Set Mining in PLO8

This was a fascinating PLO8 table. Lot's of raising with A2XX, never figured out what markerdarker needed to raise but believe he bought in for $25 at least 6 times and also may have tilted Big Gray. The Chirio I have seen on FullTilt before but don't have good handle on his style but am quite sure he makes somewhat steady profit.

Hand #40569403-3170 at Brockton (Pot Limit Omaha 8/b)Started at 28/Mar/07 04:13:59
The Chirio is at seat 0 with $245.40.
turokrem is at seat 1 with $48.50.
IdeoCyncrasy is at seat 3 with $39.15.
mydenise is at seat 4 with $50.80.
Eyed_Poker is at seat 5 with $73.35.
Big Gray is at seat 6 with $95.85.
markerdarker is at seat 7 with $19.50.
bayne_s is at seat 8 with $136.80.
The button is at seat 7.
bayne_s posts the small blind of $.50.
The Chirio posts the big blind of $1.
bayne_s: 8s Ad Qs Qc
Pre-flop:
turokrem folds.
IdeoCyncrasy calls.
mydenise calls.
Eyed_Poker folds.
Big Gray calls.
markerdarker calls.
bayne_s calls.
The Chirio raises to $7.
IdeoCyncrasy folds.
mydenise folds.
Big Gray calls.
markerdarker calls.
bayne_s calls. Fuel inspired set mining attempt
Flop (board: Qh 7s 4d): It's PLO8 set is nice but wraps are danger
bayne_s checks.
The Chirio bets $30.
Big Gray goes all-in for $88.85.
markerdarker folds.
bayne_s goes all-in for $129.80.
The Chirio calls.
Turn (board: Qh 7s 4d Ts): (no action in this round)
River (board: Qh 7s 4d Ts 4h): (no action in this round)

Showdown: bayne_s shows 8s Ad Qs Qc.
bayne_s has Qs Qc Qh 4d 4h: full house, queens full of fours (high). bayne_s has no qualifying low hand.
The Chirio mucks cards. (The Chirio has As 8h 2s 6c.)
Big Gray shows 4s Ah 3h Kh.
Big Gray has 4s Ah Qh 4d 4h: three fours (high).
Big Gray has no qualifying low hand.
Hand #40569403-3170
Summary: $3 is raked from a total pot of $378.45.
$3 is raked from the main pot of $296.55.
$0 is raked from side pot #1 of $81.90.
bayne_s wins the main pot $293.55 with full house, queens full of fours. bayne_s wins the side pot $81.90 with full house, queens full of fours.
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Glad set held up.
Was fascinated I was called by A2 + gutshot and A3 + bottom pair.

This morning looked at hand on cardplayer.coms Omaha Hands Calculator. The Chirio had a 38% expected return on hand as he was 54% to hit low and 20% to get high (I guess due to gutshot + backdoor flush).

Not the best Day

My Uncle who other than having bird legs is physically identical to me is terminally ill.

Buyers of my House had latest extension to find financing hit today without them securing a loan.

Got knocked out of Daily Double B on FullTilt after AK lost to AQ and JJ lost to AQ (suited) flop was T98 2 clubs and no one lays down flush draw on flop.

Bubbled the MATH after a bad beat.

Got knocked out of Daily Double A 21st, by an A5 against my 77 because he also had enough chips to risk call of 30k (4:3 on his money).

In Daily Double A I was ~8th with 700 to go but did not wield my stack effectively and did lose a couple of coinflips against desperate little stacks and their little pocket pairs.

Lottery

Has everyone seen these?

Initial blinds are 15/30 and you start with 100 chips. The $24+$1 provide 1 seat to the $400K Guarantee.

This has got to be Ultimate Test of Push Monkey Poker.

But it was Sooted

It's early, I have a bad habit of defending my blinds early but it was sooooted.

PokerStars Game #9065701785: Tournament #45613468, 1000FPP
Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2007/03/24 - 14:07:17 (ET)
Table '45613468 30' 9-max
Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: gasuli26 (1500 in chips)
Seat 2: BoodyDrywall (1440 in chips)
Seat 3: VICTIM (1500 in chips)
Seat 4: rf11527 (1390 in chips)
Seat 5: Gurjen (1590 in chips)
Seat 6: hornhiyo (1600 in chips)
Seat 7: bayne_s (1480 in chips)
Seat 8: WOW21 (1500 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 9: Beomer (1500 in chips)
hornhiyo: posts small blind 10
bayne_s: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bayne_s [Kd 3d]
WOW21: folds
Beomer: calls 20
gasuli26: folds
BoodyDrywall: folds
VICTIM: raises 60 to 80
rf11527: calls 80
Gurjen: folds
hornhiyo: folds
bayne_s: calls 60
Beomer: calls 60
*** FLOP ***
[Qs 3s 3c] Jackpot
bayne_s: checks
Beomer: checks
VICTIM: bets 280
rf11527: folds
bayne_s: calls 280 Representing flush draw
Beomer: folds
*** TURN ***
[Qs 3s 3c] [Jh]
bayne_s: checks VICTIM: bets 1140 and is all-in
bayne_s: calls 1120 and is all-in
*** RIVER ***
[Qs 3s 3c Jh] [7h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bayne_s: shows [Kd 3d] (three of a kind, Threes)
VICTIM: shows [Ks Qh] (two pair, Queens and Threes)
VICTIM said, "k3"
bayne_s collected 3130 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3130 Rake 0
Board [Qs 3s 3c Jh 7h]
Seat 1: gasuli26 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: BoodyDrywall folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: VICTIM showed [Ks Qh] and lost with two pair, Queens and Threes
Seat 4: rf11527 folded on the Flop
Seat 5: Gurjen (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: hornhiyo (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: bayne_s (big blind) showed [Kd 3d] and won (3130) with three of a kind, Threes
Seat 8: WOW21 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: Beomer folded on the Flop

