Canadian Poker Mafia/Arbboydonkey....

Several things on the agenda today. Firstly the poker mafias! Over the years the scandi players were the first to make it big online. The way Gus Hansen had huge success with his hyper aggressive style winning several wpt events virtually as soon as he hit the live tournament scene fellow scandinavians were doing the same in the biggest online cash games. They made close alliances via msn and live tournaments etc and beat virtually everyone online. They would often share accounts and pool money together in syndicates hence the nickame 'Scandi Mafia'. The money to be made is huge and it is only a matter of time before other people adapt and learn new styles of play. Many of the Scandinavians made millions, some invested well and others still have hardly a dollar to there name.

Well at least on betfair poker the tide has turned. The scandinavians no longer run the big games. One of the biggest players is deadly007 who is from London/England and very few will play him....however there are not so many like him in the UK. The scandinavians who were formerly fearless now have game selection which they used to be too arrogant to even consider. In my opinion at the moment those doing the best on betfair are the canadians. There are not so many of them but the biggest winners are well represented by Canada. This 'Canadian mafia' and here are several of the members...

Boss of all bosses (I cannot say who this is as I am not deep enough into them yet)

Boss - Flavorflav

Underboss - idontfold

Consigliere - Sky Lopez

Soldiers - T Pain and Souljaboy


Obviously there are many more members of the Canadian poker mafia but I shall not put too many members names down. Just beware if you see them at the tables as they can seriously damage your bankroll. I have long been in dispute with the Boss and the Underboss but today I think a ceasefire was negiotated. Once again the fearless Punterz comes through the storm with his sail intact. I am sure I shall be mentioning the Canadian Poker Mafia in the future. Now onto something else...

Well it is Sunday which means leaderboard judgement day. The 16th week they have run now and successfully won the middleweight leaderboard for the 16th time to go 16/16. Also another comfortable win on the heavyweight to make it 12/16 there. The four times I came second where when twice I had a rest and let a friend win, once when I had a break for the New Years holidays and the other time when for three days Betfairs scoring system was down so it was hard to work out where you were at.

The beneficiary of this was an idiot called arbboy who cannot play poker and was on a heater. The guy comes out with such retarded comments one must only wonder how his mother didn't give him away as a child...well maybe she did. He keeps saying how great he is yet he is a fairly big loser. Recently he decided he would account share. There are many tell tale signs of this:

1) from having an roi over the last few years consistently at -10% overnight he went on a three week run of approx +15% roi.

2) the play on the account has during this period increased between 300-400%

3) one player will play a session of around six hours and show absolutely every single good hand and also everytime folded to him in the big blind show his hand. one of the other players will have an entire session without showing one hand.

There are a few more signs but that is enough for now. Well here is just one game against him today, it is not any game in particular. Just one game where I decided to take down all the hand histories as I was not in too many games at the time. It is totally standard of his heads up play and a fair assessment of his play will follow.

***** Betfair Poker Hand History for Game 472470417 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $100 Buy-in + $5 Entry Fee, Level:1 Blinds(10/20-(no ante)) - Sunday, January 25, 14:38:22 GMT 2009
$100+$5 NL Hold'em #2594621
Table 1 2-max (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of active players : 2
Seat 1: arbboy ( 1,500 )
Seat 2: Punterz08 ( 1,500 )
Tourney Level:1 Blinds(10/20-(no ante))
arbboy posts small blind [10]
Punterz08 posts big blind [20]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Punterz08 [ 9d, 7c ]
arbboy goes all-in
arbboy raises to [1,500]
Punterz08 folds
Returning uncalled bet [1,480] to arbboy
** Hand Conclusion **
arbboy wins 40 from main pot
************ Game 472470417 ends ************

***** Betfair Poker Hand History for Game 472473907 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $100 Buy-in + $5 Entry Fee, Level:1 Blinds(10/20-(no ante)) - Sunday, January 25, 14:42:16 GMT 2009
$100+$5 NL Hold'em #2594621
Table 1 2-max (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of active players : 2
Seat 1: arbboy ( 1,510 )
Seat 2: Punterz08 ( 1,490 )
Tourney Level:1 Blinds(10/20-(no ante))
arbboy posts small blind [10]
Punterz08 posts big blind [20]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Punterz08 [ 4d, Ks ]
arbboy goes all-in
arbboy raises to [1,510]
Punterz08 folds
Returning uncalled bet [1,490] to arbboy
** Hand Conclusion **
arbboy wins 40 from main pot
************ Game 472473907 ends ************

