Busto? Not yet baby!

The end is on the horizon for the wreckage of my Pokerstars bankroll, but the sun hasn't set just yet. If you check out the refurbished forums under the "The Gerk's Poker Blog" folder, you can take the poll I posted and it should reveal to you how I busted out of a pretty significant tourney I was in a couple days ago. Since then I have donked off a stack or two at .10/.25 NL, a 5.00+.50NL 9-handed Sit & Go, and a full buy-in at .10/.25PL Omaha. I had registered my very last 2.20 in a huge super satellite (a 3x shootout) to the Sunday Million, but I withdrew it because I was sick of waiting for it to fill up. I took that meager stack to a .02/.05PL Omaha ring game and decided to let it ride. What happened next was a major heater combined with really awful opponents that multiplied my bankroll by 8 times. I currently sit with almost 18.00 and I'm ready to fuck up those tables again tomorrow. Here are some key hands courtesy of Pokerhand.org.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?1376052

I make a straight on the end with a monster draw in my first pot. I was probably good on the flop, but I'm not sure what he could be just calling with on the turn. It's very possible he had an overpair, but that is a donk call on such a scary board. I was kind of glad that he laid it down on the end though, I didn't need to run into a rivered flush at this point in my night.


http://www.pokerhand.org/?1376057

I have a fairly solid starting hand in this pot, but I choose to check preflop anyway. I think it is beneficial to me to play more pots and maneuver postflop than it is for me to jam at these limits. I could already tell that this table was very loose and at least two players were absolute lunatics. When Jimsuckout just called my raise on the flop, I put him on precisely 78. The funny thing was, when I pushed on the turn and he tanked for a few seconds, I kinda knew I was right but he was going to have to call anyway. Thankfully my two pair held.


http://www.pokerhand.org/?1376068

This hand was no fun at all. I had the sick feeling my AQ was good against this guy on the turn, but when he insta-pushed on the river I knew that because I improved, I no longer had the best hand. It's one of those weird spots where you don't want to make two pair and you are rooting against yourself. Granted, this all could've been avoided had I not called preflop with somewhat modest holdings. Betting on the flop was also probably not correct, but I really wanted to see where I was. I am almost certain that one of the players who folded had me in really bad shape. This is an example of a novice (me) in a game I don't play too much (PL Omaha) and the result of falling in love with face cards.


http://www.pokerhand.org/?1376079

I'm not at the stage of my PL Omaha game where I can fold this hand postflop. I had to know I was beat, and although I had AA, I had almost zero redraw if the guy had a deuce. His JJ was kind of a cooler, but I think I played the hand badly and deserved to learn a lesson the hard way.


http://www.pokerhand.org/?1376088

A pretty standard failed bluff on the end. He made a good call on me.


http://www.pokerhand.org/?1376091

I figured this was going to be the last hand of my night. When I called the all-in on the turn, I was essentially giving up... but apparently he put me on rags or he made a move with KK or something.


http://www.pokerhand.org/?1376093

I had a pretty monster hand preflop, and what's better is the flop wasn't all that bad. This hand defined my night, and it was great to take it down. At this point, almost all of my income was coming from oksuz, and I had determined that he was the craziest player I've ever played against. I would not be surprised to see that his holdings were as modest as a pair of eights or something when he called my all-in.


http://www.pokerhand.org/?1376102

TIMZILLA said he folded three queens on the turn, but I'm pretty sure he's a goddamn liar. If he was telling the truth, then I wish he would've called.


http://www.pokerhand.org/?1376108

I knew my deuce was good.


http://www.pokerhand.org/?1376113

Here I miss an ENORMOUS draw against a player that I know will pay me off. A little part of me died when the river came a blank. This is one of those pots where "implied odds" comes into play a great deal.


http://www.pokerhand.org/?1376116

This one was probably the most fun hand of the night. What the FUCK could he lay down when he re-reraised me and he only has 1.30 back getting over 9:1 on a call?!? The world may never know.


http://www.pokerhand.org/?1376118

One of those hands where you flop a monster, it becomes the nuts, and then becomes another monster. My only concern after the flop fell was how I was going to get my opponent to pay me off. Unfortunately, this guy seemed like he had played the game before, so I was all but S.O.L.


-The Gerk-