So poker has been on the back of my mind lately. I think I'm averaging about 2 or 3 SNGs a day and that's dwindling. I haven't sat a cash game in a while. I think I'm gonna take a break since it's not a focus for me right now. It probably has to do with the huge downswing I took at Full Tilt so I'm not really in the mood. I do have to say I barely tilted at all, which is good for me.
Rob and I picked up Super Mario Galaxy today so I think I will work on beating that instead. So far, very good game, but I only had a chance to try it out for an hour and a bit before I had to head to work. Also, for the Wii, Brawl will be out soon and we want to pick that game up too. So a bunch of games to work on for a while before I go back to poker.
Friday, February 22, 2008
Sunday, February 17, 2008
On Fire
I don't think I've ever run so good. I was hitting, I was winning, it was very nice. I even set a few records for our league night. Most kills in a night and highest score.
I ended up taking out 8 of the 13 people in the tournament, plus I won, so that gave me massive points towards the league (99 total). I was hitting hands huge and they were holding. Plus, I was able to get called or call all ins and have the hand hold.
So two months in and two wins. Definitely a good start to the points. Hopefully, I can get a good lead early, just in case I start running bad later in the year.
I ended up taking out 8 of the 13 people in the tournament, plus I won, so that gave me massive points towards the league (99 total). I was hitting hands huge and they were holding. Plus, I was able to get called or call all ins and have the hand hold.
So two months in and two wins. Definitely a good start to the points. Hopefully, I can get a good lead early, just in case I start running bad later in the year.
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
Leaving Cake
Not permanently, as it was always easy to find a table with one or two fish, but for some down time. It's against the ToS to use a HUD there and I'm finding it difficult without one. Mostly, it's because I don't watch the table while I play. I'll surf, I'll watch TV, whatever. So I'm not really picking up on patterns.
Part of the reason I'm taking a break is, surprisingly, Full Tilt offered me a $75 bonus, so I broke down and deposited and I'm working to clear that. I'm pretty sure I don't have rakeback, but I could be lucky and have actually signed up through TP. That would be very nice if it turns out I did though.
I'm trying a little datamining there as well. Not as aggressively as others at the forum, but I plan on opening up 4-6 tables before I start to play and then once the stats populate, then join the waiting lists of the best. As well, if a seat opens out of position of the table fish, I can stand up and try again.
I have been using a website to find fishy tables, but I've been finding that as soon as I get to the table, the fish are all gone or I'm on the wrong side of the bad player. Not easy to win that way.
Part of the reason I'm taking a break is, surprisingly, Full Tilt offered me a $75 bonus, so I broke down and deposited and I'm working to clear that. I'm pretty sure I don't have rakeback, but I could be lucky and have actually signed up through TP. That would be very nice if it turns out I did though.
I'm trying a little datamining there as well. Not as aggressively as others at the forum, but I plan on opening up 4-6 tables before I start to play and then once the stats populate, then join the waiting lists of the best. As well, if a seat opens out of position of the table fish, I can stand up and try again.
I have been using a website to find fishy tables, but I've been finding that as soon as I get to the table, the fish are all gone or I'm on the wrong side of the bad player. Not easy to win that way.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Stud H/L
Omg, what a boring game for a tournament. It was TalkingPoker league night and the game was Stud H/L. I made it to 8th, but after having played for almost two hours by then, I was so freaking bored, I wanted to gouge my eyes out. Ugh. I don't think I will be playing that game again unless it's for a league.
Monday, January 21, 2008
Donking it Up
So, as you can tell, I've been playing mainly at Cake. Mostly their $20NL tables, but every once in a while, taking shots at $50NL. Well about a week ago, I was playing SnGs at Stars and running really badly. I mean super bad. Nothing was working for me, and it wasn't even really to super donkey people, a lot of it was good play the cards just didn't want to be my friend.
Because of that, I started to tilt. So, for me so I don't start making stupid plays or move up to chase losses, I withdraw my money when I tilt. So on Stars, I took out everything except for $80, enough to last me for the league games at TalkingPoker.com and quit poker for the day.
Well, last night, I was bored and knew I couldn't focus much on Poker, but there wasn't much else to do, so I decided to donk it up at the low limits at Stars. Well, I have a bit more money on Stars and for a quick session a sick BB/100 (see the pic below). Too bad that wasn't a higher stakes game. I guess Stars realized how bad it had treated me and decided to give a little back.
Because of that, I started to tilt. So, for me so I don't start making stupid plays or move up to chase losses, I withdraw my money when I tilt. So on Stars, I took out everything except for $80, enough to last me for the league games at TalkingPoker.com and quit poker for the day.
