Having Some Fun

Over the last few days, I haven't played very much, however I did manage to play some $0.05/$0.10 ring games yesterday afternoon. I played two tables for about half an hour and ended up cashing out 1.5 buy ins, which is good, but obviously not alot of money, but gotta start grinding somewhere. Here is one of my hands that was pretty funny:

So I ended that quick session on a good note.

Yesterday was also my good friend Adam's 21st birthday, so Adam, Krissy, Yves and I all went out for dinner with him and then out to the Golf O Max to play some indoor golf which was really fun. It was my first time and I don't golf very often and let's just say highest score wins? I ended up shooting +51, so 134 or something and they all shot under +25, good for them. We went back to Adam's place and I played one STT. $5.50 buy in, 9 players. I played solid poker for the most part since these are so easy to win, but getting quads three times also helps. I only got action on one of my quads, but still a nice way to get some chips. We finally got to heads up and I had a 3:1 chip lead. I had slightly over 10,000 and he had slighty over 3,000. He limp shoved with Jh10h from the button to my AQ and he spiked a J and doubled up, so we were basically even in chips and it stayed that way for so long. I finally took it down and the heads up alone took just over 40 minutes which is ridiculous, anyways I had some fun and it felt good to win.

So a big Happy Birthday to Adam and good luck to you and Krissy in Turning Stone for the next week!

Finally

I finally got my first $4.40 180 man sit & go win! It felt really good to win it, but it didn't feel as good as I thought it would have, but either way, feels really good to finally get that win under my belt. Basically I was able to double up within the first few hands, and then I just sat tight for a while and built a stack up to about 5,000 with the blinds at 50/100. I was five seconds away from leaving to go out to pick up my dad from the hospital but when I was just about to hand over the tournament to someone, I picked up AK. I took someone out, next hand I got JJ, then AA, then KK, then AK again! I went on this HUGE rush and brought my stack up to over 21,000! I asked my mom if I could stay on and she could go get my dad, so she said yeah and I just finished off the tournament myself. It was down to the final 2 tables and I found myself in some trouble. I was dealt 88 back to back and my stack dwindled down to just under 5,000 with blinds at 300/600. I would make the standard raise to 1800 and got called, flop was 9 high, I put the caller all in for 4,000, and he called with KK. And then I made it 1,800 again on a A K J flop and contiuation bet but was check raised and forced to fold. This sucked, but I didn't get angry with myself, there was nothing I could do about those hands and I just had to live with the fact that I had 5,000 and would hopefully double up.

I was dealt JJ and shoved preflop and was called by AQ, I doubled up to 11,000 which felt good, there were only 15 or 16 left and then the best hand in the world happened. I had it saved on my computer, but I'm on a friends laptop and I don't have the hand history, but this was it. I had KK UTG, I made it 1,800, someone made it 4,000, the button shoved for 14,000, and the SB went all in for over 50,000! I was thinking, pleaseeeeeeee be good, and PLEASE FOR GOD'S SAKES HOLD! ONE TIME! I called, and was up against the BEST 3 hands I could ask for. AK, AQ and AQ! That is soooo sick, and I obviously help up, but was really cheering for that one A to fall. This brought me up to 45,000. Ten hands later, i called 2,400 with 66, the flop was Q 6 2, big stack lead out 2,000, I flat called. Turn was a Q, beauty, he bet out 3,000, I made it 9,000 and he called. River was a 5, he checked and I shoved my last 27,000 in and he called with AK! WOO! I was up to over 90,000 and went into the FT with 96,000 chips. Had a big stack the whole way and took it down with 44 vs 66 on a 4 2 7 5 9 board. My first win, and earlier that day I had made a FT and took 5th, so it was a great day and I am glad I never left to go pick up my dad.

Ever since that, I have only played about 7 sit & gos and only made 1 FT, but I haven't played much since my win, just been getting alot of homework done and finishing up some assignments for school. I'll be back tomorrow.

