Ended up not going to the casino on Thursday, as I drank all day (and I do mean all day) on Wednesday. So mostly not productive there. Then it was a weekend of chasing big scores. Finished 24th in AP 150k, shoved 9s with a shortish stack into JJ, what can you do.
Sunday was a huge day. I played for 15 hours yesterday, and I don't usually do that, because at a certain point I get bored or frustrated or whatever. But the momentum just kind of built upon itself. Hopped in the AP 20r when I woke up, and finished third. The day didn't end until I got knocked out of the AP 30r. In third. So that had a nice synchronicity to it anyway. Also, the ending of the AP 30r was extremely annoying, as I got it in AQ against AJ for three quarters of the chips in play, J on the flop obv. That was for the tournament too, because the other guy was basically all in as well, and the third player was an absolute donkey, who I had run over but couldn't take him out because he hit a three outer and won a race. So instead of $4125, I'll take $1740. Damn three outers. Would have been second AP 30r ship this month. Also in a related story I pwn AP, and they're now sending me yet another check, as anytime I go over $20k in bankroll I withdraw a bit, since that seems like plenty for the stakes I'm playing. The only tourney over $216 I generally straight buyin to is the $150k.
Actually I was thinking about this the other day, if I had picked another poker room to initially deposit, and I basically picked AP at random, would I be a lawyer right now instead of a poker player? I mean, I'd never played for money basically before Fall 2004, when I deposited $30 on AP. In 2005, I finished second in the big Saturday weekly tournament (I think it was the 80k), and would have won if I wasn't sucked out on repeatedly. Would that transition have gone quite so easily if I had deposited on Stars instead? Don't get me wrong, I'm sure I could crack the $11 SNGs anywhere lol. But I wonder if, since the play is so poor on AP, I wouldn't have gone up in stakes as quickly. Because I figured more or less I would give this a run by 2L summer, and I really had to decide by then, because otherwise I needed to find a job.
Also, I'm going to win the Saturday weekly on AP, now $150k, if it's the last thing I do. I swear to God, that's my tournament. I've finished second, I've finished fourth, and I'm gonna win that thing, damn it. 29th last week, 24th this week, moving in the right direction anyway. Though I think I'll miss it this week cause I'll be traveling.
Back on topic, the big almost excitement of the day was my almost deep finish in the $750k on Tilt. 3580 entrants, was just starting to get excited in the top 100, pick up AK, aipf against JJ for a 300k pot, couldn't hit. Out in 69th. Grrrr. That would have put me about 6th in chips, then off and running from there. Anyway, definitely going to review that HH at some point. The table was very aggressive and as a result I was more conservative about picking my spots, and I actually thought that worked out rather well. But I'll look at it again before I decide. It was the exact opposite of the AP 30r, where at times it felt like I was raising almost every other hand, and I don't think I got 3 bet for like an hour.
So that was disappointing, and then with the end of the 30r, I felt generally disappointed at the end of the day, despite being up 2 grand or so. Otherwise the other big Sunday tournaments were a wash. Still, I do feel really good about my game right now, and very locked in. My table reading skills I think are strong at the moment, when to step on the gas, when to pull back. I never thought my ability to read people was my strongest attribute, particularly during the course of hands. I feel like I end up making folds (or donk calls) where I think to myself "I just don't know where I am." But I feel like my ability to read tables in general is very strong, and that's a somewhat different skill I think. Not only does each player have their own identity, each table has an identity as well, and it's important to be able to read how much a table can be pushed, particular with pf raising when the blinds get high.
Schedule for this week: not sure how much I'll play exactly to close out May. Logged a lot of hours yesterday, but don't really feel worn out. Soccer tomorrow, Lansing Wednesday for dogsitting, I'll certainly have plenty of free time there. So I expect I'll have a good deal of play this week.
Monday, May 26, 2008
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
An Unprofitable Weekend
Finished 29th in 150k on Saturday, didn't catch a lot of cards late. Sunday was a total wash, only itm in Stars Million, straight bubbled UB 200k, 1300th or so in FTOPS Main Event (another tourney where I didn't find a lot to play), and nothing else good to say about much of anything. Also stuck my last bit of money in a 1/2 cash game on Tilt, top set of kings against a straight and KK against QT on Q high flop, 10 river for total busto on Tilt. Not often I go totally bust on a site, since I usually keep 2-3k in each. But given it is Tilt that seems about right. At least it's a site I can actually redeposit on conveniently. Though maybe I shouldn't.
But I will.
Can't do it until Thursday though, because that will be 7 days from my first echecks deposit.
Also Thursday might go donk around at cash games at the casino. Soccer tonight, UEFA Champions League final during afternoon tomorrow and then doing happy hour with friends tomorrow night so probably not much poker in the next two days. Maybe I'll donk around some internet cash games in the free spots.
There's a new Errol Morris movie out about Abu Ghraib. If you didn't see Morris' previous movie, The Fog of War, about Robert McNamara, it's definitely worth seeing. I remember seeing it at the Athens Film Festival. Yes, Athens, Ohio, actually has a film festival, and a pretty good one too. Anyway, this was at the NYT website today and serves as a pretty good preview of the subject matter: http://morris.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/19/the-most-curious-thing/?hp
But I will.
Can't do it until Thursday though, because that will be 7 days from my first echecks deposit.
Also Thursday might go donk around at cash games at the casino. Soccer tonight, UEFA Champions League final during afternoon tomorrow and then doing happy hour with friends tomorrow night so probably not much poker in the next two days. Maybe I'll donk around some internet cash games in the free spots.
