Well today I sat down to play my usual cash game grind, 6 tables of 400NL. It started off well as I stacked someone early when I flopped a set and beat their overpair, but it was all down hill after that. I after about 6 hours of play I found myself down 4 buyins, $1600. Now I hate finishing a session down and after being down two buyins the day before I was determined to not to finish Thursday down.
So I contintued to play, doing my best not to tilt and also not to take extra gambles just because I was down and wanted to recover my losses. It took me another 5.5 hours but I got back up $400 on the session, leaving me down $400 over two days. 11.5 hours is definitly the longest session I've put in to date. Even toward the end though I felt really good and didn't think there had been much of a drop off in my play since the start.
I missed played some hands early to get down but I also lost two pots of about $700 each to 2 outers on the river. It was nice to recover though and it definitly helped get my confidence back up since I was feeling pretty down after losing 6 buyins. Now, it's time to get some sleep though since I'm pretty drained mentally after that session.
Halloween this weekend, which should be a ton of fun. I'm still not sure of my schedule but I'll definitly be out dressed as Maverick.
Friday, October 27, 2006
Sunday, October 08, 2006
Not My Day
Well I played 2 tournaments today, the Party and Stars Million. In both tournaments I started out with a pretty good first hour and ran my stack up some. Then it all fell apart in the second hour.
In the Party tourney I lost a bunch of chips to a shorter stack when my JJ lost to his AA. Then a few hands later I get KK and get involved in a 3-way pot with AA and QQ. The AA holds and I'm out.
I was still doing well in the Stars tourney though so I just moved my concentration there. I ended up getting it all in with 99 agaisnt 44 on a J9424 board. So my full house lost on the river to his quads.
Today was just not my day and I will be back to playing cash games this week as once again tournaments are just not being good to me.
In the Party tourney I lost a bunch of chips to a shorter stack when my JJ lost to his AA. Then a few hands later I get KK and get involved in a 3-way pot with AA and QQ. The AA holds and I'm out.
I was still doing well in the Stars tourney though so I just moved my concentration there. I ended up getting it all in with 99 agaisnt 44 on a J9424 board. So my full house lost on the river to his quads.
Today was just not my day and I will be back to playing cash games this week as once again tournaments are just not being good to me.
Wednesday, October 04, 2006
Royal With Cheese
It's been over two years since I hit my last Royal Flush. This is the third one of my life. The final pot was $169. Here's the hand history: HH. If you click on the picture you can get a bigger view of it.
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
I'll start with the good and work my way down. Good news is that I've continued to kill 400NL. So far I'm actually doing better at 400NL than I was at 200NL. The players don't seem to be any better than at 200NL and I also feel like this level fits my game pretty well. I seem to be losing the least amount possible when I'm beat while still getting maximum value out of my good hands. Considering cash games are where I make most of my money and I make it the most consistently this is probably more of a great thing than just a good thing.
Ok, now we start with the bad. I played in the WCOOP Main Event, the $2600 NL Holdem event, and didn't cash. By far my biggest tournament that I've played in so far. I played pretty well but didn't get paid off on any of my big hands. I got aces, kings, and queens during the tournament and only the kings held up, which means that it just wasn't my day. My last hand I was starting to get short stacked and got it all in with 77 and was called by KTo. The flop and turn came great and my oponent needed a king or ten on the river to take the hand, which he got in the king. I lasted about 3.5 hours and finished somewhere around 1000th out of 2500 people. The prizepool was over $6 million and paid out over $1 million to first place.
Now we get to the ugly. The far right side of the republican party was able to attach an anti-gaming bill to the port security act which easily was passed through congress and should be signed by Bush within the week. This bill isn't going to make online poker illegal but it's going to put into effect measures that prevent banks from being able to make transfers to gambling websites. Nobody really knows what the effect of this bill will be and only time will tell what real effect it has on online poker. So as of right now I will continue to play as normal and am just adpating a wait and see attitude.
Ok, now we start with the bad. I played in the WCOOP Main Event, the $2600 NL Holdem event, and didn't cash. By far my biggest tournament that I've played in so far. I played pretty well but didn't get paid off on any of my big hands. I got aces, kings, and queens during the tournament and only the kings held up, which means that it just wasn't my day. My last hand I was starting to get short stacked and got it all in with 77 and was called by KTo. The flop and turn came great and my oponent needed a king or ten on the river to take the hand, which he got in the king. I lasted about 3.5 hours and finished somewhere around 1000th out of 2500 people. The prizepool was over $6 million and paid out over $1 million to first place.
Now we get to the ugly. The far right side of the republican party was able to attach an anti-gaming bill to the port security act which easily was passed through congress and should be signed by Bush within the week. This bill isn't going to make online poker illegal but it's going to put into effect measures that prevent banks from being able to make transfers to gambling websites. Nobody really knows what the effect of this bill will be and only time will tell what real effect it has on online poker. So as of right now I will continue to play as normal and am just adpating a wait and see attitude.
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
WCOOP #13 - $320 6-Handed PLH
Today was the short-handed pot-limit holdem event with a $320 buy-in. There ended up being 1741 entrants creating a prizepool of over $500k. I dropped pretty quick from 2500 starting chips to 1500 and things weren't looking very good for this event. I chipped back up to about 1750 chips and then caught the nut straight on the turn which held over bottom set to double up to about 3500 chips. I worked up a bit more to 4400 but had two big back to back hands that didn't go my way. The first one I had TT which didn't hold agianst KQ and the very next hand I had AKo which fell to J9s and I busted around in about 850 place.
I was pretty happy with how I played overall but just didn't have a few big hands go my way which is all it takes. I'm leaving for the weekend to go golfing on Saturday morning but should be back in time for the WCOOP #18, the main event, on Sunday. I'd like to play in it but the $2600 buy-in is a pretty steep entry.
I've put in some good sessions at the cash games though and was up almost $1800 after busting out of the PLH tourney today. So while tournies aren't going that well for me the cash games are still going great. If I have another good day or two at them Thursday and Friday there's a good chance I'll play the main event on Sunday if I'm back from golf in time.
I was pretty happy with how I played overall but just didn't have a few big hands go my way which is all it takes. I'm leaving for the weekend to go golfing on Saturday morning but should be back in time for the WCOOP #18, the main event, on Sunday. I'd like to play in it but the $2600 buy-in is a pretty steep entry.
I've put in some good sessions at the cash games though and was up almost $1800 after busting out of the PLH tourney today. So while tournies aren't going that well for me the cash games are still going great. If I have another good day or two at them Thursday and Friday there's a good chance I'll play the main event on Sunday if I'm back from golf in time.
Sunday, September 24, 2006
WCOOP #10 - $1050 NL Holdem
Well todays event didn't go very well. I was card dead the whole time and the few big hands I picked up I ran into bigger hands. It seemed like everytime I was in a pot I would miss the flop and my opponent(s) would hit it. I was once again at a loose and aggressive table so it was almost impossible to pick up chips without getting a hand.
