Presto is Gold (Part 39)

More abuse of players on XXY flops:

*** HOLE CARDS ***
EP calls $10
MP calls $10
Button raises $40 to $50 from Button
Fuel55 calls $45 from SB with [5d 5h]
EP folds
MP calls $40

*** FLOP *** [7d 8c 8d] (XYY flop)
Fuel55 checks
MP checks
Button bets $120
Fuel55 raises $130 to $250 (nice little check raise to see if he has AK/AQ …)
MP folds
Button folds (guess so!)
Fuel55 collected $407 from pot

Presto is Gold (Part 38) and Abusing XXY Flops

I have commented previously on using raises to represent big hands on XXY flops.

*** HOLE CARDS ***
EP raises $20 to $30
Fuel55 calls $30 from CO with [5h 5c]
BB calls $20

*** FLOP *** [7c 7h 9s]
BB checks
EP bets $50 (likely a standard continuation bet and if he has an overpair maybe he can lay it down?)
Fuel55 raises $60 to $110 (stinky pot-builder raise has to put the fear of a 7 in him)
BB folds
EP folds (to avoid being out of position for the rest of the hand he safely folds)
Fuel55 collected $192 from pot

Pretty simple and low-risk play in position.

Presto is Gold (Part 37)

*** HOLE CARDS ***
SB raises $25 to $35
Fuel55 calls $25 from BB with [5c 5d]

*** FLOP *** [5h Jd 7c]
SB bets $55
Fuel55 calls $55

*** TURN *** [5h Jd 7c] [Jh]
SB checks
Fuel55 bets $140
SB calls $140

*** RIVER *** [5h Jd 7c Jh] [9s]
SB checks
Fuel55 bets $290
SB folds (what does he check call the turn with and fold on the river?)
Fuel55 collected $457 from pot

Presto is Gold (Part 36)

This just in from CC:

Presto is Gold (Part 35)

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Fuel55 raises $20 to $30 from MP with [5s 5c]
Victim raises $30 to $60 from BB
Fuel55 calls $30 (not folding Presto to a min-reraise)

*** FLOP *** [3s Tc 8h]
Victim bets $50
Fuel55 calls $50 (not folding Presto to 40% pot bet - I smell AK)

*** TURN *** [3s Tc 8h] [5h]
Victim bets $158.50 and is all-in (nice timing Chump)
Fuel55 calls $158.50

*** RIVER *** [3s Tc 8h 5h] [Js]

*** SHOW DOWN ***
Victim shows [As Ac] (a pair of Aces)
Fuel55 shows [5s 5c] (three of a kind, Fives)
Fuel55 collected $549 from pot

Presto is Gold (Part 34)

Undeniable ...

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Fuel55 folds [Ts 3d]
4 more fold
CO raises $8 to $12
Button and SB fold
BB raises $16 to $28 with fives
CO calls $16 with aces and position

*** FLOP *** [7d 5h 5d]
BB checks
CO checks

*** TURN *** [7d 5h 5d] [Kh]
BB checks
CO bets $40
BB raises $40 to $80
CO raises $328 to $408
BB calls $70 and is all-in

*** RIVER *** [7d 5h 5d Kh] [2c]

*** SHOW DOWN ***
BB shows [5s 5c] (four of a kind, Fives) (DQB)
CO mucks hand [Ac Ad]
BB collected $355 from pot

The CO played AA horribly in my opinion. He should have reraised preflop and barring that he certainly should have bet the flop to find out where he was at.

Presto is Gold (Part 33)

$3/6NL, 8-handed:

*** HOLE CARDS ***
EP raises $6 to $12 (min. raise)
MP calls $12 (1 caller)
Button calls $12 (2 callers)
Fuel55 raises $63 to $75 with [5d 5c] (time to repop these mofos – luckily I am sitting on pure gold)
EP calls $63 (WTF? You call my repop … dude I am sitting on PRESTO for god’s sake)
MP folds
Button folds

*** FLOP *** [Kd 9d 9s]
Fuel55 bets $116 (logically this guy has a pair and it isn’t AA, KK or 99 so I bet ¾ pot representing AA or AK and he has to fold)
EP folds (on queue)
Fuel55 collected $174 from pot

