A strange and funny hand from last night at the SE

Ollieboy

Played the SE last night and it was a great night’s fun, had a great laugh
with loads of players from this forum, so would like to thank them for
making the night so enjoyable.

The following hand was the hand that got me to the final table, couldn’t
believe it when I saw it.

I was UTG and the blinds were 600/300, I had pocket 10’s and raised the
blinds to 1800, player in cut-off position pushes with all his stack which
is 4.2k, at this stage I was happy for 1 caller, the player on the big blind
also push, with about 3.6k. Now at this stage I was worried, I could be up
against a larger pair or 3 to 4 over cards etc. My stack was about 6.2k and
we were down to the last 17, so the call would nearly get me to the final
table if I was ahead and held up. The 2nd all-in, really put me off calling
this, but with 1800 invested I decide to call, hoping I was up against Ace
rag from the first caller and maybe AK from the 2nd caller leaving them with
only 5 outs, 2 on the aces and 3 on the kings.

I showed the 10’s the 1st player throws over 77, happy days the 2nd player
throws over 77. Couldn’t believe it. They had 3 outs on the river for a
straight but I hit the trip 10’s on the turn. This brought my stack up to
13.5k which was the biggest stack on the table at this stage and allowed me
to take the blinds with small pairs or raise’s preflop.

Made it to the final table with about 17.5k and in good shape. Played well
on the final table, lost a race with my JJ against AK. Won and lost other big pots and made it to the last 3 with about 1 / 3 the chips in
play.

Prize pool was 2050 and the split was something like this, 850, 550, 300,
200, 150.

There was a player at the final table who was very rude to most players and
had a really bad odour, you could smell this guy from 10 yards. He wanted to do a deal and when I said no, he abused me and told me that he’s been playing for 30 years and I would get no extra money etc etc. At this stage I knew he would tighten up and I felt I could out play him preflop. On a steal from the SB with 96 he called and had KQ and took me out as we both
had +50k in stack size, the blinds at this stage were 4k/8k, so the steal
was a playable move, so no regrets from my play all night.

It was nice to get into the prize money as it was last September since I
cash and that was after 4 cash’ in a row, so here’s hoping my luck is back.
I’m playing VN game on Saturday and might go to the Redcow on the Monday
night.

But I had a great night and it was very enjoyable. The SE had about 3 / 4
cash games going and is starting to get a regular crowd and they told me that they are going to start adding money to the prize pools to attract more
players. Parking is also great, €10 is very good value.

Ollie

clint_silver

wheres the SE? and come to think of it, where exactly is the fitz as well? cheers..

ditpoker

Ollieboy wrote:

they are going to start adding money to the prize pools to attract more
players. Parking is also great, €10 is very good value.

that'd be great if they started adding money to the tournaments, but they may not add too much to the 50e game, last week they had 60+ runners, i think yesterday was 40 but thats with a big game in the fitz.

well played last night ollie... who went on to win do u know?

Ollieboy

Sorry, left that out.

General First
Martin, guy sitting to my left Second and he played a very good game all night
Me 3rd
the other foreign guy game 4th
and the guy in seat one came 5th when he went all in with A8 against my A7, i hit 7 on river.

TrueDub

Ollieboy wrote:

There was a player at the final table who was very rude to most players and
had a really bad odour, you could smell this guy from 10 yards. He wanted to do a deal and when I said no, he abused me and told me that he’s been playing for 30 years and I would get no extra money etc etc.

I was playing a cash game there last night (don't ask...) The player you refer to wouldn't have been Hussein, would it? I noticed him causing a stir at the tournament table.

ianmc38

The General's a funny character and could do with a shower alright. I saw one gimp abuse him in the SE one night for being Iraqi. Playing at a cash table with him a few weeks ago, he pushes his stack all-in and then gets up saying oh yeah, time for me to go home. I'v never seen a worse attempt at gamesmanship in my life. He got 2 callers and turned over the floped nut flush, which was blatantly obvious IMHO.

There is one guy who's an SE regular and appears to eb good friends with Willow, the 2 of them always having a bit of banter. He's an arrogant self-righteous git and generally makes insulting remarks about younger players and table etiquette etc. Played a few tourneys with him now and his attitude is the same in all of them.

