The poker thread...

[Larry]

How does everyone rate the various poker sites?

 

I generally play Tournaments and sit and go's and usually play on pokerstars and Full tilt. Putting more money on this week and wondering if I should try somewhere else?

 

I see alot of people on here play the british ones like sky/hills etc, what are the advantages of these sites? Do they have good tournaments? or is it a case that the cash games can be beat easier?

[wibble]

How does everyone rate the various poker sites?

 

I generally play Tournaments and sit and go's and usually play on pokerstars and Full tilt. Putting more money on this week and wondering if I should try somewhere else?

 

I see alot of people on here play the british ones like sky/hills etc, what are the advantages of these sites? Do they have good tournaments? or is it a case that the cash games can be beat easier?

 

Whatever you do, make sure that you have a Rakeback deal on whatever site you choose. Basically you get back 27% of the rake that you pay.

 

Right now there's a Betfair one that gives you 60%. That can add up to a lot of money. $100 a week easy if you 4 table .5/1 and play 2 hours a day.

[Larry]

Whatever you do, make sure that you have a Rakeback deal on whatever site you choose. Basically you get back 27% of the rake that you pay.

 

Right now there's a Betfair one that gives you 60%. That can add up to a lot of money. $100 a week easy if you 4 table .5/1 and play 2 hours a day.

 

Yeah I don't really play cash games anymore. Im too tilty and undisciplined . I do have one set up on full tilt If I ever feel the urge though.

 

Cheers for the suggestions though. I have a betfair account but never tried the poker there, Whats the standard like? I might give it there giving 60% back on the rake.

[The Merse]

Ok.

 

In a 10 day period of bad beats, I've just suffered the worst one of my poker life so far by a distance.

 

My luck seems to have gone from bad to worse recently.

 

On Sunday THE biggest donkey ever was playing ?1/2.

 

I got all my money in against him for ?200 with 89 on an 389 board and it comes 7J to give his AT a straight.

 

Disgusting.

 

Then yesterday, the same guy was on 1.5/3 so I joined in for ?150.

 

Got up to ?400 instantly through this idiot.

 

Then I get AA against him in the BB. He raises from the SB. I make it ?35 to go - he calls.

 

Flop J82 - all spades. He shoves. I don't have A spade but call anyway.

 

Spade on the river and he flips 92 o/s with the 9 of spades to f uck me for massive pot.

 

2 hands later I lose ?600 pot with AA to TT flopping set.

 

Managed to get that all back in half hour and left that game up ?220 down - but still ?200 down over the course of Sunday/Monday to that idiot.

 

So today, I lose a stack and a half at 25/50p. Down around ?80 or so from earlier.

 

I go on again half hour ago.

 

Playing 2 tables, on one table I have 35 spades in a raised pot.

 

Flop comes 4s6sJd.

 

I end up all in against KJ which is ridiculous for them to stay, I miss my 15 outs both times.

 

I then get finished off by same guy who has flush draw against my overpair and of course he hits his.

 

To my other table for the most preposterous beat you will ever hear.

 

I'm in the SB with 55. It's a limped pot.

 

Flop Q45.

 

To cut the story short I end up all in.

 

And the board comes:

 

Turn 4

 

River 4

 

Guy flips 54 for runner runner quad 4's.

 

I've just poker calculated it, I was a 99.8% favourite to win that hand - I don't think it's actually possible to get sucked out on worse than that.

 

I'm absolutely sickened.

 

Serious considerations to withdrawing the BR and giving this sh it a break.

[The Merse]

Ok.

 

In a 10 day period of bad beats, I've just suffered the worst one of my poker life so far by a distance.

 

My luck seems to have gone from bad to worse recently.

 

On Sunday THE biggest donkey ever was playing ?1/2.

 

I got all my money in against him for ?200 with 89 on an 389 board and it comes 7J to give his AT a straight.

 

Disgusting.

 

Then yesterday, the same guy was on 1.5/3 so I joined in for ?150.

 

Got up to ?400 instantly through this idiot.

 

Then I get AA against him in the BB. He raises from the SB. I make it ?35 to go - he calls.

 

Flop J82 - all spades. He shoves. I don't have A spade but call anyway.

 

Spade on the river and he flips 92 o/s with the 9 of spades to f uck me for massive pot.

 

2 hands later I lose ?600 pot with AA to TT flopping set.

 

Managed to get that all back in half hour and left that game up ?220 down - but still ?200 down over the course of Sunday/Monday to that idiot.

 

So today, I lose a stack and a half at 25/50p. Down around ?80 or so from earlier.

 

I go on again half hour ago.

 

Playing 2 tables, on one table I have 35 spades in a raised pot.

 

Flop comes 4s6sJd.

