Presto is Gold (Part 95)

$3/6NL, 8-handed

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Fuel55 raises $12 to $18 with [5c 5s] from the button
Victim calls $12 from BB

*** FLOP *** [Jc 8d Qh]
Victim bets $24
Fuel55 calls $24 (please bring me that 5 on the turn)

*** TURN *** [Jc 8d Qh] [3s]
Victim checks
Fuel55 bets $50 (well if you don’t want it …)
Victim folds
Fuel55 collected $84 from pot

Presto is Gold (Part 94)

Even when I am virtually certain I am beat, Presto is Gold:

$4/8NL, 3-handed

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Button raises to $28
Fuel55 reraises to $90 from BB with [5d 5s]
Button calls $62

*** FLOP *** [7h Qs 9c]
Fuel55 checks
Button checks

*** TURN *** [7h Qs 9c] [8c]
Fuel55 bets $55 (giving him a clue ...)
Button calls $55

*** RIVER *** [7h Qs 9c 8c] [4h]
Fuel55 bets $8 (blocker bet)
Button calls $8

*** SHOW DOWN ***
Fuel55 shows [5d 5s] a pair of Fives
Button mucks [6h Ah] - Ace Queen high
Fuel55 wins the pot ($309) with a pair of Fives

5th pair is gold when it is Presto.

Presto is Gold (Part 93)

Edited ...

$5/10NL, 9-handed

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Victim raises to $40 from UTG
Fuel55 calls $40 from the CO with [5h 5d]

*** FLOP *** [4s 7c 8d]
Victim has 15 seconds left to act
Victim checks
Fuel55 checks (don’t really feel like getting checkraised so I take a free card)

*** TURN *** [4s 7c 8d] [5s] (ah!, the ubiquitous 5 on the turn …)
Victim checks
Fuel55 bets $60
Victim folds
Fuel55 wins the pot ($92)

Presto is Gold for ME not YOU (Part 2)

They never learn:

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Fuel55 raises to $14 from CO-1 with [Jc Tc]
Button calls $14

*** FLOP *** [Ac 8c 6s]
Fuel55 checks
Button bets $4
Fuel55 calls $4

*** TURN *** [Ac 8c 6s] [6c]
Fuel55 checks
Button bets $8
Fuel55 calls $8

*** RIVER *** [Ac 8c 6s 6c] [Ks]
Fuel55 bets $24
Button has 15 seconds left to act
Button calls $24

*** SHOW DOWN ***
Fuel55 shows [Jc Tc] a flush, Ace high
Button mucks [5c 5h] - two pair, Sixes and Fives
Fuel55 wins the pot ($103) with a flush, Ace high

Presto is Gold (Part 90)

$5/$10NL, 9-handed

*** HOLE CARDS ***
UTG raises to $40
Fuel55 calls $40 from MP with [5c 5h]
SB calls $35

*** FLOP *** [4d Ad 5d]
SB checks
UTG checks
Fuel55 bets $100
SB raises to $250
UTG folds
Fuel55 calls $150

*** TURN *** [4d Ad 5d] [Qc]
SB bets $500
Fuel55 raises to $799.75, and is all in
SB calls $190, and is all in
Fuel55 shows [5c 5h]
SB shows [4h 4c] (thank you poker gods!)
Uncalled bet of $109.75 returned to Fuel55

*** RIVER *** [4d Ad 5d Qc] [Jd]
Fuel55 shows three of a kind, Fives
SB shows three of a kind, Fours
Fuel55 wins the pot ($2,007) with three of a kind, Fives

It just didn't feel like he had a flush ...

Why You Should Bet Your Sets

Alternative Titles:

• DQB, Ladies are Gold
• How The Fawk Did This Guy Not Go Broke
• How Could I Make Any Less By Flopping Top Set

*** HOLE CARDS ***
PoorNapoleon raises to $14 from MP
Fuel55 reraises to $44 from BB with [Qs Qc]
PoorNapoleon has 15 seconds left to act
PoorNapoleon has requested TIME
PoorNapoleon calls $30

*** FLOP *** [5d Qd 8h]
Fuel55 checks (looking to checkraise him)
PoorNapoleon checks

*** TURN *** [5d Qd 8h] [Td]
Fuel55 checks (of course the 3rd diamond comes - looking to checkraise again)
PoorNapoleon checks (WTF?)

