G Casino Luton 2009 blondeite league

[Drain Alien]

Dean - what did you have for Dinner, & was it before Level 1?

We need DETAIL. Spangly colour, dinner, how late the Tourney started, da de da.

Not only DETAIL, but Dean's reports are ENTERTAINING detail.
Day 2 full report pls Mr Sicilian.
Ignore the idiots [whoever they are]
Drainy.

[the sicilian]

Dean - what did you have for Dinner, & was it before Level 1?

We need DETAIL. Spangly colour, dinner, how late the Tourney started, da de da.

Not only DETAIL, but Dean's reports are ENTERTAINING detail.
Day 2 full report pls Mr Sicilian.
Ignore the idiots [whoever they are]
Drainy.

OK  its over on the other thread

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=44101.135

[Drain Alien]

Dean - what did you have for Dinner, & was it before Level 1?

We need DETAIL. Spangly colour, dinner, how late the Tourney started, da de da.

Not only DETAIL, but Dean's reports are ENTERTAINING detail.
Day 2 full report pls Mr Sicilian.
Ignore the idiots [whoever they are]
Drainy.

OK  its over on the other thread

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=44101.135

Cool - I knew u would...!.....off to other thread now......

[Lucky]

GUKPT Luton Continued.........

Level 6 (200/400 and 25 ante)

I raise to 1,100 with Ace Ten and take down the blinds.

As big blind vs a small blind who limps in, I have ten high, but a ten high flop allows me to bet and take the pot.

As small blind vs big blind, I limped in and he checked. We both checked the flop; I had no hand but bet the turn and took the pot.

An orbit later I'm in BB and the UTG player raises to 1,200 and gets one caller. I find pocket tens, re raise to 3,600 and they both fold.

Find Pocket kings, raise and take the blinds. My notes don't have a chip count here but think I have around 15,000 at the end of this level. The average is about 20,000 but I'm quite comfortable.


Level 7 (300/600 and 25 ante)

Didn't play a hand for 45 minutes and blinded down, until I found AQ utg, raised and took the blinds. Now on 13,400. Quite an uneventful level for me all round, but still in, and getting closer to my day two objective as we have just 2 levels left.

These two will see lots of casualties though!


Level 8 (400/800 and 50 ante)

79 players left from around 190 as we start this level.

As BB, called a raise to 1,800 from a young aggressive player. (This chap had earlier been in a hand where at 300/600, it went 1,500 from utg, 4,500 from Hovold and then he shoved for c 20k. Both folded and he showed 8 5 off suit!). I was wary of playing a pot with him but felt my A9 was ahead of his range!

On a flop of J93 we both checked. On a blank turn, I felt my 9 might be good, so I bet and he called. The river brought a third diamond; I checked but feared a river bet from him. To my relief, he checked back and showed a nine with a worse kicker, so I took the pot, whilst feeling that he could have taken it away from me.

I'm now at my peak chip count so far, on 17,000.

Make another loose raise with A8s. BB is only caller (It's Will Martin, chip leader with a massive stack). He checks dark and I bet 2,500 on an ace high board and he check raises me all in! Another key decision, but after a dwell this feels like a good time to wimp out and live to see another day! This pot damages me and I'm back down to around 11,000.


Level 9 (500/1,000 and 75 ante)

I now have 11 big blinds and make a conscious decision to gamble in this level (the final one of the day). I'm very keen to come back for day two but don't want to come back with a short stack, so its time to go for it.

Folded to me, I raise and take the blinds (don't remember the hand)

Folded to me on the button, I raise with and take the blinds. Mouthy type asks me to show the bluff. (I think he sees me as very tight). I show the to his surprise and to the amusement of the others!

I tell the table that I need a double up. Whilst I'm “going for it” I'm not going to be overly loose and I felt I might benefit if the table were to see me as looser than I really am. I don't think it worked though (see later).

Raised and took the blinds with AJ

Young aggressive type (not the one from the A9 hand), raises in MP. I find AQ, re raise all in and take the pot. Nice one!

As I'm counting my chips the next pot plays out, folds round to the same aggressive player who raises again in MP (I now know him to be Chris Brammer). I peek at my cards and find AA. I ask for time to finish counting and stacking my chips. Not quite sure how many I have or what the correct raise would be and decide to push all in. Raiser folds and I take the pot. (Adam, a black belt grader on my left comments on the tell that occurs when you play a hand whilst still stacking chips. I agreed with him, but what else could I have done there?).

