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[Jun. 18th, 2005|07:57 pm] |
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So a couple of weeks ago I decided that I had had enough of just working breathing eating and sleeping, so I decided that it was time to TRY to start a new band. I've already played with most of the people that I know around here and decided that rather than try to rehash, I would just try to find new people. As luck would have it, a really cool and nice guy name Steve responded for the drum spot...He's done a lot more musically than I have as far as touring and being on a lable and stuff, but, he said he's down to try. I was feeling lucky so I put an as on CL for a bass player. I got some weird "pro gear, got the attitude" responses..but was no not getting anyone that seemed like real potential. I really want to play with people around my age, and around the same place in life ( i.e. not all fucked up on drugs, STILL). I was starting to lose the faith, it seemed like such a shame that Steve was so rad and ready and there was no real hope for bass. SO then , I saw an ad for a bass player looking and I responded. Well, Steve and I met him today, and I AM SO EXCITED. He's really nice, not all fucked up, wants to play, and wants to do the same kind of stuff as we do!!! We're going to all three get together Monday to check it out....I fucking hope they like me and my songs.........
excited, nervous, and well, HOPING....... I really need this,and I'm gonna start using this thing more often so I can remember shit. |
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| 2 hours??? |
[Jun. 8th, 2005|08:09 pm] |
Damn. I went to the WSOP praying that I wouldn't be first out. I wasn't. Too bad I was still a big suck, and only lasted 2 hours. 1 hour 47 minutes if you want to be exact ( sometimes owning a watch can be a bad thing). It was however one of the coolest things I have ever done. I guess I'm a poker superfan because I was so into getting pics. I got pics of Howard L, Scotty nguyen, JOhn Juanda, Marcel Luske, Eric Lindgren, Chris Ferguson, Jennifer Harman, Andy Bloch, Robert Williamson .........I am gonna put em up if I can. I WAS SO DAMN EXCITED, that I played like a fool, I basically played like someone who didn't want to get knocked out. I played like someone who was praying just one more hand....I was playing the weakest tighest game of my life. Doyle Brunson was at my table...how cool is that???!!! OK so they're just people.........but damn. Um, yeah..didn't mind being dead money this time, it was a 1500 dollar buy in......but next time, they'll have to be just people.
XOXO,
"dead money" Dana |
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| Jimmy Eat World |
[May. 13th, 2005|07:27 pm] |
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I haven't written in this thing since last year....wow. I still play cards, but not as much. I bought a house and am scared to lose the mortgage.
We went to see Jimmy Eat World on Tuesday night. I so wish I was going again tonight, but I didn't buy tickets and am too lazy to hunt down a pair on Craigslist. The shows Tuesday was good, but I had to leave early. The worst band in the world played a forever supporting set, and hogged up the whole night! Take my advice, Taking Back Sunday should be renamed Taking Back SUCKday...I have never heard such passionate screaming that is out of key and tries to pass itself off as being oh so emotional...suck, contrived, suck, wannabe, suck.
On the other hand, JEW was great, at least the five songs I got to see were. I know it's dorky to like the Live 105 "mallternative", but I think they have some damn good pop songs. Now if only that singer guy would get his eyebrows waxed. They are famous enough these days that he should be able to afford a day at a salon, at this point those things are straight up "whybrows?".
I really like the song WORK.
peace out. |
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| Online + PP multi |
[Jun. 28th, 2004|07:29 am] |
So I can't remember my last update but I think I was doin okay online...I've been continuing to play mostly SNG's, and 3 Table SNG's, but I also did a 30 dollar multi last night. I came in 8th out of 680 players for a $430 win. I am glad, but I'm SO MAD, I really wanted to win, and was calm cool and collected until the final table...I had been playing tight, with a healthy dose of luck once or twice, and had been revived from the near dead a total of three times, to begin the final table with an mid sized stack...but instead of playing tight I got tired of having my blinds stoled ( which were quite high by now), so I loosened up....called w/ J8 suited, made nothing. Called with one other hand, can't remember what, and found myself with just over 33,000 in chips, barely enough for one hand! So I raised with top pair, made 2p on the turn, and got rivered by a flush, c'est la vie....I think I freaked out or something because I definately shouldn't have loosened up...
oh well, I'm trying to be glad that I made it that far...stats for the week:
PP SNG's single table: nada, zip, zilch, I suck -100
PP 3 table NL SNG: 4th +120
PP ring games: +10
PP multi: +430
week: +460 |
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| yay ben! |
[Jun. 22nd, 2004|08:13 am] |
I think it's totally cool that Ben Affleck won that tournament down south...um, but then again I MIGHT be biased!
