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I think I’ve probably lost my phone at least 10 times in the last year or so.  Today I’m pretty sure it fell out of my pants pocket while I was in the cab.  I’ve probably spent like 4k on replacement phones in my life.  Funny thing is I have insurance for this kind of thing but never use it because you need to fill out a police report (like I’m going to go to a police station and ask for a form to say “I lost my phone.”) to cash in on the insurance and I’m too lazy to go about canceling the insurance.  Oh well, I’d been meaning to get a touch phone anyway…

Basically I only expect Tom to be completely obsessed with this issue, but think it’s interesting anyway for all my non-poker playing readers.

The background some of you may need is that in online poker, sometimes people’s internet is not reliable enough to consistently meet the poker server’s requirements. While this isn’t often the case for most pros because in their homes they make sure to have the most reliable internet possible, when people play out of coffee shops or hotels while on the road it’s more of an issue. Anyway, on the site in question when a person is disconnected due to faulty internet the poker site gives him some period of time (around a minute I think) to reconnect and act on his hand. After this grace period, the player is marked as “sitting out” and his hand is immediately folded IF AND ONLY IF his opponent bets. Now, on this site every player has a time bank that allots him a certain amount of time to think about what to do with his hand beyond the standard 15 seconds players normally get.

So in the situation I’m about to link you to, Krantz and Ike are playing a 50/100 (10k buy-in) match when Krantz’s internet goes out. He doesn’t reconnect in time and is marked “sitting out.” There is a $16,000 pot and Ike bets $100, the absolute minimum, which he knows is all he needs to do to force Krantz to fold and thus win the pot. Some people are saying that Ike should have waited and used some of his time bank to give Krantz a chance to reconnect and act on his hand. It’s pretty obvious what I think, but I’m curious what you guys think. Leave some comments and I won’t really argue with them too much because I’m about done with the topic, I just want to see how a non-poker player reacts to this situation.

And also, every time people say “this is fine, it’s online poker,” please don’t interpret that as indicating that online poker players are generally unscrupulous. On the contrary, I think online poker players normally are well above average in terms of the extent to which they try doing the right thing. It’s just that most of them also don’t have much experience philosophizing and come to accept standard practices that aren’t too offensive to their inclinations as ipso facto ethical, as opposed to considering them to be unfortunate practices that can’t be dealt with.

With all that said, here’s the link:MinbetMadness

Tomorrow I need to make $4,537 to be up 100k on the month. This would be my first 100k month since summer. I’m looking at my PT and I can’t believe I’ve already played 51,000 hands (my previous record was probably 32kish) this month, but hopefully I can be rewarded for my grinding with a 6-figure pay-off.

And yeah, I know there are 2 more days in February but the 29th is my birthday and I plan on taking the day off and celebrating all day so it’s make or break tomorrow

I was playing this total fish on a secret site which shall remain nameless at 5/10HU NL and dropped 5k to him (I was only down 1k on the day though). I had never really managed to run up the account in question, so that left me with only $4400 left on the site. Obviously it was time to take a shot at 25/50 NL with the full bankroll. I can’t find a hand history converter for this site, so bear with me on these cliff’s notes.

I doubled up for $4565 when I raised a UTG raiser’s cbet from 300 to 900 with 88 on a 458 rainbow board. He called and the turn came a Q, putting up a flush draw. He checked, I jammed for $3515 into a $2100 pot. The villain and I had history on the site at lower stakes and he thinks I’m insanely bluffy, and probably realized I was taking a shot higher than my normal stakes and expected me to try my hardest to win the pot once it got big. So I decided a shove would make it look like I’m bluffing to win the pot and villain called me with JJ. Not saying that the jam got the call. Even though villain in the hand is a total nit, he probably doubles me up either way given our past history.

A couple orbits later I raised a utg c-bet from 200 to 675 with 8sJs on a 4c 6c 7d board. The pfr called and the turn came a 9. He checked and I decided that between having a lot of outs if called and the chance I could set up a 2-barrel bluff of some marginal pair+draw dictated a bet, so I bet $1350. He called and the river came another 9. This is actually a bad card for me because I can’t represent 67 anymore so if I jam I have to convince my opponet either that I flopped a monster (set/straight) or that I had 89 and decided to bet the turn with it instead of trying to get to showdown. But villain was obviously not that good as evidenced by his constant 1/2-pot continuation bet-sizing, so I decided to push all in for $3550 when the pfr checked, and luckily I took it down.

I then decided that since this is all the money I have on the site and it’s hard to replenish my account, that I should play a tighter and lower variance style. So obviously the next orbit I raised Kd8d UTG and got called by UTG+1. He had $6640 and I covered. The flop came down Q25 with two of my suit. I bet $360 and he called. The turn came an offsuit 6 and I decided to try getting my opponent off a mid pocket-pair or possibly off top pair. I bet $950 and he called. The river came a 9 and I jammed for $5155 into a 3k pot. I did this for a couple reasons. First of all, if he had a monster he’d have raised me on this drawy board more often than not. Second of all, I’m unknown to him and overbets are normally interpreted as nut hands. Finally, there was $3000 in the pot and I had king high, so checking can’t win me the pot.

Then came on of the sickest suckouts I’ve laid on anybody in a long time. UTG minraised to 100, the nit on my right called, and I reraised to $450 with AQo. UTG folded and the nit called. The flop came down A67 with a flush draw. A friend of mine was watching and said “SICK, YOU HIT BRO!” (Yeah, I hang out with some noobs sometimes) and I told him “Whatever, this guy’s so nitty it doesn’t matter, I can’t get paid off here.” So I bet 800 and my friend asked me what I’d do if I got check/raised. I said “It’s such an easy fold: if he check/raises here he’s got a set.” The nit then check/raised to $1900 and I was about to immediately fold when I had a total brain-freeze. I guess I can blame it on having just traveled all the way from Europe on basically no sleep, or maybe I just didn’t want to fold (it’s so hard to do sometimes), but for some reason I went against my read. I was very sure my opponent had a set, but I somehow talked myself into thinking “Flush draws, flush draws” and jammed. He called with 77, the turn came a 6, the river came an ace, and I was collecting a 10k pot I had no right to.

So I ended up chasing a loss when I was only down 1k on the day and making $15k at 25/50. Not bad.

I used to think I’d never spend a single cent in Germany on account of the Holocaust, but I’m in Dusseldorf awaiting my connecting flight back to the States and I grabbed a neck pillow for the flight and a bottle of water. I suppose that since the person running the shop was Turkish it’s not that big of a deal.

