The poker thread...

[Era Macaroons]

Thanks for the tips to Goonie and Melbourne, and a no thanks to Era for trying to get me to blow my roll.

 

 

on the contrary...merely helping you towards even larger bundles of free wonga:pimp2:

[Era Macaroons]

Go into each session with the same conservative attitude that you have used for each previous one. Your roll might be bigger, but it is still small because you will get tested by variance before long.

 

Don't think for a second that "the job is done" or you will lose the balance between profit and proetection of your roll.

 

Even more important that you set a stop-loss of say 3-4 buy-ins for a day. More chance of you tilting off a load with a decent sized roll behind you.

 

You are a pretty aggressive player (maybe very aggressive), all good, but that brings longer upswings and deeper downswings.

 

Bankroll management is going to be very important.

 

You have to think how hard you have worked to get to this point and promise yourself that you cannot go busto again.

 

This is BS from a book (above).

 

for a man (D McG) that plays ?500 pots live in casinos /usually gets deep into the tourneys there and creaming it at his current internet stakes, I would suggest he could cope moving up the leagues!!

 

do any genuine poker players really pay attention to bankroll 'rules'?

 

you may say those ones are gamblers.....not poker players.....but id say you have to be a little bit...or youll never get anywhere.

[Era Macaroons]

Work out what you think would be a good bankroll to work with, eg. ?200 ?500 ?1000 and then decide what to aim for, something like ?2000, ?3000 etc.

 

Everytime you reach ?2K or ?3K, withdraw down to the amount you set as a workable bankroll.

 

This way you can still play with no real limitations on what games you play or how you play and minimises what you can lose if you go on any awful runs without winning etc.

 

I wouldn't keep much more than ?2-3K in your sky account, it's not earning any interest like a bank account would.

 

its awfy easy...think ill do this as well!!

[Statto]

Such a sick beat in the sky ?20k BH satellite.

 

It's down to 5, 4 qualify, 5th gets nothing.

 

I have AK in the BB, the small blind min-raises to 2400 (blinds 600/1200), I push for around 10,000, I have 250 chips more than him and he calls the re-raise of about 7600 with Q6 of hearts! He flopped trip 6's and I lost the hand and went out a few hands later, I'll tell you that after but what do you think of his call? He was just trying to nick my blind I'm sure but on the bubble, calling your tournament off with a Q6!!!

 

The hand I went out on, I folded back round to my big blind where I was all in automatically, I had K9 - not a bad hand to be all in with - the SB turns 64 of hearts, the flop is something 5 3 and one heart, he has the open ended draw, the turn is another heart, he now has to hit any 2, 7, 4, 6 or hearts = 21 outs - I'm still leading at this point but it is virtually a coin flip (slightly in my favour) - he hits a 6.

[Larry]

Such a sick beat in the sky ?20k BH satellite.

 

It's down to 5, 4 qualify, 5th gets nothing.

 

I have AK in the BB, the small blind min-raises to 2400 (blinds 600/1200), I push for around 10,000, I have 250 chips more than him and he calls the re-raise of about 7600 with Q6 of hearts! He flopped trip 6's and I lost the hand and went out a few hands later, I'll tell you that after but what do you think of his call? He was just trying to nick my blind I'm sure but on the bubble, calling your tournament off with a Q6!!!

 

The hand I went out on, I folded back round to my big blind where I was all in automatically, I had K9 - not a bad hand to be all in with - the SB turns 64 of hearts, the flop is something 5 3 and one heart, he has the open ended draw, the turn is another heart, he now has to hit any 2, 7, 4, 6 or hearts = 21 outs - I'm still leading at this point but it is virtually a coin flip (slightly in my favour) - he hits a 6.

