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Poker Articles on 05/2005
Tuesday, May 31 2005
UGLY...but could have been worse - In many ways poker mirrors life. In both poker and life you can be running good, but eventually something happens that humbles you. Tonight poker humbled me. I played six sit n gos, four 25s and two 55s. In those six tournaments I never finished higher th...
Memorial Monday - Well it was ugly to start (first of all I said I wasnt going to play today......ummm) Played in three tourneys: 1) $15_1 O/8, Penthouse to Outhouse in two hands, I was the chip leader, had a great hand (lots of outs) but couldnt draw out and then the nex...
The Importance Of Enjoyment In Poker - Well I made back $15 of the $18 I had lost in the last 2 days by multitabling 5 tables of .25/.50, but I suddenly realized something............I was not having fun or enjoying my poker. It may sound really crazy. I mean I was making about $30/hr becaus...
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Monday, May 30 2005
Bankroll Update - Bad accounting tracking has led me to update my bankroll situation. roll: 1512.21 (exactly) So i am doing a little better than I have been reporting. I think I might split up my stack and keep track of my one table SnG vs multi table tournaments. I...
Downward Swing - Down about $18 in the last 2 days. I have a bad habit I must break. When things are not going well I try different forms of poker. For instance if my ring games are bad I try a MTT or a SNG. I am finding this is a useless proposition. I think it may ...
Sunday Sunday Sunday - Well my sunday started good, went cold, then.....as we are playing right now....who knows. Well the good and the ugly. The good, jumped on a 15 plus 1 and finished 3rd in a PL O/8 game. Net so far, up 11. Jumped on $20+2 PL holdem game, plenty of player...
Patience.............Dillegence - Week 4 is not off to a blistering start to be sure. Although only in the second day of my poker week yesterday was a losing day. Started off yesterday morning with a 3 hour session that only netted $3.25 and followed that by losing 2 $1 MTTs and losing ...
Saturday Night Fever - I only played one tournament $25+2 after taking a bad draw out in a live game and took it down after really having some monster hands and not getting sucked out. Most of the hands that i was the favorite ended up holding up and got heads up with a very l...
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Sunday, May 29 2005
Dealer: Mstermisty wins the tournament - congratulations! - After a frustrating week, that phrase is a welcome sight. I picked up an $80 bonus early on today in PokerStars today (free money--god bless them) and then moved back in to an old, yet familiar account: Mstermisty. Mstermisty got it done, and I made $169...
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Saturday, May 28 2005
Week 3 - With the third week complete the road to pro has gone mostly smooth. The positive sessions this week was a thrill to have. At the end of week 2 the Poker Stars account had $34.15 in it. After a week of playing mostly .25/.50 the account now stands at $...
Johnny Dangerously - Barely played any poker today. Lost $27. Bankroll: $4306. In other news: over an eight hour period today I ate four Reeses peanut butter cups. Each time I nibbled completely around the outside before eating the middle part. Admittedly though I felt a...
Johnny gets smoked - My dad stopped by yesterday and took me out to lunch. After that we decided to split a few 55 + 5s. In four tournaments we could only muster one 3rd. So Johnny ended up losing $70. Sorry about that dad. After being down the whole day (as much as $126), I ...
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Friday, May 27 2005
Another Great Day - Let the good times roll!!! A 4.5 hour session this morning continued to produce positive results. A profit of +21.60 which comes to: 9.6bb/hr. 22.61bb/100 hands During current Holdem session you were dealt 191 hands and saw flop: - 17 out of 21 t...
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Thursday, May 26 2005
7 out? - No, 7 in. Usually when Im posting at this time of the morning it means Ive been up all night, killling them. That isnt the case this time. I was in bed by about 3, and just woke up. Man is it beautiful outside today. Bright sun, no wind, very few clouds,...
Awesome Day - The .25/.50 tables prove to be profitable although it is only my third day since I stepped up to them. Today was an excellent session. Played at the same table for four and a half hours and pulled a profit of 29.80. During current Holdem session you were...
Chasing..... - I am calling today chasing as when you lose your first few tourneys that is what you feel like you are doing. I jumped on two 15-1 and lost ugly in both (and early).....so the chase is on. Jump on two 25_2 tables......took 3rd in the 2nd one. net: minus 4...
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Wednesday, May 25 2005
Up To .25/.50 - Started today with about $36 on my Poker Stars account. Got it up to $37.43 and started thinking about .25/.50 again. Then I made a decision. Its vitally important to have 300 big bets and not play beyond your bankroll so what I decided to do was make sur...
