Diagf fishy

I hate these fish. Some days you just want to kill them.

PokerStars Game #29973031681: Tournament #175986535, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2009/07/01 4:20:52 ET
Table '175986535 1' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: opferlamm11 (2160 in chips)
Seat 2: FR Vessant (1660 in chips)
Seat 3: waveydude (1360 in chips)
Seat 4: fobosca (1685 in chips)
Seat 7: Makaveli1977 (2160 in chips)
Seat 8: bizzleburt77 (3000 in chips)
Seat 9: daveymck (1475 in chips)
FR Vessant: posts small blind 75
waveydude: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FR Vessant [Ad Qh]
fobosca: folds
Makaveli1977: folds
bizzleburt77: folds
daveymck: raises 300 to 450
opferlamm11: folds
FR Vessant: raises 1210 to 1660 and is all-in

I have not threebet all tourney.

waveydude: folds
daveymck: calls 1025 and is all-in

This guy won some money at the 5s, but not by playing well, obv. He has KT.

Uncalled bet (185) returned to FR Vessant
*** FLOP *** [8c Ts 8d]
*** TURN *** [8c Ts 8d] [Kc]
*** RIVER *** [8c Ts 8d Kc] [3d]


Fuck this.

Anyway, I get into the money with the same idiot and another even worse fish. I have threebet once in this tourney, and I have folded several raises to threebets (the fish keeps picking the bluffs and missing the value hands).

PokerStars Game #29973159413: Tournament #175986573, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2009/07/01 4:30:46 ET
Table '175986573 1' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: daveymck (3940 in chips)
Seat 2: FR Vessant (6640 in chips)
Seat 3: genevajc (2920 in chips)
daveymck: posts small blind 100
FR Vessant: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FR Vessant [Kd As]
genevajc: raises 400 to 600
daveymck: folds
FR Vessant: raises 6040 to 6640 and is all-in
genevajc: calls 2320 and is all-in

He has A4s. That's a supereasy fold, Mr Fish.

But we're sweet, right? On our way to glory?

Uncalled bet (3720) returned to FR Vessant
*** FLOP *** [Ad 3s Ac]
*** TURN *** [Ad 3s Ac] [4c]

Nope.

*** RIVER *** [Ad 3s Ac 4c] [2s]


Later, he shoves for 14BB and I call with A8. It's not the first time he has done a ridic overshove, but this time he has TT, and it's gg me.

It's sucking that I cannot turn my cashes into wins. I suppose I should be content that I'm winning, but I obviously have some problems in the money. I'm not sure what else I can do though. I got my money in yet again as a 70/30 favourite and the fish sucked out.

These games didn't help:

PokerStars Game #29972344066: Tournament #175986098, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2009/07/01 3:28:42 ET
Table '175986098 1' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: magnum1288 (290 in chips)
Seat 2: NC17ezp (2010 in chips)
Seat 3: Vigilante4 (1530 in chips)
Seat 4: IBda12beatU (2520 in chips)
Seat 5: zach915m (1410 in chips)
Seat 6: FR Vessant (1440 in chips)
Seat 7: Jonah SJ (1550 in chips)
Seat 8: daveymck (1430 in chips)
Seat 9: dckcdc (1320 in chips)
dckcdc: posts small blind 10
magnum1288: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FR Vessant [Td Ts]
NC17ezp: calls 20
Vigilante4: calls 20
IBda12beatU: raises 60 to 80
zach915m: folds
FR Vessant: calls 80
Jonah SJ: folds
daveymck: folds
dckcdc: folds
magnum1288: folds
NC17ezp: calls 60
Vigilante4: calls 60
*** FLOP *** [3c 4d 3s]
NC17ezp: checks
Vigilante4: checks
IBda12beatU: bets 160

I didn't notice that this was preflop raiser, which was stupid of me.

FR Vessant: raises 1200 to 1360 and is all-in

And I definitely shouldn't have shoved.

