19th place

outta 1220 peeps.. on UB... $1 MTT... ( I used points tho, since I didn't have a buck ).. paid $8.85... I was ready to quit once I was ITM at about 27th place with 140 left.... just sit out and see how I ended up... but, the top prize was $315.. and I figured that might get me west.... so, I stuck around....

Last hand.. J10 hearts.. flop was Ah Qj rag.... I end up all in with a gut shot straight, gut shot Str8 Flush, and a flush draw... called by AK.... since I preferenced this paragraph with last hand, you know I didn't get the any of the kings, nor any of the hearts.... winner had Ks... that hand would have put me in 4th or 5th place..... ah well..... I normally don't chase like that.. but, I was on the BB and was allowed to check, SB checked post flop, I bet 30k of my 61k, one caller.... turn is rag... I go all in... you know the rest.... in retrospect, I think it was a case of the right move, at the wrong time... but still, I suppose being tired and bored caused me to play that hand when check folding might have been more prudent... no complaints tho... got enuff cash for some SNG's.....

Haven't played much poker at all last 3 days or so... infact, this tourney is first poker since last thursday... I've been playing City of Heroes... they reactivated my account for 5 days ( Memorial Day Weekend ).. asking me to check out all the new stuff since I quit.... its free, and it is fun... and the new stuff is neat... but, I got bored and or, I missed playing poker.... prolly a lil of both....

So, tomorrow is Memorial Day..... smile at a soldier if you see one, say hello to them.... wave....

Paulys freeroll at Noble write up

Well, I don't actually do write ups...

It was a hoot... why? Well, for me, because, even tho it was a freeroll, people were playing the game and I saw very little chasing, very lil calling just to be cute... ie, serious poker playing, yet, a fun atmosphere... the sad part about it, for me, is it just made me wish I had been able to make the trip coming up.... ah well... still have time... I finished 5th outta 153, banked 10 dollars....

Did I play well? Hmm. I was patient. I was disciplined. I protected my blinds when I was able. I stole some blinds when I could. I made tuff lay downs that turned out to be the right choice. Lost very very very few hands....course, played very very very very few hands.. split some pots.. actually think I may have split more than I won....

Last hand.. blinds at 2k/4k 5 of us left, I have AQo, perhaps on the button, forget that part, raise to 8k.. BB raises to 20k, I push with I think a total of about 40k or so... maybe 34k... BB calls... and who wouldn't with AA.... I'd do the same anyday.... :)

Thanks to Pauly for setting it up..... had a ton of fun... great bunch of people!!!!

Ultimate Bet wanted to put you on TV

Be on TV! - Link removed due to UB stating to me that the tourneys were not set up properly and they would not be rescheduling. Oh well..

Wow! Didn't make it to work today.. somewhat ill.. allergies me thinks.... discovered more sights have freerolls than I thought.. they are just in the early morning hours..... hope Absolute does not think I am dissing them....

How do you get out of the '2 steps forward, 4 steps back' syndrome? Otherwise known as, win a couple, lose 4... or, break even.... I am thinking the answer is to step away for more than two days.... ( not from the freerolls tho )

Tonight, Rob and Amber get married is on the tube... I thought I might be interested in watching this, but since that first inclination, I have decided that it is not worth my time, altho, they have been touting 'wait til you see the dress'.... might tune in to catch that at least.... I'm a sucker for beautiful wedding gowns...

Welp, I'll be freerolling most of the day.. unless my illness gets the bettre of me....

ciao!

Edit: Did horrible in ALL the freerolls... did take a 1st and a third tho, 2 two dollar SNG's. Feel good about that...time for lunch.

Edit #2: Played 2 more SNG's 2nd and 3rd.. 4 tourneys, 4 ITM.... does a heart good, to break the cycle....

Freeroll of note

I love a freeroll, especially with and agaisnt like minded people...

All the info is here

Lost 2 won 1, last night, before I went to bed... as I was slumbering off, it occurred to me, I would have prolly placed in a 4th attempt.... considering my win/lose ratio of late.... ah well....

Also watched a bit of Discovery Channels 'Science of Star Wars', or sumtin like that... showed alot of neat stuff we can expect to see in the not too distant future...and some that is available now... robots, hybrid cars, weapons of mass destruction.. stuff like that...they had some lil droid sphere shaped robot things for the space station.. designed to monitor ship functions and keep track of experiments and what not... this scares me... haven't these people seen the movie, Silent Running?