Week 2 Amended - Its after 130 am and Im headed to bed. After my last journal entry I ended up back on Poker Stars again. Sometimes I get so frustrated that it causes me to make unwise choices. I ended up in a .25/.50 game again tonite and ended up losing a few bucks. Had...
Week 2 - Where to start. This week was well.....lousy. Where did the magic go I had last week? This week nothing seemed to go right and my discipline slipped which makes me mad at myself more than anything. I popped into .25/.50 game and ended up losing $6. That m...
Tournament Play - Decided to buy into two MTT tournaments tonight. My first ever Omaha Limit MTT and a NL Holdem MTT. The one thing I learned right from the start is I have a lot to learn about Omaha. A hand that was my undoing was where the board after the turn had 9922. ...
Week 1 - With week 1 complete there are things to work on in my game, but the results I had were absolutely fantastic. I logged in 30.5 hours at the .05/.10 tables at Poker Stars and played 1493 hands total. The week showed a profit of $18.85. Sat. - 5 hours +1.8b...
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Tuesday, May 24 2005
Dial Up - Well using my dial up connection up here in brainerd, i decided to try my hand at some poker and jumped on two $10+1 tables, first one i finished 14th out of 27 and the 2nd one i am currently 3rd in chips with 7 guys left. Boring table, not much action ...
Rotten on eggs - I put in the time today, and in the end was rewarded. Played eleven 25 + 2 sits, finishing 2nd in four of them, and 1st in one. Yes, 2nd in four of them. Most of this day was frustrating, as early on I was sucked out in some important spots, and even ran ...
Ugly Friday - Im not totally positive but i dont think i have won any monday on fridays.....you would think that would be the opposite as more players, looser play, etc. But far from the truth.One $25+2 and one $20+2 both fizzled on me for a net loss of $49. bankroll:...
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Monday, May 23 2005
5000.... - is going to have to wait. For a while there it looked like I was going to steamroll my way passed $5000. Unfortunately the cards did not run that well this weekend, and also I need to pull $500 out of my bank. Read on. Poker: Overall, since last Thursda...
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Wednesday, May 18 2005
Michael Jordan - 23. Thats what Im up. Last night I did not play anymore poker. I got side-tracked by a fantastic movie, and then an even better book. Im going to save the book for later in the week, but this movie really floated my boat, so Ill say a few words about it....
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Tuesday, May 17 2005
Well how do they look? - You look good wearing my future. I tell ya, they just dont make movies like Some Kind of Wonderful anymore. Yeah, I just saw it was on HBO, and as usual no matter what point of the movie I start watching it at I always end up watching it to the end. It w...
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Monday, May 16 2005
Call Sizzler... - cancel the reservation. Anonymous said... Yo, you have 9s when that guy took half your stack with 8 5 off in the BB? Good call. Yes, that was exactly the hand I had. For those who missed it, the first crucial hand in todays WSOP qualifier was when I ...
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Friday, May 13 2005
Rubbing the sleep out of my eyes - I woke up today at midnight. I figured that statement deserved a paragraph of its own. So heres how I got to that point: Yesterday I played poker until 1 pm. An all nighter. For most of the evening I played tug of war with the cards, going back and fort...
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Thursday, May 12 2005
Midday retort - Anonymous said... Let me start by saying Im your number 1 fan. Is it true that you finished 732 out of 732 on a UB tourney? What the? 8:15 AM Anonymous said... You played like a donk or a donkey? And whos been telling you you ever say anything clever Fur...
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Wednesday, May 11 2005
More of the same - Just more of the same as the cards are not treating me too well plus a bit of bad luck to boot. I was set to cash in the $11 rebuy tourney (min profit of $100) but a combo of a couple small mistakes and bad timing made me finish 25th (24 spots paid, 23rd...
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Tuesday, May 10 2005
Fast out of the gate - Played five $11 re-buys, all split with Harold T. We qualified in three of them (just missed in a few others). Profit: $132.50. I bought some $W dollars (money I will use in the last WSOP qualifier) at a discount, which made me $15. Finally I went a ...
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Monday, May 09 2005
Peter? - I got about 2 hours of sleep before my parents picked me up this morning. A couple Cokes have kept me going up until this point, but Im about ready to crash. But even though Ive been running on fumes it was a decent day. I played a little blackjack on dad...
