...and the HORSE you rode in on!

So imagine my dismay when I discovered there was no mook scheduled tonight. Of course I knew it was off this week, I just forgot that I knew it.

Anywho, I took AL's advice and joined the Riverchasers HORSE event. I didn't imagine I'd go very far, but I soon realized that some of the competition was looser than a two dollar hoe! So I bided my time and took as many hands off in Stud that I could. I still excel in Razz, OH8 and Stud8 (IMHO) and used those orbits to stay afloat. During the early (first 2 hours) of the tourney I was playing my HU4 matches with NewinNov. I won the first two then got shanghai'd in the 3rd when someone got in before newin. The second hand of which i flopped trips, crippling my opponent. Newin and I played the third match for a very long time, changing leads at least 10 times, in the end I whittled him down for a 3-0 match. This brings my current run in HU4 at 6-1.

And for the HORSE tourney you ask????
wo0t!


On to the Riverchasers...I managed to squeek in to the final table and outlast a few players when I found myself with a respectible stack. Also there at the final table was byron and wwonka It was a fun match down to the end, unfortunately my heads up opponent wiggstad could not stand the onslaught of cards I caught during the razz round and was crushered. good times..


Also I managed to take down the Poker Blogger Fantasy Football League that Kelly ran!!! Did I tell you yet how much I rock?

I hope everyone had (and is having) a great Holiday and have a safe and happy new year.

...and the HORSE you rode in on!

So imagine my dismay when I discovered there was no mook scheduled tonight. Of course I knew it was off this week, I just forgot that I knew it.

Anywho, I took AL's advice and joined the Riverchasers HORSE event. I didn't imagine I'd go very far, but I soon realized that some of the competition was looser than a two dollar hoe! So I bided my time and took as many hands off in Stud that I could. I still excel in Razz, OH8 and Stud8 (IMHO) and used those orbits to stay afloat. During the early (first 2 hours) of the tourney I was playing my HU4 matches with NewinNov. I won the first two then got shanghai'd in the 3rd when someone got in before newin. The second hand of which i flopped trips, crippling my opponent. Newin and I played the third match for a very long time, changing leads at least 10 times, in the end I whittled him down for a 3-0 match. This brings my current run in HU4 at 6-1.

And for the HORSE tourney you ask????
wo0t!


On to the Riverchasers...I managed to squeek in to the final table and outlast a few players when I found myself with a respectible stack. Also there at the final table was byron and wwonka It was a fun match down to the end, unfortunately my heads up opponent wiggstad could not stand the onslaught of cards I caught during the razz round and was crushered. good times..


Also I managed to take down the Poker Blogger Fantasy Football League that Kelly ran!!! Did I tell you yet how much I rock?

I hope everyone had (and is having) a great Holiday and have a safe and happy new year.

Studley

Stud Hi continues to bug the hell out of me. For whatever reason Stud Hi and Omaha hi gives me fits.

Is it my donkish need to play too many hands?

I'd love to get some insight into hand selection for Stud Hi and OH hi, cause I'm obviously doing something wrong.

I did manage to get 2 2nd places in SNG's last nite a HOSE and HORSE. I don't think I'll play HOSE anymore though. I think Razz is one of my favorite parts of HORSE right now.

Also I came to an interesting finding last night dealing with patience and hand selection overall.

I joined a cheap Stud-8 H/L tournament (415 players) around 8:45 having barely missed the WWDN . I like stud-8 and wanted to get some more hands in on the cheap. About 20 minutes later my wife game home, she decided not to go shopping and just wanted to chill. Fine with me, I left the game open (T2200) and went to watch a movie.

About 45 minutes or so later, I went upstairs to heat up some food and see if I was still in the tourney. I had not lost as much as I expected. I suppose being limit that the orbits last a bit longer. I was sitting at T1600 or so. Of course I decide to play a few hands while my dinner is getting nuked and I manage to win 2 big pots in the span of the 5-7 I saw. I ramped up to ~T5600 and went back downstairs.

When the movie was over (Horribly sappy movie with Peter Faulk and Paul Rieser) the wife wants to read so I can go back to my game. I'm still sitting around T4600 I played for a while longer, but busted with 2 pair and a low draw in the hundreds.

