I dont tilt much or very often but I seem to have been severely affected by a (relatively) big loss on the cricket last week.
I had a tenner on the Aussies before the start of the second test, which seemed entirely sensible. However, after England had built up a massive 1st innings score I decided to get out without a loss, by laying the aussies at long odds. Well the rest is history, with a second inning collapse I am now a ton or so down on the event.
Added to this I am unable to cash in a stt to save my life. I have now played 7 $10 stts on betfair and had a couple of 4ths for my troubles. I feel as if I should play to recoup the cricket loss, but the longer the losing streak goes on the worse it is.
It doesnt help when my AT gets beat by A7 to put me out in 4th. But hey, thats poker!
Saturday, December 09, 2006
Thursday, November 30, 2006
Finally !
After six previous live tournaments without a cash I managed 3rd at the Pokerplayer Open last night at the Loose Cannon Poker club in London. Collected £440 for my troubles. Didnt get to bed until 4 this morning so will put a longer update on later. Get In!
Monday, November 27, 2006
Half Decent Weekend
Had some good results on STTs this weekend. Played a few with Snap on Saturday, and we even managed a Flashmob 1, 2 in a STT on Party. Snap won so he is now the captain.
I also managed to win the 10pm Thunder on Crypto tonight, 305 players and 1st paid £155.55 which was nice. Not played many MTTs recently and I was only playing cos I had money sat around doing nothing in my UK Betting Account. Cant get to my winning at the moment cos the account is frozen!
Even though he hasnt link his bloh to this one I must congratulate Shaa on 2nd in the 35k on Betfair, and a cash of $7k. Nice one. I cant imagine how he was feeling as it was getting down to it, I was bricking it when headsup for £150!
Back to work tomorrow, but then off to London on Wednesaday for the Pokerplayer Open at the Loose Cannon poker club, should be fun.
I also managed to win the 10pm Thunder on Crypto tonight, 305 players and 1st paid £155.55 which was nice. Not played many MTTs recently and I was only playing cos I had money sat around doing nothing in my UK Betting Account. Cant get to my winning at the moment cos the account is frozen!
Even though he hasnt link his bloh to this one I must congratulate Shaa on 2nd in the 35k on Betfair, and a cash of $7k. Nice one. I cant imagine how he was feeling as it was getting down to it, I was bricking it when headsup for £150!
Back to work tomorrow, but then off to London on Wednesaday for the Pokerplayer Open at the Loose Cannon poker club, should be fun.
Friday, November 24, 2006
Mixed News
Good News
1. Came back from 500 chips with 5 players left in a $10 stt on betfair last night to get headsup.
2. The wifes gone away for the weekend, so its poker all the way.
3. The Sirrus is in the fridge, chilling nicely.
Bad News
1. Lost the Headsup holding KK beat by JT.
2. She left the kids here.
3. I think I prefer Magniers, but hey not the end of the world.
Had a reasonable successful time on the etafir 9 seater stts, and this is where my focus will be this weekend. I dont have a problem with the software (much prefer it to boss for example, and as I am getting 66% rakeback on stts at the moment I would be a fool not to concentrate there. I have also had my usual saturday acca, which will no doubt be dead by half time at the latest tomorrow, but here it is anyway:
Colchester V Southend Colchester to win @ 1.80
Preston V C Palace Preston to win @ 1.61
Southampton V Luton Southampton to win @ 1.61
Peterborough V Torquay Peterborough to win @ 1.66
Stockport V Macclesfield Stockport to win @ 1.57
Rangers V Kilmarnock Rangers to win @ 1.33
And that should return about 15/1, seems like easy money to me. Get On !
Good luck to anyone that still reads this blog.
