Hosted the home game at my house for the first time. Some of the guys took advantage of the hot tub, and everyone loved the Thumanns dogs imported from New Jersey. Our two guests cashed, which is an accomplishement in this game. Overall a fun night.
Game #1: S.M. M.B. R.W.
Game #2: R.W. B.D. J.S.
Game #3: J.S. S.M. W.E.
Game #4: M.B. B.S. S.H.
AC was a disaster.
Trop: Busted A5 < AK down to 3 tables.
Showboat: new poker room is nice. Congrats to the SB donk who called with 25s against my A7 shove from BB and turned a 5 to bust me in 12th. With 8 places paid, I can't see how he makes that call blind vs blind and near the bubble, having me outstacked by only a few BBs.
Borgata: busted a SnG 88 < KK when bigtime bluffer wakes up with a hand.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Sunday, June 1, 2008
June 2008 Recap
6/30/08
20/180
I was 1/60 and playing well. Was slightly overtaken in a tightly clustered leaderboard but then took a horrible beat to knock me to 33. Never really regained any momentum. Table was aggressive and didn't have hands to push back with. AK lost to 99 when I needed it to. Ultimately at 5BB ran KJ into JJ to bust.
0-3 in FTP 45s, all due to beats. What's the use of trying to improve if it doesn't result in wins?
6/29/08
whiffed 0-3. got floated by a kid to kill my stack. ruined my night. meanwhile homeys continue to get rich off the donks and i'm left behind.
6/28/08
1/18 ITM returned from vacation looking forward to playing online again. got a confidence boost after a disasterous showing in Atlantic City. Shorty down to three, I fought back to take it down.
9/27 pretty card dead. as shorty, ran QJs < 55 to bust.
6/18/08
ITM but so what. river busts me again. i am really on a bad run of beats. think i need some time away.
here's one hand that worked in my favor - can't see how he makes this call with no part of the draw.
6/16/08
3/45 ITM
anyone that does not believe that i lose every dominating hand, just watch this. poker is a waste and all of us that play are waste products.
6/15/08
I was riding a 90KO and a 45 to the final table when the bad beats started really hurting me. I can't go through this like I did in Jan-Feb. I don't need this right now.
6/14/08
I'm losing every 70/30 domination just like a prolonged period I recently came through. Not making for happy times.
6/12/08
11/45 my AT < A5. yeah i'm ill.
Played the FullTilt Daily Double for the first time in a while.
I bust Tournament A when villain turns a better flush.
48/914 ITM
I get off to a nice start in Tournament B, and ironically I'm briefly ahead of one of my online heroes.
Longer tournament, more opportunities for mistakes. Made a couple. Ultimately run A9 into AK.
6/11/08
6/45 ITM a rivered flush busted my straight
6/45 ITM a better rivered straight busted my straight
these two really hurt, as i was multi-tabling on different sites. one right after the other is just brutal.
6/10/08
3/45 ITM played well, some minor mistakes, no regrets.
13/180 ITM made one big mistake that cost me. also heavy preflop action prevented a good open-shove strategy from taking hold. no action with KK in SB at 13/31.
6/7/08
1/90 ITM
I finally have a first place to my name, and it was a nice cash considering all the KOs I netted. Probably my biggest cash to date. A real blogger would post some key hands and talk about the tournament, but I'm tired. I did flop quad Jacks and had AA and KK hold up when I needed them to. The big difference was my shove/fold strategy. Ultimately, it looked like the curse was going to overtake me yet again when lost a hand HU on the river when I was way ahead preflop. But irony of ironies as huge stack I call a shove with T3 FTW.
6/4/08
SBOP V private PokerStars tournament. the three highest average finishers among players having played all four prior tournaments are bdd67, daozi, and KingPrussia, yet neither of us has cashed. i do believe we are do to do some damage this month. check back for results.
EDIT: daozi bailed, bdd67 bubbled, and KingPrussia shoved 99 into AA. Not one of our homeys has cashed this after VCDuke won the first event. What's up with that?
6/1/08
21/1574 ITM in the 8pm on PokerStars. i usually beat myself up for poor decisions, but i think i played this tournament really well. i picked my spots, and most of my premium hands held up. i lost KK to AQ in a crucial spot (see below), and i busted AQ against 77 but the guy could have easily been weaker. if i win that race, i make the final table.
played with a guy from sydney, but he claims to not know P. Sherman from 42 wallaby way. i think he was either lying or just has good teeth.
here are some highlights:
it amazes me how people value top pair no kicker
set fills up nicely. back in 7th place
KK holds up nicely - 24/198 now
77 holds up to AK. this is a read-specific shove because i percieved my opponent to be weaker than AK.