One orbit later on my BB, it's raised to 2,400 by aggressive young player (8 5 man!) and called by Chris Brammer (who I've now re raised twice in quick succession). I find aces again and decide to re raise but to re raise quite small (5,000 into an 8,000 pot). I really want one of them to come back over the top. Original raiser insta folds, whilst Chris dwells for a long time ("do it," "do it " I'm thinking), but eventually he folds. I was hoping for a big pot there but it wasn't to be!

I find myself finishing this level on 27,000 and surviving to day two as one of 46 from 190 day 1b starters. What a great last hour! All in 5 times and never called. I tried to look loose but nobody bit! Still, it was a good days work and I can go home pleased.


Summary

Played 31 hands in 9 hours. Had aces twice, kings three times, queens once & jacks once. All of these hands held up! Including day 1a survivors I come back on day 2 in 52nd position of 72 (from 304 starters). 28 places are paid so I have a chance of cashing but have more work to do.


Days 2 and 3 to follow …

[Chompy]

As an aside, I haven't had a bet on an outright footie match for years but I'm gonna tonight.
Posh to beat Plymouth
Sheff Utd to beat Ipswich

Double comes to 2-1 with Coral. Woo woo!

[X] Why I'm not a football tipster or punter

[the sicilian]

As an aside, I haven't had a bet on an outright footie match for years but I'm gonna tonight.
Posh to beat Plymouth
Sheff Utd to beat Ipswich

Double comes to 2-1 with Coral. Woo woo!

[X] Why I'm not a football tipster or punter Poker player

FYP

[Chompy]

Name                 Played Won  2nd  3rd  Other   Pts      Score
Snatiramas           42     2    3    1    8       116      2.76
Tightend             51     2    2    2    11      117      2.29
Gamblor              28     2    0    2    3       64       2.29
Winkie               20     0    1    1    5       43       2.15
Celtic               47     1    1    3    5       93       1.98
Simon G              40     1    1    1    8       76       1.9
Tikay                40     1    1    2    5       76       1.9
Alex                 11     1    0    0    2       20       1.82
Lucky                63     2    1    1    12      111      1.76
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Nirvana              71     3    3    0    9       118      1.66
Chompy               62     2    2    1    6       94       1.52
Pelham Boy           24     0    1    1    4       35       1.46
Sir Donksalot        64     3    1    0    4       84       1.31
Holdorfold           18     1    0    0    2       23       1.28
Claw                 31     0    0    1    5       39       1.26
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China Mug            111    3    1    0    12      121      1.09
Jeff Buftybarger     22     0    0    0    1       7        0.32
Xpressman            16     0    0    0    1       3        0.19

Updated up to and including Tue 29 September

I'm assuming nobody played last night?
Might wander over tonight. Anyone else playing?

Top May points scorer - Snatiramas
Top June points scorer - Gamblor
Top July points scorer - Lucky
Top August points scorer - No qualifier
Top September points scorer - Snatiramas

[luther101]

Lucky - we've had The Fellowship of the G, then The Twin Towers     ......       when's the final book of the saga - The Return of Mr Singh - due on Chumpy's illustrious thread?

Oh, and don't forget to include the bit about The Book Reading Female rugby tackling after your payout for her share of the wonga.

[Lucky]

GUKPT Luton day two

Level 10 (600/1,200 and 100 ante)

• Sitting in 52nd spot and with 28 paid I need to improve to cash. I hope to play tight as before but also to find spots to steal blinds and build a stack. Have 27,000 chips and decide my goal is to get to 100,000. I more or less trebled my stack yesterday so I don't see it as unrealistic to do the same again. Admittedly it will be tougher, but that's my goal. Average stack with 28 left will be c 110,000, so I'll be OK and in the money with 100,000.

• Not a good start as I go through my blinds and lose them.

• Next I raise to 3,500 in late position with A9s but the BB re raises all in and I fold.

• On next orbit I lose my blinds again and I'm now down to around 18,000 and “at risk” again.

• Under the gun raises to 5,700 and I find AK on the button and decide to re raise all in. (UTG had raised light a couple of times). He dwells for ages and eventually folds saying he put me on a massive hand. He shows Jacks face up and chats with the chap to his left who confirms that you have to go with your read. I rake in the chips quietly saying nothing, but pleased with the fold and the addition to my stack.

• On next orbit I go through my blinds and lose them.

• On next orbit I made up the small blind when limped to me. Bet out with mid pair and folded to a re raise. Lost 3,700 here. Not good!


Level 11 (800/1,600 and 100 ante)

• Now down to 15,000 so in danger again. 64 left.

• Lost my blinds first orbit.

• Next orbit pushed all in with A8, no callers, and took the blinds.

• Soon after, pushed again with pocket sixes, no callers, and took the blinds.

