***March Megalomania Poker Chat Thread***

[eagle jim]

ZACHVAC = QUADVAC imho

 

[tenbob]

Nice first session of the month, got lots of bonus's to clear this month as well. I really is a shame that i am such a bankroll nit, playing over 100 buyins on nl$50 at the moment. Itching to get back up once my confidence returns, a few decent sessions this week should do it hopefully.

 

[SeanyJ]

I've been getting amazing cards the last couple of sessions, except this stuff keeps happening.

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HAND #1
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Poker Stars, $0.10/$0.25 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 9 Players
Hand History Converter by Stoxpoker

BTN: $25.15 (100.6 bb)
SeanyJ (SB): $28.70 (114.8 bb)
BB: $4.60 (18.4 bb)
UTG: $40.80 (163.2 bb)
UTG+1: $6.30 (25.2 bb)
MP1: $29.15 (116.6 bb)
MP2: $5.10 (20.4 bb)
MP3: $25 (100 bb)
CO: $24.55 (98.2 bb)

Pre-Flop: SeanyJ is SB with J

J

UTG folds, UTG+1 calls $0.25, 4 folds, BTN raises to $1.25, SeanyJ calls $1.15, BB folds, UTG+1 calls $1

Flop: ($4) 2

J

5

(3 players)
SeanyJ checks, UTG+1 bets $3.25, BTN calls $3.25, SeanyJ calls $3.25

Turn: ($13.75) 9

(3 players)
SeanyJ checks, UTG+1 bets $1.80 and is all-in, BTN calls $1.80, SeanyJ raises to $10, BTN calls $8.20

River: ($35.55) K

(3 players, 1 is all-in)
SeanyJ bets $14.20 and is all-in, BTN calls $10.65 and is all-in

Results: $56.85 pot ($2.75 rake)
SeanyJ showed J

J

(three of a kind, Jacks) and lost (-$25.15 net)
BTN showed K

K

(three of a kind, Kings) and won $54.10 ($28.95 net)
UTG+1 mucked J

7

(a pair of Jacks) and lost (-$6.30 net)

Sigh

 

[Mehman]

Hey Ladies and Gents been awhile, thought i'd jump back to grinding seeing i have some time off, this is my 10NL at UB, i'm with Zac it's quite fishy over ere.

 

[pantin007]

pretty solid start to the month for me, up about 22 buy ins already, looking forward to the swings

 

[eNTy]

Still at 1c/2c pant ?

 

[switch0723]

having an opponent disconnect during a HU sng is teh suck. Took me fcking 15 minutes to blind him out and blinds were 75/150

(Is it unethical to blind someone out in that situation? I mean at earlier blinds i wait for the people and stall as much as a can since blinds arent important, but at 75/150 the blinds are huge and i cant afford to wait 20 minutes for villain to return and end up with 200/400 blinds and completely lose any edge i might have had)

 

[The Shrog]

(Is it unethical to blind someone out in that situation? I mean at earlier blinds i wait for the people and stall as much as a can since blinds arent important, but at 75/150 the blinds are huge and i cant afford to wait 20 minutes for villain to return and end up with 200/400 blinds and completely lose any edge i might have had)

I really don't think there's anything you can do. There aren't many people out there that are going to wait and turn down free money.

 

[GunslingerZ]

Bah, after my computer died last week, I ordered a new one, and it won't get here until the 18th!!!! I am already going through serious withdrawal!! I'm really bummed, I was on pace to reach my current goal by the end of February and was ready to start the next one March 1st.

I'm also REALLY worried about saving my HEM database. All of the threads on their forums say you need to either backup your database or export your hands through the program itself. I haven't found out if I can save anything from my old drive yet. I don't think my new install (which will be on Vista as opposed to XP) will be able to access my old db. Has anyone ever gotten Full Tilt to e-mail a lot of old hands to them before, so I could just re-import them?

BTW, to everyone trying out PLO, I also recommend Jeff Hwang's book, it's excellent.

 

[The Shrog]

https://www.cardschat.com/forum/cash-game-hand-analysis-50/20-nl-he-full-ring-i-145264/#post1105002

Could really use some input here.

