PCA seat

Last night I won my PCA (Pokerstars Carribean Adventure) entry. I entered a $175 Double Shootout and won the 12k package. A Double Shootout starts with 9 tables w/ 9 players each. Then the winner of each table advances to the Final Table. The winner of the Final Table gets the 12k package. Everyone else at the FT gets their buyin back. Luckily, once I got heads up at the end I had about a 4:1 chiplead and I was able to win pretty easily.

So the PCA is a WPT event with an 8k buyin. It's in the Bahamas January 5th-11th. The package includes the buyin (8k) plus hotel & food (3k) plus travel money (1k).

The nice thing about it is this was the first satellite I played to get in. Unlike the WSOP seat I won, which I spent about $2500 in sats before I got in. It was a last minute decision to play in it too. Sunday was the final day of sats & since I was only playing 2 other MTTs I figured I'd throw the PCA sat in there too.

November Results

Here's November's Results. I was very happy to end this month in the black. I was 6k in the hole with less than 2 weeks left in the month. A few nasty NL cash sessions (-4k, -3k, -2k) hurt.

Live Play: -$2300
Cash Play: +$1040
SNGs: +$2920 @ 8.4% ROI
MTTs: -$454
rakeback: +$392

Total: $1600

October Results (late)

OK, here's my belated October Results. Like I said earlier, it was a disappointing month (heh, that was before I knew November was going to be even worse :)). I did drop about 2500 playing a couple of live tourneys + a 1k satellite at Foxwoods. That didn't help.

Live play: -1970
SNGs: +5060 w/ a 7.4% ROI
MTTS: +1290
cash games: -2100
rakeback: +550


Total = +$2830

ouch

Had my worst day ever yesterday, dropping about $4000 at 5/10 NL. Kept losing in nasty ways like set over set & flush over flush. Problem was I didn't win any big pots to offset the beats. Overall I don't feel like I played that bad though and I'm not worried about a 4 buyin drop. I'm looking forward to seeing what I can do in this game.
I have decided to focus more on NL cash instead of SNG's. It seems like there's much more money to be made in NL cash for skilled players. I've been having good success, yesterday notwithstanding. I want to continue playing a few sets of SNGs per week though. That way I don't lose the knack.
October was a pretty blah month. . . made a little over 2k, which was disappointing. I'll post complete results once I get my rakeback totals in.

The New World

Actually it ain't that different from the old one, except that I'm running horrible. My move over to PokerStars started off with me dropping 15 buyins at the $114/$225s. I'm not worried though. I've been encouraged by some of the bad plays I'm seeing regulars make. Now I just have to figure out how to get my hands where I'm a 3:1 favorite to actually win. Of course there are some very good regulars too and I'm trying to avoid sitting at a table where there are 5 other SNG pros sitting.

I've been playing some 600 & 1000 NL cash over at FullTilt, since I get rakeback there. It seems like the level of play is better at FT than it was at Party. It's not that the general play is exceptionally phenomenal or anything. . . it's just that there doesn't seem to be many really awful players there. Who knows. . . I've only played about 1000 hands there so far. There's still much to see.

I also heard that Harrah's will not be accepting any 3rd party registrations for the WSOP next year. That means no internet qualifiers. I guess it has to do with the new law. That's too bad. Obviously there will be nowhere near the 8700+ players they had this year as long as that rule is in effect.

September Results, New Legislation

As most of you may know. . . Congress passed a bill last Friday that prohibits financial institutions from funding online gambling sites. Obviously, this is not good for online poker. This news made a lot of us in the poker community worried, and unsure of what the actual impact would be. Then the biggest pokersite around, Party Poker, announced that they will be closing their doors to all US players. That pretty much sent everyone into Apocalyptic mode. But now, with a few days of panic under our belt, it looks like things are going to be OK. Even though Party has bailed, there are a few good sites that are stepping up & saying they will stick around (Full Tilt, Bodog, UB and others). Some sites, like PokerStars, are still undecided.
This Bill does not address the legality of playing poker or making online bets. It only deals with banks and pokersites transferring money. Basically there are pokersites & online banks that are not US businesses and don't feel like they are governed by US laws.

For me personally. . . I'm hoping that the changes to my poker playing will be minimal. Instead of me playing the majority of my SNG & cash games at Party, I'll soon be doing that somewhere else. Where will that be? I don't know yet. A lot depends on what PokerStars decides. They are the 2nd biggest site out there, not far behind Party. If they decide to keep their doors open to US players then they will undoubtedly be the most popular site. If they leave then Full Tilt will prolly be the next big site. We'll see what happens. For me to maximize my winnings, I need to go where the masses go.

Enough about that. . . on to my September results. It was another good month, just no big MTT scores since I only played a few. I don't know yet what my rakeback totals will be, but I'm estimating them at $600. That will put me over $8300 for the month with ~45 hours played.

Cash Games (all 600NL & 1000NL): $3490
SNGs (109s & 215s): $4445 w/ a 13.7% ROI
MTTs (only played 5): -$186
Rakeback: $618

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September Totals: $8367

August Results

August was my most profitable month to date with a total net of almost 28k.



Live Play (pretty much all 2/5 NL in Vegas): +$1,826

Online Cash Games (600NL & some 1000NL): +$2,826

SNGs (109s & 215s): +$4,644 w/ an ROI of 21.3%

MTTs (only played 5): +$17,911

RB: +$493

I wish I could turn that kind of profit consistently. Who knows. . . someday maybe. I'm already noticing a big difference in earn since the beginning of the year. In January I was playing $55 SNGs & 5/10 limit. Now I'm comfortable at the $109 & $215 SNGs & $600NL.

Party 40k - Final Table recap

I went into the FT 6th out of 10 w/ 163k, but I drop down to one of the shortstacks quickly.

Level 17: 8000/16000 w/ 400a

I open on the button to 48k with A7s, planning on calling a push from the BB who had 111k total. SB who has me barely covered pushes, I fold. Down to 115k.

I fold KQo in the BB to an EP push. After both blinds hit me I'm down to 87k.

I open from the button all-in w/ AJo, no call. Up to 115k.

I get KdQc in MP. I open for 36k, BB (195k) calls. Flop is 9dAsAd. BB leads for 52k. Now I highly doubt he has an A there, if so he would check & let me push. I do think he could have a 9 & he may be pot committing himself here. He could also be pot-committing himself with a flush draw, but I have the Kd, which makes it slightly less likely. I actually thought briefly about calling here, but there was just too little chance that my K high was good. This leaves me at 77k & I'm now the
shortstack.

