Anyone heard of PiratePeaty from PS???

[Off5th]

Dude has a great game. All the players couldn't counter what he was doing. I knew but I just didn't have the cards to play with him

[midas06]

kk

[sejje]

What kind of game? What are we talking about here?

[Off5th]

Good preflop and postflop game. Anytime someone would limp in UTG or UTG+1 he'd raise really big from either the CO or Button. I was seated to his left so I played with him a lot. He was very active, raising and reraising. No was could actually take him to showdown when he'd raise big on the turn and river. It seemed like everyone was scared. The only time I had a strong hand with him he knew when to put on the breaks on. I called his big raise preflop. I hit two pair. He was first to act in the CO (I was on the button). He put a C-Bet, I reraised, he reraised, then I went all in. He tought about it for awhile then decided to fold. There were probably 5 to 6 scenarios where I went up against him and we did a lot of reraising on the flop. Most of the times he went over my reraise and I could pull the next trigger because I had a mediocre hand. There were two hands I folded preflop (72 suited and 55) that if it wasn't for his reraise (after an early player raised) I would've been able to stick around post flop and dented his stack. The scary part about it is seemed like he knew exactly what I had. He took me off my game and I felt like he owned the table. One of the players at the table also told me that Pirate Petey is has always won when he's at his table. For any of you $100 n/l players at PokerStars be sure to keep your eye out on him. Very interesting player.

[WhooFleuryScores]

SOunds like a tough shark.

[shysti]

Good preflop and postflop game. Anytime someone would limp in UTG or UTG+1 he'd raise really big from either the CO or Button. I was seated to his left so I played with him a lot. He was very active, raising and reraising. No was could actually take him to showdown when he'd raise big on the turn and river. It seemed like everyone was scared. The only time I had a strong hand with him he knew when to put on the breaks on. I called his big raise preflop. I hit two pair. He was first to act in the CO (I was on the button). He put a C-Bet, I reraised, he reraised, then I went all in. He tought about it for awhile then decided to fold. There were probably 5 to 6 scenarios where I went up against him and we did a lot of reraising on the flop. Most of the times he went over my reraise and I could pull the next trigger because I had a mediocre hand. There were two hands I folded preflop (72 suited and 55) that if it wasn't for his reraise (after an early player raised) I would've been able to stick around post flop and dented his stack. The scary part about it is seemed like he knew exactly what I had. He took me off my game and I felt like he owned the table. One of the players at the table also told me that Pirate Petey is has always won when he's at his table. For any of you $100 n/l players at PokerStars be sure to keep your eye out on him. Very interesting player.

This is an Urban Legend don't believe him

[WhooFleuryScores]

Oh I get it must be April Fools.

[Off5th]

Oh I get it must be April Fools.

NO NO NO!! He's real!! He's real I tell ya!!! Anyone who plays on PS at the $100 n/l tables can find him. I had another session with him yesterday and he was up 5 hondo on the $100 tables. I've never seen anyone do that yet, while being super aggressive. What's amazing is that his stack doesn't drop to a considerable amount. He keeps winning.

[BankItDrew]

The name sounds familiar, but I play on 50NL...

Anyways, I played aainst a guy just like him the other day, and his stack was up over $300. He would raise EVERY SINGLE POT 10x. Then he'd c-bet and raise every flop bet out there.

If there was any one guy I could play like, it would be him. Bot possibly?

[Silly String]

Bots don't have the intuition it takes to play a LAG style. My suggestion, is leave the table. There have to be easier games elsewhere. By tightening up and only playing the nuts you start missing out on $/100BB.

[dpe8598]

I play against Pete all the time. He is a very good player, but he has a few weaknesses in his game. Here are a couple of pointers.

He looks aggressive, but don't slow play him.
Dont call his big raises unless you are strong and you have the pot odds to do it.
He can easily be bought out of small pot.

His biggest leak is that he overplays over pairs. I've seen him stacked plenty w/ overpairs.

