It's been a while.
The Good:
Had my first, hopefully of many, 6 figure score. 7 way chop of the Feb. 2010 FTOPS ME. Was pretty exciting, but disappointed that I didn't win. I was open for chopping because we didn't reach the final table until about 8am EST. I was beyond tired. The frustrating part of the situation was that after the chop, I didn't realize that there was still money on the table to play for. This was my first chop on FTP since they released the automatic chop tool. So, I played half-heartedly thinking that all of the money was accounted for. Oh well, I expect to be back at a major final table in the near future. I'll TID then.
Also, won a Bracelet Race package on FTP. These are pretty cool. My third year winning a package. Hopefully, I can win the "real" package, a WSOP ME seat.
The Bad:
Running like shit on FTP. The doomswitch is on full blast right now. Killing my drive and confidence. Haven't done much of anything since the FTOPS final table.
The Ugly:
After chopping the 10re in Jan., don't think I've come close to even sniffing a final table. Running horribly on there like it's 2007. That resulted in me not playing on Stars on even a semi-semi-regular basis util January 2009. Hasn't gotton to that point, but it's getting close.
That's it for now. Good luck at the tables.
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Friday, April 16, 2010
Friday, October 9, 2009
The Comeback of All Comebacks
Well, the streak of venting on this blog leading to a tourney score continues. A couple days after my quick rant, I finally made a final table and closed the deal. This was a decent pickup, financially and emotionally.
I was able to keep my composure after getting pretty short stacked to make the final two tables. Then I sucked out versus a reg to make the final table. When HU came along I started down 3 to 1, but was able to take the chip lead. Then I managed to get down $73k to $1.4M and win the tourney. This was just amazing. Granted there was some luck involved, but a comeback that I'm proud of nonetheless. Hopefully, this will kick start my next upswing.
Note: My downswing on fulltilt is still in effect, so I am free to bitch about that. :-)
Suckout #1 vs PetieBigStacks from FullTilt:
I have shoved over this guys button raises 2 or 3 hands in a row and was counting on him making a tilt call.
I started HU down 3 to 1 and this save on the turn was a sign of things to come.
I was hoping for a hero call since I played my hand pretty weak.
After managing to take the chip lead, I got it in with a draw, only to be drawing dead on the turn. Notice my stack at the end of the hand. I am down to about $73k.
The start of my run.
I win a 60/40.
Suckout #2.
A sick hold.
I was able to keep my composure after getting pretty short stacked to make the final two tables. Then I sucked out versus a reg to make the final table. When HU came along I started down 3 to 1, but was able to take the chip lead. Then I managed to get down $73k to $1.4M and win the tourney. This was just amazing. Granted there was some luck involved, but a comeback that I'm proud of nonetheless. Hopefully, this will kick start my next upswing.
Note: My downswing on fulltilt is still in effect, so I am free to bitch about that. :-)
Suckout #1 vs PetieBigStacks from FullTilt:
I have shoved over this guys button raises 2 or 3 hands in a row and was counting on him making a tilt call.
I started HU down 3 to 1 and this save on the turn was a sign of things to come.
I was hoping for a hero call since I played my hand pretty weak.
After managing to take the chip lead, I got it in with a draw, only to be drawing dead on the turn. Notice my stack at the end of the hand. I am down to about $73k.
The start of my run.
I win a 60/40.
Suckout #2.
A sick hold.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
First MTT Win on Stars
Well, the poker gods shined on me once again after a bitch and whine post. On Sunday I won my first tourney on Stars. It was a $20 cubed for just under $9400. Not bad. For anybody looking for a nice deep stacked tourney for a low buy-in, I definitely recommend this 2pm-ish(EST) on Sundays. The initial $20 gets you 3k in chips. The rebuy gives you another 3k. So, that's a very deep 6k stack to start the tourney. I kinda just stumbled across this tourney. It's definitely on my regular Sunday tourney list now.
