still running real good

#Game No : 3863153933
***** Hand History for Game 3863153933 *****
NL Texas Hold'em Trny:21571982 Level:6 Blinds(200/400) - Friday, March 31, 23:49:25 ET 2006
Table Friday Special(648194) Table #30 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 5: Skutalino ( $4225 )
Seat 8: THEOSU7 ( $6443 )
Seat 9: Homebody ( $38825 )
Seat 10: youngluck33 ( $23019 )
Seat 7: jellybien ( $7837 )
Seat 4: BetMyAceOff ( $3048 )
Seat 1: raisecheck ( $908 )
Seat 2: Ira3801 ( $2202 )
Seat 3: POKERDILDO_1 ( $7971 )
Trny:21571982 Level:6
Blinds(200/400)
There is no Small Blind in this hand as the Big Blind of the previous hand left the table.
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to THEOSU7 [ Ad Ac ]
THEOSU7 raises [1050].
Homebody folds.
youngluck33 folds.
raisecheck folds.
Ira3801 folds.
POKERDILDO_1 folds.
BetMyAceOff folds.
Skutalino folds.
jellybien is all-In [7437]
THEOSU7 is all-In [5393]
** Dealing Flop ** [ Jh, Td, As ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 8h ]
** Dealing River ** [ Js ]
THEOSU7 shows [ Ad, Ac ] a full house, Aces full of jacks.
jellybien shows [ Jd, Jc ] four of a kind, jacks.
jellybien wins 1394 chips from side pot #1 with four of a kind, jacks.
jellybien wins 12886 chips from the main pot with four of a kind, jacks.
Player THEOSU7 finished in 413 place

memorial

Saturday afternoon we'll be going down to Louisville for the memorial service of my Uncle Bruce, who passed away a couple weeks ago. My brother will be coming down here Friday night, we'll spend most of the day on the road or at the service Saturday, and then Sunday is up in the air.

As for my uncle, I regret to say that I don't know a great deal about his personal life. Most of what I know is rather basic stuff, but also of his effect on my aunt. My Aunt Patti is one of my two godmothers, although my brother has always been closer to her than I have. There are two very good reasons for this: first, my brother is seven years older than me, and therefore the difference in age between the two of them is about 10 years (I'm not exactly sure). And secondly, when Matthew was growing up, Patti was a much happier person. I don't mean this in a callous way, she's had an awful lot in her life that made her much less happy. I don't really want to go into the details for why this is, nor do I even know the majority of those details. But what I can say is that Bruce was able to help her in ways that no one ever thought possible.

Bruce was an exceptionally kind and gentle man. I know he worked in the unions, he was very much a resource for people in both Cleveland and then Louisville. As much difficulty as I had when I worked a union job, I am aware of how much people like Bruce did to help us all. He was very giving, and always willing to help someone out. I know he had 3 children who are spread around the country (Vermont to California). Unfortunately, I know of only one vice that he had; Bruce had the unfortunate habit of smoking multiple packs of cigarettes daily. Ultimately, this vice killed him.

Bruce had been in a great deal of pain in the final few years of his life, as emphysema and cancer took a great toll on him. The final months of his life were remarkable for the tremendous swings in his state of health. I received multiple calls from my mother saying that the doctors thought he was near the end, and I received multiple calls from my mother saying that he's experienced a remarkable recovery. Unfortunately, it was in the midst of one of these periods of great health that the final countdown started, as he and Patti were out on a trip to the Grand Canyon when he could not continue.

When my Aunt Tave died last year, I attended her memorial service similarly lacking in knowing much about her. As far as I knew her, she was always this kind of shriveled older lady who always tried to help at family gatherings, even long after she was able to. At her memorial service, I learned that she was a fantastic woman, who experienced more things in life than I likely ever will.

I hope that Saturday I learn so much more about Bruce than I know now.

catching up

As I said, I went to Cleveland this weekend for my nephew's christening. Things are much better off for him - the doctor diagnosed him with acid reflux disease and prescribed a couple of medications to treat it. They're doing the trick, as he seemed very happy and was able to have a bottle without a problem. And he's a damn cute kid.

I had a very good finish last night in the Super Monday, taking 33rd. I got some good cards, but I ran pretty shitty in the tournament, losing with KK to QQ all in preflop in the 2nd hour that would have put me top 10, KK to AQ with 39 left or so when I was 3rd in the tournament in the chips that dropped me to average - that pot would have put me in the lead by a MILE and AJ to AQ on a JT9 flop. I did win two coinflips, one against a 2BB shorty and one of which was very key.

I also had a good result at poker room in the Ace of Aces tournament, although it didn't have any money involved. I finished in 14th when 10 paid. I was 3rd in the tournament with 19 left, but then people stopped folding, I made one bad call and TT ran into aces.

Tonight... We went back to standard. I couldn't make a hand in the super Tuesday, was down to 3500 chips on the last hand before break when I flopped a flush with 8s7s as the board came 6s3s2s. I bet and got 2 calls. The turn was an offsuit king. A player bet ahead of me, I pushed and he called with Ks8. Spade on the river, buhbye.

I entered the WPT Championship satellite on Full Tilt as well. One package for every 135 entrants, 166 entered so I had to win to get the seat. I got up to 4k nearing the end of the first hour when 68 < 28 on the 88A flop, then I lost a coinflip when 22 decided to die behind a raise, and could not hit a 15 outer, and out I went.

Back to normal. It really doesn't feel good.

Friday Afternoon

Nothing terribly fun results wise in terms of poker. I'm starting to run better, but I'm not playing as well. So the results haven't improved.

This weekend I'll be going to Cleveland, as it's my nephew's christening. Apparently he's been having trouble finding a suitable formula for him to eat, and he's been awfully irritable about it. So hopefully that gets fixed.

