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Forgot to post this earlier... as usual. I did get to play some on Stars Tuesday night and it was a virtual wash, though I was $9 to the good overall. I had two sick bubbles in a couple of 180s, finished 19th in a $12 and 22nd in the $36 one I played. Ugh.
I did win a $12 45-man and tacked on a third in another, but that was all I managed. At least that was better than getting zilch. I'm really hoping that once this weekend is over with I'll be able to start back with a more consistant schedule as far as running these Stars sessions.
May hasn't been the greatest but its not over yet. Not sure I'll really get the chance to fully make up for it as I'll be away this weekend, however I will have the laptop with me in case the urge for online poker hits me too hard to deny. The Turbo Takedown is Sunday and I have the points for it, but I'm not sure I can get away THAT long. I plan on winning ya know.
Friday, May 28, 2010
Monday, May 24, 2010
Breaking Even
As the title says I pretty much broke even over the weekend, ended up down about $30 technically. I had a couple of "almosts", the most notable of which was a 6th in a $44 turbo on Stars that was good for about $505 or so. Unfortuneately that was the bulk of my winnings.
I came close, even real close, to a few more deep runs in a few other games but I either couldn't win the race or found a monster and forgot to suck out. May has been a down month for sure, in fact it'll be my worst one ever unless a good bit of serious run-good comes my way in the next week or so.
Despite this, I'm still in a great frame of mind. I played well all month, in fact I've had very few "OMG WTF do I do here" moments and even those I felt I handled very well and with no regrets. Maybe I could have played a few hands here and there a bit differently if I were given the chance, sure. Overall I really don't have a ting to complain about (other than the fact that I'm losing).
Outside of poker, we went to see the latest Shrek flick, it was enjoyable at the least. A couple of good moments for sure, we enjoyed it. I've started up with the bowling league that my wife's company has each summer also. I hadn't bowled since the last one ended in August but I held up fairly well, rolling a 189, 173, and a 183 for the night. Better than expected.
Tonight its off to Marc's place for some social poker for money, then tomorrow I'll hit up Stars in order to clear the rest of a bonus and hopefully erase some of May's losses while I'm at it. We'll see how that goes!
I came close, even real close, to a few more deep runs in a few other games but I either couldn't win the race or found a monster and forgot to suck out. May has been a down month for sure, in fact it'll be my worst one ever unless a good bit of serious run-good comes my way in the next week or so.
Despite this, I'm still in a great frame of mind. I played well all month, in fact I've had very few "OMG WTF do I do here" moments and even those I felt I handled very well and with no regrets. Maybe I could have played a few hands here and there a bit differently if I were given the chance, sure. Overall I really don't have a ting to complain about (other than the fact that I'm losing).
Outside of poker, we went to see the latest Shrek flick, it was enjoyable at the least. A couple of good moments for sure, we enjoyed it. I've started up with the bowling league that my wife's company has each summer also. I hadn't bowled since the last one ended in August but I held up fairly well, rolling a 189, 173, and a 183 for the night. Better than expected.
Tonight its off to Marc's place for some social poker for money, then tomorrow I'll hit up Stars in order to clear the rest of a bonus and hopefully erase some of May's losses while I'm at it. We'll see how that goes!
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Is This Thing On?
Wow, been some time since I've posted on here! I've been pretty busy with other things outside of poker so this is why I haven't really been on here in the last few weeks. What I have played hasn't been noteworthy as I'm down for the month. However I feel I've continued to play well so I really can't complain about it too much.
I put in a good 30 game session last night and ended up down aout $300 overall but I came close a few times. A break here or a card there and I could have come out of this little downswing in a big way. I ended up 13th in the $33 Turbo on Full Tilt and 10th in a $44 Turbo on Stars while also taking 5th on Cake in the $22 Turbo Bounty. The first two in particular could have been really big if I could just win a hand deep.
I had a few other smaller cashes along the way but once again it was Poker Stars that really denied me anything special. No matter how well I'm playing it seems something always goes against me when I'm deep in a game there. Sure, 10th in that $44 game is pretty decent but I'd like to actually win something eventually. I have everywhere else, why not there? One day I'll get it.
