Did I play this right?

Often I hear those words, I read the scenario's often in the Gutshot forums, and often I glance over them, but something happened yesterday thats been bugging me, and I can see claims for playing the following hand and the tells I should of picked up on.

£20 F.O Blinds 350 - 700 Final 3 tables (unknown at the time, the stats screen wasn't actually showing upstairs) position 3 from the BB, Big Stack (seriously big) 3 behind me.
My stack: 5,000 M = 4.5ish

I pick up AJ suited (hearts) raise to 1,400 every one folds apart form the big stack who calls (and ask how much I have leftish)

Flop 10d As Qd.

I go all-in (I feel I should of checked now)

he calls and shows Jd 7d

Turn 2s

River 9d

This was one of the better hands I had, I made two mistakes, I didn't check to see where I was I could of got away for cheap, I didn't get a feel for the table this was the first hand I played on it.
I had a few more opportunities to double up so I fell in love with this strong hand.

After reading Mike's book of tells I knew he was betting on the end because he had seen my stack and asked what was left. But I felt after the flop I was ahead, (which I was).

What could I of done differently?

-Fig-

I hate James Bardolph / Hakfest....

I really do, I have never had so much hate towards him, I wanna kick his head in!!

Why you ask?

Sun 04-12-05

We both met up and played in the 1st £20 FO at the club, not a bad tournament I must say. Started with 1500 chips, went down to 525, then fought my way back to 2'200 by the end of the break.

Lost with K Q all in so I decided to play in the £25PLHE cash game. Meanwhile James goes on to 6th in the tournament, congrat-u-f*uckin-lations!

Then he decides to sit in on the cash game. Before this I went from the starting £25 to £70, hand some very nice "all in's" with QQ JJ AA, and built up a nice stack. Which meant I was up on the whole day!! Which I was happy very happy about!

THENNNNNNNN! "The hand"

JB in BB.
UTG: Folds
Me: "Raise the pot" (A 10 os)
SB: Calls
JB: Calls

Flop: 7 A (4 I think, low card any way)
SB: Raise to £7
JB: Call
Me: Call

Turn: 10 - Bingo!!!!!!! 2 pair! For the first time today I had been rewarded I was thinking!

SB: Check
JB: Check
Me: "They both checked, that's fine I raise the pot that should send them packing"
"Raise!" £18.75
SB: Nope!
JB: "Call" (All in)

I turn A 10 JB turns 7 7!

River: 2

Crippled back to £20!!!!!!!! I wanted to shove his big dome shaped head into the nearest wall I could find! But resisted the urge and said "Nice one, I'm off"


I will get my revenge !!!!!!! Mark these words.

Concentration

It's a Funny thing that...

Sunday 13th 8pm - £30 Freeze Out.

I lasted all of 30 mins in this, my fave tournament!!

My heart was just not in it, I remember getting ready then getting in the car to get to the Gutshot, on the way there I had one arse jump out in front of me while I was doing 50+mph up to Clapham, then when I got to Elephant and Castle I heard screams and some guy was out cold on the floor, it looked like he was dragged from his car that was still running at the lights.

Then I get to the Gutshot and I await the usual suspects and then some guy challenges me to a game of chess, now I couldn't be arsed with this but played anyway and lost. Normally that would bother me but I didn't care.

Then the tournament started, in the 1st half an hour I played 1 hand and won, then I got KQ late position, I call and everyone folds to one caller.

Flop K 8 J, he bets 500. I call. J he bets 500, I call.

10 - He moves all in and I call. And of course turns a Jack.

But I didn't care, for some reason I just could not be arsed, and even now I can't be. There is the Fourm tournament tonight and guess what, I can't be arsed. I lost $30 last night in a cash game and again I can't be arsed, I don't care.

What is wrong with me!! - I think I'm pokered out.

Suggestions?!

What is wrong with me!!

So.. What next

Ok so my post about my final table finish wasn't riveting, but in the words of Teddy KGB "I feel so unsatisfied" I want to go again, I'm eager to do what I did on Saturday a hundred times over. I had visions of being at the final table of the WSOP. I tried to play online but I can't concentrate, knowing I will have to start again with my tatics at all levels, making moves.

