Ugh, the very first hand of Razz I got myself into trouble with this bloke.
I had [A 10] 2 showing and complete. Bloke with a 4 showing makes the call.
I turn another ace. Fucking pair. I try to represent 34 in the hole or something of that nature. He calls.
He is showing 64. He gets an A on fifth street. I get another fucking ten. Jeez I hate Razz.
I bet when it gets to Stud Hi I won't be able to get two pair for love nor money. Anyway, I get rid of that filth as soon as I can.
I lost another pot just then. I had 8 low for so long, and end up making 8654A. Cockhead makes 85432. On 7th street, of course.
I've juts had split Jacks, wired Ks with an A showing, and three suited royal cards. I hate you, Razz.
Finally I've made back some headway with an 8 low beating a 9 low. Back up to 2500.
My 7 low beats 8 low. I should have raised him on the river but I'm not trusting my Razz luck. I had A23 earlier and got a K on both 4th and 5th. Sick.
Finally some door card luck. I had [A 6] 4. Guy raises me. I turn another A but he has a Q. He checks and I bet. 5th street brings me a 7 and him a 9. Check check. I get a 3 on 6th which is fantastic as I'm showing A 4 7 3 and he has to put me on at least 7-low. I take a pretty good pot.
On to Stud now. Thank Christ.
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Blind round 2 - Omaha Hi-Lo
First 10 minutes I haven't played a hand. Can't see an Ace for the life of me.
BB. I check with 4 limpers. My cards are Ah Qs 8c 2c.
Flop is Kc 6d 4h. SB bets. I call. Late position calls.
Turn is 10c. SB bets. I raise. Late position calls. SB calls.
River is a 7s. SB checks. I bet. Late position calls. SB calls.
SB wins Hi with 6c 5h 4d 6d, a pair of 6s.
I win Lo with 7,6,4,2,A.
A few hands later...
I limp in late with 4488. Flop is 245. Flopped a set, not loving the low cards out there though. It's checked to me and I check. C'mon, board pair.
Turn is an 8. Ok, a better set. Still not loving my hand. All the aces out there are fanging for the Lo and I'm sitting here sweating on a board pair. It's bet to me and I call.
River is a 10. Ok, no board pair. A couple of bets to me and I fold. Hi is taken by the 23456 straight and scoops the low also.
Ad Jd 4s 4c. I limp in, and call a two-bet. Flop is 4h 2c 3c. Flopped a set with the nut low draw. Worried about A5 though.
Turn is 7d. I have a low, only A5 has me beat. A board pair would be good, or a 5.
River is 5h. Not too bad. I figure we must both have wheels and I got lucky. Sure enough, the betting is capped, and we split both pots.
I open limp into the pot in late position with 5s 7c 2h 4c. SB completes and BB checks.
Ah 3s 9s is the flop. I have the nut low draw again. I bet twenty, SB calls, BB folds.
Turn brings a 3rd spade, the Q. I check, SB checks.
River drops 2s. This makes my wheel, and the 4th spade on the board (plus the one in my hand) lowers the chance of a flush. I bet and am called. I show the wheel for hi and lo. It scoops both.
5 minute break. I am on 2871. The chip average is still 3000.
BB. I check with 4 limpers. My cards are Ah Qs 8c 2c.
Flop is Kc 6d 4h. SB bets. I call. Late position calls.
Turn is 10c. SB bets. I raise. Late position calls. SB calls.
River is a 7s. SB checks. I bet. Late position calls. SB calls.
SB wins Hi with 6c 5h 4d 6d, a pair of 6s.
I win Lo with 7,6,4,2,A.
A few hands later...
I limp in late with 4488. Flop is 245. Flopped a set, not loving the low cards out there though. It's checked to me and I check. C'mon, board pair.
Turn is an 8. Ok, a better set. Still not loving my hand. All the aces out there are fanging for the Lo and I'm sitting here sweating on a board pair. It's bet to me and I call.
River is a 10. Ok, no board pair. A couple of bets to me and I fold. Hi is taken by the 23456 straight and scoops the low also.
Ad Jd 4s 4c. I limp in, and call a two-bet. Flop is 4h 2c 3c. Flopped a set with the nut low draw. Worried about A5 though.
Turn is 7d. I have a low, only A5 has me beat. A board pair would be good, or a 5.
River is 5h. Not too bad. I figure we must both have wheels and I got lucky. Sure enough, the betting is capped, and we split both pots.
I open limp into the pot in late position with 5s 7c 2h 4c. SB completes and BB checks.
Ah 3s 9s is the flop. I have the nut low draw again. I bet twenty, SB calls, BB folds.
Turn brings a 3rd spade, the Q. I check, SB checks.
River drops 2s. This makes my wheel, and the 4th spade on the board (plus the one in my hand) lowers the chance of a flush. I bet and am called. I show the wheel for hi and lo. It scoops both.
