game on between me and timber, 7pm gmt, 8pm european.... thats one and a half hours from now

getitfixed vs. Kicks should run about then as well....tied at 1-1

starting now gents

jipster wins 2-0 in 20 minutes. We're impatient guys...

yup indeed: hands from number 1:

Seat 1: wolfbee (2520 in chips)
Seat 2: jippyj (2480 in chips)
wolfbee: posts small blind 5
jippyj: posts big blind 10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jippyj [A 7 5 2]
wolfbee: raises 20 to 30
jippyj: raises 20 to 50
wolfbee: calls 20
*** FLOP *** [6 8 4]
jippyj: bets 100
wolfbee: raises 300 to 400
jippyj: raises 900 to 1300 <--- fishy move imho
wolfbee: raises 1170 to 2470 and is all-in
jippyj: calls 1130 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [6 8 4] [8]
*** RIVER *** [6 8 4 8] [6]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
jippyj: shows [Ah 7d 5h 2d] (a straight, Four to Eight)
wolfbee: shows [Q 9 8 7] (three of a kind, Eights)
jippyj collected 4960 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4960 | Rake 0
Board [6c 8d 4c 8s 6h]
Seat 1: wolfbee (button) (small blind) showed [Qs 9s 8c 7c] and lost with three of a kind, Eights
Seat 2: jippyj (big blind) showed [Ah 7d 5h 2d] and won (4960) with a straight, Four to Eight

He fought back bravely from 40 chips... i went into lock down mode once he hit 200 or so....

Then the straw that broke the camels back:

Seat 1: wolfbee (225 in chips)
Seat 2: jippyj (4775 in chips)
jippyj: posts small blind 5
wolfbee: posts big blind 10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jippyj [9 7 5 7]
jippyj: raises 20 to 30
wolfbee: calls 20
*** FLOP *** [A 2 4]
wolfbee: checks
jippyj: checks
*** TURN *** [A 2 4] [K]
wolfbee: bets 50
jippyj: calls 50 <---- value call
*** RIVER *** [A 2 4 K] [T]
wolfbee: bets 145 and is all-in
jippyj said, "gotta call"
jippyj said, "nh"
jippyj: calls 145
*** SHOW DOWN ***
wolfbee: shows [5 J J 3] (a straight, Ace to Five)
jippyj: shows [9d 7c 5c 7s] (a flush, King high)
jippyj collected 450 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 450 | Rake 0
Board [Ad 2d 4c Kc Tc]
Seat 1: wolfbee (big blind) showed [5d Js Jd 3d] and lost with a straight, Ace to Five
Seat 2: jippyj (button) (small blind) showed [9d 7c 5c 7s] and won (450) with a flush, King high

(sorry cant find a HH converter that works well enough and cant format it all cos lazy!)

Anyhows we had started two simultaneously and started the third but before then i had fished him for the second win:

This one got me in good stead:

jippyj: posts small blind 5
wolfbee: posts big blind 10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jippyj [J 6 8 9]
jippyj: raises 20 to 30
wolfbee: raises 60 to 90
jippyj: calls 60
*** FLOP *** [3 4 9]
wolfbee: bets 160
jippyj: calls 160 <----- float
*** TURN *** [3 4 9] [8]
wolfbee: bets 440
jippyj: raises 1380 to 1820 <---- dwell up
wolfbee: folds
jippyj collected 1380 from pot
jippyj: shows [Js 6h 8d 9h] (two pair, Nines and Eights) <--- me feeling fruity
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1380 | Rake 0
Board [3c 4d 9s 8h]
Seat 1: jippyj (button) (small blind) collected (1380)
Seat 2: wolfbee (big blind) folded on the Turn

i assume timber was making a play here

and this was the clincher:

Seat 1: jippyj (3850 in chips)
Seat 2: wolfbee (1150 in chips)
wolfbee: posts small blind 5
jippyj: posts big blind 10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jippyj [6 J 9 J]
wolfbee: raises 20 to 30
jippyj: raises 60 to 90
wolfbee: raises 180 to 270
jippyj: calls 180
*** FLOP *** [6 J 9]
jippyj: checks
wolfbee: bets 500
jippyj: raises 500 to 1000
wolfbee: calls 380 and is all-in
wolfbee said, "lol"
*** TURN *** [6 J 9] [J]
*** RIVER *** [6 J 9 J] [K]
wolfbee said, "sick"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
jippyj: shows [6h Jc 9h Jh] (four of a kind, Jacks)
wolfbee: shows [A T 8 A] (two pair, Aces and Jacks)
jippyj collected 2300 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2300 | Rake 0
Board [6c Jd 9d Js Ks]
Seat 1: jippyj (big blind) showed [6h Jc 9h Jh] and won (2300) with four of a kind, Jacks
Seat 2: wolfbee (button) (small blind) showed [Ah Ts 8c As] and lost with two pair, Aces and Jacks


