Friday, April 16, 2010
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Non-Poker Post
Just some updates on Non-poker stuff:
Fantasy Hockey season say me in the finals against the 2nd place regular season team (me being #1). It came down to the final game of the NHL season ANA/EDM.
Ended up falling exactly 2 Shots On Goal short of being Champion, however, 2nd place winnings did cover my entry into my buddy's expensive baseball rotis. league.
Phillies are off to a 6-1 start (and tied 7-7 right now against the Nats). Consider this my public acknowledgment to Riggs and Hoy that I am so far greatful to be wrong in the Roy situation. Lee is on the DL/suspended, and Halladay is pitching complete games. So Hoy/Riggs you were right.
Hopefully some BBT5 news forth-coming, so stay tuned!
Fantasy Hockey season say me in the finals against the 2nd place regular season team (me being #1). It came down to the final game of the NHL season ANA/EDM.
Ended up falling exactly 2 Shots On Goal short of being Champion, however, 2nd place winnings did cover my entry into my buddy's expensive baseball rotis. league.
Phillies are off to a 6-1 start (and tied 7-7 right now against the Nats). Consider this my public acknowledgment to Riggs and Hoy that I am so far greatful to be wrong in the Roy situation. Lee is on the DL/suspended, and Halladay is pitching complete games. So Hoy/Riggs you were right.
Hopefully some BBT5 news forth-coming, so stay tuned!
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Poker Calendar
Been slacking again, so its time for an update.
Last Friday (03/05/10) made a trip to the Sun poker room again. I took half a day off and wanted to get there by 3ish with Unimpressed showing up around 6.
The table I sat at just happened to have a lot of people who looked like a celebrity of some sort. There was the Carl Weathers look-a-like, who I almost asked if he gets the "You look like Chubbs a lot" (Apollo Creed for you older folks). Then there was the guy I call WWS, White Warren Sapp, the dude was a spitting image of what Wareen Sapp would like if he was white. And finally, the guy I refer to as my nemesis, looked like a skinnier Ron Artest.
As for the play, I bought in short to start off and promptly stacked off to an Asian guy in seat 6 who was on a heater, no matter what cards he held he ended up having the winner.
I had 5-6o, he had 5-7o and the river 6 gave him the nuts. Re-bought in short again.
A few hands later I pick up QQ, raise to the standard 12, get a few callers. Flop comes Q-Xc-Xc, throw out a 30 spot and get the Asian Heater to call. Turn is the 3rd club and he bets out 35. Im looking at my stack and have approx 50 and I could fold here because Im certain he has the flush, but I decent to just push the last 50 in there and he insta calls with 10-9cc. River doesnt help and within 30 mins Im down 200.
I eventually make that 200 back and then some, and Joe showed up. This is also about the time WWS and his 2 friends sit down at the table. So at this point the table consists of Joe and myself, WWS and 2 friends, 2 Asian brothers, and 3 singles.
This is about the time I started tanking again because I made some real idiotic plays. I lost track of what was happening on a hand when on the turn I had an OESFD and when a Qc clubs came out on the River I bet out not putting my opponent on a flush, which technically was correct, except I somehow missed the 2 Queens dealt on the flop...he had a boat and I looked like an idiot.
Next bonehead play I have A-10dd. Joe, who is on my left, raises to 15. The Ron Artest guy (Nemesis)calls and I call. Flop comes Kd-Jd-X.
This is where my mind leaves me again. I call Joe, but at this point I forget Nemesis is in the hand. Turn is a blank and I bet out. Joe calls, and again Nemesis must have called but at this point Im 100% oblivious to him being in the hand.
River is another blank and I bet out 25. Joe folds and at this point I think the hand is over and I flip my cards up to show Joe how I almost had that Royal and the High hand, however, Nemesis who had been making decisions at a grass growing pace still had his cards. And while Joe and I differ on if he actually saw my flipped cards he called my 25 with A-Q and took down the pot with his Q kicker.
So after that, down 190, I was done. Said my goodbyes to Joe and headed out into Wind to meet up with Liss and her fam. Since we were sorta celebrating Liss' bday and she was upset that she was down 100 from her favorite penny machines, I obliged her and we went to the roulette table.
The way I play roulette is I bet 8,11,21,22 (Liss, her dad, her mom, and my bdays) and through out some various random bets. Long story short, Liss' number came up 5 times (including a 3 out 4 spins stretch), her dad's came up twice, her mom's came up twice (including a lucky hit on a time when i bumped up the amount on 21 because it had not come in) and my number came in once. I ended the night up 300 from roulette, and actually 100 up for the day.