 

I end up all in against KJ which is ridiculous for them to stay, I miss my 15 outs both times.

 

I then get finished off by same guy who has flush draw against my overpair and of course he hits his.

 

To my other table for the most preposterous beat you will ever hear.

 

I'm in the SB with 55. It's a limped pot.

 

Flop Q45.

 

To cut the story short I end up all in.

 

And the board comes:

 

Turn 4

 

River 4

 

Guy flips 54 for runner runner quad 4's.

 

I've just poker calculated it, I was a 99.8% favourite to win that hand - I don't think it's actually possible to get sucked out on worse than that.

 

I'm absolutely sickened.

 

Serious considerations to withdrawing the BR and giving this sh it a break.

[Chris Benoit]

D that's some sick **** we've all got stories like that but not so many all at the same time, real bad one bud

[Tommy Wiseau]

That is brutal. Incidentally, I was reading a guy on the Sky Poker forum's bad beat story and it was of the same standard.

 

Here's the boy's story;

 

"I have AsKs on the button and raise it up. BB calls.

 

Flop comes Qs Js 5s

 

BB goes all-in, of course I call (or there wouldn't be much of a story!)

BB flips over 6s7s

 

Turn 4s

 

River 8s"

 

 

 

Unbelievable. Like yours, that's runner runner where it HAD to be those exact 2 cards.

 

I played in a home game at the weekend, and took a ridiculous amount of sick beats.

 

Got called all-in for their entire stack (3 different players) by:

 

King 8 when I had pocket 10s - river a King;

 

King 5 when I had pocket 9s - river a King;

 

King 3 when I had top pair, top kicker on the board after the turn - river a King.

 

Going into the river I was 90% plus favourite and lost every one. Not much you can do about that. Worst of it was, I dealt 2 of the hands! There are worse beats, but this was literally 3 hands in a row that I was involved in.

[Statto]

Just finished 6th in the ?4K gtd. on sky, ?11 to enter, 50 paid, ?175.

 

I was down to 505 chips (1500 starting stack) early on but doubled up once and then quadrupled up in an incredible hand, pocket Aces, the small stack limps, 1 players pushes, another calls, I call all in and the small stack goes all in.

 

The push all in had AJ, the call had AQ, the small stack had TJ. Flop 55T, which means the TJ cannot win by hitting the J to give him 2 pair because the board had paired so I'd have had AA55. The AQ and AJ need runner runner JJ or QQ, the TJ only has 2 10's to hit, but missed and I'm up to 5,500.

I was never really big stacked, always on the back foot. I got the cards at the right times and feel on the last hand my push with the K6 suited was neccesary on the button after it was folded round, only 3 BB left, the small blind called with A8 and it held.

[wibble]

Ok.

 

 

 

Then I get AA against him in the BB. He raises from the SB. I make it ?35 to go - he calls.

 

Flop J82 - all spades. He shoves. I don't have A spade but call anyway.

 

Spade on the river and he flips 92 o/s with the 9 of spades to f uck me for massive pot.

 

 

Don't want to beat you up when you are down, but your call of his all-in was marginal.

 

Even with these known cards he was the favourite.

 

Board: Js 8s 2s

Dead:

 

equity win tie pots won pots tied

Hand 0: 48.384% 48.38% 00.00% 479 0.00 { AcAd }

Hand 1: 51.616% 51.62% 00.00% 511 0.00 { 9s2d }

 

As his cards were unknown, you have to also factor in 2-pr, sets, made flush, straight draw with a spade etc, etc.

 

Difficult laydown, especially against a lunatic.

 

TBF, I know that I would've called it too, but you can't call it a bad beat. The odds went the way they were supposed to.

Edited June 23, 2009 by MelbourneJambo

[Larry]

Don't want to beat you up when you are down, but your call of his all-in was marginal.

 

Even with these known cards he was the favourite.

 

Board: Js 8s 2s

Dead:

 

equity win tie pots won pots tied

Hand 0: 48.384% 48.38% 00.00% 479 0.00 { AcAd }

Hand 1: 51.616% 51.62% 00.00% 511 0.00 { 9s2d }

 

As his cards were unknown, you have to also factor in 2-pr, sets, made flush, straight draw with a spade etc, etc.

 

Difficult laydown, especially against a lunatic.

 

TBF, I know that I would've called it too, but you can't call it a bad beat. The odds went the way they were supposed to.

 

Still its ridiculous that the boy called the re-raise with 92 pre-flop. Bingo

[Era Macaroons]

Ok.

 

In a 10 day period of bad beats, I've just suffered the worst one of my poker life so far by a distance.

 

My luck seems to have gone from bad to worse recently.

 

On Sunday THE biggest donkey ever was playing ?1/2.