I know I will be disapointed as well if I don't make the final table again. Is that the next phase I must deal with? This is going to get worst before it gets better.

Two words come to mind. Patience and Discipline

To the WSOP

-Fig-

It's a jungle out there

£30 Freezeout. 9 handed table.
Starting chips: 2,000.
Blinds: 25-50.

First hand. I'm in 8th position with KcKd. After a few limpers I raise to 200. Faroze glares at me like I'm wearing pink lipstick, then folds. SB, BB & 7th call.

Flop: 7d 8s 4s. Check check check. I bet 500. Fold fold. 7th calls. Turn: 8h. He checks, I bet another 500. He calls. River: 9s. He checks and I check. He shows As5s for the nut flush. I show my kings with disgust :)


A few hands later, Faroze (to my immediate left) raises 15x BB to 800. Late position raises 800 more and is all-in. Faroze calls and has 400 chips left.

Showdown!

Faroze says "let's go home then" and shows AdKd, assuming mister all in for 1600 has a monster pair. Mister all in shows Kc6c, flops a 6 then goes on to river a flush.

Faroze is pissed, people around the table are bemused. In my mind I could see a '?' above most heads at the table.

One of the most bizarre times I've had at the £30 FO.

You only ever see this on-line...

So as you have probably already read Fig made it to the final table. Congrats but with a bit more stamina you could of gone the whole way!

But alas getting onto my "on-line" only moment... I also entered the £5 rebuy tournament last Saturday and was doing very well, I went from the starting 500 chips to 2475 by the end of the break, this was down to some very lovely big slicks that I kept getting about 3 in the 1st half an hour. This tied in nicely with the target I was trying to hit for the FO part of the tournament (4k).

Ok so I meet Fig at the break and I'm above the average stack count. Nice.

Moving on to after the break I sat back at the table and kept my stack pretty even until I tried to bluff one guy off a hand, needless to say it didn't work and it ruined my table reputation.

I was down to about 1k in chips blinds were in the region of 150/300 or there abouts and I figured that the next ace I see I'm going all in.

So about 2 hands later I look down and see that ace, "wey hey" I was just hoping not to see a 2 or a 3 with it. Something / anything high 7 or above!! I sneak a peak at the next card and wham bam thank you dealer it's another ace.

So I'm very happy BUT.... this is how the hand played out.

S/b / BB / UTG raised to 1500 all folded round to me I move all in for about 900-1.2k can't remember the exact about. All folded to the BB who called.

So now i'm thinking what the hell can these to have to be rasing to 1500 then CALLING in the BB of all places?!?!?!?

Any the flop bought 5d 7d 8h

BB: Check
UTG: 1500
BB: Call

5c

BB: Check
UTG: 1500
BB: Call

2s

BB: Check
UTG: 1000
BB: All in (Pushes in about 4cm high stack of reds - 500's)
UTG: Call

Now I'm thinking what the hell they can't have a straight can they? Not with a pre-flop call of 1500 even in the BB to me that is a lot to call hoping for a mid range flop.

BB turns over JJ
UTG turns over AA

Then I stare in dis-belief. And flip my cards over (AA) the table erupts! My lovely "triple" up pot was cruely SLASHED in half the BB (JJ) walked away rejected from the table and the UTG and I looked at each other and just smiled thinking what the hell just happened.

Again something that you would only ever see on-line.

Fig makes Final Table

At last, the day we all have been waiting for (unless you count the happy hour freezeout) 99 runners. I make 5th, I was Dominant at the final table, chip leader, no one could touch me. In fact I even set aside 30,000 just to bully the other players who I had covered and still had 30k left, I lost it and then came back. I grew tired and the fact is it was 8pm and I just wanted to go home, so I settled for the £127 payout for 5th. Sure I could of stuck for the £400 payout, god knows it would of been useful. but the game lost its appeal after a certain point. Like eating chocolate morning, noon and night. In fact I'm still tired from this session and don't want to look at another poker table for a while.

The Twix you see in the picture became my lucky twix after I sat on it, I had forgotten about it and went to get a tissue out my back pocket and it flopped on to the table at the same time, I became a joke at the table when no one believed the twix was lucky.

