And thats why I love razz!
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Thursday, April 17, 2008
"Here I Go Again" - Whitesnake
By now you think im whinning and complaining about nothing, but i submit another example:
Blinds 50/100. Stack of 900 raises to 300.
I have Qd-5d and 750 chips including my blind i posted so I push all-in. Call.
He has A-A. SURPRISE!
Flop Q-A-5
This is just fucking bullshit.
Blinds 50/100. Stack of 900 raises to 300.
I have Qd-5d and 750 chips including my blind i posted so I push all-in. Call.
He has A-A. SURPRISE!
Flop Q-A-5
This is just fucking bullshit.
And even more!
A-K short stacked in riverchasers.
blinds 500/1000
get it all in on the flop, guess what he has? The only possible hand to have when I have A-x!!
A-A baby!
"Crazy Game of Poker" - O.A.R.
So I played in two blogger events last night the Mookie and Dookie. Mook was the usual 1.5k starting chips NLHE. Started off bad, within the first 20 minutes I lost almost half my stack, then I went as high as 5th. After that I went card dead, the chip leader came in and start bossing the table around, and before I know it I have 2k chips left, the blinds are 240/120 with 50 ante?, and I get As-9s, so I push knowing full well what Im going to get called by. Chip leader is the only caller and wouldn't you know he has blessed A-A, unfortunately no A on the flop to further torment me, but I did grab an all red board with nary a spade to be seen to knock me out in 24th out of 102. Is that in the points, I have no clue.
The Dook was another story, the game was PLO, and I was on fire. A-A, K-K, A-A 2 more times. Hit a set with 9-9 in my hand, filled some flushed. I catapualted to the lead early and stayed there for a bit. Then the beats started rolling in. Im in the BB with a mix hand of middle number cards. Checks to me I check. Flop is 9-7-6 two clubs. I have a 10 and an 8 in my hand for the made straight. The other person doesnt have very much for chips left, so I decide to put the decision on them to chase for the flush or higher straight. Get it all in, and if I remember correctly the person had pair of 7s and maybe a flush draw. Well thanks to a lovely turn and river 5, he got to use the 7and 5 in his hand for a boat that beat my straight.
After another suckout that puts me down to 2kish in chips, I push with A-A-K-J 3 hearts. Some middle middle stack calls my pot bet instead of just raising me the 300 extra i have left. Low flop but having no other choice I push. MS calls with just about the junkiest hands in Omaha ive seen for a lovely straight. Just another day on the FT!
I read all these posts about people getting mad at the table, I don't I vent out loud to myself or in print like this worthless blog, or in the case of last night when the gf is sleeping, I go play CoD4 and kill some terrorists. Then I go to bed, wake up the next morning and forget what happened (for the most part) so that when I get home we can resume all over again.
Tonight is the Riverchasers tourney which im expecting to have another mediocre showing in, I guess donking all my money of to the bloggers isnt so bad, I could donk it off to some random jackass that does know shit from banannas.
The Dook was another story, the game was PLO, and I was on fire. A-A, K-K, A-A 2 more times. Hit a set with 9-9 in my hand, filled some flushed. I catapualted to the lead early and stayed there for a bit. Then the beats started rolling in. Im in the BB with a mix hand of middle number cards. Checks to me I check. Flop is 9-7-6 two clubs. I have a 10 and an 8 in my hand for the made straight. The other person doesnt have very much for chips left, so I decide to put the decision on them to chase for the flush or higher straight. Get it all in, and if I remember correctly the person had pair of 7s and maybe a flush draw. Well thanks to a lovely turn and river 5, he got to use the 7and 5 in his hand for a boat that beat my straight.
After another suckout that puts me down to 2kish in chips, I push with A-A-K-J 3 hearts. Some middle middle stack calls my pot bet instead of just raising me the 300 extra i have left. Low flop but having no other choice I push. MS calls with just about the junkiest hands in Omaha ive seen for a lovely straight. Just another day on the FT!
I read all these posts about people getting mad at the table, I don't I vent out loud to myself or in print like this worthless blog, or in the case of last night when the gf is sleeping, I go play CoD4 and kill some terrorists. Then I go to bed, wake up the next morning and forget what happened (for the most part) so that when I get home we can resume all over again.
