Quest of a Closet Poker Player

I snuck over to the Mook last night to join 73 other players on FullTilt. Out in 18th after a fairly tough hand crippled me.

I grabbed chips very early when this hand pushed me into the top three early.
FullTiltPoker Game #2339139124: The Mookie - Poker & the Brain (17563377) Table 8 - 15/30 - No Limit Hold’em - 22:06:16 ET - 2007/05/02
Seat 1: a104l9 (1 470)
Seat 2: summer_babe (1 455)
Seat 3: crazdgamer (1 455)
Seat 4: dbirider (1 425)
Seat 5: cmitch (1 560)
Seat 6: csquard (1 395)
Seat 7: FishyMcDonK (1 500)
Seat 8: AUS-Package (1 560)
Seat 9: love_elf (1 680)
FishyMcDonK posts the small blind of 15
AUS-Package posts the big blind of 30
The button is in seat #6

Holecards:
Dealt to csquard [ ]
love_elf folds
a104l9 folds
summer_babe folds
crazdgamer raises to 90
dbirider folds
cmitch folds
csquard calls 90
FishyMcDonK calls 75
AUS-Package calls 60

Flop:
[ ]
FishyMcDonK checks
cmitch: wow - smokkee out 1st again
AUS-Package checks
love_elf: again?
crazdgamer checks
love_elf: he final tabled last time
csquard bets 205
FishyMcDonK folds
love_elf: took 3rd
cmitch: yeah i think he was out 1st in the hoy on monday
AUS-Package has 15 seconds left to act
AUS-Package folds
love_elf : oh ya
crazdgamer calls 205

Turn:
[ ] [ ]
love_elf: AA vs QQ
crazdgamer bets 500
cmitch: yeah that hand was horrible
csquard raises to 1,100, and is all in
cmitch: im sure this one was prob also
crazdgamer calls 600
csquard shows [ ]
crazdgamer shows [ ]
crazdgamer: ahhh

River:
[ ] [ ]
csquard shows a full house Aces full of Kings
crazdgamer shows three of a kind Kings
csquard wins the pot (2 970) with a full house Aces full of Kings

SUMMARY:
Total pot 2 970 | Rake 0
Board:
[ ]
Seat 1: a104l9 didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 2: summer_babe didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 3: crazdgamer showed [ ] and lost with three of a kind Kings
Seat 4: dbirider didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 5: cmitch didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 6: csquard (button) showed [ ] and won (2 970) with a full house Aces full of Kings

I eventually got crippled by this hand:

FullTiltPoker Game #2340038021: The Mookie - Poker & the Brain (17563377) Table 8 - 150/300 Ante 25 - No Limit Hold’em - 23:56:34 ET - 2007/05/02
Seat 1: BuddyDank (2 935)
Seat 2: kaellinn18 (7 072)
Seat 4: Budohorseman (7 490)
Seat 6: csquard (4 960)
Seat 7: FishyMcDonK (9 172)
Seat 8: pushmonkey72 (10 844)
Seat 9: jjok (7 430)
BuddyDank antes 25
kaellinn18 antes 25
Budohorseman antes 25
csquard antes 25
FishyMcDonK antes 25
pushmonkey72 antes 25
jjok antes 25
jjok posts the small blind of 150
BuddyDank posts the big blind of 300
The button is in seat #8

Holecards:
Dealt to csquard [ ]
kaellinn18: payback!
kaellinn18 folds
Budohorseman folds
csquard raises to 1,235
jjok: ha
kaellinn18: and something about a @%&!&
FishyMcDonK folds
pushmonkey72 folds
jjok folds
kaellinn18: biotch
BuddyDank raises to 2,910, and is all in
csquard calls 1,675
BuddyDank shows [ ]
csquard shows [ ]

Flop:
[ ]

Turn:
[ ] [ ]

River:
[ ] [ ]
kaellinn18: oof
BuddyDank shows a pair of Aces
csquard shows a pair of Kings
BuddyDank wins the pot (6 145) with a pair of Aces
FishyMcDonK: rigged
The blinds are now 200/400 with an ante of 50

SUMMARY:
Total pot 6 145 | Rake 0
Board:
[ ]
Seat 1: BuddyDank (big blind) showed [ ] and won (6 145) with a pair of Aces
Seat 2: kaellinn18 folded before the Flop
Seat 4: Budohorseman folded before the Flop
Seat 6: csquard showed [ ] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 7: FishyMcDonK folded before the Flop
Seat 8: pushmonkey72 (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 9: jjok (small blind) folded before the Flop

I ended up still being patient with my few chips but ran into a tough A-J vs A-5 after I shoved, with the board of 8-10-A-8-8. I moved in on the next hand with 55 only for another player to move in with 99 and skidoo to have the pot odds to call with A-9. He spiked the ace and knocked out both of us.

