Johnny's donkaments thread

[Sprayed]

When someone like MrSmokey pushes over a big reraise, um probably time to leave when it's this early in the tourney. Poker gods say bad fold since the K came on the flop. I would probably call since I'm a low stakes donkey and I'm use to bad players pushing with a very wide range in this situation. I would also get a boner thinking that I had a chance to bust MrSmokey.

[johnny_fish]

Full Tilt Poker Game #2175502446: $1K Monday (15673904), Table 15 - 30/60 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:53:46 ET - 2007/04/09
Seat 1: Roothlus (3,555)
Seat 2: FU_15 (3,289)
Seat 3: ccg411 (1,850)
Seat 4: Elisabeth_21 (2,220)
Seat 5: busto_soon (2,405)
Seat 6: UGOTPZD (5,635)
Seat 7: philipo111 (5,531)
Seat 8: Zonnywhoop (230)
Seat 9: Randers (2,285)
Zonnywhoop posts the small blind of 30
Randers posts the big blind of 60
The button is in seat #7
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to busto_soon [9s 9h]
Roothlus folds
FU_15 folds
ccg411 raises to 180
Elisabeth_21 folds
busto_soon has 15 seconds left to act
busto_soon calls 180
UGOTPZD folds
philipo111 folds
Zonnywhoop folds
Randers folds
*** FLOP *** [9d Jh Qs]
ccg411 checks
busto_soon has 15 seconds left to act
busto_soon bets 300
ccg411 raises to 600
busto_soon raises to 2,225, and is all in
ccg411 calls 1,070, and is all in
busto_soon shows [9s 9h]
ccg411 shows [Jc Js]
Uncalled bet of 555 returned to busto_soon
*** TURN *** [9d Jh Qs] [2c]
busto_soon: yup
*** RIVER *** [9d Jh Qs 2c] [9c]
busto_soon shows four of a kind, Nines
ccg411 shows a full house, Jacks full of Nines
busto_soon wins the pot (3,790) with four of a kind, Nines
busto_soon: oh hi
ccg411 stands up

[johnny_fish]

halfway, avg stack ~18k.

PokerStars Game #9343551567: Tournament #47143600, $20+$2 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/04/09 - 23:02:49 (ET)
Table '47143600 56' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: busto_soon (33327 in chips)
Seat 2: zilex (29150 in chips)
Seat 3: SpyChipper (35677 in chips)
Seat 4: brucon (9750 in chips)
Seat 5: caserd (9639 in chips)
Seat 6: kevinb99 (5072 in chips)
Seat 7: AceMistress9 (21157 in chips)
Seat 8: aakkari (35380 in chips)
Seat 9: Sensor (9005 in chips)
busto_soon: posts the ante 25
zilex: posts the ante 25
SpyChipper: posts the ante 25
brucon: posts the ante 25
caserd: posts the ante 25
kevinb99: posts the ante 25
AceMistress9: posts the ante 25
aakkari: posts the ante 25
Sensor: posts the ante 25
brucon: posts small blind 200
caserd: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to busto_soon [Td Kh]
kevinb99: folds
AceMistress9: folds
aakkari: raises 800 to 1200
Sensor: calls 1200
busto_soon: raises 3200 to 4400
zilex: folds
SpyChipper: folds
brucon: folds
caserd: folds
aakkari: calls 3200
Sensor: raises 4580 to 8980 and is all-in
busto_soon: raises 24322 to 33302 and is all-in
aakkari: folds
*** FLOP *** [Qc 2d 9c]
SpyChipper said, "huh"
*** TURN *** [Qc 2d 9c] [9d]
*** RIVER *** [Qc 2d 9c 9d] [Ts]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Sensor: shows [Jc Js] (two pair, Jacks and Nines)
busto_soon: shows [Td Kh] (two pair, Tens and Nines)
Sensor collected 23185 from pot

[johnny_fish]

Early 2nd hour 109r&a

PokerStars Game #9391096879: Tournament #47144090, $100+$9 Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2007/04/12 - 21:09:57 (ET)
Table '47144090 14' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Raoeoiku (16838 in chips)
Seat 2: Bad_Fidel (3650 in chips)
Seat 3: busto_soon (10470 in chips)
Seat 4: agriffrod (7674 in chips)
Seat 5: AK87 (4800 in chips)
Seat 6: B-Didds (5975 in chips)
Seat 7: jcamby33 (4773 in chips)
Seat 8: miki8368 (9330 in chips)
Seat 9: argenpoker (6915 in chips)
Bad_Fidel: posts small blind 75
busto_soon: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to busto_soon [Jc 3c]
agriffrod: folds
AK87: folds
B-Didds: folds
jcamby33: folds
miki8368: folds
argenpoker: folds
Raoeoiku: raises 300 to 450
Bad_Fidel: calls 375
busto_soon: raises 1350 to 1800
Raoeoiku: folds
Bad_Fidel: folds
busto_soon collected 1350 from pot
busto_soon: doesn't show hand

Next hand, aggri is solid.

PokerStars Game #9391108507: Tournament #47144090, $100+$9 Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2007/04/12 - 21:10:40 (ET)
Table '47144090 14' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Raoeoiku (16388 in chips)
Seat 2: Bad_Fidel (3200 in chips)
Seat 3: busto_soon (11370 in chips)
Seat 4: agriffrod (7674 in chips)
Seat 5: AK87 (4800 in chips)
Seat 6: B-Didds (5975 in chips)
Seat 7: jcamby33 (4773 in chips)
Seat 8: miki8368 (9330 in chips)
Seat 9: argenpoker (6915 in chips)
busto_soon: posts small blind 75
agriffrod: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to busto_soon [2d 2c]
AK87: folds
B-Didds: folds
jcamby33: folds
miki8368: folds
argenpoker: folds
Raoeoiku: raises 300 to 450
Bad_Fidel: folds
busto_soon: calls 375
agriffrod: raises 1327 to 1777
Raoeoiku: folds
busto_soon: raises 9593 to 11370 and is all-in
agriffrod: calls 5897 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [Th Kh 7s]
busto_soon said, "nh"
*** TURN *** [Th Kh 7s] [8d]
*** RIVER *** [Th Kh 7s 8d] [7d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
busto_soon: shows [2d 2c] (two pair, Sevens and Deuces)
agriffrod: shows [9c 9s] (two pair, Nines and Sevens)
agriffrod said, "ty"
agriffrod collected 15798 from pot

few orbits later;

