Sunday Feb 26 was a big MTT weekend for me.
3pm - Full Contact Poker: Daniel's Prodige. $30+3 Top 3 advance.
- 30 players entered this one. I pretty much stayed average stack the whole mtt. Whenever I got low I would use my allin to get back in. Once it got down to the final table, i was about 8/10. Top 4 paid $, top 3 advance to the 36man final qualifier. Winner moves to the Live table in Vancouver to become Daniel Negreanu's prodige. Play solid poker and people started dropping one by one. When it got down to the final 4, there were 2 huge stacks and myself and another with puny stacks (I had a slight advantage acting after though having less than 1sb than him. He luckily tripled up and I was on the verge of being blinded out next orbit. Then a strange thing happened. That guy raised preflop the next hand, one of the big stacks reraised allin, and dude called. He flipped over 22???? Big stack flipped over AQ, and flop came an A and it was over. Nobody at the table understood the play, maybe he didn't understand what was at risk. Oh well good for me, I get 3rd place $ (I think $150 or so) and move on. I think the tourney is end of Mar.
5pm - Bluff Magazine Fantasy Poker Challenge.
- 85 players, top 5 advance to final SnG (WSOP seat). Another top 5 of some advanced scoring formula based on how you did in this mtt and the regular FPC season, advance as well. I finished 50th in the regular challenge so i pretty much had to score top 5. Had some success early on, until I lost a coin flip QQ vs AK. Dwindled down and then got back up 88 vs Q7? I would have let him have it if he won, that was half his stack, no need to call. Stupid play of the tourney for me. I limped in with AJs UTG. SB called, BB checked. I end up allin with TPTK, SB wins with a straight with his 92o. I pretty much got nothing the rest of the tourney. Was thinking of pushing with a QJs one time but didn't, and that cost me a triple up. Ended up 23rd, highly doubt it was good enough.
6pm - Full Tilt - $200k guaranteed.
- 1100+ players, I qualified by winning a $24 SnG. This one pissed me off. 45mins into the tourney, was down to 1500+ from 2000 starting. In the BB with 33. 3 limpers and I check. Flop comed 537 rainbow. I check, UTG bets 1/2 pot, fold, SB goes allin, I go allin, UTG calls. UTG 99, SB 87, and me with my set. Turn comes a 9. Mother Fuc*er!!! Can't hit my 1 outer and I'm out. I would have been in great position with 4500 chips.
9pm - Poker Source Online Leage
- 130 players or so. At this point my head is not in the game. Let a few hands go early after being raised. Got all of it back +more when somehow I still win with my KQ with a board of KJ10xx. Then came the hand which normally I can let go, but not last night. QQ, standard raise in MP. Button calls. Garbage flop, I bet, raise 3x my bet, me allin, quick call, shows AA. I'm left with 20 chips, and out next hand when my 65o can't win!
I'm impressed with those guys who can keep focus playing online poker all day, all week, and x games going at once. Its draining sitting down in front of your computer for that long, and the mind fcking that goes on calculating and remembering every move. I don't think I have another Sunday like this.... yet!
Monday, February 27, 2006
Friday, February 24, 2006
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Super Casino Tilt, Ace Club now rigged?
I'm usually pretty good at not tilting during my Blackjack play. Last night was a big exception. After enduring several beats while playing on Wild Jack poker, I closed off one of my poker tables and put on Ace Club. Now I was already on tilt from Ace Club having gone from $650 to $400 already. I proceeded to lose the last $400 in about 5 mins! I hate complainers about rigged software etc, but this was just unbelievable. The justification that I have that this is now "un-normal" is because Ace Club finally figured out the glitch they had in their system. Surrendering used to return 3/4 of your bet back! This would equate to an actual player advantage! Now that they fixed it, i guess they have to make their money back. Hopefully now that Party owns this thing, they'll just get rid of it.
edit: This is what I just got in my email
Congratulations! You are a winner at AceClub Casino
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Thanks you son of a bitches!!!!
edit: This is what I just got in my email
Congratulations! You are a winner at AceClub Casino
You have won $50 in our fantastic Valentine's Day $2,000 Cash Giveaway promotion.
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Thanks you son of a bitches!!!!
