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marantz

05-23-2008, 07:34 PM

hey guys,
i play poker professionally and am a long-time instructor for the training site CardRunners.com (http://www.cardrunners.com/) under the nickname "brystmar". ask bren and he'll tell you i am the reason he's a winning player today (jk ;)).

i play up to 10/20NL & 5/10PLO on PokerStars as marantz and on Full Tilt Poker as MicoTX. For live games, i'll play up to about 25/50 in NLH and/or PLO mixed games. i credit all of my success to two things: studying the game very intensely, and learning from CardRunners videos. feel free to check out my poker blog (http://www.cardrunners.com/members/index.php?option=com_mamb log&Itemid=29&task=show&action=user&id=3589&ignorecount=1) on CR sometime. i'll be in vegas all summer again living with my poker buddies and trying to win a bracelet.

here's a few interesting/crazy hands for you guys to gush over:

POKERSTARS GAME #16756639461: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($10/$20) - 2008/04/15 - 18:36:17 (ET)
Table 'Pels III' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: Semifaded ($1113 in chips)
Seat 2: Curious Bob ($1254 in chips)
Seat 3: jucifer ($2457 in chips)
Seat 4: NowUdie ($1970 in chips)
Seat 5: cws28 ($881 in chips)
Seat 6: Sekt1 ($2067 in chips)
Seat 7: marantz ($3702 in chips)
Seat 8: HammerG ($2000 in chips)
Seat 9: Wyern ($3231 in chips)
Semifaded: posts small blind $10
Curious Bob: posts big blind $20
HammerG: posts big blind $20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to marantz [6c 9c]
jucifer: folds
NowUdie: folds
cws28: folds
Sekt1: folds
marantz: raises $60 to $80
HammerG: calls $60
Wyern: raises $180 to $260
Semifaded: folds
Curious Bob: folds
marantz: raises $400 to $660
HammerG: folds
Wyern: calls $400
*** FLOP *** [2h 5s 2c]
marantz: checks
Wyern: bets $900
marantz: raises $2142 to $3042 and is all-in
Wyern: folds
marantz collected $3227 from pot
marantz: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $3230 | Rake $3
Board [2h 5s 2c]
Seat 1: Semifaded (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: Curious Bob (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: jucifer folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: NowUdie folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: cws28 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Sekt1 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: marantz collected ($3227)
Seat 8: HammerG folded before Flop
Seat 9: Wyern (button) folded on the Flop

i have tons of history with this opponent and was 100% sure he didn't have anything. i was also pretty sure he thought that i didn't have anything and would bluffraise me if i bet the flop, so the only way i can win this pot is by checking to let him bet so i can bluffraise myself. fun hand :)

POKERSTARS GAME #17338749755: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($5/$10) - 2008/05/10 - 18:17:25 (ET)
Table 'Galle III' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: DerekJC9954 ($2321.30 in chips)
Seat 2: Syous ($3496 in chips)
Seat 3: JEM87 ($1266.50 in chips)
Seat 4: marantz ($2877.50 in chips)
Seat 5: FoolMeTwice ($1037 in chips)
Seat 6: Loui_W ($911 in chips)
Syous: posts small blind $5
JEM87: posts big blind $10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to marantz [Kc Kh]
marantz: raises $20 to $30
FoolMeTwice: calls $30
Loui_W: calls $30
DerekJC9954: raises $150 to $180
Syous: folds
JEM87: folds
marantz: raises $270 to $450
FoolMeTwice: folds
Loui_W: folds
DerekJC9954: raises $1871.30 to $2321.30 and is all-in
marantz: calls $1871.30
*** FLOP *** [Qd 5c 7h]
*** TURN *** [Qd 5c 7h] [5s]
*** RIVER *** [Qd 5c 7h 5s] [Ks]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
marantz: shows [Kc Kh] (a full house, Kings full of Fives)
DerekJC9954: mucks hand
marantz collected $4714.60 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $4717.60 | Rake $3
Board [Qd 5c 7h 5s Ks]
Seat 1: DerekJC9954 (button) mucked [Kd Ad]
Seat 2: Syous (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: JEM87 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: marantz showed [Kc Kh] and won ($4714.60) with a full house, Kings full of Fives
Seat 5: FoolMeTwice folded before Flop
Seat 6: Loui_W folded before Flop

donations are always appreciated :)

