Official February Thread: General Discussion/etc

[Overfloater]

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AHHH SHIP IT 3rd in the stars 50r, first decent cash in a loooong time. Running/playing bad at higher stakes has really set me back about 2 months, amazing what effect it has. If someone runs v bad I can see how it can end their career.

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congrats man, i know how you feel.

back when i was a tourney player i blew 10k of my 12k sng bankroll and was about to quit poker and then i FT'ed the friday special b2b weeks for 15k and 3k. never looked back

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sirmoonshine if it wasnt for your big win, you would have never made it this far!!!

[Isura]

christ

[Moonshine]

lmao

actually when that pic first circled around campus last year i temporarily went blind and couldnt play for a month. cost me a lot of dough

[mrcoughman]

I've got a serious case of wtf is going on right here

[yvesaint]

ack ack hg ahgha that picture is gross

[Right5]

I missed the month and half I was good at poker/ran hot [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

[ddubois]

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Full Tilt Poker Game #1730582333: Table Auborn (6 max) - $10/$20 - No Limit Hold'em - 4:00:01 ET - 2007/02/04
Seat 1: l Scubba l ($2,485.50)
Seat 2: bignomadic ($1,677)
Seat 3: WatchOutMom ($2,570)
Seat 4: Robert Mizrachi ($2,107)
Seat 5: pekingdream ($2,158)
WatchOutMom posts the small blind of $10
Robert Mizrachi posts the big blind of $20
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to l Scubba l [Js As]
pekingdream folds
l Scubba l raises to $70
bignomadic folds
WatchOutMom folds
Robert Mizrachi calls $50
*** FLOP *** [9s 2s 5c]
Robert Mizrachi bets $150
l Scubba l calls $150
*** TURN *** [9s 2s 5c] [Jh]
Robert Mizrachi checks
l Scubba l bets $375
Robert Mizrachi calls $375
*** RIVER *** [9s 2s 5c Jh] [Kh]
Robert Mizrachi checks
l Scubba l has 15 seconds left to act
l Scubba l bets $1,890.50, and is all in
Robert Mizrachi has 15 seconds left to act
Robert Mizrachi calls $1,512, and is all in
Uncalled bet of $378.50 returned to l Scubba l
*** SHOW DOWN ***
l Scubba l shows [Js As] (a pair of Jacks)
Robert Mizrachi mucks
l Scubba l wins the pot ($4,221) with a pair of Jacks
Robert Mizrachi adds $1,600
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $4,224 | Rake $3
Board: [9s 2s 5c Jh Kh]
Seat 1: l Scubba l showed [Js As] and won ($4,221) with a pair of Jacks
Seat 2: bignomadic (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: WatchOutMom (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: Robert Mizrachi (big blind) mucked [7s 7h] - a pair of Sevens
Seat 5: pekingdream didn't bet (folded)

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I keep seeing you guys post these "overbet one pair to represent a bluff" moves, so I thought I would try it:

Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $3/$6
5 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: $600
CO: $418.15
Button: $1156.75
SB: $698.60
Hero: $744.80

Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is BB with K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]
UTG folds, <font color="#cc0000">CO raises to $20</font>, 2 folds, <font color="#cc0000">Hero raises to $63</font>, CO calls $43 <font color="aaaaaa">(pot was $80)</font>.

Flop: 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ($129, 2 players)
Hero checks, <font color="#cc0000">CO bets $50</font>, Hero calls $50 <font color="aaaaaa">(pot was $179)</font>.

Turn: K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] ($229, 2 players)
Hero checks, CO checks.

River: 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] ($229, 2 players)
<font color="#cc0000">Hero is all-in $631.8</font>, <font color="#cc0000">CO calls all-in $305.15</font>.
Uncalled bets: $326.65 returned to Hero.

Results:
Final pot: $839.3
<font color="#0">CO showed 8s 8d</font>
<font color="#0">Hero showed Kh Ah</font>

You guys are a bad influence!

[cts]

v n flop play

[LucidDream]

bet flop &gt; c/r flop &gt; c/f flop &gt; c/c flop

[wpr101]

JESUS WTF I AM RUNNNING BAD:

POKERSTARS GAME #8280678571: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($3/$6) - 2007/02/04 - 16:28:48 (ET)
Table 'Santana' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: spunky4u ($243.80 in chips)
Seat 2: WrongButton ($582 in chips)
Seat 3: antonax ($123.15 in chips)
Seat 4: lancealot ($835.55 in chips)
Seat 5: wpr101 ($598.80 in chips)
Seat 6: alfie08 ($323.55 in chips)
Seat 7: SobraoBoY ($826.10 in chips)
Seat 8: Nicolai ($960.45 in chips)
Seat 9: Miss Pretty ($750 in chips)
alfie08: posts small blind $3
SobraoBoY: posts big blind $6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to wpr101 [Qd Qc]
Nicolai: calls $6
Miss Pretty: folds
spunky4u: calls $6
WrongButton: folds
antonax: folds
lancealot: folds
wpr101: raises $30 to $36
alfie08: folds
SobraoBoY: folds
Nicolai: calls $30
spunky4u: folds
*** FLOP *** [Qs 4c Js]
Nicolai: checks
wpr101: bets $64
Nicolai: raises $64 to $128
wpr101: raises $106 to $234
Nicolai: raises $690.45 to $924.45 and is all-in
wpr101: calls $328.80 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [Qs 4c Js] [Jd]
*** RIVER *** [Qs 4c Js Jd] [Kd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Nicolai: shows [Jh Jc] (four of a kind, Jacks)
wpr101: mucks hand
Nicolai collected $1209.60 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $1212.60 | Rake $3
Board [Qs 4c Js Jd Kd]
Seat 1: spunky4u folded before Flop
Seat 2: WrongButton folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: antonax folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: lancealot folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: wpr101 (button) mucked [Qd Qc]
Seat 6: alfie08 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: SobraoBoY (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: Nicolai showed [Jh Jc] and won ($1209.60) with four of a kind, Jacks
Seat 9: Miss Pretty folded before Flop (didn't bet)