Octopus Overlords

Posted: **Tue Jun 12, 2007 12:01 pm**

Straight draw eh... Well you did have some outs anyway.

Er, an out. Just the 10 right? At least you made me think after taking my money last time.

Posted: **Tue Jun 12, 2007 12:34 pm**

I had you on the A/ A9, or a flush draw, and was trying to represent Kings, figuring I would have had 3 outs, the straight or pairing up one of my faces - I thought you'd come harder at me if you'd flopped top pair.

I also figured my boat last time would weigh in your mind, but I had to balance that off of the fact that you could absorb the loss.

When you said you had a King, I knew my chances had gone from decent to pretty bad. I didn't think there was any way you would get away from trip kings, but I had my fingers crossed during the commute today.

Ah well - it was fun while it lasted. Well Played!

Posted: **Tue Jun 12, 2007 2:24 pm**

Action: Fold

Action On Austin

Posted: **Tue Jun 12, 2007 2:51 pm**

Posted: **Tue Jun 12, 2007 2:53 pm**

Austin wrote:Fold

Why couldn't you have done that last hand?

Posted: **Tue Jun 12, 2007 3:10 pm**

Pyperkub wrote:
Austin wrote:Fold
Why couldn't you have done that last hand?

I had suited K/J in my pocket.

Posted: **Tue Jun 12, 2007 11:50 pm**

Fold

Action on Ralph

Posted: **Mon Jun 18, 2007 2:55 pm**

Um, uh, fold.

Posted: **Mon Jun 18, 2007 3:17 pm**

Ralph-Wiggum wrote:Um, uh, fold.

Had to think hard on that one eh.

Posted: **Mon Jun 18, 2007 3:59 pm**

Was it my intimidating stare?

Posted: **Mon Jun 25, 2007 6:48 am**

HAND23 Level 3: Blinds 5/10
Incoming bankrollls:
0188 RunningMn9 [BB]
0155 itaiyo
0810 Austin
0475 Animus [button]
0372 Ralph-Wiggum [SB]

Preflop action:
Ralph-Wiggum (367) in SB for 5
RunningMn9 (0178) in BB for 10
itaiyo (155) folds
Austin (810) folds
Animus (475) folds
Ralph-Wiggum (367) folds
RunningMn9 (193) wins a pot of 15 chips in a walk

Hand Summary and Chip Count:
0193 RunningMn9 (BB for 10, wins in a walk)
0155 itaiyo (fold preflop)
0810 Austin (fold preflop)
0475 Animus (fold preflop)
0367 Ralph-Wiggum (SB for 5, fold preflop)

Apologies for the delay. I thought I'd have a little time and a little access and I was right about both of those things, but wrong about them overlapping. But (my) vacation season is over and I'm back, so we can push this through.

~Neal

Posted: **Mon Jun 25, 2007 6:52 am**

HAND24 Level 3: Blinds 5/10
Incoming bankrollls:
0193 RunningMn9 [SB]
0155 itaiyo [BB]
0810 Austin
0475 Animus
0367 Ralph-Wiggum [button]

Preflop action:
RunningMn9 (188) in SB for 5
itaiyo (145) in BB for 10 (pot: 15)
ACTION ON Austin (810)

Cards are on their way out,
~Neal

Posted: **Mon Jun 25, 2007 6:56 am**

Cards are now out. Good luck, all.

~Neal

Posted: **Mon Jun 25, 2007 12:36 pm**

Bet 40 to 40.

(Wording for teh Meal

)

Posted: **Mon Jun 25, 2007 9:17 pm**

Most recent stats dump

Post-HAND13 summary

This mimics what we saw in that post-HAND13 summary: hand rankings if the player had stuck around for all 7 cards. The methodology is the same as in that link, above. The numbers may have been jimmied about a bit from that update (although I don't think so), as I went through my old hands with a fine-tooth comb looking for discrepencies as I tuned up the process for the big MTT game.