Meanwhile, I had the most miserable morning I’ve had in a long time. Since my flight was at 8:30 a.m. I decided to stay up all night. This means I was deliriously tired when I got to the airport. So when the woman at the counter informed me I was never issued a ticket because my credit card had been declined.  Over the last 3 days I kept trying to use different cards, including 2 of mine and one of flawless’, only to be sent a confirmation letter and a notice a day later that the confirmation was invalid.  This invalidation was frustrating because there’s no reason the cards wouldn’t work and the phone number I received to call for more information was not  working number.  Needless to say, I was agitated by the fact that I had no ticket. But this agitation turned into insane frustration because the woman had to call headquarters to try authorizing my purchase of a ticket with cash, which led to me standing at the counter for an hour and a half while she kept talking to somebody over the phone. Basically, this involved me sitting there like a zombie while she talked in German over the phone and every 15 minutes or so she would say “Need original ticket issue ID number.” Then she would not say anything for a few minutes, begin to type furiously on her keyboard, speak in German for another 15 minutes, and again say (more frustrated than the time before), “Need original ticket issue ID NUMBER! SCHEIZER!” or something like that. I seriously had no idea what was going on, I just got the sense that no progress was being made given that I was standing at the counter for over an hour and a half and she kept repeating that phrase over and over.  Finally, by some miracle, she managed to print me my ticket, leaving me only 10 minutes to get to my gate. So much for German efficiency.

I got to skip to the front of the security line, and was informed that my gate was on the other side of the airport and that I would have to sprint to make it.  So at 8:00 a.m., on no sleep and coming off of a heavy breakfast, I had to sprint through a crowded airport carrying my ridiculously heavy laptop case and my two coats I had to carry on.  By the time I got to the gate, I felt like I’d done 20 lines of coke and ridden a roller-coaster.  I got an hour of sleep on the flight from Copenhagen to Dusseldorf which was obviously just enough to remind my body what a complete wreck I am right now and how much I need sleep, and nowhere near enough to actually refresh me.  So now I’m in my zombie state trying to stay awake for the two hours I have to wait until my flight.  Traveling is such a pain in the ass, I might never leave New York again.

So earlier today, I sat down at a 5/10 HU table vs this guy, jcada99.  He declined to play me, and I moved on to the next table.  A few hours later, I’m sitting on a UB HU table when jcada99 sits in vs me.  Now, I think about mentioning to him that he wouldn’t play me on my FTP account, DaEvils, but I don’t think there’s any obligation there so we started playing.  4 hands in, I totally own him with this hand:

MikeVickIsGod:  4c Jc
jcada99:  — –

Pre-flop:

MikeVickIsGod raises to $30.   jcada99 calls.

Flop (board: 9c 2c 9s):

jcada99 checks.   MikeVickIsGod bets $60.   jcada99
calls.

Turn (board: 9c 2c 9s 2s):

jcada99 checks.   MikeVickIsGod checks.

River (board: 9c 2c 9s 2s 4s):

jcada99 checks.   MikeVickIsGod bets $180.   jcada99
goes all-in for $910.   MikeVickIsGod calls.
jcada99 shows Tc Ah.
jcada99 has Ah 9c 2c 9s 2s: two pair, nines and
I figured my hand looks not at all like a boat and a lot like ace high, so when I bet I was  intending on calling a check/raise and insta-called him.  I was expecting him to show up with a busted flush draw or ace high way more often than a boat.  That hand was obviously good for my table image.  He 4bet me one time and I bluff-5bet jammed all in and he folded.  He was winning no pots when this hand came up:
MikeVickIsGod:  8d 7c
jcada99:  — –

Pre-flop:

MikeVickIsGod raises to $30.   jcada99 re-raises to
$100.   MikeVickIsGod calls.

Flop (board: 2d 6c 8s):

jcada99 bets $155.   MikeVickIsGod calls.

Turn (board: 2d 6c 8s Kh):

jcada99 bets $425.   MikeVickIsGod calls.

River (board: 2d 6c 8s Kh Jc):

jcada99 checks.   MikeVickIsGod checks.

Showdown:

jcada99 shows 3h 3c.

Here I thought he was getting frustrated and the king on the turn was a great card for me because it pretty much ensures that a player like him (TAGgy, very aggressive, not particularly thinking) is going to fire 100% of his bluff range and probably won’t fire many marginal hands better than mine that (I’d be impressed if he bet 99 here), so the K pretty much gives me the nuts as pretty much nobody ever makes top pair heads-up.

So then I 5bet for 120 BBs with 99 (I thought he was getting frustrated and 99 is like, the 6th best starting hand) and cracked his AA.  Other than that, I’d say any impartial observer, and even some people who are friendly with or related to jcada99 but value honesty and constructive criticism, would agree that I was crushing him and outplaying him.  I basically didn’t lose any pots while not even paying much attention (had 3 other HU matches going at the same time).  Luckily, I saw in chat (I normally don’t notice chat) that he was complaining to a railbird about the bad beat I laid on him.  So I tell him “Yeah, why don’t you tell him about my owning you every other hand?  4J, 78, etc”  He just says “Let’s play higher”  and I tell him to play me on FTP, where I have more money.  He asks me who I am there and I say “DaEvils, but wait you won’t play me now, will you?”

About 2 minutes later, this hand comes up:

MikeVickIsGod:  As 8s
jcada99:  — –

Pre-flop:

jcada99 raises to $30.   MikeVickIsGod re-raises to
$100.   jcada99 calls.

Flop (board: 5h Ac Jd):

MikeVickIsGod checks.   jcada99 checks.

Turn (board: 5h Ac Jd 5s):

MikeVickIsGod checks.   jcada99 bets $155.
MikeVickIsGod calls.

River (board: 5h Ac Jd 5s Td):

MikeVickIsGod checks.   jcada99 bets $400.
MikeVickIsGod calls.

Showdown:

jcada99 shows 3s 3d.

He immediately picks up after the hand and I’m laughing about how this guy was talking trash but is now quitting me.  About 5 minutes later, he sits in at my 25/50 table on FTP.  I’m salivating, thinking that a) I own this guy, b) he’s probably playing way out of his comfort zone since he plays 5/10 (meanwhile I’m on a 90k heater so I could care less about losing at 25/50), and c) I own this guy.

