The poker thread...

[Era Macaroons]

I hit my first royal flush last night! Final of a heads up tournament on Pokerstars and a guy generously decided to slowplay his flopped set of Js and let my ks,2d hit the royal on the river. He even paid off a large river bet despite the 4 to a flush , which was nice...

 

I wasn't quite as decisive on the final hand unfortunately- I could only muster up flopped quads when he decided to ship it with his top pair.

 

 

Ive still not had a royal flush ..ever

 

no surprise you finished him off with your 'usual' quads!

[Statto]

I've had 2 royal flushes in my life, both in the past 6 months. Both were an all in pre-flop and getting lucky I suppose.

 

I'd like to be able to "play" a royal flush, limping in a flopping the draw and hitting it on the turn, getting a mass pay-day on the river.

 

I've flopped the straight flush before but it's not the same.

 

Flopping quads was nice too against a player who I had a 100% read on, I knew if I checked he was pushing, I called his pre-flop raise with 9's, flopped quads, checked, he went all in with his A2 and I call.

[Walter Payton]

 

Ive still not had a royal flush ..ever

 

no surprise you finished him off with your 'usual' quads!

 

Honestly Graeme, it's frightening how many times I've had quads this year.

[Era Macaroons]

I've had 2 royal flushes in my life, both in the past 6 months. Both were an all in pre-flop and getting lucky I suppose.

 

I'd like to be able to "play" a royal flush, limping in a flopping the draw and hitting it on the turn, getting a mass pay-day on the river.

 

I've flopped the straight flush before but it's not the same.

 

Flopping quads was nice too against a player who I had a 100% read on, I knew if I checked he was pushing, I called his pre-flop raise with 9's, flopped quads, checked, he went all in with his A2 and I call.

 

Im just not hitting the proverbial 'barn door' the last few weeks (aka losing:43:) so have wound down a bit...prob partly cos not had laptop in the house and keeping 'up to speed'....however laptop now back in action and gunning for the five 00:rifle: on thurs!

[Era Macaroons]

Honestly Graeme, it's frightening how many times I've had quads :clover:this year.

 

Yup....believe me ...i AM aware!! lol ,you had a Quads streak at that home game.....another hand that tends to elude me!! though i did have tasty quad jacks double upper flopp on sky poko end of last week on the ?1/?2 table.

Edited May 19, 2009 by Era Macaroons

[The Merse]

details please!

 

Hmmmmm.

 

Was playing ?1/2 I called a raise with KQ out the blind flop T high, I check raise guy calls, lead out big turn, shove river, calls me with JT at the very last second.

 

Was pretty brutal.

 

won ?750 at casino cash game on Sat night though - which was nice.

 

 

Re Royal Flushes - you must be crap if you ain't had any - I've had five. (All online though)

 

[Goonieref]

Hmmmmm.

 

Was playing ?1/2 I called a raise with KQ out the blind flop T high, I check raise guy calls, lead out big turn, shove river, calls me with JT at the very last second.

 

Was pretty brutal.

 

won ?750 at casino cash game on Sat night though - which was nice.

 

 

Re Royal Flushes - you must be crap if you ain't had any - I've had five. (All online though)

 

 

I must be, i've played over a million hands of poker and only had 2.

[Era Macaroons]

Hmmmmm.

 

Was playing ?1/2 I called a raise with KQ out the blind flop T high, I check raise guy calls, lead out big turn, shove river, calls me with JT at the very last second.

 

Was pretty brutal.

 

 

Ahhhh, that makes me feel better

 

 

won ?750 at casino cash game on Sat night though - which was nice.

 

 

 

Well done, great result:clover:...who did you suck out on?

 

Re Royal Flushes - you must be crap if you ain't had any - I've had five. (All online though)

 

lol, my time will come

 

 

[Tommy Wiseau]

You've got to love getting the absolute nuts in a hand with a fish.

 

Managed to almost double my entire bankroll in one hand with quad queens off one piece of work at the 2p/4p tables. The bigger the raise, the more she thought I was bluffing.

 

[Statto]

Im just not hitting the proverbial 'barn door' the last few weeks (aka losing:43:) so have wound down a bit...prob partly cos not had laptop in the house and keeping 'up to speed'....however laptop now back in action and gunning for the five 00:rifle: on thurs!

