Firing S-QUAD!
While Im writing this, Im still a little ticked off at myself for the way I acted. I still have a problem with regards to walking away from a situation that is too good to be true, more specifically, laying down cards that I know are beat. But I thought to myself, "maybe blogging will relax my ticker." Here goes ...I met up with my girlfriend last Friday for a late night poker session at a friends place in Ortigas. The evening started great as, my girlfriend and myself ate at Shakeys and was pleasantly surprised on how good the food and service was. Once we were done, we hopped on a cab for what I felt would be a fun and, hopefully, financially rewarding game of poker. Nothing cold have been further from the truth. The only good hand I came across was AK suited which completely missed the flop, turn and river. That was it, I kept getting trash like I was the designated garbage collector. I do recall several hands that I threw away that would have given me full house, two-pair and on four seperate occasions, trips! My 2K buy-in lasted me a good 3 hours and I called it quits after that. On the way home, I was not happy with how the cards fell. But being the eternal optimist that I was, I just chalked it up to bad cards. Most poker players reading will argue that cards are not important, but rather, the other players. Well, with these particular individuals, you have to have the nuts, because they will call you down with a any pair or any draw, no matter how outrageous. One guy in particular, just calls bets, even without looking at his hole cards. I would say that these would be the best scenario to wait for monsters and pounce for all their chips. But like I said, I didnt get monsters, more like little ants without teeth. No offense to my poker buddies though, I think their style of play is really balsy and could make anyone nervous.The next day, woke up relatively late and decided on playing a little cash game at the ACF to soothe my wounds. Invited my girlfriend along, but she had to buy some stuff so I offered to accompany her. After we bought the computer stuff she needed, we ate at WalterMart and took a cab from there. I was envisioning my strategy and psyched myself for playing well. I knew that, being the last Saturday of the month, the casino was hosting another 5K tourney and only the best of the best show up for that, so I knew the competetion at the cash games would be fierce. After a small nap, I awoke near the casino feeling rejuvenated and confident.It didnt take long for a seat to open on the P 20-40 table. I saw a guy bust out with pocket Kings against 2 other guys who had AK. The flop paired the Aces and he was drawing dead quickly. I took his place and sat amongst only 4 familiar faces, one of them I recognized as the 2nd place finisher at the 1 million event last May. I decided to not let that get to me and just play my natural game. I cashed in my 2K and sat down.The first decent hand I got was an AQ offsuit. I decided to limp in and the flop gave me X-A-X. No immediate danger with flush or straights so I let out a bet of 300. I got one caller and the turn was another non-danger card so I bet 400 again. Guy calls me again and Im a little cautious at this point that this guy could be slow-playing either AK, two-pair or trips. River is another rag so I bet 500 and tell myself to fold if he reraises me all-in. He calls rather quickly and turns up A5. I let out a little smile and feel great about winning my first pot rather easily.The next hand I get are pocket Kings. Im still a little bruised from my last encounter with the cowboys, so I just limp-in at the cut-off seat. One guy raises to 300 and 6 people call, including me. Flop comes out A-A-2. Somamamabitch! The last thing you want to see when holding pocket Kings are Aces and the board gives me 2! Everyone checks, including me, and they look like they're slow-playing their Ace. Funnily enough, they keep checking, all the way to the river. As it turns out, I had the best hand. Everyone asked why I didnt play them more aggressively. Coz there was 2 Aces on the friggin flop! Thats why!. I took down a juicy pot there but could've been juicier if I just had the guts to pull the trigger. Oh well.A little later I got myself another AQ offsuit and called an initial bet of 140 with about 6 players in on the dealer button. Flop misses me and everyone checks. Turn is an Queen and small blind goes all-in for 480. Everyone folds me to me and I call. He shows K8, which paired with an 8 on the flop, and the river turns up and Ace. I shake the guys hand and take another good sized pot. Woohoo!I take down a couple of good pots later with semi-bluffs having cards like A9 or A7 or KJ or KQ. One nice pot I remember was being on the button with a 73 offsuit and limping in. Flop pairs my 3 with a couple of over cards. Someone bets 200, which felt like a steal so I call, hoping to maybe turn my pair into a monster. I get my wish when the turn is another 3 and Im extatic at this point. Guy bets 300 and I call quickly. River is rag and guy bets 300 again. I reraise to 600, he looks at me funny and folds. "Thought so!". He was a nice guy, so I turn over the 3 to show him his good fold. A little later, fate would catch up with me. I got another pocket Kings and limp in again. Flop comes out 10-10-8. Everyone checks to me so I bet 200. 