Well, last night, I was bored and knew I couldn't focus much on Poker, but there wasn't much else to do, so I decided to donk it up at the low limits at Stars. Well, I have a bit more money on Stars and for a quick session a sick BB/100 (see the pic below). Too bad that wasn't a higher stakes game. I guess Stars realized how bad it had treated me and decided to give a little back.
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Poker Night
I've come to the conclusion, I suck at talking about our monthly poker night. I don't put the effort into keeping track of the key hands. I really should keep notes, but it's just a friendly home game so I don't think I ever will.
Anyway, last night was a small group, but still fun. Only eight of us total. A few people forgot, a few couldn't make it. And one guy, Mike C, broke his toe, he lives outside of the city so he couldn't drive in for the game.
So it was really a one table sit 'n go. I was getting the cards which is always nice. I was dealt KK three times. AA once and a few other pockets, one of which hit a set after several limpers. It also helped that while I was getting dealt hands, I was getting some decent hits to the flop. Especially since one of our regulars, Chantel, was fairly predictable in her betting. If it was checked to her on the flop, she'd bet. She was pretty consistent on 3-barreling it too. So, with my weak and medium strength hands, I would mix it up with calling down, or leading the flop. And with my strong hands, I would call it down to the river, then check/raise.
It ended up her, myself, Brett and Rob in the final four. The money and points bubble. We played at that stage for a while. I did most of my chipping up here, slowly taking the chips from Chantel. She was the first to go out of the four. I forget how the hand played out, but, later, Brett ended up really short, he had literally seven chips in front of him. Except for blue (which he had one of) that was pretty much only a couple of each denomination.
Then Rob and I get into a big pot. He raises in front of me. I look down and see KK so I think about smooth calling, but decide to reraise. Actually, I had reraised Rob a few times during the tournament and I think he was getting tired of it, so he pushed. I insta-called and he shows AT. Surprisingly, my hand holds and it's down to Brett and I.
First hand HU, Brett goes allin. I look down at KQo and insta-call this too. He shows KT and it doesn't improve. Woohoo!! First league of the year and I take it down and with two kills!
There was a cash game going, but I wasn't in the mood for it. It turned out that Rob and Brett didn't either, so we suggested a $5 buy-in turbo. We would halve the length of the blinds and lower the number of starting chips. Everyone decided to join, so we had another 8 person SnG running.
The game was definitely set up to go fast. Within a couple hands, there was a allin and Mooney was out. The players were dropping like flies. It played almost as fast as a Turbo online. This time the final four were myself, Brett, Rob and Mike H. Almost the same players as last game. I don't remember the specific hands, but Rob goes out first, I then suck out on Mike H and I'm heads up with Brett again.
This time, there's a few more hands. Both of us trying to steal blinds from each other. The final hand came when I had KJs. I raise and Brett goes allin. I immediately call and he flips A7o. We both cross our fingers and watch the cards come. He spikes a 7, but I pull ahead by hitting my J. Then, I think it was Mike H, who says something like, "Well it looks like Nikki has won this again, unless the another 7 comes!" So, as if on cue, the 7 comes and I'm out. Brett just barely had me covered. A second is almost as good as first and it was tons of fun too. I'm definitely looking forward to the next months.
Anyway, last night was a small group, but still fun. Only eight of us total. A few people forgot, a few couldn't make it. And one guy, Mike C, broke his toe, he lives outside of the city so he couldn't drive in for the game.
So it was really a one table sit 'n go. I was getting the cards which is always nice. I was dealt KK three times. AA once and a few other pockets, one of which hit a set after several limpers. It also helped that while I was getting dealt hands, I was getting some decent hits to the flop. Especially since one of our regulars, Chantel, was fairly predictable in her betting. If it was checked to her on the flop, she'd bet. She was pretty consistent on 3-barreling it too. So, with my weak and medium strength hands, I would mix it up with calling down, or leading the flop. And with my strong hands, I would call it down to the river, then check/raise.
It ended up her, myself, Brett and Rob in the final four. The money and points bubble. We played at that stage for a while. I did most of my chipping up here, slowly taking the chips from Chantel. She was the first to go out of the four. I forget how the hand played out, but, later, Brett ended up really short, he had literally seven chips in front of him. Except for blue (which he had one of) that was pretty much only a couple of each denomination.
Then Rob and I get into a big pot. He raises in front of me. I look down and see KK so I think about smooth calling, but decide to reraise. Actually, I had reraised Rob a few times during the tournament and I think he was getting tired of it, so he pushed. I insta-called and he shows AT. Surprisingly, my hand holds and it's down to Brett and I.
First hand HU, Brett goes allin. I look down at KQo and insta-call this too. He shows KT and it doesn't improve. Woohoo!! First league of the year and I take it down and with two kills!
There was a cash game going, but I wasn't in the mood for it. It turned out that Rob and Brett didn't either, so we suggested a $5 buy-in turbo. We would halve the length of the blinds and lower the number of starting chips. Everyone decided to join, so we had another 8 person SnG running.