PokerStars Game #9391406408: Tournament #47144090, $100+$9 Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2007/04/12 - 21:28:44 (ET)
Table '47144090 14' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Raoeoiku (18263 in chips)
Seat 2: The Hammer81 (7805 in chips)
Seat 3: busto_soon (2471 in chips)
Seat 4: agriffrod (15723 in chips)
Seat 5: AK87 (3900 in chips)
Seat 6: B-Didds (6025 in chips)
Seat 7: jcamby33 (4598 in chips)
Seat 8: miki8368 (8655 in chips)
Seat 9: argenpoker (6090 in chips)
busto_soon: posts small blind 100
agriffrod: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to busto_soon [Ad Th]
AK87: folds
B-Didds: folds
jcamby33: folds
miki8368: folds
argenpoker: folds
Raoeoiku: folds
The Hammer81: folds
busto_soon: calls 100
agriffrod: checks
*** FLOP *** [8h 5h Kh]
busto_soon: checks
agriffrod: bets 400
busto_soon: calls 400
*** TURN *** [8h 5h Kh] [Qc]
busto_soon: bets 1871 and is all-in
agriffrod: calls 1871
*** RIVER *** [8h 5h Kh Qc] [Jd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
busto_soon: shows [Ad Th] (a straight, Ten to Ace)
agriffrod: shows [Tc Kd] (a pair of Kings)
busto_soon collected 4942 from pot


PokerStars Game #9391518491: Tournament #47144090, $100+$9 Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2007/04/12 - 21:35:28 (ET)
Table '47144090 14' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Raoeoiku (17963 in chips)
Seat 2: The Hammer81 (7905 in chips)
Seat 3: busto_soon (5942 in chips)
Seat 4: agriffrod (13152 in chips)
Seat 5: AK87 (3600 in chips)
Seat 7: jcamby33 (4598 in chips)
Seat 8: miki8368 (8855 in chips)
Seat 9: argenpoker (7945 in chips)
The Hammer81: posts small blind 100
busto_soon: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to busto_soon [9c Ad]
agriffrod: folds
AK87: folds
jcamby33: folds
miki8368: folds
argenpoker: folds
Raoeoiku: raises 400 to 600
The Hammer81: calls 500
busto_soon: raises 5342 to 5942 and is all-in
Raoeoiku: folds
The Hammer81: calls 5342
*** FLOP *** [Kh As 4h]
busto_soon said, "nh"
*** TURN *** [Kh As 4h] [Jd]
*** RIVER *** [Kh As 4h Jd] [Ah]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
The Hammer81: shows [5d 5s] (two pair, Aces and Fives)
busto_soon: shows [9c Ad] (three of a kind, Aces)
busto_soon collected 12484 from pot

next hand:

PokerStars Game #9391543879: Tournament #47144090, $100+$9 Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2007/04/12 - 21:37:00 (ET)
Table '47144090 14' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Raoeoiku (17363 in chips)
Seat 2: The Hammer81 (1963 in chips)
Seat 3: busto_soon (12484 in chips)
Seat 4: agriffrod (13152 in chips)
Seat 5: AK87 (3600 in chips)
Seat 7: jcamby33 (4598 in chips)
Seat 8: miki8368 (8855 in chips)
Seat 9: argenpoker (7945 in chips)
busto_soon: posts small blind 100
agriffrod: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to busto_soon [Ks As]
AK87: folds
jcamby33: calls 200
miki8368: folds
argenpoker: folds
Raoeoiku: calls 200
The Hammer81: folds
busto_soon: raises 800 to 1000
agriffrod: folds
jcamby33: calls 800
Raoeoiku: calls 800
*** FLOP *** [2s 8h 7s]
busto_soon: checks
jcamby33: bets 3598 and is all-in
Raoeoiku: raises 12765 to 16363 and is all-in
busto_soon: calls 11484 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [2s 8h 7s] [4c]
*** RIVER *** [2s 8h 7s 4c] [5s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
busto_soon: shows [Ks As] (a flush, Ace high)
Raoeoiku: shows [9s 8s] (a flush, Nine high)
busto_soon collected 15772 from side pot
jcamby33: shows [5c 5h] (three of a kind, Fives)
busto_soon collected 13994 from main pot

[IowaSkinsFan]

awesome

[bode]

now just take it down, obv.

[johnny_fish]

lol I could find a fold here. KK is ok to go busto I guess.

Early 2nd hour 33r at FT.

Hand #41546288-92 at Sun10pmA-007 (No Limit tournament Hold'em)
Started at 15/Apr/07 23:43:35

purplegodess is at seat 0 with 0 (sitting out).
skiboy242000 is at seat 1 with 29395.
tug709 is at seat 2 with 9755.
CoolHandTony is at seat 3 with 7605.
pocketnutz929 is at seat 4 with 5050.
nolimit2001 is at seat 5 with 8800.
dry_benefit is at seat 6 with 12775.
busto_soon is at seat 7 with 11030.
kaisersose62 is at seat 8 with 11035.
runninghome is at seat 9 with 0 (sitting out).
The button is at seat 9.

skiboy242000 posts the big blind of 200.

skiboy242000: -- --
tug709: -- --
CoolHandTony: -- --
pocketnutz929: -- --
nolimit2001: -- --
dry_benefit: -- --
busto_soon: Ks Kc
kaisersose62: -- --

Pre-flop:

tug709 calls. CoolHandTony folds. pocketnutz929
folds. nolimit2001 folds. dry_benefit folds.
busto_soon raises to 600. kaisersose62 folds.
skiboy242000 folds. tug709 re-raises to 1000.
busto_soon calls.

Flop (board: 7d 3c 6s):

tug709 goes all-in for 8755. busto_soon calls.

Tournament all-in showdown -- players show:

tug709 shows Ah As.
busto_soon shows Ks Kc.

Turn (board: 7d 3c 6s Tc):
River (board: 7d 3c 6s Tc 6c):

Showdown:

tug709 has Ah As 6s Tc 6c: two pair, aces and sixes.
busto_soon has Ks Kc 6s Tc 6c: two pair, kings and sixes.

tug709 wins 19710 with two pair, aces and sixes.
----------------------------------------------------------------

[Phantaroth]

Hey guy i am SuperAstaroth on FTP i was talking to you in the 750k last night, wanna give me your thoughts on this hand?

I have 20k chips left, blinds are 1,000 / 2,000 with some amount of antes, either way im starting to get in trouble here with every orbit - 173 left (261 paid). I am in the CO with A10os, another shorty with 26k pushes from UTG+1 and it foled around to me... he has me covered.

Is this borderline / easy fold / easy call given situation?

[johnny_fish]

easy fold, 26k is not that desperate so you're up against something like AJ+/77+.

gl

[johnny_fish]

I just noticed I've played 1999 tourneys this year

[K2 the ArmA]

How many per day do you play?

[johnny_fish]

1999 in 63 days, so that's on avg. 32

[drmcboy]

wow. I need to play more.

How many tourney did you play in your 26k downswing?

[zook]

1999 in 63 days, so that's on avg. 32

[Sprayed]

Are you still playing 10 at a time?