My bustout hand was when I picked up 97s on the button and had about 3k in my stack. I made it 400 to go and got called by the small blind who had been very loose and aggressive. The flop came K62 and he led out for 450. It really felt like a probe bet and that he only had a pocket pair like 77-TT and I figured if I pushed he would fold since I had been pretty tight the past few orbits and hadn't been making any moves. I also figured if he had a weak king like KT or KJ he would fold it. He ended up thinking for a few seconds and then making the call with AK. I really didn't think he would just call with a hand like AK preflop but he did and of course he hit a great flop.
I was also in the Party Poker $1 Million tourney today ($215). However I was also completely card dead in that tourney. Being card dead in both tourneys was very frustrating. When I finally picked up AK in the big blind it was minraised and called before me and I just pushed. The orginal raiser folded but the caller on the button made the call with 99. I flopped a king but the turn and river were both spades putting four on the board and he had the 9 of spades and made a flush to knock me out.
My next event in the WCOOP won't be until Wednesday with Event #13, $320 6-handed PL Holdem. The 6-handed events I usually have pretty good success in and hopefully I can turn my bad run in this WCOOP around with a solid cash in that.
My bustout hand was when I picked up 97s on the button and had about 3k in my stack. I made it 400 to go and got called by the small blind who had been very loose and aggressive. The flop came K62 and he led out for 450. It really felt like a probe bet and that he only had a pocket pair like 77-TT and I figured if I pushed he would fold since I had been pretty tight the past few orbits and hadn't been making any moves. I also figured if he had a weak king like KT or KJ he would fold it. He ended up thinking for a few seconds and then making the call with AK. I really didn't think he would just call with a hand like AK preflop but he did and of course he hit a great flop.
I was also in the Party Poker $1 Million tourney today ($215). However I was also completely card dead in that tourney. Being card dead in both tourneys was very frustrating. When I finally picked up AK in the big blind it was minraised and called before me and I just pushed. The orginal raiser folded but the caller on the button made the call with 99. I flopped a king but the turn and river were both spades putting four on the board and he had the 9 of spades and made a flush to knock me out.
My next event in the WCOOP won't be until Wednesday with Event #13, $320 6-handed PL Holdem. The 6-handed events I usually have pretty good success in and hopefully I can turn my bad run in this WCOOP around with a solid cash in that.
WCOOP #8 and #9
Yesterday was the $530 PL Holdem and the $215 HORSE events. I ended up busting out in both events after a combination of some bad luck and some bad plays. They weren't horrible plays but I think I could have played a few hands better after reviewing them yesterday.
The HORSE event I could never get anything going. HORSE is all limit events, which aren't my best, and when I had the best hand to start I would get run down by a worse hand at the end and when I had a big draw I would miss my outs.
In the PL Holdem event I was playing really well but I got KK and ended up losing a big pot to a guy who flopped a set of 8s. The board was Q high and had a flush draw on it and since I was being aggressive I figured the other player could easily have AQ or have the flush draw, just tuns out I was wrong this time.
I'm hoping to have a much better showing today, Sunday, as it will be WCOOP Event #10, $1050 NL Holdem. Since it's Sunday there should be the usual ton of bad players entering the event. The event has a $1 million guarentee but right now it's about 1 hour before the event starts and there's already almost 1500 people signed up making the prizepool well over $1.5 million and I expect it to get well over $2 million by the time the tourney starts which will put first place at almost $400,000. No limit is definitly my best game so hopefully I'll have a solid showing today and get deep into the tournament.
The HORSE event I could never get anything going. HORSE is all limit events, which aren't my best, and when I had the best hand to start I would get run down by a worse hand at the end and when I had a big draw I would miss my outs.
In the PL Holdem event I was playing really well but I got KK and ended up losing a big pot to a guy who flopped a set of 8s. The board was Q high and had a flush draw on it and since I was being aggressive I figured the other player could easily have AQ or have the flush draw, just tuns out I was wrong this time.
I'm hoping to have a much better showing today, Sunday, as it will be WCOOP Event #10, $1050 NL Holdem. Since it's Sunday there should be the usual ton of bad players entering the event. The event has a $1 million guarentee but right now it's about 1 hour before the event starts and there's already almost 1500 people signed up making the prizepool well over $1.5 million and I expect it to get well over $2 million by the time the tourney starts which will put first place at almost $400,000. No limit is definitly my best game so hopefully I'll have a solid showing today and get deep into the tournament.
Friday, September 22, 2006
WCOOP #6 - $215 NL Holdem w/rebuys
Thursday was Event #6 in the WCOOP which happened to be NL Holdem with rebuys. I did my usual immediate rebuy to double my stack. I played pretty solid through the rebuy period and doubled up pretty early on with JJ vs AKo when we got it all in on a JQK flop and I even turned another J for quads. That was enough to give me a very nice stack since the blind structure in these events is great. I of course added on after the rebuy period so I was in for a total of $615, which is the least you should expect to be in for in a rebuy tourney (3x buyin). There turned out to be 2081 entries, 2503 rebuys, and 1337 addons making the prize pool just under $1.2mil.
I continued to play well through the rest of the tourney but went card dead as we got down to about 500-600 people left. I went from an above average stack to being one of the shortest as we got down to about 350 people left. With the top 270 making the money, which started at just over $1k, I was hoping to survive until then. On top of being card dead though I was at tables with active players which makes it pretty much impossible to increase your stack without catching a hand as every pot is usually raised or reraised.
When we got down to about 300 people I picked up QQ in the small blind and decided that I was going to have to make a stand with the hand as I was down to about 8 big blinds. There was a raise from an early position player and then the button reraised. I called all-in and the first raiser thought for a bit before finally folding and saying that he had AQ. The guy on the button flipped up AK and we were in a coinflip situation but I was about a 60% favorite. The flop came J high and it looked like I was going to more than triple up with a brick on the turn but the K on the river killed my chances and I was out about 30 people from the money.
So another dissapointing finish but I really don't think I could have played the tourney much differently. Friday is a limit holdem tournament with a $215 buyin that I don't plan on playing as I haven't played much limit in awhile and would rather have Friday night off. I'll be back at it Saturday though with Event #9 $530 PL Holdem for sure and probably Event #8 $215 HORSE (two events in one day on Saturday). HORSE is a mix of 5 games: limit Holdem, limit Omaha, Razz, 7 card Stud, 7 card stud Eight or better(or known as stud hi/low). The games change every level and it's usually a fun event. I do't think I'm great at any one of the games but I think I can play each of them fairly well.
I continued to play well through the rest of the tourney but went card dead as we got down to about 500-600 people left. I went from an above average stack to being one of the shortest as we got down to about 350 people left. With the top 270 making the money, which started at just over $1k, I was hoping to survive until then. On top of being card dead though I was at tables with active players which makes it pretty much impossible to increase your stack without catching a hand as every pot is usually raised or reraised.
