2014 FTR Gauntlet Season XI: Game 12

Awesome! I thought I was gonna miss a PLO game but it's just another HU shootout!

While you lot are playing this game, I'll be drunk, baked and dancing to music in a field. That's how I like my weekend!

Sail on tossers.

Also, if someone busts keith out 1st round I'll buy them into the FTR 250 in June. Yeah I went there... a bounty of $3.30 on Keith's head.

Originally Posted by OngBonga

Also, if someone busts keith out 1st round I'll buy them into the FTR 250 in June. Yeah I went there... a bounty of $3.30 on Keith's head.

Is Keith's head only worth $3.30!!

Originally Posted by OngBonga

Also, if someone busts keith out 1st round I'll buy them into the FTR 250 in June. Yeah I went there... a bounty of $3.30 on Keith's head.

Awesome. This is the reason he Gauntlet was invented. Revenge amongst regs

Originally Posted by OngBonga

Also, if someone busts keith out 1st round I'll buy them into the FTR 250 in June. Yeah I went there... a bounty of $3.30 on Keith's head.

Everyone got a bye first round except Aehlmann vs eberetta1.(Aehlmann could have won first match having a pair of queens vs a pair of 6's after the flop, both players all in. Good ole Jokerstars put up the 6 to give the match to eberetta1, instead).
So, to reiterate. Keith had a bye his first round.

2nd round, Keith vs. eberetta1. eberetta1 won when A7 held up to A2. You can keep the bounty, OngBonga, U.S. players cannot get real money put on pokerstars.

Originally Posted by eberetta1

So, to reiterate. Keith had a bye his first round.

what difference does that make ???

2nd round, Keith vs. eberetta1. eberetta1 won when A7 held up to A2. You can keep the bounty, OngBonga, U.S. players cannot get real money put on pokerstars.

Personally , i thought it was a lousy game , if you want to shove every other hand thats up to you. I rapidly got pissed off with it though. If I wanted to play russian roulette i'd use a real gun. I considered just concentrating on my cash game tables and using the max time before folding but that wouldn't have been fair on everyone else playing and then having to wait. I always thought the gauntlet was meant to be a social event as well as a test of skill. Congratulations , you've proved that you think its neither. It's obvious why you're playing all the freerolls you can find, you certainly have the game for them.

Originally Posted by Keith

Personally , i thought it was a lousy game , if you want to shove every other hand thats up to you. I rapidly got pissed off with it though. If I wanted to play russian roulette i'd use a real gun. I considered just concentrating on my cash game tables and using the max time before folding but that wouldn't have been fair on everyone else playing and then having to wait. I always thought the gauntlet was meant to be a social event as well as a test of skill. Congratulations , you've proved that you think its neither. It's obvious why you're playing all the freerolls you can find, you certainly have the game for them.

haha

Originally Posted by Keith

Personally , i thought it was a lousy game , if you want to shove every other hand thats up to you. I rapidly got pissed off with it though. If I wanted to play russian roulette i'd use a real gun.

I frequently encounter players that raise preflop every hand to steal the blind, which is what you were doing this game with your 90 chip bet every hand while big blinds were 30. I usually fold 5 times in a row when people like you raise preflop, so conservative players like me have a distinct disadvantage in their game. I figure, I will already lose folding so many blinds. The only other alternative I find acceptable to do is an occassional all-in (about 1/10 hands) to get bully players from stealing my blinds. You do not have to call my all in, as I do not have to call all your preflop raises you bring to your game. I was getting decent hands about 30 hands into our game, so I did an all in ratio of 1/5 which still had me folding 4 hands in a row to your 90 chip preflop bets. I like to call it my maniac style of play, which I only resort to when bullied by constant preflop raises.

More than happy to have a conversation at the tables. I was playing my poker game out in the yard while several of the kids played with the garden hose having water fights. Chat box was almost impossible to see outdoors. Next game I will try to stay indoors in case you would like to chat with me.

I was already tilted before our game started knowing everyone had to wait to play their first match until Aehlmann/eberetta1 game completed. I am sure him and I did several allins to hurry the game along, to make your wait shorter. And then when you are on my table, I have to absorb a barrage of preflop raises every hand. You seemed in no mood to chat, rather concentrated on playing to win pots with no showdowns.

