October 16, 2006
Rocking hammers to beat down cancer ...
Tonight, Phil Gordon and some of the other folks associated with the Put A Bad Beat On Cancer drive hosted a small buy-in tourney to benefit the charity. I had almost forgotten about it but remembered in time to sit down and not get blinded away.
To call it a gala event understates the case. The poker bloggers were out in force, perhaps explaining why less than 1/3 of the field was gone after the first hour of play.
However, my favorite hand of the night was this little beauty, both because of what all it entailed, who was at the table and who it was against. Read on ...
Full Tilt Poker Game #1107160299: Bad Beat on Cancer (6592578), Table 7 - 60/120 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:14:20 ET - 2006/10/15
Seat 1: smokkee (2,755)
Seat 2: Peggy_NC (7,510)
Seat 4: puckett101 (8,345)
Seat 5: DrPauly (6,640)
Seat 6: yestbay1 (2,085)
Seat 7: Landonfan (4,630)
Seat 8: shancpa (2,265), is sitting out
Seat 9: ringo6624 (1,640)
DrPauly posts the small blind of 60
yestbay1 posts the big blind of 120
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to puckett101 [7d 2h]
Landonfan folds
shancpa folds
ringo6624 folds
smokkee folds
Peggy_NC folds
puckett101 raises to 8,344
DrPauly folds
yestbay1 folds
Uncalled bet of 8,224 returned to puckett101
puckett101 shows [7d 2h] (Seven Two high)
puckett101 wins the pot (300)
That's right. On the button, I hoyed Dr. Pauly and another of the WWdN poker game crew with The Hammer. I made it into about the top 20% of the field, but no hand made me prouder than that one.
That hammer was so mighty that it was fit for use by John Henry.
Posted by puckett at 04:06 AM | Comments (0)
July 12, 2006
Utter domination.
It's been some time since we put a true Hammer post up. Since I was semi-short-stacked in a freeroll and needing to go, I pushed with The Hammer and had a caller. You can guess what happened next:
Full Tilt Poker Game #791457239: .COM $200K Giveaway Rd. 1 (4930906), Table 85 - 30/60 - No Limit Hold'em - 13:24:51 ET - 2006/07/12
Seat 1: puckett101 (2,064)
Seat 2: Spydertoezzzz (8,985)
Seat 3: JoeFU2 (1,165), is sitting out
Seat 4: irishhammer (6,117)
Seat 5: papamark82 (6,725)
Seat 6: stewdog187 (3,280)
Seat 7: trckery2001 (4,244)
Seat 8: typeRintegra (1,520), is sitting out
Seat 9: TonyD83 (640)
Spydertoezzzz posts the small blind of 30
JoeFU2 posts the big blind of 60
The button is in seat #1
trckery2001 is feeling confused
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to puckett101 [2d 7c]
irishhammer calls 60
papamark82 folds
stewdog187 calls 60
trckery2001 calls 60
typeRintegra folds
TonyD83 folds
puckett101 raises to 2,064, and is all in
Spydertoezzzz folds
JoeFU2 folds
irishhammer folds
stewdog187 folds
trckery2001 calls 2,004
puckett101 shows [2d 7c]
trckery2001 shows [Ad 7s]
*** FLOP *** [2s 4h 7h]
*** TURN *** [2s 4h 7h] [Tc]
*** RIVER *** [2s 4h 7h Tc] [Kd]
puckett101 shows two pair, Sevens and Twos
trckery2001 shows a pair of Sevens
puckett101 wins the pot (4,338) with two pair, Sevens and Twos
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4,338 | Rake 0
Board: [2s 4h 7h Tc Kd]
Seat 1: puckett101 (button) showed [2d 7c] and won (4,338) with two pair, Sevens and Twos
Seat 2: Spydertoezzzz (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: JoeFU2 (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: irishhammer folded before the Flop
Seat 5: papamark82 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: stewdog187 folded before the Flop
Seat 7: trckery2001 showed [Ad 7s] and lost with a pair of Sevens
Seat 8: typeRintegra didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: TonyD83 didn't bet (folded)
As we all know, The Hammer was clearly a dominating favorite in this hand before the flop. That ace might as well have been an anchor.
