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Showed No Mercy at No Limit Hold’em Shootout

Reed — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:26:39 +0000

Played the Morning NL Hold’em shootout this morning at the casino after much debate with the wife. We hadn’t gotten much sleep the night before and had to drag each other out of bed to take the kid to school which just so happens to be just passed the casino. A coincidence I assure you. A convenient one true but sometimes a slight hindrance when other things are getting put off because hell the breakfast there is decent and pretty cheap and might as well go play some poker and make some money while were at it.

As you may have already guessed I decide to play the tournament, while not so much me as the blackjack machine my wife was playing. We do as the machines tell us. She had a set amount to spend and if she was doing well when it was time for the shootout to start then I would play, if not, it’s back home to get something done ( or nap , which ever).

I was playing well, got a hold of some chips and started to push the local heavy table. most of them are push overs and even when they do get a big hand they priced me in or slow played it till I caught up and busted them out. When it got down to three handed I had the chip lead and the lone woman at the table took her stand with no pair when I put her all in with trips on the flop. Yes I raised with Jack three off suit and hit trip threes on the flop, I was running good and I figured they were just going to fold.

Heads up! Most of the time the locals like to chop the pot at this time and either get into a Hold’em game or go about their day. Not today my friend i was here to play and wasn’t about to show any mercy (Slayer is now playing in the back ground). I have played alot with Mr. D. and know his game well. He thinks of himself as tricky but most of the time I see right through him. I pulled off several bluffs and got away clean when he had big hands and in the end I was victorious. I got all the cash and a entry into the end of the month freeroll.

Feeling good.

Got High at the Omaha H/L Game

Reed — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 03:09:56 +0000

I waited a long time to get into the Omaha H/L game this morning ( well didn’t actually get in till this afternoon) and was a little anxious to play. I had played a single table Hold’em shootout tournament that morning and got knocked out fourth place ( no money) and because of my bad timing I was far enough down on the Omaha list to make for a long wait. So i left the casino for about two hours or so and got back on the list.

I sit down and right off the bat I get some premium hands that hit the board square on and get paid off. The start of a good session. I know most of the table really well, a couple new faces but all in all I know exactly how to play to squeeze out the maximum from the poor and frankly weak play.

I get this hand on the button (Qd,Qs,3h,9h) which by all standards should have not only been folded but burned might be more appropriate. Anyway there was the usual table full of limper’s and frankly I was thinking I was going to at least hit a Queen so I limped in also. Flop came Kc,Qh,3c. Bingo! Well my feeling was right now My set of Queens just has to hold up ( if I’m not beat already with someone holding pocket Kings) so after two people check a moderately aggressive younger guy bets out, couple callers and here I come over the top with a raise to try and protect my hand while at the same time get more money in the pot. I get two callers ( at this point I have a filthy three percent chance of wining after finding out what my opponents had I ran it through a calculator). The turn reveals a Ah. Not a horrible card but it certainly made at least one of them a straight so it’s time to slow down. Sure enough the caller was now betting with what I figured to be a made nut straight ( but I still have a forty one percent chance of wining with my flush and full house draws). A beautiful 8h hits the river giving me a flush. The original better fires out a bet leaving me only able to call with my weak flush. The other person called also with their straight.

My flush holds up for high and I get a very decent pot. Unfortunately the original better also had a 2,4 to split half the pot (he also had the nut straight with the club re draw)

Casino Arizona Poker Room Continued Post

Reed — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 20:25:44 +0000

Back home and it’s later, around 10:30pm, and I get the feeling it’s going to be a good night to hit the $5-$150 hold’em spread game at the local casino. So it’s kisses all around and off I go. I’m not letting the days bad run effect me, I have full confidence I’m going to come out a winner. I even tell my wife on the way out that I think I’m going to win $500 tonight.

I get to the casino and get on the list, 2nd name from the top, but I don’t have to wait long. the table has the usual maniacs and a couple unknowns. There is a lot of money on the table and one of my favorites has most it (we shall call him Mr. T and he has what looks to be $2,600+) Mr. T is very aggressive and is raising every pot. It is throwing off some of the non regulars but I’m used to it and better yet I can tell when he’s got it or bluffing.