 

[Makwa]

OK won a coupla SNGs and FTd at UB buyin, tonite. So far up a bit in my OH month. Penny Ante nit: Have to up it... the moon is in my sky....

 

[blankoblanco]

(Is it unethical to blind someone out in that situation? I mean at earlier blinds i wait for the people and stall as much as a can since blinds arent important, but at 75/150 the blinds are huge and i cant afford to wait 20 minutes for villain to return and end up with 200/400 blinds and completely lose any edge i might have had)

I really don't think there's anything you can do. There aren't many people out there that are going to wait and turn down free money.

+1. 95% of your opponents would blind you out if it happened to you, so i don't think there's any use putting yourself at a disadvantage by not doing it yourself. especially since you're generally going to be the better player so you'd be the one giving up an edge

in a match against somebody i know i'd try to wait as long as seemed reasonable and hope they'd do the same for me

 

[Makwa]

in a match against somebody i know i'd try to wait as long as seemed reasonable and hope they'd do the same for me

BANG~

 

[zachvac]

played some 50nl HU and ended up playing this pretty solid reg (TR has him winning at like 2 PTBB/100 at 100 and 200nl). I went down 150 early then started owning him and got to within -20 then lost a medium-sized pot to go down to -50 and decided to 5-bet shove Q8 200 BBs deep lol. Highlight was winning the $20 pot calling down with AT high .

 

[orangepeeleo]

March sucks so far, i particularly liked the villains call of $2.50 preflop, after a raise,3bet, and a call..... with 55 giving him about 5-1 max implied odds if he hits his set, which, of course, he does.

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HAND #1
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Poker Stars, $0.02/$0.05 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 8 Players
Hand History Converter by Stoxpoker

SB: $4.85 (97 bb)
BB: $11.02 (220.4 bb)
UTG+1: $21.51 (430.2 bb)
Hero (MP1): $4.92 (98.4 bb)
MP2: $2.10 (42 bb)
MP3: $10.78 (215.6 bb)
CO: $4.93 (98.6 bb)
BTN: $1.91 (38.2 bb)

Pre-Flop: Hero is MP1 with A

A

UTG+1 folds, Hero raises to $0.20, 2 folds, CO raises to $0.70, 2 folds, BB calls $0.65, Hero raises to $2.50, CO calls $1.80, BB calls $1.80

Flop: ($7.52) K

6

5

(3 players)
BB bets $2.50, Hero calls $2.42 and is all-in, CO folds

Turn: ($12.36) 9

(2 players, 1 is all-in)
River: ($12.36) K

(2 players, 1 is all-in)

Results: $12.36 pot ($0.60 rake)
BB showed 5

5

(a full house, Fives full of Kings) and won $11.76 ($6.84 net)
Hero mucked A

A

(two pairs, Aces and Kings) and lost (-$4.92 net)



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HAND #2
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Poker Stars, $0.02/$0.05 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 9 Players
Hand History Converter by Stoxpoker

BTN: $4.36 (87.2 bb)
SB: $9.93 (198.6 bb)
BB: $6.64 (132.8 bb)
UTG: $8.41 (168.2 bb)
UTG+1: $2.68 (53.6 bb)
MP1: $9.23 (184.6 bb)
MP2: $1.80 (36 bb)
MP3: $5 (100 bb)
Hero (CO): $5.11 (102.2 bb)

Pre-Flop: Hero is CO with A

A

UTG folds, UTG+1 calls $0.05, MP1 calls $0.05, MP2 raises to $0.35, MP3 folds, Hero raises to $1.30, 5 folds, MP2 calls $0.95

Flop: ($2.77) T

8

4

(2 players)
MP2 bets $0.25, Hero raises to $0.50, MP2 calls $0.25 and is all-in

Turn: ($3.77) 8

(2 players, 1 is all-in)
River: ($3.77) 6

(2 players, 1 is all-in)

Results: $3.77 pot ($0.15 rake)
MP2 showed 7

Q

(a flush, Queen high) and won $3.62 ($1.82 net)
Hero mucked A

A

(two pairs, Aces and Eights) and lost (-$1.80 net)

 

[BelgoSuisse]

March sucks so far, i particularly liked the villains call of $2.50 preflop, after a raise,3bet, and a call..... with 55 giving him about 5-1 max implied odds if he hits his set, which, of course, he does.

