General poker discussion thread

[yisman]

Ugh, bad luck in the 10 PM.

Bubbled with a 10th place finish. Lasted a while at the final table but no one got bounced.

Some dude went all in on me pre-flop with K6, and I called with A10.

Lost when guy caught a 6 on the flop.

That left me screwed, especially after I was in a hand and eberetta kept shoving on me. Had to fold. Left in a position with me and two others at about the same chips, but with blinds hitting me first. Stupid 300/600 blinds

Bubbled again. 10th place. Lasted for a long time, took ages to get to final table.

Then lasted a long time at final table, getting drained by blinds. Down under 3K, finally went all in with QK and lost to A9.

[msutter]

Damn yisman... This thread is like your personal poker blog. I saw you bubble today. Better luck tomorrow

[yisman]

Yeah, I intended it to be for everyone, but no one wants to join in.

Continuing my streak of getting bubbled, I finished 13th in the 1 PM today. I was patient, getting drained by antes/blinds (folded like 450 worth of blinds when people raised on me pre-flop and I had rags), and then finally went all-in before the blinds hit again, with QK. borednaz called with A6 (that or a7 I think) and I busted out

I probably have one of the best average finishes around, despite not cashing lately.

[yisman]

32nd today. Mired in another brutal slump.

I don't bluff much, but I did the last two days and somehow people keep calling.

Today, a guy went all in on my big bets. BigDaddy had flush draw, with no hand otherwise. Then he hits the flush. Recurring theme.

[Roadtrip635]

Here's one for ya. Pretty early in the 8pm short stack all-ins pre-flop with ~250 chips, I raise with AA and have someone behind push all-in and I push all-in, 3 of us all-in pre-flop. Short stack has JJ, I have AA and the other caller also has AA. Flop comes and of course short stack hits the J to hit the set. At least he was short stacked and didn't take us out.

[yisman]

That sounds rough.

Today in SBR Gear:

33rd place finish. I raised to 4x the bb pre-flop after basically staying out of every hand to that point.

Get called. I hit trips and the board looked good for me. What happened? horja called my big pf raise with 65 off and hit a straight. No way of anticipating 65 would be in the hand.

[yisman]

50/100. 10 PM. Big blind. Dealt pocket rockets. Everyone folds.

I didn't even get the chance to bet. Full table folding is highly unusual.

[yisman]

ugh, hit two pair on flop (as and 4s), slowplayed it, excel hit flush on river.

[ireland1946]

Yisman you play history sounds exactly like mine
in the last 3 weeks, today in the tourney i go all
in with pocket KK, some fool calls with A 2 off
he hit running straight A to 5
this shit has been happening to me just about
every tourney, once I reach to between 15 to 20
some Donk knocks me out, when I comment on
his Luck, he replies its only for Points and free
who cares
once in the last 3 weeks I finished 5th, 7th, 9th
most of the time I get beat with a pretty good hand
this is very frustrating, I feel that the software stinks

[yisman]

I wish you better luck, ireland.

My luck turned finally on Tuesday. Got lucky on a few hands and finished 5th.

John Morrison set a record for all ins, I believe. He might've won, too. He had 700 and change chips after I took back to back hands off him, and then he went all in again and again and again. Probably like 50 times. Not once did I have a good hand on those occasions so I had to keep folding.

Glad I finally broke my cold streak because I won't be playing any poker Thursday-Saturday this week.

[ireland1946]

Thanks Yisman, I sure need to it around, barely hanging
in to top 50, I wish all the luck now I hope it will continue
since you have started to your game around

[yisman]

Ah, cut short today.

Augustus luck-boxing his way through the tournament today.

Had A7 suited, A on flop, so I bet. Augustus re-raised. I was willing to call that, but the guy after him raised all-in.

I folded, and Augustus had A4, a losing hand. Other guy had AK (two pair, because AK came on flop).