 

I've just been knocked out of the Semi Final Sat. in 11th with 5 going through.

 

I decided to change my gameplan, I had been playing quite aggresively over the past couple of weeks, raising marginal hands in position, never limping, either folding or raising. I have concluded it works well in the latter stages of tourneys but early on when blinds are small you have to just play your cards.

 

Anyway, the "major" hands were the following;

 

KK, there's a raise, I call, 1 other calls. Flop: KT9 rainbow. The original raiser bets 500, I min-raise to about 1000, the other guy gets out the way, the original raiser pushes, I call. He turns AA. The turn a K, I win 6,575 with quad Kings after investing 2,850 into the pot.

 

KK (again), there is a raise to 600 (blinds 50/100), I re-raise to 1300, he calls. Flop: A8A. I think because of his 6x the BB raise he either has a low to medium pair, if he has Ace-rag, he's played it aggresively and it's the right way to do it. I bet 1100 (about a third of his stack, a quarter of mine) He pushes, I feel I have to call, he turns 99. The turn is a 9. River 8. I lost 4,050 chips.

 

Kd9d, I only have 850 chips, blinds 100/200, I'm on the SB, there's an UTG limper and no other action. I had seen a few of his hands shown and he had a wide range so I wasn't too worried about his hand. I push, the BB calls 650 more, he only has 1100 back, the UTG limper pushes, he has the BB covered, the BB calls. BB shows 7c3c (??? I wondered at the time as well???) UTG showed K9 off. Flop: 6h6d6s. (Anything but a 7 or 3) Turn: 4d. River Td. Flush! No Full house out either. I tripled up to 2,550. The UTG man lost 850 to me but won 1100 of BB-73 man.

 

K9 off, I can't remember this hand's details (what I was up against), I flopped a King and won 5,400.

 

QQ, I push in early position, I get a call from the guy who had K9 2 hands up ^. It's folded round, he turns Aces. I don't get lucky but have him out-chipped by about 1000 or so, blinds up to 200/400.

 

KJ in the BB, blinds at 300/600. 550 chips back, Button calls and SB calls, I check. Flop: KdQs3d. SB checks, I decided to check to try and get the button to bet for me. He min-bets 600. SB folds I call. He has Td9c. A gut-shot straight draw. Turn 8d. River Qd. Flush.

 

I'll be having another go at the Semi Final tomorrow night, I'll be playing the same sort of game as I did tonight, hopefully the cards fall the right way!

[Walter Payton]

There's a heads up tournament in central Edinburgh on Sunday at 2pm (buy-in ?20) but you've got to pre-register for organisational reasons. If you're interested, PM me for further details.

[Walter Payton]

There's a heads up tournament in central Edinburgh on Sunday at 2pm (buy-in ?20) but you've got to pre-register for organisational reasons. If you're interested, PM me for further details.

 

Apologies guys, the heads up tourney's not this Sunday, it's the 31st.

[Bigsmak]

Sky 5 00 tonight?

 

I qualified really easily in one of the direct games earlier... I think its my time to win big today gents!

 

PS - we are now the 2nd most replied to thread in the Shed!

 

(stupid what are you listening to right now stupidness)

[Bigsmak]

Out 483rd

 

KQ suited.. vs AQ... Q J Blank on flop.. end up all in.. K turn... 10 river.. I'm out!

[The Merse]

Out 483rd

 

KQ suited.. vs AQ... Q J Blank on flop.. end up all in.. K turn... 10 river.. I'm out!

 

You're shit.

 

[wibble]

Out 483rd

 

KQ suited.. vs AQ... Q J Blank on flop.. end up all in.. K turn... 10 river.. I'm out!

 

I had one leaky hand in my PokerTracker history. In 86k hands KQ was an overall loser. Stay away from it.

[Bigsmak]

I had one leaky hand in my PokerTracker history. In 86k hands KQ was an overall loser. Stay away from it.

 

I know ... I know... I know

[Era Macaroons]

Sky 5 00 tonight?

 

I qualified really easily in one of the direct games earlier... I think its my time to win big today gents!

 

PS - we are now the 2nd most replied to thread in the Shed!

 

(stupid what are you listening to right now stupidness)

 

I played through my telly.....laptop bust again and getting sent back.

