ILX Poker Players Unite

first up: came fourth out of five, no real idea what I was doing tbh. went and read a little afterwards to prepare for...

second game: chip leader for about half the game after pulling off some big wins early. then I got a run of totally useless hands which chipped away at my pile (we were playing antes rather than small/big blind). key moment: folded while on A-2-4-5 with one to come because it was getting way too pricey for me. should've backed myself in because guess what came on the river! and they were bluffing too. was out within three hands.

third game: useless, had mind on other things so probably subconsciously threw it. lucky it's only ten bucks to play.

I can take a little comfort in the fact that he probably had a better two-card hand, but hell. I could've seen the flop for free and then folded. Or hell, it could've been something crazy like 3-4-6 or 2-5-2.

Dumb move. It was late.

key moment: folded while on A-2-4-5 with one to come because it was getting way too pricey for me. should've backed myself in because guess what came on the river! and they were bluffing too.

You can't let yourself be results oriented, though. Unless you were getting 10:1 odds to call, you were well off out of the pot (and I'm sure you weren't if it was getting pricey). Your fold was good - you need to make sure you do the same next time, rather than remembering that the miracle card came last time and paying bad odds in order to see the river.

Guess what I saw on telly last night? A certain bearded lotherio winning $1.4m with rockets!

hey wher's my invite

If you want to join Party, you can also do it through raketherake though it's not rakeback as such, rather it's a sort of odd bonus thing that looks quite good. Or you can let me refer you, in which case I get $50.

So, who do you want to join? I can def recommend Interpoker - $100 bonus a month, a great freeroll tourney for new members (the one I won $200 in, above), and $, £ and € tables.

Ok Step 1 : Go http://www.raketherake.com/PokerInterpoker.html and follow the on screen instructions, basically you just need to click on their link which takes you to the interpoker site. This is important – you have to follow their link otherwise you will not be able to have rakeback added, so make sure you click the banner! There are no codes or anything to enter, it’s all automatic based on you clicking their banner.

Step 2 : Once you’ve set up your interpoker account and deposited some money (100% match up to $100 so deposit the full amount if you can), email newplayer@raketherake.com letting them know you have set up a new interpoker account from their link and give them your username and ask them to set up a new rakeback account. Tell them you want the rake paid directly in to your poker account. Don’t forget to say “I was referred by Mark Casarotto, RTR account number RTR04959”.

That's it!

http://www.homepokertourney.com/tables_build.htm

Anyone here play $100NL? I want advice about whether I could move up to it...

I knew there would come a time where I would finally agree with my friends who think of Game Night as a lame poker party. I think I've just been in denial for a long time. ... After 20 something weeks of hosting the poker tournament I've had enough. Some poker players are consistently rude, inconsiderate, sloppy, and way too serious. Last night D____, a weekly staple at the poker table told me I couldn't cut the deck the way I did. M______ handed me the deck to cut and the top card had practically fallen off, so I just knocked it off the rest of the way. D____ in a very serious no no tone said I couldn't count the deck. D____ had stormed out the week before without saying goodbye so I told him that he couldn't do that and I got pissed off and remained pissed for the rest of the night ... I'm tired of people being impatient and sitting around wanting me to warp the rest of the poker bunch into the kitchen so we can begin. I'm tired of our kitchen smelling like a dirty ashtray. I do not like waiting around after everyone is gone 'til four am so the tournament can end. L_____ and I are both sick of finding beer caps in the garbage disposal. ...And I hate it when people storm out of the house. It's not worth it to me. That's why no one else hosts a weekly 10 to 16 player tournament. ... The poker players also seem to think that if they meet someone that happens to like poker, they should invite them to my house, give them directions, and hand out my phone number. My very good friends have made some very bad judgement calls lately ...I'm sorry if cancelling the poker tournament disappoints some of the friendly poker players whose company I enjoy (you know who you are). But I know you will understand because you know what I have to deal with. It had to end sooner or later.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v222/biondino/royal.jpg

NB - stone cold nuts on flop, turn and river - the perfect poker hand :)

The week's highlight was this. Snazzy, eh?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v222/biondino/royal2.jpg

but, can anyone rec a good underground house in NYC? i used to really enjoy those, one on the ues and a couple on the west side. not that i bet much, mostly tournaments where you'd only blow $60-80 on the early rebuys. i've heard of some really loose games w/ drunk kids in williamsburg.

online just doesn't do it for me, i end up getting bored. haven't played in over a year, but was in a tournament last week that rekindled some interest.

Louis - I got a £17 pot in the end - check/raised Phipps on the river and got a call. Not too shabby.

