BBT 3 Strategy Guide

Step 1. Do not go broke. BBT 1, I grabbed the lead at some point in May, I was also losing money for the series when I took the lead. The $1k+ in buyins could have been easily had if only Full Tilt's Tournament Dollars were introduced before FTOPS Event #3 or FTOPS # 10. WTF was I doing playing $535 HORSE or $1060 6-Max NLHE. I have been +EV in the $55 sats into the Sunday Guarantee and may not have cashed in Sunday Guarantee for a year. Clearly move here is to accumulate the $T for BBT 3.

Step 2. Win once to get into TOC. Odds of me playing in ME are low, odds of me playing in Preliminary Event are high. The last time I won a Main Event Seat the wife and I scrutinized the terms and conditions for a couple of hours before we agreed there was no way to extract the cash. I might be able to get the time off work for ME, but haven't been at job 2 years yet and have already taken 3 weeks off for poker tournaments.

Step 3. To quote MiamiDon: "I've decided that I will in no way, shape, or form, kill myself to play all the events. Good luck to those of you who do and good luck to those already with shaky marriages and relationships since this might be the end for you."

My wife and I have had a good run, my daughter doesn't like me anyway. I will have to try to keep marriage together just to give me a chance to win $10 from Waffles. Logically I should not play every event, realistically I played every event of BBT 1 and would be surprised if I missed any in BBT 2. I suck at the stud variants so I should not play them, but probably will.


Step 4. I am going to have to play better, I got to 3rd in Riverchasers but was ridiculously short when we got to 3 handed. I was top 10 chip stack quickly but lost a few chips when Chad floated me. Fucker got me to lay down 99 on a jack high flop, maybe if in pot with Chad it will be WWSD mindset as Swimmom seems to own Chad.

New FTP features

a) There is now a 12 hour self-exclusion option. AKA the "I'm totally drunk" option.

Now if PokerTracker can create a "You are tilted" feature and link in automatically to the 12 hour self exclusion I could complete avoid bankroll meltdowns!

Other features here.

MTT Strategy Questions

Blinds are 80/160. Everyone folds to CO, CO (a shorty jams) for 1000. You are on the button with AJo and 2500 chips and SB and BB both have you covered. Do you?

A. Fold
B. Call
C. Jam to isolate


Blinds are 500/1000 with 125 ante, you are in money of large MTT from MP you have open limped for 1000 with AJo, button jams for 10k, blinds both fold. Do you?

A. Fold
B. Call


You are Big stack 1st blind level of a large MTT you are dealt fool's gold (55)
2 folds
fuel55 raises to 210 EP 55 is a monster
aardvark5 folds
Rengard folds
doom69ad folds
deluxseries calls 210
bayne_s raises to 900
RiverDog24 folds
fuel55 calls 690
deluxseries folds
*** FLOP *** [Ah 6h 6c]
bayne_s checks

Do you
A) Check due to suspicous post flop re-raiser checking.
B) Take advantage of your big stack and re-raisers obvious weakness and jam.

Mookie is a KO tonight, password Vegas1.

1st 2 quiz answers are your average Smonkey's call whether you are on Bodog or FullTilt.

Both times I had AQ, both times end result was straight, in Bodog for a loss, in $28k for a chop.

PLO B I N G O

pvanharibo: there are two pros
pvanharibo: i still have not gotten t shirts
Bayne: if I get one tonight what size would I ask for to forward to you?
pvanharibo: lol
pvanharibo: i don't even know
pvanharibo: i ordered 1 M and 1L


Sadly my effort to cash came up short:




Full Tilt Poker Game #5404714439: Double Stack $50 + $5 (41013217), Table 1 - 200/400 - Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 2:43:31 ET - 2008/02/26
Seat 1: kirbaintnorooki (31,487)
Seat 2: 95051 (10,496)
Seat 3: T8urmoney (12,074)
Seat 4: Stunever (24,578)
Seat 5: bayne_s (11,286)
Seat 6: trinity1277 (22,921)
Seat 7: perry medic (12,717)
Seat 8: Draethen (12,441)
Seat 9: highlandfox (9,000)
perry medic posts the small blind of 200
Draethen posts the big blind of 400
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bayne_s [4d As Ad 6c]
highlandfox folds
kirbaintnorooki folds
95051 folds
T8urmoney calls 400
Stunever calls 400
bayne_s calls 400
trinity1277 folds
perry medic calls 200
Draethen has 15 seconds left to act
Draethen raises to 2,400
T8urmoney calls 2,000
Stunever calls 2,000
bayne_s raises to 11,286, and is all in
perry medic folds
Draethen calls 8,886
T8urmoney folds
Stunever folds
bayne_s shows [4d As Ad 6c]
Draethen shows [6s 5h 4c 3s]



Nice he only has 2 live cards, makes me a 65-30 favorite with 5% chance of tie. Calling off almost 9k of 10k stack to win 19k means I have forced a slightly bad poker decision (applying Sklansky HE theory)


*** FLOP *** [2s 9s 5s]
*** TURN *** [2s 9s 5s] [2d]
*** RIVER *** [2s 9s 5s 2d] [5c]
bayne_s shows two pair, Aces and Fives
Draethen shows a flush, Nine high
Draethen wins the pot (27,772) with a flush, Nine high
bayne_s stands up

Sadly my suited Ace is the wrong one. I could have raised pre in position but then I am committing ~1/4 of my stack, likely to get multiple callers and in PLO AA is just a pair but if you can get HU and get most or all of stack in pre hand plays self.



I also played my 5th $26 90 player KO SNG of past two days.

Results are 7th (9 pay)

17th when as 10th stack I shove AK and get called by AQ losing on river.

13th when as 9th stack I shove KK from button into CO raiser who was stealing with 96o, 6 on flop 9 on river

14th when as 11th stack and 800/1600 blinds I jam for 11k with AA, SB calls with K9o leaving 163 behind, 9 on flop K on river

13th tonight, 20 left I am 8th shorty shoves A6, medium stack shoves AQ, in SB I call with KK and lose 2/3 of stack. next orbit I jam 44, get called by A4o leaving 400 behind.

