Assani's Poker Thread (2 Viewers)

[Assani Fisher]

2nd money level

 

[Assani Fisher]

kinda card dead in all 3 tourneys right now though....below average stack in all 3 now.

 

[Assani Fisher]

3rd money level in Sunday Million now.

 

[Assani Fisher]

running well lol....

Full Tilt Poker Game #4450532651: $750,000 Guarantee (32404108), Table 175 - 200/400 Ante 50 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:53:00 ET - 2007/12/09

Seat 1: DoeNut (2,435)

Seat 2: Tmay420 (47,144)

Seat 3: 1BigAceOl (13,431)

Seat 4: Assani Fisher (3,205)

Seat 5: hmm ill call (9,742)

Seat 6: LagTart (4,370)

Seat 7: Jblaze11 (19,096)

Seat 8: ABargnani7 (10,488)

Seat 9: Finally Nuts (5,135)

DoeNut antes 50

Tmay420 antes 50

1BigAceOl antes 50

Assani Fisher antes 50

hmm ill call antes 50

LagTart antes 50

Jblaze11 antes 50

ABargnani7 antes 50

Finally Nuts antes 50

Jblaze11 posts the small blind of 200

ABargnani7 posts the big blind of 400

The button is in seat #6

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to Assani Fisher [Ts Ah]

Finally Nuts: what a goofy play

Finally Nuts folds

DoeNut has 15 seconds left to act

LagTart is feeling confused

11ezalbJ (Observer): get this far then just throw chips awa

DoeNut folds

Tmay420 folds

1BigAceOl folds

Assani Fisher raises to 3,155, and is all in

hmm ill call folds

Teambass (Observer): tmay!!! TID, second place

LagTart folds

Teambass (Observer): gl

Jblaze11 folds

LagTart: ya thats what i fkn do

ABargnani7 calls 2,755

Assani Fisher shows [Ts Ah]

ABargnani7 shows [As Ac]

*** FLOP *** [6c 6s Td]

*** TURN *** [6c 6s Td] [7c]

*** RIVER *** [6c 6s Td 7c] [Th]

Assani Fisher shows a full house, Tens full of Sixes

ABargnani7 shows two pair, Aces and Tens

Assani Fisher wins the pot (6,960) with a full house, Tens full of Sixes

*** SUMMARY ***

Total pot 6,960 | Rake 0

Board: [6c 6s Td 7c Th]

Seat 1: DoeNut folded before the Flop

Seat 2: Tmay420 folded before the Flop

Seat 3: 1BigAceOl folded before the Flop

Seat 4: Assani Fisher showed [Ts Ah] and won (6,960) with a full house, Tens full of Sixes

Seat 5: hmm ill call folded before the Flop

Seat 6: LagTart (button) folded before the Flop

Seat 7: Jblaze11 (small blind) folded before the Flop

Seat 8: ABargnani7 (big blind) showed [As Ac] and lost with two pair, Aces and Tens

Seat 9: Finally Nuts folded before the Flop

 

[tommyGunZ]

that's diiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiirty.

take'm when you get'em gb.

 

[Assani Fisher]

clearly all skill...

PokerStars Game #13760805380: Tournament #68990358, $200+$15 Hold'em No Limit - Level X (300/600) - 2007/12/09 - 20:59:30 (ET)

Table '68990358 85' 9-max Seat #6 is the button

Seat 1: djk123 (22696 in chips)

Seat 2: Kenrof (16836 in chips)

Seat 3: rcrane082985 (16787 in chips)

Seat 4: jacobazzi (12211 in chips)

Seat 5: kspeck (4820 in chips)

Seat 6: jwvdcw (2310 in chips)

Seat 7: usourcek (13750 in chips)

Seat 8: hartwith (23305 in chips)

Seat 9: bzaf (13300 in chips)

djk123: posts the ante 30

Kenrof: posts the ante 30

rcrane082985: posts the ante 30

jacobazzi: posts the ante 30

kspeck: posts the ante 30

jwvdcw: posts the ante 30

usourcek: posts the ante 30

hartwith: posts the ante 30

bzaf: posts the ante 30

usourcek: posts small blind 300

hartwith: posts big blind 600

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to jwvdcw [Ts 9c]

bzaf: folds

djk123: folds

Kenrof: folds

rcrane082985: folds

jacobazzi: folds

kspeck: folds

jwvdcw: raises 1680 to 2280 and is all-in

usourcek: folds

hartwith: calls 1680

*** FLOP *** [4s Th 9s]

*** TURN *** [4s Th 9s] [4h]

*** RIVER *** [4s Th 9s 4h] [9h]

*** SHOW DOWN ***

hartwith: shows [Kd Ac] (two pair, Nines and Fours)

jwvdcw: shows [Ts 9c] (a full house, Nines full of Tens)

jwvdcw collected 5130 from pot

*** SUMMARY ***

Total pot 5130 | Rake 0

Board [4s Th 9s 4h 9h]

Seat 1: djk123 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 2: Kenrof folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 3: rcrane082985 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 4: jacobazzi folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 5: kspeck folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 6: jwvdcw (button) showed [Ts 9c] and won (5130) with a full house, Nines full of Tens

Seat 7: usourcek (small blind) folded before Flop

Seat 8: hartwith (big blind) showed [Kd Ac] and lost with two pair, Nines and Fours

Seat 9: bzaf folded before Flop (didn't bet)

 

[fasteddie_21]

Teach me? :whoosh:

Get on AIM later yo!

 

[Assani Fisher]

out of 2nd chance....

