Merry Xmas

So last night Im playing, and I have like the worst hand in poker, 9s 2s, I limp in, sb pushes all in for $5, I had already decided to gamble just for the fuck of it when another guy pushes all in for $5.40, well .40 cents more I guess so, so I have to guys all in, flop comes 929... how freaking sick is that... snapped KK the other guy had k7. Not a huge pot but still, after something like that should I be allowed to play HA

Getting lucky

So I was playing my usual game, I was up $5 bucks, I sat with $25 so I was sitting with $30.75 when I picked up KK on the button. The cut-off raised to .50 cent, I reraised to $1.50, the sb makes it $5.50 to go, the cut-off folds, at this point I decide that if he has AA then he has AA and I push my stack in, he insta calls so I know he has AA, I flop quads, and scoop a $59.25 pot. The very next hand he got stacked again by a guy flopping quad queens against him... seriously the guys 1st 2 hands at the table. I ended up leaving the table 30 minutes later, left with $63. Getting lucky was definetly nice and usually I dont repush there with KK, I just call, but I said fuck it and isnt that the worst thing you would want to hear when you have AA LOL... I realize I got lucky and know I made a stupid play, but he could be reraising with QQ , JJ or AK, and this is his 1st hand, which might also make me believe he has AA and I should call or fold, but if I just call he wont call shit after a flop with 2 kings on it, cause I can only call his reraise with ak or kk, qq. I got lucky end of story and it was a bad play on my part... but sometimes those work for you

2 table

Played a $5 2 table last night got 4th for $9, not much else to speak of was playing a cash game at the same time, but nothing remarkable happened.

Sunday 200k

$11 buy had 26,000 people, I placed 2412, for $26.51 weak I know, but hey I placed and played well. I am thinking I could have gone deeper if Kim hadnt called stuck in the snow AT MY DRIVEWAY... anyhow I came back and had 77 pushed over a raise he had KQ he hit 2 pair Im gone... I am happy with how I played. Good to see that if I play my game and grind and dnt deviat too much from how I like to play, I see good results. Back up to around 600 now so the loss isnt that bad... I took about a week off too, I have noticed stepping away from the game has helped me play better when I do.

SNOW DAY!!!

The Set up

Ok so I jumped on around 1:30am, played a $5 2 table sng, and a .10/.25 NL table sat with 25. Real quick on the tourney cause there was nothing special, I sucked out 2nd. But the cash game I totally set a guy up. 1st the set up hand and a little background. I normally search for a table with 4 to 6 people so I can sit and the table will flush out behind. I do this so there is only a few established players at the table, IE less people for me to have to figure out and wonder what kind of image they have in their minds for how they have played this table before I showed up. The new people still have to set their images up so its easier for me to have people come in after me. Anyhow I chose a table with a guy sitting with $57 and 3 other players with mid stacks, I sat with the max of $25. The big stack had been raising alot with hands like 84 suited in late pos and j9 off early, not little bets either $1.75 preflop kind of bets, early I had AK against him he had the j9, flopped jack turned King river jack... he got me for like $10. I kept playn got my $ back and more from other people when this guy has raised again, I am in the BB, he makes it $1.50 to go preflop, 3 callers in front and I have 5c 3c, I decide to call with all the action flop comes, 2c 9s 4s, so I have OESD, against a flush draw on board. I check, better bets $2.50, everyone folds I call. turn is a jc. So I now have oesd and flush draw, I decided he cant call me so I push my stack in of $16, he folds I show. Then this guy goes on a raising tear, gets his $ back, I go back to playn tight and not paying attention to his little tilt streak. Till later I get 44 in the BB and he is raising again. I call of course, 2 j 4 on board rainbow, I check he fires $4.75 I smooth call, 10 on turn I check he fires $8 I call, river is another 2 I push for about $16 he insta calls... so of course I have the boat and rake a $60 pot. He had k10 off... so that was the end of my set up. The 53 hand had him convinced I was a moron chaser and he fell into the he cant have a hand/ he is bluffing mindset against me and I made him pay... feels good to take down $57 profit last night in about 1.5 hours

down turn

Well I have been playing off and on, not having much luck with hands holding up. Last night I get KK in SB, guy from early position who has been raising too much, makes it $1.50 to go, playing a .25//50 nl table sat with $50. I make it $4.50, he calls, which I expect as he has done this since I sat. Flop is 982, 2 clubs, I bet his last $10, he thinks then calls, j turn q river. When he called I had him on qq or jj, turns out he had 10 6 spades, he called off his stack post flop with a gutshot and hit runner runner st8. The funny part is this is the same guy who was ranting about another guy doing the same thing... he told me sorry, he just had to get someone back for what happened earlier... HA, I told him it was alright and he had proved himself a moron earlier and he would lose it all soon so I wasnt upset. Less then 20 minutes later he had run it up to $50, he sat with $10, and busted. I ended up losing about $60 last night and Im down about $170 in the last month. Up and Down, but still riding steady and controlling my BR.

No luck

So I havent sold the table yet... probably wont be able to, some schmuck offered me $250 some lady wanted to trade me a couch... anyhow... I have some tourney info to post which I have been meaning to do for about a week now, but I am lazy... I also need to go over a cash game I played the other night and pull some HH, I killed a .10/.25 table for $60 in about 2 hours. I will post more later

Table is for sale

Well... I have finally decided to sell the poker table off... I know I know, I love it too, but I need the space and the $. Lately it has been hard to put a live game together, I will still host occasionally, we will just have to play on a crappy non-poker table. But who cares right we are there to play poker not drool over how cool my table is... even though it is fucking awesome... maybe it wont sell who knows... this has nothing to do with my poker love, I still love playing and I sitll do, mainly online though. Having a family and other priorities makes it hard to host on a consistant basis... hope all of you who read this will still come play if the table sells.


Today is sad

I've been promising photos of the poker room

Oh yea

FUCK YEAH OBAMA!!! LOL...


Sorry had to do it

Close again

Played a $11 27 peeps tourney, got 3rd for $48. Had A9 off on the button raised preflop got called, flop A55, he checks i raise, he reraise I push... he has AJ... Im out... I overall played good and definetly got lucky in 2 key spots and had qq hold against 10 10.

PLO tourney

Played a PLO tourney last night, $11 buy in 51 people, finished 5th for $40. Went from chip leader to out in 2 hands. Dipshit called with 10 2 8 7 preflop in the sb we both hit the trip 7s he had a boat. I potted preflop with akk7... oh well out next hand I did win about $40 at a cash game at same time...