 

I got all my money in against him for ?200 with 89 on an 389 board and it comes 7J to give his AT a straight.

 

Disgusting.

 

Then yesterday, the same guy was on 1.5/3 so I joined in for ?150.

 

Got up to ?400 instantly through this idiot.

 

Then I get AA against him in the BB. He raises from the SB. I make it ?35 to go - he calls.

 

Flop J82 - all spades. He shoves. I don't have A spade but call anyway.

 

Spade on the river and he flips 92 o/s with the 9 of spades to f uck me for massive pot.

 

2 hands later I lose ?600 pot with AA to TT flopping set.

 

Managed to get that all back in half hour and left that game up ?220 down - but still ?200 down over the course of Sunday/Monday to that idiot.

 

So today, I lose a stack and a half at 25/50p. Down around ?80 or so from earlier.

 

I go on again half hour ago.

 

Playing 2 tables, on one table I have 35 spades in a raised pot.

 

Flop comes 4s6sJd.

 

I end up all in against KJ which is ridiculous for them to stay, I miss my 15 outs both times.

 

I then get finished off by same guy who has flush draw against my overpair and of course he hits his.

 

To my other table for the most preposterous beat you will ever hear.

 

I'm in the SB with 55. It's a limped pot.

 

Flop Q45.

 

To cut the story short I end up all in.

 

And the board comes:

 

Turn 4

 

River 4

 

Guy flips 54 for runner runner quad 4's.

 

I've just poker calculated it, I was a 99.8% favourite to win that hand - I don't think it's actually possible to get sucked out on worse than that.

I'm absolutely sickened.

 

Serious considerations to withdrawing the BR and giving this sh it a break.

 

You should go to Clums house more often!

[Era Macaroons]

Ok.

 

sickened.

 

Serious considerations to withdrawing the BR and giving this sh it a break.

 

If your considering it...then do it..whats the harm?

 

nowt better than cashing in, you can always go back cant you

 

take out your wad and start again........that way you will feel a new challenge, and dinny sit till yon time at the casino every night either :hat2:keep fresh

[Era Macaroons]

D that's some sick **** we've all got stories like that but not so many all at the same time, real bad one bud

 

He'll get over it...sure he said that last weekend as well:10900:

[Era Macaroons]

Just finished 6th in the ?4K gtd. on sky, ?11 to enter, 50 paid, ?175.

 

I was down to 505 chips (1500 starting stack) early on but doubled up once and then quadrupled up in an incredible hand, pocket Aces, the small stack limps, 1 players pushes, another calls, I call all in and the small stack goes all in.

 

The push all in had AJ, the call had AQ, the small stack had TJ. Flop 55T, which means the TJ cannot win by hitting the J to give him 2 pair because the board had paired so I'd have had AA55. The AQ and AJ need runner runner JJ or QQ, the TJ only has 2 10's to hit, but missed and I'm up to 5,500.

I was never really big stacked, always on the back foot. I got the cards at the right times and feel on the last hand my push with the K6 suited was neccesary on the button after it was folded round, only 3 BB left, the small blind called with A8 and it held.

 

no surprise you came 6th after that hand:2thumbsup:nice & wp

[Era Macaroons]

Don't want to beat you up when you are down, but your call of his all-in was marginal.

 

Even with these known cards he was the favourite.

 

Board: Js 8s 2s

Dead:

 

equity win tie pots won pots tied

Hand 0: 48.384% 48.38% 00.00% 479 0.00 { AcAd }

Hand 1: 51.616% 51.62% 00.00% 511 0.00 { 9s2d }

 

As his cards were unknown, you have to also factor in 2-pr, sets, made flush, straight draw with a spade etc, etc.

 

Difficult laydown, especially against a lunatic.

 

TBF, I know that I would've called it too, but you can't call it a bad beat. The odds went the way they were supposed to.

 

yup, scary board

[Era Macaroons]

anyone playing poker?

[Era Macaroons]

Still its ridiculous that the boy called the re-raise with 92 pre-flop. Bingo

 

[Bigsmak]

anyone playing poker?

 

Were you drunk last night?

[The Merse]

Don't want to beat you up when you are down, but your call of his all-in was marginal.

 

Even with these known cards he was the favourite.

 

Board: Js 8s 2s

Dead:

 

equity win tie pots won pots tied

Hand 0: 48.384% 48.38% 00.00% 479 0.00 { AcAd }

Hand 1: 51.616% 51.62% 00.00% 511 0.00 { 9s2d }

 

As his cards were unknown, you have to also factor in 2-pr, sets, made flush, straight draw with a spade etc, etc.

 

Difficult laydown, especially against a lunatic.

 

TBF, I know that I would've called it too, but you can't call it a bad beat. The odds went the way they were supposed to.