I 5bet bluffed him all in again and it worked, every reraise was taking it down, and other than folding to two check/raises of his I pretty much had control of the match.  I chipped away at him without it getting to showdown and the last hand of the match I reraised AA, I bet a K-high two-heart flop, and he raised me.  I instantly jammed all in because my hotel internet is spotty and I didn’t want to risk getting disconnected.  FTP lagged for me, so the next thing I saw was that the turn and river had been dealt and I faded his Q-high flush draw.  He was no longer sitting at my table.  49 hands, +8572 at 25/50.  294 hands, +3236 at 5/10.  Not very often you get a grudge match started at 5 times the previous stakes being played, so winning and ruining this guy’s day after he was talking trash was very rewarding.

Also, if you know jcada please direct him to this blog.  Hopefully he’ll get all pissed off and challenge me to a rematch.

The rest of Team Israel (Krantz, Whitelime, and Flawless_victory) arrived in Copenhagen 2 days ago. We’re renting two rooms in the Hotel Skt Petri, the nicest hotel in Copenhagen. I’d gotten into Copenhagen before the others so I was staying in my own room and when I checked out I met up with the others in one of our 2 new rooms. They’d been in town about 5 hours having flown in from New York and were already collectively up 180k,up 75k at 25/50 and 105k at 50/100 on the Euro sites. Must be nice. The rest of the day was relatively uneventful. We took a break from playing in the afternoon and walked around town to see what’s going on. We found the Pedestrian Mall, the main shopping center in town. The four of us were way too lazy and tired to actually go shopping but seeing 3 people who have just won 60k each going window shopping is always a bit ridiculous. Every time we passed a store that featured $10k watches in its windows we would eye all the watches and whitelime would basically have to be talked out of buying 6 of the damn things. We walked into a Hermes store and I saw a pair of jeans I might want to buy later so I looked at the tag to see what size the jeans were and flawless, thinking I was looking for the price starts yelling across the store “Don’t look at the price!! If you look at the price you end up not justifying buying the stuff, I just buy it and try not listening when they tell me the total charge!” This gets me interested in the price and the jeans are $1,000. Maybe when I come back to the store when we’re actually buying stuff I’ll listen to flawless….

Anyway, day 2 we all wake up in time for breakfast. I think this might be the first time that 4 professional poker players have all managed to wake up before noon on a poker trip. After breakfast we went to the hotel’s fitness center and worked out. I think it’s very important to go to the gym and stay relatively fit, because years ago when I was a fledgling poker player I remember hearing Phil Ivey say that he stays in good physical condition because it keeps him mentally alert:

Full Tilt Poker Game #4996246640: Table Ivey Deathmatch - $500/$1000 - No Limit Hold’em - 21:56:29 ET - 2008/01/25
Seat 1: Phil Ivey ($276,372)
Seat 2: seda1 ($123,499.50)
Phil Ivey posts the small blind of $500
seda1 posts the big blind of $1,000
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Phil Ivey raises to $3,000
seda1 calls $2,000
*** FLOP *** [3h Td 6h]
seda1 checks
Phil Ivey bets $4,000
seda1 calls $4,000
*** TURN *** [3h Td 6h] [7c]
seda1 checks
Phil Ivey bets $12,000
seda1 raises to $50,000
Phil Ivey has 15 seconds left to act
Phil Ivey has requested TIME
Phil Ivey raises to $164,000
seda1 calls $66,499.50, and is all in
Phil Ivey shows [Kd Ks]
seda1 shows [9h 8s]
Uncalled bet of $47,500.50 returned to Phil Ivey
*** RIVER *** [3h Td 6h 7c] [Kc]
Phil Ivey shows three of a kind, Kings
seda1 shows a straight, Ten high
seda1 wins the pot ($246,998.50) with a straight, Ten high
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $246,999 | Rake $0.50
Board: [3h Td 6h 7c Kc]
Seat 1: Phil Ivey (small blind) showed [Kd Ks] and lost with three of a kind, Kings
Seat 2: seda1 (big blind) showed [9h 8s] and won ($246,998.50) with a straight, Ten high

lolz

After the gym, Krantz and I set up appointments at a local spa to get some massages. Our concierge gave us a couple gift certificates that Krantz told me were worth $50 each, and we’re thinking “awesome. whitelime booking their most expensive concierge service is already starting to pay for itself.” We go and get our massages and mine is awful. My masseuse is Swedish and commutes to Denmark every day (the countries are by each other, in case you didn’t know) so I was expecting a good massage but she basically just rubbed my back lightly for an hour and it was ridiculously boring. Anyway, when our massages are over Jay and I rock-paper-scissors to see who has to pay the bill. We both throw scissors, then we both throw rock, then I beat his rock with my paper and the friendly cashier looks at us confused and goes “What are you guys doing?” Jay explains that since he lost now he has to pay, and the women tells us that our gift cards covered the whole bill. I guess she must have been pretty confused that we were loitering waiting for her to give us the bill, and then randomly started playing rock-paper-scissors and having Jay pull out his wallet afterwards.

We get back to the hotel and while the others start playing a ton of poker I begin my 4 hour coaching session that I had scheduled with 2 new students. It’s been a couple months since I did any coaching and it was nice to get back to doing it, especially since my two new students are pretty good poker players so we can talk about some more complicated stuff. After I’m done coaching, I go with the others to “Geranium,” a restaurant that’s absurdly delicious. We had a gourmet 7-course dinner where basically we had 7 opportunities to make fun of whitelime for being a vegetarian because our food kept on being so delicious and his food was basically the sides that came with our course, so he just had these pathetic little plates with like a potato croquette and some parsley which would be noticeably lacking the giant piece of delicious veal we were eating.

When we’re done eating, we go to the restaurant’s lounge and have some coffee. When the check comes (it’s about $1000), I suggest that instead of credit card rouletting for the tab, we try new system where I whisper in whitelime’s ear a starting point for counting. Then Krantz picks a number and we count clockwise from the starting point and the person who we land on has to pay. Whitelime is to my right, flawless is to my left, and Krantz is across from me. Now, Krantz has it in for me because every time I’ve ever rock-paper-scissored with him for a bill or for $1k a pop or whatever I’ve always crushed him (I actually am a preternaturally good RPS player and everybody rolls their eyes when I say that but I basically never lose and all my friends believe me after they seem me totally crush everybody). I whisper in Emil’s ear, as quietly as I can so Krantz won’t hear, that we’ll start counting with Flawless. I tell Krantz to pick a number and he says “1″ and I’m so happy that I owned Jay again that I immediately and giddily blurt out “HA! YOU PAY!”

