Poker Odds and Ends

I've been playing poker a bit more lately. It started with an 0-5 run in SnGs. When I'm playing bad, I hate leaving it at that.
So I decided to take my tilt out on Interpoker. If I lose the whole roll, so be it.

I tried sitting at 5/10 limit, but no one joined me, so I moved to 3/6 Euro. I made around $110 USD in 25 hands. It was sick.

A few highlights.
A typical hand...

Game #1144127543: Hold'em FL (€3/€6) - 2005/10/25 - 00:48:22 (ET)

Table "Acamar" Seat 6 is the button.

Seat 2: jr_reed (€36.10 in chips)

Seat 3: Amak (€106.20 in chips)

Seat 4: Rogue (€403 in chips)

Seat 5: bdawg31 (€246 in chips)

Seat 6: BurntOrng (€147.50 in chips)

jr_reed: posts small blind €1.50

Amak: posts big blind €3

----- HOLE CARDS -----

dealt to BurntOrng [Kd Qc]

Rogue: folds

bdawg31: folds

BurntOrng: raises €6

jr_reed: calls €4.50

Amak: calls €3

----- FLOP ----- [7h Tc Qd]

jr_reed: checks

Amak: checks

BurntOrng: bets €3

jr_reed: calls €3

Amak: folds

----- TURN ----- [7h Tc Qd][8d]

jr_reed: checks

BurntOrng: bets €6

jr_reed: calls €6

----- RIVER ----- [7h Tc Qd 8d][Ts]

jr_reed: checks

BurntOrng: checks

----- SHOW DOWN -----

jr_reed: shows [6h Ac] (A Pair of Tens, Ace high)

BurntOrng: shows [Kd Qc] (Two Pairs, Queens and Tens, King high)

BurntOrng collected €34.25 from Main pot

----- SUMMARY -----

Total pot €36 Main pot €34.25 Rake €1.75

Board [7h Tc Qd 8d Ts]

Seat 2: jr_reed (small blind) lost

Seat 3: Amak (big blind) folded on the Flop

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

Seat 5: bdawg31 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 6: BurntOrng (button) showed [Kd Qc] and won (€34.25) with Two Pairs, Queens and Tens, King high

Three hands later, I flopped the nuts and they stayed that way.

Game #1144127573: Hold'em FL (€3/€6) - 2005/10/25 - 00:49:59 (ET)

Table "Acamar" Seat 4 is the button.

Seat 2: jr_reed (€50.20 in chips)

Seat 3: Amak (€98.70 in chips)

Seat 4: Rogue (€387.40 in chips)

Seat 5: bdawg31 (€231 in chips)

Seat 6: BurntOrng (€166.75 in chips)

bdawg31: posts small blind €1.50

BurntOrng: posts big blind €3

----- HOLE CARDS -----

dealt to BurntOrng [Jd Qc]

jr_reed: calls €3

Amak: calls €3

Rogue: calls €3

bdawg31: folds

BurntOrng: checks

----- FLOP ----- [8d 9c Th]

BurntOrng: checks

jr_reed: checks

Amak: bets €3

Rogue: raises €6

BurntOrng: calls €6

jr_reed: folds

Amak: calls €3

----- TURN ----- [8d 9c Th][As]

BurntOrng: bets €6

Amak: calls €6

Rogue: calls €6

----- RIVER ----- [8d 9c Th As][5c]

BurntOrng: bets €6

Amak: folds

Rogue: calls €6

----- SHOW DOWN -----

BurntOrng: shows [Jd Qc] (A Straight, Queen high)

Rogue: mucks hand

BurntOrng collected €58.50 from Main pot

----- SUMMARY -----

Total pot €61.50 Main pot €58.50 Rake €3

Board [8d 9c Th As 5c]

Seat 2: jr_reed folded on the Flop

Seat 3: Amak folded on the River

Seat 4: Rogue (button) mucked

Seat 5: bdawg31 (small blind) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 6: BurntOrng (big blind) showed [Jd Qc] and won (€58.50) with A Straight, Queen high

This hand was pretty wild. I only played it this way because of what I'd seen this guy do.

Game #1144127583: Hold'em FL (€3/€6) - 2005/10/25 - 00:50:51 (ET)

Table "Acamar" Seat 5 is the button.