Too bad those villains are not richer. I'd love to play them at 200nl, tbh.

 

[zachvac]

Too bad those villains are not richer. I'd love to play them at 200nl, tbh.

You haven't seen them? They are there and they all hit their set like 90% of the time. I can give you the names of several Stars regs that actually regularly win but enjoy set mining to 4-bets oop with hands like 33. I used to think they were silly but with their winrates I'm convinced they just know when they're going to hit sets.

 

[BelgoSuisse]

You haven't seen them? They are there and they all hit their set like 90% of the time. I can give you the names of several Stars regs that actually regularly win but enjoy set mining to 4-bets oop with hands like 33. I used to think they were silly but with their winrates I'm convinced they just know when they're going to hit sets.

Do they fold when they miss on a board devoid of A and K? Because if people overplay AK unimproved postflop and slowplay KK+, it's possible that calling their 4bets is profitable without set mining odds.

 

[Richyl2008]

Gonna try and put in a bunch of hands today (1000+!) Trying to get 40k by the end of march, 364 hands down 39,636 to go

 

[zachvac]

Do they fold when they miss on a board devoid of A and K? Because if people overplay AK unimproved postflop and slowplay KK+, it's possible that calling their 4bets is profitable without set mining odds.

No idea, I always either hit TPTK or have AA/KK and they always hit their set.

 

[BelgoSuisse]

No idea, I always either hit TPTK or have AA/KK and they always hit their set.

Then my best guess is that they only do it against you because they know that you are the unluckiest person on this planet...

 

[icemonkey9]

You haven't seen them? They are there and they all hit their set like 90% of the time. I can give you the names of several Stars regs that actually regularly win but enjoy set mining to 4-bets oop with hands like 33. I used to think they were silly but with their winrates I'm convinced they just know when they're going to hit sets.

So funny that you posted that Zach, I ran into him too last night his name was xxhomesalerxx ... shortstacking setminer.

 

[KingCurtis]

PokerStars Game #25559311799: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2009/03/03 11:54:14 ET
Table 'Nemo' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: steelerman75 ($11.50 in chips)
Seat 2: martijnvdb ($25 in chips)
Seat 3: EREDAYHUSLIN ($23.50 in chips)
Seat 4: don_renard ($29.85 in chips)
Seat 5: dhaetr_tech ($43.20 in chips)
Seat 6: KingCurtis67 ($30.45 in chips)
Seat 7: Panni72 ($11.45 in chips)
Seat 8: El Pomminho ($5.50 in chips)
Seat 9: W.Coyne ($25 in chips)
Panni72: posts small blind $0.10
El Pomminho: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to KingCurtis67 [3c 3h]
W.Coyne: raises $2.75 to $3
steelerman75: folds
martijnvdb: folds
EREDAYHUSLIN: folds
don_renard: folds
don_renard leaves the table
dhaetr_tech: folds
KingCurtis67: calls $3
Panni72: folds
El Pomminho: folds
*** FLOP *** [Tc Qc 3s]
W.Coyne: bets $8
KingCurtis67: raises $19.45 to $27.45 and is all-in
W.Coyne: calls $14 and is all-in
Uncalled bet ($5.45) returned to KingCurtis67
*** TURN *** [Tc Qc 3s] [2c]
*** RIVER *** [Tc Qc 3s 2c] [7c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
W.Coyne: shows [Kc As] (a flush, King high)
KingCurtis67: mucks hand
Luckyhandy joins the table at seat #4
W.Coyne collected $47.85 from pot
KingCurtis67 said, "WOW"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $50.35 | Rake $2.50
Board [Tc Qc 3s 2c 7c]
Seat 1: steelerman75 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: martijnvdb folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: EREDAYHUSLIN folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: don_renard folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: dhaetr_tech folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: KingCurtis67 (button) mucked [3c 3h]
Seat 7: Panni72 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: El Pomminho (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: W.Coyne showed [Kc As] and won ($47.85) with a flush, King high

 

[zachvac]

Pretty sure that's a fold preflop when he raises 12x. No way you're getting implied odds.

 

[KingCurtis]

lol yeahi figured someone would say that, i seriously dont make calls likethat but he bet 3$...i had too