August results

I'm not likely to play more STTs before the end of this month because of work, so I guess the month is done for me.

I knew I wouldn't get much volume in, but 57 games was pathetic.

I played 9 5ers on PokerRoom for 1%, which sucked. I also played a bunch of Double or nothing tourneys and made a few bucks, but I don't think you can get a decent ROI in them.

I played 37 6.5s on Tilt for 43.7% and 12 12s for 20%. I'm using a Kelly bankroll on Tilt so I moved up after running hot for a few games. The 12s haven't seemed very tough to me. As usual in turbos, I feel underequipped because my knowledge of ICM is poor (it's not such an issue in regulars because you don't have to rely on it so heavily). I will stay in the 12s unless I drop ten buyins or gain about 30 buyins, which I hope is more likely.

So overall I averaged 31% for my 57 games. I know what you're thinking: if you ran that hot for 57, why not play 570? Well yeah, but when you run at 30% for a stretch, you know you'll be running at -10% for a stretch too, so...

Wrong thinking, obv. The point of playing a Kelly BR was to get away from caring about losing so much (by yo-yoing between levels, which puts less at stake psychologically, and allows the possibility of a hot month boosting me up a couple of levels and my maybe finding out that I'm good enough to play higher).

So in September, I do aim to play more. I'm aiming at 500 games and a lot of study. We'll see how close I get.

Bingo

wat


PokerStars Game #19934083906: Tournament #104598784, $4.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2008/08/27 - 07:32:59 (ET)
Table '104598784 4' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: GeorgeKing (1840 in chips)
Seat 2: le_boss_1975 (6770 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 3: CarstenM777 (3940 in chips)
Seat 4: oldjacek (805 in chips)
Seat 5: cocko87 (2385 in chips)
Seat 6: nofoldb4riva (3075 in chips)
Seat 7: FR Vessant (922 in chips)
Seat 8: jamesm34 (1900 in chips)
Seat 9: narucy (1135 in chips)
GeorgeKing: posts small blind 50
le_boss_1975: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FR Vessant [Qh Qd]

I'm shortstacked because of the retard calling an allin with A3 and sucking out to his backdoor straight, but I've been fighting, biting and scratching to stay alive, and now I have a hand.

CarstenM777: folds
oldjacek: folds
cocko87: folds
nofoldb4riva: calls 100
FR Vessant: raises 300 to 400

I clearly have a monster and you'd need to be retarded to call this.

jamesm34: folds
narucy: folds
GeorgeKing: calls 350

Here's my retard. There is no hand, none at all, that should call here. He should either shove or fold. Mostly fold because I am transparently trying to get a customer with a monster.

le_boss_1975: folds
nofoldb4riva: calls 300
*** FLOP *** [2s 4d 4h]
GeorgeKing: checks
nofoldb4riva: checks
FR Vessant: bets 522 and is all-in
GeorgeKing: calls 522


He has AQ.

So I double up, right? After all, he only has three outs to beat me. And he would have three outs against my entire range in this spot. Seven at the outside, but nearly always three.

If he was a thinking player, or even capable of thought, he'd know that most likely I'm going and going with a pair, and nearly always a big pair.


nofoldb4riva: folds
*** TURN *** [2s 4d 4h] [Ad]

Oh.

Back in the saddle

Nice to know my luck hasn't deserted me.

This is a 4/180.


PokerStars Game #19933703696: Tournament #104598784, $4.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2008/08/27 - 06:54:03 (ET)
Table '104598784 19' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: FR Vessant (1820 in chips)
Seat 2: chip2xxx (1530 in chips)
Seat 3: fullastilt (470 in chips)
Seat 4: KillaKiwi863 (1280 in chips)
Seat 5: aceguff (1220 in chips)
Seat 6: LIAM116 (1430 in chips)
Seat 7: Doomfaring (4390 in chips)
Seat 8: mark hood (1220 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 9: Haagenti (1420 in chips)
FR Vessant: posts small blind 10
chip2xxx: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FR Vessant [Kc Kd]
mark hood is connected
fullastilt: folds
mark hood has returned
KillaKiwi863: raises 80 to 100
aceguff: folds
LIAM116: folds
Doomfaring: folds
mark hood: calls 100
Haagenti: folds
FR Vessant: raises 420 to 520

Big raise hoping to get one caller.


chip2xxx: folds
KillaKiwi863: calls 420
mark hood: calls 420

I don't mind that too much so long as I don't flop an ace.