2 hands later I push with ATo UTG & take the blinds. I end the level at 111k.


Level 18: 10000/20000 w/ 500a

First hand: I get a walk in the BB.

2 players bust, I push with 33 in the CO, no callers. Up to 148k.

After folding my BB, I open push with J7o from the SB. . . still 148k.

I push KJs from the CO, no callers. Up to 181k.

I open push from UTG+1 with 99, no callers. Up to 214k.

Folds around to SB who raises to 48k (w/ 260k behind), I push with 88 from the BB, SB folds. Up to 265k.

We lose another player. . . down to 7 now.

I open on the button to 50k with Ah5c, BB calls w/ 330k behind. Flop is 3s,Th,6h. BB checks, I check. I try to mix up my c-bets a little more now, so as not to be predictable. Turn is a Qd. BB leads for 35k into a 114k pot. I believe if he had a Q he would bet more than that so as not to give odds to the flush draw. I make it 100k to represent AQ/KQ. . . he folds. Up to 352k.

Very next hand, I get AKo in the CO. UTG, who is now the chipleader, makes a min raise to 40k. He has been making a lot of minraises. I think about reraising him, but decide to just call since I have position. Flop comes 6d,2d,2s. He checks, I check. Turn is 4s. He bets 43k, I call & am quite sure I'm ahead here. River is another 2 & we both check. . . he shows ATo & I rake the pot. Up to 468k and now I'm barely the chipleader.

I get 85o in the BB. Button limps. . . I'm suspicious. I see a free flop of 55T rainbow. Bingo. I check, button checks. Turn is the 8, giving me the boat. I check, button checks. River is a Q. Hopefully that hit him. I bet 45k, he folds. Up to 500k.

I open to 50k from MP with KJs. SB pushes. It's another 108k for me to call. I think it through. . . I'm getting 2.1:1 on the call. If I lose I'll still be at 330k which is still fine. If his range is 88+ AQ+ I'm a 1.7:1 dog. . . so I'm getting the odds to call, but it's close. I call, SB shows QQ, I lose. Down to 329k.


Level 19: 15000/30000 w/ 700a

I get another walk in the BB, then take the blinds with A8o. Up to 380k.

I get 99 in the BB & call the SB's push for another 112k. my 99 holds against his A6o. That brings me to 525k.

We lose another player after that, which puts us at 5.

I raise to 75k UTG with A3o. The CO (572k) and the BB (580k) call. Flop is 642r. BB checks, I check, CO bets 150k & takes it down. Down to 432k.

Next orbit I raise from CO with KcTd to 75k. Button (850k) calls, blinds fold. Flop is Ad Qd 4s. I bet 150k, button folds. Up to 507k.

Very next hand I raise again with KQo UTG & take down the blinds. Up to 555k.

Bad hand!: Button (405k) raises to 75k, I defend in the BB with 97o. I've played with the button for quite a while now. We've been at the same table for a few hours by this point. I've seen him show down some real trash (J3o, T2s) in similar steal situations. The hand previous he had raised, then had the BB push on him. I didn't really want to do that to him again, so I hoped to make a move on him postflop. Flop comes down Ah Kc Jd. I check, he bets 120k, I push. Now I'm sure this looks foolish, but I know he has to have an A or better to call me there. Him raising PF from the button really means nothing. Well. . . he calls with AA & I'm down to 101k.

2 hands later, I push with 88 from the button, blinds fold. Up to 134k.

Blinds go through me & I'm down to 86k. I push with AKo from the button. BB makes an easy call with Q9o. We both make a diamond flush, I have the Ad. Up to 189k.

I'm in the BB with Ah7h. CO (245k) raises to 75k. I think my best bet here is a stop & go, which means I'll just call PF, then push the flop, no matter what it is. Usually, you have a bit more fold equity like this. Flop is Qc Tc 9d, which truthfully is like the worst flop possible, I push, CO folds. Up to 280k.

Next hand I push with A4o from the SB, BB folds. Up to 313k.


Level 20: 20000/40000 w/ 1000a

I get JJ UTG & push, no calls. Up to 375k.

I pay my blinds, then get AKo UTG. I push, no calls. Back to 375k.

SB (1.1M) completes from the SB, I check with K6o in the BB. Flop is AJ5r. SB leads for 40k. I bluff call (or float). Turn is a 7. SB checks, I bet 120k, he folds. Up to 459k.

I pay some blinds & we lose another player. Down to 4, then right after that we are down to 3. Chip counts are: 1.47M / 483k / 394k (me).

I push from the button with A2o. Chipleader in the BB calls with KJo. A on the flop, I'm up to 767k.

Next hand we lose the 3rd player. I go into heads up with "thecoroner1". He has 1.62M, I have 726k. 1st place gets $18424, 2nd gets $10192. So basically we're playing for ~8k.


I checkraise all-in with KsJh on a board of QsJs7s, coroner folds. 904k.

coroner raises to 120k, I call with Qh7d. Flop is 6h Qd Ah. I check, he checks. That raised a red flag . . . why would he check that board? It's a good board to cbet. I decide to proceed with caution. Turn brings the 8c. I check, he bets 99k. I call, hoping to keep the pot small & get to showdown with my 2nd pair. River is the Td, I check, he pushes. I really felt like he was strong here. . . he wasn't the type of player to push with nothing with 8k on the line. I really think he hit something big on the flop. . . prolly 2 pair or a set. I fold.

We trade the blinds for a few hands. It's 1.43M to 924k.
I have 83o in the BB, he completes from the SB, I check. Flop is Js 8s 7h. I check, he bets 40k, I raise to 120k, he 3 bets to 200k. I really felt like he wasn't strong here. Why 3 bet? If he had a hand strong enough to 3 bet, why not just smooth call the flop & raise the turn? If he had a J, wouldn't he bet more than the min with that draw heavy board? Even the 3 bet. . . wouldn't he bet more to protect his hand here? I call the extra 80k & check the Qh turn. He bets 113k. I call. River is the 6c, I check again. He bets 204k. I think if he was as strong as he was trying to represent he would push here since I've got most of my stack in by now. I call with 3rd pair, he shows 4h2s. Big swing hand there. I'm now in the lead 1.48M to 870k.

