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.

SNGs-2/4nl cash-MTTs

well i had a bad run in MTTs and got sick of them. i have been playing turbo sngs aroung the $100-$200 level for a while and doing ok. so i had decided to play just SNGs and no MTTs as an experiment to see how it went. i am 2.5 weeks into this and doing very well, not sure if i want to give my numbers at this point in time, but i have been killing these things. this week was much worse than the 1st week and a half, but still did pretty well. i also has about a 20 buyin downswing, which was very brutal and stressful.


i have played a few MTTs since, but mainly just the sunday majors, i did play the 55k guarenteed on stars a few days as well. i have cashed the majors 3 times (nothing big) since my conversion to all (almost) sngs.

during my 20 buying sng downswing i was pretty stressed and was talking to a very good cash game player i know (mag), and he has been hleping me with my game. i have never done well at cash games, and really want to become good. had a few losing sessions and one nice winning session since. i look forward to learning and becoming a better cash game player. i really appreciate mag's help - he is awesome.

this is my 1st real blog post since i started this thing, and hopefully i will update it very often... its the plan anyways. i think it may be fun......

ok ... so i did it..

i decided to make a blog... it prob wont be awesome...... but it might be fun...