There's a new Errol Morris movie out about Abu Ghraib. If you didn't see Morris' previous movie, The Fog of War, about Robert McNamara, it's definitely worth seeing. I remember seeing it at the Athens Film Festival. Yes, Athens, Ohio, actually has a film festival, and a pretty good one too. Anyway, this was at the NYT website today and serves as a pretty good preview of the subject matter: http://morris.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/19/the-most-curious-thing/?hp
Friday, May 16, 2008
FTOPS annoyance
So been trying to qualify for a couple FTOPS events, specifially Event #11 and #21, which is a $2500 2 day event. Running absolutely terrible in the qualifiers. Went out 37th in a #11 qualifier when the top 33 qualified, shoved a short stack with AA (wasn't going to make it once around the table), looked up by J10, flop 987. So, that was annoying. Made one donkey call in one of them, otherwise it just seems not running good in them. Also played some $75s for the FTOPS main event just to not have to put up the $500, and I suck at those too. At this point I'll just buyin. Or maybe I'll try one more. Whatever. Certainly won't be buying in to $2500, since I'm cheap (or have smart bankroll management, whatever). Also made FT of Tilt $109 starting at like 11 am, KQ into JJ on QJx flop, then lost a flip for ninth. So has always I run like crap on FT.
I do like that Tilt, and also Stars, have deposit methods where it can go directly from your bank account to the Tilt or Stars account, with e-checks. I feel like this is new, or at least I haven't noticed before. Then again, I don't really deposit that often. But still it's quite handy. Now if they'd increase the limits.
Otherwise, finished 2nd in AP 9k a couple of nights ago, was temporarily over $50k for the year. Gave that back, but still, that was kind of my goal for the year, like if I make $50k I'll survive in Chicago and be able to pay rent. New goal: 100K? That might be ambitious, given that I'm not fully dedicated to poker the way other people seem to be. But what the hell, I'll give it a run. New goal is $100k. Let's see how it goes.
Lance Briggs is singing Take Me Out to the Ballgame at Wrigley right now. God he is an awful singer.
I do like that Tilt, and also Stars, have deposit methods where it can go directly from your bank account to the Tilt or Stars account, with e-checks. I feel like this is new, or at least I haven't noticed before. Then again, I don't really deposit that often. But still it's quite handy. Now if they'd increase the limits.
Otherwise, finished 2nd in AP 9k a couple of nights ago, was temporarily over $50k for the year. Gave that back, but still, that was kind of my goal for the year, like if I make $50k I'll survive in Chicago and be able to pay rent. New goal: 100K? That might be ambitious, given that I'm not fully dedicated to poker the way other people seem to be. But what the hell, I'll give it a run. New goal is $100k. Let's see how it goes.
Lance Briggs is singing Take Me Out to the Ballgame at Wrigley right now. God he is an awful singer.
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Some Hands; Ship AP 30r
Fun times in a Stars $109 from 2 nights ago. This guy random shoved here and I had no idea what to make of that. Last time I saw a random overshove like that, someone shoved aces for 2500 at 5/10 on UB and got looked up by kings. Decided I had to call though.
PokerStars Game #17300317971: Tournament #87045231, $100+$9 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2008/05/08 - 23:51:24 (ET)
Table '87045231 4' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: Jackster6125 (4635 in chips)
Seat 2: SHIPP ITT (3477 in chips)
Seat 3: Slapnasty (905 in chips)
Seat 4: usourcek (11490 in chips)
Seat 5: bomb888 (1583 in chips)
Seat 6: lilholdem954 (9520 in chips)
Seat 7: bzimzim (6510 in chips)
Seat 8: cashier20 (1315 in chips)
Seat 9: Kameron (4725 in chips)
cashier20: posts small blind 50
Kameron: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bzimzim [Qs Qd]
Jackster6125: folds
SHIPP ITT: folds
Slapnasty: folds
usourcek: folds
bomb888: folds
lilholdem954: raises 9420 to 9520 and is all-in
bzimzim: calls 6510 and is all-in
cashier20: folds
Kameron: folds
*** FLOP *** [Kh 8h Ts]
*** TURN *** [Kh 8h Ts] [4d]
*** RIVER *** [Kh 8h Ts 4d] [3d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
lilholdem954: shows [Ad Jh] (high card Ace)
bzimzim: shows [Qs Qd] (a pair of Queens)
bzimzim collected 13170 from pot
Only got better from there, as he shoved the next five hands in a row, and won twice, taking it down pf three times. And then, like an oasis in the desert...
PokerStars Game #17300401991: Tournament #87045231, $100+$9 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2008/05/08 - 23:56:27 (ET)
Table '87045231 4' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: Jackster6125 (4485 in chips)
Seat 2: SHIPP ITT (3327 in chips)
Seat 3: Slapnasty (755 in chips)
Seat 4: usourcek (6515 in chips)
Seat 5: bomb888 (1483 in chips)
Seat 6: lilholdem954 (9850 in chips)
Seat 7: bzimzim (13170 in chips)
Seat 9: Kameron (4575 in chips)
bomb888: posts small blind 50
lilholdem954: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bzimzim [As Ac]
bzimzim: calls 100
Kameron: folds
Jackster6125: folds
SHIPP ITT: folds
Slapnasty: folds
usourcek: folds
MrteddyKGB is connected
bomb888: calls 50
lilholdem954: raises 9750 to 9850 and is all-in
bzimzim: calls 9750
bomb888: folds
*** FLOP *** [Ah 6h 3c]
Kameron said, "lol"
*** TURN *** [Ah 6h 3c] [Tc]
*** RIVER *** [Ah 6h 3c Tc] [9h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
lilholdem954: shows [8d 6d] (a pair of Sixes)
bzimzim: shows [As Ac] (three of a kind, Aces)
lilholdem954 is sitting out
bzimzim collected 19800 from pot
God bless America.
Of course nothing good came of that in the end, sat around for awhile, was like 4/36 when I 3 bet CO+1 raiser with AQ and sb woke up with KK. Then two outed for 60k pot tens against sixes aipf, out for 25th. Guess you never really can win a tournament in the first hour, even if that first hour is Christmas.
