Moving forward cautiously

First of all, thank you for the comments to my '07 recap. Every single comment made me feel really good. I hope to continue my learning this year and have a huge '08 recap.

Now let's get this over with. I am going to post something here that will make me feel like I am posting a picture of myself naked. Well, not that extreme, but almost as embarrassing. But I really need to look deep inside my poker game to find out what is wrong. Here are my SNG stats from Sharkscope:

First thing to notice is that I have not been consistent in either direction -well, until recently, consistently down. One of my problems I know of over the first 150 games was that I would build up from the $5 SNG's and then jump up to $11 or even $20 or $30 SNG's and lose back most of my profit quickly. Then I would settle back down and build up again from the $5 levels. I was not consistently winning enough at the $5 level to move up, but I would do it anyway and it always cost me.

But most alarming has been my stats over the last 70 games. I don't think you will see a graph like this posted anywhere else on a poker blog. Everyone wants to post how great they are doing and tell you why they run so goooot. But I need help. Serious help.

After about 25 games sliding downwards I usually tighten up and try to play ABC poker. After 50 games I become a rock. The last 20 games, I started limiting my plays to AA, KK, QQ and AK unless on the button or cutoff. And even in those positions, I played tight.

I could list all the hands I went out on, but what's the point? AK losing to 77. 77 losing to AK. Flush losing to boat. Could variance be this evil? I know I play aggressive at times, but lately have really tried to tighten up. My last 10 SNG's were all at the $2 buyin's 6 and 9 player tables. I did not cash 1 time. Really.

After finishing high in points over the BBT2 tournaments, I was starting to feel like I really progressed in 2007. But now I am beginning to wonder if I did luckbox my way into 4 final tables.

I mean, in 36% of the tournaments I played, I finished in the top 25% and half that time I made the final table. I only cashed 18% of the time, and managed to take 1st once. But wouldn't everyone like to cash in 18% of the tournaments they play in? Was I getting that lucky? My SNG stats are pointing to yes, the BBT2 was just luck. Or could variance be that strong. Granted, I have only logged 225 SNG's but now the last third of the games I have played has been a drastic downward spiral.

My goal now is to tighten up, play ABC poker and grind my way back to a profit and stay at the same level for awhile ($2 to start). Maybe then I can loosen up a bit. I don't know what else to do. Is there something else I am missing?

I need to get pokertracker set up on my new laptop. Maybe that will answer some questions. If you have any numbers on me that you could/would share from your stats, I would welcome them.

The nice thing is, I have a lot of room to improve this year. It surely can't get worse than the last 70 SNG's I have played.

Stay patient.....

TOC and TLB freerolls

I didn't talk about it this week because I didn't want to go there. Anyway, I had so much fun playing in the BBT2, and was thrilled to finish in the top 50 players with points (I finished 7th overall) after 27 total tournaments. My goal was to prove that I can play with the bloggers and I did. I started studying the game of poker in April of 2007 and started blogging soon after.



First the TLB freeroll. The top 50 got to play a freeroll (thank you FTP, AL, Mookie, MiamiDon, Hoy and Riggstad). Here's how I finished. I got to the final table a shortstack but was able to fold to 5th place. Lucko was brutal, running all over the table, so I decided to play tight at 9th, and it got me to 5th. Here's what I got:



So I feel like I represented myself well. I didn't get much credit for having a shot at the TOC win but I did finish in the top 5 in the freeroll. **disclaimer is that I think many of the 23 players that played in both tournaments played aggro in the freeroll early so they could focus on the main TOC tourney.


Congrats to lucko and whiskigirl who were in the TOC at the same table while heads up in the freeroll. Impressive! Lucko finshed first and played amazing at the final table.



Second lets talk about the big one. The Tournament of Champions with the $18,000 first place prize. Winner take all, no prize to second.

In first 5 hands I had AA KK and QQ. I Figured I was burning all my luck early.



See here where I am in 2nd place (which pays the same as 27th). I was just dominating the tables! ;)




Here I win the first hand uncontested:





Two hands later I re-raise a raiser and win pre-flop. I am on fire now....





I win this one again pre-flop. First 5 hands have been good so far:





Then Astin was shortstacked and I played this hand with him:


Full Tilt Poker Game #4570734298: Battle of the Bloggers Final (30643270), Table 1 - 20/40 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:20:13 ET - 2007/12/20
Seat 1: cmitch (2,450)
Seat 2: Astin (1,900)
Seat 3: Fuel55 (2,560)
Seat 4: jamyhawk (3,075)
Seat 5: PirateLawyer (3,225)
Seat 6: huntsvegas (2,850)
Seat 7: XxMagiciaNxX (2,750)
Seat 8: cracknaces (4,495)
Seat 9: whiskigrl (3,695)
Fuel55 posts the small blind of 20
jamyhawk posts the big blind of 40
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jamyhawk [3h 5s]<-- terrible cards
PirateLawyer folds
huntsvegas folds
XxMagiciaNxX folds
cracknaces calls 40
whiskigrl folds
cmitch folds
Astin calls 40
Fuel55: how is that i dont have 15000 chips?
Fuel55 calls 20
jamyhawk checks<-- how soon until I can fold this?
*** FLOP *** [6d 4c 4d]
Fuel55 checks
cracknaces: cause your name is not Asting
jamyhawk bets 80<--because I now have a nuts hand

cracknaces folds
Astin calls 80<--uh oh. Astin always has a hand.
Fuel55 folds
*** TURN *** [6d 4c 4d] [7h]<--Gin!
jamyhawk checks<--see if I can get Astin all in. Astin bets 200
jamyhawk calls 200<--slow play to no pay?
*** RIVER *** [6d 4c 4d 7h] [Qd]<--potential flush. Damn, missed that on the turn. Should have reraised.
cracknaces: Fuelstin
cmitch: of course im bleeding here and doing well in the other freeroll :)
jamyhawk bets 720<--Have to bet enough here so he can't bluff the flush. If I bet small and he goes all in, I don't know that I can call with flush hitting the river. If he comes over me now, I know my straight is no good.
Astin folds<--woooo hoooo.
Uncalled bet of 720 returned to jamyhawk
jamyhawk mucks
jamyhawk wins the pot (720)