Originally Posted by eberetta1

I frequently encounter players that raise preflop every hand to steal the blind, which is what you were doing this game with your 90 chip bet every hand while big blinds were 30. I usually fold 5 times in a row when people like you raise preflop, so conservative players like me have a distinct disadvantage in their game. I figure, I will already lose folding so many blinds.

you don't have a clue how to play heads up do you? You should be opening most of your buttons because its a huge advantage. You were obviously not paying attention either, I rapidly adapted to you calling all my opens completing the bottom of my range, open folding the trash and min raise the middle and 3x the top of it. Then it became apparent that you were going to shove every hand that saw the river and readapted so that min raised the top of range to trap you when you shoved the river and 3x the better middle cards and widened my open folding range as they could never stand up to you shoving every river. I just ran incredibly badly so that i missed the flop/turn virtually every hand.

The only other alternative I find acceptable to do is an occassional all-in (about 1/10 hands) to get bully players from stealing my blinds. You do not have to call my all in, as I do not have to call all your preflop raises you bring to your game. I was getting decent hands about 30 hands into our game, so I did an all in ratio of 1/5 which still had me folding 4 hands in a row to your 90 chip preflop bets. I like to call it my maniac style of play, which I only resort to when bullied by constant preflop raises.

This may be educational for you but there is another option and its the 3bet to a much smaller size either a min reraise or slightly bigger . Its called playing poker .All you do by shoving is ensuring that you only get called when you are crushed and if you are doing it with your premiums you are losing value hand over fist. hmmm what did you say happened in your first round happened in your first round you went all in on the flop with a lousy pair and sucked out. The funniest part is that you think that you were constantly being bullied when you shoved every river and you claim 1/5 of your buttons( it was probably a lot closer to 1/3 of your buttons). All it came across as to me was someone desperate to win 3$ from ong by totally removing any skill from the game.

More than happy to have a conversation at the tables. I was playing my poker game out in the yard while several of the kids played with the garden hose having water fights. Chat box was almost impossible to see outdoors. Next game I will try to stay indoors in case you would like to chat with me.

this was one of the first games where i had no intention of chatting as wife and kids were away and i was grinding most of the weekend. I had 6 tables of 16nl up and was concentrating on those because of the milestone promotion that stars had running. A headsup game against a dickhead calling most of my opens and then shoving the river or shoving 1/3 of his buttons held no interest whatsoever and i switched off and concentrated on the tables that i was playing for real money on.

I was already tilted before our game started knowing everyone had to wait to play their first match until Aehlmann/eberetta1 game completed. I am sure him and I did several allins to hurry the game along, to make your wait shorter. And then when you are on my table, I have to absorb a barrage of preflop raises every hand. You seemed in no mood to chat, rather concentrated on playing to win pots with no showdowns.

what difference does length of game take ?everyone is either doing something else whilst waiting or watching your game to get tells on you. You were surprised by standard headsup play....learn to play headsup then , no doubt it will help you if you ever final table.and lol at the last line , you made sure that there were no showdows by shoving every hand that reached the river and you already said that it was impossible for you to read the chatbox. You're right , I was in no mood to chat to a idiot playing like you were because I was concentrating on my cash game tables.

Originally Posted by eberetta1

Everyone got a bye first round except Aehlmann vs eberetta1.(Aehlmann could have won first match having a pair of queens vs a pair of 6's after the flop, both players all in. Good ole Jokerstars put up the 6 to give the match to eberetta1, instead).
So, to reiterate. Keith had a bye his first round.

2nd round, Keith vs. eberetta1. eberetta1 won when A7 held up to A2. You can keep the bounty, OngBonga, U.S. players cannot get real money put on pokerstars.

lol fair enough, remind me when USA lets pokerstars back that I owe you a bounty! Thanks for busting keith nice and early!

I had an awesome weekend, obviously worth missing the game for. Dancing in a muddy field through rain, and enjoying it regardless, how very fucking English of me.