FWIW, I'm hanging in there - up nearly 2 grand for the year, and won 6 bills @ Foxwoods a few weekends ago. Gonna head up there in a few hours again, actually (to give the money back, of course).

I am ALMOST to the point that I can stop relentlessly bitching about bad beats. Tho it's hard when I raise w/ QQ, catch trips, get 55 to go AI, and lose to a runner-runner straight.

Oh, and RAKEBACK! IS! AWESOME!

Here's the good hands I've received in the last 23k hands, apropos of chap's post:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v222/biondino/hands.jpg

Cahp, where do you play? How long's it been? I haven't seen you on this thread before, I don't think?

David - the stats are from Poker Tracker - it's an essential (I think) tool for keeping in touch with your stats and those of your opponents. I can't tell you how valuable it is to know that the guy to your left is playing 45% of hands and raising half of them, for example.

Game #2157608863: Hold'em NL (£0.15/£0.25) - 2006/08/12 - 13:38:06 (ET)
Table "Saz" Seat 1 is the button.
Seat 1: pumbar (£18.75 in chips)
Seat 2: Bigpete12 (£26.15 in chips)
Seat 3: sheridga (£28.90 in chips)
Seat 4: Willym (£15 in chips)
Seat 5: FlopAbit (£13.75 in chips)
Seat 6: Zerbombt (£30.01 in chips)
Bigpete12: posts small blind £0.15
sheridga: posts big blind £0.25
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to Zerbombt [Qs Ac]
Willym: folds
FlopAbit: folds
Zerbombt: raises to £1
pumbar: folds
Bigpete12: calls £0.85
sheridga: calls £0.75
----- FLOP ----- [Qd 6s 3c]
Bigpete12: checks
sheridga: bets £1
Zerbombt: raises to £2.75
Bigpete12: folds
sheridga: raises to £10
Zerbombt: raises to £29.01 and is all-in
sheridga: is all-in £17.90
Returned uncalled bets £1.11 to Zerbombt
----- TURN ----- [Qd 6s 3c][Qc]
----- RIVER ----- [Qd 6s 3c Qc][Ad]
----- SHOW DOWN -----
Zerbombt: shows [Qs Ac] (A Full House, Queens full of Aces)
sheridga: shows [3h 3s] (A Full House, Threes full of Queens)
Zerbombt collects £55.90 from Main pot

Seat 1: amele ($25 in chips)
Seat 2: Micky7763 ($4.50 in chips)
Seat 3: elthomas001 ($1.10 in chips)
Seat 4: kenjuggle [7H,7C] ($27.50 in chips)
Seat 5: v4ImmBa ($27.80 in chips)
Seat 6: Deported ($8.20 in chips)
Seat 7: Richie B ($30.60 in chips)
Seat 8: JBlooms ($18.65 in chips)
Seat 9: despo75 ($21.45 in chips)
Seat 10: DME9 ($20.60 in chips)
ANTES/BLINDS
elthomas001 posts blind ($0.25), kenjuggle posts blind ($0.25), Deported posts blind ($0.25), amele posts blind ($0.25).
PRE-FLOP
v4ImmBa folds, Deported checks, Richie B calls $0.25, JBlooms calls $0.25, despo75 folds, DME9 calls $0.25, amele checks, Micky7763 folds, elthomas001 checks, kenjuggle checks.
FLOP [board cards 8H,6S,7D ]
elthomas001 checks, kenjuggle bets $0.30, Deported calls $0.30, Richie B calls $0.30, JBlooms bets $3.25, DME9 calls $3.25, amele folds, elthomas001 folds, kenjuggle calls $2.95, Deported calls $2.95, Richie B calls $2.95.
TURN [board cards 8H,6S,7D,JD ]
kenjuggle checks, Deported bets $0.25, Richie B calls $0.25, JBlooms bets $15.15 and is all-in, DME9 folds, kenjuggle calls $15.15, Deported folds, Richie B calls $14.90.
RIVER [board cards 8H,6S,7D,JD,JH ]
kenjuggle bets $8.85 and is all-in, Richie B folds.
SHOWDOWN
kenjuggle shows [ 7H,7C ]
JBlooms shows [ 5D,4D ]
kenjuggle wins $8.85, kenjuggle wins $63.20.
SUMMARY
Dealer: Micky7763
Pot: $72.55, (including rake: $0.50)
amele, loses $0.25
Micky7763, loses $0
elthomas001, loses $0.25
kenjuggle, bets $27.50, collects $72.05, net $44.55
v4ImmBa, loses $0
Deported, loses $3.75
Richie B, loses $18.65
JBlooms, loses $18.65
despo75, loses $0
DME9, loses $3.50