 

Against this guy I'd call with anything.

 

He was on again last night and I got done by him AGAIN.

 

He is literally the worst I've ever seen.

 

I seen him CALL a hand for ?200 on the river - ?750 pot it was on a AQQJT board.

 

And the guy shoved had JT.

 

This guy called him with WORSE and mucked his hand.

 

I'm confused as to how losing to 92 o/s with AA can't be considered a bad beat though! % on the flop it's closer but come on, pre-flop he's got unsuited cards miles apart.

 

Crazy.

 

Well BR is down to ?1,800 from ?2,050.

 

[The Merse]

Were you drunk last night?

 

I think he may have been - I caught a glimpse of ol' Smokebomb sitting at a 2.5/5 head up table.

 

[wibble]

Against this guy I'd call with anything.

 

He was on again last night and I got done by him AGAIN.

 

He is literally the worst I've ever seen.

 

I seen him CALL a hand for ?200 on the river - ?750 pot it was on a AQQJT board.

 

And the guy shoved had JT.

 

This guy called him with WORSE and mucked his hand.

 

I'm confused as to how losing to 92 o/s with AA can't be considered a bad beat though! % on the flop it's closer but come on, pre-flop he's got unsuited cards miles apart.

 

Crazy.

 

Well BR is down to ?1,800 from ?2,050.

 

 

It's not a bad beat because when the vast majority of the money went in he was ahead, but I agree that losing to 9,2o is gauling. If it was anyone else who jammed their money in you'd have thought long and hard before calling, maybe even laying it down. What you have to remember with total donks is that they do sometimes hit flops, especially ragged flops because thats the sort of flop that their range hits.

 

I'm not criticising your play, I'd likely have called too in that position. I was just blown away by the fact he was ahead on the flop when I ran it through Pokerstove.

 

Definitely something to keep in mind on single suited flops if you have an Ace of the same suit and have paired a low card.

[Era Macaroons]

Were you drunk last night?

 

erm...how did u guess!

 

I blame the wife......came home after 5 a sides totally knacked and there she is sitting in the sun wi 2 pals, one of which had just returned from OZ ,supping wine...hey presto, instant party.

 

[Era Macaroons]

I think he may have been - I caught a glimpse of ol' Smokebomb sitting at a 2.5/5 head up table.

 

 

I withdrew ?1K doing the same thing last week so was feeling good...oh...and pi55ed!

 

sat down with ?200, against a guy with ?500

 

I'd predetermined what I was going to do, I was going to double it or lose it, gonna play fast and aggressive in anticipation of the inevitable showdown.

 

so ....the usual tip toeing early doors saw me get up to ?250, the moment wouldnt come and Im getting AA, JJ amongst other decent hands.

 

He takes a decent pot taking me back under ?200 when my draws all miss

 

then the moment comes....AJ.....flop A 7 8 (2 spades)

 

Im all in.....so's he

 

I reckon Im good as ive been playing very very loose aggressive

 

but alas...his A7 is the winner

 

ho hum, cant win em all!! and probably daft play/decision by me ....wifes fault tho

[Statto]

I've just played some of the worst poker I have in a long time, I was in the midnight ?400 gtd on sky, I limp early with QJ suited, blinds are 75/150, I have about 2000 chips. There is one caller behind me and the small blind folds. The small stack is on the big blind and checks. The flop is 8TQ. The small stack pushes for 600, I call. The player behind me pushes for my whole stack, I know he limps with big hands so could have QK, QA or he could even have 8T. I fold and he turns Q9

 

Turn King River King, I'd have won it and been one of the bigger stacks in the tournament on about 4500. I played it so so badly.

 

My computer also semi-froze on a hand earlier on in the tourney, I hit a FH on the turn, I was getting paid big time on this hand (if the guy had the trips that he claimed). I got a bit tilty but nothing to bad. After the QJ hand though it went right downhill. I did drop to 700 and doubled up 2 hands in a row to get up to 3200 but pushed with my Ace high flush draw, he had flopped a top-set. I didn't hit a diamond.

[Bigsmak]

For people playing 6 handed on Sky or anywhere... this is a nice link for a free poker book

 

http://s3.amazonaws.com/ryanfee/fees6max.pdf

 

interesting read.

[Larry]

For people playing 6 handed on Sky or anywhere... this is a nice link for a free poker book

 

http://s3.amazonaws.com/ryanfee/fees6max.pdf

 

interesting read.

 

This means that if the game is loose (meaning there are a lot of bad players, generally

players with VPIP's higher than 28, for example a player that plays 32/5/1 is a weak bad

player)

 

This is part of the preface, What does 32/5/1 mean?