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Sunday, May 08 2005
Enjoy the silence - I got up today around 4 pm. The first thing I did was shut the ringer off on the phone. Both my roommates are out of town, and I really needed a day of complete solitude. Some people cannot stand to be alone. But for me its the exact opposite. If I d...
$55+5 blog - 11:49 PM: its early, i have 1440 in chips. good for 7 out of 9. I am now regretting my decision to play on tilt. Ok I cant do that, I have to play this out. My real only chance to cash in this game is to grind one out. I will need to play good a...
Cruel Saturday - These are the 'dog' days of poker going on for me right now. I had a good little run in March, April was pretty ugly, first part of May was ok, now I have hit another stretch where bad luck is just what that is, bad luck. It's ugly. The worst of it jus...
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Saturday, May 07 2005
Inflating bankroll - Wednesday: +495Thursday: +147Friday: +106.50 Bankroll: $3666.00 Obviously the cards have heated up. Im loving it. And the cherry on top of the sundae was Poker Stars announcing another bonus. Ill be picking up that free $120 in about a week. I think its t...
Quick hits - Played in two $15+1 turbos on PS as they have their bonus back (yes!).Finished 5th in the one and just playing the other as we type here. I am playing a 'quick' one at work, let's hope i do not get too distracted. I ran into A,A twice (not once, but tw...
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Friday, May 06 2005
Five Hundred? - Must be a peach of a hand. Just wanted to throw in a mid-day update since I havent written much in the last couple days. I crunched the numbers and it looks like Im up about $495. HELL YES. Last night the cards ran really good, and I was still up pla...
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Thursday, May 05 2005
Strange Day - I played 4 tourneys today and ended finishing 2nd and 3rd in two of them for a net plus of $14.50 on the day. But I feel like I have been hit by a train. I should be thanking my lucky stars, but then again, I should have finished first and had another ...
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Wednesday, May 04 2005
Beat. - Im beat, but not on the poker tables. Exhausted actually. Its been a long, busy day, but I havent played a single hand of cards. I did however, become the proud owner of two lava lamps for $3.41. If anybody cares how that happened let me know and Ill writ...
River Boat Gambler - It was a rough day at the river, caught a nut straight on the flop, only to be bizzled by a river card giving the other guy (all-in) a full boat, then short stacked got bizzled by another nasty river as my A,J vs Q,J, looked great until the lady showed he...
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Tuesday, May 03 2005
Good Monday - I just watched a riveting True Hollywood Stories on Corey Haim. If you dont remember him, he starred in The Lost Boys and several other 80s classics that can be seen on USA when youre up all night. It really was kind of a sad story though, I mean here was...
OPS 4 Life - Official PokerStar 4 life. It's settled. It's just going to be PS for play. Found out that the bonus on UB is not like other bonuses online. Stink. You would think these places would want you to sign up and play......but I guess not. My run on UB is almos...
JJ held up! - I got lucky! PokerStars Game #1627044076: Holdem No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2005/05/02 - 21:00:19 (ET)Table Nortia Seat #7 is the buttonSeat 2: pocketAA ($49.10 in chips) Seat 3: Exwin ($39 in chips) Seat 4: kaun ($49.45 in chips) Seat 6: don9999 ($186.70 ...
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Monday, May 02 2005
Paintball - What a fun sport. I passed up playing in the 200+15 on Stars to go paintball with my brother-in-law, Todd. Day started out a little rainy. I didnt even think that we would be able to play. I made it to the field around 11am. By the time we got suited up,...
11 seconds - I lasted about 11 seconds in todays WSOP qualifier. Heres the re-cap for those of you who were lucky enough not to see any of it. About 20 minutes in I picked up 10/10 in middle position and limped in. Five others joined me. The flop came 10/5/3, all diam...
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Sunday, May 01 2005
I get up around seven - Get outta bed around nineAnd I dont worry about nothin, no...Cause worryins a waste of my...time Ive been on a pretty good run over the last day and a half. This is greedy, but it feels like it could be much better. But, (after just crunching the number...
Staten Island... - I played the $10+5 tournament with unlimited quadruple rebuys and quadruple add on. By the end of the 1st hour, I was stuck $200. I quit and just watched from the rail. As more and more people were knocked out of the tourney, we soon had enough for a 6 h...
Revolver and a bad losing streak - Heres the update since the last entry: After I wrote in here two nights ago I played three more sit n gos, finishing 1st once and 2nd once. I was up $124. Notice the use of the word was. The next day, as predicted, I fought a losing battle to gain an extr...
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