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Showdown Monkey

anuj — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 05:52:11 +0000

I’ve been playing a lot of short-handed limit poker, lately. Unfortunately, it has turned me into a showdown-monkey. Here are some Ace-high calls which made me giggle. I won’t show the times I called with Ace-high to lose to a pair of twos or a quads:

FTOPS Main Event:
http://www.pokerhand.org/?2119509

What was I thinking?
http://www.pokerhand.org/?2132342

Donking around at 1/2:
http://www.pokerhand.org/?2110841

I don’t remember this:
http://www.pokerhand.org/?2132582

Bonus King-high call:
http://www.pokerhand.org/?2132862

See you in 2 months.

The Double Up worth more than Money

anuj — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 18:13:54 +0000

The Double Up worth more than Money

Posted On December 10, 2007, 11:19 pm

I like to think my No-limit cash game is decent, but I am having the hardest time beating the NL400 level. I’ve been able to beat the NL200 level quite steadily and even have had recent, although small samples, success at NL600 and NL1000. At this point, I’m prepared to accept that it may be some sort of mental block in addition to playing sub-optimal.

I sat down at another NL400 table this evening and skillfully flopped the nuts from the BB. Even though the hand took zero skill, it feels good to win a pot at this level, especially at the start of the session. The double up was worth 1 buy-in but it was worth much more in terms of confidence and prepared me for a lucrative session.

FTP $109 $30K Grnt Summary

anuj — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 07:16:03 +0000

Here are some hands from the tournament tonight:

Flop a FD and lose a huge pot to 72o:
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1775997

Later, I lost a coinflip to a shorter stack but pick up KK just in time:
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1776100

A little aggressive PF, but the table was very passive:
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1776165

KK holds against 55:
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1776168

Bullying the shortstack nearing the bubble, probably had the best hand anyway:
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1776193

Running well:
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1776255

I would have called, but the limp from UTG was disconcerting:
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1776262

No need to go nuts with 22 vs the only guy at the table who can hurt me:
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1776263

A failed steal attempt with a horrible 3-bet size. No excuse for this:
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1776305

Hustle had a VPIP of 8 and PFR of 6, but it could look like I was tilting from the failed steal:
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1776306

Bustout, standard:
http://www.pokerhand.org/?1776352

Placed 12/319 worth $478.50