I chip away a bit until we're at 1.64M to 708k.
I raise with Kc9c, he calls. Flop is Ah 5c Tc. He checks, I bet 150k. He raises to 324k. I'm 1.8:1 to win the hand if he has an A. If I push, I'm getting effective odds of about 2.2:1. I instantly push, he folds.

Now it's 2.07M to 283k. Blinds go up to 30k/60k.
He pushes with Js2s, I call with Tc9c. I miss the board and double him up. 1.79M to 565k.

I chip away more until it's 1.97M to 379k. I push with Q2o, he calls with AQo. I hit a 2 on the turn & become world champeen.


Interesting that I only had to survive 2 all-ins at the FT with my life on the line. My AK vs Q9 and my A2 vs KJ. Especially considering I was the shortstack a few different times.

Party 40k recap (part 2)

Level 12: 1500/3000 w/ 75a

I tried to get tricky with AA here. The raiser in this hand had been rather tight & I didn't want my hand to be so well defined, so I just coldcall PF. When an A falls on the flop I figure it will be hard to get any action on the hand unless he's holding the other A. We chk/chk twice & finally I try to bet the river, but he's not interested.

Seat 7 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 3: ironphist ( $43702 )
Seat 5: PRRoz ( $24249 )
Seat 6: BeeKayiCe ( $74963 )
Seat 8: jersey5555 ( $33520 )
Seat 4: allinck ( $63991 )
Seat 9: peter913 ( $19780 )
Seat 1: emann21 ( $38990 )
Seat 2: DG_4_Life ( $31273 )
Seat 7: beezo22 ( $64303 )
Seat 10: ROADKING101 ( $85919 )
Trny:28034156 Level:12
Blinds-Antes(1500/3000-75)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to ironphist [ Ah Ad ]
ROADKING101 folds.
emann21 raises [8000].
DG_4_Life folds.
ironphist calls [8000].
allinck folds.
PRRoz folds.
BeeKayiCe folds.
beezo22 folds.
jersey5555 folds.
peter913 folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 3h, 2d, As ]
emann21 checks.
ironphist checks.
** Dealing Turn ** [ 7h ]
emann21 checks.
ironphist checks.
** Dealing River ** [ 5s ]
emann21 checks.
ironphist bets [15000].
emann21 folds.
ironphist does not show cards.
ironphist wins 36250 chips


After this hand I'm up to 57k & I'm moved to a new table. My new table is pretty tight, so I'm able to take advantage of that & get up to 92500 without a showdown.


Level 13: 2000/4000 w/ 100a

I'm 2nd in chips at my table until the chipleader gets moved early in the level. That makes me the chipleader & 2nd to me is half my stack. I'm able to bully the table a bit more now. I also win w/ AQ against a shortstack's push with JJ.

I end the level at 164k & we're down to 3 tables.


Level 14: 3000/6000 w/ 100a

Not much happens here. A lot of shortstack all-ins.
I end the level at 167k.


Level 15: 4000/8000 w/ 200a

We're down to 2 tables now. I'm no longer the CL at the table, as bigger stacks have been moved here.
I lose a hand when I call a shorty push with AK, he has AQ. QQ on the flop, that brings me down to 120k.

The very next hand I get JJ on the button & call a 20k EP raise from the tourney chipleader. The BB, who had been very tight goes all-in for 77k total & the CL calls. I figure that between the two of them, someone has AA-QQ & I get out of the way. Turns out BB had JJ also & CL had KQs. Q on the flop & I dodge a bullet, but I'm now down to 99k.

I'm able to steal once more & end the level at 110k. We're down to 14 players now.


Level 16: 6000/12000 w/ 200a

I push from the BB w/ AJo against a button raise, button folds. Up to 147k.

I make an iffy call with QJs in the BB against a button's shortstack push. Button had gone from 200k to 50k over the last few hands & I think he was a bit on tilt. I was getting 1.75:1 on the call & figured his range was very wide. . . maybe even any 2. I call & he shows T8s. . . neither of us hit the board & I win. That puts me at 202k.

I make another call, getting 2:1 with KTo in the BB against shortstack's push from the CO. He shows A4s & holds. That brings me to 170k.

I get one more steal in & end the level at 189k.


Level 17: 8000/16000 w/ 400a

We play a couple of hands this level & then we join up for the Final Table.

Party 40k recap

I'll try to do this in segments.



Level 1: 20/40

Start at 3000, end at 3740.

Basically won a couple of small pots, plus a medium pot where I flopped 2 pair with JTs.


Level 2: 30/60

Didn’t play a hand, ended level at 3470.


Level 3: 50/100

Won a big hand with KK:

Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: ( $2865 )
Seat 2: ( $3321 )
Seat 3: ( $7785 )
Seat 4: ( $4995 )
Seat 5: ( $6090 )
Seat 6: wellsy69111 ( $6875 )
Seat 8: ironphist ( $3720 )
Seat 9: ( $3024 )
Seat 7: ( $2870 )
Seat 10: ( $2919 )
Trny:28034156 Level:3
Blinds(50/100)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to ironphist [ Kc Kh ]
wellsy69111 raises [200].
1 fold.
ironphist raises [750].
7 folds.
wellsy69111 calls [550].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 7d, 9s, Td ]
wellsy69111 checks.
ironphist bets [1200].
wellsy69111 calls [1200].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 3d ]
wellsy69111 checks.
ironphist is all-In [1770]
wellsy69111 folds.
ironphist does not show cards.
ironphist wins 5820 chips

I end the level with 5820

Level 4: 100/200


Opponent in this hand was a maniac. On an earlier hand I saw him minraise w/ KTo after 2 EP limpers, then push all in on a Q high flop (no draw) after one of the limpers leads enough to pot commit himself to the hand. When he puts me all in on the flop I’m not really sure what he has since he has been so erratic, but I can’t fold against a player like this here, especially with the flush draw. Turns out he had me outkicked, but even still I’m 50% to win the hand with my 12 outs twice.

