Poker for the advanced

...donkey.

Here's a fun little hand that I played near the mid stages of today's 24k.

Villain had been playing like a cracked out 7 year old willing to call huge raises with the 2nd or 3rd best hand and sucking out. I was looking for the perfect situation to stack him when this came up. Keep in mind, up until this point I have played about 4 or 5 hands and shown down once.



Full Tilt Poker Game #5804223762: $24,000 Guarantee (43479335), Table 43 - 80/160 - No Limit Hold'em - 15:22:05 ET - 2008/03/27

Seat 4: LUCKY-LOCKIE (5,610)
Seat 5: iam23skidoo (4,545)

LUCKY-LOCKIE posts the small blind of 80
iam23skidoo posts the big blind of 160
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to iam23skidoo [2s 7c]

LUCKY-LOCKIE calls 80
iam23skidoo checks @Warning: For advanced players only, limping the hammer in the BB it the ultimate in strength! It worked in the MATH for me on Monday :)
*** FLOP *** [Js 7s 3c] I know he will call any pair or draw, so I might as well... iam23skidoo bets 160
LUCKY-LOCKIE calls 160
*** TURN *** [Js 7s 3c] [9h] Another card I shouldn't be afraid of. This guy must have spades.
LUCKY-LOCKIE checks
iam23skidoo bets 480
LUCKY-LOCKIE calls 480 Uh oh, who's getting played here now???
*** RIVER *** [Js 7s 3c 9h] [2h] BINGO!!!!
LUCKY-LOCKIE checks
iam23skidoo bets 1,600
LUCKY-LOCKIE calls 1,600
*** SHOW DOWN ***
iam23skidoo shows [2s 7c] two pair, Sevens and Twos
LUCKY-LOCKIE mucks
iam23skidoo wins the pot (4,800) with two pair, Sevens and Twos

Seat 4: LUCKY-LOCKIE (small blind) mucked [9c As] - a pair of Nines Awesome, second pair top kicker is goot!!!



Unfortunately I went out about 50 before the bubble after getting Kings cracked by A6 sooooted. (not my friend lockie)

Poker for the advanced

...donkey.

Here's a fun little hand that I played near the mid stages of today's 24k.

Villain had been playing like a cracked out 7 year old willing to call huge raises with the 2nd or 3rd best hand and sucking out. I was looking for the perfect situation to stack him when this came up. Keep in mind, up until this point I have played about 4 or 5 hands and shown down once.



Full Tilt Poker Game #5804223762: $24,000 Guarantee (43479335), Table 43 - 80/160 - No Limit Hold'em - 15:22:05 ET - 2008/03/27

Seat 4: LUCKY-LOCKIE (5,610)
Seat 5: iam23skidoo (4,545)

LUCKY-LOCKIE posts the small blind of 80
iam23skidoo posts the big blind of 160
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to iam23skidoo [2s 7c]

LUCKY-LOCKIE calls 80
iam23skidoo checks @Warning: For advanced players only, limping the hammer in the BB it the ultimate in strength! It worked in the MATH for me on Monday :)
*** FLOP *** [Js 7s 3c] I know he will call any pair or draw, so I might as well... iam23skidoo bets 160
LUCKY-LOCKIE calls 160
*** TURN *** [Js 7s 3c] [9h] Another card I shouldn't be afraid of. This guy must have spades.
LUCKY-LOCKIE checks
iam23skidoo bets 480
LUCKY-LOCKIE calls 480 Uh oh, who's getting played here now???
*** RIVER *** [Js 7s 3c 9h] [2h] BINGO!!!!
LUCKY-LOCKIE checks
iam23skidoo bets 1,600
LUCKY-LOCKIE calls 1,600
*** SHOW DOWN ***
iam23skidoo shows [2s 7c] two pair, Sevens and Twos
LUCKY-LOCKIE mucks
iam23skidoo wins the pot (4,800) with two pair, Sevens and Twos

Seat 4: LUCKY-LOCKIE (small blind) mucked [9c As] - a pair of Nines Awesome, second pair top kicker is goot!!!



Unfortunately I went out about 50 before the bubble after getting Kings cracked by A6 sooooted. (not my friend lockie)

I just might get some sleep tonight...

I'll start off this post with a PHOD

I've got no notes on the villain as he has just joined the table. Keep in mind I'm a 6-max noob. I don't like 6-max for some reason.

Full Tilt Poker Game #5788283456: Table Kings (6 max) - $0.50/$1 - No Limit Hold'em - 8:42:04 ET - 2008/03/26
Seat 1: iam23skidoo ($83)
Seat 2: twichild ($100)

Leapaboard posts the small blind of $0.50
iam23skidoo posts the big blind of $1
twichild posts $1

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to iam23skidoo [Th Td]
twichild checks
Konstantin82 calls $1
iam23skidoo raises to $4
twichild raises to $9
iam23skidoo raises to $19
twichild calls $10

So villain check re-raises then calls my re-re-raise. Gotta be AK right? AA,KK pushes there, it could be QQ or JJ but...

*** FLOP *** [5h Qh Tc]
iam23skidoo bets $25

What do you think of this bet? Do I just push here or continue to fear QQ? I don't want to give any draw odds to call.

twichild raises to $81, and is all in
iam23skidoo calls $39, and is all in

twichild shows [Jd Ac] Uh JACKACE?
iam23skidoo shows [Th Td]
*** TURN *** [5h Qh Tc] [8c]
*** RIVER *** [5h Qh Tc 8c] [Kc] GTFO!!
twichild shows a straight, Ace high
iam23skidoo shows three of a kind, Tens
twichild wins the pot ($164.50) with a straight, Ace high


So did I just get toasted by a toaster or what? Did I make a mistake preflop?


I'm tired....I've been playing way too much poker lately.

Last night I tried playing the skillz, the bodonk and a $75 token race at the same time. I should have known better.

Everything about last night was non-conducive to playing. I played a little hooky, leaving work at 12:30 and grabbing lunch with a buddy of mine. A few beers later, and I'm at TacoMac playing HORSE and $11 SNG's with Kuro, downing more beers. Nothing is working online and I go through serious frustration in all of the games.

So I get home, we take the kids out to eat since we are too lazy/busy to cook and frankly its been awhile since we've been out. We have a nice meal, then get home and get the kids in bed.

After all that, attempting to divide my attention between 3 games was not the most sound decision. Lesson learned.

So I log on this AM to play a few hands before work and run into the hand above. I'm thinking about taking the night off.

If i get home before daylight, I just might get some sleep tonight.

I just might get some sleep tonight...

I'll start off this post with a PHOD

I've got no notes on the villain as he has just joined the table. Keep in mind I'm a 6-max noob. I don't like 6-max for some reason.

