The two articles I wrote last year are up :). One is for CardPlayer, the other for PokerPlayer. Check them out if you have time. I think the CardPlayer hand is especially cool (I actually wrote about this hand ages ago in a blog post about overbetting) so let me know what you think of it.
CardPlayer: http://www.cardplayer.com/cardplayer-magazines/65773-eric-baldwin-23-2/articles/19024-hand-2-hand-combat-joey-lawrence
PokerPlayer: http://www.pokerplayer.co.uk/poker-strategy/cash-poker/9985/how-to-bluff.html
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Aussie Millions Update
So I decided to come down to Melbourne after all. I arrived yesterday afternoon (too late to play the Main Event unfortunately) and last night played some 10/20 (the straddle to 40 was happening about 75% of the time). It was pretty boring and uneventful and I lost 2.7K, 2.2K coming from a hand where I opened the BTN to 125 with TT and got 3-bet by the straddler to 340. I shoved, he called with KK and he held.
Today I decided to play the 1.1K NLHE event on a whim, mostly because I found 10/20 last night so incredibly boring. I’d forgotten how horrible live poker can be when you’re card-dead for hours on end! I got off to a great start and had about 2.5x the starting stack within 30 minutes. My double up came in pretty funny fashion. A player limped in MP and I limped behind with 22. It was five-ways to the flop of Q42cc. The first limper bet 225, I raised to 700, it folded to the big blind who 3-bet to 2500, the limper folded visibly annoyed and I shoved. My opponent tanked before finally calling with 42o (which was pretty lol given his raise was for half his stack). The limper said he had AQ and when the Q came on the turn he said “oh no, don’t do this to me!” Sure enough the river came an Ace so I doubled up while the limper rued what could have been.
It was all downhill from there though and 4 hours later I open-shoved 12bb’s in MP with 99 and ran into KK. C’est la vie.
During the dinner break of the tournament I decided to try out live PLO for the first time. I sat down with 1K at 5/10 PLO and won 305 in about half an hour before having to return to the tournament. After I busted out of the tournament I sat back down with my 1305 and second hand I picked up 8654 with three hearts in MP. The straddle to 20 was on so I opened to 70 and got 4 callers. The flop came down 844ssc and I got it in versus the button. I had 1 out and didn’t hit. Great game, PLO.
Tomorrow I’m just going to grind 10/20 live until dinner when I’m meeting up with two friends from PCA (speaking of which, I’ll do my PCA/NYC trip report when I get back; it was genuinely such an awesome holiday!). On Saturday I’m going to play the $2200 6-Max event and if I bust out of that (which seems inevitable given my MTT history in Melbourne) I’m going to play the $550 Turbo on Sunday. That was another tournament I didn’t initially intend to play but I really want a live title and since that field will probably be about 15 people strong (since it’s on the very last day of the series) I’m liking my chances there!
Today I decided to play the 1.1K NLHE event on a whim, mostly because I found 10/20 last night so incredibly boring. I’d forgotten how horrible live poker can be when you’re card-dead for hours on end! I got off to a great start and had about 2.5x the starting stack within 30 minutes. My double up came in pretty funny fashion. A player limped in MP and I limped behind with 22. It was five-ways to the flop of Q42cc. The first limper bet 225, I raised to 700, it folded to the big blind who 3-bet to 2500, the limper folded visibly annoyed and I shoved. My opponent tanked before finally calling with 42o (which was pretty lol given his raise was for half his stack). The limper said he had AQ and when the Q came on the turn he said “oh no, don’t do this to me!” Sure enough the river came an Ace so I doubled up while the limper rued what could have been.
It was all downhill from there though and 4 hours later I open-shoved 12bb’s in MP with 99 and ran into KK. C’est la vie.
During the dinner break of the tournament I decided to try out live PLO for the first time. I sat down with 1K at 5/10 PLO and won 305 in about half an hour before having to return to the tournament. After I busted out of the tournament I sat back down with my 1305 and second hand I picked up 8654 with three hearts in MP. The straddle to 20 was on so I opened to 70 and got 4 callers. The flop came down 844ssc and I got it in versus the button. I had 1 out and didn’t hit. Great game, PLO.
Tomorrow I’m just going to grind 10/20 live until dinner when I’m meeting up with two friends from PCA (speaking of which, I’ll do my PCA/NYC trip report when I get back; it was genuinely such an awesome holiday!). On Saturday I’m going to play the $2200 6-Max event and if I bust out of that (which seems inevitable given my MTT history in Melbourne) I’m going to play the $550 Turbo on Sunday. That was another tournament I didn’t initially intend to play but I really want a live title and since that field will probably be about 15 people strong (since it’s on the very last day of the series) I’m liking my chances there!
Friday, January 22, 2010
Going on Exchange to Lund!
I finally found out my exchange results and I’m going to Lund, Sweden! What’s especially cool is that it’s right across from Copenhagen and I’ve wanted to go there for a while now so that’ll be awesome too.
I’m here in NYC for another 3 days and am currently deciding whether to go down to Melbourne or not for the end of Aussie Millions. I can’t get back in time for the Main Event but I could grind cash for a few days, play the $2200 6-Max event and generally soak up the cool vibe that comes with an international poker tournament. The only problem is that the highest NLHE game apparently running is only 10/20/40 which is pretty meh and I’m pretty tired too so I’m not sure. We’ll see I guess.
My trip so far has been amazing though. PCA this year had a completely different vibe to last year and was generally a lot more fun this time around. As for NYC, it’s my first time here and it’s been awesome too: sight-seeing by day and bar-hopping by night. We saw Wicked and went to a taping of the Late Show with David Letterman too. I’ll do a trip report when I get home.
Anyway 2010 is shaping up to be a pretty cool year. Bahamas and NYC this month, Cambridge University in July, exchange to Sweden in September, and then I imagine a lot of travelling around Europe in August!
I’m here in NYC for another 3 days and am currently deciding whether to go down to Melbourne or not for the end of Aussie Millions. I can’t get back in time for the Main Event but I could grind cash for a few days, play the $2200 6-Max event and generally soak up the cool vibe that comes with an international poker tournament. The only problem is that the highest NLHE game apparently running is only 10/20/40 which is pretty meh and I’m pretty tired too so I’m not sure. We’ll see I guess.
My trip so far has been amazing though. PCA this year had a completely different vibe to last year and was generally a lot more fun this time around. As for NYC, it’s my first time here and it’s been awesome too: sight-seeing by day and bar-hopping by night. We saw Wicked and went to a taping of the Late Show with David Letterman too. I’ll do a trip report when I get home.
Anyway 2010 is shaping up to be a pretty cool year. Bahamas and NYC this month, Cambridge University in July, exchange to Sweden in September, and then I imagine a lot of travelling around Europe in August!
