"Stylez update your fucking blog."
"At least I update my blog."
"Update your blog and I will suck your man meat."
These are just some of the whingy, whiney (and sometimes arousing) sentiments I hear from members of the Bathurst/Orange poker community EVERY DAY since I arrived back in Bathurst from my sojourn in Newcastle with Phil for the WPPT. So here it is bitches, the reason I haven't been updating is because... I didn't know what ballers were doing back here in the B-Town ghetto. And the answer is... a lot of poker/gangsta related shit. Of course. We're mofucking hats.
So here's some skinny for yas. The homegame scene has been booming in Bathurst at least with APL seemingly shriveling up and dying, being reduced to just one freeroll and one pro series.
NPL is going ok too, but the money is really to be made from the NPL TDs and owners at the home games... with Matty P, Big Ben and me raking a shitload from players like Pat, Novak and Addell(sp) at Mark and Jenny Cowie's place. The bomb shit.
Specially of note as well, was Matty P's blazing hotstreak with a WIN of St. Pats club (knocking out a former WSOP 70th place finisher [70th out of 8773, mind you]) as well as Matty P and me making the final table of the NPL $10 rebuy game at the Kelso, agreeing to a 4-way $200 split when we were down to 4 players. Cha-ching.
So there's your update. If you want more of this gangsta update shit... do it when I'm not busy. I've got poker to play and fish to exploit.
Stylez OUT
PEACE
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Monday, July 2, 2007
WPPT Report
Hey kids, its Stylez here writing from Newcastle, in the middle of the grand week of poker that my mate has dubbed the WPPT -- The Will and Phil Poker Tour.
So far we've played 2 major Wild Turkey games with some less than profitable results. In the $55 Big Freeze event at Souths Juniors Phil busted out in around 50th after his pocket 9s button raise ran into the Big Blind who had awoken to pocket Queens. Finding himself pot committed Phil had to push all in when he was reraised.
Will had a more annoying situation. With around 3 tables left, we arrived straight from the break. In the big blind for 2000, it was folded around to the small blind, an old man who completed the blind. Will found Ace Eight off suit in the big blind and raised an extra 4000 to take the old man's 2000. After thinking for a moment the old man pushed all in in an exasperated manner. Sizing up the situation, Will eliminated any large pocket pair or better Ace from the old man's range of holdings and made the call. The guy flips over Queen Six offsuit a little embarrassed, and people congratulated Will on his call. However, the story always goes bad with the old man spiking a 6 on the turn which held. A little bit disappointing but not the end of the WPPT.
Yesterday started well with Will and Phil being two of the first two people to qualify to the main tournament in a massive shootout at the Newcastle Mayfield Ex-Services, taking down their tables in the first of four heats. However in the main event that night at 6:30pm, Phil busted out early when a calling station called down a pot which Phil bet heavily at with Ace high which held on the river, even on a very draw heavy board of two deuces, a Jack and a straight draw. Will grinded most of the way to the top 40 or so runners but the blinds at 300/600 forced Will all in for around 2400 with King Jack suited of diamonds and ran into the dreaded bullets.
Tonight we're playing a small $10 cashgame at the NPL in Hamilton and tomorrow Phil plays for another WTTOC ticket at the Mayfield Ex-Services again with all the Newcastle regional leaders. Next Saturday sees the Saints Shootout where the lads will again test their mettle against a bunch of Turkey Ticket wannabes. The next day is the Pro Series open where the lads will meet up with Diz Lizzle, Tamin, and Matty P at the Rooty Hill RSL -- its almost a certainty that money will be won.
Check the 5 Hats and Shit blog for more exciting WPPT updates...
Stylez OUT
So far we've played 2 major Wild Turkey games with some less than profitable results. In the $55 Big Freeze event at Souths Juniors Phil busted out in around 50th after his pocket 9s button raise ran into the Big Blind who had awoken to pocket Queens. Finding himself pot committed Phil had to push all in when he was reraised.