Presto is Gold (Part 32)

55 is certainly treating me well lately:

Bugsy’s $1/2, 9-handed

>>>DEALING HOLE CARDS<<<
4 players pay $5 to see a flop - I have 5d 5c

>>>DEALING FLOP<<< [ Th 9h 5s ]
kyjonnyz checks
hassan7887 checks
lucass19 checks
Fuel55 bets $21
kyjonnyz folds
hassan7887 folds
lucass19 calls $21

>>>DEALING TURN<<< [ Jh ]
lucass19 checks (Make the 2nd nuts and give a free card … brilliant)
Fuel55 checks

>>>DEALING RIVER<<< [ Ts ]
lucass19 bets $41 Fuel55 calls $41 (I just call here since he might have a better boat)
lucass19 cards were 3h Ah
Fuel55 cards were 5c 5d
Fuel55 wins $142 with a full house, fives full of tens

Put money in when I am ahead and don't when I am behind. Well done Fuel ...

Presto is Gold (Part 31)

$5/10NL, 9-handed

*** HOLE CARDS ***
MP calls $10
Victim raises $30 to $40 with [5s Ac] (rag aces are gold)
Fuel55 calls $35 from SB with [5h 5d]
MP calls $30

*** FLOP *** [3d 9d As]
Fuel55 checks
MP checks
Victim checks (top pair and position - may as well give a free card)

*** TURN *** [3d 9d As] [5c] (obligatory money card)
Fuel55 bets $60
MP folds
Victim raises $170 to $230
Fuel55: raises $420 to $650
Victim calls $359 and is all-in

*** RIVER *** [3d 9d As 5c] [8h]

*** SHOW DOWN ***
Fuel55 shows [5h 5d] (three of a kind, Fives)
Victim mucks hand [5s Ac]
Fuel55 collected $1305 from pot

Presto is Gold (Part 30)

Here's a nasty little cooler hand from a $10/20NL, 6-max game. FYI: I wasn't involved in the hand.

*** HOLE CARDS ***
EP calls $20
SB calls $10
BB checks from BB

*** FLOP *** [3s 3h 5c]
SB bets $20
BB raises $100 to $120
EP calls $120
SB folds

*** TURN *** [3s 3h 5c] [Ah]
BB checks
EP bets $100
BB raises $277 to $377
EP calls $277

*** RIVER *** [3s 3h 5c Ah] [8s]
BB bets $720
EP raises $1480 to $2200
BB calls $1480

*** SHOW DOWN ***
EP shows [5s 5h] (a full house, Fives full of Threes)
BB mucks hand [Ac 3d] (a full house, Threes full of Aces)
EP collected $5472 from pot

Presto: The Origins

Subzero (free pimpage!) asked why 55 had come to be known as Presto. And to be honest I had no fawking clue. So I figured pocketfives.com would probably have the answer and they do.

"It seems that for many players, especially online players, there is a mystical aura surrounding this hand that somehow makes it special and gives it a better chance of winning."

"Presto" is used Blackjack and poker players wanted a hand to call Presto too. 55 was seemingly chosen in a somewhat random manner. Not too glamourous an explanation ...

However Kent has pointed me to Cardplayer that elaborates a little further:

"presto: 5-5. Comes from what one says when revealing a pair of fives as one's holecards. The term was coined at BARGE and evolved from what a blackjack player says when turning over a blackjack. (BARGE is Big August Rec.Gambling Excursion, an annual Las Vegas convention of online poker enthusiasts. RGPers - those who read and post on the Usenet newsgroup rec.gambling.poker - have used the term presto as an identifying catchword.)"

The bottom line: Presto is Gold and you all know it!

Presto is Gold (Part 29)

After my weak/tight fold of 55 UTG last night I resolved not to let it happen again. Here is how to properly play 55 from under the gun:

PokerStars $5/10NL, 8-handed

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Fuel55 raises $20 to $30 from UTG with [5c 5s]
MP calls $30

*** FLOP *** [4c 8h Kh]
Fuel55 bets $50
MP folds
Fuel55 collected $72 from pot

Easy peasy ...