Tonight is HOE'n and Bo'n
Skillz is HOE

Week 4 of Bodog series for a seat.
Weekly TournamentBuy-in: $10 + $1
Prize Pool will be distributed as per Bodog's standard multi-table payout table.
In addition, the top 5 players each week will also win T$109 to be used to buy-in to the $100,000 Guaranteed Tournament held every Sunday at 4:00 PM ET.
The top 5 bubble players each week will win a free buy-in to next week's Weekly Tournament. (T$11 will be credited to these players' Bodog account within 24 hours after the completion of the tournament)

Surf Again?

Cameoed the the Mookie when MrsCrackn limped QQ into my JJ. Cruelly I even hit a Jack on flop only to lose on 4 flush. Congrats to surf for winning again.

Cameoed the Dookie when fishy sucked out with a dominated hand all in pre, then BoxofWhine tried to steal my short BB when I had instacall stack and sucked out with a dominated hand.

I railed Hoy in $28k as he played the weakest poker ever seen on the bubble to go out 231st when 216 paid. Since he was instafolding I can only assume "dfghjk" is on his forehead this morning.

I played a little NLHE cash today since worst poker player claims to be making money playing cash I had to try. It really seems trivial to make money at $100 NL.

bayne_s posts the small blind of $0.50
TwogirlsoneCup posts the big blind of $1
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bayne_s [2d 2h]
Landersp folds
Andrew Song folds
roger714 folds
victim raises to $2 wonder what he has?
colekane folds
chickenking calls $2
bayne_s calls $1.50
TwogirlsoneCup calls $1
*** FLOP *** [Jc Js 2c]
bayne_s checks
TwogirlsoneCup checks
victim bets $4
chickenking folds
bayne_s raises to $20
TwogirlsoneCup adds $2
TwogirlsoneCup folds
victim calls $16
*** TURN *** [Jc Js 2c] [9h]
bayne_s bets $48
victim calls $38.70, and is all in
bayne_s shows [2d 2h]
victim shows [Ac As]
Uncalled bet of $9.30 returned to bayne_s
*** RIVER *** [Jc Js 2c 9h] [3c]
bayne_s shows a full house, Twos full of Jacks
victim shows two pair, Aces and Jacks
bayne_s wins the pot ($122.40) with a full house, Twos full of Jacks
victim is sitting out


bayne_s posts the small blind of $0.50
victim posts the big blind of $1
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bayne_s [Ks Th]
7 folds
bayne_s calls $0.50
victim raises to $2 wonder what he has?
bayne_s calls $1
*** FLOP *** [Td Ts Kc]
bayne_s checks
victim bets $1
bayne_s raises to $7
victim has 15 seconds left to act
victim raises to $13
bayne_s raises to $43
victim calls $30
*** TURN *** [Td Ts Kc] [3c]
bayne_s bets $8.90, and is all in
victim calls $8.90
bayne_s shows [Ks Th]
victim shows [Ah As]
*** RIVER *** [Td Ts Kc 3c] [Tc]
bayne_s shows four of a kind, Tens
victim shows a full house, Tens full of Aces
bayne_s wins the pot ($104.80) with four of a kind, Tens

If you are going to be "tricky" and min-raise Aces pre-flop don't you also have to consider laying them down on paired flop?

Late Pimp

I am already signed up for the Mookie.

I tried to register for death match but am having trouble typing the password.

Cooler Tuesday

I railed weak_player as he went out 17th in $24k guarantee, his exit was on hand where AKs lost to AKo all in pre-flop. Weak was stunned but if he had read Stupid System he would have realized that he was drawing to a single flush while his opponent was drawing to 2 flushes.

In Bodog Blogger tournament I used up all my flop hitting skils early flopping a flush and turning a flush in 1st 15 minutes as well as raising Chad's blind when I had KK and he had AK. I am sure that the KQ small flop would have gotten more chips from someone less wary but he probably put me on KQ. Chad was quite effusive over my poker skill in chat after the hand. I went out on $T bubble when I lost my 17th consecutive all-in race in a blogger tourney when NewinNov did not fold an easily dominated KQs.

My apologies for not remembering who knocked me out of skillz. A368 proved no match for A26J on 566 flop.

Mookie is Wednesday at 7:00 (Pacific)

Bodog is 3rd tourney in race for top 18 and shot at Main Event.

Play them Both!

Skillz tonight is O8.

Variance is such an ugly thing when running on bad side of it.

Friday night with 40 players left I was sitting 4th.

My BB I pick up JJ, called a jam for 1/3 my chips and am against TT, he hits set on flop

From CO I jam AKs, BB has AQo calls, Q on river.

UTG 30 left I pick up AQs jam, BB has 56o and makes ATC priced in call, 5 on flop Q on turn he 4 flushes me. If I fold AQs I would have made money as hand for hand play note comes up during hand and 4 players exited.

MATH Astin was hitting flops like they owed him money so I tried to jam Astin and Fuel out of a pot pre with AQ. Fuel called with 66 praying for a race and won (nice call fishy). Apparently no one folds a pair or an Ace pre-flop anymore in MTTs.

I played a $24 90 person KO with LJ and lucko last night, I was in decent shape with 20 left but in two orbit lost 4 hands where I had bounty in hand only to have river save opponent. Last two were rivered boats against my turned straights and flushes. LJ went on to take 2nd but had 2 pp lose to small pp with 6 left all in pre.

I had a long girlie chat with weak_player (congrats on 1 year anniversary without a blog update).

He has been datamining the $1/$2 PLO tables and sat down with a bunch of net losers. As he reviewed the data he commented that most of the losses came on cracked AA and that on a lot of occaisons the money was all in preflop.

Getting all in with AA pre is high variance way to play PLO I know this weekend alone I lost with:

AAQJ ds to Al's AA64

AAJT ss to JJT9

AAKK ds to KK63 (63 suited)

AAQQ 1 suit to 8553 (1 suit)

KOs are for Donkeys

Played my 2nd 54 player $15 SNG Sat to FTOPS 19. Between the two of them I have 12 KOs so I am in for cheap.

