Spent the entire night last night getting 3 bet and c/r. Made a couple huge mistakes - the biggest being NOT getting up from the table. Once your table image is shot, it is really hard to get it back. I got rivered in a few huge pots, then played too tentatively.
Made a lifetilt push on a guy that was screaming AA, which happened to be exactly what he had. Unfortunately for him, it was no match for my KQo, which flopped 2 cowboys. That was quite possibly the only highlight for the good guys.
Only other good thing: I have made it to the finals of my fantasy basketball league, which means I believe I am guaranteed about $300 in profit right now. Frank and I will battle for another $450 this week. I am coming off a string of, I believe, 5-6 weeks of having the highest score in the league, so I would be really disappointed if I lose. Another good thing is I can bring back the entire team next year and give it a great run. I will throw McGrady and Lebron back, but can likely get them at the same prices next year. Boozer, Ellis, Miller, Noah, West, Murphy will all come back. So, I will have about $55 or $60 to get 5 guys, including 3 bench players.
I ended up betting a bunch of props on Bodog for the Final Four and had a fantastic run. If only UCLA/Mem had been "under", I would have swept just about everything. I still do have Kansas over Memphis tonight getting 7:1, so as much as it pains me to say this, go Jayhawks.
Later for now.
Abby17
Monday, April 7, 2008
Sunday, April 6, 2008
Meh
So, my buddy Neff told me he is planning on moving up to the $100 NL HU games because he feels like he is one of the best at the $50. Now, that does not surprise me because I think his feel for the NL game is one of the better ones around. What does surprise me is how fast he did it. Less than 2 months and he is ready to roll. I know I still feel lost often playing NL against any aggressive opponent, so I would love to feel like he does. Maybe soon.
Played some HU this morning against the most ABC player I have ever seen. I worked really hard to trying to discover patterns and this guy was a wide open book. He checked ANY flop that didn't hit him and bet pot on any that did. Needless to say, I took him for 4 BI's.
Won a bit more on Bodog, then donked off almost $100 in dumb donkaments including a flip fest on FT. They run these super turbos which are $29 and you only get 100 chips. Blinds are 15/30 and 3 minute rounds. I passed for the first round and there were only 5 left. I ended up with all my chips in the middle with the hammer. It failed to live up to it's reputation, so that $29 was down the drain.
I have a long way to go to hit April goals, but I do know I will get the hands in. With The Spouse out of town, I have most nights to myself for the month, so hopefully, they will be good nights and I can turn this early April debacle around and charge toward my yearly goals.
I really want to be "up" enough by the early part of June to take part in 1 or both of FT and PS massive WSOP satellites. Both are around $5-600, so if I am above my goals by a grand at that point, I am going to do it.
Did you hear about this? This WSOP is thinking about having the final table of the ME televised "live" 90 days after the tourney...kinda like Survivor, Biggest Loser, etc. After thinking about it, I think it is a great idea. It has proven to be a ratings bonanza for TV in the past, so why not try it. I know that now that I am more in tune with blogs and 2+2 and all live poker updates, I didn't look forward to ESPN's 2007 WSOP coverage near as much as 2006 or 2005. So, this works for me. They are going to have to dress it up a bunch as there is a LOT of downtime at a poker tourney, but I think this has potential. Knowing that they are going to have to be on a delay gives them some flexibility to put in the fluff pieces about people at the final table and still not worry about time constraints. If they find the right time for it, hopefully, they can block up enough hours to do it. Maybe bring ESPN2 into this.
Interesting post here from Leatherass. Gets you thinking about what you want to accomplish in poker. I am pretty sure I don't know yet for me.
Later all
Abby17
Played some HU this morning against the most ABC player I have ever seen. I worked really hard to trying to discover patterns and this guy was a wide open book. He checked ANY flop that didn't hit him and bet pot on any that did. Needless to say, I took him for 4 BI's.
Won a bit more on Bodog, then donked off almost $100 in dumb donkaments including a flip fest on FT. They run these super turbos which are $29 and you only get 100 chips. Blinds are 15/30 and 3 minute rounds. I passed for the first round and there were only 5 left. I ended up with all my chips in the middle with the hammer. It failed to live up to it's reputation, so that $29 was down the drain.
I have a long way to go to hit April goals, but I do know I will get the hands in. With The Spouse out of town, I have most nights to myself for the month, so hopefully, they will be good nights and I can turn this early April debacle around and charge toward my yearly goals.
I really want to be "up" enough by the early part of June to take part in 1 or both of FT and PS massive WSOP satellites. Both are around $5-600, so if I am above my goals by a grand at that point, I am going to do it.