As for my tournament bracket, it's pretty ugly. I've got 3/4 of the elite 8 from the one side of the bracket - I had Mike Davis truly pissing off the entire state of Indiana and advancing this far before losing to Memphis. I correctly picked LSU to beat Duke, so yay there.

On the other side, I just have Villanova still with a shot to earn me Elite 8 points. In fact, the only other sweet 16 teams I correctly picked on that side were Florida and UConn. God, I hope UConn loses soon.

It's been a pretty boring week. Sorry for not updating, but this update was pretty damn boring, so imagine four other days of this and you see why I didn't bother.

Manic Monday

Two tourneys, the 150 on stars and the Super Monday.

Stars: QQ> AQ on like hand 4. CO limps, I raise from the BB with QQ, he reraises, I push, he instacalls with AQ (?). A on flop, case queen on river. I worked that to 4500 when KK < AA and that was that.

Super Monday: Got to 7200 early, down to 2300 at break when I made a play on a top ranked player. I had a very good feel for what he had, and I got a good river card for a bluff. He could only beat a bluff with that river card, and he did. Worked that back to 4k, back down to 2k when QQ flopped an ace and I had to drop, AJ > AK to get back to 4k, AA > JJ to get into five digits, and up to 15k. Back down to 12k, JJ > A4s to 25k. The big hand of the tournament then hit for me. With AsK UTG+1 I standard raised. The SB smallreraised which usually indicates a monster, and I decided to take a flop. The flop was QTx, all spades, and he pushed. I shrugged and called. He had KsK, so I was actually a favorite, but I could not hit any of my many, many outs. Down to 6k, I worked it back up to 12k. The last hand there I raised from the SB with AQo, the BB called and we checked down on the 45666 board, I showed the AQ and he mucked. The next hand, I raised with 88 on the button, the SB folded and the sizable stack on the BB pushed with A9s, I called and he flopped the ace and that was that.

It was nice to actaully come from behind, but I did it early when it was largely meaningless. The two big coinflips that I was involved in that could have put me in position to actually MONEY in the tournament - nope.

Bah.

got that out of the way

Loyal readers of my blog will remember the difficulty I had qualifying for the Poker Room Grand the last time it was held. This time around I had much less difficulty, as I made it on my 2nd attempt. I saw a qualifier on Poker Room going off where they guaranteed a seat, and only had 5 entrants with a minute to go, so I hopped in. Seven players went off, for a 2 player overlay. The play was even worse than I thought it would be, really genuinely terrible. It was the sort of "you need a hand" terrible, although I was able to read when the others were weak. Trouble is... the player being weak <> the player folding. It did allow me to make some thin value bets, however.

Down to 3 handed, one player had a 7500/1500/1500 advantage. That player finished 3rd. Heads up started with one player at a 8000/2000 advantage (numbers rounded, nobody took chips off the table). That player finished 2nd.

I actually got quite lucky, as he picked up QQ 2nd hand heads up. He played it about as badly as he could, though, minreraising preflop (I had 97), then making his "I don't have top pair" bet on the KJ7 flop. I called, and when he checked the 8 turn I tried to take it from him. He called, and I was going to give up until I spiked the 7 on the river. He couldn't fold on that street, either. We traded chips for a bit, then he minreraised my JTs raise (I was minraising from the button a lot - I wanted to build a reasonable pot to outplay him in, but not too big a pot. Plus, he was folding to the minraises often enough that it was enough of a raise to work). The flop was J98, a dream flop. He bet a big bet, his "I am trying to get you to fold because I'm saying I have a hand" bet, but I had none of it and moved in. He instacalled with AT, and no ace or chopcard came, and I had a big lead. I won with K3 against K9 on the K63 flop.

In other news today, I lasted under an hour in the $125gtd+$25k on UB tonight. No hands for that time, but I was able to work my stack up just a bit, then ran into AA with KK and busted. Standard.

I also played the 19k on full tilt, and that was the typical minefield. I ultimately went out of that one in a race, but both benefitted and was crushed by awful play during the course of the tournament.

I am now 3/4 in $50 heads up matches, unfortunately I went 1/2 in a 4 player heads up tournament, so I didn't win any money from it. I'll should probably play those an awful lot, since my edge against the random player is HUGE in them. I'd argue my edge against the random player is HUGE up to maybe the $200 level, but that might be giving myself too much credit.

Debbie and I attended the Blue Jackets game this evening. They faced off against the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. I've said before, and I'll say again: Nationwide Arena is the best arena (defined as a venue with a roof overhead that is not a dome) I have ever been in. There are no bad seats in the house. We got seats on the red line in the 2nd to back row and had a wonderful view of the whole game. The Blue Jackets dominated the first period, taking a 2-1 lead and firing off 16 shots on goal. The rest of the game they mustered 12, and looked horrible, ultimately losing 4-3. Sergei Federov was out with back issues, and missing him was surely the difference in the game. The really frustrating thing about this team is you can see the amazing talent, it's there, they're just not putting it together.

As I was at the CBJ match, I had to listen to the Buckeyes on the radio. I did watch the final 2 minutes of the game on the in-Arena TV during the 2nd intermission. It sounded like they played poorly while Georgetown sounded to play really well. That's not a good combination in the NCAA tournament. It was a nice run, but this team sure could have used Greg Oden a year early.

perhaps perhaps perhaps.

So after going card dead in the Party 200k tonight (2 hours with one hand - QQ. I'd give the gory details behind how I busted but you won't want to hear them. To put it simply, it was a coinflip and a guy instacalled all in behind a raise, a call and a push with TT) I decided to play a heads up match on stars. I won. It took about 10 minutes, but I was able to read the guy like a book. I made one call that I was very upset with myself for, but I was able to put that aside and went on to win.

Heads up has always been a strength of mine. I've played a few heads up tournaments on stars, winning one (well, I chopped it because it was like 2AM and I had to get up in 5 hours) and making the rd of 32 in the other before running into a total card rack. Honestly, I feel that something has to go wrong for me to lose a heads up match, as opposed to things just not going my way.

