New donkey

Having problems with the new player so I've gone back to this one for now. Anyone knows a really good player that always works?




Not only did this idiot donk with 59 os and middle pair he then went to 0.25/0.5 and lost $30 in about 10 hands.

Anyone smell fish?

A new hand replayer and a donkey paying back what is owed plus a little more :)


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Revenge is sweet

Get the dreaded QQ and there has been a small raise - I reraise back and the new to the table short stack pushes all in - only about 70c to call so I flip them over - He has pocket tens. I am 4:1 favourite but the 10 flops and he wins with a set. Fair enough it happens so I type that was lucky into the chat box and he responds with lol and FU. The revenge comes about 10 hands later - my favourite bit is him typing ty thinking he has won and I have donated more chips with my raise. Sorry bud :)

Slow playing

Slow playing can be very profitable especailly if you get a nice helping hand - like my slow play of AJ and flopping a flush - hard to put someone on AJ with no raise so a very profitable hand :)

On the other hand it can be a problem letting someone catch a hand that beats yours and putting down QQ to a low board isn't easy...

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!

UK and Ireland PokerStars FPP update

Entered my 7th tourney this month tonight...

Just managed to get to the final table winning a KJ vs Q6 suited allin battle that would have seen my be the FT bubble - I managed to hit trip jacks and took a very small stack forward...

Some good early hands and some big allin fights left us 4 handed with me again the smallest stack - The big stack bully pushed me once too many and his J10os ran into AJ to double me up.

77 vs AK and a set knock out the third place player leaving me heads up gainst the big stack bully from before.
We trade blinds for a while when this hands comes - I decide to chance his all in as he has been very aggressive - Alas my timing is poor (as usual) and he turns over an over pair- I need help and fast. The turn gives me lots of outs with straight and flush draws plus another 10 or Jack. The river hits a 10 and the chips come to me - The tourney is over and I have turned my third FT into a first place with a little help from the river :)




73 runners and nearly 4 hours later my prize is $25 and 20 points for the league which should hopefully see a top 50 finish now.

Playing AA

Aces are a hand I see people talking about quite often - I nearly always raise aces at least 10x the big blind to try and weed out hands like j9os, Q10 etc that invariably will catch 2 pair.

Obviously you will still get the occasional maniac with Q4os but a solid raise will minimise this.

I do, sometimes, slow play AA and other big pocket pairs but this is a dangerous tactic if you cannot lay down a hand - Here is a classic example of someone trying to slow play Aces. When the board comes down low they get a rush of blood and go all in - Ignoring the obvious straight and flush possibilities not too mention and number of possible two pairs.



Ofcourse a raise doesn't give you immunity from the donks - Here a 5x raise still gets a call from Q2 os!! - In classic fish mode he hits his miracle hand and then doesn't check raise the river!

6th Royal Flush

Hit my 6th Royal Flush earlier today - A giant 32c pot was my reward. Still no spades either! Mind you, some people never get one Royal let alone 6!

markooo888 is a DONK

Every so often you meet a player who is just the epitome of bad! markooo888 is without a doubt one of the worst players I have ever seen - I can think maybe one other player who made as many bad, reckless plays as he does.

Earlier on markooo888 sucked out on me twice. Once with King rag suited to a ten times raise and a solid pot bet to beat QQ and again with just overcards on a flop and turn to river me.

Needless to say I was pissed off! I questioned his play - Nothing. He was either too embarrased or more likely doesn't speak English. He also used the hide from player search feature. Presumably to stop people he has sucked out tracking him down.

Luckily for me though he hung around and I also managed to find him on another few tables. It took a while but I got my money back plus a bit more for my troubles :)







I wasn't the only guy he suckedout out on but my patience paid off - Those two hands were the result of an hour or so of play with him raising about 70% of the time and usually winning with rags.

If you happen to see him on PokerStars or PartyPoker - Say hi for me :) Be patient and he will pay you off.