I just realized that last year, I made a post on New Year's Eve. I was planning on doing that again, but of course, I forgot. So I will post something now. If you need a reminder here is the post.
It's so funny reading that now. I'm definitely not micro-grinding anymore. I typically play $25NL or sometimes when I find a good table $50NL. I would love to post a graph as it's been a good year, but if you've been reading my blog, you'll remember I lost my database when my computer crashed.
I don't play tournaments as much as I want to, but it's really hard with a 2 year old running around. I can play after he goes to bed, but I only have a couple hours before I go to bed myself. I could stay up late to play them, but then I wouldn't really get any sleep and that's no good either.
Well, here's to next year and hoping it holds good things for all of us.
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Brag: X-box!
I just won an X-box and Guitar Hero 3 from Cake poker. A nice 2 chip freeroll that I started while working on dinner. Glad I joined it. Of course, I already have both the X-box and GH3, but we have friends that are X-box-less and we needed another guitar for GH3 anyway.
Edit to add: I forgot to mention. Early in the tournament, during the 15/30 blinds, I took a chance against a donkey that backfired and ended up being crippled down to 300 chips. So I made a comeback all the way to second. Also, the donkey was the guy who came in first!
Edit to add: I forgot to mention. Early in the tournament, during the 15/30 blinds, I took a chance against a donkey that backfired and ended up being crippled down to 300 chips. So I made a comeback all the way to second. Also, the donkey was the guy who came in first!
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
Monday, December 24, 2007
Omaha H/L
Wow, what a crazy game. And I am a super donk too! It was a TP league night last night and the game was O8.
Unless it's for the forum, I don't think I ever want to play that game again. I couldn't see my straights, I missed a few flushes. I would think I had a low when I didn't. And what's with not being able to use more or less than 2 cards in your hand?
Although, there was one good thing about the game. I came in second! I'm sure I sucked out a lot. I know I made TP crazy with my plays, but it's all for fun anyway.
Unless it's for the forum, I don't think I ever want to play that game again. I couldn't see my straights, I missed a few flushes. I would think I had a low when I didn't. And what's with not being able to use more or less than 2 cards in your hand?
Although, there was one good thing about the game. I came in second! I'm sure I sucked out a lot. I know I made TP crazy with my plays, but it's all for fun anyway.
Sunday, December 16, 2007
First!
Last night was the final game of the Poker at Rob's league. It was definitely a smaller game with only 11 people turning out. But of course since it's almost Christmas, it's understandable we didn't have many players.
I started out the game well. Last couple of games, I've tried loosening up preflop and limping with hands I normally fold. This is for the early stages only though, I tighten up later on. I think based on the type of players we have, it's helped me get deeper in the tournaments. Even with being loose, the hands I am playing are still stronger than those most others are playing. Plus I'm in more pots and getting more chips early, which is definitely a plus.
The game started out fast. We were down to four players and still at the 20/40 blind level. We were all joking that we would have to start another tournament since this one was lasting not much more than an hour.
All of us spoke too soon. Until the blinds reached 250/500, we were still at 4 players. No one was able to die. There were all ins and calls, but the chips just seemed to move back and forth between players. I finally ended up eliminating Rob with KQs. I had raised, but he was so short that essentially put him all in, so he pushed. I of course called. My hand held and we were finally three.
The game finally sped up after that. Blinds are 300/600 and Brett goes out and it's me and Mike H head's up. It only took about 3 or 4 hands, but I took out Mike with A2o. He had AKo. We were allin preflop and I ended up sucking out a 2 on the turn. So a nice FIRST for me.
Unfortunately, even with a strong finish at the end of the league, I still finished 5th for league points, so bubbling the money for that. First ended up being Adam, Rob was second, Brent came in third and Mike C was fourth.
The league was great fun and we are going to do it again next year. I'm looking forward to it and maybe next year, I will finish top four for the league.
