Omaha is fun

I can't seem to find any hand history converter that works for omaha. Bah.

Full Tilt Poker Game #8540077646: Table Monte (6 max) - $0.25/$0.50 - Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 0:32:45 ET - 2008/10/18
Seat 1: famouslastwords ($94.30)
Seat 2: AceHogan ($127.50)
Seat 3: SOPHIE13 ($24.70)
Seat 4: GustavoCPA ($50.20)
Seat 5: FTrusdell ($139.80)
Seat 6: Chmielarz ($49.25)
GustavoCPA has 5 seconds left to act
GustavoCPA stands up
GustavoCPA has timed out
FTrusdell posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to famouslastwords [8h Th 7s 9d]
Chmielarz folds
famouslastwords raises to $1.50
AceHogan calls $1.50
SOPHIE13 calls $1.50
FTrusdell calls $1
*** FLOP *** [8s 7h 2c]
FTrusdell bets $6
famouslastwords has 15 seconds left to act
famouslastwords raises to $18
AceHogan folds
SOPHIE13 calls $18
FTrusdell folds
*** TURN *** [8s 7h 2c] [8d]
famouslastwords bets $24
SOPHIE13 calls $5.20, and is all in
famouslastwords shows [8h Th 7s 9d]
SOPHIE13 shows [6d Ad Qs Ac]
Uncalled bet of $18.80 returned to famouslastwords
*** RIVER *** [8s 7h 2c 8d] [Ah]
famouslastwords shows a full house, Eights full of Sevens
SOPHIE13 shows a full house, Aces full of Eights
SOPHIE13 wins the pot ($55.50) with a full house, Aces full of Eights
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $58.40 | Rake $2.90
Board: [8s 7h 2c 8d Ah]
Seat 1: famouslastwords showed [8h Th 7s 9d] and lost with a full house, Eights full of Sevens
Seat 2: AceHogan folded on the Flop
Seat 3: SOPHIE13 (button) showed [6d Ad Qs Ac] and won ($55.50) with a full house, Aces full of Eights
Seat 4: GustavoCPA (small blind) is sitting out
Seat 5: FTrusdell (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 6: Chmielarz didn't bet (folded)

Full Tilt Poker Game #8540155305: Table Monte (6 max) - $0.25/$0.50 - Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 0:38:44 ET - 2008/10/18
Seat 1: famouslastwords ($67.85)
Seat 2: AceHogan ($123.50)
Seat 3: SOPHIE13 ($104.95)
Seat 4: ShipIt26 ($50.20)
Seat 5: FTrusdell ($83.95)
Seat 6: Chmielarz ($48.50)
FTrusdell posts the small blind of $0.25
Chmielarz posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to famouslastwords [7h 5d 8c 9h]
famouslastwords raises to $1.75
AceHogan folds
SOPHIE13 calls $1.75
ShipIt26 folds
FTrusdell calls $1.50
Chmielarz folds
*** FLOP *** [5s 5c Qc]
FTrusdell checks
ShipIt26 is feeling happy
famouslastwords has 15 seconds left to act
famouslastwords bets $4.50
SOPHIE13 folds
FTrusdell calls $4.50
*** TURN *** [5s 5c Qc] [4s]
FTrusdell checks
famouslastwords bets $12.50
FTrusdell calls $12.50
*** RIVER *** [5s 5c Qc 4s] [Qs]
FTrusdell checks
famouslastwords checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
famouslastwords shows [7h 5d 8c 9h] three of a kind, Fives
FTrusdell shows [Js Kc 8s Kd] a flush, Queen high
FTrusdell wins the pot ($37.80) with a flush, Queen high
famouslastwords adds $0.90
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $39.75 | Rake $1.95
Board: [5s 5c Qc 4s Qs]
Seat 1: famouslastwords showed [7h 5d 8c 9h] and lost with three of a kind, Fives
Seat 2: AceHogan didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: SOPHIE13 folded on the Flop
Seat 4: ShipIt26 (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: FTrusdell (small blind) showed [Js Kc 8s Kd] and won ($37.80) with a flush, Queen high
Seat 6: Chmielarz (big blind) folded before the Flop

Full Tilt Poker Game #8540224989: Table Toy (6 max) - $0.25/$0.50 - Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 0:44:11 ET - 2008/10/18
Seat 1: dbanner14 ($206.75)
Seat 2: bluefalken777 ($30.05)
Seat 3: Chmielarz ($49.25)
Seat 4: AceHogan ($50)
Seat 5: Yoinkavich ($40.20)
Seat 6: famouslastwords ($102)
Yoinkavich posts the small blind of $0.25
famouslastwords posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to famouslastwords [Qc 4c Qd Kc]
dbanner14 has 15 seconds left to act
dbanner14 calls $0.50
bluefalken777 folds
Chmielarz folds
AceHogan folds
Yoinkavich calls $0.25
famouslastwords raises to $2
dbanner14 calls $1.50
Yoinkavich calls $1.50
*** FLOP *** [Ah Qh 9c]
Yoinkavich checks
famouslastwords bets $6
dbanner14 raises to $24
Yoinkavich folds
famouslastwords has 15 seconds left to act
famouslastwords raises to $78
dbanner14 raises to $204.75, and is all in
famouslastwords calls $22, and is all in
dbanner14 shows [2c Ad 6h As]
famouslastwords shows [Qc 4c Qd Kc]
Uncalled bet of $104.75 returned to dbanner14
*** TURN *** [Ah Qh 9c] [8c]
*** RIVER *** [Ah Qh 9c 8c] [Kh]
dbanner14 shows three of a kind, Aces
famouslastwords shows three of a kind, Queens
dbanner14 wins the pot ($203) with three of a kind, Aces
famouslastwords adds $50
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $206 | Rake $3
Board: [Ah Qh 9c 8c Kh]
Seat 1: dbanner14 showed [2c Ad 6h As] and won ($203) with three of a kind, Aces
Seat 2: bluefalken777 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: Chmielarz didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: AceHogan (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: Yoinkavich (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 6: famouslastwords (big blind) showed [Qc 4c Qd Kc] and lost with three of a kind, Queens

I totally misplayed that last hand. Double bah.