When we got down to about 300 people I picked up QQ in the small blind and decided that I was going to have to make a stand with the hand as I was down to about 8 big blinds. There was a raise from an early position player and then the button reraised. I called all-in and the first raiser thought for a bit before finally folding and saying that he had AQ. The guy on the button flipped up AK and we were in a coinflip situation but I was about a 60% favorite. The flop came J high and it looked like I was going to more than triple up with a brick on the turn but the K on the river killed my chances and I was out about 30 people from the money.
So another dissapointing finish but I really don't think I could have played the tourney much differently. Friday is a limit holdem tournament with a $215 buyin that I don't plan on playing as I haven't played much limit in awhile and would rather have Friday night off. I'll be back at it Saturday though with Event #9 $530 PL Holdem for sure and probably Event #8 $215 HORSE (two events in one day on Saturday). HORSE is a mix of 5 games: limit Holdem, limit Omaha, Razz, 7 card Stud, 7 card stud Eight or better(or known as stud hi/low). The games change every level and it's usually a fun event. I do't think I'm great at any one of the games but I think I can play each of them fairly well.
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
WCOOP #4 - $215 NL Heads-Up
Well today was Event #4. There were 2048 entrants it had to be a multiple of 2 because of the heads-up type structure. I made it through the first two rounds without too much trouble. In my first round match I had my opponent all-in twice and finally beat him the second time. In my second match I got it all in with AKs against A9o preflop and even though he spiked a 9 on the flop a K on the turn gave me the lead and the win.
In my third match I fell behind early when my opponent was hitting every hand. I was a little behind in the chip count when we got it all in on this hand. I was a 2:1 favorite but he sucked out right away on the turn and hit his flush and then even though I caught the ace high flush on the river it gave him a straight flush and I was out in round 3, one round before we made the money.
Tomorrow is WCOOP #5 Limit Omaha Hi/Low with a $530 buyin. I won't be playing that event but I'll be back at it on Thursday with NLHE $215 with rebuys. It should be a good event and has a $1 million guarentee but I'm guess the prizepool will be over $1.5 million as every event so far has gone well over the guarentee.
In my third match I fell behind early when my opponent was hitting every hand. I was a little behind in the chip count when we got it all in on this hand. I was a 2:1 favorite but he sucked out right away on the turn and hit his flush and then even though I caught the ace high flush on the river it gave him a straight flush and I was out in round 3, one round before we made the money.
Tomorrow is WCOOP #5 Limit Omaha Hi/Low with a $530 buyin. I won't be playing that event but I'll be back at it on Thursday with NLHE $215 with rebuys. It should be a good event and has a $1 million guarentee but I'm guess the prizepool will be over $1.5 million as every event so far has gone well over the guarentee.
Sunday, September 17, 2006
World Championship of Online Poker
The WCOOP started yesterday with a $215 Razz event that I didn't play in because I was up north trying to 'catch' Bambi (which I had no luck in). I've haven't played much razz though and probably wouldn't have played the event even if I had been home.
Event #2 was today which was $530 NL Holdem. There were about 4500 people and the tourney payed out 600 spots. I ended up finishing in 484th place. I was really happy about my play in the tournament except for one hand which I think I really missplayed. I had about 2x the average stack in the tourney and the hand cost me about half my chips and it really shouldn't have. Here's a link to the hand if you'd like to view it: Bad Hand
I'll try and update almost everyday now during the WCOOP and hopefully that gets me in the habit of blogging a little more often. Tomorrow is event #3 and will be a $320 rebuy PL(pot limit) Omaha tournament that I probably won't play. My next event will be #4 215 NL Match Play, I'll explain more about it tomorrow or Tuesday.
Event #2 was today which was $530 NL Holdem. There were about 4500 people and the tourney payed out 600 spots. I ended up finishing in 484th place. I was really happy about my play in the tournament except for one hand which I think I really missplayed. I had about 2x the average stack in the tourney and the hand cost me about half my chips and it really shouldn't have. Here's a link to the hand if you'd like to view it: Bad Hand
I'll try and update almost everyday now during the WCOOP and hopefully that gets me in the habit of blogging a little more often. Tomorrow is event #3 and will be a $320 rebuy PL(pot limit) Omaha tournament that I probably won't play. My next event will be #4 215 NL Match Play, I'll explain more about it tomorrow or Tuesday.
Sunday, July 30, 2006
Sunday Tourneys 7.30.2006
No success today in either of the Million tourneys on Party Poker or Poker Stars today. The Party was the usual $215 buyin with around 5250 people. I ended up getting it all in with AA against 66 but he flopped a 6 and I didn't get any help on the turn or the river. The Stars tourney was their end of the month $530 buyin and had just under 2000 people. I worked my stack up in the first hour and finished with double my starting stack but kept running into big hands in the second hour and got knocked out. With fields that big though you need to have a lot of luck so while it's dissapointing not to have a good finish it can't really be expected.
I'm up and running 3 screens now and my older computer (5-6 years) seems to be having trouble keeping up with running multiple things so I'm looking to upgrade during the next week. I was considering a laptop though so I'll be doing some research on what'll work best for me over the next couple days.
I still haven't received my cashout from Titan yet for the big win because of some additional security checks considering the large sum of money but hopefully that will all be squared away during this week also.
In August I'll be looking to get back into cash games some more and build up some money to play in the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) on Poker Stars at the September. A series of about 15 bigger buyin tournaments that attract a lot of people and finishes with a $2500 buy in tournament with over a $2 million guarentee.
I'm up and running 3 screens now and my older computer (5-6 years) seems to be having trouble keeping up with running multiple things so I'm looking to upgrade during the next week. I was considering a laptop though so I'll be doing some research on what'll work best for me over the next couple days.
I still haven't received my cashout from Titan yet for the big win because of some additional security checks considering the large sum of money but hopefully that will all be squared away during this week also.
In August I'll be looking to get back into cash games some more and build up some money to play in the World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) on Poker Stars at the September. A series of about 15 bigger buyin tournaments that attract a lot of people and finishes with a $2500 buy in tournament with over a $2 million guarentee.
So close again...
Another big tourney and another dissapointing finish at the final table. This time it was the Party 200k Guarenteed tourney that has a $200+$15 buy in that runs every Saturday night. There were 997 people so the prize pool ended up being exactly $200k.
I played pretty well the whole tourney and never had a huge chip stack or a very small stack. With about 3 tables left I won a big hand with AK over 66 that gave me a great chance to make the final table. When were down to about 13 people I got some great stealing and restealing hands to give me an above average stack when we reached the final table.
Their was one super aggressive player at the final table, who was directly to my right giving me great position on him, and I was looking to catch a good hand and get all in against him. I didn't get a chance early on and ended up losing about half my chips when I raised AJs and had to call a shorter stacks push. He had QQ and I only paired my jack to double him up.
