I had to make a tough decision today yet i'm very confident it's the right one. I came into this year with the goal of making $200,000. This fits into my overall plan of shooting for one million in a yer by the time i've been here five years (year 1> $100,000 2> $200,000 3> $400,000 4> $750,000 5> $1,000,000).
I decided to put myself in a bad spot this year by hardly playing at all in march and april. I feel I have good excuses yet the fact remains I havn't delivered this year. There's good news and bad news here. The bad news is my WSOP this year is going to be severely limited. Not because I can't afford to play but because I didn't plan properly and the impact on my bankroll could put me in a bad spot.
The good news? I am more focused and dedicated now than I have ever been. As bad of a situation as this may be for me in the overall picture it may be good. I won't let this happen again; ever. If I stay on my current course and plan correctly for next year I can easily see myself with a 15+ event WSOP.
I've by no means given up on this years tournament. I will probably take 2-3000 to the Rio on satellite day and play $500 sit n go's and should hopefully be able to parlay that into a few events. It's going to be all business all the time around here. I'm very dissapointed in myself yet I can only see good things coming out of this. Only time will tell....
Saturday and Sunday session results +2300
Sunday, May 27, 2007
Saturday, May 26, 2007
The new ride
Wednesday was completely lost to Subaru of Las Vegas and my new Subaru WRX STI that I ended up getting. It was a sad moment when I let go of my old WRX but I was completely over it by the time I got the new one home.
Thursday was golf at Angel Park with 3 guys Jen works with. I ended up shooting one of my worst rounds of the year. A 58 on the front and 53 on the back for a 111. A far cry from my season best 89 earlier in the year. This makes two bad outings in a row for me. I think that lessons are a necessity soon. I'll be going to the range later today so we'll see how that goes.
Put a short session in on Friday. I finished +750 and decided to take a quick nap and put in a longer session at night. I woke up at 5:00am... oops
It's hard to find good games at this time of the day.. I've been playing 3/6 on bodog since nobody is playing higher yet. It's been awhile since i've put a long session in during the day so i'm looking forward to it.
Here's a pic of the STI. There are a few more on myspace
Thursday was golf at Angel Park with 3 guys Jen works with. I ended up shooting one of my worst rounds of the year. A 58 on the front and 53 on the back for a 111. A far cry from my season best 89 earlier in the year. This makes two bad outings in a row for me. I think that lessons are a necessity soon. I'll be going to the range later today so we'll see how that goes.
Put a short session in on Friday. I finished +750 and decided to take a quick nap and put in a longer session at night. I woke up at 5:00am... oops
It's hard to find good games at this time of the day.. I've been playing 3/6 on bodog since nobody is playing higher yet. It's been awhile since i've put a long session in during the day so i'm looking forward to it.
Here's a pic of the STI. There are a few more on myspace
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
boooring
I had a medium length session today in what can be described only as frusterating. How many times can I be check raised in one session? I should of kept a count...
I had a good run at 10/20 and was sitting about +1500 when I lost a big pot to a 3 outer after we got it all in on the turn. aaaagh! Busting at 10/20 stings and afterwards I started to feel my play was deteriorating so I went and watched some tv for awhile. I came back and ended my day +250. Feels like a waste but anytime I can turn a loss into a small win i'm happy.
I'm going car shopping in the early afternoon (time to trade the REX for an STI) and then hopefully putting in a full session before the lost seasion finale tonight! They're really hyping this one up.... and when Lost hypes something up they can usually deliver. Until tomorrow...
I had a good run at 10/20 and was sitting about +1500 when I lost a big pot to a 3 outer after we got it all in on the turn. aaaagh! Busting at 10/20 stings and afterwards I started to feel my play was deteriorating so I went and watched some tv for awhile. I came back and ended my day +250. Feels like a waste but anytime I can turn a loss into a small win i'm happy.
I'm going car shopping in the early afternoon (time to trade the REX for an STI) and then hopefully putting in a full session before the lost seasion finale tonight! They're really hyping this one up.... and when Lost hypes something up they can usually deliver. Until tomorrow...
Monday, May 21, 2007
Omaha
Two short session today. I miss pot limit omaha so that's what my first session primarily consisted of. Omaha is such a beautiful game. It's a game of endless possibilities. I was distracted with chat windows so I played one 2/4 PLO and one 1/2 PLO hi-lo. Split pot games aren't my specialty by any means but I do feel I still have an advantage in the lower limit games because of my PLO experience.
One reason I love PLO so much? Re-draws. A situation where you and another player flop the nuts but someone is also drawing at a better hand for the whole pot. A perfect example came up today. The pot wasn't huge but it demonstrates the concept perfectly.
I was holding 9h 6h 2d 7c in an unraised pot. Two other players saw the flop with me.
Flop 4h 5h 3c
The first player to act bets out the pot which was $24. The next to act folds and I have a very juicy situation. I have the nuts and I assume my opponent does too. The correct play here is to raise. If my opponent also has 6 7 he will want to get his chips all in the pot and I will very likely be freerolling for my flush and the whole pot.
I raised to $96 total and my opponent moved it in for his last $140. I called and he showed 6s 7d Qs 10d for the flopped straight. The best he could do was tie me here.
Turn Jd
River 10h for the whole pot.
I ended that session +300 and when I came back from bowling last night I played a quick 30 minute session of 10/20NL and finished +500.
Sunday session results +800
One reason I love PLO so much? Re-draws. A situation where you and another player flop the nuts but someone is also drawing at a better hand for the whole pot. A perfect example came up today. The pot wasn't huge but it demonstrates the concept perfectly.
I was holding 9h 6h 2d 7c in an unraised pot. Two other players saw the flop with me.
Flop 4h 5h 3c
The first player to act bets out the pot which was $24. The next to act folds and I have a very juicy situation. I have the nuts and I assume my opponent does too. The correct play here is to raise. If my opponent also has 6 7 he will want to get his chips all in the pot and I will very likely be freerolling for my flush and the whole pot.
I raised to $96 total and my opponent moved it in for his last $140. I called and he showed 6s 7d Qs 10d for the flopped straight. The best he could do was tie me here.
Turn Jd
River 10h for the whole pot.
I ended that session +300 and when I came back from bowling last night I played a quick 30 minute session of 10/20NL and finished +500.
Sunday session results +800
Saturday, May 19, 2007
where.. oh where.. are my tournament results?
I suck at tournaments right now. I don't know any other way to put it. My results havn't been there. I havn't played many this year so I could be quick to judge myself... but this FTOPS i've yet to cash. Plus a couple others i've played and have yet to cash one. Good thing my cash game has been A+ since I came back from my hiatus at the beginning of the month.
Played in the PLH 200+16 FTOPS event.. busted in the first hour. In my own defense I do have to say I only busted once getting my money in as the worst. For the rest I was a favorite and outdrawn... so I guess i'll quit whining.
Put in a good session today. Close to 7 hours. It was a rollercoaster all day and I lost a few key pots early as a big favorite. The tables were loose and that will create some of those bad beats. I'll take a loose table with lots of gambling over a tight table any day.
