How Tea destroyed the poker night | Online Omaha Poker
As promised, we will continue our Tea story, so Tea was there on the poker table, with already 35$ on the 25$ game. Fabien was also on this table, a raging madman that apparently had an endless bankroll and loads of luck. He continually raised his lower range hands relentlessly. And believe me if his range wasn’t very small, it had all 95% of the complete Omaha range and maybe even a few percent’s more. Now this guy had a crazy luck streak as his roll went from 25$ to 75$. Tea had only 35$ and had to climb in this crazy raising adventure.
Tea woke up with TsTd4sQd, not the best hand, but as this crazy man’s bankroll would be burned quickly, he had to act quickly to get a piece of the pie, so he raised before Fabien could take any action. Fabien replied with his own raise, a full pot raise, as is common in Omaha Poker. So 2 full pot raises and a call later, the pot is almost 8$ high and Tea has 32$ left. The crazy Fabien person had 74$ left and was heading for another pot bet on the flop. The flop came 9sJsAh, a flush/straight draw for Tea, and a good place for Fabien to try and pretend that he had something. But that was a completely unbelievable bet, since he would do that on every spot in any situation; he just loved and had sex with the bet/raise/push button, hitting that sweet spot in the hope people would be afraid and run with their genitals in their hands.
Tea didn’t grab his genitals, he didn’t collapse in fear. He had more outs for winning than the winning hand had at that time, so Fabien’s 95% range probable wouldn’t come near to success, and even if he did, well, Tea would have gotten his money in good, and in the end that all that you want to do, get that money in good and leave the table with positive expected value (EV).
See you in a few days for more!
Mad Max
Tea Hits The On Line Poker Tables | On Line Omaha
On Line Omaha Poker
Starting with a $500 bankroll and moving up in Omaha Poker
Tea made it big yesterday; he decided to play Omaha poker on line a few weeks ago and started with a $500 bankroll. After a lot of bad beats, a lot of crying and an extremely deadly amount of tea. He finally got his bankroll to $2000, so he could move up to the $25 buy in tables! He is a lot more obsessed with achieving then we are, and less with having fun! But hey, he might be wealthy one day!
(But we will have more fun)
The Need Of Social Control When Playing Omaha Poker
So he got to $2000, and he went to the $25 tables just the day before yesterday, he updated me on his progress every hour, it helps him concentrate and prevents steaming, well that’s what he tells us! But I understand the method, lonely steaming is a lot more dangerous than when you do it socially, since you lose reality a lot faster! And therefore lose more money on poker, which is quite sad, and sad is bad! At first it was quite boring, just a few bad beats, a few regular wins, no profits though, but he has quite a good rakeback so it doesn’t matter that much. Then, after the 5th hour his bad beats turned into glorious wins and he won almost all 70/30 and even 60/40 odds. His bankroll soared to $2400 in just a few hours, he was obviously happy, his stress levels were greatly reduced and all of the sudden a player called ‘Fabien’ came to play on one of his tables. He didn’t have any statistics on him (yes, Tea uses statistics now, dam him!) so played it really slow at first, but not having any stats on a person, gives a lot of chance on a donk, since he is obviously not a regular, which is another pointer from Tea. He is getting quite smart these days, should we follow, I wonder?
Meeting On The On Line Tables | A Total Poker Donk Brings Happiness and Money!
This ‘Fabien’ dude played almost more than 95% of his Omaha V$PIP poker hands, which, if you are unfamiliar with the game, about 60% too much. Tea quickly picked up on this, but didn’t get any good hands at first. And Fabien got really lucky; he busted a few other players with hands like 7h4cQsJd against AhAs3s4h. Very awful for the other regulars on his table, but Tea got more and more excited since he would could not only win the first $25 but also a whole lot more, since our villain now had more than $75 on the table. Tea only had $32 though, so he had to climb up to more, or just two shot him. But two shotting a donk in Omaha poker can be very dangerous! Since a lot of situations can be 65/35 to 55/45, even if you are against quite a bad hand. If we think about winning two 65/35 type situations, we are less optimistic, especially if we need to win both to win it all, and the donk only needs one to win it all.
You know what? I’ll leave you in dangerous excitement until our next meeting!
(That’s what I love)
Greets,
X
An Underground Poker Evening | M Visits Amsterdam
An Underground Poker Evening
A Couple of Poker Friends in Amsterdam, Playing T8s on the button
I was in Amsterdam last weekend, invited by a couple of poker friends I met in Antwerp for an underground poker game (Texas Hold ‘em), and I had the time of my life, what beautiful women and groovy clubs I enjoyed! But first and foremost, I enjoyed a nice game of professional poker; at least I thought I would, since as you will see in the next hand, the play was very loose. So as a consequence, I didn’t enjoy a nice game of professional poker, but I enjoyed a nice game of “giving Mad money”. Ok, I admit, this hand I got a little lucky, but the play here is terrible! I woke up on the button with a nice Ts8s suited, and I really was running quite well, I just bought in short once for $20. And given the fact that there were so many limpers in front of me, and a stupid min-raise from the cutoff, I wanted to make it a juicy pot, in case I would hit something really nice!
Making the Big Move, Raising On The Button
So I raised to $3, the small blind decides it is time to make his move and makes it $7,5. What an asshole, and also, a stupid asshole, being out of position and all! 2 other idiots call, and obviously, this is the best position I could ever be in, in position, against 3 Dutch assholes. The pot was $31 going to the flop, which couldn’t have been better for me, at least I thought. 9sTc3s, top pair, flush potential, and even a small chance on a straight! The small stack, on the big blind, makes his *move* with $2 in the $31 pot, I laughed for half an hour and raised him to $10,50. Everyone called, and we went to the turn, which not only gave me some straight chances, but also completed my flush! The small blind once again thinks it is time to show the length of his masculinity and bets $40. Small stack calls his with his remaining money, and I obviously raise all-in without thinking twice. The small blind shows a set of tens and the big blind, who was short stacked, so he didn’t have the right to the whole pot, showed a flush draw to an Ace high flush. So only another spade would be able to hurt my hand, or a doubling up of the board.
Poker, Amsterdam and Joints
Tension was rising as the plants were burned in all corners of our table, this *is* Amsterdam after all. The small blind begged me to run it twice, but I refused, while I had another taste of my ‘joint’. Confident that the last card wasn’t going to be anything that would make me cry. But then I saw the spade and I hit the table magnificently hard with my fist. And as the big blind is ready to take all the chips, the dealer says “Max wins the pot, straight flush Q high”. I felt ashamed, but also totally relieved and overjoyed, since the parties in Amsterdam are quite expensive, I could go to a club, visit the “walletjes” and after that, have myself some champagne with a gorgeous friend I had waiting there that night.
Safe to say, the night was perfect, I even won $200 more, and left 2 others broke and begging for a “trekje” before the night was over.
And the night was far from over, not while I was in Amsterdam.
-Mad