Originally Posted by pghslacker
Hello StarWarsMaster9,
I am neither a bot nor an FTP admin. In fact, I've lost quite a bit of money lately trying out different playing styles at .25/.50 HU on FTP. One player who did give me a significant amount of money yesterday was bulldogs2424 who, based on a search of these forums, seems to be you. I believe I should clarify a few misconceptions you seem to have.
1) I did not, in fact, play every hand. Reviewing the hand histories, I can find 3 instances where I folded before the flop. Granted, this is a very small number. But, the point of playing heads up, for me, is to see as many flops as possible.
2) I know that time spent with me can be very tedious, so I forgive your overestimating of our 553 hands together as somewhere over 1000.
3) According to Poker Tracker, you lost a total of $189.95 to me. This is actually less than 2 buy-ins at the .25/.50 deep stack table where we spent our time together. It's less than 4 buy-ins at a standard .25/.50 table. It is between 7 and 8 buy-ins at a .10/.25 table. Maybe this mistake is your subconscious telling you to play cheaper games until you're a better player.
4) I can only find one instance where I beat you with a set over top two pair. It may stand out in your mind as it was our last hand together. I may have missed one or two other hands like this. However, I doubt I overlooked the 24 of them that would be necessary to achieve the total of 25 in your original post.
5) I don't chat very often. If the accuracy and coherency of your original post is an indication of the level of dialog available on FTP, I'm not missing much.
In order to help assure you that I am, indeed, pghslacker from FTP, here two hand histories from our session. The first is the pot that netted you the most money. The second is the pot that netted me the most money. I will have to think seriously about giving up on-line poker as it seems to be rigged. These terrible players who stack off when they flop an over-pair are catching runner-runner straights whenever I flop trips. Or, perhaps the problem is limited to bulldogs2424 and I should just mail FTP support with my well-founded accusations.
FullTiltPoker Game #7666724227: Table Deshler (deep hu) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 1:26:12 ET - 2008/08/16
Seat 1: pghslacker ($168.30)
Seat 2: bulldogs2424 ($76.35)
pghslacker posts the small blind of $0.25
bulldogs2424 posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to pghslacker [9h Ts]
pghslacker raises to $1.50
bulldogs2424 raises to $2.50
pghslacker calls $1
*** FLOP *** [9s Qh 9c]
bulldogs2424 checks
pghslacker bets $3.50
bulldogs2424 raises to $10.50
pghslacker calls $7
*** TURN *** [9s Qh 9c] [8h]
bulldogs2424 bets $13
pghslacker calls $13
*** RIVER *** [9s Qh 9c 8h] [6c]
bulldogs2424 bets $50.35, and is all in
pghslacker calls $50.35
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bulldogs2424 shows [7h 5h] a straight, Nine high
pghslacker mucks
bulldogs2424 wins the pot ($152.20) with a straight, Nine high
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $152.70 | Rake $0.50
Board: [9s Qh 9c 8h 6c]
Seat 1: pghslacker (small blind) mucked [9h Ts] - three of a kind, Nines
Seat 2: bulldogs2424 (big blind) showed [7h 5h] and won ($152.20) with a straight, Nine high
FullTiltPoker Game #7666794668: Table Deshler (deep hu) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 1:33:14 ET - 2008/08/16
Seat 1: pghslacker ($94.30)
Seat 2: bulldogs2424 ($143.35)
pghslacker posts the small blind of $0.25
bulldogs2424 posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to pghslacker [8h 7c]
pghslacker raises to $1.50
bulldogs2424 raises to $2.50
pghslacker calls $1
*** FLOP *** [6s 5s 4d]
bulldogs2424 checks
pghslacker bets $5
bulldogs2424 calls $5
*** TURN *** [6s 5s 4d] [Ah]
bulldogs2424 checks
pghslacker bets $15
bulldogs2424 calls $15
*** RIVER *** [6s 5s 4d Ah] [Qh]
bulldogs2424 checks
pghslacker bets $71.80, and is all in
bulldogs2424 calls $71.80
*** SHOW DOWN ***
pghslacker shows [8h 7c] a straight, Eight high
bulldogs2424 mucks
pghslacker wins the pot ($188.10) with a straight, Eight high
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $188.60 | Rake $0.50
Board: [6s 5s 4d Ah Qh]
Seat 1: pghslacker (small blind) showed [8h 7c] and won ($188.10) with a straight, Eight high
Seat 2: bulldogs2424 (big blind) mucked [Th Ts] - a pair of Tens
Love and Kisses,
pghslacker
PS:
senjitsu: I haven't lived in Pittsburgh for several years. However, your pictures are making me hungry for a visit.
PPS:
The one top-two v. a set hand that is really 25 hands:
FullTiltPoker Game #7667735611: Table Deshler (deep hu) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 3:22:26 ET - 2008/08/16
Seat 1: pghslacker ($206.90)
Seat 2: bulldogs2424 ($77.45)
pghslacker posts the small blind of $0.25
bulldogs2424 posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to pghslacker [7c 7d]
pghslacker raises to $1.50
bulldogs2424 raises to $2.50
pghslacker calls $1
*** FLOP *** [Jd Tc 7h]
bulldogs2424 bets $3.50
pghslacker raises to $7
bulldogs2424 calls $3.50
*** TURN *** [Jd Tc 7h] [Ac]
bulldogs2424 checks
pghslacker bets $19
bulldogs2424 calls $19
*** RIVER *** [Jd Tc 7h Ac] [3d]
bulldogs2424 checks
pghslacker bets $178.40, and is all in
bulldogs2424 calls $48.95, and is all in
Uncalled bet of $129.45 returned to pghslacker
*** SHOW DOWN ***
pghslacker shows [7c 7d] three of a kind, Sevens
bulldogs2424 mucks
pghslacker wins the pot ($154.40) with three of a kind, Sevens
bulldogs2424 stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $154.90 | Rake $0.50
Board: [Jd Tc 7h Ac 3d]
Seat 1: pghslacker (small blind) showed [7c 7d] and won ($154.40) with three of a kind, Sevens
Seat 2: bulldogs2424 (big blind) mucked [Jc Td] - two pair, Jacks and Tens