I kept 4 tables up most the day. I flirted with 5 now and then but 4 is my comfort zone when i'm mixing in the 10/20 games. There's alot of money flying around there so I like to keep my mind at ease by not having too much going on at once.
I spent most of my session in the +4-600 range. I was content leaving with that since I was down a quick 1500 to start the day off. I made an interesting call at the end of day that ended up being the majority of my profit for the day.
Sitting at 10/20NL. I'm on the button and have 4c 6c. 5 seat raises to $70, 6 seat calls, I call and the big blind calls.
Flop 4d 6d 7c
BB checks, 5 seat fires 200 and 6 seat folds. I raise it up to $550 and the BB folds. 5 seat calls.
Turn Kh
5 seat quickly moves it for his last $780 and now I have a decision to make. My instinct is to make the quick call but I need to put him on a hand. What can he make this play with? It's possible he has me crushed here with a hand like 67 but its hard to put him there because of his middle position raise. 77? maybe... I have him more in the range two big diamonds with the Kd in his hand possibly. maybe AK or AQ of diamonds. Not alot of hands I put him on have me beat. If he had KK the best play is to check. I'm almost guaranteed to fire the turn after my raise on the flop.
The final result is i'm still beating too many hands to lay down here. Im at least a 65% favorite against alot of hands. 80% against any overpair to the flop except for kings. I make the call. He turns over 5d 5c for the straight draw and the 4s on the river seals the deal for a nice pot. Alot of the cards I was scared of aren't a factor here (k, 7 or diamond) and I was over a 3/1 favorite with 1 to come.
I registered for the 150k guaranteed on absolute and the 250k guaranteed NLH FTOPS event. Both early afternoon today. Hopefully this tourney drought will end. Until then....
Friday session results +2700
Played in the PLH 200+16 FTOPS event.. busted in the first hour. In my own defense I do have to say I only busted once getting my money in as the worst. For the rest I was a favorite and outdrawn... so I guess i'll quit whining.
Put in a good session today. Close to 7 hours. It was a rollercoaster all day and I lost a few key pots early as a big favorite. The tables were loose and that will create some of those bad beats. I'll take a loose table with lots of gambling over a tight table any day.
I kept 4 tables up most the day. I flirted with 5 now and then but 4 is my comfort zone when i'm mixing in the 10/20 games. There's alot of money flying around there so I like to keep my mind at ease by not having too much going on at once.
I spent most of my session in the +4-600 range. I was content leaving with that since I was down a quick 1500 to start the day off. I made an interesting call at the end of day that ended up being the majority of my profit for the day.
Sitting at 10/20NL. I'm on the button and have 4c 6c. 5 seat raises to $70, 6 seat calls, I call and the big blind calls.
Flop 4d 6d 7c
BB checks, 5 seat fires 200 and 6 seat folds. I raise it up to $550 and the BB folds. 5 seat calls.
Turn Kh
5 seat quickly moves it for his last $780 and now I have a decision to make. My instinct is to make the quick call but I need to put him on a hand. What can he make this play with? It's possible he has me crushed here with a hand like 67 but its hard to put him there because of his middle position raise. 77? maybe... I have him more in the range two big diamonds with the Kd in his hand possibly. maybe AK or AQ of diamonds. Not alot of hands I put him on have me beat. If he had KK the best play is to check. I'm almost guaranteed to fire the turn after my raise on the flop.
The final result is i'm still beating too many hands to lay down here. Im at least a 65% favorite against alot of hands. 80% against any overpair to the flop except for kings. I make the call. He turns over 5d 5c for the straight draw and the 4s on the river seals the deal for a nice pot. Alot of the cards I was scared of aren't a factor here (k, 7 or diamond) and I was over a 3/1 favorite with 1 to come.
I registered for the 150k guaranteed on absolute and the 250k guaranteed NLH FTOPS event. Both early afternoon today. Hopefully this tourney drought will end. Until then....
Friday session results +2700
Friday, May 18, 2007
"dude.. you suck"
I've never been insulted at a live poker table before until yesterday. I was out with some friends and we ended up at Red Rock. After about an hour of losing at pai gow (the first and last time i play that game) everyone heading their seperate ways and I headed over to the poker room to play some 2/5 NL for a bit.
It was about 5am, I was a little tired and a little drunk and in hindsight I probably should of been nowhere near the office... but i wanted to play!
I'll just clarify quickly that this is not meant to be a bad beat blog. I'm using this to keep track of key hands where I feel I either messed up or made a good play. It's also here to help track my session results and let my readers know how i'm doing. I promise to lay off the bad beat stories.... having said that... here's a bad beat.
I was about an hour into my session and still relatively close to my buyin of 400 when I was beaten by a horrible player AND insulted in the same hand. I limp on the button with 8h 10h and take a flop with 4 other players.
Flop 9h 7h 2c
The small blind fires out 20 into the pot and there is a fold and a call to me on my button. I raise it up to 90, the SB calls and the other caller folds. Heads up to the turn.
Turn 10c
Check to me and I fire all-in for about $280. A small over bet of the pot but almost any bet here will commit myself to this pot. I have top pair and somewhere between 15-20 wins with 1 to come if i'm behind. If he's on the flush draw with me I have him crushed right now.
He goes into the tank for about 20 seconds and then calls with the nuts. Yes, the Jd 8d. alright I guess... I go "you had to think about that?" and he shoots back a snippy "yeah dude.. you suck. all in with a flush draw? k'mon" I just smiled, gave a half hearted "nice hand" and the Kc on the river sent me home.
I lost track of where I was going with all this so I guess the moral of the story is go home and goto bed and don't play cards if you've been drinking.
Not alot to report the last 2 days. I played a half hearted session on Wednesday and just spun my wheels for a total of -400 after my time at red rock. Today I took the day off and went to Lake Mead with a buddy of mine. I ended up playing for 15 minutes when I got home and was +400. Friday is always a big work day so it should be a good night tonight.
Wednesday and Thursday results +-0
It was about 5am, I was a little tired and a little drunk and in hindsight I probably should of been nowhere near the office... but i wanted to play!
I'll just clarify quickly that this is not meant to be a bad beat blog. I'm using this to keep track of key hands where I feel I either messed up or made a good play. It's also here to help track my session results and let my readers know how i'm doing. I promise to lay off the bad beat stories.... having said that... here's a bad beat.
I was about an hour into my session and still relatively close to my buyin of 400 when I was beaten by a horrible player AND insulted in the same hand. I limp on the button with 8h 10h and take a flop with 4 other players.
Flop 9h 7h 2c
The small blind fires out 20 into the pot and there is a fold and a call to me on my button. I raise it up to 90, the SB calls and the other caller folds. Heads up to the turn.
Turn 10c
Check to me and I fire all-in for about $280. A small over bet of the pot but almost any bet here will commit myself to this pot. I have top pair and somewhere between 15-20 wins with 1 to come if i'm behind. If he's on the flush draw with me I have him crushed right now.
He goes into the tank for about 20 seconds and then calls with the nuts. Yes, the Jd 8d. alright I guess... I go "you had to think about that?" and he shoots back a snippy "yeah dude.. you suck. all in with a flush draw? k'mon" I just smiled, gave a half hearted "nice hand" and the Kc on the river sent me home.