[johnny_fish]

Yeah, usually 8-12.

final table 109fo, first pays 7.6 (notice stack sizes):

PokerStars Game #9498326767: Tournament #47726035, $100+$9 Hold'em No Limit - Level XVII (4000/8000) - 2007/04/19 - 05:25:32 (ET)
Table '47726035 27' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: hoodini10 (189582 in chips)
Seat 2: ktyven (78426 in chips)
Seat 3: randyrockets (71272 in chips)
Seat 4: DirtyTowel (89374 in chips)
Seat 5: busto_soon (172762 in chips)
Seat 6: firesport (73003 in chips)
Seat 8: DLizzle (190090 in chips)
Seat 9: paymar (44491 in chips)
hoodini10: posts the ante 400
ktyven: posts the ante 400
randyrockets: posts the ante 400
DirtyTowel: posts the ante 400
busto_soon: posts the ante 400
firesport: posts the ante 400
DLizzle: posts the ante 400
paymar: posts the ante 400
firesport: posts small blind 4000
DLizzle: posts big blind 8000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to busto_soon [Ks Kc]
paymar: folds
hoodini10: raises 12111 to 20111
ktyven: folds
randyrockets: folds
DirtyTowel: folds
busto_soon: raises 31089 to 51200
firesport: folds
DLizzle: folds
hoodini10: raises 137982 to 189182 and is all-in
busto_soon: calls 121162 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [6h 6s As]
*** TURN *** [6h 6s As] [2c]
*** RIVER *** [6h 6s As 2c] [Qs]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
hoodini10: shows [6d 7d] (three of a kind, Sixes)
busto_soon: shows [Ks Kc] (two pair, Kings and Sixes)
hoodini10 collected 359924 from pot

4 hands later:


PokerStars Game #9498348172: Tournament #47726035, $100+$9 Hold'em No Limit - Level XVII (4000/8000) - 2007/04/19 - 05:29:39 (ET)
Table '47726035 27' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: hoodini10 (377944 in chips)
Seat 2: ktyven (64426 in chips)
Seat 3: randyrockets (61272 in chips)
Seat 4: DirtyTowel (102174 in chips)
Seat 6: firesport (81803 in chips)
Seat 8: DLizzle (145599 in chips)
Seat 9: paymar (75782 in chips)
hoodini10: posts the ante 400
ktyven: posts the ante 400
randyrockets: posts the ante 400
DirtyTowel: posts the ante 400
firesport: posts the ante 400
DLizzle: posts the ante 400
paymar: posts the ante 400
randyrockets: posts small blind 4000
DirtyTowel: posts big blind 8000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
firesport: folds
DLizzle: raises 16000 to 24000
paymar: folds
hoodini10: raises 353544 to 377544 and is all-in
ktyven: folds
randyrockets: folds
DirtyTowel: folds
DLizzle: calls 121199 and is all-in
randyrockets said, "mucked 10-10 there"
hoodini10 said, "tyty"
*** FLOP *** [5s 4d 8h]
firesport said, "gg"
hoodini10 said, "gg"
*** TURN *** [5s 4d 8h] [2h]
*** RIVER *** [5s 4d 8h 2h] [8d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
DLizzle: shows [Qh As] (a pair of Eights)
hoodini10: shows [7d 6d] (a straight, Four to Eight)
DirtyTowel said, "67 is HOT"
hoodini10 collected 305198 from pot

[jimmy44]

I want to be dealt 7d 6d too!!!

[johnny_fish]

fun hand in a 570 turbo hu sng

PokerStars Game #9499620766: Tournament #48225870, $550+$20 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level I (10/20) - 2007/04/19 - 09:03:28 (ET)
Table '48225870 1' 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: busto_soon (1360 in chips)
Seat 2: ALL_IN_RIO (1640 in chips)
ALL_IN_RIO: posts small blind 10
busto_soon: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to busto_soon [9d Td]
ALL_IN_RIO: raises 40 to 60
busto_soon: calls 40
*** FLOP *** [Jd 6h 7d]
busto_soon: bets 70
ALL_IN_RIO: calls 70
*** TURN *** [Jd 6h 7d] [8d]
busto_soon: bets 130
ALL_IN_RIO: calls 130
*** RIVER *** [Jd 6h 7d 8d] [9h]
busto_soon: checks
ALL_IN_RIO: bets 400
busto_soon: raises 700 to 1100 and is all-in
ALL_IN_RIO: calls 700
*** SHOW DOWN ***
busto_soon: shows [9d Td] (a straight flush, Seven to Jack)
ALL_IN_RIO: shows [Qd Tc] (a straight, Eight to Queen)
busto_soon collected 2720 from pot

[K2 the ArmA]

I saw those $109 hands, sick.

-I'm guessing you're playing on other sites as well? I can't find 8-12 on stars at a time unless you're playing 180s?

[johnny_fish]

lolz

***** Hand History for Game 5891564372 *****
NL Texas Hold'em Trny:32985136 Level:11 Blinds-Antes(1,000/2,000 -75) - Thursday, April 19, 17:00:27 ET 2007
Table $10K Gtd Rebuy (994922) Table #4 (Real Money)
Seat 7 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 2: bladekev ( 154,290 )
Seat 4: kingcabb ( 77,240 )
Seat 5: johnny2912 ( 61,615 )
Seat 8: evs70 ( 49,055 )
Seat 9: ingredients1 ( 62,163 )
Seat 3: aparan ( 33,185 )
Seat 7: DUBLINSHARK ( 16,175 )
Seat 10: dolcevita666 ( 59,995 )
Seat 1: carlospp ( 6,720 )
Trny:32985136 Level:11
Blinds-Antes(1,000/2,000 -75)
carlospp posts ante [75]
bladekev posts ante [75]
aparan posts ante [75]
kingcabb posts ante [75]
johnny2912 posts ante [75]
DUBLINSHARK posts ante [75]
evs70 posts ante [75]
ingredients1 posts ante [75]
dolcevita666 posts ante [75]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to johnny2912 [ 3s 3d ]
dolcevita666 folds
carlospp folds
bladekev folds
aparan raises [4,000]
kingcabb folds
Your time bank will be activated in 5 secs. If you do not want it to be used, please act now.
johnny2912 raises [11,000]
DUBLINSHARK folds
evs70 folds
ingredients1 folds
aparan calls [7,000]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 6d, 9h, Qd ]
aparan checks
johnny2912 bets [25,675]
aparan is all-In [22,110]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 4s ]
** Dealing River ** [ Ts ]
johnny2912 shows [ 3s, 3d ]a pair of Threes.
aparan shows [ Th, 5h ]a pair of Tens.
johnny2912 wins 3,565 chips from side pot #1 with a pair of Threes.
aparan wins 69,895 chips from the main pot with a pair of Tens.

[drmcboy]

obv you have 67

[johnny_fish]

Unsure about river c/r or just bet. Opps b/c is pretty horrible obv. My default line is to lead this flop, sometimes c/c and lead turn.

