# World of Pokercraft SDMB 2nd quarter **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 3, 2009, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-pokercraft-sdmb-2nd-quarter/491804 "2009-04-03T03:16:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-pokercraft-sdmb-2nd-quarter/491804/1 "2009-04-03T03:16:11Z")
A new quarter, and I start out with a dismal third. Root and Duck are still dueling for 1st. [Previous thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=499847). First game results posted shortly. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2009, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-pokercraft-sdmb-2nd-quarter/491804/2 "2009-04-03T03:20:26Z")
Duck Root Dag Oslo Missy Yeti ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2009, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-pokercraft-sdmb-2nd-quarter/491804/3 "2009-04-10T03:14:42Z")
Duck Yeti Missy Dag Root Oslo ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2009, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-pokercraft-sdmb-2nd-quarter/491804/4 "2009-04-10T04:05:46Z")
I’m losing it. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2009, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-pokercraft-sdmb-2nd-quarter/491804/5 "2009-04-10T18:51:19Z")
I’m finding it. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2009, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-pokercraft-sdmb-2nd-quarter/491804/6 "2009-04-10T19:47:55Z")
I’m catching it on the river. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2009, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-pokercraft-sdmb-2nd-quarter/491804/7 "2009-04-16T05:10:29Z")
> [@](#): > > PokerStars Game #27108775122: Tournament #156015144, 300+20 Hold’em No Limit - Level I (10/20) > Table ‘156015144 1’ 9-max Seat #1 is the button > Seat 1: gerifgerif12 (1500 in chips) > Seat 2: Titans#001 (1500 in chips) > Seat 3: victorpsi (1500 in chips) > Seat 4: elius86 (1500 in chips) > Seat 5: Pawpawman (1500 in chips) > Seat 6: dan6868 (1500 in chips) > Seat 7: Oslo Ostragoth (1500 in chips) > Seat 8: bicrossman (1500 in chips) is sitting out > Seat 9: xdannyp (1500 in chips) > Titans#001: posts small blind 10 > victorpsi: posts big blind 20 > \*\*\* HOLE CARDS \*\*\* > Dealt to Oslo Ostragoth [As Ad] > elius86 has timed out > elius86: folds > elius86 is sitting out > Pawpawman: folds > dan6868: folds > Oslo Ostragoth: raises 40 to 60 > bicrossman: folds > xdannyp: folds > gerifgerif12: folds > Titans#001: calls 50 > victorpsi: calls 40 > \*\*\* FLOP \*\*\* [4c 9d 8s] > Titans#001: checks > victorpsi: checks > Oslo Ostragoth: bets 120 > Titans#001: folds > victorpsi: calls 120 > \*\*\* TURN \*\*\* [4c 9d 8s] [Th] > victorpsi: checks > Oslo Ostragoth: bets 620 > victorpsi: calls 620 > \*\*\* RIVER \*\*\* [4c 9d 8s Th] [Qs] > victorpsi: bets 700 and is all-in > Oslo Ostragoth: calls 700 and is all-in > \*\*\* SHOW DOWN \*\*\* > victorpsi: shows [Qh 4s] (two pair, Queens and Fours) > Oslo Ostragoth: shows [As Ad] (a pair of Aces) > victorpsi collected 3060 from pot > elius86 has returned > \*\*\* SUMMARY \*\*\* > Total pot 3060 | Rake 0 > Board [4c 9d 8s Th Qs] > Seat 1: gerifgerif12 (button) folded before Flop (didn’t bet) > Seat 2: Titans#001 (small blind) folded on the Flop > Seat 3: victorpsi (big blind) showed [Qh 4s] and won (3060) with two pair, Queens and Fours > Seat 4: elius86 folded before Flop (didn’t bet) > Seat 5: Pawpawman folded before Flop (didn’t bet) > Seat 6: dan6868 folded before Flop (didn’t bet) > Seat 7: Oslo Ostragoth showed [As Ad] and lost with a pair of Aces > Seat 8: bicrossman folded before Flop (didn’t bet) > Seat 9: xdannyp folded before Flop (didn’t bet) 88% me preflop. 80% me flop. 80% me turn. Effer calls for over half of his chips on the turn with bottom pair and an open-ended straight draw (14 outs?)? Would any of you have made this play? In retrospect, I should have bet more preflop and postflop. “Standard Raise” just doesn’t have the desired effect online. ---
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2009, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-pokercraft-sdmb-2nd-quarter/491804/8 "2009-04-16T07:07:22Z")
