Meh

Had a good T-giving. Lots of rest. Won $200 and then lost it playing online. I think I should try and move up levels to $50nl. I "took a shot" at the $100nl level, two tabling. It didn't work out. This hand make me realize I still suck.

EP raises and I reraise in MP w JJ to like $12 ( I don't remember exactly just roughly). Flop comes A A blank. EP checks quickly (at the time, I actually noted that he checked VERY quickly). I made a CB of around $20. EP calls. So, at that point I'm thinking maybe he has a pp too. Turn is a blank, EP checks, I check (good move by me--control pot size and losses in case he has an A). River is another blank and EP bets 30-something. I call and he has AQ. I have NO reason why I played it that badly--did I even play it bad? There were no straights or flushes out there. So he hit his A, I guess it happens. Funny thing is that if only one A hit the board, I prolly would have bailed. Anyways, I don't like the thought of losing a hundy in one hand so I will stay down at the micros for awhile longer.

Couldn't get a wireless signal last night so I didn't play -- I hate when that happens. So ghetto is I.

Another one

Again. Oh, both this hand and the hand from the previous post were the FIRST HANDS of the SNGs. I'm folding AA on the first hand next time... I promise.


PokerStars Game #13202310379: Tournament #66997280, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2007/11/12 - 17:47:59 (ET)Table '66997280 1' 9-max

Seat #1 is the button

Seat 1: BigCheese187 (1500 in chips)

Seat 2: MinDaddy (1500 in chips)

Seat 3: donbarney (1500 in chips)

Seat 4: maladroit G (1500 in chips)

Seat 5: elsamisam (1500 in chips)

Seat 6: time2start (1500 in chips)

Seat 7: Herrumm (1500 in chips)

Seat 8: Snowboardguy (1500 in chips)

Seat 9: LUCKY13TRACI (1500 in chips)

MinDaddy: posts small blind 10

donbarney: posts big blind 20

*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to MinDaddy [Ah Ad]

maladroit G: folds

elsamisam: folds

time2start: folds

Herrumm: folds

Snowboardguy: folds

LUCKY13TRACI: raises 40 to 60

BigCheese187: folds

MinDaddy: calls 50

donbarney: folds

*** FLOP *** [9c Js Tc]

MinDaddy: checks

LUCKY13TRACI: bets 80

MinDaddy: raises 140 to 220

LUCKY13TRACI: raises 1220 to 1440 and is all-in

MinDaddy: calls 1220 and is all-in

*** TURN *** [9c Js Tc] [Qd]

*** RIVER *** [9c Js Tc Qd] [6s]

*** SHOW DOWN ***

MinDaddy: shows [Ah Ad] (a pair of Aces)

LUCKY13TRACI: shows [Kh Kd] (a straight, Nine to King)

Bad Beat

Here's my bad beat of the day. I would love for this to play out the way it did (except fo da riv, of course) 99.99 out of 100 times.


PokerStars Game #13182138982: Tournament #66898193, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2007/11/11 - 17:37:17 (ET)Table '66898193 1' 9-max
Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: MinDaddy (1500 in chips)
Seat 2: StripeySox1 (1500 in chips)
Seat 3: hobbo1981 (1500 in chips)
Seat 4: concreterob (1500 in chips)
Seat 5: echocw (1500 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 6: pietla (1500 in chips)
Seat 7: Leonclub (1500 in chips)
Seat 8: porkster1 (1500 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 9: Xilef030 (1500 in chips)
StripeySox1: posts small blind 10
hobbo1981: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to MinDaddy [Ad As]
concreterob: folds
echocw: folds
pietla: folds
Leonclub: folds
porkster1: folds
Xilef030: folds
MinDaddy: raises 60 to 80
StripeySox1: folds
hobbo1981: calls 60
*** FLOP *** [9h 3h 7d]
hobbo1981: checks
MinDaddy: bets 150
hobbo1981: calls 150
*** TURN *** [9h 3h 7d] [5d
]hobbo1981: checks
MinDaddy: bets 1270 and is all-in
hobbo1981: calls 1270 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [9h 3h 7d 5d] [8h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
hobbo1981: shows [Kh Th] (a flush, King high)
MinDaddy: shows [Ad As] (a pair of Aces)
hobbo1981 collected 3010 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***Total pot 3010 Rake 0 Board [9h 3h 7d 5d 8h]
Seat 1: MinDaddy (button) showed [Ad As] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 2: StripeySox1 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: hobbo1981 (big blind) showed [Kh Th] and won (3010) with a flush, King high
Seat 4: concreterob folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: echocw folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: pietla folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: Leonclub folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: porkster1 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: Xilef030 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Post