I started out the game well. Last couple of games, I've tried loosening up preflop and limping with hands I normally fold. This is for the early stages only though, I tighten up later on. I think based on the type of players we have, it's helped me get deeper in the tournaments. Even with being loose, the hands I am playing are still stronger than those most others are playing. Plus I'm in more pots and getting more chips early, which is definitely a plus.
The game started out fast. We were down to four players and still at the 20/40 blind level. We were all joking that we would have to start another tournament since this one was lasting not much more than an hour.
All of us spoke too soon. Until the blinds reached 250/500, we were still at 4 players. No one was able to die. There were all ins and calls, but the chips just seemed to move back and forth between players. I finally ended up eliminating Rob with KQs. I had raised, but he was so short that essentially put him all in, so he pushed. I of course called. My hand held and we were finally three.
The game finally sped up after that. Blinds are 300/600 and Brett goes out and it's me and Mike H head's up. It only took about 3 or 4 hands, but I took out Mike with A2o. He had AKo. We were allin preflop and I ended up sucking out a 2 on the turn. So a nice FIRST for me.
Unfortunately, even with a strong finish at the end of the league, I still finished 5th for league points, so bubbling the money for that. First ended up being Adam, Rob was second, Brent came in third and Mike C was fourth.
The league was great fun and we are going to do it again next year. I'm looking forward to it and maybe next year, I will finish top four for the league.
Friday, December 14, 2007
Time to Bitch
It's time to bitch about Cake again. If you've been keeping up with my blog, it quite upsets me that I don't have a Gold Card and, yes, I am STILL cardless! But that's not what I want to bitch about.
I read 2+2 on a semi-regular basis so I knew from posts on there that withdrawing via cheque was a hassle. A lot of personal info had to be mailed in first to be verified. Mostly, this was to protect Cake from credit card fraud. I understand that, it's a huge issue with online poker sites.
Well, I didn't want to go through those hoops, so I set up a Moneybookers account and tried a test withdraw for $50 from Cake to the new account. And then I waited and waited and waited and waited. Four days later, I gave up on waiting. Something was obviously not going through and I was worried it was my Moneybookers account as I didn't plan on funding it first. I already have money in the poker sites I play at, I don't need more.
So anyway, I emailed them. Now, I'm actually impressed with their response time. I think I received an email back within a couple hours. What I'm not impressed with is even with a Moneybookers account, I have to send in a whole bunch of crap. Photocopy of my credit card, front and back, copy of my statement. Copy of a utility bill. Ugh. I didn't want to have to do this. And what the hell? Why did it take an email from me first about my withdraw before they tell me how to get it processed? Why not an auto email or notes on the withdraw page so I didn't have to wait four days to find out I couldn't get my money?
Now this doesn't really piss me off--too much--what really makes me mad is that yes it's to protect against fraud, but I was only taking out $50. Now I'm not saying small amounts should go through, but what gets me is I have a ton more money still in my Cake account. So if they really did have an issue after my withdraw, they still have the rest of my funds to confiscate. There is no risk letting me take that $50! Plus, I deposited ages ago. If there was going to be a dispute on my deposit, it would have happened already!
Let me have my damn money!
I read 2+2 on a semi-regular basis so I knew from posts on there that withdrawing via cheque was a hassle. A lot of personal info had to be mailed in first to be verified. Mostly, this was to protect Cake from credit card fraud. I understand that, it's a huge issue with online poker sites.
Well, I didn't want to go through those hoops, so I set up a Moneybookers account and tried a test withdraw for $50 from Cake to the new account. And then I waited and waited and waited and waited. Four days later, I gave up on waiting. Something was obviously not going through and I was worried it was my Moneybookers account as I didn't plan on funding it first. I already have money in the poker sites I play at, I don't need more.
So anyway, I emailed them. Now, I'm actually impressed with their response time. I think I received an email back within a couple hours. What I'm not impressed with is even with a Moneybookers account, I have to send in a whole bunch of crap. Photocopy of my credit card, front and back, copy of my statement. Copy of a utility bill. Ugh. I didn't want to have to do this. And what the hell? Why did it take an email from me first about my withdraw before they tell me how to get it processed? Why not an auto email or notes on the withdraw page so I didn't have to wait four days to find out I couldn't get my money?