I moved over to a $2/4 LHE table to try and get my FullTilt bankroll back into triple figures. It had fallen back to $95, and early in the session I was staring at $49 left in my account. A flopped set of fives will do that to you. I was pretty fortunate to run into this hand to right the ship a bit:

FullTiltPoker Game #2340526694: Table Quail - $2/$4 - Limit Hold’em - 1:04:15 ET - 2007/05/03
Seat 1: wangjian ($60)
Seat 2: killahbee76 ($49.50)
Seat 3: ThornFish ($35)
Seat 4: Esquire95 ($115)
Seat 5: Rover714 ($61)
Seat 6: no_bien ($100)
Seat 7: nyc2007 ($94)
Seat 8: csquard ($86.50)
Seat 9: Joepro61972 ($34)
Joepro61972 posts the small blind of $1
wangjian posts the big blind of $2
The button is in seat #8

Holecards:
Dealt to csquard [ ]
killahbee76 folds
ThornFish raises to $4
Esquire95 folds
Rover714 calls $4
no_bien folds
nyc2007 folds
killahbee76 stands up
csquard calls $4
Joepro61972 folds
wangjian calls $2

Flop:
[ ]
wangjian bets $2
ThornFish folds
Rover714 calls $2
csquard calls $2

Turn:
[ ] [ ]
wangjian bets $4
Rover714 calls $4
csquard raises to $8
wangjian calls $4
Rover714 calls $4

River:
[ ] [ ]
wangjian bets $4
Rover714 folds
csquard raises to $8
wangjian calls $4

Showdown:
csquard shows [ ] (a flush, Ace high)
wangjian mucks
csquard wins the pot ($60) with a flush, Ace high

SUMMARY:
Total pot $63 | Rake $3
Board:
[ ]
Seat 1: wangjian (big blind) mucked [ ] - a flush Queen high
Seat 2: killahbee76 didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 3: ThornFish folded on the Flop
Seat 4: Esquire95 didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 5: Rover714 folded on the River
Seat 6: no_bien didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 7: nyc2007 didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 8: csquard (button) showed [ ] and won ($60) with a flush Ace high
Seat 9: Joepro61972 (small blind) folded before the Flop

That set me on a torrid stretch where I made a raise early with 10d-9d only to be re-raised by the guy to my left with J-J. Two tens flopped, and for some reason he didn’t believe me for quite awhile:

Joepro61972: nice suck out
csquard: you caught me, then a nice flop…
nyc2007: dude thats donk poker, hardcore no fold’em, lol
Joepro61972: just been suck out like that all night
nyc2007: i hear ya…. same here, the 2/4 donk calls with everyth, lol

OK, so I’m a donk, fine, whatever. Then I get a bit lucky here (should I have raised the river? I dunno, I was a bit perplexed…).

FullTiltPoker Game #2340676601: Table Quail - $2/$4 - Limit Hold’em - 1:27:55 ET - 2007/05/03
Seat 1: wangjian ($82)
Seat 2: Bluelilne ($104)
Seat 3: FabFlip5ive ($210)
Seat 4: Esquire95 ($122)
Seat 5: Rover714 ($29)
Seat 6: no_bien ($48)
Seat 7: nyc2007 ($155)
Seat 8: csquard ($125.50)
Seat 9: Joepro61972 ($64)
FabFlip5ive posts the small blind of $1
Esquire95 posts the big blind of $2
The button is in seat #2

Holecards:
Dealt to csquard [ ]
Rover714 calls $2
no_bien calls $2
nyc2007 calls $2
csquard calls $2
Joepro61972 folds
wangjian folds
Bluelilne folds
FabFlip5ive calls $1
Esquire95 checks

Flop:
[ ]
FabFlip5ive bets $2
Esquire95 folds
Rover714 folds
no_bien folds
nyc2007 folds
csquard raises to $4
FabFlip5ive raises to $6
csquard calls $2

Turn:
[ ] [ ]
FabFlip5ive bets $4
csquard calls $4

River:
[ ] [ ]
FabFlip5ive bets $4
csquard calls $4

Showdown:
FabFlip5ive shows [ ] (a straight, Jack high)
csquard shows [ ] (a full house, Tens full of Jacks)
csquard wins the pot ($38) with a full house, Tens full of Jacks

