So thats why they call them Donk and Go's

Everyday I see horrid poker. I see people limp-calling off their whole stack with KJo. I see people calling all ins with flush draws. Sit & Go's bring out the worst players I swear. Essentially they attract players who like tournament style games, but don't have the time/patience to play a MTT. So these monkeys sit down and when they see a shiny ace its all in time.

But something was different today. Generally as you get closer to the weekend, the stranger and more erratic the play gets. If I had to guess, this phenomenon goes something like this. Thursday morning monkey receives paycheck, monkey deposits half of it on Stars, monkey donks it away before the weekend is through. Maybe there was a world wide monkey bonus this week or something.

Because that is the only way to explain the weird shit that occur ed tonight. During tonight's play there were times that I actually was taking more time to copy/paste awesome hands than actually playing. Ok, lets get to the hands already.

Hand 1: I didn't copy the stack sizes, but the blinds are 10/20, so everyone is pretty much even.

Dealt to RikkiDee [Qh 2h]
BillyIdle: calls 20
pcarr: folds
JaaK: folds
paushtero: folds
spiker1234: calls 20
b33nz: folds
beanmo: folds
RikkiDee: checks
*** FLOP *** [7h Th 8d]
RikkiDee: bets 60
BillyIdle: raises 60 to 120
spiker1234: calls 120
RikkiDee: calls 60
*** TURN *** [7h Th 8d] [6h]
RikkiDee: checks
BillyIdle: bets 440
spiker1234: folds
RikkiDee: raises 900 to 1340
BillyIdle: calls 900
*** RIVER *** [7h Th 8d 6h] [3c]
RikkiDee: bets 20 and is all-in
BillyIdle: folds
RikkiDee collected 3110 from pot

Stellar fold sir...

Hand 2:

PokerStars Game #5959078025: Tournament #30175230, $55+$5 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (100/200) - 2006/08/18 - 01:46:10 (ET)
Table '30175230 1' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: jesse17 (2555 in chips)
Seat 3: LuckyLock (1090 in chips)
Seat 5: enrymiami (4875 in chips)
Seat 8: lee676 (3890 in chips)
Seat 9: RikkiDee (1090 in chips)
jesse17: posts the ante 25
LuckyLock: posts the ante 25
enrymiami: posts the ante 25
lee676: posts the ante 25
RikkiDee: posts the ante 25
lee676: posts small blind 100
RikkiDee: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RikkiDee [3d 5d]
jesse17: calls 200
LuckyLock: folds
enrymiami: folds
lee676: folds
RikkiDee: checks
*** FLOP *** [3s 4d Td]
RikkiDee: bets 865 and is all-in
jesse17: calls 865
*** TURN *** [3s 4d Td] [6h]
*** RIVER *** [3s 4d Td 6h] [4c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
RikkiDee: shows [3d 5d] (two pair, Fours and Threes)
jesse17: shows [Ac 6c] (two pair, Sixes and Fours)
jesse17 collected 2355 from pot
LuckyLock said, "nh thanks for taking the terrorist idiot out"

I can handle getting called by weak hands. Even if he had 22 I could get over it, but this is just fucking sick. Here he limps A6s UTG and calls my overbet with nothing. And the chat afterwards adds more hilarity to it all. I can't remember what I said earlier, but I'm sure I was just laughing at some stupid fish. I still can't help tapping the glass from time to time.

Hand 3:

PokerStars Game #5959163741: Tournament #30176072, $55+$5 Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2006/08/18 - 01:57:24 (ET)
Table '30176072 1' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: lee676 (3610 in chips)
Seat 2: The Hoost (2390 in chips)
Seat 3: gilliganz (3433 in chips)
Seat 4: polobeach4 (912 in chips)
Seat 5: RikkiDee (3155 in chips)
polobeach4: posts small blind 100
RikkiDee: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RikkiDee [Kh 6d]
lee676: folds
The Hoost: folds
gilliganz: calls 200
polobeach4: folds
RikkiDee: checks
*** FLOP *** [7h Kd 2c]
RikkiDee: checks
gilliganz: bets 200
RikkiDee: raises 400 to 600
gilliganz: calls 400
*** TURN *** [7h Kd 2c] [6c]
RikkiDee: bets 800
gilliganz: calls 800
*** RIVER *** [7h Kd 2c 6c] [7c]
RikkiDee: checks
gilliganz: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
RikkiDee: shows [Kh 6d] (two pair, Kings and Sevens)
gilliganz: mucks hand
RikkiDee collected 3300 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3300 | Rake 0
Board [7h Kd 2c 6c 7c]
Seat 1: lee676 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: The Hoost folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: gilliganz (button) mucked [Qh 3h]
Seat 4: polobeach4 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 5: RikkiDee (big blind) showed [Kh 6d] and won (3300) with two pair, Kings and Sevens

