live and steps

well, i made it to the live tourny i halfass mentioned in my last entry and i faired well. both wth playing and the 'getting around/card handling'. i finished 9th outta 54. made it to the final table. went out with A5s vs 'i forget' at about the 3rd or 4th hand of the first round..

i shoulda posted soon as i got home cuzi had went over the details all the drive home.

i was short stack to start with and blinds were going up pretty quick. i think they were 400/800 when i made my allin move(2100tc) and they would be 600/1200 with me in the bb wthin in the next cpl hands.

one caller. dont recall his hand nor if i was better off. bot ii dink i turned a flush only to see him spike his boat on the river. johns out.

was fun. i got a koozie and a key chain for showing up. got a photo album when they drew my name fer a door prize.


top 2 pizes were really nice poker chip sets. basically the same cept one was in a metal box the other wood or plastic, not sure.

i had a huge bottle of water and used that to hide my cards when i peeked at them.
dealers were there soo i didnt have to worry about shuffling.

it was a fun experience.

steps - well instead of trying to come up with witty words, ill use cut and paste, or u can click the link, if i did it right. feel free to use my name if your joining absolute fer da 1st time. SLAYRE

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more drivel

i been playing some low stakes ring games online at absolute last few wekks snd actually winning fer da most part.

today, just a few minutes ago i noticed my brain/mind was recalling tried and true 'methods' from a time afore the stroke, that allowed me to celebrate a farly nice profitable cash out. some months ago.

i will share those recollections shortly, as best as i can remember and also, as i remembered them, which may be humorous.

1 - luck favors the stupid. this really doesnt help me or anyone win more pots but for me it eased the sting of a bad beat.

2. why did that fool bet here? alot of times find myself not understanding why a person would bet at a certain street and i call or raise, usually call, then scoop the pot then chuckle and debate answering the almost always 'how do you make that call?'

3. dont play mediocre cards in poor position. no humorous ancedote here. this just happened dis morning and made me think about posting here.hmmm

basically it went like this

i'd call that raise fooker if i wasnt in such a crappy positon.



im sure there were/are more but my ass hurts.

sng play has been a poor showing.

im breaking evev with my play money. but have horribly lost the last 4 real money sng's i bought into.

and i know the problem too, which is why there have only been 4 sng's.

i get bored by the 3rd or 4th hand of the first orbit. its pretty sad.

i've got a live tourney coming up in about a month. its a charty event and no cash prizes. but my goal is only to see how i fare with getting around and card/chip handling. i hope they have deallers. i cant shuffle 1 handed.

peace

fair warning -- hand history follows

i ended up qualdroopling my orig buyin($4.00) this particular session, thanks to a cpl bozos like the one up gaisnt me in this hand -
oh -- im slayre, but you prolly knew that

Stage #1168994451: Holdem No Limit $0.10 - 2008-12-24 17:53:38 (ET)
Table: BEECH AVE (Real Money) Seat #3 is the dealer
Seat 3 - ROSEBUD08 ($3.79 in chips)
Seat 4 - SLAYRE ($4.14 in chips)
Seat 5 - MAXIFLY ($4 in chips)
Seat 6 - OAC4307 ($10.15 in chips)
Seat 1 - JBOLIN ($20.31 in chips)
Seat 2 - PAULYPIRAHNA ($7.15 in chips)
SLAYRE - Posts small blind $0.05
MAXIFLY - Posts big blind $0.10
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to SLAYRE [Qs Qc]
OAC4307 - Folds
JBOLIN - Folds
PAULYPIRAHNA - Folds
ROSEBUD08 - Raises $0.35 to $0.35
SLAYRE - Calls $0.30
MAXIFLY - Calls $0.25
*** FLOP *** [10s 6s Qh]
SLAYRE - Checks
MAXIFLY - Checks
ROSEBUD08 - Bets $1.05
SLAYRE - Calls $1.05
MAXIFLY - Folds
*** TURN *** [10s 6s Qh] [3h]
SLAYRE - All-In $2.74
ROSEBUD08 - All-In $2.39
SLAYRE - returned ($0.35) : not called
*** RIVER *** [10s 6s Qh 3h] [10c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ROSEBUD08 - Shows [2h Qd] (Two Pair, queens and tens)
SLAYRE - Shows [Qs Qc] (Full house, queens full of tens)
SLAYRE Collects $7.54 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total Pot($7.93) | Rake ($0.39)
Board [10s 6s Qh 3h 10c]
Seat 1: JBOLIN Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 2: PAULYPIRAHNA Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 3: ROSEBUD08 (dealer) HI:lost with Two Pair, queens and tens [2h Qd - B:Qh,P:Qd,B:10s,B:10c,B:6s]
Seat 4: SLAYRE (small blind) won Total ($7.54) All-In HI:($7.54) with Full house, queens full of tens [Qs Qc - P:Qs,B:Qh,P:Qc,B:10s,B:10c]
Seat 5: MAXIFLY (big blind) Folded on the FLOP
Seat 6: OAC4307 Folded on the POCKET CARDS

the journey has come to an abrupt halt

not the poker part i still enjoy poker altho i havent played much lately

i had a stroke early februry and it has left me with a paralyzed left arm, amoung other things..

so i decided to start a new blog

ill be making posts there from now on

peace

Home Owner ( or ower )

I bought a house today. At least, I think I did.

Last saturday, I went to the subdivision and picked out a small lil number that would be ready in 90 days.. then, over the weekend, I decided that I really didn't like the floorplan, so, when I went back this last Monday with my earnest money, I picked out a different plan, and they said that they would have to build from scratch.. ok, whatever.. as long as the lot isn't sucky..

so i picked some colors for the exterior and the interior, and then a few upgrades.. and signed a crap load of paperwork... then yesterday, i was at the lender's office, which wasn't really the lender, but an 'originator', who will sell my loan to a 'servicer'..

so Misty, that was her name.. went over another crap load of paperwork and had me sign it all, and when it was all said and done.. i asked..

so, did I just buy a house?

and she said 'pretty much'

So, I am not sure what kinda calculator they use for figuring out my credit, but, I want one for work.. figure it could solve a ton of my cobol problems..

anyway.. expected close is july or august, and until i actually get a key.. i doubt I will believe it actually happened...

plus side is that the monthly payment is only 28 dollars more than i told myself i could handle, and that was a high estimate on her part.. and I intend to bring more for a down payment than she figured in the magic calculator computations...

im kinda excited, and still kinda in shock... ( i doubt i picked matching colors for either inside or outside, cuz, i am no good at that.. and I am sure i didnt pick anything that matches my furniture, which at the time, I didn't know was necessary.. )

Its not a big home.. ( 1100sqft ), but its twice as large as any apt I have been in.. and it has a garage, and a yard, and a tax break...

I'll be taking pics as it is built, unless they decide to use a different calculator and figure me out..

peace