Later that night I played a 2 table $5 and bubbled on a stupid play... I was pretty tired at this point as it was around 330am, and I had Ad 10d, bb I think, button raises, sb pushes I repush button calls... a5 for sb and JJ for button board 88j... so i should have folded preflop and I would have cashed, as soon as I repushed I noticed the situation and was upset with myself, but it was late and I was falling asleep in the chair so mistakes will happen... A10 suited looks really nice when you wake up lol... oh well...

Finally!

Ok, I just got done playing a $6.50, 45 person turbo sng... AND I WON... I have final tabled the last 3 before this one and missed the cash. But I have always made those losses back up at the cash tables, anyhow, I will talk about the tourney more after I have calmed down and had a little time to go over it in my head. There was alot of key moments that helped me survive to win that I think I should post. So I won $84 for 1st... feels so good to win that damn thing... turbos are really hard...

Last hand Alln preflop btw

Ad Qd for me
Ac 9d for him

6s 7d 3d 2d Jd


Did I mention it feels good...

When you know you are up against AA

Ok the HH doesnt look good when I copy and paste it so I will have to spell it out for you, I am currently still at said table...

I am UTG, with JJ I make it $1 to go pre, cut off makes it $3, I am pretty sure this guy has AA, but the BB goes all in for $4.85 which creates an ideal situation for me. See I know cut off has AA I am freaking sure of it... but this lovely guy going all in with a short stack gives me the wonderful option of seeing the flop for only his stack when I just call his bet, the cut off player cant reraise at that point and can only fold or call. So I call and force the AA to call. Flop, well you guessed it I wouldnt be posting it if it wasnt, 4c 6c jh, I check of course, let AA do my work, he fires $5 into a $14.65 pot, I repush for $24.80 total, he calls... 7d, 5h. I win... not only did I crack his AA but the other guy had QQ... I know lucky flop but the situation called for me to call there and if I miss the set fold on the flop cause I was damn sure cut-off had AA. $47.30 pot.

2 hands

1st hand.

KK, I raise it to $1, seat to my right makes it $1.50 more, button calls, I make it $15 to go, reraiser calls all n for like $5 total, the button insta pushes all n and of course I call... he has qq I win $79 pot...

At another table...

I limp UTG+1, with 4c 6c, button makes it $1.25,BB calls, I call, flop is 3h 5c 4h. Check, Check button raises to $2.50 BB folds I call. Turn is 8c, this hands starting to get juicy, we both check river is 7c... yep st8 flush, I check, he freakn checks... look at hand replay he had KK.

Couple hands from todays session

Two hands against same player... I am going to leave out what I had and I want to see if you can guess. I will let u know later

Hand history posted in the comments section


Both hands at full ring 10/25 cent


UTG+1 raises to $1, I am in cut-off and call, everyone else folds, board is 5c jd 4s
Raiser bets $1.50, I call.
Turn 9h, raiser FIRES $3 and I mean I swear he bet before the card came out... I flat call
River qh, raiser CHECKS? I check as well

Yea he does, I dont believe it either well I do cause I think I have him beat and he has 2 overs like AK off and missed it all, I have played this guy before, dont have notes but I remember his tendencies... anyhow back to the hand, he shows AK off like I thought, so total air. I won the hand what did I have?

The second hand

I limp UTG, same guy from last hand is in SB this time and makes it $1.50 to go, I call.
Board is 2s Qd Ks
Raiser bets $1.75 I smooth call
Turn is 7s, he bets $3, I think and call
River is 6h, Raiser fires $5, I think and I think then make it $13 to go. He folds, I win, No show.
So I ask again what did I have?

Sessions

So since I got back on the horse and started playing again, I have been limiting myself to playing 1 to 2 hours at a time. 1 because I have other things to do, 2 I have to wait till my son goes to bed, 3 I have to spend time with my wife and 4 no pressure to preform.

I have been working on building my bankroll. I am very focused on that. Of course my 3 4 offsuite story in my last post doesnt reflect that. But building my br up so I can jump levels is my main goal. I really want to get to $1k online before I jump back up to 25/50. I am about half way there.

Gustav and I playing poker again

So last night I got on and randomly sat at my usual game, 10/25 nl, and I see a player named GustavHansen. I am like wait the fuck a minute I have a buddy I met playing online that has that name on full titt. So I type in Gustav... and holy cow patty batman its him... I couldnt believe it, I know he plays on here but I have never ran into him and I know he hasnt been playing here much. I havent played with him in over a year. So we have been playing the last couple nights, him raping the tournies just like old times and me having a go at the cash games and not doing so bad... We are playing the same table as I write this and I have to post this hand I played and made what I thought was the best online call I have ever made... or was it l0l

So I am UTG+1, I open for .75 with 34 off suite, the cut off reraises it too $1.25, UTG calls, I call. Qc 5h Qs flops, UTG folds, lol, check check, 2s on the turn, I fire $1, cut off reraises to $3, I insta call. I miss on river but hit the 3c. I checked, he bets $4 into a $10;10 pot. I was like wait a minute, either thats air or I am crazy, I honestly thought about it for about 15 seconds and decided to call cause 1, I thought he had BS and 2, I had a stack and $4 didnt hurt me to find out 3, if I lose everyone at the table is going to look at HH and see my hand and think I am a moron for calling with the 3 on the river. Oh BTW he had 9 4 of hearts. So great call or donkey play? You tell me, I am going with great donkey call lol

gambln at omaha

Played my usual game last night and a $10 sng, didnt do good at sng, 77 in bb ran into a limping KK in the sb I pushed he called end of story. So I decided to play some omaha and dont you love it when you sit at a table and you cant miss a damn thing. I was playing 5/10 and made $20 in less the 30 minutes. I played smart, changing gears making what seemed like retarded calls and lost those hands just cause I know everyone looks at HH if you called on river, as to set them up for later when I had the nuts... and oh did it work, I was actually sad I had to go to bed or I would have stayed on that table as long as I could.