1. Came back from 500 chips with 5 players left in a $10 stt on betfair last night to get headsup.
2. The wifes gone away for the weekend, so its poker all the way.
3. The Sirrus is in the fridge, chilling nicely.
Bad News
1. Lost the Headsup holding KK beat by JT.
2. She left the kids here.
3. I think I prefer Magniers, but hey not the end of the world.
Had a reasonable successful time on the etafir 9 seater stts, and this is where my focus will be this weekend. I dont have a problem with the software (much prefer it to boss for example, and as I am getting 66% rakeback on stts at the moment I would be a fool not to concentrate there. I have also had my usual saturday acca, which will no doubt be dead by half time at the latest tomorrow, but here it is anyway:
Colchester V Southend Colchester to win @ 1.80
Preston V C Palace Preston to win @ 1.61
Southampton V Luton Southampton to win @ 1.61
Peterborough V Torquay Peterborough to win @ 1.66
Stockport V Macclesfield Stockport to win @ 1.57
Rangers V Kilmarnock Rangers to win @ 1.33
And that should return about 15/1, seems like easy money to me. Get On !
Good luck to anyone that still reads this blog.
Saturday, November 18, 2006
A Game of Ladders
Just playing STTs for a while as I wasnt really making anything from MTTs, so to amuse myself I decided to play my own ladders game on Betfair.
My rules are as follows:
Win, step up a level, 2nd or 3rd, stay at same level, outside the money drop down a level.
Done okay and got up to the $25 level a couple of times, and not dropped down below the $5 level at all and in the process have made about £60 which is good news.
My rules are as follows:
Win, step up a level, 2nd or 3rd, stay at same level, outside the money drop down a level.
Done okay and got up to the $25 level a couple of times, and not dropped down below the $5 level at all and in the process have made about £60 which is good news.
Saturday, November 11, 2006
All Day Poker
Not much happening today (Saturday) so I am playing poker all day while watching tv and doing a bit of work (v sad)
I intend to keep a running check on every game I play here:
$5.50 STT (9 Seater) on Full Tilt - 7th $0
-$5.50
$1.25 MTT (90 Players) on Fult Tilt - 13th $1.80
+$0.55
= -$4.95
$5.50 STT (9 Seater) on Full Tilt - 5th $0
-$5.50
= -$10.45
$5.50 STT (9 Seater) on Full Tilt - 1st $22.50
+$17.00
= +$6.55
$11 STT (9 Seater) on Betfair - 7th $0
-$11
= -$4.45
$2.75 STT (9 Seater) on Betfair - 1st $11.25
+$8.75
= +$4.30
$5.50 STT (5 Seater) on Sporting Odds - 5th $0
-$5.50
= -$1.20
$5.50 STT (5 Seater) on Sporting Odds - 5th $0
-$5.50
= -$6.70
$5.50 STT (9 Seater) on Betfair - 2nd $13.50
+$8.50
= +$1.80
$5.50 MTT (62 Seater) on Betfair - 11th $0
-$5.50
= -$3.70
$5.50 STT (9 Seater) on Betfair - 3rd $9
+$3.50
= -$0.20
$11 STT (9 Seater) on Betfair - 5th $0
-$11
= -$11.20
And that was my day, right up to the last game I was just about okay, but ended slightly down on the day.
It also didnt help that I lost £20 on England v Argentina at the rugby.
I intend to keep a running check on every game I play here:
$5.50 STT (9 Seater) on Full Tilt - 7th $0
-$5.50
$1.25 MTT (90 Players) on Fult Tilt - 13th $1.80
+$0.55
= -$4.95
$5.50 STT (9 Seater) on Full Tilt - 5th $0
-$5.50
= -$10.45
$5.50 STT (9 Seater) on Full Tilt - 1st $22.50
+$17.00
= +$6.55
$11 STT (9 Seater) on Betfair - 7th $0
-$11
= -$4.45
$2.75 STT (9 Seater) on Betfair - 1st $11.25
+$8.75
= +$4.30
$5.50 STT (5 Seater) on Sporting Odds - 5th $0
-$5.50
= -$1.20
$5.50 STT (5 Seater) on Sporting Odds - 5th $0
-$5.50
= -$6.70
$5.50 STT (9 Seater) on Betfair - 2nd $13.50
+$8.50
= +$1.80
$5.50 MTT (62 Seater) on Betfair - 11th $0
-$5.50
= -$3.70
$5.50 STT (9 Seater) on Betfair - 3rd $9
+$3.50
= -$0.20
$11 STT (9 Seater) on Betfair - 5th $0
-$11
= -$11.20
And that was my day, right up to the last game I was just about okay, but ended slightly down on the day.