Horrible read for UB $40k sniper turns into a donkout for me:
Hand #53238047-46 at S40Kguar9pm-007 (No Limit tournament Hold'em)
Started at 08/May/08 21:45:09
C91186 is at seat 0 with 4235.
MarcB244 is at seat 1 with 2130.
JayPez is at seat 2 with 3435.
bb77 is at seat 3 with 2420.
J FREE is at seat 4 with 2380.
betternuts is at seat 5 with 2730.
bzimzim is at seat 6 with 3010.
TheWacpKidd is at seat 7 with 4865.
kczoo is at seat 8 with 4775.
CBuHTyc is at seat 9 with 2475.
The button is at seat 4.
betternuts posts the small blind of 15.
bzimzim posts the big blind of 30.
C91186: -- --
MarcB244: -- --
JayPez: -- --
bb77: -- --
J FREE: -- --
betternuts: -- --
bzimzim: 7h 8d
TheWacpKidd: -- --
kczoo: -- --
CBuHTyc: -- --
Pre-flop:
TheWacpKidd folds.
kczoo folds.
CBuHTyc folds.
C91186 calls.
MarcB244 folds.
JayPez folds. bb77 folds.
J FREE folds.
betternuts folds.
bzimzim checks.
Flop (board: 8s As 7d):
bzimzim checks.
C91186 bets 75.
bzimzim raises to 250.
C91186 goes all-in for 4205.
bzimzim goes all-in for 2980.
C91186 is returned 1225 (uncalled).
Tournament all-in showdown -- players show:
C91186 shows 7c 7s.
bzimzim shows 7h 8d.
Turn (board: 8s As 7d 8c): (no action in this round)
River (board: 8s As 7d 8c 3h): (no action in this round)
Showdown: C91186 has 7c 7s 8s 7d 8c: full house, sevens full of eights. bzimzim has 7h 8d 8s 7d 8c: full house, eights full of sevens.
Really took a read here, and wow was it wrong. This guy doubled up early, but had really been splashing around since, whining the chat box about being pushed around, etc. I think it was the shove that got me. I really thought just an ace or a draw. The hands I were worried about were A7/A8. I was shocked he just shoved a set of 7s there. I'll take a donkout though, always.
Here I pwn sbrounder (lol sort of):
Hand #53238047-175 at S40Kguar9pm-007 (No Limit tournament Hold'em)
Started at 08/May/08 23:48:59
FLIMSIN is at seat 0 with 9520.
SbRounder is at seat 1 with 10585.
digitaldoc is at seat 2 with 11690.
bb77 is at seat 3 with 5170.
ALCARMO is at seat 4 with 6520.
betternuts is at seat 5 with 20785.
bzimzim is at seat 6 with 7200.
WiredNun is at seat 7 with 17665.
samos is at seat 8 with 17140.
The button is at seat 7.
FLIMSIN posts ante (50).
SbRounder posts ante (50).
digitaldoc posts ante (50).
bb77 posts ante (50).
ALCARMO posts ante (50).
betternuts posts ante (50).
bzimzim posts ante (50).
WiredNun posts ante (50).
samos posts ante (50).
FLIMSIN posts the small blind of 200.
SbRounder posts the big blind of 400.
FLIMSIN: -- --
SbRounder: -- --
digitaldoc: -- --
bb77: -- --
ALCARMO: -- --
betternuts: -- --
bzimzim: Ac Kc
WiredNun: -- --
samos: -- --
Pre-flop:
digitaldoc folds.
bb77 folds.
ALCARMO folds.
betternuts folds.
bzimzim raises to 1100.
WiredNun folds.
samos folds.
FLIMSIN folds.
SbRounder calls.
Flop (board: Ks Qc 4c):
SbRounder checks.
bzimzim bets 1500.
SbRounder raises to 7350.
bzimzim goes all-in for 6050.
SbRounder is returned 1300 (uncalled).
Tournament all-in showdown -- players show:
SbRounder shows Ad Ah.
bzimzim shows Ac Kc.
Turn (board: Ks Qc 4c 6s): (no action in this round)
River (board: Ks Qc 4c 6s Kh): (no action in this round)
Showdown:
SbRounder has Ad Ah Ks Qc Kh: two pair, aces and kings.
bzimzim has Ac Kc Ks Qc Kh: three kings.
Hand played itself after the flop obv, it was all going in. Ended up building up good stack, getting KK in against 98 on 955 flop, 9 on turn for huge hit (the guy who called with 98, even with all those chips, was gone like 5 hands later, which I suppose isn't that surprising), but built it back up to FT. Here's the exit against foolishgolf:
Hand #53238038-43 at S40Kguar9pm-Final (No Limit tournament Hold'em)
Started at 09/May/08 01:58:34
dipthr0ng is at seat 0 with 121860.
aguy2no is at seat 3 with 97360.
WiredNun is at seat 4 with 92220.
bzimzim is at seat 5 with 112280.
ostrichman is at seat 7 with 44920.
zmen is at seat 8 with 20805.
foolishgolf is at seat 9 with 283055.
The button is at seat 7.
dipthr0ng posts ante (300).
aguy2no posts ante (300).
WiredNun posts ante (300).
bzimzim posts ante (300).
ostrichman posts ante (300).
zmen posts ante (300).
foolishgolf posts ante (300).
foolishgolf posts the small blind of 1500.
dipthr0ng posts the big blind of 3000.
dipthr0ng: -- --
aguy2no: -- --
WiredNun: -- --
bzimzim: Kd Ad
ostrichman: -- --
zmen: -- --
foolishgolf: -- --
Pre-flop:
aguy2no calls.
WiredNun folds.
bzimzim raises to 11000.
ostrichman folds. zmen folds.
foolishgolf re-raises to 29500.
dipthr0ng folds.
aguy2no folds.
bzimzim goes all-in for 111980.
foolishgolf calls.
