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  • Did I play this hand properly?
    I was playing this past Friday and this hand was my last of the night. I was under the gun, I got 2 aces for my hole cards and I decided to go all -in with $7,000 in chips. everyone else folded and I was heads up with one other player. He calls the $7,000. The first of three cards on the...
  • Complete Vegas Trip Report with Pictures
    You can read the segments in my blog, but here is the whole story, including some pictures I took. Day One Okay, so I was supposed to get to Vegas on Monday after spending two days in LA with some friends. Unfortunately, my friends totally shafted me, and after sleeping in a disgusting, noisy...
  • Amazing hand, amazing night.
    Cash game, NL100. I'm in the bb and get two limpers sb folds, I check with 4:spade: 3 :spade: . Flop: A :spade: 2 :spade: 5 :spade: After I come to my senses, I check. V1 bets $2, V2 calls, I raise to $7, they both call. I figured there was a good chance that at least one of them was on...
  • Can't Believe I Scooped!
    I mean, half would have been fine, but wow! PokerStars Game #10343094941: 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo Limit ($3/$6) - 2007/06/09 - 00:40:31 (ET) Table 'Rhesus III' 8-max Seat 1: Kool_Kineso ($140.75 in chips) Seat 2: 56bonehead ($48.25 in chips) Seat 3: MrWolfAA ($78.25 in chips) Seat 4: snowman17...
  • Nothing like trying to knock someone out and...
    Full Tilt Poker Game #2626760137: $33 + $3 Sit & Go (Turbo) (20028823), Table 1 - 120/240 - No Limit Hold'em - 2:38:10 ET - 2007/06/10 Seat 3: stormus (5,975) Seat 4: TheWaySheGoes (4,020) Seat 8: Krugar (1,905) Seat 9: cappio8 (1,600) TheWaySheGoes posts the small blind of 120 Krugar posts...

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  • Can't believe I folded this, and was right
    http://www.pokerhand.org/?1147197 I guess the massive bet on the flop gave it away, but I think 9 times out of 10 I would've gone broke.
  • biggest pot of my life
    and i lost it went to another city to play 2-2 NL cash in the casino. sat down with the max of €200. been going real good, worked my way up to about €330. me: ~€330 SB: ~€280 player to my left: ~€300 i get Ah As UTG+1, i raise to €8, guy to my left who had been playing quite...
  • This one hit me hard
    I consider myself a decent poker player for not getting to play nearly as much as I want. I played a cash game with some buddies about a month ago. We were playing $0.50/$1.00 blinds, with a maximum $100 buy-in, unlimited buy-ins. I brought $100 and figured I'd clean some house on my friends. I've...
  • CasinoRama evening at the casino report (Long story)
    So my brother dragged me to Casino Rama in fantabulous Rama, Ontario which is a roughly 90 minute drive from my lovely suburban paradise outside of Toronto. Driving 140 on the highway I was subjected to nearly an hour-and-a-half quizzing on poker theory as my too-eager OLDER brother tried to sap some...
  • Drunk idiot at my table last night.
    Last night I was playing and I got moved to another table after about 1 hour. When I arrived at the new table and started playing, I could see trouble was brewing. A guy at the new table was being a total jerkoff, he must have had about 6 beer already and all he could do was use the " F"...
  • What Happened to Downtown Vegas
    This is wayy late, but I haven't been here in a while. I just thought of this though, as I booked my trip to Vegas for this coming July. 2 Summers ago, the boys and I all headed out that way, and shared a suite downtown at the Plaza. It was cheap, and I knew there would be a handful of poker rooms...
  • LoL Cash-a-Donks? Cash-a-ments?
    I was in a goofy mood, but I was like 90% sure the guy had JJ-KK and would call me. PokerStars Game #8757833888: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2007/03/05 - 20:32:53 (ET) Table 'Elinor II' 9-max Seat #3 is the button Seat 1: NEVAK ($45.25 in chips) Seat 2: alfalfa109 ($93.60 in chips) Seat...
  • Loudmouth at my table
    I was playing yesterday and at my table we had a guy who thought he was God's gift to poker. He was running down everyone's play, and when he won a pot he would put on a show. He would raise his hands in the air and tell everyone how good he was. He didn't stop talking about how good he was ( or...
  • Whats the highest buyins you reached at a cash table
    How much X buyin ? I once managed to 3X (and didn't keep it for long) - have seen few people sit 5X. Whats yours highest? Danny
  • Live tourney in 2hrs
    So last night about 2am just before going to bed, I check my emails and find out that there is a poker tourney at the University of Reading at 11am today. It's a £20 buy-in with no rebuys/add-ons (ug) and the crappy site promoting it (www.burningaces.com - so, so bad) is adding £500 and an 80GB iPod...
  • Cowboy Terror
    Seat 1: Cyndi67 - $1.31 Seat 2: DaySleeper19 - $0.94 Seat 3: BcnDiamond - $5.17 Seat 4: K5000 - $0.78 Seat 5: GDMFSOB - $3.36 Seat 6: easytiger - $3.87 Moving Button to seat 6 Cyndi67 posts small blind ($0.02) DaySleeper19 posts big blind ($0.04) Shuffling Deck Dealing Cards Dealing to BcnDiamond Cyndi67:...
  • Maaaaaan, I wish Stars had a BB jackpot
    PokerStars Game #7415414332: 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo Limit ($2/$4) - 2006/12/12 - 18:34:55 (ET) Table 'Laugier' 8-max Seat 1: SkinnyPuppy8 ($50 in chips) Seat 2: Bad Beat Oz ($55.50 in chips) Seat 3: syl1299 ($80 in chips) Seat 4: VojFromMars ($106.75 in chips) Seat 5: Turn_Prophet ($117.25 in chips)...
  • Distraction at the poker table..
    I was playing yesterday, and of course I was distracted because sitting across from me was a woman with one of the nicest bodies I have ever seen. She laid her knockers on the table and I swear almost everything hanging out. whenever I looked up, I ended up staring at a wonderful pair of cans (...
  • worst downswing of my life
    Chances are you didn't know, but I'm currently on the worst losing streak of my very short (2+ years) attempts at this game. About 45% of my roll (from my absolute high point) is gone. I'm kind of numb (I dont feel bad/good) but I definitely notice the auto-tilt that happens when i sit down (i get impatient)....
  • What's the most you've ever had at a cash table?
    In absolute terms, (dollahs!), not buyins, etc. Today I hit 2400ish euros ($3100USish) on my 2.5/5NL table. little did they know i was up less than $100 on the day. sigh.
  • Wheeeee
    PokerStars Game #7981435545: Hold'em Limit ($5/$10) - 2007/01/17 - 04:02:09 (ET) Table 'Phthia V' 10-max Seat #7 is the button Seat 1: TheLiveOne ($188 in chips) Seat 2: Sharp.Info ($231 in chips) Seat 3: sodapop ($186 in chips) Seat 4: Turn_Prophet ($255 in chips) Seat 5: Himalaia ($219 in...
  • Brags!
    We need a brag thread here! I want to hear about people's most outrageous bluffs, thinnest valuebets, monkeytilting with 44 and pulling a 1 outer, checkraising turns with a gutshot and an over, about the time you pulled perfect value from your rockets, made the sickest read or just got plain lucky...
  • And then God spake, "Protect Thy Hand!"
    This is why implied odds are your friend. Too bad he didn't call. PokerStars Game #7542974513: Hold'em No Limit ($1/$2) - 2006/12/21 - 15:59:46 (ET) Table 'Klonios II' 9-max Seat #6 is the button Seat 1: New Shawboy ($354.90 in chips) Seat 3: smerks ($325.65 in chips) Seat 4: piratepeaty ($252.70...
  • The Set Up, and Knock Out
    The set up... PokerStars Game #7542829831: Hold'em No Limit ($1/$2) - 2006/12/21 - 15:48:30 (ET) Table 'Polana' 9-max Seat #8 is the button Seat 1: Goldfink ($166.25 in chips) Seat 2: RogDodger27 ($195 in chips) Seat 4: Dilith ($198 in chips) Seat 5: Turn_Prophet ($188 in chips) Seat 6:...
  • Big hand at my .05/.10 homegame
    A few of my buddies and I are at one of my weekly NL homegames (.05 and .10 blinds). We've all got around $10 in chips. I'm in MP when EP LAG raises it up to $0.45. I look down to find AKo. I re-raise to $1.20. LP TAG calls and EP calls. I put them both on weaker aces or medium pocket pairs, maybe...
  • exit music texas hold'em blog
    Introduction I've been wanting to create one of these for a little while, I had a livejournal but decided it's not a good place to stick poker blogs. I found this site, seems an appropriate space :) I'm a young (20) aspiring poker player, I am relatively new to the game, been playing the game...
  • new pot record.
    playing 5/10 750max. http://www.pokerhand.org/?592391
  • 5,2 off suit
    short story- online tourney, low stakes but I've managed to keep afloat for over an hour with lousy cards. I'm getting frustrated because within the last 6 deals I get 5,2 off suit 3 different times. Out of frustration I chat: "next time I get 5,2 I'm gonna play 'em!" 2 hands later, guess what?......
  • Quick trip report
    Got to Vegas at the end of a very long between-jobs road trip. Quite tired, so I didn't play much. Stayed at Imperial Palace. Night I got there I just wanted to have a couple beers, so went to their $2/$4 table. Poor guys never knew what hit them. I think I was just tired enough to be more aggressive...
  • Sick Pot
    I figured I was getting half or was about to get screwed, but watch this... PokerStars Game #6246925853: 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo Limit ($2/$4) - 2006/09/11 - 06:32:13 (ET) Table 'Chicago IV' 8-max Seat 1: pocket tripz ($549.75 in chips) Seat 2: TONTO1 ($98.75 in chips) Seat 3: birthday boy ($171.50...
  • Where Did He Go????
    Man, this was supposed to be my big break, and the guy just disappears somehow. Damn! PokerStars Game #6244311951: Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2006/09/10 - 23:13:59 (ET) Table 'Phaetusa IV' 6-max Seat #6 is the button Seat 1: lmntree ($55.35 in chips) Seat 2: ClikityClank ($75.35 in chips)...
  • It's not often I play a hand damn near perfect
    It's nice to build up his pot so he can take it away on a later street :x ***** Hand History for Game 5139001620 ***** NL Texas Hold'em 6 Buy-in Trny:28525051 Level:1 Blinds(20/40) - Saturday, September 09, 23:36:20 ET 2006 Table Table 111873 (Real Money) Seat 4 is the button Total number...
  • What a great 30 minutes.
    Because I am rebuilding my bankroll I am playing small stakes on party and buying in with the minimum. I sat down with $5 and was card dead for about an hour. Folding almost every hand preflop but making just enough to stay even. Suddenly everything was hitting and for 30 minutes I raped this table....
  • Quad aces at the Bike
    Played some $2/$4 at the Bicycle Casino last night, and had to brag about this hand. These low limit tables are usually filled with such amazing donkeys, but the people at my table last night were suprisingly passive. They folded any time they missed the flop (at a limit that is usually no fold 'em hold...
  • My Best Bluff Catch Yet
    On the face of it, this would look like an awful play, and maybe it wasn't the best situation ever. But I swear to you, I knew this guy was full of it the whole way. PokerStars Game #6139498435: Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2006/09/02 - 04:01:30 (ET) Table 'Cordelia II' 6-max Seat #6 is...
  • Oops
    The first one of these in a while. http://www.pokerhand.org/?483790
  • ouch.