Avg Rank - Player (total hands)
4.39 Austin (23)
4.48 RunningMn9 (23) [exactly tied with Ralph-Wiggum]
4.48 Ralph-Wiggum (23)
4.50 Pyperkub (22, out)
4.54 Animus (23)
5.05 LordMortis (11, out)
5.15 itaiyo (23)
5.22 hentzau (18, out)
5.25 CSL (4, out)
5.34 godhugh (19, out)

And finally, the histogram, since that was fun. There are 23 total "stars" in the chart (dashes stand for "half-stars" which happens with a split pot, or when someone's hand would've tied with another person had that other person stayed in the pot). A star indicates the number of times through the first 23 hands that a hand ranked as indicated in the column ended up dragging the chips. The one star with a 9th ranked hand, for instance, indicates that someone likely pulled off a nice bluff.

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~Neal

Posted: **Mon Jun 25, 2007 9:22 pm**

Oh, and Ralph, are you officially "BACK"?

(Hey, Austin started it with his mistyped "raise by 30 to 40" snark, above.)

~Neal

Posted: **Mon Jun 25, 2007 10:35 pm**

I'm back and I'm ready for some 7 2 off action!

Posted: **Tue Jun 26, 2007 1:29 am**

Fold

Go Ralph!

Posted: **Tue Jun 26, 2007 9:17 am**

Fold.

Action on RM9.

Posted: **Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:25 am**

Raise 50 to 90.

Action on itaiyo.

Posted: **Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:32 am**

Posted: **Tue Jun 26, 2007 12:04 pm**

Posted: **Tue Jun 26, 2007 12:17 pm**

Oh, wait. I mean

Posted: **Tue Jun 26, 2007 7:35 pm**

Austin wrote:

I'd hate to disappoint, so, *ahem*

Action: All In

Action on Austin

Posted: **Tue Jun 26, 2007 8:01 pm**

Gone but not forgotten...

Posted: **Tue Jun 26, 2007 8:55 pm**

Posted: **Tue Jun 26, 2007 9:24 pm**

Re-Raise 38 to go All-In.

Posted: **Tue Jun 26, 2007 9:26 pm**

Call

Posted: **Tue Jun 26, 2007 10:58 pm**

Well that's fun. Gimme a moment...

~Neal

Posted: **Tue Jun 26, 2007 11:13 pm**

Since this got complicated (hands with side-pots always do), I'll spell things out a wee bit more than normal.

HAND24 Level 3: Blinds 5/10
Incoming bankrollls:
0193 RunningMn9 [SB]
0155 itaiyo [BB]
0810 Austin
0475 Animus
0367 Ralph-Wiggum [button]

Preflop action:
RunningMn9 (188) in SB for 5
itaiyo (145) in BB for 10 (pot: 15)
Austin (770) raises by 30 to 40 (pot: 55)
Animus (475) folds
Ralph-Wiggum (367) folds
RunningMn9 (103) raises by 50 to 90 (pot: 140, he was already in for 5 in the SB)
itaiyo (all-in) raises by 65 to 155 (pot: 285, itaiyo was in the BB for 10 already)
Austin (655) calls the bet of 155 (pot: 400)
RunningMn9 (all-in) matches the 155 (main pot: 465) and puts in his last 38 to the side-pot (side-pot {RunningMn9}: 38)
Austin (617) calls the additional 38 (main pot: 465, side-pot {RunningMn9 & Austin}: 76)

Three to the flop, turn, and river:
The flop, turn, and river comes:

:7s::5s::3h::4s:

Showdown:
Austin shows

:Qc: for

:Qc::Td::7s::5s:
RunningMn9 shows

:Qh: for

:Qh::Td::7s::5s:
itaiyo shows

:5d: for

:5d::Ad::Td::7s:
Austin wins the main pot of 465 chips, and wins the side pot of 76 chips

Hand summary and chip count:
0000 RunningMn9 (raise to 90 , raise to 193 preflop, lose showdown)
0000 itaiyo (raise to 145 preflop, lose showdown)
1158 Austin (raise to 40, call 155, call 193 preflop, win showdown)
0475 Animus (fold preflop)
0367 Ralph-Wiggum (fold preflop)

itaiyo and RunningMn9 have both been eliminated. Thanks for playing guys, and see you in the MTT next week.

