Bad Luck

I suppose we all get bad luck. In one game today, I got a big chip very early on. I had 5,000 chips after about 8 hands. I hung onto those chips for quite some time. But, then got 2 bad beats and went out in third.

Game #1701500253: Hold'em PL (300/600) - 2006/02/27 - 22:51:45 (BST)
Table "STT 2026626 - 1" Seat 5 is the button.
Seat 5: fluke (4224 in chips)
Seat 8: RumTiddle (3828 in chips)
Seat 9: 1lunch (1948 in chips)
RumTiddle: posts small blind 300
1lunch: posts big blind 600
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to RumTiddle [9d 8h]
fluke: folds
RumTiddle: calls 300
1lunch: checks
----- FLOP ----- [Td 2s 8s]
RumTiddle: checks
1lunch: bets 1200
RumTiddle: raises to 2400
1lunch: is all-in 148
Returned uncalled bets 1,052 to RumTiddle
----- TURN ----- [Td 2s 8s][9c]
----- RIVER ----- [Td 2s 8s 9c][Th]
----- SHOW DOWN -----
RumTiddle: shows [9d 8h] (Two Pairs, Tens and Nines, Eight high)
1lunch: shows [6d 7d] (A Straight, Ten high)
1lunch collects 3896 from Main pot
----- SUMMARY -----
Total pot 3896 Main pot 3896 Rake 0
Board [Td 2s 8s 9c Th]
Seat 5: fluke (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: RumTiddle (small blind) showed [9d 8h] and lost
Seat 9: 1lunch (big blind) showed [6d 7d] and won (3896) with A Straight, Ten high


Game #1701500283: Hold'em PL (300/600) - 2006/02/27 - 22:53:24 (BST)
Table "STT 2026626 - 1" Seat 5 is the button.
Seat 5: fluke (3024 in chips)
Seat 8: RumTiddle (3380 in chips)
Seat 9: 1lunch (3596 in chips)
RumTiddle: posts small blind 300
1lunch: posts big blind 600
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to RumTiddle [As Qs]
fluke: calls 600
RumTiddle: raises to 2400
1lunch: folds
fluke: calls 1800
----- FLOP ----- [8c Qh Td]
RumTiddle: bets 980 and is all-in
fluke: is all-in 624
Returned uncalled bets 356 to RumTiddle
----- TURN ----- [8c Qh Td][Ac]
----- RIVER ----- [8c Qh Td Ac][Jd]
----- SHOW DOWN -----
RumTiddle: shows [As Qs] (Two Pairs, Aces and Queens, Jack high)
fluke: shows [Kd 8s] (A Straight, Ace high)
fluke collects 6648 from Main pot
----- SUMMARY -----
Total pot 6648 Main pot 6648 Rake 0
Board [8c Qh Td Ac Jd]
Seat 5: fluke (button) showed [Kd 8s] and won (6648) with A Straight, Ace high
Seat 8: RumTiddle (small blind) showed [As Qs] and lost
Seat 9: 1lunch (big blind) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Betfair upgrade

Seem like the new Betfair upgrade is a bit of a mess. I use Firefox on a resolution of 1900x1200. There's a whole bunch of whitespace in the middle.

Luck

I won my first STT of the day. £3 pot limit. I wouldn't say that I'm always lucky, but in this particular game, I was very lucky. Short stacked and 6 players left, I went all-in with 44 came up again 99 and hit a runner-runner straight. In another key hand, I went all-in with AK and came up against KK. Luckily an ace came up on the flop. This left as chip leader with over 5,000 chips. Plain sailing from there.

I went out of the second game with the hand below. It really baffles me how someone could call my bet. I'm sure that people don't really think about the percentages. If they did, they wouldn't do it.