Right off the bat I get involved in several hands but must lay them down. In one hand I had Jack, seven of diamonds on the button and call a small raise along with six others in the hand. The flop comes seemingly perfect with seven, four, two and two diamonds, so I got top pair and a decent flush draw with position on everyone. Well everyone else must like it too because they go crazy with betting and raising. I may have the best hand now, I don’t know, and a nice draw but I’ve got a bad feeling and lay it down without putting anymore in the pot. Mr. T makes a straight, nobody believes he has anything and he gets paid off with a huge pot and best of all I didn’t let myself get trapped in the hand and lose a lot of money.

Now I’m down a bit but I’m still feeling good. I win a couple pots, with pocket Jacks no less (made a set) and squeezed as much as I could out of the players. I got nervous in one hand when one of the tighter players kept calling my big bets (I was on a Queen high flush draw and trying to win the pot without a show down) and I really couldn’t figure out what he had but he seemed determined to stick with it. My flush didn’t appear but I hit my six kicker for a pair, bottom pair but a pair no less. I can feel he wants to bet after I check on the river but thankfully he can’t pull the trigger and I take down a healthy pot. The guy told me he had an Ace high flush draw, no pair. (Glad that spade didn’t come). Another hand I have pocket two’s in my hand and call a raise in late position (come on deuce I pray). Bam! right on the flop, Ace , eight, two… beautiful. There is two to a flush so I raise Mr. O to try and narrow it down to heads up. We end up getting all his money in when he makes two pair on the river (Aces and Kings) and I take down a six hundred plus dollar pot. Mr. O is a restaurant owner and doesn’t seem to care much about money, he bought everyone breakfast soon after that hand.

I call some big bluffs from Mr. T and make some really good value bets and now I am the big chip holder at the table. I play till about 5:30am miss a flush draw and decide it was a good time to cash out my $1,200 and book a bad ass win.

Cashed Out a Winner

Reed — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:51:20 +0000

Well my trip down to the new Casino Arizona turned out great. My wife and I were going to take a trip down to Scottsdale to pick up some Vemma products at the store for a bunch of people in the Sedona area.

So on our way we swung on over to the casino and checked out the new facility. It’s really nice. They really put alot of money into this new building. The only problem is you can’t hear them call you for the poker games unless your in the poker room. You would think they would want you wandering around throwing money away into the slots while your waiting but I guess not.

I got into a spread limit 1/2 250 hold’em game (blinds are $1 & $2 while you can bet anywhere from $2 to $250 at anytime). The play was really weak and obvious. The second hand of the game I called one of the guys hands exactly (pocket tens) and freaked the guy next to me out. I won a little there then went over to a $4/$8 Omaha H/L game (with a half kill….don’t ask me why its only half). It was a kinda slow game till I got there and livened things up. Put in a bunch of raises to try and shake the table up. They were splashing the pot with $100 an hour at selected tables and I took it down uncontested.

All in all a good day with the wife, picked up our Vemma products and cashed out with a nice win of $320 up for the day

By the way if you would like more information on Vemma check out http://lifeforce13.vemma.com/.

