I've added a button on my site to facilitate my trip. This is for donations. I don't really expect any, but I want to make sure I'm doing anything and everything I can to to get there. Any amount, no matter the size, is appreciated.
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I'm still working on a goal amount. The plan is a 3-4 day weekend, around the a blogger event. I'd prefer the December event for two reasons:
1) more time to save
2) more time to focus on meeting and hanging out with bloggers (since a summer event usually is in the middle of the WSOP.
The goal amount, basically include airfare and hotel, food/drinks and gambling. I'm thinking, originally my thinking was $5000, but that's just a first number with no real research or input. Now I have yet to do any real research yet, but in talking with people, that's probably a bit high for 3-4 days.
$3000 might be a little closer to reality and probably even $2000. The biggest issue is that I don't want to get out there and have only a few bucks for gambling. So I want to be able to have at least $1000 strictly earmarked for gambling. Now I'm not a degenerate gambling and I don't really play table games, I mostly stick with poker, with such a large group of people, I'm sure I'll be "talked" into some PaiGow and Craps.
So that is my rough draft of a plan. I put it on the side, but again, if I'm falling way short of my goal by the time October rolls around, I will withdraw any donations and add that to my Foxwoods bankroll to try to get there in December. Again, it's the thoughts that count. Any amount is appreciated.
My Goal and Donations
Las Vegas Nevada Moves Further Away
Ok, so may the continent didn't split and everything west fo the Mississississississippi River isn't drifting out to sea. More than likely, I'm talking about my goal of making it to Vegas this year. Mind you not a huge setback since I'm more or less at the beginning of this goal, there's no way to get further from the goal. But with the loss at Foxwoods yesterday, I'm slipping back a little. And, now I have a decision to make.
For playing poker, I more or less have $180. Now if I go broke, I can usually scape up 50 or 60 to play in the not-so-monthly home game in the future. But with that full 180, it's pretty much not worth it to drive to Foxwoods. It's an hour drive (that's about $40 in gas, back and forth), and variance, it's hard to justify another trip. Now, my other option is the online route. Now recently I haven't played well online. But I think most of that is from me trying to take the few bucks I get in affiliate money and turn that into some sort of playable bankroll. Which usually means me not playing patiently enough and blowing it on one hand. That is much less likely with an actual (granted small) bankroll of say $100.00. Plus if I'm playing at the .05/.10 or .10/.25 level and start to play poorly, I can step back and take a break. When I have my entire bankroll at the table you play poorly you sit out and wait for the next month. So, my 7 readers (I know I have 7 because I re-added my blog to my Bloglines, and it had 7 subscribers- I guess I might have 6 readers and the 7th was me, previously), do I throw $100 onto FTP and try to build a bankroll that way, or do I hold on to it (which is a risk, cash burns holes in my pockets), and try to save enough to hit Foxwoods again? I've added a Poll to the site.
Live at the Bi... er Foxwoods.
Well I decided to make a short trip to Foxwoods with Slappy on Sunday (I don't know why I link to his blog when he hasn't posted since August 20th). It was fun, as live poker always is, despite not winning.
Here are some notes:
The First Table: Slappy and I are seated at the same 1/2 NL table. Tables been in session for a while as there are a few large stacks. Two big stacks get involved with VERY marginal hands. One guy gets lucky, rivering two pair to win a HUGE pot. The winner turns out to be extremely aggressive, often putting in large bets with absolutely nothing. Slappy wins a big hand early with just top pair (KQ) against him, aggressive guy mucks. I play a hand very poorly against he loser of that first hand. I have 66 and put in a small raise. I may have gotten a couple of callers. The flop is 883. I bet and only get one caller (the guy who lost that first pot earlier- who also seems to be playing ATC). Turn is a Jack. We both check. River is a 9. I check, he bets. I stupidly call and he shows J9. I lose about 25% of my stack.
My final hand was some what poorly played but I was losing patience and my stack was dwindling. On the car ride to Foxwoods, Slappy and I had a discussion about AQ and why it's such a poor hand. Of course, I'm dealt AQ. I raised and got a caller or two. Flop comes AJx. I bet and one guy min raises me. I almost immediately push. I could have folded, but I couldn't really call the min raise or re-raise without pushing all in. If I would have thought about it, I should have figured I was beat. The guy seems to be playing solid. I haven't seen him get out of line and despite his stacks of reds and whites (which probably a few hundred), he also has at least 3 $100 dollar chips. I should have figured him for not going crazy with anything. Would he really re-raise a preflop raiser with AT or anything I can beat? Unlikely. He shows AJ and I'm busto. I go for a walk. I come back a few minutes later and rail Slappy for a bit, but then I sign up for another table. One note: after I left Slappy informed me that the guy with J9 earlier went on a crazy rush for like 3 hours where he played EVERY hand (literally) and would constantly hit two pair and most of the time it was good.
The Second Table: I'm WAY off the list. More than 20 people ahead of me. So I figured I won't be sitting for a while. They suddenly start two fresh tables and I'm playing again. And since I'm not sitting with anyone I know, I pop my Ipod into one ear and let the Richard Cheese play. Everyone is relatively close. Some people buy in for max, others buy in for about a third of the max. I'm in the middle. The table starts off tight as things tend to do at a new table, while people try to figure things out. Old Cranky guy to my right shows a set early when everyone folds to his post flop bet. Fireworks suddenly errupt between two players in a set over set situation. I split a pot with the Cosenza when I a river jack gives me a straight. Another guy was had A10 too. But there had been a few other in the hand earlier, so it was slightly profitable. We had one guy who, if on the river, you even put your hands on your chips, if he didn't have anything, he'd fold immediately. I didn't get a chance to use this. But the Kid to my right used it frequently. Even showing a worse hand (which was stupid, but the guy didn't stop), when he put his hand on his chips, the Foldy Guy shows an ace for ace high and mucks. As soon as the cards hit the Kid shows J high. I took a hand early from the Kid, before he got overly aggressive. I had 6c9c and played it from the small blind. Lots of limpers. I check with the flop is JT5, two clubs. It limps and the Kid bets. I call, everyone else folds. Turn is a J. We both check. River is a T. I check. The Kid thinks and think, is tempted to bet, but finally he just checks. We both go to muck our cards, I realize he's about to muck his too (now I wasn't about to muck unless he showed his hand, but I was gretting ready to toss 'em. Him seeing me muck waits to see if I will. I show my 9 (actually the dealer makes me show both) for two pair with a 9. He shows 4d 2d for basically playing the board. And I take down a small pot. I got dealt pocket aces once. Raised and got a few callers. Flop is ragged, I bet, get one caller. Turn is a blank and I bet again and the last person folds. Another hand I'm dealt AK in the SB. There's a bunch of limpers so I make a larger raise. Surprisingly everyone folded. I flipped over the Ace. Most people assumed I had aces. I was showing a profit but played one hand poorly against the Kid. He showed a lot of aggression and would sometimes show his hand sometimes good, sometimes bad. I'm dealt Jd9d. I call a small raise in position from the Kid. The flop comes A9x. With two diamonds. It checks around, I bet, he calls. Turn is a 6, non diamond. The Kid checks again, and I check. the river is another card lower than a 9. I have 2nd pair. I puts in a $40 bet (a little more than pot). I thought about it for a few minutes and thought that with that bet size, 2nd pair could be good. I call and he shows A6. In the end, on this table I was down about 20. But with the exception of that one play, I played OK. I really need to amp up my aggression.
That's one of the nice things about the no-so-monthly home game. The structure is fast, but the buy-ins are cheap, so we get 5 or 6 tournaments in. This will give me a chance to try out some new styles and plays.
Interesting Note: I don't go to Foxwoods often. And I've had women at my table before. But my first table was almost half women when we sat down. My second table had fewer, and there were a bunch around the casino. Nice to see more women playing.
One final note: Another think I love about Foxwoods (possibly most casinos, but I haven't been to another casino in a few years), Hot Asian Dealers. Yummy!
One Week And Counting
Well I have my "monthly" home game next weekend, and I'm stoked! Granted, this "monthly" home game hasn't occured in close to 9 months. But it should be a lot of fun. A lot of guys who know each other somewhat well and we're all comfortable with each other. Playing poker with an incredibly fast structure. It's not really about the money since in the end it's a crap shoot. And we play so many $10 tourneys that you really need to win 2 to break even. But it's about poker and good times.
Now, should I have a Foxwoods Warm up tomorrow? I want to the the wife is giving me some guilt about it. Granted it's the remainder of my Xmas money, but it's really only enough for one buy-in @ 1/2. Unless I want to buy in for 100 or yikes, 40. BUt thats' unlikely. The max is 300, but I only have 200. Decisions, decisions.
One of the things pulling me to do it, is my new goal. Blogger event in 08. More than likely I'll hit the December one. As I figure there will be too much going on in the Summer one since it's usually during the WSOP. Don't get me wrong, I want to attend a WSOP at some point in the future, but for a first blogger event, I figure it should be a more relaxed atmosphere. But this could be the beginning of my journey.
Poker Jones
I am jonesin' for some poker. I need to play. Play chips doesn't do it. I'll have to give a whirl to some freerolls. I haven't checked my Railbirds. account. I'll have to check out that account to get into their freerolls. More cash and less people. Slightly better EV. I've been reading Super System 2 and want to try some adjustments to my play. Early on in a freeroll you either have to be HYPER-aggressive or super tight. You'll have plenty of people pushing all in for a quick double up, so you can either join them or wait for a hand.
