3/9 ITM shove A9 into AQ
3/9 ITM
7/9 but pokerstars doesn't count
ok so i finish the month with a winning session.
8/30/08
lost every race, lost every dominating showdown, lost every tournament. not how i wanted to end the month.
8/29/08
3/18 ITM august ending ok. i have just one other session planned.
?/45
8/28/08
2/45 ITM called all in too wide heads up K4s < ATo
20?/90 shoved too wide at 10bb, prolly should have been more patient.
8/27/08
HOME GAME
it's the morning after and i've already forgotten almonst everything that happened, so i can't offer much detail. i did win game #1, and i got lucky to stay alive on the bubble in game #2 and ended up winning that one too. game #3 i flopped a wheel but lost to a better straight to deny me the hat trick. a good, fun night for me to help counter the goose eggs i've been accumulating online. we were short handed the whole night, playing 6-handed twice, and notables bdd67 and I.B. were absent.
i think one interesting hand from the night involved VCDuke vs daozi. the lack of stack sizes are gonna kill the analysis here, but at the time i was thinking that this hand should have been played quite differently. VCDuke flatted pre and daozi raised to 750, VCDuke called. flop comes 9sTs5c. VCDuke shoves (more than a pot-size push), daozi goes into the tank and calls. Does VCDuke want a call? If he wants daozi's chips, does he shove? Is there a draw in play here? If so, who and what?
I have some thoughts on this hand, but can't show my playbook with the upcoming Conshy Classic local tournament. What say my readers?
8/19/08
haven't been blogging much and haven't been recapping my playing.
3/45 ITM busto as the favorite but not a bad run
12/45 really played well but an accomplished player got the best of me by making a play on my BvB steal then stacking off on me next hand with a real hand JJ > AQ. i normally don't stack off with AQ but he seemed to be accumulating to make his run. he eventually took second.
8/17/08
2/18 ITM should have won this one
44/45 AA < QJo of course
8/16/08
1/9 ITM small stakes just killing time
8/7/08
2/9 ITM hey a cash is a win on pokerstars. played a solid heads up player with a 11% ROI. lost a key hand and never recovered.
5/45 ITM really wanted more than this as i am making a nice run on fulltilt. ran 55 into TT to bust
?/180 busto KK cracked of course
8/6/08
12/27 still 0-7 in the SBOP private tournament on PokerStars. had AA,AA,AK,QQ and got absolutely no action. yet if i start to open wide, then i get called! i evenually shoved 88 into 99 to bust.
2/9 ITM played a very successful, very skilled player heads up. obtained a slight lead but then lost a hand to a better kicker and from there it was over.
8/4/08
2/9 ITM
1/45 ITM the long awaited win. i published this as a goal back in December 2007 and have a number of second and third place finishes. it's not THAT big of a deal but it's always nice to hit a goal. it's a little anti-climactic though since i did get a 1/90 win a few weeks prior. i still want to take 1/180 on PokerStars though.
8/1/08
THE DATE FOR THE FALL CONSHOHOCKEN CLASSIC HAS BEEN SET TO SEPTEMBER 13 2008.
I am VERY upset I will have to miss the EPT Barcelona Open due to this tournament. Spain is very near the top of the list of places I'd like to visit next. This is a very tough decision for me, but I believe the Conshy Classic wins out for the following reasons:
1. Buy-in for: Barcelona Open: 8,000 EURO, Conshohocken Classic: $75 including food and drinks.
2. Distance to: Barcleona Open: 3900 miles, Conshohocken Classic: 3.9 miles
3. Odds of winning: Barcelona Open: 0, Conshohocken Classic: 8:1
4. Players I want revenge on: Barcelona Open: 0, Conshohocken : 39
I also will miss the Borgata Poker Open but that I can play anytime.
BTW 8/27/08 home game hand, daozi: AdKh, VCDuke: 5s5d