Tonight is the Riverchasers tourney which im expecting to have another mediocre showing in, I guess donking all my money of to the bloggers isnt so bad, I could donk it off to some random jackass that does know shit from banannas.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
"Same Old Song and Dance" - Aerosmith
Well folks, the curse of the FT has continued on. I placed 4th in the Hoy last week which got my bankroll up to $671. As of this post my bankroll has sunk to approx $380. Almost 3oo bucks in little over a week. Apparently my life is a bad beat (pun!). I could go on and on about the various beats, the various stupid plays I've made or the general discontent i'm expieriencing towards FT right now.
In an otherwise craptacular week, I've managed to do ok in a bunch of blogger events since the Hoy but have yet to cash again. In the Hoy this past Monday I made a 1 outer on the Turn (my Q-Q vs A-Q) to double up to 11k in chips and almost assure myself a points placement, only to be slow-rolled into running my A-Ko into A-A on an A high flop.The thing is I was playing really good, I mean REALLY good. Haven't felt that confident playing in a long time, and then I get bounced when I totally misread Princessmeowmeow's hand as being weak and she caught her case A to seal my doom. After this I played the Midnight madness where I had my A-A cracked by A-Ko, IRONY!
I have started to get an obsession about HORSE, multi games never really interested me, although I have had Omaha and Stud iterests in the past. I played the Skillz Horse game last Tuesday and I was doing suprisingly well in it until I didn't notice that the game had switched from Razz to Stud Hi and my awesome low lost to 2 pair...
Last night's Skillz challenge was Stud 8, was doing okay in that until for my 4-flush with a 4-straight draws ended up netting me 3 pairs... Losing hand was A-8-A when my opponent 7th streeted a 5 for 2 pair. Then I ran A-10 into A-A in a 12 sng, and crapped out of a HORSE sng.
Been a bad last month for me on FT, needless to say. I even hit up F-woods on Sunday for the first time in awhile, I played 2/4 limit just to see if I could get a beginner's feel on poker. I felt great, picked up a bunch of tells from people. Made some good reads and laydowns. Was up $40 at one point, before those river rats with no descernible draws hit that off the wall card on the end to close a boat or fill a gutshot straight. Typical, and I was not upset. After that I played Craps for a good 2 hours and was up almost $200 at one point till I just decided to play with what I was up and gave it all back. Honestly going to the casino isnt about winning to me, its juat about enjoying the process. I taught some guy how to play craps and he made everyone at the table a boatload of money, AND we all had a good time.
Tonight is the Mook and I'm signed up, not expecting much, but hoping for the best.
In an otherwise craptacular week, I've managed to do ok in a bunch of blogger events since the Hoy but have yet to cash again. In the Hoy this past Monday I made a 1 outer on the Turn (my Q-Q vs A-Q) to double up to 11k in chips and almost assure myself a points placement, only to be slow-rolled into running my A-Ko into A-A on an A high flop.The thing is I was playing really good, I mean REALLY good. Haven't felt that confident playing in a long time, and then I get bounced when I totally misread Princessmeowmeow's hand as being weak and she caught her case A to seal my doom. After this I played the Midnight madness where I had my A-A cracked by A-Ko, IRONY!
I have started to get an obsession about HORSE, multi games never really interested me, although I have had Omaha and Stud iterests in the past. I played the Skillz Horse game last Tuesday and I was doing suprisingly well in it until I didn't notice that the game had switched from Razz to Stud Hi and my awesome low lost to 2 pair...
Last night's Skillz challenge was Stud 8, was doing okay in that until for my 4-flush with a 4-straight draws ended up netting me 3 pairs... Losing hand was A-8-A when my opponent 7th streeted a 5 for 2 pair. Then I ran A-10 into A-A in a 12 sng, and crapped out of a HORSE sng.
Been a bad last month for me on FT, needless to say. I even hit up F-woods on Sunday for the first time in awhile, I played 2/4 limit just to see if I could get a beginner's feel on poker. I felt great, picked up a bunch of tells from people. Made some good reads and laydowns. Was up $40 at one point, before those river rats with no descernible draws hit that off the wall card on the end to close a boat or fill a gutshot straight. Typical, and I was not upset. After that I played Craps for a good 2 hours and was up almost $200 at one point till I just decided to play with what I was up and gave it all back. Honestly going to the casino isnt about winning to me, its juat about enjoying the process. I taught some guy how to play craps and he made everyone at the table a boatload of money, AND we all had a good time.
Tonight is the Mook and I'm signed up, not expecting much, but hoping for the best.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
"Today" - Smashing Pumpkins
Hey I got around to doing a blogger event again, go me! Its been a long long time, but on a whim I signed up for the Hoy last night.
