See below for the results following HEAT 3 of the AUTUMN SERIES.
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Monday, 27 October 2008
Sunday, 19 October 2008
jT Gets Deep Online... and a new name!
I joined Soxy's Uncover Poker last night and it's been good to me so far.
I recommend it to anyone who plays online.
I made it to the final table in the $2500 re-buy tournament tonight, and ended up finishing 3rd... scooping nearly $400.
Click on the image above to see my final hand. I'm in the small blind with King, 10 and I'm second in chips... the chipleader is the big blind so I raise it up and he flat calls. I flop top pair and check, he makes a minimum raise so I push all-in for the chiplead... and he smooth calls with pocket Aces!!!
Sneaky bastard!
Ah well, he made it to the top three for a reason.
Nice one.
jT
Oh, and if you're wondering why I am AnteHerojT on UP, it's because some GIMPOID has already stolen AnteVirusjT.
Tuesday, 14 October 2008
FHP MEGA POKER TABLE SALE!!!
We have some amazing professional poker tables in-stock.
These are Deluxe Weber Tables with casino-quality felt (scotchguarded), they seat 10 players comfortably and include ten drink holders (big enough for pint glasses). They are perfect for home games if you have the room, or for pubs and clubs that want to offer action.
RRP is £399 and the freight is usually £100+
We're offering these for £275 DELIVERED to any address in Jersey!
We have blue, green and red felt.
And for the poker fan who hasn't quite got the room for such a sturdy table, we have some classic WPT tables with folding legs in blue or red felt. They seat 8 players comfortably and feature top quality felt for smooth dealing and for pulling in all those chips!
These usually RRP for anything up to £299 and shipping is usually £75+ to Jersey.
We are offering these for £199 DELIVERED to anywhere in Jersey!
Email justin@fishhookpoker.com for more info...
jT
Saturday, 11 October 2008
AUTUMN SERIES - HEAT TWO RESULTS
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44 players contested the £1400 pot and congratulations to Craig Hartley, who won the heat.
Ashton has been playing a solid game too and has taken the runner-up slot in both heats so far - putting him at the top of the leaderboard!
I thought Jason was going to dominate this one as he built up a chip lead in the later stages but was sucked-out by Lisa on the final table for a big chunk of his chips when Lisa spiked her gut shot straight.
I made it to the final table with an above average stack but started to bleed chips and needed to double-up or steal some dead money. I made a move into the chip leader, which is never a good idea at the best of times, and he happened to be holding Ace, King suited at the time! I finished in 7th place... no money but at least I have some points on the board.
It was a good heat and I had to turn seven players away as we were so busy - so members, GET YOUR NAMES DOWN EARLY!
Only members can reserve a seat from now on, the rest is first come first served and the buy-in for non-members in £20 + £4 rather than the member rate of £20 + £2.
jT
Wednesday, 8 October 2008
Monday, 6 October 2008
Aces a Curse at the Pomme...
I was involved in the sickest hand ever yesterday in the cash game at the Pomme.
I was sat at a crazy table, lots of loose play and nobody particularly worried about pushing all their chips into the middle.
I'm dealt pocket Aces (both red) and decide to limp in as I am sure that someone is going to raise it-up. Sure enough, someone makes it £10 to go. Someone re-raises to £30 and two people call before me. I announce a raise and throw my £30 in. The pot is £156 and I push all my chips in. Players fold around the table but I get a caller. Now, I didn't realize someone was still in the hand so I flip my cards over, showing my Aces. I'm gutted as I do myself out of another potential caller. The player thinks about it and calls, flipping over 4, 6 suited, even though he SAW I WAS HOLDING ACES!!!
The other player was holding Ace, King. Anyway, the lunatic flops a 6 and rivers another one for trips and I lose a £700 pot.
