Last week, I played in a micro-limit online poker cash game. The stakes were modest, but enough in these difficult times I was cautious. It was an odd table with several competent players but there were also the donators who were anything but competent. Those guys clearly needed to go to poker school.
In one pivitol hand, the player first to act fires out a 6 times the Big Blind bet. This guy had a small stack. Clearly, not someone offering the implied odds of trying to hit a big hand and felt him. In fact, his stack was so small he barely had a third of the chips of the second smallest stack. On top of that, this guy was playing very tight.
Typically an early raise has induced a lot of folding as the table was playing conservatively. This time the second shortest stack on his left calls and everybody follows suit.
Seems everybody wants to get their virtual chips into play. This was atypical I could only imagine each successive call being weaker than the first. I hold the titanic hand of 4h3h. I of course am considering a steal.
I say considering because there are a lot of variables at play here. The tightish player, first to act, demonstrated a real hand with that large opening bet. If I do raise to isolate, I’ll know where I stand pretty quick on the flop cause my outs probably aren’t his. The second to with his shortish stack showed a willingness to play and has to have a hand of some strength. A raise might give me three way action and I have a hand that plays very easily after the flop. A big problem is my raise and two calls might induce the others to get into the pot, or simply shove all their chips into the center.
Yet, I have no idea what to raise. Too little, and surely I’m just creating a much bigger 6 way pot with a 34 in my hand OR encouraging and giving someone the opportunity to pound it. Too much and they could move their stacks in and I just have 34 in my hand.
What if I just call? My hand plays well in a multi-way pot. I’m going to be a dog but I’m not that bad of shape. My hand had implied value, though my position cut down on my implied odds of getting paid if I nailed it. Still, needing to call 5x with 31.5x in the pot is definitely worth sticking around especially with suited connectors.
Flop comes out 6s5h2h. That's what I was hoping for. Somebody gets an ace or king high flush two of their 9 outs give me a straight flush. A player with 78 could get bold and unable to relinquesh their hand. Even if they hit, I'd have flush outs. .
I check, praying somebody will have a piece and want to fire out a bet for me. I don't have to wait as the initial preflop raiser fires. Even better the next to act raises 2.5x the bet.
Folded around to me. Again, I have to decide to raise or call. UTG looks like he’s going to call the other guy's bet. Do I risk raising and losing him or do I just smooth call and then push on the turn and tie the UTG player to the hand.
I decide wrong and raise. I bet more then either has.
UTG folds after some thought. Thought he might have an overpair like queens or jacks. The other player calls immediately. He's also got the straight. Sure enough the screen reveals 3d4d.
Fortunately, I river a heart.
I wonder how mad he was to lose a big pot when he flopped a straight. I think for once there is some justice in poker. He mangled a bad holding from start to finish and lost his stack because of it.
Let's start from the top when he calls preflop he has no idea how strong or weak the rest of the table is. He calls a raise from early position by a tight player and all he has is 3d4d. Not a terrible decision in general, though probably on its own merits maybe not a profitable one long run. In this situation I don't like it. The opening bettor's stack is so small there is no reward for the risk.
If say, the stack could double you up and it's cheap relative to your stack to see the flop it's a good play. However, there is none of that extra reward at play here. Even worse he only had position on three players (two of whom were in the blind and might not even go to the flop). Then he still had the risk the rest of the table could raise him. Potentially, he could easily flop best and still have to give up on the hand.
When my flush hit, I knew my opponent got what he deserved. Maybe he should take some classes in poker school in the future.
Friday, February 27, 2009
Monday, February 23, 2009
LAPC
With almost 700 players, the WPT L.A. Poker Classic is proof poker is dead.
The fad, that is poker, could barely eke out just short of 700 runners in a $10,000 buy-in poker tournament. The end must be nigh.
The Commerce Casino in Southern California played host to the event. After some stellar day 1 tournament poker play highlighted by Daniel Negreanu surging near the top of the leaderboard the field has slowly dwindled. Antonio Esfandiari made a run up the leaderboard on day three only to fall back to pack a little bit later.
