I have a tendency to attempt steals late in the game. sometimes it can be helpful but other times it can really kill me. Here are some examples of what im talking about
----Thunderbird---although you told me to post hands in seperate forums--
these 3 are very very similar----all hands that could have been folded that
have bumped me out of a early double
This was with 119 left
Full Tilt Poker Game #5728110553: Early Double - A (42876769), Table 106 - 500/1000 Ante 125 - No Limit Hold'em - 18:59:23 ET - 2008/03/21
Seat 1: baloobaloo (19,115), is sitting out
Seat 2: SnakeJake117 (6,979)
Seat 3: K9JTS (52,514)
Seat 4: VinceMcnabb (5,420)
Seat 5: GINGECUN (18,628)
Seat 6: coderbird (16,147)
Seat 7: Vulgarian (14,638)
Seat 9: Lry06 (39,838)
baloobaloo antes 125
SnakeJake117 antes 125
K9JTS antes 125
VinceMcnabb antes 125
GINGECUN antes 125
coderbird antes 125
Vulgarian antes 125
Lry06 antes 125
coderbird posts the small blind of 500
Vulgarian posts the big blind of 1,000
K9JTS: HAND IT OVER
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to VinceMcnabb [Kh 5s]
Vulgarian: ewwww
Lry06 folds
baloobaloo folds
VinceMcnabb: u still mad?
SnakeJake117 folds
K9JTS folds
VinceMcnabb raises to 5,295, and is all in
GINGECUN has 15 seconds left to act
GINGECUN calls 5,295
coderbird folds
Vulgarian folds
VinceMcnabb shows [Kh 5s]
VinceMcnabb: please no call please no call please no call
GINGECUN shows [2d Ah]
Lry06: its a good thing you got more chips so you can send them my way
VinceMcnabb: &&!&
*** FLOP *** [Ac 4s 8s]
*** TURN *** [Ac 4s 8s] [Jd]
*** RIVER *** [Ac 4s 8s Jd] [7h]
VinceMcnabb: !$#%
VinceMcnabb shows Ace King high
GINGECUN shows a pair of Aces
GINGECUN wins the pot (13,090) with a pair of Aces
VinceMcnabb: ASSS
VinceMcnabb stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 13,090 | Rake 0
Board: [Ac 4s 8s Jd 7h]
Seat 1: baloobaloo folded before the Flop
Seat 2: SnakeJake117 folded before the Flop
Seat 3: K9JTS folded before the Flop
Seat 4: VinceMcnabb showed [Kh 5s] and lost with Ace King high
Seat 5: GINGECUN (button) showed [2d Ah] and won (13,090) with a pair of Aces
Seat 6: coderbird (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 7: Vulgarian (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 9: Lry06 folded before the Flop
Here is one when there was 27 left-----
Full Tilt Poker Game #5663912735: Early Double - B (42375413), Table 17 - 2500/5000 Ante 600 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:19:46 ET - 2008/03/16
Seat 1: derekty (86,992)
Seat 2: alow4194 (259,098)
Seat 3: Can8dninPA (75,886)
Seat 4: kingtimedollar (55,677)
Seat 5: Chad00714 (129,667)
Seat 6: kroatisch (309,577)
Seat 7: C_Money1983 (45,871)
Seat 8: GreenhouseOne (33,596)
Seat 9: VinceMcnabb (62,611)
derekty antes 600
alow4194 antes 600
Can8dninPA antes 600
kingtimedollar antes 600
Chad00714 antes 600
kroatisch antes 600
C_Money1983 antes 600
GreenhouseOne antes 600
VinceMcnabb antes 600
alow4194 posts the small blind of 2,500
Can8dninPA posts the big blind of 5,000
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to VinceMcnabb [Ks 6s]
kingtimedollar folds
Chad00714 folds
Chad00714: derek caught donk leading again
kroatisch folds
C_Money1983 folds
GreenhouseOne folds
VinceMcnabb raises to 62,011, and is all in
derekty folds
alow4194 calls 59,511
Can8dninPA has 15 seconds left to act
Can8dninPA folds
VinceMcnabb shows [Ks 6s]
VinceMcnabb: $&@% im out
derekty: how did i lead?