Will had a more annoying situation. With around 3 tables left, we arrived straight from the break. In the big blind for 2000, it was folded around to the small blind, an old man who completed the blind. Will found Ace Eight off suit in the big blind and raised an extra 4000 to take the old man's 2000. After thinking for a moment the old man pushed all in in an exasperated manner. Sizing up the situation, Will eliminated any large pocket pair or better Ace from the old man's range of holdings and made the call. The guy flips over Queen Six offsuit a little embarrassed, and people congratulated Will on his call. However, the story always goes bad with the old man spiking a 6 on the turn which held. A little bit disappointing but not the end of the WPPT.
Yesterday started well with Will and Phil being two of the first two people to qualify to the main tournament in a massive shootout at the Newcastle Mayfield Ex-Services, taking down their tables in the first of four heats. However in the main event that night at 6:30pm, Phil busted out early when a calling station called down a pot which Phil bet heavily at with Ace high which held on the river, even on a very draw heavy board of two deuces, a Jack and a straight draw. Will grinded most of the way to the top 40 or so runners but the blinds at 300/600 forced Will all in for around 2400 with King Jack suited of diamonds and ran into the dreaded bullets.
Tonight we're playing a small $10 cashgame at the NPL in Hamilton and tomorrow Phil plays for another WTTOC ticket at the Mayfield Ex-Services again with all the Newcastle regional leaders. Next Saturday sees the Saints Shootout where the lads will again test their mettle against a bunch of Turkey Ticket wannabes. The next day is the Pro Series open where the lads will meet up with Diz Lizzle, Tamin, and Matty P at the Rooty Hill RSL -- its almost a certainty that money will be won.
Check the 5 Hats and Shit blog for more exciting WPPT updates...
Stylez OUT
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Five Hats and Shit = Unstoppable?
Tonight at the NPL the final table was dominated by the two Five Hats ballers Matty P and Stylez. After knocking out pretty much everybody it came down to heads up between Matty and Stylez with Matty taking down the entire match with a well timed call of Stylez' bluff.
Last night at the Golfy as well the Hats rolled into town, notching up a 4th for Diz Lizzle and James "Ace" Mann kicking the opposition in their poker shins to come a balling 2nd.
There's no questioning which is the premier poker team in the region.
Stylez OUT
Last night at the Golfy as well the Hats rolled into town, notching up a 4th for Diz Lizzle and James "Ace" Mann kicking the opposition in their poker shins to come a balling 2nd.
There's no questioning which is the premier poker team in the region.
Stylez OUT
Thursday, June 14, 2007
King Jack of Spades
Hi! I'm the king of spades. I'm one half of the most balling poker hand in the world.
This is my buddy, Jack of spades. Together with my buddy King we fucking STOMP THE SHIT OUT OF ANY HAND that comes across us when Stylez is playing us.
Tonight Diz Lizzle and I drove to Orange to play on the home turf of our two new ballers James "Fuck Yo Ace Up" Mann and Shannon "DJ Wolfendizzle" Hart. (These are their nicknames gangstified.) After busting out in the main game, we decided to play a sit 'n' go for $22 (no ghetto SNGs here).
The game was pretty much decided when I picked up Ks Js in the hole. This (if anyone doesn't know) is my lucky hand, and I haven't had it for months. It was limped around to me, and without fear, knowing I was impervious to being beat, I pushed all in.
The donkey at the table called quickly, then it got to a guy called Mitch, and he took ages before calling and showing As Ts. I wasn't worried, I could have seen AA and laughed so hard the chips would have been blown off the table from the sheer force of my mirth. The noob shows K4os and I'm like "meh, so one of my outs is gone. No biggie."
As expected, the Jack was the first to drop - putting me in a commanding lead. The 4 was next followed by what I was sure was coming -- the King.
"Excellent" said I, as I smoked a pipe and skulled a bottle of Jagermeister like the baller I am.
The beautiful thing about the flop was that the two other guys still had outs -- a 4 dropping would give Nooby Mc Noob a boat and Ace Ten needed a Q for the gutshot.
The turn came a blank giving them a tiny bit of hope, but alas, as I knew it would, the other Jack dropped on the riv for my SEXY boat.
That's how King Jack'o'spades rolls, mofuckers. I ended up winning the sit and go and putting the money towards the local orphanage (by towards it I mean towards the campaign for it to be demolished for a 24-hour poker lounge to be erected in its place.)
