I.h8.poker
Date: Tue, Jul 22, 2008 Internet
I am beginning to lose the will to live. I mean, wtf. Here I'm on the bubble with a guy sitting out.
PokerStars Game #19008054802: Tournament #97205515, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2008/07/22 - 04:12:24 (ET)
Table '97205515 1' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: FR Vessant (2790 in chips)
Seat 7: nolimitaa (7690 in chips)
Seat 8: Grizzly68 (2030 in chips)
Seat 9: 1382oracle (990 in chips) is sitting out
Grizzly68: posts small blind 100
1382oracle: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FR Vessant [As Kh]
FR Vessant: raises 400 to 600
nolimitaa: folds
Grizzly68: calls 500
Wow, he must have a very decent hand, right? Because he only needs to sit out three orbits and he makes the money.
1382oracle: folds
*** FLOP *** [6h Tc 7d]
Grizzly68: checks
FR Vessant: checks
I am not cbetting in this spot.
*** TURN *** [6h Tc 7d] [Kc]
There's my king.
Grizzly68: bets 200
FR Vessant: calls 200
Keep the pot small, just in case he has KT or a set.
*** RIVER *** [6h Tc 7d Kc] [5h]
Grizzly68: bets 600
FR Vessant: calls 600
Nothing to do but call that.
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Grizzly68: shows [Ks 7s] (two pair, Kings and Sevens)
WTF? How can you even consider calling pre with that? To be OOP with it for the whole hand? And of course he not only hits but so do I, so I can't even get away from it.
Here is a genuinely tough decision though, two hands later:
PokerStars Game #19008062829: Tournament #97205515, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2008/07/22 - 04:13:16 (ET)
Table '97205515 1' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: FR Vessant (1190 in chips)
Seat 7: nolimitaa (7990 in chips)
Seat 8: Grizzly68 (3630 in chips)
Seat 9: 1382oracle (690 in chips) is sitting out
FR Vessant: posts small blind 100
nolimitaa: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FR Vessant [Ks Kh]
That's a very very strong hand. But I can just wait out the small stack. Believe me, this is the weakest hand I play here.
Grizzly68: folds
1382oracle: folds
FR Vessant: raises 990 to 1190 and is all-in
nolimitaa: calls 990
Oh noes. He has Ah2h though. So I have him crushed, 70/30. Come on one time!
*** FLOP *** [Jh 4c 5c]
OMG. He picks up draw, so he now has 7 outs.
*** TURN *** [Jh 4c 5c] [8h]
My heart is in my shoes. Now he has the FD. I know a heart is coming.
*** RIVER *** [Jh 4c 5c 8h] [7h]
I FUCKING HATE POKER.
wat
Date: Mon, Jul 21, 2008 Internet
Here we go again. These are consecutive hands.
I don't know how you stand this. I really don't. It's becoming so bad that I can't endure it. Just beat after beat after beat. I played this tourney pretty well. I missed a couple of shoves, but I am running scared BvB, so I can forgive myself for that. But this isn't right. It is hurting so much that this happens ALL THE TIME.
