Sensei’s Poker Dojo

FullTiltPoker Game #6616925030: Table Bledsoe (6 max) – $25/$50 – $2,000 Cap Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 21:04:47 ET – 2008/05/29
Seat 3: DJ Sensei ($10,086.55)
Seat 4: Erich Kollmann ($14,639.50)
Seat 5: ibleedbenjamins ($4,888)
Seat 6: dingepling ($3,514.90)
DJ Sensei posts the small blind of $25
Erich Kollmann posts the big blind of $50
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DJ Sensei [9c 2c 6s 7s]
ibleedbenjamins raises to $175
dingepling calls $175
DJ Sensei raises to $750
Erich Kollmann calls $700
ibleedbenjamins calls $575
dingepling calls $575
*** FLOP *** [As 3d 7h]
DJ Sensei has 15 seconds left to act
DJ Sensei checks
Erich Kollmann checks
ibleedbenjamins checks
dingepling checks
*** TURN *** [As 3d 7h] [8d]
DJ Sensei has 15 seconds left to act
DJ Sensei checks
Erich Kollmann bets $1,250, and is capped
ibleedbenjamins calls $1,250, and is capped
dingepling folds
DJ Sensei has 15 seconds left to act
DJ Sensei has requested TIME
DJ Sensei calls $1,250, and is capped
Erich Kollmann shows [Tc Ah Th Ks]
ibleedbenjamins shows [9d Jh Ts Qc]
DJ Sensei shows [9c 2c 6s 7s]
*** RIVER *** [As 3d 7h 8d] [2s]
Erich Kollmann shows a pair of Aces
ibleedbenjamins shows Ace Queen high
DJ Sensei shows two pair, Sevens and Twos
DJ Sensei wins the pot ($6,748) with two pair, Sevens and Twos

Booya.

(Oh and if you were thinking about berating me for my play here, I win the pot 25% of the time here after the turn and I was getting better than 4-1, so ship the +EV)

I played my third game of the season last night. We crushed the opposition pretty soundly, and I led the charge with a 4-4, 4 run, 5 RBI, 1 HR, 1 2B performance. The downside was that the fields were at the top of Potrero Hill, which is an unfortunately tall hill, and we had to ride our bikes up it. The upside is that we got to ride back down victoriously, but we couldn’t find a route that allowed us to take a lot of longer, not-so-steep downhills, so we had to just ride the brakes down some steep ones.

Also of note is that this coming weekend I’ll be playing ultimate in Santa Barbara. Its been too long since the last time I was there, and its been too long since I played in a tournament, so it bodes to be a great weekend all around. I may even play again on Monday up in Marin county. Its about time I got back in shape, since the club season is starting soon. Summer is the best season ever.

Just booked my new biggest winning session ever, and hilariously it was all pot-limit Omaha (a game I’ve played no more than 5k hands of lifetime) instead of the game I’ve spent the last 4 years mastering. How about that?

Cap PLO is great, since its chock full of gamblers and Europeans. So all you have to do is be a little more selective than they are and steal a few pots here and there and you can win lots of monies. Over the course of the session, I won 32 pots over 2k. Thats ridiculous. (I lost 21 of them, too!).

I wish there was a good EV calculator for PLO so I could tell exactly how much over expectation I ran, but perhaps I’d be just as well not knowing, heh. I do think most of the time I got it in pretty well, so it was more often a matter of dodging their outs rather than hitting my own.