Within 20 minutes, the same player is involved in another massive pot. He is raised on the flop, which doesn't look particularly dangerous and then is put all-in on the turn. He calls, and flips over his own pair of aces. His aggressive opponent shows an open-ended straight and sure enough, he hits his straight on the river, taking all the chips.
Wow, solid poker...
I was sat at a crazy table, lots of loose play and nobody particularly worried about pushing all their chips into the middle.
I'm dealt pocket Aces (both red) and decide to limp in as I am sure that someone is going to raise it-up. Sure enough, someone makes it £10 to go. Someone re-raises to £30 and two people call before me. I announce a raise and throw my £30 in. The pot is £156 and I push all my chips in. Players fold around the table but I get a caller. Now, I didn't realize someone was still in the hand so I flip my cards over, showing my Aces. I'm gutted as I do myself out of another potential caller. The player thinks about it and calls, flipping over 4, 6 suited, even though he SAW I WAS HOLDING ACES!!!
The other player was holding Ace, King. Anyway, the lunatic flops a 6 and rivers another one for trips and I lose a £700 pot.
Within 20 minutes, the same player is involved in another massive pot. He is raised on the flop, which doesn't look particularly dangerous and then is put all-in on the turn. He calls, and flips over his own pair of aces. His aggressive opponent shows an open-ended straight and sure enough, he hits his straight on the river, taking all the chips.
Wow, solid poker...
Monday, 29 September 2008
7th Place Finish in the Big Game...
It was the Big Game on Sunday at the Pomme... £260 buy-in and about £7500 in the pot. Starting stacks were 20,000 chips.
I drew a tough table with some solid tournament players but got some pretty good hands early.
I flopped trip 4s in the big blind and checked around to an aggressive, experienced player who bet out 4000. I made it 10,000 and he folded.
I then called a small pre-flop raise with pocket 2s and flopped a set. The Beast bet out and I raised it up. Fold.
I find King, Queen in the big blind and find myself heads-up with an aggressive, young player. The flop comes 3, 3, 3. I bet out and he flat calls. The turn is a 6. I bet again and he flat calls again. The river is another blank and I fire a third bet and the kid pushes all-in. I fold and he shows a bluff with something like 7, 8.
The same player who made the above bluff, loses most of his chips (and some of mine he bluffed off me) in a big hand and is left the short stack - and I find another pair of 2s in the hole in the next hand. It's folded around to me in the small blind and the kid in the big blind. I raise it up and he flat calls. I put him all-in blind before the flop is dealt and hit another set of 2s! He calls as he is pot committed and is drawing dead, so he is eliminated.
Another small stack gets unlucky when I raise it with Ace, Queen suited and he has Ace, King. I get my straight on the river eliminating another player.
The table is broken-up and we're down to the final 20 players or so. I spend 4 or 5 hours floating between 30,000 and 40,000 chips, never really hitting a big hand but managing to stay above the average chip stack.
The blinds and antes mean that every pot is worth winning and I pick-up some dead money with all-in moves.
After about 6-7 hours, I'm on the final table (10 players) and sitting on around 25,000 chips. I'm in all or nothing mode and push in with Ace, Queen and get no callers and then pocket 7s and get no callers.
2 players are eliminated over the next hour and we hit the dinner break. I'm not the short stack, but I'm only sitting on about 35,000 chips (about 15 big blinds) and I'm waiting for my spots to see if I can double-up or at least wait it out to make the money (only the top 6 get paid).
A pro gets eliminated when his pocket 9s are crushed by pocket Jacks and there's only 7 left... one more player out and at least I get my buy-in back after 8 hours of poker! I regret my 'wait it out' strategy, folding when players are all-in, only to hit my hands on the flop and see worse hands winning huge pots. The blinds and antes are eating away at me and I need a hand to move all-in with.
My King, Jack runs into pocket Queens and I can't find another Cowboy so go out on the bubble.
My head is banging after 8 straight hours of concentration but I sit down at the cash game with £140 anyway. Twenty minutes later, I'm sitting on £1300! 8 HOURS FOR NOTHING AND I MAKE A GRAND IN 20 MINUTES!!! that's poker!
