****OMG its the Rocktober Poker chat thread****

[switch0723]

think you should go back to school ents and learn to read

 

[S93]

i have like 78% equity.
the SS with 89s has 6%, hence 6% equity ftw .

 

[Monoxide]

finally won a $26 90s KO for $600 last nite at 3:45am lolll

ive gotten 2nd in it a whole bunch but never 1st, tfg

 

[KerouacsDog]

so, after a week of some nice finishes in some micro-buy-in mtts, I find I'm rolled for 25NL, and can take shots at 50NL.
Problem is, I've only just started grinding cash for the last month(for the take 2 bonus) so have only been playing 5NL FR. My last 3 sessions at 5NL(4-tabling) have all been winning ones, and over the month I'm up 5BI+
I would like to continue moving up the levels, playing mtts when I have the time, and ring when I havent got much time.
My question is, what stake should I move up to from 5NL?

 

[Tublecain]

Good luck to everyone in their October goals! I have some of my own.

Make the move to 10NL
Make the move to 5.50 45 man SnGs on Stars
Read a new poker book (recommendations are welcome!)
Grow bankroll by 50%

 

[Debi]

Good luck to everyone in their October goals! I have some of my own.

Make the move to 10NL
Make the move to 5.50 45 man SnGs on Stars
Read a new poker book (recommendations are welcome!)
Grow bankroll by 50%

Did you finish "Elements of Poker"?

 

[StormRaven]

You can do it!

LOL, ty for the encouragement! I'm still grumpy Haven't left the house in 10 days from this surgery, kids driving me crazy, card dead as all get out. Maybe next week things will change. Think I'll give up on poker for the day, go play WOW, take my aggression out by killing a bunch of low level noobs, muhahaha!

Just got this from the post office today. I heard great things about it on 2p2. All of them were true.

Mmmmm, looks very comfy! Gratz!

rocktober huh. more like i can't win a pot-tober!

i'll be here all week folks

Ditto! Grrrrr!

everyone go see Capitalism: A love story

whether or not you are a republican/democrat or just hate Michael Moore, he still has some good points in this movie

I hate Michael Moore, I won't contribute to his finances by paying to see his movie. I'll probably wait to find a copy floating around on the net and watch it for free though. He hosts his damn film festivals every year where I live and I've seen him irl a few times from him tramping all over town like the big hot shot egotistical self-righteous sob that he is. Yeah, that pretty much sums it up. (Did I mention I'm grouchy?)

 

[Emperor IX]

everyone go see Capitalism: A love story

whether or not you are a republican/democrat or just hate Michael Moore, he still has some good points in this movie

It's easy to make good points when you make shit up.

 

[Johnnybmoto]

Fist pumped pre and on the flop. Still smiling on Turn, all hopes and dreams crushed on river.

PokerStars Limit Hold'em, $4.00 BB (10 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Preflop: Hero is CO with A

, A

UTG raises, 1 fold, UTG+2 calls, MP1 3-bets, MP2 calls, 1 fold, Hero caps, 3 folds, UTG calls, UTG+2 calls, MP1 calls, MP2 calls

Flop: (21.5 SB) 9

, 4

, 3

(5 players)
UTG checks, UTG+2 checks, MP1 bets, MP2 calls, Hero raises, 1 fold, UTG+2 calls, MP1 3-bets, MP2 calls, Hero caps, UTG+2 calls, MP1 calls, MP2 calls

Turn: (18.75 BB) 7

(4 players)
UTG+2 checks, MP1 bets, 1 fold, Hero calls, UTG+2 calls

River: (21 BB) K

(3 players, 1 all-in)
UTG+2 checks, MP1 checks

Total pot: $84 (21 BB) | Rake: $3

Results:
UTG+2 had K

, A

(flush, Ace high).
MP1 mucked Q

, Q

(one pair, Queens).
Hero had A

, A

(one pair, Aces).
Outcome: UTG+2 won $81

 

[Mike1Nap4]

