Tony G is a weak tight donkey (Trip report)

[durron597]

Normally I wouldn't post something rude about a name pro but I want this thread to get views, and he was playing quite weak tight [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

So this trip report details the events of Thursday night. I am short on sleep and I take a nap around 6 PM, so at 7 I wake up and call Slim and he tells me he's at the Rio with Pineapple so I head over to win some more donkellites so I can play in Saturday's $2000 NLHE (I promised myself I wouldn't buy in out of pocket).

So I get there to find Pineapple deep in a satellite with Slim sweating him. There are a few vaguely interesting hands here but none really interesting, Pineapple and I get into an argument about one shove he made but it turns out that I simply thought he was much deeper than he actually was (and thus wrong, but we agreed that if he was as deep as I thought it wouldn't have been a shove). Anywho. We call Noodleman and Bones to get their asses over here because this is where all the fish are instead of at Caesars where Noodleman is quickly dropping 3 buyins at 1/2 NL.

Eventually Noodle shows up without Bones. We go and have dinner and talk about poker, STTF, and a few other topics that may or may not be of interest to STTF readers. Eventually we had back to play some more sats. Pineapple says he doesn't want to play with Slim and I for obvious reasons so he elects to play a higher buyin while Slim and I sit down at a $125.

My luckbox is running good as one of the hottest women I have ever seen within 10 feet of me is sitting at seat 5, and also I pull a seat on Slim's left again. But alas my luckbox was not to last as I get AK in the second hand of the tournament, raise and get 2 callers, flop 556 and a guy shoves. 2 hands later I get TT and raise a UTG limper, only limper calls. Flop 876, limper bets and I shove, limper calls with 65hh, turn J river 6 MHING.

So I wish Slim luck and head over to the satellite line where Noodleman has gotten back from the ATM so he can actually buy in. I'm standing in line and the 2 guys behind me are talking about the World Series and how good relative players are. Of the two, one of them is an old guy who is insisting the fields are much harder than they used to be and that anybody can win the main event lol. The other guy tells me "I'm only in this line because Tony G is playing in this satelite" and points to the front of the line. Admittedly I had not seen that WPT episode but I did recognize the name. Then the brush announces another $125 line is forming and he jumps from the $175 line to the new line. I ask him if I should come with him and he shakes his head. So now I have to decide if I want to play with Tony G, and these are the factors that eventually cause me to decide to stay on this line:

1) There are at least two people who are almost certainly huge fish going to be in this satellite, negating some of the badness of Tony G

2) Noodleman doesn't really want me to come play with him

3) I don't really want to play with Noodleman either, since I know he has more SnG experience than Tony

4) This satellite goes off first

5) If I get HU I can probably chop for enough for a buyin into the $2k event but if I play a $125 I have to win it outright

6) It would be really cool if I bust Tony [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

So I decide to play with the guy who's Final Tabled the Grand Prix twice, one of the guys behind me can't stop talking about him.

So we sit down and draw seats and Tony drops $700 on the table and says "this buyin is for 4 people" and points to the hot asian chick on his right, and the two players on either side of me. Tony mentions that they are all his students and that's why he's playing in a $175 satellite.

Eventually we get through all the casino bureaucracy and we start to play. Already I am happy because we start with 1500 chips in a 175 instead of the 1000 we have in the 125.

One of the first hands in the tournament, it's 25/25 blinds and Tony is in the BB. He is in the 3 seat, I am in the 9 seat. Folded to me, I decide I feel like playing a flop with Tony because if I don't now I might not get another chance, so I open limp A7cc. Folds to SB who checks, Tony makes it 100 (I know he could have anything), I call BB folds.

Flop AQJ and Tony autobets 150. I call.

Turn A which puts a second heart on the board, Tony bets 200. I know there is no way Tony is betting a better ace this way unless he is already full, but somehow I really doubt it. I am certain he doesn't play a Q this way. So I think the most likely situation is that he has a draw and is trying to see the river cheaply. So I shove. He groans and folds pretty quickly, and makes a comment about how he's already getting outplayed and that tourists love to try to bluff Tony G. He also claims to have had Ten high and picked up the flush draw on the turn.

