Needless to say, I lost the SNG. I was dominating this guy.
So sick!
Before the flop, I win 72%, after the flop I win 62%, and on the turn I win 73%.
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Poker Rules
1. Learn to use inaction as a weapon.
2. Don't get irritated or angered by long sessions of folding.
3. If you've been folding a lot, for a long time in the game, and you're starting to think that maybe it's time you got in and played a few hands again- that's not a good enough reason. Keep folding.
4. Don't feel like a martyr when folding.
5. Sometimes others get to play and you don't.
Source: Phillips, Larry W. 1999. <Zen and the Art of Poker. Middlesex: Penguin Group.
2. Don't get irritated or angered by long sessions of folding.
3. If you've been folding a lot, for a long time in the game, and you're starting to think that maybe it's time you got in and played a few hands again- that's not a good enough reason. Keep folding.
4. Don't feel like a martyr when folding.
5. Sometimes others get to play and you don't.
Source: Phillips, Larry W. 1999. <Zen and the Art of Poker. Middlesex: Penguin Group.
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Sunday, May 20, 2007
Puppy Feet
In poker, it's really important to play your best because if you don't, it's harder to deal with variance. Bad variance + 1 mistake = no money.
Tonight I begged my boyfriend to pick me up so I could play poker. He insisted that I don't because it was outside of my bankroll. After two years, he has little tolerance of my nagging so he quickly caved in. So we went to play a $1/$2 NL game. I bought in for $200.
Everything was doing fine until I flopped a set of 3's. The flop was A heatrs, 3 of clubs, x club. I check, the next guy raises to $10, the button calls, and I reraise to $50. Of course the next guy calls (hestitantly of course) with his top pair plus flush draw and the button calls. The next card is a club. I check, the next guy raises, the button pushes all in. At this point, I am pissed. I fold. The other guy calls with an Ace high flush, the button has a King high flush. Damn puppy feet! The river paired the board so I would have had a full house. Of course I folded because I didn't have the odds to call but I would have trippled up. Perhaps if I would have called a bad raise I would have sucked out on the donkey who originally called behind me!
To top the night off, my Ace King lost to Ace Queen.
So the last hand of the night I made a mistake. I was down to $65. There was a preflop raise of $15, I was on the button with Ace Queen of hearts so I called.
The flop is Jack 7 7.
Check Check.
Turn is a Queen. I hit top pair, Ace kicker. The original raiser bets $25. At this point I thought, he knows I hit the Queen, but he's betting. He is not afraid of the Queen, he is roping me in. So what do I decide to do? Re-raise all in to $50. He quickly calls with pocket Kings and goes on to wins the pot.
I think I have a read. I have noticed when people have put me on hands. My boyfriend knew I hit the flop with a set of 3's. Three other times people have known when they were ahead but I hit the flop. I think I sit up straight, make a facial expression or do something with my eyes. I have to work on it or use it my advantage to tell when I am behind.
The morals of the story are-
1. Listen to my boyfriend more often.
2. Don't play out of your bankroll.
3. Work on my tells.
Or maybe I shouldn't play poker. Like I said, bad variance (aka Donkeys getting lucky) + 1 mistake = no money.
Tonight I begged my boyfriend to pick me up so I could play poker. He insisted that I don't because it was outside of my bankroll. After two years, he has little tolerance of my nagging so he quickly caved in. So we went to play a $1/$2 NL game. I bought in for $200.
Everything was doing fine until I flopped a set of 3's. The flop was A heatrs, 3 of clubs, x club. I check, the next guy raises to $10, the button calls, and I reraise to $50. Of course the next guy calls (hestitantly of course) with his top pair plus flush draw and the button calls. The next card is a club. I check, the next guy raises, the button pushes all in. At this point, I am pissed. I fold. The other guy calls with an Ace high flush, the button has a King high flush. Damn puppy feet! The river paired the board so I would have had a full house. Of course I folded because I didn't have the odds to call but I would have trippled up. Perhaps if I would have called a bad raise I would have sucked out on the donkey who originally called behind me!
To top the night off, my Ace King lost to Ace Queen.
So the last hand of the night I made a mistake. I was down to $65. There was a preflop raise of $15, I was on the button with Ace Queen of hearts so I called.
The flop is Jack 7 7.
Check Check.
Turn is a Queen. I hit top pair, Ace kicker. The original raiser bets $25. At this point I thought, he knows I hit the Queen, but he's betting. He is not afraid of the Queen, he is roping me in. So what do I decide to do? Re-raise all in to $50. He quickly calls with pocket Kings and goes on to wins the pot.
I think I have a read. I have noticed when people have put me on hands. My boyfriend knew I hit the flop with a set of 3's. Three other times people have known when they were ahead but I hit the flop. I think I sit up straight, make a facial expression or do something with my eyes. I have to work on it or use it my advantage to tell when I am behind.
The morals of the story are-
1. Listen to my boyfriend more often.
2. Don't play out of your bankroll.
3. Work on my tells.
Or maybe I shouldn't play poker. Like I said, bad variance (aka Donkeys getting lucky) + 1 mistake = no money.
Friday, May 18, 2007
3% chance of winning
Ever make an awesome call when someone's bluffing and end up losing by the river? I feel conflicted when this happens; I have the satisfaction of outplaying someone but no money to account for it.....