This really got me into thinking about patience. Now, I know there are alot of things different about the games. Limit and Stud makes the game about twice as long as HE, but I think the premise stays the same. I'm playing way too many pots. I hover in the high %30 in most HE tourneys. I think if i can work this down by half over the next month or so that I will see myself lasting longer in even more tournaments, and the last thing you want is me with some chippies at your table.

I'll be around for the MOOK tonight, I also have a ticket to the 25K at the same time, so maybe I can do some damage in both. I know now why Hoy likes the 25k tournament so much. If you can just show some discipline early on, you can make a run at pretty good money. I played last Friday and managed to cash again in the 150th place range. I feel like I have a chance to win every game I'm in these days, and confidence is a big part of playing well. Just ask DannyN. He just may know a thing or two about successful tournament play.


Oh, and play CC's Thursday bash and watch me Pauly, Kat and CC battle it out for the big prize.

Studley

Stud Hi continues to bug the hell out of me. For whatever reason Stud Hi and Omaha hi gives me fits.

Is it my donkish need to play too many hands?

I'd love to get some insight into hand selection for Stud Hi and OH hi, cause I'm obviously doing something wrong.

I did manage to get 2 2nd places in SNG's last nite a HOSE and HORSE. I don't think I'll play HOSE anymore though. I think Razz is one of my favorite parts of HORSE right now.

Also I came to an interesting finding last night dealing with patience and hand selection overall.

I joined a cheap Stud-8 H/L tournament (415 players) around 8:45 having barely missed the WWDN . I like stud-8 and wanted to get some more hands in on the cheap. About 20 minutes later my wife game home, she decided not to go shopping and just wanted to chill. Fine with me, I left the game open (T2200) and went to watch a movie.

About 45 minutes or so later, I went upstairs to heat up some food and see if I was still in the tourney. I had not lost as much as I expected. I suppose being limit that the orbits last a bit longer. I was sitting at T1600 or so. Of course I decide to play a few hands while my dinner is getting nuked and I manage to win 2 big pots in the span of the 5-7 I saw. I ramped up to ~T5600 and went back downstairs.

When the movie was over (Horribly sappy movie with Peter Faulk and Paul Rieser) the wife wants to read so I can go back to my game. I'm still sitting around T4600 I played for a while longer, but busted with 2 pair and a low draw in the hundreds.

This really got me into thinking about patience. Now, I know there are alot of things different about the games. Limit and Stud makes the game about twice as long as HE, but I think the premise stays the same. I'm playing way too many pots. I hover in the high %30 in most HE tourneys. I think if i can work this down by half over the next month or so that I will see myself lasting longer in even more tournaments, and the last thing you want is me with some chippies at your table.

I'll be around for the MOOK tonight, I also have a ticket to the 25K at the same time, so maybe I can do some damage in both. I know now why Hoy likes the 25k tournament so much. If you can just show some discipline early on, you can make a run at pretty good money. I played last Friday and managed to cash again in the 150th place range. I feel like I have a chance to win every game I'm in these days, and confidence is a big part of playing well. Just ask DannyN. He just may know a thing or two about successful tournament play.


Oh, and play CC's Thursday bash and watch me Pauly, Kat and CC battle it out for the big prize.

Blogger Bowl 2006

And now we have 2. I haven't said a word about it here all season, so I'm sure I'll jinx myself now. I am in the blogger Fantasy Football Superbowl!!!

Heres the matchup:



I may be taking Tatum Bell out this week for Chester Taylor depending on his injury. Shanahan can't seem to make his mind up about anything. I picked up Lienard this week, but I could switch him out for Garcia or Big Ben. I don't really like any of their matchups though. I'm leaning towards Lienard but may switch to Garcia, the philly game just may turn into a shootout.

Blogger Bowl 2006

And now we have 2. I haven't said a word about it here all season, so I'm sure I'll jinx myself now. I am in the blogger Fantasy Football Superbowl!!!

