so yesterday, i decided i was fed up with de anza. so this morning i dropped.... everything. im no longer going to attend summer school. instead im going to fire up again next fall over at west valley. this means i will be attending the cruise to mexico next week :). im very excited about the cruise, i get to hang out with my distant family. im really starting to get my flow back in poker as well. i feel like im making goo dreads again and i think ill win all my money back from my blow up within a few weeks. the blow up totaled around $12,000 before i finally got things turned around. now, not taking summer classes means i should be playing a lot of tournament poker this summer. i may even be traveling to New York for some events at turning stone. im kind of excited about all this change but im still feeling a bit skeptical as everything was pretty much spur of the moment, this morning i was a de anza student and had no intentions of changing that, now ive completely dropped it.
ive been really active heads up lately, heres a hand i played earlier this week, kind of been how things have been flowin.
Full Tilt Poker Game #2784908545: Table Reed (heads up) - $2/$4 - No Limit Hold'em - 13:02:15 ET - 2007/06/27
Seat 1: donkyslayer ($357.20)
Seat 2: Kadabra ($481.50)
donkyslayer posts the small blind of $2
Kadabra posts the big blind of $4
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Kadabra [Jh 8h]
donkyslayer raises to $12
Kadabra calls $8
*** FLOP *** [5h 3c Ad]
Kadabra checks
donkyslayer bets $16
Kadabra raises to $39
donkyslayer has 15 seconds left to act
donkyslayer raises to $84
Kadabra has 15 seconds left to act
Kadabra raises to $129
donkyslayer folds
Uncalled bet of $45 returned to Kadabra
Kadabra mucks
Kadabra wins the pot ($191.50)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $192 | Rake $0.50
Board: [5h 3c Ad]
Seat 1: donkyslayer (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 2: Kadabra (big blind) collected ($191.50), mucked
so donkslayer made a standard raise on the button. i called with a marginal holding and the flop came with an ace
i checked it. he bet 16, i felt like if he wanted action hed bet 12, so i put in a raise.
he made a good reraise, realizing i could do this with complete air. and also thinking i wouldnt think he would reraise without an ace or a set.
the raise smelled for a few reasons
if he had an ace with a weak kicker, he just call.
if he had 2 pair or ace with a strong kicker he would make his reraise larger, push out draws and get more money in the pot incase i have a medium solid hand.
so i decide to make a small reraise. the reason i made it small, is because if he actually does have a hand, he will call or move in and im practically drawing dead. if he has nothing my small raise is as good as a big raise
thanks for reading
Friday, June 29, 2007
Sunday, June 24, 2007
New post
So right now its crunch time for school. ive been working relatively hard, and ill be finished with the quarter after finals next week. but much to lazy to type about school. as far as poker goes, im starting to get back on track. ive made a couple of good reads lately. yesterday i played someone heads up for about 4 hours, he was up a grand or more at one point and i continued to play for the 4 hours and finally got my man. i think i went up about 1500-2000. it was a good moral victory tho, really shows how much variance there is in a heads up match.
personal life
been mostly getting high using my new vaporizer every month. kind of having second thoughts tho, i might just go buy a volcano because people keep telling me its much better. Friday i went with some buddies to marios party, good times. Also met a waitress at chilis. waitresses are the hardest people to read on the planet. you never can really tell if there flirting with you because their friendly, or because they want a boosted tip. she had a really outgoing personality and was fun to talk to. i never was able to squeeze in a request for her number. so i took phils advice and did the lamest last second desperation shot. left my number on bill, hopefully she doesnt charge my credit card for 7 figures :)
also, at a party the other day, some girl guessed my nationality in one guess. 19 years and no one has even come close to guessing i was Armenian. many people guess im Irish, which is true im half Irish half Armenian. most people dont even know there is a country called armenia. so i was very impressed.
personal life
been mostly getting high using my new vaporizer every month. kind of having second thoughts tho, i might just go buy a volcano because people keep telling me its much better. Friday i went with some buddies to marios party, good times. Also met a waitress at chilis. waitresses are the hardest people to read on the planet. you never can really tell if there flirting with you because their friendly, or because they want a boosted tip. she had a really outgoing personality and was fun to talk to. i never was able to squeeze in a request for her number. so i took phils advice and did the lamest last second desperation shot. left my number on bill, hopefully she doesnt charge my credit card for 7 figures :)
also, at a party the other day, some girl guessed my nationality in one guess. 19 years and no one has even come close to guessing i was Armenian. many people guess im Irish, which is true im half Irish half Armenian. most people dont even know there is a country called armenia. so i was very impressed.
