Ok not to toot my own horn, but HONK HONK. I have played a few pro's online at the low limits of course, and a couple for play chips.
Mandy B. Im not even sure I know who she is, but she is a full tilt pro, have played her quite a few times in play chips Razz game on fulltilt. Googled her pic very nice looking.
Barney Boatman, Played him on fulltilt as well, Im a bit more familiar with him, although i don't think he is known by the masses, but most serious poker fans will know the name, same game play chip Razz. I never showed a losing hand to Barney although he showed me 3.
Humberto Brenes, Played him in limit .10 / .20 game on Pokerstars , only seen 1 showdown, we tied both having AJ . Ace high into a bet and call hand, we both donks.
Daniel Negreanu, although he was at my table for 1/2 hour, I never got dealt a playable hand. This is my poker Idol i did not want to make any foolish plays in his presence. But i did win a 2 dollar pot with Ace king no pair, he seen the hand prolly thought i was a donk for sure. I knew he was playing microlimits in quest to turn 10 bucks into 100,000 i think, not sure if he quit doing this, havent't seen him anywhere but the nosebleeds in awhile. I actually carried on a decent conversation with Daniel, he is very personable, I asked him who best Hollywood Actor/Poker player is. His answer Tobey Mcguire.. Spidey sense he said about his skill. Also thru Daniels myspace i asked and recieved signed pics addressed , for me and my 2 boys, The return address is a Vegas Address so i guess i can just drop by his house, no im kidding its to a po box, but i could always mob him for a lesson at the po box i guess.
Isabelle Mercer, Played her just 2 nights ago on Pokerstars , at .50/1 lhe , i won a few pots off her, as for the very rare oddity , the deck was smacking me in face, and even my 1 pair hands were taking down huge pots, love those few sessions when that happens. I made 26 bucks in just 1 hour or less, than i scram and can't catch that kind of luck any where on stars for the rest of the night.
Thats about it for now, but 1 day I will be in the nosebleeds and some other donk blogger will be bragging about play with me.
until next time
Hold up hand hold up
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Heads up destruction of my roll heres how
I am actually a winner so far in the game of poker, not by as much as I'd like. I would really love to move the kids to Vegas, and play down stairs from my mega suite at the rio, that's not happened yet.
But somedays i can't win any key hands, Sunday May 2nd , is this day.
I play approx. 10 Hu sit n go's, 10 -$ 20 and win only 2, not playing bad at all.
I didn't pull any fancy bluffs that got me busted, didn't overplay any 1 pair hands, didn't misclick call an all in, although i did misclick 1 for 1/3 of my stack, but actually came back to win that 1.
I would have legitimate HU go broke hands, and yes went' broke, flop 2 pair, would get turned and beat by the set.
Flopped Ace high straight, I had AQ flop came KJ10 , got it all in there as villian had set of 10's, and hit case 10 on river for quads, yuck.
Playing a mild opponent not much preflop raising from him , and was baffled when we got it all in preflop just about even in chips 1500 after a back and forth battle had been going on for nearly 10mins, my JJ looked like the winner until Q high flop nailed his Queen 10,, what Queen 10 totally out of character i thot we were racing my JJ vs Ak or so, ?????? wtf was he thinking.
I hit tricky 2 pairs about 3 times and got broke by bigger sneaky 2 pairs usually made foe a better hand on turn or river.
2 times I turned a decent flush to lose to river Flush hitting my opponents 2 diff suit hands.
So very ugly day, but instead of going absolutely broke with my roll i called it a day, somedays no matter how good your play you can't win online, and this was it, have made up a big portion of that in just a few HU and cash games, so no real loss, but what the heck can you do when the deck hits opponent in face all day, and you can't do anything to stop it.
Until next time
Hold up hand hold up!!!
But somedays i can't win any key hands, Sunday May 2nd , is this day.
I play approx. 10 Hu sit n go's, 10 -$ 20 and win only 2, not playing bad at all.
I didn't pull any fancy bluffs that got me busted, didn't overplay any 1 pair hands, didn't misclick call an all in, although i did misclick 1 for 1/3 of my stack, but actually came back to win that 1.
I would have legitimate HU go broke hands, and yes went' broke, flop 2 pair, would get turned and beat by the set.
Flopped Ace high straight, I had AQ flop came KJ10 , got it all in there as villian had set of 10's, and hit case 10 on river for quads, yuck.
Playing a mild opponent not much preflop raising from him , and was baffled when we got it all in preflop just about even in chips 1500 after a back and forth battle had been going on for nearly 10mins, my JJ looked like the winner until Q high flop nailed his Queen 10,, what Queen 10 totally out of character i thot we were racing my JJ vs Ak or so, ?????? wtf was he thinking.
I hit tricky 2 pairs about 3 times and got broke by bigger sneaky 2 pairs usually made foe a better hand on turn or river.
