Had alot of fun playing blogger tournaments on Monday and Tuesday.
Mondays tournament, at Full Tilt, hosted by Hammer had 82 players with the top 9 getting paid (first place also received a tourny entry to BBTwo Tournament of Champions). Was running well until a relative short stacked pushed from the cutoff, I have AKs and call. Cutoff flips over 94o.. Just what I didnt want to see.. 2 live cards (been running bad lately)... hoping for A rag. 9 on the flop and I am crippled. I then push with K2 on the button, BB flips over A9o, A on the flop and I am out in 26th place.
My bust out was eased by the fact that JD Shellnutt and I had a $10 side bet which I won (he was out about 60th or so).
Fun tournament and I plan to play each week. Visit the link above to find out more info about it.
Tuesdays tournament, at Bodog, hosted by Smokkee had 21 players with the top 3 getting paid and the top 9 getting tournament credit (from $11 to $109). Was also running well in this tournament until a equal stack raised from the cutoff.. I was in the BB with 77 and shoved (had some fold equity so I was hoping to just take the pot there). The cutoff calls with KQo... no K or Q flop, dodge the turn bullet.. K on the river.. Crippled and then gone in 13th place.. Cutoff is killing me in the these blogger tournys. Overall, very fun tournament and we started with a double stack (3000) chips so there was a chance to play some poker beyond just shoving all in.
Visit the link above to find out more info about it.
Lastly, again, I am new to blogging, so if you read this and have any helpful tips, let me know.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Monday, October 22, 2007
PLO Hand
Another PLO Hi hand I played at Sportbook a couple of months ago.
Pre Flop odds Flop Odds Turn Odds
Me (UncleBrad): 70% 42% 42%
Crimedog: 30% 58% 58%
Started out way ahead in this hand and probably should have raised with KKxx preflop but I am new to PLO so what do I know. Got a flop that made a straight for Crimedog but I couldnt lay down the flush draw in this spot. Before I looked at the odd on CardPlayers PLO calculator, I thought I was at 35% on the flop (similiar to Holdem) so it was interesting to find out that I was at 42% on the flop.. I wasnt as far behind as I thought.
The Turn committed me to the hand, having the nut flush draw and the full house draw. I wasnt going anywhere (and there was the possibility that I was now ahead on the turn (if he had 2 pair)). And with one card to come, I was still at 42%. (I put in 7.65 in on the turn, he called and now there is about $22 in the pot, so I the odds on my money are at 36%.. so I feel this was the right play).
The River was the end.. no help and I lost the pot.
For this type of hand, it might be best to lay it down on the flop to alot of action unless there are 2 other players in the pot. On the turn, I feel like I had the proper odds to put it all in. If anyone reads this and they play PLO Hi, please let me know what you think.
Also, found an answer to my previous post about idontgiveashi.. the player seems to be doing very well for themselves :-)
http://www.highstakesreport.com/reports/idontgiveashi-takes-down-70k-pl-omaha-win/
Pre Flop odds Flop Odds Turn Odds
Me (UncleBrad): 70% 42% 42%
Crimedog: 30% 58% 58%
Started out way ahead in this hand and probably should have raised with KKxx preflop but I am new to PLO so what do I know. Got a flop that made a straight for Crimedog but I couldnt lay down the flush draw in this spot. Before I looked at the odd on CardPlayers PLO calculator, I thought I was at 35% on the flop (similiar to Holdem) so it was interesting to find out that I was at 42% on the flop.. I wasnt as far behind as I thought.
The Turn committed me to the hand, having the nut flush draw and the full house draw. I wasnt going anywhere (and there was the possibility that I was now ahead on the turn (if he had 2 pair)). And with one card to come, I was still at 42%. (I put in 7.65 in on the turn, he called and now there is about $22 in the pot, so I the odds on my money are at 36%.. so I feel this was the right play).
The River was the end.. no help and I lost the pot.
For this type of hand, it might be best to lay it down on the flop to alot of action unless there are 2 other players in the pot. On the turn, I feel like I had the proper odds to put it all in. If anyone reads this and they play PLO Hi, please let me know what you think.
