How do you handle poker tilt when you want to play?

I hope for sure you get a kick outta this confession:
I like to either play a 1 dollar or 2.25 sit go Like a compleate Arse, I even talk to my self,

"I think a min raise outta the BB here is just what I need to show them just how good my hand is here..."[Q high]

clearly I have my opponent dominated here with the J4 off. raise.

22 the nuts, Just Jam and show if they all fold and say WHATS MY NAME?!?!?

this is most likly T.I.M.
But, it makes me laugh and I get over what ever bad beat I took

Im back baby!

This is how I like to roast them fishies!

My friend here going all in got the best hand to fold and allowed me to call. what a great call-

Full Tilt Poker Game #4466801545: Table Leslie (6 max) - $0.25/$0.50 - Pot Limit Hold'em - 10:03:46 ET - 2007/12/11
Seat 1: CykoKing ($71.90)
Seat 2: Goldenberg88 ($55.20), is sitting out
Seat 3: instigateu1 ($25.20)
Seat 4: WildDuces234 ($39.50)
Seat 5: W Phoenix ($41)
Seat 6: Herpes_Is_4eva ($56.50)
instigateu1 posts the small blind of $0.25
WildDuces234 posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to WildDuces234 [8c 8s]
W Phoenix calls $0.50
Herpes_Is_4eva raises to $2.25
CykoKing folds
instigateu1 folds
WildDuces234 calls $1.75
W Phoenix calls $1.75
*** FLOP *** [4d 5s 2d]
instigateu1 has been disconnected
WildDuces234 checks
W Phoenix checks
Herpes_Is_4eva bets $4
WildDuces234 raises to $12
instigateu1 has reconnected
W Phoenix raises to $38.75, and is all in
Herpes_Is_4eva folds
WildDuces234 has 15 seconds left to act
WildDuces234 calls $25.25, and is all in
W Phoenix shows [6s 7h]
WildDuces234 shows [8c 8s]
Uncalled bet of $1.50 returned to W Phoenix
*** TURN *** [4d 5s 2d] [Ts]
*** RIVER *** [4d 5s 2d Ts] [Ad]
W Phoenix shows Ace Ten high
WildDuces234 shows a pair of Eights
WildDuces234 wins the pot ($82.50) with a pair of Eights
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $85.50 Rake $3
Board: [4d 5s 2d Ts Ad]
Seat 1: CykoKing (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: Goldenberg88 is sitting out
Seat 3: instigateu1 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: WildDuces234 (big blind) showed [8c 8s] and won ($82.50) with a pair of Eights
Seat 5: W Phoenix showed [6s 7h] and lost with Ace Ten high
Seat 6: Herpes_Is_4eva folded on the Flop

interesting situation Trap turns in to a FOLD

my dad came in to watch me play today, I was delt Poket QQ UTG,

my dad said oh wow look at taht- I said yes but it is kind of a bad position to be with this hand. I will Limp and reraise, as to get more information. Well
early position Loose player raised2.25, and was INSTA CALLED by a Extreamly tight player right behind. so I am starting to think about how I am going to handle this- Maybe just call... then something happened in the BB, He Three bets the early raiser 6.75.

we my dad here is saying this is great! go all in. go all in. I turned to him and said dad Im beat here- He said I'll Buy the hand off you, here is 40 bucks. I clicked FOLD!

and he said, well maybe your right. the Orig raiser folded, the tight player moved in. I said to dad, Im up against AA and KK dad, I know it. Sure enough, I was exactly right. My dad handed me the fourty bucks and said I don't know how you play this game.

Harrahs WSOP Circuit

Im excited about playing the tournys at harrahs, there should be a decent draw to the tourny. I dont know what the structure is but it ussually allows for good play when the Buy in is bigger then 300.

WSOP Circuit is going to begin this Sat Dec 8th. I am planning to attend, I was wondering if anyone was planning on playing any of these? I am planning on playing At least these two:
Sat 300 + 40 NLHM starts at noon.
Sat 300 + 40 NLHM starts at noon.
I may also play a Sat.... there are also Sat to the Main event these days for the three day event starting on Dec 16.
I'd love to meet some fellow players and have some one I semi know to BS about poker and what not during the tournys. leave a comment-

Poker eyes are watching and hand review.