Krantz looks confused and goes “What? NO WAY!!!” Whitelime tells him, “Yeah man, we’re started with Flawless and you’re the first person to his right, so you pay.” Krantz just says “GODDAMNIT!!! I THOUGHT I HEARD ARIEL SAY FLAWLESS. I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO OWN HIM BY SAYING 1 AND MAKING ARIEL PAY BECAUSE I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING COUNTERCLOCKWISE!!!!!!!” The culmination of all of Krantz’ frustration at my constant ownage of him in paying situations leading to him trying to screw me and losing $1000 instead is just such a rich event that all 4 of us are practically on the floor laughing. In between giant belly laughs Flawless points out that Krantz, having known the starting point for the counting and probably a bit unsure about whether we were going clockwise or counterclockwise, could have just said 0 or 2 and been 100% sure that either Flawless or Whitelime would have had to pay. But instead he took the risk that we were going clockwise and he’d have to pay the $1000 just to have a chance at screwing me over. Heh.

One other funny thing that involves me “owning” Krantz is that during day 2 the others lost 200k negating their winnings for the trip and they were playing such huge fish at nosebleed stakes and losing that Krantz went into his “we’re not sure if he’s crazy or not, but he sure seems to be temporarily totally deranged” moods.  He jumps out of bed after going to bed around 2 a.m.  and just goes “I HAVE TO CHECKRAISE SOMEBODY!!!!”  He then logs onto his computer in the corner office space we have set up and goes to play somebody HU 10/20 NL.  I’m in the other section of the room and immediately jump on one of the tables to observe.  Krantz calls a raise and the flop 457 with a flush draw and Krantz check/calls.  The turn comes a T and I enter in my chat box, logged in from whitelime’s account, “Pr1nnyraid is going to check/raise the turn. He was planning on playing one hand and check/raising any turn” and wait to press enter until IMMEDIATELY after Krantz check/raises the turn.  Krantz, having already lost 140k on the day, explodes at me and is cursing me out while I”m just cracking up because I’m sure that I just took Krantz to a whole new world of tilting.  He jammed a blank river and the guy folded and he won the pot anyway.

Anyway, that’s our trip so far. I’m in Denmark another 7 days (the other are staying until the 29th, but given that that’s my birthday and it only comes once every 4 years, I’m going to avoid spending it flying across the Atlantic and am going to try throwing a party back in NYC), so hopefully I’ll have more to post. On the trip I’m up 6k, including this gem of a hand. I was coaching a student and sitting at some empty $10/20 HU tables (I normally 1 table some HU on the side while coaching) when this fish sits down with $1700 and goes up 2k on me before I whittle away his stack some. He’s insanely passive preflop (47/18) although he has reraised me a couple times. So when this passive player limp reraised me and we got it in, I was curious to see what he would have. Enjoy the results:

FullTiltPoker Game #5318028777: Table Snub (heads up) - $10/$20 - No Limit Hold’em - 12:35:20 ET - 2008/02/19
Seat 1: DaEvils ($2,788)
Seat 2: guesswho3 ($2,550)
guesswho3 posts the small blind of $10
DaEvils posts the big blind of $20
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DaEvils [Kc Kh]
guesswho3 calls $10
DaEvils raises to $80
guesswho3 raises to $240
DaEvils has 15 seconds left to act
DaEvils raises to $720
guesswho3 raises to $2,550, and is all in
DaEvils calls $1,830
guesswho3 shows [Kd 4h]
DaEvils shows [Kc Kh]
*** FLOP *** [Jh 3h Jd]
*** TURN *** [Jh 3h Jd] [3d]
*** RIVER *** [Jh 3h Jd 3d] [Ah]
guesswho3 shows two pair, Jacks and Threes
DaEvils shows two pair, Kings and Jacks
DaEvils wins the pot ($5,099.50) with two pair, Kings and Jacks
guesswho3 is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $5,100 | Rake $0.50
Board: [Jh 3h Jd 3d Ah]
Seat 1: DaEvils (big blind) showed [Kc Kh] and won ($5,099.50) with two pair, Kings and Jacks
Seat 2: guesswho3 (small blind) showed [Kd 4h] and lost with two pair, Jacks and Threes

I put in a marathon session today and was up 2k when I was closing all my tables. As I was closing them, e1mdopp, the fish from the previous day, sat in at one of my tables. 320 hands later, he was up $6572 on me while running 4k above expectation on our 38 all ins (we slowed it down today and only got it all in every 8.4 hands this time). So I’ve tried converting the HH’s twice at this point and the converter is screwy, and I’m not cutting and pasting them again, so cliff’s notes:

I 4bet and called it off for 200 bbs with 99 vs his KK (maybe bad, but against this guy based on what I’ve seen him get it in with I could easily be crushing his random 37s or whatever)

I reraise him with JJ, checkraise a 668 board, he jams for $1600, I call and lose to his A8 (river 8 )

I call preflop K4s, check call AKx, check/raise 4 turn, and lose to his AA

I 3bet AJo, he jams 88, I call and lose

I reraise AJ, he calls 33, I check/raise 99T figuring he’s got pure air the majority of the time, and I lose to his 33.

Lose with JJ vs his AQ

He reraises and calls it off with TJo and beats my KQ

$1775 deep he reraises I raise him with JQ on J78, turn comes a K that puts up a flush draw, he checks, I figure he’ll call it off with any pair+gutty and any turned draw, he calls my PSB with AK

I check/call him 3 streets KJ on 7TJ4K board and lose to 89.

I jam 77 over his reraise and lose to TT.

So he leaves without warning when I had him two tabling, and I’m pissed because he’s easily the biggest fish I’ve played against HU in a long time (I know I said that recently, but this guy’s way worse). I’m stuck 5kish or so and grind my way back to even when I hit a very quick downswing and am stuck 4k again. Then I get it all-in on two separate tables with QQ vs AQ and QQ vs AJ and I lose both. At the same time. Both turn cards killed me and both of them came simultaneously. So I’m stuck 6k when this fish, STAADY, sits down at 2 tables of 10/20 HU I had open.

