Sick Bubble + Good cash

This was gross

Full Tilt Poker, NL Hold'em Tournament, 100/200 Blinds, 3 Players
http://www.leggopoker.com]leggopoker.com/

Hero (SB): 3,580
BB: 5,640
BTN: 31,280

Pre-Flop: (300) A:spade: K:heart: dealt to Hero (SB)
BTN raises to 3,400, Hero raises to 3,580 and is All-In, BB folds, BTN calls 180

Flop: (7,360) J:heart: 4:diamond: 7:heart: (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Turn: (7,360) J:spade: (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

River: (7,360) 9:diamond: (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Results: 7,360 Pot
Hero showed A:spade: K:heart: (a pair of Jacks) and LOST (-3,580 NET)
BTN showed 7:club: 7:diamond: (a full house, Sevens full of Jacks) and WON 7,360 (+3,780 NET)

Leaves me here.





With these stacks I don't really have a choice here right?


I also went on a tear in a 26$ 45-man. I ran like a god and couldn't lose no matter how bad I got my money in (worst was 25%, twice). That is, until we were 4-handed. Then I rammed AQ into AK and couldn't improve, and ended up the tourny with this hand.

Full Tilt Poker, $24 + $2 NL Hold'em Sit n' Go, 500/1,000 Blinds, 2 Players
http://www.leggopoker.com/

Hero (SB): 29,123
BB: 38,377

Pre-Flop: (1,500) Q:heart: K:heart: dealt to Hero (SB)
Hero raises to 3,000, BB calls 2,000

Flop: (6,000) 8:heart: 2:heart: J:diamond: (2 Players)
BB bets 4,000, Hero raises to 26,123 and is All-In, BB calls 22,123

Turn: (58,246) Q:spade: (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

River: (58,246) A:club: (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Results: 58,246 Pot
Hero showed Q:heart: K:heart: (a pair of Queens) and LOST (-29,123 NET)
BB showed 8:club: A:diamond: (two pair, Aces and Eights) and WON 58,246 (+29,123 NET)


Pretty sick. This guy was not good, and I really shoulda been able to take it down. I was probably a favorite on this flop and I fist pumped the turn... But the river denied me my shot at the $410 first prize, and I had to settle for 270$.




I'll take it!

Roll is actually peaked right now at $1203 and change. Why did I ever stop playing tournies??? I'm over +$600 in the last 7 days. For some reason I thought that would excite me more.

Better than a kick in the face

But sooo disappointing. I was card dead and had to suck out 3 times as a result to get this far. I make a probably ill-advised shove w about 14bb and AJo UTG and woke up QQ and couldn't get my 4th suckout. Still, I'll take it.

On a side note, I turn 25 today!

My last two pair over pair spots

Seriously?





This song got old a long time ago full tilt...

Clutch: I don't have one

The kind of hand that just leaves you wondering what if... If I win this I'm double the average stack not far off the bubble and in great shape to make a run. Instead I'm down to 20bb and with my usual card-dead ways, run A8 into AA, and A7 into the monster K3 and he turns a king.

Full Tilt Poker Game #7406994374: $17,000 Guarantee (55582540), Table 3 - 100/200 - No Limit Hold'em - 2:30:27 ET - 2008/07/28
Seat 1: Precious632 (6,050)
Seat 2: deezero (6,185)
Seat 3: CPCFSD (8,520)
Seat 4: alf123 (5,655)
Seat 5: aisya (2,145)
Seat 6: ChiTownGambler (6,492)
Seat 7: lexvegasfish (3,210)
Seat 8: CheckinMyAA (6,510)
Seat 9: moneycentral (2,550)
ChiTownGambler posts the small blind of 100
lexvegasfish posts the big blind of 200
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to CheckinMyAA [Kh Kd]
CheckinMyAA raises to 600
moneycentral folds
Precious632 folds
deezero folds
CPCFSD folds
alf123 calls 600
aisya raises to 2,145, and is all in
ChiTownGambler folds
lexvegasfish folds
CheckinMyAA raises to 6,510, and is all in
alf123 folds
CheckinMyAA shows [Kh Kd]
aisya shows [Qc Ah]
Uncalled bet of 4,365 returned to CheckinMyAA
*** FLOP *** [4d Qh 6c] Hold...
*** TURN *** [4d Qh 6c] [Th] HOOOOLD
*** RIVER *** [4d Qh 6c Th] [Qd] ...standard
CheckinMyAA shows two pair, Kings and Queens
aisya shows three of a kind, Queens
aisya wins the pot (5,190) with three of a kind, Queens
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5,190 Rake 0
Board: [4d Qh 6c Th Qd]
Seat 1: Precious632 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: deezero didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: CPCFSD didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: alf123 folded before the Flop
Seat 5: aisya (button) showed [Qc Ah] and won (5,190) with three of a kind, Queens
Seat 6: ChiTownGambler (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 7: lexvegasfish (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 8: CheckinMyAA showed [Kh Kd] and lost with two pair, Kings and Queens
Seat 9: moneycentral didn't bet (folded)


Also ran AA into KK in a SNG on the 3rd hand, K on flop obv. A few other annoying bustouts. I've simply given up on waiting for the day where I stop running like garbage consistently, because it seems like it's never going to come. It's amazing I still have a bankroll at all.

Lack of Love

Sorry for not updating. Haven't really been playing poker (~3 weeks now) because I've found other things to occupy my time lately. I'll be back .. eventually. But seeing as I'm picking up a 2nd job, the updates will likely be fewer and farther between than normal. Good luck on the tables. But save some for me.

A Curious Question

What Poker Forum, if any, do you frequent? I'm a regular poster over at Card Player, and I know most of my traffic here is generated from my sig link. But some of the people on my reading list (i.e. Fuel, JJOK, OhCaptain, Cayne, PokerFool, Hoy, 2BA, Recess, etc) who may or may not have stumbled across my blog aren't on the CP forums. So, do tell?

If you're a CP poster and I obviously know it, there's no need to respond, obviously.

Also, I just gotta give a shoutout to OhCaptain for a suggestion he made a long time ago. His advice was when going thru a bad run, the best cure is to play Guitar Hero until your fingers bleed. Needless to say, I've been playing a LOT of guitar hero lately, and have evolved to the point where I can pass ~30% of the songs on Expert and have 5 stars on most of songs at the "Hard" level. What a great game.

PT3 Is Sexy, But It Couldn't Break My Rut

Played cash for the first time in a little over a week. Just got PT3 which destroys PokerOffice, for the record. It was a pretty short session (just got invited for drinks - couldn't be happier to quit) I dropped another 70$ (4th session in a row I've shipped over 2 buyins)

PokerTracker only could grab the hands from the last 30 days. I was surprised (not really) when I saw the tallies for my results over those 30 days.

-475$ after today.

That's 19 buy ins.

It's a shame PokerEV doesn't work for PT3 because I really want to see what my (total lack of) luck graph looks like.

Sigh. I'd post a graph, but it's just ugly...