Foxwoods Report

I woke up this morning (yesterday) to the sound of The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, ringing through my ears. Actually it was my buddy from Iraq calling me on my cell phone to say he was headed to Foxwoods. Great, I was planning on going anyway and it is always good to see a friend from over there.

Well ...

We both got smoked at the 1-2 NL tables.

There were a few players at my corner of the table who play on Full Tilt and Poker Stars; 1-2 NL guys that mostly play online but mix it up with a few days a month at Foxwoods. We talked about the 12 tabling nits, and how much better it was to play online with rakeback vs live games.

JB is an aggressive player, but I have seen him over play a lot of marginal hands. Net result down 2 buyins after 8 hours play. This is the first time I have seen him leave with less than $1000, chalk it up to variance or donkishness. The funny thing is each time he changed seats, his old seat became a card rack.

I mixed up my play, tight, loose, tight, loose, nothing seemed be working after 8 hours at the tables. QQ and top set loses to runner, runner flush. QQ and flush draw loses to 66 on the river and ties for the side pot vs QQ. AQ chops a QQ5 board with to runner runner boat vs Q2. AJ loses JJx to a KJ boat on the river. Need I say more? I knew I was doomed and even put my name in for the Omaha H/L game to change it up, but after 2 hours only moved from #8 to #6 on the list. Why can't they start a feeder table when there are 12 people on the list? Net result down 2 buyins in 10 hours.

I followed up my Foxwoods debacle with a solid 3 hours of drinking at the Tatnuck American Legion Post where I am a member. I think I will either head back to Foxwoods tomorrow, or perhaps open the Legion and start drinking at noon tomorrow.

A friend is hosting a home game on Saturday night, I am looking forward to that. Wonka will be there, along with a host of drunken donks that should mean an easy cash as usual. The next HPT is a few weeks out, again a good chance for an easy cash.

Never a first

Played the mookie tonight, and once again I came up short. Fourth place is somewhat respectable I guess, for a blogger donkament... Since I started playing these things when I got home from Iraq, I have had seconds, thirds, fourths, fifths - but never a win. Oh except for the dookie, I won the turbo HORSE a few weeks ago.


Foxwoods is on my schedule for tomorrow (today?). Hopefully I wake up early enough to drive down and make it to the 10am $100 NL tourney.

Home Game

I hosted a small game this weekend, comprised of a few friends from the HPT game, and few from the more local BCBombers game. Wonka was there of course, and I made every effort to stay out of his way. It's not that I was playing with him, but there are easier fish to fry without getting in his way.

On the second hand of the first game, I have AA in the SB vs an unknown player who raised pre flop. Being the first level, the blinds were 25-25, and the raise to 100 from MP looked rather benign so I re-bumped to 400. MP smooth calls after looking at her boyfriend. The flop comes KQx rainbow, I make it 600, MP makes it 1200. I think for a short moment and then push all in. If she had KK or QQ wouldn't she re-pop me pre flop? I mistakenly put her on AK but she calls with a monstrous top two pair, showing KQo. The board pairs 99 on the river and MP has to rebuy. Bad play by me, but there is little to no chance that I am throwing away AA on the second hand of a game if there is a rebuy option.

Middle of the 1st game I put in a standard 3x raise from MP with 44, BB smooth calls. The flop comes 4A5 with 2 hearts giving me bottom set. Knowing this particular player will chase flushes no matter how expensive, I bet out with a pot sized 1500, and get called. The turn is a blank and I push 1950 into the middle and make an "oh well speech" and get called. BB turns over KQd no pair, no draw, wrong suit. He said he thought I was bluffing because of my speech. Well good read friend, except I wasn't bluffing and even if I were you couldn't beat a bluff.

I go on to take 1st place, and Wonka comes in 3rd.

Second hand of the second game vs same player I got into it with in the 1st game. The blinds are 25-25 and it is raised to 100 from EP, and called all the way around to me in the BB with 67 suited. 5 players see the flop of 779. I check of course, MP bets out 500, and I call with my trip 7s bad kicker. The turn is a 2, I check again MP bets 500 and again I smooth call; there is discussion whether or not I am playing the hammer. The river is a Jack, and I bet out 1200 leaving about 600 behind. She smooth calls and shows pocket Jacks for Jacks full of 7s. Uggh; I wasn't going to get her off the Jacks without an over card on the board anyway.

A few hands later I limp from EP with 78d. Aggressive player on my left bumps it to 100. Everyone folds except for the BB on my right who calls, so I make a loose call. The flop comes 569 with the 6 and the 9 in diamonds. Sweet, I flop a straight with an open ended straight flush draw, this is going to be ugly. EP2 bets enough to put me all in, BB raises, I say all in, and EP1 goes all in. The turn and river are blanks, EP2 shows pocket 10s, BB shows QQ and I triple up. If the QQ in the BB had not called, I might have folded. If he had re-raised, I would have folded.

