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Hey guys, a proposal for you to look at...

For those of you who don't know me, my name is Tom Rutter.

I was planning to not ask for any further staking before the WSOP after Walsall GUKPT last month (where I finished just outside the money) but have always planned to head to Dublin for the Irish Open weekend (despite planning to not play) and thought I would attempt to take advantage of the normally sub-par strength of the Irish side events.

The Tourneys: Two side events in the Irish Open (3-5th april)

1500+150 euros Hold'em
750+75 euros PLO

If I manage to go deep in the first event, I will not be able to play the second. In this case I will swiftly refund all investments!

Tournament structures: Sorry guys, can't seem to find structures. Both are two day events and i'm sure structures will be good, if not amazing. Please link me up if you see a structure anywhere/know where I can find one - can't seem to see one on Paddypower/Pokerineurope websites

Full Tilt OPR record:
http://www.officialpokerrankings.com/fulltiltpoker/NumptyDumpty23/poker/statistics/FD447A18ADDF4B1AB2118C6CE9C525BD.html?t=8

Sharkscope:
(can't work out how to put a link up to me directly, but have a look for yourself)
 
     Username         Games Played   Av. Profit      Av. Stake     Av. ROI     Total Profit
NumptyDumpty23      1,518              $15              $87            16%       $22,203  
              
Live Track Record - http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=67235

To date, I have only played 2 PLO live tournaments, one being a $1500 event at WSOP 2008 (AAKx < KKxx aipf), one £300 side event at walsall gukpt 2009 (which I bubbled). I have a good deal of omaha live cash experience and a decent amount of online cash experience and consider myself to have a good edge in the game. I realise that backing me in a PLO tournament is to some extent taking a leap of faith, but I confident in my game and that the field will likely be surprisingly weak.

Offer: Selling up to 70% of myself in both tournaments

Tournament 1: 1500+150 Holdem (selling at ~1.21)

2.5% = 50euros
5% = 100euros
10%=200euros

Tournament 2: 750+75 PLO (selling at ~1.21)

5% = 50euros
10% = 100euros
20% = 200euros

Let me know if you are interested. I will accept money via full tilt transfer, bank transfer, or cash. I willl use exchange rates on xe.com

Thanks for reading,

Tom

5% in hold em pls gimpo and 5% in the PLO.

cheers cos. booked

5% in each gone via PM, cheers mate

20% in each gone to Stu

i'll take 5pc of each ta

cheers mikey

5% of each dude

cheers george!

so far..

Cos the Bubble (this clever joke works in two ways!) - 5%
Via PM - 5%
Stu Putter - 20%
Mikey Millllllaaaaaaar - 5%
"Rupinder" Bedi - 5%

tyty all

40% gone, 30% left in each

5% of each sold by PM,

25% of each left

I'll take another 5% of each off your hands.

BUBBLE EH!? never mind me jst win me some money for once you donko

5% in each pls

thanks! booked


cheers blatchy

so... 55% of each gone, 15% of each left

BUMP! :)

15% left guys - gonna let it run til tuesday just in case anyone else is interested and will then send out messages about payments/transfers

will happily play with 55% sold, so no problem if no sell

Tom

5% in plo and 2.5% in holdem please

yep, cheers. booked

hey guys, sold the last bit via PM, so...

Stu -  20% of each  paid
George - 5% of each
Blatch - 5% of each  paid
Cos - 5% of each
James - 5% of each  paid
Millar - 5% of each  paid
thetank - 5% of each   paid
BAM - 5% of each  paid
DUNK619 - 5%plo, 2.5%holdem  paid
Bas - 10%plo, 12.5%holdem     paid            

cheers guys, sending a PM now for payment details

sent

I'm gonna send mine as soon as the cards are in the air. Gonna be well annoyed if something happens to you before then (like you get hit by a bus or Wadey shoots you with a rifle) and I've no way to get my $$ back.

know something we dont?

cos knows very little. he still thinks it is right to do a fold with a green ten and a green jack

just shipped it on fulltilt m8 best of luck

lol. Cos folding half hand story is like the least accurate thing you could come up with!

Wow. That was maybe the most depressing 90 minutes ever, and not just on a poker front.

Just played the omaha event and busted super early (sorry guys).. here is the story..

Starting table - Me, 2 irish guys (one of whom could play, the other was very dodgy), 3 french guys (two were absolutely awful, one quiet but seemed like he could play) and three unmanned stacks (one of which surinder sunar sat down at after 45 mins).

Started off ok, won a few small ones and up to 11k from 10k stack, not much of interest.

Then raised UTG+1 with  Kd Qd Ts Th to 225 and the french UTG limper calls.

Flop =  Tc 5d 3h - He checks, I bet 400, he insta-calls

Turn =  Ks - He checks, I bet 1200, he insta-calls

River =  Aspades - He checks

At this point the only hand I am worried about is 2-4. Obviously he shouldn't be calling the turn with it, but still could have. I think he doesn't have J-Q as he would surely bet the river. So i decide to go for fairly big value bet of 2800. He dwells for six minutes before calling. I flip my tens, which he stares at for a further 20 secs before standing up, slamming down his AA (J6), celebrating and then berating me for trying to bluff him/making a bad bet. Sure - thanks for the nitroll-slowroll-celebration-rubdown/beration. The one good moment was when an irish guy called him a completely clueless prick.