Remember - you must commit to The Hammer in order to experience flops like this. By committing, I mean all-in. The Hammer rewards those who dedicate themselves to it.
For the record, two hands later, I was knocked out by the player who lost this hand. They rivered a flush holding 5h-2c to crack my K-J suited and the pocket aces of the player who called my all-in re-raise. Go figure.
Posted by puckett at 06:08 PM | Comments (0)
June 28, 2006
THRSONE
Or, The Hammer Reigns Supreme Over Nearly Everyone ...
The tournament was brutal. I kept making do with junk all night - the highest pair I had was pocket jacks. After that, I caught a pair of 10s which ran into queens and rivered a straight to win. I caught a pair of 9s that resulted in this doozy:
$5 + $0.50 Tournament (4828390), Table 7 - 25/50 - No Limit Hold'em - 4:27:44 ET - 2006/06/28
Seat 1: puckett101 (3,285)
Seat 2: Tripten (2,165)
Seat 3: mcmoney28 (855)
Seat 4: NiceUnderground (3,665)
Seat 5: _Skyody_ (3,320)
Seat 6: Swinganamiss (2,335)
Seat 7: TheHappyBurrito (1,285)
Seat 8: 72master (1,985)
Seat 9: billyHo10281 (1,155)
TheHappyBurrito posts the small blind of 25
72master posts the big blind of 50
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to puckett101 [9c 9s]
billyHo10281 folds
puckett101 raises to 300
Tripten folds
mcmoney28 raises to 855, and is all in
NiceUnderground folds
_Skyody_ folds
TheHappyBurrito folds
72master folds
puckett101 calls 555
mcmoney28 shows [9h 9d]
puckett101 shows [9c 9s]
*** FLOP *** [5c Ac 3h]
*** TURN *** [5c Ac 3h] [Tc]
*** RIVER *** [5c Ac 3h Tc] [Qc]
mcmoney28 shows a pair of Nines
puckett101 shows a flush, Ace high
puckett101 wins the pot (1,785) with a flush, Ace high
Yes. It really happened. And wow.
As tons of people keep saying, "That's poker."
But here's the amazing thing about the tourney (besides me reversing a recent string of bad luck, final tabling and finishing 6th for a nice cash payout when my pocket fives ran into Ac-Jd and the board came up Kd-4s-8h-Kh and, purely for the hell of it, 8d at the river to make two pair with top kicker against Our Hero) - The Hammer was utterly dominant. It was more dominant than A-J, a hand that took out at least two people (myself included). The Hammer induced folds, gave the big blinds walks and resulted in this little beauty here:
$5 + $0.50 Tournament (4828390), Table 3 - 800/1600 Ante 200 - No Limit Hold'em - 7:05:31 ET - 2006/06/28
Seat 2: IZZY412 (18,448)
Seat 3: BiggES77 (49,220)
Seat 5: preacher76 (39,580)
Seat 6: puckett101 (17,615)
Seat 7: PostModernBoy (21,266)
Seat 8: LaParka (47,371)
IZZY412 antes 200
BiggES77 antes 200
preacher76 antes 200
puckett101 antes 200
PostModernBoy antes 200
LaParka antes 200
PostModernBoy posts the small blind of 800
LaParka posts the big blind of 1,600
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to puckett101 [6c 3h]
IZZY412 folds
BiggES77 calls 1,600
preacher76 folds
puckett101 folds
PostModernBoy calls 800
LaParka checks
*** FLOP *** [8d 6d 4d]
PostModernBoy checks
LaParka checks
BiggES77 checks
*** TURN *** [8d 6d 4d] [4s]
PostModernBoy bets 3,200
LaParka calls 3,200
BiggES77 folds
*** RIVER *** [8d 6d 4d 4s] [5h]
PostModernBoy checks
LaParka checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
PostModernBoy shows [2d Ac] (a pair of Fours)
LaParka shows [7d 2h] (a straight, Eight high)
LaParka wins the pot (12,400) with a straight, Eight high
Players pushed all-in with it pre-flop and showed after they folded - for a while, it felt like a WWDN tourney. It was utterly beautiful.
