ANOTHER 330 final table

Running hot running hot. Another 2nd just a minute ago here at the station. This comes after a 4th last night, and a 2nd last weekend. If I can attribute this to anything OTHER than getting cards and getting lucky, I'd say I've had a pretty fearlses attitude when it comes down to the final two or three tables. I don't feel like I'm doing anything terribly creative, just employing good endgame shoving strategy using M calculations.

Account's now up to $375 ish. Oh and yeah I beat the "record" for bounties that I mentioned last night. 7 knockouts this game. :)

I start working officially for Blizzard tomorrow night. It'll be interesting to see how life will be adjusted in working a night shift. I've been 8-5 M-F for so long. I'm still expecting to get a call back from Ultra about the receiving job soon though. I really hope they don't disappoint.

Sick Final Table at 40K WSOP Event #1

I haven't been keeping up with Cardplayer or the WSOP but just checked it out. Lots of good online guys, plus one of my all time favs Ted Forrest. So many times I watch him play on TV and he makes the right decision on every street. Super duper sick. This table it's anyone though.

WSOP -- Day 3 of the $40K Anniversary Tournament - Poker News - CardPlayer.com

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Busting up a 2 cent/5 cent smack talker

I doubled this guy up early when he flopped two pair, and he immediately types fffffffiiiiiiiiiissssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhh in the chat box. To which I respond: ur welcome?

He continued to call everyone donks at the table. A little while later I was able to quietly own him in a few hands:

Full Tilt Poker Game #12531151151: Table Contesa (6 max) - $0.02/$0.05 - No Limit Hold'em - 0:17:16 ET - 2009/05/31
Seat 1: melli86 ($8.80)
Seat 2: Icebeast26 ($4.46)
Seat 3: Bootlegger ($4.75)
Seat 4: obss ($2.39)
Seat 5: Dray ($7.93)
Seat 6: McNaassty ($5)
obss posts the small blind of $0.02
Dray posts the big blind of $0.05
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Dray [5d 5h]
McNaassty has 15 seconds left to act
McNaassty folds
melli86 has 15 seconds left to act
melli86: help me bad bad ugly farmer boy
melli86 calls $0.05
Icebeast26 folds
Bootlegger folds
obss folds
Dray checks
*** FLOP *** [9s 7c 3s]
Dray checks
melli86 checks
*** TURN *** [9s 7c 3s] [4s]
Dray checks
melli86 bets $0.12
Dray has 15 seconds left to act
Dray calls $0.12
*** RIVER *** [9s 7c 3s 4s] [Jh]
Dray checks
melli86 bets $0.20
Dray calls $0.20
*** SHOW DOWN ***
melli86 shows [8s Qh] Queen Jack high
Dray shows [5d 5h] a pair of Fives
Dray wins the pot ($0.71) with a pair of Fives
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $0.76 | Rake $0.05
Board: [9s 7c 3s 4s Jh]
Seat 1: melli86 showed [8s Qh] and lost with Queen Jack high
Seat 2: Icebeast26 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: Bootlegger (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: obss (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: Dray (big blind) showed [5d 5h] and won ($0.71) with a pair of Fives
Seat 6: McNaassty didn't bet (folded)

(few hands later)
Full Tilt Poker Game #12531229885: Table Contesa (6 max) - $0.02/$0.05 - No Limit Hold'em - 0:22:31 ET - 2009/05/31
Seat 1: melli86 ($7.94)
Seat 2: Icebeast26 ($3.71)
Seat 3: Bootlegger ($4.84)
Seat 4: obss ($2.90)
Seat 5: Dray ($7.53)
Seat 6: McNaassty ($6.26)
McNaassty posts the small blind of $0.02
melli86 posts the big blind of $0.05
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Dray [Ah Ts]
Icebeast26 folds
Bootlegger has 15 seconds left to act
Bootlegger folds
obss folds
Dray raises to $0.20
McNaassty calls $0.18
melli86 raises to $0.80
Dray has 15 seconds left to act
Dray calls $0.60
McNaassty folds
*** FLOP *** [Jh 3h 6c]
melli86 bets $0.80
Dray has 15 seconds left to act
Dray raises to $2.80
melli86 folds
Uncalled bet of $2 returned to Dray
Dray mucks
Dray wins the pot ($3.18)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $3.40 | Rake $0.22
Board: [Jh 3h 6c]
Seat 1: melli86 (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 2: Icebeast26 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: Bootlegger didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: obss didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: Dray (button) collected ($3.18), mucked
Seat 6: McNaassty (small blind) folded before the Flop