PokerStars Game #9520352444: Tournament #48328624, $550+$20 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round I, Level II (15/30) - 2007/04/20 - 15:38:36 (ET)
Table '48328624 1' 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Shahin86 (1475 in chips)
Seat 2: busto_soon (1525 in chips)
Shahin86: posts small blind 15
busto_soon: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to busto_soon [7c Tc]
Shahin86: raises 60 to 90
busto_soon: calls 60
*** FLOP *** [Ts 2c Td]
busto_soon: checks
Shahin86: bets 120
busto_soon: calls 120
*** TURN *** [Ts 2c Td] [5c]
busto_soon: checks
Shahin86: bets 180
busto_soon: calls 180
*** RIVER *** [Ts 2c Td 5c] [Th]
busto_soon: checks
Shahin86: bets 630
busto_soon: raises 505 to 1135 and is all-in
Shahin86: calls 455 and is all-in
*** SHOW DOWN ***
busto_soon: shows [7c Tc] (four of a kind, Tens)
Shahin86: shows [Kd 5h] (a full house, Tens full of Fives)
busto_soon collected 2950 from pot

[johnny_fish]

Tough spot, 30/560 left in Mulligan, avg around 40-50k. Just calling seems too weak but a push feels -ev (tight utg range, trappy(?) cold call).


Full Tilt Poker Game #2268678204: The Sunday Mulligan (16400239), Table 9 - 1200/2400 Ante 300 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:32:21 ET - 2007/04/22
Seat 1: Kush789 (40,300)
Seat 2: busto_soon (89,182)
Seat 3: gregghmsr1221 (139,011)
Seat 4: McShove (76,190)
Seat 6: shep2k (27,272)
Seat 7: Whose House (51,580)
Seat 9: newt_thuggins (20,096)
Kush789 antes 300
busto_soon antes 300
gregghmsr1221 antes 300
McShove antes 300
shep2k antes 300
Whose House antes 300
newt_thuggins antes 300
busto_soon posts the small blind of 1,200
gregghmsr1221 posts the big blind of 2,400
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to busto_soon [Js Jd]
McShove raises to 7,000
shep2k folds
Whose House calls 7,000
newt_thuggins folds
Kush789 folds
busto_soon calls 5,800
gregghmsr1221 folds
*** FLOP *** [3h Ks 2d]
busto_soon checks
McShove bets 17,000
Whose House has 15 seconds left to act
Whose House folds
busto_soon folds
Uncalled bet of 17,000 returned to McShove
McShove mucks
McShove wins the pot (25,500)

[chardrian]

Why aren't you raising preflop?

You just turned JJ into 66 (a hand to play for set value only).

[K2 the ArmA]

Johnny - How often in mtts do you cold steal blinds? As in, you raise 3x with cards that you will insta-fold to a raise PF?

[johnny_fish]

Why aren't you raising preflop?

You just turned JJ into 66 (a hand to play for set value only).

Would you shove TT in that spot? 99?

K2: Quite often of course, a reraise is a pretty strong hand usually

[chardrian]

Why aren't you raising preflop?

You just turned JJ into 66 (a hand to play for set value only).

Would you shove TT in that spot? 99?

You answered my question with a question I don't understand.

If your range on your UTG opp is 99+, AK. Then you are playing for set value, the set didn't come, easy fold.

If your range on utg is wider, than the CO (whosehouse) just set you up perfectly for the squeeze which I don't understand why you aren't using. Raise to like 24 k. If UTG repops, you have enough room to fold. If he folds - yay! you just increassd your stack by close to 25%.

[johnny_fish]

If your range on utg is wider, than the CO (whosehouse) just set you up perfectly for the squeeze which I don't understand why you aren't using. Raise to like 24 k. If UTG repops, you have enough room to fold. If he folds - yay! you just increassd your stack by close to 25%.

I don't like raise/fold because it doesn't use the hand value (I could play atc like this).

Raise/call seems -ev but I'm too lazy right now to calculate it.

Full Tilt Poker Game #2295319503: $22,000 Guarantee (16901011), Table 42 - 20/40 - No Limit Hold'em - 19:19:39 ET - 2007/04/26
Seat 1: mcjo369 (2,820), is sitting out
Seat 2: DocYarosh (3,115)
Seat 3: cobere32 (5,985)
Seat 4: saltysab (3,830)
Seat 5: roxy555 (3,435)
Seat 6: bomba420 (3,610)
Seat 7: GrandMagus (4,380)
Seat 8: busto_soon (3,060)
Seat 9: stakklr (2,835)
saltysab posts the small blind of 20
roxy555 posts the big blind of 40
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to busto_soon [Kh Ah]
bomba420 folds
GrandMagus folds
busto_soon raises to 120
stakklr folds
mcjo369 folds
DocYarosh folds
cobere32 folds
saltysab calls 100
roxy555 folds
*** FLOP *** [3c 3d 5d]
saltysab checks
busto_soon bets 160
saltysab calls 160
*** TURN *** [3c 3d 5d] [Jh]
saltysab bets 320
busto_soon raises to 1,140
saltysab calls 820
*** RIVER *** [3c 3d 5d Jh] [5c]
saltysab checks
busto_soon bets 1,640, and is all in
saltysab folds
Uncalled bet of 1,640 returned to busto_soon
busto_soon mucks
busto_soon wins the pot (2,880)

Unsure if middle pairs fold enough here + I'm bluffing with the best hand a lot too obv. It's great for balancing ranges though.

[johnny_fish]

fun hand

PokerStars Game #9780268656: Tournament #48888756, $100+$9 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/05/06 - 15:57:21 (ET)
Table '48888756 32' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: alkemizt (10725 in chips)
Seat 2: KRISTEN03 (16195 in chips)
Seat 3: busto_soon (20150 in chips)
Seat 4: AA_Milo (20030 in chips)
Seat 5: BeL0WaB0Ve (3150 in chips)
Seat 6: kuparinen (5100 in chips)
Seat 7: wired_c4 (38778 in chips)
Seat 8: looserSR (8650 in chips)
Seat 9: MALPP39 (11130 in chips)
alkemizt: posts the ante 25
KRISTEN03: posts the ante 25
busto_soon: posts the ante 25
AA_Milo: posts the ante 25
BeL0WaB0Ve: posts the ante 25
kuparinen: posts the ante 25
wired_c4: posts the ante 25
looserSR: posts the ante 25
MALPP39: posts the ante 25
BeL0WaB0Ve: posts small blind 200
kuparinen: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to busto_soon [Kd Ks]
wired_c4: folds
looserSR: folds
MALPP39: folds
alkemizt: folds
KRISTEN03: raises 800 to 1200
busto_soon: calls 1200
AA_Milo: folds
BeL0WaB0Ve: folds
kuparinen: raises 3875 to 5075 and is all-in
KRISTEN03: raises 11095 to 16170 and is all-in
busto_soon: calls 14970
*** FLOP *** [Kh Qd 5c]
*** TURN *** [Kh Qd 5c] [Qh]
*** RIVER *** [Kh Qd 5c Qh] [4s]
KRISTEN03 said, "jesus"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
KRISTEN03: shows [Ac Ad] (two pair, Aces and Queens)
busto_soon: shows [Kd Ks] (a full house, Kings full of Queens)
KRISTEN03 said, "such bs"
busto_soon collected 22190 from side pot
kuparinen: shows [Qs Qc] (four of a kind, Queens)
busto_soon said, "lolll"
kuparinen collected 15650 from main pot

[IowaSkinsFan]

lol any good hands with belowabove?

