Hand of the day

From another streamer's home game tournament
Converting hands till the cows come home
PokerStars Limit Triple Draw t500/t1000 - 5 players

BB: t4,370
UTG: t3,175 (Hero)
CO: t3,440
Button: t5,955
SB: t8,775

Dealing Hands: (t750) 8♣:9♣:3♣:5♣:7♥: (5 players)
Hero raises to t1000, CO folds, Button calls t1000, SB calls t750, BB folds

First Draw: (t3,500) (3 players)
SB discards 2, Hero stands, Button discards 2,
8♣:9♣:3♣:5♣:7♥:
SB checks, Hero bets t500, Button raises to t1000, SB calls t1000, Hero calls t500

Second Draw: (t6,500) (3 players)
SB discards 1, Hero stands, Button discards 1,
8♣:9♣:3♣:5♣:7♥:
SB checks, Hero bets t1000, Button calls t1000, SB calls t1000

Third Draw: (t9,500) (3 players)
SB discards 1, Hero stands, Button discards 1,
8♣:9♣:3♣:5♣:7♥:
SB checks, Hero checks, Button checks

Hero showed 8♣:9♣:3♣:5♣:7♥:, Lo: 9,8,7,5,3
Button mucked 3♦:4♥:2♣:Q♥:7♠:, L: Q,7,4,3,2
SB showed 2♥:J♥:7♣:6♠:3♠:, Lo: J,7,6,3,2
Hero won t9500

The neat thing here is that they blocked each other's outs.
I went from last to 1st with this hand, then finished 2nd overall.

Nifty,
VS

one of whom is me
Feral Cow Poker
PokerStars Limit 5 Card Draw $0.10/$0.20 - 6 players

SB: $4.70
BB: $4.32
UTG: $0.92
UTG+1: $2.58
CO: $4.06
Button: $9.29 (Hero)

Dealing Hands: ($0.15) K♥:A♠:J♦:9♣:T♦: (6 players)
UTG folds, UTG+1 raises to $0.20, CO folds, Hero raises to $0.30, SB raises to $0.40, 2 folds, Hero calls $0.10

First Draw: ($1.10) (2 players)
SB discards 4, Hero stands,
K♥:A♠:J♦:9♣:T♦:
SB checks, Hero bets $0.20, SB calls $0.20

SB showed A♦:J♥:A♣:4♣:3♣:, a pair of Aces
Hero showed K♥:A♠:J♦:9♣:T♦:, high card Ace
SB won $1.43
(Rake: $0.07)

OK, so I raised with total air -- OK, I had a gutshot, but still...
This hand is special though -- I have 5 high cards, so I block others from having them.
With this hand, you can raise, and quite often just steal the blinds.
If you do get called, and unless the caller hits a decent hand you still take the pot.

Normally, you fold this vs a raise, but...

Note that villain raised and drew 4 cards!
Which means he had a bare A.

So standing pat seemed to be a good way to lock up the hand, but no -- not vs this button jockey ---

He calls my pat hand with a pair of Aces.

Nice hand sir,
VS

The hand with the 99 77 55 that is quite sick

Aaaaw, I know this very well: You make a really cool bluff and this calls you with bottom pair oder some random hand.

I like that bluff! ♠_thumbsup:

Primrose from zero to hero? Tell me more.
I’m on a similar quest as well

Originally posted by sirlax27
Primrose from zero to hero? Tell me more.
I’m on a similar quest as well

*Caution off topic*: You´re welcome to visit my blog (see signature)

Maybe that should be Omahahaha

On my stream today I mentioned that on one site where I play PLO8 you occasionally get pots where several players are all-in pre-flop.
I don't always enter these, but if my hand has potential for the nut high hand (A-high flushes and straights etc) more than one way, and has potential for the nut low, I'll sometimes enter these battle royals

Here is today's...
GTECH G2 (Boss) - C$0.10 PL Hi/Lo - Omaha Hi/Lo - 9 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