 

went out 196th, got chewed up at the 45 min mark again as the blinds flew up, forced to go all in with 2000 as 800BB was coming to me next, my crappy K4 beaten by the BB's 55.

 

using the telly sucks.....I mentally felt at a disadvantage.

[Walter Payton]

Couple of spots available for tonights home game, if you're interested drop me a PM.

[Statto]

There was a hand I played earlier, what are your opinions on it, I'll describe it as if it were being played and write my opponents cards in white at the bottom.

 

My chip stack is about 5,200.

 

Blinds at 100/200

 

I am second to act on a 6-handed table.

 

I look down at 33.

 

First guy folds, I limp in. The next player to act raises it 3xBB to 600. It's folded round through the blinds back to me, 400 to call into 1100. I make the call.

 

The flop is Q63. I check. My opponent has around 3700 chips and bets 600 into 1500. I flat call.

 

The turn is a 10, this card has brought a second club to the board. I check, my opponent bets 600 again into a pot of 2700, I min raise to 1200, he calls. Pot is now 5100, I have 2800, my opponent has 1900.

 

River is an Ace. If I was putting him on a hand pre-river, it would be AQ, raise pre-flop, betting both streets and calling my check-raise. Even if he doesn't have an Ace, he probally calls any bet on the end, possibly looking like a steal on a scare card. I go all in. He calls.

 

So, summary,

 

pre-flop (33)

me 5200, him 4300, pot 300

me call 200, him raise to 600,

me call 400

flop (Q63) (33)

me 4600, him 3700, pot 1500

me check, him bet 600,

me call 600

turn (T) (Q63) (33)

me 4000, him 3100, pot 2700

me check, him bet 600

me raise to 1200, him call 600

river (A) (T) (Q63) (33)

me 2800, him 1900, pot 5100

me all in 2800, him call all in 1900

me returned 900.

 

Right, win or lose, did I play the hand right/well?

 

 

 

 

 

His hand [KJ-straight]

 

My thoughts - [On the turn, I probally should have pushed, I though he had a hand so would have been the right move in the circumstances, he probally wouldn't have called his tournament away with the gut-shot but, 2100 was half my stack, it's sometimes better to pick up these 1 and 2 thousand chips than let one card destroy your tournament.]

Edited May 23, 2009 by Statto

[wibble]

Bad one and difficult to see it coming - maybe just one of those hands.

 

When I saw the 2 clubs I'd have bet harder I think. The KJ draw was there, but not sure I'd have been good enough to see it. KJ would definitely be in his range.

 

Experience tells me that slow or soft playing big hands invariably screws you.

 

The min-bet on the flop says he's slow playing a monster (flopped a set of Qs) or got nothing yet - I would have put him on AK I think.

 

I'd probably have got done just like you did I think - but I definitely would have 3 bet his turn bet I think - 3 betting him would have chased off any draw (flush or str8) and commited him to all in on any decent made hand (like the AQ you put him on). Tiny adjustment, but might have made all the difference.

[Bigsmak]

 

Experience tells me that slow or soft playing big hands invariably screws you.

 

 

 

 

I am trying to bet my hands more... the amount of times I have it and give a player a free or cheap card and then lose it to a flush / straight on the river is huge.

 

If you look back would you rather have got your chips in earlier when you were ahead and make him have to call his draw rather than giving him the cards for cheap and he hits.

 

You need to give the guy a chance to fold. You never did.

 

I know you wont win the huge pots this way but in hands that are beatable, such as bottom set. you take what you can when you can get it.

 

I have made this mistake for years and am trying, so hard trying to learn from these mistakes.

 

Also - I'll direct you to this site again

 

http://www.cardschat.com

 

http://www.cardschat.com/f51/ this is the tournament hand analysis room. Lots of very good players here wanting to help us mortals out.

[Simo]

Pretty harsh but raise more on the turn. Min raises are always gonna get called.

 

After the min raise the pot is nearly double either of your stacks so the money is almost certainly going in anyway.

 

Ive been on a good run lately, won 3 of the last 4 times I've played a nuts venue and for the first time ever my online bankroll is over $1000 turned $50 into $1115 and thats with withdrawing $150 as well so rather happy!

 

Annoyed though cause was going along nicely in the 10k GTD PKR open last night and doubled up early with AA before making a shocking river call with AK when I should have folded!