It also didnt help that I lost £20 on England v Argentina at the rugby.
Wednesday, November 01, 2006
Ahem... £7.50 Anyone?
Not quite sure why I am putting this up on the blog as a post, but if it earns me £7.50 as promised then thats a bonus...
This is my able assistant Nikki on a quiet night out. There are actually FOUR bottles in her hands and she was attemptng to drink them all at once, fair play...
Its a shame you couldnt see what some of the others got up to!
This is my able assistant Nikki on a quiet night out. There are actually FOUR bottles in her hands and she was attemptng to drink them all at once, fair play...
Its a shame you couldnt see what some of the others got up to!
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
500 Games on Betfair
The ajcairns account on betfair is officially 500 STTs old.
The account is the grand total of £154 in profit, which is an average of 31p profit per game. Have a look at the profit/loss graph cut and paste from sharkscope, which has shown a steady rise, with only a couple of blips, the most noteable one when I stepped up a level during the day and couldnt hack it, soon learnt my lesson.
Anyway, heres a couple of other graphs, firstly ROI, which is not so good at the £10 level:
And a one the littler ones where it shows my finishing position in the £5 STTs:
No world beater I'm sure you'll agree, but it beats being a loser!
The account is the grand total of £154 in profit, which is an average of 31p profit per game. Have a look at the profit/loss graph cut and paste from sharkscope, which has shown a steady rise, with only a couple of blips, the most noteable one when I stepped up a level during the day and couldnt hack it, soon learnt my lesson.
Anyway, heres a couple of other graphs, firstly ROI, which is not so good at the £10 level:
And a one the littler ones where it shows my finishing position in the £5 STTs:
No world beater I'm sure you'll agree, but it beats being a loser!
Sunday, October 22, 2006
Tiltastic
Snap reckons I dont tilt, and he is probably right but I have never really thought about it much. But he got me thinking about it.
Being on tilt means letting your emotions beat your ability to play. Most players go on tilt at some point, so limiting it is essential to winning long term. Poker is a game that requires reason. You also need to know when to fold, especially when you feel a bit tilty. By letting your emotions take control you keep chasing those draws, hoping to catch the card that you need and "hope" you are not beat. You have to stay focused and rational while at the poker table. Mostly you will tilt due to a bad beat or if you just can't seem to win a hand and while it is natural, you need to limit it.
The best way I find if I feel a bit tilty is to sit out a couple of hands and go for a piss or make the missus a cuppa. Not immediately though, but after the next hand, cos getting a monster on the very next hand after a beat is a great way to double back up. Imagine you have just suffered a bit of a beat - and then you get dealt bullets, best thing is a quick go in the chat box "lucky b", "fuckin fish", "grrrrrrr", and then you stick your remaining stack in the middle. You will get calls from all sorts of rag hands, bingo. But only wait for that one hand and if you feel tilting, step awaaaaayy from the pc, and do as advised above.
When you are away from the table, reset your thoughts, change your train of thinking and come back with a neutral perspective of the game you are playing.
Take each game on its merits, each game you play is a seperate entity and is not linked to the previous one, so why let your previous game affect the one you are playing at the moment.
Being on tilt means letting your emotions beat your ability to play. Most players go on tilt at some point, so limiting it is essential to winning long term. Poker is a game that requires reason. You also need to know when to fold, especially when you feel a bit tilty. By letting your emotions take control you keep chasing those draws, hoping to catch the card that you need and "hope" you are not beat. You have to stay focused and rational while at the poker table. Mostly you will tilt due to a bad beat or if you just can't seem to win a hand and while it is natural, you need to limit it.
The best way I find if I feel a bit tilty is to sit out a couple of hands and go for a piss or make the missus a cuppa. Not immediately though, but after the next hand, cos getting a monster on the very next hand after a beat is a great way to double back up. Imagine you have just suffered a bit of a beat - and then you get dealt bullets, best thing is a quick go in the chat box "lucky b", "fuckin fish", "grrrrrrr", and then you stick your remaining stack in the middle. You will get calls from all sorts of rag hands, bingo. But only wait for that one hand and if you feel tilting, step awaaaaayy from the pc, and do as advised above.