***** Betfair Poker Hand History for Game 472473977 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $100 Buy-in + $5 Entry Fee, Level:1 Blinds(10/20-(no ante)) - Sunday, January 25, 14:42:27 GMT 2009
$100+$5 NL Hold'em #2594621
Table 1 2-max (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of active players : 2
Seat 1: arbboy ( 1,530 )
Seat 2: Punterz08 ( 1,470 )
Tourney Level:1 Blinds(10/20-(no ante))
Punterz08 posts small blind [10]
arbboy posts big blind [20]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Punterz08 [ Td, 7d ]
Punterz08 calls [10]
arbboy checks
** Dealing Flop ** [ 2c, 5h, Ts ]
arbboy checks
Punterz08 bets [40]
arbboy calls [40]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Qc ]
arbboy checks
Punterz08 bets [120]
arbboy calls [120]
** Dealing River ** [ Th ]
arbboy checks
Punterz08 bets [360]
arbboy calls [360]
** Showdown **
Punterz08 shows [ Td, 7d ] three of a kind, Tens
arbboy mucks [ 7s, 5c ]
** Hand Conclusion **
Punterz08 wins 1,080 from main pot with three of a kind, Tens
************ Game 472473977 ends ************

***** Betfair Poker Hand History for Game 472474360 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $100 Buy-in + $5 Entry Fee, Level:2 Blinds(15/30-(no ante)) - Sunday, January 25, 14:43:29 GMT 2009
$100+$5 NL Hold'em #2594621
Table 1 2-max (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of active players : 2
Seat 1: arbboy ( 1,025 )
Seat 2: Punterz08 ( 1,975 )
Tourney Level:2 Blinds(15/30-(no ante))
arbboy posts small blind [15]
Punterz08 posts big blind [30]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Punterz08 [ 9s, 6h ]
arbboy goes all-in
arbboy raises to [1,025]
Punterz08 folds
Returning uncalled bet [995] to arbboy
** Hand Conclusion **
arbboy wins 60 from main pot
************ Game 472474360 ends ************

***** Betfair Poker Hand History for Game 472476035 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $100 Buy-in + $5 Entry Fee, Level:2 Blinds(15/30-(no ante)) - Sunday, January 25, 14:48:02 GMT 2009
$100+$5 NL Hold'em #2594621
Table 1 2-max (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of active players : 2
Seat 1: arbboy ( 1,025 )
Seat 2: Punterz08 ( 1,975 )
Tourney Level:2 Blinds(15/30-(no ante))
arbboy posts small blind [15]
Punterz08 posts big blind [30]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Punterz08 [ Kd, 3h ]
arbboy goes all-in
arbboy raises to [1,025]
Punterz08 folds
Returning uncalled bet [995] to arbboy
** Hand Conclusion **
arbboy wins 60 from main pot
************ Game 472476035 ends ************


***** Betfair Poker Hand History for Game 472476103 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $100 Buy-in + $5 Entry Fee, Level:2 Blinds(15/30-(no ante)) - Sunday, January 25, 14:48:13 GMT 2009
$100+$5 NL Hold'em #2594621
Table 1 2-max (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of active players : 2
Seat 1: arbboy ( 1,055 )
Seat 2: Punterz08 ( 1,945 )
Tourney Level:2 Blinds(15/30-(no ante))
Punterz08 posts small blind [15]
arbboy posts big blind [30]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Punterz08 [ 6c, 4c ]
Punterz08 calls [15]
arbboy goes all-in
arbboy raises to [1,055]
Punterz08 folds
Returning uncalled bet [1,025] to arbboy
** Hand Conclusion **
arbboy wins 60 from main pot
************ Game 472476103 ends ************

