Can't Knock Tha Hustle

Current Bankroll: $1610.80

Played 1949 hands of $50 6max NL today for a $245.55 profit plus another $60 or so at $50 PLO when someone kindly pointed out an ubertard was sitting at a $50 table deepstacked.

One of the things I love about poker is just plain old getting to somebody. Getting them so pissed off that they start just giving you stacks and stacks.

Part 1: The Bluff

$50 NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, June 27, 16:10:34 ET 2006
Table Table 109793 (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 1: Hero ( $69.02 )
Seat 4: snirk111 ( $46.81 )
Seat 2: FFLASH ( $30.50 )
Seat 3: swedelite ( $50 )
Seat 6: NYCguyPhD ( $49 )
NYCguyPhD posts small blind [ $0.25 ].
Hero posts big blind [ $0.50 ].

Holecards:
Dealt to Hero [ ]
FOLD FFLASH
FOLD swedelite
FOLD snirk111
CALL NYCguyPhD, $0.25
RAISE Hero , $1.50
CALL NYCguyPhD, $1.50

Flop: (Pot: $4)
[ ]
CHECK NYCguyPhD
BET Hero , $3
CALL NYCguyPhD, $3

Turn: (Pot: $10)
[ ]
CHECK NYCguyPhD
BET Hero , $8
CALL NYCguyPhD, $8

River: (Pot: $26)
[ ]
CHECK NYCguyPhD
BET Hero , $22
NYCguyPhD: lucky stupid XXXXXXX
NYCguyPhD did not respond in time.
FOLD NYCguyPhD
Hero does not show cards.
Hero wins $46.70
99% sure he had 99. Usually I don't bluff like that against call stations but I was certain his hand couldn't stand any heat and he'd fold. Not sure if he tried to disconnect cheat there or not, but apparantly he doesn't have any DP's left!

The very next hand:

$50 NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, June 27, 16:12:28 ET 2006
Table Table 109793 (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 1: Hero ( $81.67 )
Seat 4: snirk111 ( $46.81 )
Seat 2: FFLASH ( $30 )
Seat 3: swedelite ( $49.50 )
Seat 6: NYCguyPhD ( $36 )
swedelite posts small blind [ $0.25 ].
snirk111 posts big blind [ $0.50 ].

Holecards:
Dealt to Hero [ ]
CALL NYCguyPhD, $0.50
RAISE Hero , $3
FOLD FFLASH
FOLD swedelite
FOLD snirk111
RAISE NYCguyPhD, $5.50
CALL Hero , $3

Flop: (Pot: $12.75)
[ ]
CHECK NYCguyPhD
Horst_Fuchs123 has joined the table.
BET Hero $12
RAISE NYCguyPhD $24
RAISE Hero $24
ALL-IN NYCguyPhD

Turn : (Pot: $72.75)
[ ]

River: (Pot: $72.75)
[ ]
Hero shows [ ] a pair of aces .
NYCguyPhD doesn't show [ ] a pair of kings.
Hero wins $6 from side pot #1 with a pair of aces .
Hero wins $70.75 from the main pot with a pair of aces .

With his little gay minraise preflop I knew he either had something or had just decided he was going to 'outplay' me on this. Pretty hard when I have AA in position, but oh well.

Maybe 10 hands later:

***** Hand History for Game (?) *****
$50 NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, June 27, 16:19:49 ET 2006
Table Table 109793 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: Hero ( $113.17 )
Seat 4: snirk111 ( $45.66 )
Seat 2: FFLASH ( $31.90 )
Seat 3: swedelite ( $68.20 )
Seat 6: NYCguyPhD ( $26.25 )
Seat 5: Horst_Fuchs123 ( $54.10 )
NYCguyPhD posts small blind [ $0.25 ].
Hero posts big blind [ $0.50 ].