Monday, February 13, 2006
Qualify Qualify Qualify
All I can do is qualify for big events, but can't win the big one. WTF is wrong with my game? Do I choke in the big ones, do I play too passive? I'm pretty sure I play better when I can set the tone earlier, which is not so necessary in the qualifity tournies. My MTT qualifying winning % has to be pretty up there, but I have absolute zero results to show for it. Kinda frustrating, all these hours for nothing more than experience. I guess I have to keep plugging away.
BTW, Rakeback Poker is sweet. I'm playing 5/10 6max there, and 40% rakeback adds up quickly! Its tracked right in the system how much rake you've earned, and you can redeem at any time. I think I have my new non bonus hunting site.
BTW, Rakeback Poker is sweet. I'm playing 5/10 6max there, and 40% rakeback adds up quickly! Its tracked right in the system how much rake you've earned, and you can redeem at any time. I think I have my new non bonus hunting site.
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Poker Pet Peeves
Last night we, Team PSO, played our 4th team tournament at Pokerroom.com We are currently 3-0 and playing pretty good pokah. Especially last week, we clinched after the 3rd match!
I have a couple poker pet peeves that absolutely bug the hell out of me. Both happened last night, and both were committed by the same player.
1) Raising post flop with 3 people in the pot and 1 player already allin preflop. Now its one thing if you flop a straight and you want to protect that hand, its another if you have pretty much nothing and you raise and chase the other active player out. Memo ... Your Bet does ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!!! If this is early in a tournament, fine, but this was during the final table where position is key compared to a few extra chips that you might not even get.
2) Big stack pansy play. Last night the chip leader as the SB folded to the short stack BB at least 3 orbits in a row. BB had an M between 3 and 4. Are you kidding me? Raise the damn blind, do not give him free $, if you commit yourself to an allin raise your still in good shape.
The weird thing is this player played a good game other than those two issues of mine, unless he was just getting lucky and I thought he played a good game. I ended up finishing 3rd/16 this round, and we ended up 2nd overall. 4 more rounds to go. JJ was the magical hand for me. Got it 4 times, won all 4 times including 2 doubleups. One was a set over set match. One of these double ups was also my comeback hand, after I was down to about 3M. JJ vs 1010, then next hand JJ vs 33. Put me right back up there.
This unfortunately ended our leading streak, the first time in 15 rounds we have never held the overall lead. Cocky but true, tonight we won't disappoint.
I have a couple poker pet peeves that absolutely bug the hell out of me. Both happened last night, and both were committed by the same player.
1) Raising post flop with 3 people in the pot and 1 player already allin preflop. Now its one thing if you flop a straight and you want to protect that hand, its another if you have pretty much nothing and you raise and chase the other active player out. Memo ... Your Bet does ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!!! If this is early in a tournament, fine, but this was during the final table where position is key compared to a few extra chips that you might not even get.
2) Big stack pansy play. Last night the chip leader as the SB folded to the short stack BB at least 3 orbits in a row. BB had an M between 3 and 4. Are you kidding me? Raise the damn blind, do not give him free $, if you commit yourself to an allin raise your still in good shape.
The weird thing is this player played a good game other than those two issues of mine, unless he was just getting lucky and I thought he played a good game. I ended up finishing 3rd/16 this round, and we ended up 2nd overall. 4 more rounds to go. JJ was the magical hand for me. Got it 4 times, won all 4 times including 2 doubleups. One was a set over set match. One of these double ups was also my comeback hand, after I was down to about 3M. JJ vs 1010, then next hand JJ vs 33. Put me right back up there.
This unfortunately ended our leading streak, the first time in 15 rounds we have never held the overall lead. Cocky but true, tonight we won't disappoint.
Monday, January 30, 2006
Year of the Dog ... doo doo
1st of all, Happy New Year to all those who celebrated it on the weekend!
I played my Poker.com WSOP qualifier last night. Top 2 go to the wsop:me, next 11 replay again next month. 1st hand KK, sweet. Next hand, AQ, sweet! Then barely played a hand for the next 1.5 hours. Got to about 4M and found AA. Doubled up. Few hands later found AKs in ep. utg limp, 4x raise, folded to the BB which had 1.5x my stack, they called, utg folded. 6-6-8 flop. BB goes allin, I call. AK vs QT. Turn 9, River J. I'm done.