Also, found an answer to my previous post about idontgiveashi.. the player seems to be doing very well for themselves :-)
http://www.highstakesreport.com/reports/idontgiveashi-takes-down-70k-pl-omaha-win/
Friday, October 19, 2007
Who was it?
Started grinding on the .25/.50 PLO table last night about 9pm... bought in for $20 (max is $50) as I am working on a low buy in strategy that I read in the book "Secrets of Professional Pot-Limit Omaha " (about half way through the book but it has saved me hundreds already). A player named "idontgiveashi" was at the table and raising about every pot and see almost all of them down to the river. After idontgiveashi showed down several hands and got stacked 3 times, I was ready to mix it up in a pot with him/her. I got stacked on my first try when I missed with a str and flush draw (person on my right stacks me and idontgiveashi)... I rebuy for $20... I get KK22 double suited, idontgiveashi raises, person on my right calls, I push to isolate, person on my left reraises (now I know I am screwed), idontgiveashi goes all in, I have to go all in as I only have about $4 left, person on my left flips over AAxx and stacks me and idontgiveashi.
I rebuy and idontgiveashi rebuy's.. I lose $10 more.. I am now down $50 in about 10 minutes (great way to start my grind) and idontgiveashi gets stacked about 2 or 3 more times. Person on my left and right are now sitting with about $200 each (max buy in is $50) and again, I am down $50.
So idontgiveashi drops about $300 at the table and leaves. I still cant figure out if this player is just on a wicked tilt (which I doubt because I think they would have quit after about 3 buy ins) or they plays much higher stakes and is just having some fun at the lower limits. So I do a player search (if this player is on tilt, I want to join whatever tablehe/she is at) and I find idontgiveashi, by themselves, sitting at the 200/400 PLO table with over $80,000 sitting in front of them... so I found my answer... high roller having some fun.. wonder if it was one of the pros just burning some money at the lower limits and having some fun (glad he/she had some fun, I donkeyed off $50 trying to stack them.. lol).
I rebuy and idontgiveashi rebuy's.. I lose $10 more.. I am now down $50 in about 10 minutes (great way to start my grind) and idontgiveashi gets stacked about 2 or 3 more times. Person on my left and right are now sitting with about $200 each (max buy in is $50) and again, I am down $50.
So idontgiveashi drops about $300 at the table and leaves. I still cant figure out if this player is just on a wicked tilt (which I doubt because I think they would have quit after about 3 buy ins) or they plays much higher stakes and is just having some fun at the lower limits. So I do a player search (if this player is on tilt, I want to join whatever tablehe/she is at) and I find idontgiveashi, by themselves, sitting at the 200/400 PLO table with over $80,000 sitting in front of them... so I found my answer... high roller having some fun.. wonder if it was one of the pros just burning some money at the lower limits and having some fun (glad he/she had some fun, I donkeyed off $50 trying to stack them.. lol).
Thursday, October 18, 2007
PLO Hi Hand
This image is very poor, so I will list the hands
Me (SnappyLC at Sportbook): 2d 9c 4h 3c
2nd Player: 5h 8s 5d 4s
3rd Player: 6c 9s 7h 9d
Flop: Ah 5s 9c
Turn: 8c
River: 10h
Was playing for awhile at Sportsbook.. was alot of fun.. loose games and you can deposit via credit card but it took 3+ months for me to make a withdrawal so I moved back to FT.
Here was a hand I played in Omaha Hi, the percentages and my assessment.
| Preflop | Flop | Turn |
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| Me: 0% |
Called the one dollar flop bet but folded when the person raised it to 5.95. Made a good fold as I as a well behind on the flop, even with 3 cards to a straight. Notice how far behind the set of 5s are to the set of 9s. I have lost quite a few pots getting it all in with second set in Omaha (nothing like Holdem where a set over set is rare).