I lost track of where I was going with all this so I guess the moral of the story is go home and goto bed and don't play cards if you've been drinking.
Not alot to report the last 2 days. I played a half hearted session on Wednesday and just spun my wheels for a total of -400 after my time at red rock. Today I took the day off and went to Lake Mead with a buddy of mine. I ended up playing for 15 minutes when I got home and was +400. Friday is always a big work day so it should be a good night tonight.
Wednesday and Thursday results +-0
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
What would you do for $15 an hour?
Personally I have to say there isn't much I would be willing to do for a $15 an hour job... I've grown to expect alot more from poker than that.. but that's exactly what I made today.. $15 an hour for a total of +100 on Tuesday's session. Trust me when I tell you it could of been ALOT worse.
Started off the session 6 tabling five 5/10NL and one 10/20NL table. After about an hour of that it proved to be too much as I was running a little bit slower mentally today than normal. I was tired and I couldn't keep up. Moved down to four 5/10 tables and it was much better. Then all hell broke loose on me and I was down a quick 2600 before I knew what happened. This is the hand that was the overall worse.
I'd only been at the table about 15 minutes at this time.
Full Tilt Poker Game #2434357603: Table Desert Oak - $5/$10 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:06:10 ET - 2007/05/15
Seat 1: csimmsux ($2,528.50)
Seat 2: zekulya ($948.50)
Seat 3: RAC00N ($2,136.70)
Seat 4: Beomer ($227.80)
Seat 5: DRUNKENSTYLE ($1,346.50)
Seat 6: bk shark ($352.50)
Seat 7: drchaos ($1,005)
Seat 8: MstAA mAArtini ($373)
Seat 9: Judo Bob ($316.75)
csimmsux posts the small blind of $5
zekulya posts the big blind of $10
The button is in seat #9
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to drchaos [Ah As]
RAC00N folds
Beomer folds
DRUNKENSTYLE folds
bk shark folds
drchaos raises to $35
MstAA mAArtini folds
Judo Bob calls $35
csimmsux raises to $150
zekulya folds
drchaos calls $115 **The first hand i've seen this guy play. The smooth call is a trap for an odvious KK or QQ. He will fire huge on the flop and the only way I can see myself getting away from this hand is a KQx flop**
Judo Bob folds
*** FLOP *** [4h Th 2h] **A great flop for my AA the way this hand was played. I have this guy on JJ-QQ at worst and most likely KK with a heart if i'm lucky. One thing is for sure, I can beat about 95% of the hands that can repop me preflop**
csimmsux bets $220
drchaos raises to $500
csimmsux raises to $1,845
drchaos calls $355, and is all in
csimmsux shows [2d 2c] **umm.... excuse me?**
drchaos shows [Ah As]
Uncalled bet of $990 returned to csimmsux
*** TURN *** [4h Th 2h] [Qc]
*** RIVER *** [4h Th 2h Qc] [4s]
csimmsux shows a full house, Twos full of Fours
drchaos shows two pair, Aces and Fours
csimmsux wins the pot ($2,052) with a full house, Twos full of Fours
drchaos is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $2,055 Rake $3
Board: [4h Th 2h Qc 4s]
Seat 1: csimmsux (small blind) showed [2d 2c] and won ($2,052) with a full house, Twos full of Fours
Seat 2: zekulya (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: RAC00N didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: Beomer didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: DRUNKENSTYLE didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: bk shark didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: drchaos showed [Ah As] and lost with two pair, Aces and Fours
Seat 8: MstAA mAArtini didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: Judo Bob (button) folded before the Flop
Long story short... I don't see any way to get away from this hand. I absolutely have to pay off a set or a flopped flush here. I win this situation alot more than I lose it. As it turned out this guy was a nutcase with any pair preflop. He was sitting with well over 3k and playing like a douche. Three hands after he busted me he reraised a guy AI preflop for 450 more with 3c 3s and promptly lost to Js Jd. I didn't stay around for too many more of his antics after that. I needed a lunch break.
Tomorrow I plan on playing the $200+16 FTOPS shorthanded NLH tournament and then a $50+5 PLO hi/lo tournament for Brad that he won a seat into but can't play in. I'm actually excited for the hi/lo tournament. I love pot limit omaha... especially hi/lo. A little over a year ago I had about a 2 month stretch where all I play was PLO hi/lo and I did pretty well. Alot of people had no clue how to play the game and it worked out pretty well for me. I just havn't been playing it lately since most the H/L games don't get higher than 2/4 online anymore.
To finish off there's some good news.. I made my hourly rate a little more respectable while I was writing this. Tuesday session results +500
Started off the session 6 tabling five 5/10NL and one 10/20NL table. After about an hour of that it proved to be too much as I was running a little bit slower mentally today than normal. I was tired and I couldn't keep up. Moved down to four 5/10 tables and it was much better. Then all hell broke loose on me and I was down a quick 2600 before I knew what happened. This is the hand that was the overall worse.
I'd only been at the table about 15 minutes at this time.
Full Tilt Poker Game #2434357603: Table Desert Oak - $5/$10 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:06:10 ET - 2007/05/15
Seat 1: csimmsux ($2,528.50)
Seat 2: zekulya ($948.50)
Seat 3: RAC00N ($2,136.70)
Seat 4: Beomer ($227.80)
Seat 5: DRUNKENSTYLE ($1,346.50)
Seat 6: bk shark ($352.50)
Seat 7: drchaos ($1,005)
Seat 8: MstAA mAArtini ($373)
Seat 9: Judo Bob ($316.75)
csimmsux posts the small blind of $5
zekulya posts the big blind of $10
The button is in seat #9
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to drchaos [Ah As]
RAC00N folds
Beomer folds
DRUNKENSTYLE folds
bk shark folds
drchaos raises to $35
MstAA mAArtini folds
Judo Bob calls $35
csimmsux raises to $150
zekulya folds
drchaos calls $115 **The first hand i've seen this guy play. The smooth call is a trap for an odvious KK or QQ. He will fire huge on the flop and the only way I can see myself getting away from this hand is a KQx flop**
Judo Bob folds
*** FLOP *** [4h Th 2h] **A great flop for my AA the way this hand was played. I have this guy on JJ-QQ at worst and most likely KK with a heart if i'm lucky. One thing is for sure, I can beat about 95% of the hands that can repop me preflop**
csimmsux bets $220
drchaos raises to $500
csimmsux raises to $1,845
drchaos calls $355, and is all in
csimmsux shows [2d 2c] **umm.... excuse me?**
drchaos shows [Ah As]
Uncalled bet of $990 returned to csimmsux
*** TURN *** [4h Th 2h] [Qc]
*** RIVER *** [4h Th 2h Qc] [4s]
csimmsux shows a full house, Twos full of Fours
drchaos shows two pair, Aces and Fours
csimmsux wins the pot ($2,052) with a full house, Twos full of Fours
drchaos is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $2,055 Rake $3
Board: [4h Th 2h Qc 4s]
Seat 1: csimmsux (small blind) showed [2d 2c] and won ($2,052) with a full house, Twos full of Fours
Seat 2: zekulya (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: RAC00N didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: Beomer didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: DRUNKENSTYLE didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: bk shark didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: drchaos showed [Ah As] and lost with two pair, Aces and Fours
Seat 8: MstAA mAArtini didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: Judo Bob (button) folded before the Flop
Long story short... I don't see any way to get away from this hand. I absolutely have to pay off a set or a flopped flush here. I win this situation alot more than I lose it. As it turned out this guy was a nutcase with any pair preflop. He was sitting with well over 3k and playing like a douche. Three hands after he busted me he reraised a guy AI preflop for 450 more with 3c 3s and promptly lost to Js Jd. I didn't stay around for too many more of his antics after that. I needed a lunch break.