Tournament all-in showdown -- players show:
bzimzim shows Kd Ad.
foolishgolf shows 9c 9s.
Flop (board: 3c Js 8s): (no action in this round)
Turn (board: 3c Js 8s 8c): (no action in this round)
River (board: 3c Js 8s 8c 2d): (no action in this round)
Showdown:
bzimzim has Kd Ad Js 8s 8c: a pair of eights.
foolishgolf has 9c 9s Js 8s 8c: two pair, nines and eights.
Man, UB HH are annoying. Foolish, who is a very good player, makes a nice call here. With the utg limp and my raise, I was actually surprised he only had 9s, but I might be making too much of the utg limp. Without it certainly his raise was standard. Out in 7th I went for $1700 I think.
AP 30r: Got to pick up chips sometime, here's a spot:
Stage #1173737119 Tourney ID 2005390 Holdem Multi Normal Tournament No Limit $1200 - 2008-05-10 00:54:59 (ET)
Table: 8 (Real Money) Seat #8 is the dealer
Seat 2 - PROFISHIONAL ($17480 in chips)
Seat 3 - PLANOMAN ($42908 in chips)
Seat 4 - MATRIX05 ($48074 in chips)
Seat 5 - AZTEC111 ($7275 in chips)
Seat 6 - OTMAN ($27386.50 in chips)
Seat 7 - BZIMZIM ($28265 in chips)
Seat 8 - SKILLZ6195 ($24030 in chips)
Seat 9 - GLMELTON ($46445 in chips)
PROFISHIONAL - Ante $100
PLANOMAN - Ante $100
MATRIX05 - Ante $100
AZTEC111 - Ante $100
OTMAN - Ante $100
BZIMZIM - Ante $100
SKILLZ6195 - Ante $100
GLMELTON - Ante $100
GLMELTON - Posts small blind $600
PROFISHIONAL - Posts big blind $1200
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to BZIMZIM [6d Ac]
PLANOMAN - Folds
MATRIX05 - Folds
AZTEC111 - Folds
OTMAN - Folds
BZIMZIM - Raises $3100 to $3100
SKILLZ6195 - Folds
GLMELTON - Calls $2500
PROFISHIONAL - Folds
*** FLOP *** [9h Qh 8s]
GLMELTON - Bets $4100
BZIMZIM - Raises $10000 to $10000
GLMELTON - Calls $5900
*** TURN *** [9h Qh 8s] [Qc]
GLMELTON - Checks
BZIMZIM - Checks
*** RIVER *** [9h Qh 8s Qc] [5c]
GLMELTON - Checks
BZIMZIM - Bets $9600
GLMELTON - Folds
BZIMZIM - returned ($9600) : not called
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BZIMZIM - Does not show
BZIMZIM Collects $28200 from main pot
Weeeee. Picked a bad (lucky) spot to get aggro back against Plano here:
Stage #1173750571 Tourney ID 2005390 Holdem Multi Normal Tournament No Limit $1600 - 2008-05-10 01:11:44 (ET)
Table: 8 (Real Money) Seat #5 is the dealer
Seat 3 - PLANOMAN ($51008 in chips)
Seat 4 - MATRIX05 ($20799 in chips)
Seat 5 - AZTEC111 ($7550 in chips)
Seat 6 - OTMAN ($35486.50 in chips)
Seat 7 - BZIMZIM ($49365 in chips)
Seat 8 - SKILLZ6195 ($30830 in chips)
Seat 9 - GLMELTON ($20045 in chips)
PLANOMAN - Ante $100
MATRIX05 - Ante $100
AZTEC111 - Ante $100
OTMAN - Ante $100
BZIMZIM - Ante $100
SKILLZ6195 - Ante $100
GLMELTON - Ante $100
OTMAN - Posts small blind $800
BZIMZIM - Posts big blind $1600
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to BZIMZIM [4h 4d]
SKILLZ6195 - Folds
GLMELTON - Folds
PLANOMAN - Raises $4800 to $4800
MATRIX05 - Folds
AZTEC111 - Folds
OTMAN - Folds
BZIMZIM - Raises $11200 to $12800
PLANOMAN - Calls $8000
*** FLOP *** [6c 5h 7s]
BZIMZIM - Bets $22400
PLANOMAN - All-In(Raise) $38108 to $38108
BZIMZIM - All-In $14065
PLANOMAN - returned ($1643) : not called
*** TURN *** [6c 5h 7s] [4c]
*** RIVER *** [6c 5h 7s 4c] [Kd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
PLANOMAN - Shows [As Ad] (One pair, aces)
BZIMZIM - Shows [4h 4d] (Three of a kind, fours)
BZIMZIM Collects $100030 from main pot
I'll take it where I can get it. And off and running. From there lots of tight players, and lots of running over the table, one or two more key hands, and shippage for $4500.
You know, there's nothing like winning. And it's amazing how little it actually happens. I play poker for a living, almost exclusively multis. Though I haven't played in the volume I would like, I've still played quite a few tournaments this year. And yet, here's a list of all the tournaments I've actually won (excluding qualifiers obviously):
UB $55 entry-93 entrants (Jan 17)
Bodog $100K-810 entrants (Feb 10)
UB $65 bounty-61 entrants (Feb 26)
PS $109-541 entrants (HU chop, I got slightly more for CL) (Mar 17)
AP $44 sng (lol, alright that doesn't count, but it is a "1" on my spreadsheet, and also the only sng I've played this year)
AP Forum Tourney (certainly not knocking the forum, but not counting this either)
AP 4.5K guar-42 entrants (Apr 5)
AP Sunday Warmup-224 entrants (Apr 5)
AP 30r-166 entrants (May 9)
So basically that's 7 tournaments I've won, after playing all year (though given not as much as I should). And perhaps that should be 6.5, since I might not have won the one I chopped. Now obviously winning isn't the only profitable result, especially in bigger tournaments. But I just found that interesting, especially since any tournament that isn't a win is a disappointment on one level or another. So I'll enjoy the ones I actually win.
