Sunday night poker report

Sorry for the no show last week.  Got busy.  So here we go with the first SUNDAY poker report. 

First cash game started around 7pm.  Buy in for $60. Most popular cash game is getting to be 7 card stud/high chicago/deuces wild. Out of 8 players it’s called 6 times.  I’ve been trying to mix it up by calling omaha hi/low when it’s my choice.  Some highlights: 

Game :  omaha hi/low – starting hand  As 2s 10c Jc…not a bad hand and it’s double suited. And Im in position on the button.  Flop comes = Ad 7h 5d…My low hand is screwed on the flop but I got a pair of bullets….Turn= 8c….lots of players in this hand…lot of low cards and a straight draw on the board..I need a 9 for the nut straight….River = “9c!!!!!!!!!!”…ding ding ding…schools in session!  Nice card and a big pot.  Player to my right (who’s a real horses ass, sorry thats as nice as I can put it)  raises..I raise back, he takes the last one, and I call…Im thinking he’s got 2/3 for the low side..To my amazement the dumbass shouts out he’s got the high side with the nut straight and he lays down 4/6!…then i say no you don’t…I got it…then I lay down my 10/J! SWEET!  Welcome ladies and gentleman to another episode of…”I can’t read my freaking hand in omaha”…ha…there’s just some folks that you love to beat.  Pot was around 80 bucks.  Around 8:30 we wrap it up and start the tournament…Im up $35

We’ve started a new tournament, $50 freezeout, 10,000 starting chips.  Really enjoy it.  Lot better than the 2 buybacks we usually play.  Made it to the final table then I got dealt this hand….Js Qs…Flop = 8s 9s 5d….Im in early position and raise…everyone folds except for one player who goes all in…what a decision!…I know he’s flopped a straight, but I’ve got a flush/straight/ straight flush draw ….damn!…I call and sure enough he turns over 6/7.  Turn comes 2d, River comes 3h….pretty much cripples me.  I hang on for 7th, but 7th pays the same as last…ZERO. After the $50 buy in Im down $15.  Time for the last cash game.

Played really well, play tight, win one big pot an hour.  And it was a biggie…some hand highlights.

Game = 5 card stud 3/5.  7c in hole, 7s on the door…King is high and bets out…in fact he bet out every round.  My other cards were, 10s, 8s, 5s…4 spades, comes down to me and the player with the king…he checks on the end and I bet out 5….he calls…figure Im dead but he turns over squadoosh….nada…nothing..I win with a pair of 7’s….nice pot too…

Game = Omaha hi/low – starting hand = Ah 4h 10c Qh….not a bad starting hand and you guessed it Im on the dealer button. Flop = 3s Qc 6d…Low hand working and Ive got a pair of Ladies.  Turn = 10c…not a good card for me…now there’s a flush draw out there and no low hand yet….Get a raise in front of me…I have to call.  River = 2h….WHEW…there we go…I’ve got the lock low…5 players still in …check to me and I bet out…no raises though….turn em over….4 players in front of me all were going for the low..but no one could beat my A/4….and my pair of Queens held up for the high..SCOOP THE POT BABY!

Packed it in around midnight.  Wound up $25 winner for the night…not bad, not good, but it’s better than losing.

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Kentucky rolls 41-3 over Western Ky.

Week #4 College Football Pick ’em

I couldn’t do any worse this week than I did last week so Here we go!!

Florida @ Tennessee +7.5.  Take the Gators

Mississippi St @ Ga Tech -8.  Take Miss st and the Under  37.5

Vanderbilt @ Ole Miss -7.  Take Vandy and the Over 51

LSU @ Auburn +3.  Take Auburn and the Under 37.5

Georgia @ Arizona St. +7 Take Georgia and the Over 50

 

As always, my picks are for entertainment purposes only.

Weekly Wednesday Night Poker Report #5

Sorry for the lateness of the weekly poker night report.  Played till 5:30 am thursday morning, just to be honest, I could barely function at work let alone write the report, so without further delay…here’s an overview of how the night went:

Sat down at a full table at 5:30…bought in for $100.  Play tight…win one big pot an hour…thats my motto.  Unfortunately sometimes that doesn’t work well when you’re constantly the 2nd best hand…And if your’e playing $3/$5 omaha hi low…2nd best hands will get you broke…The first hour I lost $40 and if I wasn’t playing a disciplined game I would have lost more.  I was doing well at 7card stud/chicago but could not catch a break in Omaha hi/low.  At 7pm I counted up and I was a $10 loser.  I cashed out and went to another cash table that opened up and played 5 handed.  Came out of the gate like a firecracker.  Won 5 hands in a row…all of em.  Chicago, 2/11, omaha hi/low, all of a sudden I went from a $10  loser to a $50 winner.  From then on I went card dead and leaked off my chips.  Didn’t play bad at all..just could not catch ANYTHING.  Tournament started at 8:30.  After cashing out i was a $25 loser making me down $35 for the night.