[Bigsmak]

This means that if the game is loose (meaning there are a lot of bad players, generally

players with VPIP's higher than 28, for example a player that plays 32/5/1 is a weak bad

player)

 

This is part of the preface, What does 32/5/1 mean?

 

VPIP = Voluntary put money into the pot.. (calling pre-flop raises)

 

32/5/1 means, I think,

32 is the VPIP

5 is the Pre Flop raise (i think)

and I am not sure about the 1, it might be the aggression factor. 1 being very low.

 

For Passive/Aggressive/Neutral

Passive <1.3 FA

Neutral/Unknown 1.2-1.8 (Or FA=0)

Aggressive >1.8

 

EDIT - you would need to have a program like Poker Tracker with information on the players before you would find these numbers out.

Edited June 25, 2009 by Bigsmak

[Larry]

VPIP = Voluntary put money into the pot.. (calling pre-flop raises)

 

32/5/1 means, I think,

32 is the VPIP

5 is the Pre Flop raise (i think)

and I am not sure about the 1, it might be the aggression factor. 1 being very low.

 

For Passive/Aggressive/Neutral

Passive <1.3 FA

Neutral/Unknown 1.2-1.8 (Or FA=0)

Aggressive >1.8

 

EDIT - you would need to have a program like Poker Tracker with information on the players before you would find these numbers out.

 

When did poker become so complicated ?

 

Do you use poker tracker? reccomend it? I don't play cash games alot but when I do I could do with all the help I can get:2thumbsup:

[Bigsmak]

When did poker become so complicated ?

 

Do you use poker tracker? reccomend it? I don't play cash games alot but when I do I could do with all the help I can get:2thumbsup:

 

Download it and you have 60 days free or something. It is good. I don't have it. I didn't pay for it... But I don't play enough to justify it.

 

My mates who play nearly full time couldn't live without it. You get a heads up display that lets you know all about the other players. If they bet a lot or are tight for example. Makes you more informed about their game. Also, more informed about your own. Do you call to many SB because you think you should?

How often do you limp in early and lose cash.

What usually happens when you play KJ?

 

It is brilliant.

[The Merse]

Download it and you have 60 days free or something. It is good. I don't have it. I didn't pay for it... But I don't play enough to justify it.

 

My mates who play nearly full time couldn't live without it. You get a heads up display that lets you know all about the other players. If they bet a lot or are tight for example. Makes you more informed about their game. Also, more informed about your own. Do you call to many SB because you think you should?

How often do you limp in early and lose cash.

What usually happens when you play KJ?

 

It is brilliant.

 

Wish you could use it for Sky Poker

[Larry]

Download it and you have 60 days free or something. It is good. I don't have it. I didn't pay for it... But I don't play enough to justify it.

 

My mates who play nearly full time couldn't live without it. You get a heads up display that lets you know all about the other players. If they bet a lot or are tight for example. Makes you more informed about their game. Also, more informed about your own. Do you call to many SB because you think you should?

How often do you limp in early and lose cash.

What usually happens when you play KJ?

 

It is brilliant.

 

Cheers, Will give it a go for the 60 days aswell then:2thumbsup:

Wish you could use it for Sky Poker

 

I presume you can use it on Pokerstars and Full Tilt?

[Statto]

Anyone in the sky Five00 tonight?

 

I've just satellited in for ?4.80, hopefully I'll play as well as I did last week and get a bit of luck with the cards.

[Bigsmak]

Cheers, Will give it a go for the 60 days aswell then:2thumbsup:

 

 

I presume you can use it on Pokerstars and Full Tilt?

 

Yes

 

Some good info and links in this thread from a Poker Forum

 

http://www.cardschat.com/f13/pokertracker-reference-thread-99765/

[Statto]

Out early. Right move at the wrong time.

 

I had a good fold about 15 minutes in. I limped on the button with AT, small blind limped, big blind raised 5x BB to 250. I call, SB calls. Flop is 4T6, SB checks, BB checks, I bet 350 into 750 having hit my top pair top kicker, SB raises, BB re-raises all in, my pair obviously isn't winning here so I fold, SB calls the BB's all in, SB has AT (same as me) BB had Kings. The Kings held up.

 

I was going to make a move (which would have worked) I was in with 2 other players, I can't remember where the button was but the player on my left bet a pot size bet (900) which was quite big, I had 2500 chips left and was going to push but the player on my right called it. I can't risk pushing because he might have the King, it went check check on the turn, check check on the river and the guy on my right turned JJ, he obviously had the same thought proccess as me, he can't have the King so his 2 pair is probally good. I had AJ and WOULD HAVE PUSHED if he didn't get involved. Can the other guy call 1500 more?