4 players call and I think Im ok since no one re-raised me. Turn is another 10, and by this point, I think the odds of anyone having the other one are slim. I bet 400 and everyone calls again. River is a Queen and everyone checks except for guy beside me. He moves all-in for like 5K++. Im thinking he has a Queen and made the full house. So I look at his stack for a while and say call. Everyone else folds. He shows me his Queen .... and his TEN! I could not believe it! I was so shocked and devastated. I did not put the pieces together. My girlfriend said that if she were in my position, she would have found it fishy that he just checked and called all the way and went all-in at the last chance he could show strength. She also mentiones to me how I forgot my plan of putting aside my buy-in once I double my stack. That way, I can always cut monitor my progress and call it quits when things arent going according to plan. Dammit! All the hardwork and effort I put into the entire night went to nothing. Should've laid them friggin cowboys down! I forgot to mention that my stack went as high up as 6000 at one point, and was at 5000 when the all-in happened. The guy did say sorry to me and said that he just got lucky. In hindsight, I would like to think he went all-in so that I could maybe fold and cut my losses. To all my faithful readers, similar to gamefrogs blog, could you post what you have done in my position, from the beginning of the hand all the way uptil the end. Thanks.I left rather dejected and disgusted with myself. I let my ego get to me and never considered the slow-play. Guess I've been doing it all night, it bit me in the ass. Been playing alot of online poker (play money) the last couple of hours and only finished ITM once in about 12 games. Guess Im still a little bummed out. Hope to shake it off and post a happier story next time. By the way, Id like to give a shoutout to Nick who was at my table when the above-mentioned horror story happened, he took alot of chips from me on one hand. I just couldnt call the raise man, I was on an open-ended straight draw and you went all-in. I think you said, "I gotta try this", or something to that effect. Just thought I would mention it bro.Well, hope to post some improvements on my game and progress next time. Wish me luck on the ACF 1K this coming Saturday. Peace out!
SaturDay is PokerDay
Yesterday I decided on playing the WPT satellite over at the ACF. The buy-in was P 1500+300 with only rebuy or add-on. I thought that this tournament would be up my alley since people would play more sensibly because you would only have one rebuy. I arrived with my girlfriend at around 2:15 and watched all the regulars pour in. After playing for quite some time now at the ACF, I know alot of people by face and they know me the same way, but I probably know only less than 5% of them by name. No offense guys! HeheGame started off reasonably, the table felt really tight so the good players took advantage by being aggressive at the pots early. One girl in particular won the first 4 hands and was really up alot of chips. The first hand I got was a pair of Kings! Oh yeah, the mighty cowboys! So I bet 220 at the pot and got 3 callers. Flop came out 8-4-6 rainbow. No scare cards so I bet out 400. Guy folds and girl raises up to 800. At this point Im scared, she either has rockets or is bluffing. I cant back down from my pockets so I reluctantly call. Turn is a trash hand, girl goes all-in and I call. I turn up my Kings and she turns up, yep, you guessed it, Aces! Of course when I get a good hand, someone is going to get a better one. Havent I learned that already? By the way, thats my sarcastic voice. Of course the river does not improve any of our hands, so I bust out after just 10 minutes. To her credit, she did look apologetic and sorry to me. Oh well! The deck would also feel sorry and deal me an AK offsuit. I decide to slowplay it to see a cheap flop and get 5 people in the pot. Flop pairs my Ace and everyone checks. I bet out 200 and get one caller. Turn is a rag and I bet 400, which other guy calls again. River is another rag and I bet 800. Guy just folds, and looks at me like I fooled him. Better that way I guess, keep him thinking.Deck feels sorry for me once more and gives me pocket Aces. This is the 2nd time I have got these hands in all my tourneys and love to slow-play them. I am left of dealer and just check. Dealer bets 220, and I quick call him. Flop comes and immaculate J-A-10 with two hearts. I check again and guy bets 600 which