I've been back to playing. After I returned from Vegas it got crazy at work and I didn't have much time, but I played a bit on Party...mostly NLHE. I'm really am starting to prefer tournament style games as opposed to the ring games I can't beat! I WAS trying to play the $25NL tables because they are supposed to be so soft, but after getting my butt kicked all over the place I realised that I was the one softening them! I wish NL wasn't so darn popular, either that or I wish I had it in me to be more aggressive and the ability to play it properly...but I SUCK at NL.
So the three table sit n go's on Party are fun. I've done four of them and made it to the money twice ( 2nd in one, and 1st in one...5th in one, and 11th in one). I've also been doing fine in the single table sit n go's...I've been playing mostly 30 dollar tables with a couple of 50. My BR is just a touch over a thousand since I re-bought for 75 about 2 weeks ago, it's been up and down, but I won a 50 dollar SNG yesterday and that helped.
I also have a little bit of money in my Stars account, mostly because I want to try and win a seat in one of the LHE events of the WCOOP. I played in a shootout sattelite and beat my first table, but came in 4th overall and won back my buy in. I also won a heads up SNG, so I'm up a little bit there...but I still want a seat!!
I bubbled pretty hard at Garden City on Sunday..dissapointing, but I did the best I could...still, I would rather go home early on a work night. Other than that there's not a lot more to add...I lost 2 racks on Saturday night playing 8-16 with a 1/2 kill....I just am not aggressive enough to withstand the pressure of other peoples bets....so I'm going to keep my wits and stick to SNG's for now. Is it possible that maybe I'm just not a good ring game player? I tend to be tight, rarely bluff, and let go of hands when I'm not sure if I'm ahead...it works for me in tournament situations....hmmmm.
Since Saturday:
Party:
1st @ 3 table: +280
1st @ 50SNG:+250
6th @ 50SNG: -55
overall:+475
Stars:
4th shootout sattelite: even money
1st heads up SNG: +19
overall: +19
B&M Games:
8-16: -400 (ouch!)
Sunday LHE tounament:-100
overall: -500
total since sunday: -6 |
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| hooray im writing again |
[May. 25th, 2004|02:33 pm] |
I just got back from Las Vegas...it was so much fun. I played lots of cards, lost a little, but definately it was worth it!
Day 1 ( friday ) - We left for Vegas late Thursday night, and FINALLY arrived ( 7 hrs. and one speeding ticket later). We check into our crappy motel ( it was cheap and recommended by a friend...I should never listen to friends), and hit the hay. I can almost never sleep when in Vegas, it's one part excitement, and one part more excitment. We all woke up at around eleven ( fours hours after arriving ), and of course the first thing I wanted to do was head downtown to do some star gazing. Apparently I am the only dork on the planet interested in seeing the "TV" players. We arrive at Binions's and it's packed. I have NEVER seen the poker area so full of players. I went to the shameful low limit back section ( the front was being used for higher limit No Limit, Pot Limit, and Limit games), I put myself on the 6-12 list which was fairly short and got a seat about twenty minutes later. It was pretty much a rock garden for a the first two hours, I won a pot here and there, but lost many more by being way too loose at a tight table. At one point I was in almost three hundred, when the day crew went home and all of sudden there was some action. I love playing for the big pots, and actually prefer the late position suited one gappers to hands like A's and K's. I sat and waited for "pot odds", position, and playable hands. I was finally was blinding too far down and decided to had to play a hand. I saw 10-5 of spades in the BB and called a preflop raise on account of the four other people in the hand. The flop was nice 2 spades, and a gut shot stright draw for me. I check, the next guy bets, two people fold and I call all in...turn no help, he say "you may have my pair beat", and I say no way I need a spade or an eight. River comes an eight, and I have been spared the agony of defeat. From then on the table got just super easy to read....a couple of tight guys, a raise in any position with overcards weirdo, a couple of "by the book" players, and 2 locals grinding it out ( or something like that )...I started hitting hands and was on my way back!
