The Holdem House

Just like the Donkey I too have been very busy on the other side of the planet. My job has sent me out to Ohio for 3 weeks with 1 day notice while my laptop takes a shit on me....nice. I think I'll hit a Wal Mart and buy a cheap one to hold me over. The training makes me think of a mixture of a bad Dockers commercial and boot camp. Every moring there is around 30 or 40 business casual dudes in the lobby to be shipped off to head quarters for day. I arrived wed. night went to class thurs. and sucked out into having a 3 day weekend. So I did what any normal person would do, I rented a car and escaped 4hrs away back to Flint. I get back into Flint around 630pm by 8pm im at the Holdem House.
The Holdem House is room that many of my friends frequent, although Ive never been there its really close to my house. Comming from vegas i wasnt impressed at all, it was actually kinda gross but they made good attempts to be hospitable (food, drinks, ect.) It wasnt that big maybe 4 tables, it was way way way way too smoky inside with no ventilation, and the dealer had the worst mechanics ever in life or any other life. Ok its a 2-4 nl game ive only made around $40 then i get cold decked for like 2hrs. Finally i limp in lp with Qd 10d 3way ...blinds, me. Flop - Q J rag two spades. Small blind (dead money) is all in not for much, bb (donkey) makes is $34 to go. Putting him on spades I flat call. Turn comes 5h blank. the donkey checks. I study him for like 2seconds knowing he missed, i push all in for $60. The way hes handling his chips i know hes on spades , after like 10sec he calls reluctantly. SB has J 6 , BB has 7 6 Spades!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! what the hell?? and of course my Q 10 doesnt hold up when a spade comes up on the river. My buddy says to the guy .."How do u call that?"

Tilting slowly....

Been busy with yada yada yada and haven’t had time to blog for a little while but all is not lost – I manage to have some kind of a life so like I promised I will play now a little.

I register for a lovely and comfortable $1+.25 - 45 player sit and go. Thinking it would be good to test my skills and maybe push with drawing hands to see if bullying is a good option here and I feel like gambling a little. I register for the tourney only for my internet connection to bale out on me before I have even received cards = bad beat and already on tilt before I have started!!!

Long story short get connected just after big blinds have passed – so have only missed one round which is probably not a bad thing for the way I play. Ok haven’t played a hand but realize this crazy and I shouldn’t be playing this kinda tourney. Players are banana’s and the play is ridicules, really need to pick my hands to play if im to make any money from this at all.

A K was what I was looking for and what I got. I raise about the pot and of course get one called. Flop is checked which is a blessing for me as I haven’t got anything but draws and im talking runner runner draws! Turn brings the $$$$$ card and I of course check and he still checks the spastic. I bet out the river when I make 2 pair but he fold and we go to the next hand. I’m just happy I won although this paragraph sounds like I should be greedy and ant more.

Very quick so far. I’m up and down like a yoyo trying to play too many hands and getting sucked into silly hands like suited connectors – calling when there is a raise and out of position. The tourney has already lost 15 players in 18 minutes which would equal money very soon. But not looking to good as we type this with only $1230 in chips.

Feeling a little sick and yet of course another bad beat to knock me out. I played this hand as good as I could and still loose. I raise the pot from UTG with pocket 10’s to $280 (leaves me with $930 chips left) and get one caller. Flop comes down 6c 5d Qs I think he has nothing immediately and can’t really put him on a hand so I bet half my stack knowing im commited if he pushes behind me, which he does and I insta call. He shows be Kh 6d – wow Im miles ahead and he thinks his hand is better than me preflop and he puts me all in. Don’t waste anytime now – BANG – on the turn the beautiful suck out card 6h and to add salt to the wound the Kc on the river. Out 25th

So I make a good play and get unrewarded. Fair to say on tilt a little but glad cant play anymore for the day because I know I would donk off more than make any $$$.

Record not looking good after 3 and struggling to improve at all! The word of the day ouch!

“OUCH - Used to express sudden pain or displeasure.

Fastest SnG Game Ever!

