Aldrig give op!

Tidligere 10 minuter inde i Pacifics 30K$ GTD....
Omkring 650 spillere tilbage, blinds er 10/20, average stack er omkring 1400.

Jeg har 20 chips.... skidt situation...

Nu 3½ time senere: 30 tilbage og jeg er chipleader med 103.000 chips.

Aldrig, aldrig, ALDRIG giv op!

Selvfølgeligt ikke noget med held at gøre men mit A-game ;-) I bedste Harrington-stil.

Uanset hvad Pumpstick siger så er A6s en stærk hånd 3-way mod AKo og JJ :-D

Mvh.
Eksplicit

Var det ikke i pokermagasinet der stod, at der var en der havde vundet WSOP, hvor han kun havde 1 dollar tilbage på et tidspunkt :-)
Så overlever man en del all ins
Ellers var det magasin der kom sammen med Forza

Det er sygt nok, vist det er rigtigt.

Jeg tror mest det 1$ trick bruges for at limpe længere ind i pengene, hvis man taber den store hånd. Nu rent tilfælde jeg endte på 20 chips. Kunne jo nok ikke lige limpe til pengene ;-)

Jeg ville i øvrigt være ond og sætte en der lavede all-in minus 1$ over for mig, ind for den sidste også :-D

Fik lige et badbeat, så ligger nummer 3... men synes det er en god historie af fortælle hvis jeg kommer på final table.
Ærgeligt at kvinder absolut bliver minus scoretricks-imponerede over sådanne anekdoter :-D

Edit: Er på final table og ligger som nummer 3 :-)

Eksplicit

Eksplicit, hvad er status? Nu bliver man jo lidt nysgerrig.. :-)

Lige blevet færdig :-)

Som altid er det cointosses til sidst. Gik ned til sidst 3-håndet på først 66 mod AK og så rendt jeg ind i AK igen med AQ.

Det blev altså en 3´de plads. Alt taget i betragtning skal jeg nok ikke klage, lavede også et par fejl undervejs, så det er absolut fint :-)
Har reddet en ellers sløv pokeruge og jeg har en pokeranekdote mere, som jeg kan plage totalt uforstående venner, familie og bekendte med :-D

Mvh.
Eksplicit

@mbond

Det var ikke 1$, men 1 chip han havde tilbage (jeg ved ikke om chippen havde 25 eller 10k som værdi). Men han er ihvertfald grunden til at udtrykket "a chip and a chair" opstod.

blinds var 25-50, og han havde en 50$ chip

@Eksplicit

Hold kæft du sparker røv for tiden..

Nice going!

Jeg er næsten helt sikker på, at det var en 500$ chip, som lå under et askebære. Han sagde "I"ll bet it" og pusher alle hans chips i midten. Da hånden er færdig opdager en anden spiller 500$ chipen, men da han ikke har sagt "all in" får han lov til at overleve og vinder turneringen. Dengang var der dog ikke så mange med, så jeg vil tro at Eksplicits comeback er en større præstation.

Det var i øvrigt efter den WSOP præstation "a chip and a chair" udtrykket opstod.

/Mikael

Jeg måtte lige ind og google det ;-)
Ville gerne se hvad blinds var, i forhold til hans chips, men kunne ikke finde det. Det var en 500 dollar chip iøvrigt

Fandt lige dette berømte bluff (Er det iøvrigt lovligt)
det er samme mand som havde den 500$ chip
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The late Jack Strauss, who won the 1982 World Series of Poker, was a man known for his creativity, flair and imagination at the poker table, as well as his willingness to risk all he had if he liked the poker odds. Once, in a no-limit poker Hold"em game, Strauss was dealt a seven and a deuce of different suits.

It"s one of the worst starting hands in the deck - one the overwhelming majority of poker players would throw away without a moment"s hesitation. But not Strauss; not this time. "I was on a rush," he said, "so I raised." One poker player called. The flop was 7-3-3, giving Strauss two pair, albeit with a kicker that couldn"t even beat the board. As Strauss bet again, he realized he had made a mistake. His opponent, who did not hesitate as he reached for his chips, raised Strauss $5,000. Strauss realized his opponent had a big pair in the hole, and the logical move would have been to give up the poker bluff and release his poker hand.