 

The hand I went out on was a move at the wrong time. I was in the BB with Q7, flop was 44J, against the same guy that bet the pot in the last hand, he had limped UTG on this one, I checked the flop, he bets the pot (300) and I go all in for 950 more, he calls and turns Kings, if he had AK, AQ, 10's or lower, I could have probally got him to fold but he had the hand this time.

[Statto]

Just had one of the sickest beats I can remember.

 

7 left in the tourney - a ?250 gtd, we've cashed.

 

3 on my table, I'm on the button with KK, Blinds 400/800, I have 15000 chips, the SB has 5000, the aggresive BB has 20000. I limp in. The small blind pushes, the big blind calls, I push for 10K more, the BB calls my bet and turns AT, the SB had 55.

 

The flop KQA, I'm thinking don't bring a J.

Turn a T (which means a J would now split it)

River ACE!!!!

 

AAATT v KKKAA

 

A THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND chip pot TWO OUTER SUCK-OUT!!!

 

It was worth one third of the chips in the tournament, and a place on the final table with the winner getting ?90. The actual hand is possibly not as bad as the runner runner Aces hand I have probally posted on this thread about last year but the circumstances of this one was extremely harsh.

[Statto]

Information on the sky player Chompy.

 

I was at his table for a bit, he was at the chat box constantly, "looooooooool"-ing and calling everybody "idiot", I decided to stay with it after I went out, I started chatting to him with the intention of winding him up, but we got talking about him having played at the WSOP, not the main event, just 14 other events, all in the last 3 years and he has cashed 4 times and knocked out Hullmuth once. At first I thought not a chance. He then went on to say he wouldn't want to play in the main event "in case I got noticed if I went deep". I decided to do a bit of research on the boy. I googled his full sky poker name and it turns out he also uses the same name on a number of forums, one is a horse racing forum where (I read on another forum) he gives really bad tips, the reply to this was he is a writer or something for the racing post. Does anyone know who he is? What's his name?

 

Oh, and his game is ultra aggressive. What to do is (if you've hit a hand) min-bet him (when the blinds are 400+), 95% of the time he will re-raise you quoting your bet and saying "idiot".

[Statto]

I think I've just found who this Chompy charachter is.

 

from here; Post 1397

 

I got to here; http://www.racingpost.com/blog/poker/

 

I thought, great I have it, but then I looked at another bloggy thing; http://www.racingpost.com/blog/poker/tom-boyle/anticipation-builds-for-pokers-main-event/201065/

This Tom fellow talks about his colleague "Chompy". I got his name from here, googled his name and got this profile; http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=83139

 

I then checked him on the wsop site and found this; http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/players/playerprofile.asp?playerID=31842

 

So, he isn't too bad...

 

Still, he has no table etiquette at all, if you come up against him, do my min bet and min raise tip against him, he hates it.

[wibble]

Information on the sky player Chompy.

 

I was at his table for a bit, he was at the chat box constantly, "looooooooool"-ing and calling everybody "idiot", I decided to stay with it after I went out, I started chatting to him with the intention of winding him up, but we got talking about him having played at the WSOP, not the main event, just 14 other events, all in the last 3 years and he has cashed 4 times and knocked out Hullmuth once. At first I thought not a chance. He then went on to say he wouldn't want to play in the main event "in case I got noticed if I went deep". I decided to do a bit of research on the boy. I googled his full sky poker name and it turns out he also uses the same name on a number of forums, one is a horse racing forum where (I read on another forum) he gives really bad tips, the reply to this was he is a writer or something for the racing post. Does anyone know who he is? What's his name?

 

Oh, and his game is ultra aggressive. What to do is (if you've hit a hand) min-bet him (when the blinds are 400+), 95% of the time he will re-raise you quoting your bet and saying "idiot".

 

So he plays 250 quid guaranteed tournies on Sky and outlays about $50k on entries to WSOP events? Seems unlikely. Maybe he wishes he was the WSOP guy, but I'd be surprised if he went any where near a small game on Sky.

 

I'd guess that he's stolen someones nickname.

[Statto]

So he plays 250 quid guaranteed tournies on Sky and outlays about $50k on entries to WSOP events? Seems unlikely. Maybe he wishes he was the WSOP guy, but I'd be surprised if he went any where near a small game on Sky.

 

I'd guess that he's stolen someones nickname.

 

Everything he was saying was very accurate, the buyins to the tourney's he enters, he said 1500-2500, which is right.

 

I also asked him the point you said there, about entering a ?4.40 tourney, he said he doesn't enter big money tourney's online because he feels they are fixed/rigged - the usual. He also said he plays on sky once every often just to remind himself how bad the players are on the site. Which, I can see where he was coming from, I watched him for about an hour and everybody was betting very weak, I don't know if it was his sort of bullying tactics or if they really were weak players. I'll need to have a look out for it when I'm playing next.