This is my 1st SnG Tournament that I'll be blogging on and is hopefully the only shortest one too! I'm playing a $2.25 18 Players, cos I like to sit around and wait for a decent hand and therefore Turbo is not for me!

My very 1st playable hand is JhJc, blinds are at 15/30 and lucky for me I'm on the Button... Poppyh in MP raises to 60, 2 ppl Called so I re-raise the pot to 345 and everyone folded so I made 285. The next hand right after was JhJc [again] there's only 1 caller after the blinds and I raised to 300 and they all folded [again].

Blinds are now 20/40 in MP I've got AdAc, kane843 raises to 140, up to me I re-raise the pot to 480 and guess what? Yes, they all folded! Won 340, my chip count is now at 1925. Won a few small pots in between until I played 5c5d 30/60 blinds, I called 60 and the same raiser as always Poppyh in LP raises to 270 and we're now heads up. Flop was J68 [all clubs] I checked to the raiser but Poppyh checks too! Turn Kc, I check again and Poppyh made a very weird bet of 60 [why 60?] anyway I still think I'm ahead so I called. River was 2d and we both checked, Poppyh actually had AK offsuit but I took down the pot!

On the Button again with KsKh no callers, up to me I raised to 500, drsuzes on BB re-raises All-in so I called with 2575, probably thought I made a move on the Button [??]. Turns over AhJs, the flop was QcQdJd, I'm still ahead! Turn was Jh, yep... I'm gone! River 9h, no good!

Pretty bad results, came 15th! Have never been out so quick before! Oh well, what can I say? I love Pocket Kings! Especially losing to AJ off-suit! I'll put more pics on next time, it's my 1st blog, was kinder too slow, by the time I'm blogging it the last 50 hands history already took off the hands that I needed!! Account balance is now at $296.85!

The Pro Is In The Building

Ok so this is my first official post for the Bankroll Experience.
I dont have anything poker related to post just yet. Bare with me though, I have alot on my plate right now. I do promise to have something up by the weekend.

Take 2 - sit and go 6 handed turbo

Same yet different. Obviously 6 handed a little faster and turbo makes it even more interesting. A lot more aggressive play is involved and only top 2 gets paid.

Down to $510 after playing a hand I probably shouldn’t be getting involved in. People will have their opinions but I think the play was right... then wrong – if that makes sense?

I'm under the gun with a little hand Ah10c but have been playing tight thus far. I raise the pot and it gets folded around to the big blind who goes all-in. Now this particular player has been super aggressive and is the short stack. My initial thinking process was ‘he knows I'm a tight player and will try to get my chips right now.’ I end up calling and he happens to have pocket Q’s! What am I supposed to do? Fold would probably be the correct answer, but I dish off a lot of chips and get crippled.

A few hands later I get pocket J’s in the small blind and move all-in. I might be lucky that the big blind has A J off suit as you can see below, but he still makes the call and I doubled up!


This time I’m not unlucky and pick up pocket Q’s again in the small blind (I'm never unlucky, am I truly?) to an all-in under the gun with pocket 10’s. I of course instant call and knock this fella out of the tournament.

Down to four players and sitting as the short stack waiting for another double up quickly!

Three handed – pace has picked up and now running second in chips and has to be pointed out this was the funniest hand of the sit and go and why we are down to three players. Well the story is a below but be fair I was the big blind and it didn’t cost me a cent. Not only that he checked the flop after me and bet out all the way till the river when I check raised him all-in, he called in a heart beat. Yes thats 8 3 off suit – ship it!!

Ouch! Out on the bubble with a silly hand! Below are the details that I don’t want to explain except the part I pushed all-in on the flop – pretty bad play but thought I was ahead. No excuse and no wonder they call me the Donkey.

Sneaky play by Mrck for not raising preflop on the button but he caught me like he was fishing for his avatar.

The Donkey’s record stands now at 1-1. How does this work when our account is:

Because FullTiltPoker are smart. The entry fee and the fact that I got pretty much stuff all for my first sit and go. Next time the Donkey will strike back!