However, two rotations later I got AJ in the SB and pushed my now shorter stack into the BB who called with A8. The flop came AJx and I doubled up through him and was in great postion again with a nice stack.
The big aggressive player continued to raise (and call) with a lot of hands and he was continually raising and then calling all ins with hands like Q8s and A4o. He sucked out on AKo and AJo on both of those hands to knock the players out. So when he raised and I had AJo I decided I had to make my stand against him. He called with Q9s and the flop came KQJ and I never got any more help to go out in 6th for $8k. Another good payday but when you're looking up at $44k for first and $24k for second it's a little dissapointing to take another beat like that.
I was really hoping to get first or second and have my first 6 digit month but it wasn't to be.
On a side note before the touney started I played cash games for about 2 hours and was up $400 on only two tables. I caught middle set on one hand and got all in against two players. One who had top pair and one on a flush draw for about a $600 pot, which had me feeling good going into the 200k Guarenteed.
Tomorrow there I'll be playing both of the million dollar guarenteed tournies on Stars and Party so maybe I can have another big finish in those and hit my 6 digit mark for July yet. Also the WSOP Main Event is underway in Vegas and while I'm a little dissapointed not to be there this year... watch out in 2007.
I played pretty well the whole tourney and never had a huge chip stack or a very small stack. With about 3 tables left I won a big hand with AK over 66 that gave me a great chance to make the final table. When were down to about 13 people I got some great stealing and restealing hands to give me an above average stack when we reached the final table.
Their was one super aggressive player at the final table, who was directly to my right giving me great position on him, and I was looking to catch a good hand and get all in against him. I didn't get a chance early on and ended up losing about half my chips when I raised AJs and had to call a shorter stacks push. He had QQ and I only paired my jack to double him up.
However, two rotations later I got AJ in the SB and pushed my now shorter stack into the BB who called with A8. The flop came AJx and I doubled up through him and was in great postion again with a nice stack.
The big aggressive player continued to raise (and call) with a lot of hands and he was continually raising and then calling all ins with hands like Q8s and A4o. He sucked out on AKo and AJo on both of those hands to knock the players out. So when he raised and I had AJo I decided I had to make my stand against him. He called with Q9s and the flop came KQJ and I never got any more help to go out in 6th for $8k. Another good payday but when you're looking up at $44k for first and $24k for second it's a little dissapointing to take another beat like that.
I was really hoping to get first or second and have my first 6 digit month but it wasn't to be.
On a side note before the touney started I played cash games for about 2 hours and was up $400 on only two tables. I caught middle set on one hand and got all in against two players. One who had top pair and one on a flush draw for about a $600 pot, which had me feeling good going into the 200k Guarenteed.
Tomorrow there I'll be playing both of the million dollar guarenteed tournies on Stars and Party so maybe I can have another big finish in those and hit my 6 digit mark for July yet. Also the WSOP Main Event is underway in Vegas and while I'm a little dissapointed not to be there this year... watch out in 2007.
Sunday, July 16, 2006
Any given Sunday
What's 4 months inbetween posts?
I fell off posting for a bit and was then waiting for some big news/good news to start up again. Well today I finally made my big break through cash in a tourney. I was playing on a new site called Titan Poker a little lately and to attract players they were offering a touney with a guarenteed prizepool of $1 Million like Poker Stars and Party Poker usually do. They made the buyin for the tournament $1000 though and as registration closed there was only about 500 people in it meaning that for a $1k buy in you were getting about a $2k entry. At the last minute I decided to take a shot at the tourney.
They tournament paid out 80 spots and as we got down to about 100 people left play slowed down and I was at about half of the average chip stack. The 80th spot paid $1.5k and I was looking foward to getting my buy-in back since there were quite a few short stacks still in. With about 83 people left though I was getting very short stacked but picked up KK and was lucky to double up against AJ. This got me rolling and I caught some good hands after we made the money and a bunch of people were making their move since the blinds were so big. With about 50 people left I was sitting 3rd in chips.
I continued to put a lot of pressure on the smaller stacks since many people were willing to just move up a pay spot and pick up an extra $500 and were willing to fold their big blind even when they only had about twice that in chips. When we got to the final table I was 5th in chips but the blinds were pretty big compared to my stack. I was lucky to get all in with AQ against J9 and double up. When we got down to 4 handed I was in 3rd in chips but picked up AA and doubled up against AT to move me up to 2nd.
The 4th place person was eliminated and we were three handed with the stacks at about 700k, 600k, and me in 3rd with 400k in chips and the blinds at 15k/30k. On the button I picked up JJ and raised to 80k and the big blind with 600k moved in and I immediatly called and he flipped over A2. The flop came King high and I was looking good to double up and get the chip lead but an Ace on the turn and I got knocked out in second. The payouts for the tourney were $300k for first, $155k for second, and $75k for me in third.
I definitly can't complain though as I got lucky to pick up some cards at the right time and have my good hands hold at the right time. It sucked losing to a 3 outer on the turn that probably cost me at least $80k but walking away with my biggest win ever and $75,000 definitly numbs that pain. I'm not sure of my exact plan for the money but I will be back to posting more often now.
Andy
I fell off posting for a bit and was then waiting for some big news/good news to start up again. Well today I finally made my big break through cash in a tourney. I was playing on a new site called Titan Poker a little lately and to attract players they were offering a touney with a guarenteed prizepool of $1 Million like Poker Stars and Party Poker usually do. They made the buyin for the tournament $1000 though and as registration closed there was only about 500 people in it meaning that for a $1k buy in you were getting about a $2k entry. At the last minute I decided to take a shot at the tourney.
They tournament paid out 80 spots and as we got down to about 100 people left play slowed down and I was at about half of the average chip stack. The 80th spot paid $1.5k and I was looking foward to getting my buy-in back since there were quite a few short stacks still in. With about 83 people left though I was getting very short stacked but picked up KK and was lucky to double up against AJ. This got me rolling and I caught some good hands after we made the money and a bunch of people were making their move since the blinds were so big. With about 50 people left I was sitting 3rd in chips.
I continued to put a lot of pressure on the smaller stacks since many people were willing to just move up a pay spot and pick up an extra $500 and were willing to fold their big blind even when they only had about twice that in chips. When we got to the final table I was 5th in chips but the blinds were pretty big compared to my stack. I was lucky to get all in with AQ against J9 and double up. When we got down to 4 handed I was in 3rd in chips but picked up AA and doubled up against AT to move me up to 2nd.
The 4th place person was eliminated and we were three handed with the stacks at about 700k, 600k, and me in 3rd with 400k in chips and the blinds at 15k/30k. On the button I picked up JJ and raised to 80k and the big blind with 600k moved in and I immediatly called and he flipped over A2. The flop came King high and I was looking good to double up and get the chip lead but an Ace on the turn and I got knocked out in second. The payouts for the tourney were $300k for first, $155k for second, and $75k for me in third.
