Bonus Whorring Hand...one for the ages

[$DEADSEXE$]

***** Hand History for Game 817690942 *****
2/4 TexasHTGameTable (Limit) - Thu Aug 05 22:55:57 EDT 2004
Table Table 12963 (Real Money) -- Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: RozeDoze ( $100)
Seat 2: bbnickster ( $28)
Seat 3: johnnyO819 ( $50)
Seat 4: erichansen ( $287)
Seat 5: LA_MAVERICK ( $135.25)
Seat 6: boshman ( $96)
Seat 7: Cinsue ( $51)
Seat 8: brazz ( $162.50)
Seat 9: Suceeee ( $179)
Seat 10: PennyLane26 ( $48)
LA_MAVERICK posts small blind (1)
boshman posts big blind (2)
Cinsue posts big blind (2)
RozeDoze posts big blind (2)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to LA_MAVERICK [ 2d, 5s ]
Cinsue checks.
brazz folds.
Suceeee calls (2)
PennyLane26 raises (4) to 4
RozeDoze calls (2)
bbnickster calls (4)
johnnyO819 calls (4)
erichansen calls (4)
LA_MAVERICK calls (3)
boshman calls (2)
Cinsue folds.
Suceeee calls (2)

** Dealing Flop ** : [ 4c, Qd, 3h ]

LA_MAVERICK checks.
boshman checks.
Suceeee checks.
PennyLane26 bets (2)
RozeDoze folds.
bbnickster raises (4) to 4
johnnyO819 folds.
erichansen calls (4)
LA_MAVERICK calls (4)
boshman calls (4)
Suceeee calls (4)
PennyLane26 calls (2)

** Dealing Turn ** : [ As ]

LA_MAVERICK checks.
boshman bets (4)
Suceeee calls (4)
PennyLane26 calls (4)
bbnickster calls (4)
erichansen folds.
LA_MAVERICK raises (8) to 8
boshman calls (4)
Suceeee calls (4)
PennyLane26 calls (4)
bbnickster calls (4)

** Dealing River ** : [ 9h ]
LA_MAVERICK bets (4)
boshman calls (4)
Suceeee calls (4)
PennyLane26 calls (4)
bbnickster raises (8) to 8
LA_MAVERICK raises (8) to 12
boshman calls (8)
johnnyO819: 2 5
Suceeee folds.
PennyLane26 calls (8)
bbnickster calls (4)
bbnickster is all-In.
Creating Main Pot with $147 with bbnickster
** Summary **
Main Pot: $147 | | Rake: $3
Board: [ 4c Qd 3h As 9h ]

LA_MAVERICK wins $147, net +$119 [ 2d 5s ]
[ a straight, ace to five -- As,5s,4c,3h,2d ]

[Thythe]

there's nothing notable about this hand except that your terrible.

[$DEADSEXE$]

lol only a moron wouldnt play this...costs me $4 and if I hit the flop I could snare over $100.

[$DEADSEXE$]

Scratch that..was in the SB...it only cost me $3.
Pot was over $30.

This was God giving me a little love since I'de spent the last 3 hours playing 4 $1/$2 limit rooms slowly losing my mind trying to eek out my 2500 raked hands and collect my $500 bonus.

thanks God..

[jfresh]

are you kidding or serious? I would've clicked the fold in turn button as soon as those cards were dealt to me. How in the world do you know that the pot was gonna be $100? And if you play 25o with that theory, what cards DON'T you play?

[pudley4]

Bet the flop.

You're not good.

[kiemo]

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lol only a moron wouldnt play this...

[/ QUOTE ]

Guess I'm a moron.

[Cry Me A River]

52o wins 6.8% of the time against 8 opponents (there was one fold before his action). That's a little better than a 14:1 dog. The pot's $27 with $3 to call for 9:1 pot odds which isn't close. But, with at least five and up to seven other players seeing the flop (assuming no more raises) his implied odds are pretty huge, at least if they're bad players (calling stations will do nicely).

So, while not for the faint of heart and a high variance play, it's certainly justifiable.

I think someone named Ed Miller might have written a book about this sort of thing...

[$DEADSEXE$]

This isn't a normal play..remember I'm bonus whoring trying to burn threw 2500 hands before like the 25th of august..
I never play $1/$2 limit holdem, or limit holdem for that matter...strickly Tourney's and NL.

Almost every person at the table were calling stations.

Just thought it was funny that I hit basically the jackpot and win over $100 on a hand like that.

Took exception to Thayle or whatever his name is.

Would I ever normal play 2/5o...hell no except if I was in the BB and there were no raises. Plus I'm playing 4 tables..mainly wired pairs and the occasionally suited connector if the pot is big...trying to accum my 2500! raked hands so I can collect the $500 bonus.

