The Monte Carlo is burning down!

Is this code for something?

It's code for turn on CNN and look at the breaking news

I just had an epiphany

LAS VEGAS, Nevada (CNN) -- Sections of the top four floors of the Monte Carlo Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas were on fire Friday.

Smoke rises from the Monte Carlo Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Firefighters could be seen on the roof of the hotel. Most of the flames appeared to be coming from the southern section of the hotel. No injuries have been reported so far.

Black smoke was billowing into the air and was visible from more than a mile away, CNN producer Darian Billington said. He said traffic was backed up on the Strip, and crowds of people were gathering to watch the blaze.

The hotel has more than 3,000 rooms, including 211 penthouse suites, and conference rooms. The more expensive rooms are on the top floors. The hotel was built in 1996 for $344 million. It is in the heart of the resort corridor.

The Monte Carlo, a subsidiary of MGM Mirage, has about 3,000 employees.

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Is this code for something?

I liked the Monte Carlo, but it was always a bit smokey in there.

No one laughed?

See, that's funny.

Actually, I noticed that, but wasn't sure if it was on purpose or not, lol.

And, although my joke was funny, it's the complete truth, most of the other places were less smoky in the pits.

I wish this guy I'm playng HU would fold to a reraise once in a while

There are like 3 links to cheap Vegas hotel sites on the page of the actual news story.

Welcome to HU.

Sometimes, I'd run into someone who just shoved 75% of their hands PF.

It's an interesting strategy.

I love it when they go on tilt. I played a few big pots, but won most of them. I probably played like 200+ hands during my lunch break and made a buyin. I'm happy.

I think I might have turned a corner, pokerwise.

From sucky, to marginally bad?

Which site are you playing HU? .5-1?

I'm running way too good, FUCK!

I guess I should be happy, but running good scares me because I know bad things are coming.

I wish I were only marginally bad!

Yeah, I'm doing .5/1 HU on FT. Not now of course because I'm back to work, but I should be playing all day tomorrow.

Nice, hopefully that will blast off for you. I'm semi-interested in learning how to play HU. But I don't think I'm going to test the waters for quite some time. I want to get in 60k hands at $100 max before I do anything. And I'm not even to $100 max yet, haha.

If you're playing freezeout format... use your WHOLE TIME BANK on EVERY DECISION... it drives them bonkers.

We'll see how I do tonight.
I stopped running horrid last weekend and preserved some chips to actually cash out.
We'll see if I can actually MAKE money tonight.

The HU tourneys rock.
You get plenty of action.
You don't get short-stackers.
You don't get hit-and-runs.
And the players are generally not as good as they think.

CR videos FTW

I don't think I've enjoyed having the subscription to the site as much as when I got to watch some of the great HSNL players play HU and watch what they were doing with thier hole cards and stuff.

The Taylor vs Muddywater HU new years vids were fantastic.

I haven't watched many of Muddywater's, but from what I saw, I really thought he was a tool. I like Taylor's videos though.

Meh, Taylor is good, but he knows it (and repeatedly says it in the videos).

When you've been beating HSNL consistently for as long as he has, I think he's entitled to say it if he wants. Most HSNL players have a big ego.

You make a good point.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

HU is in no way profitable. I advise all of you to avoid it at all costs. Stay away.

Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
6 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
Hero: $104.80
UTG+1: $95.80
CO: $65.30
Button: $46.50
SB: $108
BB: $31.35

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is UTG with K K
Hero raises to $1.75, UTG+1 folds, CO raises to $3, 3 folds, Hero raises to $12.75, CO calls.

Flop: 8 J T ($26.25, 2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $20, Hero raises to $82.75, CO calls all-in $34.3.
Uncalled bets: $28.45 returned to Hero.

Turn: 9 ($134.85, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $134.85)


River: 9 ($134.85, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $134.85)


Results:
Final pot: $134.85
Hero showed Kd Ks
CO showed Kc Qh



Sigh. He left immediately after this hand. Running at 78/50 and never folding. He'd have stacked off with AT there too.

QFT.

Proof that the world is ending:

Roger Federer lost a Semi-Final match in a Grand Slam.