Full Tilt Poker Game #4570802292: Battle of the Bloggers Final (30643270), Table 1 - 25/50 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:26:20 ET - 2007/12/20
Seat 1: cmitch (2,150)
Seat 2: Astin (1,525)
Seat 3: Fuel55 (2,725)
Seat 4: jamyhawk (3,570)
Seat 5: PirateLawyer (3,165)
Seat 6: huntsvegas (2,850)
Seat 7: XxMagiciaNxX (2,985)
Seat 8: cracknaces (4,395)
Seat 9: whiskigrl (3,635), is sitting out
Fuel55 posts the small blind of 25
jamyhawk posts the big blind of 50
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jamyhawk [6c 6h]
whiskigrl has reconnected
whiskigrl has returned
PirateLawyer raises to 150<--an early position raise. I put him on high pair. Maybe AK, AQ. But probably JJ or QQ.
huntsvegas folds
XxMagiciaNxX folds
cracknaces folds
Fuel55: its stinky down there
whiskigrl has 15 seconds left to act
whiskigrl folds
cmitch folds
Astin folds
Fuel55 folds
cracknaces: the danl position sounds sorta ghey no?
Fuel55: he is cracking under so much expectation
jamyhawk calls 100<--I feel the odds are good enough to set mine here.
*** FLOP *** [8h 6s 9d]<--flopped sets are GOLD!
jamyhawk checks<--check my monster to a known aggressor.
PirateLawyer bets 250<--expected
jamyhawk raises to 800<--check raise as planned. don't want ghey straight filling in.
cracknaces: he hasnt gotten AA or KK yet, its a record
Fuel55: here we go!
PirateLawyer has 15 seconds left to act
PirateLawyer raises to 1,650<--now I have to figure overpair. No way he is on 10 7. Maybe AK but most likely range is 1010-AA and A9.
Fuel55: ALLL EEEEEEEEEEN
jamyhawk raises to 3,420, and is all in<--Fuel is my master. Fuel is my master.
PirateLawyer calls 1,365, and is all in<--YES!
jamyhawk shows [6c 6h]
PirateLawyer shows [8c 8s]<--NOOOOOOOOO
Uncalled bet of 405 returned to jamyhawk<--at least I am still in it.
Fuel55: sick
*** TURN *** [8h 6s 9d] [7d]
*** RIVER *** [8h 6s 9d 7d] [4s]
Fuel55: sick
jamyhawk shows three of a kind, Sixes
Fuel55: sick
PirateLawyer shows three of a kind, Eights
PirateLawyer wins the pot (6,355) with three of a kind, Eights
Fuel55: sick

Seat 4: jamyhawk (big blind) showed [6c 6h] and lost with three of a kind, Sixes
Seat 5: PirateLawyer showed [8c 8s] and won (6,355) with three of a kind, Eights





I replayed the hand over and over, and I suppose I could have slowed down the betting on flop. With possible straight hitting the turn, I might have saved some chips. Then again, I know Piratelawyer to be very aggressive, so he may have controlled the betting on the turn. I don't think I am laying down the hand to him in that position. I really put him on an over pair. Would you have laid that down?


Very next hand, I figure I could pick up some chips. Maybe someone calls with KJ? All in pre-flop, I'll appear on tilt.





OOPS. I'm out 27th. First one out.... Ick. But I guess CHAD called it right: I got coolered early.







So see. If I can do it, so can you. I mean, if I can make it into the TOC, so can you. Come try it out next round.
CONGRATULATIONS to Jeciimd for taking down 1st and representing us in the Aussie Millions! He truly put on a clinic, winning two seats of the 27 available, finishing first in total points and then taking down the Main Event. Impressive! Watch his site for updates on his trip to Australia.



Until then, stay patient. . .

Congratulations to Emptyman for taking down the Mookie. I felt I was card dead all night. I pushed chips back and forth early on, mostly with bluffs or semi-bluffs. People started calling me or re-raising me too frequently, so I decided to switch to a ROCK and then went for what seemed like forever without anything. The highest pocket pair I remember was 88. I raised it, and someone re-raised me all in. I folded and instead decided to push all in a few orbits later with A9sooooooted. Ooops. I got a caller and that was enough to know I was beat.

I played terrible last night in every game I was in. I played the Tier II token Frenzy, built up an above average chip stack, then blew it all on a bluff. Caller tanked for a while as he only had me covered by a few hundred chips, and then called my all in with second pair weak kicker. That was enough to eliminate me. I guess I want that call 90% of the time, but that was how I was running last night. He called an all in with 2nd pair 7 kicker! I guess that is what I get for being the idiot -I mean donkey.

I played 6 more SNG's last night to see just how bad I was running (only cashed in 1 of them). Mostly donkey played again. I was feeling very confident in my play up until this week -especially when I dumped all my chips in the MATH to lucko. That turned me around and I haven't been able to get back right since. Come to think of it, that was the exact moment things went sour. I was easily going to cash and I shoved two hands in a row to exit the tournament on the bubble. My head is still spinning from that. What a stupid move on my part. Of course, alcohol has been involved this week. I tend to make smarter moves when we are out of beer at home. I mean, my SNG winnings graph looks like a seismograph during a 6.0 earthquake. It's pathetic.

I need to take a break, read a book or two, and then come back refreshed. Unfortunately, we have two more BBT2 tourneys to play and then the TOC and Leaderboard Freeroll next week. Oh well. Maybe I can figure it out before next week. I do know that everyone expects me to be dead money in those two tournaments next week. Maybe I can prove someone wrong.

Tournament: Riverchasers Online Poker Tour

When: TONIGHT! 21:00 ET

Game: NLHE Deepstack

Buyin: $10+1

Password: Riverchasers

Tournament: Blogger Big Game

When: Sunday, December 16th, 21:30 ET

Game: NLHE Superstack

Buyin: $69+6 or Tier II token

Password: donkey

MATH Final table #2

I just wanted to start off with this hand because I got a lot of grief over it. Tell me what you would have done....

Full Tilt Poker Game #4463335511: Mondays at the Hoy (32953837), Table 2 - 120/240 Ante 25 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:43:55 ET - 2007/12/10
Seat 1: Loretta8 (2,827) <--short stack at the table...
Seat 2: DaBag (5,700)
Seat 3: jmathewson_III (10,645)
Seat 4: twoblackaces (6,413)
Seat 5: jamyhawk (19,260) <--chip leader at the table. . .
Seat 6: lucko21 (17,369)
Loretta8 antes 25
DaBag antes 25
jmathewson_III antes 25
twoblackaces antes 25
jamyhawk antes 25
lucko21 antes 25
twoblackaces posts the small blind of 120
jamyhawk posts the big blind of 240 <--I am in the BB
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jamyhawk [5s Ks] <--not a good hand, but not bad for BB.
lucko21 folds
Loretta8 raises to 654 <--short stack trying to steal?
DaBag folds
jmathewson_III folds
twoblackaces folds
jamyhawk raises to 1,200 <--raise for a re-steal...