 

Absolutely horrendous call by him. The min raise does work alot at this stage in stealing the blinds as there so high compared to stacks. But once someone re-raises all in you don't call all in with the **** hand. The whole point is to survive one more KO, and he's still got 7100 if he folds which isnt alot but its enough to look for a double thru, or at the very least he can get super agressive with the 7100 and push all in for a few hands stealing some blinds..if then he gets called then fair enough, but like bigsmak said theres only one way of winning when you call all in, but theres two ways of winning when your the one who pushes.

 

unlucky by the way. i hate bubbling,especially knowing you played the hand correctly and some donk got lucky on you.

[Statto]

Aaaaarrrrgh, had a bad one in the sky Velocity.

 

I have 14,000 in chips, the 2 other players involved in the hand each had a touch over 7K. The second player to act pushes with the blinds at 500/1000. It's folded to me in the small blind with AK, I raise to make sure if the player in the BB calls, he is all in as well and the cards are turned because he had about 200 chips more than the first guy.

 

He calls and turns AQ, the oringinal raiser turns A6.

 

Flop - fine

Turn - fine

River - Queen

 

It would have put me chip leader on around 30K!!!

 

When something like that happens though, you can't complain, nobody played the hand badly, A6 can push with 7 BB left, AQ can call with a similar amount remaining as well. It's just the poker gods that control that sort of hand.

 

I was playing great poker as well, I had a great read on the player 2 to my right - a complete donkey, no bad beat stories but on one hand, I picked up Ace's -one of 3 times in about 8 minutes!- I raised 3x the BB to 1800 (leaving myself with only 1400 back, blinds at 300/600) She called, flop was something K 3. I bet 600, she calls. Another 3 comes, I thought if she has a 3, she's played it badly, not my fault if I lose. She calls my all in of about 800 with Q7. No flush draws, no straight draws, if I had a K or 3 she was drawing dead - crazy play. It's a nice feeling when you push on the turn and before the cards are turned you're wondering what have they got, what cards do you have to avoid, are you winning then it's such a satisfying relief when you realise you've won the hand and they are drawing dead!

 

Oh and I went out on the next hadn after my AK hand, I pushed on the button with QJ, I get called by AA, I flopped a J so had a few outs but I went out.

 

Might go for Velocity2 at 10 past 11. Surely no more sick beats!!! - please!

[Statto]

Might go for Velocity2 at 10 past 11. Surely no more sick beats!!! - please!

 

Finished 9th.

 

?22.

 

I managed to play some good poker early on, I was top 3 until about 45 minutes in, I lost a couple of medium hands, I dropped from 25K to 13K. I was up an down until just before the first break and managed to hold on until the cash started, I didn't reall get a hand to push with (I only had slightly over 1 big blind so it had to be a good hand) I pushed and won which put me on 8k, I decided to get to the top 10, 11th to 20th only paid ?7.55 and it was a ?5.50 buyin -I'd rather have went out first than play for an hour and win ?2.05.

 

I got to the last 9 (2 players went out at once) I was all in automatically on the BB, I had AQ and lost, not complaining, it was about 60/40 and have no problems with the call (something like KT or similar).

[Bigsmak]

Aaaaarrrrgh, had a bad one in the sky Velocity.

 

I have 14,000 in chips, the 2 other players involved in the hand each had a touch over 7K. The second player to act pushes with the blinds at 500/1000. It's folded to me in the small blind with AK, I raise to make sure if the player in the BB calls, he is all in as well and the cards are turned because he had about 200 chips more than the first guy.

 

He calls and turns AQ, the oringinal raiser turns A6.

 

Flop - fine

Turn - fine

River - Queen

 

It would have put me chip leader on around 30K!!!

 

When something like that happens though, you can't complain, nobody played the hand badly, A6 can push with 7 BB left, AQ can call with a similar amount remaining as well. It's just the poker gods that control that sort of hand.

