BBT 2
Thanks to the usual suspects, AL , Hoy , MooK , the Riverchasers gang and Miami Don .
Tonight was the Mook and there was an incredible 114 runners on this Halloween night. A really nice Halloween night here in St Louis, weather wise. I got house duty this year (I think because the weather was nice) while Mrs Wonka took the Little Mermaid and Mouse around the neighborhood although the little Mouse (1 yr old) didn't last very long.
I fought long and hard; but in the end I barely got my money back as I finished 14th. There were three big hands that could have changed the outcome of the game.
The first one came with Astin.
I'm thinking he laid down the best hand; but as he said, it looked a little fishy.
Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $100/$200
8 players
Converter
Pre-flop: (8 players) Hero is BB with :9s :ts
UTG raises to $600, 6 folds, Hero calls.
Flop: :ac :8s :7c ($1300, 2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $1300, Hero calls.
Turn: :2s ($3900, 2 players)
Hero is all-in $3190, UTG folds.
Uncalled bets: $3190 returned to Hero.
Results:
Final pot: $3900
That gave me a few chips to keep up with the Jones; but I could have been severely crippled..
A little later this hand came up that would have been gi-normous... Obviously, I can't really call this; but I sure should have and almost did pushed over the top to begin with.
Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Tournament
Blinds: t500/t1000
(Ante: t125)
7 players
Converter
Stack sizes:
UTG: t17636
UTG+1: t32103
MP1: t5199
Hero: t17233
Button: t6148
SB: t13788
BB: t8255
Pre-flop: (7 players) Hero is CO with :th :td
UTG folds, UTG+1 raises to t3000, MP1 folds, Hero calls t3000 (pot was t5375), Button folds, SB raises all-in t13663, BB folds, UTG+1 raises all-in t31978, Hero folds.
Uncalled bets: t18315 returned to UTG+1.
UTG (dmanns) had KK
and SB (irongilrl) had AA
Flop: :kc :9h :js (t8875, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: t32201)
Turn: :ac (t8875, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: t32201)
River: :qh (t8875, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: t32201)
Results:
Final pot: t8875
DOH!!!! I would have rivered a Straight.
And my final hand was against Schaubs where he went all in with AK and I lost the race with QQ and that is that. As usual, coulda, woulda shoulda.
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No SNGs tonight so the month will will end with a nice net of 0$.
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I've been wanting to talk about this Absolute Poker thing; but have never really gotten around to it. By now, I'm sure that everybody has read all about it at sites such tworags.com and others. While I think it is deplorable at what they did, I have made the decision to keep my money on Absolute at the moment which I'm sure that many people will disagree with. For one reason, all the poker players (good poker players) in the know have probably already left so that has left all the not so good players there. At the stakes that I play 2/4 and 3/6 limit, I really don't have to worry about high stakes cheaters looking at my hole cards. I didn't play whole lot at AP but I did play a little over 1,000 hands with a 5.62 BB/100 hands win rate. So tell me, should I leave... I think not.