Felt Four people with Quads

Reed — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:58:11 +0000

This is my first hand at a high action Pot limit Omaha high /low split cash game. Alot of money was going into the middle pre-flop so i figured on gambling a bit and calling the raise. Then everyone went crazy and I went along with them. I was hoping they were all holding each others cards and outs and a high board would come out. Hit a fantastic flop with a set of kings then felted them all when my fourth King came on the river. Stage #1962776243: Omaha Hi/Lo Pot Limit $0.02 – 2010-03-20 16:41:31 (ET)
Table: TYLER (Real Money) Seat #3 is the dealer
Seat 3 – BROWNTOM ($3.02 in chips)
Seat 4 – AA BABY AA ($1.97 in chips)
Seat 5 - Me (our hero) ($4 in chips)
Seat 6 – JSN1833 ($2.32 in chips)
Seat 7 – SCHLUNKEY ($3.86 in chips)
Seat 8 – LOPICIGASPAR ($1.80 in chips)
Seat 9 – EZR2LUV ($1.67 in chips)
Seat 1 – ACJILL ($2.56 in chips)
Seat 2 – JPC519 ($3.04 in chips)
AA BABY AA – Posts small blind $0.01
Me (our hero)- Posts big blind $0.02
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to Me (our hero)[8s 10c Kc Kd]
JSN1833 – Folds
SCHLUNKEY – Calls $0.02
LOPICIGASPAR – Folds
EZR2LUV – Folds
ACJILL – Raises $0.09 to $0.09
JPC519 – Raises $0.32 to $0.32
BROWNTOM – Calls $0.32
AA BABY AA – Calls $0.31
Me (our hero)- Calls $0.30
SCHLUNKEY – Folds
ACJILL – Raises $1.85 to $1.94
JPC519 – All-In(Raise) $2.72 to $3.04
BROWNTOM – All-In $2.70
AA BABY AA – All-In $1.65
Me (our hero)- Calls $2.72
ACJILL – All-In $0.62
*** FLOP *** [Ks 4c Jh]
*** TURN *** [Ks 4c Jh] [7c]
*** RIVER *** [Ks 4c Jh 7c] [Kh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ACJILL – Shows [3s 2h Ah 3h] (Two Pair, kings and threes)
JPC519 – Shows [4d 6c Ac As] (Two Pair, aces and kings)
BROWNTOM – Shows [10d Jd Js 3d] (Full house, jacks full of kings)
AA BABY AA – Shows [6h 7h 6s Qc] (Two Pair, kings and sevens)
Me (our hero)- Shows [8s 10c Kc Kd] (Four of a kind, kings)
Me (our hero)Collects $0.04 from side pot-3
Me (our hero)Collects $1.32 from side pot-2
Me (our hero)Collects $2.25 from side pot-1
Me (our hero)Collects $9.36 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total Pot($13.65:$9.87,$2.36,$1.38,$0.04) | Rake ($0.68:$0.51,$0.11,$0.06,$0)
Board [Ks 4c Jh 7c Kh]
Seat 1: ACJILL HI:lost with Two Pair, kings and threes [3s 2h Ah 3h - B:Ks,B:Kh,P:3s,P:3h,B:Jh]
Seat 2: JPC519 HI:lost with Two Pair, aces and kings [4d 6c Ac As - P:As,P:Ac,B:Ks,B:Kh,B:Jh]
Seat 3: BROWNTOM (dealer) HI:lost with Full house, jacks full of kings [10d Jd Js 3d - P:Js,B:Jh,P:Jd,B:Ks,B:Kh]
Seat 4: AA BABY AA (small blind) HI:lost with Two Pair, kings and sevens [6h 7h 6s Qc - B:Ks,B:Kh,P:7h,B:7c,P:Qc]
Seat 5: Me (our hero)(big blind) won Total ($12.97) HI:($12.97) with Four of a kind, kings [8s 10c Kc Kd - B:Ks,B:Kh,P:Kd,P:Kc,B:Jh]
Seat 6: JSN1833 Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 7: SCHLUNKEY Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 8: LOPICIGASPAR Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 9: EZR2LUV Folded on the POCKET CARDS