Don Wade "any KOs are for donkeys"

Don Wade "IMO"

Latest effort to get into FTOPS ME failed

Full Tilt Poker Game #5260225786: Super Sat to FTOPS Main Event (39937853), Table 2 - 50/100 - No Limit Hold'em - 0:56:08 ET - 2008/02/15
Seat 3: vincentvegga (3,074)
Seat 4: pennohawk (3,630)
Seat 5: bayne_s (818) earlier stupidity had left me short
Seat 6: cracknaces (3,091)
Seat 7: fdbull22 (3,175)
Seat 8: saleen456 (2,862)
bayne_s posts the small blind of 50
cracknaces posts the big blind of 100
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bayne_s [Td Ts]
fdbull22 raises to 350
saleen456 folds
vincentvegga folds
pennohawk folds
bayne_s raises to 818, and is all in
cracknaces calls 718
fdbull22 raises to 3,175, and is all in
cracknaces calls 2,273, and is all in
fdbull22 shows [Qc Ac]
bayne_s shows [Td Ts]
cracknaces shows [Qs Ks]
Uncalled bet of 84 returned to fdbull22
*** FLOP *** [9h Kh Kd]
*** TURN *** [9h Kh Kd] [Tc]

More proof that I am a lucksack.

*** RIVER *** [9h Kh Kd Tc] [9d]

fdbull22 shows two pair, Kings and Nines
cracknaces shows a full house, Kings full of Nines
cracknaces wins the side pot (4,546) with a full house, Kings full of Nines
bayne_s shows a full house, Tens full of Kings
cracknaces wins the main pot (2,454) with a full house, Kings full of Nines

But not the biggest lucksack amongst bloggers

bayne_s stands up

*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 7,000 Main pot 2,454. Side pot 4,546. Rake 0
Board: [9h Kh Kd Tc 9d]
Seat 3: vincentvegga didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: pennohawk (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: bayne_s (small blind) showed [Td Ts] and lost with a full house, Tens full of Kings
Seat 6: cracknaces (big blind) showed [Qs Ks] and won (7,000) with a full house, Kings full of Nines
Seat 7: fdbull22 showed [Qc Ac] and lost with two pair, Kings and Nines
Seat 8: saleen456 didn't bet (folded)

Mad Skillz

Final Hand of skillz game is captured above. I got caught a few times betting air so my raising had lost credibility.

I eliminated waffles to break final table bubble and had the pleasure of conducting the post match interview.

sirfwalgman (2/12/2008 9:13:49 PM): you are so fucking lucky

sirfwalgman (2/12/2008 9:13:51 PM): its not even funny

Bayne (2/12/2008 9:14:03 PM): you had a worse hand

sirfwalgman (2/12/2008 9:14:06 PM): lol

sirfwalgman (2/12/2008 9:14:11 PM): I was wayyy ahead on the turn

sirfwalgman (2/12/2008 9:14:25 PM): i hadda go with any 2 good cards anyways

sirfwalgman (2/12/2008 9:14:28 PM): no choice

sirfwalgman (2/12/2008 9:14:38 PM): that so pissed me off

sirfwalgman (2/12/2008 9:14:39 PM): lol

sirfwalgman (2/12/2008 9:14:42 PM): Ace on the fucking river

sirfwalgman (2/12/2008 9:14:43 PM): lol

Bayne (2/12/2008 9:14:45 PM): write your rant

I was UTG waffles BB and had been stealing his blind a lot. He had misfortune to defend with A rag against my JJ on an AJx flop to give me enough chips to hurt him.

I think I made it to $T back in Bodog, don't remember much detail about skillz or Bodog due to FTOPS 11.

I busted out of FTOPS 11 when my A26J ds could not catch any of my 16 outs to defeat the 5588 ds on a 7TQ flop with 2 of my suit. 5588 could not be pushed off flush draw and river gave him backdoor flush.

Was an average stack when I pushed a A245 with nutflush draw hard on 36T flop. Turn big that produced a 2nd set caused turn betting to be capped and river big sealed my fate. 20 outs twice for scoop another 3 for split. Somedays Omaha 8 sux. Playing 4 hours for nothing has brought me down.

Wednesday is Mookie Day

Can't get enough of FTOPS

The Bodog Blogger series with Main Event package at stake is tonight.

Tonight is 6 Max Limit Hold'em. The suckoutistry should be spectacular.

A massive sinus headache and migraine forced me to flee work early in morning, after an excellent nap and a dose of Coricidin D, I woke up refreshed, checked my email and had weak_player blowing up IM with Feldar sightings. He forced me to fire up FullTilt.

The FullTilt client window showed the massive sat to the $1060 buyin FTOPS 10 about to start and I made impulsive decision to register.

I spewed a few chips to someone who could not fold presto after turn on AKJx board because he had flush draw (that hit).

I won a race with Annette_15 my AK crushes QQ to get above 2k, won a QQ vs. KK that was for 1/2 my stack and made a few steals trying to be more aggro and protective of blinds and found myself sneaking in.

I managed to spew chips on occaisons and accumulate chips quickly when I won two separate coin flips for 1/2 my stack then 1/3 of my stack. Just before 2nd break managed to lose quite a few chips when TT lost to QT on a QQT flop. I busted out 639th when J7 lost to KT on a JYx flop.

March 3-9 is a Bodog Tournament Series saw details on the mute one's site.

Weekend of FTOPS

FTOPS 6 I was 138th of 774 runners (84 paid)

I was in good shape until this hand:

Seat 1: RiverOfTears1 (8,856)
Seat 2: Sascha Biorac (14,585)
Seat 3: rduk69 (42,651)
Seat 4: chihjen (32,580)
Seat 5: Eila (35,476)
Seat 6: bayne_s (15,644)
bayne_s posts the small blind of 250
RiverOfTears1 posts the big blind of 500
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bayne_s [Ah As 4c 5d]
Sascha Biorac folds
rduk69 folds
chihjen folds
Eila folds
bayne_s raises to 1,500
RiverOfTears1 calls 1,000
*** FLOP *** [6h 8s Qc]
bayne_s bets 3,000
RiverOfTears1 raises to 7,356, and is all in
bayne_s calls 4,356
RiverOfTears1 shows [7h 5h 9s 3c]

I don't think I make pre-flop call at this stage, implied odds early may justify but you need 2 pair or 2 low mid even cards to continue, of course if I see this flop I do jam, I forgot to see if RiverOfTears1 was Euro.
bayne_s shows [Ah As 4c 5d]
*** TURN *** [6h 8s Qc] [4h]
*** RIVER *** [6h 8s Qc 4h] [Jh]
RiverOfTears1 shows a flush, Jack high
bayne_s shows a pair of Aces
RiverOfTears1 wins the pot (17,712) with a flush, Jack high

An FCD took me out later on a runner runner 2 pair.