Culchie

ianmc38 wrote:

The General's a funny character and could do with a shower alright. I saw one gimp abuse him in the SE one night for being Iraqi. Playing at a cash table with him a few weeks ago, he pushes his stack all-in and then gets up saying oh yeah, time for me to go home. I'v never seen a worse attempt at gamesmanship in my life. He got 2 callers and turned over the floped nut flush, which was blatantly obvious IMHO.

There is one guy who's an SE regular and appears to eb good friends with Willow, the 2 of them always having a bit of banter. He's an arrogant self-righteous git and generally makes insulting remarks about younger players and table etiquette etc. Played a few tourneys with him now and his attitude is the same in all of them.

He's not a junior version of 'Medallion Man' is he?

Hitchhiker's Guide to...

Hussein is Hussein - simple as that - he's the daddy of poker characters, and no-one's junior version

Daithio

I think Hussein is brilliant, he does kind of stink though. Fair play to him getting 1st.

bmc

Daithio wrote:

I think Hussein is brilliant, he does kind of stink though. Fair play to him getting 1st.

I reckon Hussein is actually a good guy, but yeah, he does get a bit worked up at times. Whether he's winning or losing he's very "animated" so it doesn't come across very well when he's a bit off form. On the whole though I think I like him.

If you're in his good books, he'll be the first to wish you well and will you on to the final table.

DocO

well done ollile taking me out last night, the bubbl really hurt me, 77 on the steal and u had JJ. U had bn all in the preious two hands in a row so thought u might slow down, gutted wen got the call,
well played though, banter was good and well done to Hussein

5starpool

bmc wrote:

I reckon Hussein is actually a good guy, but yeah, he does get a bit worked up at times. Whether he's winning or losing he's very "animated" so it doesn't come across very well when he's a bit off form. On the whole though I think I like him.

If you're in his good books, he'll be the first to wish you well and will you on to the final table.

A character is the least of what I would call him. My top phrases from Hussein would be:

1. Very young, very clever man
2. Why you rise? I fukcin all in!!! (Bang chips)
3. Cecil-cacil-saugages (sang). Homage to Cecil. Cracks me up.
4. You don't win I kill you!!! (said in the nicest possible way of course)

I wonder if I will get my 50 quid back off him now.....

Ollieboy

DocO wrote:

well done ollile taking me out last night, the bubbl really hurt me, 77 on the steal and u had JJ. U had bn all in the preious two hands in a row so thought u might slow down, gutted wen got the call,
well played though, banter was good and well done to Hussein

You were very unlucky mate, you played a great game all night and deserved to be in the money. You had a big chip lead from early on, which is very hard to play with and was willing to call people with any 2 cards and outplay them on the flop.

Bad timing on the 77, but I was on a bit of a role at that stage.

We'll do it again I'm sure.

Ollie

DocO

cheers ollie, and well done.
until next time

Marq

5starpool wrote:

I wonder if I will get my 50 quid back off him now.....

Dominic, the 50 quid is an idiot tax for lending money to Hussein.

In my opinion, he's a total Arsecandle. Gamesmanship counts in my book, and he's just plain rude. that's not to say that he isn't a character or a good player, just that he's a fúcknut.

jtsuited

his rudeness is pretty funny though. he lost the head at me once in the fitz for showing a bluff to him, and i just laughed. he kept on getting more angry and eventually gave me most of the 200 in front of him.
I guess there's a fine line between being a character and an out and out knobjockey!
But yeah the smell!
Ah sure there's worse people out there you know!

azzeretti

Ollieboy wrote:

Parking is also great, €10 is very good value.
Ollie

Parking!?
Where? I have been parking on merrion green and walking down?

califano

azzeretti wrote:

Parking!?
Where? I have been parking on merrion green and walking down?

Ringside(at the door)
A valet guy parks it round back and it costs €10.

bombinator

hussian is very very smelly,,,,,,,i nearly past out last friday night with him next to me.....he bit of a charachter alright but i love when hes at my table as there a fair chance i will have lot of his chips gone end...or any other player who can see throw all his bull and speech play and acting..
yet it is always a more enjoyable game when he there,plus its a loose fast game with plenty of good pots

i once called a large bet with high card as knew he was bluffing--he always looks at dealer and shouts raise 2000 while pointing 2 fingers as well....he went crazy giving out about my call and very next hand i flop house and he raise all in on tilt call.......he just stared at me for about 15 minutes after

he has some fav phrases alright
1. i call tomorrow
2. you raise less then i would play and win