Is top pair 2nd kicker really worth that many chips?
Sadly I don't have other comments captured but it was not as colorful as Jacks R OK (not the victim of suited BB this time)

Bash Bubble Boy

Should have Cashed in CC's Bash but tried to bust the money bubble in one big hand and instead bubbled with a coin flip against Kat who successfully folded her way into money

PokerStars Game #9041357035:
Tournament #45822339,
$10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/03/22 - 23:33:50 (ET)Table '45822339 2' 9-max
Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: bayne_s (7200 in chips)
Seat 2: Katitude (2000 in chips)
Seat 3: lightning36 (4340 in chips)
Seat 4: a104l9 (5330 in chips)
Seat 6: GCox25 (3630 in chips)
GCox25: posts small blind 200
bayne_s: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bayne_s [Kd Ac]
Katitude: folds
lightning36: folds
a104l9: raises 800 to 1200
GCox25: raises 2405 to 3605 and is all-in
bayne_s: raises 3570 to 7175 and is all-in (There is a raise and a re-raise push in front of you maybe next time I'll fold in this spot)
a104l9: calls 4105 and is all-in*
** FLOP ***
[Ts 8h 7d]
*** TURN ***
[Ts 8h 7d] [9d]
*** RIVER ***
[Ts 8h 7d 9d] [2s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bayne_s: shows [Kd Ac] (high card Ace)
a104l9: shows [As Ad] (a pair of Aces)
a104l9 collected 3400 from side pot
GCox25: shows [Qc Qd] (a pair of Queens)
a104l9 collected 10940 from main pot
a104l9 said, "ggs"
lightning36 said, "wowsa"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 14340
Main pot 10940.
Side pot 3400. Rake 0Board [Ts 8h 7d 9d 2s]
Seat 1: bayne_s (big blind) showed [Kd Ac] and lost with high card Ace
Seat 2: Katitude folded before Flop (didn't bet)Seat 3: lightning36 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: a104l9 (button) showed [As Ad] and won (14340) with a pair of Aces
Seat 6: GCox25 (small blind) showed [Qc Qd] and lost with a pair of Queens

Working on the Razz

Entered a cheap Razz SNG on Pokerstars last night. If I am going to play HORSE might as well work to improve my play in the 3 stud variants. Believe main thing that changes is pay attention to door cards they are altering your pot odds and don't let Razz tilt you when you get the hand of death.

PokerStars Game #8993046767: Tournament #45716525, $3.00+$0.40 Razz Limit -
Level XI (500/1000) - 2007/03/20 - 00:58:14 (ET)Table '45716525 1' 8-max
Seat 4: JerseyJim71 (2886 in chips)
Seat 7: bayne_s (9114 in chips)
JerseyJim71: posts the ante 100
bayne_s: posts the ante 100
*** 3rd STREET ***
Dealt to JerseyJim71 [3h]
Dealt to bayne_s [3s 2h Ad]
JerseyJim71: brings in for 150
bayne_s: raises 350 to 500
JerseyJim71: raises 500 to 1000
bayne_s: raises 500 to 1500
JerseyJim71: raises 500 to 2000
Betting is capped
bayne_s: calls 500
*** 4th STREET ***
Dealt to JerseyJim71 [3h] [4s]
Dealt to bayne_s [3s 2h Ad] [As]
JerseyJim71: bets 500
bayne_s: raises 500 to 1000
JerseyJim71: calls 286 and is all-in
*** 5th STREET ***
Dealt to JerseyJim71 [3h 4s] [Td]
Dealt to bayne_s [3s 2h Ad As] [8h]
*** 6th STREET ***
Dealt to JerseyJim71 [3h 4s Td] [7s]
Dealt to bayne_s [3s 2h Ad As 8h] [Ah]
*** RIVER ***
Dealt to bayne_s [3s 2h Ad As 8h Ah] [2s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
JerseyJim71: shows [4h Qd 3h 4s Td 7s 3c] (Lo: Q,T,7,4,3)
bayne_s: shows [3s 2h Ad As 8h Ah 2s] (Lo: A,A,8,3,2)
JerseyJim71 collected 5772 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5772 Rake 0
Seat 4: JerseyJim71 showed [4h Qd 3h 4s Td 7s 3c] and won (5772) with Lo: Q,T,7,4,3
Seat 7: bayne_s showed [3s 2h Ad As 8h Ah 2s] and lost with Lo: A,A,8,3,2

Donkeys Have New King

In the Final Satellite before $200+$16 Sunday Night Horse a new Donkey King was crowned.

