The Life and Times of a Former Hoss: The Gift and the Curse

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Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Rushing like Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan

Last night I played two tournaments online: a no-limit hold 'em one and a pot-limit Omaha one. I was running pretty well in both, when the following hand came up in the PLO tournament.

Dealt to E-Donk [Jh 9d As Ad]
My-Hobby: folds
agenbite7: folds
ohmer77: calls 200
mezmereyes23: folds
E-Donk: raises 600 to 800
:() bsmith: folds
FREMINT: folds
purplepickle: calls 600
ohmer77: calls 600
*** FLOP *** [7s 5h Ah]

Just like EuroRounders, I flop top set. Now how to proceed? Since it was midway through the tournament, there are a lot of donks left who will put their money in with mediocre hands I decided to jam it.
purplepickle: bets 1200
ohmer77: calls 1200
E-Donk: raises 4830 to 6030 and is all-in
purplepickle: calls 4830
ohmer77: raises 5785 to 11815 and is all-in
purplepickle: calls 1195 and is all-in

Right now I'm wondering if someone is going to say, well that's okay E-Donk, because I have 8h-6h-4c-3c for a wrap straight draw and a flush draw, which is a favorite over your top set. Then I think about it and realize I'm not in a fucking move. Oh, and you'd have to be mentally challenged to call a raise at a full 9 person table to have a drawing hand that was a substantial favorite over mine. For once, I call the hands dead on - I think - flush draw and someone has a set of 7s, maybe 5s. Correct you are sir! I'm a 60% favorite to take down a 3 way pot and vault me into the top 5 in chips (I was 21/64 at that point).

*** TURN *** [7s 5h Ah] [8d]
*** RIVER *** [7s 5h Ah 8d] [3h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
purplepickle: shows [5s 3s 5c Ac] (three of a kind, Fives)
ohmer77: shows [Kh Qh 8h Qs] (a flush, Ace high)
ohmer77 collected 2390 from side pot
E-Donk: shows [Jh 9d As Ad] (three of a kind, Aces)
ohmer77 collected 20590 from main pot.

Oh well, it wasn't to be. That's Omaha for you. Luckily the poker gods decided to reward me with UNREAL hands in the NLHE tournament for the first few hours. Here are some of my hands from the first 2 hours.

** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to E-Donk [Qh Qs]
TouchedSpoon: folds
kensky: calls 30
king possum: folds
killi: folds
-Not P-: raises 90 to 120
Roadraider: folds
E-Donk: calls 120
S SIZZLE: folds
462_Loader: folds
kensky: calls 90
*** FLOP *** [4h 4s Jc]
kensky: checks-Not P-: bets 210
E-Donk: raises 340 to 550
kensky: folds
-Not P-: raises 1450 to 2000 and is all-in
E-Donk: folds
-Not P- collected 1505 from pot
-Not P-: doesn't show hand

Sure I lost that pot, but I thought I could be behind. I was distracted with the PLO tourney and probably should have reraised preflop, oh well. But, to reward my patience that hand was IMMEDIATELY followed up with:

Dealt to E-Donk [Qd Qc]
kensky: folds
king possum: folds
killi: folds
-Not P-: folds
Roadraider: raises 60 to 90
E-Donk: raises 130 to 220
S SIZZLE: calls 220
462_Loader: folds
TouchedSpoon: folds
Roadraider: folds
*** FLOP *** [4s 4c 6s]
E-Donk: bets 600
S SIZZLE: folds
E-Donk collected 575 from pot

Then the onslaught of premium hands began.

Dealt to E-Donk [Ad Ac]
E-Donk: raises 70 to 100
S SIZZLE: folds
Roadraider said, "yeah, got to love Omaha. All is up in the air tillthe river and everyone is always chasing..."
462_Loader: calls 100
E-Donk said, "true true"
TouchedSpoon: folds
kensky: folds
king possum: folds
killi: folds
-Not P-: calls 85
Roadraider: folds
*** FLOP *** [3d 5d Ts]
-Not P-: checks
E-Donk: bets 200
462_Loader: calls 200
-Not P-: folds
*** TURN *** [3d 5d Ts] [9c]
E-Donk: bets 500
462_Loader: folds
E-Donk collected 730 from pot
E-Donk: shows [Ad Ac] (a pair of Aces)

Dealt to E-Donk [Jh Js]
killi: calls
Not P-: folds
Roadraider: folds
E-Donk: raises 200 to 250
S SIZZLE: folds
S SIZZLE is sitting out
462_Loader: calls 250
TouchedSpoon: folds
kensky: folds
king possum: folds
killi: calls 200
*** FLOP *** [3s 2h 2d]
killi: bets 328 and is all-in
E-Donk: raises 328 to 656
462_Loader: calls 656
*** TURN *** [3s 2h 2d] [6d]
E-Donk: bets 500
462_Loader: folds
*** RIVER *** [3s 2h 2d 6d] [4h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
E-Donk: shows [Jh Js] (two pair, Jacks and Deuces)

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to E-Donk [Kd Ks]
Roadraider: folds
E-Donk: raises 350 to 500
tatm2008: folds
462_Loader: folds
TouchedSpoon: folds
kensky: raises 346 to 846 and is all-in
mbgolfer: folds
-Not P-: folds
E-Donk: calls 346
*** FLOP *** [Qs 2c 6h]
*** TURN *** [Qs 2c 6h] [3d]
*** RIVER *** [Qs 2c 6h 3d] [8d]
Roadraider said, "vn"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
E-Donk: shows [Kd Ks] (a pair of Kings)