Seat 10 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 2: KIDD_GARLIC ( $4271 )
Seat 3: MaSchepp ( $9458 )
Seat 4: noreast35 ( $4521 )
Seat 5: Alberic ( $6440 )
Seat 8: ironphist ( $5220 )
Seat 9: SeaTrout01 ( $9037 )
Seat 10: TCBEXT ( $5717 )
Seat 6: rkc72 ( $985 )
Seat 7: hellriaser8 ( $3289 )
Trny:28034156 Level:4
Blinds(100/200)
There is no Small Blind in this hand as the Big Blind of the previous hand left the table.
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to ironphist [ Ad Jc ]
MaSchepp folds.
noreast35 folds.
Alberic folds.
rkc72 did not respond in time.
rkc72 folds.
hellriaser8 folds.
ironphist raises [500].
SeaTrout01 folds.
TCBEXT calls [500].
KIDD_GARLIC folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ Ac, Tc, 8c ]
ironphist bets [800].
TCBEXT is all-In [5217]
ironphist is all-In [3920]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 7c ]
** Dealing River ** [ Ts ]
ironphist shows [ Ad, Jc ] a flush, ace high.
TCBEXT shows [ Ah, Qs ] two pairs, aces and tens.
TCBEXT wins 497 chips from side pot #1 with two pairs, aces and tens.
ironphist wins 10640 chips from the main pot with a flush, ace high.


I end the level at 10640.

Level 5: 150/300

Non-eventful, 1 steal. End the level at 9740.


Level 6: 200/400

This guy was another lunatic. He had been at the table for maybe 2 orbits & I had already seen him open raise all in for 25BB twice. What does a minraise from EP mean from this guy? I have no clue, but he makes it real cheap for me to see a flop with connected cards, so I call PF. When he pushes the flop I can’t really tell what he has. . . sometimes this is AK/AQ, sometimes it’s a medium pair. I really feel like this big overbet means he doesn’t want me to call & I think my pair of 5’s might be good. If not, I have outs with the open ender. Turns out he has one of the worst hands I could see. 77 takes away my 4 for 2 pair outs & takes away 2 of my straight outs. I crank up the power on my luckbox & win the 30/70. This is the only real suckout I have the entire tourney (except for the final hand).


Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 2: KIDD_GARLIC ( $5913 )
Seat 4: noreast35 ( $1610 )
Seat 5: Alberic ( $8098 )
Seat 8: ironphist ( $9740 )
Seat 1: DG_4_Life ( $31915 )
Seat 6: sirmike111 ( $11584 )
Seat 7: ishland ( $5620 )
Seat 9: TERMIT78 ( $10208 )
Seat 3: TorysPapa ( $8309 )
Seat 10: WildBilHikok ( $13643 )
Trny:28034156 Level:6
Blinds(200/400)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to ironphist [ 5s 4c ]
TERMIT78 raises [800].
WildBilHikok folds.
DG_4_Life folds.
KIDD_GARLIC folds.
TorysPapa folds.
noreast35 folds.
Alberic folds.
sirmike111 folds.
ishland folds.
ironphist calls [400].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 5c, 3h, 6c ]
ironphist checks.
TERMIT78 is all-In [9408]
ironphist is all-In [8940]
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ts ]
** Dealing River ** [ 5d ]
ironphist shows [ 5s, 4c ] three of a kind, fives.
TERMIT78 shows [ 7h, 7c ] two pairs, sevens and fives.
TERMIT78 wins 468 chips from side pot #1 with two pairs, sevens and fives.
ironphist wins 19680 chips from the main pot with three of a kind, fives.



I end the level at 18709.


Level 7: 300/600

I lose a big hand with TT against BB’s AKo in a blind battle in which we got it all-in PF. That takes me from 22k to 13k.

I end the level at 14221.


Level 8: 400/800 w/ 25a


I’m pretty active this level. We’re approaching the bubble & I try to be a little more agro PF. I win a pot with AQ vs A4 when I call a short stack’s desperation push. Then I lose a pot with AK when I whiff the flop & am faced with a big bet from a loose/passive player. I end the level at 10994.


Level 9: 600/1200 w/ 50a

We start this level with 124 players. The money starts at 100, so this is the beginning of the bubble. I’m a below average stack with slightly above average stacks around me, so hard to apply bubble pressure since they can lose an all-in to me & still make the money. Plus a couple of other players at the table have ramped up their aggression, so I end up with zero stealing opportunities & I’m card dead this level. After a while it looks like I’m going to have to settle for one of the first payouts. . . I get my stack down to ~6500 & I’m starting to just hope for a couple more players to bust so I can make the $160 for 100th.
Last hand of the level I get to check in the BB w/ 56o & make a pair of 5’s. That brings me to 9894 with only a couple more to go before the bubble breaks.


Level 10: 800/1600 w/ 50a

The bubble breaks 3 hands into the level.
After that I get AA in the BB & double against the SB’s all-in steal with J9o. That brings me to 17788. 4 hands later I get AA again. I somehow convince an EP player with KJs to double me up again. All of a sudden I’m up to 36k with the average being around 25k.

4 hands later I get AA again (yes again). Unfortunately I just take down the blinds with it. Very next hand. . . QQ. I reraise preflop against an active, aggressive EP raiser& he folds.

I end the level at 44000.


Level 11: 1000/2000 w/ 75a


BB calls my PF raise here, then leads out with a min bet. This looks really strange & generally either means he hit a huge hand & wants me to raise, or that he has something weak & wants to know where he stands. I decide to raise, then shut down if he calls. He doesn’t .


Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 3: ironphist ( $46326 )
Seat 5: PRRoz ( $24399 )
Seat 6: BeeKayiCe ( $96719 )
Seat 10: LordContempt ( $21373 )
Seat 8: jersey5555 ( $36470 )
Seat 7: MarkTadd ( $15210 )
Seat 4: allinck ( $48891 )
Seat 9: peter913 ( $18355 )
Seat 1: emann21 ( $37215 )
Seat 2: DG_4_Life ( $23849 )
Trny:28034156 Level:11
Blinds-Antes(1000/2000-75)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to ironphist [ 5s 5d ]
peter913 folds.
LordContempt folds.
emann21 folds.
DG_4_Life folds.
ironphist raises [5000].
allinck folds.
PRRoz folds.
BeeKayiCe folds.
MarkTadd folds.
jersey5555 calls [3000].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 4h, Kd, 8s ]
jersey5555 bets [2000].
ironphist raises [8500].
jersey5555 folds.
ironphist does not show cards.
ironphist wins 22250 chips



I then lose a resteal where SB opens into my BB for 6k, I reraise all-in w/ A4s. He surprises me & calls with A6s. That brings me from 58k to 37k.


