Post-It's

Originally posted by Yugless from 2p2

"idk what the gap concept is but calling raises with bad hands deep against good players is bad business"

Down 4 BI's Yesterday, so...

Yesterday wasn't the greatest sessions played to date. Managed to get in four separate sessions and ended -4 BI's overall. Between not feeling right while playing and just having too many second best hands, not sure just what went wrong yesterday.Wasn't like I was spazzing (well except for one time... TPTK with BDNFD versus a set dontcha know?) horribly.

So this morning I decide to drop to 25NL and hang until Happy Hour starts on Full Tilt Poker. Sister Variance came with me, no surprise there right? If you want to know how my 50NL had been running one only needs to check the two hands below at 25NL.

Full Tilt Poker $25.00 No Limit Hold'em - 8 players
Hero (CO): $25.35
BTN: $22.26
SB: $25.39
BB: $33.22
UTG: $25.98
UTG+1: $37.65
MP1: $67.15
MP2: $44.19

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is CO with 5 5
4 folds, Hero raises to $0.75, 1 fold, SB calls $0.65, 1 fold

Flop: ($1.75) 4 T 5 (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $0.90, SB calls $0.90

Turn: ($3.55) J (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $2.80, SB raises to $5.60, Hero raises to $23.70, SB calls $18.10

River: ($50.95) 9 (2 players)

Final Pot: $50.95

Hero shows 5 5
SB shows T T

SB wins $48.41

Classic underset. Then not long afterwards I get involved in another killer cooler:
Full Tilt Poker $25.00 No Limit Hold'em - 8 players

CO: $25.00
BTN: $32.55
SB: $34.89
BB: $36.75
UTG: $25.00
UTG+1: $26.27
Hero (MP1): $36.68
MP2: $50.00

Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is MP1 with J J
2 folds, Hero raises to $0.75, MP2 calls $0.75, 2 folds, SB raises to $2.25, 1 fold, Hero calls $1.50, MP2 calls $1.50

Flop: ($7.00) 7 A J (3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $5.25, MP2 calls $5.25, SB folds

Turn: ($17.50) A (2 players)
Hero bets $10.50, MP2 raises to $42.50, Hero calls $18.68 all in

River: ($75.86) K (2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $75.86

Hero shows J J
MP2 shows K A

MP2 wins $72.86

I hates Jacks!

Once Happy Hour was up and running I hit the tables at 50NL. Ended up booking a nice session though nowhere near getting back the 4 BI's, it was still decent win and I'm happy. The 3 betting is totally getting out of hand at 50NL Full Ring so every now and then one must make a stand. I see pocket nine's folded to me in the CO and make the standard opening raise. A 2p2 reg in the BTN with a 3 bet fetish pops me again and by now I'm tired of folding medium Aces and such, so decide to make a stand here. Since he was a regular he'd be noticing my play, and we were both on other tables as well. So spending a BI here wasn't what I had really intended, it was something which had to be done. Luckily I flopped an over pair on a rag paired board. My plan was too c/r any non-Ace flop for stacks and see what he wanted to do. His 3 bet stats were wide enough I know his range wasn't his top percent. So...

Full Tilt Poker $50.00 No Limit Hold'em - 8 players

SB: $28.50
BB: $55.30
UTG: $53.00
UTG+1: $42.35
MP1: $110.10
MP2: $50.75
Hero (CO): $50.00
BTN: $56.75

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is CO with 9 9
4 folds, Hero raises to $1.50, BTN raises to $5.25, 2 folds, Hero calls $3.75

Flop: ($11.25) 4 8 4 (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $6.00, Hero raises to $44.75, BTN folds

Final Pot: $23.25
Hero wins $22.10

Not much else going on either. Except my youngest daughter was contacted for a possibly nursing position in Texas. She is going to look into it and my heart is going to break....

My Burka Barbie! Come to your Cleric!!!

There is a new doll coming out. The Burka Barbie. This is for little girls to play with, which enforce their role in modern day society. Cover your  worthless ass up.  Obey Islamic law and you'll not be beaten as much.

Then there is the "other" Burka Barbie. The one which is allowed to release her inner sexual desires serve her Master in anyway he deems appropriate to satisfy his fetishes.

