***March Megalomania Poker Chat Thread***

[WVHillbilly]

I like Farha/s book... Bobby Baldwin's article in SS2 is good too...

As I say every time someone asks about PLO, Jeff Hwang's PLO book is very good and it's like $10 at Amazon. Highly recommend.

 

[blankoblanco]

oh yeah, i bought that book a while ago and still haven't read it. looks promising though

 

[Makwa]

If you really start playing PLO seriously, i think we have a new candidate for the "omg, it's rigged, can't believe how bad i run, **** poker" crowd. E(x^2)-E(x)^2 happens a lot more at PLO than HE, doesn't it?

Variance is higher in PLO fo sho, but the monster pots generated by all the draws make for huge +EV compared to HE over the long run. So they say...

 

[Irexes]

Crept into the money in the warm-up with not much of a stack, after not much happened for nearly 4 hours.

Planning to quadruple up shortly in order to win it.

 

[Irexes]

Textbook

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HAND #1
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Poker Stars, $215 Buy-in (2,000/4,000 blinds, 400 ante) NL Hold'em Tourney, 9 Players
Hand History Converter by Stoxpoker
UTG: 79,906 (20 bb)
UTG+1: 24,600 (6.2 bb)
MP1: 56,080 (14 bb)
BTN: 71,074 (17.8 bb)
SB: 57,308 (14.3 bb)
BB: 108,575 (27.1 bb)
MP2: 113,799 (28.4 bb)
MP3: 86,364 (21.6 bb)
Hero (CO): 28,214 (7.1 bb)
Pre-Flop: Hero is CO with K

K

2 folds, Hero calls 4,000, 3 folds, BTN calls 4,000, SB completes, BB checks
Flop: (19,600) 9

6

K

(4 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero checks, BTN checks
Turn: (19,600) 2

(4 players)
SB bets 6,400, BB folds, Hero calls 6,400, BTN folds
River: (32,400) 8

(2 players)
SB bets 28,000, Hero calls 17,414 and is all-in
Results: 67,228 pot
SB showed 9

8

(two pairs, Nines and Eights) and lost (-28,214 net)
Hero showed K

K

(three of a kind, Kings) and won 67,228 (39,014 net)

 

[zachvac]

nice hand Rex, take it down .

 

[bob_tiger]

**** the sunday mill in its ****ing ass...AA<KK aipf for 19k and then had some left over a4 vs 10s against same guy so ****ing sick. I'm so pissed.

 

[eNTy]

I'm sorry jag. I won't whine anymore promise.

 

[Irexes]

Very odd hand..

...still, musn't grumble

Poker Stars, $215 Buy-in (3,000/6,000 blinds, 600 ante) NL Hold'em Tourney, 9 Players
Hand History Converter by Stoxpoker
UTG: 93,387 (15.6 bb)
UTG+1: 120,974 (20.2 bb)
MP1: 83,666 (13.9 bb)
MP2: 123,844 (20.6 bb)
MP3: 207,034 (34.5 bb)
BTN: 125,955 (21 bb)
SB: 59,799 (10 bb)
BB: 105,964 (17.7 bb)
Hero (CO): 59,728 (10 bb)
Pre-Flop: Hero is CO with 9

9

Hero raises to 59,128 and is all-in, UTG folds, UTG+1 calls 59,128, MP1 folds, MP2 calls 59,128, 4 folds
Flop: (191,784) K

4

K

(3 players, 1 is all-in)
UTG+1 bets 61,246 and is all-in, MP2 folds
Turn: (191,784) 9

(2 players, 2 are all-in)
River: (191,784) Q

(2 players, 2 are all-in)
Results: 191,784 pot
Hero showed 9

9

(a full house, Nines full of Kings) and won 191,784 (132,056 net)
UTG+1 showed Q

A

(two pairs, Kings and Queens) and lost (-59,728 net)

 

[S93]

Cause all the cool kids are doing it i played some PLO tonight.
Ended up a massive 0.05 cent over 200hands .
Had been playing some PLO8 latly but geting quartered and losing to the nut high when your sure your gonna scoop with the second nut high and the nut low gets pretty old fast.

