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where did you see this?Assani, I just looked up your Sit-N-Go numbers and saw that you had lost $29,833 in SnG's. I also noticed that you virtually stopped playing (at least under your main SN) in mid 2007. My question for you is, do you find SnG's to be nearly impossible to consistently be profitable? I've tried my hand at SNG's with very little success. What I am perplexed about is your ability to cash in these larger tourneys but an apparent inability to cash in SnG's in which I assume there is a smaller field? Or has your play just really come around since mid 2007, or are the numbers that I see complete rubbish? This is not at all an attack on you nor your play, you are obviously on top of the world at the moment, but I am attempting to get a better grip on this crazy game of poker and trying to figure out WTF happened here. Thanks and keep those Icy Pots coming!
Seriously. Especially now that someone has searched for them, they will be gobbled up by the end of the day most likely.dude you need to totally lock up that domain name...Congratulations! The following domains are available icypots .com.net
Great player or not, you can ask them to block your stats. There are several players that have stats disabled. Also, I believe SharkScope only tracks games considered SNGs (which I believe means less than 45 players, at least that's how Stars seems to list them). I don't know this with certainty, and am at work so I can't check, but I recall something along those lines when I did some checking on their site.Shark Scope. I was wondering this, too. I've noticed those kinds of numbers even after players have won big tournaments like the Sunday Million. Just a hunch, but I believe that if you pay for the service they may take lengths to shield your stats? Most successful poker players probably wouldn't want the IRS to have a record of hundreds of thousands in wins? Just a hunch.I'd rather have a record that said I lost $30,000 than I won $200,000.where did you see this?Assani, I just looked up your Sit-N-Go numbers and saw that you had lost $29,833 in SnG's. I also noticed that you virtually stopped playing (at least under your main SN) in mid 2007. My question for you is, do you find SnG's to be nearly impossible to consistently be profitable? I've tried my hand at SNG's with very little success. What I am perplexed about is your ability to cash in these larger tourneys but an apparent inability to cash in SnG's in which I assume there is a smaller field? Or has your play just really come around since mid 2007, or are the numbers that I see complete rubbish? This is not at all an attack on you nor your play, you are obviously on top of the world at the moment, but I am attempting to get a better grip on this crazy game of poker and trying to figure out WTF happened here. Thanks and keep those Icy Pots coming!
On Full Tilt (and I assume P'stars), there is a difference between Sit & Go's and Tourneys. Assani has been playing tourney's, and not the sit n go's that Sharkscope is showing the $30k loss on. Of course, I could be wrong on all counts, looking forward to AF's response.Shark Scope. I was wondering this, too. I've noticed those kinds of numbers even after players have won big tournaments like the Sunday Million. Just a hunch, but I believe that if you pay for the service they may take lengths to shield your stats? Most successful poker players probably wouldn't want the IRS to have a record of hundreds of thousands in wins? Just a hunch.I'd rather have a record that said I lost $30,000 than I won $200,000.where did you see this?Assani, I just looked up your Sit-N-Go numbers and saw that you had lost $29,833 in SnG's. I also noticed that you virtually stopped playing (at least under your main SN) in mid 2007. My question for you is, do you find SnG's to be nearly impossible to consistently be profitable? I've tried my hand at SNG's with very little success. What I am perplexed about is your ability to cash in these larger tourneys but an apparent inability to cash in SnG's in which I assume there is a smaller field? Or has your play just really come around since mid 2007, or are the numbers that I see complete rubbish? This is not at all an attack on you nor your play, you are obviously on top of the world at the moment, but I am attempting to get a better grip on this crazy game of poker and trying to figure out WTF happened here. Thanks and keep those Icy Pots coming!