Loretta8 raises to 2,802, and is all in <--crap. did not want to see this. a call: yes. a fold: yes. re-re-raise: no. Now I have to make a decision.
jamyhawk has 15 seconds left to act
jamyhawk calls 1,602 <--I figure I have two live cards. Short stack is playing Ax right? maybe a pp under K's. Hopefully J9 sooted. My cards being sooted makes no difference to me. I play this knowing I take a small hit to my stack if I lose, hoping K high is good or hit a 6 outer against Acerag.
Loretta8 shows [Qs Qc]
jamyhawk shows [5s Ks]
*** FLOP *** [2h 8s Kd] <--All that I needed.
*** TURN *** [2h 8s Kd] [6c]
*** RIVER *** [2h 8s Kd 6c] [7s]
lucko21: :(
Loretta8 shows a pair of Queens
jamyhawk shows a pair of Kings
jamyhawk wins the pot (5,874) with a pair of Kings <--So I suckout. I maintain that every winner in these tournaments sucks out at least twice.
Loretta8 stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5,874 Rake 0
Board: [2h 8s Kd 6c 7s]
Seat 1: Loretta8 showed [Qs Qc] and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 2: DaBag folded before the Flop
Seat 3: jmathewson_III (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: twoblackaces (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: jamyhawk (big blind) showed [5s Ks] and won (5,874) with a pair of Kings
Seat 6: lucko21 folded before the Flop

At this point, Lucko starts ragging on me for a terrible play. Donkey move. Blah, blah, blah. Thank you Snakster for sticking up for me, but the damage is done. Lucko puts me on tilt. I should have just stopped right there and regrouped, but I am tilting hard as several observers are also critical of my play.

The very next hand (or close to it), I am dealt AJsooooooooted. I raise from UTG. Everyone folds to the SB who raises and then the BB re-raises all in. I had both players covered but decided to fold as I would have risked almost half my stack on AJ. I don't remember the first raisers cards but Twoblackaces had KK. A on the flop and I would have won, but Twoblackaces takes it with KK. I could have taken two players out. I am cursing for folding AJ, and Lucko already has me tilted. AAAAAAAAAAAArgggggghhhhhhhh.

MY BAD.

Now I am on SUPERtilt.

I watch this happen:

THE MIGHTY AJ!

Then I lose a big hand here. I should have learned right here.

So I push all in here preflop to push back on lucko's raise. He double ups on me. Did I mention I'm on SUPERTILT?

The very next hand I get the NUTZ: AJ

I went from 2nd with 7 players left to out 6th in just a few hands. No patience. No FAWKING patience. Goes against everything I always tell everyone else. Stay patient! Go ask Schaubs. AJ is a crap hand....

Great job to LJ for making it Heads up but she couldn't finish out against twoblackaces. Both are great players. Congrats to twoblackaces for getting into the TOC.

So I figured I should go tilt off some more chips before going to bed:

This hand was the final hand for me in a 9 player SNG when we both went all in preflop....

Then I play an 18 player : top 6 get paid. All in pre-flop.

Not my favorite night. I did win a $26 token. Finished down overall for the night on my bankroll. But I did get me some points for the MATH finish. How 'bout that RecessRampage?

Stay patient... And if you see me at the tables, remind me to STAY PATIENT!

Chip and a chair

Down to my last $5.77 on bodog, I decided to just tighten up and play PPO Poker (Premiums and Position Only). Friday night, I opened up a table and quickly ran that $5.77 down to $1.93. How fun. But, as expected, I finally started getting some cards and at the $10 max buy in tables that means guaranteed double ups. The call all-ins on draws and any pair mentality of my opponents, helped me build my balance up to just over $23 in less than 1 hour.

The most interesting thing I took out of this was: should I be playing PPO Poker more often? At least in ring games. Normally, I prefer more of a "Hit and Run" style, meaning I will Hit the table with LAG play until someone challenges me, then run over to playing Rock Tight. After hitting a few big hands with the Rock Tight, then Run back over to LAG play. And if I ever see all of the players turn over in a short period of time, RUN back over to the style of play. This works at the .25/.50 and the .50/1 tables on FTP.

PPO Poker is probably more for the micro limits anyway(.5/.10 was the $10 max). I will just keep grinding it out. Then once the BBT2 is over, I can start playing in $mokee's Bodonkey tourney. I have found the competition to be weaker on Bodog so far. I say that as I ran my first $100 there down to $5 in grand style. But we all know you have to be able to play through some bad nights (notice I said bad nights, not bad beats - bad nights allows for stupid play on my part).

Don't forget: Only 4 spots left in the TOC. If you want a shot at a freeroll for an $18K prize, come out an play on FTP.

Tournament: Mondays at the Hoy
When: Every Monday. 10pm ET
Game: NLHE Deepstack
Buyin: $24+2
Password: hammer

Tournament: The Mookie
When: Every Wednesday. 10pm ET
Game: NLHE Deepstack
Buyin: $10+1
Password: vegas1

Tournament: Riverchasers Online Poker Tour
When: Every Thursday. 21:00 ET
Game: NLHE DeepstackBuyin: $10+1
Password: Riverchasers

Tournament: Blogger Big Game
When: Sunday, December 16th, 21:30 ET
Game: NLHE Deepstack
Buyin: $69+6 or Tier II token
Password: donkey

Stay patient...

Don't make fun of my young looks

Hawkette shot this picture of me last night playing in the Mookie. You can see by my smile that it was before I ran my mighty 44 into 123skidoo's AT o/s. I was shortstacked and he was not, so no big deal. And don't make fun of me for putting my Soco in a sippy cup. It keeps me from gulping too much and I never spill a drop.

Don't forget about the Riverchasers tonight. Only 5 more shots to get your seat in the TOC.

Hope all the bloggers in Vegas are having a KICKASS time!

Stay patient....

You must buy a Wii

First of all. Do NOT forget the MATH: 6hand NLHE tonight. Here are the dirties:
Tournament: Mondays at the Hoy
When: Every Monday. 10pm ET
Game: NLHE Deepstack
Buyin: $24+2
Password: hammer

I might not be in attendance tonight as I am very sleepy from the weekend and feel a cold coming on. Three late nights were playing poker and Big Brain Academy. If you do not have a Wii. Find one and buy it! It is the most revolutionary game system since the Atari. I cannot say enough good things about it. I know the graphics are ten times better on the PS3 and XBOX, but no way you will have as much fun as playing the Wii. You want to sit in a dark room and shoot people: don't buy a Wii. You want to play games while standing and cheering and a whole group of people are having fun: buy a Wii.

