where have i been?

Well a month has passed since I last made any poker related post. I have played a little bit online, and also a little live but nothing out of the ordinary has come into play. I served out some bad beats, and I was on the recieving end of some as well. I am not playing very inspired poker right now, nor am I really passionate about the game right now. This is the main reason for no posts. I simply don’t want to fill up this blog with whiny bad beat stories.

I did manage to qualify for my first Sunday Millions a few weeks ago, and I narrowly missed playing in another just this past weekend, coming in 2nd out of 27 in a satelite. I totally physched myself out in my first Sunday million, and was totally overmatched as far as mindset. The early rounds was way more aggressive than I expected and I simply wasn’t ready for that and busted out after only 34 hands. I will definately try and get back to play more Sunday millions and I will be more mentally prepared when the time comes.

Cash game play online has been up and down. I truly beleive the limit play up to 3-6 on stars is attrocious and very beatable, providing you got the roll to handle the ups and downs. I play overrolled, cause frankly 50-1 or lowest doesn’t hold my interest nor do I play as I should. That is a huge fault of mine, and if I am ever going to get anyway I must play within the roll requirements. I think the cash games are where the money is to be made, but again, I don’t have the discipline to play the cash games correctly.

So where does that leave me? Well if I am going to play, I think the best bet for me is to play sng’s. I am probably if truth be told, a better sng/tourney player than I am a cash game player. I simply do not have the discipline online to play cash correct. Currently I just cashed out 90 percent of my roll on both Stars and Tilt in order to take care of some offline requirements. Other than a few of these 5 dollar PSO winter league tourney’s that I am playing I am not playing with any regularity online for the foreseeable future. I have to stop playing when I am not at my best. Tired/bored/upset does not make for good poker.

So that’s my update about poker in my world for the last month. I will try and write a little more, but I am on a mini hiatus until I make some decisions about what I am doing with poker. I am kinda jaded as of late with poker, as I feel I am not progressing as I should. For all the playing/writing/reading/discussing poker I do, I feel I should be further along in my poker skills. Maybe I don’t have the right mindframe for poker. I dunno, lots of questions I need to find answers for before going forward.

where have i been?

Well a month has passed since I last made any poker related post. I have played a little bit online, and also a little live but nothing out of the ordinary has come into play. I served out some bad beats, and I was on the recieving end of some as well. I am not playing very inspired poker right now, nor am I really passionate about the game right now. This is the main reason for no posts. I simply don’t want to fill up this blog with whiny bad beat stories.

I did manage to qualify for my first Sunday Millions a few weeks ago, and I narrowly missed playing in another just this past weekend, coming in 2nd out of 27 in a satelite. I totally physched myself out in my first Sunday million, and was totally overmatched as far as mindset. The early rounds was way more aggressive than I expected and I simply wasn’t ready for that and busted out after only 34 hands. I will definately try and get back to play more Sunday millions and I will be more mentally prepared when the time comes.

Cash game play online has been up and down. I truly beleive the limit play up to 3-6 on stars is attrocious and very beatable, providing you got the roll to handle the ups and downs. I play overrolled, cause frankly 50-1 or lowest doesn’t hold my interest nor do I play as I should. That is a huge fault of mine, and if I am ever going to get anyway I must play within the roll requirements. I think the cash games are where the money is to be made, but again, I don’t have the discipline to play the cash games correctly.

So where does that leave me? Well if I am going to play, I think the best bet for me is to play sng’s. I am probably if truth be told, a better sng/tourney player than I am a cash game player. I simply do not have the discipline online to play cash correct. Currently I just cashed out 90 percent of my roll on both Stars and Tilt in order to take care of some offline requirements. Other than a few of these 5 dollar PSO winter league tourney’s that I am playing I am not playing with any regularity online for the foreseeable future. I have to stop playing when I am not at my best. Tired/bored/upset does not make for good poker.

So that’s my update about poker in my world for the last month. I will try and write a little more, but I am on a mini hiatus until I make some decisions about what I am doing with poker. I am kinda jaded as of late with poker, as I feel I am not progressing as I should. For all the playing/writing/reading/discussing poker I do, I feel I should be further along in my poker skills. Maybe I don’t have the right mindframe for poker. I dunno, lots of questions I need to find answers for before going forward.