CO: C11.53 (VPIP: 37.06, PFR: 7.20, 3Bet Preflop: 3.67, Hands: 1,611)
BTN: C9.10 (VPIP: 87.95, PFR: 24.03, 3Bet Preflop: 8.90, Hands: 3,933)
SB: C6.88 (VPIP: 38.21, PFR: 0.50, 3Bet Preflop: 0.28, Hands: 993)
BB: C1.70 (VPIP: 79.58, PFR: 0.30, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 671)
UTG: C3.90 (VPIP: 33.88, PFR: 0.22, 3Bet Preflop: 0.53, Hands: 1,845)
UTG+1: C6.20 (VPIP: 46.51, PFR: 3.29, 3Bet Preflop: 2.95, Hands: 3,378)
Hero (MP): C25.13
MP+1: C5.47 (VPIP: 80.86, PFR: 50.85, 3Bet Preflop: 34.76, Hands: 8,268) <== check out these stats!
MP+2: C9.71 (VPIP: 66.55, PFR: 2.04, 3Bet Preflop: 1.37, Hands: 1,472)

SB posts SB C0.05, BB posts BB C0.10, MP+1 posts penalty blind C0.10

Pre Flop: (pot: C0.25) Hero has 6♥:2♥:A♠:9♦:

fold, UTG+1 calls C0.10, Hero calls C0.10, MP+1 raises to C0.55, MP+2 raises to C2.00, fold, BTN calls C2.00, fold, fold, UTG+1 calls C1.90, Hero calls C1.90, MP+1 raises to C3.45, MP+2 raises to C9.71 and is all-in, BTN calls C7.10 and is all-in, UTG+1 calls C4.20 and is all-in, Hero calls C7.71, MP+1 calls C2.02 and is all-in
A word (or two) of explanation:
MP+1 is supremely active -- I overlimp because for certain he will raise, and I would rather just call the first raise.
MP+2, however knows MP+1 quite well, and recognizes that if he can iso-raise here, he can pick up some easy chips. Note the stack sizes -- they're tiny! Buying in for 20BB is quite normal on this site, and so is shoving them pre-flop. This is Friday night, so it is quite possible that a few of these players have had a wee drop or two.
We all call around, then MP+1 shoves the rest of his stack, then all the rest go all-in.
If you check my stack size, I'm already up a BI, so this is OPM (Other people's money) and in she goes.

Now let's see if it holds

Flop: (C40.34, 5 players) 5♥:5♣:T♣:

Turn: (C40.34, 5 players) 4♥:

River: (C40.34, 5 players) 2♠:

Sorry, you can't play on this site unless you live in British Columbia, Manitoba or Quebec (provinces of Canada)

On Fridays, I often play here until I have won more than CAD 5.00 -- then I buy a lottery ticket.
Tonight's top prize is CAD 60,000,000 -- plus there is 29 additional CAD 1,000,000 prizes.

Wish me luck!
VS

when you made the right move....perhaps (Is it correct?) :f_ugly::f_ugly::f_ugly::f_ugly:

Poker Stars, (300/600 blinds, 80 ante) No Limit Hold'em Tournament, 9 Players
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SB: 78,050 (130.1 bb)
BB: 8,380 (14 bb)
UTG+1: 14,626 (24.4 bb)
UTG+2: 5,955 (9.9 bb)
MP1: 23,556 (39.3 bb)
MP2: 8,375 (14 bb)
Hero (MP3): 38,394 (64 bb)
CO: 72,040 (120.1 bb)
BTN: 7,140 (11.9 bb)

Preflop:
Hero is MP3 with J♠: J♥:
BB showed K♥: K♣:
MP1 showed A♥: A♦:

UTG+1 calls 600, UTG+2 folds, MP1 raises to 2,000, MP2 folds, Hero calls 2,000, 3 folds, BB raises to 8,300 and is all-in, UTG+1 folds, MP1 calls 6,300,
Hero folds

Flop: (20,220) 3♣: T♣: T♠: (2 players, 1 is all-in)
Turn: (20,220) 8♠: (2 players, 1 is all-in)

Results:

Answer: Yes, definitely
This was during a $1.10 8-Game tournament today.