• On my SB vs BB, I raised with Q8 to take the pot

• As BB with 3 limpers round to me, I find Ace Ten and decide to squeeze / raise all in to punish limpers (listen to me; he who limps a lot). First caller, a fairly big stack, dwells for ages, seems to want to call, but finds a fold, presumably worried about players and big stacks behind him. The other two fold and I win a nice pot and climb back to 24,000. I feel sure the first caller folded a better hand than mine.

• Find Pocket kings, raise to 5,000and take the blinds

• Find pocket sevens in early position, consider pushing but choose not to as have pushed a few times recently. See a raise, a re raise and an all in, so glad to have dodged a bullet there (two bullets in fact!).

• Find Pocket aces under the gun, raise to 5,000 and get re raised all in by a relatively short stack. (Pino Valentino). He has pocket 7’s and despite a 5 6 8 flop, my aces hold and I'm up to 41,000 with 50 players left (average 61,000). I started the day on 2/3 the average stack and I'm still 2/3 the average, but 22 players nearer the money! So far, so good.


Level 12 (1,000/2,000 and 100 ante)


• Didn't play a hand and lost my blinds for 2 orbits and am quickly down to 34,000

• Move tables and after one orbit it's my BB with 4 limpers when I find pocket queens. I raise, take it down and re bound to 40,000

• Active cut off (Neil) raises to 5,000, I'm on the button and find pocket 8’s. I decide caution is the watchword and choose to fold.

• UTG I raise with AQ and take the blinds

• Next I go through the blinds and lose them, so back to 40,000 again.

• The dinner break is announced but as a shuffle has started we have to play the last hand. I joke with the TD (Dena). She says “ We have to deal it; you don't have to play it!”  Active player (Neil) raises again to 5,000. This time I find    and decide to flat call rather than escalate the pot by raising. Everyone else folds, gets up for dinner and Neil & I see the flop. It's Q53. He checks, I bet 10,000 and he calls. The turn is another 3. I don't view this as a scare card. He checks and I decide to push for 25,000 into a pot that must be just over 30,000. He dwells for an age. The whole room is empty apart from us two and the dealers. I'm as still as I can be. The longer he dwells, the more I want the call. I'm putting him on KQ at this stage. Eventually he calls and shows Q9. Happy days! The river briefly looked like a nine but was in fact an eight, so he missed and I go to the back of the long dinner queue a happy man with 83,000 and above average chips for the first time in the tournament.



Level 13 (1,200/2,400 and 200 ante)


• I was pleased to discover at the break that I'm now sitting in 13th spot with 41 left. I have 83,000 of my 100,000 chip target. Not yet guaranteed to cash, but if I keep out of trouble I have a very good chance. (I’m sure this will sound too negative to you, but one of my ambitions this years was to cash in a ranking event and get my first Hendon Mob database entry, and this was my chance!).

• Lost one round of blinds

• Raised with AJ to take the blinds

• Lost 2 rounds of blinds.

• Cant remember the hand but limped, bet the flop and won.

• MP player raises to 6k; I find pocket jacks and raise to 20k to take the pot.


Level 14 (1,500/3,000 and 200 ante)


• Just 33 left now (28 paid). Average is 92,000 and I’m on 84,000 having been about level for the last session! I’m feeling quite confident of cashing now and must be in the top 20 or thereabouts. Just avoid a big confrontation Alan!

• The opportunity to avoid a big confrontation arises quickly! After a raise to 6,000, active player (Neil from before) goes all in for 60,000. I find AK and have a dilemma, but the cautious voice in my head tells me to fold, so I do. Original raiser folds and Neil takes the pot, saying he had AK. I tell him I also had AK and he’s astonished, saying he'd never fold AK in that spot. Near the bubble, it felt right to me. What do others think?

• Very soon after, a short stack in EP goes all in for c 25,000. Another player calls and I find pocket kings (great timing!). I push all in and the caller gets out of the way. Original raiser has Ace ten and my kings hold!

• Somewhere around here the bubble bursts and we're in the money. I’m in good shape so thoughts turn to moving up as far as possible. Is a final table possible ? With my current chip stack I wont be far off a top 9 spot!

• Our table breaks and I move to a full table with some faces I recognised but couldn't name. Very first hand I have aces under the gun and raise to 9,000. The only caller is the big blind who is short stacked and doesn't even have enough to make up the 9,000 to call. With his BB in, he’s’ pot committed. He shows K3 and my aces hold as I bust out another player.

Yet more to follow  

[the sicilian]

Good report Alan.....

