All are welcome.

Wednesday, March 7, 9 pm EST, as decided by the poll.

Of course, on PokerStars.

All are welcome.

$5.50.

Good luck.

Password is fcpfcp.

- Zach

Tried to register for it just now--yeah, that's dorky, but I'm excited--and it said "wrong password" (I tried it twice).

password no worky

Ok, so apparently I'm retarded. I made the tourney a couple days ago and forgot the pw.

I just cancelled it and made a new one. "fcpfcp" should work now.

Anyone that wants to trade me some stars $ for UB $ would be appreciated. $5.50 would be fine, because I plan on winning this event, But to make it safe if someone wants to trade me $22 that would be ideal.

Yeah, I'll need Stars money too, if I'm around to play.

in

BUMP.

Let's get a decent turnout for the first week.

I am definitely in. If anybody needs money on PS, I would be willing to trade for money on FT. Just send me a pm.

WOOOOOOOOOOO. big turnout so far. I'm in and so are 2 others.

im in...


are we always showing cards or whats the deal here? honour system? lol...


EDIT: low numbers are probaly because there are 4 users viewing this forum (forum, not topic - forum) and 118 viewing gen poker...

boo whoo

Would be kind of funny if the three of us played for $7.50/4.50/3.00, lol (or, in essence, third place giving two bucks to the winner, and second place giving fifty cents to the winner). But not that funny: I hope we get an influx of late arrivals.

Interesting question. I actually like to show a lot of hands, but I've been criticised for that here.

So what goes on in gen poker? I've never read it, though I've seen threads moved from there. Too bad this road isn't more well travelled...

I'd rather not show cards on every hand, if anything is interesting we can post them in here.

it's the typical wreck... can't look away...


so what are we going to do about showing cards?

in big pots maybe? pots 10xbb by the end?

EDIT: i may be running hot... so beware... just trippled w/ A8 > KK/66

What we used to do was just save HH's and review them in that week's thread. We'd also ask people questions about what they had on specific hands and stuff.

Also, who are rs17b and phattyblunts?

In as OneLessDonk...gl all.

sounds good, keeping it in here

good idea


me = phattyblunts

GG all. Fan kicked my ass twice.

Here's the only hand of interest that I played.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (7 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

Button (t1500)
SB (t1500)
BB (t1500)
UTG (t1500)
MP1 (t1500)
MP2 (t1500)
Hero (t1500)

Preflop: Hero is CO with A, 5.
3 folds, Hero raises to t60, Button calls t60, 2 folds.

Flop: (t150) T, K, J (2 players)
Hero checks, Button checks.

Turn: (t150) 6 (2 players)
Hero bets t78, Button raises to t220, Hero calls t142.

River: (t590) Q (2 players)

Final Pot: t590

On the river I bet 225 and he folded.

Two hands of some dispute from just a moment ago at the tourney, both against tskilz. I folded both of them but wondered if that was weak-tight (I don't think that's "giving results" since the hand didn't play out).


***HAND 1****
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (8 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

Button (t755)
Hero (t2235)
BB (t1210)
UTG (t1350)
UTG+1 (t3525)
MP1 (t975)
MP2 (t670)
CO (t2780)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 5, T.
6 folds, Hero completes, BB checks.

Flop: (t100) Q, T, Q (2 players)
Hero bets t100, BB calls t100.

Turn: (t300) 2 (2 players)
Hero bets t200, BB raises to t1060, Hero folds.


***HAND 2***

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (8 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

Button (t2080)
Hero (t1985)
BB (t1560)
UTG (t1150)
UTG+1 (t3375)
MP1 (t550)
MP2 (t520)
CO (t2280)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 6, K.
6 folds, Hero completes, BB raises to t150, Hero calls t100.

Flop: (t300) A, A, 7 (2 players)
Hero checks, BB checks.

Turn: (t300) 9 (2 players)
Hero bets t100, BB calls t100.

River: (t500) K
Hero checks, BB bets t375, Hero folds.

I think they are both auto calls. But you cashed and ISAP.

Here's one more hand from the tourney where I had a tough time deciding what to do (though in my mind it was either push or fold). Still not sure if I did the right thing--would be interested in your thoughts:

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (3 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

Hero (t2560)
Button (t6210)
SB (t4730)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 6, A.
Button raises to t450, 1 fold, Hero...?

Shhhhh....you were in the hand with me! LOL

I remember posting about a couple cases like this that happened within one day (flopping the nut flush). Like you, I checked the flop to slow play; a lot of people criticised this and said I should have tried to build the pot. It's a tough position! Sure, "cry me a river", but in the end, getting the biggest payoff on your monsters is every bit as important as how you play the marginal hands.

This completely depends on the texture of the game and how the raiser is playing. I'd shove liberally over a lot of players and fold to others. When your shove gets called you are usually dead to 3 outs one way or the other, which is why you have to be right a lot of the time. But I like keeping the pressure on the villain so if my table image isn't shot (big if) then I'll shove, if not there is no shame in folding and moving on. I think just calling and playing a flop OOP is very tough unless you are an extremely strong post flop player.