A few hands later and Hot Asian Student (HAS) openlimps in middle position. Seat 8, another student (heretofore known as Good LAG Student, GLS) I have red 77 in the SB and check, other student who turns out to be Weak Tight (WTS) checks.

Flop A97 w/2 clubs, I check call HAS's bet, other students fold. Turn 2c, I checkraise HAS allin, she calls with AxTc and I win.

We play a few more hands, I'm playing tight but not extremely so, WAS makes it 300 at 25/50 with 99 and no one calls, Tony says that raise is much too big and he should make it 125/150 or limp the very next hand I get 66 and limp UTG+1, folds to bb who checks, flop AAA check I bet he folds I show the 66 and say "see? limping works".

I'm hovering between 3k and 4k nothing much of interest really happens. Tony is playing very tight, one of the few hands he plays he shoves in the CO, a tight ABC player calls in the BB and he shows JJ, Tony shows AQ and flops a Queen, so he's up to 2k (after folding a lot and losing that early pot to me). The guy who's left has exactly 25 chips left. Few hands later Tony raises UTG, 25 chip guy calls and I have JJ so I shove, Tony says "I have to call" and calls, he has AK, 25 chip guy has AQ, GLS says he folded a king and WTS says he folded a Jack, flop 9xx turn x river K, nice hand Tony. So now I'm back down to 2k and Tony is the clear chipleader with GLS in second who's been raising a bunch and c-betting every flop and getting folds.

The fish who wanted to play with Tony really badly raises, I call in the SB with 66, flop K92, I shove he tanks and folds.

GLS raises UTG, I shove TT, he folds claiming small pocket pair but almost called me.

Next hand I raise AQo UTG, GLS tanks in BB and folds, I show and make a comment about how much of a nice guy I am to show and that I'm probably giving tells away to Tony who is still playing very tight, he says "no you're not" and shakes his head [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

150/300 now, I shove 3k chips, really tight guy who thinks the WSOP fields are much tougher now calls with Q4d getting over 2:1 on his stack, I win.

WTS keeps openlimping in the SB to a guy who is probably also a internet pro in seat 1 who keeps shoving on him, second time he does it internet pro shows 82s. I'm slowly upshifting in gears at this point but I had been playing reasonably tight even at 100/200.

GLS raises in the CO to internet pro's BB who stop and goes, the flop is ace high, GLS calls with A9s, BB has QJ if I recall correctly and loses.

Now I'm 4 handed with Tony and GLS and WTS. WTS shoves for 3 BB into Tony's BB and Tony folds saying "I know him otherwise I call". I make a comment about how they're just gonna keep trading blinds around until I bust, but then somehow WTS doubles through GLS and then they get allin preflop again and WTS busts GLS. This makes me happy because now I'm on Tony's right 3 handed instead of left and the weaker of the two students is still in the game.

Now for the most interesting hand of the tournament... I have 4400 chips on the button at 200/400 blinds and get KTs. Tony has like 7k exactly and WTS has like 3600. So I decide that the only play is to open shove here so I do. They both fold. I get a walk my next BB and shove Qxs into WTS's BB. So now I have 5600, Tony 6400 and WTS about 3k exactly. And I get KTo on the button. I don't really know what I'm going to do if Tony shoves on me, so I hem and haw about how much I want to bet (every previous raise by me since 150/300 has been a shove) count out my chips, let my hands shake a bit, count out a large raise, take some chips off of it and finally raise to 1100. WTS who I know has not been paying attention to this whole acting job shoves. Tony quickly folds and I groan and call the 1900 more getting 4100:1900. He has A9, flop ATT, turn K ship it.