PokerStars Game #19002532203: Tournament #97152768, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2008/07/21 - 22:14:58 (ET)
Table '97152768 1' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 3: FR Vessant (3105 in chips)
Seat 4: goofysmith (2165 in chips)
Seat 6: steve j oz (6280 in chips)
Seat 7: SeVeN.aU (1950 in chips)
FR Vessant: posts the ante 25
goofysmith: posts the ante 25
steve j oz: posts the ante 25
SeVeN.aU: posts the ante 25
SeVeN.aU: posts small blind 100
FR Vessant: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FR Vessant [Ah Kd]
goofysmith: folds
steve j oz: folds
SeVeN.aU: raises 1725 to 1925 and is all-in
FR Vessant: calls 1725
*** FLOP *** [5h 3s Qc]
*** TURN *** [5h 3s Qc] [Qd]
*** RIVER *** [5h 3s Qc Qd] [Jd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
SeVeN.aU: shows [Jh Ad] (two pair, Queens and Jacks)
FR Vessant: shows [Ah Kd] (a pair of Queens)
SeVeN.aU collected 3950 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3950 | Rake 0
Board [5h 3s Qc Qd Jd]
Seat 3: FR Vessant (big blind) showed [Ah Kd] and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 4: goofysmith folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: steve j oz (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: SeVeN.aU (small blind) showed [Jh Ad] and won (3950) with two pair, Queens and Jacks
***
PokerStars Game #19002543931: Tournament #97152768, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2008/07/21 - 22:15:29 (ET)
Table '97152768 1' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 3: FR Vessant (1155 in chips)
Seat 4: goofysmith (2140 in chips)
Seat 6: steve j oz (6255 in chips)
Seat 7: SeVeN.aU (3950 in chips)
FR Vessant: posts the ante 25
goofysmith: posts the ante 25
steve j oz: posts the ante 25
SeVeN.aU: posts the ante 25
FR Vessant: posts small blind 100
goofysmith: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FR Vessant [Qh Qc]
FR Vessant said, "jeezus"
steve j oz: calls 200
SeVeN.aU: folds
FR Vessant: raises 930 to 1130 and is all-in
goofysmith: calls 930
steve j oz: folds
*** FLOP *** [Js 9s 5s]
*** TURN *** [Js 9s 5s] [3c]
*** RIVER *** [Js 9s 5s 3c] [As]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
FR Vessant: shows [Qh Qc] (a pair of Queens)
goofysmith: shows [Kd Kh] (a pair of Kings)
goofysmith collected 2560 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2560 | Rake 0
Board [Js 9s 5s 3c As]
Seat 3: FR Vessant (small blind) showed [Qh Qc] and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 4: goofysmith (big blind) showed [Kd Kh] and won (2560) with a pair of Kings
Seat 6: steve j oz folded before Flop
Seat 7: SeVeN.aU (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
I <3 teh bitches
Date: Mon, Jul 21, 2008 Internet
WTF. The world is upside down.
PokerStars Game #18982826361: Tournament #96996596, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2008/07/21 - 05:51:23 (ET)
Table '96996596 1' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: FR Vessant (1675 in chips)
Seat 4: skumle (5175 in chips)
Seat 7: new2aces4 (3585 in chips)
Seat 8: 2ol2slo (1610 in chips)
Seat 9: xjohnnyhands (1455 in chips) is sitting out
skumle: posts small blind 50
new2aces4: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FR Vessant [Qc Qd]
xjohnnyhands has returned
2ol2slo: raises 200 to 300
xjohnnyhands: folds
FR Vessant: raises 500 to 800
tempting
skumle: folds
new2aces4: raises 500 to 1300
reraises a raise and reraise? But he's very bad so...
2ol2slo: folds
FR Vessant: raises 375 to 1675 and is all-in
in we go.
new2aces4: calls 375
He has A9.
1/ Terrible player, check.
2/ Terrible play, check.
3/ We're miles ahead, check.
4/ He will need to get lucky, check.
5/ We have the bitches, check check check.
So gg me, right?
*** FLOP *** [6h 7h 2d]
*** TURN *** [6h 7h 2d] [6d]
*** RIVER *** [6h 7h 2d 6d] [Ks]
Unreal. They held up. Lord love us, the bitches held up.
***
Don't get carried away though. I still lose another 70/30 at my other table.
PokerStars Game #18982872169: Tournament #96996633, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2008/07/21 - 05:56:22 (ET)
Table '96996633 1' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: gaijineiyuu (1670 in chips)
Seat 3: FR Vessant (1355 in chips)
Seat 4: Die Bibi (3730 in chips)
Seat 6: Pandaemonic (1495 in chips)
Seat 7: michelz (1190 in chips)
Seat 8: Coulabdoul (60 in chips)
Seat 9: armiele (4000 in chips)
FR Vessant: posts small blind 75
Die Bibi: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FR Vessant [Kd Ac]
Pandaemonic: folds
michelz: folds
Coulabdoul: folds
armiele: raises 300 to 450
gaijineiyuu: folds
FR Vessant: raises 905 to 1355 and is all-in
Die Bibi: folds
armiele: calls 905
He has A3s.
1/ Terrible player, check.
2/ Terrible play, check.
3/ We're miles ahead, check.
4/ He will need to get lucky, check.