The 100 I was up I gave to her because I felt bad she was sad on her bday weekend about losing.
So all in all, a good day. Got to play with Joe in a casino setting again.
Upcoming visits: I have 3/19, 3/22, and 3/23 off from my big 3-0 bday. My plan right now is to be at Foxwoods/Mohegan on 03/19 and possible either do the 600 NL or 400 limit FPC tourneys.
Tonight is my monthly game but I dont expect a large turnout.
Non-Poker:
- KC Chiefs moves so far: Thomas Jones, Casey Wiegman, Chris Chambers. I like all those moves.
- Final Fantasy XIII looks gorgeous, however the play thus far (5 hours in) is a little disappointing
- Congrats to Lehigh University for their NCAA birth, 4th in school history
Last Friday (03/05/10) made a trip to the Sun poker room again. I took half a day off and wanted to get there by 3ish with Unimpressed showing up around 6.
The table I sat at just happened to have a lot of people who looked like a celebrity of some sort. There was the Carl Weathers look-a-like, who I almost asked if he gets the "You look like Chubbs a lot" (Apollo Creed for you older folks). Then there was the guy I call WWS, White Warren Sapp, the dude was a spitting image of what Wareen Sapp would like if he was white. And finally, the guy I refer to as my nemesis, looked like a skinnier Ron Artest.
As for the play, I bought in short to start off and promptly stacked off to an Asian guy in seat 6 who was on a heater, no matter what cards he held he ended up having the winner.
I had 5-6o, he had 5-7o and the river 6 gave him the nuts. Re-bought in short again.
A few hands later I pick up QQ, raise to the standard 12, get a few callers. Flop comes Q-Xc-Xc, throw out a 30 spot and get the Asian Heater to call. Turn is the 3rd club and he bets out 35. Im looking at my stack and have approx 50 and I could fold here because Im certain he has the flush, but I decent to just push the last 50 in there and he insta calls with 10-9cc. River doesnt help and within 30 mins Im down 200.
I eventually make that 200 back and then some, and Joe showed up. This is also about the time WWS and his 2 friends sit down at the table. So at this point the table consists of Joe and myself, WWS and 2 friends, 2 Asian brothers, and 3 singles.
This is about the time I started tanking again because I made some real idiotic plays. I lost track of what was happening on a hand when on the turn I had an OESFD and when a Qc clubs came out on the River I bet out not putting my opponent on a flush, which technically was correct, except I somehow missed the 2 Queens dealt on the flop...he had a boat and I looked like an idiot.
Next bonehead play I have A-10dd. Joe, who is on my left, raises to 15. The Ron Artest guy (Nemesis)calls and I call. Flop comes Kd-Jd-X.
This is where my mind leaves me again. I call Joe, but at this point I forget Nemesis is in the hand. Turn is a blank and I bet out. Joe calls, and again Nemesis must have called but at this point Im 100% oblivious to him being in the hand.
River is another blank and I bet out 25. Joe folds and at this point I think the hand is over and I flip my cards up to show Joe how I almost had that Royal and the High hand, however, Nemesis who had been making decisions at a grass growing pace still had his cards. And while Joe and I differ on if he actually saw my flipped cards he called my 25 with A-Q and took down the pot with his Q kicker.
So after that, down 190, I was done. Said my goodbyes to Joe and headed out into Wind to meet up with Liss and her fam. Since we were sorta celebrating Liss' bday and she was upset that she was down 100 from her favorite penny machines, I obliged her and we went to the roulette table.
The way I play roulette is I bet 8,11,21,22 (Liss, her dad, her mom, and my bdays) and through out some various random bets. Long story short, Liss' number came up 5 times (including a 3 out 4 spins stretch), her dad's came up twice, her mom's came up twice (including a lucky hit on a time when i bumped up the amount on 21 because it had not come in) and my number came in once. I ended the night up 300 from roulette, and actually 100 up for the day.
The 100 I was up I gave to her because I felt bad she was sad on her bday weekend about losing.
So all in all, a good day. Got to play with Joe in a casino setting again.
Upcoming visits: I have 3/19, 3/22, and 3/23 off from my big 3-0 bday. My plan right now is to be at Foxwoods/Mohegan on 03/19 and possible either do the 600 NL or 400 limit FPC tourneys.