Now this doesn't really piss me off--too much--what really makes me mad is that yes it's to protect against fraud, but I was only taking out $50. Now I'm not saying small amounts should go through, but what gets me is I have a ton more money still in my Cake account. So if they really did have an issue after my withdraw, they still have the rest of my funds to confiscate. There is no risk letting me take that $50! Plus, I deposited ages ago. If there was going to be a dispute on my deposit, it would have happened already!
Let me have my damn money!
Sunday, December 09, 2007
Back Up and Running
Almost. I have a new Hard Drive, replaced under warranty, so I'm back on the internet. The only thing I don't completely have set up is PokerTracker and PokerAce. I just need to get new registration codes for them and then everything is complete.
Well, except it will be a brand spanking new database. I can easily request all my tournament summaries from Pokerstars, but from the looks of it, I can only request HHs for cash games for the last 100 hands. I think I'm going to email support and ask if they will send histories for my lifetime or even the last year would be really helpful. Cross our fingers and hope they will help me out.
Well, except it will be a brand spanking new database. I can easily request all my tournament summaries from Pokerstars, but from the looks of it, I can only request HHs for cash games for the last 100 hands. I think I'm going to email support and ask if they will send histories for my lifetime or even the last year would be really helpful. Cross our fingers and hope they will help me out.
Saturday, December 01, 2007
Lost Everything
Everything is gone....
Sorta. Yesterday, I was surfing the net when my computer froze. Suddenly, I was blue screened. Oh oh. I do the usual reboot, but when the computer comes back on, it doesn't load properly. Not even the screen where it says, your computer was improperly shut down, do you want to go to safe mode. There was a message on the screen. On the top left corner all it said in regular text Err1 Err3. I have never seen that type of thing before.
After showing my screen to Rob and his fiddling with it for a bit, he tells me my hard drive is dead. I've lost everything. Booooo.....
There were only a couple things I'm disappointed in losing and can't just reinstall to get back. One is Quicken. Not the program of course, but the data I had downloaded to it. And the other is PokerTracker. Again, it's easy to get the software, but I've lost my entire database. That's a real piss off. All my stats are gone and all the hands on other players as well. Really, really, crappy.
Sorta. Yesterday, I was surfing the net when my computer froze. Suddenly, I was blue screened. Oh oh. I do the usual reboot, but when the computer comes back on, it doesn't load properly. Not even the screen where it says, your computer was improperly shut down, do you want to go to safe mode. There was a message on the screen. On the top left corner all it said in regular text Err1 Err3. I have never seen that type of thing before.
After showing my screen to Rob and his fiddling with it for a bit, he tells me my hard drive is dead. I've lost everything. Booooo.....
There were only a couple things I'm disappointed in losing and can't just reinstall to get back. One is Quicken. Not the program of course, but the data I had downloaded to it. And the other is PokerTracker. Again, it's easy to get the software, but I've lost my entire database. That's a real piss off. All my stats are gone and all the hands on other players as well. Really, really, crappy.
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Sunday Million
So I didn't make it to the money. I started off well, keeping my chips ahead of the average. I had a great table. Very laggy, but passive. Then about 900 left before the money, I get moved. This table sucked. It was very aggressive, and I was not getting any hands. I tried to make a couple moves but they failed. Finally got short and had to push or fold. The final hand is below.