Also, FT makes no appearance on that list. I swear, I run terrible on that site. Haven't played a single FTOPS event yet, but probably will at some point.
Wow this is a long entry. I'll wrap it OT: here's Bob Herbert's ruthless (and factual) destruction of the Clintons and who they are: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/10/opinion/10herbert.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
Edit: As van pointed out, lilholdem954 is actually m8kingmoves, thus making me sound like a total dumbass for not realizing that. But as I sound like a dumbass frequently, I'm okay with that. Anyway, clearly he was tired of this tourney, and I'll take it. Some of us care if we win the $109s lol.
PokerStars Game #17300317971: Tournament #87045231, $100+$9 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2008/05/08 - 23:51:24 (ET)
Table '87045231 4' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: Jackster6125 (4635 in chips)
Seat 2: SHIPP ITT (3477 in chips)
Seat 3: Slapnasty (905 in chips)
Seat 4: usourcek (11490 in chips)
Seat 5: bomb888 (1583 in chips)
Seat 6: lilholdem954 (9520 in chips)
Seat 7: bzimzim (6510 in chips)
Seat 8: cashier20 (1315 in chips)
Seat 9: Kameron (4725 in chips)
cashier20: posts small blind 50
Kameron: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bzimzim [Qs Qd]
Jackster6125: folds
SHIPP ITT: folds
Slapnasty: folds
usourcek: folds
bomb888: folds
lilholdem954: raises 9420 to 9520 and is all-in
bzimzim: calls 6510 and is all-in
cashier20: folds
Kameron: folds
*** FLOP *** [Kh 8h Ts]
*** TURN *** [Kh 8h Ts] [4d]
*** RIVER *** [Kh 8h Ts 4d] [3d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
lilholdem954: shows [Ad Jh] (high card Ace)
bzimzim: shows [Qs Qd] (a pair of Queens)
bzimzim collected 13170 from pot
Only got better from there, as he shoved the next five hands in a row, and won twice, taking it down pf three times. And then, like an oasis in the desert...
PokerStars Game #17300401991: Tournament #87045231, $100+$9 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2008/05/08 - 23:56:27 (ET)
Table '87045231 4' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: Jackster6125 (4485 in chips)
Seat 2: SHIPP ITT (3327 in chips)
Seat 3: Slapnasty (755 in chips)
Seat 4: usourcek (6515 in chips)
Seat 5: bomb888 (1483 in chips)
Seat 6: lilholdem954 (9850 in chips)
Seat 7: bzimzim (13170 in chips)
Seat 9: Kameron (4575 in chips)
bomb888: posts small blind 50
lilholdem954: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bzimzim [As Ac]
bzimzim: calls 100
Kameron: folds
Jackster6125: folds
SHIPP ITT: folds
Slapnasty: folds
usourcek: folds
MrteddyKGB is connected
bomb888: calls 50
lilholdem954: raises 9750 to 9850 and is all-in
bzimzim: calls 9750
bomb888: folds
*** FLOP *** [Ah 6h 3c]
Kameron said, "lol"
*** TURN *** [Ah 6h 3c] [Tc]
*** RIVER *** [Ah 6h 3c Tc] [9h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
lilholdem954: shows [8d 6d] (a pair of Sixes)
bzimzim: shows [As Ac] (three of a kind, Aces)
lilholdem954 is sitting out
bzimzim collected 19800 from pot
God bless America.
Of course nothing good came of that in the end, sat around for awhile, was like 4/36 when I 3 bet CO+1 raiser with AQ and sb woke up with KK. Then two outed for 60k pot tens against sixes aipf, out for 25th. Guess you never really can win a tournament in the first hour, even if that first hour is Christmas.
Horrible read for UB $40k sniper turns into a donkout for me:
Hand #53238047-46 at S40Kguar9pm-007 (No Limit tournament Hold'em)
Started at 08/May/08 21:45:09
C91186 is at seat 0 with 4235.
MarcB244 is at seat 1 with 2130.
JayPez is at seat 2 with 3435.
bb77 is at seat 3 with 2420.
J FREE is at seat 4 with 2380.
betternuts is at seat 5 with 2730.
bzimzim is at seat 6 with 3010.
TheWacpKidd is at seat 7 with 4865.
kczoo is at seat 8 with 4775.
CBuHTyc is at seat 9 with 2475.
The button is at seat 4.
betternuts posts the small blind of 15.
bzimzim posts the big blind of 30.
C91186: -- --
MarcB244: -- --
JayPez: -- --
bb77: -- --
J FREE: -- --
betternuts: -- --
bzimzim: 7h 8d
TheWacpKidd: -- --
kczoo: -- --
CBuHTyc: -- --
Pre-flop:
TheWacpKidd folds.
kczoo folds.
CBuHTyc folds.
C91186 calls.
MarcB244 folds.
JayPez folds. bb77 folds.
J FREE folds.
betternuts folds.
bzimzim checks.
Flop (board: 8s As 7d):
bzimzim checks.
C91186 bets 75.
bzimzim raises to 250.
C91186 goes all-in for 4205.
bzimzim goes all-in for 2980.
C91186 is returned 1225 (uncalled).
Tournament all-in showdown -- players show:
C91186 shows 7c 7s.
bzimzim shows 7h 8d.
Turn (board: 8s As 7d 8c): (no action in this round)
River (board: 8s As 7d 8c 3h): (no action in this round)
Showdown: C91186 has 7c 7s 8s 7d 8c: full house, sevens full of eights. bzimzim has 7h 8d 8s 7d 8c: full house, eights full of sevens.