Then lost ~1.5k to surinder with 3-3-x-x vs Q-4-7-7 on Q-4-3-7-J

On a turn of  6c 5c 5d 3d i bet 1100 with  Js 8s 7d 4d when two french guys check to me. I get one caller and value bet 1600 of my 4200 stack one a  Kh river. He check-raises me all in and shows  Kd Kc when I pass (I really hope he had a 5 with it!)

The last 2600 goes in with  Ahrt Qh Jh Td on  8h 5h 3c against  6s 7s 9d x - pair of nines took it on the end.

So, pretty depressing stuff - although i'm actually much more annoyed about the french prick than the poker itself. Sorry I couldn't bring home anything in this one! Fingers crossed for the 1650 Holdem tomorrow!

Thanks for reading :)

Unlucky Tom, best of luck Tomorrow in the HE event.

Win mad ones!!!!!

Just had a shower and was thinking about one of the hands - basically the most interesting one technically, although I have hardly mentioned it above - and one that I played pretty awfully.

5 way limped pot - I have  Aspades 2s 3s 3h on the button (pot is 500)

on a flop of   Qc 4s 3d surinder sunar leads 500 (pot) from the SB. As the play went then I called after everyone else passed. My thinking here is that anything more than calling is bad - what range does surinder lead from the SB? At the time I thought 2 pair, a set or a wrap. Because he is fairly nittish I am happy to call  - If the straight draw misses he will check with any hand I am beating, bet any hand that is beating me. If the wrap hits and he bets I can pass, If he checks I can re-evaluate (this was my mistake). Can I simply pass here or is that weak? I think it is, but what do we think?

as the action went..

turn  7c - check-check

river  Jd - he bet 1200, I called (which is obviously bad) - he showed  Qs 4c 7d 7h

IMO I have three ways to play this hand, all of which are feasible - would be really interested to hear what u guys think. In every instance I am assuming we see a limped flop.

1. Pass the flop - Surinder is leading a very narrow range from the SB and will often have a set or a wrap. However I don't like this play because we have position. I am happy to call and play the turn in position

And then assuming we call on the flop and see the  7c on the turn..

2. Bet when he checks - Here I am turning my set into a bluff. I may be wrong, but I think that surinder will bet if he makes a straight on the turn as he doesn't want to give a free card to 2 pairs/sets. It is likely that he would call the turn with Q-Q or 4-4 and a second barrel would be required on the river, but I am fairly confident it would get through unless the board paired.

3. Check behind and give up, folding to any bet on the river.

I am pretty disappointed with my play here, but nonetheless feels like an interesting spot to learn from - let me know what you think.


Thanks mark! How are you anyway mate? Feels like I haven't seen you for ages! I remember last time we spoke you weren't doing too well - hope you are doing better?

I know this isn't that part you want to talk about, but I would definitely pass this pre. Very little good can happen.

I am however a raging nit.

Juuuuune, suited ace and the nut low draw!

Ye I'm good tx I pm'd you rather than derail your thread GL today!

flop 2 spades and you have a flush I guess, but it's a long shot

Hey guys,

Should have got this up on here before, but was too busy railing James and enjoying the last of my time in Ireland

The second event went as badly as the first. The 8k starting chips meant you really had to get off to a good start and I really didn't.

About 20  minutes in I raised in MP with  K-Qhh and the button called, a young guy (english I think) that I didn't recognise. I c-bet a K-high flop and he called, looking fairly confident. The Jack on the turn turn slowed me down, as clearly if he is fairly strong on that flop then KJ was one of the few hands I was beating. We check-checked the turn and I check-called a blank river, being shown  AK - I know this is not particularly useful, but I now can't remember the bet sizes, save to say that I lost close to 2k in the pot. In hindsight maybe I can pass the end, but at the time felt I had to make a crying call as my line throughout the hand showed no strength and he could easily be value betting KQ or a weaker K or even a jack or smaller pocket pair such as tens - I realise this is tough to comment on without knowing bet sizes!

So, down to just under 6k and still at 25-50 I raised  Q-T to 125 from the cut-off and both blinds called. I c-bet 300 on a T-8-4 and a young swedish guy in the SB check-raised to 875. This sounds like a straightforward pass, but he looked so so uncomfortable that I felt sure he was weak and was raising in order to either take it there or with a lead on the turn. I called and we saw a 2 on the turn. He led for most of the pot (1600 or 1700) and I was playing ~4800. I decided to go with my read from the flop and continue with the hand, but that if I flatted here he was unlikely to continue a bluff on the river once I had called 1/3 of my remaining stack on the turn, so I got my stack in. He snapped me off and showed a turned set of twos. Not fun.

So, sorry for the lack of return and for the lack of even the chance for a sweat! I am going to be taking a quiet time from poker for a bit - I have my 4th year uni exams in ~6 weeks, so need to move pretty much full time into the library :( Hope you guys can do better than I have done recently and hope to see you in Vegas!

Tom