Just before the money bubble, the magician had finished his disappearing act and headed for the rail. His AK got bested by AQ... of course. Negreanu also got knocked out when he rivered trips and lost to a Broadway straight. Both players will probably fire up their laptops on the way home to play poker tournament back.
A progressing story is the run made by amateur Kofi Farkye. He finished the second day on the heels of the Magician but it wasn't long until he took over the chip lead. Several of these names on the leader board are probably more recongizable when they play online poker tournaments, but the online handles weren't listed with their generic real life names.
The field is being slowly whittled and it's still anybody's game. More updates to come. Looking to play an online tournament of your own. Bwin has some action here.
The fad, that is poker, could barely eke out just short of 700 runners in a $10,000 buy-in poker tournament. The end must be nigh.
The Commerce Casino in Southern California played host to the event. After some stellar day 1 tournament poker play highlighted by Daniel Negreanu surging near the top of the leaderboard the field has slowly dwindled. Antonio Esfandiari made a run up the leaderboard on day three only to fall back to pack a little bit later.
Just before the money bubble, the magician had finished his disappearing act and headed for the rail. His AK got bested by AQ... of course. Negreanu also got knocked out when he rivered trips and lost to a Broadway straight. Both players will probably fire up their laptops on the way home to play poker tournament back.
A progressing story is the run made by amateur Kofi Farkye. He finished the second day on the heels of the Magician but it wasn't long until he took over the chip lead. Several of these names on the leader board are probably more recongizable when they play online poker tournaments, but the online handles weren't listed with their generic real life names.
The field is being slowly whittled and it's still anybody's game. More updates to come. Looking to play an online tournament of your own. Bwin has some action here.
Friday, February 20, 2009
Champion Chip Results
The recently concluded and now weekly ChampionChip online poker tournament on bwin saw xxxlolitaxxx win the title. An interesting name to say the least but most importantly it was a winner's name. The action concluded when xxxlolitaxxx turned a straight as his opponent turned two pair.
The straight held as as none of the four cards to make a full house came. That final piece of drama followed up a great tournament as 1642 players logged in to play online poker. Unfortunately for 1641 of them first place wouldn't be theirs that day. For that one, xxxlolitaxxx he got bragging rights and more importantly $55,065 in prize money.
The total prize pool to be divvyed up was over $300,000. Sure enough, xxxlolitaxxx got off to an early start. In short order he was behind a mountain of virtual chips. As they edged closer to the final table xxxlolitaxxx held a 2 to 1 chip advantage over second place.
Once there the chip tallies were: phantomaup, seat 1, $355,273; NeilMc, seat 2, $286,140 (who played for bwin at the WSOP last year); Tlick777, seat 3, $253,712; gregg937, seat 4, $148,654; RioFish, seat 5, $161,435; skwiik, seat 6, $254,518; Oodges, seat 7, $254,967; xxxlolitaxxx, seat 8, $1,447,851; Keiler513, seat 9, $566,128; and barapengar, seat 10, $376,322.
Gregg937 started off as a short stack and would be an unlikely opponent for xxxlolitaxxx in heads up action but sure enough he got there. Players slowly fell by the wayside as RioFish, Oodges, and Tlick went out. Barapengar, NeilMc, and skwiik were next out. barapengar cashed out for $12,579 in fifth place. skwiik nabbed 4th place who won $18,719.
That left the last three eying each other over the virtual felt. xxxlolitaxxx with $2,655,832 in chips only need to get by phantomaup with $577,566 in chips and gregg937with $817,602. The action was fleeting as the tournament wrapped up 12 short hands after phantomaup was eliminated.
phantomaup's A10 didn't improve and the former short stack gregg937's pocket jacks held. The aforementioned turned two pair vs. turned straight followed shortly later and Gregg937 had to be happy with his improbable run to second and $37,438 for second place. Third place phantomaup won $24,958.
The straight held as as none of the four cards to make a full house came. That final piece of drama followed up a great tournament as 1642 players logged in to play online poker. Unfortunately for 1641 of them first place wouldn't be theirs that day. For that one, xxxlolitaxxx he got bragging rights and more importantly $55,065 in prize money.