Full Tilt Poker Game #5788283456: Table Kings (6 max) - $0.50/$1 - No Limit Hold'em - 8:42:04 ET - 2008/03/26
Seat 1: iam23skidoo ($83)
Seat 2: twichild ($100)

Leapaboard posts the small blind of $0.50
iam23skidoo posts the big blind of $1
twichild posts $1

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to iam23skidoo [Th Td]
twichild checks
Konstantin82 calls $1
iam23skidoo raises to $4
twichild raises to $9
iam23skidoo raises to $19
twichild calls $10

So villain check re-raises then calls my re-re-raise. Gotta be AK right? AA,KK pushes there, it could be QQ or JJ but...

*** FLOP *** [5h Qh Tc]
iam23skidoo bets $25

What do you think of this bet? Do I just push here or continue to fear QQ? I don't want to give any draw odds to call.

twichild raises to $81, and is all in
iam23skidoo calls $39, and is all in

twichild shows [Jd Ac] Uh JACKACE?
iam23skidoo shows [Th Td]
*** TURN *** [5h Qh Tc] [8c]
*** RIVER *** [5h Qh Tc 8c] [Kc] GTFO!!
twichild shows a straight, Ace high
iam23skidoo shows three of a kind, Tens
twichild wins the pot ($164.50) with a straight, Ace high


So did I just get toasted by a toaster or what? Did I make a mistake preflop?


I'm tired....I've been playing way too much poker lately.

Last night I tried playing the skillz, the bodonk and a $75 token race at the same time. I should have known better.

Everything about last night was non-conducive to playing. I played a little hooky, leaving work at 12:30 and grabbing lunch with a buddy of mine. A few beers later, and I'm at TacoMac playing HORSE and $11 SNG's with Kuro, downing more beers. Nothing is working online and I go through serious frustration in all of the games.

So I get home, we take the kids out to eat since we are too lazy/busy to cook and frankly its been awhile since we've been out. We have a nice meal, then get home and get the kids in bed.

After all that, attempting to divide my attention between 3 games was not the most sound decision. Lesson learned.

So I log on this AM to play a few hands before work and run into the hand above. I'm thinking about taking the night off.

If i get home before daylight, I just might get some sleep tonight.

Coming clean.

As I mentioned before, I needed a spiritual cleansing of sorts on Full Tilt. I needed to change my attitude, and the donkey wasn't cutting it.

I did what any spoiled child would do, I picked up my toys and went home.

But I came back, the donkey could not be held at bay, only placated. I'll let those of you who don't already know that I am HAGBARD_III on FT and you can go ahead and smack yourself for folding to a big turn bet cause you didn't know me.

I had already begun letting the cat out of the bag last night, so I figured I might as well open it up.

It occured to me that some people might take offence at my changing names, may even forward the information to Full Tilt so they can suspend me if they determine I have violated their TOC.

I can accept that if need be. I didn't really intend to misrepresent myself, I just wanted to play free from the stigma of my persona. It was fun for a while and totally worth it. I just wanted my fellow bloggers and readers to know and if HAGBARD has to disappear and iam23skidoo returns, you won't be dealing with the same donkey.

That is all.

Coming clean.

As I mentioned before, I needed a spiritual cleansing of sorts on Full Tilt. I needed to change my attitude, and the donkey wasn't cutting it.

I did what any spoiled child would do, I picked up my toys and went home.

But I came back, the donkey could not be held at bay, only placated. I'll let those of you who don't already know that I am HAGBARD_III on FT and you can go ahead and smack yourself for folding to a big turn bet cause you didn't know me.

I had already begun letting the cat out of the bag last night, so I figured I might as well open it up.

It occured to me that some people might take offence at my changing names, may even forward the information to Full Tilt so they can suspend me if they determine I have violated their TOC.

I can accept that if need be. I didn't really intend to misrepresent myself, I just wanted to play free from the stigma of my persona. It was fun for a while and totally worth it. I just wanted my fellow bloggers and readers to know and if HAGBARD has to disappear and iam23skidoo returns, you won't be dealing with the same donkey.

That is all.

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Tournament Details and Registration
Bodog is proud to host the Bodog Poker Blogger Tournament Series. Join
up and challenge other Poker Bloggers each week in our Bodog Poker Room
and live to tell about it. Earn points and work your way up the
Tournament Leader Board for a spot in the final tournament for your chance to
win a $12,000 World Series of Poker* prize package and be a part of
Team Bodog 2008.

How it Works
The Bodog Poker Blogger Tournament Series is composed of a series of 18
qualifying tournaments that run weekly beginning Tuesday, February
5th, 2008 to Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008. The top 30% of finishers in each
qualifying tournament will earn points based on their finish. These points
will be used to rank players over 4 months of qualifying. At the end
of the qualifying series, the top 18 players on the Tournament Leader
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the first place finisher winning a $12,000 WSOP* prize package!

*How To Register*
To register for the Bodog Poker Blogger Tournament Series, poker
bloggers must first go to
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Once this is completed, they then must click on "REGISTER NOW" to
register themselves into the tournament series. Bloggers will each have to
do this once in order to play in the series. Once this is done, they
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Bodog Blogger Tournament Leader Board
The Tournament Leader Board is available at
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throughout the course of the Bodog Poker Blogger Tournament Series. It provides
the point totals for every player that has played in the qualifying
tournaments. The top 30% of players in each tournament receives points
according to finish, which at the end of the qualifying tournaments will
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players on the TLB at the end of the qualifier tournaments will earn their
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news, and weekly updates on:

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* March 11th 2008 final table results
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* announcements for special promotions or guest players
* the latest in Bodog Poker Room news and gossip
* tips on how to succeed at Bodog Poker

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Weekly Tournament Prizes
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standard multi-table payout table. In addition, the top 5 players for each
week also wins T$109 to be used to buy-in to the $100,000 Guaranteed
Tournament held every Sunday at 4:00 PM ET. The top 5 bubble players each
week win a free buy-in to next week's Weekly Tournament. (T$11 will be
credited to these players' Bodog account within 24 hours after the
completion of the each tournament)

Final Tournament Prizes
Buy-in: $0 + $0 (must finish in the Top 18 on the TLB to be invited)
Grand Prize: $12,000 WSOP* Prize Package with Team Bodog
2nd place: T$540 to be used to buy-in to (2) World Series or Players
Choice Semifinal
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Definition of ignomy.

When the worst poker player ever calls you a donator.

23skiddoo
1. I am friends with you because you are a bigger donator than I am. Bigger? I sure hope not.
2. I associate you with skiddoo which I in turn associate with some cosmic marshmallow being that goes around spreading gooey goodness. Makes sense.
3. I like that you think I am kidding when I call you a donator. OK, so maybe you ARE kidding. I mean... come on!
4. My latest memory of you is you running over the 200/NL blogger table and sucking out on MiamiDon with AK vs KK all in. It was truly funny. Good times, good times. Nothing pleases me more than tilting Don and several select others, including yourself.
5. Who is the best Atlanta Blogger player in your opinion? Can't argue with Surf, although Kuro would be a great choice as well.