Sit and Go the way to go go go

Ok first hand of the tourney and lucky I'm on the button, I start off with a really bad hand like:

Yep that’s me the Donkey. I should point out all our play will be under bankroll exp as our ID.

I’m playing a Turbo $2+$.025 Single Table Sit and Go. This obviously falls into the category of the 2-5% bankroll feature and I believe because it’s a turbo tourney that I won’t have to play a lot of hands to make the money.

12 hands later and still haven’t played a hand yet, but not in bad shape. Only lost my blinds and 3 players already under $1000 in chips which is proving my strategy of just hanging around is working. Staying out of the way early is a great way of not getting in trouble although in saying that picking your time to double up early can prove to be priceless.

A hand at last….. until I overplayed a terrible hand like AJ...

I do think I am winning and believe that Fuglsang100 is only playing position and has proved to be by far the most aggressive but I don’t think it’s a great idea to be risking a lot of my chips on AJ off suit! I fold and lost some chips and now wish this wasn’t a turbo sit and go!!!!!

Down to $510 in chips and desperately need a hand quickly! Only 5 left and could have been happy with the pissy little $350 I raised with when having AJ off suit!


This is why Im the ‘donkey’:

I try to steal from the SB with K8 when its folded to me, but find the BB has pocket 10’s – oops! I get very lucky and end up winning and double up to $1100. Hey I'm just happy to have the money, sometimes u got to get lucky. In the famous words of Joe Hachem – Pass the ‘donkey’ his sugar!!!!

Last hand for me –


I'm the small blind but I'm not the short stack (GNG is the lucky culprit of that)! I get pushed all-in preflop by the spastic on the button and instant call for all my chips and GHG still calls knowing if he folds he makes the money. I lost the hand on the river – which normally would happen on Full Tilt anyway, but beat GNG and grab third place. Not a bad effort after only playing something like 6 hands for the whole tourney!

Can’t get upset with my play about the last hand, as I was short on chips and still pushed with the best hand when all the money was in the middle. So the account now looks like this:


Fair to say a waste of time to only make $1.35 – but slowly slowly and the results will come. $1.35 at a time. We have all the time in the world and nothing to complain about when the money goes into the account!

The Donkey cashes and holds 100% record so far – thats one in a row!!!

Finally we have lift off

OK so maybe Full Tilt Poker wasn't the problem - maybe it was my credit card and the bank that wouldn't approve of the transaction unless I ring them first to explain to them that I am using money from my credit card for online gambling site so they can let the transfer of my funds through!

Anyways... a whole waste of time later - it looks like the wheels are finally in motion and the work we promised might in fact get started. Kick back relax and enjoy the blog

Full Tilt Money Problems

So far nothing has been done and to tell you the truth I have been disappointed to say the least. And I think the rock and the thought about pro agree 100%. Full Tilt Poker looks like its screwing us around and we haven't been able to deposit money - none whatsoever! And I have been thinking about doing the same project on Pokerstars - although I am yet to discuss this topic with my counterparts (who will by no means find out once they read this).

Full Tilt really have problems with their money system and doesn't have the 24/7 live chat program to help you out when problems like this arise. Its always the same email which includes the following :

"This is an automated message sent from Full Tilt Poker.
Your Player ID: bankroll exp
Date and Time: 2007-10-14 06:29:04
Transfer Number: 013B99B8
Payment Method: Visa Amount: $300.00
Status: DECLINED

Your deposit request has been declined. Please review your personal account information to ensure that it is the same as the information stored with your payment processor. You may correctany of your personal information and try again. If you are still unsuccessful, you may wish to try one of the other available deposit methods."

Blah Blah Blah - what a load of shit. I don't want to sound like a degenerate gambler but for god's sake let me put some money into the account for this little assignment so it can get kick started.

We are working on it and this week everything will be sorted, its just whether or not it will be with FullTiltPoker (our preference) or not. Until the cards hit our screen, we will be typing soon...