PokerStars Game #33598516866: Hold'em No Limit ($0.01/$0.02 USD) - 2009/10/03 16:38:45 CT [2009/10/03 17:38:45 ET]
Table 'Atria IV' 6-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: Northen ($4.75 in chips)
Seat 3: mike1nap4 ($7.27 in chips)
Seat 4: donmigueto ($7.74 in chips)
donmigueto: posts small blind $0.01
Northen: posts big blind $0.02
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to mike1nap4 [9d 9s]
mike1nap4: raises $0.04 to $0.06
donmigueto: calls $0.05
Northen: calls $0.04
*** FLOP *** [9h 4d 8s]
donmigueto: checks
Northen: checks
mike1nap4: bets $0.10
donmigueto: folds
Northen: calls $0.10
*** TURN *** [9h 4d 8s] [7s]
Northen: checks
mike1nap4: bets $0.20
Northen: raises $0.20 to $0.40
mike1nap4: calls $0.20
*** RIVER *** [9h 4d 8s 7s] [7c]
Northen: bets $1
mike1nap4: raises $5.02 to $6.02
Northen: calls $3.19 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($1.83) returned to mike1nap4
*** SHOW DOWN ***
mike1nap4: shows [9d 9s] (a full house, Nines full of Sevens)
Northen: shows [5d 6s] (a straight, Five to Nine)
mike1nap4 collected $9.11 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $9.56 | Rake $0.45
Board [9h 4d 8s 7s 7c]
Seat 1: Northen (big blind) showed [5d 6s] and lost with a straight, Five to Nine
Seat 3: mike1nap4 (button) showed [9d 9s] and won ($9.11) with a full house, Nines full of Sevens
Seat 4: donmigueto (small blind) folded on the Flop

Won about $20 at this table

 

[Tublecain]

Did you finish "Elements of Poker"?

Believe it or not, I finished it off in less than 24 hours. Incredibly valuable stuff in that book, particularly relating to reducing tilt in both duration and intensity; it has already had a tremendous effect on the quality of my game, and my ability to make tilt as light and as short as possible. I strongly recommend it to anyone who has ever had issues with tilt (in other words, everybody). And the advice he gives translates far beyond the poker table, into everyday life and the challenges it holds. Really great stuff.

T.

 

[Suited Frenzy]

I would like to continue moving up the levels, playingmtts when I have the time, and ring when I havent got much time.
My question is, what stake should I move up to from 5NL?

Even though you have enough in your BR to play 25NL (& possibly 50NL) & being you said you would only play ring when you don't have much time, I would just move to 10NL.

From the sounds of it, you are doing well in your MTT game so there's really no need to rush & jump into a significant higher level of ring IMO. Try 10NL :top:

 

[KerouacsDog]

Even though you have enough in your BR to play 25NL (& possibly 50NL) & being you said you would only play ring when you don't have much time, I would just move to 10NL.

From the sounds of it, you are doing well in your MTT game so there's really no need to rush & jump into a significant higher level of ring IMO. Try 10NL :top:

thanks SF, yeah, I think I'll move up to 10NL and find my feet again after 5NL.
I love the mtts, and most of the time I can play them, but now and then I only have an hour or so, thats why Im learning ring FR.
Thanks again.

 

[Suited Frenzy]

Listen to the words in this song...

I know this is a 3 year old song (released Aug. 29th 2006) & obviously the words have different meaning behind them but I think this is how a lot of us feel about the game of poker. Well, @ least me...

shhhhh, listen :albertein

YouTube - Hatebreed "Never Let It Die"

 

[Emperor IX]

Man, superdonk sat on my right at a 6max fl .5/1 game when i started a table and we played hu then three handed for a few minutes. He limp/folded like every hand. Easiest $5 ever. But then he left

 

[cAPSLOCK]

Ugh... Haven't been playing much holdem recently. So I log in to play a little hoping to kinda fall in love again.

Lost a ~200bb on a Queen high flush vs the A high (both of us with suited hole cards)

Then another >200bb stack on KK vs AQ pre flop. Flop had an ace.

Now.. I am not really here to complain. I know how the game works and besides these two hands I was winning lots of small pots. So had the odds gone my way on the kings I'd have been up. Neither one really all that bad a beat etc etc etc...

But I am having the hardest time wanting to play, though I WANT to want to, if you know what I mean.

Ah well.. I'll win it back eventually. Queen high flushes are good an awful lot, and kings beat AQ more than they lose to it.

Just felt like sharing my pain.

Thanks.

 

[Lemlywinks]

It's easy to make good points when you make shit up.

he makes some good points that are true in this movie imo

 

[S93]

lol. im not gonna complain about running bad any time soon.

