A Change Of Fortune

A few days ago I reported on my recent bad fortune. Tonight it looks like the upswing has started. I have flopped 3 straights, 2 of which were $3-ish pots. Hit numerous sets and even had this hand!



The flop call was a unusual call for me but I figured if the ace came I would get paid - The next card and checked turn gave me a free flush. I read hicham22 perfectly. He was playing very loosely with King rag to a big raise and calling river bets when he was well beat. From this I thought I'd chance a very rare overbet on the river. I had a hunch he might call but had a bonus surprise when pottwal222 called aswell!

Don't Feed The Rake

If the board has the nuts already on it then you are not being clever by trying to push others off the pot - You all have the same hand. All you are doing is making the rake bigger!



Nice work funebrak. Ironically his little K7os madness cost him all his chips as next hand he went all in. I called him with JJ based on the hand above - He actually had KK but got rivered :)

The Next Best Thing # 2

Here is one that "sort of" got away - oziel ortiz managed to get lucky with me with what was probably his last few bucks - Here is the inevitable play money table after the luck ran out.




He was also seen going out very early of a play money HORSE SNG. Can't play Hold'Em or Omaha? Why not enter a tourney that has both plus other games too? Idiot.

Number 7 And All Four!!

I've been experiencing a really bad run of late - I have lots some all ins where I have done everything right - money in well ahead and donks have caught miracle cards.

This run of bad fortune has lead me on to playing some other games like razz and draw to try and stop the rot. Things were going from bad to worse and my $4 buyin was down to about $2.25 - So I made my usual "shoot/change the dealer" comments. I then reloaded $200 and typed "let's see if he likes me now".

The very next hand saw me get 4 spades and a Royal Flush draw - I obviously went for it binning the one non spade. I hit the card I needed and my 7th Royal Flush was in my hand! I had finally got the full set of all four suits. It was also my first non Texas Hold'Em Royal...

A break

Going to be taking a short break from my blog due to work commitments. Will return in a few days with an amazing story...

Double quads!

Playing the other morning I was met with quad kings TWICE in about 30 hands. Once with pockets and again with K10d. Another player had quad nines on the same table too!

Then I got suckedout on about 4 times inlcuding hands I was 3-1 and 6-1 to win going against me! :(

Vote with your feet.

One great thing about online poker is the amount of choice. There are hundreds of sites you can play at all are free to download. They all have play money too. Online sites (especailly the bigger ones) have great support and security. I have actaully had money returned when PokerStars caught a cheat! Below are add banners for some of the best sites - I have played on them all and wouldn't include ads for them if I didn't rate them. You will not see adverts for Noble Poker or Doyle's Room on my blog - I'll explain why another time :)




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Omaha

Sooner or later most Hold'em players have a dabble at Omaha.
It is a great game for learning about poker odds. It is often played by many top pros.
Here are 2 quick lessons for playing Omaha.

1. 2+3

Unlike hold'em you play two of your 4 face cards and 3 of the community cards.

2. AA isn't that strong.

A common Omaha mistake is thinking that pocket AA or KK is great or that two pair by the river is awesome. Generally you want a set or better. Here is an example of an Omaha hand where a player runs into big trouble with pocket aces.



The 10,7,J,9 might not look that good preflop but suited conneting cards are very good in Omaha. Also notice the flat call with quads on the turn. If he checked the river I would put him all in anyway.

Ace Rag

Just don't! Or at least if you do be able to put it down.

Trying it on?

Sometimes a player makes a weird bet like titleist41 who decides a 3x pot bet against a tight player who has raised preflop is a good idea.

UK and Ireland PokerStars FPP Round Up

The month of May is over and my experiment of entering the FPP UK and Ireland PokerStars league has gone well.

I ended up in 32nd place which I would have took at the beginning. I am espeically pleased with that as I placed there entering only 8 out of a possible 31 tourneys including 3 final tables, a second and a first place!