I own him with this hand:

FullTiltPoker Game #5253818869: Table Tartan (heads up) - $10/$20 - No Limit Hold’em - 15:28:27 ET - 2008/02/14
Seat 1: DaEvils ($1,968.50)
Seat 2: STAADY ($2,049.50)
DaEvils posts the small blind of $10
STAADY posts the big blind of $20
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DaEvils [Ad 6c]
DaEvils raises to $60
STAADY raises to $100
DaEvils calls $40
*** FLOP *** [4s 2s Th]
STAADY checks
DaEvils bets $110
STAADY calls $110
*** TURN *** [4s 2s Th] [8c]
STAADY checks
DaEvils bets $220
STAADY calls $220
*** RIVER *** [4s 2s Th 8c] [4c]
STAADY has 15 seconds left to act
STAADY bets $860
DaEvils has 15 seconds left to act
DaEvils has requested TIME
DaEvils calls $860
*** SHOW DOWN ***
STAADY shows [Qc Jc] a pair of Fours
DaEvils shows [Ad 6c] a pair of Fours
DaEvils wins the pot ($2,579.50) with a pair of Fours
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $2,580 | Rake $0.50
Board: [4s 2s Th 8c 4c]
Seat 1: DaEvils (small blind) showed [Ad 6c] and won ($2,579.50) with a pair of Fours
Seat 2: STAADY (big blind) showed [Qc Jc] and lost with a pair of FoursI figured he would fold a mid pocket pair or better ace high for two barrels and then when he potted the river it made no sense, so I called. I had him stuck 5k and was pretty much even for the day when these two hands happened:

FullTiltPoker Game #5254515556: Table Aspect (heads up) - $10/$20 - No Limit Hold’em - 16:33:27 ET - 2008/02/14
Seat 1: DaEvils ($5,230.50)
Seat 2: STAADY ($1,718.50)
STAADY posts the small blind of $10
DaEvils posts the big blind of $20
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DaEvils [5s Js]
STAADY raises to $60
DaEvils calls $40
*** FLOP *** [6s 6d 9s]
DaEvils bets $80
STAADY raises to $360
DaEvils raises to $5,170.50, and is all in
STAADY has 15 seconds left to act
STAADY calls $1,298.50, and is all in
DaEvils shows [5s Js]
STAADY shows [3s Ks]
Uncalled bet of $3,512 returned to DaEvils
*** TURN *** [6s 6d 9s] [Qd]
*** RIVER *** [6s 6d 9s Qd] [Kd]
DaEvils shows a pair of Sixes
STAADY shows two pair, Kings and Sixes
STAADY wins the pot ($3,436.50) with two pair, Kings and Sixes
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $3,437 | Rake $0.50
Board: [6s 6d 9s Qd Kd]
Seat 1: DaEvils (big blind) showed [5s Js] and lost with a pair of Sixes
Seat 2: STAADY (small blind) showed [3s Ks] and won ($3,436.50) with two pair, Kings and Sixes

and

FullTiltPoker Game #5255131868: Table Aspect (heads up) - $10/$20 - No Limit Hold’em - 17:29:10 ET - 2008/02/14
Seat 1: DaEvils ($3,574.50)
Seat 2: STAADY ($3,349)
DaEvils posts the small blind of $10
STAADY posts the big blind of $20
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DaEvils [Kh Kd]
DaEvils raises to $60
STAADY raises to $180
DaEvils raises to $540
STAADY calls $360
*** FLOP *** [9h 7h 3d]
STAADY bets $1,080
DaEvils has 15 seconds left to act
DaEvils raises to $3,034.50, and is all in
STAADY calls $1,729, and is all in
DaEvils shows [Kh Kd]
STAADY shows [9s 9c]
Uncalled bet of $225.50 returned to DaEvils
*** TURN *** [9h 7h 3d] [4s]
*** RIVER *** [9h 7h 3d 4s] [5s]
DaEvils shows a pair of Kings
STAADY shows three of a kind, Nines
STAADY wins the pot ($6,697.50) with three of a kind, Nines
DaEvils adds $1,774.50
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $6,698 | Rake $0.50
Board: [9h 7h 3d 4s 5s]
Seat 1: DaEvils (small blind) showed [Kh Kd] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 2: STAADY (big blind) showed [9s 9c] and won ($6,697.50) with three of a kind, Nines
The first hand is suspect but he was reraising a lot and I’d just taken a big pot off him, so I figured he was probably tilt raising and he could be raising any draw and a 9, so I decided to get it in. The second hand I just have no idea why he donked out: if I have a big hand I’m stacking off anyway, if I’m not he should check to let me stab at the pot, and I’m never bluffing over his pot donk given the preflop action. I mean, I’d have gotten it in with him anyway with KK given that it’s a 4bet pot HU, so I just have no idea why the guy decided to pot it. As it is, he basically immediately left after that only slight loser, and between that and a few other tables I ended up stuck $7294 on the day.

It was just frustrating because I was up, about to quit, got stacked a bunch by a fish, climbed my way back to even, got bad beat a ton, got my way back to pretty much even, and then lost those 2 pots and got hit and run. The worst part is that as I’m about to take my $7k loss and call it a night, an FTOPs event table opens up and I realize I reged for the $200 HA (Pot limit Hold’em and PLO). I’m done for the day with playing, but I have to play this stupid tournament. So here I am, 1-tabling bored out of my mind and semi-tilted. But things were going well, and I made the money and was 3rd in chips with 64 people left when this hand came up:

Full Tilt Poker Game #5255663307: FTOPS Event #13 (35827517), Table 81 - 1000/2000 - Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 18:16:31 ET - 2008/02/14
Seat 1: Nate Jizzle (75,147)
Seat 2: RobJobbb (28,058)
Seat 3: flopdisasta (28,869)
Seat 4: Pointer2 (17,414)
Seat 5: Happyloser12 (36,869)
Seat 6: ktma (24,962)
Seat 7: DLizzle (27,996)
Seat 8: DaEvils (98,095)
Seat 9: SnappyMcHook (18,327)
ktma posts the small blind of 1,000
DLizzle posts the big blind of 2,000
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DaEvils [Th Ah 9s Qd]
DaEvils raises to 4,000
SnappyMcHook folds
Nate Jizzle has 15 seconds left to act
Nate Jizzle raises to 13,110
RobJobbb has 15 seconds left to act
RobJobbb folds
flopdisasta folds
Pointer2 folds
Happyloser12 folds
ktma folds
DLizzle folds
DaEvils calls 9,110
*** FLOP *** [Qh Kh Td]
DaEvils checks
Nate Jizzle has 15 seconds left to act
Nate Jizzle bets 19,700
DaEvils has 15 seconds left to act
DaEvils has requested TIME
DaEvils raises to 84,985, and is all in
Nate Jizzle calls 42,337, and is all in
DaEvils shows [Th Ah 9s Qd]
Nate Jizzle shows [Ac As 2h Jc]
Uncalled bet of 22,948 returned to DaEvils
*** TURN *** [Qh Kh Td] [Ad]
*** RIVER *** [Qh Kh Td Ad] [7c]
DaEvils shows two pair, Aces and Queens
Nate Jizzle shows a straight, Ace high
Nate Jizzle wins the pot (153,294) with a straight, Ace high
DaEvils stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 153,294 | Rake 0
Board: [Qh Kh Td Ad 7c]
Seat 1: Nate Jizzle showed [Ac As 2h Jc] and won (153,294) with a straight, Ace high
Seat 2: RobJobbb didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 3: flopdisasta didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 4: Pointer2 didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 5: Happyloser12 (button) didn’t bet (folded)
Seat 6: ktma (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 7: DLizzle (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 8: DaEvils showed [Th Ah 9s Qd] and lost with two pair, Aces and Queens