A Win, A Small One, But Still A Win

I had a terrible day yesterday in my $4.40 session, nothing was going my way at all. At the beginning of my session, I had 5,000 within the first 15 hands, and then I found my self all in on a 10 high flop with KK vs AA for 10,000 and the chip lead and I didn't catch up. After that hand, everything went downhill, I was tilting, I was on the phone trying to play 5 tables, just not a good way to play and focus on poker. Even when I got off the phone and was down to 2-3 tables and was able to concentrate fully, I still ended up losing everything. I didn't win a single race yesterday, my AQ's would lose to KJ's, my KK was cracked by 44, just nothing going my way at all, so I quit for the night. All in all, a bad night, but whatever, they're bound to happen. DON'T TALK ON THE PHONE WITH YOUR GIRLFRIEND WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO PLAY POKER!

Anyways the point of this post was to explain about my first win ever on PokerStars. It wasn't a 180 man sit & go, but it was a 9 man sit & go, which I am still happy about and I can finally get some confidence in a win. It was a crazy table for me, I was up and down the whole time, I'll look for some hands and show how low I was and was able to make the comeback and win it.

PokerStars Game #8582886122: Tournament #43713872, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2007/02/23 - 12:07:57 (ET)
Table '43713872 1' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 2: math*n*eliza (1485 in chips)
Seat 3: billig (1075 in chips)
Seat 4: OESD (1620 in chips)
Seat 5: sixnine0312 (3515 in chips)
Seat 6: btb&m (1880 in chips)
Seat 7: deeman32986 (1135 in chips)
Seat 8: Spoons04 (965 in chips)
Seat 9: LeJeune30 (1825 in chips)
deeman32986: posts small blind 50
Spoons04: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to btb&m [6s Th]
LeJeune30: folds
math*n*eliza: folds
billig: folds
OESD: folds
sixnine0312: folds
btb&m: raises 200 to 300
deeman32986: calls 250
Spoons04: folds
*** FLOP *** [6d Kh Td]
deeman32986: bets 400
btb&m: raises 500 to 900
deeman32986: calls 435 and is all-in
btb&m said, "good lord"
*** TURN *** [6d Kh Td] [Ah]
*** RIVER *** [6d Kh Td Ah] [9s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
deeman32986: shows [Qs Js] (a straight, Ten to Ace)
btb&m: shows [6s Th] (two pair, Tens and Sixes)
btb&m said, "everytime"
deeman32986 collected 2370 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2370 | Rake 0
Board [6d Kh Td Ah 9s]
Seat 2: math*n*eliza folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: billig folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: OESD folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: sixnine0312 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: btb&m (button) showed [6s Th] and lost with two pair, Tens and Sixes
Seat 7: deeman32986 (small blind) showed [Qs Js] and won (2370) with a straight, Ten to Ace
Seat 8: Spoons04 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: LeJeune30 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

This hand brought me down to 745 chips and 8/8, not looking so good.

Seat 2: math*n*eliza (1485 in chips)
Seat 3: billig (1075 in chips)
Seat 4: OESD (1620 in chips)
Seat 5: sixnine0312 (3515 in chips)
Seat 6: btb&m (745 in chips)
Seat 7: deeman32986 (2370 in chips)
Seat 8: Spoons04 (865 in chips)
Seat 9: LeJeune30 (1825 in chips)