Tomorrow I plan on playing the $200+16 FTOPS shorthanded NLH tournament and then a $50+5 PLO hi/lo tournament for Brad that he won a seat into but can't play in. I'm actually excited for the hi/lo tournament. I love pot limit omaha... especially hi/lo. A little over a year ago I had about a 2 month stretch where all I play was PLO hi/lo and I did pretty well. Alot of people had no clue how to play the game and it worked out pretty well for me. I just havn't been playing it lately since most the H/L games don't get higher than 2/4 online anymore.
To finish off there's some good news.. I made my hourly rate a little more respectable while I was writing this. Tuesday session results +500
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Golf, more craps and a little poker
Sunday was a very unproductive day for me but I don't really feel bad about that. I ended up ditching the sunday tournaments to go golfing with Anthony and two of his buddies over at Boulder Creek Golf Club in Boulder City. I shot a 112.. one of the worst performances i've had in a long time. I blame it on the fact we shot from the gold tees and it was windy as hell. seriously now... what good thing could possibly come from us shooting from the professional tees? Adding an extra 1000 yards to the course on a windy day only made a bad thing that much worse.. so.. the next time I shoot from pro tees is when I shoot par.
Later sunday night I ended up going over to Red Rock Station with Jen, a friend of hers Geoff and one of his friends. I was talking about my experience at the craps table the night before and ended up showing them how to play. I made $600 in about 45 minutes and decided to call it quits. I really love playing craps. I think stopping while i'm ahead is probably a really good idea tho.
Poker today was limited.. I just wasn't in the mindset all day. I ended up playing the 1000+60 FTOPS event and busted out in the first hour when I raised out of the SB with 10c 10d when it was only down to the blinds. The BB defended and we saw the 3d 5c 8s flop. I fired out a pot sized bet and was called. Turn 9d. I fired out a pot sized bet again and was raised all in. I thought for a second and decided I was getting too good of value to not call for my tournament life. BB turned over Ad 6d and the As on the river sent me packing.
I was doing alright in my cash games while I played in the FTOPS tourney but I really havn't had the desire to put in any serious hours today. I lost a big pot on Absolute with my Qc Qs against Ad As on a very unscary board (is unscary even a word?). He check called me on the flop, turn and then check raised me on the river... thanks. A little too tired to appreciate that move. I'll sleep all this off and come back strong tomorrow. Maybe i'll go play live now that my checks are finally starting to get here.
Monday session results -1100
Later sunday night I ended up going over to Red Rock Station with Jen, a friend of hers Geoff and one of his friends. I was talking about my experience at the craps table the night before and ended up showing them how to play. I made $600 in about 45 minutes and decided to call it quits. I really love playing craps. I think stopping while i'm ahead is probably a really good idea tho.
Poker today was limited.. I just wasn't in the mindset all day. I ended up playing the 1000+60 FTOPS event and busted out in the first hour when I raised out of the SB with 10c 10d when it was only down to the blinds. The BB defended and we saw the 3d 5c 8s flop. I fired out a pot sized bet and was called. Turn 9d. I fired out a pot sized bet again and was raised all in. I thought for a second and decided I was getting too good of value to not call for my tournament life. BB turned over Ad 6d and the As on the river sent me packing.
I was doing alright in my cash games while I played in the FTOPS tourney but I really havn't had the desire to put in any serious hours today. I lost a big pot on Absolute with my Qc Qs against Ad As on a very unscary board (is unscary even a word?). He check called me on the flop, turn and then check raised me on the river... thanks. A little too tired to appreciate that move. I'll sleep all this off and come back strong tomorrow. Maybe i'll go play live now that my checks are finally starting to get here.
Monday session results -1100
Sunday, May 13, 2007
Crap!
Today was one of the more frusterating sessions since I got back into the swing of things. No matter what I did at the tables it seemed I couldn't get anything rolling. Overall i'm not effected by it because I feel I did a good job minimizing my losses.
I played in the 150k guaranteed on AP and the PLO rebuy FTOPS event. Missed the money in both. Altho, on a positive note I did limit myself to 1 rebuy in the PLO event and didn't even have to use it. I played pretty well compared to when I played the tourney last fall.
Cash games were mostly a bust too. I played only one big pot and came up on the wrong end. Second to act minumum raises to $20 and I call in the 4 spot with 2s 2h. The button makes it $65 to go and early position folds. The button is about $750 behind and I decide to take a flop. Flop 10h 6c 2c. I begin to lay my trap and check flop. Button quickly fires out $120 and I make it an easy $300 to go. After a short deliberation the button moves it in and my trap is complete. In this spot a huge majority of my opponents will have overpairs to the board or if they're lucky Ac Kc. My opponent actually turned over Jc Jd and we went to the turn which was the 8c. The river quickly brings the Ac and i'm wondering what just hit me.
I was actually rather impressed with myself over how I handled the whole situation. Nothing was thrown and no higher powers were cursed. The funny thing about being an 87% favorite when all the money goes in? 13% of the time you're going to lose.
Saturday session results -1000. It could of been alot worse...
After about 8 hours of straight poker I needed a break. My friends were all either working or more than 30 minutes away so I headed over to the Rampart Casino close by the house for a beer and possibly to play a little video poker or blackjack and relax. I walked by the craps table and figured why not. I tore out $100 and explained to the guys I was standing next to that I had no clue what was going on. One of the guys working the table told me not to worry and just do what he told me to do. I ended up playing craps for 5 hours and walked out with $800 more in my pocket than I walked in with.. and I had a blast. Craps is amazing and a ton of fun if you have someone on a roll. I consisder myself a semi-expert at craps now. I'm by no means quitting my day job... but not much can make you feel better about losing $800 than having eight new $100 bills to wipe away the tears with.
OK.. it's really time to sleep. Bodog 100k guaranteed at 1:00 and the FTOPS 750k guaranteed at 3:00. Might sleep through the bodog tourney so i'm fresh for the tilt tourney... I'll make that decision at 12:59.
One last update. While I write my blog i'm always playing 1 table.. My saturday sessions results are now only -400 for the day. Had a guy bluff his entire stack off with As 7d after I flopped a set of jacks on the Ah Js 4d board. Until tomorrow.....
I played in the 150k guaranteed on AP and the PLO rebuy FTOPS event. Missed the money in both. Altho, on a positive note I did limit myself to 1 rebuy in the PLO event and didn't even have to use it. I played pretty well compared to when I played the tourney last fall.