Seat 2: jr_reed (€47.20 in chips)

Seat 3: Amak (€83.70 in chips)

Seat 4: Rogue (€366.40 in chips)

Seat 5: bdawg31 (€229.50 in chips)

Seat 6: BurntOrng (€204.25 in chips)

BurntOrng: posts small blind €1.50

jr_reed: posts big blind €3

----- HOLE CARDS -----

dealt to BurntOrng [Th Ah]

Amak: folds

Rogue: raises €6

bdawg31: folds

BurntOrng: calls €4.50

jr_reed: raises €6

Rogue: calls €3

BurntOrng: calls €3

----- FLOP ----- [Qd Tc 7h]

BurntOrng: bets €3

jr_reed: raises €6

Rogue: folds

BurntOrng: calls €3

----- TURN ----- [Qd Tc 7h][2s]

BurntOrng: checks

jr_reed: bets €6

BurntOrng: calls €6

----- RIVER ----- [Qd Tc 7h 2s][8h]

BurntOrng: checks

jr_reed: checks

----- SHOW DOWN -----

BurntOrng: shows [Th Ah] (A Pair of Tens, Ace high)

jr_reed: mucks hand

BurntOrng collected €48.50 from Main pot

----- SUMMARY -----

Total pot €51 Main pot €48.50 Rake €2.50

Board [Qd Tc 7h 2s 8h]

Seat 2: jr_reed (big blind) mucked

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

Seat 4: Rogue folded on the Flop

Seat 5: bdawg31 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 6: BurntOrng (small blind) showed [Th Ah] and won (€48.50) with A Pair of Tens, Ace high

That game is what you'd call beatable.

Then I played the DBPoker TOC Event #4. I played like shit. Today I played Event #5 and brought my 'A' game.
... my 'A' stud game that is.
Actually, I seem to do well in Stud and felt like I was playing as good as anyone at my table.
I was probably a little tight; you can be the judge of that.

You finished in 7th place (eliminated at hand #2935951283).

249 hands played:
- saw fourth street 33 times (13%)
- saw fifth street 20 times (8%)
- saw sixth street 14 times (5%)
- reached showdown 9 times (3%)

Pots won at showdown - 4 out of 9 (44%)
Pots won without showdown - 27

Seventh place of 41. It was good for some money ($13 profit) and some TOC points, my first.

Quads helped me out.

Seat 1: wrmahaff (5166 in chips)
Seat 2: roctorious7 (4734 in chips)
Seat 4: brian_il (7303 in chips)
Seat 5: UConn2004 (7459 in chips)
Seat 7: BurntOrnge (1349 in chips)
Seat 8: duquedelsol (2906 in chips)
wrmahaff: posts the ante 25
roctorious7: posts the ante 25
brian_il: posts the ante 25
UConn2004: posts the ante 25
BurntOrnge: posts the ante 25
duquedelsol: posts the ante 25
*** 3rd STREET ***
Dealt to wrmahaff [7s]
Dealt to roctorious7 [Ks]
Dealt to brian_il [9s]
Dealt to UConn2004 [Ad]
Dealt to BurntOrnge [6h Js Jc]
Dealt to duquedelsol [Kd]
wrmahaff: brings-in low 50
roctorious7: raises 150 to 200
brian_il: calls 200
UConn2004: folds
BurntOrnge: raises 200 to 400
duquedelsol: folds
wrmahaff: folds
roctorious7: calls 200
brian_il said, "hat n"
brian_il: calls 200
*** 4th STREET ***
Dealt to roctorious7 [Ks] [2d]
Dealt to brian_il [9s] [5s]
Dealt to BurntOrnge [6h Js Jc] [Jd]
Pair on board - a double bet is allowed
BurntOrnge: bets 400
roctorious7: raises 400 to 800
brian_il: folds
BurntOrnge: raises 124 to 924 and is all-in
roctorious7: calls 124
*** 5th STREET ***
Dealt to roctorious7 [Ks 2d] [Qs]
Dealt to BurntOrnge [6h Js Jc Jd] [Jh]
*** 6th STREET ***
Dealt to roctorious7 [Ks 2d Qs] [Th]
Dealt to BurntOrnge [6h Js Jc Jd Jh] [8s]
UConn2004 said, "lol"
UConn2004 said, "nh burnt"
*** RIVER ***
Dealt to BurntOrnge [6h Js Jc Jd Jh 8s] [2h]
roctorious7 said, "nh"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
roctorious7: shows [8h Kc Ks 2d Qs Th 4h] (a pair of Kings)
BurntOrnge: shows [6h Js Jc Jd Jh 8s 2h] (four of a kind, Jacks)
wrmahaff said, "BAAM"
wrmahaff said, "vnh"
BurntOrnge said, "ty"
BurntOrnge collected 3248 from pot
UConn2004 said, "thats just twisting the knife"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3248 | Rake 0
Seat 1: wrmahaff folded on the 3rd Street
Seat 2: roctorious7 showed [8h Kc Ks 2d Qs Th 4h] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 4: brian_il folded on the 4th Street
Seat 5: UConn2004 folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 7: BurntOrnge showed [6h Js Jc Jd Jh 8s 2h] and won (3248) with four of a kind, Jacks
Seat 8: duquedelsol folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)

