not much to write about

made another final table the other day, in the late FTP $150, 2nd time i have made that final table... i went out 9th... made 1 bad play that made me desparate early at the FT.... with 2 tables left i was chip leader and lost almost all my chips in a huge pot AK vs QQ i hit the K he hit the Q.... if i win that pot i dont think anyone could had done much to stop me... oh well... i have been really disgruntled lately, and tend to not write when i dont have good things to write about... lucko has talked me into playing less tables at a time, so im trying that, and if i dont snap out of my slump soon, i will go back to my very boring bread and butter sng games. i just dont want to.... i know im capable in MTTs and dont want to quit.

hopefully i will have something positive to write about soon.... gl all... hope everyone had a good christmas...

a few more "almosts"

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had a very rough day... i was so stressed and so tilted, i blew $241 in the 10r on stars. i got real deep, i busted in that in 61st place... unfortunately i still lost money.

i final tabled 2 tournaments today but didnt do well at either final table. as a matter of fact i still lost money on the day (i played everything).



this is the 30r on UB, i was an alternate, i got in so late i only played like 2 hands in the rebuy hour. this tourney is cool because you can do that and you can take a double rebuy right away and start with T4500, then they have double add ons as well.





and this is the 8pm UB $109 that i have been playing lately... good tournament... slow structure and T2500 to start. UB has several $109's a day. i think i will be keeping money on that site, although i hate their software with a passion.


soon i have to win something... im getting stressed out constantly getting so close, while my bankroll is going down... i dont want to have to play sngs, MTTs are so much more fun... i want this to work.

rise and fall to the final table of the 100r

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before i get into the final table i made yesterday, i want to mention that i got close to making one on FTP yesterday as well...



i think i mentioned it yesterday that i had FT the day before as well... a cheap 4th place.


almost got one today as well, i got very unlucky to not make it, shorties doubled every time (about 6 times), then i get sucked out on, then lose another all in with a shorty then i run into AA all on the FT bubble.




now onto the rebuy tourney....

i think i played this tourney well. i will go over a few key hands... im gonna copy kevin's style (blog page) a little bit, and see how i like it...i know this isnt a win, but i feel i played my best game in this tourney. unlike kevin i dont snap many screen shots while playing, so i loaded my HH file in pokerXfacter's replayer, and i will provide a link so anyone can watch the whole tourney if they like.


i started the 2nd hour here, i am in it for $709




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my 1st double up... i deserve this btw....

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this guy thought i was stealing and attempted a resteal.... hmmm i wonder if this is how he got his chips?


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well i guess this guy is definitely a blind defender... maybe he did get his chips this way, but we know for sure this is how he lost them... hmmmm... ty sir.


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this is a big hand... it tells the table im not gonna be ran over, and tells them to be careful of me. i tried to steal the blinds, this dude calls.... he leads out for 8k, in my pot? wtf... i re-pop him to 20k committing almost half my stack making me look very strong, it was a 2.5 times reraise as well... you can not do this against any opponant. he folds, and i win a nice pot.... notice who is on the button? its the winner of this tourney from the day before.

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this is just a few hands later, and you also at some point need to tell the table to stay off of your blinds... or mattg will rape you all night.. trust me i know.

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another sweet pot... dude pushed on me and i had the hand...

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sorry kevin, i hate doing this to you.... esp since i didnt win...

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last hand.... while at the final table, i couldnt even play a hand... table was very aggressive, and i couldnt get a hand... i was card dead, and maybe i played a lil to tight, and this push may be questionable, i could had waited another orbit, and hope i could find something better that i could get 1st in with.

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i believe if you wanted you can watch the whole tourney at pxf as long as you register with them for the free account. here is the link for this tourney:

100r whole tourney in replayer

i might take a look at the other final table i made a few days ago.. i know i made a very embarrassing play with 2 tables left... but i had a huge stack before that play... it might make an interesting post later... i will watch it in the replayer and see if i can find something worth writing about. unless i get a win or something in the mean time.. seems like i keep getting very close... its gotta come soon right??????

lucko came to town, and bloggers.

when people come to town and i play a lot live, i tend to ignore my blog a bit. i played the blogger tourney at caesars and did real shitty. then me and lucko went to the venetian $200 tourney later on that night. i busted in the 1st level, we had like $3.5k to start i think

i was in mid position, and everyone limped to me, i had AK clubs, so i make it 6 times the BB for $300. kid right behind me immediately made it $600, everyone else folds i call. flop was Qxx 2 clubs, i check he bets $800, i go all in.... he calls with JJ, and it held.

lucko also busted out early. we then went to the blooger think at IP for a few drinks. although we had been drinking for a while already.... we got to learn all about watches and blogs, kinda very boring, so we went downstairs to play drunk 1/2nl. lucko was super aggressive and i had position on him, i think i busted him 2 times with bottom pair.. heh. also busted smokkee who appears to tilt and get angry... heheh... i had a lot of fun.. it was awesome, i also doubled up like 4 ppl including smokkee, my stack was between 100 and 700 up and down the whole time,

when i had about $550, i had AK and raised preflop, some dude had limped in already, and he called. flop came AKx, he checks i bet, he calls, turn is a blank, he checks i bet , he calls. river is an A, he leads out for a 100, i push (he has me covered), he calls and i double with the nuts. he had something like AT.

but i lost a pot just as big at caesars a few days later when i flopped the nuts against some donkey who hit a running flush... he had flopped top pair. i had a straight. i always have horrible luck at caesars must be rigged for action there. hehe...

oh yeah, we also played the binions $340 tourney which is televised and you start with 6k and and it has a great blind structure. but we both busted early there too... i will prob play that more often... they also have it in a $600 buyin.
while at binions we played a little cash as well... they only had 1/2nl but they had guys buying in huge.. one dude sat with $8k. made things interesting... anyways, it was a fun weekend... a long weekend.. hehe.


oh yeah (again) i made a final table last night, but i didnt take any screenshots.. i got 4th.. kinda sucked... but i will take the $2400. lucko won the 100r last night for 25k, and my buddy from plus one, who is winning everything he touches right now, won the 100r 2 nights ago. i am a bit jealous, but very happy for then, they both really deserved a huge win.

i can cash, but not close 'em out.

well, i played 11 MTTs today.... cashed 5 of them (nothing great though), still in one but not doing so great.... im getting frusterated that i am not making any final tables lately uuuugh. i have a few hands saved up and a few finishes i would like brag about a little.



PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (9 handed) pokerhand.org hand converter



Hero (t2140)

Button (t3362)

SB (t495)

BB (t3570)

UTG (t5875)

UTG+1 (t1875)

MP1 (t1225)

MP2 (t2990)

MP3 (t9443)



Preflop: Hero is CO with As, Qh.

1 fold, UTG+1 raises to t200, 3 folds, Hero calls t200, 1 fold, SB raises to t495, 1 fold, UTG+1 calls t295, Hero raises to t2140, UTG+1 folds.



Flop: (t3230) 7d, 7c, 9c (2 players)



Turn: (t3230) Qc (2 players)



River: (t3230) 5c (2 players)



Final Pot: t3230



Results in white below:

SB has 8d 8h (two pair, eights and sevens).

Hero has As Qh (two pair, queens and sevens).

Outcome: Hero wins t3230.

i really liked the way i played this hand, at first i just called because i wasnt so sure about the EP min raiser. as soon as the shorty reraised all in, and the EP guy didnt try to isolate or get more money in the pot, i knew i absolutely had to be ahead of him, great spot to push, IMO.

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PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (9 handed) pokerhand.org hand converter



CO (t2410)

Hero (t2380)

SB (t3640)

BB (t2010)

UTG (t3659)

UTG+1 (t2420)

MP1 (t2360)

MP2 (t1761)

MP3 (t1840)



Preflop: Hero is Button with 9c, 8d.

UTG calls t20, 4 folds, CO raises to t80, Hero calls t80, 1 fold, BB calls t60, UTG calls t60.



Flop: (t330) 7s, 6d, Ah (4 players)

BB checks, UTG checks, CO bets t220, Hero calls t220, BB calls t220, UTG folds.



Turn: (t990) 9s (3 players)

BB checks, CO checks, Hero checks.



River: (t990) 9h (3 players)

BB bets t300, CO calls t300, Hero raises to t920, BB folds, CO calls t620.



Final Pot: t3130



Results in white below:

CO has Ad Kc (two pair, aces and nines).

Hero has 9c 8d (three of a kind, nines).