(very next hand)
Full Tilt Poker Game #12531246427: Table Contesa (6 max) - $0.02/$0.05 - No Limit Hold'em - 0:23:37 ET - 2009/05/31
Seat 1: melli86 ($6.34)
Seat 2: Icebeast26 ($3.71)
Seat 3: Bootlegger ($4.84)
Seat 4: obss ($2.90)
Seat 5: Dray ($9.11)
Seat 6: McNaassty ($6.06)
melli86 posts the small blind of $0.02
Icebeast26 posts the big blind of $0.05
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Dray [7h 6h]
Bootlegger folds
obss folds
Dray raises to $0.20
McNaassty folds
melli86: i will now action
melli86 calls $0.18
Icebeast26 folds
*** FLOP *** [Tc 8c 8d]
melli86 checks
obss: hahahahahaha
Dray bets $0.30
melli86 calls $0.30
*** TURN *** [Tc 8c 8d] [4s]
melli86 bets $0.05
Dray calls $0.05
obss: STOP TYPING, you stink
*** RIVER *** [Tc 8c 8d 4s] [Ah]
melli86 checks
Dray bets $0.85
melli86 folds
Uncalled bet of $0.85 returned to Dray
Dray mucks
Dray wins the pot ($1.08)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $1.15 | Rake $0.07
Board: [Tc 8c 8d 4s Ah]
Seat 1: melli86 (small blind) folded on the River
Seat 2: Icebeast26 (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: Bootlegger didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: obss didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: Dray collected ($1.08), mucked
Seat 6: McNaassty (button) didn't bet (folded)

This one actually made me a little nervous

Full Tilt Poker Game #12531502387: Table Contesa (6 max) - $0.02/$0.05 - No Limit Hold'em - 0:41:00 ET - 2009/05/31
Seat 1: melli86 ($12.97)
Seat 2: Icebeast26 ($9.39)
Seat 3: allstar_411 ($0.48)
Seat 4: It is poker ($5)
Seat 5: Dray ($11.79)
Seat 6: lightabov316 ($0), is sitting out
melli86 posts the small blind of $0.02
Icebeast26 posts the big blind of $0.05
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Dray [Ah As]
lightabov316 stands up
allstar_411 folds
It is poker folds
Dray raises to $0.20
melli86 calls $0.18
Icebeast26 folds
*** FLOP *** [8c Tc Jd]
melli86 checks
Dray bets $0.35
melli86 raises to $1
Dray calls $0.65
*** TURN *** [8c Tc Jd] [8s]
melli86 bets $2.45
Dray has 15 seconds left to act
Dray calls $2.45
*** RIVER *** [8c Tc Jd 8s] [Qs]
melli86 has 15 seconds left to act
melli86 bets $2.10
Dray calls $2.10
Pr1mer sits down
*** SHOW DOWN ***
melli86 shows [3h 4d] a pair of Eights
Dray shows [Ah As] two pair, Aces and Eights
Dray wins the pot ($10.78) with two pair, Aces and Eights
Pr1mer adds $5
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $11.55 | Rake $0.77
Board: [8c Tc Jd 8s Qs]
Seat 1: melli86 (small blind) showed [3h 4d] and lost with a pair of Eights
Seat 2: Icebeast26 (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: allstar_411 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: It is poker didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: Dray showed [Ah As] and won ($10.78) with two pair, Aces and Eights
Seat 6: lightabov316 (button) is sitting out

BTW I'm watching WPT up here at the station and they take a commercial break like every 2 hands. Totally ridiculous.