*** FLOP *** [5h Ks 6d]

Beautiful. I'm miles ahead of anything they can even conceivably have.

FR Vessant: checks
KillaKiwi863: bets 760 and is all-in

YES!

mark hood: calls 700 and is all-in

YES!

They have AT and A3s. WTF? Okay, AT thinks he's stealing but WTF at A3s?! He has nothing whatsoever, just an overcard and a backdoor straight draw.

FR Vessant: calls 760


*** TURN *** [5h Ks 6d] [4d]

Backdoor.

*** RIVER *** [5h Ks 6d 4d] [2d]

Straight draw.

*** SHOW DOWN ***
FR Vessant: shows [Kc Kd] (three of a kind, Kings)
KillaKiwi863: shows [Ts Ah] (high card Ace)
FR Vessant collected 120 from side pot
mark hood: shows [3s As] (a straight, Deuce to Six)
mark hood collected 3680 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3800 Main pot 3680. Side pot 120. | Rake 0
Board [5h Ks 6d 4d 2d]
Seat 1: FR Vessant (small blind) showed [Kc Kd] and won (120) with three of a kind, Kings
Seat 2: chip2xxx (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: fullastilt folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: KillaKiwi863 showed [Ts Ah] and lost with high card Ace
Seat 5: aceguff folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: LIAM116 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Doomfaring folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: mark hood showed [3s As] and won (3680) with a straight, Deuce to Six
Seat 9: Haagenti (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)


Oh well, at least I'm still in.

At another table, just a $2 qualifier.

PokerStars Game #19933743368: Tournament #103657904, $2.00+$0.20 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2008/08/27 - 06:57:45 (ET)
Table '103657904 9' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: FR Vessant (2730 in chips)
Seat 2: FHain1981 (2065 in chips)
Seat 3: dgkp (2510 in chips)
Seat 4: sarahdan1 (2535 in chips)
Seat 5: poker4788 (1195 in chips)
Seat 6: Betprince (2270 in chips)
Seat 7: fatman497000 (3070 in chips)
Seat 8: cokehan (3080 in chips)
Seat 9: wallbreaker0 (3140 in chips)
sarahdan1: posts small blind 50
poker4788: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FR Vessant [9c Ah]
Betprince: folds
fatman497000: folds
cokehan: folds
wallbreaker0: folds
FR Vessant: raises 200 to 300

Steal the blinds.

FHain1981: folds
dgkp: folds
sarahdan1: folds
poker4788: raises 895 to 1195 and is all-in

This guy's loose and a bit retarded, so I think I'm probably ahead.

FR Vessant: calls 895

so call that.

He has A6. So bad.

*** FLOP *** [2d 6h Jd]

Oh dear.

*** TURN *** [2d 6h Jd] [2s]
*** RIVER *** [2d 6h Jd 2s] [Qd]
FR Vessant said, "sigh"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
poker4788: shows [As 6d] (two pair, Sixes and Deuces)
FR Vessant: shows [9c Ah] (a pair of Deuces)
poker4788 collected 2440 from pot
FR Vessant said, "absolutely terrible"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2440 | Rake 0
Board [2d 6h Jd 2s Qd]
Seat 1: FR Vessant showed [9c Ah] and lost with a pair of Deuces
Seat 2: FHain1981 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: dgkp (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: sarahdan1 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: poker4788 (big blind) showed [As 6d] and won (2440) with two pair, Sixes and Deuces
Seat 6: Betprince folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: fatman497000 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: cokehan folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: wallbreaker0 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

A few hands later, I shove over a couple of limpers with KQ. One calls with 55. Terrible obviously but his hand holds up because the poker gods still hate me.

On the up

I love to win at a new level. It's a sign that you've arrived. Well okay, it's possible you could luckbox a win at any level but it still feels good. Winning my first $5 game felt fantastic (it was the first tourney of any sort that I'd won), and winning my first $10er confirmed that I could move up and could win higher.

I've recently being playing on Full Tilt, using a Kelly bankroll. So after running like God in the 6.5s to grind up my roll, I moved up to the 12s. If the few games I've played are anyhow representative, they are plenty soft enough that I needn't fear playing on a Kelly roll.