The opponent in this next hand was very active PF, making a lot of small PF raises, followed by c-bets. I figured this could be a scary flop for his range. I wouldn’t do this against a more conservative player.


Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 3: ironphist ( $34577 )
Seat 5: PRRoz ( $23949 )
Seat 6: BeeKayiCe ( $90813 )
Seat 8: jersey5555 ( $25720 )
Seat 4: allinck ( $66316 )
Seat 9: peter913 ( $14980 )
Seat 1: emann21 ( $39440 )
Seat 2: DG_4_Life ( $38723 )
Seat 7: beezo22 ( $75253 )
Trny:28034156 Level:11
Blinds-Antes(1000/2000-75)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to ironphist [ Ts 7c ]
allinck folds.
PRRoz folds.
BeeKayiCe raises [4400].
beezo22 folds.
jersey5555 folds.
peter913 folds.
emann21 folds.
DG_4_Life folds.
ironphist calls [2400].
** Dealing Flop ** [ Kc, 7d, Ac ]
ironphist checks.
BeeKayiCe bets [5000].
ironphist raises [12000].
BeeKayiCe folds.
ironphist does not show cards.
ironphist wins 27475 chips



I end the level at 45600.

At this point there are about 50 of us left.

I'll try to continue the recap later. . . getting sick of typing =p.

Nice Score in the Party 40k

Last night I won the Party 40k for $18,424. There were 784 players with a buyin of $109. This was the same tourney that I took 3rd in last month. Last night's path to the FT (Final Table) was quite different though. I spent a lot of time in this tourney as the short stack. I was down to 6500 chips on the bubble when the BB was 1200. At that point I was just hoping to limp into the first payout of ~$160. Once the bubble broke I got a couple of double-ups with AA & then I had a stack that I could actually use.
I went into the FT 6th in chips, but was quickly down into a virtual tie for shortstack. I was somehow able to make it up to chipleader with only 1 small showdown (my AK vs AT on a 6 high board and postflop action of check/check, bet/call, check/check). Once we got it to heads up I was outchipped 1,625,000 to 726,000 w/ blinds at 20k/40k. I was able to chip away a bit, then I won a big pot by calling down with 3rd pair (83o on a board of 7J8Q6). For the record, a couple of hands earlier I had folded 2nd pair (Q7o on a board of 6QA8T). The action on that hand seemed to indicate I was beat, but on the 83o hand I really felt like my opponent had nothing (I was right, he had 4 high).
I want to go through my hand history later. Maybe I'll try to post some of the more interesting hands.

$900 in 9 minutes

Not bad. I started up 2 tables of $600 NL and made straights or 2 pair with what seemed like every other hand. After 9 minutes I decided I was tired and quit. Of course this just gets me back to even from the night before when I lost $900 @ $600 NL.

I played 1 tourney tonight. . . the Party $109 @ 7:00. I was doing decent, with an average chipstack when I made a loose call that I'm still not sure about.
I had been at the table for only 4 hands, so I didn't have a read on anyone. Big stack at the table opens from EP to 900 (blinds are 200/400), I call w/ JJ in the CO & about 8k total in chips and SB shortstack calls leaving himself ~2300 behind. Flop comes 7 high & SB pushes. Then the bigstack pushes over the top. I thought for a while & figured he could do this with 88-AA & took my chances that my JJ might be good. It wasn't. Shorty had trash, but big stack had KK & I'm busto. I'm still mulling this one over. It's hard considering I had just arrived at the new table & I didn't know how bigstack played at all.

On my way home

In the airport now waiting for my flight to board. Hey, airports have wifi. . . cool. I checked out of my room at noon and spent the rest of the day at 2/5 NL in the Rio. Made $145 in a pretty boring session. I got to hear them make the announcements when Hachem (last year's winner) & Negreanu got eliminated. Everyone in the room stopped and applauded for both of them.

and I'm out. . .

Well. . . I'm out. Wasn't a whole lot I could do today. I knew I wasn't going to be able to fold into the money, so I had to try to accumulate chips. That didn't go so well. I didn't make it into the first break. Here's the hands i played:

I open from the button w/ J2o to 4k. SB makes it 12k. I fold.

Very next hand I open from CO with QJo, SB calls. Flop is AQ4r. SB checks, I bet 6k. SB makes it 12k, I fold.

Very next hand I open from HJ, to 5k ww/ QQ. Everyone folds.

Next orbit I open from MP w/ 99, 1 caller. Flop is KcQc4s we check. Turn is Jc, we check. River is 5c. I check he bets 6k, I fold.

Down to 12600 it folds to me in the CO with Kc2c. I push, Button calls with TT & I'm out.


Like I said before . . . it was a very tough position to be in, as I was the shortest stack at the table. If I waited around for a big hand I would have been ground away to nothing.

All in all it was a great experience. I really felt like I was one of the stronger players out of everyone I sat with. I also feel like I learned a lot. Even though I've played 100's of tournaments already, everything here just seemed so much more intense. It felt like 100 tournaments worth of learning condensed into 1. I greatly look forward to next year. I'd like to try to satellite my way into some of the other 10k events before that too.


After I busted out of the tourney, I headed over to the Wynn to play in their $500 3:00 tourney. Well. . . I got there at around 2:00 only to find out that the tourney is at 12:00. Blah. Oh well. . . I played some 2/5 NL & made $426.

The Mirage

Went to the Mirage tonight to see Cirque du Soleil. I got there around 8:30 and the show started at 10:30, so I had a little time to check out their poker room. Another very nice room. Foxwoods dominates these Vegas poker rooms in size, but both the Bellagio & the Mirage are much nicer rooms. I played 2/5 NL for about 1 1/2 hours and was able to recoup the $150 ticket price plus a little extra. . . $192 total.

The Cirque du Soleil show was phenomenal. It was the Beatles one. . . called Love. I've always been a big Beatles fan and it was well worth the $150 I thought. Seeing that show makes me want to see some of the others, but I don't think I'll have time to.

WSOP Day 2

Well. . . I'm through Day 2, but I'm not in good shape. I ended the day at 36,200. I think the average chipstack is now somewhere around 75k. There's about 1150ish players left all together. Blinds are currently at 600/1200 w/ 200 ante. The top 873 get paid, with first payout being $14,597. Here's all the payouts: payouts
I won't be able to cruise into the money. I'll almost definitely be putting my whole stack on the line at least once. So far I've only had to do it twice, both times as an 80% favorite. Everyone has tomorrow (Thursday) off & we resume play Friday at noon.

