Street3

Going into last night’s Twitter Poker Tour, I was somewhere around 31^st on the leader board, mainly due to my horrendous 50^th place finish last week, as the week before I finished in a somewhat (insert donkey sound) respectable 22^nd.  So I told myself to play better, tighten up my opening range, which usually hovers around almost anything depending on my mood and stop getting in good and getting sucked out!   I picked up Aces FOUR times, unfortunately, twice was in the BB and everyone folded around, once I opened up to 4x and only got the BB to call, then check/fold the flop and the fourth time, I was in middle position, and kbinferno opened up 3x and FTP decides to lock up on me and force a time out.  I got wilted down and shoved 77 into JJ, lucky for me a 7 fell on the river to more than double me up and I was sitting pretty, around 7^th of 35 remaining (I believe 93 started).  After that, nothing good happened, I remember a few times being forced out of pots with nothing.  Eventually, near the money bubble, I was dealt JJ.  Scott Diamond, aka, DeputySD, aka chiwawa, opened up a standard raise, Val Zlasdjkflasjkdflakfowekasldagaldk (pardon that his last name is too hard to spell),aka, Blizge, smooth called and I jam my remaining chips, to my delight, both Scott and Val called, I was looking at a triple up! The flop came T high, two hearts, Scott shoved and Val insta called.  My heart sank.  I knew I was beat. And man was I ever beat, Scott held TT for a flopped set and Val held QQ .   Both players had me, I was looking to spike one of the last two Jacks, but fortunes were not on my side and Scott’s set held and eliminated me in 22^nd.  Money was at 19.  Oh well. I really enjoyed playing and listening to the broadcast as Paul and Geoff interviewed November 9’er Matt Jarvis and was later joined by Bluff Magazines senior editor, Jess Welman and the man who takes pretty pictures and knows a lot about the happenings in the world of poker, B.J. Nemeth.   Lifelong TPTer Tracy Snell would end up shipping the event, thus securing himself a leader board top spot and a ticket into the 750K Guarantee on Full Tilt Poker this Sunday (or any Sunday he wants to play).  Thanks again for a great show and event guys.  And remember; if you play online poker, please come join us every Thursday night at 9 PM EST! See you next week!

Can you believe another Thursday is here and that means its Twitter Poker Tour time!  And for the second week in a row, a $216 ticket to the $750,000 Guarantee is up for grabs!  Last week there were over 80 participants, almost double the normal weekly game.  We hope to eclipse this mark and continue growing the TPT each and every week.  Don’t forget that Paul and Geoff will also be on Ustream with guests ESPN’s Andrew Feldman and Gary Wise.  They will talk about the goings on in the world of poker as well as the TPT’s new partnership with DeepStacks University.  If you play online poker and haven’t played in the TPT, today is your chance.  The game is always the same, a No-Limit Holdem $6 buy-in, 3000 chip starting stack and a felt full of donkies, wannabes and casual players!  Just hop on FTP, search for “Street 3” and use the password “tptpoker”.  

If you do play, join us in the new “wife…k” chat game!  It’s a simple game that can be played by seated players as well as observers.  It’s easy to play, all you have to do is type in the chat box any sentence that contains the phrase “wife..k”, if done correctly one will immediately summon the ever elusive MODERATOR which will bestow upon thee a Warning or Ban.  Those lucky (or unlucky) enough to summon the Moderator many times will have their chat suspended for varying minutes dependent upon the number of infractions.  For me personally, I have summoned the Moderator so many times I am currently on 30 minute*  1 hour chat bans!   So join us, this week and every week for great game of poker and give my regards to your wife…k!

*Post updated to reflect 1 hour ban after losing AK to AK all in preflop when villian four flushed me out in 13th of 90…paid 9

The following screen shots depict my ability to run bad on 02/08/2010

I was short so i limped, intending to shove the flop no matter what, i got a great flop so i thought.  22 called my flop shove.

Of course i flop trips and check the flop.  He caught up.  FML.

Here i have less than 10 BB’s so it’s folded to me, i shove, 99 calls and the rest is Street3 history.  FML.  Out 5 from the money.

IDK what to say about this shit other than yes, that donkey called my preflop raise.

We were in the money, i shove short and chip leader calls. OBV what happens.

After a quick nap from 2:30 am to about 8:30, i wanted to see if the bad beats took a break…..see for yourself!

He shoved short, i called.  Of course he hit, no worries, i still had lots of chips left!!!……..Well, until two hands later when this shit happened:

AFter the flop, i shoved.  He called…he was ahead, then he wasn’t!!!  Then he was again

Of course he called the preflop raise and hell yeah he check raised all in on the flop.  NOTE:  I tried this same manuever in a latter SNG only to not hit.  WTF….oh well, stay tuned for more!!!

Undeniable proof that A4o is in fact the fucking NUTS!  Call raises with them, definately see the turn and river!!

And like a sucker i thought you dump A4o to a raise….who knew….certaintly this cannot happen twice in 20 minutes….can it???

Nevermind that i shove the flop….nevermind that he called….all that matters is FTP hates me.

Now proof that what works for others, does not work for me.  Take Case 1, below:

After a 3bet, 4bet, 5bet shove, call, all the chips go in preflop.  Of course i have him dominated!  I’m 70% fav to win the hand….but the fucking 3 outer hits and sends me to another table…….

Hey here is another scenerio, but this time, i am the obv dog preflop!  Same shit as before right? I’ll hit the Ace on the flop!  Nope.  On the turn?  Hell no!  On the river?  Fuck no.  I tell ya, it’s beyond funny now, how bad i can run!