meh... rivered to death HU to finish 2nd in a $2 s/8 stt. got HU with decent lead and luckbox caught everything to my nothing. still, cant really complain about 4 firsts and a 2nd in my last 5.
to be continued...
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
streak kinda continues
well i flamed out of the $5 stud/8 tourney. just terrible, got mad rivered (i think) early on & couldn't catch anything when i needed to. dont think my early exit was any reason to think my newly-found success in stud/8 is a fluke. when you have trips showing on 6th and someone calls w/2 pair anyway and fills up on the river, not much you can do.
but, i did win another STT, so that streak is now at 4 straight.
also took down the NYRPS o/8 event. have to say i ran pretty sick in that, for a very rare change the cards were actually on my side. also made a kenny tran-like call late HU vs. rambler. i'll post some hand replays when i get around to it
but, i did win another STT, so that streak is now at 4 straight.
also took down the NYRPS o/8 event. have to say i ran pretty sick in that, for a very rare change the cards were actually on my side. also made a kenny tran-like call late HU vs. rambler. i'll post some hand replays when i get around to it
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
streak continues
so i ran my stud hi-lo stt winning streak to 3 lastnight. this one was good because although i think i played well, i did catch some sick cards in the first 2. this one was more a product of my play - i got shortstacked 3-handed and had to fight my way back, and did just that, ultimately taking it down.
obv i dont expect to win every one i play, but going back to when i started playing, i believe i've played 6 stud hi-lo STTs, won 5 and came in 3rd in the 6th cause of a badly misplayed hand that blew it for me.
i'm not sure how many multi's i've played over the years, only a handful (mostly freerolls, probably only 2 or 3 paid entry tourneys), and did make a final table.
i'm not sure why, i think i just have a better feel for the game, and also i dont tilt at all because once i fold i really cant keep track of what cards i would have gotten, so it's not like folding a KJ in holdem and seeing a flop of AQ10 and steaming.
there's a $5 mtt on tilt tonight, so hopefully i'll give that a shot & we'll see how it goes.
but i made a decision, which is that i'm going to try to keep playing & see if it's for real or a fluke. and if i have success for a decent enough period of time, then next time there's a big tourney series in the area, ws circuit, borgata classic, etc. - i'll give the stud-8 tourney a crack.
so we'll see...
obv i dont expect to win every one i play, but going back to when i started playing, i believe i've played 6 stud hi-lo STTs, won 5 and came in 3rd in the 6th cause of a badly misplayed hand that blew it for me.
i'm not sure how many multi's i've played over the years, only a handful (mostly freerolls, probably only 2 or 3 paid entry tourneys), and did make a final table.
i'm not sure why, i think i just have a better feel for the game, and also i dont tilt at all because once i fold i really cant keep track of what cards i would have gotten, so it's not like folding a KJ in holdem and seeing a flop of AQ10 and steaming.
there's a $5 mtt on tilt tonight, so hopefully i'll give that a shot & we'll see how it goes.
but i made a decision, which is that i'm going to try to keep playing & see if it's for real or a fluke. and if i have success for a decent enough period of time, then next time there's a big tourney series in the area, ws circuit, borgata classic, etc. - i'll give the stud-8 tourney a crack.
so we'll see...
Sunday, June 29, 2008
new game & sick call
well, i might have found the game that can be my niche - stud hi-lo. i've done well in the few tries in the past but that was mainly a fluke that i even played the game. i decided to try a stt satellite to the msop and finished 3rd. it was a very disappointing 3rd because i had a massive chip lead and blew it. i got very unlucky in a couple of spots and badly misplayed one hand, and that was that. but going back over the hands I saw that i did play very well overall. I posted on the cp forums asking for a 2nd opinion, and thanks to grandhustle8 for taking the time to do so, and he said I did play very well except for the one bad hand and maybe a couple of other spots where i could've done things a little differently but nothing majorly wrong.
so I decided to keep trying, and i've won the last 2 STTs i've played. and with the way i've been running lately, if this can continue to be a trend, i might just have to make stud hi-lo my game permanently.
unless, that is, i can keep making sick calls like this one in holdem...
i havent made a call like that in a while, so it felt good. i was actually putting him on AQ, but thats close enough i guess :)
but the good feeling was short-lived. that was $2 1r/1a on tilt. got almost wiped out early but recovered, was about mid-pack at the break, then hit the see-saw.
first, check-call FTW...
double back up when my 10s outraced AJ, then this crap...