Cryers

So night before last I was playing my usual online game. Very early in the session I doubled up. I had JJ and busted QQ. Flopped set of Jacks, thats the tamest part of this story. The loser, who I am guessing and been having a bad online day at poker starts tearing into the table saying how bad we are, how 10/25 isnt real poker and a lot others things people just would never say at a live game unless you were best-friends and thats still pushing it. Anyhow I didnt say anything back to him for a long time, I mean I did out flop him and played my set right... I dont remember my position, but I know I reraised him enough post flop to make him get away from QQ. Finally when I couldnt stand his words any longer I said, " I reraised the flop, you were not smart enough to realize your piss ass QQ was no longer good ". The board is Jc 5d 3c,See he raised the flop, I reraised with my set trying to chase of a flush draw or potetial st8 draws, highly unlikely he had st8 draw, I had him on big overs, but there were 2 or 3 other players in the hand. ANYHOW, he reraises me and I push all in he calls, my hand holds and he goes into a tirade for about 30 minutes at least, even Bill was watching started giving the guy shit and so did half the table. I ended up leaving after about an hour only up like $5. Made some good plays that just didnt hold up... like I have 9s board is 8 5 6, guy raises I push him all n he calls turns another 8... so who has trips lol

Ok recap action post flop, raise by other guy, I reraise, he reraises, I push. Who doesnt think I have a set?

Cash game

So I am hosting a cash game every Saturday now... Well trying to run it every Saturday. I havent been playing much still. I have kind of lost my fire. I still enjoy playing, I just dont think its fun to play all the time anymore. Maybe it would be if I won more often LOL. But I am playing well when I do play and I am making better reads, so I definetly think time off isnt a bad thing. Clears the head.

non poker post

OK so I am reading on CNN.com today that our country will be $407 BILLION dollars in the whole after this year... WTF? I mean seriously stop giving huge corporations such huge tax breaks so they can pay the CEO's a lot of $...Our country was not supposed to work this way... but when you start a country by raping and pillaging I guess why should you stop... I mean I may be crazy but dont you think if the mega corps kicked in maybe 10 or 15% more of the profit back to the gov we could dig ourselves out? It just seems crazy to me oh and they could legalize poker, pot and prostitution, TAX the fuck out of all 3 and erase the debt in 6 months... lol... Why does it seem so easy to fix, oh and maybe stop giving other countries guns then going to kill them 10 years later... lets fix us not the world, then when we are fixed ASK the world if they would like our help, but we arent paying for it... NO MORE IOU's... $407 fucking billion are you serious... we have to have a huge military force when our economy tanks and we try and take over the world... oh wait thats what we are doing already...

Ok Im done... just had to do that really fast

Welcome back...

Well since I sold my sunday million ticket I really havent been playing a lot. I have kind of taken a step back from poker. Not feeling the desire to play as much, desire or addiction? LOL Anyhow... I have been playing off and on, I have managed to take the $208 I received for selling my ticket up to around $360 so maybe I dont suck... Alot of my losses had to do with me playing too much and trying too hard... over thinking/playing isnt going to pay off. So I decided to take a step back and just kind of put poker on the back burner and if I feel like playing I do... I dont feel obligated to sit down and play everynight like I was before.

I played a session 2 nights ago that went rather well, sat at .25/.50 NL 6 handed with $30 ran it up to $103 left with $94, hit set of aces with all n preflop against jacks, hit set with 7s, got a couple flushes so really I was running pretty good at that table. I was also not playing many hands and not showing many down... which is why when I tried to run a flush bluff I had to fold on the river for .50 cents into a $15 pot lol... anyhow I like the pace I am on now... dont feel the pressure I was putting on myself before to perform, poker is fun again and that is very important... people are still amazingly stupid though lol

no Sunday Million

Well I decided to sell my entry into the Sunday mill... I want to take a shot at some point, but I dont want to yet... so I will have cash online again!!! Sweet!!!

Sunday Million

Well I busted on stars tonight... kinda sad, but I feel good about it at the same time, I rode a $50 deposit for 11 months, yep since September. Sometimes you bust in poker, just have to get on and ride the horse again. So I decided to use my frequent player points for a sunday million qualifier, 5400 fpp's, 10 players, top 4 get in and I qualified... I am playing it this Sunday at 1:30PM, so if you want to rail me my screen name is ttbud.

If I dont cash in this event I am taking a break from online poker, I have to refocus my energy in my personal life right now as I have recently quit my job and am looking to change careers. Playing online takes up alot of my time and energy, when I should be doing other things, I have a beautiful son and wife that I should be spending more time with. I can play the random live events, but I am really getting burnt out on online poker. I do think I will start playing live again. But that will have to wait till I have a BR to do it with... I love poker and think its a wonderful game. But right now I think its time to take a break and put it on the back burner and focus on the important things in life since I am not a poker savant... at this point lol...

Wish me luck on sunday, I believe I can win, it will be tough but I believe...

$40 live tourney

So I went and played a $40 live tourney tonight at my friend Johns' house... 17 people, 1st paid $300, 2nd $200, 3rd $100 and 4th for $40... it was a good tourney started around 7 and ended right before midnight... yours truely won it... It has been so long since I have won a live tourney! I tell you what, this is a good feeling... I am not like bouncing off the walls, but I played very calm and when I made a mistake early and dumped half my large stack off to a guy I just let it go and played my game the best I could... But I do have to tell you about 2 hands... so we are at final table I think we are 8 maybe 9 handed at this point, the final table started with 10. The blinds are 1k/2k, 1 guy limps, large guy dont know his name, Paul limps, Tracy limps and the sb limps, I look down at 83 clubs and check, 10k in pot preflop, flop is q 3 3 rainbow, sick i know, so sb checks, I check, everyone else does too... turn, 3, sb bets out $2500 at a 10k pot, I give him this quizicle look and say, " $2500 into a $10k pot?" he kinda shrugs and Paul who isnt in hand is like chuckling at me and agreeing... so I smooth call, now the big guy down on the end PUSHES all in and he has monster stack, I am drooling inside saying please call SB PLEASE, at this point I have them both on the Q, and they are drawing dead, so anyhow the sb folds I insta call and flip my hand I have quads of course, he has 66... are you kidding me... lol so I take down like a $150 pot, I had around $70k when hand started, I think... anyhow...

HEADS UP

We go to heads up and I think I am at least 3 to 1 dog in chips, I doubled up 1st hand, I had 99 he had Ax my hand held... 3 hands later I get 66 on the button and go all n he calls with k9 off, board 674, turn a 7 river 10 game over... I scoop $300. so $260 profit... I feel really good about this I havent won a live event in over a year, I dont feel like I am king shit god of poker fuck yeah I won good, but I am appreciating the chance to have won a tourney. I must admit it is nice being really calm about the win...

