My Journey As A Professional Poker Player (25 Viewers)

[Poker Zombie]

I always run it twice. There is no pot minimum for this, although some players do say they only run it twice if the pot has X amount in it

Is this the room that charged a 2nd rake for running it twice, or have they stopped that practice?

 

[Anthony Martino]

Is this the room that charged a 2nd rake for running it twice, or have they stopped that practice?

In the pot rake they charge extra at Tampa Hard Rock, in the time rake games no additional charge

At Silks or TGT no extra rake to go twice

 

[Anthony Martino]

Back in those mean streets

 

[Anthony Martino]

We call the CO's raise to 20 on the button with

UTG calls, UTG+1 raises to 100, CO calls, we call, UTG calls

Flop

UTG checks
UTG+1 bets 100
CO shoves for 600
We fold
UTG all-in for less
UTG+1 calls

They go once

Turn
River

CO shows and scoops

 

[Anthony Martino]

We flop bottom set on a T63 board from the rock and bust a shortie

Next hand it's raised to 35 and fold J992 from the rock

Flop is 962 and I'd have the J-high fd or blockers too

Raiser pots to 150, two callers

Turn 9 and two of them get it in. Dammit man

Player who shoves turn has TTxx and original raiser had AA54 with nut hearts

Pretty big pot, right fold wrong time

 

[Anthony Martino]

Chipping up steadily from $800

 

[Anthony Martino]

Get it in against a shorty on a flop

I have

She has

We go twice. She binks about her only out on both boards as a 9 hits both turns

 

[Anthony Martino]

We pot after limpers to 35 with in the BB

Four callers

Flop

We pot and a shorty (same lady who got lucky with the 9 turns) with gets it all in

We go twice

First board it comes 78 to fill her up. We hold 2nd board to chop

Next hand we are dealt

It's raised and reraised, we just call, but check-fold a 644 flop and raiser shows AA

Next hand dealt AKK5 in the SB, button raises, we call, multiple callers

Runout 66556 and we win

 

[Anthony Martino]

We pickup (yes I've had Kings 4-5 times in the past under 10 hands)

We raise, three callers

Flop

Asian lady donks 20 into us, we make it 80, folded to her. She snap pots, we snap muck

 

[Anthony Martino]

We were up 400 at one point, back to a bit above even

Table pretty good

 

[Mojo1312]

I am going to have to stop following your thread, as I am beginning to think live poker is rigged.

 

[Anthony Martino]

I am going to have to stop following your thread, as I am beginning to think live poker is rigged.

I'm beginning to believe you.

We have about $800 or so in front of us (what we started with) and pickup in the CO. The HJ (aka Nitwit #1) raises to $15, I call. When it gets to UTG (aka Nitwit #2) he reraises pot. UTG+1 is short-stacked and shoves for $105. Nitwit #2 cold-calls. We spring the trap and repot to $510 with about $300+ behind.

Nitwit #2 hems and haws for what seems like forever, really struggling with his decision. He probably takes a good 2-3 minutes before he just says fuck it to himself and gets his stack in. Back on Nitwit #2 who thinks for awhile as well and starts saying "do I want to gamble? I think I can only win once". He eventually puts his stack in, I put mine in and we're off to the lopsided races as I'm a monster equity favorite three-ways against these chucklefucks (we never see the shorties hand).

Unfortunately for me, Nitwit #1 only goes once, if he doesn't overshove in this spot with his piece of cheese, we get to run twice and likely chop.

Nitwit #1 has
Nitwit #2 has
Best PLO Player Ever has

Here's how the equities look:

I'm just printing money against these chucklefucks (I'm really beginning to like that phrase)

Unfortunately Poker Jeezus has still forsaken me as we see a flop of:



Well that changes things a bit

The turn is the and the horse that is Nitwit #1 pulls ahead and leaves us drawing dead

But wait, the exciting conclusion to this race isn't complete until the river, which is the................ , pairing the board so fuck your mother Nitwit #1 who only runs it once and gets his ass scooped!

Had he not overcalled in this spot I get to go twice against Nitwit #2 and it's highly doubtful he's going to win the 2nd board when he used up the last King in the deck on the first board.

I don't know how I can possibly play much better or my opponents play much worse, but I absolutely just cannot dodge these beats over the past month. Tomorrow I may play the 100K guaranteed tourney at Hard Rock, it's their last Day 1 for the 2-day series with a $500 buyin that already reached the guarantee.

A lot of the regular tournament grinders are out in Vegas so the field should be softer and I'm feeling like I need a break from this soul-crushing that continues unabated

 

[Anthony Martino]

Ready to get our bag in the tourney today. They broke the 100k guarantee yesterday, today should be the biggest Day 1 field

 

[Anthony Martino]

Starting with 40k chips. Lvls are 30 mi utes and start at 100/200/200

 

[Highli99]

Good luck! Don't normally think of tournaments as a place to find respite from variance tho! Hope you bink it!

 

[Anthony Martino]

Good luck! Don't normally think of tournaments as a place to find respite from variance tho! Hope you bink it!

I can't win it today, just looking to bag for Day 2 tomorrow

 

[Kain8]

When mild-mannered weeble wobble gets no justice from his cash games, he transforms into Tourney Man!!

 

[Anthony Martino]

When mild-mannered weeble wobble gets no justice from his cash games, he transforms into Tourney Man!!

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If I had a drink it would've been coming out my nose

 

[Anthony Martino]

 

[Anthony Martino]

Folded to us in the CO, we raise to 700 holding

SB repops to 2k, we call

Flop

He bets 2500, we call.

Turn

He checks, we think a bit and check

River

He checks, we bet 2k and he pays it off

 

[Anthony Martino]

We defend BB with 87 from a raise by the CO

Flop J98, we check-call his c-bet. Turn 5

He fires again, we call again. River K, we chevk, he gives up, our bottom pair is good

 

[Anthony Martino]

Sitting on 48k from 40k start

 

[Anthony Martino]

We are UTG with

Raise to 600 and get FOUR callers

Flop

BINGO BANGO BONGO VINCE!

checked to us, we cbet 1700, no takers

 

[Anthony Martino]

Guy raises in MP to 700. HJ calls, we call from CO with

Six handed to a flop of



Checked to MP who downbets 1100. Golded to us, we raise to 3k, he is only caller

Turn

He checks, we check behind.

River

He flicks in a 5k chip (roughly half pot)

We fold

 

[Anthony Martino]

Guy down to 5k calls a preflop raise with and on a flop of he check-calls a 3500 bet

Turn

He leads for 700, leaving 200 behind lol

What's even funnier, his opponent just calls with

 

[Anthony Martino]

We are button with

Elderly caucasian male in the HJ raises from 400 to 1k, we call, SB calls

Flop

BINGO BANGO BONGO!

Checked to us, we bet 2100 and take it down

 

[Anthony Martino]

We do the pro move and order our lunch before the break to beat the rush

Holding steady

 

[Anthony Martino]

 

[Anthony Martino]

Back from break first hand we are BB with

Blinds 300/500/500

Short stack from the 95 s00ted hand before raises in EP to 1500. Folded to us, he only has about 7k behind so we rip it in, he folds

Next hand folded to button who raises to 1200

We are in SB with

Fuck this guy, we make it 3600. He calls

Flop

We lead for 4500, he folds

 

[Anthony Martino]

WOW! raises UTG, SB defends with

Flop comes

As you can imagine, all the money goes in by the river