The highlight of the night was when I got to piss of the Mr. Raise ( he started raising with not only over cards, but hands like 7-5 suited, etc...)...I'm on the button, two limpers, Mr.Raise, um, raises, and I look down to see 6-4o. I think to myself, If the board comes rags I MAY be golden because I know I can raise the other two out in my position, I call. The board comes 8,4,2...check, check, he bets, I raise my fours, everyone folds, he re-raises, I think, whoops this time he just may have something, but I'm NOT convinced , I call. he bets in the dark, now i KNOW he's full of shit, AND the board brings a 6, giving me extra confidence. I raise, he talks about how I suck and calls...river no help he checks, I bet, he calls. I show my two pair and he mucks his AK suited...now forgive me for not respecting the raise, but HAHAHA! He talks the most shit about how I play crap, I say yeah, but I was getting bored...he tells me I'll go broke, I encourage his tiltiness by saying I had him beat the whole time...he goes crazy, starts chasing..and is broke twenty minutes later....I LOVE POKER ASSHOLES.
So I finally turned my last forty into about 540, but I didn't want to get up....I loosened up quite a bit, and the table lost respect for my hands and I got sucked out on a few times ( I don't mind when that happens thought because thats what I get when I start to play any two will do position poker)...
The only other fun hand was: me = pocket Q's late position...it's called to me, I raise, and get three callers. The Board comes Q,8,8...now remember, NOONE repects me anymore because I've been winning with BAD hands.. SB check, BB check, next guy looks at me and says, I check, but I will check raise you if you bet. Now I think, I fucking love you, please don't be full of shit. I announce without fear, "then I bet" ( hoping that he would think that I was trying to test him)...call, call, he keeps true to his word,and raises his eight, I call, and the other two fold. He bets the turn, I call, and he bets the river..of course, I raise, but kindly tell him that unless he has quads he should fold ( because I suck and ALWAYS cost myself money by being nice )...he mucks and I show him the flopped full house...
I stayed too long and finally got up just a little above even, but I had so much fun!
I played for close to 13 hrs. straight, I'm sick.
More later.
People I met:
Felicia ( super nice )
Iggy ( he was going to play a WSOP satellite, I hope he won!)
and one other blogger but I can't remember who
People I saw:
Chris Moneymaker ( he's short!)
Juha whatever his last name is
People I wanted to see:
Gus Hansen
Ben Affleck |
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| Poker Champs |
[Mar. 19th, 2004|12:15 pm] |
So I've been taking a "break" from playing cards. What that means is I have a deal with my husband. I am not going to spend any of our money on cards until we have more in savings. Why? Because I'm a roller coastering maniac. I win, often, but I also lose, often. It's become too easy to play loose, and rebuy online...so I am working on self control.
That being said, I have still been playing a little, but for free. I have been practicing NL Holdem tournaments with a comp. program. I have come to the conclusion that I do not like No Limit. Never have. It's stressful, too popular ( I.E. too many people play all in with any two), and I am not aggressive enough. In life I have avery passive aggressive personality...this is also somewhat how I play poker. Limit suits me, I enjoy it, I'm a decent player as long as I'm not "playing bored", and I usually am able to control my losses if I'm having a bad session.
I find it extremely annoying that most big money tournaments are No Limit, I wish there were more limit events such as the PPM. I tried to win a seat, but missed out by 23 spots..c'est la vie, maybe next year.
I have also been participating in the Pokerchamps.com beta test. They run a friday-to-friday contest. You start with 10,000 in chips and after one week they pay in real money to the top finishers. 1st receives $100, 2-10 receive $50, 11-20 get $20, and 21-50 get $10....So I played for about and hour each day, mostly playing two tables at the 100/200 limit table, and I finished off last night playing 10/20 NL two tables....I came in eighth! So I now supposedly get $50 in real money to play with when the site goes live. It would be nice if this was real...we'll see if I ever see it. After doing this "challenge" I have come to the conclusion that I am much better at limit than NL....and I also don't care as much about the money as I do about beating other people ( yikes )... |
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| wow..this is boring |
[Mar. 3rd, 2004|09:24 pm] |
so I wrote about how I'm taking a break from cards and i cannot believe how boring it is. before i began playing online i played in ring games maybe twice a month in the local cardrooms, and if I did well maybe one or two tournaments....so then about three years ago I started playing on Party....it was amazing that i could play any time i felt like it...
