Shot Takers Anonymous

2007 - Year In Review

2007-12-27T20:55:00.000-08:00

Wow, I haven't posted anything on this blog in over a year. Writing a blog about something you do everyday, even though you may like it a lot, can quickly become tedious. There is also an issue of not wanting to educate my opponents, especially as the games have gotten somewhat tougher since the UIGEA. I do, however, think that posting about my hands, in the absence of being able to discuss them with people who's opinions I trust and respect, really helps me with my play, so when I am up for it I will post hands and/or thoughts from time to time.

The past year has been incredibly trying, both in life and in poker.

I lost two of my six siblings months apart after having been out of contact with them for more than ten years. Watching a loved one die is not something you get over quickly, and though it happened in June it's still as though I was in that hospital room just hours ago. It may or may not be related, but after shaving my head at least once a week for about 12 years straight, I decided to let it grow out so I could actually have a functional haircut and discovered I am already going grey. I'm 27 ferfucksakes.

On the poker side it was an ok year. There were some extended periods of running bad which led to bad play and I don't feel I've grown much as a player, but I can only believe that 2008, in both life and poker, will be a better year.

One thing that has definitely gotten worse in regards to my poker play is bet sizing. I've playing pretty much 100% on Full Tilt the last three months and the 'Bet Pot' button has resulted in much laziness, which has caused sloppy play and goofy bluffs when I easily could have won the pot by betting smaller on previous streets. MUST STOP IMMEDIATELY!!! No more bet pot button for me.

BOOMSWITCH

2006-11-21T03:15:00.000-08:00

Very small sample obviously, but it's difficult to log tons of hands on party when there is only one $200 PLO table going at any given time on Party and I have hardly played this month. Check out that monster VP$IP. The games are so loose passive that it is profitable to play almost anything. Other than opening and 3 betting, I didn't make a single pot sized raise preflop over the course of these hands. Mostly I'm raising 3-5BB with some pretty speculative hands, bluffing occasionally and getting super super paid when I smash the flop. I guess I busted pokertracker because no, my WTSD is not 141%. PFR should be quite a bit higher, around 40%. but it dipped drastically over the last 250 hands or so of my session tonight when the table became infested with shortstacks.

Tonight was the swingiest session I've had in a long time. At one point I was stuck $1600 between $200 NLHE and PLO, none of it due to tilt. Within a couple hours I rebounded and booked a $1200 profit, which is good, because I am fiending to buy a Wii. I don't know why but I wannnnnnts it.

This is how good the games are on party right now: (Thank you Bill Frist, you sack of donkey cum)

***** Hand History for Game (?) *****
$200 PL Omaha - Wednesday, November 15, 01:53:57 ET 2006
Table Table 126336 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 9 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 3: diplopia ( $99 )
Seat 4: Hero ( $442.85 )
Seat 9: jamboree12 ( $537.60 )
Seat 1: dboy88 ( $447.28 )
Seat 10: ruallinyet2 ( $122.20 )
Seat 8: JEMAPA ( $52.50 )
Seat 5: RJT0408 ( $287.77 )
Seat 2: Muzuri ( $95.14 )
Seat 6: Asonev ( $0 )
Seat 7: lucol ( $449.73 )
ruallinyet2 posts small blind [ $1 ].
dboy88 posts big blind [ $2 ].

Holecards:
Dealt to Hero [ ]
CALL Muzuri, $2
diplopia folds
RAISE Hero , $9
CALL RJT0408, $9
lucol folds
RAISE JEMAPA, $41
CALL jamboree12, $41
ruallinyet2 folds
dboy88 folds
Muzuri folds
CALL Hero , $32
CALL RJT0408, $32

Flop: (Pot: $169)
[ ]
BET Hero , $166
RJT0408 folds
ALL-IN JEMAPA
RAISE jamboree12, $332
ALL-IN Hero
CALL jamboree12, $69.85

Turn: (Pot: $736.85)
[ ]

River: (Pot: $736.85)
[ ]
jamboree12 shows [ ]three of a kind Sevens .
Hero shows [ ]three of a kind Sevens .
JEMAPA doesn't show [ ]two pairs, Aces and Sevens.
Hero wins $780.70 from side pot #1 with three of a kind Sevens with Ace kicker .
Hero wins $200.50 from the main pot with three of a kind Sevens with Ace kicker .

Omaha Only

2006-11-11T14:52:00.000-08:00

90% PLO this month so far. The rest Limit Omaha H/L (at which I have finally accepted I suck) and a tiny bit of NL. It has been a lot of fun playing omaha again even if the swings are tough on the stomach. I had two days last week where I was stuck in the neighborhood of 10 buyins only to finish + on the day. Anyway, here are my midmonth Omaha stats for bragging purposes I suppose (click on pic). I am lazy and ok with that. I am going to try to ramp up how many hands I play for the rest of the month. I ordered a digital camera and a ipod with my FPPs today though. Very nice.

Also, here is a hand where my opponent, who is a 19/10 solid type TAG made very confusing flop and turn calls. I would almost never play AAxx this way FWIW and I would hope he would know this. Strange!

PokerStars Game #6982414733: Omaha Pot Limit ($5/$10) - 2006/11/11 - 14:47:05 (ET)
Table 'Gliese' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: BuklaH ($1337.75 in chips)
Seat 4: beset7 ($1137 in chips)
Seat 6: kappa124 ($1626 in chips)
Seat 7: BMryan ($1005.65 in chips)
Seat 8: pierre507 ($1589.50 in chips)
Seat 9: regista8 ($690 in chips)
regista8: posts small blind $5
BuklaH: posts big blind $10

Holecards:
Dealt to beset7 [ ]
RAISE beset7 , $25 to $35
FOLD kappa124
CALL BMryan, $35
CALL pierre507, $35
FOLD regista8
FOLD BuklaH

Flop: (Pot: $120)
[ ]
CHECK beset7 :
CHECK BMryan:
BET pierre507, $117
RAISE beset7 , $351 to $468
FOLD BMryan
CALL pierre507, $351

Turn: (Pot: $1056)
[ ] [ ]
BET beset7 , $634 and is all-in
CALL pierre507, $634

River: (Pot: $2324)
[ ] [ ]

Showdown:
beset7 : shows [ ] (a pair of Aces)
pierre507: shows [ ] (a straight Five to Nine)
pierre507 collected $2321 from pot

SUMMARY:
Total pot $2324 | Rake $3

Board:
[ ]

+160k Month

2006-10-30T17:35:00.000-08:00

I took second in the Sunday Poker Stars Million for 140k (3-way chop at the end leaving 40k on the table) and had a good month in the cash games to boot.

