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how did you play it? what was the outcome?
i was playing a $5 sit n go about a week ago on ultimate bet and i got two straight flushes in the same tourney. nobody else really caught a hand which is too bad.
alasdair
i was playing a $5 sit n go about a week ago on ultimate bet and i got two straight flushes in the same tourney. nobody else really caught a hand which is too bad.
alasdair
bowdenta
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i was about to be really impressed, then i saw it was play money. still fun though
This just happened about 10 mins ago, I just called ynksjb24's bets, then put the screws to him on the river. I put him all in and he called, then congratulated me.
Play money or not, we all start on an even playing field and you see who the leader was...
Play money or not, we all start on an even playing field and you see who the leader was...
So last night I pulled an all-nighter on a Sunday night with work at 6 am monday morning playing a tournament. Ten guys, $20 buy in. Blinds up every half hour, $180 to 1st place, $20 back to 2nd place.
I'm usually the victim of terrible beats on the river, but for once I got lucky on the river and won the whole thing at 4:50 AM. It was a $20 buy in, and you got $200 in chips. It was down to me and some other guy, I was WAY out in front of him, I had $1600+ in chips, he had less than $400.
He raises something pre-flop, I call. My cards are [Ks] [3s]
The flop comes [10s] [5h] [2s] giving me a King high flush draw.
The other guy moves all in, I call, he turns over [As] [7s] giving him the higher flush if another spade fell.
Turn comes [10s] [5h] [2s] [6d]
River comes [10s] [5h] [2s] [6d] [3h] giving me the win with a pair of 3's.
I know this isn't a grand story of triumph, but it won me $180 a few hours ago.
I'm usually the victim of terrible beats on the river, but for once I got lucky on the river and won the whole thing at 4:50 AM. It was a $20 buy in, and you got $200 in chips. It was down to me and some other guy, I was WAY out in front of him, I had $1600+ in chips, he had less than $400.
He raises something pre-flop, I call. My cards are [Ks] [3s]
The flop comes [10s] [5h] [2s] giving me a King high flush draw.
The other guy moves all in, I call, he turns over [As] [7s] giving him the higher flush if another spade fell.
Turn comes [10s] [5h] [2s] [6d]
River comes [10s] [5h] [2s] [6d] [3h] giving me the win with a pair of 3's.
I know this isn't a grand story of triumph, but it won me $180 a few hours ago.
HobbyIsBowling
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Yeah, I just won 292 (5th place) from a 1900+ person tournament online. Busted out on a coin flip when I stood up to a guy who kept taking my blind. I was pretty happy w/ the way I played, particularly w/ such a large field. It was only a $3 tourney I originally played in to screw around, never expected to make anything off it.
we should play a game again. i missed the last one because i'm so lame but i'm keen to give it another go.
BA, you seem to know what you're doing - would you care to schedule it?
alasdair
BA, you seem to know what you're doing - would you care to schedule it?
alasdair
iLoveYouWithaKnife
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Re: The title of this thread made me laugh.
Yup, umm hmmm. Still does.
iLoveYouWithaKnife said:
Yup, umm hmmm. Still does.
Originally posted by BlueAdonis
Nah, someone else's turn. Last time I had 1 person commit and actually follow through with it.![:\](https://bluelight.org/xf/BL_Images/Orig_Emoji/wrygrin.gif "wry grin :\")
Nah, someone else's turn. Last time I had 1 person commit and actually follow through with it.
quitter.
ok, i'll have a look at this later today or tomorrow.
alasdair
phishEcLOVEr
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this sucked: 10 - 2 os on the bb
flop 10 - 8 - 2
what does one do?
i bet about double the blind
two callers
turn - 10
ok so i have full house...bet large maybe 5 times blind...
guy raises...which puts me all in..HAVE TO CALL RIGHT?
fucker had 10 - 8
i was sad.
flop 10 - 8 - 2
what does one do?
i bet about double the blind
two callers
turn - 10
ok so i have full house...bet large maybe 5 times blind...
guy raises...which puts me all in..HAVE TO CALL RIGHT?
fucker had 10 - 8
i was sad.
StatuS tickleS
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sometimes i think i'd rather lose to a much bigger hand than mine not the same kind of hand but just barely better. that can be infuriating.
bump.
i've been playing a fair bit lately online, with friends and in the casino. i've been tuning my game and it's been paying off.
while, like any poker player, i adjust my game according to the circumstanecs, i've pretty much adopted the 'tight aggressive' approach and it's working well with friends and in the casino but, to a lesser extent, online.
the online game continues to interest (and infuriate) me. i uploaded $25 about a month ago and i have about $160 in my account currently. i realise that's not too impressive - works out about $5 profit per day - but i mostly play for enjoyment and if i break even, that's great. i also played a casino limit game ($3/$6) for the first time. bought in for $80 and left about an hour later with $216.