    Yesterday i went to play in a home game, NL cash, as usual i started out pretty good, increased my stack by 1/3d or so. until i had caught QQ. i made a big raise and lost to one of the worst plays ive ever seen from this player, and that says something. i made a raise of about 8X BB in the BB. he called...
  • rigged?
    Why would a poker site rig the game? This is the most common response to posts that say it is rigged. Hmmm why, because you can make a lot more money thats why. Retort, but if they were caught their reputation would be damaged and they would lose business. Well my friends the messages are coming...
  • Hand from Casino Windsor
    Game is $1/$2 NL, $100 max buy-in. It's Canadian money, which is practically Monopoly money. Game is probably very tough, except for Supafrey in the 6 seat, but I can't really tell because I'm more concerned with the $60-$100 worth of alcohol I've had since the session started and showing down K4 off-suit...
  • Cragoo's journal
    I felt like starting up a journal of bad beats and amazing big pots i've won. So here it is starting today. Huge pot #1 Nothing like cracking kings to start off the day :P Stage #428373275: Holdem No Limit $0.10 - 2006-08-18 14:47:43 (ET) Table: GIDDEON DR. (Real Money) Seat #1 is the dealer Seat...
  • Outrageous plays!
    Ok, lately there has been alot of heeing and hawing over good folds, getting outdrawn and 'do I have the best hand here' in no limit hands. How boring is that! In NL, we don't need no stinking best hands! Now I want to hear stories of outrageus bluffs,shoves vs nits and how you won a gigantic pot...
  • A fold I made
    ***** Hand History for Game 4966217514 ***** $25 NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, August 17, 14:46:32 ET 2006 Table Table 108122 (Real Money) Seat 2 is the button Total number of players : 6 Seat 2: Runjoker ( $23.11 ) Seat 3: Jazziz23 ( $27.58 ) Seat 4: drtyrussian ( $25 ) Seat 5: jimy23 ( $68.85...
  • What did my opponent have?
    This happened in a live game with a couple of my buddies. Unlimited rebuy tournament at a table that started with nine, but is now reduced to five. Total chip count is 21,500. Blinds are 60-120. There's basically three big stacks out there: 8000 Villain 1 7000 Villain 2 6500 Hero 3500 Villain 3 3000...
  • Every Now and Then AK can win
    I know this is nothing earth shattering, but after a week of crappy situations, this is a huge morale boost if nothing else. PokerStars Game #5971335681: Tournament #30240760, $20+$2 Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2006/08/19 - 03:12:44 (ET) Table '30240760 1' 9-max Seat #8 is the button Seat...
  • 2 bad beats
    I'm playing this tournament last night and am at the final table. We're down to 6 and I'm sitting in 3rd chip position with 46,000, blinds are 4,000 and 8,000. I have K10 suited in first position. People have been playing extremely tight since reaching the final table, I raise to 20,000, everybody...
  • I started blogging too :)
    This is what happens when you fail at your poker endeavor and have extra time on your hands. I started this blog less than 2 weeks ago and it's dedicated to poker. If you decide to read, read in numerical order, as the chronology is important. For those on this forum, you probably won't learn much...
  • Yes
    You know when you take a risk that could potentially cripple you... well I've done that today for probably the first time ever. I konw my BR is still very tiny, but for me it paid off huge today. Up $4 from $.50 SNG's and up $13 from NL tables; all in all more than doubling my meager bankroll today....
  • LOL!
    All i have to say is LOL! This happened at the end of a SNG to cripple my opponent in heads up play. Stage #471862314 Tourney ID 60309 Holdem Single Tournament No Limit $1200 - 2006-08-13 20:27:53 (ET) Table: 8609711 (Real Money) Seat #7 is the dealer Seat 6 - CRAGGOO ($6445 in chips) Seat 7 - PAULINSKY...
  • The Prophet's Journal
    4/13/2006 Entry Well boys and girls, I know I said I was going to lay off Poker for a little while after that tournament, but you know and my inability to stay away from a table, either real or computer-generated. I have confined my play the last few days to online and I haven't been back to the...
  • Miracle Win!
    This was too funny and just happened in an online tourney. It is probably the craziest comeback I have ever played. 10 man sit and go, 4 players remain. There were two short stacks with with about 5BB left each and I am chip leader, but just by about 200 chips. Villain is 2nd in chips and is...
  • My Blog
    Well I doubt anyone will be interested, but I like to write and don't really have much going on ATM so I started a Blog. Link below, follow if interested :) http://www.thpblog.com/blogs.php?blog=11844
  • My day yesterday
    Just thought I'd put a little post together, mainly to brag about yesterday. I seemed to have one of those days where most of my decisions were the correct ones. I called in the right places and folded in the right places. I played in 7 SnG's and came either 1st or second in all of them. I also...
  • Beat by runner-runner....RUNNER?
    You think the beats in holdem are bad, how about having your full house on fifth street getting beat by a runner - runner - runner full house. I don't know the math on this, but i bet it's worse than getting beat by perfect - perfect in holdem. http://www.pokerhand.org/?436991 Also wanna note,...
  • My worst bad beat so far
    I'm sure some of you have seen much worse but this is one of the worst beats of my young poker career. .25c-.25c Pot Limit Hold'em cash game I'm in the room for 60 minutes and other than taking down some blinds I haven't been involved in any big pots. At that moment I have folded literally every...
  • My Biggest Pot
    > FreeZey posted small blind ($0.10) > alfi99 posted big blind ($0.20) > Game # 876,962,349 starting. > Dealing Hole Cards > XSSlinger folded > intrepid_t folded > Tete21 folded > zzbob98 folded > titi33 folded > Rocket_81 called for $0.20 > lordinho folded >...
  • What can I improve on how I played this?
    25c-25c PL im in the room for 35 minutes and have recognised some weak players and some who seem pretty solid. I've built a solid table image by showing down KK and TT early after playing those hard. I have A :spade: 8 :spade: in the cutoff and the person behind the UTG and someone in middle position...
  • Great story, happened last Friday
    So.. last Friday was our home game. There were 9 of us turned up and it was the usual situation of lots of beer, some good chat and some great poker. We are an ecclectic mix of experience from the beginner right through to a couple of experienced players. The story starts with a deal whereby I was...
  • Just a fun cuple of stories
    Yeah, I'm pretty bored right now. In a 10$ MTT, and nothing is going down in IRC so I decided to share a cuple stories about a player from my home game. Story #1. So we get a good turnout for our weekly home game this week. We're playing NL Holdem and before we start, we're introduced to a new...
  • Skribbles' Journal
    So what the heck. After taking a few weeks off I'm back on the wagon. This time I fully intend to play within my bankroll. As I've posted a few times before, I go broke every month or so by playing WAY too high of stakes for my bankroll to support. Well Friday night at about 3am, I had way too many...
  • This is why you try playmoney first
    I signed up for the inter-forum tourney, so decided to check out the Royal Vegas software last night. I jump on a $0.10 $0.20 NL. The client is very similar to Ladbrookes but its been years since I switched to William Hill so I’m finding the interface a little unintuitive, plus I’m on my laptop and...
  • SnG: Last Hand.
    This is the first time that I've won a SnG with quads, so I thought I'd save it for posterity. Nothin' fancy in this hand, the guy had to push sometime and got unlucky choosing this hand. ANTES/BLINDS Sascha383 posts blind ($100), Tadzio posts blind ($200). PRE-FLOP Sascha383 bets $1,220 and...
  • Flopped quads twice in a week
    Won some decent pots in both hands. Gotta love it. 8) :D http://webpages.charter.net/stuv/Poker/DQB.06-06.jpg http://webpages.charter.net/stuv/Poker/DQB.07-06.jpg
  • did I play wrong?
    I was extremely bad beaten and I don't know what I did wrong... Blinds were (after currency change) about 10/20 dollars... my hand: 6 8 suited. I called preflop the 20 dollars. someone reraised it to 80 dollars ! I called because of if I get "the hand" I am lucky... I could afford...
  • First ever MTT
    Today I played the poker tournament at my dads golf club that I talked about earlier. There were 42 people, $25 dollar buy in, and a $600 prize pool. This was the first tournament ever, horrible structure with huge antes,blinds from the beggining. The biggest fish you have ever seen. These people were...
  • Back to Back pocket rockets
    Doesnt happend to often but just happened to me.. Only sad thing..The first one was broken and on the second I went all inn with my last dollars..Hoping someone would put me on tilt and call..Didnt happend. Here is the hands: ** Game ID 810715226 starting - 2006-05-29 23:09:04 ** Still Small...
  • Miss Pokerface
    :twisted: hi i discovered a new website for women that are both attractive and good poker players and i think that it is a great initiative since it encourages women to play poker and dismistifies the masculine image of poker
  • nutty hand yesterday
    NL home game blinds €0.05-0.10 Im in the small blind, everyone has folded, i call with 6-2 suited... big blind raises to €.50... i catch a read on him that never fails and re-raise it to €2 he calls :? wait, that wasnt in the program! flop A-K-K, i bet €2, he raises to €4... i think for...
  • My 2 sickest calls ever
    Playing a small-stakes NL homegame last night. Its 5 handed and both of the times the villain is probably the best player in the game. He's a good friend of mine and knows a lot about NL cash game play. I'd consider him better than me in NL. Other 3 players, 2 are the fish, 1 is decent, but I have...
  • JP's SNG Journal...
    Starting 4/26 All on Doyles Room Five $5 +$0.50 1x1 Heads up: Five First places Seven $10 + $1 1x1 Heads up: Five First places, lost last two Three $20 +$1 or 2 (not positive) 1x1 Heads up: One win, knocked out other two on first hand with AK and AA respectively. Five $5 9-man STT: 1 first place,...
  • The Soup Bowl
    Ok, I have decided to try this "journal" thing. This is a good time to start one because I just recently broke my bankroll. First, some background. I have been playing online poker for about 3 years, always playing with money I won through freerolls. I would build it into something...
  • Fun Hand....Glad I wasn't a part of it!
    http://www.pokerhand.org/?324044
  • room review
    In Vegas Sunday-Wednesday. Here's my impressions of some of the rooms: TI: pretty average, standard tables/chairs. Kinda loud, it's right off the main hallway. Had a great run there to start my trip, held up for my poor play later on. Mirage: Nice room. Palace Station: ok room. I stay...
  • My First Royal
    PokerStars Game #4790929269: Tournament #23967597, 300+20 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2006/04/30 - 14:13:18 (ET) Table '23967597 1' 9-max Seat #6 is the button Seat 6: Cricket_Fire (4655 in chips) Seat 7: NC_Laser (8845 in chips) Cricket_Fire: posts small blind 50 NC_Laser: posts big...
  • My first royal too!
    Well, I had my first royal a little while ago and forgot about, but a post reminded me about it, so hah, I figured I'd bother you all with it. Anyway, it was all very unexciting. 25NL 6-max, I had top pair medium kicker (QT) and pushed against a lag who called with a medium pair and I runnered runnered...
  • Oxford Cup IV
    One of the largest UK poker tournaments kicks off on May 8th at Oxford University and yours truly has managed to get himself a seat! The event will seat 200 players and has a fairly low buy-in as officially it is a student based event. There is the usual unlimited first hour rebuys and an add-on so...
  • I guess someone got a little angry
    This just happened in a tourny Im currently still playing. Was not my bad beat so Im not posting there..But someone got a little pissed I imagine :D ** Game ID 764238974 starting - 2006-04-20 17:52:10 ** $3 NL Freezeout:Table 15 (30.00|60.00 No Limit - MTT) Real Money - mickmusk sitting...