What I really want to do is dump $50 into the FTP and jump in with all of it, and try to get a decent bankroll built quickly, then I can drop down a level to the micro limits.
I've also been eager to try some Sports Betting. Though with the NFL season over, that's the only sport I even remotely follow. But that will require cash on Bodog.
If we don't spend all the holiday money this weekend, maybe I'll head to Foxwoods on Sunday.
Bad Beat?
Is this a bad beat?
I got a good sum of money from my in-laws for Christmas . Enough for a full buy-in at 1/2 no limit at Foxwoods. Plus enough left over for their lower buy-in SnG. The Mrs got the same amount. Right away the Mrs. earmarked pretty much all of it (hers and mine) for household items. BAH HUMBUG!
Let's pray there's a quarter of it left over for my personal use.
I did win $40.00 from a stocking-stuffer scratch off. Now I just need to go to another state to cash it. But that will probably go into Full Tilt or maybe get me a Wii or 360 game.
Super Tilt!
What the fuck happened??? I have no idea. I managed to scratch some cash together (very little) and decided to stick with SnGs. I managed to win a few $1 ones. Then I played in two 4 person headsup Shootouts. First one, with in a few hands, I had KQ, I raised. Player called. Flop came out 333. I bet, he reaised and I pushed. He called with K7. The turn was a 5 and the river, a 7. I don't know why but I tilted. I started another one. 2 hands in I'm dealt 10-7. I call a small raise. Flop comes JTx. I bet, he insta-pushes. I don't even think long. I mean there's about 150 in the pot and I have to call almost 1500. So obviously I call with 2nd pair. He shows J9 and I'm out.
Now, I thought that might have been a turning point for me. I realized that when it comes to online, I do not want to be bluffed. And I KNOW I'm going to be bluffed from time to time, apparently I can't allow that to happen.
Well tonight was the Mookie. My last $11. 69 players started. Top place was about $200. I was ready to take first place and rebuild my bankroll. Build enough cash to go to Vegas in 08.
I proceed to play the worst poker in my life and bust out in the Gigli- 69th. While not a bad number, it's not good when there are only 69 players. I don't know what happened, I played so craptasticly. Mindless bluffs, calling flush draws (which is a leak in my game anyway). It was just ugly.
I need to re-evaluate my game. I need a game. I suck. Fuck you!
WSOP and the Summer
Well, after my last post, it's pretty clear that I have no readers, but I'll keep plugging away. Maybe eventually there will be readers. And they'll want to have access to all my wit and knowledge.
My goal f0r 2007: Attend a blogger event in Las Vegas.
Problems: I'm broke. I don't just mean my poker bankroll, in life. I really can't afford it. For a nice long weekend at a blogger event, I'm planning on needing about $5,000. That will include airfare and hotel, food, drinks, spending money. That number could be high or low, I'm not sure. How to do this? I have no idea. As my current poker bankroll is $0.00. That's not true. I have $11. Slappy transferred me money for the Mookie, but I was too tired to play last night. Next week. If I do win, I owe him half.
What it comes down to is that I'm going to have to win some kind of tournament. I need to start to develop a bankroll and take down a 24k guarantee or something.
I am jonesin' for Vegas.
An Unimpressive Weight Loss Challenge.
I'm a big, but can wear baggie clothes to hide it. I'm 6'1" and in general, I have a big frame. But there's no way around it. Like most Americans, I'm overweight. I'm roughly around 245. Weight Watchers says someone my height should be 180. I disagree with this, and not because I'm 245. For someone with my build, 180 would look sickly. However, I do think something closer to 200 would be better.
Last year, as some of you (by you I mean the one reader I have, probably someone who just googled "poker playlists") know, I tried a diet last year. I started out at 248 and got down as low as 225. But then I hit the snag where dieting, alone wasn't working, and I hate the gym and to excersize, in general. I tried jogging a few months back, but HATED IT! And as you can see by my current weight, I've put most of it back on.
What I'm thinking about, is, as an added incentive, turning this into a prop bet (similar to this guy and this guy). Basically, starting, Jan 1st, I plan on trying to lose 40 pounds (get to 205). I was originally going to do a straight year, where on Jan 1st 2009 I have to weight 205 or less. But as I'm not rich or confident that I can do this, I can't bet a lot of money, so I don't think anyone would want to weight a year to win a few bucks.
Now what I want to know, is how many people would be interested? This is not binding yet. I want to see how much interest and, well, if I even have any readers. But I want to know, if you'd be interested in the prop bets and what kind. Say 205lbs in 9 months, or have to be 205 on January 1st (which is probably harder since we have to make it through the holidays.
Why Do I Even Play?
Seriously? Not that I play often. I'm busted on FTP and funds are tight at home so no money to deposit. The only playing I get is the occasional stake from by buddy Slappy, or from the rakeback and/or affiliate cash I get. Which amounts to about $3.00 a month.
This month, I was actually starting to build on it. Got it up close to $10. To the point where I was able to sit down at a table and not have the ENTIRE bankroll on the line, but at least half.
The first session I donked off my stack on a flush draw. I figured it could help later as I was playing rather tight. I got reloaded with the rest of my bankroll and continued to play at the table. I limp with A8 suited. Antoher limper and the button makes a standard raise (he's aggressive). I call. Flop is 8 high with only one of my suits. I bet, he raises, I push, he calls with his Aces. I'm out again, destined to either play a freeroll (no way am I playing another Razz freeroll) or wait until next month (though the people I've signed up don't play much anymore), or I think Slappy will stake me in the Mookie tomorrow night. Maybe I'll take that down. I'll probably use some Xmas money for a deposit though.
Will Work For 67 Cents an Hour
Last night, while playing my new game, Mass Effect (fun game by the way), I decided to play the Railbirds.com Stud freeroll as well as the nightly Razz freeroll on FTP. After about 30 minutes in the Stud tournament I wanted to focus on Mass Effect so I pushed with VERY marginal hands. The Razz freeroll started up and I barely paid attention only playing 3 to an 8. At about the 2nd break I started to focus on the tournament and turned off the Xbox.
The Razz tournament runs with 2400 people, but only 27 people cash. (27-10 gets $2), 1st gets $15. When there was 33 people left, I was chip leader (6k/12k/1k ante) with 231k. I held the chip lead for a while until around the bubble and from that point on I was pretty much in the top half of the field.
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When we made the final table I was 3rd in chips with 575k. Blinds: 20k/40k, 3k ante. The 8th player goes out. And I don’t know what comes over me. Despite it being an almost full table, I treat it like we’re short handed and don’t believe anyone. In the span of two hands, I donk off all of my chips thinking: 1) Oh that complete with a 2, I’m sure he’s got high cards in the hole. 2) Hey that Ace on 4th street MUST have paired him. 3) As did his 4 on fifth street. I’m sure my T7 is good. The guys shows a 65. I’m still in OK shape (since this is Razz, and you don’t have to get involved except ante’s and bring in) with about 250k. But the very next hand, against the same guy, I do it again, but this time against 2 different big stacks. I just didn’t believe them. And I’m out in 7th place. Part of it, I’m sure was the fact that the tournament started as 9:40p est. It was 3:30am. AND I had to get up in 2 ½ hours for work.
So there you have it folks. 6 hours of play for $4.00. Not too shabby, eh?
Now I can play 3 $1+.25 SnGs... I'm RICH!
Maverick
I’m a movie junkie. Or at least I used to be. My wife and I used to go to the movies all the time. Now, with a daughter, not so much. Though, we do get to see plenty of Disney/Pixar and Dreamworks movies. Which is really fine with us, as we would have seen them even if we didn’t have a daughter.
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The point is, if there’s a movie I’ve seen a bunch of times I can just LISTEN to it. So at work, sometimes, instead of listening to my Ipod, I’ll pop a DVD into my laptop and minimize the screen and just listen.
Now, I can’t do this with ANY movie, it’s got to be something I liked and have seen numerous times. Shawshank Redemption, any Star Wars (primarily the original trilogy), Monty Python and the Holy Grail (which I actually have the full audio track in MP3 format on my Ipod), Let It Ride, Rounders… Yesterday, it was Maverick. Another rarely talked about, Poker movie. Granted it was Draw but still a decent flick. Had some funny moments. And even the crazy last hand, Quads vs. Straight Flush vs. Royal Flush was “believable” since the game was rigged. But apparently rigged poorly, since Maverick was able to make his Royal, but as he put it, it was “magic.” Though, I’m not sure why he called off the rest of his stack after drawing to at best a flush, when he knew the hand was rigged. He should have just folded and then played the next hand and watched more closely. Oh well. It’s only a movie.
Pimpage - NINTENDO WII ON EBAY! (until 11/27 @ 19:12, pst
The Northeast Chapter of the Ante Up Nation
Last week I joined for my second appearance at the New Home game. It was a special occasion. Chris, one of the hosts of our favorite podcast, Ante Up, was in town (not the funny one) and the home game was put together for that purpose. Three of the normal home game members are Ante Up listeners, and 2 more came into to town from Boston and from Manhattan. There are pictures on their website: Ante Up.
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This was the first live poker I’ve played in months (probably since the first time I attended this home game). The last time I played it was a $10.00 tourney with $10.00 rebuys for the first 3 levels. I go there willing to put up 2 buy-ins the tournament and 2 buy-ins to the home game. Though when I get there, I find out the tourney is doubled. Not a big deal, but I am short on cash at the moment. The last time, I went through 4 buy-ins, but it wasn’t my fault, well one of them was.