In the tourney, I ran hot when it mattered and played solid poker. Most amusing part of the day for me was that I registered for the tournament in an act of tilt after a seemingly never-ending downswing playing 2/4 and 3/6 PLO. Then, I almost un-registered at the last minute because I had forgotten I needed to pick up my wife--but, I was too late as they were already seating for the event. So, I called her a cab and settled in to see if I could build up a stack.

I was average in chips, picking up medium sized pots and doubling up a number of times, winning a number of coinflips as well as cracking KK with AK all-in preflop, well into the money. I got my money in bad on one other occassion but was saved from being more or less crippled when the board made a straight.

Then, when there was around 70 people left I went on a major heater, going from about 175k in chips to 1.3 million over 20 hands or so. Then I stole blinds like crazy building it up to about 3 million and the chip lead. I was moved to a very tough table on the final table bubble and lost a lot of chips and showed up at the final table 8th in chips. Then, I ran pretty well and got lucky that some of the other players were in a hurry to bust. When it was down to 3 players, we were roughly equal in chips and after some haggling did a 3-way chop leaving 40k on the table. I made it to heads up and then got ran over by the deck and a LAG opponent. It would have been nice to take down that extra 40k but I'd say I am content. Huge score for my family and puts us in a nice position as I prepare to retire from professional poker in May 07.

Thanks to everyone who sweated me, especially Bugstud who provided me with a lot of good tips. I have played very few MTTs and even the most basic end-game problems confuse the fuck out of me.

And now for a public service announcement...

2006-10-12T10:52:00.000-07:00

What is best in life? THE MOTHERFUCKING WIRE.

I am a huge media whore. I probably have somewhere around a 1000 books, 3000 comic books and graphic novels, 8 magazine subscriptions, a 60GB Ipod that is all full up, every currently available video game system and I madly download just about every decent television show on a regular basis. I would give up every single one of these cherished items just to watch a single episode of the Wire. Fuck that, a single motherfucking scene.

The Wire has been claimed by many to be the single best television show of our generation. They are not reaching far enough. It is the best fucking anything ever. Better then your first blowjob, your last cigarette, or the first time you scooped a $2000 pot.

What is The Wire? It's a cop/gansgta drama set in current day Baltimore. The viewer, through five seasons, has follow the day to day lives of police, bangers, politicians, junkies and all of the people they cross paths with. The Wire examines the entire American system, from drugs laws to education reform, at a microscopic level.

Plus there's this badass motherfucker named Omar that I would love to be when I grow up, except for the whole gay thing. That's Beset's ambition.

The following is quoted from the very first episode of season 1, and I think it's a pretty good indication of strength of the acting, direction and writing on The Wire:

The episode opens with Detective McNulty questioning a homicide witness in the street, sitting on the curb a few feet away from the body.

McNulty: "So your boy's name is what?"
Banger: "Snot"
McNulty:"You call the guy snot?"
Banger:"Snot Boogie, yeah"
McNulty:"Snot Boogie... he like the name?"
Banger:"what?"
McNulty:"Snot Boogie... this kid, who's momma went to the trouble to christen him Omar Isiah Betts... you know, he forgets his jacket, so his nose starts running, and some fucker, instead of giving him a kleenex, he calls him Snot."
McNulty:"So he's Snot forever. Doesn't seem fair."
Banger:"Life just be that way I guess."

McNulty:"So... who shot Snot?"
Banger:"I ain't going to no court. Mothafucka didn't have to put no cap in him though."
McNulty:"Definitely not."
Banger:"I mean he coulda just whipped his ass like we always whipped his ass."
McNulty:"I agree with you"
Banger:"Gonna kill Snot, Snot bein doin the same shit for I don't know how long... kill a man over some bulllshit"
Banger: "Look, I'm saying... ever friday night, in the alley behind the cutrate, we rollin bones, you know, I mean all them boys from around the way and we roll till late."
McNulty:"Family crap game right?"
Banger: "Like every time, Snot, he fade a few shooters, play it out till the pots deep, then snatch and run."
McNulty:"What, every time?"
Banger:"Couldn't help himself."
McNulty:"Let me understand you... every Friday you and your boys would shoot crap, right? And every Friday night, your pal Snot Boogie, he'd wait until there was cash on the ground, then he would grab the money and run away? You let him do that?"
Banger:"We'd catch him and beat his ass, but ain't nobody never go past that."
McNulty:"I gotta ask you... if every time Snot Boogie would grab the money and run away, why'd you even let him in the game?"
Banger:"What?"
McNulty:"Well if Snot Boogie always stole the money, why'd you let him play?"
Banger: "Got to."
Banger: "This America man."

The series is currently in it's 4th season and I think episode 6 just aired in the US. In one of the greatest piracy coups ever, someone managed to get the entire 4th season online in the last week. I have now watched the entire season well ahead of the actual release dates and I am fucking fiending for more.

Get out there and buy the DVD's. Download the show if you have to but make sure you spend some cash on this show at some point. These people deserve your money. Do not, I repeat, do not, watch the series out of order. It is incredibly densely plotted, with plot points from the first season paying off in subsequent seasons.
If you don't like the first episode, keep watching. What seems simple and possibly boring at first will come to fascinate you as the plot unravels. Pay attention. This is not a show you can watch out the corner of your eye while playing 360 or jerking it to the latest Lohan nipple slips.

MUST... PLAY.... HANDS....

2006-10-05T17:56:00.000-07:00

I am too busy playing a gazillion hands in between (barely) taking care of my other responsibilities to post on this Blog. That being said, I am deeply saddened by the recent legislation--I am, however, committed to taking it easy and watching how things pan out. It is clear that for the dedicated player playing online is not going to be impossible once the banking regulations are promulgated. What is more frightening is the effect the changes will have on the games. We shall see. In the mean time, the Party Poker NL and PLO games have gotten a lot softer over the last week as many of the conservative; TAG regulars have done the prudent thing and cashed out. I, however, will be 6-tabling when they turn out the lights. I will post graphs once Bush puts pen to ink and initiate my last Party Poker cash-out. I feel like I have been fired from a very high paying job.

