More donktastic play

Full Tilt Poker Game #1320035410: Table Patriotic (speed) - $0.50/$1 - Limit Hold'em - 17:53:31 ET - 2006/11/28
Seat 1: BETTAFISH ($21.35)
Seat 2: reelxite ($10)
Seat 3: spiwolf ($38)
Seat 4: khanwoman ($22)
Seat 5: race49 ($15.25)
Seat 6: Strukes ($25.90)
Seat 7: Malcontent ($10.90)
Seat 8: gadzooks64 ($16.50)
Seat 9: RIV RAT MAN ($26)
khanwoman posts the small blind of $0.25
race49 posts the big blind of $0.50
reelxite posts $0.50
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to gadzooks64 [Tc Kc]
Strukes folds
Malcontent folds
gadzooks64 calls $0.50
RIV RAT MAN folds
BETTAFISH folds
Strukes stands up
reelxite raises to $1
spiwolf folds
khanwoman folds
race49 folds
gadzooks64 calls $0.50
*** FLOP *** [7c Ac Ad]
gadzooks64 checks
reelxite bets $0.50
gadzooks64 calls $0.50
*** TURN *** [7c Ac Ad] [9c]
gadzooks64 checks
reelxite bets $1
gadzooks64 raises to $2
reelxite calls $1
*** RIVER *** [7c Ac Ad 9c] [Ah]
gadzooks64 has 7 seconds left to act
gadzooks64 checks
reelxite checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
gadzooks64 shows [Tc Kc] (a flush, Ace high)
reelxite shows [9d Qd] (a full house, Aces full of Nines)
reelxite wins the pot ($7.40) with a full house, Aces full of Nines
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $7.75 | Rake $0.35
Board: [7c Ac Ad 9c Ah]
Seat 1: BETTAFISH didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: reelxite showed [9d Qd] and won ($7.40) with a full house, Aces full of Nines
Seat 3: spiwolf (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: khanwoman (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: race49 (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: Strukes didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: Malcontent didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: gadzooks64 showed [Tc Kc] and lost with a flush, Ace high
Seat 9: RIV RAT MAN didn't bet (folded)

SNG Hell

I played a sng at Poker Host, just for giggles.

HAHAHAHHA, those insane kind of giggles not the OMG I'm having so much fun giggles.

I haven't moneyed in a sng on PH yet.

However the ring games are very soft.

This is how I went out in the last sng.

I had played maybe 2-3 hands up to this point.

Hand Start.
Seat 1 : Villager has $2,710
Seat 2 : coldpaw has $4,840
Seat 4 : phillip666 has $2,590
Seat 5 : gadzooks64 has $1,650
Seat 6 : flashgit has $4,060
Seat 7 : BigDaddyIce has $280
Seat 9 : Ron566 has $1,870
BigDaddyIce is the dealer.
Ron566 posted small blind.
Villager posted big blind.
Game [24] started with 7 players.
Dealing Hole Cards.
Seat 5 : gadzooks64 has Kc Tc
Stakes: 100/200 Current level: 4 Next level in: 8 min.
coldpaw folded.
phillip666 folded.
gadzooks64 called 200 and raised 1,450 and is All-in
flashgit folded.
BigDaddyIce folded.
Ron566 called 1,550
Stakes: 100/200 Current level: 4 Next level in: 8 min.
Villager folded.
Showdown!
Seat 5 : gadzooks64 has Kc Tc
Seat 9 : Ron566 has Ks 9s
Board cards [Kh 8c 9h 6s 4d]
Seat 5 : gadzooks64 has Kc Tc
gadzooks64 has Pair: Kings
Seat 9 : Ron566 has Ks 9s
Ron566 has Two Pair: Kings and 9s
Ron566 wins 3,500 with Two Pair: Kings and 9s
Stakes: 100/200 Current level: 4 Next level in: 7 min.
Hand is over.

Winner Winner

Luck>>Skill!