Hoyazo has claimed low budget HORSE has the most donkery but having seen 1st hand Friday's Bracelet satellite endgame play I would have to disagree. Will have to see how I fare against 136 runners including 6 pros in the Sunday Night HORSE.

Quite a Cooler

Been running poorly at PL and $3/$6 so dropped to lower limits in hopes of replenishing bankroll. Making 50 big bets in 115 hands is nice but where is this at the higher units?

Full Tilt Poker Game #1998581208:
Table Citrus Hills - $1/$2 - Limit Omaha Hi/Lo
- 1:43:41 ET - 2007/03/16
Seat 1: Lucky2448 ($59.25)
Seat 2: halface ($31.50)
Seat 3: jt3845 ($41.50)
Seat 4: Nutsman ($62.50)
Seat 5: brutus1950 ($14.25)
Seat 6: niteowl1340 ($4.50)
Seat 7: 101ita91 ($20)
Seat 8: varmitt ($70.50)
Seat 9: bayne_s ($101)
101ita91 posts the small blind of $0.50
varmitt posts the big blind of $1
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bayne_s [Td Tc Qs Qd] Tens are generally -EV in O8
bayne_s calls $1
Lucky2448 folds
halface folds
jt3845 calls $1
Nutsman calls $1
brutus1950 folds
niteowl1340 folds
101ita91 folds
varmitt checks
*** FLOP ***
[Ts Th 9h] (flopped quads +EV)
varmitt checks
bayne_s checks
jt3845 checks
Nutsman bets $1
varmitt folds
bayne_s calls $1
jt3845 folds
*** TURN ***
[Ts Th 9h] [Ah] (one of us was probably drawing to flush)
bayne_s bets $2
Nutsman raises to $4
bayne_s raises to $6
Nutsman raises to $8
bayne_s calls $2
*** RIVER ***
[Ts Th 9h Ah] [Ks]
bayne_s bets $2
Nutsman raises to $4
bayne_s raises to $6
Nutsman raises to $8
bayne_s calls $2
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Nutsman shows [Ac Jc 5c Ad] (a full house, Aces full of Tens)
bayne_s shows [Td Tc Qs Qd] (four of a kind, Tens)
bayne_s wins the pot ($37.50) with four of a kind, Tens
No low hand qualified (That was a costly turn)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $38.50 Rake $1
Board: [Ts Th 9h Ah Ks]
Seat 1: Lucky2448 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: halface didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: jt3845 folded on the Flop
Seat 4: Nutsman showed [Ac Jc 5c Ad] and lost with HI: a full house, Aces full of Tens
Seat 5: brutus1950 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: niteowl1340 (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: 101ita91 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 8: varmitt (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 9: bayne_s showed [Td Tc Qs Qd] and won ($37.50) with HI: four of a kind, Tens

Why do I keep doing This?

Early in Tournament Blinds very low relative to Starting stack.

EP or LP raises to (30-4) x BB
Bayne holding A-Q calls (Can also happen with AJ or At suited)
Rest of table folds
Flop
Q J rag
Initial raiser bets pot
Bayne holding TPTK min raises to find out where he stands.
Initial Raiser raises
Bayne having learned his TPTK is behind calls anyway rather than continuing in tournament with 2/3 Starting Stack
Initial raiser shows OverPair IGH.

Tinker to Evers to Chance for a MATH Cash

Serious Fonkery was afoot in the MATH. Hopefully Hoy has recovered from some of the sick beats dished out.

My QJ (but it was sooooted) outdrew rosinbagger9's AK when I turned a straigght for 1st final table elimination. Which was just a preview of events to come.

Sitting 3rd at money bubble in BB omega_man_99 limped UTG. Looking at T 6 checked to see a free flop. Flop came down A T 6 and I was sure omega_man_99 had played an A-rag. I bet, he raised and I pushed only to learn his rag was a 6 (eek) apparently Pokerstars Fonkey protector was enabled and I sucked out a T on the turn sending omega_man to a distant 4th. He recovered nicely for 2nd, making bdidde the true victim of TurnStars at the MATH.

Thanks for hosting Hoy.