5 minute break. I am on 2871. The chip average is still 3000.
Blind round 1 - Limit Hold'em
I decide I want to play tight in this blind structure, mainly because Hold'em is such a marginal game and I don't want to be risking my chips in pots early. Nevertheless, the guy at my table is blatantly stealing blinds from all the Sitting Out players who are late, so I decide to start reraising with a wider range of hands.
My hole cards: Ad Kd
Cutoff (thief) raises. I three bet. He calls.
Flop is A J 4. He bets. I raise. He calls.
Turn is J. He bets. I call.
River is 10. He bets. I call.
He shows KQ. Motherfucker rivered the straight on me. I was so worried about trip Jacks. Anyway, next time.
Next time he tries to raise me. I have 77. He calls my three-bet.
Flop is 6 9 9. He checks. I bet. He calls.
Turn is 8. He checks. I bet. He raises, I call.
Turn is a 9. He checks. I check. He shows A8 for the turned pair. GODDAMN THIS GUY.
Those are the two main hands I played in hold'em, and I've moved tables for the Omaha Hi-Lo 2nd blind structure, away from this douche. Thank god.
My hole cards: Ad Kd
Cutoff (thief) raises. I three bet. He calls.
Flop is A J 4. He bets. I raise. He calls.
Turn is J. He bets. I call.
River is 10. He bets. I call.
He shows KQ. Motherfucker rivered the straight on me. I was so worried about trip Jacks. Anyway, next time.
Next time he tries to raise me. I have 77. He calls my three-bet.
Flop is 6 9 9. He checks. I bet. He calls.
Turn is 8. He checks. I bet. He raises, I call.
Turn is a 9. He checks. I check. He shows A8 for the turned pair. GODDAMN THIS GUY.
Those are the two main hands I played in hold'em, and I've moved tables for the Omaha Hi-Lo 2nd blind structure, away from this douche. Thank god.
HORSEing about...
So I'm in the tourney now, still in the first blind structure, after every blind structure I'll detail interesting hands I've been involved in and how they resulted. I'm feeling confident, after playing in Orange yesterday and winning the $10 rebuy and $350 first place. BULLDOZER!
Saturday, September 22, 2007
WCOOP Event #12 -- HORSE
Tomorrow I'll be playing the $200+15 HORSE event in the World Championships of Online Poker on Pokerstars. Wish me luck! If you want to follow my progress on the site, my username is Willskis and the tournament will be starting at 4am NSW time on Sunday, September 23.
PokerStars Tournament #61149674, HORSE
Super Satellite
Buy-In: $20.00/$2.00
80 players
Total Prize Pool: $1600.00
Target Tournament #70000012 Buy-In: $215.00
7 tickets to the target tournament
Tournament started - 2007/09/21 - 10:08:00 (ET)
Dear Willskis,
You finished the tournament in 1st place.
You qualified to play in Tournament #70000012 and are automatically registered for it.
See Tournament #70000012 Lobby for further details.
PokerStars Tournament #61149674, HORSE
Super Satellite
Buy-In: $20.00/$2.00
80 players
Total Prize Pool: $1600.00
Target Tournament #70000012 Buy-In: $215.00
7 tickets to the target tournament
Tournament started - 2007/09/21 - 10:08:00 (ET)
Dear Willskis,
You finished the tournament in 1st place.
You qualified to play in Tournament #70000012 and are automatically registered for it.
See Tournament #70000012 Lobby for further details.
Friday, September 21, 2007
Results and shit.
I guess amidst all the talking of Donkeys and such, I've forgotten to let all you out there in the land of Internet know how well the Hats have been doing on the local poker scene. Here's the skinny.
BENNY: Cashgaming it at the home games with the best of the ballers. Though self proclaimed "terrible" at Blind Man's Bluff, takes chips from others like it's going out of fashion. When he's not running tournaments, he's winning them. Notable results of late:
Lithgow $10 freezeout, Commercial Hotel - 1st
Orange $10 rebuys w/ addon, Aaron Hotel - 5th
DIZ LIZ: Another cashgame monster, Diz has also done well of late, taking down numerous cash prizes in the tourneys around town, winning the St. Pats club this week and placing in the top 3 at the $10 rebuy at the Kelso Hotel.
RABS: Though he's been quiet on the poker scene of late, when he does play, he plays good. Last time he played at the $10 rebuy at the Aaron, out of 41 runners with over $1000 in rebuys and addons, he placed 2nd.
SARAH+MATT: Sarah and Matty have recently been to Crown whilst in Melbourne, but when playing in the Central West, they always consistently place, making final tables in nearly every tourney they enter.
