Saturday, June 23, 2007

Saturday Headhunters

Rather than take on the tough(er) competition of daytime betfair players I thought I would play a few of the Crypto Headhunter tournaments. I like the format although I am not sure it suits my style of play. I think you have to get a stack early on and then bully opponents by going all in against them - not my style, but lets see how I get on.

1114 Game - £5 - Steady start up a couple of hundred. Dealt AQ, put in a standard raise and get one caller. Flop is A Q 7, two spades - I raise a decent amount caller reraises all in. Now I am thinking if they have AA or QQ then fair enough but more likely AK through to AT and decide its worth the risk. Oppo flips over K4 spades,turn is a blank but the river is a spade and its all over. No Heads

1214 Game - £2 - Good start, two early heads and up to about 4k. Bloody Thunderstorm means I lose the broadband for about 45 minutes. Got back in and had just finished just inside the money, plus the two heads from earlier.

1314 Game - £5 - Also affect by the loss of broadband cos of the thunder, having onlyplayed a couple of hands before losing connection. Got back in with only 800 or so left, waited for a suited ace but no luck. No Heads.

1414 Game - £10 - No good, no hands to speak of for the first 45 mins or so, then managed to get my all in with AK called by QQ. No Heads.

Friday, June 15, 2007

Top Tune

Not much of a music buff but I have just downloaded the Kings of Leon "Fans" and cant get the tune out of my head. Have a listen, top track it is.

Back on the poker after a couple of nights on the piss, and a home game last night. Very tired but have managed tocash in each of the STTs I have played tonight. I am not going to donkof a load this weekend like I did last week.

The spacebar is playing up onmy laptop so if any of my posts look a bit odd (more than usual) the thats why.

Tripled up plus a little bit in the home game which was a laugh, but didnt finish till 2 this morning, so work has been a drag today.

4 weeks to my trip to the sun, cant wait...

Good luck at the tables this weekend.

Saturday, June 09, 2007

Having a 'Mare

Some of the more regular readers will realise I only usually blog when I'm winning but tonight I have been compelled to post over what has happened to me tonight. I have got the chips in when in front on so many occasions and have got done by some very bizarre outdraws to say the least. Here are just a few that I could find in the hand histories:


***** Betfair Poker Hand History for Game 217401385 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $25 Buy-in + $2.50 Entry Fee, Level:2 Blinds(15/30-(no ante)) - Saturday, June 09, 19:11:13 GMT 2007
$25+$2.50 NL Holdem #852140
Table 1 9-max (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of active players : 8
Seat 1: num nutz ( 225 )
Seat 2: HAWAII HANK ( 210 )
Seat 3: numer0ne ( 2,630 )
Seat 4: storken ( 2,660 )
Seat 5: ajcairns ( 3,180 )
Seat 6: James333 ( 1,425 )
Seat 7: Bulllts ( 380 )
Seat 9: El Willo ( 2,790 )
Tourney Level:2 Blinds(15/30-(no ante))
numer0ne posts small blind [15]
storken posts big blind [30]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to ajcairns [ As, 9d ]
ajcairns calls [30]
James333 folds
Bulllts folds
El Willo folds
num nutz folds
HAWAII HANK goes all-in
HAWAII HANK raises to [210]
numer0ne folds
storken folds
ajcairns calls [180]
** Showdown **
HAWAII HANK shows [ Kd, Jd ]
ajcairns shows [ As, 9d ]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Th, Tc, 3h ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 5d ]
** Dealing River ** [ Ks ]
** Hand Conclusion **
HAWAII HANK wins 465 from main pot with two pair, Kings and Tens
************ Game 217401385 ends ************

