Friday, December 31, 2004

new thingy, old concept

Ok, I am going to start a 'What would you do?' dealy doo hickey.... not to garner any criticism.. so, your not allowed to call me names, like, dumbshit, or idiot, or weener.. no names.... These will be hands, mostly, that I folded, and then almost immediately regret it... I'm curious as to how those bettre than me, would have also folded, or not... will try to do this once a week.....

Hand #1:

Hand #3824706-16 at SnG-0015n (No Limit Hold'em Sit and Go)
Powered by UltimateBet
Started at 31/Dec/04 16:35:35

STLOUIS26 is at seat 0 with 1760.
DnkyPuncherlo is at seat 2 with 1440.
ONEIJAX is at seat 4 with 475.
k33bler is at seat 5 with 785.
Slewfoot Pete is at seat 6 with 2020.
R32 is at seat 7 with 645.
Slayre is at seat 8 with 1180.
Chipdumperr is at seat 9 with 1695.
The button is at seat 9.

STLOUIS26 posts the small blind of 15.
DnkyPuncherlo posts the big blind of 30.

STLOUIS26: -- --
DnkyPuncherlo: -- --
ONEIJAX: -- --
k33bler: -- --
Slewfoot Pete: -- --
R32: -- --
Slayre: 7h 3h
Chipdumperr: -- --

Pre-flop:

ONEIJAX calls. k33bler folds. Slewfoot Pete folds.
R32 folds. Slayre calls. Chipdumperr folds.
STLOUIS26 folds. DnkyPuncherlo checks.

Flop (board: 5h Jh 4c):

DnkyPuncherlo bets 105. ONEIJAX calls. Slayre
calls.

Turn (board: 5h Jh 4c Js):

DnkyPuncherlo checks. ONEIJAX checks. Slayre
checks.

River (board: 5h Jh 4c Js 7s):

DnkyPuncherlo checks. ONEIJAX goes all-in for 340.
Slayre folds. DnkyPuncherlo folds. ONEIJAX is
returned 340 (uncalled).

Hand #3824706-16 Summary:

No rake is taken for this hand.
ONEIJAX wins 420.


I have no idea what he had...maybe a Jack.. maybe AK... but, after thinking about it, I feel I should have bet on the turn, instead of checking.. I should have bet 1/2 the pot up to the pot... 1/2 as a block bet, or pot size to represent a J. Oh, and yeah, going in with 73s was just a fluke, I don't normally do that.. but, I might start, heh.. with flops like that..

$413.00 to go...

I just finished 2 SNG's over at suckassout everyone except for me, UB.... A six handed $5, and a 10 handed $5. The short game paid top prize of $21, where as the other paid $25. I took first in both of them, bringing my meager earnings back up over $75 to $87.. which puts me a few franklins to go for my deductable, to get my car fixed... I could not believe the cards I was getting.. I am going back to play a $10 SNG, see if the cards are holding up.... I was waiting for about 3 freerolls to open up on 3 different sites, but missed them all due to the concentration I was giving my game play.... I am proud to annouce, in the subtle sense of the phrase, I did not suck out not one time.... each hand I was was due to out playing my opponents, or them just really not playing all that smart.... I don't like to be a proud person, I consider myself a very humble human.. but, fuck it.. once a year, I can let my ego swell a bit, aye?

I didn't even think to log any hands... :( .

The 10 handed tourney.. I got AA and dbld up... second hand, got KK and dbld up again.. had 3x chips then all the other players, 7 of them.. and pretty much just ruled the table after that... til got down to 4, and the cards clammed up for big time... plus the started getting smart and going all in on me while i had the blinds, which I had nothing to defend... finally, AK suited shows up, and they fold or just call the blind.. I bet huge, bringing two of them all in, and then there was me and the second place finisher, who I noticed from early on would prolly be a problem.. we traded blinds for a few hands then he was SB and went all in, I had him covered prolly 2.5 to 1, and I was looking at QQ, so, i pushed, he had AKs, but the flop favored my ladies and I took it....

The other one... hmmmmm... got down to three and I was short stack, by alot.. blinds were 300/600, I think I had 865 after my BB was posted... they both had 2k plus.... they both folded, giving me back my BB plus the SB... nice of them to keep me around a lil longer... then, I got AK on the SB, button folded, I went all in and took another BB, so now, Im at like 2k or so and have to bleed away a round of blinds and am sure Im toast really soon, but, Im on button, fold my 83 or whatever crap it was, SB goes all in, BB calls, and BB takes it, eliminating SB...wow, I just got second, at least 9 dollars, a 4 dollar return.. not bad..

Keep in mind, Im playing the other one at the same time.. and it is HU on both tables and I'm freaking out cuz Im scared Im gonna click the wrong button on the wrong screen at the wrong time.. I'm being very carefull... ok, so, now, me and this guy, he has like 4k to my 2k or so...and he pretty much just calls whever he is in SB, and if he raises, I reraise and he folds... finally, I flop 2 trips in a row, and then a set, and now i got 4900 to his 1100 and I believe it was Q9 hearts, i have, in the BB, he goes all in, I call, and a get a Q on the river to beat his A9, I think it was...