That hand I really have no clue what he was doing. At the time I thought the 7 on the river saved his KT or whatever, but no, just Q3s. Yea, no clue.

Hand 4: This one is today's limp-call of the day.

PokerStars Game #5959146254: Tournament #30175218, $105+$9 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2006/08/18 - 01:55:04 (ET)
Table '30175218 1' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Kcbigpapa (2770 in chips)
Seat 4: semibluff777 (1700 in chips)
Seat 5: RikkiDee (2920 in chips)
Seat 8: SCTrojans (6110 in chips)
Kcbigpapa: posts the ante 25
semibluff777: posts the ante 25
RikkiDee: posts the ante 25
SCTrojans: posts the ante 25
semibluff777: posts small blind 200
RikkiDee: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RikkiDee [Jd Td]
SCTrojans: folds
Kcbigpapa: folds
semibluff777: calls 200
RikkiDee: raises 2495 to 2895 and is all-in
semibluff777: calls 1275 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [5s 6c 9d]
*** TURN *** [5s 6c 9d] [Qh]
*** RIVER *** [5s 6c 9d Qh] [Qs]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
semibluff777: shows [4s 9c] (two pair, Queens and Nines)
RikkiDee: shows [Jd Td] (a pair of Queens)
semibluff777 collected 3450 from pot

Whats funny is this particular player is actually profitable over almost 3k games. I have no clue how he makes money with plays like these. This is probably one of the worst limp-calls of all time, since he doesn't even have anything resembling a hand. Oh and him winning (and me subsequently bubbling this tourney) makes it all the better.

Hand 5: This one is a bit different, and I'll explain after the hand is over if you miss it.

PokerStars Game #5959166419: Tournament #30175939, $105+$9 Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2006/08/18 - 01:57:46 (ET)
Table '30175939 1' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 2: bdubs3737 (1990 in chips)
Seat 6: Sdouble (3730 in chips)
Seat 7: STALAN (6185 in chips)
Seat 8: RikkiDee (1595 in chips) is sitting out
STALAN: posts small blind 100
RikkiDee: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to RikkiDee [5h Qh]
bdubs3737: raises 1790 to 1990 and is all-in
Sdouble: folds
STALAN: calls 1890
RikkiDee: folds
*** FLOP *** [Js Kd 9h]
*** TURN *** [Js Kd 9h] [8d]
*** RIVER *** [Js Kd 9h 8d] [7h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
STALAN: shows [Ac Jh] (a pair of Jacks)
bdubs3737: shows [Ad 9s] (a pair of Nines)
STALAN collected 4180 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4180 | Rake 0
Board [Js Kd 9h 8d 7h]
Seat 2: bdubs3737 showed [Ad 9s] and lost with a pair of Nines
Seat 6: Sdouble (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: STALAN (small blind) showed [Ac Jh] and won (4180) with a pair of Jacks
Seat 8: RikkiDee (big blind) folded before Flop

When multitabling, occasionally I accidentally click off a screen and I time out, sitting me out. There is no way to detect if this happens to you, so I usually just blind off unknowingly. I had been sitting out in this tournament for about 20 minutes, and wasn't coming back. Since the 3rd place stack had me out chipped, all he had to do if he wanted to make a free 3rd place finish was fold. Fold, fold, fold and fold again. Then I'm out and he wins. Unless he gets aces or something of course. But he decides for some reason to push A9o from the cutoff with almost 10bb. Good move. And again, this player is a profitable player at the 114s. Maybe he thought I was setting some elaborate trap with my sitting out strategy.

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