  • tsiguy's daily poker journal - rags to riches to rags
    hi, welcome to the first thread of my poker journal :). on friday, i signed up for a free 50 dollars from partypoker through some promotion website or something. anyways, yes the money came through yesterday, and after going up to 85 bucks then down to 29 and a miraculous double up (http://www.pokerhand.org/?289231)...
  • Home game all-in decision
    Just got back from a decent nite of poker with my semi-regular home game crowd where we played two 8-person SnGs for £10 buy-in. In game 1, everything went to plan and I came 1st fairly easily for a nice £50 prize. In game 2, I won the first hand for a small amount of chips and then picked up TT in...
  • The poker gods just didn't want me to win...
    You bring your "A" game to a live tournament, you have a good feeling about the others, you rarely do mistakes, if any... but yet, you feel like luck is dragging you down... Buy-in: $50 # entrants: 108 Starting stack: 10,000 Paid positions: 14 I had good cards early stage. I raised...
  • Now WHY did little Billy's house set on fire?
    This has to be the funniest thing ever to happen to me on the subject of poker. My mother thinks I have a "gambling addiction" because I play poker. Which is rediculous. If I was on a baseball team, she wouldn't say I had a baseball addiction but suddenly because it involves a little money,...
  • Insane hand at home game
    Well I wasn't in this hand but it was still one of those crazy hands. I was at a home game, it was at about 7 handed. Im dealer and the guy in first position bets triple the big blind and then a crazy player who you never know what he has goes all in over the top. My friend to the right of me looks...
  • Just a pretty little hand
    Don't have the hand history, so bare with me. SnG. Hero (bb) with ~4000 Villain (Button) ~4000 Player (sb) ~2000 Hero is dealt 5 :heart: 6 :heart: PF: Villain raises 200 to 400 SB folds Hero calls 200 Flop: (pot=900) 3 :club: 4 :heart: 7 :heart: Hero checks Villain bets 1000 Hero...
  • My first four of a kind :D
    > Ankle-Biter posted small blind ($0.05) > Aleksandrs posted big blind ($0.10) > Game # 709,194,603 starting. > Dealing Hole Cards > track_girl called for $0.10 > Davros97 folded > FreeZey called for $0.10 > Sir_Marc, you have 10 seconds to respond > Sir_Marc called...
  • the worst play ever
    im at my house playing a 7 man tourney $20 buy in. in a bout 15 hands im up to 50-55 dollars and the chip leader. I look down at pocket 8's in late postition and make it 3.00 to call .25-.50 blinds. short stack in sb calls and the 3rd man calls. the 2nd guy who called had about 20 nucks in chips. flop...
  • ye ool' bluff-call
    There are fish, and there are SUPER fish. He actually took like 15 seconds to make the call on the river, so it wasn't a mis-click. Game # 267170773 - Texas Hold'em No Limit EUR 0,10/0,20 - Table "Borgstena" Game ended 2006-03-04 17:28:37 GMT+01:00 Players: slane (EUR 13,95 in...
  • Vegas Report- Feb 28-Mar 4
    Stayed at Bally's this trip. Huge standard room, older furnishings. A perfect room for the not so picky. Played in 3 tournaments. The first was at the Aladdin noon $60 buy in. 2000 starting chips, blinds started out at 25-50 and doubled every 15 mins. 44 players. Card dead most of the game...
  • post your greatest achievement
    Hello everybody. As the Post says, post your greatest achievement. I thought this will make for a fun read for everybody. Personally i could use some nice stuff to read since im bored out of my skull here at work. This forum makes for a nice distraction. My greatest achievement is to beat 6...
  • Mistake turns into a slaughter
    Don't think I've ever started a post in here, but I have to share. :) Last night in my weekly home game I had a nice experience. It was a 9 player SnG NLH tourny and everyone was still in, still at the first level. I raised preflop from middle position with AJs and got a two callers. The flop comes...
  • This achieved a smile.
    MTT Holdem No Limit 600/1,200 vegaschic has $2,570 fatboy2222 has $22,120 - dealer Bulld0g69 has $240 - small blind jonesyb has $8,280 - big blind tuna69 has $4,620 antne314 has $31,430 demon2005 has $27,980 choakem has $31,940 Seat 9 : tinca tinca has $4,920 jonesyb has 2s 7h all...
  • Vegas!
    Bag packed - check, Bankroll - check, Plane Ticket - Check, Sun Glasses - check.... Vegas by 9am! :lol:
  • I must be psychic
    PokerStars Game #3791851543: Hold'em No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2006/01/29 - 02:32:09 (ET) Table 'Leukothea IV' Seat #3 is the button Seat 1: antlover ($4.35 in chips) Seat 2: Efram ($18.20 in chips) Seat 3: ATS33 ($3.85 in chips) Seat 4: X bull poker ($6.15 in chips) Seat 6: MasonBauer ($15.35...
  • My new best friend :)
    I’ve never encounter a looser player in my life. I picked up about $2 from him on my first hand when I made trip 9’s and got scare by his cold calling. Turns out he didn’t even have an ace high beat! This hand nicely illustrates his style: > jaynrhonda posted small blind ($0.05) > Danielsan187...
  • Great Flop on PS
    I had played a $5.50 SnG and finished 6th (out of the money), so I thought I'd jump into a ring game and try to win back my entry fee. Find a .05/.10 game with 8 players, nobody had a huge stack, so I jump in with 10 bucks. I'm down about 60 cents, nothing too bad, playing a bit tight. I'm in...
  • funniest poker experience EVER!
    okay, so a group of me and my friends are playing some NL hold 'em with a buy in of $20. we're playing over the night and i'm about equal chip leader with one of my other mates. one of my friends was dealing, and he's quite a shifty kid, its known that him and another friend of mine, who wasn't playing,...
  • tales from the flop
    some more crazy hands from a few tournaments.... 1)short stacked and all in with pocket 9's, called by pocket 10's and pocket 8's...all lost to the 10's. 2)first to act with pocket 7's, raise to $300, 5 times BB, re-raised another $300 non-chalontly by immediate left. one caller and yours truly....
  • SF vs SF
    Hrms.. I guess I should have posted this earlier... A :heart: Q :heart: Fixed limit, 2/4. Me and two others see a three-bet flop. 2 :heart: 3 :heart: X I bet, raised, last guy folds, I three bet, he calls. Turn: 4 :heart: Sweeeeeeeeet. I raise, and then three-bet his reraise....
  • One word....WHOOPS!
    Game #1120284626 - Tournament FreeMillion - 50/100 No Limit Texas Hold'em - 2005/11/28-20:41:29.8 (CST) Table "FreeMillion 127" (MTT) -- Seat 2 is the button Seat 1: TRAPSTARR3 (746 in chips) Seat 2: mukster (4,145 in chips) Seat 3: Jon.Doe (900 in chips) Seat 4: LEFTYGG (4,615 in chips) Seat...
  • an interesting hand.....
    ... AA has been kind to me recently so this was surely inevitable at some point: Real Money Ring Game Table Name Hand ID Game Stakes Triplets of Belleville 4914591-33849 Holdem No Limit $0.05/$0.10 : Hand Start. : Seat 1 : kaB00m has $1.94 : Seat 2 : tomsan1 has $1.90 : Seat 3 : CDRBOOT...
  • Trip report :)
    A new card club opened about 35 miles from me recently so tonight I decided to go check it out with a buddy. It was a NLHE £10 rebuy and it kicked off at 8.30. It's a really nice place by UK card club standards although a little small with only room for 7 poker tables. Nevertheless, we went 11 handed...
  • Home games are funner after a six pack
    Copying other people's styles, I cross postd this from my blog... I earned a bunch of money online today and decided to head out to a friend of mine's house to play some small buy in cash games. My friend Adrian informed me that they play fairly "serious" despite the low stakes (5 bucks for 15 in...
  • Tournament vs cash game
    I have been winning a lot of single table tournaments however loosing at the cash tables. What strategies should I change from tournaments to cash games? I do realize I need to loosen up a bit in a cash game. What other suggestions do you have for me.
  • i won a live tourney!!!!!!
    last night. does wonders for the ol confidence.... some public house in preston, about 20 miles from where i live. 20 people entered. £5 buyin. top place gets a seat at a £20 buyin grand final. got down to me and another guy and we were about even in chips so we decided to split the pot. £50 each....
  • first tourny win
    I won my first big tourny the other night on ab poker. Whats really kind of cool is that it was in seven card stud hi/lo which I've only played a couple of times. A field of 2000 players. When we got to the final three I had 2000k to the other players 100k. On the downside... it was a freeroll...
  • Fastest tournament ive ever been in
    ,Ok so I go meet up some friends at a friends house where we have our weekly cash out 20.00 buy in game... For some reason.. 6 out of the usual 10 ppl cant make it that night.. so there are 4 of us left with nothing to do.. we decide to play a little 4 person winner takes all no limit tournament... 50.00...
  • should i have chased this royal flush?
    #Game No : 2390884699 ***** Hand History for Game 2390884699 ***** $25 NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, July 19, 17:50:21 EDT 2005 Table Table 36806 (6 max) (Real Money) Seat 6 is the button Total number of players : 5 Seat 5: JackDraw ( $19.90 ) Seat 6: nicolecan2 ( $11.83 ) Seat 3: rebuyman (...
  • dropping limits
    Hey guys, i clocked one winning session out of 5 this month and because I used cash to go travel and buy some nice stuff, I've broken my bankroll.
  • Can you believe this hand?
    Hand 1288701908, Started at 9/21/2005 10:49 PM Table 'Salzburg': $0.25-$0.25 No Limit Texas Hold'em (Real Money) Seat 0: Falukropp ($23.25 in chips) Seat 1: J__D ($27.45 in chips) Seat 2: Palmenman ($13.85 in chips) Seat 3: minnesotasam ($47.60 in chips) Seat 4: hashmi ($24.30 in chips) (on...
  • 10-8o
    So I play a 10$ SNG. I barely make it into the last three because the bigstack in front of me always folds his blinds to me. By some weird freak of nature I end up bigstacked. So I get AJ when the blinds are high and push, shortstack calls with 10-8 and wins the hand. I get AT on the next hand,...
  • This one left me numb.
    $30 live NL tournament w/ 40 players. 1000 chips and starting blinds are 5/10. About the 14th hand into the tournament I am on the button. I am dealt 6 :heart: 6 :club: . 2 players limp and I limp as well giving us 5 players to see the flop with no raises. The flop comes 10 :diamond:...
  • Ever do something stupid that saved you tons?
    Here's a great situation where I was simply CONFUSED as to what they could POSSIBLY have. Lets just say I won't have nearly as much respect for these guys after this... But either way, I fluked out and saved myself a solid 70 bucks... ^_^ ***** Hand History for Game 2397399958 ***** $100 NL Texas...
  • question about a poker scenerio
    Player A has a pocket 5, J. Player B has a pocket 8, K. The flop is 5, J, K. The turn card is a 2. The river card is a 2. So now the community cards are 5, J, K, 2, 2. Which player has the winning hand?
  • My First Royal in HE
    playin in a $10+1 27person sng on PS right now, just got my first royal flush in holdem :) PokerStars Game #1778393969: Tournament #8351659, Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2005/05/27 - 16:05:47 (ET) Table '8351659 3' Seat #3 is the button Seat 1: JBWheat (1465 in chips) Seat 2: nik35 (5430...
  • Unbelievable
    A couple nights ago I played poker with my friend. We've been playing a while some most people know what they are doing. Well, an hour or two into to the night I look down at KK. I raise about 7xBB(bb is 10 cents). My friend reraised me another 60 cents. Well, this guy usually tries to buy pots, so...
