Got outplayed.

Don't have the hand history since I am at work, but I have QQ and the other guy has KJ. I open in early position to 3 and he flats, two to flop of QTx (pot 7). I bet 4 he flats (pot 15). Turn A, check-check. River x, I bet 10 he shoves for 60 and I feel owned after I call. Even with his weird line of not betting the turn, it felt like the nuts, but I couldn't fold.

What u got?

I believed him, and put his range as {Q9s, AA}. Even though there are 6 combos of AA and 4 of Q9s, I thought he was telling the truth. Although many noobs probably thinking shoving JJ here is trivial vs a short stack, it isn't. The guy was 25/8 with 0/23, 3-bets(0%).

Full Tilt Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (9 handed) - Full Tilt Poker Hand Converter from HandHistoryConverter.com
SB ($134.90) BB ($100) UTG ($415.80) UTG+1 ($157.50) Hero (MP1) ($158) MP2 ($35) MP3 ($113.95) CO ($96.75) Button ($159.85)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with J, J
2 folds, Hero bets $3, MP2 raises to $10, 5 folds,
dobieatwar: what u got
dobieatwar has 15 seconds left to act
dobieatwar has requested TIME
Tido38: quenn 9 suited
Hero raises to $158 (All-In), MP2 calls $25 (All-In)
Flop: ($71.50) 4, 3, 8 (2 players, 2 all-in)
Turn: ($71.50) 4 (2 players, 2 all-in)
River: ($71.50) 9 (2 players, 2 all-in)
Total pot: $71.50 Rake: $3
Results:
Hero had J, J (two pair, Jacks and fours).
MP2 had 9, Q (two pair, nines and fours).
Outcome: Hero won $68.50


In other news, FTP is having the Onyx cup and keeps advertising it. I don't know what is with the mass advertising for $100,000 tournaments or what is the point.

Also, what is up with their logo for that promotion. It looks like a giant chess piece covering some dudes crotch.

Straight Flush = Fold?

Based on the preflop, flop and turn action, I read his hand as AK or KK with the king of diamonds. Did I make a wizard fold, or am I an idiot?

Full Tilt Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (9 handed) - Full Tilt Poker Hand Converter from HandHistoryConverter.com
SB ($100.50) BB ($182.35) Hero (UTG) ($105.60) UTG+1 ($95.85) MP1 ($100.50) MP2 ($104.50) MP3 ($92.30) CO ($53.50) Button ($117.95)
Preflop: Hero is UTG with 9, 8
Hero bets $2, UTG+1 raises to $5, 7 folds, Hero calls $3
Flop: ($11.50) Q, A, 10 (2 players)
Hero bets $5, UTG+1 calls $5
Turn: ($21.50) 3 (2 players)
Hero bets $15, UTG+1 calls $15
River: ($51.50) J (2 players)
Hero bets $1, UTG+1 raises to $70.85 (All-In), Hero folds
Total pot: $53.50 Rake: $2.65
Results:
UTG+1 didn't show
Outcome: UTG+1 won $50.85

Thought it was KK v AA again.

Surprise ... 93%.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (7 handed) - PokerStars Hand Converter from HandHistoryConverter.com MP1 ($46.88)MP2 ($23.45)CO ($24.65)Button ($13.52)SB ($7.69)BB ($24.97)Hero (UTG) ($22.03)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with K, K
Hero bets $0.75, 3 folds, Button raises to $3.50, 2 folds, Hero raises to $9.50, Button raises to $13.52 (All-In), Hero calls $4.02
Flop: ($27.39) Q, 4, 10 (2 players, 1 all-in)
Turn: ($27.39) J (2 players, 1 all-in)
River: ($27.39) 9 (2 players, 1 all-in)
Total pot: $27.39 Rake: $1.36
Results:
Button had K, 8 (flush, King high).
Hero had K, K (straight, King high).
Outcome: Button won $26.03

Quick Update.

Haven't been updating the blog or playing much poker in the last couple of weeks. Here are the happenings.

• Did my taxes.
• Went to Vegas for a few days, did not play poker.
• Pretty sick of poker overall and have been playing Catan online. No money in that but it is a decent game.
• Played some on Stars for the bonus. Initial computations at NL($0.25): 12 hrs, 15k hands, $170 profit, 1500 VPP, 1947 FPP(~$30), $20 stellar rewards, $70 of bonus cleared, which is total promo value of $120. MGR: $246, Actual Rake: $303 (yes, I play loose). The same volume at FTP would yield $80 rakeback and 4900 FTP(~$20), which is $100. So basically in summary it is not worth it for me to play on PS unless I have a bonus or am willing to try to get SuperNova status again.
• Played 6 of the durrrr challenge freerolls and got $150 and $40. Would have been nice to bink one of these that could actually lead to a major payday, but it was not to be.