Cash games were mostly a bust too. I played only one big pot and came up on the wrong end. Second to act minumum raises to $20 and I call in the 4 spot with 2s 2h. The button makes it $65 to go and early position folds. The button is about $750 behind and I decide to take a flop. Flop 10h 6c 2c. I begin to lay my trap and check flop. Button quickly fires out $120 and I make it an easy $300 to go. After a short deliberation the button moves it in and my trap is complete. In this spot a huge majority of my opponents will have overpairs to the board or if they're lucky Ac Kc. My opponent actually turned over Jc Jd and we went to the turn which was the 8c. The river quickly brings the Ac and i'm wondering what just hit me.
I was actually rather impressed with myself over how I handled the whole situation. Nothing was thrown and no higher powers were cursed. The funny thing about being an 87% favorite when all the money goes in? 13% of the time you're going to lose.
Saturday session results -1000. It could of been alot worse...
After about 8 hours of straight poker I needed a break. My friends were all either working or more than 30 minutes away so I headed over to the Rampart Casino close by the house for a beer and possibly to play a little video poker or blackjack and relax. I walked by the craps table and figured why not. I tore out $100 and explained to the guys I was standing next to that I had no clue what was going on. One of the guys working the table told me not to worry and just do what he told me to do. I ended up playing craps for 5 hours and walked out with $800 more in my pocket than I walked in with.. and I had a blast. Craps is amazing and a ton of fun if you have someone on a roll. I consisder myself a semi-expert at craps now. I'm by no means quitting my day job... but not much can make you feel better about losing $800 than having eight new $100 bills to wipe away the tears with.
OK.. it's really time to sleep. Bodog 100k guaranteed at 1:00 and the FTOPS 750k guaranteed at 3:00. Might sleep through the bodog tourney so i'm fresh for the tilt tourney... I'll make that decision at 12:59.
One last update. While I write my blog i'm always playing 1 table.. My saturday sessions results are now only -400 for the day. Had a guy bluff his entire stack off with As 7d after I flopped a set of jacks on the Ah Js 4d board. Until tomorrow.....
Friday, May 11, 2007
The super duper turbo sit & go
This last week has been really good for me. I've been slowly getting back into the swing of things and putting in longer session. I feel like the love for the game that I lost is back now and i'm playing better than ever.
When I got up today I had a msg on MSN from Brad saying he was going to try and win a seat into the first FTOPS event in a 50+4 satellite he had won a seat into. When I went to see how he was doing there were 210/850 players left Brad's entire table folding around every hand so that they would all make it into the last 100 players which would pay a seat into event #1. I found it hilarious. What makes the story even better is his entire table made the money and won a seat.
Brad and I chatted on MSN for awhile and he told me about the super turbo sit n go's that FT was running for the event. I decided I was bored and registered for one. The concept was simple; 24+2, 100 chips per player, turbo blind levels and 15/30 starting blinds. The very first hand I picked up QQ and moved it in. I was called by two players with Ace rag and took a quick and commanding chip lead. I ended up winning the damn thing and saved myself a $200 buyin for the first event. Thanks Brad!
I swapped 25% stakes with Brad in the tourney and we both ended up falling short of the money. We were both eliminated in the low 1000's out of 2400 entrants. The next FTOPS event is the 100+9 PLO Rebuy tomorrow at 1:30. I want to play it... we'll see if I can get up by then. I'm getting pretty used to sleeping until 3:00ish again. Plus, last time I played in the PLO rebuy I rebought 9 times and needed to make top 20 to break even. Maybe i'll have more discipline this time around.....maybe
I didn't money the tournament but I did have some pretty good action going in the cash table on the side. One big hand was a a pretty bad case of a cold deck for the guy I busted.
I raised it up to $40 in 2nd position with Ac Ad. Player in seat 5 calls and everyone else folds. Flop Ah Jc 9h. I fire out $60 into the $90 pot and am instacalled by my opponent. I love this flop and I play it like I would if I had any other hand. I fire 2/3 of the pot. Turn As. Four aces makes me feel a whole lot better about my hand so I check to this guy and hope he bluffs at the pot. My hopes are realized as my opponent fires $135 into the pot. Now I have a real dilema on my hands... Do I raise him here because i'm out of position and risk him folding? Or do I smooth call and fire on the river? I elected to smooth call. River Qd. I check. Now, normally I wouldn't... I believe strongly that the best poker players are the aggressive players. Right here I genuinely believe he has a drawing hand that missed and the only way I can get maximum value from the hand is to let him bluff again. After all, if i'm right he's already bluffed at it once.. He will likely fire again. A long 10 seconds passed as my opponent thought about his next move. He fires $450 into the pot and I instantly move it in for his last $120. He calls, turns over his 9c 9s for the under full and I rake in the pot. As it turns out I could of played this hand almost any way after the flop and gotten my chips all in. It was still a fun hand nonetheless.
Friday session results +2500
When I got up today I had a msg on MSN from Brad saying he was going to try and win a seat into the first FTOPS event in a 50+4 satellite he had won a seat into. When I went to see how he was doing there were 210/850 players left Brad's entire table folding around every hand so that they would all make it into the last 100 players which would pay a seat into event #1. I found it hilarious. What makes the story even better is his entire table made the money and won a seat.
Brad and I chatted on MSN for awhile and he told me about the super turbo sit n go's that FT was running for the event. I decided I was bored and registered for one. The concept was simple; 24+2, 100 chips per player, turbo blind levels and 15/30 starting blinds. The very first hand I picked up QQ and moved it in. I was called by two players with Ace rag and took a quick and commanding chip lead. I ended up winning the damn thing and saved myself a $200 buyin for the first event. Thanks Brad!
I swapped 25% stakes with Brad in the tourney and we both ended up falling short of the money. We were both eliminated in the low 1000's out of 2400 entrants. The next FTOPS event is the 100+9 PLO Rebuy tomorrow at 1:30. I want to play it... we'll see if I can get up by then. I'm getting pretty used to sleeping until 3:00ish again. Plus, last time I played in the PLO rebuy I rebought 9 times and needed to make top 20 to break even. Maybe i'll have more discipline this time around.....maybe
I didn't money the tournament but I did have some pretty good action going in the cash table on the side. One big hand was a a pretty bad case of a cold deck for the guy I busted.
I raised it up to $40 in 2nd position with Ac Ad. Player in seat 5 calls and everyone else folds. Flop Ah Jc 9h. I fire out $60 into the $90 pot and am instacalled by my opponent. I love this flop and I play it like I would if I had any other hand. I fire 2/3 of the pot. Turn As. Four aces makes me feel a whole lot better about my hand so I check to this guy and hope he bluffs at the pot. My hopes are realized as my opponent fires $135 into the pot. Now I have a real dilema on my hands... Do I raise him here because i'm out of position and risk him folding? Or do I smooth call and fire on the river? I elected to smooth call. River Qd. I check. Now, normally I wouldn't... I believe strongly that the best poker players are the aggressive players. Right here I genuinely believe he has a drawing hand that missed and the only way I can get maximum value from the hand is to let him bluff again. After all, if i'm right he's already bluffed at it once.. He will likely fire again. A long 10 seconds passed as my opponent thought about his next move. He fires $450 into the pot and I instantly move it in for his last $120. He calls, turns over his 9c 9s for the under full and I rake in the pot. As it turns out I could of played this hand almost any way after the flop and gotten my chips all in. It was still a fun hand nonetheless.
