Monday, July 30
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Hands today
Multiway pot action
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1315938
Analysis: This is why they say don't go broke in multiway pots with only a pair. I have to toot my horn on how little I lost here. It might even be a weak play at higher levels.
Give up on the straight?
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1315952
Analysis: Here is a hand where I have top pair and a so-so kicker. On the flop they bet out minimum and another just calls the minimum. I feel like I should protect my hand so I bet out pot. The turn brought a possible flush, the card I was very scared of and a possible straight. I still have top pair and now a straight draw so I decided to check it down rather than be reraised off the pot. The river brought me the straight and I'm pretty willing to call most bets but the Villian went all in. This is what some people do after the turn trap didn't work. I'm not sure if my fold was correct or not. The pot was still pretty small compared to his all in.
My hand: TT overpair
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1315979
Analysis: This fold I felt more confident about, even though it was the same table that just saw me make a laydown. The flop I was fairly certain about. I felt preflop I would have been reraised with a higher pocket pair and the flop was VERY draw heavy. Any ace would have a straight draw, medium cards have gut shots, flush draws out, just tons of possibilities. So when he bet out, I wanted to really punish him for trying to draw and reraised him 4 times (I didn't mind a fold by him here). The turn brought the ugliest possible card. Any ace now has his straight (aces anything are more likely to call preflop raises) and any flush draws have hit, plus he could have already had me beat preflop or flop. So I checked willing to call a moderate sized bet on the river if the right card fell. The king came which was an overcard to my pair. He bet half the pot. The only hands I could beat were 66, 77, 88 and 99 so I decided to give up on my hand.
AK out of position
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1315873
Analysis: Playing AK out of position sucks. AK is a hand that wants to see all 5 cards because most of the time you're not going to hit your ace or king on the flop and if there is pressure on you, then you have to let it go. That's why AK is the ideal hand to go all in with preflop if the pot is big enough.
For example, playing .50/1.00, if I raise to 3.5 UTG and get reraised to 10.50 and I have 100 dollars. When it swings back to me, I usually consider 10% of my stack the minimum to go all in. Depending on the player I would sometimes go all in so I get full value out of my AK getting to see all five cards.
Today, unfortunately, I was min raised. I really hate min raised because it's either a really great hand (AA, KK), or a drawing hand. This put me in a tough spot with my AK. I was out of position to someone who took the betting lead. When the flop comes and most likely misses my hand, I'd likely bet out and then give up on the hand. Reraising almost commits me to the pot and going all in seems too absurd considering the pot is still small and only AA, KK, QQ, JJ and AK would call in that case (me getting beaten most of the time).
I decided to reraise him. If he went all in, I would be in a tough spot. If I miss my flop (most of the time) I would bet and if called or reraised (tough spot again!). If I hit my ace or king, I am committed. Luckily for me, I hit my ace, but notice that even though it looked like I was way ahead, he wins 1/3 times we run it. So even if things go perfectly (not reraised all in preflop, I get lucky and hit the flop) he can still win 1/3 times with his hand. His play isn't crazy, 2/3 of the time I miss my flop and may have to fold.
This is why I hate playing AK out of position.
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Monday, July 16
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The worst day in poker
Today was the worst day I've ever had in poker. 8 out of 10 races I lost (a race is when you both go all in and you each have a 50/50 chance to win) and then everytime I had a premium hand, they got lucky on me.
Let me show you a few hands that weren't races today.
The Start
It started off badly here when I hit my flush but he had quads (I am redswiss27). I don't mind this hand so much except that it was so large a pot. After losing this hand, I played lower stakes because I didn't want to lose a lot:
NL $1/$2 Texas Hold'em - Sunday, July 15, 19:22:33 GMT 2007
Table Oxygen 07 6-max (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of active players : 5
Seat 1: HabibMarwan ( $260.68 )
Seat 2: reg b ( $54.92 )
Seat 3: nirvana99 ( $171.35 )
Seat 4: xanxoz ( $200 )
Seat 5: redswiss27 ( $197 )
Seat 6: Alandmark ( $254.57 )
reg b posts small blind [$1]
nirvana99 posts big blind [$2]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to redswiss27 [ Ks, Qs ]
redswiss27 raises to [$7]
Alandmark calls [$7]
HabibMarwan folds
reg b folds
nirvana99 folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ Js, 2h, 2s ]
redswiss27 bets [$10]
Alandmark calls [$10]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 7h ]
redswiss27 bets [$20]
Alandmark calls [$20]
** Dealing River ** [ 8s ]
redswiss27 bets [$38]
Alandmark goes all-in
Alandmark raises to [$217.57]
redswiss27 calls [$122]
redswiss27 goes all-in
Returning uncalled bet [$57.57] to Alandmark
** Showdown **
redswiss27 shows [ Ks, Qs ] a Flush
Alandmark shows [ 2c, 2d ] four of a kind, Deuces
** Hand Conclusion **
Alandmark wins $394 from main pot with four of a kind, Deuces
The following hands are in no particular order, but continued a bad day. These were all that I could find easily, but there were many more 2 outters etc....
