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The duo are back

Well, the Sng god is back from Thailand and shared his experiences with me. Been a while since we last met up, went for a game at Andy's place, was rather interesting as we playing 7 handed, as we usually go to a full ring game. The host, Andy, was very gracious, providing loads of drinks on the house and not asking for any contributions at all. It's a very cosy setting, a table that can comfortably sit 7-8 people, has a green blanket which is really like felt, shall ask him where he bought it. Thought there's no aircon, there's 3 fans blowing at us so no problem there.

So we played 1/2 blinds for the night, played about 4hours only, but boy was there action. Andy's friend came slightly later, so we started off 6 handed, loads of preflop stealing, with Jason being a total irritant always stealing my blinds as he sat to my left. Let me go through one of the major pots i played.

I was UTG, i limped in, Jason folded, Danny folded, Aggro raised to 10, Andy called, SB, BB and I called.
I had TcTd.
Flop, 368, all hearts.
SB check
BB check
I check
Aggro check
Andy bets 75
SB and BB folds
Bao Ying folds out of turn while i was thinking.
I had about 335 left in front of me, Andy had about 370
Well, with a bet of 75, i was certain he didn't have a flush, so i pushed it all-in.
I was right, he showed 36, and thought about it for like 15mins before decidng to fold.
That 15mins seemed like the whole night to me man LOL.

Last hand of the night,
I was in the on the button, called Aggro's raise to 12 and was heads up.
I had JQo
Flop 3dTdks
Aggro bets 50
I call

Turn Jh
Aggro bets 100
I call

River Th
Aggro goes all-in for 160
I fold

Felt he was on a flush draw, but that all-in at the end kinda gave it away or i would've called. He repeated all-in 3 times (LOL) think he thought i didn't hear him or something but he was really confident so i figured he at least had a T at the end. After the game he revealed that he had a full house, T3. Well, at least Jason and I ended the night in the green. Of course Jason went on to nag that its so -EV to play live for him and felt that it was rather boring. Who can blame him right?

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The next day, Andy invited us to go back for another session, as expected Jason felt that it was -EV for him to only play one table at a time let alone to see this whole cards once every 10mins and stayed home to grind. So i went alone with CW and Daniel, my dear neighborhood mates whom I have met recently and have built quite a nice friendship with.

It was 6 handed, same guys -Jason, same blinds.
Let me share some memorable hands.

Hole cards AcKd

I was UTG, raised to 8
Daniel folds
Bao Ying calls
Dealer, Danny calls
SB, Andy folds
BB, CW raises to 32
I call
Bao Ying and Danny folds

Flop 9hJh4c
CW bets 50
I gave it a nice thought.
He had only 110 left.
But i was pretty sure he was holding the way hand or was drawing for a flush.
But i felt he was rather committed and might have called if he was on a draw.
Being the donkey I am, I gathered up the couraged and went all-in for about 160 more.
CW folded.
Whew :)



Another memoriable hand
I limped UTG with JdJh.
Bao Ying raised to 12
Andy calls
I raised to 42
Bao Ying moves all-in for about another 120 more.
Andy thinks for a while with his 33 and folds.
I only had about 90 left and called.

Bao Ying shows 9d9c
Flop was TcQc7s
Turn Jc (Boy was i sweating as the table counted his outs)
River 6s
Whew~



And let me end offf this post with this hand.
I was UTG, raised to 8 with 2c3c
Bao ying raises to 28
folded to me and I called.

Flop 4d5dKs
I bet 40
Bao Ying raises to 90
I move all-in
Bao Ying calls for another 107
Pot was 453 in total.
He asked if I wanted to make a deal
So we turned over our hands
He showed QhKc
I flipped over my 2c3c
I let he let him decide how many times he wanted to run it and so we ran it twice.

Turn number 1, As
River number 1, 9c
:)

Turn number 2, 8d
River number 2, Ac
SHIP IT~
:D

Bringing Degeneracy to Thailand

Alright I would be in Thailand for the month of April, rooming with other online players, do keep a lookout at my blog for more updates.

Cash Game @ Jon's

So its my first live game after over 3 weeks and as usual i arrive late at the game, with only 2 hours of play left, which i wasted another hour catching up with some old schoolmates who were there catching a soccer match. Table was rather fun, alot of talking and mostly limped pots. Well, I'm not making fun or anything about my opponent, but this was really the main highlight of the night..

