Presto is Gold for ME not YOU (Part 6)

So Hoy shows up late for the MATH and goes nutso on the first hand citing some type of poetic karma he be dealt presto on the first hand against me....

*** HOLE CARDS ***
hoyazo raises to 150 from UTG
NewinNov folds
hoyazo: I'm back baybeeee
columbo folds
Fuel55 raises to 500 from SB with [Ah As]
bayne_s folds
hoyazo raises to 2,775, and is all in
Fuel55: welcome hoy
Fuel55 calls 2,275
hoyazo shows [5s 5c]
Fuel55 shows [Ah As]

*** FLOP *** [Qs 7h 7d]

*** TURN *** [Qs 7h 7d] [6d]

*** RIVER *** [Qs 7h 7d 6d] [2d]
hoyazo shows two pair, Sevens and Fives
Fuel55 shows two pair, Aces and Sevens
Fuel55 wins the pot (5,600) with two pair, Aces and Sevens
Fuel55: boooooooooom
hoyazo stands up

Presto is Gold for ME not YOU (Part 5)

If I think you’re making a move with presto I will call you down with 4th pair, so beware …

$50 + $2.50 Heads Up Sit & Go

Fuel55 (1,480)/Villain (1,520)

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Fuel55 calls 15 from SB with [Ac 7d]
Villain raises to 60
Fuel55 calls 30

*** FLOP *** [Ts 7c 9h]
Villain bets 30
Fuel55 calls 30

*** TURN *** [Ts 7c 9h] [2s]
Villain checks
Fuel55 checks

*** RIVER *** [Ts 7c 9h 2s] [Qd]
Villain bets 180 (pot sized bet to discourage me from calling)
Fuel55 calls 180 (he is unlikely to have hit the Q)

*** SHOW DOWN ***
Villain shows [5s 5h] a pair of Fives
Fuel55 shows [Ac 7d] a pair of Sevens
Fuel55 wins the pot (540) with a pair of Sevens

Presto is Gold (Part 119)

If you are Ivey and your opponent has presto, it's gold for Ivey ... Which is why I don't play against Ivey - his lucksackery takes away my edge.

$200/$400NL, 6-handed

Phil Ivey raises to $4,200
The Gav Bomb reraises to $8,000, and is all in
Phil Ivey calls $3,800
The Gav Bomb shows [5h 5d]
Phil Ivey shows [8c Ad]

*** FLOP *** [2c As Ac]

*** TURN *** [2c As Ac] [Jc]

*** RIVER *** [2c As Ac Jc] [7c]
The Gav Bomb shows two pair, Aces and Fives
Phil Ivey shows a flush, Ace high
Phil Ivey wins the pot ($16,597) with a flush, Ace high
The Gav Bomb is sitting out

Presto is Gold (Part 118)

$5/$10NL, 8-handed

*** HOLE CARDS ***
UTG calls $10
Fuel55 calls $10 from MP with [5d 5c]
MP raises to $55
UTG calls $45
Fuel55 calls $45

*** FLOP *** [4h Kh Ks]
UTG checks
Fuel55 checks
MP checks

*** TURN *** [4h Kh Ks] [4s]
UTG bets $10
Fuel55 calls $10
MP calls $10

*** RIVER *** [4h Kh Ks 4s] [8d]
UTG checks
Fuel55 bets $70 (gotta believe I am good here …)
MP folds
UTG folds
Fuel55 wins the pot ($207)

Presto is Gold (Part 117)

Satellite to FTOPS Event #9

Fischman and I are chipleaders with 10 left. 3 winners.