CC Head's up Tourney in Review

Key hand of Match #1

PokerStars Game #8808591039: Tournament #44615581,
$5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Match
Round I, Level I (10/20) - 2007/03/08 - 23:01:25 (ET)Table '44615581 2' 2-max
Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: bayne_s (1420 in chips)
Seat 2: hoyazo (1580 in chips)
bayne_s: posts small blind 10
hoyazo: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bayne_s [7h 2h]
bayne_s: raises 40 to 60
hoyazo: calls 40
*** FLOP ***
[3h Js 8h]
hoyazo: checks
bayne_s: bets 100
hoyazo: raises 260 to 360
bayne_s: calls 260
*** TURN ***
[3h Js 8h] [9h]
hoyazo: bets 999
bayne_s: raises 1 to 1000 and is all-in (I called off 260 chips hoping to hit flush on turn or dump the hand got to call when I have the flush)
hoyazo: calls 1
*** RIVER ***
[3h Js 8h 9h] [Kc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
hoyazo: shows [8c 5h] (a pair of Eights)
bayne_s: shows [7h 2h] (a flush, Nine high)
bayne_s collected 2840 from pot
hoyazo said, "well done"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2840 Rake 0Board [3h Js 8h 9h Kc]
Seat 1: bayne_s (button) (small blind) showed [7h 2h] and won (2840) with a flush, Nine high
Seat 2: hoyazo (big blind) showed [8c 5h] and lost with a pair of Eights

Key Hand of Match #2

PokerStars Game #8808957297: Tournament #44615581, $5.00+$0.50
Hold'em No Limit - Match Round II, Level I (20/40) -
2007/03/08 - 23:24:26 (ET)Table '44615581 1' 2-max
Seat #2 is the buttonSeat 1: GCox25 (3100 in chips)
Seat 2: bayne_s (2900 in chips)
bayne_s: posts small blind 20
GCox25: posts big blind 40
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bayne_s [Td Tc]
bayne_s: raises 40 to 80G
Cox25: calls 40
*** FLOP ***
[9c 6h 4s]
GCox25: checks
bayne_s: bets 120
GCox25: calls 120
*** TURN ***
[9c 6h 4s] [8d]
GCox25: bets 280
bayne_s: calls 280
*** RIVER ***
[9c 6h 4s 8d] [Ts] (bayne hits one of 12 outs and sucks out)
GCox25: bets 560
bayne_s: calls 560
*** SHOW DOWN ***
GCox25: shows [8c 6c] (two pair, Eights and Sixes)
bayne_s: shows [Td Tc] (three of a kind, Tens)
bayne_s collected 2080 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2080 Rake 0Board [9c 6h 4s 8d Ts]
Seat 1: GCox25 (big blind) showed [8c 6c] and lost with two pair, Eights and Sixes
Seat 2: bayne_s (button) (small blind) showed [Td Tc] and won (2080) with three of a kind, Tens

Someday I will learn how to fold an overpair. Head's up is a lot easier to play once you have a 2:1 chip lead.

Key Hands from Match #3

PokerStars Game #8809711020: Tournament #44615581,
$5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round III, Level III (100/200)
- 2007/03/09 - 00:18:40 (ET)Table '44615581 1' 2-max
Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: bayne_s (6420 in chips)
Seat 2: jeciimd (5580 in chips)
bayne_s: posts small blind 100
jeciimd: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bayne_s [Qh Js]
bayne_s: calls 100
jeciimd: raises 400 to 600
bayne_s: calls 400
*** FLOP ***
[Qc Qd Ac]jeciimd: checks
bayne_s: bets 400
jeciimd: raises 400 to 800
bayne_s: raises 5020 to 5820 and is all-in
jeciimd: folds
bayne_s collected 2800 from pot
bayne_s: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2800 Rake 0Board [Qc Qd Ac]
Seat 1: bayne_s (button) (small blind) collected (2800)
Seat 2: jeciimd (big blind) folded on the Flop

Bayne finally takes lead after roughly 60 hands where we fouglt within 1500 of starting stacks.
Had jeciimd in for all his chips a little later with AJ (me) vs. J9 ( jeciimd) but he endded up with a 9s over Js boat.

PokerStars Game #8809808507: Tournament #44615581, $5.00+$0.50
Hold'em No Limit - Match Round III, Level IV (200/400) -
2007/03/09 - 00:26:30 (ET)
Table '44615581 1' 2-max
Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: bayne_s (8040 in chips)
Seat 2: jeciimd (3960 in chips)
jeciimd: posts small blind 200
bayne_s: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bayne_s [Ac 3h]
jeciimd: raises 1200 to 1600
bayne_s: raises 6000 to 7600
jeciimd: calls 2360 and is all-in
*** FLOP ***
[Ts Kh Qc]
csquard [observer] said, "gl"
*** TURN *** [Ts Kh Qc] [Ah]
*** RIVER *** [Ts Kh Qc Ah] [9h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bayne_s: shows [Ac 3h] (a pair of Aces)
jeciimd: shows [9d 9s] (three of a kind, Nines)
jeciimd collected 7920 from pot
csquard [observer] said, "how brutal"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 7920 Rake 0Board [Ts Kh Qc Ah 9h]
Seat 1: bayne_s (big blind) showed [Ac 3h] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 2: jeciimd (button) (small blind) showed [9d 9s] and won (7920) with three of a kind, Nines

Big mistake overplaying an Ace 3 offsuit

TILT

Yesterday did not see a 6 figure deposit to my bank account due to home sale apparently falling out of escrow.

