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Was haben Richard Rodriguez, Eufemia Stadler und evtl schon bald Du, gemeinsam?
Hmmm, gute Frage…
Aber es wird klarer, wenn man ein wenig über die beiden verrät:
Richard Rodriguez fuhr zwischen dem 20. und 28. August insgesamt 192 Stunden im Holiday Park in Hassloch ununterbrochen auf zwei Achterbahnen…ich denke, da wird das Köpfchen bzw der Magen irgendwann einmal geschmerzt haben 
Today was rough. My starting table, which I ended up staying at all
day, was full of big names but they somehow wernt playing too crazy
early in the day and let me chip up to around 80,000 chips with no
showdowns. Around 3 levels into the day, at 800/1600-200 (i think)
Justin "Boosted J" Smith raised under the gun. He had been fairly tight
but mixing it up well so far. He had around 130,000 chips. I called on
the button with 22 and I thiiiink someone else called in the blinds,
although I dont really remember. It came Ah 3h 2s. Justin bet 7000 and
I made it 20000. He thought for a while before making it 37000. I would
have around 40000 left if I just called and decided that even if he had
a flush draw and he hit, id be ok with it. I had the 2h, so if he did
have a set, runner runner heart might actually save me. I also wanted
to give him every chance to bluff, as I basically had the nuts. The
turn was Jh. He thought for a while before checking. I decided that
another heart would be bad, so I pushed. He thought for forever before
calling with what he later claimed was KJ. He mucked once my hand was
turned up, so he obviously didnt have a heart. He later told me, all
things considered (who I talk to about poker, the way I play, the way
we havent tried to outplay each other much, but knew were were capable
of it, the fact that it was the last hand before a break and he had
raised every previous last hand, etc) made him call. He said he was
just calling with K high, so he must think I am super sick, whereas in
reality, I am only mildly sick.
I fluctuated between 160000 and 100000 for the rest of the day
and finally ended around 153000. Towards the end of the day, the table
got filled with numerous high stakes cash game pros and they were just
going nuts. Sadly, I really didnt have much in terms of good starting
hands again today and mainly just tried to pick my spots well. Tomorrow
we start playing 1500/3000-400, so hopefully I can get a good table
that doesnt make me gamble and lots of hands in case they do make me
gamble.
Today was day 1b of the $15000 Bellagio Cup WPT event. I actually thought there were 3 day 1s, so I fully expected to have tomorrow off. About 4/5ths through the day, I learned that there were only 2 day 1s. I usually like to have an off day in between day 1 and 2 if possible but I wont have that luxury this time. My table was suuuuper tough, having Justin Bomomo, A stars pro named Angel, Nick Schulman, Jeff Madsen, Davig Benyamine, Brock Parker, ad 2 other pros, whose names I didnt know. Basically, I didnt get away with much of anything. Brock and David eventually busted and Justin got moved to another table, which was a good thing. I really only won one big hand today. The one weaker player at the table limped at 200/400-50 and I made it 2000 with AcJh. He called and it came Kc Jc Tc. He lead into me for 3000, which was pretty normal for him, as he would lead any time he hit any piece of the flop. I decided right there that I probably wasnt folding the hand but really hoped to hit the flush. The turn was the 5h and he bet 6000. I called and the river was the 2c. He bet 10000 and I pushed for another 22000. He tanked for a while before folding, claiming he had Kx Qc. If that was the case, I hate his river bet, but whatever. That pot got me back above my starting stack. Besides that hand, I had AK once and JJ once and somehow managed to take down tiny pots preflop with both of them. I am quite happy with having a little more than my starting stack, considering my tough table and total card deadness. All in all, it was a good day. We will start playing 400/800-100 tomorrow, with around 250 people left in the tournament and 27 people cashing. Follow me live on twitter at jonathanlittle.
What a party…WOW!
Nicht, dass ich gegen diese Leute eine Antipathie hege, aber am Pokertisch liebe ich sie. Nicht alle sind schlecht, nicht alle sind gut. Es ist halt, wie bei jeder Nation. Manche spielen wirklich stark, manche spielen wirklich schwach, manche spielen [...]
Hallo Overcards-Community,
Phil Hellmuth hat sich eben verdoppelt. Er vertraute seinen Instinkten und behielt Recht. Mein Kollege Sven Lucha, den ich heute unterstütze, musste eine gute Hand weglegen, sehr wahrscheinlich ebenfalls zu Recht…
Vor dem großen Phil Hellmuth aus Palo Alto erzähle ich von Sven Lucha aus Altötting. Er war heute mit 161k und damit etwa 2/3 über Average in Tag 3 gestartet. Die Blinds lagen bei 600–1.200 mit 200 Ante.
I must say I am fairly shocked to be out of the main event. For some
reason, I really felt like I was going to do well in this tournament.
Obviously I was delusional. I started day 2 with around 55,000 chips
and got it up to 100,000 after winning lots of small pots and one big
one with KK vs 77. I got moved to another table where the average stack
was around 150,000, which was quite a change from my first table where
average was around 50,000. Because of this, I figured I would either
get lots of chips or bust somhow. I played around an hour at the table
before I raised KQs and got reraised to 5000 by a kid that had already
reraised me once. He had me covered. I decided to call and planned on
owning him somewhere in the hand. It came Jc Ts 3d. I checked and he
bet 7000. I called, planning on checkraising lots of turns. I got one
of the best nonnutmaking turns, the 5s, giving me overcards, a flush
draw, and a straight draw I checked and he bet 20000. At this point, I
actually thought he had a pretty strong hand but it didnt really
matter, as I know I have around 40% equity against everything. I went
all in for around 70000 more into the 60000 chip pot. He tanked for
around 3 minutes then called with KJ. I really wasnt too worried, as
that is one of the best hands I can expect to be up against. It just
sucks that I had the absolute bottom of my range for pushing there. The
turn was the 2d and I was sent home.
On the drive home, I couldnt help thinking "I should still be
playing right now." This is the kind of thought that breaks people, im
my opinion. If I was supposed to still be there, I would still be
sitting there right now with around 200000 chips. Instead, I was
supposed to lose. Simple as that. Ive already had time to accept it and
change my irrational though, so I think I am all good. Thinking you
"deserve" to win is clearly a big no no in poker.
Anyways, while I am sad I lost, I am glad the WSOP is over for me,
as it tends to be some of the darkest days of my year. Hopefully the
upcoming WPT season will be as kind to me as the last two.
Alle schreiben über Poker, da denk ich mir, schreib ich mal etwas über das, was das ps.de Forum derzeit am meisten bewegt. Erst tauchten vereinzelt Bilder im "was esst ihr grad Thread" im BBV auf, jetzt gibts dazu sogar scho nen eigenen und echt großen Thread im Essensforum.
Pizza Party hieß es also im Pokeroffice, mit einem kleinen "Video Blog" und danach noch massig Fotos von unseren Pizzen. I know it’s Off Topic, aber bald folgt auch wieder bissel On Topic, zumindestens in Form von Chiptricks oder ähnlichem, Poker gibts ja derzeit auf Grund des WSOP ME genug zu lesen hier.
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