When you are away from the table, reset your thoughts, change your train of thinking and come back with a neutral perspective of the game you are playing.
Take each game on its merits, each game you play is a seperate entity and is not linked to the previous one, so why let your previous game affect the one you are playing at the moment.
Monday, October 16, 2006
The Race for the 5th Mob Title
Not quite on the same scale as the race for the 11th WSOP bracelet, but to me nonetheless important.
UKGatsby landed his 4th Flashmob game last night (see his blog for details) and joined yours truly on 4th wins, since forever. There are loads who have won two games, and the vast majority one (some have never one won, lol), but me and Gats are out there on 4 each now. Gaaaaaammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmeee On. wp last night Gats. First to 5 wins.
btw, back at home as my course got cancelled due to lack of interest.
UKGatsby landed his 4th Flashmob game last night (see his blog for details) and joined yours truly on 4th wins, since forever. There are loads who have won two games, and the vast majority one (some have never one won, lol), but me and Gats are out there on 4 each now. Gaaaaaammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmeee On. wp last night Gats. First to 5 wins.
btw, back at home as my course got cancelled due to lack of interest.
Saturday, October 14, 2006
Message for Hype
Hype, Offline now, if you get owt sorted, or just fancy a beer or two drop me a txt on 07986080480
away for two weeks now, down in portsmouth, catch you all later
away for two weeks now, down in portsmouth, catch you all later
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Bit of an Update
Had a live cash game round the house last night which was good. I'm not a great fan of cash games and much prefer stts and mtts but as there was only four of us we were kind of forced in the the format. Did quite well and was slightly up on the night.
One stt played tonight and one win, might just leave it at that. I'm away at the wekeend for another work course for two weeks in sunny pompey. Anyone down there fancy a game then give me a shout.
One stt played tonight and one win, might just leave it at that. I'm away at the wekeend for another work course for two weeks in sunny pompey. Anyone down there fancy a game then give me a shout.
Saturday, October 07, 2006
LLLLLLLL
Re my last, I have just done 8 STTs in a row and not cashed once.
I think it is all in the mind! Just played the 9th and got a 3rd so the run is over.
I think it is all in the mind! Just played the 9th and got a 3rd so the run is over.
Friday, October 06, 2006
Lacking in Commitment to the Bloggage
I really should update this more often. I have however been very busy at work, ensuring that the world stays free from tyranny, which let me tell you is not an easy job at all. I have almost been shamed into an updated by the £2 and above thread on the betfair forum, where all the blogs get a mention, but if you aint updated it in the last week your link isnt in bold, the shame of it!
Anyway, on the poker front, my steady rise has continue with a £112.78 profit for Sept 06, which has taken my overall bank over 2.5k. I have promised "she who is to be obeyed" that I will withdraw some and do something useful with it. We shall see. And the cynics amongst you will no doubt be expecting a slump due to a withdrawal on the account.
Anyway, on the poker front, my steady rise has continue with a £112.78 profit for Sept 06, which has taken my overall bank over 2.5k. I have promised "she who is to be obeyed" that I will withdraw some and do something useful with it. We shall see. And the cynics amongst you will no doubt be expecting a slump due to a withdrawal on the account.
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Away for a bit
I'm away doing stuff for work for a couple of weeks and not really able to post. MIght still get the odd game of poker in and I am back home at weekends when I will be online.
I have also upgraded to beta blogger with google and have now found that I cant comment on many of your blogs, so I aren't ignoring you, I am still reading.
Laters
I have also upgraded to beta blogger with google and have now found that I cant comment on many of your blogs, so I aren't ignoring you, I am still reading.
Laters
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
A Night Out
Went to the Norwich Poker Club last night, in the local metropolis. A fairly seedy joint which consisted of a large mainly empty room with about 7 poker tables and a couple of pool tables and thats about it.
The comp was a £10 rebuy, with two 50 minute levels of rebuys and then a double add on. The table I sat on for the rebuy period was reasonable maniac free, with a decent bunch who were there for a game of cards and not to spend loads on rebuying after a needless all in. Lost an all in with QQ to KK and rebought once, and at the end of the rebuys I was sat with 2675 (1000 starting stack), I took the double add on to take me to 4675, which just a little lower than average on the table.