Game #1685290513: Hold'em PL (50/100) - 2006/02/26 - 15:55:15 (BST)
Table "STT 2016665 - 1" Seat 1 is the button.
Seat 1: Acepowerz (1440 in chips)
Seat 2: RumTiddle (798 in chips)
Seat 5: leere2 (2170 in chips)
Seat 6: Adrawlins (2795 in chips)
Seat 8: Tone51 (1022 in chips)
Seat 9: darg (1775 in chips)
RumTiddle: posts small blind 50
leere2: posts big blind 100
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to RumTiddle [3d 4d]
Adrawlins: folds
Tone51: calls 100
darg: calls 100
Acepowerz: folds
Acepowerz sits out
Acepowerz sits back
Acepowerz sits back
RumTiddle: raises to 500
leere2: folds
Tone51: calls 400
darg: folds
----- FLOP ----- [4c 8s 5d]
RumTiddle: bets 298 and is all-in
Tone51: calls 298
----- TURN ----- [4c 8s 5d][Jh]
----- RIVER ----- [4c 8s 5d Jh][Kd]
----- SHOW DOWN -----
RumTiddle: shows [3d 4d] (A Pair of Fours, King high)
Tone51: shows [Ac 8h] (A Pair of Eights, Ace high)
Tone51 collects 1796 from Main pot
----- SUMMARY -----
Total pot 1796 Main pot 1796 Rake 0
Board [4c 8s 5d Jh Kd]
Seat 1: Acepowerz (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: RumTiddle (small blind) showed [3d 4d] and lost
Seat 5: leere2 (big blind) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Adrawlins folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Tone51 showed [Ac 8h] and won (1796) with A Pair of Eights, Ace high
Seat 9: darg folded before Flop (didn't bet)

My third game hinged on this hand. Could be said that I was a little unlucky.

Game #1685949063: Hold'em PL (100/200) - 2006/02/26 - 16:55:08 (BST)
Table "STT 2016901 - 1" Seat 8 is the button.
Seat 3: Stoffa99 (1944 in chips)
Seat 4: Bigphonie (2257 in chips)
Seat 5: RumTiddle (1365 in chips)
Seat 7: Acepowerz (708 in chips)
Seat 8: bellfella (3726 in chips)
Stoffa99: posts small blind 100
Bigphonie: posts big blind 200
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to RumTiddle [Jc As]
RumTiddle: raises to 700
Acepowerz: folds
bellfella: folds
Stoffa99: raises to 1944 and is all-in
Bigphonie: folds
RumTiddle: is all-in 665
Returned uncalled bets 579 to Stoffa99
----- FLOP ----- [Ts Js Th]
----- TURN ----- [Ts Js Th][2h]
----- RIVER ----- [Ts Js Th 2h][9c]
----- SHOW DOWN -----
Stoffa99: shows [Qs Kd] (A Straight, King high)
RumTiddle: shows [Jc As] (Two Pairs, Jacks and Tens, Ace high)
Stoffa99 collects 2930 from Main pot
----- SUMMARY -----
Total pot 2930 Main pot 2930 Rake 0
Board [Ts Js Th 2h 9c]
Seat 3: Stoffa99 (small blind) showed [Qs Kd] and won (2930) with A Straight, King high
Seat 4: Bigphonie (big blind) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: RumTiddle showed [Jc As] and lost
Seat 7: Acepowerz folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: bellfella (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Blimey, just had some bad luck in my latest £5 thunder. In one hand, I raised the pot with KK and the flop came TQK. I quickly went all-in. My caller had pocket ten's. The turn and river were 9J for a split pot. Gutted. Another big pot. 3-way action. I hold AJ to a flop of AJ7. But, get beat by the flush draw. I eventually go out with 55 against K2. My percentages to win those hands were 94%, 65% and 70%, but I lost them all.

Playing the Q's

Gutted with this. Went out early in a £3 STT. Not very often that I go out in the first level.