Pimpin' some bloggers.
Kaja has the funniest post here. Check out the Best Poker Screenshot Ever!
Of course it started with JJOK's Hardest earned money ever!
Check out the newest poker blogger and give him a shout: Snakster.
Best hand histories ever: Fuel55

Hope everyone going to Vegas has a great time! Wish I was going, but have to save those days off for my trip to Australia (that I'm going to win in the TOC).

Stay Patient...

Happy Friday to YOU!

Why is it that the people coming out of fast food restaurants are always overweight? Coincidence? I think not.

I will tell you why the Boy Scouts are so ghey. Because during football season, they schedule their major meetings (Den meetings or something like that) on Sundays at 5pm. You have to leave your house before the end of the first half of the late games and get home after the night game has started. What in the world is wrong with a Saturday meeting? Or a Tuesday or Wednesday?

Today is the last day of the month and the last day of our "sales year". I officially finished the year ranked #1 salesman. Yay me. I am Dwight Schrute. OK, not really. By the way. Dwight has his own blog. And it is pretty detailed. How intense is the internet getting when a fictional character has his own blog? I mean, I am reading the thoughts of someone who does not exist. Or does he exist because I see his character and his character has thoughts outside of the the show he is on? How bored do you have to be to read a fictional character's fictitious blog? Anyway, I feel a bit of stress relieved today since I am done with this year's contest for top salesman. Start it back up again next month. Hopefully my 40% drop in production since I started reading poker blogs won't keep me from repeating next year. Hip Hip Hooray.

Some of the poker bloggers I have been reading are so effin funny! I mean really. Entertaining! I need to update my blogroll because there have been so many more I have been visiting since BBT2 started. I have to say the BBT2 has been so fun, but also time consuming. I play in more tournaments or at least more nights a week than I did before, and I read a lot more to catch up with people's thoughts on the night before's game.

Thanks again to Al and everyone else who is making BBT2 happen. It has been fun!

Hope you have a GREAT weekend!
Stay patient....

TPTK good?

Full Tilt Poker Game #4340902560: Riverchasers Online Poker Tour (30641954), Table 10 - 150/300 Ante 25 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:48:20 ET - 2007/11/29
Seat 2: twoblackaces (20,927)<--table chip leader
Seat 3: heffmike (4,805)
Seat 4: jamyhawk (8,785)<--2nd chip stack at the table.
Seat 5: snakster (3,525)
Seat 6: BamBamCan (4,675)
Seat 7: AlCantHang (5,270)
Seat 8: NumbBono (5,925)
Seat 9: dino_burger (5,340)
twoblackaces antes 25
heffmike antes 25
jamyhawk antes 25
snakster antes 25
BamBamCan antes 25
AlCantHang antes 25
NumbBono antes 25
dino_burger antes 25
jamyhawk posts the small blind of 150
snakster posts the big blind of 300
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jamyhawk [Ah Qd]<--I like this starting hand so I will be raising.
BamBamCan folds
AlCantHang folds
NumbBono folds
dino_burger folds
twoblackaces raises to 1,200<--likes to steal.
heffmike folds
jamyhawk raises to 2,200<--re-steal.
snakster folds
twoblackaces calls 1,000<--uh oh. tread cautiously.
*** FLOP *** [Js 4d Qh]<--I like, but not love. JJ, QQ, KK and AA beat me. Otherwise, I think I am golden. But QQ-AA re-raise pre-flop, right?
jamyhawk has 15 seconds left to act
jamyhawk bets 2,500<--I did pause which looked weak. I guess I was assuming I was ahead by now. I have to push forward unafraid of four possible hands that have me beat.
twoblackaces raises to 5,000<--now if you have a monster, you call my raise. re-raise is a draw, right? Well, not really. I should probably fold here. What do you think?
jamyhawk raises to 6,560, and is all in<--a call is pot committed anyway.
twoblackaces calls 1,560
jamyhawk shows [Ah Qd]
twoblackaces shows [Qc Kc]<--Holy crap! I made a dumb call but I am ahead.
*** TURN *** [Js 4d Qh] [9s]
*** RIVER *** [Js 4d Qh 9s] [Ks]<--2 outer on river? I probably shouldn't have been in this deep anyway. And I put myself all in against the biggest stack at the table. Dumb.
jamyhawk shows a pair of Queens
twoblackaces shows two pair, Kings and Queens
twoblackaces wins the pot (18,020) with two pair, Kings and Queens
jamyhawk stands up



Then I decided to get into the token frenzy and try to get into another pot while ahead. Evidently, not a good idea.


Full Tilt Poker Game #4341083742: $26 Token Frenzy (32365273), Table 18 - 40/80 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:06:06 ET - 2007/11/29
Seat 1: DoubleTurds (1,540)
Seat 2: jamyhawk (1,090)
Seat 3: ACEYDEWY (4,060)
Seat 4: Billy1212 (1,130)
Seat 5: Tkach 5 (3,870)
Seat 6: pedram0007 (2,100)
Seat 7: strohsix (2,030)
Seat 9: JJ4LSU (1,615)
jamyhawk posts the small blind of 40
ACEYDEWY posts the big blind of 80
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jamyhawk [2h Ks]
Billy1212 has 15 seconds left to act
Billy1212 calls 80
Tkach 5 folds
pedram0007 calls 80
strohsix folds
JJ4LSU calls 80
DoubleTurds folds
jamyhawk calls 40<--pot odds. have to call with ATC.
ACEYDEWY checks
*** FLOP *** [Kc Th 4s]<--I have a piece but terrible kicker.
jamyhawk bets 250<--let's see where I am at.
ACEYDEWY folds
Billy1212 calls 250<-- slow playing monster? or drawing? these are the only two options I see here. KJ raises. Everyone limped in so no AK. K10 would raise also.
pedram0007 folds
JJ4LSU folds
*** TURN *** [Kc Th 4s] [Jh]
jamyhawk has 15 seconds left to act
jamyhawk bets 300<--see where I am although I am basically pot committed to a re-raise.
Billy1212 raises to 800, and is all in<--I just can't buy he is ahead of me here. I may be drawing dead, but I think any King is ahead here. I will call.
veritas sits down
veritas adds 1,515
jamyhawk has 15 seconds left to act
jamyhawk calls 460, and is all in
Billy1212 shows [Qs Jd]<--I was right. WOOO Hooo
jamyhawk shows [2h Ks]
Uncalled bet of 40 returned to Billy1212
*** RIVER *** [Kc Th 4s Jh] [9s]<--He had 13 outs. I don't blame him. Just sucks to be ahead going in and lose after only 1 more card.
Billy1212 shows a straight, King high
jamyhawk shows a pair of Kings
Billy1212 wins the pot (2,420) with a straight, King high
jamyhawk stands up

Another final table in the Mookie

I final tabled the Mookie. It was my 6th final table in 16 tries but still no win. Gotta keep working to get the profile. I was doing pretty well last night when I ran AQ all in pre-flop to the mighty A10. The 10 beat me with a straight filling in on the river and I lost half my stack. No worries, though as the very next hand was QQ and my all in was called by AA. Those beeeetches have not been very nice to me lately. Better luck next time.