Tonight is my monthly game but I dont expect a large turnout.
Non-Poker:
- KC Chiefs moves so far: Thomas Jones, Casey Wiegman, Chris Chambers. I like all those moves.
- Final Fantasy XIII looks gorgeous, however the play thus far (5 hours in) is a little disappointing
- Congrats to Lehigh University for their NCAA birth, 4th in school history
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Crash and Burn and I Write A Travel Guide
Friday night at Mo Sun was a disaster.
I'll let that phrase marinate for a second. Ive documented on here how I've been pissing money away on table games the last few times Ive went to the casino, mainly because I like to gamble and secondly because I had some reservations about playing live poker again.
Well thanks to various people (not limited to but including HoP)I've kicked the table games habit and headed right for the poker room Friday night determined to build my bankroll.
Everything started out fine, no nerves, and I splashed around early. The table was about 6 regs/decent players with 3 absolute fish. I bought in for $120 just to get a feel for the able before I dump all my money in. And it worked until this particular hand....
Im in seat 10 and UTG, I haven't raised pre-flop yet so when Ip ick up 8-8 I figure I can go here. Standard raise was to 12 and I caught only one caller, seat 1.
Flop comes down J-9-J
Figure this is a fairly decent flop for me givin my table image (tight pre, loose post)and the caller being a guy who can find a fold.
I throw out a $20 bet, and seat 1 calls.
Turn A
Heres my thinking, if the dude is calling with a naked Ace on the flop and thinks im continuing the bet with A-K/A-Q he'd smooth call the flop to see what develops on the turn. When the Ace comes out I figure my best chance for a fold here is put a decent sized bet on the turn to show that the A probably hit me good and any lesser Ace is walking into a trap. If he has the J here, im expecting a re-raise. So I put a $50 bet out into a pot of $80ish, and to my surprise the guy again just calls. Im perplexed by this move. J would probably raise here because I've stated I like my hand. A call here pretty much telegraphs I'm beat.
River is a Xx
I check. I can only beat a rediculous bluff and 2 calls from this guy pretty much says he has a hand.
Expecting a betI am confused when seat 1 checks behind. He flips up A-9 for aces up and I muck.
Basically the rest of my night was summed up by my worst mistake. I had K-K and raised preflop and caught one caller, the rock of the table.
Flop was all undercards, and I bet at it and rock called. This is where the bells should have been going off, but I was blinded by something. Turn was still an undercard and I bet again, this time the rock pops me from 60 to 200. And inside I should be screaming to let this hand go, but like an idiot I call off half of my stack in front of me. I ran into a set of tens which turned into quads on the river. Even the biggest of idiots could have seen that coming, yet I was caught up in the moment and didnt put on the brakes to think.
In the end I ended up down to full buy-ins and obliterated my bankroll. And all I can do is shake my head as I think of that stupid play...
In other news, blogger Jordan asked me to write a small tour guide for Bethlehem, PA since that seems to be the eventual destination of a bunch of poker playing New Yorkers due to its 90 minute closeness to NYC.
Heres my write-up: Bethlehem
I only hope I did Bethlehem proud. It still is so amazing to me a casino got built there, if you had asked me 10 years ago if I thought they would ever get a casino I would have laughed. The place is an insanely religious area and have had some close friends turned into cult-like followers (not an exaggeration, and no Im not anti-religion) the protests that took place during the Sands opening actually surprised me that they weren't bigger.
Well now at least when I go home to visit my fam, I have a place to crash when the hotel opens and play some poker! Maybe even some Mid-Atlantic blogger gatherings.
Thanks again HoP for letting me guest write!
I'll let that phrase marinate for a second. Ive documented on here how I've been pissing money away on table games the last few times Ive went to the casino, mainly because I like to gamble and secondly because I had some reservations about playing live poker again.
Well thanks to various people (not limited to but including HoP)I've kicked the table games habit and headed right for the poker room Friday night determined to build my bankroll.
Everything started out fine, no nerves, and I splashed around early. The table was about 6 regs/decent players with 3 absolute fish. I bought in for $120 just to get a feel for the able before I dump all my money in. And it worked until this particular hand....
Im in seat 10 and UTG, I haven't raised pre-flop yet so when Ip ick up 8-8 I figure I can go here. Standard raise was to 12 and I caught only one caller, seat 1.
Flop comes down J-9-J
Figure this is a fairly decent flop for me givin my table image (tight pre, loose post)and the caller being a guy who can find a fold.