Late night Rant

I am pissed off. I just tilted off a good portion of my very meager “roll” if you want to call it that. Same old shit. I hadn’t played online in a month bought in yesterday and quickly doubled up. Tonight I gave nearly all of it back and I am livid.

I have followed up a great year in 06 with a dreadful one in 07. I had very high expectations and was overconfident. I have played like a complete ass and the results have shown that. Well tonight session shows if I am going to continue this game changes need to be made.

So here is what I am going to strive to do from here on out

1. No more discussing dollar amounts with anyone. It may be superstitious but any time I do discuss a good run, I blow up. If talking at all about results discuss bb’s only
2. No more bad beat stories. Period. They serve no purpose.
3. Strive to play A game EVERYTIME. If I cannot because sick, sore, tired or bored DON’T FUCKING PLAY!!!!
4. Always have a reason for putting chips in a pot. ALWAYS.
5. Become a serious student of the game again. I did my best when I was a student of the game.

All for now. It is one am and I am mad as hell about tonights session. If I am going to continue in this game I need to make ssome serious changes immediiately. I just want so badly to be a great player. 2007 has been a huge step back. 2008 I will right the ship or I will walk away from any serious aspirations to make poker any more than a once a month night out with the boys.

Late night Rant

I am pissed off. I just tilted off a good portion of my very meager “roll” if you want to call it that. Same old shit. I hadn’t played online in a month bought in yesterday and quickly doubled up. Tonight I gave nearly all of it back and I am livid.

I have followed up a great year in 06 with a dreadful one in 07. I had very high expectations and was overconfident. I have played like a complete ass and the results have shown that. Well tonight session shows if I am going to continue this game changes need to be made.

So here is what I am going to strive to do from here on out

1. No more discussing dollar amounts with anyone. It may be superstitious but any time I do discuss a good run, I blow up. If talking at all about results discuss bb’s only
2. No more bad beat stories. Period. They serve no purpose.
3. Strive to play A game EVERYTIME. If I cannot because sick, sore, tired or bored DON’T FUCKING PLAY!!!!
4. Always have a reason for putting chips in a pot. ALWAYS.
5. Become a serious student of the game again. I did my best when I was a student of the game.

All for now. It is one am and I am mad as hell about tonights session. If I am going to continue in this game I need to make ssome serious changes immediiately. I just want so badly to be a great player. 2007 has been a huge step back. 2008 I will right the ship or I will walk away from any serious aspirations to make poker any more than a once a month night out with the boys.

Mookie Liveblog

107 runners

recognized nearly everyone at my table, hoy, maudie Kattitude, nightranger, piratelawyer

-won the first hand of tourney (they say its bad luck)

-not much going on thru 20 hands…saw 4 flops won two tiny pots

-was sweating the bloggers i recognized as i played in the FTOPS, Hoy, Cracknaces, surflexus

- crippling hand http://www.pokerhand.org/?1676721

got it back with this http://www.pokerhand.org/?1676725

jesus am all over the place this tourney http://www.pokerhand.org/?1676735

last hand before first break with 10 bb, pushed AJ ran into AQ, and thats all she wrote , out in 8

didn’t feel like playing, shoulda just sat it out

awwwww well.

Mookie Liveblog

107 runners

recognized nearly everyone at my table, hoy, maudie Kattitude, nightranger, piratelawyer

-won the first hand of tourney (they say its bad luck)

-not much going on thru 20 hands…saw 4 flops won two tiny pots

-was sweating the bloggers i recognized as i played in the FTOPS, Hoy, Cracknaces, surflexus

- crippling hand http://www.pokerhand.org/?1676721

got it back with this http://www.pokerhand.org/?1676725

jesus am all over the place this tourney http://www.pokerhand.org/?1676735

last hand before first break with 10 bb, pushed AJ ran into AQ, and thats all she wrote , out in 8

didn’t feel like playing, shoulda just sat it out

awwwww well.