Hats carve up the Panthers
Tonight, two of the balling Hats members did the unthinkable, not only making the final table but actually coming FIRST and SECOND on the night. Diz Lizzle and Ace smoked the final table like a chimney with a nicotine problem.
The final hand was Dizzy Lee's raggedy King versus an unthinkably powerful hand -- the PIPES ("the poipes!") J9. Unfortunately James obviously didn't believe in the pipes enough and was beaten for a fucking awesome 2nd place finishing.
The two hats outwitted, outplayed, and outkicked the other finalists to let the region know who the REAL gangsta team is.
Congratulations to the two ballers.
The final hand was Dizzy Lee's raggedy King versus an unthinkably powerful hand -- the PIPES ("the poipes!") J9. Unfortunately James obviously didn't believe in the pipes enough and was beaten for a fucking awesome 2nd place finishing.
The two hats outwitted, outplayed, and outkicked the other finalists to let the region know who the REAL gangsta team is.
Congratulations to the two ballers.
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
It's just not fair.
This is the LAST HAND in a 36 person satellite into a larger satellite into a LARGER satellite that wins a WSOP ticket.
Fuck I hate poker.
Dealer: Hotgmama posts the small blind of 1,500
Dealer: Willskis posts the big blind of 3,000
Dealer: You have been dealt [3h Kc]
Dealer: Hotgmama calls 1,500
Dealer: Willskis checks
Dealer: The flop is [Qs 3c Kh]
Dealer: Willskis checks
Dealer: Hotgmama bets 3,000
Dealer: Willskis raises to 6,000
Dealer: Hotgmama calls 3,000
Dealer: The turn is [8d]
Dealer: Willskis bets 18,000 <-- This, kiddies, is what's called a POT-SIZED BET, enough to give anyone who wishes to call odds of 2:1 -- insufficient odds to call a straight, flush, or trips draw.
Dealer: Hotgmama calls 18,000
Dealer: The river is [Js]
Dealer: Willskis bets 14,640, and is all in
Hotgmama: I have to call
Dealer: Hotgmama has 15 seconds left to act
Dealer: Hotgmama calls 12,360, and is all in
Dealer: Uncalled bet of 2,280 returned to Willskis
Dealer: Willskis shows two pair, Kings and Threes
Dealer: Hotgmama shows a straight, Ace high
Dealer: Hotgmama wins the pot (78,720) with a straight, Ace
high
Fuck I hate poker.
Dealer: Hotgmama posts the small blind of 1,500
Dealer: Willskis posts the big blind of 3,000
Dealer: You have been dealt [3h Kc]
Dealer: Hotgmama calls 1,500
Dealer: Willskis checks
Dealer: The flop is [Qs 3c Kh]
Dealer: Willskis checks
Dealer: Hotgmama bets 3,000
Dealer: Willskis raises to 6,000
Dealer: Hotgmama calls 3,000
Dealer: The turn is [8d]
Dealer: Willskis bets 18,000 <-- This, kiddies, is what's called a POT-SIZED BET, enough to give anyone who wishes to call odds of 2:1 -- insufficient odds to call a straight, flush, or trips draw.
Dealer: Hotgmama calls 18,000
Dealer: The river is [Js]
Dealer: Willskis bets 14,640, and is all in
Hotgmama: I have to call
Dealer: Hotgmama has 15 seconds left to act
Dealer: Hotgmama calls 12,360, and is all in
Dealer: Uncalled bet of 2,280 returned to Willskis
Dealer: Willskis shows two pair, Kings and Threes
Dealer: Hotgmama shows a straight, Ace high
Dealer: Hotgmama wins the pot (78,720) with a straight, Ace
high
Patience, young one
A lot of hot-headed young players (myself included) have a lot of trouble being patient at the table. They want to get into as many pots as possible with each other and tangle with other players hands. Often this will result with people playing marginal hands in unfavourable positions.
Yesterday at Terry's homegame I decided to take it upon myself to be as patient and smart with my chips as I could, and play a squeaky tight game (which goes against my general loose-aggressive image). I'll admit it was made easier by the poor quality of my cards, but I did find myself folding mediocre hands that I might often play aggressively in late such as QTs, JTs, A9s, and pockets below 7. I ended up being simply blinded down about 750 chips after around an hour's play.