Definition of ignomy.

When the worst poker player ever calls you a donator.

23skiddoo
1. I am friends with you because you are a bigger donator than I am. Bigger? I sure hope not.
2. I associate you with skiddoo which I in turn associate with some cosmic marshmallow being that goes around spreading gooey goodness. Makes sense.
3. I like that you think I am kidding when I call you a donator. OK, so maybe you ARE kidding. I mean... come on!
4. My latest memory of you is you running over the 200/NL blogger table and sucking out on MiamiDon with AK vs KK all in. It was truly funny. Good times, good times. Nothing pleases me more than tilting Don and several select others, including yourself.
5. Who is the best Atlanta Blogger player in your opinion? Can't argue with Surf, although Kuro would be a great choice as well.

Nothing for a man to do but sit around and think.

I tried to come up with a title that described my current state and ended up with the opposite.

After a 2 day trip to NY which saw me unloading my hard earned cash on the friendly folks at WSP, making a really stupid deal with Jamie for 2 cases of chips, and surviving on about 8 hours of sleep I came home to more chaos, work tilt and home chores up the wazzoo.

Such is the life of your friendly neighborhood donk.

Speaking of neighborhood, the boys and I will be playing cards at the clubhouse tonight for my monthly game. Once again I'll try to run 2 tourneys and a cash game while avoiding the temptation to stay out until 4AM. If any ATLiens want to come up, then drop me a line.

I haven't played much NLHE this week, so I'm excited to jump in to a juicy game, I'm hoping tonight works out like recent Neighborhood games and supplies me with some booty for my poker coffers.

So I don't really have anything to say, same as usual. Have a good week end folks! I think I'll try and win the MegaMillions tonight...that would be pretty cool.

Nothing for a man to do but sit around and think.

I tried to come up with a title that described my current state and ended up with the opposite.

After a 2 day trip to NY which saw me unloading my hard earned cash on the friendly folks at WSP, making a really stupid deal with Jamie for 2 cases of chips, and surviving on about 8 hours of sleep I came home to more chaos, work tilt and home chores up the wazzoo.

Such is the life of your friendly neighborhood donk.

Speaking of neighborhood, the boys and I will be playing cards at the clubhouse tonight for my monthly game. Once again I'll try to run 2 tourneys and a cash game while avoiding the temptation to stay out until 4AM. If any ATLiens want to come up, then drop me a line.

I haven't played much NLHE this week, so I'm excited to jump in to a juicy game, I'm hoping tonight works out like recent Neighborhood games and supplies me with some booty for my poker coffers.

So I don't really have anything to say, same as usual. Have a good week end folks! I think I'll try and win the MegaMillions tonight...that would be pretty cool.

A rare quiet Saturday

My wife had a friend and her kids in town for the weekend, and I reluctantly got hopping around 9am to clean up the house.

My wife's friend came over with some other kids we both know, then the women gathered and cackled about whatever it is they talk about. I was given an excuse to be absent. I gathered up my laptop, a couple snacks and a coke, sauntered upstairs and had a nice relaxing afternoon playing poker and listening to iTunes.

Four o'clock rolled around and I luckily remembered Saturday's with DrPauly on PokerStars, a tourney I'm not usually able to play.



For the first hour or so, I was still playing in 2 FT tourneys so I didn't pay too much attention.

Fast forward 2 more hours and I was locked into a final table battle. I managed to have the chip lead coming into heads up, but lost 2 pretty horrible hands and didn't make much of a fight of it.


I don't play much Omaha High, so I stuck with playing Aces, Kings, Queens, and some sooted connector options. When the blinds were getting big I only played position and premium hold'em hands. I got gunned down by a rivered nut flush and a well hidden low straight both against premium hold'em type hands. I also played two of the steps tourneys and got a step 2 on 1 and a rebate on the other.

I'll have to give some PLO tourneys a few more tries to see if today was just a fluke.

A rare quiet Saturday

My wife had a friend and her kids in town for the weekend, and I reluctantly got hopping around 9am to clean up the house.

My wife's friend came over with some other kids we both know, then the women gathered and cackled about whatever it is they talk about. I was given an excuse to be absent. I gathered up my laptop, a couple snacks and a coke, sauntered upstairs and had a nice relaxing afternoon playing poker and listening to iTunes.

Four o'clock rolled around and I luckily remembered Saturday's with DrPauly on PokerStars, a tourney I'm not usually able to play.



For the first hour or so, I was still playing in 2 FT tourneys so I didn't pay too much attention.

Fast forward 2 more hours and I was locked into a final table battle. I managed to have the chip lead coming into heads up, but lost 2 pretty horrible hands and didn't make much of a fight of it.


I don't play much Omaha High, so I stuck with playing Aces, Kings, Queens, and some sooted connector options. When the blinds were getting big I only played position and premium hold'em hands. I got gunned down by a rivered nut flush and a well hidden low straight both against premium hold'em type hands. I also played two of the steps tourneys and got a step 2 on 1 and a rebate on the other.

I'll have to give some PLO tourneys a few more tries to see if today was just a fluke.

Late Departure

I just confirmed my travel to New York on Monday. Hopefully I can horn my way into Wall Street Poker.

Jamie is a congenial and earnest host, he confirmed he has a full table, but invited me anyway.

I'll be offering my 'celebrity' commentary services for the scheduled mixed game. Hopefully I can be annoying enough to make someone give their seat to me!

Have a good weekend kids!

Late Departure

I just confirmed my travel to New York on Monday. Hopefully I can horn my way into Wall Street Poker.

Jamie is a congenial and earnest host, he confirmed he has a full table, but invited me anyway.

I'll be offering my 'celebrity' commentary services for the scheduled mixed game. Hopefully I can be annoying enough to make someone give their seat to me!

Have a good weekend kids!

The Death of iam23skidoo

Yes, I'm alive but the uber-donk iam23skidoo is no more.

I have sent a request to remove iam23skidoo from Full Tilt, but make no mistake, I am still around. I needed to make a change that went beyond my name and avatar, I finally decided that a whole new poker persona is needed. So far I have had some fantastic results, so we shall see if this is for real.

I played out the rest of my FPP's at FullTilt this morning and I garnered a Token for taking down a 600 Point tourney. I played a 90 person KO tourney with my token and here's the result:


Wee, from $0 to $75.

I decided to just keep it playing and entered a Tier 3 1-table tourney. Unfortunately I blazed out in 5th.

I transferred the remainder to my chat and dial a shot buddy KAT! Cheers to you Kitty!



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Bodonkey final table #3

Did a little bit better at the final table this time, pushed JTs into A6s and missed everything to empty as a co-shortstack with Drizzz.

Drizz and empty played a really good heads-up match and Drizz was able to overcome a 5:1 chip deficit. Good stuff.

