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by poormanbilly » Sun Apr 23, 2006 1:12 am
I took down a local charity MTT tonight. Oh man was it sweet! I'll fill in the details later, but here is the important info.
$200 Buy-in with a $100 Add-on
38 players
1st prize = $2,600
I got all my big hands at just the right time and managed not to donk off my chips. Go me!
$200 Buy-in with a $100 Add-on
38 players
1st prize = $2,600
I got all my big hands at just the right time and managed not to donk off my chips. Go me!
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poormanbilly - Whale Hunter
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by poormanbilly » Sun Apr 23, 2006 3:46 pm
Allright, here are the juicy details. I’ve played in these before, so I mostly knew what to expect. This is really long, so probably no one will read it 
We start out with 1500 in chips and there is a 1500 add-on that you can buy any time up until the end of the first break. My plan is to play the role of tighty-boy, steal blinds, and wait for some big hands. I’ve only played with one person at my table before, the guy to my right, who happens to be pretty good. Jeff Saturday, the Colts center, is two to my left. I spend some time chatting with him about the Colts, the draft, and football in general. That's cool, because I'm a huge Colts fan.
Half way into the first level I pick up AK. The guy to my right raises from early position. I don’t want to play a big pot with him just yet, so I call. First mistake I make. Everyone around the table calls. This is a pattern I’ll need to get used to. Flop comes rags and it gets checked around. Turn is an Ace and the initial raiser bets a small amount. I call and the lady at the table min raises. I go to showdown and she shows A4 for two pair. I’m a donkey. I get no hands for the next two levels and I go into the first break with about 1100 chips. I debate about getting the add-on. I figure that I’m playing in such a mine field that I might as well take my remaining chips and try and double up quickly. I think better of that plan and get the add-on. I start thinking about how I should be playing the people at my table better. It’s a very passive table with almost all hands seeing the flop with no raise. I have a tight image, so I decide I’m going to try and start stealing along with playing more speculative draw hands since I can get in cheaply. The players have no concept of proper betting, so you’ll see a $100 bet into a $600 pot, on the flop, almost every hand. It makes draws a really good value. Why didn’t I make this adjustment earlier? Again, I’m a donkey, but I’ve slowly caught onto how these guys are going to play.
My first steal attempt goes down in flames. I find A3 in mid position and raise 3.5x. The BB calls. The flop is T66. I make a good size C-bet. BB calls. Turn and river go check, check. She turns over A6 (??). She states she was scared because this was the first hand I had raised. Swell… you were scared enough not to bet your trip sixes, but not scared enough to fold preflop.
I fold for 30 minutes. I’m now sitting on a short stack. I get 3c4c in the SB. Two people limp, I complete and the BB checks. Flop JsKc2c. I think for a minute and push my 1800 stack into a 800 pot. In hindsight, this was pretty crazy, but I’m not going to blind out. Jeff thinks for a bit, says he thinks I have a K and mucks a J. Lady, who had A6 from before, thinks for a long time, mucks and said she had a flush draw. Oops.
A couple of new guys show up at our table and sit on my left. My stack is about 8x the BB. Time to make some moves. Both new guys limp in from early position and it gets folded around to me in the BB. I push my stack into the middle without looking at my cards. Both guys fold. I look at my cards and clumsily show the guy on my right. Dealer shows the table my cards when they hit the muck. I’m like “WTF”. She says it’s the rules. “Fine, whatever”, I say, “I don’t agree with that though, no one asked”. Stupid Old Guy (SOG), who wasn’t even in the hand, starts talking about how everyone has to see the cards. It’s the rules, blah blah blah. Next hand starts to be dealt. SOG keeps talking about how it’s unfair for one to see and not everyone else. Finally, I have to look at him and say “It’s over, STOP TALKING”. He shuts up and the table now thinks I’m a tool who will play any two cards. I don’t mind this.