Hand One
Aggressive, sort of short stacked guy tried to make a move on me.
NL $0.50/$1 Texas Hold'em - Monday, July 16, 20:42:09 GMT 2007
Table Fluorine 14 6-max (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of active players : 6
Seat 1: Cancer Man ( $122.37 )
Seat 2: SHATIT ( $33.25 )
Seat 3: Nero14 ( $62.23 )
Seat 4: Keziah ( $129.40 )
Seat 5: Theducklin ( $92.28 )
Seat 6: redswiss27 ( $91.95 )
Nero14 posts small blind [$0.50]
Keziah posts big blind [$1]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to redswiss27 [ Ac, As ]
Theducklin calls [$1]
redswiss27 raises to [$4]
Cancer Man folds
SHATIT folds
Nero14 raises to [$7]
Keziah folds
Theducklin folds
redswiss27 raises to [$21]
Nero14 calls [$14]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 6c, 5d, 8s ]
Nero14 checks
redswiss27 bets [$30]
Nero14 goes all-in
Nero14 raises to [$41.23]
redswiss27 calls [$11.23]
** Showdown **
Nero14 shows [ 9h, 9d ]
redswiss27 shows [ Ac, As ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 7d ]
** Dealing River ** [ Ks ]
** Hand Conclusion **
Nero14 wins $123.46 from main pot with a straight, Nine to Five
Hand Two
Again I have a premium hand against the same psycho, but he hits his straight. I managed to keep the pot small, by checking the flop and making an almost min raise on the turn for information. He bet out small on the river hoping I would reraise again, but I only called him down.
NL $0.50/$1 Texas Hold'em - Monday, July 16, 21:30:17 GMT 2007
Table Fluorine 14 6-max (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of active players : 5
Seat 1: Cancer Man ( $157.22 )
Seat 2: Kissyblue ( $55 )
Seat 3: Nero14 ( $100.81 )
Seat 4: Spader7 ( $100 )
Seat 5: Theducklin ( $35.90 )
Seat 6: redswiss27 ( $127.35 )
Kissyblue posts small blind [$0.50]
Nero14 posts big blind [$1]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to redswiss27 [ Ad, Ah ]
Theducklin calls [$1]
redswiss27 raises to [$4.50]
Cancer Man folds
Kissyblue folds
Nero14 calls [$3.50]
Theducklin folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ 9d, Th, Td ]
Nero14 checks
redswiss27 checks
** Dealing Turn ** [ 8c ]
Nero14 bets [$3]
redswiss27 raises to [$7]
Nero14 calls [$4]
** Dealing River ** [ 5c ]
Nero14 bets [$10]
redswiss27 calls [$10]
** Showdown **
Nero14 shows [ Jc, Qc ] a straight, Queen to Eight
redswiss27 mucks [ Ad, Ah ]
** Hand Conclusion **
Nero14 wins $42.30 from main pot with a straight, Queen to Eight
Hand Three
This guy was such a donkey. I can't believe he held on to his QQ when I made pot sized bets twice against 2 opponents. Needless to say after taking this pot from me and lucking out on some other guy he lost all his money eventually. Same thing goes for most of the guys who lucked out.
NL $0.50/$1 Texas Hold'em - Monday, July 16, 21:48:35 GMT 2007
Table Fluorine 13 6-max (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of active players : 5
Seat 1: Rosaneros ( $45.22 )
Seat 2: Mladinho26 ( $167.85 )
Seat 3: TRENTEND ( $42.98 )
Seat 4: redswiss27 ( $155.65 )
Seat 5: Happyfold ( $71.96 )
Seat 6: ALFCHLO ( $54.05 )
TRENTEND posts small blind [$0.50]
redswiss27 posts big blind [$1]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to redswiss27 [ 4c, 4h ]
Happyfold folds
ALFCHLO folds
Rosaneros calls [$1]
TRENTEND calls [$0.50]
redswiss27 checks
** Dealing Flop ** [ Kh, 4s, 8h ]
TRENTEND checks
redswiss27 bets [$1.85]
Rosaneros calls [$1.85]
TRENTEND calls [$1.85]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Td ]
TRENTEND checks
redswiss27 bets [$7]
Rosaneros calls [$7]
TRENTEND folds
** Dealing River ** [ Qs ]
redswiss27 bets [$14]
Rosaneros goes all-in
Rosaneros raises to [$35.37]
redswiss27 calls [$21.37]
** Showdown **
Rosaneros shows [ Qd, Qc ] three of a kind, Queens
redswiss27 shows [ 4c, 4h ] three of a kind, Fours
** Hand Conclusion **
Rosaneros wins $90.29 from main pot with three of a kind, Queens
Hand Four
What the? Is all I can say about this hand.
