A little about me: I've been playing competetive games for 40 years and I've been a winning poker player for the past 4 years. I play about 10-15 live tournaments a year around the country and I enjoy all types of poker. I've been focusing on improving my Razz game for about 3 months now and as I grow and learn to play tournament Razz I will share my victories and defeats with you.
I played a 5 buck sng on Full Tilt today and saved a few hand histories to discuss.
Here's the first one:
Full Tilt Poker Game #4679619587: $5 + $0.50 Sit & Go (35475976), Table 1 - 40/80 Ante 7 - Limit Razz - 17:52:29 ET - 2007/12/30
Seat 1: mcmichael51 (1,668)
Seat 2: JohnEverymann (2,074)
Seat 3: sigurvin666 (498)
Seat 4: TeamGetBig (1,288)
Seat 5: jsmarble (2,728)
Seat 6: naymos (1,448)
Seat 7: Armcomp (828)
Seat 8: surflexus (1,468)
*** 3RD STREET ***
Dealt to mcmichael51 [9d]
Dealt to JohnEverymann [7h]
Dealt to sigurvin666 [8d]
Dealt to TeamGetBig [Ac]
Dealt to jsmarble [6d]
Dealt to naymos [Qh]
Dealt to Armcomp [Tc]
Dealt to surflexus [2c 8s] [Ad]
naymos is high with [Qh]naymos brings in for 10
Armcomp folds
surflexus completes it to 40
mcmichael51 folds
JohnEverymann has 15 seconds left to act
JohnEverymann folds
sigurvin666 has 15 seconds left to act
sigurvin666 raises to 80
TeamGetBig folds
jsmarble calls 80
naymos has 15 seconds left to act
naymos folds
surflexus calls 40
It's early in the game and I have my first decent starting hand. A lot of players have been limping in so I decide to go ahead and complete to thin the field. I get a re-raise with a caller behind me and I make the call.
*** 4TH STREET ***
Dealt to sigurvin666 [8d] [5h]
Dealt to jsmarble [6d] [2s]
Dealt to surflexus [2c 8s Ad] [4h]
surflexus bets 40
sigurvin666 raises to 80
jsmarble calls 80
surflexus calls 40
Again a re-reaise behind.
*** 5TH STREET ***
Dealt to sigurvin666 [8d 5h] [Qs]
Dealt to jsmarble [6d 2s] [Ks]
Dealt to surflexus [2c 8s Ad 4h] [Jc]
surflexus bets 80
sigurvin666 raises to 160
jsmarble calls 160
surflexus raises to 240
sigurvin666 raises to 320
jsmarble calls 160
surflexus calls 80
Here is something I really struggle with that I'm working on improving. I did a terrible job of controlling the size of the pot on this hand and even though I am ahead at this point there is obviously a ton of outs for my opponents.
*** 6TH STREET ***
Dealt to sigurvin666 [8d 5h Qs] [8c]
Dealt to jsmarble [6d 2s Ks] [9h]
Dealt to surflexus [2c 8s Ad 4h Jc] [3h]
surflexus bets 80
sigurvin666 calls 11, and is all in
jsmarble calls 80
My hand gets better here and I'm betting for value.
*** 7TH STREET ***
Dealt to surflexus [2c 8s Ad 4h Jc 3h] [3d]
surflexus bets 80
jsmarble calls 80
*** SHOW DOWN ***
surflexus shows [8s 3d Ad 4h Jc 3h 2c] 8,4,3,2,A
jsmarble shows [7d 5d 6d 2s Ks 9h 4c] 7,6,5,4,2
jsmarble wins the side pot (298) with 7,6,5,4,2
sigurvin666 mucks
jsmarble wins the main pot (1,539) with 7,6,5,4,2
sigurvin666 stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1,837
Main pot 1,539.