The game was definitely set up to go fast. Within a couple hands, there was a allin and Mooney was out. The players were dropping like flies. It played almost as fast as a Turbo online. This time the final four were myself, Brett, Rob and Mike H. Almost the same players as last game. I don't remember the specific hands, but Rob goes out first, I then suck out on Mike H and I'm heads up with Brett again.
This time, there's a few more hands. Both of us trying to steal blinds from each other. The final hand came when I had KJs. I raise and Brett goes allin. I immediately call and he flips A7o. We both cross our fingers and watch the cards come. He spikes a 7, but I pull ahead by hitting my J. Then, I think it was Mike H, who says something like, "Well it looks like Nikki has won this again, unless the another 7 comes!" So, as if on cue, the 7 comes and I'm out. Brett just barely had me covered. A second is almost as good as first and it was tons of fun too. I'm definitely looking forward to the next months.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Running Bad at $50NL
I'm playing at Cake and doing very well at their $20NL tables, but every time I move up to $50NL, I run bad. I mean really, really bad. Just check out this hand below. I guess it's a good thing he was a shorty!
HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.25/$0.5) - 2008/01/15 - 14:09:06 (ET)
Table 'Cake: Pebble Beach (6-Max) 11423' 6-max Seat #10 is the button
Seat 1: rjstaats ($7.15 in chips)
Seat 2: bluffarini ($68.10 in chips)
Seat 3: alfredo59 ($5.70 in chips)
Seat 8: Aviendha ($60.95 in chips)
Seat 9: JeNNiBaBii87 ($7.65 in chips)
Seat 10: wolfen ($110.00 in chips)
rjstaats: posts small blind $0.25
bluffarini: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Aviendha [Ah As]
alfredo59: calls $0.50
Aviendha: raises $1.75 to $2.25
JeNNiBaBii87: folds
wolfen: folds
rjstaats: calls $2.00
bluffarini: calls $1.75
alfredo59: calls $1.75
*** FLOP *** [Ad Jc 4s]
rjstaats: bets $4.90 and is all-in
bluffarini: folds
alfredo59: folds
Aviendha: calls $4.90
*** TURN *** [Ad Jc 4s] [Ts]
*** RIVER *** [Ad Jc 4s Ts] [Qh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
rjstaats: shows [Jh Kd] (Straight, Ace high)
Aviendha: mucks hand
rjstaats collected $17.90 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $18.80 | Rake $0.90
Board [Ad Jc 4s Ts Qh]
Seat 1: rjstaats (small blind) showed [Jh Kd] and won ($17.90) with Straight, Ace high
Seat 2: bluffarini (big blind) folded folded on the Flop
Seat 3: alfredo59 folded folded on the Flop
Seat 8: Aviendha mucked hand
Seat 9: JeNNiBaBii87 folded before Flop
Seat 10: wolfen folded before Flop
HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.25/$0.5) - 2008/01/15 - 14:09:06 (ET)
Table 'Cake: Pebble Beach (6-Max) 11423' 6-max Seat #10 is the button
Seat 1: rjstaats ($7.15 in chips)
Seat 2: bluffarini ($68.10 in chips)
Seat 3: alfredo59 ($5.70 in chips)
Seat 8: Aviendha ($60.95 in chips)
Seat 9: JeNNiBaBii87 ($7.65 in chips)
Seat 10: wolfen ($110.00 in chips)
rjstaats: posts small blind $0.25
bluffarini: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Aviendha [Ah As]
alfredo59: calls $0.50
Aviendha: raises $1.75 to $2.25
JeNNiBaBii87: folds
wolfen: folds
rjstaats: calls $2.00
bluffarini: calls $1.75
alfredo59: calls $1.75
*** FLOP *** [Ad Jc 4s]
rjstaats: bets $4.90 and is all-in
bluffarini: folds
alfredo59: folds
Aviendha: calls $4.90
*** TURN *** [Ad Jc 4s] [Ts]
*** RIVER *** [Ad Jc 4s Ts] [Qh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
rjstaats: shows [Jh Kd] (Straight, Ace high)
Aviendha: mucks hand
rjstaats collected $17.90 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $18.80 | Rake $0.90
Board [Ad Jc 4s Ts Qh]
Seat 1: rjstaats (small blind) showed [Jh Kd] and won ($17.90) with Straight, Ace high
Seat 2: bluffarini (big blind) folded folded on the Flop
Seat 3: alfredo59 folded folded on the Flop
Seat 8: Aviendha mucked hand
Seat 9: JeNNiBaBii87 folded before Flop
Seat 10: wolfen folded before Flop
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
Happy New Year!
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.
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.
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!!!!!!
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