PokerStars Game #13760909066: Tournament #68990358, $200+$15 Hold'em No Limit - Level X (300/600) - 2007/12/09 - 21:04:40 (ET)

Table '68990358 85' 9-max Seat #6 is the button

Seat 1: djk123 (23026 in chips)

Seat 2: Kenrof (29776 in chips)

Seat 3: rcrane082985 (16817 in chips)

Seat 4: jacobazzi (12241 in chips)

Seat 5: kspeck (4820 in chips)

Seat 6: jwvdcw (4020 in chips)

Seat 7: usourcek (13780 in chips)

Seat 8: hartwith (21625 in chips)

Seat 9: z32fanatic (7291 in chips)

djk123: posts the ante 30

Kenrof: posts the ante 30

rcrane082985: posts the ante 30

jacobazzi: posts the ante 30

kspeck: posts the ante 30

jwvdcw: posts the ante 30

usourcek: posts the ante 30

hartwith: posts the ante 30

z32fanatic: posts the ante 30

usourcek: posts small blind 300

hartwith: posts big blind 600

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to jwvdcw [Ad Qh]

z32fanatic: folds

djk123: folds

Kenrof: folds

rcrane082985: folds

jacobazzi: folds

kspeck: folds

jwvdcw: raises 3390 to 3990 and is all-in

usourcek: folds

hartwith: calls 3390

*** FLOP *** [7s 9c 9s]

*** TURN *** [7s 9c 9s] [Ts]

*** RIVER *** [7s 9c 9s Ts] [2d]

*** SHOW DOWN ***

hartwith: shows [9h Ks] (three of a kind, Nines)

jwvdcw: shows [Ad Qh] (a pair of Nines)

hartwith collected 8550 from pot

*** SUMMARY ***

Total pot 8550 | Rake 0

Board [7s 9c 9s Ts 2d]

Seat 1: djk123 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 2: Kenrof folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 3: rcrane082985 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 4: jacobazzi folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 5: kspeck folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 6: jwvdcw (button) showed [Ad Qh] and lost with a pair of Nines

Seat 7: usourcek (small blind) folded before Flop

Seat 8: hartwith (big blind) showed [9h Ks] and won (8550) with three of a kind, Nines

Seat 9: z32fanatic folded before Flop (didn't bet)

 

[Assani Fisher]

Teach me? :whoosh:Get on AIM later yo!

yea, I should be on sometime later, although I might go play live again and might go to gym first

 

[Mr.Pack]

I think the problem is that you underbet the flop and turn against a maniac. The pot was about $200 preflop, and you bet $100 into it out of position. Your stack to pot ratio was a little over 5, which is ideal against this kid. On the turn, you again bet just half the pot. You need to get that money in quicker on such a heavily coordinated board.

I don't have a problem with the call, because his hand range included any medium pair and any paired small cards, but there really aren't many hands he can turn over short of a pure bluff that are good news. It would be more profitable long term if you had gotten more of the chips in as soon as you knew you were committed, because the times he does have a five, or spades, or a deuce, you freerolled him the rest of your stack as implied odds because you intended to call no matter what.

Edit to add: I think the better play would have been to bet somewhere between $150 and $200 on the flop, then bet at least $300 on the turn. You risk letting the maniac off the hook, sure, but you keep him from outdrawing you. I don't think pot control was the right answer at all. You were dead on your target SPR for him with your hand, so you were correct to be willing to commit.

These were my thoughts as well. I was shocked that you underbet like you did.

 

[Assani Fisher]

ugh.....

PokerStars Game #13761034520: Tournament #68769454, $200+$15 Hold'em No Limit - Level XVII (3000/6000) - 2007/12/09 - 21:10:53 (ET)

Table '68769454 386' 9-max Seat #3 is the button

Seat 1: pazii (65921 in chips)

Seat 2: dude904 (256346 in chips)

Seat 3: jwvdcw (85550 in chips)

Seat 4: theoneseyes (66857 in chips)

Seat 5: MG2003 (53009 in chips)

Seat 6: yonco46 (71588 in chips)

Seat 7: Mattssons (58532 in chips)

Seat 8: Mr. Klean (224676 in chips)

Seat 9: scenario (260134 in chips)

pazii: posts the ante 600

dude904: posts the ante 600

jwvdcw: posts the ante 600

theoneseyes: posts the ante 600

MG2003: posts the ante 600

yonco46: posts the ante 600

Mattssons: posts the ante 600

Mr. Klean: posts the ante 600

scenario: posts the ante 600

theoneseyes: posts small blind 3000

MG2003: posts big blind 6000

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to jwvdcw [Ts Tc]

yonco46: folds

Mattssons: folds

Mr. Klean: folds

scenario: folds

pazii: raises 12000 to 18000

dude904: folds

jwvdcw: raises 66950 to 84950 and is all-in

theoneseyes: calls 63257 and is all-in

MG2003 is disconnected

MG2003 is connected

MG2003: folds

pazii: calls 47321 and is all-in

*** FLOP *** [6s 9s 7h]

*** TURN *** [6s 9s 7h] [5c]

*** RIVER *** [6s 9s 7h 5c] [Qd]

*** SHOW DOWN ***

theoneseyes: shows [Qh Ad] (a pair of Queens)

jwvdcw: shows [Ts Tc] (a pair of Tens)

theoneseyes collected 1872 from side pot

pazii: shows [Ah As] (a pair of Aces)

pazii collected 207363 from main pot

*** SUMMARY ***

Total pot 209235 Main pot 207363. Side pot 1872. | Rake 0

Board [6s 9s 7h 5c Qd]

Seat 1: pazii showed [Ah As] and won (207363) with a pair of Aces

Seat 2: dude904 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 3: jwvdcw (button) showed [Ts Tc] and lost with a pair of Tens

Seat 4: theoneseyes (small blind) showed [Qh Ad] and won (1872) with a pair of Queens

Seat 5: MG2003 (big blind) folded before Flop

Seat 6: yonco46 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 7: Mattssons folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 8: Mr. Klean folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 9: scenario folded before Flop (didn't bet)

 

[Assani Fisher]

alright, still fighting....