During the 2-7 Triple draw phase, I have 3 shots at drawing to the nuts.
The draw is vulnerable since if I draw a 3, I have a straight, which is instant death in lowball, where the best hand is the worst:
7,5,4,3,2

Villain is betting out, so I have the impression that he has at worst an 8.

When he stands pat on the last draw, the only thing my A-lo can beat is a bluff, but for 45 chips, I'm not going to forgo over 100 times that amount.

Milked from the teat of a feral cow
PokerStars Limit Triple Draw ($0.98+$0.12) t400/t800 - 5 players

SB: t3,560
BB: t2,445
UTG: t5,014
CO: t7,696
Button: t5,130 (Hero)

Dealing Hands: (t600) 6♦:4♦:2♣:2♠:5♦: (5 players)
2 folds, Hero raises to t800, SB calls t600, BB calls t400

First Draw: (t2,400) (3 players)
SB discards 2, BB discards 2, Hero discards 1,
6♦:4♦:2♠:5♦: || K♦:
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets t400, SB folds, BB raises to t800, Hero calls t400

Second Draw: (t4,000) (2 players)
BB stands, Hero discards 1,
6♦:4♦:2♠:5♦: || 6♠:
BB bets t800, Hero calls t800

Third Draw: (t5,600) (2 players)
BB stands, Hero discards 1,
6♦:4♦:2♠:5♦: || A♦:
BB bets t45 and is all-in, Hero calls t45

BB showed 6♥:K♥:6♣:T♦:A♣:, Lo: a pair of Sixes
Hero showed 6♦:4♦:A♦:2♠:5♦:, Lo: A,6,5,4,2
Hero won t5690

(I ended up cashing in the 2nd tier up from the bottom)

Haha, something similar happened to me with QQ. Jammed, looked into KK and AA, but the Q came on the flop!

In PLO8, there is a Hi hand and a Lo hand.
The best 5-card poker hand wins half the pot, and the worst poker hand wins half the pot.
The worst hand is 5 unpaired cards less than or equal to 8
Part of the difficulty comes from the fact that you must use 2 and only 2 cards of the 4 from your hand, and 3 from the board for each of the Hi and Lo sections. (it can be a different two cards for each section)

Split pots are very common.
Scooping is when 1 hand wins both pots.

GTECH G2 (Boss) - C$0.10 PL Hi/Lo - Omaha Hi/Lo - 8 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

UTG: C13.23 (VPIP: 36.59, PFR: 10.98, 3Bet Preflop: 10.20, Hands: 164)
Hero (UTG+1): C20.44
MP: C3.44 (VPIP: 87.77, PFR: 23.57, 3Bet Preflop: 8.63, Hands: 4,048)
MP+1: C3.28 (VPIP: 77.93, PFR: 17.94, 3Bet Preflop: 7.51, Hands: 1,930)
CO: C27.35 (VPIP: 18.19, PFR: 1.33, 3Bet Preflop: 0.95, Hands: 2,557)
BTN: C12.96 (VPIP: 91.90, PFR: 19.84, 3Bet Preflop: 11.97, Hands: 247)
SB: C26.24 (VPIP: 22.64, PFR: 4.55, 3Bet Preflop: 3.90, Hands: 265)
BB: C11.84 (VPIP: 60.47, PFR: 5.81, 3Bet Preflop: 5.38, Hands: 258)

SB posts SB C0.05, BB posts BB C0.10

Pre Flop: (pot: C0.15) Hero has 5♥:9♦:A♦:4♠:

fold, Hero calls C0.10, MP calls C0.10, MP+1 calls C0.10, CO calls C0.10, BTN raises to C0.50, fold, BB calls C0.40, Hero calls C0.40, MP calls C0.40, MP+1 calls C0.40, CO calls C0.40