I feel like I am the only one not going to Vegas for the June gathering... I haven't given up hope yet.. just doesn't look promising... sometimes it sucks, being responsible.. paying bills on time, or at all, keeping grocercies handy, fuel in the car, brother out of jail, sister's kids clothed, friends car out of the mechanics, rc cola well stocked.... but, I am looking ahead... and putting a bit of my income aside, in a cookie jar, each month, in anticipation of the next event(gathering), which I am sure there will be one... besides, this rash I have, hasn't completely gone away yet...

Speaking of rash... yeah, I really have one.. went to the doctor couple times before he finally, being baffled, did a biospy, which, lil did I know, required a stitch, after the harvesting of the afflicted area of skin... on my arm...just one stitch.. been 10 days, the stitch is still there... I am being stubborn.. cuz, they want to charge me 20 bucks to have it removed... I figure I could do it myself.. and I prolly can... once I invest in a lil bit of Jose Cuervo, get a magnifying glass, some tweezers... already have the needle... hmmm, I wonder if I put some OralGel on it, would it numb it long enuff, just incase the tequila is not sufficient...

The rash is practically gone now.. due to the medication he gave me... the rash is a result of heridity(genetics), apparently, my mom, her dad, his mom, her dad, all had it...or have it.. its pretty uncommon, but not rare... doesn't itch, just looks very, um, ugly... but, its under control now...

Enuff about me..

4 tourneys 2 winners

Took a 1st and a 2nd, enuff to get me back to where I was before the ISP meltdown yesterday....good enuff for now.

So, I am back to win 2 lose 4.... or, break even.....

I have come to believe that all Gus Hansen ever thinks about, is what exactly his opponent wants him to do, and then he does the opposite.. at least heads up.... not a bad way to think things thru..... prolly basic poker stuff... sometimes that is all it takes....

I lose because I fail to suck out vs the times I am sucked out agaisnt....

Went to the local nature center here this past friday, with my friend and her 5 year old granddaughter... it was purty durn hot... but us 2 old folks endured for the sake of the childs enjoyment... she got a kick outta the place... plus, grandma stepped on a snake on the way out... screamed a lil bit... was funny.. well, I am sure by now she is laffing about it... she wouldn't let me laugh about it that day.... it was about 4 feet long, and black... not exactly sure what kind.. but, I am sure it was more scared than grandma.....


We need more local low entry money tourneys........ alas, I have not the room....

One for the money, two for the show..

three to get ready, now go cat go!

The Poker Gods have introduced me to yet another method of 'losing' money. I say 'losing' tentatively, as technically, it was not a loss..

I have been slowly rebuilding my bankroll, play no more than 4 $2 SNG's everyy other night...yesterday, after work.. I started up two games but before the final outcome, I lost connection to Absolute..I still had an internet connect, just could not do anything past my ISP.. so, there goes $4.50.. not much a person can do.

Wait about 3 hours... messed around on the internet some, since it appeared to be working again.. started up two more games... same thing... another $4.50 gone..

Oh well, what can you do... I called my ISP and they were experience unkown issues sporadically in random areas of thier service areas.... hmmmm....

Anyone see CSI last night whoa!

Lost with a Straight Flush

Really.. I got my second ever straight flush.. and lost with it... I so wanted to post the hand history here.. but, Absolutes system, to be kind, sucks donkey dicks... so, I never got it.... I don't recall exactly what I had in my hand...but,they were two spades and the other guy had eithre a K or a Q in his, spades.... the board was all spades...I guess I had an Ace and eithre or 7 or an 8.. I still came in second that SNG.. I had him well covered... but, I wish I had the hand history.. that is two str8flushes I have no proof of... not that I doubt anyone believes... just nice to share those types of experiences....

Pretty much have zero cash in my bankroll... standard good playing on my part, standard luck favoring the stupid on thier part... everyone that reads this knows what I am talking about.... no need to elaborate....

Played in a live tourney. 2 actually. At Bob's place... he is a great host and great people show up to play... its actually a pleasure to lose money there... so to speak.. I played pretty solid... took a hit in the first tourney, crippled bad... made a 'move' with 65s... I was SB.. BB called, with QQ... right move, wrong time.. heh.. no one faulted me...