  • Craziness last night ...
    Played for 7 hours, broke dead even after languishing down about $30 most of the night. I play in a biweekly 2/4 limit home game. Funny thing is that the guy who is known as the fish ended up winning well over $150 last night. This is a guy who will call to the showdown with middle pair or even...
  • Oh the horror...
    My wife or I regularly crush a low stakes home game that we play in. I just wanted to relate a hand last night that turned out ugly. Neither of us was directly involved. 7 people left from a starting field of 10. 1 tall stack, 1 medium and 1 short end up taking the flop. The SS in the SB goes...
  • I have found it! The Easiest Poker Game in the World
    After a couple of weeks joining a wednesday night poker game, I have officially determined its the easiest money ever. The Game is 2/4 FL. Here is an overview of some of the players: Guy to my left- Smells really bad, and then tries to argue with me that I am lucky for hitting my flush when...
  • smart poker player
    Two couples were playing poker one evening. Ed accidentally dropped some cards on the floor. When he bent down the table to pick them up, he noticed Bill's wife Sue wasn't wearing underwear under her dress! Shocked by this, Ed upon trying to sit back up again, hit his head on the table and...
  • I played a home game last night.....
    There are a few people at my work who call themselves poker players after having a few games so I agree to have a game with them. I've taken my 500 chip set to the house so as far as I am concerned, what I say goes in terms of chip counts so I dish out the same chip counts I have ALWAYS dished out...
  • Live 8/16 lunacy
    I posted this on the ass end of another post, but it deserves its own post. This guy pulled a bone head to end all boneheads. Some guy from the 9 seat raises, one seat calls (other side of the dealer) all others fold. 9 seat doesnt see any callers so he shows AA. OOPS. So, flop KQx, AA now...
  • Busted a royal on my girlfriend
    Heads up tourney playing for who makes desert :lol: Ends up pre-flop all-in with my A :heart: 10 :heart: and her A :spade: Q :diamond: . Final board reads: J :heart: J :club: Q :club: Q :heart: K :heart: Best part was she didn't even see it until like 10 seconds later.
  • this one hurt ... a lot
    ------HAND 3------ Game #706771303: Texas Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2005/05/30 - 23:28:52 (UK) Table "Lantana" Seat 7 is the button. Seat 1: Pants1969 ($57.94 in chips) Seat 2: Catseye ($33.20 in chips) Seat 3: Josse187 ($77.89 in chips) Seat 4: Manda1 ($6.20 in chips) Seat 5: TheSalche...
  • Allright.. Usually I don't do this.. but...
    I had a pretty horrible string of plays today, leading me to be down about 220 on the 2/4 tables at pacific. It's pretty rare to find me down more than a few bucks on those tables, let alone that significantly, but this hand made it all worth while. Dealt QQ on the button, I raise, and find myself...
  • At work today......
    We decided to have a little mini tourney. 3 of us agreed on no limit hold em $10.00 buy in winner take all with blinds doubling every 15 hands starting at 1-2 and us having about 100 chips. Only lasted into the 4th round cause I was getting all the cards. got a 4 of a kind As on the third hand and an...
  • Straddle Vs. BLind RAISE
    It seems when it comes to casino poker, its up to the dealer weather you can straddle or not.... I am playing a decent 5-10 game limit holdem... i'm attempt to straddle the big bling (giving me option to raise once round.).. no one at the table complains and neither does the dealer.. i'm hitting...
  • maniacs rule
    Seat 1: prNike101 ($9 in chips) Seat 2: 195600 ($107.50 in chips) Seat 3: Parmika ($97.75 in chips) Seat 5: Shinnyplate ($23.75 in chips) Seat 6: wildman wsop ($110 in chips) Seat 7: Diver X ($24.75 in chips) Seat 8: tophand hs ($68.25 in chips) Seat 9: chopchoi ($75 in chips) Seat 10:...
  • Easiest Hold'em Session Ever
    Played $3/$6 at my local cardroom yesterday for a little over an hour, and received only premium hands or junk. Played in two pots total, one with AA and the other with JJ (flopping a set and filling up on the river), winning a decent pot each time. After only about an hour, my friend had busted out,...
  • AA vs pocket 10s
    I was in a 1/2 cash game with just 3 of us left. Player A raises to $5, Player B re-raises to $10, I fold, Player A goes all- in at $35. Player B calls after thinking for awhile. Player A : A A Player B: 10 10 Flop: 9 10 10 to go from 9:1 odds of winning to needing runner, runner. Sorry,...
  • Poker Binge at the Wynn Casino
    Just wanted to talk about yesterday's adventures on the field. Quite a war out there. Spent about 14 hours and 11 minutes at Wynn's Poker Room. It's kind of interesting how the players change in that time. There was one kind of dangerous fellow on the second table I played. Sunglasses at the...
  • Finally a Score
    ...just maybe in the wrong situation. My college was hosting a Poker Invitational with first prize of a $500 scholarship and newspaper posterity, etc with marginal prizes for the top 30 finishers in this 150 player NL hold'em tourney (freeroll). I figure, I'll play, why not? If nothing else, it's...
  • My pointless story from last night
    Last night I was playing at the Grand in Gulfport, having a pretty decent night. First hand was pocket 8's and got my set on the flop. Nice. A few hands later got JJ and won with those (I actually got JJ 4 or 5 times and only lost once, too bad I didn't get any aces since it was "aces cracked" night)...
  • Unbelievable.
    I am rivered3. 2nd hand of a mini step 1 sit and go. #Game No : 2031164655 ***** Hand History for Game 2031164655 ***** NL Hold'em $5 Buy-in + $1 Entry Fee Trny:12104808 Level:1 Blinds(10/15) - Wednesday, May 11, 00:50:53 EDT 2005 Table Mini Step 1 #1014210 (Real Money) Seat 5 is the button Total...
  • Build your stake - play $3/6
    I've gotten out of playing online lately and spend most weekends at the Trump casino in Indiana playing $3/6. While they spread (at least on weekends) 3/6, 6/12, 10/20, sometimes 20/40, as well as a $200 max NL and a $400 min NL, I'll stay with 3/6. A tray of whites ($100) will keep me entertained for...
  • 92 offsuit hitting the nuts
    in a $40 MTT NL hold'em tourney. Did well by playing very tight/aggressive the first 3 hours and went from 2k to 9k in chips and decided I needed to change pace and call some things that should be easy to fold just to make it look like I am playing hands. I call with 2 9 offsuit and it makes it with...
  • Shoot the breeze
    Greetings... I checked the area that I posted in and it said Hold'em tales... Nothing about true stories. So why couldn't someone post a tale about, Joe Gambler and Bonnie Goodcards, and how they left BooCoo Arkansas went to Vegas in their 1962 Caddy convertable, with their hair blowing cause the...
  • True Story: Straight flush knocks out A and K high Flush
    Happened last night. Unbelievable hand in Texas No limit Holdem..Live not Online!! Three players left..I'm one of the three. I get K :club: 5 :club: Action on me and I bet 3 K. # 2 calls # 3 Calls Flop comes Q :club: , J :club: , 10 :club: Player 2 raises to Ten K. Player...
  • I wish I played this now...
    Don't you just love it when this type of thing happens. This occured while playing in a 25-50 Limit free room against a bunch of "I'll play anything" loonies at the PokerRoom. Still, I'm the type who tries to play properly even though the quality of play in a free room is a lot to be desired. I'm...
  • so close.....yet i had to go!
    ok about two weeks ago i woke up sat my azz down and decided i would start my day off with an MTT. i knew i had driving lessons in 3 hours but i figure... i can beat eighty people or die in this tourney (81 entrants) before i have to leave. Wel guess again. 2.5 hours later i start getting stressed...
  • The past 2 days at work
    I would say there was a total of about 10 hours played over the last 2 days at work and we had 5 four of a kinds and 1 straight flush. One of my favorite hands was during a quick dealers choice hand of Omaha and three clubs fell and my opponant held the king and rag of clubs and I held only the...
  • So, anybody figured out freerolls yet?
    I have been trying many different strategies as I start to play hold'em again, but I keep ending just outside the money. :/ As far as I can tell, this happens because the only real way to win intelligently at those is to play tight and hope for a better than average run of cards. If you don't,...
  • Craziest hand ever. Three years and we finally had a RF
    http://www.krugar.com/public_images/rf.jpg This is one of the most unbelievable hands I have ever seen in a live game. Background: I’ve played/organized a weekly Wednesday No Limit $20 buy-in (unlimited rebuys) .25/.50 ring game for about the last three years or so. Tonight we had 11 players...
  • What Goes Around Comes Around
    Sadistically entertaining moment for me last night at the $3/$6 table at my local casino. I am dealt AA in the SB. It is one bet to me and I raise. BB reraises to $9, two people call the $9, I cap, everyone calls. 4 players to the flop. Two clubs and a rag (I don't have the A :club: ), but I'm...
  • I just about smashed my monitor....
    Played super tight the whole tourny as usual. Only played 1 hand previous to this, Bullets and took it down without a flop. Then this happens.... I HATE MORONS! PokerStars Game #1546155836: Tournament #7060231, Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2005/04/18 - 20:37:44 (ET) Table '7060231...
  • how about this one?
    Ditchdigger ate all the fish, and didn't save any for me. PokerStars Game #1541907948: Tournament #7109407, Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2005/04/17 - 23:26:17 (ET) Table '7109407 1' Seat #3 is the button Seat 1: Jubba (1480 in chips) Seat 2: ets127 (2160 in chips) Seat 3: slimdaddy705...
  • Tried something new..
    Playing a 5 dollar buy-in home game, usually 7-9 players, average players that are on the whole a little tighter than most. In the past, I've played real tight, never got many cards, I'd make a few moves to tread water, but eventually bust out close to the money or in third to get my buyin back. Few...
  • Ouch, now THIS hurt
    Home game 15 buck buy in... about 1 1/2 hours into it and i get Q :club: J :spade: in early position. So i call everyone else limps we see flop( i regret not making a small raise, but eh) flop comes Q J 8 rainbow. first guy bets second raises everyone folds to me i think about it, and go all...
  • Hands like this make you think it's rigged...
    Hand #3694585-48 at Ashtabula (No Limit Hold'em Sit and Go) Powered by UltimateBet Started at 19/Dec/04 23:01:05 Cmcoe is at seat 0 with 4940. Absolution is at seat 1 with 2000. deadheadyet is at seat 4 with 2040. pokerbob9 is at seat 5 with 1020. The button is at seat...
  • playing last thursday...
    in a 3 hr span, in a tourney of about 40 people at a local bar, i got pocket AA not once or twice, but FIVE FREGGIN TIMES. everyone was in shock. and the last pocket i got delt flop came out, A,7,A. best had ive EVER had, only even had 4 of a kind one other time and it was 3's and didnt do me...
  • Played in a home tourney this weekend
    My reguar playing buddy (and boss) and I were invited to a home tourney this weekend. Neither of us had played with all but 1 of the 9 new people there so we made the plan to start slow and play the "mouse" for a while. We all sat down and on the first hand we both folded and most of the people there...
  • Burned in my first Casino Tournament
    After about 30 minute I get pocket rockets. I raise pre-flop get re-raised and I call. The flop come K K A. Holy crap I've got A's full in five cards. I bet and next player goes all in. I also push in my stack. We flip our cards and the other guy has K K, yes four of a kind to my full house. Ouch...
  • woot!!!!!
    almost at a 5 figure profit this month!!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! running great, great game selection, and not playing when I'm not in the mood.