But Strauss called, which must have caused his opponent to question whether he, indeed, had the best hand. The fourth poker card was a deuce. It paired Strauss" other hole card, but it was worthless since there was already a communal pair of threes on the poker board. Strauss fired out a bet: $18,000. As his opponent paused to consider whether Strauss had a poker hand or was bluffing, Jack Strauss leaned forward, saying: "I"ll tell you what, just gimme one of those $25 chips of yours and you can see either one of my poker cards - whichever one you choose." After another long pause, Strauss" opponent tossed over a single green chip and points to one of the two poker cards that were face down in front of Jack Strauss. Strauss flips over the deuce. Now there"s another long pause.

Finally Jack Strauss"s opponent concludes that both cards were the same, and that Strauss made a full house - deuces full of threes - and throws the winning hand away.

"It was just a matter of psychology," Strauss was reputed to have said later. But to most observers it wasn"t psychology at all. It was magic, pure and simple.
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I hvert fald en super historie ;-)
Tilykke med 3e pladsen iøvrigt nice comeback
Er de bedste penge at vinde, når man næsten er slået ud

Vandt også en turnering efter at have været nede på 1,2 BB :) Fandeme en sej fornemmelse :)

Nice comeback og rigtig fin placering. Tillykke!

Minder mig om en Pot limit turnering på Stars. Jeg var ultra shortstacked så lang tid, at da vi nåede finalebordet og jeg fik vundet et par allins og pludselig havde average chips igen, blev jeg totalt overrasket over at jeg ikke kunne gå allin - havde simpelthen glemt at det var pot limit og ikke no limit, eftersom det havde været allin for mig i så lang tid :o)

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Jeg fandt følgende om "Treetop" Strauss:

In 1982, Straus was a highly respected, upper-limit poker player in Las Vegas and the South, but because of his aggressive style, he was not a well-know player in other parts of the country. He simply didn"t get any publicity because he was not a real tournament player. Sure, he played at the WSOP, but it was in the side-games that he made his money.

As usual, during the beginning stages of the 1982 championship event, Straus pushed his whole stack into the middle of the table whenever he perceived an edge, whether he thought he held the best cards, or he simply sensed weakness in an opponent. On one such occasion, Jack lost a pot and found himself with just a single $500 chip. But a chip and a chair was all he needed. Jack collected the blinds on the next hand, then got all-in with what was left and doubled up on the following hand. Before the stunned players at his table realized it, Jack had more chips than anybody else and continued on to the next day"s play, and eventually the remaining nine players.

The final table was comprised of a who"s who of poker greats: Jack Straus, Dody Roach, A.J. Meyers, Sailor Roberts, Buster Jackson, Carl Cannon, Dewey Tomko, Berry Johnston, and Doyle Brunson. In that group were three championship bracelets, and two future champions. There was also over $1 million dollars up for grabs (for the first time in WSOP history).

Now Jack may have had trouble with ring games, and he may have had trouble starting a tournament with just $10,000 in chips, but he rarely had trouble when sitting behind a big stack. In the end, it was just he and Dewey Tomko, heads-up, and we already know how strong Jack was in that position. As great a player as Tomko has become, he was outmatched at the time, and Jack Straus came back from just a single chip to win the 1982 WSOP.

Tak alle :-) Sjove historier vi fik med i hatten.

Mvh.
Eksplicit

Historien med hans 72 hånd er skildret i filmen High Roller om Stu Ungar"s liv, ret komisk, den anden siges at have haft pocket kings.

Lad os hellere snakke om Stu Ungar historier, jeg hørte engang om en hånd hvor han callede en all in med 9 høj, og vandt (på river)

Mickey

Ja det var HU han callede den. Den har jeg læst noget om. Lad os få nogle Ungar historier.

Stu Ungar never took care about money: he was a born gambler. And only one thing he needed money for was gambling, which included gin, golf, sports, horses and poker, of course...

And when he had won at the WSOP in 1981 he was asked: "What will you do with all the money for first prize?"... He giggled and said: "Lose it!"

Stu Ungar looked very young. Once he and his friends went to Palm Springs to play golf. They decided to eat at the place that was considered to be the best one. They wanted a table for four, but as they didn"t have reservation they couldn"t get it. Then Stu gave maitre D $100 and said that he will be at the bar...

