2007 Online Octopus Overlord pOOker (single table)

The Meal · Post by **The Meal** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 8:58 pm

HAND53 Level 6: Blinds 50/100
Incoming bankrollls:
0502 Austin [button/SB]
1498 Ralph-Wiggum [BB]

Preflop action:
Austin (452) in SB for 50
Ralph-Wiggum (1398) in BB for 100
ACTION ON Austin (452)

~Neal

The Meal · Post by **The Meal** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 8:59 pm

Cards are out.

~Neal

Austin · Post by **Austin** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 9:09 pm

Ugh.

Action: Fold

The Meal · Post by **The Meal** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 9:14 pm

HAND53 Level 6: Blinds 50/100
Incoming bankrollls:
0502 Austin [button/SB]
1498 Ralph-Wiggum [BB]

Preflop action:
Austin (452) in SB for 50
Ralph-Wiggum (1398) in BB for 100
Austin (452) folds
Ralph-Wiggum wins a pot of 150 chips

Chip Count:
0452 Austin
1548 Ralph-Wiggum

~Neal

The Meal · Post by **The Meal** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 9:21 pm

HAND54 Level 6: Blinds 50/100
Incoming bankrollls:
0452 Austin [BB]
1548 Ralph-Wiggum [button/SB]

Preflop action:
Ralph-Wiggum (1498) in SB for 50
Austin (352) in BB for 100
ACTION ON Ralph-Wiggum (1498)

~Neal

The Meal · Post by **The Meal** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 9:22 pm

Cards are out.

~Neal

Ralph-Wiggum · Post by **Ralph-Wiggum** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 9:52 pm

Raise to 250.

Action on the A-man.

Austin · Post by **Austin** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 9:59 pm

Ralph-Wiggum wrote:Raise to 250.

Action on the A-man.

Tonight's Degree All-in moment is now.

Action: Raise All-in.

Austin · Post by **Austin** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 10:00 pm

And my wife is beckoning... I'll find out the results in the morning.

Ralph-Wiggum · Post by **Ralph-Wiggum** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 10:01 pm

You probably have me beat, but two handed my hand's not bad. I'm just hoping it's 50/50.

Call.

Pyperkub · Post by **Pyperkub** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 10:32 pm

Good luck Survivors!

The Meal · Post by **The Meal** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 10:53 pm

Drama!

HAND54 Level 6: Blinds 50/100
Incoming bankrollls:
0452 Austin [BB]
1548 Ralph-Wiggum [button/SB]

Preflop action:
Ralph-Wiggum (1498) in SB for 50
Austin (352) in BB for 100
Ralph-Wiggum (1298) raises to 250 (pot: 350)
Austin (all-in) raises to 452 (pot: 702)
Ralph-Wiggum (1096) calls (pot: 904)

As this is head-up, I thought I'd jimmy the format a bit.

Showdown:
Austin shows

:4c:
Ralph-Wiggum shows

:Ts:

~Neal

Ralph-Wiggum · Post by **Ralph-Wiggum** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 11:00 pm

:4c: !!! Oy vay. That's just the type of hand I typically lose to when I call an all-in (or, more often, when I go all in).

P.S. Does this change of format mean that someone's going to win on the river?

P.P.S. I would just like to say that right now I have a 59% chance to win the hand. Not great, but better than I hoped.

The Meal · Post by **The Meal** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 11:07 pm

This'd be more fun if I could find a time when Austin was also online. But no guarantees with regards to who wins either way.

Two to the flop:
The flop comes

:9d::6s:

~Neal

Ralph-Wiggum · Post by **Ralph-Wiggum** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 11:09 pm

I now have a 71% chance to win. Come on, baby. No whammies.

The Meal · Post by **The Meal** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 12:12 am

Two to the turn:
The turn comes

:9d::6s::2s:

~Neal

Ralph-Wiggum · Post by **Ralph-Wiggum** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 12:15 am

Not the best card, but not the worst card. My chance to win has moved up to 77%. Austin has 10 outs, if I'm counting correctly.

edit: Gah - I almost forgot to say it. No whammies.

edit 2: time for bed. Guess I'll find out the results in the matins.

