I decided to take $100 off of Full Tilt. I wanted to have the extra money for when I go to St. Louis in a couple weeks. My plan is to try a single table satellite or two in order to get into the $350 HORSE event on 4/8. For the rest of the time that I am there I plan on playing the cash games. I may try and play a few more single table sats depending on how soft they are and how I am running in them.
I requested the check yesterday. Let's see how long it takes to get it.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Tourney Results
It's been so long since I was gonna post about some good tournament results I guess I will summarize as best I can.
I played a $90 deep stack at the track (and I mean DEEP, 20k chips). They had 49 runners and after nearly 7 hours I finished 4th for around $360. When we were 5 handed I had about 6bbs and was up against everyone else sitting on at least 20bbs and 2 well over 80bbs and we ALMOST got an even 5 way chop. The drunk in the game fucked it up for me asking for the floor for no other reason to piss off one particular opponent who said screw it let's play. Drunk was the chip leader and busted 5th.
In the above tournament I won a satellite ticket (first 5 flushes in tourney win $30 seat). The ticket gets you 2k in chips in a sat. You have a $5 add=on for 1k more and a $30 re-buy which you must take right away for 5k more. I was on my starting stack in the 3rd level and limped 98hh. Flop comes QJ10 in a five way limped pot. BB leads for near pot and I just ship about 7500 total and the BB finds a call with J7??? I double and am in good shape early. It ended up being 89 runners for 12 seats. With 16 to go I found AA when I had 5bbs and won blinds and antes which nearly doubled my stack. I hit AA with 14 left to secure me stat in the $350 buy-in tourney. I also had 30% of someone else in the tourney who also won a seat. Tourney is this Sunday. I am selling both seats if I can to take the cash to St. Louis with me.
In Minneapolis I had two live cash sessions. Netting them both I broke even. I also played a $40 tournament with a little over 200 runners paying 20 spots. I finished 25th. gg me.
That's about it lately. I have a ticket for a $125 64 player heads-up event Thursday. If it sells out I may just try and sell my seat for a premium. If not I like my chances as I highly doubt the players in the field are all that skilled in heads-up.
I played a $90 deep stack at the track (and I mean DEEP, 20k chips). They had 49 runners and after nearly 7 hours I finished 4th for around $360. When we were 5 handed I had about 6bbs and was up against everyone else sitting on at least 20bbs and 2 well over 80bbs and we ALMOST got an even 5 way chop. The drunk in the game fucked it up for me asking for the floor for no other reason to piss off one particular opponent who said screw it let's play. Drunk was the chip leader and busted 5th.
In the above tournament I won a satellite ticket (first 5 flushes in tourney win $30 seat). The ticket gets you 2k in chips in a sat. You have a $5 add=on for 1k more and a $30 re-buy which you must take right away for 5k more. I was on my starting stack in the 3rd level and limped 98hh. Flop comes QJ10 in a five way limped pot. BB leads for near pot and I just ship about 7500 total and the BB finds a call with J7??? I double and am in good shape early. It ended up being 89 runners for 12 seats. With 16 to go I found AA when I had 5bbs and won blinds and antes which nearly doubled my stack. I hit AA with 14 left to secure me stat in the $350 buy-in tourney. I also had 30% of someone else in the tourney who also won a seat. Tourney is this Sunday. I am selling both seats if I can to take the cash to St. Louis with me.
In Minneapolis I had two live cash sessions. Netting them both I broke even. I also played a $40 tournament with a little over 200 runners paying 20 spots. I finished 25th. gg me.
That's about it lately. I have a ticket for a $125 64 player heads-up event Thursday. If it sells out I may just try and sell my seat for a premium. If not I like my chances as I highly doubt the players in the field are all that skilled in heads-up.
Sunday, March 14, 2010
Monday, March 8, 2010
Laziness
The title above pretty much sums up my writing skills over the last few weeks. I have a boatload of shit to say but I am just two damn lazy to type out the words. That's partly why we began the collaborative blog, so there would be more content. Since someone decided to have kid #2 and my other cohort is just as lazy and I am, that left us with little content. I'm not sure how to change that. Twitter has been my crutch. It's a hell of a lot easier to type 140 characters at a time compared to crafting multiple paragraphs. I am not a writer by nature. Hell, I don't even like to read much either. Anyone out there have cures?????