***** Betfair Poker Hand History for Game 472477514 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $100 Buy-in + $5 Entry Fee, Level:3 Blinds(25/50-(no ante)) - Sunday, January 25, 14:51:49 GMT 2009
$100+$5 NL Hold'em #2594621
Table 1 2-max (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of active players : 2
Seat 1: arbboy ( 1,085 )
Seat 2: Punterz08 ( 1,915 )
Tourney Level:3 Blinds(25/50-(no ante))
arbboy posts small blind [25]
Punterz08 posts big blind [50]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Punterz08 [ 5s, 6c ]
arbboy goes all-in
arbboy raises to [1,085]
Punterz08 folds
Returning uncalled bet [1,035] to arbboy
** Hand Conclusion **
arbboy wins 100 from main pot
************ Game 472477514 ends ************

***** Betfair Poker Hand History for Game 472478148 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $100 Buy-in + $5 Entry Fee, Level:4 Blinds(50/100-(no ante)) - Sunday, January 25, 14:53:28 GMT 2009
$100+$5 NL Hold'em #2594621
Table 1 2-max (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of active players : 2
Seat 1: arbboy ( 1,235 )
Seat 2: Punterz08 ( 1,765 )
Tourney Level:4 Blinds(50/100-(no ante))
arbboy posts small blind [50]
Punterz08 posts big blind [100]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Punterz08 [ 2d, 5d ]
arbboy goes all-in
arbboy raises to [1,235]
Punterz08 folds
Returning uncalled bet [1,135] to arbboy
** Hand Conclusion **
arbboy wins 200 from main pot
************ Game 472478148 ends ************

***** Betfair Poker Hand History for Game 472478205 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $100 Buy-in + $5 Entry Fee, Level:4 Blinds(50/100-(no ante)) - Sunday, January 25, 14:53:38 GMT 2009
$100+$5 NL Hold'em #2594621
Table 1 2-max (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of active players : 2
Seat 1: arbboy ( 1,335 )
Seat 2: Punterz08 ( 1,665 )
Tourney Level:4 Blinds(50/100-(no ante))
Punterz08 posts small blind [50]
arbboy posts big blind [100]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Punterz08 [ Js, 9s ]
Punterz08 calls [50]
arbboy goes all-in
arbboy raises to [1,335]
Punterz08 folds
Returning uncalled bet [1,235] to arbboy
** Hand Conclusion **
arbboy wins 200 from main pot
************ Game 472478205 ends ************

***** Betfair Poker Hand History for Game 472478276 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $100 Buy-in + $5 Entry Fee, Level:4 Blinds(50/100-(no ante)) - Sunday, January 25, 14:53:49 GMT 2009
$100+$5 NL Hold'em #2594621
Table 1 2-max (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of active players : 2
Seat 1: arbboy ( 1,435 )
Seat 2: Punterz08 ( 1,565 )
Tourney Level:4 Blinds(50/100-(no ante))
arbboy posts small blind [50]
Punterz08 posts big blind [100]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Punterz08 [ 9s, 2h ]
arbboy goes all-in
arbboy raises to [1,435]
Punterz08 folds
Returning uncalled bet [1,335] to arbboy
** Hand Conclusion **
arbboy wins 200 from main pot
************ Game 472478276 ends ************

***** Betfair Poker Hand History for Game 472478506 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $100 Buy-in + $5 Entry Fee, Level:4 Blinds(50/100-(no ante)) - Sunday, January 25, 14:54:27 GMT 2009
$100+$5 NL Hold'em #2594621
Table 1 2-max (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of active players : 2
Seat 1: arbboy ( 1,785 )
Seat 2: Punterz08 ( 1,215 )
Tourney Level:4 Blinds(50/100-(no ante))
Punterz08 posts small blind [50]
arbboy posts big blind [100]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Punterz08 [ 5d, 5c ]
Punterz08 calls [50]
arbboy goes all-in
arbboy raises to [1,785]
Punterz08 folds
Returning uncalled bet [1,685] to arbboy
** Hand Conclusion **
arbboy wins 200 from main pot
************ Game 472478506 ends ************