September Results Post

2006-09-29T18:53:00.000-07:00

+3k live and +1500 from rakeback and -1100 from PLO (like 900 hands) for roughly 16k for the month. I'll take it! Click above pic for graph of online hold em' results.

And the award for SpewMonkey 2006 goes to....

2006-09-25T20:29:00.000-07:00

Carddead for this entire SNG. Played exactly one hand prior to this. A shortstack moved in on the button for 950 or so and I called with AK. A5 flopped two fives and half my stack was blown. I was looking for any reasonable hand to put my last two BB's in with on the bubble and then this happened.

***** Hand History for Game (?) *****
NL Texas Hold'em $109 Buy-in Trny:29229891 Level:5 Blinds(200/400) - Monday, September 25, 23:09:06 ET 2006
Table Speed #1290788 (Real Money)
Seat 9 is the button
Total number of players : 4
Seat 6: MegaB1te ( $6740 )
Seat 9: Hero ( $880 )
Seat 10: zac777 ( $9040 )
Seat 4: tlbcaptain ( $3340 )
Trny:29229891 Level:5
Blinds(200/400)

Holecards:
Dealt to Hero [ ]
ALL-IN MegaB1te
FOLD Hero Yay me, I have a hand I can actualy fold. I am probably calling with about 60% of my hands here, including any pair, any ace, any king, Q8 or better, J8 or better and maybe some suited connectory (is that a word) kind of hands, hoping to be live.
ALL-IN zac777 UMM WHAT? The original raiser had been playing pretty tight and the caller was even tighter. I was desparately hoping party handed me some kind of miracle AA vs KK situation.

FOLD tlbcaptain

Flop:
[ ]

Turn:
[ ]

River:
[ ]
MegaB1te shows [ ] a pair of threes .
zac777 shows [ ] a pair of threes .
zac777 wins 2300 chips from side pot #1 with a pair of threes with ace kicker .
zac777 wins 13880 chips from the main pot with a pair of threes with ace kicker .
MegaB1te finished in fourth place.

OKAY! WTF is going on here? Megab1te pushes with KJ UTG to steal blinds that amount to about 9% of his stack. His push is completely retarded as there is an 8BB and a 2BB stack at the table. Both of us are calling with a huge range of hands because we have little choice. He could have raised to 1000 or maybe 1200 and evaluated from that point, but that would not have gotten me into the money, so thank you Megab1te.

Then onto the call. Zac777 risks most of his stack in a bubble situation when he is about 44% to win against a range of hands including AA-22, AQ and AK. Unless he has a pretty good read on Megab1tes pushing range there I think he can fold his AK pretty safely. If he loses the hand, he's got like 6BB's left. He already has a good sized stack and can steal blinds pretty aggressively. Some people may be able to come up with ICM numbers that show AK as an easy call but I personally think he could easily have folded.

So I ended up squeaking into the money, got all in vs the second shortstack on the next hand and my 33 held up against J5, then pushed again with K2s against his BB. He called with Q6, I turned a 2, and I secured second place. I actually managed to build my stack up to 8000 or so when AK=thenuts guy pushed my BB with A2 against my 77 and rivered an ace. Oh well, $300 I wasn't supposed to have anyway.

Full Ring No Limit Texas Hold Em

2006-09-24T02:25:00.000-07:00

Last year I used to play a lot of full ring NL. I liked the low variance and the ease with which I could multi-table it. I got bored, moved on to play short-handed and realized how much I prefered it and that the games were generally better.

I have been running very hot for the last couple weeks and I am very solid at 2/4 with regular 3/6 shots at this point. I did, tonight, however, feel quite tired and I had a lot on my mind. Recalling how I used to enjoy the fold, fold, fold of full ring NL, I fired up 10 tables of 200NL full ring and let it rip. Bloodshed ensued.

Click below for an overview of the carnage.

I don't know if it is WSOP and High-Stakes Poker on GSN or what, but these games were crazy good. Many terrible tight players and lots of gambling fish. Granted I ran hotter then hell but if/when I find myself busted down in BR again I would not hesitate to 10-tabling this junk until I could play higher again.

In other news, I have been supporting my family of four playing cards for exactly one year.

TheRempel VS Beset: HU FOR BANKROLLS

2006-09-22T21:36:00.000-07:00

Last year around this time Beset and I did a 7 SNG challenge. 6 different games:
Limit Hold'Em - TheRempel won in a stunning upset. I have played probably 100 hands of LHE in my entire life.
No-Limit Hold'Em - I won again, what a surprise mr professional NL player.
Pot-Limit Omaha - We played this twice. I think we were planning on playing Razz, but it was before either of us played on Full Tilt and there was no Razz on Stars at that time. We each won once. Beset lucksacked his win as usual.
Limit Omaha-8 - I was clueless and he lucksacked I am sure, so he squeaked one out.
Stud - Beset managed another lucksacking (stud is the game other than HE and PLO that I am most familiar with). I remember at least one hand where he capped 5th with a pair of 6's against my (XX)KJT8 board and caught a running flush.
Stud H/L - The tiebreaker. Two words: BESET MOTHERFUCKING OWNED. Okay that's three or four words, but you get the point.

So tonight I'm bored and I wanna do some foolish slightly -EV gambooling. Beset agrees to one flip for $25 at a private table. For people who don't read 2+2, that means we both sit down with $25 and put all the money in preflop no matter what we have.

Here's how the initial hand went down:

Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.10/$0.25
2 players

Pre-flop: (2 players) TheRempel is BB with as 7h
Beset raises all-in $24.9, TheRempel calls all-in $24.75.

Flop: 3h tc 5c ($50, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $50)
Turn: 6c ($50, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $50)
River: kc ($50, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $50)

Results:
Final pot: $50
Beset shows 2c 9d (a fucking flush)
TheRempel doesn't show As 7h (ace goddamnmotherfucking high)

So that wasn't good enough. I have quit when behind once in my life and that's because I sobered up and realised she was my cousin.

Subsequent hands:

******* Hand 1 ********

Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.10/$0.25
2 players

Pre-flop: (2 players) TheRempel is SB with 8d 7d
TheRempel raises all-in $24.9, BB calls.

