Assani's Poker Thread (4 Viewers)

[Assani Fisher]

Poker tip for Assani: Don't bet on the Chiefs at home against the Chargers

Yeah that didn't work. Chargers are such a tough team to handicap. Really thought it was a good bet going in. I had the line at SD -2. It opened at -4 and when it got to -6 I had to jump on it.

 

[CGRdrJoe]

How are people getting money in full tilt these days? I had a visa gift card but that didn't work and epassporte seems to take a while to set up, is there any site that you can sign up at and get money in to fulltilt quickly? I love Hawaii but with the weather sucking I'm spending more time in my hotel room than on the streets.

Throw me a few extra dollars for the time and gas costs of driving to the bank and send me a check and I'll transfer you the money if you want. Will do this for anyone thats interested....just PM me for address to send check.

Thanks for the offer but I'll be stuck on the island for a while with no access to anything but paypal, I may just suck it up and sign up for epassporte then deposit in a week as I'll still be out here.

 

[tommyGunZ]

Poker tip for Assani: Don't bet on the Chiefs at home against the Chargers

Yeah that didn't work. Chargers are such a tough team to handicap. Really thought it was a good bet going in. I had the line at SD -2. It opened at -4 and when it got to -6 I had to jump on it.

I was surprised it was 6 myself. SD doesn't play well in KC and the Chiefs spanked them at the Q two months ago. But like you said, the Bolts are a tough team to handicap. Obviously I'm a homer, but I think they're coming together at the right time and are about to go on a nice run. Keep in mind that 4 of their 5 losses are @ NE, @ GB, @ Jax, and @ Minn. Those losses don't look bad right now.The demise of the Chargers is overblown. Fade them at your own risk. I'm gonna bet on them the next 4 weeks and hope to ride a hot streak. Hijack over....

 

[CGRdrJoe]

Poker tip for Assani: Don't bet on the Chiefs at home against the Chargers

Yeah that didn't work. Chargers are such a tough team to handicap. Really thought it was a good bet going in. I had the line at SD -2. It opened at -4 and when it got to -6 I had to jump on it.

I was surprised it was 6 myself. SD doesn't play well in KC and the Chiefs spanked them at the Q two months ago. But like you said, the Bolts are a tough team to handicap. Obviously I'm a homer, but I think they're coming together at the right time and are about to go on a nice run. Keep in mind that 4 of their 5 losses are @ NE, @ GB, @ Jax, and @ Minn. Those losses don't look bad right now.The demise of the Chargers is overblown. Fade them at your own risk. I'm gonna bet on them the next 4 weeks and hope to ride a hot streak. Hijack over....

Thanks for the insight, I'll be sure to jump on the other side to make boatloads.

 

[fasteddie_21]

How are people getting money in full tilt these days? I had a visa gift card but that didn't work and epassporte seems to take a while to set up, is there any site that you can sign up at and get money in to fulltilt quickly? I love Hawaii but with the weather sucking I'm spending more time in my hotel room than on the streets.

Throw me a few extra dollars for the time and gas costs of driving to the bank and send me a check and I'll transfer you the money if you want. Will do this for anyone thats interested....just PM me for address to send check.

Thanks for the offer but I'll be stuck on the island for a while with no access to anything but paypal, I may just suck it up and sign up for epassporte then deposit in a week as I'll still be out here.

I can do a paypal xfer, if you want. But not until I get home from work tonight in 7 hours.

 

[MrPhoenix]

Sweat activated for the $25k guranteed, Assani.

BTW, I was just able to use my Visa debit card to deposit money. Never had a problem using that on FT.

 

[Voice Of Reason]

My Visa credit card works fine on FT as well.

 

[CGRdrJoe]

well maybe I'll try my mastercard debit from washington mutual when I get home, if it doesn't work I'll send you the transfer eddie.

 

[Zowned]

well maybe I'll try my mastercard debit from washington mutual when I get home, if it doesn't work I'll send you the transfer eddie.

Mastercard doesn't work. I've tried several.

 

[Assani Fisher]

Sweat activated for the $25k guranteed, Assani.

In the money

 

[baldgriff]

Assani -

You seem to be playing a lot of Omaha8 NL -- Any specific strategies. I am looking at this game and seeing plenty of opportunity at lower levels. Interested to hear why you have been playing this so much.