Not much happened in the tournament. I got short stacked early, but lived up my “Herpes” moniker and managed to finished 4th out of 8. No cash. The last hand was probably the only thing of significance. There are four people left. I’m on the cutoff (1st to act) with KhTh. I limp. Button folds (I think). SB limps and BB checks.
The Flop comes A-K-Q, one heart. It checks around. The Turn is a blank. The SB bets, the BB folds, and it gets to me. I try to think what he could have checked around with, possibly a straight. I figured a weak ace might have bet the flop to see where he was. Basically, I’m short stacked and if I put any real thought into it, I’m sure I’m beat. But I’m hoping for a Q or something. The guy tends to play tight. Basically as soon as it checked around, I convinced myself that I was going to put all my chimps and I didn’t want logic to get in the way. I push which is very barely more than a call. He calls and flips AJ. I’m dead to a K or a J. The river is nothing and I get in on the cash game before it starts. The Chris the podcast host (CTPH) ends up taking the tournament down. I was just glad I didn’t have to re-buy.
The cash game was a bit more fun. We played .25/.50 NLHE (this time a max buy-in of 50, though I think everyone bought in for $20) for about an hour and a half. Then it switched to dealers choice. Now the mixed games was just recently introduced to this home game, and the skill level of the normal attendees is wide ranging. So to keep things simple, they got rid of pot limit option (so Omaha and what not were played no limit). And despite what was discussed, Stud and Razz were played LIMIT not no limit. Also, split games were taken out of the equation, so only Stud and Omaha hi. However, after a few rounds, since the people here had at least played most of these games, we did bring in the split games.
I ended up down two buy-ins. My third buy-in faired better. Thanks to a lot of luck. Basically I won 3 or 4 hands that allowed me to break even in the cash game.
I wanted to play a hand of Razz but wasn’t getting anything good. So finally I had (34)K (but wasn’t the bring-in). A 2 completed and I decided screw it lets call. There were a few other players in the hand. I hit perfect on the next two streets, A and then a 2. Everyone thought that if I’m playing a K, one if not BOTH of those had to have given me a pair. When I made my hand on 6th street, I was still getting plenty of action. I ended up taking down a decent pot there.
Another Razz hand I made an 86 (or was it a 76) to beat someone with a 96. Either way it was a bad play by me, but with that hand I was playing the player more. I figured he had a low door card, but would play it even if he had bad cards in the hole. I was right.
Then two hands in stud helped me out. Now I’m VERY inexperienced in stud. I’ve played, sure, but the nuances escape me. I’m dealt three diamonds (Ax)Q. I called a bet. 4th street brought me a 4th diamond. Now, CTPH, is still in the hand and showing 8d3d. So two of my diamonds are out, but I was aware enough to realize that no one else showed a diamond or folded. Once my fourth diamond comes out, I do get aggressive and start raising. I continue aggression on 5th street even though I bricked. On 6th street, I slow down and start check calling (CTPH hit another 8). Mostly I figured the pot was big enough that I could check call to try to hit. I hit my diamond on 7th street, and take down a big pot. CTPH had Aces up. That was a rather big pot.
The final hand I won, again I hit perfect. This would have been a great hand if it was Stud 8, but it was just Stud. I get dealt (A2)3. I call a raise. Hit a 5, then hit a 4, for my wheel. Push the aggression and take down another big pot and that pretty much got me back to even in the cash game.
So not a bad night, down the Tourney buy-in, and more importantly I had fun, even if I played poor poker.
I just purchased a second Nintendo Wii, and I just put it up on Ebay, hoping to make a bit of a profit that can fund a trip to Foxwoods. Lets hope for a bidding war breaks out
Another Prop Bet
I don't know the guy, but mutual acquaintences and what not. Not sure how payments will be made. But so what.
http://www.rickblaine.com/index/weblog/place_your_bets/
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Poker Road
Stupid Pokerroad.com. Had a typo in their link for their 11/8 show. I have to fix it.
http://www.pokerroad.com/_/pokerroad_radio/11-8-07/PRR_11-8-07.mp3
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Antonio Esfandiari
I couldn't think of an approriate Star Wars quote, but really, I didn't try that hard.
Wow. Poker After Dark the other night. It folds to Boston in the SB with KJ. He limps. Antonio pops in the BB with AQ. Alan “Boston” Dvorkis calls.
Flop comes QT9. Boston quickly checks. Antonio thinks for a long moment then just checks. He seems to suspect something. Turn is a J. Both check again. River is a 9. Boston has to bet and Antonio folds quickly. Now that fold is not anything special. Most people could fold that. A paired board, 4 to a straight, not a difficult fold for “top top”. But he just seemed to suspect something on the flop and gave up there. The more I see him play the better and better I think he is. That is probably why he’s able to play in the 500K buy-in on High Stakes Poker; people willing to buy pieces of him.
Also on PAD, anyone else think that Matusow seems more strung out than normal?
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Heroes: Sucking
Since I started a non-poker Blog and I do actually have a reader or two here. I figured I'd pimp out my posts over here.
Heroes: Sucking
“This time, let go your conscious self and act on instinct.”
I just started a new blog. You know, because this blog couldn’t handle the influx of readers. It’s is located at http://daddy-nopoker.blogspot.com/. As the title states, it’s going to contain non poker content.
I played in the Mookie last week. It was the first Mookie of BBT2. Apparently, Full Tilt forgot to turn on the random card generator. I was dealt QQ about 5 times within 25 hands, and I got paid on 4 out of 5 of them. I also got dealt KK.
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I raised and one of the blinds just called.
Flop came A-6-x. Figures. The Blind bets out, but it’s a small amount. I’m thinking a weak ace, maybe a lower pair. I call.
Turn is an X. Blind checks. This is where I made a mistake. This check is a big sign that he’s weak. He probably has a weak ace. I should be able to push him off of this hand. I check.
The river is another blank. All lower cards. The Blind then puts out another small bet. This is another chance to take the pot away with a raise. Again I fail to trust my instincts and I just call. I expect him to flip over Ax. Instead I’m VERY lucky and get to split a pot when he shows KK.
I really need to work on my end game. I spent a large part of the first two hours on the top 10, but fell apart in 24th place (18 spots paid).
The big hand that finished me off was another example of not trusting my instincts. I’m in middle position. Kashei (Karol, from I Had Outs). She is one of the few bloggers I’ve actually played live poker with. I’ve also read the blog daily (or when they feel like posting). So I have an idea of how she plays.
Kashei raises from early position. I have her covered… barely. I look down at 88. My first reaction is muck. But apparently FTP finally turned on the RNG and I’m finally getting normal cards. I haven’t had any decent hands in a while. I have about 10x the BB (plus there are antes). I can’t just call off half my stack and fold, so I need fold now or push. I start to think. Well she COULD have AK/AQ/AJ. Maybe even a lower pair. I convince myself, it’s a race, and I’ll take it. I push. The Button has a little bit less than I do, and calls. Uh-oh. Kashei calls time and goes into the tank. Finally she folds. I flip my 88, and Button flips his TT. Flop is J high. Kashei is livid, saying she threw away JJ.
I’m crippled and push my remaining chips (80 more than the BB of 800 or something). I couldn’t convince the BB to fold his 99 for 80 more into a 3000 pot. I GUESS he had pot odds to call. Donkey.
Now my play was bad. I knew Kashei would NOT raise ½ her stack from early position with AJ or AQ; maybe AK and any pair higher than mine.
I have to say though, in that position, with half her stack in the pot, she had to call with the Jacks. Only 3 hands have you beat. With two short stacks pushing/calling, they could have each other’s outs. Her fold didn’t help much as she was the next to bust out.
It was nice to see her and Dawn in the Blogger events. I hope to be able to play with them some more. But first I need to build a bankroll.
*Insert Witty Closing Phrase Here*
I GOT 3 HOURS OF SLEEP...
For BEJEWELED????
Well as I'm not playing much poker right now. Some video game info. Last night I hung around MTG to finally give the guy the cards he bought. While doing that, I was playing some Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords. Which is a glorified Bejeweled. At least if I had bought Halo 3, I could KINDA of understand it. Next thing I know, I look at the clock and it's 3am! And I have to get up for work in 3 hours! CRAZY!!! FOR BEJEWELED??? What is WRONG with me?
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Pokerstars Blogger Event
I missed it, but then I didn't really expect to make it. My daughter had her birthday party at the in-laws on Sunday. Even if I HAD managed to register, the normal 2 hour drive from the in-laws turned into 5 hours, as the highway was closed due to a bad accident.
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MTG to Poker
Many moons ago I was into Magic: The Gathering. Not like David Williams, into it, but I enjoyed playing it. Then the online version was developed and I started playing that. Truth be told, I was never very good. But it was fun. And I wasn’t playing poker at the time. And in all honesty, for me, there was no transition between MTG and Poker. A few years back, when I discovered online poker, I wasn’t playing MTG much and decided to sell my cards. Sold ‘em on EBay, and used the cash to fund my Party Poker account. That money was quickly gone.
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Well a few months ago, I tried to get back into Magic. I enjoyed it, but only to a limited degree. Plus, the software takes up a ton of hard drive space. So I’ve decided to sell again. I recently sold any rare cards in my collection to Slappy, and he transferred me some cash on FTP. Unlike this weekend, when my good play was slapped down like a wet fish, MY donkey plays were rewarded with suckouts to win. In the cash games I played, I managed to get my money in, multiple times way behind.