FullTiltPoker Game #6041237607: Table Oakmont (6 max) - $10/$20 - No Limit Hold'em - 2:06:54 ET - 2008/04/15
Seat 1: josh3336 ($2,000)
Seat 2: mr doodles70 ($7,413)
Seat 3: PiMaster ($290)
Seat 4: iRockhoes ($3,808)
Seat 5: josrow ($4,471.40)
Seat 6: MicoTX ($2,307)
PiMaster posts the small blind of $10
iRockhoes posts the big blind of $20
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to MicoTX [9h Tc]
josrow raises to $40
MicoTX raises to $150
josh3336 has 15 seconds left to act
josh3336 folds
mr doodles70 has 15 seconds left to act
mr doodles70 folds
PiMaster folds
iRockhoes folds
josrow calls $110
*** FLOP *** [Jd 6s 8d]
josrow bets $200
MicoTX has 15 seconds left to act
MicoTX raises to $660
PiMaster adds $100
josrow raises to $1,120
MicoTX raises to $2,157, and is all in
josrow calls $1,037
MicoTX shows [9h Tc]
josrow shows [6h 7h]
*** TURN *** [Jd 6s 8d] [5h]
*** RIVER *** [Jd 6s 8d 5h] [Qc]
MicoTX shows a straight, Queen high
josrow shows a pair of Sixes
MicoTX wins the pot ($4,641) with a straight, Queen high

once again, donations are always nice :)

Seat 3: kappa222 ($5446 in chips)
Seat 4: tsifknits ($8814 in chips)
Seat 5: socutiesf ($4312 in chips)
Seat 6: marantz ($5000 in chips)
Seat 7: NMcNasty ($5000 in chips)
Seat 8: LumbermanTed ($6722 in chips)
NMcNasty: posts small blind $25
LumbermanTed: posts big blind $50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to marantz [Ah As]
kappa222: folds
tsifknits: folds
socutiesf: folds
marantz: raises $100 to $150
NMcNasty: folds
LumbermanTed: calls $100
*** FLOP *** [7h Kc 6h]
LumbermanTed: checks
marantz: bets $250
LumbermanTed: raises $400 to $650
marantz: calls $400
*** TURN *** [7h Kc 6h] [Jd]
LumbermanTed: bets $1350
marantz: raises $2850 to $4200 and is all-in
LumbermanTed: calls $2850
*** RIVER *** [7h Kc 6h Jd] [Kd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
LumbermanTed: shows [Jc Ks] (a full house, Kings full of Jacks)
marantz: mucks hand
LumbermanTed collected $10022 from pot

chased a huge fish (socuties) to 25/50NL and ran really bad. puke!

Seat 2: hotmark777 ($1193 in chips)
Seat 3: 20 Buck Spin ($2940.10 in chips)
Seat 4: rOdey37 ($3423.25 in chips)
Seat 5: headshot124 ($1377 in chips)
Seat 6: marantz ($3351.15 in chips)
hotmark777: posts small blind $5
20 Buck Spin: posts big blind $10
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to marantz [6s Ah]
rOdey37: folds
headshot124: folds
marantz: raises $20 to $30
hotmark777: raises $80 to $110
20 Buck Spin: raises $135 to $245
marantz: raises $355 to $600
hotmark777: folds
20 Buck Spin: folds
marantz collected $600 from pot

this is another really advanced play that requires lots of pre-established history between all 3 players. 20buck knows that mark is 3-betting light, so he will 4-bet light, and i know that he knows this, so i cold 5-bet light vs both of them. even if either of them suspects that i'm doing this lightly, there really isn't much they can do about it without a top 1% hand. :D

two PLO hands from yesterday's session:
Hand History Posting and Rakeback (http://www.pokerhand.org/?2651552) -- as stated above, i DO accept donations :)
Hand History Posting and Rakeback (http://www.pokerhand.org/?2648747) -- it's not often that you can get 500bb in on the flop as a >99% favorite 3-way in PLO, but it does happen against bad players. to beginners it may seem like this is a standard "unlucky" spot for at least one of my opponents, but in actuality both of my opponents played their hands terribly. like, god-awfully bad. but that's why i play!