Right before my senior year of college in 2003, I turned 21 and started playing online. All I played were SnGs. I started on Paradise, then moved over to Party because you could play two tables at once there, which was a huge deal at the time. I ran insanely well to begin, and got better and better. Plus it helped that the competition was just horrnedous in those days. Eddie and I have often said that if we could go back in time to 2003 with our current poker skills that we'd both be millionaires easily....it was just sooooooo soft.I do think that nowadays the SnGs have gotten pretty tough. Nearly everyone who plays any level above the really low ones knows the proper push/fold ranges and calling ranges. Moreover the whole "play tight early and let them bust out, then use your tight image to steal late" that worked so well in 2003 is pretty much useless now as everyone understands that.With regards to my big losses on sharkscope, I'm afraid that was yet another one of my poor bankroll management decisions. I had some MTT successes once I got into them, and for some reason with only about $70K to my name I thought it'd be a bright idea to play in the $5000 buy in heads up SnGs. I remember playing The Takeover a bunch, and in those days he was really highly regarded(perhaps still is, I dunno). As you can see I lost...but to be honest a 5 or 6 buy in downswing in heads up tourneys is pretty much meaningless....its just the stakes were ridiculous. I was pretty stupid back then, but then again you have to realize that when a kid grows up in a single parent home(dad never paid child support) and his mom just does day care out of their house to pay the bills....and then all of a sudden I'm given $70K in a matter of months....its not easy to make good bankroll decisions. Its like those boxers who end up broke despite making millions. Its very easy to critisize, but the money really did seem like millions to me at the time and I thought it was invincible. Thankfully, I've learned my lessons(the hard way) and am back on my feet doing well now.TheGooRoo said:Assani, I just looked up your Sit-N-Go numbers and saw that you had lost $29,833 in SnG's. I also noticed that you virtually stopped playing (at least under your main SN) in mid 2007. My question for you is, do you find SnG's to be nearly impossible to consistently be profitable? I've tried my hand at SNG's with very little success. What I am perplexed about is your ability to cash in these larger tourneys but an apparent inability to cash in SnG's in which I assume there is a smaller field? Or has your play just really come around since mid 2007, or are the numbers that I see complete rubbish? This is not at all an attack on you nor your play, you are obviously on top of the world at the moment, but I am attempting to get a better grip on this crazy game of poker and trying to figure out WTF happened here. Thanks and keep those Icy Pots coming!
sure thing, will post them later on tonight if possibleSteeler said:Great job Assani!Any chance to get the HHs for these?
Yeah I was pretty card dead. I basically was going to push any decent hand when I had first in equity(another played hadn't raised before me), but I just didn't get the chance until that hand. I'll post the HHs later, and I'll comment more thenCowboys#1 said:well done Assani! quick question.. in the 109+r you were down to just about 90k in chips with blinds at 10/20k, you were essentially blinded down (there were 4 left). What are you looking for to push with at that stage? IIRC you pushed with J8 and hit a J to double up.Just wondering if you were extremely card dead for a bunch of hands there or what.
Sharkscope only tracks SnGs, not MTTs.Mr. Ham said:Shark Scope. I was wondering this, too. I've noticed those kinds of numbers even after players have won big tournaments like the Sunday Million. Just a hunch, but I believe that if you pay for the service they may take lengths to shield your stats? Most successful poker players probably wouldn't want the IRS to have a record of hundreds of thousands in wins? Just a hunch.I'd rather have a record that said I lost $30,000 than I won $200,000.Random said:where did you see this?TheGooRoo said:Assani, I just looked up your Sit-N-Go numbers and saw that you had lost $29,833 in SnG's. I also noticed that you virtually stopped playing (at least under your main SN) in mid 2007. My question for you is, do you find SnG's to be nearly impossible to consistently be profitable? I've tried my hand at SNG's with very little success. What I am perplexed about is your ability to cash in these larger tourneys but an apparent inability to cash in SnG's in which I assume there is a smaller field? Or has your play just really come around since mid 2007, or are the numbers that I see complete rubbish? This is not at all an attack on you nor your play, you are obviously on top of the world at the moment, but I am attempting to get a better grip on this crazy game of poker and trying to figure out WTF happened here. Thanks and keep those Icy Pots coming!
