Forgot to mention I played in my first blogger tournament. The Tuckfard Open. As I fit well with tuckfards.
It only had 26 players but I managed to get lucky and win two bounties. Got knocked out 6th but I played poorly. Hopefully will play in more blogger tournaments but I don't have any money on FT or Bodog right now.... just have to keep trying to win money in freerolls I guess.
Have done decent in the last 3 real $ MTTs on PS. 47th, 54th and 400 something. All 3 had over 3000 players. Course they were all $1 or .50 to enter. LOL One day I hope the damn breaks and I can get a top 5 cash in one of these.
Friday, February 22, 2008
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
FishTilt
Well started playing for real $ again on Sunday. Did ok Sunday but due to the way Monday and Tuesday have been I don't remember the highlights. I guess I need to send my db here to work (where I do the blogging from).
I have noticed I have been pretty tilty as of late. All it takes it losing coinflips at key moments (when I am ahead) or people sucking out when it should have been obvious they are so far behind but they just don't see it.
Good example was Sunday in a $5 2table SNG (huge buy in for me. LOL) on Pokerstars. Down to final 5. I am second shortest stack. And the other guy keeps getting close to felt but then gets the miracle double up like 3 times. But that's poker as they say. So I finally get a decent hand after 20-30 minutes of watching the other short stack. QQ utg, I raise almost 35% of my stack and the next player who is the big stack shoved ai. I figure he doesn't have a made hand but wants to steal it right there. I also figure it is a playable hand... I am hoping for something like AJ or less. Unfortunately it is AKs. I called ai preflop and the K hits the turn. Just seems to be the way I have been running lately.
This has been prevalent in my small buyin multitable SNGs on UB also. Haven't even been making FTs on there and if I do I bust before the money. And then I start playing bad in other tournies I am in. Say to myself crap like "if they wanna play bingo I will play bingo". Then piss away most of my stacks even when I know I am beat. Last night did it on a 9 high flop against the bb when I had 55. He check raised me on the flop then bet ai on turn.... I called! LOL Showed A9 and I am out.
I never was any good at Bingo. LOL
B9
I have noticed I have been pretty tilty as of late. All it takes it losing coinflips at key moments (when I am ahead) or people sucking out when it should have been obvious they are so far behind but they just don't see it.
Good example was Sunday in a $5 2table SNG (huge buy in for me. LOL) on Pokerstars. Down to final 5. I am second shortest stack. And the other guy keeps getting close to felt but then gets the miracle double up like 3 times. But that's poker as they say. So I finally get a decent hand after 20-30 minutes of watching the other short stack. QQ utg, I raise almost 35% of my stack and the next player who is the big stack shoved ai. I figure he doesn't have a made hand but wants to steal it right there. I also figure it is a playable hand... I am hoping for something like AJ or less. Unfortunately it is AKs. I called ai preflop and the K hits the turn. Just seems to be the way I have been running lately.
This has been prevalent in my small buyin multitable SNGs on UB also. Haven't even been making FTs on there and if I do I bust before the money. And then I start playing bad in other tournies I am in. Say to myself crap like "if they wanna play bingo I will play bingo". Then piss away most of my stacks even when I know I am beat. Last night did it on a 9 high flop against the bb when I had 55. He check raised me on the flop then bet ai on turn.... I called! LOL Showed A9 and I am out.
I never was any good at Bingo. LOL
B9
Friday, February 15, 2008
Broken promise to myself..... (big surprise LOL)
Well the title is pretty sarcastic in case one couldn't tell. LOL
I told myself I wasn't going to play any poker for real $. Only freerolls and play money and fpps. Well made it halfway through the week.
First part of the week was playing play money on Stars since a buddy from work just signed up on Stars and wanted to get a feel for the site.