RiverOfTears used my chips to finish 10 short of money awww.

FTOPS 7 I was 850th of 2254. I did 1 buy + 1 add, had chipped up to 4k at break but ran into 2 nemesis situations after building up to 16k chips.

Top pair good kicker turned into top trips good kicker from BB in unraised pot but ran into boat. Then after getting from shortstack to 80% of average raised AKo from UTG + 1, flop came K hi with 3 hearts and BB had slowplayed AA and I did not catch up.

FTOPS 9

I folded 1st 6 hands, this was 7th:

Full Tilt Poker Game #5203200951: FTOPS Event #9 (35826683), Table 184 - 15/30 - No Limit Hold'em - 18:08:41 ET - 2008/02/10
Seat 1: LAO XX (3,060)
Seat 2: Blackjackr87 (2,955)
Seat 3: HAIKU123 (3,390)
Seat 4: pk bass (2,760)
Seat 5: Chazz1945 (2,835)
Seat 6: action scratch (2,955)
Seat 7: domer79 (3,045)
Seat 8: Kotofej (3,000)
Seat 9: bayne_s (3,000)
domer79 posts the small blind of 15
Kotofej posts the big blind of 30
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bayne_s [Ah Ad]
bayne_s calls 30
LAO XX folds
Blackjackr87 folds
HAIKU123 calls 30
pk bass folds
Chazz1945 folds
action scratch raises to 130
domer79 raises to 960
Kotofej folds
bayne_s raises to 3,000, and is all in
HAIKU123 folds
action scratch folds
domer79 calls 2,040
bayne_s shows [Ah Ad]
domer79 shows [Kc Ks]
*** FLOP *** [3h 7d Qc]
*** TURN *** [3h 7d Qc] [Qh]

domer79 wins the pot (6,190) with a full house, Kings full of Queens
Kotofej: lol
action scratch: sick
domer79: i nearly puked, and i won


FTOPS 8

I have chosen to list events by my exit time rather than start time.

1st hour I had AA twice and KK three times.
1st KO after minraise and 2 limps I reraised a KK, 1st two folded, the shorty with 2k jammed, I called and his 26s did not catchup.
2nd KO I overplayed AQ but rivered a Q

Went out jamming a bad Ace and being called by a better Ace, one of these days I'll plug that leak.




MATH Monday, now that I have 6 Max cred watch out

FTOPS 9

WWBD in turbo 3 seat SNG?

I missed that Chad was in this before I was 8th person to sign up but he was gigli after being crippled when his nut flush + gut shot fell to an unimproved AK calling a jam on the flop. So ghey.

I have to post some stats:

Statistics for 18 Hands
Street Saw Saw/Total
Flop 0 0%
Turn 0 0%
River 0 0%
Showdown 0 0%
Street Won Won/Saw Won/Total
Pre-flop 0 0% 0%
Flop 0 0% 0%
Turn 0 0% 0%
River 0 0% 0%
Showdown 0 0% 0%

In my zone!!!

Statistics for 48 Hands This was point where we got to 6 handed
Street Saw Saw/Total
Flop 4 8%
Turn 3 6%
River 3 6%
Showdown 3 6%
Street Won Won/Saw Won/Total
Pre-flop 2 4% 4%
Flop 0 0% 0%
Turn 0 0% 0%
River 0 0% 0%
Showdown 3 100% 6%

Statistics for 79 Hands 79th hand was where bubble broke
Street Saw Saw/Total
Flop 7 9%
Turn 5 6%
River 5 6%
Showdown 5 6%
Street Won Won/Saw Won/Total
Pre-flop 7 9% 9%
Flop 0 0% 0%
Turn 0 0% 0%
River 0 0% 0%
Showdown 4 80% 5%

My one lost showdown was AK lost to Q9 all in pre

HTA

Hi, my name is Bayne and yesterday I experienced Hoy tilt.

Still a little mad at self but I let a player at my table disrupt my game during FTOPS Event #2. I had already twice seen him all in cracking good Aces with double-suited monsters such as KJ75 and KT94 so when he limped and shorty re-raised I failed to isolate with my KKJT ds.

This was costly as solid SB felted me on a T84 (two of my suit flop).

Will have to miss the donkarama tonight as daughter as plans tonight so wife and I get an evening together alone. I am stupid but not too stupid to realize night out with wife will have greater long term benefits than poker.

My dad has discovered youtube and sent me this gem:



Not that there is anything wrong with it.

FTOPS #3 Dead Money

I found Chad's post inspirational today. I have won a sat into a Sunday Night HORSE tourney before but believe I have never collected real cash in a HORSE tourney. This would seem to leave me ideally qualified to compete in FTOPS 3.

FTOPS 2

Woke up at crack of 9 (Pacific), decided to warm up for FTOPS 2 by playing 27 player $15 SNG sat to FTOPS 2 and some $3/$6 PLO. Won $250 playing PLO cash so I decided to also goof off in SUPER-TURBOs. Won 1 seat in 27 player SNG and 1 seat in super-turbo so felt my PLO game was on.

1st table in FTOPS I had 4 card bingo player 2 seats to left, I let it impact my game and I went out in first 30 mins being a FCD with overpair to 2nd set from a solid player. So disgusted but next up is FTOPS 6.

PLO Strategy Guide Applied

In my defense I flopped a set of Aces, my read was opponent had a set of Kings, we got all in 1st hand, I was correct, turn was a King.

In Mookie typical strong poker was demonstrated, 4 limpers, I jammed a little pp from SB, KTs and QJs both called. JD (initials previous defined) Shnellnut eliminated me with J on turn.

I also had some fun in a 6-max PLO SNG for $55. I have to include two hands where my opponents felt need to follow Bobby Knight school of coaching.