I always have felt like an outsider in these things because everyone knows each other except me. I was introduced to this poker loving bunch for Joe AKA Unimpressed, and I started off pretty good last year by winning a HOY and finishing 2nd in a Mookie in the same week. So I wasn't "unknown" but then again I wouldn't say I was well-known either. Slowly I stopped playing the tourneys as I got disenchanted with the state of poker (heck I havent even played at the casino since end of December!)
Fast-forward to last night:
I was determined to play in the Hoy so I started off by donking out of a 8+.25 token tourney. Then I joined a 12 SnG while waiting for the Hoy to start. Things started to get hectic when the SnG was finishing up and the Hoy was starting. Ended up finishing the Sng in 2nd, and then I got serious about the Hoy.
Good thing too, because I got into a raising war with someone on the first hand I played where I had hit a set of 8 on the flops to bust A-A. Not too much later I bust A-K with A-A. I've realized its a lot easier to play poker when you get cards, I'd like that to continue.
I feel I played this tourney pretty good. Got a huge chip lead early and laid back a bit, stealing blinds against people who I had an inkling they might fold. Folding to any raise where I had a questionable hand out of position. I was doing well. Then the ineviatable first mistake.
I have 8-8 in late position, Envy raises to 3x-Pot size bet (can't remember exactly) from EP. I just call this raise but in my head I'm thinking I should pop it back.
Flop: 4-4-9
Not too bad flop for me, I figure other than high pairs I should be good here. She bets between 3/4ths and pot size, and I pop it back. She comes over the top of me all-in. I just get this fishy feeling that she doesn't have as good of a hand as shes repping. So I call. Go ahead blame me for both good and bad instincts. She turns over J-9o. So I was right in a sense that she didnt have that great of a hand, but just good enough to beat mine.
So my stack is caught in half and I'm more determined then ever to not donk out of this tournament. I got moved and raised the next 3 hands, grabbing just the blinds. But I got back up to 6300. I kept this up the rest of the tourney and went to the final table in 6th place out of 6.
After 2 awesome sneak-ness with A-A (I spanked both the chip leaders at the time) to double up. I made my 2nd and deadliest mistake.
I have A-Qo in Middle postion. I am currently sitting 4th out of 4 with 29k in chips. I do a pot-size raise as I have been thoughout the tourney (at this time I believe it was a raise to 5100) and the big huge chip leader just smooth calls. This is VERY fishy to me as 90% of the time its either a fold or re-raise to my raises. Flop is 3 cards under 10 with 2 hearts. Now even though I have a fishy feeling about the smooth call. I go ahead and make a pot-sized bet. Chip leader re-raises me to almost all-in. I think for a bit then let it go. I crippled my stack to 15k. Few hands later I push with A-7 and get called by A-Q and my tourney is over.
But for 3 and 1/2 hours of work I netted $193, not too shabby I must say!
I always have felt like an outsider in these things because everyone knows each other except me. I was introduced to this poker loving bunch for Joe AKA Unimpressed, and I started off pretty good last year by winning a HOY and finishing 2nd in a Mookie in the same week. So I wasn't "unknown" but then again I wouldn't say I was well-known either. Slowly I stopped playing the tourneys as I got disenchanted with the state of poker (heck I havent even played at the casino since end of December!)
Fast-forward to last night:
I was determined to play in the Hoy so I started off by donking out of a 8+.25 token tourney. Then I joined a 12 SnG while waiting for the Hoy to start. Things started to get hectic when the SnG was finishing up and the Hoy was starting. Ended up finishing the Sng in 2nd, and then I got serious about the Hoy.
Good thing too, because I got into a raising war with someone on the first hand I played where I had hit a set of 8 on the flops to bust A-A. Not too much later I bust A-K with A-A. I've realized its a lot easier to play poker when you get cards, I'd like that to continue.
I feel I played this tourney pretty good. Got a huge chip lead early and laid back a bit, stealing blinds against people who I had an inkling they might fold. Folding to any raise where I had a questionable hand out of position. I was doing well. Then the ineviatable first mistake.
I have 8-8 in late position, Envy raises to 3x-Pot size bet (can't remember exactly) from EP. I just call this raise but in my head I'm thinking I should pop it back.