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
played a hand well today
Full Tilt Poker Game #2719314533: Table Chad (deep 6) - $2.50/$5 - No Limit Hold'em - 12:37:10 ET - 2007/06/20
Seat 2: Kadabra ($1,098.50)
Seat 3: erusugen ($1,062)
Kadabra posts the small blind of $2.50
erusugen posts the big blind of $5
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Kadabra [5s 6s]
Kadabra raises to $15
erusugen raises to $52
Kadabra calls $37
*** FLOP *** [Ks 3d 2s]
erusugen bets $83
Kadabra has 15 seconds left to act
Kadabra calls $83
*** TURN *** [Ks 3d 2s] [7s]
erusugen has 15 seconds left to act
erusugen checks
Kadabra has 15 seconds left to act
Kadabra bets $180
erusugen has 15 seconds left to act
erusugen calls $180
*** RIVER *** [Ks 3d 2s 7s] [Th]
erusugen checks
Kadabra has 15 seconds left to act
Kadabra has requested TIME
Kadabra bets $783.50, and is all in
erusugen has 15 seconds left to act
erusugen has requested TIME
OceanStorm sits down
OceanStorm adds $1,000
erusugen calls $747, and is all in
Uncalled bet of $36.50 returned to Kadabra
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Kadabra shows [5s 6s] a flush, King high
erusugen mucks
Kadabra wins the pot ($2,123.50) with a flush, King high
erusugen is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $2,124 | Rake $0.50
Board: [Ks 3d 2s 7s Th]
Seat 2: Kadabra (small blind) showed [5s 6s] and won ($2,123.50) with a flush, King high
Seat 3: erusugen (big blind) mucked [As Kc] - a pair of Kings
on the flop i figured his bet to be something along the lines of 99-AA, AK
so instead or raising, i flat call.
turn
ding.
now i have exactly what i want. he checks, now i always have an aggressive image at the table, so im sure if he has a king or better he will call any bet. so i bet 2/3ish the pot. takes his time, and calls.
this to me says he has a big hand (possibly wants to see the board pair). and might want to jus check it down because hes scared of the flush.
river is a dream card
he takes a few seconds and checks to me. i ponder and move all in, why all in? why not 400. if i bet 400 he can think hmm, hes betting a set, or 2 pair, or even a flush. when i move all in, in his mind, i either got the nuts or nothing, so its a smaller range of hands he can put me on. which allows him to call me with just one pair, (in some cases even just high card) im putting him on something like what he has, AK KK AA. im mostly putting him on AA here (hopefully with the ace of spades, if he has the ace of spades then i can not have the nuts, which makes my bet look more like a bluff.)
Now a buddy of mine brought up an excellent point, he said
Ok...I understand that in the end you won the hand....BULLY FOR YOU!!! WTG!! GG you!! and all that.
Here's where I don't get it, and it may just be me but I Really don't get it. How could you get 50+ dollars into a hand PREFLOP with 5,6 suited? Is that really a strong enough hand to put that much in a pot?
I am not knocking the hand, you won it so wooooot!!! But I have a real tough time justifying the amount of money you risked preflop.
Is it me? or do I still have ALOT to learn when it comes to what hands I should risk money on
my response
glad you asked ryll
this is very situational, if this was a tournament, and we only had lets say, 40 big blinds each, i wouldnt dream about making this call pre flop. however, in this cashed game, we each have over 200 big blinds.
you might think, 10 big blinds, 10000 big blinds, whats the difference? the hands are still worth the same value.
with 200 big blinds, im willing to risk 7 to try to win all of his money. now 65 is 6 high. but 65 has a lot of potential to make a strait and a flush, if low cards come its pretty hidden that my cards match too, and if he has an overpair i might make a lot of money.
so does this mean when the stacks are deep you should make a call every hand
absolutely not
56s is a great hand to do it with, now in comparision, if i had, for instance, K2, this would be a fold.
when i make a hand with 56, i almost always know exactly where im at, with k2, you could be outkicked, you can be dominated, its hard to get away from top pair. with 56 if it comes 6JQ, its easy to get away cheaply.
when the stacks are this deep and i have a hand like 46s 56s 57s 87s etc
and i raise, im begging for a reraise. why? because i can bust a hand like AA KK QQ AK. deep stack tournaments are very similar.
if you have any other questions about it, feel free to let me know
too add to this
lets say same stakes, but we only had like 250 bucks in front of us, when he reraises, im folding here pretty much always.