What about AP as a going concern. Let's take a look at the numbers per Pokerscout.com
Site History
| Date/Time (PT) | Peak Players |
|---|---|
| Aug 31 @ 9:50 PM | 2129 |
| Sep 1 @ 6:54 PM | 1797 |
| Sep 2 @ 8:00 PM | 1924 |
| Sep 3 @ 7:16 PM | 2202 |
| Sep 4 @ 7:44 PM | 2158 |
| Sep 5 @ 7:09 PM | 2174 |
| Sep 6 @ 7:58 PM | 2032 |
| Sep 7 @ 7:34 PM | 2028 |
| Sep 8 @ 8:10 PM | 1852 |
| Sep 9 @ 7:49 PM | 2052 |
| Sep 10 @ 7:49 PM | 2226 |
| Sep 11 @ 7:53 PM | 2507 |
| Sep 12 @ 7:27 PM | 2629 |
| Sep 13 @ 6:58 PM | 2678 |
| Sep 14 @ 8:09 PM | 2296 |
| Sep 15 @ 8:40 PM | 2059 |
| Sep 16 @ 7:49 PM | 2257 |
| Sep 17 @ 8:32 PM | 2430 |
| Sep 18 @ 9:00 PM | 2269 |
| Sep 19 @ 7:00 PM | 2523 |
| Sep 20 @ 7:13 PM | 2462 |
| Sep 21 @ 8:13 PM | 2227 |
| Sep 22 @ 7:08 PM | 1902 |
| Sep 23 @ 6:58 PM | 2096 |
| Sep 24 @ 7:53 PM | 2311 |
| Sep 25 @ 8:05 PM | 2453 |
| Sep 26 @ 7:41 PM | 2422 |
| Sep 27 @ 7:45 PM | 2420 |
| Sep 28 @ 7:05 PM | 2345 |
| Sep 29 @ 6:31 PM | 2120 |
| Sep 30 @ 7:40 PM | 2414 |
| Oct 1 @ 7:27 PM | 2341 |
| Oct 2 @ 7:32 PM | 2504 |
| Oct 3 @ 8:06 PM | 2301 |
| Oct 4 @ 7:48 PM | 2622 |
| Oct 5 @ 7:23 PM | 2301 |
| Oct 6 @ 8:31 PM | 2200 |
| Oct 7 @ 7:31 PM | 2447 |
| Oct 8 @ 7:54 PM | 2417 |
| Oct 9 @ 7:45 PM | 2619 |
| Oct 10 @ 7:51 PM | 2795 |
| Oct 11 @ 7:50 PM | 2613 |
| Oct 12 @ 7:14 PM | 2479 |
| Oct 13 @ 8:09 PM | 2163 |
| Oct 14 @ 7:39 PM | 2352 |
| Oct 15 @ 8:02 PM | 2611 |
| Oct 16 @ 6:49 PM | 2593 |
| Oct 17 @ 7:56 PM | 2411 |
| Oct 18 @ 7:49 PM | 2461 |
| Oct 19 @ 7:20 PM | 2310 |
| Oct 20 @ 8:20 PM | 1928 |
| Oct 21 @ 7:50 PM | 2190 |
| Oct 22 @ 7:43 PM | 2490 |
| Oct 23 @ 7:57 PM | 2450 |
| Oct 24 @ 6:50 PM | 2394 |
| Oct 25 @ 6:53 PM | 2345 |
| Oct 26 @ 8:00 PM | 2355 |
| Oct 27 @ 8:00 PM | 2120 |
| Oct 28 @ 6:40 PM | 2361 |
| Oct 29 @ 7:39 PM | 2500 |
| Oct 30 @ 7:44 PM | 2556 |
So as you can see the numbers haven't really suffered which is a little surprising. So for now, I will keep my little money that I have on Absolute and will monitor how things go there. The whole thing is just a huge mess.
So, they should do it for today..
Peace!!!
2 comments:
I liken it to flying on a carrier that just recently had a plane crash. They are most likely the safest ones to fly with at that point cause they are under such scrutiny and taking 10 times the safety precautions to make sure it doesn't happen again.
Absolute just had a major plane crash and most people that play there probably realie they are sewing up the problems.
That or they're/we're just a bunch of degenerate poker players that will go where the action is...
Good to see you posting regularly again...
Yah, I was ahead there, and incredibly tempted to call. Looking at your hand, I was a favourite, but alarm bells were going off in my head and I just couldn't risk my tournament life at that point. Of course, if I had called (and it held up), it would have made a big difference in MY results.
The call on the flop when I put out a pot-sized bet worried me. I figured you couldn't be getting the odds at 2:1 for anything unless you flopped a set, two pair, or a straight flush draw. but the all-in on the turn sealed that I could be in trouble.
I figured at that point that it was better to get away from the hand and try again later. Although the OESD + flush draw was one of two possibilities I figured you for.
nh, gg.
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