I felt I played a very solid game last night, without a single suckout. That's right, not one. I was ahead going in to every race. And they all held up, until the final two hands. I guess it was just my lucky night -until I went out. Oh well.

Congratulations to RecessRampage for taking it down! Only a few TOC spots left and he got one last night. Click on his name to check out how he did it.

I am meeting with a real estate agent tonight about putting my house up for sale. Hawkette set up the meeting with no regard to the Riverchasers tournament. ; ) Just kidding. She is so cool about my poker that I could tell her to deal with the agent on her own and let me play, and she would. But I will be attending that meeting, so GL to everyone tonight. If you didn't know, here are the details:
Tournament: Riverchasers Online Poker Tour
When: Every Thursday. 21:00 ET
Game: NLHE Deepstack
Buyin: $10+1
Password: Riverchasers

Have some fun

First of all, congratulations to SnailTrax . Finished 2nd in last weeks MATH, but followed it up this week with a 1st place win! WTG! That is impressive.

Sitting around tonight after my donk out of the MATH, playing some cash games and having a few beers with Hawkette. I love hanging out with my wife. She is so fun when she is railing me in cash games. Anyway, I decided to step up a level for a bit. See what happens. What would you do in these hands?

Hand 1:

Full Tilt Poker Game #4234869531: Table Nolan - $0.50/$1 - No Limit Hold'em - 0:50:02 ET - 2007/11/20
Seat 1: jamyhawk ($112.70)
Seat 2: Pay To See It ($99)
Seat 3: foldthenuts4 ($32.20)
Seat 4: akdauie ($76.60)
Seat 5: 4rward ($17.45)
Seat 6: amdawn725 ($75.50)
Seat 7: LEHC1M ($98.50)
Seat 8: ptb109 ($31.50)
Seat 9: DrBass22 ($92.50)
jamyhawk posts the small blind of $0.50
Pay To See It has 5 seconds left to act
Pay To See It posts the big blind of $1
The button is in seat #9
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jamyhawk [Qh Kc]
foldthenuts4 folds
akdauie folds
4rward folds
amdawn725 folds
4rward stands up
LEHC1M folds
Rostamthegreat sits down
Rostamthegreat adds $40
ptb109 folds
DrBass22 folds
jamyhawk raises to $3<--purely a steal attempt.
Pay To See It calls $2
*** FLOP *** [Qd 7c Ks]<--ok, steal is now golden. Let's get some chips from him.
jamyhawk bets $1<--a non bet is bad. bet min and hope for re-raise.
Pay To See It calls $1<--not exactly what I wanted but building the pot is good.
*** TURN *** [Qd 7c Ks] [4s]
jamyhawk has 15 seconds left to act
jamyhawk bets $2<-- have to keep looking weak.
Pay To See It raises to $4<--oh so nice.
jamyhawk calls $2<--most times i raise here so i don't get clobbered by the idiot's reward on the river.
*** RIVER *** [Qd 7c Ks 4s] [5h]
jamyhawk has 15 seconds left to act<--does this still work online? pretend to be weak?
jamyhawk bets $25<--overbet to look like I missed my straight or flush draw.
Pay To See It calls $25<--It works and I win! Woo Hoo.
*** SHOW DOWN ***
jamyhawk shows [Qh Kc] two pair, Kings and Queens
Pay To See It mucks
jamyhawk wins the pot ($63) with two pair, Kings and Queens
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $66 Rake $3
Board: [Qd 7c Ks 4s 5h]
Seat 1: jamyhawk (small blind) showed [Qh Kc] and won ($63) with two pair, Kings and Queens
Seat 2: Pay To See It (big blind) mucked [Kd 6h] - a pair of Kings

Just a few hands later I see this:

Full Tilt Poker Game #4234921603: Table Nolan - $0.50/$1 - No Limit Hold'em - 0:55:52 ET - 2007/11/20
Seat 1: jamyhawk ($147.65)
Seat 2: Pay To See It ($117.25)
Seat 3: foldthenuts4 ($30.70)
Seat 4: akdauie ($39.10)
Seat 5: Rostamthegreat ($37)
Seat 6: Furon ($20)
Seat 7: LEHC1M ($91.50)
Seat 8: ptb109 ($31.50), is sitting out
Seat 9: DrBass22 ($92.50)
Rostamthegreat posts the small blind of $0.50
Furon posts the big blind of $1
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jamyhawk [Qc Tc]
LEHC1M has 15 seconds left to act
LEHC1M folds
DrBass22 folds
jamyhawk calls $1<--loose play with a big chip stack.
Pay To See It folds
foldthenuts4 folds
akdauie calls $1
Rostamthegreat calls $0.50
Furon checks
*** FLOP *** [Th 3c 4s]<--me likey.
Rostamthegreat checks
Furon checks
jamyhawk bets $4<--ok, so I have have been pushing and if I don't bet here, it looks fishy. Plus, I want to know if there is an A10 out there.
akdauie calls $4<--draw call. Probably on A5.
Rostamthegreat folds
Furon raises to $8<--Really? A10 has to raise higher here. Could be K10. My read is a draw hand trying to push me out of a pair.
jamyhawk calls $4
akdauie calls $4<--This is scary too.
*** TURN *** [Th 3c 4s] [9h]
Furon bets $11, and is all in<--nothing yells strength here. Maybe a weak pair or a draw still.
jamyhawk calls $11<--Have to call.
akdauie has 15 seconds left to act
akdauie folds
Furon shows [7s Td]<--wow! no draw. Did not figure that.
jamyhawk shows [Qc Tc]
*** RIVER *** [Th 3c 4s 9h] [Js]
Furon shows a pair of Tens
jamyhawk shows a pair of Tens
jamyhawk wins the pot ($47.50) with a pair of Tens<--was kind of surprised to see a 107 call at this level, but I guess that is why I should move up to the next level and start playing there. I am not real proud of playing a QTsoooooted, but I had a read and it worked out.

Stay patient.....

Monday night Foolball

All in pre-flop. I have 1/3 the stack as emptyman. So he calls for 1/3 of his stack and says: "had to. getting 2:1 on my money." Personally, I don't make that call. But hey, I am trying to become the KOSO (King of the Suck Outs). It seems that the suckouts have been ruling lately. Would you have called off 1/3 of your stack for K7sooted? I was a 62% favorite pre-flop.