Oh yeah - sweat still on

 

[Assani Fisher]

Assani -You seem to be playing a lot of Omaha8 NL -- Any specific strategies. I am looking at this game and seeing plenty of opportunity at lower levels. Interested to hear why you have been playing this so much.Oh yeah - sweat still on

yea, I'll give you a detailed reply as soon as I'm done with my tourneys

 

[baldgriff]

Hes in 8th now...

 

[Assani Fisher]

just in case anyone wants to sweat, here are the 4 tourneys I'm in and my current position:

Full Tilt $25K guaranteed($75): 12 out of 28, 460 started

Full Tilt $55K guaranteed($163): 44 out of 132, 423 started

Stars $27.50: 262 out of 269(just lost a $40,000 pot as I'm typing this on the river...would've been top 15 if I had won that), 1535 started

Stars $11+rebuys: 36 out of 70, 675 started

 

[Assani Fisher]

Stars $11+rebuys: 36 out of 70, 675 started

63 spots paid. I went out in 65thokerStars Game #13637059403: Tournament #68767853, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level XIII (800/1600) - 2007/12/03 - 22:39:44 (ET)Table '68767853 70' 9-max Seat #2 is the buttonSeat 1: SJCX (17773 in chips) Seat 2: philmeup222 (29478 in chips) Seat 3: LS2-GOAT (38572 in chips) Seat 4: threeven (29225 in chips) Seat 5: jtiii (10209 in chips) Seat 6: varjo (24221 in chips) Seat 7: jwvdcw (26174 in chips) Seat 8: moroska1 (22761 in chips) Seat 9: options69 (36938 in chips) SJCX: posts the ante 150philmeup222: posts the ante 150LS2-GOAT: posts the ante 150threeven: posts the ante 150jtiii: posts the ante 150varjo: posts the ante 150jwvdcw: posts the ante 150moroska1: posts the ante 150options69: posts the ante 150LS2-GOAT: posts small blind 800threeven: posts big blind 1600*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to jwvdcw [Ac Ah]jtiii: folds varjo: folds jwvdcw: raises 3200 to 4800moroska1: folds options69: folds SJCX: folds philmeup222: calls 4800LS2-GOAT: calls 4000threeven: folds *** FLOP *** [8h 5h Jc]LS2-GOAT: checks jwvdcw: bets 9600philmeup222: folds LS2-GOAT: raises 24022 to 33622 and is all-injwvdcw: calls 11624 and is all-in*** TURN *** [8h 5h Jc] [Kd]*** RIVER *** [8h 5h Jc Kd] [3h]*** SHOW DOWN ***LS2-GOAT: shows [Kh Kc] (three of a kind, Kings)jwvdcw: shows [Ac Ah] (a pair of Aces)LS2-GOAT collected 59798 from pot*** SUMMARY ***Total pot 59798 | Rake 0 Board [8h 5h Jc Kd 3h]Seat 1: SJCX folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 2: philmeup222 (button) folded on the FlopSeat 3: LS2-GOAT (small blind) showed [Kh Kc] and won (59798) with three of a kind, KingsSeat 4: threeven (big blind) folded before FlopSeat 5: jtiii folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 6: varjo folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 7: jwvdcw showed [Ac Ah] and lost with a pair of AcesSeat 8: moroska1 folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 9: options69 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

 

[Assani Fisher]

Stars $27.50: 262 out of 269(just lost a $40,000 pot as I'm typing this on the river...would've been top 15 if I had won that), 1535 started

In money here at least now(225) left. still shortstacked though.

 

[baldgriff]

seems to be close to an all-in fest in the 25K tourney... You must not be getting many cards I think I have seen you play 3 hands in the last 30 minutes

 

[Assani Fisher]

yea thats just a combo of not many hands and them respecting my raises. I've stolen my share of blinds. And you're right, its an all in fest for the shortstackers now. I'm still comfortable though somewhat.

 

[baldgriff]

that seemed like a tough laydown to bluffoons all-in.............

 

[Assani Fisher]

Full Tilt $55K guaranteed($163): 44 out of 132, 423 started

JJ loses to AK and I"m out.

 

[Assani Fisher]

that seemed like a tough laydown to bluffoons all-in.............

nah, I intentionally raised a small enough that I could get away from it if someone reraised. Not in great shape now though.

 

[baldgriff]

yeah, not to doubt you, but those blinds are killing you now. JJ may have been your best hand to make the stand with.

 

[baldgriff]

SCORE!!!