Soon after the freezeout started, I managed to have a couple of double ups after a few spins of the table, plus had a few shots at the pots to no avail. The I managed to double up with AK holding up against 65 sooted, plus then knocked out two short stacks in one hand to get to about 25k (with about 25 players left, 50 started), which was about 10% of all the chips in the tourney (think it was 256000). This obviously left a couple of seats at the table and one of them (to my immediate left) was filled by a monster stack which was not good news. Even worse was that he was intent on heavily reraising me everytime I was in a pot. I soon got the message and went into the shell for a few spins of the table but by this time the blinds were up to 500/1000 and I was down to 13k. The serial raiser was deffo at it and a few times he had mucked his uncontested winning hand in such a way that his mates behind him could see what he was throwing, to which they all chuntered or chuckled, I was thinking he playing any high cards and wanted to catch him for a double up. Eventually I got dealt KcJc in the SB, serial raiser in the BB, this was to be my time. Everyone folded to me and I had already decided I would go all in if needed, but just raised about 3k to which he was already sussing out my stack size to put me all in. I called him and flips over A6o and he hits and an A on the flop to hammer the nails in the coffin lid and send me home.
I could have waited a bit longer, but six handed the blinds were spinning quick and I was getting shorter and shorter so am happy with the play above, just not the result. But hey thats poker, and if I was in his position with his stack I would have been taking everyone on too, as I had done to get to the 25k in the first place. The thing that bugs me most was I knew what he was doing but was powerless to do anything about it.
The comp was a £10 rebuy, with two 50 minute levels of rebuys and then a double add on. The table I sat on for the rebuy period was reasonable maniac free, with a decent bunch who were there for a game of cards and not to spend loads on rebuying after a needless all in. Lost an all in with QQ to KK and rebought once, and at the end of the rebuys I was sat with 2675 (1000 starting stack), I took the double add on to take me to 4675, which just a little lower than average on the table.
Soon after the freezeout started, I managed to have a couple of double ups after a few spins of the table, plus had a few shots at the pots to no avail. The I managed to double up with AK holding up against 65 sooted, plus then knocked out two short stacks in one hand to get to about 25k (with about 25 players left, 50 started), which was about 10% of all the chips in the tourney (think it was 256000). This obviously left a couple of seats at the table and one of them (to my immediate left) was filled by a monster stack which was not good news. Even worse was that he was intent on heavily reraising me everytime I was in a pot. I soon got the message and went into the shell for a few spins of the table but by this time the blinds were up to 500/1000 and I was down to 13k. The serial raiser was deffo at it and a few times he had mucked his uncontested winning hand in such a way that his mates behind him could see what he was throwing, to which they all chuntered or chuckled, I was thinking he playing any high cards and wanted to catch him for a double up. Eventually I got dealt KcJc in the SB, serial raiser in the BB, this was to be my time. Everyone folded to me and I had already decided I would go all in if needed, but just raised about 3k to which he was already sussing out my stack size to put me all in. I called him and flips over A6o and he hits and an A on the flop to hammer the nails in the coffin lid and send me home.
I could have waited a bit longer, but six handed the blinds were spinning quick and I was getting shorter and shorter so am happy with the play above, just not the result. But hey thats poker, and if I was in his position with his stack I would have been taking everyone on too, as I had done to get to the 25k in the first place. The thing that bugs me most was I knew what he was doing but was powerless to do anything about it.
Monday, August 28, 2006
Some Random Stats from Poker Tracker
In a moment of boredom this afternoon, between innings in the 20/20, and after winning two $10 stt's in a row on Partypoker I was looking through my Poker Tracker stats. Some that maybe of interest from the 33880 tournament hands that I have stored:
Most Dealt Hand: J8o - 346 times
Least Dealt Hand: 94s - 82 times
Highest Winning % Hand - AA 86.67%
Lowest Winning % Hand - Q8s 0.82%
Most Tournament Money Won - ATo
Most Tournament Money Lost - 93o
Most Raised Hand Pre-Flop - JJ 79.70%
Least Raised Hand Pre-Flop - 21 Hands on 0%
Big Hands:
Straight Flush x 2
Four of a Kind x 13
Most Played Against Players:
jack high - 31
tc34 - 24
Xaarcasm - 23
paulsav - 18
emzo - 18
Toucan - 18
shalimah - 16
USAracing - 15
Doob - 15
jazz 20 - 13
And thats about your lot, how does that compare with you?
