lukaluka05

0 for 23 yesterday

lukaluka05 — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:52:00 GMT

Bad day to say the least. I'll spare the bad beat stories of the past two days. I did have two deep runs though on Tuesday.

FTP PLO 33$ Rebuy - I ran really hot in this tournament before I left for Cyprus and have been bricking it since. I entered FT pretty short 8/9 and somehow made it to 3 handed against guys who weren't really good PLO players. I had a massive suckout 3 handed when I raised OTB with AQJ5hh. SB calls, BB folds, flop J,6,5r and he insta makes PSB. It was a weird line and threw me off. I've been c-betting almost all of my pre flop raises so why wouldn't he check to me to let me bet if he had something strong? So then I'm thinking he isn't strong and I raise PSB. He sticks the rest in and I'm committed. I call and he shows 554x for bottom set. I river the two out J and double up. Eventually I bust the guy and I'm HU down almost 3:1. I chip up to almost even and then.

I raise PSB OTB with KK66ss, he 3-bets me PSB (I've been make pot size bet for 80% of my button). So then I 4-bet a PSB. He tanks and calls (putting 2/3 his stack in pre) and flop is 984cc and he shoves the rest. I call (400k pot and 100k to call, pretty easy) and he shows 5522cc. He hits the club and gg.

FTP 33$ NL Rebuy - Made the FT and 4 handed.....

UTG raises 2.5x, button folds, I 3-bet from SB for 3x his raise. He shoves, I call, he tables 88 and I show QQ, 8 on the flop gg.

Actually, Thursday same situation in the CAKE $33 NL Rebuy - 8 handed at the Final Table I face an EP raise and I'm in the BB with 1010, I shove and guy tanks/uses time bank and finally calls with 99. 9 on the turn, puke gg.

Tomorrow is FTOPS PLO 6 Max $535 (I'm 0 for 3 in that) and the $109 rebuy (which I puke busted in 13th this last FTOPS when 88/QQ couldn't fade AQ/AK AIPF in back to back hands....heartbreaking) Lemme run good. I'll try and play good.

GL.

October report......in the red

lukaluka05 — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:03:00 GMT

Well, I just tallied my monies for October and ended up in the red. Yesterday was my worst day ever. I played about 3900$ in MTTs and made only 700$. If I took off yesterday I would have been up a measly 1k for the month but obviously I'm not missing all my favorite tournaments on Saturday. You always hear variance being a bitch in MTTs and I feel that is what did me in this month. I'm happy with my play for the most part, although I was letting the outdraws/lost flips/ and coolers affect my attitude. It didn't affect my play as much as it used to but it had some effect I'm sure. I made lots of final 2/3 tables this month but that gets you not much. It's FT and top 3 and I had none of that expect I chopped a Stars 55$ rebuy for 6.2K earlier in the month. I also missed 10 days of October because of no internet at the new place. I had lots of money bubbles as well. I also made some calls I shouldn't have of course in some games. I still have to improve my play and can't chalk everything up to variance. Even if that is the main part of the swing mistakes are the other part. Well FTOPS is coming up hopefully I'll run good in a couple of those tournaments, plug my leaks and hit something nice.

Took the day off...

lukaluka05 — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:32:00 GMT

Been a frustrating week of poker. I'm probably up a little bit so it could have been worse but none the less I needed today off. I was definitely chatting inappropriately and going a little crazy in PLO8 ring games and some MTTs. Losing control pops up from time to time for me. It's more infrequent now than in the past but I obviously still need to work on it.

Aces:

I've had little success with AA and have been running into them a lot. The worst was the Stars 55$ Rebuy.... 45 paid and 46 left. UTG raise, button reraise half his stack. I hold AA in the BB and shove it. Button calls with QQ and spikes it on the flop. Instead of a top 8 stack I'm gone. I don't even make the measly min cash, next time I'll "Stall 101" it and then shove, just in case :).