So I was at a $1/$2 NL $100 max table at Turning Stone yesterday. My time at the table started off with a bad beat. I had pocket Jacks, I raised, the big blind goes all in. His cocky attitude when he pushed made me think he had a smaller pocket pair. I was right, he had pockets 5s. Unfortunately he rivered a full house.
I was not too upset about this bad beat, this happens about 20% of the time. Also, most of the people at the table were loose passive, they generally limped in preflop with very few preflop raises, so I figured I could ride through the bad beat storm and eventually make my money back and then some from these inexperienced players. I mean, you hope to get two donkeys at a table to make money from, but 7 or 8, that's a poker player's dream!
I did eventually make my money back. I had Ace Queen suited. Someone raises, I call with 4 other people. The flop comes diamond, diamond, x card. Everyone checks around to me and I make a semi-bluff for $15. Two folders, second guy re-raises me $15 more. I call with the proper odds. The turn is a diamond. He raises, I push all in, he calls for $17 more. I win with the diamond flush and double up.
So later on.... I am second to act and I have Ace King off. So I decided to make a significant preflop raise to get the donkeys out of the pot. I raised $12 and only the small and big blinds call.(The big blind is the same guy who sucked out on me with pocket 5's earlier in the game).
The flop comes King 5 3.
The small blind checks.
The big blind pushes all in for $65.
Now, if I thought this man was a solid player, I would assume maybe he was trying to push someone off a straight or flush draw.... but wouldn't he want to milk some money off of those trying to get those draws? Also, his body language made me believe he had a pair of Kings with a weak kicker, or a lower pocket pair. Either way, I thought he was full of shit.... female intuition ;). So I call with my pair of Kings Ace kicker.
The small blind fold.
The big blind goes, you got me, I have nothing and turns over Jack 9. I felt pretty confident I would be winning this hand.
The turn is a 10. Someone says, all he needs is a queen and he has a straight. I blew it off.
The river is a queen.
The table explodes. The man got a runner, runner straight with a bluff. My boyfriend, who's at another table, looks over and I am just shaking my head. He knew something happened and he would hear me bitching the rest of the night. Poor guy....
Anyways, I was so mad. All I wanted to do was tell this guy how horrible that play was. He was like, well, I was trying to bluff. Yeah, buddy, nice try, this isn't a 5c/10c online game, or your monthly home game with your friends. Well, ofcourse I didn't tell him this. Why would I? It's donkeys like this that will give me $$$ in the long run, so I didn't want to improve his game.
I left about 1 blind round later. When I got home, I wanted to know the exact odds of that guy winning the hand. 3%! He had a 3% chance of winning the hand.
The only thing I am happy about is that it was only a $100 max table. I could have lost a lot more money. I left the table with $27 so at least I didn't lose all of it.
So I was at a $1/$2 NL $100 max table at Turning Stone yesterday. My time at the table started off with a bad beat. I had pocket Jacks, I raised, the big blind goes all in. His cocky attitude when he pushed made me think he had a smaller pocket pair. I was right, he had pockets 5s. Unfortunately he rivered a full house.
I was not too upset about this bad beat, this happens about 20% of the time. Also, most of the people at the table were loose passive, they generally limped in preflop with very few preflop raises, so I figured I could ride through the bad beat storm and eventually make my money back and then some from these inexperienced players. I mean, you hope to get two donkeys at a table to make money from, but 7 or 8, that's a poker player's dream!
I did eventually make my money back. I had Ace Queen suited. Someone raises, I call with 4 other people. The flop comes diamond, diamond, x card. Everyone checks around to me and I make a semi-bluff for $15. Two folders, second guy re-raises me $15 more. I call with the proper odds. The turn is a diamond. He raises, I push all in, he calls for $17 more. I win with the diamond flush and double up.
So later on.... I am second to act and I have Ace King off. So I decided to make a significant preflop raise to get the donkeys out of the pot. I raised $12 and only the small and big blinds call.(The big blind is the same guy who sucked out on me with pocket 5's earlier in the game).
The flop comes King 5 3.
The small blind checks.
The big blind pushes all in for $65.
Now, if I thought this man was a solid player, I would assume maybe he was trying to push someone off a straight or flush draw.... but wouldn't he want to milk some money off of those trying to get those draws? Also, his body language made me believe he had a pair of Kings with a weak kicker, or a lower pocket pair. Either way, I thought he was full of shit.... female intuition ;). So I call with my pair of Kings Ace kicker.
The small blind fold.
The big blind goes, you got me, I have nothing and turns over Jack 9. I felt pretty confident I would be winning this hand.
The turn is a 10. Someone says, all he needs is a queen and he has a straight. I blew it off.
The river is a queen.
The table explodes. The man got a runner, runner straight with a bluff. My boyfriend, who's at another table, looks over and I am just shaking my head. He knew something happened and he would hear me bitching the rest of the night. Poor guy....
Anyways, I was so mad. All I wanted to do was tell this guy how horrible that play was. He was like, well, I was trying to bluff. Yeah, buddy, nice try, this isn't a 5c/10c online game, or your monthly home game with your friends. Well, ofcourse I didn't tell him this. Why would I? It's donkeys like this that will give me $$$ in the long run, so I didn't want to improve his game.
I left about 1 blind round later. When I got home, I wanted to know the exact odds of that guy winning the hand. 3%! He had a 3% chance of winning the hand.
The only thing I am happy about is that it was only a $100 max table. I could have lost a lot more money. I left the table with $27 so at least I didn't lose all of it.
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