Stacks:
BB with $29.45
UTG with $26.50
MP with $26.60
CO with $35.45
BTN with $25.25
SB with $29.60

Blinds: $0.00/$0.00
Site: Pokerstars
Dealt to BTN:4♦ 4♥
Sklansky group 7
Preflop:
2 players fold.
CO raises $0.55 to $0.80
Hero calls [$0.80]
2 players folded.
Total folds this street: 4
Potsize: $1.95
Flop:
5♦ 5♠ 7♥
CO bets [$0.25]
2 players fold.
Hero calls [$0.25]
Potsize: $2.45
Turn:
4♠
CO bets [$0.25]
Hero raises $2.25 to $2.50
CO raises $2.25 to $4.75
Hero raises $2.25 to $7
CO raises $27.40 to $34.40 [ all-in ]
Hero calls [$17.20] [ all-in ]
Uncalled bet ($10.20) returned to CO
Potsize: $61.05
River:
4♣
Results:
CO shows a full house, Sevens full of Fives:
7♦ 7♣
Hero shows four of a kind, Fours:
4♦ 4♥
Hero collected $48.35 from pot

 

[brandonnj]

What do you think about this hand?
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/877783

 

[eNTy]

i feel like dog shit
im as sick as a very sick person

 

[slycbnew]

What do you think about this hand?
http://www.pokerhandreplays.com/view.php/id/877783

Need more context - first off, is it an MTT or did everyone buy in short at a nosebleed cash table w antes?.

Presumably Hero's (correctly) putting villain on a busted draw to make that call, but beyond that...

 

[Jurn8]

yo mo fo's

 

[eNTy]

hello

 

[kidkvno1]

Hehehehe he should of raised Preflop. just the right amount for him to call...
Stage #1673961657: Holdem No Limit $0.02 - 2009-10-04 07:20:37 (ET)
Table: MACAU HWY (real money) Seat #1 is the dealer
Seat 1 - LOOSE_AS ($1.07 in chips)
Seat 2 - TONYAIK ($0.84 in chips)
Seat 3 - KIDKVNO1 ($1.91 in chips)
Seat 4 - POKOLONIA ($2.37 in chips)
Seat 5 - ATZELFATZ1 ($0.59 in chips)
Seat 6 - ZAARAKEIKO ($4.82 in chips)
Seat 7 - THEGOODS111 ($3.99 in chips)
Seat 8 - RANDOMAIZER ($0.94 in chips)
Seat 9 - ELEMENT187 ($4.35 in chips)
TONYAIK - Posts small blind $0.01
KIDKVNO1 - Posts big blind $0.02
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to KIDKVNO1 [9h 4h]
POKOLONIA - Folds
ATZELFATZ1 - Folds
ZAARAKEIKO - Calls $0.02
THEGOODS111 - Folds
RANDOMAIZER - Folds
ELEMENT187 - Folds
LOOSE_AS - Folds
TONYAIK - Calls $0.01
KIDKVNO1 - Checks
*** FLOP *** [Js 8h Qh]
TONYAIK - Checks
KIDKVNO1 - Bets $0.02
ZAARAKEIKO - Raises $0.12 to $0.12
TONYAIK - Folds
KIDKVNO1 - Calls $0.10
*** TURN *** [Js 8h Qh] [6h]
KIDKVNO1 - Bets $0.15
ZAARAKEIKO - Calls $0.15
*** RIVER *** [Js 8h Qh 6h] [4s]
KIDKVNO1 - Bets $0.30
ZAARAKEIKO - Calls $0.30
*** SHOW DOWN ***
KIDKVNO1 - Shows [9h 4h] (Flush, queen high)
ZAARAKEIKO - Mucks
KIDKVNO1 Collects $1.14 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total Pot($1.20) | Rake ($0.06)
Board [Js 8h Qh 6h 4s]
Seat 1: LOOSE_AS (dealer) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 2: TONYAIK (small blind) Folded on the FLOP
Seat 3: KIDKVNO1 (big blind) won Total ($1.14) HI$1.14) with Flush, queen high [9h 4h - B:Qh,P:9h,B:8h,B:6h,P:4h]
Seat 4: POKOLONIA Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 5: ATZELFATZ1 Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 6: ZAARAKEIKO HI: [Mucked] [Kd Qc]
Seat 7: THEGOODS111 Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 8: RANDOMAIZER Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 9: ELEMENT187 Folded on the POCKET CARDS


And well i was at it i played some Omaha Hi/Lo, won a good pot, i should of went in with the max ...

 

[switch0723]

[ ] bet just the right amount

.20 on turn, then .50 on riv