On the flop he was probably thinking you missed with AK, AQ, AJ and was hoping you’d stop betting…I guess. The fact that he called preflop was bad. An over-pot sized bet on the turn…atrocious. As it were, though, I don’t see any way I’m ahead when he pushes on the river (not that I’m criticizing for calling anyway, I probably would have too). ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-pokercraft-sdmb-2nd-quarter/491804/9 "2009-04-17T02:57:45Z")
Duck Dag Missy Root Oslo ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-pokercraft-sdmb-2nd-quarter/491804/10 "2009-04-17T03:56:53Z")
First standings of the quarter: 1 Duke of Rat 85.0 2 Dag Otto 56.6 3 Robot Arm 48.6 4 Miss Take 46.5 5 Oslo Ostragoth 25.8 I haven’t played worth shit since before Thanksgiving. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-pokercraft-sdmb-2nd-quarter/491804/11 "2009-04-17T13:28:10Z")
I’m starting to detect a subtle pattern here… ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2009, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-pokercraft-sdmb-2nd-quarter/491804/12 "2009-04-17T21:48:48Z")
Totally forgot! ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2009, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-pokercraft-sdmb-2nd-quarter/491804/13 "2009-04-23T22:49:48Z")
Bumping this to awake some of our lately absent players. SHOW UP, DAMMIT! ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2009, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-pokercraft-sdmb-2nd-quarter/491804/14 "2009-04-23T23:38:37Z")
Looks like some idiot totally hosed up the buy in amount 😃 Hope this doesn’t keep anybody from being able to play, I swear I thought it was set on .01 + .01. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2009, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-pokercraft-sdmb-2nd-quarter/491804/15 "2009-04-24T03:24:50Z")
Results: 1. Me! 2. Some dude. 3. Some other dude. 4. Some chick. 5. Yet another dude. 6. A freaking Duck. (Dag, Root, Oslo, Missy,Yeti, and Duke) Standings: Duke of Rat 76.8 Dag Otto 67.1 Robot Arm 55.6 Miss Take 45.6 Yeticus Rex 44.1 Oslo Ostragoth 35.3 ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2009, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-pokercraft-sdmb-2nd-quarter/491804/16 "2009-04-29T21:42:12Z")
The bastards took away our penny game - the minimum buy-in is now .10 + .01. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2009, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-pokercraft-sdmb-2nd-quarter/491804/17 "2009-04-29T22:38:37Z")
I wonder why the hell they did that. Their cut of the action is exactly what it used to be, a penny per person. Bandwidth ain’t free (and servers, electricty, etc.). They probably even lose money on the ultra-low stakes players. Maybe this is an effort to have fewer of them. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-pokercraft-sdmb-2nd-quarter/491804/18 "2009-04-30T06:22:35Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I wonder why the hell they did that. Their cut of the action is exactly what it used to be, a penny per person. > > Bandwidth ain’t free (and servers, electricty, etc.). They probably even lose money on the ultra-low stakes players. Maybe this is an effort to have fewer of them. It’s working on me - I won’t spend $0.79 on a “micro”, and I wonder how much longer our game can survive with dime games. Am I the short bankroll with $11 and change? Am I too pessimistic? WTF. I’ll play the freerolls when I can, and hope that I can score big again some time. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-pokercraft-sdmb-2nd-quarter/491804/19 "2009-04-30T20:12:23Z")
Well, at 11 cents per week, you’re covered for almost two years. Plus, sometimes you’ll cash in our game, or you might hit another freeroll, or we could transfer some at a private table. Within our group, the money may change hands (and no one seems to object to it changing back), but the house only takes 5 cents a week. Just between the two of us, we could fund the game for more than twenty years. I wouldn’t sound the death knell for our Thursday nights just yet. ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2009, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-pokercraft-sdmb-2nd-quarter/491804/20 "2009-04-30T23:09:07Z")
I’ve got way less than $11. I guess I better hit some freerolls. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-pokercraft-sdmb-2nd-quarter/491804.md?page=2)