So I loved this:

Full Tilt Poker Game #7600545543: $11 + $1 Sit & Go (Turbo) (57814201), Table 1 - 300/600 - No Limit Hold'em - 2:15:13 ET - 2008/08/11
Seat 2: basatagirl (6,750)
Seat 6: TheDebster (6,750)
TheDebster posts the small blind of 300
basatagirl posts the big blind of 600
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to basatagirl [Kc Kh]
TheDebster raises to 6,750, and is all in
basatagirl calls 6,150, and is all in
TheDebster shows [Qh Ad]
basatagirl shows [Kc Kh]
*** FLOP *** [3s 6d 3c]
*** TURN *** [3s 6d 3c] [Th]
*** RIVER *** [3s 6d 3c Th] [6h]
TheDebster shows two pair, Sixes and Threes
basatagirl shows two pair, Kings and Sixes
basatagirl wins the pot (13,500) with two pair, Kings and Sixes

I deserved it. I am in really good form at the moment, imo, playing as well as I ever have. With reasonable luck, I will soon be winning at another new level, the 24s. Well, fingers crossed that the Kelly idea will allow me to move up a lot more quickly than I would have otherwise, even if I crash and burn when I get there.

How not to fit or fold

Here's a hand that demonstrates one of the rare occasions you should not play fit or fold after the flop. I think folding this flop would be a mistake. It's questionable whether raising or calling is the right play, but this is how I generally play mid pairs that I've decided are good. My play preflop is also questionable. I'd normally fold--I don't usually get all loose because I have a big stack (I was doubled up with AK on an A high flop by a guy with AQ. Given that the flop was AJx, I think his play sucks, but it was early, so he probably wasn't clear how tight I am. Villain has played three of ten hands, raising two.


Full Tilt Poker Game #7597807180: $6 + $0.50 Sit & Go (Turbo) (57795428), Table 1 - 30/60 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:15:38 ET - 2008/08/10
Seat 1: willebones (1,355)
Seat 3: Wingnut77 (915)
Seat 4: mike5910 (1,740)
Seat 5: preno51 (2,310)
Seat 6: mike7050 (1,095)
Seat 7: basatagirl (3,060)
Seat 8: blankchocolate (1,435)
Seat 9: tibblewinks (1,590)
preno51 posts the small blind of 30
mike7050 posts the big blind of 60
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to basatagirl [7c 7h]
basatagirl calls 60

Bit dangerous to limp this because the table's been a bit aggro but

blankchocolate folds
tibblewinks raises to 180

Meh.

willebones folds
Wingnut77 folds
mike5910 folds
preno51 folds
mike7050 has 15 seconds left to act
mike7050 folds
basatagirl calls 120

It's a thin call and I'll be OOP for the whole hand, so I've made the textbook bad play that you try to avoid by folding small pairs UTG! But I have it heads up with a hand that could easily be best. Also, his raise size is bad, so I can probably put his early looseness down to being bad, rather than getting good cards.

*** FLOP *** [4h Kd 6d]

I may well be good on this flop though. Here I'll look at what he bets and go from there. There's 330 in the pot.

basatagirl checks
tibblewinks has 15 seconds left to act
tibblewinks bets 180

I don't think he has a king. With the flush draw out there, most players would bet more. This is basically half the pot, because with Full Tilt's new bet slider, this is two clicks of the mouse.

basatagirl calls 180
*** TURN *** [4h Kd 6d] [3h]
basatagirl checks
tibblewinks checks

Now I know I'm ahead. I could have donked the turn but it's safe so I prefer to let him bet at it again. When he doesn't, I know I am ahead.

You could bet the turn, but if called, you may be in a tough spot on the river. You won't really want to bet a lot of rivers, but if you don't, you can be faced with a bet you're really not keen on calling. So I keep the pot small. I don't mind if he tries to steal again. I'll call another small bet.

*** RIVER *** [4h Kd 6d 3h] [9s]

That 9 is not likely to have hit him, so I'm pretty likely to have the best hand. I could bet, but there are two reasons not to. Even though this board is safe for me, I won't want to call a big bluffraise, and with a hand that's missed the board completely, which is by far his most likely hand, he'll be sorely tempted to make one. I guess it depends whether he puts me on a pair or a K. The other reason is that he won't pay me off with a worse hand here. He's just not all that likely to have anything he'll call a bet with.

So I'm going to check and call a bet. If he does something insane like shoving, I'm in a very tough spot. But mostly he won't. If he bluffs, he'll want to get away cheaply against a king, which would call a shove.

basatagirl checks
tibblewinks has 15 seconds left to act
tibblewinks bets 360
basatagirl calls 360

Easy call.