One thing im wondering what is a "standard" VP% and PRF% for PLO FR?

 

[Monoxide]

Sunday million sweataments.


PokerStars Game #25497514642: Tournament #142787448, $200+$15 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (150/300) - 2009/03/01 17:25:23 ET
Table '142787448 1091' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: nofear9999 (10925 in chips)
Seat 2: TehdPwneD99 (12900 in chips)
Seat 3: matze86 (8038 in chips)
Seat 4: Gokho (11390 in chips)
Seat 5: vuki (21995 in chips)
Seat 6: kettleonee (8204 in chips)
Seat 7: Monoxide123 (9025 in chips)
Seat 8: Assassinato (8678 in chips)
Seat 9: rdcrsn (15195 in chips)
TehdPwneD99: posts small blind 150
matze86: posts big blind 300
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Monoxide123 [As Ac]
Gokho: folds
vuki: raises 495 to 795
kettleonee: folds
Monoxide123: raises 1305 to 2100
Assassinato: folds
rdcrsn: folds
nofear9999: folds
TehdPwneD99: folds
matze86: folds
vuki: calls 1305
*** FLOP *** [3d Kd 9s]
vuki: bets 7200
Monoxide123: calls 6925 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (275) returned to vuki
*** TURN *** [3d Kd 9s] [8h]
*** RIVER *** [3d Kd 9s 8h] [Jh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
vuki: shows [Jd Td] (a pair of Jacks)
Monoxide123: shows [As Ac] (a pair of Aces)
Monoxide123 collected 18500 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 18500 | Rake 0
Board [3d Kd 9s 8h Jh]
Seat 1: nofear9999 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: TehdPwneD99 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: matze86 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: Gokho folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: vuki showed [Jd Td] and lost with a pair of Jacks
Seat 6: kettleonee folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Monoxide123 showed [As Ac] and won (18500) with a pair of Aces
Seat 8: Assassinato folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: rdcrsn folded before Flop (didn't bet)

 

[Irexes]

And we're done, nearly won the big pot to get a really good chance of going super deep, $984 for my troubles and 195th

PokerStars Game #25498351335: Tournament #142792750, $200+$15 Hold'em No Limit - Level XIX (5000/10000) - 2009/03/01 22:47:13 GMT [2009/03/01 17:47:13 ET]
Table '142792750 337' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: loboz (225883 in chips)
Seat 2: Lations (391128 in chips)
Seat 4: ldgii (268507 in chips)
Seat 5: threatnasty (152679 in chips)
Seat 6: KaSTeL83 (220035 in chips)
Seat 7: brigantej (196405 in chips)
Seat 8: sideshowgil (133228 in chips)
Seat 9: Irexes (161900 in chips)
loboz: posts the ante 1000
Lations: posts the ante 1000
ldgii: posts the ante 1000
threatnasty: posts the ante 1000
KaSTeL83: posts the ante 1000
brigantej: posts the ante 1000
sideshowgil: posts the ante 1000
Irexes: posts the ante 1000
brigantej: posts small blind 5000
sideshowgil: posts big blind 10000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Irexes [Kh Kc]
Lations said, "right on"
Lations said, "will do"
Irexes: calls 10000
loboz: folds
Lations: folds
KtheKing is connected
ldgii: calls 10000
Lations said, "but my stack will have to put my M down there again"
threatnasty: folds
KaSTeL83: folds
threatnasty said, "tyyt"
brigantej: calls 5000
sideshowgil: checks
*** FLOP *** [Jh 7c Tc]
threatnasty said, "lost power again"
threatnasty said, "sigh"
threatnasty said, "wtf"
brigantej: checks
sideshowgil: bets 20000
Irexes: raises 130900 to 150900 and is all-in
ldgii: folds
brigantej: raises 34505 to 185405 and is all-in
sideshowgil: folds
Uncalled bet (34505) returned to brigantej
*** TURN *** [Jh 7c Tc] [Jc]
*** RIVER *** [Jh 7c Tc Jc] [2d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
brigantej: shows [6c 9c] (a flush, Jack high)
Irexes: shows [Kh Kc] (two pair, Kings and Jacks)
brigantej collected 369800 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 369800 | Rake 0
Board [Jh 7c Tc Jc 2d]
Seat 1: loboz folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Lations folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: ldgii folded on the Flop
Seat 5: threatnasty folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: KaSTeL83 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: brigantej (small blind) showed [6c 9c] and won (369800) with a flush, Jack high
Seat 8: sideshowgil (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 9: Irexes showed [Kh Kc] and lost with two pair, Kings and Jacks