I had my first limited success in poker in a while in tournament poker. I took twelfth place in the 5.50 buyin knock out tourny with 1350 ppl. Not too bad – In that tournament I used for the first time a site that I was just recently intoduced to Pokerratings.com. A free site. I was curious if there any of you out there that use this tool. And if so what are the primary data that u pull from it?
I have been createing player notes like this

5.5 knockout tourny

Tourny Stats: prizes 102 Profit less then 0 ROI -46 ABI 2 AFS 291 ITM 15/113

Tourny Stats: prizes 2.3K Profit 113 ROI 5 ABI 8 AFS 692 ITM 52/261


This tells me that the first player is Primary a tight player at Low limits maybe just making his start in online play, while the second player is a medium stakes player that is well aware of good poker principals and a LAG player.
This is information that I can get on the fly, so when I am switched to a new table I can find out quickly some info about the players two to my immidiate left and right instantly. Of course in poker Every hand is independent, but how would you use this information?

A nother thing I cant help but think, is this information a violation of our privacy? Or is poker becoming to form what is a equivalent rating system campaired to chess? If you seated with a Grandmaster your less likely to confront him with risky gambit plays as he will out play you.

This site is also a Mega LOG of all your individual tournament play. And will allow you to asses wether you play well or not. Before you know it I am ppl are going to be lookin up your stats before considering whether or not to call your raises.

Im going to try to generate some conversations about a few hands – Is there another way that I could have played that hand that would have created a better outcome?

Full Tilt Poker Game #4244074652: $5 + $0.50 Knockout (32110823), Table 119 - 250/500 Ante 50 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:25:08 ET - 2007/11/20
Seat 1: (10,495)
Seat 2: (10,710)
Seat 3: uski (11,520) In the next hand
Seat 4: (5,091)
Seat 5: WildDuces234 (21,450)
Seat 6: (36,724)
Seat 7: senjahottie (5,406) In the following hand
Seat 8: (19,604)
PhilTheDrill7 antes 50
JuJuuu antes 50
uski antes 50
Artie Gonzo antes 50
WildDuces234 antes 50
BIVONA antes 50
senjahottie antes 50
RSTONE222 antes 50
JuJuuu posts the small blind of 250
uski posts the big blind of 500
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to WildDuces234 [Ad Qs]
Artie Gonzo folds
WildDuces234 calls 500
BIVONA folds
senjahottie raises to 1,500
RSTONE222 has 15 seconds left to act
RSTONE222 folds
PhilTheDrill7 folds
JuJuuu folds
uski calls 1,000
WildDuces234 calls 1,000
*** FLOP *** [Jc Td 8s]
uski checks
WildDuces234 bets 4,000
senjahottie calls 3,856, and is all in
uski raises to 9,970, and is all in
WildDuces234 calls 5,970
uski shows [8h 8c]

WildDuces234 shows [Ad Qs] I have the OSED getting three to one on my money, 8 outs twice. And I cant go broke here. I knew as soon as the all in came here the St8 was all I could make to save me.

senjahottie shows [Ac As]
*** TURN *** [Jc Td 8s] [5c]
*** RIVER *** [Jc Td 8s 5c] [5h]
uski shows a full house, Eights full of Fives
WildDuces234 shows a pair of Fives
uski wins the side pot (12,228) with a full house, Eights full of Fives
senjahottie shows two pair, Aces and Fives
uski wins the main pot (16,718) with a full house, Eights full of Fives
senjahottie stands up

the bountys I collected were not relavent enough, only about 6 – 7 bucks. But it would have been more had my significant risk with AQ placed me in a mega stack position.


The next hand I thought I might try and publically examine was the following weak PP 33. this hand turned in to a set Luckly, If I had raised the SB might have passed on the hand (maybe). But in reality with a M of 12 or so, can I really afford to raise with 33 to isolate?
If I had raised I might have cleaned up with this bottem set as the pot would have allowed him to call my later bets.

Full Tilt Poker Game #4244119427: $5 + $0.50 Knockout (32110823), Table 119 - 300/600 Ante 75 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:29:14 ET - 2007/11/20
Seat 1: PhilTheDrill7 (10,145)
Seat 2: JuJuuu (8,910)
Seat 3: uski (28,346)
Seat 4: Artie Gonzo (5,266)
Seat 5: WildDuces234 (13,680) Just Rebuilt stack w/o show downs. From T7500 chips
Seat 6: BIVONA (36,974)
Seat 7: CrazyCementer (3,295) small 300
Seat 8: RSTONE222 (19,254) BIG 600
Seat 9: native_grown (8,873)
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to WildDuces234 [3c 3s]
native_grown folds
WildDuces234: i can build it all back
PhilTheDrill7 folds
JuJuuu folds
Artie Gonzo folds
WildDuces234 calls 600
BIVONA folds
CrazyCementer calls 300
RSTONE222 checks
*** FLOP *** [4h 7d 3h]
CrazyCementer checks
RSTONE222 bets 2,000
WildDuces234 raises to 4,000
CrazyCementer calls 2,620, and is all in
RSTONE222 calls 2,000
*** TURN *** [4h 7d 3h] [Ts]
WildDuces234: getting a little aggresive here
RSTONE222 checks
WildDuces234 bets 9,005, and is all in
RSTONE222 FOLDS…. No reason to allow him to draw to a flush as well….
WildDuces234 shows [3c 3s]
CrazyCementer shows [9h Qh]
Uncalled bet of 9,005 returned to WildDuces234
*** RIVER *** [4h 7d 3h Ts] [8h] As it turns out, drrrrrrr short stack made his FLUSH
WildDuces234 wins the side pot (2,760)
WildDuces234 shows three of a kind, Threes
CrazyCementer shows a flush, Queen high
CrazyCementer wins the main pot (10,335) with a flush, Queen high