Heres the matchup:



I may be taking Tatum Bell out this week for Chester Taylor depending on his injury. Shanahan can't seem to make his mind up about anything. I picked up Lienard this week, but I could switch him out for Garcia or Big Ben. I don't really like any of their matchups though. I'm leaning towards Lienard but may switch to Garcia, the philly game just may turn into a shootout.

obligation

I'm posting today out of obligation. It's been a full 3 weeks of doldrums now. I hate it. I need more sleep 4-6 hours doesn't cut it and it creeps into my behavior. I'm not obligated necessarily to my handful of readers out there (no offense) but obligated to the knowledge that navel-gazing helps me, and I need to post here and get it out.

Tuesday was a blur as I floundered in the WWDN, as of now I don't remember any hand I played or where I ended up....wait thats right, I didn't play the WWDN, but I did manage to play a little at FT later and donk away about 3 bills. The thrill of a decent score was in my head and I wanted to turn it into something bigger. Not to be, yet.

Wednesday was a trial in multiple frustrations as I played a decent game at .50/1 covering all my tourney buy-ins, but got my ass handed to me in the blogger games and the 25K guarantee. In all three MTTs I put my money in ahead and got kicked in the junk.

25K 4 hands in get bullets and raise 4x and get a caller, flop comes with garbage and I push, he calls with 99. Turn brings a nine.

Mook : 88 vs AK Qxx on the flop. I've already raised pre-flop and called a re-raise by the villain. I firmly put him on Ax or worse. Flop comes and I make a pot sized bet villain pushes and I go with my read. Turn is a K. Good call sir!

Mook2 QJ with a medium to short stack QJx flops and I push, big stack calls (correctly) with KK and turns his set. Yay me.

I did manage to blow some steam off playing low limit horse with Budo, waffles and scottMC. Some retard there kept insisting I was gonna bust when I bluffed him out of a big pot with the waffle (24o). How do you call on every street and a few raises only to fold on the river to one more meager bet???? Somehow I made him do just that.....it was hawesome. I did manage to leave there down about 6 bucks though since I played like every other hand.

I showed up late to CC's Thursday bash, clearly thinking it was at 10. I ramped up a little but got smoked with a succession of low to mid pairs which I tend to play way too passively. I missed getting points again and need a top 3 in the next tourney to have a chance at scoring some extra cash. I then won my buy-in and then some back playing 25/NL. I promise not to play any more cash above 50/1 for at least 2 months....whew, there...I said it.

I'll be online at some point tonight, the wife has book club. I have minimal fundage in FT and Stars due to paranoia and a need for some spare x-mas cash. I'll settle in to some cheap MTT's and token chases I think. See you around.

obligation

I'm posting today out of obligation. It's been a full 3 weeks of doldrums now. I hate it. I need more sleep 4-6 hours doesn't cut it and it creeps into my behavior. I'm not obligated necessarily to my handful of readers out there (no offense) but obligated to the knowledge that navel-gazing helps me, and I need to post here and get it out.

Tuesday was a blur as I floundered in the WWDN, as of now I don't remember any hand I played or where I ended up....wait thats right, I didn't play the WWDN, but I did manage to play a little at FT later and donk away about 3 bills. The thrill of a decent score was in my head and I wanted to turn it into something bigger. Not to be, yet.

Wednesday was a trial in multiple frustrations as I played a decent game at .50/1 covering all my tourney buy-ins, but got my ass handed to me in the blogger games and the 25K guarantee. In all three MTTs I put my money in ahead and got kicked in the junk.

25K 4 hands in get bullets and raise 4x and get a caller, flop comes with garbage and I push, he calls with 99. Turn brings a nine.

Mook : 88 vs AK Qxx on the flop. I've already raised pre-flop and called a re-raise by the villain. I firmly put him on Ax or worse. Flop comes and I make a pot sized bet villain pushes and I go with my read. Turn is a K. Good call sir!

Mook2 QJ with a medium to short stack QJx flops and I push, big stack calls (correctly) with KK and turns his set. Yay me.

I did manage to blow some steam off playing low limit horse with Budo, waffles and scottMC. Some retard there kept insisting I was gonna bust when I bluffed him out of a big pot with the waffle (24o). How do you call on every street and a few raises only to fold on the river to one more meager bet???? Somehow I made him do just that.....it was hawesome. I did manage to leave there down about 6 bucks though since I played like every other hand.