Live Blogging my First River Chasers Event

9pm est start

Runners: 104 runners

-frst table i recognized Astin, Wwonka, and pokerpeaker

-thru the first 15 min i have seen one flop, I think I should be seeing more flops in these blogger tourneys early

-see two flops with AJ suited…calling raises on both, down to 1990 at 9:18 pm, when missing both flops with no draws, and i am 4 from the bottom already

-thru 28 min, I have had one pocket pair, 22, and the two AJs, those were my best hands. I played a bb with 72 and caught trip 2’s with it, but only got the blinds.

-as I was saying feeling like I should loosen up a little early, but selectively, as I end up playing a handful of hands and if get unlucky at all am gone

-941 jacks in the pos before button, i push get a caller and survive the Race against AQ, double thru to 3510, can now play some poker!

–1005pm est I made it to first break with 3590 putting me in 36th place out of 80 left

-win a couple hands in the ten min after first break up to just under 5000….feeling good about being able to actually play some hands, without having to risk my whole stack like i had to in Mookie last night

-1030 pm not a whole lot going on, tight aggressive, stealing a pot if i can

-1043 and all in in front of me, me holding QQ, I push to isolate and again survive a race vs AQ, up to 7300, with blinds coming (120-240, 25)

-heading to second break at 11:05 est have 8.5 bb, with three hands before BB. Blinds are 250-500, 50 after the break, 38 people left. I am going to have to make a move soon and hope to double thru as I am in 33/38 position

-4 of the top 12 at my table throughout last couple orbits, and no cards to do much

-moved tables, moved all in twice, once on flop with top pair, doubled thru up to 9000

1230 getting blinded and antied down, make pot size bet with KJ, with blinds coming pushed flop (was pushing any flop ) got up to 10400 with 29 runners left

2 hands later 66 in sb, comblete the blinds, take down pot on flop, blinds coming quick now, with 28 left

–QQ on button, all in in front of me, for the third time I survive the race against AK, up to 4th in chips with 25 left

win back to back pots in blinds getting me to second in chips 27000, 3000 off lead

-q9s in small blind completed against button call, comes Straight and flush draw, i bet out, get called, and turn brings brick i bet again, repopped for two thirds my stack and folded, lost third my stack

-moved tables walk into bb, with AK, 3x raise in front of me i make it ten to go, and they fold….few, ak has not been good to me

-the bubble taking quite a while, had another questionable fold, flush draw staight draw…but folded

they are going to fall fast now, chip leader Lucko21 has 3 times anyone close and is rolling over everyone

-kk in small blind against chip leader, he pushes i call and double through, fadeing his Arag, down to 15 secnd in chips, but only 13 bb

-third break, I am tightening up again a little too much. I have 19514 chips with blinds 1-2000, 250 coming up after break, I am in 7th place out of 15 left. Less than 10 bb again. BB coming in 3 hands….

- however this ends I have played a patient, TAG game, and my big hands held up, and I won races to this point.

-first hand after break JJ UTG I push…take down blinds and anties

-to left of chip lead for last 45 min helped me at all, enter final table as small stack

-AK in BB, against chip leader J3…..can’t fade the J on river……he pushes i call…..

Statistics for 294 Hands
Street Saw Saw/Total
Flop 32 11%
Turn 15 5%
River 10 3%
Showdown 8 3%
Street Won Won/Saw Won/Total
Pre-flop 10 3% 3%
Flop 9 28% 3%
Turn 2 13% 1%
River 0 0% 0%
Showdown 7 88% 2%

I have been crippled, eliminated by suckouts on the river in all three blogger tourneys this week…..I never went all in behind this whole tourney…. what can you do?

out in 9th, would have been 3rd in chips

Live Blogging my First River Chasers Event

9pm est start

Runners: 104 runners

-frst table i recognized Astin, Wwonka, and pokerpeaker

-thru the first 15 min i have seen one flop, I think I should be seeing more flops in these blogger tourneys early

-see two flops with AJ suited…calling raises on both, down to 1990 at 9:18 pm, when missing both flops with no draws, and i am 4 from the bottom already

-thru 28 min, I have had one pocket pair, 22, and the two AJs, those were my best hands. I played a bb with 72 and caught trip 2’s with it, but only got the blinds.