I definitly can't complain though as I got lucky to pick up some cards at the right time and have my good hands hold at the right time. It sucked losing to a 3 outer on the turn that probably cost me at least $80k but walking away with my biggest win ever and $75,000 definitly numbs that pain. I'm not sure of my exact plan for the money but I will be back to posting more often now.
Andy
Monday, March 20, 2006
Still rolling
Back to the grind this week. PStars added some tournaments like their $20 ones with 180 people. They added a $4 with 180 people that I can't see myself playing since it's just not worth my time and also a $50 with 90 people. I was a little dissapointed to see the $50 only had 90 people in it and would much rather they made them 180 or even 120 would be nice.
I played 4 of the $20 ones and 4 of the $50 ones with some decent results. Making 2 final tables including 1 win in a $50, which pays out $1350. Despite winning the $50 I was a little dissapointed in my finishes in 2 of my other tournies where I couldn't win a coinflip situation.
I'm hoping to have some better results in bigger tournies this week. PStars has a $1000 tourney this Sunday and I'm looking at playing it if I can keep my good results in these smaller tournies going. Also the sattilites to the WSOP are starting up so I'll be looking to quailfy for the main event. You'll be sure to hear about it if I get in.
I played 4 of the $20 ones and 4 of the $50 ones with some decent results. Making 2 final tables including 1 win in a $50, which pays out $1350. Despite winning the $50 I was a little dissapointed in my finishes in 2 of my other tournies where I couldn't win a coinflip situation.
I'm hoping to have some better results in bigger tournies this week. PStars has a $1000 tourney this Sunday and I'm looking at playing it if I can keep my good results in these smaller tournies going. Also the sattilites to the WSOP are starting up so I'll be looking to quailfy for the main event. You'll be sure to hear about it if I get in.
Wednesday, March 15, 2006
How to stop the frustration.
I found a solution to being frustrated. It's called winning. I just finished playing a couple MTTs(Mulit Table Tourneys). I loaded up 4 tournies at the same time, playing in three 180 man, $20 tournies and one larger $20 tourney (428 people). I ended up busting out of two of the 180 man tournies about midway through.
However, I made the final table in both of my other tournaments. I came in 2nd in chips in the larger one. About half way through this final table I ended up making the final table of my 180 man tourney. Putting me at two final tables at the same time! I went on to win the first tourney while tredding water in the 180 man tourney. After winning the first there were still 6 guys left in my other tourney and I was sitting 4th in chips. About 20 minutes later it was heads up and then 3 hands later it was over and I was the winner, winning 2 touries at the same time!
It was pretty sweet and a bunch of the guys from the 2+2 MTT forum (link on the right of my blog) were sweating and cheering me on. So after a frustrating week last week, this week I was on the other end and had all my big hands hold up. Hopefully I can have this kind of results in one of my big buy-in tournies soon!
However, I made the final table in both of my other tournaments. I came in 2nd in chips in the larger one. About half way through this final table I ended up making the final table of my 180 man tourney. Putting me at two final tables at the same time! I went on to win the first tourney while tredding water in the 180 man tourney. After winning the first there were still 6 guys left in my other tourney and I was sitting 4th in chips. About 20 minutes later it was heads up and then 3 hands later it was over and I was the winner, winning 2 touries at the same time!
It was pretty sweet and a bunch of the guys from the 2+2 MTT forum (link on the right of my blog) were sweating and cheering me on. So after a frustrating week last week, this week I was on the other end and had all my big hands hold up. Hopefully I can have this kind of results in one of my big buy-in tournies soon!
Saturday, March 11, 2006
It's a toss up
Well after my 3rd yesterday I continued to pound away at the tournies.
First the good, I won a 180 man tourney, which was a great feeling as always. I really had to play my best game at the final table since this was a dog fight the whole way and there was never a clear favorite or a major chip leader.
Now the bad, I played two big tournies last night. The first was the Party Poker Friday Special tourney with a $200 buyin. I was playing a great first hour and had almost doubled my stack in the first 30 minutes. Then I lost a medium pot when my A9 ran into A5 and he hit a 5 on the turn for two pair on a Ace high flop. Then my QQ ran into ace rag and he spiked an ace on the flop and I was back down to about average for the tourney still up on my starting stack. Then I pick up KK on the CO and there's 3 limpers. I make it 7 times the BB and the guy in the SB repops it to 17xBB. I don't lay down KK preflop as too often people are on a worse hand and if I run into AA then I figure that's just unlucky and move on. That being said I go all in for a little more than 60xBB and he insta calls with AKo and hits an A on the turn. My horrible luck for the week continues.
My next big tourney was a $30 rebuy on Poker Stars. I ended up spending $180 total after my rebuys and addon. I had a decent stack after the rebuy period and was feeling good. The first hand after the rebuy I pick up AA in the SB and get a guy to go all in with JJ and double up. Couple rotations later I get it again and take out a medium stack when he decides to try and play K4s against me (343 flop K turn - my AA makes a better two pair). Then things take a turn for the worst. We are down to about 45 people and top 36 make the money (36th already pays out 175, which would let me be about break even).
I'm below the average stack but in no major danger. I play A9 and end up doubling up against against a big stack who had KT after the flop came ATx. So I'm back up much better than average sitting about 17 out of 45.
A medium size stack pushes from EP and I have AQ in the SB. It costs me about half my stack but I think I'm good and call. He shows KQ and spikes a K on the flop, bye bye half my stack (this would have put me up to top 10 in the tourney).
I work my stack back up a little and am sitting about 27 out of 38 (2 more to the money). I get AJ in the SB and the big stack at the table raises from the CO. He had been raising a lot and I had been waiting for a hand to push over the top and figured I was good here and he probably wouldn't even call. He thinks for about a minute and finally calls with AT... ten on the flop and I'm out in 38th. Once again winning this pot puts me top 10.
Ok, this got much longer than I wanted it to. There are some easier ways to post hands I'll look into so that I don't have to try and explain them from here on out but until then this is what we get. I'm trying to be happy about winning but it's tough when I win the small one and take the horrible beats in the big ones. I'm out of town til Monday so have a good weekend all!
First the good, I won a 180 man tourney, which was a great feeling as always. I really had to play my best game at the final table since this was a dog fight the whole way and there was never a clear favorite or a major chip leader.
Now the bad, I played two big tournies last night. The first was the Party Poker Friday Special tourney with a $200 buyin. I was playing a great first hour and had almost doubled my stack in the first 30 minutes. Then I lost a medium pot when my A9 ran into A5 and he hit a 5 on the turn for two pair on a Ace high flop. Then my QQ ran into ace rag and he spiked an ace on the flop and I was back down to about average for the tourney still up on my starting stack. Then I pick up KK on the CO and there's 3 limpers. I make it 7 times the BB and the guy in the SB repops it to 17xBB. I don't lay down KK preflop as too often people are on a worse hand and if I run into AA then I figure that's just unlucky and move on. That being said I go all in for a little more than 60xBB and he insta calls with AKo and hits an A on the turn. My horrible luck for the week continues.