Wednesday my poker buddy wanted to go to the regular $20 game that he cashes in consistently (like 65% of the time). I have mentioned before it is a horrible structure tournament but the potential win is around $600 for 20 and under 90 players. They also do SNGs for $5 (or whatever amount they agree to). Usually play in one or two of those before the main tourney. We played in one and as usual I took a horrible beat by an idiot that thinks he is a good player. Course he things calling 70% of your stack off with K5s is a good call when the tournament is set up to be winner take all and you are 4 handed. I had 1010 and he spiked a K on the flop. It might have even been 70 or 75% of his stack. But he plays that way all the time and then gets made when his big hands get cracked. Amusing. Didn't get to play much in the main tournament either. Got down to last 3 tables from starting 9 but that was all I could do.
Then we go back to my place as he is going to stay and then play online the next day while I am at work (his computer is currently messed up). We get in a $2 MTT on Stars @ 10PM. My original plan was to just get it started and then go to bed and let him play it as it was on his account. So about 3:30 AM after getting knocked out 16 (out of 2024) I head off to bed. LOL Misplayed 3 hands. One of them was a horrible aggression play on my part that lost me 60% of my stack when we were down to 3 tables. I was trying to get chips and... to say the least... it didn't work out. LOL
But those are the only two times I broke the promise to myself. I have played in numerous freerolls when I have been home. I did get 4th in one of the Greyhound Poker freerolls for $2. Up to $15 now. LOL I will break the $100 mark some day.
Cancelled my monthly $100 private tourney I play in.... bummer but needed to not go.
Will see what the weekend holds. Going to see my girl on Sat so probably go play some $5/10 when I drop her off. :)
I told myself I wasn't going to play any poker for real $. Only freerolls and play money and fpps. Well made it halfway through the week.
First part of the week was playing play money on Stars since a buddy from work just signed up on Stars and wanted to get a feel for the site.
Wednesday my poker buddy wanted to go to the regular $20 game that he cashes in consistently (like 65% of the time). I have mentioned before it is a horrible structure tournament but the potential win is around $600 for 20 and under 90 players. They also do SNGs for $5 (or whatever amount they agree to). Usually play in one or two of those before the main tourney. We played in one and as usual I took a horrible beat by an idiot that thinks he is a good player. Course he things calling 70% of your stack off with K5s is a good call when the tournament is set up to be winner take all and you are 4 handed. I had 1010 and he spiked a K on the flop. It might have even been 70 or 75% of his stack. But he plays that way all the time and then gets made when his big hands get cracked. Amusing. Didn't get to play much in the main tournament either. Got down to last 3 tables from starting 9 but that was all I could do.
Then we go back to my place as he is going to stay and then play online the next day while I am at work (his computer is currently messed up). We get in a $2 MTT on Stars @ 10PM. My original plan was to just get it started and then go to bed and let him play it as it was on his account. So about 3:30 AM after getting knocked out 16 (out of 2024) I head off to bed. LOL Misplayed 3 hands. One of them was a horrible aggression play on my part that lost me 60% of my stack when we were down to 3 tables. I was trying to get chips and... to say the least... it didn't work out. LOL
But those are the only two times I broke the promise to myself. I have played in numerous freerolls when I have been home. I did get 4th in one of the Greyhound Poker freerolls for $2. Up to $15 now. LOL I will break the $100 mark some day.
Cancelled my monthly $100 private tourney I play in.... bummer but needed to not go.
Will see what the weekend holds. Going to see my girl on Sat so probably go play some $5/10 when I drop her off. :)
Monday, February 11, 2008
FullTilt Freeroll Cash..... finally
Finally cashed in a FT freeroll. Only $2 but was happy just to cash as it has been over a month. Course funny thing was I think I failed to cash in 100% of the real money tournies I played. LOL Lose $20 over the weekend but win $2 in a freeroll.... go figure.
My own fault. Played poorly this weekend. Kept letting others' plays affect me too much. Sometimes tilty and sometimes just trying to fight a particular player's style when I knew I had him beat but left me open to other players' actions.
Going to try to take a week off from any cash games, live or online. Only going to play freerolls.
