Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Thursday, May 28, 2009
I CHIP DUMPED TO QUEENSUP!
But not on purpose...
I only played in the BBT 3 times this month, and Final tabled all 3. Was hoping to be the dark horse in Hoy's predictions, but alas I had to settle for 3rd place in last nights Mookie.
I played pretty well early on, chipped up steadily, and had my big hands hold. At the final table I was doing well until Lucko (shorty) decided to call (after using up most of his time bank) my AIPF shove (AQdd) with 22. I hit the Q on the flop, but get rivered by the inevitable 2 outer. A little while later I take him back down with AA, then threw a beat on him myself when my A9ss spiked a 9 to take out his AQ and knock him out of the tourney. I freely admit it wasn't pretty, but I'll take what I can get...
After that, it all went downhill.... no other way to say it, but I played awfully when it got down to 3 handed. I basically gifted my stack to Queens. He was big stack and pushing the two of us around and I had absolutely NOTHING to push back with. After blinding down to about 30k I finally decide to stop and go with AQdd, but of course Queens insta calls with presto (and hits an extra 5 on the turn for good measure) and I'm out in 3rd.
Oh well, there's always next year. Probably won't be able to make the sunday games, so I'll take this opportunity to throw out a big thanks to Al for putting the BBT together.
I only played in the BBT 3 times this month, and Final tabled all 3. Was hoping to be the dark horse in Hoy's predictions, but alas I had to settle for 3rd place in last nights Mookie.
I played pretty well early on, chipped up steadily, and had my big hands hold. At the final table I was doing well until Lucko (shorty) decided to call (after using up most of his time bank) my AIPF shove (AQdd) with 22. I hit the Q on the flop, but get rivered by the inevitable 2 outer. A little while later I take him back down with AA, then threw a beat on him myself when my A9ss spiked a 9 to take out his AQ and knock him out of the tourney. I freely admit it wasn't pretty, but I'll take what I can get...
After that, it all went downhill.... no other way to say it, but I played awfully when it got down to 3 handed. I basically gifted my stack to Queens. He was big stack and pushing the two of us around and I had absolutely NOTHING to push back with. After blinding down to about 30k I finally decide to stop and go with AQdd, but of course Queens insta calls with presto (and hits an extra 5 on the turn for good measure) and I'm out in 3rd.
Oh well, there's always next year. Probably won't be able to make the sunday games, so I'll take this opportunity to throw out a big thanks to Al for putting the BBT together.
Sunday, May 17, 2009
FT #2!
Two final tables, two reall #!##@$% bad shoves... this time out in 7th in the brit 55 < AA. In my own defense, I had been getting 3 bet, 4 bet 5 bet, !@#$!! in the @ss etc, etc... from jimdniacc for the entire tourney, and with my powerful hand reading skillz, decided that the only time he had AA I would shame him by shoving over the top and sucking out. Unfortunately, the only thing sucking was me. Had a good time, though... drank lots of Samuel Smiths Lager in honor (or should I say honour) of my good British friends. (Well, I have no friends, but the Brits are far enough away that they can't so anything about it. )
Congrats to Aposec for taking it down... Smokee put up a great fight, but was outchipped and had an uphill battle.
Might not make it to the mook - gonna try my hand at the live donkey fests at foxwoods.
Congrats to Aposec for taking it down... Smokee put up a great fight, but was outchipped and had an uphill battle.
Might not make it to the mook - gonna try my hand at the live donkey fests at foxwoods.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
MOOK FT!
Final Tabled the Mookie for once, but spent my short time there fighting back and forth with Bam for short stack honors. I finally managed to get a few chips, but pissed em away shoving over the top of CMitch's raise with A8 sooooooooooted, who totally donkey called me with AK. How dare he call BLAARGH! with that crap hand for not very many of his chips.
BLAARGH not blog in long time due to world domination plans and bingo three nights a week. Will try to post more.
BLAARGH not blog in long time due to world domination plans and bingo three nights a week. Will try to post more.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Stop looking at me, you freak.
3D Turnaround for Blaargh. not sure if I will stay in 3d, or go the 2D route, or even keep this design - still experimenting.... Definitely won't use the shiny look, but it always makes good eye candy... "Test drive the all new 2009 Blaargh, now with rack and pinion steering and extra stiff shift"
MY CRAPTACULAR PLAY AND APOLOGY TO MOOKIE!
From mookie:
Right before the first break I passed up an opportunity to get a big stack. In a limped pot I flopped a flush with T7c on a Kc Qc 6c flop and led out. Another player on a shorter stack jammed and then a big stack shoved over the top. After tanking and momentarily forgetting that I was playing The Mookie, I folded figuring my flush was no good. Seeing the hands of the other two players brought me back to reality, the shorty had 5c 4c for a flush while the big stack had KQ for two pairs. Doh!