Early on I played fairly tight, and loosened up a little after the 3rd level. With 76s I called a smallish utg raise and call by MiamiDon. The flop came all spades and I check raised Don's flopped set. We eventually got the $ in and the board did not pair. I took a nice lead and stayed in the top 5 for most the night.

I took out poor PokahDave's QQ with presto, I can't remember any other specific hands other than splitting big pots with goat AK vs AK and someone else A5 vs A5 rivered straight.

I should have a pretty nice spot on the leaderboard, a win sure would be nice though.

Big thanks to Bodog for a really nice online poker tournament setup.

Scott Fischman

....overseen at the Blogger Big Game Final table.





Yeah my mspaint skilllz are tight! Watch out mook!

Scott Fischman

....overseen at the Blogger Big Game Final table.





Yeah my mspaint skilllz are tight! Watch out mook!

Weee another iPod meme!

From Kaja


Instructions: Open up your iTunes and fill out this survey, no matter how embarrassing the responses might be.

How many songs total: 6,224
How many hours or days of music: 18.5 Days
Most recently played: Flowers On the Wall - The Statler Brothers (Pulp Fiction Soundtrack)
Most played: Little Martha - The Allman Brothers Band
Most recently added: Classic Girl - Jane's Addiction

Sort by song title:
First Song: About a Girl - Nirvana
Last Song: ? - Outcast Stankonia (Dunno if thats the real song name or a ?)

Sort by time:
Shortest Song: 1 Sec - Sweet - Napolian Dynamite
Longest Song: 1:21:42 - Paul Van Dyk - Live at Nature One 05-08-2006


Sort by album:
First album: Abbey Road - The Beatles
Last album: 2003-03-04 Tokyo Japan (Disk 1) - Pearl Jam

First song that comes up on Shuffle: Faithful (feat. John Legend & Bilal)- Common - Be

Search the following and state how many songs come up:

Death - 54
Life - 113
Love - 290
Hate - 50
You - 535
Sex - 11




And check out the MAN PIT's newest addition ($50!!!):




Sorry for the crappy pic from my laptop.

Weee another iPod meme!

From Kaja


Instructions: Open up your iTunes and fill out this survey, no matter how embarrassing the responses might be.

How many songs total: 6,224
How many hours or days of music: 18.5 Days
Most recently played: Flowers On the Wall - The Statler Brothers (Pulp Fiction Soundtrack)
Most played: Little Martha - The Allman Brothers Band
Most recently added: Classic Girl - Jane's Addiction

Sort by song title:
First Song: About a Girl - Nirvana
Last Song: ? - Outcast Stankonia (Dunno if thats the real song name or a ?)

Sort by time:
Shortest Song: 1 Sec - Sweet - Napolian Dynamite
Longest Song: 1:21:42 - Paul Van Dyk - Live at Nature One 05-08-2006


Sort by album:
First album: Abbey Road - The Beatles
Last album: 2003-03-04 Tokyo Japan (Disk 1) - Pearl Jam

First song that comes up on Shuffle: Faithful (feat. John Legend & Bilal)- Common - Be

Search the following and state how many songs come up:

Death - 54
Life - 113
Love - 290
Hate - 50
You - 535
Sex - 11




And check out the MAN PIT's newest addition ($50!!!):




Sorry for the crappy pic from my laptop.

Holy Crap AL!

I officially nominate AL and all those involved for sainthood.

I have nothing to add.

Holy Crap AL!

I officially nominate AL and all those involved for sainthood.

I have nothing to add.

Bodog loves bloggers

In case you have been living under a rock (or you're Canadian) and you haven't played Bodog's Poker tournament I HIGHLY recommend it!!!


Bodog is upping the stakes to gain acceptance as the premier location for online poker tournaments. The weekly blogger tournament has a fantastic prize pool including a chance to play as one of Bodog's sponsored players for the World Series of Poker!! A $12,000 package.

Quite an incentive I think.

See you there tomorrow!!!

Bodog loves bloggers

In case you have been living under a rock (or you're Canadian) and you haven't played Bodog's Poker tournament I HIGHLY recommend it!!!


Bodog is upping the stakes to gain acceptance as the premier location for online poker tournaments. The weekly blogger tournament has a fantastic prize pool including a chance to play as one of Bodog's sponsored players for the World Series of Poker!! A $12,000 package.

Quite an incentive I think.

See you there tomorrow!!!

We're not short, we're player challenged!

Friday night brought 6 combatants to the oval of fire (or my poker table in the basement).

Steely (or stealy) eyed and confident we gathered for a marathon of guts, determination, and glory (or 6-max $1/$2 NLHE). What emerged was one man, one gladiator who bludgeoned his opponents into weary submission (or I was a card rack).



Friday I had three cancellations which brought me from a solid 8-9 to a solid 6. Then BrianMc in the ultimate show of loyalty (or stupidity) brought his work phone to the table (he was 'on-call') and actually answered the damn thing when it rang. After 2 hands we were down to 5, but luckily it didn't bother anyone too much.

George's buddy got stacked when I rivered broadway to beat his pair of jacks. After an hour or so of loose passive play, he decided he had better things to do than to donate any more to us.

Four handed still played relatively conservative and no one else lost too much.

I can remember 2 other interesting hands with Aaron, for some reason I got FPS (fancy play syndrome) a few times in hands vs him.

I was playing the LAG role for a little bit and so far it was working out. I saw A9o in late position and called a 4x raise from Aaron. IIRC the flop came Ad3d5x I check-called a $10 bet. Then next card I don't remember but I'm pretty sure it was a diamond. I checked behind. 4x was the river and I figured to be beat by a straight, but took a while to consider my options. I thought if I could bet the pot, a low straight might fold, figuring me for a higher straight or a flush. So I bet $35 and Aaron thought for a bit, trying to piece together the hand. He asked if I turned my flush and like a dumbass I answered no. He didn't have to take much longer after that and took a decent pot with the 6 high straight. I'm not sure if I could have convinced him I had the flush though as he stated he was only considering a re-raise or call.

In another very similar hand when I had the Spade flush draw, I called down to the river and hit the straight and he could not call my pot sized bet on the river. So two different hands against a cash player that I respect greatly with similar contexts and he makes the correct decision in both.

I really hope I can get to that point of analysis when I can make educated decisions given the context of the hand.

It was a fun game and I appreciate everyone who made the drive!

I'm NOT giving up on this game, I'm going to keep pushing it until it is me and Surf flipping coins for $20 a pop. So you Atlanta bloggers need to step the fuck up and play!! Lets start throwing dates out for March. The first half of March is already a minefield for me, so I'm looking for someone to pick up the reigns for a week night game (ahem ahem).

We're not short, we're player challenged!

Friday night brought 6 combatants to the oval of fire (or my poker table in the basement).