Usually, I try to capture a screenshot of all of my online poker milestone's but for some reason it didn't dawn on me til the next day that this was my first win on Stars. By the time that I realized this, the tourney lobby was already gone. Stars only keeps up the daily tourney lobbies for about 24 hours.
Because Stars offers chops, I would consider one if the chips are fairly even instead of flipping coins for a few thousand dollars. But this tourney was an exception. The other guy was so bad that I didn't even think of a chop. When we started I was down 2 to 1. After a while, I was up 4 to 1. Then I got unlucky when he hit trips on the river after all of the money was in on the turn. That gave him a 4 to 1 chip lead. Even at this point, I didn't think of chopping even if he wanted to. We were still deep and I had a huge skill advantage. So, as you know I ended up winning. It was only a day or two earlier that I told myself that I would buy that new Camaro after my next decent poker score. Well, this was the score. I contacted the dealership, but the problem now is trying to sell my current car. Hopefully, between now and the end of the summer I can win a lot more money and sell my car.
That's it for now. Good luck at the tables.
Usually, I try to capture a screenshot of all of my online poker milestone's but for some reason it didn't dawn on me til the next day that this was my first win on Stars. By the time that I realized this, the tourney lobby was already gone. Stars only keeps up the daily tourney lobbies for about 24 hours.
Because Stars offers chops, I would consider one if the chips are fairly even instead of flipping coins for a few thousand dollars. But this tourney was an exception. The other guy was so bad that I didn't even think of a chop. When we started I was down 2 to 1. After a while, I was up 4 to 1. Then I got unlucky when he hit trips on the river after all of the money was in on the turn. That gave him a 4 to 1 chip lead. Even at this point, I didn't think of chopping even if he wanted to. We were still deep and I had a huge skill advantage. So, as you know I ended up winning. It was only a day or two earlier that I told myself that I would buy that new Camaro after my next decent poker score. Well, this was the score. I contacted the dealership, but the problem now is trying to sell my current car. Hopefully, between now and the end of the summer I can win a lot more money and sell my car.
That's it for now. Good luck at the tables.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
First MTT Win of 2009
Well, it didn't take long to get my first win of the year. It's amazing how I literally went years without a single final table. The past two weeks I've had 3 wins, albeit in the same tourney, but wins nonetheless. And the past three months I've made a decent number of final tables. I'm very thankful and this is very encouraging for a strong 2k9.
Here are some hands from last night's win:
Hand #1: This hand sparked my deep finish. I was card dead for most of the beginning of this tourney. This was the first spot where I thought I could pick up some good chips uncontested or HU. Well, it didn't end up being uncontested or HU, but this win definitely propelled me for my run. It was kinda funny when the hands were shown, I was calling for the 9, but had no idea I had a lot more outs than just the 9. (7, 8, 9 or T)
Hand #2: In retrospect, and after some discussion with my coach, I realized that my play in this hand was pretty bad. I don't think it was awful because with my style I make a lot of high variance, high risk, reward type of plays that I have learned to deal with. KK+ is in my range for making this play.
I hadn't played with bdybldngpkrplyr prior to this tourney, but I know that he is a successful MTT player and was my biggest threat at the table. So, I was willing to gamble to get him out as quickly as possible. I just didn't think that it was this big of a gamble until the cards flipped over.
Hand #3 aka The Money Hand: We are about even coming into HU play. I had about $1.8M in chips and he had about $1.7M. I was able to grind away at him and get it in ahead for once.
Here are some hands from last night's win:
Hand #1: This hand sparked my deep finish. I was card dead for most of the beginning of this tourney. This was the first spot where I thought I could pick up some good chips uncontested or HU. Well, it didn't end up being uncontested or HU, but this win definitely propelled me for my run. It was kinda funny when the hands were shown, I was calling for the 9, but had no idea I had a lot more outs than just the 9. (7, 8, 9 or T)
Hand #2: In retrospect, and after some discussion with my coach, I realized that my play in this hand was pretty bad. I don't think it was awful because with my style I make a lot of high variance, high risk, reward type of plays that I have learned to deal with. KK+ is in my range for making this play.
