Are you smoking yet?

The title above is a family guy reference from the episode where the a tobacco company takes over Peter's company. They have a clip of old school subliminal advertising in a Lassie episode where the guy comes in and says "Smoke" 2 times and then the final one he asks the title question. Hilarious..

The reason I bring it up was I decided to play the smoke/fire game with Bruce this past Sunday in our cash game and I started out well. But then that f-in luckbox started hitting fire (flop is all red) over and over again. And not only that but he kept hitting the bonuses when entire board was red. After he hit that like 3 times in 15 hands I finally opted out.

Obviously I haven't been inspired to write much at all. What can I say? I'm a fickle blogger. But honestly there hasn't been all THAT much to report. I'm down about $100 right now. However, I've been racking up the points as of late. I took down a 600 point 2 table SNG for 10K points last weekend. That put me up to 18K points.

That prompted me to buy a new flexfit hat with stitching. :) And now that I just got an IPOD for my birthday (thanks mom!). My new game plan is to get up to 25K points and order a customized baseball jersey. On the back I'm going to have Dray and the numbers 74, which is my favorite hand. It's going to be sooo sick. That way when I go out and public and say I have my favorite hand and someone asks what's that, I'll just stand up and turnaround. :) It's in the same spirit of the Fucking River shirt.

I played Water Tank last night and made 5th the first session which was cool. I was able to shove over and over to build a stack and stay in. Always love that. Didn't last long in the 2nd session. Came home and took down a 400 Point SNG for 3500 points bringing me back up to 18K points. Then put in some cash time. Here's a few hands where I bought it on the river:

Full Tilt Poker Game #8133481856: Table Gordo (6 max) - $0.05/$0.10 - No Limit Hold'em - 1:02:45 ET - 2008/09/19
Seat 1: Blue1101 ($4)
Seat 2: Burro86 ($3.75)
Seat 3: jlmk ($15.40)
Seat 4: Dray ($9.25)
Seat 5: Phil Studman ($10)
Seat 6: tonytv6 ($6.15)
jlmk posts the small blind of $0.05
Dray posts the big blind of $0.10
5 seconds left to act
Blue1101 posts $0.10
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Dray [Ad 2c]****
tonytv6 calls $0.10
Blue1101 checks
Burro86 raises to $0.20
jlmk folds
Dray calls $0.10
tonytv6 has 15 seconds left to act
tonytv6 raises to $0.30
Blue1101 folds
Burro86 calls $0.10
Dray has 15 seconds left to act
Dray calls $0.10
*** FLOP *** [5d Kh 3h]
Dray checks
tonytv6 bets $0.20
Burro86 folds
Dray has 15 seconds left to act
Dray calls $0.20
*** TURN *** [5d Kh 3h] [5c]
Dray checks
tonytv6 checks
*** RIVER *** [5d Kh 3h 5c] [6h]
Dray has 15 seconds left to act
Dray bets $1.45
tonytv6 has 15 seconds left to act
tonytv6 folds
Uncalled bet of $1.45 returned to Dray
Dray mucks
Dray wins the pot ($1.35)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $1.45 | Rake $0.10
Board: [5d Kh 3h 5c 6h]
Seat 1: Blue1101 folded before the Flop
Seat 2: Burro86 (button) folded on the Flop
Seat 3: jlmk (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: Dray (big blind) collected ($1.35), mucked
Seat 5: Phil Studman is sitting out
Seat 6: tonytv6 folded on the River


Full Tilt Poker Game #8133632728: Table Gordo (6 max) - $0.05/$0.10 - No Limit Hold'em - 1:17:46 ET - 2008/09/19
Seat 1: Blue1101 ($6.75)
Seat 3: iching64 ($10.25)
Seat 4: Dray ($10.45)
Seat 5: Phil Studman ($8.30)
Seat 6: tonytv6 ($6.30)
Phil Studman posts the small blind of $0.05
tonytv6 posts the big blind of $0.10
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Dray [4c 5s]****
Blue1101 folds
iching64 folds
Dray raises to $0.40
Phil Studman folds
tonytv6 calls $0.30
*** FLOP *** [Ks 6h As]
tonytv6 has 15 seconds left to act
tonytv6 checks
Dray bets $0.60
tonytv6 calls $0.60
*** TURN *** [Ks 6h As] [2h]
reno9one1 sits down
tonytv6 has 15 seconds left to act
tonytv6 checks
reno9one1 adds $3.40
Dray has 15 seconds left to act
Dray checks
*** RIVER *** [Ks 6h As 2h] [7s]
tonytv6 has 15 seconds left to act
tonytv6 checks
Dray has 15 seconds left to act
Dray bets $1.50
tonytv6 folds
Uncalled bet of $1.50 returned to Dray
Dray mucks
Dray wins the pot ($1.85)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $2.05 | Rake $0.20
Board: [Ks 6h As 2h 7s]
Seat 1: Blue1101 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: iching64 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: Dray (button) collected ($1.85), mucked
Seat 5: Phil Studman (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: tonytv6 (big blind) folded on the River