Here's today's hands worth mentioning:

Level 7 250/500 w/ 50 ante

My new table is a bunch of short stacks w/ one pretty good stack of 50k. My 25300 is good for second at the table. The big stack was trying to use this to his advantage by raising often preflop. I noticed though, that he wasn't too tricky post flop.
BigStack was Danish, so I'll call him DBS.

DBS opens on the button to 1700. SB folds & I defend with 97o in the BB. Flop comes 7h8sTh. We both check. Turn is a 4c and I lead for 2000, DBS calls. River is a 6c, giving me the straight. I bet 5000, hoping it would look like Iwas trying to bluff, but he folds.


Shortstack limps in middle position (MP), another shortstack completes from the SB & I check w/ 7s5s from the BB. Flop is 6d8c9c. SB checks & I check, hoping the shorty will put the rest of his stack in. He bets 3k, leaving himself about 4k behind. SB folds & I reraise enough to put shorty all in. He instacalls & flips over AA. J on the turn seals the deal & I'm up to 34400 at the first break.


Level 8 300/600 w/ 75 ante

This hand was one of my favorites because everything was so clear to me. I raise from first position (or under the gun (UTG)) to 2000 w/ KQo. DBS calls on the button and the blinds fold. Flop comes 6c6h2h. I lead for 3500 & DBS raises to 8000. I knew he had a pair higher than the board, but lower that QQ. I also knew he wouldn't put almost all of his stack in with that hand for fear that I might have AA-QQ. I think for a while & reraise another 10k, leaving myself about 14k behind. Now with that reraise, DBS knows that if I have AA-QQ I'm pushing the rest of my stack in on the turn. He thinks for what had to be a solid 4 minutes and finally folds. That brings me up to 46k.

I end the level at 43500.

Level 9 400/800 w/ 100 ante

Our table breaks early in the level & I end up on a table with much larger stacks & more aggressive play. After a couple of orbits, an aggressive asian player open min-raises on the button to 1600. This is the second time I've seen him do this. I call from the BB w/ 73o. The flop comes QcQh7c. I check and button bets 3500. I think and call. The turn is the 5h and we both check. The river is the 3d. I think my 7 is good here & I bet 4400. Button now raises me another 10k on top. Now I thought this through hard. . . & I couldn't see him check behind on the turn with 2 diff flush draws out there if he had a Q. A hand like 33, 77 or 55 did make sense though. It was either that or a complete bluff. I didn't think a bluff was likely since in his eyes, I could very easily have a Q there & missed a turn checkraise. I thought he thought I had a Q. I folded & he showed As4s. Blah. . . the more I think about it I should of just check/called the river. That brings me down to 30k.
I end the level at 29k & I'm the shortstack at the table.

Level 10 500/1000 w/ 200 ante

Aggressive asian guy from the previous hand limps UTG, as does the loose big stack to my right. I raise to 5k with QQ in MP. Button pushes all in for 34000. I have only 19k behind & I have to make the call. Button tables 99 & my QQ holds. This was the 2nd time I've had my tournament life on the line. This brings me to 52k.

I openraise on the button w/ Jc8s & BB calls. The flop comes QcTs7c and BB leads for 6k. I don't think he has anything & I think about raising. I decide to just call & try to take it away on the turn. The turn is a good card for me, the As. BB checks & I bet 10k, he folds. Up to 62k now.

There are now 2 big stacks of 120k+. First bigstack (Lawrence) opens from MP to 3k. The other bigstack is directly to my right and is very loose. His name is Flip & he calls. I call with 8c7c in the BB. Flop comes 8TQ with 2 hearts. It's checked to Lawrence who bets 5500. Flip folds & I call with bottom pair. Turn is a 9 which puts 4 to the straight on the board. We both check. River is a rag and I bet 10k hoping to get a Q or T to fold. Lawrence thinks for a bit & folds. Up to 72k now & I'm a little better than average at this point.


Next hand I make a bad call because of earlier hands I had seen this player make. This is the same guy who reraised me allin when I had QQ & he had the surprising 99. I've also seen him reraise all in with 22 & A7o. It folds to him in late position & he pushes his whole stack of 19k in. It folds to me in the BB & I look down to see AJo. Normally this is such an instafold. . . but I kept thinking of the hands I saw this guy push with. I also thought that he really didn't want a call. I think for a long time & finally call. He says "bah. . . why'd you have to call?" and flips over QQ. I instantly hate myself. I don't suck out & am down to 48k when we end the level.

Level 11 600/1200 w/ 200 ante

I open raise to 4k with JTo from MP. SB calls. Flop comes A25, SB checks & I bet 6k. SB has about 15k chips total & agonizes for 5 solid minutes, saying that he really screwed up this hand. He finally folds KK. Very next hand is the last hand of the night. I open raise again to 4k with AdKd. Same guy as last hand pushes all in from the button for another 11k. I make the easy call & lose the race against 55. That hurts. I end the night at 36200.

We bag up our chips again & get our new seat assignments. Flip, sitting right next to me, takes a while to get his 206k worth of chips into the bag. Luckily I only have 36k & that's really easy to bag. We go to our new tables & it looks like I'm the bigtime shortstack there.

I really wanted to have a comfortable stack going into Day 3. Being a shortstack on the bubble is like the worst thing in the world. I will be drilled relentlessly and I won't be able to put any elimination pressure on other players. That's a bad spot to be on the bubble. Oh well, maybe I can actually get some big hands. . . 1 double up should bring me back to average. At this point I'll be happy to just make the first payout of 14k+.

Bellagio

I played some $2/$5 No Limit at the Bellagio today. Wow. . . the Bellagio poker room is beautiful. Very classy. I had a decent day. . . made $963. The players were pretty bad when I first sat down, but by the time I left, the table had become pretty decent. I was down about $400 early on a semibluff gone bad. . . so I was happy to make it out of there with a decent profit.
I was sitting next to a guy who had put up his own 10k to get into the Main Event only to have his flopped quad 5s get beat by runner runner straight flush. Ouch. He said "Go online and you can read about it. . . I'm all over the F'ing internet." Heh. . . I'd feel bad for him, but he won the $1000 tourney at the Bellagio yesterday for 100-something thousand. Good guy.

