Can't Knock Tha Hustle

Current Bankroll: $1610.80

Played 1949 hands of $50 6max NL today for a $245.55 profit plus another $60 or so at $50 PLO when someone kindly pointed out an ubertard was sitting at a $50 table deepstacked.

One of the things I love about poker is just plain old getting to somebody. Getting them so pissed off that they start just giving you stacks and stacks.

Part 1: The Bluff

$50 NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, June 27, 16:10:34 ET 2006
Table Table 109793 (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 1: Hero ( $69.02 )
Seat 4: snirk111 ( $46.81 )
Seat 2: FFLASH ( $30.50 )
Seat 3: swedelite ( $50 )
Seat 6: NYCguyPhD ( $49 )
NYCguyPhD posts small blind [ $0.25 ].
Hero posts big blind [ $0.50 ].

Holecards:
Dealt to Hero [ ]
FOLD FFLASH
FOLD swedelite
FOLD snirk111
CALL NYCguyPhD, $0.25
RAISE Hero , $1.50
CALL NYCguyPhD, $1.50

Flop: (Pot: $4)
[ ]
CHECK NYCguyPhD
BET Hero , $3
CALL NYCguyPhD, $3

Turn: (Pot: $10)
[ ]
CHECK NYCguyPhD
BET Hero , $8
CALL NYCguyPhD, $8

River: (Pot: $26)
[ ]
CHECK NYCguyPhD
BET Hero , $22
NYCguyPhD: lucky stupid XXXXXXX
NYCguyPhD did not respond in time.
FOLD NYCguyPhD
Hero does not show cards.
Hero wins $46.70
99% sure he had 99. Usually I don't bluff like that against call stations but I was certain his hand couldn't stand any heat and he'd fold. Not sure if he tried to disconnect cheat there or not, but apparantly he doesn't have any DP's left!

The very next hand:

$50 NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, June 27, 16:12:28 ET 2006
Table Table 109793 (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 1: Hero ( $81.67 )
Seat 4: snirk111 ( $46.81 )
Seat 2: FFLASH ( $30 )
Seat 3: swedelite ( $49.50 )
Seat 6: NYCguyPhD ( $36 )
swedelite posts small blind [ $0.25 ].
snirk111 posts big blind [ $0.50 ].

Holecards:
Dealt to Hero [ ]
CALL NYCguyPhD, $0.50
RAISE Hero , $3
FOLD FFLASH
FOLD swedelite
FOLD snirk111
RAISE NYCguyPhD, $5.50
CALL Hero , $3

Flop: (Pot: $12.75)
[ ]
CHECK NYCguyPhD
Horst_Fuchs123 has joined the table.
BET Hero $12
RAISE NYCguyPhD $24
RAISE Hero $24
ALL-IN NYCguyPhD

Turn : (Pot: $72.75)
[ ]

River: (Pot: $72.75)
[ ]
Hero shows [ ] a pair of aces .
NYCguyPhD doesn't show [ ] a pair of kings.
Hero wins $6 from side pot #1 with a pair of aces .
Hero wins $70.75 from the main pot with a pair of aces .

With his little gay minraise preflop I knew he either had something or had just decided he was going to 'outplay' me on this. Pretty hard when I have AA in position, but oh well.

Maybe 10 hands later:

***** Hand History for Game (?) *****
$50 NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, June 27, 16:19:49 ET 2006
Table Table 109793 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: Hero ( $113.17 )
Seat 4: snirk111 ( $45.66 )
Seat 2: FFLASH ( $31.90 )
Seat 3: swedelite ( $68.20 )
Seat 6: NYCguyPhD ( $26.25 )
Seat 5: Horst_Fuchs123 ( $54.10 )
NYCguyPhD posts small blind [ $0.25 ].
Hero posts big blind [ $0.50 ].

Holecards:
Dealt to Hero [ ]
CALL FFLASH, $0.50
FOLD swedelite
FOLD snirk111
FOLD Horst_Fuchs123
CALL NYCguyPhD, $0.25
RAISE Hero , $2.50
FOLD FFLASH
CALL NYCguyPhD, $2.50

Flop: (Pot: $6.5)
[ ]
CHECK NYCguyPhD
BET Hero , $6
ALL-IN NYCguyPhD
CALL Hero , $17.25

Turn: (Pot: $29.75)
[ ]

River: (Pot: $29.75)
[ ]
Hero shows [ ] two pairs tens and fives .
NYCguyPhD shows [ ] two pairs jacks and fives .
NYCguyPhD wins $50.35 from the main pot with two pairs jacks and fives .

Oops, I guess he outplayed me on that one.

An hour later, I haven't been winning any decent pots and my continuation bets are getting called by bottom pair. Then this happens:

***** Hand History for Game (?) *****
$50 NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, June 27, 17:19:31 ET 2006
Table Table 109793 (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: Hero ( $70.51 )
Seat 6: NYCguyPhD ( $47.04 )
Seat 2: wise85dm ( $83.10 )
Seat 5: NICKSS0N ( $51.70 )
Seat 4: Egeberg ( $50.50 )
Seat 3: Wheelman93 ( $51.75 )
Wheelman93 posts small blind [ $0.25 ].
Egeberg posts big blind [ $0.50 ].

Holecards:
Dealt to Hero [ ]
RAISE NYCguyPhD, $2
RAISE Hero , $6
FOLD wise85dm
FOLD Wheelman93
FOLD Egeberg
CALL NYCguyPhD, $4

Hmm. I typically wouldn't reraise with JJ but this guy was pretty nitty so his preflop raising range is relatively tight. If he just calls I can put him pretty squarely on 99-QQ or AK.