[Simo]

"Took a shot" at 50c/$1 last night for the first time as well (usually play 25/50 cent) . Did alright but lost an $80 pot to a river two outer which was sick!

 

6 seater table, couple of folds and guy raises to $3, I call with 4,5 diamonds in position. heads up to the flop 744 with no flushdraw. He bets $5 i call. Turn is a 5! I have a full house, beautiful! He bets into me for $8 and I min raise to $16 which he calls. River comes a J for a final board of 4775J he shoves, I insta call and he shows JJ for a river 2 outer for jacks full , sick!

[The Merse]

There was a hand I played earlier, what are your opinions on it, I'll describe it as if it were being played and write my opponents cards in white at the bottom.

 

My chip stack is about 5,200.

 

Blinds at 100/200

 

I am second to act on a 6-handed table.

 

I look down at 33.

 

First guy folds, I limp in. The next player to act raises it 3xBB to 600. It's folded round through the blinds back to me, 400 to call into 1100. I make the call.

 

The flop is Q63. I check. My opponent has around 3700 chips and bets 600 into 1500. I flat call.

 

The turn is a 10, this card has brought a second club to the board. I check, my opponent bets 600 again into a pot of 2700, I min raise to 1200, he calls. Pot is now 5100, I have 2800, my opponent has 1900.

 

River is an Ace. If I was putting him on a hand pre-river, it would be AQ, raise pre-flop, betting both streets and calling my check-raise. Even if he doesn't have an Ace, he probally calls any bet on the end, possibly looking like a steal on a scare card. I go all in. He calls.

 

So, summary,

 

pre-flop (33)

me 5200, him 4300, pot 300

me call 200, him raise to 600,

me call 400

flop (Q63) (33)

me 4600, him 3700, pot 1500

me check, him bet 600,

me call 600

turn (T) (Q63) (33)

me 4000, him 3100, pot 2700

me check, him bet 600

me raise to 1200, him call 600

river (A) (T) (Q63) (33)

me 2800, him 1900, pot 5100

me all in 2800, him call all in 1900

me returned 900.

 

Right, win or lose, did I play the hand right/well?

 

 

 

 

 

His hand [KJ-straight]

 

My thoughts - [On the turn, I probally should have pushed, I though he had a hand so would have been the right move in the circumstances, he probally wouldn't have called his tournament away with the gut-shot but, 2100 was half my stack, it's sometimes better to pick up these 1 and 2 thousand chips than let one card destroy your tournament.]

 

I check raise all-in on the turn.

 

Only thing I do differently.

[Tommy Wiseau]

I am trying to bet my hands more... the amount of times I have it and give a player a free or cheap card and then lose it to a flush / straight on the river is huge.

 

If you look back would you rather have got your chips in earlier when you were ahead and make him have to call his draw rather than giving him the cards for cheap and he hits.

 

You need to give the guy a chance to fold. You never did.

 

I know you wont win the huge pots this way but in hands that are beatable, such as bottom set. you take what you can when you can get it.

 

I have made this mistake for years and am trying, so hard trying to learn from these mistakes.

 

Also - I'll direct you to this site again

 

http://www.cardschat.com

 

http://www.cardschat.com/f51/ this is the tournament hand analysis room. Lots of very good players here wanting to help us mortals out.

 

 

I've been doing the same recently as well. I'm obviously playing on the low stakes tables so it's not 'real' poker in a sense, but since I stopped slow-playing big hands and started betting and representing them more, I've cut the number of bad beats I've taken in a major way and trebled my bankroll. It's not a coincidence.

[Chris Benoit]

There was a hand I played earlier, what are your opinions on it, I'll describe it as if it were being played and write my opponents cards in white at the bottom.

 

My chip stack is about 5,200.

 

Blinds at 100/200

 

I am second to act on a 6-handed table.

 

I look down at 33.

 

First guy folds, I limp in. The next player to act raises it 3xBB to 600. It's folded round through the blinds back to me, 400 to call into 1100. I make the call.

 

The flop is Q63. I check. My opponent has around 3700 chips and bets 600 into 1500. I flat call.

 

The turn is a 10, this card has brought a second club to the board. I check, my opponent bets 600 again into a pot of 2700, I min raise to 1200, he calls. Pot is now 5100, I have 2800, my opponent has 1900.

