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.

50 Cent...

Must be all JVL209 has left, after his escapades yesterday.

Last night, $7,500 Guaranteed tournament on VC. $27 buy-in. During the rebuy period you can topup between hands, regardless of your chip count.

The following transcript only covers his play from hand #31 to hand #54. Every time he lost a hand he did a rebuy & topup. So that's $54 each time. This log only shows a small part of what happened at this table; he did a rebuy + topup at least twenty times. He alone, contributed around 5% of the total prize money!

I've colour coded his plays: green for all-ins he wins, red for all-ins he loses, blue for a tie and and yellow for uncontested all-ins.

Note: I've pruned a good few of his uncontested all ins to cut down the length of this post.

D: MARYNAIL is the dealer.
D: hakfest posted small blind.
D: Yochanan posted big blind.
D: Game [31] started with 8 players.
D: Dealing Hole Cards.
D: benny b folded.
D: JVL209 called 100 and raised 3,900 and is All-in
D: Tiatodd folded.
D: LFC4EVER1 folded.
D: gholimoli folded.
D: MARYNAIL folded.
D: hakfest folded.
D: Yochanan folded.
D: JVL209 wins 250 as the last player standing
D: Hand is over.
D:

D: benny b is the dealer.
D: JVL209 posted small blind.
D: Tiatodd posted big blind.
D: Game [34] started with 9 players.
D: Dealing Hole Cards.
D: LFC4EVER1 called 100
D: gholimoli folded.
D: MARYNAIL folded.
D: hakfest folded.
D: mavrickone called 100
D: Yochanan called 100
D: benny b called 100
D: JVL209 called 50 and raised 3,850 and is All-in
D: Tiatodd folded.
D: LFC4EVER1 folded.
D: mavrickone folded.
D: Yochanan called 3,180 and is All-in
D: benny b called 3,850
D: Showdown!
D: Board cards [9h 2s 6c 2d Kd]
D: JVL209 has Two Pair: 6s and 2s
D: benny b has Two Pair: Kings and 2s
D: benny b wins 1,340 with Two Pair: Kings and 2s
D: JVL209 has Two Pair: 6s and 2s
D: Yochanan has Two Pair: 5s and 2s
D: benny b has Two Pair: Kings and 2s
D: benny b wins 10,140 with Two Pair: Kings and 2s
D: Hand is over.
D:

D: JVL209 is the dealer.
D: Tiatodd posted small blind.
D: LFC4EVER1 posted big blind.
D: Game [35] started with 9 players.
D: Dealing Hole Cards.
D: gholimoli folded.
D: MARYNAIL folded.
D: hakfest folded.
D: mavrickone called 100
D: Yochanan folded.
D: benny b called 100
D: JVL209 called 100 and raised 3,900 and is All-in
D: Tiatodd folded.
D: LFC4EVER1 folded.
D: mavrickone folded.
D: benny b folded.
D: JVL209 wins 450 as the last player standing
D: Hand is over.
D:

D: Yochanan is the dealer.
D: benny b posted small blind.
D: JVL209 posted big blind.
D: Game [42] started with 9 players.
D: Dealing Hole Cards.
D: Tiatodd folded.
D: LFC4EVER1 folded.
D: gholimoli folded.
D: MARYNAIL folded.
D: hakfest folded.
D: mavrickone called 100 and raised 390 and is All-in
D: Yochanan folded.
D: benny b called 440
D: JVL209 called 390 and raised 4,360 and is All-in
D: benny b folded.
D: Showdown!
D: Board cards [9s Kc Ks 8c Kd]
D: JVL209 has 3 of a Kind: Kings
D: mavrickone has Four of a kind: Kings
D: mavrickone wins 1,470 with Four of a kind: Kings
mavrickone: figures
D: Hand is over.
D:

D: JVL209 is the dealer.
D: Tiatodd posted small blind.
D: LFC4EVER1 posted big blind.
D: Game [44] started with 8 players.
D: Dealing Hole Cards.
D: gholimoli called 200
D: MARYNAIL folded.
D: hakfest folded.
D: Yochanan folded.
D: benny b folded.
D: JVL209 called 200 and raised 4,110 and is All-in
D: Tiatodd called 3,620 and is All-in
D: LFC4EVER1 folded.
D: gholimoli folded.
D: Showdown!
D: Board cards [4d 2h 9s Kh 3c]
D: JVL209 has High Card : King
D: Tiatodd has Pair: Kings
D: Tiatodd wins 7,840 with Pair: Kings
gholimoli: not 2nite mate
D: Hand is over.
D:

D: Tiatodd is the dealer.
D: LFC4EVER1 posted small blind.
D: gholimoli posted big blind.
D: Game [45] started with 8 players.
D: Dealing Hole Cards.
D: MARYNAIL folded.
D: hakfest folded.
D: Yochanan folded.
D: benny b folded.
D: JVL209 called 200 and raised 2,390 and is All-in
D: Tiatodd called 2,590
D: LFC4EVER1 folded.
D: gholimoli folded.
D: Showdown!
D: Board cards [Ks Jh 9d 6s Js]
D: JVL209 has Two Pair: Kings and Jacks
D: Tiatodd has Two Pair: Kings and Jacks
D: Tiatodd wins 5,480 with Two Pair: Kings and Jacks (10 kicker)
gholimoli: lol
D: Hand is over.
D:

D: gholimoli is the dealer.
D: MARYNAIL posted small blind.
D: hakfest posted big blind.
D: Game [47] started with 8 players.
D: Dealing Hole Cards.
D: Yochanan folded.
D: benny b called 200
D: JVL209 called 200 and raised 3,800 and is All-in
D: Tiatodd called 4,000
D: LFC4EVER1 folded.
D: gholimoli folded.
D: MARYNAIL folded.
D: hakfest folded.
D: benny b folded.
D: Showdown!
D: Board cards [Ac Kh Jh 6h 8s]
D: JVL209 has High Card : Ace
D: Tiatodd has 3 of a Kind: 8s
D: Tiatodd wins 8,500 with 3 of a Kind: 8s
D: Hand is over.
D:

D: MARYNAIL is the dealer.
D: hakfest posted small blind.
D: Yochanan posted big blind.
D: Game [48] started with 8 players.
D: Dealing Hole Cards.
D: benny b called 200
D: JVL209 called 200 and raised 3,800 and is All-in
LFC4EVER1: your *****
D: Tiatodd folded.
D: LFC4EVER1 folded.
D: gholimoli folded.
D: MARYNAIL folded.
D: hakfest folded.
D: Yochanan folded.
D: benny b called 3,800
D: Showdown!
D: Board cards [As Qh 4d 3s Jd]
D: JVL209 has Two Pair: Aces and Queens
D: benny b has Two Pair: Aces and Queens
D: JVL209 ties 4,150 with Two Pair: Aces and Queens
D: benny b ties 4,150 with Two Pair: Aces and Queens
D: Hand is over.
D:

D: benny b is the dealer.
D: JVL209 posted small blind.
D: Tiatodd posted big blind.
D: Game [51] started with 8 players.
D: Dealing Hole Cards.
D: LFC4EVER1 folded.
D: gholimoli folded.
D: MARYNAIL folded.
D: hakfest called 200
D: Yochanan folded.
D: benny b folded.
D: JVL209 called 100 and raised 1,300
D: Tiatodd folded.
D: hakfest called 1,300 and raised 5,200
D: JVL209 called 2,550 and is All-in
D: Showdown!
D: Board cards [Qs Ad 4h 6c 9c]
D: hakfest has Pair: Queens
D: JVL209 has Pair: 10s
D: hakfest wins 8,300 with Pair: Queens
gholimoli: lmao
D: Hand is over.
LFC4EVER1: give it up
D:

If he has a hangover when he wakes up, his headache will become a lot worse when he logs on.

Fig on a Roll

Can you believe it, I made 9th in a $100 speed freeroll and scooped all of $2, nearing a short stack and with blinds at 10k/20k its folded round to me, I push all in, one caller with an A9, I have 10 K and the Ace holds up. But thats not bad, the hand that gets me is when I make it into the money and am dealt pocket aces, I make a minimum raise and its folded to me. Sad times.

-Fig-