General poker discussion thread

**yisman** · 05-09-12, 06:34 PM

final hand:

dealt QQ, I all-in (about 3x bb). Called by KQ off.

K on flop.

Finish 28th

another in the 20s

**yisman** · 05-10-12, 08:44 PM

25th today, hit straight on river, lost to higher straight.

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25/39
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**RudyRuetigger** · 05-10-12, 10:13 PM

Originally posted by RudyRuetigger

finally played after about 2 weeks off. what a waste of time

i bet the overall winner would have made more working at mcdonalds than playing these all year

but yea this post was poorly worded. for those that are at the computer anyway its not a waste of time. i meant specifically for me. sorry if i offended anyone.

**yisman** · 05-10-12, 10:15 PM

No one's upset.

**thetrinity** · 05-11-12, 09:26 AM

its fine rudy, i wouldnt be playing this if it didnt fit into my normal poker routine anyways.

**yisman** · 05-11-12, 02:49 PM

26th

AJ hearts, called an all-in. mcpicks had K10 spades. I was hoping the one after me wouldn't call, but he did with A4 spades.

Lost of course.

Dealer: yisman shows high card ace.
Dealer: yisman shows high card ace.
Dealer: muldoon shows high card ace.
Dealer: muldoon shows high card ace.
Dealer: mcpicks shows a pair of kings.
Dealer: mcpicks shows a pair of kings.
Dealer: yisman shows two pairs, kings and jacks.
Dealer: yisman shows two pairs, kings and jacks.
Dealer: muldoon shows a pair of kings.
Dealer: muldoon shows a pair of kings.
Dealer: mcpicks shows three of a kind, kings.
Dealer: mcpicks shows three of a kind, kings.
Dealer: mcpicks wins 3,106 from the main pot with three of a kind, kings.
Dealer: mcpicks wins 1,106 from side pot #1 with three of a kind, kings.
Dealer: mcpicks wins 95 from side pot #2 with three of a kind, kings.

**Optional** · 05-11-12, 04:22 PM

Originally posted by RudyRuetigger

but yea this post was poorly worded. for those that are at the computer anyway its not a waste of time. i meant specifically for me. sorry if i offended anyone.

Are you thinking the lower first prize means you will win less per cash Rudy? Or are you suggesting they last too long now to be worth it?

3030 took me 16 cashes in the world cup. 3030 took me 18 cashes in this one. Just out of interest.

I do think they go too long now. I'm losing a bit of interest in trying too hard due to it taking near 2 hours for a top 3 finish.

**yisman** · 05-13-12, 04:11 PM

huesbch shoving with Q10 hearts, he bet 5x bb preflop, I had AA, merely called, got another caller. Flop came 10J low card, I bet big, he called. He caught another 10.

way it's been going every tournament

**yisman** · 05-13-12, 04:20 PM

Dealt A6, flop two pair, I all in on the turn, haxior calls. He has AQ, so just a pair of aces. River comes a king, counterfeiting my pair and giving him two pair with the Queen kicker, so I lost the hand with 3 pair. Once again, sucked out on badly.

**yisman** · 05-13-12, 04:33 PM

A8 vs. A3, end up winning less chips than playersonly somehow. Gave him more with the chop pot. Sucked out there.

Then I have A4, A on flop, all in, playersonly calls with straight draw (with 89!), and it hits on turn.

Every hand I played I got sucked out on. Every single one.

**yisman** · 05-14-12, 09:12 AM

The beat goes in the 10 AM. Dealt AA, bet preflop, one caller. I keep betting, mikemca keeps calling (with two overs on the flop plus two spades). Finally catches a straight on the river with 99.