Full Tilt Poker Game #5154551153: $55 + $5 Sit & Go (Turbo) (39171320), Table 1 - 60/120 - Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 1:59:27 ET - 2008/02/07
Seat 1: OSUAce (1,938)
Seat 2: bxbound66 (3,245)
Seat 5: bayne_s (876) 2 pay I'm in trouble
Seat 6: chas993 (2,941)
bxbound66 posts the small blind of 60
bayne_s posts the big blind of 120
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bayne_s [8d 6s 5c Ad]
chas993 folds
OSUAce raises to 420
bxbound66 folds
bayne_s calls 300
*** FLOP *** [8c 8s Qh]
bayne_s checks
OSUAce bets 900
bayne_s calls 456, and is all in
OSUAce shows [Qc Ks 9d 9c] 54.46% pre
bayne_s shows [8d 6s 5c Ad] 45.54% pre
Uncalled bet of 444 returned to OSUAce
*** TURN *** [8c 8s Qh] [2d]
OSUAce: yeah
*** RIVER *** [8c 8s Qh 2d] [Tc]
OSUAce shows two pair, Queens and Eights
bayne_s shows three of a kind, Eights
bayne_s wins the pot (1,812) with three of a kind, Eights
OSUAce: fitting for my night
OSUAce: call off half your chips needing to nail the flop
OSUAce (Observer): &$$!ing unreal
OSUAce (Observer): you guys are just too good

calling 300 to win 540 seems justified from pot odds standpoint, I then used my almost wafflesesque flop reading skills to determine trips top kicker probably good.

Full Tilt Poker Game #5154638472: $55 + $5 Sit & Go (Turbo) (39171320), Table 1 - 150/300 - Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 2:09:54 ET - 2008/02/07
Seat 2: bxbound66 (3,403)
Seat 5: bayne_s (1,492) still 2 pay I got to take chips away from 2nd
Seat 6: chas993 (4,105)
bxbound66 posts the small blind of 150
bayne_s posts the big blind of 300
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bayne_s [7h 9s Kc Ah]
chas993 has 15 seconds left to act
chas993 folds
bxbound66 raises to 900
bayne_s raises to 1,492, and is all in
bxbound66 calls 592
bayne_s shows [7h 9s Kc Ah] 47.46% pre
bxbound66 shows [Jd 2s 9d Jc] 52.34% pre
*** FLOP *** [Ad 8h 3s]
*** TURN *** [Ad 8h 3s] [4s]
*** RIVER *** [Ad 8h 3s 4s] [Qd]
bayne_s shows a pair of Aces
bxbound66 shows a pair of Jacks
bayne_s wins the pot (2,984) with a pair of Aces
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2,984 Rake 0
Board: [Ad 8h 3s 4s Qd]
Seat 2: bxbound66 (small blind) showed [Jd 2s 9d Jc] and lost with a pair of Jacks
Seat 5: bayne_s (big blind) showed [7h 9s Kc Ah] and won (2,984) with a pair of Aces
Seat 6: chas993 (button) didn't bet (folded)

bxbound66: BINGO DOUCHEBAG YOUR TERRIBLE
bxbound66: MORON
bayne_s: you're is proper english there
bxbound66 (Observer): BINGO DOUCHEBAG LEARN THE GAME CUMSTAIN

It is really not much different than Hold'em, AKs vs. JJ is a race the other cards ability to hit 2 pairs narrows the odds plus the 79K combination is live for some low percentage straights.

I finished 2nd:

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bayne_s [5c Ac Ad 5s]
bayne_s raises to 1,500
chas993 has 15 seconds left to act
chas993 calls 1,000
*** FLOP *** [3h 9h 4s]
chas993 bets 3,000
bayne_s calls 1,734, and is all in
chas993 shows [8h Kh Th Ts] 34.21% pre
bayne_s shows [5c Ac Ad 5s] 65.79% pre
Uncalled bet of 1,266 returned to chas993
*** TURN *** [3h 9h 4s] [4h]
*** RIVER *** [3h 9h 4s 4h] [3c]
chas993 shows a flush, King high
bayne_s shows two pair, Aces and Fours
chas993 wins the pot (6,468) with a flush, King high

Thing about all 3 hands is since it is PL in all cases pot odds vs. odds of winning justify all calls.

The other thing to note is hands with AA can be decent favorites but other cards have to work with the Aces for this to be true.

AAKK ds is mathematically best starting hand, JT98 ds is mathematically #7 , AAKK ds is 2:1 favorite over JT98 with neither flush draw live, 3:2 if JT98 has 2 live flush draws.

Winning at PLO requires good post-flop play, NLHE allows push and pray pre-flop to be enough.

PLO Tourney Strategy Guide

Since I have had success recently in PLO tournaments and FTOPS Event #2 is the KO PLO I thought I would not so humbly create a post about my "strategic thinking".



First a brief primer on starting hand selection:



Being dealt 4 cards means every player starts with 6 NLHE hands, caveat is that you do have to use 2 cards from hand. AA is the best hold'em hand but an Omaha hand consisting of AdAc9h4s is crap. AA is the only playable combination you hold. You have a pair and realistically need to flop an Ace to continue the hand if anyone shows strength.

A hand such as JsTd9s8d on the other hand consists of 6 mediocre NLHE hands and is an easy hand to play post flop. If you miss fold. If you flop 2p you also have a made straight or oesd. PLO requires ability to imagine possibilities on flop because realistically you should have near nuts or draw to nuts to compete for a big pot. Underboats are poison, 2nd straights & 2nd flushes are expensive.

Edward Hutchison developed a points system for determining starting hands to play, I don't use it but it does give a good picture of what hands are playable and what the win percentage is for a hand in pre-flop all in situation 9 handed. In general you want to restrict starting hand selection to 4 cards that "work together".



How to win a PLO tourney:

1.) In early stages of tourney never raise bad AA out of position. In PLO AA is just a pair.

2.) Cracking AA (or KK) hands is way to accumulate chips early. 4 midde connectors or 3 middle connectors and a pair are excellent AA cracking hands, double suited is nice but non-nut flushes are frequently punished. I am looking to flop a straight or set or top 2 or pair and oesd or wrap. Flopping nuts in PLO is nice but unless it is quads, big boat or straight flush you are vulnerable.