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Adventures in Limit Poker

For Your Eyes Only 10474731-106911 Holdem Limit $0.50/$1
[Nov 17 10:53:20] : Hand Start.
[Nov 17 10:53:20] : Seat 1 : Mr Botanski has $14.50
[Nov 17 10:53:20] : Seat 2 : jfq has $9.50
[Nov 17 10:53:20] : Seat 3 : rjp0901 has $1
[Nov 17 10:53:20] : Seat 4 : My"A"game has $100.02
[Nov 17 10:53:20] : Seat 5 : karbu has $6.75
[Nov 17 10:53:20] : Seat 6 : gadzooks64 has $25.50
[Nov 17 10:53:20] : Seat 7 : PickerJohn has $20
[Nov 17 10:53:20] : Seat 8 : oninit has $31
[Nov 17 10:53:20] : Seat 9 : littlejan has $12.50
[Nov 17 10:53:20] : karbu is the dealer.
[Nov 17 10:53:20] : gadzooks64 posted small blind.
[Nov 17 10:53:21] : PickerJohn posted big blind.
[Nov 17 10:53:21] : Game [106911] started with 8 players.
[Nov 17 10:53:21] : Dealing Hole Cards.
[Nov 17 10:53:21] : Seat 6 : gadzooks64 has 4d 4h

I'm in the sb with a small pair. I'll limp and hope to hit a set

[Nov 17 10:53:23] : oninit folded.
[Nov 17 10:53:25] : Mr Botanski called $0.50
[Nov 17 10:53:27] : jfq called $0.50
[Nov 17 10:53:28] : rjp0901 called $0.50
[Nov 17 10:53:30] : My"A"game folded.
[Nov 17 10:53:31] : karbu called $0.50
[Nov 17 10:53:33] : gadzooks64 called $0.25
[Nov 17 10:53:38] : PickerJohn checked.
[Nov 17 10:53:39] : Dealing flop.
[Nov 17 10:53:39] : Board cards [Tc Td 4s]

Wow, not quite gin but still very nice. I'm in horrible position. I'm hoping to check raise. I'm sure I'll hear from anyboy with a T.

[Nov 17 10:53:44] : gadzooks64 checked.
[Nov 17 10:53:45] : PickerJohn checked.
[Nov 17 10:53:48] : Mr Botanski checked.
[Nov 17 10:53:51] : jfq checked.
[Nov 17 10:53:55] : rjp0901 checked.
[Nov 17 10:53:56] : karbu checked.
[Nov 17 10:53:57] : Dealing turn.

Crap. Well doesn't look like there's a T out there.

[Nov 17 10:53:57] : Board cards [Tc Td 4s 3s]

Time to bet this hand.

[Nov 17 10:54:01] : gadzooks64 bet $1
[Nov 17 10:54:05] : PickerJohn folded.
[Nov 17 10:54:07] : Mr Botanski called $1
[Nov 17 10:54:09] : jfq called $1 and raised $1

What? Is this a T finally deciding to bet?

[Nov 17 10:54:18] : rjp0901 folded.
[Nov 17 10:54:18] : karbu folded.
[Nov 17 10:54:21] : gadzooks64 called $1 and raised $1

Well, let's get some money into my pot!

[Nov 17 10:54:26] : Mr Botanski folded.
[Nov 17 10:54:28] : jfq called $1 and raised $1
[Nov 17 10:54:30] : gadzooks64 called $1
[Nov 17 10:54:30] : Dealing river.
[Nov 17 10:54:30] : Board cards [Tc Td 4s 3s 3d]

Oh great. Any T just now outdrew me. Sigh.

I would be better off to check call this but part of me still hopes I'm ahead.