Till next time

Poker

Well I had a really bad week or so, lost all my $ on FT, and lost more then half my BR on stars, but I think I think I broke out of my slump last night... won almost $100, BR back up to $250... uggg... I remember when you were at $600 oh well, I took so many bad beats it truely was some of the sickest shit I can remember... I also made some calls that I thought were right, there was no way so and so could have played a certain hand the way betting went but damn it if they didnt catch runner runner ALOT... anyhow.. I noticed my reads were a little better last night when I had the TV and music off... I will have to focus on playing with less distractions... anyhow till next time

poker tracker

So I guess my trial is over... or at least part of it it tells me to update it and I try and it just wants me to buy it, even though when I load up the program it tells me I have 40 days left in my trial... IDK... I will look into it more when I get back from vacation... I am probably going to buy stoxs poker and get it for free but that takes almost $400 its a good deal cause u get stox poker and 280+ vids and other stuff plus PT... but I want to check out a couple other PT type software before I choose PT, but will prob go with PT cause of the deal stox has

Anyhow, side note, it is hard to post a blog and 2 table at the same time... So Lindsay, Koen and I are driving down to Groveland, CA tomorrow, we are going to visit Lindsay's family and some of their friends... should be really nice we are staying right on Pine Lake, will get to go out on boat and watch fireworks on the 4th and just relax. I honestly need a vacation, I just quit my job, have been doing alot of projects around the house and I just plain need to get the fuck away... sometime sitting on or by the lake getting a tan should help cleanse the soul... playing with my boy is going to be the best part... I cant wait to take him swimming... anyhow we will be back on the 7th... maybe I will post a pic... but probably do that on my other blog that I never update


Happy 4th to all of you, even know I think only 1 person reads this... ok well maybe 2, Bill and Steve...

Do i have the worst poker luck?

I swear I get suckedout on by more 2 to 4 outers then should even be mathmatically possible... days like the last few make me want to quit...

God i hate poker

I have taken every bad beat you could possibly imagine and fucking busted on full tilt... I lost $400 on there in 2 days... I should have stopped but I didnt... and I am losing on stars too this is crap... I should stop

yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhh

I love it when this wont do what I want

Here are 2 graphs since I started using Poker Tracker... I am trying out the 90 day trial so far I like it... I have read about another program that I am going to try after my trial is over and see if I like it more, I have heard it is better and more user friendly, I cant remember the name, its in a guys blog I read who wins a little more then me... guy 16 tables at the .50/$1 tables... anyhow... I am still 1 or 2 tabling... I need a bigger monitor, I feel I can handle more tables, just my screen is to small and I dont like downsizing the windows and making the tables smaller, especially with the HU display from PT. Anyhow results have been pretty decent since I started using poker tracker... it makes me more aware of my ups and downs and drives me to stop making bone-headed plays cause I want to see my graphs going up... up up

Pokerstars graph

Full Tilt graph

Video replay of a hand FAILED

well it doesnt look like I can take the video replay from poker tracker and post it on my blog... damn it... cant figure out how to save it to my computer... one of these days someone needs to show me how to take screen shots too... well I am gonna play some GTA IV... probably put in a late night session again, cant stay up too late my Dad and I are building my new wood shed tomorrow...

Tonights stab at $1/$2

ok stupid shit it put the graph at the top, I am not editing the below shit... stupid blog, oh and this was about a 3 hour session I was single tabling.

So after having pretty much a shitty day at the tables and tourneys... I decided to sit at the $1/$2 table on stars with the $120 offered min... first hand I post bb in position, not early, anyhow I had AJ off, guy raised pre I called, I flopped gut shot to the nut, he bet out I called king on turn for nuts, i checked he bet I pushed, I put him on kq on the flop with pair of queens king kicker, so of course he calls my push with 2 pair on the turn, I sweat the river, a blank, I scoop a $238 pot first freaking hand... I had another hand later of over $100 pot dont remember specifics, I am tired... maybe I will pour over the HH tomorrow in PT, but not right now... bed time... so I left the table with $342.35, my high point was $380, last hand I played guy slow played KK in BB I limped with j6c suited hit the jack and he let me bet it... and stupid me thought he was flush, but so blank on river for flush and he bets $14... i really thought i had it... interesting way to play kk but ok... so I left... here is the graph... oh I got over $600 for a minute tonight for total br on stars, but I am at $580ish now... sweet... lets see if I can sustain it and build on it... graph

ok how about that graph... lol

you can plainly see the big $118 hand... I played this table for a little under 3 hours and about 170 hand....

My first graph

Well I played for about 5 hours tonight started doing sng's $5 cashed in 1/3 3rd place... blah, then I played a couple multi $5 3 tables I placed 4th in one for $14, Satan got 3rd for $24... good work...

anyhow I was playing .25/.50 while playing the last tourney with Satan and another friend of mine, sat with $50 and left with $138... I played really smart poker... folded big hands when i should and stole a few when it looked like the right spot, of course with an overlay in case I get called...

One hand I finally caught the table captain, this guy had been pushing alot of pots and cbetting the flops and not getting much resistance, i played a few hands with him folded 2x and fired on a flop i didnt think he hit, neither did i, i did have nut flush draw, he folded... like I thought he had shit... anyhow back to the hand I am in sb, he is plus 3 from bb at full ring table, he bets $2, the button calls, I call with 10 10, I have been waiting for you now its time to pay... flop it please... Ad 7c 10h.... oh is it so sweet... I knowing he will fire out check, he does for $7, the button folds I ponder... smooth call or pop it smoot call or pop it... hmmmm no flush draw... st8 draws... but I dont really put him on that I have him on what he has, ak or aq, he has ak btw, I settle on smooth call, Ah on turn, OMG can this get any freaking sicker... I know he has trips... he has no clue i have a boat... i think i nutted right at that moment... I check the turn, he fired $16 so fast like bitch get out of my pot I have this and I am gonna take ur $... too bad I decide to re-pop it to $54.50 which he insta called, 8d for a brick on river... send the $118 pot to me... thanks... I appreciate ur time... I really love how i played that hand, I had him on a range preflop and i knew my opponent would bet and call with that hand... its so lovely I was already up about $40 at that point but talk about icing on the cake...


ok its 3am bedtime... I said 2am and I am still up...