Outcome: Hero wins t3130.

i thought this was an interesting hand, on the flop, i thought until my time was about out. i thought strongly about both raising and folding, i finally decided to call and make my choice on the turn. i am not sure if that was a horrible call or not. but the free card was awesome. the guy who called my raise on the river was dabest247, we played at the same table in almost every tourney i played today. man was he over agressive in blind defense, sucked out on me in a huge pot, like i need to double him.


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PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t120 (9 handed) pokerhand.org hand converter



BB (t9370)

UTG (t15140)

UTG+1 (t6690)

MP1 (t13700)

MP2 (t8530)

MP3 (t15000)

CO (t11000)

Hero (t12420)

SB (t11050)



Preflop: Hero is Button with 8h, 9c.

4 folds, MP3 raises to t480, 1 fold, Hero calls t480, 2 folds.



Flop: (t1140) 5h, 6c, 3s (2 players)

MP3 bets t480, Hero raises to t1680, MP3 folds.



Final Pot: t3300



Results in white below:

No showdown. Hero wins t3300.


just a fun hand, i dont bluff a lot, but we must bluff occasionally.

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PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t80 (9 handed) pokerhand.org hand converter



MP2 (t11230)

MP3 (t13280)

CO (t9920)

Button (t11160)

SB (t8750)

BB (t6600)

UTG (t9880)

Hero (t9270)

MP1 (t9910)



Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with 7c, 3c.

1 fold, Hero raises to t160, 1 fold, MP2 raises to t560, 5 folds, Hero calls t400.



Flop: (t1240) Js, Jd, 7s (2 players)

Hero checks, MP2 checks.



Turn: (t1240) 2h (2 players)

Hero bets t880, MP2 calls t880.



River: (t3000) 7h (2 players)

Hero checks, MP2 checks.



Final Pot: t3000



Results in white below:

Hero has 7c 3c (full house, sevens full of jacks).

MP2 has Qh Qd (two pair, queens and jacks).

Outcome: Hero wins t3000.

dont play 73s like this, but if you do.. make sure its against someone who has no clue how to play post-flop.


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PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (9 handed) pokerhand.org hand converter



Button (t2220)

Hero (t2250)

BB (t6078)

UTG (t2895)

UTG+1 (t2520)

MP1 (t5005)

MP2 (t1820)

MP3 (t3952)

CO (t7515)



Preflop: Hero is SB with Kc, Qd.

5 folds, CO calls t100, 1 fold, Hero completes, BB checks.



Flop: (t300) Tc, 6c, Kd (3 players)

Hero bets t200, BB calls t200, CO folds.



Turn: (t700) Td (2 players)

Hero bets t500, BB raises to t1100, Hero raises to t1950, BB calls t850.



River: (t4600) 3c (2 players)



Final Pot: t4600



Results in white below:

Hero has Kc Qd (two pair, kings and tens).

BB has 9d Ks (two pair, kings and tens).

Outcome: Hero wins t4600.

interesting hand, kinda tuff spot. i pushed because i thought he could very easily be on a draw, and i needed chips anyways.

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this guy must had thought i missed the flop, lets tell him we have an over pair... again not often but definately at times.

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PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (9 handed) pokerhand.org hand converter



CO (t1345)

Button (t1010)

SB (t2695)

BB (t7165)

UTG (t3012)

UTG+1 (t6490)

MP1 (t1345)

MP2 (t15275)

Hero (t5573)



Preflop: Hero is MP3 with 5s, 5d.

4 folds, Hero raises to t300, 3 folds, BB raises to t900, Hero calls t600.



Flop: (t1850) 6c, 4s, Kh (2 players)

BB bets t1155, Hero calls t1155.



Turn: (t4160) 7s (2 players)

BB checks, Hero bets t3518 (All-In), BB folds.



Final Pot: t7678



Results in white below:

No showdown. Hero wins t7678.

another semi-bluff... this guy gave me a great spot to try for it. i was planning to try for this pot to begin with, this turn was a great card.


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ok, thats all the hands i saved the last few days.. i want to talk about a few tourneys i did well in. 1st in a PLO 8/B. i have played O8/B but never in PL, this was a $100 buy in, small tourney.. but since it is a new game to me i gotta brag about making the final table.




also tonight was the blogger tourney, it is every few weeks and it is a $75 buyin. this week only 13 people played for some reason.. not sure why. anyways, i won it. i played it 3 times and won it 2 times. you will see lucko was 2nd.. he also won it 2 times i believe.



btw, dont beleve lucko if he says i made a bad call on the last hand.

whats been going on... and maybe a few hands.

anyways, been playing a lot of MTTs still, pretty much loosing money.... but i am cashing a high percentage and getting very deep in a lot... so a big win is near... i feel it... so im sticking with them for now...

i did play a few sngs today... i played 4 lost 4... so gay.... oh well....


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PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t800 (9 handed) pokerhand.org hand converter



CO (t17056)

Button (t32145)

SB (t43538)

Hero (t28090)

UTG (t11495)

UTG+1 (t24073)

MP1 (t22756)

MP2 (t26545)

MP3 (t21900)



Preflop: Hero is BB with Ts, As.

5 folds, CO raises to t2400, 2 folds, Hero raises to t28040, CO calls t14606 (All-In).



Flop: (t45396) 2c, Jd, 9d (2 players, 1 all-in)



Turn: (t45396) 4c (2 players, 1 all-in)



River: (t45396) Qh (2 players, 1 all-in)



Final Pot: t45396



Results in white below:

Hero has Ts As (high card, ace).

CO has Qc Ac (one pair, queens).

Outcome: CO wins t34362. Hero wins t11034.


im not sure this was a good push.... it prob is ahead of the average guy's range here.... is it bad?

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PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t1600 (9 handed) pokerhand.org hand converter



SB (t41878)

Hero (t73821)

UTG (t63940)

UTG+1 (t24255)

MP1 (t18346)

MP2 (t13945)

MP3 (t14159)

CO (t46875)

Button (t11022)



Preflop: Hero is BB with 2d, 7c.

7 folds, SB completes, Hero checks.



Flop: (t3000) 3d, 2s, Jd (2 players)

SB bets t3200, Hero calls t3200.



Turn: (t9400) 8s (2 players)

SB bets t3200, Hero raises to t8000, SB calls t4800.



River: (t25400) 2c (2 players)

SB checks, Hero bets t11200, SB calls t11200.



Final Pot: t47800



Results in white below:

SB has Kh 8c (two pair, eights and twos).

Hero has 2d 7c (three of a kind, twos).

Outcome: Hero wins t47800.


ooops, was expecting a fold on the turn.

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PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (9 handed) pokerhand.org hand converter



Button (t1815)

SB (t1830)

BB (t2550)

Hero (t1490)

UTG+1 (t1520)

MP1 (t1295)

MP2 (t2930)

MP3 (t2175)

CO (t2365)



Preflop: Hero is UTG with 3c, 3h.

Hero calls t30, 6 folds, SB raises to t120, 1 fold, Hero calls t90.



Flop: (t270) 3d, 4h, Qh (2 players)

SB bets t150, Hero raises to t510, SB raises to t1620, Hero calls t860 (All-In).



Turn: (t3260) Qs (2 players, 1 all-in)



River: (t3260) Js (2 players, 1 all-in)



Final Pot: t3260



Results in white below:

SB has Jd Qc (full house, queens full of jacks).

Hero has 3c 3h (full house, threes full of queens).

Outcome: SB wins t3260.

nasty hand early in the stars 150 today... uuuuuugh

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PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t600 (8 handed) pokerhand.org hand converter



CO (t27222)

Button (t7060)

Hero (t16640)

BB (t24931)

UTG (t8341)

UTG+1 (t5342)

MP1 (t5496)

MP2 (t36007)



Preflop: Hero is SB with Qh, Kh.

6 folds, Hero completes, BB raises to t3000, Hero raises to t16640, BB calls t13590.



Flop: (t33530) 3d, 2s, Ks (2 players)



Turn: (t33530) 3c (2 players)



River: (t33530) 4d (2 players)



Final Pot: t33530



Results in white below:

Hero has Qh Kh (two pair, kings and threes).

BB has Js Jc (two pair, jacks and threes).

Outcome: Hero wins t33530.

to aggressive? probably... this happened today, and i really thought i would look huge... didnt expect JJ or a call. oops...

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PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t6000 (8 handed) pokerhand.org hand converter



BB (t72518)

UTG (t52669)

Hero (t44668)

MP1 (t101901)

MP2 (t102406)

CO (t225916)

Button (t98566)

SB (t25126)



Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with 9s, Kh.