A suggestion: could the people who play in these tourneys with handles totally different from what they use here put their PS handle in their sig? It would be nice to put the name with the "face", KWIM?

That's a good analysis. Another factor to throw in there is that I was ITM but of course wanted to shoot for first place, and I was the short stack. I would be a lot more likely to fold here if I were on the bubble, or if I were second stack.

thanks for the donations guys... I will be back to defend next week :-)

- AJinOK

Fan was playing pretty tight, so that's the only reason why I don't think I would've restolen in your spot.

You were relatively short here though, so I don't hate the play... With no reads I think it definitely would be a good move...

I'm trying to try to hold off on posting results...but I'm not sure the evidence showed him to be playing all that tight! LOL

ETA: Congrats on the win, btw. Do I get "points" for the leader board for cashing, or are you the only one?

Yeah, considering the evidence (I know what you mean), you're probably right; lol. My impression of him to that point was that he was pretty tight, but evidence might prove me wrong I guess. He definitely opened up his game HU for sure - luckily i caught a lot of cards.

btw, I call the raise and play a flop in your spot... not sure about the points thing.

Doh.

Slept through it.

I was wondering!!

And where's Copernicus, anyway?

Ahh, I wanted to play and forgot about it.

I'll be in next week, and will try and round up some more too.

Short handed it's not unreasonable to push.

You just got unlucky against my powerful pocket deuces!

ETA: Important to note here that you had just raised the two previous hands and made a comment a couple hands before that saying that you were gonna have to fight hard. You were playing aggressive, which is fine, but I knew your range here was probably really wide. It would have been a questionable call for me in any other situation, imo. I don't like getting into big pots with pocket deuces, they are easily beat.

I'll post a few hands with comments.

First one: Caught an open-ended straight draw on the flop. Flop bet seemed more like a c-bet than a value bet so I called. Turn check by villain indicated a missed hand so I bet out on the river with a bet size that hopefully would look like a value bet.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (9 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

MP2 (t1220)
MP3 (t1660)
CO (t1330)
Button (t1500)
SB (t1480)
Hero (t1500)
UTG (t1500)
UTG+1 (t1810)
MP1 (t1500)

Preflop: Hero is BB with J, 8.
3 folds, MP2 raises to t60, 4 folds, Hero calls t40.

Flop: (t130) K, Q, T (2 players)
Hero checks, MP2 bets t100, Hero calls t100.

Turn: (t330) 7 (2 players)
Hero checks, MP2 checks.

River: (t330) Q (2 players)
Hero bets t240, MP2 folds.

Final Pot: t570

Results in white below:
Hero has Js 8s (one pair, queens).
Outcome: Hero wins t570.

This hand was weird.

Preflop raise wasn't particularly strong. Villain hit flop really well but didn't want to play his hand so I put him on a weak A. Turn and river bets were insta calls with the way he played his hand. I considered a raise on the turn but didn't know villain so I chose to call it down.

Not the way I would have played the hand if I was in his position, but it worked out ok for him.


PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (9 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

Button (t1120)
SB (t2070)
BB (t1330)
UTG (t1530)
UTG+1 (t1470)
Hero (t1300)
MP2 (t1470)
MP3 (t1810)
CO (t1400)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with J, T.
2 folds, Hero calls t20, 3 folds, Button raises to t60, 2 folds, Hero calls t40.

Flop: (t150) K, J, 3 (2 players)
Hero checks, Button checks.

Turn: (t150) 8 (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets t60, Hero calls t60.

River: (t270) 7 (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets t100, Hero calls t100.

Final Pot: t470

Results in white below:
Hero has Jh Tc (one pair, jacks).
Button has Ad Ks (one pair, kings).
Outcome: Button wins t470.

Chris was playing aggressive and I was getting short. Caught AKos and wanted to play a big pot. Chris obliged and I got lucky on the river.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (9 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

BB (t1220)
UTG (t2195)
UTG+1 (t1330)
MP1 (t1475)
MP2 (t1420)
Hero (t810)
CO (t1440)
Button (t2150)
SB (t1460)

Preflop: Hero is MP3 with A, K.
2 folds, MP1 raises to t120, 1 fold, Hero raises to t300, 4 folds, MP1 raises to t1475, Hero calls t510 (All-In).

Flop: (t2330) 6, 6, J (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: (t2330) 5 (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t2330) K (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: t2330

Results in white below:
MP1 has Tc 7d (one pair, sixes).
Hero has Ad Kc (two pair, kings and sixes).
Outcome: Hero wins t1665. MP1 wins t665.

Just out of curiosity, do you remember who the "villains" (funny to use that terminology about our fellow boardmates, lol) were? Both of them seem like they had to be sitting pretty near me.

Standard......


PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (8 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

MP2 (t1310)
CO (t2150)
Button (t1285)
SB (t1390)
Hero (t1665)
UTG (t1485)
UTG+1 (t2060)
MP1 (t2155)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A, A.
1 fold, UTG+1 raises to t120, 5 folds, Hero raises to t420, UTG+1 raises to t2060, Hero calls t1245 (All-In).