Steely (or stealy) eyed and confident we gathered for a marathon of guts, determination, and glory (or 6-max $1/$2 NLHE). What emerged was one man, one gladiator who bludgeoned his opponents into weary submission (or I was a card rack).



Friday I had three cancellations which brought me from a solid 8-9 to a solid 6. Then BrianMc in the ultimate show of loyalty (or stupidity) brought his work phone to the table (he was 'on-call') and actually answered the damn thing when it rang. After 2 hands we were down to 5, but luckily it didn't bother anyone too much.

George's buddy got stacked when I rivered broadway to beat his pair of jacks. After an hour or so of loose passive play, he decided he had better things to do than to donate any more to us.

Four handed still played relatively conservative and no one else lost too much.

I can remember 2 other interesting hands with Aaron, for some reason I got FPS (fancy play syndrome) a few times in hands vs him.

I was playing the LAG role for a little bit and so far it was working out. I saw A9o in late position and called a 4x raise from Aaron. IIRC the flop came Ad3d5x I check-called a $10 bet. Then next card I don't remember but I'm pretty sure it was a diamond. I checked behind. 4x was the river and I figured to be beat by a straight, but took a while to consider my options. I thought if I could bet the pot, a low straight might fold, figuring me for a higher straight or a flush. So I bet $35 and Aaron thought for a bit, trying to piece together the hand. He asked if I turned my flush and like a dumbass I answered no. He didn't have to take much longer after that and took a decent pot with the 6 high straight. I'm not sure if I could have convinced him I had the flush though as he stated he was only considering a re-raise or call.

In another very similar hand when I had the Spade flush draw, I called down to the river and hit the straight and he could not call my pot sized bet on the river. So two different hands against a cash player that I respect greatly with similar contexts and he makes the correct decision in both.

I really hope I can get to that point of analysis when I can make educated decisions given the context of the hand.

It was a fun game and I appreciate everyone who made the drive!

I'm NOT giving up on this game, I'm going to keep pushing it until it is me and Surf flipping coins for $20 a pop. So you Atlanta bloggers need to step the fuck up and play!! Lets start throwing dates out for March. The first half of March is already a minefield for me, so I'm looking for someone to pick up the reigns for a week night game (ahem ahem).

Poke me in the eye with a spork!

In the KORD I played loose/stupid early, solid/tight middle and strong/suckedout late, I.E. a typical blogger tourney for me. At least I outlasted the ACC KORDIANS!

The best thing about the Riverchasers tourney is that I was Gigli and only had to endure that crap for the minimum. Highlights: 2 sets back to back. Lowlights: Both sets going down to Wheels. weeeee.


Some elite Atlanta poker bloggers will be coming to casa de skidoo tonight for a little 1/2 NLHE action tonight! Should be fun!

Poke me in the eye with a spork!

In the KORD I played loose/stupid early, solid/tight middle and strong/suckedout late, I.E. a typical blogger tourney for me. At least I outlasted the ACC KORDIANS!

The best thing about the Riverchasers tourney is that I was Gigli and only had to endure that crap for the minimum. Highlights: 2 sets back to back. Lowlights: Both sets going down to Wheels. weeeee.


Some elite Atlanta poker bloggers will be coming to casa de skidoo tonight for a little 1/2 NLHE action tonight! Should be fun!

You can deal with this or you can deal with that.

Blah blah...busy

Blah Blah.....work tilt.

I sound like a broken record I know. Several things are coming to a head making me frantic, busy, confused, scattered, edgy, moody, and otherwise curt.

I flamed out around the middle of the pack in both the Bodonk and MOOK I knew my streak couldn't continue.

I caught myself playing a little weak/tight and missing several opportunities. For example I got AK twice and AA twice in the Bodonk and won only 1 of those hands. Playing tight requires maximizing results with big hands and I either pansy'd out or got beat.

A good example might be my turnaround in the DOOK, after being a little loose in the early stages, I chipped up then locked it down until we hit the final table. I was barely paying attention to it actually, going between TV, IM, and other tables. Sometimes distraction can be good....sometimes its a killer....strange.


Here's an interesting hand that happened 5 handed at the dook. PirateLawyer thinks this is a horrible play, please elaborate for me if you agree.


Full Tilt Poker Game #5337993239: The Dookie (40010925), Table 2 - 200/400 - Pot Limit Hold'em - 0:27:33 ET - 2008/02/21
Seat 1: cemfredmd (2,880) SB
Seat 3: iam23skidoo (5,805) BB
Seat 7: OtisDart (2,032)
Seat 8: Schaubs (5,580)
Seat 9: PirateLawyer (10,703) BUTTON
Dealt to iam23skidoo [Ts Js]

PirateLawyer raises to 1,100 I'm facing what I think is a fairly standard button raise here.
iam23skidoo calls 700 Sooted high connectors, uh, yeah...I could even argue for a LP RR here. My odds vs any random hand ~60% vs his specific hand is %30.

*** FLOP *** [Jd 9h 8c] TP and draws put me ahead of his range. My odds vs his hand are now 65/35 for.
iam23skidoo bets 2,400
PirateLawyer calls 2,400 Smells like a draw to me.

*** TURN *** [Jd 9h 8c] [9d] If he's already made, I'm willing to go down in flames.
iam23skidoo bets 2,305, and is all in
PirateLawyer calls 2,305
iam23skidoo shows [Ts Js]
PirateLawyer shows [Ks Td]

*** RIVER *** [Jd 9h 8c 9d] [Jh]
iam23skidoo shows a full house, Jacks full of Nines
PirateLawyer shows two pair, Jacks and Nines
iam23skidoo wins the pot (11,810) with a full house, Jacks full of Nines

Granted I got a fortuitous flop, but the T700 call is horrible for PirateLawyer.

PirateLawyer: nice
PirateLawyer: miracle
PirateLawyer: flop
iam23skidoo: miracle miss
iam23skidoo: how do you miss the q
PirateLawyer: or the K
PirateLawyer: or the 7
PirateLawyer: shrugs
iam23skidoo: lol

I don't know how I play this hand any differently, I'd love some feedback.


Regardless, I need to push my doubts away and get focused for tomorrow. The next installment of the APBT cash game being played at my place tomorrow. Wish me luck.

I hope everyone has a good weekend! See you soon.

You can deal with this or you can deal with that.

Blah blah...busy

Blah Blah.....work tilt.

I sound like a broken record I know. Several things are coming to a head making me frantic, busy, confused, scattered, edgy, moody, and otherwise curt.

I flamed out around the middle of the pack in both the Bodonk and MOOK I knew my streak couldn't continue.

I caught myself playing a little weak/tight and missing several opportunities. For example I got AK twice and AA twice in the Bodonk and won only 1 of those hands. Playing tight requires maximizing results with big hands and I either pansy'd out or got beat.