All in all a thoroughly enjoyable fast paced round.... i dont think either of us was really testing the other at any stage; i happened to have it when he had big draws etc etc

ready for round 3

http://twodimes.net/h/?z=4192686
pokenum -o qs 9s 8c 7c - ah 7d 5h 2d -- 6c 8d 4c
Omaha Hi: 820 enumerated boards containing 6c 4c 8d
cards win %win lose %lose tie %tie EV
Qs 9s 8c 7c 465 56.71 352 42.93 3 0.37 0.569
7d 2d Ah 5h 352 42.93 465 56.71 3 0.37 0.431

That hand was pretty annoying imo. But it's basically just a flip though.

GG

yeah fishy by me really, anthing you reraise/call with has me in bad shape, im never a favourite

damn i want to play

Is this status correct now with Timber/jip update?

Jipster beat Timber 2-0 and in the Final Four.

Twisted Echo won and is in the Final Four.

Burdz also won and is in the Final Four.

So Kicks and Getitfixed are still at 1-1 and as soon as they play the rubber match, we have our final four set? If that is correct, can you play by tomorrow night?

Yes- We have started our match....He is up 3525-1475 or something like that.....we are finishing at 2pm central time tomorrow (Sunday).

Guys are we still doing a bio for the semis?

also am i the only one through with a 100% record?

lets the semis trash talk begin

i'm officially lowering my odds to 9/1 due to illness, overconfidence and a zealous belief in three-betting with nothing OOP

Yes please.

A paragraph about yourself or your online persona are greatly appreciated. Maybe how long you have been playing PLO, biggest or best result before the tourney, what your favorite song is, etc...

I'm Burdzthewurd. I started playing PLO in summer 2005 at .25/.50 and .50/1 on Pokerroom, went on a huge downswing, busto'ed my roll getting steamrolled without proper bankroll at 5/10 O8 6-max, and stopped playing cash until June of 2007. I'm probably a marginal winner at 1/2 HU and 6-max, a big loser in a small sample at 2/4, and doubt anyone loses more 60/40s and AIPF spots with AAxxss against 4 random cards than me. Also, the luckier and worse player you are, the far better advantage to you.

Favorite Song: Echo - Trapt
Favorite Movie: O Brother Where Art Thou?
Favorite Kind of Stripper: Black with a big can
Favorite PLO player: Ribbo (where'd he go?)

Also, I can't do our match any earlier than Thurs. afternoon jipster, I have an exam on Wednesday.

I'm TwistedEcho, i started playing PLO at 1/2 6max on stars in september after a horrible run at the WSOP/FTOPS after that and wanted a change. I got my money in horrible constantly, did tons of really awful things, and was the second biggest winner in sept behind stokie (wtf?!)

Since then i've tried 2/4, still probably play horrible, still run really good. I'm sure most stars regs just think im a spewtard who runs good, and its probably true. I've been doing a ******ed 100k hand challenge of FRNLHE since returning from PCA because im a sucker for dumb bets, and once thats finished i have no clue what im going to play.

My fav colour is blue, my fav number is 13, and my current wallpaper is:

TwistedEcho for winner!

i'm Jipster.

Turned 'pro poker player' December 2004

I started playing PLO in spring 2005 on crypto $200 level. I was blessed with tight play and enough knowledge to beat what was a very very good game.

I made a lot of money in my first year and a half, in the summer of 2006 i cleared $400 a day for 2 months solid; sometimes it took ten minutes, sometimes 6 hours... oftenmost it took between 1 and 2 hours and i stopped for the day

Eventually the games dried up, I did my ($19k) roll and failed to improve; got lazy, went BUSTO through a combination of fruit machines, having a lifestyle i couldnt afford and not playing enough poker (in fairness i played bad whenever i did)

September 2006---->I took a job dealing once a week to pay the rent but was still up the creek with no bankroll.

May 2007 ----> £2.5k in debt ---> my angel appears out of nowhere in the form of a phone call. A good friend and 2plus2 lurker rang me up and declared he was gonna stake me to get me back on my feet.