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Scott Fischman raises to 2,000
Pharmax folds
Fuel55 calls 2,000 from button with [5h 5d]
pvitantonio folds
BCBabby folds

*** FLOP *** [9s Ah 7h]
Scott Fischman checks
Fuel55 checks

*** TURN *** [9s Ah 7h] [Qh]
Scott Fischman checks
Fuel55 checks

*** RIVER *** [9s Ah 7h Qh] [9h]
Scott Fischman checks
Fuel55 checks

*** SHOW DOWN ***
Scott Fischman shows [8s Jc] a pair of Nines
Fuel55 shows [5h 5d] a flush, Ace high
Fuel55 wins the pot (5,700) with a flush, Ace high

At this point I was chipleader with 50BB. Then I didn’t see a card over a nine for an hour and without playing a hand was down to 3BB when I shoved A5s into JJ and finished 6th for a $6 profit. Nice … Turbos are the shizz ...

Presto is Gold (Part 116)

Perhaps the most elegant Presto is Gold of all time ...

$5/10NL, 9-handed

*** HOLE CARDS ***
EP calls $10
Fuel55 raises to $40 from MP with [5h 5c]
BB calls $30
EP calls $30

*** FLOP *** [3c 8h 8c]
BB checks
EP checks
Fuel55 bets $90
BB folds
EP raises to $180 (a bit of a putz)
Fuel55 reraises to $1615.75, and is all in (Presto is Gold!)
EP calls $274, and is all in
Fuel55 shows [5h 5c]
EP shows [3d 3s] (ouch)
Uncalled bet of $1161.75 returned to Fuel55

*** TURN *** [3c 8h 8c] [8d] (GIN of all GINS!!!!!!)

*** RIVER *** [3c 8h 8c 8d] [Kd]
Fuel55 shows a full house, Eights full of Fives
EP shows a full house, Eights full of Threes
Fuel55 wins the pot ($1,030) with a full house, Eights full of Fives
EP is sitting out

Presto is Gold (Part 115)

Always on the turn ...

*** HOLE CARDS ***
CO calls $10
Fuel55 checks from BB with [5s 5c]

*** FLOP *** [Td 9d Kc]
Fuel55 checks
CO checks

*** TURN *** [Td 9d Kc] [5d]
Fuel55 bets $10
CO raises to $20 (looks like a one-diamond hand)
Fuel55 calls $10

*** RIVER *** [Td 9d Kc 5d] [9h]
Fuel55 bets $30 (str8s are no longer an issue)
CO calls $30

*** SHOW DOWN ***
Fuel55 shows [5s 5c] a full house, Fives full of Nines
CO mucks [Qd Qs] - two pair, Queens and Nines (interesting way to play QQ from LP)
Fuel55 wins the pot ($122) with a full house, Fives full of Nines

Presto is Gold (Part 114)

It's been a while since I won a hand with Presto - not the kind of slump I like ...

$5/$10NL, 7-handed

*** HOLE CARDS ***
MP calls $10
Fuel55 raises to $40 from MP with [5d 5c]
Button reraises to $83, and is all in
SB calls $78 (interesting cold call ...)
MP folds
Fuel55 calls $43

*** FLOP *** [8h Jd 3s]
SB checks
Fuel55 checks

*** TURN *** [8h Jd 3s] [Tc]
SB checks
Fuel55 checks

*** RIVER *** [8h Jd 3s Tc] [6h]
SB checks
Fuel55 checks

*** SHOW DOWN ***
Button shows [Qs Kd] King Queen high
SB shows [Ah Qh] Ace Queen high
Fuel55 shows [5d 5c] a pair of Fives
Fuel55 wins the pot ($266) with a pair of Fives
Button is sitting out

It's All About Ranges

Jordan made a mess of the hand description in his latest post.

Here is how it really played out along with my thinking.

The Scene: Last night's MATH, blinds are T150/300/25a, 6-handed

Seat 2: HighOnPoker (T14,258 = 48BB)
Seat 6: Fuel55 (T11,322 = 38BB)

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Fuel55 raises to 1,175 from CO with [Jc Jd]
HighOnPoker calls 1,025 from SB

*** FLOP *** [Qc 3h 7c] (pot is T2800)
HighOnPoker checks
Fuel55 checks (with 2nd pair there really is no point building a monster pot so I check behind)

I will take less information as a means of pot control in the spot most of the time.