The total prize pool to be divvyed up was over $300,000. Sure enough, xxxlolitaxxx got off to an early start. In short order he was behind a mountain of virtual chips. As they edged closer to the final table xxxlolitaxxx held a 2 to 1 chip advantage over second place.
Once there the chip tallies were: phantomaup, seat 1, $355,273; NeilMc, seat 2, $286,140 (who played for bwin at the WSOP last year); Tlick777, seat 3, $253,712; gregg937, seat 4, $148,654; RioFish, seat 5, $161,435; skwiik, seat 6, $254,518; Oodges, seat 7, $254,967; xxxlolitaxxx, seat 8, $1,447,851; Keiler513, seat 9, $566,128; and barapengar, seat 10, $376,322.
Gregg937 started off as a short stack and would be an unlikely opponent for xxxlolitaxxx in heads up action but sure enough he got there. Players slowly fell by the wayside as RioFish, Oodges, and Tlick went out. Barapengar, NeilMc, and skwiik were next out. barapengar cashed out for $12,579 in fifth place. skwiik nabbed 4th place who won $18,719.
That left the last three eying each other over the virtual felt. xxxlolitaxxx with $2,655,832 in chips only need to get by phantomaup with $577,566 in chips and gregg937with $817,602. The action was fleeting as the tournament wrapped up 12 short hands after phantomaup was eliminated.
phantomaup's A10 didn't improve and the former short stack gregg937's pocket jacks held. The aforementioned turned two pair vs. turned straight followed shortly later and Gregg937 had to be happy with his improbable run to second and $37,438 for second place. Third place phantomaup won $24,958.
Monday, February 16, 2009
Mr. I Play Online Roulette
I played a session with a guy that annouced to our table in the chat box feature he was an inexperienced poker player.
Oh really?
First you have to ask yourself if the guy was just advertising and about to hustle some chips.
Not a gambler? I ask.
He responded, I play strictly online roulette but I play poker with my friends. Thought I'd try it out online.
We started comparing poker to roulette and he said the tournament was fun because you got more value of time for your money.
Yes, I replied if your KK doesn't run into pocket AA on the first hand.
LOL. Yes, you have to option to lose your entire stack on a whirl in roulette, the wheel doesn't dictate decisions. That's a plus of roulette.
The rlette player on my right has revealed his inexperience so I'm not afraid of him. In fact, I'm busy trying to sell him on playing some cash on another table, because he seemed to be truly a weak tight player. He said he wanted to see how the tournament went and he repeated he preferred roulette to anything. He played like an inexperienced numbers guy. He was going to play good cards and good cards only. He knew the had a better chance of drawing a pot.
Some time passes and I've chipped up. A guy I've frequently played with put in a too large raise from the cut-off. I respect him as a player but he's shown a pattern where he bets a certain amount it's kind of a steal. That was the bet size. Mr. "I Play Online Roulette" called.
On the button I look down at AQ suited. The Roulette's player's stack was large but not quite as big as mine. I now had him covered and we were the two biggest stacks still in the tournament. I'm decide I'm pushing and stealing the pot with a shove of almost 20k.
The guy I've played with before almost times out and folds. He types out "Why so much." Drama Queen. Then Mr. "I Play Roulette Online" stewed again almost timing out. I think to myself what your thinking about while the other guy was thinking. I perked up a bit, he must be weak. I hoping for a weak ace. I'd much rather that then a pocket pair.
He calls. No drama queen this time, well there were two queens but they were both in his hand. Now I was drawing slim. What did I do wrong? Besides getting into too big a hand with AQ? Well, that mistake sums it up especially in light of my opponents. I just watched Mr. Online Roulette call a big raise but instead of remembering to play fundalmental poker and credit him with a hand I ignore his range.
I could argue I thought at worse I was in coin flip and had plenty of pot to justify flipping at that juncture but why not a call and a fold with the flop skipped me.