I got to take a look at the famous high limit room. Looked like easy money in there. . . I recognized Brunson, Men the Master, Barry Greenstein & I think Gus Hansen.


I always wonder how the top players make money against other top players. Where is the edge?



I play tomorrow at 12:00. Looks like they're almost done with Day 2A. They're playing down to 600. Glad to know I won't have to play until 3:00am again.

Day 1 recap

Made it through Day 1. I'm at 25300 in chips. Average chip count for my group was 25351, so I'm right at average. When day 2 starts we'll be at 250/500 blinds with 50 ante, so with over 50 big blinds in my stack I'll have plenty of room to operate.

Here's some of the memorable hands I played, I tried to write them down when we would go on breaks so I could remember them.

Level 1: 25/50

1st big hand I played:
UTG & MP limp, I limp from the CO w/ 6c5c, blinds call. Flop comes 8c3s4s, UTG bets 200. I call, everyone else folds. Turn brings the Jd. UTG bets 300, I call again hoping to either hit my straight or get a spade so I can bluff him off his hand. River brings the 2nd best option. . . the 8s. That has to be a very scary card for him since it completes the flush draw & could possibly give me trips. He bets 600 and I now raise to 1800. He thinks for a long time & reraises me to 3800. I instamuck & curse myself for bluffing into a full house.

When we hit the first break I'm down to 7500.

Level 2: 50/100

Guy in the 6th seat who looks a lot like Bill Gates (but he wasn't, he was from Norway & had an accent) raises to 400. He was being pretty active & raising often. I call w/ 99 and the button calls behind while the blinds fold. Flop comes T high, BGL (Bill Gates Lookalike) makes a continuation bet like he has every hand he's raised with. I reraise & win the pot.

That hand kind of sets up this hand: I again call a 300 raise from BGL w/ 44 in the SB. Just us 2 to the flop of Jd2d4c. I check & BGL bets 500, I checkraise him to 1200. He calls quickly & I'm pretty confident that he thinks I'm bluffing. The turn brings the Qs & I check, hoping he bets, but now I'm slightly worried about QQ & I don't really want to call an allin with bottom set. He bets 1500, I think & call. River brings the 8d and we both check. I show my set of fours & he mucks disgustedly. I'm now up to 12500.

This next hand I think I played kind of poorly. I'm in the BB w/ Kh4h. It folds to the button & he raises to 300. I know he doesn't need much of a hand to open raise from the button, so SB folds & I call. Flop is Qh9c8h. I check & call his bet of 500. A lot of times this situation plays out with the button giving up his steal on the turn & folding to a river bet & that's what I was hoping for if I missed my flush. Turn brings the 3d. I check and the button bets 1200. Now this is where I should have just folded. . . he obviously had a hand & was trying to price out the draw (which he did). I call anyways and the river is the Jd. Now I know the only way I win here is to bet and the button is going to have a real hard time calling a big bet without a T. So I think for a bit & bet 2500. Button thinks for a solid 2 minutes & finally folds AQ face up. That brings me to 14500.

Level 3: 100/200

This level wasn't fun for me.

First hand of the level. . . EP player raises to 600, I call from the button w/ KhQh. Everyone else folds. Flop is K62 w/ 1 spade, no hearts. EP bets 1100, I call & hope he doesn't have AK. Turn is Ks and EP checks. . . I check behind hoping to induce a bluff on the river & also potentially avoiding a trap from AK. River is a low spade, puttin 3 spades out there. EP checks & I now feel like I'm good here and EP prolly has QQ or JJ. I make a relatively small value bet of 1200 and EP calls w/ AK. . . blah. At least I didn't lose as much as I could of there.

After that I had a couple of continuation bets raised on flops that I missed w/ AQ & AJ. I went card dead for a while & just gave away blinds the rest of the level. I went into the dinner break with 6800.

Dinner break was kind of tough. . . they let 2000 people out of the tourney area all at once & everyone has to eat & be back in 1 1/2 hours. Well combine that with the fact that it's like 7:00 and every restaurant had a wait. I finally sit down with 40 minutes left on break & woof down some food before hustling back to the tourney area.

Level 4: 100/200 w/ 25 ante

The only meaningful hand I played this level was when I got KK all in against QQ preflop and doubled up. This was also the first and so far, only time that I've had to put my tournament life on the line. That put me at 13500. After paying some antes & blinds I end the level at 10500.

Level 5: 150/300 w/ 25 ante

The blinds and antes are starting to really become something worth stealing. There's 700 in the pot before a card is dealt. The play at the table has changed now too. We're not seeing a lot of flops, and hardly anyone limps in.

I get Ad5d & it's folded to me. I raise to 800 & the BB, who was a pretty good player, calls. Flop is 9TJ w/ 1 diamond. BB checks & I check behind. Turn is the 4d, giving me a flush draw. BB checks again, as do I. I didn't want to bet here because after checking the flop, the 4 doesn't look like a card that would of helped me & I didn't want to get raised off my flush draw. The River is the lovely Qd, giving me the nuts & also giving the BB a straight to the K. He leads out for 1500 and I try to think of how much he'd be willing to call if he has the K. another 2000 sounds about right & I make it 3500. He thinks for a bit and unhappily calls and I win a nice pot.

A couple of orbits later I have Ad5d. It's folded to me in the CO & I raise to 800. The BB was new to the table & he had a big stack of 30k+. He calls & we see a flop of 8dKs4d. He checks, I check. Turn brings a 7d, again giving me the diamond flush. BB leads out for 1200. I thought about raising here, but thought I'd be better off trying to get him to bet at the river too, so I just call. River is an offsuit 8, which I'm not crazy about since it pairs the board & I no longer have the nuts. . . but BB checks. I'm sure my hand is good here & I bet 2000, which BB calls. I show my flush & he mucks.

I go into the break w/ 19450, while the average is 19600. I'm happy to have come back from the 6800 I had a few hours ago. I am really tired though. It's about 1am PST which my body thinks is 4am since I'm still not completely adjusted to the time change. I get a Mountain Dew & a Red Bull and that does the trick. We now have 1 more level to play for the night.

