Steak and Poker

Tonight my inlaws - the nicest people ever - took us out to dinner at my favorite steak place. It's one of those cook your own or they can cook it for you places.

Alexander's has a great salad bar. I stuffed myself on Garlic Texas toast while I cooked my steak. My steak was perfect and huge so I left some for lunch tomorrow because I was sooo o oooo o having one of their chocolate pan cookies with ice cream and hot fudge.

I made it home and prepared to donk out of the Pokerslut Tour Season III Event #1 NLHE. I played Ante Up's first AIPS event yesterday and another cheap tournament and got no where in both. Even my ring game was pathetic.

It looked like I was going to donk out in splendid fashion. I managed to get short on chips pretty easily. Then suddenly thinks started to turn around. I doubled up with 88 v Gambit's 44.

It seems like the very next hand - because it was the very next hand [I checked my and history] - I got JJ and called Gambit's raise in position. I hit top set and slow played the heck out of it. Turns out he hit bottom set and thought he was slowplaying me. I took him down and in the matter of a few hands went from SS to flush in chips.

I put a short stacked early raiser all in with 88 v his AK and my 88 held up. More chips for me.

I decided to flat call Panger's late position raise with AKs instead of reraising. Dunno why, just did. Flop AJx. She checks, I bet, she raises, I push, she folds. NH. I'm sure she had KK or maybe QQ and I got lucky. More chips for me.

Three rounds in a row I get small pocket pairs under the gun on a shorthanded table. I HATE THAT. First one, 66, I folded. Second one, 55, I raised and lost some chips when it didn't hit. The third one, 44, I limped and ended up with Panger from the BB. I flopped a set but I checked hoping she would catch up. Check it all the way down to the last 4 on river - yeah, that's right I hit quads with my 44 - and made a min bet, she folds. GG me. Minimal chips for me.

Dealt to gadzooks64 [4h 4c]
gadzooks64 calls 160
rascony folds
ElSnarfGrande folds
BuckyMetro folds
topanga14: like it?
Scabs304 folds
topanga14 checks
*** FLOP *** [4s 7d Kh]
topanga14 checks
gadzooks64 checks
*** TURN *** [4s 7d Kh] [9d]
topanga14 checks
gadzooks64 checks
*** RIVER *** [4s 7d Kh 9d] [4d]
topanga14 checks
gadzooks64 bets 160
topanga14 folds
Uncalled bet of 160 returned to gadzooks64
gadzooks64 mucks
gadzooks64 wins the pot (400)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 400 | Rake 0
Board: [4s 7d Kh 9d 4d]
Seat 1: rascony didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: ElSnarfGrande didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: BuckyMetro (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: Scabs304 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: topanga14 (big blind) folded on the River
Seat 6: gadzooks64 collected (400), mucked

I called Scabs all in with KQd v his 99 and made a straight. More chips for me. GG Scabs.

Now this hand with Snarf was really interesting. When we got to the final table I find myself to the left of two huge stacks and toward the bottom of the chipcount. The blinds had taken their toll on my stack when we were shorthanded.

Full Tilt Poker Game #1691618885: Pokerslut Tour (7795923), Table 3 - 150/300 Ante 25 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:55:21 ET - 2007/01/28
Seat 2: ElSnarfGrande (6,933)
Seat 5: topanga14 (2,743)
Seat 6: gadzooks64 (5,417)
Seat 8: katokat (8,496)
Seat 9: rascony (10,911)
ElSnarfGrande antes 25
topanga14 antes 25
gadzooks64 antes 25
katokat antes 25
rascony antes 25
rascony posts the small blind of 150
ElSnarfGrande posts the big blind of 300
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to gadzooks64 [Ks Ah]
topanga14 folds
gadzooks64 raises to 1,000
katokat folds
rascony folds
ElSnarfGrande calls 700
*** FLOP *** [Jc 4d 4c]
ElSnarfGrande checks
gadzooks64 bets 1,500
ElSnarfGrande raises to 4,000
gadzooks64 raises to 4,392, and is all in
ElSnarfGrande calls 392
gadzooks64 shows [Ks Ah]
ElSnarfGrande shows [3h 3s]
*** TURN *** [Jc 4d 4c] [As]
*** RIVER *** [Jc 4d 4c As] [6s]
gadzooks64 shows two pair, Aces and Fours
ElSnarfGrande shows two pair, Fours and Threes
gadzooks64 wins the pot (11,059) with two pair, Aces and Fours
gadzooks64: phew
The blinds are now 200/400 with an ante of 50
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 11,059 | Rake 0
Board: [Jc 4d 4c As 6s]
Seat 2: ElSnarfGrande (big blind) showed [3h 3s] and lost with two pair, Fours and Threes
Seat 5: topanga14 folded before the Flop
Seat 6: gadzooks64 showed [Ks Ah] and won (11,059) with two pair, Aces and Fours
Seat 8: katokat (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 9: rascony (small blind) folded before the Flop