PokerStars Game #13761096760: Tournament #68769454, $200+$15 Hold'em No Limit - Level XVII (3000/6000) - 2007/12/09 - 21:13:58 (ET)

Table '68769454 386' 9-max Seat #5 is the button

Seat 1: pazii (206763 in chips)

Seat 2: dude904 (255146 in chips)

Seat 3: jwvdcw (18093 in chips)

Seat 4: theoneseyes (10488 in chips)

Seat 5: MG2003 (42809 in chips)

Seat 6: yonco46 (64388 in chips)

Seat 7: Mattssons (57332 in chips)

Seat 8: Mr. Klean (223476 in chips)

Seat 9: scenario (264118 in chips)

pazii: posts the ante 600

dude904: posts the ante 600

jwvdcw: posts the ante 600

theoneseyes: posts the ante 600

MG2003: posts the ante 600

yonco46: posts the ante 600

Mattssons: posts the ante 600

Mr. Klean: posts the ante 600

scenario: posts the ante 600

yonco46: posts small blind 3000

Mattssons: posts big blind 6000

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to jwvdcw [Ks Kd]

Mr. Klean: folds

scenario: folds

pazii: folds

dude904: raises 12000 to 18000

jwvdcw: calls 17493 and is all-in

theoneseyes: folds

MG2003: folds

yonco46: folds

Mattssons: folds

*** FLOP *** [5d Qh 4c]

*** TURN *** [5d Qh 4c] [Th]

*** RIVER *** [5d Qh 4c Th] [6s]

*** SHOW DOWN ***

dude904: shows [Jc As] (high card Ace)

jwvdcw: shows [Ks Kd] (a pair of Kings)

jwvdcw collected 49386 from pot

*** SUMMARY ***

Total pot 49386 | Rake 0

Board [5d Qh 4c Th 6s]

Seat 1: pazii folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 2: dude904 showed [Jc As] and lost with high card Ace

Seat 3: jwvdcw showed [Ks Kd] and won (49386) with a pair of Kings

Seat 4: theoneseyes folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 5: MG2003 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 6: yonco46 (small blind) folded before Flop

Seat 7: Mattssons (big blind) folded before Flop

Seat 8: Mr. Klean folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 9: scenario folded before Flop (didn't bet)

 

[Assani Fisher]

4th money level now, so I'll get at least $634

 

[Assani Fisher]

big double up!

PokerStars Game #13761300134: Tournament #68769454, $200+$15 Hold'em No Limit - Level XVIII (4000/8000) - 2007/12/09 - 21:24:06 (ET)

Table '68769454 464' 9-max Seat #7 is the button

Seat 1: Urlings (113962 in chips)

Seat 2: AGame18 (365683 in chips)

Seat 3: ROBINJOOO (391952 in chips)

Seat 4: krimstone (163566 in chips)

Seat 5: Burtti (231199 in chips)

Seat 6: profontaine (124082 in chips)

Seat 7: JD9712 (132328 in chips)

Seat 8: ACESEDAI (51406 in chips)

Seat 9: jwvdcw (47786 in chips)

Urlings: posts the ante 800

AGame18: posts the ante 800

ROBINJOOO: posts the ante 800

krimstone: posts the ante 800

Burtti: posts the ante 800

profontaine: posts the ante 800

JD9712: posts the ante 800

ACESEDAI: posts the ante 800

jwvdcw: posts the ante 800

ACESEDAI: posts small blind 4000

jwvdcw: posts big blind 8000

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to jwvdcw [Ah 8d]

Urlings: folds

AGame18: folds

ROBINJOOO: folds

krimstone: folds

Burtti: folds

profontaine: folds

JD9712: raises 62000 to 70000

ACESEDAI: folds

jwvdcw: calls 38986 and is all-in

*** FLOP *** [2s Ts 4c]

*** TURN *** [2s Ts 4c] [Ad]

*** RIVER *** [2s Ts 4c Ad] [3d]

*** SHOW DOWN ***

jwvdcw: shows [Ah 8d] (a pair of Aces)

JD9712: shows [Kc 9s] (high card Ace)

jwvdcw collected 105172 from pot

Urlings said, "good call"

*** SUMMARY ***

Total pot 105172 | Rake 0

Board [2s Ts 4c Ad 3d]

Seat 1: Urlings folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 2: AGame18 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 3: ROBINJOOO folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 4: krimstone folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 5: Burtti folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 6: profontaine folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 7: JD9712 (button) showed [Kc 9s] and lost with high card Ace

Seat 8: ACESEDAI (small blind) folded before Flop

Seat 9: jwvdcw (big blind) showed [Ah 8d] and won (105172) with a pair of Aces

 

[Assani Fisher]

Can't believe I won this after seeing that flop and a guy bet at it....

Full Tilt Poker Game #4450966395: $750,000 Guarantee (32404108), Table 175 - 300/600 Ante 75 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:30:55 ET - 2007/12/09

Seat 1: Spartak_M (13,379)

Seat 2: Tmay420 (53,254)

Seat 3: 1BigAceOl (7,349)

Seat 4: Assani Fisher (2,610)

Seat 5: hmm ill call (16,798)

Seat 6: LagTart (23,238)

Seat 7: Jblaze11 (19,571)

Seat 9: 11AEB11 (15,681)

Spartak_M antes 75

Tmay420 antes 75

1BigAceOl antes 75

Assani Fisher antes 75

hmm ill call antes 75

LagTart antes 75

Jblaze11 antes 75

11AEB11 antes 75

Jblaze11 posts the small blind of 300

11AEB11 posts the big blind of 600

The button is in seat #6

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to Assani Fisher [7d 8s]

Spartak_M has 15 seconds left to act

Spartak_M folds

Tmay420 folds

1BigAceOl folds

Assani Fisher raises to 2,535, and is all in

hmm ill call folds

LagTart folds

Jblaze11 raises to 4,470

scam8 sits down

scam8 adds 48,083

11AEB11 calls 3,870

*** FLOP *** [As 3s Kh]

Jblaze11 checks

11AEB11 bets 3,000

mx4ever (Observer): gl tmay

Jblaze11 folds

11AEB11 shows [6c 6s]