Absolute

Well I put $100 in AP today, played some cash, didnt win anything played a rebuy tourney put $7 into it and didnt cash, so I decided to take my chance at a $20 single table and I won... $90, for profit of $70 coo beans... so I have $148.50 on AP now... love it

hand history

I have some intersting hands to post... I just have to dig through some HH to find them... I will post them later... but last night I played a $5 18 person tourney, at one point I was down to T237 late, doubled up then tripled up and went on to take 2nd for $27, profit of $21, I know not much in the sense of $ but a huge personal victory to battle back, granted I got lucky on both my early double up and triple up but thats part of the game... more later

No title title

So yeah ummm I dont feel like playing... today in general... but anyhow, the wife and kid are gone till next Wednesday so I will be getting in some solid hours playing this weekend... oh and I decided to try the 60 trial for poker tracker, so far, I like... BRM is still going strong, above or close to $900 across 2 sites, thinking about trying out a 3rd site...

I will post more later when I am in a better mood...

MMA fight and a little poker

Last night Bill and Kim came over and we watched the CBS prime time MMA fights... They were pretty sweet... but you could tell the fighters werent good enough to be on the UFC, a couple of the guys have fought in the UFC before and lost... anyhow the female fight was awesome... the chic that used to be on American Gladiators last season won her fight... Kimbo Slice barely won with a 3rd round TKO... he was totally gassed but man that guy is ripped...

I played in 2 single table turbos last night... I placed 3rd in both for min profits, but hey I placed... the first tourney had 3 minute blinds and you only started with 300 in chips talk about a crap shoot... I got my chips up to over 1k and waited em out... lol and I was card dead so I had to wait... anyhow...

PS BR: $437.40
FT BR: $290.82
BR: $728.22

Been awhile

So it has been almost a month since my last post... We had a family emergency so posting has been the last thing on my mind... and construction started on the poker room so I have been a little busy, anyhow...

I am still playing online, across two sites I have over $700 on a $150 buy in. Last night I made $50 in about an hour playing the .50/$1 table, I bought into a $3 tourney with over 1300 people, after 2 and a half hours I placed in the money 72nd to be exact for a whole $7.53... 1st was over $700... I was playing pretty good being patient, playing position when needed, just really went card dead after 2nd break had about 16k in chips and it was a steady slope down till I busted.
I am happy with my play I am glad I placed... just be nice to make it deeper, I really need to stop playing that big of a tourney at 10pm at night... I get too tired around 2am...

I havent been saving HH, I am going to get a poker tracker or something soon so its easier for me...

Oh and check out the band The Black Keys... they are like the White Stripes, except its 2 guys... and I just picked up The Raconteurs new album, Jack Whites other band... its pretty good, just giving it a first listen now... but The Black Keys album hasnt left my car CD player or my been changed from my IPOD in a week.


PS BR: $437.40
FT BR: $276.62
BR: $714.02

Saturday Night

30 people left and i flop a set and go out 30th, I win this pot and I am sure i make the $ or better… I have been getting bad cards the whole tourney just floating along… and this happens… really I have to stop thinking what their only out is on the river b4 it comes… all the money was gonna be in the middle post flop so it was unavoidable... still sucks. I played really well for not getting any cards the whole tourney so I am only unhappy with the last hand of tourney, see HH below.

Friday night I played in a $5 rebuy 36 person tourney, winner gets entry into 1.5 mil guarantee FTOPS event on Full tilt… I got 3rd… for a cash $27, I only spent the $5 so a $22 profit, so freaking close to a $300 buy in tourney… but really these last 2 tourneys I played really well and made good choices, just got unlucky in the end. Such is poker and I will break the barrier at some point. I know it.

After busting 30th on the poker stars tourney, I got on FT sat down at $1/$2 table with $100 ran it up to $160 left at $135ish....


PokerStars Game #17348122873: Tournament #87632216, $20+$2 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (125/250) - 2008/05/11 - 03:54:58 (ET)
Table '87632216 16' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: NolanQuachNg (6103 in chips)
Seat 3: pkrjunkie28 (10550 in chips)
Seat 4: tupadre2192 (7210 in chips)
Seat 6: Chiw (18895 in chips)
Seat 7: steven2576 (9695 in chips)
Seat 8: super edwin (7010 in chips)
Seat 9: ttbud (2005 in chips)
NolanQuachNg: posts the ante 25
pkrjunkie28: posts the ante 25
tupadre2192: posts the ante 25
Chiw: posts the ante 25
steven2576: posts the ante 25
super edwin: posts the ante 25
ttbud: posts the ante 25
ttbud: posts small blind 125
NolanQuachNg: posts big blind 250
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ttbud [2d 2h]
pkrjunkie28: folds
tupadre2192: folds
Chiw: folds
steven2576: calls 250
super edwin: folds
ttbud: calls 125
NolanQuachNg: checks
*** FLOP *** [2c Kd 4d]
ttbud: checks
NolanQuachNg: bets 750
steven2576: folds
ttbud: raises 980 to 1730 and is all-in
NolanQuachNg: calls 980
*** TURN *** [2c Kd 4d] [6h]
*** RIVER *** [2c Kd 4d 6h] [5s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ttbud: shows [2d 2h] (three of a kind, Deuces)
NolanQuachNg: shows [Ks 3d] (a straight, Deuce to Six)
NolanQuachNg collected 4385 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 4385 Rake 0
Board [2c Kd 4d 6h 5s]
Seat 1: NolanQuachNg (big blind) showed [Ks 3d] and won (4385) with a straight, Deuce to Six
Seat 3: pkrjunkie28 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: tupadre2192 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Chiw folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: steven2576 folded on the Flop
Seat 8: super edwin (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: ttbud (small blind) showed [2d 2h] and lost with three of a kind, Deuces

well... so much for $500

I played a little, and I mean alot messed up last night... and then today I just wasted $26 in a $5 rebuy sat to the 50k guarantee... I placed 40th... 9 places away from qualifiying... oh well... Took a $20 hit at RAZZ, dont play when drunk... just dont... especially when u have to fold so many face cards...

Played a live $50 tourney at a friends house Friday night, had 3 tables I think, I was playing really good, got down to the final 2 tables... with around 60k in chips and I went card dead, picked up k10 clubs on bb make it 12k to go, blinds were 2k/4k BB pushes me all in, this guy had me covered and he was on a heater, this guy came into the table short stacked and couldnt be stopped so I folded my hand face up and he showed me AQ of, so it was a good fold that I am happy about, BUT the very next hand I picked up a tommy2guns bleeder thand K3 of spades, cut off limps i limp on button, sb folds, bb checks, board is like 2s 7s qh, bb bets 10k cut off calls 10k, preflop there was 14k in the middle, 34k in the pot when it gets to me, I have around 32k left, I figure if i hit my K i am good and i have the overlay with the flush draw and i know both player are calling my 22k more and they do, course another q comes on turn and I miss river and I am out of tourney in 12th or 13th place, but if I hit I win 108K or so and I have monster stack to bully the shit out of the table, but its not to be.

