Last night I played in the Charlie Tuttle charity tournament. (2idiots.com for the details) 144 players raised about $2800 bucks. Not bad. First prize was $1.44 and a DVD of the WSOP. Well, I was determined to play my best poker.
I have been concentrating VERY hard on making good decisions. Little else really. In order to be a good poker player, you need to make good decisions. End of story.
So, I get to my table and the only blogger there is non other than Wil Weaton. Now, I love Wil’s writing, his blog is first rate. But I never really read it regularly until he started playing poker. (See link at right). I really don’t consider Wil a celebrity anymore, just a poker blogger with a great sense of humor. (Mandatory in poker writing).
I had decided I was going to try playing “small ball” (read previous posts) and win lots of small pots until I saw a cinch chance to double up. Well, the strategy paid off as I never saw better than a pair more than once the entire night…
Highlights:
First to drop the hammer. Raised pre-flop and then Continued with a re-raise post flop. When he called, I took a deep breath. When the board paired the 3 on the turn, I figured it was easy to represent a better 2 pair or a Tens over 3s boat. I figured due to the lack of a re-raise on the flop, I could get away with it if I did not underbet the pot on the turn.
Level I (10/20) - 2005/07/17 - 18:13:28 (ET)
Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: pmpsup (1440 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 2: webcents (1290 in chips)
Seat 3: themayorpete (1400 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 4: pyite_nh (1960 in chips)
Seat 5: Columbo777 (1700 in chips)
Seat 6: Timmypg (1350 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 8: Wil Wheaton (1480 in chips)
Seat 9: heL1xx (1380 in chips) is sitting out
Wil Wheaton: posts small blind 10
heL1xx: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Columbo777 [2s 7h]
pmpsup: folds
webcents: calls 20
themayorpete: folds
pyite_nh: folds
Columbo777: raises 40 to 60
Timmypg: folds
Wil Wheaton: folds
heL1xx: folds
webcents: calls 40
*** FLOP *** [Td 3s Ts]
webcents: bets 20
Columbo777: raises 80 to 100
webcents: calls 80
*** TURN *** [Td 3s Ts] [3h]
webcents: checks
Columbo777: bets 200
webcents: folds
Columbo777 collected 350 from pot
Columbo777: shows [2s 7h] (two pair, Tens and Threes)
Columbo777 said, "da hammer"
Wil Wheaton said, "THE HAMMER!!!"
webcents said, "good job"
penner42 [observer] said, "nh"
Columbo777 said, "ty"
At the break, there were 87 players left. My “M” was 7, but my Q was 1, so I felt ok for now.
The only player that would play back at me at this early stage was WW and he had a hand when he did it. So, I would be forced to fold. When I did make a good steal and had cards, I would show them so everyone thought I was just getting good cards. I showed presto once to, just to let someone yell out “presto”.
Now, WW goes all in with 88 and loses to TP (which unnecessarily river trips just to rub it in). Why is this important? Because WW is now the SS and I am raising the most pots. A clash in inevitable and I am weary of not getting in there with the worst of it.
The quote: Wil Wheaton said, "look out . . .I'm deadly with a short-stack"
Foreshadowing, your key to quality writing…
Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2005/07/17 - 18:45:16 (ET)
Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: pmpsup (1125 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 2: webcents (1770 in chips)
Seat 3: themayorpete (1055 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 4: pyite_nh (5165 in chips)
Seat 5: Columbo777 (1825 in chips)
Seat 6: Timmypg (990 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 8: Wil Wheaton (425 in chips)
Seat 9: heL1xx (990 in chips) is sitting out
webcents: posts small blind 50
themayorpete: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Columbo777 [Ad 9d]
pyite_nh: calls 100
Guinness [observer] said, "chip and a chair, wil - chip and a chair!"
Columbo777: raises 100 to 200
Timmypg: folds
Wil Wheaton said, "IGGY!"
Wil Wheaton: raises 225 to 425 and is all-in
heL1xx: folds
pmpsup: folds
Up4Poker [observer] said, "bonus code..."
webcents: folds
themayorpete: folds
pyite_nh: folds
Columbo777 said, "is this where I double up ww????!!!"
Wil Wheaton said, "do it! do it!"
Columbo777 said, "I HAVE to call on odds here..."
Columbo777: calls 225
Columbo777 said, "nooooooo"
*** FLOP *** [3s Ac Kd]
Guinness [observer] said, "woohoo"
jbltk [observer] said, "LOL"
ugadawg [observer] said, "yep"
Columbo777 said, "nh"
rogersba [observer] said, "wow"
*** TURN *** [3s Ac Kd] [Qd]
penner42 [observer] said, "uh oh"
Up4Poker [observer] said, "uh oh"
Columbo777 said, "ddddd"
*** RIVER *** [3s Ac Kd Qd] [7h]
jonnybawlz [observer] said, "Holy..."
