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Confessions of a dangerous mind - Trip report from JP's 300FO
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06-05-2008 2:04am#1
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WP Ricky & excellent report. I was watching this table, railing George Power & I witnessed this hand below.The_Chopper wrote: »A new guy gets moved to the table into the BB, folded to me and I make it 10k with A3o (1.5k/3k), he calls. Flop Q,10,10 – I jam all in, BB takes ages before folding QJo face up. When he called preflop I had him on a medium PP, I went with that read when the flop came. I would never had done what I did if I’d known what he had and was very lucky to survive that hand.
I liked the way you behaved in relation to the antics of the BB (although having seen the hand you held you were probably scared ****less
:D), you were very gentlemanly.
He was as close to the line here in my opimion & both myself & Vera Duffy were disgusted with his antics.
I certainly do not agree with the rule in the SE of no speech play allowed & it takes a lot of the fun out of live poker but the antics of this fellow are totally unacceptable at a poker table. Personally I'd have stood away from the table for fear of clocking him one, downright rude he was.
Anyway again well done0 -
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Nice report Ricky, well done and nice playing with you. This was my biggest tournament score and as such I will probably try to do up a short trip report later this evening (busy at work right now!); I might add it to this thread if that's ok to avoid cluttering the forum.
Really wanted that damn trophy as it would be bigger than any of my brothers' rowing ones on the family mantlepiece! Prob would also be good for reducing parental qualms about poker
The BB who was almost out-of-line on Sunday night was a pretty nice fella after being knocked out on day 2, so I think we can conclude that his speechplay was par-for-the-course wherever he plays his regular game, he wasn't being gratuitously offensive IMHO. 0 -
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Thanks for the well wishes guys......
It's been over 2 years since i've had a score anything near this. I got to keep the head down and keep working hard on my game and not get all arrogant and cocky after the last one........
Obviously i played a lot more hands then the ones mentioned, some meanful some not, but they were very straight forward and not really intesting enough to include
Beat: Very card dead throughout day 1 - just shows that cards aren't necessarily everything
Brag: Hit one flop early on to give me room to maneouver. Also very lucky with the amount of my CB that got through
When I weigh up all factors both poker and non poker related, I'm absolutely delighted with the result and it's something I wouldn't have thought achievable on Sunday.Well played Ricky,
[SIZE=+0] good report ... I like the way you play.......I'm glad Paul and that fellow Mark Holland won some dosh, he apologied for knocking me out which was kinda nice[/SIZE]
seen as he had KK plus a huge stack, he was so delighted to be doing well that it was good to see him get in the shake up. .......I think you are right about the laydown....I had the odds, I just chickened out of it....still learning imo.
Good to meet you mate - next time we're playing at the same table i suggest we sell tickets to the event as it made for very interesting poker.......
You were the only player in the whole tournament that constantly stood up to me and my preflop aggression, vwpgigetheman wrote: »nice result ricky iwas sitting in seat 9 and never got a card in the first hour i finally wake up with aq and reraise a raise of half my stack only for kierian in seat 10 to push all in,i have seen him do this with alot of medium pocket pairs (6-10) so with 147,000 in the pot and i only have 41,000 behind im getting 3.5/1 for which i think is a 50/50 race.
And for once i was right he had 99 against my aq but the pocket nines held up to knock me out in 9th.I so would like to thank jp and laura for running a great tournament and for listening to the players and would encourage anyone to go play at any of jp poker events
UL mate - i was shocked when he 4 bet you all in with 99's there. Myself and Jude both thought it was something like AK vs QQ's or something.WP Ricky & excellent report. I was watching this table, railing George Power & I witnessed this hand below.
I liked the way you behaved in relation to the antics of the BB (although having seen the hand you held you were probably scared ****less:D), you were very gentlemanly.
He was as close to the line here in my opimion & both myself & Vera Duffy were disgusted with his antics.
I certainly do not agree with the rule in the SE of no speech play allowed & it takes a lot of the fun out of live poker but the antics of this fellow are totally unacceptable at a poker table. Personally I'd have stood away from the table for fear of clocking him one, downright rude he was.