Pretty ugly, but I think going for the C/R there is kind of bad.

fyp

Against a normal opponent I probably agree.

Against a guy that will pot 33 or 45s there I think it's the only move.

Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
6 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $144.80
UTG+1: $17.95
CO: $50
Button: $19.25
Hero: $56.80
BB: $60.05

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is SB with A K
2 folds, CO raises to $1.75, Button folds, Hero raises to $6, BB folds, CO calls.

Flop: K 7 5 ($12.5, 2 players)
Hero bets $8, CO calls.

Turn: 4 ($28.5, 2 players)
Hero bets $20, CO raises all-in $36, Hero calls $16 (pot was $84.5).

River: 8 ($100.5, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $100.5)


Results:
Final pot: $100.5
CO showed Ac As
Hero showed Ad Kc


Ni Han Suh.



Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
6 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
Hero: $63.10
UTG+1: $104.10
CO: $36.20
Button: $41.20
SB: $49.50
BB: $92.90

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is UTG with 7 8
Hero raises to $1.75, UTG+1 calls, CO raises to $5, 3 folds, Hero calls $3.25 (pot was $9.25), UTG+1 calls.

Flop: 9 K T ($15.75, 3 players)
Hero checks, UTG+1 checks, CO bets $15, Hero raises all-in $58.1, UTG+1 folds, CO calls all-in $16.2.
Uncalled bets: $26.9 returned to Hero.

Turn: 5 ($78.15, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $78.15)


River: T ($78.15, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $78.15)


Results:
Final pot: $78.15
Hero showed 7h 8h
CO showed Js As


How do I brick 20 outs twice?


Sighaments.

Um, you're a freak and a very weird kid:

I'm also quite young.

lol, I had to work in the Gobbo reference when I saw it was an FTP HH.

LOL

Lol, NH SIR.

I can't let this thread fall. Bump for upswings...also I'll attach some fun/interesting hands if I find them.





I was actually a little weak when I started playing, adjusting to everything being double. So my stats are pretty nitty, I want my stats to be like 20/17, but we'll see if I'm comfortable playing that way. They'd be even nittier if the deck hadn't smacked me in the face.

Edit: Also, WTF!!!!!! Bad Beat Jackpot rake is insane, I can't believe it. I better hit that thing like twice while I'm at this level, so I can break even.

Yawn... quads. I don't know if I played it great. I thought his most likely hands were KK-JJ or AK, come the river I wanted to kind of weak lead, hoping that KK, AK, and flushed would raise me.

Absolute Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (5 handed) Absolute-Poker Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

BB ($113.60)
UTG ($99.95)
MP ($85.58)
Button ($64.14)
Hero ($46.95)

Preflop: Hero is SB with A, A.
UTG calls $0.50, MP raises to $1.5, 1 fold, Hero raises to $6.25, 1 fold, UTG folds, MP calls $4.75.

Flop: ($13.50) 6, A, A (2 players)
Hero bets $5, MP calls $5.

Turn: ($23.50) 7 (2 players)
Hero checks, MP checks.

River: ($23.50) K (2 players)
Hero bets $14, MP calls $14.

Final Pot: $51.5

Results in white below:
MP has 9c Jc (flush, ace high).
Hero has Ad Ah (four of a kind, aces).
Outcome: Hero wins $51.50.

Being a nit is fine if you're running at 19BB/100.

The AA hand, I bet the turn weak.

This table was getting very chatty and people were fighting. Guy who minraises me is loose/passive but seemed to be on tilt. I don't really like to call these raises OOP, even getting odds, because it's so likely that they don't have anything big, so even if I hit there aren't implied odds. I called though, because I thought he was on monkey tilt, thus mucho implied odds.

Absolute Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (6 handed) Absolute-Poker Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

SB ($32.65)
BB ($37.25)
UTG ($81.35)
MP ($15.50)
Hero ($90.82)
Button ($92.75)

Preflop: Hero is CO with 6, 8.
UTG calls $0.50, 1 fold, Hero raises to $2.5, Button raises to $5, 2 folds, UTG folds, Hero calls $2.50.