I hadn't played with bdybldngpkrplyr prior to this tourney, but I know that he is a successful MTT player and was my biggest threat at the table. So, I was willing to gamble to get him out as quickly as possible. I just didn't think that it was this big of a gamble until the cards flipped over.
Hand #3 aka The Money Hand: We are about even coming into HU play. I had about $1.8M in chips and he had about $1.7M. I was able to grind away at him and get it in ahead for once.
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Back 2 Back
Wow!
Last night I took down the Nightly FTP $10 rebuy MTT. I also won this tourney in October, my first MTT win. The exciting part of this latest win is that I also won the tourney on Monday. Yeah. I won the $10 rebuy two nights back2back. That is sick. I really hope the end of 2008 is the precursor for a monster 2009.
Nam Le speaks the truth, in the December 23,2008(Vol. 21/No. 25) issue of Cardplayer:
"In tournaments, it's all about being positive. When good things happen and you're around positive people who do good things, it's contagious. It keeps your spirits up and your confidence high. Whenever somebody does well, it keeps the group's spirits up and everyone motivated to keep playing. This game is so grueling and we spend so much time on the road that it helps a lot whenever somebody does well' it picks us up"
Here are some hands from the two tourneys:
Hand #1 (12/22/08 Rebuy):
Hand #2 (12/22/08 Rebuy) aka The Money Hand: I was able to use a betting tell that I had picked up during the last three tables to slowly grind him down.
Hand #3 (12/23/08 Rebuy): This was a close call to me. I decided to pass up on my possible edge because I believed that I had a better edge against the field.
Hand #4 (12/23/08 Rebuy): Poker is easy. This hand erased a greater than 2 to 1 deficit going into HU.
Hand #5 (12/23/08 Rebuy) aka The Money Hand:
Last night I took down the Nightly FTP $10 rebuy MTT. I also won this tourney in October, my first MTT win. The exciting part of this latest win is that I also won the tourney on Monday. Yeah. I won the $10 rebuy two nights back2back. That is sick. I really hope the end of 2008 is the precursor for a monster 2009.
Nam Le speaks the truth, in the December 23,2008(Vol. 21/No. 25) issue of Cardplayer:
"In tournaments, it's all about being positive. When good things happen and you're around positive people who do good things, it's contagious. It keeps your spirits up and your confidence high. Whenever somebody does well, it keeps the group's spirits up and everyone motivated to keep playing. This game is so grueling and we spend so much time on the road that it helps a lot whenever somebody does well' it picks us up"
Here are some hands from the two tourneys:
Hand #1 (12/22/08 Rebuy):
Hand #2 (12/22/08 Rebuy) aka The Money Hand: I was able to use a betting tell that I had picked up during the last three tables to slowly grind him down.
Hand #3 (12/23/08 Rebuy): This was a close call to me. I decided to pass up on my possible edge because I believed that I had a better edge against the field.
Hand #4 (12/23/08 Rebuy): Poker is easy. This hand erased a greater than 2 to 1 deficit going into HU.
Hand #5 (12/23/08 Rebuy) aka The Money Hand:
Sunday, October 5, 2008
My First MTT Win
After years of playing poker, I've finally won my first tournament on 10/03/2008. It was such a relief and only further fed my hunger to be the best poker player that I can be. I crushed the final table. It wasn't pretty. I really liked the way that I turned up the heat. There was one hand during 3-handed play where I sucked out, but for the last couple of tables, that was the only time that I got my money in behind. Even then my tourney life wasn't only the line.Well, it took a while to get to my first final table and get that win, but wouldn't ya know, I made my second final table the very next night. This time it was the nightly $50 cubed on Full Tilt. It's funny how you can go from lovin life to hatin life. I was lovin life after winning on Friday. On Saturday, I was hatin life because I came to the final table, 2nd in chips, but finished 7th. I learned a lot from both finishes. Hopefully, with some more hard work and luck, it won't take long to get my next win.
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