SUMMARY:
Total pot $40 | Rake $2
Board:
[ ]
Seat 1: wangjian didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 2: Bluelilne (button) didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 3: FabFlip5ive (small blind) showed [ ] and lost with a straight Jack high
Seat 4: Esquire95 (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 5: Rover714 folded on the Flop
Seat 6: no_bien folded on the Flop
Seat 7: nyc2007 folded on the Flop
Seat 8: csquard showed [ ] and won ($38) with a full house Tens full of Jacks
Seat 9: Joepro61972 didn’t bet (folded)

This leads to more feedback:

FabFlip5ive: oh wow
nyc2007: haha
nyc2007: told ya
csquard: nyc, what is your problem?
nyc2007: u never kno 1 might catch runner runner, lol
Joepro61972: I can see it at .25/.50 but a 2/4 I am suprised
nyc2007: donk paradise, lol

OK, whatever. So I decide to do this to my neighbor:

FullTiltPoker Game #2340715523: Table Quail - $2/$4 - Limit Hold’em - 1:34:21 ET - 2007/05/03
Seat 1: wangjian ($92)
Seat 2: Bluelilne ($93)
Seat 3: FabFlip5ive ($192)
Seat 4: Esquire95 ($138)
Seat 5: Rover714 ($27)
Seat 6: no_bien ($40)
Seat 7: nyc2007 ($150)
Seat 8: csquard ($140.50)
Seat 9: Joepro61972 ($64)
FabFlip5ive posts the small blind of $1
Esquire95 posts the big blind of $2
The button is in seat #2

Holecards:
Dealt to csquard [ ]
Rover714 folds
no_bien folds
nyc2007 folds
csquard raises to $4
Joepro61972 raises to $6
wangjian folds
Bluelilne folds
FabFlip5ive folds
Esquire95 folds
csquard calls $2

Flop:
[ ]
csquard checks
Joepro61972 bets $2
csquard calls $2

Turn:
[ ] [ ]
csquard checks
Joepro61972 bets $4
csquard raises to $8
Joepro61972 raises to $12
csquard raises to $16
Joepro61972 calls $4

River:
[ ] [ ]
csquard bets $4
Joepro61972 has 15 seconds left to act
Joepro61972 calls $4

Showdown :
csquard shows [ ] (three of a kind, Kings)
Joepro61972 shows [ ] (a pair of Aces)
csquard wins the pot ($57) with three of a kind, Kings
Joepro61972: what a donk this BS

SUMMARY:
Total pot $59 | Rake $2
Board:
[ ]
Seat 1: wangjian didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 2: Bluelilne (button) didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 3: FabFlip5ive (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: Esquire95 (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: Rover714 didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 6: no_bien didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 7: nyc2007 didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 8: csquard showed [ ] and won ($57) with three of a kind Kings
Seat 9: Joepro61972 showed [ ] and lost with a pair of Aces

Black aces are beautiful, no question, but one pair sometimes doesn’t win in LHE. I left, he monkey tilted and called me a hit-and-runner after I’d played 97 hands, etc.

On a few other notes, slb has a new article up on PokerWorks. I stumbled upon this pretty neat video of poker cheating against the Hendon Mob from some British show. Pretty interesting.

Which led me to this video of Tony G totally tilting Ralph Perry with his table talk in something called the Intercontinental Poker Championship. I’m actually not sure how bad a call this was, so I’ll let the math whizzes figure it out.

Tony G must have some sort of bad blood history with The Devilfish. I wouldn’t walk into any dark alleys any time soon, that’s for sure… Big, big call by Tony G vs Doyle Brunson, major league. “That’s the Tony G, that is the Tony G. Yeah, baby! Now you have to face the Tony G, Devilfish.”

This is why I have boys, not girls. Bad beat, Daddy…

Blake’s “You Give Love a Bad Name,” I think, was terrific. Who needs to hear another copycat karaoke version?

So no Manchester United-Chelsea Champions League final as Liverpool knocked out Chelsea on penalty kicks Tuesday while AC Milan tore through Man U 3-0 yesterday. AC Milan-Liverpool rematch from two years ago should be a terrific final hopefully, although Kaka looks like some kind of player.

Finally, the mystery girl who I interviewed yesterday? I’ll give you another hint. She termed a new word in our vocabulary.

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