A good example might be my turnaround in the DOOK, after being a little loose in the early stages, I chipped up then locked it down until we hit the final table. I was barely paying attention to it actually, going between TV, IM, and other tables. Sometimes distraction can be good....sometimes its a killer....strange.


Here's an interesting hand that happened 5 handed at the dook. PirateLawyer thinks this is a horrible play, please elaborate for me if you agree.


Full Tilt Poker Game #5337993239: The Dookie (40010925), Table 2 - 200/400 - Pot Limit Hold'em - 0:27:33 ET - 2008/02/21
Seat 1: cemfredmd (2,880) SB
Seat 3: iam23skidoo (5,805) BB
Seat 7: OtisDart (2,032)
Seat 8: Schaubs (5,580)
Seat 9: PirateLawyer (10,703) BUTTON
Dealt to iam23skidoo [Ts Js]

PirateLawyer raises to 1,100 I'm facing what I think is a fairly standard button raise here.
iam23skidoo calls 700 Sooted high connectors, uh, yeah...I could even argue for a LP RR here. My odds vs any random hand ~60% vs his specific hand is %30.

*** FLOP *** [Jd 9h 8c] TP and draws put me ahead of his range. My odds vs his hand are now 65/35 for.
iam23skidoo bets 2,400
PirateLawyer calls 2,400 Smells like a draw to me.

*** TURN *** [Jd 9h 8c] [9d] If he's already made, I'm willing to go down in flames.
iam23skidoo bets 2,305, and is all in
PirateLawyer calls 2,305
iam23skidoo shows [Ts Js]
PirateLawyer shows [Ks Td]

*** RIVER *** [Jd 9h 8c 9d] [Jh]
iam23skidoo shows a full house, Jacks full of Nines
PirateLawyer shows two pair, Jacks and Nines
iam23skidoo wins the pot (11,810) with a full house, Jacks full of Nines

Granted I got a fortuitous flop, but the T700 call is horrible for PirateLawyer.

PirateLawyer: nice
PirateLawyer: miracle
PirateLawyer: flop
iam23skidoo: miracle miss
iam23skidoo: how do you miss the q
PirateLawyer: or the K
PirateLawyer: or the 7
PirateLawyer: shrugs
iam23skidoo: lol

I don't know how I play this hand any differently, I'd love some feedback.


Regardless, I need to push my doubts away and get focused for tomorrow. The next installment of the APBT cash game being played at my place tomorrow. Wish me luck.

I hope everyone has a good weekend! See you soon.

A comedy of arrows

Yesterday pretty much sucked, but it was funny nonetheless.

My wife is currently in ultra mega double secret school tilt as she takes more and more opportunities to do more and more work.....I gotta hand it to her, there's no effing way I could do that amount of work while retaining my sanity.

I got handed a fairly difficult and time consuming project yesterday and stayed at work till about 6:30. My plans of stopping for a little gift and some groceries to make dinner wasn't looking so good.

I stopped by the Chinese place near the house and ordered for us. I ran across the street to grab V-day cards for the wife and kids, and a nice box o' chocolates. (no it's not lazy, it's traditional!) I then ran over to the liquor store and found a phat bottle of sake.

My plan was thus: I cram the cards and chocolates into my laptop bag, come storming in the house, hurried and frustrated and say I have work to keep doing. Then I spring the gifts out of my bag unexpectedly and we have a nice little pseudo surprise. Part 2 of the plan was that I then say I gotta go get my phone out of the car and come back in with our Chinese feast!

I stormed into the house and no one was there....no one came running to the door yelling DAAAAADDYYYY, the wife wasn't in the kitchen exasperatedly trying to feed the children. best laid plans. Rach was huddled in front of the computer and the kids were downstairs watching TV. 'Hi Daddy' I heard from the basement. At least they said hi.

My loving wife's first words to me were "I'll be done in 20 minutes, can you do something with them?" Hmm, not working out for me so far, but I feel the love. The kids came running up stairs and I gave them their cards and showed the chocolates to them.

The kids ran into the office and told my wife that I've got something for her, and she relents...."ok, ok lets go to the den and open our presents." I gave her the chocolates and she gives me a look. It is not a nice look. My son speaks up "Dad, don't you remember Mom gave up candy for Lent?" DOOOOHH

I had to laugh and so did she luckily. She handed me a smallish sized red box and I opened a nice portable speaker system for an ipod.

I turned to her and said "WOW, did you get me an iPod too?", she returned a confused look which turned into surprise. "Oh my god, you broke your iPod didn't you?" "Yeah, in JUNE!" I replied.

I guess you had to be there but it was freaking hilarious. Dinner was damn good though.

One good reason for our dismissal of V-day is that on Saturday Rachel's folks are coming to take the kids for the night and we get a nice quiet day (and night) alone!

We will return to Dante's Down the Hatch, the restauraunt we met at 12 years ago. Should be a good time.

You kids have a good weekend y'hear!

A comedy of arrows

Yesterday pretty much sucked, but it was funny nonetheless.

My wife is currently in ultra mega double secret school tilt as she takes more and more opportunities to do more and more work.....I gotta hand it to her, there's no effing way I could do that amount of work while retaining my sanity.

I got handed a fairly difficult and time consuming project yesterday and stayed at work till about 6:30. My plans of stopping for a little gift and some groceries to make dinner wasn't looking so good.

I stopped by the Chinese place near the house and ordered for us. I ran across the street to grab V-day cards for the wife and kids, and a nice box o' chocolates. (no it's not lazy, it's traditional!) I then ran over to the liquor store and found a phat bottle of sake.

My plan was thus: I cram the cards and chocolates into my laptop bag, come storming in the house, hurried and frustrated and say I have work to keep doing. Then I spring the gifts out of my bag unexpectedly and we have a nice little pseudo surprise. Part 2 of the plan was that I then say I gotta go get my phone out of the car and come back in with our Chinese feast!

I stormed into the house and no one was there....no one came running to the door yelling DAAAAADDYYYY, the wife wasn't in the kitchen exasperatedly trying to feed the children. best laid plans. Rach was huddled in front of the computer and the kids were downstairs watching TV. 'Hi Daddy' I heard from the basement. At least they said hi.

My loving wife's first words to me were "I'll be done in 20 minutes, can you do something with them?" Hmm, not working out for me so far, but I feel the love. The kids came running up stairs and I gave them their cards and showed the chocolates to them.

The kids ran into the office and told my wife that I've got something for her, and she relents...."ok, ok lets go to the den and open our presents." I gave her the chocolates and she gives me a look. It is not a nice look. My son speaks up "Dad, don't you remember Mom gave up candy for Lent?" DOOOOHH

I had to laugh and so did she luckily. She handed me a smallish sized red box and I opened a nice portable speaker system for an ipod.

I turned to her and said "WOW, did you get me an iPod too?", she returned a confused look which turned into surprise. "Oh my god, you broke your iPod didn't you?" "Yeah, in JUNE!" I replied.