One hand in particular got me thinking though. We all know about outs, but what about the opposite of outs? I'm thinking of this, not to get all meta on you here, as poker's equivalent of dark matter - the cards that can hit that are utterly meaningless to either player and yet decide the contest. Here's the hand that got me thinking:
$5 + $0.50 Tournament (4828390), Table 15 - 40/80 - No Limit Hold'em - 4:45:13 ET - 2006/06/28
Seat 1: puckett101 (6,575)
Seat 3: crazi_ivan (3,570)
Seat 4: Dwill13 (1,870)
Seat 5: veritaslost (5,935)
Seat 6: pod300 (1,515)
Seat 7: francys (4,325)
Seat 8: PostModernBoy (3,875)
Seat 9: BBC111 (4,635)
BBC111 posts the small blind of 40
puckett101 posts the big blind of 80
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to puckett101 [Ah Qh]
crazi_ivan calls 80
Dwill13 folds
veritaslost folds
pod300 calls 80
francys calls 80
PostModernBoy calls 80
BBC111 calls 40
puckett101 raises to 480
crazi_ivan calls 400
pod300 calls 400
francys calls 400
PostModernBoy folds
BBC111 folds
*** FLOP *** [7c 5c 4c]
puckett101 bets 2,080
crazi_ivan folds
pod300 calls 1,035, and is all in
francys folds
puckett101 shows [Ah Qh]
pod300 shows [Ac 8h]
Uncalled bet of 1,045 returned to puckett101
*** TURN *** [7c 5c 4c] [2d]
*** RIVER *** [7c 5c 4c 2d] [9h]
puckett101 shows Ace Queen high
pod300 shows Ace Nine high
puckett101 wins the pot (4,150) with Ace Queen high
I'm chip leader, I bet big before the flop because I'm tired of limpers. Amazingly, three people called a 6x blind bet pre-flop with blinds of $40/$80. I was stunned. The flop was bloody ugly - all clubs and low cards, me with nothing. So what do you do as a chip leader with a possible flush on the board and nothing but two overs? That's right! BET THE POT! It should be a game show, like Press Your Luck - have little poker whammies dancing around - we could call them suckies for suck outs.
At any rate, I had one caller - Ac-8h. Nut flush draw. Gutshot straight draw. Any 6, 8 or club makes their hand. Crap. 15 outs. That's 54% to make the hand before the turn. 35% after the turn.
As I was sitting there hoping for blanks, it occurred to me that:
1. 18 cards had bean dealt, all but four of which had been discarded.
2. Three cards had been dealt on the flop with one burned.
That means 30 cards remained in the deck with 15 possible outs (and people grousing about how the 9 they threw away woulda won the pot, dammit!). What about my outs? Any card that isn't a club, 8 or 6. I don't need a queen or an ace - I just need blanks ... poker dark matter, if you will. I need the absence of meaningful cards, the absence of poker stuff, if that makes sense.
So are those also outs? Or are they something different? And do we count / consider those in the same way? We certainly don't seem to consider them unless we're watching tournament poker and someone is praying for their tournament life that only blanks hit the board, but - when we're counting outs - maybe we also need to start thinking of the inverse of outs - not cards that will make our hand, but cards that will nullify or negate the impact of our opponent's hand.
Posted by puckett at 12:41 PM | Comments (0)
June 09, 2006
Satan > The Hammer??
It appears so, as my 666 turns into a full house on the turn to completely suck out on shadowtwin's hammer!