I am mega tiltted

today there is a whole lat ta tilt in my life. I am chillin here in my solidarity just thinking about whats going on with my home job and parental tilt. I don't know why i would post this all here. i know for a fact no one reads this blog. so my sewage of words is not heard by the masses.

My tilt in life may be the foremost cause of my playing tilted. i have lost a string of buy ins to FTP, a sum of about 600. for me I am use to requesting checks sent to me every 2 - 3 months. well it's been a while since this donkey turned a profit. and some of it. most of my loses I can say well you did donk it off you ass hole. and I did. I made plays at pots I had NO right too. I can say that most of these plays had been preambled by petty words that have stuck in my head causing me to play out side of my self. I don't play certain hands online. I just don't. If cant make a read at a player how in the world can I play a hand that is weak by nature? this is online gambling. QJ is the best example of this. in person - you can make reads that you cant other wise make. A-T, A9 Never K J, IDK im a loss for how to play anymore. being broke blows. it makes me all the more desperate to make a Mega pot that I can win.

I have to eliminate these horrid habits that I have picked up over the last 2 months. I have been the past 2 weeks getting back to basics. reading mags. reading blogs, hoy has been tilted himself and no real poker content other then dealing with tilt has been available. I think the way back to winnning poker is boredom. If Im not not bored Im playing wrong - lol LOCK DOWN POKER!

Whats the Longest one hand ever put you on tilt?

This is a horrible story: but like every car wreak you can't look away. For me the story starts at home where I carfully schedualled a trip to Taj while the USPC was going on in 2007. I signed up for my first major event in my lifetime. I played Briliantly! out playing the fish and crushing the great players when the cards came through for me. I managed to grap the chip lead taking down to Big stacks b2b.

a half hour later in the BB, delt AQ suited. Button limpped. SB limpped behind at 300 -600 level. I pop it to 2100. with 40K behind. both call. I instantly put the Button on a real hand Speciffically a pair. well I flop the crap outta hand. A Q 7. I lead right out 2500. the Button repopped. shocked to call 4K more I think there is no way he hit a set - maybe maybe AK donk.

well as it turns out I only call. Mistake - ???? not really. the player had 8K and change behind. after the 4K RE- raise. so he does seem pot committed here right?


well the turn is a brick. and I weirdly check my BB position thinking pot control. He bet another 4K. thus again pot committed himself. so I took my time on the flop 4 K bet deciding that I would call any and every bet made by him.

well the river was a King. and the pot was HUGE!!! so when he moved in for another 4 K and said aloud You have to call. I knew two things One i was beat and two I did have to call.

He showed KK. I did not recover from this loss / tilt for about 3 months.
It blew me away that he committed himself there with KK with my lead out and call.

and then he got there on the river. I found him the following day - he said two things - one he was pot committed with the KK and two he took down the tourny. I had 2 losing live cash game sessions after this and have not been a winning online player since this loss. I would go to sleep at night for the next few weeks thinking about how he trapped me, i retrapped and he resucked out. unreal.

well Im back in the swing of it all. If you blog about your worst tiltever go ahead and leave a comment I'll look up your blog.

OH MY GOD, DID I REALLY JUST QUIT MY JOB?

Yup, you read it right. as of august 9th I am free of the world of Hewitt Associates. the [CENSORED] of the Life and all happiness.

You can't blame me though. I was hired here with the notion that I would be able to apply for a Actuarial role with in 3 to 6 months, after I had gone through 6 months and 3 Unit managers (due to turn over) I was told the UGLY truth. I need to be in good standing in the firm at my Hellish job, and worked the job a min of a a Full Year before I can apply outside of my position. So here I am working 60 hour weeks for a year programing various clients DB calculations (That works out to about 14 dollars an hour), and getting 3 ppls work because the department has gone from 14 people down to 4. With the Lead of the team quiting only 2 weeks ago, the youngest member of our team is promoted to a job she can not handle and puts ultra stress and is putting unrealistic expectations on us.

