DRUNK POST

Heres the hats, as we ball. drunk. and fucking sweet. Me and shannon drrank a bottle of midoriand a bottle of blue smirnoff vodka. in an hour. shannon hart and matty p drank a dickload of alcohol. because tonight is st pats night in bathrust.not poker. even though we ball at poker, we kick ass at drinking and fucking sluts. thats how we ball, this is how we do. respect us.

Another heater, almost an 8k one!

I just had another good run on stars. I do love these. Started off simple:

PokerStars Tournament #80374360, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $11.00/$1.00
180 players
Total Prize Pool: $1980.00
Tournament started - 2008/03/10 - 09:51:59 (ET)

Dear Willskis,

You finished the tournament in 4th place.
A $158.40 award has been credited to your Real Money account.

You earned 137.60 tournament leader points in this tournament.
For information about our tournament leader board, see our web site at
http://www.pokerstars.com/poker/tournaments/leader-board/


Congratulations!
Thank you for participating.

Then I saw my other tourney coming up, the one I've done well in in the past.
One could say I did well in it again. :D

PokerStars Tournament #80124545, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $40.00/$4.00
150 players
Total Prize Pool: $6000.00
Tournament started - 2008/03/10 - 11:15:00 (ET)

Dear Willskis,

You finished the tournament in 1st place.
A $1,650.00 award has been credited to your Real Money account.

You earned 319.02 tournament leader points in this tournament.
For information about our tournament leader board, see our web site at
http://www.pokerstars.com/poker/tournaments/leader-board/


Congratulations!
Thank you for participating.


This whole time I was also in an $8.80 rebuy game. I was doing ok until I started doing VERY well with 50 players left out of 2000.

PokerStars Game #15881086918: Tournament #80160276, $8.00+$0.80 Hold'em
No Limit - Level XVI (2000/4000) - 2008/03/10 - 14:07:55 (ET)
Table '80160276 83' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: psl86 (110582 in chips)
Seat 2: deuces3742 (84689 in chips)
Seat 3: Willskis (103011 in chips)
Seat 4: zVxUmW (5588 in chips)
Seat 5: bittarsolar (86819 in chips)
Seat 6: damu88 (169314 in chips)
Seat 8: narbet (181313 in chips)
Seat 9: F0RTUNE500 (118578 in chips)
psl86: posts the ante 400
deuces3742: posts the ante 400
Willskis: posts the ante 400
zVxUmW: posts the ante 400
bittarsolar: posts the ante 400
damu88: posts the ante 400
narbet: posts the ante 400
F0RTUNE500: posts the ante 400
F0RTUNE500: posts small blind 2000
psl86: posts big blind 4000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Willskis [Kd Ks]
deuces3742: folds
Willskis: raises 6000 to 10000
zVxUmW: calls 5188 and is all-in
Mórenito is connected
bittarsolar: folds
damu88: calls 10000
narbet: folds
F0RTUNE500: folds
psl86: folds
*** FLOP *** [7d 7s 3h]
Willskis: bets 16000
damu88: raises 24000 to 40000
Willskis: raises 52611 to 92611 and is all-in
damu88: calls 52611
*** TURN *** [7d 7s 3h] [Kc]
*** RIVER *** [7d 7s 3h Kc] [8d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Willskis: shows [Kd Ks] (a full house, Kings full of Sevens)
damu88: shows [Tc Th] (two pair, Tens and Sevens)
Willskis collected 194846 from side pot
zVxUmW: shows [5c 5h] (two pair, Sevens and Fives)
Willskis collected 24764 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 219610 Main pot 24764. Side pot 194846. | Rake 0
Board [7d 7s 3h Kc 8d]
Seat 1: psl86 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: deuces3742 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Willskis showed [Kd Ks] and won (219610) with a full house, Kings full of Sevens
Seat 4: zVxUmW showed [5c 5h] and lost with two pair, Sevens and Fives
Seat 5: bittarsolar folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: damu88 showed [Tc Th] and lost with two pair, Tens and Sevens
Seat 8: narbet (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: F0RTUNE500 (small blind) folded before Flop

That put me at chipleader, and THIS pot further cemented that.