And johnny, you are way more aggressive and play a lot more streets than im used to in MTT's. It just confuses me as a whole, do you think being aggressive 40bb+ deep exploits donk players a lot?

[johnny_fish]

I don't think I play very loose.. Of course I play more in position when stacks are deeper.

lil is very aggressive and I'm sure he'll value bet TT+ in this spot a lot..

PokerStars Game #9787011576: Tournament #48888828, $100+$9 Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2007/05/06 - 23:09:01 (ET)
Table '48888828 2' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: distance (2440 in chips)
Seat 2: busto_soon (1490 in chips)
Seat 3: hoopjones (860 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 4: BreakRibs (2150 in chips)
Seat 5: IMATKING (340 in chips)
Seat 6: Asprin1 (1460 in chips)
Seat 7: lilholdem954 (1410 in chips)
Seat 8: dabigmon (1245 in chips)
Seat 9: JP_Poker_Ace (2105 in chips)
dabigmon: posts small blind 10
JP_Poker_Ace: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to busto_soon [Ac Kc]
distance: calls 20
busto_soon: raises 70 to 90
hoopjones: folds
BreakRibs: folds
IMATKING: folds
Asprin1: folds
lilholdem954: calls 90
dabigmon: folds
JP_Poker_Ace: folds
distance: calls 70
*** FLOP *** [Kd Kh Ks]
distance: checks
busto_soon: checks
lilholdem954: bets 140
distance: calls 140
busto_soon: calls 140
*** TURN *** [Kd Kh Ks] [9h]
distance: checks
busto_soon: checks
lilholdem954: checks
*** RIVER *** [Kd Kh Ks 9h] [9c]
distance: checks
busto_soon: checks
lilholdem954: bets 1180 and is all-in
distance: folds
busto_soon: calls 1180
*** SHOW DOWN ***
lilholdem954: shows [2h 2c] (a full house, Kings full of Nines)
busto_soon: shows [Ac Kc] (four of a kind, Kings)
busto_soon collected 3080 from pot

[johnny_fish]

2nd hour 215r, I think I have to call this.

POKERSTARS GAME #9786111640: TOURNAMENT #48888804, $200+$15 HOLD'EM NO LIMIT - LEVEL V (75/150) - 2007/05/06 - 22:11:30 (ET)
Table '48888804 23' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: yellowsub86 (8752 in chips)
Seat 2: busto_soon (7425 in chips)
Seat 3: TheActionKid (5630 in chips)
Seat 4: Bushman (10206 in chips)
Seat 5: SCTrojans (7460 in chips)
Seat 6: Premier (4830 in chips)
Seat 7: Jovial Gent (4850 in chips)
Seat 8: brsavage (7225 in chips)
Seat 9: Rodney King (4122 in chips)
busto_soon: posts small blind 75
TheActionKid: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to busto_soon [Tc Ts]
Bushman: folds
SCTrojans: folds
Premier: folds
Jovial Gent: folds
brsavage: folds
Rodney King: folds
yellowsub86: folds
busto_soon: raises 300 to 450
TheActionKid: calls 300
*** FLOP *** [4s 3d Jd]
busto_soon: bets 600
TheActionKid: raises 800 to 1400
busto_soon: calls 800
*** TURN *** [4s 3d Jd] [Qs]
busto_soon: checks
TheActionKid: checks
*** RIVER *** [4s 3d Jd Qs] [9c]
busto_soon: checks
TheActionKid: bets 3780 and is all-in
busto_soon: calls 3780
*** SHOW DOWN ***
TheActionKid: shows [Qh Qd] (three of a kind, Queens)
busto_soon: shows [Tc Ts] (a pair of Tens)
TheActionKid collected 11260 from pot

[IowaSkinsFan]

Okay, well what im confused about is I see a lot more turn and river aggression and play with you and also challenging bigger stacks and not just raise/cbet and then give up mode which I think is interesting.

[johnny_fish]

wow. I need to play more.

How many tourney did you play in your 26k downswing?

300

Are you still playing 10 at a time?

8-10 mostly, a few more at peak times.

[johnny_fish]

Runner up in the stars 109r today for a nice 16.6k

Also just busted out of the late FT 109 (5/368).. Drphil had been playing very tight (unlike the rest of the donkeys at the table).

Really annoying hand, I ended up wanting to call but I was just a second late

Full Tilt Poker Game #2385104570: $30,000 Guarantee (17981074), Table 52 - 4000/8000 Ante 1000 - No Limit Hold'em - 4:32:38 ET - 2007/05/09
JBT449: nh
Seat 1: JBT449 (65,796)
Seat 2: mycardswinonly (127,262)
Seat 3: Crazy Aces 99 (316,122)
Seat 4: TheCapitalist (123,927)
Seat 5: busto_soon (200,154)
Seat 6: drphil_jr (270,739)
JBT449 antes 1,000
mycardswinonly antes 1,000
Crazy Aces 99 antes 1,000
TheCapitalist antes 1,000
busto_soon antes 1,000
drphil_jr antes 1,000
busto_soon posts the small blind of 4,000
drphil_jr posts the big blind of 8,000
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to busto_soon [9d Ks]
JBT449 folds
mycardswinonly: ty
mycardswinonly folds
Crazy Aces 99 folds
TheCapitalist folds
busto_soon calls 4,000
drphil_jr checks
*** FLOP *** [9s 3s 7c]
busto_soon bets 12,000
drphil_jr calls 12,000
*** TURN *** [9s 3s 7c] [Qs]
busto_soon checks
drphil_jr checks
*** RIVER *** [9s 3s 7c Qs] [2s]
busto_soon bets 31,000
drphil_jr has 15 seconds left to act
drphil_jr raises to 249,739, and is all in
busto_soon has 15 seconds left to act
busto_soon is sitting out
busto_soon has timed out
busto_soon folds
Uncalled bet of 218,739 returned to drphil_jr
busto_soon has returned
drphil_jr mucks
drphil_jr wins the pot (108,000)

[johnny_fish]

I probably never played as much as I did in the last 3 days:

Played 126, 22 itm, 9 ft's, total buyin 19k, total winnings 35k..

[Da GOAT]

your mad dude, lol thats alot of pokaa!!

pity about being timed out. you should email FTP about that.

[K2 the ArmA]

I probably never played as much as I did in the last 3 days:

Played 126, 22 itm, 9 ft's, total buyin 19k, total winnings 35k..

You sicko.

[K2 the ArmA]

Hey johnny, the 77 hand where you called AI 4 ways with below and Bax in the pot; on the thread in p5s both below and Bax said you should have folded... Can you find a reason for their argument, do you think they are flat out 100% wrong? I wish they had posted more reasoning because it's hard to differentiate what is "correct" between JFish playing 77 for pot odds and two elite mtt players saying it's a fold, an easy one at that.