My Broncos are doing well right now... But still time for them to give it up. I actually think they can hold off the Titans this time.
But I have to say: THE WORST ANNOUNCERS IN THE HISTORY OF MNF! Hands down. Never anyone worse. And that is a big compliment to Joe Theisman. He was pretty bad. I had to
actually turn down the sound for a while tonight. Couldn't take another Tony Kornheiser story interrupted 5 times - "I'm gonna finish this story now". Ughhhh. They are YOU-GEE-ELL-WHY!

Hope you are winning. Stay patient....

Moving to Bodog

It's Monday night so tonight is the MATH (or FMATSH). Come play as we go 6max turbo. Super shove fest and I love it!

Tournament: Mondays at the Hoy

When: Every Monday. 10pm ET

Game: 6max turbo

Buyin: $24+2

Password: hammer

Now a few different things:

First, Go Check this Chica out! She cashed in FTPOS event #15. 2600+ players and she finished 24th. Very impressive.

Second, congratulations to VinNay for winning the Big Game last night and a TOC seat. Check out jeciimd, who finished 2nd. Jeci took 1st in the last Big Game and now comes back with a 2nd place finish. Another impressive run. And special kudos to my buddy TheCloserX5 who bubbled but managed to make the final table. Look out for him. He is dead set on getting into the TOC.

Third, I missed the Big Game as I had a football banquet to attend. If you followed the Friday Night Lights posts I did, you will know that attending the banquet was sure to be full of drama for me. Well, it wasn't really. The coach did make a comment on the starting running back "could never get a run for over 10 yards" that made everyone go "oooooohhhhhh". So why is he starting again? . . . Cal got All Conference Honorable Mention for Kickoff/Punt returns. Funny thing was, he had 5 Kickoff returns all year and NO punt returns. He took 2 of the 5 returns for TD's. Hopefully the coach will let him run back kickoffs next year.

Fourth, Here is the response I got from FTP about getting rakeback. I sent them 4 different e-mails over 2 months and they finally responded to the last one:

So, I have opened an account at Bodog. Smokkee has been promoting them hard so I am going to give it a try. I want to get rakeback for the ring games I am playing, especially if I start moving up to higher limits (which I am thinking about doing). I loaded in Friday night VERY easily. Simple Visa Check Card transaction and they auto loaded 10% bonus in (no playing to earn the bonus).

So far, the tables have been extremely loose. Lots of pots with most or everyone limping. Some of the tables were showing 77% of the players seeing a flop. Unfortunately, I dropped a buy in when I was holding QQ and saw a raggy flop. I jam hoping for the usual call from a small pair with crap kicker, but instead run into AA. It is not unusual to see people calling to the river with draws or top pair any kicker. You have to be careful in those situations also. Play a top pair top kicker and you can get rivered very easily at these tables. I plan to write more about my play there. I don't know the software very well (as I am used to Pokerstars and FTP only) so I haven't figured out hand histories and screen shots, and I haven't reloaded Pokertracker from my dead laptop. Hope to soon.

Hope everyone starts doing good at the tables. Seems most bloggers have been writing about bad beats lately (except these hot runners: Kajagugu, jeciimd, XxMagiciaNxX, and Astin -or at least they have been hot in the blogger tourneys).

Stay patient....

Thursday night riverchasers and some cash hands

First of all, Congratulations to everyone who made money in the Riverchasers last night. I donked out early on Top Pair with Flush Draw. Not a very intimidating hand, so it wasn't a surprise that my opponent took me out with two pair. I had a few beers and amazingly, my hands have higher winning percentages and thousands more outs when I'm drinking (at least in my mind they do). Check out Kajagugu and his 5th final table. Congrats! And congrats to XxMagiciaNxX. Thanks to him we now have 1 less player in the TOC since he won for the 2nd time. Woo Hoo.

Here was an interesting hand in the token frenzy:

Full Tilt Poker Game #4189476277: $75 Token Frenzy (31246004), Table 4 - 80/160 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:24:49 ET - 2007/11/15
Seat 1: TheCloserX5 (4,440)
Seat 2: jamyhawk (4,630)
Seat 3: hummelbabe (310), is sitting out
Seat 4: greerzy_2 (4,060)
Seat 5: FIRE9000 (1,960)
Seat 7: IUBruin (2,655)
Seat 8: Aguirre_WoG (1,185), is sitting out
Seat 9: al1987 (3,795)
IUBruin posts the small blind of 80
Aguirre_WoG posts the big blind of 160
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jamyhawk [3d Kc] <--I'm folding this hand, but wanted to show how this particular hand progressed.
al1987 raises to 560 <--standard "POT" pre flop bet.
TheCloserX5 has 15 seconds left to act
TheCloserX5 calls 560 <--calls, so has some strength. without reraising closer can't be too sure of what al1987 has.
jamyhawk folds
hummelbabe folds
greerzy_2 folds
FIRE9000 folds
IUBruin folds
Aguirre_WoG folds
*** FLOP *** [Qc Qs Qh]
al1987 bets 3,235, and is all in <--all in screams no queen. Right? with a Q you check to trap or bet into the pot to get a call. Also, Aces would bet out but be afraid of a Q, so no all in. Have to put him on 55-KK range. Don't you think?
hummelbabe has returned
TheCloserX5 has 15 seconds left to act
kin2thumpr sits down
kin2thumpr adds 2,089
TheCloserX5 calls 3,235 <--calls the all in.
al1987 shows [9d 9c] <--exactly what we put him on.
TheCloserX5 shows [Kd Ks] <--great call.
*** TURN *** [Qc Qs Qh] [3h]
*** RIVER *** [Qc Qs Qh 3h] [Jd]
al1987 shows a full house, Queens full of Nines
TheCloserX5 shows a full house, Queens full of Kings
TheCloserX5 wins the pot (7,830) with a full house, Queens full of Kings <--Wouldn't you say both players played this right? I mean, you have to try to take the pot with pocket 9's and the K's have to call. Is there any way you could have folded the 9's, even if you got to see the turn card?
al1987 stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 7,830 Rake 0
Board: [Qc Qs Qh 3h Jd]
Seat 1: TheCloserX5 showed [Kd Ks] and won (7,830) with a full house, Queens full of Kings

HOW TO TILT A PLAYER IN 3 HANDS:

