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The Poker Challenge: Day 4

August 30, 2009

By the end of day 4 i built my bankroll to R268.22! I was doing really well. I stuck to the 50c/R1 tables and this is where i found a happy medium.

I noticed that at the 50c/R1 tables there were two types of players…players that arent afraid to go all in on a draw and players that have a nice enough bankroll to tripple up in a fast manner and that every hand played would have an avergae of R20The cheaper tables are a waste of time. Players are too caustiuos and the more expensive tables have more sharks. So best to stay clear of those tables.

So with my bankroll, i started to feel more confident and started to make bolder calls. Limp in more on cheaper hands and stay clear when the stakes rose. This was until icame across my first and final bad beat. This is how it went down.

I was dealt pocket aces. I was sitting after big blind and first to act.

1. I bet R5 pre-flop.

2. The table folded except for one player who re-raised to R15.

3.I called the R15

4.The flop was as follows. Ac, 6d, 7h.

5.I hit a set of aces on the flop. There was no ways at this stage that he was beating me. At best i put him up for a set of 6s’ or 7s’ at best!

6. I checked-decided to slow roll. The trap was set. He bet R50!

7.I re-raised to R120.

8.He re-raised to all in…R400 odd.

9.I called…putting me all-in!He was sitting with pocket 3’s!

Note: The donkey went all in with pocket 3’s against my set of aces!

10. The turn dealt a 3!

11.The river dealt the last 3!

He wins with four of a kind against my hand which was winning from pre-frop till the river. This has left a sour taste in my mouth. That is a bad beat of note and makes me wonder if online poker is the way to go. Could this have happened in a live poker game? Is this just how poker goes? Did i play my hand correctly? Was my initial raise bet too low?

So now my bankroll is non-existant and i have to regroup to see where to from here.

”All-In Stefk”

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Fabian Napier: Winner of Sunday Poker League

August 24, 2009

This past season we introduced  a Sunday Poker League which took place at Guzzlers in Table View. The league was a fairly small affair with about an average of 25 players. This did not affect the level of poker that was played and fierce battle developed between Fabian Napier, Amalia das Neves and Gavin Taylor.

With three games to go Amalia was out of the running.The two horse race was between Gavin and Fabian. In the end Fabian pulled of a win and has been awarded a seat in at the final table of the main league. The final takes place this Thursday at Blowfish restaurant where all the players will be playing for  a WILD CARD seat for the final table.

The top 10 players in the Sunday League were as follows:

1. Fabian Napier- 515points
2. Gavin Taylor- 485points
3. Trevor Nunes – 435points
4. Tony Manuel- 420points
5. Amalia das Neves – 385points
6. Stefano Kruger – 380points
7. Shane Mackrill- 350points
8. Brian Stotter- 345points
9. Carol Strapp- 290points
10. Monique Van Zyl- 280points

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