*** TURN *** [Qc 3h 7c] [8d] (pot is T2800)
HighOnPoker bets 1,800 (Jordan bets another low card which he may or may not have hit)
Fuel55 calls 1,800 (good reason to believe I am ahead)

*** RIVER *** [Qc 3h 7c 8d] [9h] (pot is T6400)
HighOnPoker bets 2,700 (Jordan makes another stab?)
Fuel55 calls 2,700 (pot is laying me 3.4:1 so I need to be right 23% of the time to be profitable)

So on the turn I put Jordan on any two clubs, most pairs JJ-22, reasonable queens AQo, KQo, QTo+, and T9. This is a reasonable range given that he didn't reraise preflop and he checked the flop out of position.

Against this range I am a 58:42 favorite on turn. When the river is a non-club blank and the pot is laying me 3.4:1 I must call.

*** SHOW DOWN ***
HighOnPoker shows [Qh Kh] a pair of Queens
Fuel55 mucks
HighOnPoker wins the pot (11,775) with a pair of Queens

I rationalized that I am ahead on the flop and ergo the turn about 85% of the time and that his range has about 25% "catch up" equity. Since no reasonable catch up card (other than if he holds 77) came on the river I rationalized that I only have to beat a small percentage of his range to make calling T2700 into T9100 profitable in the long run.

I was wrong since Jordan made a brilliant top-pair check on the flop. Still I play the hand the same way the next time.

That's my perspective ...

Presto is Gold (Part 113)

$1/2NL, 8-handed

>>>DEALING HOLE CARDS<<<
EP calls $2
Fuel55 raises $7 to $9 with 5c 5s from CO
Victim raises $23 to $32
EP folds
Fuel55 calls $23 (I am not folding Presto!)

Who cares about odds when you have Presto?

>>>DEALING FLOP<<< [ 9d 8d 6c ]
Fuel55 bets $408.75 and is all-in
Victim says: one time just hold up
Victim calls $61 and is all-in

>>>DEALING TURN<<< [ Jh ]

>>>DEALING RIVER<<< [ 7s ]
Fuel55 cards were 5c 5s
Victim cards were Ad Ac
Fuel55 wins $188 with a nine high straight

Pure gold, pure gold ...

Presto is Gold (Part 111)

$2/4NL, 9-handed

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Fuel55 calls $4 from UTG with [5s 5c] (deception ...)
futura raises to $18 from the button
Fuel55 calls $14

*** FLOP *** [Ah Ad 5d] (GIN!)
Fuel55 checks
futura bets $42
Fuel55 raises to $84
futura calls $42

*** TURN *** [Ah Ad 5d] [Jh]
Fuel55 checks
futura has 15 seconds left to act
futura bets $76 (awfully brave bet here ...)
Fuel55 raises to $152
futura has 15 seconds left to act
futura has requested TIME
futura folds
Uncalled bet of $76 returned to Fuel55
Fuel55 wins the pot ($359)

Presto is Gold (Part 110)

$2/4, 5-handed

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Fuel55 raises to $14 from the button with [5d 5s]
BB calls $10

*** FLOP *** [2s Qc 2c]
BB bets $16
Fuel55 calls $16

*** TURN *** [2s Qc 2c] [Jd]
BB checks
Fuel55 bets $36
BB folds
Fuel55 wins the pot ($59)

Pure gold against a weak tight opponent ...