tough break. folds to me in the cutoff, so a7 sooooooted is worth a raise. i like to raise less than 3xbb in a spot like this usually, but unfortunately doing so sometimes can price somebody in, as it did for k9 to set-mine. I knew shorty was tilting and ugly was a station, and getting back to me at 6-1 I felt like i had to call. flop was good for giving me top-top but bad that it was only 7-high so i was worried about something like 88 or 99, but figured if i threw out the bet i did, i'd take it down if k9 & ugly missed. but, they didnt obv.
few hands later pick up 99 utg+1 and shove, only to run into 1010
gg me, 80th place FTL.
this one pissed me off. i had tens once, 99 when i busted, and about 6 other times i had pocket pairs 7 & under and couldn't flop a set once. meanwhile they were luckboxing all around me.
oh well, guess i need to stick to stud hi-lo
so I decided to keep trying, and i've won the last 2 STTs i've played. and with the way i've been running lately, if this can continue to be a trend, i might just have to make stud hi-lo my game permanently.
unless, that is, i can keep making sick calls like this one in holdem...
i havent made a call like that in a while, so it felt good. i was actually putting him on AQ, but thats close enough i guess :)
but the good feeling was short-lived. that was $2 1r/1a on tilt. got almost wiped out early but recovered, was about mid-pack at the break, then hit the see-saw.
first, check-call FTW...
double back up when my 10s outraced AJ, then this crap...
tough break. folds to me in the cutoff, so a7 sooooooted is worth a raise. i like to raise less than 3xbb in a spot like this usually, but unfortunately doing so sometimes can price somebody in, as it did for k9 to set-mine. I knew shorty was tilting and ugly was a station, and getting back to me at 6-1 I felt like i had to call. flop was good for giving me top-top but bad that it was only 7-high so i was worried about something like 88 or 99, but figured if i threw out the bet i did, i'd take it down if k9 & ugly missed. but, they didnt obv.
few hands later pick up 99 utg+1 and shove, only to run into 1010
gg me, 80th place FTL.
this one pissed me off. i had tens once, 99 when i busted, and about 6 other times i had pocket pairs 7 & under and couldn't flop a set once. meanwhile they were luckboxing all around me.
oh well, guess i need to stick to stud hi-lo
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
very depressing
Just an awful nite. Did a FTP stt with winner getting 20 T$. had about an 11-1 chiplead heads up. got villain allin on the turn with 3rd pair on a hand where i had 18 outs, couldnt catch one. short time later, he called off his stack with 33 against my a4 soooooooooted, no good. end up allin w/Q10 vs. JJ, flop gutter, cant catch.
at the same time did a $4 stud h/l stt, top 2 getting $15 msop seat. 3-handed with 2/3 of the chips in play and blew it. had the shorty allin, caught a miracle river to complete a straight and a low to scoop. few hands later I made one bad mistake, chasing an 8-7 low when villain was showing 8-6 and playing like he had the low. end up all in with the best hand and again villain catches the miracle river to bust me.
I got the roll up to almost $300 not that long ago. Cashed out $100, and now down to $50. Along with everything else that's wrong in my life, it's just all extremely depressing. I can't do anything right anymore, in poker, work, or any other aspect of life, and it's just really wearing me down big time.
at the same time did a $4 stud h/l stt, top 2 getting $15 msop seat. 3-handed with 2/3 of the chips in play and blew it. had the shorty allin, caught a miracle river to complete a straight and a low to scoop. few hands later I made one bad mistake, chasing an 8-7 low when villain was showing 8-6 and playing like he had the low. end up all in with the best hand and again villain catches the miracle river to bust me.
I got the roll up to almost $300 not that long ago. Cashed out $100, and now down to $50. Along with everything else that's wrong in my life, it's just all extremely depressing. I can't do anything right anymore, in poker, work, or any other aspect of life, and it's just really wearing me down big time.
Sunday, June 22, 2008
sickest shit i've ever seen
check out this progression how the world's all-time luckbox goes from out the door to top prize...
this one was the real killer:
and after i fought back a little, the finisher...
i mean come on, you just can NOT make this stuff up. it's just absolutely pathetic.
this one was the real killer:
and after i fought back a little, the finisher...
i mean come on, you just can NOT make this stuff up. it's just absolutely pathetic.
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
on and on it goes...
so here's tonight so far...
and...
oh, and there was the hand on spadeclub - KK, raise 3xBB utg, get reraised, i shove, he calls & shows QQ. flop KQA... turn - Q
lol 1-outerments
and...
oh, and there was the hand on spadeclub - KK, raise 3xBB utg, get reraised, i shove, he calls & shows QQ. flop KQA... turn - Q
lol 1-outerments
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