I throw out a $20 bet, and seat 1 calls.
Turn A
Heres my thinking, if the dude is calling with a naked Ace on the flop and thinks im continuing the bet with A-K/A-Q he'd smooth call the flop to see what develops on the turn. When the Ace comes out I figure my best chance for a fold here is put a decent sized bet on the turn to show that the A probably hit me good and any lesser Ace is walking into a trap. If he has the J here, im expecting a re-raise. So I put a $50 bet out into a pot of $80ish, and to my surprise the guy again just calls. Im perplexed by this move. J would probably raise here because I've stated I like my hand. A call here pretty much telegraphs I'm beat.
River is a Xx
I check. I can only beat a rediculous bluff and 2 calls from this guy pretty much says he has a hand.
Expecting a betI am confused when seat 1 checks behind. He flips up A-9 for aces up and I muck.
Basically the rest of my night was summed up by my worst mistake. I had K-K and raised preflop and caught one caller, the rock of the table.
Flop was all undercards, and I bet at it and rock called. This is where the bells should have been going off, but I was blinded by something. Turn was still an undercard and I bet again, this time the rock pops me from 60 to 200. And inside I should be screaming to let this hand go, but like an idiot I call off half of my stack in front of me. I ran into a set of tens which turned into quads on the river. Even the biggest of idiots could have seen that coming, yet I was caught up in the moment and didnt put on the brakes to think.
In the end I ended up down to full buy-ins and obliterated my bankroll. And all I can do is shake my head as I think of that stupid play...
In other news, blogger Jordan asked me to write a small tour guide for Bethlehem, PA since that seems to be the eventual destination of a bunch of poker playing New Yorkers due to its 90 minute closeness to NYC.
Heres my write-up: Bethlehem
I only hope I did Bethlehem proud. It still is so amazing to me a casino got built there, if you had asked me 10 years ago if I thought they would ever get a casino I would have laughed. The place is an insanely religious area and have had some close friends turned into cult-like followers (not an exaggeration, and no Im not anti-religion) the protests that took place during the Sands opening actually surprised me that they weren't bigger.
Well now at least when I go home to visit my fam, I have a place to crash when the hotel opens and play some poker! Maybe even some Mid-Atlantic blogger gatherings.
Thanks again HoP for letting me guest write!
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Home Game and Upcoming Adventures
Last Saturday I had my monthly home game, lowest turn out in a long time just 5 guys. Ended up playing 5 games, and I won 3. I felt pretty good and while my home game isn't as serious as Jason's game or as intense as the casino, on a night where the merriest of men where not at the game it made me focus more on the game itself. Got A-A 3x, which is more than the last 10 games in total. Bagged another 110 to add to the poker coffers.
Upcoming we have 2 big tournaments in Connecticut. March 12th through the 28th is the New England Poker Classic at Foxwoods. It takes place during my bday, so ill probably be hitting up a few of those, including the $400 HOSE and the $200 NLHE.
Starting 03/28, Mohegan Sun's Pokerstars tourney takes place and runs through 04/11. Not sure how much, if any, i'll do in this one.
So to anyone who may be coming down for either one, good luck and maybe catch ya at the tables
Upcoming we have 2 big tournaments in Connecticut. March 12th through the 28th is the New England Poker Classic at Foxwoods. It takes place during my bday, so ill probably be hitting up a few of those, including the $400 HOSE and the $200 NLHE.
Starting 03/28, Mohegan Sun's Pokerstars tourney takes place and runs through 04/11. Not sure how much, if any, i'll do in this one.
So to anyone who may be coming down for either one, good luck and maybe catch ya at the tables
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Reflections on a New Year
I know I'm more than a little late with a New Year's post but I thought I really needed to get around to doing it so here I am.
The 00's were a growth decade for me as I transitioned from my late teens into almost, gulp, 30. When the clock struck midnight on 01/01/2000 I was a depressed boy playing Starcraft online. The Y2K fear dwindling through the day as very small random outages were reported across the globe as each area celebrated the new year. My job at the time was a security guard for the Bon-Ton warehouse located in Whitehall, PA. My credit was in shambles, my bank account was broke, and I was living at home. Well living is a strong word, more like staying there.