Assani Fisher shows [7d 8s]

Uncalled bet of 3,000 returned to 11AEB11

*** TURN *** [As 3s Kh] [7h]

*** RIVER *** [As 3s Kh 7h] [Ad]

11AEB11 wins the side pot (3,870)

11AEB11 shows two pair, Aces and Sixes

Assani Fisher shows two pair, Aces and Sevens

Assani Fisher wins the main pot (8,205) with two pair, Aces and Sevens

*** SUMMARY ***

Total pot 12,075 Main pot 8,205. Side pot 3,870. | Rake 0

Board: [As 3s Kh 7h Ad]

Seat 1: Spartak_M folded before the Flop

Seat 2: Tmay420 folded before the Flop

Seat 3: 1BigAceOl folded before the Flop

Seat 4: Assani Fisher showed [7d 8s] and won (8,205) with two pair, Aces and Sevens

Seat 5: hmm ill call folded before the Flop

Seat 6: LagTart (button) folded before the Flop

Seat 7: Jblaze11 (small blind) folded on the Flop

Seat 9: 11AEB11 (big blind) showed [6c 6s] and won (3,870) with two pair, Aces and Sixes

 

[Assani Fisher]

I think the problem is that you underbet the flop and turn against a maniac. The pot was about $200 preflop, and you bet $100 into it out of position. Your stack to pot ratio was a little over 5, which is ideal against this kid. On the turn, you again bet just half the pot. You need to get that money in quicker on such a heavily coordinated board.

I don't have a problem with the call, because his hand range included any medium pair and any paired small cards, but there really aren't many hands he can turn over short of a pure bluff that are good news. It would be more profitable long term if you had gotten more of the chips in as soon as you knew you were committed, because the times he does have a five, or spades, or a deuce, you freerolled him the rest of your stack as implied odds because you intended to call no matter what.

Edit to add: I think the better play would have been to bet somewhere between $150 and $200 on the flop, then bet at least $300 on the turn. You risk letting the maniac off the hook, sure, but you keep him from outdrawing you. I don't think pot control was the right answer at all. You were dead on your target SPR for him with your hand, so you were correct to be willing to commit.

These were my thoughts as well. I was shocked that you underbet like you did.

yeah, quite a few people have said this and I do agree.

 

[Assani Fisher]

up one more money level in Sunday million...guaranteed at least $761 now.

 

[Assani Fisher]

PokerStars Game #13761567842: Tournament #68769454, $200+$15 Hold'em No Limit - Level XIX (5000/10000) - 2007/12/09 - 21:37:49 (ET)

Table '68769454 464' 9-max Seat #3 is the button

Seat 1: Urlings (72962 in chips)

Seat 2: AGame18 (406883 in chips)

Seat 3: ROBINJOOO (350752 in chips)

Seat 4: krimstone (192572 in chips)

Seat 5: Burtti (226999 in chips)

Seat 6: profontaine (119882 in chips)

Seat 7: JD9712 (129142 in chips)

Seat 8: Dave149 (125184 in chips)

Seat 9: jwvdcw (97772 in chips)

Urlings: posts the ante 1000

AGame18: posts the ante 1000

ROBINJOOO: posts the ante 1000

krimstone: posts the ante 1000

Burtti: posts the ante 1000

profontaine: posts the ante 1000

JD9712: posts the ante 1000

Dave149: posts the ante 1000

jwvdcw: posts the ante 1000

krimstone: posts small blind 5000

Burtti: posts big blind 10000

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to jwvdcw [Kc Ah]

profontaine: folds

JD9712: folds

Dave149: folds

jwvdcw: raises 86772 to 96772 and is all-in

Urlings: folds

AGame18: folds

ROBINJOOO: calls 96772

krimstone: folds

Burtti: folds

*** FLOP *** [7h 9d Kh]

*** TURN *** [7h 9d Kh] [8s]

*** RIVER *** [7h 9d Kh 8s] [4h]

*** SHOW DOWN ***

jwvdcw: shows [Kc Ah] (a pair of Kings)

ROBINJOOO: shows [Ad Qd] (high card Ace)

ROBINJOOO said, "nh"

jwvdcw collected 217544 from pot

jwvdcw said, "ty"

jwvdcw said, "icy pots"

*** SUMMARY ***

Total pot 217544 | Rake 0

Board [7h 9d Kh 8s 4h]

Seat 1: Urlings folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 2: AGame18 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 3: ROBINJOOO (button) showed [Ad Qd] and lost with high card Ace

Seat 4: krimstone (small blind) folded before Flop

Seat 5: Burtti (big blind) folded before Flop

Seat 6: profontaine folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 7: JD9712 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 8: Dave149 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 9: jwvdcw showed [Kc Ah] and won (217544) with a pair of Kings

Had raised all in the hand before too, so he probably was more likely to call due to that.

 

[Assani Fisher]

up one more money level in Sunday million...guaranteed at least $761 now.

make that $887

 

[JAA]

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.

ballsy call, i would have put him on spades. probably would have thought about it for a long time and folded.Nice job Mr. Fisher.

If he hit the flush, he isnt shoving on a check. The term value bet comes to mind. His bet was a bet to fold, not a bet to call.

 

[Mr.Pack]

ICY FRIGGIN POTS!!!!!

 

[Assani Fisher]

I really really thought he had AA here....tough call, but then I remembered I'm in a tournament and its full of idiots...

