Open challenge update (screwed a chasing fish!)

Update on my open challenge:


start 7/16/2002, 3:42am, $40, .50-1

end 7/16/2002, 4:27am, $49, .50-1


start 7/17/2002, 9:05pm, $49, .50-1

end 7/17/2002, 9:57pm, $73, .50-1


Latest session had one hand where I raised JJ after 2 limpers in BB, 75o limped on river, called my raise. Flopped J96, turn a 6, and river 8 gave the chaser a straight! ARGG... RIVERED AGAIN! /images/wink.gif Anyways, capped and won a $20 pot. /images/smile.gif


Mike Haven: I've played 2 tables both times. Most of the time, 1 of those tables was shorthanded, which was quite profitable at times. This is within the rules right! /images/smile.gif


- Tony

going well - you should win the challenge in about seven hours at that rate!!


as long as you started with $20 on each table i guess we'll allow it while we're feeling our way into the idea! /images/wink.gif

i took a nasty hit a few days ago and had to go back down to 50-1


stayed evenish for a couple of days, but today my KK met up with an aggressive AJo and a lucky flop of J44, so i'm back up to 1-2 with $87 - $20 less than i had last time i was here


here are brief details of a few of the hands i noted for good or bad reasons:


had KTo UTG+1

folded

flop was KTT

Ace flush won


dealt KK UTG

all folded


dealt 66 in button

centre was AA6 7 9

lost to 77


dealt J9s UTG+1

folded

flop was J95


dealt 52s as BB

centre was ATs6 3 2

rivered a win with 22!


dealt 88 in BB

folded

flop was A85

all folded


dealt KTo in MP

folded

flop was KT3

all folded


dealt AQo in BB

centre was K93 Q

folded

river was Q

KK won


dealt Kd2d in BB

folded

centre was 8d4d3d 4c Td

Ts4s won


dealt T9s in BB

folded

flopped J87


Seat 1: buyside ($37.75 in chips)

Seat 2: matt_11 ($28.75 in chips)

Seat 3: Mike_Haven ($75.25 in chips)

Seat 4: jrennis ($30 in chips)

Seat 6: mattyod ($8 in chips)

Seat 7: Sheike ($15.50 in chips)

Seat 8: Hud00 ($94.50 in chips)

Seat 9: krk141 ($13.75 in chips)

Hud00 : Post Small Blind ($0.25)

krk141 : Post Big Blind ($0.50)

jrennis : Post ($0.50)

mattyod : Post ($0.50)

Dealing...

Dealt to Mike_Haven [ Kh ]

Dealt to Mike_Haven [ Ks ]

buyside : Raise ($1)

matt_11 : Fold

Mike_Haven: Raise ($1.50)

jrennis : Fold

mattyod : Fold

Sheike : Fold

Hud00 : Raise ($1.75)

krk141 : Fold

buyside : Call ($1)

Mike_Haven: Call ($0.50)

*** FLOP *** : [ Jh 4h 4s ]

Hud00 : Bet ($0.50)

buyside : Raise ($1)

Mike_Haven: Raise ($1.50)

Hud00 : Call ($1)

buyside : Call ($0.50)

*** TURN *** : [ Jh 4h 4s ] [ 4c ]

Hud00 : Check

buyside : Bet ($1)

Mike_Haven: Raise ($2)

Hud00 : Fold

buyside : Raise ($2)

Mike_Haven: Call ($1)

*** RIVER *** : [ Jh 4h 4s 4c ] [ 5c ]

buyside : Check

Mike_Haven: Bet ($1)

buyside : Call ($1)

*** SUMMARY ***

Pot: $19.25 | Rake: $0.75

Board: [ Jh 4h 4s 4c 5c ]

buyside lost $7.50 [ Ah Jd ] (a full house, fours full of jacks)

matt_11 didn't bet (folded)

Mike_Haven bet $7.50, collected $19.25, net +$11.75 (showed hand) [ Kh Ks ] (a

full house, fours full of kings)

jrennis lost $0.50 (folded)

Floydspet didn't bet

mattyod lost $0.50 (folded)

Sheike didn't bet (folded)

Hud00 lost $3.50 (folded)

krk141 lost $0.50 (folded)

dealt 88 in BB

folded

flop was A85

all folded


Just wondering, what made you fold this? Raise and a re-raise with only 2 players? If it was only one bet, you'll getting great odds! Especially implied odds considering you can use the preflop raiser to check-raise if you hit the flop. Anyways, good luck! /images/smile.gif


- Tony

thanks for your comments, tony


there was an early limper and a middle raiser so i looked at it that i was getting only 4.5 to 1 on a 7 to 1 shot, with the early limper possibly turning into a re-raiser and the raiser possibly capping


if the limper had been the raiser and the raiser been a caller i might have called on the implied odds basis


having said that though, i admit i'm not a great fan of middle to low pairs in a raised pot, especially from very early position

i've read both of your posts in the past, tony and mike, and you two seem to be knowledgeable about the game of poker. so why do you waste your time playing micro limit poker when you could be making some real money playing higher? i mean even if you're killing these games you are only making a couple bucks an hour tops.


i don't mean to criticize, i'm just curious. have you ever tried bigger games?

i'm married

Well, this is the open challenge! Read the rules /images/wink.gif


Anyways, I don't play high limits much. Maybe 3-6 tops, usually 1-2 or 2-4, or the NL HE and PL O8 games on Paradise. Play a little higher sometimes on other sites, sometimes up to 5-10, rarely 10-20 if the game seems really good.


Not a pro or anything, do this for one word, F-U-N!


- Tony