PokerStars Game #13325612193: Tournament #66640473, $200+$15 Hold'em No Limit - Level XI (750/1500) - 2007/11/18 - 19:25:01 (ET)
Table '66640473 680' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: bergerdart1+ (65874 in chips)
Seat 2: highplaya (31047 in chips)
Seat 3: pomax6 (28620 in chips)
Seat 4: JBT449 (42032 in chips)
Seat 5: AcesGoPlace (111630 in chips)
Seat 6: lucaduc (43170 in chips)
Seat 7: SweetRellie (65869 in chips)
Seat 8: N1kita (7923 in chips)
Seat 9: Aces baby AA (34687 in chips)
bergerdart1+: posts the ante 150
highplaya: posts the ante 150
pomax6: posts the ante 150
JBT449: posts the ante 150
AcesGoPlace: posts the ante 150
lucaduc: posts the ante 150
SweetRellie: posts the ante 150
N1kita: posts the ante 150
Aces baby AA: posts the ante 150
bergerdart1+: posts small blind 750
highplaya: posts big blind 1500
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to N1kita [6c Ac]
pomax6: folds
JBT449: folds
AcesGoPlace: folds
lucaduc: folds
SweetRellie: folds
N1kita: raises 6273 to 7773 and is all-in
Aces baby AA: raises 7227 to 15000
bergerdart1+: folds
highplaya: folds
*** FLOP *** [8d Ad 8h]
*** TURN *** [8d Ad 8h] [Kh]
*** RIVER *** [8d Ad 8h Kh] [3s]
N1kita said, "nh"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
N1kita: shows [6c Ac] (two pair, Aces and Eights)
Aces baby AA: shows [Ah 8s] (a full house, Eights full of Aces)
Aces baby AA collected 19146 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 19146 | Rake 0
Board [8d Ad 8h Kh 3s]
Seat 1: bergerdart1+ (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: highplaya (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: pomax6 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: JBT449 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: AcesGoPlace folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: lucaduc folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: SweetRellie folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: N1kita showed [6c Ac] and lost with two pair, Aces and Eights
Seat 9: Aces baby AA (button) showed [Ah 8s] and won (19146) with a full house, Eights full of Aces
I felt I could have gone deep, but I guess it wasn't my night. I'm glad I had the chance to play. The players were no better than what I'm use to at the levels I'm at. I might have to invest on some Sattys, as I'm sure I can make some decent money from the tournament, if I keep trying.
PokerStars Game #13325612193: Tournament #66640473, $200+$15 Hold'em No Limit - Level XI (750/1500) - 2007/11/18 - 19:25:01 (ET)
Table '66640473 680' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: bergerdart1+ (65874 in chips)
Seat 2: highplaya (31047 in chips)
Seat 3: pomax6 (28620 in chips)
Seat 4: JBT449 (42032 in chips)
Seat 5: AcesGoPlace (111630 in chips)
Seat 6: lucaduc (43170 in chips)
Seat 7: SweetRellie (65869 in chips)
Seat 8: N1kita (7923 in chips)
Seat 9: Aces baby AA (34687 in chips)
bergerdart1+: posts the ante 150
highplaya: posts the ante 150
pomax6: posts the ante 150
JBT449: posts the ante 150
AcesGoPlace: posts the ante 150
lucaduc: posts the ante 150
SweetRellie: posts the ante 150
N1kita: posts the ante 150
Aces baby AA: posts the ante 150
bergerdart1+: posts small blind 750
highplaya: posts big blind 1500
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to N1kita [6c Ac]
pomax6: folds
JBT449: folds
AcesGoPlace: folds
lucaduc: folds
SweetRellie: folds
N1kita: raises 6273 to 7773 and is all-in
Aces baby AA: raises 7227 to 15000
bergerdart1+: folds
highplaya: folds
*** FLOP *** [8d Ad 8h]
*** TURN *** [8d Ad 8h] [Kh]
*** RIVER *** [8d Ad 8h Kh] [3s]
N1kita said, "nh"
*** SHOW DOWN ***
N1kita: shows [6c Ac] (two pair, Aces and Eights)
Aces baby AA: shows [Ah 8s] (a full house, Eights full of Aces)
Aces baby AA collected 19146 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 19146 | Rake 0
Board [8d Ad 8h Kh 3s]
Seat 1: bergerdart1+ (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: highplaya (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: pomax6 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: JBT449 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: AcesGoPlace folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: lucaduc folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: SweetRellie folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: N1kita showed [6c Ac] and lost with two pair, Aces and Eights
Seat 9: Aces baby AA (button) showed [Ah 8s] and won (19146) with a full house, Eights full of Aces
I felt I could have gone deep, but I guess it wasn't my night. I'm glad I had the chance to play. The players were no better than what I'm use to at the levels I'm at. I might have to invest on some Sattys, as I'm sure I can make some decent money from the tournament, if I keep trying.
