonds (two pair, Jacks and Sevens)

BTN wins t17512




Thursday, September 10, 2009

SNG Grinding

So i've begun my grinding too, having started off with full ring SNG's, both standard and double or nothing's. I'm starting out with a really small bankroll in the hopes of building it up, and so far it's going pretty well. Using some of the advice from 2+2ers and Stoxpoker i'm playing a really tight aggressive strategy, folding my way to victory!

So far today, i've only played 9 games but won 7 of them, so we'll see if i can maintain this win rate over a big sample size.

More updates to come soon!

Monday, September 7, 2009

Grinding the BR

Going to start putting in the hours soon, just need to set out a schedule to be able to keep to, something like 3-4 hours playing 1 hour reviewing seems fairly possible. I think 4 days per week of this and then at least 12 hours over the weekend should be a realistic goal and be enough to cancel out variance. Not sure how many tables to play because HU needs a lot of focus but I'll switch between 2 or 3 to see which gives the best hourly rate.

Not much to report so far, started out on NoiQ on Friday, haven't really been playing, just testing the software out and deciding if I want to stay there, the rakeback is nice and the games are soft, up 16 buy ins so far, but there isn't much action on the site, if I can get a deal on a more active site like cake I might move over there.

I've been playing a mixture of HU SNG and HU Cash, both games seem to play very similar on this site which is a bit weird but good news for me.

I'm not sure the best way to convert hands so I'll just post this one for now because I thought it was a really interesting opening hand. I don't like looking people up so light because generally I don't see people making these plays on a bluff, but this one just felt right;

Players(max 2):
villain (2,000.00 in seat 1)
Hero (2,000.00 in seat 2)

Dealer: Hero
Big Blind: villain (25.00)
Small Blind: Hero (15.00)

Hero was dealt: Qh - 5s

Hero Raise (60.00)
villain Call (50.00)

Flop 5d - 2h - 9h

villain Check
Hero Bet (112.00)
villain Call (112.00)

Turn 5d - 2h - 9h - Jh

villain Check
Hero Bet (195.00)
villain Call (195.00)

River 5d - 2h - 9h - Jh - Kc

villain Bet (764.00)
Hero Call (764.00)

villain shows: 4s - As (high card Ace)
Hero shows: Qh - 5s (a pair of Fives)

Hero wins: 2,292.00 (with a pair of Fives)

The structure of these is kind of weird too with 2,000 starting chips and 15/25 blinds with 8 minute increases, but I am adjusting. More updates to come plus tons more hand histories as soon as I find out a better, less spammy way to post them.

Thursday, September 3, 2009

And so it begins....

This is a blog following the adventures of 2 guys in their 20's as they quest for fame and fortune throughout Europe, mainly attempting to use the medium of Poker to achieve their success. Both Tom and myself have been playing Poker now for about 4 years, but never very seriously.

We've recently moved in together in an apartment in Frankfurt, Germany, and we're planning on dedicating a lot of our free time (which is not a vast amount currently) to plugging the leaks and earning some big bucks from mainly online poker, but hopefully some live events as well.

Stay tuned for more information on how we do, we'll be starting at low stakes, Eddy (me) will be mainly playing 6 max cash games along with some donkaments, Tom will mostly be sticking to HU SNG's.

Peace.