I am walking out to leave and in the garage I see a cash game with my YUM YUM OJ himself, I am telling you this is the guy you want at any cash game you are playing SERIOUSLY, he will give it up all of it multiple times, if you play him correctly, anyhow I had the host spot me $100 to short buy into a $1/$2 game... and mr YUM YUM doubled me up 2nd and I had QQ flopped set and we checked it down he bet $40 on river I pushed... he had 44, I stacked him a few hands later too... I played decent in the cash game, ended up cashing out around $180, payed my $100 back and got my tourney buy in back plus $30 so I call it a good night... till I got home and played online like I said above....





New goal is $500 and sustaining it

BR UPDATE:$452.28

$500 again

Well I made it back to $500, I was up a bunch tonight but overplayed 77 and this total donkey woke up with AA 4 handed, seriously this guy called every hand, every bet and wakes up with AA oh well.

I have mixed it up lately played some HORSE last night made $40, played some RAZZ tonight was up a little... was running good early in the CC tourney tonight but cards went south 1st hand after break, I push all in with aq spades, get called by a7 hearts, floped top pair top kicker, 2 hearts on board, flush came i was gone... 23rd... sick

I played a little at the $50 table tonight, called a 3 way all in with 77 on board of 865, hit 4 on river for st8 cracked aa and set of 5s

I will continue to grind the $25 tables!

New goal $750

BR UPDATE: $524.58

Sunday night fever

I was on a moster run, well for only sittn for 1.5 hours. I bought in for $25 ran it up to $96 I think, then over called with 1 pair on the river... mistake... since he was bettn the whole way and I was just calling with top pair top kicker and nut flush draw, but I wanted to see what he had on river in case it was a busted draw and my jack was good... lost about 20 or so in that hand so I left with $70 called it a sign to go to bed since its almost 11 on sunday night


BR UPDATE: $485.44

Quick update

Last night I had an awesome cash game at my house, I will post more about it later, I am off to go get a tattoo, just wanted to give an online BR update, I will also start tracking my offline BR here pretty soon too, I just need to decide what I am going to start my off-line BR at.

Online the other day I had AA UTG plus 1 or 2, I make it $1.25 to go 2 callers a guy makes is $2.25 to go I make it $7 total, fold fold, the guy who made it $2.25 pushes for $15.15 total, I call, at show down he shows 8 3 off-suit, for a loser... WTF was he doing. but thanks for the $25 donation




BR UPDATE: $444.29

Not much

Been a few days since my last post... I have been playing but nothing really significant happened. I have been reading the new Harrington books, reading book 1 right now. I have to say, so far I am enjoying the pace and information I am getting out of the book. I havent seen Harrington play alot of cash games, but I must say his book is spot on and has opened my eyes to alot of new things, well not actually new things, but I understand more the meanings behind alot of the different plays and moves I have seen and made at the felt... really has given me a new outlook... I am not going to change my game, but adding this knowledge to my arsenal, putting them into action will make me a better player. I already had started feeling really alot more confident in my live play, this will only make it better. I expect a slight influx in BR but learning isnt always cheap, I hope to minimize my mistakes though and play good poker... anyhow I feel like I am starting to ramble... I like to do that...

At the tables online I havent been running good or bad, just average. Down since last post but not much.


BR UPDATE: $375.79

Doobie Do

Played a little after last nights post.

BR UPDATE: $381.25

bath time

I was really doing good at a table and of course I have to go give my son a bath and put him to bed... but really those are the joys in life and I will gladly get up from a table to take care of my son. Anyhow, been running pretty good last few days, I have changed my buy ins from the offered min to the max. I am finding I like the " deep stack " poker play better and it is def showing better results.


BR UPDATE: $362.45

PLO game last weekend

So I hosted a small PLO game on Saturday and when I say small I mean 4 handed, .5/.10 blinds $20 min and $40 max buy in. The game went really well, alot of action and I hit probably more rivers then some people would like... but damn, when you have that many outs and pot odds how can i fold? LOL... No real specific hands... but alot of fun, i bought in for $34 cashed out around $90, and basically had a large stack most of the night... only 2 people cashed out from the game... me taking the larger share of the other guys $... BIG UPS TO SATAN for not busting and taking down some $$$.... HONESTLY I WILL PLAY MORE CONVENTIONAL NEXT TIME... i mean it... maybe...

The Weekend

So I havent been playing good/running good lately. I have been over playing certain hands and all together playing way too many hands at NL... I am feeling a little burnt out lately on Hold em so I decided to switch to PLO. I was running good, till today lost like $25 in 20 minutes and called it quits for the day, oh tried an $11 rebuy for 1 buy in... never a good idea... didnt last long at all... anyhow I need to get back on the grind it out bandwagon and play smarter and see less hands think about my position etc...

BR UPDATE: $309.17 yuck

Tourney Play

So yesterday was about tourneys... I played a $11 800 person tourney, I got 85th cashed for $18.75... my last hand a guy raised it to 1800, I had 55 in the button and tried to resteal so I pushed all in for 8700. Guy thinks for almost the whole time limit finally calls, with 88, 8 fucking 8 and of course it holds but how the fuck does he call off more then half his stack with 88. I had been playing super tight smart aggressive poker and this guy calls with 8s this late in a tourney? I dont know... anyhow my bankroll has taken a little hit I am under $400 now.


BR UPDATE: $385.01

blah

Well i played my usual game... was down a bit early, switched tables and 1st hand i got quad jacks and cracked KK, flopped the set in sb got it all n on the flop. I will post hand history tomorrow... I ran a 10 7 club bluff bet early pos, guy called with 87 hit the 8 on the turn and i hit open ended st8 flush draw i had to call his all n when i double barreled the turn... too many outs too fold, except for losing the hand I really think I played the hand as best I could since I decided to play it anyhow... mixing in new variations of play if i hit on the river I stand to make alot so i dont mind doing it once in awhile to mix up my image. I will post the hand tomorrow as well.


BR UPDATE: $441.95

ehh

Loaned a friend $26, damn you satan

Fuck heads up

Ok I just lost $65 play .25/.50 NL HU hold em... this fucker sucked out on me so many times and got so lucky it was just sick... I am not playing HU for a very long time. I obviously dont know what I am doing there... But the guy did get pretty lucky... all n preflop last hand he has A7 against A9 he turns the 7 of course.