PokerStars Game #13761697635: Tournament #68769454, $200+$15 Hold'em No Limit - Level XX (6000/12000) - 2007/12/09 - 21:44:27 (ET)

Table '68769454 464' 9-max Seat #2 is the button

Seat 1: Urlings (135924 in chips)

Seat 2: AGame18 (449803 in chips)

Seat 3: ROBINJOOO (236980 in chips)

Seat 4: krimstone (204572 in chips)

Seat 5: Burtti (204999 in chips)

Seat 6: cmmjjt (139508 in chips)

Seat 7: JD9712 (135142 in chips)

Seat 8: Dave149 (136184 in chips)

Seat 9: jwvdcw (220544 in chips)

Urlings: posts the ante 1200

AGame18: posts the ante 1200

ROBINJOOO: posts the ante 1200

krimstone: posts the ante 1200

Burtti: posts the ante 1200

cmmjjt: posts the ante 1200

JD9712: posts the ante 1200

Dave149: posts the ante 1200

jwvdcw: posts the ante 1200

ROBINJOOO: posts small blind 6000

krimstone: posts big blind 12000

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to jwvdcw [Qd Qs]

Burtti: calls 12000

cmmjjt: folds

JD9712: folds

Dave149: folds

jwvdcw: raises 36000 to 48000

Urlings: folds

AGame18: folds

ROBINJOOO: folds

krimstone: folds

Burtti: calls 36000

*** FLOP *** [6s 4h 5h]

Burtti: bets 155799 and is all-in

jwvdcw: calls 155799

*** TURN *** [6s 4h 5h] [As]

*** RIVER *** [6s 4h 5h As] [8h]

Urlings said, "nice call!"

*** SHOW DOWN ***

Burtti: shows [2d 2s] (a pair of Deuces)

jwvdcw: shows [Qd Qs] (a pair of Queens)

jwvdcw collected 436398 from pot

*** SUMMARY ***

Total pot 436398 | Rake 0

Board [6s 4h 5h As 8h]

Seat 1: Urlings folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 2: AGame18 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 3: ROBINJOOO (small blind) folded before Flop

Seat 4: krimstone (big blind) folded before Flop

Seat 5: Burtti showed [2d 2s] and lost with a pair of Deuces

Seat 6: cmmjjt folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 7: JD9712 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 8: Dave149 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 9: jwvdcw showed [Qd Qs] and won (436398) with a pair of Queens

 

[Blood Farmer]

Nice call Assani

 

[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.

ballsy call, i would have put him on spades. probably would have thought about it for a long time and folded.Nice job Mr. Fisher.

If he hit the flush, he isnt shoving on a check. The term value bet comes to mind. His bet was a bet to fold, not a bet to call.

it does seem like that, but I got the impression(partially based upon his huge buy in and the fact that people seemed to know him as a regular) that he was a good player at times or at least had some skills. So I think he was aware of his current image and was aware of what it looked like, so he might've done the same with a monster. I do understand what you're saying though.

 

[Assani Fisher]

in the money in the Full Tilt $215 $750K guaranteed now. Shortstacked though.

 

[JAA]

Played until 11AM Saturday morning. Fun drunk session.Ended up winning $1700 too....actually no huge pots though, just a bunch of $200-300 wins. Made one huge mistake when I had 89, limped around, and I folded on a TJQ flop because I swore that the guy either had the same hand of K9, but he just had 2 pair. We were both really deep stacked, and there was another guy already all in, and he was firing decent and since there was a flush draw out there I really thought he had the straight already. Other than that I'm playing really well right now though. I'm also running great obviously.I got a despoit box at the Wynn. They said that usually they're all taken, but I was lucky. Its a $100 deposit, but its completely free. Located right at the poker room cashier too, which is perfect.

I think a huge leak in my game is that I don't play well with a big stack. This sounds like exactly the kind of problem I get into when I flop the third nuts against another big stack. I don't know how to deal with it, so I think my new plan is just to leave when I'm up big. I guess I could choose not to play anything but pocket pairs and suited aces where I have a chance to hit the absolute nuts, but I don't like that so much, either.

I dont like thinking about stack sizes in cash games. Obviously, always want 100 blins min. After that, does it really matter? Sure, you want to be the deepest stack at the table, but I dont want that to affect my game. My goal has always been to find one hand, the perfect opportunity to get all my checks in the middle. I dont care if its 1000 blinds. Im not playing the table to manage my stack, im playing the table for the opportunity to double up.

 

[Assani Fisher]

in the money in the Full Tilt $215 $750K guaranteed now. Shortstacked though.

Not much of a choice here really. At least I made the money...Full Tilt Poker Game #4451193068: $750,000 Guarantee (32404108), Table 284 - 500/1000 Ante 125 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:50:36 ET - 2007/12/09Seat 2: dkw9337 (35,582)Seat 3: WinnerFish (28,701)Seat 4: Renkcit (38,413)Seat 5: dairydonk (9,530)Seat 6: Assani Fisher (5,430)Seat 7: Callidko (16,572)Seat 8: tntplus7 (21,160)Seat 9: JayL1961 (9,064)dkw9337 antes 125WinnerFish antes 125Renkcit antes 125dairydonk antes 125Assani Fisher antes 125Callidko antes 125tntplus7 antes 125JayL1961 antes 125dairydonk posts the small blind of 500Assani Fisher posts the big blind of 1,000The button is in seat #4*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to Assani Fisher [Ts Th]Callidko foldstntplus7 foldsJayL1961 foldsmhickman sits downmhickman adds 43,416dkw9337 raises to 4,500WinnerFish foldsRenkcit foldsdairydonk foldsAssani Fisher raises to 5,305, and is all indkw9337 calls 805Assani Fisher shows [Ts Th]dkw9337 shows [Qs Qc]*** FLOP *** [6h 5h Ad]*** TURN *** [6h 5h Ad] [7h]*** RIVER *** [6h 5h Ad 7h] [3s]Assani Fisher shows a pair of Tensdkw9337 shows a pair of Queensdkw9337 wins the pot (12,110) with a pair of QueensAssani Fisher stands up*** SUMMARY ***Total pot 12,110 | Rake 0Board: [6h 5h Ad 7h 3s]Seat 2: dkw9337 showed [Qs Qc] and won (12,110) with a pair of QueensSeat 3: WinnerFish folded before the FlopSeat 4: Renkcit (button) folded before the FlopSeat 5: dairydonk (small blind) folded before the FlopSeat 6: Assani Fisher (big blind) showed [Ts Th] and lost with a pair of TensSeat 7: Callidko folded before the FlopSeat 8: tntplus7 folded before the FlopSeat 9: JayL1961 folded before the Flop

 

[JAA]

ICY POTS!!!