 

[Assani Fisher]

yeah, not to doubt you, but those blinds are killing you now. JJ may have been your best hand to make the stand with.

 

[Assani Fisher]

SCORE!!!

77>AQnice flop of 788 for me.

 

[Assani Fisher]

Stars $27.50: 262 out of 269(just lost a $40,000 pot as I'm typing this on the river...would've been top 15 if I had won that), 1535 started

Somehow I'm still alive in this one despite never doubling up...have just stole the blinds once per round and been fine. Still very very shortstacked, but only 131 left now.

 

[baldgriff]

yeah, not to doubt you, but those blinds are killing you now. JJ may have been your best hand to make the stand with.

I assume you folded JJ in that hand. The blinds were getting close to being real tough on you. While I dont discount folding, I am wondering if JJ would have been good.. That said you made your FH later with 77 - so it worked out.

 

[Assani Fisher]

Stars $27.50: 262 out of 269(just lost a $40,000 pot as I'm typing this on the river...would've been top 15 if I had won that), 1535 started

Somehow I'm still alive in this one despite never doubling up...have just stole the blinds once per round and been fine. Still very very shortstacked, but only 131 left now.

doubled up finally!PokerStars Game #13637823922: Tournament #68990224, $25.00+$2.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level XIII (800/1600) - 2007/12/03 - 23:22:24 (ET)Table '68990224 194' 9-max Seat #1 is the buttonSeat 1: frostywl (25166 in chips) Seat 2: number1pp (32526 in chips) Seat 3: ZingZealZest (15572 in chips) Seat 4: acekicker185 (29549 in chips) Seat 5: PokerSickNr1 (23838 in chips) Seat 6: jwvdcw (12894 in chips) Seat 7: aikiko (59606 in chips) Seat 8: usmc1961 (49956 in chips) Seat 9: tedwyer (50449 in chips) frostywl: posts the ante 150number1pp: posts the ante 150ZingZealZest: posts the ante 150acekicker185: posts the ante 150PokerSickNr1: posts the ante 150jwvdcw: posts the ante 150aikiko: posts the ante 150usmc1961: posts the ante 150tedwyer: posts the ante 150number1pp: posts small blind 800ZingZealZest: posts big blind 1600*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to jwvdcw [Ts Th]acekicker185: folds PokerSickNr1: folds jwvdcw: raises 11144 to 12744 and is all-inaikiko: folds usmc1961: calls 12744tedwyer: folds frostywl: folds number1pp: folds ZingZealZest: folds *** FLOP *** [2c 5h 7c]*** TURN *** [2c 5h 7c] [9c]*** RIVER *** [2c 5h 7c 9c] [4s]*** SHOW DOWN ***jwvdcw: shows [Ts Th] (a pair of Tens)usmc1961: shows [Qd Ad] (high card Ace)jwvdcw collected 29238 from pot*** SUMMARY ***Total pot 29238 | Rake 0 Board [2c 5h 7c 9c 4s]Seat 1: frostywl (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 2: number1pp (small blind) folded before FlopSeat 3: ZingZealZest (big blind) folded before FlopSeat 4: acekicker185 folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 5: PokerSickNr1 folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 6: jwvdcw showed [Ts Th] and won (29238) with a pair of TensSeat 7: aikiko folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 8: usmc1961 showed [Qd Ad] and lost with high card AceSeat 9: tedwyer folded before Flop (didn't bet)

 

[Assani Fisher]

ugh! Should be at final table now.........

Full Tilt Poker Game #4385644782: $25,000 Guarantee (32671387), Table 14 - 4000/8000 Ante 1000 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:25:12 ET - 2007/12/03

Seat 4: EricF420 (157,793)

Seat 5: Assani Fisher (121,315)

Seat 7: bluffoon (50,286)

Seat 8: CodeRedRulez (152,312)

Seat 9: jbnrock (140,882)

EricF420 antes 1,000

Assani Fisher antes 1,000

bluffoon antes 1,000

CodeRedRulez antes 1,000

jbnrock antes 1,000

jbnrock posts the small blind of 4,000

EricF420 posts the big blind of 8,000

The button is in seat #8

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to Assani Fisher [5d Jd]

Assani Fisher folds

bluffoon raises to 49,286, and is all in

CodeRedRulez raises to 151,312, and is all in

jbnrock folds

EricF420 folds

CodeRedRulez shows [Qd Ac]

bluffoon shows [9c As]