 

[eNTy]

Good job Irexes.

At least u got $900 for ur troubles, not a bad pay imo.

 

[Monoxide]

enty i can feel my inner /wrist stirring...

****ing sunday million is wack, still have 15k though.

now 11k about, but this....

PokerStars Game #25500635668: Tournament #142787448, $200+$15 Hold'em No Limit - Level IX (500/1000) - 2009/03/01 18:49:34 ET
Table '142787448 1091' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: nofear9999 (23525 in chips)
Seat 2: TehdPwneD99 (10020 in chips)
Seat 3: Tagir (35570 in chips)
Seat 4: ciccio123 (39662 in chips)
Seat 5: intervntion (22980 in chips)
Seat 6: zzzzzzz_fred (27538 in chips)
Seat 7: Monoxide123 (11116 in chips)
Seat 8: Assassinato (18735 in chips)
Seat 9: rdcrsn (18796 in chips)
nofear9999: posts the ante 75
TehdPwneD99: posts the ante 75
Tagir: posts the ante 75
ciccio123: posts the ante 75
intervntion: posts the ante 75
zzzzzzz_fred: posts the ante 75
Monoxide123: posts the ante 75
Assassinato: posts the ante 75
rdcrsn: posts the ante 75
Monoxide123: posts small blind 500
Assassinato: posts big blind 1000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Monoxide123 [Ah 3s]
rdcrsn: folds
nofear9999: folds
TehdPwneD99: folds
Tagir: folds
ciccio123: folds
intervntion: folds
zzzzzzz_fred: folds
Monoxide123: raises 10041 to 11041 and is all-in
Assassinato: calls 10041
*** FLOP *** [Jd Qc 7h]
*** TURN *** [Jd Qc 7h] [6s]
*** RIVER *** [Jd Qc 7h 6s] [Qs]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Monoxide123: shows [Ah 3s] (a pair of Queens)
Assassinato: shows [Kd 8h] (a pair of Queens - lower kicker)
Monoxide123 collected 22757 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 22757 | Rake 0
Board [Jd Qc 7h 6s Qs]
Seat 1: nofear9999 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: TehdPwneD99 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Tagir folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: ciccio123 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: intervntion folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: zzzzzzz_fred (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Monoxide123 (small blind) showed [Ah 3s] and won (22757) with a pair of Queens
Seat 8: Assassinato (big blind) showed [Kd 8h] and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 9: rdcrsn folded before Flop (didn't bet)

 

[S93]

Any one down for some monoply?

 

[bob_tiger]

Sunday million sweataments.