*** SHOW DOWN ***
tibblewinks shows [Tc Js] King Jack high

Raising with JT is superbad obv.

basatagirl shows [7c 7h] a pair of Sevens
basatagirl wins the pot (1,530) with a pair of Sevens

Nice.

Chip and a chair

People say ICM overvalues small stacks. But here it clearly undervalues mine.

On a tough bubble, I've watched the bigstacks walk Ef the Champ maybe a dozen times. I've had to scrap and claw to stay in it.

After this hand, I'm down and out:

Full Tilt Poker Game #7572645119: $6 + $0.50 Sit & Go (Turbo) (57607417), Table 1 - 300/600 - No Limit Hold'em - 4:35:08 ET - 2008/08/09
Seat 3: Ef The Champ (3,110)
Seat 4: basatagirl (2,610)
Seat 6: Sluggapint (2,550)
Seat 9: puzzyliquer (5,230)
puzzyliquer posts the small blind of 300
Ef The Champ posts the big blind of 600
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to basatagirl [Kd Jd]
basatagirl raises to 2,610, and is all in
Sluggapint calls 2,550, and is all in
puzzyliquer folds
Ef The Champ has 15 seconds left to act
Ef The Champ folds
basatagirl shows [Kd Jd]
Sluggapint shows [9s 9d]
Uncalled bet of 60 returned to basatagirl
*** FLOP *** [Qc Ad 4h]
*** TURN *** [Qc Ad 4h] [2d]
*** RIVER *** [Qc Ad 4h 2d] [8h]
basatagirl shows Ace King high
Sluggapint shows a pair of Nines
Sluggapint wins the pot (6,000) with a pair of Nines
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 6,000 | Rake 0
Board: [Qc Ad 4h 2d 8h]
Seat 3: Ef The Champ (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: basatagirl showed [Kd Jd] and lost with Ace King high
Seat 6: Sluggapint (button) showed [9s 9d] and won (6,000) with a pair of Nines
Seat 9: puzzyliquer (small blind) folded before the Flop

60 chips and I'm about to pay my blinds. So I'm gone right?

Well, when the SB turned over QQ against my 74, it sure looked like it, but check out the board that ran out:

[Th 9d 4s 8c] [4d]

Then I double up again and again and again, until:

Full Tilt Poker Game #7572671035: $6 + $0.50 Sit & Go (Turbo) (57607417), Table 1 - 400/800 - No Limit Hold'em - 4:39:40 ET - 2008/08/09
Seat 3: Ef The Champ (4,370)
Seat 4: basatagirl (3,280)
Seat 6: Sluggapint (3,280)
Seat 9: puzzyliquer (2,570)
Sluggapint posts the small blind of 400
puzzyliquer posts the big blind of 800
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to basatagirl [3c Qs]
Ef The Champ folds
basatagirl folds
Sluggapint has 15 seconds left to act
Sluggapint raises to 3,280, and is all in
puzzyliquer calls 1,770, and is all in
Sluggapint shows [Kh Jh]
puzzyliquer shows [9c Tc]
Uncalled bet of 710 returned to Sluggapint
*** FLOP *** [8d 8c Ac]
*** TURN *** [8d 8c Ac] [Jc]
*** RIVER *** [8d 8c Ac Jc] [3s]
Sluggapint shows two pair, Jacks and Eights
puzzyliquer shows a flush, Ace high
puzzyliquer wins the pot (5,140) with a flush, Ace high
The blinds are now 500/1,000
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5,140 | Rake 0
Board: [8d 8c Ac Jc 3s]
Seat 3: Ef The Champ didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: basatagirl (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: Sluggapint (small blind) showed [Kh Jh] and lost with two pair, Jacks and Eights
Seat 9: puzzyliquer (big blind) showed [9c Tc] and won (5,140) with a flush, Ace high

I make the money.

And from there, obviously only one result was possible:

Full Tilt Poker Game #7572694797: $6 + $0.50 Sit & Go (Turbo) (57607417), Table 1 - 600/1200 - No Limit Hold'em - 4:43:55 ET - 2008/08/09
Seat 3: Ef The Champ (80)

Just pissed his stack away calling a shove with T7.

