February Event Results (Finally)

We had a great crowd for the February Rebuy Event. We were getting so many reservations I had to start a waiting list since our seat limit was close to being exceeded. We ended up with 18 players with many new faces. Play started tight and of course no one went out before the end of the rebuy period. Brian was the first to go at 8:48 when he was busted by Mike. Steven C. followed when he was busted by Steven W. Jason was sent to the rail by Shorty. Soon after Adam B. was driving home when Trinity’s QK busted his A6 All in move.  Andrew was busted by Chris S. Kevin’s AA was busted by Tony’s QQ on the turn. Vern was out the door thanks to Sean. Steven W. was busted by Tony who was on a heater.

That bust brought us to a single table with nine players remaining. Brett was busted out by Jeff. Four minutes later Derrick was sent packing by Sean (no bubble this time). Trinity moved all in and was called by last month’s winner,, Shorty who was shorter stacked. Trinity’s AQ quickly overtook Shorty’s pocket eights.  Chris S. who admitted he would be pushing soon was busted thanks to Aris. Tony who had had a huge CL early was busted by Sean. Play went almost an hour before another bust. But Sean got short stacked when Trinity’s 99 held vs his A8 push. Aris took out Sean shortly there after, giving Sean the title of bubble boy. Now in the money, play continued for 40 minutes with chips going back and forth between the four remaining players. Mike was busted by  Aris. Three handed play lasted only eight minutes before Jeff was sent packing thanks to Trinity.

Now heads up Trinity and Aris prepare for battle. Aris has a decent chip lead when heads up began. The big hands of note were when both players limped into pot to see the flop. Trinity pushed all in on a 835 board with 86 and Aris insta-called with his 35. Trinity was able to catch a river 8 for a set to win a pot of just over 200k. The very next hand (I think), Trinity casually looks down at his hole cards and pushes all-in while stacking the winning from the previous pot. Aris calls quickly with J10 and sees it’s a coin toss situation against Trinity’s deuces. The deuces hold and Trinity takes the title and Aris takes second. gg.

Champion - Trinity

2nd- Aris

3rd- Jeff

4th - Mike

5th - Sean
6th - Tony
7th - Chris S
8th - Shorty
9th - Derrick
10th - Brett
11th - Steven W.
12th - Vern
13th - Kevin D.
14th - Andrew
15th - Adam
16th - Jason H.
17th - Steven C.
18th - Brian R.

Poker Face

Reed Poker February Event #2 This Week

I just wanted to remind everyone that we're playing at 7pm, Thursday 2/19. It's a $20 rebuy, so bring some monies. We currently have about 15 people who have verbally committed, so we have about 5-6 spots left. Let us know if your name isn't on the list and you plan on attending. Once the seats are filled, anyone else will be alternates for empty seats at game time.

UPDATE: All seats have been reserved. I have started a waiting list if seats open before game time. We will not be seating any players beyond 20.

7:30PM WED UPDATE: two seats available due to canceled reservation

Two Hands, One Target, Max Profit

PokerStars Game #24846910020:  Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2009/02/12 0:48:02 ET

Table 'Alsatia IV' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: 8==========B ($25 in chips)
Seat 2: PeterNorth77 ($24.40 in chips)
Seat 3: cornbread_TN ($29.50 in chips)
Seat 4: knakeddefguy ($20.25 in chips)
Seat 5: virtua_fish ($25 in chips)
Seat 6: BaRutal ($43.85 in chips)
Seat 7: Combsy53 ($29.80 in chips)
Seat 8: ollielead709 ($23.45 in chips)
Seat 9: rofflemayo ($25.10 in chips)
knakeddefguy: posts small blind $0.10
virtua_fish: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to cornbread_TN [As Ks]
BaRutal: calls $0.25
Combsy53: folds
ollielead709: folds
rofflemayo: calls $0.25
8==========B: folds
PeterNorth77: folds
cornbread_TN: raises $0.75 to $1
4x seems like a good place to start here esp on the button. 
knakeddefguy: folds
virtua_fish: folds

BaRutal: calls $0.75

rofflemayo: calls $0.75

*** FLOP *** [Kc Kh Kd]

Well, I didn't see that coming. I figure I will not see any action here...

BaRutal: checks

rofflemayo: bets $2

oh look, a taker, I'll just give him all the rope he wants. Especially since he is first to act.

cornbread_TN: calls $2

BaRutal: folds

*** TURN *** [Kc Kh Kd] [3c]

rofflemayo: bets $3

seriously, I don't mind. I figure he must have a wired pair.

cornbread_TN: calls $3

*** RIVER *** [Kc Kh Kd 3c] [7c]

rofflemayo: bets $6

now I have to decide how much I can extract. I did not want to push all in fear of him folding feeling like I must have the case King. He only has $13.10 behind... I'll raise 1.5 his raise. I'd rather have $9 more vs no $$ more. Am I leaving him with $4 that I could probably get, who knows. He can have it.

cornbread_TN: raises $9 to $15

rofflemayo: calls $9

*** SHOW DOWN ***

cornbread_TN: shows [As Ks] (four of a kind, Kings)

rofflemayo: mucks hand

cornbread_TN collected $41.25 from pot

rofflemayo said, "LOL"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $43.35 | Rake $2.10
Board [Kc Kh Kd 3c 7c]
Seat 1: 8==========B folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: PeterNorth77 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 3: cornbread_TN (button) showed [As Ks] and won ($41.25) with four of a kind, Kings

