Completely outplayed

Limp 57o UTG, call a raise, then call a shove with a gutshot. Easy game...

Full Tilt Poker $10 + $1 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t30/t60 Blinds - 7 players - View hand 150363

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CO: t2030 M = 22.56

BTN: t1280 M = 14.22

Hero (SB): t920 M = 10.22

BB: t4010 M = 44.56

UTG: t3890 M = 43.22

UTG+1: t2320 M = 25.78

MP: t1370 M = 15.22



Pre Flop: (t90) Hero is SB with 9 9

UTG calls t60, 4 folds, Hero raises to t240, 1 fold, UTG calls t180



Flop: (t540) 4 8 J (2 players)

Hero bets t680 all in, UTG calls t680



Turn: (t1900) 3 (2 players - 1 is all in)



River: (t1900) 6 (2 players - 1 is all in)



Final Pot: t1900

Hero shows 9 9 (a pair of Nines)

UTG shows 5 7 (a straight, Eight high)

UTG wins t1900

Easy fold when u play on Stars

Poker Stars $0.02/$0.05 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 6 players - http://www.thehandconverter.com/hands/149158
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MP: $9.99
CO: $10.18
BTN: $5.01
SB: $5.91
Hero (BB): $3.54
UTG: $2.85

Pre Flop: ($0.07) Hero is BB with Kd Kc 2c 7d
1 fold, MP raises to $0.15, CO calls $0.15, 2 folds, Hero calls $0.10

Flop: ($0.47) 5h Kh 5s (3 players)
Hero checks, MP bets $0.15, CO calls $0.15, Hero calls $0.15

Turn: ($0.92) Ah (3 players)
Hero checks, MP bets $0.25, CO raises to $0.50, Hero folds, MP raises to $0.75, CO calls $0.25

River: ($2.42) Qd (2 players)
MP bets $2.32, CO calls $2.32

Final Pot: $7.06
MP shows 8d 9h Ad Ac (a full house, Aces full of Fives)
CO shows Qh 3h Qs 6h (a full house, Queens full of Fives)
MP wins $6.76
(Rake: $0.30)

Hmm, how can I lose this on the flop?

Poker Stars $3.00+$0.40 Pot Limit Omaha Hi Tournament - t75/t150 Blinds - 3 players - http://www.thehandconverter.com/hands/149133
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BB: t4190 M = 18.62
BTN: t8700 M = 38.67
Hero (SB): t610 M = 2.71

Pre Flop: (t225) Hero is SB with Qs 3d 6d Qd
1 fold, Hero raises to t450, BB calls t300

Flop: (t900) 5c 9h 5d (2 players)
Hero bets t160 all in, BB calls t160

Turn: (t1220) Td (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: (t1220) 8s (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: t1220
BB shows Qh Ks Jd 3h (a straight, Eight to Queen)
Hero shows Qs 3d 6d Qd (two pair, Queens and Fives)
BB wins t1220

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Poker Stars $2.00+$0.20 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t100/t200 Blinds + t25 - 8 players - View hand 143642

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CO: t7340 M = 14.68

BTN: t10976 M = 21.95

Hero (SB): t8020 M = 16.04

BB: t4488 M = 8.98

UTG: t3495 M = 6.99

UTG+1: t2530 M = 5.06

MP1: t8830 M = 17.66

MP2: t6600 M = 13.20



Pre Flop: (t500) Hero is SB with 4 T

UTG calls t200, 5 folds, Hero calls t100, BB checks



Flop: (t800) 4 K 4 (3 players)

Hero checks, BB checks, UTG bets t600, Hero calls t600, BB folds



Turn: (t2000) 7 (2 players)

Hero checks, UTG bets t2000, Hero raises to t4000, UTG calls t670 all in



River: (t7340) 7 (2 players - 1 is all in)



Final Pot: t7340

Hero shows 4 T (a full house, Fours full of Sevens)

UTG shows 7 7 (four of a kind, Sevens)

UTG wins t7340

Typical me, typical me, typical me....

...I started something, and now I'm not too sure.

As soon as I blog about being up $300 on FT I have my worst losing session there since returning. Playing such low stakes I hadn't been losing or winning that much per session but a couple of days ago I dropped around $250 in one hit.

In a HU hand of PLO I paid off the nut flush with the second nut flush when we both flopped it - not sure how bad that was, although he did basically fire 3 barrels and I don't know how many low-limit donks would do that without the nuts??? - and on my other tables seemed to have one of those days when I missed absolutely everything; either whiffed the flop completely or flopped a huge draw then missed the turn and river.

Only pleasing thing was managing not to tilt for once ;) and I returned tonight to win a big chunk of it back.

After busting out of an MTT early in a 4-way all-in pot for the monster chip lead - my 66 v QQ v Ac4c and 8c9c on 9c6c4h flop (club on river obv) - I switched from PLO to PLO8 and caught a beauty.

I have Ax99 in a raised 3-way pot. Flop is 983. It goes check, bet and I think of raising here but call to rope along the dope in the SB with a low looking likely.

Turn is a beautiful 3 and it's again check, bet and this time I shove. SB calls with A234 and donk who has been pushing the action calls with some crap like A4xx, drawing dead.

I'm shouting at the computer for a Q but happily take a K instead and scoop a $240 pot. Let's hope there is more to come.

Finally....

An update, FWIW.

Had a great time as ever in Vegas over New Year, but that was obviously so long ago it's not worth recounting now.

On the poker front I finally cleared enough points and maintained GOLD status for long enough on Stars to order my PS3, which to their credit was promptly shipped and arrived less than 2 weeks later IIRC. Then switched my remaining money (thanks to Lilkimmer77) to Full Tilt for rakeback purposes and so far up around $300 grinding it out playing the $40 CAP PLO games.

Should be up another $10 but wasted that on two buy-ins to the Brit Blogger Game on Sunday evenings ;)

1st week I built a good stack and then lost with KK v A10o all-in pre, tonight I never got anything going at all after arriving late and it was my turn to lose with A10 (Ace fucking 10!!!! Dave) when NYRambler shoved K8 from the SB into my BB - Can't blame him for doing so as I was short, 8 on the flop of course.

In other news, bought a new (used) car on Saturday, trading in my short-lived SAAB 9-3 for an Audi A3.

Might post some pics when I get some new alloys :)

Jigsaw Falling into Place*

Briefly some awesome news. I'm off to Vegas again for New Year for the princely sum of £320.

Stopped into Thomas Cook in the White Rose Centre after finishing Xmas shopping on the off chance they had a good deal (really wasn't expecting much).

Turns out they have a direct flight from Manchester on Dec 31, 7 night stay for £380.

Sounds great, so I get home, manage to get the extra time off work I need, and go on their website to book it. And even better news, it's only £320 on there!!!!!

Dwal has kindly offered me use of his room at IP for the few days he's there and I'll book something else when he's gone. I was beginning to doubt there would be such a good deal available, unless it was a risky really last-minute job, so this has been a great day.

Fired up Stars and won $250 too on some PLO and small tourney cash, although I did get unlucky/impatient in a PLO tourney and blew a decent stack, and also busted my last MTT on the bubble when AK lost to JJ when he flopped quads :)

Finally, it's the 8-game tourney tonight in the Blogger WCOP and that should be great fun.

* Radiohead, In Rainbows