During the long period of limited activity I was able to observe all the other players carefully. I became pretty accurate in guess who had what each hand, and had their playing patterns nailed down. Thus my call on that final hand. Sucks, did all that work for no reason. Oh well, I have another $80+8 coupon to try to get in Feb's qualifier.
The other MTT I played in on the weekend, was a quick Turbo $3r&a on Titan. Though I didn't even know it was an R&A until somebody rebought. Weak competition, lots of bad beats, came in 15th for a whopping $17. Had my KK lose to an AQ which crippled me late, and final hand was A8 vs A10 with my 1.5M left.
On the cash game front, doing an Expekt reload. 100% max $100, 200points required. Going slower than I thought, up and down on that site, reminds me of Martin's. Made some more $ on Paradise though.
On the Casino front, did the Casino Europa sticky bonus, 100% max $100, 8xD+B, + extra $20 bonus. Put it all down the first hand. Me 19, dealer 2. Hole card 7, next card A. Doh! Also did At the Races Casino 100% max £50. 10xD, get bonus, 1xB. Busted my 1st £50. Deposited another £50. Got it up to £88 and got my bonus to make it £138. 10 hands to go at £5 a hand. Lost 8/10, pushed 1, won the other. Don't like this place, but still a good bonus. Others have made $ from here.
Year of the Cock was good for dick's like me, hope the year of the Dog doesn't bite back!
I played my Poker.com WSOP qualifier last night. Top 2 go to the wsop:me, next 11 replay again next month. 1st hand KK, sweet. Next hand, AQ, sweet! Then barely played a hand for the next 1.5 hours. Got to about 4M and found AA. Doubled up. Few hands later found AKs in ep. utg limp, 4x raise, folded to the BB which had 1.5x my stack, they called, utg folded. 6-6-8 flop. BB goes allin, I call. AK vs QT. Turn 9, River J. I'm done.
During the long period of limited activity I was able to observe all the other players carefully. I became pretty accurate in guess who had what each hand, and had their playing patterns nailed down. Thus my call on that final hand. Sucks, did all that work for no reason. Oh well, I have another $80+8 coupon to try to get in Feb's qualifier.
The other MTT I played in on the weekend, was a quick Turbo $3r&a on Titan. Though I didn't even know it was an R&A until somebody rebought. Weak competition, lots of bad beats, came in 15th for a whopping $17. Had my KK lose to an AQ which crippled me late, and final hand was A8 vs A10 with my 1.5M left.
On the cash game front, doing an Expekt reload. 100% max $100, 200points required. Going slower than I thought, up and down on that site, reminds me of Martin's. Made some more $ on Paradise though.
On the Casino front, did the Casino Europa sticky bonus, 100% max $100, 8xD+B, + extra $20 bonus. Put it all down the first hand. Me 19, dealer 2. Hole card 7, next card A. Doh! Also did At the Races Casino 100% max £50. 10xD, get bonus, 1xB. Busted my 1st £50. Deposited another £50. Got it up to £88 and got my bonus to make it £138. 10 hands to go at £5 a hand. Lost 8/10, pushed 1, won the other. Don't like this place, but still a good bonus. Others have made $ from here.
Year of the Cock was good for dick's like me, hope the year of the Dog doesn't bite back!
Monday, January 23, 2006
Weekend Play
Didn't get as much poker playing done as I thought I would, but I got some. My ring game play was good, destroyed the Paradise Poker and Bet365 tables for a few hundred each. Played a few hands at Martin's, not much going on.
On the tourney front only played 3 mtts and a few sngs. 2/4 on sitngos on Titan. 1 win, 1 2nd. On the MTT front all 3 were played sunday night.
Paradise Million qualifier freeroll - Busted out 500ish. Not real poker here, people going allin with A high, a lot of suckouts, didn't really pay attention here.
Titan PSO Freeroll - Shortstacked myself early when dude calls by big bet, me holding AJs vs QTs. Hits a runner runner flush with me holding TPTK. Stayed around and bubbled out with my 99 vs AK, with another runner runner flush. Though I was low stack I probably could have tried hanging around until the $, but I felt like winning and going for gold instead.