Not sure yet if buyer backed out due to terms worsening in mortgage market or if mortgage company he was using bailed on buyer.

Got home and while beginning to relax for evening made some comment to my 12 year old daughter that brought such great offense that she hit me upside the head and broke my glasses frame.

Despite this bad frame of mind I played poker. Jacks R OK took the 1st bad beat of evening I delivered in the Mookie, a trail of bad decisions than punished some but mostly scattered my bankroll on various O8 tables before I made "decision" to play $1/$2 PL Omaha on FullTilt.
Bought in at minimum and found a groove of playing solid Omaha. Watched Lee Watkinson sit down (which kept table full) and on his 2nd $80 buy-in he built his stack up overs $1100, including ~$800 pot where he had an overpair against a flopped boat and rivered his 2 outer.

Managed to play solidly enough to return my bankroll to day's starting point and went to bed.

Now I just need to figure out what to do with the house.

Discouraging Chart

This is not my bankroll over the last 6 Months:

This is not my bankroll over the last week:

This is the stock chart for the Mortgage Company the buyer of my house is using.

I sure hope we make it to closing before they go under.

Well Played Sir

Got trapped nicely to go out 3rd at MATH last night.

PokerStars Game #8760876046: Tournament #44403317, $20+$2 Hold'em No Limit
- Level VI (100/200) - 2007/03/05 - 23:32:20 (ET)
Table '44403317 1' 9-max
Seat #6 is the button
Seat 3: bayne_s (4530 in chips)
Seat 6: bdidde (10090 in chips)
Seat 7: bartonfa (12380 in chips)
bartonfa: posts small blind 100
bayne_s: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bayne_s [Qs Kd]
bdidde said, "nh"
bartonfa said, "t"
bdidde: folds
bartonfa: calls 100
bayne_s: checks
*** FLOP ***
[2h Th Ks]
bartonfa: checks
bayne_s: bets 400
bartonfa: raises 4000 to 4400
bayne_s: calls 3930 and is all-in
*** TURN ***
[2h Th Ks] [6d]
*** RIVER ***
[2h Th Ks 6d] [2s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bartonfa: shows [Ac Kc] (two pair, Kings and Deuces)
bayne_s: shows [Qs Kd] (two pair, Kings and Deuces - lower kicker)
bartonfa collected 9060 from pot
bdidde said, "gg baynes"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 9060 Rake 0Board [2h Th Ks 6d 2s]
Seat 3: bayne_s (big blind) showed [Qs Kd] and lost with two pair, Kings and Deuces
Seat 6: bdidde (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: bartonfa (small blind) showed [Ac Kc] and won (9060) with two pair, Kings and Deuces


When Final Table began chip counts were:
Seat 1: sprmnt rhino (1975 in chips)
Seat 2: wigginx (3660 in chips)
Seat 3: bayne_s (2365 in chips)
Seat 4: inkmonkey (2078 in chips)
Seat 5: CEMfromMD (2170 in chips)
Seat 6: bdidde (3139 in chips)
Seat 7: bartonfa (5615 in chips)
Seat 8: NewinNov (5410 in chips)
Seat 9: lightning36 (588 in chips)

Got AA and QQ in BB at final table but didn't get any action, biggest hand for me at Final Table was when an A8 held up in BB against an open push from button from A4. There was a lot of A rag play last night at math so all of a sudden an 8 looked like a monster kicker in that spot.

Life Tilt Home Stretch

Limited Poker Content:

On the calendar February is the shortest month of the year. When you are selling a house in Northern California to a 1st time home buyer it can be the longest. I accepted the offer the 30th of January, there was of course an inspections contingency and a financing contingency. It’s been 15 years since I bought a home for 1st time and despite my uncommon name I had multiple items on my credit report that reflected badly that I had nothing to do with. Buyer of my home has a common First and Last Name so has had quite a struggle to get credit report cleaned up and get loan approval. Think the bankruptcies of a couple marginal lenders in February brought more scrutiny at all lenders on all loans. Am in the home stretch as realtor called minutes ago confident that loan approval will go through and next week closing will occur.

I am looking forward to making rent payment without a mortgage payment next month. Will pay off loan on one of the cars and only remaining debt will be car payments for a year on a 0.9% loan. Hopefully wife does not get fired up to buy another house.