• The opportunity to avoid a big confrontation arises quickly! After a raise to 6,000, active player (Neil from before) goes all in for 60,000. I find AK and have a dilemma, but the cautious voice in my head tells me to fold, so I do. Original raiser folds and Neil takes the pot, saying he had AK. I tell him I also had AK and he’s astonished, saying he'd never fold AK in that spot. Near the bubble, it felt right to me. What do others think?

Fold is fine... too many people just want to throw 60bb in pre with AK and then wonder why they are walking home.... this advice from a man who calls a bet and a shove from you ( a tight player ) with Q9..his advice can be dismissed... if you want to see an example see the pha board from saturday a hand with Greekstein..loads of him telling to shove half his stack in with one pair in the face of huge strength... the outcome..he was on the end of an arse kicking...so many of these so called players think their brilliant because they can shove the lot over the line pre or on the flop.... i love people telling you u played this hand wrong that hand wrong..' oh you should have shoved'  where are they usually...on the rail m8 asking someone to sponsor them...

[Chompy]

I'd be more inclined to call with AK because it is near the bubble.
But he knew that if he went all in, most of the time you couldn't call.

Is all this from memory or did you write it down? If you win the league I'll buy you a Gus Hansen-style dictaphone. Here are some key phrases you'll need:

"MDD just sucked out on me. Jeez he runs good."
"Captain's log, stardate 102.74.65, let the record show Tighty just played a hand."
"I just raised but Sir Donkeys wouldn't let it through, smoothing oop so he could peel."
"Megadong just raised 12xBB utg. It got through. He showed pocket fours."

[TightEnd]

Good report Alan.....

• The opportunity to avoid a big confrontation arises quickly! After a raise to 6,000, active player (Neil from before) goes all in for 60,000. I find AK and have a dilemma, but the cautious voice in my head tells me to fold, so I do. Original raiser folds and Neil takes the pot, saying he had AK. I tell him I also had AK and he’s astonished, saying he'd never fold AK in that spot. Near the bubble, it felt right to me. What do others think?

Fold is fine... too many people just want to throw 60bb in pre with AK and then wonder why they are walking home.... this advice from a man who calls a bet and a shove from you ( a tight player ) with Q9..his advice can be dismissed... if you want to see an example see the pha board from saturday a hand with Greekstein..loads of him telling to shove half his stack in with one pair in the face of huge strength... the outcome..he was on the end of an arse kicking...so many of these so called players think their brilliant because they can shove the lot over the line pre or on the flop.... i love people telling you u played this hand wrong that hand wrong..' oh you should have shoved'  where are they usually...on the rail m8 asking someone to sponsor them...

[the sicilian]

I'd be more inclined to call with AK because it is near the bubble.
But he knew that if he went all in, most of the time you couldn't call.

Is all this from memory or did you write it down? If you win the league I'll buy you a Gus Hansen-style dictaphone. Here are some key phrases you'll need:

"MDD just sucked out on me. Jeez he runs good."
"Captain's log, stardate 102.74.65, let the record show Tighty just played a hand."
"I just raised but Sir Donkeys wouldn't let it through, smoothing oop so he could peel."
"Megadong just raised 12xBB utg. It got through. He showed pocket fours."

Ur running 13th in a major and you want to shove 60% of your stack in on a flip...why play for 2 days... just flip the coin at the start..

[TightEnd]

• Under the gun raises to 5,700 and I find AK on the button and decide to re raise all in. (UTG had raised light a couple of times). He dwells for ages and eventually folds saying he put me on a massive hand. He shows Jacks face up and chats with the chap to his left who confirms that you have to go with your read. I rake in the chips quietly saying nothing, but pleased with the fold and the addition to my stack.


what an image you must have had. His stack was?

what a fold, and what a horrible show of the Jacks lol

[the sicilian]

Good report Alan.....

• The opportunity to avoid a big confrontation arises quickly! After a raise to 6,000, active player (Neil from before) goes all in for 60,000. I find AK and have a dilemma, but the cautious voice in my head tells me to fold, so I do. Original raiser folds and Neil takes the pot, saying he had AK. I tell him I also had AK and he’s astonished, saying he'd never fold AK in that spot. Near the bubble, it felt right to me. What do others think?

Fold is fine... too many people just want to throw 60bb in pre with AK and then wonder why they are walking home.... this advice from a man who calls a bet and a shove from you ( a tight player ) with Q9..his advice can be dismissed... if you want to see an example see the pha board from saturday a hand with Greekstein..loads of him telling to shove half his stack in with one pair in the face of huge strength... the outcome..he was on the end of an arse kicking...so many of these so called players think their brilliant because they can shove the lot over the line pre or on the flop.... i love people telling you u played this hand wrong that hand wrong..' oh you should have shoved'  where are they usually...on the rail m8 asking someone to sponsor them...

with big mac obv..