Austin · Post by **Austin** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 8:02 am

Kudos to The Meal for dramatic pause.

Austin · Post by **Austin** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 9:01 am

Come on 3, 4, or 5. (Am I missing any?)

The Meal · Post by **The Meal** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 9:02 am

Austin wrote:Come on 3, 4, or 5. (Am I missing any?)

I think those are your ten outs.

~Neal

Austin · Post by **Austin** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 9:05 am

The Meal wrote:
Austin wrote:Come on 3, 4, or 5. (Am I missing any?)
I think those are your ten outs.

~Neal

Yeah... but don't you ever sit there thinking, "I wonder if I have any more"? No I suppose you wouldn't, for you are a robot.

Ralph-Wiggum · Post by **Ralph-Wiggum** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 9:08 am

Damn it. I woke up and saw no PMs in my mailbox and figured I had won (since otherwise I should have a PM for the next hand's cards). But no, The Meal was just torturing me and hasn't posted the results yet.

Austin · Post by **Austin** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 9:12 am

He was doing us a service of letting us both be here for the reveal. Congrats to you on the whole thing or to me on gaining some life.

The Meal · Post by **The Meal** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 9:16 am

Two to the river...

Austin · Post by **Austin** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 9:17 am

F5 F5 F5

The Meal · Post by **The Meal** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 9:22 am

And the river comes

:9d::6s::2s::Qs:

Showdown:
Austin shows

:4c: for

:Qc::9d::6s::5c:
Ralph-Wiggum shows

:Ts: for

:Qc::Ah::Ts::9d:

And Austin has been eliminated in 2nd place.

Congratulations to Ralph-Wiggum, the Octopus Overlords Single Table No Limit Hold 'Em Champion.

Thanks to everyone who played, it was definitely a learning experience on my end, and hopefully at least a worthwhile diversion on yours.

~Neal

Austin · Post by **Austin** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 9:27 am

Congrats. The Degree All-In moment was when you called with 8/9 suited on the flopped straight. Nicely done and good luck in the multi-table.

Ralph-Wiggum · Post by **Ralph-Wiggum** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 9:29 am

Woot! Good game everyone. Good game, Austin. Yeah, that 8/9 hand was definitely the turning point. And over the last day I got some crazy good cards for a 3 (really 2) handed table.

edit: And special thanks to the Mealmister. 'Twas lots o' fun.

Baroquen · Post by **Baroquen** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 9:29 am

Grats RW! This was definitely a fun game to watch from the (virtual) rail.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 9:29 am

Grats Ralphie.

And thank you Neal.

The Meal · Post by **The Meal** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 9:30 am

Austin wrote:Congrats. The Degree All-In moment was when you called with 8/9 suited on the flopped straight. Nicely done and good luck in the multi-table.

I'd definitely give that hand the nod for being the difference maker. It didn't help that you caught crap down the stretch. As I was dealing out the cards, I kept wincing at your hole cards (even if oftentimes they'd end up best, I knew that they weren't cards you were going to be able to play). I was dealing out hands one at a time, so I can't tell you if you next hand was going to be significantly better than this last one (which is probably a good thing).

~Neal

Austin · Post by **Austin** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 9:36 am

Thanks for hosting; it was fun.

Pyperkub · Post by **Pyperkub** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 2:02 pm

congrats to all! Most especially the lime-headed kitty, who needs an octopus bracelet...

Austin · Post by **Austin** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 2:11 pm

The Meal wrote:
Austin wrote:Congrats. The Degree All-In moment was when you called with 8/9 suited on the flopped straight. Nicely done and good luck in the multi-table.
I'd definitely give that hand the nod for being the difference maker. It didn't help that you caught crap down the stretch. As I was dealing out the cards, I kept wincing at your hole cards (even if oftentimes they'd end up best, I knew that they weren't cards you were going to be able to play). I was dealing out hands one at a time, so I can't tell you if you next hand was going to be significantly better than this last one (which is probably a good thing).

