My Journey As A Professional Poker Player (29 Viewers)

[Anthony Martino]

Limp call a raise from a frequent straddler/raiser with

Flop is and we are 4 handed

We check and he bets $300. Folds to me, I ask "if I show will you fold?" and his response seems nervous so I get in my last $440, just don't believe he has a King here

He calls and we go twice

Unfortunately he has K955 and I don't outdraw him on either board

One board comes JJ, the other 9Q and he scoops

Stuck 2100 but not giving up yet.

 

[Mojo1312]

Stuck 1100 but game still good. Leaving in about an hour, gonna try to rally

45 minutes later...

Stuck 2100 but not giving up yet.

Sorry if my sense of humor is out of line Anthony, but I am busting a rib here.

 

[Anthony Martino]

45 minutes later...



Sorry about my warped sense of humor Anthony, but I am busting a rib here.

I got em right where they want me lol

 

[Anthony Martino]

In for 3100, out for 1380. Loss of 1720 today

 

[Mojo1312]

In for 3100, out for 1380. Loss of 1720 today

Brush off yesterday's loss Anthony. Variance can be a fickle bitch.

 

[Anthony Martino]

Brush off yesterday's loss Anthony. Variance can be a fickle bitch.

There were some spots I could've played better too.

But when you've got four people who call 30bbs preflop and the winner shows up with J753 you know you're in for a ride on thr variance train.

Games were really good, lots of 4-5 way all-ins and it wasn't just players buying in short for 200-400

These guys were gambling off $800+ stacks

Saw a crazy pot on an 858 flop theres some action

Turn of a 10 the flop bettor checks, the other guy bets $700 and the first better snap jams for $3500 effective (he covers)

He has A358 and flopped the nuts, but then checkraises the turn amd later tells us he was worried the other guy had a hand like JT98 (then why checkraise the turn if you think you have 3 outs lol????)

The other player had QJ98 and called off his 3500 stack with one catd to come. It was the Ace so the first guy held and the kid spewed off a stack he had lucked into earlier (he had gotten involved in the pot that was straddled to $160 earlier and won with JJxx after the board came 776Jx)

It was definetly a wild ride with a lot of these guys swinging for the fences all night

 

[Anthony Martino]

A couple minutes after I arrived they call the 5/5/10

 

[Anthony Martino]

First hand lots of action preflop with a raise 35 and then 125, KK92 vs AA33 vs unknown

3-way All-in on a QT3 rainbow flop.

K on river lol

 

[Anthony Martino]

Lol, KK92 just busted another guy, he called 50 pre (which was a raise and reraise)with

Checked around on a flop four ways

Turn

There's a $150 bet, one caller and he reraises to $600, gets shoved on and snaps

 

[Anthony Martino]

We straddle button to 20, two callers and guy in CO who recently got stacked by table fish raises to 100

I have

We all call, four ways to a flop



Checked to raiser who goes all-in for $280, we are only caller, he goes once

Turn
River


He has lol

 

[tabletalker7]

We straddle button to 20, two callers and guy in CO who recently got stacked by table fish raises to 100



We all call, four ways to a flop



Checked to raiser who goes all-in for $280, we are only caller, he goes once

Turn
River


He has lol

Look man. Gonna be honest here. I have to work late today. I do not have time to go down there and build a stage in the parking lot today.

 

[Anthony Martino]

The 10/10/25 gets called, we move up where they respect our raises!

 

[Anthony Martino]

Got two of the better pros on my immediate left so requested the seat change button before we start

 

[Av8tion]

Got two of the better pros on my immediate left so requested the seat change button before we start

I was the first person at the table yesterday and I still got the seat change 1 button just so that nobody could switch seats without my permission.... such a powerful little button...

 

[Anthony Martino]

We limp in the CO and go 6 ways to a flop of



BB leads for 175, two callers, I call, button calls

Turn

BB bets $1050 and we have to lay it down. He shows JT7x

 

[Anthony Martino]

We limp button with after limpers

I expect SB to raise but he limps and BB with the rock checks his option

Flop

Checked to me, I check behind

Turn

We all check

River

SB bets 125. Folds to us, we pot to 500. He calls and shows KQQJ. Had to let him catch up for the cooler

Still stuck but moving in the right direction

 

[Anthony Martino]

Three weaker players left so the 5 of us left called a supervisor to change the game to 5/5/10 since no players came from the SEVEN on the list lol

 

[Anthony Martino]

5 handed we agreed to a $20 button straddle

We call UTG with

Five ways to a flop of

Checked to me, I pot for 100, only SB calls

Turn

He checks, we check behind because we're concerned he may have coolered us with set vs set

We want to avoid stacking off when behind and keep his two pairs in since he'd drawing slim, plus we have the backdoor clubs

River

He fires 300. I sigh-call he shows me KKxx and we at least avoided going broke

 

[Anthony Martino]

We were stuck $1500. Now only stuck $800 so making progress

The new 5/5/10 didn't get any traction (one new player over three dealer changes) so moved to 2/2/5

 

[Anthony Martino]

The 2/2/5 breaks I find myself back in the 5/5/10 with the best pro in the room on my left with a 7k stack

I minbuy for $500

On this hand I am $20 button straddle and pro makes it 75 from SB. Utg+1 calls 75, I pot to 315 with $235 behind, they both call

Then this utg doofus check-calls my shove with just a gutshot and we go twice. He hits a 6 on BOTH rivers

#ConfirmedCuban

 

[Anthony Martino]

2nd 5/5/10 game started, I got on the transfer list, a LOT of action players

 

[Anthony Martino]

Have $380 and limp shove over the pros $100 raise, get two callers

I have

Flop is QT26T

Pro has QQTx lol

Rebuy!

 

[Anthony Martino]

Was stuck 2k but fighting our way north after back to back Aces hands panned out

Only stuck about 1250 now. Double this up and we're officially unstuck

 

[Anthony Martino]

Argh posted these in wrong thread lol

 

[Anthony Martino]

Back to stuck 1200. Game got a new action player, seeing lots of pots raised pre to between 100-125.

 

[Anthony Martino]

Guy at our table has been felted multiple times and rebought for $700

He pots preflop to $480 and we shove to isolate on about 1200 with

We go twice and chop.

 

[Anthony Martino]

In for $2500 and out for $1,184

So a loss of $1,316 today

Hands that stand out are the $1500 pot where the guy called my flop shove with the gutshot and then hit it on both boards, but I played that well

The AAKQ hand I feel I should've repopped it preflop. Potting there would be over $500 and if I get one caller I've got an SPR of 1:1 on the flop plus I'm first to act

Aside from that, the games def improved as the night wore on, although the swings increased as well with a number of action players trying to juice things up

It's been awhile since I played til midnight, but I put the hours in tonight. Back at it Friday

 

[Anthony Martino]

Called the 10/10/25 but it didn't go so starting a 2nd 5/5/10, gl us!

 

[Bluegrass Poker]

Called the 10/10/25 but it didn't go so starting a 2nd 5/5/10, gl us!

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LFG Tony LFG.

 

[Anthony Martino]

The 5/5/10 wasn't great. We had two open seats, the other game had o e

A new player went and sat there, by the time the floor was called and asked him to move he had been dealt in and left to play 10/10 nlhe instead

New 2/2/5 called so moved there instead. The 5/5/10 broke shortly after