Also played in two live tournies Sat. Didn't cash in either. First one had some decent cards early. But then went card dead for 1.5 hours. Went out 12th of 48. Top 10 got points towards a monthly freeroll. Second one I just played poorly the last hand... AQs. Tried to out play a loose player who makes moves but this time had the goods. I attempted a very poor reraise of a check raise for all my chips and it wasn't much more for them to call. Bad bad bad play on my part. Out 20th of 30.
My own fault. Played poorly this weekend. Kept letting others' plays affect me too much. Sometimes tilty and sometimes just trying to fight a particular player's style when I knew I had him beat but left me open to other players' actions.
Going to try to take a week off from any cash games, live or online. Only going to play freerolls.
Also played in two live tournies Sat. Didn't cash in either. First one had some decent cards early. But then went card dead for 1.5 hours. Went out 12th of 48. Top 10 got points towards a monthly freeroll. Second one I just played poorly the last hand... AQs. Tried to out play a loose player who makes moves but this time had the goods. I attempted a very poor reraise of a check raise for all my chips and it wasn't much more for them to call. Bad bad bad play on my part. Out 20th of 30.
Monday, February 4, 2008
Birthday Weekend....
Had a pretty decent weekend. Well decent as far as being a fish goes.
Didn't play live all weekend. Last time I played live was on Thursday and I cashed. Cashed 3 times this past week and didn't feel like pressing my luck any further. LOL Played twice at Gemini Club here in Columbus and cashed both nights. Last year I played 13 times there and cashed 7 so I run very goooooooot at that location.
Friday night played on UB mostly. Did ok. Still sticking to 50cent and dollar SNGs. And a few $2 MTTs on there. Didn't play late as I was spending Sat with my girl.
Saturday played a few SNGs when I got home and didn't cash.
Sunday ended up cashing in another freeroll on Greyhound. Guess I need to start playing SNGs on there since I have over $10. Still can't crack another freeroll on FullTilt. I really want to hit a few more freerolls instead of transferring money onto there. I think the closest I made it was 54. Payout is top 27. I have a buddy up in Canada that plays on FT and has been doing very well in the $10/90man SNGs with a knockout bounty. One day hope to be able to play these SNGs myself. I like the formast of having a bounty on each player for a SNG. Tends to change the strategy a little bit.
On Sunday on UB I had a very good day. Well as good as you can at cheap SNGs and MTTs. Ended up making about $46.00. Which for me is a huge windfall. LOL There were a few $1 SNGs mixed in and a $2 MTT. The $2 MTT is where I got almost half of the $46 though. Either way a very nice little day for me.
Oh, I also saw a trailer for the movie "The Grand". This movie looks hilarious. Check it out on Yahoo's movie page.
Didn't play live all weekend. Last time I played live was on Thursday and I cashed. Cashed 3 times this past week and didn't feel like pressing my luck any further. LOL Played twice at Gemini Club here in Columbus and cashed both nights. Last year I played 13 times there and cashed 7 so I run very goooooooot at that location.
Friday night played on UB mostly. Did ok. Still sticking to 50cent and dollar SNGs. And a few $2 MTTs on there. Didn't play late as I was spending Sat with my girl.
Saturday played a few SNGs when I got home and didn't cash.
Sunday ended up cashing in another freeroll on Greyhound. Guess I need to start playing SNGs on there since I have over $10. Still can't crack another freeroll on FullTilt. I really want to hit a few more freerolls instead of transferring money onto there. I think the closest I made it was 54. Payout is top 27. I have a buddy up in Canada that plays on FT and has been doing very well in the $10/90man SNGs with a knockout bounty. One day hope to be able to play these SNGs myself. I like the formast of having a bounty on each player for a SNG. Tends to change the strategy a little bit.
On Sunday on UB I had a very good day. Well as good as you can at cheap SNGs and MTTs. Ended up making about $46.00. Which for me is a huge windfall. LOL There were a few $1 SNGs mixed in and a $2 MTT. The $2 MTT is where I got almost half of the $46 though. Either way a very nice little day for me.
Oh, I also saw a trailer for the movie "The Grand". This movie looks hilarious. Check it out on Yahoo's movie page.
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