Holecards:
Dealt to Hero [ ]
CALL FFLASH, $0.50
FOLD swedelite
FOLD snirk111
FOLD Horst_Fuchs123
CALL NYCguyPhD, $0.25
RAISE Hero , $2.50
FOLD FFLASH
CALL NYCguyPhD, $2.50

Flop: (Pot: $6.5)
[ ]
CHECK NYCguyPhD
BET Hero , $6
ALL-IN NYCguyPhD
CALL Hero , $17.25

Turn: (Pot: $29.75)
[ ]

River: (Pot: $29.75)
[ ]
Hero shows [ ] two pairs tens and fives .
NYCguyPhD shows [ ] two pairs jacks and fives .
NYCguyPhD wins $50.35 from the main pot with two pairs jacks and fives .

Oops, I guess he outplayed me on that one.

An hour later, I haven't been winning any decent pots and my continuation bets are getting called by bottom pair. Then this happens:

***** Hand History for Game (?) *****
$50 NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, June 27, 17:19:31 ET 2006
Table Table 109793 (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: Hero ( $70.51 )
Seat 6: NYCguyPhD ( $47.04 )
Seat 2: wise85dm ( $83.10 )
Seat 5: NICKSS0N ( $51.70 )
Seat 4: Egeberg ( $50.50 )
Seat 3: Wheelman93 ( $51.75 )
Wheelman93 posts small blind [ $0.25 ].
Egeberg posts big blind [ $0.50 ].

Holecards:
Dealt to Hero [ ]
RAISE NYCguyPhD, $2
RAISE Hero , $6
FOLD wise85dm
FOLD Wheelman93
FOLD Egeberg
CALL NYCguyPhD, $4

Hmm. I typically wouldn't reraise with JJ but this guy was pretty nitty so his preflop raising range is relatively tight. If he just calls I can put him pretty squarely on 99-QQ or AK.

Flop: (Pot: $12.75)
[ ]
CHECK NYCguyPhD
BET Hero , $10
CALL NYCguyPhD, $10

He knows I raise a lot of hands like JT sooted so there is no way he's smoothcalling this flop with QQ or 99, so his most likely hands at this point are TT and AK. The reason for this is that he would be happy to get it in on the flop if he was very sure he's ahead. With AA-QQ and any set he is straight up pushing to my flop bet assuming I'll call, since I called him with Ace high previously.

Turn: (Pot: $32.75)
[ ]
BET NYCguyPhD, $15
RAISE Hero , $31
ALL-IN NYCguyPhD
CALL Hero , $0.04

HMMMM.
Now I know he either has AK or TT, maybe AQ of spades but there is no way he's playing it this way with a set. He would limp with 55, 66 and 88 preflop.
River: (Pot: $78.79)
[ ]
Hero shows [ ] a pair of jacks .
NYCguyPhD shows [ ] a pair of tens .
Hero wins $92.83 from the main pot with a pair of jacks .

GOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!! I came close to typing 'well, you got outs with 10 10, let's gamble' in the chat box but was 6 tabling and had too much shit going on with IM to be able to type it without timing out.

The First Downswing

Current Bankroll = $1304.85

Haven't had much time to post in the last few days.

On Friday I decided to give 6 max NL a whirl and things didn't go well. A combination of beats and spewing led to a 8 buy-in downswing. Normally I'd drop down or quit as soon as I hit a 2 or 3 buy-in swing, but unfortunately I got hit all at once, losing a few deep stack pots on different tables and was stuck $800 before I knew it. I moved down to $50 NL and still got buttfucked, which left me in fairly bad shape.

After quitting for the day, I played long hours on Saturday and Sunday and managed to recoup a large chunk of my losses.

Back to the Grind.

Fuck a Title Part II

Total BR = $1900.94

Shitty day for PLO. I dropped about $250 between the $25 and $50 PLO tables. Luckily I pwned n00bs at some $50 6-Max NLHE games and had a good day. Had one hand where I folded KK preflop. I raised UTG, 10/2/3 dude raised OTB, I reraised, he pushed for 300BB and showed AA when I folded.

