Monday, March 13, 2006

Can you say straight flushes (plural)?

Ok, I am playing my S&G challenge, doing as well as usual (which isn't too good) and I get this hand:


NO_LIMIT TEXAS_HOLDEM $5+$1 (Real Money), #239,146,524
Brownsville Single Table Tournament, 13 Mar 2006 8:42 PM ET
Seat 1: Isle1183 ($2,130 in chips)
Seat 2: eagle eye 94 ($1,500 in chips)
Seat 3: pepsi man 1 ($1,500 in chips)
Seat 4: BIG T-BAG ($1,490 in chips)
Seat 5: vaxovaxo ($1,120 in chips)
Seat 6: mash035 ($1,500 in chips)
Seat 7: perks420 ($1,440 in chips)
Seat 8: kdawg1245 ($1,500 in chips)
Seat 9: boogy3 ($1,500 in chips)
Seat 10: darval ($1,320 in chips)
ANTES/BLINDS
vaxovaxo posts blind ($10), mash035 posts blind ($20).

PRE-FLOP
perks420 folds, kdawg1245 calls $20, boogy3 folds, darval calls $20, Isle1183 calls $20, eagle eye 94 folds, pepsi man 1 bets $100, BIG T-BAG folds, vaxovaxo calls $90, mash035 folds, kdawg1245 folds, darval calls $80, Isle1183 folds.

FLOP [board cards 6S,QC,10C ]
vaxovaxo checks, darval bets $200, pepsi man 1 calls $200, vaxovaxo folds.

TURN [board cards 6S,QC,10C,KC ]
darval bets $300, pepsi man 1 calls $300.

RIVER [board cards 6S,QC,10C,KC,9C ]
darval bets $720 and is all-in, pepsi man 1 folds.

SHOWDOWN
darval wins $2,080.
SUMMARY
Dealer: BIG T-BAG
Pot: $2,080
Isle1183, loses $20
eagle eye 94, loses $0
pepsi man 1, loses $600
BIG T-BAG, loses $0
vaxovaxo, loses $100
mash035, loses $20
perks420, loses $0
kdawg1245, loses $20
boogy3, loses $0
darval, bets $1,320, collects $2,080, net $760

It doesn't show it there, but I had J10o with a Jack of clubs. Cool I thought, I should have bet less at the end and see if I could get him to call, but I was happy.

It didn't seem like that many hands later, but it might have been:


NO_LIMIT TEXAS_HOLDEM $5+$1 (Real Money), #239,198,938
Brownsville Single Table Tournament, 13 Mar 2006 8:56 PM ET
Seat 1: Isle1183 ($2,050 in chips)
Seat 2: eagle eye 94 ($1,315 in chips)
Seat 3: pepsi man 1 ($800 in chips)
Seat 4: BIG T-BAG ($1,450 in chips)
Seat 5: vaxovaxo ($2,190 in chips)
Seat 6: mash035 ($1,840 in chips)
Seat 7: perks420 ($2,355 in chips)
Seat 9: boogy3 ($1,250 in chips)
Seat 10: darval ($1,750 in chips)
ANTES/BLINDS
boogy3 posts blind ($15), darval posts blind ($30).

PRE-FLOP
Isle1183 folds, eagle eye 94 folds, pepsi man 1 folds, BIG T-BAG folds, vaxovaxo calls $30, mash035 folds, perks420 calls $30, boogy3 calls $15, darval checks.

FLOP [board cards 9D,10S,8D ]
boogy3 bets $300, darval calls $300, vaxovaxo folds, perks420 folds.

TURN [board cards 9D,10S,8D,10D ]
boogy3 checks, darval bets $300, boogy3 calls $300.

RIVER [board cards 9D,10S,8D,10D,6D ]
boogy3 checks, darval bets $300, boogy3 calls $300.

SHOWDOWN
darval shows [ 2D,7D ]
boogy3 mucks cards [ 6S,7S ]
darval wins $1,920.
SUMMARY
Dealer: perks420
Pot: $1,920
Isle1183, loses $0
eagle eye 94, loses $0
pepsi man 1, loses $0
BIG T-BAG, loses $0
vaxovaxo, loses $30
mash035, loses $0
perks420, loses $30
boogy3, loses $930
darval, bets $930, collects $1,920, net $990

At some point later, I got into a heads up match with the chip lead. I slightly underbet this flop and I think he thought I was trying to steal it. His all-in was met by my call and my top pair held up.

NO_LIMIT TEXAS_HOLDEM $5+$1 (Real Money), #239,256,241
Brownsville Single Table Tournament, 13 Mar 2006 9:10 PM ET
Seat 1: Isle1183 ($1,050 in chips)
Seat 2: eagle eye 94 ($723 in chips)
Seat 3: pepsi man 1 ($1,374 in chips)
Seat 4: BIG T-BAG ($1,450 in chips)
Seat 5: vaxovaxo ($2,223 in chips)
Seat 6: mash035 ($2,015 in chips)
Seat 7: perks420 ($3,275 in chips)
Seat 10: darval ($2,890 in chips)
ANTES/BLINDS
perks420 posts blind ($50), darval posts blind ($100).

PRE-FLOP
Isle1183 folds, eagle eye 94 folds, pepsi man 1 calls $100, BIG T-BAG folds, vaxovaxo calls $100, mash035 folds, perks420 calls $50, darval bets $300, pepsi man 1 folds, vaxovaxo folds, perks420 calls $300.

FLOP [board cards 7C,QH,AD ]
perks420 checks, darval bets $400, perks420 bets $2,875 and is all-in, darval calls $2,090 and is all-in.

TURN [board cards 7C,QH,AD,3D ]


RIVER [board cards 7C,QH,AD,3D,8C ]


SHOWDOWN
perks420 shows [ QC,9C ]
darval shows [ AH,KD ]
perks420 wins $385, darval wins $5,980.
SUMMARY
Dealer: mash035
Pot: $6,365
Isle1183, loses $0
eagle eye 94, loses $0
pepsi man 1, loses $100
BIG T-BAG, loses $0
vaxovaxo, loses $100
mash035, loses $0
perks420, bets $3,275, collects $385, net -$2,890
darval, bets $2,890, collects $5,980, net $3,090

You would think after all this, I would win. I didn't even finish in the money, with a 5th place finish. Blah.. Straight flushes are cool tho. ;-)

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