I set a protocol for myself regarding future hands. Typically I deal out one hand into the future, and in the case of a bust-out in the previous hand, I've just removed that player but kept the cards the same. I told myself that if we ever had a double bust-out that I'd re-shuffle and redeal from scratch. RM9 missed out on a 64o, itaiyo on a 53s, Austin on a Q4o, Animus on a 53o, and Ralph-Wiggum on a K7s. RM9 was slated to win the hand on the river when the

fell to make his 7-high straight (itaiyo and Animus would have both made two pair). But that's all figments of my spreadsheet's imagination, so give me a little bit before I come back with HAND25...

~Neal

Posted: **Tue Jun 26, 2007 11:23 pm**

Even more interesting with the double-elimination is how it pertains to the Dead Button Rule for the remaining players. Amazingly enough, this exact situation is described on that linked page:

Ralph gets to be dealer for the next two hands, no SB for HAND25 (Austin in the BB), and Animus in the BB for HAND26 with Austin in the SB. Assuming no more bust outs.

This validates my "in the field" rule of thumb for the Dead Button Rule -- "the BB always moves."

~Neal

Posted: **Tue Jun 26, 2007 11:31 pm**

HAND25 Level 3: Blinds 5/10
Incoming bankrollls:
1158 Austin [BB]
0475 Animus
0367 Ralph-Wiggum [button]

Preflop action:
Austin (1148) in BB for 10 (pot: 10)
ACTION ON Animus (475)

~Neal

Posted: **Tue Jun 26, 2007 11:33 pm**

Me thinks Austin has a lot of chips.

Posted: **Tue Jun 26, 2007 11:35 pm**

Indeed.

Cards are out for HAND25. Good luck, all.

~Neal

Posted: **Wed Jun 27, 2007 12:29 am**

Well, that board really didn't help me at all. But it was the best hand I was dealt the whole game, and I was hoping for at least a race. It sucks that my Q was dead. Nice hand Austin and good luck.

Posted: **Wed Jun 27, 2007 8:19 am**

Thanks. It could have went many directions. That magic Ace can work wonders. The Q would have made me sigh a slight breath of relief had it been a live drawing but that Ace would have made me very nervous. I wasn't looking for an all-in pre-flop, and definitely didn't want a 3 way pre-flop all-in but things have been falling my way this game so works for me in the end.

Actually the Queen has been good to me... now if it could just carry over to real life games.

Last month I lost all-in twice, to the same guy, with the King High flush - He had the Ace both freaking times.

Posted: **Wed Jun 27, 2007 8:37 am**

Austin wrote:Thanks. It could have went many directions. That magic Ace can work wonders. The Q would have made me sigh a slight breath of relief had it been a live drawing but that Ace would have made me very nervous. I wasn't looking for an all-in pre-flop, and definitely didn't want a 3 way pre-flop all-in but things have been falling my way this game so works for me in the end. Actually the Queen has been good to me... now if it could just carry over to real life games. Last month I lost all-in twice, to the same guy, with the King High flush - He had the Ace both freaking times.

I've been playing limit stud and omaha hi/lo. There is nothing more frustrating than working up a huge pot on the flop and turn in hi/lo, having 2-6 straight only to be get knocked up by an ace falling on the river giving one guy an ace high flush and another A-5 straight on the low.

Posted: **Thu Jun 28, 2007 2:12 am**

HAND25 Level 3: Blinds 5/10
Incoming bankrollls:
1158 Austin [BB]
0475 Animus
0367 Ralph-Wiggum [button]

Preflop action:
Austin (1148) in BB for 10
Animus (475) folds (FIRST TIMEOUT) (pot: 10)
ACTION ON Ralph-Wiggum (367)

~Neal

Posted: **Thu Jun 28, 2007 8:00 am**

Raise to 35.

Action on Austin.

Posted: **Thu Jun 28, 2007 8:06 am**

Call 35

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