MrP knows things

 

[JAA]

should've bet a bit more on river maybe, but otherwise think I played it well...PokerStars Game #13758674421: Tournament #68769454, $200+$15 Hold'em No Limit - Level X (600/1200) - 2007/12/09 - 19:12:37 (ET)Table '68769454 540' 9-max Seat #5 is the buttonSeat 1: FolditsFree (11430 in chips) Seat 2: the roch 666 (80350 in chips) Seat 3: EgyptPharaoh (43044 in chips) Seat 5: Guldgraveren (13165 in chips) Seat 6: Kilroyx (20050 in chips) out of hand (moved from another table into small blind)Seat 7: dorschcharli (38490 in chips) Seat 8: jwvdcw (51850 in chips) Seat 9: 24forsure (23252 in chips) FolditsFree: posts the ante 100the roch 666: posts the ante 100EgyptPharaoh: posts the ante 100Guldgraveren: posts the ante 100dorschcharli: posts the ante 100jwvdcw: posts the ante 10024forsure: posts the ante 100dorschcharli: posts small blind 600jwvdcw: posts big blind 1200*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to jwvdcw [8d 8h]GoTribeGrady is connected 24forsure: folds FolditsFree: folds the roch 666: folds EgyptPharaoh: raises 2400 to 3600Guldgraveren: folds dorschcharli: folds jwvdcw: calls 2400*** FLOP *** [8s 2d 3s]jwvdcw: checks EgyptPharaoh: bets 3600jwvdcw: calls 3600*** TURN *** [8s 2d 3s] [As]jwvdcw: checks EgyptPharaoh: bets 3600jwvdcw: calls 3600*** RIVER *** [8s 2d 3s As] [Qc]jwvdcw: bets 3600EgyptPharaoh: calls 3600*** SHOW DOWN ***jwvdcw: shows [8d 8h] (three of a kind, Eights)EgyptPharaoh: mucks hand jwvdcw collected 30100 from pot*** SUMMARY ***Total pot 30100 | Rake 0 Board [8s 2d 3s As Qc]Seat 1: FolditsFree folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 2: the roch 666 folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 3: EgyptPharaoh mucked [Ad 7d]Seat 5: Guldgraveren (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 7: dorschcharli (small blind) folded before FlopSeat 8: jwvdcw (big blind) showed [8d 8h] and won (30100) with three of a kind, EightsSeat 9: 24forsure folded before Flop (didn't bet)

why just check-call on the turn?? I think I may've check-raised in that spot...

especially since 3rd spade fell

 

[Assani Fisher]

Played until 11AM Saturday morning. Fun drunk session.Ended up winning $1700 too....actually no huge pots though, just a bunch of $200-300 wins.

Made one huge mistake when I had 89, limped around, and I folded on a TJQ flop because I swore that the guy either had the same hand of K9, but he just had 2 pair. We were both really deep stacked, and there was another guy already all in, and he was firing decent and since there was a flush draw out there I really thought he had the straight already.

Other than that I'm playing really well right now though. I'm also running great obviously.

I got a despoit box at the Wynn. They said that usually they're all taken, but I was lucky. Its a $100 deposit, but its completely free. Located right at the poker room cashier too, which is perfect.

I think a huge leak in my game is that I don't play well with a big stack. This sounds like exactly the kind of problem I get into when I flop the third nuts against another big stack. I don't know how to deal with it, so I think my new plan is just to leave when I'm up big. I guess I could choose not to play anything but pocket pairs and suited aces where I have a chance to hit the absolute nuts, but I don't like that so much, either.

I dont like thinking about stack sizes in cash games. Obviously, always want 100 blins min. After that, does it really matter? Sure, you want to be the deepest stack at the table, but I dont want that to affect my game. My goal has always been to find one hand, the perfect opportunity to get all my checks in the middle. I dont care if its 1000 blinds. Im not playing the table to manage my stack, im playing the table for the opportunity to double up.

Yes, it matters a ton. You must be way more deceptive preflop. Giving your hand away in a real deepstacked game is just suicide. Example:

Lets say I have AA in the BB in a $2/5 game. LP raises to $25. If LP only had $300-500, it won't even be a question that I'm re raising here.

But now lets assume that we both have $5000. If I raise to $100 and he flat calls, now what? Now hes in position and pretty much has narrowed my range down to maybe 3 or 4 possible holdings.

You either have to be willing to make a lot of raises or re raises with average hands and have them show down or just flat call often with your monsters when deepstacked. Personally I like being deepstacked a lot more, but its definitely a risk.

 

[JAA]

