Thursday, May 21, 2009

Micro Stakes Hyper Turbo ownage

My friend is trying out poker, but he blew most of his $10 bankroll and was down to six cents. So he was playing the 1 cent hyper-turbo with 990 players. I decided to join him for fun. Won the second one I entered. :)

GoGo 22,000% ROI!

Sunday, November 16, 2008

Hot bluff

PokerStars Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (10 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Preflop: Hero is BB with A, J
4 folds, MP2 calls, 1 fold, CO calls, 1 fold, SB calls, Hero checks

Flop: (4 SB) 4, K, 6 (4 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, MP2 bets, CO raises, 1 fold, Hero folds, MP2 calls

Turn: (4 BB) 6 (2 players)
MP2 checks, CO bets, MP2 raises, CO 3-bets, MP2 calls

River: (10 BB) 5 (2 players)
MP2 checks, CO bets, 1 fold

Total pot: $10 (10 BB) | Rake: $0.45

Results in white below:
CO had 8, 10 (one pair, sixes).
Outcome: CO won $9.55

Friday, November 07, 2008

Cold cap with 56s and get there

PokerStars Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (10 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Preflop: Hero is Button with K, K
2 folds, UTG+2 calls, 2 folds, MP3 calls, CO raises, Hero 3-bets, SB caps, 1 fold, UTG+2 calls, 1 fold, CO calls, Hero calls

Flop: (18 SB) 8, 9, Q (4 players)
SB bets, UTG+2 calls, CO calls, Hero calls

Turn: (11 BB) 7 (4 players)
SB bets, UTG+2 calls, CO calls, Hero calls

River: (15 BB) 6 (4 players)
SB bets, 1 fold, CO calls, Hero calls

Total pot: $36 (18 BB) | Rake: $1

Results in white below:
Hero mucked K, K (one pair, Kings).
SB had 6, 5 (straight, nine high).
CO mucked Q, A (one pair, Queens).
Outcome: SB won $35

Villan caps the river - bluff or value bet?

PokerStars Limit Hold'em, $2.00 BB (8 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with Q, Q
UTG raises, 2 folds, Hero 3-bets, CO calls, 3 folds, UTG calls

Flop: (10.5 SB) J, 7, Q (3 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets, CO calls, 1 fold

Turn: (6.25 BB) 6 (2 players)
Hero bets, CO calls

River: (8.25 BB) J (2 players)
Hero bets, CO raises, Hero 3-bets, CO caps, Hero calls

Total pot: $32.50 (16.25 BB) | Rake: $1

Results in white below:
Hero had Q, Q (full house, Queens over Jacks).
CO had A, K (one pair, Jacks).
Outcome: Hero won $31.50

Friday, July 04, 2008

lol quad stars

Bored for the holidays, fired up Stars for first time in ages. Raise with TT, flop quads. Two hands later, raise with KK, flop quads again!
Hand #1
PokerStars 0.25/0.50 Hold'em (10 handed) Poker Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: HTML)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with Ts, Tc.
UTG calls, 1 fold, UTG+2 calls, MP1 calls, MPB raises, 2 folds, Button calls, 1 fold, BB calls, UTG calls, UTG+2 calls, MP1 calls.

Flop: (12.40 SB) Td, 5h, Th (6 players)
BB bets, UTG calls, UTG+2 folds, MP1 folds, MPB raises, Button folds, BB calls, UTG folds.

Turn: (8.70 BB) Ah (2 players)
BB checks, MPB bets, BB folds.

Final Pot: 8.70 BB

Hand #2, two hands later:
PokerStars 0.25/0.50 Hold'em (10 handed) Poker Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: HTML)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+2 with Kh, Ks.
UTG calls, UTG+1 calls, UTGC raises, 7 folds, UTG calls, UTG+1 calls.

Flop: (7.40 SB) 9h, Kc, Kd (3 players)
UTG bets, UTG+1 folds, UTGC raises, UTG calls.

Turn: (5.70 BB) Qh (2 players)
UTG checks, UTGC bets, UTG folds.

Final Pot: 5.70 BB

Saturday, August 18, 2007

bottom pair might be good right?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (8 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: HTML)

CO (t695)
Button (t1393)
SB (t1425)
BB (t1420)
UTG (t1470)
UTG+1 (t3567)
MP1 (t1395)
Hero (t2135)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with Ad, Ac.
1 fold, UTG+1 raises to t150, 1 fold, MPB raises to t270, 4 folds, UTG+1 calls t120.

Flop: (t585) 2c, Th, Ks (2 players)
UTG+1 bets t330, MPB raises to t810, UTG+1 calls t480.

Turn: (t2205) 5c (2 players)
UTG+1 bets t510, MPB raises to t1055, UTG+1 calls t545.

River: (t4315) 2s (2 players)

Final Pot: t4315

Results in white below:
UTG+1 has 2h 7s (three of a kind, twos).
Hero has Ad Ac (two pair, aces and twos).
Outcome: UTG+1 wins t4315.

Sunday, August 13, 2006

Poker is old. Backgammon is new.