PokerStars Game #15881293133: Tournament #80160276, $8.00+$0.80 Hold'em
No Limit - Level XVI (2000/4000) - 2008/03/10 - 14:17:26 (ET)
Table '80160276 83' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: psl86 (72582 in chips)
Seat 2: deuces3742 (101089 in chips)
Seat 3: Willskis (270810 in chips)
Seat 4: shibashi (144090 in chips)
Seat 5: bittarsolar (114322 in chips)
Seat 7: Mórenito (163714 in chips)
Seat 8: narbet (191713 in chips)
Seat 9: F0RTUNE500 (104578 in chips)
psl86: posts the ante 400
deuces3742: posts the ante 400
Willskis: posts the ante 400
shibashi: posts the ante 400
bittarsolar: posts the ante 400
Mórenito: posts the ante 400
narbet: posts the ante 400
F0RTUNE500: posts the ante 400
narbet: posts small blind 2000
F0RTUNE500: posts big blind 4000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Willskis [Js Qs]
F0RTUNE500 said, "wow u dodged a ton of outs"
psl86: folds
deuces3742: folds
Willskis: raises 6000 to 10000
shibashi: folds
bittarsolar: folds
Mórenito: folds
narbet: calls 8000
F0RTUNE500: folds
*** FLOP *** [Kh Ts Ac]
narbet: checks
Willskis: bets 12000
narbet: calls 12000
*** TURN *** [Kh Ts Ac] [7s]
narbet: checks
Willskis: bets 20000
narbet: calls 20000
*** RIVER *** [Kh Ts Ac 7s] [6s]
narbet: bets 12000
Willskis: raises 40000 to 52000
narbet: calls 40000
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Willskis: shows [Js Qs] (a flush, Queen high)
narbet: mucks hand
Willskis collected 195200 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 195200 | Rake 0
Board [Kh Ts Ac 7s 6s]
Seat 1: psl86 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: deuces3742 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Willskis showed [Js Qs] and won (195200) with a flush, Queen high
Seat 4: shibashi folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: bittarsolar folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Mórenito (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: narbet (small blind) mucked [3h Ah]
Seat 9: F0RTUNE500 (big blind) folded before Flop

I would have been overwhelming chipleader with over 700k before I got sucked out in this pot:

PokerStars Game #15881741983: Tournament #80160276, $8.00+$0.80 Hold'em
No Limit - Level XVII (2500/5000) - 2008/03/10 - 14:38:39 (ET)
Table '80160276 83' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: psl86 (194209 in chips)
Seat 2: deuces3742 (139889 in chips)
Seat 3: Willskis (433031 in chips)
Seat 4: shibashi (113390 in chips)
Seat 5: bittarsolar (100622 in chips)
Seat 6: 494H (186122 in chips)
Seat 7: Mórenito (54494 in chips)
Seat 9: F0RTUNE500 (57098 in chips)
psl86: posts the ante 500
deuces3742: posts the ante 500
Willskis: posts the ante 500
shibashi: posts the ante 500
bittarsolar: posts the ante 500
494H: posts the ante 500
Mórenito: posts the ante 500
F0RTUNE500: posts the ante 500
Willskis: posts small blind 2500
shibashi: posts big blind 5000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Willskis [9d 8d]
bittarsolar: folds
494H: folds
Mórenito: folds
F0RTUNE500: folds
psl86: raises 8333 to 13333
deuces3742: folds
Willskis: calls 10833
shibashi: folds
*** FLOP *** [3s 8c 4c]
Willskis: bets 20000
psl86: calls 20000
*** TURN *** [3s 8c 4c] [3h]
Willskis: bets 65000
psl86: raises 95376 to 160376 and is all-in
Willskis: calls 95376
*** RIVER *** [3s 8c 4c 3h] [Ac]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Willskis: shows [9d 8d] (two pair, Eights and Threes)
psl86: shows [As 6c] (two pair, Aces and Threes)
psl86 collected 396418 from pot
F0RTUNE500 said, "ouch"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 396418 | Rake 0
Board [3s 8c 4c 3h Ac]
Seat 1: psl86 showed [As 6c] and won (396418) with two pair, Aces and Threes
Seat 2: deuces3742 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Willskis (small blind) showed [9d 8d] and lost with two pair, Eights and Threes
Seat 4: shibashi (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: bittarsolar folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: 494H folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Mórenito folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: F0RTUNE500 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

No great call goes unpunished as usual I guess. :p

I kept grinding for a while but I eventually busted out 17th at 5k/10k blinds for $179.
Not bad for $16 investment, but its still no $5600.