Flop: (C3.05, 6 players) 2♦:4♦:T♦:
BB checks, Hero checks, MP checks, MP+1 bets C2.78 and is all-in, fold, BTN calls C2.78, fold, Hero raises to C14.17, fold, BTN calls C9.68 and is all-in

Turn: (C30.75, 3 players) 8♠:

River: (C30.75, 3 players) 8♦:

Hero shows 5♥:9♦:A♦:4♠: (High: Flush, Ace High, Low: 8542A)

Main Pot [C11.39]: (Pre 28%, Flop 76%, Turn 89%)
Side Pot#1 [C19.36]: (Pre 44%, Flop 90%, Turn 96%)

MP+1 shows T♠:4♥:3♦:J♦: (Flush, Jack High)

Main Pot [C11.39]: (Pre 32%, Flop 14%, Turn 7%)

BTN shows A♥:6♠:2♠:Q♦: (High: Two Pair, Eights and Twos, Low: 8642A)

Main Pot [C11.39]: (Pre 40%, Flop 10%, Turn 4%)
Side Pot#1 [C19.36]: (Pre 56%, Flop 10%, Turn 4%)

Hero wins C29.22
Rake paid C1.53

WooHoo! Scoop!
VS

THIS happens when you get too greedy......

Villain with 10 $ Bounty on his head ...... I was already drooling, but ..........

partypoker - 0/0 NL (8 max) - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4: http://www.pokertracker.com

CO: 58.08 BB (VPIP: 48.00, PFR: 36.00, 3Bet Preflop: 12.50, Hands: 26)
BTN: 25.49 BB (VPIP: 16.48, PFR: 11.30, 3Bet Preflop: 3.33, Hands: 182)
SB: 42.74 BB (VPIP: 38.10, PFR: 21.05, 3Bet Preflop: 14.29, Hands: 21)
BB: 10.61 BB (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 13.48, 3Bet Preflop: 9.09, Hands: 153)
UTG: 29.07 BB (VPIP: 31.43, PFR: 14.29, 3Bet Preflop: 30.77, Hands: 35)
Hero (UTG+1): 30.36 BB
MP: 29.65 BB (VPIP: 0.00, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 8)
MP+1: 28.49 BB (VPIP: 22.22, PFR: 11.11, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 9)

8 players post ante of 0 BB, SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 2.42 BB) Hero has A♠ K♦
UTG raises to 4 BB, Hero raises to 30.25 BB and is all-in, fold, fold, fold, fold, SB raises to 42.63 BB and is all-in, fold, UTG calls 24.95 BB and is all-in

Flop : (91.36 BB, 3 players) J♦ 4♦ T♦

Turn : (91.36 BB, 3 players) Q♦

River : (91.36 BB, 3 players) 4♥

UTG shows J♠ A♥ (Two Pair, Jacks and Fours)

Main Pot [88.77 BB]: (Pre 7%, Flop 7%, Turn 0%)

Hero shows A♠ K♦ (Flush, King High)

Main Pot [88.77 BB]: (Pre 6%, Flop 11%, Turn 2%)
Side Pot [2.59 BB]: (Pre 6%, Flop 11%, Turn 2%)

SB shows A♦ A♣ (Flush, Ace High)

Main Pot [88.77 BB]: (Pre 87%, Flop 82%, Turn 98%)
Side Pot [2.59 BB]: (Pre 94%, Flop 89%, Turn 98%)

SB wins 12.38 BB
SB wins 2.59 BB
SB wins 88.77 BB

:rage::rage::rage::rage::rage:

The suck-out to end all suck-outs

For the past week or so, I've done a lot of complaining about my bad runs in Badugi to all who would listen. This hand should shut me up for a while.

'Oorah for whine equity!