This is the one little wannabe terrorists Islamic boys are allowed to play with. Role model enforcement can be fun, stimulating and satisfying in many ways, no?

Wonder if the Bunny Ranch is on to this yet???

I'm feared!

Woke up early this morning and made fairgirl some toast to go. No jam, just butter. I'll never get that. There are only a few small remaining Mason jars of homemade jellies and jam straight off the farm sitting on our dwindling pantry shelf. Fresh stuff, not store bought fruits. And fairgirl opts for toast sans jam? An extra dollop goes on mine.

The aroma of fresh ground coffee beans fill the air while whirring grinder blades do their work. Like one of the Pavlov dogs, the anticipation of a new day stirs within me. Ace Hardware should promote a perfume of fresh ground coffee. Happy Valentines Day dear.

Silently peaking over the roof tops from beyond the hills, an orange sun begins it's lift into the sky and shadows start to shorten. Ceasing it's hum once the garage door settles in at the concrete floor, the silence of  garage door motor signifies that fairgirl has officially left the building and is on her way. A poker session is ready to begin.

Open the laptop. Launch HEM. Launch Full Tilt Poker. Launch TableNinjaFT. Check the availability of the Deep Stack tables at 0630hrs MST. Not good.

There are only a few Deep Stack tables running so onto the lists we go. It's time to open an empty table while clenching my teeth, checking my bankroll and hoping not to spew too many buy-ins before the table fills up. There are a few minutes which go by and nothing happens, so I go for a refill of the fresh-brewed coffee.

Pouring coffee from across the open kitchen I hear a "Ding!". It reminds me of ice fishing when you get a light tap on your lure from down below and your senses begin to tingle with the excitement of possible action. Someone has stopped by to reap my chips. There will be a fight.

Hurriedly topping off the black 60th Anniversary coffee mug handed out by a local insurance business which I've sipped coffee out of since 1993, I hustle over and post my blind - but the villain sits out and types:

Dealer: Hand #1616...
Dealer: fairnbalncd has 5 seconds left to act
Dealer: Hand #1616... has been canceled
The_Villain: don't really want to play HU with you. i'll wait and see if it fills up
fairnbalncd: k
fairnbalncd: just starting tables anyway

A milestone in my poker career. I am feared by another.

It's gonna be a good day Poot.

Freerolls Rule!

It's been quite some time I've had myself a free roll.

Full Tilt Poker $50.00 No Limit Hold'em - 9 players

Hero (UTG+2): $53.40
MP1: $127.40
MP2: $50.00
CO: $50.00
BTN: $58.65
SB: $62.00
BB: $50.00
UTG: $79.95
UTG+1: $100.00

Pre Flop: ($0.75) Hero is UTG+2 with A K
UTG calls $0.50, UTG+1 raises to $2, Hero raises to $6.70, 7 folds, UTG+1 calls $4.70

Flop: ($14.65) 5 A T (2 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero bets $7.80, UTG+1 raises to $17, Hero raises to $46.70, UTG+1 calls $29.70

Turn: ($108.05) 4 (2 players)

River: ($108.05) 3 (2 players)

Final Pot: $108.05

Hero shows A K
UTG+1 shows K A

Hero wins $105.05

This hand put me back up for the session and I had things to do for an upcoming basketball game, so I apologized for the free roll (LOL) and told him I'd be back later and this wasn't a typical Hit-n-Run thing.

Shot on up to 100NL last night after sweating a few tables. Nothing fantastic to report unfortunately. 3 bet a BTN steal with AQo and pretty much had to fire the Kxx flop for 1/2 pot and was insta-raised. Caught AA in the BB and of course it's folded around to me which is okay. It's common knowledge they'll either lose a huge pot or win a small one! Some times it's better not to get a ton of action when you;re totally out of position. Overall, on a couple hundred hands I ended up -5BB's which is something I can live with.

Going to be heading out to Little Powder School later this afternoon, close to the Montana/Wyoming State line, for my first officiating gig in three years! I pumped up for this! Hope I recall everything and don't overly embarrass myself!

A big "Hoo-rah!" for the free rolls though!