What a night.

I woke up at 1am after napping at 8pm after working in Orange at NPL.

I played a 12 180-man SNG from my bed while listening to music, lol. I came like 30th, meh.

Then I decided to actually get out of bed, and I just signed up to like 7 different SNGs, from a 1 table $3.40 turbo to another $12 turbo SNG. I was playing around 8 tables at once. I also signed up to the $44 6-max NL game that I won about a month ago. Here's a few notable results.


PokerStars Tournament #76881845, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $15.00/$1.00
9 players
Total Prize Pool: $135.00
Tournament started - 2008/02/09 - 11:00:45 (ET)

Dear Willskis,

You finished the tournament in 1st place.
A $67.50 award has been credited to your Real Money account.


Congratulations!
Thank you for participating.

PokerStars Tournament #76881868, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $6.00/$0.50
18 players
Total Prize Pool: $108.00
Tournament started - 2008/02/09 - 11:00:47 (ET)

Dear Willskis,

You finished the tournament in 1st place.
A $43.20 award has been credited to your Real Money account.


Congratulations!
Thank you for participating.

PokerStars Tournament #76881932, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $6.00/$0.50
45 players
Total Prize Pool: $270.00
Tournament started - 2008/02/09 - 11:02:55 (ET)

Dear Willskis,

You finished the tournament in 3rd place.
A $42.00 award has been credited to your Real Money account.


Congratulations!
Thank you for participating.


Thats when things started to get good. While I was playing my $44 6-max game, I jumped in to more $12 180-man SNG's.

PokerStars Tournament #76889046, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $11.00/$1.00
180 players
Total Prize Pool: $1980.00
Tournament started - 2008/02/09 - 12:21:58 (ET)

Dear Willskis,

You finished the tournament in 1st place.
A $594.00 award has been credited to your Real Money account.

You earned 275.19 tournament leader points in this tournament.
For information about our tournament leader board, see our web site at
http://www.pokerstars.com/poker/tournaments/leader-board/


Congratulations!
Thank you for participating.



But wait, there's MORE!

I kept grinding and grinding and grinding my 6-max tables, and before I knew it, final table!

I took the chiplead early but when we were down to 4handed the stacks were something like 90k, 85k, 80k and 5k. So I proposed (rather untactfully for the shortstack) a 3-way chop.

We knocked him out and the idea took hold, so we chopped for $1232 each, more than 2nd place money.

Hello Willskis,

Congratulations on your finish in tournament #76741348!
You agreed to a deal at the final table to adjust the payouts as follows:

Official New
Player Payout Payout
========= ======== ======
juventus777 #1 $ 1815.00 $ 1232.00
Willskis #2 $ 1138.50 $ 1232.00
hurley711 #3 $ 742.50 $ 1232.00

When the tournament ended, you were automatically credited with
the official 2nd place payout of $1138.50.

The difference between this amount and the amount to which you agreed
in the deal is $93.50, and this amount has been credited to your account.
You will find this transaction in the cashier history at this time.

Good luck in your next event, and thank you for your participation.

Best Regards,

PokerStars Support Team



And here I was thinking I was on an online downswing.

Impressed yet?

PokerStars Tournament #73423001, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $40.00/$4.00
145 players
Total Prize Pool: $5800.00
Tournament started - 2008/01/17 - 11:15:00 (ET)

Dear Willskis,

You finished the tournament in 1st place.
A $1,595.00 award has been credited to your Real Money account.

You earned 313.66 tournament leader points in this tournament.
For information about our tournament leader board, see our web site at
http://www.pokerstars.com/poker/tournaments/leader-board/


Congratulations!
Thank you for participating.

Styles Smashes Lightning Poker

I popped in at Star on my way home from Newcastle and I went up to register for 80NL as I had a bit of spare cash. I saw on the side there was a lineup for "Lightning Poker" the PokerPro style electronic card tables. I'd played on it before with Matty when it was just a free trial (and we'd already lost our real buy-in to the 80NL donks).

Anyway, putting my username in as Willskis (duh) I sat down with two random guys who were keen to play. They seemed nice enough and we played for very small pots early on. Then I got on the SB and flat called, 3 to the flop. The flop was rainbow. beautiful. I bet out around 1/2 pot, get called. Turn is . I check and the guy bets 17 dollars. I raise to 37 and he immediately shoves. Instacall by me and he goes "do you have a seven" pressing the "show cards" button and showing . I'm like "I have a seven and a pair of jacks, is that good?" (gotta love the donk image) and he starts swearing and going off. So like four hands in I have around $155 in my account.