Its fun winning two tourneys at practically the same time....now I have to go back while the cards..are.....still.. warm..

been sucking at cash games btw.. and still getting that damn 83...and i play it too, long as there aint no heavy raise... wins now and again too....

Edit: I'm so stupid.... I just lost a $25 buyin at a cash game.. 2 hands... had it all in there with K3, K hit the flop, were 4 suits on the board.. i can't believe how stupid I am...am doing ok in the $10 SnG tho....8 of us left, I'm 3rd in chips...

I just lost what I just earned.... I am a fucktard after all....

Edit #2: Busted out of the $10 SnG, and don't even care....I am playing a $1.00 SNG right now and will prolly try to lose as fast as possible... I will have broke even with session, actually up a few cents, due to the bonus being worked off... I am just not in the mood to play.. well, I am, but, I am missing patience.... and I've got to fall back on my discipline to be able to walk away if I am not 'in the mood'.

Going to watch two movies I rented, King Author and Manchurian Candidate..drink the 12pack I bought, hope I pass out before midnight, wake up and reevaluate...oh, first tho... gonna start sumtin here that I hope takes off, maybe gets more visitors.... next post...

Goodbye 2004...

This year, horrible things happened to me, relationshipwise.. and I'm loathe to even exist when midnight rolls around, hopefully, I'll just be passed out by then....

But, thats me... lost a lil last night...ugh! As I type this, I remember how I lost 6 dollars without even trying....

I had several screens open, some were poker related, some were email related, and one or two were IE related... I was at a $25 dollar table on UB, waiting for the BB to come around to me... messing around here and there... and about to click on God knows what, when UB informed me it was my turn to act, by bringing its window to the front... unfortunately for me, my reflexes aren't what they used to be.. so, I could not stop my clicky finger from completing it's goal to left click on the afore mentioned God Knows what, and as a result, I clicked on 'bet pot'. I had not even seen what my 2 hole cards were, how many were still in, what the pot was.. none of the normal things you do, before you bet the pot....

The pot, was at $5.50... .50 cents was my big blind, .25 from the small blind..., the only other person in at this time, has a bet of $2.50 in front of him.. and it looks like maybe one had raised to a dollar and another called.. I'm not sure.. I was pretty ticked off to have just put 6 bucks into a pot without meaning too.....

I held, A2o, not the worst of hands...but, by the time I get to this point, this point of figuring out just what had transpired... the other guy asks me to my remaining $19.00 in the pot... he prolly thought he was reraising my raise, but since technically, I didn't raise, he was not reraising.. regardless... I almost called that sucker.. but, I figured him for at the very least, JJ, but most likely, AA or KK.. how the hoot would I know.. I was paying attention to the table... I was doing other things... so, I mucked....

Now, that was a pisser for sure, but, my very next hand... and I swear this is true... 83o...... and it sneered at me.. snickered at me.. glared at me.. it's sinister voice daring me to play it.. and I was going to call the extra .25 to call it, that decision was made days ago... but, someone raised up to $5, and I just could not bear to be $11 down with just two hands....

I played in a 6 max $5 SNG and took 4th, cuz, well, I'm just dumb.... then started up a reg. $5 SNG and took second... which bought me back my buyins for those two tourneys. There was also a $1 SNG, and I took second in that, which payed 2 bucks...so I ended the evening just about <-6> bucks... still having a hard time sticking out cash games for more than an hour....its easier when you take a couple nice pots early on.....ah well...

Took 91st outta 1500 on Absolutes $25 dollar freeroll... again, just got bored and started not caring what I played...plus, it was late.. and a work night.. played in another of their WSOP thingys.. appears the top 5 from each of the freerolls play at end of the month for a seat at wsop, and other sundries... they have 2 or 3 or so of these a day... I suppose I should concentrate really hard on placing in one of these....



Thursday, December 30, 2004

Poker'd Out...

Man, last couple days, I just have not felt like playing poker... I wonder if I have been long away from the live games... I had wanted to go to one since last weekend, however, dinging my car up prevented that, as I was not sure how safe it was to drive the car to far... However, no, I have it back, and it is safe to drive, so to speak.....

So, I log on after work, and it is impossible to get into a $5.00 SnG on UB.. Downright impossible... by the time the list is updated, they have already started the game and most times, dealt a hand or two... and, I've got cable, so, my connection is not exactly slow, besides, I never had that problem on PP. My guess is, they just decided not to offer as many of the lower limit buyins..., because, the $13 and up buyins are always availible....... so, I look for freerolls... blah blah, yada yada..... just was not in the mood to play.. not at all... Had rockets 3 seperate times last night... only played for maybe 1 hour.. 3 rockets, 3 different games... lost 1 dollar at the $25 ring game... was kinda funny.. sat down into BB right away and it got folded around to me..., so, I'm plus .25 before I even get a good look at my cards.... and once I post the SB, I'm even, so, I got my first two hands for free.... heh...I won a couple, lost a couple.. won one, lost one.. ended up quitting at $24, just could not get into the mindset...

