Hey, Don't you know I'm a legend round these parts?

NickyOD

The usual 70 or so players showed up at the southcourt tonight. I lost a few pots early on, one to some guy who limped UTG with Q8o. Flopped 2 pair called two bets from me then checked a perfectly innocent river with top 2 against my top pair. NH WP! At the 100-200 level I reraised after 2 limpers to 800 with 2 black Aces. Utg then decieded to move all in and turned over QT of diamonds. Flop was all diamonds. NH WP. CHIPS!!!!

Saw **** all after my rebuy and eventually gambled with JT after a raise and a call and made a boat to quadruple up.

With about 3 tables left I was up to about 15K with blinds 400/800. 3 players limed in and the cutoff raise to 3000. I looked down at JJ in the SB. I spent about a minute trying to get a read off the raiser and eventually decided there was no way he had QQ-AA and I pushed. He calls me without much thought and shows AT. NH WP. This time I double through.

When it was down to 2 tables blinds are 1500-3000. I have 42000. chip leader limps in and I make it 8000 with AK of diamonds. Folded back to him and he calls. Flop is JTT and he bets 10K. I have no choice but to fold. He shows A8. WTF? Oh its on now bitch!! Who the **** makes that play?

Managed to get to the final table very shortstacked but took the blinds with several all ins. I was unlucky though to lose with KQ V Q9 which would have put me second in chips. Mr A8 was playing like a ****ing clown and getting away with it. Flop 5-A-6 he came back over the top of a shorty with K8. Shorty had A5 and the assclown hits runner runner for a straight. With blinds 4000/8000 he was raising to 45000. and smooth called a reraise putting 60% of his stack in the pot to see a flop.

On my BB Mr. A8 limped in and I looked down at KTo. I put him on 97/JT/JQ. It's possible he's limping with a weak ace and I should probably have pulled a stop and go but I pushed becasue I badly needed to double. He had JQ and turned a Jack to take me out in 5th which paid €150 cash and a supersat ticket worth €350. 5th should also have given me enough points to be the clear leader on the Munster IPC leaderboard. Rock on.

ocallagh

nice work, that's a good run you've had in those tournies.

I find it quite tough to get into live poker after playing online so much. I think the boredom kicks in a lot faster, patience goes and KQ starts to look like AA...

bill_ashmount

nh wp....

Jaden

NickyOD wrote:

When it was down to 2 tables blinds are 1500-3000. I have 42000. chip leader limps in and I make it 8000 with AK of diamonds. Folded back to him and he calls. Flop is JTT and he bets 10K. I have no choice but to fold. He shows A8. WTF? Oh its on now bitch!! Who the **** makes that play?

A pot-sized bet by the chip leader on a scary flop? Maybe I'm wrong, but it's doesn't seem to be that bad a move. He knows that unless you've hit (ergo you have a monster), you can't call. If he does get a call, he knows he's beat. A smaller feeler bet may not force a fold.

Had it happened to me, I would consider myself to have been bullied off a pot by a guy with a bigger stack and balls than me.

NickyOD

Jaden wrote:

A pot-sized bet by the chip leader on a scary flop? Maybe I'm wrong, but it's doesn't seem to be that bad a move. He knows that unless you've hit (ergo you have a monster), you can't call. If he does get a call, he knows he's beat. A smaller feeler bet may not force a fold.

Had it happened to me, I would consider myself to have been bullied off a pot by a guy with a bigger stack and balls than me.

Who limps with A8 in EP and calls a big raise? He hadn't a clue what I had. More often than not he's going to walk into a big pair against me there. Given the way he played other hands I think you're giving him far too much vredit.

Jaden

Based on his other plays, he looks like he's not used to a chip lead, and has loosened up far too much, and generally pisses chips away.

Assuming you or A8AC (Ace Eight Ass-Clown) were not in the blinds on this hand, to call your raise he is being asked to put 5K more into a pot that is 15.5K. In his position, and against an agressive player like yer good self, I might have done the same. It's obvious that he's going to bet on the flop regardless, it just wasn't your hand.

I'd consider gambling with JT with a raise and call in front of you to be a far worse move.

Individual hands aside, it's nice to see cream rise to the top in these tournies. I'd say the €350 Freeze-out super sats will be fun to play. Do you reckon that we might see some big names playing to qualify for the €500K? Limerick is close to Shannon if you were a big gun flying over from across the pond.....

NickyOD

The Macau crew will no doubt travel to the Limerick Supersat, As will the tough Galway contingent: Jude Ainsworth, Derek Murray and others. The Galway Supersat is on Friday week. I'm all over it!!

Jaden

Dangermouse Derek poses no threat to my skills with 68os. I was gonna sell my ticket (still probably will), but it is tempting to play. Mmmm, freezeout. mmmm proper deep stacked play. I think I might, just for the chance to be called an ass-clown by the biggest moaner on boards.ie/poker.

Beside, with all the HH you post, everybody has you well pegged.

NickyOD

Jaden wrote:

Dangermouse Derek poses no threat to my skills with 68os. I was gonna sell my ticket (still probably will), but it is tempting to play. Mmmm, freezeout. mmmm proper deep stacked play. I think I might, just for the chance to be called an ass-clown by the biggest moaner on boards.ie/poker.

Beside, with all the HH you post, everybody has you well pegged.

Actually I was quite proud last week at being dubbed the biggest whinger in Irish poker. Then when people play with me they can't believe how passive I am and how well I take bad beats. I think they expect me to urinate on the table when my aces get cracked or something.

As for people having me pegged you're absolutely right. Everyone knows my range is 47o - AA.