Party $500k Qualifier - 350+ players, top 14 qualify for the $500k. Finished in 36. Was running ok, then completely card dead after the 2nd break. Couldn't hit a single flop while others did, was completely useless. Ended up putting up my 3M on the BB with KJs when 2 others went in in front. Up against AK and JJ, so I was pretty much dead unless a Spade board happened. It didn't happen, so in other words wasted 2+ hrs of my time.
This week I think were going to start our Pokerroom Team play again. We should kick ass again. Plus 24 is on, so its all good!
On the tourney front only played 3 mtts and a few sngs. 2/4 on sitngos on Titan. 1 win, 1 2nd. On the MTT front all 3 were played sunday night.
Paradise Million qualifier freeroll - Busted out 500ish. Not real poker here, people going allin with A high, a lot of suckouts, didn't really pay attention here.
Titan PSO Freeroll - Shortstacked myself early when dude calls by big bet, me holding AJs vs QTs. Hits a runner runner flush with me holding TPTK. Stayed around and bubbled out with my 99 vs AK, with another runner runner flush. Though I was low stack I probably could have tried hanging around until the $, but I felt like winning and going for gold instead.
Party $500k Qualifier - 350+ players, top 14 qualify for the $500k. Finished in 36. Was running ok, then completely card dead after the 2nd break. Couldn't hit a single flop while others did, was completely useless. Ended up putting up my 3M on the BB with KJs when 2 others went in in front. Up against AK and JJ, so I was pretty much dead unless a Spade board happened. It didn't happen, so in other words wasted 2+ hrs of my time.
This week I think were going to start our Pokerroom Team play again. We should kick ass again. Plus 24 is on, so its all good!
Monday, January 09, 2006
Bad Tourney day
Sunday was supposed to be a big tourney day from me. I played 4 tournies, supposed to be 5 but 1 got cancelled. All Freerolls but they all had some +EV to them. Bet365 $30k, Titan $10k, Eurobet $20k, PSO-Titan $2.5k, PSO-UB $2.5k. The only one I monied in was the one I didn't care about.
Bet365 I lasted till about 260ish out of 3600ish. I don't like the prima tourneys, after the 1st break they're just alliins or nothing.
Titan I got knocked out about 1/2 way out of 360ish. Hit my set of 5s. but the other guy had 4s and an OE straight draw. He hit and I was left with just about nothing.
Eurobet was the Killer. $20k freeroll with only 65 players!!! 10th place guaranteed $600. Disappointed in myself. One key play was getting reraised allin with me holding AK and with about 7M left. I couldn't pull the trigger and still question my decision. I eventually lost when my AQ lost to A7 all action preflop. Cutoff limped in, me on SB with about 5M pushed, BB folded. Limper had me covered so called. Stupid 7 on the turn. I guess this is why I hate freerolls. If you're going to call that bet, if you were the first one in the pot wouldn't it make sense to try to steal the blinds instead? Hope that donkey didn't $.
Titan PSO was postponed for a couple weeks. Too bad only 27 people registered for that one.
UB PSO freeroll was funny. I think 2100 were preregistered. 1st hand, a bunch of autofolds, button raises, and I go allin with QQ. Dude must have thought I was just a maniac, and called with K10. Bye bye, I double up. The funny thing is nobody else on the table is active! So I steal their blinds until they're kicked off after the 1st round. Ends up being 120 players left, and all in the $!! With no real interest in this I end up 50ish making $6! Woohoo!
On the casino side, it was up and down. Doing the monthly/reload for InterCasino, Littlewoods, Eurobet, VIP, 32red, and Super Vegas. Inter I'm up some, littlewoods I finished up big, Eurobet up some, VIP doing 2 months worth - was up huge, but now only up a little with 25% through the wr, Super Vegas up some. 32Red finally did one of these with a profit, though a small one of £14. They increased the bonus to max £50 with a 1500wr. Still an awesome deal especially with autoplay. I can't get lucky on this one though.
On the backgammon side, I finished my wr for Gammon Empire $20 bonus. Lost $7 prebonus, but am getting better at that game. This game gets more frustrating than poker, not because of bad players, but some crazy rolls.
Today is my 1st wsop satellite through UB, I better step up my game!
Bet365 I lasted till about 260ish out of 3600ish. I don't like the prima tourneys, after the 1st break they're just alliins or nothing.