Uncalled bet of 102,026 returned to CodeRedRulez

*** FLOP *** [7s 9h 3h]

*** TURN *** [7s 9h 3h] [5s]

*** RIVER *** [7s 9h 3h 5s] [7h]

CodeRedRulez shows a pair of Sevens

bluffoon shows two pair, Nines and Sevens

bluffoon wins the pot (115,572) with two pair, Nines and Sevens

bluffoon: oooops

*** SUMMARY ***

Total pot 115,572 | Rake 0

Board: [7s 9h 3h 5s 7h]

Seat 4: EricF420 (big blind) folded before the Flop

Seat 5: Assani Fisher folded before the Flop

Seat 7: bluffoon showed [9c As] and won (115,572) with two pair, Nines and Sevens

Seat 8: CodeRedRulez (button) showed [Qd Ac] and lost with a pair of Sevens

Seat 9: jbnrock (small blind) folded before the Flop

 

[Assani Fisher]

and again at the other table...

Full Tilt Poker Game #4385644783: $25,000 Guarantee (32671387), Table 22 - 4000/8000 Ante 1000 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:25:12 ET - 2007/12/03

Seat 1: mamu35 (81,080)

Seat 2: taxd2death (158,779)

Seat 6: wownikkel (156,706)

Seat 8: boston_tom11 (265,440)

Seat 9: MADANGEL (95,407)

mamu35 antes 1,000

taxd2death antes 1,000

wownikkel antes 1,000

boston_tom11 antes 1,000

MADANGEL antes 1,000

boston_tom11 posts the small blind of 4,000

MADANGEL posts the big blind of 8,000

The button is in seat #6

*** HOLE CARDS ***

mamu35 has 15 seconds left to act

mamu35 raises to 80,080, and is all in

taxd2death folds

wownikkel folds

boston_tom11 raises to 264,440, and is all in

MADANGEL folds

boston_tom11 shows [Kd Ks]

mamu35 shows [As 4s]

Uncalled bet of 184,360 returned to boston_tom11

*** FLOP *** [2h 7s 6s]

*** TURN *** [2h 7s 6s] [Qs]

*** RIVER *** [2h 7s 6s Qs] [Kh]

boston_tom11 shows three of a kind, Kings

mamu35 shows a flush, Ace high

mamu35 wins the pot (173,160) with a flush, Ace high

*** SUMMARY ***

Total pot 173,160 | Rake 0

Board: [2h 7s 6s Qs Kh]

Seat 1: mamu35 showed [As 4s] and won (173,160) with a flush, Ace high

Seat 2: taxd2death folded before the Flop

Seat 6: wownikkel (button) folded before the Flop

Seat 8: boston_tom11 (small blind) showed [Kd Ks] and lost with three of a kind, Kings

Seat 9: MADANGEL (big blind) folded before the Flop

 

[Assani Fisher]

ok I don't care....at FT now!

 

[Assani Fisher]

8 left

 

[baldgriff]

ouch check raised

 

[Assani Fisher]

ouch check raised

I had absolutely nothing. Hes so over-agressive though...might have been able to shove him off of it.

 

[fasteddie_21]

Update on them all?

:remotesweatfromwork:

 

[Assani Fisher]

7 left

 

[Assani Fisher]

Update on them all?:remotesweatfromwork:

6th out of 7 in the FT one, 1st pays $800083 out of 87 in the Stars one,

 

[Assani Fisher]

6 left

 

[Assani Fisher]

#### me

Full Tilt Poker Game #4385830947: $25,000 Guarantee (32671387), Table 14 - 5000/10000 Ante 1000 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:43:46 ET - 2007/12/03

Seat 1: taxd2death (222,558)

Seat 2: boston_tom11 (206,360)

Seat 4: EricF420 (353,675)

Seat 5: Assani Fisher (125,202)

Seat 6: mamu35 (212,567)

Seat 7: bluffoon (259,638)

taxd2death antes 1,000

boston_tom11 antes 1,000

EricF420 antes 1,000

Assani Fisher antes 1,000

mamu35 antes 1,000

bluffoon antes 1,000

bluffoon posts the small blind of 5,000

taxd2death posts the big blind of 10,000

The button is in seat #6

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to Assani Fisher [Jc Jh]

boston_tom11 folds

EricF420 folds

Assani Fisher raises to 124,202, and is all in

mamu35 folds

bluffoon folds

taxd2death calls 114,202

Assani Fisher shows [Jc Jh]

taxd2death shows [Kh Kc]