~Neal

The dual Ace King was disappointing too.

Ralph-Wiggum · Post by **Ralph-Wiggum** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 2:16 pm

Austin wrote:
The Meal wrote:
Austin wrote:Congrats. The Degree All-In moment was when you called with 8/9 suited on the flopped straight. Nicely done and good luck in the multi-table.
I'd definitely give that hand the nod for being the difference maker. It didn't help that you caught crap down the stretch. As I was dealing out the cards, I kept wincing at your hole cards (even if oftentimes they'd end up best, I knew that they weren't cards you were going to be able to play). I was dealing out hands one at a time, so I can't tell you if you next hand was going to be significantly better than this last one (which is probably a good thing).

~Neal
The dual Ace King was disappointing too.

Not as disappointing as when you folded pre-flop to my AA.

edit: Or maybe you didn't. I can't quite remember. You might have just folded pre-flop to my consecutive AKs and AJs.

Austin · Post by **Austin** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 2:20 pm

Ralph-Wiggum wrote:
Austin wrote:
The Meal wrote:
Austin wrote:Congrats. The Degree All-In moment was when you called with 8/9 suited on the flopped straight. Nicely done and good luck in the multi-table.
I'd definitely give that hand the nod for being the difference maker. It didn't help that you caught crap down the stretch. As I was dealing out the cards, I kept wincing at your hole cards (even if oftentimes they'd end up best, I knew that they weren't cards you were going to be able to play). I was dealing out hands one at a time, so I can't tell you if you next hand was going to be significantly better than this last one (which is probably a good thing).

~Neal
The dual Ace King was disappointing too.
Not as disappointing as when you folded pre-flop to my AA.

edit: Or maybe you didn't. I can't quite remember. You might have just folded pre-flop to my consecutive AKs and AJs.

I read you on that one eh.

Ralph-Wiggum · Post by **Ralph-Wiggum** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 2:21 pm

Austin wrote:
Ralph-Wiggum wrote:
Austin wrote:
The Meal wrote:
Austin wrote:Congrats. The Degree All-In moment was when you called with 8/9 suited on the flopped straight. Nicely done and good luck in the multi-table.
I'd definitely give that hand the nod for being the difference maker. It didn't help that you caught crap down the stretch. As I was dealing out the cards, I kept wincing at your hole cards (even if oftentimes they'd end up best, I knew that they weren't cards you were going to be able to play). I was dealing out hands one at a time, so I can't tell you if you next hand was going to be significantly better than this last one (which is probably a good thing).

~Neal
The dual Ace King was disappointing too.
Not as disappointing as when you folded pre-flop to my AA.

edit: Or maybe you didn't. I can't quite remember. You might have just folded pre-flop to my consecutive AKs and AJs.
I read you on that one eh.

How did you manage to quote me the exact same time I edited my post? Crazy.

Austin · Post by **Austin** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 2:33 pm

Ralph-Wiggum wrote:
Austin wrote:
Ralph-Wiggum wrote:
Austin wrote:
The Meal wrote:
Austin wrote:Congrats. The Degree All-In moment was when you called with 8/9 suited on the flopped straight. Nicely done and good luck in the multi-table.
I'd definitely give that hand the nod for being the difference maker. It didn't help that you caught crap down the stretch. As I was dealing out the cards, I kept wincing at your hole cards (even if oftentimes they'd end up best, I knew that they weren't cards you were going to be able to play). I was dealing out hands one at a time, so I can't tell you if you next hand was going to be significantly better than this last one (which is probably a good thing).

~Neal
The dual Ace King was disappointing too.
Not as disappointing as when you folded pre-flop to my AA.

edit: Or maybe you didn't. I can't quite remember. You might have just folded pre-flop to my consecutive AKs and AJs.
I read you on that one eh.
How did you manage to quote me the exact same time I edited my post? Crazy.

It's a mod thing; you wouldn't understand.

I probably folded during my string of 10/4 off suits and like hands.