PokerStars Game #5176748509: Tournament #25651640, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level XI (600/1200) - 2006/06/06 - 23:24:05 (ET)
Table '25651640 8' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: ricoM (17566 in chips)
Seat 2: heffmike (15969 in chips)
Seat 3: kaellinn18 (11026 in chips)
Seat 6: shadowtwin (7813 in chips)
Seat 8: Wil Wheaton (16721 in chips)
Seat 9: Mungo36 (34405 in chips)
ricoM: posts the ante 75
heffmike: posts the ante 75
kaellinn18: posts the ante 75
shadowtwin: posts the ante 75
Wil Wheaton: posts the ante 75
Mungo36: posts the ante 75
heffmike: posts small blind 600
kaellinn18: posts big blind 1200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
shadowtwin: calls 1200
Mungo36 said, "can't show all the time"
Wil Wheaton: folds
Mungo36: folds
ricoM: raises 1200 to 2400
heffmike: folds
kaellinn18: raises 8551 to 10951 and is all-in
shadowtwin: calls 6538 and is all-in
ricoM: folds
shadowtwin said, "now I just have to"
Wil Wheaton said, "HAMMER!"
*** FLOP *** [6h Kc 5d]
kaellinn18 said, "oh god"
Wil Wheaton said, "YES!"
Mungo36 said, "hammer"
shadowtwin said, "ouch"
*** TURN *** [6h Kc 5d] [Ks]
kaellinn18 said, "whew"
*** RIVER *** [6h Kc 5d Ks] [2d]
kaellinn18 said, "I sucked out hard"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
kaellinn18: shows [6c 6d] (a full house, Sixes full of Kings)
shadowtwin: shows [7d 2h] (two pair, Kings and Deuces)
kaellinn18 collected 18926 from pot
ricoM said, "nh"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 18926 | Rake 0
Board [6h Kc 5d Ks 2d]
Seat 1: ricoM (button) folded before Flop
Seat 2: heffmike (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: kaellinn18 (big blind) showed [6c 6d] and won (18926) with a full house, Sixes full of Kings
Seat 6: shadowtwin showed [7d 2h] and lost with two pair, Kings and Deuces
Seat 8: Wil Wheaton folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: Mungo36 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Posted by kaellinn18 at 06:18 PM | Comments (1)
June 05, 2006
Since it's been a while ...
I have been paying a lot of attention lately while watching poker - establishing table image, reading when to fold and so forth. I've been working on playing tight, aggressive poker, focusing on premium hands but dropping down to hands that are all face cards. I don't limp anymore. If I'm coming in, I'm raising to 3-3.5x the big blind if I'm the first to raise. If I have a hand that's worth re-raising, I'm betting 3-3.5x the previous raise.
I also muck like it's my job. In this tournament, I hadn't knocked anyone out (at least, not that I remember), but I had decimated two chip stacks when it went to showdown. I had won 10 pots before the flop, a couple after the flop, a couple to folds at the turn and was 100% at showdown. I mucked my small blinds rather than limp in to try to see a flop. I was carefully crafting my table image to be a player who always raised if he was playing and only played if he had premium hands. My track record at the table had already shown that.
With all that in mind, I didn't blink or hesitate to make the following play which was consistent with earlier bets when I won the pot. Sadly, I forgot that I had auto-muck turned on, so I couldn't get a chuckle out of it by showing.
$1 + $0.25 Sit & Go (Turbo) (4542079), Table 1 - 200/400 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:28:51 ET - 2006/06/04
Seat 4: puckett101 (3,800)
Seat 5: marlboroman34 (4,720)
Seat 7: thadonger (2,035)
Seat 8: Duffer520 (2,945)
Duffer520 posts the small blind of 200
puckett101 posts the big blind of 400
The button is in seat #7
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to puckett101 [7d 2c]
marlboroman34 folds
thadonger folds
Duffer520 calls 200
puckett101 raises to 1,600
Duffer520 folds
Uncalled bet of 1,200 returned to puckett101
puckett101 mucks
puckett101 wins the pot (800)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 800 | Rake 0
Seat 4: puckett101 (big blind) collected (800), mucked
Seat 5: marlboroman34 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: thadonger (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: Duffer520 (small blind) folded before the Flop
I only lost one hand in that tournament. Sadly, that hand was the one that made me finish second when I pushed with a dominated hand. Table image will only take you so far - it won't get you past a cowboy holding Q-Js if you're holding J-3o. Such is life.
