Thursday Tournie/Cash Game Nutter

The £50 tournament at the LC on Thursday drew a healthy field of 22 this week. With only 2 free tables we had alternates - a feature not seen at LC for a long time.

I played VERY tight for the first 3 levels, only playing two hands when not forced to put chips in. One of those boosted my stack significantly though, as I was in the BB with QQ and there was an UTG raise to 700 with three callers, so I banged in my 3.5k stack and picked up the 2k+ in the middle.

After the break, the blinds went up, and I used my rock tight image well to start securing blinds by raising with garbage. I had worked my stack up to 7k without showdown when I s moved to table 1, where my demise was happened quickly.

It was a strange hand. Jason limps for 300 in mid position, and is called by the button and the SB. I find pocket eights in the BB, and make it 2200 to play. Jason then shoves his 12k stack into the middle and the other guys pass.

I think for a while, and just don’t understand Jason’s line. I conclude that he simply thinks I am getting out of line and trying to punish the limpers, and figure that he almost never shows up with an overpair in this spot. Given that I have already invested 2200 in the hand, I decide to take a race on to give me a shot at winning the event, and call.

Jason has J9 sooted, and the race is on. However, by the flop, Jason has an open ended straight flush draw + overcards and I can’t fade the myriad of outs and am out in about 10th spot. I’m happy with my play in this tournament though - was a fairly textbook performance until it was cut short.

The cash game was uneventful from a P&L point of view, as I ended up about £70 down. There was however a REALLY drunk angry guy on the table, which made for some comedy moments. Deven sent me a transcript of one of the hands as he recalls it, which I am still laughing about. I’ve put it in all it’s glory below:

Lunatic:
CALL!
CALL YOU FKG FK!
CALL!
DO SOMETHING YOU FKR
FK! FK!
FKG FK. CALL CT!
FK*R!
JUST ………
FK**G ………..
CALL!

Pause for breath…

Baron:
Calm down mate, I have a decision here. I’m thinking about going all-in [for £400]

Jimbo:
Glazed look as he has just raised to £80

Lunatic: (beer waving around - largely in my face; mouth foaming)

OK RAISE! FKR!
FKG RAISE!
OR CALL!
FK! YOU CT
I FKG HATE THIS PLACE
FK!
RAISE, YOU FK*R!
OK FOLD!
NO! FK!
RAISE!
FKG CT!
I …..
WILL…….
FKG ……..
HURT …….
YOU (fist waving) ………..
MOTHERFK*R!

Sonny:
Keep the swearing down please guys

Skrypec: (softly-spoken)
You ginger tw*t. Stop winding him up.
Why don’t you call. Or raise. Or fold.

Lunatic:
JUST FKG RAISE!
HERE!
I…
AM…
GOING…
TO …
FKG
RAISE! - pushing another random stack over the line F**K*RS!

Has: (pushing chips back, calm)
No mate, you can’t raise

Just wait for him to act, then you can do something
Lunatic:
(Beer spillage all over the table)
FK. I WANT TO FKG RAISE!
I HATE THIS FK**G PLACE!

Has:
Just wait your turn. …
No, no, no, no, NO
Put those chips back.

Lunatic:
YOU F**K*R!

• Stands up
• Sits down
  FK! LET ME BET!
  RAISE, YOU FK*R!

Baron: Wisfully looking at the dead money in the pot (and then at his 85o just knowing he’s going to hit): Folds

Jimbo: Wins hand with 2nd pair

P&L GBP 2009
Live Tournaments	(230)
Live Cash	(13)
Online Tournaments	(1,367)
Online Cash	(250)
Poker Festivals	(525)
Rake	(371)
Total	(2,756)