Noataima
 

Might explain why the high stakes games on FTP seem to form around him, and also his high 6 figure losses in January alone...:

Full Tilt Poker Game #1743064893: Table Bennett (6 max) - $200/$400 - No Limit Hold'em - 13:46:28 ET - 2007/02/06
Seat 1: Ozzy 87 ($40,000)
Seat 2: pareshjain ($22,597)
Seat 3: sbrugby ($69,648)
Seat 4: durrrr ($38,600)
Seat 5: bacina ($147,459)
Seat 6: noataima ($47,694.85)
sbrugby posts the small blind of $200
durrrr posts the big blind of $400
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
bacina raises to $800
noataima raises to $3,000
Ozzy 87 calls $3,000
pareshjain folds
sbrugby folds
durrrr folds
bacina raises to $22,000
durrrr adds $1,800
Ozzy 87 adds $3,000
noataima calls $19,000
Ozzy 87 folds
*** FLOP *** [6s Kh 5h]
bacina bets $47,600
noataima calls $25,694.85, and is all in
bacina shows [Ah Ac]
noataima shows [Qc Ks]
Uncalled bet of $21,905.15 returned to bacina
*** TURN *** [6s Kh 5h] [4c]
*** RIVER *** [6s Kh 5h 4c] [6d]
bacina shows two pair, Aces and Sixes
noataima shows two pair, Kings and Sixes
bacina wins the pot ($98,986.70) with two pair, Aces and Sixes
noataima is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $98,989.70 | Rake $3
Board: [6s Kh 5h 4c 6d]
Seat 1: Ozzy 87 folded before the Flop
Seat 2: pareshjain (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: sbrugby (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: durrrr (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: bacina showed [Ah Ac] and won ($98,986.70) with two pair, Aces and Sixes
Seat 6: noataima showed [Qc Ks] and lost with two pair, Kings and Sixes

Re: Noataima
 

omg high stakes games "form" around players who spew money? o rly?

also, bad players play bad? holy [censored]!

Re: Noataima
 

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omg high stakes games "form" around players who spew money? o rly?

also, bad players play bad? holy [censored]!

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You forgot the 6 figure loss in a 40k buyin game. How would your bad playing principle explain that?

Lori

Re: Noataima
 

thank you for taking the time to respond. Your biting wit is commensurate with your elite mod status.

Some folks had questioned how exactly he could donate so much, was simply providing an example.

Re: Noataima
 

has he hit the -1million mark yet?

Re: Noataima
 

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has he hit the -1million mark yet?

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http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k1...figureloss.jpg

Re: Noataima
 

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thank you for taking the time to respond. Your biting wit is commensurate with your elite mod status.

Some folks had questioned how exactly he could donate so much, was simply providing an example.

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i don't think that i've ever seen anyone question exactly how he could donate so much. he plays poorly and plays high stakes in short handed games against the best players online. i don't think anyone actually wonders "how a bad player plays bad," they just play bad. mostly i hear it has something to do with repetitively putting in more money when you are behind than when you are ahead! omg a really bad player playing against really good players drops lots of buyins! omg.

Re: Noataima
 

Noataima is probably an online version of Larry Flynt- some guys just have a lot of money and don't mind losing it to great poker players. Hell, I wonder if it *is* Larry- someone ask him some porn trivia questions.

As far as the hand posted above, with my standard disclaimers of being an admitted fish, I wonder whether a lot of guys wouldn't call in that situation with top pair and a good kicker. I see lots of posts hailing top players for making a "baller call" with a pair of deuces in similar situations, so is it really stupid for Noataima to call with top pair?

Re: Noataima
 

Rigel,

Getting 40% of your stack in of with KQo is generally considered sub-optimal.

Re: Noataima
 

That's a pretty boring hand