After I busted out, I decided to try out Mr. I Play Online Roulette's own game. Must say we both had better results at the other's discipline instead of own. And he was right in roulette I didn't have to put my whole stack at risk unless I wanted to. There was no rationale in my head to dictate it, except that I wante to gamble.
Oh really?
First you have to ask yourself if the guy was just advertising and about to hustle some chips.
Not a gambler? I ask.
He responded, I play strictly online roulette but I play poker with my friends. Thought I'd try it out online.
We started comparing poker to roulette and he said the tournament was fun because you got more value of time for your money.
Yes, I replied if your KK doesn't run into pocket AA on the first hand.
LOL. Yes, you have to option to lose your entire stack on a whirl in roulette, the wheel doesn't dictate decisions. That's a plus of roulette.
The rlette player on my right has revealed his inexperience so I'm not afraid of him. In fact, I'm busy trying to sell him on playing some cash on another table, because he seemed to be truly a weak tight player. He said he wanted to see how the tournament went and he repeated he preferred roulette to anything. He played like an inexperienced numbers guy. He was going to play good cards and good cards only. He knew the had a better chance of drawing a pot.
Some time passes and I've chipped up. A guy I've frequently played with put in a too large raise from the cut-off. I respect him as a player but he's shown a pattern where he bets a certain amount it's kind of a steal. That was the bet size. Mr. "I Play Online Roulette" called.
On the button I look down at AQ suited. The Roulette's player's stack was large but not quite as big as mine. I now had him covered and we were the two biggest stacks still in the tournament. I'm decide I'm pushing and stealing the pot with a shove of almost 20k.
The guy I've played with before almost times out and folds. He types out "Why so much." Drama Queen. Then Mr. "I Play Roulette Online" stewed again almost timing out. I think to myself what your thinking about while the other guy was thinking. I perked up a bit, he must be weak. I hoping for a weak ace. I'd much rather that then a pocket pair.
He calls. No drama queen this time, well there were two queens but they were both in his hand. Now I was drawing slim. What did I do wrong? Besides getting into too big a hand with AQ? Well, that mistake sums it up especially in light of my opponents. I just watched Mr. Online Roulette call a big raise but instead of remembering to play fundalmental poker and credit him with a hand I ignore his range.
I could argue I thought at worse I was in coin flip and had plenty of pot to justify flipping at that juncture but why not a call and a fold with the flop skipped me.
After I busted out, I decided to try out Mr. I Play Online Roulette's own game. Must say we both had better results at the other's discipline instead of own. And he was right in roulette I didn't have to put my whole stack at risk unless I wanted to. There was no rationale in my head to dictate it, except that I wante to gamble.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Big Bounty update
Spainer75 won the January Big Bounty online poker tournament run by bwin. He prevailed in a marathon heads-up duel after a ferocious final table of eliminations. Spainer his final table mates hdezdelorenz, MAE9690, Goldensbush,
Steko83, tommi7, menzengal1981, puggy82,and joop1387 will have the targets on their back for the february edition as the bounties.
Spainer prevailed after coming to the final table as the chipleader. A position he barely let go of, though in heads-up play he was the short stack for a while.
Steko83 and Joop1387 came in as the dogs but Steko83 managed to elude a knockout blow for some time. The $22,000 for first was an enticing carrot and the prize money drove the action early.
As the table convened the chips stacks were:
Spanier75 325,588 in chips
hdezdelorenz 299,729 in chips
MAE9690 206,882 in chips
Goldensbush 169,216 in chips
Steko83 52,015 in chips
tommi7 315,0264 in chips
Mezenga1981 174,200 in chips
Puggy82 295,873 in chips
joop1387 75,233 in chips
Puggy82, who came in as bit of a favorite was the second player eliminated. Puggy left the event $1,951 richer but had to have thought he had a chance to get another win. His pocket 8s met up with pocket jacks preflop.
MAE9690, 15 minutes into the event, looked at a giant stack of virtual chips on his screen below his name. He had to think he was good. As we know it was rare for Spainer not to be chipleader, so MAE's glory was short lived. MAE's 600,000 loomed over the table. Mezanga1981 was the short-stack shy of 30,000. Spainer for the moment was second with 386,000, hdezdelorenz close behind with 300,000 and Stek083 was hanging on with 160,000.