 

River is an Ace. If I was putting him on a hand pre-river, it would be AQ, raise pre-flop, betting both streets and calling my check-raise. Even if he doesn't have an Ace, he probally calls any bet on the end, possibly looking like a steal on a scare card. I go all in. He calls.

 

So, summary,

 

pre-flop (33)

me 5200, him 4300, pot 300

me call 200, him raise to 600,

me call 400

flop (Q63) (33)

me 4600, him 3700, pot 1500

me check, him bet 600,

me call 600

turn (T) (Q63) (33)

me 4000, him 3100, pot 2700

me check, him bet 600

me raise to 1200, him call 600

river (A) (T) (Q63) (33)

me 2800, him 1900, pot 5100

me all in 2800, him call all in 1900

me returned 900.

 

Right, win or lose, did I play the hand right/well?

 

 

 

 

 

His hand [KJ-straight]

 

My thoughts - [On the turn, I probally should have pushed, I though he had a hand so would have been the right move in the circumstances, he probally wouldn't have called his tournament away with the gut-shot but, 2100 was half my stack, it's sometimes better to pick up these 1 and 2 thousand chips than let one card destroy your tournament.]

 

 

 

That's a sore one, as i read through I just knew he was gonna turn over KJ, think you actually played it perfect for getting the most out of it just got unlucky, could've maybe pushed at the turn but that's no guarantee you're not gonna get called. Personally put it down to bad luck!

 

 

Won a sick hand in the cash game at the nuts last night, well not too sick, i'm UTG (20/10p blinds) limp in blind, 6 handed,called round to BB who min raises to 40p (been doing it all night with rubbish) called round to me look down at 84 off, 20p into a pot of over ?2 so call, flop comes down 5 6 7 rainbow, SB bets ?1.20, BB calls, I raise to ?3, SB all-in bb calls, I push and BB calls, SB turns A4 for an open ended??? BB got a set of 6's blank turn and river and I'm called all the *******s under the son and take down a ?30 pot

 

Now I realise I shouldn't have limped in blind but was chatting to a guy not playing and wasn't really paying attention but was getting over 10-1 to call the min raise and for 20p wasn't gonna fold and got lucky, so don't think I deserved the abuse I got especially as it was from the guy who pushed with A4 mostly.

[Bigsmak]

Won a sick hand in the cash game at the nuts last night, well not too sick, i'm UTG (20/10p blinds) limp in blind, 6 handed,called round to BB who min raises to 40p (been doing it all night with rubbish) called round to me look down at 84 off, 20p into a pot of over ?2 so call, flop comes down 5 6 7 rainbow, SB bets ?1.20, BB calls, I raise to ?3, SB all-in bb calls, I push and BB calls, SB turns A4 for an open ended??? BB got a set of 6's blank turn and river and I'm called all the *******s under the son and take down a ?30 pot

 

Now I realise I shouldn't have limped in blind but was chatting to a guy not playing and wasn't really paying attention but was getting over 10-1 to call the min raise and for 20p wasn't gonna fold and got lucky, so don't think I deserved the abuse I got especially as it was from the guy who pushed with A4 mostly.

 

sounds like every second hand in the Circus cash games.

 

lol

[Bigsmak]

Played as well as I have for a long time at the Circus last night. Finished 5th out of 90 and was rivered out of the game with my chips in ahead for him to catch an A at the death.

 

O well. I was very happy with it all.

 

Only played KQ once and kept away from KJ, JQ, K10, Q10, A10, AJ and J10 all night long and it really paid off. I would have won a few stonkers if I had played them but mostly would have lost.

 

Right - off to play golf now!

[Walter Payton]

That's a sore one, as i read through I just knew he was gonna turn over KJ, think you actually played it perfect for getting the most out of it just got unlucky, could've maybe pushed at the turn but that's no guarantee you're not gonna get called. Personally put it down to bad luck!