I guess you had to be there but it was freaking hilarious. Dinner was damn good though.

One good reason for our dismissal of V-day is that on Saturday Rachel's folks are coming to take the kids for the night and we get a nice quiet day (and night) alone!

We will return to Dante's Down the Hatch, the restauraunt we met at 12 years ago. Should be a good time.

You kids have a good weekend y'hear!

If ya ain't first...

you're last. - Reese Bobby

Oh the humanity, 4 blogger final tables in a row and the best I can muster is 5th place....what a shame.

I know its not empirical data, but obviously something is wrong with my end game. I either ramp up the aggression too high, or just overvalue my hands or my image. Whatever the case may be, it really blows not being able to hit a top 3 spot in 4 consecutive MTT's when I have the chiplead at the final table in 2 of them.

In both cases I ran marginal hands into Aces and crippled myself. So just let it be known that if you have aces, slow play them vs me, cause I'm a donk and will happily double you up.

Since I laid a bad beat on Hoy early on (see below) I decided to go ahead and take some screenshots.

With the 1500 starting stack (which I love btw Mook!)I started out fairly tight since there was plenty of action and I was getting crap. I lost a pretty big pot with TT vs KK and scraped back up to ~T1200.

I had been extremely weak in my blind vs Hoy and he picked several blinds from me. Here I intended to win the hand preflop by overplaying AK oop, unfortunately Hoy wasn't stealing.

Blinds are 30/60 and both hoy and myself are near mid position with the button on the 9 seat and he and I in seat 5 and 6 respectively. He raises to 180 and I reraise over half my stack, comitting myself to the pot. Hoy just calls, which sort of confuses me.

His stance was that all the money is going in eventually, so he might as well check it down.

hoyazo: i know we're allin for all 5 cards no matter what i do once you raise so big pf there, so whats the diff, right?

Does anyone else employ that strategy? In his place I go ahead and get them all in preflop, but I'm a donkey..anyway here's the result.

Yeah, runner runner runner....gross.

Here, the shoe is on the other foot and I get plenty o'chips to coast for awhile.

A great setup as I'm in the BB with Aces and have 2 raises in front of me. BSN gets out when I re-raise from 500 to 1200 and muchtim nearly doubles me and I pretty much fold to the final table.

Unlike last week when I came into the FT with a nice lead. I was ahead of only 1 player with only 7 spots paying. emptyman doubled me up when checked his flopped top pair and I slow played this monster turn.(sarcasm intended)



This next hand worked out pretty good. Blinds are 250/500 and I near min raise in LP 3x (1200) with 66 and get reraised by Sandtiger who I've seen make some questionable plays early on. I smooth call hoping for a fortuitous flop and hit my set.

This hand gives me a pretty nice lead, but we all know I cant handle having chips.

I get 66 again and try to steal blinds corron10 (shortstack) calls and hits.


This hand really hurt as empty played his aces perfectly (EP limp FTW!), knowing I would pounce on any perceived weakness.

Bottom pair is gold!

That hand got me back to shortstack, this next one really bugs me.
I have ~9k and raise my button to T3500 JJ pushes and I lay it down. I might should have called seeing some of the other plays JJ was making, but I had a feeling I was beat. Looking at it now, I probably had to call here.


Here's my swan song, obv the Ace hit and IGH in 6th.....


Big shout out goes to empty as he played a great final table IMO and deserved to take it down.

If ya ain't first...

you're last. - Reese Bobby

Oh the humanity, 4 blogger final tables in a row and the best I can muster is 5th place....what a shame.

I know its not empirical data, but obviously something is wrong with my end game. I either ramp up the aggression too high, or just overvalue my hands or my image. Whatever the case may be, it really blows not being able to hit a top 3 spot in 4 consecutive MTT's when I have the chiplead at the final table in 2 of them.

In both cases I ran marginal hands into Aces and crippled myself. So just let it be known that if you have aces, slow play them vs me, cause I'm a donk and will happily double you up.

Since I laid a bad beat on Hoy early on (see below) I decided to go ahead and take some screenshots.

With the 1500 starting stack (which I love btw Mook!)I started out fairly tight since there was plenty of action and I was getting crap. I lost a pretty big pot with TT vs KK and scraped back up to ~T1200.

I had been extremely weak in my blind vs Hoy and he picked several blinds from me. Here I intended to win the hand preflop by overplaying AK oop, unfortunately Hoy wasn't stealing.

Blinds are 30/60 and both hoy and myself are near mid position with the button on the 9 seat and he and I in seat 5 and 6 respectively. He raises to 180 and I reraise over half my stack, comitting myself to the pot. Hoy just calls, which sort of confuses me.

His stance was that all the money is going in eventually, so he might as well check it down.

hoyazo: i know we're allin for all 5 cards no matter what i do once you raise so big pf there, so whats the diff, right?

Does anyone else employ that strategy? In his place I go ahead and get them all in preflop, but I'm a donkey..anyway here's the result.

Yeah, runner runner runner....gross.

Here, the shoe is on the other foot and I get plenty o'chips to coast for awhile.

A great setup as I'm in the BB with Aces and have 2 raises in front of me. BSN gets out when I re-raise from 500 to 1200 and muchtim nearly doubles me and I pretty much fold to the final table.

Unlike last week when I came into the FT with a nice lead. I was ahead of only 1 player with only 7 spots paying. emptyman doubled me up when checked his flopped top pair and I slow played this monster turn.(sarcasm intended)



This next hand worked out pretty good. Blinds are 250/500 and I near min raise in LP 3x (1200) with 66 and get reraised by Sandtiger who I've seen make some questionable plays early on. I smooth call hoping for a fortuitous flop and hit my set.

This hand gives me a pretty nice lead, but we all know I cant handle having chips.

I get 66 again and try to steal blinds corron10 (shortstack) calls and hits.


This hand really hurt as empty played his aces perfectly (EP limp FTW!), knowing I would pounce on any perceived weakness.

Bottom pair is gold!

That hand got me back to shortstack, this next one really bugs me.
I have ~9k and raise my button to T3500 JJ pushes and I lay it down. I might should have called seeing some of the other plays JJ was making, but I had a feeling I was beat. Looking at it now, I probably had to call here.


Here's my swan song, obv the Ace hit and IGH in 6th.....


Big shout out goes to empty as he played a great final table IMO and deserved to take it down.

Weilding the hammer

Back to back 5th place finishes at the Bodonk, not bad, but I can do better. I zigged when I should have zagged at the final table and GoldenHammer (blog link?) trounced me with 2nd pair. I stayed up way too late and I have a headache right now. I don't recall any specific hands, all I got is this picture of the current leaderboard.



Oh, and go say hi to numenor80 seems like a good guy!