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
I've Been Staked
So, The Storm from the Talking Poker forum, offered to stake anyone he felt was a winner at tournaments and was trustworthy for the Sunday Million. I'll just quote his post directly from the forum.
So, I posted my stats to give it a try. And I was staked. So this Sunday I will be playing Stars' Sunday Million. Sure, I have to give away most of what I win, but I wouldn't have won the money in the first place, if I hadn't been staked. Of course, I could bust out early too, but I'm hoping for going deep. That would be awesome!
I'm in the giving mood. Here's a good deal for you.
I'll stake you for the Sunday Million next Sunday if you can meet the following requirements.
1. Can prove that you are a winning player. Pokertracker lifetime screenshot or sharkscope graph will do.
2. have at least 50 posts prior to this post
That's it. You meet those, I stake you for Sunday Million (I get 70 % of profits + stakeback).
Lets win some money!
EDIT: just want to add that I will refuse staking anyone I deem to be too sketchy/untrustworthy.
So, I posted my stats to give it a try. And I was staked. So this Sunday I will be playing Stars' Sunday Million. Sure, I have to give away most of what I win, but I wouldn't have won the money in the first place, if I hadn't been staked. Of course, I could bust out early too, but I'm hoping for going deep. That would be awesome!
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Finally!
Home game again last night. And finally made it to the points and the money. It also moves me up a spot in the league, but I think that just bubbles me for the league payout. Maybe I can do well next month too and boost my score even more. Getting a few kills will help too, since I didn't even take anyone out this month. Still, making second without taking out anyone is pretty good.
Friday, November 02, 2007
Annoying Cake
Ok, so when I do get a chance to play poker online, I play at Cake. I've got a bonus to clear there, plus the rake back. But playing there can be annoying, at least for me. And because of one of their promotions, not for how the players play, or the crappy software or anything like that.
One promo is frequent player points, which get you gold chips. They can be used to buy-in to tournaments, or buy stuff from their catalog. You get a certain amount based on the amount of rake is for each hand you are dealt into. This one doesn't bug me.
It's the other damn promo that's pissing me off. The gold card promo. This is where when you play the cash games one of your cards can become a gold card. There's not much you can do with them, but sometimes you can "sell" them back for cash. Now getting these cards is random. And it's only for raked pots. But you are supposed to get them once in a while. I've been playing about 1-2k hands a month (yes not a lot compared to pros, but still) for the last 3 months and I've got ZERO!!! Rob played for half a month maybe 500 hands and he got one about halfway through that!!! This is what is annoying me. I want a freaking gold card, dammit!!!!!!
One promo is frequent player points, which get you gold chips. They can be used to buy-in to tournaments, or buy stuff from their catalog. You get a certain amount based on the amount of rake is for each hand you are dealt into. This one doesn't bug me.
It's the other damn promo that's pissing me off. The gold card promo. This is where when you play the cash games one of your cards can become a gold card. There's not much you can do with them, but sometimes you can "sell" them back for cash. Now getting these cards is random. And it's only for raked pots. But you are supposed to get them once in a while. I've been playing about 1-2k hands a month (yes not a lot compared to pros, but still) for the last 3 months and I've got ZERO!!! Rob played for half a month maybe 500 hands and he got one about halfway through that!!! This is what is annoying me. I want a freaking gold card, dammit!!!!!!