*** FLOP *** [9s 5c 3h]
FUCK.
*** TURN *** [9s 5c 3h] [6s]
*** RIVER *** [9s 5c 3h 6s] [7h]
***
Normal service is resumed:
PokerStars Game #18983014051: Tournament #96996596, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2008/07/21 - 06:11:23 (ET)
Table '96996596 1' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 2: FR Vessant (3620 in chips)
Seat 8: 2ol2slo (6295 in chips)
Seat 9: xjohnnyhands (3585 in chips)
2ol2slo: posts small blind 100
xjohnnyhands: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FR Vessant [Ac Qc]
FR Vessant: raises 400 to 600
2ol2slo: folds
xjohnnyhands: raises 2985 to 3585 and is all-in
He's pretty tight but I think I have to call. I dunno. Does he do it with ATs? Maybe not. I'm thinking I could have folded.
Well, I ran it against 77+, AJs+, AQ+ and it's an easy fold. So meh.
FR Vessant: calls 2985
Obviously he has QQ.
It would have been a lot better to hit the bottom end obv.
*** FLOP *** [Qs Kc 2s]
*** TURN *** [Qs Kc 2s] [8s]
xjohnnyhands said, "and did it again"
*** RIVER *** [Qs Kc 2s 8s] [Ah]
Oh well.
Not nice.
Date: Mon, Jul 21, 2008 Internet
OMG. This is just terrible. How the fuck can he get it in on the flop?
AND WHY WOULD I LOSE???? Poker gods, please, that sucks!
PokerStars Game #18982382248: Tournament #96991765, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2008/07/21 - 05:01:22 (ET)
Table '96991765 1' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 4: Yummy Cards (3105 in chips)
Seat 7: Logasm (4085 in chips)
Seat 8: Ronny Lexus (3150 in chips)
Seat 9: FR Vessant (3160 in chips)
Yummy Cards: posts small blind 100
Logasm: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FR Vessant [Td Jc]
Ronny Lexus: folds
FR Vessant: raises 300 to 500
Yummy Cards: raises 300 to 800
Logasm: folds
FR Vessant: calls 300
Scary, but I can't fold.
*** FLOP *** [9h 9c Js]
Yummy Cards: bets 200
MHIG obv.
FR Vessant: raises 1000 to 1200
Yummy Cards: raises 1000 to 2200
So instead of folding, he gets it in.
FR Vessant: raises 160 to 2360 and is all-in
Yummy Cards: calls 105 and is all-in
He has KQ. He gets his whole fucking stack in on a draw. Not even a good draw.
Uncalled bet (55) returned to FR Vessant
*** TURN *** [9h 9c Js] [Kd]
But there it is.
*** RIVER *** [9h 9c Js Kd] [8c]
I mean, for fuck's sake.
Bitches obv.
Date: Mon, Jul 21, 2008 Internet
QQ, I hates you:
PokerStars Game #18982061055: Tournament #96991785, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2008/07/21 - 04:24:36 (ET)
Table '96991785 1' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: FR Vessant (1470 in chips)
Seat 2: patty1115 (1550 in chips)
Seat 3: matrix2004 (1810 in chips)
Seat 4: thony_57 (100 in chips)
Seat 5: SjugarPhan (2570 in chips)
Seat 6: TradrDan (1520 in chips)
Seat 7: RaidenRadio (1410 in chips)
Seat 8: UMBERTO66 (1700 in chips)
Seat 9: hideouskl0wn (1370 in chips)
TradrDan: posts small blind 15
RaidenRadio: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FR Vessant [Qh Qs]
UMBERTO66: calls 30
hideouskl0wn: folds
FR Vessant: raises 90 to 120
patty1115: folds
matrix2004: folds
thony_57: folds
SjugarPhan: folds
TradrDan: folds
RaidenRadio: calls 90
UMBERTO66: calls 90
*** FLOP *** [5d 7s Jc]
RaidenRadio: checks
UMBERTO66: checks
FR Vessant: bets 300
RaidenRadio: calls 300
UMBERTO66: calls 300
*** TURN *** [5d 7s Jc] [Js]
RaidenRadio: checks
UMBERTO66: checks
FR Vessant: checks
*** RIVER *** [5d 7s Jc Js] [9c]
RaidenRadio: bets 510
UMBERTO66: raises 510 to 1020
FR Vessant: folds
RaidenRadio: calls 480 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (30) returned to UMBERTO66
*** SHOW DOWN ***
UMBERTO66: shows [Ac Jd] (three of a kind, Jacks)
RaidenRadio: shows [5c 5s] (a full house, Fives full of Jacks)
BOTH sucked out on me.