Hulu.com

I must be out of the loop, 'cause I just found out about this site and apparently it's been around since March. Anyway, it has a bunch of TV shows and even some movies that you can stream on it. Very clean layout, works well, has every episode of Arrested Development. I am never going to get any work done again ever.

I have been rocking the heads-up games lately on Pokerstars. Er, rather I would be rocking them if I didn't keep getting stacked in hands like these:

Poker Stars, $1/$2 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 2 Players
Hand History Converter by Stoxpoker

Hero (SB): $375.25 (187.6 bb)
BB: $605.15 (302.6 bb)

Pre-Flop: Hero is SB with Qs Qh
Hero raises to $6, BB raises to $22, Hero raises to $72, BB raises to $210, Hero raises to $375.25 and is all-in, BB calls $165.25
Flop: ($750.50) 7h 5s Kh
Turn: ($750.50) 2d
River: ($750.50) 3h
Results: $750.50 pot ($0.50 rake)
BB showed Ah 4s (a straight, Ace to Five) and won $750 ($374.75 net)
Hero mucked Qs Qh (a pair of Queens) and lost (-$375.25 net)


Other than hands like that, and some random what-the-fuck-was-I-thinking hands (which obviously bother me way more than the bad beats, since it's my fault the money ain't shipping my way), HU has been fun, and I'm slowly but surely getting better at it. I wish I could say the same for PLO, which is just ugh. Still very much an omaha fish. Maybe someday I'll get it.

P.S. Another cool thing about hulu.com is they allow you to embed their videos on your own site. Here's my favorite episode of Arrested Development, "Pier Pressure":

Plz hold one time!

Also, is there a Darwin award category for business ideas? If so, I think this guy deserves a nomination. Quote from article:

Gioia would unwind by playing poker online in his hotel room at night. But that was very different from sitting at a table with other players and handling real cards.

For example, his three-of-a-kind and full-house hands frequently got topped.

“I even got beat with a straight flush by a higher straight flush — things I’d never seen at a real table,” Gioia said. ...

And so he started Gioia Systems LLC. His biggest challenge was how to differentiate his site from the fast-growing number of popular Internet poker sites.

“The answer was almost instantaneous: Play with a real deck of cards,” he said.

The funny thing is, people are so dumb that this might just be the perfect marketing angle for online poker. And think of the type of players this site would attract -- my god, I might have to sign up myself!

Time for Thanks

I just wanted to give a quick thanks to Barney Frank for existing and being so fucking cool.

His new bill, HR 6870, passed its committee vote today. Yeah, yeah, it's not much, but it's about the best news in online poker in the past two years. Baby steps.

More later.

LOL

Missed Obama's speech 'cause I was watching the Cubs game and grinding out some hands. But the night turned out pretty well anyway--Cubs won a great game and I ran pretty damn hot:

Here is my favorite hand of the night. I totally was looking at some other table and thought I had QQ. Was so confused why I didn't win the hand till I looked back at the hand history:

FullTiltPoker Game #7843175567: Table Double Arrow - $3/$6 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:37:13 ET - 2008/08/28
Seat 1: famouslastwords ($600)
Seat 2: madman460 ($1,238.15)
Seat 3: luckmasheen ($294)
Seat 4: moproblems ($1,197)
Seat 5: Gman-NJ ($636.45)
Seat 6: mazzler ($600)
Seat 7: Superquade ($131.30)
Seat 8: Timid Flower ($615)
Seat 9: hoytbuck ($459.95)
mazzler posts the small blind of $3
Superquade posts the big blind of $6
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to famouslastwords [6h 8h]
Timid Flower folds
hoytbuck folds
famouslastwords raises to $21
madman460 folds
luckmasheen folds
moproblems folds
Gman-NJ folds
mazzler has 15 seconds left to act
mazzler adds $3
mazzler folds
Superquade raises to $131.30, and is all in
famouslastwords calls $110.30
Superquade shows [Jc Jh]
famouslastwords shows [6h 8h]
*** FLOP *** [7s 9s Kh]
*** TURN *** [7s 9s Kh] [2d]
*** RIVER *** [7s 9s Kh 2d] [Kc]
Superquade shows two pair, Kings and Jacks
famouslastwords shows a pair of Kings
Superquade wins the pot ($262.60) with two pair, Kings and Jacks
famouslastwords adds $131.30
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $265.60 | Rake $3
Board: [7s 9s Kh 2d Kc]
Seat 1: famouslastwords showed [6h 8h] and lost with a pair of Kings
Seat 2: madman460 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: luckmasheen didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: moproblems didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: Gman-NJ (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: mazzler (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 7: Superquade (big blind) showed [Jc Jh] and won ($262.60) with two pair, Kings and Jacks
Seat 8: Timid Flower didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: hoytbuck didn't bet (folded

I can never get too angry about my random misclicks; they are rather hilarious. I especially like when I accidentally minbet the flop with a good hand and my opponent raises me big and I get to come over the top of him (or even better, put in a min 3bet). Fun times and not bad for building a spazzy table image either.