Level 6: 200/400 w/ 50 ante

I get blinded down a bit without any real chances to steal. Finally I get T4o & when it's folded to me in the CO I decide to try to pick up some chips. I raise to 1200 & the same big stack BB from the last hand calls & says to me "do you have Ace-something of diamonds again?" with a smile. I tell him I wish I had cards that good this time and we see a flop of KcTs8s. He checks & I bet 2100. BB calls. . . darn. Turn is the 6s and we both check. The river brings another K. BB checks & I check, hoping that my pair of tens is good. He flips over A8 and I am forced to show my lowly T4o. The table doesn't seem to take much notice though & I happily rake in a nice pot.

With about 20 minutes left for the night, it's folded to a short stack with 10k who opens for 3k. Now that's a heck of a raise when the BB is 400. I'm in the SB & look down at AKo. Now I think about it for a bit. . . I really think he won't call for his stack here with only 20 minutes left unless he has AA or KK. I don't think he would raise to 3k with AA or KK, so at worst I'll be a coinflip if he calls. I make it 10k, BB folds and shortstack talks himself into a fold after some deliberation. As he mucks he says "I know you have either Aces or Kings". I liked the guy, so I flipped over my top card, without looking to see which one it was. It was the K. He says "I knew it".

A few hands later & the Tournament Director announces that we are done for the night & everyone applauds. We then spend the next 30 minutes bagging our chips & waiting for our new seat assignments. I have 25300 and the average is 25351. We started the day with ~2200 players and are now down to 861. By the time I get back to my room it is almost 4am.



I play again on Wednesday. My new table looks like this:

Rasmus Carstensen $50,850
Neil Chapralis $25,300
Aaron Baltzell $20,700
Crew Mittelsteadt $20,300
Michael Lee $16,575
Monty Dwelr $16,225
Ron Ware $8,700
Daniel Schleisner-Meyer $3,650

So I'm 2nd in chips and there are no pros whose names I recognize. That's good news.

In Vegas

Arrived late last night. Really late considering I was 3 hours ahead. My flight got in around 11:00 PST & by the time I got a cab to Bally's & got to my room it was 1:00. Of course to my body it was actually 4:00.
I checked out of Bally's and into the Rio today. I had to do that because when I made my reservations for Rio, I was figuring on flying in on Saturday. I later decided to fly in on Friday, but there were no more vacancies at Rio, so I had to book my arrival night at Bally's. Both rooms were/are really nice.

I went & checked out the WSOP scene. . . it's insane. They wouldn't allow any non-players into the poker room, so I didn't get to see any poker action, but the whole area is like a carnival. There are booths everywhere & every major online poker site has their own private room set up for those who qualified on their site. I'm actually on my way down to Bodog's room now for the meet & greet. Hopefully I can just grab my bag of shtuff & leave.

From what I've heard, there's over 8500 entrants so far & Day 1 had to play from noon until past 3am. For me that will feel like 6am, so I plan on relaxing tonight to prepare for a long day tomorrow.

Party $109

Took 3rd in the Party 40k last night. There were about 650 entrants & I won about $5600.
Very strange night. . . spooky almost. I couldn't lose a hand. Every small pair I held made a set (it seemed), all my overpairs actually held & I even had a couple of suckouts. I had a huge chiplead for most of the tourney & went into the final table with a small lead. I actually lost a big hand when we were down to 12. I held QQ & reraised an UTG raise. UTG called my PF raise & then called my pot-sized all in on the flop of K76. He held A7 & hit a 3rd 7 on the turn. If I had won that pot, I would of had 3.5x the 2nd stack going into the final table.
The final table itself lasted only 25 minutes. The same guy I lost the QQ hand to took out everyone it seemed. When we got to 3 handed he had 1.2M, I had 500k & other guy had 200k. After the shortstack doubles up & I burn some chips on a semibluff that doesn't work, I find myself as the short stack. Then I'm out when my AT can't beat T9s.
I was disappointed with the way things ended, but it was nice to actually make a decent score. Hopefully I didn't use up all my luck last night & I can keep my luckbox running during the WSOP. I fly out tomorrow & play my Day 1 on Sunday.

couple of Sunday tournaments

I played in the Bodog 100k & Paradise $30 rebuy.
In the Bodog 100k I got sick cards early, but no action. Got down to around 250 players (from 880) & lost back to back coinflips to bust. I'm on an amazing streak of losing coinflips over the last month or so. I swear I'm 20% to win a flip. The funny thing is that it seems like even when I win a flip, I have to hit a set cuz the overcard still shows up.
In the Paradise 30R I made it to the first payout, which wasn't enough to cover my rebuys. -$30. . . yay. The bright spot of the tourney was that I actually won a flip when my JJ held against AKo.
I tried a squeeze play for the first time. CO opened for 600 (100/200 blinds) & loose button called. I repop it to 2000 w/ T9o from the SB. Of course the BB calls, CO folds & button calls. Great. . . that worked well. Flop misses me & I check/fold. Turns out the BB had AK & the button had the all powerful 45s which apparently wins lots of chips when you can make straights with it, which he did, much to the BB's displeasure.
Hopefully I can play a few more tourneys before I leave on Friday.

Foxwoods $100 MTT

I am heading to Vegas to play in the WSOP Main Event next week, so I wanted to get some live play in before then. So. . . last night I headed down to Foxwoods to play in their $100 tournament. Pretty awful structure, but I knew that going in. You start with 2000 in chips & blinds @ 25/50. Within 40 minutes blinds are up to 100/200, so if you haven't done something significant in the first 20 hands, you're thrust into push/fold mode.
I only saw one flop. I had junk in the BB and got to check. Flop missed me completely & I folded. Besides that I had AQs in middle position and open raised to 150 (25/50 blinds) and took down the blinds. So once level 3 (100/200 blinds) hit, I was down to 1700. After blinds passed me I was at 1400. I stole blinds with A2o by pushing when it was folded to me in the cutoff. After that our table broke. I moved to my new table and played my one hand there in the cutoff. Blinds had gone to 100/200 with 25 ante. I get ATo & open the action by pushing my 1675 all in, hoping to take the 525 in blinds & antes uncontested. Button reraises all-in behind me with AKo and holds when the board doesn't help me. Oh well.
I tried wearing sunglasses for the first time. . . I hated it. I was in the 8 seat & had a hard time seeing the board & players' cards at the other end of the table. I just feel like there's no real advantage to wearing glasses. Only the aforementioned disadvantages.

First Post

I guess I'll use this blog to chronicle my poker adventures. Hopefully this time I'll update more regularly than the first time I tried this.