Two key examples; I’m at a 6-handed cash game (.05/.10 nl). I have three tight players on my left and two loose players on my right. I know… horrible seating position. I don’t know why I didn’t move across the table when one seat opened up and would have put me in the perfect position. Anyway, I was down to my last $4.00. I had been playing bad, so I wasn’t even going to play, but said, “What the hell.” I threw in the last of my cash. I fold a couple of hands.
Then, in the BB, I get AcJc. You know… the nuts! Tighties fold. The button raises it to .35. SB raises to .70. I push All-in, figuring the button for a steal and the SB for a re-steal. The button calls. Uh-oh. The small blind calls… rut-roh. They still have some cash. Flop comes x-K-T (rainbow). I know I’m dead at this point. That had to hit one of them. They both check. The Turn brings a Q. My first thought is, I’m dead. Then it dawns on me. Huzzah! Broadway, the nuts. The Button and SB get the rest of their cash in here. Button has JJ and now has the straight draw. SB has TT for a set. No ace hits and the board does pair on the river and I almost triple my buy-in (stinkin’ $2.00 rake).
A couple of rounds later, I still have around ten bucks. After I fold UTG, I figure I’ll just log off. At the last minute I decide to play one more round and pay the BB. I get dealt QQ. Sweet. Tightie McTightie to my right, raises it up. We have about the same amount. I raise from the big blind. I re-pops it to about $3. I push. He insta-calls with… AA. “DOH! All that bad play, down the tubes in another bad play.” Naturally, I’m rewarded with a flop of QJJ. No ace hits and I have about $20. I don’t disappear right away, in deference to my opponent. But after about two rounds and no hands, I log off.
The next night I play a little better. I stick mostly with SnGs and can’t seem to win a danm thing. Probably playing too many (had around 4 going at once… I’m no Hevad Khan). I’ve pretty much depleted my bankroll. All I have left is… again $4.00 and I’m still in a $6.50 turbo SNG. I throw the last of the cash into a short handed table and procede to lose that to a bad beat. Oh well time to wait until I have something else to sell or cash to give Slappy to reload me.
What’s this? I’m still in the SNG with 4 people to go? Well, there’s still some hope (yes I more or less forgot I was in there. I won a big hand or two early, but had been folding almost anything that came my way. I didn’t realize we were this close to the money). I get dealt a few hands and build up my stack a little. Bubble bursts. We’re all pretty close in chips, but the blinds are getting high. I don’t remember too many hands, but suddenly I’m heads up with a small chip deficit. I turn that around quickly and manage to take that down to reload my balance with $27, Woo hoo!
Edit: Last night (Wednesday) I blew about $15 of that in SnGs without a cash. Hurrumph!
A Satellite to the Sunday's 750k.
As I stated in my last one, I earned entry in to the 2500ftp satellite into the 750K Guarantee on Sunday. There were about 1500 punters and the top 108 players win entry in this $200+ buy in tournament.
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I played decent poker, got extremely lucky hitting a BUNCH of sets. On one hand I was UNLUCKY to hit a set. Early on, I limp then call a small raise, from one of the blinds, with pocket 3s. Flop comes A high with just one diamond. We both check. The turn gives me the 3 of diamonds. Nice little set, and I’m probably best. The blind bets about 200 (I think blinds are 40/80). I think about raising, but just call. The river is a 3rd diamond. The Blind bets 400 (it was less than half the pot). I’m trying to decide between calling or raising. I’m thinking he could have been on a flush draw since he checked the flop, and got the draw on the turn. He bet a small amount to try to see a cheap river. The guy has me cover and a call would leave me with about 1200 in chips. Blinds are still low enough that I’m far from in trouble. I finally decide to just call. Figuring I may miss winning more on the hand if a high ace., but I won’t be broke if I make a mis-step. He didn’t have a flush, but he did have an ace… two of them actually. So I managed to lose the minimum on a set over set situation.
I would then go ahead and build up my stack. I got to about 5k when I made a mis-step in the SB. It folded to me and I limp with JT (blinds are about 50/100, might be one level higher). BB pushes all in with about 1200. I for no idea why, call. He shows AK, and I don’t improve.
I managed to build up my stack and get it to 6500 (about average stack) and there are about 300 players left (again 108 get the seat). I’m dealt AA in UTG+1. UTG limps, I raise to 1200 (blinds 200/400, ante 25). Folds around to the button and he pushes all in for about 6200. Folds to me and I call. He shows JJ. He rivers the J, and I’m crippled. (I actually win the next hand with TT and get to about 1400, but go out shortly).
The surprising thing I felt was the lack of tilting. I wasn’t angry, I didn’t curse the poker gods, I just felt, “hey, I got my money in an 80% favorite, it happens.” So maybe I’m growing as a poker player.
Or not…
A Good Night At the.. FREE Tables.
Long post with some pictures.
I played some of FTP's 50ftp Sat to $750k satellite. Only the top first place (54 entrants) advances into next week's 2500ftp satellite into the 750K event on Sunday.
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I went pretty deep. As in all the way. Here is the final hand.
Basically, I have 62k to his 18k. Blinds are 1k/2k.
I limped, he checked and we saw that flop.
We both checked the flop.
He bets the pot (4k). I figure him trying to just take it and call planning on taking it on the river. I hit my gin card on the river. He pretty much pushes all in and I take it down.
Then, I tried another one and lost. I only had 5oftp points left so I decided to try again. Figure if I get two, I'd get 2500 in points. I was decently stacked around 4000 w/ blinds @ 40/80, when these 3 hands came up in a row.
I had the guy covered, so I only lost about 1k.
Next Hand:
Again, had the guy covered, so I wasn't out (at least this was a race).
Then, the very next hand I'm dealt AA. How to play it... Let's make it look like I'm tilting. I have 2500 left. I push it all in the middle. Did my ruse work?
I'd say so. Got my stack up to 7500.
Then three hands later, I get AJ in the small blind. It folds around to me and I raise it to 300. One3ballin re-raises to 755. I think he's on a resteal in the blind vs blind. He started with only 6k. So I make a STUPID play. I push all-in. I want this now. He insta-calls with TT. Yikes. I stepped in it.
I hit my river (granted it was a 50-50 the entire time, but I could have been in huge trouble. AJ is not the nuts). The guy goes NUTS. Hates me, hates my play, hopes I finish 2nd... (since only first place gets anything). I tell him I don't care since I'm already in the satellite. He leaves.
I take the chip lead and never look back. Here's the final table.
Nice chip lead... eh?
A few hands later, 2 people are gone. Check this out now!
60k with 2nd place having 7k. WOO HOO!
Then... I'm committed to a lot of pots and I get a lot of dominated hands. A8 vs AT, AT vs AJ. Things like that. I give a bunch of courtesy double ups. I miss a lot of races. Blinds are HIGH.
I do make it to heads up with a chiplead of 47k to 33k.
Blinds are 1500/3000.
He raises to 6000
I have A6, I call.
Flop is T9T.
We get it all in, he has J8, but turns a Q.
From there it all goes down hill and ... as one3ballin predicted, I finished in 2nd for nothing. OH well. It was a fun ride! And I'm hoping to finish, next Saturday night, in the top 108 out of a max 5000. That will get me into next Sunday's 750k and it will be my first big Sunday event.
Wish me luck!
My Weak Play
My Weak Play:
Here is a perfect example of my weak passive play. It’s a demonstration of how bad I play sometimes… a lot of the time.
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Full Tilt Poker Game #3691133076: AIPS II Event #9 (25837404), Table 6 - 50/100 - Limit Hold'em - 21:21:02 ET - 2007/09/27
Seat 1: TiltGolf (785)
Seat 2: OhCaptain (2,375)
Seat 3: wendywendy (1,350), is sitting out
Seat 4: sixama (2,260)
Seat 5: AussieHoldem (1,340)
Seat 6: Unimpressed (1,465)
Seat 7: ElSnarfGrande (1,740)
Seat 8: gybbie (675)
Seat 9: Shannohakkinen (1,510)
TiltGolf posts the small blind of 25
OhCaptain posts the big blind of 50
The button is in seat #9
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Unimpressed [Ad Ah]
wendywendy folds
sixama folds
AussieHoldem folds
Unimpressed raises to 100
ElSnarfGrande folds
PokerBrian322 (Observer): heh i guess
gybbie calls 100
Shannohakkinen calls 100
TiltGolf folds
OhCaptain calls 50
*** FLOP *** [Kc 9h 2s]
OhCaptain checks
Unimpressed bets 50
gybbie has 15 seconds left to act
gybbie folds
Shannohakkinen raises to 100
OhCaptain folds
Unimpressed calls 50
*** TURN *** [Kc 9h 2s] [4c]
Unimpressed checks
Shannohakkinen bets 100
Unimpressed calls 100
*** RIVER *** [Kc 9h 2s 4c] [7s]
Unimpressed bets 100
Shannohakkinen calls 100
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Unimpressed shows [Ad Ah] a pair of Aces
Shannohakkinen mucks
Unimpressed wins the pot (1,025) with a pair of Aces
I think I could have gotten only one or two more bets, since I don’t think he’d get into a raising war with Kings w/ a Jack kicker, but I didn’t even give him a chance to. I, for whatever reason, automatically thought K9. I didn’t want to lose too much money with just an overpair.
This is the same guy I would later mis-click and fold top pair w/ top kicker.
When It Rains, It Pours
The title has nothing to do with my experiences at the poker tables, but just the frequency of my posts. 3 in 2 days. Yikes.
Anyway, I didn't do much in AIPS. I recovered from my Misclick-Tilt and got a few good hands. Then I just petered out.