Thursday, November 01, 2007
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Out Early
It was our home game last night. As you can tell from the title, I was out early--second one out. My AA got cracked by 67o, bleh. I've come to the conclusion that when it comes to live poker, I suck. So, home games will be to have fun only. If If want to make money, I'll play tournaments online.
We did get a cash game going, but there was never more than four playing and even that ended fairly early in the night. I think everyone had left by midnight, maybe later, but it definitely wasn't one yet.
I was up and down in the cash game. I took a couple big pots from Rob, which sucked. It's both our money, so there is no reason to get it in against each other, but then if I'm in a hand, I'm not going play poorly just because it's Rob. I ended up about seven bucks but Rob ended down $15. Oh well, it all about having fun and it was still a great night.
We did get a cash game going, but there was never more than four playing and even that ended fairly early in the night. I think everyone had left by midnight, maybe later, but it definitely wasn't one yet.
I was up and down in the cash game. I took a couple big pots from Rob, which sucked. It's both our money, so there is no reason to get it in against each other, but then if I'm in a hand, I'm not going play poorly just because it's Rob. I ended up about seven bucks but Rob ended down $15. Oh well, it all about having fun and it was still a great night.
Friday, October 19, 2007
Poker Hates Me Today
So, please note, I'm short because Cake software takes forever for reloading chips. The villain had been at the table for maybe 2 or 3 hands at this point and he has gone all-in for all of them. So I was pretty sure he was just a push bot and my hand would be a favourite against his range. For the rest of his time at the table, he'd push 3 out of 5 hands, so my read was right. Gotta love when reads are right, but you still lose.
Hand #1292012207000769: Paris (6-max) 12207
Seat 1: future dr (2.42 in chips)
Seat 2: Moray (5.45 in chips)
Seat 3: cjlerra (4.15 in chips)
Seat 6: Hank1970 (36.94 in chips)
Seat 8: Takhisis (4.18 in chips)
Seat 10: Smurfmeister (6.00 in chips)
Moray: posts small blind $0.05
cjlerra: posts big blind $0.10
Smurfmeister: posts big blind $0.10
Dealt to Takhisis [ Jh Ah ]
Hank1970: calls
Takhisis: raises to $0.55
Smurfmeister: calls
future dr: folds
Moray: folds
cjlerra: is all in
Hank1970: folds
Takhisis: is all in
Smurfmeister: folds
Takhisis: returns uncalled bet $0.03
*** FLOP *** [ Qc, Tc, Ks. ]
*** TURN *** [ 2s. ]
*** RIVER *** [ Kc. ]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
cjlerra wins $8.55 with Royal Flush
Edit to add: Just noticed it didn't show his hand. It should be easy to figure out, but if not, it was AcJc.
Hand #1292012207000769: Paris (6-max) 12207
Seat 1: future dr (2.42 in chips)
Seat 2: Moray (5.45 in chips)
Seat 3: cjlerra (4.15 in chips)
Seat 6: Hank1970 (36.94 in chips)
Seat 8: Takhisis (4.18 in chips)
Seat 10: Smurfmeister (6.00 in chips)
Moray: posts small blind $0.05
cjlerra: posts big blind $0.10
Smurfmeister: posts big blind $0.10
Dealt to Takhisis [ Jh Ah ]
Hank1970: calls
Takhisis: raises to $0.55
Smurfmeister: calls
future dr: folds
Moray: folds
cjlerra: is all in
Hank1970: folds
Takhisis: is all in
Smurfmeister: folds
Takhisis: returns uncalled bet $0.03
*** FLOP *** [ Qc, Tc, Ks. ]
*** TURN *** [ 2s. ]
*** RIVER *** [ Kc. ]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
cjlerra wins $8.55 with Royal Flush
Edit to add: Just noticed it didn't show his hand. It should be easy to figure out, but if not, it was AcJc.
Wednesday, October 03, 2007
Rewards of being a Blogger
I have registered to play in the PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker!
This Online Poker Tournament is a No Limit Texas Holdem event exclusive to Bloggers.