So I'm thinking of mixing in a heads up match or two into my normal routine of pounding my head against the wall in MTTs.


Oh, and to make myself feel better, instead of a bad beat, here's a hand where I had every chance to go broke but made a very good fold:


***** Hand History for Game 3773322308 *****
NL Texas Hold'em Trny:21157492 Level:4 Blinds(100/200) - Saturday, March 18, 23:23:36 ET 2006
Table $200K Guaranteed Saturday(630412) Table #61 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 2: THEOSU7 ( $5845 )
Seat 4: cremator ( $5460 )
Seat 7: gavin1980 ( $7778 )
Seat 8: MrRobinson ( $4420 )
Seat 9: cigaraday ( $9076 )
Seat 10: ilies ( $10550 )
Seat 6: lottaluckusa ( $8107 )
Seat 3: keating ( $17519 )
Seat 5: savsams ( $8080 )
Trny:21157492 Level:4
Blinds(100/200)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to THEOSU7 [ Ac Qd ]
lottaluckusa folds.
gavin1980 calls [200].
MrRobinson folds.
cigaraday folds.
ilies calls [200].
THEOSU7 calls [200].
keating folds.
cremator folds.
savsams checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [ Qc, 4h, Ts ]
savsams checks.
acatt100 has joined the table.
Player acatt100 has been moved from table 62 to this table
gavin1980 bets [551].
ilies raises [1102].
THEOSU7 folds.
savsams folds.
gavin1980 calls [551].
** Dealing Turn ** [ Qs ]
gavin1980 bets [598].
ilies raises [1196].
gavin1980 calls [598].
** Dealing River ** [ Jh ]
gavin1980 bets [603].
ilies raises [1206].
gavin1980 is all-In [4677]
ilies calls [4074].
ilies shows [ 4s, 4d ] a full house, Fours full of queens.
gavin1980 shows [ Jc, Qh ] a full house, Queens full of jacks.
gavin1980 wins 16056 chips from the main pot with a full house, Queens full of jacks.

grrrr

I haven't posted for a while for two reasons:

First, I haven't played a whole lot.

Secondly, whenever I have, it's been retarded.

I really hate peppering my blog with bad beat stories. I really do. Lately, that's all I seem to be doing, though. It's been no different since my 3rd place finish in the Ace of Clubs tournament. I was hoping that the finish signified a change in my fortune, but that's just not been the case. In consecutive tournaments I went out against slowplayed aces after getting it in 90% against them. Today in the FT 20 seat freeroll I went out with aces against a flush draw. In the Party million gtd today I took a few tough ones, including going out with 67 against AK on the Q97 flop.

Like I said, even when I finished 3rd recently, I didn't even get lucky. I'm STILL waiting for the tournament that I get those drawouts, because I haven't had that tournament in a long long time, and I've been due it for, like, ever now.

It's starting to come back

Last night I moneyed in the Super Monday on Party, although I lost $2.70 on the deal. I actually had my first real suckout in a long time, when I was shortstacked and in with 33 against QQ and fourflushed the river. I used that momentum and a couple of other key wins to get into the top 5 with 125 left (120 paid). I was bullying well, but my bullying cost me in a big pot. A minraise and two calls came to me on the BB with KQo. I decided to push to take the dead money. Unfortunately, the first caller had AK and called all in. He had the most chips of the 3, natch. Shortly into the money, my QQ ran into aces and that was that.

Today, after my 2 finals, I played a little on Bugsy's while making dinner. A 50/5 that only had 18 runners. Down to 11 (5 handed) I raised with QTd and the button called. The flop was JT4 with one diamond. I bet and he called. The turn was the 8d. I checked, because I really didn't want to risk getting blown off this hand. He checked behind. The river was an offsuit deuce, I checked again and called his bet. He had 22 - no diamonds. One outer.

Two hands later and at a full table (10 handed) I had K2c in the SB. One limper, I completed, the BB checked. The flop was 22T. Long story short, I lost half my stack to the limper's A2. Two hands after that, I lost all of my stack when my 55 lost to 77 on the T75 flop. That's a hell of a cooler.

I played the Super Tuesday and ran into some more bad luck. I had a player call on the end with an underpair to the board for almost all of his stack - it was good; then lost with an overpair effectively all in preflop. I built it back, lost a crippling race and then couldn't catch up to JJ with QT.

I also was in the PokerRoom Ace of Clubs tourney. This month, they bumped it to a 250/17 tourney with 20k gtd. Only 70 runners were in the tourney, which made for a nice $2500 overlay. I wasn't complaining. This structure is really superb, there's a lot of play in it, which I like. I really played some very good poker in this tournament. I was mostly puttering along, but won a really big pot to take the chip lead with about 15 left (10 paid) with QQ v. TT. I won a coinflip in that bubble area with 88 against KQ to solidify my advantage. Down to 11, I got it in with AK against the former chipleader's AQ. All was well till a queen spiked the river - I'd have been a very significant chipleader had that card not hit. As it was, I came to the final table in 2nd place.

I went a bit cold at the final table, but was making chips well enough to hold on. A key hand came when MP raised, the AQguy from before called, and I decided to take a flop with JhJ. The flop was 567, with two hearts. I checked to see what developed, but the others checked as well. The turn was the 4h. I led out and the PFR moved in for what was a significant portion of my stack. The caller folded, and I was left with a decision. I couldn't see this player having the flush - surely with the draw he'd have bet. The same went for an 8 or an overpair. That really only left one hand: Ahx. I decided in the end that I was very likely good (and, if I wasn't, I was almost certainly drawing very live). The player had the one hand I didn't even consider - A3. I was still drawing live to the flush or to a chop, but could not do it. That put me short with six players left, but I played some very effective poker to get back in it. I never was within sight of the chiplead again, but I lasted to 3rd, finally going out with AK to 56 when the chipleader priced himself into calling with his raise, and spiked a five.