The only idiots were the guys re-raising me wafter the turn etc.
Someone actually wrote in the chat..."he's got 2/5" and the guy still raised me lol.

Anyways..only 750 more hands to go..

[Zetack]

[ QUOTE ]
This isn't a normal play..remember I'm bonus whoring trying to burn threw 2500 hands before like the 25th of august..
I never play $1/$2 limit holdem, or limit holdem for that matter...strickly Tourney's and NL.

Almost every person at the table were calling stations.

Just thought it was funny that I hit basically the jackpot and win over $100 on a hand like that.

Took exception to Thayle or whatever his name is.

Would I ever normal play 2/5o...hell no except if I was in the BB and there were no raises. Plus I'm playing 4 tables..mainly wired pairs and the occasionally suited connector if the pot is big...trying to accum my 2500! raked hands so I can collect the $500 bonus.

The only idiots were the guys re-raising me wafter the turn etc.
Someone actually wrote in the chat..."he's got 2/5" and the guy still raised me lol.

Anyways..only 750 more hands to go..

[/ QUOTE ]

Sure, but you can "play" a hand by folding it you know.

--Zetack

[Thythe]

Yeah you don't have to call to have "played" the hand. All you have to do is be dealt cards.

[cthomer5000]

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Would I ever normal play 2/5o...hell no except if I was in the BB and there were no raises.

[/ QUOTE ]

You were in the small blind and there WAS a raise.

[$DEADSEXE$]

Are you sure the hand counts towards my 2500 if i don't put any money in the pot?

Pokerstars which i mainly play on requires you to be in the hand..money wise.
Is empire different

[moondogg]

[ QUOTE ]
Are you sure the hand counts towards my 2500 if i don't put any money in the pot?

Pokerstars which i mainly play on requires you to be in the hand..money wise.
Is empire different

[/ QUOTE ]

That's news to me about PokerStars. Did they recently change the rules?

[CountDuckula]

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are you kidding or serious? I would've clicked the fold in turn button as soon as those cards were dealt to me. How in the world do you know that the pot was gonna be $100? And if you play 25o with that theory, what cards DON'T you play?

[/ QUOTE ]

Heh.... I was on a table a couple of weeks ago, and someone piped up, "u should NEVER fold before the flop!" I asked him, "Even if you have 72o?" His reply: "yeah - u wulda had 3 7s!" (referring to the hand that had just completed).

It amazes me that people think that way! /images/graemlins/smile.gif I know I often play looser than is good for me (I'm working on it!), particularly if I'm tilting after some clown has hit his 1-outer on the river after weathering 3-bets and caps on every street, but I wouldn't touch a hand like that with a 39 1/2 foot pole! /images/graemlins/wink.gif

-Mike

[Alobar]

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Are you sure the hand counts towards my 2500 if i don't put any money in the pot?

Pokerstars which i mainly play on requires you to be in the hand..money wise.
Is empire different

[/ QUOTE ]

As far as I know, The Gaming Club is the only site retarded enough to have it where you have to put money in the pot to count as a raked haned. Empire DEFINATELY does not do this

[Thythe]

Yeah Empire and PokerStars both do not make you actually put money in the pot. Various Prima skins including The Gaming Club do, but that's pretty much it.

[Homer]

[ QUOTE ]
52o wins 6.8% of the time against 8 opponents (there was one fold before his action). That's a little better than a 14:1 dog. The pot's $27 with $3 to call for 9:1 pot odds which isn't close. But, with at least five and up to seven other players seeing the flop (assuming no more raises) his implied odds are pretty huge, at least if they're bad players (calling stations will do nicely).

So, while not for the faint of heart and a high variance play, it's certainly justifiable.

I think someone named Ed Miller might have written a book about this sort of thing...

[/ QUOTE ]

This is a joke, correct?

If not, I can tell you why your logic is faulty.

-- Homer

[Alobar]

Don't tap the glass /images/graemlins/wink.gif

[corn_dogg]

Gotta play 2500 hands to get the bonus....empire must love you. Playing that crap is a good way to break even on a $500 bonus or even lose money. Don't ever play that garbage again and post it. /images/graemlins/cool.gif

[Zetack]

[ QUOTE ]
Are you sure the hand counts towards my 2500 if i don't put any money in the pot?

Pokerstars which i mainly play on requires you to be in the hand..money wise.
Is empire different

[/ QUOTE ]

This absolutely incorrect. Stars does not require you to put money in the hand, they require you to play in the hand which means being dealt your two hole cards. If you sit out you don't get a FPP...but if your dealt in and the pot is the right size you do--even if you fold before the flop.

And I just cleared a bonus with Party and they don't require you to put money in the hand either. Took me about 1000-1100 hands to clear 700 raked hands. I can guarranty you I wasn't seeing around 70 percent of the flops.

--Zetack