Wed, 04 Oct 2006
It just gets better and better
This is NOT a bad beat story. In fact, it’s quite the opposite.
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DruLeeParsec [Tc Qh]
DruLeeParsec: calls 150
jpin109: folds
Lensova: folds
Chashang1: raises 150 to 300
DruLeeParsec: calls 150
OK, not so bad, let’s see what I get
*** FLOP *** [Kc Qc Qd]
Oh Baby! I flopped a set of Queens
Chashang1: bets 300
Thank you
DruLeeParsec: raises 750 to 1050
Chashang1: raises 750 to 1800
DruLeeParsec: raises 750 to 2550
Chashang1: raises 750 to 3300
DruLeeParsec: calls 78 and is all-in
Ok, My set of queens better be good.
*** TURN *** [Kc Qc Qd] [Td]
Even Better, Now my set is a full house
*** RIVER *** [Kc Qc Qd Td] [Qs]
Holy Cow! It’s 4 of a kind!
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Chashang1: shows [Ks Ad] (a full house, Queens full of Kings)
DruLeeParsec: shows [Tc Qh] (four of a kind, Queens)
DruLeeParsec collected 5931 from pot
DruLeeParsec said, “Wow!”
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5931 | Rake 0
Board [Kc Qc Qd Td Qs]
Seat 3: Chashang1 (big blind) showed [Ks Ad] and lost with a full house, Queens full of Kings
Seat 4: DruLeeParsec showed [Tc Qh] and won (5931) with four of a kind, Queens
Times like this make almost make it worth 2 weeks of hands like 4 6 offsuit.
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Sun, 13 Nov 2005
This blog entry is a repaired blog entry with the links fixed. I was listening to episode 50 of the Card Club podcast on Lord Admiral Radio and they had an interview with Isabelle “No Mercy” Mercier. In that interview she mentioned that her mother plays in the $1 tournaments on PokerStars. “What’s this?” I thought. “PokerStars has $1 tournaments? I had no idea” Well it turns out that yes, they are constantly running 45 player tournaments at a buy in of $1 + .20 $1 goes to the prize pool and 20 cents goes to PokerStars. There is no rake. These tournaments are great. It gives you a chance to play a LOT of hands for very little money. Playing a lot of hands really helps solidify the strategies that you learn from books. Want to find out how weak A 10o really is? Just try playing it a few times. Want to have it pounded into you that AK is a drawing hand and not an automatic winner? Try playing it to the river a few times. Yes, when you can play nearly 100 hands for $1 you really start to see why the strategies you’re reading about work. So I’ve been playing these tournaments and so far, I’m not doing too badly. I’m essentially using the strategy that Henry and Zog talked about on their Poker Diagram podcast. It’s an extremely tight strategy but it seems to work. After you’ve played a few hundred hands with this strategy you start to learn where to loosen up (just a little bit) to take a few more chips or to steal the blinds. So far, it seems to be working PokerStars Tournament #14663960, No Limit Hold’emBuy-In: $1.00/$0.20
45 players
Total Prize Pool: $45.00
Dear DruLeeParsec,
You finished the tournament in 3rd place.
A $7.00 award has been credited to your Real Money account.
PokerStars Tournament #14752266, No Limit Hold’em
Buy-In: $1.00/$0.20
45 players
Total Prize Pool: $45.00
Dear DruLeeParsec,
You finished the tournament in 2nd place.
A $10.00 award has been credited to your Real Money account.
PokerStars Tournament #14870254, No Limit Hold’em
Buy-In: $1.00/$0.20
45 players
Total Prize Pool: $45.00
Dear DruLeeParsec,
You finished the tournament in 6th place.
A $3.00 award has been credited to your Real Money account.
PokerStars Tournament #14902805, No Limit Hold’em
Buy-In: $1.00/$0.20
45 players
Total Prize Pool: $45.00
Dear DruLeeParsec,
You finished the tournament in 1st place.
A $14.00 award has been credited to your Real Money account.
PokerStars Tournament #14927031, No Limit Hold’em
Buy-In: $1.00/$0.20
45 players
Total Prize Pool: $45.00
Dear DruLeeParsec,
You finished the tournament in 4th place.
A $5.00 award has been credited to your Real Money account.
PokerStars Tournament #14929727, No Limit Hold’em
Buy-In: $5.00/$0.50
27 players
Total Prize Pool: $135.00
Dear DruLeeParsec,
You finished the tournament in 5th place.
A $11.00 award has been credited to your Real Money account.
Total Entry Fees paid : $11.50 Total Prize Money Earned : $50.00 Yeah, PokerStars rocks.