So now I'm HU with Tony with 8600 to his 6400 or so. I ask him if he has any interest in chopping and he says no. We play a few hands, he open limps I check with something, I flop some crappy 1 overcard and gutshot draw, bet flop and he folds. So now it's like 9 and change to his just under 6k, and I ask him if he wants to chop again. He says "yeah I'll chop" and calls the floor. I'm like "whoa whoa whoa what are you doing". He says "chop means even chop, we each get half!" I say no way, chip chop or no chop. He says to HAS, "who does this guy think he is, thinks he's as good as me for chip chop". So I say "what, I already busted two of your students" with a grin on my face. He shuts up and says "dealer I just folded where are my next two cards".

My cards are total garbage, I'm getting like T3o and 84o in the SB and keep folding. But Tony is folding too and chips aren't really moving around much. Once I have A8s and raise to 1200, he calls, flop comes rags and he folds to my c-bet, that was the largest pot HU to this point. So now I'm up 2:1 on him.

He limps in the SB and I check 32o in the BB. Flop AJ4, I check knowing he will bet with the intention of CRing. I think he would raise an ace preflop, so I don't think he's likely to be very strong here. He quickly bets 400, I insta-cr to 1200 and he calls. Turn is an 8 and I shove. He stares at me and thinks for awhile and folds, I show my hand to the rail behind me (but not Tony) which is pretty sizeable at this point, including Noodle, Pineapple, Slim (who's won the tournament I was in with him) and the guy who was so eager to play with Tony. He says "I almost called with Queen high". Sure you did Tony, I think you folded a Jack. He said to HAS, "watch him, that's how you're supposed to play HU, aggressive, not folding all the time like me." [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

So now Tony only has like 3k left if not less, I raise KJo in the SB, he shoves and I insta call, he has J9o and doesn't suck out. I R TEH WINNAR! "Shoulda chopped Tony."

Summary of Tony:

He played much tighter at this table than I would have expected him to. He says that first hand against him I took the wind out of his sails and he couldn't really open up his game with 1/3 of his chips gone. Except for exactly two obvious blind steals where he ended up showing a deuce once and a three once (his blind steals were very rare) I never saw him show a hand worse than AQ or 66 the entire tournament until HU. He gave me lots of walks and only stole my blind once (I showed 32s, he showed a three) and said "I knew I had the best hand".

Overall, Tony was pretty cocky except when playing pots against me [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] but he wasn't being really caustic. He seemed fairly calm and didn't berate anyone at the table, but I guess that's because he won both of his coinflips to establish his stack [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]

[raptor517]

zomg. holla

[FeNeF]

pwwwwned.

I hate that guy, gives Australia a bad name. [censored].

[jgunnip]

SHIP

[cha59]

damn, dude youre on fire!! [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

Now go take down that 2K wsop tourney!

[bluefeet]

fan [censored] tastic, nice job doo!

[AMT]

PRESTTTTTOOOOOO, tony is nuts and probably not as good as people think. i remember in the WPT event he sucked out like 10000 times in a row to gain chip lead and win...probably a good players overall but blown out of proportion.

[durron597]

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PRESTTTTTOOOOOO, tony is nuts and probably not as good as people think. i remember in the WPT event he sucked out like 10000 times in a row to gain chip lead and win...probably a good players overall but blown out of proportion.

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The fact that he played like a weak passive fish HU makes me agree with this statement [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[stupidsucker]

Do you think maybe he played a lot tighter then normal during the tourney in order to stay close to his students? This of course doesn't say much for his HU play, but is logical if his main goal was teaching students not winning this satellite.

I don't even know who Tony G is, so I shouldn't speak.

[cha59]

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Do you think maybe he played a lot tighter then normal during the tourney in order to stay close to his students? This of course doesn't say much for his HU play, but is logical if his main goal was teaching students not winning this satellite.


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This is exactly what I was thinking.

Durron's HU play looks pretty impressive when you consider the fact Tony was probably trying hard to win HU. Either that or Durron's just a huge luckbox [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]