{"id":138,"date":"2011-02-10T15:28:19","date_gmt":"2011-02-10T23:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/?p=138"},"modified":"2011-02-10T15:29:53","modified_gmt":"2011-02-10T23:29:53","slug":"put-a-spade-in-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mutantpoker.com\/?p=138","title":{"rendered":"Put a Spade In It"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Full Tilt Step 1 Turbo (1,500 chips)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Trying to get back on the track. Aces in the first three hands and I win only the very first (A<\/span>\u2663<\/span><\/span> K<\/span>\u2663<\/span><\/span><\/span>) and that’s just 30 chips. Another ace with a lower kicker pairs. I have to back off 6<\/span>\u2663<\/span><\/span> 6<\/span>\u2665<\/span><\/span><\/span> when triple paint shows on the flop, and A<\/span>\u2660<\/span><\/span> Q<\/span>\u2666<\/span><\/span><\/span> loses out to a pair of sevens.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Full Tilt Step 1 Super Turbo (300 chips)<\/strong><\/p>\n

I will never enter another Super Turbo so long as I live. You might as well just roll dice.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Full Tilt Step 1 Turbo (1,500 chips)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lost 600 on the first hand when an ace showed up late, doubled up from 395 only because a guy with 3<\/span>\u2665<\/span><\/span> K<\/span>\u2660<\/span><\/span><\/span> stayed in for absolutely nothing against my A<\/span>\u2663<\/span><\/span> J<\/span>\u2660<\/span><\/span><\/span> all-in, then lost the whole thing with K<\/span>\u2665<\/span><\/span> K<\/span>\u2660<\/span><\/span><\/span> when 8<\/span>\u2665<\/span><\/span> A<\/span>\u2660<\/span><\/span><\/span> paired up.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Full Tilt Midnight Madness! (1,500 chips)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Entered into the tournament twice and neither went anywhere. Got knocked out the final time by a Mutant Jack that paired over my eights.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Full Tilt Step 1 Turbo (1,500 chips)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Played pretty conservatively for twenty minutes until I got A<\/span>\u2665<\/span><\/span> 5<\/span>\u2665<\/span><\/span><\/span> at 60\/120 when we were down to six players. I raised to 240 from the cutoff and got a call from the big blind. The flop was 3<\/span>\u2666<\/span><\/span> 4<\/span>\u2666<\/span><\/span> 8<\/span>\u2663<\/span><\/span><\/span> and I bet another 240 after a check. He raised all-in and I called for everything I had. His 7<\/span>\u2660<\/span><\/span> 8<\/span>\u2666<\/span><\/span><\/span> gave him a pair and the K<\/span>\u2663<\/span><\/span><\/span> K<\/span>\u2665<\/span><\/span><\/span> after the flop didn’t improve me any.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Full Tilt $10,000 Rush Guarantee (1,500 chips)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Another conservative game until the last hand. I got Q<\/span>\u2665<\/span><\/span> Q<\/span>\u2666<\/span><\/span><\/span> and raised from the big blind of 30 to 210 in the hijack seat. The button re-raised all-in for 1,410 and UTG+2 went all-in to 2,385. Either one put me in and with Q<\/span>\u2665<\/span><\/span> Q<\/span>\u2666<\/span><\/span><\/span> I took the plunge for 1,493. I saw K<\/span>\u2660<\/span><\/span> K<\/span>\u2665<\/span><\/span><\/span> and K<\/span>\u2663<\/span><\/span> K<\/span>\u2666<\/span><\/span><\/span>. Neither would improve but they didn’t need to. A pair of nines and a pair of aces on the board with an errant 6 and it was over.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Cake $1,000 Guarantee (1,500 chips)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Reasonably good going for fifteen minutes until I was dealt J<\/span>\u2665<\/span><\/span> Q<\/span>\u2666<\/span><\/span><\/span> in the small blind at 25\/50. UTG+1 raised to 100, UTG+3 called, and both the blinds went along for the ride. I got top pair with T<\/span>\u2666<\/span><\/span> Q<\/span>\u2665<\/span><\/span> 5<\/span>\u2663<\/span><\/span><\/span> and bet 150. UTG+1 called but UTG+3 raised to 1,000. I wasn’t about to let him get away with that. But I should have. I called and the 9<\/span>\u2660<\/span><\/span><\/span> on the turn gave me an up-or-down straight draw. I put in my last 280 and he went all-in to call, 40 short of my stack. The 3<\/span>\u2663<\/span><\/span><\/span> didn’t connect with anything and when the cards turned over he had a a pair of queens, too, but with K<\/span>\u2665<\/span><\/span><\/span> instead of an ace for the kicker. I managed to quad up on my next hand but somehow that’s not so satisfying when you’re doing it with only 40 chips.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Aces Players Club (5,000 chips)<\/strong><\/p>\n

I’d managed to almost recover from some early losses with a 6<\/span>\u2666<\/span><\/span> 7<\/span>\u2666<\/span><\/span><\/span> that turned into an 8-high straight on the flop. On another hand I double-pair A<\/span>\u2666<\/span><\/span> 3<\/span>\u2666<\/span><\/span><\/span> and push all-in to drive off an A5<\/strong> that only connects on the top. Then I got J<\/span>\u2666<\/span><\/span> J<\/span>\u2663<\/span><\/span><\/span> and raised to 250 with the blinds at 50\/100. Several players came along and the flop was somewhat disturbing, with a Q<\/span>\u2663<\/span><\/span><\/span>. Everyone checked through that and the K<\/span>\u2660<\/span><\/span><\/span> on the turn. J<\/span>\u2660<\/span><\/span><\/span> on the river gave me trips but at the far end of the table a player bet 1,000. I came over the top for 2,500 and everyone but him dropped out and he called. It wasn’t until he turned over his 5<\/span>\u2660<\/span><\/span> 7<\/span>\u2660<\/span><\/span><\/span> that I realized there was another spade on the flop. A little while later I had A<\/span>\u2663<\/span><\/span> 9<\/span>\u2663<\/span><\/span><\/span> and bet hard but the big stack two places to my left got three spades (including 9<\/span>\u2660<\/span><\/span><\/span>) on the flop to flush out his K<\/span>\u2660<\/span><\/span> 5<\/span>\u2660<\/span><\/span><\/span>, which I saw after I tried to bluff him off. I had a small chance with runner-runner 9s or aces or any combination thereof to make a full house, but it didn’t happen and I was out in less than an hour.<\/p>\n

That’s nine losses in a row. I think the streak<\/a> is off.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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