Archive for March 12th, 2010

Some of you are probably aware of this controversy already, but in the Full Tilt Poker lobby, heads up tables are currently displayed in alphabetical order. What this means is that whoever is lucky enough to get Table Acre or other names that occur early in the alphabet have by far the best chance of getting a fish to come and sit at his table.

I don’t know how much big of a deal this is at the small stakes, but in high stakes games it is really freaking annoying. There are usually 25-40 tables with just one player sitting and waiting for action, with just a handful of games actually running. Most of these nits sit out against any remotely decent player who tries to play them and just wait for fish. That’s all fine and good and totally their choice, but I don’t think they ought to be able to squat the most valuable real estate.

The problem is that right now not only is there no way to kick them off the tables (they can keep sitting in and back out again to reset their “sitting out” timer), but apparently they can complain to FTP support and get me a warning for trying to run them off the table.  Read the complete post...

Villain on my right is kind of a fish, his turn lead is definitely strong. The guy on my left is a pretty decent reg, a bit on the TAGgish side in general but has a propensity to play back at me. I think he dislikes me, I probably said something to him at some point. I don’t expect him to slowplay much preflop or on the flop, but I also didn’t think he would jam too aggressively on the turn since the fish usually has two pair or better.

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold’em, $10.00 BB (6 handed) – Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

SB ($1005)
BB ($1000)
Hero (UTG) ($1164)
MP ($1499)
CO ($1015)
Button ($1356)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with A, 10
Hero bets $35, MP calls $35, 3 folds, BB calls $25

Flop: ($110) 8, Q, K (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $77, MP calls $77, BB calls $77

Turn: ($341) 10 (3 players)
BB bets $225, Hero calls $225, MP raises to $1387 (All-In), 1 fold, Hero calls $827 (All-In)

River: ($2670) J (2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: $2670 | Rake: $3

Results:
Hero had A, 10 (straight, Ace high).
MP had Q, K (two pair, Kings and Queens).
Outcome: Hero won $2667  Read the complete post...