Aces:

Cake's new 109$ Deepstack. Only 53 runners and 10 paid (WAT!). 4 handed UTG raises and I shove J9o in BB (I have him 2 to 1). He snaps with AA, okay. I chip up and again I'm chip leader. Same guy raise UTG and I ship over him with K10o in SB. He snaps with AA again. 4 realz? Well I haven't got AA all tourney and now I'm HU with a different guy and he raises his button. I finally get AA and shove it and he snaps with QQ and flops a Q. Real.

I have learned something this weak, the hard way twice. I was deep in the FTP 33R (Final two tables) and stars 162$ 50k (Final two tables). FTP rebuy I raise in CO with AKo and button 3 bets it. This is easy reraise and I'm not 4 bet folding so I shove it in. I mean I'm opening in a steal position near FT and he is re-stealing OTB right? Wrong, he tables AA. In the Stars tournament I raise in LP with AQcc and button 3 bets me. Again, just from the situation I think he could be raising me wide and re-stealing near the bubble. I shove and he calls with AKo. For some reason after I OPR the guys and they are both big time losing players. I should have OPR'ed them before I shoved (oops!). Anyway, if a bad player is 3 betting you deep near a FT, he has it, just fold. GL all......

Bah Poker.....

lukaluka05 — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:42:00 GMT

I'm pissed at poker for the last 3 days. Just haven't been going my way. I'd say 80% of it is me losing standard flips/outdrawn and 20% is poor play (for example I get my AA cracked AIPF at one table and then I'll instantly shove over a raise on another...not good....) So today I tried to play it cool and I'm happy with how I played almost every hand. The one play I question today is this:

FTP PLO 6 Max $216

Blinds 20/40 approx 5k stacks

I raise J1098dd, two callers

Flop K108r giving me bottom two, up/down draw, I bet 2/3 pot and one folds and button calls.

Turn makes it K1084dd giving me the flush draw as well. I check to him and he makes 2/3 pot and I shove PSB. I doubt he is flatting a set on the flop, that would be redonkulous. My raise is so huge that I think he has to fold top/bottom or whatever draw he has. Anyway, he had naked K10xx and was 60% to win on turn. I think my play is okay, I guess his call is okay, I certainly could have just called as the price was easily right and check folded if I missed. I might post that one on 2plus2.

Stars PLO $215

AIPF AAxx < AKKx

Stars PLO8 $215

AIPF AJ25 < A235 (min cash)

FTP 50$ Rebuy

Chip leader with less than 3 tables but......

AJ < 77 (30bb pot)

K10 < QJ (25 bb pot)

AJ < Q10 (25 bb pot)

Bust 17th.....

Oh yeah, FTP 75$ PLO 6 max sattie

HU 3 times the guy was it behind and won to hang around and then faded my str8 and flush draws in last hand....

Whiny post........kind of useless but my girlfriend doesn't want to hear this shit so I get it out here. GL all.....

Ups and Downs of an online Poker Player

lukaluka05 — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:28:00 GMT

Saturday I play well enough but bust out of most tournaments. However I am HU in the PS 55$ Cubed and chip chop for 6.6K. Of course after that I lose the HU match, everytime I chop on Stars this happens. Not that it matters but it makes my OPR and P5's rankings worse off. I'd say there have been 6-7 times I chopped as chip leader and lost after and one time I chopped as chip leader and won. (This includes my WCOOP FT which is 19K less in profit because the chop is not reflected). Whatever, what matters is the money.

Sunday/Monday off.

Tuesday: Playing poker and at two FT's and internet drops from storms, I'm blinded out of the AP 55 Rebuy and make 1.2K somehow (Disconnected 8 handed and 8th was 350$). I manage to hit Starbucks down the street and log into Stars for the other FT. I take 1st in the $109 PLO8 for 2.5k.

Wednesday: God is wish internet was down. This is the worst I can ever recall running with AA/KK in a day. Let's see what I remember.