PokerStars Game #13761567842: Tournament #68769454, $200+$15 Hold'em No Limit - Level XIX (5000/10000) - 2007/12/09 - 21:37:49 (ET)Table '68769454 464' 9-max Seat #3 is the buttonSeat 1: Urlings (72962 in chips) Seat 2: AGame18 (406883 in chips) Seat 3: ROBINJOOO (350752 in chips) Seat 4: krimstone (192572 in chips) Seat 5: Burtti (226999 in chips) Seat 6: profontaine (119882 in chips) Seat 7: JD9712 (129142 in chips) Seat 8: Dave149 (125184 in chips) Seat 9: jwvdcw (97772 in chips) Urlings: posts the ante 1000AGame18: posts the ante 1000ROBINJOOO: posts the ante 1000krimstone: posts the ante 1000Burtti: posts the ante 1000profontaine: posts the ante 1000JD9712: posts the ante 1000Dave149: posts the ante 1000jwvdcw: posts the ante 1000krimstone: posts small blind 5000Burtti: posts big blind 10000*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to jwvdcw [Kc Ah]profontaine: folds JD9712: folds Dave149: folds jwvdcw: raises 86772 to 96772 and is all-inUrlings: folds AGame18: folds ROBINJOOO: calls 96772krimstone: folds Burtti: folds *** FLOP *** [7h 9d Kh]*** TURN *** [7h 9d Kh] [8s]*** RIVER *** [7h 9d Kh 8s] [4h]*** SHOW DOWN ***jwvdcw: shows [Kc Ah] (a pair of Kings)ROBINJOOO: shows [Ad Qd] (high card Ace)ROBINJOOO said, "nh"jwvdcw collected 217544 from potjwvdcw said, "ty"jwvdcw said, "icy pots"*** SUMMARY ***Total pot 217544 | Rake 0 Board [7h 9d Kh 8s 4h]Seat 1: Urlings folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 2: AGame18 folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 3: ROBINJOOO (button) showed [Ad Qd] and lost with high card AceSeat 4: krimstone (small blind) folded before FlopSeat 5: Burtti (big blind) folded before FlopSeat 6: profontaine folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 7: JD9712 folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 8: Dave149 folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 9: jwvdcw showed [Kc Ah] and won (217544) with a pair of KingsHad raised all in the hand before too, so he probably was more likely to call due to that.

you are hot handed ... damn

 

[JAA]

Played until 11AM Saturday morning. Fun drunk session.Ended up winning $1700 too....actually no huge pots though, just a bunch of $200-300 wins.

Made one huge mistake when I had 89, limped around, and I folded on a TJQ flop because I swore that the guy either had the same hand of K9, but he just had 2 pair. We were both really deep stacked, and there was another guy already all in, and he was firing decent and since there was a flush draw out there I really thought he had the straight already.

Other than that I'm playing really well right now though. I'm also running great obviously.

I got a despoit box at the Wynn. They said that usually they're all taken, but I was lucky. Its a $100 deposit, but its completely free. Located right at the poker room cashier too, which is perfect.

I think a huge leak in my game is that I don't play well with a big stack. This sounds like exactly the kind of problem I get into when I flop the third nuts against another big stack. I don't know how to deal with it, so I think my new plan is just to leave when I'm up big. I guess I could choose not to play anything but pocket pairs and suited aces where I have a chance to hit the absolute nuts, but I don't like that so much, either.

I dont like thinking about stack sizes in cash games. Obviously, always want 100 blins min. After that, does it really matter? Sure, you want to be the deepest stack at the table, but I dont want that to affect my game. My goal has always been to find one hand, the perfect opportunity to get all my checks in the middle. I dont care if its 1000 blinds. Im not playing the table to manage my stack, im playing the table for the opportunity to double up.

Yes, it matters a ton. You must be way more deceptive preflop. Giving your hand away in a real deepstacked game is just suicide. Example:

Lets say I have AA in the BB in a $2/5 game. LP raises to $25. If LP only had $300-500, it won't even be a question that I'm re raising here.

But now lets assume that we both have $5000. If I raise to $100 and he flat calls, now what? Now hes in position and pretty much has narrowed my range down to maybe 3 or 4 possible holdings.

You either have to be willing to make a lot of raises or re raises with average hands and have them show down or just flat call often with your monsters when deepstacked. Personally I like being deepstacked a lot more, but its definitely a risk.

I think your example is a bit far fetched. Your saying I have 100 blinds and an opponent has 1k blinds?I see your points, and while Im not saying there wrong, Im saying its not my style. What I mean is, my goal is to get all my chips in the middle. It doesnt matter how many my opponent has. Especially if my opponent has 10x more than me. If I have the best hand, my goal is to make myself appear as I am pot commited. When I can give that appearence, it gives my opponents another reason to call: "Oh, he is pot commited, he didnt have a choice". Being pot commited is not a factor of my opponent stacks, its my betting strategy.

good luck in the tourney's iPots

 

[Assani Fisher]

no, I'm saying you both have 1000K blinds, and no this isn't far fetched at the Wynn or any high stakes uncapped game

 

[Assani Fisher]

roller coaster...

PokerStars Game #13762166054: Tournament #68769454, $200+$15 Hold'em No Limit - Level XXI (7500/15000) - 2007/12/09 - 22:08:23 (ET)

Table '68769454 487' 9-max Seat #6 is the button

Seat 1: MiracleGro (82800 in chips)

Seat 2: squirtyb (506269 in chips)

Seat 3: jwvdcw (478343 in chips)

Seat 4: rocco13579 (88100 in chips)

Seat 5: karlie764 (272258 in chips)

Seat 6: Badger Fan (135878 in chips)

Seat 7: devsdynamite (563217 in chips)

Seat 8: doctorcabiya (802138 in chips)

Seat 9: Internatio (964170 in chips)

MiracleGro: posts the ante 1500

squirtyb: posts the ante 1500

jwvdcw: posts the ante 1500

rocco13579: posts the ante 1500

karlie764: posts the ante 1500

Badger Fan: posts the ante 1500

devsdynamite: posts the ante 1500

doctorcabiya: posts the ante 1500

Internatio: posts the ante 1500

devsdynamite: posts small blind 7500

doctorcabiya: posts big blind 15000

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to jwvdcw [Qc Qs]

Internatio: folds

MiracleGro: raises 66300 to 81300 and is all-in

squirtyb: folds

jwvdcw: calls 81300

rocco13579: folds

karlie764: folds

Badger Fan: folds

devsdynamite: folds

doctorcabiya: folds

*** FLOP *** [Th Kd 9s]

*** TURN *** [Th Kd 9s] [9h]

*** RIVER *** [Th Kd 9s 9h] [Jc]

*** SHOW DOWN ***

MiracleGro: shows [Ks Tc] (two pair, Kings and Tens)

jwvdcw: shows [Qc Qs] (a straight, Nine to King)

jwvdcw collected 198600 from pot

jwvdcw said, "icy pots"

*** SUMMARY ***

Total pot 198600 | Rake 0

Board [Th Kd 9s 9h Jc]

Seat 1: MiracleGro showed [Ks Tc] and lost with two pair, Kings and Tens

Seat 2: squirtyb folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 3: jwvdcw showed [Qc Qs] and won (198600) with a straight, Nine to King

Seat 4: rocco13579 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 5: karlie764 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 6: Badger Fan (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 7: devsdynamite (small blind) folded before Flop

Seat 8: doctorcabiya (big blind) folded before Flop

Seat 9: Internatio folded before Flop (didn't bet)

 

[pgreenfan]

nice pot there Assani the J on the river was deserved...