Hdezdelorenze was the first to put a dent in MAE's armor with a double up. Spainer got back the chip lead when he took the newly fleeced MAE out with pocket 5s. MAE won $4,337 for fifth place. Spainer did not go easily into the night like MAE. In fact, he was just getting started.
Moments later he quickly busted two players. A set of Kings for Spainer meant Menzenga1981 could only console himself with the $6,506 for fourth place. Spainer than wielded a King high flush to oust Steko83.
Just as the final table started with Spanier in first, heads-up play began with him at a significant advantage. He held a little under a 2 to 1 advantage, so any slip up by his opponent could be the last mistake of the tournament. On the other side of the coin Hdezdelorenz take over the lead with a victory in an all-in situation.
Heads up play moved about as quickly as peanut butter drips out of jar. After a half-century of hands, Spanier lost his chip lead for the second time in the tournament. Now it would be the end of his night if he made an ill-timed all in.
Still, the action plodded on. 30 hands later Spainier was back in charge with the chip lead. When all the money got all in hdezdelorenz flopped an open ended straight and flush draw. Spanier held top pair and the top pair held as the turn and river were relative blanks.
Second place hdezdelorenz won $14,096. The final table will all be Bounties in the next installment this Saturday, February 15th. Go to the Big Bounty for more information.
Steko83, tommi7, menzengal1981, puggy82,and joop1387 will have the targets on their back for the february edition as the bounties.
Spainer prevailed after coming to the final table as the chipleader. A position he barely let go of, though in heads-up play he was the short stack for a while.
Steko83 and Joop1387 came in as the dogs but Steko83 managed to elude a knockout blow for some time. The $22,000 for first was an enticing carrot and the prize money drove the action early.
As the table convened the chips stacks were:
Spanier75 325,588 in chips
hdezdelorenz 299,729 in chips
MAE9690 206,882 in chips
Goldensbush 169,216 in chips
Steko83 52,015 in chips
tommi7 315,0264 in chips
Mezenga1981 174,200 in chips
Puggy82 295,873 in chips
joop1387 75,233 in chips
Puggy82, who came in as bit of a favorite was the second player eliminated. Puggy left the event $1,951 richer but had to have thought he had a chance to get another win. His pocket 8s met up with pocket jacks preflop.
MAE9690, 15 minutes into the event, looked at a giant stack of virtual chips on his screen below his name. He had to think he was good. As we know it was rare for Spainer not to be chipleader, so MAE's glory was short lived. MAE's 600,000 loomed over the table. Mezanga1981 was the short-stack shy of 30,000. Spainer for the moment was second with 386,000, hdezdelorenz close behind with 300,000 and Stek083 was hanging on with 160,000.
Hdezdelorenze was the first to put a dent in MAE's armor with a double up. Spainer got back the chip lead when he took the newly fleeced MAE out with pocket 5s. MAE won $4,337 for fifth place. Spainer did not go easily into the night like MAE. In fact, he was just getting started.
Moments later he quickly busted two players. A set of Kings for Spainer meant Menzenga1981 could only console himself with the $6,506 for fourth place. Spainer than wielded a King high flush to oust Steko83.
Just as the final table started with Spanier in first, heads-up play began with him at a significant advantage. He held a little under a 2 to 1 advantage, so any slip up by his opponent could be the last mistake of the tournament. On the other side of the coin Hdezdelorenz take over the lead with a victory in an all-in situation.
Heads up play moved about as quickly as peanut butter drips out of jar. After a half-century of hands, Spanier lost his chip lead for the second time in the tournament. Now it would be the end of his night if he made an ill-timed all in.
Still, the action plodded on. 30 hands later Spainier was back in charge with the chip lead. When all the money got all in hdezdelorenz flopped an open ended straight and flush draw. Spanier held top pair and the top pair held as the turn and river were relative blanks.