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bayne_s [Ks 4h Kd 2s]
bustedmonkey calls 60
CLock71 folds
WSOP4SURE folds
rired999 folds
RambelingE folds
OdynPL folds
skater3598 folds
Scotty47 raises to 150
bayne_s calls 90 this is crap KK hand but implied odds of flopping set are huge
bustedmonkey calls 90
*** FLOP *** [Kc Qs 6s]
Scotty47 checks
bayne_s bets 450
bustedmonkey folds
Scotty47 calls 450
*** TURN *** [Kc Qs 6s] [8c]
Scotty47 checks
bayne_s bets 1,350
Scotty47 raises to 2,490, and is all in
bayne_s calls 695, and is all in
Scotty47 shows [Ac 5c 7d As]
suddenly on turn he went from 2 to 15 outs the FCD aspect of PLO takes over
bayne_s shows [Ks 4h Kd 2s]
Uncalled bet of 445 returned to Scotty47
*** RIVER *** [Kc Qs 6s 8c] [Th]
Scotty47 shows a pair of Aces
bayne_s shows three of a kind, Kings
bayne_s wins the pot (5,440) with three of a kind, Kings

3.) Flop play in PLO is critical. Flopped straights are the most punished hand in PLO. Top set plus flush draw is 3:2 favorite against flopped straight that has no redraw. On flop of 589 holding 67 without redraw is in bad shape against QJT hands. It is important to observe who bets the naked crap flush draws. It is rare for a flop to occur in PLO where you are such a big favorite that the chaser does not have odds to call. Sizing bets so pot odds are not present after turn is sometimes required.

4.) You are going to have to hit some draws.
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bayne_s [Th 7c 7d 9h]
skater3598 folds
Scotty47 folds
bayne_s has 15 seconds left to act
bayne_s calls 80
bustedmonkey folds
CLock71 folds
GottaRaiseYa folds
rired999 calls 80
RambelingE calls 40
OdynPL checks
*** FLOP *** [Kd 8h 6d]
RambelingE bets 320
OdynPL folds
bayne_s calls 320 I have 9 sure outs
rired999 calls 320 I would guess flush draw
*** TURN *** [Kd 8h 6d] [Qc]
RambelingE has 15 seconds left to act
RambelingE bets 1,280
bayne_s calls 1,280
I think Q adds 3 jacks as outs I don't have odds currently but think rired will call after I call
rired999 calls 1,280
*** RIVER *** [Kd 8h 6d Qc] [9c]
RambelingE checks
bayne_s bets 400
rired999 has 15 seconds left to act
rired999 folds probably missed flush draw
RambelingE calls 365, and is all in crying call
Uncalled bet of 35 returned to bayne_s
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bayne_s shows [Th 7c 7d 9h] a straight, Ten high
RambelingE mucks
bayne_s wins the pot (5,850) with a straight, Ten high
RambelingE stands up

5.) You will need to have your AA hands hold:
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bayne_s [5d 6h Ac Ad]
CLock71 folds
GottaRaiseYa folds
rired999 calls 80
dak1616 calls 80
OdynPL folds
skater3598 folds
Scotty47 calls 80
bayne_s calls 40
bustedmonkey checks
*** FLOP *** [2s 4d Jd] gutter nut flush and overpair this is great flop for hand
bayne_s bets 200
skater3598 has been disconnected
bustedmonkey calls 200
rired999 folds
dak1616 folds
Scotty47 calls 200
*** TURN *** [2s 4d Jd] [Ah]
well I am behind 35 but can't slow down now I have 19 outs if trailing
bayne_s has 15 seconds left to act
bayne_s bets 1,000
bustedmonkey calls 1,000
Scotty47 folds
*** RIVER *** [2s 4d Jd Ah] [Td]
bayne_s bets 1,500
bustedmonkey has 15 seconds left to act
bustedmonkey folds I cannot fathom what he was chasing
Uncalled bet of 1,500 returned to bayne_s
skater3598 has reconnected
bayne_s mucks
bayne_s wins the pot (3,000)

6.) Pay attention to what opponent is raising:
Dealt to bayne_s [7h Qs Qh 5s]
bayne_s calls 1,600
wendy59996 folds
testiculars raises to 7,200
I have seen many AK raises out of him, I am committing to put him all in on flop
PassDaBlunt folds
johnriola folds
The Real TBone folds
dak1616 folds
Robin Quivers folds
Chad N Freude folds
bayne_s calls 5,600
*** FLOP *** [Js 3h Qd]
bayne_s bets 1,600
testiculars calls 359, and is all in
bayne_s shows [7h Qs Qh 5s]
testiculars shows [Ks Ah 7d 8h]
Uncalled bet of 1,241 returned to bayne_s
*** TURN *** [Js 3h Qd] [6h]
*** RIVER *** [Js 3h Qd 6h] [Qc]
bayne_s shows four of a kind, Queens

7.) 4 Card Bingo happens
Dealt to bayne_s [4c Ad Qs As]
wendy59996 folds
dolphinsex folds
POPPY K folds
johnriola folds
The Real TBone folds
dak1616 has 15 seconds left to act
dak1616 folds
Robin Quivers has 15 seconds left to act
Robin Quivers folds
Chad N Freude calls 1,200
bayne_s raises to 7,200
Chad N Freude calls 4,800
*** FLOP *** [8s 7d 4h]
Chad N Freude checks
bayne_s bets 12,400
Chad N Freude calls 10,786, and is all in
bayne_s shows [4c Ad Qs As]
Chad N Freude shows [9d Kh 5h 6c]
Uncalled bet of 1,614 returned to bayne_s
*** TURN *** [8s 7d 4h] [2d]
*** RIVER *** [8s 7d 4h 2d] [Jh]
bayne_s shows a pair of Aces
Chad N Freude shows a straight, Eight high
Chad N Freude wins the pot (35,972) with a straight, Eight high

InstantTragedy and LJ both got to hear my assessment of Chad N Freude's starting hand but desperation is a strategy. I don't recommend playing a hand with 2 gaps and a dangler.