I call again. Turn is a Jack, and I hit the full house. I check again and dealer goes all in. He shows his A4 offsuit and he cant believe what he's up against. He is drawing dead and I double up. One player in particular commends me on the great play. I am 2-0 with pocket Aces. HeheDuring the break, my girlfriend tears me a new one for rebuying this early in the tourney. Hehe. That was not pleasant at all. I later fuel her bloodlust once more by spilling soup on her arm, which by the way, is the quickest way to a womans heart. After she tears me another new one, I head back to the tables.I dont get any good hands after the break but try something different. Guy to my left comments that our table limps in too much and decide to try and steal some pots. At the dealer button, one guy in middle position bets 300 I call with a medium-strength hand (cant remember). Flop does not improve my hand, which was no big surprise. What did baffle me is that the raiser just checks. I bet at him with 600 and he quickly folds. "So thats how its done!", is what I tell myself. A little later I get pocket 10s and bet 400. I only get one caller, who is first to act. Flop has one overcard, an Ace. Guy checks, and I bet 1000 quickly. I try and look at the pot rather casually like I couldnt care if he would call or not, trying to keep my table image as tight-aggressive. He folds after a long deliberation with himself and I love it! Unfortunately that was the last time in the evening I decide to love the tourney. I never get any medium-strength or strong hands to play, and never seem to get the courage to bluff at the pot. I eventually lost it all after the 2nd break, and after the 4th table transfer, to an all-in for an AQ offsuit. Wouldnt you know it, I get one caller who was AK offsuit. That was grand! Flop pairs his King and I leave. The river gives him a Flush. I later see the same guy leave the casino about 10 minutes after me. Either he won really fast or got screwed by the Poker gods. I didnt feel so bad because I made good decisions the entire night, but did not just follow through on the results. I am going to try to focus on this more in the future. My girlfriend and I amde our way to Mall of Asia to walk around and relax and have something to eat. I got a text later from a buddy of mine inviting me to a cash game at his place in Ortigas. With permission from my commander in chief, we hopped on a cab for more poker. We arrived at 11:00 PM and there was a lot people playing, all of them I already knew. They were telling me about how they lost, I think, P 50,000 on baccarat the previous night from the ACF. Hehe. Baccarat is a funny word.The first hand I played was an A4 offsuit and everyone limps in the pot. Flop is 2-3-10 with 2 hearts which everyone checks to. I think I have chance for a straight so I check as well. Flop is a Queen of hearts and everyone checks. I assume no one has the flush and decide to represent it, so I bet 300. One guy calls. River is another heart and guy checks again. I bet 500, not knowing that he only has 410 left. He definitely has a flush because he is really considering calling me but is reluctant 'cause his hole cards are small hearts, below 6 in value I think. Any heart I (could) have would definitely beat his. After more thatn 5 minutes of deliberation he calls, I just muck my cards and say, "you win". There was no way I was going to win the pot with my hand so I had to bet at it. I didnt mind the loss to much because I think my table image allowed me to represent effectively a strong hand.A little later I got a J3 suited and decided to go with it. Flop comes out J-J-3. I hit the friggin full house on the flop. I know that checking will not do, so I bet 20 at the pot to just increase the size. Guy beside me raises it to 500. Everyone fold to me and I push all-in. He calls and shows his QJ. Cant blame the guy, he did hit the trips on flop. Whos gonna think someone would hit the full house? The only card that could help him is a Queen for the win or another 3 for the split. Neither show and I take down the nice pot. I do not get any strong hands later and steal the pot several times only. Despite this, I leave with P 1950, P 50 less than my initial buyin. Hehe. On the way home, I contemplated about the days events and realize that the only thing lacking from my game is the willingness to take a loss to win big. One poker pro once said that in order to survive, you must be willing to die. I have to learn to hone my killer instincts so I can finally chalk a tourney win in my name. Finishing ITM would not be bad as well. Well let you guys know what happens when it happens. By the way, if any of the local poker blog community want me to post their links on my blog, drop me a comment so I can add it ASAP. Thanks for reading guys! Peace and good luck to your games! As Mike Sexton would say, "May all your cards be live and your pots be monsters!. Hehe. Sexton is a funny word.