  • 1st money finish in a live multi table tournament...
    Yep, I'm proud of myself. It was my third live 100+ player game, and usually I don't do too well, just not playing my game right I guess. I do a lot better in SnGs. Anyway, here's my quick story. $50+5 buy-in. 140 players (18 in the money). 12000 in chips to start with (I know it's insane, but...
  • It happens to us all.
    Playing a SNG at Pacific. 6 seats. I get nothing 72, 83, 38, etc, etc. I mean nothing!! Didn't play a hand for 50 deals except maybe a call in the BB then fold. Went from 800 chips to 350. However I'm 4th in chips. two are already out. 3 are payed. Dealt 79o in BB. Able to check in or would...
  • 1 on 1 online today
    I was playing a 1 on 1 $5.25 buy in no limit holdem tourney winner gets 10 bucks on paradise today. Both of us start at 1000 chips, we were at the 18th hand with blinds 10/20. I had a slight chip lead with 1500 to 500. I had K8 off and called from SB. Opponant raised to 40 preflob and I straight called....
  • Was this good play, or blatant luck?
    Ok, So I was playing at a local home game last night. Buy in was only $20, and I was pretty much even for a while. I get dealt Pocket 3's, at mid-position. I call blinds. Dealer raises $1, me and one other call. Flop : 5,5,6 (no flush draws). At this point I'm sitting on just a mere two...
  • Just About The Best Hand Ever!!!!!
    just about. certainly was for me. anyways..... here it is. Hand #4843726-4536 at Stuyvesant (No Limit Hold'em) Powered by UltimateBet Started at 15/Mar/05 03:01:19 crack30 is at seat 0 with $89.30. inevitability is at seat 1 with $395.20. lukas420 is at seat 2 with $383.30. ...
  • This hand should be on an episode of Tilt! LOLOL
    So I'm at Foxwoods, and I've got this one guy steaming over calling down his big bluff with a lowly pair of JJ on a nasty looking board. He's ranting about taking my stack, how much I suck, etc... Few hands later I'm on the button and raise into him with J2o ( I know, i know). I raise 50 to him and...
  • Late night poker
    Had a brutal night last night - Usually happens when I'm down & chasing & it gets past midnight.... Bad combination. Here is an interesting hand though.... At the 5/10 NL table, 1k buy in I am holding Q :spade: J :spade: Flop came K :spade: Q :heart: 10 :diamond: I overplay it...
  • Las Vegas Trip Report
    Ok, I've finally recovered and it's finally here, read on if you dare, it's nearly 2,500 words I've just realised :shock: Day 1 - Off I head to Heathrow at 9am for the flight to Las Vegas weighing in at 14hrs total in two halves - one to Washington and then on to McCarran. I land at Washington...
  • Coping with loss at the 10/20 limit game
    Well, this post is somewhat dedicated to the previous "Coping with Loss" post. Someone had joked how the post was deceptive... looks like someone was crying about the loss of a loved one/family member, but instead it was the typical gripe of losing $50 online instead of the usual $50. I found myself...
  • Taxi For Geno
    Today's the day right? Eefrow ayport guv'nor. Are you flying direct or do you have to change like 40 times? details details. Good luck Andy, and gl all who will be there this week :wink: <-- Jealous :(
  • This one hurt a little...
    $6/$12 at the Trop last night. I limp with 8 :club: 9 :club: on the button. Flop comes J :heart: 9 :heart: 9 :spade:. Checked to me. I bet, called only by UTG. Turn comes K :spade:. Checked to me again. I bet, get raised, I call. I figured A9 or Kx. River comes 8 :diamond: :shock: UTG bets...
  • Unreal string of tewnty hands.
    This morning I was looking for a quick couple of hands before work so I ended up heads up against a guy at relatively new poker site. The stakes were low because no one has very much money right now. Would you believe in the twenty or thirty hands we played I had 2 4 of a kinds, a flush and 3 full...
  • My worst beat ever.
    Playing in an online freeroll, pretty early on, I'm in the small blind with Js8h. 3 players calls to me, and I limp in as well since the blinds are still cheap. the flop comes 7-T-9 with two clubs. I've hit the nut straight, and check it. One guy bets 2xBB, and I reraise him with a third of my stack....
  • New Story
    This is what happened to me last night. After the first 10 hands or so, I was down considerably. After that I played pretty tight for a bit and won some small pots, and eventually was a little over even. I was dealt 5's, I was big blind and I called another player's raise. Flop came K-10-8. ...
  • I wish I could forget what I folded
    The past 2 days I've noticed my game has improved alot over the past month or so. I seem to have better instincts and have been keeping my play tight and aggressive. But last night I hald Q6o, which I don't play unless in very late position with no raise, BB or SB to no raise. I folded as per usual...
  • Justice Served
    last night a friend and i were at his apartment with about 2 hours to kill before we were meeting up with people. He drinks Old E 40s, and had enough of those that i was well on my way to a hangover, but he was to. We got out a deck of cards, and started playing 5 dollar heads up NL games. Generally...
  • Awesome hand, fun home-poker night!
    Well on friday night I went to our weekly poker game. It was $25 buy in, with 5 players. It started out pretty good for me, I played fairly tight because 2 of the people there I didn't know very well, and wanted to see their style. I picked up a couple small pots, and was doing decently. After...
  • A weekend of Foxwoods and Pacific Poker
    I took Friday off from work to have a long weekend so my wife and I headed up to Foxwoods. This was my first time playing in Foxwoods Poker Room, and it is HUGE. I played the NL , blinds were $1 and $2. Max buy in was $100, so that's what I bought in for. I played for about 4 hours and got dealt...
  • A good Night
    We've had a new addition to our game. This guy plays to loose almost. (Ex.) He raises 3 bucks pre flop (buy-in=$20) I call his bluff i'm sitting A 10 offsuit. The flop comes KQ10. He raises 3 bucks i look at him and just smile I call again the turn nothin. He raises 3 bucks now its confirmed he doesn't...
  • still dont know quite what happened
    let me give you a preface. its 2:30 am right now, and im just back from a 15 man 100$ buy in Home game tourney, no rebuys. They refused to raise the blinds until we were down to 6. SO after riding a shortstack, (probably 30$ of the original 100$) i start doubling up. Its down to 4, and im told top 3...
  • The most bizarre thing you have seen at a table?
    Here is my list: 5. Guy drunk off his ass......couple of players complain about getting him off the table......Guy promptly throws up all over his stack and his side of the table. 4. Argument starts because somebody played a A4 and sucked out two pair on the river when the original guy had 52...
  • This is kinda funny
    Well, I was playing with some friends the other day in a small tourney when this happened. I was in middle position to 7 3o, when I go muck my hand pre-flop my cards wind up fliping over. The house rule is to just leave them exposed. What does the flop bring 7 :spade: 3 :spade: 9 :spade: , then on the...
  • The perfect hand
    Try this one on for size had to be my best hand ever. Im big stacked playing in a cash game NL Holdum $5-$10. Preflop I get AA I raise to 20- two calls then a reraise to 40. I look at the 2 callers and they are both looking at there chips. I decide to try and kick them out. All in. To my suprise...
  • Tournament in Vegas
    Just got back from Vegas and played in one tournament while I was there. Very well structured tournament, as I would have expected. It was a $25 buy in 83 player max. The first hour was Limit and the rest of the tournament was NL. We all started off with 300 TC. I ended up surviving the first hour...
  • winning hand at my tourny
    ok i was chip leader i had a jj and the other paly er had 2 8 s the flop comes 2 2 10 i bet he raise i call the turn comes a j i check he bets i call the on the river a 8 comes he pushes alll in i call he says full house i go "oh my god i cant belive it " then he goes i new you wee bluffing " as...
  • Maddest SnG I've ever played
    I sit down at a $20 SnG at PS and the first 6 hands I get are: KT (flop KTA and win a nice pot) 49 TT TT A5 (flop 234 and win) TT All 3 TT lose of course so I'm about on the start money after 6 hands. Fair enuff. We play on and I get a run of: 88 KT JJ TT And take down some nice...
  • 2 royals in 5 min.
    This is the most amazing thing I have ever seen, because the odds of winning a lottery are better (well maybe not but close). It was towards the end of a tourney and I watched somone go all in preflop twice in less than five minnutes and both times he hit a royal flush. I cant remember his screen...
  • Unreal...
    I was playing with 7 other people yesterday, $10 buy in. I was doing pretty bad, I had about ten bucks even. So I get delt pocket J's. Blind is 10cents, the guy before me rasies to 50, I call along with 3 others. Flop is Jack, Jack, Queen. I'm almost pissing my pants trying to keep a strait face. Someone...
  • Tralfaz's 2005 WPT Bahamas Discussion/Cheer Thread
    Read his reports here! May I be the first to say good luck. Not that it's about luck of course ;)
  • Oh yes
    Had a home tourney last night and ended up taking the money. Wasnt getting anything and was short stack with 5 people left and within a matter of 3 or four hands was chip leader by a large amount. The two hands i doubled up on I recieved 4 kings and two pair. Slow played them both. Its just funny how...
  • catching the betting pattern
    i just played a game with my friends older brother and his buddies for a $25 buy-in winner walks away with 140. I started out well knocking out the first person 5 hands in with the boat. then the tables turned real quick as one bad call left me short stacked. Then the 80 year old man ran the table...
  • 4 queens on the flop
    In Reno, 4 Q's on the flop with big bets ahead of me.. I picked up a stack of chips for a big raise. As I reached out to place the chips for the dealer to add to the pot, the bottom few chips fell to the table. I set down the stack and then added the dropped chips. The dealer said, "illegal bet,...
  • How to go from chip lead to shortstack in one easy step
    Hand #3728131-20 at Knivsta (No Limit Hold'em Sit and Go) Powered by UltimateBet Started at 22/Dec/04 21:24:04 pdb1066 is at seat 0 with 990. 2MuchBLING is at seat 1 with 700. kjf is at seat 3 with 555. NJGreek is at seat 4 with 1090. T-G-W is at seat 5 with 905. ...
  • After my first day of real money play...
    Just got started online tonight and I am having a blast. Of course, with my micro bankroll I am playing .05/.10 Limit Holdem but after sitting down with a dollar to start, I'm 7.53 to the good. Just wanted to thank everybody for all the knowledge I've picked up here and been able to apply to my game...
  • the ONLY hand i won AND remembered
    this is my most memorable hand i had built up my bankroll online from $100 to around $900 in small tournaments and NL-games. i decided to give a limit game a try so i jumped into a $15/$30 game. i get a hand, AK suited and im in early position so i raise and get raised and reraised by the next...
  • Sometimes the poker god's just like you.
    Was in a play money tourny last night on pokerpages out of boredom and brokeness. I was having the night of a life...chip leader almost the entire tourny and then this happens.. Blinds 150 -- 300 I have 300,000+ chips avg stack 20,000 Dealt pocket 5 spades 5 DIAMONDS. i have about 10x more...
  • A lesson in trapping
    Ok, this was not exactly a difficult one to pull off and 4th street could not have been a better card but I chump kicked this guy down to a handful of chips and secured 1st in the tourney after this haul ;) PokerStars Game #951486767: Tournament #3931722, Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2004/12/12...
  • Sometimes you read them wrong and get lucky
    I thought this guy might have Aces or at best low two pair like AT off the flop or straight draw raising me only 8. So I bet 50 and he goes immediately all-in for $600+. I called because he had been playing aggresive all night. little did I know he flopped an A high straight. Then, I got the full on...