Heres a couple of golden hands.

I limp at a very soft 6-handed table with . The flop is one that I love, . I have overcards, flushdraw, and gutshot. I bet, this guy raises all in and I pretty much instant call. The turn is a blank but the river is a . He shows a lower flush draw with a 5 () and says "I had you till you rivered me". LOL. Owned.

But here is the hand of the night. This hand is something you'd see in some big budget Hollywood movie. We're around 1.5 hours in. 6-handed. It's limped to me on the button. I raise to $10 with . 4 callers. The flop is.... wait for it... . Yes, you are right. I flopped a straight flush. They check to me and I shove. (JOKES) I check behind obviously. The turn is so hot that I want to have sex with it. putting two Aces on the board. Checked to the guy on the cutoff, and he bets $25. I instacall, hoping they will put me on a draw. Unluckily, I get no other customers. When I see the river, I want to cheat on the turn and have a meaningful relationship with the river. It is the . That's right shoppers, I hold on a board of . The best part is, the guy overbets $83 into the pot. I obviously put him all in and he calls, tabling ! I swear I am not making this up. God I love running good.

So I left Star city with $420 profit after 2.5 hours work. That's how the HATS ball.

The epidemic of the "Sick Call"

I've noticed an increasingly large amount of Texas Hold'em players, whether it be live or online, calling on the river with _extremely_ marginal hands when pressed. Examples of pros doing this include Kenny Tran calling with simply top pair on a 4-flush board and Raymond Rahme making a giant river bet call with simply 88 on a board of overcards.

My roommate Tamim is also prone to doing this, and sometimes he makes amazing calls (like the call of my all in river bet on a heavy board with just AQ high when I had 23os bluffing the river) but it also leads to him being very susceptible to value bets.

I personally don't like the sick call, and I never, ever, ever call down without at least a pair, even in Hold'em, when so few people have an actual real hand. I find myself physically unable to call with a high card, even when I'm exceedingly pot committed.

An example of when I should have made a sick call was a few months back when I had Q9 at a $20 homegame 30c/60c at Mark and Jen's house. I got involved with a rather largish pot with Jarron and local donk Teddy.

I was BB and the game was 4 handed. Jarron raised UTG to $3 and Teddy called and I called in the BB. The flop came J84. I checked. Jarron bet $6, Teddy (as usual) called. I check-raised to $16, figuring neither had a very strong hand. Jarron looks mutinous, but because he has Teddy to act behind him he lays his hand down.

Teddy calls my $10 raise, and we go to the turn. It is an ace, and against any player who actually THINKS, it would be a great card to make a nice bluff on, if I had, say, check raised on a hand like AJ, AQ or AK. So it's me first and I bet $30. Teddy thinks for a moment and calls, leaving himself with maybe $15. I have around $20 left, and am panicking.

The river completely bricks, a deuce, and Teddy thinks for a moment, and exclaims, in that familiar Asian accent, "I'm aww in."

What can I do here? I'm attrociously pot committed. Even if I don't think Teddy has much of a hand, which I don't, I physically can't call with Q high here. I know what you're saying, "Styles, you got yourself into this situation, you made your bed..." etc. etc. But really, Getting the odds I was getting (roughtly 4-5:1), I only had to beat a bluff one in every 5 times for a call to be worth it. But I was sure Teddy HAD to have Q high beat, even a player as crazy as Teddy couldnt be still in this pot without a little piece.

So I didnt make my sick call. I let Teddy take the pot, at which point Jarron stands up swearing. I felt bad because I had represented such strength in the hand, but I had made a good play against Jarron, but a horribly donkish one against the complete calling station, Teddy.

Teddy, rolls over 9Tos by the way, for Ten high and a busted straight draw. Most uncool.

Anyway, I'm probably getting off my point. What do you think about this rush of people calling with very marginal hands? I think it has happened because people have gotten so good at Texas Holdem, realised you can win so much with pure aggression, that the standards of a river call are so much lower, because people are "playing the man" more than the cards now.

What do you guys think? Leave some comment love.

Styles

Can he be stopped?

God I rule. Just jumped in a $11+1 180-man SNG on Stars, and well...

You can see for yourself. ;)