We were both very deep and he’d been so passive I realized he had to have had AAxx (master Omaha hand reading, I know), and I figured my hand could outflop AAxx in a lot of ways. When that flop came, I was obviously ridiculously excited. If he has AATx even (killing my T outs) I’m still a huge favorite. But he managed to have the J, meaning that instead of crushing him, I was only 50% to win and I tie him 6% of the time. I win that pot and I’m a huge chipleader (not that that means anything with 60 players left, but I would have had a chance at getting 6th and breaking even). Anyway, now I’m in a hotel room in Europe unable to sleep because I woke up at 3 p.m. and it’s only 1:30 a.m. Sigh.

3 in one day.  Record breaking.  Decided to not edit a past post, but to write a post to note that I’m flying out to Copenhagen later tonight.  I think I’m going to spend a couple days traveling Europe on my own (probably visiting friends in Cambridge) and then meet up with Krantz, whitelime, and flawless_victory in Copenhagen the 17th (we’re all getting a hotel room and spending a couple weeks there for the EPT, probably just grinding a ton of online with the occasional foray into juiced live games).  Might not be posting for a bit, but keep checking your google reader.

Won $9,158 in 2097 hands at 5/10 today.  I ran about 2k above expectation on my all-ins, but was still tilted because I kept losing to this guy, e1mdopp, who was playing 66/57/4.  I mean, this guy was ridiculously crazy.  Called every 3bet.  Called every 4bet.  3bet just about every hand.  I was literally just pair mining and looking to stack him with any piece, but I ran cold.  Then for a while every time I got it in vs him he won.  At one point he was up 7k on me with hands like this:

POKERSTARS GAME #15237112323:  HOLD’EM NO LIMIT ($5/$10) - 2008/02/12 - 13:39:19 (ET)
Table ‘Juliana’ 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: e1mdopp ($2033.30 in chips)
Seat 2: Vick Is God ($2303.50 in chips)
Vick Is God: posts small blind $5
e1mdopp: posts big blind $10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Vick Is God [8h 6h]
Vick Is God: raises $20 to $30
e1mdopp: raises $110 to $140
Vick Is God: calls $110
*** FLOP *** [8s Js 5h]
e1mdopp: bets $210
Vick Is God: calls $210
*** TURN *** [8s Js 5h] [9h]
e1mdopp: bets $520
Vick Is God: raises $1433.50 to $1953.50 and is all-in
e1mdopp: calls $1163.30 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [8s Js 5h 9h] [Qd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
e1mdopp: shows [Kd Ts] (a straight, Nine to King)
Vick Is God: mucks hand
e1mdopp collected $4066.10 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $4066.60 | Rake $0.50
Board [8s Js 5h 9h Qd]
Seat 1: e1mdopp (big blind) showed [Kd Ts] and won ($4066.10) with a straight, Nine to King
Seat 2: Vick Is God (button) (small blind) mucked [8h 6h]

and

POKERSTARS GAME #15236334431:  HOLD’EM NO LIMIT ($5/$10) - 2008/02/12 - 13:04:19 (ET)
Table ‘Juliana’ 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: e1mdopp ($1123.65 in chips)
Seat 2: Vick Is God ($2022.40 in chips)
Vick Is God: posts small blind $5
e1mdopp: posts big blind $10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Vick Is God [8h 7h]
Vick Is God: raises $20 to $30
e1mdopp: calls $20
*** FLOP *** [5d 4s 8d]
e1mdopp: checks
Vick Is God: bets $40
e1mdopp: raises $105 to $145
Vick Is God: raises $145 to $290
e1mdopp: raises $803.65 to $1093.65 and is all-in
Vick Is God: calls $803.65
*** TURN *** [5d 4s 8d] [8c]
*** RIVER *** [5d 4s 8d 8c] [Kd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
e1mdopp: shows [7d 2d] (a flush, King high)
Vick Is God: mucks hand
e1mdopp collected $2246.80 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $2247.30 | Rake $0.50
Board [5d 4s 8d 8c Kd]
Seat 1: e1mdopp (big blind) showed [7d 2d] and won ($2246.80) with a flush, King high
Seat 2: Vick Is God (button) (small blind) mucked [8h 7h].

This hand happened early on and that’s when I realized this was going to be a fun session.

POKERSTARS GAME #15236258173:  HOLD’EM NO LIMIT ($5/$10) - 2008/02/12 - 13:01:22 (ET)
Table ‘Juliana’ 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: e1mdopp ($1056.80 in chips)
Seat 2: Vick Is God ($2090.75 in chips)
Vick Is God: posts small blind $5
e1mdopp: posts big blind $10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Vick Is God [Jc 9s]
Vick Is God: raises $20 to $30
e1mdopp: calls $20
*** FLOP *** [6d 9c 2h]
e1mdopp: checks
Vick Is God: bets $40
e1mdopp: raises $80 to $120
Vick Is God: raises $140 to $260
e1mdopp: raises $230 to $490
Vick Is God: raises $1570.75 to $2060.75 and is all-in
e1mdopp: calls $536.80 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [6d 9c 2h] [7c]
*** RIVER *** [6d 9c 2h 7c] [3d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
e1mdopp: shows [5c 8c] (a straight, Five to Nine)
Vick Is God: mucks hand
e1mdopp collected $2113.10 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $2113.60 | Rake $0.50
Board [6d 9c 2h 7c 3d]
Seat 1: e1mdopp (big blind) showed [5c 8c] and won ($2113.10) with a straight, Five to Nine
Seat 2: Vick Is God (button) (small blind) mucked [Jc 9s]
He was 3betting me so often I started pushing any above average hand because he was literally 3betting ever open and calling it off every time:

POKERSTARS GAME #15237186191:  HOLD’EM NO LIMIT ($5/$10) - 2008/02/12 - 13:42:30 (ET)
Table ‘Juliana’ 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: e1mdopp ($4660.10 in chips)
Seat 2: Vick Is God ($970 in chips)
Vick Is God: posts small blind $5
e1mdopp: posts big blind $10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Vick Is God [3c Ah]
Vick Is God: raises $20 to $30
e1mdopp: raises $70 to $100
Vick Is God: raises $870 to $970 and is all-in
e1mdopp: calls $870
*** FLOP *** [Qc 7h Tc]
*** TURN *** [Qc 7h Tc] [3d]
*** RIVER *** [Qc 7h Tc 3d] [5c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
e1mdopp: shows [Jc Qh] (a pair of Queens)
Vick Is God: mucks hand
e1mdopp collected $1939.50 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $1940 | Rake $0.50
Board [Qc 7h Tc 3d 5c]
Seat 1: e1mdopp (big blind) showed [Jc Qh] and won ($1939.50) with a pair of Queens
Seat 2: Vick Is God (button) (small blind) mucked [3c Ah]
I ended up getting a decent amount of it back:

POKERSTARS GAME #15237632237:  HOLD’EM NO LIMIT ($5/$10) - 2008/02/12 - 14:02:22 (ET)
Table ‘Juliana’ 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: e1mdopp ($5756.60 in chips)
Seat 2: Vick Is God ($2127.50 in chips)
e1mdopp: posts small blind $5
Vick Is God: posts big blind $10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Vick Is God [Kh Ad]
e1mdopp: raises $30 to $40
Vick Is God: raises $100 to $140
e1mdopp: raises $300 to $440
Vick Is God: raises $1687.50 to $2127.50 and is all-in
e1mdopp: calls $1687.50
*** FLOP *** [Tc 8s 6d]
*** TURN *** [Tc 8s 6d] [Ks]
*** RIVER *** [Tc 8s 6d Ks] [5h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Vick Is God: shows [Kh Ad] (a pair of Kings)
e1mdopp: mucks hand
Vick Is God collected $4254.50 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $4255 | Rake $0.50
Board [Tc 8s 6d Ks 5h]
Seat 1: e1mdopp (button) (small blind) mucked [Jd 7d]
Seat 2: Vick Is God (big blind) showed [Kh Ad] and won ($4254.50) with a pair of Kings
POKERSTARS GAME #15237056177:  HOLD’EM NO LIMIT ($5/$10) - 2008/02/12 - 13:36:56 (ET)
Table ‘Juliana’ 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: e1mdopp ($3118.30 in chips)
Seat 2: Vick Is God ($1219.50 in chips)
e1mdopp: posts small blind $5
Vick Is God: posts big blind $10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Vick Is God [6s 6d]
e1mdopp: raises $30 to $40
Vick Is God: calls $30
*** FLOP *** [4c 4s 2h]
Vick Is God: checks
e1mdopp: bets $70
Vick Is God: raises $140 to $210
e1mdopp: raises $510 to $720
Vick Is God: raises $459.50 to $1179.50 and is all-in
e1mdopp: calls $459.50
*** TURN *** [4c 4s 2h] [8s]
*** RIVER *** [4c 4s 2h 8s] [2d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Vick Is God: shows [6s 6d] (two pair, Sixes and Fours)
e1mdopp: mucks hand
Vick Is God collected $2438.50 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $2439 | Rake $0.50
Board [4c 4s 2h 8s 2d]
Seat 1: e1mdopp (button) (small blind) mucked [Jd Ac]
Seat 2: Vick Is God (big blind) showed [6s 6d] and won ($2438.50) with two pair, Sixes and Fours

POKERSTARS GAME #15237239540:  HOLD’EM NO LIMIT ($5/$10) - 2008/02/12 - 13:44:50 (ET)
Table ‘Juliana’ 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: e1mdopp ($5764.10 in chips)
Seat 2: Vick Is God ($975 in chips)
Vick Is God: posts small blind $5
e1mdopp: posts big blind $10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Vick Is God [8s Ts]
Vick Is God: raises $20 to $30
e1mdopp: raises $70 to $100
Vick Is God: calls $70
*** FLOP *** [5s 3s 8h]
e1mdopp: bets $150
Vick Is God: calls $150
*** TURN *** [5s 3s 8h] [5h]
e1mdopp: bets $3720
Vick Is God: calls $725 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [5s 3s 8h 5h] [6d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
e1mdopp: shows [Ah Jc] (a pair of Fives)
Vick Is God: shows [8s Ts] (two pair, Eights and Fives)
Vick Is God collected $1949.50 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $1950 | Rake $0.50
Board [5s 3s 8h 5h 6d]
Seat 1: e1mdopp (big blind) showed [Ah Jc] and lost with a pair of Fives
Seat 2: Vick Is God (button) (small blind) showed [8s Ts] and won ($1949.50) with two pair, Eights and Fives

POKERSTARS GAME #15236858222:  HOLD’EM NO LIMIT ($5/$10) - 2008/02/12 - 13:27:49 (ET)
Table ‘Juliana’ 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: e1mdopp ($2956.80 in chips)
Seat 2: Vick Is God ($1139 in chips)
e1mdopp: posts small blind $5
Vick Is God: posts big blind $10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Vick Is God [2d Qd]
e1mdopp: raises $20 to $30
Vick Is God: calls $20
*** FLOP *** [2c 6d Qh]
Vick Is God: checks
e1mdopp: bets $40
Vick Is God: raises $100 to $140
e1mdopp: calls $100
*** TURN *** [2c 6d Qh] [Tc]
Vick Is God: bets $280
e1mdopp: raises $1990 to $2270
Vick Is God: calls $689 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [2c 6d Qh Tc] [7h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Vick Is God: shows [2d Qd] (two pair, Queens and Deuces)
e1mdopp: mucks hand
Vick Is God collected $2277.50 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $2278 | Rake $0.50
Board [2c 6d Qh Tc 7h]
Seat 1: e1mdopp (button) (small blind) mucked [9c 4d]
Seat 2: Vick Is God (big blind) showed [2d Qd] and won ($2277.50) with two pair, Queens and Deuces

Notice here where he calls off his stack with 38s

POKERSTARS GAME #15237501528:  HOLD’EM NO LIMIT ($5/$10) - 2008/02/12 - 13:56:27 (ET)
Table ‘Juliana’ 2-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: e1mdopp ($6757.10 in chips)
Seat 2: Vick Is God ($1129.50 in chips)
Vick Is God: posts small blind $5
e1mdopp: posts big blind $10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Vick Is God [Ts Tc]
Vick Is God: raises $20 to $30
e1mdopp: raises $80 to $110
Vick Is God: raises $1019.50 to $1129.50 and is all-in
e1mdopp: calls $1019.50
*** FLOP *** [Th 4h 6s]
*** TURN *** [Th 4h 6s] [7c]
*** RIVER *** [Th 4h 6s 7c] [6c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
e1mdopp: shows [3h 8h] (a pair of Sixes)
Vick Is God: shows [Ts Tc] (a full house, Tens full of Sixes)
Vick Is God collected $2258.50 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $2259 | Rake $0.50
Board [Th 4h 6s 7c 6c]
Seat 1: e1mdopp (big blind) showed [3h 8h] and lost with a pair of Sixes
Seat 2: Vick Is God (button) (small blind) showed [Ts Tc] and won ($2258.50) with a full house, Tens full of Sixes