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	TribalWar Forums > Current Gaming > Online Poker > High Stakes TW Players PDA High Stakes TW Players Pages : 1 [2] FishStix 04-24-2008, 02:51 AM I've won some $25 dollar PS tournies in my day. You can touch me if you want. marantz 05-23-2008, 07:34 PM hey guys, i play poker professionally and am a long-time instructor for the training site CardRunners.com (http://www.cardrunners.com/) under the nickname "brystmar". ask bren and he'll tell you i am the reason he's a winning player today (jk ;)). i play up to 10/20NL & 5/10PLO on PokerStars as marantz and on Full Tilt Poker as MicoTX. For live games, i'll play up to about 25/50 in NLH and/or PLO mixed games. i credit all of my success to two things: studying the game very intensely, and learning from CardRunners videos. feel free to check out my poker blog (http://www.cardrunners.com/members/index.php?option=com_mamb log&Itemid=29&task=show&action=user&id=3589&ignorecount=1) on CR sometime. i'll be in vegas all summer again living with my poker buddies and trying to win a bracelet. here's a few interesting/crazy hands for you guys to gush over: POKERSTARS GAME #16756639461: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($10/$20) - 2008/04/15 - 18:36:17 (ET) Table 'Pels III' 9-max Seat #9 is the button Seat 1: Semifaded ($1113 in chips) Seat 2: Curious Bob ($1254 in chips) Seat 3: jucifer ($2457 in chips) Seat 4: NowUdie ($1970 in chips) Seat 5: cws28 ($881 in chips) Seat 6: Sekt1 ($2067 in chips) Seat 7: marantz ($3702 in chips) Seat 8: HammerG ($2000 in chips) Seat 9: Wyern ($3231 in chips) Semifaded: posts small blind $10 Curious Bob: posts big blind $20 HammerG: posts big blind $20 * HOLE CARDS * Dealt to marantz [6c 9c] jucifer: folds NowUdie: folds cws28: folds Sekt1: folds marantz: raises $60 to $80 HammerG: calls $60 Wyern: raises $180 to $260 Semifaded: folds Curious Bob: folds marantz: raises $400 to $660 HammerG: folds Wyern: calls $400 * FLOP * [2h 5s 2c] marantz: checks Wyern: bets $900 marantz: raises $2142 to $3042 and is all-in Wyern: folds marantz collected $3227 from pot marantz: doesn't show hand * SUMMARY * Total pot $3230 \| Rake $3 Board [2h 5s 2c] Seat 1: Semifaded (small blind) folded before Flop Seat 2: Curious Bob (big blind) folded before Flop Seat 3: jucifer folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 4: NowUdie folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 5: cws28 folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 6: Sekt1 folded before Flop (didn't bet) Seat 7: marantz collected ($3227) Seat 8: HammerG folded before Flop Seat 9: Wyern (button) folded on the Flop i have tons of history with this opponent and was 100% sure he didn't have anything. i was also pretty sure he thought that i didn't have anything and would bluffraise me if i bet the flop, so the only way i can win this pot is by checking to let him bet so i can bluffraise myself. fun hand :) POKERSTARS GAME #17338749755: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($5/$10) - 2008/05/10 - 18:17:25 (ET) Table 'Galle III' 6-max Seat #1 is the button Seat 1: DerekJC9954 ($2321.30 in chips) Seat 2: Syous ($3496 in chips) Seat 3: JEM87 ($1266.50 in chips) Seat 4: marantz ($2877.50 in chips) Seat 5: FoolMeTwice ($1037 in chips) Seat 6: Loui_W ($911 in chips) Syous: posts small blind $5 JEM87: posts big blind $10 * HOLE CARDS * Dealt to marantz [Kc Kh] marantz: raises $20 to $30 FoolMeTwice: calls $30 Loui_W: calls $30 DerekJC9954: raises $150 to $180 Syous: folds JEM87: folds marantz: raises $270 to $450 FoolMeTwice: folds Loui_W: folds DerekJC9954: raises $1871.30 to $2321.30 and is all-in marantz: calls $1871.30 * FLOP * [Qd 5c 7h] * TURN * [Qd 5c 7h] [5s] * RIVER * [Qd 5c 7h 5s] [Ks] * SHOW DOWN * marantz: shows [Kc Kh] (a full house, Kings full of Fives) DerekJC9954: mucks hand marantz collected $4714.60 from pot * SUMMARY * Total pot $4717.60 \| Rake $3 Board [Qd 5c 7h 5s Ks] Seat 1: DerekJC9954 (button) mucked [Kd Ad] Seat 2: Syous (small blind) folded before Flop Seat 3: JEM87 (big blind) folded before Flop Seat 4: marantz showed [Kc Kh] and won ($4714.60) with a full house, Kings full of Fives Seat 5: FoolMeTwice folded before Flop Seat 6: Loui_W folded before Flop donations are always appreciated :) FullTiltPoker Game #6041237607: Table Oakmont (6 max) - $10/$20 - No Limit Hold'em - 2:06:54 ET - 2008/04/15 Seat 1: josh3336 ($2,000) Seat 2: mr doodles70 ($7,413) Seat 3: PiMaster ($290) Seat 4: iRockhoes ($3,808) Seat 5: josrow ($4,471.40) Seat 6: MicoTX ($2,307) PiMaster posts the small blind of $10 iRockhoes posts the big blind of $20 The button is in seat #2 * HOLE CARDS * Dealt to MicoTX [9h Tc] josrow raises to $40 MicoTX raises to $150 josh3336 has 15 seconds left to act josh3336 folds mr doodles70 has 15 seconds left to act mr doodles70 folds PiMaster folds iRockhoes folds josrow calls $110 * FLOP * [Jd 6s 8d] josrow bets $200 MicoTX has 15 seconds left to act MicoTX raises to $660 PiMaster adds $100 josrow raises to $1,120 MicoTX raises to $2,157, and is all in josrow calls $1,037 MicoTX shows [9h Tc] josrow shows [6h 7h] * TURN * [Jd 6s 8d] [5h] * RIVER * [Jd 6s 8d 5h] [Qc] MicoTX shows a straight, Queen high josrow shows a pair of Sixes MicoTX wins the pot ($4,641) with a straight, Queen high once again, donations are always nice :) Seat 3: kappa222 ($5446 in chips) Seat 4: tsifknits ($8814 in chips) Seat 5: socutiesf ($4312 in chips) Seat 6: marantz ($5000 in chips) Seat 7: NMcNasty ($5000 in chips) Seat 8: LumbermanTed ($6722 in chips) NMcNasty: posts small blind $25 LumbermanTed: posts big blind $50 * HOLE CARDS * Dealt to marantz [Ah As] kappa222: folds tsifknits: folds socutiesf: folds marantz: raises $100 to $150 NMcNasty: folds LumbermanTed: calls $100 * FLOP * [7h Kc 6h] LumbermanTed: checks marantz: bets $250 LumbermanTed: raises $400 to $650 marantz: calls $400 * TURN * [7h Kc 6h] [Jd] LumbermanTed: bets $1350 marantz: raises $2850 to $4200 and is all-in LumbermanTed: calls $2850 * RIVER * [7h Kc 6h Jd] [Kd] * SHOW DOWN * LumbermanTed: shows [Jc Ks] (a full house, Kings full of Jacks) marantz: mucks hand LumbermanTed collected $10022 from pot chased a huge fish (socuties) to 25/50NL and ran really bad. puke! Seat 2: hotmark777 ($1193 in chips) Seat 3: 20 Buck Spin ($2940.10 in chips) Seat 4: rOdey37 ($3423.25 in chips) Seat 5: headshot124 ($1377 in chips) Seat 6: marantz ($3351.15 in chips) hotmark777: posts small blind $5 20 Buck Spin: posts big blind $10 * HOLE CARDS * Dealt to marantz [6s Ah] rOdey37: folds headshot124: folds marantz: raises $20 to $30 hotmark777: raises $80 to $110 20 Buck Spin: raises $135 to $245 marantz: raises $355 to $600 hotmark777: folds 20 Buck Spin: folds marantz collected $600 from pot this is another really advanced play that requires lots of pre-established history between all 3 players. 20buck knows that mark is 3-betting light, so he will 4-bet light, and i know that he knows this, so i cold 5-bet light vs both of them. even if either of them suspects that i'm doing this lightly, there really isn't much they can do about it without a top 1% hand. :D two PLO hands from yesterday's session: Hand History Posting and Rakeback (http://www.pokerhand.org/?2651552) -- as stated above, i DO accept donations :) Hand History Posting and Rakeback (http://www.pokerhand.org/?2648747) -- it's not often that you can get 500bb in on the flop as a >99% favorite 3-way in PLO, but it does happen against bad players. to beginners it may seem like this is a standard "unlucky" spot for at least one of my opponents, but in actuality both of my opponents played their hands terribly. like, god-awfully bad. but that's why i play! <3 poker cheezit 05-23-2008, 09:19 PM hey guys, i play poker professionally and am a long-time instructor for the training site CardRunners.com (http://www.cardrunners.com/) under the nickname "brystmar". ask bren and he'll tell you i am the reason he's a winning player today (jk ;)). can a fellow TW'er get a CR discount? i'd like to check it out, and $25 a month isn't that bad but the $100 first time price is a bit steep for me grinding through microstakes right now. marantz 05-24-2008, 03:06 AM sorry man, i can't help you out with anything like that. all i can tell you is that my game improved more than i ever imagined it would after joining CR. Kingky 05-26-2008, 01:59 PM ohshit your blog is one of my favorites on cardrunners sup dude creative 05-26-2008, 06:50 PM mars a fish dont listen to him! :) fraggle 05-27-2008, 02:06 PM sup mico, do i get residuals for inspiring your FTP name? when you see ice in vegas ask him about the time i busted him in 5/10 at the borgata.