Columbo777 said, "ddd"
penner42 [observer] said, "whew."
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Columbo777: shows [Ad 9d] (a pair of Aces)
Wil Wheaton: shows [Ts As] (a pair of Aces - Ten kicker)
Columbo777 said, "ooof"
Wil Wheaton collected 1100 from pot
jonnybawlz [observer] said, "D00d!"
Wil Wheaton said, "*whew*"
HermWarfare [observer] said, "nh"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1100 | Rake 0
Board [3s Ac Kd Qd 7h]
Seat 1: pmpsup (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: webcents (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: themayorpete (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: pyite_nh folded before Flop
Seat 5: Columbo777 showed [Ad 9d] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 6: Timmypg folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Wil Wheaton showed [Ts As] and won (1100) with a pair of Aces
Seat 9: heL1xx folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Columbo777 said, "ouch. I had u lol"
Well, now WW is back in it and I lost all of my ill gotten steal money. It’s uphill now, but I was making good decisions and not ready to lie down yet.
I get moved to another table. There are now 53 players left and I need to watch my M and Q very carefully. Q is .75 and M is hovering around 12. I will be ok until the antes start. I am still scraping up chips playing small ball…
I get a chance for the old Stop N Go.
Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) -
Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Grasp (2535 in chips)
Seat 2: chipnchair33 (4890 in chips)
Seat 3: OMQA (2928 in chips)
Seat 4: Columbo777 (2560 in chips)
Seat 6: SGTdanko (7890 in chips)
Seat 7: chrisdhal (3390 in chips)
Seat 8: ZeRat11 (890 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 9: ddhartranft (12667 in chips)
OMQA: posts small blind 100
Columbo777: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Columbo777 [Jd Qs]
SGTdanko: folds
chrisdhal: folds
ZeRat11: folds
ddhartranft: folds
Grasp: raises 500 to 700
chipnchair33: folds
OMQA: folds
Columbo777: calls 500
*** FLOP *** [4s 7s 6s]
Columbo777: bets 1860 and is all-in
Grasp: folds
Columbo777 collected 1500 from pot
Columbo777: doesn't show hand
Columbo777 said, "stop n go"
*** SUMMARY ***
38 players left. My Q is .4 and I have been card dead. The antes have started and now my M is BRUTAL. I need chips fast. Then it happens. I actually hit my only hand of the night better then TP. I reluctantly play KTo from the button for a limp and flop the nuts on 89J.
Level VII (100/200)
Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: Grasp (1785 in chips)
Seat 2: chipnchair33 (6640 in chips)
Seat 3: OMQA (3278 in chips)
Seat 4: Columbo777 (3110 in chips)
Seat 6: SGTdanko (7540 in chips)
Seat 7: chrisdhal (3540 in chips)
Seat 8: ZeRat11 (640 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 9: ddhartranft (11217 in chips)
Grasp: posts the ante 25
chipnchair33: posts the ante 25
OMQA: posts the ante 25
Columbo777: posts the ante 25
SGTdanko: posts the ante 25
chrisdhal: posts the ante 25
ZeRat11: posts the ante 25
ddhartranft: posts the ante 25
ZeRat11: posts small blind 100
ddhartranft: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Columbo777 [Kh Ts]
Grasp: folds
chipnchair33: calls 200
sarahbellum is connected
OMQA: folds
Columbo777: calls 200 (how can I not call here for only one big bet?)
SGTdanko: folds
chrisdhal: calls 200
ZeRat11: folds
ddhartranft: checks
*** FLOP *** [8c 9s Jd]
ddhartranft: bets 400
chipnchair33: calls 400
Columbo777: calls 400
chrisdhal: calls 400
*** TURN *** [8c 9s Jd] [Qc] (JOY!)
ddhartranft: checks
chipnchair33: bets 800
Columbo777: raises 1685 to 2485 and is all-in
chrisdhal: folds
ddhartranft: folds
chipnchair33: calls 1685
*** RIVER *** [8c 9s Jd Qc] [Ks]
ddhartranft said, "nh"
chipnchair33 said, "nh"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
chipnchair33: shows [Th 9h] (a straight, Nine to King)
Columbo777: shows [Kh Ts] (a straight, Nine to King)
Columbo777 said, "no!@"
Columbo777 said, "!"
chipnchair33 collected 3835 from pot
Columbo777 collected 3835 from pot
Columbo777 said, "NONONONONONON"
Columbo777 said, "kick chaitr"
Columbo777 said, "tantrum"
Columbo777 said, "jopke!"
