Hi....

First real thing to blog about....

Got NHL Winter Classic Tickets Flyers vs. Bruins, New Years Day.

GO PHILS.

no poker.

all house.

Bye.

Confidence Booster

44th spot out of 7900+

the bust out hand. the brit limp called. this was the best hand i saw in 4 orbits.

Still

on a downswing..

fuck poker!

why do i play this game of luck.....

Full Tilt Poker Game #12360068716: $2 + $0.25 Rebuy (1r+1a) (92131959), Table 26 - 120/240 Ante 25 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:25:32 ET - 2009/05/21
Seat 1: bolonjaa (3,305)
Seat 2: corron10 (6,110)
Seat 3: trist23 (6,755)
Seat 4: mrsk48 (13,235)
Seat 5: KEISHABEAR (11,485)
Seat 6: 4 funn (2,045)
Seat 7: Gonsolo (12,850)
Seat 8: Kdinha (13,605)
Seat 9: AltronIV (4,805)
bolonjaa antes 25
corron10 antes 25
trist23 antes 25
mrsk48 antes 25
KEISHABEAR antes 25
4 funn antes 25
Gonsolo antes 25
Kdinha antes 25
AltronIV antes 25
mrsk48 posts the small blind of 120
KEISHABEAR posts the big blind of 240
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to corron10 [Qc Ah]
4 funn folds
Gonsolo folds
Kdinha folds
AltronIV folds
bolonjaa has 15 seconds left to act
bolonjaa folds
corron10 raises to 960
trist23 folds
mrsk48 folds
KEISHABEAR has 15 seconds left to act
KEISHABEAR calls 720
*** FLOP *** [Qd 3c 7s]
KEISHABEAR checks
corron10 bets 5,125, and is all in
KEISHABEAR calls 5,125
corron10 shows [Qc Ah]
KEISHABEAR shows [Kh 7h]
*** TURN *** [Qd 3c 7s] [Th]
*** RIVER *** [Qd 3c 7s Th] [Kc]
corron10 shows a pair of Queens
KEISHABEAR shows two pair, Kings and Sevens
KEISHABEAR wins the pot (12,515) with two pair, Kings and Sevens
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 12,515 | Rake 0
Board: [Qd 3c 7s Th Kc]
Seat 1: bolonjaa folded before the Flop
Seat 2: corron10 showed [Qc Ah] and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 3: trist23 (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: mrsk48 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: KEISHABEAR (big blind) showed [Kh 7h] and won (12,515) with two pair, Kings and Sevens
Seat 6: 4 funn folded before the Flop
Seat 7: Gonsolo folded before the Flop
Seat 8: Kdinha folded before the Flop
Seat 9: AltronIV folded before the Flop



other news bought a house....