Milked from the teat of a feral cow
PokerStars Pot Limit Badugi ($1.92+$2.00) t60/t120 - 7 players

CO: t2,700
Button: t5,098
SB: t5,328
BB: t1,770 (Hero)
UTG: t4,669
UTG+1: t3,515
HJ: t9,970

Dealing Hands: (t180) 9♣:4♣:A♥:2♦: (7 players)
UTG folds, UTG+1 raises to t300, 3 folds, SB calls t240, Hero calls t180

First Draw: (t900) (3 players)
SB discards 1, Hero discards 1, UTG+1 discards 1,
4♣:A♥:2♦: || 9♥:
SB checks, Hero bets t550, UTG+1 raises to t1450, SB raises to t5028 and is all-in, Hero calls t920 and is all-in, UTG+1 folds

Second Draw: (t5,290) (2 players)
SB stands, Hero discards 1

Third Draw: (t5,290) (2 players)
SB stands, Hero stands

SB showed 2♠:5♣:A♦:3♥:, a Badugi: 5,3,2,A
Hero showed 3♠:4♣:A♥:2♦:, a Badugi: 4,3,2,A
Hero won t5290

Chance of winning that hand on the 2nd draw? About 4%...

Man, oh man, you could not have picked a better time to draw a perfect badugi!

(plus a wee bit more)

once a cow has a taste for violence, it reverts. it becomes feral.
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em t1600/t3200 ante t400 - 7 players

BB: t133,429
UTG: t29,385
UTG+1: t42,452
HJ: t36,804 (Hero)
CO: t67,560
Button: t90,516
SB: t138,814

Preflop: (t7,600) Hero is HJ with J♥:J♦: (7 players)
UTG folds, UTG+1 raises to t42052 and is all-in, Hero calls t36404 and is all-in, CO folds, Button raises to t90116 and is all-in, 2 folds

Flop: (t128,108) J♠:5♠:A♣: (3 players)

Turn: (t128,108) 7♠: (3 players)

River: (t128,108) 9♣: (3 players)

UTG+1 showed 3♦:3♥:, and lost with a pair of Threes
Hero showed J♥:J♦:, and won (116812) with three of a kind, Jacks
Button showed A♥:5♥:, and won (11296) with two pair, Aces and Fives
Hero won t116812
Button won t11296

I liked that hand so much I boomed it:
https://www.boomplayer.com/27961777_8E074D37CB

The above was in a freeroll that paid 10 entries to a spingo freeroll next month.
I managed to get one of the tickets out of 750 or so runners -- who would believe Vorpal could play Hold'em

Am I allowed two hands of the day?
I don't know if this is the "correct" play but with less than 10 BB I figured I had to squeeze-shove the A♣:Q♣:
This converter is going to be a cash cow...
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em t700/t1400 ante t175 - 9 players

UTG+1: t40,620
MP: t39,964
MP2: t23,511
HJ: t56,471
CO: t5,166
Button: t12,584 (Hero)
SB: t20,369
BB: t18,972
UTG: t49,711

Preflop: (t3,675) Hero is Button with A♣:Q♣: (9 players)
UTG raises to t2800, UTG+1 folds, MP calls t2800, MP2 folds, HJ calls t2800, CO folds, Hero raises to t12409 and is all-in, 2 folds, UTG raises to t22018, MP folds, HJ folds

Flop: (t34,093) 7♠:5♠:A♠: (2 players)

Turn: (t34,093) 7♣: (2 players)

River: (t34,093) 4♥: (2 players)

Hero showed A♣:Q♣:, and won (34093) with two pair, Aces and Sevens
UTG showed T♥:T♣:, and lost with two pair, Tens and Sevens
Hero won t34093

All the best,
VS

Cows play poker with cow chips
PokerStars Limit Triple Draw $0.10/$0.20 - 5 players