I showed up late to CC's Thursday bash, clearly thinking it was at 10. I ramped up a little but got smoked with a succession of low to mid pairs which I tend to play way too passively. I missed getting points again and need a top 3 in the next tourney to have a chance at scoring some extra cash. I then won my buy-in and then some back playing 25/NL. I promise not to play any more cash above 50/1 for at least 2 months....whew, there...I said it.

I'll be online at some point tonight, the wife has book club. I have minimal fundage in FT and Stars due to paranoia and a need for some spare x-mas cash. I'll settle in to some cheap MTT's and token chases I think. See you around.

23 is the magic number

It cannot be disputed, don't get me started.

23


I gave some thought to my play in the 25K all I can say is that is played somewhat unlike myself.... very fucking tight. Crazy heh, I did manage to get lucky after making a horrible play with AJ sooted with around 160 players left.

I had an above average stack of ~60k and am dealt AJc in 3rd position. I bet 4x and villain in the CU thinks for awhile then min raises. This tells me he has Ax or a mid pair. I make a weak call (should I have pushed here?) Flop comes TT(4?) with one club. Raise checks, I push.

Now why I push her is anyones guess, I can honestly say I'm not sure what I was trying to accomplish. In my defense, I had seen the Villain get beat calling some bad hands. He came to the table as big stack and had taken a few hits with marginal holdings. I suppose I thought I could bully him, I know for a fact that I thought I was behind, and panicked. Bottom line is I thought he would fold to any bet with a scary flop, and I thought thats what I got. Of course he was just slow playing his flopped quads.

I was crippled and down to ~T5000. I told Dusty 'well 70 bucks ain't bad' almost 10x my buy in. The gods had other plans for me that night...as I said in the girly chat, 'all I need to do is double 4 times and I'm back in.'

That's exactly what I did, to the tune of ~150x my buy in.....crazy huh? I'm expecting at least one DAS tonight I'll be in the basement for poker nite with the n'hood donks.


heee haw

23 is the magic number

It cannot be disputed, don't get me started.

23


I gave some thought to my play in the 25K all I can say is that is played somewhat unlike myself.... very fucking tight. Crazy heh, I did manage to get lucky after making a horrible play with AJ sooted with around 160 players left.

I had an above average stack of ~60k and am dealt AJc in 3rd position. I bet 4x and villain in the CU thinks for awhile then min raises. This tells me he has Ax or a mid pair. I make a weak call (should I have pushed here?) Flop comes TT(4?) with one club. Raise checks, I push.

Now why I push her is anyones guess, I can honestly say I'm not sure what I was trying to accomplish. In my defense, I had seen the Villain get beat calling some bad hands. He came to the table as big stack and had taken a few hits with marginal holdings. I suppose I thought I could bully him, I know for a fact that I thought I was behind, and panicked. Bottom line is I thought he would fold to any bet with a scary flop, and I thought thats what I got. Of course he was just slow playing his flopped quads.

I was crippled and down to ~T5000. I told Dusty 'well 70 bucks ain't bad' almost 10x my buy in. The gods had other plans for me that night...as I said in the girly chat, 'all I need to do is double 4 times and I'm back in.'

That's exactly what I did, to the tune of ~150x my buy in.....crazy huh? I'm expecting at least one DAS tonight I'll be in the basement for poker nite with the n'hood donks.


heee haw

Best MTT finish evar!!!

It's 3am....I need to get my 3hrs of sleep before work.
This ain't bad for $8.

Thanks to The Poker Enthusiast and Joanne for the support!

Best MTT finish evar!!!

It's 3am....I need to get my 3hrs of sleep before work.
This ain't bad for $8.

Thanks to The Poker Enthusiast and Joanne for the support!

Teasing LasVegas

Hi there guys and gals. I'm really trying to supplant my lack of inspiration with something here....sorry for wasting your time, but I need to push myself through something, and this outlet was made for it.

Anywho, I'll flush a few things down the toilet and move on.

WWDN was the usual, seems like I can never make thing happen in this tourney, beats me. I wallowed around 3-6th place for a good bit of time last night, but could never get things going. One hand that still bothers me happened about 30 minutes in. I call a 3x raise from VTepes (Sox wife?) with the dreaded AQ off. The flop comes with queen high and 3 diamonds. My diamond is the ace. I make a continuation bet and am raised. At the time I put VT on pocket pairs, possibly AA-KK. So I call and get a blank. Do I really want to check here???
Well I do, practically announcing my hand. VT puts in a pot sized bet in which pressures me to push or fold.