Wow, my HUD wasn’t working and I didn’t bother to see what he looked me up with, but looking over PT it’s really quite remarkable the hero call he makes on the river here:

POKERSTARS GAME #15237410479:  HOLD’EM NO LIMIT ($5/$10) - 2008/02/12 - 13:52:22 (ET)
Table ‘Juliana’ 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: e1mdopp ($5844.10 in chips)
Seat 2: Vick Is God ($1044.50 in chips)
e1mdopp: posts small blind $5
Vick Is God: posts big blind $10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Vick Is God [Ad As]
e1mdopp: raises $30 to $40
Vick Is God: raises $90 to $130
e1mdopp: calls $90
*** FLOP *** [3c 7c 7h]
Vick Is God: bets $210
e1mdopp: calls $210
*** TURN *** [3c 7c 7h] [Ks]
Vick Is God: checks
e1mdopp: checks
*** RIVER *** [3c 7c 7h Ks] [5d]
Vick Is God: bets $704.50 and is all-in
e1mdopp: calls $704.50
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Vick Is God: shows [Ad As] (two pair, Aces and Sevens)
e1mdopp: mucks hand
Vick Is God collected $2088.50 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $2089 | Rake $0.50
Board [3c 7c 7h Ks 5d]
Seat 1: e1mdopp (button) (small blind) mucked [Td Qd]
Seat 2: Vick Is God (big blind) showed [Ad As] and won ($2088.50) with two pair, Aces and Sevens

He was floating every check/raise regardless of  board texture:

POKERSTARS GAME #15236299633:  HOLD’EM NO LIMIT ($5/$10) - 2008/02/12 - 13:03:00 (ET)
Table ‘Juliana’ 2-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: e1mdopp ($2113.10 in chips)
Seat 2: Vick Is God ($1033.95 in chips)
e1mdopp: posts small blind $5
Vick Is God: posts big blind $10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Vick Is God [7d 7s]
e1mdopp: raises $20 to $30
Vick Is God: calls $20
*** FLOP *** [Tc 4h 7c]
Vick Is God: checks
e1mdopp: bets $40
Vick Is God: raises $100 to $140
e1mdopp: calls $100
*** TURN *** [Tc 4h 7c] [5d]
Vick Is God: bets $310
e1mdopp: raises $1633.10 to $1943.10 and is all-in
Vick Is God: calls $553.95 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [Tc 4h 7c 5d] [8s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Vick Is God: shows [7d 7s] (three of a kind, Sevens)
e1mdopp: mucks hand
Vick Is God collected $2067.40 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $2067.90 | Rake $0.50
Board [Tc 4h 7c 5d 8s]
Seat 1: e1mdopp (button) (small blind) mucked [Ks Jh]
Seat 2: Vick Is God (big blind) showed [7d 7s] and won ($2067.40) with three of a kind, Sevens

So by now hopefully you realize how awful this guy is, which is why I’m very frustrated he ended up winning $1775 of me.  Then again, I guess that’s what happens when you run $3800 above expectation at 5/10 NL on 34 all ins in only 244 hands(yep, we got it in about every 7 hands. fun times).

A couple more fun hands.  This one I decided to rep a mid pocket pair to get him to bluff, but the turn I was afraid gave him too many outs with Ax or some random low pair that turned a draw, so I just jammed.  Guess it looks bluffy.

FullTiltPoker Game #5226620390: Table Cascade (heads up) - $5/$10 - No Limit Hold’em - 13:09:36 ET - 2008/02/12
Seat 1: DaEvils ($1,024.50)
Seat 2: JAYDEN21 ($1,447)
JAYDEN21 posts the small blind of $5
DaEvils posts the big blind of $10
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DaEvils [Kc Ts]
JAYDEN21 raises to $30
DaEvils raises to $100
JAYDEN21 calls $70
*** FLOP *** [Kd 4c 2c]
DaEvils bets $120
JAYDEN21 raises to $240
DaEvils has 15 seconds left to act
DaEvils calls $120
*** TURN *** [Kd 4c 2c] [3d]
DaEvils has 15 seconds left to act
DaEvils bets $684.50, and is all in
JAYDEN21 calls $684.50
DaEvils shows [Kc Ts]
JAYDEN21 shows [5d 5h]
*** RIVER *** [Kd 4c 2c 3d] [Qd]
DaEvils shows a pair of Kings
JAYDEN21 shows a pair of Fives
DaEvils wins the pot ($2,048.50) with a pair of Kings
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $2,049 | Rake $0.50
Board: [Kd 4c 2c 3d Qd]
Seat 1: DaEvils (big blind) showed [Kc Ts] and won ($2,048.50) with a pair of Kings
Seat 2: JAYDEN21 (small blind) showed [5d 5h] and lost with a pair of Fives

Would rather have won the pot with ace high, but I guess I’ll take a straight flush:

FullTiltPoker Game #5227259572: Table Cascade (heads up) - $5/$10 - No Limit Hold’em - 14:14:33 ET - 2008/02/12
Seat 1: DaEvils ($2,857.50)
Seat 2: maxquiz ($2,218.50)
DaEvils posts the small blind of $5
maxquiz posts the big blind of $10
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DaEvils [2s As]
DaEvils raises to $30
maxquiz raises to $90
DaEvils calls $60
*** FLOP *** [3h 3s 4s]
maxquiz bets $180
DaEvils raises to $630
maxquiz has 15 seconds left to act
maxquiz raises to $2,128.50, and is all in
DaEvils calls $1,498.50
maxquiz shows [Qh Js]
DaEvils shows [2s As]
*** TURN *** [3h 3s 4s] [9c]
*** RIVER *** [3h 3s 4s 9c] [5s]
maxquiz shows a pair of Threes
DaEvils shows a straight flush, Five high
DaEvils wins the pot ($4,436.50) with a straight flush, Five high
maxquiz is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $4,437 | Rake $0.50
Board: [3h 3s 4s 9c 5s]
Seat 1: DaEvils (small blind) showed [2s As] and won ($4,436.50) with a straight flush, Five high
Seat 2: maxquiz (big blind) showed [Qh Js] and lost with a pair of Threes