Seat 2: Kadabra ($1,098.50)
Seat 3: erusugen ($1,062)
Kadabra posts the small blind of $2.50
erusugen posts the big blind of $5
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Kadabra [5s 6s]
Kadabra raises to $15
erusugen raises to $52
Kadabra calls $37
*** FLOP *** [Ks 3d 2s]
erusugen bets $83
Kadabra has 15 seconds left to act
Kadabra calls $83
*** TURN *** [Ks 3d 2s] [7s]
erusugen has 15 seconds left to act
erusugen checks
Kadabra has 15 seconds left to act
Kadabra bets $180
erusugen has 15 seconds left to act
erusugen calls $180
*** RIVER *** [Ks 3d 2s 7s] [Th]
erusugen checks
Kadabra has 15 seconds left to act
Kadabra has requested TIME
Kadabra bets $783.50, and is all in
erusugen has 15 seconds left to act
erusugen has requested TIME
OceanStorm sits down
OceanStorm adds $1,000
erusugen calls $747, and is all in
Uncalled bet of $36.50 returned to Kadabra
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Kadabra shows [5s 6s] a flush, King high
erusugen mucks
Kadabra wins the pot ($2,123.50) with a flush, King high
erusugen is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $2,124 | Rake $0.50
Board: [Ks 3d 2s 7s Th]
Seat 2: Kadabra (small blind) showed [5s 6s] and won ($2,123.50) with a flush, King high
Seat 3: erusugen (big blind) mucked [As Kc] - a pair of Kings
on the flop i figured his bet to be something along the lines of 99-AA, AK
so instead or raising, i flat call.
turn
ding.
now i have exactly what i want. he checks, now i always have an aggressive image at the table, so im sure if he has a king or better he will call any bet. so i bet 2/3ish the pot. takes his time, and calls.
this to me says he has a big hand (possibly wants to see the board pair). and might want to jus check it down because hes scared of the flush.
river is a dream card
he takes a few seconds and checks to me. i ponder and move all in, why all in? why not 400. if i bet 400 he can think hmm, hes betting a set, or 2 pair, or even a flush. when i move all in, in his mind, i either got the nuts or nothing, so its a smaller range of hands he can put me on. which allows him to call me with just one pair, (in some cases even just high card) im putting him on something like what he has, AK KK AA. im mostly putting him on AA here (hopefully with the ace of spades, if he has the ace of spades then i can not have the nuts, which makes my bet look more like a bluff.)
Now a buddy of mine brought up an excellent point, he said
Ok...I understand that in the end you won the hand....BULLY FOR YOU!!! WTG!! GG you!! and all that.
Here's where I don't get it, and it may just be me but I Really don't get it. How could you get 50+ dollars into a hand PREFLOP with 5,6 suited? Is that really a strong enough hand to put that much in a pot?
I am not knocking the hand, you won it so wooooot!!! But I have a real tough time justifying the amount of money you risked preflop.
Is it me? or do I still have ALOT to learn when it comes to what hands I should risk money on
my response
glad you asked ryll
this is very situational, if this was a tournament, and we only had lets say, 40 big blinds each, i wouldnt dream about making this call pre flop. however, in this cashed game, we each have over 200 big blinds.
you might think, 10 big blinds, 10000 big blinds, whats the difference? the hands are still worth the same value.
with 200 big blinds, im willing to risk 7 to try to win all of his money. now 65 is 6 high. but 65 has a lot of potential to make a strait and a flush, if low cards come its pretty hidden that my cards match too, and if he has an overpair i might make a lot of money.
so does this mean when the stacks are deep you should make a call every hand
absolutely not
56s is a great hand to do it with, now in comparision, if i had, for instance, K2, this would be a fold.
when i make a hand with 56, i almost always know exactly where im at, with k2, you could be outkicked, you can be dominated, its hard to get away from top pair. with 56 if it comes 6JQ, its easy to get away cheaply.
when the stacks are this deep and i have a hand like 46s 56s 57s 87s etc
and i raise, im begging for a reraise. why? because i can bust a hand like AA KK QQ AK. deep stack tournaments are very similar.
if you have any other questions about it, feel free to let me know
too add to this
lets say same stakes, but we only had like 250 bucks in front of us, when he reraises, im folding here pretty much always.