-as I was saying feeling like I should loosen up a little early, but selectively, as I end up playing a handful of hands and if get unlucky at all am gone

-941 jacks in the pos before button, i push get a caller and survive the Race against AQ, double thru to 3510, can now play some poker!

–1005pm est I made it to first break with 3590 putting me in 36th place out of 80 left

-win a couple hands in the ten min after first break up to just under 5000….feeling good about being able to actually play some hands, without having to risk my whole stack like i had to in Mookie last night

-1030 pm not a whole lot going on, tight aggressive, stealing a pot if i can

-1043 and all in in front of me, me holding QQ, I push to isolate and again survive a race vs AQ, up to 7300, with blinds coming (120-240, 25)

-heading to second break at 11:05 est have 8.5 bb, with three hands before BB. Blinds are 250-500, 50 after the break, 38 people left. I am going to have to make a move soon and hope to double thru as I am in 33/38 position

-4 of the top 12 at my table throughout last couple orbits, and no cards to do much

-moved tables, moved all in twice, once on flop with top pair, doubled thru up to 9000

1230 getting blinded and antied down, make pot size bet with KJ, with blinds coming pushed flop (was pushing any flop ) got up to 10400 with 29 runners left

2 hands later 66 in sb, comblete the blinds, take down pot on flop, blinds coming quick now, with 28 left

–QQ on button, all in in front of me, for the third time I survive the race against AK, up to 4th in chips with 25 left

win back to back pots in blinds getting me to second in chips 27000, 3000 off lead

-q9s in small blind completed against button call, comes Straight and flush draw, i bet out, get called, and turn brings brick i bet again, repopped for two thirds my stack and folded, lost third my stack

-moved tables walk into bb, with AK, 3x raise in front of me i make it ten to go, and they fold….few, ak has not been good to me

-the bubble taking quite a while, had another questionable fold, flush draw staight draw…but folded

they are going to fall fast now, chip leader Lucko21 has 3 times anyone close and is rolling over everyone

-kk in small blind against chip leader, he pushes i call and double through, fadeing his Arag, down to 15 secnd in chips, but only 13 bb

-third break, I am tightening up again a little too much. I have 19514 chips with blinds 1-2000, 250 coming up after break, I am in 7th place out of 15 left. Less than 10 bb again. BB coming in 3 hands….

- however this ends I have played a patient, TAG game, and my big hands held up, and I won races to this point.

-first hand after break JJ UTG I push…take down blinds and anties

-to left of chip lead for last 45 min helped me at all, enter final table as small stack

-AK in BB, against chip leader J3…..can’t fade the J on river……he pushes i call…..

Statistics for 294 Hands
Street Saw Saw/Total
Flop 32 11%
Turn 15 5%
River 10 3%
Showdown 8 3%
Street Won Won/Saw Won/Total
Pre-flop 10 3% 3%
Flop 9 28% 3%
Turn 2 13% 1%
River 0 0% 0%
Showdown 7 88% 2%

I have been crippled, eliminated by suckouts on the river in all three blogger tourneys this week…..I never went all in behind this whole tourney…. what can you do?

out in 9th, would have been 3rd in chips

Live blogging the Mookie

Live blogging the mookie, may/may not clean up in morning.

first table

crackin aces and Gcox, highonpoker only ones i recoginize

-played first hand in sb at 11:17 A2 spades….unraised pots came 4s6sX, raised to 120, folded to 1500 bet….
gcox had trips…. i would have hit spade on river

moved to a new table after this hand, csguard on this table, as well as katiesmother the player with KK i ran into with QQ on all rag flop at HOY, to be crippled

1120(ast) I raise pre with QJ off, cos 789 i bet out and take it

1125 QQ bet 200….fold around

next hand 10 10…Katies mother raises to 225, one caller, i call, comes rag rag q, checks around, J on turn I bet half pot 350, she raises to 1750 i fold

12 runners out thru first half hour, down to 100

-been playing a little too tight i think, KK raise to 3x, one caller, QQx board i bet pot 540, bayne_s folds.