It was good for $2600 though. It certainly felt damn good finally getting a result. The structure was slow enough that it allowed for a great deal of play, so my superior decision making and playmaking abilities shined through. And, it should go without saying, it was a hell of a confidence boost. My confidence has been awfully low lately, as I'm sure those loyal readers are aware. Hopefully this is the start of another swing up.

Simply the Best!

Full Tilt Poker Game #494980588: $200,000 Guarantee! (2968296), Table 81 - 120/240 Ante 25 - No Limit Hold'em - 19:43:20 ET - 2006/03/12
Seat 1: rev hockey (4,345)
Seat 2: macdano (5,564)
Seat 3: tranquilo (3,255)
Seat 4: dutchmaster (10,555)
Seat 5: Quint Eastwood (3,290)
Seat 6: McLazy (3,230)
Seat 7: Archerdan (2,870)
Seat 8: KrustytheClown (5,425)
Seat 9: THEOSU (13,502)
rev hockey antes 25
macdano antes 25
tranquilo antes 25
dutchmaster antes 25
Quint Eastwood antes 25
McLazy antes 25
Archerdan antes 25
KrustytheClown antes 25
THEOSU antes 25
KrustytheClown posts the small blind of 120
THEOSU posts the big blind of 240
The button is in seat #7
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to THEOSU [Jc Jd]
KrustytheClown: almost 10
rev hockey folds
macdano folds
tranquilo folds
dutchmaster folds
Quint Eastwood folds
McLazy folds
Archerdan raises to 780
KrustytheClown folds
THEOSU raises to 13,477, and is all in
Archerdan has 15 seconds left to act
Archerdan calls 2,065, and is all in
THEOSU shows [Jc Jd]
Archerdan shows [2c As]
Uncalled bet of 10,632 returned to THEOSU
*** FLOP *** [6s 6c 9h]
*** TURN *** [6s 6c 9h] [Ts]
*** RIVER *** [6s 6c 9h Ts] [Ah]
THEOSU shows two pair, Jacks and Sixes
Archerdan shows two pair, Aces and Sixes
Archerdan wins the pot (6,035) with two pair, Aces and Sixes
THEOSU: std
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 6,035 Rake 0
Board: [6s 6c 9h Ts Ah]
Seat 1: rev hockey folded before the Flop
Seat 2: macdano folded before the Flop
Seat 3: tranquilo folded before the Flop
Seat 4: dutchmaster folded before the Flop
Seat 5: Quint Eastwood folded before the Flop
Seat 6: McLazy folded before the Flop
Seat 7: Archerdan (button) showed [2c As] and won (6,035) with two pair, Aces and Sixes
Seat 8: KrustytheClown (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 9: THEOSU (big blind) showed [Jc Jd] and lost with two pair, Jacks and Sixes



Full Tilt Poker Game #495059922: $200,000 Guarantee! (2968296), Table 81 - 250/500 Ante 50 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:18:03 ET - 2006/03/12
Seat 1: rev hockey (4,378)
Seat 2: All Golfer (9,234)
Seat 3: and1show15 (8,020)
Seat 4: dutchmaster (8,438)
Seat 5: Quint Eastwood (11,145)
Seat 6: MJay511 (8,979)
Seat 7: Archerdan (5,238)
Seat 8: KrustytheClown (12,128)
Seat 9: THEOSU (14,247)
rev hockey antes 50
All Golfer antes 50
and1show15 antes 50
dutchmaster antes 50
Quint Eastwood antes 50
MJay511 antes 50
Archerdan antes 50
KrustytheClown antes 50
THEOSU antes 50
THEOSU posts the small blind of 250
rev hockey posts the big blind of 500
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to THEOSU [8c 8h]
All Golfer folds
and1show15 folds
dutchmaster folds
Quint Eastwood folds
MJay511 folds
Archerdan raises to 1,500
KrustytheClown folds
THEOSU raises to 14,197, and is all in
rev hockey folds
Archerdan calls 3,688, and is all in
THEOSU shows [8c 8h]
Archerdan shows [Jd Ah]
Uncalled bet of 9,009 returned to THEOSU
*** FLOP *** [4h Td 4s]
*** TURN *** [4h Td 4s] [Qh]
THEOSU: spike the river
*** RIVER *** [4h Td 4s Qh] [Kc]
THEOSU shows two pair, Eights and Fours
Archerdan shows a straight, Ace high
Archerdan wins the pot (11,326) with a straight, Ace high
THEOSU: there we go
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 11,326 Rake 0
Board: [4h Td 4s Qh Kc]
Seat 1: rev hockey (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 2: All Golfer folded before the Flop
Seat 3: and1show15 folded before the Flop
Seat 4: dutchmaster folded before the Flop
Seat 5: Quint Eastwood folded before the Flop
Seat 6: MJay511 folded before the Flop
Seat 7: Archerdan showed [Jd Ah] and won (11,326) with a straight, Ace high
Seat 8: KrustytheClown (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 9: THEOSU (small blind) showed [8c 8h] and lost with two pair, Eights and Fours