But that hand is actually pretty interesting. If roctorious7 raises me again before 4th, I fold. I know he has Ks or aces. Instead, he let me see fourth on my terms and I pulled ahead.

Here's an interesting hand from earlier in the tournament. I'd been stealing duque's bring in when ever I got the chance and knew he'd tire of it. I played this hand accordingly.

*********** # 65 **************
PokerStars Game #2934830228: Tournament #12830313, 7 Card Stud Limit - Level III (50/100) - 2005/10/30 - 21:59:33 (ET)
Table '12830313 1'
Seat 1: Tom Fornelli (1212 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 2: rjs162 (1400 in chips)
Seat 3: dbtony (619 in chips)
Seat 4: brian_il (3004 in chips)
Seat 5: UConn2004 (2614 in chips)
Seat 7: BurntOrnge (1169 in chips)
Seat 8: duquedelsol (1754 in chips)
Tom Fornelli: posts the ante 10
rjs162: posts the ante 10
dbtony: posts the ante 10
brian_il: posts the ante 10
UConn2004: posts the ante 10
BurntOrnge: posts the ante 10
duquedelsol: posts the ante 10
*** 3rd STREET ***
Dealt to Tom Fornelli [Ts]
Dealt to rjs162 [Qc]
Dealt to dbtony [5s]
Dealt to brian_il [7h]
Dealt to UConn2004 [6s]
Dealt to BurntOrnge [Ac Jd Qd]
Dealt to duquedelsol [4s]
UConn2004 said, "they?"
dbtony said, "if this was 3 card stud, id never lose"
duquedelsol: brings-in low 15
Tom Fornelli: folds
AceLove007 [observer] said, "Bob - O good run yourself"
rjs162: folds
dbtony: folds
rjs162 said, "ty"
brian_il: folds
UConn2004: folds
BurntOrnge: raises 35 to 50
duquedelsol: calls 35
*** 4th STREET ***
Dealt to BurntOrnge [Ac Jd Qd] [8s]
Dealt to duquedelsol [4s] [Ah]
duquedelsol: bets 50 [b] after he calls, I figure he'll come out swinging so I call
without a thought. [/b]
BurntOrnge: calls 50
*** 5th STREET ***
Dealt to BurntOrnge [Ac Jd Qd 8s] [8c]
Dealt to duquedelsol [4s Ah] [5d]
rjs162 said, "im proud of that one"
AceLove007 [observer] said, "Al still in?"
BurntOrnge: bets 100 [b] then when I make a hand, I bet out and he folds, as expected [/b]
rjs162 said, ":)"
duquedelsol: folds
rjs162 said, "just busted"
UConn2004 said, "just busted out"
BurntOrnge collected 270 from pot
dbtony said, "no, just went down"
BurntOrnge: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 270 | Rake 0
Seat 1: Tom Fornelli folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 2: rjs162 folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 3: dbtony folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 4: brian_il folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 5: UConn2004 folded on the 3rd Street (didn't bet)
Seat 7: BurntOrnge collected (270)
Seat 8: duquedelsol folded on the 5th Street