I finally lost the last remnants of my once less meager Full Tilt bankroll. Spent early part of month playing higher limits than I belong, and lost 4 pots very stupidly on a single day where I had Nut Omaha hands folded due to ISP timeouts. I need to just give up playing Full Tilt after 1st time this happens in a day. Prefer most things about Full Tilt but have to recognize playing from home I never have problems with timeouts on Poker Stars beyond an occasional delay and there grant of a few extra seconds on a disconnect is enough to prevent folding winning hands.

I will have to grind on Full Tilt once rake back is paid to see if I can restore bankroll but will probably have to restrict play to win I’m in office outside normal work window.

PokerStars RNG complaint of the Day

Played the MATH during which I saw AK twice, 55 twice and KK once (in BB got a walk).
Got to the Final Table anyway playing as the short stack forever until Fuel started calling my pushes with J5 (suited) and K7 (suited). Went out when I turned a straight against Fuel with my J8 (suited) and he rivered a flush.

Should have realized after watching the brutal hands winning at the Math that a brutal suckout was coming in the cash games.

PokerStars Game #8647993657: Hold'em Limit ($5/$10) - 2007/02/27 - 03:39:07 (ET)
Table 'Errai' 10-max
Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: iamhammer ($151 in chips)
Seat 2: bayne_s ($50 in chips)
Seat 3: livehappy ($252 in chips)
Seat 4: JC-TheGuide ($107.50 in chips)
Seat 5: Sit & Go Pro ($398 in chips)
Seat 6: SuitedKings1 ($200 in chips)
Seat 7: GKD33 ($341 in chips)
Seat 9: Resume` Man ($596 in chips)
Seat 10: KarlSpakler ($227 in chips)
GKD33: posts small blind $2
Resume` Man: posts big blind $5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bayne_s [Qh Qd]
KarlSpakler: folds
iamhammer: raises $5 to $10 (has been raising any Ace and K (Q, J or T) for a while)
bayne_s: raises $5 to $15
livehappy: folds
JC-TheGuide: folds
Sit & Go Pro: folds
SuitedKings1: folds
GKD33: folds
Resume` Man: calls $10
iamhammer: calls $5
*** FLOP ***
[Ts Qs 5d]
Resume` Man: checks
iamhammer: bets $5 (has not missed a flop all night either)
bayne_s: raises $5 to $10 (I certainly did not miss)
Resume` Man: raises $5 to $15 (Apparently we all nailed flop)
iamhammer: calls $10
bayne_s: raises $5 to $20
Betting is capped
Resume` Man: calls $5
iamhammer: calls $5
*** TURN ***
[Ts Qs 5d] [3s]
Resume` Man: checksiam
hammer: checks
bayne_s: bets $10
Resume` Man: calls $10
iamhammer: folds
*** RIVER ***
[Ts Qs 5d 3s] [6s]
Resume` Man: checks
bayne_s: checks (fawk)
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Resume` Man: shows [Ks Qc] (a flush, King high)
bayne_s: mucks hand
Resume` Man collected $124 from pot
Resume` Man said, "aces ?"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $127 Rake $3Board [Ts Qs 5d 3s 6s]
Seat 1: iamhammer folded on the Turn
Seat 2: bayne_s mucked [Qh Qd]
Seat 3: livehappy folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: JC-TheGuide folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Sit & Go Pro folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: SuitedKings1 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: GKD33 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: Resume` Man (big blind) showed [Ks Qc] and won ($124) with a flush, King high
Seat 10: KarlSpakler folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Omaha Amnesia

WPBT #2 Omaha saw me avoid Gigli only through complete lack of hands.

Bled off a few chips by playing an O8 hand that did not connect despite not playing O8 at same time.

These 2 hands saw me bleed off most of my stack:

Full Tilt Poker Game #1873688500: WPBT 07 event #2 (12815568), Table 3 - 20/40 - Pot Limit Omaha - 21:12:05 ET - 2007/02/25

Seat 1: Patchmaster (1,380)

Seat 2: bayne_s (1,350)

Seat 3: HighOnPoker (1,598)

Seat 4: hoyazo (1,905)

Seat 5: Budohorseman (1,522)

Seat 6: lucko21 (1,125)

Seat 7: smizmiatch (1,620)

hoyazo posts the small blind of 20

Budohorseman posts the big blind of 40

The button is in seat #3

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to bayne_s [7c Ad Ah Jh]

lucko21 folds

smizmiatch folds

Patchmaster folds

bayne_s calls 40 (hoping for a re-raise opportunity, in hindsight hand might go better with raise here)

HighOnPoker calls 40

hoyazo calls 20

Budohorseman checks

*** FLOP *** [Tc 4d Kd]

hoyazo checks

Budohorseman checks

bayne_s bets 80 (now I bet Aces since I have gutshot and 9 diamonds can hit to represent nut flush)

