My Journey As A Professional Poker Player (24 Viewers)

[Anthony Martino]

$10 straddle on from BB action player, we limp CO with



Straddler raises to $60. Bunch of callers, flop is



Shortstack in EP shoves for $240

Folded to us, we are only caller and run twice.

First board I turn straight and river nut flush

2nd board I river nut flush and scoop!

 

[GetUrShineBox]

I dabble in PLO online but have never played live. These pots are crazy!
Is it safe to assume you can't bet people off of a nut flush draw?

 

[Anthony Martino]

I dabble in PLO online but have never played live. These pots are crazy!
Is it safe to assume you can't bet people off of a nut flush draw?

Depends on the player and stack sizes. Tighter players if all they have is the nfd may give it up

Looser players call chasing gutshots to idiot ends of straights

 

[Anthony Martino]

Managed a $377 profit at TGT

Losing the $1300 main pot to 7622 sucked, but at least the side pot kept us whole

Over at hard rock now. Two 2/2/5 running (we are next on list) and one 10/10/25 (we are 5th on list)

 

[Anthony Martino]

Got a seat in the 2/2/5. We're pretty far down on the 10/10/25 list but maybe we'll get lucky

 

[Anthony Martino]

Lol, lady who folded her weak flush draw just said "why would you run it twice if you had the nuts?"

The guy had nut straight plus set of jacks against nut straight plus flush draw.

She got visibily upset and loud about them running it twice, when she wasn't in the pot

 

[Anthony Martino]

Drunk lady on my right raises to $20. I call with

Kid in hoodie on $5 rock to my left pots to $90, she calls, I call

Flop

Checked around

Turn

She bets $95, we pot, hoodie folds, she calls off and goes once

River

She has

So pair of 7's with a K kicker. I win with pair of 7's with an Ace and bust her

 

[Anthony Martino]

We limp in CO after limpers, overly aggressive hoody kid on button/rock makes it 25, multiple callers

Flop

MP pots for almost his entire stack, I repot with top 2 and straight blockers to isolate (for $615)

One guy with a decent stack considers it, but folds

We go twice, first board I turn broadway and flush draws, bink a river 8 to fill

2nd board he whiffs his draws and we scoop

 

[navels]

Drunk lady on my right raises to $20. I call with

Kid in hoodie on $5 rock to my left pots to $90, she calls, I call

Flop

Checked around

Turn

She bets $95, we pot, hoodie folds, she calls off and goes once

River

She has

So pair of 7's with a K kicker. I win with pair of 7's with an Ace and bust her

Really seems like there are some terrible players in your pool, geez.

 

[Anthony Martino]

Hoody is rock, tricky player on button raises to 25, I call with

Hoody can't help himself and raises to 100, we both call

Flop

I lead for 250, they both wind up folding

 

[Anthony Martino]

We cash out +$857 in the game as I'm called up to the big leagues. They call my name for 10/10/25

I buy in for $2500 to get a feel for the game, couple players that are new to me

 

[Anthony Martino]

We are off! CO straddle to 50, button is rock and folds

We are SB with

We just call, BB calls. 3 ways to a flop



We check, it's checked around

Turn

We check, BB bets 100, we are only caller

River

We check, he bets 400. He might have the T9 here, but I ask him "if I show will u fold?" And his response seems uncomfortable

Coupled with the polarizing bet when I played my hand like a draw that whiffed, I call and he announces we are good

 

[Anthony Martino]

We are in SB with

Button (best player in the room) has straddled to 50.

We'd like to play this hand, but not OOP in a bloated pot against the best player, we opt to fold

Next hand dealt on button, bunch of limpers, we call

Flop

We are getting ready to bet when checked to since we block the nuts, but there's a bettor before us so we opt to get out of the way

 

[Anthony Martino]

We are button and limp

EP makes it $125 (best pro in room)

I call, blind calls

Flop

Pro bets $250

We raise to $600, he calls

Turn

He checks, we bet $700. He thinks for a LONG time. I'm worried I'm gonna walk into a cooler that turns what has been a great day into a loser

Ultimately he winds up folding and we win another nice pot

 

[Bluegrass Poker]

We are button and limp

EP makes it $125 (best pro in room)

I call, blind calls

Flop

Pro bets $250

We raise to $600, he calls

Turn

He checks, we bet $700. He thinks for a LONG time. I'm worried I'm gonna walk into a cooler that turns what has been a great day into a loser

Ultimately he winds up folding and we win another nice pot


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Price of plywood just dropped due to lack of need for a stage to dance on tonight.

 

[tabletalker7]

Thank God we don't need a stage. It's too damn hot outside for this fat guy here (me) to be in the parking lot building that thing.

 

[Anthony Martino]

So for those who didn't know, I managed to get some backers to play the bigger games (I included my roll in the combined bankroll)

Today was the first day giving it a shot and it went better than expected.

Despite that awful main pot loss vs 7622 earlier, I managed to win:

$377 at TGT 1/2/5

$857 at hard rock 2/2/5

$1,869 at hard rock 10/10/25

For a grand total of +$3,103 on the day!

Back at it tomorrow!

 

[Anthony Martino]

A meme I made a few years ago, popped up on my facebook memories

 

[Anthony Martino]

These fucking tournament monkeys are mucking up my cash games!

141 entries and still have alternates

At least I will be on the first group called for 10/10/25 PLO

 

[Anthony Martino]

The lists continue to grow

 

[Poker Zombie]

Obv answer is obv

Become a better tournament player.

 

[Anthony Martino]

Game starting, gl us!

 

[Anthony Martino]

We limp SB with

3 ways to a flop of



We pot, oy BB calls

Turn

He mucks as we reach to bet

 

[Anthony Martino]

We are MP, rock on pur right, we limp

Multiway to a flop of

We all check, kid on my left bets 75, BB calls, we call

Turn

BB checks, we pot for 400, both players fold, BB folds face-up. We flash the and scoop

 

[toothpic]

We are MP, rock on pur right, we limp

Multiway to a flop of

We all check, kid on my left bets 75, BB calls, we call

Turn

BB checks, we pot for 400, both players fold, BB folds face-up. We flash the and scoop

Nice play. I'm wondering if something like that can even work with my crew.
Might be better for me to half pot bet and let them continue to call down if I actually had the nut flush

 

[navels]

We are MP, rock on pur right, we limp

Multiway to a flop of

We all check, kid on my left bets 75, BB calls, we call

Turn

BB checks, we pot for 400, both players fold, BB folds face-up. We flash the and scoop

My absolute favorite play to make in PLO.

 

[Anthony Martino]

Nice play. I'm wondering if something like that can even work with my crew.
Might be better for me to half pot bet and let them continue to call down if I actually had the nut flush

It's VERY opponent dependant. The guys in this particular hand view me as a value bettor, not as a bluffer

Against the calling station droolers obviously I fold and move on

 

[toothpic]

It's VERY opponent dependant. The guys in this particular hand view me as a value bettor, not as a bluffer

Against the calling station droolers obviously I fold and move on

Confirmed. My game has a lot of droolers

 

[Anthony Martino]

EP tricky LAG raises to 100. We call in MP with

5 handed to flop of



Checked around. Turn

LAG fires, I get out of the way

 

[Anthony Martino]

Best pro raises to 100 from MP, HJ calls, we call button with

Flop

BINGO BANGO BONGO VINCE!!

Checked to us, I'm a big fan of betting your own hand, I pot for $325 but no takers