I think Aces twice and Kings against Q's and 8's (both all ins) proves how invaluable this Twix was to my play yesterday (lol)

Not much more I can say about this really, I may come back and edit it, all I can say was the final 20 was a grind session and I thought the final table would go faster then it did. I'm happy with my play, it was the same style i adopt online. I think that this proved to me that poker is definatley more about skill then luck.

http://www.gutshot.com/iframes/results.php?id_ts_res=925


-Fig-

Playing on VC

Thought I would share this with you all.

[Oct 22 14:51:08] : Hand Start.
[Oct 22 14:51:08] : Seat 2 : shelly79 has $1,780
[Oct 22 14:51:08] : Seat 3 : Stack it Up has $2,410
[Oct 22 14:51:08] : Seat 5 : bullett007 has $1,880 [Oct 22 14:51:08] : Seat 6 : mannen has $2,540
[Oct 22 14:51:08] : Seat 7 : phishman3 has $1,760
[Oct 22 14:51:08] : Seat 8 : LindaJ has $6,610
[Oct 22 14:51:08] : Seat 9 : MAR SR has $1,020
[Oct 22 14:51:08] : bullett007 is the dealer.
[Oct 22 14:51:08] : mannen posted small blind.
[Oct 22 14:51:08] : phishman3 posted big blind.
[Oct 22 14:51:08] : Game [9] started with 7 players.
[Oct 22 14:51:08] : Dealing Hole Cards.
[Oct 22 14:51:08] : Seat 5 : bullett007 has Kc As [Oct 22 14:51:11] : LindaJ folded.
[Oct 22 14:51:14] : MAR SR called 60
[Oct 22 14:51:19] : Stakes: 30/60 Current level: 2 Next level in: 8 min.
[Oct 22 14:51:21] : shelly79 called 60 and raised 120
[Oct 22 14:51:23] : Stack it Up called 180
[Oct 22 14:51:28] : bullett007 called 180 and raised 600 [Oct 22 14:51:33] : mannen folded.
[Oct 22 14:51:33] : phishman3 folded.
[Oct 22 14:51:35] : MAR SR folded.
[Oct 22 14:51:36] : shelly79 folded.
[Oct 22 14:51:38] : Stack it Up called 600
[Oct 22 14:51:38] : Dealing flop.
[Oct 22 14:51:38] : Board cards [8c Qd Qc]
[Oct 22 14:51:39] : Stakes: 30/60 Current level: 2 Next level in: 8 min.
[Oct 22 14:51:44] : Stack it Up bet 70
[Oct 22 14:51:49] : bullett007 called 70 and raised 560
[Oct 22 14:51:53] : Stack it Up called 560 and raised 1,000 and is All-in
[Oct 22 14:51:55] : bullett007 called 470 and is All-in
[Oct 22 14:51:55] : Showdown!
[Oct 22 14:51:55] : Seat 5 : bullett007 has Kc As
[Oct 22 14:51:57] : Seat 3 : Stack it Up has 8s 8h
[Oct 22 14:51:57] : Seat 5 : bullett007 has Kc As
[Oct 22 14:51:59] : Stakes: 30/60 Current level: 2 Next level in: 8 min.
[Oct 22 14:52:03] : Board cards [8c Qd Qc Kh Kd]
[Oct 22 14:52:03] : Seat 3 : Stack it Up has 8s 8h
[Oct 22 14:52:03] : Stack it Up has Full House : 8s full of Kings
[Oct 22 14:52:03] : Seat 5 : bullett007 has Kc As
[Oct 22 14:52:03] : bullett007 has Full House : Kings full of Queens
[Oct 22 14:52:03] : bullett007 wins 4,090 with Full House : Kings full of Queens
[Oct 22 14:52:09] : bullett007 : WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOo
[Oct 22 14:52:10] : mannen : omg
[Oct 22 14:52:13] : shelly79 : vnh
[Oct 22 14:52:13] : Hand is over.
[Oct 22 14:52:13] : Stakes: 30/60 Current level: 2 Next level in: 7 min.