Side pot 298. Rake 0Seat 1: mcmichael51 folded on 3rd St.Seat 2: JohnEverymann folded on 3rd St.Seat 3: sigurvin666 mucked [Jh 6c 8d 5h Qs 8c 2d] - J,8,6,5,2Seat 4: TeamGetBig folded on 3rd St.Seat 5: jsmarble showed [7d 5d 6d 2s Ks 9h 4c] and won (1,837) with 7,6,5,4,2Seat 6: naymos folded on 3rd St.Seat 7: Armcomp folded on 3rd St.Seat 8: surflexus showed [8s 3d Ad 4h Jc 3h 2c] and lost with 8,4,3,2,A
Jsmarble hit his hand and rivered me for a huge pot. This knocked a chunk out of my stack so I'm off to a poor start.
The next hand I got involved in was this one:
Full Tilt Poker Game #4679706568: $5 + $0.50 Sit & Go (35475976), Table 1 - 50/100 Ante 10 - Limit Razz - 18:00:28 ET - 2007/12/30
Seat 1: mcmichael51 (1,828)
Seat 2: JohnEverymann (1,653)
Seat 4: TeamGetBig (1,767)
Seat 5: jsmarble (3,794)
Seat 6: naymos (1,338)
Seat 7: Armcomp (482)
Seat 8: surflexus (1,138)
mcmichael51 antes 10JohnEverymann antes 10TeamGetBig antes 10jsmarble antes 10naymos antes 10Armcomp antes 10surflexus antes 10
*** 3RD STREET ***
Dealt to mcmichael51 [Qd]
Dealt to JohnEverymann [Ks]
Dealt to TeamGetBig [6c]
Dealt to jsmarble [2c]
Dealt to naymos [7s]
Dealt to Armcomp [Jd]
Dealt to surflexus [Ah 5s] [Kc]
JohnEverymann is high with [Ks]JohnEverymann brings in for 15
TeamGetBig folds
jsmarble calls 15
naymos calls 15
Armcomp folds
surflexus calls 15
mcmichael51 has 15 seconds left to act
mcmichael51 folds
This is a pretty loose call and probably not a consistent winner but it was cheap so I got on in with everyone else.
*** 4TH STREET ***
Dealt to JohnEverymann [Ks] [Kh]
Dealt to jsmarble [2c] [4d]
Dealt to naymos [7s] [9c]
Dealt to surflexus [Ah 5s Kc] [8s]
jsmarble bets 50
naymos has 15 seconds left to act
naymos folds
surflexus calls 50
JohnEverymann folds
My opponent has a good hand showing but I decide to see one more card.
*** 5TH STREET ***
Dealt to jsmarble [2c 4d] [9h]
Dealt to surflexus [Ah 5s Kc 8s] [7d]
jsmarble bets 100
surflexus calls 100
I could still be behind but I've come this far so I call again.
*** 6TH STREET ***
Dealt to jsmarble [2c 4d 9h] [6s]
Dealt to surflexus [Ah 5s Kc 8s 7d] [Js]
jsmarble bets 100
surflexus calls 100
This is a bad call. How did I even get in this hand? :)
*** 7TH STREET ***
Dealt to surflexus [Ah 5s Kc 8s 7d Js] [Jh]
jsmarble checks
surflexus checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
jsmarble shows [4s 2h 2c 4d 9h 6s 2d] a pair of Twos
surflexus shows [Jh 5s Kc 8s 7d Js Ah] J,8,7,5,Asurflexus wins the pot (630) with J,8,7,5,A
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 630 Rake 0
Seat 1: mcmichael51 folded on 3rd St.
Seat 2: JohnEverymann folded on 4th St.
Seat 4: TeamGetBig folded on 3rd St.
Seat 5: jsmarble showed [4s 2h 2c 4d 9h 6s 2d] and lost with a pair of Twos
Seat 6: naymos folded on 4th St.
Seat 7: Armcomp folded on 3rd St.