 

 

Won a sick hand in the cash game at the nuts last night, well not too sick, i'm UTG (20/10p blinds) limp in blind, 6 handed,called round to BB who min raises to 40p (been doing it all night with rubbish) called round to me look down at 84 off, 20p into a pot of over ?2 so call, flop comes down 5 6 7 rainbow, SB bets ?1.20, BB calls, I raise to ?3, SB all-in bb calls, I push and BB calls, SB turns A4 for an open ended??? BB got a set of 6's blank turn and river and I'm called all the *******s under the son and take down a ?30 pot

 

Now I realise I shouldn't have limped in blind but was chatting to a guy not playing and wasn't really paying attention but was getting over 10-1 to call the min raise and for 20p wasn't gonna fold and got lucky, so don't think I deserved the abuse I got especially as it was from the guy who pushed with A4 mostly.

 

The guy with A4 wasn't big Tommy by any chance? Sounds like exactly the sort of thing he'd do...

[The Merse]

sounds like every second hand in the Circus cash games.

 

lol

 

You should have seen some of the crap going on last night. Ridiculous!!

 

Another easy 220 made though, im up ?1,400 from my last 3 sat nights there.

 

[Chris Benoit]

The guy with A4 wasn't big Tommy by any chance? Sounds like exactly the sort of thing he'd do...

 

Guys name is Ryan one of those who thinks he knows it all but really aint got a clue, felt a bit sorry for his missus who had the 6's but love any chance to take money off that clown

[Chris Benoit]

Just won a buy in to the velocity tonight on sky, anyone else doing it?

 

Quite funny didn't even mean to enter the tourney and ended up winning it

[Chris Benoit]

Just won a buy in to the velocity tonight on sky, anyone else doing it?

 

Quite funny didn't even mean to enter the tourney and ended up winning it

 

Did crap in the velocity, bubbled 3 times today on sky to river sets holding queens, kings and a set of 7's to a river 8, I hate sky poker

[The Merse]

Finished 19th in the Sky Open last night.

 

Balls!

 

Was starting to think I might get the big money but nope.

 

Shoved with Q9 hearts to steal blinds, called by K6, flopped flush and straight draws and missed the lot.

 

[Era Macaroons]

There was a hand I played earlier, what are your opinions on it, I'll describe it as if it were being played and write my opponents cards in white at the bottom.

 

My chip stack is about 5,200.

 

Blinds at 100/200

 

I am second to act on a 6-handed table.

 

I look down at 33.

 

First guy folds, I limp in. The next player to act raises it 3xBB to 600. It's folded round through the blinds back to me, 400 to call into 1100. I make the call.

 

The flop is Q63. I check. My opponent has around 3700 chips and bets 600 into 1500. I flat call.

 

The turn is a 10, this card has brought a second club to the board. I check, my opponent bets 600 again into a pot of 2700, I min raise to 1200, he calls. Pot is now 5100, I have 2800, my opponent has 1900.

 

River is an Ace. If I was putting him on a hand pre-river, it would be AQ, raise pre-flop, betting both streets and calling my check-raise. Even if he doesn't have an Ace, he probally calls any bet on the end, possibly looking like a steal on a scare card. I go all in. He calls.

 

So, summary,

 

pre-flop (33)

me 5200, him 4300, pot 300

me call 200, him raise to 600,

me call 400

flop (Q63) (33)

me 4600, him 3700, pot 1500

me check, him bet 600,

me call 600

turn (T) (Q63) (33)

me 4000, him 3100, pot 2700

me check, him bet 600

me raise to 1200, him call 600

river (A) (T) (Q63) (33)

me 2800, him 1900, pot 5100

me all in 2800, him call all in 1900

me returned 900.

 

Right, win or lose, did I play the hand right/well?

 

 

 

 

 

His hand [KJ-straight]

 

My thoughts - [On the turn, I probally should have pushed, I though he had a hand so would have been the right move in the circumstances, he probally wouldn't have called his tournament away with the gut-shot but, 2100 was half my stack, it's sometimes better to pick up these 1 and 2 thousand chips than let one card destroy your tournament.]

 

Youve gotta go all in on the turn here, he has to fold his draw (or he takes a mug gamble)....or hes calling you with a hand your gonna beat (AQ)

 

unfortunatley you 'let him get there'

 

I'd rather take the pot down at this point than give him another card, better to secure a decent pot than risk it for a few more chips.

[Era Macaroons]

You should have seen some of the crap going on last night. Ridiculous!!

 

Another easy 220 made though, im up ?1,400 from my last 3 sat nights there.

 

 

Good shooting.

 

Went along to the maybury at the weekend for the first time since 'taking it down':2thumbsup:....the fields there are dwindling away , only 50 there.