1 fold, Hero raises to t44368, 4 folds, SB calls t21826 (All-In), BB calls t38368.



Flop: (t106662) 5s, 9d, Kc (3 players, 1 all-in)



Turn: (t106662) 6s (3 players, 1 all-in)



River: (t106662) Qd (3 players, 1 all-in)



Final Pot: t106662



Results in white below:

BB has Ac Ah (one pair, aces).

Hero has 9s Kh (two pair, kings and nines).

SB has Ad Qs (one pair, queens).

Outcome: Hero wins t106662.

what a luckbox...... heheheh
got deep here but not deep enough....

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on another note..... lucko completely destroyed the $50 1 time rebuy tourney on stars tonight.. he was a cardrack... but played awesome...he did the right thing and turned down the chop and played... took advantage of the remaining weak players, made them look 3/4ths retarded.

ok... slump buster...

still not playing sngs, and still playing mtts. i got 27th in the $10r/55k tonight, very close to a big win, 1st is over $14,000. there was over 1700 people in it tonight.

i havent been playing much lately, just havent really felt like it, lot of other things going on, and havent been in the right mind set. and when i have been playing, i have been losing a lot. tonight was my 1st positive night in a long time... feels wierd saying that, because a month and a half ago, almost every night was positive for a long period of time. i may have to go back to sngs again, if i dont start getting more consistant in mtts. mtts are just much more fun, so im gonna give it a fair shot. and even if i do go back to sngs, i will prob try and play 1 mtt a day.... i love the ftp $150 double stack.

ok, now for the slump buster.... lets hope this is the beginning of an awesome mtt run.
there is a tourney i tried about a week and a half ago, it is a pot limit omaha $22 rebuy with 10 min blinds, it is on stars, and i think it is daily. since my 1st time playing it, i played it 3 more times, and i always enjoyed the hell out of it. not only was it fun, but i cashed it 2 of those 4 times. AND tonight i won it for $3500.
the funny thing is, i really have no experience playing PLO, i have played it maybe 5 or 6 times, all for a short period before this. the funny thing is, the very 1st time i played PLO about 15 months ago, it was a live tourney with about 35 people, it was a cheapy (i think $25), but i won it too. i was so lost that night.

tonight's:


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i have been saving up hands, a few from tonight, but a few from the past couple weeks as well. lets take a look:

from the $10r tonight (i got 27th)

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t2000 (8 handed) pokerhand.org hand converter



MP2 (t69194)

Hero (t78725)

Button (t68874)

SB (t34699)

BB (t46340)

UTG (t65524)

UTG+1 (t183145)

MP1 (t12505)



Preflop: Hero is CO with Qs, Qc.

1 fold, UTG+1 calls t2000, MP1 raises to t12405, MP2 raises to t69094, HERO folds 3 more folds, UTG+1 folds.



Flop: (t84099) Jh, 3h, 2d (2 players)



Turn: (t84099) Ac (2 players)



River: (t84099) 2s (2 players)



Final Pot: t84099



Results in white below:

MP1 has Td Tc (two pair, tens and twos).

MP2 has Ad As (full house, aces full of twos).

Outcome: MP2 wins t84099.

i actually for a second thought about playing this because the big all in could had been an isolation reraise against the desparate shorty, but then i quickly realized, that dude shoved his chips super fast, and i have enough chips to wait.... so even though i thought about it, i decided quickly that it wasnt worth calling and hoping for AK. obv i am happy with my choice.


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also from the $10r tonight (i got 27th)

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (9 handed) pokerhand.org hand converter



CO (t4175)

Button (t25455)

SB (t14914)

BB (t23150)

UTG (t13982)

Hero (t9240)

MP1 (t11185)

MP2 (t11475)

MP3 (t6945)



Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with Ks, Kd.

1 fold, Hero raises to t450, 3 folds, CO calls t450, 1 fold, SB calls t375, BB calls t300.



Flop: (t1800) 6s, 6d, 3d (4 players)

SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets t1200, CO folds, SB calls t1200, BB folds.



Turn: (t4200) 4d (2 players)

SB bets t2500, Hero folds.



Final Pot: t6700



Results in white below:

No showdown. SB wins t6700.



weak fold? i dont know.... 1st of all i had several tables going at this time so it made it easier to just fold it, kinda scary board, but is it in a raised pot? hmmmm... what do you guys think? just so much he could have here, and remember how bad the players are in these.


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the PLO tourney i won tonight

might be easier to view hand here

PokerStars Game #7204997732: Tournament #36700873, $20+$2 Omaha Pot Limit - Level X (400/800) - 2006/11/27 - 22:14:41 (ET)
Table '36700873 13' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: repraprangel (9665 in chips)
Seat 2: david_a (6890 in chips)
Seat 3: amuth (23200 in chips)
Seat 4: sprstoner (14900 in chips)
Seat 6: balamut (13587 in chips)
Seat 7: dak1616 (9190 in chips)
Seat 8: ACDIII (13550 in chips)
Seat 9: Banker4U69 (15850 in chips)
balamut: posts small blind 400
dak1616: posts big blind 800
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to sprstoner [6s 8d Ad As]
ACDIII: folds
Banker4U69: folds
repraprangel: folds
david_a: raises 2000 to 2800
amuth: folds
sprstoner: raises 6800 to 9600
balamut: calls 9200
dak1616: folds
david_a: calls 4090 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [3s Kc 5h]
balamut: bets 3987 and is all-in
sprstoner: calls 3987
*** TURN *** [3s Kc 5h] [Js]
*** RIVER *** [3s Kc 5h Js] [Qs]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
balamut: shows [Td Tc Kd 9h] (a straight, Nine to King)
sprstoner: shows [6s 8d Ad As] (a flush, Ace high)
sprstoner collected 13394 from side pot
david_a: shows [7s 7h Th Qc] (a pair of Queens)
sprstoner collected 21470 from main pot
THAY3R is connected
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 34864 Main pot 21470. Side pot 13394. | Rake 0
Board [3s Kc 5h Js Qs]
Seat 1: repraprangel folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: david_a showed [7s 7h Th Qc] and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 3: amuth folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: sprstoner (button) showed [6s 8d Ad As] and won (34864) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 6: balamut (small blind) showed [Td Tc Kd 9h] and lost with a straight, Nine to King
Seat 7: dak1616 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: ACDIII folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: Banker4U69 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

i am really new to omaha, how did i play this? it was a key pot in the tourney i won tonight. thoughts? advice?



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might be easier to look at hand here

PokerStars Game #7204903619: Tournament #36700873, $20+$2 Omaha Pot Limit - Level X (400/800) - 2006/11/27 - 22:08:46 (ET)
Table '36700873 13' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: repraprangel (12065 in chips)
Seat 2: david_a (12790 in chips)
Seat 3: amuth (24400 in chips)
Seat 4: sprstoner (3900 in chips)
Seat 6: balamut (11587 in chips)
Seat 7: dak1616 (9190 in chips)
Seat 8: ACDIII (14750 in chips)
Seat 9: Banker4U69 (18150 in chips)
balamut: posts small blind 400
dak1616: posts big blind 800
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to sprstoner [Ts 7h 9h 8h]
ACDIII: folds
Banker4U69: raises 900 to 1700
repraprangel: folds
david_a: calls 1700
amuth: folds
sprstoner: raises 2200 to 3900 and is all-in
balamut: folds
dak1616: folds
Banker4U69: calls 2200
david_a: calls 2200
*** FLOP *** [Kc 3h Th]
Banker4U69: checks
david_a: checks
*** TURN *** [Kc 3h Th] [Td]
Banker4U69: checks
david_a: checks
*** RIVER *** [Kc 3h Th Td] [As]
Banker4U69: checks
david_a: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Banker4U69: shows [7s 6s 6d 5h] (two pair, Tens and Sixes)
david_a: mucks hand
sprstoner: shows [Ts 7h 9h 8h] (three of a kind, Tens)
sprstoner collected 12900 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 12900 | Rake 0
Board [Kc 3h Th Td As]
Seat 1: repraprangel folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: david_a mucked [8c 5s 7d 9s]
Seat 3: amuth folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: sprstoner (button) showed [Ts 7h 9h 8h] and won (12900) with three of a kind, Tens
Seat 6: balamut (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: dak1616 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: ACDIII folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: Banker4U69 showed [7s 6s 6d 5h] and lost with two pair, Tens and Sixes



i was very short, and felt this was a good hand to play... thoughts?