BR UPDATE: 452.65 DAMMMMMMMMMMMMM

Sunday night

Played some .5/.10 lost $20. Sat down at .25/.50 with $50 ran it up to $117, had AA 3 times won all three, $97 pot, $54 pot and $1.25 lol. Overall I played well didnt over chase draws or over-commit on 1 pair with a scary board, tried a couple bluffs that I had to give up on the river. I finally reached $500

BR UPDATE: $516.70

Friday night home game

I hosted a .25/.50 NL hold em game Friday night, $50 min and $100 max buy in, we had 2 tables going for awhile, I bought in with $80 ran it up to almost $400 back down to $140 ended the night at $350, we played for about 12 hours. I had AA 6 times and won all 6. KK cracked by j2 on the river... the 2 came... overall I played really good and made good reads and good folds and waited for the game to come to me.

Tabled Bluff

Here is that hand, the guy I pulled it off against had been limping and/or raising every pot for about an hour... I decided to play back at him... this was he 2nd hand I played back at him, the 1st time I actually had TT and didnt have to showdown anyhow here is the hand... I put him on the flush draw, I called his flop bet with double gutter with clean outs, I called with intention of bluffing and stealing, it worked, POKERRATOR was the maniac at the table

PokerStars Game #16305532566: Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2008/03/28 - 03:26:16 (ET)Table 'Nanna III' 9-max

Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: Pokerrator ($38 in chips)
Seat 2: premiers06 ($17.90 in chips)
Seat 3: killaman457 ($35.30 in chips)
Seat 4: Capi2412 ($49.20 in chips)
Seat 5: ttbud ($72.70 in chips)
Seat 6: hemsky8383 ($48.25 in chips)
Seat 7: BiGGk22 ($29 in chips)
Seat 8: parapetoccs ($25.20 in chips)
Seat 9: fredericvh ($64.65 in chips)
ttbud: posts small blind $0.25
hemsky8383: posts big blind $0.50

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ttbud [Ks 9d]
BiGGk22: folds
parapetoccs: folds
fredericvh: folds
Pokerrator: raises $0.50 to $1
premiers06: folds
killaman457: calls $1
Capi2412: folds
ttbud: calls $0.75
hemsky8383: folds

*** FLOP *** [7d Jh Th]
ttbud: checks
Pokerrator: bets $3
killaman457: folds
ttbud: calls $3

*** TURN *** [7d Jh Th] [4c]
ttbud: bets $8.50
Pokerrator: calls $8.50

*** RIVER *** [7d Jh Th 4c] [Ts]
ttbud: bets $25
Pokerrator: folds
ttbud collected $25.20 from pot
ttbud: shows [Ks 9d] (a pair of Tens)

ran a big bluff

I will post hand later. I am really tired right now, but I played 25/50 for about 1.5 hours, sat with $50 ran it up to $133, left table at $105


BR UPDATE: $464.95

another good night

Well i didnt play that long, maybe an hour, 2 tabled, 10/25 cent, sat wtih $25 at each, left one with $30 and other with $47ish... big hand was aq in bb, cracked kk, hit ace on flop he bet into me on flop after I checked, ace on turn for trips he called an all in on river for a $30 pot...


BR UPDATE: $409.82

Feeling it right now

So lately my reads have been really good, i have been putting players on hands and finding i am right about 70% of the time right now, which really good IMO. I played a little at the 5/10 cent limit tonight was up about $25 early then one guy made 2 incredably bad calls on the turn and counterfited my pp once with ak, river paired board for higher 2 pair, and another time he caught oesd on river... back to the 1st hand, I have 44 everyone checked a flop of 572 to him and he fired $1.50 and it really felt like a steal to pick the pot up, so i made it $5 to go, he calls, 7 on turn, I push all in for $9.85, he smooth calls and a 5 on river he shows ak, 7s and 5s ace kicker... oh well

But I also played the 10/25 table at same time and took $25 up to $48... so it evens out, plus a little sugar.

BR UPDATE: $385.52

Weekend end

BR UPDATE: Ended weekend at $364.72

Played a bad session around 3pm... wasnt patient enough and got a cooler trips on the river to fill up the other players boat... ah well... still focused on $500

Good run

Well started day with $303.67 now sitting on $384.77.

Played a cash game and $11 sng at same time, got 4th in sng for $18, so a $7 profit. The cash game I sat with $15, was down a little early, got down to $10, then went on a 3 out of 6 hand run where I won a $20 pot and two $40 pots and later won a $30 pot... one of the $40 pot I filled up on the river to crack KK. Here is that hand... KK JJ TT alln after low flop.

PokerStars Game #16191698907: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2008/03/23 - 13:51:07 (ET)Table 'Capricorn III' 9-max

Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: bambam3634 ($5.75 in chips)
Seat 2: crisb732002 ($9.30 in chips)
Seat 3: bikubaku ($6.45 in chips)
Seat 5: joemase ($16.45 in chips)
Seat 6: oakie2006 ($16.60 in chips)
Seat 7: Sick M ($25 in chips)
Seat 8: ttbud ($19.55 in chips)
Seat 9: ElFilo ($24 in chips)
joemase: posts small blind $0.10
oakie2006: posts big blind $0.25

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to ttbud [Td Ts]
Sick M: calls $0.25
ttbud: raises $0.75 to $1
ElFilo: folds
bambam3634: folds
crisb732002: raises $1.75 to $2.75
bikubaku: folds
joemase: calls $2.65
oakie2006: folds
Sick M: folds
ttbud: calls $1.75

*** FLOP *** [2h 2s 5d]
joemase: checks
ttbud: checks
Turenne joins the table at seat #4
crisb732002: bets $6.55 and is all-in
joemase: calls $6.55
ttbud: raises $8.70 to $15.25
joemase: calls $7.15 and is all-in
*** TURN *** [2h 2s 5d] [As]
*** RIVER *** [2h 2s 5d As] [Th]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
joemase: shows [Ks Kh] (two pair, Kings and Deuces)
ttbud: shows [Td Ts] (a full house, Tens full of Deuces)ttbud collected $13.60 from side potcrisb732002: mucks hand ttbud collected $27 from main pot

$10 18 person SNG

Just got 4th for $18... guy sucked out on river... k9 against q10, I was super short with the k9, he rivered the 10

Saturday

I played off and on through-out the day, nothing really notable... I made a couple bucks overall

BR at $303.67

Todays 1st session

Well I sat down at 8:30pm Pacific time... with $25 left table at 9:20pm with $85... Table was short to start with, I ran it up to about 50 in the first 15 minutes... I need to request my hand history... Later when we had a full ring we had a total maniac at the table, over betting and calling everything... I hit against him for $80 pot... I will have to email myself my hand history so i can post that hand. Update later...