And as for moi, despite some depressing beats at the donkalicious tables of Star City, I'm back on the horse, placing 5th at the Kelso rebuy last week and splitting the pot for 1st and 2nd at the Wednesday Ox event. You'll see me in the seedy underbelly of the homegame poker scene as usual... grinding it out at the low stakes, building my next bankroll up for the next Star City visit ... which'll probably be donked off later.
Fellow hats, if I've missed any of your spectacular placings, just post a comment and let anyone reading know exactly how gangsta it was.
BENNY: Cashgaming it at the home games with the best of the ballers. Though self proclaimed "terrible" at Blind Man's Bluff, takes chips from others like it's going out of fashion. When he's not running tournaments, he's winning them. Notable results of late:
Lithgow $10 freezeout, Commercial Hotel - 1st
Orange $10 rebuys w/ addon, Aaron Hotel - 5th
DIZ LIZ: Another cashgame monster, Diz has also done well of late, taking down numerous cash prizes in the tourneys around town, winning the St. Pats club this week and placing in the top 3 at the $10 rebuy at the Kelso Hotel.
RABS: Though he's been quiet on the poker scene of late, when he does play, he plays good. Last time he played at the $10 rebuy at the Aaron, out of 41 runners with over $1000 in rebuys and addons, he placed 2nd.
SARAH+MATT: Sarah and Matty have recently been to Crown whilst in Melbourne, but when playing in the Central West, they always consistently place, making final tables in nearly every tourney they enter.
And as for moi, despite some depressing beats at the donkalicious tables of Star City, I'm back on the horse, placing 5th at the Kelso rebuy last week and splitting the pot for 1st and 2nd at the Wednesday Ox event. You'll see me in the seedy underbelly of the homegame poker scene as usual... grinding it out at the low stakes, building my next bankroll up for the next Star City visit ... which'll probably be donked off later.
Fellow hats, if I've missed any of your spectacular placings, just post a comment and let anyone reading know exactly how gangsta it was.
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Bathurst's BIGGEST DONKEY!
It seems to be a trend with other local blog sites to big themselves and their teams up by reporting EXACTLY to you, the blog-reading public, who the biggest donkeys in the region are. They'll tell you what they play, who they are, why they're so bad, and how often they win by luck.
Not to be outdone, the FIVE HATS AND SHIT crew decided to scour the region looking for who, indeed, is the region's BIGGEST donkey.
Our results were conclusive. We found the worst poker player in Bathurst, nay, the world. His name is Sven, and he lives right outside of town on a little farm. He doesn't do much except play poker all day, yet he's still SUCH a donkey. He calls with any ace or pocket pair, even when we KNOW our bluffs should be knocking him senseless. Ostensibly, he shouldn't be able to match the extremely gangsta skills of the HATS.
But Sven is no ordinary bad player. He just calls our bluffs, sometimes holding nothing but Ace high! I mean, what is that? He cleaned up all our shit by calling when he should have folded, and getting lucky with crappy cards! WHAT A DONKEY.
Sven challenged all our crew to a game of heads up, and we just laughed so hard the region was swallowed up by an intense gale force wind. But he persisted, so Sven ended up taking all of us on.
One by one we dropped out to his donkey calls! He just accumulated chip after chip! He called our bluffs and got lucky on his bad calls! What a donkey! There was no way to beat this damned donkey, even though we knew we were far superior in poker skill to him.
After 20 minutes of donkaments, he took the last chip from me. He had beaten the hats using nothing but donk poker skills.
Ah Sven, you truly are Bathurst's biggest DONKEY!
Here's a pic of Sven, smiling like a DONK after his stupid win.
Not to be outdone, the FIVE HATS AND SHIT crew decided to scour the region looking for who, indeed, is the region's BIGGEST donkey.
Our results were conclusive. We found the worst poker player in Bathurst, nay, the world. His name is Sven, and he lives right outside of town on a little farm. He doesn't do much except play poker all day, yet he's still SUCH a donkey. He calls with any ace or pocket pair, even when we KNOW our bluffs should be knocking him senseless. Ostensibly, he shouldn't be able to match the extremely gangsta skills of the HATS.
But Sven is no ordinary bad player. He just calls our bluffs, sometimes holding nothing but Ace high! I mean, what is that? He cleaned up all our shit by calling when he should have folded, and getting lucky with crappy cards! WHAT A DONKEY.
Sven challenged all our crew to a game of heads up, and we just laughed so hard the region was swallowed up by an intense gale force wind. But he persisted, so Sven ended up taking all of us on.
One by one we dropped out to his donkey calls! He just accumulated chip after chip! He called our bluffs and got lucky on his bad calls! What a donkey! There was no way to beat this damned donkey, even though we knew we were far superior in poker skill to him.
After 20 minutes of donkaments, he took the last chip from me. He had beaten the hats using nothing but donk poker skills.
Ah Sven, you truly are Bathurst's biggest DONKEY!
Here's a pic of Sven, smiling like a DONK after his stupid win.
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