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Sat, 12 Nov 2005
I’m still working on the link problem. I have the catagory and permanent links working now, but the links inside the blog stories are still broken. (WHY!? WHY?) But first a quick gloat. PokerStars Tournament #14976097, No Limit Hold’emBuy-In: $5.00/$0.50
27 players
Total Prize Pool: $135.00
Tournament started - 2005/11/11 - 14:43:52 (ET)
Dear DruLeeParsec,
You finished the tournament in 1st place.
A $50.00 award has been credited to your Real Money account.
Congratulations!
Thank you for participating.
Yeah, PokerStars (and me) still rock.
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Tue, 08 Nov 2005
I was playing in Poker Stars tournament tonight and I couldn’t believe the very first hand: PokerStars Game #3010757441: Tournament #14870254, Hold’em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2005/11/09 - 00:35:04 (ET)Table ‘14870254 3’ Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: DruLeeParsec (1500 in chips)
Seat 2: scoopurazz (1500 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 3: 4lula (1500 in chips)
Seat 4: Pal Pit 8 (1500 in chips)
Seat 5: jer022 (1500 in chips)
Seat 6: hartless01 (1500 in chips)
Seat 7: shoop10 (1500 in chips)
Seat 8: returd99 (1500 in chips)
Seat 9: Japedo18 (1500 in chips)
scoopurazz: posts small blind 10
4lula: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DruLeeParsec [Kc Kh]
Pal Pit 8: raises 1480 to 1500 and is all-in
jer022: calls 1500 and is all-in
hartless01: folds
shoop10: folds
returd99: folds
Japedo18: folds
DruLeeParsec: calls 1500 and is all-in
scoopurazz: folds
4lula: folds
*** FLOP *** [Jd 5h Jc]
*** TURN *** [Jd 5h Jc] [8d]
*** RIVER *** [Jd 5h Jc 8d] [4c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Pal Pit 8: shows [Ks As] (a pair of Jacks)
jer022: shows [Ts Kd] (a pair of Jacks - lower kicker)
DruLeeParsec: shows [Kc Kh] (two pair, Kings and Jacks)
jer022 is sitting out
DruLeeParsec collected 4530 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4530 | Rake 0
Board [Jd 5h Jc 8d 4c]
Seat 1: DruLeeParsec (button) showed [Kc Kh] and won (4530) with two pair, Kings and Jacks
Seat 2: scoopurazz (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: 4lula (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: Pal Pit 8 showed [Ks As] and lost with a pair of Jacks
Seat 5: jer022 showed [Ts Kd] and lost with a pair of Jacks
First hand of the tournament, I triple up and 2 players are already out. Unbelievable.
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Mon, 24 Oct 2005
Well, since I couldn’t play in the big blogger’s tournament yesterday I thought I’d spend some time in a Sit&Go. These are quick 9 person single table tournaments where you just try to knock everyone out. The top 3 places are paid prizes. So here’s how it went: Start off by scaring them The very first hand I’m dealt Big Slick A K. We go to the river and I end up with a pair of Kings with an Ace kicker. That’s good enough for the win and after one hand I’m the chip leader. Table ‘14205588 1’ Seat #1 is the buttonSeat 1: DruLeeParsec (1500 in chips)
Seat 2: biggrems (1500 in chips)
Seat 3: Dunchkin (1500 in chips)
Seat 4: supervene (1500 in chips)
Seat 5: garyd666 (1500 in chips)
Seat 6: QladiesfullQ (1500 in chips)
Seat 7: stevestjames (1500 in chips)
Seat 8: curlyshawn14 (1500 in chips)
Seat 9: Nut 777 (1500 in chips)
biggrems: posts small blind 10
Dunchkin: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DruLeeParsec [As Kh]
supervene: folds
garyd666: calls 20
QladiesfullQ: calls 20
stevestjames: calls 20
curlyshawn14: folds
Nut 777: raises 80 to 100
DruLeeParsec: raises 80 to 180
biggrems: folds
Dunchkin: folds
garyd666: calls 160
QladiesfullQ: folds
stevestjames: folds
Nut 777: calls 80
*** FLOP *** [Ts 8s Ks]
garyd666: checks
Nut 777: bets 100
DruLeeParsec: raises 100 to 200
garyd666: folds
Nut 777: calls 100
*** TURN *** [Ts 8s Ks] [2d]
Nut 777: bets 20
DruLeeParsec: raises 60 to 80
Nut 777: calls 60
*** RIVER *** [Ts 8s Ks 2d] [Td]
Nut 777: checks
DruLeeParsec: checks Should I have been more aggressive here?