Second tourney.. had lots of chips.. well, more than enuff to wait for a bettre hand.. but, had AQ and the pot looked ripe for the picking, so ALL IN I go and one caller with a mid pair, 9's, maybe 10's... I never hit and so much for the second tourney...

Still.. was tons of fun..

I've been playing with what is left of my meager funds on Absolute.. actually trying to lose it so that I can just stop for awhile... I love the game, but, it seems the love is not being returned, as it was earlier this year... and more importantly, I am sensing the beginnings of what could turn into a dangerous addiction, and frankly, I don't need that... so, I want to step back for a bit, week or two... but, as long as I have money in an account, and lets be real, as long as there is a freeroll available as well, I will be playing..... I played two SNG's once I got home last night, pretty drunk.. and took 1st and second... drunk. I play bettre drunk than sober? I doubt it... I think luck favored the dumbass drunk bastard, me.

I've learned so much since I started.... and I use what I learn... I think the problem is, there are too many people playing now, that chase. I don't mind losing to good players... it just gets so frustrating, when a bonafide idiot calls you and gets thier 1 or 2 outter.... over and over and over again.. and mind you.... I take great care to prevent myself from being in a position where this can happen... I do not know exactly how much more care I can give it... seems like no mattre how careful I am, I still get those bad beats.... this has been going on for a month and a half now...... me just breaking even or ending the night couple dollars back...

So anyway, Im gonna take a break, reflect, read some more books, reread some books... bake some cookies, make a macrame plant hanger, and perhaps walk out side with my camera and look for interesting things to take pictures of...

Peace all!!
( Don't go all in with the worst of it!!!! Unless your playing on Absolute!!! )

Since my last post...

... Hmmm... I've been really busy at work.. which is where I usually update my blog... hence, the span of time since last post.... Poker has been at the very least, fair to me lately....

I oh so want to be in Vegas for the 'convention of bloggers'. I really really do.... I almost booked my trip, with the earnings I had accumalted this year... Almost booked during the first week of April... but... my sister needed some money, my brother needed some money, and my friend needed some money... and I had it.. so.... I gave it to them... from my poker account... right now, at this point in my poker quest.. family and friends are more important.. I am sure they always will be....

So, after my philanthropies, I was left with about 30 dollars on Absolute, and 50 dollars on UB... more than enuff to start building up the vegas fund again, with more than enough time......

Up until last Friday, I could not do anything except break even....win 1, lose 3. I tried not to let it frustrate me.. but, the bad beat suckout sunobeech players were rampant...... last friday, they let me off work an hour early, as I had been staying an hour or more late each day... for practically the whole month... so, I was excited to be able to play earlier than usual, perhaps playing with different people.... this did not work out quite like I had imagined....

On UB, I had 36 dollars.... I joined 2 $5.50 SNG's and also a $25.00 NL ring game( for the fucking bonus points for the fucking bonus).. I was and did just sit there at the ring game table playing pretty much only AA or KK, winning a few hands here and there when they all checked to me in the BB and I hit a nice flop...... I was at 27 dollars or so, when I get AA..... yay, I get to play.... I am button -1.... everyone folds to me, which is disappointing, but, no biggie... I think for a minute... slow play or just take the .40 cents or so in the pot... I decide to just go for the pot, even tho it is small... I bet, $3.00 ( BB is .25 mind you ).. fold fold, and call.... hmmmm...this could work out nicely... flop is 10 8 2.. or such... I check.... BB bets 1 dollar.... ok, I will pay a dollar for the turn with top pair in my hand.... turn is a 2.... hmmmmmm... ok, now its time to put him to the test... I bet the pot... like 6 bucks or so.....he raises 6 bucks.... I have him as pairing the board with eithre an A or paint kicker... all in I go.... he calls, has me covered by like 4 bucks... he flips......... 2 3. swear to God... they were not even suited. .. ::dramatic pause::

I layed into the person via the chat window... I don't recall what I typed... suffice to say, it was not nice.. and broke all the rules of poker ettiquette and good sportsmenship. I went back a few minutes latre ( to get his name for my buddy/fish list ) and apologized to him... He was very cordial about it... others at the table said things thinking they were cute and witty, but I ignored them...

This left me with 0 dollars in the bankroll, and 2 SNG's being played... one of which I had the chip lead, the other the short stack.. ironic.. to say the least...