Friday session results +2500
Farewell 1/2.. I fart in your general direction
I officially will never play in a 1/2 NL game again with the intentions of trying to make money. If I do again it's for the sheer amusement of the game. My mind refuses to adapt and make the right decisions. This all comes about after I decided to sit down with Franko at a 1/2 table at red rock. I lasted for about an hour before finally donking off my stack of 160. Made 2 pair on the turn and got it in with some guy who had two better pair... Do you really think i'm going to fold for 55 more? lol
OK... enough about that. Played two short sessions tonight nothing too amazing to report. +400 for the day
I'll most likely end up playing in the 200+16 300k guaranteed FTOPS event tonight. So hopefully a long session for once with a few cash tables up on the side.
OK... enough about that. Played two short sessions tonight nothing too amazing to report. +400 for the day
I'll most likely end up playing in the 200+16 300k guaranteed FTOPS event tonight. So hopefully a long session for once with a few cash tables up on the side.
Thursday, May 10, 2007
Absolute Poker Update
I'm about 2 weeks in from when I started with $120. Total as of the end of this morning session is $4703.60. I may try and parlay it again if a big 10/25 game shows up again. I've been eating up the shorthanded 2/4NL games so I might not risk it... the 2/4 games here play like a 5/10 on most other sites because of the $800 max buyin. We shall see....
Why do I waste my time?
I'm done playing live until my checks start getting here. The cash bankroll is too small.
I didn't really feel like cards tonight so I headed over to some buddies house across town and hung out for awhile. On my drive home I was driving past old downtown and decided to stop in at binions to see what was happening in the poker room. I figured worse case scenario I could finally cash in that $100 chip that has been sitting in my car the last 3 months. The 1/2 NL game looked pretty good so I plunked down my chip and two $100 bills and played for awhile.
Three hours and two sick sick suckouts later I was sitting with $90 in chips and contemplating moving it in preflop for the sheer fun of it. I swear to you, I cannot sit at a 1/2 NL table and play any form of patient and disciplined poker. For $2 almost any hand looks like its worth speculating with. Then it's $8 more to me with 3 callers... how can i fold? I slowly bleed away unil i'm wondering why I even bother trying at these limits.
Anyways, I decided to play in the $70 buyin 2am tournament with my remaining chips because I knew I was going to donk off the rest at my 1/2 game. I was a big chip leader with 3 left and I ended up doubling up people in good spots for me but nothing could hold up. The final hand I made a great call for my last 12,000 chips with Js 8s on a flop 7d 8d 10c. The guy shows Kc 6c and rivers a K to send me home.
So here I sit... checking my email and writing in my blog. I pull up a shorthanded 2/4 table (an $800 max buyin so it makes for a great game) on absolute poker and the only functioning 5/10 table at this time on bodog. I figure a 20 minute session max... within the first 30 hands i'm sitting +1700 and wondering why I even bother slaving away at live games... I think i'm going to buy a refrigerator and just never leave my room. seriously....
Wednesday session results +1700
I didn't really feel like cards tonight so I headed over to some buddies house across town and hung out for awhile. On my drive home I was driving past old downtown and decided to stop in at binions to see what was happening in the poker room. I figured worse case scenario I could finally cash in that $100 chip that has been sitting in my car the last 3 months. The 1/2 NL game looked pretty good so I plunked down my chip and two $100 bills and played for awhile.
Three hours and two sick sick suckouts later I was sitting with $90 in chips and contemplating moving it in preflop for the sheer fun of it. I swear to you, I cannot sit at a 1/2 NL table and play any form of patient and disciplined poker. For $2 almost any hand looks like its worth speculating with. Then it's $8 more to me with 3 callers... how can i fold? I slowly bleed away unil i'm wondering why I even bother trying at these limits.
Anyways, I decided to play in the $70 buyin 2am tournament with my remaining chips because I knew I was going to donk off the rest at my 1/2 game. I was a big chip leader with 3 left and I ended up doubling up people in good spots for me but nothing could hold up. The final hand I made a great call for my last 12,000 chips with Js 8s on a flop 7d 8d 10c. The guy shows Kc 6c and rivers a K to send me home.
So here I sit... checking my email and writing in my blog. I pull up a shorthanded 2/4 table (an $800 max buyin so it makes for a great game) on absolute poker and the only functioning 5/10 table at this time on bodog. I figure a 20 minute session max... within the first 30 hands i'm sitting +1700 and wondering why I even bother slaving away at live games... I think i'm going to buy a refrigerator and just never leave my room. seriously....
Wednesday session results +1700
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
Damn you Bill Frist!
I've been waiting on 12,000 worth of checks for the last month now.. it's incredibly frusterating because my cash bankroll is low and I need to reload. This was never a problem when I could use neteller.
Today I didn't feel like putting in a long online session so I headed out with my small cash bankroll to Binions in old downtown. On my way I realized I was far too lazy to drive that far so I ended up at the SunCoast about 3 miles from the house playing 1/2 NL.
I ended up playing for 4 hours and made a whopping 85 dollars. This game was by far one of the softest i've played in awhile. One guy came in and was defying the odds to take down huge pots once every few hands. One hand I played with him went something like this.
Crazy man raises in middle position to 15. I pick up KK in my small blind and reraise to 45 and crazy man calls. Flop 7d 8d 10c. A bad flop for my kings. I fire 60 into the pot as kind of a feeler bet and get a call. Turn 3s, probably the best card I can turn on a board this threatening. I fire out 160 and am instacalled by crazy man. River 9s. I check and crazy man checks his A9hh???? Yeah... I dont understand either... but this is the kind of play I had to deal with.. This guy was calling 50 preflop with 104 suited and flopping 2 pair to bust peoples big pairs all night. What am I supposed to do with AK in a 100 dollar pot preflop on a K42 board when this guy is calling 50 preflop with K4? I did get a little satisfaction out of pissing him off by repeatedly referring to him as Golfer Bob due to his polo shirt and golf visor he wore at the table. "I shot a 72 today and I played all the par 5's as par 4's". sure.... whatever you say golfer bob.
Overall for the day +450 in about 5 hours of play.. Not exactly thrilling but its still a profitable session. I'll save my groaning for the bad beats at 5/10.
On a side note I went and saw Lucky You today and I wasn't very impressed. I think it was way overhyped in the poker community. I don't think Eric Bana's characted was close to the mindset of a professional poker player. They came close in a few aspects but overall it was way off. Oh well... Until next time
Today I didn't feel like putting in a long online session so I headed out with my small cash bankroll to Binions in old downtown. On my way I realized I was far too lazy to drive that far so I ended up at the SunCoast about 3 miles from the house playing 1/2 NL.
I ended up playing for 4 hours and made a whopping 85 dollars. This game was by far one of the softest i've played in awhile. One guy came in and was defying the odds to take down huge pots once every few hands. One hand I played with him went something like this.