July 2007 ----> £4k in debt; 35k hands done for only £600 profit.... However; my poker had improved hugely; id found my passion and focus and was enjoying my poker once more... I started chatting to Wazz and was spending hours trawling two plus two and discussing strategy with him and my backer

Then more life changing s**t ... one of my best friends turned round and said 'you are not a close friend at the moment'... he was right, i'd been depressed (socially) not going out, smoking too much both legal and illegal stuff etc etc........

The very next day i was a changed man, within 3 weeks i'd quit smoking cigs and had a lovely summer romance with a girl 'id met in a bar' (well at a friends gig); i started socialising more, talking to my friends about their lives and generally getting myself out of depression. Life +ev = Poker +ev


Since then i've managed to pay off all my debts, buy a new lcd monitor and lead a nice lifestyle. I still have no bankroll to speak of but i'm getting by. I'm still being staked but the pros of this go far beyond having a roll to play with; Having poker friends to speak to who truly understand you is a must in this game where the general population (even those who play) don't truly 'get it'....

Also ive found now im not stressed about money i'm more relaxed and able to compartmentalize poker and life.

Right thats my story, a hollywood blockbuster i'm sure

I play plo100, 200 and have occaisonaly 100$ shortstack shots at plo500 and 1000... I've also been cashing a fair amount in nl tourneys but am lacking that one 1st 2nd or 3rd place to really cash big.

Live I prefer dealers choice to straight omaha because i actually prefer hilo games; but online theres not the sort of loose action at hilo that you can get at hi; and its (more) difficult to multitable.

Favourite Bands: Radiohead, Led Zepplin, Pink Floyd, (early) Fleetwood Mac <--- basically any bluesy rock plus radiohead

Favourite Movie: Rounders i'm joking; its The Shawshank Redemption. All of you who think the original Starwars trilogy is better than The Lord of The Rings are sadly mistaken

Fave Hand - 6789ds

Biggest Tourney win is $2k (live) and $2.5k on the net.

Worst Prop Bet: Donking off £100 in cold blood whilst insisting that Veal was from Lamb. And i knew this how? because i 'saw it on south park'

Worst moment in poker: Ringing up telephone banking and discovering you owe them a fortune.

Best moment in poker: Beating Wazz in round one.


All that aside i have very very little heads up experience; ive played 95% full ring games so find it a challenge.

I have played a grand total of 8 headsup plo tourneys and have won 7 of them (i got fished in one) Well 4 of those was here and 4 was on $5 HU tourney on full tilt so im not changing my day job just yet.... still if i win this...

I'm ready when you are burdz, gl in the exam

good read, but if you were as big a south park fan as some you would remember that the name veal got changed to "slaughtered baby cow", but you will know nex time :-)
nice to read all the bios and gl to you all and either getitfixed and kicks

yes hence the donking off

for some reason i was convinced they were baby sheep!

live and learn eh

Kicks...I'm at ther table....I hope we are still playing!??!?!

getitfixed in an epic come from behind victory in which I get called names and slandered for being an American!!!

2-1

lol

u bored me to death

gg

Congrats!!!!

Looks like we have the following for the Final Four of the Micro Stakes HU PLO World Championships 2008.

Jipster
Twisted Echo
Burdz
Getitfixed

[I'm sure someone will holler if I got this wrong...]

Here's my little bio:

The majority of my poker is PLO .50/1 - 2/4 and some low limit O8 fixed limit and Hole EM fixed limit (usually 2/4 - 5/10). I have played poker, or tryed to since high school.
In Jan. I had a melt down and cashed out my online roll and swore off poker on the net....I reloaded within 20 hours...I have no self control. I am also a full on NIT and NUT PEDDLER and have little to no ability when it comes to cards. Thank heavens I have a "real" job. I wish I was good enough to play poker as my job, that'd be like a dream come true. I am running really bad right now, but obv. have run well in the past.

Fav. Food: steak and seafood
Fav. Movie: Top Gun
Fav Musician: Hank Williams Jr. or Billy Joel

I enjoy watching college sports and playing golf.

I think I am about 20-1 to win this, gogogogo me!

Interesting to read this and kick's game comments about boring him to death. Could actually be a pretty decent strategy.

woooow,,,man, some very interesting bio´s.

But you know, u can beat up each other as much and as often as u want to.

Teh moniezzz is still on MY account^^...lolz