Really took a read here, and wow was it wrong. This guy doubled up early, but had really been splashing around since, whining the chat box about being pushed around, etc. I think it was the shove that got me. I really thought just an ace or a draw. The hands I were worried about were A7/A8. I was shocked he just shoved a set of 7s there. I'll take a donkout though, always.
Here I pwn sbrounder (lol sort of):
Hand #53238047-175 at S40Kguar9pm-007 (No Limit tournament Hold'em)
Started at 08/May/08 23:48:59
FLIMSIN is at seat 0 with 9520.
SbRounder is at seat 1 with 10585.
digitaldoc is at seat 2 with 11690.
bb77 is at seat 3 with 5170.
ALCARMO is at seat 4 with 6520.
betternuts is at seat 5 with 20785.
bzimzim is at seat 6 with 7200.
WiredNun is at seat 7 with 17665.
samos is at seat 8 with 17140.
The button is at seat 7.
FLIMSIN posts ante (50).
SbRounder posts ante (50).
digitaldoc posts ante (50).
bb77 posts ante (50).
ALCARMO posts ante (50).
betternuts posts ante (50).
bzimzim posts ante (50).
WiredNun posts ante (50).
samos posts ante (50).
FLIMSIN posts the small blind of 200.
SbRounder posts the big blind of 400.
FLIMSIN: -- --
SbRounder: -- --
digitaldoc: -- --
bb77: -- --
ALCARMO: -- --
betternuts: -- --
bzimzim: Ac Kc
WiredNun: -- --
samos: -- --
Pre-flop:
digitaldoc folds.
bb77 folds.
ALCARMO folds.
betternuts folds.
bzimzim raises to 1100.
WiredNun folds.
samos folds.
FLIMSIN folds.
SbRounder calls.
Flop (board: Ks Qc 4c):
SbRounder checks.
bzimzim bets 1500.
SbRounder raises to 7350.
bzimzim goes all-in for 6050.
SbRounder is returned 1300 (uncalled).
Tournament all-in showdown -- players show:
SbRounder shows Ad Ah.
bzimzim shows Ac Kc.
Turn (board: Ks Qc 4c 6s): (no action in this round)
River (board: Ks Qc 4c 6s Kh): (no action in this round)
Showdown:
SbRounder has Ad Ah Ks Qc Kh: two pair, aces and kings.
bzimzim has Ac Kc Ks Qc Kh: three kings.
Hand played itself after the flop obv, it was all going in. Ended up building up good stack, getting KK in against 98 on 955 flop, 9 on turn for huge hit (the guy who called with 98, even with all those chips, was gone like 5 hands later, which I suppose isn't that surprising), but built it back up to FT. Here's the exit against foolishgolf:
Hand #53238038-43 at S40Kguar9pm-Final (No Limit tournament Hold'em)
Started at 09/May/08 01:58:34
dipthr0ng is at seat 0 with 121860.
aguy2no is at seat 3 with 97360.
WiredNun is at seat 4 with 92220.
bzimzim is at seat 5 with 112280.
ostrichman is at seat 7 with 44920.
zmen is at seat 8 with 20805.
foolishgolf is at seat 9 with 283055.
The button is at seat 7.
dipthr0ng posts ante (300).
aguy2no posts ante (300).
WiredNun posts ante (300).
bzimzim posts ante (300).
ostrichman posts ante (300).
zmen posts ante (300).
foolishgolf posts ante (300).
foolishgolf posts the small blind of 1500.
dipthr0ng posts the big blind of 3000.
dipthr0ng: -- --
aguy2no: -- --
WiredNun: -- --
bzimzim: Kd Ad
ostrichman: -- --
zmen: -- --
foolishgolf: -- --
Pre-flop:
aguy2no calls.
WiredNun folds.
bzimzim raises to 11000.
ostrichman folds. zmen folds.
foolishgolf re-raises to 29500.
dipthr0ng folds.
aguy2no folds.
bzimzim goes all-in for 111980.
foolishgolf calls.
Tournament all-in showdown -- players show:
bzimzim shows Kd Ad.
foolishgolf shows 9c 9s.
Flop (board: 3c Js 8s): (no action in this round)
Turn (board: 3c Js 8s 8c): (no action in this round)
River (board: 3c Js 8s 8c 2d): (no action in this round)
Showdown:
bzimzim has Kd Ad Js 8s 8c: a pair of eights.
foolishgolf has 9c 9s Js 8s 8c: two pair, nines and eights.
Man, UB HH are annoying. Foolish, who is a very good player, makes a nice call here. With the utg limp and my raise, I was actually surprised he only had 9s, but I might be making too much of the utg limp. Without it certainly his raise was standard. Out in 7th I went for $1700 I think.