Seat 4: knakeddefguy (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: virtua_fish (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: BaRutal folded on the Flop
Seat 7: Combsy53 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: ollielead709 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 9: rofflemayo mucked [8s 8c]

rofflemayo rebuys table max just before this next hand...
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PokerStars Game #24847056514:  Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2009/02/12 0:55:50 ET
Table 'Alsatia IV' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: 8==========B ($36.45 in chips)
Seat 2: PeterNorth77 ($22.90 in chips)
Seat 3: cornbread_TN ($48.75 in chips)
Seat 4: knakeddefguy ($20.50 in chips)
Seat 5: virtua_fish ($25 in chips)
Seat 6: BaRutal ($42.50 in chips)
Seat 7: Combsy53 ($29.55 in chips)
Seat 8: ollielead709 ($13.20 in chips)
Seat 9: rofflemayo ($25 in chips) 
rofflemayo: posts small blind $0.10
8==========B: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to cornbread_TN [Qc Qs]

I am UTG+1. I decide to play hand aggressive. Also my plan was to call it a night when blinds came back around.

PeterNorth77: folds

cornbread_TN: raises $0.75 to $1

knakeddefguy: folds
virtua_fish: folds
BaRutal: folds
Combsy53: folds
ollielead709: folds

rofflemayo: raises $1.75 to $2.75

Based on his range I felt confident and the fact he wanted revenge from the previous pot. 2.3:1 PO

8==========B: folds

cornbread_TN: calls $1.75

*** FLOP *** [2c 2s 6c]

rofflemayo: bets $3

Preflop reraise, doubt he did that with a deuce so... Also he expects me to trap like I did previous hand if my hand was good.

cornbread_TN: raises $7 to $10

rofflemayo: calls $7

*** TURN *** [2c 2s 6c] [8c]

rofflemayo: bets $12.25 and is all-in

I really doubt he has a set here... plus I have over pair with a flush draw. Easy call based on past observations.

cornbread_TN: calls $12.25

*** RIVER *** [2c 2s 6c 8c] [Kc]

*** SHOW DOWN ***
Queens were enough but I'll take the flush. 

rofflemayo: shows [Td Th] (two pair, Tens and Deuces)

cornbread_TN: shows [Qc Qs] (a flush, King high)

cornbread_TN collected $47.80 from pot

*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $50.25 | Rake $2.45
Board [2c 2s 6c 8c Kc]
Seat 1: 8==========B (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: PeterNorth77 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: cornbread_TN showed [Qc Qs] and won ($47.80) with a flush, King high
Seat 4: knakeddefguy folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: virtua_fish folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: BaRutal folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Combsy53 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: ollielead709 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: rofflemayo (small blind) showed [Td Th] and lost with two pair, Tens and Deuces

Sigh...May Have Cost Me $34,000!

I was deep in the largest field I have seen in Full Tilt's nightly $163 buy-in $65k gtd. First place was just above $34k and I was sitting in the top 10 w/ 33 left.

Here's the hand history:

Full Tilt Poker Game #10442598988: $65,000 Guarantee (78245429), Table 9 - 2000/4000 Ante 500 - No Limit Hold'em - 0:54:22 ET - 2009/02/05
Seat 1: montymole (93,680)
Seat 2: Trond Eidsvig (56,468)
Seat 3: jomama7769 (30,096)
Seat 5: itreeeee (86,785)
Seat 6: KJulius10 (104,083)
Seat 7: Steve Wong (109,936)
Seat 8: All In Reed (113,203)
Seat 9: boykee (304,259)
montymole antes 500
Trond Eidsvig antes 500
jomama7769 antes 500
itreeeee antes 500
KJulius10 antes 500
Steve Wong antes 500
All In Reed antes 500
boykee antes 500
Steve Wong posts the small blind of 2,000
All In Reed posts the big blind of 4,000
scarface0928 (Observer): GL KJ
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to All In Reed [Ks Kc]
boykee folds
KJulius10:
tymontymole has 15 seconds left to act
montymole folds
Trond Eidsvig folds
jomama7769 folds
itreeeee folds
KJulius10 calls 4,000
Steve Wong folds
All In Reed has 15 seconds left to act
All In Reed raises to 14,800
KJulius10 has 15 seconds left to act
KJulius10 raises to 32,777
All In Reed has 15 seconds left to act
All In Reed has requested TIME
All In Reed raises to 112,703, and is all in
KJulius10 calls 70,806, and is all in
All In Reed shows [Ks Kc]
KJulius10 shows [7s 7h]
Uncalled bet of 9,120 returned to All In Reed
*** FLOP *** [6h Ac 7c]
*** TURN *** [6h Ac 7c] [2d]
*** RIVER *** [6h Ac 7c 2d] [3h]
All In Reed shows a pair of Kings
KJulius10 shows three of a kind, Sevens
KJulius10 wins the pot (213,166) with three of a kind

I am still upset because I played so well throughout this tournament busting two Full Tilt Red Pros on the way. I was also seated several of the top ranked online players in the world. This KJulius10 guy's play was horrible starting by checking preflop on the button with 77, then calling my raises to get all-in with 77 when he had nearly 30 bb's. This pot put him 2nd in chips. By the way, he did go on to win the tournament.