Which was immediately followed by:

Dealt to E-Donk [Qs Qd]
E-Donk said, "they just don't respect my raises around here ;)"
E-Donk said, "let's try it again"
Bloomer is connected
E-Donk: raises 350 to 500
tatm2008: folds
462_Loader: folds
TouchedSpoon: folds
tommy17: folds
mbgolfer: folds
-Not P-: calls 425
Roadraider: folds
*** FLOP *** [2h Kh 4d]
-Not P-: checks
E-Donk: bets 700
-Not P-: folds
E-Donk collected 1150 from pot
E-Donk: shows [Qs Qd] (a pair of Queens)

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to E-Donk [Jc Jd]
Bloomer: folds
mbgolfer: folds
-Not P-: folds
Roadraider: folds
E-Donk: raises 400 to 550
tatm2008: folds
462_Loader: folds
TouchedSpoon: folds
tommy17: folds
E-Donk collected 375 from pot
E-Donk: doesn't show hand

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to E-Donk [Js Jd]
E-Donk said, "I need to keep playing everyhand"
tatm2008: folds
spiderwebbo: folds
TouchedSpoon: folds
tommy17: raises 400 to 600
Bloomer: folds
jasken: folds
-Not P-: folds
Roadraider: folds
E-Donk: raises 700 to 1300
tommy17: raises 530 to 1830 and is all-in
E-Donk: calls 530
*** FLOP *** [4d 4s Kc]
*** TURN *** [4d 4s Kc] [7s]
*** RIVER *** [4d 4s Kc 7s] [Jh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***E-Donk: shows [Js Jd] (a full house, Jacks full of Fours)

*** FLOP *** [Th Jh 7h]
Roadraider: checks
E-Donk: checks
*** TURN *** [Th Jh 7h] [Ad]
Roadraider: checks
E-Donk: checks
*** RIVER *** [Th Jh 7h Ad] [Ah]
Roadraider: bets 400
E-Donk: raises 800 to 1200
Roadraider: calls 800
*** SHOW DOWN ***E-Donk: shows [Ac As] (four of a kind, Aces)

I thought my hand was pretty solid there ;).

The times I didn't play premium hands, I hit the flops tremendously well.

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to E-Donk [9s 8s]
E-Donk: calls 100
tatm2008: folds
462_Loader: calls 100
TouchedSpoon: calls 100
kensky: calls 100
king possum: folds
mbgolfer: folds
E-Donk said, "family pot!"
-Not P-: folds
Roadraider: checks
*** FLOP *** [7d Ts Jc]
Roadraider: checks
E-Donk: checks
462_Loader: checks
TouchedSpoon: checks
kensky: checks
*** TURN *** [7d Ts Jc] [Kc]
Roadraider: checks
E-Donk: bets 350
462_Loader: folds
TouchedSpoon: calls 350
kensky: folds
Roadraider: folds
*** RIVER *** [7d Ts Jc Kc] [4h]
E-Donk: bets 450
TouchedSpoon: folds
E-Donk collected 1250 from pot
E-Donk: doesn't show hand

Dealt to E-Donk [7s 8s]
-Not P-: calls 150
Roadraider: folds
E-Donk: calls 150
tatm2008: calls 150
462_Loader: folds
TouchedSpoon: folds
tommy17: folds
Bloomer: folds
mbgolfer: checks*** FLOP *** [9s 5d 6h]

So, even a monkey could play those hands. After that I went card dead for a while, but had a couple of well timed steals and marginal hands that took down pots. To my right was a big big stack that was bullying around the table, but he was doing so in a weak way. He would raise preflop and if someone called him, would bet the min [800 at that level] and everyone would always fold. Next time we were both in the blinds, I knew I was going to resteal. Just like preschool, sometimes you have to stand up to a bully.

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to E-Donk [Jh 6d]
tatm2008: folds
spiderwebbo: folds
TouchedSpoon: folds
variety: folds
Bloomer: folds
Gator_Jordan: folds
buffett2: raises 800 to 1600
E-Donk: raises 1600 to 3200
buffett2: calls 1600

Nothing to worry about there, big stacks don't always give it up on a resteal or reraise of their steal attempt. After all, he was getting pretty big odds to make the call then, 4000 to 1600, or 2.5:1 I believe. That's fine, more chips for me later.

*** FLOP *** [Td 3c 2h]
buffett2: bets 800

This was the expected play from our villian, his typical standard bet although at this point it reaks of weakness, betting 800 into a 5,600 chip pot.

E-Donk: raises 2200 to 3000
buffett2: folds
E-Donk collected 8400 from pot
E-Donk: doesn't show hand

Anyway, the hands cooled down as we got down into the final four tables, especially a stretch where I ran into pocket Aces two hands in a row, including one hand where it was AA v. KK v. JJ and I had the JJ. I picked up tons of outs on a b oard of 8 9 10 3, but it was not to be. Finally, I ended up lowstacked, around 11,000 and it folded to me on the button wtih blinds of 2,000 and 4,000. I pushed with 10c-6s, and the small blind immediately called. All I was thinking is, please don't show me a dominated hand, just give me two live outs. Small blind turns over Ac-6d, and it game, set, and blouses for E-Donk.

5 Comments:

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You have waaaayyyy to much time on your hands. Get to work slack ass.

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:) I still love the edonk moniker. What a nerd.

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