Flop: 4d tc qh ($50, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $50)

Turn: td ($50, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $50)

River: 4h ($50, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $50)

Results:
Final pot: $50
TheRempel shows 8d 7d
BB shows 8s Ks

******* Hand 2 ********

Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.10/$0.25
2 players

Pre-flop: (2 players) TheRempel is SB with kd 6c
TheRempel raises all-in $24.9, BB calls.

Flop: 5h 7h as ($50, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $50)

Turn: 3s ($50, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $50)

River: 5s ($50, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $50)

Results:
Final pot: $50
TheRempel shows Kd 6c
BB shows Kh Ah

Notice a disturbing trend yet?
******* Hand 3 ********

Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.10/$0.25
2 players

Pre-flop: (2 players) TheRempel is SB with jc qc
TheRempel raises all-in $24.9, BB calls.

Flop: 6d 4d 3s ($50, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $50)

Turn: th ($50, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $50)

River: kc ($50, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $50)

Results:
Final pot: $50
TheRempel shows Jc Qc
BB shows 2s 8s

******* Hand 4 ********

Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.10/$0.25
2 players

Pre-flop: (2 players) TheRempel is BB with 6d ah
SB raises all-in $71.9, TheRempel calls all-in $48.75.
Uncalled bets: $23 returned to SB.

Flop: 9s 7c 8d ($98, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $98)

Turn: 6h ($98, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $98)

River: 8c ($98, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $98)

Results:
Final pot: $98
SB shows Ts 5s
TheRempel doesn't show 6d Ah

We moved up for more gambool.

******* Hand 5 ********

Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
2 players

Pre-flop: (2 players) TheRempel is SB with 3d 9c
TheRempel raises all-in $99.5, BB calls all-in $99.

Flop: 4h 4s 2h ($200, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $200)

Turn: ts ($200, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $200)

River: 8h ($200, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $200)

Results:
Final pot: $200
TheRempel shows 3d 9c
BB shows Qs Qd

******* Hand 6 ********

Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
2 players

Pre-flop: (2 players) TheRempel is SB with ad 9c
TheRempel raises all-in $99.5, BB calls.

Flop: 5h ah kd ($200, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $200)

Turn: th ($200, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $200)

River: 3s ($200, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $200)

Results:
Final pot: $200
TheRempel shows Ad 9c
BB shows 5s 5d

HUGE FUCKING SURPRISE

******* Hand 7 ********

Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
2 players

Pre-flop: (2 players) TheRempel is SB with js jc
TheRempel raises all-in $99.5, BB calls.

Flop: 3c 5c 2d ($200, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $200)

Turn: 8s ($200, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $200)

River: 9d ($200, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $200)

Results:
Final pot: $200
TheRempel shows Js Jc
BB shows Ts 5s

******* Hand 8 ********

Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
2 players

Pre-flop: (2 players) TheRempel is BB with qc ah
SB raises all-in $197.5, TheRempel calls.

Flop: ts 3c 5h ($396, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $396)

Turn: 2h ($396, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $396)

River: 3h ($396, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $396)

Results:
Final pot: $396
SB shows Jd As
TheRempel shows Qc Ah

So at this point we moved back down to $50. I don't know why. I have an odd problem with party and private tables were it will not allow me to reload if I bust unless I leave the table and come back.

Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
2 players

Pre-flop: (2 players) TheRempel is SB with 7s 6d
TheRempel raises all-in $49.75, BB calls all-in $49.5.

Flop: 4h ts 9c ($100, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $100)

Turn: 9s ($100, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $100)

River: ks ($100, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $100)

Results:
Final pot: $100
TheRempel shows 7s 6d
BB shows 8c 6h

******* Hand 2 ********

Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
2 players

Pre-flop: (2 players) TheRempel is SB with 6d 3s
TheRempel raises all-in $49.75, BB calls.

Flop: 5h 4d ac ($100, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $100)

Turn: qs ($100, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $100)

River: td ($100, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $100)

Results:
Final pot: $100
TheRempel shows 6d 3s
BB shows Qd 9s

ARGH. Stuck like $250 on some bullshit coinflips. WE NEEDED TO PLAY REAL POKER AND THIS IS WHERE I SHOWED WHAT I AM MADE OF.

******* Hand 1 ********

Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
2 players

Pre-flop: (2 players) TheRempel is BB with 2c 8c
SB raises to $2, TheRempel raises to $6, SB calls.

Flop: 8h 7c 6c ($12, 2 players)
SB checks, TheRempel raises all-in $39, SB calls.

Turn: jd ($90, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $90)

River: 2h ($90, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $90)

Results:
Final pot: $90
SB shows Tc Kc
TheRempel shows 2c 8c

Besthand won. Nuff said.

******* Hand 2 ********

Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
2 players

Pre-flop: (2 players) TheRempel is BB with 5s as
SB raises to $2, TheRempel calls.

Flop: tc ah 7s ($4, 2 players)
SB bets $2, TheRempel raises to $7, SB raises all-in $66.3, TheRempel calls.

Turn: 4d ($140.6, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $140.6)

River: 5d ($140.6, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $140.6)

Results:
Final pot: $140.6
TheRempel shows 5s As
SB shows 6s 8c (faggy backdoor straight wtf)

Mr.Lucksack wins again.

******* Hand 3 ********

Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
2 players

Pre-flop: (2 players) TheRempel is BB with 2h ah
SB raises to $2, TheRempel raises to $6, SB calls.

Flop: jc 4c 8h ($12, 2 players)
SB checks, TheRempel bets $8, SB calls.

Turn: 4d ($28, 2 players)
SB checks, TheRempel checks.

River: as ($28, 2 players)
SB checks, TheRempel raises all-in $42.95, SB calls.

Results:
Final pot: $113.9
SB shows 9s 9c
TheRempel shows 2h Ah

FREE CARDS IS A BITCH TYLER.

******* Hand 4 ********

Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
2 players

Pre-flop: (2 players) TheRempel is BB with tc 5d
SB raises to $2, TheRempel calls.

Flop: 5h 5s 4d ($4, 2 players)
SB bets $2, TheRempel calls.

Turn: qd ($8, 2 players)
SB bets $5, TheRempel raises to $22, SB calls.

River: 3h ($52, 2 players)
SB checks, TheRempel raises all-in $48.15, SB calls.

Results:
Final pot: $148.3
SB shows 7s 6c
TheRempel shows Tc 5d

Bah FU.