Most Dealt Hand: J8o - 346 times
Least Dealt Hand: 94s - 82 times
Highest Winning % Hand - AA 86.67%
Lowest Winning % Hand - Q8s 0.82%
Most Tournament Money Won - ATo
Most Tournament Money Lost - 93o
Most Raised Hand Pre-Flop - JJ 79.70%
Least Raised Hand Pre-Flop - 21 Hands on 0%
Big Hands:
Straight Flush x 2
Four of a Kind x 13
Most Played Against Players:
jack high - 31
tc34 - 24
Xaarcasm - 23
paulsav - 18
emzo - 18
Toucan - 18
shalimah - 16
USAracing - 15
Doob - 15
jazz 20 - 13
And thats about your lot, how does that compare with you?
Sunday, August 27, 2006
Feeling Grand
Had another great finish in the 4k Gtd on Betfair last night, getting 6th place for £200. At the same time I entered the $5 triple shootout and finished 3rd in that for about $108. A major milestone has now been passed in so far as my Betfair balance now exceeds £1000 for the first time ever. Looking forward to do doing the monthly accounts in a few days as it has been an extremely successful few weeks, not just on Betfair but on some of the other clients that I use.
Sunday, August 20, 2006
Frazzled
Going to have a break for a couple of days.
I have played umpteen STTs over the last week with not much to show for it, plenty of MTTs with nothing to show for it, and I have just become a bit tired of it all. I played a few $10 STTs on partypoker this morning and won a couple, then played a couple of 5 seater STTs on virgin and won 1 and came 2nd in the other. So not a bad day, but come the flashmob game tonight, I trapped a great hand to go into 2nd place in chips, but then just spazzed away the chips like a muppet. I dont quite feel right in the head so will have a couple of days off and see if it helps.
By the way, does anyone read this blog? I have posted some, what I thought were, thought provoking posts, but no comments. Ah well, maybe need an advertising campaign!
I have played umpteen STTs over the last week with not much to show for it, plenty of MTTs with nothing to show for it, and I have just become a bit tired of it all. I played a few $10 STTs on partypoker this morning and won a couple, then played a couple of 5 seater STTs on virgin and won 1 and came 2nd in the other. So not a bad day, but come the flashmob game tonight, I trapped a great hand to go into 2nd place in chips, but then just spazzed away the chips like a muppet. I dont quite feel right in the head so will have a couple of days off and see if it helps.
By the way, does anyone read this blog? I have posted some, what I thought were, thought provoking posts, but no comments. Ah well, maybe need an advertising campaign!
Saturday, August 19, 2006
Go Easy On A Flashmobber?
Played just the 12 STTs on betfair today and managed a massive 40p profit on them... sheeesh, maybe plus a couple of quid in cakeback. This huge profit didnt quite cover the multis I have entered today (4k gtd, a couple of €50 bonuses. satellite for the 10k) so I am down a bit on the day.
Anyway in the last one tonight a situation arose which has caused me some thought. Me and Snap had played a couple of the same STTs, and in this particular one there were four players left, one big stack and three little ones, me and Snap included, on the SB and BB. Other short stack utg folds, as does the big stack. I've got 1309 and Snap has 640 after paying the blinds. I have A6 off suit. My normal play would be to stuff them in and pressure the shorty, this I do and Snap calls in a flash with 88. Here is the hand in full:
Game #2258136953: Hold'em NL (300/600) - 2006/08/19 - 21:50:57 (GMT)
Table "STT1 3286075 - 1" Seat 2 is the button.
