Shit I was crackin'...for a minute. I think I got called on every single bluff except one. That's like four huge bluff and the people called me with weak hands. Both times the guys were just like "fuck it" and called. I actually built my stack up with solid play.
Well, this lady was an idiot. I had QJ. She's on the button, I'm one seat in front of her. She raised pre-flop to like 20, about four people call. Flop comes QJx. I wanted to see where I was at so I bet $30. She called, other two folded. Turn is a J. I check, she checks. River is a Jack. So the board is QxJJQ and I have QJ. I bet $50 and she calls with TT, so essentially she called with a 10 kicker and the board, lol. She had no clue.
So I had my stack at like $500 and I get 55. She raises again to like $20 and three people call. The board comes KsJs8h. I check, other guy checks. She makes a weak bet and I call, planning to outplay her on the turn or river. Then the other guy calls. The third spade peels off on the turn and I check. The second guy checks and my read on him is that he doesn't have the flush. The lady then bets $50 and I move all-in for like $450 or something. The other guy calls immediately and is all-in for $200 or so. She folds. River is a blank and the guy called with a pair of eights and the ace of spades, so he was just praying for a spade but also had the 8 and I lost.
Like three hands later I have Ac3c in the small blind. EVERYONE limps. I know they have me on some bullshit after the 55 loss so I just limp with everyone. Flop comes three clubs. Nuts. UTG bets $20. Short stack (around $90) raises to $40. I hollywood and look at the original bettor and ask him if he's gonna raise, etc. Then I call and he calls. The turn is a rag of spades and I check. The original bettor makes it $100. The other guy puts in his last $50 and now I'm acting again. Looking at my cards and all that BS. I move in for my last $320 and he calls with very little hesitation. The river is nothing and I win, the other guy had 5c7c and the short stack didn't show.
Very next hand I'm on the button with 10-7. Flop is 7-7-10. Everyone including me checks. On the turn (ace) I bet $5 and three callers. River is a king, everyone checks and I bet $100 trying to make it look like an overbet bluff and everyone folds.
The hand that really hurt me, I had 9s7s. One guy who had been raising a lot raised to about $25. Few callers. Flop comes AsJsQh. He bets $50 and seems pretty weak. Two callers. River is a 7. He bets $50 again, gets one caller and I push for $600. He thinks for a long time (he has $350. I thought he had $250 but he had a hidden white chip) and finally calls with A-10. I had a bunch of outs but missed and he's a genius.
Lost two buy-ins, which sucks!
Overally I played pretty well but I clearly picked the wrong two people to bluff. The first guy was just banking on his ace high flush draw with one card to come, and the second guy made a good call. I really risked way too much money on those bluffs.
Friday, May 18, 2007
Tuesday, May 08, 2007
Just getting Steamrolled
I've just been getting my ass handed to me lately. Steamrolled for like 1500. I'm gonna post more detail and number updates in the next couple days but it's been ugly and uglier, in that order.
New Blog Started
For anyone reading this, I've started a new blog that is for a wider audience then just people interested in hand histories and bankroll attempts. The new blog is http://www.backdoorstraight.blogspot.com . The second blog is more for writing and entertainment. I will still be posting on this blog.
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
Update On the Sizzessions
Backyard Beer-a-ment
Man, in all honesty I couldn't have asked for a better set-up then this tournament. Everyone was drinking. The structure was slow and great. The players were bad (with a few exceptions). The buy-in was $50 and first-place was $900. I really was on cruise control and built my stack despite losing some MONSTER pots. The first one, I had AK and pushed against a raiser. One player called (had him easily covered) and so did another (had her covered too). I was up against AhQh and Qs10s. So I have them dominated and what happens? The hearts flush hits and a 10 hits the board, so I lose the main pot and the side pot. I rebuild my stack only to lose a huge pot to a rivered flush draw against the second biggest stack at the table when we're down to 10 people. I had AK, Ace hits the flop with two hearts, you know the rest. So I ended up bustin out 9th with five places paying. There were about 25 people and about half of them rebought. It was a lot of fun though, but I should have won it.
Anyways, -$60 to a home tourney.