AP 30r: Got to pick up chips sometime, here's a spot:
Stage #1173737119 Tourney ID 2005390 Holdem Multi Normal Tournament No Limit $1200 - 2008-05-10 00:54:59 (ET)
Table: 8 (Real Money) Seat #8 is the dealer
Seat 2 - PROFISHIONAL ($17480 in chips)
Seat 3 - PLANOMAN ($42908 in chips)
Seat 4 - MATRIX05 ($48074 in chips)
Seat 5 - AZTEC111 ($7275 in chips)
Seat 6 - OTMAN ($27386.50 in chips)
Seat 7 - BZIMZIM ($28265 in chips)
Seat 8 - SKILLZ6195 ($24030 in chips)
Seat 9 - GLMELTON ($46445 in chips)
PROFISHIONAL - Ante $100
PLANOMAN - Ante $100
MATRIX05 - Ante $100
AZTEC111 - Ante $100
OTMAN - Ante $100
BZIMZIM - Ante $100
SKILLZ6195 - Ante $100
GLMELTON - Ante $100
GLMELTON - Posts small blind $600
PROFISHIONAL - Posts big blind $1200
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to BZIMZIM [6d Ac]
PLANOMAN - Folds
MATRIX05 - Folds
AZTEC111 - Folds
OTMAN - Folds
BZIMZIM - Raises $3100 to $3100
SKILLZ6195 - Folds
GLMELTON - Calls $2500
PROFISHIONAL - Folds
*** FLOP *** [9h Qh 8s]
GLMELTON - Bets $4100
BZIMZIM - Raises $10000 to $10000
GLMELTON - Calls $5900
*** TURN *** [9h Qh 8s] [Qc]
GLMELTON - Checks
BZIMZIM - Checks
*** RIVER *** [9h Qh 8s Qc] [5c]
GLMELTON - Checks
BZIMZIM - Bets $9600
GLMELTON - Folds
BZIMZIM - returned ($9600) : not called
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BZIMZIM - Does not show
BZIMZIM Collects $28200 from main pot
Weeeee. Picked a bad (lucky) spot to get aggro back against Plano here:
Stage #1173750571 Tourney ID 2005390 Holdem Multi Normal Tournament No Limit $1600 - 2008-05-10 01:11:44 (ET)
Table: 8 (Real Money) Seat #5 is the dealer
Seat 3 - PLANOMAN ($51008 in chips)
Seat 4 - MATRIX05 ($20799 in chips)
Seat 5 - AZTEC111 ($7550 in chips)
Seat 6 - OTMAN ($35486.50 in chips)
Seat 7 - BZIMZIM ($49365 in chips)
Seat 8 - SKILLZ6195 ($30830 in chips)
Seat 9 - GLMELTON ($20045 in chips)
PLANOMAN - Ante $100
MATRIX05 - Ante $100
AZTEC111 - Ante $100
OTMAN - Ante $100
BZIMZIM - Ante $100
SKILLZ6195 - Ante $100
GLMELTON - Ante $100
OTMAN - Posts small blind $800
BZIMZIM - Posts big blind $1600
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to BZIMZIM [4h 4d]
SKILLZ6195 - Folds
GLMELTON - Folds
PLANOMAN - Raises $4800 to $4800
MATRIX05 - Folds
AZTEC111 - Folds
OTMAN - Folds
BZIMZIM - Raises $11200 to $12800
PLANOMAN - Calls $8000
*** FLOP *** [6c 5h 7s]
BZIMZIM - Bets $22400
PLANOMAN - All-In(Raise) $38108 to $38108
BZIMZIM - All-In $14065
PLANOMAN - returned ($1643) : not called
*** TURN *** [6c 5h 7s] [4c]
*** RIVER *** [6c 5h 7s 4c] [Kd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
PLANOMAN - Shows [As Ad] (One pair, aces)
BZIMZIM - Shows [4h 4d] (Three of a kind, fours)
BZIMZIM Collects $100030 from main pot
I'll take it where I can get it. And off and running. From there lots of tight players, and lots of running over the table, one or two more key hands, and shippage for $4500.
You know, there's nothing like winning. And it's amazing how little it actually happens. I play poker for a living, almost exclusively multis. Though I haven't played in the volume I would like, I've still played quite a few tournaments this year. And yet, here's a list of all the tournaments I've actually won (excluding qualifiers obviously):
UB $55 entry-93 entrants (Jan 17)
Bodog $100K-810 entrants (Feb 10)
UB $65 bounty-61 entrants (Feb 26)
PS $109-541 entrants (HU chop, I got slightly more for CL) (Mar 17)
AP $44 sng (lol, alright that doesn't count, but it is a "1" on my spreadsheet, and also the only sng I've played this year)
AP Forum Tourney (certainly not knocking the forum, but not counting this either)
AP 4.5K guar-42 entrants (Apr 5)
AP Sunday Warmup-224 entrants (Apr 5)
AP 30r-166 entrants (May 9)
So basically that's 7 tournaments I've won, after playing all year (though given not as much as I should). And perhaps that should be 6.5, since I might not have won the one I chopped. Now obviously winning isn't the only profitable result, especially in bigger tournaments. But I just found that interesting, especially since any tournament that isn't a win is a disappointment on one level or another. So I'll enjoy the ones I actually win.
Also, FT makes no appearance on that list. I swear, I run terrible on that site. Haven't played a single FTOPS event yet, but probably will at some point.
Wow this is a long entry. I'll wrap it OT: here's Bob Herbert's ruthless (and factual) destruction of the Clintons and who they are: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/10/opinion/10herbert.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin
Edit: As van pointed out, lilholdem954 is actually m8kingmoves, thus making me sound like a total dumbass for not realizing that. But as I sound like a dumbass frequently, I'm okay with that. Anyway, clearly he was tired of this tourney, and I'll take it. Some of us care if we win the $109s lol.
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Well, Unstuck Anyway
Massive CL with 7 to play in Cake 30r, so finished fourth of course. Repopped AJ, ran into KK in bb, oops (and the original raiser took a long time to fold, he probably had me beat too). Made a straight against a flush and called a pot sized river bet. Then this hand just absolutely through me for a loop.
