Tuesday, January 29, 2008

WTFFFFFFFF

Stuck almost 2k tonight from cahs and I get on the bubble with a huge stack in a 109 mtt on stars and i get fucking heros making the stupidest fucking calls in the world ON THE BUBBLE. WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS? I really dont think i could have played this any better. I might fucking suck at poker but there is no fucking way he can make this call.

PokerStars Game #14922884183: Tournament #75209399, $100+$9 Hold'em No Limit - Level XII (600/1200) - 2008/01/29 - 22:06:00 (ET)
Table '75209399 72' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: chaffy4598 (28773 in chips)
Seat 2: boltsva (18787 in chips)
Seat 3: E-WeE (23007 in chips)
Seat 4: trippkirk (48525 in chips)
Seat 5: JJ_fieldman (45958 in chips)
Seat 6: pangrar (23922 in chips)
Seat 7: thenutzzzz12 (13029 in chips)
Seat 9: WeissMAN (19150 in chips)
chaffy4598: posts the ante 125
boltsva: posts the ante 125
E-WeE: posts the ante 125
trippkirk: posts the ante 125
JJ_fieldman: posts the ante 125
pangrar: posts the ante 125
thenutzzzz12: posts the ante 125
WeissMAN: posts the ante 125
E-WeE: posts small blind 600
trippkirk: posts big blind 1200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to trippkirk [3h 3d]
JJ_fieldman: raises 2400 to 3600
pangrar: folds
thenutzzzz12: folds
WeissMAN: folds
chaffy4598: folds
boltsva: folds
E-WeE: folds
trippkirk: calls 2400
*** FLOP *** [7c 9d 5h]
trippkirk: checks
JJ_fieldman: bets 4800
trippkirk: raises 7400 to 12200
JJ_fieldman: calls 7400
*** TURN *** [7c 9d 5h] [8h]
trippkirk: bets 13775
JJ_fieldman: calls 13775
*** RIVER *** [7c 9d 5h 8h] [4c]
trippkirk: bets 18825 and is all-in
JJ_fieldman: calls 16258 and is all-in
*** SHOW DOWN ***
trippkirk: shows [3h 3d] (a pair of Threes)
JJ_fieldman: shows [8s As] (a pair of Eights)
JJ_fieldman collected 93266 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 93266 | Rake 0
Board [7c 9d 5h 8h 4c]
Seat 1: chaffy4598 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: boltsva (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: E-WeE (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: trippkirk (big blind) showed [3h 3d] and lost with a pair of Threes
Seat 5: JJ_fieldman showed [8s As] and won (93266) with a pair of Eights
Seat 6: pangrar folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: thenutzzzz12 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: WeissMAN folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Update

Well, pretty uneventful week or so of poker. Managed to cash in basically every tourney I played in without ever really going deep in anything last week. I dont THINK my mid-late game is that bad I really think i have been running kinda bad late in tourneys but I'm gonna do some review of my play the next few days and try to figure some things out. While I cashed in everything last week I cashed in NOTHING on Sunday. Sattied into 3 tourneys (Sunday WU, Sunday Million($530), and FTP 750k) and bought into the Sunday Brawl and Sunday Second Chance. I think I made it to the first break in one of these tourneys and cashed in none of them. I think the $530 Million equaled the largest buyin I had played online and I managed to last 4 hands. Here is the bustout hand.

I know some will say I should fold p/f here but I think playing hands like these in position w/ deep stacks is profitable, especially in a tourney where the field is as weak as the Sunday Million. I almost flatted the flop to make sure a scare card didnt' come down on the turn but decided I needed to go ahead and protect here and I could always check behind on the turn. I REALLY didnt expect him to 3-bet me here. When he did, my first thought was a set. But since I had a j and a 9 he was unlikely to have jj or 99. So that leaves 77 in his range. I didnt put 10-8 in his range. I thought possibly a flush draw and possibly an overpair. Since only one of the hands I had in his range had me in trouble (77) I decided I needed to go ahead and get the chips in here. I don't think I played it bad want I'll have a chance this w/e to discuss the hand w/ some other people.

