Woo new blog. MMN HOE tournament.

CT monday night: had a roller coaster ride. HOE, limit holdem, o8 and stud8. decided to try to get some chips early, b/c imo people play limit hold 'em really bad.

so first this hand, which was pretty ugly on the river but mostly just scottwire being a god tournament player (and the wrong guy to mess with earlier in the hand). Full Tilt Poker, Limit Hold'em Tournament, 20/40 Stakes, 7 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter


buddy4bass (SB): 1,250

abby99 (BB): 1,520

cdnmoose_8 (UTG): 1,370

scottwire (UTG+1): 1,790

Technoguru (MP): 1,460

PhilTheThrill14 (CO): 1,610

jojo-donkey (BTN): 1,500

Pre-Flop: (30) Q 9 dealt to jojo-donkey (BTN)

cdnmoose_8 folds, scottwire raises to 40, 2 folds, jojo-donkey raises to 60, 2 folds, scottwire calls 20

Flop: (150) 5 K T (2 Players)

scottwire checks, jojo-donkey bets 20, scottwire raises to 40, jojo-donkey raises to 60, scottwire calls 20

Turn: (270) 5 (2 Players)

scottwire checks, jojo-donkey checks

River: (270) A (2 Players)

scottwire checks, jojo-donkey bets 40, scottwire calls 40

Results: 350 Pot
scottwire showed Q K (two pair, Kings and Fives) and WON 350 (+190 NET)
jojo-donkey showed Q 9 (a pair of Fives) and LOST (-160 NET)







i like the way i played it, although the pot was mos def too big on the river for him to fold. i think the 3bet on the flop is fine, although def longballish. he's gonna fold a lot of hands there.

anyhow, a couple hands later, this:
Full Tilt Poker, Limit Hold'em Tournament, 20/40 Stakes, 7 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter


buddy4bass (UTG+1): 1,240

abby99 (MP): 1,640

cdnmoose_8 (CO): 1,370

scottwire (BTN): 1,910

Technoguru (SB): 1,440

PhilTheThrill14 (BB): 1,610

jojo-donkey (UTG): 1,290

Pre-Flop: (30) A 8 dealt to jojo-donkey (UTG)
jojo-donkey raises to 40, 2 folds, cdnmoose_8 calls 40, 3 folds

Flop: (110) T Q T (2 Players)

jojo-donkey checks, cdnmoose_8 bets 20, jojo-donkey raises to 40, cdnmoose_8 calls 20

Turn: (190) K (2 Players)

jojo-donkey checks, cdnmoose_8 bets 40, jojo-donkey raises to 80, cdnmoose_8 calls 40

River: (350) 4 (2 Players)

jojo-donkey checks, cdnmoose_8 bets 40, jojo-donkey calls 40

Results: 430 Pot
cdnmoose_8 showed T Q (a full house, Tens full of Queens) and WON 430 (+230 NET)
jojo-donkey mucked A 8 A 8 (a pair of Tens) and LOST (-200 NET)







so then the chirping starts, like i'm some sort of big donk. first off, the guy flatcalled QT and flopped the nuts. fine. the cold call is really bad, though. he just called my raise on the flop, fine. but then he fails to three bet the turn, which is awful. as if he's gonna get my stack by playing super tricky.

so then it's all..."matt, you feeling alright tonight?" "um, i dunno about the utg raise with A8" yadda yadda yadda.

so i it tight, b/c like i said, i think for the most part they play bad.

then, the funny thing is...i sorta cripple myself in an early o8 hand. i flop the nut straight and we cap the flop. the board pairs on the turn and i call down like a donk. of course they both had boats. good thing they don't like to raise, b/c i still have 600 chips left.

i win a small pot in stud8 and get up to 800.

then cdnmoose calls calls calls calls folds to chip me up:
Hand #7225562151

Tournament - 7 Card Stud High-Low (40/80), Ante 7, Bring-In 10



buddy4bass      (Seat 1): 964

abby99          (Seat 2): 1,734

cdnmoose_8      (Seat 3): 2,464

scottwire       (Seat 4): 1,778

Technoguru      (Seat 5): 1,048

PhilTheThrill14 (Seat 6): 1,792

mwfeldman       (Seat 7): 720



3rd Street - (1.23 SB)



buddy4bass:      xx xx 6___folds

abby99:          xx xx K___calls

cdnmoose_8:      xx xx 3___calls

scottwire:       xx xx 3___folds

Technoguru:      xx xx 3___brings-in___folds

PhilTheThrill14: xx xx 4___folds

mwfeldman:      2 A 7___completes



4th Street - (4.48 SB)



abby99:          xx xx K Q___bets___calls

cdnmoose_8:      xx xx 3 5___calls___calls

mwfeldman:      2 A 7 6___raises



5th Street - (5.24 BB)



abby99:          xx xx K Q Q___checks

cdnmoose_8:      xx xx 3 5 2___checks

mwfeldman:      2 A 7 6 T___checks



6th Street - (5.24 BB)



abby99:          xx xx K Q Q A___bets___calls

cdnmoose_8:      xx xx 3 5 2 K___calls___calls

mwfeldman:      2 A 7 6 T 5___raises



River - (11.24 BB)



abby99:          xx xx K Q Q A xx___checks___calls

cdnmoose_8:      xx xx 3 5 2 K xx___checks___folds

mwfeldman:      2 A 7 6 T 5 4___bets



Total pot: (13.24 BB - 1,059)



