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Erimus:
Dtd £300 trip report, early doors nothing playable, I am willing to play suited connectors in multi way pots early, but unsuited 6, 7 gapers not that profitable unless you smash the flop, didn"t play them so would of just bled chips away.
Get JJ in the small blind utg has raised to 800 blinds 100/200, 2 callers, all with a propensity not of fold I choose to call, flop 10 high, 2 hearts, check to raiser who bets 1200 folds to me I re raise to 4k, he then reraises me to 10k, I sigh fold, he may have the flush draw but, he had AA with the A hearts, dodged one there then.
Utg raises to 800, 2 flats again, I have Ak suited, I repop it to 2200, utg ships for 8k, flatters fold, with the dead money in the pot getting 1.5 to 1, I call we are racing v QQ , which I lose.
Bit stuck now I have 20 bigs so need to be careful, 3 limpers, I look down at KK, may as well shove, it looks weak, never folding so make em pay, they didn"t.
Call an utg raise with 88, flop Kk6, villain leads out, I 3 bet to 2.2k, he flats, turn 3, check check, river K, he checks hoping I bet my house, but I check back, he has AK for quads, I run too good, could easily of had a higher pair than 8s, but lost the minimum.
I win a few chips with a turned straight after raising limper with KQ, he hits the bottom end and puts me in on the river, there is a flush out there but I am in too deep, hand is good.
Now the blinds are up I start to open more pots in position and get a few light steals through, I am 3 bet once or twice but I just let go of my hand because they were pretty weak to 3 bets.
I 3 bet utg limper with Aj, he has never folded to a 3 bet but some of his holdings have been pretty poor, unfortunately I have bet out of turn as guy on right has decided to put his head on the table and have his cards covered, apparently he does this when he has a decision to make.
In short I win a decent pot and I am up to 58k with blinds at 400/800, I do get sent to the naughty corner and get a one round penalty, which seemed to last forever, not much damage done to stack but Obviously missed a few hands , oh well live and learn, just move on.
Unfortunately it"s all downhill from here, utg limps at 400/800, I 3 bet AK, from cut off to 2200, bb calls as does original limper flop Ace high, checks to me, I lead out, bb folds, limp caller calls 5k leaving 10 behind, he Checks again, I put him all in and he says **** it I know i am behind and calls with A10, 10 on the river and I lose an 18k pot, standard.
Lose a few when I defended bb with 45 suited, flop an up and down draw, don"t get there so am down to 35k at 500/1000.
Table move , I defend with k10 diamonds to a utg min raise, flop k74 rainbow, I check, he bets out, I call, trying to control the pot, blank turn, check check, river is a 10, happy to see that, I put out a small value bet of 3k5, which he insta min raises, in my experience this is 2 pair minimum, if he has 2 pair I am in front because of the board, I just call in case he has 77, 44, yup he has 77, perhaps I should go broke here but still have a shoveable stack, hence only calling his min river bet, nh sir move on.
Easy game now get 2 shoves through, in decent spots, then get Ak, I make the mistake of betting 7k, picked up a 5k instead of a 500, get shoved on, was never folding was raising to induce any way, cards on their backs QQ v Ak, win a race ?, nope, never felt it was going to happen.
All in all was pleased with the way I played, I identified the players I wanted to be involved with and this proved profitable as these were the ones who I got the chips from, the other hands were all pretty standard situations, where I needed to get lucky, it wasn"t to be, I got in via a £50 sat at the first attempt so was cheap enough.
Have decided to go to Vegas in November, it does depend upon getting Susan into the care home for the allotted dates, this should be verified by Tuesday, then need to get Passport renewed, will probably have to fast track it, bit more expensive but as long as it"s done before The start of November should be ok, will confirm this as and when.
AAroddersAA:
--- Quote from: Erimus on October 05, 2013, 05:28:42 AM ---
Dtd £300 trip report, early doors nothing playable, I am willing to play suited connectors in multi way pots early, but unsuited 6, 7 gapers not that profitable unless you smash the flop, didn"t play them so would of just bled chips away.
Get JJ in the small blind utg has raised to 800 blinds 100/200, 2 callers, all with a propensity not of fold I choose to call, flop 10 high, 2 hearts, check to raiser who bets 1200 folds to me I re raise to 4k, he then reraises me to 10k, I sigh fold, he may have the flush draw but, he had AA with the A hearts, dodged one there then.
Utg raises to 800, 2 flats again, I have Ak suited, I repop it to 2200, utg ships for 8k, flatters fold, with the dead money in the pot getting 1.5 to 1, I call we are racing v QQ , which I lose.
Bit stuck now I have 20 bigs so need to be careful, 3 limpers, I look down at KK, may as well shove, it looks weak, never folding so make em pay, they didn"t.
Call an utg raise with 88, flop Kk6, villain leads out, I 3 bet to 2.2k, he flats, turn 3, check check, river K, he checks hoping I bet my house, but I check back, he has AK for quads, I run too good, could easily of had a higher pair than 8s, but lost the minimum.