  • set over set over set
    was playing in a $10 pokerstars sng recently, on the 4th or 5th hand picked up 8s utg, raised to 60 sb and bb called, flop of 10 8 2 rainbow, checked around, turn K, checked to me i bet 120, both call, river 4 - no flush or str8 possible. sb bets 60, bb raises 250 and i reraise to 600, both flat call. sb...
  • There is a lesson in here somewhere
    Dealer: Hand #27056172 Dealer: luckymark posts the small blind of $1 Dealer: vsavage posts the big blind of $2 Dealer: You have been dealt Dealer: C-Superman-P folds Dealer: Krugar folds Dealer: VBDave folds Dealer: Rythious folds Dealer: YoooBC folds Dealer: Mr All In folds Dealer: luckymark...
  • I finally joined my first 3/6 game! (Long but Entertaining)
    After chickening out and posting about it on the boards before (http://www.texasholdem-poker.com/forum/t6304/help-me-get-to-the-tables), I finally got bored enough to risk some cash and go to a local casino and play some 3/6. My impressions of this CRAZY TABLE... HOLY FISH BATMAN!!! YOU GUYS WEREN'T...
  • would you play this hand on a rush?
    I was in a 15 player $50 buy in nl tourney. everyone gets 250 in chips. I made final table, by playing safe hands, and bluffing a few times, but nothing amazing. I took a bunch of small pots that kept me around average chip stack until final table of 6. everyone is playing fairly tight because the...
  • Running Rocket Trauma
    This ladies and gentlemen is a tale of woe, a sad and baleful story of how i lost over £200 dollars. It all begins on the $3/$6 limit Holdem tables of VC poker, there's a good group of players and plenty of silly fish. I look at my screen and i've got those beautiful Red and Black rockets staring...
  • haha, a bad beat that didn't happen
    I am dealt AK in multi, around level 5 so still early. Have a fair chip stack about the middle of the tourny, i raise 4xBB, get raised, and reraised. I lay it down and watch 3 people go all in. 33, AA, and KK. Guess what would have won, yep AK flopped a straight, KK won with str8 K high. Thats one for...
  • Played my 1st holdem home game w/ Jonnyboy
    We were suppose to have 8-10 for some NL holdem action but only 5 showed. Oh well, 1st week trying to get together, hopefully numbers will improve. It was funny though, Jonny and I dominated. I won the 1st $30 buyin, he took second (you called my all in w/ K7? what were you thinking....HA LOL)....
  • WSOP: Greg Raymer's detailed win
    Finally I've found it!!! Two months I've spent looking for the detailed info about Greg Raymers great win in 2004. But all sites provide only general information - very little action description. On PokerPages I've found video. But it was impossible to see the cards because of someone's back. Awfull...
  • A perfect situation
    Had to relate this one. I'm playing in the pink chip game at the Trop last night ($7.50/$15.00), and I get 99 in late position. 3 callers to me already, so I limp, button and SB fold and BB checks. I'm just hoping to see the flop cheaply... ...9c4c4h... BB checks, and I'm beginning to wonder...
  • MTT Woes
    This is my first post but I've been reading the forum for a while. My wife and I played in a MTT of 6 tables last night at a local bar. The format was a little strange but I made it to the final table and up to 6th place on horrible cards. I played 1 hand the first hour and a half that wasn't a...
  • Am I the only person who doesnt win with AK??
    Everytime i get this hand, i know im gonna lose alot of my stack. I never win with it. Be it against, low pockets, mid pockets, high pockets, a/j, a/q, or a/10. Its unreal, seems pretty much anytime i got it, someone calls and lucks out with a better hand, even when i have em off the flop. Last...
  • Made hand or draw?
    What do you prefer? Top pair already made or a staight draw? I ask cause I ran into this this weekend. I was playing QJo and paired my Q on the Flop. flop was 2s, 5h, Qd. bets come round to me and I raise 3xbb and I get two callers. turn comes 6s and I get called all in by one and then the other...
  • If only there were more fish like him.....
    Hand #2753703-29201 at Brentwood (No Limit Hold'em) Powered by UltimateBet Started at 21/Oct/04 02:48:42 GrEeD is at seat 0 with $4.38. vodRedbull is at seat 1 with $13.25. B005T is at seat 2 with $6.75. flushitagain is at seat 3 with $25.45. cheektowaga is at seat...
  • Another bad beat story
    I was playing in a local bar tournament (free play, it's a league). Finally made the final table (started with 80) after a couple weeks of not so great showings. Had 11,000, blinds were 5,000 10,000. They were trying to hurry up and finish to get the next one started almost on time. 8 people left....
  • A beat....
    Playing in a buy-in game, NL 20 dollars buyin, only 12 of us or so Blinds are 400-800, im on BB and get K9 off-suit. gets called around to me, so I figure, lets see who's actually got a hand and raise it to 2000 even...get one call, girl to my left. flop come Qh-Jh-10clubs So I flop the K...
  • unethical, probably... but was it illegal
    this came up yesterday during our weekly tourny. i am in early postion with king queen suited and raise a couple hundered. everyone folds around to the small blind who has been going all in the past 4 or so hands because he was on the short stack. i think real hard about the decision then i get a bright...
  • you might be a fish if...
    you're heads up on the river, your opponent bets into you, you call and show quads. Happened the other day in a N/L game at absolute.
  • $150 in $3/6 game with eights!
    It wasn't a play money game. Real money game. $150 (in $3/6 game) with 8d-8s. Wow! What a shock for the opponents. :) I never though 8-8 is a winning hand. I didn't describe it on form ONLY because it's not so vivid as it is here: edited out It was WOW!!! :)
  • deja vu
    Everyone experiences deja vu from time, but how many people get to experience 2 deja vu events occurring simultaneously? Well, it happened to me today. I was playing 2 tables at once, got KcTc, limped in, then checked my action at the second table and had KcTc again, so I limped in again. I went...
  • Bad beat but I still won money on the hand!!
    I play a home game at my place every week 7-9 people. This week we were short a player so a friend asked his roommate if she wanted to play. She had watched poker but never really played before. We all buy in for $5 and get things rolling. I didnt catch many cards in the first hour or so, so it...
  • My first live tourney win
    I did it!! I finally won my first live tourney. I've placed in the money in a few, but never finished first. Just wanted to pat myself on the back. :D
  • weirrrrd hand
    This has to be the strangest hand I ever played. Can't beleive the fool had the nerve to call me, but glad he did. ***** Hand History for Game 874866536 ***** 0.50/1 TexasHTGameTable (Limit) - Tue Aug 24 03:04:35 EDT 2004 Table Galaxy Galore (Real Money) -- Seat 9 is the button Total number of...
  • anyone heard of these guys?
    I was wondering if anyone had heard of DesertPoker.com? They were offering a free $500 for signing-up and I was wondering if they were any good? I am interested in their Hold 'em table. the url is http://www.desertpoker.com I would really appreciate some advice. thanx. james
  • My worst beat, best comback, and best finish all at once!
    Saturday I entered my first(no freeroll) MTT for a buy in of $5. I made my first final table and cashed about $12, not a great finish but it gave me the confidence I needed to enter a $10+$1 MTT on Sunday. There was a total of 96 entrants for a prizepool of $960, no rebuys. Starting chips were...
  • Psychic Poker
    I was playing in an online game last night and got dealt pocket 2's. The flop came K, 8, 4 Some people placed a bet... It was quite a loose table, plus there wasn't any raising going on, but I would have normally folded now. I would have guessed that someone must have me beaten. However,...
  • Starlight's Journey
    Week 1: Going to put my adventures here for now. If we get a journal category then those in charge can move it to the appropriate place. My first week of intense record keeping went well. I call this week 1 because this is the first time I am fully utilizing Poker Charts so hence my journey towards...
  • Unbelievable Hand!
    So I'm playing in a $25 buy in tournament with 7 total players. 2nd hand of the game I get pocket 2's in the first position. Blinds are 2/4, everyone gets 100 chips. So I raise to 12, hoping to make a play. Get 2 callers, one in 2nd position, one in big blind. flop comes Q 7 4 rainbow. Big blind...
  • I belive I might have a record...
    Came to think about something when I read a post where someone hit the Royal... I belive I have some kind of record in winning least money with Royal Straight Flush... :) It was a few months ago.. I hadn't played online poker very long when I was dealt AQh in a 0.25/0.5 NL game. I dont even think...
  • I think I read in a book somewhere.....
    that losing isnt as painful as long as you've played your cards right, and were beaten by a fair opponent. That can be all thrown out the window when you lose to someone who has no idea how the game is actually played. I did a small house game last night with some friends, about 6 of us. i...
  • Best killing streak ever
    So, I've changed town and got a new job. No Internet connection from home yet so I haven't played for two month or so, but still reading the forum from work (I've stopped that after reading the internetpolicy), reading some books etc... Just dropped by my parents place in my old home town and got to...
  • best back to back hands ever?
    I was playing at Pacific the other day. 2 jacks were on board, and a lady showed the other two. The very next hand there were two aces on board, and the same lady showed bullets. what are the odds?
  • I lost with 4 9's...kinda.....
    I lost with 4 9's...well..kinda..... I'm playing 5/10 on Party Poker in a full table and I catch 99 on the button......to the left of the big blind there is a raise and a re-raise and two callers...it comes to me and I am now looking at 3 bets to call and I get a little angel on my shoulder that tells...
  • Full House bad luck
    So I'm playing a low limit game last night and I'm holding KQo The flop comes KK rag I raise, he calls (2 of us left at this point) Turn is an A I raise, he calls River is another A I raise as I now have a KKKAA full house, he raises and I re-raise and he calls I show my full house...
  • My best comeback ever!
    Playing a $5 SNG last night, starting chips are $800. I go all in with two pair, Aces and Queens. Get called by some turkey on a draw, he hit his flush on the river and I'm down to $60 in chips just like that. Current level the big blind is $30 so I'm in rough shape. Get dealt pocket tens and...
  • Very stupid BAD BEAT!!!
    Ok I'll start off by saying this is my first post here and hope to be here more. (Unless I keep getting bad beats like this!!!) It was a cheap $10 NL Tournament starting 1000 chips. The blinds were at 10-20 with almost the whole table playing tight. I had 960 left and was dealt AA 2 off the...
  • Big Slick saves the day
    im sittin some NL 25 over at empirepoker, and lets just say im having a poor run at it. one of my worst showings in weeks, im down to 8 bucks after 2 hours of tight play. This is the point when i get angry, cause weve all been there, on the edge of our seat waiting for our cards coming, knowing we will...
  • KK won me $2...
    ...at a $5/$10 table. KK in the BB, and everyone folded around to me. Not my week.
  • Funny Story About Nuts and Laughs
    I was playin online and this guy's name was flopthenuts, and he won a pot, so this other guy said "i'll flop ur nuts!" and he and this other guy started to make fun of flopthenuts. lol. Funny Story, if u dont think so, i'll flop your nuts good!
  • Very bad beat...
    So I haven't been playing real money online for very long...but I started with $20 and got up to about $180 the first night. The next night i decide to sit at the $5/$10 table and make some extreme money. The second hand I get Q 10 suited...not bad but not good as I am little blind, I called to see...
  • Yet another bad beat
    Im dealt pockets J's and i raise preflop. I get 2 callers. The FLop comes up 8 Q J. The person ahead of me bets HUGE. Im thinking as to what he could possibly have. So i called, and the other guy folded. We kept betting at eachother and then he flips over his 9 10. Im like.......wtf......i cant beleive...
  • Quest for 1K #2, didn't go very well...