Presto is Gold (Part 28)

PokerStars $20+$2 6-max DeepStacks Tourney

Hand 3 of the tournament:

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Fuel55 raises 40 to 60 from MP with [5c 5s]
ellizizcute raises 140 to 200 from SB
Fuel55 calls 140 (set mining 101 – obvious call with the signature hand)

*** FLOP *** [7d 5h 8c]
ellizizcute bets 320
Fuel55 raises 320 to 640
ellizizcute raises 4600 to 5240 and is all-in (gotta love it!)
Fuel55 calls 3960 and is all-in

*** TURN *** [7d 5h 8c] [8s]

*** RIVER *** [7d 5h 8c 8s] [Qd]

*** SHOW DOWN ***
ellizizcute shows [Ks Kd] (two pair, Kings and Eights) (when will they ever learn to fold overpairs?)
Fuel55 shows [5c 5s] (a full house, Fives full of Eights)
Fuel55 collected 9620

Presto is Gold and Flopped Str8s Never Win All In One

OK here is an interesting hand from $25/$50NL. Ask yourself if you have the stones to play like this ...

This is a very interesting hand I observed between Jeff Williams (yellowsub86) and big cash game player and tournament winner Williamhill. Williamhill flops a str8 and yellowsub donks off his stack with 4th pair playing power poker. Luckily for yellowsub he has Presto and goes runner-runner miracle full house to scoop a $12K pot:

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Williamhill raises $150 to $200
yellowsub86 raises $450 to $650
Williamhill calls $450

*** FLOP *** [Tc 7d Jh]
Williamhill checks
yellowsub86 bets $850
Williamhill raises $850 to $1700
yellowsub86 raises $4400 to $6100 (this is a serious bet and can only be called by a set or a str8)
Williamhill calls $3645.70 and is all-in (calling with the nutz but we know that flopped str8s always lose)

*** TURN *** [Tc 7d Jh] [Js]

*** RIVER *** [Tc 7d Jh Js] [5d]

*** SHOW DOWN ***
Williamhill shows [9c 8c] (a straight, Seven to Jack)
yellowsub86 shows [5h 5c] (a full house, Fives full of Jacks)
yellowsub86 collected $12063.40 from pot

Interesting that yellowsub with reraise with 55 and Williamhill will call with 98s. Drawing thin to a runner runner situation yellowsub pulls off a miracle. Williamhill will steam about this for a while.

Welcome to the big games …

Presto is Gold (Part 27) [But it was all for naught]

Pokerstars $5/10NL, 6-handed

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Victim raises $30 to $40 from UTG
Fuel55 raises $90 to $130 with [5c 5d] from CO
Victim raises $2478 to $2608 and is all-in
Fuel55 calls $462 and is all-in (well I figure him for a big ace and can’t really fold a pair – especially the SIGNATURE HAND)

*** FLOP *** [9s 2s 5h] (Presto is Gold – right on queue)

*** TURN *** [9s 2s 5h] [6h]

*** RIVER *** [9s 2s 5h 6h] [7h]

*** SHOW DOWN ***
Victim shows [Ah Kc] (high card Ace)
Fuel55: shows [5c 5d] (three of a kind, Fives)
Fuel55 said, "signature hand strikes again"
Fuel55 collected $1197 from pot

Fives were enough but the set was nice.

Then the same guy gets it all back 4 hands later on a PokerStars supercooler:

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Victim becomes Cooler King raises $30 to $40 from UTG
Fuel55 raises $130 to $170 from CO with [Kh Ks]
Victim becomes Cooler King raises $1846 to $2016 and is all-in
Fuel55 calls $982 and is all-in

*** FLOP *** [7c 3c 8h]

*** TURN *** [7c 3c 8h] [5c]

*** RIVER *** [7c 3c 8h 5c] [7d]

*** SHOW DOWN ***
Victim becomes Cooler King shows [Ac Ad] (two pair, Aces and Sevens)
Fuel55 mucks hand
Victim becomes Cooler King collected $2316 from pot

Are you fawking kidding me?