Titan I got knocked out about 1/2 way out of 360ish. Hit my set of 5s. but the other guy had 4s and an OE straight draw. He hit and I was left with just about nothing.
Eurobet was the Killer. $20k freeroll with only 65 players!!! 10th place guaranteed $600. Disappointed in myself. One key play was getting reraised allin with me holding AK and with about 7M left. I couldn't pull the trigger and still question my decision. I eventually lost when my AQ lost to A7 all action preflop. Cutoff limped in, me on SB with about 5M pushed, BB folded. Limper had me covered so called. Stupid 7 on the turn. I guess this is why I hate freerolls. If you're going to call that bet, if you were the first one in the pot wouldn't it make sense to try to steal the blinds instead? Hope that donkey didn't $.
Titan PSO was postponed for a couple weeks. Too bad only 27 people registered for that one.
UB PSO freeroll was funny. I think 2100 were preregistered. 1st hand, a bunch of autofolds, button raises, and I go allin with QQ. Dude must have thought I was just a maniac, and called with K10. Bye bye, I double up. The funny thing is nobody else on the table is active! So I steal their blinds until they're kicked off after the 1st round. Ends up being 120 players left, and all in the $!! With no real interest in this I end up 50ish making $6! Woohoo!
On the casino side, it was up and down. Doing the monthly/reload for InterCasino, Littlewoods, Eurobet, VIP, 32red, and Super Vegas. Inter I'm up some, littlewoods I finished up big, Eurobet up some, VIP doing 2 months worth - was up huge, but now only up a little with 25% through the wr, Super Vegas up some. 32Red finally did one of these with a profit, though a small one of £14. They increased the bonus to max £50 with a 1500wr. Still an awesome deal especially with autoplay. I can't get lucky on this one though.
On the backgammon side, I finished my wr for Gammon Empire $20 bonus. Lost $7 prebonus, but am getting better at that game. This game gets more frustrating than poker, not because of bad players, but some crazy rolls.
Today is my 1st wsop satellite through UB, I better step up my game!
Friday, January 06, 2006
My journey to the WSOP: ME
My goal #2 of 2006 is to participate in the World Series Of Poker Main Event 2006. So I guess a lot of my time the first 1/2 of the year might be allocated to playing a bunch of satellite tournies. $10k is still to rich for my blood to buy direct. So far I'm in 3 direct qualifiers this month.
1) PokerRoom via the Fantasy Poker Challenge. Takes place end of the month and I'll be starting off with the 50th most chips out of 1000 or less. 6:1 over the bottom, 2:1 less than the chip leader.
2) Ultimate Bet. Qualifier on Monday Jan 9th. Qualified with a $5 satellite where top 25 advance. Top 3 out of 1500 are flown to Vegas to play in a live event sitngo where winner gets the seat. Pretty easy play here, I think about 125 people entered so 1/5 go through. Played a nice solid game and got through no problem. Stupid big stack still kept on stealing everyone's blinds during the bubble period even though every player on our table was pretty safe. Buddy just let us see some flops and play for fun, boring folding every hand until the end. Nobody here was going to do something stupid, especially with a handfull of players at the other tables with less than 2M.
3) Poker.com. Qualified last night. Started off playing 2 satellites, a $20 and a $5 last week. Won both. Last night played in the advancing $80 and the $20. Won both and now have a $250 direct and another $80. My $80 one was scary. Was in good chip position until my pocket Js. 4x preflop, called. Bet the A high flop, was reraised, had to drop it. That took a lot of my chips. I was always bottom 3 during the hand for hand time until I tripled up on A2s when I hit my flush. Lost a bunch more chips when shortest stack went allin, folded around to me on the BB and I had to call the 1 more bet with AQ. His 10s held up with a 10 on the turn after the flop had paired my Q. Stuggled again and had to push with JJ. Big stack called with JJ. Well at least I didn't loose! I was down to less than 1 BB on the bubble, but luckily one player was in worse position than I was with less than 1M and the blinds approaching. On the BB he had BB which he folded. On the SB he didn't have much better, but that hand gave me a heart attack. The 2 big stacks were in, and one decides to bet the turn with middle pair, forcing the other guy out. WTF you dumbass!!!! That bet does nothing, the extra few hundred chips does nothing, I would have beat his ass if he lost. Luckily his pair held up and I went through in 11th, just enough to advance.