Crazy man raises in middle position to 15. I pick up KK in my small blind and reraise to 45 and crazy man calls. Flop 7d 8d 10c. A bad flop for my kings. I fire 60 into the pot as kind of a feeler bet and get a call. Turn 3s, probably the best card I can turn on a board this threatening. I fire out 160 and am instacalled by crazy man. River 9s. I check and crazy man checks his A9hh???? Yeah... I dont understand either... but this is the kind of play I had to deal with.. This guy was calling 50 preflop with 104 suited and flopping 2 pair to bust peoples big pairs all night. What am I supposed to do with AK in a 100 dollar pot preflop on a K42 board when this guy is calling 50 preflop with K4? I did get a little satisfaction out of pissing him off by repeatedly referring to him as Golfer Bob due to his polo shirt and golf visor he wore at the table. "I shot a 72 today and I played all the par 5's as par 4's". sure.... whatever you say golfer bob.
Overall for the day +450 in about 5 hours of play.. Not exactly thrilling but its still a profitable session. I'll save my groaning for the bad beats at 5/10.
On a side note I went and saw Lucky You today and I wasn't very impressed. I think it was way overhyped in the poker community. I don't think Eric Bana's characted was close to the mindset of a professional poker player. They came close in a few aspects but overall it was way off. Oh well... Until next time
Monday, May 07, 2007
Alot of short sessions
Lately i've been playing multiple short sessions during my day. A short session is usually 40 minutes maximum with an average of more around 20. They've been working out tho and for now they have been good for around 200-300 a session and then I end up quitting and coming back later. These sessions usually consist of me coming in, making a move or two quickly before everyone gets used to my style and then leaving before they figure me out. A good idea for the long run? I dont think so.... but for now it will be ok until I find my rhythm again.
This is why we call 60 preflop...
Just finishing up a rollercoaster session... Going to finish the day around +500 after being down 2200 at one point.. Just a quick hand history from earlier that shows why i play small pairs so much. I feel the implied odds can and alot of times do exist preflop based on how agressive the player has been seen with continuation bets when they miss the flop. Does that make sense? It sounded good in my head...
Full Tilt Poker Game #2376688135: Table Desert Oak - $5/$10 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:52:31 ET - 2007/05/07
Seat 1: weballin ($1,222)
Seat 2: drunkace ($990)
Seat 3: emmills ($320.75)
Seat 4: padirk165 ($1,447.75)
Seat 5: JDjos ($925)
Seat 6: marinersjj ($395)
Seat 7: drchaos ($1,507.25)
Seat 8: UfundmyIRA ($1,005)
Seat 9: bk shark ($662.50)
drunkace posts the small blind of $5
emmills posts the big blind of $10
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to drchaos [3c 3d]
padirk165 folds
JDjos folds
marinersjj folds
drchaos calls $10
UfundmyIRA calls $10
bk shark folds
weballin raises to $60
drunkace folds
marinersjj adds $500
emmills folds
drchaos calls $50
UfundmyIRA folds
*** FLOP *** [Qs 3h 8s]
drchaos checks
weballin bets $130
drchaos raises to $330
weballin raises to $1,162, and is all in
drchaos calls $832
weballin shows [As Ah]
drchaos shows [3c 3d]
*** TURN *** [Qs 3h 8s] [2c]
*** RIVER *** [Qs 3h 8s 2c] [3s]
weballin shows two pair, Aces and Threes
drchaos shows four of a kind, Threes
drchaos wins the pot ($2,466) with four of a kind, Threes
weballin is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $2,469 Rake $3
Board: [Qs 3h 8s 2c 3s]
Seat 1: weballin (button) showed [As Ah] and lost with two pair, Aces and Threes
Seat 2: drunkace (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: emmills (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: padirk165 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: JDjos didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: marinersjj didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: drchaos showed [3c 3d] and won ($2,466) with four of a kind, Threes
Seat 8: UfundmyIRA folded before the Flop
Seat 9: bk shark didn't bet (folded)
Full Tilt Poker Game #2376688135: Table Desert Oak - $5/$10 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:52:31 ET - 2007/05/07
Seat 1: weballin ($1,222)
Seat 2: drunkace ($990)
Seat 3: emmills ($320.75)
Seat 4: padirk165 ($1,447.75)
Seat 5: JDjos ($925)
Seat 6: marinersjj ($395)
Seat 7: drchaos ($1,507.25)
Seat 8: UfundmyIRA ($1,005)
Seat 9: bk shark ($662.50)
drunkace posts the small blind of $5
emmills posts the big blind of $10
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to drchaos [3c 3d]
padirk165 folds
JDjos folds
marinersjj folds
drchaos calls $10
UfundmyIRA calls $10
bk shark folds
weballin raises to $60
drunkace folds
marinersjj adds $500
emmills folds
drchaos calls $50
UfundmyIRA folds
*** FLOP *** [Qs 3h 8s]
drchaos checks
weballin bets $130
drchaos raises to $330
weballin raises to $1,162, and is all in
drchaos calls $832
weballin shows [As Ah]
drchaos shows [3c 3d]
*** TURN *** [Qs 3h 8s] [2c]
*** RIVER *** [Qs 3h 8s 2c] [3s]
weballin shows two pair, Aces and Threes
drchaos shows four of a kind, Threes
drchaos wins the pot ($2,466) with four of a kind, Threes
weballin is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $2,469 Rake $3
Board: [Qs 3h 8s 2c 3s]
Seat 1: weballin (button) showed [As Ah] and lost with two pair, Aces and Threes
Seat 2: drunkace (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: emmills (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: padirk165 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: JDjos didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: marinersjj didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: drchaos showed [3c 3d] and won ($2,466) with four of a kind, Threes
Seat 8: UfundmyIRA folded before the Flop
Seat 9: bk shark didn't bet (folded)
Sunday, May 06, 2007
A new goal and a lesson learned....again
In two short length session (about 3 or 4 hours combined) i'm about +2500 for Wednesday and Thursday. Of all the hands I played the one I feel I played the worst is one that I won.
There was a raise to 35 to me in middle position with 88. I made the call and there was one call behind me.
Flop 8 10 2 rainbow
The original raiser bets out 55 and I thought about it and just called. My thinking was that this was mearly a continuation bet and that I would put my raise in on the turn. I was wrong in my thinking tho. I needed to protect my hand with a raise because the person behind me could easily have a 79 or J9 and call for their straight with the correct odds to do it. As it turns out, the person behind me called with his JQ and we went 3 handed to the turn.
Turn 9 board is now 8 10 2 9
Original raiser checks and I can't possibly check with 3 to a straight and a potential backdoor flush draw out there. I bet out 180 and am raised to 380 by the guy behind me. The original raiser folded and I make the call with about 4/1 pot odds which was the right odds to call but the point is that I should of raised the flop!
This is something I believe I would of done instinctively a month or two ago but when you take as long away from the tables as I did this last month and a half I think you tend to lose a little bit of the details.
River 8
Yes, this story has a happy ending. I put my opponent all in for his last 420 and he typed in "full house??" before calling off the rest of his chips. In hindsight I would of never won a pot this big if I raise the flop but its the correct play.