Here’s a few fun hands:

FullTiltPoker Game #6331916889: Table Maycliff (6 max) – $25/$50 – $2,000 Cap Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 3:52:44 ET – 2008/05/08
Seat 1: Gabor64 ($3,547)
Seat 2: DJ Sensei ($5,000)
Seat 3: PixKim ($17,205.50)
Seat 4: benba ($4,974)
Seat 5: dtismyheroe69 ($3,409.50)
Seat 6: EatMyAcesSucka ($7,802)
dtismyheroe69 posts the small blind of $25
EatMyAcesSucka posts the big blind of $50
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DJ Sensei [5s Kd 8d 6h]
Gabor64 folds
DJ Sensei raises to $175
PixKim calls $175
benba has 15 seconds left to act
benba calls $175
dtismyheroe69 raises to $925
EatMyAcesSucka folds
DJ Sensei calls $750
PixKim calls $750
benba calls $750
*** FLOP *** [2h 3d Td]
dtismyheroe69 bets $1,075, and is capped
DJ Sensei calls $1,075, and is capped
PixKim folds
benba calls $1,075, and is capped
dtismyheroe69 shows [Kh Ac Jc 9s]
DJ Sensei shows [5s Kd 8d 6h]
benba shows [Ts 4c 6s 8h]
*** TURN *** [2h 3d Td] [9d]
*** RIVER *** [2h 3d Td 9d] [8s]
dtismyheroe69 shows a pair of Nines
DJ Sensei shows a flush, King high
benba shows two pair, Tens and Eights
DJ Sensei wins the pot ($6,972) with a flush, King high

FullTiltPoker Game #6332583879: Table Brave (6 max) – $5/$10 – Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 6:17:53 ET – 2008/05/08
Seat 1: TincaMarinca1 ($1,934.35)
Seat 2: bb_ShiNing ($1,254.75)
Seat 3: HarrisMP ($907.50)
Seat 4: AllBlack66 ($312.50)
Seat 5: DJ Sensei ($1,764.95)
Seat 6: tiltjonas ($1,685.35)
tiltjonas posts the small blind of $5
TincaMarinca1 posts the big blind of $10
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DJ Sensei [Ac Ks Kd Tc]
bb_ShiNing folds
HarrisMP has 15 seconds left to act
HarrisMP folds
AllBlack66 calls $10
DJ Sensei raises to $45
tiltjonas folds
TincaMarinca1 calls $35
AllBlack66 folds
*** FLOP *** [Kc 2s 2d]
TincaMarinca1 checks
DJ Sensei bets $105
TincaMarinca1 raises to $262.50
DJ Sensei has 15 seconds left to act
DJ Sensei calls $157.50
*** TURN *** [Kc 2s 2d] [6d]
TincaMarinca1 bets $630
DJ Sensei has 15 seconds left to act
DJ Sensei raises to $1,457.45, and is all in
TincaMarinca1 calls $827.45
DJ Sensei shows [Ac Ks Kd Tc]
TincaMarinca1 shows [6s 6c 5d 7d]
*** RIVER *** [Kc 2s 2d 6d] [Js]
DJ Sensei shows a full house, Kings full of Twos
TincaMarinca1 shows a full house, Sixes full of Twos
DJ Sensei wins the pot ($3,541.90) with a full house, Kings full of Twos

FullTiltPoker Game #6332659274: Table Maycliff (6 max) – $25/$50 – $2,000 Cap Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 6:35:34 ET – 2008/05/08
Seat 1: Lystig ($4,581.50)
Seat 2: DJ Sensei ($12,967.50)
Seat 3: OlliPolli ($6,620)
Seat 4: scarecrow188 ($8,572.50)
Seat 5: rubberteeth ($3,707)
Seat 6: toidi gib ($3,700)
rubberteeth posts the small blind of $25
toidi gib posts the big blind of $50
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DJ Sensei [Ks 9c 9d Kc]
Lystig calls $50
DJ Sensei raises to $225
OlliPolli calls $225
scarecrow188 folds
rubberteeth folds
toidi gib raises to $975
Lystig has 15 seconds left to act
Lystig has requested TIME
Lystig calls $925
DJ Sensei calls $750
OlliPolli calls $750
*** FLOP *** [5d 8d 8h]
toidi gib bets $1,025, and is capped
Lystig calls $1,025, and is capped
DJ Sensei folds
OlliPolli has 15 seconds left to act
OlliPolli has requested TIME
OlliPolli calls $1,025, and is capped
toidi gib shows [Ah Ad 2s 9h]
Lystig shows [7d Td 5s 9s]
OlliPolli shows [5c 2c 6c 7s]
*** TURN *** [5d 8d 8h] [Kh]
*** RIVER *** [5d 8d 8h Kh] [Qc]
toidi gib shows two pair, Aces and Eights
Lystig shows two pair, Eights and Fives
OlliPolli shows two pair, Eights and Fives
toidi gib wins the pot ($6,997) with two pair, Aces and Eights