Seat 8: surflexus showed [Jh 5s Kc 8s 7d Js Ah] and won (630) with J,8,7,5,A
I got lucky on that hand for sure. Let's see if I can play a little smarter the rest of the way:
Full Tilt Poker Game #4680066608: $5 + $0.50 Sit & Go (35475976), Table 1 - 200/400 Ante 30 - Limit Razz - 18:32:41 ET - 2007/12/30
Seat 2: JohnEverymann (2,873)
Seat 4: TeamGetBig (1,371)
Seat 5: jsmarble (4,542)
Seat 6: naymos (2,016)
Seat 8: surflexus (1,198)
JohnEverymann antes 30
TeamGetBig antes 30
jsmarble antes 30
naymos antes 30
surflexus antes 30
*** 3RD STREET ***
Dealt to JohnEverymann [7h]
Dealt to TeamGetBig [6h]
Dealt to jsmarble [Qh]
Dealt to naymos [9s]
Dealt to surflexus [7d 8h] [5s]
jsmarble is high with [Qh]jsmarble brings in for 50
naymos folds
surflexus calls 50
JohnEverymann has 15 seconds left to act
JohnEverymann folds
TeamGetBig calls 50
*** 4TH STREET ***
Dealt to TeamGetBig [6h] [Kh]
Dealt to jsmarble [Qh] [5d]
Dealt to surflexus [7d 8h 5s] [Ts]
surflexus checks
TeamGetBig checks
jsmarble checks
Notice I'm being a little bit tighter than I was. The bets are much larger now and one mistake can end your tournament.
*** 5TH STREET ***
Dealt to TeamGetBig [6h Kh] [6d]
Dealt to jsmarble [Qh 5d] [8d]
Dealt to surflexus [7d 8h 5s Ts] [Ac]
My hand is looking pretty good now so I decide to bet.
surflexus bets 400
TeamGetBig folds
jsmarble calls 400
*** 6TH STREET ***
Dealt to jsmarble [Qh 5d 8d] [5h]
Dealt to surflexus [7d 8h 5s Ts Ac] [3d]
No reason to stop now:
surflexus bets 400
jsmarble calls 400
*** 7TH STREET ***
Dealt to surflexus [7d 8h 5s Ts Ac 3d] [4d]
surflexus bets 318, and is all in
jsmarble has 15 seconds left to act
jsmarble calls 318
*** SHOW DOWN ***
surflexus shows [8h 7d 5s Ts Ac 3d 4d] 7,5,4,3,A
jsmarble mucks
surflexus wins the pot (2,536) with 7,5,4,3,A
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2,536 Rake 0Seat 2: JohnEverymann folded on 3rd St.Seat 4: TeamGetBig folded on 5th St.Seat 5: jsmarble mucked [Js 9d Qh 5d 8d 5h 7s] - J,9,8,7,5Seat 6: naymos folded on 3rd St.Seat 8: surflexus showed [8h 7d 5s Ts Ac 3d 4d] and won (2,536) with 7,5,4,3,A
That was a nice pot. The bets are getting large and we are nearing the money bubble so play gets very tight. I pick up several critical pots here with low cards showing. You can pretty much pick off the pots at this point of the game.
I mostly stay back out of the way for a while and the bubble bursts and we're down to 3 players :
Full Tilt Poker Game #4680295665: $5 + $0.50 Sit & Go (35475976), Table 1 - 400/800 Ante 75 - Limit Razz - 18:52:53 ET - 2007/12/30
Seat 5: jsmarble (4,904)
Seat 6: naymos (2,175)
Seat 8: surflexus (4,921)
jsmarble antes 75
naymos antes 75
surflexus antes 75
Notice JS and I have a good lead on the third player so I don't think he will want to mix it up with me right now.
*** 3RD STREET ***
Dealt to jsmarble [Ac]
Dealt to naymos [Qc]
Dealt to surflexus [4c 9h] [3s]
naymos is high with [Qc]naymos brings in for 100
surflexus calls 100
jsmarble completes it to 400
naymos folds
surflexus calls 300
I come in to this hand ahead of him expecting he will complete and I don't want to have to call a re-raise. He completes as I thought he would and I make the call.