This is an awesome story to put in here.Right before my senior year of college in 2003, I turned 21 and started playing online. All I played were SnGs. I started on Paradise, then moved over to Party because you could play two tables at once there, which was a huge deal at the time. I ran insanely well to begin, and got better and better. Plus it helped that the competition was just horrnedous in those days. Eddie and I have often said that if we could go back in time to 2003 with our current poker skills that we'd both be millionaires easily....it was just sooooooo soft.I do think that nowadays the SnGs have gotten pretty tough. Nearly everyone who plays any level above the really low ones knows the proper push/fold ranges and calling ranges. Moreover the whole "play tight early and let them bust out, then use your tight image to steal late" that worked so well in 2003 is pretty much useless now as everyone understands that.With regards to my big losses on sharkscope, I'm afraid that was yet another one of my poor bankroll management decisions. I had some MTT successes once I got into them, and for some reason with only about $70K to my name I thought it'd be a bright idea to play in the $5000 buy in heads up SnGs. I remember playing The Takeover a bunch, and in those days he was really highly regarded(perhaps still is, I dunno). As you can see I lost...but to be honest a 5 or 6 buy in downswing in heads up tourneys is pretty much meaningless....its just the stakes were ridiculous. I was pretty stupid back then, but then again you have to realize that when a kid grows up in a single parent home(dad never paid child support) and his mom just does day care out of their house to pay the bills....and then all of a sudden I'm given $70K in a matter of months....its not easy to make good bankroll decisions. Its like those boxers who end up broke despite making millions. Its very easy to critisize, but the money really did seem like millions to me at the time and I thought it was invincible. Thankfully, I've learned my lessons(the hard way) and am back on my feet doing well now.TheGooRoo said:Assani, I just looked up your Sit-N-Go numbers and saw that you had lost $29,833 in SnG's. I also noticed that you virtually stopped playing (at least under your main SN) in mid 2007. My question for you is, do you find SnG's to be nearly impossible to consistently be profitable? I've tried my hand at SNG's with very little success. What I am perplexed about is your ability to cash in these larger tourneys but an apparent inability to cash in SnG's in which I assume there is a smaller field? Or has your play just really come around since mid 2007, or are the numbers that I see complete rubbish? This is not at all an attack on you nor your play, you are obviously on top of the world at the moment, but I am attempting to get a better grip on this crazy game of poker and trying to figure out WTF happened here. Thanks and keep those Icy Pots coming!
If by that you mean watching the end of American Beauty on HBO, playing some guitar hero, and then going to bed then yes you'd be correctMy guess is, our hero is sleeping off a celebration of Chet-like proportions. Well done, AF!
XIf by that you mean watching the end of American Beauty on HBO, playing some guitar hero, and then going to bed then yes you'd be correctMy guess is, our hero is sleeping off a celebration of Chet-like proportions. Well done, AF!
Living the dream.If by that you mean watching the end of American Beauty on HBO, playing some guitar hero, and then going to bed then yes you'd be correctMy guess is, our hero is sleeping off a celebration of Chet-like proportions. Well done, AF!
You're right. He forgot the part where you eat a meal fit for a King that was cooked and served by your French slave.XIf by that you mean watching the end of American Beauty on HBO, playing some guitar hero, and then going to bed then yes you'd be correctMy guess is, our hero is sleeping off a celebration of Chet-like proportions. Well done, AF!
Assani had the K of clubs, there were 3 clubs on the flop, and the 8 on the turn was also a club.Edit: flop was QJT.spOOfy said:That last hand was majorly sick. For those who missed it, flop was KQJ. Bet, reraise, reraise, push, I believe was the action. Assani had K8, shooter had KT. Turn brought the miracle 8, but Assani still had to dodge 17 outs on the river and did to win it. Was a blast watching both final tables. Congrats on the win!
No you're thinking of a different hand. I flopped top pair and check/raised pretty much all in. Spoofy is right except that 6 of the 17 outs I had to dodge were only to chop, so I only had to dodge 11 outs to lose.Assani had the K of clubs, there were 3 clubs on the flop, and the 8 on the turn was also a club.Edit: flop was QJT.spOOfy said:That last hand was majorly sick. For those who missed it, flop was KQJ. Bet, reraise, reraise, push, I believe was the action. Assani had K8, shooter had KT. Turn brought the miracle 8, but Assani still had to dodge 17 outs on the river and did to win it. Was a blast watching both final tables. Congrats on the win!