Results:Seat 2: abby99 showed [Ks Jd Kh Qh Qc Ah 8s] and won (530) with HI: two pair, Kings and Queens
Seat 3: cdnmoose_8 folded on 7th St.
Seat 4: scottwire folded on 3rd St.
Seat 5: Technoguru folded on 3rd St.
Seat 6: PhilTheThrill14 folded on 3rd St.
Seat 7: mwfeldman showed [Ac 4s 7d 6d Td 5c 2s] and won (529) with HI: Ace Ten high; LO: 6,5,4,2,A




Total pot 1,059 | Rake 0



Note: this site shuffles the hole cards.







he corrects that mistake by call call calling me down with just a pair of aces in 08. and now i'm back to 1155 chips woo!


soon thereafter, cdnmoose does me the favor of calling my 3-bet with 235Q, and i take down a pot with Ace hi. woohoo...and he thinks my utg raise with A8 was bad.



buddy4bass calls down with one pair in o8 to further chip me up


this is why i have no doubt i'm going to be able to last in this tournament...

i chip up to 2400 in a series of uneventful hands.

then this extraordinary grossness, in which i start with Ac 5h 4c 6c in stud8, raise 4th, and two opponents charge me exactly ONE more bet to draw my last 2 cards. i need a 2, 3, 7, or 8. oh yeah, and i missed, and am now down to 800.

Full Tilt Poker Game #7226408255: CT MMN #11 (54863597), Table 2 - 150/300 Ante 25 - Limit Stud H/L - 23:01:17 ET - 2008/07/14
Seat 2: Tosh (884)
Seat 3: cdnmoose_8 (4,094)
Seat 5: john_now (1,411)
Seat 6: PhilTheThrill14 (3,581)
Seat 7: mwfeldman (1,872)
Seat 8: w16227 (7,658)
Tosh antes 25
cdnmoose_8 antes 25
john_now antes 25
PhilTheThrill14 antes 25
mwfeldman antes 25
w16227 antes 25
*** 3RD STREET ***
Dealt to Tosh [Kh]
Dealt to cdnmoose_8 [9h]
Dealt to john_now [Jc]
Dealt to PhilTheThrill14 [6h]
Dealt to mwfeldman [Ac 5h] [4c]
Dealt to w16227 [5s]
mwfeldman is low with [4c]
mwfeldman brings in for 50
w16227 completes it to 150
Tosh folds
cdnmoose_8 raises to 300
john_now folds
PhilTheThrill14 folds
mwfeldman raises to 450
w16227 calls 300
cdnmoose_8 calls 150
*** 4TH STREET ***
Dealt to cdnmoose_8 [9h] [8h]
Dealt to mwfeldman [Ac 5h 4c] [6c]
Dealt to w16227 [5s] [8s]
cdnmoose_8 bets 150
mwfeldman raises to 300
w16227 calls 300
cdnmoose_8 calls 150
*** 5TH STREET ***
Dealt to cdnmoose_8 [9h 8h] [9s]
Dealt to mwfeldman [Ac 5h 4c 6c] [Kd]
Dealt to w16227 [5s 8s] [4s]
cdnmoose_8 checks
mwfeldman checks
w16227 bets 300
cdnmoose_8 calls 300
mwfeldman calls 300
*** 6TH STREET ***
Dealt to cdnmoose_8 [9h 8h 9s] [Th]
Dealt to mwfeldman [Ac 5h 4c 6c Kd] [5c]
Dealt to w16227 [5s 8s 4s] [8d]
cdnmoose_8 has 15 seconds left to act
cdnmoose_8 checks
mwfeldman checks
w16227 checks
*** 7TH STREET ***
Dealt to mwfeldman [Ac 5h 4c 6c Kd 5c] [6s]
cdnmoose_8 checks
mwfeldman checks
w16227 checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
w16227 shows [Ts 7d 5s 8s 4s 8d 3c] a pair of Eights, for high and 8,7,5,4,3, for low
cdnmoose_8 shows [Qs 9d 9h 8h 9s Th 2h] three of a kind, Nines, for high
mwfeldman mucks
cdnmoose_8 wins the high pot (1,650) with three of a kind, Nines
w16227 wins the low pot (1,650) with 8,7,5,4,3
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3,300 | Rake 0
Seat 2: Tosh folded on 3rd St.
Seat 3: cdnmoose_8 showed [Qs 9d 9h 8h 9s Th 2h] and won (1,650) with HI: three of a kind, Nines
Seat 5: john_now folded on 3rd St.
Seat 6: PhilTheThrill14 folded on 3rd St.
Seat 7: mwfeldman mucked [Ac 6s 4c 6c Kd 5c 5h] - HI: two pair, Sixes and Fives
Seat 8: w16227 showed [Ts 7d 5s 8s 4s 8d 3c] and won (1,650) with HI: a pair of Eights; LO: 8,7,5,4,3

i hold on to finish 4th (woo bubble!), and bust with QT v KQ in holdem.