Sunday, June 21, 2009

It's Pretty Big.... I Guess






-- Status Update --
2009 VPPs:  541,080
SNE Pace:  72,540 AHEAD
Currently Playing:  Cross Edge (PS3)


On Thursday I ran brutally bad, ending up something like 5BI below AIEV (and far more in below Sklansky EV). Thanks to two very large pots at 200NL however, I managed a breakeven session. The first of the two pots was actually my largest won pot ever, and the second in my top five. I'll provide the HHs at the end of this post.

My Friday and Saturday sessions had some frustrating points, but the results show that they ended up pretty good. Here's a graph of Thursday through Saturday:


Moving on, I have to mention that a fellow 100NL reg had one of the most epic sessions I have ever seen at 100NL. While he may not like money very much, he is most definitely an entertaining character, and I wish him the best in recovering. The graph of his epically bad day was made into a motivator by someone over at 2p2, and I'm going to shamelessly post it here as I know a few folks who will enjoy it:


I'm getting very near the end of Cross Edge, which has been entertaining thus far. Worth the money, and not necessarily anything special, but a good time nonetheless. The difficulty is certainly starting to ramp up significantly. In what I presume to be one of the final dungeons, my party was ambushed and wiped out in the first turn, leaving me without a chance to even take any action.

Here are the HHs I promised. Villain in the first hand is a megadonk (obviously) and villain in the second hand is a LAG that seems to not be terrible. Thank goodness for 200NL this month, where I don't run like garbage!

Poker Stars, $1/$2 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 9 Players
BTN: $212.60 (106.3 bb)
SB: $207 (103.5 bb)
BB: $514 (257 bb)
UTG: $169 (84.5 bb)
UTG+1: $346.75 (173.4 bb)
MP1: $40 (20 bb)
Hero (MP2): $328.20 (164.1 bb)
MP3: $110 (55 bb)
CO: $374.05 (187 bb)

Pre-Flop: Hero is MP2 with Ts Tc
UTG folds, UTG+1 raises to $8, MP1 folds, Hero calls $8, MP3 calls $8, 2 folds, SB calls $7, BB calls $6

Flop: ($40) Ac Th 2s (5 players)
SB checks, BB bets $48, UTG+1 folds, Hero calls $48, MP3 folds, SB folds

Turn: ($136) 5s (2 players)
BB bets $458 and is all-in, Hero calls $272.20 and is all-in

River: ($680.40) Kd (2 players, 2 are all-in)

Results: $680.40 pot ($3 rake)
BB showed Ah Jd (a pair of Aces) and lost (-$328.20 net)
Hero showed Ts Tc (three of a kind, Tens) and won $677.40 ($349.20 net)



Poker Stars, $1/$2 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 7 Players
BTN: $434.95 (217.5 bb)
SB: $206.25 (103.1 bb)
BB: $200 (100 bb)
MP1: $220.30 (110.2 bb)
MP2: $443.35 (221.7 bb)
Hero (MP3): $301.75 (150.9 bb)
CO: $180 (90 bb)

Pre-Flop: Hero is MP3 with Qd Qc
MP1 folds, MP2 raises to $6, Hero calls $6, 4 folds

Flop: ($15) Qs 6h 8h (2 players)
MP2 bets $10, Hero raises to $44, MP2 calls $34

Turn: ($103) Jd (2 players)
MP2 bets $16, Hero raises to $126, MP2 raises to $393.35 and is all-in, Hero calls $125.75 and is all-in

River: ($606.50) 3d (2 players, 2 are all-in)

Results: $606.50 pot ($3 rake)
MP2 showed Qh Jh (two pairs, Queens and Jacks) and lost (-$301.75 net)
Hero showed Qd Qc (three of a kind, Queens) and won $603.50 ($301.75 net)

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