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January 29, 2005
"You're wicked bad luck baby"
-GROB, 1/25/05
Yea...that may be true. GROB was slumming it with me at the .10/.25 tables at UB, just killing time while he was also in a NL tournament (this was of course before he got pissed at UB and cashed-out). An IM from TheFilmGeek led to a challenge to him to turn his remaining $1 at UB into the $5 minimum buyin for our table. See, we get blogger tables going at UB sometimes. Of course, they've both left me now...but I'll be allright. :cry: Now, what happens in PokerTracker stays in PokerTracker, but of course, it led GROB to say the above...so draw your own conclusions. I closed that table up a whopping 70 cents. Please...requests for loans will be handled in the order in which they are received. We appreciate your patience. I finished the night down overall, because at the next table, I ended up a loser of $7.60, and at table #3, a winner of...5 cents. For my second table, I think only one hand I really played BAD. I was in the SB with Js Th, flop is Tc 4c 2d, I bet .25, and get one caller. Turn is Ks, I bet .75, and get called. River is 7s, I bet $1.25, he raises to $2.50, and I call. He had Qd Kd, so he paired up on the turn. For my other big losing hand, I had pocket Kings, and raise to $1.50 pre-flop, and get two callers. Flop comes 8s Ad Jh. One caller checks to me, and I bet $2. Caller #2 folds, Caller #1 raises to $4. Since any Ace or pair of Jacks has me beat here, and both are highly possible since my raise was called, I fold. I don't think that was a bad move really...but am certainly willing to hear other opinions. :)
Let's see...do you really want to hear about my losing ring games? About my inability to lay down TPTK, despite my opponent betting into me heavily, which would normally scream "I have two pair, or a set, or something else that beats your pair, even if it is Aces with King kicker! It's shit now!" Nah...I mean, if you're really into that sort of thing, I can send you the hand histories.
While I am not having a great night that night, Chris (TheFilmGeek) is tearing up the tables turning his $1 into $5. He and I are in cotact via IM and we get this great idea...try the $1000, $1 buy in tournament that is starting in a few minutes. Well why not? That was one of my goals for this year...to try some real money tournaments. (I'm halfway there...at UB you can buyin with Ultimate Points...so I used those - baby steps people!).
We were expecting a wild bunch, for just a $1 tournament (or less, for wimps like me - shut up). Actually, both our tables were quite well-behaved. None of that all-in every hand crap you see a lot of times.
Notable hands for me? Well..I got a suited hammer in the BB at one point, paired the seven, minimum bet the flop, got two callers, and bet 100 on the turn, and got a raiser...and then folded (there was a straight draw). Stupid fake hammer...
None of my draws paid off...I'd have a straight and flush draw...oodles of outs...and not get a one. I was beginning to think GROB was on to something...
My big hit was on Th Qc, flop was Jh 2d Tc. I check, he bets T20, I call, other guy folds. Turn is a 2c. I check, he bets 100, I call. River is a Kd. I check, he bets 300, I call. He had...Jd, Kc. That cost me quite a bit. But what bugged me most of all, was - hello?? Litterally - HELLO? I'm a freakin' calling station! Just put the little phone icon right back next to my name in Tracker.
Sigh...oh well. Make note, move along. Riiigghhtt....
A few hands later, Paris & Nicky come along in the BB. I've got T575, blinds are 30/60, but I am the short stack at my table, so I figure I get a caller...all-in. It's raised before it gets back to me...hmm...oh well, a plan's a plan! I get two callers, the inital raiser and one other guy. Flop comes...Ks Kh 3s. (Can you say...fuuuccck?) Turn is 8c, and here the other guy, not the inital raiser, bets, and initial raiser folds. River is Jd. I was up against? Qs Kd. So yea...that was it for me.
Well now I'm a tournament addict. The next night I did another, this time it was a $3 rebuy tournament (oooo...she's a big spender now! Not really...still just more points). Being the tournament novice, I'd never done a rebuy before, so I wasn't really sure how to change up my strategy. But I was going with "play smart, let them rebuy, and just take their chips".
It was working so far...the guys at my table were bluffing hard, so as long as I had a real hand, it was going to pay off. And they didn't mind rebuying. Chris and I have been swapping bad beat stories lately...and he had just shared how his straight had been beaten by a boat made on the river to take down a monster pot, so of course I had to share when I made kings full of aces on the river early in the tournament, taking in a T2930 pot, as my opponent had been all-in on the turn. That wasn't a bad beat though, I had AK and had flopped a set of Kings...that Ace was just gravy. So maybe GROB wasn't right...
Or maybe so. I lost T1300 playing Ks Qs, flop came Jc 7s 9s. Player went all in...I had him plently covered, blinds were 20/40...and oh, the outs. So I called. Turn was a 7h (no...had one of those!) and river was an Ah. Bah.