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its way past my bed time, and i have to work in the morning, i will save the other hands for later, i have 4 or 5 more- all from different days i believe.

sorry for no posts, but..

mag from theplusone is here in town and we have been playing live.... i have been doing better than i thought i would... i never really felt comfortable at a cash game table, but have been lately, and having a good time.... and doing descent.

we also had a interesting a fun experience at treasures.... a strip club that i now like.

we might play the bellegio $500 tourney, but maybe not... depends how we are feeling and how busy i am at work...

well... a few close calls....

i really have a lot more fun playing MTTs, maybe i will just play them until a bad run, then jump back into sngs...

i got 8th in the FTP $150+13 today, and 22nd in the stars 150+12.. ugggh thought today was going to be my day... oh well... maybe next time..i feel a big win coming soon......

total made today was $1209


lets see if i can dig up some hands...
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PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (9 handed) pokerhand.org hand converter



Button (t2640)

SB (t1355)

Hero (t1485)

UTG (t1740)

UTG+1 (t2460)

MP1 (t3380)

MP2 (t3030)

MP3 (t1775)

CO (t1810)



Preflop: Hero is BB with Ad, Qd.

1 fold, UTG+1 raises to t200, MP1 calls t200, 5 folds, Hero calls t150.



Flop: (t625) 2s, Ah, 9h (3 players)

Hero checks, UTG+1 bets t250, MP1 raises to t500, Hero folds, UTG+1 calls t250.



Turn: (t1625) Td (2 players)

UTG+1 checks, MP1 bets t500, UTG+1 calls t500.



River: (t2625) 5h (2 players)

UTG+1 checks, MP1 bets t250, UTG+1 calls t250.



Final Pot: t3125

MP1 showed 9c 9d


UTG+1 mucks Ac Qh




i played it weird PF, but i was afraid of AK, then the post flop action was kinda strange.. i folded this very quick.

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PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (9 handed) pokerhand.org hand converter



Button (t3235)

SB (t1800)

BB (t2400)

UTG (t5600)

Hero (t3590)

MP1 (t6405)

MP2 (t2530)

MP3 (t2680)

CO (t4725)



Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with 4s, 4h.

1 fold, Hero calls t150, 4 folds, Button raises to t600, SB calls t525, 1 fold, Hero calls t450.



Flop: (t1950) Js, 6s, Qh (3 players)

SB checks, Hero checks, Button checks.



Turn: (t1950) 3s (3 players)

SB checks, Hero checks, Button checks.



River: (t1950) 8h (3 players)

SB checks, Hero checks, Button checks.



Final Pot: t1950

Nick_Whiting: shows [2d 2h] (a pair of Deuces)


sprstoner: shows [4s 4h] (a pair of Fours)


marcolina: mucks hand [Ah Kh]


sprstoner collected 1950 from pot



weird hand,,,,, not sure how i won, but this pot was huge for me....

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CosmicCharly shows [Kd Qs] (a pair of Sixes)

sprstoner shows [Qd Jd] (two pair, Jacks and Sixes)

sprstoner wins the pot (6,882) with two pair, Jacks and Sixes



another questionable hand...the turn call was a little hard for me, i prob should had pushed here, but the way he so quickly jammed the river, i just had a gut feeling he had nothing, as he obv seemed like he did not want a call..... this pot was huge for me in this tourney. i like my river call, not so much the turn call.
one thing for sure... i dont think i am as weak tight as i used to be...

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PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t300 (8 handed) pokerhand.org hand converter



UTG+1 (t6060)

MP1 (t11232)

Hero (t14864)

CO (t4950)

Button (t4640)

SB (t3130)

BB (t7500)

UTG (t10133)



Preflop: Hero is MP2 with 9c, 9h.

UTG calls t300, 2 folds, Hero calls t300, CO raises to t4935, 3 folds, UTG folds, Hero calls t4635.



Flop: (t10275) 9d, Tc, Kh (2 players)



Turn: (t10275) Kd (2 players)



River: (t10275) 4h (2 players)



Final Pot: t10275

sprstoner: shows [9c 9h] (a full house, Nines full of Kings)

shaun11: shows [Qs As] (a pair of Kings)

sprstoner collected 10740 from pot



this hand cause a little commotion.. he was pissed that i called.

shaun11 [observer]: get ****ing serious
shaun11 [observer]: you cant make that call
sprstoner: ya i can
shaun11 [observer]: rag
shaun11 [observer]: you wont make the money
Dealer: Game #6949295544: Slip,the kid wins pot (1320)
sprstoner: good
shaun11 [observer]: at best its a coin flip.....AT BEST with your 9's


but the way i looked at it was, i seriously doubt , by the way he played it, that he had a bigger pair than me. maybe, just maybe TT or JJ, and even slimmer chance of QQ, but by the way this hand was played i was very confident he had AQ or AK, and i made a good read and i was right. and i had enough chips to risk a coinflip. i made this call very quick.... was it a bad call? i did make a bad call with JT shortly after this (got 2-1, but was against KK), and ppl were nervous to push when i was in a pot.. good result. winning this hand made me chip leader.

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anyone else put him on a draw.... these blocker bets, scream "RAISE ME"

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this hand made me sick... horrible check on flop... dont you expect him to continue bet? UUUUUGH
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well thats it for now... gl everyone...

a few things to discuss.....

i was still running very bad in sngs.. didnt loose nearly as much, but about maybe another 2500 or so, so i quit again. i didnt play any majors today, but played a few MTTs today... i am going to play MTTs all week until friday or so, should be a good change of pace... plus they are more fun anyways...

but before i get to far into that lets look at a few hands i saved 1st from sngs.



i thought this was a good call, but i was wrong after looking it up on sngpt.



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questionable call? i play this guy a lot, and he is kinda bad player.... and i thought for a while before calling... just had a feeling, because he does this to me to much...

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interesting hand... is this a bad play? i really dont think i should be risking all my chips so early... but i also didnt expect him to call with nothing. i had to figure to have a lot of outs plus fold equity.. right? im not sure what i should had done , the flop bet is to much to just call. and this hand is to big to fold, isnt it?

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i played the blogger big gmae today, and took 1st out of 22 for $718.50 , i bubbled 2 other tourneys so this was the only one i cashed. i ended the day up $366

here is an awesome call i made...

well... mixed results today

over all today i made $439, but i got slaughtered in the 100's and killed the 200's. which the 200's caused me all my pain last week. cause i did good in the 500's last week and still lost a fortune.

lets go over some hands.



in this hand i kinda wanted to call, but couldnt make myself do it... actually not call but go all in... but if i went all in he has to call. so it is basically the same thing as him pushing and me calling. i entered that into sngPT and it told me if he is pushing any 2 (which he was) i need 77+,AJo+,ATs+,KQs (8%)to call, so it was a good fold.

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now here, i was thinking i had to push with any 2, and hoped he folded but i know he would have a huge calling range.... i entered this into sngPT giving him a calling range of :22+,A2s+,A3o+,KTs+,KJo+,QJs - im not sure this is loose enough, i do have over 4 BBs so, he is not calling any 2. any thoughts on his calling range here?

if this is a good range, my push was still wrong... results were:Push hands: 22+,A2+,K2+,Q2+,J2+,T3o+,T2s+,93o+,92s+,84o+,82s+,74o+,72s+,63o+,62s+,53o+,52s+,43o,42s+,32s (91%)

and if we loosen him up a little i have to tighten up.

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i still made a few mistakes today.. but ill do better tomarrow...

and i hate KK


well... not much else to post..... besides if i dont have a good week, im quitting sngs. hehe

sorry for no posts

i had by far my worst week ever last week, i lost about 8k, and i decided to take some time off.... i will be playing agan in a day or 2....

week end totals

sngs +$4071
MTTs -$1795
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total +$2276



i played several mtts today, and did not cash in any, bubbled 2, but that doesnt really matter. i am trying to qualify for the pca, played a $650, and a $175 tourneys to try to get in today... lost them both.

i did play another $500 sng today.... so far i have played 3 and cashed 3.... madsen's railbirds are complete assholes.... plus last time i was heads up with him , bad beat me 2 times straight and once he was dominated to take the win... so beating him felt good. some guys even bet on us.... i had him out chipped 2-1 and some dude gave another guy 2-1 odds if i won.... and he took it. i am not sure on the total they came to, but at least i had one guy cheering for me... heh. but i did lose most of my chips 2 times, before coming back to win it.


i will play stars million and the ftp 250k tomarrow... maybe stars 2nd chance.. not sure.

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interesting hand from the $109 PS deep stacks tourney, which i almost cash... gay.


PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (9 handed) pokerhand.org hand converter



MP3 (t2690)

CO (t4340)

Button (t7450)

SB (t5720)

BB (t5198)

UTG (t4672)

Hero (t5090)

MP1 (t4770)

MP2 (t5070)



Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with 8h, 8c.

1 fold, Hero raises to t60, 3 folds, CO calls t60, 1 fold, SB calls t50, 1 fold.



Flop: (t200) Qh, 7h, Qs (3 players)

SB checks, Hero bets t120, CO raises to t300, SB folds, Hero calls t180.



Turn: (t800) 5s (2 players)

Hero checks, CO bets t500, Hero calls t500.



River: (t1800) 7s (2 players)

Hero checks, CO bets t3480 (All-In), Hero calls t3480.



Final Pot: t8760

there were a few spots where my play was really questionable.. i came very close to folding the river, but something just didnt seem right.. thoughts?

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gl all....

$3212

well the title of the post is dedicated to today... but i will get into that in a minute...

lets do an update of the beginning of the week..... i struggled bad both monday and tuesday, but i played so many i finally made both days barely positive.. made 280 mon & 395 tues, played about 30 sngs each day. bubbled a ton on monday.

today i played 16 sngs, cashed 11 for a profit of $3212.... i also bought some W$ so i can get a discount trying to qualify for stars' pca.. some live tourney by some water.....pca info...

in one sng i played today with phil gordon i lost most of my chips very early.. i had a Q high flush vs an A high flush, i was left with 40 chips, all 9 ppl still in.
blinds were 40/80, and i came back to get 3rd.

i played my 2nd $500 sng today, got 3rd.. i think my bank roll is big enough to play them more often now...


btw.. this is part of the reason these are so profitable....
donkey wins a big hand

well... off to rail a friend deep in the 55k... gl

sunday results and a few hands of interest.

interesting day with a lot of potential that didnt pan out... i cashed the stars million, got close in the stars 2nd chance, and bubbled ftp's 500K. the stars million was using a new structure where we start with alot more chips, but i am pretty sure the structure was sped up a lot. i play 9 sngs today, only cashed 1... got 1st, but i lost about $1400 today between the MTTs and the SNGs.

ok some hands. from the stars million

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t80 (9 handed) pokerhand.org hand converter



MP3 (t9920)

CO (t10240)

Button (t9880)

Hero (t9920)

BB (t10000)

UTG (t10000)

UTG+1 (t10000)

MP1 (t10040)

MP2 (t9920)



Preflop: Hero is SB with Jh, Jc.

7 folds, Hero raises to t240, BB raises to t720, Hero calls t480.



Flop: (t1440) 2c, 8c, 2h (2 players)

Hero checks, BB bets t800, Hero raises to t2320, BB raises to t6400, Hero raises to t9200, BB calls t2800.



Turn: (t19840) Jd (2 players)



River: (t19840) 2s (2 players)



Final Pot: t19840

he had 9c 9s

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PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t120 (9 handed) pokerhand.org hand converter



SB (t31540)

BB (t9180)

UTG (t8680)

UTG+1 (t11560)

MP1 (t2820)

MP2 (t9280)

Hero (t19920)

CO (t10500)

Button (t29220)



Preflop: Hero is MP3 with 8h, 8c.

3 folds, MP2 calls t120, Hero raises to t480, 1 fold, Button calls t480, 2 folds, MP2 folds.



Flop: (t1260) 5c, 4d, 6c (2 players)

Hero bets t720, Button calls t720.



Turn: (t2700) 5s (2 players)

Hero bets t2000, Button calls t2000.



River: (t6700) 2h (2 players)

Hero checks, Button bets t4200, Hero calls t4200.



Final Pot: t15100

he had Kc Jc

this hand just shows the value in checking the river to induce a bluff. if we lead out the river here, dont you think he folds?

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PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t800 (9 handed) pokerhand.org hand converter



Button (t39100)

SB (t6400)

BB (t11140)

UTG (t23116)

UTG+1 (t7700)

MP1 (t14486)

Hero (t38380)

MP3 (t25740)

CO (t6900)



Preflop: Hero is MP2 with Tc, Ts.

UTG raises to t2400, 2 folds, Hero calls t2400, 1 fold, CO raises to t6900, 3 folds, UTG raises to t23116, Hero folds.



Flop: (t33616) 2h, 4s, 2c (2 players)



Turn: (t33616) 8c (2 players)



River: (t33616) 6c (2 players)



Final Pot: t33616

Monona (UTG): shows [Qd 9d]
Nick55: shows (CO)[Kh Ah]


would had been awesome if i made this call... i know the monona guy was horrible and loose.... but very hard call to make even knowing this.


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PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t1600 (9 handed) pokerhand.org hand converter



UTG (t28260)

UTG+1 (t31100)

MP1 (t86875)

MP2 (t72800)

MP3 (t20790)

CO (t26840)

Button (t53760)

SB (t55100)

Hero (t52660)



Preflop: Hero is BB with 6c, Js.

4 folds, MP3 raises to t4880, 2 folds, SB calls t4000, Hero raises to t15080, MP3 folds, SB folds.



Final Pot: t24520


apparently i am weak tight.... sometimes you have to bluff, and squeeze plays are a great bluff to make... btw, it is also awesome to set up a guy for a squeeze play if you know he makes them.

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a FTP 500K hand... it wont convert, so here is a link to the hand. not sure if i played it well, but i think it was a must call on the flop due to the amount of money in the pot... dont you think?


FTP, had QQ

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a stars 2nd chance hand


PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (9 handed) pokerhand.org hand converter



UTG+1 (t5210)

MP1 (t4245)

MP2 (t2590)

MP3 (t2310)

Hero (t2190)

Button (t3170)

SB (t3770)

BB (t1395)

UTG (t3525)



Preflop: Hero is CO with Kh, Kd.

5 folds, Hero raises to t150, 1 fold, SB calls t125, 1 fold.



Flop: (t350) 9d, Ts, Qd (2 players)

SB checks, Hero bets t200, SB raises to t500, Hero calls t300.



Turn: (t1350) Tc (2 players)

SB bets t2200, Hero calls t1540 (All-In).



River: (t5090) 4h (2 players, 1 all-in)



Final Pot: t5090


x_Pack_x (small blind) showed [Jd Qh]

this was a very hard call for me, i almost was auto folded for taking to long.

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those are all the hands i saved today.... over all bad day.. but one day im final tabling a major.. i promise.

week totals

made about 500 today, but with the whole week considered i only made $128 this week.. hehe

think i will prob play the stars million and the ftp 200k tomarrow.. not 100% sure yet.

pokerroom along with the whole ongame network is looking like they will cancel all US customers.... which sux, because i have always liked playing there. just put in a request to withdraw all my money on those sites.

good thing i did not take today off....

my best day ever playing sngs. +$3818, which almost makes up for the whole week... i feel so good right now.. heh

i just got my rakeback from last moth , it was $1398. and i just cleared the last of the $500 bonus today. also.. i already posted it, but in the beginning of the month i got $1340 (i think) for the leaderboard bonus. so $3238 just from bonuses in 1 month... very awesome.

anyways.... some stats from today...

18 sngs
9 were 100's , 9 were 200's
8 were reg speed, 10 were turbo

i cashed 10 of them , 4 cashed were from the 100's

a total of 7 1st places, 3 2nds, no 3rds.= awesome night...



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check out this hand.
Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Tournament
Blinds: t20/t40
9 players

Stack sizes:
UTG: t1455
UTG+1: t1930
MP1: t3110
MP2: t1780
MP3: t190
CO: t985
Button: t1135
SB: t1460
Hero: t1455

Pre-flop: (9 players) Hero is BB with 3d 4d
UTG calls t40 (pot was t60), 2 folds, MP2 calls t40 (pot was t100), 3 folds, SB calls t20 (pot was t140), Hero checks.

Flop: 4s 4h ac (t160, 4 players)
SB checks, Hero bets t80, UTG folds, MP2 calls t80 (pot was t240), SB folds.

Turn: 2h (t320, 2 players)
Hero bets t240, MP2 calls t240 (pot was t560).

River: 5h (t800, 2 players)
Hero checks, MP2 bets t800, Hero raises all-in t1095, MP2 calls t295 (pot was t2695).

