Thursday, February 02, 2006
And the mind boggles
I was up very early this morning as the site that I am currently playing on CD Poker has very limited traffic. I mean in my prime playing time 7pm+ there are only ever about 900-1100 players online and play is pretty tight during this time, example last night 17% seeing the flop! So after grinding out a profit of $1.28 in two hours I went to bed with the aim of getting up early in the morning when the site has more players.
5:30am, WTF, a quick wash of the face and boot up the 'ol PC. 2200+ players online. Now the only reason I am grinding away here is that they offered $50 just for playing, plus a 50% sign-up up to $200, so currently chasing down $250 in bonuses. I sit down at a virtual table, a nice loose 52% seeing the flop.
Now these hands are not the ones that I am intending to post for specific feedback, these hands are just amazing to me. Third hand in I see JTd in late position, we are playing 1/2 LHE here, and I call, two callers in front and BB calls. Flop comes 9J3. UTG+1 bets (This player, call him Monkey will be the subject of much of this post), fold, fold I call, BB calls. 6, Monkey bets I think and decide to fold despite top pair thinking my T kicker is not going to get there and no other possibilities. BB calls, blank on the river. Monkey bets and BB calls. Monkey wins pot with 5J. Huh...
Monkey plays all hands cold calls everything, wants to see every flop. So QQ comes along to me and I am UTG and duely raise, Monkey is middle position and calls, SB calls and BB folds. Flop of T77, a little scary, SB checks, I need to see where I am at and bet. Monkey calls, SB calls. Turn is K, bugger. SB checks, and I am still none the wiser so bet Monkey calls and SB folds. River = 4. No flush or draws. Right, so it would just be my luck the monkey will hold a K7 and take this pot, so I check. They bet out straight away. Big loud voice I my head, he will bet and call to the river, just call it don't worry that there is an overcard and possibly trips this guy just throws money into anything. Call...what do they hold...22. OMG, they are betting and calling with 5 over cards on the table! Now none of this play was particularly pretty by my part, but I guess table observation and reading players is a good thing.
Monkey leaves the table when losing their $25 buy in and returns about 5 minutes later with $50, can only assume to get some bucks. Sits down to my left. AsJc in middle poistion, with I caller to my right, I call, Monkey raises. SB calls BB fold. Player to my right calls and I call. KT9 clubs as the flop, pretty good for me with straights and straight flushes possible. SB checks Player to my right checks, I check Monkey bets, we all call. Turn A hearts. all check to monkey who bets SB folds, we call. River Th. So a pair of As is what I am holding, no idea about the player to my right but there was no raising so I assume not much, maybe pair K nothing else as their would be some raising. Monkey could be holding anything based on what he has been showing. There are trips and flush possbilities, I should be way behind on this hand. But ruling out the player to my right not hold better then K or A low kicker I decide I'll call down to showdown. We both check, Monkey bets and we call. Player to my right had KQ, I think I was most happy about this read then anything in this hand. As for Monkey JJ, again betting down with overcards. Thanks for the pot. Again not pretty poker.
The final hand before logging off and heading to work. A8h middle position with Monkey still on my left with $5.87 in chips. Folded to me and I call, monkey raises, SB, BB fold and I call. Flop of T28 with 1 heart. Pair of 8's with overcard. I check, Monkey bets. Screw this, you'll bet on anything, raise. Lets see how far you'll take this crap. He raises so I cap, nice $0.87 cents! Turn is J hearts, lovely. I check and he is all in. I call. River is 4 hearts, showdown. Kc3d figures. Monkey raising with nothing pre-flop, betting with nothing flop, re-raising flop with nothing, not a thing and I win with my A high flush. I really wanted to stick around to see if he would come back with some more money but I had to head off to work. Hopefully I can catch him again tomorrow morning!
Nothing special about any of my play, just the better monkey on the day. Although I wouldn't even play 22 unless I am in an unraised pot in the BB.
Cheers
¶ Thursday, February 02, 2006
5:30am, WTF, a quick wash of the face and boot up the 'ol PC. 2200+ players online. Now the only reason I am grinding away here is that they offered $50 just for playing, plus a 50% sign-up up to $200, so currently chasing down $250 in bonuses. I sit down at a virtual table, a nice loose 52% seeing the flop.
Now these hands are not the ones that I am intending to post for specific feedback, these hands are just amazing to me. Third hand in I see JTd in late position, we are playing 1/2 LHE here, and I call, two callers in front and BB calls. Flop comes 9J3. UTG+1 bets (This player, call him Monkey will be the subject of much of this post), fold, fold I call, BB calls. 6, Monkey bets I think and decide to fold despite top pair thinking my T kicker is not going to get there and no other possibilities. BB calls, blank on the river. Monkey bets and BB calls. Monkey wins pot with 5J. Huh...
Monkey plays all hands cold calls everything, wants to see every flop. So QQ comes along to me and I am UTG and duely raise, Monkey is middle position and calls, SB calls and BB folds. Flop of T77, a little scary, SB checks, I need to see where I am at and bet. Monkey calls, SB calls. Turn is K, bugger. SB checks, and I am still none the wiser so bet Monkey calls and SB folds. River = 4. No flush or draws. Right, so it would just be my luck the monkey will hold a K7 and take this pot, so I check. They bet out straight away. Big loud voice I my head, he will bet and call to the river, just call it don't worry that there is an overcard and possibly trips this guy just throws money into anything. Call...what do they hold...22. OMG, they are betting and calling with 5 over cards on the table! Now none of this play was particularly pretty by my part, but I guess table observation and reading players is a good thing.
Monkey leaves the table when losing their $25 buy in and returns about 5 minutes later with $50, can only assume to get some bucks. Sits down to my left. AsJc in middle poistion, with I caller to my right, I call, Monkey raises. SB calls BB fold. Player to my right calls and I call. KT9 clubs as the flop, pretty good for me with straights and straight flushes possible. SB checks Player to my right checks, I check Monkey bets, we all call. Turn A hearts. all check to monkey who bets SB folds, we call. River Th. So a pair of As is what I am holding, no idea about the player to my right but there was no raising so I assume not much, maybe pair K nothing else as their would be some raising. Monkey could be holding anything based on what he has been showing. There are trips and flush possbilities, I should be way behind on this hand. But ruling out the player to my right not hold better then K or A low kicker I decide I'll call down to showdown. We both check, Monkey bets and we call. Player to my right had KQ, I think I was most happy about this read then anything in this hand. As for Monkey JJ, again betting down with overcards. Thanks for the pot. Again not pretty poker.
The final hand before logging off and heading to work. A8h middle position with Monkey still on my left with $5.87 in chips. Folded to me and I call, monkey raises, SB, BB fold and I call. Flop of T28 with 1 heart. Pair of 8's with overcard. I check, Monkey bets. Screw this, you'll bet on anything, raise. Lets see how far you'll take this crap. He raises so I cap, nice $0.87 cents! Turn is J hearts, lovely. I check and he is all in. I call. River is 4 hearts, showdown. Kc3d figures. Monkey raising with nothing pre-flop, betting with nothing flop, re-raising flop with nothing, not a thing and I win with my A high flush. I really wanted to stick around to see if he would come back with some more money but I had to head off to work. Hopefully I can catch him again tomorrow morning!
Nothing special about any of my play, just the better monkey on the day. Although I wouldn't even play 22 unless I am in an unraised pot in the BB.
Cheers
¶ Thursday, February 02, 2006