Anyway again well done
The antics so to speak weren't to bad - but then again while it was all going on I was thinking of sunny beaches, pina coladas and a lot of coconut bra dancing
Basically the guy got really up in my face saying is he this unlucky, what do I have, how can he fold. Really digging the needle in trying to get me to talk and give away something.......
He got right up in my face and even nudged me at one point (I thought poker was non-physical contact)
I didn't take offense and shook his hand after the hand - it was very late. We'd been playing 8 or 9 hours at this stage, adrenaline was high and we were getting close to the money. I myself use speach play at times, although I hope never like thisNice report Ricky, well done and nice playing with you. This was my biggest tournament score and as such I will probably try to do up a short trip report later this evening (busy at work right now!); I might add it to this thread if that's ok to avoid cluttering the forum.
Feel free - it would be good to hear you "road to wembly" and i'd be interested in hearing what you made of table dynamics a few tables out..0 -
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Well, in the aftermath of my biggest tournament score I guess it's time to take a few minutes to draw up a trip report; no doubt as long and sprawling as those of yore in my old blog! Please feel free to comment on any of it, including hands played badly, etc...
I had traveled down to Galway on Friday after work for less than 48 hours at home, one younger brother had just come back from a few weeks in Central America and had great stories to be told, the other brother had recently given us our 1st nephew so I had to visit him of course! This meant playing the €750 game was out, I wouldn't have played without satelliting in to be honest, as €750 is more than I've ever paid into a tournament before, in fact I've only played €550 and €325 games by winning tickets into those, I'm having a pretty good year so far (by my own measure, I've targeted €1,000 a month profit, which I was on top of before playing this weekend) but wouldn't buy in directly to a €300+ tournament.
I got back to Dublin on Sunday in time for JP's €300 game at the Red Cow, and 120 runners took to the tables at 4pm, all trying to make it to Day 2. My opening table were all unknowns to me apart from Smurph (unfortunately she was knocked out early) and Mick McCloskey. I was dealt AKs on the very 1st hand in MP and won a fair sized pot from the table calling station, a very nice guy who was known to some of the others but who was just making up the numbers, dead money.
I misplayed a hand against Mick during the 2nd or 3rd level; I limped from MP with 99 with two limpers before me, Mick flat called on the button and the SB and BB came along for the ride as well. The flop was 974 rainbow. It was checked to me and I bet about 400 into the 1000 pot, Mick raised to 1200 and I hesitantly flat called, intending to check raise him on the turn. The turn was a J, I checked, Mick bet 1500 and I quickly raised to 6000 – I honestly don't know why I went so big, no flush draws on the board and I knew he wasn't re-raising me on the flop with an OESD. He deliberated for about 3 minutes and folded 97 faceup. I mucked and stayed quiet but cursed myself for re-raising so big, stupid stupid.
Sometime afterwards (the early hours of these things always blur together after it's over, don't they?), maybe during the 150/300/25 level I picked up AA in MP, raised to 1100 and was called by a player who fancied himself as the table captain; a JP regular I think who was somewhat like the Chief, liked to play most pots in position (ok, maybe not exactly like the Chief), loved to float, pounce on weakness and raise any c-bets. I'm sure any strong players at the table had him and his growing stack in their sights. The flop was K-high, he checked, I bet ½ pot, he raised as expected, I gave it a bit of Hollywood for a minute or so and pushed (ha ha, it was see-through, very lame attempt by me!), he shook his head and called. Shook his head a bit more as I was pushed most of his chips!
I now had a 25k+ stack when the average was 13k or so, and didn't slip back below average until quite late on Day 1. I was moved to a table with Yuletired, managed to stay out of his way and had the sweetest of double ups when I limped / flat-called a min raise (can't remember!) in LP with K10, the flop was KK10 and I got it all in on the turn against K7. That was another big pot.