HighOnPoker folds

hoyazo calls 80

Budohorseman folds

*** TURN ***

[Tc 4d Kd] [Jd]

hoyazo bets 320 (damn that Hoy, to represent Flush I have to push, only seen Hoy at Hold'em tables don't know if he can lay down flush)

bayne_s folds (wimp you still don't know)

Uncalled bet of 320 returned to hoyazo

hoyazo mucks

hoyazo wins the pot (320)

*** SUMMARY ***

Total pot 320 Rake 0Board: [Tc 4d Kd Jd]

Seat 1: Patchmaster didn't bet (folded)Seat 2: bayne_s folded on the Turn

Seat 3: HighOnPoker (button) folded on the Flop

Seat 4: hoyazo (small blind) collected (320), mucked

Seat 5: Budohorseman (big blind) folded on the Flop

Seat 6: lucko21 didn't bet (folded)

Seat 7: smizmiatch didn't bet (folded)

Full Tilt Poker Game #1873699228: WPBT 07 event #2 (12815568), Table 3 - 20/40 - Pot Limit Omaha - 21:13:26 ET - 2007/02/25Seat 1: Patchmaster (1,380)

Seat 2: bayne_s (1,230)

Seat 3: HighOnPoker (1,558)

Seat 4: hoyazo (2,105)

Seat 5: Budohorseman (1,482)

Seat 6: lucko21 (1,125)

Seat 7: smizmiatch (1,620)

Budohorseman posts the small blind of 20

lucko21 posts the big blind of 40

The button is in seat #4

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to bayne_s [Ks Jd 9h Tc]

smizmiatch foldsPatchmaster folds

bayne_s calls 40

HighOnPoker calls 40

hoyazo folds

Budohorseman calls 20

lucko21 checks

*** FLOP ***

[3d Kc Qh]

Budohorseman bets 160

lucko21 folds

bayne_s calls 160 (got the underwrap)

HighOnPoker folds

*** TURN ***

[3d Kc Qh] [7h]

Budohorseman bets 240

bayne_s calls 240 (got the underwrap still)

*** RIVER ***

[3d Kc Qh 7h] [Jh]

Budohorseman bets 480 (looks like a value bet at time why don't I fold)

bayne_s calls 480 (2nd straight on backdoor flush board)

*** SHOW DOWN ***

Budohorseman shows [Kh Qd 5h 8h] (a flush, King high)

bayne_s mucks

Budohorseman wins the pot (1,920) with a flush, King high

*** SUMMARY ***

Total pot 1,920 Rake 0

Board: [3d Kc Qh 7h Jh]

Seat 1: Patchmaster didn't bet (folded)

Seat 2: bayne_s mucked [Ks Jd 9h Tc] - a straight, King high

Seat 3: HighOnPoker folded on the Flop

Seat 4: hoyazo (button) didn't bet (folded)

Seat 5: Budohorseman (small blind) showed [Kh Qd 5h 8h] and won (1,920) with a flush, King high

Seat 6: lucko21 (big blind) folded on the Flop

Seat 7: smizmiatch didn't bet (folded)

Was so low on chips that I went out soon after with a AK hand that is only played when shortstacked ran in Hoy's well co-ordinated KKTx.

Went out of $30+$3 Omaha tourney on Stars soon after this but I was 2nd stack at table and flopped top 2 pair and nut flush draw when big stack at table had top pair and straight wrap. He only had 11 of his expected 13 staight outs and was looking at 3 outs if top pair hit. Bad RNG

2 Flavors of Omaha

Somehow didn't notice this was a 6 Handed Tournament when I registered, got low in chips as I did not widen starting hand selection and maybe some of Hoy's ideas on raising A-2 hands apply 6 Handed. Since I was low decided to fire up a PL Omaha Tourney

Rallied in Omaha 8 and through some fortunate hands reached final table, final table of Omah table hit at almost the same time. My play was slow as I did stick to my system of O8 always being on low side of screen wanted to constantly confirm I was making good Omaha decisions in correct window.

Eventual winner played really well and was an Ace's cracking machine. He called a lot of pot sized raises preflop with hands that were bascially 4 out of 6 consecutive (always one flush draw, lot of doublesuited) and was hitting enough flops to do damage. Be wary of Dolph at Omaha.

Table Image and the Hammer

First off an apology to StB , in my last blog I made reference to 2 plays as Fonkey plays that were rewarded by PokerStars RNG with runner-runner beats post flop. Thought this was acceptable behavior as I was the Fonkey in 2nd hand.

StB and I have a difference of opinion on how to play the Hammer, I can see his point that you play it like it's Aces and this certainly is valid as long as you can raise enough that opponent is in position to fold. Bottom line if the cards have to come up in a showdown at that point they are not Aces.