***** Betfair Poker Hand History for Game 472478731 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $100 Buy-in + $5 Entry Fee, Level:4 Blinds(50/100-(no ante)) - Sunday, January 25, 14:55:02 GMT 2009
$100+$5 NL Hold'em #2594621
Table 1 2-max (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of active players : 2
Seat 1: arbboy ( 1,585 )
Seat 2: Punterz08 ( 1,415 )
Tourney Level:4 Blinds(50/100-(no ante))
Punterz08 posts small blind [50]
arbboy posts big blind [100]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Punterz08 [ Ad, Kd ]
Punterz08 calls [50]
arbboy checks
** Dealing Flop ** [ Td, Jc, 4d ]
arbboy checks
Punterz08 bets [100]
arbboy goes all-in
arbboy raises to [1,485]
Punterz08 calls [1,215]
Punterz08 goes all-in
Returning uncalled bet [170] to arbboy
** Showdown **
arbboy shows [ 9c, Qs ]
Punterz08 shows [ Ad, Kd ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ah ]
** Dealing River ** [ 4h ]
** Hand Conclusion **
Punterz08 wins 2,830 from main pot with two pair, Aces and Fours
************ Game 472478731 ends ************

As you can see he is virtually all in every other hand. His preflop play is absolutely awful, when he occasionally plays post flop just as bad. He finally gets his money in with a 23% chance of winning against my 77%. Now this was just an average game against him, he really does always play this bad, the only strange thing is that the game lasted for as long as it did. Just for good measure a few more awful hands from him from several other games.

***** Betfair Poker Hand History for Game 472505367 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $100 Buy-in + $8 Entry Fee, Level:1 Blinds(10/20-(no ante)) - Sunday, January 25, 15:54:20 GMT 2009
$100+$8 Turbo NL Hold'em #2594463
Table 1 6-max (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of active players : 6
Seat 1: michaelg2 ( 1,750 )
Seat 2: arbboy ( 1,440 )
Seat 3: santtu123 ( 1,480 )
Seat 4: Punterz08 ( 1,860 )
Seat 5: VaRiAnCe ( 1,470 )
Seat 6: JJ14 ( 1,000 )
Tourney Level:1 Blinds(10/20-(no ante))
santtu123 posts small blind [10]
Punterz08 posts big blind [20]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Punterz08 [ 6c, Kc ]
VaRiAnCe folds
JJ14 calls [20]
michaelg2 calls [20]
arbboy calls [20]
santtu123 folds
Punterz08 checks
** Dealing Flop ** [ Qc, Tc, 2c ]
Punterz08 bets [90]
JJ14 folds
michaelg2 calls [90]
arbboy calls [90]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Th ]
Punterz08 bets [360]
michaelg2 folds
arbboy calls [360]
** Dealing River ** [ 7c ]
Punterz08 checks
arbboy goes all-in
arbboy bets [970]
Punterz08 calls [970]
** Showdown **
arbboy shows [ As, Jc ] a Flush
Punterz08 shows [ 6c, Kc ] a Flush
** Hand Conclusion **
Punterz08 wins 3,020 from main pot with a Flush
************ Game 472505367 ends ************

***** Betfair Poker Hand History for Game 472737871 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $100 Buy-in + $5 Entry Fee, Level:5 Blinds(75/150-(no ante)) - Sunday, January 25, 22:59:58 GMT 2009
$100+$5 NL Hold'em #2596486
Table 1 2-max (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of active players : 2
Seat 1: arbboy ( 970 )
Seat 2: Punterz08 ( 2,030 )
Tourney Level:5 Blinds(75/150-(no ante))
Punterz08 posts small blind [75]
arbboy posts big blind [150]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Punterz08 [ Jd, Js ]
Punterz08 calls [75]
arbboy goes all-in
arbboy raises to [970]
Punterz08 calls [820]
** Showdown **
arbboy shows [ 8s, 6h ]
Punterz08 shows [ Jd, Js ]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Ad, 8d, Qh ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 5c ]
** Dealing River ** [ 2c ]
** Hand Conclusion **
Punterz08 wins 1,940 from main pot with a pair of Jacks
************ Game 472737871 ends ************