well now that im supposed to be studying and focusing on my job..i am amazed at how often i would just plunk down in front of the comp and play cards...i played much better when i had to make an effort to go and do well because people were watching, and i didn't know the next time i'd be able to go to the cardroom.
i'm glad im taking a break, i'm thinking about giving up online poker altogether ( except for maybe the occasional tournment!)....i just don't know if faceless online poker has made me a sloppy player.....
it's just so easy to call one more bet, and so easy to rebuy....
on a side note...i am determined to use up these FPP points in the wpt/wsop satellites...did another 200FPP one, made it to 24 out of 240 w/ the top nine moving on.......ugh! |
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| I'm just not aggressive enough |
[Mar. 1st, 2004|02:20 pm] |
Well, I have had to make a promise to my husband to essentially stop most poker activity for the next couple of months. I have been offered a promotion at work but I must pass an exam to recieve my real estate license before I can move up. We have a deal that I cool it until I have passed, and also that we put lots and lots of money into savings, and in exchange I can begin playing again when all is done. On that note, my updates may become less frequent!
So, that aside I did try a 200FPP starts WSOP round 1 qualifier yesterday. I came in 26th out of 140 with the top nine moving on. I can't seem to play aggressively enough to survive the higher limits. It's total classic me. I play tight, but without nut or close to nut hands, I become a folding machine. I play squeaky tight...it sucks I want to win so bad that I essentially kill myself with conservatism. I read the books, I come up with the plans...and then....I FOLD AND FOLD AND FOLD.....I have no idea how to overcome this.
The last time I played in a really good live tournament I was jammin...I had started betting and raising in position to try and steal blinds...I thought I was gonna mke it...and then? POW! I raise K10 suited, run into QQ..half of my stack ..poof...then I raise AQ run into AK, and it's adios...so, like wtf? I is position aggression, or is it tight and right?
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| Blogger Tourney |
[Feb. 22nd, 2004|08:03 pm] |
Well, I am sure that I know what I'll be reading about on everyone's blogs! The Blogger Tourney on Choice Poker! I didn't actually play because I'm way to scared to let other bloggers find out what a fish I actually am :) That, and the fact that I was out most of the day and wasn't supposed to be home in time...
I however did make it in time to watch almost all of the tournament. Aside from it being so much fun to see "familiar" people actually PLAYING, it was also nice to be able to say hello...which brings me to my philosophical spot for the day...
Isn't it weird how the love of a certain passtime coupled with the internet can actually create weird community? It was SO ODD saying hello to people that I spend my days reading about...
And on a more sober note...
Went to Lucky Chances during the day yesterday to play in a 60 dollar no rebuy LHE tournament. I got some pretty good starting hands, but the table was very aggressive and I miss most on flops. I did however make four Jack pretty early on! At any rate I didnt even make it to the first break..I was pretty short chipped and waited for an "all in" hand, when I got AA in the SB...didn't hold up ( lost to Q-4 of course)..and then it was all about the ring games for the rest of the afternoon.
Ever play at one of those tables where the most obnixious, oblivious, annoying ass can't miss? Me too...so much fun to get my QQ crack by 10-4o, or to have my flopped top two pair rivered by the bottom pair who makes 3 of a kind for the umpteenth time. His wins only validated that yes you CAN play 9-5o in early position, all the way to the river and still win a shitload of money! heh, just as I was about to pick up my last twenty or so dollars ( at this point I had decided that poker wasn't really for me and that I ought to try a game that required more skill, like Pong )..I got lucky and won a couple of hands ( i'd like to point out that mister "its only chips" was sitting out)and actually got to leave for home up about 110.
Later that same day...
Went to Garden City, lost what I won earlier plus a little more, got tired, went home.