And with these words he went to the bar and ordered a Rum and coke. I mean - he tried to order, because the bartender asked him to show his I.D. Stu tried to insist that he was 35 years old, but in vain. Without any hesitation Stu pulled out two rolls of cash (approximately $20,000) and showed them to the bartender: "There. There is my I.D. Do you think any teenager would be carrying around that kind of money?" After that the bartender was ready to serve him. And at that moment there also came maitre D: he had found a table for four.


Stu Ungar (or Unger) was born to gamble. I don’t mean he would die without it (though – who can tell?) but that was the thing he couldn’t live without… like Frank Sinatra without singing. Fancy Sinatra selling hot-dogs. The same for Stu Ungar. He never had a serious job. What else do we know about Stu Ungar?

… he began to play at the age of 10

And at the age of 10 he had won his first gin rummy tournament. At the age of 14 he began to play poker. No, you don’t understand me. At the age of 14 he began to play poker as a professional player. At 25 he was a two-time World Champion. So young… a kid… Stu “the Kid” Ungar as he was dubbed by the press.

He always looked like he was 14 years old, but played like he had 40 years of experience.

… he had a passion for gambling

That’s why he had won not only the WSOP but Amarillo Slim’s Super Bowl of Poker. Nobody could repeat it. But better he was in gin rummy: “Some day, I suppose it’s possible for someone to be a better No Limit Hold’Em than me. I doubt it, but I could happen. But, I swear to you, I don’t see how anyone could ever play gin better that me”. That passion brought him title of a World Champion for the third time in 1997 and it was the last time he played…

… he had genius IQ and a photographic memory

It was cool, but because of that nobody wanted to play with Stu. Pit bosses, race managers, sports book managers were afraid of him. But nevertheless they had to let him play, they could do nothing about that…

As for his photographic memory: at a $50 000 he forecasted the loosing player’s cards. Then… another forecast – and again correctly, the manager even had to stop the game!!! It was Stu’s merit that single deck blackjack tables disappeared.

… he didn’t care about money

Money… better to lose than to waste… this is how Stu Ungar thought about it. He needed money only for gambling, which included sports, horses, races… poker, of course. Easy to earn, easy to burn… he never took care about the money.

… he had a good friend- Bob Stupak

Who offered him to count down the last three decks in a six-deck shoe. Stu did it…It was incredible… and also brought him $100.000 and Bob Stupak’s friendship. When Ungar was broke Stupak didn’t leave him, but even he couldn’t save Stu from the death…

… dealer abuse was usual for him

“Show me a good loser, and I’ll show you a loser”. He

Ginrommy er et forrygende 2 mandsspil, som jeg spillede dagligt med en kammarat omkring 7"ende klasse.
Kræver at man kan huske hele kortbunken, for at få de maximale bonusser.
Det er utrolig simpelt at lære, og jeg vil klart anbefale det til alle, der elsker at spille kort selv om de kun er 2.
Giver forrygende træning i hukommelse, og taktik.
Spiller man sikkert får man vel 50 point, herrenakker man den anden, ved at lade ham lave ginrommy samle hans overskudskort op, og bruge det til selv at lave ginrommy vinder man over 300-400 point, men kan man ikke bruge det kort han smider taber man 200-300 point.
Kan ikke helt huske reglerne, men det var vores favoritspil, vi var dog de eneste 2 der kunne spille det ;-)

@Eksplicit

med det held nu har, bliver du direkte skræmmende, når du har lært at spille kort;-)...

det var ærgeligt at det ikke var f.eks. Pokerroom du spillede på, hvor man kan se sandsynligheden for at vinde ved all in situationer. Følelse af at se A6s knække AKo og JJ må være fantastisk. Kan ikke sandsynligheden i hovedet, men den er i nærheden af den samme som at score i byen med underbukserne uden på tøjet:-)

I har så evigt ret... har selv en lille historie fra aviation club i paris her for 14 dage siden hvor jeg var med i deres 500 euro turnering, godt nok kun med ca 130 deltagere, men jeg er nede på 50 i chips med blinds på 25-50 men hiver mig op med KK mod J8 i første allin... flop JJx turn x (slår hånden i bordet og råber KING) K på river... næste hånd AK mod AJ flop AJx turn x (slår hånden i bordet og råber KING) K på river... 3 hånd K10 i klør mod JJ x98 på flop 7 på turn ( slår hånden i bordet og råber SIXXXX) 6 på river... Ja så var stilen lagt og jeg rendte med en anden plads=)... "a chip and a chair" så det klasker (bogstaveligt talt=))

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