OK, no biggie. Now have T1385, blinds at 30/60. I'm in the SB, and well...look who's here...it's Paris and Nicky again! Hello girls! It's raised to 330 before it gets to me...hmmm...this seems familar...I re-raise to 630. He re-raises to 2070. Hmmmm...let's see...re-buy period is still open...what the hell? I'm all in. Flop is 3d 3h Js, Turn is 2c, River is 2s...yikes. No matter though, cause he had Kings. Rebuy! Damn you Paris & Nicky...
I crack Aces with Kc Jd, and take in a T1530 pot, when I get (dare I say it?) lucky and catch a Jack on the river. If not for that lucky river, I would have been out again then, since I was all-in on the turn. I start getting lucky, playing connectors and flopping a set, then getting pocket 10s and taking in a nice pot with that.
But then...the words of Pauly would come to haunt me...
"AJo is like your shopoholic ex-girlfriend... at some point you know she's going to bleed you dry."
Truer words were never spoken my friend. Blinds at 100/200, I have T5080. (See how nicely I've bounced back?). Flop comes 7d As 9s. 4 people check to me - I bet T500. One caller, then a raise to 3000. I call. Turn is a 5s. My opponent goes all in for 925. Not hard to decide to call at this point. River is 8d. He had Ac 9c. I lost T4125 on that hand, and the entire time I played it...I could hear Pauly's words in my head, not to mention the fact that I already know AJ is trouble to begin with. But at that point, AK would have killed me...and truth is, since it was s000ted, he might not have dropped it pre-flop no matter the raise.
Now I've got T955, with blinds at 100/200. Rebuy period is over, and I didn't opt to add-on. I've said before I don't believe in being blinded out of tournaments. I find Jd Kd...sure, why not? I'm called, and I'm up against those familar ladies. Flop is Kh 2c 5d (Yes!), turn is Qs (No! You whores!) and river is 9d.
Someone remind me to burn my Hilton HHonors membership card, will ya?
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Thank you to everyone to commented on my last post or privately. I really appreciate all the kind thoughts.
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I've been meaning to post this for a while, but kept forgetting. While we were in Hawaii, Jason spotted this guy's artwork in an art gallery, and of course, thought I'd be interested. The artist is Michael Godard, and his work is amazing. It combines the two favorite things of many of our favorite bloggers. Think we can commission a special edition print with a shot of SoCo and the hammer?
Posted by April at January 29, 2005 12:19 AM
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I've played in one tournament with Re-buys, and was pleasantly surprised at how well I did, but I spent $60 to do that well. It's kind of like Gauntlet. you can keep putting in quarters, but eventually you're gonna die.
It was a $20 initial buy-in, I missed the part about re-buys. You can buy-in again unlimited for 1 hour, $1500 chips each time. At the end of the hour, you can buy $3000 chips for $20, then you're done.
I bought-in for $1500 in the first hour because it seemed like everybody was doing it (peer pressure). Then I bought in for the $3000 because I was in the top 10%, and it felt like a big enough advantage to be worthwhile.
Only thing I'll say - if you go into an unlimited rebuy tournament, don't think you're not going to rebuy, because if you don't rebuy, you're going to be short-stacked from the get-go.
Have fun!
Posted by: MSCMike at January 29, 2005 10:02 AM
I love getting my name blogged!! And getting quoted is even better. Man, I usually don't rely to heavy on my poker tracker stats, but AJo (and AJs) is a bleeder. Ugh.
Posted by: Pauly at January 31, 2005 08:50 AM
I've decided its not your bad luck.
I suck at poker.
Posted by: G-Rob at January 31, 2005 10:16 AM
ive been in a few low buy in tourneys with rebuys... never rebought tho... all three times.. i at least dlbld up or bettre before the first hour was up and that seemed the same as a rebuy to me, besides, UB wouldn't let me cuz I had too many chips... I did do the add on tho.. once... oh, and one time, i busted out with an all in, i guess giving the winner of that hand a reason to to use a rebuy.
neat artwork.
ill be playing with real money again soon, as i get paid tomorrow.. prolly put 25 bucks on ub... they got a bettre bonus now and im craving taking aprils money.. i mean, i am anxious to play and learn from april.. sumtin like that.. :)
Posted by: Slayre at January 31, 2005 10:55 AM
Whatever Mr. Final Table G-Rob!!!! UltimateBuddy tells all...
:D
Posted by: April at January 31, 2005 01:10 PM
Before switching to folding AJo in early position, I had the interesting situation after about 40K hands of having AJo being one of my biggest losers and AJs being one of my biggest winners, right after AA, KK, QQ and AKs.
I think that was the result of winning a few huge pots after hitting a flush. So while the difference between the two hands probably isn't that extreme, it probably goes to show the value of being suited.
Posted by: pokerwannabe at January 31, 2005 04:25 PM
I gotta try more tourneys at UB if G-Rob can win :P
Posted by: Drizztdj at January 31, 2005 08:10 PM