Way behind or way ahead hand:

Full Tilt Poker Game #8133887268: Table Gordo (6 max) - $0.05/$0.10 - No Limit Hold'em - 1:45:29 ET - 2008/09/19
Seat 1: snark8199 ($14.20)
Seat 2: jAyEoNe ($8.45)
Seat 3: iching64 ($11.20)
Seat 4: Dray ($10.15)
Seat 5: Phil Studman ($8.30)
Seat 6: shigehito77 ($7.30)
snark8199 posts the small blind of $0.05
jAyEoNe posts the big blind of $0.10
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Dray [Qs Js]****
iching64 folds
Dray calls $0.10
Phil Studman folds
shigehito77 folds
snark8199 folds
jAyEoNe checks
*** FLOP *** [4d 9s Qh]
jAyEoNe bets $0.25
Dray calls $0.25
*** TURN *** [4d 9s Qh] [5s]
jAyEoNe bets $0.75
Dray calls $0.75
*** RIVER *** [4d 9s Qh 5s] [6h]
jAyEoNe checks
Dray checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
jAyEoNe shows [9c 8h] a pair of Nines
Dray shows [Qs Js] a pair of Queens
Dray wins the pot ($2.05) with a pair of Queens
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $2.25 | Rake $0.20
Board: [4d 9s Qh 5s 6h]
Seat 1: snark8199 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 2: jAyEoNe (big blind) showed [9c 8h] and lost with a pair of Nines
Seat 3: iching64 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: Dray showed [Qs Js] and won ($2.05) with a pair of Queens
Seat 5: Phil Studman didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: shigehito77 (button) didn't bet (folded)

Big big hand:

Full Tilt Poker Game #8133941984: Table Gordo (6 max) - $0.05/$0.10 - No Limit Hold'em - 1:51:40 ET - 2008/09/19
Seat 1: snark8199 ($14.25)
Seat 2: jAyEoNe ($7.40)
Seat 3: iching64 ($11.25)
Seat 4: Dray ($11.10)
Seat 5: Phil Studman ($8.20)
Seat 6: gingernation ($9.90)
iching64 posts the small blind of $0.05
Dray posts the big blind of $0.10
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Dray [Ks 9c]
Phil Studman folds
gingernation calls $0.10
snark8199 calls $0.10
jAyEoNe folds
iching64 folds
Dray checks
*** FLOP *** [9s 8s 9h]****
Dray checks
gingernation bets $0.10
snark8199 has 15 seconds left to act
snark8199 calls $0.10
Dray has 15 seconds left to act
Dray raises to $0.60
gingernation calls $0.50
snark8199 has 15 seconds left to act
snark8199 calls $0.50
*** TURN *** [9s 8s 9h] [8c]
Dray checks
gingernation checks
snark8199 has 15 seconds left to act
snark8199 bets $2
Dray has 15 seconds left to act
Dray calls $2
gingernation folds
*** RIVER *** [9s 8s 9h 8c] [7d]
Dray has 15 seconds left to act
Dray bets $2.50
snark8199 has 15 seconds left to act
snark8199 calls $2.50
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Dray shows [Ks 9c] a full house, Nines full of Eights
snark8199 mucks
Dray wins the pot ($10.05) with a full house, Nines full of Eights
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $11.15 | Rake $1.10
Board: [9s 8s 9h 8c 7d]
Seat 1: snark8199 mucked [8h 7h] - a full house, Eights full of Nines
Seat 2: jAyEoNe (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: iching64 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: Dray (big blind) showed [Ks 9c] and won ($10.05) with a full house, Nines full of Eights
Seat 5: Phil Studman didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: gingernation folded on the Turn

Playing Craig's deep stack tourney tonight. I want to take this down for around $150-200 if I can and then take it to Alan's and run it up further in the cash game. We'll see!