Happy Easter!

I hope everyone has a good Easter. You will find me online during the weekend, but I will be taking a break for a few days starting next Tuesday. Also, I wanted to mention that I'm travelling to Budapest in April. I know there are six or seven casinos with poker there, but haven't found any info regarding tourneys dates, buyins etc. I did find one casino that uses those virtual poker tables. You sit at a normal table, but rather than real cards and chips, all the action is on a little screen. Too bad you can't multitable these things - LOL! Anyway, if anyone knows of a good spot to play there, then let me know.

Roland

Results for March Private Game

Thanks for the great turnout last night and welcome to Barbapaps, Beatfreak1 and JaneMaria! (Edit: This was our largest tournout ever for a private game - we are growing!)

I was happy to see Wollmar at the table as well. Bad luck getting your AA cracked Wollmar.

Feel free to post comments here on the blog and feel free to look us up online when you are playing. As MrSmith suggested yesterday, I'll send an e-mail to everyone with the details for the next private game rather than just relying on the blog.

I have written to Pokerstars support to find out what the deal was with us starting on two short tables. I'll update when I get a reply. (EDIT: I got a reply. The two table deal is a normal part of their system. They found it better to start with two short tables rather than start with 1 full table then have to break it up if a 10th player registers.)

Here are the hand histories for the final three players. I was lucky picking up AA vs JaneMaria's KK so early. I was getting good cards (and hitting the flop) all night. The next to last hand in particular was interesting. MrSmith slowplayed his monster AK preflop and flopped TPTK. I flopped top pair terrible kicker, but HU top pair is strong. I made a probe bet on the flop and got a nice reraise in my face. I was getting worried, but with top pair I had to call. The turn was a blank and I checked, but MrSmith made a small raise. I made a reraise making one last shot at winning the pot. MrSmiths call convinced me that I was behind. I would have had to fold to a river bet, but I got my miracle 6 on the river giving me two pair. Now I thought I was ahead. If I checked I thought MrSmith might play it safe and check as well. Moving all in was an ok bet size and looked like a desperate attempt to win the pot with a weak hand. Another lucky break for me.

Roland's HH:

MrEMC2 HH:

MrSmith's HH:

Here are the standings after 3 games:

Roland

Interesting Bubble Play

Here is a replay from a $5.50 single table sng I played. The action starts with hand nr 39. I have been pretty inactive up to this point. Hand nr 1 (nr 39 in reality) is a good example of why you need to be careful with less than premium hands early in the game. Bad play here by me...

I manage to recover, but the action doesn't get too interesting until we are down to 4 players on the bubble. I feel like I played my A game, and just got unlucky on the final hand. I'll take a closer look myself tonight. Let me know what you think.

UPDATE: Now I went through the hh. I see that I folded a number of AXs hands while short stacked. I find these hands awkward. I don't have much fold equity and one is often called by an A with a better kicker. Nonetheless, they are probably cEV+ hands. I'll run some numbers in pokerstove later.

The few reraise steals I had were good. However, once again, I think I folded a few good all in resteal chances as well.

Calling with 88 twice seems ok pot odds wize. Folding 77 vs making an all in call. Not sure here. Once again I'll run the numbers through pokerstove.

The final hand was a case of right move, wrong result. I was surprized he called with such a weak hand.

Roland

Next Private Game

It is time for our next private game. There is a good chance that we will see a few new faces at the table this time. MrSmith has some colleagues in Sweden and I have some colleagues in Denmark that are interested. MrEMC2 might be bringing someone as well. The rest of you better start increasing your recruiting activities... :) 

I've set up the tourney for Sunday at 9:00 PM. I hope that works for everyone. My dad will also be celebrating his birthday that day. Let's see if that helps his luck...

I hope to see everyone there!

Roland