If that is not bad enough. what made it really easy to RUN out the door is one of the guys who left told me he was mislead the same way I was. and he has been working the same job for FOUR years. no bonus ever came his way EVER! Same shit ass pay and unpaid overtime that is mandatory. I was just told by my yet again NEW unit manager (gone through 7 in a year) that I would not be able to apply for a actuarial role for another year.... lol. on top of that... guess who is not getting ANY kind of a real raise. 1K- LOL...
YEAH! I'm leaving!


To really burn the bridge here the new hire fresh in the door with NO exp, is going to be making more then me because we have so many rolls to fill. Should I tell her not to expect any real raise come next year? nope I'm suppose to keep my mouth shut.

So I am quitting with out any real locked up offers on the table for new employment. scary but I am going to lose it if I stay. if any of you guys have a decent position open I'd love to get a heads up.

Is it Worth it to be an asshole at the poker table?

Wrote this about half a year ago.

The set up. On my most recent trip to Trump Taj I had a very successful time at the 1 2 NL tables. There was a lot of back story to what led up to me busting a young kid in a blue jacket. To start the night off I was seated at a freshly opened 1 2 NL table with my standard buy in 120. play is interesting all of a sudden early on there is action Blue makes a big pre flop raise of 15 with A J suited early position. gets 2 callers the flop is an ugly [K K 4 Rainbow] Blue leads out and is called by one player, a older man. Next comes blue's ace. Blue takes another stab, old guy puts blue all in. The old timer has K 9 os. and takes a big pot off the Blue jacket Kid. The kid ribbed the old man for playing with K 9 as he raised the pot. he was PO'ed! I decided he'd be my mark for the night then.

To top It off, I decide the kid has a temper and is subject to tilt. So I call him out on his play with the old man. He goes off as expected. With my Sharp attitude, I say something to get a Sharp response. He stands up and tells me what I can do with my opinion and makes a mild threat to me. I Scream in a Deep baritone voice FFFFFFFFLLLLLOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRR! Three Very Very large men come to our table, and the dealer prompts them as well to our villain at the table. one man speaks to the Kid in Blue, as two Large meat heads stand behind his chair. This made him stand up and say it's not me... I did not say that, it's not me!!! He was issued a warning. PERFECT! Just as I planed. I lost a pot or two to him after this as he was aggressive to me, and even showed a bluff and taunted me openly. No need to call floor now. I have him completely tilted.

A little later after.... I told him pre flop I was going to give him action loosely calling his 15, he said fine it's your money(It certainly will be). He was elicit talking to me, so pleased to get in to a hand with me again. He was such a kid, if he took his head phones off… He might have heard me practically reveal my hand and gotten away from it. Or at least put me on a hand, as my voice cracked. (Was kinda funny to me) Flop was [5 10 J] he did not get away from it after I check MIN- re raised him. I said to him, do you have a Jack? he said nothing. I said I bet you don't even have a ten. ...He went all in. I Thought he had trips for a sec. But he opened his mouth - to ask if I had Kings? I say, "...............(realizing he has aces, or queens) Nope, and I call."

I show Jacks up. he did not improve with his aces, and I busted him. My question. He definitely over played them, and may have gone broke in this hand any way. But did my picking on him with the intent of tilting him get him to make a All in bet when he did not have too? He acted fast and did not think about the conversation. It was a sort of Auto Push. with his aces. only after he put it in did he think that he might not win this hand. All in all after he left having not a dollar to his name, the table said to me. that was quite a chain of events I pulled with him. as if to complement me on a Massive set up. as I planed to bust him with ten jack. well I still could have lost, but I was far ahead of his pocket pair when the money went in.