PokerStars Game #8582938791: Tournament #43713872, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2007/02/23 - 12:12:17 (ET)
Table '43713872 1' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 2: math*n*eliza (2035 in chips)
Seat 3: billig (925 in chips)
Seat 4: OESD (1470 in chips)
Seat 5: sixnine0312 (3115 in chips)
Seat 6: btb&m (745 in chips)
Seat 7: deeman32986 (2170 in chips)
Seat 8: Spoons04 (1015 in chips)
Seat 9: LeJeune30 (2025 in chips)
sixnine0312: posts small blind 50
btb&m: posts big blind 100
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to btb&m [6s 7h]
deeman32986: folds
Spoons04: raises 200 to 300
LeJeune30: folds
math*n*eliza: folds
billig: folds
OESD: folds
sixnine0312: folds
btb&m: raises 445 to 745 and is all-in
Spoons04: calls 445
*** FLOP *** [8d 6h Ad]
*** TURN *** [8d 6h Ad] [2d]
deeman32986 said, "gg"
*** RIVER *** [8d 6h Ad 2d] [7c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
btb&m: shows [6s 7h] (two pair, Sevens and Sixes)
Spoons04: shows [Ah Ts] (a pair of Aces)
deeman32986 said, "haha"
btb&m collected 1540 from pot
btb&m said, "hehe"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 1540 | Rake 0
Board [8d 6h Ad 2d 7c]
Seat 2: math*n*eliza folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: billig folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: OESD (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: sixnine0312 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: btb&m (big blind) showed [6s 7h] and won (1540) with two pair, Sevens and Sixes
Seat 7: deeman32986 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Spoons04 showed [Ah Ts] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 9: LeJeune30 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

I was able to suck out and double up, whew. After that, I was able to pull of some nice bluffs and build up my stack to 3200 and be the CL and then later on lost a big race for a nice pot.

PokerStars Game #8583162008: Tournament #43713872, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (100/200) - 2007/02/23 - 12:30:21 (ET)
Table '43713872 1' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 2: math*n*eliza (3075 in chips)
Seat 3: billig (1450 in chips)
Seat 4: OESD (2070 in chips)
Seat 5: sixnine0312 (1640 in chips)
Seat 6: btb&m (3590 in chips)
Seat 9: LeJeune30 (1675 in chips)
sixnine0312: posts small blind 100
btb&m: posts big blind 200
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to btb&m [3c 3s]
LeJeune30: folds
math*n*eliza: folds
billig: raises 1250 to 1450 and is all-in
OESD: folds
sixnine0312: folds
btb&m: calls 1250
*** FLOP *** [Ts 4h 6s]
*** TURN *** [Ts 4h 6s] [6h]
btb&m said, "HOLLLLLLDDDDDDDDDDD"
*** RIVER *** [Ts 4h 6s 6h] [Qd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
btb&m: shows [3c 3s] (two pair, Sixes and Threes)
billig: shows [Ad Qs] (two pair, Queens and Sixes)
btb&m said, "UUUUUUGH"
billig collected 3000 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3000 | Rake 0
Board [Ts 4h 6s 6h Qd]
Seat 2: math*n*eliza folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: billig showed [Ad Qs] and won (3000) with two pair, Queens and Sixes
Seat 4: OESD (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: sixnine0312 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: btb&m (big blind) showed [3c 3s] and lost with two pair, Sixes and Threes
Seat 9: LeJeune30 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

I was pretty upset about that, but it's a race so I can't really complain. I again was down in chips, sort of, but brought it back up to 5800 after a while.

Seat 3: billig (1862 in chips)
Seat 4: OESD (1410 in chips)
Seat 5: sixnine0312 (2795 in chips)
Seat 6: btb&m (5895 in chips)
Seat 9: LeJeune30 (1538 in chips)

My table was so tight, the blinds were huge and there were only 5 people left, this sit & go took forever to finish. I ended up being 3/3 for a few hands, but doubled up and then took someone out to go heads up with an even chip lead and took it down 3 hands into HU. Anyways, I am glad with the win and happy with myself for being able to come back like that to win the tournament. I'll be back.