[johnny_fish]

Hey johnny, the 77 hand where you called AI 4 ways with below and Bax in the pot; on the thread in p5s both below and Bax said you should have folded... Can you find a reason for their argument, do you think they are flat out 100% wrong? I wish they had posted more reasoning because it's hard to differentiate what is "correct" between JFish playing 77 for pot odds and two elite mtt players saying it's a fold, an easy one at that.

I agree with them now. I overestimated how much value a big stack has.. E.g. having an average stack 4 times is more valuable than 1 time a 4xavg stack.

[K2 the ArmA]

Cool.

-What do you think makes a great mtt player...great?

-What makes you so good?

-Lets put your skill level on a scale and say that you are a 10/10 mtt player - what changes happened in your game from 5/10 untill now?

-Advice on games to play to build a bankroll?

[Rabid Dog]

Cool.

-What do you think makes a great mtt player...great?

-What makes you so good?

-Lets put your skill level on a scale and say that you are a 10/10 mtt player - what changes happened in your game from 5/10 untill now?

-Advice on games to play to build a bankroll?

[Da GOAT]

Im gonna post a big noob question now here since i know you have access to all sites available and therefore the best MTTs around.

Im thinking of playing a few MTTs along with my main cahs game. Buyin up to $50 maybe.

What MTT offers the most value in your opinion? best overlay etc.

[jimmy44]

I probably never played as much as I did in the last 3 days:

Played 126, 22 itm, 9 ft's, total buyin 19k, total winnings 35k..

126?? That's the total MTTs I've done since I've started poker )

A big gratz!!

[Sprayed]

Im gonna post a big noob question now here since i know you have access to all sites available and therefore the best MTTs around.

Im thinking of playing a few MTTs along with my main cahs game. Buyin up to $50 maybe.

What MTT offers the most value in your opinion? best overlay etc.

Goat, I'm not one to be able to answer your question, but I did find this slightly interesting.

http://www.pocketfives.com/CB56AB5E-...951B4DC7D.aspx

[Da GOAT]

Im gonna post a big noob question now here since i know you have access to all sites available and therefore the best MTTs around.

Im thinking of playing a few MTTs along with my main cahs game. Buyin up to $50 maybe.

What MTT offers the most value in your opinion? best overlay etc.

Goat, I'm not one to be able to answer your question, but I did find this slightly interesting.

http://www.pocketfives.com/CB56AB5E-...951B4DC7D.aspx

i began reading a few days ago and only made it to the 4th apragraph. better read on so.

I just got to thinking coz i watched zpace_man play a MTT on CR vid and mentioned PP was good coz some gauranteed money games had only 180 entrants or so. I can only really play weekends really coz most good weekday game are geared towards US timezone (tho if there are any about 7pm GMT tell me plz)

[johnny_fish]

Cool.

-What do you think makes a great mtt player...great?

Successful poker is about correctly adjusting to new situations and make consistently good decisions. Great mtt players recognize opportunities and take them.

-What makes you so good?

My push/fold game is close to perfect imo, early stage play is fine too, and I have a relatively (compared to avg tournament player) good postflop game. There's a decent edge when it's shorthanded too because most tournament players are used to full ring.

-Lets put your skill level on a scale and say that you are a 10/10 mtt player - what changes happened in your game from 5/10 untill now?

I'm nowhere 10/10, I could improve a lot on my reads for example.

The thing that helped me improve the most was playing sng's.

-Advice on games to play to build a bankroll?

First start at sng's. Just start at the lowest and grind until you can beat the 26s or something. After that you'll probably have the br and skill set to beat mtt's up to 50$.

[johnny_fish]

Im gonna post a big noob question now here since i know you have access to all sites available and therefore the best MTTs around.

Im thinking of playing a few MTTs along with my main cahs game. Buyin up to $50 maybe.

What MTT offers the most value in your opinion? best overlay etc.

I see absolutely retarded stuff at Party, but my Roi is still the highest at Stars, even though the overall playing level is higher (software is great too). I'd just play anything between 20-50$ at Stars if I were you. I wouldn't play cash and tournaments at the same time though. gl

[K2 the ArmA]

Cool.

-What do you think makes a great mtt player...great?

Successful poker is about correctly adjusting to new situations and make consistently good decisions. Great mtt players recognize opportunities and take them.

-What makes you so good?

My push/fold game is close to perfect imo, early stage play is fine too, and I have a relatively (compared to avg tournament player) good postflop game. There's a decent edge when it's shorthanded too because most tournament players are used to full ring.

-Lets put your skill level on a scale and say that you are a 10/10 mtt player - what changes happened in your game from 5/10 untill now?

I'm nowhere 10/10, I could improve a lot on my reads for example.

The thing that helped me improve the most was playing sng's.

-Advice on games to play to build a bankroll?

First start at sng's. Just start at the lowest and grind until you can beat the 26s or something. After that you'll probably have the br and skill set to beat mtt's up to 50$.

Thanks for the input - We were at the same $20 FO last night stars, I was pissed when I saw you go out 27th or something, it would have been cool to FT it with you.

- What do you think are additional skills needed to be a a winner at the $50+s?

[chardrian]

- What do you think are additional skills needed to be a a winner at the $50+s?

As more and more online players are getting more and more sophisticated (i.e. most now understand what M is), the most important skill is learning to play the players at your table rather than just playing position and cards.

There will always be that glorious rare tourney where you just get hit in the face with cards and as long as you don't donk em off, you will go far.

But for the vast majority of tourneys you need to learn how to gain chips without cards. Doing that means that you have to learn how to play players.

[rubixstreub]

First start at sng's. Just start at the lowest and grind until you can beat the 26s or something. After that you'll probably have the br and skill set to beat mtt's up to 50$.

hmmm, guess I better go back to the $5 SnG's I was never really good at anyway... never enjoyed push/fold poker, but I guess that's the nature of the beast and something I can't be missing.

[johnny_fish]

PokerStars Game #9918863958: Tournament #50007447, $50+$5 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/05/15 - 00:17:55 (ET)
Table '50007447 14' 6-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: DiegoPradera (16944 in chips)
Seat 2: busto_soon (14165 in chips)
Seat 3: Speculate (31895 in chips)
Seat 4: RichPoor (4822 in chips)
Seat 5: fishbones11 (11719 in chips)
Seat 6: dingo10886 (1797 in chips)
DiegoPradera: posts the ante 25
busto_soon: posts the ante 25
Speculate: posts the ante 25
RichPoor: posts the ante 25
fishbones11: posts the ante 25
dingo10886: posts the ante 25
RichPoor: posts small blind 200
fishbones11: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to busto_soon [Td Ks]
dingo10886: folds
DiegoPradera: folds
busto_soon: raises 800 to 1200
Speculate: folds
RichPoor: calls 1000
fishbones11: folds
*** FLOP *** [Qd Jd Ad]
RichPoor: bets 3597 and is all-in
busto_soon: calls 3597
busto_soon said, "Kd\"
busto_soon said, "Kd"
busto_soon said, "KD"
*** TURN *** [Qd Jd Ad] [7h]
*** RIVER *** [Qd Jd Ad 7h] [Kd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
RichPoor: shows [Ah 8h] (a pair of Aces)
busto_soon: shows [Td Ks] (a Royal Flush)
busto_soon said, "weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee"
busto_soon collected 10144 from pot

[Rabid Dog]

Nice

[johnny_fish]

Crippled deck..

