17.07.2007

i got the whine, who moved my cheese?

This is starting to sound like I am whining a lot, and trust me, I am.
I started this blog after having some reasonable success at poker, coming *this* close to Q'ing for London and only missing a couple of finales by an inch.
These last two days have been horrendous. But read:

We're late in the $8 satellite, four players remaining, first two get seats.
The blinds are beginning to hurt hat 400/800 with 75 ante, so I call 800 with 9Tc, and meet 8c 2c Td, heads up. An okay flush/straight draw with top pair! Turn comes 6h, I'm a made man (almost). Any club, any 7, and probably any T or 9 will take this home, ensuring comfy second place in chips, depending on how I can milk him.
I bet pot, which puts me all-in. The guy calls. Reveals: Ad Jc.

River..... J.
Nice, man.
I'm starting to feel like switching to Tequila after all.

Another $3 satellite, then.
I am eliminated holding AJ, flopping A7J and some other guy running the straight 7 to Jack with 9T in hand. Where the 8 hit? On the river. My outs: 4 for a full house. His: 4 for a straight. Fair enough, I guess.

I play a total of eight satellites this evening, come close to a seat four times, twice only by the width of an opponent's out on the river.

tuesday night, taking another shot

(at Q'ing, not Tequila. Beck's Gold is the weapon of choice here, ladies and gentlemen)

9:15pm
$3.45 satellite to the satellite to the $350 finale. I don't get it. Some guys go all-in whenever they hold a hand bettern than TJo, it seems. People all-in and all-in reraising all over the place. This is like the Western Bar fight where you kinda duck behind the counter hoping not to get hit by a stray bullet. If I could just get a pocket pair, please? The best hand I get is an AQ, which i lose the following way:

Dealt to 2weiX [ Qh, Ad ]
2weiX raises to [350]
marlboromed calls [275]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Qs, 2h, 6h ]
2weiX goes all-in
2weiX bets [520]
marlboromed calls [520]
** Showdown **
marlboromed shows [ 5s, 6s ]
2weiX shows [ Qh, Ad ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 4s ]
** Dealing River ** [ 6c ]
marlboromed wins 1,890 from main pot with three of a kind, Sixes.
Your tournament rank is 16 (out of 27, you dumbfuck loser).

I mean, c'mon. If this was indeed a bad play by me, by all means, tell me so. I don't think so, tho. With 1000er stacks and 2-minute levels I think this all-in was justified. Was it? He had one pair and something of a flush draw going, I guess.


9:45pm
$8 satellite.

Dealt to 2weiX [ Kd, Ad ]
horse1 calls [20]
2weiX raises to [60]
horse1 calls [40]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Ks, 6s, 6c ]
2weiX bets [140]
horse1 calls [140]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 6d ]
2weiX bets [280]
horse1 calls [280]
** Dealing River ** [ 8c ]
horse1 goes all-in
horse1 bets [205]
2weiX calls [205]
horse1 shows [ 8s, 8d ] full house, Eights full of Sixes
2weiX shows [ Kd, Ad ] full house, Sixes full of Kings
horse1 wins 1,390 from main pot with full house, Eights full of Sixes

WTF?