What Do You Know

Same bullshit as usual. I keep placing 10th-18th in these $4.40 sit & go's. I busted in 15th with 44 vs A 9 for a 20k pot, which would have put me above average. I busted 14th in the other with Q9 vs 44 for a smaller pot, but to stay alive. It seems like I just can't win a fucking race. I know you only notice the races that you lose, but it's just so frustrating to keep finishing just in the money, I want to win these tourney's. I keep saying every time I keep making the right plays but I just end up not winning them. I don't know what to do differently. Played 6 tonight, finished in the money in 2, not good, but not bad. My sharkscope for my new account should look pretty good if I keep this up. I'd post some nice hands from the tournaments but I am too lazy and angry right now, see you tomorrow.

When Will I Win?

UGGGHHH, I joined 4 $4.40 sit & go's today after playing ring games earlier in the afternoon. I lost one buy in and quit after about 2 hours of play, just got really annoying and I really wasn't in the mood for playing cash games after this retarded hand. I had $10, the buy in, and this guy had $14. It folds to me on the button and I made it 4x ($0.40) on the button with J 8o and the BB called $0.30 more. The flop came Q 10 9r, perfect, but still need to be careful with a flop that that in case he has the J. He lead out for $0.40 and right there I put him on AQ since he had been playing a solid game, he could have had KQ too which is still okay, only a gutshot. I made it $2.40, I know it's a big raise, but I still know he's calling anyways with AQ or KQ just because the stakes are so low and the players are so bad. He flat calls, and the turn was a 4. He checked, and I bet $4, he flat calls, and the river was a J. This was such a bad card for me to see and it just made me sick, and he shoved all in, and I only had $3 and my pot odds were 4:1 and I knew right away he had KQ and I couldn't fold just cause of the pot odds. Anyways, I called and what do you know he had KQ, just an unlucky hand for me. Anyways, so that went down this afternoon.

I had practice tonight from 5:00pm - 7:00pm and I went to Adam's house for the evening to play some poker and some NFL Madden on PS3. We still haven't played PS3 yet and it's 2:00am. I got to Adam's around 8:00pm and ate my Quiznos, joined 4 $4.40 sit & gos and hoped for the best. The whole time I was on the phone with Dan, a good friend of Adam and I and we were helping him play in his $20 sit & go (180 man) and I was on all 4 of my tables while talking with 4 people on msn. It isn't that hard to do, but wow do you ever lose focus on all your tables and just not pay attention anymore, especially in the tournies you are shortstacked in. So, I busted in 2 of my sit & gos that I was short in, but I managed to builed some good stacks in my other 2. I was at 9,000 in chips and 15,000 in chips in them and in both I was sitting around 9/45 and 6/40. I ended up busting in the tourny I had 9,000 chips with KQ. Here's what happened:

The blinds were 200/400 with a 50 ante. It folded to me on the button and I made it the standard 3xBB raise to 1200 with KQo. The BB flat called and the flop was 8c 5c 2x. He lead out for all his chips about 11,000, and I instantly put him on the flush draw and was willing to race, even if he had the A. I called and I made the best call ever, he had 7c3c, but it sucks cause he has 15 outs. The turn was a 3x, and the river was a Kc :(. Oh well, I am happy I made the right call, it just sucks I busted, but I was in the money so I guess that's a plus.

In the other tourny where I had a nice stack, I ended up being just below average until the FT, which is OK and I knew I could win some pots and take this thing down. I was able to build up my stack and be even with 1st and 2nd in chips and have a nice stack with 7 people left. I was in the BB with Jh7h, and the button made it the standard raise to 2400. I called and the flop was 8d 7d 4d, and I figured I was good and he had overcards. I check raised all in and he called with Ad3d. Good game me, game over on the turn since no J or 7 came. But what really gave me a nice stack early on was this hand:

Well since it won't copy and paste on here, here is the link: http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/148811

Anyways, it's just frustrating that I keep making a FT but never win one of these, I am due damnit.