[dpe8598]

Another thing, Petey is a great player, but no one always wins. I've seen him stacked and I've seen him walk away from a table over 2 hundo down. With that being said, he is probably the 2nd or 3rd best player I watch out for at that level.

[johnny_fish]

He sounds exploitable.

[Rondavu]

He sounds exploitable.

Anyone is

[piratepeaty]

Another thing, Petey is a great player, but no one always wins. I've seen him stacked and I've seen him walk away from a table over 2 hundo down. With that being said, he is probably the 2nd or 3rd best player I watch out for at that level.

Damn, thanks dude.

I don't think you guys are the only ones that notice me winning. Might be time for a name change.

And you are right, overpairs are a big weakness for me post flop, even when I know someone has trips, or 2 pair. I also tilt occassionally, and it's usually easy to stack me on those rare occasions.

And off5th, I've been up over $500 on a single table a few times. Only once have I been up over $1000 at the $100 level. But like you, I've never seen anyone else do it.

[Eat the Flesh]

Another thing, Petey is a great player, but no one always wins. I've seen him stacked and I've seen him walk away from a table over 2 hundo down. With that being said, he is probably the 2nd or 3rd best player I watch out for at that level.

Damn, thanks dude.

I don't think you guys are the only ones that notice me winning. Might be time for a name change.

And you are right, overpairs are a big weakness for me post flop, even when I know someone has trips, or 2 pair. I also tilt occassionally, and it's usually easy to stack me on those rare occasions.

And off5th, I've been up over $500 on a single table a few times. Only once have I been up over $1000 at the $100 level. But like you, I've never seen anyone else do it.

Like I've said before, this guy I watch, 8 tables and plays 3 or4 times a week for 8 to 10 hours sessions and it's fairly common for him to be up in the $1000s on multiple tables. His biggest one I seen was $1787 and $1256. He reaps the harvest mainly on $100 nl.

g 'day

[Irisheyes]

A wise old man once whispered in my ear about a guy, goes by the name of crackerjack...

..once he was up $600 on a hundred dollar table....

seems anyone who tried to take a pot from him was found.. sceaming in their dreams every night for years to come...

Some say he's a myth, some say he's unbeatable...

whatever you choose to believe...

NEVER play in a pot with a one eyed man called CRACKERJACK!!!

[drmcboy]

Back when I was in that barbershop quartet in Skokie, IL...

[Warpe]

Another thing, Petey is a great player, but no one always wins. I've seen him stacked and I've seen him walk away from a table over 2 hundo down. With that being said, he is probably the 2nd or 3rd best player I watch out for at that level.

Damn, thanks dude.

I don't think you guys are the only ones that notice me winning. Might be time for a name change.

And you are right, overpairs are a big weakness for me post flop, even when I know someone has trips, or 2 pair. I also tilt occassionally, and it's usually easy to stack me on those rare occasions.

And off5th, I've been up over $500 on a single table a few times. Only once have I been up over $1000 at the $100 level. But like you, I've never seen anyone else do it.

Welcom to FTR, pirate. Stick around so we can pick your brain.

[dpe8598]

One more thing, although Peaty is one of the better players I know from stars, its important to remember that the best and most dangerous players are the ones that you think are bad players, but they are really good. I know that a ton of people probably think I'm a bad player, that is unless they have pokertracker.

[piratepeaty]

One more thing, although Peaty is one of the better players I know from stars, its important to remember that the best and most dangerous players are the ones that you think are bad players, but they are really good. I know that a ton of people probably think I'm a bad player, that is unless they have pokertracker.

Totally agree. I also have a ton of players tell me that I am horrible and extremely lucky. The hardest players to play against are the unreadable ones (whether they make a profit long term or not) especially in no limit. When you know what someone is holding, it is super easy to play correctly. Sometimes that means you play loose and steal alot of pots, with any two. Sometimes it means tightening up and value betting big hands only. Sometimes you are at a table with a combination of different players, and that is my favorite type of table.