To cut this somber story short.. the table where I was leading, I ended up out on the bubble, as usual.... and the table where I was short stacked, I ended up winning... $25.00... plus the small amount of bonus dollars I worked off.....

Now, I was struggling big time with tilt, after that sorry ass trip 2's fiasco... just almost and pretty darn close to shutting down and not even caring about the SNG's... it was tuff... but, I managed to stick thru it and get the win.... ofcourse, I shut down after that and watched some movies....

Saturday morning..... I booted up Absolute... wanting to cool down some more from the UB fever I acquired.... I had 37 points to clear another 10 bonus... ok, this will be easy.. strict, patient and disciplined poker.... I sit down at a .25 cent NL table into the big blind and before I can find a low buyin tourney to join, I dbl up at the ring game... woo hoo... getting the next 36 points, was, fucking tuff.... I ended my session on Absolute about 3 hours latre... winning 2 SNG's and losing four.. breaking even as had been the pattern for April... this next line is very true... "It took an hour, and 3 full orbits to get the last point I needed to clear the 10 bucks". Again.. I was getting very frustrated.....no one was betting.... and my cards were ice cold.... I had bought in for 10 bucks and by the time I cleared the bonus, I was sitting there with $10.03.... argh!! I know I could have played some hands, and not let my dbl up get blinded away... but, I thought for sure I would get those points alot easier than I did.... hell, I even raised when there were 6 people in, just to get the pot high enuff for the required rake/point...

Last night... after spending most of the day thinking about my successes with freerolls on Absolute... ie, finishing ITM 6 times now ( its a free roll, the prize is 5 bucks. heh ) I decided I should step up and play a real MTT, so I joined a 5 dollar MTT on UB........ it was sad..... I was chip leader at my table... about 3k above average in fact... when the actual chip leader got moved to my table... he had like 20k, I had like 7k.... most of the rest of the table had 2k or less, there abouts anyway..... couple orbits with nothing exciting... when I get JJ... bet 3X's the BB, more than ready to lay down to any opposition... only the chip leader calls.....flop is J88... and we both check to the river, which as the turn was, is a rag.... end up all in with mr pocket 8's. tourney paid top 18.. i was like 68th...out of 201 or so... ah well.. no complaints there....

Lil latre ended up in their 2500 dollar guaranteed for $1 entry.. ( or points to enter, I used points ).. I did this because first place paid exactly what I had in my vegas fund before I gave it away.. $550.... the best part about this tourney is that I met a girl and we hit it off from the get go.... chatting and joking and we even played the same style.... ( I don't mean met, as in Love connection, perhaps I should have just said, met a person ).. anyway.. she was alot of fun.... She doubled me up twice and vowed to get revenge....heh... And I didn't suck out on her eithre.... AK bet her AQ and 10 10 beat her 9 9... I doubled up with bigslick 6 times during that tourney... I certainly made it ITM.. but, the big bucks happen for places 1 thru 4...1 thru 3 if your greedy... the 7th time I had big slick.. I am all in, no way I am not, blinds are huge, antes are huge, and it came thru for me 6 times already.... caller had a pocket pair me thinks... I never improved.... down from 39k, to 4k.. blinds 1k/2k antes at 200 I think.... time is short for this poker quester... finish eithre 48 or 68.. don't recall.. but, there was an 8... for a earnings of 8 bucks....

So, my bank on UB is now at 33 dollars, about 20 bucks off from beginning of april... due to MR 2 3. and my Absolute roll is at 31 bucks...about the same as it was..... and I have 45 dollars or so on Neteller... about 100 bucks...

Now... people have already volunteered to give up their seat for the WPBT tourney in Vegas, if it came down to needing to.. or so I recall reading, and as I am number 1 on the waiting list.. I figure I pretty much have a seat, IF I can just get there...

I do not expect anything back from my brother or sister.. which is cool, they really needed the money.. but, I do suspect my friend will do her darnest to pay me back, and it is cool if she can't... plus, I am going to forgo any more attempts at stupid fucking bonuses...... and just play what I am good at, which is SNG's....

I am blaming this set back on the over abundace of work I have at my job... crosswiring my brain and such... :)

oh.. this is long... I usually proof for typos, not this time.. perhaps latre in the day I will...

Still Vega$ bound.

Edit: I had to proofread, cuz, the word I used for 'philanthropy', was the wrong word.....it didn't look good...