BB: $10.00 (Hero)
UTG: $4.00
CO: $5.32
Button: $26.16
SB: $2.03

Dealing Hands: ($0.15) T♦:T♣:T♥:J♥:J♦: (5 players)
UTG raises to $0.20, 3 folds, Hero folds

UTG collected $0.25

(Rake: $0)

So nice to be called and receive max value

Hand of the yesterday!
PokerStars - $0.02 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 4 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 199.5 BB
SB: 165 BB (VPIP: 35.90, PFR: 24.36, 3Bet Preflop: 13.89, Hands: 81)
BB: 123.5 BB (VPIP: 25.46, PFR: 19.56, 3Bet Preflop: 10.00, Hands: 553)
CO: 144.5 BB (VPIP: 19.67, PFR: 16.58, 3Bet Preflop: 7.51, Hands: 795)

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 3♥ 3♦

CO raises to 2.5 BB, Hero calls 2.5 BB, fold, BB calls 1.5 BB

Flop: (8 BB, 3 players) 3♣ 9♠ 6♦
BB bets 4.5 BB, fold, Hero raises to 15.5 BB, BB calls 11 BB

Turn: (39 BB, 2 players) 3♠
BB checks, Hero bets 12 BB, BB raises to 53 BB, Hero raises to 94 BB, BB raises to 105.5 BB and is all-in, Hero calls 11.5 BB

River: (250 BB, 2 players) K♠

BB shows A♣ 9♣ (Two Pair, Nines and Threes)
(Pre 49%, Flop 6%, Turn 0%)
Hero shows 3♥ 3♦ (Four of a Kind, Threes)
(Pre 51%, Flop 94%, Turn 100%)
Hero wins 241 BB

IPoker, (50/100 blinds) No Limit Hold'em Tournament, 9 Players
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Hero (SB): 3,079 (30.8 bb)
BB: 3,190 (31.9 bb)
UTG+1: 1,340 (13.4 bb)
UTG+2: 4,468 (44.7 bb)
MP1: 1,380 (13.8 bb)
MP2: 1,800 (18 bb)
MP3: 1,500 (15 bb)
CO: 2,550 (25.5 bb)
BTN: 4,465 (44.7 bb)

Preflop:
Hero is SB with Q♠: Q♥:
MP3 showed A♣: A♥:
CO showed A♦: A♠:

4 folds, MP3 calls 100, CO raises to 600, BTN folds, Hero raises to 3,079 and is all-in,
BB folds, MP3 calls 1,400 and is all-in, CO calls 1,950 and is all-in

Flop: (6,700) 8♦: J♠: 4♣: (3 players, 3 are all-in)
Turn: (6,700) K♣: (3 players, 3 are all-in)
River: (6,700) T♥: (3 players, 3 are all-in)

Results: 6,700 pot
Final Board: 8♦: J♠: 4♣: K♣: T♥:

Poker Stars, (1,250/2,500 blinds, 300 ante) No Limit Hold'em Tournament, 9 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

SB: 42,414 (17 bb)
BB: 45,870 (18.3 bb)
Hero (UTG+1): 57,310 (22.9 bb)
UTG+2: 50,976 (20.4 bb)
MP1: 77,932 (31.2 bb)
MP2: 16,678 (6.7 bb)
MP3: 78,010 (31.2 bb)
CO: 61,212 (24.5 bb)
BTN: 55,930 (22.4 bb)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with T♠: T♥:
Hero raises to 5,000, 6 folds, SB raises to 42,114 and is all-in, BB folds, Hero calls 37,114

Flop: (89,428) T♣: T♦: 5♦: (2 players, 1 is all-in)
Turn: (89,428) 3♣: (2 players, 1 is all-in)
River: (89,428) 7♠: (2 players, 1 is all-in)

Results: 89,428 pot
Final Board: T♣: T♦: 5♦: 3♣: 7♠:
SB showed J♠: J♦: and lost (-42,414 net)
Hero showed T♠: T♥: and won 89,428 (47,014 net)