Poker Tips

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There’s an interesting dicussion over at Pokerati about a recent tip (or rather, the size of the tip) made by the recent WPT Tunica winner. Before I had this poker blog I wrote a post about dealer tipping on my personal site. It’s a very interesting topic for poker.

Give Quick Answers

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Let’s find out just how clever you really are. Answer quickly and then move on to the next question. Do not check out the answers until you’ve read all of the questions.

  1. You are participating in a race. You overtake the second person. What position are you in?
  2. If you overtake the last person, then you are…?
  3. Do this math in your head… Take 1000 and add 40 to it. Now add another 1000. Now add 30. Add another 1000. Now add 20. Now add another 1000. Now add 10. What is the total?
  4. Mary’s father has five daughters: 1. Nana, 2. Nene, 3. Nini, 4. Nono. What is the name of the fifth daughter?
  5. There is a mute person who wants to buy a toothbrush. By imitating the action of brushing one’s teeth he successfully expresses himself to the shopkeeper and the purchase is done. Now if there is a blind man who wishes to buy a pair of sunglasses, how should he express himself?

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A Final Table

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I made the final table in the limit tournament and finished 9th in a field of 162 for a $32.40 profit. My Mrs. Slick went down to a guy who called two raises pre-flop with his pocket threes and hit a third on the flop. I played well but didn’t really get any hands until when I was down to my all-ins. I couldn’t even get a hand to steal the blinds with. I did make two moves that allowed me to get to the final table though. An aggressive player on the button raised when nobody else entered the pot. I reraised with my pocket fives and bet the flop and turn to put myself all-in. I figured he was on a steal and he end ended up foldin the turn. Another time I stood my ground against a steal with TJo and bet the flop and turn again with no help on the board. I was all-in, but the player folded and I doubled up. I started the final table as the 9th stack I think, so it was going to be an uphill battle and I needed to double through soon with the blinds so high. You can’t win them all. I’m happy with the way I played and didn’t make any bonehead moves, so that’s always a good sign.

It’s kind of nice to be able to enter these cash tournaments with Ultimate Points that you earn while playing the real money tables at UB. Great practice and you can’t beat the price! I think I’m ready for the WPBT tournament tomorrow. Watch out for the defending champ! Boy, I’ll be glad when I can stop saying that. I can already feel the pressure to make a decent showing tomorrow. I’m pretty sure last time was a fluke. The other bloggers really are much better no-limit players than I am. I just happened to get cards at the right times.

I ended up 23 BB to the good at the $2/4 table I was playing, so it’s a nice positive day for the bankroll again. I had doubled my buy-in (always for 30 BB) in the first hour, but then my flopped set of 6s got beat by a 2 outter on the turn by a bigger set in a 19 BB pot (I’m glad the player ran out of money early on the turn). From there I didn’t get any hands for quite some time. I made a few steals, but the key was keeping my composure unlike last night. I was forced to fold my chip stack all the way back down to even, but stuck to my game and came out on top in the end. Imagine that…you do better without tilting.

Tough Beats

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When I got home I fired up UB and saw a $5 turbo tournament starting at 5:00, so using my Ultimate Points, I joined for free. In the 2nd or 3rd level I get cowboys with an early position raiser, so I bump it up to 400 and only the raiser calls. The flop comes Q high and he checks, so I bet the pot. He goes all in and it’s an easy call for me. He has Mrs. Slick and of course the ace comes on the turn giving him two pair. I’m down to 135 chips. Two hands later I get KJo and with one early limper I push all-in. Only the limper calls and he has J7 of diamonds. The flop brings a 7 and I’m out. I guess this is turbo! I played for a grand total of 15 minutes losing to a 5 outter and a 3 outter. I got my chips in when I was the favorite and that’s all you can do.

I’m now playing in a $10 limit tournament which I also used Ultimate Points to enter for free. We’ll see how this goes. On a side note, I’m already up over 15 BB playing one table of $2/4 6-max.

River Bets

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Riding the F-Train has an interesting post about betting the river. Great information, but like some of the commentors, I don’t agree that this is true for the low limits. If I didn’t value be the river most of the time, I’d be missing out on a lot of bets. Checking and hoping they bet […]

WPBT Tournament Reminder

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Just a reminder that the next installment of the WPBT is being held on Wednesday, February 2nd at 9 pm (Easter) at Poker Stars. See the official blog for all of the details. As the defending champ I’m trying to come up with an appropriate bounty for the person that knocks me out. Any ideas?