So thanks to all of the bloggers for playing such a fine tournament, I hope to join you in the next one....and I look forward to one day attending the sure-to-happen-one-day PokerBlogCon! ( go ahead someone, organize it!) :) |
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| oops i did it again |
[Feb. 18th, 2004|03:50 pm] |
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remember how i said i wouldn't move up to limits that were too high to support swings in my BR? rememeber how i was on fire and i had turned 30 dollars into a really nice amount? remember how i said this time it would be different?
well.
i'm an idiot.
i did the very thing i SWORE i wouldn't do. why? because i'm lame.
i took that stupid 800 dollars and thought i'd try the 15-30 ( just for a couple of hands), then I won!! i was up to 1600, but i just wanted to win a couple more....and then ...
i lost one.
and then i was telling myself, i'll just stay until i get back to 1600
then...
i lost another one ( fabulous draws, but couldn't catch)
then it was just one more, this is the one...1600, it's not so hard...
then before i knew it, i was below the 800 i started with ( boy there sure is a lot of capping at the 15-30, if i had a good roll, it seems to be a good game)...
i sat and sat, caught playable cards, but began chasing and chasing, missing and missing...
guess what? missing and chasing at the 15-30 is a very expensive ordeal.
i finally stopped when i was down to 250.00, but not for long! then i was all about getting back to 800.......so i thought the fastest way to do it was to play a little short handed 5/10....well, you can't win it back if your sick of playing, you can't win it back if you're on full blown tilt, you can't win it back if you don't admit that to turn 30 into 1600 involved more than my fair share of luck...i thought it was all skill, because i'm good dammit!!!
lost it all...and now i'm 1600 poorer, and a thousand times more humble.
i'm back to playing low limit, with self control, and patience ( after a few days off), and i now realise that the grind may be the grind, but it's better than the alternative. themost i can hope for now is to one day have the opportunity to have that kind of rush again, and the good sense to CASH OUT ( at least some of it), so that i CAN say that i'm a winner at online poker. |
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| so far so good |
[Feb. 13th, 2004|10:00 pm] |
I made it through Friday night w/out blowing all of the money! Yay! Thanks to some luck, a couple of idiots, and some well timed suckouts on my part I had a good night.
Party = +300
Stars = +46
Heh, what a difference between sites! One thing I HATE about Stars though is the miracles. The bad beats seem more scathing, and more frequent on that site,especially in tournaments.....maybe I'm just paranoid?
Anyways....I've decided to upload a picture sometime this weekend...I reading blogs/journals/and whatever the hell else they're called,but I especially like when I know what the person looks like....
Until then, Happy almost Valentines Day.....and good night. |
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| it'll all be gone by sunday |
[Feb. 13th, 2004|11:47 am] |
So I am doing well online. I ALWAYS do this though. I started the week w/ $30 on Party, and I did a $100 reload on Stars. I'm doing fine. It seems as long as I play at appropriate limits, watch for a table with some easy players, and catch cards, well I'm fine..I know how to play and I win, even if it's just a little.
THEN, I get all GAMBLE GAMBLE GAMBLE...I take my BR which is nice for the swings of a 2/4 or a 3/6...and I move on up to the 10/20.....now, I never have enough to play right at this limit ( not online at least)...but I still do it, and then I don't catch amazing cards...and POW! I'm back at the .50/1.00 trying to get back to the original thirty....
So, I KNOW I do this...I know I shouldn't.........but will I do it again? I hope not. Wish me luck....
Here are my friday stats:
Party: Monday = $30.00
Friday = $503.00
Stars: Wed. = $100.00
Friday = $200.00
BTW, does anyone else do this, or am I the only player alive with little or no self control? |
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| holy shit Ben Affleck? |
[Feb. 12th, 2004|05:55 am] |
Okay so in a couple of weeks they are having a big tournament over at Bay 101....its called the Shooting Star, and all of the now very famous professional tournament players are there with a bounty on them. Well I was looking at the site to see what events there were ( I want to play in a cheap one if I can...seems fun)...and who do i see on the celeb list??!! Ben "I'm so hot it's amazing" Affleck!! Um...yay~!
