Tuesday, May 1, 2007

Bad Karma... Part 2... and Part 3

I am hopeful that this won't become like the "presto is gold" series... but I guess for a short while, it could be entertaining... for the readers... and for the sick bastards that like to see me lose...

Full Tilt Poker Game #2333000287: Table Padbury (6 max) - $1/$2 - No Limit Hold'em - 0:18:23 ET - 2007/05/02
Seat 1: dnh83 ($205.15)
Seat 2: 1sc-shark ($81.95)
Seat 3: RecessRampage ($152.90)
Seat 4: Jarnix ($130.10)
Seat 5: czplaya ($298.65)
Seat 6: HAMMER_JB ($103.25), is sitting out
Jarnix posts the small blind of $1
czplaya posts the big blind of $2
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RecessRampage [7s 6s]
dnh83 folds
1sc-shark calls $2
RecessRampage raises to $9
Jarnix calls $8
czplaya folds
1sc-shark calls $7
*** FLOP *** [6d Ad 6c]
Jarnix checks
1sc-shark checks
RecessRampage bets $22 <--- slowplaying flopped trips on this board is death
Jarnix calls $22 <--- sweet, he must have an ace
1sc-shark raises to $72.95, and is all in <--- sweet, AK?
RecessRampage raises to $143.90, and is all in <--- alright, let's all get our money in!
Jarnix folds <--- bummer
RecessRampage shows [7s 6s]
1sc-shark shows [4d 7d] <--- what the... isn't this exactly the type of hand I raised preflop to get rid of?
Uncalled bet of $70.95 returned to RecessRampage
*** TURN *** [6d Ad 6c] [Jd] <--- hello bad karma, it's good to see you tonight, again...
*** RIVER *** [6d Ad 6c Jd] [2s]
RecessRampage shows three of a kind, Sixes
1sc-shark shows a flush, Ace high
1sc-shark wins the pot ($193.90) with a flush, Ace high

3 minutes later...

Full Tilt Poker Game #2333026033: Table Padbury (6 max) - $1/$2 - No Limit Hold'em - 0:21:53 ET - 2007/05/02
Seat 1: dnh83 ($212.20)
Seat 2: 1sc-shark ($182.90)
Seat 3: RecessRampage ($134.90)
Seat 4: Jarnix ($28.15), is sitting out
Seat 5: czplaya ($269.65)
Seat 6: livnitup818 ($80)
czplaya posts the small blind of $1
livnitup818 posts the big blind of $2
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RecessRampage [Kh As]
dnh83 folds
1sc-shark folds
RecessRampage raises to $7
czplaya folds
livnitup818 calls $5
*** FLOP *** [Kc 5s 6s]
livnitup818 bets $8 <--- betting into me? I got TPTK bro
RecessRampage raises to $32
livnitup818 raises to $73, and is all in <--- what a donk. he probably has like K-9
RecessRampage calls $41
livnitup818 shows [9s 6d] <--- LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
RecessRampage shows [Kh As]
*** TURN *** [Kc 5s 6s] [2h]
*** RIVER *** [Kc 5s 6s 2h] [6h] <--- hello bad karma, you're officially a bitch
livnitup818 shows three of a kind, Sixes
RecessRampage shows two pair, Kings and Sixes
livnitup818 wins the pot ($158) with three of a kind, Sixes
RecessRampage: wow <--- what else can I say? In a span of 3 minutes, I lost close to $200...

Note: Same table, 3 minutes later... and this is not a bad beat. This was just poor play cause by the above two beats and me being tentative... but at this point, my demise at this table was starting to become comical... At this point, bad karma was toying with me...