[Nov 17 10:54:34] : gadzooks64 bet $1
[Nov 17 10:54:43] : jfq called $1 and raised $1
[Nov 17 10:54:46] : gadzooks64 called $1
[Nov 17 10:54:46] : Showdown!
[Nov 17 10:54:46] : Seat 6 : gadzooks64 has 4d 4h
[Nov 17 10:54:48] : Seat 2 : jfq has 3h 3c
[Nov 17 10:54:48] : jfq has Four of a kind: 3s
[Nov 17 10:54:49] : jfq wins $15.25 with Four of a kind: 3s
[Nov 17 10:54:58] : Hand is over.

Great.

I got one outtered. Just another reason to hate limit.

Had I bet that flop I would have probably taken down a small pot.

But I got greedy.

Then I got sucked out on.

Poker Stars Opens New Fish Market

Just in case there is someone reading this that doesn't follow the threads at fulltiltforum.com, here's a cut n' paste from a post I made there:

After two days of wading in the murky waters of Poker Stars new limit Deuce to Seven Triple Donk games (haven't tried the NL version yet,) allow me to assure you, friends, that fishing season has officially started and the fish are biting hard.

I strongly suggest you memorize the top ten 2-7 TD hands...

#1 - 7 5 4 3 2
#2 - 7 6 4 3 2
#3 - 7 6 5 3 2
#4 - 7 6 5 4 2

#5 - 8 5 4 3 2
#6 - 8 6 4 3 2
#7 - 8 6 5 3 2
#8 - 8 6 5 4 2
#9 - 8 6 5 4 3
#10 - 8 7 4 3 2

...and then do a little nut peddlin'.

I can almost guarantee that in the first orbit you will see someone a) play an Ace like it's low, or b) call or even raise all the way to the river with a straight or a flush.

Here's the strategy. It's complex, but I know you folks can handle it:

1. Only play starting hands with draws of two cards or less.

2. If you get 2345x to start, MUCK THE FIVE and draw two!

3. Only play draws of fewer cards then there are remaining draws (i.e., fold if you don't improve).

4. You may call ONE bet and take one card on the last draw if you are drawing to a top four hand.

5. Jam the effing pot when you are pat.
   

6. Rinse, repeat.

Of course, if you want to you can certainly get fancier than that, but why bother?

- Z.

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PS: Please do not sit at MY table - go find your own aquarium to put your line in. TYVM.

Slutwriters...

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So over the next few weeks we will be inviting a few of our favorite online poker players to contribute to this blog, and bring along with them some excellent content. If you're interested in being a contributor, let us know!

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Zerbet

Unintended Consequences

Inaugural Post
Can I Find Something To Say?
Some Haiku May Help!

Somehow Zerbet Leads
The Inaugural 'slut Tour
The Luck Will Soon End!

Phishingirl Holds Hope
She Wins And I Finish Fourth
But Eighteen Must Play!

Sixteen Measly Points
Like Praying Aces Will Hold
Tension Will Be Great!

But What Of Gadzooks?
A Double Leap Frog is Hard
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tom, dick and donkey...

I played the $10 DS NLHE MTT on Full Tilt night before last. It was a rare night when I wasn't exhausted so I thought I'd give it a try. I was seated at a fun table, a few friendly chatters giving each other a hard time, but no nasty stuff so it was refreshing.

Of course it wasn't before long that I had to chime in, cause well, I can't let other people get all the attention.

tom2585: evil monkey you ever won any money online before?
Evil Munkey: yeah twice
tom2585: how long you been playing poker?
Evil Munkey: i won 800 about 3 weeks ago
Evil Munkey: but it is almost gone now

this is when I decide to look him up on sharkscope.com and the pokerdb.com- impress them with my mad skillz

Evil Munkey: is this leading to you burning me?
tom2585: no you already gave me all the info i needed within the first 5 hands of this tourney
khanwoman: his total winnings since Jan 05 on ftp is $695 in mtts
khanwoman: $575 of that being on 9/27/06
Evil Munkey: i won 120 more hand for hand that same night
tom2585: who are you his bookey?
khanwoman: it's the crystal ball
Evil Munkey: kinda creepy khanwoman
khanwoman: indeed
khanwoman: looks like you suck at sngs tho, havent played many
tom2585: sngs?
Evil Munkey: sngs?
tom2585: lol
khanwoman: sit n gos
tom2585: this isnt a sng
Evil Munkey: oh those suck

silly donkeys

Evil Munkey: i play those at 2 am when there are no other tournys
tom2585: lol sng are gauranteed money lol
tom2585: if you know how to play

OH Reaaaaaaally tom? Let's see...