Flop: (t3740) 8, K, 9 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: (t3740) 6 (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t3740) 9 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: t3740

Results in white below:
Hero has As Ad (two pair, aces and nines).
UTG+1 has Ks Ac (two pair, kings and nines).
Outcome: Hero wins t3345. UTG+1 wins t395.

Easy call preflop. Villain's flop bet really looked like a c-bet for that flop. My re-raise was a little weak, but villain is not deep-stacked so I figured it would be enough to get him to lay down what I figured was overs.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (8 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

MP2 (t1790)
CO (t2285)
Button (t1330)
SB (t1285)
Hero (t3330)
UTG (t1020)
UTG+1 (t350)
MP1 (t2110)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A, 8.
6 folds, SB raises to t90, Hero calls t60.

Flop: (t180) 2, 8, T (2 players)
SB bets t120, Hero raises to t300, SB folds.

Final Pot: t600

Results in white below:
No showdown. Hero wins t600.

Standard......

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (8 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

CO (t755)
Button (t1885)
SB (t1560)
BB (t1350)
Hero (t3525)
UTG+1 (t975)
MP1 (t670)
MP2 (t2780)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with A, T.
Hero raises to t200, 7 folds.

Final Pot: t275

Results in white below:
No showdown. Hero wins t275.

Changing it up a little....... lol

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (8 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

MP1 (t880)
MP2 (t1885)
CO (t1535)
Button (t1275)
Hero (t3500)
BB (t975)
UTG (t670)
UTG+1 (t2780)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 9, 2.
6 folds, Hero raises to t200, BB calls t150.

Flop: (t400) T, 5, 8 (2 players)
Hero checks, BB checks.

Turn: (t400) A (2 players)
Hero checks, BB bets t200, Hero folds.

Final Pot: t600

Results in white below:
No showdown. BB wins t600.

Standard.....

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (8 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

MP1 (t1280)
MP2 (t1735)
CO (t1760)
Button (t950)
Hero (t3275)
BB (t700)
UTG (t520)
UTG+1 (t3280)

Preflop: Hero is SB with J, A.
UTG raises to t520, 5 folds, Hero calls t470, 1 fold.

Flop: (t1140) 5, 5, 7 (2 players)

Turn: (t1140) 5 (2 players)

River: (t1140) J (2 players)

Final Pot: t1140

Results in white below:
UTG has 8h 8c (full house, fives full of eights).
Hero has Jc Ac (full house, fives full of jacks).
Outcome: Hero wins t1140.

If you're gonna raise with 92o, you really need to c-bet that flop, IMO. Toss out 250-300. If he raises, fold. If he calls, c/f the turn. Good for him for reading you if he's floating with nothing. You'll catch him when you have something.

Standard.... Slow played trips looking for a bet. I think villain may have played his hand with a bet by me as well, but I wanted to let him try and take control.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (7 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

Button (t1405)
SB (t1510)
BB (t1160)
UTG (t950)
Hero (t3895)
MP2 (t1000)
CO (t3580)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with 9, 9.
1 fold, Hero raises to t300, 2 folds, Button calls t300, 2 folds.

Flop: (t750) 3, 9, 4 (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets t1105 (All-In), Hero calls t1105.

Turn: (t2960) 5 (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t2960) K (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: t2960

Results in white below:
Hero has 9h 9d (three of a kind, nines).
Button has Ah Qs (high card, ace).
Outcome: Hero wins t2960.

Bet size here was very important. I wanted my hand to look weak (no Ace), and hopefully look like a c-bet.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (4 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

SB (t2010)
BB (t860)
Hero (t5550)
Button (t5080)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with 9, A.
Hero calls t100, 2 folds, BB checks.

Flop: (t250) A, 7, A (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t100, BB raises to t760, Hero calls t660.

Turn: (t1770) 7 (2 players)

River: (t1770) 4 (2 players)

Final Pot: t1770

Results in white below:
BB has Kd 5s (two pair, aces and sevens).
Hero has 9s As (full house, aces full of sevens).
Outcome: Hero wins t1770.

shortly after that we were heads-up.

I was completely card dead for the most part. Made a couple plays at pots, but AJ was hitting alot of flops. We went at each other for quite some time, then I got bored and impatient and played some really bad hands. AJ just kept hitting flops or catching an A.

It was fun. Hopefully we can get some more people to play ion the future.

Good game, AJ, and everyone.

Agreed. I was looking for a fold preflop obviously. Took a big brain fart on the flop. He was getting short so I really should have put some more pressure on him there.

This brings up an important point..... planning ahead, thinking about plays on later streets before they are upon me. This is part of my game that I think needs the most work.

Dammit, I forgot my HH at home. I wanted to review a few things.

I got absolutely hammered. I got off to a slow start cards wise, then at about the 3rd or 4th level, every time I wanted to make a move Slacker and tskillz were exchanging chips. When I get home later I will post a few hands. I had a fold in particular that I wasn't happy about that I would like some opinions on.

-superjeff13