 

[Assani Fisher]

will make at least $1268 now, but with a pretty decent stack I"m hopeful for much higher.

 

[JAA]

no, I'm saying you both have 1000K blinds, and no this isn't far fetched at the Wynn or any high stakes uncapped game

in an uncapped hs game, do the blinds even matter? THere are lots of dynamics with multiways and different stack sizes. Im sure there are lots of examples when I would play the way you describe. Maybe it has more to do with how I characterize how im playing instead of how im playing.good luck tonight

 

[Assani Fisher]

Wow my table is deep...I"m 23rd in the entire tourney yet I feel like an average stack at this table! Stacks are:

1 mil

935K

589K<-----------me

582K

517K

476K

264K

128K

80K

 

[bostonfred]

I think your example is a bit far fetched. Your saying I have 100 blinds and an opponent has 1k blinds?I see your points, and while Im not saying there wrong, Im saying its not my style. What I mean is, my goal is to get all my chips in the middle. It doesnt matter how many my opponent has. Especially if my opponent has 10x more than me. If I have the best hand, my goal is to make myself appear as I am pot commited. When I can give that appearence, it gives my opponents another reason to call: "Oh, he is pot commited, he didnt have a choice". Being pot commited is not a factor of my opponent stacks, its my betting strategy.good luck in the tourney's iPots

I've had 5k on a 5/10 table and 2500 on a 2/5 table on numerous occasions. When you're in a hand with an aggressive small/medium stack and another big stack, it absolutely changes the way you play.

 

[bostonfred]

Wow my table is deep...I"m 23rd in the entire tourney yet I feel like an average stack at this table! Stacks are:1 mil935K589K<-----------me582K517K476K264K128K80K

How many left?

 

[Assani Fisher]

Wow my table is deep...I"m 23rd in the entire tourney yet I feel like an average stack at this table! Stacks are:1 mil935K589K<-----------me582K517K476K264K128K80K

How many left?

6342 started, 160 left

 

[Assani Fisher]

will make at least $1268 now, but with a pretty decent stack I"m hopeful for much higher.

$1522

 

[The Ref]

will make at least $1268 now, but with a pretty decent stack I"m hopeful for much higher.

$1522

Keep it up AF!

 

[Assani Fisher]

definitely didn't want this many people seeing the flop, but the UTG raise from a guy that could knock me out scared me. Plus there were still a ton of people to act afterwards. Kinda wishing I min. raised to isolate though.

PokerStars Game #13762613605: Tournament #68769454, $200+$15 Hold'em No Limit - Level XXII (10000/20000) - 2007/12/09 - 22:31:44 (ET)

Table '68769454 487' 9-max Seat #7 is the button

Seat 1: crackhAAd (1055581 in chips)

Seat 2: squirtyb (753891 in chips)

Seat 3: jwvdcw (465643 in chips)

Seat 4: rolexs (458015 in chips)

Seat 5: karlie764 (252758 in chips)

Seat 6: DijkieAA (216843 in chips)

Seat 7: devsdynamite (557717 in chips)

Seat 8: doctorcabiya (528894 in chips)

Seat 9: Internatio (1162970 in chips)

crackhAAd: posts the ante 2000

squirtyb: posts the ante 2000

jwvdcw: posts the ante 2000

rolexs: posts the ante 2000

karlie764: posts the ante 2000

DijkieAA: posts the ante 2000

devsdynamite: posts the ante 2000

doctorcabiya: posts the ante 2000

Internatio: posts the ante 2000

doctorcabiya: posts small blind 10000

Internatio: posts big blind 20000

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to jwvdcw [Jd Js]

crackhAAd: raises 30000 to 50000

squirtyb: folds

jwvdcw: calls 50000

rolexs: calls 50000

karlie764: folds

DijkieAA: folds

devsdynamite: folds

doctorcabiya: folds

Internatio: calls 30000

*** FLOP *** [Ks Qs 6h]

Internatio: checks

crackhAAd: checks

jwvdcw: checks

rolexs: bets 180000

Internatio: folds

crackhAAd: folds

jwvdcw: folds

rolexs collected 228000 from pot

rolexs: doesn't show hand

*** SUMMARY ***

Total pot 228000 | Rake 0

Board [Ks Qs 6h]

Seat 1: crackhAAd folded on the Flop

Seat 2: squirtyb folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 3: jwvdcw folded on the Flop

Seat 4: rolexs collected (228000)

Seat 5: karlie764 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 6: DijkieAA folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 7: devsdynamite (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 8: doctorcabiya (small blind) folded before Flop

Seat 9: Internatio (big blind) folded on the Flop

 

[Assani Fisher]

jeez, card dead for a few rounds and all of a sudden severely below average stack

 

[Assani Fisher]

will make at least $1268 now, but with a pretty decent stack I"m hopeful for much higher.

$1522

$1775

 

[UniAlias]

Good luck!

Icy Pots!

 

[The Ref]

will make at least $1268 now, but with a pretty decent stack I"m hopeful for much higher.

$1522

$1775

LOL - Love the Avatar

 

[Assani Fisher]

rags, rags, rags, rags, rags, rags, rags, rags, rags..............

 

[The Ref]

rags, rags, rags, rags, rags, rags, rags, rags, rags..............

Nothing in the BB there huh?