    I was greatly inspired by offsuitk's quest for 1K that I decided to make my own. Basically the same thing, except that I started from ground, with $0 in my account. I played in a freeroll, finished in the money, got $2. Sweet!! 8) I played in a $1 tournament, finished 5th, got $36. Nice!! ...
  • my first cash game!!!
    the plan yesterday was to have about an 7-10 player tournament at my house but in the end we could not get enough people to come so, me, my buddy and his little brother decided that we would just have a buy in game and cash out when we are done. i have never done this before because we have always played...
  • this guy must've been psychic!
    He had been going all in preflop and stealing lots of blinds for a while so I figured i'd call him on it.. PokerStars Game #590585086: Hold'em No Limit ($1/$2) - 2004/08/03 - 23:06:33 (ET) Table 'Schorria' Seat #8 is the button Seat 1: strutdog ($79 in chips) Seat 2: jerms87 ($52.10 in chips)...
  • Im sure this has happened to everyone
    So Im playing today in a normal cash game (.25/.50 blinds). I get dealt rockets. I raise preflop and two people call. I bet big after the flop comes up like 4,8,T. I got one guy who folds and this other really aggressive player calling (thinking he could eventually bluff me out of it). So the turn card...
  • strange hand
    I'm at a 9 handed table, in the small blind, with Q6s. Everyone has called, I limp in, BB checks. Flop is A,7,3. Everyone checks. A 5 comes on the turn, and it checks around again. I catch a queen on the river, come out betting, and it folds all the way around. I don't think I've ever seen so little...
  • You know it feels good when...
    ...you fold pocket Aces on the flop and it's the right move. :D Played in a $30 live tourney this last weekend. 39 players. I played my game perfect. I honestly can't think of a major mistake that I made all night. At one point I get dealt AA in middle pos 8 handed. Pot gets raised BBx2...
  • testing / learning
    Hi all, I would like to create my own holdem poker server , having friends come in and play for fun - mostly for learning puprposes. Would you know where I can get software to be able to do so. Thank you !
  • my 27o cracked noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
    *********** # 2 ************** PokerStars Game #573758412: Hold'em No Limit ($2/$4) - 2004/07/27 - 22:36:35 (ET) Table 'T #5724760' Seat #4 is the button Seat 3: Sand_dragger ($283.05 in chips) Seat 4: Yarbs ($183.20 in chips) Seat 9: Koutar ($329.15 in chips) Seat 1: primemutton ($500.35 in...
  • Worst luck possible...
    I was coming off of a great week before this closing week began. Up about $500 on the week playing $5-$10 tables. So I decided to play in a $3000 free-role. Thats where everything changed. It started out with about 900 or so contestants. Just went through the motions hoping to get lucky on all these...
  • ever see anyone get killed in a poker room?
    ...well, i did just 2 weeks ago. i was at a "vegas nights" in a big city of ohio. 2 guys walk into the "hall" where we were at with shotguns to rob the 80+ ppl there. this is the second time i've been in a "hold up" situation in this city. of course, the security guard is in the crapper at this point....
  • You know you're doing well when...
    So, last night I'm playing in a $5 SnG at UB and we're down to me and one other guy. This game had been quite a ride, mainly due to the fact that there were a couple of maniacs at the table, one of whom admitted to being drunk at the time... Mebbe a ruse, I know, but he was certainly playing like it....
  • Straigh Flush Luck
    8) One time we had a 100$ buy in tourney in my home town.... i was quite short stacked.... i only had a few hundred dollars in chips left and went all in before the flop with a 6,7 of clubs..... the chip leader beside me called my raise with pocket jacks and the flop came jack of clubs, 10 of clubs...
  • Home Tourney Help
    Hi, I'm 13 from CT here and am holding my 1st multi-table tourny with 14 ppl in a couple weeks. Me and my group of friends have been playing 6 to 8 man one table tourny's for about 5 months now and i thought somone could give me some help crafting this tournament and answer some of my questions. It's...
  • Worst playing I've done in a while...
    Well, that's not necessarily true, just two very large mistakes (and one slight error in judgement) that cost me some decent $. We had a homegame marathon last night/this morning (about 11 hours of poker, and nobody would play anything but hold'em. bleh ;P) Tournaments were 20 bucks in, 10-14 people...
  • Queen Three Offsuit
    Hello all! I'm new to this site, so please be gentle, but I just had to tell this one! Ok, I am sitting at a table at Cripple Creek, CO a couple nights ago in a $2-$5 game. I bought in for $40 and stretched it to abut $100. Unfortunately, I had three loose players to my immediate left. There was...
  • Home Tourney...
    So I play in a home tourney over at a friend's house regularly. There's a few of us who play probably 3-4 times a week (it's a small, $5 friendly game buy in). Tonight was my fifth time playing, I've taken 1st twice, finished 3rd once, and was taken out early prior to tonight's play. So we have 11...
  • Did I play this right?
    6/12 Holdem at a Local Casino im in Late position and call the $6 planning on limping in with JQ suited. The button raises, Myself, Both Blinds and a middle position player call the raise. the Flop comes 9TK Rainbow. Small Blind Bets Big Blind Raises Middle position player 3 bets it Im a...
  • Discouraged......someone help me
    Ive been playing hold'em for about 5 months now. It seems like im just a peice of crap at this game. Yeah, ive won a few times, a FEW. But everytime i learn a lesson i come back the next day and i lose more. Im pretty sure its me because the people i always play with always win, or dont lose as often...
  • The ceiling caved in... Literally... One for the books
    So I started entered a $5 Hold’em Tournament on UB. Out of over $600+ people was sitting in #23 when my pocket Ace’s got cracked on the river to a guy holding QJ for two pair. Then I sat down at a $20 6 person SNG on the River Grove table. I made it to the final two and had 2-1 chip lead on Woodeye...
  • Seen 2 Royal Flushes in one night!
    Hello all, I'm pretty new to the online poker world and stumbled upon these nice forums! Thought I would contribute a expierence from the other night! I'm not sure the odds of getting a royal flush in Hold Em but thus far in my expierences I have never seen one. Two nights ago I saw 2 royal flushes...
  • Just one of those nights :(
    Im sure everyone has had nights like this before, was playing a home NL game... everyone bought in for around $50, .50-1 blinds. 8 Players. First Hand Dealt AK spades in the cutoff, 3 Call before me so I raise to $5, everyone folds except for 1 Mid position player. Flop was K,8,3 with 2 spades. Mid...
  • Weird night and good plays.
    Last night was crazy. 4 person table- Person 1- KQs Person 2- 10 10 Person 3 - QQ Person 4 (ME!) - A3 o. Preflop (I'm BB) - 1- raises $1 on top, All call. Flop- KQ10. Check, Check, All in, All in, All in, fold. Two pair to trips to trips. Turns an ace, rivers a rag. Weird. Later...
  • AK times 3?
    Was playing in a Multi Table the other night, late into the tournament everyone folds up to the Button, button Raises, Small Blind goes all-in, big blind goes all-in, and then button calls their all-ins. I'm like wow, 2 people going down. Their hands turn and all 3 of them have AK and split the pot....
  • Don't teach your young children poker online!
    I was chatting with this guy in a NL Ultimate Pts. game, he was telling me about his buddy who taught his 7 year old how to play hold'em by letting him watch Dad play online games and allowing the kid to participate in play $ games. Well apparently this kid went on the computer while Dad was not looking...
  • Novice Player makes some great plays...
    Hey all, played a little of the usual friendly homegames I play in, $10 buy-in, .25/.50 NLHE. Tonight, this girl that plays with us occasionally, but whom isn't the most well-versed in poker (she's constantly had to ask about hand rankings, even to this day), made two astounding plays, that I feel...
  • Great story
    So I'm playing a kid in school, today, someone who I absolutely despise. Everyone hates this kid, so annoying, thinks he's so smart AND good at hold'em. Basically, I take his money in the game when I can. :D So anyway, we're playing for $2 (I know, not much). I'm up to about $2.60, he's got $1.40....
  • Vegas Poker Rooms - They Rock!
    I just relocated here and I am loving it! The competition is a little stiffer out here... many more tighter players and many more rocks! But, what makes this experience so much more fun than the California Poker rooms are 1. the hot babe cocktail waitresses 2. Get a shot or a beer for $1 3. the hot...
  • NEW! WSOP 2004
    sorry about that last one heres a new one...... 2004 WSOP crowded, or just getting big?? more then double last years entries!! Moneymaker first to worst, was it luck or just skills? my personal opinion he was the luckest guy in the world during them few days! Is that guy they call the European really...
  • OMG AA Held up
    So I'm currently in a 10 Person sit and go and just got AA. Person in early position raises so I smooth call to suck more people in. Flop comes A-J-K with 5 people still in. Original raiser raises again I call 2 others call and 1 folds. Turn comes 9. Original raiser raises again, I re-raise everybody...
  • Biggest Flop?
    We got a biggest laydown topic, so how bout your biggest flop? I played a 2/4 game at Sahara Sunday night and floped 4 Aces! All together I had a great night, just about trippled my money in about 6 hours. So what's your biggest flop??? P.S. I had pocket Ace's
  • Gah, 5-2 Offsuit?
    So I'm playing online today and get dealt A-K Suited. I raise on the Button, BB re-raises, I re-raise again making it 4 to go and BB calls. Flop comes A-3-4. BB Calls, I Raise, BB Re-raises, I call. Turn comes a King. BB Call, I Raise, he Re-raises, I call. River comes up rags and we again Raise, Re-Raise...
  • Aces cracked badly
    A tight player in my live game last night raised it a moderate amount and got a caller to his right, the only one. Flop comes 558 rainbow. The caller checks, the raiser raises 4 bucks, a good amount in this game. The caller quickly calls. Turns a 7. Caller checks, Raiser goes 90% of his chips in. Caller...
  • Two people flopped a flush with 10 people playing?
    I know the saying... You remember the bad beats more. But still, I don't think I can take much more of the bad beats. Seems to be a lot more frequent than in times past. I wish UB was compatible with some sort of automatic hand tracking software. Getting Hand History Information... ---------------------------------------------------------------- Hand...
  • $5 one hand tourney, no betting?
    A few of us were drinking last night and decided to play one hand for $5 (4 of us) no betting, basically texas hold em stud. Ok I think, sure what the hell one hand just to do it. We all get out cards and basically just flip them over. I get A,4, look around and see big slick sitting next to me. Oh crap....
  • Rough first hand of a SnG
    Didn't happen to me. But I was there. Hand #1709503-1 at SnG-6282h (No Limit Hold'em Sit and Go) Powered by UltimateBet Started at 28/May/04 00:41:55 SHCAMMER is at seat 0 with 1000. Krugar is at seat 1 with 1000. mountaineer77 is at seat 2 with 1000. wde2000 is at seat...
  • Time
    PLayed some holdem last night.No limit trneys style game.We played 2 games.First game i was out 5th in a 6 person game.I chased to many pots,tried to run over to many people.Second gme 3rd outta 6. My biggest issuee was time.I had to be home by a certian time.So i plaed way more agressicve than i should...
  • Best No Limit Player of all time.
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  • Love it when this happens.
    Getting Hand History Information... ---------------------------------------------------------------- Hand #1612794-1949 at Arequipa (No Limit Hold'em) Powered by UltimateBet Started at 21/May/04 21:15:25 1smuvguy is at seat 0 with $15.90. sbruno1 is at seat 1 with $17. dsnumber1...
