Tunica results, WorldPX.com, and other random poker stuff
I haven't updated since I've gotten back form Tunica. For the most part, I had a good time. The room at the Goldstrike was great, and Tunica as a whole just looked much cleaner than Biloxi was the few times I've been there. I got there around 11:00 on Thursday, and to be eligible for a special poker room rate, I'd have to play 5 hours a day, or just 15 hours total for the 3 nights I stayed there. I decided to go on and knock 5 hours out of the way the first night, and played from 11:00 to 4:00. I bought in for $100 (1/2 NL) and there were alot of big stacks at the table... some around $1,000! There was plenty of money for me to try to get my hands on. Here are a couple of key hands in my session....
I got dealt KK in LP. A guy in MP makes it $15 to go (this was close to standard in this game, the raises were sometimes even $20 or so). 1 guy calls and I make it $45 to go, expecting a call or 2 and hoping to get all in on a flop if it was favorable. The original raiser insta-pushes and the second guy folds. I'm thinking if he's got AA, then oh well time to reload, but nobody should EVER fold KK preflop in a cash game, at least under any circumstances similar to this. So of course I call and he shows... QJ os!!! Wow, that's bad. The flop is Q 9 9 and he needs 1 of the other 2 Queens to stay alive, and he blanks out. So I'm up to $200 fairly quick.
I have around $200 in chips, and get JJ in MP. Ok at this point, I've moved to another table and these guys are straddling EVERY SINGLE HAND. And it was normal practice for the straddler to make it $25 or $30 to go when the action got back to him preflop... I know I know, crazy. So 2 or 3 people call the $4 straddle and I make it $25, which was the first hand I played at that table. I raised so much for obvious reasons. I knew I should get respect here but still expected at least 1 call, which I got from the sb.
Flop: Ah 4h Jh
He checks to me. Now I have no reason to think my hand is not good at this moment, even with the 3 hearts out there. I figure there is about $65 or so in the pot, so I fire out a pot-sized $65 bet. I bet this much for a couple reasons.... First, I'd be fine with just taking this pot down right now without further confrontation because, of course, having flopped a set, I have no flush draw. Second, I'd also be fine with him calling this much, because if he has a high heart, something like AxKh, he would probably come over the top anyway and I'd be a favorite. Also, if he holds nothing but a heart draw or a heart draw and a gutty, something like KhQx or Qh10x, I'd be forcing a bad call by him with intentions to push all in on the turn if he were to call and no heart came... (unless of course another 4 or Jack fell, then I'd probably give him a free river hoping he would make his flush). So with all that said... he comes over the top. Now he has me covered and I have about $120 or so left, so of course I call. Even if I was 100% sure he already had the flush, with these odds it would be hard to give up my hand drawing to 7 outs on the flop and 10 on the river... ok maybe not too hard to give it up, but hey, I was in a gambling mood! Plus, I figured it was 50/50 or probably less that he either already had it or had something like AxKh like I mentioned earlier, so this made for an easy call.
Anyway, we don't flip our cards because alot of times people don't do that in cash games and you don't have to. The turn is ugly....
Turn: 10h
Man, I just knew I was in trouble here and I needed the board to pair.
River: Ad
I loved that river and proudly showed my Jacks, and he flipped up Qh9h disgusted. I heard him mumbling something, and I said "Dang I got lucky, I didn't think you already had it." And he followed that by saying "Good read." HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. I was laughing so hard inside. I followed that with "Good call with Q9 for $25 donkey...but oh yeah.. it was soooooooooooooooted!!!" Ok, actually I didn't say that, but was thinking it. If someone is gonna make a horrible call before the flop with something like that, they need to just keep their mouth shut when they lose. He then proceeded to reload and steam his way back to broketown again..heeeehawwww. Ok enough of that. That boosted me up to $400, and after a couple more hours of textbook poker and making a good call with QQ on a board of J 10 7 J against another opponent for $100 and checking down the river when his A8 missed (lol), I finished the night at $520.... Not too shabby for a $100 buyin... +$420
The rest of the trip didn't go as well, as I busted out of both tournaments I played in (one was me donking away my chips, the other a donkey busted me calling my all in with an 89os and beating my overs). I also played 1/2 NL again and got all in with JJ on a rag flop but was up against QQ... really nothing you can do there. So I ended up even for the trip, even after that good first night, which was of course disappointing. But it was still fun.
Ok, enough about Tunica. There is now a site that has no rake... NO RAKE!!!! I didn't believe it at first, and wondered how they could possibly make money if they took no rake, but it's true. WorldPX.com (World Poker Exchange) is the place. They are based in England and are mainly a sports betting site, and thats where all of their revenue comes from. They decided that offering rake free poker would attract alot more people to their site, and hopefully boost their revenue in other gambling areas (kinda like the way casinos offer free drinks, and other things like that). Well, it sure has gotten me to open an account there. They have a calculator on their site that tell you about how much you would save per month depending on what limits you play and how many tables. If I 4-table 2/4 for only 20 hours a week, I could make an extra $600/week just on the rake!! That's insane. Oh, and they do take the rake from every pot like all other sites, but they give it all back to you in your account at the end of each week. They do this just to let you see how much you are saving by playing there. That's alot of money, and I hope it will help my profits substantially now that I'll be a regular there.