I played quite tight with my big stack, I am no-where near as active as many other boardsies, I prefer to focus on a few exploitable players at a table and just target them, rather than get aggressive with other aggressive players. For the next few hours I was content taking a number of medium sized pots without showing, usually having the goods but occasionally not; no-one would ever know as when I very rarely showed, I showed my monsters. I need to stop doing this I think, don't know why I am still up to these old tricks, stupid!
Down to three tables, I had Yuletired immediately to my right and he was active! I didn't want to tangle with him but my blinds were constantly under threat and I found it hard to play back at him post-flop without the goods. It was folded to him on the button on one occasion and he made a 3.5xBB raise (maybe 9k or so?), I looked down at AQs and pushed for 58k or so...happy to take the 14k or so in the pot. He folded after a minute or so, I think he mentioned he had an ace, I told him I had AK and he questioned my risking my tournament, I could have been against AA or KK. I'd do it again Willie! 0 -
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Another hand I remember, with about 7 left it was folded to me on the SB and I completed with Q10o (blinds were 3000/6000/500 I think), the BB raised another 15k to 21k total, he was fairly active and I felt certain if I hit (and didn't get into trouble!) I'd win a nice pot from him – it felt right at the time to call but I really wonder, I didn't think about it enough. Anyhow, the flop was Q 10 4 rainbow, I checked, he bet 40k, I pushed my remaining 110k in and he insta-called with AJc...interesting. I hadn't made any big moves without the goods really since getting to the final table, most of the rest would never have called me in that spot. Anyhow, the gutshot missed and I jump to having one of the biggest stacks.
Again, I played fairly passively with the big stack, when I raised the others folded generally, once I raised in LP with AQ, got a caller in MP, the flop missed me but was low and I had him on broadway cards or a weak ace, I bet ½ pot, he flat called, another brick fell and I knew he again had none of it, fired another bullet and his folded. I think betting with nothing in the knowledge your opponent is going to fold is the most satisfying play to make in poker, more so than making your opponent lay down a better hand. I am not sure why I like this so much!
When we got down to four the big stack ( a JP regular who had been a card rack for the preceding few levels, he ran amazingly hot!) didn't want to do a deal to flatten the payouts so we'd all get €4000, he had about 420k in chips, I had 250k, the Chopper had 330k and the shortstack had just over 200k. I thought this was madness, he wasn't THAT far ahead! Anyhow, the very next hand I raised on the button with 55, Ricky folded on the SB, the big stack called on the BB, the flop was J74 rainbow, he bet out I flat called (I know I'm most likely ahead here, his bet was just too small), the turn was a 3 or something, he bets out again, I again flat call, the river is another 7, we both check, he shows A 10o and I take down a 100k+ pot. Suddenly he is happy to make that deal! 4Th €4000, 3rd €5000, 2nd €6500 and 1st €8000.
Soon after the Chopper knocks out the shortstack, we break for lunch, Ricky and I discuss how much each of us would like to win the tournament, get back a bit late, play for 30 minutes before deciding to chop 3-ways as our stacks were so close. €6500 each, the same as 2nd was going to get. I wonder did the other player decide to deal because he felt a bit of '2 against 1' was on the cards (it wasn't, of course) as myself and Ricky had been chatting so much and had lunch together during the break. Anyhow he took the nice trophy in the blind hand we played for it and myself and Chopper had to make do with just the cash!
All in all it was a great experience for me; I've been on a bit of a tournament heater since March and was due a bigger pay day I'd like to think (nah, this is rubbish! No-one is due anything in poker!) than the half-dozen €1k scores I've had since getting back to Ireland last August. I know that I generally played well in the tournament, apart from a number of hands (the notable hands are more than likely the ones I misplayed, to be honest, the stuff you do right is less memorable after all!). In particular I played the shortstack well, maybe this is because it is so easy! The tournament structure was great and from looking at other live tournament structures around the world, we are really spoiled for choice here in Ireland and particularly in Dublin. Hopefully everyone can appreciate this!
Wow, this is a long-ass report, I'll have to break it up a bit and throw some of it onto the PPP blog, might be interesting to the readers there. Also won a WSOP Step 3 STT while writing it so my last 90 minutes can't be consigned to the dustbin of history as totally useless 0 -
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