*** 4TH STREET ***
Dealt to jsmarble [Ac] [Ah]
Dealt to surflexus [4c 9h 3s] [2d]
His hand went bad here and mine got better so I take the lead in the betting:
surflexus bets 400
jsmarble calls 400
*** 5TH STREET ***
Dealt to jsmarble [Ac Ah] [4s]
Dealt to surflexus [4c 9h 3s 2d] [3h]
jsmarble bets 800
surflexus has 15 seconds left to act
I really want to make this call and I feel I have a good chance to draw a nice hand but I have to let it go:
surflexus folds
Uncalled bet of 800 returned to jsmarble
jsmarble mucks
jsmarble wins the pot (1,925)
*** SUMMARY ***Total pot 1,925 Rake 0Seat 5: jsmarble collected (1,925), muckedSeat 6: naymos folded on 3rd St.Seat 8: surflexus folded on 5th St.
This is where I get my payback:
Full Tilt Poker Game #4680336127: $5 + $0.50 Sit & Go (35475976), Table 1 - 400/800 Ante 75 - Limit Razz - 18:56:27 ET - 2007/12/30
Seat 5: jsmarble (3,504)
Seat 6: naymos (2,750)
Seat 8: surflexus (5,746)
jsmarble antes 75
naymos antes 75
surflexus antes 75
*** 3RD STREET ***
Dealt to jsmarble [3c]
Dealt to naymos [9h]
Dealt to surflexus [4c Ah] [8d]
naymos is high with [9h]naymos brings in for 100
surflexus calls 100
I call again but I have a little surprise for js this time:
jsmarble completes it to 400
naymos folds
surflexus raises to 800 (Boom!!!) This should send a warning bell to him but he makes the call.
jsmarble calls 400
*** 4TH STREET ***
Dealt to jsmarble [3c] [9s]
Dealt to surflexus [4c Ah 8d] [2c]
surflexus bets 400
jsmarble calls 400
I'm feeling pretty good here.
*** 5TH STREET ***
Dealt to jsmarble [3c 9s] [Js]
Dealt to surflexus [4c Ah 8d 2c] [Th]
surflexus bets 800
jsmarble calls 800
*** 6TH STREET ***
Dealt to jsmarble [3c 9s Js] [Tc]
Dealt to surflexus [4c Ah 8d 2c Th] [8s]
jsmarble checks
surflexus has 15 seconds left to act (hehe)
surflexus bets 800
jsmarble calls 800
I took my time betting here because I want him to call.
*** 7TH STREET ***
Dealt to surflexus [4c Ah 8d 2c Th 8s] [Ac]
jsmarble bets 629, and is all in
surflexus calls 629
He could have caught up here...let's see:
*** SHOW DOWN ***
jsmarble shows [9d 7h 3c 9s Js Tc 2s] T,9,7,3,2
surflexus shows [4c Ah 8d 2c Th 8s Ac] T,8,4,2,A
surflexus wins the pot (7,183) with T,8,4,2,A
jsmarble stands up
The limits are now 500/1,000 with an ante of 100
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 7,183 Rake 0Seat 5: jsmarble showed [9d 7h 3c 9s Js Tc 2s] and lost with T,9,7,3,2Seat 6: naymos folded on 3rd St.Seat 8: surflexus showed [4c Ah 8d 2c Th 8s Ac] and won (7,183) with T,8,4,2,A
Wheeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
That left naymos and I. I had him outchipped about 5 to 1 and just played a solid game until I could get him all in with a great chance to beat him. It took two attempts but I closed it out and got the win.
So as you can see I've still got plenty of leaks to plug in my game. I'll keep trying to improve my Razz game and I'll post more hands here to talk about soon.
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