 

I only go once in a blue moon , but when i first went the place was full,tables through to the back room etc.

 

The second time I went along I couldnt even get in the game as it was full 1/2 an hour before kick off!!

 

Was chatting to someone about this at the break and he put it down to the Maybury having a reputation for chip passing....have any of you lot come across this?

 

P.S. I was unable to defend my self appointed 'crown' ....bombed out by trip 4s

 

Also there was no cash game to be had either....seems the casino appoint their own cash dealers now ! so the 'dealers' all naffed off to the Circus

[Andyeyespy]

Good shooting.

 

Went along to the maybury at the weekend for the first time since 'taking it down':2thumbsup:....the fields there are dwindling away , only 50 there.

 

I only go once in a blue moon , but when i first went the place was full,tables through to the back room etc.

 

The second time I went along I couldnt even get in the game as it was full 1/2 an hour before kick off!!

 

Was chatting to someone about this at the break and he put it down to the Maybury having a reputation for chip passing....have any of you lot come across this?

 

P.S. I was unable to defend my self appointed 'crown' ....bombed out by trip 4s

 

Also there was no cash game to be had either....seems the casino appoint their own cash dealers now ! so the 'dealers' all naffed off to the Circus

 

never been before m8, u dont know of any house games going. im always looking for a game just cant find any.

[Andyeyespy]

Looking for poker house games. I occasionally play house games with friends but not often enough for my liking. Anyone looking for a game could also come along to one of my house games. just wanting to play poker and TRY win some money.

[Era Macaroons]

never been before m8, u dont know of any house games going. im always looking for a game just cant find any.

 

theres sometimes an offer for a friday night game put out on this thread.

 

youll get cash games at the Circus casino on fountainbridge

[Andyeyespy]

aye ta m8. nothing worse than having the bug for poker with no one to play lol

[Statto]

Playing a BH, first time in weeks.

 

23.35, 88 started, I've knocked out 2 by the first break, 20 left.

 

00.55, final 10 now, currently 3rd, knocked 5 out, ?11.64 in prizes plus ?6.60 guarenteed for 10th.

 

01.02, out 8th, 2 sick runner runner beats in 3 hands. ?11 + ?11.64.

 

I had KJ of spades in the BB, it's raised up, I call, hit a K, I check the flop, he goes all in with AT of diamonds and hits runner runner diamonds for the flush.

2 hands later I push with 2000 chips, blinds at 300/600 with K3 of clubs, the same guy calls from his 20,000 chips he has with 4T, flop is 3JK, then comes runner runner Q9 to give him a straight.

[Simo]

Any idea what the tourney at Circus is tonight?

[In Absentia]

Any idea what the tourney at Circus is tonight?

 

4.30 start.

 

?20 for 4000 chips + 1 ?20 Rebuy or Add on for 6000 chips.

[Walter Payton]

Playing a 7 handed S&G yesterday, ?20 buy-in and 20,000 starting stacks- To say it was a wild game would be an understatement, one guy bought in (without our knowledge at the start) knowing he'd have to leave at 4 and we didn't start playing till half 2! He managed to lose his stack in that time... Because it was such a wild game, I decided to play a tighter game and just maximise the profit on the big hands that came along because I knew I could get paid off by playing the correct line against each of the individuals. Unfortunately I didn't make it past the first level...

 

 

Blinds are 20,50 and I've got 8,8 on the button with 3 limpers. I make it 250, SB calls, BB folds and one limper calls (why people limp/fold from early position I don't know).

 

Pot's 850, and the flop comes 6,8,K with 2 clubs.

 

It checks round to me, and I bet 500 (which I would have done on a board like that checked to me regardless of my hand, which I knew some people were thinking).

 

SB re-raises with 1700 on top, preflop limper folds and I flat call (because of previous hands with this guy, I know he's not reraising me without top pair but also if he'd had A,K Q,Q or J,J he'd have reraised me preflop, particularly because he was SB. I have him on a K with a kicker between 9 and Q, anything else he'd have dumped preflop). I really don't want him getting away from this hand because I've bet him out of it, I'm a 97% favourite!

 

Pot's 5250 and the turn's the King of Diamonds.