A little revenge for that big pot yesterday:

Full Tilt Poker Game #6275368084: Table Coral Isle (6 max) – $25/$50 – No Limit Hold’em – 18:22:13 ET – 2008/05/03
Seat 1: Suic1de_K1ng ($5,298)
Seat 2: Plz_Stop_Lookin ($1,748)
Seat 3: charlet123 ($5,698)
Seat 4: DJ Sensei ($5,248)
charlet123 posts the small blind of $25
DJ Sensei posts the big blind of $50
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DJ Sensei [Ah 6s]
Suic1de_K1ng folds
Plz_Stop_Lookin folds
charlet123 raises to $150
DJ Sensei raises to $450
charlet123 calls $300
*** FLOP *** [Qh Js 6d]
charlet123 checks
DJ Sensei checks
*** TURN *** [Qh Js 6d] [4d]
charlet123 bets $900
DJ Sensei has 15 seconds left to act
DJ Sensei has requested TIME
DJ Sensei calls $900
*** RIVER *** [Qh Js 6d 4d] [5s]
charlet123 bets $3,150
DJ Sensei has 15 seconds left to act
DJ Sensei has requested TIME
DJ Sensei calls $3,150
*** SHOW DOWN ***
charlet123 shows [9d Ad] Ace Queen high
DJ Sensei shows [Ah 6s] a pair of Sixes
DJ Sensei wins the pot ($8,998) with a pair of Sixes

Decided to take a shot at 50/100 today, since there were a few games going (which is very rare). They seem to be built around this charlet guy, who was playing quite loose-aggressive preflop but never folding to 3bets and playing somewhat passively postflop.

Full Tilt Poker Game #6263933496: Table Bordley (6 max) – $50/$100 – No Limit Hold’em – 20:29:39 ET – 2008/05/02
Seat 1: GASSITT ($11,091)
Seat 2: MotherFlusher ($2,350)
Seat 3: Cole South ($20,197)
Seat 4: DJ Sensei ($11,680)
Seat 5: charlet123 ($11,172.50)
Seat 6: skier_5 ($35,117)
charlet123 posts the small blind of $50
skier_5 posts the big blind of $100
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DJ Sensei [Qc Qd]
GASSITT folds
MotherFlusher folds
Cole South raises to $350
Deacs0913 (Observer): hey cole you’re my ido
Deacs0913 (Observer): idol
DJ Sensei raises to $1,200
charlet123 folds
skier_5 folds
Cole South has 15 seconds left to act
Cole South has requested TIME
Cole South raises to $3,050
DJ Sensei has 15 seconds left to act
DJ Sensei has requested TIME
DJ Sensei raises to $11,680, and is all in
Cole South calls $8,630
DJ Sensei shows [Qc Qd]
Cole South shows [As Qs]
*** FLOP *** [9s 4d 9d]
*** TURN *** [9s 4d 9d] [6c]
*** RIVER *** [9s 4d 9d 6c] [2s]
DJ Sensei shows two pair, Queens and Nines
Cole South shows a pair of Nines
DJ Sensei wins the pot ($23,507) with two pair, Queens and Nines

