Renton's Poker Blog

Good Morning

renton — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 15:43:38 +0000

Had a good hour long session playing .25/.50 LHE on PS this morning. Made 15.75, for a 27.79 BB/Hour profit. Not too shabby.

Matt’s Birfday party

renton — Sun, 05 Feb 2006 07:57:08 +0000

So, my buddy Matt turned 30 on Thursday, and he decided to have a poker tournament at his house last night. Played two games, finished 3rd out of 16 for $40, and won the second, with 10 entries, for $140. Not too bad of a night.

Meh

renton — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 13:26:29 +0000

Been a while. Had a $100 downswing on PokerStars, where I just couldn’t catch a hand. I’ve worked my bankroll there back up to $60, so it’s progress; decided I wasn’t going to dump anymore money into Paradise, until I get comfortable with ring games; deposited $50 into FTP, and have made a $6 profit there so far, and finished 2nd in the Ultimate Casino Guide’s Christmas freeroll over at (Carribean) Sun Poker. Going to a live $20 buy-in tomorrow, good times, good times.

Not so hot…

renton — Wed, 21 Dec 2005 05:13:05 +0000

Played 5 SnG’s tonight, finished 1st in 1, for a $27 win; however, I didn’t money in the other 4, making tonight a net of $3 up. Woot. Or something. What can I say, I had a set of Queens get beat by a river straight, and had my pocket A’s beaten by a set of 9′s. Just bad luck, vairnece, bad beats, however you want to look at it.
On a good note, I think I’m playing better, I’ve gotten more agressive, so that tends to do well in these low limit buyins. The downside is I have to be picky on which hands to play. A good article about how I try to play this stuff now.

Strange hand….

renton — Fri, 02 Dec 2005 03:15:38 +0000

PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (9 handed) HandConverter Link

saw flop|saw showdown

UTG (t1360)
UTG+1 (t1450)
MP1 (t1240)
MP2 (t1330)
MP3 (t1350)
CO (t1625)
Hero (t605)
SB (t2140)
BB (t2400)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A, A.
UTG calls t30, 1 fold, MP1 calls t30, MP2 calls t30, MP3 raises to t60, 1 fold, Hero raises to t180, 1 fold, , UTG folds, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, MP3 raises to t1350, Hero calls t425 (All-In), BB calls t540.

Flop: (t3410) 5, 7, Q (3 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: (t3410) J (3 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t3410) A (3 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: t3410
Main Pot: t1920 (t1920), between MP3, Hero and BB. > Pot won by Hero (t1920).
Pot 2: t1490 (t1490), between MP3 and BB. > Pot won by BB (t1490).

Results below:
BB has Q Q (three of a kind, queens).
MP3 has J J (three of a kind, jacks).
Hero has A A (three of a kind, aces).
Outcome: Hero wins t1920. BB wins t1490.

Today was a good day

renton — Thu, 24 Nov 2005 04:19:07 +0000

Won a $6+.50 SnG, and finished 4th in the evening freeroll over at Bullhorn. Netted about $75 for 2 hours of work. Not too shabby.

More Bad Beats

renton — Sat, 12 Nov 2005 03:53:45 +0000

PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (6 handed) HandConverter Link

BB (t1480)
UTG (t1470)
MP (Donkey) (t2830)
Hero (t1510)
Button (t1730)
SB (t4480)

Preflop: Hero is CO with 9, A.
1 fold, MP (Donkey) calls t20, Hero raises to t80, 2 folds, BB calls t60, MP (Donkey) calls t60.

Flop: (t250) Q, A, 8 (3 players)
BB checks, Donkey checks, Hero bets t125, BB raises to t250, Donkey calls t250, Hero calls t125.

Turn: (t1000) J (3 players)
BB bets t440, Donkey raises to t2500, Hero calls t1180 (All-In), BB folds.

River: (t5120) 9 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: t5120

Results below:
Donkey has T 2 (straight, queen high).
Hero has 9 A (two pair, aces and nines).
Outcome: Donkey wins t5120.

Now I ask you, did I play this wrong? Mind you, this is just the 7th hand of this SnG, we had 2 people out on the first hand, and another one gone on the 2nd.

Bad Beats….

renton — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 02:26:36 +0000

PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (6 handed) HandConverter Link

SB (t660)
BB (t5173)
UTG (t1105)
MP (t2417)
CO (t1755)
Hero (t2390)

Preflop: Hero is Button with J, J.
3 folds, Hero raises to t600, 1 fold, BB calls t450.

Flop: (t1275) A, A, J (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t300, BB raises to t4573, Hero calls t1490 (All-In).

Turn: (t7638) 7 (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t7638) Q (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: t7638

Results below:
BB has 7 A (full house, aces full of sevens).
Hero has J J (full house, jacks full of aces).
Outcome: BB wins t7638.

Paradise Poker No-Limit Hold’em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (4 handed) HandConverter Link

Hero (t475.00)
UTG (t2335.00)
Button (t2510.00)
SB (t4680.00)

Preflop: Hero is BB with Q, 8. SB posts a blind of t50.
2 folds, SB (poster) completes, Hero raises to t425, SB calls t375.

Flop: (t950) 2, T, 4 (2 players)

Turn: (t950) A (2 players)

River: (t950) T (2 players)

Final Pot: t950

Results below:
Hero has Q 8 (one pair, tens).
SB has 4 9 (two pair, tens and fours).
Outcome: SB wins t950.

Live vs Online

renton — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 01:40:11 +0000

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!

Another victory over stupidity

renton — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 04:33:00 +0000

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.