FTP $75

AA vs J4 on QJ37 board, AI on turn river J

FTP $109 Rebuy

AA vs Q9dd BvsB, I raise, flop KJxdd, I c-bet , raise, reraise, all in, river 10

(was vs IM ICM who cracked my AA AIPF on Saturday for 80bbs with JJ)

FTP $33 Rebuy

AA vs KK AIPF, Turn K

PS $33 Rebuy

AA vs KK AIPF, Flop K (Happened right before the FTP hand)

PS $162

KK vs AA AIPF, (no K for me?)

There were 2 or 3 more but those stick out. All were for big stacks as well. Tilt/Stars U owe me NOW!!

My only cash today (1 of 19) was $33 HORSE, 4th place $432, even my bustout there was bad

BvsB

310dd vs XX

Flop 1045dd, capped flop

Turn 10456dd, capped turn and I'm AI with top pair/flush draw/open end str8 draw (like a freakin PLO hand almost), he tables 109o and holds.

I play tomorrow and then off for the weekend (boo) because my Mom is visiting (yeah)

Gl all.....

Spewy Day 2

lukaluka05 — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:20:00 GMT

I'm back on the web for good now. Worked yesterday and got spewy. I guess I'll post my worst one as a reminder of my bad play.

FTP $129 KO. We are ITM.

UTG (VPIP: 18 PFR: 16) makes it 3x to 3600.

MP Shoves 9.8k

OTB I hold QJdd with 29k

Ok, so about 16k in the pot with blinds/antes/raise/shove. My thinking was it's a good spot to squeeze, 9.8k to win 16k and if i lose I still have 20k which is fighting chips. I have no reads on UTG and from the stats (30 hand/small sample) he isn't a nit and isn't aggro. A full 3x is a lot of times 77-JJ or AK so if he does happen to call I'm racing and we have FE (he has same stack size as me). I don't know typing it out doesn't seem to be a bad play. Maybe I'll post this hand on 2plus2. Let's see what the people say.....

But yeah, I was spewy I think besides that hand. Losing day. Off today.

Back online for a day!!!

lukaluka05 — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 04:40:00 GMT

Oh man, I finally got some internet after about two weeks. I hope it's working tomorrow. Comcast has to come get the TV working and they'll probably fuck up my now working internet in the process. First day back was profitable and I'll take it. Lets do a summary

FTP PLO 75 Sat to 535$ FTOPS: I suck out and win seat

Stars 55 rebuy: QQ<AK

Stars 109 rebuy: money bubble blind vs blind A5<A10

Stars 33 rebuy: lost a flip, out

FTP PLO 33 rebuy: AA25doublesuit facing a raise, call, call I reraise from blind PSB, two callers flop 334dd giving me a wrap st8 but wrong suit. I get one caller on naked flush draw KJxxdd and he gets there on river.

Stars PLO 55: FT 7th, my KK36 double suit less than AAxx

FTP PLO8 44: FT 8th, in BB, limped pot 3 way flop is AQ5r and I hold J955, I bet 2/3 and one caller, turn is Jc giving me a flush draw and I PSB, dude shoves the rest I call and see AK103. Wat? Why he didn't raise that at FT I don't know, and then why he calls 2/3 PSB on flop from a guy betting OOP who only has a PSB left for turn I'll never know.

AP 55 Rebuy: Min Cash I shove 10bbs w/ 1010 and run into AA

Stars 27 PCA Rebuy: Got a sattie seat worth 700$.

Maybe 1k profit for the day so that will do. Hope to play through Sunday. Come on Comcast one time!@@!