 

I was playing great poker as well, I had a great read on the player 2 to my right - a complete donkey, no bad beat stories but on one hand, I picked up Ace's -one of 3 times in about 8 minutes!- I raised 3x the BB to 1800 (leaving myself with only 1400 back, blinds at 300/600) She called, flop was something K 3. I bet 600, she calls. Another 3 comes, I thought if she has a 3, she's played it badly, not my fault if I lose. She calls my all in of about 800 with Q7. No flush draws, no straight draws, if I had a K or 3 she was drawing dead - crazy play. It's a nice feeling when you push on the turn and before the cards are turned you're wondering what have they got, what cards do you have to avoid, are you winning then it's such a satisfying relief when you realise you've won the hand and they are drawing dead!

 

Oh and I went out on the next hadn after my AK hand, I pushed on the button with QJ, I get called by AA, I flopped a J so had a few outs but I went out.

 

Might go for Velocity2 at 10 past 11. Surely no more sick beats!!! - please!

 

I am not sure you had to get involved in this hand. Blinds are still 500/1000 you say and you have 14000 in chips... Let other players knock themselves out.

 

AK are good cards, but with two people already in the pot they are still drawing cards. You have to hit. One of them should have a pair, and there is a chance they both have and A. which just makes this a race.

 

However, when you decided that you are going to play them you did the right thing by pushing. A call would have been weak.

 

AK - the most overrated hand in poker!

[Statto]

I am not sure you had to get involved in this hand. Blinds are still 500/1000 you say and you have 14000 in chips... Let other players knock themselves out.

 

AK are good cards, but with two people already in the pot they are still drawing cards. You have to hit. One of them should have a pair, and there is a chance they both have and A. which just makes this a race.

 

However, when you decided that you are going to play them you did the right thing by pushing. A call would have been weak.

 

AK - the most overrated hand in poker!

 

There was only one in at the time with one more to act behind be in the big blind.

 

I thought AK was an alright hand to call the all-inner, you're going to be either racing or dominating unless they have AA or KK and it was a chance for me to go from 9th to chip leader.

 

Even if both had acted before me and went all in, it was only half my stack to call and I'd be getting over 2/1, only if one of the players had AA would I be in bad shape so I feel I would have made the call even after 2 shortstacks had went all in before I acted.

 

And, TJ is the most over-rated hand in poker

[Statto]

Poker questions;

 

In a tournament, if you flop quads, there are 2 spades on the board and you're first to act, you check and the other guy bets small, you raise it and he flat calls.

 

Say you now put him on a flush draw,

(A) do you continue to charge him to see the next couple of cards even though you have the nuts and so even if he doesn't hit his flush or whatever he was going for, you still have something back

or

( do you check it to the river hoping he hits something and you get their chips that way or he puts you on nothing and bluffs the river?

 

 

Slowplay or Fastplay?

 

 

 

Second question;

 

Say you are dealt AQ, you raise in mid position and get 1 caller in late position. You flop a Q on a pretty safe board. You bet out, he calls.

The turn is a safe card, you continue to bet, he calls.

The river is a K.

 

What do you do here?

 

(A) Bet and call a re-raise?

( Bet and fold to a re-raise?

© Check and call their bet?

(D) Check and fold to their bet?

 

 

 

 

My answers would be A (if there is only one other player, if he hits you can put a huge value bet on the river, if you slowplay, he could hit but might be a smart player and know it isn't the nuts and you may not get the full value from the pot)

 

my second answer is C, I make that move quite often, usually players will make that bet on the river if I have checked, 80% of the time I have the winning hand, it works for me.

[Larry]

Poker questions;

 

In a tournament, if you flop quads, there are 2 spades on the board and you're first to act, you check and the other guy bets small, you raise it and he flat calls.

 

Say you now put him on a flush draw,

(A) do you continue to charge him to see the next couple of cards even though you have the nuts and so even if he doesn't hit his flush or whatever he was going for, you still have something back

or

( do you check it to the river hoping he hits something and you get their chips that way or he puts you on nothing and bluffs the river?

 

 

Slowplay or Fastplay?

 

 

 

Second question;

 

Say you are dealt AQ, you raise in mid position and get 1 caller in late position. You flop a Q on a pretty safe board. You bet out, he calls.

