Yesterday, PeteEastgate was sitting at something like 8 25/50 tables on Stars. After confirming that this was the actual 2009 WSOP Champion and not some clever shark impersonating a tourney donk, I hopped on a few of the tables to try my luck. It was indeed trying:
PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em, $50.00 BB (6 handed) – Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
BB ($7944)
UTG ($5223)
MP ($15570)
CO ($5000)
Hero (Button) ($5824)
Preflop: Hero is Button with 4
, 4
1 fold, MP bets $150, 1 fold, Hero calls $150, 2 folds
Flop: ($375) 2, 9, 4
(2 players)
MP checks, Hero checks
Turn: ($375) 9 (2 players)
MP checks, Hero bets $222, MP raises to $850, Hero calls $628
River: ($2075) 4
(2 players)
MP bets $14570 (All-In), Hero calls $4824 (All-In)
Total pot: $11723 | Rake: $3
Results:
Hero mucked 4, 4 (four of a kind, fours).
MP had 9, 9 (four of a kind, nines).
Outcome: MP won $11720
I’ve made four or five royal flushes in my lifetime, but I’m pretty sure this is the first time I’ve been on either end of quads vs. quads. The worst part is that it’s actually pretty tough to put him on anything but better quads given the way he played it. Not that I’m about to lose sleep over paying off with quads, but still.
It was even more frustrating coming on the heels of this, which was not against Eastgate:
UTG ($13257)
MP ($15487)
CO ($5000)
Button ($8292)
Hero (SB) ($5000)
BB ($6147)
Preflop: Hero is SB with 10, 10
UTG bets $150, MP calls $150, 1 fold, Button calls $150, Hero raises to $750, 1 fold, UTG calls $600, MP calls $600, Button calls $600
Flop: ($3050) 10, Q, 6 (4 players)
Hero checks, UTG checks, MP bets $1725, 1 fold, Hero raises to $4250 (All-In), 1 fold, MP calls $2525
Turn: ($11550) K (2 players, 1 all-in)
River: ($11550) 3 (2 players, 1 all-in)
Total pot: $11550 | Rake: $3
Results:
Hero had 10, 10 (three of a kind, tens).
MP had Q, Q (three of a kind, Queens).
Outcome: MP won $11547
Well, this was not exactly not against Eastgate. He was the initial raiser, but not the guy who cold decked me. I’m actually a little surprised that the QQ didn’t re-squeeze pre-flop. I’m pretty sure I would have stacked off anyway, and his hand’s going to be a bitch to play in a multiway pot post-flop. Unless he flops set over set, of course.
Anyway, from what I could tell Eastgate was pretty solid. While I’m not yet convinced that he’s 25/50 material, he had respectable stacks on nearly every table he was on, and he certainly wasn’t enough of a mark to justify my continuing to sit frustrated against other very good players.
As I understand he was down 40k at some point of the session. Not sure if he made a come back.
quads over quads is vicious.
Are you saying Eastgate is a bad tournament player?
Anon,
Not at all. I am saying, though, that when a guy has a big tournament win and jumps into a high stakes cash game, the sharks circle. Even guys who don’t usually play those stakes will move up to play with him. So a less ethical player than myself might be tempted to make a new account impersonating a high-profile tourney winner so that he gets action from guys who wouldn’t otherwise play him.
I’m not sure how he “only” had 99 on that hand. Why not As9x? or T9?
Could you explain more please?
Karbyn,
Thanks for the question. I should say first that that comment was somewhat in jest. Obviously I didn’t entirely believe it, or I would have folded.
That said, I do think his play is pretty suspicious and looks quite a bit like quads. Check-raising bare trips on the turn I can see. But was he trying to check-raise TPTK (or worse) on the flop? That’s what I can’t see. He very well may overbet shove a bare 9 on the river, but does he check one on the flop?
Again, though, largely tongue-in-cheek.