Once again I have to work early and have no real time to post.

Fuck Stupid Titles

Total BR = $1576.16 (Net: +$257.87)

No time for a real post today as I worked at my crappy new job until 10pm, got home (I have no car; I have to walk) at 11:00pm, played $1000 hands of $25 and $50 PLO and 100 hands of $50 NLHE and now I'm going to bed because I have to be back at the fucking shit factory at 9:00am.

It's not my fault you live in a Campground

Total BR = $1302.44


Kinda off day. Got home from work and sat down to play and just wasn't feeling it in my usual way. The tables were good though, so I stuck it out and booked a small profit. Hit the $1250 point, which allowed me (as per my bankroll plan) to play one $50 table.

The title of this post refers to a pretty hilarious conversation that took place at a $25 table last night.

Lag raises with 88ATds, tight-passive limper calls in EP. Flop comes K85, the money gets all in and the limper, of course, has KK.

LAG: Limping with KK eh? That's a good idea... like never
Limper: I'm sorry you lost your rent money.
LAG: Yeah, $20 is my rent money.
Limper: It's not my fault you live in a campground.

Awesome pwnage by a total unimaginative nit.

No really interesting hands today, so I'll just post one I thought was a luckbox but was really me talking this guy to valuetown:

***** Hand History for Game (?) *****
$25 PL Omaha - Wednesday, June 21, 00:33:23 ET 2006
Table Table 95414 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 7 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 7: Hero ( $38.91 )
Seat 1: BlackhawkII ( $49.10 )
Seat 10: kraulis ( $15.06 )
Seat 4: drsthundza ( $16.74 )
Seat 3: vernors7 ( $25 )
Seat 5: ScabbyBear ( $36.84 )
Seat 6: JTB012 ( $40.61 )
Seat 8: bigrednycPP ( $9.25 )
Seat 9: jastackhouse ( $24.75 )
Seat 2: mmmwxyz ( $25 )
bigrednycPP posts small blind [ $0.10 ].
jastackhouse posts big blind [ $0.25 ].
mmmwxyz posts big blind [ $0.25 ].

Holecards:
Dealt to Hero [ ]
CALL kraulis, $0.25
CALL BlackhawkII, $0.25
CHECK mmmwxyz
CALL vernors7, $0.25
FOLD drsthundza
RAISE ScabbyBear, $1.85
FOLD JTB012
CALL Hero , $1.85
FOLD bigrednycPP
FOLD jastackhouse
FOLD kraulis
FOLD BlackhawkII
CALL mmmwxyz, $1.60
CALL vernors7, $1.60

Flop: (Pot: $8.25)
[ ]
CHECK mmmwxyz
CHECK vernors7
CHECK ScabbyBear
BET Hero , $5
CALL mmmwxyz, $5
FOLD vernors7
FOLD ScabbyBear

ScabbyBear is a 20% PFR, so I'm pretty comfortable I'm ahead of him at this point. Any callers and I'm checking behind on the turn and folding the river to a bet.

Turn: (Pot: $18.25)
[ ]
CHECK mmmwxyz
BET Hero , $7
CALL mmmwxyz, $7

Except when I suck out.

River: (Pot: $32.25)
[ ]
CHECK mmmwxyz
BET Hero , $13
ALL-IN mmmwxyz
Hero shows [ ] a full house Kings full of tens .
mmmwxyz doesn't show [ ] three of a kind, tens.
Hero wins $1.85 from side pot #1 with a full house Kings full of tens .
Hero wins $51.85 from the main pot with a full house Kings full of tens .

Zoooooooooooooooooooooooooom!

Put'Em Up Put'Em Up

AMENDED: I couldn't sleep so I sat down and played another 200 hands or so and won $98.
Total Bankroll = $1147.65 (Another $102.35 and I'll add one $50 table)

Today was a kinda meh day. Very very swingy. In my first 800 hands I was up 8 buy-ins, took a break, then dropped 10 over the next thousand hands, only to pull it out at the end, win some decent sized pots, and book an alright win. By my math, I need to play 11K more hands at $25 PLO before I can fully move up to the $50 level. My retarded ass can do that in about a week.