Do you guys agree that My tilting of this character is what caused him to over play his hand? or might he have done the same, with out all the Hollywood FULL BLOWN TILT attitude toward him? This said, I have to say I am very cool headed quiet at the table, unless I know someone. the I am just banter and having fun. I completely changed my image for this day at the table. sort of like how I would play chess in the city. Talking to my opponents telling how terrible they are and what a horrible play... and so on. like toying with them. I don't have the poker chops to fully do this, but for a trial run at the table it may have been a contributor. Love to get any responces or reply posts. TY all for reading

All hail the tournament Master Aussie Aussie Aussie - HOY HOY HOY

Im very impressed by the tournament runnings of Hoyazo. Seriously great run last night, acquiring a massive chip with 27 players left in the tournament. I would criticize hoy on the last play he made that I saw losing 60000 chips or 42% of his stack on a paired bored AA [?] - K [?]
saying he folded A 4... folding after a move all in. I know Im a bit of a pussy, but seriously you risked your tourny life on QQ against 10 10 and AK in one hand and managed to triple up at one point to chip leader your work is done for a while! I know we have different playin styles, but Hoy! you could have dominated this tournament till the end reserving your play a little more and waiting for monster hands and move up in the prize money safely. I know it's a Jamie Gold thing where you want to STEAM ROLL.... EVERYONE! ...but seriously, Big stack poker is just that. when your in a hand with a big stack - open your eyes and keep the pot small. I believe if you did in fact fold A 4, it was a good fold. If anyone thinks I'm wrong, love to hear from ya. All that said, IDK how hoy did last night I fell asleep with the puter one and did not see how things turned out.

I don't know if I can really deal out advice after last nights cash game loses, I took the whole bank roll to a 1 2 NL table, managed to play a hand perfectly and got screwed over by runner runner flushed board.

EP raised 9
SB Myself-AK os re raised 22

EP - only caller.
Flop A{s} 4{s} 7{d}
Great flop for me, I check -
EP Bets 25,
I move all in for 85 more.
EP calls and shows A{h} Q{s}

Board goes 8{s} , and K{s}
PUKE!

A lot of fun is to be had in the Blooger Tournys

I love the idea of creating community within this group of bloggers.
I have played the math 2 or 3 times and the mookie and dookie once each, (even though I had never played omaha at the time lol), because I really like the idea of getting feeling like when I play I can get recognized. talking about a Min raise as the Scariest raise and running my sevens in to KK(like a fool mind you), lol... I want to know the people i play with. I have gotten to know a little bit of that feeling going to AC 10 times in the past 3 months. Having done that I had gotten something from poker I had never gotten before. A sense that people are having a good time and want to share a little bit of them self's with you in doing so. I can honestly say I am known down there, always greeting and being greeted.

I Have never played a Math or a Dookie for the money, it's the people that got me to come back to it. It is begging to have a sense of history and feeling of a community when you play them. Knowing who's who and who is a Freakin Luck box/lunchbox, who's gonna bust you if a five hits the board, who hates AJ. Yea i can say that it would not matter if ya'll made this a Mega points competition or not. I wouldn't care, and play some cards with ya all regardless.

how i went broke- ugggggg
i found the ultamate maniac today. i observed him for 20 mins, determined he was compleatly nutz, and decided it was a lucrative oppertunity to play at him. little did i know what was to be great calls and putting him on Nothing would be so coastly.

to start off, he was constanly making 50 dollar bets that most of the time he had nothing. but he played every hand the same, till I raised him once.
min raise NO MATTER WHAT, then 50 on the flop. again no matter what.
this is not poker. just random clicking. so he plays about 6 hands an orbit.
raises with abs NOTHING!!!
so the big hand I took off him A Q hit the Q i check to the maniac. he bets i cold call. he bets the turn hard. I go all in it's another 21 dollars to him. and he folded with 200 in the pot.

i should have left there. I'll admit I over played the jacks, but when you know at best he might have one over it makes you a little eager to put it all in. I raised his min raiseto 50 after he min raised my limp. this time he acted differently, he re popped my 50 to a hundred. i put him on at best weak weak hand. I moved all in on him. he called. KOD's pulled the ace out of a hat and took my 250 i had at the table.

Ok if that is not bad enough I have 120 left on the account I buy back in and two hands later get involved in another hand with same guy- this time with top pair on the board and a st8 draw, I move all in again for 67 more he calls and I double through him as he had bottem pair on a paired boared.

on to the final hand - i have fear in me yes but it is only due to the fact that I am not the one raising - preflop on this hand was crazy - maniac raised and was reraised player to his left to 32. I cold call 32 with the 99, and maniac repops it to 54 as expected. i have 150 after the raises i called. Maniac acts first and bets out 200. I immidiatly know that one, he has two big cards and has NO pair. this is by far the biggest bet he made all night. that means to me BIG BLUFF!!!

heres the suck ass part of knowing your right - he can still win with this shit ass hand. He pushed the other guy off his hand IDK what he had. But to no avail the maniac managed to pull top two pair out of his ass with runner runner. I made a great call and I feel like a donkey-

I know how to protect my hand but shit happens

Why is it when i know I have the best hand I play it right I get kicked in the ass...