POKERSTARS GAME #14868059355: TOURNAMENT #74372571, $500+$30 HOLD'EM NO LIMIT - LEVEL I (25/50) - 2008/01/27 - 16:34:22 (ET)
Table '74372571 253' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: ghost crab (10244 in chips)
Seat 2: Mr_kjeks (9831 in chips)
Seat 3: krmont22 (9850 in chips)
Seat 4: Colombo218 (10100 in chips)
Seat 5: sep_87 (9925 in chips)
Seat 6: gank (9925 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 7: toweliestar (10000 in chips)
Seat 8: trippkirk (9825 in chips)
Seat 9: avolioalex (10300 in chips)
ghost crab: posts small blind 25
Mr_kjeks: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to trippkirk [9c Jc]
krmont22: folds
Colombo218: folds
sep_87: folds
gank: folds
toweliestar: raises 100 to 150
trippkirk: calls 150
avolioalex: folds
ghost crab: folds
Mr_kjeks: folds
*** FLOP *** [9h Js 7h]
toweliestar: bets 250
trippkirk: raises 400 to 650
toweliestar: raises 1300 to 1950
trippkirk: raises 7725 to 9675 and is all-in
toweliestar: calls 7725
*** TURN *** [9h Js 7h] [5h]
*** RIVER *** [9h Js 7h 5h] [Ks]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
toweliestar: shows [8h Ah] (a flush, Ace high)
trippkirk: shows [9c Jc] (two pair, Jacks and Nines)
toweliestar collected 19725 from pot

Anyway, gg me.

In the FTP 750k, a guy called me 3 bet p/f for 1/3 of his stack w/ 33 v. my AA and obv flopped bottom set....gg me. All in all, I don't think I played bad aside from the brawl where I 4 bet a SUPER LAG button 3-better w/ AJ from the cutoff and he wakes up w/ AQ. While I had a bad Sunday I really feel good about my tourney play recently. The past month or so have really struggled to get ahold of any chips early and this week I seem to be stacked up in everything I've played.

Been playing more cash sessions of late as well and have been playing a lot tighter style than I was previously. During the week while I'm working I have decided every night I'm going to play a timed 2 hr session 4-tabling 2/4 full ring games. Through about 3k hands so far I'm up about $1500. I'm going to continue to grind these games and hopefully I will be able to use these cash games to held steady the variance of MTT's. I'm still in the midst of putting together a list of goals for 2008. I really have decided its going to be Jan-July 2008 goals since I have some goals I wanna hit before the WSOP. I'll post those soon. Aside from poker, I'm heading to Breckenridge, CO this w/e to ski w/ Romes23, DG0016, and Pokerskibum. I suck at skiing but it should be a good time. Will be playing poker at night so hopefully I can make some money w/ 3 good poker minds to help me out. Will try and update if I do any damage this week/weekend.

Monday, January 21, 2008

Props to pocket22s, w/e, etc...

Back at work as usual Monday morning. Weekend didn't go to well. Played some cash on Friday/Saturday and managed to lose all the money I had on UB( not that much), so I guess I am temporarily retired from UB. Back to Stars and FTP. First of all HUUUUUGE props to pocket22s(jordanstone19 on p5's) for taking 4th in the Wednesday 150k guaranteed on Stars for a cool $14k. Breakthrough score for a good friend of mine and expect to see more of these types of finishes shortly. Decided to play only the Sunday Million on Stars yesterday bc i was a little busy. Had to play the Million though because it is the most +EV tourney on the planet. Without ever getting a hand I managed to get into the money with about an average stack only to dwindle down and eventually bust like 700th for around $450 i think. Anyway, pretty uneventful weekend. I'm going to continue with the poker schedule I did last week. When I get done w/ work everyday play some 2/4NL cash and then play the 7:00pm tourneys on Stars ($109) and FTP ($75). I like this schedule because it allows me to get to bed fairly early (barring a deep run in a tourney) and still get my MTT fix. Anyway, I recently mentioned I started playing everything under stake so I'll update where I'm at on that. ($-1900). Not too bad considering I was stuck more than 3k for a while. I'm not worried about it and hopefully my backer isn't either because I am pretty sure I am running way below expectation in cash games and I feel like my tourney game is getting a lot better. I will try and update later in the week or sooner if anything significant happens. Good luck

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

DEAD MONEY ON UB !!!!