Hollywood Park, Saturday afternoon
Well I went straight from the home tourney to HP and promptly lost my ass off. Played too loose, called too many pre-flop raises and pretty much stunk it up. I don't even remember any hands. I know I didn't hit any, lol. I played for about three hours and had to leave at 930p to go to the movies. Saw "Vacancy," which was actually pretty decent. I jumped once. So anyways at HP I lost two buy-ins, $400. Shit now I remember some hands. I had AhQh in the blind, I raised to $30. One guy calls. ONE GUY! Flop comes JJT. We both check. Turn is a king, but putting three diamonds on the board. I bet $30. He calls. I say "Did you flop a full house on me?" He laughs. Turn is a blank. I bet $30. He raises $200. My dumb ass calls and he shows JT for the flopped full house. Definitely should have folded but his $200 bet was so much I thought he was stealing. I was wrong as ever. Lost $400 in this session.
Hollywood Park, Monday night
Yesterday I started my new running/scheduling plan and it went well. I ran after work and then showered up and went to HP and got there around 10 pm. I got to a table that was tight as HELL. The table literally folded the first five hands I saw to the blinds for chops. I couldn't believe it. The funny thing is, everyone was complaining about the action and no one would play. I started raising in position, getting a couple callers and betting big on the flop. I pretty much ran the table over and probably won at least 12 hands without having to showdown cards. The pots were small due to the table character but I left after less than a couple hours and won $171, which I was very happy with given how tight the table was. I'll be back soon.
Home Tourney: -60
Saturday: -400
Monday: +171
Bankroll Plan To Date:
Home Tourneys: -60
4/8 Limit: +33
1/2 NL: +195
2/3 NL: +650
3/5 NL: +1756
Bankroll: +2574
Man, in all honesty I couldn't have asked for a better set-up then this tournament. Everyone was drinking. The structure was slow and great. The players were bad (with a few exceptions). The buy-in was $50 and first-place was $900. I really was on cruise control and built my stack despite losing some MONSTER pots. The first one, I had AK and pushed against a raiser. One player called (had him easily covered) and so did another (had her covered too). I was up against AhQh and Qs10s. So I have them dominated and what happens? The hearts flush hits and a 10 hits the board, so I lose the main pot and the side pot. I rebuild my stack only to lose a huge pot to a rivered flush draw against the second biggest stack at the table when we're down to 10 people. I had AK, Ace hits the flop with two hearts, you know the rest. So I ended up bustin out 9th with five places paying. There were about 25 people and about half of them rebought. It was a lot of fun though, but I should have won it.
Anyways, -$60 to a home tourney.
Hollywood Park, Saturday afternoon
Well I went straight from the home tourney to HP and promptly lost my ass off. Played too loose, called too many pre-flop raises and pretty much stunk it up. I don't even remember any hands. I know I didn't hit any, lol. I played for about three hours and had to leave at 930p to go to the movies. Saw "Vacancy," which was actually pretty decent. I jumped once. So anyways at HP I lost two buy-ins, $400. Shit now I remember some hands. I had AhQh in the blind, I raised to $30. One guy calls. ONE GUY! Flop comes JJT. We both check. Turn is a king, but putting three diamonds on the board. I bet $30. He calls. I say "Did you flop a full house on me?" He laughs. Turn is a blank. I bet $30. He raises $200. My dumb ass calls and he shows JT for the flopped full house. Definitely should have folded but his $200 bet was so much I thought he was stealing. I was wrong as ever. Lost $400 in this session.
Hollywood Park, Monday night
Yesterday I started my new running/scheduling plan and it went well. I ran after work and then showered up and went to HP and got there around 10 pm. I got to a table that was tight as HELL. The table literally folded the first five hands I saw to the blinds for chops. I couldn't believe it. The funny thing is, everyone was complaining about the action and no one would play. I started raising in position, getting a couple callers and betting big on the flop. I pretty much ran the table over and probably won at least 12 hands without having to showdown cards. The pots were small due to the table character but I left after less than a couple hours and won $171, which I was very happy with given how tight the table was. I'll be back soon.
Home Tourney: -60
Saturday: -400
Monday: +171
Bankroll Plan To Date:
Home Tourneys: -60
4/8 Limit: +33
1/2 NL: +195
2/3 NL: +650
3/5 NL: +1756
Bankroll: +2574
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