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
My explosion vol. 6
so who didn't see it coming...? i blew up again. i was playing someone heads up and got coolered. then someone bad beated me. then i lost a few variance plays. somewhere between all that this happened.
Full Tilt Poker Game #2595862284: Table Avon (heads up) - $5/$10 - No Limit Hold'em - 5:45:05 ET - 2007/06/06
Seat 1: Fluffdog ($1,000)
Seat 2: Kadabra ($1,684)
Fluffdog posts the small blind of $5
Kadabra posts the big blind of $10
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Kadabra [Qh Qc]
Fluffdog raises to $30
Kadabra raises to $90
Fluffdog calls $60
*** FLOP *** [6h 9c 5d]
Kadabra bets $180
Fluffdog calls $180
*** TURN *** [6h 9c 5d] [7d]
Kadabra checks
Fluffdog bets $330
Kadabra raises to $1,414, and is all in
Fluffdog calls $400, and is all in
Kadabra shows [Qh Qc]
Fluffdog shows [Ah Jd]
Uncalled bet of $684 returned to Kadabra
*** RIVER *** [6h 9c 5d 7d] [Ac]
Kadabra shows a pair of Queens
Fluffdog shows a pair of Aces
Fluffdog wins the pot ($1,999.50) with a pair of Aces
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $2,000 | Rake $0.50
Board: [6h 9c 5d 7d Ac]
Seat 1: Fluffdog (small blind) showed [Ah Jd] and won ($1,999.50) with a pair of Aces
Seat 2: Kadabra (big blind) showed [Qh Qc] and lost with a pair of Queens
then he rubbed it in, and i went nuts. i knew at this point i should go to bed. but instead i proceeded to lose about 7 grand on the night. for some reason its not bothering me as much as it ussually does. i have 1k left in my account and i cashed out a little bit. im going to try and rebuild and get myself back in the game. if i can get to 10 by the end of the month ill be happy. right now i just have to suck it up and take this one.
Full Tilt Poker Game #2595862284: Table Avon (heads up) - $5/$10 - No Limit Hold'em - 5:45:05 ET - 2007/06/06
Seat 1: Fluffdog ($1,000)
Seat 2: Kadabra ($1,684)
Fluffdog posts the small blind of $5
Kadabra posts the big blind of $10
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Kadabra [Qh Qc]
Fluffdog raises to $30
Kadabra raises to $90
Fluffdog calls $60
*** FLOP *** [6h 9c 5d]
Kadabra bets $180
Fluffdog calls $180
*** TURN *** [6h 9c 5d] [7d]
Kadabra checks
Fluffdog bets $330
Kadabra raises to $1,414, and is all in
Fluffdog calls $400, and is all in
Kadabra shows [Qh Qc]
Fluffdog shows [Ah Jd]
Uncalled bet of $684 returned to Kadabra
*** RIVER *** [6h 9c 5d 7d] [Ac]
Kadabra shows a pair of Queens
Fluffdog shows a pair of Aces
Fluffdog wins the pot ($1,999.50) with a pair of Aces
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $2,000 | Rake $0.50
Board: [6h 9c 5d 7d Ac]
Seat 1: Fluffdog (small blind) showed [Ah Jd] and won ($1,999.50) with a pair of Aces
Seat 2: Kadabra (big blind) showed [Qh Qc] and lost with a pair of Queens
then he rubbed it in, and i went nuts. i knew at this point i should go to bed. but instead i proceeded to lose about 7 grand on the night. for some reason its not bothering me as much as it ussually does. i have 1k left in my account and i cashed out a little bit. im going to try and rebuild and get myself back in the game. if i can get to 10 by the end of the month ill be happy. right now i just have to suck it up and take this one.
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