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Tann-ed and golden
Feb. 23rd, 2010 02:29 pmSo there I was, a couple of days ago, spending some of my what-seems-like-three-hours-a-day on Facebook, when up came the message that "XXX is now a friend of Willie Tann". Now, Willie is something of a legend in London poker circles, but I thnk that even he would admit that he is no longer in the first flush of youth.
But, here he was, on Facebook! I clicked on his profile to have a look, and it sounded a lot like Willie.
However, if I still read the poker forums, I would soon have discovered that it was a scam. "Willie" was soon asking his new Facebook poker buddies to transfer sums between $30 and $20 into "Willie's" Pokerstars or Full Tilt accounts. In a way, this was the beauty of the scam, because Willie, fine poker player though he is (higher echelons London, but not quite in the world-class level) does have a reputation as a bit of a Nipper for cash.
When the scam was exposed, the news report had the beautiful line that the sums requested weren't amounts that Willie would bother asking for.
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Stacked off a Supernova elite player for $200 yesterday afternoon after my small-blind 77 on a flop of 755 walked into his Big blind of J5 on a final board of 755AJ. Always a nice feeling.
Then I went a further $200 up on Party, although weirdly I can't remember how I managed it. I think that it was in bits and pieces. I'd dribbled about $70 of it back when I picked up 33 in MP3 and, obv, raised. Button, quite a LAG, mini-reraised me with about $110 behind. This is an odd situation already. Big Blind (tightish player, also medium-stacked with about $80) then came along for the ride, which made things even odder. There's an argument for walking away here on the grounds that, even if you flop a set, you are unlikely to be comfortable. But I decided to call. $36 in the pot.
Board came KQ3 rainbow, giving me bottom set. Big blind checked and I, perhaps wrongly, also checked. I'd decided that button was LAG enough to continuation bet virtually any hand on that board. Unfortuinately, I was wrong, since he checked behind.
If this had been a double-suited board I would have suspected a flush draw. Might he have JT for a straight draw? The other possibility is KK/QQ. Finally, he might just be playing the hand really badly.
Turn brought a Jack, putting a couple of spades on board. Big blind checked and I saw little alternative but to bash in a pot-sized bet, so $34 went in (if either opponent is full-stacked, this might not be correct, btw). Button promptly mini-raises to $64 and I have a sinking feeling. However, I've checked my HEM on this kind of situation and found that I make more money by staying in (or, rather, I lose less) than I do by folding. So I shove, he calls, and turns over AT off for the nut straight. I'll be honest, that wasn't really on my radar. My 22% shot for a paired board failed and he doubled through.
I think that, having hit the set, I should bet the pot on the flop here rather than risk the check-raise. It's a $34 pot and realistically I'm unlikely to win more than an extra $90.
Once it gets checked round, I think I'm right to commit on the turn. Given opponent's obviously wide range and looseish tendencies, checking again is madness. Once I bet and he raises, his range has narrowed a hell of a lot and I probably have difficulties, but I can't let the hand go.
The hand's made slightly harder by opponent's unusual stack size, but folding flopped sets against this kind of player is rarely right. So I classed it a cooler. :-)
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But, here he was, on Facebook! I clicked on his profile to have a look, and it sounded a lot like Willie.
However, if I still read the poker forums, I would soon have discovered that it was a scam. "Willie" was soon asking his new Facebook poker buddies to transfer sums between $30 and $20 into "Willie's" Pokerstars or Full Tilt accounts. In a way, this was the beauty of the scam, because Willie, fine poker player though he is (higher echelons London, but not quite in the world-class level) does have a reputation as a bit of a Nipper for cash.
When the scam was exposed, the news report had the beautiful line that the sums requested weren't amounts that Willie would bother asking for.
+++++++
Stacked off a Supernova elite player for $200 yesterday afternoon after my small-blind 77 on a flop of 755 walked into his Big blind of J5 on a final board of 755AJ. Always a nice feeling.
Then I went a further $200 up on Party, although weirdly I can't remember how I managed it. I think that it was in bits and pieces. I'd dribbled about $70 of it back when I picked up 33 in MP3 and, obv, raised. Button, quite a LAG, mini-reraised me with about $110 behind. This is an odd situation already. Big Blind (tightish player, also medium-stacked with about $80) then came along for the ride, which made things even odder. There's an argument for walking away here on the grounds that, even if you flop a set, you are unlikely to be comfortable. But I decided to call. $36 in the pot.
Board came KQ3 rainbow, giving me bottom set. Big blind checked and I, perhaps wrongly, also checked. I'd decided that button was LAG enough to continuation bet virtually any hand on that board. Unfortuinately, I was wrong, since he checked behind.
If this had been a double-suited board I would have suspected a flush draw. Might he have JT for a straight draw? The other possibility is KK/QQ. Finally, he might just be playing the hand really badly.
Turn brought a Jack, putting a couple of spades on board. Big blind checked and I saw little alternative but to bash in a pot-sized bet, so $34 went in (if either opponent is full-stacked, this might not be correct, btw). Button promptly mini-raises to $64 and I have a sinking feeling. However, I've checked my HEM on this kind of situation and found that I make more money by staying in (or, rather, I lose less) than I do by folding. So I shove, he calls, and turns over AT off for the nut straight. I'll be honest, that wasn't really on my radar. My 22% shot for a paired board failed and he doubled through.
I think that, having hit the set, I should bet the pot on the flop here rather than risk the check-raise. It's a $34 pot and realistically I'm unlikely to win more than an extra $90.
Once it gets checked round, I think I'm right to commit on the turn. Given opponent's obviously wide range and looseish tendencies, checking again is madness. Once I bet and he raises, his range has narrowed a hell of a lot and I probably have difficulties, but I can't let the hand go.
The hand's made slightly harder by opponent's unusual stack size, but folding flopped sets against this kind of player is rarely right. So I classed it a cooler. :-)
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