NC17ezp: folds
Vigilante4: folds
IBda12beatU: calls 1200
*** TURN *** [3c 4d 3s] [3d]
*** RIVER *** [3c 4d 3s 3d] [6d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
IBda12beatU: shows [Kc Kh] (a full house, Threes full of Kings)

Whoops.

Oh well, missing the odd one is the price you have to pay for not paying attention, but there's no excuse for this next one, except the previous hand:

PokerStars Game #29972293262: Tournament #175985791, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2009/07/01 3:24:51 ET
Table '175985791 1' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: jbashir111 (1610 in chips)
Seat 2: WHITE1340 (1480 in chips)
Seat 3: NickelBeaver (1415 in chips)
Seat 4: FR Vessant (1150 in chips)
Seat 5: dougbonk (1470 in chips)
Seat 6: brayden126 (1915 in chips)
Seat 7: zach915m (1460 in chips)
Seat 8: el_vacan (1500 in chips)
Seat 9: Southwyck (1500 in chips)
brayden126: posts small blind 10
zach915m: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FR Vessant [Kc Ks]
el_vacan: folds
Southwyck: folds
jbashir111: folds
WHITE1340: folds
NickelBeaver: folds
FR Vessant: raises 60 to 80
dougbonk: folds
brayden126: calls 70
zach915m: calls 60
*** FLOP *** [7h 8s Ah]

Always a fucking ace!

brayden126: bets 60
zach915m: calls 60
FR Vessant: calls 60

Dunno why I called. I suppose they could both have flush draws. In my dreams.

*** TURN *** [7h 8s Ah] [6h]
brayden126: bets 60
zach915m: raises 160 to 220
FR Vessant: folds


Obviously, even the biggest fish (me) is going to fold there, so I do.

brayden126: calls 160
*** RIVER *** [7h 8s Ah 6h] [Qh]
brayden126: checks
zach915m: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
brayden126: shows [As 2d] (a pair of Aces)
zach915m: shows [7c 7d] (three of a kind, Sevens)

It's really nice when both callers suck out on you. The second guy shouldn't even have been in the pot. Yeah, I know he has set odds etc etc, but see, he hit his set and did I stack off? No, I didn't, and I wouldn't even if I had had AK, because I scoped him before the game and I can see that he wins too much to stack off with worse on that flop.

So the next hand:

PokerStars Game #29972302892: Tournament #175985791, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2009/07/01 3:25:35 ET
Table '175985791 1' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: jbashir111 (1610 in chips)
Seat 2: WHITE1340 (1480 in chips)
Seat 3: NickelBeaver (1415 in chips)
Seat 4: FR Vessant (1010 in chips)
Seat 5: dougbonk (1470 in chips)
Seat 6: brayden126 (1555 in chips)
Seat 7: zach915m (1960 in chips)
Seat 8: el_vacan (1500 in chips)
Seat 9: Southwyck (1500 in chips)
zach915m: posts small blind 10
el_vacan: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FR Vessant [Kd As]
Southwyck: folds
jbashir111: folds
WHITE1340: folds
FR Vessant said, "sigh"
NickelBeaver: folds
FR Vessant: raises 60 to 80
dougbonk: calls 80
brayden126: calls 80
FR Vessant said, "always an ace when you raise with KK"

Yeah true.

zach915m: raises 245 to 325

OMG. It's going to be really hard to fold here. He should be very strong here.

el_vacan: raises 1175 to 1500 and is all-in

No idea about this guy, but I am going to make what I think is a terrible call. I'm likely to be allin three ways with AK and probably two strong hands against me.

FR Vessant: calls 930 and is all-in
dougbonk: folds
brayden126: folds
zach915m: folds

WTF. It's hard to imagine what he can 3bet me with that he now folds. My stats had looked a bit dodgy, I suppose, because I'd been dealt about six pairs early. However, it's not like I had raised often. But I think some players just play their strat without caring what others are doing. His probably says "3bet AQ+, 99+" or something like that, and it's just a pity that there was the other guy in the hand.