8.) Rarely slowplay in PLO, it takes a huge flop to not get run down.
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bayne_s [Ad Js 9d 9c]
dolphinsex folds
POPPY K folds
johnriola folds
The Real TBone folds
dak1616 folds
Robin Quivers folds
Chad N Freude folds
bayne_s calls 1,200
wendy59996 checks
*** FLOP *** [2h 8s Td]
bayne_s checks
wendy59996 bets 4,800
bayne_s calls 4,800
OESD and nut flush draw, jamming is also an option here but in general the 14% of the time the board pairs on the turn where I can fold vs. hitting one of my 14 sure outs 28% of the time doesn't cost me much because the set is pissed and tries to redraw > 50% of time.
*** TURN *** [2h 8s Td] [7d]
bayne_s checks
wendy59996 checks
*** RIVER *** [2h 8s Td 7d] [Qd]
bayne_s bets 7,200
wendy59996 calls 7,200
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bayne_s shows [Ad Js 9d 9c] a flush, Ace high
wendy59996 mucks
bayne_s wins the pot (28,800) with a flush, Ace high
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 28,800 Rake 0
Board: [2h 8s Td 7d Qd]
Seat 1: wendy59996 (big blind) mucked [Kc Jh 6c Jd] - a pair of Jacks
I cannot explain this call

9.) At some point you are going to have to get lucky. I got moved to table with the 2 monster stacks, these two were raising every frckng hand. I felt need to stop it on these 2 hands:

Dealt to bayne_s [As 7c Ac Jc]
MattyDaCobra: Wow.
MattyDaCobra: Not even a six high straight.
UDontHaveMeBeat has 15 seconds left to act
UDontHaveMeBeat folds
belkerpacker folds
fivewholeleo folds
MattyDaCobra raises to 6,750
bayne_s raises to 23,250
Joey768 folds
MattyDaCobra calls 16,500
*** FLOP *** [Kh 9s 3c]
pvanharibo (Observer): GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BAYNE
bayne_s bets 13,685, and is all in
MattyDaCobra calls 13,685
bayne_s shows [As 7c Ac Jc]
MattyDaCobra shows [Ah 2h Js Kc]
*** TURN *** [Kh 9s 3c] [Ad]
*** RIVER *** [Kh 9s 3c Ad] [Qc]
bayne_s shows three of a kind, Aces
MattyDaCobra shows two pair, Aces and Kings
bayne_s wins the pot (76,870) with three of a kind, Aces
Dealt to bayne_s [Kd Js Kc 7s]
belkerpacker folds
fivewholeleo folds
MattyDaCobra calls 3,000
fivewholeleo has reconnected
bayne_s calls 3,000
InstantTragedy (Observer): GOOOOO BAYNE!
Joey768 calls 1,500
fivewholeleo has returned
UDontHaveMeBeat checks
*** FLOP *** [3c Ks 5c]
Joey768 checks
UDontHaveMeBeat checks
MattyDaCobra bets 6,000
bayne_s raises to 30,000
Joey768 folds
UDontHaveMeBeat folds
MattyDaCobra calls 24,000
*** TURN *** [3c Ks 5c] [3s]
MattyDaCobra bets 72,000
bayne_s calls 43,870, and is all in
MattyDaCobra shows [Ah 7h 5s 5d]
bayne_s shows [Kd Js Kc 7s]
Uncalled bet of 28,130 returned to MattyDaCobra
*** RIVER *** [3c Ks 5c 3s] [9h]
MattyDaCobra shows a full house, Fives full of Threes
bayne_s shows a full house, Kings full of Threes
bayne_s wins the pot (159,740) with a full house, Kings full of Threes
MattyDaCobra: Good grief.

10.) FCDs are prevalent in PLO MTTs. Sometimes you have to be FCD:

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bayne_s [Kh Kc 3c Ad]
bayne_s calls 5,000
dak1616 folds
Chad N Freude folds
wendy59996 folds
Joey768 calls 2,500
POPPY K checks
*** FLOP *** [9c Ac Jh]
Joey768 checks
POPPY K bets 15,000
bayne_s has 15 seconds left to act
bayne_s raises to 35,000
Joey768 folds
POPPY K calls 19,379, and is all in
bayne_s shows [Kh Kc 3c Ad]
POPPY K shows [7h Ts As 9s]
Uncalled bet of 621 returned to bayne_s
*** TURN *** [9c Ac Jh] [7c]
*** RIVER *** [9c Ac Jh 7c] [8c]
bayne_s shows a flush, Ace high
POPPY K shows a straight, Jack high
bayne_s wins the pot (83,758) with a flush, Ace high
POPPY K stands up

11) A bonus point from another tourney. The fold button is the one on the left:
Seat 1: RiverRat27 (16,164)
Seat 2: kayfaber (7,205)
Seat 3: bayne_s (46,017)
Seat 4: coogie64 (4,473)
Seat 5: Tilt City (55,451)
Seat 6: jcada99 (21,620)
Seat 7: bbaced (25,113)
Seat 9: klugman (28,743)
klugman posts the small blind of 500
RiverRat27 posts the big blind of 1,000
The button is in seat #7
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bayne_s [9s Ts 7d Tc]
kayfaber raises to 3,500
I really like these sorts of hands but kayfaber has already committed half of stack, since I am not favorite against big pair or even 3 broadway cards why double up shorty?
bayne_s folds
coogie64 folds
Tilt City folds
jcada99 folds
bbaced folds
klugman folds
RiverRat27 folds
Uncalled bet of 2,500 returned to kayfaber
kayfaber mucks
kayfaber wins the pot (2,500)
*** SUMMARY ***

I cashed in $4k PLO tuesday night, one of the 4 card bingo players with AK67 1 suit flopped a flush against my AAKJ ds.

2nd hand of PLO DS a flush chacsing donk drawing to 2nd flush went runner runner straight to put me in "Bayne position".

Apologies for timing out in Bodog tourney, the Stud 8 Skillz series introduced some interesting theoretical developments that Stud 8 experts will be attempting to incorporate in the coming years.

Mookie and FTOPS Wednesday, good luck to all in event #1!

FTOPS VII

Found the chart above as part of FTOPS 5, Event-8 recap. I could not resist posting as I don't even think Smokkee has managed to fold his way to a final table this weakly.

What I do remember about my run in this tournament is that for 1st two hours only hands I raised contained AA2 with one ace suited.