PokerStars Game #9931845720: Tournament #50007585, $100+$9 Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2007/05/15 - 19:39:00 (ET)
Table '50007585 41' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: ACESLOSES (3320 in chips)
Seat 2: ThEcLaiMEer (3190 in chips)
Seat 3: lklucky (4155 in chips)
Seat 4: BOKPOWER (3385 in chips)
Seat 5: Econ Adager (1715 in chips)
Seat 6: AJKHoosier1 (725 in chips)
Seat 7: maq2000 (2025 in chips)
Seat 8: G&A10 (2315 in chips)
Seat 9: busto_soon (6170 in chips)
G&A10: posts small blind 25
busto_soon: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to busto_soon [Qd 3h]
ACESLOSES: calls 50
ThEcLaiMEer: folds
lklucky: folds
BOKPOWER: folds
Econ Adager: folds
AJKHoosier1: folds
maq2000: folds
G&A10: folds
busto_soon: checks
*** FLOP *** [3d Qs 3c]
busto_soon: checks
ACESLOSES: bets 50
busto_soon: calls 50
*** TURN *** [3d Qs 3c] [8s]
busto_soon: checks
ACESLOSES: bets 50
busto_soon: calls 50
*** RIVER *** [3d Qs 3c 8s] [Ks]
busto_soon: checks
ACESLOSES: bets 350
busto_soon: raises 5670 to 6020 and is all-in
ACESLOSES: calls 2820 and is all-in
*** SHOW DOWN ***
busto_soon: shows [Qd 3h] (a full house, Threes full of Queens)
ACESLOSES: shows [5s 4s] (a flush, King high)
busto_soon collected 6665 from pot
maq2000 said, "muahwawwawhwah"

[johnny_fish]

semi-interesting underboat fold vs. Bel0w

[johnny_fish]

Played drunk and donked away 15k playing hu sng's (2k's and one horrible 5.6k).

I feel so bad right now.

[donkbee]

*hugg*

[taipan168]

First start at sng's. Just start at the lowest and grind until you can beat the 26s or something. After that you'll probably have the br and skill set to beat mtt's up to 50$.

Hi Johnny, as you probably know I'm an SNG player, and I'm looking to play a few more MTTs. I'm currently playing the Stars $27s (with my roll I really should be playing the $60s but when I moved up I hit a bad run so I'm scared now!).

Why do you say that the thing that helped you improve the most was playing SNGs? What tips can you give a SNG player looking to play MTTs?

[mcatdog]

Hey Johnny, lately I've been joining you on the dark side and becoming a donkament player. A couple of questions. First,

I wouldn't play cash and tournaments at the same
time though.

Why not? When I'm only still alive in one or two donkaments and I don't want to register for any more, I'll often look for a couple of really soft cash game tables and sit at them until I'm done. Do you think it's like impossible to play well at both at the same time?

Also, here's a hand from this morning. I have a note on this guy that says "pushes way too wide a range." After running some numbers afterwards, I believe my call was correct, but I just wanted confirmation from a good player.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t800 (8 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

Hero (t5595)
BB (t5646)
UTG (t4530)
UTG+1 (t5600)
MP1 (t7462)
MP2 (t6255)
CO (t8050)
Button (t6325)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 4, A.

5 folds, Button raises all-in 6275, Hero calls all-in 5145, BB folds.

[johnny_fish]

Why do you say that the thing that helped you improve the most was playing SNGs? What tips can you give a SNG player looking to play MTTs?

Correct push/fold poker is really important in the late stages..

I wouldn't play cash and tournaments at the same
time though.

Why not? When I'm only still alive in one or two donkaments and I don't want to register for any more, I'll often look for a couple of really soft cash game tables and sit at them until I'm done. Do you think it's like impossible to play well at both at the same time?

Not impossible, it's just that I do very bad in cashgames now if I play them (laggy aggro monkey weeeeeeeeeee).

The A4 seems an easy call given your description.

[johnny_fish]

First hand today, this is QJ 90% of the time right? Pot ~1000 at the river.

***** Hand History for Game 6017107456 *****
NL Texas Hold'em Trny: 33700396 Level: 1 Blinds(20/40) - Wednesday, May 30, 13:51:18 ET 2007
Table Regular (1036779) Table #2 (Real Money)
Seat 7 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 1: Disable_Whine ( 3,000 )
Seat 2: Nematoda ( 3,000 )
Seat 3: derdings ( 3,000 )
Seat 4: johnny2912 ( 3,000 )
Seat 5: gringo2004 ( 2,850 )
Seat 6: koppiesop ( 3,000 )
Seat 7: danner55 ( 2,960 )
Seat 8: stabia_62 ( 3,190 )
Seat 9: DEAD73 ( 3,000 )
Trny: 33700396 Level: 1
Blinds(20/40)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to johnny2912 [ Ad Ac ]
Disable_Whine folds
Nematoda folds
derdings folds
johnny2912 raises [120]
gringo2004 folds
koppiesop folds
danner55 folds
stabia_62 calls [100]
DEAD73 calls [80]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Td, As, 2h ]
stabia_62 checks
DEAD73 checks
johnny2912 checks
** Dealing Turn ** [ 9s ]
stabia_62 checks
DEAD73 checks
johnny2912 bets [240]
stabia_62 calls [240]
DEAD73 calls [240]
** Dealing River ** [ Kc ]
stabia_62 checks
DEAD73 is all-In [2,640]
johnny2912: lol i pay off?
Prize pool distribution for this tourney is now displayed.
Your time bank will be activated in 5 secs. If you do not want it to be used, please act now.
johnny2912 will be using his time bank for this hand.

Another fun spot..

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Hand #42982085-9 at Wed2pm10K-002 (No Limit tournament Hold'em)
Started at 30/May/07 14:12:07

IronCityKid is at seat 0 with 2355.
s0ber is at seat 1 with 2415.
Any2xX is at seat 2 with 2575.
busto_soon is at seat 3 with 2485.
momos boy is at seat 4 with 2225.
MAST-MARK is at seat 5 with 2890.
FLIMSIN is at seat 6 with 2655.
jjjmmmiii is at seat 7 with 2430.
Shenk0 is at seat 8 with 2460.
All Golf is at seat 9 with 2510.
The button is at seat 3.

momos boy posts the small blind of 5.
MAST-MARK posts the big blind of 10.

IronCityKid: -- --
s0ber: -- --
Any2xX: -- --
busto_soon: Js Jd
momos boy: -- --
MAST-MARK: -- --
FLIMSIN: -- --
jjjmmmiii: -- --
Shenk0: -- --
All Golf: -- --

Pre-flop:

FLIMSIN folds. jjjmmmiii folds. Shenk0 folds. All
Golf calls. IronCityKid folds. s0ber folds.
Any2xX raises to 100. busto_soon calls. momos boy
re-raises to 420. MAST-MARK folds. All Golf folds.
Any2xX calls. busto_soon calls.