SOG raises from late position and I look down at AJ on the button. I don’t have enough chips to see the flop, so it’s either push or fold. This is the first time SOG has raised in the last hour. I think for a bit and muck. He makes the same raise a little bit later on with KK. I’m feeling good for paying attention and throwing away the AJ. I can find a better spot to push.
Get AA for the first time. One limper and I raise half my stack (warning bells should be going off for people at the table). Limper calls and the flop is Q94. He puts me all-in and I call showing AA. He turns over KQ with disgust. I’d been stealing his blinds, so I had him pretty hot. Apparently I rule at pissing people off.
On one of the first hands at the final table, I get TT in early position. The blinds and antes are very high compared to the stack sizes, so I’m playing this no matter what. I put in a big raise. Guy in mid position thinks for a long time before finally calling. Flop comes rags. I push the rest of my stack in and he goes into the tank. I have him covered and then he finally says “Did you hit a set? I have pocket aces”. He says it in perfect deadpan, so I believe him for a second until he finally mucks. Big mistake for him as 3/4 of his chips land in my stack. He later says he had AQ. Massive, massive error on his part. Getting involved with someone that had him covered wasn't that smart to begin with, but if you're going to play that hand, you've got to see all 5 cards.
At this point, I’m the chip leader and I start doing my Chris Ferguson impression. I evaluate everyone’s stack on every hand and take my time before raising or folding. People start to complain/wonder why it takes me so long to act and why I keep looking at their stack. In my best Cartman voice: “Screw you guys”.
I fold for awhile as I never find much chance to push my big stack around. Finally, a small stack moves in and then the SB moves in. There is something like 35,000 in the pot and it’s 8,000 for me to call in the BB. I look down and see KQ. I was calling with 72, but this is much better. Small stack 1 shows AT and small stack 2 shows JJ. Q hits on the flop and a K on the turn. If this was online, I guaran-damn-tee you a J falls on the river, but since this is live, a rag falls. JJ boy bitches about how bad my call was. Uhhhh.....fuck you?
I fold for a little bit longer until another small stack moves in. A second small stack also pushes. I look down and see AA in the BB. I chuckle as I call. It’s like the clouds have parted and the sun is shining on only me. My aces hold and I knock out two more.
Down to four: I push all-in with Ace rag twice to steal the blinds/antes and let everyone know this is my table. Small stack goes all in for 14,000 when I’m in the BB. It cost me 8,000 to call when the pot is 26,000 including antes. I call with 23 off. Neither hand improves and he takes down the pot with J high. One of the rail birds asked the tourney director what I was doing. He says something about he could have anything and they both look at me. I mumble something about math and go back to counting my remaining chips. Would everyone stop questioning my decisions? I’ve got more small stack/high blind experience then the rest of you put together. Thanks Party Poker SnGs!
I catch pocket 4s in the small blind and push. The BB calls and shows A6. My hand holds and it’s down to 3. The other two players happen to be married…hmmmm… interesting. I fold and the guy moves all-in. It’s something crazy for the lady to call…like 4,000 in a 20,000 pot, but she folds…nice. It puts her on the short-stack though and she pushes pretty soon with 66 and I look down to find TT. I’m rocking the pocket pairs.
Heads up. I’m the button and I tell them that makes me the SB. NO ONE agrees with me. Some guy chimes in from the back and says the dealer is always the BB. Tourney director can’t remember….wtf you people?!? Like I said, it’s a charity event, so I don’t expect them to know everything, but come on….It doesn’t matter though as I get 77 the very first hand and guy raises/calls after I push. He shows 86s and I improve to a full-house by the river. Sweetness. I knocked out 7 of the 8 people at the final table and crushed the other guy’s stack. Fear me.
I go home $2,300 richer and happy.
We start out with 1500 in chips and there is a 1500 add-on that you can buy any time up until the end of the first break. My plan is to play the role of tighty-boy, steal blinds, and wait for some big hands. I’ve only played with one person at my table before, the guy to my right, who happens to be pretty good. Jeff Saturday, the Colts center, is two to my left. I spend some time chatting with him about the Colts, the draft, and football in general. That's cool, because I'm a huge Colts fan.