Flop: (Pot: $12.75)
[ ]
CHECK NYCguyPhD
BET Hero , $10
CALL NYCguyPhD, $10

He knows I raise a lot of hands like JT sooted so there is no way he's smoothcalling this flop with QQ or 99, so his most likely hands at this point are TT and AK. The reason for this is that he would be happy to get it in on the flop if he was very sure he's ahead. With AA-QQ and any set he is straight up pushing to my flop bet assuming I'll call, since I called him with Ace high previously.

Turn: (Pot: $32.75)
[ ]
BET NYCguyPhD, $15
RAISE Hero , $31
ALL-IN NYCguyPhD
CALL Hero , $0.04

HMMMM.
Now I know he either has AK or TT, maybe AQ of spades but there is no way he's playing it this way with a set. He would limp with 55, 66 and 88 preflop.
River: (Pot: $78.79)
[ ]
Hero shows [ ] a pair of jacks .
NYCguyPhD shows [ ] a pair of tens .
Hero wins $92.83 from the main pot with a pair of jacks .

GOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!! I came close to typing 'well, you got outs with 10 10, let's gamble' in the chat box but was 6 tabling and had too much shit going on with IM to be able to type it without timing out.

The First Downswing

Current Bankroll = $1304.85

Haven't had much time to post in the last few days.

On Friday I decided to give 6 max NL a whirl and things didn't go well. A combination of beats and spewing led to a 8 buy-in downswing. Normally I'd drop down or quit as soon as I hit a 2 or 3 buy-in swing, but unfortunately I got hit all at once, losing a few deep stack pots on different tables and was stuck $800 before I knew it. I moved down to $50 NL and still got buttfucked, which left me in fairly bad shape.

After quitting for the day, I played long hours on Saturday and Sunday and managed to recoup a large chunk of my losses.

Back to the Grind.

Fuck a Title Part II

Total BR = $1900.94

Shitty day for PLO. I dropped about $250 between the $25 and $50 PLO tables. Luckily I pwned n00bs at some $50 6-Max NLHE games and had a good day. Had one hand where I folded KK preflop. I raised UTG, 10/2/3 dude raised OTB, I reraised, he pushed for 300BB and showed AA when I folded.

Once again I have to work early and have no real time to post.

Fuck Stupid Titles

Total BR = $1576.16 (Net: +$257.87)

No time for a real post today as I worked at my crappy new job until 10pm, got home (I have no car; I have to walk) at 11:00pm, played $1000 hands of $25 and $50 PLO and 100 hands of $50 NLHE and now I'm going to bed because I have to be back at the fucking shit factory at 9:00am.

It's not my fault you live in a Campground

Total BR = $1302.44


Kinda off day. Got home from work and sat down to play and just wasn't feeling it in my usual way. The tables were good though, so I stuck it out and booked a small profit. Hit the $1250 point, which allowed me (as per my bankroll plan) to play one $50 table.

The title of this post refers to a pretty hilarious conversation that took place at a $25 table last night.

Lag raises with 88ATds, tight-passive limper calls in EP. Flop comes K85, the money gets all in and the limper, of course, has KK.

LAG: Limping with KK eh? That's a good idea... like never
Limper: I'm sorry you lost your rent money.
LAG: Yeah, $20 is my rent money.
Limper: It's not my fault you live in a campground.

Awesome pwnage by a total unimaginative nit.

No really interesting hands today, so I'll just post one I thought was a luckbox but was really me talking this guy to valuetown:

***** Hand History for Game (?) *****
$25 PL Omaha - Wednesday, June 21, 00:33:23 ET 2006
Table Table 95414 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 7 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 7: Hero ( $38.91 )
Seat 1: BlackhawkII ( $49.10 )
Seat 10: kraulis ( $15.06 )
Seat 4: drsthundza ( $16.74 )
Seat 3: vernors7 ( $25 )
Seat 5: ScabbyBear ( $36.84 )
Seat 6: JTB012 ( $40.61 )
Seat 8: bigrednycPP ( $9.25 )
Seat 9: jastackhouse ( $24.75 )
Seat 2: mmmwxyz ( $25 )
bigrednycPP posts small blind [ $0.10 ].
jastackhouse posts big blind [ $0.25 ].
mmmwxyz posts big blind [ $0.25 ].

Holecards:
Dealt to Hero [ ]
CALL kraulis, $0.25
CALL BlackhawkII, $0.25
CHECK mmmwxyz
CALL vernors7, $0.25
FOLD drsthundza
RAISE ScabbyBear, $1.85
FOLD JTB012
CALL Hero , $1.85
FOLD bigrednycPP
FOLD jastackhouse
FOLD kraulis
FOLD BlackhawkII
CALL mmmwxyz, $1.60
CALL vernors7, $1.60

Flop: (Pot: $8.25)
[ ]
CHECK mmmwxyz
CHECK vernors7
CHECK ScabbyBear
BET Hero , $5
CALL mmmwxyz, $5
FOLD vernors7
FOLD ScabbyBear

ScabbyBear is a 20% PFR, so I'm pretty comfortable I'm ahead of him at this point. Any callers and I'm checking behind on the turn and folding the river to a bet.

Turn: (Pot: $18.25)
[ ]
CHECK mmmwxyz
BET Hero , $7
CALL mmmwxyz, $7

Except when I suck out.

River: (Pot: $32.25)
[ ]
CHECK mmmwxyz
BET Hero , $13
ALL-IN mmmwxyz
Hero shows [ ] a full house Kings full of tens .
mmmwxyz doesn't show [ ] three of a kind, tens.
Hero wins $1.85 from side pot #1 with a full house Kings full of tens .
Hero wins $51.85 from the main pot with a full house Kings full of tens .

Zoooooooooooooooooooooooooom!