I've been playing a lot of Backgammon lately.
I had a game recently where I had a very lucky roll.
The score (after 2 games) is: Paul_William 0, You 2 (match to 3 points), Crawford game
Match Information:


Very Lucky
Move number 46: X to play 44

 GNU Backgammon  Position ID: 754jAABuuwEAcA
                 Match ID   : 8AlyAAAAEAAA
 +13-14-15-16-17-18------19-20-21-22-23-24-+     O: Paul_William
 |             O    |   |    O     O  O  O |     0 points
 |                  |   |    O     O  O  O |     
 |                  |   |    O     O  O  O |     
 |                  |   |          O     O |     
 |                  |   |                  |    
v|                  |BAR|                  |     3 point match (Cube: 1)
 |                  |   |                  |    
 |                  |   |                  |     
 |                  | X |    X        X    |     
 |                  | X | X  X  X  X  X    |     Rolled 44
 |                  | X | X  X  X  X  X    |     2 points
 +12-11-10--9--8--7-------6--5--4--3--2--1-+     X: You
Pip counts: O 45, X 122

* You moves bar/17* bar/21(2)
Alert: very lucky roll! ( +1.493)

Rolled 44 (+1.493):
*    1. Cubeful 0-ply    bar/17* bar/21(2)            Eq.:  +0.591
       0.797 0.059 0.000 - 0.203 0.034 0.000
     2. Cubeful 0-ply    bar/21(3) 5/1                Eq.:  -0.858 ( -1.449)
       0.078 0.001 0.000 - 0.922 0.234 0.000
     3. Cubeful 0-ply    bar/21(3) 6/2                Eq.:  -0.920 ( -1.511)
       0.048 0.000 0.000 - 0.952 0.268 0.000


Output generated Sun Aug 13 18:02:27 2006
by GNU Backgammon 0.14-mingw (Text Export version 1.70)

Monday, March 27, 2006

Welcome back to 2/4!

I decided to go back to 2/4. This hand made me feel good about my decision. Gotta love the bluff 3-bet on the river, combined with the call of the cap.

PokerStars 2/4 Hold'em (9 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with Tc, Qc.
3 folds, Hero calls, 1 fold, CO raises, 3 folds, Hero calls.

Flop: (5.50 SB) 4c, 6h, Jc (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets, Hero calls.

Turn: (3.75 BB) 5d (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets, Hero calls.

River: (5.75 BB) Ac (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets, Hero raises, CO 3-bets, Hero caps, CO calls.

Final Pot: 13.75 BB

Results in white below:
Hero has Tc Qc (flush, ace high).
CO has Kd Qd (high card, ace).
Outcome: Hero wins 13.75 BB.

Tuesday, March 07, 2006

KillerDucky

PokerStars 0.50/1.00 Omaha/8 (10 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

Preflop: Hero is UTG with 4h, Td, 4c, 6s.
1 fold, UTG+1 calls, UTG+2 calls, 1 fold, MP2 calls, MP3 calls, 2 folds, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: (6.50 SB) Qh, 2s, Th (6 players)
SB checks, BB checks, UTG+1 checks, UTG+2 checks, MP2 bets, MP3 calls, SB calls, BB calls, UTG+1 calls, UTG+2 calls.

Turn: (6.25 BB) 6d (6 players)
SB checks, BB checks, UTG+1 checks, UTG+2 checks, MP2 bets, MP3 folds, SB raises, BB calls, UTG+1 calls, UTG+2 calls, MP2 calls.

River: (16.25 BB) 8d (5 players)
SB checks, BB checks, UTG+1 bets, UTG+2 calls, MP2 calls, SB folds, BB folds.

Final Pot: 19.25 BB

Results in white below:
UTG+1 has Ah 8s 4d 3s (Low: 8, 6, 3, 2, A | High: one pair, eights).
UTG+2 has 5d 3d 5c Ad (Low: 8, 6, 3, 2, A | High: one pair, fives).
MP2 has 2c Qd Jh 2d (High: three of a kind, twos).
Outcome: MP2 wins 9.62 BB. UTG+1 wins 4.81 BB. UTG+2 wins 4.81 BB.

Wednesday, March 01, 2006

Running bad with KK

I think I'm 1/5 on my KK. Here is the latest (hmm probably should 3bet flop).

PokerStars 5/10 Hold'em (9 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

Preflop: Hero is SB with Kc, Kh.
1 fold, UTG+1 calls, 1 fold, MP2 calls, MP3 calls, 2 folds, Hero raises, BB 3-bets, UTG+1 folds, MP2 calls, MP3 folds, Hero caps, BB calls, MP2 calls.

Flop: (14 SB) 8c, 2s, 9h (3 players)
Hero bets, BB raises, MP2 calls, Hero calls.

Turn: (10 BB) 3h (3 players)
Hero bets, BB calls, MP2 calls.

River: (13 BB) 6d (3 players)
Hero bets, BB calls, MP2 raises, Hero calls, BB folds.

Final Pot: 18 BB

Results in white below:
MP2 has 5c 7c (straight, nine high).
Hero has Kc Kh (one pair, kings).
Outcome: MP2 wins 18 BB.

Sunday, February 12, 2006

You called me with 9 high?!

Winning poker is easy:
"Steal" from the button with JJ.
Flop quads.
Bet/raise as much as possible.
Get called by 9 high.

PokerStars 5/10 Hold'em (10 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

Preflop: Hero is Button with Jh, Jd.
7 folds, Hero raises, SB calls, 1 fold.

Flop: (5 SB) 3c, Js, Jc (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, SB calls.

Turn: (3.50 BB) 4c (2 players)
SB bets, Hero raises, SB 3-bets, Hero caps, SB calls.

River: (11.50 BB) 2s (2 players)
SB bets, Hero raises, SB calls.

Final Pot: 15.50 BB

Results in white below:
SB has 9s 8c (one pair, jacks).
Hero has Jh Jd (four of a kind, jacks).
Outcome: Hero wins 15.50 BB.

Micro Stakes Hyper Turbo ownage

My friend is trying out poker, but he blew most of his $10 bankroll and was down to six cents. So he was playing the 1 cent hyper-turbo wit...