Havnt been playing a lot lately. Kids are sick, I'm sick, it sux. I couldnt even go to Majestic with a buddy... I know I would have made some coin there. oh well. When I have played online, it's mostly microlimit NL. I'm really not "playing poker." I'm just in it to make some money. Str8 forward ABCD poker. No special moves or bluffs or plays. Just hit a hand and maximize value. It helps that the fish try to make moves and make mistakes! It's really just wait and pounce. It's sad because I like to make plays but when they reraise or call, you know they have something. But as long as I still enjoy playing and making smart decisions and lay downs, it's all good.

I tried playing microlimit HORSE last night. That is a very fun game. No stupid allins and suckouts (mostly). I held my own, but those 8 or better games kill me. Just too confusing analyzing my hand for high and/or low and trying to put others on a hand. But it was challenging and fun. I like RAZZ. I want to play more tourneys, but my connection can go at any time.

Played a turbo SNG last night. Fell asleep and woke up almost blinded down...not good when it's a turbo. Wasn't even drinking either. But I made some plays and took it down for a few bucks. Seems like EVERYONE playing sngs now know the formula of playing those... so challenging. Still you get some fish here and there. Poker is fun for everyone.

No Soup For Me!

Well I wanted to play in the Stars blogger tourny today but they didn't let me. Boo. Eff it. They said I just made the blog up for this tourny. They said the blog wasn't old enough. Hmmm. I made the blog in April 2007. It's now October 2007. That seems like 6 months to me. I made the blog back when i was in Philly to capture my poker exploits in the Chinatown game and at AC. Then I immediately moved to Chicago so I had no time to find a game, update, etc. That's ghey. I should go to FTP but I got no money there. Oh well. I'll still let Stars sponsor me at next year's WSOP.

First loser

Well I had some free time today so I played pokah:

PokerStars Tournament #63980978, No Limit Hold'emBuy-In: $4.00/$0.40180 playersTotal Prize Pool: $720.00 Tournament started - 2007/10/13 - 15:14:11 (ET)Tournament finished - 2007/10/13 - 19:30:16 (ET)

1: jcashx36x (Honolulu ), $216.00 (30%)
2: MinDaddy (Shedd Aquarium), $144.00 (20%)
3: 16021975 (ribnitz-damgarten), $85.68 (11.90%)

I'm ashamed of my stats so I won't post them. I played so weak tight. Got dissed by the rail for my weak play. But I didn't listen to the haters. Just played my game and outlasted as long as I could. HU jcash just had too much of a stack for me to overcome. I should have played better HU. Oh well, I'll just take it down next time.

So he had pocket JJ

So it's confirmed that Yang had JJ when Childs folded his QQ. Amazing. It's so easy to criticize from my futon. I'm not the one at the ME FT playing for millions. But... I'm not sure. What the hell did he put him on? First, I think Yang and Childs clashed a few times before the FT. Even then, Childs laid down to Yang's overbets and reraises. Second, I believe Yang started the FT going aggr-donk-funky with raises PF on half the hands at the beginning of the FT. Third, Yang is a donk, moreso than Gold, Moneymaker, Varkonyi. One poker guy surmised that Yang just couldn't get away from TT or JJ... he was right. Childs played scared poker = bad poker. If Yang had a set, AA or KK, would he really reraise allin? Yang just made the wrong moves at all the right times. I don't even want to think about the plays made by "pros" Hilm and Watkinson. Risking your ME on those hands? They forgot that Yang is a donk who wont lay anything down. The only one who I felt played well was Kravchenko. He won a bracelet, and I think in his interview he said he played around 30 events!! Da.

But someone had to win, so congrats Yang. Praise God. Bulldozer!