Typical hand from earlier this evening:

***** Hand History for Game (?) *****
$25 PL Omaha - Tuesday, June 20, 00:05:54 ET 2006
Table Table 95201 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 8 is the button
Total number of players : 8
Seat 9: Hero ( $32.30 )
Seat 5: iamkingsosa ( $14.15 )
Seat 4: DetLijebaley ( $36.14 )
Seat 6: pcmiii ( $20.30 )
Seat 10: phenglee111 ( $4.41 )
Seat 8: alexbra1 ( $24.70 )
Seat 1: Sweisman2 ( $25 )
Seat 2: bigro14 ( $25 )
Hero posts small blind [ $0.10 ].
phenglee111 posts big blind [ $0.25 ].
bigro14 posts big blind [ $0.25 ].

Holecards:
Dealt to Hero [ ]
RAISE bigro14, $0.25
CALL DetLijebaley, $0.50
FOLD iamkingsosa
FOLD pcmiii
CALL alexbra1, $0.50
CALL Hero , $0.40
FOLD phenglee111

A lot of the time I'll just go ahead and reraise this right out of the small blind, but I'd been getting great coordinated starting hands all night that were going nowhere and costing me beacoup d'argent.

Flop: (Pot: $2.25)
[ ]
CHECK Hero
BET bigro14, $0.25
FOLD DetLijebaley
FOLD alexbra1
CALL Hero , $0.25

Now he's gone and gay bet the flop. I don't have a lot of history with this particular player but I was pretty certain he had KK here for some reason. It just felt like KK. It is possible that he has AJT but KK jumped out at me.

Turn: (Pot: $2.75)
[ ]
BET Hero , $2.65
RAISE bigro14, $5.30
RAISE Hero , $15.90
CALL bigro14, $13.25

Best possible card, since I have the nuts and all of my other outs would've given me the second nuts. His minraise seemed pretty consistent with his past play and by no means indicated he had the same straight.

River: (Pot: $39.85)
[ ]
CHECK Hero
ALL-IN bigro14
CALL Hero , $5.70
Hero shows [ ] a straight nine to king .
bigro14 shows [ ] four of a kind kings .
bigro14 wins $48.70 from the main pot with four of a kind kings .

Yeah I could've folded the river and saved my self the price of a fast food supper. It's funny how looking back at the hand now, it's pretty obvious he's a hold'em player and that he thought his two sets somehow gave him a huge lock on the hand.

I told you don't ever ever come around here no more

Today was the World Blogger Championship on PokerStars. I played, and I think I played pretty well. I was chipleader for most of the tournament after the first hour, played a lot of small ball, never getting all-in until the blinds were absolutely huge, and then losing 4 or 5 huge coinflips that would've had me in good shape if I'd won any of them. I ended up finishing 16th for a $370 satellite seat. Hopefully I'll be able to sell the seat for W$ as I'm pretty sure I couldn't get to Vegas to play in the WSOP ME anyway.

In other news, I have a backer and my br domination plan has started. I really wanted to play 2K hands today but some random internet malfunction had party lagging like a motherfucker for the last few hours and I couldn't stand it any more.



It felt like it was going to be a pretty crappy day overall. Within the first 200 hands I dropped two buy-ins fairly quickly, once with top set vs wrap/flush draw and the second time with 89TJ double suited vs AA34 (no suits) all in on a 887 flop.

I'm going to try to discuss hands I played and why I played them that way on a regular basis from now on. Today there weren't really any tricky hands or ones I thought I played especially well, so I'm just gonna post the biggest pot I played.