In other news, I have a new poker goal. In mid April I withdrew 4000 of the 4120.50 I had on Absolute Poker because the 5/10 NL games were drying up and I decided I wanted the cash to play live. I left myself 120 because I wanted to see if I could build off a small bankroll like I used to do back in the day. I started playing one 2/4NL short handed game. I built to about 1200 then dropped to about 800. Today I took my 800 to 1100 at 2/4 and decided to sit at the 10/25NL game that was going. I played tight looking for a spot to move it in. I called a raise to 75 with A7ss and got a Ad 9s 4s flop. I took out AK and was at 2000. Then I flopped top set against a flush draw and I now have about 4000 again in my absolute account. My goal is to turn this 120 into 12000. I will keep you posted.
Saturdays session results -700
Sundays session results +2900
There was a raise to 35 to me in middle position with 88. I made the call and there was one call behind me.
Flop 8 10 2 rainbow
The original raiser bets out 55 and I thought about it and just called. My thinking was that this was mearly a continuation bet and that I would put my raise in on the turn. I was wrong in my thinking tho. I needed to protect my hand with a raise because the person behind me could easily have a 79 or J9 and call for their straight with the correct odds to do it. As it turns out, the person behind me called with his JQ and we went 3 handed to the turn.
Turn 9 board is now 8 10 2 9
Original raiser checks and I can't possibly check with 3 to a straight and a potential backdoor flush draw out there. I bet out 180 and am raised to 380 by the guy behind me. The original raiser folded and I make the call with about 4/1 pot odds which was the right odds to call but the point is that I should of raised the flop!
This is something I believe I would of done instinctively a month or two ago but when you take as long away from the tables as I did this last month and a half I think you tend to lose a little bit of the details.
River 8
Yes, this story has a happy ending. I put my opponent all in for his last 420 and he typed in "full house??" before calling off the rest of his chips. In hindsight I would of never won a pot this big if I raise the flop but its the correct play.
In other news, I have a new poker goal. In mid April I withdrew 4000 of the 4120.50 I had on Absolute Poker because the 5/10 NL games were drying up and I decided I wanted the cash to play live. I left myself 120 because I wanted to see if I could build off a small bankroll like I used to do back in the day. I started playing one 2/4NL short handed game. I built to about 1200 then dropped to about 800. Today I took my 800 to 1100 at 2/4 and decided to sit at the 10/25NL game that was going. I played tight looking for a spot to move it in. I called a raise to 75 with A7ss and got a Ad 9s 4s flop. I took out AK and was at 2000. Then I flopped top set against a flush draw and I now have about 4000 again in my absolute account. My goal is to turn this 120 into 12000. I will keep you posted.
Saturdays session results -700
Sundays session results +2900
Friday, May 04, 2007
I'm back bitches!
That's right... i'm back! After a long hiatus from the poker world i'm back in full force. Distractions at a minimum and a great new place 2 minutes from red rock. I have nobody to blame but myself if I mess this one up.
Tuesday 05.01
Finally got the net back.. i've been really itching to play but i don't have cash until my four (count them, 1,2,3 and 4) checks get here.. so it was a big day. I started my session solid, after about a half hour of playing 5 tables (2 bodog, 2 FTP, 1 Absolute) I was up around 600. Then, I hit a wall. It folded around to the cutoff who made it 35. I made the call in the small blind with 44 and the big blind called. Flop 4 5 9. I check, BB checks, Raiser bets 40. I raise it up to 140 which chases out the BB and raiser calls without too much deliberation which makes me hope he has the overpair. Turn was a J and I lead out only 180 because I feel pretty good about my hand still.. Plus, a bet that size might encourage a raise from someone with KK or AA because of the pot size. If raiser smooth calls my bet I am probably obligated to fire alot bigger on the river.. but that decision isn't necessary because i'm raised to 380.. at which point i move it in and promtly lose to a set of 5's. pot size was around 2200. Now, I only tell this story because it sets up a hand that happened about an hour later.
i'm sitting healthy with around 2300.. my buddy who took the set over set pot from me earlier has about 3300. My buddy raises to 35 from the 6 seat and I call on the button with 33. Flop 3 J Q. Six seat fires out 80 and I make it 200 which he called after thinking for about 5 seconds. Turn was an 7. Six seat checks and I think for a bit and fire out 320. Six seat just calls. River 6. Buddy checks. Up to this point I was a little concerned about another set over set, but when he checked on the river I sure enough that I had the best hand to not be overly upset if he turned over JJ or QQ. I don't think many people can check a hand like that in a spot like he was in... I thought for almost 2/3 of my time bank and opted to move it in for around 1600. An overbet and hopefully smelling like a steaming bet because I know my buddy in the six seat hasn't forgotten about the set over set earlier. He thinks for only a 5-6 seconds before making the call with KK. Total pot size was around 4700. One of the biggest i've taken down at 5/10.. it was a nice welcome back to bodog.
Total for the session +4400. I will try and remember to save some hand histories in the future for this. It's time to sleep now. I will post wednesday and thursdays sessions tomorrow
Tuesday 05.01
Finally got the net back.. i've been really itching to play but i don't have cash until my four (count them, 1,2,3 and 4) checks get here.. so it was a big day. I started my session solid, after about a half hour of playing 5 tables (2 bodog, 2 FTP, 1 Absolute) I was up around 600. Then, I hit a wall. It folded around to the cutoff who made it 35. I made the call in the small blind with 44 and the big blind called. Flop 4 5 9. I check, BB checks, Raiser bets 40. I raise it up to 140 which chases out the BB and raiser calls without too much deliberation which makes me hope he has the overpair. Turn was a J and I lead out only 180 because I feel pretty good about my hand still.. Plus, a bet that size might encourage a raise from someone with KK or AA because of the pot size. If raiser smooth calls my bet I am probably obligated to fire alot bigger on the river.. but that decision isn't necessary because i'm raised to 380.. at which point i move it in and promtly lose to a set of 5's. pot size was around 2200. Now, I only tell this story because it sets up a hand that happened about an hour later.
i'm sitting healthy with around 2300.. my buddy who took the set over set pot from me earlier has about 3300. My buddy raises to 35 from the 6 seat and I call on the button with 33. Flop 3 J Q. Six seat fires out 80 and I make it 200 which he called after thinking for about 5 seconds. Turn was an 7. Six seat checks and I think for a bit and fire out 320. Six seat just calls. River 6. Buddy checks. Up to this point I was a little concerned about another set over set, but when he checked on the river I sure enough that I had the best hand to not be overly upset if he turned over JJ or QQ. I don't think many people can check a hand like that in a spot like he was in... I thought for almost 2/3 of my time bank and opted to move it in for around 1600. An overbet and hopefully smelling like a steaming bet because I know my buddy in the six seat hasn't forgotten about the set over set earlier. He thinks for only a 5-6 seconds before making the call with KK. Total pot size was around 4700. One of the biggest i've taken down at 5/10.. it was a nice welcome back to bodog.
Total for the session +4400. I will try and remember to save some hand histories in the future for this. It's time to sleep now. I will post wednesday and thursdays sessions tomorrow
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