However, the thing about patience in tournaments is that after all that is said and done, one hand can ruin everything if you decide you don't "feel" like playing patiently anymore.
After doubling up with a well-timed two-pair with A3os on my BB, I found myself looking at two 4s in the small blind. Terry's son was at the end of the table and raised the pot to 800, which was 600 over the blinds. I decided to make the call out of position because I felt that Terry's son (being a tad new to the game and known for his penchant for chasing straights and flushes) could be outmanoeuvred postflop by a more experienced player such as myself.
The board brought a 2, a 6 and a K. Noting my opponent didn't immediately look at my stack but rather focused on the board, I had put him on either a pair less than Kings or a large Ace such as a Jack or Queen that missed the board.
What happened next made all my patient play come to naught. Thinking that he would call any draw with whatever small amount I would bet, I figured the only way to play him off his hand would be to go all-in, which was 3325 into a pot of roughly 1800. It's a risk I often take when I sense a player is weak or hesitant, a massive overbet of the pot to simply take it there and then because they do not want to be out of the tournament and they cannot take the risk.
So I made the move and after thinking for maybe 20 seconds he made the call with his pocket 7s which were of course good enough to win him the massive pot.
The point I'm trying to make is that the stupid impatient move that I made at this point was enough to knock me out of the tournament and into my car berating myself that I'd made such a retarded move. When you play patient and tight, don't let boredom, frustration, or any kind of goading let you get more involved in a pot than you really should be. I originally called with my 4s thinking that if I made a set I would be able to double up. But after I missed my 4, and the board brought two overcards (one of which I wasn't worried about unless my opponent had 2 of the same in his hand) my original tight plan went out the window and in a moment of recklessness I lost all my chips and was sent to the rail.
Don't be a noob like Stylez, stay cool as a cucumber at the table and watch the pennies roll in.
Anyway, I'm off to play poker with this hot bitch:
Yesterday at Terry's homegame I decided to take it upon myself to be as patient and smart with my chips as I could, and play a squeaky tight game (which goes against my general loose-aggressive image). I'll admit it was made easier by the poor quality of my cards, but I did find myself folding mediocre hands that I might often play aggressively in late such as QTs, JTs, A9s, and pockets below 7. I ended up being simply blinded down about 750 chips after around an hour's play.
However, the thing about patience in tournaments is that after all that is said and done, one hand can ruin everything if you decide you don't "feel" like playing patiently anymore.
After doubling up with a well-timed two-pair with A3os on my BB, I found myself looking at two 4s in the small blind. Terry's son was at the end of the table and raised the pot to 800, which was 600 over the blinds. I decided to make the call out of position because I felt that Terry's son (being a tad new to the game and known for his penchant for chasing straights and flushes) could be outmanoeuvred postflop by a more experienced player such as myself.
The board brought a 2, a 6 and a K. Noting my opponent didn't immediately look at my stack but rather focused on the board, I had put him on either a pair less than Kings or a large Ace such as a Jack or Queen that missed the board.
What happened next made all my patient play come to naught. Thinking that he would call any draw with whatever small amount I would bet, I figured the only way to play him off his hand would be to go all-in, which was 3325 into a pot of roughly 1800. It's a risk I often take when I sense a player is weak or hesitant, a massive overbet of the pot to simply take it there and then because they do not want to be out of the tournament and they cannot take the risk.
So I made the move and after thinking for maybe 20 seconds he made the call with his pocket 7s which were of course good enough to win him the massive pot.
The point I'm trying to make is that the stupid impatient move that I made at this point was enough to knock me out of the tournament and into my car berating myself that I'd made such a retarded move. When you play patient and tight, don't let boredom, frustration, or any kind of goading let you get more involved in a pot than you really should be. I originally called with my 4s thinking that if I made a set I would be able to double up. But after I missed my 4, and the board brought two overcards (one of which I wasn't worried about unless my opponent had 2 of the same in his hand) my original tight plan went out the window and in a moment of recklessness I lost all my chips and was sent to the rail.
Don't be a noob like Stylez, stay cool as a cucumber at the table and watch the pennies roll in.
Anyway, I'm off to play poker with this hot bitch:
STYLEZ OUT
PEACE
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