PLO Micro-Limit Ace buster

Reed — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:40:38 +0000

I call with my suited Ace hand with straight card back ups and more then happy to call a raise from the small blind ( since I have position on him and a Ace in my hand. If he is raising with pocket Ace’s making a set is going to be hard) So I flop some monster draws for my hand, with the nut flush draw and lots of cards to make a inside ( sneaky ) straight draw I’m ready to put some money in the pot. Stage #1946997302: Omaha Pot Limit $0.10 – 2010-03-10 16:25:14 (ET)
Table: KIRK AVE (Real Money) Seat #6 is the dealer
Seat 6 – AWOELKE ($9.40 in chips)
Seat 1 – MICKSTONE20 ($14.58 in chips)
Seat 2 – BARTMANCRAZY ($0.58 in chips)
Seat 3 – BEATNIK12 ($25.09 in chips)
Seat 4 – Me (our hero)($7.80 in chips)
Seat 5 – AIDALAI ($8.80 in chips)
MICKSTONE20 – Posts small blind $0.05
BARTMANCRAZY – Posts big blind $0.10
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to Me (our hero) [8c Ah 9d 7h]
BEATNIK12 – Folds
Me (our hero) - Calls $0.10
AIDALAI – Calls $0.10
AWOELKE – Calls $0.10
MICKSTONE20 – Raises $0.45 to $0.50
BARTMANCRAZY – All-In(Raise) $0.48 to $0.58
Me (our hero) - Calls $0.48
AIDALAI – Calls $0.48
AWOELKE – Folds
MICKSTONE20 – Calls $0.08
*** FLOP *** [6h 10h Qs]
MICKSTONE20 – Bets $0.50
Me (our hero) - Raises $1.80 to $1.80
AIDALAI – Folds
MICKSTONE20 – Calls $1.30
*** TURN *** [6h 10h Qs] [7s]
MICKSTONE20 – Bets $0.80
Me (our hero) - Raises $2.80 to $2.80
MICKSTONE20 – Calls $2
*** RIVER *** [6h 10h Qs 7s] [10d]
MICKSTONE20 – Checks
Me (our hero) - Checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
MICKSTONE20 – Shows [9s Ac As Kc] (Two Pair, aces and tens)
BARTMANCRAZY – Mucks
Me (our hero) - Shows [8c Ah 9d 7h] (Straight, six to ten)
Me (our hero) Collects $8.75 from side pot-1
Me (our hero) Collects $2.29 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total Pot($11.62:$2.42,$9.20) | Rake ($0.58:$0.13,$0.45)
Board [6h 10h Qs 7s 10d]
Seat 1: MICKSTONE20 (small blind) HI:lost with Two Pair, aces and tens [9s Ac As Kc - P:As,P:Ac,B:10h,B:10d,B:Qs]
Seat 2: BARTMANCRAZY (big blind) HI: [Mucked] [3s 7c Qd 2s]
Seat 3: BEATNIK12 Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 4: Me (our hero) won Total ($11.04) HI:($11.04) with Straight, six to ten [8c Ah 9d 7h - B:10h,P:9d,P:8c,B:7s,B:6h]
Seat 5: AIDALAI Folded on the FLOP
Seat 6: AWOELKE (dealer) Folded on the POCKET CARDS

Maximizing the Nuts

Reed — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:30:21 +0000

Here I’m playing a Sit and go (ultra turbo) online when bingo bango I flop the stone cold nuts with a flush redraw ( and got shot straight flush draw). So I’m happy and I need to maximise the amount of chips with this monster of a hand. I bet just enough to string him along with out making it too scary. Wasn’t really worried about any hands except maybe a bigger flush draw,, but I was willing to take the chance. Stage #66740999 Tourney ID 5052231 Holdem Single Tournament No Limit 150 – 2010-02-26 00:58:57 (ET)

Table: 34758809 (Real Money) Seat #1 is the dealeSeat 1 – HIGHWAYCHILE (1,695 in chips)

Seat 2 – MELODY1954 (6,095 in chips)

Seat 3 – DSNUTTS (1,850 in chips)

Seat 8 - Me (our hero) (3,860 in chips)

MELODY1954 – Posts small blind 75

DSNUTTS – Posts big blind 150

*** POCKET CARDS ***

Dealt to Me (our hero)[Qc Jc]

Me (our hero)- Calls 150

HIGHWAYCHILE – Calls 150

MELODY1954 – Calls 75

DSNUTTS – Checks

*** FLOP *** [8c 10d 9c]

MELODY1954 – Checks

DSNUTTS – Checks

Me (our hero)- Bets 300

HIGHWAYCHILE – Folds

MELODY1954 – Folds

DSNUTTS – Calls 300

*** TURN *** [8c 10d 9c] [7s]

DSNUTTS – Checks

Me (our hero)- Bets 300

DSNUTTS – Calls 300

*** RIVER *** [8c 10d 9c 7s] [6c]

DSNUTTS – Checks

Me (our hero)- Bets 600

DSNUTTS – Calls 600

*** SHOW DOWN ***

Me (our hero)- Shows [Qc Jc] (Flush, queen high)