I raised and he called me. I put in a continuation bet and he raised me. I had so many chips in there already I just couldn't afford to not push here. I think my mistake was NOT pushing the flop. This would have been the perfect spot for a stop and go. I got lucky and sucked out an Ace on the turn. Pure luck.

Snarf pushes with 99 and I wake up with JJ. I was a total luckbox tonight. I admit it. GG Snarf. More chips for me.

It gets down to three handed. Kato raises and I have JJ, AGAIN! I reraise and she pushes with KQo. I hit a set on flop and she doesn't improve. GG Kato.

I have about a 3:2 chip lead. Which is insignificant.

Rascony got a huge part of my chips on this hand. I admit I played this horribly.

Full Tilt Poker Game #1691758929: Pokerslut Tour (7795923), Table 3 - 250/500 Ante 50 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:15:03 ET - 2007/01/28
Seat 6: gadzooks64 (18,446)
Seat 9: rascony (16,054)
gadzooks64 antes 50
rascony antes 50
rascony posts the small blind of 250
gadzooks64 posts the big blind of 500
The button is in seat #9
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to gadzooks64 [Ts Js]
rascony raises to 1,000
gadzooks64 calls 500
*** FLOP *** [3c 8h Jc]
gadzooks64 checks
rascony bets 1,000
gadzooks64 raises to 3,000
rascony raises to 8,500
gadzooks64 raises to 14,000
rascony raises to 15,004, and is all in
gadzooks64 calls 1,004
rascony shows [Jd Kh]
gadzooks64 shows [Ts Js]
*** TURN *** [3c 8h Jc] [2h]
*** RIVER *** [3c 8h Jc 2h] [Qh]
rascony shows a pair of Jacks
gadzooks64 shows a pair of Jacks
rascony wins the pot (32,108) with a pair of Jacks
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 32,108 | Rake 0
Board: [3c 8h Jc 2h Qh]
Seat 6: gadzooks64 (big blind) showed [Ts Js] and lost with a pair of Jacks
Seat 9: rascony (small blind) showed [Jd Kh] and won (32,108) with a pair of Jacks

A few hands later he got the rest of them.

Full Tilt Poker Game #1691774396: Pokerslut Tour (7795923), Table 3 - 250/500 Ante 50 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:17:16 ET - 2007/01/28
Seat 6: gadzooks64 (5,634)
Seat 9: rascony (28,866)
gadzooks64 antes 50
rascony antes 50
rascony posts the small blind of 250
gadzooks64 posts the big blind of 500
The button is in seat #9
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to gadzooks64 [4d Ah]
rascony raises to 1,500
gadzooks64 raises to 5,584, and is all in
rascony calls 4,084
gadzooks64 shows [4d Ah]
rascony shows [Kd 9h]
*** FLOP *** [Kh 6c 6s]
*** TURN *** [Kh 6c 6s] [9d]
*** RIVER *** [Kh 6c 6s 9d] [3s]
gadzooks64: gg
gadzooks64 shows a pair of Sixes
rascony shows two pair, Kings and Nines
rascony wins the pot (11,268) with two pair, Kings and Nines
gadzooks64 stands up
rascony stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 11,268 | Rake 0
Board: [Kh 6c 6s 9d 3s]
Seat 6: gadzooks64 (big blind) showed [4d Ah] and lost with a pair of Sixes
Seat 9: rascony (small blind) showed [Kd 9h] and won (11,268) with two pair, Kings and Nines

GG Rascony!