I think that i was very lucky. The cards just seem to fall right at the end. Still, a day of poker is better than a day of work.
Congrats.
Congrats Vanny. I figured your style of play would own up Formac.
I can’t host casual/poker tonight. I’m going to Formac and will be home relatively early but I also have work at 9:00am on Saturday so it’s not really a good idea to have people over that’ll probably be staying until at least 2am.
I tried the Vanny method of playing Formac yesterday to see how I’d do. I only played four hands before final table:
QQ loses to a flopped Straight (crippling me)
99 wins race against AJ
KK beat AQ
QQ loses to A10 suited (figures)
So I bust out first at the final table after starting with 40 players. Now here’s where it gets interesting. I have $40 in my wallet and I’m not happy losing to my own hand so I figure play the cash game. Well there were no players at the time so I shoot the shit and then get dinner. While at dinner I decide that you should never be short at the cash game so I reload for $200 and come back.
For anyone that has seen Rounders where the semi pros see the dead money take a seat and Damon says “they wear their tells like a sign around their neck”, you’d find this funny. There’s a table of 7 other players.
- 2 half decent players no older than 19 who keep staring down at their stacks
- A married couple that are playing separately but look at each other’s cards
- A guy that looks like Floe that puts his hand over his mouth every time he has a hand
- One loose cannon
- One drunk woman that calls everything
Now the best part is that no one has a stack bigger than $40 (min buy in).
“Chips for $200 please”
Everyone just shoots me this stare like I’m the world’s biggest asshole. Between the 19 year olds who were smart enough not to play off me without the nuts, the married couple who gave away all their hands argueing over moves, the fat kid who’s hands gave him away, playing only the nuts against the cannon and simply outflopping the call station, I made $280 (on top of my $200) in just under two hours.
And so the lesson here is that all the dead money is in the Formac cash game and the tourney is a waste of time.
EDIT: I was going to have some of my high school buddies over tonight for poker but they can’t make it. As such, I’m open to having casual + $20 SnG and/or $10 Pot Limit Omaha. I will be home from 6:00pm onward so I’d like to get started a bit earlier than our usual 10:00pm start time. If you’re interested please post here or find me on MSN. I’m looking to have 7 people over for a full table.
Okay, I’m going to have to defend myself on playing 3% of the hands given to me in the first 3 hours. First off, i was getting complete shrapnel. I must have looked down at 73 off about 30 times that night. And every time thinking, why the fuck me! The other thing was, I could not buy a strong Ace. And when I had a weak Ace that was suited, I see a monster raise under the gun. So you gotta fold. So I had to play extra tight. Break down of hands went like this for me:
First table - First 1.5 hours.
10 10 - Folded to a bet when A K 5 was on board. Felt I couldn’t bet out since i called the raise. Plus I put him on A 6. Either way, there was the A there.
J J - Takes hand and gets me to 5700 in chips.
10 10 - Under the gun, blinds are 100/200. I bet out 700 no one calls. I’m still hovering around 5300 in chips.
Second table - Between hours 1.5 and 2.5
10 10 - Late position, make a raise of 1500 with the blinds at 3/6. No callers, I take 900 to keep me around 4400 in chips.
KQs - Guy who places 3rd pushed. He had 12000 in chips. He was third to act. Everyone folded, I look down at my hand in the bb and think. I was thinking Fuck It! I call. Catch my Q on the turn against his Speed Limit.
Final Table - Between hours 2.5 and 4
I just got lucky!
I really couldn’t play anything earlier in the game because I was getting crap. I would have loved to play A 10 or AJ but there was alway a strong raise or an All in. I know those hands aren’t good for all-ins when the blinds are small and the table is at 7-9 man. So i just used my position to help me decide weather or not i should play.
Not sure if there’s still a casual or poker or anything going on. If there is, give me a call and I can make it.
Sorry to everyone that wanted to come by last night. I ended up at Brantford Casino getting sucked out for everything I had in my wallet. I’m willing to host tonight but it can’t be excessively late (ie you have to be out by 3am at the very latest). If people are interested then let me know here or on MSN.
I’m interested even though I shouldn’t be…
Whose all going to T7?
Is anyone going friday or we just going saturday?
Seems like this is the last hurrah for a lot of Hamilton players. I’d really like to see everyone make it at least for the Saturday.
Rey
Jamie
Vanny
Jimmy
John
Darko
Nam
Vince
Javid
People I’m obviously forgetting. Everyone come and have a good time.
!
I may not have posted here in a while, but Street Fighter has always been in my blood.
OOOOh Yeah!
I’m going tomorrow (I want to go on Saturday but I’m not too sure aboot it).
Is anyone here going tomorrow that wants to team up with me in 3S?
Jamie? Rey? Anyone?
If not, that’s okay; I’m sure I’ll have just as much fun watching Empire get rocked again, har har har.
Anyway, hope to see you biatches there.
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
I’ll be there tomorrow and I’ll team up with you in 3S.
not going friday, saturday only
jamie>>bring AE for noodleman
Yo everyone help me look for a car.
Vanny can you drive to T7 tommorow?
i think everybody is heading up on Sat only.
Junior chicken’s are the motherfuckering truth.
where do you get that
Mc D’s
Yo guys, T7 is fun. Lots of casual in every game more or less. Killer atmosphere.
See you guys tomorrow.