Presto is Gold (Part 109) and Other Stuff

A 4-hand sequence in 2 orbits at $10/$20, 9-handed:

Hand 1: First I suffer this hand:

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Kilak calls $20
Fuel55 calls $20 from MP with [Ac 8c]
bigN20 raises to $120
zda21 calls $120
Kilak calls $100
Fuel55 calls $100 (damn pot odds)

*** FLOP *** [Qc Ad Jc]
Kilak checks
Fuel55 checks
bigN20 bets $300
zda21 calls $300
Kilak folds
Fuel55 calls $300 (damn pot odds)

*** TURN *** [Qc Ad Jc] [4s]
Fuel55 bets $1,060 (no point check calling – praying for a little fold equity here)
bigN20 calls $654, and is all in
zda21 calls $738.80, and is all in
Fuel55 shows [Ac 8c]
bigN20 shows [Qd Qs] (puke)
zda21 shows [Jd Js] (puke)
Uncalled bet of $321.20 returned to Fuel55

*** RIVER *** [Qc Ad Jc 4s] [7d]
Fuel55 shows a pair of Aces
zda21 shows three of a kind, Jacks
zda21 wins the side pot ($169.60) with three of a kind, Jacks
bigN20 shows three of a kind, Queens
bigN20 wins the main pot ($3,369) with three of a kind, Queens

Hand 2: Then I raise AA and get no action. Fawk!!

Hand 3: But then I get a little Presto redemption against a shortstacked fish:

*** HOLE CARDS ***
zda21 raises to $40 from UTG
Fuel55 reraises to $120 from MP with [5d 5s]
zda21 rereraises to $169.60, and is all in
Fuel55 calls $49.60
zda21 shows [7d 7h]
Fuel55 shows [5d 5s]

*** FLOP *** [Jd 5h 4d] (GIN!)

*** TURN *** [Jd 5h 4d] [3h]

*** RIVER *** [Jd 5h 4d 3h] [As]
zda21 shows a pair of Sevens
Fuel55 shows three of a kind, Fives
Fuel55 wins the pot ($366.20) with three of a kind, Fives
zda21 is sitting out

Hand 4: Then I bust a chump holding Presto and get back to where I was before the A8s hand:

*** HOLE CARDS ***
thorladen raises to $70
Fuel55 calls $70 from CO with [3d 3c]
ICE_NY calls $60 from SB

*** FLOP *** [6h 3h 2s]
ICE_NY bets $360, and is all in
thorladen calls $360
Fuel55 raises to $720 (isolation time ...)
thorladen folds (good boy)
Fuel55 shows [3d 3c]
ICE_NY shows [5c 5d]
Uncalled bet of $360 returned to Fuel55

*** TURN *** [6h 3h 2s] [Jc]

*** RIVER *** [6h 3h 2s Jc] [7d]
Fuel55 shows three of a kind, Threes
ICE_NY shows a pair of Fives
Fuel55 wins the pot ($1,307) with three of a kind, Threes
ICE_NY is sitting out

All is mathematically and karmically OK …

Presto is Gold for ME not YOU (Part 4)

$2/$4NL, 6-handed

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Fuel55 raises to $14 from CO with [Ac 6c]
Button calls $14
BB calls $10

*** FLOP *** [Kc Jc 5d]
BB checks
Fuel55 checks
Button bets $44
BB folds
Fuel55 raises to $156
Button reraises to $449, and is all in
Fuel55 calls $188, and is all in
Button shows [5s 5c] (LOL - you fool!!!!!!!!!)
Fuel55 shows [Ac 6c]
Uncalled bet of $105 returned to Button

*** TURN *** [Kc Jc 5d] [Qc]

*** RIVER *** [Kc Jc 5d Qc] [Th]
Button shows three of a kind, Fives
Fuel55 shows a flush, Ace high
Fuel55 wins the pot ($729) with a flush, Ace high

Presto is Gold (Part 108)

$10/$20NL, 9-handed, extremely tough lineup

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Fuel55 raises to $60 from UTG+1 with [5c 5d]
MP calls $60
CO calls $60
SB calls $50
BB calls $40

Gotta love a small pair and 4 callers ...