Full Tilt Poker Game #495096424: $200,000 Guarantee! (2968296), Table 81 - 400/800 Ante 100 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:33:51 ET - 2006/03/12
Seat 1: rev hockey (11,506)
Seat 2: All Golfer (4,356)
Seat 3: lgkeeper (9,710)
Seat 4: dutchmaster (5,638)
Seat 5: Quint Eastwood (25,491)
Seat 6: MJay511 (20,254)
Seat 8: KrustytheClown (5,353)
Seat 9: THEOSU (15,034)
rev hockey antes 100
All Golfer antes 100
lgkeeper antes 100
dutchmaster antes 100
Quint Eastwood antes 100
MJay511 antes 100
KrustytheClown antes 100
THEOSU antes 100
THEOSU posts the small blind of 400
rev hockey posts the big blind of 800
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to THEOSU [6d 7s]
NewkDaddy (Observer): terrible call quint
All Golfer folds
lgkeeper folds
NewkDaddy (Observer): how did you do that?
dutchmaster folds
THEOSU: there's some symmetry in it
Quint Eastwood: lol
Quint Eastwood has 15 seconds left to act
Quint Eastwood calls 800
MJay511 folds
KrustytheClown folds
THEOSU calls 400
rev hockey checks
*** FLOP *** [4c 6h Ks]
THEOSU checks
rev hockey checks
Quint Eastwood checks
*** TURN *** [4c 6h Ks] [6c]
THEOSU bets 1,000
rev hockey folds
Quint Eastwood calls 1,000
*** RIVER *** [4c 6h Ks 6c] [9s]
THEOSU bets 2,300
Quint Eastwood raises to 23,591, and is all in
THEOSU has 15 seconds left to act
THEOSU: did you spike the set on the river?
THEOSU calls 10,834, and is all in
Uncalled bet of 10,457 returned to Quint Eastwood
Archerdan (Observer): dosn't matter how far you get in these tourny ..u still run into poor play
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Quint Eastwood shows [9c 9d] (a full house, Nines full of Sixes)
THEOSU mucks
Quint Eastwood wins the pot (31,468) with a full house, Nines full of Sixes
THEOSU stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 31,468 Rake 0
Board: [4c 6h Ks 6c 9s]
Seat 1: rev hockey (big blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 2: All Golfer folded before the Flop
Seat 3: lgkeeper folded before the Flop
Seat 4: dutchmaster folded before the Flop
Seat 5: Quint Eastwood showed [9c 9d] and won (31,468) with a full house, Nines full of Sixes
Seat 6: MJay511 folded before the Flop
Seat 8: KrustytheClown (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 9: THEOSU (small blind) mucked [6d 7s] - three of a kind, Sixes



Full Tilt Poker Game #495322044: WSOP Main Event Qualifier (2969550), Table 4 - 60/120 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:10:41 ET - 2006/03/12
Seat 1: THEOSU (2,380)
Seat 2: OICU812 (7,595)
Seat 3: TheMasterJ33 (1,645)
Seat 4: thunderaa (3,618)
Seat 5: chekurtab (3,047)
Seat 6: KrustytheClown (5,505)
Seat 7: Ka-Mai (2,670)
Seat 8: atlpokergirl (1,400)
Seat 9: GoBucksIndy (2,615)
GoBucksIndy posts the small blind of 60
THEOSU posts the big blind of 120
THEOSU: he'll finish 2nd to me
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to THEOSU [9s Ks]
OICU812 folds
TheMasterJ33 folds
thunderaa folds
chekurtab folds
THEOSU: he'll be like the court jester of FTP
KrustytheClown folds
Ka-Mai folds
atlpokergirl folds
KrustytheClown: most likely
GoBucksIndy raises to 360
THEOSU calls 240
*** FLOP *** [Jd 9c 4c]
GoBucksIndy checks
THEOSU checks
*** TURN *** [Jd 9c 4c] [5c]
GoBucksIndy checks
THEOSU bets 300
GoBucksIndy calls 300
*** RIVER *** [Jd 9c 4c 5c] [Ad]
GoBucksIndy checks
THEOSU checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
THEOSU shows [9s Ks] (a pair of Nines)
GoBucksIndy shows [Kh Ah] (a pair of Aces)
GoBucksIndy wins the pot (1,320) with a pair of Aces
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1,320 Rake 0
Board: [Jd 9c 4c 5c Ad]
Seat 1: THEOSU (big blind) showed [9s Ks] and lost with a pair of Nines
Seat 2: OICU812 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: TheMasterJ33 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: thunderaa didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: chekurtab didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: KrustytheClown didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: Ka-Mai didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: atlpokergirl (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: GoBucksIndy (small blind) showed [Kh Ah] and won (1,320) with a pair of Aces



Full Tilt Poker Game #495367213: WSOP Main Event Qualifier (2969550), Table 4 - 100/200 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:29:56 ET - 2006/03/12
Seat 1: THEOSU (4,590)
Seat 2: OICU812 (3,936)
Seat 3: TheMasterJ33 (3,535)
Seat 4: thunderaa (3,518)
Seat 5: chekurtab (3,487)
Seat 6: KrustytheClown (6,414)
Seat 7: Marty Monster (1,385)
Seat 8: Dustin Dirksen (1,930)
Seat 9: GoBucksIndy (4,015)
GoBucksIndy posts the small blind of 100
THEOSU posts the big blind of 200
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to THEOSU [Td Th]
OICU812 folds
TheMasterJ33 raises to 500
thunderaa folds
chekurtab folds
KrustytheClown folds
Marty Monster raises to 1,385, and is all in
Dustin Dirksen folds
GoBucksIndy folds
THEOSU raises to 4,590, and is all in
TheMasterJ33 has 15 seconds left to act
TheMasterJ33 folds
THEOSU shows [Td Th]
Marty Monster shows [6h 6s]
THEOSU: please tell me you folded like AQ instead of, say, the other two tens
Uncalled bet of 3,205 returned to THEOSU
*** FLOP *** [8s 9s 5h]
Marty Monster: i am in trouble
*** TURN *** [8s 9s 5h] [Ad]
*** RIVER *** [8s 9s 5h Ad] [6d]
THEOSU shows a pair of Tens
Marty Monster shows three of a kind, Sixes
Marty Monster wins the pot (3,370) with three of a kind, Sixes
THEOSU: no you're not
THEOSU: jesus
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3,370 Rake 0
Board: [8s 9s 5h Ad 6d]
Seat 1: THEOSU (big blind) showed [Td Th] and lost with a pair of Tens
Seat 2: OICU812 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: TheMasterJ33 folded before the Flop
Seat 4: thunderaa didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: chekurtab didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: KrustytheClown didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: Marty Monster showed [6h 6s] and won (3,370) with three of a kind, Sixes
Seat 8: Dustin Dirksen (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: GoBucksIndy (small blind) folded before the Flop