**Hurls** · 05-14-12, 05:31 PM

yisman your box is full if you read this

**stefan084** · 05-14-12, 06:54 PM

I'm jumping on here now---too many straight bad beats--I know its just fun w/ pts etc. but it gets annoying when you get 3 outed on the river more often than not. Also there is always someone calling w/ Q-6 off and catching a straight. Every tournament there is someone that is hitting rivers and calling down raises that most everyone that has played for a while knows has no business playing poker doubling up 4 or 5 consecutive times when they should have been out on their first Q-6 all in call. This person will now be known as the daily tournament hero who the RNG decides is indestructible no matter how unable to comprehend statistics,pot odds,basic math,etc they are--ok my rant is done

**yisman** · 05-16-12, 10:29 PM

25/50 blinds, dealt AA as small blind

someone all ins with 980, I call. Two callers behind me, including Augustus. Flop 3QK offsuit. I bet 1,050, other caller folds.

AA loses to QK. Just no luck in these tournaments. AA keeps losing.

then I call an all-in with A7 off. Jrod had K6 off. Split pot

bubbled again in 23rd

**yisman** · 05-17-12, 01:11 PM

I sit down at free falling. On my 6th hand or so, I'm dealt AA. deadphish all-ins preflop. I call. He has 99. 9 on flop.

Every single time I've gotten AA lately, I've lost.

**yisman** · 05-17-12, 08:54 PM

more bad luck with top hands

KK runs into jeffdane's AA, and splits with bachgduong's crap unpaired hand he was shoving with

had over 6k chips but lost over 2k on that I believe, so no final table I don't think

**yisman** · 05-17-12, 09:12 PM

a8 called treece's allin. he had KJ

I hit A8, two pair, he hits flush on river, basically knocks me out (have under 100 chips)

**BiTeMe UsAdOj** · 05-17-12, 11:43 PM

Hang in there, yis... it'll turn for ya.

**yisman** · 05-18-12, 09:59 AM

Would've cashed today had I folded AA, which never wins. Can't remember the last time it's won for me. The recent posts have had all my recent AAs, all of which lost.

10 AM tourney, blinds 150/300, I have over 1,200 IIRC, I all in with AA. wtt calls with 10s, and while the flop was clean, the turn had a 10, and I saw it coming all the way. He wins, I'm left with hardly any chips, but if I win the next hand, maybe I won't be bubbled. A9. wikkidinsane raises with K8, and everyone else folds, putting us heads up, and he naturally wins, so I finish 21st with the classic bubble, thanks to back to back superior hands losing.

Dealer: wtt0315 shows a pair of tens.
Dealer: wtt0315 shows a pair of tens.
Dealer: yisman shows a pair of aces.
Dealer: yisman shows a pair of aces.
Dealer: wtt0315 shows three of a kind, tens.
Dealer: wtt0315 shows three of a kind, tens.
Dealer: yisman shows a pair of aces.
Dealer: yisman shows a pair of aces.
Dealer: wtt0315 wins 3,094 from the main pot with three of a kind, tens.
Dealer: yisman wins 15 from side pot #1 with a pair of aces.
Dealer: wikkidinsane shows high card king.
Dealer: wikkidinsane shows high card king.
Dealer: yisman shows high card ace.
Dealer: yisman shows high card ace.
Dealer: wikkidinsane shows three of a kind, kings.
Dealer: wikkidinsane shows three of a kind, kings.
Dealer: yisman shows a pair of kings.
Dealer: yisman shows a pair of kings.
Dealer: wikkidinsane wins 120 from the main pot with three of a kind, kings.
Dealer: wikkidinsane wins 1,120 from side pot #1 with three of a kind, kings.
Dealer: SlickRick1382 has been re-seated to table 28894.
Dealer: cabo has been re-seated to table 28897.
Dealer: frumusiica has been re-seated to table 28897.
Dealer: wtt0315 has been re-seated to table 28894.
Dealer: Stefan has been re-seated to table 28897.
Dealer: wikkidinsane has been re-seated to table 28897.
Dealer: eSTOXX has been re-seated to table 28894.
Dealer: cabo has left the table.
Dealer: frumusiica has left the table.
Dealer: wtt0315 has left the table.
Dealer: Stefan has left the table.
Dealer: wikkidinsane has left the table.
Dealer: eSTOXX has left the table.
Dealer: SlickRick1382 has left the table.
Dealer: Table is closed.