*** RIVER *** [5d Qd 8h Td] [Qh]
Fuel55 bets $56
PoorNapoleon calls $56

*** SHOW DOWN ***
Fuel55 shows [Qs Qc] four of a kind, Queens
PoorNapoleon mucks[Ks Kc] - two pair, Kings and Queens (amazing!)
Fuel55 wins the pot ($199) with four of a kind, Queens

If I bet my set on the flop I think I get his stack ... Bad Fuel ...

Presto is Gold (Part 89)

A good old-fashioned 9-handed $1/2NL fishfry ...

*** HOLE CARDS ***
djeepy raises to $8 from EP
Fuel55 calls $8 from button with [5h 5s]

*** FLOP *** [3s 6d 7h]
djeepy has 15 seconds left to act
djeepy bets $14
Fuel55 calls $14

*** TURN *** [3s 6d 7h] [6h]
djeepy checks (wuss!)
Fuel55 bets $24
djeepy folds
Fuel55 wins the pot ($44.65)

Presto is Gold (Part 88)

$1/2NL, 9-handed fish game

*** HOLE CARDS ***
BuckyLastard raises to $7
Fuel55 calls $6 from SB with [5h 5c]

*** FLOP *** [3c 3s Kd]
Fuel55 checks
BuckyLastard bets $12
Fuel55 calls $12

*** TURN *** [3c 3s Kd] [9s]
Fuel55 bets $2
BuckyLastard calls $2

*** RIVER *** [3c 3s Kd 9s] [Qd]
Fuel55 bets $3.55
BuckyLastard: wtf
BuckyLastard: is that gay &#%$
BuckyLastard has 15 seconds left to act
BuckyLastard: nh you win
BuckyLastard calls $3.55

*** SHOW DOWN ***
Fuel55 shows [5h 5c] two pair, Fives and Threes
BuckyLastard mucks [Js As] - a pair of Threes
Fuel55 wins the pot ($48.55) with two pair, Fives and Threes

Presto is Gold (Part 87)

Full Tilt $69+$6, 6-Max Tourney

Hand 4:

*** HOLE CARDS ***
UTG calls 30
Fuel55 checks from BB with [5d 5h]

*** FLOP *** [5s Ah Ac]
Fuel55 bets 30
UTG folds
Fuel55 wins the pot (75)

Hand 62:

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Fuel55 raises to 160 from the button with [5c 5s]
SB has 15 seconds left to act
SB calls 120
BB calls 80

*** FLOP *** [Ah Ad As]
SB checks
BB checks
Fuel55 bets 80
SB folds
BB folds
Fuel55 wins the pot (480)

A couple of nice presto boats fail to pay off big time ...

Presto is Gold (Part 86)

$3/6NL, 6-handed (Quiet Lion on my left)

*** HOLE CARDS ***
UTG raises to $12
Fuel55 has 15 seconds left to act (dramatic effect)
Fuel55 calls $12 from MP with [5s 5d]

*** FLOP *** [3d 6s Qc]
UTG bets $18
Fuel55 calls $18

*** TURN *** [3d 6s Qc] [6h]
UTG checks
Fuel55 bets $35
UTG folds
Fuel55 wins the pot ($66)

Not a big pot but a presto pot nonetheless.

I Know Presto Is Gold And I Still Fold

Nice little $2037 "profit" down the shitter.

*** HOLE CARDS ***
EP raises to $35
Fuel55 calls $35 from MP with [5h 5c]
BB raises to $150 (first hand he’s played in 5 orbits so I know he has AA)
EP calls $115 (fairly loose but some kind of real hand)
Fuel55 folds (oh the pain …)

*** FLOP *** [5s Kh 9c] (oh the mothafawking pain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
BB bets $210
EP calls $210

*** TURN *** [5s Kh 9c] [Jc]
BB has 15 seconds left to act
BB bets $320
EP calls $320

*** RIVER *** [5s Kh 9c Jc] [2c]
BB bets $320, and is all in
EP calls $320

*** SHOW DOWN ***
BB shows [Ah As] a pair of Aces (obviously ...)
EP mucks [Qh Qs] - a pair of Queens (nicely played fish)
BB wins the pot ($2,037) with a pair of Aces

Can you say fawk!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Presto is Gold (Part 85)

Pure gold, as always ....