people seem to call just about anything online. playing more aggressively would seem to be the solution to that but still they seem to just call and acall to the point where they have so much invested, they'll call any all-in as, at that point i guess they feel they have nothing to lose.
i've been paying much more attention to position and i think that's also a fact in my success.
it's kind of obvious but i also find that the quality of online play seems to rise with the stakes.
so what's your solution to online poker frustration?
alasdair
i've been playing a fair bit lately online, with friends and in the casino. i've been tuning my game and it's been paying off.
while, like any poker player, i adjust my game according to the circumstanecs, i've pretty much adopted the 'tight aggressive' approach and it's working well with friends and in the casino but, to a lesser extent, online.
the online game continues to interest (and infuriate) me. i uploaded $25 about a month ago and i have about $160 in my account currently. i realise that's not too impressive - works out about $5 profit per day - but i mostly play for enjoyment and if i break even, that's great. i also played a casino limit game ($3/$6) for the first time. bought in for $80 and left about an hour later with $216.
people seem to call just about anything online. playing more aggressively would seem to be the solution to that but still they seem to just call and acall to the point where they have so much invested, they'll call any all-in as, at that point i guess they feel they have nothing to lose.
i've been paying much more attention to position and i think that's also a fact in my success.
it's kind of obvious but i also find that the quality of online play seems to rise with the stakes.
so what's your solution to online poker frustration?
alasdair
Freakazoid69
Bluelighter
im a dealer at a casino and believe me it isnt just online that people call with rubbish, although it does seem to occur more often online. Solution is to just play tight and wait till u have hands, u will get burnt with dickheads catching the river on occasion but if u r sensible u will come out ahead in the long run.
Bad beat story now, won my way through to a million dollar tourny on paradise poker, to get there i won one tourn and finished top ten in two others, all with 1500 entrants.
First hand of $million tourn, i hit pocket K's, as u can understand i was pretty happy with myself, figured was a nice way to start off. Started off with 1500 in chips, some bloke raises to 400 pre flop, i was quite content to just call, one other bloke calls. Flop comes out K88, HELLO ive hit a full book, same guy bets think it was somethin like 500, well what am i sposed to do, i call of course, other guy folds. Turn card is a 6, he goes all in, i couldnt hit the call button quick enough, thinkin how good is this, first hand of million dolller tourn and im doubling up and then some. Cards get turned over and this fucker has pocket 8's, i nearly fuckin cried, actually physically picked up my comp and was about to toss it through the window before i realised that was gonna cost me more money. Wasnt so much that i got done, i mean he had 4 8's, is fair enough, but to hit a full house on the flop k's over 8's, on the first hand of a million dollar tourn, where i had to finish top ten in three other tourns to get into, and then get done, that just fuckin shattered me, wouldve liked to at least had a chance to test myself in such a tournement. Thats gambling for u though i spose.
One little side note though, i play a lot of live tourneys as well as playing online, does anyone else find that they play a lot tighter in live games rather than online? i think its maybe the fact that on a live game, id be embarressed to look someone in the eye after winning with some of the hands i would call online, not sure, its not a conscious thing, just something ive noticed bout how i play, anyone else have any theories or do u play similar or even the opposite?
Bad beat story now, won my way through to a million dollar tourny on paradise poker, to get there i won one tourn and finished top ten in two others, all with 1500 entrants.
First hand of $million tourn, i hit pocket K's, as u can understand i was pretty happy with myself, figured was a nice way to start off. Started off with 1500 in chips, some bloke raises to 400 pre flop, i was quite content to just call, one other bloke calls. Flop comes out K88, HELLO ive hit a full book, same guy bets think it was somethin like 500, well what am i sposed to do, i call of course, other guy folds. Turn card is a 6, he goes all in, i couldnt hit the call button quick enough, thinkin how good is this, first hand of million dolller tourn and im doubling up and then some. Cards get turned over and this fucker has pocket 8's, i nearly fuckin cried, actually physically picked up my comp and was about to toss it through the window before i realised that was gonna cost me more money. Wasnt so much that i got done, i mean he had 4 8's, is fair enough, but to hit a full house on the flop k's over 8's, on the first hand of a million dollar tourn, where i had to finish top ten in three other tourns to get into, and then get done, that just fuckin shattered me, wouldve liked to at least had a chance to test myself in such a tournement. Thats gambling for u though i spose.
One little side note though, i play a lot of live tourneys as well as playing online, does anyone else find that they play a lot tighter in live games rather than online? i think its maybe the fact that on a live game, id be embarressed to look someone in the eye after winning with some of the hands i would call online, not sure, its not a conscious thing, just something ive noticed bout how i play, anyone else have any theories or do u play similar or even the opposite?
Spencer
Bluelight Crew
Where does everyone play? I prefer Ultimate Bet, but I have an account on Party too. Havent really played online much in the last year or 2 though.