Did you hear about this? This WSOP is thinking about having the final table of the ME televised "live" 90 days after the tourney...kinda like Survivor, Biggest Loser, etc. After thinking about it, I think it is a great idea. It has proven to be a ratings bonanza for TV in the past, so why not try it. I know that now that I am more in tune with blogs and 2+2 and all live poker updates, I didn't look forward to ESPN's 2007 WSOP coverage near as much as 2006 or 2005. So, this works for me. They are going to have to dress it up a bunch as there is a LOT of downtime at a poker tourney, but I think this has potential. Knowing that they are going to have to be on a delay gives them some flexibility to put in the fluff pieces about people at the final table and still not worry about time constraints. If they find the right time for it, hopefully, they can block up enough hours to do it. Maybe bring ESPN2 into this.
Interesting post here from Leatherass. Gets you thinking about what you want to accomplish in poker. I am pretty sure I don't know yet for me.
Later all
Abby17
Saturday, April 5, 2008
The new Roller Coaster
So, played a bunch today in 2 distinct sessions. In the first, I played really well and ran better. Up about $100 at FT and another $450 at Bodog. Really needed that to make up for some of the disaster of the last couple of days.
Session 2 was crazy. How bout -1200 to +200 to -400 to even. Actually up $50. I think this was likely a bit more of some bad play, some stubbornness on my part with my unwillingness to fold, and then getting lucky in a couple HUGE pots. This is the largest pot I have ever won at $200 and actually 4th largest at any limit. In addition, I had 2 other hands that are now in my Top 20 in terms of net $ won.
For 2 nights, I have had over $1000 at one table. Good thing tonight was it was mostly profit as opposed to yesterday.
Bodog History for Hand #1179326364
Hold'em No Limit ($1.00/$2.00) - 2008-04-04 22:41:28
Table 'High Chapparral (max 6)' 6-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: fov ($200.00)
Seat 2: TAKOMAN ($69.28)
Seat 3: Haruki ($269.50)
Seat 4: Blur_Status ($184.00)
Seat 5: Abby17 ($661.50)
Seat 6: GILLJR ($326.50)
------------------------------
NEW HAND
Blur_Status: posts the small blind $1.00
Abby17: posts the big blind $2.00
TAKOMAN: posts the big blind $2.00
--- DEALING POCKETS
Abby17 is dealt [Qh,Qs]
GILLJR: raises $7.00 to $9.00
fov: folds
TAKOMAN: raises $19.00 to $28.00
Haruki: folds
Blur_Status: folds
Abby17: raises $57.00 to $85.00
GILLJR: calls $76.00
TAKOMAN: goes all in $41.28
--- DEALING FLOP [Th,Jc,2h]
Abby17: bets $240.28
GILLJR: calls $240.28
--- DEALING TURN [2d]
Abby17: bets $2.00
GILLJR: goes all in $1.22
$0.78 is not called, return back to Abby17:
TAKOMAN: shows [Ad Kc]
Abby17: shows [Qh Qs]
GILLJR: shows [Ac Qd]
--- DEALING RIVER [2s]
Abby17: shows [Qh Qs]
GILLJR: shows [Ac Qd]
TAKOMAN: shows [Ad Kc]
Hand 1179326364:
Abby17: wins side pot($512.31)
Hand 1179326364:
Abby17: wins main pot($207.97)
As for the Final Four tomorrow, let me step out on a limb and take a couple of #1 seeds :)
I will take Memphis and NC. May even bet them so I have reason to watch.
Abby17
Session 2 was crazy. How bout -1200 to +200 to -400 to even. Actually up $50. I think this was likely a bit more of some bad play, some stubbornness on my part with my unwillingness to fold, and then getting lucky in a couple HUGE pots. This is the largest pot I have ever won at $200 and actually 4th largest at any limit. In addition, I had 2 other hands that are now in my Top 20 in terms of net $ won.
For 2 nights, I have had over $1000 at one table. Good thing tonight was it was mostly profit as opposed to yesterday.
Bodog History for Hand #1179326364
Hold'em No Limit ($1.00/$2.00) - 2008-04-04 22:41:28
Table 'High Chapparral (max 6)' 6-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: fov ($200.00)
Seat 2: TAKOMAN ($69.28)
Seat 3: Haruki ($269.50)
Seat 4: Blur_Status ($184.00)
Seat 5: Abby17 ($661.50)
Seat 6: GILLJR ($326.50)
------------------------------
NEW HAND
Blur_Status: posts the small blind $1.00
Abby17: posts the big blind $2.00
TAKOMAN: posts the big blind $2.00
--- DEALING POCKETS
Abby17 is dealt [Qh,Qs]
GILLJR: raises $7.00 to $9.00
fov: folds
TAKOMAN: raises $19.00 to $28.00
Haruki: folds
Blur_Status: folds
Abby17: raises $57.00 to $85.00
GILLJR: calls $76.00
TAKOMAN: goes all in $41.28
--- DEALING FLOP [Th,Jc,2h]
Abby17: bets $240.28
GILLJR: calls $240.28
--- DEALING TURN [2d]
Abby17: bets $2.00
GILLJR: goes all in $1.22
$0.78 is not called, return back to Abby17:
TAKOMAN: shows [Ad Kc]
Abby17: shows [Qh Qs]
GILLJR: shows [Ac Qd]
--- DEALING RIVER [2s]
Abby17: shows [Qh Qs]
GILLJR: shows [Ac Qd]
TAKOMAN: shows [Ad Kc]
Hand 1179326364:
Abby17: wins side pot($512.31)
Hand 1179326364:
Abby17: wins main pot($207.97)
As for the Final Four tomorrow, let me step out on a limb and take a couple of #1 seeds :)
I will take Memphis and NC. May even bet them so I have reason to watch.