I did update the blog with a re-org of my blog rolls. I know, exciting stuff.
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AIPS II Event 9 - Limit Hold Em
I haven't played many of the Ante Up Nation's AIPS tournaments, but wanted to play this one. So I borrowed $10 bucks from Slappy. I bought in to the tournament and donked off the rest in a cash game. Truly horrible play. ***** BUTTON MIS-CLICK *****
OK, now for the tournament. Started off OK. But then got a little loose. I couldn't seem to let go of small pairs. But was ready to refocus. Then this hand occurs.
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Full Tilt Poker Game #3691218292: AIPS II Event #9 (25837404), Table 6 - 50/100 - Limit Hold'em - 21:29:40 ET - 2007/09/27
Seat 1: TiltGolf (1,310)
Seat 2: OhCaptain (2,550)
Seat 3: wendywendy (1,225)
Seat 4: sixama (1,510)
Seat 5: AussieHoldem (1,615)
Seat 6: Unimpressed (1,565)
Seat 7: ElSnarfGrande (1,640)
Seat 8: gybbie (1,000)
Seat 9: Shannohakkinen (1,085)
wendywendy posts the small blind of 25
sixama posts the big blind of 50
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Unimpressed [Ah Kc]
AussieHoldem folds
Unimpressed raises to 100
ElSnarfGrande folds
gybbie folds
Shannohakkinen calls 100
TiltGolf has 15 seconds left to act
TiltGolf folds
OhCaptain folds
wendywendy calls 75
sixama folds
*** FLOP *** [Th 3h As]
wendywendy checks
Unimpressed bets 50
Shannohakkinen raises to 100
wendywendy folds
Unimpressed raises to 150
Shannohakkinen raises to 200
Unimpressed folds
I got down to about 300 in chips and have worked it back up to 1100 with the help of AA and KK.
Maybe some more later.
Wii Tilt!
That’s right. I haven’t played much poker, except freerolls. I do really well about halfway through, then get bored and figure, crap, 2+ hours is not worth it. Shoulda seen me donk it all of in an NL Omaha H/L last night. It was a thing of pure donkness.
So, I’ve recently picked up Mario Party 8. And to unlock other maps and characters, you have to beat the Star Battle mode (the single player mode), in which you compete against one computer player on each board. Most of the boards are fine. Sure there’s luck involved, but I think one boards RNG was created by Full Tilt.
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King Boo's Haunted Mansion. King Boo is in a random room and your goal is to find him twice and get two stars. Well, as I’m not a computer, when there are forks in the road, I have to pick one. It’s pretty much a coin flip. However, apparently the computer player knows EXACTLY where to go. Now, in their defense, they did put some randomness to it. Like one out of ever 8 or 9 times through the maze, they’ll pick a wrong direction.
Last night I stormed to bed at 11:30 after four unsuccessful atttempts at beating Toaddette declaring I was on Wii Tilt! The final straw was when we each had one star, I was about to get to a room that could have King Boo in it (as Toaddette went a different direction, it was unlikely, but she still had a LONG way to go), when she uses her thrice dice and rolled a 24, came across 3 different crossroads, made the correct choice each time and surprisingly, 24 was the EXACT # of spaces she had to travel.
I was already steaming that they don't have Donkey Kong as a playable character!
WII TILT!!!!
Poker on TV.
Well, for various reasons I won't get into, I no longer have cable (or at least, VERY few channels). I know what you're thinking. NO MORE POKER TV! How wrong you are! I have yet to fully grasp and work bittorrent sites. But I don't have to. PokerTube is hitting the nation! I LOVE it. I watch more poker on TV than before. The downside is that it's me sitting at my computer to watch TV, which is somewhat annoying (I need to see if this will work on my Wii). I've caught the last week of WSOP and High Stakes Poker. Plus a cash game from the Aussie Millions. And so much more!
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A New Drug
Well I played in a new home game this past weekend. It’s the home game of JLBSox and Blazman from the Ante Up Nation. It was a fun home game. And despite being a BIG loser I plan on attending again. The rules are easy. Tourney first. $10 buyin, with unlimited $10 rebuys for the first 3 levels (first 45 mins).
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And crap did I use it. There were 9 players and they split it up between 2 tables. I drew the Kitchen with PokerBrian322 (aka Slappy), who I brought with me, and 2 other people. The skill level of the players was mixed, and one person at my table knew very little about the game. Well early on, this player but was having some neck pain so they wanted to quit. They started moving in with anything hoping to get callers. And it worked. The problem is that they were getting extremely lucky and busted the other 3 at the table at least once. In the end Slappy re-bought once (total $20). Neck Injury only had their original buy-in. The 4th person at our table AND myself, bought in a total of four times ($40). The final hand before the last rebuy, I had KJs. And flopped a flush draw and gutshot (and straight flush draw). I got all my chips in (slightly less than the rebuy amount) against Neck Pain and Slappy. My draw didn’t get there, and Slappy won the pot and finally relieved Neck Pain of all their chips. So I rebought the final time and moved to the main table (Neck Pain didn’t rebuy). Of course, Slappy had to make 3 trips (or was it 4?) to move all his chips (a total of 11 buy-ins worth of chips). I felt so bad for him… all that walking.. poor baby.. HA!
Slappy had a huge chipstack going in. I managed to double up, and outlast two or 3 more people. But in the end, top two got paid, and I ended up busting. I think I had QJ on the button. It folded around, I pushed (had less than 5 BB). Both SB and BB call. Both had an Ace. And I didn’t improve.
In the end, Blazman went heads up against Slappy. I don’t know the chipstacks at various times, as I was in the cash game. But Slappy ended up taking the whole thing down. With all the re-buys it was a nice pot.
The cash game is a nice touch. Something I wanted to add to Slappy’s home game for quite some time, but no one else was really interested. .25/.50 blinds, NLHE. Max Buy-in of $20. You can’t reload unless you’re felted. After a set time, the game switches to dealers choice; NLHE, Omaha, Stud, Razz, Pineapple and Crazy Pineapple (no hi/lo though- which is fine by me). Apparently this was only their second time adding the mixed games, so there are still some quirks to work out. We ended up playing NLHE, Omaha, Pineapple and Stud. I ended up reloading 1 ½ times (after my 1st reload, I only had $10 left). I played one Omaha hand pretty bad. QQT9 in the BB. Two limpers. I raise it up and both players call. The flop comes T high. I think, “Yes, two pair. Not great, but probably best right now.” I bet at it. As soon as the first guy calls I realize my mistake. CRAP. Only have one pair, and it’s more than likely beat. 2nd Player raises, and I have to let go, losing an additional $5 bucks that (which at that point was about 1/3 of my stack). I would have checked and folded had I realized my T did not play with my 2 Queens.
I did play another Omaha hand well. Forgot what I had, but they were all related straight cards (sorry I don’t know my Omaha lingo, might have been 89TJ or something). I flop two pair and a straight draw. Get my remaining $10 in and get one caller. My opponent is behind and stays that way. In the end, I lost about $15 total in the cash game.
It was a lot of fun and I plan on being at the next one. I like Slappy’s home game because I’m friends with most of them, but Slappy’s game ends up being an all-day thing and pretty much kills half a weekend (time I can’t spend w/ my family or working around the house). I’ll still play his occasionally, but as long as I continue to get invited to JLBSox’s game, I’ll probably play that one more.
Anyway, that’s it for now. I’ve played very little online; only when I get some affiliate cash, which is about $15.00 a month. This month I blew most of it on bluffs. Then when I had 4 bucks left, I quit caring.
Right now I’m checking out Navarro’s Read ‘Em and Reap. VERY GOOD book. I’ll probably read it twice.
It's Been A While
I've taken a bit of a hiatus from poker online and live. My last online poker I played was my last $26 token. I used on their $28k guaranteed. It was hard to judge my play, but I feel I did OK.
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I played very tight and out of 1200 players I finished 200. Unfortunately the top 180 got paid. Now, the reason it was tough to judge my play is because I didn't get any cards. The best starting hand I got was 55. Which I had to fold preflop to a raise and a re-raise. I was dealt AK a couple of times and AQ a couple of times, but either people folded preflop to my raise or after I bet the flop the folded. So I just couldn't get anything going. I made one mistake later on close to the money, when I, for some reason, decided to bluff into the chip leader. And he had a monster stack. He wasn't playing SUPER aggressive. But when I bet a missed flop and he called I had to let it go on the turn. If I hadn't bluffed there, I would have probably made the money. But oh well. Live and you learn.
The monthly home game hasn't happened in some time and if it does pop up in September I should be able to make it.
A little note to the few people who read this. My buddy (who used to host the home game) has started a new blog. He basically started because he won a blogger event and didn't have one. But now he posts pretty frequently. Check it at GreenfishBrian.blogspot.com. He's done pretty well for himself. I believe he's won a couple of blogger events and plays 1/2 NL at Foxwoods almost weekly. Anyway, stop by and check him out.
As for my blog reading, that has suffered too. I haven't checked out my normal blogs in awhile. I have over 700 unread poker blogs on Bloglines. A lot of that has to do with work. I've been really busy and haven't had time to goof off... The nerve of my employers.
Anyway, maybe some updates in the future. Who knows.
Oh yeah, and techincally I won my prop bet with Jordan @ HighonPoker. Phil Hellmuth with his 2 final tables and winning one bracelet won me $6. However, the my line on the #s in the Main Event was about 1000 off. So I lost $5.00. That's a NET $1. WOO HOO! Where's my money????? Just kiddin' Jordan.