I push all my chips in with Ace, King suited when the flop gives me four to the nut flush. It was pure gamble but it paid off when I get two callers, one who had flopped the straight and the other with a big pocket pair. My third heart comes with the next card and I pull-in £600.
A few minutes later, I look down at pocket Kings. The flop brings no scary Aces, no straights and no flushes. Two players go all-in and I raise it-up £100 and get called. The turn is another King but puts a flush draw out there. I push all my chips in and the other guy folds. My trip Kings win the lot and I am now sitting on £1300 chips.
Not a bad day after all, although I was really hoping to hit the top three in the tournament. Ah well.
jT
I drew a tough table with some solid tournament players but got some pretty good hands early.
I flopped trip 4s in the big blind and checked around to an aggressive, experienced player who bet out 4000. I made it 10,000 and he folded.
I then called a small pre-flop raise with pocket 2s and flopped a set. The Beast bet out and I raised it up. Fold.
I find King, Queen in the big blind and find myself heads-up with an aggressive, young player. The flop comes 3, 3, 3. I bet out and he flat calls. The turn is a 6. I bet again and he flat calls again. The river is another blank and I fire a third bet and the kid pushes all-in. I fold and he shows a bluff with something like 7, 8.
The same player who made the above bluff, loses most of his chips (and some of mine he bluffed off me) in a big hand and is left the short stack - and I find another pair of 2s in the hole in the next hand. It's folded around to me in the small blind and the kid in the big blind. I raise it up and he flat calls. I put him all-in blind before the flop is dealt and hit another set of 2s! He calls as he is pot committed and is drawing dead, so he is eliminated.
Another small stack gets unlucky when I raise it with Ace, Queen suited and he has Ace, King. I get my straight on the river eliminating another player.
The table is broken-up and we're down to the final 20 players or so. I spend 4 or 5 hours floating between 30,000 and 40,000 chips, never really hitting a big hand but managing to stay above the average chip stack.
The blinds and antes mean that every pot is worth winning and I pick-up some dead money with all-in moves.
After about 6-7 hours, I'm on the final table (10 players) and sitting on around 25,000 chips. I'm in all or nothing mode and push in with Ace, Queen and get no callers and then pocket 7s and get no callers.
2 players are eliminated over the next hour and we hit the dinner break. I'm not the short stack, but I'm only sitting on about 35,000 chips (about 15 big blinds) and I'm waiting for my spots to see if I can double-up or at least wait it out to make the money (only the top 6 get paid).
A pro gets eliminated when his pocket 9s are crushed by pocket Jacks and there's only 7 left... one more player out and at least I get my buy-in back after 8 hours of poker! I regret my 'wait it out' strategy, folding when players are all-in, only to hit my hands on the flop and see worse hands winning huge pots. The blinds and antes are eating away at me and I need a hand to move all-in with.
My King, Jack runs into pocket Queens and I can't find another Cowboy so go out on the bubble.
My head is banging after 8 straight hours of concentration but I sit down at the cash game with £140 anyway. Twenty minutes later, I'm sitting on £1300! 8 HOURS FOR NOTHING AND I MAKE A GRAND IN 20 MINUTES!!! that's poker!
I push all my chips in with Ace, King suited when the flop gives me four to the nut flush. It was pure gamble but it paid off when I get two callers, one who had flopped the straight and the other with a big pocket pair. My third heart comes with the next card and I pull-in £600.
A few minutes later, I look down at pocket Kings. The flop brings no scary Aces, no straights and no flushes. Two players go all-in and I raise it-up £100 and get called. The turn is another King but puts a flush draw out there. I push all my chips in and the other guy folds. My trip Kings win the lot and I am now sitting on £1300 chips.
Not a bad day after all, although I was really hoping to hit the top three in the tournament. Ah well.
jT
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