The turn is a safe card, you continue to bet, he calls.

The river is a K.

 

What do you do here?

 

(A) Bet and call a re-raise?

( Bet and fold to a re-raise?

© Check and call their bet?

(D) Check and fold to their bet?

 

 

 

 

My answers would be A (if there is only one other player, if he hits you can put a huge value bet on the river, if you slowplay, he could hit but might be a smart player and know it isn't the nuts and you may not get the full value from the pot)

 

my second answer is C, I make that move quite often, usually players will make that bet on the river if I have checked, 80% of the time I have the winning hand, it works for me.

 

Im sure everyone will have a different answer. And obviously depends on who your playing against..But for first one, i'd have flat called on the flop. then call/bet on the turn, then re-raise/bet on river.

 

I also do C quite alot, the only problem is if you are ahead your giving him the chance to draw at you for free by checking. But depending on the blinds and chipstacks, if its early on in the tournament then im not wanting to commit to many chips with only one pair.I'd be happy doing either B or C. But im probably tighter than most.

[Bigsmak]

Poker questions;

 

In a tournament.......... etc etc etc

 

 

First question..

 

I would never have re-raised their bet on the flop. This is a bad play. You are not going to lose with QUADS. A re-raise shows strength. Call the bet (try to look like you are thinking about it for a while, show weakness.) Then check the turn and he will fire into you again. Again flat call.... Depending what comes out on the river. If the flush comes... put in a small bet and he should re-raise you if your read is right and he has a flush. Then put in the bet you think he will call (or maybe re-raise) if the flush doesn't come .. Put in a normal size bet. He might just call it.

 

Second.

Depends on chip stack, how he has been playing, blinds.

If the stacks are large and the blinds are low, then probably A or C.. Depends on the guy.

 

If the M is low then I would have been trying to take the pot down on the flop. If he called, then probably all in on the turn when I am still ahead. This takes the decision away on the river.

 

Might not be the right answers.. But that's what I would try to do.

Edited March 26, 2009 by Bigsmak

[The Merse]

Question 1 would depend what opposition I was up against, probably try and get a bit of money in before the river though as if he is drawing and misses you won't get a dime out of him.

 

Question 2 I'd 95% check call.

 

Much more likely to have a worse hand than yours bet than have a worse hand call your bet.

[Chris Benoit]

Agree with you on both, with the quads you've got to build the pot no point giving free cards in the hope the other player will bet.

 

With the Queen i'd still be tempted to fold to a massive bet on the river, if the guy's called down to hit a King it'd be sick but there's always the chance you're up against a set but then again i'm saying this in the cold light of day if i was in the hand iknow i'd be calling.

[The Merse]

Agree with you on both, with the quads you've got to build the pot no point giving free cards in the hope the other player will bet.

 

With the Queen i'd still be tempted to fold to a massive bet on the river, if the guy's called down to hit a King it'd be sick but there's always the chance you're up against a set but then again i'm saying this in the cold light of day if i was in the hand iknow i'd be calling.

 

Agreed, it's not a set in stone call. He could have KQ.

 

It is absolutely never a betting out situation. It's a check call or check fold every single time.

[Bigsmak]

Agree with you on both, with the quads you've got to build the pot no point giving free cards in the hope the other player will bet.

 

I disagree... If you are playing against any good player and the board is paired and you raise... You could be inducing a fold from them.

 

Yes you have to get money into the pot. but remember one of the basic rules..

 

You can bet with a lot worse than you can call with.

 

If you let him bet he might do that with not much.

If you bet, you give him the chance to fold.

 

Play this hand to the river every time..

 

And another pic for you! Everyone limped and my BB. then the 6 3 3 came out.. he bet.. i called. Turn, 3 I check.. he bet. ... I flat called this and put a bet of 12 in on the river which he called due to the value, he later informed all of us.

