KCL is so easy...

Eh, Run it Four Times...in PLO

0.3% chance.

Jockey Club - 1 BR

"Skills, get 'em"

I just love this response to a 2+2 post about the bankroll needed for 1/2 NL.


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Re: how big a roll do most $1-2 NL players in vegas have to work with??
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You should be able to weather a 20-50 buy in downswing, but I've never seen it live. If you are stressing, its because you cant beat a 1-2 game and they dont offer less.

P.S. last time I went to Vegas I took 2k and forgot my atm card. Came home with 12k and lost 4k to brad booth.....Skills, get em.

Jockey Club

From the sidewalk at Bellagio.

Four-Outed on the River and out of SCOOP

It’s not as bad as it sounds. The raiser here was pretty active so I was comfortable going with AK suited here figuring at worse it was a race and I re-raised enough to tie myself to the hand. I nail the flop, hitting a flush. When the turn paired the board I knew instinctively what was next. In truth, I just lost a race, but it looks much sicker this way, tease.

PokerStars, $125/250 NO Limit Texas Holdem Tournament, 9 Players

Hand Converter by the Pokerhand.org community

Board:

ermidnite (UTG): $22,772

I-SOB (UTG+1): $6,782

BKiCe (MP1): $5,824

doctor_aces (CO): $18,500

JackJoker (Button): $5,570

Raindrops_69 (SB): $15,565

Cloudag88 (BB): $12,827

swigger36160 (MP2): $11,131

xThomasBB (MP4): $3,669

 

Dealt to: JackJoker

Pre-flop:

(4 folds)
BKiCe raises to $600
(1 folds)
JackJoker raises to $2,500
(2 folds)
BKiCe raises to $5,794 and is all-in
JackJoker calls $3,040 and is all-in
BKiCe returns $254

Flop:($11,455) (2 Players)

Turn: ($11,455) (2 Players)

River: ($11,455) (2 Players)

Results:

BKiCe Showed

JackJoker Showed

BKiCe wins $11,725

Scoop Main Even First Hour

I flopped two sets in the first hour and am even with 9,980 chips. I haven’t slow-played anything and it’s cost me action, but giving cards in tournaments can lead to an early exit when tied to a hand (which was the case both times I had sets – no way I’m folding to any action).

I dropped 1k on the second hand. Seven-handed, blind-vs-blind steal from the SB and I have 9s in the BB. I re-raise and he flats and checks and ace-high flop. I c-bet it, he called and I shut down when he checked the turn. He made a stiff river bet and I folded. I was hitting the “commitment threshold” if I bet the turn and I wasn’t going to go out with 9s so I just gave it up.

The numbers are amazing:
18,747 entrants
16,031 remaining. That’s almost 15% gone in an hour.
$1.87 mm prize pool.

They’re paying almost 17% and first gets only 10% which I think is stupid, even though I have no plans to be first.

H00dster is right about at the average stack at this point which is 11,600.

Satellite to SCOOP Main Event

Last night I satellited into the small Main Event. When it was down to about 15 players there was a huge stack who raised every hand. I got disconnected during a break and after missing a few hands got on just in time to see aces to his raise to put me all-in. Um, call. I was lucky on seats - I was right behind him when it was two tables and at the final table (with eight seats up for grabs) I was two seats behind him. I only called him twice, once with aces and once with AK, and won both times.

I had nothing to do with this hand but it just entertained me. This is about as loose a call as you will ever see - it's not as if the re-raiser didn't have enough chips to make a serious raise. Big Stack isn't even getting 1.5-to-1 on his call. Those are really bad odds to call with when you're a 7-to-1 dog...

PokerStars, $400/800 NO Limit Texas Holdem Tournament, 9 Players

Hand Converter by the Pokerhand.org community

Board:

Grey Poopon (CO): $31,046

koolkat25 (Button): $32,396

GOOPAGE2000 (SB): $34,740

gabe2323 (BB): $16,459

raghu422 (UTG): $17,021

jas0501 (UTG+1): $24,678

yb mrdealm (MP1): $99,000

thejeanious (MP2): $12,556

JackJoker (MP4): $30,104

 

Dealt to: JackJoker

Pre-flop:

(2 folds), yb mrdealm raises to $4,000, (2 folds), Grey Poopon raises to $30,946 and is all-in, (3 folds), yb mrdealm calls $26,946,

Flop:($63,092) (2 Players)

Turn: ($63,092) (2 Players)

River: ($63,092) (2 Players)

Results:

yb mrdealm Showed

Grey Poopon Showed

Grey Poopon wins $63,992

SHUTE

Shortest Heads-Up Tourney Ever.

Literally the FIRST hand of the SNG.

PokerStars, $10/20 NO Limit Texas Holdem Tournament, 2 Players

Hand Converter by the Pokerhand.org community

Board:

eveliene (Button): $1,500

JackJoker (BB): $1,500

 

Dealt to: JackJoker

Pre-flop:

eveliene raises to $60, JackJoker raises to $150, eveliene raises to $1,500 and is all-in, JackJoker calls $1,350 and is all-in,

Flop:($3,030) (2 Players)

Turn: ($3,030) (2 Players)

River: ($3,030) (2 Players)

Results:

JackJoker Showed

eveliene Showed

JackJoker wins $3,000