-just started a 6 dollar, 26 dollar token turbo, 196 runners, 45 seats

-58 min in i have played 10 out of 98 hands, winning all but one

2 hands before first break
-AQ, call 350 raise by the small stack at the table leaving him 755, 23A flop, he pushes I call, he has 66. The turn…of course…..6. sigh, down to 1520.

-1215 with blinds 80-160 i am down to 1320 gotta move….

and just as I say that KK, raise pot and they fold around. 1580……was going to push….but this is good enough……so gunshy of the draw outs of late

-moved to the right of Alcanthang, after blinds…and a misplaced raise….down to 940 on button…with blinds still 80-160, prob going to push any pair soon, am low stack in tourny

another orbit, on life support 680 left, on button…any paint going!

1230 – pushed 77, and A8 (2nd under the gun) and no caller, 1280, but blind is coming

1234 pushed small blind, A9, picked up 400 more….1480 still only 7 bb

1245 pushed K10 with 840 left (less than 3 bb) and doubled thru, then two hands later pushed AJo stealing the blinds up to 2800, still 3rd from last

1256 with 2100 left and blinds 150-300, pushed AK, run into Presto….board blanks off, til 5 on river. out 50th/112, my run of 3 mookies, 3 final tables is over with a whimper….lol

Statistics for 181 Hands
Street Saw Saw/Total
Flop 16 9%
Turn 6 3%
River 3 2%
Showdown 3 2%

Street Won Won/Saw Won/Total
Pre-flop 12 7% 7%
Flop 5 31% 3%
Turn 0 0% 0%
River 0 0% 0%
Showdown 1 33% 1%

Live blogging the Mookie

Live blogging the mookie, may/may not clean up in morning.

first table

crackin aces and Gcox, highonpoker only ones i recoginize

-played first hand in sb at 11:17 A2 spades….unraised pots came 4s6sX, raised to 120, folded to 1500 bet….
gcox had trips…. i would have hit spade on river

moved to a new table after this hand, csguard on this table, as well as katiesmother the player with KK i ran into with QQ on all rag flop at HOY, to be crippled

1120(ast) I raise pre with QJ off, cos 789 i bet out and take it

1125 QQ bet 200….fold around

next hand 10 10…Katies mother raises to 225, one caller, i call, comes rag rag q, checks around, J on turn I bet half pot 350, she raises to 1750 i fold

12 runners out thru first half hour, down to 100

-been playing a little too tight i think, KK raise to 3x, one caller, QQx board i bet pot 540, bayne_s folds.

-just started a 6 dollar, 26 dollar token turbo, 196 runners, 45 seats

-58 min in i have played 10 out of 98 hands, winning all but one

2 hands before first break
-AQ, call 350 raise by the small stack at the table leaving him 755, 23A flop, he pushes I call, he has 66. The turn…of course…..6. sigh, down to 1520.

-1215 with blinds 80-160 i am down to 1320 gotta move….

and just as I say that KK, raise pot and they fold around. 1580……was going to push….but this is good enough……so gunshy of the draw outs of late

-moved to the right of Alcanthang, after blinds…and a misplaced raise….down to 940 on button…with blinds still 80-160, prob going to push any pair soon, am low stack in tourny

another orbit, on life support 680 left, on button…any paint going!

1230 – pushed 77, and A8 (2nd under the gun) and no caller, 1280, but blind is coming

1234 pushed small blind, A9, picked up 400 more….1480 still only 7 bb

1245 pushed K10 with 840 left (less than 3 bb) and doubled thru, then two hands later pushed AJo stealing the blinds up to 2800, still 3rd from last

1256 with 2100 left and blinds 150-300, pushed AK, run into Presto….board blanks off, til 5 on river. out 50th/112, my run of 3 mookies, 3 final tables is over with a whimper….lol

Statistics for 181 Hands
Street Saw Saw/Total
Flop 16 9%
Turn 6 3%
River 3 2%
Showdown 3 2%

Street Won Won/Saw Won/Total
Pre-flop 12 7% 7%
Flop 5 31% 3%
Turn 0 0% 0%
River 0 0% 0%
Showdown 1 33% 1%