On the other hand, I won money. Any tourney you finish in the black is a good one.
Posted by puckett at 04:19 AM | Comments (0)
May 26, 2006
Teh Ultarmite Celebrity Poker Hammer
So Celebrity Poker Showdown is usually godawful - the only reason to watch, usually, is Phil Gordon's continuous and insightful commentary (I'm convinced he could make the play-by-play of a grass-growing or paint-drying competition fascinating). Heads up came down to Bobby Cannivale and Dennis Rodman with $1/$2k blinds. Bobby was short-stacked and had K-7 off-suit in the pocket and went all-in. Rodman has ... get ready for it ... 7-2 off-suit and called the $2k raise. While Phil was talking about how 7-2 is the worst starting hand in poker, sure enough, a deuce drops at the turn, giving the win to the Worm.
Phear teh 1337n355 ov teh h4mm3r!!!
Posted by puckett at 06:42 PM | Comments (0)
February 11, 2006
Stop... Hammer Time!
I haven't posted one of these in a while. I dropped this one in a $5 SNG.
PokerStars Game #3935929602: Tournament #19558043, Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2006/02/11 - 12:46:09 (ET)
Table '19558043 1' Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: Fatih_24 (1500 in chips)
Seat 2: Petedv (1470 in chips)
Seat 4: janesvillejo (1524 in chips)
Seat 5: kaellinn18 (1406 in chips)
Seat 6: odieag (1780 in chips)
Seat 7: Lightsout242 (1260 in chips)
Seat 8: wattyler (1500 in chips)
Seat 9: CALIMEXI1 (3060 in chips)
Lightsout242: posts small blind 10
wattyler: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to kaellinn18 [7h 2d]
CALIMEXI1: folds
Fatih_24: folds
Petedv: calls 20
janesvillejo: calls 20
kaellinn18: raises 130 to 150
odieag: folds
Lightsout242: folds
wattyler: folds
Petedv: folds
janesvillejo: folds
kaellinn18 collected 90 from pot
kaellinn18: shows [7h 2d] (high card Seven)
Posted by kaellinn18 at 05:45 PM | Comments (0)
January 17, 2006
Suited Hammer bluff
Another hand sent in by iamhoff from the same tourney as the earlier post :
*********** # 127 **************
PokerStars Game #3619384637: Tournament #17962546, Hold'em No Limit -
Level VIII (200/400) - 2006/01/13 - 00:00:12 (ET)
Table '17962546 1' Seat #4 is the button
Seat 4: iamhoff (6360 in chips)
Seat 7: Curtis18 (7140 in chips)
iamhoff: posts the ante 25
Curtis18: posts the ante 25
iamhoff: posts small blind 200
Curtis18: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to iamhoff [7s 2s]
iamhoff said, "love those junk flops. nh"
iamhoff: raises 400 to 800
Curtis18: folds
iamhoff collected 850 from pot
iamhoff: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 850 | Rake 0
Seat 4: iamhoff (button) (small blind) collected (850)
Seat 7: Curtis18 (big blind) folded before Flop
Posted by terry at 06:41 AM | Comments (2)
December 27, 2005
First post-Christmas hammer
PokerStars Game #3444192311: Tournament #17087375, Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2005/12/26 - 20:23:57 (ET)
Table '17087375 1' Seat #7 is the button
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to terrymr [2d 7c]
*** RIVER *** [7s Jc 6s Ad] [Ac]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Aikzilla: shows [8d Tc] (a pair of Aces)
terrymr: shows [2d 7c] (two pair, Aces and Sevens)
terrymr collected 885 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 885 | Rake 0
Board [7s Jc 6s Ad Ac]
Seat 1: xxsueannxx folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Mantaray folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: TK75 folded on the Flop
Seat 4: DallasBrooks folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Aikzilla showed [8d Tc] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 6: brad96z28 folded on the Flop
Seat 7: terrymr (button) showed [2d 7c] and won (885) with two pair, Aces and Sevens
Seat 8: CINDZZ (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 10: Biggerpeel (big blind) folded on the River
Posted by terry at 01:22 AM | Comments (0)
December 17, 2005
Amazing.