After getting back from Vegas I decided to go play some live poker at the track to try and build the roll up some more. Here comes the fail!!! I was on my first buy-in when in a 5-way limped pot I held the 66 in mp. Flop comes down 632dd. SB leads for $10 and with the possible multiple-draws out there I raised it up to $30. SB takes zero seconds and ships. I throw the last $50 in front of me in and say I have a set. He says me too and turns over the 33. Bink comes the 3 on the turn and I was just one outed for my first buy-in. I must say that I took it pretty well though. Shit like that happens.
I opened the game up a little bit after that. After about another hour passes before I limp 95ss in middle position. The player from the previous hand raises to $8 and with the future of 6 others calling who were already in I called. Flop comes A95 rainbow. Villan leads for $20 and I ship the last of my $80 in front of me and he snap calls with the AJ. Guess what, J binks the turn. Bye bye buy-in #2. After that buy-in #3 was a blur. Plenty of shitty play ensued and I ended up dropping all of my profits from Vegas in 5 hours.
Fast forward one week later and I am back at the track with two buy-ins in my pocket. Very first hand of the day I pick up AKcc in early position and raise it up to $11 and get three callers. Flop comes KQx and I lead for $30 and get one caller. Turn J and I ship the last $59 and get called by KK. Lovely. After one hand, down one buy-in I get up from the table and decide to walk over to the tournament that is about to start. Soon things are going to change. More later.
After getting back from Vegas I decided to go play some live poker at the track to try and build the roll up some more. Here comes the fail!!! I was on my first buy-in when in a 5-way limped pot I held the 66 in mp. Flop comes down 632dd. SB leads for $10 and with the possible multiple-draws out there I raised it up to $30. SB takes zero seconds and ships. I throw the last $50 in front of me in and say I have a set. He says me too and turns over the 33. Bink comes the 3 on the turn and I was just one outed for my first buy-in. I must say that I took it pretty well though. Shit like that happens.
I opened the game up a little bit after that. After about another hour passes before I limp 95ss in middle position. The player from the previous hand raises to $8 and with the future of 6 others calling who were already in I called. Flop comes A95 rainbow. Villan leads for $20 and I ship the last of my $80 in front of me and he snap calls with the AJ. Guess what, J binks the turn. Bye bye buy-in #2. After that buy-in #3 was a blur. Plenty of shitty play ensued and I ended up dropping all of my profits from Vegas in 5 hours.
Fast forward one week later and I am back at the track with two buy-ins in my pocket. Very first hand of the day I pick up AKcc in early position and raise it up to $11 and get three callers. Flop comes KQx and I lead for $30 and get one caller. Turn J and I ship the last $59 and get called by KK. Lovely. After one hand, down one buy-in I get up from the table and decide to walk over to the tournament that is about to start. Soon things are going to change. More later.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Vegas Wrap and One More Story
The final numbers:
Cash Games: +555
Single Table Sats: -160
Tournament: -60
Random Gambling/Food/Other Expenses: -15
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Total Profit - +320 - A winning trip, yea.
I have one more story to tell about the Hard Rock. While at the second table they floor person came around and gave tickets for a $100 drawing in which you had to be in the room to win. There was a Brit to my immediate right who probably had around $600 in front of him. HE was gonna get up and leave until a few people at the table convinced him to to stay the extra half hour until the drawing. I was pretty sure they weren't doing it out of the kindness of their hearts. He had to be the fish at the table and just got lucky in a few spots.
The phrase coined at the table was "European Style", synonymous with losing all your chips in quick succession. In the half hour it took for him to wait for the drawing he ended up being felted on two big pots where he got his money in drawing dead. The bad part was he didn't even stick around to see if he won the $100. His buddies on the rail were giving him a massive amount of shit. Stay away from the European Style of play.
Cash Games: +555
Single Table Sats: -160
Tournament: -60
Random Gambling/Food/Other Expenses: -15
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Total Profit - +320 - A winning trip, yea.
I have one more story to tell about the Hard Rock. While at the second table they floor person came around and gave tickets for a $100 drawing in which you had to be in the room to win. There was a Brit to my immediate right who probably had around $600 in front of him. HE was gonna get up and leave until a few people at the table convinced him to to stay the extra half hour until the drawing. I was pretty sure they weren't doing it out of the kindness of their hearts. He had to be the fish at the table and just got lucky in a few spots.
The phrase coined at the table was "European Style", synonymous with losing all your chips in quick succession. In the half hour it took for him to wait for the drawing he ended up being felted on two big pots where he got his money in drawing dead. The bad part was he didn't even stick around to see if he won the $100. His buddies on the rail were giving him a massive amount of shit. Stay away from the European Style of play.
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