My $20 game was rather easy. Didn't really pay attention to the beginning as I was playing my other game, and poker.com only allows one window. Became the chip leader after 20 mins and never looked back. Cruised my way through that one using some monster 7-3s and 10-6s to knock guys out. This is my backup if I don't make it through my main one.
Wish me luck!
1) PokerRoom via the Fantasy Poker Challenge. Takes place end of the month and I'll be starting off with the 50th most chips out of 1000 or less. 6:1 over the bottom, 2:1 less than the chip leader.
2) Ultimate Bet. Qualifier on Monday Jan 9th. Qualified with a $5 satellite where top 25 advance. Top 3 out of 1500 are flown to Vegas to play in a live event sitngo where winner gets the seat. Pretty easy play here, I think about 125 people entered so 1/5 go through. Played a nice solid game and got through no problem. Stupid big stack still kept on stealing everyone's blinds during the bubble period even though every player on our table was pretty safe. Buddy just let us see some flops and play for fun, boring folding every hand until the end. Nobody here was going to do something stupid, especially with a handfull of players at the other tables with less than 2M.
3) Poker.com. Qualified last night. Started off playing 2 satellites, a $20 and a $5 last week. Won both. Last night played in the advancing $80 and the $20. Won both and now have a $250 direct and another $80. My $80 one was scary. Was in good chip position until my pocket Js. 4x preflop, called. Bet the A high flop, was reraised, had to drop it. That took a lot of my chips. I was always bottom 3 during the hand for hand time until I tripled up on A2s when I hit my flush. Lost a bunch more chips when shortest stack went allin, folded around to me on the BB and I had to call the 1 more bet with AQ. His 10s held up with a 10 on the turn after the flop had paired my Q. Stuggled again and had to push with JJ. Big stack called with JJ. Well at least I didn't loose! I was down to less than 1 BB on the bubble, but luckily one player was in worse position than I was with less than 1M and the blinds approaching. On the BB he had BB which he folded. On the SB he didn't have much better, but that hand gave me a heart attack. The 2 big stacks were in, and one decides to bet the turn with middle pair, forcing the other guy out. WTF you dumbass!!!! That bet does nothing, the extra few hundred chips does nothing, I would have beat his ass if he lost. Luckily his pair held up and I went through in 11th, just enough to advance.
My $20 game was rather easy. Didn't really pay attention to the beginning as I was playing my other game, and poker.com only allows one window. Became the chip leader after 20 mins and never looked back. Cruised my way through that one using some monster 7-3s and 10-6s to knock guys out. This is my backup if I don't make it through my main one.
Wish me luck!
Sunday, January 01, 2006
New Years Resolution
1st of all hope everybody had a nice holidays. So far mine has been great, but unfortunately good things must come to an end. 2005 has been pretty good for me gambling wise. Haven't crunched my numbers fully yet but I believe I hit the $20k mark for the year +/- 200. Some nice little income to satisfy my spending habbits. Therefore I'm going to set myself some pretty hefty goals for 2006.
2006 Goals
1) Average $2.5k per month (poker/casino) = $30k for the year
2) Qualify for the WSOP Main Event
3) Qualify for a WPT tourney or another major event
4) Win a tourney with a min payout of $2k.
* Will add more or change goals as the year progresses.
I think I can do it, actually hope I can do it.
2006 Goals
1) Average $2.5k per month (poker/casino) = $30k for the year
2) Qualify for the WSOP Main Event
3) Qualify for a WPT tourney or another major event
4) Win a tourney with a min payout of $2k.
* Will add more or change goals as the year progresses.
I think I can do it, actually hope I can do it.
Thursday, December 22, 2005
Martin is killing me!!!
Wow trying to do the bonus at Martin's Poker. 100% max 600 Euro. 3000rh. 100% max 200 Euro x 2 - 600 rh. All clear concurrently.
Already down almost 200euro, I'm just getting bad beated and unlucky like crazy, been playing on tilt for the last part. Stuff like flopping broadway, and buddy hitting runner runner full house. Or AcJc vs Q5. Flop was AKc5c. All my chips in there, and buddy gets a 5 on the river without me improving? Man I gotta turn around my luck soon!