Weilding the hammer

Back to back 5th place finishes at the Bodonk, not bad, but I can do better. I zigged when I should have zagged at the final table and GoldenHammer (blog link?) trounced me with 2nd pair. I stayed up way too late and I have a headache right now. I don't recall any specific hands, all I got is this picture of the current leaderboard.



Oh, and go say hi to numenor80 seems like a good guy!

Almost there

I made a Deep run in a massive (2600+) MTT on Stars last night. 155th

I played uber tight and Doubled up near the bubble with KK vs AT, then nearly tripled up with AA and doubled again with AA shortly after. I got up to a nice chip count and gave more than half of it away when a LP player pushed with KK and I'm too bad to lay down AQo. Shortly thereafter my river flush card made my villain's boat and IGH.

I got chips and loosened up, which is a really dumb problem I have. I spew chips with poorly conceived agg plays with less than stellar cards. I do feel like I am learning some patience though, playing a $5 Razz with some bloggers enforces your need to fold marginal hands.

Almost there

I made a Deep run in a massive (2600+) MTT on Stars last night. 155th

I played uber tight and Doubled up near the bubble with KK vs AT, then nearly tripled up with AA and doubled again with AA shortly after. I got up to a nice chip count and gave more than half of it away when a LP player pushed with KK and I'm too bad to lay down AQo. Shortly thereafter my river flush card made my villain's boat and IGH.

I got chips and loosened up, which is a really dumb problem I have. I spew chips with poorly conceived agg plays with less than stellar cards. I do feel like I am learning some patience though, playing a $5 Razz with some bloggers enforces your need to fold marginal hands.

Friday Night (donk) Fights

My Friday afternoon/night can be summed up in 3 pictures.

Yea that's my mug. 235KIDOO yeah, they fucked my name up.

2 of these went down goot!



Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Ale x2 .....YUM 9.6 APV and sooo very tasty.


5:30AM....Wee!

I hope I can stay awake for HORSE tonight.

Friday Night (donk) Fights

My Friday afternoon/night can be summed up in 3 pictures.



Yea that's my mug. 235KIDOO yeah, they fucked my name up.



2 of these went down goot!

Sierra Nevada Bigfoot Ale x2 .....YUM 9.6 APV and sooo very tasty.


5:30AM....Wee!

I hope I can stay awake for HORSE tonight.

A tale of two tourneys..

...or the rock that broke the donkey's back.

Thuper Tuesday was a nice one for me. I checked into Bodonkey to check my Thuper Bowl props and came out a winner by a small edge. My Pats-heavy straight up bets blew, but my defensive-minded props payed off well. For lack of my dream 34-21 Pats win, the props got me a little better than even.

I took part of my small profit at put it in the inaugural Blogger WSOP series. One important note on the structure Smokee set up, it allows for a lot of play in the early going with double stacks, extended blind periods, and minimal blind amounts.

This being the second or third Bodonk I've played, I think I've gotten used to the structure and play as patiently as I can until we hit 100/200 level or so. I played very deliberately and focused, only occasionally making a questionable move until the final table. I played %14 of the hands till then and was sitting right in the middle of the pack. Unfortunately I don't remember now any hands that got me to 5 handed. I know I laid at least one bad beat on the shortstack in 6th place.

I felt really good about my chances until Kuro obviously playing the part of skidoo for the night called my re-raise push with sooted QJ. My AKs couldnt fade the Q and I busted. I'm pretty happy about my play though and have been on a bit of a mini-run to begin 2008. I was also happy to recieve the T$109 from Bodog making it a pretty damn good investment for my $11.

Congrats to Kuro for taking it down.

I also feel pretty good about my play in the MOOK last night, going into the final 2 tables, I was sitting at %12 of flops seen. My only suckout being runner-runner quad 7's vs 2 short stacks.

I hit the final table as the chip leader and managed to go out in ninth.....hows that for solid play.

My 4 losing hands were: AK vs AA (nice set-up surf), A4h vs JJ (yeah i was steaming a bit on that call), AQvs donkettes KJ (no comment), then AQ vs J3 ( I was shortstacked so I can forgive surf). I'm not sure if thats what you'd call coolered, but I wouldn't disagree with the notion.

The thing is that looking back through the hands I played I feel really good about my decision making process (yes, I'm not just mashing buttons) and not so good about my luck in a few key spots.

Mindset is huge in my personal opinion, and it's not just thinking your better than the other players, its also about being positive and accepting the outcome regardless.

I hope I can hold onto the feeling for a bit, I have my Neighborhood game tomorrow and the APBT cash game coming up on the 22nd.

Cheers!

A tale of two tourneys..

...or the rock that broke the donkey's back.

Thuper Tuesday was a nice one for me. I checked into Bodonkey to check my Thuper Bowl props and came out a winner by a small edge. My Pats-heavy straight up bets blew, but my defensive-minded props payed off well. For lack of my dream 34-21 Pats win, the props got me a little better than even.

I took part of my small profit at put it in the inaugural Blogger WSOP series. One important note on the structure Smokee set up, it allows for a lot of play in the early going with double stacks, extended blind periods, and minimal blind amounts.

This being the second or third Bodonk I've played, I think I've gotten used to the structure and play as patiently as I can until we hit 100/200 level or so. I played very deliberately and focused, only occasionally making a questionable move until the final table. I played %14 of the hands till then and was sitting right in the middle of the pack. Unfortunately I don't remember now any hands that got me to 5 handed. I know I laid at least one bad beat on the shortstack in 6th place.

I felt really good about my chances until Kuro obviously playing the part of skidoo for the night called my re-raise push with sooted QJ. My AKs couldnt fade the Q and I busted. I'm pretty happy about my play though and have been on a bit of a mini-run to begin 2008. I was also happy to recieve the T$109 from Bodog making it a pretty damn good investment for my $11.

Congrats to Kuro for taking it down.

I also feel pretty good about my play in the MOOK last night, going into the final 2 tables, I was sitting at %12 of flops seen. My only suckout being runner-runner quad 7's vs 2 short stacks.

I hit the final table as the chip leader and managed to go out in ninth.....hows that for solid play.

My 4 losing hands were: AK vs AA (nice set-up surf), A4h vs JJ (yeah i was steaming a bit on that call), AQvs donkettes KJ (no comment), then AQ vs J3 ( I was shortstacked so I can forgive surf). I'm not sure if thats what you'd call coolered, but I wouldn't disagree with the notion.

The thing is that looking back through the hands I played I feel really good about my decision making process (yes, I'm not just mashing buttons) and not so good about my luck in a few key spots.

Mindset is huge in my personal opinion, and it's not just thinking your better than the other players, its also about being positive and accepting the outcome regardless.

I hope I can hold onto the feeling for a bit, I have my Neighborhood game tomorrow and the APBT cash game coming up on the 22nd.

Cheers!

Talent Show

Here's Grace's singing debut! Original lyrics by Grace!

Talent Show

Here's Grace's singing debut! Original lyrics by Grace!