2 times I turned a decent flush to lose to river Flush hitting my opponents 2 diff suit hands.
So very ugly day, but instead of going absolutely broke with my roll i called it a day, somedays no matter how good your play you can't win online, and this was it, have made up a big portion of that in just a few HU and cash games, so no real loss, but what the heck can you do when the deck hits opponent in face all day, and you can't do anything to stop it.
Until next time
Hold up hand hold up!!!
Saturday, May 2, 2009
A little experiment to see how true odds are in poker for short term.
Ok i take a deck of 52 cards, traditional poker deck.
i pull out AA and KK and and set them to side i then shuffle deck , as would any dealer in poker game and deal out burn cards flop turn and river, 10 times, my results.
pocket kings beat the aces 3/10 times or 33.3 percent, well above the 21% it should
i got set over set 1 time as well in only 10 outings.. very odd, i thot.
so i tried a different match up using AK vs A7 and same thing ran it 10 times only
found that the 7 paired minus the king and won 3/10 or 33.3 , just about the expected there
so goes to show just cause you catch bad a few hands in row being a bit favorite doesn't mean a game is rigged, or your unlucky , #'s just run a little erratic at times. now after 10,000 times these should even out to expected values, but seriously i don't think even doyle brunson has seen AA vs KK 10,000 in 70 years he's been playing.
until next time , hold up hand hold up
i pull out AA and KK and and set them to side i then shuffle deck , as would any dealer in poker game and deal out burn cards flop turn and river, 10 times, my results.
pocket kings beat the aces 3/10 times or 33.3 percent, well above the 21% it should
i got set over set 1 time as well in only 10 outings.. very odd, i thot.
so i tried a different match up using AK vs A7 and same thing ran it 10 times only
found that the 7 paired minus the king and won 3/10 or 33.3 , just about the expected there
so goes to show just cause you catch bad a few hands in row being a bit favorite doesn't mean a game is rigged, or your unlucky , #'s just run a little erratic at times. now after 10,000 times these should even out to expected values, but seriously i don't think even doyle brunson has seen AA vs KK 10,000 in 70 years he's been playing.
until next time , hold up hand hold up
Friday, May 1, 2009
Interesting session on stars so far, still at it, but will take a quick blog break
So it is brought to my attention, by a fellow stars player that im gay, well not really, but seems someone hacked into my blog here at Johnblogspot, and changed all info into stating that, ok maybe a funny joke by a friend or some 15 year old hacker that had nothing better to do, but either way, i in fact am hetero, and thought i had enough kids to prove that, maybe i need a few more, lol,, please don't do that again, whoever....
Got a good first opinion from this player, seems he joined the blog, awesome everyone starts somewhere, altho i truly think this guy is a much better player than me, maybe he will pick up some donk thing i do, to really boost his already good game, time will tell.
Ok so i buy into .02/.05 game , up and down up and down, but finally up to about 7 bucks, when i get QQ , flop comes out Jack high J 7 2, i think,, and finally i get it all in on turn, guy shows A2 and spikes an Ace on river to win 13 dollar pot. wow what a hit. All money in on turn only deuces so far for him, and i guess he had a flush draw too, but still i was favorite.
10 Mins later i turn 3 of kind 4's, on 10 high board, same player this time i get it all in and he shows a full boat 55544 , well what do i do?
He goes on to lose 5 bucks in next few hands and leaves with 2 buyins from me, just how it happens sometimes.
Well i mentioned i made a buddy at the table, in key pot i was pushed all in, by a guy 4 bucks into a 3 dollar pot, really thot my top pair mid kicker was beat, when friend put in chat something about the quality of play we had been seeing, i agreed and called off thinking i was going to show 2nd best hand with top pair, and to my surpirse i drag about 8 bucks,, nice.
Ok back to the lesson , I put all my chips in middle as favorite and lost to a very week hand that improved. then against same player a few hands later, i made an even better hand than either of us had prior and he happened to best me this time, and laughed in chat about my play, well when someone is willing to put 7 bucks into a pair of ducks and a draw, then my 3 of kind didn't seem foolish to me at all, there was a busted flush and str8 on board, very possible he held one of these hands.
So the story today, is sometimes you will seem like your having a very bad session, everyone at that table seen me 3 buyins gone, but didn't realize i was up still 30 bucks on day, from my sit n go's , and have a few hours left in me tonight to make this back up, still down about 8 bucks at this post time from my .02 / 05 session, will switch tables start new with a tighter image , cause i had a maniac image at the last table, calling preflop with any 2, have good luck with this, they don't realize i play the person more than the cards, only thing some people can't lay down their cards, So in all i will take a few min break go outside smoke, take my mind off few a while than hit tables fresh and make a dazzling comeback, until next time
hold up hand hold up!!!
Got a good first opinion from this player, seems he joined the blog, awesome everyone starts somewhere, altho i truly think this guy is a much better player than me, maybe he will pick up some donk thing i do, to really boost his already good game, time will tell.