My next big tourney was a $30 rebuy on Poker Stars. I ended up spending $180 total after my rebuys and addon. I had a decent stack after the rebuy period and was feeling good. The first hand after the rebuy I pick up AA in the SB and get a guy to go all in with JJ and double up. Couple rotations later I get it again and take out a medium stack when he decides to try and play K4s against me (343 flop K turn - my AA makes a better two pair). Then things take a turn for the worst. We are down to about 45 people and top 36 make the money (36th already pays out 175, which would let me be about break even).
I'm below the average stack but in no major danger. I play A9 and end up doubling up against against a big stack who had KT after the flop came ATx. So I'm back up much better than average sitting about 17 out of 45.
A medium size stack pushes from EP and I have AQ in the SB. It costs me about half my stack but I think I'm good and call. He shows KQ and spikes a K on the flop, bye bye half my stack (this would have put me up to top 10 in the tourney).
I work my stack back up a little and am sitting about 27 out of 38 (2 more to the money). I get AJ in the SB and the big stack at the table raises from the CO. He had been raising a lot and I had been waiting for a hand to push over the top and figured I was good here and he probably wouldn't even call. He thinks for about a minute and finally calls with AT... ten on the flop and I'm out in 38th. Once again winning this pot puts me top 10.
Ok, this got much longer than I wanted it to. There are some easier ways to post hands I'll look into so that I don't have to try and explain them from here on out but until then this is what we get. I'm trying to be happy about winning but it's tough when I win the small one and take the horrible beats in the big ones. I'm out of town til Monday so have a good weekend all!
Friday, March 10, 2006
Most frustrating week ever!
I guess this is what I get for taking some time off from cash games and playing tournies. I joined a bet with some guys online to see who could do better in March playing a certain tourney on Poker Stars. PStars has 180 person tournies that start whenever that many people join. The bet is to see who can have the best 20 finishes in these tournies. So far my results have been so-so and I'm break even as far as $$$ goes. I figured while doing this bet I would try to play some more tournies this month and usually have 3 or 4 tournies going at once.
I've been playing great this whole week but can't seem to have my big hands hold up when it matters. I played a $50 tourney today and made the final table (370 people). At the final table I started 2nd in chips. I'll list my big hands here to show why it can be frustrating:
On the CO(cutoff) I raised 3x the BB(big blind) with K9o (King 9 offsuit) and got reraised by the shortest stack at the table about double my raise. Getting the odds I had to call and he showed 44 and we had a coinflip and the 44 held up.
When we were down to 7 I got AJo in the SB. The short stack that was UTG raised to 3x the BB and I put him all in. He thought for a while and finally called with A7o and my AJo held up and I took him out. This gave me the chip lead.
With 5 left the short stack at the table pushed all-in and I had AKs (Ace King suited) and I called him and he showed A5s. The flop came 7 high with two of my suit so he had only 2 fives that he could hit since 1 of them made my flush. It hit on the river and he doubled up. This put me in 3rd in chips.
A couple hands later I get the monster KK sitting UTG and make my standard rasie to 3x BB. The button, also the short stack pushed all in and I insta-called him. He flipped A7o and spiked an A on the turn to beat me. This put me down to the short stack.
One rotation later I push in with AJs and double up when the big blind calls with T4o since I was so short. However I was still short stack even after the double.
The second shortest stack got taken out and we were down to 4. The big stack who was in the SB when I was in the BB was continually raising me so when he did it this time I called and then pushed the flop and got him to fold. This got me back up to a decent stack and put me 3rd in chips.
The short stack got taken out and we were down to 3 but my stack had gotten farily short again. I was lucky to see JJ in the SB and pushed in and got called by the BB who showed K7o. The board finished with 4 diamonds and he had the king of diamonds and I was out in 3rd.
Once again I played great and felt I really should have won this tournament. Twice I had guys in horrible shape with a chance to knock them out and both times they got very lucky. Winning either of those hands would have put me in a dominating position in the tourney.
I've taken a more aggressive approach to tournies lately and really been playing to win. This has cause me to get knocked out early in many tournies instead of barely limping into the money. This is fine with me since I know one big finish makes up for it (and also feels much better). However, this can be very frustrating since good finishes are so rare. I felt like today was my day when I made this final table and it sucks to lose like I did.
Well, that's enough ranting. I've got some errands to run and need to get my place cleaned up some. I'll post about my Vegas trip later this weekend or early next week. However, that was a frustrating trip too.
I've been playing great this whole week but can't seem to have my big hands hold up when it matters. I played a $50 tourney today and made the final table (370 people). At the final table I started 2nd in chips. I'll list my big hands here to show why it can be frustrating:
On the CO(cutoff) I raised 3x the BB(big blind) with K9o (King 9 offsuit) and got reraised by the shortest stack at the table about double my raise. Getting the odds I had to call and he showed 44 and we had a coinflip and the 44 held up.
When we were down to 7 I got AJo in the SB. The short stack that was UTG raised to 3x the BB and I put him all in. He thought for a while and finally called with A7o and my AJo held up and I took him out. This gave me the chip lead.
With 5 left the short stack at the table pushed all-in and I had AKs (Ace King suited) and I called him and he showed A5s. The flop came 7 high with two of my suit so he had only 2 fives that he could hit since 1 of them made my flush. It hit on the river and he doubled up. This put me in 3rd in chips.
A couple hands later I get the monster KK sitting UTG and make my standard rasie to 3x BB. The button, also the short stack pushed all in and I insta-called him. He flipped A7o and spiked an A on the turn to beat me. This put me down to the short stack.
One rotation later I push in with AJs and double up when the big blind calls with T4o since I was so short. However I was still short stack even after the double.
The second shortest stack got taken out and we were down to 4. The big stack who was in the SB when I was in the BB was continually raising me so when he did it this time I called and then pushed the flop and got him to fold. This got me back up to a decent stack and put me 3rd in chips.
The short stack got taken out and we were down to 3 but my stack had gotten farily short again. I was lucky to see JJ in the SB and pushed in and got called by the BB who showed K7o. The board finished with 4 diamonds and he had the king of diamonds and I was out in 3rd.
Once again I played great and felt I really should have won this tournament. Twice I had guys in horrible shape with a chance to knock them out and both times they got very lucky. Winning either of those hands would have put me in a dominating position in the tourney.
I've taken a more aggressive approach to tournies lately and really been playing to win. This has cause me to get knocked out early in many tournies instead of barely limping into the money. This is fine with me since I know one big finish makes up for it (and also feels much better). However, this can be very frustrating since good finishes are so rare. I felt like today was my day when I made this final table and it sucks to lose like I did.
Well, that's enough ranting. I've got some errands to run and need to get my place cleaned up some. I'll post about my Vegas trip later this weekend or early next week. However, that was a frustrating trip too.