Seat 4: basatagirl (13,420)
Ef The Champ posts the small blind of 80, and is all in
basatagirl posts the big blind of 1,200
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to basatagirl [Ah 7c]
basatagirl shows [Ah 7c]
Ef The Champ shows [4s Jd]
Uncalled bet of 1,120 returned to basatagirl
*** FLOP *** [8s 3c 2d]
*** TURN *** [8s 3c 2d] [Qd]
*** RIVER *** [8s 3c 2d Qd] [Kc]
basatagirl shows Ace King high
Ef The Champ shows King Queen high
basatagirl wins the pot (160) with Ace King high
Ef The Champ stands up
basatagirl stands up
basatagirl (Observer): gg
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 160 | Rake 0
Board: [8s 3c 2d Qd Kc]
Seat 3: Ef The Champ (small blind) showed [4s Jd] and lost with King Queen high
Seat 4: basatagirl (big blind) showed [Ah 7c] and won (160) with Ace King high

Do not bluff fish

I forget not to bluff the fish, but this is very wtf.

TEXAS_HOLDEM, NO_LIMIT, T4-73792947-41
played at "Chiang Mai" for USD TC from 2008-08-07 22:32 until 2008-08-07 22:33
Seat 1: donkdude ($3,245 in chips)
Seat 2: akhenaton38 ($1,785 in chips)
Seat 3: acato1 ($8,155 in chips)
Seat 4: tucan513 ($6,520 in chips)
Seat 5: cebelica ($2,410 in chips)
Seat 6: calaman ($3,480 in chips)
Seat 8: TeddysBear81 ($2,380 in chips)
Seat 9: Dr Zen ($4,485 in chips)
Seat 10: vato24 ($2,315 in chips)
ANTES/BLINDS
acato1 posts blind ($50), tucan513 posts blind ($100).

I have 9d8d.

PRE-FLOP
cebelica folds, calaman folds, TeddysBear81 folds, Dr Zen bets $250

It's not a strong hand for a raise but worth trying to steal with when folded to me.

, vato24 folds, donkdude folds, akhenaton38 folds, acato1 folds, tucan513 calls $150.

FLOP [board cards: QS 5D KC ]
tucan513 checks, Dr Zen bets $400, tucan513 calls $400.

That board may have hit him but more importantly it hits most raising ranges so I'm going to put a bet in. I hate being called.


TURN [board cards: QS 5D KC QD ]
tucan513 checks, Dr Zen checks.

I pick up a flush draw so I don't bluff off my equity.

RIVER [board cards: QS 5D KC QD KH ]
tucan513 checks, Dr Zen bets $1,350

But it's worth a bluff here. I put in a full pot bet, which strongly reps a K. Unless he has a K, he can't call. It's unlikely he does, but he may just call with a Q.


, tucan513 calls $1,350.

Oh dear. K or Q, right?

tucan513 shows [ AS 5S ]

WAT

I hate playing these idiots. His play is plain awful. He should fold preflop. Calling with easily dominated hands is a mistake, and the suitedness makes no real difference. His call on the flop is terrible with bottom pair. You have to put me on the bluff, and why would you? But even worse is the river. He is calling with A high. He can only be good against AJ/AT, something like that, or a counterfeited pair. But if I had a pair on the flop, his call with a pair of 5s is awful.

Now, I know that my bet on the river is going to look a bit like A high if I bet small. But a PSB says "I have a king that was scared of the Q on the turn". Even the drunk, stupid fish on PokerRoom understand that kind of talk. Or maybe not.

I am jack of PokerRoom now. I still have the doomswitch there. I played a few 5ers but I barely broke even. That's a waste of my time.

yourFish

Here's some of the worst poker I've ever seen. I know yourDa of old. He used to play limit, and was one of the biggest fish ever to (dis)grace the .25/.50 game. Like me, he moved over to STTs, but unlike me, he never bothered learning how not to suck.

This is new from him though. His MO used to be to limp into every pot. Now he's discovered the raise button.

TEXAS_HOLDEM, NO_LIMIT, T4-73726634-7
played at "Jaipur" for USD TC from 2008-08-07 03:24 until 2008-08-07 03:24
Seat 1: takecare99 ($3,530 in chips)
Seat 2: yourDa ($2,950 in chips)
Seat 3: Winshester ($1,470 in chips)
Seat 4: Bawghert77 ($1,320 in chips)
Seat 5: zac26atak ($1,390 in chips)
Seat 6: Dr Zen ($1,480 in chips)
Seat 9: Pokernix1 ($1,480 in chips)
Seat 10: tamasscg ($1,380 in chips)
ANTES/BLINDS
Dr Zen posts blind ($10), Pokernix1 posts blind ($20).

PRE-FLOP
tamasscg folds, takecare99 folds, yourDa bets $250

WTF? 11BB raise!