Funday Monday

I joined 3 $4.40 sit & go's this morning, while also playing 4 ring games on Eurolinx. I hadn't been on Eurolinx in so long and wanted to make some cash on these tables playing my micro stakes at $0.05/$0.10. I will still be playing the $4.40's, I just wanted to play some ring games. I will post a few hands from the only $4.40 I will really bother posting about. I busted in all 3 of the sit & go's within a half hour which sucks. First tournament I shoved right away first hand with Ad10d and was called by QQ. The second tournament I made it 200 on the button with AsQs with only the blinds left. The BB called and the flop was J 10 Q. He checked, I bet 300 and he put me all in, at this point I probably was beat, but still had a draw, and even if he had 2 pair, I still had outs. He had AK, well played on his part I suppose. Here are the hands from my "better" sit & go.

HAND #1

PokerStars Game #8518106590: Tournament #43394574, $4.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2007/02/19 - 11:21:37 (ET)
Table '43394574 10' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: SnaFu AAA (1500 in chips)
Seat 2: BigDaddyThor (1500 in chips)
Seat 3: cipexp (1500 in chips)
Seat 4: mozita (1500 in chips)
Seat 5: GABBSEY (1500 in chips)
Seat 6: rizzo6211 (1500 in chips)
Seat 7: fulvia (1500 in chips)
Seat 8: Galax99 (1500 in chips)
Seat 9: fbtmof05 (1500 in chips)
BigDaddyThor: posts small blind 10
cipexp: posts big blind 20

Holecards
Dealt to fbtmof05
mozita has timed out
mozita: folds
mozita is sitting out
GABBSEY: folds
rizzo6211: folds
fulvia: calls 20
Galax99: calls 20
fbtmof05: raises 180 to 200
SnaFu AAA: folds
BigDaddyThor: folds
mozita has returned
cipexp: folds
fulvia: calls 180
Galax99: calls 180

Flop (Pot : $630)


fulvia: checks
Galax99: checks
fbtmof05: bets 520
fulvia: folds
Galax99: calls 520

Turn (Pot : $1670)


Galax99: checks
fbtmof05: bets 780 and is all-in
Galax99: calls 780 and is all-in

River (Pot : $3230)



Showdown
Galax99: shows (a pair of Deuces)
fbtmof05: shows (a pair of Aces)
fbtmof05 collected 3230 from pot

Summary
Total pot 3230 | Rake 0
Board
Seat 1: SnaFu AAA (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: BigDaddyThor (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: cipexp (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: mozita folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: GABBSEY folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: rizzo6211 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: fulvia folded on the Flop
Seat 8: Galax99 showed and lost with a pair of Deuces
Seat 9: fbtmof05 showed and won (3230) with a pair of Aces

Just my typical play with AQ or AK preflop at these blinds. Doubled up on the first hand of the tournament, good sign of trying to build a stack early.

Ugh, so it turns out, I just copy and pasted the same hand 6 times. I guess I messed up when I tried to copy and paste. Basically, I went back down to 1500 on the second hand of the tourny with AQ again haha. I got it all in on a flop of 8 9 Ar with AQ vs AK, he limped and flat called my raise preflop. I doubled up again with 4c5c. The blinds were 15/30, CO made it 120 total, I called. The flop was 4 3 6r, I checked, CO bet out 200, I made it 600, he shoved (he had me covered), and I called feeling I was beat, but I am ahead if he has an overpair, which he did. He had KK, and the turn was a nice brick Q, and the river was a nice 2. I had 13 outs though, so it would have sucked to miss. I busted with AQ vs AK, all in on the flop of 6c 5c Ax, he had AcKc, gg me.

I am currently still playing my cash games and up almost 1 buy in on 3 of my tables, and up half a buy in on the other, so I am looking good. After another hour or two, I am gonna stop playing for the day, I had a 3 hour sleep and am going to take a nap before my volleyball game tonight.