Registration code: 6194542
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Busy
I haven't been playing too much poker lately. I've been working extra hours at work since we've been busy and they are offering overtime. It makes me pretty tired when I come home and not able to focus to play.
I have played some, but at Cake poker. I've got 33% rake back through Talking Poker there so I deposited $50 and figured I'd grind an hour here and there when I'm not exhausted from work. Small stakes means not very much money back, but there is some money coming back so it's still a benefit.
I could have moved everything on Stars over, but I still want to play SNGs and tournaments--not that I have time--so that's what I will play there and Cake will be for grinding out the cash games.
I have played some, but at Cake poker. I've got 33% rake back through Talking Poker there so I deposited $50 and figured I'd grind an hour here and there when I'm not exhausted from work. Small stakes means not very much money back, but there is some money coming back so it's still a benefit.
I could have moved everything on Stars over, but I still want to play SNGs and tournaments--not that I have time--so that's what I will play there and Cake will be for grinding out the cash games.
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Totally Unrelated to Poker
I already posted this on the surfergeeks.net page, but it deserves announcing here too.
So I went to the Doctor on Monday. It was a nice hour long wait just to see him, only to be directed to the lab for a blood test. That itself only took 5 minutes max. It’s great to have to take that long when I can get the same answer by peeing on a stick for a few seconds, it’s just that way is not “official”. We got the results yesterday. Which was a call to the Doctor’s office and about 10 minutes on the phone mostly on hold.
If you didn’t figure out what I’m referring to yet, Rob and I are having another baby! I am pregnant. We don’t know the due date or the sex yet, but as we find out, we will update everyone.
We are both very excited and have been trying for a second for a while. We would like a girl, so that we have one of each, but we will be happy no matter what happens. Besides, if it’s another boy, we already have everything we need!
So I went to the Doctor on Monday. It was a nice hour long wait just to see him, only to be directed to the lab for a blood test. That itself only took 5 minutes max. It’s great to have to take that long when I can get the same answer by peeing on a stick for a few seconds, it’s just that way is not “official”. We got the results yesterday. Which was a call to the Doctor’s office and about 10 minutes on the phone mostly on hold.
If you didn’t figure out what I’m referring to yet, Rob and I are having another baby! I am pregnant. We don’t know the due date or the sex yet, but as we find out, we will update everyone.
We are both very excited and have been trying for a second for a while. We would like a girl, so that we have one of each, but we will be happy no matter what happens. Besides, if it’s another boy, we already have everything we need!
Sunday, September 09, 2007
I can't win
Poker at Rob's night again. I'm kinda pissy right now. Absolutely none of my hands held up--not counting where everyone folded preflop.
It started with KK, you know, the kiss of death. There was a raise and a push allin. The allin didn't really have much more, maybe twice the raise, so I push. The initial raiser folds, after thinking. I turn over my KK, Mike H turns his A3s. He catches his Ace on the flop. At least it wasn't a stupid flush. But, as it turns out, it was the case Ace. Adam, the first raiser lets everyone know he folded AJ and Tim said he folded an Ace as well after the action in front of him.
Next hand was AKo, I limp early and it ends up being a family pot. The flop is two spades and an A. There's a bet and a call, so I push. I still had a decent stack even with the butt kicking I'd taken earlier. Scott calls, but I have him covered and Mike C who bet first calls. Scott has a straight draw, Mike has a flush draw, his high card? A five! He turns his flush, now I do have the Ks, but another spade does not show up on the river.
I'm out so I move to the cash table. Again, I'm not winning. After folding my chips away for a while, I have AKo again but in the BB. There's a raise and call in front of me, so I reraise. Both call. I catch my A on the flop again and it's not a very scary board. I move all in since the pot is now huge. Just Tim calls. He flips JJ and hits another J on the turn.