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Me and a living legend!
Doyle happened to walk in and sit next to me before his NBC heads up poker match and I got a quick picture snapped with him.
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
My first 10k month!!!
This might be a little early but as of today I should finish Feburary with over 10k profit. I played in two tourneys on Monday night. Both of them were rebuy tourneys, one a $20 and one a $10. I did great in both. The $20 had 492 people, 1229 rebuys, and 318 addons. I ended up making the final table and at 3 handed we decided to chop the prize pool which ended up giving me my biggest pay day yet for over 6k (I ended up in 2nd place again!)! In the $10 rebuy there was almost 1700 people, over 5000 rebuys, and about 1000 addons. I ended up taking 43rd for a little over $200.
With my finish in the $20 rebuy I bumped up my monthly earnings to just over 10k! So as long as I don't go on a horribly bad streak I should have my first 5 digit month.
My challenge that I've talked about for myself has to do with Poker Stars rewards program. They have different tiers depending on how much you play. Everybody starts at the bronze star and each month you can move up to siver star(1500 points), gold star(4000), or platinum star(10,000). However there is one more tier called Supernova star which goes by how many points you accumlate over the entire year(100,000). I would like to reach the Supernova level by the end of May. It took me a while to calculate a reasonable goal for how long it should take me but I've decided that it's possible for me to do it by May if I really put my hours in. I'll try and update my progess as I go starting in a couple weeks.
Well I'm off to bed as it's 3am and I was up early for a dentist appointment today (no cavities!!).
With my finish in the $20 rebuy I bumped up my monthly earnings to just over 10k! So as long as I don't go on a horribly bad streak I should have my first 5 digit month.
My challenge that I've talked about for myself has to do with Poker Stars rewards program. They have different tiers depending on how much you play. Everybody starts at the bronze star and each month you can move up to siver star(1500 points), gold star(4000), or platinum star(10,000). However there is one more tier called Supernova star which goes by how many points you accumlate over the entire year(100,000). I would like to reach the Supernova level by the end of May. It took me a while to calculate a reasonable goal for how long it should take me but I've decided that it's possible for me to do it by May if I really put my hours in. I'll try and update my progess as I go starting in a couple weeks.
Well I'm off to bed as it's 3am and I was up early for a dentist appointment today (no cavities!!).
Thursday, February 16, 2006
A month!?!
Wow, can't believe it's been a month since my last post... I might be the biggest procratinator in the world!
The week after my last post I got strep throat and didn't even play poker for a week since I could barely swallow... I'll spare everyone the details, but it sucked.
Well my bday came and went (Feb. 13th). I'm a big 24 now (oh yeah!). Had a great steak dinner at my Mom's on Sunday and then Dad and Juli took me out for a nice prime rib on Monday night. I got some clothes and money for the big bday and I'm really thinking about putting it toward a XBox 360 (If I could find where to buy one).
Figured I'd put up a post since I just made another final table on Poker Stars. There was 2057 entries into the $3 rebuy tourney. Technically I ended up in 2nd place. But with 4 people left we made a deal that gave 3 of us $2000 and another $4000. While I wouldn't normally take a deal like this that gives so much to one person but he had a ridiculous chip lead. We each had about 2 million in chips and he had about 8.5 million. After the deal no one played with any seriousness since it wasn't for anything really and I ended up finishing 2nd.
In my last blog I talked about a challenge for myself but I'll save that for the next post (I hate long posts). I'll put it up by this weekend (maybe?). ;)
Almost forgot.... HOW BOUT THEM BADGERS!!!
The week after my last post I got strep throat and didn't even play poker for a week since I could barely swallow... I'll spare everyone the details, but it sucked.
Well my bday came and went (Feb. 13th). I'm a big 24 now (oh yeah!). Had a great steak dinner at my Mom's on Sunday and then Dad and Juli took me out for a nice prime rib on Monday night. I got some clothes and money for the big bday and I'm really thinking about putting it toward a XBox 360 (If I could find where to buy one).
Figured I'd put up a post since I just made another final table on Poker Stars. There was 2057 entries into the $3 rebuy tourney. Technically I ended up in 2nd place. But with 4 people left we made a deal that gave 3 of us $2000 and another $4000. While I wouldn't normally take a deal like this that gives so much to one person but he had a ridiculous chip lead. We each had about 2 million in chips and he had about 8.5 million. After the deal no one played with any seriousness since it wasn't for anything really and I ended up finishing 2nd.
In my last blog I talked about a challenge for myself but I'll save that for the next post (I hate long posts). I'll put it up by this weekend (maybe?). ;)
Almost forgot.... HOW BOUT THEM BADGERS!!!
Sunday, January 15, 2006
Holiday Party
Not much to report on the poker front this week. I took some time off from playing cash games and went on a tourney bing for the week. My results were so-so and I will be back grinding it out at the cash games again. I came really close to having some big finishes in the tournaments but I couldn't get lucky when it counted the most.
Last night (Saturday), Colin and Crystal threw a holiday party with a crazy/cheesy sweater theme. The party was a blast and there we had a good collection of people there. Suprisingly there wasn't a 'major' crazy event that's worth writing about but it was definitly a crazy party overall.
After this week I may have a huge goal for myself. I need to take this week and see if it's even going to be possible. It involves me moving playing my cash games from Party Poker to Poker Stars since PStars' rewards program blows Party's away and it's not even close. Look for a post at the end of this week or early next week to see if I'm up to the challenge or not.
My face is offically healed!!! The black is pretty much gone, just a little yellowish and if you didn't know I had a black eye then you would notice. The bottom part of my nose is still a little sore but the doctor figured I just bruised the cartaledge real bad and it should feel 100% in 2 weeks. I haven't heard anything as far as any charges being brought against the a-hole (keep it PG i guess) who hit me but I'm gonna try and make some calls and see what the word is.
The new season of 24 starts in about 10 minutes and I'm pretty physched for it. Don't know if I'll take time out during the week for another post unless something 'big' happens.
Last night (Saturday), Colin and Crystal threw a holiday party with a crazy/cheesy sweater theme. The party was a blast and there we had a good collection of people there. Suprisingly there wasn't a 'major' crazy event that's worth writing about but it was definitly a crazy party overall.
After this week I may have a huge goal for myself. I need to take this week and see if it's even going to be possible. It involves me moving playing my cash games from Party Poker to Poker Stars since PStars' rewards program blows Party's away and it's not even close. Look for a post at the end of this week or early next week to see if I'm up to the challenge or not.
My face is offically healed!!! The black is pretty much gone, just a little yellowish and if you didn't know I had a black eye then you would notice. The bottom part of my nose is still a little sore but the doctor figured I just bruised the cartaledge real bad and it should feel 100% in 2 weeks. I haven't heard anything as far as any charges being brought against the a-hole (keep it PG i guess) who hit me but I'm gonna try and make some calls and see what the word is.
