Good Start to the day...

I started today about the same as I start all my days until i start my job in a week. I roll outta bed browse all my forums and facebook then fire up whatever poker site i am playing on. Usually that poker site is Pokerstars but recently i moved all my money from Pokerstars to Full Tilt. So today i fired up Full Tilt.

I decided i wanted to 4 table 25nl 6-max today as my bankroll on full tilt is only 1100 since i had to cash out money for my move to Charlotte here in the next few days. The first table i sat at was complete gold, there were 3 complete full stack donkeys who would prove to just give money away. The other 3 tables are i sat at had a mix of regulars and short stacks. One of the things i love so much at FTP (full tilt poker) is that you can datamine observed tables with pokertracker so when i go to bed at night i just leave 16 tables open and let it mine away. The great thing about this is i know who the regulars are when they sit at my table. I have 5000 hands on one player... that's more hands than i've played on FTP. That's great so i know exactly how he plays in just about every situation.

anyways... back to my session. I ended the session up over $120 and was over a buyin on every table. One funny thing that keeps happening to me on FTP is that players keep asking me why i'm playing such a low limit. I always know I'm better than 95% of the players in 25nl but no one else ever noticed at least on pokerstars they never said anything. Two days in a row I've gotten similar comments... 'why are you only playin 25nl, ringer?' I must admit its flattering as i don't really know what to tell them other than i haven't gotten my bankroll up to 30 buyins on FTP to move up to the next level. I must admit its flattering and my game must really be looking good for people to make these comments.

Full Tilt seems to have a number of TERRIBLE players. I don't mean terrible as in they shove with any draw. I mean terrible like they call allins with J highs. I've run into to 2 players so far at my tables who will sit with a full buyin and just get it pretty much allin every hand they play. That's an amazing thing. Here's one hand history for example from today against my donkey...

FullTiltPoker Game #2638640225: Table Sunray (6 max) - $0.10/$0.25 - No Limit Hold'em - 13:59:34 ET - 2007/06/11
Seat 1: Damn Ringer ($54.85)
Seat 2: Zed85 ($49.40)
Seat 3: morrisbluff ($25)
Seat 4: jimmyknows ($54.75)
Seat 5: FOLDTHAT ($33.90)
Seat 6: MikeAukenbauls ($22.75)
morrisbluff has 5 seconds left to act
morrisbluff posts the small blind of $0.10
jimmyknows posts the big blind of $0.25
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Damn Ringer [Ks Kc]
FOLDTHAT folds
MikeAukenbauls folds
Damn Ringer raises to $0.85
Zed85 calls $0.85
morrisbluff has 15 seconds left to act
morrisbluff calls $0.75
jimmyknows calls $0.60
*** FLOP *** [Kd 3c Qs]
morrisbluff bets $2.50
jimmyknows calls $2.50
Damn Ringer raises to $9.50
Zed85 folds
morrisbluff calls $7
jimmyknows has 15 seconds left to act
jimmyknows calls $7
*** TURN *** [Kd 3c Qs] [2s]
morrisbluff bets $2
jimmyknows raises to $4.40
Damn Ringer raises to $44.50, and is all in
morrisbluff folds
jimmyknows has 15 seconds left to act
jimmyknows folds
Uncalled bet of $40.10 returned to Damn Ringer
Damn Ringer mucks
Damn Ringer wins the pot ($40.60)

Outside of the fact that i flopped the nuts really didn't matter, morrisbluff was playing every hand and probably had something like 9T when he called my flop raise. He also allowed me to sandwich jimmyknows (who is another fish) because he was pissed that morris was playing so many pots. Jimmyknows went bust roughly 10 hands later after tilting from this hand. He obviously held TJ and was tryin to curb the betting which clearly i wasn't having.

This next hand was from a few sessions ago when i was playin 30nl Deep stacked which appears to be a really soft game on full tilt. This player managed to lose $550 in under 2 hours playing this way. But everytime i thought he busted and was done... he would reload and bust again... and repeat. Here's an idea of how badly he was playin...

FullTiltPoker Game #2596875531: Table Saber (deep) - $0.15/$0.30 - No Limit Hold'em - 11:57:38 ET - 2007/06/06
Seat 1: I dontwork here ($31.80)
Seat 2: OgFrogDog ($59.40)
Seat 3: 311-Lucky-311 ($36.95)
Seat 4: DennisDeuces ($50.50)
Seat 5: Damn Ringer ($65.35)
Seat 6: LA MECHITA ($26.55)
Seat 7: gunhopink ($49.85)
Seat 8: bbcawodu ($18.30)
LA MECHITA posts the small blind of $0.15
gunhopink posts the big blind of $0.30
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Damn Ringer [As Td]
bbcawodu calls $0.30
I dontwork here calls $0.30
OgFrogDog folds
311-Lucky-311 raises to $0.60
DennisDeuces folds
Damn Ringer raises to $2.85
LA MECHITA folds
gunhopink folds
bbcawodu calls $2.55
I dontwork here folds
311-Lucky-311 raises to $5.10
Damn Ringer calls $2.25
bbcawodu calls $2.25
*** FLOP *** [9c 3d 9d]
bbcawodu bets $13.20, and is all in
311-Lucky-311 calls $13.20
Damn Ringer folds
bbcawodu shows [4d 7d]
311-Lucky-311 shows [6c Tc]
*** TURN *** [9c 3d 9d] [5s]
*** RIVER *** [9c 3d 9d 5s] [3c]
bbcawodu shows two pair, Nines and Threes
311-Lucky-311 shows two pair, Nines and Threes
311-Lucky-311 wins the pot ($40.35) with two pair, Nines and Threes
bbcawodu is sitting out

That's just classic. Anyways, I am about to fire up another session but i'm really enjoying full tilt and i think the games are ALOT softer here then on pokerstars.