I rebuy and the very next hand I flop two pair on a 343 board. Two of them are diamonds. Brett was the one who bet. He thinks and goes allin and said, "I hope I don't bust you again right after you buying back in". I fold figuring him on an overpair. He shows a flush draw, and we rabbit hunt. Glad I folded, the flush came.
Last hand where I gave up was ATo. I can't remember what position I was in, but I flopped top pair with the T and there's a flush draw again. You know what's coming. A bet and a call so I push allin to try and get people to fold, but no good. Jeff shows his draw and it completes on the river.
Some are standard beats but overall it made for a very frustrating night.
It started with KK, you know, the kiss of death. There was a raise and a push allin. The allin didn't really have much more, maybe twice the raise, so I push. The initial raiser folds, after thinking. I turn over my KK, Mike H turns his A3s. He catches his Ace on the flop. At least it wasn't a stupid flush. But, as it turns out, it was the case Ace. Adam, the first raiser lets everyone know he folded AJ and Tim said he folded an Ace as well after the action in front of him.
Next hand was AKo, I limp early and it ends up being a family pot. The flop is two spades and an A. There's a bet and a call, so I push. I still had a decent stack even with the butt kicking I'd taken earlier. Scott calls, but I have him covered and Mike C who bet first calls. Scott has a straight draw, Mike has a flush draw, his high card? A five! He turns his flush, now I do have the Ks, but another spade does not show up on the river.
I'm out so I move to the cash table. Again, I'm not winning. After folding my chips away for a while, I have AKo again but in the BB. There's a raise and call in front of me, so I reraise. Both call. I catch my A on the flop again and it's not a very scary board. I move all in since the pot is now huge. Just Tim calls. He flips JJ and hits another J on the turn.
I rebuy and the very next hand I flop two pair on a 343 board. Two of them are diamonds. Brett was the one who bet. He thinks and goes allin and said, "I hope I don't bust you again right after you buying back in". I fold figuring him on an overpair. He shows a flush draw, and we rabbit hunt. Glad I folded, the flush came.
Last hand where I gave up was ATo. I can't remember what position I was in, but I flopped top pair with the T and there's a flush draw again. You know what's coming. A bet and a call so I push allin to try and get people to fold, but no good. Jeff shows his draw and it completes on the river.
Some are standard beats but overall it made for a very frustrating night.
Sunday, September 02, 2007
Bah!
So I was able to play the CFL tourney, but really it didn't matter if I did. Everyone was gone by 3pm and, yes, it was voluntarily. So I put Alex down for a nap and turned on the laptop. I was a couple minutes late and only played three hands at my first table and then I was moved.
At the new table I was getting kick-ass hands. First hand 77, I raise everyone folds. Next hand, AA, I raise, callers, bet the flop, everyone folds. Next AJo, I call a 4xBB raise, but fold when someone goes allin on the flop and I didn't hit. I fold the next two hands preflop, then I get AKo and I raise and get one caller. The flop is a K and two suited cards. I bet, he raises, I push. He flips AKo, the A is a heart, the two suited cards are hearts, so, the turn comes a heart and the river comes a heart. Yay! No choppie choppie, my opponent scoops the pot. I'm still in, but crippled. Next hand, I have A5o, I go all in, I barely have 100 chips and it's still the 10/20 level, but the guy who calls me has AA, and I'm done. That really sucked.
At the new table I was getting kick-ass hands. First hand 77, I raise everyone folds. Next hand, AA, I raise, callers, bet the flop, everyone folds. Next AJo, I call a 4xBB raise, but fold when someone goes allin on the flop and I didn't hit. I fold the next two hands preflop, then I get AKo and I raise and get one caller. The flop is a K and two suited cards. I bet, he raises, I push. He flips AKo, the A is a heart, the two suited cards are hearts, so, the turn comes a heart and the river comes a heart. Yay! No choppie choppie, my opponent scoops the pot. I'm still in, but crippled. Next hand, I have A5o, I go all in, I barely have 100 chips and it's still the 10/20 level, but the guy who calls me has AA, and I'm done. That really sucked.
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