That rules because he is super cute...but it sucks because now I'm gonna have all of these daydreams about how he sees me win a big event and just HAS to have me ( I don't think my husband will mind, I mean come on it's Ben " I swear it's not a hairpiece" Affleck!!). The only other thing stopping me from running off into the sunset with Ben " I like big butts and I cannot lie" Affleck is the entry fee ( um, yeah the cheapest event is 550, I have a hard time forking over the cash for the 200 events...um, aside from that and the fact that I talk a big game but truth is I would never even walk into that cardroom unless i was playing in an event, and even then I could be sitting on Ben " I'll never win a tournament but it doesn't matter because I'm already rich" Affleck's lap and I still wouldnt even ask for a picture because stalking went out with Duran Duran in the 80's. Besides....I'm already married to a super cute poker playin one day we'll be rich kinda guy....sorry Ben, you must forget about me and concentrate on your game :P |
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| hate it |
[Feb. 11th, 2004|10:56 am] |
so aside from poker i have a job ( that was a joke, poker is most definately a hobby)...anyways, im a inside sales person for a mortgage broker/lender ( it's a glorified term for overpaid telemarketer)....anyways, it's pretty boys club here, all of the field reps, and LO's are men, but i asked for a promotion anyways, and you know what? they gave it to me. there is a field rep moving up in the ranks and an opening in our san jose office, so i thought i'd give it a shot. there was another phone rep up for the job, but they decided to give me a try instead.
but now............i'm kind agetting fucked around...they need to hire someone to fill my spot, so i started training but was pulled back inside until they found someone. THEN all the while immediate boss is telling me what a great field rep im gonna be, and how im going to do great...but i found out he's telling other people that i'm going to fail ( he hates to see any of us go out of his dept., PLUS, so far, i am the top producer for him and he makes commission off of the business i generate).
so now what? I am so mad I want to just work somewhere else...
on the poker side....i have been trying to play conservatively on party, and am finding the grind..well, ..a grind..however, i am winning because of it ( so far, please remember this is party which means: yes, my flopped set of aces did get cracked earlier by a runner runner flush)....but so far i have gone from $30 to $180 in two days playing 2-4, and 25 buy in pot limit HE.
i wish i could always win. |
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| You'll make me money... |
[Feb. 8th, 2004|09:24 am] |
I was told last night that I would make someone money in the long run....nice.
I had just moved to a shorthanded table with a couple of guys who looked like they watch lots of WPT. I was hoping they would play a little bit more predictably....
I sit down and am dealt 5-6o in the SB. Now I just sat down and am feelin a little action hungry ( not a crime right?)so I call the two more chips to see a flop. There are three of us in the hand. The BB raises. I say jokingly, "tell me next time when youre gonna do that", and I toss in three more ( im already half in, now i wanna see the flop). Well it comes K, 6, 3 . Now I have the 2nd pair, and I dont know how this guy plays...he could have two overs, a pp, suited connectors...so I check and call his very aggro bet ( it was SCREAMING get out of this pot, cuz i have NOTHING).
Turn, a 4...I'm open ended, w/ a PAIR, and I don't think he has a hand. Check, bet , call... river...the 2, I made a straight, BUT there is a flush, and there is still the other guy calling all the way...I check, mister "pro" bets, other guy folds, I call....He has shit, nada, nothing, Ace high ( he has AJ suited to be more specific).
I win, he calls the floorman to cry about my lousy hand, how I sucked out ( um, excuse me? my six had you the whole way einstein)...the floorman says wah wah wah..and I take in an eighty dollar pot.
At this point I'm THRILLED to be playing with this guy ( I love aggrssive players who dont know when to put on the brakes). Sad thing is, the table broke after that hand...but not until he showed his stellar social skills....I relent to his crying and say, "yeah I should have folded preflop, but don't worry you'll make money off of me in the long run "( mister bet the A high in early pos. w/ two callers...right!)...and of course he wholeheatedly agrees that in the end he'll have my chips, if he ever sees me there again ( I remember everyone, he's been a regular for MAYBE six months..I've been going there for 3-4 years...but i like to have em think that I'm new cuz poker was on the TV!).
To close out the encounter, when we break, has maybe 1 1/2 stacks...but I need two racks for my chips. Does he give me the rack thats on the table between us?...nope, he grabs it, smirks at me like "haha, i got it, nyah", and puts his teeny roll in it. No prob, there are plenty of racks in the place, and I've played the 8-16, if he thinks everyone is gonna fold just because he raises two overcards preflop, he'll be broke before midnight!