Against an opponent I can't read (good or bad), I avoid.

[Fnord]

6-max or full?

This sounds like a 6-max stud. Will have to watch him play sometimes. I need a lot of work picking spots to raise and re-raise.

[piratepeaty]

6-max or full?

This sounds like a 6-max stud. Will have to watch him play sometimes. I need a lot of work picking spots to raise and re-raise.

I play full ring now.

[saywhat2]

It's not an urban legend but a great poker player. Guys like him dont last long at the 100NL because they move on to bigger games. As Phil Ivey says. Nl is about every thing but the cards.

[Fnord]

6-max or full?

This sounds like a 6-max stud. Will have to watch him play sometimes. I need a lot of work picking spots to raise and re-raise.

I play full ring now.

LMAO, the PS 100 full ring guys are so easy when you get aggro in position.

[piratepeaty]

It's not an urban legend but a great poker player. Guys like him dont last long at the 100NL because they move on to bigger games. As Phil Ivey says. Nl is about every thing but the cards.

I agree, I'm not planning on staying at 100NL for too much longer. I've already taken a few shots at the 200NL and 400NL games, and I seem to hold my own so far. I'm trying to make the switch gradually, because nothing sucks worse than moving up, running bad or playing bad, and taking a giant chunk out of the bankroll. Hopefully, I'll be killing them by June.

-piratepeaty.

[shysti]

Another thing, Petey is a great player, but no one always wins. I've seen him stacked and I've seen him walk away from a table over 2 hundo down. With that being said, he is probably the 2nd or 3rd best player I watch out for at that level.

Damn, thanks dude.

I don't think you guys are the only ones that notice me winning. Might be time for a name change.

And you are right, overpairs are a big weakness for me post flop, even when I know someone has trips, or 2 pair. I also tilt occassionally, and it's usually easy to stack me on those rare occasions.

And off5th, I've been up over $500 on a single table a few times. Only once have I been up over $1000 at the $100 level. But like you, I've never seen anyone else do it.

damn you guys got totally busted for talkin about this dude haha

[BankItDrew]

Peaty, please tell us about your poker past. Where and when did you start? What is your history with this game?

[dpe8598]

Hey Peaty, any players in particular that give you fits (even if they are losing their own money, there play cost you yours)?

[piratepeaty]

Peaty, please tell us about your poker past. Where and when did you start? What is your history with this game?

I'm 24 years old and been playing for almost 1.5 years. This is basically how it started:

It was November 2004 and my friend got a book called "play poker like the pros" by Helmuth after watching the movie Rounders. I read a few pages of it, and it totally made sense to me (it was pretty basic after all). I asked for it that Christmas, and had it read in a few days. I then started playing for play money on PokerRoom.

Before long I turned $1000 of play money into over $500000 play money. I thought I was a poker god. Little did I realize that the games were stupid easy and my dead dog would be able to beat them. Every couple weeks I would try to play for real money, but I would quickly go broke. I lost $40 over a month and I felt devistated.

One day, I was walking home alone from a friends house at about 11pm on a cold winter night. I was freezing cold when I was walking past a local casino. I thought, for a moment and thought I would try to play some cards.

Well, I didn't know how to sign up for a game or anything. I must have looked totally lost, because the houseman came up to me and asked, "you looking for a game?". I said yeah, and he told me he had a 5-5 pot limit HE game, a few 3-6 half and half games, and a 4-8 limit HE game. I didn't know what half and half was, so I said sign me up for 4-8.

As I waited for a seat, I walked around the room. For some reason, I was feeling extremely cocky like I was the best in the room (maybe I was reading too much from Helmuth). I was eventually called to the table and bought in for a measly $60. The first hand I am delt A10s and hit a flush on the turn. I was shaking so bad when I raised, that everyone must have known I had the nuts. Everyone folded and I raked in a big pot. First hand and I am already up $85.