Columbo777 said, "hehehehe"
sarahbellum said, "lol"
chipnchair33 said, "lol"
Columbo777 said, "man, I needed that hand. ugh"
Columbo777 said, "There is $1.44 at stake"
But I did get some chips there which bought me about 3 rotations. I continue making a living stealing blinds and unraised pots.
A big stack gets moved to my table.
Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (100/200)
Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: chipnchair33 (6990 in chips)
Seat 3: OMQA (4888 in chips)
Seat 4: Columbo777 (3760 in chips)
Seat 5: sarahbellum (9885 in chips)
Seat 6: SGTdanko (8490 in chips)
Seat 7: chrisdhal (2840 in chips)
Seat 8: ZeRat11 (440 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 9: ddhartranft (10417 in chips)
chipnchair33: posts the ante 25
OMQA: posts the ante 25
Columbo777: posts the ante 25
sarahbellum: posts the ante 25
SGTdanko: posts the ante 25
chrisdhal: posts the ante 25
ZeRat11: posts the ante 25
ddhartranft: posts the ante 25
OMQA: posts small blind 100
Columbo777: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Columbo777 [6h Ad]
sarahbellum: raises 400 to 600
SGTdanko: folds
chrisdhal: folds
ZeRat11: folds
ddhartranft: folds
chipnchair33: folds
OMQA: folds
Columbo777 said, "u cant raise here..."
Columbo777 said, "stop that"
Columbo777: folds
sarahbellum collected 700 from pot
sarahbellum: doesn't show hand
sarahbellum said, ":)"
Foreshadowing… (yada, yada)
So now the blinds are 200/400/25 ante. Killer. My Q is between .8 and .95 depending on my steals. I am proud of this and puts me in position to make a run at the end. I refuse to blind out of this one. My M is 10 and if I can double up, I can win this thing. And here is my chance!
Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400)
Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Ranger_R (7400 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 2: chipnchair33 (3565 in chips)
Seat 3: OMQA (3138 in chips)
Seat 4: Columbo777 (8000 in chips)
Seat 5: sarahbellum (13610 in chips)
Seat 6: SGTdanko (18542 in chips)
Seat 7: chrisdhal (5930 in chips)
Seat 8: penner42 (11700 in chips)
Seat 9: Wil Wheaton (5665 in chips)
Ranger_R: posts the ante 25
chipnchair33: posts the ante 25
OMQA: posts the ante 25
Columbo777: posts the ante 25
sarahbellum: posts the ante 25
SGTdanko: posts the ante 25
chrisdhal: posts the ante 25
penner42: posts the ante 25
Wil Wheaton: posts the ante 25
OMQA: posts small blind 200
Columbo777: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Columbo777 [Jh Jd]
chrisdhal said, "damn"
sarahbellum: raises 800 to 1200
SGTdanko: folds
chrisdhal: folds
penner42: folds
Wil Wheaton: folds
Ranger_R: folds
chipnchair33: folds
OMQA: folds
Columbo777: raises 2000 to 3200
sarahbellum: raises 10385 to 13585 and is all-in
Columbo777: calls 4775 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [5s Ac 7d]
Antifuse [observer] said, "wooo"
yestbay1 [observer] said, "oh boy"
Columbo777 said, "noooooooooooooooo"
*** TURN *** [5s Ac 7d] [4c]
jonnybawlz [observer] said, "Woooooooahh"
*** RIVER *** [5s Ac 7d 4c] [6d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Columbo777: shows [Jh Jd] (a pair of Jacks)
sarahbellum: shows [Ah Qh] (a pair of Aces)
sarahbellum collected 16375 from pot
sarahbellum said, "gg"
Onebeer [observer] said, "ouch"
Wil Wheaton said, "gg, columbo."
Well, I needed to win that race and I lost it. So be it. It was a good analysis of what her holdings could be. And I figured I had folding equity if she had AQ, AJ but not AK since she was the big stack. But it was correct to race here. I only wished I won. Sarahbellum went on the win the tournament. (WW went out 3 places later.)
Most fun I had at the tables in a long time and I regret nothing. I made good choices, which is more important than the results. I picked the right time and place to race, and I made a living stealing. Overall I was happy with the effort and it was all for a good cause.
Now listen to Cardclub at lordadmiral.com and enjoy reading WW’s blog (see links at right) dammit!
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