Yeah, that's pretty bad. You were in control and had the whole continuation bet thing going one. Even if he thought you were bluffing, you bet pretty big preflop. You couldn't have been bluffing with garbage.Assani Fisher said:really?Full Tilt Poker Game #6788825610: $33,000 Guarantee (1r+1a) (50893860), Table 20 - 60/120 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:08:51 ET - 2008/06/11Seat 1: TopTizzlePizzle (11,370)Seat 2: FU_15 (8,735)Seat 3: mblizo (1,140)Seat 4: Aaron_Hacker (14,124)Seat 6: Rekelme (7,990)Seat 7: GrinderMJ (18,285)Seat 8: demonchild724 (6,215)Seat 9: Assani Fisher (13,877)Assani Fisher posts the small blind of 60TopTizzlePizzle posts the big blind of 120The button is in seat #8*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to Assani Fisher [Kh Ad]FU_15 foldsmblizo foldsAaron_Hacker foldsRekelme foldsGrinderMJ foldsdemonchild724 raises to 360Assani Fisher has 15 seconds left to actAssani Fisher raises to 2,985TopTizzlePizzle foldsdemonchild724 calls 2,625*** FLOP *** [9d Qd 7h]Assani Fisher bets 6,090FU_15 has been disconnecteddemonchild724 calls 3,230, and is all inAssani Fisher shows [Kh Ad]demonchild724 shows [Js Ac]Uncalled bet of 2,860 returned to Assani Fisher*** TURN *** [9d Qd 7h] [Jc]*** RIVER *** [9d Qd 7h Jc] [5h]Assani Fisher shows Ace King highdemonchild724 shows a pair of Jacksdemonchild724 wins the pot (12,550) with a pair of Jacks*** SUMMARY ***Total pot 12,550 | Rake 0Board: [9d Qd 7h Jc 5h]Seat 1: TopTizzlePizzle (big blind) folded before the FlopSeat 2: FU_15 didn't bet (folded)Seat 3: mblizo didn't bet (folded)Seat 4: Aaron_Hacker didn't bet (folded)Seat 6: Rekelme didn't bet (folded)Seat 7: GrinderMJ didn't bet (folded)Seat 8: demonchild724 (button) showed [Js Ac] and won (12,550) with a pair of JacksSeat 9: Assani Fisher (small blind) showed [Kh Ad] and lost with Ace King high
Sweat activated21st out of 24 left.. needs to pick up a handin the money(54 left) in the $109 on Stars now...got a fairly decent stack
username?Sweat activated21st out of 24 left.. needs to pick up a handin the money(54 left) in the $109 on Stars now...got a fairly decent stack
LOLDon't you feel like you should bust out of one of these on purpose? You have to keep yourself humble.
getting pretty good pot odds, up against AK/AQ enough to possibly make it worthwhile....not saying I agree with the call, but its not an insta-fold either imo. Chad is really aggressive and will definitely play to win too btw.How can this guy call here?PokerStars Game #18079340656: Tournament #91350038, $100+$9 Hold'em No Limit - Level XVII (2000/4000) - 2008/06/11 - 23:32:08 (ET)Table '91350038 41' 9-max Seat #1 is the buttonSeat 1: ScrewPool (78222 in chips) Seat 2: jinglenutz (100922 in chips) Seat 3: jwvdcw (169124 in chips) Seat 4: jimmer55 (200334 in chips) Seat 5: habanero38 (190662 in chips) Seat 7: nueyy (169646 in chips) Seat 8: dudeoflife21 (265926 in chips) Seat 9: lilholdem954 (280164 in chips) ScrewPool: posts the ante 400jinglenutz: posts the ante 400jwvdcw: posts the ante 400jimmer55: posts the ante 400habanero38: posts the ante 400nueyy: posts the ante 400dudeoflife21: posts the ante 400lilholdem954: posts the ante 400jinglenutz: posts small blind 2000jwvdcw: posts big blind 4000*** HOLE CARDS ***jimmer55: folds habanero38: folds nueyy: raises 8000 to 12000dudeoflife21: folds habanero38 said, "ty..sry about that 1"lilholdem954: raises 26888 to 38888ScrewPool: folds jinglenutz: raises 61634 to 100522 and is all-injwvdcw: folds nueyy: folds lilholdem954: calls 61634*** FLOP *** [Td 8h 7h]*** TURN *** [Td 8h 7h] [Qd]*** RIVER *** [Td 8h 7h Qd] [5s]*** SHOW DOWN ***jinglenutz: shows [Ad As] (a pair of Aces)lilholdem954: shows [2s 2h] (a pair of Deuces)jinglenutz collected 220244 from pot*** SUMMARY ***Total pot 220244 | Rake 0 Board [Td 8h 7h Qd 5s]Seat 1: ScrewPool (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 2: jinglenutz (small blind) showed [Ad As] and won (220244) with a pair of AcesSeat 3: jwvdcw (big blind) folded before FlopSeat 4: jimmer55 folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 5: habanero38 folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 7: nueyy folded before FlopSeat 8: dudeoflife21 folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 9: lilholdem954 showed [2s 2h] and lost with a pair of Deuces