I am once again above $300, current bank roll $301.62

Here is the hand against the maniac... when u see his hand u will laugh...



Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Candog98 ($25 in chips)
Seat 2: tossie21 ($38.35 in chips)
Seat 4: bkawer ($15.80 in chips)
Seat 5: 9millionaire ($13 in chips)
Seat 6: mj11769 ($36.95 in chips)
Seat 7: ttbud ($47.55 in chips)
Seat 8: grixy ($24.75 in chips)
Seat 9: rgreene17 ($19.55 in chips)

schaukoski will be allowed to play after the button

bkawer: posts small blind $0.10
9millionaire: posts big blind $0.25
bkawer said, "nice hand"
Candog98: posts big blind $0.25

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ttbud [Ts Js]
mj11769: folds
ttbud: calls $0.25
grixy: folds
rgreene17: folds
Candog98: checks
tossie21: raises $0.75 to $1
bkawer: calls $0.90
9millionaire: folds
ttbud: calls $0.75
Candog98: calls $0.75

*** FLOP *** [6s Jh 4h]
bkawer: bets $0.75
ttbud: calls $0.75
Candog98: folds
tossie21: raises $5.50 to $6.25
bkawer: folds
ttbud: calls $5.50

*** TURN *** [6s Jh 4h] [8s]
ttbud: checks
tossie21: bets $31.10 and is all-in
ttbud: calls $31.10

*** RIVER *** [6s Jh 4h 8s] [3h]

*** SHOW DOWN ***
ttbud: shows [Ts Js] (a pair of Jacks)
tossie21: shows [9h 9c] (a pair of Nines)
ttbud said, "ty"
ttbud collected $76.70 from pot

Donation

I transfered $26 to a friend, bankroll now at 240.72

BR UPDATE

started $223.05 left with $269.12

Done for now

I just played .10/.25 NL hold em, I sat with $23.05, cashed out at $68. Overall I think I played fairly well, I got lucky, REALLY lucky one hand... which I posted earlier... I played a variety of hands after I had a large chip stack, no one called when i had AA or QQ but I won a bunch with 23 suited... and other odd ball hands... sometimes u just have to change gears and play the table that is in front of you...

FIRE

I just hit quads... got the guy alln too... running really hot at this table...

PokerStars Game #16126240790: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2008/03/20 - 20:51:06 (ET)Table 'Astarte II' 9-max

Seat #6 is the buttonSeat 1: Yankee419 ($14.75 in chips) Seat 2: jeremypantin ($26.60 in chips) Seat 3: ttbud ($60.05 in chips) Seat 5: mattvanhorn ($42.70 in chips) Seat 6: Posey113 ($7 in chips) Seat 7: bobhasnojob ($14.75 in chips) Seat 8: Crad61 ($5 in chips) Seat 9: JasonB_tight ($26.15 in chips) bobhasnojob: posts small blind $0.10Crad61: posts big blind $0.25ErBola92: sits out

*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to ttbud [4c 4s]

JasonB_tight: folds
Yankee419: folds
jeremypantin: folds
ttbud: calls $0.25
mattvanhorn: calls $0.25
Posey113: raises $0.25 to $0.50
bobhasnojob: folds
Crad61: calls $0.25
ttbud: calls $0.25
mattvanhorn: calls $0.25

*** FLOP *** [4d 5h 4h]
Crad61: checks
ttbud: checks
mattvanhorn: checks
Posey113: bets $0.75
Crad61: folds
ttbud: calls $0.75
mattvanhorn: folds

*** TURN *** [4d 5h 4h] [Qs]
ttbud: checks
Posey113: checks

*** RIVER *** [4d 5h 4h Qs] [6h]
ttbud: bets $6
Posey113: calls $5.75 and is all-in

*** SHOW DOWN ***ttbud: shows [4c 4s] (four of a kind, Fours)
Posey113: mucks hand
ttbud collected $14.40 from pot

I can suck out...

EDIT: after thinking about this hand a little more I definetly sucked out, but the guy weak bet the flop when he was super strong, realing me in, making me think he had a flush draw and letting me catch a stronger hand and then gave me a free card on the turn, so really I sucked out because he let me.


too me this guy had been shovn alot of chips around being really aggressive... so i did this... I put him on flush draw... but this is what happened... I suck out big time...

PokerStars Game #16125961902: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2008/03/20 - 20:38:51 (ET)Table 'Astarte II' 9-max

Seat #2 is the buttonSeat 1: Yankee419 ($10.60 in chips) Seat 2: jeremypantin ($27.10 in chips) Seat 3: ttbud ($33.20 in chips) Seat 4: Car 00 Mad ($7 in chips) Seat 5: mattvanhorn ($28.55 in chips) Seat 7: alaphamale ($3.50 in chips) Seat 8: Crad61 ($14.40 in chips) ttbud: posts small blind $0.10Car 00 Mad: posts big blind $0.25JasonB_tight: sits out

*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to ttbud [9h Ah]mattvanhorn: raises $0.50 to $0.75alaphamale: folds Crad61: folds Yankee419: folds jeremypantin: folds ttbud: calls $0.65Car 00 Mad: folds

*** FLOP *** [Ac Qc 8d]
ttbud: checks mattvanhorn: bets $0.50ttbud: calls $0.50

*** TURN *** [Ac Qc 8d] [Ad]ttbud: checks mattvanhorn: checks

*** RIVER *** [Ac Qc 8d Ad] [9c]ttbud: checks mattvanhorn: bets $2ttbud: raises $3 to $5mattvanhorn: raises $22.30 to $27.30 and is all-inttbud: calls $22.30

*** SHOW DOWN ***mattvanhorn: shows [Qs Qh] (a full house, Queens full of Aces)ttbud: shows [9h Ah] (a full house, Aces full of Nines)ttbud collected $54.50 from pot

Bank Roll

In September I put in $50 on pokerstars, I am currently sitting on $223.07. I have run it all the way up to $305, mainly playing .10/.25 NL hold em. Let see where I can take this... I lose my patients often... I have been working on my emotions at the table the most lately... Keeping a cool head has definetly kept my bank roll moving up both live and online... Lets hope I can continue to keep my emotions under control and moving up...

My blog

Ok, I just set this up today... I plan to post in this at the end of every session or when I feel like it...