PokerStars Game #3353474844: Tournament #16586669, Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2005/12/16 - 22:20:55 (ET)
Seat 1: Line_7 (1680 in chips)
Seat 2: oncelost54 (1425 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 3: isuguy (1300 in chips)
Seat 4: hippie43 (665 in chips)
Seat 5: puckett101 (4095 in chips)
Seat 6: leaguemvp (190 in chips)
Seat 7: adairtexas (1580 in chips)
Seat 8: BallinDanK (1110 in chips)
Seat 9: cooknott (1445 in chips)
isuguy: posts small blind 15
hippie43: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to puckett101 [Ad As]
hippie43 said, "gh"
puckett101: calls 30
leaguemvp: folds
adairtexas: calls 30
BallinDanK: folds
cooknott: folds
Line_7: folds
oncelost54: folds
isuguy: calls 15
puckett101 said, "ty"
hippie43: checks
*** FLOP *** [Kd 7d 8d]
isuguy: checks
hippie43: checks
puckett101: bets 90
adairtexas: calls 90
isuguy: folds
hippie43: folds
*** TURN *** [Kd 7d 8d] [8s]
puckett101: bets 180
adairtexas: calls 180
*** RIVER *** [Kd 7d 8d 8s] [7h]
puckett101: bets 500
adairtexas: raises 780 to 1280 and is all-in
puckett101: calls 780
*** SHOW DOWN ***
adairtexas: shows [2d 7c] (a full house, Sevens full of Eights)
puckett101: shows [Ad As] (two pair, Aces and Eights)
adairtexas collected 3220 from pot
puckett101 said, "HAMMER!"
Posted by puckett at 03:18 AM | Comments (1)
Where is my Hammer?
It has been two or three days since my last Hammer - plenty of 7-2, 8-3, 6-3 and other off-suit action, but no Hammer. I had a 7-2 of hearts but, as we all know, suitedness might inadvertently win you a pot. We can't have that now, can we?
Posted by puckett at 02:35 AM | Comments (0)
December 13, 2005
Forged By Thor Himself
The girl I was up against had been pushing her chips around, so I decided to bully back.
PokerStars Game #3325096031: Tournament #16468410, Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2005/12/13 - 18:39:15 (ET)
Table '16468410 1' Seat #6 is the button
Seat 2: ESOBABY (3867 in chips)
Seat 3: sleepy7475 (1270 in chips)
Seat 4: slu79 (3340 in chips)
Seat 5: kaellinn18 (2145 in chips)
Seat 6: JK007 (1240 in chips)
Seat 9: thripe (1638 in chips)
thripe: posts small blind 25
ESOBABY: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to kaellinn18 [2s 7h]
sleepy7475: folds
slu79: folds
kaellinn18: raises 150 to 200
JK007: folds
thripe: folds
ESOBABY: calls 150
*** FLOP *** [9d 8d 2d]
ESOBABY: checks
kaellinn18: bets 300
ESOBABY: folds
kaellinn18 collected 425 from pot
kaellinn18: shows [2s 7h] (a pair of Deuces)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 425 | Rake 0
Board [9d 8d 2d]
Seat 2: ESOBABY (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 3: sleepy7475 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: slu79 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: kaellinn18 collected (425)
Seat 6: JK007 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: thripe (small blind) folded before Flop
Posted by kaellinn18 at 11:37 PM | Comments (0)
Playing The Hammer when it counts ...