KK loses to AQ at a crucial moment deep
another nice pot, but why does this guy call here? http://www.pokerhand.org/?2698884
20/180
I was 1/60 and playing well. Was slightly overtaken in a tightly clustered leaderboard but then took a horrible beat to knock me to 33. Never really regained any momentum. Table was aggressive and didn't have hands to push back with. AK lost to 99 when I needed it to. Ultimately at 5BB ran KJ into JJ to bust.
0-3 in FTP 45s, all due to beats. What's the use of trying to improve if it doesn't result in wins?
6/29/08
whiffed 0-3. got floated by a kid to kill my stack. ruined my night. meanwhile homeys continue to get rich off the donks and i'm left behind.
6/28/08
1/18 ITM returned from vacation looking forward to playing online again. got a confidence boost after a disasterous showing in Atlantic City. Shorty down to three, I fought back to take it down.
9/27 pretty card dead. as shorty, ran QJs < 55 to bust.
6/18/08
ITM but so what. river busts me again. i am really on a bad run of beats. think i need some time away.
here's one hand that worked in my favor - can't see how he makes this call with no part of the draw.
6/16/08
3/45 ITM
anyone that does not believe that i lose every dominating hand, just watch this. poker is a waste and all of us that play are waste products.
6/15/08
I was riding a 90KO and a 45 to the final table when the bad beats started really hurting me. I can't go through this like I did in Jan-Feb. I don't need this right now.
6/14/08
I'm losing every 70/30 domination just like a prolonged period I recently came through. Not making for happy times.
6/12/08
11/45 my AT < A5. yeah i'm ill.
Played the FullTilt Daily Double for the first time in a while.
I bust Tournament A when villain turns a better flush.
48/914 ITM
I get off to a nice start in Tournament B, and ironically I'm briefly ahead of one of my online heroes.
Longer tournament, more opportunities for mistakes. Made a couple. Ultimately run A9 into AK.
6/11/08
6/45 ITM a rivered flush busted my straight
6/45 ITM a better rivered straight busted my straight
these two really hurt, as i was multi-tabling on different sites. one right after the other is just brutal.
6/10/08
3/45 ITM played well, some minor mistakes, no regrets.
13/180 ITM made one big mistake that cost me. also heavy preflop action prevented a good open-shove strategy from taking hold. no action with KK in SB at 13/31.
6/7/08
1/90 ITM
I finally have a first place to my name, and it was a nice cash considering all the KOs I netted. Probably my biggest cash to date. A real blogger would post some key hands and talk about the tournament, but I'm tired. I did flop quad Jacks and had AA and KK hold up when I needed them to. The big difference was my shove/fold strategy. Ultimately, it looked like the curse was going to overtake me yet again when lost a hand HU on the river when I was way ahead preflop. But irony of ironies as huge stack I call a shove with T3 FTW.
6/4/08
SBOP V private PokerStars tournament. the three highest average finishers among players having played all four prior tournaments are bdd67, daozi, and KingPrussia, yet neither of us has cashed. i do believe we are do to do some damage this month. check back for results.
EDIT: daozi bailed, bdd67 bubbled, and KingPrussia shoved 99 into AA. Not one of our homeys has cashed this after VCDuke won the first event. What's up with that?
6/1/08
21/1574 ITM in the 8pm on PokerStars. i usually beat myself up for poor decisions, but i think i played this tournament really well. i picked my spots, and most of my premium hands held up. i lost KK to AQ in a crucial spot (see below), and i busted AQ against 77 but the guy could have easily been weaker. if i win that race, i make the final table.
played with a guy from sydney, but he claims to not know P. Sherman from 42 wallaby way. i think he was either lying or just has good teeth.
here are some highlights:
it amazes me how people value top pair no kicker
set fills up nicely. back in 7th place
KK holds up nicely - 24/198 now
77 holds up to AK. this is a read-specific shove because i percieved my opponent to be weaker than AK.
KK loses to AQ at a crucial moment deep
another nice pot, but why does this guy call here? http://www.pokerhand.org/?2698884
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