Half way into the first level I pick up AK. The guy to my right raises from early position. I don’t want to play a big pot with him just yet, so I call. First mistake I make. Everyone around the table calls. This is a pattern I’ll need to get used to. Flop comes rags and it gets checked around. Turn is an Ace and the initial raiser bets a small amount. I call and the lady at the table min raises. I go to showdown and she shows A4 for two pair. I’m a donkey. I get no hands for the next two levels and I go into the first break with about 1100 chips. I debate about getting the add-on. I figure that I’m playing in such a mine field that I might as well take my remaining chips and try and double up quickly. I think better of that plan and get the add-on. I start thinking about how I should be playing the people at my table better. It’s a very passive table with almost all hands seeing the flop with no raise. I have a tight image, so I decide I’m going to try and start stealing along with playing more speculative draw hands since I can get in cheaply. The players have no concept of proper betting, so you’ll see a $100 bet into a $600 pot, on the flop, almost every hand. It makes draws a really good value. Why didn’t I make this adjustment earlier? Again, I’m a donkey, but I’ve slowly caught onto how these guys are going to play.
My first steal attempt goes down in flames. I find A3 in mid position and raise 3.5x. The BB calls. The flop is T66. I make a good size C-bet. BB calls. Turn and river go check, check. She turns over A6 (??). She states she was scared because this was the first hand I had raised. Swell… you were scared enough not to bet your trip sixes, but not scared enough to fold preflop.
I fold for 30 minutes. I’m now sitting on a short stack. I get 3c4c in the SB. Two people limp, I complete and the BB checks. Flop JsKc2c. I think for a minute and push my 1800 stack into a 800 pot. In hindsight, this was pretty crazy, but I’m not going to blind out. Jeff thinks for a bit, says he thinks I have a K and mucks a J. Lady, who had A6 from before, thinks for a long time, mucks and said she had a flush draw. Oops.
A couple of new guys show up at our table and sit on my left. My stack is about 8x the BB. Time to make some moves. Both new guys limp in from early position and it gets folded around to me in the BB. I push my stack into the middle without looking at my cards. Both guys fold. I look at my cards and clumsily show the guy on my right. Dealer shows the table my cards when they hit the muck. I’m like “WTF”. She says it’s the rules. “Fine, whatever”, I say, “I don’t agree with that though, no one asked”. Stupid Old Guy (SOG), who wasn’t even in the hand, starts talking about how everyone has to see the cards. It’s the rules, blah blah blah. Next hand starts to be dealt. SOG keeps talking about how it’s unfair for one to see and not everyone else. Finally, I have to look at him and say “It’s over, STOP TALKING”. He shuts up and the table now thinks I’m a tool who will play any two cards. I don’t mind this.
SOG raises from late position and I look down at AJ on the button. I don’t have enough chips to see the flop, so it’s either push or fold. This is the first time SOG has raised in the last hour. I think for a bit and muck. He makes the same raise a little bit later on with KK. I’m feeling good for paying attention and throwing away the AJ. I can find a better spot to push.
Get AA for the first time. One limper and I raise half my stack (warning bells should be going off for people at the table). Limper calls and the flop is Q94. He puts me all-in and I call showing AA. He turns over KQ with disgust. I’d been stealing his blinds, so I had him pretty hot. Apparently I rule at pissing people off.
On one of the first hands at the final table, I get TT in early position. The blinds and antes are very high compared to the stack sizes, so I’m playing this no matter what. I put in a big raise. Guy in mid position thinks for a long time before finally calling. Flop comes rags. I push the rest of my stack in and he goes into the tank. I have him covered and then he finally says “Did you hit a set? I have pocket aces”. He says it in perfect deadpan, so I believe him for a second until he finally mucks. Big mistake for him as 3/4 of his chips land in my stack. He later says he had AQ. Massive, massive error on his part. Getting involved with someone that had him covered wasn't that smart to begin with, but if you're going to play that hand, you've got to see all 5 cards.