PokerStars Game #25497514642: Tournament #142787448, $200+$15 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (150/300) - 2009/03/01 17:25:23 ET
Table '142787448 1091' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: nofear9999 (10925 in chips)
Seat 2: TehdPwneD99 (12900 in chips)
Seat 3: matze86 (8038 in chips)
Seat 4: Gokho (11390 in chips)
Seat 5: vuki (21995 in chips)
Seat 6: kettleonee (8204 in chips)
Seat 7: Monoxide123 (9025 in chips)
Seat 8: Assassinato (8678 in chips)
Seat 9: rdcrsn (15195 in chips)
TehdPwneD99: posts small blind 150
matze86: posts big blind 300
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Monoxide123 [As Ac]
Gokho: folds
vuki: raises 495 to 795
kettleonee: folds
Monoxide123: raises 1305 to 2100
Assassinato: folds
rdcrsn: folds
nofear9999: folds
TehdPwneD99: folds
matze86: folds
vuki: calls 1305
*** FLOP *** [3d Kd 9s]
vuki: bets 7200
Monoxide123: calls 6925 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (275) returned to vuki
*** TURN *** [3d Kd 9s] 8♥
*** RIVER *** [3d Kd 9s 8h] J♥
*** SHOW DOWN ***
vuki: shows [Jd Td] (a pair of Jacks)
Monoxide123: shows [As Ac] (a pair of Aces)
Monoxide123 collected 18500 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 18500 | Rake 0
Board [3d Kd 9s 8h Jh]
Seat 1: nofear9999 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: TehdPwneD99 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: matze86 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: Gokho folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: vuki showed [Jd Td] and lost with a pair of Jacks
Seat 6: kettleonee folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Monoxide123 showed [As Ac] and won (18500) with a pair of Aces
Seat 8: Assassinato folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: rdcrsn folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Ironic I lost 18500 pot with Aces to Kings at the beginning like 15 hands in...I hate the sunday mill. I'm 0 for 3 and all because of I run like shit

 

[orangepeeleo]

Anyone think it would be profitable at the end of the month to 10-12 table the 210fpps over saving up for anything else?

Without a doubt imo, 10-12 tabling them is probably easier than playing 1 or 2 at a time, i get sooooooooooooooooo bored playing them but the optimal way to play them is exactly like icemonkey says in his video, literally just sit there, wait for TT+ and push with it. They're going to be a big help to me in the future i think.

You get a lot of humour from them too, or rather from people who have no idea at all how to play on/near the bubble in a sattelite. The last one i played, the chip leader on the bubble pushed in mp with A6, got a call from QQ and lost, very next hand he pushes again with J5, gets called from the queens guy who's now got TT and goes from chip leader to bubble boy in 2 hands when he could have easily just sat out til the money.

I'm going to be playing them for as long as i'm playing on stars lol

 

[switch0723]

lolimit poker

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HAND #1
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Poker Stars, $21 Buy-in (30/60 stakes) Limit Hold'em Tourney, 2 Players
Hand History Converter by Stoxpoker

Hero (BB): 1,115 (37.2 bb)
SB: 1,885 (62.8 bb)

Pre-Flop: Hero is BB with Q

7

SB raises, Hero calls

Flop: (120) A

8

A

(2 players)
Hero checks, SB bets, Hero raises, SB 3-bets, Hero caps, SB folds

Results: 300 pot
Hero showed Q

7

(a pair of Aces) and won 300 (150 net)

 

[Monoxide]

Im such a nit, playing like 10/8 and look at this LOL!

PokerStars Game #25501392184: Tournament #142787448, $200+$15 Hold'em No Limit - Level X (600/1200) - 2009/03/01 19:11:20 ET
Table '142787448 1091' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: nofear9999 (18825 in chips)
Seat 2: TehdPwneD99 (18690 in chips)
Seat 3: Tagir (11775 in chips)
Seat 4: ciccio123 (32737 in chips)
Seat 5: intervntion (48005 in chips)
Seat 6: zzzzzzz_fred (26188 in chips)
Seat 7: Monoxide123 (15432 in chips)
Seat 8: TR1DENT (52975 in chips)
Seat 9: rdcrsn (30690 in chips)
nofear9999: posts the ante 100
TehdPwneD99: posts the ante 100
Tagir: posts the ante 100
ciccio123: posts the ante 100
intervntion: posts the ante 100
zzzzzzz_fred: posts the ante 100
Monoxide123: posts the ante 100
TR1DENT: posts the ante 100
rdcrsn: posts the ante 100
Monoxide123: posts small blind 600
TR1DENT: posts big blind 1200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Monoxide123 [Kd 9d]
rdcrsn: folds
nofear9999: folds
TehdPwneD99: folds
Tagir: folds
ciccio123: folds
intervntion: folds
zzzzzzz_fred: folds
Monoxide123: raises 14132 to 15332 and is all-in
TR1DENT: calls 14132
*** FLOP *** [9c As 7c]
*** TURN *** [9c As 7c] [9h]
*** RIVER *** [9c As 7c 9h] [Kc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Monoxide123: shows [Kd 9d] (a full house, Nines full of Kings)
TR1DENT: shows [Td 8d] (a pair of Nines)
Monoxide123 collected 31564 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 31564 | Rake 0
Board [9c As 7c 9h Kc]
Seat 1: nofear9999 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: TehdPwneD99 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Tagir folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: ciccio123 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: intervntion folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: zzzzzzz_fred (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Monoxide123 (small blind) showed [Kd 9d] and won (31564) with a full house, Nines full of Kings
Seat 8: TR1DENT (big blind) showed [Td 8d] and lost with a pair of Nines
Seat 9: rdcrsn folded before Flop (didn't bet)