Abby17
Friday, April 4, 2008
Good god
Ok...the first 1000 downswing sucked...how bout another one back to back? This one actually doesn't hurt as much for some strange reason. Probably because it was over 1800 at one point and I whittled it down to 500 then dropped another 500 to make it an even grand.
Enough poker. Anyone seen this site? It is crazy funny. I live for sports and this is just totally hilarious. My guess is everyone already knew about this site, but I am last on the bandwagon. Listening to some of the dumb things that announcer say is priceless.
Am I the only one that worries about the power of ESPN? They are everywhere and yet rarely if ever break any stories or do any hard reporting. They live for softball questions and have a bunch of so called experts that give a ton of fluff. But, yet, they continue to grow and morph into one of the biggest powers in the media.
Well, it is back to the grind tomorrow. I plan on playing a bunch on FT - both HU and some tourneys. Wish me luck!
That is all for now.
Game Set Nintendo
Enough poker. Anyone seen this site? It is crazy funny. I live for sports and this is just totally hilarious. My guess is everyone already knew about this site, but I am last on the bandwagon. Listening to some of the dumb things that announcer say is priceless.
Am I the only one that worries about the power of ESPN? They are everywhere and yet rarely if ever break any stories or do any hard reporting. They live for softball questions and have a bunch of so called experts that give a ton of fluff. But, yet, they continue to grow and morph into one of the biggest powers in the media.
Well, it is back to the grind tomorrow. I plan on playing a bunch on FT - both HU and some tourneys. Wish me luck!
That is all for now.
Game Set Nintendo
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
The Good, Bad and Ugly
First things first, I am an idiot. I FORGOT about the Bodonkey. Now sure how that is possible other than I didn't even open Bodog tonight.
The good - First double cash in the Daily Double. Woo Hoo
The really good - 6th in DD A - $409 for the good guys.
Bad - 2nd overall for best finishes. That just blows. Coulda been another $800 or so.
Played well, ran well, now too juiced to go to sleep.
Also, played $100 HU for the first time. Just ran over a guy for $170 profit. So, all in all a damn good night. Over 35% of my way to April goal on the first damn day!!
Abby17
The good - First double cash in the Daily Double. Woo Hoo
The really good - 6th in DD A - $409 for the good guys.
Bad - 2nd overall for best finishes. That just blows. Coulda been another $800 or so.
Played well, ran well, now too juiced to go to sleep.
Also, played $100 HU for the first time. Just ran over a guy for $170 profit. So, all in all a damn good night. Over 35% of my way to April goal on the first damn day!!
Abby17
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Bodonkeyness Tonight
Looking to follow up on my pro-busting this week with what I am sure will be a specatular flame out in the blogger tourney at Bodog. 8:05 PM CDT. Come join the hilarity. Quite possibly one of the tightest tournaments in the history of the interweb.
Looking to move up from 23rd into the Top 18 so I can play in the final 18 person SnG and likely finish 2nd and jump off a bridge.
Abby17
Looking to move up from 23rd into the Top 18 so I can play in the final 18 person SnG and likely finish 2nd and jump off a bridge.
Abby17
Out like a lion, urr, a lamb
So, yesterday being the last day of March, I wanted to get a bunch of hands in to try and hit my March goals. Well, I ended up playing only for about 90 minutes with some moderate success. Up a bit less than $100 for the night; which isn't bad, but didn't get my goal.
So, on to April. Good thing about April is that I have RB coming from my friends at www.rakerecovery.com. They are great to work with...Beanie and the boys. So, that amount alone is over 10% of my April goal.
Big plans for Saturday. Going to likely play in a Bodog WSOP sat. Being home alone should help me focus and who knows, maybe I will be the next Jamie Gold. Gotta shoot for something.
Wish me luck
So, on to April. Good thing about April is that I have RB coming from my friends at www.rakerecovery.com. They are great to work with...Beanie and the boys. So, that amount alone is over 10% of my April goal.
Big plans for Saturday. Going to likely play in a Bodog WSOP sat. Being home alone should help me focus and who knows, maybe I will be the next Jamie Gold. Gotta shoot for something.
Wish me luck
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