Thursday, August 12, 2010

Four Time!

Yeah, I won The Mookie for the 4th time last night.

This was by FAR the hand of the tournament. We're down to 4: Me, Lightning, Buddy and Dave. Me and Lightning have huge stacks, Buddy and Dave are on life support. Then, the coldest of cold decks occurs, with me on the right side:

Full Tilt Poker Game #23019096199: The Mookie (176453690), Table 2 - 250/500 Ante 50 - No Limit Hold'em - 00:13:25 ET - 2010/08/12
Seat 1: BuddyDank (3,130)
Seat 3: NYRambler (21,106)
Seat 5: lightning36 (26,014)
Seat 6: DDionysus (3,750)
BuddyDank antes 50
NYRambler antes 50
lightning36 antes 50
DDionysus antes 50
NYRambler posts the small blind of 250
lightning36 posts the big blind of 500
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to NYRambler [Ac Ad]
DDionysus folds
BuddyDank folds
NYRambler raises to 1,500
lightning36 raises to 3,000
NYRambler raises to 7,000
lightning36 raises to 25,964, and is all in
NYRambler calls 14,056, and is all in
lightning36 shows [Ks Kh]
NYRambler shows [Ac Ad]
Uncalled bet of 4,908 returned to lightning36
*** FLOP *** [9h 5h 8s]
*** TURN *** [9h 5h 8s] [As]
*** RIVER *** [9h 5h 8s As] [3c]
lightning36 shows a pair of Kings
NYRambler shows three of a kind, Aces
NYRambler wins the pot (42,312) with three of a kind, Aces
NYRambler: so rigged
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 42,312 | Rake 0
Board: [9h 5h 8s As 3c]
Seat 1: BuddyDank (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: NYRambler (small blind) showed [Ac Ad] and won (42,312) with three of a kind, Aces
Seat 5: lightning36 (big blind) showed [Ks Kh] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 6: DDionysus folded before the Flop

With such a huge chip lead, I was gonna try to find a way to blow it, and I almost did as I got Heads Up with Lightning, and gave him the chip lead for a short while. But I was able to out-aggro him and get back into the lead, then took him out with a cruel river (for him)

Full Tilt Poker Game #23019436011: The Mookie (176453690), Table 2 - 400/800 Ante 100 - No Limit Hold'em - 00:32:50 ET - 2010/08/12
Seat 3: NYRambler (28,591)
Seat 5: lightning36 (25,409)
NYRambler antes 100
lightning36 antes 100
NYRambler posts the small blind of 400
lightning36 posts the big blind of 800
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to NYRambler [8s Js]
NYRambler raises to 2,400
lightning36 raises to 4,800
NYRambler calls 2,400
*** FLOP *** [7s 2c 9s]
lightning36 checks
NYRambler checks
*** TURN *** [7s 2c 9s] [8d]
lightning36 bets 3,200
NYRambler calls 3,200
*** RIVER *** [7s 2c 9s 8d] [Qs]
lightning36 bets 17,309, and is all in
NYRambler calls 17,309
*** SHOW DOWN ***
lightning36 shows [Kh Qh] a pair of Queens
NYRambler shows [8s Js] a flush, Queen high
NYRambler wins the pot (50,818) with a flush, Queen high
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 50,818 | Rake 0
Board: [7s 2c 9s 8d Qs]
Seat 3: NYRambler (small blind) showed [8s Js] and won (50,818) with a flush, Queen high
Seat 5: lightning36 (big blind) showed [Kh Qh] and lost with a pair of Queens

-Kenny

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Summer Update: Post-TOC, Vegas, Still Running Good

Okay, I haven't posted since I won my 10k seat for the WSOP... Here's my tl;dr journey since then.

Like the other guys who won the TOC, I took the 10k in T$ on Full Tilt. I really needed the money to help me and my family, so it was a great thing to have. I withdrew $7500 in cash and kept $2000 on Full Tilt.

It's been helping me play Poker without fear of going broke, which is always something that has loomed over my head. $200NL is now my new home, both Live and Online. I'm now playing more MTTs and with the proper bankroll management that I have never used before. I recently took 2nd in a $5 2 rebuy/1 add-on tournament on Stars for $4800+.

Now to the Vegas part. I planned the Vegas trip anyway, but with the new money, I was able to play a little looser than I usually do. I wound up dropping $800 in total, which wasn't too bad. Plus, I got to meet Al, lucko, LJ and stoner when Lucko was making his WSOP run. But for the most part, I hung out with my usual gang that includes Nik Santi, et al.

I spent most of my time in Vegas at the Venetian card room, playing 1-2NL, 4-8 Hold 'em and 4-8 and 8-16 HORSE. Also played a lot of Pai Gow and especially Baccarat, as the strategy in baccarat is just have a deep enough roll to play where you bet player every hand and double your bet if you lose. The largest bet I made using this strategy was $800. That was when I was starting out at $25 bets.

I've been playing The Mookie, and lately, the Tuesday Spewday, on a semi-regular basis, and as i've said, the various MTTs and $200NL.

I'm gonna TRY to keep the blog more up to date, but I can't promise anything.

-Kenny