Full Tilt Poker Game #6264061759: Table Kennedy (6 max) – $50/$100 – No Limit Hold’em – 20:40:52 ET – 2008/05/02
Seat 1: MotherFlusher ($2,741)
Seat 2: xDRAGONLADYx ($2,050)
Seat 3: charlet123 ($19,279)
Seat 4: DJ Sensei ($13,688)
Seat 5: skier_5 ($15,869)
Seat 6: Cole South ($12,297)
skier_5 posts the small blind of $50
Cole South posts the big blind of $100
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DJ Sensei [Ah Ac]
MotherFlusher folds
xDRAGONLADYx folds
charlet123 raises to $350
DJ Sensei raises to $1,200
skier_5 folds
Cole South folds
charlet123 calls $850
*** FLOP *** [8c 3s Qs]
charlet123 checks
DJ Sensei bets $1,800
charlet123 calls $1,800
*** TURN *** [8c 3s Qs] [4c]
charlet123 checks
DJ Sensei has 15 seconds left to act
DJ Sensei bets $3,700
charlet123 has 15 seconds left to act
charlet123 raises to $16,279, and is all in
DJ Sensei calls $6,988, and is all in
charlet123 shows [6s 5s]
DJ Sensei shows [Ah Ac]
Uncalled bet of $5,591 returned to charlet123
*** RIVER *** [8c 3s Qs 4c] [As]
charlet123 shows a flush, Ace high
DJ Sensei shows three of a kind, Aces
charlet123 wins the pot ($27,523) with a flush, Ace high

Weeeeeeeeeee

I play on my roommate’s company softball team (as a ringer). I bat leadoff (since I have like a .900 OBP and can switch-hit and place my hits wherever I want on the 2/3 of the field I’m hitting towards, generally with enough velocity that only the best fielders can catch them even if they’re close enough) and play defensively in left center field, where all the good batters hit fly balls (since I’m fast enough to run them down and also have enough of an arm to gun dudes down at home after they tag up. But I don’t usually try it since usually our catcher is, strategically, the worst glove-person on the team and will undoubtedly bobble the throw or get hurt by trying to get in the way of my Rex Grossman cannon arm). Today was our second game of the season. I missed the first game last week when I was in Seattle, unfortunately, but my season debut tonight was fairly impressive.

We started the game at 6:45 or so, which was a little bit late considering the sun-going-down factor. We were the visiting team, so I led the game off with a strong line drive to right field which landed nowhere near the fielders and ran it into a double when the right fielder couldn’t handle my blazing salvo. To be fair I could probably run just about any outfield hit into a double, but since our team has a pretty strong 2-6 in the lineup and there were no outs I would normally be content with a single. In fact, thats precisely what happened to lead off the 3rd inning in my next at bat. I swung down at a high outside pitch and drove a sizzling line drive between the pitcher and the shortstop, but stopped at first. After both hits I was easily driven in to home by the next few batters without any drama, of course.

In this league, theres a cap on the number of runs per team per inning (7) mostly to prevent blowouts and allow both teams to play at least a reasonable number of innings. So after 2 innings, we were down 13-4 or something like that. In the 3rd we put up the full 7 runs, and then held them to only a few, so going into the 4th inning we were down 15-11. The sun was beginning to set over the horizon of the nearby neighborhood rooftops, so this would probably be our last inning of the night. After the first two batters from the bottom of our lineup grounded out (our opponents had a surprisingly solid defensive infield), the last guy managed to knock down a hard infield single which brought me to bat, with the game on the line and, finally, with a duck on the pond. The first pitch was lobbed right into the sweet spot, low and across the plate, and I pulled it over the entire cadre of right fielders (when I bat lefty, as I usually do, the outfield traditionally pulls over all the way to the right to try and stop me. Sometimes I close my stance a lot to try and send one opposite field on them, but in softball its hard to do that since the pitches are so slow; that attempt usually ends up in a droopy Texas-league single over the shortstop). In rec league softball any ball hit over the outfield is pretty much an automatic home run, but I wanted to make sure so I booked it around to second before the third base coach told me I could take it easy and then trotted in from there. The heart of our lineup rose to the occasion and went on a great rally, finishing up with 6 runs total. And in the bottom of the 4th, with the evening creeping in, we closed them out without a run to seal the deal. Victory!

Season stats: 3-3, 1 2B, 1 HR, 3 R, 2 RBI