Uncalled bet (490) returned to el_vacan

Who has QQ unfortunately.
*** FLOP *** [4h 4d Jd]
*** TURN *** [4h 4d Jd] [7h]
*** RIVER *** [4h 4d Jd 7h] [Jc]

Still, I'm not complaining too much. Elsewhere, I rode my luck in a 22:

PokerStars Game #29972790320: Tournament #175983606, $20+$2 Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2009/07/01 4:02:48 ET
Table '175983606 1' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: camo100 (585 in chips)
Seat 2: tleathem (2730 in chips)
Seat 3: FR Vessant (2080 in chips)
Seat 8: dekka4409 (6420 in chips)
Seat 9: brav3hearted (1685 in chips)
tleathem: posts small blind 75
FR Vessant: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FR Vessant [As 2c]
dekka4409: folds
brav3hearted: folds
camo100: folds
tleathem: calls 75

A very limpy fish, so stealing his limp is going to be +EV.

FR Vessant: raises 1930 to 2080 and is all-in
tleathem: calls 1930

He has AQ. See, these guys think they're trapping you, but I take that into account when I shove over.

*** FLOP *** [2d 7d 9c]

BOOM!

*** TURN *** [2d 7d 9c] [7c]
*** RIVER *** [2d 7d 9c 7c] [8c]


And later:

PokerStars Game #29973000600: Tournament #175983606, $20+$2 Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2009/07/01 4:18:30 ET
Table '175983606 1' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 3: FR Vessant (2290 in chips)
Seat 8: dekka4409 (8000 in chips)
Seat 9: brav3hearted (3210 in chips)
FR Vessant: posts small blind 100
dekka4409: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FR Vessant [Ac Jc]
brav3hearted: calls 200

Has limped a ton.

brav3hearted said, "o yea"
FR Vessant: raises 2090 to 2290 and is all-in

My hand is easily good enough against his range but he will likely fold most of it.

dekka4409: folds
brav3hearted: calls 2090
brav3hearted said, "have to call hope im not dominated"

Has 99

*** FLOP *** [9h 8s Qh]

Oh shit.

dekka4409 said, "JJ"

Definitely lying.

brav3hearted said, "yes"

Is it?

*** TURN *** [9h 8s Qh] [2s]
*** RIVER *** [9h 8s Qh 2s] [Tc]

OMG! LOL.

So he was pretty bitter about that and made his exit shortly after. So dekka starts playing ultra weirdly, as fishes do when they feel outmatched (or sometimes just because that's how they play heads up, I dunno). She is raising just way too often, and threebetting a ton too, so:

PokerStars Game #29973110260: Tournament #175983606, $20+$2 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2009/07/01 4:26:59 ET
Table '175983606 1' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 3: FR Vessant (5775 in chips)
Seat 8: dekka4409 (7725 in chips)
FR Vessant: posts the ante 25
dekka4409: posts the ante 25
dekka4409: posts small blind 100
FR Vessant: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FR Vessant [Tc Kh]
dekka4409: raises 400 to 600
FR Vessant: raises 5150 to 5750 and is all-in
dekka4409: folds

Keep her honest. And I'm thinking when I do it, that she will likely call with a bad hand if I do it again, because she can bust me. So two hands later:

PokerStars Game #29973123456: Tournament #175983606, $20+$2 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2009/07/01 4:28:01 ET
Table '175983606 1' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 3: FR Vessant (6275 in chips)
Seat 8: dekka4409 (7225 in chips)
FR Vessant: posts the ante 25
dekka4409: posts the ante 25
dekka4409: posts small blind 100
FR Vessant: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FR Vessant [Ah Kh]
dekka4409: raises 600 to 800
FR Vessant: raises 5450 to 6250 and is all-in
dekka4409: calls 5450

76s. A fine call. Normally, they proceed to hit a 7 or a 6, or both.

*** FLOP *** [8h 3d Qs]
FR Vessant said, "nh"

Naughty!

*** TURN *** [8h 3d Qs] [3c]
*** RIVER *** [8h 3d Qs 3c] [9s]

But not this time, and I went on to win. Veeeerrrrry satisfying.