NL $0.50/$1 Texas Hold'em - Monday, July 16, 20:40:51 GMT 2007
Table Fluorine 13 6-max (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of active players : 6
Seat 1: pfweh ( $60.25 )
Seat 2: Mladinho26 ( $71.60 )
Seat 3: TRENTEND ( $60.38 )
Seat 4: redswiss27 ( $113.95 )
Seat 5: ENVOY ( $44.03 )
Seat 6: Sboski ( $34.05 )
ENVOY posts small blind [$0.50]
Sboski posts big blind [$1]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to redswiss27 [ Qh, Qs ]
pfweh raises to [$2]
Mladinho26 folds
TRENTEND folds
redswiss27 raises to [$6]
ENVOY raises to [$26]
Sboski folds
pfweh folds
redswiss27 goes all-in
redswiss27 raises to [$113.95]
ENVOY calls [$18.03]
ENVOY goes all-in
Returning uncalled bet [$69.92] to redswiss27
** Showdown **
redswiss27 shows [ Qh, Qs ]
ENVOY shows [ Ts, Kd ]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Tc, Th, 7d ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 8h ]
** Dealing River ** [ 9h ]
** Hand Conclusion **
ENVOY wins $88.06 from main pot with three of a kind, Tens
Hand Five
I played this guy perfectly and checked raised the turn, but he luckboxes on the river, which I have to call anyway cuz I'm pot committed so I made the bet.
NL $0.50/$1 Texas Hold'em - Monday, July 16, 21:19:28 GMT 2007
Table Fluorine 03 6-max (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of active players : 5
Seat 1: Kissyblue ( $50 )
Seat 2: Bedzilla ( $297.16 )
Seat 3: kingjoe26 ( $16.24 )
Seat 4: Loukie ( $198.20 )
Seat 5: t4l ( $17.76 )
Seat 6: redswiss27 ( $104.50 )
t4l posts small blind [$0.50]
redswiss27 posts big blind [$1]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to redswiss27 [ Js, Jc ]
Bedzilla calls [$1]
kingjoe26 folds
Loukie folds
t4l calls [$0.50]
redswiss27 raises to [$4.50]
Bedzilla calls [$3.50]
t4l folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ 3d, 9d, 6s ]
redswiss27 bets [$7.50]
Bedzilla calls [$7.50]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Jh ]
redswiss27 checks
Bedzilla bets [$15]
redswiss27 raises to [$45]
Bedzilla calls [$30]
** Dealing River ** [ 7s ]
redswiss27 goes all-in
redswiss27 bets [$47.50]
Bedzilla calls [$47.50]
** Showdown **
Bedzilla shows [ 4h, 5h ] a straight, Seven to Three
redswiss27 shows [ Js, Jc ] three of a kind, Jacks
** Hand Conclusion **
Bedzilla wins $207 from main pot with a straight, Seven to Three
Hand Six
I decided to be cute with this hand because the guy was aggresive so I just only called his preflop raise so I could really hurt him later. It worked, but he lucked out.
***** Betfair Poker Hand History for Game 229915073 *****
NL $0.50/$1 Texas Hold'em - Monday, July 16, 17:06:41 GMT 2007
Table Fluorine 03 6-max (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of active players : 6
Seat 1: Kissyblue ( $43.05 )
Seat 2: cjs123 ( $82.95 )
Seat 3: redswiss27 ( $94.10 )
Seat 4: Jimmy____ ( $96.50 )
Seat 5: LIV5 ( $98.40 )
Seat 6: apaths ( $65.89 )
cjs123 posts small blind [$0.50]
redswiss27 posts big blind [$1]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to redswiss27 [ Ac, Ad ]
Jimmy____ folds
LIV5 folds
apaths folds
Kissyblue raises to [$3.60]
cjs123 folds
redswiss27 calls [$2.60]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 3h, 4h, 6c ]
redswiss27 checks
Kissyblue bets [$5]
redswiss27 raises to [$15]
Kissyblue goes all-in
Kissyblue raises to [$39.45]
redswiss27 calls [$24.45]
** Showdown **
Kissyblue shows [ 7h, Kh ]
redswiss27 shows [ Ac, Ad ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Qh ]
** Dealing River ** [ Tc ]
** Hand Conclusion **
Kissyblue wins $83.60 from main pot with a Flush
Hand Seven
This hand I don't know what else I could have done. I bet 10 so I could isolate just 1 guy, but 2 called. Then a scary flop called so I bet big to end it, but was called again. One guy was short so by then I was pot committed.