***** Betfair Poker Hand History for Game 217404676 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $25 Buy-in + $2.50 Entry Fee, Level:4 Blinds(50/100-(no ante)) - Saturday, June 09, 19:22:30 GMT 2007
$25+$2.50 NL Holdem #852140
Table 1 9-max (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of active players : 6
Seat 2: HAWAII HANK ( 805 )
Seat 3: numer0ne ( 1,250 )
Seat 4: storken ( 3,595 )
Seat 5: ajcairns ( 2,820 )
Seat 6: James333 ( 1,675 )
Seat 9: El Willo ( 3,355 )
Tourney Level:4 Blinds(50/100-(no ante))
storken posts small blind [50]
ajcairns posts big blind [100]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to ajcairns [ Kh, Kd ]
James333 raises to [270]
El Willo folds
HAWAII HANK folds
numer0ne folds
storken folds
ajcairns calls [170]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 8d, 9s, Tc ]
ajcairns bets [360]
James333 raises to [900]
ajcairns goes all-in
ajcairns raises to [2,550]
James333 calls [505]
James333 goes all-in
Returning uncalled bet [1,145] to ajcairns
** Showdown **
ajcairns shows [ Kh, Kd ]
James333 shows [ Qd, Qc ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 8c ]
** Dealing River ** [ Jc ]
** Hand Conclusion **
James333 wins 3,400 from main pot with a straight, Queen to Eight
************ Game 217404676 ends ************

***** Betfair Poker Hand History for Game 217422043 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $25 Buy-in + $2.50 Entry Fee, Level:4 Blinds(50/100-(no ante)) - Saturday, June 09, 20:18:30 GMT 2007
$25+$2.50 NL Holdem #852287
Table 1 9-max (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of active players : 8
Seat 1: ajcairns ( 3,085 )
Seat 2: num nutz ( 1,607 )
Seat 3: redroc ( 895 )
Seat 5: Chopper D ( 1,480 )
Seat 6: Twakers ( 858 )
Seat 7: chubbyche ( 1,285 )
Seat 8: thebfg ( 3,800 )
Seat 9: zippoATM ( 490 )
Tourney Level:4 Blinds(50/100-(no ante))
Twakers posts small blind [50]
chubbyche posts big blind [100]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to ajcairns [ Qd, Qc ]
thebfg folds
zippoATM folds
ajcairns raises to [270]
num nutz folds
redroc folds
Chopper D folds
Twakers goes all-in
Twakers raises to [858]
chubbyche folds
ajcairns calls [588]
** Showdown **
ajcairns shows [ Qd, Qc ]
Twakers shows [ Ks, Qh ]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 6d, 5s, 3s ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 6s ]
** Dealing River ** [ As ]
** Hand Conclusion **
Twakers wins 1,816 from main pot with a Flush
************ Game 217422043 ends ************

and my particular favourite to finish me off:

***** Betfair Poker Hand History for Game 217429947 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $25 Buy-in + $2.50 Entry Fee, Level:6 Blinds(100/200-(no ante)) - Saturday, June 09, 20:35:25 GMT 2007
$25+$2.50 NL Holdem #852287
Table 1 9-max (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of active players : 5
Seat 1: ajcairns ( 2,453 )
Seat 2: num nutz ( 2,257 )
Seat 3: redroc ( 4,280 )
Seat 7: chubbyche ( 685 )
Seat 8: thebfg ( 3,825 )
Tourney Level:6 Blinds(100/200-(no ante))
num nutz posts small blind [100]
redroc posts big blind [200]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to ajcairns [ Kd, Ks ]
chubbyche folds
thebfg raises to [700]
ajcairns goes all-in
ajcairns raises to [2,453]
num nutz folds
redroc folds
thebfg calls [1,753]
** Showdown **
ajcairns shows [ Kd, Ks ]
thebfg shows [ Kh, Tc ]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 3c, 6d, 9c ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 5c ]
** Dealing River ** [ Qc ]
** Hand Conclusion **
thebfg wins 5,206 from main pot with a Flush
************ Game 217429947 ends ************

I think the RNG on betfair is having one so I am steering clear for the night.