Good luck at the tables (to all the spies who say hi to me and that they read my blog and I don't know who they are).

Deposited for Stars bonus.

I deposited to get the PokerStars bonus. Will get $150 bonus and $40 stellar rewards and it will cost me the equivalent of ~$75 in rakeback. So it is about $115 free money.

The minimal FPPs I earn are probably about the same as the medals and FTPs that I would earn since I am only BronzeStar. I already lost the $5.50 ticket associated with bonus (JT v QQ on QJ5JT).

I may leave some money after I clear the bonus to play 5-Draw or Stud H/L since those games are not spread much at FTP, and I don't like the dealing method of cards not appearing until everyone draws and ante structure as much either there.

Massive Tilt Session.

Just went on massive tilt at NL($2) and lost $1000.
Played pretty awful, got the one suckout and then lost the flip and a bad beat.

Lost stacks:
AA v 77 on 39Q79
AKs v 22 on 28K56
QQ v AA on 982T7
AA v 88 on 688K5
AKs v QQ on 8K6Q7
45s v 88 on 26832
KK v A5s on 78QA7

Won stacks:
J8s v AA on 7JJ94
KJ v AK on AK4JJ
AA v AKs on 3Q456

I also managed a chop with 77 v KK AIPF on A2345.

Fun hand.

Still running good. The last time I had set over set vs overpair, I somehow came in third place when they both hit.

Full Tilt Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (9 handed) - Full Tilt Poker Hand Converter from HandHistoryConverter.com
UTG ($15.50) Hero (UTG+1) ($94.90) MP1 ($39.25) MP2 ($49.50) MP3 ($50.50) CO ($43.50) Button ($84.45) SB ($49.75) BB ($43)
Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with J, J
1 fold, Hero bets $1, MP1 raises to $3, 2 folds, CO calls $3, Button calls $3, 2 folds, Hero calls $2
Flop: ($12.75) J, 5, 8 (4 players)
Hero bets $4, MP1 raises to $9, CO raises to $15, Button raises to $32.50, Hero raises to $91.90 (All-In), 1 fold, CO calls $25.50 (All-In), Button calls $48.95 (All-In)
Turn: ($225.15) 7 (3 players, 3 all-in)
River: ($225.15) 6 (3 players, 3 all-in)
Total pot: $225.15 Rake: $3
Results:
Button had 8, 8 (three of a kind, eights).
Hero had J, J (three of a kind, Jacks).
CO had A, A (one pair, Aces).
Outcome: Hero won $222.15

Lost my 3x multiplier.

I lost my 3x multiplier for FTP points, with my average dipping below 1500. It is going to be hard to get it back, because my points are more heavily weighted the older they are (ie. I have a bunch of 3000+ point days in NOV/DEC and a bunch of 1000- point days in JAN/FEB).

The challenge Durrr promotion should give me a 3x or 4x additional multiplier for the next couple of weeks, but I am not totally sure I understand if it is 3x on the medium limits or only 4x on the higher limits or both. It would make a big difference in points because my points are primarily from the medium limits, but it is ambiguously written.

In other news I am running quite well this month thusfar.

I still plan to take some days off mid-month.

4-bet shoving yesterday.

I 4-bet overshoved many times yesterday. Of course when I have AA or KK they fold.

It was probably tilt since I was running really bad: coolers (KKvAA AIPF), bad beats (AAvKK AIPF), and missing pretty much every draw.

Here were my equities the 3 times my overshove got called.

AQ v AK 26%
Q7s v AK 37% (I won this one)
AJs v KK 33%

Got to get under control!

February results.

Got decimated for 13 buyins at the NL($1) level in February. Thought the doomswitch at that limit would turn off for March 1st, but it didn't and lost another 7 buyins at that level.

Made some money on rakeback and also converting points to cash using $26 tickets (overall I don't think I got very good value for my points though since I lost three $216 tickets for no money). Again, I lost a little at MTTs, Stud H/L, and PLO while I made some in SNGs.

Going to take several days off during March as I have played every single day this year so far.