 

[eNTy]

enty i can feel my inner /wrist stirring...

Why, didn't u win the hand ?

 

[zachvac]

I like March. +1508.77 so far

 

[eNTy]

I'm breakeven so far. -4 buyins yesterday, +4 buyins today. I'll take it.

 

[blankoblanco]

question to the other full ring guys that play 100NL and higher: what's your c-bet % and c-bet success %?

my c-bet success over 50k hands at 200NL on ftp is around 46%, which seems really low especially since i don't c-bet nearly as much as most regs

at 100NL on stars it was closer to 55% success, but over a much smaller sample

 

[Monoxide]

PokerStars Game #25503269614: Tournament #142787448, $200+$15 Hold'em No Limit - Level XIII (1250/2500) - 2009/03/01 20:08:50 ET
Table '142787448 1091' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: nofear9999 (80492 in chips)
Seat 2: swishes2000 (116127 in chips)
Seat 3: jcsoxrule (33158 in chips)
Seat 4: elitesauce (36072 in chips)
Seat 5: intervntion (124939 in chips)
Seat 6: Badluck2Y (72295 in chips)
Seat 7: Monoxide123 (34528 in chips)
Seat 8: TR1DENT (35455 in chips)
Seat 9: rdcrsn (19540 in chips)
nofear9999: posts the ante 250
swishes2000: posts the ante 250
jcsoxrule: posts the ante 250
elitesauce: posts the ante 250
intervntion: posts the ante 250
Badluck2Y: posts the ante 250
Monoxide123: posts the ante 250
TR1DENT: posts the ante 250
rdcrsn: posts the ante 250
swishes2000: posts small blind 1250
jcsoxrule: posts big blind 2500
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Monoxide123 [Qd Qh]
elitesauce: folds
intervntion: folds
Badluck2Y: folds
Monoxide123: raises 5000 to 7500
TR1DENT: calls 7500
rdcrsn: folds
nofear9999: folds
swishes2000: raises 108377 to 115877 and is all-in
jcsoxrule: folds
Monoxide123: calls 26778 and is all-in
TR1DENT: folds
Uncalled bet (81599) returned to swishes2000
*** FLOP *** [6s Qs As]
*** TURN *** [6s Qs As] [2s]
*** RIVER *** [6s Qs As 2s] [8h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
swishes2000: shows [Kc Ah] (a pair of Aces)
Monoxide123: shows [Qd Qh] (three of a kind, Queens)
Monoxide123 collected 80806 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 80806 | Rake 0
Board [6s Qs As 2s 8h]
Seat 1: nofear9999 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: swishes2000 (small blind) showed [Kc Ah] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 3: jcsoxrule (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: elitesauce folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: intervntion folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Badluck2Y folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Monoxide123 showed [Qd Qh] and won (80806) with three of a kind, Queens
Seat 8: TR1DENT folded before Flop
Seat 9: rdcrsn folded before Flop (didn't bet)

 

[eNTy]

take it dooooown toooooown