I have a made hand on 1 2 NL table, Aces - board has a draw look to it - 35 in the pot one card to come, I go all in for 65 more. I get called by a flush draw and one over to the board w/ bottom pair.

AC i flop the ass end of a st8, I put 30 on the pot. I raise on check raise the pot 20 - to 65. the turn as a harmless 2 hits, I go all in 170 more... call'ed by a middle pair and gunshot draw st8 draw did not realize the 2 made him a flush draw too-

Push and go at Harrahs

I played a 50 buck Push and go at harrahs due to a bad beat jackpot miss.

I lost a full buy in at a 1 2 NLH tbale and nearly caught the 25000 (at the time) bad beat jack pot. AA Vs KK preflop. Called my Push after he made it $25, on the Flop:

[A K rag] turn river - rag rag I near miss at the Monster jack pot.

Anyway the sit and burn was disusting, first & second hand 3 players. blinds and position ar irrelivant. Blinds start at 25 25 and ppl are making preflop raises of 250 or just all in. I sat and waited, won a small and Big blinds once. then got put all in wiht KK, I called and double. then final hand I get KJ, hate this hand 20 mins later 4 players remain. I raise on button with it cause I am already sick of this and 2 places paid, one chip leader that has 5 others chips in total. so the mega stack calls I hit K. I raise 300 short of my whole stack - he puts me all in... I think about how pissed I am if he's got less then K J right now- he shows K 10, and of course hits the ten on the turn. TY for the game Donkey-

I thought there was going to be play in this thing - here is a freindly tip for oyu all - avoid sit and go's in AC. I played 2 hands - how lame. here I am folding A K to 2 all ins in front of me, they both showed A j. I lol at them.

One incredible hand at the Taj 1 2 NLH

Well I had a fantastic time playing holdem in AC - I met a few new players at the 1 2 NLH tables. These are the only limits I played this weekend. Every table I played I tried to play at with my girlfriend. We had a lot of fun at most all the tables. Except one. and that is the one I will be blogging most about -
There is only one hand in this weekend that is worth bloogging about but It is not going to mean all that much to you if I say here's the hand and I Lost/ won a bundle... There were two black men at the table we were lead to at the Taj, these two were battling it out when we got there 20 preflop raises and re raising. and all this is happening with Any two cards at show down. 8 10 took down a 120 pot cause A 8 hit on the river... Kinda hands.... Some times They were Very strong. Ok that said, the man to my immediate right. Very Aggressive, got in to a hand with my girl friend and reviled what was going to be the most amt of information anyone has ever just GIVEN away at the table. the hand, Diamond girl AK Victim 8 3 off. Preflop 17, they check it all the way down.
[10,7,5, 7,J] Victim Pulls out his 5 dollar pair of glasses after the flop. he said to her at show down I just did not have the guts to Bluff you cause I know you will call with your pair of 9's. She said, I don't have a pair And I would not have called. she wins the pot. Now Every time this guy made moves they were not always bluffs - But semi bluffs. He was Mega Lose, and with a 400+ stack in front of him he could felt anyone, Even myself I had managed to accumulate 350 myself on another Monster hand that would make anyone sick to there stomach. But the move he made here led me to believe he would Put it all in for semi bluffs and weaker then average hands

But on to the hand: I am Delt A Q of hearts out of position. I lead out in to a aggressive table for 17. I get two callers. Victim and random aggressive player.
Flop comes [Ac, 5h, 10h] I have top pair Q kicker and Nut Flush draw. I lead out with a standard Protection Bet - 35. I get the victim to call.

I start Drooling knowing that he knows I have top pair top kicker... as I have been playing tight.

here comes the money card. [7h] making the nut flush in my hands. I act first and pause, look at the board like I know that I might be in trouble. I make a weak ass 15 dollar bet in to a pot of over $115. Knowing full well I am the perfect type to be Bluffed by him with TPTK. Victim puts on his glasses and decided to Put his whole 450 stack in to the pot for an all in as he had done previously with Bluffs and Strong hands.... I did not even stop to think/ or stair this man down as so many had done before at the table. If I did I would have just lol in his face. But I looked down at my chips .... and I Just start LOL anyway. as I am taking this down worst case scenario I am like 85%- I say out loud before the call - "I knew you would bluff the hand if I made a weak as fifteen dollar bet in to the pot - I Insta call" flipping the nutz over. He announces he has outs- showing at the end 6,3 hearts (really he has ONE out, the 4 hearts). I am shaking and can not count or tell how much money I have as my adrenalin is Pumping over the biggest 1 2 NLH I have ever won. I cant tell you what came after the Turn all i know is the board did not pair, and it was not a heart. But it was ridiculous how well I played this hand initiating the over bet, hemming and hawing about the 3rd heart on the board. Knowing full well I am in a hand with someone who can felt me.