Then Augustus hits a 4 on the turn (still not good enough, but improving), and somehow a flush on the river.

Next hand I have 910 hearts. Small blind. Called 15 to stay in. Flop comes hearts. Augustus puts me all in and he had J4 (or J7) hearts.

Outkicked by one card on the flop flush.

Last poker tournament for the week. 38th.

[yisman]

early on in today's tournament. Wasn't involved in hand.

Player A is bb. Blinds 10/20
Player B raises to 120 pre-flop

Player A is the only caller (calling essentially a 100 bet with rags).

Player A has 57 hearts. Player B has AA.

Player A hits a hearts flush on the river.

[yisman]

Luck on my side so far. Final table.


ugh, just got rivered. over 11,500 points that hand, lost.

[yisman]

[BeerDog99]

congrats on your win!

[yisman]

thanks Beer!

[yisman]

Luck usually has an expiration date.

Twice wound up all in on ring tables after catching two pair on flop, IIRC.

One time a dude had a straight (with 45!) and another a dude had trips.

Getting buried. Basically lost all the points from the 5th place finish. Haven't gotten to tonight's yet.

had a chance to leave while ahead, but I didn't want to get cheated out of half a point, so stayed to get it closer to zero.

[yisman]

Ugh, 13th.

Failed in Bodog's tournament, lost on second table (one shy of cashing) in both blackjack tournaments I played in.

Bad luck.

[yisman]

Just lost over 400 at the ring tables. Some of the hands had to be seen to be believed.

Called With AQ (vs KK), AK (vs A7), A9 (vs QJ). Lost them all. All huge hands.

footballtime shoving non-stop with inferior hands, also had Rudy and john_morrison at the table. Not my kind of table. Calling bluffs doesn't help when you get sucked out on anyway.

Didn't cash out a single point from the first place finish. After that debacle, I'd play at the sanctuary, but it's always empty.

Rolled 1346/1800 before going bust. Didn't even get a comment after the last hand (AK vs A7). I feel violated.

[yisman]

consistently finishing in the teens again.

last finishes:

16th
13th
32nd
16th
22nd
18th (today. Had about 1200 chips. Another guy all-ins on me. I call. I have AQ clubs. He has KQ off. Flop came J 10 9 )


also in today's tournament, a guy raised to like 900 chips with KQ early in the tournament, and was called by 34. 34 won, of course. Mind-boggling call.

[BeerDog99]

Turbo style tourneys will do this.... :-)

[yisman]

Booted from 10 AM

It took me to my table only to say I finished 38th.

My father is in the hospital and I had to do a bunch of stuff this morning before getting in to work, and then I had to call my boss, who was complaining about where I was.

[BeerDog99]

jeez not a good morning, I suggest you have an early beer at lunch and let it chill you out... :-)

Take care Yis!

[yisman]

miserable morning

damn, playing poker freeroll was the one thing I had to look forward to

[yisman]

11th place

looks like I'm gonna fall out of the top 100

[yisman]

also wasted 1:20 on DSI tourney


top 9 get paid

all in preflop with AA

other guy has JJ

flop clean. Dude turns a Jack.

Finished 13th.

[yisman]

Software issues, clicked radio button for check, and some guy shoved after I pushed it, button turned to call, and couldn't uncheck it

lost 300 b/c of it

[yisman]

4th

down to 420 early on but battled back and luck was mostly with me

[lolguy999]

i love busting early... JJ sb call all in from button A10o vs JJ flop comes JQK turn a 2 and river a 5...

oh did i mention my two jacks were black? racism anyone lol

[yisman]

KK. Flop comes KQ10.

Sucked out on river as guy had ace and J hit.

[taejunx]

are there any other tournaments besides the one at 1pm that's also free?

[daneblazer]

yes one at 8 and one at 10

[yisman]

1 PM gear is only free tourney for non-pros.

[daneblazer]

What kind of gear can you win in the 1pm? I may start playing that during lunch.