Full Tilt Poker Game #495388930: WSOP Main Event Qualifier (2969550), Table 4 - 120/240 Ante 25 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:38:43 ET - 2006/03/12
Seat 1: THEOSU (2,755)
Seat 2: OICU812 (2,332)
Seat 3: TheMasterJ33 (5,260)
Seat 4: tonino421 (3,178)
Seat 5: chekurtab (3,137)
Seat 6: KrustytheClown (7,524)
Seat 7: Marty Monster (1,591)
Seat 8: Dustin Dirksen (2,995)
THEOSU antes 25
OICU812 antes 25
TheMasterJ33 antes 25
tonino421 antes 25
chekurtab antes 25
KrustytheClown antes 25
Marty Monster antes 25
Dustin Dirksen antes 25
tonino421 posts the small blind of 120
chekurtab posts the big blind of 240
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to THEOSU [Kd Ad]
KrustytheClown folds
Marty Monster folds
Dustin Dirksen folds
THEOSU raises to 660
OICU812 folds
TheMasterJ33 folds
tonino421 folds
chekurtab raises to 3,112, and is all in
THEOSU calls 2,070, and is all in
chekurtab shows [Qh Kh]
THEOSU shows [Kd Ad]
Uncalled bet of 382 returned to chekurtab
THEOSU: gl all
*** FLOP *** [Qc Ac 7s]
*** TURN *** [Qc Ac 7s] [Qs]
*** RIVER *** [Qc Ac 7s Qs] [2c]
chekurtab shows three of a kind, Queens
THEOSU: imrea;
THEOSU shows two pair, Aces and Queens
chekurtab wins the pot (5,780) with three of a kind, Queens
THEOSU stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5,780 Rake 0
Board: [Qc Ac 7s Qs 2c]
Seat 1: THEOSU showed [Kd Ad] and lost with two pair, Aces and Queens
Seat 2: OICU812 folded before the Flop
Seat 3: TheMasterJ33 (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: tonino421 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: chekurtab (big blind) showed [Qh Kh] and won (5,780) with three of a kind, Queens
Seat 6: KrustytheClown folded before the Flop
Seat 7: Marty Monster folded before the Flop
Seat 8: Dustin Dirksen folded before the Flop

I am awesome at poker

#Game No : 3725592588
***** Hand History for Game 3725592588 *****
NL Texas Hold'em Trny:20959465 Level:1 Blinds(20/40) - Sunday, March 12, 16:35:54 ET 2006
Table $500K Guaranteed(621517) Table #236 (Real Money)
Seat 8 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: cmf1171 ( $5000 )
Seat 2: meadsstreet ( $4044 )
Seat 3: yrrahsym ( $6213 )
Seat 4: DoUGotAA ( $5411 )
Seat 5: joesport ( $3677 )
Seat 6: TheSnookyPoo ( $5170 )
Seat 7: onedognight ( $5785 )
Seat 8: crazymads ( $5100 )
Seat 9: luckydog4777 ( $4980 )
Seat 10: THEOSU7 ( $4940 )
Trny:20959465 Level:1
Blinds(20/40)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to THEOSU7 [ Ks As ]
cmf1171 folds.
meadsstreet: re rase pre flop and you get all my chips dik hed
meadsstreet has been reconnected and has 18 seconds to act.
meadsstreet raises [80].
yrrahsym folds.
DoUGotAA folds.
joesport folds.
TheSnookyPoo folds.
onedognight folds.
crazymads calls [80].
luckydog4777 folds.
THEOSU7 raises [460].
meadsstreet calls [420].
crazymads folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ Tc, 6d, Ts ]
THEOSU7 checks.
meadsstreet checks.
** Dealing Turn ** [ Jh ]
THEOSU7 checks.
meadsstreet bets [318].
THEOSU7 calls [318].
** Dealing River ** [ Qh ]
THEOSU7 bets [1000].
meadsstreet is all-In [3226]
THEOSU7 calls [2226].
THEOSU7 shows [ Ks, As ] a straight, ten to ace.
meadsstreet shows [ Qd, Qc ] a full house, Queens full of tens.
meadsstreet wins 8188 chips from the main pot with a full house, Queens full of tens.
Game #3725601449 starts.




#Game No : 3725641844
***** Hand History for Game 3725641844 *****
NL Texas Hold'em Trny:20959465 Level:1 Blinds(20/40) - Sunday, March 12, 16:42:20 ET 2006
Table $500K Guaranteed(621517) Table #236 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: cmf1171 ( $4940 )
Seat 2: meadsstreet ( $7152 )
Seat 3: yrrahsym ( $6238 )
Seat 4: DoUGotAA ( $5331 )
Seat 5: joesport ( $3577 )
Seat 6: TheSnookyPoo ( $6081 )
Seat 7: onedognight ( $6085 )
Seat 8: crazymads ( $4980 )
Seat 9: luckydog4777 ( $4880 )
Seat 10: THEOSU7 ( $1056 )
Trny:20959465 Level:1
Blinds(20/40)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to THEOSU7 [ Ad Kd ]
crazymads folds.
luckydog4777 raises [90].
THEOSU7 is all-In [1056]
cmf1171 folds.
meadsstreet calls [1056].
yrrahsym folds.
DoUGotAA folds.
joesport folds.
TheSnookyPoo folds.
onedognight folds.
luckydog4777 folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 5d, 2s, 8s ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 6c ]
** Dealing River ** [ Td ]
THEOSU7 shows [ Ad, Kd ] high card ace.
meadsstreet shows [ Qh, Qc ] a pair of queens.
meadsstreet wins 2262 chips from the main pot with a pair of queens.
Player THEOSU7 finished in 2686 place