I was going to play today as well but the life of a family man is never clear. Looks like I've somehow committed to other things and I'll miss out on the usual Sunday afternoon schedule. I might still play in the Pokerology freeroll but that's about it since I may need to leave the house at a moment's notice.
With luck I'll play some 180s this week and hopefully get a full weekend slate in as well. If I do I might just remember to post something again.
I put in a good 30 game session last night and ended up down aout $300 overall but I came close a few times. A break here or a card there and I could have come out of this little downswing in a big way. I ended up 13th in the $33 Turbo on Full Tilt and 10th in a $44 Turbo on Stars while also taking 5th on Cake in the $22 Turbo Bounty. The first two in particular could have been really big if I could just win a hand deep.
I had a few other smaller cashes along the way but once again it was Poker Stars that really denied me anything special. No matter how well I'm playing it seems something always goes against me when I'm deep in a game there. Sure, 10th in that $44 game is pretty decent but I'd like to actually win something eventually. I have everywhere else, why not there? One day I'll get it.
I was going to play today as well but the life of a family man is never clear. Looks like I've somehow committed to other things and I'll miss out on the usual Sunday afternoon schedule. I might still play in the Pokerology freeroll but that's about it since I may need to leave the house at a moment's notice.
With luck I'll play some 180s this week and hopefully get a full weekend slate in as well. If I do I might just remember to post something again.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
More Fun Times
I managed to play about 30 or so games on Saturday and came out pretty happy with it all. I had a couple of deep runs, most notably in the Daily Double A on Full Tilt and the $27.50 turbo MTT on Stars. I made the final table in both but came out 4th and 9th respectively. I also FTed the $13 turbo MTT on Bodog for the second week in a row but ended up at 7th this time.
Played in the home games last night and also fared very well there, chopping the first game heads-up and outright winning the second one, both times against our friendly co-host Phil. We actually had 12(!) people for the first game... talk about a crowded table! All in all there weren't any problems though.
With jai-alai being finished, I suppose the wife and I will be heading to the movies for the next few Saturday mornings. Got plenty of stuff coming out that I personally wouldn't mind seeing. The Losers, Kick-Ass, Iron Man 2, the new Shrek, Robin Hood, and a few others I can't recall off the top of my head. Should be an entertaining summer of movies.
Played in the home games last night and also fared very well there, chopping the first game heads-up and outright winning the second one, both times against our friendly co-host Phil. We actually had 12(!) people for the first game... talk about a crowded table! All in all there weren't any problems though.
With jai-alai being finished, I suppose the wife and I will be heading to the movies for the next few Saturday mornings. Got plenty of stuff coming out that I personally wouldn't mind seeing. The Losers, Kick-Ass, Iron Man 2, the new Shrek, Robin Hood, and a few others I can't recall off the top of my head. Should be an entertaining summer of movies.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Catching Up
Wow, didn't realize it had been two weeks since I was here. I've been fairly busy with things like taxes, poker, homework and even the last weekend of jai-alai. Overall things have been good so don't fear the worse because of my absense here!
We'll skip anything about taxes except that I am getting a refund, yay. As far as jai-alai went we finally came out ahead, and by a good margin too! Maggie hit on a trifecta box bet and Marc and I also hit on a shared one. My friend and co-worker John came with us and he hit a couple bets as well. Good times.
OK, poker has been solid also. I've managed to grow the bankroll high enough that I've played my first $55 MTTs this past weekend, one of which I just missed cashing on, ugh. Anyway, I had a couple nice hits on Bodog with a win in the $11 Super Turbo at 2:30pm on week for about $150 and a win in the $13 turbo $2K GTD this past weekend that was worth $600. I also nabbed second in the $35 turbo there ($448) and also had some good cashes sprinkled around most of the other sites.
I've also tried to take time to review some of my games and see if I can't get a little better at taking advantage of leverage situations late in the 45 and 180-man games. I think the biggest adjustments I need to make is just learning with of the players are good regulars and how they would respond to different spots. Also, I feel ICM comes into play a little differently than I'm accustomed to since I'm really more tuned to a 9-player SNG. Speaking of those, I haven't played the first one of those games this whole month... I wonder if its time I left those behind.
OK, that should catch everything up. I'll see if I can't do a better job of keeping this updated now that I'm back on a more normal schedule.