Results:
Final pot: t2990
Hero showed 3d 4d
MP2 showed Ah 3h


i had to pay him off dont you think? and the asshole waited till his time almost expired to call the last of my chips...
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and i get called a donkey by this guys friend who is railing him.... (not from the hand above)


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i am still not playing the wpt sat tomarrow, because i am down for the week, and unless i do good tomarrow, i prob will cut my sunday play a lot as well.

gl

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4 straight negative days for a loss of about $4k. im running so bad, it seems like someone is playing a joke on me. im taking $5k off of FTP and playing somewhere else. i will probably take tomarrow off. play a few MTTs the next few days, play a few sngs at stars. see if i can get anything going. i will not play the sat for the wpt while i am running this bad. everytime i play cash i get fucked too... last few times i flop the nuts and the other dude fills up.

nevermind about taking tomarrow off, it is usually my best day to play... if i lose tomarrow i will take the weekend off, then play MTTs next week and sngs at stars for a few days and screw the FTP leaderboard. and come back to FTP towards the end of next week or something.

i hate poker....

today was one of those days... if i had an over pair to the flop usually QQ+, someone had a baby set... guess ppl like calling raises in a short stack game with 22-66. if all in preflop, my AA and KK were losing to 99 and TT all day. if i was a desparate short stack and was forced to make a move, one of the blinds were for sure were going to have AA or KK. stressful day, and one of my worst days ever... between the majors and and sngs, i am down about $1560...

last few days

well... a few days ago i had a break even day, the next day i made a little over 200, then yesterday i made about $1500. for the week i made $2900 which includes losing about 600 in cash games and winning a little in MTTs.

yesterday i played my 1st ever $500 sng, and got 2nd... playing those are over my bankroll, but i could not resist, many bad players were in already. look at the sharkscope of them:



i was planning to play a wpt prelim event today, it was a $2k buyin, but i decided last night that i didnt really feel like it... now i wish i went.. no way i can shower and get to the bellagio in 30min though. i am so damn lazy. i will probably still play the super sat next saturday.

soooo... because i decided not to play the wpt thing today, i decided to get up a lil early and play the big deal at pokerroom... but my dumbass got up 10 min late... i thought it started at 11:30, but it started at 11:00.... and i was watching TV in bed for an hour too.... oops.... maybe next time.


im gonna play the million at stars today, and the 200k at FTP... not sure what else.

gl

work and poker...

i have been working my ass off lately... so i havent been able to play much.. so i may not make it as high on the FTP sng leaderboard as i thought i would. i have been really busting my ass.... but that means i will make a lot of money....which is prob a good thing.... depending on what happens with online poker and the law... because i have been making plenty playing poker where i really dont have to work....

today was the limit event for the cardplayer league... the play was a joke... i had several monster hands, and i guess everyone thought since they cant lose their whole stack in one hand that they would play any 2 cards, and call bets and raises with under pairs, and call bets and raises with any possible runner runner draw.... anyways all my big hands got suckout on, and i was prob like the 5 or 6th out.. not sure.. i didnt look, because these shitty players were pissing me off. one faggot was playing any 2 cards no matter what and catching every hand... or a lot of hands anyways. i bet his luck didnt last...

sngs... i played 13 and cashed 8, for a profit of $1,180.

didnt play anything else.


im tired and i have to get up super early tomarrow. gn

the LP on the internet gaming bill.

For Immediate Release Oct 4, 2006



Congress Chooses to Legislate Morality with Internet Gambling Ban

Tens of Millions of Americans Dealt a Losing Hand


(Washington, D.C.) Over the past weekend, a bill was passed by Congress that essentially bans Internet gambling within the United States.



Tennessee Senator and supposed presidential hopeful, Bill Frist, snuck the legislation into a port security bill which passed with only two dissenting votes. The new regulations, which will go into effect when George W. Bush signs the bill, will ban wire transfers to online gaming companies.



Supporters of the legislation accuse online gaming companies of being involved in money laundering operations and, according to the Washington Post, even fronts for terrorist groups.



"This goes beyond the absurd," exclaimed Shane Cory, executive director of the Libertarian National Committee. "Using the supposed War on Terror in defense of this legislation designed to legislate morality is sickening. Using this same reasoning, Congress should close Vegas as 9/11 Hijacker Mohamed Atta made a least two trips to the 'Sin City' before setting out to murder thousands of Americans."



In addition to citing money laundering and terrorism as excuses for the new Internet restrictions championed by Republican politicians, proponents also state that online gambling targets children and gambling addicts.



"Once again, we see politicians in Washington attempting to protect us from what they see as wrong in this world. I have news for them: Americans are smart people who can take care of themselves AND their children," continued Cory. "In restricting Internet activities, I think it would make much more sense to ban instant messaging within Congressional offices rather than ban the online hobbies of millions of tax-paying citizens."



The Libertarian Party is working to stop poor legislation such as the ban on Internet gambling by electing principled and reasoned Libertarian leaders to public office at the local, state and federal levels of government.

im kinda drunk

yeah... today was the monthly libertarian meeting... i showed up early so i could go over the business stuff with them as well... if i show up as early the next few months i get to vote on shit... not that i really need to... but i want to help... so i can so i did my part to fight for our freedom... not just for online poker, but for about everything... i have been pretty upset over the real ID act for sometime too. they are haveing another rally tomaorrw afternoon on one of the busiest street corners in town... not sure if i can make it or not... i will try.... but i do have the cardplayer tourney to worry about as well as i have a busy day at work.... so who knows what ill do.

because the mothly meeting is in a bar, i was drinking the whole time.. and i think i had to much.... but i came home and fit in 6 sngs.. and made $900 so not to bad.

oh yeah... a hot chick that none of us have met before showed up, and she said she was just busted for solicitation (she said she was an escort)... i wouldnt mind trying her out... i mean she was smokin!!!!... mmmmmm!!!!.... i may not see her again, because she lives in san francisco and was just here for a little while... i guess one of her good friends from back home is a libertarian and told her to come to the meeting while in town... not sure why.... but... i wanna be her friend.. hehe

im going to bed... goood night.

you know whats's awesome?????

today sucked, and im still pissed.

i lost $614 playing 2/4nl cash game... assholes kept getting sets, and never folding their draws... assholes.

at sngs i lost $838 today.... so a horrible day

whats really sucks is things are looking worse and worse for online poker. i did spam a few forums with libertarian stuff... and i ran into a few others doing it too... so others also veiw them as the answer. i really hope voters show up to the polls pissed... americans need to make a stand sooner or later,,, rather than just saying oh well... like usual. people on P5s are acting like they want to have a march on DC... but no one seems to be organizing anything yet... if something gets organized, i will for sure make it down... as well as contact the national LP to see if they could help in any way, or campaign there.

i just got mod status at the local LP forum, but no one goes there, i need to try and get the forum active.... prob wont be easy, but might be fun... maybe i will try to drag people from the local news paper forum, or something.... dont know still thinking about this one.

hmmmmmm........ oh yeah.... i qualified on FTP for some 30k free roll, but cant find where to claim a ticket or an entry, and i dont see the tourney in the lobby... its called the ironman... i think it is supposed to be next saturday, and im not sure if im going to play it. there is a wpt event at the bellagio, and sat has a $1500 tourney i was thinking about playing, but every night has a $1000 2nd chance tourney.... i bet the $1500 has a better structure and i should play that one.. i believe it starts at noon.... then the following sat i am strongly considering entering the $1000 super sat to the main event.


oh yeah FTP sent me the bonus for the leaderboard today.. it was $1320...

gl every one...

The big Sunday tourneys

I only played the big Sunday tourneys today.. No sngs... I am a little burned out, and my head isn't in the game anymore, so I quit early today. I played wcoop main event, didn't cash.... Made a few mistakes I guess, got ran over a lot later.... Made a few good folds I think. My biggest issue today was... Almost all my continuation bets were getting check raised, or rehearsed.... The c-bet was -ev today. I played the party million, which I cashed for a little over 600, played FTP 250k guaranteed, cashed for 500 something. Played the pokerroom $162 buy in.... Forget whats its called... Didn't cash, but got close. So all in all, today wasn't very good, but better than it could had been. I am disappointed in myself for not doing better in the wcoop.

I have saved a few HHs from today.


party poker hand.


just a bad beat that kinda got to me early in the party million...
==

Poker Stars
No Limit Holdem Tournament
Blinds: t150/t300
(Ante: t25)
8 players

Stack sizes:
UTG: t20725
UTG+1: t22750
MP1: t14375
MP2: t16950
Hero: t21600
Button: t13675
SB: t11500
BB: t22850

Pre-flop: (8 players) Hero is CO with 7d 7s
UTG raises to t900, 3 folds, Hero calls t900 (pot was t1550), 3 folds.