alow4194 shows [Kh Jc]
*** FLOP *** [Jd Kd Td]
*** TURN *** [Jd Kd Td] [3s]
*** RIVER *** [Jd Kd Td 3s] [Th]
VinceMcnabb shows two pair, Kings and Tens
VinceMcnabb: &$&%
alow4194 shows two pair, Kings and Jacks
alow4194 wins the pot (134,422) with two pair, Kings and Jacks
VinceMcnabb: DAMNIT
VinceMcnabb stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 134,422 | Rake 0
Board: [Jd Kd Td 3s Th]
Seat 1: derekty (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 2: alow4194 (small blind) showed [Kh Jc] and won (134,422) with two pair, Kings and Jacks
Seat 3: Can8dninPA (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: kingtimedollar folded before the Flop
Seat 5: Chad00714 folded before the Flop
Seat 6: kroatisch folded before the Flop
Seat 7: C_Money1983 folded before the Flop
Seat 8: GreenhouseOne folded before the Flop
Seat 9: VinceMcnabb showed [Ks 6s] and lost with two pair, Kings and Tens
And finally the last one with
Full Tilt Poker Game #5662804621: Early Double - A (42375211), Table 44 - 500/1000 Ante 125 - No Limit Hold'em - 18:56:48 ET - 2008/03/16
Seat 1: Richy_006 (14,521)
Seat 2: Giacomopd (37,513)
Seat 3: malycat (4,083)
Seat 4: MiStErZYX (25,382)
Seat 5: VinceMcnabb (9,747)
Seat 6: travlncard (33,576)
Seat 7: noseeds (21,873), is sitting out
Seat 8: ImTomo (13,602)
Seat 9: PowerGamer87 (9,482)
Richy_006 antes 125
Giacomopd antes 125
malycat antes 125
MiStErZYX antes 125
VinceMcnabb antes 125
travlncard antes 125
noseeds antes 125
ImTomo antes 125
PowerGamer87 antes 125
VinceMcnabb posts the small blind of 500
travlncard posts the big blind of 1,000
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to VinceMcnabb [5h 9h]
noseeds folds
ImTomo folds
PowerGamer87 folds
Richy_006 folds
Giacomopd folds
malycat folds
MiStErZYX folds
VinceMcnabb raises to 4,000
travlncard raises to 13,000
VinceMcnabb calls 5,622, and is all in
travlncard shows [Ah As]
VinceMcnabb shows [5h 9h]
Uncalled bet of 3,378 returned to travlncard
*** FLOP *** [Jd Tc 9s]
*** TURN *** [Jd Tc 9s] [Ad]
*** RIVER *** [Jd Tc 9s Ad] [Kh]
travlncard shows three of a kind, Aces
VinceMcnabb shows a pair of Nines
travlncard wins the pot (20,369) with three of a kind, Aces
VinceMcnabb stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 20,369 | Rake 0
Board: [Jd Tc 9s Ad Kh]
Seat 1: Richy_006 folded before the Flop
Seat 2: Giacomopd folded before the Flop
Seat 3: malycat folded before the Flop
Seat 4: MiStErZYX (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: VinceMcnabb (small blind) showed [5h 9h] and lost with a pair of Nines
Seat 6: travlncard (big blind) showed [Ah As] and won (20,369) with three of a kind, Aces
Seat 7: noseeds folded before the Flop
Seat 8: ImTomo folded before the Flop
Seat 9: PowerGamer87 folded before the Flop
----Thunderbird---although you told me to post hands in seperate forums--
these 3 are very very similar----all hands that could have been folded that
have bumped me out of a early double
This was with 119 left
Full Tilt Poker Game #5728110553: Early Double - A (42876769), Table 106 - 500/1000 Ante 125 - No Limit Hold'em - 18:59:23 ET - 2008/03/21
Seat 1: baloobaloo (19,115), is sitting out
Seat 2: SnakeJake117 (6,979)
Seat 3: K9JTS (52,514)
Seat 4: VinceMcnabb (5,420)
Seat 5: GINGECUN (18,628)
Seat 6: coderbird (16,147)
Seat 7: Vulgarian (14,638)
Seat 9: Lry06 (39,838)
baloobaloo antes 125
SnakeJake117 antes 125
K9JTS antes 125
VinceMcnabb antes 125
GINGECUN antes 125
coderbird antes 125
Vulgarian antes 125
Lry06 antes 125
coderbird posts the small blind of 500
Vulgarian posts the big blind of 1,000
K9JTS: HAND IT OVER
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to VinceMcnabb [Kh 5s]
Vulgarian: ewwww
Lry06 folds
baloobaloo folds
VinceMcnabb: u still mad?