******* Hand 5 ********

Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.25/$0.50
2 players

Pre-flop: (2 players) TheRempel is BB with ah 5h
SB raises to $2, TheRempel raises to $6, SB raises to $24, TheRempel raises all-in $68.6, SB calls.

Flop: qc tc 9s ($149.2, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $149.2)

Turn: 3h ($149.2, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $149.2)

River: kc ($149.2, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $149.2)

Results:
Final pot: $149.2
SB shows Js Qs
TheRempel shows Ah 5h

60/40, 80/20, 95/5, odds don't matter, if it's all in preflop Beset is the goddamn motherfucking king of suckouts.

So again we moved up so I could chase my losses:

******* Hand 1 ********

Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
2 players

Pre-flop: (2 players) TheRempel is SB with qs ts
TheRempel raises to $3, BB raises to $9, TheRempel calls.

Flop: kd jh 3c ($18, 2 players)
TheRempel checks, BB bets $10, TheRempel calls.

Turn: ad ($38, 2 players)
TheRempel checks, BB bets $20, TheRempel raises to $50, BB calls all-in $48.5, TheRempel calls.

River: jc ($175, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $175)

Results:
Final pot: $175
TheRempel shows Qs Ts
BB shows Ah Ac

Quelle surprise sir, quelle surprise. 20/80 is the new 99/1. Fucker.

******* Hand 2 ********

Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
2 players

Pre-flop: (2 players) TheRempel is BB with ad 9s
SB raises to $4, TheRempel raises to $12, SB calls.

Flop: 9d 2c qd ($24, 2 players)
SB checks, TheRempel checks.

Turn: 2d ($24, 2 players)
SB bets $15, TheRempel calls.

River: 5d ($54, 2 players)
SB bets $30, TheRempel raises all-in $78.3, SB folds.
Uncalled bets: $78.3 returned to TheRempel.

Results:
Final pot: $84
TheRempel shows Ad 9s (a flush ace high)

FLUSH IN YOUR ASS BITCH.

******* Hand 3 ********

Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
2 players

Pre-flop: (2 players) TheRempel is SB with 7h 9d
TheRempel raises to $3, BB calls.

Flop: th 8h 4c ($6, 2 players)
TheRempel bets $5, BB raises to $20, TheRempel calls.

Turn: js ($46, 2 players)
TheRempel checks, BB bets $35, TheRempel raises all-in $125.7, BB folds.
Uncalled bets: $125.7 returned to TheRempel.

Results:
Final pot: $81
TheRempel shows 7h 9d (a straight jack high)

KEEP FIRING THAT SECOND BARREL WHORE

******* Hand 4 ********

Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
2 players

Pre-flop: (2 players) TheRempel is SB with jc jh
TheRempel raises to $4, BB raises to $12, TheRempel calls.

Flop: 8h 9c 7d ($24, 2 players)
TheRempel checks, BB bets $20, TheRempel raises all-in $198.2, BB calls all-in $93.7.
Uncalled bets: $84.5 returned to TheRempel.

Turn: td ($251.4, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $251.4)

River: ah ($251.4, 0 player + 2 all-in - Main pot: $251.4)

Results:
Final pot: $251.4
BB shows 7h 8d (two pairs, sevens and eights)
TheRempel shows Jc Jh (a straigggggggght, jack high mothafucka)
Oops. Sup now bitch.

******* Hand 5 ********

Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
2 players

Pre-flop: (2 players) TheRempel is BB with td 8d
SB raises to $4, TheRempel raises to $12, SB calls.

Flop: 5s 8h kc ($24, 2 players)
SB checks, TheRempel bets $20, SB raises all-in $80, TheRempel calls.

Turn: jd ($184, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $184)

River: 9s ($184, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $184)

Results:
Final pot: $184
TheRempel shows Td 8d
SB shows 9c 7c

Once again tight flop call is followed by river bullshit. YOU GO GIRL, YOU GO.

******* Hand 6 ********

Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
2 players

Pre-flop: (2 players) TheRempel is BB with kd 9s
SB raises to $4, TheRempel calls.

Flop: kh 4d 6d ($8, 2 players)
SB bets $6, TheRempel calls.

Turn: jd ($20, 2 players)
SB checks, TheRempel checks.

River: 2h ($20, 2 players)
SB checks, TheRempel bets $15, SB calls.

Results:
Final pot: $50
TheRempel shows Kd 9s
SB doesn't show 8s Ah

VALUE PWNAGE. ACE HIGH NO GOOD SIR.

******* Hand 7 ********

Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
2 players

Pre-flop: (2 players) TheRempel is BB with th kc
SB raises to $4, TheRempel calls.

Flop: jh jd 5c ($8, 2 players)
SB bets $6, TheRempel calls.

Turn: 3s ($20, 2 players)
SB bets $15, TheRempel calls.

River: 9c ($50, 2 players)
SB checks, TheRempel checks.

Results:
Final pot: $50
SB shows Ts 4c
TheRempel shows Th Kc

BUT KING FUCKING HIGH DAMN WELL IS.

******* Hand 8 ********

Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
2 players

Pre-flop: (2 players) TheRempel is SB with 9h ad
TheRempel raises to $4, BB raises to $12, TheRempel calls.

Flop: ac 8d tc ($24, 2 players)
TheRempel checks, BB checks.

Turn: th ($24, 2 players)
TheRempel bets $15, BB calls.

River: 8h ($54, 2 players)
TheRempel checks, BB bets $40, TheRempel calls.

Results:
Final pot: $134
BB shows 6h 7h
TheRempel shows 9h Ad

HOLLA AT THAT RIVER CHECK.

******* Hand 9 ********

Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
2 players

Pre-flop: (2 players) TheRempel is BB with 2s 2d
SB raises to $4, TheRempel calls.

Flop: ks jd 2c ($8, 2 players)
SB bets $6, TheRempel calls.

Turn: 2h ($20, 2 players)
SB bets $10, TheRempel raises to $40, SB calls.