[insert witty tag line here]
I Hate When I Forget A Title
It’s hard to want to blog when you’re playing micro stakes. But when you have about $15 in your account, you’re stuck with .05/.10 no limit and $1 + $.25 Turbo SnGs. I did throw down the $11 to play in this week’s Mookie. More on that in a second.
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Before that start I had about $5 left. I played a $1 SnG and brought the remainder to a .05/.10 full ring table. I managed to win the SnG, and only made about 2.50 at the table. I did triple up at the table. When I started it was full, but slowly the table dried up until it was just me and a monster chip stack (he had $30- max buy-in is $10- and I had $5). I won a few small pots. A third person joined in. A few hands into 3-handed play, this hand game up:
Full Tilt Poker Game #2918300137: Table Sunrise Skyline - $0.05/$0.10 - No Limit Hold'em - 19:14:24 ET - 2007/07/11
Seat 3: Unimpressed ($5.55)
Seat 4: Meyehar Izhevy ($23.75)
Seat 5: Fervus ($6.80)
Fervus posts the small blind of $0.05
Unimpressed posts the big blind of $0.10
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Unimpressed [Qd Th]
Meyehar Izhevy raises to $0.20
Fervus calls $0.15
Unimpressed calls $0.10
*** FLOP *** [8c Jd 9s]
Fervus bets $0.60
Unimpressed calls $0.60
Big Nate KW sits down
Meyehar Izhevy raises to $1.20
Fervus calls $0.60
Big Nate KW adds $10
Unimpressed raises to $5.35, and is all in
Meyehar Izhevy calls $4.15
Fervus calls $4.15
*** TURN *** [8c Jd 9s] [6c]
Fervus bets $1.25, and is all in
Meyehar Izhevy calls $1.25
Fervus shows [Ac Td]
Unimpressed shows [Qd Th]
Meyehar Izhevy shows [8h 9h]
*** RIVER *** [8c Jd 9s 6c] [3h]
Fervus shows Ace Jack high
Meyehar Izhevy shows two pair, Nines and Eights
Meyehar Izhevy wins the side pot ($2.50) with two pair, Nines and Eights
Unimpressed shows a straight, Queen high
Unimpressed wins the main pot ($16.15) with a straight, Queen high
Can’t really fault anyone’s play here. But this gave me a large stack. Unfortunately, as the table got full, I bled chips and ended up with only about a $2.00 profit.
Now at the Mookie I was a pocket pair junkie… Unfortunately, none of them improved and was usually 2 over-cards to the board. And I had to release them. I quickly lost about 1000 of the starting 3000 chips. I did make a stand on one hand with pocket 8s.
I’m in the cutoff (8c,8d). I started the hand with 1475.
Tripjax (started w/ 2970), UTG limps for 30.
Folds to MiamiDon (started w/ 3345) in MP. He raises to 110. I call and so does Tripjax.
FLOP: 9c – 4d – 3s
Tripjax bets 250.
MiamiDon folds and I push all-in. Tripjax thinks and finally lays it down.
Unfortunately, I couldn’t get much going. In the end, blinds were 50-100. I have 1350. IronGirl01 has 3145, she’s in the small blind and UTG+2.
I have QQ, and at just over 10xBB I’m push or fold. I push and IronGirl calls. She flips over AQ and flops her A to knock me out. As she’s from the Albany area, where I went to college, I’ll let her live… this time.
Right now I only have about $6 in my account. Not much I can do with that. I’ll probably play that in the next few days (buy in short and play a $1 sng), and I if I lose, well I’ll take about a month off until I get my affiliate money in August.
So to my 2-3 readers, don’t be surprised if this blog goes silent for a while. Maybe I’ll try to find some non-poker stuff to blog about. I lead a rather boring life so we’ll see.
[insert witty closing line here]
A Turning Point
Katitude was recently talking about online poker:
"I'm falling out of love."
I think this best describes my feelings. But the other common expression fits. "It's not you, it's me."
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I've had an epiphany. I'm no good at poker. At least not at online. And I haven't played enough live to get a grasp of my abilities (I do well at my homegames and I've done ok at Foxwoods- if I'm not playing limit). I play live poker, maybe 10 times a year.
Online I had a good run turning $20 into $400. But that was after I turned $100 into $0 and $50 into $20. I have since turned that $400 into $0. I've even made a few more deposits... all down to $0. The more I think about turning that cash into $400, I realize it was really just a run of luck (You mean you don't normally get Quads 4 times a week??? I thought everyone did).
Even recently in cash games, I've noticed any big pots I won... suckouts. I just can't seem to get my money in good, and that's losing poker.
I blew through my recent deposits playing bigger stakes (1/2 - .50/1) and even the micros again (I recently blew threw my final 3 buy-ins in 30 minutes @ .05/.10). I've had a little more luck at tournaments, winning the Blogger Donkament a few weeks back and final tabling some blogger tournaments too (unfortunately I didn't cash). But my luck at SnGs has dried up.
All that's sitting in my account is one 26 token and about $20 in rakeback and affiliate money that was just deposited. And that's what I'll probably stick with. Not playing much, accept when I get some affiliate money.
I'll continue to play live on occasion, home game and at Foxwoods (actually I think I'm going to enter a preliminary event at the WPT Finals this year- the $300 shootout). But don't expect to see me on the virtual felt much... unless I can change my game around.
Side note:
Congrats to my buddy Slappy, aka PokerBrian322. Despite not being a blogger, he took down the MATH this week. And he was at Foxwoods this past weekend and took down a $1100 pot @ 1/2 NL. Congrats you beast!
Dr. Pauly Phenomenal Post
WSOP Day 19: The Ghost of Stuey Ungar and Katja Thater Wins Razz Bracelet
By Pauly
I'm posting this link here in case you don't read Dr. Pauly's Tao of Poker on a regular basis. But more than likely if you're reading this blog, you're also reading GOOD blogs, which more than likely includes Tao of Poker. But this is exactly what I was talking about in this post. Anyway, take the time to read it. Very good. Pauly gives you a glimpse of the dirty underbelly of Las Vegas and gambling, that ESPN, the Travel Channel, NBC, and GSN will never let you see.
You tend not to find too many truly moving things in the blogosphere, but this post felt incredibly deep. I really can't wait for Pauly to write his Vegas book.
Another Good Night
It seems I go through phases. Sometimes I play nothing but cash games, and others it's tournaments/SitNGos. It looks like my current phase is Tournaments.
Friday night I took first in a couple of Turbo SitNGos, and then took first in Kat's Friday Night Blogger Donkament. I had a bad couple of days over the weekend at the SnG. Monday I won my token to the MATH about 20 minutes before it took off. Then finished in 9th (no money). Last night I played 3 SnGs and 1 Tourney (took a beat in the tourney to be crippled early), but finished in 3rd in 1 SnG and 1st in the other 2 (one was a HORSE).
I'll probably shy away from the cash games right now.
Mondays at the Hoy (some live blogging)
I'm putting together a post about my Donkament win on Friday, but tonight I'll be live blogging the MATH.
There are 55 players in the Hoy tonight. It's a $24+2, and I probably should have just bought in, as I ran completely dry this weekend trying to get the token. I finally managed to win one about an hour and a half before the event. A 4 person Heads Up Shootout. The first match was a tough one. I managed to get through my first opponent and apparently God loves an Atheist, because I ran golden. I seriously hit almost every flop. Now my opponent made some mistakes in being VERY passive and didn't bet that strongly so a few times by just checking or calling small bets I'd hit by the river. Finally, the last hand. He raised I called, flop was K-9-x. I had KJ. All the chips went in the middle and he had K9. The Turn was an Ace giving me 3 more outs, which I didn't need as I spiked a jack. And he tilted, but it didn't matter, I got my token.
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So the Hoy started. As I'm relatively new to the Blogger Tournaments, I don't know many of the people at my table.
From my spot, going clockwise.
Me
RecessRampage (I recognize)
empty
Dbirider
surflexus
ChapelncHill (recognize)
wwonka69 (recognize)
Astin
PokerBrian322 (not a blogger, but a buddy of mine- host of the "monthly" homegame).
How lucky or unlucky that he's to my right. Not sure honw I'm going to play him.
About 20 minutes in, and I'm slowly building a stack- 3450 (starting was 3000). But it's going to be a tough tournament.
Now one of the great things about the Blogger Tournaments has go to be BuddyDank's radio show. Good music (usually- stop w/ the F'in ABBA!) and fun commentary.
Oops. Out is bayne_s. The Gigli. Willwonka was moved to the empty spot at our table.
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Next out was Miami Don. I lost a chunk of chips bluffing at a pot.
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Iakaris - tried to drop the hammer on Buddy Dank. Buddy had Jacks.
IslandBum1 also busted.
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Here's a weird note, every time I get into a pot, my buddy PokerBrian322 and ChapelncHill are in it too.
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ChapelncHill was almost out but he was a pip away from a royal. AKQJ9 spades
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45 minute mark and I've been playing horribly. I'm down to 935 in chips with the blinds 40/80. I'm 50 out of 50 :(
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wilwonka went out to wwonka69... fixed! :)
irongirl01
phlersphan
Blinds are 50/100 and I have 1055, but I'm in the BB next). With 23 no less :(
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Whew. Woke up in the CO w/ AQ. My buddy Slappy raises to 500, I push my last 900. He calls with AT. At first all I see is the T on the flop. Then I see the Q right next to it. Double up and at 1900. Back in. HERPES LIVES!!!
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First Break. 40/44.
Papi Justify
lucko21
BobRespert
Oossuuu754
all busted as well.