Full Tilt Poker Game #4190720432: Table Horizon Ridge - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 0:23:12 ET - 2007/11/16
Seat 1: Poilvache ($51.50)
Seat 2: BlitzedKrieg ($52.35)
Seat 3: aznwoodboy ($42.55), is sitting out
Seat 4: jamyhawk ($98.15) <--I've already hit a few good hands so I am bullying the table whenever I can.
Seat 5: metopia ($54)
Seat 6: steph322 ($18.75)
Seat 7: pokerplayer187 ($34.05)
Seat 8: F_O_R_N_A_X_1 ($41.40)
Seat 9: orangemutt ($50)
F_O_R_N_A_X_1 posts the small blind of $0.25
orangemutt has 5 seconds left to act
orangemutt posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #7
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jamyhawk [Ac Kd]
Poilvache folds
BlitzedKrieg folds
jamyhawk raises to $1.75 <--my standard raise tonight.
metopia folds
steph322 folds
pokerplayer187 folds
F_O_R_N_A_X_1 folds
orangemutt has 15 seconds left to act
orangemutt folds
Uncalled bet of $1.25 returned to jamyhawk
jamyhawk mucks
jamyhawk wins the pot ($1.25) <--I'm getting some respect, but I am raising more hands than normal since I am getting away with it. I know someone is going to try to punch me back, soon.

The very next hand:
Full Tilt Poker Game #4190726599: Table Horizon Ridge - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 0:23:50 ET - 2007/11/16
Seat 1: Poilvache ($51.50)
Seat 2: BlitzedKrieg ($52.35)
Seat 3: aznwoodboy ($42.55), is sitting out
Seat 4: jamyhawk ($98.90)
Seat 5: metopia ($54)
Seat 6: steph322 ($18.75)
Seat 7: pokerplayer187 ($34.05)
Seat 8: F_O_R_N_A_X_1 ($41.15)
Seat 9: orangemutt ($49.50)
orangemutt has 5 seconds left to act
orangemutt posts the small blind of $0.25
Poilvache posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jamyhawk [Qs Ad] <--not a power hand, but a good hand when you are being a bully.
BlitzedKrieg raises to $1.75
jamyhawk calls $1.75 <--no reason to get carried away. Let's see what the flop brings.
metopia folds
steph322 folds
pokerplayer187 folds
F_O_R_N_A_X_1 folds
orangemutt folds
Poilvache calls $1.25
*** FLOP *** [Kc 7h Qh]
Poilvache checks
BlitzedKrieg has 15 seconds left to act
BlitzedKrieg bets $3.50 <--could be a c-bet. Let's put it to the test.
jamyhawk raises to $8 <-- re-raise for information. I can easily fold to a re-re-raise.
Poilvache folds
BlitzedKrieg folds <--Tired of me raising you out of the pots yet?
Uncalled bet of $4.50 returned to jamyhawk
jamyhawk mucks
jamyhawk wins the pot ($11.90)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $12.50 Rake $0.60
Board: [Kc 7h Qh]

The very next hand:
Full Tilt Poker Game #4190735059: Table Horizon Ridge - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 0:24:44 ET - 2007/11/16
Seat 1: Poilvache ($49.75)
Seat 2: BlitzedKrieg ($47.10)
Seat 3: aznwoodboy ($42.55), is sitting out
Seat 4: jamyhawk ($105.55)
Seat 5: metopia ($54)
Seat 6: steph322 ($18.75)
Seat 7: pokerplayer187 ($34.05)
Seat 8: F_O_R_N_A_X_1 ($41.15)
Seat 9: orangemutt ($49.25)
Poilvache posts the small blind of $0.25
BlitzedKrieg posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #9
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jamyhawk [Ac Ah] <--Gin!
jamyhawk raises to $1.75 <--raise from UTG. Same as the last 2 hands.
metopia folds
steph322 folds
pokerplayer187 folds
F_O_R_N_A_X_1 folds
orangemutt folds
Poilvache folds
BlitzedKrieg calls $1.25 <--calls, trying to hit a flop on me.
*** FLOP *** [5h Td Kh]
BlitzedKrieg has 15 seconds left to act
BlitzedKrieg bets $3.75 <--bets out like last time.
jamyhawk raises to $8 <--I repeat the same exact bet like I am betting him out of the hand again.
BlitzedKrieg raises to $12.25 <--now he is saying "No more bullying me". I can't believe he hit a set on me.
jamyhawk raises to $103.80, and is all in <--overbet to look like I am trying to push him off the pot.
BlitzedKrieg calls $33.10, and is all in <--uh oh. He must have something.
jamyhawk shows [Ac Ah]
BlitzedKrieg shows [Th Jh] <--NOPE. Just tilting. 2nd pair and weak flush draw. Of course, he is a 45% to win, but do you risk a full buy in when you are 45%? I'd prefer to be 70% or better gettin in for a full buy in. I'm already playing with this tables' money and I'm 55% so I like where I am at.
Uncalled bet of $58.45 returned to jamyhawk
*** TURN *** [5h Td Kh] [3s]
*** RIVER *** [5h Td Kh 3s] [6d]
jamyhawk shows a pair of Aces <--my Aces hold up and BlitzedKrieg is felted. He ends up buying back in and drops another buy in around the table, playing for draws.
BlitzedKrieg shows a pair of Tens
jamyhawk wins the pot ($91.45) with a pair of Aces
BlitzedKrieg is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $94.45 Rake $3
Board: [5h Td Kh 3s 6d]

Full Tilt Poker Game #4190853562: Table Horizon Ridge - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 0:37:37 ET - 2007/11/16
Seat 1: Poilvache ($55.85)
Seat 2: BlitzedKrieg ($49.25)
Seat 3: Gigabet_75 ($30.40)
Seat 4: jamyhawk ($155)
Seat 5: metopia ($52.50)
Seat 6: steph322 ($24.15), is sitting out
Seat 7: pokerplayer187 ($32.55)
Seat 8: F_O_R_N_A_X_1 ($79.70)
Seat 9: orangemutt ($58.75)
jamyhawk posts the small blind of $0.25
metopia posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jamyhawk [7d 7s]
pokerplayer187 folds
F_O_R_N_A_X_1 folds
orangemutt folds
Poilvache raises to $1.50
BlitzedKrieg folds
Gigabet_75 folds
jamyhawk calls $1.25 <--let's try to hit a set.
metopia folds
*** FLOP *** [7c Qc Jc] <--Gin!
jamyhawk checks <--check raise coming.
Poilvache bets $2
jamyhawk raises to $4 <--min-raise. All club flop is a little scary.
Poilvache calls $2
*** TURN *** [7c Qc Jc] [Td]
jamyhawk bets $7.50 <--betting for info now. We have flush and straight possibilites on the board.
Poilvache calls $7.50 <--no flush. He would have to re-raise here. Could have just made his straight. And, as aggressive as I've been at this table, he could be trapping me.
*** RIVER *** [7c Qc Jc Td] [3s]
jamyhawk bets $15.50 <--no reason to believe I am behind right now. He has shown no strength and I can't figure he is trapping. Looks like AQ or QJ to me. No reason to overbet this either.
Poilvache calls $15.50
*** SHOW DOWN ***
jamyhawk shows [7d 7s] three of a kind, Sevens
Poilvache mucks
jamyhawk wins the pot ($54.65) with three of a kind, Sevens
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $57.50 Rake $2.85
Board: [7c Qc Jc Td 3s]
Seat 1: Poilvache mucked [Ac Ad] - a pair of Aces <--cracknaces!