***** Betfair Poker Hand History for Game 229779639 *****
NL $0.50/$1 Texas Hold'em - Monday, July 16, 02:41:46 GMT 2007
Table Fluorine 18 6-max (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of active players : 6
Seat 1: Mekon1969 ( $56.55 )
Seat 2: cctv ( $76.43 )
Seat 3: tinu ( $102.65 )
Seat 4: redswiss27 ( $101.30 )
Seat 5: Firstrain ( $43.80 )
Seat 6: will12345 ( $96.40 )
tinu posts small blind [$0.50]
redswiss27 posts big blind [$1]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to redswiss27 [ Ks, Kh ]
Firstrain raises to [$2]
will12345 calls [$2]
Mekon1969 folds
cctv calls [$2]
tinu calls [$1.50]
redswiss27 raises to [$10]
Firstrain calls [$8]
will12345 folds
cctv calls [$8]
tinu folds
** Dealing Flop ** [ 9h, 3s, 8c ]
redswiss27 bets [$18.50]
Firstrain calls [$18.50]
cctv calls [$18.50]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Js ]
redswiss27 goes all-in
redswiss27 bets [$72.80]
Firstrain calls [$15.30]
Firstrain goes all-in
cctv calls [$47.93]
cctv goes all-in
Returning uncalled bet [$24.87] to redswiss27
** Showdown **
cctv shows [ Tc, 7c ]
redswiss27 shows [ Ks, Kh ]
Firstrain shows [ 7h, 7s ]
** Dealing River ** [ 9s ]
** Hand Conclusion **
cctv wins $65.26 from side pot #1 with a straight, Jack to Seven
cctv wins $132.40 from main pot with a straight, Jack to Seven
There were more hands and of course all the 50/50 ones I lost.
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Wednesday, July 4
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Paris Hilton Over-exposed
 Since I spend a lot of time on the computer surfing the internet, I spend a lot of time reading about Paris Hilton. On the internet, she is the queen and death and taxes wait their turn. It's as though the entire world has got an addiction to and camaraderie in making fun of her.
The first 10 thousand jokes were funny. I laughed at all the slut jokes, bimbo jokes and heartless bitch jokes. She was an easy target, filthy rich girl with zero modesty and work ethic. I'm pretty sure she looked up the word airhead and used it for a personality. But somewhere between the 100 thousandth and 1 millionth joke, I stopped laughing. I realized that we've become the joke.
So many people are bagging on her, it's like the nerd at school making fun of the geek. Paris has become the acceptable target of ridicule, even by the people with glass houses. It's cool to make fun of her.
Celebrity sites just need to put up a juicy picture of her and throw in a random mix of insults and they've reached their traffic and comments quota for the week.
Sarah Silverman got the entire MTV auditorium to laugh at Paris while she was actually there attending the event. If she had made the same fellatio jokes about anyone female, maybe even porn stars, the room would have gone silent. But it's okay to say that stuff about Paris. You are allowed to say anything about Paris, and if it's mean, it's funny.
There are some real sick evil people out there, but we all focus our hatred and anger on a spoiled rich girl. Her biggest sin is being self-centered (like no one we know is like that). The big bad guys in the world are smart and might fight back, Paris will just cry. Let's all keep making fun of her, so we feel better about ourselves.
I'd rather be her friend than a sheep's. BAAAAAHHH
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Sunday, July 1
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Now we're cooking
I've gone and done it. I've spent 200 dollars buying several cookbooks. After spending all that money, I've decided that cooking will be my new hobby since video games aren't so productive and poker has become a job.
After much research, I've decided on the following books (I already have the Joy of Cooking):
The Professional Chef - A bible, like The Joy of cooking. It's a mammoth textbook that covers the culinary arts.
Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking - Two Marcella Hazan Italian cooking books combined into one. She is responsible for bringing great italian cooking into the American kitchen.
Complete Book of Mexican Cooking - I really don't know much else besides tacos and burritos, but I do very much like tacos and burritos.
Think Like a Chef - A top chef writing about the principles behind cooking, so that you can creatively make dishes and not follow strict recipes.
How To Cook Everything : Simple Recipes for Great Food - Food editor for the NY Times.
Chinese Cooking Made Easy - Small little book with a lot of recipes.
The Chinese Kitchen: Recipes, Techniques, Ingredients, History, and Memories from America's Leading Authority on Chinese Cooking - Textbook for Chinese food.
The one book that I reluctantly dropped but may get in the future was one on Japanese cooking.
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