Yes, I made a loose call....soooooorry. Next time I promise, I'll be good girl and fold a winner because a raise pre flop is a scary thing. |
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| one more thing ( survivor ) |
[Feb. 2nd, 2004|03:58 pm] |
Survivor rules,and I think I "get" Richard Hatch. He is TRYING to make everyone hate him because....people don't vote off the bad guy becuase he is no threat, right? Who better to go up against in the final two than the one guy whom everyone thinks is a jackass. THEN he makes it to the final council, lets them know that this was his master plan all along, convinces them that HE played the best because his plan worked and got him this far,they agree that it's brilliant...and...he wins again, becuase he's a Survivor genuis.
Either that or he's just a jerk and I have way too much time on my hands. |
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| A New Swing Record ( for me) |
[Feb. 2nd, 2004|03:45 pm] |
So, I was running great this weekend at Party, until I got lame and decided to move up to a super too high limit ( because I'm SOOOOO good). Essentially I turned a $50 buy on Friday into a little over $800 by Sunday....and then I decided I would turn that into a billion....so I decided it would be fun to play in a tournament ( didnt even come close to the money), and then a couple of $50 sit n go's ( no money), and then when I was down to 600, I thought a little 10-20 short handed would be a great idea! ( I.. am a jackass)...needless to say, I turned that money into just over 100, from there whittled it down to a stellar $6.75....luckily, I snapped out of my "I'm a great player" mode and started playing right and not chasing any and all flushes, straigh, and calling with Ace high becuase they might be trying to steal one...so I'm back to $101,and I intend to grind it back to something decent ( I hope)....but it never fails....I play fine, do well, and win money...then I catch gamble fever, and always end up playing in a limit too high for my BR and I lose my ass because I don't have enough for any type of swing....why do I do this?
I suck. |
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| Low Limit HE at the Bellagio |
[Feb. 1st, 2004|03:53 pm] |
I swear I love playing at the Bellagio. After playing mostly online for a while now I had forgotten what it was like to actually watch people and try to read them. It's definately half of the fun!
Now the Bellagio had been good to me so far ( the few times I've played there), and I think it's the best place I've played in. The first time I was there I remember winning a little over a thousand in just over three hours...now that was a perfect mix of people not being confident, catching cards, and making all ( well most) of my draws. It was that good this time, but ut was decent.
The first night started rough when my Q's were beat up by my neighbors J's ( he turned a set, I ...did not). I was thinking, this is SUCH a bitch...but, the table was soft and I knew if I were given some hands that I could win. Long story short, I doubled up and headed home...it was a very up and down ride becuase lots of the people were playing "book tight", and so it was OBVIOUS what they had, but I couldn't get there,and since I was in a "i'd rather lose it all than just break even" mood, I continued to try and draw out, and I got there. There were these three guys at my table who just thought I was about the worst player they'd ever seen....and when they questioned my Q-2o raise from the BB after the SB bet out on a K-Q-4 flop....well, I had had enough and HAD to tell em just a little about how I PLAYED ( not by their book, and YES I DO READ),it's IMPORTANT to read and understand many of these books, and it is equally important to adjust your play to match the table. They couldn't understand it...but on the other side 2 out of the three went broke, and the third rock caught some hands, and spent the rest of the night protecting his chips ( since when is there no gamble in poker?)..(btw the way as I type this I just hit one of my eight outs in a pot that didnt offer proper odds, so nyah :P )
WHY AM I THE ONLY PERSON THAT THINKS THAT IN A "I'VE READ PHIL HELLMUTHS BOOK", STARTING HAND, KIND OF GAME..IT'S OKAY TO WRECK YOUR TABLE IMAGE A LITTLE??! I think it gives you more action as long as you know when youre beat by a lot..and when you can draw out, piss em off, and get more action....
On to day two...
Perfect table...had to have thick skin for this one, MANY bad beats...there was this one maniac, who by the time that he had GIVEN me 400, I was practically in love..typical chip burner..total " I play good, when im winning" ...my ego is so big I'll re-raise and bet with nothing..and I wont even notice that the whole table knows im full of shit. I miss him and he will always hold a special place in my heart. Other than him there were maybe two others that I wouldnt want to tangle with ( I even laid down K's on a flop w/ an ace....proud of me?)...So basically between the maniac, the chasers, and the cards I won around $550...and sad to say, that was it...time to return to San Jose...
