Renton’s Poker Blog

Well, went to Jason’s and played, and got beat bad. Finished 9th out of 10, just couldn’t catch any cards.

Then, after making plans to play a short handed Omaha game, everyone decides to back out. Shit, I wouldn’t have wasted my time sitting around over there if I had known that we weren’t going to play another game.

So came back home, and played another $6+.50 Turbo SnG. What follows is what I think the best hand was:

PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (7 handed) converter

saw flop

CO (t1890)

Button (t2180)

Hero (t1705)

BB (t2445)

UTG (t3105)

MP1 (t960)

MP2 (t1215)

Preflop: Hero is SB with Q, K.

1 fold, MP1 calls t50, 3 folds, Hero raises to t150, BB calls t100, MP1 calls t100.

Flop: (t450) T, Q, 8 (3 players)

Hero bets t200, BB folds, MP1 calls t200.

Turn: (t850) 5 (2 players)

Hero checks, MP1 bets t610 (All-In), Hero calls t610.

River: (t2070) Q (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: t2070

Main Pot: t2070 (t2070), between Hero and MP1. > Pot won by Hero (t2070).

Results in white below:

Hero has Q Kh (three of a kind, queens).

MP1 has T J (two pair, queens and tens).

Outcome: Hero wins t2070.

Oh, and I ended up winning it, making a whole $2 for the night.  Woot!

Well, managed to finish 3rd in another SnG tonight. Made $5, not too bad for just sitting around the house. Cards were cold though…I only had 2 decent starting hands. Ended up going all in with a A8.  Luckily, I flopped 2 more A’s, and I doubled up.  From there, just played a tight/agressive game until the end.  Oh well, it’s better than going out and blowing money, I guess.

Well, this weekend should be interesting.  Having a live tournament over at my buddy’s house, there should be 10 of us, with a $20 buy-in; winner gets about $100.  After that’s done, we’re doing a small ($5) Omaha hi tournament, that’s gonna be winner take all.  Plus, I have the PokerStars Blogger tournament at the same time.  So, I get to bring my laptop, and play int eh PokerStars tournament while I play the live one.  Should be a lot of fun.

So, played my first SnG since I got this thing, figured I’d do the (somewhat) logical thing and post how I did.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (8 handed) converter

saw flop|saw showdown

Button (t1360)
Hero (t955)
BB (t2265)
UTG (t1420)
UTG+1 (t2340)
MP1 (t1900)
MP2 (t970)
CO (t2290)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 2, J.
2 folds, MP1 calls t150, 3 folds, Hero completes, BB checks.

Flop: (t450) 4, J, A (3 players)
Hero bets t805 (All-In), BB calls t805, MP1 calls t805.

Turn: (t2865) T (3 players, 1 all-in)
BB checks, MP1 bets t600, BB calls t600.

River: (t4065) J (3 players, 1 all-in)
BB checks, MP1 bets t345 (All-In), BB folds.

Final Pot: t4410
Main Pot: t2865 (t2865), between Hero and MP1. > Pot won by Hero (t2865).
Pot 2: t1200 (t1200), won by MP1.
Pot 3: t345 (t345), returned to MP1.

Results in white below:
Hero has 2 J (three of a kind, jacks).
MP1 has A T (two pair, aces and jacks).
Outcome: Hero wins t2865. MP1 wins t1545.

I’m the Hero in this, and I used this to make it to 3rd place, and winning $10. Hoorj for me!

Thanks, Carrie for the invite here. I’ll use this as a place to post my bitchings, and gloatings, of my poker playing.

A bit of a backstory, though. Started with a $100 bankroll, split between Paradise Poker and Full Tilt Poker. Managed to get it up to about $150, then moved over to Pokerstars. Well, I’ve about busted on Full Tilt and Paradise, but I’ve got about $70 in my Pokerstars account. I mostly play $6 + .50 SnGs, or $5 + .50 MTTs.