I end up going out early and playing dealer for the rest of the game.

.... and then a Royal

If anyone reads my blog, you would know that this morning I flopped a straight flush, a rare event for most poker players. Well tonight I turned a Royal, the rarest of hands!! My last Royal came on July 1st, and according to Poker Tracker it was only 40,000 hands ago.



The odds of getting a straight flush are 1 in 72,193
The odds of getting a Royal are 1 in 649,740

I somehow managed to get 2 Royals and 1 straight flush in 40,000 hands. Pretty sick huh?

Unfortunately, my card rack luck didn't carry over to to the Mookie, and I donked out after committing myself with AKs and calling an all-in vs QQ.

I did buy a lottery ticket today, what are my chances of winning that?

Straight Flush

Sometimes it is better to be lucky than to be good. Luck in being dealt good cards, luck in hitting flops or catching on the turn or river. In this case, luck in flopping the nuts while each of the opponents also made big hands.


Full Tilt Poker Game #3468525272: Table Revere - $1/$2 - No Limit Hold'em - 11:04:34 ET - 2007/09/05
Seat 1: MrDougTn ($65.70)
Seat 2: DrNotes ($168.80)
Seat 3: Forzzen ($200)
Seat 4: zinger82 ($129.40)
Seat 5: Laak39 ($146.80)
Seat 6: Rake Feeder ($210.85)
Seat 7: pattimac ($470.70)
Seat 8: Hillbilly Jr ($164.70)
Seat 9: RascalKing ($314.20)
pattimac posts the small blind of $1
Hillbilly Jr posts the big blind of $2
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Rake Feeder [Qd Jd]
RascalKing has 15 seconds left to act
RascalKing folds
MrDougTn calls $2 <-- Limp from EP
DrNotes folds
Forzzen folds
zinger82 folds
Laak39 folds
Rake Feeder calls $2 <-- Easy limp with QJ sooted
pattimac calls $1
Hillbilly Jr checks
*** FLOP *** [Kd Td 9d] <-- Gin and Juice!
pattimac checks
Hillbilly Jr checks
MrDougTn bets $8 <-- Looks like a probe bet
Rake Feeder calls $8 <-- I flopped the nuts!
pattimac calls $8 <-- Hmm
Hillbilly Jr folds
*** TURN *** [Kd Td 9d] [8s] <-- I hope this helps someone
pattimac checks
MrDougTn checks
Rake Feeder bets $8 <-- Please call me!
pattimac raises to $22 <-- I put him on the flush here
MrDougTn calls $22 <-- I put him on a good piece of the flop
Rake Feeder has 15 seconds left to act
Rake Feeder has requested TIME <-- I have mad online acting skillz
Rake Feeder calls $14
*** RIVER *** [Kd Td 9d 8s] [5s] <-- Blank, not that it mattered
pattimac bets $38 <-- He thinks this is a value bet
MrDougTn calls $33.70, and is all in <-- Pot committed
Rake Feeder has 15 seconds left to act
Rake Feeder raises to $178.85, and is all in <-- Push for value
pattimac has 15 seconds left to act
pattimac calls $140.85
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Rake Feeder shows [Qd Jd] a straight flush, King high
pattimac mucks
Rake Feeder wins the side pot ($290.30) with a straight flush, King high
MrDougTn mucks
Rake Feeder wins the main pot ($196.10) with a straight flush, King high
MrDougTn is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $489.40 Main pot $199.10. Side pot $290.30. | Rake $3
Board: [Kd Td 9d 8s 5s]
Seat 1: MrDougTn mucked [9c 9h] - three of a kind, Nines <-- Bad timing to flop a set
Seat 2: DrNotes didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: Forzzen didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: zinger82 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: Laak39 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: Rake Feeder (button) showed [Qd Jd] and won ($486.40) with a straight flush, King high
Seat 7: pattimac (small blind) mucked [8d Ad] - a flush, Ace high <-- Ouch
Seat 8: Hillbilly Jr (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 9: RascalKing didn't bet (folded)
DrNotes: holy crap
Hillbilly Jr: vnh rake
Forzzen: wow
Forzzen: nh
Rake Feeder: good flop for me
pattimac: i couldnt fold
DrNotes: good is the wrong word
Rake Feeder: nothing you can do with that patt
DrNotes: he flopped the nut flush
DrNotes: u had the ONLY cards in the
deck that could beat him
DrNotes: that was just sick