DSNUTTS – Mucks

Me (our hero) Collects 3,000 from main pot

*** SUMMARY ***

Total Pot(3,000)

Board [8c 10d 9c 7s 6c]

Seat 1: HIGHWAYCHILE (dealer) Folded on the FLOP

Seat 2: MELODY1954 (small blind) Folded on the FLOP

Seat 3: DSNUTTS (big blind) HI: [Mucked] [7c Qh]

Seat 8: Me (our hero) won Total (3,000) HI:(3,000) with Flush, queen high [Qc Jc - P:Qc,P:Jc,B:9c,B:8c,B:6c]

Morning Shootout ( Poker That Is)

Reed — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:24:52 +0000

Well howdy folks! Played in the $25 single table no limit texas hold’em shootout this morning.

It was the usual poker room crowd with ten players at my table. I have played poker with them all before and pretty much know how they all play. Got several good hands right off the bat that went no where leaving me with about half the starting stack. With the blinds rising every ten minutes and short on chips I needed a good situation to get all in.

I’m in the big blind with jack, four off suit and four people limp in. I check and see a beautiful flop of jack, four, six of mixed suits. The small blind and I check ( I’m hoping someone has a jack) and a middle position limper bets out about quarter the pot. One person calls and when it gets to me I raise. I didn’t go all in for I didn’t want to scare him out of the pot with the over bet but definitely wanted to commit him to the pot and get the other caller to fold which happened just like clockwork. the turn was a meaningless card so i go all in (which was only about half the pot) and get called by jack, queen off suit. The river was a blank. I had him covered in chips so out he went muttering.

I proceeded to knock several more people out and become the chip leader. It got down to heads up play with me having about a three to one advantage in chips. I double him up then on the second hand as I miss my open ended straight draw against his top pair no kicker. It goes back and fourth for several hands until he suggests that we chop the pot sixty/forty in my favor (I only have about three more chips then him at this time). With the blinds extremely high and not much cash in my pocket I take the deal and pocket $150 for my forty five minutes of “work”.

Scooper Dooper of $148 Pot

Reed — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 06:38:50 +0000

Was playing in this $2/4 Omaha H/L game for about 20 minutes with out winning a hand and was $35 down. I wasn’t really worried because I nocticed alot of bad play so I knew the money would be coming my way. And it did all in one hand. Stage #1859196565: Omaha Hi/Lo Normal $2/$4 – 2010-01-17 23:18:14 (ET)
Table: BEAL DR (Real Money) Seat #4 is the dealer
Seat 4 – GUMBY19 ($47 in chips)
Seat 6 – AJB4 ($230.38 in chips)
Seat 7 – 4TROPICJO ($163.18 in chips)
Seat 8 - Me (our hero) ($65 in chips)
Seat 9 – SHADOWMAN06 ($36.25 in chips)
Seat 1 – SANDMAN3333 ($24.39 in chips)
Seat 2 – PORN2KIL ($50.36 in chips)
Seat 3 – POPFREAK ($45.12 in chips)
AJB4 – Posts small blind $1
4TROPICJO – Posts big blind $2
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to Me (our hero) [As 8h 6d 2d]
Me (our hero) - Calls $2
SHADOWMAN06 – Calls $2
SANDMAN3333 – Calls $2
PORN2KIL – Calls $2
POPFREAK – Calls $2
GUMBY19 – Folds
AJB4 – Calls $1
4TROPICJO – Raises $2 to $4
Me (our hero) - Calls $2
SHADOWMAN06 – Calls $2
SANDMAN3333 – Calls $2
PORN2KIL – Calls $2
POPFREAK – Calls $2
AJB4 – Calls $2
*** FLOP *** [Qs 9s 5c]
AJB4 – Checks
4TROPICJO – Bets $2
Me (our hero) - Calls $2
SHADOWMAN06 – Raises $4 to $4
SANDMAN3333 – Calls $4
PORN2KIL – Calls $4
POPFREAK – Folds
AJB4 – Calls $4
4TROPICJO – Calls $2
Me (our hero)- Calls $2
*** TURN *** [Qs 9s 5c] [7c]
AJB4 – Checks
4TROPICJO – Checks
Me (our hero)- Checks
SHADOWMAN06 – Bets $4
SANDMAN3333 – Calls $4
PORN2KIL – Calls $4
AJB4 – Calls $4
4TROPICJO – Calls $4
Me (our hero)- Raises $8 to $8
SHADOWMAN06 – Calls $4
SANDMAN3333 – Raises $8 to $12
PORN2KIL – Folds
AJB4 – Calls $8
4TROPICJO – Calls $8
Me (our hero) - Raises $8 to $16
SHADOWMAN06 – Calls $8
SANDMAN3333 – Calls $4
AJB4 – Calls $4
4TROPICJO – Calls $4
*** RIVER *** [Qs 9s 5c 7c] [8s]
AJB4 – Checks
4TROPICJO – Checks
Me (our hero)- Bets $4
SHADOWMAN06 – Folds
SANDMAN3333 – Folds
AJB4 – Calls $4
4TROPICJO – Calls $4
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Me (our hero)- Shows [As 8h 6d 2d] (Straight, five to nine)
AJB4 – Mucks
4TROPICJO – Mucks
Me (our hero)Collects $145 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total Pot($148) | Rake ($3)
Board [Qs 9s 5c 7c 8s]
Seat 1: SANDMAN3333 Folded on the RIVER
Seat 2: PORN2KIL Folded on the TURN
Seat 3: POPFREAK Folded on the FLOP
Seat 4: GUMBY19 (dealer) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 6: AJB4 (small blind) HI: [Mucked] [Ks 9d 3h 9h]
Seat 7: 4TROPICJO (big blind) HI: [Mucked] [6h 3s 3c 4c]
Seat 8: Me (our hero) won Total ($145) HI:($72.50) with Straight, five to nine [As 8h 6d 2d - B:9s,P:8h,B:7c,P:6d,B:5c] LO:($72.50) [P:As,P:2d,B:5c,B:7c,B:8s]
Seat 9: SHADOWMAN06 Folded on the RIVER