Flop: 4-4-9
Not too bad flop for me, I figure other than high pairs I should be good here. She bets between 3/4ths and pot size, and I pop it back. She comes over the top of me all-in. I just get this fishy feeling that she doesn't have as good of a hand as shes repping. So I call. Go ahead blame me for both good and bad instincts. She turns over J-9o. So I was right in a sense that she didnt have that great of a hand, but just good enough to beat mine.
So my stack is caught in half and I'm more determined then ever to not donk out of this tournament. I got moved and raised the next 3 hands, grabbing just the blinds. But I got back up to 6300. I kept this up the rest of the tourney and went to the final table in 6th place out of 6.
After 2 awesome sneak-ness with A-A (I spanked both the chip leaders at the time) to double up. I made my 2nd and deadliest mistake.
I have A-Qo in Middle postion. I am currently sitting 4th out of 4 with 29k in chips. I do a pot-size raise as I have been thoughout the tourney (at this time I believe it was a raise to 5100) and the big huge chip leader just smooth calls. This is VERY fishy to me as 90% of the time its either a fold or re-raise to my raises. Flop is 3 cards under 10 with 2 hearts. Now even though I have a fishy feeling about the smooth call. I go ahead and make a pot-sized bet. Chip leader re-raises me to almost all-in. I think for a bit then let it go. I crippled my stack to 15k. Few hands later I push with A-7 and get called by A-Q and my tourney is over.
But for 3 and 1/2 hours of work I netted $193, not too shabby I must say!
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
"Oops I Did It Again" - Britney Spearz!
So I played again last night on Full Tilt... Used my $26 coin to enter the $28k guaranteed and i played 2 hands. 2 FRICKIN HANDS!
First hand A-Ko in LP. Early in the tourney, most stacks are at 3k or around that, 50/25 blinds.
Raise 3x and get 1 caller.
Flop: Jh,9h,8s
Check to me, continuation bet of greater than 3/4ths the pot. Call after the timer clicks down a little.
Turn: 10d
Checks to me, check is good.
River: blank
Checks to me, check is good.
Caller turns over Ad-Qd….. Gutshot draw on the flop and that’s it….
Not too much later....
Second hand: As-Js on the button. EP call, raise from guy to my right. I call. EP calls.
Flop: Jc, 6c, X
Check from EP, bet by guy to my right. Re-raise all-in by me. Long, long looooooong looooooooooooooooooong thought by EP then a call. OB calls. Me all-in, they both still have cash.
Turn: 8x
They both get it all-in. They hands are as follows: Original raiser: A-Jo, me A-Js, EP 6c-8c. For the two pair win…..
I played another SnG after that but I was on the kind of tilt where you aren't playing bad, but you know every flop, turn and river is not your friend.
First hand A-Ko in LP. Early in the tourney, most stacks are at 3k or around that, 50/25 blinds.
Raise 3x and get 1 caller.
Flop: Jh,9h,8s
Check to me, continuation bet of greater than 3/4ths the pot. Call after the timer clicks down a little.
Turn: 10d
Checks to me, check is good.
River: blank
Checks to me, check is good.
Caller turns over Ad-Qd….. Gutshot draw on the flop and that’s it….
Not too much later....
Second hand: As-Js on the button. EP call, raise from guy to my right. I call. EP calls.
Flop: Jc, 6c, X
Check from EP, bet by guy to my right. Re-raise all-in by me. Long, long looooooong looooooooooooooooooong thought by EP then a call. OB calls. Me all-in, they both still have cash.
Turn: 8x
They both get it all-in. They hands are as follows: Original raiser: A-Jo, me A-Js, EP 6c-8c. For the two pair win…..
I played another SnG after that but I was on the kind of tilt where you aren't playing bad, but you know every flop, turn and river is not your friend.
Monday, March 31, 2008
"Long Time Gone" - Dixie Chicks
Man it feels like forever since I posted last! "Only 08/20/07" Heh, so much has come and gone since then. Settled out of court for my ankle injury, then bought the in-laws (can they be in-laws if ive known them forever and not married?) a cruise to Bermuda. They absolutely deserve it for all the crap they had to do while I couldnt walk.
I got my poker stash up over the $1200 mark from Foxwoods before I stopped going for a bit, more than anything, the drive wears me out and that includes when I'm not driving. Its 1 hour 15 minutes of pure nothingness, I try to take a cat nap on the way so im refreshed and in the right frame of mind when I hit the table, but more often than not when I get to the table im still yawning and sleepy-eyed.
So anyway after a few weeks of not going the money got used for better things like house repairs, other various things, you know "better things." Online I stayed afloat for a long time hovering around the $1k mark until I got addicted to MTGO again and was funneling funds from the poker account to people giving me MTGO tix, until I got tired of that too.