Flop (board: 8h Ts 9d):

momos boy checks. Any2xX bets 1280. busto_soon ??

[ChrisBCritter]

Ugh, yea, Tough to fold that... I won't even begin to try and give advice there...

Hand two I tend to think you're behind to anything with that pre-flop action, i.e. you have at most 10 outs. wanna gamble?

[zenbitz]

hand 1 - in a tourney this COULD be a missed f/d. I don't know if it's enough to fold.
hand 2 - well, he could have AK... wait, he's the original raiser, not re-raiser. Set? Close. I would say call because it's so early may as well gambeezol.

[johnny_fish]

1: I called, Villain showed K9. lol Party donks.
2: I thought I got close to correct odds vs. an overpair, sometimes I'm even ahead, sometimes I run into a set. I shoved and sucked out vs. KK.

[KillThatInfidel]

Hey Johnny Fish or any one else out there that is kind enough to answer, i was just wondering what you think the best tourneys on fulltilt are for someone with about a 1000$ br??? I can get in pretty easy thru the 8$ sats for 26 tokens, so its not THAT bad BR management, and i do ring on the side. Im a good tournament player in my opinion, but nothing too special. Had 4000$ profit in tourneys after playing on my friends account for 2 months.
Thanks

[mcatdog]

Playing lots of $26 tournaments on a 1K bankroll isn't a great idea, doesn't matter whether you get in by satellites or not. Just play the $11 and $8.80 tournaments and the $1 and $3 rebuys until you have 2K which shouldn't be long.

[KillThatInfidel]

uggg. Fulltilt doesnt have n e 8$ tourneys (other than sats) but they have some 11$ ones that should be pretty good. I really dont think the 1$ rebuys would b worth my time because if i win a 20$ sng i can make just as much as a 5th-3rd finish. 3$ rebuys sound ok but i dont think fulltilt has them(except sats). I dont think it would b that bad br management for me to do the 26$ ones like 5 times a week or so. So if i do do the 26$ tourneys, should i just do the 26k n 19k since they have the biggest guarantee, or are the smaller ones easier?

[johnny_fish]

Quick update. I've been running bad for a few weeks now even though I finished May up (7th consecutive winning mtt month)..

I've been going through my '07 stats and the problem seems to be the higher buyings (150+). I'm running at -36% over 460 150+ tourneys (-49k ).

I'm doing quite good at 109 freezeouts though, +98% over 600 (+64k).

[mcatdog]

So if i do do the 26$ tourneys, should i just do the 26k n 19k since they have the biggest guarantee, or are the smaller ones easier?

If you insist on playing $26 tourneys, you should probably stick to the smaller ones because there's less variance. Then again, you seem pretty determined to play above your bankroll so I guess I hope you get lucky.

And they do have a $3 rebuy every day it gets about 200 entries and the first prize is about $500, also a $2 rebuy with a first prize of about $300. I think those would be good tournaments to play.

[johnny_fish]

PokerStars Game #10403606963: Tournament #52339514, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2007/06/12 - 17:50:49 (ET)
Table '52339514 19' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: tna6073 (18096 in chips)
Seat 2: _Turgubben_ (9025 in chips)
Seat 3: Gjoni (24512 in chips)
Seat 4: Firebrace (31526 in chips)
Seat 5: busto_soon (18215 in chips)
Seat 6: Kurtan (25500 in chips)
Seat 7: OaktownUSA (27620 in chips)
Seat 8: flakker32 (22440 in chips)
Seat 9: ronny210 (32938 in chips)
tna6073: posts the ante 25
_Turgubben_: posts the ante 25
Gjoni: posts the ante 25
Firebrace: posts the ante 25
busto_soon: posts the ante 25
Kurtan: posts the ante 25
OaktownUSA: posts the ante 25
flakker32: posts the ante 25
ronny210: posts the ante 25
flakker32: posts small blind 100
ronny210: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to busto_soon [Ad As]
tna6073: folds
_Turgubben_: folds
Gjoni: folds
Firebrace: raises 600 to 800
busto_soon: raises 2000 to 2800
Kurtan: raises 4400 to 7200
OaktownUSA: calls 7200
flakker32: folds
ronny210: folds
Firebrace: folds
busto_soon: raises 10990 to 18190 and is all-in
Kurtan: raises 7285 to 25475 and is all-in
OaktownUSA: calls 18275
*** FLOP *** [Ts 9d Ks]
*** TURN *** [Ts 9d Ks] [Js]
*** RIVER *** [Ts 9d Ks Js] [Qs]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Kurtan: shows [Kd Kh] (a straight, Nine to King)
OaktownUSA: shows [Qd Qc] (a straight, Nine to King)
Kurtan collected 7285 from side pot
OaktownUSA collected 7285 from side pot
busto_soon: shows [Ad As] (a Royal Flush)
busto_soon collected 55895 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 70465 Main pot 55895. Side pot 14570. | Rake 0
Board [Ts 9d Ks Js Qs]
Seat 1: tna6073 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: _Turgubben_ folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Gjoni folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Firebrace folded before Flop
Seat 5: busto_soon showed [Ad As] and won (55895) with a Royal Flush
Seat 6: Kurtan showed [Kd Kh] and won (7285) with a straight, Nine to King
Seat 7: OaktownUSA (button) showed [Qd Qc] and won (7285) with a straight, Nine to King
Seat 8: flakker32 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: ronny210 (big blind) folded before Flop

[FlyingSaucy]

what is the probability that three players will get dealt AA KK and QQ at a 9 handed table, and the AA will hit a royal? In other words, even though you play a redonkulous amount of poker, will it ever happen in your lifetime again?

[Sprayed]

That is the fucking sickest thing that I have ever seen.

[mcatdog]

what is the probability that three players will get dealt AA KK and QQ at a 9 handed table, and the AA will hit a royal? In other words, even though you play a redonkulous amount of poker, will it ever happen in your lifetime again?

someone at table being dealt AA = 1 in 24.5
someone else at table being dealt KK = 1 in 25.5
someone else at table being dealt QQ = 1 in 26.8

if those 3 hands are at the table, 1 in 36 there are two suits for AA to make a royal, 17 in 36 there's just one suit

if one royal is possible, the player with AA will hit it about 1 in 30K

so (1/24.5)(1/25.5)(1/26.8)(19/36)(1/30K) = 1 in 950 million.

Probably won't happen to johnny again but it's happened a few times before.

[badgers]

Another wierd thing is that a different hand is ahead on each street, while crushing the other 2. Imagine it happening at a casino, it'd be chaos!

Mental hand.

[FlyingSaucy]

Another wierd thing is that a different hand is ahead on each street, while crushing the other 2. Imagine it happening at a casino, it'd be chaos!

Mental hand.

Didn't even notice it. lol. Stars is so rigged.