 

[The Merse]

I disagree... If you are playing against any good player and the board is paired and you raise... You could be inducing a fold from them.

 

Yes you have to get money into the pot. but remember one of the basic rules..

 

You can bet with a lot worse than you can call with.

 

If you let him bet he might do that with not much.

If you bet, you give him the chance to fold.

 

Play this hand to the river every time..

 

And another pic for you! Everyone limped and my BB. then the 6 3 3 came out.. he bet.. i called. Turn, 3 I check.. he bet. ... I flat called this and put a bet of 12 in on the river which he called due to the value, he later informed all of us.

 

 

Thats the biggest donk table I've ever seen!

 

Malph is awful, lealea is awful, pintbrandy awful, bigdolph02 awful and bigsmak uk awful.

 

Only Wildog is any good!

[Bigsmak]

Thats the biggest donk table I've ever seen!

 

Malph is awful, lealea is awful, pintbrandy awful, bigdolph02 awful and bigsmak uk awful.

 

Only Wildog is any good!

 

Yup... Being the second least donkish I managed to turn in a good profit on this table..

 

Another poker lesson from the Me..

 

You do not have to be the best player in the world to win lots at poker,

You just have to be the best person at the table you are at.

 

So find weak games and play them.

[The Merse]

Yup... Being the second least donkish I managed to turn in a good profit on this table..

 

Another poker lesson from the Me..

 

You do not have to be the best player in the world to win lots at poker,

You just have to be the best person at the table you are at.

 

So find weak games and play them.

 

Totally agree. You just need to know what your up against and adjust accordingly. Plenty weak games at 25/50 level on Skyp.

 

I'm down a chunk this week though, not good!!

[Bigsmak]

http://www.donkeytest.com/index.html

 

Your PokerIQ is: 105

 

Take the Donkey test...It takes 30 mins or so to do. Some interesting questions.. .. Some strange answers...

 

Be honest with your score.

 

IQ Score Skill Level

60 - 74 Donkey (Expected to lose quickly in all games)

75 - 89 Donator (Expected to lose in all games)

90 - 109 Average Player (Expected to lose slowly in raked games, break even in homegames)

110 - 119 Low Stakes Winner (Wins at 100 NL and lower)

120 - 129 Medium Stakes Cash Pro / Tournament Pro

(Wins at 200-600 NL and tournament poker)

130 - 144 High Stakes Pro (Wins at 1K NL+)

145 - 159 Poker Genius

 

Apparently.. I am rubbish

 

Shoot

 

[The Merse]

http://www.donkeytest.com/index.html

 

Your PokerIQ is: 105

 

Take the Donkey test...It takes 30 mins or so to do. Some interesting questions.. .. Some strange answers...

 

Be honest with your score.

 

IQ Score Skill Level

60 - 74 Donkey (Expected to lose quickly in all games)

75 - 89 Donator (Expected to lose in all games)

90 - 109 Average Player (Expected to lose slowly in raked games, break even in homegames)

110 - 119 Low Stakes Winner (Wins at 100 NL and lower)

120 - 129 Medium Stakes Cash Pro / Tournament Pro

(Wins at 200-600 NL and tournament poker)

130 - 144 High Stakes Pro (Wins at 1K NL+)

145 - 159 Poker Genius

 

Apparently.. I am rubbish

 

Shoot

 

 

Your PokerIQ is: 113

 

Thing is, so many of the question I wouldn't have done the move they do before they ask you what you do next.

[Era Macaroons]

Yup... Being the second least donkish I managed to turn in a good profit on this table..

 

Another poker lesson from the Me..

 

You do not have to be the best player in the world to win lots at poker,

You just have to be the best person at the table you are at.

 

So find weak games and play them.

 

well said

 

also...have set up sky poker account now

 

just sat down with ?50 at 25/50p to see how it goes

 

spotted pintbrandy so joined table

 

other players..... zinc /angiepangie / jimmynoleg / theo8

 

and me SMOKEBOMB

 

prob have a go at the five 00 tonight if i can get online, anyone else playing this tonight?

