donk dale at the gutshot!!

[Prowler]

Matt went onto the 1/2 table with around 200 and had it up to 350 with some big bluffs mixed in with solid hands before looking down at a pair of kings in the hole, it was potted then called round to the guy on his right who potted it again, matt repotted and it was folded round to the kid on his right who was agonising over calling off the rest in front of him, overall pot size with a call would of been around 600, eventually he did call and asked matt if he had a pair to which he replied yes and the kid flipped his 10's close to tears, matt showed his kings and first card off was the 10 the rest insignificant.

The very next hand the kid had 92s and flopped oesd and flush draw to take his mates 240 quid all in with 2 pair and ran to the cash window before the cards had even been gathered up for the next hand few hands later theres pot bets and calls until a guy makes it 59 to go PREFLOP (its seriously a terrible game even compared to the lodge) matt calls with 67o everyone folds and the flop comes 456, the other fella pushes all in with 90 odd and gets called, shows AA, turn 6 river 5 , cue an hour of bitching and whining.

Finally again matt has KK couple of calls to him, he pots and gets 1 caller, flop is 853 rainbow and the guy bets 50, matt pots it for 175 and the guys eyes start rolling like he wants to be sick, eventually he makes possibly the worst call i'd seen last night and shows A8d only to hit runner runner diamonds and spike a 450 pot

I witnessed another pot down there that had 5 ppl in it for over 100 quid each preflop, three spades on the flop and one guy folds to a 300 quid bet and the others show AA JJ Asx and the other guy wouldnt show, JJ took all the pots as the J had hit on the flop.

Standard is far worse down there than its ever been as far as i'm concerned and its quite common to hear someone say i only called cos it was suited!!!

[dancoles]

A few of us from the Exeter Poker Club visited the Gutshot a couple of weeks ago. Here's the report I did for the site. Like you say the standard of some of the poker in there is abysmal.

"Was a very enjoyable weekend. Thanks to John, Tom and Carl for the excellent Company.

My luck was shocking all weekend and I've got to admit I was very surprised by the amazingly poor standard of some of the players in there.

Day 1 me and Carl played the £20 rebuy satellite into the £300 freezeout later that night. I think there were 50 odd runners and after starting the re-buy period with 1,000 chips I did shit and ended with 1,100 after 1 re-buy (my jacks, versus kings versus Ace, Queen and the AQ won). Topped up another 2k in chips for £20 and got moved to Carls table shortly after the break. Actually started to accumulate a few chips and got to about 5.5k but the blinds were going up quick and with them at 250/500 I raised to 2k with pocket 7's and the BB ( a bit of a loon who'd made some strange plays) re-raised me all-in. I called and he had AK offsuit. 4 hearts on the board and he flushed me !! He also muffed Carl's queens when he called his all-in with King, Jack and spiked a king on the river.

Played cash that night and this was a completely new experience for me. 10 handed, pot limit, blinds of £1/£1 and some very piscine players !! Usually at least 4 or 5 saw a flop, even in a raised pot. Can't remember many hands but I lost about £100 that night.

Following day me, John, Carl and Tom all played the £20 freezeout. 70-80 runners,and I played pretty well, but again the rising blinds got me and I lost another race as my Ace 9 got beat by 8's. I hit my ace, but he made quads !! Prob went out around 30th I think.

The evening tournament was a disaster for me. About 30 mins, I had about 2k in chips and blinds were at 50/100. I had pocket jacks in the BB and it was folded to the button who pushed all-in for about 1,300. I couldn't believe he would play a big pair like this and even if he had AK I was favourite so I called. He actually had Ace,5 and made a straight. Went out not long later when I pushed with KJ after several had limped into the pot. Called by Ace, Rag and he hit his ace.

Played some more cash and lost 2 £100+ pots. First time I flopped top set on a 10 high rainbow flop. I bet the pot on the flop (about £35) and got one caller who managed to hit his gutshot draw. Unbelievable, he called £35 on a gutshot !!!!

Second time I limped with pocket 2's and flopped a set on a 2, 5, 6 rainbow board. I checked and there was a bet and a call. I re-raised all-in for about another £35 and again got one caller, this time with an up and down straight draw and again he hit !!!

I bought back in for another £30 and a few hands later got AK. 1 guy raised the pot before me and I re-raised all-in. He called with 6,7 offsuit and hit a pair whilst I missed. Bad night at the office !!

Played the £20 freezeout on Monday lunchtime. About 30 runners and me, Carl and Tom were all on the same table. Tom busted after about 10 minutes after a succession of big hands that missed the flop. eventually he re-raised someone all-in with AQ and they called with AK.

Carl was card dead the whole time, he said he had 2,3 about 8 times !! Eventually he pushed with Ace, 5 and got called by a bigger ace. 2 aces on the flop, but he just lost the pot by virtue of his smaller kicker.

I caught some nice hands though, picking up a nice pot with jacks, then re-raised all-in over somebody with AK and they folded. Then I doubled up with aces. Raised 4 times the blind UTG with them and BB called with 6 8 . Flop was queen high with an 8. I bet 400 he called. Turn was Ace . He now had a flush draw with his pair. I bet 400 and he called again. River was a 6 giving him 2 pair. I bet 1,000 he pushed all-in and I called. Up to about 4,500 chips now and well placed.

Then yet another muff. that wrecked my chances. Blinds are 75/150 and I raise to 600 in mid-position with kings. BB pushed all-in for about 1,500. I call and he turns over 6,9 suited and rivers a straight. WTF ?????

If I'd won that pot I could have folded into the money. Unfortunately it knocked me back to about 3k and despite managing to fold my way onto the final table from there, I was so short-stacked I pushed with QJ UTG and got called by AK on the BB. So 9th out of £30 with top 6 paid and really gutted about my cracked kings.

Despite my abysmal run of luck I had a good time and would definitely go back if they stay open."

[Dice Man]

The first post looks like spam, copied and pasted from an e-mail or something.

[Prowler]

The first post looks like spam, copied and pasted from an e-mail or something.

glad your keeping it on topic as usual, you trying to get vchips or something?

[Dice Man]

I just feel very strongly about presentation. And...if you're going to quote the wise words of Dice Man you should capitalise/space accordingly...

[FirePhil]

If I'd won that pot I could have folded into the money.

Worst idea ever, anyone who tries to fold their way into the money in a tournament without an incredibly flat payout should be shot. It's just not how you make money from tournaments.

Unfortunately it knocked me back to about 3k and despite managing to fold my way onto the final table from there, I was so short-stacked I pushed with QJ UTG

That's why it's bad. You massively reduce your chances of getting to where the real money starts because you don't have enough chips to play poker when it matters because you've blinded yourself out to try and get there.

[dancoles]

Worst idea ever, anyone who tries to fold their way into the money in a tournament without an incredibly flat payout should be shot. It's just not how you make money from tournaments.

Lol. I'm not saying I WOULD have folded my way into the money. Just trying to emphasise that if I'd won that key hand I'd have had plenty of chips, and could have died and still cashed !!!

As it was I was then short-stacked and hardly picked up a decent hand after that. I did make a couple of moves to try and accumulate some chips after that but they all went tits up.

[dancoles]

That's why it's bad. You massively reduce your chances of getting to where the real money starts because you don't have enough chips to play poker when it matters because you've blinded yourself out to try and get there.

Yeah I agree. I just never found a spot to even nick the blinds. If I remember rightly I think I pushed from the SB with something like K9 and the BB who was pretty shortstacked called with ace, rag which held up. That cost me a few chips.

I think the other time I raised someone went all-in and I had to fold my marginal rubbish !!