 

SB bets 4200 and I ship it, knowing that it'll make me look weaker and realistically there's only one card that could come on the river that might make me fold my full house now (8,8,8,K,K). SB tanks for a while, then makes the call with K,10. I'm an 85% favourite.

 

River comes a 10 and he's gone runner runner to take the pot away from me...

[The Merse]

Every ****ing big pot I play at the moment I ****ing lose.

 

Just lost ?200 pot on Sky 50/1.

 

****ing sick sick sick.

 

I call a ?5 raise with 77 on the button, small blind calls too.

 

Flop Q73.

 

SB checks, orig raiser bets ?12, I call, SB calls.

 

Turn 2.

 

SB checks. Orig raiser shoves for ?40, I re-shove over the top for ?65, and the SB calls as well.

 

River 6.

 

SB shows 45.

 

Feel physically sick after that.

[Statto]

Every ****ing big pot I play at the moment I ****ing lose.

 

Just lost ?200 pot on Sky 50/1.

 

****ing sick sick sick.

 

I call a ?5 raise with 77 on the button, small blind calls too.

 

Flop Q73.

 

SB checks, orig raiser bets ?12, I call, SB calls.

 

Turn 2.

 

SB checks. Orig raiser shoves for ?40, I re-shove over the top for ?65, and the SB calls as well.

 

River 6.

 

SB shows 45.

 

Feel physically sick after that.

 

If we look at his decisions we see it was a bad play by him;

 

Pre-flop: I don't mind people defending their blinds, as long as it's not expensive and you have connecting and/or suited cards, calling with 4-5 isn't the worst play and the hand is disguised.

 

Flop: gut -shot straight draw, ?12 to call into ?39 = 13/4 odds (3.25/1), actual odds to hit the gut-shot 6 is 39/8 (4.875/1) but there is implied odds so calling or folding is an acceptable play.

 

Turn: open ended straight draw, ?65 to call into ?156 = 12/5 (2.4/1), actual odds to hit the open ended draw (A or 6) is 19/4 (4.75/1). He's only invested ?17, he can lay this down.

 

Definitely a bad call on the end, getting half the odds to the actual odds.

 

You can't feel bad about this hand, you played it perfectly and 5 times out of 6 you will win this hand.

[Sexton Hardcastle]

Im glad you cleared that up as being bad play by the idiot that called, not D-Mc.

[Statto]

What an incredible few of days I'm having.

 

1 week ago I had ?6 left in my sky account.

 

I played a BH on the 29th and won ?22.

 

On the 31st I played 3 ?50 gtd's, won 1 and 2nd in 2 = ?62.60.

 

I played a ?300 gtd yesterday, I won it = ?101.92

 

Today I played the ?250 gtd on sky at 8pm and the ?400 deep stack at 8.15 (multi-tabling). I won the ?250 gtd = ?80 and finished 5th in the deep stack = ?34.

 

In the deep stack there was just 1 player I could not beat, I lost at least 6 of his all-in pre-flops, I calculated about 140,000 chips I lost against him. I've just checked and he won it.

 

record this week P9 W3 C4 L2

 

I finished last month down (only about ?35), first time in 6 months I've finished a month down and I was really disappointed, I wanted to hit the ground running this month and, well, I've done alright I suppose. Up ?200 in 2 days.

[The Merse]

What an incredible few of days I'm having.

 

1 week ago I had ?6 left in my sky account.

 

I played a BH on the 29th and won ?22.

 

On the 31st I played 3 ?50 gtd's, won 1 and 2nd in 2 = ?62.60.

 

I played a ?300 gtd yesterday, I won it = ?101.92

 

Today I played the ?250 gtd on sky at 8pm and the ?400 deep stack at 8.15 (multi-tabling). I won the ?250 gtd = ?80 and finished 5th in the deep stack = ?34.

 

In the deep stack there was just 1 player I could not beat, I lost at least 6 of his all-in pre-flops, I calculated about 140,000 chips I lost against him. I've just checked and he won it.

 

record this week P9 W3 C4 L2

 

I finished last month down (only about ?35), first time in 6 months I've finished a month down and I was really disappointed, I wanted to hit the ground running this month and, well, I've done alright I suppose. Up ?200 in 2 days.

 

 

Good work.

 

I hardly ever play tournaments anymore, kind of miss it but then I just can't stand playing for so long and taking one beat and that being it over for nothing!