[Sexton Hardcastle]

well said

 

also...have set up sky poker account now

 

just sat down with ?50 at 25/50p to see how it goes

 

spotted pintbrandy so joined table

 

other players..... zinc /angiepangie / jimmynoleg / theo8

 

and me SMOKEBOMB

 

prob have a go at the five 00 tonight if i can get online, anyone else playing this tonight?

 

Im going to sign up for Sky poker in the next few days. Is there any sign up bonus or that? The new Wh is so different to the old style but will no doubt be full of the old bad beats.

[Chris Benoit]

Your PokerIQ is: 113

 

Thing is, so many of the question I wouldn't have done the move they do before they ask you what you do next.

 

108, agree with what you say though most of the time would've played it different myself

[Larry]

117.

 

though the second from last question, the hand thats in the movie rounders.. I stilol chose all in as my answer. AA is the only hand that can beat you here, and i dont think many people are just going to flat call on the river.

[Statto]

well said

 

also...have set up sky poker account now

 

just sat down with ?50 at 25/50p to see how it goes

 

spotted pintbrandy so joined table

 

other players..... zinc /angiepangie / jimmynoleg / theo8

 

and me SMOKEBOMB

 

prob have a go at the five 00 tonight if i can get online, anyone else playing this tonight?

 

I'm going to try and satellite in, ?4.80 for a direct satellite or ?1 to get to a Semi Final Satellite and then on to the main event.

 

I'm also entering a ?20K BH satellite, trying to get into the semi final tonight for tomorrow nights ?20K BH. It's ?18.75 if you knock one person out so satelliting in for ?2.65 is tremendous value.

[Era Macaroons]

Im going to sign up for Sky poker in the next few days. Is there any sign up bonus or that? The new Wh is so different to the old style but will no doubt be full of the old bad beats.

 

the sign up bonus is automatically applied , you will get credits as you play and aquire points

 

put in SMOKEBOMB as referal for extras for both of us (I think)

[Walter Payton]

117.

 

though the second from last question, the hand thats in the movie rounders.. I stilol chose all in as my answer. AA is the only hand that can beat you here, and i dont think many people are just going to flat call on the river.

 

But he can only call your all-in with the hand that beats you surely? I got 112 but I'm going to have another look when I get home (couldn't access the site from work so had to use the I-Phone surreptitiously!).

[Larry]

But he can only call your all-in with the hand that beats you surely? I got 112 but I'm going to have another look when I get home (couldn't access the site from work so had to use the I-Phone surreptitiously!).

 

I reckon he's calling with pocket 8s. But your right, against certain players, and in the example given( a solid pro, best in new york circuit) your basically only getting called by the winning hand there, so theres no value in the re-raise. Some players might have called with the flush. But not the guy in the example.

 

I shoulda thought about it more before posting.lol

[Era Macaroons]

off to a rotton start ...down ?30

 

stakes are so low you get called down all the time...which some will say is what you want....but to me it just gives folk a chance to win a pot that I would have already secured at higher stakes.

 

not much poker being played...more best hand wins.

[Era Macaroons]

Im going to sign up for Sky poker in the next few days. Is there any sign up bonus or that? The new Wh is so different to the old style but will no doubt be full of the old bad beats.

 

is the old will hill now defunct?....do they just have will hill poker club now?

[Era Macaroons]

But he can only call your all-in with the hand that beats you surely? I got 112 but I'm going to have another look when I get home (couldn't access the site from work so had to use the I-Phone surreptitiously!).

 

112:qqb016:

 

sorry...we can only accept your first answer

[Walter Payton]

112:qqb016:

 

sorry...we can only accept your first answer

 

Looking forward to seeing your score G- anybody that can flop a set of Aces and still lose the hand will score around 90 I reckon

[Bigsmak]

off to a rotton start ...down ?30

 

stakes are so low you get called down all the time...which some will say is what you want....but to me it just gives folk a chance to win a pot that I would have already secured at higher stakes.