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Nut 777: shows [Kd Qd] (two pair, Kings and Tens)
DruLeeParsec: shows [As Kh] (two pair, Kings and Tens - Ace kicker)
DruLeeParsec collected 1170 from pot
Not bad A good laydown Dealt to DruLeeParsec [Qc Kc]
Dunchkin: calls 20
supervene: calls 20
garyd666: folds
QladiesfullQ: folds
stevestjames: folds
curlyshawn14: folds
Nut 777: folds
DruLeeParsec: raises 80 to 100
biggrems: folds
Dunchkin: calls 80
supervene: calls 80
*** FLOP *** [3s 3d 8d]
DruLeeParsec: checks missed the flop completely
Dunchkin: bets 1010 and is all-in
supervene: raises 100 to 1110 and is all-in
DruLeeParsec: folds
*** TURN *** [3s 3d 8d] [Th]
*** RIVER *** [3s 3d 8d Th] [Kd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Dunchkin: shows [Jd 7d] (a flush, King high)
supervene: shows [Kh 3h] (a full house, Threes full of Kings)
supervene collected 2340 from pot
Yep, even though I would have had a pair of Kings, the full house still would have won. So it was a good laydown. All In OK, at some point in no limit, you have to go all in and just take the money. There’s no better time to do it than when you have pocket Aces Seat 1: DruLeeParsec (2110 in chips)
Seat 4: supervene (1460 in chips)
Seat 6: QladiesfullQ (2395 in chips)
Seat 7: stevestjames (1985 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 8: curlyshawn14 (3380 in chips)
Seat 9: Nut 777 (2170 in chips)
DruLeeParsec: posts small blind 25
supervene: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DruLeeParsec [Ac Ad] Oh Yeah Baby!
QladiesfullQ: raises 150 to 200
stevestjames: folds
curlyshawn14: folds
Nut 777: folds
DruLeeParsec: calls 175
supervene: folds
*** FLOP *** [4d 9s 6c]
DruLeeParsec: bets 200
QladiesfullQ: raises 300 to 500
DruLeeParsec: raises 1410 to 1910 and is all-in
QladiesfullQ: calls 1410
*** TURN *** [4d 9s 6c] [2s]
*** RIVER *** [4d 9s 6c 2s] [Kh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
DruLeeParsec: shows [Ac Ad] (a pair of Aces)
QladiesfullQ: shows [Qs Qd] (a pair of Queens)
DruLeeParsec collected 4270 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4270 | Rake 0
Board [4d 9s 6c 2s Kh]
Seat 1: DruLeeParsec (small blind) showed [Ac Ad] and won (4270) with a pair of Aces
We’re In The Money, We’re In The Money Continued tight aggressive play and the general looseness of the table
We’re all in the bubble, but I’m the chip leader And then there were 3 Tight aggressive play kept me in the chip leader position and I was able to steal some blinds and wait it out until somebody made a mistake. Dominated! We’re down to 3 players, we’re all in the money and going to get paid more than the cost of our entry fee. I’m dealt a QQ and I try to steal some blinds and maybe knock somebody out. But I get called with a KK. Table ‘14205588 1’ Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: DruLeeParsec (2255 in chips)
Seat 7: stevestjames (8430 in chips)
Seat 8: curlyshawn14 (2815 in chips)
DruLeeParsec: posts the ante 25
stevestjames: posts the ante 25
curlyshawn14: posts the ante 25
curlyshawn14: posts small blind 100
DruLeeParsec: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DruLeeParsec [Qs Qh] Oh Yeah!
stevestjames: folds
curlyshawn14: calls 100
DruLeeParsec: raises 2030 to 2230 and is all-in
curlyshawn14: calls 2030 Oh Yeah!
curlyshawn14: shows [Ks Kc] Oh No! I need a queen
*** FLOP *** [Jd Kh 2s] I’m drawing dead
*** TURN *** [Jd Kh 2s] [Jh]
*** RIVER *** [Jd Kh 2s Jh] [As]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
curlyshawn14: shows [Ks Kc] (a full house, Kings full of Jacks)
DruLeeParsec: shows [Qs Qh] (two pair, Queens and Jacks)
curlyshawn14 collected 4535 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4535 | Rake 0
Board [Jd Kh 2s Jh As]
Seat 1: DruLeeParsec (big blind) showed [Qs Qh] and lost with two pair, Queens and Jacks
Seat 7: stevestjames (button) folded before Flop (didn’t bet)
Seat 8: curlyshawn14 (small blind) showed [Ks Kc] and won (4535) with a full house, Kings full of Jacks
And I’m out in 3rd place but still in the money. What a great game. I’m losing my fear of no limit hold-em and really starting to figure out how to use what I’ve learned playing and studying Limit Hold-em in No Limit Hold-em. See ya at the tables. I’m “DruLeeParsec” on
PokerRoom
PokerStars
and
PartyPoker
Cheers!
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