PokerStars Game #4265134919: Tournament #20354660, Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2006/03/12 - 16:55:01 (ET)
Table '20354660 17' Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: 2a+2b=? (1960 in chips)
Seat 2: THEOSU (2260 in chips)
Seat 3: MOJOEX1 (4385 in chips)
Seat 4: FRED FLINT (2275 in chips)
Seat 5: painter1947 (2820 in chips)
Seat 6: guljo (755 in chips)
Seat 7: BruiserBear1 (3105 in chips)
Seat 8: msbehavn (4985 in chips)
Seat 9: tusselabb (2385 in chips)
THEOSU: posts small blind 15
MOJOEX1: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to THEOSU [Ac Qh]
FRED FLINT: folds
painter1947: raises 60 to 90
guljo: folds
BruiserBear1: folds
msbehavn: folds
tusselabb: folds
2a+2b=?: folds
THEOSU: calls 75
MOJOEX1: calls 60
*** FLOP *** [2c Kd Ad]
THEOSU: checks
MOJOEX1: checks
painter1947: bets 480
THEOSU: calls 480
MOJOEX1: folds
*** TURN *** [2c Kd Ad] [Ks]
THEOSU: checks
painter1947: bets 330
THEOSU: calls 330
*** RIVER *** [2c Kd Ad Ks] [5c]
THEOSU: checks
painter1947: bets 690
THEOSU: calls 690
*** SHOW DOWN ***
painter1947: shows [Kc Ah] (a full house, Kings full of Aces)
THEOSU: mucks hand
painter1947 collected 3270 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3270 Rake 0
Board [2c Kd Ad Ks 5c]
Seat 1: 2a+2b=? (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: THEOSU (small blind) mucked [Ac Qh]
Seat 3: MOJOEX1 (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 4: FRED FLINT folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: painter1947 showed [Kc Ah] and won (3270) with a full house, Kings full of Aces
Seat 6: guljo folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: BruiserBear1 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: msbehavn folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: tusselabb folded before Flop (didn't bet)



PokerStars Game #4265358581: Tournament #20354660, Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2006/03/12 - 17:14:11 (ET)
Table '20354660 17' Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: allan51 (2665 in chips)
Seat 2: THEOSU (475 in chips)
Seat 3: MOJOEX1 (4680 in chips)
Seat 4: FRED FLINT (1920 in chips)
Seat 5: painter1947 (5720 in chips)
Seat 6: guljo (585 in chips)
Seat 7: BruiserBear1 (2875 in chips)
Seat 8: msbehavn (6645 in chips)
Seat 9: tusselabb (1755 in chips)
allan51: posts small blind 25
THEOSU: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to THEOSU [9s As]
MOJOEX1: folds
FRED FLINT: folds
painter1947: calls 50
guljo: folds
BruiserBear1: folds
msbehavn: folds
tusselabb: folds
allan51: folds
THEOSU: raises 425 to 475 and is all-in
painter1947: calls 425
*** FLOP *** [Ad 5h Jc]
THEOSU said, "DEUCE"
*** TURN *** [Ad 5h Jc] [6h]
painter1947 said, "7"
*** RIVER *** [Ad 5h Jc 6h] [2h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
THEOSU: shows [9s As] (a pair of Aces)
painter1947: shows [4d 3d] (a straight, Deuce to Six)
painter1947 said, "gg"
painter1947 collected 975 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 975 Rake 0
Board [Ad 5h Jc 6h 2h]
Seat 1: allan51 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: THEOSU (big blind) showed [9s As] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 3: MOJOEX1 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: FRED FLINT folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: painter1947 showed [4d 3d] and won (975) with a straight, Deuce to Six
Seat 6: guljo folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: BruiserBear1 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: msbehavn folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: tusselabb (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

lolz omg

Thanks to the QB for this link:

http://us.gizmodo.com/gadgets/home-entertainment/tripl3-w0rd-sc0r3-pwn3d1-140150.php

Summing up the past 2 weeks nicely

FT WPT satellite: All in with KK against JJ. J on flop.

Party 200k Gtd: All in with AQ for 12BB. I'm only against AA AND QQ. I think that's the definition of "drawing thin".

full of rageahol.

Full Tilt WSOP satellite: I got rivered twice to get down to 500 chips, worked it back to 2200 and then out on a coinflip. Surprisingly enough.

Party Super Thursday: I got to 8k early, then got involved with QQ against AA and AA for a few chips before I got away, then was down to 5k, back to 10k, and then in the span of two hands I went out. I misplayed the first hand, then just went on "get me the fuck out of here" tilt where I called all in with AJ. I didn't draw out against AK.

That's the first time what's been happening the past few weeks has really gotten to me. It's been really rough lately and while I know I haven't been playing my best, I haven't had a moment like I just had now. I'm not too upset that I had it, what's done is done. Maybe it's a cathartic release, who knows.

All I know is I'm sick of losing.

if it wasn't for luck, I guess I'd win them all.

Well, not quite that haughty.

Out of the stars 150 tonight. I got a bit lucky early on when my AJ ultimately outdraw A3 who flopped two pair (of course, why he's raising with A3 there, who knows), but went out with 99 against KJc on the J9x, two club flop. The turn and river were both clubs, just for the added f you.

Also played in the UB 75k, which had a nice overlay due to all the problems they've been having lately. I got down to 1500 near the end of the first hour after bluffing into two pair. I lingered for a while before pushing on the button behind a hijack raise with JJ. The SB INSTACALLED all in for way too much, the hijack called due to the odds. I had JJ against 55 (hijack) and JTo (SB? WTF?). The flop was Q high, all spades, and JT had the only spade. The turn was an ace, the river was a king, and JT magnificently tripled up. I was left with 600 at 50/100. I was able to work that back up to 2500, but went out with AT against JJ. Button raised, I pushed AT from the big, he called. I didn't hit. Awfully frustrating. Getting old. Basically the same thing I've been writing for the past two weeks.

not a total loss

Couldn't do anything in the Super Tuesday. I went 45 hands without hitting a flop, then when I finally hit one I had TPTK against a set. I was too well invested to get away.