*** FLOP *** [Ks 8c 9d]

*** TURN *** [Ks 8c 9d] [Qc]

*** RIVER *** [Ks 8c 9d Qc] [2h]

Assani Fisher shows a pair of Jacks

taxd2death shows three of a kind, Kings

taxd2death wins the pot (259,404) with three of a kind, Kings

boston_tom11: gg

Assani Fisher stands up

*** SUMMARY ***

Total pot 259,404 | Rake 0

Board: [Ks 8c 9d Qc 2h]

Seat 1: taxd2death (big blind) showed [Kh Kc] and won (259,404) with three of a kind, Kings

Seat 2: boston_tom11 folded before the Flop

Seat 4: EricF420 folded before the Flop

Seat 5: Assani Fisher showed [Jc Jh] and lost with a pair of Jacks

Seat 6: mamu35 (button) folded before the Flop

Seat 7: bluffoon (small blind) folded before the Flop

 

[baldgriff]

ouch JJ meets KK tough

 

[Zowned]

$1500 for $69 is still pretty good

 

[fasteddie_21]

Bummer

Still, congrats. What score you make there?

 

[baldgriff]

Assani it was good sweating you.....

please dont forget your response to Omaha8 NL

 

[Zowned]

Bummer Still, congrats. What score you make there?

$1500

 

[Assani Fisher]

$1500 for $69 is still pretty good

meh, think I'm still down on the day actually due to some bad sessions at plo8. Still alive in the $27.50 though on Stars, which is pretty amazing considering how shortstacked I was when I first mentioned it here. 68 left there.

 

[Assani Fisher]

Assani it was good sweating you..... please dont forget your response to Omaha8 NL

first thing after this last tourney ends. Thanks for the support, you and everyone else.

 

[Assani Fisher]

meh out in 65th

 

[Assani Fisher]

Assani -You seem to be playing a lot of Omaha8 NL -- Any specific strategies. I am looking at this game and seeing plenty of opportunity at lower levels. Interested to hear why you have been playing this so much.Oh yeah - sweat still on