$3.30 heater lately

Full Tilt Poker Game #12529568540: $3 + $0.30 KO Sit & Go (93388280), Table 3 - 800/1600 Ante 200 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:33:27 ET - 2009/05/30
Seat 1: Dray (38,985)
Seat 2: Abik 007 (86,592)
Seat 3: tsk228 (22,150)
Seat 4: lastchip3 (13,555)
Seat 7: icanplayutoo (56,275)
Seat 8: pokerking62 (33,020)
Seat 9: votere (19,423)
Dray antes 200
Abik 007 antes 200
tsk228 antes 200
lastchip3 antes 200
icanplayutoo antes 200
pokerking62 antes 200
votere antes 200
lastchip3 posts the small blind of 800
icanplayutoo posts the big blind of 1,600
icanplayutoo: lol
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Dray [Td Ts]
pokerking62 folds
Dray: gg
votere folds
Dray has 15 seconds left to act
Dray raises to 4,400
Abik 007 folds
tsk228 folds
lastchip3 folds
icanplayutoo: should have been out earlier
icanplayutoo calls 2,800
*** FLOP *** [Kc 9c Th]
icanplayutoo bets 51,675, and is all in
Dray calls 34,385, and is all in
icanplayutoo shows [Kh Qh]
Dray shows [Td Ts]
Uncalled bet of 17,290 returned to icanplayutoo
*** TURN *** [Kc 9c Th] [Ac]
*** RIVER *** [Kc 9c Th Ac] [Tc]
icanplayutoo shows two pair, Kings and Tens
Dray shows four of a kind, Tens
Dray wins the pot (79,770) with four of a kind, Tens
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 79,770 | Rake 0
Board: [Kc 9c Th Ac Tc]
Seat 1: Dray showed [Td Ts] and won (79,770) with four of a kind, Tens
Seat 2: Abik 007 folded before the Flop
Seat 3: tsk228 (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: lastchip3 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 7: icanplayutoo (big blind) showed [Kh Qh] and lost with two pair, Kings and Tens
Seat 8: pokerking62 folded before the Flop
Seat 9: votere folded before the Flop

I like getting hot later rather than early. :) Still haven't been playing hardly at all but my final table ratio in these things as of late has been sick.

Update: 4th place good for about 20 bucks. I almost broke even with bounties, 6 altogether - probably a record for me. :)

Great tournament name

http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/6811-annie-duke-pokes-fun-at-rivers-in-charity-poker-event

Annie Duke's hosting a charity tournament called Sucking out on the Rivers, a play on her Celebrity Apprentice feud. :) I LOL'd.

Psychotic play/read

Full Tilt Poker Game #12396511496: Table Tampa (6 max, deep) - $0.02/$0.05 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:53:57 ET - 2009/05/23
Seat 2: SprocketGizmo ($4.92)
Seat 3: thx2u ($14.37)
Seat 5: Dray ($8.04)
thx2u posts the small blind of $0.02
Dray posts the big blind of $0.05
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Dray [Kc Ac]
SprocketGizmo folds
thx2u calls $0.03
Dray raises to $0.15
thx2u calls $0.10
*** FLOP *** [3c 9s 8c]
thx2u checks
Dray bets $0.15
thx2u raises to $0.75
Dray calls $0.60
*** TURN *** [3c 9s 8c] [Js]
thx2u bets $1.65
Dray calls $1.65
*** RIVER *** [3c 9s 8c Js] [Qs]
thx2u has 15 seconds left to act
dyzzasstor sits down
dyzzasstor adds $5
thx2u bets $2.80
Dray raises to $5.49, and is all in
ironhead400 sits down
ironhead400 adds $10
thx2u: FIGUERD
thx2u has 15 seconds left to act
thx2u has requested TIME
thx2u folds
Uncalled bet of $2.69 returned to Dray
Dray mucks
Dray wins the pot ($9.99)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $10.70 | Rake $0.71
Board: [3c 9s 8c Js Qs]
Seat 2: SprocketGizmo (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: thx2u (small blind) folded on the River
Seat 5: Dray (big blind) collected ($9.99), mucked