Oh and the other day I qualified for Full Tilt's Sunday 200K Guaranteed tournament through an $8 MTT satty. There were 57 players and the top 2 got seats, and I got in there. I'm hoping to make something happen and at least finish in the money, although I won't be playing scared near the bubble to sneak in the money, I'll be playing to win. First place is close to $50k so wish me luck. And its getting about time to start trying for the WSOP... again. I'll probably be giving it a try on all the major sites, and Bodog for sure, because the have a consistent overlay in some of their guaranteed tourneys. Well thats it for now.
I got dealt KK in LP. A guy in MP makes it $15 to go (this was close to standard in this game, the raises were sometimes even $20 or so). 1 guy calls and I make it $45 to go, expecting a call or 2 and hoping to get all in on a flop if it was favorable. The original raiser insta-pushes and the second guy folds. I'm thinking if he's got AA, then oh well time to reload, but nobody should EVER fold KK preflop in a cash game, at least under any circumstances similar to this. So of course I call and he shows... QJ os!!! Wow, that's bad. The flop is Q 9 9 and he needs 1 of the other 2 Queens to stay alive, and he blanks out. So I'm up to $200 fairly quick.
I have around $200 in chips, and get JJ in MP. Ok at this point, I've moved to another table and these guys are straddling EVERY SINGLE HAND. And it was normal practice for the straddler to make it $25 or $30 to go when the action got back to him preflop... I know I know, crazy. So 2 or 3 people call the $4 straddle and I make it $25, which was the first hand I played at that table. I raised so much for obvious reasons. I knew I should get respect here but still expected at least 1 call, which I got from the sb.
Flop: Ah 4h Jh
He checks to me. Now I have no reason to think my hand is not good at this moment, even with the 3 hearts out there. I figure there is about $65 or so in the pot, so I fire out a pot-sized $65 bet. I bet this much for a couple reasons.... First, I'd be fine with just taking this pot down right now without further confrontation because, of course, having flopped a set, I have no flush draw. Second, I'd also be fine with him calling this much, because if he has a high heart, something like AxKh, he would probably come over the top anyway and I'd be a favorite. Also, if he holds nothing but a heart draw or a heart draw and a gutty, something like KhQx or Qh10x, I'd be forcing a bad call by him with intentions to push all in on the turn if he were to call and no heart came... (unless of course another 4 or Jack fell, then I'd probably give him a free river hoping he would make his flush). So with all that said... he comes over the top. Now he has me covered and I have about $120 or so left, so of course I call. Even if I was 100% sure he already had the flush, with these odds it would be hard to give up my hand drawing to 7 outs on the flop and 10 on the river... ok maybe not too hard to give it up, but hey, I was in a gambling mood! Plus, I figured it was 50/50 or probably less that he either already had it or had something like AxKh like I mentioned earlier, so this made for an easy call.
Anyway, we don't flip our cards because alot of times people don't do that in cash games and you don't have to. The turn is ugly....
Turn: 10h
Man, I just knew I was in trouble here and I needed the board to pair.
River: Ad
I loved that river and proudly showed my Jacks, and he flipped up Qh9h disgusted. I heard him mumbling something, and I said "Dang I got lucky, I didn't think you already had it." And he followed that by saying "Good read." HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. I was laughing so hard inside. I followed that with "Good call with Q9 for $25 donkey...but oh yeah.. it was soooooooooooooooted!!!" Ok, actually I didn't say that, but was thinking it. If someone is gonna make a horrible call before the flop with something like that, they need to just keep their mouth shut when they lose. He then proceeded to reload and steam his way back to broketown again..heeeehawwww. Ok enough of that. That boosted me up to $400, and after a couple more hours of textbook poker and making a good call with QQ on a board of J 10 7 J against another opponent for $100 and checking down the river when his A8 missed (lol), I finished the night at $520.... Not too shabby for a $100 buyin... +$420
The rest of the trip didn't go as well, as I busted out of both tournaments I played in (one was me donking away my chips, the other a donkey busted me calling my all in with an 89os and beating my overs). I also played 1/2 NL again and got all in with JJ on a rag flop but was up against QQ... really nothing you can do there. So I ended up even for the trip, even after that good first night, which was of course disappointing. But it was still fun.
Ok, enough about Tunica. There is now a site that has no rake... NO RAKE!!!! I didn't believe it at first, and wondered how they could possibly make money if they took no rake, but it's true. WorldPX.com (World Poker Exchange) is the place. They are based in England and are mainly a sports betting site, and thats where all of their revenue comes from. They decided that offering rake free poker would attract alot more people to their site, and hopefully boost their revenue in other gambling areas (kinda like the way casinos offer free drinks, and other things like that). Well, it sure has gotten me to open an account there. They have a calculator on their site that tell you about how much you would save per month depending on what limits you play and how many tables. If I 4-table 2/4 for only 20 hours a week, I could make an extra $600/week just on the rake!! That's insane. Oh, and they do take the rake from every pot like all other sites, but they give it all back to you in your account at the end of each week. They do this just to let you see how much you are saving by playing there. That's alot of money, and I hope it will help my profits substantially now that I'll be a regular there.
Oh and the other day I qualified for Full Tilt's Sunday 200K Guaranteed tournament through an $8 MTT satty. There were 57 players and the top 2 got seats, and I got in there. I'm hoping to make something happen and at least finish in the money, although I won't be playing scared near the bubble to sneak in the money, I'll be playing to win. First place is close to $50k so wish me luck. And its getting about time to start trying for the WSOP... again. I'll probably be giving it a try on all the major sites, and Bodog for sure, because the have a consistent overlay in some of their guaranteed tourneys. Well thats it for now.
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