tried a little cash game for a change. managed to double up, then took these three beats (not saying they were "bad" beats or that i played them right):
http://www.pokerhand.org/?2351784
http://www.pokerhand.org/?2351786
http://www.pokerhand.org/?2351788
but was fortunate to get it all back and more on this hand:
http://www.pokerhand.org/?2351862
3/28/08
3/45 ITM
brought my "A" game to this my favorite tournament. made some key lay downs to make it deep. down to 3 i pick my spot perfectly against an Opp that has raised all in 9 out of the last 10 orbits as the big stack. here's the beat: http://www.pokerhand.org/?2347327. sorry blogfans, i can't play any better than this. i just won't ever win one of these things.
busted a couple of token satellites while watching the Kansas-Villanova game.
3/22/08
112/1258 ITM
was doing well with an above average stack, then this horrible beat by a total donkey http://www.pokerhand.org/?2309179. then another beat, but i have myself to blame. if you want to know how NOT to play a set against two pair / flush draw, take a look
2/18 ITM token
3/18 ITM token
3/18/2008
2/45 ITM
played well. getting KK and AA down the stretch is always nice. had some other tough decisions with medium pairs that i laid down - not sure if the forum gurus would agree with this. heads up i was out-stacked 4-1 and fought back to near even, but lost on a horrible beat with a dominating hand on the river. i never came back. of course i've still never won one of these. gg to my foe who played HU great.
3/45 ITM
this final table was tough, with all 6 having great stats. very fun chatting, and the guys came to the other table to rail me. it was a riot actually having fans root for me.
played good poker tonight. finishing ITM concurrently sure does make the game fun again. think i'll take a few nights off to finish my taxes.
3/17/2008
whiffed 0/3 tonight.
3/16/2008
Finished ITM 3/4 tries last night. Not high finishes however. Still losing as the favorite, and disappointment abounds. I am continually on the lookout for articles that relate poker to real life, and today I found this article very helpful http://www.realpokertraining.com/articles.php?blog=view&id=74 but I'm not sure if one needs to register in order to read it. Give it a try.
I'm very happy for a buddy's buddy taking down the WSOP circuit event at Caesar's Atlantic City. A short write up is here: http://www.pokernews.com/news/2008/03/wsopc-atlantic-city-day-3-sheets-eric-haber-wins.htm.
Homeys M.B., B.S., and B.D. continue to pull off nice sized wins both online and live.
3/4/08
SBOP II
i came into tonight's game nearly asleep, having put my son to bed just five minutes prior. there were some new faces, and the chatting was lively. some key hands/observations:
1. from SB i complete with J8o, and i check 88x flop with two others. i check-raise the turn and take the pot from BB. however BB then goes on a maniacal streak of raising me nearly every hand. i have not seen him before and have no idea what his range is. he bet me off of 5-6 hands, but finally VCDuke came to my rescue and busted him. when i finally got to see some hands he was playing, i realized his range and knew i was ahead most of the time.
2. i called a daozi shove with TT - there's no way i'm doing that when my head is clear. i have to know i 'm behind there, but somehow i just clicked the mouse. i have no other explanation. i turn a set to beat his QQ to occupy first place, but i played this hand poorly.
3. blinds 150/300, EP (nemesis) calls, LP calls, I shove AKs. EP big stack calls, LP folds. EP shows 66 and it holds up. i bust at 10/21.
we were delighted to have online pro "sheets" join us, and his sidekick JohnnyBax made a cameo appearance to plug http://www.pokerxfactor.com/. sheets played quite well, losing heads up with this bad beat http://www.pokerhand.org/?2214924 to my grammar school buddy njnick, who tanked for a very long time before calling. the heads up match lasted very long for online standards, and both held 2:1 chip leads at various times. VCDuke defended nobly by cashing third. there were two notable absences from the Main Line Poker Club: "squasher" and "ITT PlaysYa".
1. njnick 2. sheets. 3. vcduke
looking forward to april.
3/2/08
whiffed 0-3 starting the month off poorly. homeys continue to win online.
poor joe shambles - the guy plays down to heads up out of 20,000 entrants to face Annette_15, and is good on the turn. hey, i've taken some bad rivers, but never for a 10K prize differential.
Annette_15: raises 599999 to 999999
joeshambles: raises 2200001 to 3200000
Annette_15: raises 34913020 to 38113020 and is all-in
joeshambles: calls 18606980 and is all-in
*** FLOP *** [Th 9d Qh]
*** TURN *** [Th 9d Qh] [Ad]
*** RIVER *** [T 9 Q A ] [6 ]
*** SHOW DOWN *** joeshambles: shows [A T ] (two pair, Aces and Tens)
Annette_15: shows [6 6 ] (three of a kind, Sixes)
So I've been playing less and watching some online pros more. I haven't noticed anything spectacular - they lose with the same hands I do, they choose their spots the same as I do. I have some new ideas of when to get my chips in from these observations.
I'm resting for Tuesday night private PokerStars tourney with "friends" - that is, they are friends until they bust me. I'm also resting for WSOP circuit event Friday at Caesars.
3/1/08
I'm thinking of trying a new format - just one monthly recap including online, home game, and casino tournaments. I'll add the newer stuff at the top, in reverse-chronological order, so that people stopping by will know right away if there is something new. If this doesn't work I'll revert back to a single post for each event.
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