***** Hand History for Game (?) *****
$25 PL Omaha - Monday, June 19, 03:21:29 ET 2006
Table Castlemaine (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: N0_VASELINE ( $59.80 )
Seat 2: jastackhouse ( $53.75 )
Seat 3: JTB012 ( $21.35 )
Seat 4: pokercsavo ( $24.40 )
Seat 5: Nosupe4u ( $33.50 )
Seat 6: Hero ( $121.08 )
Seat 7: tyler3343 ( $95.74 )
Seat 8: BetRaiseNuts ( $24.40 )
Seat 9: rccardshark ( $24.75 )
Seat 10: allyglafner1 ( $0 )
tyler3343 posts small blind [ $0.10 ].
BetRaiseNuts posts big blind [ $0.25 ].

Holecards:
Dealt to Hero [ ]
CALL rccardshark, $0.25
FOLD N0_VASELINE
FOLD jastackhouse

CALL JTB012, $0.25
FOLD pokercsavo
RAISE Nosupe4u, $1.35
CALL Hero , $1.35
CALL tyler3343, $1.25
FOLD BetRaiseNuts
CALL rccardshark, $1.10
CALL JTB012, $1.10

This is definitely a junk hand, but $25 PLO players typically overvalue high cards so generally if I hit a good flop with this hand (two low cards) I'm going to have a great draw all to myself.

Flop: (Pot: $7)
[ ]
BET tyler3343, $3
FOLD rccardshark
FOLD JTB012
FOLD Nosupe4u
Its_Gooood has joined the table.
RAISE Hero $15.65
CALL tyler3343 $12.65

And this is an excellent flop for me. Any Ace, deuce, three, four, five or seven gives me the nuts and a six gives me the second nuts. I raise both to get a free card and to disguise my hand. This is all rudimentary stuff.

Turn : (Pot: $38.3)
[ ]
rccardshark: lol]
rccardshark: take him down
BET tyler3343, $20
CALL Hero , $20

Villain in this hand was lagging it up and this turn bet made zero sense. Raising here is foolish because with 15-18 outs I'm a dog to any one pair hand, and I don't think this guy is folding. This kind of turn bet usually is two pair or bottom/middle set, but he could have a similar draw to mine.

River: (Pot: $78.3)
[ ]
rccardshark: idiots
ALL-IN tyler3343
CALL Hero , $58.74
tyler3343 shows [ ] two pairs queens and fours .
Hero shows [ ] a straight two to six .
Hero wins $192.78 from the main pot with a straight two to six .
rccardshark: crazy betting with no made hand

Jackpot! I really don't understand the villains line here. There is 0% chance that I smoothcall that turn with any set. The only possible hand I might fold that's ahead of Q4 is Q9, and even then I'm not raising the flop without some kind of draw to go with my ONE PAIR and that 5 is more likely to have helped me than hurt me. At any rate, I think it's one of the largest pots I've won at $25 PLO and I love the comment from the nit at the end. There are actually people that play a lot of PLO (I have 4000 hands on this guy) that think raising with a draw is somehow wrong.

Sunday Picks

Been very busy with my internship so I haven't been playing much poker except live a couple times to unwind. Online poker is a Class C Felony in Washington State now. Yuck. Anyways, been betting on MLB, MLS and of course the World Cup. I've been doing fairly well (I'll post stats later). I'll start posting some of my picks here. Soccer fans who like to gamble: familarizing yourself with MLS might very well be worth your time.

Sunday 6/18/2006

World Cup

Brazil -2 +130

MLS

Chivas +140

MLB

San Diego +140
Seattle -110

All 1 unit plays except Chivas which is 1.5.

Help TheRempel (Seriously)

I am legitimately looking for a backer.

Without a backer it will be at least a few months until I can play again. If there is anyone out there willing to back me for $500-$1000 I will agree to play within their bankroll restrictions and be 100% transparent in our dealings. I will not cashout a single dollar until the end of the previously agreed upon backing period, at which point the backer will get back 100% of their original stake and 50% of the net profit.