So, I'm back to online and having a decent little run at Party, but the swings almost always get me...I want to go back to Vegas! |
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| Las Vegas Trip |
[Jan. 31st, 2004|01:25 pm] |
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Well, Ive been back for a week and have finally caught up on eating and sleeping.
I played a ton of poker in Vegas, mostly because I lost early on and was trying to catch up. **note to self** NEVER PLAY 2-4. We got in at about 11:30 on thurs. night, and although I instantly wasn't tired, we decided to go to bed and get up early for the 10AM tournament at the Mandalay.
We woke up around 730, got ready and headed over to the hotel. There were only five seats left when we got there ( it's a three or four table tourney), so we signed up, and got on the 4-8 list. I should have known it wasnt my lucky dau when on my first hand in the 4-8 I was dealt K's, on ly to lose heads up to a runner runner mid-sized flush....nice! I made it to the final table in the tourney, but was knocked out first when I went all in w/ my short stack with Ah-5h, only to be raised and re-raised by pocket Q's and K's....no Ace for me, but they both flopped sets, and it's back to the crummy 4-8. Luckily my husband came in 5th for a five dollar profit on his buy in ( note the sarcasm please). Lost another rack at the table ( my fault, I was playing impatiently because I just wanted my FIRST rack back, lol). SO after much losing....we decided to try the Luxor instead. We met my Dad and went and checked into his condo thingie, and then after a little bit of rest we went back to play in the 7 p.m. tourney ( at the Luxor)....
I sat at a 2-4 table while I waited for the trouney to start...it was ssooooooo lame. First off let me back up, the room at the Luxor is lame period. It started with the RUDE floorman ( if you can call him that)...when I wanted on the list for the live games, he said we have 4-8,2-4, & 1-2...I said to give me 4-8, and 2-4...he asked if I wanted 1-2, and I said no thanks. That asshole called me "cocky" as I walked away...excuuuuuuuse me for not wanting 1-2, and after playing 2-4, I stand behind that decision, the damn slot machines are cheaper!
So I sat at the stupid fucking 2-4, and watched my top pair decent kicker get rivered by a gut shot str8 on the river ( oh, AND he had 10-5o, beautiful), stuff like that, all day..Now I KNOW I'm supposed to LOVE thest tables because in the long run blah blah blah...well I hate em...you can't tell at ALL what people have, because they don't even know....I like the tables with like two guys who havent a clue, a couple of rocks, maybe a guy from LA, and then some normal players...these are the tables i do the best at....long story short...didnt get any money out of anyone until I moved to the 4-8..( didnt place in the tourney either).
After the tourney I moved to another 2-4 ( they have like five tables, so the 4-8's NEVER had a seat)....played at yet another table full of people who probably thought that the mirrored sunglasses were really upping the stakes at the high rolling 2-4...sat next to a dealer ( working as a prop), who almost mucked her full house to a flush ( she did lots of other stuff too, and I'm not quite sure how she got a job dealing, but she was a nice lady)...long story short...I won back about 75 of my dollars ( and at this point I was down about 300)..
Next day I decided to give the small tourney one more shot...4 tables, I came in 5th ( but I think it helped that I was just a helpless lil girl..., because the big stack was being really kind to my short stack)...won 65 dollars, and sat at a **gasp** 4-8...it was instantly better. There were still bad players ( including me sometimes), but for the most part, less sucking out. I never once had my A's cracked by J3o. The BB at the Luxor is only a 1/2 bet, so I did lots of limping 9 even with garbage if there were lots of players in and I was in late pos.)...and I got lucky and hit a good flop a few times. Classic case: I'm on the button w/ 4-2o, EVERYONE limps so I think fuck it, if I get lucky cool, if not it's 2 bucks...well, the flop? J-4-4 rainbow. Checked to two away from me..bet, I call, one other caller. Turn - x. Check,bet, I RAISE....anyways, basically I beat up the guy w/ top pair, who was so pissed that I would play that...
Anyways, I doubled up that session,a nd then started doing better...but I'm sick of typing...so I'll finish with the Bellagio later! |
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