Instructional Poker Videos
Think to Things About
Nope, that is not a typo, I am still confused and bewildered by the events that transpired last night at the NLHE satellite tournament at the Valle Verde country club. You will understand what I am getting at pretty soon.I started the game off with some forgettable rag hands and some pretty decent cards like J10 suited, A10 off, Q10 off. But all these were out of position, and I learned earlier in the day to not play them, so I didnt. The first decent hand I got was an AQ offsuit at small blinds position. Mr Howard Lehderer says that you should come in to the pot aggressive with a hand that should be feared with, so I entered the pot with 4x BB, about 800. 2 players called. Flop comes out 4-3-9, I look at the flop, count 2.5 seconds, and bet 800 again. Both players fold, the one closest to me murmurs, "pockets ...". "I wish brother, then I would trap you and your little friend too.". Not bad for a start I thought to myself.Next hand I got was an A7 offsuit at big blinds with 3 players and no bets. Flop comes out 4-6-A. Small blinds checks, I bet 600, dealer button reraises to 1200, small blinds folds, and I reluctantly call (thinking he had an Ace with better kicker like 9 or 10). Turn was an 7, and Im in cloud nine. I bet 1200, and dealer button pushes me all-in. I look at the board for a while, then call. I show my two-pair, and he shows his pocket 8s. He has a gutshot straight draw but doesnt hit at the river, which was a Ace. I kept improving my hand the entire time. First it was one-pair, then two-pair and then full house. I already double my chips and am extatic. A little later, I get pocket Queens, which if anybody has read my previous posts, will know I have no affection for. I always tend to lose more money with them than I win. I look to my right and see a raise of 1200. Mr Lehderer says to enter the pot strong with a reraise with a top hand, and so I do. I bet 2400, which everyone folds to, and guy beside me calls. Flop comes out 6-Q-8. I hit the friggin trips! Guy beside me bets 1200, and I reraise again to 2400. He calls and the turn comes 8. Now i have a full house. He bets 1200, and I raise to 2400 again. By this time he would think that I would be bluffing or something, so he goes all-in with his remaining 3000, I call quickly and he shows his AK suited. I show my hand and he lets out a rather meek rendition of a popular curse, which I cant post, I can only say what it sounded like: tuke ng tina. River comes out a King, too little too late for him and I am significantly up. Let me give you guys a rough idea of my status at this point, which, by the way, is before the 1st break: I had more than 20% of the total chips in the entire tournament. If I wasnt the overall chip leader for the 2 tables (there were only 14 players), I was definitely in serious contention.This was when my problems started. How? Plain and simple, I got cocky. I got an AQ offsuit at dealers position and just bet, I didnt raise or anything. I thought, that I would trap heads-up with the big blinds. Big mistake! I would learn later is that you trap with made hands, not drawing hands. Flop comes out 2-9-6. I bet 600, and other guy reraises with 1600. I thought he was just trying to steal so I call. Turn is a 6, so I bet 1600 of the bat, and he calls. River is a 9 and I bet 1600 again. After a long deliberation, he finally calls. Before I tell you what happened, let me say that I thought that he had faces as well and was just trying to steal, With the two-pair on the board, the person with the highest kicker would get the pot. The worst thing that would happen, in my mind at the time, was we would split the pot because we would both have Aces. I was wrong. I showed my hand which he exclaimed, "bullshit!". He had pocket deuces and made trips on the flop, which became a full house on the turn and river. The reason he thought so long was because he considered the possibility I had a 6 or a 9 and made a higher full house than he had. That was a chunk of change that I would never recover from.I kept trying to steal the blinds, with really big bets, but players kept calling because they had nuts. I finally lost it all when my AJ was dominated by an AQ. Flop paired his Q, and that was the end of that. I felt devasted, more so than before because I had a real opportunity to play longer and win a lot. But I didnt, instead I let my huge bankroll get into my head and it cost me dearly. As an added insult to injury, as I was leaving, the dealer motioned to the organizer that I was out and pointed at me. Organizer looked at me and asked, "you're out? you were the chip leader, werent you?" "Thanks for the reminder!"I did not get any real bad beats and just played lousy. I am still steaming now and cant get the game out of my head. Even if I do, its gone only for a minute and comes right back again. At least I can take comfort knowing it was my fault, and not the board, that led to my downfall and consider improving my middle and late game, protecting my bankroll and most importantly, recovering quickyly from steaming. It anybody has got any comments or suggestions on helping me out I would really appreciate it. Also, as much as people around me like to think I like to throw my money away at tournaments and high-stake cash games, if i can find a regular low-stakes tournament, like 500 or 600 buyin, I would gladly play those. The problem is I dont know of anyone who has these kinds of tournaments, so Im stuck with the regular high-stakes tournaments. Again, if anyone can help me out in this regard, I would also greatly appreciate it.I would like to give a shout-out to mr Poker Pond again for all the help he has given me in improving my game and hope to finish ITM and do you proud. Also thanks to my girlfriend who has always been with me to support my losing streak, hehe. Also to my buddies who always want me to win so that they can ask for drinking sessions funded by yours truly, I hope to do that soon.Will report on things that happen when they happen. By the way, check back here in a couple of minutes and i will post some links to some really helpful instructional videos on improving your holdem game. Good luck guys and God bless!