Where am I going to be all weekend? TAJ

I will be playing 1 2 NL most likly, for those of you who dont know. second and last friday of the month FISH CENTRAL! keep in mind they just got paid from there 9 to 5. - or if D girl does not want company I will bring my stack over to the 2 5 tables. and if you want the skinny on the Fucking sharks Just ask. I know them all. I have taken cell phone video's of the PPL that are Fish and those who are MANIACS!!! It's funny there is one guy I have never seen him put money in to a pot unless he had the Stone cold nuts. last three times i saw him he was up 2000 each time.

I did not mean for this to sound as it first came off

A J os ~ Da Nuts!Flop [T,K,Q] Turn 9 and river 8 I did not draw to a inside st8 draw either- I just flopped pure gold as XXXX announced as I was in the hand , Ace jack is gold here

I was felted by Same player not 20 hands earlier by his set of ducks, my personal fav money hand - I knew my K 9 was no good at the momment 3 players were calling for 9 bucks.

My Nightmare hands in Cash games at AC Taj

Here is my Excel sheet I keep at work to recount the Nightmare hands I have had and tried to learn from best I can.


-450
AK Hearts
FLOP is Ace 7H QC
called 20 preflop:
heads up
check-
opp raised 50, I reraised 150. Thinking this would END THE HAND HERE AND NOW~!
opp - ALL in! AND I called too quick… Just like I take My hands off the mouse at
home to insure I THINK before I ACT…
Trip aces VS AK Turn was a heart, river was not.


-260

Limp with 44 SB $5 to see flop 4 ppl

Flop comes (4H 7S Ace H) I check TRIPS

opp - raised 20. call call

I reraised 65.

ONE opp called my raise ------Paused and only called

No supision yet TURN (2c)

I bet hundred - he goes all in - 100 to call. He goes all in Knowing the majority of my

money is in ~ AAA verse 444



SAVED MONEY HERE:
K J -150

top pair - check (KH 4H 7 ) 4 ppl See FLOP.

called 20

Made Set of kings on TURN and Checked all around me on Button - THEN to the river and

called a FULL house set of fours full 85 bucks Kept it small Because I realized opponent

Was ULTRA STRONG, RIVER - Unsuited Rag -

called -lead out 85 (after hand - opponent said He wanted me to bet to get the flush draw out,

so he could rerasie me.) I played this hand well ~ did not want to call river bet!!!


K 10 -100

FLOPPED 2 pair smoth called 35 50

did not call on river as a Q came -

opponent looked like he hit the obvious st8 - made a 50 on an unpaired board -

OBVIOUS ST8s out there - seemed like a value bet I let it go


AK clubs +165

double up - on a flopped flush Opponent had top pair top kicker

I checked it, he checked it. RISKY!!! Checked it again… He bet the turn 85. I moved all in

on him. He called. I'm not sad He had a grand at the table.

FLUSH
10 4 Spades (BB) -155

saw flop for free - checked all around made a flush - checked then bet 10 call 10 call 10

so I over played my hand hoping to win it there - Bet 100 called 50 more with a smaller flush

KQ suited -65
lost MY last $65 preflop
K Q suited VS. 88

he floped trips

You can see the sun comming up in the window (PRICELESS)

I think since I am new to the Blogging community and I like you guys:
I should let them know I have some poker chops -
This was the second time I ever played this tourny.

kod - I love getting under there skin -

Full Tilt Poker Game #2788452362: Tier One $4+$0.40 Sit & Go (21265706), Table 1 - 25/50 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:42:21 ET - 2007/06/27

Dealt to WildDuces234 [2c 4c]
photonut321 calls 50
islandguymike folds
MikesPlace folds
WildDuces234 has 15 seconds left to act
WildDuces234 calls 50
Loanshark320 folds
againstallodds8 folds
Jpw2133 calls 25
jsm1289 checks

*** FLOP *** [3h 7d 5s]
jsm1289 bets 100
photonut321 folds
WildDuces234 calls 100
Jpw2133 raises to 500
jsm1289 folds

WildDuces234 has 15 seconds left to act
WildDuces234 raises to 2,015, and is all in

Jpw2133 calls 830, and is all in
WildDuces234 shows [2c 4c]
Jpw2133 shows [7s 7h]

Uncalled bet of 685 returned to WildDuces234
*** TURN *** [3h 7d 5s] [6h]
*** RIVER *** [3h 7d 5s 6h] [Ad]

WildDuces234 shows a straight, Seven high
Jpw2133 shows three of a kind, Sevens
WildDuces234 wins the pot (2,960) with a straight, Seven high
Jpw2133 stands up



(Observer): are you kidding me dude?MikesPlace: what up
actJpw2133 (Observer): what the hell was that?