40 hours a week 6 tabling at approximately 50 hands per hour = 12,000 hands per week.

Assuming a WR of 10BB/100 on average per level (this is actually much higher, but I'll be conservative), here's how my BR plan would work:

BR LEVEL Weekly Net Time to Move Up
$1000 $25 PLO $600 Two Weeks
$2200 $50 PLO $1200 Two Weeks
$4600 $100 PLO $2400 Two Weeks
$9400 $200 PLO $4800 Two Weeks
$19000

At this point, after approximately two months, we would chop the profit ($9,000 each) and the backer would get back the original investment of $1000. I think the best thing to do would be to simply agree to split the profit after two months anyway, regardless of what happens.

I have no problem grinding and I will not take shot's with someone else's money. I will not cash out during the backing period and will not move up at any point, regardless of BR size without discussing it with my backer first.

If anyone is interested or has questions, feel free to email me at cardplaya72@gmail.com or PM TheRempel on 2+2.

For the haters: I'm asking because this would allow me to get back into play quicker. I am certainly willing to wait a couple of months and put myself back into play, but would be happy to be earning right now for myself and others.

Done-zo

So my $500 in rakeback money went nowhere and I start a new job tomorrow.

I could sit here and moan about bad luck and all that crap but when it all comes down to it, I put my entire bankroll on the line and lost out of a foolish sense of pride and frustration.

A few days ago, in one of the irc poker rooms, I posted the link to my previous post and was laughed at by a couple resident 2+2 jackasses. "You threw away that money" they said, "If I ever lost $20,000 in a night I think I'd kill myself". Personally I've never been too hung up on money. As long as my bills are paid and my stomache is full, everything is cool with me. I can't say that losing $20,000 didn't affect me; it certainly did, but it wasn't losing $20,000. It was going broke. As long as I am still in the game I have massive earning potential. Everytime I was taking a rational shot at a bigger game I kept this in mind. Sit down, understanding that I've effectively lost the $1000 or $2000 I'm buying in for already, and see if I can make a good day a great day.

I've remarked to Beset several times that the one thing I really need in my life is a wife. I have no real family in the place I live, and the people I've considered friends in the area have turned out to be far less. It'd be nice, on occasion, to forcibly remove me from the computer on those rare nights I feel that suffering a loss is the worst thing that can possibly happen.

Unfortunately this means I'm done with poker, at least for a few months. I'm going to go hump some $10 an hour job, deal with people I can't stand, and get up at 7:00 am every day just to get by.

I don't think I can effectively play at the <$100 buy-in levels anymore. It really shouldn't matter, but the lowest levels on both party and stars are full of loose-passive players. This means that, while pushing small edges is good since you'll often be in multiway pots, you never ever have fold equity. Someone is always prepared to call you with the 4 high flush. The only way I can manage to play these levels is to 10 table, and even then I am bored as fuck.

As a result, I will have to save until I have at least $1000 to throw on party and will probably not be posting on 2+2 or this blog for quite a while. If any of you rich bastards out there wanna entertain the idea of a staking arrangement, I am all fucking ears. PM TheRempel on 2+2 .

Peace, bitches.

Kill Me Please (BUSTO BUSTO BUSTO)

Just over three weeks ago I was making $2000+ a day, every day, playing 3-400 hands at the $400 level and some $1000 shorthanded on UB. Everything was cool. I had $5000 in the bank, which is 3 months living expenses (I'm single; no real obligations).

Up until 3 months ago I had $30,000+ in personal debt. Playing poker was helping me make the payments but the balance wasn't going anywhere. April was my hugest month ever though, and I was able to cash out a minimum of $3000 a week while still increasing my bankroll. Most of that money went to paying my debt.

On Tuesday , May 16th, I talked to the final two companies I still owed and convinced them to accept a one time payment of $2500 each on approximately $8000 of debt in total. I was free and clear. My total BR online was still $20,000+ and I planned on cashing out another $4000 at the end of the week to ensure I had some padding in my bank account.

