Nasty river: 15K GTD final table

This guy Vanje was the only LAG left in the final few tables. He had accumulated tons of chips, raising close to 50% of hands, against an extremely tight field comprised mainly of Broomcorn's Uncles.

When he limped in, I elected to complete my SB with J♦T♦; then immediately shoved around Quadruple-Pot, preferring to take it down on the J♦9♥8♥ flop than to race. My holding was favored against almost all plausible holdings (even big overpairs, in case Vanje happened to be trapping). 

True to a loose nature, he tanked briefly and called with K♥5♥, the very top of his "limp/chase-down" range. It turns out to be nearly a perfect break-even chip decision: calling off ~20K to win ~28K is equivalent to 42.2% pot odds. Whether or not it was a smart move to jeopardize so many chips on a draw - that is a question I leave to the endgame theoretical gurus... He decided to "roll the dice" with his chip leadership and 43% equity in the hand, hoping (possibly praying) to destroy me, which I will take as a compliment.

Just another one of those nasty rivers!

A week in the life of a low stakes tournament player pt. 2

P. Stars, Ongame and Everest

(these tourneys were also played during the week of Jan. 6th-13th )

hrs. played: roughly 35


P.Stars: 12$ (45 man turbo) 6.50$ (45 man turbo) 12$ (180 man turbo)

23 games played 20 games played 2 games played

276$ in buy-ins 130$ in buy-ins 24$ buy-ins

wins: 32$ wins: 0$ wins: 0$

profit: -244$ profit: -130$ profit: -24$


Total profit on P.Stars: -418$
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Ongame: 54$ (ticket) Aussie Daily 3,000$ gntd. (76ppl.) X

8$ rebuy turbo qual. to 54$ ticket (15$ spent) X

11$ qual. to 108$ tick. X

11$ 2,000$ gntd +9$ W

11$ turbo 30 man X

11$ turbo 30 man X

11$ turbo 30 man X

8$ qual. to 54$ tick. won a 54$ tick. W

22$ doublestack SH 4,000$ gntd. X

6 x 11$ turbo 10 man: +2$ W

54$ (tick.) 1,600 gntd (37ppl.) X

10$ rebuy 31$ (3,000$ gntd) X

11$ qual. to 108$ tick. X

8$ qual. to 54$ tick. X

22$ turbo (210 ppl) X


Total buy-ins: 238$ Total wins: 11$ Total profits: -227$
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Everest:

11$ 1,000 gntd. +130$ (3rd place) W

22$ 1,000 gntd. X

11$ qual. to 108$ tick ( 50,000$ gntd.) +108$ tick. W

Total buy ins: 44$ Total wins: 130$ and a 108$ tick. Total profit: +86$ and a 108$ tick.

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Total profit for all sites ( refer to pt.1 ) Merge, P.Stars, Ongame, and Everest: -473$ + a 108$ tick.

A week in the life of a low stakes tournament player

Jan. 6th-13th

I tried to keep track of the # of hours I played during this week, but unfortunately I forgot to log this info on a session or two. I did however record every single tourney that I played during this week.

-Estimated # of hours played: 35hrs
-# of times I felt sick to my stomach as a result of screw ups: roughly 4

OK here's my list of tourneys played and subsequent results ( I will make different posts for each network)

Merge: Nightowl 22$ (145 ppl) 3rd place (+278$)
Nightowl 22$ (151) X
5$ rebuy 15$ (227)X
10$ turbo rebuy 30$X
16$ bounty (+24$)
16$ 1,250$ gntd. X
16$ 1,500$ gntd. SH X
16$ 2,750$ gntd X
22$ Nightowl X
11$ rebuy 3,500$ gntd. 41$ X

Total buy-ins 196$ Total profit: 82$

He had a good point

[You see Hubert, there's an unnaturally jubilant muppet hot on your tail.]

He had a good point - Don't Worry About The Mule...

PHRGuySmiley123:

yall dodged a massive bullet tonite

imME7227:

later bum

PHRGuySmiley123:

til next time. again - AA and disconnect . discuss

imME7227:

theres a reason ur out dont lose ur money save it 4 ur crap connection

PHRGuySmiley123:

i love you

imME7227:

sweet

PHRGuySmiley123:

This typical Merge Network USA-resident dingle-dick with the scientifically-engineered tilting avatar made a good point and received his syrupy reward.

Earlyish-on, with 1200ish chips, a loose image, 5 limpers and a raiser to 155, having woken up with AA in late position and tanked while deciding whether to make it 420 or 500ish; with a streaming Kaytradamus high-quality MP3 coming to completion thus necessitating a switch, having decided on the former bet size - and clicked - precisely then, with 40% of my stack committed and the action unclosed, did my computer crash.

After rebooting, immediately upon my re-seating, I received the above saltiness, following a scolding from "imME7227" for typing during a hand. (He'd already folded, I might add.) I promptly shoved 750 chips over some limpers, got called by some hero's 9♣7♣, and was rudely forced out of the 3K NightOwl in my attempt to climb somewhere above the starting chip amount...

¡That table dodged a massive bullet, by Great Odin's bearD!

2011.01.11 1:35am

1st would have been nice...but 3rd is better than a kick in the teeth....

Hubert Selby takes 3rd again in Merge's 3k gtd Nightowl