Well 2
Date: Sun, Jul 20, 2008 Internet
PokerStars Game #18977541029: Tournament #96943841, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2008/07/20 - 22:50:41 (ET)
Table '96943841 1' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: spurg2 (595 in chips)
Seat 2: FR Vessant (1730 in chips)
Seat 3: Jumma (2385 in chips)
Seat 4: chi_melons (3360 in chips)
Seat 6: dancingweine (1795 in chips)
Seat 8: agentk81 (3635 in chips)
spurg2: posts the ante 25
FR Vessant: posts the ante 25
Jumma: posts the ante 25
chi_melons: posts the ante 25
dancingweine: posts the ante 25
agentk81: posts the ante 25
FR Vessant: posts small blind 100
Jumma: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FR Vessant [9d Ah]
chi_melons: folds
dancingweine: folds
agentk81: raises 400 to 600
spurg2: calls 570 and is all-in
FR Vessant: raises 1105 to 1705 and is all-in
agentk81 is raising wide, so I hope to make him fold.
Jumma: folds
agentk81: calls 1105
No such luck. He has KcJc.
But I'm ahead, right?
*** FLOP *** [4s 7s Ks]
Nope.
Well
Date: Sun, Jul 20, 2008 Internet
Maybe it won't end. Maybe I lose because I'm just not very good?
PokerStars Game #18976535150: Tournament #96943045, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2008/07/20 - 22:04:27 (ET)
Table '96943045 1' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 2: bexstacy (1140 in chips)
Seat 3: sharpo111 (1855 in chips)
Seat 4: FR Vessant (1230 in chips)
Seat 5: Eddie L (3630 in chips)
Seat 6: kenny314159 (1485 in chips)
Seat 8: lakid12345 (3025 in chips)
Seat 9: nicelocal (1135 in chips)
kenny314159: posts small blind 25
lakid12345: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to FR Vessant [Kh Kd]
nicelocal: folds
bexstacy: folds
sharpo111: folds
FR Vessant: raises 100 to 150
Standard raise.
Eddie L: folds
kenny314159: folds
lakid12345: calls 100
*** FLOP *** [Td Ad 3d]
I'm not happy about the ace, but I have outs if he has one.
lakid12345: checks
FR Vessant: bets 200
lakid12345: raises 2675 to 2875 and is all-in
Can't fold my hand. He can have a worse flush draw, a pair of tens, whatever. I am getting 1405 to my 880, so I have to call.
FR Vessant: calls 880 and is all-in
He has Ac6d. I'm going to need to get lucky. I have 10 outs (two Ks, eight diamonds). So I'm 1.6/1.
Uncalled bet (1795) returned to lakid12345
*** TURN *** [Td Ad 3d] [2s]
*** RIVER *** [Td Ad 3d 2s] [3c]
No luck. Ever, actually.
And this will be yet another losing day.
It's things like this that break your heart. His call is terrible but like fucking clockwork, the ace comes on the flop. I have a redraw but they never come in. Earlier, I shoved 87 BvB. The other blind called. He had A9. I flopped a 7 so that was good. He only had 6 outs to resuck. Three out of four times my hand would hold up. This was the fourth. It's always the fourth!
It's now started to affect my play. I can feel that I am off now, making bad plays. (Mostly so scared of being sucked out on that I keep folding out villains, and never play for value, or I assume they are trapping all the time and play moderate hands far too weakly, actually allowing them to suck out.) Okay, so I need to suck it up and concentrate. But it's not easy. I feel like I should be beating this game; the other players are so so bad. But losing all the time makes you feel that you are the bad player, finally getting what you deserve.
I need to stop whining about it. It's not helping. I feel like I'm down a well, yelling for a rope, but there is no rope. You get out of the well eventually, or you go bust.