I believe it was Howard Lederer that said on Full Tilt Poker's Tips from the Pros that you make the most money in poker when you play against established table image. Thought my hammer all in against VinNay in last Monday's MATH served me well as soon after I picked up quite a few premium hands and got action in a lot of them. Beating VinNay took me from ~1900 chips to 2700 but I quickly found my AKs challenged by AJ & A9 and won a race against JJ to get me comfortably in the lead at around 8000. I know I did not show another bluff until I was head's up with Smokkee.

Good Read,Bad Result, Bad Read Good Result

Thanks PokerStars for rewarding another Fonkey for a ridiculous pre-flop re-raise and an even lamer post flop push.
Please go to http://sirfwalgman.blogspot.com/ and substitue "S.t.B." where you see "Rav"

PokerStars Game #8575562065: Tournament #43564165, $10+$1 Hold'em No
Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2007/02/22 - 22:14:03 (ET)
Table '43564165 1' 9-max
Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: hoyazo (1905 in chips)
Seat 3: jeciimd (2655 in chips)
Seat 4: S.t.B (1355 in chips)
Seat 5: CawtBluffin (555 in chips)
Seat 6: AlCantHang (1295 in chips)
Seat 7: pokerpeaker (1210 in chips)
Seat 8: bayne_s (1940 in chips)
Seat 9: mookie99 (2585 in chips)
S.t.B: posts small blind 25
CawtBluffin: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bayne_s [Qd Jd]
AlCantHang: folds
pokerpeaker: folds
bayne_s: raises 150 to 200mookie99: folds
pokerpeaker said, "I thought the flop was junky and didn't act on my read"
hoyazo: folds
jeciimd: folds
S.t.B: raises 450 to 650
CawtBluffin: folds
bayne_s: calls 450
*** FLOP ***
[6d 5d Th]
S.t.B: bets 705 and is all-inbayne_s: calls 705
*** TURN ***
[6d 5d Th] [3s]*** RIVER *** [6d 5d Th 3s] [4h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
S.t.B: shows [7d 2s] (a straight, Three to Seven)bayne_s: shows [Qd Jd] (high card Queen)
S.t.B collected 2760 from potpokerpeaker said, "HAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMER"
CawtBluffin said, "oh lol"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2760 Rake 0Board [6d 5d Th 3s 4h]
Seat 1: hoyazo folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: jeciimd (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: S.t.B (small blind) showed [7d 2s] and won (2760) with a straight, Three to Seven
Seat 5: CawtBluffin (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: AlCantHang folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: pokerpeaker folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: bayne_s showed [Qd Jd] and lost with high card Queen
Seat 9: mookie99 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Thanks PokerStars for rewarding another Fonkey for a ridiculous post turn bet with idiot end of straight and rewarding him with flush.

PokerStars Game #8577511205: Hold'em No
Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2007/02/23 - 00:26:38 (ET)
Table 'Puppis V' 9-max
Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: wpbsadie ($140 in chips)
Seat 2: bayne_s ($47.45 in chips)
Seat 3: duocujo ($61.50 in chips)
Seat 4: mr_tibbs44 ($82.85 in chips)
Seat 5: HurricaneHam ($89 in chips)
Seat 6: mk10shun ($126.95 in chips)
Seat 7: Flyer623 ($97 in chips)
Seat 8: csquard ($433.40 in chips)
Seat 9: harrry k ($110.75 in chips)
csquard: posts small blind $0.50
harrry k: posts big blind $1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bayne_s [6h 7h]
wpbsadie: folds
bayne_s: calls $1duocujo: folds
mr_tibbs44: folds
HurricaneHam: raises $3 to $4
mk10shun: folds
Flyer623: folds
csquard: calls $3.50
harrry k: foldsbayne_s: calls $3
*** FLOP *** [8d 9d Th]
csquard: bets $6bayne_s: calls $6
HurricaneHam: calls $6
*** TURN ***
[8d 9d Th] [4h]
csquard: checks
bayne_s: bets $28 (Put CC on a draw, Hurricane on big pair)
HurricaneHam: folds
csquard: raises $28 to $56
(Crap CC is slow playing I don't have enough left to be bluffed)
bayne_s: calls $9.45 and is all-in (Have to chase flush, I'm priced in)
*** RIVER ***
[8d 9d Th 4h] [3h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
csquard: shows [Qc Jc] (a straight, Eight to Queen)
(I'm a Fonkey and tonight PokerStars is running a special
"Fonkey Appreciation Night")
bayne_s: shows [6h 7h] (a flush, Ten high)
bayne_s collected $102.90 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $105.90 Rake $3Board [8d 9d Th 4h 3h]
Seat 1: wpbsadie folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: bayne_s showed [6h 7h] and won ($102.90) with a flush, Ten high
Seat 3: duocujo folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: mr_tibbs44 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: HurricaneHam folded on the Turn
Seat 6: mk10shun folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Flyer623 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: csquard (small blind) showed [Qc Jc] and lost with a straight, Eight to Queen
Seat 9: harrry k (big blind) folded before Flop

I guess this will cover Bash buyin