Short answer is that I play it because its my best game. I'm a solid hold em player, but I'm not close to world class or anything. I beat up on tournaments and mid/low stakes NLHE games simply because the competition there sucks. I'm pretty good at exploiting poor HE players, but if you put me in a tough game(especially shorthanded) I can easily be beat. Moreover, with so many people playing HE these days the average skill level has really risen and there are some great players out there. Its funny to think how easy games like $10/20 NLHE on Party used to be, as nowadays anything $2/4 and up is pretty challenging(even $1/2 is no pushover). Conversely theres a lot of bad play at O8 at the lower levels still even online because the game hasn't become as popular.NLO8 and PLO8 has some differing strategies. I would advise you to start off with PLO8, so I'll give the advice for that first.....At $1/2 and below, you can win by just playing a tight style and not taking many risks. Thats what I'd advise you to do as you learn. Don't worry about making fancy plays or anything yet. As you learn more and more you can slowly try them out. Imo to beat $2/4 currently you have to play a bit more agressively and mix up your play. To beat $3/6 or $5/10 you have to be a very solid player imo, especially because the games are often shorthanded. This is all online btw, obviously live(if you can find it) would be easier just like with HE.Playable hands from any position(when there has been no raise in front of you): Any A2, any AA, any A3s, A+ any two wheel cards, TT-KK + 2 wheel cards, 2345, 2346, any 4 cards T-A, 9TJQ.From LP I'd add in things like A4s, KK+two low cards, QQ+ two low cards, etc.With regards to calling preflop raises- If the hand is playable and you're in position then I'd generally call....maybe cut out the worst of the hands I've listed but not many. Take good notes on which hands each player likes to raise with. You're now in position and have information- that allows you to call with almost every playable hand. I would be a lot tigher when calling raises from the blinds. Maybe cut out 40-50% of the hands I listed.Re-raising: Do it with any AA if you or your opponent is close to being all in with your reraise. If you're deeper stacked then I wouldn't do this as it completely gives 1/2 of your hand away. With AA2 or AA3s then I'd re raise all the time simply because your hand is strong enough to warrant it.Limping vs raising: There are three kinds of raises imo- pot sweeteners, isolations, and blind steals....Blind Steals: Bottom line- if you're in LP and nobody has entered the pot yet then come in for the max raise because its gives you the added expectation of stealing the blinds occassionallyIsolations: When you have hands that play good heads up like AA or AK2 then you want to raise the max and try to get it down to one or two opponents.Pot Sweeteners: If you're in LP with a solid multiway hand like A234 double suited and there have been many limpers then go ahead and throw in a raise that you think nearly everyone will be priced in to call. Hands like A234 do not play that well heads up, so I wouldn't try to isolate although its not the biggest mistake in the world. Its a fine line and depends greatly upon your read of your opponents.After the flop....First thing you need to learn is the different odds. Go to twodimes and use their odds calculator a lot. You need to know things like a low draw and a flush draw is about a 2-1 favorite over a naked set. Learn all of these odds. They're vital to this game.O8 is largely a game about quartering people. If you have A2 and flop the nut low with nothing else at all(and no draws) then proceed cautiously. Its never a huge mistake to let that go on the flop. Learn to recognize quartering situations. Put opponents on hands and determine who is quartering who. Theres not a ton for me to say here, it just takes practice. Play some hands, thing about them, and feel free to post them here if you want advice.Bet your made hands(but realize when theres a possibilty for a freeroll for you or your opponent) strongly. Never draw to non nut hands when you're still a beginner...not until you've demonstrated that you can crush $1/2 and below would I say that you're good enough to trust your reads and draw to non nut hands. and really its not necessary to beat the lower stakes games.Take a ton of notes on all players. Understand what hands they bet and how they bet them. At the higher levels, extensive notes are vital. At the lower levels, simply note who the strong players are and who are the idiots and target the idiots and value bet the hell out of them.For the most part don't bluff much. Obviously things like the bare ace flush bluff can be done when theres no low or low draw out there. And if you sense a ton of weakness on a board without a lot of draws, then yeah you can go ahead and bet 1/2 pot or so to try to steal it. But take it easy with this....most people try to jump into this too quickly. Demonstrate that you can beat teh game over a few ten thousand hands by playing tight and sound first.O8 can be tedious at times. There are a lot of split pots and it can take hundreds of hands for you to finally get a shot to win a decent sized pot. Especially if you start off losing a big one, its easy to loosen up and make some mistakes. You need to avoid this right now. All of what I said here is very very basic advice, and I don't think its the best possible way to play...but I do think its the best way to play for a beginner, as it should enable you to win without being a great player or being able to read hands that well. As with all poker, the real key ability that separates the marginal players from the top players is the ability to read opponents and put them on a narrow range of hands as often as possible....keep practicing this skill even on hands that you aren't in. I'll stop for now, feel free to add on with any questions, comments, etc.

 

[The Ref]

ugh....Full Tilt Poker Game #4361901269: Table Purple Majesty - $2/$4 - No Limit Omaha H/L - 21:27:57 ET - 2007/12/01Seat 1: dskurtz14 ($368)Seat 4: Napolino ($385.15)Seat 5: Assani Fisher ($1,352.70)Seat 6: gamefreak237 ($154.60)Seat 7: onechaser ($180.55)Seat 9: Cash Flow404 ($94.80)gamefreak237 has 5 seconds left to actgamefreak237 posts the small blind of $2onechaser posts the big blind of $4The button is in seat #5*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to Assani Fisher [6h 2h Ad Ac]Cash Flow404 foldsdskurtz14 has 15 seconds left to actdskurtz14 calls $4Napolino calls $4Assani Fisher raises to $26gamefreak237 foldsonechaser foldsdskurtz14 calls $22Napolino calls $22*** FLOP *** [7h 3h Ks]dskurtz14 bets $342, and is all inNapolino has 15 seconds left to actNapolino has requested TIMENapolino foldsAssani Fisher calls $342dskurtz14 shows [2s Kd 4s Jd]Assani Fisher shows [6h 2h Ad Ac]*** TURN *** [7h 3h Ks] [As]*** RIVER *** [7h 3h Ks As] [Ts]dskurtz14 shows a flush, Ace high, for high anddskurtz14 shows 7,4,3,2,A, for lowAssani Fisher shows three of a kind, Aces, for high andAssani Fisher shows 7,6,3,2,A, for lowdskurtz14 wins the high pot ($382.50) with a flush, Ace highdskurtz14 wins the low pot ($382.50) with 7,4,3,2,A*** SUMMARY ***Total pot $768 | Rake $3Board: [7h 3h Ks As Ts]Seat 1: dskurtz14 showed [2s Kd 4s Jd] and won ($765) with HI: a flush, Ace high; LO: 7,4,3,2,ASeat 4: Napolino folded on the FlopSeat 5: Assani Fisher (button) showed [6h 2h Ad Ac] and lost with HI: three of a kind, Aces; LO: 7,6,3,2,ASeat 6: gamefreak237 (small blind) folded before the FlopSeat 7: onechaser (big blind) folded before the FlopSeat 9: Cash Flow404 didn't bet (folded)