Evil Munkey: gets late and i go all in on somthing stupid
tom2585: exactly and i bank of your kind of playing
khanwoman: tom youve played 73 sngs and youre - $109
Evil Munkey: i have only played like 5 sit and go's
khanwoman: 7 evil
Evil Munkey: creepy
tom2585: that actually sounds right
Evil Munkey: wow how long has it been since my last poop

So, I decide to clue them in, mainly cause I like my stats on sharkscope.com... PHEAR THE KHAN!

khanwoman: i know it is sharkscope.com
khanwoman: says youre a fish tom
tom2585: lol
tom2585: good
tom2585: im an unorthadox player so thats prob right
Evil Munkey: me too

Yeah that's it!! Nail.on.head.

tom2585: but khanwoman it doesnt put alcohol into those calc
tom2585: and bad beats
Evil Munkey: true
khanwoman: those shouldnt matter
khanwoman: im drinking now
khanwoman: want one?

I was gonna ask him for ID first, but he never responded. Long break before this...

khanwoman: did you go look at your stats tom?
tom2585: oh yeah
khanwoman: like the lil fishbowl?
tom2585: i do

If you've never been on sharkscope this is what a player search looks like...

tom2585: i played a few times after the bars for a while there
tom2585: just recently decided to stop
tom2585: thats where the recent peak is from
tom2585: keep an eye on it
khanwoman: good for u
tom2585: i will watch yours as well
khanwoman: good

You do that tom.

tom2585: hey khanwoman bet you i will make it to $250 profitablilty first lol
khanwoman: mk
khanwoman: ill take that bet... $10?
tom2585: yes
khanwoman: u know thats only for sngs right?
tom2585: yeah
khanwoman: k
khanwoman: lets do it
tom2585: goodluck
khanwoman: u2 youll need it
tom2585: i know lol
tom2585: i am way down

I know tom... I know. So regardless whether or not I ever see that money (or win the bet, I guess anythings possible) I enjoyed placing the bet anyhow!

A couple hands later my AQ was beat by AT for all my chips... c'est la vie.

We are ALL WINNERS!

Hardly.

I was a "winner" in this hand and ended up with less chips than I started with.

I raise PF, SB pushes, BB pushes, I call all in.

Razz Freeroll

Nuff said.

This one guy was playing just about every hand. He had a huge stack and pretty much wouldn't fold.