 

Also, when I was googling, I found out he has won a sky open, so - he is a good player. His only weakness imo, is scaring away all the fish, calling them idiots for betting weak, by doing that, they're not going to do it anymore.

[The Merse]

?100 won on Sky cash during day.

 

6th in the freezeout tonight - ?100.

 

1 hour cash afterward - bought in for ?140, cashed out ?800 +.

 

[The Merse]

?100 won on Sky cash during day.

 

6th in the freezeout tonight - ?100.

 

1 hour cash afterward - bought in for ?140, cashed out ?800 +.

 

 

Eff me I'm tired today!

 

Quick review of the two hands I won last night, and that was pretty much it - two hands, well had ground up maybe 60/70 profit before these happened.

 

Was sitting on around ?200ish.

 

Guy raises, absolute rich nut calls, I look down at Q9 in the BB and decide to see a flop.

 

Flop comes down Q92.

 

I lead out for ?15, orig raiser calls, donk calls.

 

Turn was a beautiful offsuit 3 which was what I was dying to see.

 

I then lead out for ?35, orig raiser calls again, rich donk re-raises ?35 with ?100 on top. I insta get all my money in, orig raiser folds, donk calls and shows Q3.

 

Not only did the 3 appear to be the safest card in the deck for me, it improved the idiots hand - rivers a blank and I take down a ?450 pot.

 

VERY next hand, rich donk makes it ?8 to go, I look down at AQ suited. I call as do a few others.

 

Flop comes down AQ9 - I've flopped top two again! I lead out for ?35 as I tend to bet out strongly with my made hands in these games and nobody believes me for some reason.

 

So rich donk raises my ?35 with ?50 on top.

 

At this point I'm sitting pretty deep, ?400 behind and so is he. I didn't think a shove was right so I thought for a minute and declared a re-raise.

 

So I matched his ?50 - and pumped it up with another ?130 on top!

 

To which he insta-calls.

 

Turn 7 spades - puting 3 spades on board.

 

I check and he shoves for ?200.

 

I hated the turn but I know deep down he is easily doing that without the flush as he is a nutter - and also a nutter who I had just taken a load of the previous hand and he was out to get me.

 

I lifted my cards up to look at them and said I don't see how I can fold, and the two guys sitting next to me peak over to see what I have.

 

At this point the dealer says keep your cards will be dead if you don't keep them to yourself. To which the rich donk tries to get my cards made dead which made me instantly get my money in the pot as it was clear he wanted me out.

 

I called - he had AK. River blank and I take down ?800 + pot and cleaned him out two hands running.

 

The beauty of it was I had to double up through him the previous hand to then be able to wipe him completely the next.

 

Get in!

[Simo]

 

Came 4th at the Office Poker at the Casino yesterday, got ?150 and played well but feeling pretty sick since I got 1 outered and was out in 4th instead of becoming chip leader......

 

Guy raises, I shove with QQ and he makes the (admittedly pot committed I think) call with pocket 2's. Flop comes 3 spades (I have the Q of spades) and he hits his offsuit 2 on the turn....What can you do?

 

5 minutes later the 3 guys chopped for over ?300 each. pretty sick but I wasnt even gonna go until i got last minute peer pressured so a good days work i suppose!

[Romulus]

What are people's experiences with bet365 poker? I've been using it for a few months now and not really enjoying it, thinking about going back to PartyPoker or maybe Sky........

[Statto]

Cashed in the Open tonight, a battling display - despite others getting very lucky against me.

 

I feel this is one of my best cashes, normally after beats like I recieved, I would perhaps bust out soon after but after folding a few big(ish) hands AQ suited, 55 and 88, I cashed in the second tier of payouts.

 

My big beat was nearing the bubble, 80 left - 60 paid. I'm in the big blind with AJ, it's folded round to the small blind who has about 2000 less chips than me, he raises it to 3600 (blinds 600/1200), I push my 13000 in the middle, he calls 8000 chips with 78 of hearts and hits a 7. He had been quite active and he had called loosly just before the first break with A5, half of his stack - marginal. I beat him with an A8. On this hand with the AJ, I didn't think he had anything and was willing to take it down pre-flop, that's why I pushed, I didn't understand his call.

 

I then battled my way through the tournament, I double up with JJ against K6, I'm then against the "78" player, I'm on the BB with 7's, he raises, I push for a couple of hundred more, he turns 68, he misses his 8 and I'm up to 8360, blinds at 800/1600, I now fold my way to the bubble, I go all in UTG with 33, the blinds are now 2000/4000 - I don't have a blind, I'm down to 2160. I went all in when there were 57 players left, by the time the SB and BB had checked it down, I had gone up in the pay table, I don't know if the BB had hit any of the 4 overs but the SB turns a 4-8 straight, having riverred the 7.