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Made a bad call as soon as we started up. Early position raised and I called with QhJh. Flop missed and I had to let it go. With only 1300 left. However, made up for it. KK in early position. Limped. Fold, raise, some folds, call from the button, fold to me, I push. Raiser folds and caller calls with AQ. I more than double to 3060.
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Katitude
pvanharibo
iam23skidoo
Tripjax
RecessRampage
I continue to donk. Down to 1300 when I tried to continuation bet half of my stack on a missed board :(
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I had about 1000 chips left on the Button (couldn't even get pushable hands in the blinds (in the SB had raises and re-raises). Got Jacks on the button, pushed, UTG (who raised) called and had KQ. I doubled up.
I outlasted my buddy, Slappy (aka PokerBrian322)
Alceste (the only "blogger" from these I ever met)
Julius_Goat
weak_player
swimmom
PokerBrain322
GCox25
riggstad
chapelncHill --- who I knocked out.
Chapel limps from the CO with only about 800. Folds to me. I limp w/ KQ suited. HighonPoker in the BB checks. I flop the straight 9TJ (2 diamonds). I check, HoP checks, Chapel pushes, I minraise and HoP calls. Turn is a blank. I push, HoP unfortunately folds. I knock out Chapel and have over 5k.
I actually have decent chips, 16/30, but blinds are 120/240 ante 25
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Points bubble and I'm at 7000 chips. Points don't matter to me as I haven't played in barely any BBT events.
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mtnrider81
surflexus
NewinNov (bubble)
blinders
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DDionysus
Mike_Maloney ---- I busted him. Blinds 150/300 a25. MM raises to 900 from early. Astin calls, I call w/ pocket Tens. HighonPoker calls for 750 in the SB. BB folds.
Flop is 7c-5h-9d. MM pushes in his last 5K (an over bet). Astin folds, I call and HoP folds. MM has TdJd for not much. A little sweat comes on the turn in the form over another 9 for a flush draw, but he doesn't get there and I have over 15k in chips.
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And a quick check. I'M THE CHIPLEADER.
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Patchmaster
leftlu
mattazuma
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Up to 2nd break now.
dbirider
cemfredmd
columbo --- ante up nation!
smokkee --- I busted him right before the break. He had about 5k. Blinds are 200/400 a 50. He limps in. Another player limps in. I check w/ 82. Flop comes Kd-2d-8x. I bet pretty much putting smokkee all in. He pushes, other player folds and I call like 200. He has 7d8d. He doesn't get his flush. I'm in 2nd. Two tables left.
And we're off. Lets see if I can continue this run. Top 7 spots pay.
250/500 a50.
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wwonka69
summer_babe
hoyazo
jeclimd
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Wippy1313
I lost some chips and was down to 8k, by playing a bit lose and firing continuation bets that didn't work. However I doubled up to 18k with 22 vs KQ. I limped. Button raised, I pushed, he thought, then called. He didn't get any help.
2 of 13 - blinds are 300/600 a75
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crazdgamer
garthmeister
BuddyDank
Astin
and... Unimpressed in 9th.
Well I made the final table, in the middle of a hand. horrible play. As7s in the BB. RakeFeeder pushes all in in the SB. I call. He's been so tight, I can't believe I called. He has AQ. As he's raking my chips, we make it to the final table.
I actually stupidly fold A4 in the SB when someone from MP raises. I end up pushing all in when it folds to me on the button (mind you have I have 1264 w/ blinds 400/800 a100) and I have T8. SB folds and BB only has to call 300 more. Heffmike has A5 he doesn't improve, but he does... to a boat.
I think this is my 2nd time playing in the Hoy and my 2nd Final Table, and my 2nd time not cashing. Oh well.
Good luck everyone.
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a104I9
Rake Feeder (guess my chips did him no good)
pushmonkey72
I'm a little disappointed in the final table. Even though it didn't really need to be (except for a few players), it became an all-in-fest. Every hand. Thought I was watching the WPT.
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I jumped into a 11+2 SnG and was pretty card dead and finished out of the money in 5th.
cracknaces finished in 5th
heffmike in 4th
HighOnPoker in 3rd.
At the moment FishyMcDonk (40k) vs Cmitch (124k)
It ended in a classic race: Fishy w/ TT and Cmith w/ AK. Rivers an Ace and Cmitch takes it down.
Congratulations.
Good night everybody.
Mr. 80%
OK, I’m in… again. Another affiliate deposit, but only $20. But, I’m off to an OK start. Basically turned that $20 into $32. Not as good as it sounds as it included getting VERY lucky on two key hands.
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I was playing in a micro cash game (.05/.10 full ring). I bought in for a mere 4, lost it and re-bought. The big stack at the table was pushing a lot and he had over $20 (max buy-in is $10). I got tired of him pushing. I don’t remember the hand, but the flop came Face-6-2. I had a 6. The big stack raised, I pushed in my remaining chips, he calls. He paired the face card. I rivered a 6. Now despite what J-Goat says, I don’t feel excited when I suckout like that. I feel like a donkey. Though that’s probably the case. I think in TripJax’s theory, I’m the 80%. I felt like I got a stay of execution, so I tightened up my play a little bit, and managed to turn my $10.50 total buy-in into $20; partly thanks to flopping Quad 4s, and “slow” (checked flop, small bet on the turn) playing them until the guy hit his straight on the river and I got his chips.
Unfortunately, at the same time I was donking it up in SnGs (2.25 turbos and one 6.50 turbo, plus $1.25 90 DS). In the end I was down to about $12. Then I bought into a 4-handed heads up shoot out for $5.40. I’ll admit my HU game isn’t what it used to be. But I played my first match well and managed to win that one. In the second match, I once again got super lucky. I was down about 3-2 in chips. When I raised on the button with A2s. My opponent raised and I called. Flop came Ace high. I bet out he raised and I pushed. I felt he was trying to see where I was if he had a pocket pair. He called. I was wrong. He had AQ. Turn was a 2 and I had a big suckout, again feeling like such a donkey. It tilted him a bit. The next hand he pushes, I call with AQ. He had J8. He didn’t hit and I pocketed $20.
Then this morning, I sat down at a .05/.10 short handed table. And felt I played well (then again, I DID hit a set of jacks twice), and managed to double my buy-in. So a night I wasn’t really all that proud with. I really need to refocus my game. Part of the problem playing micro limits, is I ALWAYS feel someone is making a move. That makes it difficult for me to get away from middle pairs sometimes. I’m learning that sometimes, if you KNOW your judgment can’t always be trusted, let weaker hands go. I have to get that just because these are the micro limits, not everyone is bluffing.
Hellmuth Wins #11!!!
Whether you like him or not, Hellmuth is a monster.
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He is the best Tournament No-Limit player out there. I don't think you can make a case otherwise. I think, in that fictional world were a mad man threatens to kill you unless you're top pro can beat his top pro in a No Limit Hold 'Em tournament, I gotta put my life in Hellmuth's hands.
Well, I was in no danger, BUT his win put me even with HighOnPoker in our prop bets. Sure none of his horses has done anything, but I pretty much gave away over/under for the Main Event with my way high #. Oh well. Now it's on! Come on Hellmuth... win a few more. I need to re-fund my online bankroll!
Rollin’ Rollin’ Rollin’
I just wanted to give a … um… shout out (how 90’s is that?) to some sites I read on a regular basis.
First, I’m going to cover some poker content.
I do a lot of browsing at work and like many work sites, they’ve blocked gambling sites. Even the news ones (they’ll allow me to go to Wicked Chops, but I can’t check out Poker News… morons). So when I’m looking to get info on the people at certain final tables and who placed where, I’m check out Wikipedia’s 2007 WSOP results.
The next four links are going are poker and non-poker in content… though at the moment, most of the focus is either on Vegas or WSOP.
Dr. Pauly (Paul McGuire), is a “famous” blogger (famous, as in Poker bloggers know who he is). Well I guess he was (or is), but he’s a writer first and foremost. He even publishes on online magazine, Truckin’. He posts his short stories and gets contributions from other writers. If I had readers, I might get lambasted for this next note. For my tastes, he’s kind of hit and miss. I’m often torn… his writing is fantastic and captures my interests, however, sometimes his topic isn’t … again… to my tastes. Now, that’s not to take anything away from his writing, it’s just sometimes, not for me… which, again, I’m not his target audience. With that being said… Right now there isn’t a blog entry I look forward to more, (closely tied with I Had Outs) than his daily accounts of the WSOP at the Tao of Poker. This is great story telling and great writing, all rolled into a subject that suits my taste. I can’t always sit at work and read them, so each day I’ll print it out and take it to the can for my daily er… constitution. He often talks about a Las Vegas book he is planning on writing, and let me tell you, I’ll be buying that the moment it comes out.
I’d also like to recognize his Las Vegas blog. Good information on the “goings on” in Sin City.
OK, I covered the “poker” content. Now for a couple of blogs that have absolutely nothing to do with poker. These I read somewhat regularly.
A Day in the Life of Ambulance Driver- He has been published.
Indexed- Logical ‘cartoons’ on index cards. A book is due out February 08.
Post Secret- “PostSecret is an ongoing community art project where people mail in their secrets anonymously on one side of a homemade postcard.” Three books have been published.
Luck?
I’m not going to bother to post much here, but DEFINITELY read Dr. Pauly’s post concerning luck, on Tao of Poker, titled "No Exit and Broken Mirrors." Very good.