I was dealt AJ on the button, raised it to $8 got one caller.
Flop comes A58, he checks, I bet out for $15, he calls.
Turn comes T, he checks again, I bet $20, he calls.
River's another A, he checks once again, I took a long time before going all-in for anoher $50~ and he calls almost instantly.
He turns over A4 to my delight, but as i was about to collect the chips...
"Isn't it a split pot? You mean the kicker counts?! OMG, i didn't know the kicker plays! Oh man, I really didn't know... Oh man, I'm so sad..."

Well, i felt really bad, honestly! I mean if he really didnt know that the kicker does play then i would be like cheating him right...? Well, but someone made this comment, "Well, you pay to learn the game." And that made me feel much better taking the reamaining chips left in front of him. :)

Another highlight of the game was me wearing this visor, which i could adjust it into a position that could cover my entire face. I looked like a weird power ranger, I'll try to get a picture of myself some time soon. Ok till next time people, have fun and good luck at the tables!

Fools @ Work

So after some supper, consisiting of a pizza, pasta, beer and oddly coffee as well, we decided to hail a cab and get back to the tables. So here's how it looked like at our workstation.

So we're grinding on ft, i'm on the laptop doing 6 tables while Jason's on the desktop doing 12 tables. EPT Copenhagen was going on live, and boy it was horrible, heads up action between Timothy Vance and Soren Jensen, it was worse then having your nails pulled out.
Yeah, it was that horrible. Well, anyone have a good keyboard to recommend? We're gonna hope the EPT ends soon. OMG man. Even the commentators wanna kill themselves its such a torture.

Interesting Form of Communications Between the 2 Big Fools

Who do you think is the more retarded one?

This is How You Pawn People at Omaha

Full Tilt Poker Game #5275619193: Table Vivid (6 max) - $1/$2 - $80 Cap Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 7:08:59 ET - 2008/02/16
Seat 1: Barbie02 ($314.70)
Seat 3: HARRISIMOSO ($371.30)
Seat 4: 3-2-1BuStO ($1,121.40)
Seat 5: ERBARME ($1,000)
Seat 6: Hero ($207.80)
Barbie02 posts the small blind of $1
HARRISIMOSO posts the big blind of $2
5 seconds left to act
ERBARME posts $2
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Js 7c 7h Ks]
jps-dk001 sits down
jps-dk001 adds $160
3-2-1BuStO has 15 seconds left to act
3-2-1BuStO folds
ERBARME checks
Hero calls $2
Barbie02 calls $1
HARRISIMOSO raises to $10
ERBARME calls $8
Hero calls $8
Barbie02 calls $8
*** FLOP *** [Th 7d 6d]
Barbie02 checks
HARRISIMOSO bets $40
ERBARME raises to $70, and is capped
Hero calls $70, and is capped
Barbie02 calls $70, and is capped
HARRISIMOSO calls $30, and is capped
ERBARME shows [5h 6h 6c Jc]
Hero shows [Js 7c 7h Ks]
Barbie02 shows [5d 3d As 4s]
HARRISIMOSO shows [9c Ad Ah Td]
*** TURN *** [Th 7d 6d] [7s]
*** RIVER *** [Th 7d 6d 7s] [Qh]
ERBARME shows a full house, Sixes full of Sevens
Hero shows four of a kind, Sevens
Barbie02 shows a pair of Sevens
HARRISIMOSO shows two pair, Aces and Sevens
Hero wins the pot ($317) with four of a kind, Sevens
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $320 | Rake $3
Board: [Th 7d 6d 7s Qh]
Seat 1: Barbie02 (small blind) showed [5d 3d As 4s] and lost with a pair of Sevens
Seat 3: HARRISIMOSO (big blind) showed [9c Ad Ah Td] and lost with two pair, Aces and Sevens
Seat 4: 3-2-1BuStO didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: ERBARME showed [5h 6h 6c Jc] and lost with a full house, Sixes full of Sevens
Seat 6: Hero (button) showed [Js 7c 7h Ks] and won ($317) with four of a kind, Sevens

Ship It Baby!!!!!