not with poker winnings........ or lottery winnings

this is why tournaments suck

Full Tilt Poker Game #11943642929: The Mookie (88685086), Table 6 - 120/240 Ante 25 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:42:32 ET - 2009/04/29
Seat 1: Rake Feeder (3,671)
Seat 2: MaggieO (1,796)
Seat 3: Shabazz Jenkins (6,460)
Seat 4: 1Queens Up1 (2,895)
Seat 5: Mattazuma (6,247)
Seat 6: DeepChitNJ (4,835)
Seat 7: Joanne1111 (12,775)
Seat 8: HighOnPoker (23,274)
Seat 9: corron10 (9,225)
Rake Feeder antes 25
MaggieO antes 25
Shabazz Jenkins antes 25
1Queens Up1 antes 25
Mattazuma antes 25
DeepChitNJ antes 25
Joanne1111 antes 25
HighOnPoker antes 25
corron10 antes 25
Mattazuma posts the small blind of 120
DeepChitNJ posts the big blind of 240
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to corron10 [Qc Qh]
Joanne1111 folds
HighOnPoker raises to 720
corron10 has 15 seconds left to act
corron10 raises to 1,920
Rake Feeder folds
MaggieO folds
Shabazz Jenkins folds
1Queens Up1 folds
Mattazuma folds
DeepChitNJ folds
HighOnPoker calls 1,200
*** FLOP *** [2c 8d 4c]
HighOnPoker checks
corron10 bets 4,425
HighOnPoker raises to 8,850
corron10 calls 2,855, and is all in
HighOnPoker shows [8c Kc]
corron10 shows [Qc Qh]
Uncalled bet of 1,570 returned to HighOnPoker
*** TURN *** [2c 8d 4c] [3h]
*** RIVER *** [2c 8d 4c 3h] [8h]
HighOnPoker shows three of a kind, Eights
corron10 shows two pair, Queens and Eights
HighOnPoker wins the pot (18,985) with three of a kind, Eights
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 18,985 | Rake 0
Board: [2c 8d 4c 3h 8h]
Seat 1: Rake Feeder folded before the Flop
Seat 2: MaggieO folded before the Flop
Seat 3: Shabazz Jenkins folded before the Flop
Seat 4: 1Queens Up1 (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: Mattazuma (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: DeepChitNJ (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 7: Joanne1111 folded before the Flop
Seat 8: HighOnPoker showed [8c Kc] and won (18,985) with three of a kind, Eights
Seat 9: corron10 showed [Qc Qh] and lost with two pair, Queens and Eights


yeah i know, 68 outs twice...

but jesus fucking christ...

donkeified fucking retarded bullshit...

PPI/Riverchasers Chat..

MiamiDon: rahter lucky than good

MiamiDon: and corron doesn't know good

corron10: thx

MiamiDon: yw

and....

heffmike: corron, you put me on tilt so much.

corron10: is that basic stragety

heffmike: no, but if you're coldcalling me, you prolly shouldn't fold to his raise. but w/e.

heffmike: just do what you want. it works for you.


i think my repuatation has gone to shit for some reason...

Legendary, RIP HK.

Masters Weekend.....

and GOD is playing......

Online Poker Drop

"Mis-clicks" are not good for your game.

Man Crush.....

2nd BBT points...

Couldnt win KK vs 99 late. to get a top 10 or higher stack, but to be fair, I played for stacks in a blind vs. blind situation got lucky with A5 vs KK. Then bust out in a blind vs. blind losing my JJ vs A7.

Blogger tournaments rulez!

BBT4 points the first

Pretty disappointed, due to the fact that the kid woke in the middle of the night. I saw KQ off, pushed it UTG. Went to attend to the kid and got back and saw the final hand.

Plus BBT4 is pretty boring. The series is great and a big thanks to the people who put it all together. Maybe i'm just bored with tourament poker.

Whats the over/under....

Whats the over/under of how many times AQ outflops AK, in the upcoming BBT4???????



Played the Mookie last night. I got off to a good start. then went dead, expect, 2 preflop raises with JJ and 10s that went uncontested.

then at somepoint in the 2nd hour, i get AdKd, I make my standard raise, get a caller, and the button smash his whole stack, that has me cover by 100/200 chips or so. I call, and the other caller folds.

Happy to see that I'm ahead, until the magical 3 outer of the Q appears on the flop and its GG Zambia.

Dont know how much i'm going to be able to handle this in BBT4.

BBT4 Starts March 1 2009

taken from Alcanthang

Borgata Trip Hand Conclusion

So, to finish the hand from Sunday, when I was down AC at the Borgata for the start of the of the 3k deep stack Main Event, I was able to get to the poker room to play.

Recap.

Sat down at $1/$2 bought in for $140 (I know its light)
Built it up to $190ish
I have been playing for 2+hours and have a good read on everone at the table. No one has been out of line, pretty standard stuff.

I'm UTG+2 or 3. That the only part i cant remember but I know it was semi-early position.

the kid of my direct right limps for $2, so I'm pretty sure only the SB and BB were in the hand.