Hand #14941FFBF2002667: $20,000 GUARANTEED!! - R&A
Seat 3: mjh8*** (496600.00 in chips)
Seat 4: leeh*** (388268.00 in chips)
Seat 5: bkba*** (42226.00 in chips)
Seat 7: bzimzim (180130.00 in chips)
Seat 9: Larr*** (170776.00 in chips)
mjh8146 posts ante of $1,000
leehrat posts ante of $1,000
bkballer posts ante of $1,000
bzimzim posts ante of $1,000
Larry12371 posts ante of $1,000
bzimzim: posts small blind $5,000
Larr***: posts big blind $10,000
Dealt to bzimzim [ Kc Kh ]
mjh8***: folds
leeh***: folds
bkba***: calls
bzimzim: raises to $42,000
Larr***: calls
bkba***: folds
@@@ F_L_O_P @@@ [ 5c Qd 4s ]
bzimzim: bets $50,000
Larr***: folds
bzimzim: returns uncalled bet $50,000
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bzimzim: mucks
bzimzim wins $99,000
What the HH doesn't show is that Larr (I like how the cake HHs can't bother with people's full SNs) showed JJ as he was folding it! And I'd been super aggro! He was just that weak tight. It was surreal. I just sat there with my mouth open. How did I not get paid here? That was unbelievable. And since he was so weak tight, I just thought fuck it, I'm raising him every time. Popped it up from sb next time it was folded, he moved in on me. What did he have, aces? In the end I was undone by some unlucky spots and the bizarre play of my incompetent FTers. When you're aggressive it's easy come easy go on those chips. With 14 left I was like 12th in chips. Then I was just steamrolling, but the momentum sadly turned one last time. Eventually shoved J9 into AQ, nh, gg.
Grr. Anyway, $1887 for 4th, so at least I'm unstuck for the month. Up $199 for May, hurray. Maybe I'll go buy myself a boat or something. My deepest finish yet in that tournament, winning it is inevitable with the quality of the play. Thought last night would be the night for that. Or not. Oh well, try again tonight I guess.
The Democratic nomination process is over. Or at least it should be. There's essentially no way Hilary can win, yet she continues on, either to intentionally hurt Obama to run again in 2012, or out of sheer vanity. Neither option reflects well on her. Bag it, Hilary. It's over.
Hand #14941FFBF2002667: $20,000 GUARANTEED!! - R&A
Seat 3: mjh8*** (496600.00 in chips)
Seat 4: leeh*** (388268.00 in chips)
Seat 5: bkba*** (42226.00 in chips)
Seat 7: bzimzim (180130.00 in chips)
Seat 9: Larr*** (170776.00 in chips)
mjh8146 posts ante of $1,000
leehrat posts ante of $1,000
bkballer posts ante of $1,000
bzimzim posts ante of $1,000
Larry12371 posts ante of $1,000
bzimzim: posts small blind $5,000
Larr***: posts big blind $10,000
Dealt to bzimzim [ Kc Kh ]
mjh8***: folds
leeh***: folds
bkba***: calls
bzimzim: raises to $42,000
Larr***: calls
bkba***: folds
@@@ F_L_O_P @@@ [ 5c Qd 4s ]
bzimzim: bets $50,000
Larr***: folds
bzimzim: returns uncalled bet $50,000
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bzimzim: mucks
bzimzim wins $99,000
What the HH doesn't show is that Larr (I like how the cake HHs can't bother with people's full SNs) showed JJ as he was folding it! And I'd been super aggro! He was just that weak tight. It was surreal. I just sat there with my mouth open. How did I not get paid here? That was unbelievable. And since he was so weak tight, I just thought fuck it, I'm raising him every time. Popped it up from sb next time it was folded, he moved in on me. What did he have, aces? In the end I was undone by some unlucky spots and the bizarre play of my incompetent FTers. When you're aggressive it's easy come easy go on those chips. With 14 left I was like 12th in chips. Then I was just steamrolling, but the momentum sadly turned one last time. Eventually shoved J9 into AQ, nh, gg.
Grr. Anyway, $1887 for 4th, so at least I'm unstuck for the month. Up $199 for May, hurray. Maybe I'll go buy myself a boat or something. My deepest finish yet in that tournament, winning it is inevitable with the quality of the play. Thought last night would be the night for that. Or not. Oh well, try again tonight I guess.
The Democratic nomination process is over. Or at least it should be. There's essentially no way Hilary can win, yet she continues on, either to intentionally hurt Obama to run again in 2012, or out of sheer vanity. Neither option reflects well on her. Bag it, Hilary. It's over.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
No Cigar
Close to some big cashes so far this month, but haven't hit any of them. Was deep on the first of the month in the AP 30r, FT $25k and new UB 40K $109 bounty (or sniper, or whatever the hell it is now), but 16th, 11th and 14th got me basically nothing. Played a $55 donkathon on Stars on Saturday where I was the CL with 25 left in a field of 1600+, then got repopped every time I raised, didn't pick up cards and eventually finished 15th. Yesterday I was tired and felt a little bit sick and played like shit, it almost can't be understated. I hadn't had a real good full night of sleep in awhile, and I think I may still need one more. Also my contacts might be giving me headaches when I'm staring at my monitor, I'm not sure. I feel like my contacts almost feel more normal looking at things at more distance, but feel more awkward looking at things right in front of me. Or this could all be in my head. Still getting the hang of this contacts thing.
So yeah, stuck about a grand for the month for now. Have soccer, and I don't think I'll play tonight, instead going to bed early (relatively; also, God willing) and being really ready for a full day tomorrow.
So yeah, stuck about a grand for the month for now. Have soccer, and I don't think I'll play tonight, instead going to bed early (relatively; also, God willing) and being really ready for a full day tomorrow.
Thursday, May 1, 2008
April Wrap/Goal for May
Took the last two days of the month off. Took a little bit of a dip over the last part of the month.
April: +$7356
Year to date: $43,243
I suppose I should note that with the dip at the end of the month, I no longer have surpassed my best poker year ever. But hey, only the third of the year is over.
Goal for this month: Volume. For the last two months I have really failed to sustain volume in the later stages of the month. In May I will continue to play regularly through out the month. It starts this next week, when I don't have too much going on. Lots of poker this week, starting tonight. Time to get to work.
April: +$7356
Year to date: $43,243
I suppose I should note that with the dip at the end of the month, I no longer have surpassed my best poker year ever. But hey, only the third of the year is over.
Goal for this month: Volume. For the last two months I have really failed to sustain volume in the later stages of the month. In May I will continue to play regularly through out the month. It starts this next week, when I don't have too much going on. Lots of poker this week, starting tonight. Time to get to work.
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