Tournament was a struggle again.  I did win a huge pot early busting a player who tried to bluff me with a pair of 5’s.  I had the broadway straight.  Then I had pocket aces cracked by a trip 8’s.  Then AK suited lost to a pair of 4’s….yes I said it…..PAIR OF FOURS!!!.  Still My stack held up and I made the final table which made me 9 of the last 10 weeks.  Not bad I suppose.  For the first 2 levels my chip stack continued to leak off until I had to push my last 5000 at the 2000/4000 level with Jack/Queen suited.  Actually doubled up with a pair of queens.  Chopped another pot while was in the blinds…then had to push with my last 12000 with 6/7 suited….my pair of 7’s got beat with a pair of 8’s…and I was out in 6th.  Time to get in the late cash game.

This session went really well.  Bought in this session for $100.  I’ve found that I play better if I just go ahead and buy $100 worth of chips instead of the usual $40 or $60.  Go ahead and buy up your limit that way you don’t have to go south for money.  That can get contagious.  $100 is my limit…when I lose that I go home, plain and simple.  Bought in at 11pm, started off like a house on fire.  By 1am I was up $200 for the session.  But as usual I leaked off chips after that.  Game broke up at 5:30 am…thats right 5:30 AM….WOW.  Time really flys by when you’re playing.  After counting up…after 12 hours of play…I won a grand total of….(drum roll)…$7.!!!…well I guess it’s better than losing..Before the last session I was down $105…so the last cash game saved my bankroll +$112.  Should have been more…have to learn that after 1am…my game really goes downhill.  2 hands of note that really saved my bacon……..

Game: Omaha Hi/Low $3/$5…Good starting hand – Ad 3d Jc Qc- good low/high combo double suited.  Flop comes – 9s 10h 5d…nice flop…open ended straight.  Lots of raises, I call all of em and cap the last one…already $100 in the pot….Turn = 4d…Wow..low hand working and still have the open ended straight.  Again…raise raise raise….I call and cap the last one…7 players calling all the way to the river.  River = 8s..BAM…low hand and I just hit the nut straight.  No flushes, No boats…I know I got the high hand but with everyone in Im thinking of at least a 4 way split pot.  Raise Raise Raise….surprisingly…it winds up with me and 1 other player calling the last raise…I show the straight…he shows A2…damn….I almost scooped the pot, but wind up spliting it.  Pot was over $400.  NICE

 

Next hand:

Game : Seven Card Stud/High chicago/ – Dealt 4s, 4h in the hole…door card is 4d….WOW…trip fours right off the bat.  I raise…everyone calls thinking I have the Ace.  Next card = 9h…Check to me , I bet…everyone calls…8 players.  5th street = Kh, same, I bet everyone calls…big pot.  6th street = 7c, another player got the Ace of spades..now everyone thinks I was bluffing and fires out…i still raise and get called by EVERYONE.  Last card down…7th street = Ks!!!!!!!!!….damn…hit my boat and got the lock on high chicago.  Raise, I get called….turn over the Boat and the High chicago…..scoop it all baby…thats a good feeling!..pot was over $200. 

So to wrap up the night:

Starting Bankroll = $200. 

After first cash game = $155  , -$45

After tournament = $95 , (-60) ,-$105

After last cash game = $207, (+112), +7

Games that I won the most money from : Omaha hi/low, Seven card stud/High Chicago

Game that I lost the most money on:  Omaha hi/low

As always, comments and suggestions welcome.

Tina Fey as Sara Palin on SNL. Hilarious

A big ole fat DOUGHNUT!

Thats right.  Your wonderful prognosticator went a big fat 0 – 5.  Scores for my picks

East Carolina -13  East Carolina 28 Tulane 24  L

Fresno St. +1.5  Fresno St. 10 Wisconsin 13 L

Georgia -7 Georgia 14 South Carolina 7 L

Auburn -10.5 Auburn 3 Miss. St. 2 L

Michigan -1.5 Notre Dame 35 Michigan 17 L

0 for freakin 5! Brings my 3 week record to 6-9….uuugh. 

Hope your picks went better than mine

 

An example of how a baseball player should NOT act.

Weekly Wednesday Night Poker Report #4

Another winning night!  Played till 2:30 am, wound up going home $150 winner.  Nice! Let’s go to the highlights. 