Wednesday May 19th, I decided not to play. I wasn't feeling great. I went to a movie (Scary Movie 4, sucked ass), came home, and saw a friendly female was logged into MSN. We started talking, I quickly got bored and decided to check out the games on Stars. A certain giant flounder was playing $2000 PLO so I decided to take a half-buy in shot. That quickly went south when darwinism called my flop checkraise all-in with a double gutshot and caught running two pair against my aces+ oe straight draw. Pretty quickly I dropped the $4000 I had on Stars.

99% of the time after I do something so foolish I turn off the computer and walk away, but if I get the right combination of tired and angry, sometimes I push myself. For some reason any time I've had a losing day on Party or Stars recently I've made it back and then some on UB, so still talking to this random girl over MSN, I log on to UB. I ran up $3000 in a 6max PLO game right quick and do the right thing; I quit. Then the little bastard in the back of my brain says "Nah, don't go to bed, you're just getting started" and I randomly make the decision to sit down in a $50/$100 6max PLO game with average pots of $4500. I buy in for $2500, drop it quick on a straight/flush draw, then rebuy. Double up, win a couple small pots, and suddenly I have $8500.

I call a raise from the UTG player on the button with AcQcJ8. Both blinds fold. The flop comes out Tc 9c 7d and UTG pots it. I repot with the nuts plus a bunch of nut redraws. He smoothcalls. I'm praying the board doesn't pair, but against this particular player I don't think I can fold if it does.

The turn is the 8h. He sets me all in. I, of course, call. The river is a 7, hearts I think, and he shows 6788, no clubs, to take down the $17K pot.

I, of course, percieved this as a great injustice. I quickly spewed off the last $3000 I had on UB and closed the site. Now at this point, I could have gone to bed a $11K loser and still had enough of a BR to multitable the $200 games on Party. At 40 hours a week playing 6 tables, I'd generally expect to make anywhere from $5000-$10,000, easily enough to rebuild so I could get back to the $400 Level.

Did I do this? Of fucking course not. I had about $9000 on party. I sat down at a $2000 table with an uberlag and proceeded to lose with every draw and made hand. When I get this way I don't really start playing badly, I just start playing much more aggro in very thin situations, raising a hand I know to be 40% to win on the flop when I also know I have no fold equity. When I start hitting these croocked coinflips I'll stack the whole motherfucking table. When I don't I spew like mad.

After dropping $4k, I, for some reason, started playing $200 a hand party blackjack. I don't like blackjack. I don't like table games at all really, and I certainly don't like playing them online unless it's for bonus whoring.
I quickly won $1500 playing BJ while the $2000 table I was still at tightened up considerably and most pots were won on the flop. PLO becomes a very tedious game when the pots are generally small and you have a few calling stations. The action wasn't big enough for me, so I soon focused back on BJ.

Within an hour I'd busted all of the money in my account except what was on the PLO table, and ten minutes after that, that $2000 went too.

At about 7:00 am, I found myself almost completely broke, with my only saving grace that UB takes so goddamn long on their cashouts that I still had $2000 pending.

I woke up at 5:00 pm the following day and deposited what I had on Party. I was so angry at myself for what I'd done the night before that rather than sit down and grind as many $50, $100 and $200 PLO tables as I could play, I started playing BJ again. Something in me had snapped.

Within an hour, I'd run that $2000 up into $7500. I was determined to hit $10K. Of course that never happened or I wouldn't be telling this story. A few hours later, I'd gone completely bust.

I'm sure there are a lot of haters out there that are going to be overjoyed to read this, and I know I've disappointed quite a few people in my life. All I can do from this point on is move on one step at a time.

I am not done playing poker. I fucking love poker like nothing else. I'm gonna take one last shot on stars when I get my rakeback payment and hopefully I'll be able to run it up quick. If not, nothing really lost. Now to find a job...