:Vomit

 

[Assani Fisher]

Went to the Wynn last night. Booked a short $30 win at $1/3 while waiting for my $2/5 seat, then played for probably 11 hours at $2/5 which is my longest session in a while. At my initial table, nothing big really happened. There was one fish who kept my afloat by paying me off a few times, but I'd say I was up only around $50 after a few hours(had bought in for $1000, so had $1050 now). The table broke and I moved to the other $2/5 game.

As soon as I get there, I see theres an interesting hand going on. Two opponents, both very deepstacked are in a hand. Flop is on the board, something like 49T. One guy has $400 sitting out there as a bet(not sure if it was a raise or a bet), pot has a few hundred in it at least already. Other guy thinks for a while then shoves. Guy folds. After the hand theres a decent amount of banter back and forth..."keep raising with nothing, I love it" type of stuff.

Very next hand the guy who had bet $400 tries to raise it to $100 preflop after everyone had folded to him, but he accidentally just threw in the $100 chip so it was just a call(never said "raise"). Everyone folds to blinds, SB limps, BB checks. Before flop even comes out guy says "ok well I'm betting $100 on the flop no matter what" and throws it in. Blinds check, his $100 counts, and the blinds think for a while then folds. SB seems really angry at the bettor and mentions that hes been doing it all night and its pissing him off.

Very next hand I get KK in BB. Same guy raises to $20 from EP, folds to button(same guy in first hand who won the hand) who calls, I raise to $90. EP maniac calls, buttons folds. I have $1050 at start of hand, maniac has me covered by a decent amount.

At this point, I'm a bit concerned. His image is such that I can't put him on anything at all, and any aggressive play by him has to be met with a ton of skepticism. With that said, even maniacs hit hands from time to time, so the fact that he has me covered has me worried. I remember thinking that I wouldn't be surprised at all if he called me down then put in a huge bet on the river. I decided to try to keep the pot relatively small and to just use my best judgment.

Flop comes 234 with 2 spades. I do have the K of spades. I bet $100, he calls.

Turn is another 2 non-spade. I bet $200, he calls.

River is a 6 of spades. I check, he goes all in. Its $660 to me. I think for a long while. As I'm thinking he gives me a speech about how hes "going home if he loses this hand." Your move.

What I did

I called. He said "I have a 5." I said "you win" but held on to my cards. He showed 36os, I took the pot with kings and twos. He tipped the dealer about $50 and left, which made me feel a bit bad for winning the hand and only tipping $5, but whatever.

Before he left he told me that it was a terrible call, and said "thank you." Then I think he realized he was being a jerk, and said "My fault man...good call."

What I think I should've done

I really hate when people give me stupid "Jamie Gold-esque" speeches while I'm trying to think. I hate it because all it does is slow down my decision. My thought process basically always goes "What is he trying to get me to do? I should do the opposite then. Oh wait, but maybe hes thinking that and trying to think one level higher than me. Yeah, just forget it, lets get back to thinking about the hand...." I swear thats my exact thought process every time someone does this. Maybe I just need to improve my analysis skills in this regard.

I was getting well over 2-1 on my call, which was the deciding factor(He actually did ask me before he left why I called and I told him "getting over 2-1 odds and thought there was more than a 33% chance you were bluffing" which was the absolute truth). Still it was a tough decision because theres no reason he couldn't have had 35 instead of 36 or had the spades. His range was so wide open based upon what I had seen of him so far.

I didn't have any more cash on me and would've left if I had lost(I never go to the ATM at the casino...I dunno, just hate the feeling of doing that). And that was impacting me a little bit. But I thought it over, and I determined that the best move was to call and I made myself do what I thought was best. Would definitely be interested in analysis though from others.

I ended up winning over $1000 more and left a $2200 winner. I hadn't had $3200 on the table at once in a long time(summer of 2006) and it felt good.