PokerStars Game #3318926418: Tournament #16430769, Hold'em No Limit - Level XII (1000/2000) - 2005/12/12 - 23:17:53 (ET)
Seat 5: puckett101 (29883 in chips)
Seat 7: smjacb (37617 in chips)
puckett101: posts the ante 100
smjacb: posts the ante 100
puckett101: posts small blind 1000
smjacb: posts big blind 2000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to puckett101 [7s 2d]
smjacb said, "now my hands stink"
puckett101: raises 27783 to 29783 and is all-in
smjacb said, "same"
smjacb: calls 27783
smjacb said, "lol"
*** FLOP *** [Jh Qc Ad]
puckett101 said, "the HAMMER!"
*** TURN *** [Jh Qc Ad] [9h]
smjacb said, "loses ;)"
puckett101 said, "gg :)"
*** RIVER *** [Jh Qc Ad 9h] [Th]
smjacb said, "tc"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
smjacb: shows [8d Ac] (a straight, Eight to Queen)
puckett101: shows [7s 2d] (high card Ace)
smjacb collected 59766 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 59766 | Rake 0
Board [Jh Qc Ad 9h Th]
Seat 5: puckett101 (button) (small blind) showed [7s 2d] and lost with high card Ace
Seat 7: smjacb (big blind) showed [8d Ac] and won (59766) with a straight, Eight to Queen
Posted by puckett at 04:14 AM | Comments (0)
December 12, 2005
The divine hammer ...
This really should also go under suck outs ...
PokerStars Game #3308227521: Tournament #16383757, Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2005/12/11 - 20:39:15 (ET)
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to puckett101 [2d 7s]
The Mop: calls 20
puckett101: raises 120 to 140
jb1033: calls 140
007Beno: folds
nick001: folds
cobray: folds
jordan325: folds
fisherlady55: folds
Flomethod: calls 120
The Mop: calls 120
*** FLOP *** [4c Kd 5h]
Flomethod: checks
The Mop: bets 80
puckett101: raises 1080 to 1160 and is all-in
jb1033: folds
Flomethod: folds
The Mop: calls 1080
puckett101 said, "grin"
*** TURN *** [4c Kd 5h] [6c]
*** RIVER *** [4c Kd 5h 6c] [8s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
The Mop: shows [Kh Qh] (a pair of Kings)
puckett101: shows [2d 7s] (a straight, Four to Eight)
puckett101 said, "rofl"
puckett101 collected 2890 from pot
Flomethod said, "ugh."
Ladies, gentlemen - that's how you play the hammer. Welcome to the river - come on it, the water's great.
Addendum: That hand in the very early stages won the entire tournament for me. It doubled me up and made me chip leader which allowed me to bet harder and recover from calls quicker. I went on to win the whole thing with a full house after calling a short-stack all-in with 9-7 off-suit and flopping two pair, then catching a 3rd 9 at the turn. Let this be a lesson - don't fear the reaper. Fear the hammer.
Posted by puckett at 01:38 AM | Comments (0)
December 11, 2005
Guess what ?
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to terrymr [2c 7s]
terrymr: raises 200 to 300
bobmarleyja: folds
illness627: folds
Toke71: folds
Mervelous: folds
dude69ing: folds
Lucky_Jenny: folds
terrymr collected 250 from pot
terrymr: shows [2c 7s] (high card Seven)
I finished this SNG in 2nd place believe it or not.
Posted by terry at 06:22 AM | Comments (0)
December 10, 2005
Here's one
PokerStars Game #3290824421: Tournament #16292404, Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2005/12/10 - 00:31:22 (ET)
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to terrymr [6h 8c]
terrymr said, "not really"
puckett101 said, "rofl"
kaellinn18: raises 200 to 250
Delver: folds
CubFanInIowa: folds
terrymr: folds
kakahand: folds
kaellinn18 collected 125 from pot
kaellinn18: shows [2d 7c] (high card Seven)
Posted by terry at 05:30 AM | Comments (0)