So apparently I am really bad at poker. Or at least that is the way it has appeared for the last week. I haven't had a winning session in 9 days(since last Sunday). In those 9 days I have lost a little under 5k playing 2/4. I have been getting absolutely murdered. I haven't really stacked anyone in around 20 hrs of play. I think (hope) am I just running bad because I feel I am playing strong poker. Every time I have a hand I either get sucked out on or coolered. Got overset 3 sets in a row at one point last week. Here's a fun hand from last night that just exemplified everything that has happened in the past week. A set up finally goes my way only to get rivered.


gjakey: -- --
IDoUrDaughter: -- --
neverplayaa: -- --
tkirk12: Ac Ad
wbfinist: -- --
Sandybritches: -- --

Pre-flop:

gjakey raises to $14. IDoUrDaughter folds.
neverplayaa folds. tkirk12 re-raises to $48.
wbfinist folds. Sandybritches folds. gjakey calls.


Flop (board: 2d Jd 9s):

gjakey checks. tkirk12 bets $85. gjakey goes all-in
for $381.40. tkirk12 calls.

Turn (board: 2d Jd 9s 9h):

(no action in this round)


River (board: 2d Jd 9s 9h Kc):

(no action in this round)




Showdown:

gjakey shows Kh Ks.
gjakey has Kh Ks 9s 9h Kc: full house, kings full of nines.
tkirk12 mucks cards.
(tkirk12 has Ac Ad.)

I have totally lost confidence in my cash game that I have been working so hard on. Had been watching a lot of Green Plastic and felt soooo good last week after 3-4 good winning sessions in a row. But I really don't know what to think now. Don't know if I was running closer to expectation then or now. I guess I'll find out over the course of the next week or so. I am going to just continue and play solid(I think I'm playing solid) and hope things turn around. Will try and give an update later this week. GL

Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Ups and Downs

The weekend was a good one for me. Was stuck Saturday around 600 or so playing 2/4NL and managed to get most of it back tho. Sunday, decided not to play any tourneys and was gonna put in a mini 2/4 session while me and my gf were watching tv. Well the mini session turned into a mini heater and I made almost 2k in around 2 hours. Decided to play the second chance on stars after that with no luck but oh well, still a great day to get me off to a good start on my stake.

So that session gave me a little confidence in my cash game and I a no doubt about to just get on a sick heater. Wrong. Last night I get off work and instantly lose 3 buyins in an hour and a half to give back almost all my profit from Sunday. I was proud of myself that I stayed cool and never tilted(which has been my problem in the past with cash games) and I quit when I did start feeling a little steamy. That steam was from the last hand I played....I raise AsKs on button to 14.....SB(aggro who had 3 bet me a lot) 3 bets me to 48. I had been waiting on a spot to 4 bet him and this seemed perfect. I make it 156 to go and he flats me. Flop 2s3s4h. Decent flop for me. If he has JJ or QQ I'm not in bad shape with my overs, flush draw, and str8 draw. He checks me to and I think how I wanna play it. I feel I'm in great shape so I considered throwing out like 100 to make him think he had some fold equity but decided against it and just jammed my 250 into a pot of a little over 300. Well he snap called and the turn and the river blanked out. FUCK. He turns over his winner.....SIXES!!!! So sick, I couldnt decide whether to label this guy a complete donk or a fucking genius??? Anyway, I instantly stood up from my tables at my stop-loss of 3 buyins and watched the natl championship game. SEC SEC SEC SEC!!!

Gonna put in another session of 2/4 tonight when I get back to the hotel. Yes, I'm still in Spartanburg, SC. And possibly hit the 7:00 tourneys if I have made a little money by then. Will update if I do really well or really bad.

Friday, January 4, 2008

THE DAWGSSSSSS....craps.....stakeage,..etc

Fuck Hawaii...hopefully after the assraping we put on them the other night these fkking mid majors will shut the fkk up about the bcs bowls. Anyway, yes sir that was a badass performance that should ensure we r in the top 3 to start the year next year.

On another note, craps sucks and if u ever see me touching dice get on the don't pass bar HARD.

Lastly, expect a sick heater out of me as I'm gonna be playing on stake for a while. Gonna try and concentrate mainly on cash and really try and learn how to play mid level cash games. Anyway, had a decent day....made a little playing cash and lost a little on tourneys to basically break even on day 1 of being staked. Will probably be updating more bc i start working again next week and will most likely spend 8 hrs a day doing stuff like this.

Later