I win a few chips with a turned straight after raising limper with KQ, he hits the bottom end and puts me in on the river, there is a flush out there but I am in too deep, hand is good.
Now the blinds are up I start to open more pots in position and get a few light steals through, I am 3 bet once or twice but I just let go of my hand because they were pretty weak to 3 bets.
I 3 bet utg limper with Aj, he has never folded to a 3 bet but some of his holdings have been pretty poor, unfortunately I have bet out of turn as guy on right has decided to put his head on the table and have his cards covered, apparently he does this when he has a decision to make.
In short I win a decent pot and I am up to 58k with blinds at 400/800, I do get sent to the naughty corner and get a one round penalty, which seemed to last forever, not much damage done to stack but Obviously missed a few hands , oh well live and learn, just move on.
Unfortunately it"s all downhill from here, utg limps at 400/800, I 3 bet AK, from cut off to 2200, bb calls as does original limper flop Ace high, checks to me, I lead out, bb folds, limp caller calls 5k leaving 10 behind, he Checks again, I put him all in and he says **** it I know i am behind and calls with A10, 10 on the river and I lose an 18k pot, standard.
Lose a few when I defended bb with 45 suited, flop an up and down draw, don"t get there so am down to 35k at 500/1000.
Table move , I defend with k10 diamonds to a utg min raise, flop k74 rainbow, I check, he bets out, I call, trying to control the pot, blank turn, check check, river is a 10, happy to see that, I put out a small value bet of 3k5, which he insta min raises, in my experience this is 2 pair minimum, if he has 2 pair I am in front because of the board, I just call in case he has 77, 44, yup he has 77, perhaps I should go broke here but still have a shoveable stack, hence only calling his min river bet, nh sir move on.
Easy game now get 2 shoves through, in decent spots, then get Ak, I make the mistake of betting 7k, picked up a 5k instead of a 500, get shoved on, was never folding was raising to induce any way, cards on their backs QQ v Ak, win a race ?, nope, never felt it was going to happen.
All in all was pleased with the way I played, I identified the players I wanted to be involved with and this proved profitable as these were the ones who I got the chips from, the other hands were all pretty standard situations, where I needed to get lucky, it wasn"t to be, I got in via a £50 sat at the first attempt so was cheap enough.
Have decided to go to Vegas in November, it does depend upon getting Susan into the care home for the allotted dates, this should be verified by Tuesday, then need to get Passport renewed, will probably have to fast track it, bit more expensive but as long as it"s done before The start of November should be ok, will confirm this as and when.
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YES
Hope you get it sorted for Susan as this is obviously the priority but those Aria games are worth the trip and the Venitian has a festival too. Get it sorted mate would be great to see you there.
KarmaDope:
I like this.
Erimus:
Slightly different Sunday to normal, woke up at 1pm, I know ridiculous but had a late one on Friday, and Saturday got up too early, ran 22 into KK in the Apat game but never got anything going in that so that fizzled into the abyss, meanwhile on Tilt finished 8/592 in a super stack for $148, last hand I min raised Russian who never folded with QJ , flop was Q6x, Russian had Q6, sigh, shove was the right move pre, 18 bigs, he might off called but was a mistake by me, make a note.
Popped to the shops for milk, tripped over a wall, dislocated a finger, off to casualty.
Arrived 2:15, place full to the brim, long day ahead, wedding ring had to be removed, first time in 28 years, mmmmm, cash for gold may make a profit today, only joking she would kill me.
X rays diagnosed as a dislocation, finger eventually numbed and was manipulated back into place with a nice loud click, 2cd x ray taken I have to return at 8 in the morning, it may need to be reset again have to leave overnight and see, half pot on the arm seems slightly excessive but they know best.
Missed the Gs 15/15, just looked on face book 54 runners and a £1k5 gtee this league they are running seems to have worked with attracting the players, as I have said before I have a set budget for poker and will be playing my usual games, if I make one or 2 final tables should be enough to make the freeroll.
If care home can take Susan in November then will fast track passport and get Vegas sorted, hoping this will be done and confirmed in the next 10 days.
Swinebag:
--- Quote from: Erimus on September 28, 2013, 23:51:40 PM ---
Enjoyed the first table, one guy was giving it verbals, nothing nasty was quite fun listening to him, and he actually managed to triple up because of his speech play, got a few players to spew off to him, don"t think I can add this to my game it just wouldn"t suit, although I do engage with the other players a lot more than I used to.
One thing I did disagree to was his giving advice to help other players, lets not tap the tank, tbh they wouldn"t act on any advice given.
He had just apparently qualified for the Ept in London and was telling me his total buy ins last year was £150k, he may be exaggerating but I have no reason to disbelieve him, must be odd going from £5k buy ins to the old £40er at Gala.
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These guys tend to be complete tellboxes. Don"t read too much into his speech play, especially considering the general standard of player stacking off.
Anyone who plays a £40 and feels the need to tell you how much he spends on "other tourneys" whilst educating the table is clearly a fish with a big wallet.
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