This hand was fun:
Full Tilt Poker Game #4191112379: Table Horizon Ridge - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em - 1:07:33 ET - 2007/11/16
Seat 1: Poilvache ($48.40)
Seat 2: BlitzedKrieg ($55)
Seat 3: Gigabet_75 ($40.45)
Seat 4: jamyhawk ($176.05)
Seat 5: kkline ($50.80)
Seat 6: scubafun09 ($39.50)
Seat 7: pokerplayer187 ($31.85)
Seat 8: F_O_R_N_A_X_1 ($74.95)
Seat 9: orangemutt ($49.45)
scubafun09 posts the small blind of $0.25
pokerplayer187 has 5 seconds left to act
pokerplayer187 is sitting out
pokerplayer187 has timed out
F_O_R_N_A_X_1 posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jamyhawk [Ah Qc]
pokerplayer187 has been disconnected
orangemutt raises to $1.50 <--standard raise
Poilvache folds
BlitzedKrieg has 15 seconds left to act
BlitzedKrieg folds
Gigabet_75 folds
jamyhawk raises to $5.25 <--staying aggressive with this table.
kkline folds
scubafun09 folds
F_O_R_N_A_X_1 folds
orangemutt calls $3.75 <-- uh oh. need to tread lightly.
*** FLOP *** [Ac Qd Qh] <--dream flop
orangemutt checks
jamyhawk has 15 seconds left to act
jamyhawk bets $3 <--it would look weird if I DIDN'T bet here.
orangemutt calls $3 <--let's go for a ride.
*** TURN *** [Ac Qd Qh] [Qs] <--dream turn. Hope he is on AA.
orangemutt checks
pokerplayer187 has reconnected
jamyhawk has 15 seconds left to act
pokerplayer187 has returned
jamyhawk bets $20 <--overbet to appear on a steal.
orangemutt calls $20 <--nice. he is definately on an Ace
*** RIVER *** [Ac Qd Qh Qs] [3c]
orangemutt checks
jamyhawk bets $57.25 <--sticking with the aggressive, trying to steal, betting with a pair of 9's or something type look.
orangemutt calls $21.20, and is all in <--it worked
Uncalled bet of $36.05 returned to jamyhawk
*** SHOW DOWN ***
jamyhawk shows [Ah Qc] four of a kind, Queens
orangemutt mucks
jamyhawk wins the pot ($96.65) with four of a kind, Queens
Seat 9: orangemutt mucked [As Ks] - a full house, Queens full of Aces

He went on to say second time of the night he lost to Quads. Oh well. Buh-bye.

Now that's fun....

Donkin in the Mook

Last night was the mookie and here is how some of the drama played out:

*Kaja did not hit a 5th final table. Click his name to see how he went out even before I did. *Astin took the lead by finishing in the points for a 6th time. He also hit his 2nd, 2nd place finish. Impressive, but must sting not getting the TOC seat when that close twice. Third time's a charm, right?

*RaisingCayne finally busted his cherry and got some points in his 9th BBT2 tourney played. Congrats Cayne. I'm sure you'll be there a lot more over the next half.

*And then there was me, jamyhawk . Could I prove that Monday's MATH win wasn't 100% luck and finish strong in a non-turbo tournament? Not tonight. I donked off some chips chasing draws, then pushed all in with QQ against a loose player. I got my wish and he called with A8o/s. Flop brings a Q, but turn and river each are needed to fill in the A high straight and I go home around 80th. Maybe I can do it tonight.




8pm CST on Fulltiltpoker.com Password: riverchasers

Tune in for the excitement. The top person on the leaderboard after tonight's game, gets a buyin to the FTOPS main event. A final table appearance by anyone in the top 5 could move that player into first (if none of the other 4 finish in the top 20 in the tournament). Astin and Kajagugu each have an impressive 4 final tables. Really think about that. 100+ players in the Mookie and Riverchaser tournaments, plus close to 90 in the MATH tournaments and they have rolled up to the end 1 out of every 3 times they play. I'd love to go on a run like that. And I would expect to see a big run from some of these strong players (hoyazo , willwonka , RaisingCayne , and RecessRampage) who have all finished in the points just one time each after 12 tournaments have been played (not each of them has played in all twelve, HOY).



Come play with us. Anyone with a password is able. And get ready for this:

I can't wait for the superstacks....
Remember to stay patient...

Thank you Thank you

Thanks to everyone for the congrats on the MATH win. Everyone was quite nice on my blog. I noticed (as I expected) a lot of people were not happy about the turbo format. I actually think it is good for playing aggressive. You have to get a good run of cards -but you have to do that in a normal tournament too. With people in a push or fold mode, I think you can steal more pots, and win more races -since the AJ is a mighty mighty hand in the turbo format (or so people think).


In either case I enjoyed it.


This win really helped my points on the leaderboard. Gotta love them points, right Alan? I finished in the points in 3 of the first 3 tournaments and then didn't get back until this MATH win. With almost half the BBT2 tournaments over, I am in 2nd in overall points.

How about Kajagugu? 8 tournaments played and 4 times in the money. Not just points, but in the MONEY! Oh yeah, AND each money win was at a final table. Now I know someone can get lucky but 50% of the time at the final table is impressive! And he parlayed one of those final tables into a win. Right now, Kaja is almost 100 points ahead of me and Astin (2nd and 3rd). Congrats to Kaja for playing hot at the right time.

Don't forget the MOOKIE tonight.
*Can Kaja hit a 5th final table?
*Will he remain the leader through tomorrow night and win a seat to the FTOPS Main Event? *Will RaisingCayne finally bust his cherry and get some points in his 9th BBT2 tourney played? *Can Astin and/or Drizztdj become the first player(s) to finish in the points for a 6th time (out of only 12 total tournaments)?
*Can jamyhawk prove that Monday's MATH win wasn't 100% luck and finish strong in a non-turbo tournament?
SO MUCH DRAMA IN THE BBT2, TUNE IN TONIGHT TO SEE.....

Gotta love it.

Stay patient....