Game #1676609513: Hold'em PL (7/15) - 2006/02/25 - 19:46:04 (BST)
Table "STT 2011561 - 1" Seat 8 is the button.
Seat 1: spud100 (985 in chips)
Seat 2: Matty1007 (222 in chips)
Seat 3: hhh1 (948 in chips)
Seat 4: Firetemp (535 in chips)
Seat 5: Bigphonie (933 in chips)
Seat 6: RumTiddle (1060 in chips)
Seat 7: Jacly3004 (2220 in chips)
Seat 8: glassact1 sits out
Seat 9: Elbargio (873 in chips)
Elbargio: posts small blind 7
spud100: posts big blind 15
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to RumTiddle [Qs Qh]
Matty1007: folds
hhh1: calls 15
Firetemp: calls 15
Bigphonie: folds
RumTiddle: raises to 82
Jacly3004: raises to 149
glassact1: folds
glassact1 sits back
Elbargio: folds
spud100: folds
hhh1: folds
Firetemp: folds
RumTiddle: calls 67
----- FLOP ----- [Jh Kd Ks]
RumTiddle: bets 100
Jacly3004: calls 100
----- TURN ----- [Jh Kd Ks][Qd]
RumTiddle: bets 300
Jacly3004: raises to 600
RumTiddle: raises to 811 and is all-in
Jacly3004: calls 211
----- RIVER ----- [Jh Kd Ks Qd][Jd]
----- SHOW DOWN -----
RumTiddle: shows [Qs Qh] (A Full House, Queens full of Kings)
Jacly3004: shows [Kc Ah] (A Full House, Kings full of Jacks)
Jacly3004 collects 2172 from Main pot
----- SUMMARY -----
Total pot 2172 Main pot 2172 Rake 0
Board [Jh Kd Ks Qd Jd]
Seat 1: spud100 (big blind) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Matty1007 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: hhh1 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Firetemp folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Bigphonie folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: RumTiddle showed [Qs Qh] and lost
Seat 7: Jacly3004 showed [Kc Ah] and won (2172) with A Full House, Kings full of Jacks
Seat 8: glassact1 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: Elbargio (small blind) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Strange day

Strange day today, I keep losing! In the afternoon, I was unplaced and third in another. then I lost £10 in cash games. In the evening, I was unplaced in both games. The second was a travesty. I held QQ in early position and raised to 110 chips (15/8 blinds). I get 4 callers including BB. So, the pot is about 450 chips and the flop comes 332 with 2 hearts. I bet the pot and only BB calls. BB has the flush draw and hits it. I'm down to 200 chips and eventually peter out. The flush draw is a strange beast. I'm pretty sure that people don't understand the pot odds.

Calling stations

I don't really like playing against calling stations, mainly because they tend to get lucky. I really hate going out in this manner.

Game #1698660834: Hold'em PL (100/200) - 2006/02/10 - 15:27:22 (BST)
Table "STT 1906900 - 1" Seat 5 is the button.
Seat 2: Peggyj (1984 in chips)
Seat 3: Dez69er (1229 in chips)
Seat 4: Sophistor (2522 in chips)
Seat 5: Darcy22 (2578 in chips)
Seat 7: Alex1994 sits out
Seat 8: RumTiddle (1299 in chips)
Alex1994: posts small blind 100
Alex1994: folds
Alex1994 sits back
RumTiddle: posts big blind 200
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to RumTiddle [Qd Ac]
Peggyj: calls 200
Dez69er: folds
Sophistor: folds
Darcy22: calls 200
RumTiddle: raises to 900
Peggyj: calls 700
Darcy22: folds
----- FLOP ----- [Kh 2h 7s]
RumTiddle: bets 399 and is all-in
Peggyj: calls 399
----- TURN ----- [Kh 2h 7s][9s]
----- RIVER ----- [Kh 2h 7s 9s][Ts]
----- SHOW DOWN -----
RumTiddle: shows [Qd Ac] (High Card Ace)
Peggyj: shows [8s Js] (Straight Flush, Jack high)
Peggyj collects 2898 from Main pot
----- SUMMARY -----
Total pot 2898 Main pot 2898 Rake 0
Board [Kh 2h 7s 9s Ts]
Seat 2: Peggyj showed [8s Js] and won (2898) with Straight Flush, Jack high
Seat 3: Dez69er folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Sophistor folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Darcy22 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Alex1994 (small blind) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: RumTiddle (big blind) lost