Hands I saw flops with contained AA or A2 or A3 or 4 cards above a 9 (in late position after a few limpers).

Post flop on the few hands I did play I either held the nuts or was drawing to the nuts, it was an evening of very disciplined O8 play and probably aided somewhat by wife and daughter being in Florida so there were no distractions.

In later hours when blinds got high enough that people would fold I opened up starting hand selection in postion and bullied my way to a few more pots and may have exploited my tight image (assuming anyone notices).

Being an Omatard means it is rare for me to be able to play a big field/big buy-in event so I look forward to FTOPS and WCOOP. Just hope I can dodge an inopportune river King this time.

Went out of Monday's $3k O8 as bubble boy when my AA2 ds lost to A338 which called preflop capped betting. He also called a 75T flop with capped betting and caught a 4 then a 2 for wheel.

Went out of MATH when tripJax typically overplayed a little pair and called a jam but sucked out set against my bigger pocket pair. I guess it was only fair since previously he had doubled me up when my mighty Q3s sucked out a flush (and a 3) against his KQ. Congrats on the win.

Bodog Blogger tournament with awesome series prizes and skill game is tonight.

Why do I play online on Sundays?

Super Sunday:

Statistics for 85 Hands

Street____ Saw__ Saw/Total

Flop______ 7 ...............8%

Turn_____ 4 ...............5%

River____ 1 ...............1%

Showdown_ 1 ..............1%

Street Won Won/Saw Won/Total

Pre-flop_ 1 ......... 1% ........... 1%

Flop____ 1 .......14% ........... 1%

Turn____ 0 .......0% ............0%

River____ 0 ......0% .............0%

Showdown 0 .......0% ............0%



My 1 showdown:


Full Tilt Poker Game #5111122411: Super Sunday $500K (37782173), Table 48 - 50/100 - No Limit Hold'em - 19:27:08 ET - 2008/02/03
Seat 1: sousastab777 (3,175)
Seat 2: pushmthepot (9,508)
Seat 3: chips8855 (7,687)
Seat 4: ABowns (7,600)
Seat 5: mr-mn-87 (2,700)
Seat 6: dreamguy4real (5,150)
Seat 7: bayne_s (2,895)
Seat 8: CS224 (830)
Seat 9: Pwnasaurus (2,450)
pushmthepot posts the small blind of 50
chips8855 posts the big blind of 100
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bayne_s [Ac As]
ABowns folds
mr-mn-87 folds
dreamguy4real folds
bayne_s raises to 350
CS224 folds
Pwnasaurus folds
sousastab777 raises to 600
pushmthepot folds
chips8855 folds
bayne_s raises to 1,950
sousastab777 calls 1,350 (got 65% of his stack in pre)
*** FLOP *** [Th Jh 2h]
bayne_s bets 945, and is all in
sousastab777 calls 945
bayne_s shows [Ac As]
sousastab777 shows [Jc Js]
*** TURN *** [Th Jh 2h] [Kd]
*** RIVER *** [Th Jh 2h Kd] [3c] where was Q?
bayne_s shows a pair of Aces
sousastab777 shows three of a kind, Jacks
sousastab777 wins the pot (5,940) with three of a kind, Jacks
bayne_s stands up
gilmourx sits down
gilmourx adds 4,705
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5,940 Rake 0
Board: [Th Jh 2h Kd 3c]
Seat 1: sousastab777 (button) showed [Jc Js] and won (5,940) with three of a kind, Jacks
Seat 2: pushmthepot (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: chips8855 (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: ABowns didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: mr-mn-87 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: dreamguy4real didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: bayne_s showed [Ac As] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 8: CS224 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: Pwnasaurus didn't bet (folded)




Full Tilt Poker Game #5107831667: The Sunday Brawl (37698185), Table 51 - 30/60 - No Limit Hold'em - 14:54:32 ET - 2008/02/03
Seat 1: Ricko99 (4,620)
Seat 2: jse81 (4,720)
Seat 3: marm1te (7,255)
Seat 4: bayne_s (2,305)
Seat 5: B_O_K_E (3,845)
Seat 6: Enterprise1701 (3,150)
Seat 7: LOREN103 (3,100)
Seat 8: Dale Jeffrey (3,170)
Seat 9: PayUpSuucka (6,800)
LOREN103 posts the small blind of 30
Dale Jeffrey posts the big blind of 60
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bayne_s [Qs As]
PayUpSuucka folds
Ricko99 has 15 seconds left to act
Ricko99 folds
jse81 folds
marm1te folds
bayne_s raises to 205
B_O_K_E folds
Enterprise1701 calls 205
LOREN103 folds
Dale Jeffrey calls 145
*** FLOP *** [4c Ad Ah]
Dale Jeffrey checks
bayne_s bets 500
Enterprise1701 raises to 2,945, and is all in
Dale Jeffrey folds
bayne_s calls 1,600, and is all in
Enterprise1701 shows [4d 4s]
bayne_s shows [Qs As]
Uncalled bet of 845 returned to Enterprise1701
*** TURN *** [4c Ad Ah] [Jc]
*** RIVER *** [4c Ad Ah Jc] [Kd]
Enterprise1701 shows a full house, Fours full of Aces
bayne_s shows three of a kind, Aces
Enterprise1701 wins the pot (4,845) with a full house, Fours full of Aces
bayne_s stands up
Ricko99 stands up
jse81 stands up
marm1te stands up
B_O_K_E stands up
Enterprise1701 stands up
LOREN103 stands up
Dale Jeffrey stands up
PayUpSuucka stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4,845 Rake 0
Board: [4c Ad Ah Jc Kd]
Seat 1: Ricko99 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: jse81 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: marm1te didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: bayne_s showed [Qs As] and lost with three of a kind, Aces
Seat 5: B_O_K_E didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: Enterprise1701 (button) showed [4d 4s] and won (4,845) with a full house, Fours full of Aces
Seat 7: LOREN103 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 8: Dale Jeffrey (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 9: PayUpSuucka didn't bet (folded)



I run so bad

Goal 6 Met

I like when the Congratulations window pops up with 1st in it:

But I also like the tournament window at the end:

Of course while I was splashing around in a smaller PLO tourney Chad was showing off in a STars $27.50 by accepting a $5k chop.