Flop: 4s 4h 2d (t2450, 2 players)
UTG bets t1500, Hero raises to t4500, UTG raises all-in t19800, Hero folds.
Uncalled bets: t15300 returned to UTG.

Results:
Final pot: t11450


is this a good fold?
this is the wcoop
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Poker Stars
No Limit Holdem Tournament
Blinds: t150/t300
(Ante: t25)
9 players

Stack sizes:
UTG: t12325
UTG+1: t10300
MP1: t22250
MP2: t27750
MP3: t20950
CO: t19925
Button: t14750
SB: t18075
Hero: t16725

Pre-flop: (9 players) Hero is BB with jc ad
UTG raises to t600, UTG+1 folds, MP1 calls t600 (pot was t1275), 5 folds, Hero calls t300 (pot was t1875).

Flop: ah 5s 2c (t2175, 3 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets t900, MP1 raises to t1800, Hero calls t1800 (pot was t4875), UTG raises all-in t11700, MP1 folds, Hero folds.
Uncalled bets: t9900 returned to UTG.

Results:
Final pot: t7575


i played this hand so horrible i have no clue where i was at... but i find it hard to believe i was ahead. this hand got me mad.. because i miss played it. it was also from the wcoop.

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another hand from the party million


party poker hand #2.

i made a good call and the hand held up.

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a painfull bad beat on FTP

Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Tournament
Blinds: t250/t500
(Ante: t50)
8 players

Stack sizes:
UTG: t2685
UTG+1: t7875
MP1: t14115
MP2: t14275
CO: t8037
Hero: t14182
SB: t6730
BB: t19590

Pre-flop: (8 players) Hero is Button with ad ks
5 folds, Hero raises to t1500, SB raises all-in t6680, BB folds, Hero calls t5180 (pot was t9080).

Flop: 5h 3c 4c (t14260, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: t14260)


Turn: 5c (t14260, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: t14260)


River: 6s (t14260, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: t14260)


Results:
Final pot: t14260
SB showed As 7h
Hero showed Ad Ks


===

more on politics... pacific poker apparently is shutting off all US customers, and party poker is expected to do the same, because it is a public traded company. it may be the end of online poker.... remember to register to vote and make those responsible pay for what they are doing to us.

lets kick some ass next week.... if we still have online poker...

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copied from - http://www.lp.org/article_85.shtml

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well.... didnt play much today

i woke up pissed hearing about the online gambling ban was passed attached to the port security bill.... our govt is tyrannizing us with the terrorism card... like i have said before, we are more likely to get hit by lightning... so why all the fuss, and why destroy our rights... the ppl have lost all control of the US govt. i am doing all i can... i vote libertarian (the only political party that cares about our rights), and i try to help out the local party as much as i can. we have a long road ahead of us... but i did make the rally today. i am sure we can find ways to still play, but will the bad players go through the hassle to still play? this greatly effects me and a lot of people. govt does not listen to the people. we need to make them.

i played a few sngs today and ended a negative 235. was having a bad day and getting frusterated and such so i stopped before i lost more.

i also played the 100 seat guarenteed sat for the wcoop main event, which is a $2,600 buy in MTT. i did win my seat, so i will be playing that tomarrow. 1st place is expected to be about a million. gl me.

also work is picking up... so it seems i will be working more.... prob a good thing if online poker is on its last legg....


week end total = +$3,895 from sngs. i did lose $1655 playing mtts. and $2 lost from cash games for a total profit of:

$2,238

i didnt count the buy in or the sat win for the $2600 tourney im playing tomarrow,,, i will count that next week so it dont screw up my results.

gl everyone

tonight was awesome, and what to do tomarrow.

tonight i only played sngs again, and had my best night ever. and it came very close to being so much better, as i bubbled 3 sngs (all were 200's), where i had a lot of chips and took multiple bad beats to bust - the last one was very frusterating because i had 2 bad beats in a row to cripple me, then i worked my way back up to chip leader, then ran into AA to get crippled, built back up to 2nd place, then took a bad beat to get crippled, then pushed with j8 and the caller had 77, i flopped a J and an 8, river was a 7..... a very frusterating bubble, just to have some donk tell me how horrible i am... but that always makes me laugh...... anyways i finished the night up $2,759, playing 22 sngs cashing in 12. a had a 8 sng stretch where i cashed 7 with 4 1sts.

tomarrow i have to work, i have 2 appointments... i always try to take saturdays off, but for some reason i never get to... its gay and it sucks... here i am complaining and i didnt even go to work today.. hehe, is that a sign of true laziness? i hope so because i love being lazy. i blew off the libertarian rally i was supposed to go to last wed afternoon, but they are having another tomarrow: noon - 4:00, maybe i will stop by, maybe i will come home after work... i am more likely to take the lazy way out... there is also a 100 seat guarenteed sat tomarrow afternoon for the $2600 buy in wcoop ME, which i would love to play. i think i will try that sat... should not be to difficult, my chances of getting a seat should be a solid 30% i would think. if i bust out, maybe i will try a few double shoot outs, because i want to play that so bad.

i am still in 4th on the FTP sng leader board, and the 3rd spot is still to high for me to reach, but i think i am far enough ahead above 5th to keep my 4th place spot. its been an awesome month, and i hope to finish it off with a bang tomarrow.

thanks... and gl...

a break even day

well im up $97.... it was another bad beat ridden day.... cant wait till i get 3 or 4 good days in a row with fair cards... bad runs really wear on me...

i only played sngs today.. played 31 of them. i did move up to spot 4 on the leader board, which if i am still in that position at the end of the month FTP gives like a $1320 bonus. i should also be getting awesome rakeback this month, but my rakeback provider wont pay me for a few weeks. i should be getting $1200 or $1300 for that this month... if i do as good next month at sngs i expect to get higher on the leaderboard and prob 20-40% more rakeback.

something is wrong with this blog site, i am struggling getting stuff posted. it is actually really pissing me off.

btw i got 8th in the cardplayer league yesterday, no money but good points for the tourney of champs. <---- is gay and a waste of time i think.... but kinda fun...

forgot to mention

the league thing i played yesterday.... i got 8th, but only 40 something ppl played, so nothing to brag about... top 5 cashed... but it is good for points. i think it is filled with a bunch of fags...

rough day.....

i played a ton if sngs... 31 of them tonight.... just wasnt my day.... big pairs werent holding, my big flushes were losing to straight flushes and my flopped straights were getting drawn out on.... you know the kind of day im talking about... we all get them. anyways i lost $1256 today.... its a rollar coaster of a game thats for sure... i am still 5th on the FTP sng high leader board.. 4th has quite a bit more points then me, i probably wont be able to catch him. i played maybe 45 minutes of cash today, yes 2/4nl again, and broke even. it was a short handed very aggressive table, i probably am not ready to be playing a table like that, so i am happy with breaking even, especially cause i was down like 60 almost immediately.

i love screwing with the beggars...... i prob should send this to FTP get his chat banned, as they are a nuisance.

bigez0205 (Observer): hey guys
bigez0205 (Observer): whats up?
bigez0205 (Observer): anyone talkers in here?
sprstoner: hey big, lemme get $5
10riverkill10: lol
bigez0205 (Observer): huh?
bigez0205 (Observer): what u need $5 for?
sprstoner: just until i get paid
bigez0205 (Observer): lol
bigez0205 (Observer): i am the one that needs paid
bigez0205 (Observer): who wants to donate 50
bones to a poor college kid?
sprstoner: big.. ship me $5 ill ship you $10 om fri
bigez0205 (Observer): a don't have any more on
my account
bigez0205 (Observer): how you all gonna be like
that
bigez0205 (Observer): not helping a poor college
kid
sprstoner: maybe you should stop gambling.. dumb
&!&
10riverkill10: lol
bigez0205 (Observer): lol
bigez0205 (Observer): good point
bigez0205 (Observer): so no 20 bones huh?
10riverkill10: how else could he be a poor college
kid if he stops gambling
sprstoner: get outta here
sprstoner: true
sprstoner: he goes bust, prob playing micros... hehe
10riverkill10: $1 + $.25s
sprstoner: hehe


then again i did ask him for money 1st.. so maybe i should not turn it in to FTP... heh

looking forward to recovering tomarrow.. i feel i played good today, so i am not upset about the down day.

gl...

oh yeah.... forgot to mention this....

tomarrow is cardplayer's 1st day of the 3rd season league... i got drafted on the plus 1 team called da p1mps. we will destroy the other teams.. i even sent $10 for a table of champions.... the thing is, there is no money in these games and they will take me away from games where i could make money. i really think i should play them for the fun though. it is always fun to play against friends. i am supposed to go to a libertarian rally tomarrow though.... hmmmmm.... i guess i can go to the ralley for a few hours and come back and play the tourney... or i can just be lazy and dont go to the rally.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM......................

today i destroyed FTP..... im glad i got my issue resolved with them..... because if i didnt i would not had played there tonight, i only played sngs. +2187.00. and i am 5th on the FTP sng high leader board.

here is a cool hand.. the situation was perfect to reraise with any 2 cards, as the short stack's presence usually will make the 1st raiser fold all but the very strongest hands. he was supposed to fold, and not supposed to have QQ oops... and GG sir,

Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Tournament
Blinds: t100/t200
4 players

Stack sizes:
UTG: t986
Button: t3449
stoner: t6355
BB: t2710

Pre-flop: (4 players) stoner is SB with 7s 4d
UTG folds, Button raises to t700, stoner raises all-in t6355, BB folds, Button calls all-in t2749.
Uncalled bets: t2906 returned to stoner.

