The Flames' playoff chances (barring some sort of utter miracle - they are not mathematically eliminated) were destroyed this evening by a regulation loss in San Jose. Given their terrible start, I'm appreciative that they managed to make the last half of the season interesting, but it's always a huge disappointment to not be heading to the post season. I really hope we can find some team to take Bouwmeester's contract off our hands this off season.
The past couple days I've played more poker than I typically do on midweek days, and also recorded video for my next CR video. I'm about half way through the audio as I write this, and put in some more work shortly.
On weekdays, I have found that multi-siting between Stars and FTP is quite useful for game selection, especially during North American "prime time" when the games on FTP appear to be peaked. I also finally managed to get my FTP first deposit bonus active, so that's a nice break. That being said, FTP support is by and large the worst customer service I can remember dealing with - EVER. The response time and utter inability of their staff to think critically is just embarrasing. Compare that quality of service to that of Pokerstars where the support staff is world class, and FTP looks even worse by comparison if that's even possible.
One of the things that has struck me as interesting regarding the regulars at 100NL on FTP is that many of them have completely atrocious 4bet sizing. The hand below is just one example of what I'm talking about, but in only a few thousand hands I saw a number of what I'm certain were regulars 4bet and indicate that they are just mindlessly mashing the pot button. This reminded me a lot of the state of the games two+ years ago on Stars, though back then it wasn't as big a deal because you didn't necessarily need a 4b/fold range. With the preflop aggression at 100NL on either site these days, not having consistent and reasonble 4bet sizing against other regulars is a painfully an obvious leak.
Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (7 handed)
MP2 ($102.35)
CO ($104.70)
Button ($100)
Hero (SB) ($108.50)
BB ($54)
UTG ($101)
MP1 ($103.20)
Preflop: Hero is SB with K♠, K♥
3 folds, CO bets $3, 1 fold, Hero raises to $12, 1 fold, CO raises to $36, Hero raises to $108.50 (All-In), CO calls $68.70 (All-In)
Flop: ($210.40) A♠, 5♠, 8♦ (2 players, 2 all-in)
Turn: ($210.40) J♥ (2 players, 2 all-in)
River: ($210.40) 7♥ (2 players, 2 all-in)
Total pot: $210.40 | Rake: $3
Results:
Hero had K♠, K♥ (one pair, Kings).
CO had Q♦, Q♣ (one pair, Queens).
Outcome: Hero won $207.40
2 comments:
I assume proper 4b sizing s/b ~30ish?
You can come over to the darkside and root for the Caps?? Given our playoff history we could use a little love
30 is still way too large in my opinion. 23-25bbs is a lot more appropriate.
While I own an Ovechkin jersey, I'm not sure I have it in me to pull for the Caps come playoff time. I'll probably just cheer for whatever team is playing Vancouver because if they win the prize it'll be the worst year ever.
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