Haha, just as I type this, I went from $18 to $29 on one of my tables in 2 hands against the same player. I limp called $0.60 preflop with 55, 3 handed. The flop was 5d 6h As. SB checked, I checked, UTG raiser bet out $0.95, SB called, I called. Turn was a Qd, SB checked, I checked, the raiser bet out $2.50, SB folded, I smooth called, hoping he has AK or AQ. River was a 7, it went check check and he mucked. Two hands later I checked my BB with A7o, the flop was 10 7 5, I checked, he bet $0.20, I called, turn 7, I checked, he bet $0.60, I made it $2.40, he pushed all in for like $0.20 more to me. He had 10 8. I'll be back later.

Reading Week

I just got back from Toronto where I had a volleyball tournament all weekend. Back to poker, I have the whole week off and I plan on playing as much poker as I can during this week. It sucks, I have the week off for school, but I still have to drive in to Ottawa for volleyball practices, so lame. Anyways, I'll be updating almost everyday so stay tuned.

Ugggghhhhh

Played 4 $4.40 sit & go's so far today. Managed to build a nice stack within the first 2 blind levels. On each table, I was up to at least 4,000 to 5,500 chips. I played solid and lost each tournament. QQ vs AK, didn't bother to save the hand history, didn't really care because I had some nice stacks on my other tables. I got blinded down to about 3,500 when the average stack was 5,600 in another tourny. The blinds were 100/200 with a 25 ante, i made it 600 with Ac6c in late position, the SB called. Flop was J 10c 7c, he checked, I bet 1,000, into 1,500, he put me all in, and I called with my remaining 1,400 and he had 9d10d, well played I guess on his part. I missed, gg. And I just donked off my last 2,000 chips in my last $4.40 of the session with 6c4c vs QQ, haha. Anyways, what really sucked was this hand in my 4th $4.40.

PokerStars Game #8454235540: Tournament #43078858, $4.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2007/02/15 - 13:57:24 (ET)
Table '43078858 14' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: thugg111 (5600 in chips)
Seat 2: fbtmof05 (5505 in chips)
Seat 3: 52525 (4145 in chips)
Seat 4: sashapad (3115 in chips)
Seat 5: snakerfly (5095 in chips)
Seat 6: CrazyJack02 (1555 in chips)
Seat 7: SCHLUCHTI007 (6595 in chips)
Seat 8: Longbons (3450 in chips)
Seat 9: edw_fje (1388 in chips)
fbtmof05: posts small blind 50
52525: posts big blind 100

Holecards
Dealt to fbtmof05
sashapad: folds
snakerfly: calls 100
CrazyJack02: folds
SCHLUCHTI007: calls 100
Longbons: raises 300 to 400
edw_fje: folds
thugg111: folds
fbtmof05: calls 350
52525: folds
snakerfly: calls 300
SCHLUCHTI007: calls 300

Flop (Pot : $1700)


fbtmof05: bets 5105 and is all-in
snakerfly: calls 4695 and is all-in
SCHLUCHTI007: folds
Longbons: folds
fbtmof05 said, "fckkkk"

Turn (Pot : $11910)



River (Pot : $11910)



Showdown
fbtmof05: shows (three of a kind, Queens)
snakerfly: shows (a straight, Nine to King)
fbtmof05 said, "jesus christ"
snakerfly collected 11090 from pot
fbtmof05 said, "well played"

Summary
Total pot 11090 | Rake 0
Board
Seat 1: thugg111 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: fbtmof05 (small blind) showed and lost with three of a kind, Queens
Seat 3: 52525 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 4: sashapad folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: snakerfly showed and won (11090) with a straight, Nine to King
Seat 6: CrazyJack02 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: SCHLUCHTI007 folded on the Flop
Seat 8: Longbons folded on the Flop
Seat 9: edw_fje folded before Flop (didn't bet)

I don't think I overbet the pot too much on the flop here, but he had a good read and decided to call his 5,000 with his draw, and the turn gave him less outs, well played by him.

Anyways, I'll be starting another session later. Since I still live at home with my parents, they are making me clean up my room... and help cut up veggies for dinner. Be back later.