I look down and see Ace of hearts and Ace of Spades.

I raise to $16, folds all the way around to the limper and calls the $14. Kid has been playing tight and solid. Has not been involve in many hands and stay out of trouble. At times, he look frustated, trying to make preflop decisions.

Flop was Jh, 8h, 3s

he checks

and I bet $26.

in about maybe 30 seconds, he re-raises to $200, putting me all-in. So the way he grab the two stacks of red chips, with both hands and aggressively put them in the pot, my stomach jumped out of my body and screamed "FUCK"

The check raise made me feel sick. I tank for about maybe 2/3 minutes thinking what he could have, to limp call UTG.

The hands that ran through my mind were KK, QQ, AJ, KhQh, JJ, 88. I ruled out KK, QQ, JJ, figuring he would at least put in some kind of raise, even if it was small. so I knock them. I didnt think he would call a raise OOP with 88, but it still sat in my mind.

So I eventually put him on AJ, KhQh hand and I make the call.

He didnt even wait for the dealer to finish dealing and slams top set Jacks over, to reveal that he had a lock.

Turn and river brick. And my Aces go down.

I posted this hand in the RC forums. I think everyone except for one person said, I have to call, no matter what. Stating that I lose more money overtime folding, to the check-raise So big time cold deck. Live poker is rigged.

Borgata Trip

my experience today from the Borgata....

I went down today for the start of the Main Event, pretty much just a chance to get out of the house and maybe play some poker....

LJ and Lucko, were playing but didnt get to say Hi, but was able to track their play here

Also, met $mokkee himself.... cool dude, who runs good at the cash games at the Borgata keep it up and nice talking to you. Hopefully we will get to meet again sometime.

I believe there were a couple of other bloggers there as well...

So.....

any way....
got to 1/2 table and only bought in for about $140.. built it up to about $190... been playing my TAGish style for the 2 hours I was sitting there and had a good read on everyone. No one was really out of line.

i'm maybe UTG+2 maybe 3... kid on my right playing fairly tight for the 2 hours that we have been playing calls 2...

i look down at Ace of hearts, A of spades. I raised and made it $16...
folds around to the limper on my right and calls the 14. pot is now about $35 (if there was another limper, but cant remember is there was one or not) and he is sitting on about $300+ he had me cover....

we see a flop of J of hearts, 8 hearts and 3 spades......

he checks...

i bet of $26.

he says... all in, with two hands puts two stacks of chips in....

whats your play...

Streak for the cash!

I sure most of you have seen ESPN: Streak for the Cash, contest.. if not here.

I just currently hit my longest winning streak, 3! Go ahead laugh.... hahahaha.

Right now the longest streak is 18. You have to get 27 wins in a row, to win the cash. 1 Million doll hairs, or dollars.

Twenty fucking seven wins!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Crazy, Crazy.

Tonight, I will be playing my first tournament of the year. Its a freeroll, for a Borgata Main Event Seat. WCP is putting up the seat. The private tourney is on FTP. Get there! Looks like 650+ people are already signed up, with a couple of red name pros.

Hopefully, and God willing I take down this seat, i dont have to worry about airfare. A full tank in the "dad wagon" and we're there! Most likely I will not win the seat, I'm trying to get out of some family time, to go down anyway. Its going to be crazy, but I think i will know some people down there.

Cash games are going ok... its up and down, up and down. But I did take a small shot, at the next level. It took a couple of orbits, to get a feel, but ended up make a small profit, after getting cooler, twice for my chips. Crazy thing was that both times, my Aces didnt hold up... so sick.

I deal good!

Was offered to deal a private tournament over the weekend.

The tournament was held at private mens club in area. This was the first time that the club itself held a tournament like this but the members were mostly members of a private golf club in the area as well.

Going into the game i had no clue what was going on. No structure, no numbers of people, no info whats-so-ever.