I fold.

I still think its a good fold against a player I don't really know, and I really wanted to call knowing it was Sox wife. I could imagine him telling her...."he's got nothing but a flush draw, push" But I gave her credit for the Aces and moved on....still bothers me though.

After that I couldn't ramp back up, my raises were no longer respected, and its hard enough to get raises respected in the WWDN as it is. I lasted till around mid pack. But as Kat pointed out, I outlasted Pauly! Weeeee, thanks for small favors.

Kat hit me up in the girly chat to bemoan her end of semester grading. I couldn't imagine wafting through Dozens and Dozens of reports written by 6-12 graders. In fact I think I'd rather eat bleach. Teachers have my utmost respect. It takes a special person.

Newin and I tried to hook up for our 2nd round HU match, but landing in the same $5 table proved impossible on PS. Hopefully we can move to FT as Gracie and I had an easy time getting a table there. I did manage to win the HU game I entered, so that helps.

I also played an 11+1 45 and went home around 15th or so. I'm trying to hit some more MTT's to get some bankroll relief, but it is having the opposite effect.

I'm looking forward to the Mook tonight though I have a feeling my mind won't be on the game. I'm in need of some sleep and don't foresee any anytime soon.

To all the bloggers going to Vegas - I HATE YOU. just kidding. Be safe and travel well. Don't get arrested, rolled, or injured and all is good!

I'll be partying late on Friday and Saturday (N'hood Poker, Christmas Parties) so I'm available for DAS!!!! I BETTER at least get calls from KAT and JO!!! CC and weak have my digits as well, use them.

Teasing LasVegas

Hi there guys and gals. I'm really trying to supplant my lack of inspiration with something here....sorry for wasting your time, but I need to push myself through something, and this outlet was made for it.

Anywho, I'll flush a few things down the toilet and move on.

WWDN was the usual, seems like I can never make thing happen in this tourney, beats me. I wallowed around 3-6th place for a good bit of time last night, but could never get things going. One hand that still bothers me happened about 30 minutes in. I call a 3x raise from VTepes (Sox wife?) with the dreaded AQ off. The flop comes with queen high and 3 diamonds. My diamond is the ace. I make a continuation bet and am raised. At the time I put VT on pocket pairs, possibly AA-KK. So I call and get a blank. Do I really want to check here???
Well I do, practically announcing my hand. VT puts in a pot sized bet in which pressures me to push or fold.

I fold.

I still think its a good fold against a player I don't really know, and I really wanted to call knowing it was Sox wife. I could imagine him telling her...."he's got nothing but a flush draw, push" But I gave her credit for the Aces and moved on....still bothers me though.

After that I couldn't ramp back up, my raises were no longer respected, and its hard enough to get raises respected in the WWDN as it is. I lasted till around mid pack. But as Kat pointed out, I outlasted Pauly! Weeeee, thanks for small favors.

Kat hit me up in the girly chat to bemoan her end of semester grading. I couldn't imagine wafting through Dozens and Dozens of reports written by 6-12 graders. In fact I think I'd rather eat bleach. Teachers have my utmost respect. It takes a special person.

Newin and I tried to hook up for our 2nd round HU match, but landing in the same $5 table proved impossible on PS. Hopefully we can move to FT as Gracie and I had an easy time getting a table there. I did manage to win the HU game I entered, so that helps.

I also played an 11+1 45 and went home around 15th or so. I'm trying to hit some more MTT's to get some bankroll relief, but it is having the opposite effect.

I'm looking forward to the Mook tonight though I have a feeling my mind won't be on the game. I'm in need of some sleep and don't foresee any anytime soon.

To all the bloggers going to Vegas - I HATE YOU. just kidding. Be safe and travel well. Don't get arrested, rolled, or injured and all is good!

I'll be partying late on Friday and Saturday (N'hood Poker, Christmas Parties) so I'm available for DAS!!!! I BETTER at least get calls from KAT and JO!!! CC and weak have my digits as well, use them.