 

not much poker being played...more best hand wins.

 

 

Yup.. you have to sit and get paid off..

 

ABC poker

[Era Macaroons]

Looking forward to seeing your score G- anybody that can flop a set of Aces and still lose the hand will score around 90 I reckon

 

hmm, perhaps I shouldnt say too much before I myself

 

will give a spin now

 

disclaimer in advance... I am not a conventional poker player, so some of their answers may be wrong!! ahem

Edited March 26, 2009 by Era Macaroons

[Era Macaroons]

Yup.. you have to sit and get paid off..

 

ABC poker

 

Now i understand why u play 6 tables!!

 

Ill give it another go later at higher stakes

[Era Macaroons]

Looking forward to seeing your score G- anybody that can flop a set of Aces and still lose the hand will score around 90 I reckon

 

what are you refering to here???

 

score 106...rubbish

[Statto]

I scored 103 in the test.

 

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There's something wrong with me, I cannot win a satellite just now, a couple of months ago I was p*ss*ng the satellites, qualifying first time, every time. In the last 4/5 I've played, I've bubbled TWICE and went out with such bad hands, Q5 of diamonds (still had 9.5 BB left) and just now an A3, semi bluffing, I had the nut flush draw but bet out like I had the J, another J came out on the turn so I went all in knowing that even if he had a J I could still hit my flush, he turns JT, a full house

 

I might go back to pokerstars play money, re-discover the old form!

[Statto]

I see one "Bigsmak_UK" bubbled in the Five00 Sat.

 

Still ?13.20, unlucky!

 

I'm in a pokerstars $3.30 R/A, $50K gtd. Playing AB poker, not being aggresive unless I have the nuts, most players in rebuys on PS play just a wide range of hands, you cannot tell where you are in a hand so I try and keep the pots managable and play top hands and in good table position as well.

[Bigsmak]

I see one "Bigsmak_UK" bubbled in the Five00 Sat.

 

Still ?13.20, unlucky!

 

lol...

 

I looked at the tourney lobby and saw that 8 people get paid.. Was sitting about 6 of 9. Someone goes out and thats down to 8.. Lovely jubbly.

 

UTG, AJ push all in and called with QQ. Then realised that it was top 7 paid and 8th gets some cash....lol..

 

o well.. Might just buy in. Made about ?75 today on Sky.. was up more but lost a dreadful hand for about ?50.. ooops.

[Statto]

lol...

 

I looked at the tourney lobby and saw that 8 people get paid.. Was sitting about 6 of 9. Someone goes out and thats down to 8.. Lovely jubbly.

 

UTG, AJ push all in and called with QQ. Then realised that it was top 7 paid and 8th gets some cash....lol..

 

o well.. Might just buy in. Made about ?75 today on Sky.. was up more but lost a dreadful hand for about ?50.. ooops.

 

I lost the last of my sky bankroll at a cash table, all ?8.33 of it went onto a 25p/50p table, I was up for a bit then lost the last hand, I went off my gameplan of sticking to ABC poker and I went into D and E, bet my flush draw, a loose player called, it was a K on the river, I went all in for ?4's odd, he had AK, fishing for the river. I wish I caught his name, 67[name beginnig with N]67 - something like that. 60nine60 was having a go at him all game for fishing.

 

I took $100 out of my pokerstars account (?70) and put ?20 into sky, just enough to let me play a few of their guarentee games, 10 minute blinds, they usually suit my game, and I made sure it wasn't enough for me to buy in to the Five00 tonight (?22) I know I'd be tempted to.

[Statto]

OMFG!!!! These players on pokerstars are the king of all donkeys!

 

The first hour and a half is over and it's a break. In that time, I have played 15 of 100 hands, folded 85% pre-flop, hopefully I'd get some respect for having a hand when I raise, I raise with KQ, flop two kings, I bet, he re-raises all in with a 10 7 of diamonds with 2 diamonds flopped and hits his flush, TEN SEVEN!!!