Second place hdezdelorenz won $14,096. The final table will all be Bounties in the next installment this Saturday, February 15th. Go to the Big Bounty for more information.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Vanessa Ruosso in Swimsuit Issue or miscellany round-up
Did Pokerstars pay for her spot? Does it matter? She has a stomach you can bounce a bankroll on. Go to www.gulfcoastpoker.net to see the photo or do it the traditional way and buy it at the store.
Pauly has done it again. His tale from four years past is a mini-rounders movie. A bad beat story that is worth the read. Go to http://taopoker.blogspot.com/ to enjoy.
Facebook is fun. Just thought I'd mention that. I'm spending way too much time having dialogues with people I haven't talked to in 10 years. And I'm enjoying it. Of course, I'm now discovering a new group of annoying people the facebooks crackheads. They fit in smoothly with the guys you let merge in front of you and don't do the wave thankyou, the clerk that stiffs you on the change and takes umbrage when you call her out on it, and people that hug just a little too long. Okay, one maybe two... maybe three if it's been a lonnnnnnnnnng time, pats on the back and then move along. If it's a dude, a half-hug, not the full monty.
What's a facebook crackhead. A person that updates their status every two minutes. What is this twitter? Just let me get through my stuff with only one update about your cat looking cute hugging a stuffed animal.
I told you this would be a miscellany round up.
Pauly has done it again. His tale from four years past is a mini-rounders movie. A bad beat story that is worth the read. Go to http://taopoker.blogspot.com/ to enjoy.
Facebook is fun. Just thought I'd mention that. I'm spending way too much time having dialogues with people I haven't talked to in 10 years. And I'm enjoying it. Of course, I'm now discovering a new group of annoying people the facebooks crackheads. They fit in smoothly with the guys you let merge in front of you and don't do the wave thankyou, the clerk that stiffs you on the change and takes umbrage when you call her out on it, and people that hug just a little too long. Okay, one maybe two... maybe three if it's been a lonnnnnnnnnng time, pats on the back and then move along. If it's a dude, a half-hug, not the full monty.
What's a facebook crackhead. A person that updates their status every two minutes. What is this twitter? Just let me get through my stuff with only one update about your cat looking cute hugging a stuffed animal.
I told you this would be a miscellany round up.
Monday, February 9, 2009
Black Jack?
Every year I have a friend come into town and we play poker at the casino together. He's not the greatest player so invariably he'll stand up and hit the blackjack table. He says he's been crushing online blackjack. I've been hesitant to play the game as I'm more keen on poker and using my edge over other players as a profit source.
Still, when I watch him barrel through to profits it's hard to attain on a poker table I think I'm missing out. Granted, I get that he might have just been enduring a good run of cards. Moreover, the dealer was feeding everybody blackjacks and everybody was winning. It was a hot streak, like the loud craps table, but the speed of the play appealed to me.
There was none of the patience required of succesful poker, no sitting and waiting for a hand or spot, or an opportunity to key in on a weak opponent like in poker. I don't have to wait for two guys to mull over huge decisions that really aren't that huge. There is a little bit of an action junkie in me that is drawn to the quickness of the game particularily online blackjack. I'm going to give it a try.
I will use the tips supplied to me by bwin and start out slowly. I'm hoping one of my readers is a blackjack ace and can let me know if the tips are the best strategy for a beginner. Anybody? I've read that players that abide by the a series of rules really can cut into the edge of the house. Can you ever get the edge if you do everything right?
I think I'll do what my buddy likes to do and that's increase my bet after every winning hand. Any time I lose I'll go back to square one and just bet the minimum. My friend seemed to be running hot doing this. He called it playing the streaks. He compared it to playing a slot machine that was due. Can anybody think of any other tips for me when I play online blackjack?
http://www.gulfcoastpoker.net/
Still, when I watch him barrel through to profits it's hard to attain on a poker table I think I'm missing out. Granted, I get that he might have just been enduring a good run of cards. Moreover, the dealer was feeding everybody blackjacks and everybody was winning. It was a hot streak, like the loud craps table, but the speed of the play appealed to me.