Already down almost 200euro, I'm just getting bad beated and unlucky like crazy, been playing on tilt for the last part. Stuff like flopping broadway, and buddy hitting runner runner full house. Or AcJc vs Q5. Flop was AKc5c. All my chips in there, and buddy gets a 5 on the river without me improving? Man I gotta turn around my luck soon!
Wednesday, December 07, 2005
Poker Team Tournament Winners!
And last night my teamates clinched the league with another superb showing. I believe it was a 1st, 3rd, 4th, 4th, 5th. Good enough for 1st place for this round. So we finished with 3 1sts, 1 3rd, and an 8th in the 5 round league. 51 points, 2nd place wasn't even close. Time for some bigger events now, were ready!
Tuesday, December 06, 2005
Beats Happen ...
Yesterday our team finished 8th/9 for the PokerRoom Team tourney. I didn't watch any of my teammates play, but from what they told me, each of the early exiters lost when they were at least 2:1 going in. AK vs AJ, KK vs A9 etc. We ended up with a 1st, 3rd, 8th, 8th, 9th for 29pts.
Good news is the teams we wanted to win, won! So right now were still at 36pts, 2nd place has 23 points, 3rd has 21 pts. The lowest we can finish is tied for 2nd, and and guaranteed $. Though anything less than 1st will be a disappointment considering the way we started.
Good news is the teams we wanted to win, won! So right now were still at 36pts, 2nd place has 23 points, 3rd has 21 pts. The lowest we can finish is tied for 2nd, and and guaranteed $. Though anything less than 1st will be a disappointment considering the way we started.
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Nice, my blog is finally worth something! :)
My blog is worth $1,129.08.
How much is your blog worth?
Sunday, November 27, 2005
Hey I actually played some Poker this weekend!
Its been a while since I've sat down and played some ring game pokah. Did the following this weekend. Finished off my Gaming Club reload, earn enough stars for the 2 Titan Freerolls (1 curtousy of PokerSourceOnline, qualify for the Paradise million freeroll.
Gaming club finished up $170 after $100 bonus.
Titan up $200 after $30 bonus.
Paradise up $150. Qualified for 2 freerolls
So a nice weekend on the cash tables.
Tourneys
1st paradise freeroll, busted out when my AQ TPTK lost to a flush that somehow called with those odds. Playing the 2nd freeroll as I type.
Party tournies: 3rd in a $30 sng for $60. CPC qualifer knocked out early. QQ vs 33. Caught a 7 for his straight on the river.
Came 4th in a Step Higher tourney, repeat Step 1.
Titan Maui, came in 3rd.
This is how not to play in a Party Step tourney.
4 players left:
EP limps in
I hold JJ and limp in. (Reasoning: next player likes to push on weak entries, has done it numerous times)
SB: surprisingly just limps in.
BB: check
Flop comes 10 high.
SB: check
BB: allin
UTG: allin
I have them both covered by a little, and me being a super pussy tonight decide to fold. BB turns over 10x, UTG turns over A10. WTF was I thinking. Could have knocked both of them out and qualified for the next level. STupid ass me, ended up 3rd = nothing.
Check your mail for an InterCasino cd. Contains the code marvel for a free $10 to play on their marvel casinos. Finished the wr on that with $13, woohoo!
Breakaway Casino busted playing pontoon. For my last bet, I hit a pontoon, and then the dealer hits his pontoon. Thats why I hate RTG.
Gaming club finished up $170 after $100 bonus.
Titan up $200 after $30 bonus.
Paradise up $150. Qualified for 2 freerolls
So a nice weekend on the cash tables.
Tourneys
1st paradise freeroll, busted out when my AQ TPTK lost to a flush that somehow called with those odds. Playing the 2nd freeroll as I type.
Party tournies: 3rd in a $30 sng for $60. CPC qualifer knocked out early. QQ vs 33. Caught a 7 for his straight on the river.
Came 4th in a Step Higher tourney, repeat Step 1.
Titan Maui, came in 3rd.
This is how not to play in a Party Step tourney.
4 players left:
EP limps in
I hold JJ and limp in. (Reasoning: next player likes to push on weak entries, has done it numerous times)
SB: surprisingly just limps in.
BB: check
Flop comes 10 high.