  • Sometimes u can give people too much credit
    So I get dealt 66 in the hole BB and check for the flop with 5 callers. Flop drops 6,7,9 and the joker in the SB bets out 300TC. I fold after a long think putting him on at least 77 given that raise (it's still quite early so I'm respecting him......). Blah blah, 2 in at the river. Laughing boy...
  • Stupid play first then Pot odds made me call it.
    Playing a home game NL, I had just bought back in for another $40 for a third time and was gonna call it a night if I got that taken from me, couple of hands later I had it up to $50. Action starts and first position make it $8 all day. He raises with anything, next guy calls, I look down and see Ad,7h...
  • ESPN's page 2 story..
    Here is a link to a poker story http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=lovinger/040510 I did find it funny that no one would cash his check, but they set up a line of credit very quickly for him. ZZZ
  • Hate this about poker....
    So i was playing my usual 25 cent/50 cent no limit game, when towards the end, after i hadn't seen a hand in at least 1/2 an hour, i got dealth JJ. I raised it 4 dollars on the button. Both blinds called. The Flop Came 10 3 5 rainbow. I bet out 3. Small raised me all in 2. 50, big called,...
  • Did he make the right call?
    Alright, so here's the hand that knocked me out of my own tournament. I go all in with AKo in mid position. Small blind calls me (it was over 75% of his stack) with A9. Flop comes xA9, with two running rags. Was this just a bad call on his part or did he make the right call? I was soooo pissed...
  • First time playing with Geno
    Good playing with you Geno. Man I was doing great until that one stupid hand. I honestly thought I could have bluffed him. I didn't think he had the A. Thankfully he left me with 200 odd chips and the king of the come back to work his magic and play smart. Geno told me win it for the board so I did....
  • Runner Runner 7 card straight flush!!!
    Was playing at a local tavern and saw this hand played flop 6-7-10 all clubs I folded preflop with some junk hand and after the flop there's some decent action. Turn comes 9 of clubs and there's some more action (some obvious flushes, possible straight flush with the 8 of clubs). River comes...BAM...
  • Played in a home touney
    So I get invited into a home tourney the other day. My friend calls me up and says, "Dude, there's gonna be a game that I can get you in with this guy I know from work." So I said cool, let me know for sure when you can get me in. So it took him until 3hours before the game to let me know, but I'm...
  • No Limit Poker Club
    I want to welcome all of you to General Sal's webpage NoLimitPokerClub.com He has also given me the oppurtunity to post 1 of many articles to come, I hope everyone takes the chance to browse his website, it is an amazing resource for every poker player. Also take the time to read my first post of many,...
  • Wish I could get more hands like this...
    Ok so here is an interesting hand. I am CaptnMurphy in this. **Hand #41734583 begins** Toshly receives the dealer button CaptnMurphy posts small blind 1 BriGuy5 posts big blind 1 You are dealt Billypilgrim calls 1 BooyaWhy folds Rodairbg folds Asuscott calls 1 DGoneshot calls 1 Toshly calls...
  • Knocked out in first hand of a $5 house tourny
    It was 10person $5 house tourny with 10cent 20cent blinds. I'm dealt Cowboys right off the bat on the button. There's about 5limpers in before it gets to me. Me trying to just make a early chip lead going and steal it, i raise it to $2.50 total. Half of everyone's stack. Small blind folds and it...
  • Worse Bad Beat (Yet)
    After finishing 4th in 4th try at tournament play, I tried again this week. Limped in with suited QJ. Flop was 8/9/10 and I am cool. Guy on right goes all in - so do I. Cards up. He has pocket tens for a set. Turn is J. Need I say what came on the river? The case 10.
  • Amazing...lol
    I was playing in a home game tourney 2 nights ago. $10 buy in. 1 rebuy. I was getting awsome cards AK, AQ, KK J10s. Nothing would hit on the board and i quickly had to rebuy. I played low for a while and widowed my $20 stack down to $17. I was in the big blind with K2o NO body raised i checked....
  • big hands all around
    every had this happen in a table your at? playing in the pokerstars big freeroll, check out these hands, back to back: *********** # 88 ************** PokerStars Game #256754154: Tournament #839968, Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2004/01/23 - 15:51:29 (ET) Table '839968 158' Seat #3 is the...
  • Cracked Aces!
    I was playing in a no-limit game sitting at SB and was dealt As Ks. There was a couple of small raises pre-flop and I decided to move all in. I was called by the big blind and here was the showdown: My Cards: As Ks Opponent: Ah Ad My heart sank as i saw my crushed hand. The flop came: 7h...
  • Crazyyyyyyyyy home game
    Yesterday night there was some crazy home game action where i saw a person get thier aces cracked on the river with pocket 9's i won around 50 dollars last night and also witness some of the most percuilar hands i've ever seen 8)
  • Probably the most hilarious hand I've ever seen
    Ok, this hand happened just a few hours ago...I think you folks will get a kick out of this one: Hand #1410926-7178 at Gilbert ($.01/$.02 Hold'em) Powered by UltimateBet Started at 21/Apr/04 23:27:42 augusta710 is at seat 0 with $.86. mmp7573 is at seat 1 with $1.54. baronsmommy is at seat...
  • Good Story
    Game Started on Sat Apr 24, 2004 @ 20:49 Sit&Go PlayHoldem NL 817-1 - Holdem - NL 0 - Play Money - Hand #15136189 **Hand #15136189 begins** Mcasaper88 receives the dealer button Bluffing84 posts small blind 12 Kroyal posts big blind 25 You are dealt Pattydj calls 25 Mcasaper88 raises...
  • That Darn Royal Flush
    I have to post this story- since it is one of the best and worst experiences I've had at a poker table. The Date- October 17th, 2001 The City- Las Vegas The Casino- Monte Carlo The Game- 6/12 Hold'em I sat down at an already established 6/12 Hold'em game. I was alone and I just wanted some...
  • a pretty good story
    so i am blind with 2/6 off suit... i would probably never play this hand but no one raised pre-flop so im like ok... the flop is 2-2-8.... i check it and anoter kid raises 5 bucks... my friend calls because he has pocket 8's... i had a two so i call... next a 7 comes out and im like fuck... they must...
  • funny bad beat
    So we had been playing for hours and this guy at the table kept talking shit to me. So to piss him off I go all in before the cards are even dealt, I also told him i wouldn't look at my cards if anyone called me after a long time of him bitching at me for doing something like that he finally decided...
  • Worst play ever
    I was playing a SNG tournament at a friends house yesterday. The flop is already out Ad, Kh, 10h. One person calls all in 15 bucks or so. Another person calls with less chips and a thrid calls with less chips. So they flip over the cards. The raiser had Kd, 10c. the First caller had Ac, 10s. The...
  • Deuce Trey wins...
    Yesterday I played in a local game, 20 dollar buy in. I was hovering around 30 bucks for a few hours, till one hand about 4 hours into the game. I got K Q suited hearts on the big blind. A few people called the blind in front of me, then the small blind raised it 4 bucks. He had been stealing the...
  • haha..free roll idiocy
    hahha. i just got knocked out from a free roll tourney at ub. and the funniest thing happened. its early in the tourney and im in early position with A,10 offsuit. and make a raise of 5x the big blind which made it to around 50. i get about 4 callers, typical in the early stages of a free roll....
  • Merging Tables
    Went to my first home tournament tonite after playing online for years. $100 buy in, 30 people playing NL, damn good time right there. But one thing that bothered me was that after people started to fall out of the game and the tables were not even, they couldn't decide on who to move and where...
  • First time in Vegas: Interesting Hand
    So, this last weekend I went to Vegas for the first time (for a wedding. Not mine, thank goodness). Anyway, I went to the Luxor poker room to play some poker. The first time I had played in ANY poker room. I’m seated directly to the right of the dealer on a 2/4 table. The table is full of drunk/loose...
  • horror story...
    They say a man should never try to teach his wife a new hobby... for instance golf. Well, that goes for Texas Hold-em... I enjoy having something to share with her...She has started playing online while I watch -- she claims to value my input. (yeah, right)... So we are playing last night. UTG...
  • Yahoo first home game win
    Finally won my fist home game trney.We played for about 4 hours.No limit no rebuys 10 dollar buy in 8 people total.One player had to leave making the prixe pool 70 bucks.he left when it was down to 3 ppl. :? Welll he had a good bit of chips but his ride was leaving so.Ended up winning it about 3 hand...
  • Went to Canterbury last week, ok story
    yea so i was getting the worse cards possible... AK AQ and nothing flopping (those are the worst to me cause you pay the pre-flops)... and i am down a ton... i get up a little cause i hit the flush but i am still down a little.. all of a sudden i get pocket aces... i check them just so people dont know...
  • Small tourney expansion
    Everyday, or nearly so, I play poker with a small group of friends (4 of us total). We play 2 or 1 dollar tournaments with a set buy in, in which only the final winner takes everything. Usually this translates to an hour to 3 hours of play time for about 4 tournaments and me being richer 10 dollars....
  • Great Tourney topped off by a nasty beat agh
    was playing in a 20FPP WSOP freeroll on pokerstars (to qualify for the sunday tourney which gets a wsop entry). only the top 2 finishers get a spot, and with 326 people it was gonna be tough. first hand i pick up AKspades, bump it up 200 preflop, 1 caller, flop the nut flush, checked it, he bet 100,...
  • Mean ol river
    I was at a sit and go tonight that rivered like crazy. 5 times I saw the river make a full boat. Not too often that happens... and every time it made the loosing hand the winning hand. AA in against QQ flops 99Q All in is made and called turns 9 rivers A KQ against 77 flops 22Q all ins...
  • Hilarious play
    2 Dollar tourney last night after most people left the big 9 person Hold 'Em game. Just 3 people, we do this a lot. One buy in of 2 dollars after your bankrolls gone per person. While I didn't win the tourney, here's there very first hand: Me: A Q Him: Q rag No preflop raises Flop: A Q rag Him:...
  • Our game last Saturday.
    It was a pretty good turnout! 14 Players this month (We have available capacity of 24) at $100 each. Payouts were: 3rd - $100 | 2nd - $390 | 1st - $910 Aw man, it was a blast! Plenty of Beer and Food. Sitting on the Main table with 6 Guys, we got two of them out, and the other table wasn't too...
  • Quad sixes
    Was playing in a home game yesterday.Had 3 6 and limped in. Hit the nut full on the flop.So i bet about a buck.He called 9 on the turn.Be a buck. he raised and i called.Hit the 6 on the turn and i bet small. He re raised all in and i called. He had 9s full and i took 75 pecent of his chips, i was short...
  • Side pot Determination in Texas Holdem
    How is the side pot determined in Texas holdem. I always play jetset poker online, is the side pot something jet set does or is this rule played everywhere. If it is played everywhere how is the side pot determined? All help is greatly appreciated
  • community straight
    So when you are playing Texas Holdem and there is a straight on the table, who wins. The person holding the best hand when you ignore the straight? The person with the only card matching a card in the straight? Others? Or do you split the pot? Ex. Three guys were in. Straight on the table was...
  • Need help getting out of a bad run
    It seems theres no end to this one. I played 4 seperate games this weekend, totalling over 24 hours of actual live poker played. I can count my good hands on three fingers! AA which got beaten by QQ on the flop (he went all in!), QQ which barely won against JJ, and a straight. Thats over 4 days. I've...
  • ...Biggest laydown?
    What's the biggest laydown you've ever made? This is inspired by the f*cking dumbest hand I've ever seen. I flop a full-house with 53o, I feel kinda bad b/c of my luck and play it soft. On the river there is a four-card straight flush draw out there too however. I bet get reraised and raised again...I...