I was playing heads up with this guy for a little bit after this table had broken up. He asked this player HEADS UP PLZ because he wanted to keep punishing me with his aggression.

I don't know if I played this hand really bad on the flop because really the instinct said reraise. I didn't play it that way to fold the turn. I know he's really aggressivel.

The main thing that went through my mind is that he probably checkraised the flop with a flush draw that also missed. The board was also scary enough to make a lot of better hands fold I guess. Really was a psychotic play because I shouldn't have had any fold equity. He said he had A9.

What it takes to win tournaments

Whole lotta luck. And I haven't won yet.

Full Tilt Poker Game #12386668393: $3 + $0.30 KO Sit & Go (92444970), Table 3 - 200/400 Ante 50 - No Limit Hold'em - 12:48:22 ET - 2009/05/23
Seat 1: decdealer (5,963)
Seat 2: 1967charger (3,401)
Seat 3: blackcash88 (14,995)
Seat 5: Redbarn59 (8,135)
Seat 6: pedrocecch (2,590)
Seat 7: ktcady (11,975)
Seat 8: Yankee-C (4,565)
Seat 9: Dray (5,570)
decdealer antes 50
1967charger antes 50
blackcash88 antes 50
Redbarn59 antes 50
pedrocecch antes 50
ktcady antes 50
Yankee-C antes 50
Dray antes 50
1967charger posts the small blind of 200
blackcash88 posts the big blind of 400
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Dray [8h Ac]
Redbarn59 folds
pedrocecch folds
ktcady folds
Yankee-C folds
Dray raises to 5,520, and is all in
decdealer raises to 5,913, and is all in
1967charger folds
blackcash88 folds
decdealer shows [Qh As]
Dray shows [8h Ac]
Uncalled bet of 393 returned to decdealer
*** FLOP *** [8c 9c Ad]
*** TURN *** [8c 9c Ad] [8d]
*** RIVER *** [8c 9c Ad 8d] [6d]
decdealer shows two pair, Aces and Eights
Dray shows a full house, Eights full of Aces
Dray wins the pot (12,040) with a full house, Eights full of Aces
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 12,040 | Rake 0
Board: [8c 9c Ad 8d 6d]
Seat 1: decdealer (button) showed [Qh As] and lost with two pair, Aces and Eights
Seat 2: 1967charger (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: blackcash88 (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: Redbarn59 folded before the Flop
Seat 6: pedrocecch folded before the Flop
Seat 7: ktcady folded before the Flop
Seat 8: Yankee-C folded before the Flop
Seat 9: Dray showed [8h Ac] and won (12,040) with a full house, Eights full of Aces

Been grinding $5 cash game for the last 3 hours and am also in the tourney above. Another week without even touching Full Tilt. Kristina's working this morning though so I'm having myself a lazy Saturday start. May has been a very unusual month in terms of poker playing, but I've gotten a lot more sleep! Blizzard training has just been taking it out of me I guess.

They gave my set shift once I'm out of training: 4pm-1am M-F. Which really blows because I also work the radio shift 6-12am on Saturdays. That means my lady's alone 6 out 7 nights during the week. :/

What's funny is I might end up switching jobs just in time. I interviewed with another company about a shipping/receiving job almost two weeks ago. Yesterday I got an email saying they had a few more people to interview but I was at the top of their list thus far. If I don't end up getting it I'll probably be pretty pissed that they sent that email but for right now I like my chances. :) More money, would still have benefits, and half day Fridays. Best proposition I've had since getting laid off.