Closer ...
Saturday tournaments were a thing of the past for me, having played regularly at cash games and being reasonably more succesful at them. But I decided to try again, mainly because of getting tips from Poker Pond dude via email. He gave very sound advice to me which I read a couple of hours before the tourney began. I had to admit that I was a bit low on confidence since I had played a cash game and did not fare as well as before. I was seated with more than 6 regular high stakes and very good players. I was outmatched from the get-go and left with 200 left from my bankroll, about 10% of my buy-in. But alas, today was a new day and tournaments would play out differently ......right?I arrived at the ACF with my supportive and optimistic girlfriend an hour before the tournament began and chanced upon some familiar faces, regulars at both the cash and tourneys. I watched a cash game wherein a guy who was definitely on tilt literally gave all his money to one player in three consecutive hands. "Hope that doesnt happen to me", is what I thought.As my girlfriend and I were sitting near the registration area, all the regular good players had registered. It was quite nerve-racking to see final table regulars, who always had loads of cash, signing up to a tournament that featured unlimited rebuys. I tried to stay focused on the strategies I learned and kept fear out of my head. When the tournament did begin, I was seated with a 2 familiar faces, one of which won the tournament last week. That was not a confidence booster at all.First decent hand I got was a QJ offsuit. Limped in with the big blinds when the flop paired my Jack. So I checked, when another guy bet 200, everyone folded except for me. The turn showed a flush for anyone who was holding suited clubs. So I naturally checked and so did the other guy. River was a rag and I checked again, thinking he wanted a trap. He checked as well. He was holding a J2 offsuit and I took the pot. Did not play aggressively because the table was full of check-raisers and I never got a strong hand. Everytime I would limp in with a suited connectors, someone would bet over the top, so I would fold.Right before I got the big blinds, I was asked to transfer tables for balancing and so I did. Someone at the table wished me luck and I told him the same. I realized I needed it because 3 guys at the table had more than 5000 in chips and another guy kept going all-in. This was obviously a strong table with aggressive players. I was down about 100 from 1500 and still had an opportunity to make a stab at the final table.I got a pair of fives and bet 300 at the pot. One guy stayed and flop came out 4-6-7. I had a straight draw so I bet 300 and this guy stays again, rather reluctantly though. Turn is a rag so I bet 500 again, which the other guy calls. River is a 5 so I get my trips and push all-in, and the guy folds. I felt good about the way things turned out and was reasonably confident now.A couple of hands later I got pocket Jacks and bet 600. Two people stay and Im a little nervous now. Flop comes out 7-Q-9. Dammit! I bet 600 again to maintain my image of confidence and the other guy pushes me all-in for all my chips. While Im contemplating this big decision, he shows his hand, thinking I have already called. I see his Q-10, and just smile. I would have folded anyway, he just gave me another reason. Guy beside me asks if I was holding AK and was worried I wouldnt hit any of them. I told him my hand and he said good fold. I hope so, that fold put me back to square one. I was now left with two moves: fold or all-in.I got an A8 suited and pushed all-in with my 600+ in chips. Two guys called and the flop missed me completely. Both guys check. Turn is another rag so first guy bets 500, which second guy calls. River is an Ace and Im a little relieved. First guy checks, second guy bets 500, and first guy folds. I show my A8, and he shows his A8. Split pot! I was a little up now and little happy. Little later, I get a Q10 offsuit and push all-in again, and get called by 2 guys again. Flop comes out 9-K-K. Waaaah! Not good at all. I was ready to leave. First guy checks and other guy bets 500, and first guy fold again. I show my Q10, and he shows his Q10. Guy beside him exclaims that no card would un-split the pot. So we do once again. The funny thing about it was it was the second time a guy on seat 8 and myself split the money the guy on seat 7 put in the pot.I got me a Q2 suited on the big blind and flop showed 2-4-4. Everyone checks, and I push all-in. Everyone folds and I show my 2 only which they all laugh at. I said I had to. Guy beside me says I got a 2 as well. I asked his kicker and he said a 9, I told him mine was little better and sorta wished him to have called. Hehe.A little later, our table was collapsed and I was moved to table 3. I got an A5 suited and went all-in, where everybody folded. When asked why, I said I needed ante and blind money. Antes at this point were 50 and blinds were 200-400. Right after this, a big drama was happening on the other remaining table. One guy limped in with pocket deuces. And the flop tripped his deuces. He bet 2000, and next guy pushes all-in, so does another, and so does another. Pocked deuces dude also calls all-in. He shows his trips, another has pair Aces with a high kicker, other guy has a nut flush draw, other guy just mucks his hand. Turn is a rag and everyone gasps again. River is 2 and the table goes insane. This dude just eliminated 3 guys with quad 2s. That was an amazing hand and one that he, and the other players will not soon forget. I was transfered to this table right before I was big blind on my current table.I got an AK offsuit which I limped in with another guy who was the big blind. Flop misses me completely and I check. Flop is a 10 and the other guy bets 400. I push all-in and he calls. He shows his A10 and I show mine. River is a 9 and I leave at 15th position out of 68. This was by far my best finish in a tournament. I could've stayed about 6 places longer and finished in the money but could not forgive myself for folding the best hand I got the entire night. Just as well I guess. Losing was not as bad because my girlfriend was there to cheer me up and tell me to look on the bright side on my better finish. I will definitely come back next week and play more aggressively and hopefully fare better. Will let you all know what happens when it happens.Peace out and good luck to your games!
