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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.

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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.

Got it in Good, But not Good Enough!

Reed — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:05:25 +0000

At this stage of the tournament I need to get some chips pretty quick. The blinds are rising fast and with the ante kicking in makes me desperate for a all in type of situation. I don’t normally like to go all in pre flop with pocket jacks, especially to call off all my chips but it seemed like a good spot to double up Player 1 (J J): win 53.90% lose 45.71% tie 0.38% Player 2 (A Q): win 45.71% lose 53.90% tie 0.38%

Stage #1985922888 Tourney ID 4853576 Holdem Multi Normal Tournament No Limit 1,200 – 2009-11-08 16:28:38 (ET)
Table: 4 (Real Money) Seat #6 is the dealer
Seat 1 – SUSIEQ6977 (26,225 in chips)
Seat 2 - Me (our hero) (19,495 in chips)
Seat 3 – IRISH_SON (63,658 in chips)
Seat 4 – DR OCTAGON34 (40,938 in chips)
Seat 5 – TYLER_D77 (43,454 in chips)
Seat 6 – EZERIK12000 (31,861 in chips)
Seat 7 – RACECAR88 (20,029 in chips)
Seat 8 – SNAPCALL18 (44,470 in chips)
Seat 9 – ZIGZAG12 (76,132 in chips)
SUSIEQ6977 – Ante 100
Me (our hero) - Ante 100
IRISH_SON – Ante 100
DR OCTAGON34 – Ante 100
TYLER_D77 – Ante 100
EZERIK12000 – Ante 100
RACECAR88 – Ante 100
SNAPCALL18 – Ante 100
ZIGZAG12 – Ante 100
RACECAR88 – Posts small blind 600
SNAPCALL18 – Posts big blind 1,200
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to Me (our hero) [Jc Js]
ZIGZAG12 – Folds
SUSIEQ6977 – Folds
Me (our hero) - Raises 4,800 to 4,800
IRISH_SON – Folds
DR OCTAGON34 – Folds
TYLER_D77 – Folds
EZERIK12000 – Folds
RACECAR88 – Folds
SNAPCALL18 – All-In(Raise) 43,170 to 44,370
Me (our hero)- All-In 14,595
SNAPCALL18 – returned (24,975) : not called
*** FLOP *** [Kh 2c 6d]
*** TURN *** [Kh 2c 6d] [Qc]
*** RIVER *** [Kh 2c 6d Qc] [10h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Me (our hero)- Shows [Jc Js] (One pair, jacks)
SNAPCALL18 – Shows [Ah Qh] (One pair, queens)
SNAPCALL18 Collects 40,290 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total Pot(40,290)
Board [Kh 2c 6d Qc 10h]
Seat 1: SUSIEQ6977 Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 2: Me (our hero) HI:lost with One pair, jacks [Jc Js - P:Js,P:Jc,B:Kh,B:Qc,B:10h]
Seat 3: IRISH_SON Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 4: DR OCTAGON34 Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 5: TYLER_D77 Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 6: EZERIK12000 (dealer) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 7: RACECAR88 (small blind) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 8: SNAPCALL18 (big blind) won Total (40,290) All-In HI:(40,290) with One pair, queens [Ah Qh - P:Qh,B:Qc,P:Ah,B:Kh,B:10h]
Seat 9: ZIGZAG12 Folded on the POCKET CARDS

As you can see my pocket Jacks didn’t hold up but it was still the best move to make .

Single table shootout 10/9/09

Reed — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 05:26:30 +0000

Played the $25 morning NL hold’em single table shootout this morning. There was only eight players, making a $200 prize pool (casino takes nothing from the tournaments). Played very patient, waited for hands, then pushed hard when I got them. Raised to $250 when I had A, K off suit in the small blind after two people limped in for $50 each and took down the pot without a fight. Got a call when I raised again with A, K from first position by a guy with K, Q and knocked him out after a Ace hit the flop and the turn. Made a couple positional raises against the tight big blind to do some stealing. Lost some chips when I was forced to call some cheap all ins with some very marginal hands. We ended up getting down to three players, I had a medium chip stack. The chip leader then knocked out the short stack , leaving us heads up. My opponent, who I’ve played against several times, had me out chipped about 2-1 and offered to chop the prize pool 5-3. Seemed like a good deal, so I took it.