Flop: 7d kh 7c (t3849, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: t7098)


Turn: 2d (t3849, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: t7098)


River: 4h (t3849, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: t7098)


Results:
Final pot: t3849
stoner showed 7s 4d
Button showed Qc Qh



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i havent practiced my cash game the last few days and i am kinda missing them... they are fun and a good change of pace.... sngs are boring, and a grind. but it is hard to take time away from sngs when i am doing well. if my over all poker sucess continues i will probably quit working so much and allow more time for poker. but i need to give it time to go through the good and bad runs, and have confindence in the consistancy 1st.

cant wait to kick ass tomarrow too.... gl...

FTP......

i never got contacted by support... they never returned their emails.. but i threw a fit in their forums and pissed off some ppl, but one of their mods got me all my info i needed to know how much i made. i didnt mean to be an ass, but i get mad when i cant contact anyone.. thats is one thing about stars, they respond and they usually respond quick.

anyways i made $631 playing only sngs last night....


now time to start playing today... getting a late start

full tilt sucks

at this point in time im down $1009 for the night, but full tilt crashed, i was reg for a $236 sng that had not started yet. was in a $216 sng that had just started with mark vos. in a $216 sng with 4 players left and 2 bad players and no one aggressive but me... it was mine to take on the bubbble
Seat 1: gsw2006 (2,460)
Seat 3: sprstoner (4,395)
Seat 6: hoodini10 (5,475)
Seat 7: scoobysnax76 (1,170)

also a $119 sng with 3 left.. i was gonna double up soo i know it...
Seat 5: BlackCloud17 (6,098)
Seat 7: sprstoner (1,920)
Seat 9: TheNegro18 (5,482)

and a $109 sng which i prob would had won
Seat 1: poshie (5,070)
Seat 2: aatarizona (3,360)
Seat 9: sprstoner (5,070)

just getting my money back is $896, plus what ever extra money they award me.... no matter what happens, this whole thing pisses me off,,,,,,,,,,, they better take good care of me, i have a ton of money on their site and pay a ton of rake.

dissapointing day

i got somewhat deep in the wcoop, but didnt cash... i busted out early in every other sunday major i played. i played party, UB , and FTP. playing sngs i lost $290.
it was one of those days where if i have someone dominated i will prob lose the hand. i had 4 5th places in a row.... poor lucko had like 4 million bubbles today.. poor guy. we are both running bad.


i didnt play any cash games.... but if the sngs dont pick up for me soon, i might concentrate more on cash. its just hard after i killed them for 2 and a half weeks...

lets kick some ass tomarrow....

ok ok ok ok...

so... i played 24 sngs today and cashed 11 for $1042 profit.... unfortunately that doesnt make up for my day yesterday where i lost an almost unbelieveable amount of $1714 for my worst day ever. i think because i did good today, i will play tomarrow's wcoop event (well really today's). it is a $1050 buy in, which is really to steep for me, but i cashed the one i played last sunday for about $2200, so thats how i am gonna justify it.


here is a hand i saved today....

Full Tilt Poker Game #1032256084: $100 + $9 Sit & Go (6987780), Table 1 - 120/240 - No Limit Hold'em - 0:10:07 ET - 2006/09/24
Seat 1: nickeless (2,580)
Seat 5: zeta alum (3,400)
Seat 7: NickJ776 (2,590)
Seat 9: sprstoner (4,930)
NickJ776 posts the small blind of 120
sprstoner posts the big blind of 240
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to sprstoner [8c Qh]
nickeless folds
zeta alum raises to 680
NickJ776 calls 560
sprstoner raises to 4,930, and is all in
zeta alum has 15 seconds left to act
zeta alum folds
NickJ776: this should be an instant call
NickJ776 folds
Uncalled bet of 4,250 returned to sprstoner
sprstoner mucks
sprstoner wins the pot (2,040)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2,040 | Rake 0
Seat 1: nickeless didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: zeta alum (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 7: NickJ776 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 9: sprstoner (big blind) collected (2,040), mucked


i play hands like this a lot and it really doesnt matter what cards i have... although bigger cards help in case you get called by a small pair... which btw is rare on the bubble of a sng. look at the money in the pot, i cant let these smaller stacks build up... none of them want to bust 1st... apply the pressure. i love having chips on the bubble, and i love it even more when there is a baby stack as well... i will push any2 non- stop, then do everything in my power to keep the baby stack in still while i bleed the med stacks.

here is a hand i believe i misplayed... i think i should had pushed here....



Full Tilt Poker Game #1032313296: $110+ $9 Sit & Go (Turbo) (6988547), Table 1 - 150/300 - No Limit Hold'em - 0:27:36 ET - 2006/09/24
Seat 2: sprstoner (2,005)
Seat 3: cabizzle (2,510)
Seat 5: slaw1 (2,634)
Seat 6: SLOBWEDGE (3,423)
Seat 9: Jeezy888 (2,928)
cabizzle posts the small blind of 150
slaw1 posts the big blind of 300
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to sprstoner [Kh 3s]
SLOBWEDGE folds
Jeezy888 folds
sprstoner folds
cabizzle folds
Uncalled bet of 150 returned to slaw1
slaw1 mucks
slaw1 wins the pot (300)
The blinds are now 200/400
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 300 | Rake 0
Seat 2: sprstoner (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: cabizzle (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: slaw1 (big blind) collected (300), mucked
Seat 6: SLOBWEDGE didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: Jeezy888 didn't bet (folded)



after playing the hand i copied the HH so i could enter it into sng power tools and see what the $ev is for a push here on the button. i entered both the sb and the bb's ranges as 44+,A7s+,A9o+,KJs+ which i think is more than fair, they may even be a little tighter than that, because they dont have to double up now. anyways sngPT said with that range, blinds and stack sizes my $ev to push for a$110 sng is about +$3.60, and stated that it is close enough that both a push and a fold is acceptable here. so i guess.... will the blinds be tighter in this spot than the range i gave them??? i think i should had pushed. its hard to say, but im the shortest stack and i need to pick up chips fast. btw, i did not cash this one.

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cash game.... i played a little 2/4nl today while i was waiting for my last few sngs to end. made like $560 in an hour or so.... i won a big hand towards the end of the session then i ended up tightening up way to much because i was short handed in one sng and HU in another, so it was hard to pay close enough attention in the cash game.

here is a picture of the big hand, it is from FTP's gay HH thing so no details.. but all the money went in on the river, or most anyways... i took him for a little over $400


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in the cash game one of the good sng players followed me there..... he is a real cool guy, and i also was talking alot to another great player at the tables today... might be worth inviting them to the forum i post at...


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i gotta get to sleep if im to play any majors tomaorrow (i meant later today).

HEY, CAN ANYONE HELP ME with the hand converter... the pictures for the cards wont show up here....i get red X's. thanks

gl everyone...

yuck

today was one of those nasty days where nothing seems to go right. i played 21 sngs, 13 were 200's the rest were 100's. i only cashed 5 of them, no 1st places. down a lot more than i made yesterday... ouch this hurts... guess i cant always run good... i dont want to bore you with details at this point, but in future posts i will try to post some interesting hands and stuff.


played 2/4nl just for about 30 min, was up about 150 then some retard made a stupid call, and i had to pay him off on river and i lost a big chunk of the proft... left only up $20, which is gay. only played this table to pass time while finishing up my last 2 sngs... i quit a little early tonight due to my shitty performance/bad day.


if i dont do good tomarrow i think i am gonna pass up the majors on sunday... at least the big one on stars.

i am gonna try to update this blog daily... sorry for my horrible writing skills and spelling... GG govt schools.