What a bunch of crap

Full Tilt Poker Game #12260638606: $3 + $0.30 KO Sit & Go (91605093), Table 2 - 150/300 Ante 25 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:24:22 ET - 2009/05/16
Seat 1: Charmaine11 (7,810)
Seat 2: fuegoinho (5,117)
Seat 4: Dray (7,130)
Seat 5: Latin_Womanizer (1,855)
Seat 6: jfbowers (10,300)
Seat 7: Arctic cat 1000 (3,190)
Seat 8: bertuff (5,825)
Seat 9: Pooner2 (6,810)
Charmaine11 antes 25
fuegoinho antes 25
Dray antes 25
Latin_Womanizer antes 25
jfbowers antes 25
Arctic cat 1000 antes 25
bertuff antes 25
Pooner2 antes 25
fuegoinho posts the small blind of 150
Dray posts the big blind of 300
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Dray [Kd Ks]
Latin_Womanizer calls 300
jfbowers raises to 1,550
Arctic cat 1000 folds
bertuff folds
Pooner2 calls 1,550
Charmaine11 folds
fuegoinho has 15 seconds left to act
fuegoinho folds
Dray raises to 7,105, and is all in
Latin_Womanizer calls 1,530, and is all in
jfbowers raises to 10,275, and is all in
Pooner2 calls 5,235, and is all in
jfbowers shows [Qs Qh]
Pooner2 shows [4s 4d]
Dray shows [Kd Ks]
Latin_Womanizer shows [8d 9d]
Uncalled bet of 3,170 returned to jfbowers
*** FLOP *** [Ac Tc Kc]
*** TURN *** [Ac Tc Kc] [Qc]
*** RIVER *** [Ac Tc Kc Qc] [8c]
jfbowers shows a flush, Ace high
Dray shows a flush, Ace high
Dray ties for side pot #2 (320) with a flush, Ace high
jfbowers ties for side pot #2 (320) with a flush, Ace high
Pooner2 shows a flush, Ace high
Dray ties for side pot #1 (4,955) with a flush, Ace high
jfbowers ties for side pot #1 (4,955) with a flush, Ace high
Pooner2 ties for side pot #1 (4,955) with a flush, Ace high
Latin_Womanizer shows a flush, Ace high
Dray ties for the main pot (1,918) with a flush, Ace high
Latin_Womanizer ties for the main pot (1,918) with a flush, Ace high
jfbowers ties for the main pot (1,917) with a flush, Ace high
Pooner2 ties for the main pot (1,917) with a flush, Ace high
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 23,175 Main pot 7,670. Side pot 1 14,865. Side pot 2 640. | Rake 0
Board: [Ac Tc Kc Qc 8c]
Seat 1: Charmaine11 (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 2: fuegoinho (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: Dray (big blind) showed [Kd Ks] and won (7,193) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 5: Latin_Womanizer showed [8d 9d] and won (1,918) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 6: jfbowers showed [Qs Qh] and won (7,192) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 7: Arctic cat 1000 folded before the Flop
Seat 8: bertuff folded before the Flop
Seat 9: Pooner2 showed [4s 4d] and won (6,872) with a flush, Ace high

Sickening

I've played hardly any poker the last week and a half which is really rare. Got on tonight and I swear it seemed like I was constantly running into Aces and Kings. Man it fucking sucks coming back to just get kicked in the nuts repeatedly.

Only silver lining was winning one of my $2.25s, but I had to crack AA to do that. Go figure.

I listened to this about 6 times while I was playing tonight. I really hope Kris Allen overtakes Adam gayemotheaterboy on Idol next week.



The best part is when he goes up in pitch towards the end on "heartllleeeeessss". Sick sick sick!