Flop: ($11.25) T, Q, 7 (2 players)
Hero bets $6, Button raises to $12, Hero raises to $85.82, Button calls $73.82.

Turn: ($182.89) 6 (2 players)

River: ($182.89) 6 (2 players)

Final Pot: $182.89

Results in white below:
Hero has 6d 8d (flush, queen high).
Button has Kc Jd (one pair, sixes).
Outcome: Hero wins $182.89.

Obv my read was right, as he called here with a J high flush draw and an OE straight draw with 3 dia out there. I highly doubt he even tried to put me on a hand, because I was trying to sell the Ad, which, I was unaware was good.

Love the weak flop lead. Preflop is fine for $2.5 into >$8 against an idiot.

I'm a lucky donk. I thought it was pretty likely that someone had an A here. I C-bet sooooo often, so I thought they were looking for a C/R. Players at this level usually call me more loosely when I'm being aggressive, but don't reraise me often, they assume (I hope wrongly) that when they do hit just right that they'll stack me because I'm an aggro-donk.

Absolute Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (6 handed) Absolute-Poker Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver Cards)

Hero ($53)
CO ($33.65)
Button ($97.20)
SB ($62.16)
BB ($95.30)
UTG ($171.47)

Preflop: Hero is MP with , .
UTG calls $0.50, Hero raises to $2.5, 2 folds, SB calls $2.25, 1 fold, UTG calls $2.

Flop: ($8) , , (3 players)
SB checks, UTG checks, Hero checks.

Turn: ($8) (3 players)
SB checks, UTG bets $4, Hero calls $4, SB folds.

River: ($16) (2 players)
UTG bets $8.5, Hero raises to $46.5, UTG calls $38.

Final Pot: $109

Results in white below:
UTG has As 5d (one pair, aces).
Hero has 8s 9s (two pair, nines and eights).
Outcome: Hero wins $109.

That being said, I called turn trying to peel one of my 5 outs, and possibly representing the heart if it fell. I actually probably would have just checked down, but occasionally I'd bet it. He calls off wayyyy too much and is probably cursing the gods about how unlucky he is.

Here's a poorly played hand.

Absolute Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (4 handed) Absolute-Poker Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver Cards)

BB ($83.49)
UTG ($46.36)
Hero ($50.05)
SB ($277.75)

Preflop: Hero is Button with , .
UTG calls $0.50, Hero raises to $2.5, 1 fold, BB calls $2, UTG folds.

Flop: ($5.75) , , (2 players)
BB bets $2.5, Hero raises to $8, BB calls $5.50.

Turn: ($21.75) (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $14, BB raises to $45.5, Hero calls $25.55 (All-In).

River: ($100.85) (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: $106.8

Results in white below:
BB has Jc 5c (two pair, jacks and fives).
Hero has Kd 9d (high card, king).
Outcome: BB wins $106.80.

With my messed up poker logic I feel like I got 5 outted on the turn. Then I called off without odds on the turn due to frustration, it would have been much closer to a correct call if my Ks were outs.

Biggest lost pot, pretty standard.

Absolute Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (6 handed) Absolute-Poker Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver Cards)

CO ($40.50)
Hero ($52.60)
SB ($12.50)
BB ($190.50)
UTG ($70.15)
MP ($105.95)

Preflop: Hero is Button with , .
UTG calls $0.50, MP calls $0.50, 1 fold, Hero raises to $3, 1 fold, BB calls $2.50, UTG folds, MP calls $2.50.

Flop: ($9.75) , , (3 players)
BB checks, MP checks, Hero bets $5.5, BB raises to $10.5, MP folds, Hero raises to $49.6, BB calls $38.60.

Turn: ($108.45) (2 players)

River: ($108.45) (2 players)

Final Pot: $108.45

Results in white below:
BB has 6h 6d (three of a kind, sixes).
Hero has Tc Jc (two pair, jacks and tens).
Outcome: BB wins $108.45.

Alright, I'll stop posting hands, but I was bored having no one write in the BAW thread!

You really have to raise the flop bigger with the K9. I raise donkbets >90% of the time, but they will call if you don't raise enough. I make it $10.