Hi everyone!

Last Friday, a friend of mine invited me to a poker game in a small town not far from us. Basically it should've been a cash game, but players agreed to play some sort of turbo S'n'G before it starts. I agreed although i HATE live donkaments, (you'll understand why) but I played many SNG's recently.

So the table is around the worst ever, mixed from LP players to drunks...all I must do to win is find good spots, win a couple of showdowns and push every hand in the bubble. Well...i wish i had lasted until the bubble...

The first interesting hand came on the first level (100/200; 20000 starting)

One really bad player limps in middle position who managed to get himself down to about 8000 in 6-7 hands. I limp after him with K10off, the SB completes and the BB checks. Flop 10-8-2 all spades. SB check/fold, BB bet 500, MP calls. I call because i put them both on draws, and i want to control the pot. Turn is the K of spades. This makes me really sick, but surprisingly both check. I bet 1600 and BB folds. The stupid MP triple-checks his cards, and tosses his remaining chips in the middle.

My sickness sits out on my face, and a half-drunk good player starts screaming "The J of spades wont be enough hahaha!" I say "I wish I had a spade" and fold. He asks "You bluffed without a spade?" to which I answer honestly "I'm pretty sure I beat every non-flush, and i figured he has to fold every spade up to the 9". He obviously has the same opinion, and then the MP looks around and says "I had the 6 of spades"...I look at him and sarcasticly say "Nice bluff" which he clearly doesn't understand.

A few hands later i find A10 of diamonds UTG, which is my best hand of the night, and raise to 1200 when blinds are 200/400. Surprisingly everybody folds but the BB who raises to 2500. I call him with a smile, and watch the flop come Qs 3d 4d. He bets just 2000 which is a real cheap prize to draw to the 5d turn. He bets 2000 again and i have about 11000 remaining. As he's possibly drawing dead, and i have to much to shove and to little to raise so i just call. The river is Ah, and I pray to god that he has AQ and pays me off. He bets something I dont even care how much, I put all my chips in front of the line. He tanks and says "I will look you up"...pretty interesting quote for someone who has you covered by only 1500 don't you think? I announce nut flush, and he flashes a Q while folding.

Finally I manage to build a "stack" and obviously I donk it away with JQ on a J4432 board against KK. The blinds go by fast, we reach the 600/1200/100 level, and i have stupid stack of 13 BB's. I find 77 in middle position and limp (I know thats a bad play), but theres one more limper (a drunk guy) and the BB checks. Before the dealer puts out the flop, the drunk starts screaming "Put a 9 out there! If a 9 comes on the flop i go allin!" The guy is well-known for his bluffing, and non-mathematical approach. The doorcard is a 9, so everybody starts smiling, but the flop is a nice lookin 975 rainbow.

We check to the drunk, who tosses all his chips in. After everybody folds I call instantly and say "Mario, I'm pretty sure I got you this time" I turn over my hand, and he shows 88. No idea why he asked for a 9, but he says "Don't worry, if an 8 or a 6 comes I bust your ass" Obviously the turn is a 6 and he starts jumping around. I cant help saying "Don't worry i have still 20% chance to bust YOUR ass" After a blank river, he starts to give me a drunk lecture about poker being a luck game, and that math sucks, so I toss my 300 remaining chips to the dealer, and taking a short walk to the nearby bar.

I'm really not interested in any cash game with this grouping...

I wish everyone better luck
Peter

Hi everybody!

I decided to move the poker part of my blog here so i can share my thoughts with people who care. So a little about me:

I'm Peter and I'm a 20 years old university student from Hungary. I started playing about 2 years ago when couple of my friends discovered poker and started organizing funny little $2 home games. The main goal was to have fun, not the money, but we got into it, we found out who the fish were, and who the sharks, and in a couple of months, we found ourself as a well-known home game in our city with $20 buyins. After success in these, I decided to try myself out online. At first, I started with growing a $300 bankroll from Freerolls(!) on Everest. Obviously, I went broke, but I fell in love with the game.

I started looking for no deposit bonuses, which worked out, but i couldn't shift the gear from the fishy home game to the ultra-agressive online play. I started learning and after I felt the time's come, i made a $50 deposit on PS around November 2008. Apart from that, i had only a few dollars laying around on other sites.

The learning has worked so far, as i grew a bankroll of $631 ($329 on PS, $72 on FTP and $280 on Party). Right now I'm grinding out NL25 on Party, $10+1 Matrix SnG's, and some donkaments at PS. As my academic year winds down, i will try to keep you updated with my sessions.

GL at the tables
Peter