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Tournament Results
A little background first. After going broke about 5 times, I decided to read a couple of articles about bankroll management and tournaments. An article by Chris Furguson (where he turned $20 into $20,000) advised only using 2% of your bankroll for any tournament buy in. An article I read by cracknaces (former blogger) advised 1% of your bankroll. So for my tournament buy ins, I am using the 1% rule (staying on the safe side) and only playing in tournaments that cost $12 or less (my bankroll is currently around $1200).
Played 3 tournaments last night:
At 8:45, I played the $5.50 Omaha Hi/Lo Limit tournament on Full Tilt. There was about 136 players and I finished 3rd and cashed for $77. I have been running well in this tournament lately with 6 final tables (2nd, 3rd, 5th, 5th and 6th) over my last 20 tournaments.
At 9:45, I played in the $5.50 Razz Limit tournament on FT. It been a long time since I played Razz but I like the game and my mom was also playing (yanamama is her user name.. we have a restaurant in Swansboro called Yana's (sisters name) and thus she plays as yanamama). I busted out about 33rd (64 players) and mom finished 10th (right outside the money)... so I got my a@@ kicked by my mom.. luckily we didnt have an side bets.. lol
At 10:20, I played in the $8.70 PLO super satellite to FTOP#4 on FT. This was my homerun swing for the night. Most of the time I am grinding it out in the small buy in tournament and PLO Hi cash game but I am going to start playing the super sats to FTOPS and Aussie qualifier so that maybe I can score a "big" win in the future. There was 35 players and the top 2 got a seat in the Satellite (which is in November) and 3 through 5 paid. I finished 8th. I was card dead (only played about 20% of my hand on a 6 top PLO table.. usually around 35 - 40%) and the player to my right was pounding on me by raising about every other pot. I called about half the raises but couldnt hit.. I definitely need to work on a strategy to counter that type of aggressive play (call and hope to hit a hand did not work).. felt like I had been in a boxing match after that player got done with me :-).. so no homerun tonight.. I will keep at it though.
Played 3 tournaments last night:
At 8:45, I played the $5.50 Omaha Hi/Lo Limit tournament on Full Tilt. There was about 136 players and I finished 3rd and cashed for $77. I have been running well in this tournament lately with 6 final tables (2nd, 3rd, 5th, 5th and 6th) over my last 20 tournaments.
At 9:45, I played in the $5.50 Razz Limit tournament on FT. It been a long time since I played Razz but I like the game and my mom was also playing (yanamama is her user name.. we have a restaurant in Swansboro called Yana's (sisters name) and thus she plays as yanamama). I busted out about 33rd (64 players) and mom finished 10th (right outside the money)... so I got my a@@ kicked by my mom.. luckily we didnt have an side bets.. lol
At 10:20, I played in the $8.70 PLO super satellite to FTOP#4 on FT. This was my homerun swing for the night. Most of the time I am grinding it out in the small buy in tournament and PLO Hi cash game but I am going to start playing the super sats to FTOPS and Aussie qualifier so that maybe I can score a "big" win in the future. There was 35 players and the top 2 got a seat in the Satellite (which is in November) and 3 through 5 paid. I finished 8th. I was card dead (only played about 20% of my hand on a 6 top PLO table.. usually around 35 - 40%) and the player to my right was pounding on me by raising about every other pot. I called about half the raises but couldnt hit.. I definitely need to work on a strategy to counter that type of aggressive play (call and hope to hit a hand did not work).. felt like I had been in a boxing match after that player got done with me :-).. so no homerun tonight.. I will keep at it though.
Welcome to Untiltable!
Welcome. This is my second attempt at starting a blog.. I got slack last time and let the blog go.. but I am determined this time and I am going to stay on top of it. A little about myself, I teach computer related courses at a community college in NC and I have been playing poker for about 2 and half years. For the first 2 years, I only played NL and Limit holdem. Recently, I have been concentration on learning more about Omaha Hi and Omaha Hi/Lo. For the blog, I plan on posting information about Omaha hands, tournaments and my bankroll grind (gone broke trying to grind out a bankroll about 5 times and I have learned some lessons that hopefully will allow me to keep enough money to play on this time.... and thus I am now.. UNTILTABLE...lol :-)
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