At this point, I’m the chip leader and I start doing my Chris Ferguson impression. I evaluate everyone’s stack on every hand and take my time before raising or folding. People start to complain/wonder why it takes me so long to act and why I keep looking at their stack. In my best Cartman voice: “Screw you guys”.
I fold for awhile as I never find much chance to push my big stack around. Finally, a small stack moves in and then the SB moves in. There is something like 35,000 in the pot and it’s 8,000 for me to call in the BB. I look down and see KQ. I was calling with 72, but this is much better. Small stack 1 shows AT and small stack 2 shows JJ. Q hits on the flop and a K on the turn. If this was online, I guaran-damn-tee you a J falls on the river, but since this is live, a rag falls. JJ boy bitches about how bad my call was. Uhhhh.....fuck you?
I fold for a little bit longer until another small stack moves in. A second small stack also pushes. I look down and see AA in the BB. I chuckle as I call. It’s like the clouds have parted and the sun is shining on only me. My aces hold and I knock out two more.
Down to four: I push all-in with Ace rag twice to steal the blinds/antes and let everyone know this is my table. Small stack goes all in for 14,000 when I’m in the BB. It cost me 8,000 to call when the pot is 26,000 including antes. I call with 23 off. Neither hand improves and he takes down the pot with J high. One of the rail birds asked the tourney director what I was doing. He says something about he could have anything and they both look at me. I mumble something about math and go back to counting my remaining chips. Would everyone stop questioning my decisions? I’ve got more small stack/high blind experience then the rest of you put together. Thanks Party Poker SnGs!
I catch pocket 4s in the small blind and push. The BB calls and shows A6. My hand holds and it’s down to 3. The other two players happen to be married…hmmmm… interesting. I fold and the guy moves all-in. It’s something crazy for the lady to call…like 4,000 in a 20,000 pot, but she folds…nice. It puts her on the short-stack though and she pushes pretty soon with 66 and I look down to find TT. I’m rocking the pocket pairs.
Heads up. I’m the button and I tell them that makes me the SB. NO ONE agrees with me. Some guy chimes in from the back and says the dealer is always the BB. Tourney director can’t remember….wtf you people?!? Like I said, it’s a charity event, so I don’t expect them to know everything, but come on….It doesn’t matter though as I get 77 the very first hand and guy raises/calls after I push. He shows 86s and I improve to a full-house by the river. Sweetness. I knocked out 7 of the 8 people at the final table and crushed the other guy’s stack. Fear me.
I go home $2,300 richer and happy.
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poormanbilly - Whale Hunter
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by scotty1139 » Sun Apr 23, 2006 11:54 pm
PoorManBilly wrote: I’d been stealing his blinds, so I had him pretty hot. Apparently I rule at pissing people off.
Sweet. So, when are you flying out to join our cash game crew in Vegas? We need all the walking tilt machines that we can get...
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by poormanbilly » Mon Apr 24, 2006 12:29 am
scotty1139 wrote:Sweet. So, when are you flying out to join our cash game crew in Vegas? We need all the walking tilt machines that we can get...
If I can get away from work, I'd love to go.
Most of the people that play these things are old, rich guys and they don't like some punk coming in and taking their chips. One guy, who kept limping in, told me that a poker hand doesn't start until the flop. I'd stolen his limp for the 5th time and I told him that I was a preflop player. He wasn't even sure what that meant, lol.
Ugignadl wrote:I also get that dealer-is-the-BB thing at home games. Sucks royal ass.
No idea how to convince people who don't know otherwise either.
http://www.cardplayer.com/rules-of-poker/tournament.php See #25
I'm going to print this out or take HOH #2 with me next time. No one argues with Harrington!
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