Anyway, during the decade. I ended up going to school at UPITT-Titusville, and then East Stroudsburg. Moving down to Lubbock, TX with my best friend so I could go to Texas Tech for radio broadcasting. Stuff happened and TTU never happened so I moved back north and started dating a girl from Connecticut, and Ive been here ever since. Got an apartment with said girl in 08/2004. Moved to a condo in 05/2005, and finally bought a house in 08.
As for gambling.... Prior to 2003 I have never stepped inside a casino, well ok thats not accurate... when I was 18 I went with my friend to Atlantic City because he convinced me we could gamble at 18 in AC. He said it was just Vegas that was 21...oh how gullible I was back then. We walked through the Taj, saw the restriction sign and headed off to the Hard Rock to eat. And that was the extent of my casinoage until Liss took me to Mohegan in 2003. I was hooked. Eventually I started playing cards right before the big poker boom with a real day-dream of one day making it out to Vegas to compete. Then 2009 happened.
Everyone who reads this blog knows my 2009 story so I wont rehash it, but as I sit here I can't believe where I have arrived from where I have been just 10 years ago. I've accomplished more than I thought I would, although to be fair when I was 19 I thought I'd be the next Adam Sandler...yeah that got sidetracked... but in reflection I'm very proud of where I am and I can only hope the next 10 years is as exciting and adventurous as the last 10.
As for the gambling-side I’ve been failing miserably. I’ve been to the casino 4 times in the new year and each time I was too preoccupied with playing table games than to make the quick trip to the poker room and I think that stems from the fact that I think I’ve figured out that I do have a real anxiety over playing real poker again in a casino. The why is simple, and like I mentioned above has been stated many times, but how I get over this I guess can only be solved by getting in there and playing. Mohegan is have an event on a traveling Poker Stars tour that starts at the end of March and concludes with the Main Event starting April 7th.
So we will see, I definitely more comfortable playing tournaments versus playing cash games.
P.S.: Been playing Forza 3 for xbox 360, fun game and allows you to customize cars. I'd like to present to you my customized car
"Pocket Rocket"
The 00's were a growth decade for me as I transitioned from my late teens into almost, gulp, 30. When the clock struck midnight on 01/01/2000 I was a depressed boy playing Starcraft online. The Y2K fear dwindling through the day as very small random outages were reported across the globe as each area celebrated the new year. My job at the time was a security guard for the Bon-Ton warehouse located in Whitehall, PA. My credit was in shambles, my bank account was broke, and I was living at home. Well living is a strong word, more like staying there.
Anyway, during the decade. I ended up going to school at UPITT-Titusville, and then East Stroudsburg. Moving down to Lubbock, TX with my best friend so I could go to Texas Tech for radio broadcasting. Stuff happened and TTU never happened so I moved back north and started dating a girl from Connecticut, and Ive been here ever since. Got an apartment with said girl in 08/2004. Moved to a condo in 05/2005, and finally bought a house in 08.
As for gambling.... Prior to 2003 I have never stepped inside a casino, well ok thats not accurate... when I was 18 I went with my friend to Atlantic City because he convinced me we could gamble at 18 in AC. He said it was just Vegas that was 21...oh how gullible I was back then. We walked through the Taj, saw the restriction sign and headed off to the Hard Rock to eat. And that was the extent of my casinoage until Liss took me to Mohegan in 2003. I was hooked. Eventually I started playing cards right before the big poker boom with a real day-dream of one day making it out to Vegas to compete. Then 2009 happened.
Everyone who reads this blog knows my 2009 story so I wont rehash it, but as I sit here I can't believe where I have arrived from where I have been just 10 years ago. I've accomplished more than I thought I would, although to be fair when I was 19 I thought I'd be the next Adam Sandler...yeah that got sidetracked... but in reflection I'm very proud of where I am and I can only hope the next 10 years is as exciting and adventurous as the last 10.
As for the gambling-side I’ve been failing miserably. I’ve been to the casino 4 times in the new year and each time I was too preoccupied with playing table games than to make the quick trip to the poker room and I think that stems from the fact that I think I’ve figured out that I do have a real anxiety over playing real poker again in a casino. The why is simple, and like I mentioned above has been stated many times, but how I get over this I guess can only be solved by getting in there and playing. Mohegan is have an event on a traveling Poker Stars tour that starts at the end of March and concludes with the Main Event starting April 7th.
So we will see, I definitely more comfortable playing tournaments versus playing cash games.
P.S.: Been playing Forza 3 for xbox 360, fun game and allows you to customize cars. I'd like to present to you my customized car
"Pocket Rocket"
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