River: ah ($100, 2 players)
SB checks, TheRempel bets $56
[23:19] beset: 2 ?
[23:19]TheRempel: no I do not have a 2
SB calls all-in $56.
[23:19] TheRempel: I HAVE FOUR
[23:19] TheRempel: MOTHEFUCKER

Results:
Final pot: $212
TheRempel shows 2s 2d
SB doesn't show Js 8s

So this finally put me up like $31 on Beset after his miracle flip suckouts and donkass bluff river smashes. He cried until I agreed to one more flip for $31.
******* Hand 10 ********

Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.50/$1
2 players

Pre-flop: (2 players) TheRempel is BB with kc 7h
SB raises all-in $30.5, TheRempel calls.

Flop: tc 3h qh ($62, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $62)

Turn: 5d ($62, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $62)

River: ad ($62, 1 player + 1 all-in - Main pot: $62)

Results:
Final pot: $62
SB shows 4d 2s
TheRempel shows Kc 7h

Yeah huge surprise.

The Return Of The Ueber-Fish

2006-09-21T12:10:00.000-07:00

The last month I have played around 25k hands of 1/2 and 2/4 NL. I have seen a lot of bad players. I had not, however, until last night, seen any truly ueber-fish. It was common to sight these players online circa 2003 in just about any game at any level. The games are still great don't get me wrong. It was refreshing, however, to play against a 100vpip call down with any pair good old fashioned degenerate.

$400 NL Texas Hold'em
Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 4: Ueber-Fish ( $1613.05 )
Seat 6: Hero ( $1299.05 )
Seat 1: istinkface ( $555.66 )
Seat 2: machinae ( $436.10 )
Seat 3: Phu11 ( $629.70 )
Seat 5: H0nest ( $428.50 )
machinae posts small blind [ $2 ].
Phu11 posts big blind [ $4 ].

Holecards:
Dealt to Hero [ ]
RAISE Ueber-Fish, $8
FOLD H0nest
RAISE Hero , $25
FOLD istinkface
FOLD machinae
FOLD Phu11
RAISE Ueber-fish, $34
CALL Hero , $17

Flop: (Pot: $90)
[ ]
BET Ueber-fish, $4
RAISE Hero , $65
CALL MBT23111, $61

Turn: (Pot: $220)
[ ]
CHECK Ueber-Fish
BET Hero , $150
CALL Ueber-Fish, $150

River: (Pot: $520)
[ ]
CHECK Ueber-Fish
CHECK Hero
Ueber-Fish shows [ ] a pair of sevens .
Hero shows [ ] a pair of jacks .

Or, examine this expert fold on the river with $19 remaining by a tilting TAG that ueber-fish had put on TILT.

***** Hand History for Game (?) *****
$400 NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, September 21, 05:28:22 ET 2006
Table Monster #1279323 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: Troubador ( $442.10 )
Seat 4: Ueber-Fish ( $2341.47 )
Seat 5: TAGonTILT ( $466.87 )
Seat 6: Hero ( $640.65 )
Seat 3: Whammmmmmmmm ( $200.55 )
Seat 2: nguyen82 ( $356 )
Ueber-Fish posts small blind [ $2 ].
TAGonTILT posts big blind [ $4 ].

Holecards:
Dealt to Hero [ ]
RAISE Hero , $14
FOLD Troubador
CALL nguyen82, $14
FOLD Whammmmmmmmm
FOLD MBT23111
CALL Blugold_Star, $10

Flop: (Pot: $44)
[ ]
CHECK TAGonTILT
BET Hero , $30
FOLD nguyen82
CALL TAGonTILT, $30

Turn: (Pot: $104)
[ ]
CHECK TAGonTILT
BET Hero , $50
RAISE TAGonTILT, $128.69
CALL Hero , $78.69

River: (Pot: $361.38)
[ ]
BET TAGonTILT, $269.69
ALL-IN Hero [ $467.96 ]
FOLD TAGonTILT
Hero does not show cards.
The time at which hand ended:Sep 21 2006 05:29 ET
Hero wins $1095.53

I can't recall the last time I saw someone at 2/4 check/call the flop and check/raise the turn and not be on a draw. My theory is that people must fold to that line a lot or it is a common psychological response to missing your draw on the turn. I lean toward the later theory as people don't seem to like to fold pairs in this game.

Holla Back At Me

2006-09-11T18:13:00.000-07:00

After taking the summer off from poker to focus on a high-paying summer associate position at a law firm I am back to the grind. I am playing NLHE and PLO from 1/2 up to 3/6 blinds, live LHE up to 20/40 and online triple draw and Omaha/8 when the feeling strikes. I am 8-tabling and just grinding it out trying to make a steady 10k a month nothing flashy.

I am considering making a weekly post to this blog. First, I would like to take a little interest poll. Are people still checking this? Do my thoughts on poker interest you? Leave a comment let me know.

As per The Rempel. He is also grinding his ass off 8-tabling cash games and playing some MTTs. I want to publicly thank him for keeping the blog interesting during the summer. I asked him when he was going to post here again and he informed me that he doesn't particularly like blogging about grinding away in low-mid stakes games. Understandable! I will try to twist his arm a bit as I felt like his posts made very good reads.

Anyhow. Leave a comment. Pm me at 2p2. AIM me at beset77. Whatever works for you.

Hardcore Cooler

2006-07-28T18:58:00.000-07:00

I'm just glad I wasn't deeper on the table. Also, thanks buddy in EP for leading out, that sealed my doom.

***** Hand History for Game (?) *****
$100 PL Omaha - Friday, July 28, 21:50:11 ET 2006
Table Table 95234 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: Hero ( $116.60 )
Seat 8: locomosquito ( $123.07 )
Seat 2: niatross99 ( $210.93 )
Seat 10: kleinteufel ( $209.80 )
Seat 6: MISSIN ( $104.45 )
Seat 7: jojoletsgo ( $72.08 )
Seat 3: Dead2morrow ( $87.27 )
Seat 4: will_be_pro ( $92.95 )
Seat 9: J9off ( $44.75 )
Seat 5: tuscany2 ( $99 )
will_be_pro posts small blind [ $0.50 ].
tuscany2 posts big blind [ $1 ].