Winshester folds, Bawghert77 folds, zac26atak folds, Dr Zen folds, Pokernix1 calls $230.


Double WTF!!

There is no hand you want to call with here but not ship it in except maybe AA.

FLOP [board cards: 5C KD 3S ]
Pokernix1 checks, yourDa bets $2,700 and is all-in

Just a slight overbet.

Now have a guess what he has. You're thinking he must have AK, right? Maybe a set of kings, AA, set of 3s or 5s. All will be revealed.

Pokernix1 calls $1,230 and is all-in.

Well, this guy must have some sort of king, right? At the least a king?

TURN [board cards: 5C KD 3S 8C ]


RIVER [board cards: 5C KD 3S 8C KC ]


SHOWDOWN
yourDa shows [ TD TH ]

wat

Pokernix1 shows [ AC 2S ]

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat

***

His new style is amusing at least.


TEXAS_HOLDEM, NO_LIMIT, T4-73726634-16
played at "Jaipur" for USD TC from 2008-08-07 03:28 until 2008-08-07 03:29
Seat 1: takecare99 ($3,455 in chips)
Seat 2: yourDa ($4,570 in chips)
Seat 3: Winshester ($1,425 in chips)
Seat 4: Bawghert77 ($1,320 in chips)
Seat 5: zac26atak ($1,515 in chips)
Seat 6: Dr Zen ($1,425 in chips)
Seat 10: tamasscg ($1,290 in chips)
ANTES/BLINDS
tamasscg posts blind ($15), takecare99 posts blind ($30).

PRE-FLOP
yourDa calls $30, Winshester folds, Bawghert77 folds, zac26atak folds, Dr Zen calls $30


I have QTs. It's a bit loose to call with, but yourDa will pay me handsomely if I flop big.

tamasscg calls $15, takecare99 checks.

FLOP [board cards: 7H JC 2H ]

That's an okay flop. I have a flush draw and an over. I will call a small bet, I suppose.

tamasscg checks, takecare99 checks, yourDa bets $210

wat

In case you're not clear why this is bad: consider what yourDa might have here and what others might have. If yourDa has a strong hand, like AJ or 22, he will fold out everything weaker that might have paid him. If he has a weak hand, he's asking to be called or shoved over by stronger hands.

Dr Zen folds, tamasscg folds, takecare99 folds.

But no one had one.

***

This is more like vintage yourDa:

TEXAS_HOLDEM, NO_LIMIT, T4-73726634-18
played at "Jaipur" for USD TC from 2008-08-07 03:29 until 2008-08-07 03:30
Seat 1: takecare99 ($3,410 in chips)
Seat 2: yourDa ($4,630 in chips)
Seat 3: Winshester ($1,425 in chips)
Seat 4: Bawghert77 ($1,320 in chips)
Seat 5: zac26atak ($1,515 in chips)
Seat 6: Dr Zen ($1,395 in chips)
Seat 10: tamasscg ($1,305 in chips)
ANTES/BLINDS
yourDa posts blind ($15), Winshester posts blind ($30).

PRE-FLOP
Bawghert77 bets $120, zac26atak folds, Dr Zen folds, tamasscg folds, takecare99 folds, yourDa calls $105


I'm going to tell you now, yourDa has A3. This is typically awful poker. He should fold that shit superfast.

Winshester folds.

FLOP [board cards: AC 8S 8D ]
yourDa checks, Bawghert77 bets $180, yourDa calls $180.

I HAS PURRRRRRRRRR.

TURN [board cards: AC 8S 8D 2H ]
yourDa checks, Bawghert77 bets $375, yourDa calls $375.

At this point, anyone not drunk, stoned or demented knows he's beat. Your opponent raised pre, bet the flop and turn decently and you still think your TPNK is ahead? Think again, Mr Retardofish. He cannot even win if he pairs his 3 because the board has paired. He is dead to an 8 if villain's kicker is bigger than an 8, and a 7 or 2 if it isn't.


RIVER [board cards: AC 8S 8D 2H 7H ]
yourDa checks, Bawghert77 bets $645 and is all-in, yourDa calls $645.

SHOWDOWN
Bawghert77 shows [ KS AS ]

The only person surprised by that was yourDa.

Did he once call someone down and they showed a bluff in this kind of spot?

yourDa shows [ 3D AD ]

but it was sooooooooooooooooooooooooooted.

yourDa comes from Brisbane. WAINS?