Good day

Had a really good day at the STT tables today. Played 10 games and won the first 3. Overall:

Played: 10
Won: 3
Second: 1
Third: 4
Other: 2

Frustration

Frustrating times in my first 2 games. The first, I went all-in with QQ early on. And got beat by AA. The second game was dire too. I picked up nothing for ages and then made my move with K5, only to get outdrawn. The thing that hurt the most was the fact that the other players were so bad and I lost.

Game #1605871944: Hold'em PL (50/100) - 2006/02/02 - 17:26:19 (BST)
Table "STT 1853803 - 1" Seat 9 is the button.
Seat 2: Iam4fun (2705 in chips)
Seat 5: SEAN SWR (2450 in chips)
Seat 8: coltrane (2000 in chips)
Seat 9: CHIEFY1 (1895 in chips)
Seat 10: RumTiddle (950 in chips)
RumTiddle: posts small blind 50
Iam4fun: posts big blind 100
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to RumTiddle [6s Ks]
SEAN SWR: folds
coltrane: folds
CHIEFY1: calls 100
RumTiddle: raises to 400
Iam4fun: folds
CHIEFY1: calls 300
----- FLOP ----- [8h Ts As]
RumTiddle: bets 550 and is all-in
CHIEFY1: calls 550
----- TURN ----- [8h Ts As][Jd]
----- RIVER ----- [8h Ts As Jd][Kd]
----- SHOW DOWN -----
RumTiddle: shows [6s Ks] (A Pair of Kings, Ace high)
CHIEFY1: shows [Qh 7h] (A Straight, Ace high)
CHIEFY1 collects 2000 from Main pot
----- SUMMARY -----
Total pot 2000 Main pot 2000 Rake 0
Board [8h Ts As Jd Kd]
Seat 2: Iam4fun (big blind) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: SEAN SWR folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: coltrane folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: CHIEFY1 (button) showed [Qh 7h] and won (2000) with A Straight, Ace high
Seat 10: RumTiddle (small blind) lost

Check-raise

I'd always thought that people should fold to the check-raise.

Game #1594513564: Hold'em PL (100/200) - 2006/02/01 - 17:25:36 (BST)
Table "STT 1847450 - 1" Seat 4 is the button.
Seat 1: Pau240247 (963 in chips)
Seat 2: pkrbendel (1430 in chips)
Seat 3: Biggirl (2211 in chips)
Seat 4: Mavrellis (1084 in chips)
Seat 8: RumTiddle (1788 in chips)
Seat 9: wild pig (2524 in chips)
RumTiddle: posts small blind 100
wild pig: posts big blind 200
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to RumTiddle [Qs 4s]
Pau240247: folds
pkrbendel: folds
Biggirl: calls 200
Mavrellis: folds
RumTiddle: calls 100
wild pig: checks
----- FLOP ----- [Qh 5h 5s]
RumTiddle: checks
wild pig: checks
Biggirl: bets 600
RumTiddle: raises to 1588 and is all-in
wild pig: folds
Biggirl: calls 988
----- TURN ----- [Qh 5h 5s][Jh]
----- RIVER ----- [Qh 5h 5s Jh][Kh]
----- SHOW DOWN -----
RumTiddle: shows [Qs 4s] (Two Pairs, Queens and Fives, King high)
Biggirl: shows [8s Ah] (A Flush, Ace high)
Biggirl collects 3776 from Main pot
----- SUMMARY -----
Total pot 3776 Main pot 3776 Rake 0
Board [Qh 5h 5s Jh Kh]
Seat 1: Pau240247 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: pkrbendel folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: Biggirl showed [8s Ah] and won (3776) with A Flush, Ace high
Seat 4: Mavrellis (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: RumTiddle (small blind) lost
Seat 9: wild pig (big blind) folded on the Flop