*** FLOP *** [5s 3d 2s]
SB checks
BB checks
Fuel55 bets $220
MP raises to $440
CO folds
SB raises to $1,204.75, and is all in
BB folds
Fuel55 raises to $1,969.50 (definitely a shove or fold situation)
MP folds
Fuel55 shows [5c 5d]
SB shows [4h 4c]
Uncalled bet of $764.75 returned to Fuel55

*** TURN *** [5s 3d 2s] [Ac] (FAWK!)

*** RIVER *** [5s 3d 2s Ac] [3s] (Presto never disappoints!!!!!!!)
Fuel55 shows a full house, Fives full of Threes
SB shows a straight, Five high
Fuel55 wins the pot ($3,146.50) with a full house, Fives full of Threes
SB is sitting out

Presto is Gold (Part 107)

$5/10NL, 8-handed

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Fuel55 calls $10 from EP with [5h 5c]
MP calls $10
CO raises to $55
Fuel55 has 15 seconds left to act
Fuel55 calls $45 (easy call with stacks all over $1300)
MP folds

*** FLOP *** [Qs Jc 5s]
Fuel55 checks
CO checks (this guy bluff a lot so a check actually worried me a bit)

*** TURN *** [Qs Jc 5s] [Th]
Fuel55 bets $110
CO calls $110

*** RIVER *** [Qs Jc 5s Th] [3s]
Fuel55 bets $10 (blocker bet to control pot size if he made a flush)
CO calls $10

*** SHOW DOWN ***
Fuel55 shows [5h 5c] three of a kind, Fives
CO mucks [Js Ad] - a pair of Jacks (lol)
Fuel55 wins the pot ($372) with three of a kind, Fives

Presto is Gold (Part 106)

Presto isn't just for sets you know ...

$2/4NL, 5-handed

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Fuel55: raises $8 to $12 from SB with [5d 5c]
2Vogue: calls $8

*** FLOP *** [9c 9h 7h]
Fuel55: bets $12
2Vogue: calls $12

*** TURN *** [9c 9h 7h] [6c]
Fuel55: checks (represent a draw)
2Vogue: bets $28
Fuel55: calls $28 (check call my “draw”)

*** RIVER *** [9c 9h 7h 6c] [2h]
Fuel55: bets $75 (bet my flush)
2Vogue: folds (thank you sir)
Fuel55 collected $102 from pot

Presto is Gold (Part 105)

Omaha Hi HU SNG

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Fuel55 [4c 5c Qd 5d]
Fuel55 calls 20
DivaKitty raises to 120
Fuel55 calls 80 (I am never folding presto preflop)

*** FLOP *** [5h 6s Ks] (gin!!!!!!)
DivaKitty bets 240
Fuel55 raises to 960
DivaKitty calls 50, and is all in
Fuel55 shows [4c 5c Qd 5d]
DivaKitty shows [7h Ac Qh 9c] (nice gutterball)
Uncalled bet of 670 returned to Fuel55

*** TURN *** [5h 6s Ks] [8s] (of course he hits his gutterball)

*** RIVER *** [5h 6s Ks 8s] [8c] (resuck – ONE TIME!!)
Fuel55 shows a full house, Fives full of Eights
DivaKitty shows a straight, Nine high
Fuel55 wins the pot (820) with a full house, Fives full of Eights
DivaKitty stands up

Presto is Gold (Part 104)

$0.50/$1 - Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 6-handed

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Almtom raises to $3.50
marker07 calls $3.50
Fuel55 raises to $15 from the SB with [Kd 5s Kh 5d]
marker07 calls $11.50

*** FLOP *** [As 5h 6d]
Fuel55 bets $24.50, and is all in
marker07 calls $24.50
Fuel55 shows [Kd 5s Kh 5d]
marker07 shows [4h 2h 2c Kc] (lol – nice call with a gutterball)

*** TURN *** [As 5h 6d] [Qd]

*** RIVER *** [As 5h 6d Qd] [9s]
Fuel55 shows three of a kind, Fives
marker07 shows a pair of Twos
Fuel55 wins the pot ($80.50) with three of a kind, Fives

Presto is Gold (Part 103)

Now even Smokkee (longtime Presto hater/disparager) is getting in on Presto's goodness.

Nothing prettier than quad fives ....