Holecards:
Dealt to Hero [ ]
CALL MISSIN, $1
CALL jojoletsgo, $1
FOLD locomosquito
FOLD J9off
CALL kleinteufel, $1
CALL Hero , $1
CALL niatross99, $1
CALL Dead2morrow, $1
FOLD will_be_pro
CHECK tuscany2

Flop: (Pot: $7.5)
[ ]
BET tuscany2, $6
FOLD MISSIN
FOLD jojoletsgo
CALL kleinteufel, $6
RAISE Hero , $31.15
FOLD niatross99
FOLD Dead2morrow
FOLD tuscany2
CALL kleinteufel, $25.15

Turn: (Pot: $75.8)
[ ]
CHECK kleinteufel
CHECK Hero

River: (Pot: $75.8)
[ ]
BET kleinteufel, $72.80
ALL-IN Hero [ $84.45 ]
CALL kleinteufel, $11.65
kleinteufel shows [ ] four of a kind nines .
Hero doesn't show [ ] four of a kind, fours.
kleinteufel wins $241.70 from the main pot with four of a kind nines .

You'll get rich but life expectancy is about thirty...

2006-07-27T23:15:00.000-07:00

Current BR = $4286.45 (Net $=731.86)

Generally I start playing around 3:00 pm and play on through the night until I get tired with somewhat frequent breaks. I don't like playing early in the day, at least on party, because the games are generally shitty and there are rarely more than 3 tables going at any one level.

Today I woke up around 1:00 pm, feeling like crap. I don't get enough excercise, so I decided to take a walk and grab some lunch. Ended up walking all around the city for three or four hours and was fairly tired when I got home. I took a nap, watched a couple episodes of TV shows I'd downloaded last night and then finally decided to jump on the tables. My goal for the day was to make $400 or so, enough to clear the $4000 mark. In the first 20 minutes of play I won 3 big pots and was almost there, then went card dead for two hours and found myself eeking back down to about $250 profit. I stuck with it as the games were very good and won a few huge pots toward the end of the night to well clear my goal.

Not really any especially interesting hands tonight. Here's somewhat of a gambool:

***** Hand History for Game (?) *****
$100 PL Omaha - Thursday, July 27, 22:47:05 ET 2006
Table Table 97477 (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 1: Ninnu111 ( $96.42 )
Seat 2: ilikekitties ( $96.95 )
Seat 8: Tulkku1 ( $340.10 )
Seat 9: sweetdjam ( $66.11 )
Seat 4: Hero ( $126.05 )
Seat 3: bstar777 ( $110.76 )
Seat 7: neverfold456 ( $32.02 )
Seat 5: The_Nut_Low ( $114.55 )
Seat 6: fnords ( $96.50 )
The_Nut_Low posts small blind [ $0.50 ].
fnords posts big blind [ $1 ].

Holecards:
Dealt to Hero [ ]
CALL neverfold456, $1
FOLD Tulkku1
FOLD sweetdjam
BananaFarmer has joined the table.
RAISE Ninnu111 $4.50
FOLD bstar777
CALL Hero $4.50
FOLD The_Nut_Low
FOLD fnords
RAISE neverfold456 $18.50
RAISE Ninnu111 $60
ALL-IN Hero
ALL-IN neverfold456
ALL-IN Ninnu111

Sometimes I'll reraise here but this guy was autostacking with any four big suited cards preflop so I initially decided to lower the variance a little. :)

When the shortstack reraised and the lagabee three bet, I decided I was probably a favorite (double suited connected pairs vs AA vs four big cards usually are) and pushed. I could've just called and evaluated the flop but I wanted to see five cards.

Flop : (Pot: $90)
[ ]

Weeeeeeeeeeee! Awesome flop!
Turn: (Pot: $90)
[ ]

Ok, definitely very good turn, I could be behind the AA guy if he has AA3 or AA78, but if not, I got outs.

River: (Pot: $90)
[ ]
Ninnu111 shows [ ] a pair of twos .
Hero shows [ ] a full house Fives full of twos .
neverfold456 doesn't show [ ] two pairs, aces and twos.
Hero wins $29.63 from side pot #2 with a full house Fives full of twos .
Hero wins $128.80 from side pot #1 with a full house Fives full of twos .
Hero wins $94.56 from the main pot with a full house Fives full of twos .

Ship it!

And now for the WTF Hand of the Day:

***** Hand History for Game (?) *****
$100 PL Omaha - Friday, July 28, 01:59:14 ET 2006
Table Choco Chips (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 2: locomosquito ( $267.95 )
Seat 9: Hero ( $257.55 )
Seat 1: Arendack ( $48.63 )
Seat 7: Sky11 ( $103.91 )
Seat 5: Campoguy ( $103.95 )
Seat 4: iowafan05 ( $167.28 )
Seat 8: nasty25 ( $110.55 )
Seat 3: wgp123 ( $136.55 )
Seat 6: MTNMAN88 ( $32 )
nasty25 posts small blind [ $0.50 ].
Hero posts big blind [ $1 ].

Holecards:
Dealt to Hero [ ]
CALL Arendack, $1
CALL locomosquito, $1
CALL wgp123, $1
CALL iowafan05, $1
FOLD Campoguy
CALL nasty25, $0.50
CHECK Hero

Flop: (Pot: $6)
[ ]
CHECK nasty25
BET Hero , $5.70
CALL Arendack, $5.70
FOLD locomosquito
CALL wgp123, $5.70
FOLD iowafan05
FOLD nasty25

Turn: (Pot: $23.1)
[ ]
BET Hero , $21.95
CALL Arendack, $21.95
RAISE wgp123, $109.75
RAISE Hero , $175.60
ALL-IN Arendack
ALL-IN wgp123

No real hands on this player so I have no idea what he's calling the flop with that is suddenly worth a push. Against a very tight player I could fold here since he certainly would have the nuts + flush freeroll but this guy had been pretty donkish so far so I can't even say he's got a straight here.

River: (Pot: $352.35)
[ ]

Crap, shitty card.

Hero shows [ ] a straight four to eight .
Arendack doesn't show [ ] a pair of fours.
wgp123 doesn't show [ ] a straight, three to seven.
Hero wins $67.70 from side pot #2 with a straight four to eight .
Hero wins $175.84 from side pot #1 with a straight four to eight .
Hero wins $145.89 from the main pot with a straight four to eight .
ilikekitties has joined the table.

Oh wait, PWN3D. I guess if he thought I was enough of a retard to get it all in here with a bare 56 then his push is good, but there is no way I'm potting the turn here into two callers with only 56 and a four card straight on the board.

Lazy is the new Lazy

2006-07-27T16:21:00.000-07:00

Current BR = $3559.09

Soooo, since my last post a lot of stuff has happened. I've been playing 3000+ hands per day on average and have been lazy in relation to everything else.