Full Tilt Poker Game #1187664073: $100 Freeroll (8124165), Table 199 - 800/1600 Ante 150 - Limit Razz - 0:24:09 ET - 2006/11/03
Seat 1: D-Klubs (22,236)
Seat 2: WOLFE420 (4,449)
Seat 3: tommy_doggs (72,505)
Seat 4: zZneuronZz (11,012)
Seat 5: deadly_void (18,904)
Seat 6: stunned (5,168)
Seat 7: stretch11 (27,965)
Seat 8: gadzooks64 (9,350)
D-Klubs antes 150
WOLFE420 antes 150
tommy_doggs antes 150
zZneuronZz antes 150
deadly_void antes 150
stunned antes 150
stretch11 antes 150
gadzooks64 antes 150
*** 3RD STREET ***
Dealt to D-Klubs [2d]
Dealt to WOLFE420 [6s]
Dealt to tommy_doggs [5c]
Dealt to zZneuronZz [As]
Dealt to deadly_void [8d]
Dealt to stunned [7c]
Dealt to stretch11 [Jd]
Dealt to gadzooks64 [3c 5h] [6d]
stretch11 is high with [Jd]
stretch11 brings in for 250
gadzooks64 completes it to 800
D-Klubs folds
WOLFE420 folds
tommy_doggs raises to 1,600 He'd been raising with crap.
zZneuronZz folds
deadly_void folds
stunned folds
stretch11 folds
gadzooks64 calls 800
*** 4TH STREET ***
Dealt to tommy_doggs [5c] []
Dealt to gadzooks64 [3c 5h 6d] [4h]
tommy_doggs bets 800
gadzooks64 calls 800
*** 5TH STREET ***
Dealt to tommy_doggs [5c ] [7h]
Dealt to gadzooks64 [3c 5h 6d 4h] [Ac]
gadzooks64 checks I wanted him to think I'd paired my A.
tommy_doggs bets 1,600
gadzooks64 raises to 3,200
tommy_doggs raises to 4,800
gadzooks64 raises to 6,400
tommy_doggs calls 1,600
*** 6TH STREET ***
Dealt to tommy_doggs [5c 7h] [Jc]
Dealt to gadzooks64 [3c 5h 6d 4h Ac] [Ah]
tommy_doggs checks
gadzooks64 bets 400, and is all in
tommy_doggs calls 400
gadzooks64 shows [3c 5h 6d 4h Ac Ah]
tommy_doggs shows [3s Qc 5c 7h Jc] OMGWTF?!
*** 7TH STREET ***
Dealt to tommy_doggs [3s Qc 5c 7h Jc] [5d]
Dealt to gadzooks64 [3c 5h 6d 4h Ac Ah] [Js]
gadzooks64 shows [3c 5h 6d 4h Ac Ah Js] (6,5,4,3,A)
tommy_doggs shows [3s Qc 5c 7h Jc 5d] (J,7,5,4,3)
gadzooks64 wins the pot (19,850) with 6,5,4,3,A
The limits are now 1,000/2,000 with an ante of 150
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 19,850 | Rake 0
Seat 1: D-Klubs folded on 3rd St.
Seat 2: WOLFE420 folded on 3rd St.
Seat 3: tommy_doggs showed [3s Qc 5c 7h Jc 5d] and lost with J,7,5,4,3
Seat 4: zZneuronZz folded on 3rd St.
Seat 5: deadly_void folded on 3rd St.
Seat 6: stunned folded on 3rd St.
Seat 7: stretch11 folded on 3rd St.
Seat 8: gadzooks64 showed [3c 5h 6d 4h Ac Ah Js] and won (19,850) with 6,5,4,3,A

But he got me with this hand:

Full Tilt Poker Game #1187743100: $100 Freeroll (8124165), Table 199 - 1200/2400 Ante 200 - Limit Razz - 0:40:15 ET - 2006/11/03
Seat 1: D-Klubs (27,986)
Seat 2: LittleO (4,262)
Seat 3: tommy_doggs (78,454)
Seat 5: deadly_void (28,003)
Seat 6: TroutFish (33,806)
Seat 7: stretch11 (19,515)
Seat 8: gadzooks64 (14,100)
D-Klubs antes 200
LittleO antes 200
tommy_doggs antes 200
deadly_void antes 200
TroutFish antes 200
stretch11 antes 200
gadzooks64 antes 200
*** 3RD STREET ***
Dealt to D-Klubs [9s]
Dealt to LittleO [8c]
Dealt to tommy_doggs [Kd]
Dealt to deadly_void [2d]
Dealt to TroutFish [4d]
Dealt to stretch11 [Qh]
Dealt to gadzooks64 [7c 5s] [2s]
tommy_doggs is high with [Kd]
tommy_doggs brings in for 400
deadly_void folds
TroutFish folds
stretch11 folds
gadzooks64 completes it to 1,200
D-Klubs folds
LittleO folds
tommy_doggs calls 800 He calls with a K door!
*** 4TH STREET ***
Dealt to tommy_doggs [Kd] [8s]
Dealt to gadzooks64 [7c 5s 2s] [7s] Crap, but I can't help but think I'm still ahead
gadzooks64 bets 1,200
tommy_doggs calls 1,200
*** 5TH STREET ***
Dealt to tommy_doggs [Kd 8s] [4h]
Dealt to gadzooks64 [7c 5s 2s 7s] [9h] Oh no, I see my demise coming
gadzooks64 bets 2,400
tommy_doggs calls 2,400
*** 6TH STREET ***
Dealt to tommy_doggs [Kd 8s 4h] [2c]
Dealt to gadzooks64 [7c 5s 2s 7s 9h] [3c]
gadzooks64 bets 2,400
tommy_doggs raises to 4,800
gadzooks64 calls 2,400
*** 7TH STREET ***
Dealt to gadzooks64 [7c 5s 2s 7s 9h 3c] [Qs] Can you say "brick"
gadzooks64 checks
tommy_doggs bets 2,400
gadzooks64 calls 2,400
*** SHOW DOWN ***
tommy_doggs shows [6s 6c Kd 8s 4h 2c Ad] (8,6,4,2,A)
gadzooks64 mucks
tommy_doggs wins the pot (25,400) with 8,6,4,2,A
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 25,400 | Rake 0
Seat 1: D-Klubs folded on 3rd St.
Seat 2: LittleO folded on 3rd St.
Seat 3: tommy_doggs showed [6s 6c Kd 8s 4h 2c Ad] and won (25,400) with 8,6,4,2,A
Seat 5: deadly_void folded on 3rd St.
Seat 6: TroutFish folded on 3rd St.
Seat 7: stretch11 folded on 3rd St.
Seat 8: gadzooks64 mucked [Qs 7c 2s 7s 9h 3c 5s] - 9,7,5,3,2

I had never seen a hand played this badly

Full Tilt Poker Game #1181548509: $1 + $0.25 Sit & Go (8119239), Table 7 - 20/40 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:12:59 ET - 2006/11/01
Seat 1: ISELLMONY (2,977)
Seat 2: KThasaSET (1,770)
Seat 3: paintguy3255 (2,790)
Seat 4: khanwoman (2,895)
Seat 6: TapatioRed (3,015)
Seat 7: Kuato (4,903)
Seat 8: pokrpro2b (2,985)
Seat 9: lucky111348 (2,575)
lucky111348 posts the small blind of 20
ISELLMONY posts the big blind of 40
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to khanwoman [4s As]
KThasaSET raises to 80 <-- min raise mistake #1
paintguy3255 folds
khanwoman has 15 seconds left to act
khanwoman calls 80
TapatioRed folds
Kuato folds
pokrpro2b raises to 380
lucky111348 folds
ISELLMONY folds
KThasaSET raises to 680<-- re raise mistake #2
khanwoman folds
pokrpro2b has 15 seconds left to act
pokrpro2b calls 300
*** FLOP *** [Qs 7s 6c]
KThasaSET bets 40<-- WTF?? You raise, get re raised, the re raise yourself and MIN BET the flop?? #3
pokrpro2b raises to 400
KThasaSET raises to 760<--#4 im so confused i have nothing left to say.
pokrpro2b calls 360
*** TURN *** [Qs 7s 6c] [Qd]
KThasaSET bets 40<-- eh??? #5
pokrpro2b calls 40
*** RIVER *** [Qs 7s 6c Qd] [Kc]
KThasaSET bets 40<-- and again!! almost his entire stack is in the pot.. and what did he have you ask?! #6
pokrpro2b calls 40
*** SHOW DOWN ***
KThasaSET shows [Js Jd] (two pair, Queens and Jacks) #7 idiots like this should never get these kinds of cards.
pokrpro2b shows [Ks Ah] (two pair, Kings and Queens)
pokrpro2b wins the pot (3,180) with two pair, Kings and Queens