Seat 2: MickLFC (5969 in chips)
Seat 3: ajcairns (1609 in chips)
Seat 5: .snap. (1240 in chips)
Seat 8: Sparx (1182 in chips)
ajcairns: posts small blind 300
.snap.: posts big blind 600
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to ajcairns [6d Ah]
Sparx: folds
MickLFC: folds
ajcairns: raises to 1609 and is all-in
.snap.: is all-in 640
Returned uncalled bets 369 to ajcairns<B< span>r>----- FLOP ----- [2s 7h 3h]
----- TURN ----- [2s 7h 3h][8d]
----- RIVER ----- [2s 7h 3h 8d][5h]
----- SHOW DOWN -----
ajcairns: shows [6d Ah] (High Card Ace)
.snap.: shows [8h 8s] (Three of a kind, Eights, Seven high)
.snap. collects 2480 from Main pot
----- SUMMARY -----
Total pot 2480 Main pot 2480 Rake 0
Board [2s 7h 3h 8d 5h]
Seat 2: MickLFC (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: ajcairns (small blind) showed [6d Ah] and lost
Seat 5: .snap. (big blind) showed [8h 8s] and won (2480) with Three of a kind, Eights, Seven high
Seat 8: Sparx folded before Flop (didn't bet)
So if I had done as the title of this thread suggests and gone easy on him, I would have had 1309 and Snap would have been on 1540 and the other shorty on 1182 and about to pay 600 on the BB. Even though it was normal play, it bothered me that it was Snap and it looked as if I was trying to bubble him. Hindsight is a great thing, but maybe I should have soft played as the other shorty would have then been under extreme pressure, and me with no blinds to pay for two hands. As it happens, I went out a couple of hands later, the big stack went out in 3rd, Snap 2nd and the other original shorty went on to win.
Personally, when I am playing my run of the mill STTs I would prefer not to play a flashmobber as it affects the way I play, ever so slightly, but nonetheless it does. Happy to hear your views on this subject.
Anyway in the last one tonight a situation arose which has caused me some thought. Me and Snap had played a couple of the same STTs, and in this particular one there were four players left, one big stack and three little ones, me and Snap included, on the SB and BB. Other short stack utg folds, as does the big stack. I've got 1309 and Snap has 640 after paying the blinds. I have A6 off suit. My normal play would be to stuff them in and pressure the shorty, this I do and Snap calls in a flash with 88. Here is the hand in full:
Game #2258136953: Hold'em NL (300/600) - 2006/08/19 - 21:50:57 (GMT)
Table "STT1 3286075 - 1" Seat 2 is the button.
Seat 2: MickLFC (5969 in chips)
Seat 3: ajcairns (1609 in chips)
Seat 5: .snap. (1240 in chips)
Seat 8: Sparx (1182 in chips)
ajcairns: posts small blind 300
.snap.: posts big blind 600
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to ajcairns [6d Ah]
Sparx: folds
MickLFC: folds
ajcairns: raises to 1609 and is all-in
.snap.: is all-in 640
Returned uncalled bets 369 to ajcairns<B< span>r>----- FLOP ----- [2s 7h 3h]
----- TURN ----- [2s 7h 3h][8d]
----- RIVER ----- [2s 7h 3h 8d][5h]
----- SHOW DOWN -----
ajcairns: shows [6d Ah] (High Card Ace)
.snap.: shows [8h 8s] (Three of a kind, Eights, Seven high)
.snap. collects 2480 from Main pot
----- SUMMARY -----
Total pot 2480 Main pot 2480 Rake 0
Board [2s 7h 3h 8d 5h]
Seat 2: MickLFC (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: ajcairns (small blind) showed [6d Ah] and lost
Seat 5: .snap. (big blind) showed [8h 8s] and won (2480) with Three of a kind, Eights, Seven high
Seat 8: Sparx folded before Flop (didn't bet)
So if I had done as the title of this thread suggests and gone easy on him, I would have had 1309 and Snap would have been on 1540 and the other shorty on 1182 and about to pay 600 on the BB. Even though it was normal play, it bothered me that it was Snap and it looked as if I was trying to bubble him. Hindsight is a great thing, but maybe I should have soft played as the other shorty would have then been under extreme pressure, and me with no blinds to pay for two hands. As it happens, I went out a couple of hands later, the big stack went out in 3rd, Snap 2nd and the other original shorty went on to win.
Personally, when I am playing my run of the mill STTs I would prefer not to play a flashmobber as it affects the way I play, ever so slightly, but nonetheless it does. Happy to hear your views on this subject.
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