Full Tilt Poker Game #2333047651: Table Padbury (6 max) - $1/$2 - No Limit Hold'em - 0:24:50 ET - 2007/05/02
Seat 1: dnh83 ($209.20)
Seat 2: 1sc-shark ($175.20)
Seat 3: RecessRampage ($46.90)
Seat 4: Jarnix ($28.15), is sitting out
Seat 5: czplaya ($266.65)
Seat 6: livnitup818 ($175.80)
czplaya posts the small blind of $1
livnitup818 posts the big blind of $2
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RecessRampage [8c 8d]
dnh83 folds
dnh83 is sitting out
1sc-shark calls $2
RecessRampage calls $2 <--- what a donk... generally I'd be raising this, obviously
Jarnix has returned
czplaya calls $1
livnitup818 checks
*** FLOP *** [5s Ks 5d]
czplaya checks
livnitup818 checks
1sc-shark checks
RecessRampage checks
*** TURN *** [5s Ks 5d] [4h]
czplaya checks
livnitup818 checks
1sc-shark checks
RecessRampage bets $8 <--- everyone checks to me on such a dangerous looking board if you had K made me think that no one had a K...
czplaya folds
livnitup818 folds
1sc-shark calls $8
*** RIVER *** [5s Ks 5d 4h] [3h]
1sc-shark checks
RecessRampage checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
RecessRampage shows [8c 8d] (two pair, Eights and Fives)
1sc-shark shows [5c 4c] (a full house, Fives full of Fours)
1sc-shark wins the pot ($22.80) with a full house, Fives full of Fours <--- not sure why he didn't bet... thank god for that but man... how typical...

This is the Part 3 portion of this post. (yeah, the above 3 hands were just Bad Kharma Part 2). I was trying real hard not to tilt... obviously the pocket 8s hand above, I was tilting but I was passively tilting... not uber aggressive tilting. Thanks god for that.

And the only reason the one below is Part 3 is because since it happened at a different table, surely it qualifies as part 3.

Full Tilt Poker Game #2333165901: Table La Villa (6 max) - $1/$2 - No Limit Hold'em - 0:41:41 ET - 2007/05/02
Seat 2: RecessRampage ($154.80)
Seat 3: JDUBYAM25 ($62.50)
Seat 4: Rayman776 ($201)
Seat 5: MAMSBM ($473.25)
Seat 6: trident80b ($197)
Rayman776 posts the small blind of $1
MAMSBM posts the big blind of $2
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RecessRampage [Qh Qs]
trident80b folds
NicelyDone sits down
NicelyDone adds $80
RecessRampage raises to $7
JDUBYAM25 calls $7
Rayman776 folds
MAMSBM calls $5
*** FLOP *** [9d 4d 8c]
MAMSBM bets $12 <--- this guy has been pretty aggressive and had a monster stack to be able to afford some plays like this
RecessRampage raises to $36 <--- dangerous looking board so I need to protect my pocket pair
JDUBYAM25 folds
MAMSBM raises to $100 <--- are you kidding??? What does he have, a set?
RecessRampage has 15 seconds left to act
RecessRampage raises to $147.80, and is all in <--- I'll comment on this below...
MAMSBM calls $47.80
RecessRampage shows [Qh Qs]
MAMSBM shows [5d 8d]
*** TURN *** [9d 4d 8c] [Td] <--- of course... karma, you're here at this table too...
*** RIVER *** [9d 4d 8c Td] [Ks]
RecessRampage shows a pair of Queens
MAMSBM shows a flush, Ten high
MAMSBM wins the pot ($314.60) with a flush, Ten high
RecessRampage is sitting out

Alright, before any of you write me about how I misplayed the hand, etc, I don't want to hear it unless you have something constructive to say. To say that I should have just called the raise on the flop to see what happened on the river would be fine but I don't agree. Folding on the flop is out of question against a guy I pegged as uberaggressive. I mean if you're folding QQ in that situation against that opponent, then that's your style but that's ridiculous. He would have done that with A9, J-10, 6-7... I've seen him do that on numerous occasions. So, I had to push. What about calling and seeing what the turn brings? If I call, I have less than $50 behind me. At that point, I'm pot committed. What am I folding my QQ cuz I don't want to throw my last $50 into a $250 pot? That's just a very weakish play. I'd rather put all my money in with the best of it. In the past, I probably would have just called the flop and played a small pot. But I'm experimenting with being aggressive myself and these are instances where I believe in putting all my money in the middle. Admittedly, he had a lot more cards he was drawing to than I expected so it so I'm not saying that that was a total bad beat... but typical of how my night was going.

All told, last night, I lost like $300... so gross. All at 1-2NL 6 max. Funny thing is, that's like actually damage control. At one point, I was down like $500. But the same uberaggressive villain above who after that hand had around $650 by the end of the night (or by the time I left the table at 2am) was down to $150. I got some of my portion back.

I hope this series ends here... if not, you can all look forward to another edition of Bad Karma series...

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