WPT Foxwoods satellite on FT tonight. I was doing well, then went dead and also went unable to manufacture chips. Down to 3 tables and half average I pushed for 11BB behind 2 limpers with 85s. AK had limped in EP, didn't fold, and I didn't draw out.

I decided to sign up for a $100 tourney on Party. I was unaware that it was limit, but it was. I actually made the money in this one, just barely. Limit's a game of catching cards, which I did a bit of. Unfortunately, I went cold at the final 3 tables, and you cannot manufacture chips in limit. The really tough hand came with the blinds high, I had 87s against 56o on a 567 flop. It's a virtual coinflip, and I bricked out. It was just a few hands later that I went out.

But at least I moneyed. And I proved that I AM able to catch some cards. I just need to do so more frequently, that's all.

come on

I know it sounds like I'm always whining, but again...


I'm not going to go into gory details, but it's getting ridiculous and it's beginning to affect my play. I'm making plays I shouldn't because I'm just so in need of taking a pot now, because I know if I let any more cards show on the table that it's going to punish me.

I've been in this spot before and i know it affected my play then. I have to just focus on playing the game that has gotten me into so many of these good spots.

Play perfect poker, play perfect poker, play perfect poker.

heh

I giggle every time I see the O RLY owl. It's late, so this seems like a valuable thread in my blog.

Enjoy!

coinflips

I was motoring along with a very healthy stack at the 200k. Then:

I couldn't dodge an inside straight draw on the river.
I went 0-3 in coinflips.

This is getting really, really, really, really old. I'm sure it's getting old for you, dear reader, but this is really beginning to become ludicrous. I know I've said this for some time, but I'm due for a ridiculous run of good luck. Hopefully when that ridiculous run of good luck arrives it's in a big tournament with a big payday.

successful saturday

/sarcasm

Played 3 tourneys thus far. 300 on stars this afternoon which has a good structure. Busted within an hour getting no cards, and being forced to fold. I busted with TPTK in a spot in a WA/WB situation. Since I'd been forced to play so weakly due to not hitting anything, I thought there was a decent chance that the villain was putting a move on me. He wasn't, he had a set. This will come up again.


Full Tilt 30k gtd. I don't remember much about this tournament, except I didn't hit a damn thing and went out within about 40 minutes. I went out calling all in on a flush draw in a multiway pot when I was getting odds. I didn't hit.

Stars 100/9 deepstax. I got to 10k relatively early cracking aces (flopped flush), then to 12k with a set against a shorty who couldn't release top pair. I maintained that for about an hour, then within 25 minutes it went downhill, as I ran into sets on three occasions, including a hand that crippled me: AK v. 77 on the AK7 board. I'm not going to fold that.

Thus far, 3 tournaments and I've had a broadway pair once (queens) - and that flopped an ace. Let's hope the 200k this evening on Party will give me some better cards and some better luck.

i am so hot

Friday Special on Party. About 8 hands in, EP raises, called, I call the button with 44, SB repops it, and all of us call. Flop is 8T4, two diamonds. SB bets, EP moves in, I call, SB folds. EP did all this nonsense with J9 of diamonds, and it the flush. I win a coinflip to double up, I get donated another double up, and then lose a flip to go out.

55k on Stars. I don't know why I played, because my mind wasn't in it at all. I went a total of 0-3 in coinflips in the tournament, though I did win with AJ against AK during the rebuy period.

Back to standard, we are.

I woke up this morning to find out that the guy who busted me last night won, and a guy who open moved in for 100K at 2k/4k with guys who covered him in the blinds finished 2nd. (he had AK, a guy with 50k and AA called and two kings flopped). It's kinda sick to wake up in the morning and find out that the key was luckboxing it and not actually being good.

I was going to post a couple hands from last night this evening, but I am so friggin tired.

real quick

finished 10th in the Party Super Thursday for 1700 bucks.

Went cold and bad lucked at the same time. Lost 3 of my last 4 coinflips, AA to KQ (he made quad queens, I made aces full. Seriously.) AQ to A8, and then went out with QQ to AQ. I did not come from worse than a coinflip down except for early in hour 2 when I played a hand using my as-if strategy. I wasn't ahead, but the river was kind.

I was due for a nice run at a Party tournament, I said not too long ago that I cracked the code here, and I was due for a result. I won a few coinflips early, had the hand I mentioned in passing early, and got some cards. Unfortunately, that nice run couldn't hold through to the end of the tournament as I ran into a few luckboxes (one of the guys still aroudn moved in for 100k FTA at 2000/4000 with AK and cracked aces.)

1700 isn't 37000, but it's nice enough for now.

just an ugly day

Played a lot of smaller buyin tournaments this evening.

I forgot. In these smaller buyin tournaments, people are even LESS inclined to let go of a hand. Wow, some bizarre stuff got called down. Despite this, i kept running into monsters all day long.

I also tried satelliting into next Monday's WSOP Satellite via SnG. I was down to 230 in the first level when a player decided that A7o was good for all 1300 of the chips he had left, and made a fourflush. I got a bunch back when I pushed with Q7s that got called by KJ and made a boat. I got aces against AQ, then lost a whole bunch with queens to ace five (A on flop). I grinded it back and had the chiplead down to 3 when I lost a flip (against a guy who'd already gone 3-3 in the SnG) and then pushed AJ into aces (against the coinflip guy, who slowrolled).

Lots of monsters were against me today, but that's fine. It happens sometimes.