I continue to RULE!

Yes, that is all in preflop!

This is how you do it online.....

Better to be lucky than good

MONSTER FLOP!!!

PAID OFF!!!

I think this is the first time I've ever seen this....

Why you haven't seen me lately

Just tired of this stuff:
Full Tilt Poker Game #24288536009: $8 + $0.80 Tournament (187929052), Table 10 - 80/160 - No Limit Hold'em - 00:23:19 ET - 2010/09/29
Seat 1: fins1378 (2,235)
Seat 2: chiefbmw (1,928)
Seat 3: chrisp200 (4,675)
Seat 4: gaby26 (3,080)
Seat 5: peedccc (5,280)
Seat 6: jamyhawk (5,495)
Seat 7: ChildOfJesus (17,110)
Seat 8: cincimusicman (2,555)
Seat 9: CPOner (5,670)
jamyhawk posts the small blind of 80
ChildOfJesus posts the big blind of 160
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to jamyhawk [Js As]
cincimusicman folds
CPOner raises to 400
fins1378 folds
chiefbmw has 15 seconds left to act
chiefbmw folds
chrisp200 folds
gaby26 folds
peedccc folds
jamyhawk calls 320
ChildOfJesus has 15 seconds left to act
ChildOfJesus calls 240
arielcdg (Observer): gaby folde k j antes
*** FLOP *** [9s 9d Ac]
jamyhawk bets 550
ChildOfJesus calls 550
CPOner folds
*** TURN *** [9s 9d Ac] [9c]
jamyhawk checks
ChildOfJesus bets 1,120
jamyhawk calls 1,120
*** RIVER *** [9s 9d Ac 9c] [4d]
jamyhawk checks
ChildOfJesus bets 4,540
jamyhawk calls 3,425, and is all in
Uncalled bet of 1,115 returned to ChildOfJesus
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ChildOfJesus shows [9h Qc] four of a kind, Nines
jamyhawk mucks
ChildOfJesus wins the pot (11,390) with four of a kind, Nines
gaby26 has been disconnected
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 11,390 | Rake 0
Board: [9s 9d Ac 9c 4d]
Seat 1: fins1378 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: chiefbmw didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: chrisp200 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: gaby26 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: peedccc (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: jamyhawk (small blind) mucked [Js As] - a full house, Nines full of Aces
Seat 7: ChildOfJesus (big blind) showed [9h Qc] and won (11,390) with four of a kind, Nines
Seat 8: cincimusicman didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: CPOner folded on the Flop

9Qoff is a hand I forget to call raises with all the time... Now I know.

Daniel Tosh

Tosh.O is the best comedy in years I have seen. HEE LARIOUS.

Up and Down and now UP!

 So I went on a terrible run online. See the big drop at about 2800 games played. I went probably 200+ games without any decent cashes and I created a huge slide on the graph. 

As you can see, over the last 50+ games I started the run back upwards. Here's what helped me a lot:

1)I stopped playing Super Turbos. I wrote some time ago about how profitable they were for me, but they create a different mindset of play. It was affecting my regular poker play, and then my regular poker play affected my Super Turbos. It was a vicious cycle that ended in -EV. 

2)On the advanced filters, I dropped off all super turbo and turbo tournaments. I wanted to get back to playing online like I play live and visa verse. The faster you play, the more variance. Ask this guy about Rush poker and variance. Ay yi yi. Anyway, I want the most opportunity to play the most hands. After my recent success in Las Vegas playing a deepstack tournament, I wanted to give myself as many hands as possible to play against my opponents. The more hands, the more I learn about their play and if I lose a big pot, I'm still able to chip my way back to a big chipstack. 

3)I only play the $10 tournaments. Obviously, I would play even higher stakes if possible, but I'm not bankrolled for that. I found that any tournaments for less than $10 and people will shove because someone knocked at their door, or they are ready to leave their house. That must be why someone shoves with 92off. I've seen some crazy shit. 

So trying to play higher stakes and non-turbo type tournaments has proven to be +EV for me. 

I've been doing pretty good playing live. I had a great trip to Vegas and then I won my first tournament in our monthly poker series that is starting it's third year. 1st year I finished in 2nd place for the season. 2nd year I did not cash 1 single tournament. Crazy. 3rd year and 1 tournament played = 1 tournament won. It's a long season, but I am making great reads and feeling very good about my style of play.

Tournament 2 is next week. We shall see.

Go CK in the Detox Series.

Stay patient....