(Observer): all in on a gut shot?MikesPlace:
rysonJpw2133 (Observer): please explain that freaking call
Jpw2133 (Observer): i have to know

Dealer: photonut321 has 15 seconds left to actWildDuces234: oesdMikesPlace: ryson

(Observer): come on dude explainJpw2133 (Observer): either you are a complete moron\

Jpw2133 (Observer): or you ahve a program showing you the cardsJpw2133 (Observer): which is it?
WildDuces234: OPEN ENDED DRAW

Jpw2133 (Observer): ALL INJpw2133 (Observer): after a reraiseWildDuces234: 2 PLACES PAID

Jpw2133 (Observer): 2/3 of your chips on a 16%Jpw2133 (Observer): 16% moron

WildDuces234: KOD
Jpw2133 (Observer): 16% chance of hittingDealer:

Jpw2133 (Observer): fuc,king donky

Jpw2133 (Observer): just say thatDealer
WildDuces234: KING OF DONKS
Jpw2133 (Observer): i am a donk and dont know anybetter
Jpw2133 (Observer): lol..16%..open ended
Jpw2133 (Observer): jesusDealer: againstall odds8 wins the pot (330)

WildDuces234: I WAS COMMITTED

jsm1289: i know my play is just as bad as ursDealer

actLoanshark320: u called preflop with ur hand, I had a hand preflop u had chitDealer:

photonut321 wins the pot (240)
WildDuces234: I LIKE 2 4
jsm1289: yes but ur flop play was aweful

Jack Queen, Jack Eight

Dimondgurl loves these godforsaken hands, Please leave here a comment;
Only If they are sooooted!

Do the limits matter?

I have been all over Full tilt - I have played the 10 25 cent tables for about 3 months while I learned the game a year ago. i had managed to make my way all the way up to the 2 4 NL game. fun fun fun. The quality of the game is much better there then it is at these raggy limits I have been playing. So why did I drop down. In a word, Bankroll. I play the same game in the 50 cent dollar game as I would in any 2 4 NL and I am capable of making a hundered a night - At this pace I will be back in the big game in 2 weeks. The action in the 2 4 NL game can really scare the crap outta ya If you dont have the cash to play it. So for now I will grind it out, win some tokens and see if I can pad the bank roll.

Who am I you ask?

Live in NJ. Love playing live poker games. I can readally be found playing in AC with my girlfriend who now loves the game as well. We both love going to tables together and Kicking ass! I may ask her to post here with me. The reason I am starting this blog. Well it simple really - I dont have a lot of poker buddies. I have been reading HOYAZA and Fuel55 and some others, maybe Ickarass since he seems to be a monster tourny player. But I really have enjoyed how these players have set up there blog community and I'd love to make a few friends through this.

I use to work in gothem. Before Poker I was a Chess and (horrible) backgammon player. Over all I am a big loser when it comes to Poker, or at least that is what I'd like to have you believe. With a few degrees in adv math and stats I get my fair share of wins and loses.

Yesterday I pulled a rather strong showing in the 19K garentee tourny. going out on AQ against A 10 who was in the BB. Very similar to a Blog posting by Hoy, I was all in for 13000 But the BB only needs to pay 7000 or so for a big pot/ anyway he made the call, as I know he should. But I was a strong 75 % having him dominated till he floped a 10. 27th paid a hundered twenty and change. I got seriously short stacked as the game went on - card dead and when I had a hand like 66 and a suited KQ there were already 2 in front of me all in - uggggg.

Notable First hand in the tourny was a monster, AK - I decided to Over play it - at the 25 50 level. one raise and a pot raise in frong of me. I make it 520 to go. Unbelievably I get 6 callers. Thinking OMG, I guess this is going to be quick if I hit an ace - So Flop comes As K(?) 3s. hmmmm from the SB I check. and the madness begins - UTG - all in. 3 more follow to call. I insta call- what am I up against A j, Ks Js, and JJ. some one said they folded JJ's so I quaddrupple up. Nice start to a 19 K. Dimondgurl81 tells me I should be playing more hands in these tournaments. I would disagree. I have adopted a rather strong sence of when My cards are going to hold up. I prefer to stay outta the big stacks way, with marginal hands. and I never over value soooted cards. Dimondgurl won a $10 45 player Sitgo last night so she's always has my respect as a card player -