The new season of 24 starts in about 10 minutes and I'm pretty physched for it. Don't know if I'll take time out during the week for another post unless something 'big' happens.
Saturday, January 07, 2006
New Years Goals (and a FT)!
Frustrating... that's the one word I'm gonna use to sum up this week. Played some great poker and I really had some tough luck. Down to 10 people in one of my tournies, 9 make the final table where all the big money is, I'm sitting 3rd in chips and get AA and lose to the guy whose second in chips when we get it all in on a flop of J55 (turn was a two outer J). Also I had a rough week in my cash games despite playing pretty well.
HOWEVER, I just finished another tourney up in 7th place. I played pretty well up to the final table, I thought, where I didn't get cards and didn't play that well. I'm not dissapointed though since making any final table is a damn good feat, especially in a 1000+ person field.
I'll list off a couple of quick New Year's resolutions/goals. I only have one big resolution for the year (with a couple of small ones built in). That's to get on a better schedule. I want to try and be getting up between 10am and 12pm and be getting to sleep around 2am. This will allow me to get on a better playing schedule and also to get on a regular workout schedule. I did really well this week and was actually getting up around 8am or so each day and getting to sleep around midnight. I got some workouts and a run in this week and I think being on a regular schedule helped that out.
My poker goals for the year are simple:
1) Don't go on tilt
2) 100k
3) Play in 1 big live tourney
First goal is pretty easy as I find that I rarely go on tilt (playing badly after having a bad beat put on you). It doesn't happen often but to be one of the best players it should never happen! So I'm going to try and keep track of when it happens and see if I can't find some ways to counter it.
Second goal is just a number to shoot for. If I put my hours in (goes back to my resolution) and play my best poker this should just come naturally.
For my last goal I'm going to shoot for a WSOP event. Either the 1k, 2k, or 5k buyin (maybe the 10k main event!?!), whichever I feel my bankroll can handle when the WSOP gets here.
Well it's 10pm on a Saturday... I gotta go find something to do!!!
P.S. The nose and face are doing much better! The nose is still tender and might be factured. I'll know more after my doctors appointment on Thursday. The swelling is gone and my black eye is starting to disappear... I should be back to my ugly self in no time! :)
HOWEVER, I just finished another tourney up in 7th place. I played pretty well up to the final table, I thought, where I didn't get cards and didn't play that well. I'm not dissapointed though since making any final table is a damn good feat, especially in a 1000+ person field.
I'll list off a couple of quick New Year's resolutions/goals. I only have one big resolution for the year (with a couple of small ones built in). That's to get on a better schedule. I want to try and be getting up between 10am and 12pm and be getting to sleep around 2am. This will allow me to get on a better playing schedule and also to get on a regular workout schedule. I did really well this week and was actually getting up around 8am or so each day and getting to sleep around midnight. I got some workouts and a run in this week and I think being on a regular schedule helped that out.
My poker goals for the year are simple:
1) Don't go on tilt
2) 100k
3) Play in 1 big live tourney
First goal is pretty easy as I find that I rarely go on tilt (playing badly after having a bad beat put on you). It doesn't happen often but to be one of the best players it should never happen! So I'm going to try and keep track of when it happens and see if I can't find some ways to counter it.
Second goal is just a number to shoot for. If I put my hours in (goes back to my resolution) and play my best poker this should just come naturally.
For my last goal I'm going to shoot for a WSOP event. Either the 1k, 2k, or 5k buyin (maybe the 10k main event!?!), whichever I feel my bankroll can handle when the WSOP gets here.
Well it's 10pm on a Saturday... I gotta go find something to do!!!
P.S. The nose and face are doing much better! The nose is still tender and might be factured. I'll know more after my doctors appointment on Thursday. The swelling is gone and my black eye is starting to disappear... I should be back to my ugly self in no time! :)
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
Punching in the New Year!!!
For those who still don't know about my New Year's Eve incident check out the two pictures below this blog entry to see my new look for 2006. After what was turing out to be a great New Year's Eve celebration, some drunk-jealous boyfriend decide he didn't like me and popped on the left side of my face at about 2am on January 1st. So after spending an hour talking to the police and filing a report and giving them his name it was off to the emergency room for another 2 hours to get everything looked at and see if anything was broken.
Good news is that it doesn't look like anything was seriously damaged. As you can see from the two pictures I put up below the swelling's gone down but I've developed a nice black eye. I have a follow up next week to see how everything is healing and allow the doctor to get a better look after the swelling's not so bad.
It's been almost a month since my last post though so I'll do some quick updating on the past month. Christmas was awesome and I had a great time with my family and friends celebrating. On the 24th it was gift opening at my Mom and step-dad's house in the morning and then Grandma's house with all the aunts, uncles, cousins, and the all of the cousin's kids (think we are up to 9 now with more on the way!). Then on the 25th it was Christmas with my Dad and step-mom over at my aunt's house. My grandparents from my Dad's side were also there. Of course I can't forget my that my sister, Krisi, and her BF, Chris, were also at all of the events.
Fast forward to New Year's, which, besides the 'incident' I had a great time and have to thank my awesome cousin, Sarah, for spending the 2 hours with me at the emergency room and making sure I was well taken care of.
Yesterday then I had a couple guys over to watch the Badgers beat down the Tigers in the Capitol One Bowl despite being 11 point underdogs!!! What a great game! It was nice to see Barry end his coaching career with a big win.
This blog's already gotten long enough but one of my resolutions for 2006 is to update twice a week. So in the next day or two I will update with with the rest of my 2006 resolutions.
Good news is that it doesn't look like anything was seriously damaged. As you can see from the two pictures I put up below the swelling's gone down but I've developed a nice black eye. I have a follow up next week to see how everything is healing and allow the doctor to get a better look after the swelling's not so bad.
It's been almost a month since my last post though so I'll do some quick updating on the past month. Christmas was awesome and I had a great time with my family and friends celebrating. On the 24th it was gift opening at my Mom and step-dad's house in the morning and then Grandma's house with all the aunts, uncles, cousins, and the all of the cousin's kids (think we are up to 9 now with more on the way!). Then on the 25th it was Christmas with my Dad and step-mom over at my aunt's house. My grandparents from my Dad's side were also there. Of course I can't forget my that my sister, Krisi, and her BF, Chris, were also at all of the events.
Fast forward to New Year's, which, besides the 'incident' I had a great time and have to thank my awesome cousin, Sarah, for spending the 2 hours with me at the emergency room and making sure I was well taken care of.
Yesterday then I had a couple guys over to watch the Badgers beat down the Tigers in the Capitol One Bowl despite being 11 point underdogs!!! What a great game! It was nice to see Barry end his coaching career with a big win.
This blog's already gotten long enough but one of my resolutions for 2006 is to update twice a week. So in the next day or two I will update with with the rest of my 2006 resolutions.
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