3 Way Chop of MTT Hold’em Tourney

Reed — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 01:20:44 +0000

Played in the $60 buy in ( with optional re buy of $20) muti table Texas hold’em tourney at the local casino. Haven’t played in this tournament in months. Something else always seemed to be going on. It started with forty players on four tables, the blinds at 25/50 and 3,000 in starting chips. If you play in the live games before hand you can get extra chips for each hour but i wasn’t able to do this. I recognized several players at my table and it didn’t take too long to figure out the rest of them. Lost some chips before the break so I had to do the re buy which put me at 6,700 and below average. after the break i was able to rob and steal my way up to 20,000 in chips and into the top stacks. Then I lost a couple flips costing most of my chips. Were down to thirteen players at this point (pays out 10 spots) and I’m in desperate need of some chips. I find a couple opportunities to steal the blinds of the weak/scared players to stay alive long enough to get the the final table. I have thirteen chips left and by far the short stack. Two people get knocked out with in the first couple hands but i still haven’t played a hand. I get dealt what would seem to be a no brain-er all in hand of King Queen suited but notice a couple people ready to put some chips in , so I fold. Turned out to be the right move and another person gets eliminated. The next hand I get dealt Ace Jack of clubs and make my stand, going all in for my last eleven ( 500) chips. The woman to my left re raises enough to put anyone else all in and giving me some protection at the same time for which I thanked her. She had pocket Queens. Player 1 (A J): win 32.32% lose 67.31% tie 0.36% EV 0.325
Player 2 (Q Q): win 67.31% lose 32.32% tie 0.36% EV 0.675 I’m the under dog at this point but I’m still very much drawing live. Then the flop comes with two clubs and two low cards giving me all kinds of outs to win. Now I’m close to even money and really feeling good. I spike an Ace on the river and triple up. then I go on to win a couple pots uncontested to keep building my stack. I then knock out the former Arizona State champion when my pocket five’s make a flush hammering out his top pair which hit on the river . Now were down to three players and the stacks are all but even. One of the better tournament players suggested we just chop it three ways seeing as the top prize really wouldn’t be that much more then the chop, so we got $615 a piece.