SnakeJake117 folds
K9JTS folds
VinceMcnabb raises to 5,295, and is all in
GINGECUN has 15 seconds left to act
GINGECUN calls 5,295
coderbird folds
Vulgarian folds
VinceMcnabb shows [Kh 5s]
VinceMcnabb: please no call please no call please no call
GINGECUN shows [2d Ah]
Lry06: its a good thing you got more chips so you can send them my way
VinceMcnabb: &&!&
*** FLOP *** [Ac 4s 8s]
*** TURN *** [Ac 4s 8s] [Jd]
*** RIVER *** [Ac 4s 8s Jd] [7h]
VinceMcnabb: !$#%
VinceMcnabb shows Ace King high
GINGECUN shows a pair of Aces
GINGECUN wins the pot (13,090) with a pair of Aces
VinceMcnabb: ASSS
VinceMcnabb stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 13,090 | Rake 0
Board: [Ac 4s 8s Jd 7h]
Seat 1: baloobaloo folded before the Flop
Seat 2: SnakeJake117 folded before the Flop
Seat 3: K9JTS folded before the Flop
Seat 4: VinceMcnabb showed [Kh 5s] and lost with Ace King high
Seat 5: GINGECUN (button) showed [2d Ah] and won (13,090) with a pair of Aces
Seat 6: coderbird (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 7: Vulgarian (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 9: Lry06 folded before the Flop
Here is one when there was 27 left-----
Full Tilt Poker Game #5663912735: Early Double - B (42375413), Table 17 - 2500/5000 Ante 600 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:19:46 ET - 2008/03/16
Seat 1: derekty (86,992)
Seat 2: alow4194 (259,098)
Seat 3: Can8dninPA (75,886)
Seat 4: kingtimedollar (55,677)
Seat 5: Chad00714 (129,667)
Seat 6: kroatisch (309,577)
Seat 7: C_Money1983 (45,871)
Seat 8: GreenhouseOne (33,596)
Seat 9: VinceMcnabb (62,611)
derekty antes 600
alow4194 antes 600
Can8dninPA antes 600
kingtimedollar antes 600
Chad00714 antes 600
kroatisch antes 600
C_Money1983 antes 600
GreenhouseOne antes 600
VinceMcnabb antes 600
alow4194 posts the small blind of 2,500
Can8dninPA posts the big blind of 5,000
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to VinceMcnabb [Ks 6s]
kingtimedollar folds
Chad00714 folds
Chad00714: derek caught donk leading again
kroatisch folds
C_Money1983 folds
GreenhouseOne folds
VinceMcnabb raises to 62,011, and is all in
derekty folds
alow4194 calls 59,511
Can8dninPA has 15 seconds left to act
Can8dninPA folds
VinceMcnabb shows [Ks 6s]
VinceMcnabb: $&@% im out
derekty: how did i lead?
alow4194 shows [Kh Jc]
*** FLOP *** [Jd Kd Td]
*** TURN *** [Jd Kd Td] [3s]
*** RIVER *** [Jd Kd Td 3s] [Th]
VinceMcnabb shows two pair, Kings and Tens
VinceMcnabb: &$&%
alow4194 shows two pair, Kings and Jacks
alow4194 wins the pot (134,422) with two pair, Kings and Jacks
VinceMcnabb: DAMNIT
VinceMcnabb stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 134,422 | Rake 0
Board: [Jd Kd Td 3s Th]
Seat 1: derekty (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 2: alow4194 (small blind) showed [Kh Jc] and won (134,422) with two pair, Kings and Jacks
Seat 3: Can8dninPA (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: kingtimedollar folded before the Flop
Seat 5: Chad00714 folded before the Flop
Seat 6: kroatisch folded before the Flop
Seat 7: C_Money1983 folded before the Flop
Seat 8: GreenhouseOne folded before the Flop
Seat 9: VinceMcnabb showed [Ks 6s] and lost with two pair, Kings and Tens
And finally the last one with
Full Tilt Poker Game #5662804621: Early Double - A (42375211), Table 44 - 500/1000 Ante 125 - No Limit Hold'em - 18:56:48 ET - 2008/03/16
Seat 1: Richy_006 (14,521)
Seat 2: Giacomopd (37,513)
Seat 3: malycat (4,083)
Seat 4: MiStErZYX (25,382)
Seat 5: VinceMcnabb (9,747)
Seat 6: travlncard (33,576)
Seat 7: noseeds (21,873), is sitting out
Seat 8: ImTomo (13,602)
Seat 9: PowerGamer87 (9,482)
Richy_006 antes 125
Giacomopd antes 125
malycat antes 125
MiStErZYX antes 125
VinceMcnabb antes 125
travlncard antes 125
noseeds antes 125
ImTomo antes 125
PowerGamer87 antes 125
VinceMcnabb posts the small blind of 500
travlncard posts the big blind of 1,000
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to VinceMcnabb [5h 9h]
noseeds folds
ImTomo folds
PowerGamer87 folds
Richy_006 folds
Giacomopd folds
malycat folds
MiStErZYX folds
VinceMcnabb raises to 4,000
travlncard raises to 13,000
VinceMcnabb calls 5,622, and is all in
travlncard shows [Ah As]
VinceMcnabb shows [5h 9h]
Uncalled bet of 3,378 returned to travlncard
*** FLOP *** [Jd Tc 9s]
*** TURN *** [Jd Tc 9s] [Ad]
*** RIVER *** [Jd Tc 9s Ad] [Kh]
travlncard shows three of a kind, Aces
VinceMcnabb shows a pair of Nines
travlncard wins the pot (20,369) with three of a kind, Aces
VinceMcnabb stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 20,369 | Rake 0
Board: [Jd Tc 9s Ad Kh]
Seat 1: Richy_006 folded before the Flop
Seat 2: Giacomopd folded before the Flop
Seat 3: malycat folded before the Flop
Seat 4: MiStErZYX (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: VinceMcnabb (small blind) showed [5h 9h] and lost with a pair of Nines
Seat 6: travlncard (big blind) showed [Ah As] and won (20,369) with three of a kind, Aces
Seat 7: noseeds folded before the Flop
Seat 8: ImTomo folded before the Flop
Seat 9: PowerGamer87 folded before the Flop