We'll skip anything about taxes except that I am getting a refund, yay. As far as jai-alai went we finally came out ahead, and by a good margin too! Maggie hit on a trifecta box bet and Marc and I also hit on a shared one. My friend and co-worker John came with us and he hit a couple bets as well. Good times.
OK, poker has been solid also. I've managed to grow the bankroll high enough that I've played my first $55 MTTs this past weekend, one of which I just missed cashing on, ugh. Anyway, I had a couple nice hits on Bodog with a win in the $11 Super Turbo at 2:30pm on week for about $150 and a win in the $13 turbo $2K GTD this past weekend that was worth $600. I also nabbed second in the $35 turbo there ($448) and also had some good cashes sprinkled around most of the other sites.
I've also tried to take time to review some of my games and see if I can't get a little better at taking advantage of leverage situations late in the 45 and 180-man games. I think the biggest adjustments I need to make is just learning with of the players are good regulars and how they would respond to different spots. Also, I feel ICM comes into play a little differently than I'm accustomed to since I'm really more tuned to a 9-player SNG. Speaking of those, I haven't played the first one of those games this whole month... I wonder if its time I left those behind.
OK, that should catch everything up. I'll see if I can't do a better job of keeping this updated now that I'm back on a more normal schedule.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Simple Update
I have been playing my HUSTs but really not much else this week. I elected to throw in two 7.50STx45 and a 15STx45 games yesterday to mix it up since they don't take all that long to play. I busted the two 7.50s but I won the 15 for $240. Yay! I think I won as an underdog vs two players when all-in at least twice in the win. I also managed to 66>88 6-handed but almost found a way to blow it HU but I got it done somehow. I'll take it any way I can.
I've been busy screwing with Camtasia and took the last couple of nights to record a review of the hand history of that MTT win I had on Saturday. All of them are going to end up being posted on www.pokerology.com via YouTube, so if you have any interest at all listening to an idiot babble about poker, be my guest. I'm really doing it for my own benefit since reviewing games and such is something I should be doing. As it turns out I think I found at least a few spots that I could have played differently or learn from so I'm glad I did it.
Tonight I might get to play, but I wouldn't be surprised if I won't be able to until Saturday. I have a couple freerolls then and I'm looking to put in a full day and night of games. Maybe something interesting will happen again!
I've been busy screwing with Camtasia and took the last couple of nights to record a review of the hand history of that MTT win I had on Saturday. All of them are going to end up being posted on www.pokerology.com via YouTube, so if you have any interest at all listening to an idiot babble about poker, be my guest. I'm really doing it for my own benefit since reviewing games and such is something I should be doing. As it turns out I think I found at least a few spots that I could have played differently or learn from so I'm glad I did it.
Tonight I might get to play, but I wouldn't be surprised if I won't be able to until Saturday. I have a couple freerolls then and I'm looking to put in a full day and night of games. Maybe something interesting will happen again!
Monday, April 5, 2010
Chugging Along
Made it through another weekend and I did manage to play a good amount of poker again. I think I ended up playing about 50 games and came out with a profit, which is always nice. The one that made the weekend was on UB where I won a MTT for $750 on Saturday. This was one of the promotional MTTs from their Leaderboard Challenge. I doubt I'll be able to play anywhere near enough of these to qualify high enough to get anything for it but with a win already under my belt, who knows.
I've also continued to play around with Camtasia, which is the program I'm using to make the videos. Pretty neat little gadget to use to film what is on your computer screen. I'm letting Pokerology host whatever I record so if you wanna take a look, be my guest. I'm by no means claiming to know what I'm doing or talking about but its been a lot of fun doing it.
In other news, I thought "Clash Of The Titans" was good but not great, we did win a bet at jai-alai again (but still burned money overall) and I've just come to the realization that I really should go ahead and do my tax return. Ugh.
I've also continued to play around with Camtasia, which is the program I'm using to make the videos. Pretty neat little gadget to use to film what is on your computer screen. I'm letting Pokerology host whatever I record so if you wanna take a look, be my guest. I'm by no means claiming to know what I'm doing or talking about but its been a lot of fun doing it.
In other news, I thought "Clash Of The Titans" was good but not great, we did win a bet at jai-alai again (but still burned money overall) and I've just come to the realization that I really should go ahead and do my tax return. Ugh.
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