Sat down at 6pm and started play in the first shift of the cash game.  Played really really well from the get go.  Didn’t really play one game better than the other…just played them all the same….tight, try to win one big pot an hour.  Started the tournament around 8:30, after doing some counting I was up $180.  Hand of note from the first cash game shift:

Game:  Seven Card / low in the hole wild / roll your own /cost 5$ to get the last one dealt up –  right off the bat Im dealt 3 jacks, 2 in the hole and the door card.  WOW! 4TH STREET = rag, 2 raisers I wind up capping it, 5TH STREET = 7..6TH STREET = 7 BAM!  here’s where I ALMOST messed up.  Instead of turning over one of the jacks and keeping the 7 as my low card (which would have given me 5 jacks) I turned over the 7…ahhh!  Paid 5$ to get the last card up…which was a rag. Player to my left comes out firing…1 caller who winds up being the tennis ball between me and the opener.  Raise, Raise, call, Raise, call, call….Player to my left turns up 4 Aces, the human tennis ball turns up a flush (what was he thinking?)..I turn over my 5 7’s…WOW…good pot for the hero. 

Tournament went really really really…TERRIBLE.  I was out early.  Didn’t make the final table for the first time in about 8 weeks.  Could not catch a card.  Never had a pocket pair all night.   I go thru both my buybacks and wind up losing $60.  Now Im up $120 for the night.

So a separate cash table opens up until the tournament is over.  5 players…one of the first times in my life where I actually sat down at a poker game and felt certain that I wasn’t the sucker at the table.  I buy in for $40 and turn that into $100 in an hour.  Not bad and I just recouped the 60 bucks I lost in the tourney. 

Hand highlight:  Game: Omaha Hi/Lo $2/$4 –  Dealt As 3s Jc Qc in the big blind..not bad.  Flop = 10s Kd Ah

Bam!  I just flopped the nut straight and come out firing.  Im praying for  no low hand.  Turn = 8c…not bad but a low hand working…I fire out again and get 4 callers…AGAIN…nice pot already.  Just don’t pair the damn board.  River = Jd…WHEW!…no low hand No pairs on the board (no chance of a full house)  and no chance of a flush…I’ve got the nut straight so Im looking to at least split this pot.  Player to my right fires out first…I raise, player to my left raises, fold, fold, last raise, i call, player to my left calls….turn em over.  Player to my right turns over trip aces…I turn over my broadway straight….at this point Im thinking the player to my left has the same hand as me and we’ll split…I ask him if he has the straight and he says yep…he turns over 7/9…WOW…he had the straight to the jack..I take the whole pot.  NICE

Late shift cash game starts around 11pm.  Cards left me around 1am…had $90 invested and left with $60 leaving me with $150 profit for the night.  Real rollercoaster this shift.  Didn’t think I played bad at all.  No chasing just couldn’t catch the cards.  Really only one hand of note but it was a good one. 

Game : Omaha Hi/Lo $3/$5 – Early Position – great starting hand Kc Kd Ac 3d…Being first one to bet I raise to $10 and get called by everyone..8 players in…nice pot already.  Flop = Ks 10c 5d…I just flopped trip Kings.  Check, Check, I bet, everyone calls…Turn = Kh…DING DING I just got quad kings and no low hand.  At this point Im pissed that there is no flush draw out there but Im hoping someone has a full house draw.  Check, Check, I bet, fold, fold, fold, fold, call call.  Im up against the blinds.  River = 3c.  Check , Check, I bet, fold, big blind raises, I raise back, Big blind….FOLDS…..ooohhh…that surprised me.  I muck my cards and take down the pot.  Everyone wants to see what I had…TOUGH…pay for it next time. 

Summary:

Really played well.  Even when I wasn’t catching the cards.  Played a real disciplined game.  Now if I can only build on that and be consistent.  I feel really really lucky that I didn’t catch cards that would have been the 2nd best hand.  You know that killer hand that starts out as trips or 4 to a flush and winds up sucking you in till the last card and then you get….NOTHING.  Once again I noticed that after 1am…I dont’ think I won a hand.  Don’t know if thats because Im tired or just the cards not coming my way. 

game that I won the most money on :  Omaha Hi/Low

game that I lost the most : Seven card/high chicago/dueces wild.  Dont’ think I got a spade in the hole the entire night. 

As always, comments and suggestions welcome.

Week #3 College Football pick ’em

Here are my picks for this week:

East Carolina -13 @ Tulane

Fresno St. + 1.5 vs Wisconsin

Ga -7 @ South Carolina

Auburn -10.5 @ Mississippi St

Michigan -1.5 @ Notre Dame

All comments and suggestions welcome.  As always my picks are for Entertainment purposes only.