Bah I can't Play Poker!!

lukaluka05 — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:11:00 GMT

I move last Thursday. I sign a lease that includes all utilities, including internet. I get here an no internet. Landlord gets back to me next day, makes appt. with Comcast for the day after. Saturday he comes and says I need to set up separate account for guest house. He'll take care of it Tuesday... 4 realz? Fine, Tuesday comes and passes. I call the guy Wednesday, he says I set you up and just go to Comcast office for internet modem. Okay, I do that and hook it up and it doesn't work. I make service call, they come out Thursday and say the signal is too weak on the splitter to the guest house. Landlord has guest house wired for ethernet but it's not hooked up to anything. He calls his electrician and we're waiting for him to call back. I'm itching to play and a little pissed at this lost week. I was also supposed to get cable tv with 300 channels but that doesn't work either. I don't care as much about tv but that is icing on the cake. I write this from my gf's laptop which somtimes picks up landlords wireless. Oh, efff meeee......I wanted to go to London too for EPT side events and my gf said it was bad timing so I'm doing nothing instead. Gl all at the live and virtual tables........

Video from WCOOP FT

lukaluka05 — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 05:18:00 GMT

The announcer butchers me at times....lol...he is right a couple times but I don't think he really knows how to play PLO8. For him a nut lo draw is the nizzles.

http://www.pokerstars.tv/movies/7TG/wcoop-2009-event-35---320-pl-omaha-hilo.html

WCOOP PLO8 FT (3rd Place)

lukaluka05 — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:45:00 GMT

I finally broke through for what I consider a major score. Yesterday (or the early morning hours of today actually) we made a deal 4 way at the FT. I was chipleader and got $62.3K with a chance to play for 10k more. I think it was a good deal as 2nd place was 60k. The winner probably got 59k so I came out tops moneywise. I played too loose after the deal and was very tired. My bust hand:

SB completes

I check

Flop A59r, SB bets and I raise (holding 24510). He comes over top. Oops, now I should be folding here with bottom pair and 2nd nut lo. I tell the guy I'm tired and lets gamble and shove. He shows AK23 and I'm crushed. Turns 4 to all but end it.

Anyway, I wish I would have maintained my focus a little better. As the winner he got a WCOOP braclet and a trip to the Bahamas during PCA. Still though. Great score for me. I had my first 5 figure score the day before (10.5k) and got my 2nd the next day. So I figured I was do for another one for todays WCOOP 2.1k PLO 6max. I go to register and it shows to buy in a step 6 ticket. I completely forgot I had that (played steps a couple years ago and never used it). So that was nice to save the 2.1k buy in. That was it though. My bust hand:

15k in chips at 60/120.

UTG min raise (AmachiKK...good player)

I make PSB on button with AAKKcc. I type in chat it's time for me to 3 bet from my button on you because he had done the same to me earlier. Flop is QJ4r, I bet maybe 60% of pot and he check raises pot. Against a tighter player I would serious consider a fold. I think he is making a move on me with either air or a pair and st8 draw. I think 15 seconds and call. Turn makes it QJ45cc and he bets small for pot. Well if he had QJ he would have shoved turn no doubt, looks like a busted draw, I stick the rest in and he has to call as he is pot comitted, he tables A1094 and is 20% to win. FML, I felt I had such a good edge on this field with deep stacks that I wouldn't get it in with just a pair, no need to. It was read dependent on the guy though and I gambled. I can't be too unhappy because I was in a good position to have 300bbs and a top 30 stack. So disappointing.

Also busted the 6max 2nd chance $530 buy in.

I raise with A1075 two suit and get 3 bet from button. 4 way flop is 964hh, checks to button who makes PSB. I have up/down str8 and flush draws and decide to check raise PSB. He tanks a little and calls. Turn Jx. I make another PSB repping trips and am committed to pot. He tanks a sticks the rest in, I call and he shows AA96r. For middle two pair. Fades the river and I'm out. Fack me. I think its a terrible call on the flop by him, no redraws and I'm shoving either trips or a monster draw. As it was I'm 53% on flop so it's a race but that is his best case, otherwise he is crushed. With the turn J I shove again now he has to consider I have trips. Now he has two middle pair and no redraw and is stuck on a tough decision. Again, I would fold the turn, but some guys can't fold and his hand held. I guess any luck I used up in the PLO8 event. Wasn't my day today. I'll play the WCOOP NL PLO8 tomorrow. Should be interesting.