A minute later, it's down to 19 (musiica out), so I could've hung on had I just won the last hand I think.

21/41
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**frogsrangers** · 05-18-12, 12:06 PM

Not going to complain about 9th place but of course I would be eliminated at the final table with K5 suited going all in with that against someone who called me with 7 5 off suit.

**Jeffie** · 05-18-12, 02:33 PM

i cashed in my first 7 tourneys nothing better then 14th literally got rivered to lose in all 7. My hands have finally been holding tho so hang in there Yisman your luck will change

**huesbch** · 05-18-12, 09:33 PM

Yisman....too much bad data stored in your brain. Reformat and start fresh Monday.

**yisman** · 05-20-12, 05:59 PM

Originally posted by huesbch

Yisman....too much bad data stored in your brain. Reformat and start fresh Monday.

man you got some serious luck

5th is pretty good for me, but I had the chip lead at one point.

Runner runner flush hurt, then your hand where you raised with 6,10 diamonds, I re-raised huge with AK and you won, and then at the final table, my K9 lost to your J4. All big hands.

congrats on the high finish but every time I went in against you, the favorite lost.

should've been able to get 4th, but vlad was down to about 1k and then won all in with inferior hands three times in a row I believe.

**BeerDog99** · 05-20-12, 06:07 PM

Ahhh, not saying anything other than you have selective memory. You insta-called your stack with A 8 off against JJ very late in this.

**yisman** · 05-20-12, 06:16 PM

it wasn't my whole stack. You have a bad memory.

**BeerDog99** · 05-20-12, 06:27 PM

Ok, if it was not for your whole stack, it was a very large percentage of it. Selective memory is all I am saying. If you had JJ you would have posted about the bad call the guy made against you with A 8.

Cheers and good luck to you.

**yisman** · 05-20-12, 06:39 PM

Originally posted by BeerDog99

Ok, if it was not for your whole stack, it was a very large percentage of it. Selective memory is all I am saying.

It was a misread for me, but I don't regret the call. cmval was shoving repeatedly, as anyone who was there could attest to. Obviously had I known he/she had JJ, I would've folded, but I was betting on the hand being worse, which was not a stretch at all.

If you had JJ you would have posted about the bad call the guy made against you with A 8.

Nope. Someone calling with A8 is no cause for concern. When I complain about calls, people are calling with a lot worse preflop. Like the 6 10 call of a big re-raise preflop. I'm pretty sure I've never complained about someone calling preflop with that kind of hand.

And I would not have "called my stack" with A8. In my position, I had a lot of chips.

**Optional** · 05-20-12, 10:00 PM

I would have been more likely to go hard against cmval than anyone else too. He was playing aggressive, and luckboxing, a lot.

**huesbch** · 05-20-12, 10:37 PM

Down to 5 players, it was a "helter skelter" finals table....chip lead changed hands amongst all 5 players at some point...then chip parity....then back to exchanging the chip lead. In poker, especially a finals table, it's irrational to make a losing hand (and winning hand) rational.

**Mr KLC** · 05-20-12, 10:40 PM

Congrats on the tourney win today, huesbch.

**yisman** · 05-20-12, 10:48 PM

congrats on the win

**ttwarrior1** · 05-20-12, 11:47 PM

actually yis was the one confused by alot of calls

I got 3rd and if anyone watched, the winner was one of the worst players ive ever seen and many will back me up on that. He won all in pre with j4 j 6, 3 5 and many other hands where he called all in and won the hand.

**yisman** · 05-20-12, 11:48 PM

warrior, you were confused a lot? It's poker. People make bad plays.

**huesbch** · 05-21-12, 03:20 AM

So called "Bad Play" that wins, "Good Play" that loses....What was the Right play? Nobody cares about the one that came in second.........and MUCH LESS third. Was an entertaining game. Thanks KLC/Yisman.

**yisman** · 05-24-12, 08:56 PM

dealt 77, flop 7Q10, lost to QQ.

bubbled in 21st