Latre on, after I woke up way to early... I managed to get into a $1+.20 SNG.. yes, just 1 dollar..... took 3rd place... cashed in 2 bucks.. making my poker end at

-.20, not too bad... I am happy to report, that to the best of my recollection, I was not dealt 83o at all, not one single time.. and believe you me, I was looking, because I was going to log everyone of them so I could prove it....

I used to ask myself, in certain situations, playing poker, 'What would Daniel N. do?' But, after watching on Cruisin to a Million last night, along with Erik, Barry, and some others... I don't think I will ask that anymore... Now, I know he is a great player, but I just did not get the strategies these guys were using.. granted, it was limit, but still... to 3 and 4 bet to the river, being called and raised all the way, WITH NOTHING in your hand.... and Daniel looked like he was just praying for LUCK.. which was in his favor at the beginning.... alas tho, I have no right to judge these people... just seemed odd... smart players playing so dumb.

I'm looking to be at a blogger table come Saturday/Sunday, if one is available.. so look out!!!

Tuesday, December 28, 2004

Talking to yourself, or myself

Encouraging yourself, telling yourself, its ok, you've been in worse spots... you will get it back.. don't get all tilted... don't be an idiot.. if you can't calm down, log off and come back latre....

Am I the only one that talks to myself like that, or am I in a group of great folks?

Today.. I got home, fired up UB, not really wanting to play... sign #1.

$25 dollar table? No, I go right to the $50 dollar table... sign #2.

Then I go and put way more value on A10o then any one sane person should, down 20 bucks, with just 2 hands... sign #3.

I know, I'll just play in a SNG and get that 20 bucks back easy... sign #4.

Now about the 5th or 6th hand of the SNG, already down 200 chips from 1000, I go and put way more value on QJs then any one sane person should, busted out of that.... sign #5.

Ok, now I'm really talking to myself, alot, and yelling at myself as well..... I switch to the $25 dollar table, before things start to get more than ugly.. and I wait two orbits before I finally sit in.... ... more importantly, I pay attention to what I am telling myself, as I watch what unfolds for 20 hands....

My first hand is 83o. I laugh my ass off.......and I almost call the raise that the SB put before me.... and I should have.. but, I figured it bettre to give him .50cents, instead of more.... no flop was seen.. if your wondering why I found 83o so funny, read the entry before this one....

OK, I get pretty much nothing for the next orbit, back on BB again, and guess what.......83s. Well now.. the demon hand from hell is suited this time... everyone limps in, SB matches BB, and I check...flopped three of my suit....everyone checks around, same thing on the turn...SB checks river, I bet .50 on my flush...and everyone folds... I won 5 bucks.. putting me about 4 bucks ahead, minus the earlier losses....

Now, a friend logs on and I go to his table and start yapping with him... trying to talk him into joining some of the blogger games on Party, stuff like that... and I decide since my game is going nowhere fast, cuz now I'm back down to only 1 buck over my 25 dollar buyin, I guess I could have just said 26 bucks, anyway... I tell my friend, Im gonna take a break and go eat, and leave his table.. to see, KK on my table.. hmm, well, i guess one more hand... flopped a K and called a guy to the river for a 12 buck win.. woo hoo... next hand is trash and is basically folded to the BB... im like, molecules from clicking 'leave table'... and the hand is dealt...

AA sweet baby Jesus!! Where have you been all my life... and I'm in the BB....there are two limpers, and the SB, he bets like 2.50, so I raise... and he reraises, and I reraise, and he goes all in... and he has me covered... now there is no flop yet, I've got AA and I'm supposed to call this.... only one other player.... I've already got 75% of my money in there.... how can I not call this.... so you know me.. do I call...

I ain't no fucktard, hell yeah I call.....

Now the cards on UB, heads up all in, don't always show up till after the river, sometimes they do, sometimes they don't.. I haven't really figured it out.... anyway.. I didn't know what 2 hole cards he had.... the flop, turn, river were all 9 or less with 2 8's, and 2 5's.. sumtin like 8 5 9 8 5.....

I had 39 dollars in that pot... and when it was over, and his two hole cards were revealed....guess what...

go ahead, guess.....

QQ... :) I practically dbl'd up twice in less than 2 minutes... from $50, to $25, to $39, to $78... sign #6.

The next thing.. the next hand... 83o.... I rejected the SB, and got the frick outta there........then I came here to share.. while it was fresh on my mind...

Now, I know, that these amounts are chump change for some of ya'll.... but, for me, it is alot....considering about a month ago I was -$400.00, and having been building back up from $6.53 ever since.... that $78.00 is above all deposits.. ie, its all earnings...

I'm pretty stoked again... got another freeroll on ABsolute poker, coming up in about 20 minutes.. one of their WSOP package thingies.. I'll have to check out exactly what I'm playing for in these things, one of these days... not today tho.. heh....

I got to figure out why I seem to be getting 83o just about every other hand it seems..... there has got to be sumtin to this.....ya think? Hmmm...

(Edit: I made an error.. it's $71.00, not $78.. must of had $35 dollars and some change in there.....still stoked tho....)