Nevermind

I'm not playing the satellite after all because I failed to check my work schedule at the station to see I'm working tomorrow night instead of tonight. I've been working the same Saturday night shift regularly for months and months so even though I thought I checked the schedule this week I didn't. I didn't realize until I walked into the studio to see Cassiday all set up.

To top it all off I finally got all the WoW software installed only to realize that it's not going to work on my fucking computer.

What a bunch of bullshit.

Satellite Sunday

I haven't played any poker at all since Sunday night before I started training at my new job. The hours have been 8-5 and after that I've mostly just been spending time at home with Kristina this week just chillin.

Out of nowhere I got an $45 affiliate bonus this month for players that I already have signed up earning 200 points? I wasn't even aware I could still make money off of players once I got their initial bonus money. I'm certainly not complaining, but like all big bonus money it's so much easier to spend because it isn't "earned". So even though I haven't played one hand of cards this week I've signed up for the $33 200K Stiumulus tourney that FTP is running. It's a mega satellite for the ginormous crapshoot $1K WSOP tourney plus $1500 in travel expenses.

It's really exciting because this is the first real shot I've ever taken to try and get to Vegas. But even if I win I'm still not quite sure what I'll do. There's a very good chance I'll just keep the money in my roll and just grind with it. The main determinate will have to be what my work situation ends up being.

So I've started this new tech support job but I'm under 90 day temp status essentially. I'm also interviewing for another better paying job on Monday. Regardless of where I end up I'm probably not going to be able to immediately ask for a day or two off to go to Vegas. Eh I'm really just getting ahead of myself.

One last thing is I'm trying to install World of Warcraft on my external harddrive. It's taken HOURS starting from last night and lasting still through this very moment. SO annoying and I know it's not going to be worth it, but I have got to understand what the fuck everyone is talking about in training.

Ehhh

OK after getting on a little rush only to bubble both games, I think I may have just lost the tournament bug. Over 3 hours of game time with nothing to show for it. I just remembered that's probably what I hate most about MTTs.

At least tonight is the Dollhouse episode I've been waiting for! Alpha's finally gonna show up and wreak some motherfucking havoc.

I have high stakes couch pillows

I'm playing two tables while Kristina's working this afternoon. At the same time I'm watching High Stakes Poker episodes on Youtube. Suddenly out of the corner of my eye I notice my couch cushions are the same as the ones in their poker room (behind Negreanu):

April SNG results

So April was a really good month overall thanks to my MTT successes. A 90 man win and 3rd in a 180 man. Then there was that 7th place close call followed by rant post a few days ago. And just tonight it looked like I'd get there again but busted 14th. :/

SNGs I was a slight loser this month:

83 sngs X 2.25 = $186.75

9 wins x 9 = $81

12 2nds X 5.40 = $64.80

8 3rds X 3.60 = $28.80

2 ?'s (ftp server outage) = $10.48

$185.08 total returned
Profit - ($1.67)

83 sngs, 31 cashes, 37% cash rate

I was up further in my overall balance but I took a shot the other night in a $26 Knockout 90 man and busted, although I did get a $4 discount with the one bounty I collected.

It's late I'm about to crash. I just want to say that Kristina and I went to see George Clinton on Wednesday night and we weren't really impressed at all. We partially blame ourselves because we're not willing to get up front with the crowd to really experience the show which would probably have made it better.

All the characters on stage were pretty damn funny I'll admit, but even watching from the back of Stubbs to see the entire stage there's so much going on it's hard to even know what to pay attention to.

My biggest problem with the show though was just the songs went so long and even though it's apparent that the musicians are really skilled in the band, 10 minute solos on every other song just gets old. The absolute best part of the show was when he brought the newest member singer Mary Griffin who absolutely KILLED it with a more bluesy song, which they followed up with Give Up the Funk. But the rest of the time we both found ourselves easily distracted with whatever else was happening in the venue.

But I always wanted to see Parliament so now I can say I have and I doubt I'll pay the $ to go again.