$2/4NL, 5-handed

*** HOLE CARDS ***
UMD Tennis raises to $14 from UTG
Fuel55 calls $14 from UTG+1 with [5h 5d]

*** FLOP *** [Js 5s Qh]
UMD Tennis bets $27
Fuel55 raises to $115 (such a draw heavy board I have to raise here)
UMD Tennis has 15 seconds left to act
UMD Tennis folds
Uncalled bet of $88 returned to Fuel55
Fuel55 wins the pot ($85)

Presto is Gold (Part 84)

Full Tilt, $2/4NL, 6-handed

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Fuel55 raises to $12 from UTG with [5d 5s]
Victim calls $12 from the button

*** FLOP *** [Qc 9h 4s]
Fuel55 checks
Victim checks

*** TURN *** [Qc 9h 4s] [7c]
Fuel55 checks
Victim has 15 seconds left to act
Victim checks (pretty sure he a pair less than Q now)

*** RIVER *** [Qc 9h 4s 7c] [5c]
Fuel55 bets $12
Victim calls $12

*** SHOW DOWN ***
Fuel55 shows [5d 5s] three of a kind, Fives
Victim mucks [6h 6c]
Fuel55 wins the pot ($51.30) with three of a kind, Fives

Presto is Gold (Part 83)

Here's a little "guest presto love" for your reading pleasure:

PokerStars $1/2NL, 6-handed

*** HOLE CARDS ***
UTG calls $2
SB calls $1
csquard checks his BB with [5s 5d] (how you check with Presto here is beyond me!)

Craig lays down the ultimate preflop deception by just checking his monster preflop.

*** FLOP *** [5c 5h 2c]
SB bets $5
csquard calls $5
UTG folds

*** TURN *** [5c 5h 2c] [Jh]
SB bets $12
csquard raises $12 to $24 (pot sweetener)
SB reraises $26 to $50
csquard rereraises $26 to $76 (another pot sweetener)
SB rerereraises $149 to $225 and is all-in (he takes the bait)
csquard calls $111 and is all-in

*** RIVER *** [5c 5h 2c Jh] [4h]

*** SHOW DOWN ***
SB shows [2h 2d] (a full house, Deuces full of Fives) (ouch – nice cooler!)
csquard shows [5s 5d] (four of a kind, Fives)
csquard collected $387 from pot

Presto is Gold (Part 82)

Mondays at the Hoy

*** HOLE CARDS ***
swimmom95 folds
BJ316 folds
Fuel55 raises to 125 from MP with [5s 5h]
wormmsu folds
Astin calls 125
IslandBum1 folds
Mike_Maloney folds
stevenwe folds
Julius_Goat calls 85

*** FLOP *** [Tc 3c 4s]
Julius_Goat checks
Fuel55 bets 40
Astin calls 40
Julius_Goat folds

*** TURN *** [Tc 3c 4s] [5c]
Fuel55 bets 155
Astin raises to 600
Fuel55: beware the 5 on the turn (manipulation 101)
Fuel55 has 15 seconds left to act
Fuel55 calls 445

*** RIVER *** [Tc 3c 4s 5c] [8s]
Fuel55 bets 55
Astin calls 55

*** SHOW DOWN ***
Fuel55 shows [5s 5h] three of a kind, Fives
Astin mucks [Ah Jd] (nice hand fishcakes!)
Fuel55 wins the pot (1,785) with three of a kind, Fives

Presto is Gold (Part 81)

It's been so long!!!!!!

$105 HU SNG, Hand #15

I have a T120 chip lead when I am dealt presto, then the magic begins:

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Fuel55 calls 15 from button with [5s 5c]
Victim raises 90 to 120 (ah the trap is set)
Fuel55 calls 90 (slowwwwww call)

*** FLOP *** [7s 4h Ts]
Victim bets 90
Fuel55 calls 90 (easy call – I have presto!)

*** TURN *** [7s 4h Ts] [5d] (was there ever any doubt?)
Victim checks
Fuel55 bets 225
Victim raises 285 to 510
Fuel55 raises 840 to 1350 and is all-in
Victim calls 720 and is all-in (horrible call)

*** RIVER *** [7s 4h Ts 5d] [7h]

*** SHOW DOWN ***
Victim shows [Tc 9h] (two pair, Tens and Sevens) (lol – like TP no kicker is ever good here)
Fuel55 shows [5s 5c] (a full house, Fives full of Sevens)
Fuel55 collected 2880 from pot
Victim stands up (and shakes his head)

Presto is Gold (Part 80)

Hand from a $50 SNG, 5 remain:

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Fuel55 folds [2d 8c]
Other two players fold
SB raises 50 to 100
BB calls 50

*** FLOP *** [5s 5d 9s]
SB checks
BB checks

*** TURN *** [5s 5d 9s] [7h]
SB checks
BB bets 100
SB calls 100

*** RIVER *** [5s 5d 9s 7h] [8h]
SB bets 250
BB calls 250

*** SHOW DOWN ***
SB shows [5h 5c] (four of a kind, Fives)
BB mucks hand (sorry - I didn't notice what he had)
SB collected 900 from pot

Presto is Gold (Part 79)

Well I ultimately blew myself up again on FullTilt.