I'll out myself on the flush hand mookie talked about... been thinking a bunch about it, as I feel the reasoning I went through in the short amount of time before I had to act was somewhat solid, but the end result was that I shouldn't have been making that move at that time.
My first BIG mistake was limping in with KQss... I should have either raised or folded, and I even thought that to myself as I hit call... I think a decent raise would have definitely folded Mookie, and probably folded shorty, unless he was really in a gambling mood with his 54cc - but I had no idea how weak or strong either of you were - and by limping I didn't find out anyway... dumb move.
I don't have the HH with me, but I believe mookie made a 1/2 - 3/4 pot raise after the KcXcQc flop, then shorty shoved. My feeling was that shorty was weak and trying to pick up a bunch of chips on a scary board. I really had the feeling he was on a draw there and I was willing to gamble on it. If I'm correct, I'm 65% to win, if I'm wrong, I go down to 18%. I didn't know those numbers at the time, I just had to go with the gut on it.
Right before the first break I passed up an opportunity to get a big stack. In a limped pot I flopped a flush with T7c on a Kc Qc 6c flop and led out. Another player on a shorter stack jammed and then a big stack shoved over the top. After tanking and momentarily forgetting that I was playing The Mookie, I folded figuring my flush was no good. Seeing the hands of the other two players brought me back to reality, the shorty had 5c 4c for a flush while the big stack had KQ for two pairs. Doh!
I'll out myself on the flush hand mookie talked about... been thinking a bunch about it, as I feel the reasoning I went through in the short amount of time before I had to act was somewhat solid, but the end result was that I shouldn't have been making that move at that time.
My first BIG mistake was limping in with KQss... I should have either raised or folded, and I even thought that to myself as I hit call... I think a decent raise would have definitely folded Mookie, and probably folded shorty, unless he was really in a gambling mood with his 54cc - but I had no idea how weak or strong either of you were - and by limping I didn't find out anyway... dumb move.
I don't have the HH with me, but I believe mookie made a 1/2 - 3/4 pot raise after the KcXcQc flop, then shorty shoved. My feeling was that shorty was weak and trying to pick up a bunch of chips on a scary board. I really had the feeling he was on a draw there and I was willing to gamble on it. If I'm correct, I'm 65% to win, if I'm wrong, I go down to 18%. I didn't know those numbers at the time, I just had to go with the gut on it.
Mookie was playing pretty tight most of the game, and I put my chances of getting him to fold to a shove pretty high. I think he would have checked the nuts there and wait for one of us to bet out, but instead he made the raise. I'm sure there are times where he would bet out the nuts, but I didn't get the feeling that was the case. I was correct on both guesses, but unfortunately shorty was weak with a made low flush, not a draw... cest la vie....
I came very close to folding, and I def should have, but I thought my evil plan had merit in the 15 seconds I had to think it through and pulled the trigger. Looking back on it, there was NO reason for me to risk those chips that early in the game, particularly since I felt I had a pretty good feeling for the table and was chipping up fairly easily. This is a BIG leak of mine lately, where I'll play good solid poker for a while, then all of a sudden blow up and take unnecessary chances when I don't have to. I bubbled the Brit game on Sunday doing the exact same thing, though my odds were a little better at 50/50, I didn't hit and was out soon after.
The worst part about that hand was I tilted in a major way right afterwards and bombed out right after the break. I still had enough chips to play with, but I made a couple more bone headed plays and that was that.
So.... the long and short of it - sorry I made you fold the best hand Mook.... hope this at least explains that there was some thought behind it, even if it was rather flawed. Trying my best, and love playing the mookie, so thanks for the tourney!
I came very close to folding, and I def should have, but I thought my evil plan had merit in the 15 seconds I had to think it through and pulled the trigger. Looking back on it, there was NO reason for me to risk those chips that early in the game, particularly since I felt I had a pretty good feeling for the table and was chipping up fairly easily. This is a BIG leak of mine lately, where I'll play good solid poker for a while, then all of a sudden blow up and take unnecessary chances when I don't have to. I bubbled the Brit game on Sunday doing the exact same thing, though my odds were a little better at 50/50, I didn't hit and was out soon after.
The worst part about that hand was I tilted in a major way right afterwards and bombed out right after the break. I still had enough chips to play with, but I made a couple more bone headed plays and that was that.
So.... the long and short of it - sorry I made you fold the best hand Mook.... hope this at least explains that there was some thought behind it, even if it was rather flawed. Trying my best, and love playing the mookie, so thanks for the tourney!
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Thursday, January 29, 2009
This isn't fair to waffles....
I do this for a living....
I can only eat about half though. Walkers get stuck in my thorax.
SCREW 2008
Glad 2008 is gone. Tremendously painful end of the year. Seriously. Depressing. Understandably no urge to play poker or post, but Blaargh is back now, ready to tear up the micro limits!
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