There was none of the patience required of succesful poker, no sitting and waiting for a hand or spot, or an opportunity to key in on a weak opponent like in poker. I don't have to wait for two guys to mull over huge decisions that really aren't that huge. There is a little bit of an action junkie in me that is drawn to the quickness of the game particularily online blackjack. I'm going to give it a try.
I will use the tips supplied to me by bwin and start out slowly. I'm hoping one of my readers is a blackjack ace and can let me know if the tips are the best strategy for a beginner. Anybody? I've read that players that abide by the a series of rules really can cut into the edge of the house. Can you ever get the edge if you do everything right?
I think I'll do what my buddy likes to do and that's increase my bet after every winning hand. Any time I lose I'll go back to square one and just bet the minimum. My friend seemed to be running hot doing this. He called it playing the streaks. He compared it to playing a slot machine that was due. Can anybody think of any other tips for me when I play online blackjack?
http://www.gulfcoastpoker.net/
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
What a January For Team Bwin Qualifiers
Bwin's stable of online poker players proved their mettle in dominating one of the events in the Aussie Millions. Online handles AmazingRiver, King_Dirk, and fjolss each got a $2,200 buy-in as an add on to their Main Event package they won through a bwin qualifier. They didn't treat it like an after thought as they cruised through a field of 266 players in Event #14 of the 2009 Aussie Millions Poker Championship.
The Six-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Poker Tournament whittle down gradually but in incredible fashion the three bwin players got to the last six standing. Thomas Lindbjerg who goes by his handle AmazingRiver ran almost wire to wire at the final table. He rarely didn't have the chip lead. He also single-handedly eliminated just about everyone.
As the bodies hit the door, it came down to Amazing River and Noah Schwartz. An American online poker pro who shares more than a casual resemblence to the character McLovin' from the movie Superbad. No, Schwartz is not from Hawaii, and yes he is old enough to play in a casino.
It was easy to attribute Amazing River's chip accumalation to the guts he showed in bluffing superior hands off of pots. In a critical moment in heads up play he insured a victory by getting the American to lay down. His penultimate hand was the old Doyle Brunson two time Main Event winning holding of 10 2.
The payouts for the tournament were impressive for all of the team bwin members. Amazing River's first place finish gave him anotherf $130,021(AUD) to put in his bank account. Fjolss increased his wealth by $65,436 and narrowly was bested by Schwartz for second. King_Dirk's 5th place finish netted him $34,000+.
Amazing River knocked out his first opponent holding a suited K9. Sixth place finisher Jonathan Dull held Ac5d and made a move for the pot. Each improved as a 9 and a 5 hit the board. However, Amazing River now held the edge. Amazing River improved on the turn when he paired his king. He sweated a river card that was a brick.
This first hand would be a theme for the final table. It was most notable for a recurrence of a lack of suckouts on player busting hands. AmazingRiver prevailed in nearly every one when his opponents had outs going into the river and his cards held each time. That many non-amazing rivers was amazing in itself.
When Amazing river broke the fifth place finisher with a full house, there was less drama as he turned the boat, and King_Dirk was drawing dead. Just like with Dull, Amazing River watched King_Dirk throw all his chips into the pot before action got to him. Looking at AQ gave Amazing River an easier decision to make. By the turn, he was boated up and the King was dead.
The rivers went back to being relevant but ultimately boring as Phillip Peters fell to Amazing River next. Peters grabbed a pair to go with an open ender. He was trailing when the chips hit the felt as Amazing River held top pair. The river held the promise of drama but delivered no saving straight for Peters.
That left three players looking around the table at one another. AmazingRiver, fjloss and Noah Schwartz eyed each other happily. Guaranteed top three money first place was now within their grasp.
Fjloss got ran over next by AmazingRiver's elimination train. Amazing River held pocket cowboys and bet them. Fjloss looked at an A and put all his chips in the middle just like King_Dirk, Peters, and Dull before him.
Amazing River made the call. Fjloss still had outs when the river card brought more promise of a suckout unfortunately his ace remained bare.
You have to wonder if Noah Schwartz felt like a bad guy in a Rambo movie. Amazing River had just plowed down the field with a machine gun of cards. Schwartz was all that was left.