SB: check
BB: allin
UTG: allin
I have them both covered by a little, and me being a super pussy tonight decide to fold. BB turns over 10x, UTG turns over A10. WTF was I thinking. Could have knocked both of them out and qualified for the next level. STupid ass me, ended up 3rd = nothing.
Check your mail for an InterCasino cd. Contains the code marvel for a free $10 to play on their marvel casinos. Finished the wr on that with $13, woohoo!
Breakaway Casino busted playing pontoon. For my last bet, I hit a pontoon, and then the dealer hits his pontoon. Thats why I hate RTG.
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Absolute Poker Skin Design Contest!
I'm sure everybody complains about the Ugliness of Absolute poker, though they have improved from when they first launched. Now you can change the table skins! Now Absolute has a contest - $500 for the best skin design. Poker Source Online has a contest as well! Winner gets 10k points ($100)
Here is my submission - Absolute skin
Yes I'm not a designer, but no real touchup required!
http://absolutepoker.com/tableskins/create-your-own.asp
Here is my submission - Absolute skin
Yes I'm not a designer, but no real touchup required!
http://absolutepoker.com/tableskins/create-your-own.asp
Friday, November 11, 2005
Finally, my 1st MTT Win!!!
After a year and a half of playing, finally got my first MTT win. Though not my biggest win, this one still feels better. Finally got that damn monkey off my back. I almost blew it too! Played an amazing final table game. Didn't lose a hand before heads up. Made some great laydowns preflop, JJ, 99, both times somebody else had KK. Won all my steals, and all my allins, and didn't require any bad beats to do so.
When it came down to Heads Up I almost blew it! 9to1 chip advantage, but I kept losing to top pair. He had about a 3to1 now, and after some steals got back to pretty much even. Made him put me allin with me holding AK and him KJ. AK held up. On the next hand I finished him off with K high I believe.
This was on Poker.com, probably the site with the best tourney structures on the net. I guess I'll continue tourneys on that site!
When it came down to Heads Up I almost blew it! 9to1 chip advantage, but I kept losing to top pair. He had about a 3to1 now, and after some steals got back to pretty much even. Made him put me allin with me holding AK and him KJ. AK held up. On the next hand I finished him off with K high I believe.
This was on Poker.com, probably the site with the best tourney structures on the net. I guess I'll continue tourneys on that site!
Wednesday, November 09, 2005
SitnGo roll!
Doing pretty good in my sitngos lately, won 3/5. Unfortunately they were all on lower limits, but at least one goes toward the Titan Maui promotion. The other 2 wins were on a site where I just needed a few more $ to get in a larger tourney. Turned $11 to $33 with ease, score!
Finished up my Bet365 reload, should be done my Inter, Littlewoods, and SuperVegas this week as well.
Finished up my Bet365 reload, should be done my Inter, Littlewoods, and SuperVegas this week as well.
Tuesday, November 01, 2005
Got my ass handed to me!
Guess it was bound to happen, haven't had a nice losing ring game day in a while. Last night on Eurobet, lost about $120 playing $50NL and $100NL. These suckers that I was making pretty good $ on finally caught their cards. Got my KK cracked by K5, wtf! AA cracked by KQ. AKs raise and a reraise and still 6 people in the pot, eventually won by 33 on a flopped set.
Action for the week: Eurobet reload (still), Bet365 Nov reload, InterCasino, Littlewoods, Victor Chandler, Poker Blue ring and mtt, BPT mtt.
Action for the week: Eurobet reload (still), Bet365 Nov reload, InterCasino, Littlewoods, Victor Chandler, Poker Blue ring and mtt, BPT mtt.
Friday, October 28, 2005
Taking your time
Last night I played in a MTT, winner gets a WPT seat at the Bellagio. 23 people left, top 20 are in the $ as well, I made a stupid play. Now I knew the one guy likes to make the all-in any position blind steal, and this time I read it correctly, I failed to think it through. I held Axs and was on the SB. I decided that next time he tried that move I would call with any A or pp. What I failed to realize was that, I'm so close to the $, do I really need to make that move yet? Calling would only leave me at a slight favourite at best. Though I was on the lower echelon of chips, in comparison to the blinds I still had time to play. Not thinking things through after playing 2+ hours will hurt you. Now I have to remember that for next time. oh and btw, the guy held J9, and flopped a K high straigh. Not J to complete that straight for me.
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