On June 15 or therabouts I started working at FutureShop. For non-Canadians, FutureShop is a Canadian version of BestBuy. For the first week I was stuck in a windowless backroom reading training manuals. It stunk. I talked to my manager every day about actually filling out my new hire forms and he stalled me every time. By the second week I was out on the floor dealing with customers and was appalled by the lack of organisation and knowledge of FutureShop staff. Nearly every employee there, especially the managers, are completely clueless fucking morons. The only emphasis is to push product service plans on customers whether they want them or not.

June 28th I woke up extremely sick and with no voice. I ended up AIM'ing a buddy and getting him to call in for me late in the day. Note that I was six hours late for work and nobody even called. I spent two days in the hospital, heavily medicated, and was finally able to take to my manager on 30th. He told me to talk to my doctor and get back to him when I'd be able to come back to work. Meanwhile, I hadn't been paid. My pay was supposed to have been deposited on the 30th and nothing had happened. Given I had no poker income at this point (my staking deal specified no cashouts), I was fairly stressed as a result. The Manager, Scott McClelland, told me that I would definitely be paid by Tuesday of the following week.

By the following Friday I had spoken to my doctor and had been given the go ahead to go back. I still hadn't been paid so I again spoke to Scott and told him the situation; I'd be happy to come back but wasn't going to work for free, they could either courier me a cheque or guarantee payment within three days by direct deposit, or I would walk. To this date I have yet to be paid and have declined to go back.

Pokerwise, the end of June and the beginning of July sucked ass. I have apparantly gotten terrible at NL or I was running worse than I have ever seen someone run. I will not be playing NL again until I can devote some time to serious study.

Last thursday the BR was at $1200 or so. Friday I lost $200. Saturday I had a fever or heatstroke and didn't play. Sunday I did a 'rampage' at $50 PLO, ran it up to $300, moved that to two $100 tables, and ended up winning about $1200 on the day. Monday I won about $150 after a couple of sessions. Tuesday I ran superhot and won $1100 again, pushing the BR up over $3K.

Yesterday I had the nightmare variance session from hell. Started the day playing 3 $100 tables and 4 $50's, won $400 very quickly, then went back to even after two or three more hours, mostly missing big draws and misplaying a couple hands against shortstacks. Playing against shorties that float the flop a lot is probably the most infuriating study on pushing thin edges you can imagine. At about 2:00 am all my tables broke and I ended up playing HU and three handed with a few of the same players on four or five tables. An hour of cold decks later and I was stuck about $500. Luckily I rebounded and by 4:00 am I managed to book a small $220 win for the day.

Here's a hand that amazed me on several counts:

***** Hand History for Game (?) *****
$100 PL Omaha - Wednesday, July 26, 23:58:32 ET 2006
Table Choco Chips (No DP) (Real Money)
Seat 9 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 3: crusader3 ( $141.47 )
Seat 4: partyskin18 ( $105.95 )
Seat 5: fnords ( $89.30 )
Seat 6: jordanflug ( $224.93 )
Seat 9: Hero ( $219.35 )
Seat 10: locomosquito ( $60.58 )
Seat 8: madfishman ( $77.36 )
Seat 1: Darmuid ( $57 )
Seat 7: ping2331 ( $19 )
Seat 2: DMacFive ( $25.30 )
locomosquito posts small blind [ $0.50 ].
Darmuid posts big blind [ $1 ].

Holecards:
Dealt to Hero [ ]
FOLD DMacFive
FOLD crusader3
FOLD partyskin18
FOLD fnords
CALL jordanflug, $1
CALL ping2331, $1
FOLD madfishman
RAISE Hero , $4

This is a pretty loose raise. You'll notice I also didn't raise the full pot size. For many reasons I like to make these smallish raises preflop and keep the pot somewhat small on the flop.

FOLD locomosquito
FOLD Darmuid
CALL jordanflug, $3
CALL ping2331, $3

Flop: (Pot: $13.5)
[ ]
CHECK jordanflug
BET ping2331, $12.85
CALL Hero , $12.85
RAISE jordanflug, $30.70

This is an extremely weird raise. This particular player is extremely tight but would never do this weird smallish raise with the nuts. He would either just call hoping for a safe turn card or he'd raise the pot. In other worse, he never has 79 here. He would never raise two pair (even with a draw, like 89TJ, and there's no flush draw out, so he has to have a set.

ALL-IN ping2331
CALL Hero , $17.85

Turn: (Pot: $87.75)
[ ]
CHECK jordanflug
BET Hero , $50

Money! Why don't I bet the full pot? Because if I'm wrong and he did happen to raise the flop with a bare 79 I want to get some value out of him. If he does have a set he's getting incorrect odds to call anyway.

CALL jordanflug, $50

River: (Pot: $187.75)
[ ]
ALL-IN jordanflug

WTF? This is not a small bet. He has close to a pot-sized bet left, and as I've said previously he is an extremely tight player post flop. This bet just doesn't make any sense. I felt like he would have been happy to get it all in on the turn with a set + flush draw, especially since I could easily be semi-bluffing the turn. If he flopped the nut straight and hit a backdoor flush, he would not have minraised the flop. He is most aggro on the flop of all streets. I couldn't think of a single combination of cards that has me beat and so, despite his stats (his river aggression is pretty low) I felt like I had to call.

ALL-IN Hero
jordanflug shows [ ] three of a kind tens .
ping2331 shows [ ] a straight six to ten .
Hero shows [ ] a straight seven to jack .
jordanflug wins $5.58 from side pot #2 with three of a kind tens .
Hero wins $400.60 from side pot #1 with a straight seven to jack .
Hero wins $55.60 from the main pot with a straight seven to jack .

Can't Knock Tha Hustle

2006-06-27T16:03:00.000-07:00

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

2006-06-26T22:52:00.000-07:00

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

2006-06-22T23:38:00.000-07:00

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

2006-06-22T00:22:00.000-07:00

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

2006-06-21T00:09:00.000-07:00

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

2006-06-19T23:04:00.000-07:00

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

2006-06-19T02:49:00.000-07:00

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

2006-06-18T08:34:00.000-07:00

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)

2006-06-16T19:20:00.000-07:00

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

2006-06-13T17:50:00.000-07:00

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.