Schwartz had to feel good when KoJack made top pair on the flop. Also, a 10 combined with the Jack and a nondescript 4 to round out the board. Things went screwy for Noah on the turn as a 2 joined the board and now Amazing River had two pair.
This time Amazing River had to do the elimination betting. He put Schwartz top pair second kicker to the test. Checked raised all in Schwartz stewed over his decision. This would be where he made his stand. There would be no Amazing River for Schwartz. And yet again Amazing River held after the river.
Team bwin member Amazing River prevailed in a solid display of tournament poker. He got his chips to the middle when he held an edge and his edges held.
The Six-Handed No-Limit Hold’em Poker Tournament whittle down gradually but in incredible fashion the three bwin players got to the last six standing. Thomas Lindbjerg who goes by his handle AmazingRiver ran almost wire to wire at the final table. He rarely didn't have the chip lead. He also single-handedly eliminated just about everyone.
As the bodies hit the door, it came down to Amazing River and Noah Schwartz. An American online poker pro who shares more than a casual resemblence to the character McLovin' from the movie Superbad. No, Schwartz is not from Hawaii, and yes he is old enough to play in a casino.
It was easy to attribute Amazing River's chip accumalation to the guts he showed in bluffing superior hands off of pots. In a critical moment in heads up play he insured a victory by getting the American to lay down. His penultimate hand was the old Doyle Brunson two time Main Event winning holding of 10 2.
The payouts for the tournament were impressive for all of the team bwin members. Amazing River's first place finish gave him anotherf $130,021(AUD) to put in his bank account. Fjolss increased his wealth by $65,436 and narrowly was bested by Schwartz for second. King_Dirk's 5th place finish netted him $34,000+.
Amazing River knocked out his first opponent holding a suited K9. Sixth place finisher Jonathan Dull held Ac5d and made a move for the pot. Each improved as a 9 and a 5 hit the board. However, Amazing River now held the edge. Amazing River improved on the turn when he paired his king. He sweated a river card that was a brick.
This first hand would be a theme for the final table. It was most notable for a recurrence of a lack of suckouts on player busting hands. AmazingRiver prevailed in nearly every one when his opponents had outs going into the river and his cards held each time. That many non-amazing rivers was amazing in itself.
When Amazing river broke the fifth place finisher with a full house, there was less drama as he turned the boat, and King_Dirk was drawing dead. Just like with Dull, Amazing River watched King_Dirk throw all his chips into the pot before action got to him. Looking at AQ gave Amazing River an easier decision to make. By the turn, he was boated up and the King was dead.
The rivers went back to being relevant but ultimately boring as Phillip Peters fell to Amazing River next. Peters grabbed a pair to go with an open ender. He was trailing when the chips hit the felt as Amazing River held top pair. The river held the promise of drama but delivered no saving straight for Peters.
That left three players looking around the table at one another. AmazingRiver, fjloss and Noah Schwartz eyed each other happily. Guaranteed top three money first place was now within their grasp.
Fjloss got ran over next by AmazingRiver's elimination train. Amazing River held pocket cowboys and bet them. Fjloss looked at an A and put all his chips in the middle just like King_Dirk, Peters, and Dull before him.
Amazing River made the call. Fjloss still had outs when the river card brought more promise of a suckout unfortunately his ace remained bare.
You have to wonder if Noah Schwartz felt like a bad guy in a Rambo movie. Amazing River had just plowed down the field with a machine gun of cards. Schwartz was all that was left.
Schwartz had to feel good when KoJack made top pair on the flop. Also, a 10 combined with the Jack and a nondescript 4 to round out the board. Things went screwy for Noah on the turn as a 2 joined the board and now Amazing River had two pair.
This time Amazing River had to do the elimination betting. He put Schwartz top pair second kicker to the test. Checked raised all in Schwartz stewed over his decision. This would be where he made his stand. There would be no Amazing River for Schwartz. And yet again Amazing River held after the river.
Team bwin member Amazing River prevailed in a solid display of tournament poker. He got his chips to the middle when he held an edge and his edges held.
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