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A random donk at work

17 May 2008
Today i played a short session 50NL, like 500 hands and ended up 2 buyins. At one of my tables there was a french guy who really made my day. I didnt win that much off him, still was funny to see him play.
A lot of players hate donks like this one when they loose a big pot against them. But obviously its great to have them around. He played like 88/0/1, called down very very light and made some really weird plays.
Some examples to illustrate, enjoy!

Here he's chasing a turned gutshot, which he makes on the river.

Seat 1: vigier30 $57.90
Seat 2: Hero $54.45
Seat 3: ponxxy $18.00
Seat 4: jujurcl $24.93
Seat 5: wupphill $21.40
Seat 6: fish $38.45
wupphill posts the small blind of $0.25
fish posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to HeroJsJc
vigier30 folds
Hero raises to $1.75
ponxxy folds
jujurcl folds
wupphill folds
fish calls $1.25
*** FLOP ***4h6h6c
fish checks
Hero bets $3.25
fish calls $3.25
*** TURN ***4h6h6c7h
fish checks
Hero bets $7.00
fish calls $7.00
*** RIVER ***4h6h6c7h5c
fish bets $4.25
Hero calls $4.25
*** SHOW DOWN ***
fish shows8c3c
Hero mucks
Hero showsJsJc
*** SUMMARY ***
fish collects $31.15

Here he limpcalled rockets and decides to check it down.

Seat 1: vigier30 $73.25
Seat 2: Hero $55.03
Seat 3: Joostul $50.25
Seat 4: MICHEL888 $32.80
Seat 5: tobestar11 $57.20
Seat 6: FISH $57.95
Joostul posts the small blind of $0.25
MICHEL888 posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero8c5h
tobestar11 folds
FISH calls $0.50
vigier30 raises to $2.25
Hero folds
Joostul folds
MICHEL888 folds
FISH calls $1.75
*** FLOP ***6c2h2d
FISH checks
vigier30 checks
*** TURN ***6c2h2d9s
FISH checks
vigier30 checks
*** RIVER ***6c2h2d9s8d
FISH checks
vigier30 checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
FISH showsAdAs
vigier30 showsJsTs
*** SUMMARY ***
FISH collects $5.00


This one he makes a great flop and turn play, cause he most likely knew what the river was gonna be.

Seat 1: vigier30 $70.25
Seat 2: Hero $60.78
Seat 3: Joostul $50.00
Seat 4: MICHEL888 $30.30
Seat 5: tobestar11 $56.45
Seat 6: FISH $57.75
Hero posts the small blind of $0.25
Joostul posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero6s9h
MICHEL888 raises to $1.00
tobestar11 folds
FISH calls $1.00
vigier30 raises to $4.75
Hero folds
Joostul folds
MICHEL888 calls $3.75
FISH calls $3.75
*** FLOP ***5sTc8s
MICHEL888 bets $15.00
FISH calls $15.00
vigier30 folds
*** TURN ***5sTc8s4s
MICHEL888 checks
FISH bets $38.00 and is all-in
MICHEL888 calls $10.55 and is all-in
Uncalled bet of $27.45 returned to FISH
*** SHOW DOWN ***
MICHEL888 showsJsJc
FISH shows5dKd
*** RIVER ***5sTc8s4s5c
*** SUMMARY ***
FISH collects $63.10


And in this one, i let him bluf. This was his bluffing size all day long, so funny. I knew that any resistance would let him laydown his hand. Now i made an awesome profit

Seat 1: vigier30 $78.50
Seat 2: Hero $51.75
Seat 4: MICHEL888 $25.00
Seat 5: tobestar11 $49.25
Seat 6: FISH $74.45
vigier30 posts the small blind of $0.25
Hero posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero7sAh
tobestar11 folds
FISH calls $0.50
vigier30 folds
Hero checks
*** FLOP ***5c2sJc
Hero checks
FISH bets $0.50
Hero calls $0.50
*** TURN ***5c2sJcTs
Hero checks
FISH bets $0.50
Hero calls $0.50
*** RIVER ***5c2sJcTsKs
Hero checks
FISH bets $0.50
Hero calls $0.50
*** SHOW DOWN ***
FISH shows8s3d
Hero shows7sAh
*** SUMMARY ***
Hero collects $4.05


So i was isolating him all the time in position, but i didnt get hugh hands and he left after 100 hands or so.


Road to eternity

15 May 2008
So at last i start writing a blog. Was thinking about it for a while. But im kinda lazy, so that doesnt help

As first post a little history about me playing poker. Started like 2 years ago @ PP NL2 full ring, with 50$ free money. I didnt know much about the game, except for some basics and the rules. Cashed everything out after my roll hit 150$ and i was forced to play higher, because i wasnt allowed to play the beginner tables anymore.

Then i deposited like 50$ on Everest, and bought some icecream for the rest i guess. Played NL5 there and some low stakes sit n go's. I really learned a lot in the past 2 years and grinded my way up to 50 and 100NL 6max, cashing out a decent amount in the meanwhile. My goal is to be a good winning regular at 200NL at the end of the year. Thats an achievable goal i think, though im not playing as many hands as i want due to study and work.

I still can improve a lot, thats for sure, but im really satisfied about my results. I think blogging and posting here will help improving my game a little further.

Thats all for now, but here one hand i got coolered, to end the post

Seat 1: Alexius226 $51.40
Seat 2: eufteuft $5.20
Seat 3: Hero $135.17
Seat 4: Bruin813 $76.70
Seat 5: Lichtmachman $76.11
Seat 6: yoshan26 $53.95
Hero posts the small blind of $0.25
Bruin813 posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero3h3d
Lichtmachman raises to $1.75
yoshan26 folds
Alexius226 folds
eufteuft calls $1.75
Hero calls $1.50
Bruin813 folds
*** FLOP ***8d3c9d
Hero checks
Lichtmachman bets $5.75
eufteuft calls $3.45 and is all-in
Hero raises to $24.00
Lichtmachman calls $18.25
*** TURN ***8d3c9dJc
Hero bets $57.20
Lichtmachman calls $50.36 and is all-in
Uncalled bet of $6.84 returned to Hero
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Hero shows3h3d
Lichtmachman showsJdJh
eufteuft shows5hAs
*** RIVER ***8d3c9dJcAd
*** SUMMARY ***
Lichtmachman collects $16.10
Lichtmachman collects $138.82