***** Betfair Poker Hand History for Game 472740720 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $100 Buy-in + $5 Entry Fee, Level:1 Blinds(10/20-(no ante)) - Sunday, January 25, 23:05:45 GMT 2009
$100+$5 NL Hold'em #2596578
Table 1 2-max (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of active players : 2
Seat 1: arbboy ( 1,530 )
Seat 2: Punterz08 ( 1,470 )
Tourney Level:1 Blinds(10/20-(no ante))
Punterz08 posts small blind [10]
arbboy posts big blind [20]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Punterz08 [ Jc, Jd ]
Punterz08 calls [10]
arbboy goes all-in
arbboy raises to [1,530]
Punterz08 calls [1,450]
Punterz08 goes all-in
Returning uncalled bet [60] to arbboy
** Showdown **
arbboy shows [ Qc, Th ]
Punterz08 shows [ Jc, Jd ]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 2h, Ah, Tc ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 5h ]
** Dealing River ** [ Td ]
** Hand Conclusion **
arbboy wins 2,940 from main pot with three of a kind, Tens
************ Game 472740720 ends ************


***** Betfair Poker Hand History for Game 472748152 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $100 Buy-in + $5 Entry Fee, Level:2 Blinds(15/30-(no ante)) - Sunday, January 25, 23:21:04 GMT 2009
$100+$5 NL Hold'em #2596599
Table 1 2-max (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of active players : 2
Seat 1: Punterz08 ( 1,280 )
Seat 2: arbboy ( 1,720 )
Tourney Level:2 Blinds(15/30-(no ante))
arbboy posts small blind [15]
Punterz08 posts big blind [30]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Punterz08 [ Qh, Qd ]
arbboy calls [15]
Punterz08 raises to [90]
arbboy calls [60]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 4c, Ts, 8c ]
Punterz08 bets [180]
arbboy goes all-in
arbboy raises to [1,630]
Punterz08 calls [1,010]
Punterz08 goes all-in
Returning uncalled bet [440] to arbboy
** Showdown **
Punterz08 shows [ Qh, Qd ]
arbboy shows [ 7c, 8d ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 2d ]
** Dealing River ** [ 9h ]
** Hand Conclusion **
Punterz08 wins 2,560 from main pot with a pair of Queens
************ Game 472748152 ends ************

***** Betfair Poker Hand History for Game 472749394 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $100 Buy-in + $5 Entry Fee, Level:2 Blinds(15/30-(no ante)) - Sunday, January 25, 23:23:42 GMT 2009
$100+$5 NL Hold'em #2596599
Table 1 2-max (Real Money)
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of active players : 2
Seat 1: Punterz08 ( 2,180 )
Seat 2: arbboy ( 820 )
Tourney Level:2 Blinds(15/30-(no ante))
Punterz08 posts small blind [15]
arbboy posts big blind [30]
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Punterz08 [ As, Jd ]
Punterz08 calls [15]
arbboy checks
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7d, 6d, 4h ]
arbboy checks
Punterz08 checks
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ah ]
arbboy bets [60]
Punterz08 goes all-in
Punterz08 raises to [2,150]
arbboy calls [730]
arbboy goes all-in
Returning uncalled bet [1,360] to Punterz08
** Showdown **
Punterz08 shows [ As, Jd ]
arbboy shows [ 8h, 2h ]
** Dealing River ** [ Qh ]
** Hand Conclusion **
arbboy wins 1,640 from main pot with a Flush
************ Game 472749394 ends ************

The guy is so bad and I would rarely show hand histories and make comments on one individual player. However seeing as he keeps saying how great he is etc he is fair game. I pity absolutely anybody who knows this retarded loser.

Not the best of weekends but made £500 profit to push the current total to £10,500. Still awaiting £1000 from last weeks leaderboards due to betfair incompetence and if they try the same again this week there will be uproar. Come next week £20,000 target should be reached so virtually breaking evens for the month is great considering one session was a £27,000 losing one. Alarm is set for 08:30a.m. as I am having a bet this morning. I shall post details of it tomorrow. It is a longterm bet (hopefully!) which should give a huge return on my investment. Well another week as the champion of hu sng has come and gone, good luck to my friends and to my enemies 'your mother is on the road'.