Ok so i buy into .02/.05 game , up and down up and down, but finally up to about 7 bucks, when i get QQ , flop comes out Jack high J 7 2, i think,, and finally i get it all in on turn, guy shows A2 and spikes an Ace on river to win 13 dollar pot. wow what a hit. All money in on turn only deuces so far for him, and i guess he had a flush draw too, but still i was favorite.
10 Mins later i turn 3 of kind 4's, on 10 high board, same player this time i get it all in and he shows a full boat 55544 , well what do i do?
He goes on to lose 5 bucks in next few hands and leaves with 2 buyins from me, just how it happens sometimes.
Well i mentioned i made a buddy at the table, in key pot i was pushed all in, by a guy 4 bucks into a 3 dollar pot, really thot my top pair mid kicker was beat, when friend put in chat something about the quality of play we had been seeing, i agreed and called off thinking i was going to show 2nd best hand with top pair, and to my surpirse i drag about 8 bucks,, nice.
Ok back to the lesson , I put all my chips in middle as favorite and lost to a very week hand that improved. then against same player a few hands later, i made an even better hand than either of us had prior and he happened to best me this time, and laughed in chat about my play, well when someone is willing to put 7 bucks into a pair of ducks and a draw, then my 3 of kind didn't seem foolish to me at all, there was a busted flush and str8 on board, very possible he held one of these hands.
So the story today, is sometimes you will seem like your having a very bad session, everyone at that table seen me 3 buyins gone, but didn't realize i was up still 30 bucks on day, from my sit n go's , and have a few hours left in me tonight to make this back up, still down about 8 bucks at this post time from my .02 / 05 session, will switch tables start new with a tighter image , cause i had a maniac image at the last table, calling preflop with any 2, have good luck with this, they don't realize i play the person more than the cards, only thing some people can't lay down their cards, So in all i will take a few min break go outside smoke, take my mind off few a while than hit tables fresh and make a dazzling comeback, until next time
hold up hand hold up!!!
The when , why, and how of value betting river
Value bet, means to make a bet that likely if called will earn you more money on hand, but small enough that opponent will call with 2nd best hand.
When to value bet, definition in opening sentence gives you most you need to know.
When not to value bet, when a lot of action in hand up till the river, and opponent checks and you are not sure if your in lead or not, this is nice place to check, see whats up. Perhaps you foil his attempt to check you the best hand, with you betting , and he can spring in for a big reraise, known as a check raise, and put you to very difficult decision.
Why to value bet, to make a winning hand a little more rich in chips, also in future if you betting river often, opponents will know when they call a future turn bet on another hand, that they will likely have to call 1 on river as well, note most microstakes players will not catch this, as they only pay attention to their hands, and what their doing,
How to value bet, if you have say 3 of kind that you feel is best hand, and the pot is 2 dollars, a nice value bet that will get called by other player will be in area of 1/4 to 1/3 of pot. In this case you are giving him 3to1 and 4to1 on his money, he will get 2 bucks plus your .50 - .68 for a total of 2.68 aprox. for his 68 cent or less call, if he wins the hand. But your sure your 3 of kind is good so you are begging for a call, this is why you bet so little as to the pot, for guaranteed call, you hope. He may call this bet with any pair, plus you set up a possible raise from him, as the bet is so small he may think you are weak , and if he bets big you will fold, but with you 3 of kind here he is barking up the wrong tree.
A little something to help you decide whether to check or bet the river , until next time
Hold up hand hold up!!!
When to value bet, definition in opening sentence gives you most you need to know.
When not to value bet, when a lot of action in hand up till the river, and opponent checks and you are not sure if your in lead or not, this is nice place to check, see whats up. Perhaps you foil his attempt to check you the best hand, with you betting , and he can spring in for a big reraise, known as a check raise, and put you to very difficult decision.
Why to value bet, to make a winning hand a little more rich in chips, also in future if you betting river often, opponents will know when they call a future turn bet on another hand, that they will likely have to call 1 on river as well, note most microstakes players will not catch this, as they only pay attention to their hands, and what their doing,
How to value bet, if you have say 3 of kind that you feel is best hand, and the pot is 2 dollars, a nice value bet that will get called by other player will be in area of 1/4 to 1/3 of pot. In this case you are giving him 3to1 and 4to1 on his money, he will get 2 bucks plus your .50 - .68 for a total of 2.68 aprox. for his 68 cent or less call, if he wins the hand. But your sure your 3 of kind is good so you are begging for a call, this is why you bet so little as to the pot, for guaranteed call, you hope. He may call this bet with any pair, plus you set up a possible raise from him, as the bet is so small he may think you are weak , and if he bets big you will fold, but with you 3 of kind here he is barking up the wrong tree.
A little something to help you decide whether to check or bet the river , until next time
Hold up hand hold up!!!
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