League night again last night. I made 5 kill points! WOW! :)
Anyway, not much exciting, I got a nice chip lead early then donked it off in a couple hands. Once against Rob where I called his pre-flop raise with KJs and hit top pair. I intended to check raise him on the flop or turn, but he never bet. I bet on the river and so only lost the bare minimum in chips when he flipped over AA.
I didn't make points or money this time, but it was still fun. I donated my final chips to Mooney allowing him to make 2nd place. A rare occasion for him. And Brent took the tournament down.
There was no cash game last night, it was a small turnout to begin with, only 12, so not too much interest in the side game. Although, that did leave more time to play Rockband!
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Monday, March 31, 2008
Shoot Me Now
Ugh. My losing streak continues. I'm beginning to wonder if I'm a total donkey and I was just getting lucky before. So last post, it took me 12 tries to make money, well, since that cash I've now gone another 8 with no cash. Blah.
FUCK YOU POKER!
FUCK YOU POKER!
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Ongoing Fun
My luck at poker continues in the same manner as at poker night. Over the last two days, I've missed the money for 7 SNGs in a row. For 4 of them, my opponent had QJ and was drawing. Of course, they hit everytime. Check out the HH below. I think that's my favourite of the recent beats.
PokerStars Tournament game, buy-in $4.00+0.40, Level I $10/$20 No Limit, 9 players
SB: T$1100
BB: T$1500
UTG: T$1480
UTG+1: T$1500
MP1: T$2320
HERO (MP2): T$1500
MP3: T$1500
CO: T$1500
Button: T$1100
SB posts Small Blind T$10
BB posts Big Blind T$20
Pre-flop: 8d 9d (T$30)
UTG folds
UTG+1 calls T$20
MP1 folds
HERO calls T$20
MP3 folds
CO folds
Button folds
SB calls T$10
BB raises to T$50
UTG+1 calls T$40
HERO calls T$40
SB calls T$40
Flop: 6h Ts 7d ($230)
SB checks
BB bets T$40
UTG+1 folds
HERO calls T$40
SB raises to T$1040
BB folds
HEROcalls T$1000
Turn: 6h Ts 7d Ks (T$2350)
River: 6h Ts 7d Ks 9c (T$2350)
SB shows Js Qs
SB wins T$2360 with a straight Nine to King
EDIT TO ADD: Ok, so the final tally. Twelve in a row. So the last time I made money to when I finally made the money again, it took 12 tries. I think I'm quite sick of poker right now.
PokerStars Tournament game, buy-in $4.00+0.40, Level I $10/$20 No Limit, 9 players
SB: T$1100
BB: T$1500
UTG: T$1480
UTG+1: T$1500
MP1: T$2320
HERO (MP2): T$1500
MP3: T$1500
CO: T$1500
Button: T$1100
SB posts Small Blind T$10
BB posts Big Blind T$20
Pre-flop: 8d 9d (T$30)
UTG folds
UTG+1 calls T$20
MP1 folds
HERO calls T$20
MP3 folds
CO folds
Button folds
SB calls T$10
BB raises to T$50
UTG+1 calls T$40
HERO calls T$40
SB calls T$40
Flop: 6h Ts 7d ($230)
SB checks
BB bets T$40
UTG+1 folds
HERO calls T$40
SB raises to T$1040
BB folds
HEROcalls T$1000
Turn: 6h Ts 7d Ks (T$2350)
River: 6h Ts 7d Ks 9c (T$2350)
SB shows Js Qs
SB wins T$2360 with a straight Nine to King
EDIT TO ADD: Ok, so the final tally. Twelve in a row. So the last time I made money to when I finally made the money again, it took 12 tries. I think I'm quite sick of poker right now.
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Running Bad
So, last month's league night, I was hot, hot, hot. This month, I couldn't have been colder.
During the tournament, I was crippled by Adam's QJ (I think it was)after I called his all-in with AK. I was basically left with one BB, so I was done.
When the cash game finally got going, there were a ton of straddles, so it was definitely a big pot poker game. So, I was able to get all my chips in ahead with 99, to be called by K2 and Q9, the Q9 won by catching a straight. I got it all in with AJ. I don't remember the opposing hands, but I didn't win.
The sickest hand was when my AA was cracked by A9 and QT. I raise UTG and get three callers. The flop is J99. The pot is so big and there's only a couple of hands I'm behind, so I push. And all three call again. As you can see above, there was an A9, a QT, the third had J7. QT actually took the whole pot, catching runner, runner tens for the better boat.
My final hand of the night was KK. I get it allin preflop against 55 and 22. The deuces spike their set on the turn, winning the huge pot.
Bah, poker is the devil.
During the tournament, I was crippled by Adam's QJ (I think it was)after I called his all-in with AK. I was basically left with one BB, so I was done.
When the cash game finally got going, there were a ton of straddles, so it was definitely a big pot poker game. So, I was able to get all my chips in ahead with 99, to be called by K2 and Q9, the Q9 won by catching a straight. I got it all in with AJ. I don't remember the opposing hands, but I didn't win.
The sickest hand was when my AA was cracked by A9 and QT. I raise UTG and get three callers. The flop is J99. The pot is so big and there's only a couple of hands I'm behind, so I push. And all three call again. As you can see above, there was an A9, a QT, the third had J7. QT actually took the whole pot, catching runner, runner tens for the better boat.
My final hand of the night was KK. I get it allin preflop against 55 and 22. The deuces spike their set on the turn, winning the huge pot.
Bah, poker is the devil.
Monday, March 10, 2008
Poker Site
I was stumbling on the internet when I came across this site: www.parttimepoker.com. From what I've read, there are some decent articles. It also has an RSS feed that I've made sure to have it added in my Reader.
Friday, February 22, 2008
Wii Time
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.
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.
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.
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