Well, I wish it ended better, but I was totally out of my element. I proceeded to lose my whole stack. At the time $60 was alot of money to me. But as I walked home, I HAD to learn to play. I signed up at pacific that night and deposited $20. That week I played limit, and ran well and moved up WAY too fast. By the end of the week I was up over $800. And... hahahaha... playing 15-30... hahahha. Seriously.

Needless to say I went busto that weekend.

But my hunger for the game grew. I began reading everything I could get my hands on (I currently own 14 poker books). Then came across a short stack strategy for NL. I began to apply it to the $200NL tables (200NL was the biggest game on Pacific at the time). Over a week, I turned $100 into $1000. I began to make 200NL my home, and play with a full stack. I think I played fairly well there, but my plan was to keep $1000 in my account and withdrawl everything over that amount. The games were soft and I was making $800 every week. Did I mention it was single-tabling? Looking back, I was obviously running well.

Unfortunately, 5 buy-ins is hardly enough for NL. I lost it all over one weekend. For the rest of the year, I would make a bit lose a bit, and go bust more than once.

At the start of this year, I had $125 in my pacific account. I also had read a lot on bankroll management. I decided to never deposit another dime on a poker site. If I were to beat this game consistantly, I would have to be able to do it with my winnings only. I switched sites to primarily PokerStars and began to multitable the 6-max limit games. This brought my hand reading skills to an entirely new level. 6-max limit is all about pushing very small edges, value betting middle pair, calling with Ace high, and of course, knowing when to bail. I HIGHLY recommend any NL player to try 6-max limit for a month if they want to improve hand reading.

My plan was to grind up from the micro-limits ($0.25-0.50) to $5-10 my June 2006. And if that goes well, I wanted to be at $10-20 limit by the end of the year. My plan has since been modified.

I started playing limit holdem at the 0.25-.50 tables, and quickly build up my bankroll to $300 within a month. At that point I made the jump to 0.5 - 1 limit holdem. I ran well, and ran my $300 up to 600 in less than 2 weeks. My bankroll was big enough to try 2-4. At that point, I'm not sure if I was getting outplayed, or just bad cards, but I went on a 15000 hand break even stretch. For 2 weeks I could seem to get my bankroll going anywhere. I also noticed that the swings in limit are much greater than in no limit. When you don't have cards in small stakes NL, you can still win pretty easy. In small stakes limit, good luck...

It got frustrating, and that was the time I decided to switch to NL100.

Things changed drastically at that point. My no limit game is alot stronger than my limit game. I also enjoy it alot more. Sometimes, you can feel yourself get inside your opponents head. You know his cards. You know what he will do. So you take his chips.

My game has been solid since, and almost a 80k hands, I'm beating the NL100 for 7.4PTBB/100. I'm starting to take shots at the 200NL level, but I'm not planning on making it my regular game until June.

[Pelion]

so... youve basically been playing seriously for 4 months?

Jeez im so slow lol

Well, welcome to FTR. Hope you hang around and get posting some poker.

[piratepeaty]

Hey Peaty, any players in particular that give you fits (even if they are losing their own money, there play cost you yours)?

There are a couple at the 200 level. One guy at the 100NL level that plays tight/predictible against everyone except me (although I just figured him out). I usually don't sit too long with players that cost me money, so it's hard for me to label specific people.

[Pelion]

There are a couple at the 200 level. One guy at the 100NL level that plays tight/predictible against everyone except me (although I just figured him out). I usually don't sit too long with players that cost me money, so it's hard for me to label specific people.

Only one?

Fnord or Lukie.

Who will win?

lol

[piratepeaty]

so... youve basically been playing seriously for 4 months?

Jeez im so slow lol

Well, welcome to FTR. Hope you hang around and get posting some poker.

Well, not exactly, my first year was all learning. The last piece of the puzzle to pulling a really good win rate for me was bankroll managment. Don't think you are a slow learner. I spent hours and hours studing, practicing and thinking poker. Last year, I spent more time studing poker than I played poker and I played a lot.

[dev]

I think I might just try me some limit HE.