Presto is Gold (Part 26)

PokerStars $2/4NL, 9-handed

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Fuel55 calls $4 from MP with [5s 5h]
Victim calls $4
CO checks
SB calls $2
BB checks

*** FLOP *** [8d 2s 4c]
SB checks
BB checks
Fuel55 bets $8
Victim raises $12 to $20
CO folds
SB folds
BB folds
Fuel55 calls $12 (not convinced that I am behind just yet)

*** TURN *** [8d 2s 4c] [3c]
Fuel55 checks
Victim checks

*** RIVER *** [8d 2s 4c 3c] [5c]
Fuel55 bets $20
Victim calls $20 (he let's me get there and then pays me off)

*** SHOW DOWN ***
Fuel55 shows [5s 5h] (three of a kind, Fives)
Victim mucks hand [9c 9s]
Fuel55 collected $97 from pot

Presto is Gold (Part 25)

Ah, the power of position coupled with deception ....

Full Tilt $3/6, 6-handed

*** HOLE CARDS ***
UTG raises to $18
Fuel55 raises to $55 with (yes, you guessed it) [5d 5c] from the CO
UTG calls $37

*** FLOP *** [Ac 2c Kd]
UTG bets $40
Fuel55 raises to $140
UTG has 15 seconds left to act
UTG folds (I guess he has to give me credit for AK, AA or KK)
Fuel55 wins the pot ($196)

Presto is Gold (Part 24)

9-handed $2/4NL game

*** HOLE CARDS ***
LP raises $8 to $12
SB raises $23 to $35
Fuel55 calls $31 from BB with [5d 5s] (a position call with the signature hand!)
LP folds

*** FLOP *** [8d 4c 9d]
SB bets $35
Fuel55 calls $35 (fairly easy call since he very likely has AK, AQ, or an overpair)

*** TURN *** [8d 4c 9d] [6h]
SB checks
Fuel55 checks (my flop call gets me a free card because I was willing to fold to another bet)

At this point I put him on AK and would have bet the river anyway but luckily I river my 5 as usual ...

*** RIVER *** [8d 4c 9d 6h] [5h]
SB checks
Fuel55 bets $36
SB calls $36 (and he check calls with an overpair)

*** SHOW DOWN ***
Fuel55 shows [5d 5s] (three of a kind, Fives)
SB mucks hand [Qh Qd]
Fuel55 collected $221 from pot

This guy played his queens very passively post-flop and it cost him. I guess I had him running scared ???

Presto is Gold (Part 23)

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Folded to ragamuffin44 who limps for $2 from the CO
Fuel55 raises $10 to $12 with [5s 5c] on the button
Blinds fold and ragamuffin44 calls $10 (note that he limps and then calls a raise out of position – THIS IS BAD POKER)

*** FLOP *** [5h Qs As]
ragamuffin44 checks
Fuel55 bets $18 (I bet my set as I almost always do)
ragamuffin44 raises $18 to $36
Fuel55 raises $88 to $124 (I know I am good so let’s the money in)
ragamuffin44 raises $247.30 to $371.30 and is all-in
Fuel55 calls $92.95 and is all-in

*** TURN *** [5h Qs As] [Qh]

*** RIVER *** [5h Qs As Qh] [Kc]

*** SHOW DOWN ***
ragamuffin44 shows [9s Ts] (a pair of Queens)
Fuel55 shows [5s 5c] (a full house, Fives full of Queens)
Fuel55 collected $457.90 from pot

I love these donkeys ...

Presto is Gold (Part 22)

Full Tilt $20 + $2 Two-table Sit & Go, 7 players remain

*** HOLE CARDS ***
EP raises to 900
Victim calls 670, and is all in
Fuel55 calls 750 from SB with [5d 5c]

*** FLOP *** [5h Ts 4h]
Fuel55 bets 7,310, and is all in (I push here since I have been pushing every hand either pre or postflop to intimidate the table and accumulate chips)
EP folds
Fuel55 shows [5d 5c]
Victim shows [Jc Tc]
Uncalled bet of 7,310 returned to Fuel55

*** TURN *** [5h Ts 4h] [9s]

*** RIVER *** [5h Ts 4h 9s] [5s]
Fuel55 wins the side pot (460)
Fuel55 shows four of a kind, Fives
Victim shows two pair, Tens and Fives
Fuel55 wins the main pot (2,310) with four of a kind, Fives
Fuel55: DQB

Makes up for that fawking royal I faced last night.