I have been playing very little but in the last couple of days I have caught a few breaks and been on the plus-side of a few coolers/setups.

This hand is the first decent presto hand in some time:

$2/$4NL, 7-handed

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Poster 1 checks
Poster 2 checks
Button raises to $16
Fuel55 calls $14 from SB with [5d 5c]
BB calls $12
Poster 1 folds
Poster 2 folds

*** FLOP *** [9d 9c 5h]
Fuel55 checks (time to check my boat and see if someone has an overpair)
BB checks
Button checks

*** TURN *** [9d 9c 5h] [Ah]
Fuel55 checks (ok time to check again and see if someone has an ace)
BB bets $20
Button folds
Fuel55 raises to $84 (let's see if that really is an ace)
BB has 15 seconds left to act
BB calls $64

*** RIVER *** [9d 9c 5h Ah] [Kh]
Fuel55 bets $112 (best amount for value?? - please have AK!)
BB has 15 seconds left to act
BB calls $112

*** SHOW DOWN ***
Fuel55 shows [5d 5c] a full house, Fives full of Nines
BB mucks mucked [Qh Ac] - two pair, Aces and Nines
Fuel55 wins the pot ($445) with a full house, Fives full of Nines

Presto Not So Good (Part 4)

So after getting my $522 up to $731 in 30 minutes I moved up to $2/4NL, 6-max and quickly lost a buy-in with QQ vs AQ on an AAQ flop. Then had to fold JJ on an A-high flop. This put me down to $319 so back to the headsup SNGs I went where I proved once again that using Presto against me is pure folly.

PokerStars, $52.50+$2.50 HU SNG

First Hand:

Seat 1: Superaxel (1500 in chips)
Seat 2: Fuel55 (1500 in chips)
Superaxel posts small blind 15
Fuel55 posts big blind 30

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Superaxel calls 15
Fuel55 raises 60 to 90 with [7h 7d]
Superaxel calls 60

*** FLOP *** [2c 3s 7c]
Fuel55 checks
Superaxel bets 30
Fuel55 raises 90 to 120
Superaxel raises 90 to 210
Fuel55 raises 120 to 330
Superaxel raises 120 to 450
Fuel55 raises 240 to 690
Superaxel raises 240 to 930
Fuel55 raises 480 to 1410 and is all-in
Superaxel calls 480 and is all-in

*** TURN *** [2c 3s 7c] [9s]

*** RIVER *** [2c 3s 7c 9s] [5h]

*** SHOW DOWN ***
Fuel55 shows [7h 7d] (three of a kind, Sevens)
Superaxel shows [5d 5c] (three of a kind, Fives) (are you kidding me? I figured a flush or str8 draw ..)
Fuel55 collected 3000 from pot

Dear Fuel55,

You finished the tournament in 1st place.
A $105.00 award has been credited to your Real Money account.

Congratulations!
Thank you for participating.

Checking Superaxel out on Sharkscope made all the sense in the world:

Presto is Gold (Part 78)

Sorry for the lack of posts but I have been running so bad I can't bear to write anything. I am down 17 buy-ins at $10/20 and down and have decided to play off a few thousand hands at $2/4 and $3/6 to burn off the bad karma. Here is Presto once again proving its manhood and giving me a ray of hope that all may be turning soon:

$2/$4NL, 6-handed

*** HOLE CARDS ***
UTG raises to $12
Fuel55 calls $12 from UTG+1 with [5d 5h]
MP1 calls $12
MP2 calls $12
BB raises to $66.30, and is all in
UTG calls $54.30
Fuel55 calls $54.30 (not folding now)
MP1 calls $54.30
MP2 folds

*** FLOP *** [Jh 8h 2d]
UTG checks
Fuel55 checks
MP1 checks

*** TURN *** [Jh 8h 2d] [3d]
UTG bets $27, and is all in
Fuel55 calls $27
MP1 calls $27

*** RIVER *** [Jh 8h 2d 3d] [6s]
Fuel55 checks
MP1 checks

*** SHOW DOWN ***
UTG shows [Ad Qh] Ace Queen high
Fuel55 shows [5d 5h] a pair of Fives
MP1 mucks [Qd Ks] - King Queen high
Fuel55 wins the side pot ($81) with a pair of Fives
BB mucks [Ts Qc] - Queen Jack high
Fuel55 wins the main pot ($276.20) with a pair of Fives