The very next hand I pick up QQ and move all in for about 6x BB, he calls with J9 of hearts and hits a straight flush!!! JACK NINE!!!

 

"da_gassi" from Linz (presumably Austria)

 

Add him to the list of donkey's!!!

 

Better calm down a bit now, me on tilt aint a good thing.

 

Anyway, 2,959 left, 720 get paid.

 

I'm 2,741st - need to win some hands.

 

Instead of the 10BB rule, I'm going if I reach 6BB, they'll call anything on this site so may as well make sure my percentage odds are high when going into the hand.

[Statto]

Out now, guess who???

 

Mr Gassy. I've put a note on his name, I should really start doing that on sky as well, does anyone else do that, does it help?

[Era Macaroons]

woo just a namecheck on sky poker!!!

 

I know they must do it to all new players...but it was excellent all the same

 

 

SMOKEBOMB WOW was his exact words as i was 20 th at the time in five 00 , currently 10th

[Era Macaroons]

double woo

 

just had one of my hands played out and described !! (which i won)

 

this is great fun!!

[Bigsmak]

Now out of the 00

 

Had QQ and pushed all in and the BB called me with 44

 

flop - 5 6 7... turn 10 and river 8..

 

Feck me

 

And have been on a huge losing spree losing about ?150 in an hour... walked into Quads, and full house 2 times when I had my chips in before the river with flushes...

 

3 hands and about ?60 loss each time...

 

So.. calling it a night...

 

SUCKS

[Era Macaroons]

out 136th ...that was a roller coaster!! very fast

[Era Macaroons]

double woo

 

just had one of my hands played out and described !! (which i won)

 

this is great fun!!

 

this may have worked against me:hanged:....taking away my 'mystery' ,...as i pushed the boy off the pot with some good play (without the goods) .no doubt my opponents were watching as well as the next couple of moves i made i got crushed!!

 

noticed u were in as well Bigsmak....was hoping to cross paths, mibi next week

Edited March 26, 2009 by Era Macaroons

[Statto]

Do you think we should do some sort of JKB poker competition. Not just 6 or 7 of us in a sit'n'go but do something like - we all enter big tournaments, sky would probally be the best option (are all/most of us on sky?), we then get points for different things like;

 

1 point for every player you outlast/out before you

5 points per bounty (in a BH)

10 points for every other kickbacker you get further than

x2 points if you cash

50 points for 1st

30 points for 2nd

15 points for a final table finish (excluding Sit'n'go's)

 

Something like that, we'll set out what tourney's we can all enter and price ranges, possibly a few tourneys and bounty hunters at ?2.20-?5.75 and the Velocity a couple of times @ ?5.50. Would you say ?20 maximum in entry fees, with the chance of earning a little bit as well of course.

 

We all seem to be of good standard (I'm loosely including myself in that)

 

We could even include donating to a charity as well, 10% of your overall winnings, if a couple of us wins big tourney's that could be ?100+ to charity.

[Statto]

The sky tournaments from 7pm onwards are;

 

7.15 ?350 speed ?3.30

7.30 ?250 GTD ?3.30

8.00 ?200 speed ?2.20

8.15 ?125 speed ?1.10

8.20 ?200 BH ?5.75

8.45 ?200 GTD ?2.20

9.15 ?500 speed ?5.50

9.45 ?200 BH speed ?5.75

10.00 ?1250 Velocity ?5.50

10.15 ?300 GTD ?4.40

10.30 ?100 speed ?1.10

10.45 ?100 GTD ?5.50

11.10 ?600 Velocity ?5.50

 

Firstly, who's interested?

 

Next, when is everyone available?

 

I'm free Friday night, Saturday afternoon, Sunday, next Wednesday night, Friday and Saturday.

 

If we can get a day everyone is free, we'll see about getting it sorted.