So after a few weekends of feeling the itch again, I've been expieriencing one of the worst slumps of my career. I'm under $600 for the first time since last summer, and its been to my incredulous attitude. This week alone. I have started with K-K up against 5-5 and lost to quad 5's (all-in pre-flop), another hand J-J against 5-5 and lost to quad 5s (all-in pre-flop), A-A (the one hand of Bullets I got in 3+ weeks) loses to K-J two pair (all-in on Flop after pre-flop 5x raise), and then theres the 10+ hands no matter what they are (from K-K to 3c-6c) that I run into A-A someone else has. I know people go hot (see me last May-July) and then go deathly cold (see me now). I know poker has its ups and downs, and i know many time ive lost when I shoulda won, and won when I shoulda lost, but damn. This seems like the longest un-winning streak ever. I do have a $26 token that I'd like to get in some $28k guaranteed action, maybe end up at the final table again.
Other than poker, i have taken an interest in Blackjack again. 2 times in March I played, and the first time i should have left $100 up (stupid new guy hits a 15 with dealear showing a 4) and then on my birthday after a horrible showing at Spanish 21 (down $150 in 30 minutes) I end the night up $175 after a $25/hand BJ table with Alissa's cousin and friend. Can't complain about that!
Back to poker: Mo Sun got these Pokertek tables I've been meaning to try but keep getting sidetracked by BJ or craps. No dealer, basically online poker at a casino. They have some SnGs like $60 or $80, which is better than those $125 ones at F-woods because I can play a few before getting busted.
So for now Online will probably be my only gambling solace as we are preparing to put our Condo on the market and will have to hit a few open houses to find a house we both like, kinda exciting, I will finally get my gamblin' room where I can stick my Casino professional poker table, jam out on Rock Band, and relax.
I'll try to post any more poker related articles I encounter, but hopefully all is well out there in poker blogger land.
I got my poker stash up over the $1200 mark from Foxwoods before I stopped going for a bit, more than anything, the drive wears me out and that includes when I'm not driving. Its 1 hour 15 minutes of pure nothingness, I try to take a cat nap on the way so im refreshed and in the right frame of mind when I hit the table, but more often than not when I get to the table im still yawning and sleepy-eyed.
So anyway after a few weeks of not going the money got used for better things like house repairs, other various things, you know "better things." Online I stayed afloat for a long time hovering around the $1k mark until I got addicted to MTGO again and was funneling funds from the poker account to people giving me MTGO tix, until I got tired of that too.
So after a few weekends of feeling the itch again, I've been expieriencing one of the worst slumps of my career. I'm under $600 for the first time since last summer, and its been to my incredulous attitude. This week alone. I have started with K-K up against 5-5 and lost to quad 5's (all-in pre-flop), another hand J-J against 5-5 and lost to quad 5s (all-in pre-flop), A-A (the one hand of Bullets I got in 3+ weeks) loses to K-J two pair (all-in on Flop after pre-flop 5x raise), and then theres the 10+ hands no matter what they are (from K-K to 3c-6c) that I run into A-A someone else has. I know people go hot (see me last May-July) and then go deathly cold (see me now). I know poker has its ups and downs, and i know many time ive lost when I shoulda won, and won when I shoulda lost, but damn. This seems like the longest un-winning streak ever. I do have a $26 token that I'd like to get in some $28k guaranteed action, maybe end up at the final table again.
Other than poker, i have taken an interest in Blackjack again. 2 times in March I played, and the first time i should have left $100 up (stupid new guy hits a 15 with dealear showing a 4) and then on my birthday after a horrible showing at Spanish 21 (down $150 in 30 minutes) I end the night up $175 after a $25/hand BJ table with Alissa's cousin and friend. Can't complain about that!
Back to poker: Mo Sun got these Pokertek tables I've been meaning to try but keep getting sidetracked by BJ or craps. No dealer, basically online poker at a casino. They have some SnGs like $60 or $80, which is better than those $125 ones at F-woods because I can play a few before getting busted.
So for now Online will probably be my only gambling solace as we are preparing to put our Condo on the market and will have to hit a few open houses to find a house we both like, kinda exciting, I will finally get my gamblin' room where I can stick my Casino professional poker table, jam out on Rock Band, and relax.
I'll try to post any more poker related articles I encounter, but hopefully all is well out there in poker blogger land.
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