Just for kicks
I tried my hand yesterday at a little cash game action over at the ACF to test some of the new tips I learned reading online and conversing with a good player I found online. His blog is on the side if anyone is interested [Poker Pond].I arrived relatively late, around 10:10 with my girlfriend and I promised her that I would only spend 1000 because I did not want to stay there for a long time. Luckily, a seat just opened when I arrived and I changed chips early. I was notified by a floor manager that 2000 was the minimum buy-in, so I reluctantly changed another thousand. When I sat on the table, I placed the thousand on the side to make sure I wouldnt use it. I was going to play with goals in mind tonight, and hopefully, everytime I play. I was going to get up when: - I doubled my starting stack (which was only a thousand)
- My starting stack dwindles down to a thousand
- The time reaches 11:30 PM
I was going to be strict with this guidelines and wanted to make sure to follow them. Also I tried to only play the top 10 starting hands. Playing meant that I would reraise them or whatever. I would still play suited cards, especially those with faces. All these thanks to Mr. Poker PondA nice hand I got was a pair of Kings. Being the dealer button helped, with everyone limping in with 40. I immediately bet 300 at the pot and everyone folded. In the back of my mind I would've wanted some callers, but a small pot is better than no pot at all. Another nice hand I got was an AK offsuit. A guy before me bet 160 and I reraised to 320. He called. Flop came out 2-4-Q. Being aggressive preflop, I had to continue the trend with another 300 bet, which the other guy called again. Turn came out 3. I just checked to see what the guy had. He also checked. River came out a 5! I hit the straight! I hit the straight! I hit the friggin straight! I bet 600, and the other guy folded. I just showed my Ace, and mucked the other card. He apparently was holding pair of Kings. I got so lucky and probably bet good that made him think I got pocket Aces or something. People were wondering why he folded because he held cowboys, and everybody else said that I showed my Ace. A guy I regularly play with looked at me and smiled, almost as if telling me. "You lucky somamamabitch!".The whole night was me basically betting at the pot and everyone folding. I remember holding just suited cards and the flop came out 4-4-8. I bet 300 after everyone checked and won the pot. I held a KJ offsuit and bet 220. One guy stayed and the flop came out 10-6-3. Other guy checks and I bet 220 again. He folds and Im happy. This was almost my entire night, just betting at the pot confidently, and betting the pot value, no post oak bluffs to think I was just stealing the blinds. I also respected other players big bets and folded when I knew I could not improve my hand.Once my stack reached 3000, it also happened to be 1130, I headed out feeling great. I set out with my goal of when to leave and what hands to play and did them all effectively. Thanks to all my reading and help from poker pro Mr Poker Pond! Will update you guys again the next time I play. Peace out and good luck to your games as well!
Overheard at the tables ...
Everyone at the table limps in with 40. One guy bets 400. Guy beside him goes all-in for 1600. Everyone folds, including guy who bets first, but first shows everyone his AK offsuit, while shaking his head from side to side. All-in dude shows his pocket tens.Onlooker 1: Bakit niya fold yun?Onlooker 2: Taas ng pusta kasi e. Onlooker 1: Sa bagay, hinde kasi suited yung AK din niya eh.Onlooker 2: Ok lang yun, hinde rin naman suited ung tens nung isa e.Onlooker 1: Oo nga.... sandali.... gago ka.... naloko mo ako dun a! haha(Yours truly was onlooker 2)