 

?40.50 returned though so it's all good.

[Statto]

Won the 350 gtd deep stack tonight, ?140!!

 

I lost a monster hand on the bubble though, 5 got paid, we were on the final table, I was on about 65K, 2nd was on 55K, he raised 3x BB, I had AK in the big blind, (blinds 1000/2000) I re-raise to 15K. He flat calls.

 

Flop 3TQ, I bet 13K with my gut shot, he calls.

 

Turn is an Ace, I check and he goes all in for 36K, I call.

 

He turns AT, 2 pair.

 

 

Thinking about it now, what was I beating? AJ??? KQ??? I wouldn't have thought he'd have any of those hands.

 

I was down to 10K, the bubble burst and I got a double up to 20K, when we went down to 3 I had 40K and doubled up with a well built pot IMO, TJ on the button raise to 8000 (blinds 1500/3000), small blind (big stack) calls. Flop T98, I have top pair and an open ender, I build the pot on the flop, all in on the turn, he has Q7 and misses. I'm now up to 80K and 2nd in chips.

 

The other 2 clashed, A8 push by the small stack and the big stack called loosly with KJ or KQ and hit. I was now heads up and totally dominated the match. Raising most hands, re-raising him with bottom pair - 2's and taking it down. The last hand was I done my usual raise up to 10K, 6K for him to call. He min raises me to 16K, I raise it to 50K, he pushes for 6K more, I turn my pocket 8's, he has QT of clubs, he flops an open ender and the board paired Kings (KJK) so he needed an A, Q, J, T - but missed.

 

[Bigsmak]

Winning is great isn't it?

 

I haven;t played for over 2 weeks now!

 

Starting to get the hunger again!

[Larry]

Anyone play the steps sit and go's on pokerstars? Just had a go yesterday and got to step 4, so I can either use it to buy in to any$215 tournament. Or try to get to 5 and 6 and the possibility of qualifying for some live events, like the EPT.

 

Trouble is $215 is more than I have in the cashie so It would be handy to cash it in, but it doesn't allow you. Not sure If I should go all the way on it, or just go for one of the big tournaments they have on sundays?

[Statto]

Anyone play the steps sit and go's on pokerstars? Just had a go yesterday and got to step 4, so I can either use it to buy in to any$215 tournament. Or try to get to 5 and 6 and the possibility of qualifying for some live events, like the EPT.

 

Trouble is $215 is more than I have in the cashie so It would be handy to cash it in, but it doesn't allow you. Not sure If I should go all the way on it, or just go for one of the big tournaments they have on sundays?

 

I've had a go at it before and got to level 4 as well.

 

The trouble is you get a lot of 4 and 5 star players buyin directly into this level which means it is very difficult to qualify any further.

 

It depends on what you are better at, sit'n'go's or multi-table tournaments, it the sng's are more your thing then give it a go, if you're better at mtt's, enter the sunday tournament.

 

If you cash in the sunday game, you could keep some back and re-invest in the steps at either level 4 or 3 and give it one more go.

[Larry]

I've had a go at it before and got to level 4 as well.

 

The trouble is you get a lot of 4 and 5 star players buyin directly into this level which means it is very difficult to qualify any further.

 

It depends on what you are better at, sit'n'go's or multi-table tournaments, it the sng's are more your thing then give it a go, if you're better at mtt's, enter the sunday tournament.

 

If you cash in the sunday game, you could keep some back and re-invest in the steps at either level 4 or 3 and give it one more go.

 

yeah I think I'll give the tourney a shot, Like you said I can always give the steps another go. I actually found the steps format quite easy. The hardest level is step1. But once your passed this you get parachuted into the level before or the same level for finishing 5th-3rd....I had 3 goes at step 3, first two times I finished 5th and 3rd and got str8 back into the same level, then I finally got top 2. But its quite simple to sit and get into the top5 and guarantee your not going to lose, and then its a bit of a freeroll for you to try and get through.

 

Might have another go between now and sunday, then I won't have to make a decision and I can give both a shot.

[wibble]

I've had a go at it before and got to level 4 as well.

 

The trouble is you get a lot of 4 and 5 star players buyin directly into this level which means it is very difficult to qualify any further.

 

It depends on what you are better at, sit'n'go's or multi-table tournaments, it the sng's are more your thing then give it a go, if you're better at mtt's, enter the sunday tournament.

 

If you cash in the sunday game, you could keep some back and re-invest in the steps at either level 4 or 3 and give it one more go.

 

I think you can still cash in your ticket for tournament dollars that you can then use for entries into multiple smaller MTT's and SnGs.

 

You can also trade your tournament dollars for 97% cash .....

 

http://www.liquidpoker.net/sell-pokerstars-tournament-dollars