WSOP Prop Bet
High on Poker was looking to get some prop bets going on the WSOP this year. I decided to gamble a litte. I'm really not a gamble and have had VERY little experience at any kind of prop bet.
I once bet a guy $100.00 that Orlando Bloom was in Saving Private Ryan. I seriously thought the translator was Bloom. It wasn't. He just looked so much like him. Boy was I pissed when I was wrong. I still contend it WAS Orlando Bloom but the credits were wrong.
I've made a last longer bet with Turley once (maybe twice) and I think we're even or something.
I've made two last longer bets with one of my co-workers... I lost both.
I'm hoping to turn my luck around.
Here's the bets:
1) Entrants to the Main Event: 7592 (my pick). He took the under
-----I screwed this one up, big time.
2) Pick'em Horserace: $1 for each final table / $5 for each bracelet
My picks:
a) Phil Hellmuth- he's gonna have a monster series.
b) Joe Hachem- despite the WPT win he has something to prove.
High on Poker
a) Carlos Mortensen- I'm a little worried about him, he's on a tear.
b) James Van Alstyne- juries still out on this one.
I'll probably throw something on the sidebar to keep tabs on it.
BookCrossing
I'm an avid reader when I'm not forced to for school. I enjoy all kinds, not just poker books. I know, GASP! So I found this interesting website where you can drop of your books anywhere and let them run free. Hopefully someone finds them, goes to the website (obviously you'd write this info in the book) and chronicles the book's journey.
Now there aren't a lot of places near me that has books, but there are a couple. You can search for various types of books and genres and find out where there might be some in your area. Here are a few buttons:
Poker Playlist II
OK, I checked out site meter and noticed a few of my recent google referrals involved 'poker playlist.' So I've updated my list... it is a work in progress... and it's not something I focus on all the time.... or much of the time.
A Little Less Coversation - Elvis Vs JXL
Have a Lucky Day - Morphine
The Gambler - Kenny Rogers
Take the Money and Run - Steve Miller Band
Born to be Wild - Steppenwolf
Bad Poker Hand - Gary Primich
Friday Night - Lily Allen
Take Me to the River - Al Green
Money - the Beatles
That Was a Crazy Game of Poker - O.A.R.
That's what I got so far.
FTOPS 8 - Live Blogging- Kind of.
OK, I'm about to make the first break of the FTOPS Event 8- Pot Limit Hold 'Em. Not my speciality, but I won an $8.70 to enter. 1072 Entrants. Top 153 Paid Spots- 1st place: $40,971.84.
I missed the first 10 hands, because I need a Starbucks Chai Latte to stay awake. I jump in and try to play tight. Early on I couldn't catch any flops. If I have a pocket pair, it comes all overs. AQ misses. I even tried to raise what I felt was a continuation bet when my AQ missed, but he came over the top and I had to let it go.
I had one hand which I'm kinda kicking myself.
Full Tilt Poker Game #2456441100: FTOPS Event #8 (15942372), Table 108 - 20/40 - Pot Limit Hold'em - 21:35:01 ET - 2007/05/18
Seat 1: reddog135 (3,382)
Seat 2: ACESRSEXY (435)
Seat 3: AKADutchess (2,410)
Seat 4: cyberibs (3,272)
Seat 5: ggsachs (7,991)
Seat 6: pb9617 (3,690)
Seat 7: Chick McGee24 (3,210)
Seat 8: Unimpressed (2,370)
Seat 9: Schleck (3,060)
Chick McGee24 posts the small blind of 20
Unimpressed posts the big blind of 40
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Unimpressed [Js Kc]
Schleck folds
reddog135 folds
ACESRSEXY calls 40
AKADutchess folds
cyberibs folds
ggsachs has 15 seconds left to act
ggsachs raises to 180
pb9617 folds
Chick McGee24 folds
Unimpressed folds
ACESRSEXY calls 140
*** FLOP *** [5s Jd Kd]
ACESRSEXY checks
ggsachs bets 420
ACESRSEXY folds
Uncalled bet of 420 returned to ggsachs.
I think I shouldn't be too upset, it was KJ which is a marginal hand at best (unless you play it right, then it's 98% favorite), and I was out of position. The fact that I'd hit the flop is results based poker which isn't good.
When I was super short stacked (about 800 chips) I had two hands in the BB I was willing to push with but it folded around to me.
Finally I was dealt AQ, flopped a Q and made some cash. I was dissapointed that I didn't get a free double up. I went against the monster stack about 7K chips to my 800, but he folded when I bet the flop.
I again took down a pot with a 1/2 pot bet this time with KQ when I flopped a Q.
AND IT'S OFFICIAL, I MADE THE FIRST BREAK!
At the break I'm @ 1349 in chips. not good since I started with 3k.
Update 10:30 est: Halfway to the next break. I can't catch a hand to save my life. 889 chips. Blinds are 50/100. I'm going to have to push soon. There's only two people who would have to think about calling me.
Update 10:37 est: I'm out in 635th place. Final hand was a race. Which I lost.
Full Tilt Poker Game #2456906672: FTOPS Event #8 (15942372), Table 108 - 60/120 - Pot Limit Hold'em - 22:35:25 ET - 2007/05/18
Seat 1: reddog135 (5,714)
Seat 2: Triplesuited415 (2,626)
Seat 3: Cantsayiknowyou (15,437)
Seat 4: cyberibs (8,937)
Seat 5: ggsachs (8,276)
Seat 6: pb9617 (2,985)
Seat 7: rev hockey (4,695)
Seat 8: Unimpressed (889)
Seat 9: Bbuddy4brkfst (689)
cyberibs posts the small blind of 60
ggsachs posts the big blind of 120
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Unimpressed [9h 9d]
Bbuddy4brkfst: i had 15 twice
reddog135: money fav
pb9617 has 15 seconds left to act
pb9617 folds
rev hockey raises to 360
Unimpressed: suckin' balls.
Unimpressed raises to 889, and is all in
Bbuddy4brkfst folds
reddog135 folds
Triplesuited415 folds
Cantsayiknowyou folds
cyberibs folds
ggsachs folds
rev hockey calls 529
Unimpressed shows [9h 9d]
rev hockey shows [Ac Kh]
*** FLOP *** [Jd Kc Ah]
*** TURN *** [Jd Kc Ah] [5s]
*** RIVER *** [Jd Kc Ah 5s] [Js]
Unimpressed: Figures.
Unimpressed shows two pair, Jacks and Nines
rev hockey shows two pair, Aces and Kings
rev hockey wins the pot (1,958) with two pair, Aces and Kings
Unimpressed: night folks
Unimpressed stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1,958 Rake 0
Board: [Jd Kc Ah 5s Js]
Seat 1: reddog135 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: Triplesuited415 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: Cantsayiknowyou (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: cyberibs (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: ggsachs (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: pb9617 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: rev hockey showed [Ac Kh] and won (1,958) with two pair, Aces and Kings
Seat 8: Unimpressed showed [9h 9d] and lost with two pair, Jacks and Nines
Seat 9: Bbuddy4brkfst didn't bet (folded)
At least Full Tilt crushed my dreams on the flop.
Overview: I didn't like my play. I played too passively. Early on I tried to see some cheap flops, but made the mistake of calling standard raises to try to hit the flop and having to let go when I missed. I also didn't get much in the way of hands. AQ twice (which I talked about) and then nothing higher than 66 (maybe 88) once until my 99. And any pocket pair I did get missed the flop completely and I had to let them go.
Bottom line, I played too passively. Loose Passive early, then Tight passive late. I even thought about folding my 99. Since it was it was UTG+1 raising. Ultimately with my stack size I was glad I chose to raise and hoped it would push people out. Which it did.
Good night folks. Back to grinding it out @ the .05/.10 Ring games.
Bank In The Saddle Again.
Well my rakeback came through last week and I haven't donked it off yet. "And I stress yet."
It wasn't much. About $37. I've played in 3 or 4 micro cash games and turned decent profit on most (one was a 80 cent profit- for a very short session). I also played in two turbo SnGs, $6 + .50 and a $11+1. I finished in 2nd in both of them for OK cashes. I played in a 13 (I think +1, I don't remember) Heads Up SnG for a $26 token. I played loose early on and dropped to about T600. Doubled up then donked some off on bluffs to about T800, but then played patient poker and ended up taking the win. I got lucky in that he never sucked out on me. Any hand that was all-in, I had the best hand. The weirdest was the hand that gave me the chip lead. I had Kx. Flop came J-K-J. I bet he raised, I pushed (this is from memory and I could be wrong). He shows 77. I took the lead and never looked back.
It felt good to win that, especially after throwing some chips away. It wasn't a turbo so I wasn't afraid of the blinds early on. I didn't mind losing chips trying some moves. I haven't played much heads up recently so I was getting worried about my HU game. Hopefully I'll get some HU experience in either the AIPS event of the FTOPS event.
I tried to parlay that into a $75 token in order to play ina $75 SnG for entry into FTOPS event 6 (short handed) but I finished in 7th place and decided to give up trying. My bankroll can't handle the attempts right now. I'm around the $70 mark. I might try to turn $4 (or $8) into a $75 token (or maybe just try a $75 token frenzy.. I think it's $11 bucks). Then I'll enter the Big Big Game on Sunday. We'll see.
I have the Ante Up AIPS tournament tonight. Also a shorthanded event. On Friday is Event 8 of the FTOPS (Pot Limit HE), which I have entry for. Hopefully that goes well. I'm going to try to take some screen shots as I go through the tournament.
Finally, a bit thanks to Waffles and Goat for stopping by.
See you at the tables.
