Rikki B @ City100

I read a lot of poker blogs when I have the time, mostly to see how different styles of player approach different situations. The aspect I find most amusing, is the style of writing employed by young internet guys, and their total disregard for other players. For a change I am going to write up last night’s 4th place finish at Loose Cannon’s City100 tournament in the style of a young internet geek. The internet geeks aren’t so familiar with the concept of paragraphs, so any old timers in the readership will have to concentrate ;)

Firstly some background on my alter ego:

Name: “Rikki B”
Nationality: Canadian
Age: 22
Online winnings: 320k
USD Interests: Online poker, talking to the crew about online poker, posting on online forums about online poker.
Sexual orientation: Asexual

Let’s find out what Rikki was up to last night…

“So I shipped out to Loose Cannon for the £100 donkament. I’m feeling pretty good after two decent scorz on Party last week, although it’s the first live game for a while. 4.5k starting stack with 25 minute levels. So I chip to 6k after one round betting out QQ on a K high flop when tight passive guys back off. I then spew, like, 3k double barrelling AK on a dry board and some clownfish shoves on me on the turn and I have to pass. The same clownfish shoves over my mp raise with AJ and I wanna find a better spot so I muck and am down to 2k. Old cypriot guy to my left who seems to know what he is doing is away from his BB so when old american guy raises on the button I ship it in with A8 as should be > most people’s range here. I should have known that old guys playing live = rocks and he snaps me with TT. Fortunately I dink an Ace on the turn and double up”

Rikki is now on a break…

“We are soon at FT from our 18 starting field and I get a few raises through to get my stack up to 6k. On my next BB loose spewtard with big stack makes it 4k on the button. I find TT and I’m, like, SEENNNND I ship it in and hold against spewtard’s K5. Next I shove over the top of old cypriot guy’s raise with AK but lose when AK is no good against AJ. Sick. Live players suck. Life tilt. I am down to 4k, but get a virtual double up when I limp with 22 and hit a set. I check and spewtard re-raises the other limper’s flop bet to 2k and I ship it in and he mucks. Sweet.”

Rikki on another break, making new friends with his polished social skills “So I, like, get to 12k by shoving over spewtard again with TT and holding, athough I have to sweat the river when he gets the straight draw. We are ITM now. Next I limp UTG with A10 and spewtard calls. Clownfish in the BB shoves for 15k and I’m, like, WTF? and pass. I get a few raises through before raising UTG with 77 to 4k. Young guy shoves on me for, like, 16k total. He’d been making a few moves so 77>his range in this spot so I make the call and I am up against TT. Sick. Give me the set one time! It doesn’t come and I am busto in 4th, good for $340. 4 hours work for that - man, live poker sucks. I decide to ship it out to one of the london clubs with the crew - I hear they have a pretty sick drink called a cannon there which we’ll ship in - laters”

Cast (in order of appearance)
“Rikki B” - Jimbo
”Clownfish” - Deven
”Old American guy” - Sir Mike
”Spewtard” - Tom
”Old cypriot guy who seems to know what he is doing” – Sonny