I met the guy (John aka Hondo) who had ask the wifey if i would be interested in dealing the game, at a local establishment near the country club. We watched some college basketball, had some beer or two and then off to the club.

The ride to the club was about 10-15 mins away. It was basically a house converted into club, big basement, big front room, pool table, darts, shuffleboard, pinball, decent size bar. Your standard private mens club.

So walked in and introduced to the owner and supposely organizer. It was poorly organized and setup. So me and John had to set everything up. Nothing was unwrapped, everything was brand new, so all the equipment was nice and clean.

Not knowing the exact numbers, we setup four tables of 9 players, figuring there would be at least 35-40 people. Thats what they were expecting.

Final count 20 players.

Structure was a rebuy tournament. $75+15, with unlimited rebuys in the first 3 rounds, but you had to be broke in order rebuy (to me this makes no sense) and the rounds were 15 minutes long. It was super fast.
Blind levels started at
10-20
20-40
40-80
break/add-on
75-150
100-200
250-500
break
300-600
500-1000
800-1600
1000-200

I think i might be missing a level but you can see it was a crapshoot and poorly sturctured.

My first table was the first to break, so i had some time to watch some of the play at the other tables and the play was just as bad at the those tables as to mine. Just horrible.

The final table was set pretty quickly and it moved even quicker. Top 4 got paid. with 4th place being kicked in the nuts, because the payout for 4th was less then $150 assuming you added-on with no rebuy. First place was a healthy $1400+. It would be a nice payday for 3+ hours of luck.

I made $100 for dealing and then an extra $90 in tips from the final table, overall a nice little payday for myself for doing something that i love to do.

After the game i was approached by the owner and his father. Its seems that they want to do this more often, we exchanged emails and i told i can show him a better structure and organization of how they can put on a better game. So hopefully this can turnout into a nice little job.

Tax online poker...

Read this post on 2+2...

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/29/news-views-gossip/change-legalizing-internet-poker-387909/


go vote now.

14 days into January...

First post of 2009.

Thank god that the holidays are over. With overtime at work and running around getting presents for everyone its just too much stress that was unnecessary.

Looking back at my goals for 2008... pfff. Shouldn't even wrote them to being with... lets recap them...

Short and simple...
Poker.
1. Win a MTT 100+ people. Failed, (did win 2 BBT3 tournaments)
2. 1k bankroll. Success (Though it doesnt show online.. I did withdraw money to pay for golf trip)
3. Satelite into a 10k event, WSOP, WPT, whatever. Failed
4. Play more PLO. lovin it. Failed (I did play some PLO, but didnt play that much as i would like)
5. Be more aggressive. Success (At least I thought i was)
6. More smart decisions. Failed/Success. (Certain opporunities presented themselves)

Personal
1. Buy a house Failed (In the process right now, met with the realtor on Saturday, looking at properities on Sunday)
2. Prepare for marriage in Sept. Success (or fail)
3. Be with my son more. Success. Right now he is in a fun age. He is such a tank.
4. Pay off my credit cards. (2) Failed. (So close to having them done)

So I had some success and some fails. I'm happy that i won 2 blogger tourneys. But with my recent move to cash games, well have to see how many tourneys I play in BBT4. I'm guessing that this BBT4 is not for Austrailia Main Event seat.

I think i was more aggressive and did make smart decision, but every situation in poker is different, so I dont know if every situation will every be the exact same. similar but not exact.


My personal goals were somewhat reasonable. Wifey and I are in the process of buying our first home. Met with the realtor on Saturday and after the meeting was done, we both looked at each other and was like "how broke are we!" I know its going to be a lot of work and making some tough decision but its for the better.

The wedding was a great success and such a great time. we are still getting compliments from people who said it was the best wedding they were at.

The boy (Dylan) is getting so big. He is literally a tank and has so much energy. He might force me to get into better shape.

Heres to an awesome and profittable 2009. Good luck to everyone.