Well...lets see here...I left off my last blog speaking of getting "Dialed in" as we were close to the money in the Sat. $11.00 Deep Stack event on Stars. This was the same tournament that I "mis-clicked" in the previous weekend...Well...as some of you already know...I was able to get a little redemption for myself as was able to pull off a 2nd place finish:
PokerStars Tournament #169968468, No Limit Hold'emBuy-In: $10.00/$1.00
1224 playersTotal Prize Pool: $12240.00 Tournament started 2009/06/13 12:00:00 ET
Dear GCPGeneD,
You finished the tournament in 2nd place. A $1,493.29 award has been credited to your Real Money account.You earned 497.43 tournament leader points in this tournament.
Congratulations!
Thank you for participating.
I felt good about the score but also a little disappointed as I wanted to win sooooooo bad I could taste it. The guy that won first was from Minsk, somewhere in Russia and he played very well. There were 2 hand I will breakdown a little later where I felt I had him "stone cold dead"...and either he sniffed out of it or the cards counterfeited my action. The tournament started at 11am and did not finish until around 2:30am...with a good hour of HU play. The difference between 1st and 2nd was only $500.00.
The tourney...I felt I played really well and once we got down to 4 tables, everything came together for me. I was seeing things clearly and had picked up on several patterns on my opponents that I was able to exploit. I also was taking hot showers...and I mean steaming hot...on every break to stay focused and dialed in. I went to the FT as the chip leader and did not relinquish the CL until we were 4 handed...I never had my tournament life on the line the entire tourney until we got to FT...we went into HU him having me 2 to 1 in chips...45 minuted later I had him 2 to 1 in chips and the see-saw battle continued.
At this point in the tourney where I had him 2 to 1 (a little over 6 million in chips total). When the following hands played out...I am going by memory as I haven't dug into my hand history's just yet for analysis:
-I flopped a medium size flush (I think I was holding 6-8h) and the flop came out K high with all of them being hearts. I check and he makes a huge bet...I flat. Turn bricks and he again makes a decent bet...I raise and he flats...I now thought I had him as I felt he at least had a King in his hand...river is terrible for me as the 2hearts peels out and I make a blocking bet for pot control just in case he has a heart higher that the 8h...he folds and admitted he had a King.
-The next one was in a very similar situation where I flop a straight where I three bet with J9o...villain flats and the flop shows K-Q-10...and dont remember the exact action but there were some bets, raises and calls on flop and turn...and a J hits the river to cause me to shut down and hand cuffed me...we checked it down and he showed 2 pair...I think he had K-10.
Again...I think he played the well, and I felt my HU games was formidable. I could have easily won this tourney with either of the hands above...but it wasnt meant to be...and again...these 2 hands are what I remember it from a week ago ...Tha.nks to those that came bird dog it also
If I could sum up my entire tournament experience with what I have been learning recently would be a couple of things:
1) I learned alot being able to shadow TK, Fish and Tyler in the FTOPs ME recently. (There was a guy named Trey there also but he wasnt playing just like me). I touched on this experience in a previous Blog and my thoughts leaving TKs that night was my knowing that Fish is going to be making an impact...somewhere...its just a matter of time. I know Bill and I discussed this that day and I told him, "Fish has the sharpest instincts if seen playing online, and I was able to learn alot from just watching and asking questions"
2) I just finish the poker book from John Vorhaus Killer Poker series "Killer Poker by the Numbers" which was written by Tony Guerrera. Its a "Math" book no doubt, but I think he explains the math portions a little simpler that Bill Chen's book. Some of the formulas were confusing for me but I got a solid grasped of everything he wrote and it wasnt that difficult to follow. The thing that I learned that was the most crucial was not the odds on your starting hands vs your players range...but the odds that your opponents have nothing but air...and the odds that they whiffed the flop with random hands...that your opponents has nothing. My only suggestion is to get familiar with pokerstove before you read it...again...watching fish work pokerstove was very impressive and helped my reading the book.
I went fishing several times recently to "Unplug" for awhile...and I went deep sea fishing today with some of buddies I grew up with in Tim B's 24 foot boat. I had a great time, and we killed the Red Snapper and Mangroves...but it was hot as hell and the sun kicked my ass. It was very peaceful watching the sun come up over the horizon as the Gulf was slick and calm...good times with good people. I talked to people who haven't got many close friends like that...that I would call "Life Long" friends. I have been friends with these guys since 6th or 7th grade ...which I value very much
What else...My tomato plants are just humming along...I am having to give away tomato's before they go bad...and I am heading to a Family reunion on my Sonnier side of my family...looking forward to see all my cousins (Which on both sides of my family combined...I think I have something like 33 first cousins.
Good Luck to everyone at the WSOP..Cobra Kai, TK, Monk, Fish...and all the rest. Plan on getting back to the online grind after I savor the moment for a few days.
"Poker is the ultimate game of pain...you re either giving it or getting it...and sometimes it only 30 seconds between the two" David Grey in Cardplayer Magazine/Vol 22c/No 12c/Jan 17the 2009.
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Poker Shenanigans...misclick from hell
***Quick clarification on something posted on the site***
Got back into some live poker action last week as I played several live tournaments...and many online. Thomkat17 and I both cashed in the Monday weekly at the Amelia Belle...whiffed the weekly at Harrahs Wednesday (congrats to Wild Bill who has been pwning that tourney for several months now...kids on a nice heater in that tourney)...then business took me to Biloxi and got to fire at a couple of tourneys on the coast. At the Beau's nightly Super Stack, I was able to chip up quick and hoover around one of the top 10 in chips. There was this one guy at the table that caught some cards and chipped up...but made several bad plays to donate some chips my way. One was when I raised 3x the bb with AQo and got 2 callers along with our villain. Flop hits QQ3 rainbow. Villain fires and everybody folds to me and I decide to flat here. Turn bricks with a 2 and he checks...I fire a 1/2 size pot bet...he flats...river bricks a meaningless 4...he checks...I fire a 3/4 size pot bet and he calls and tables 77...needless to say...I had my eye on this guy and wanted to get his chips
I would lose 3/4 of my stack to this same guy later in tournament when he was the CL at my table and I was 2nd in chips. I played this hand bad, and I cant believe I could not get away from QQ on a King high board here. Action went like this. Villain limps utg and everyone folds to me and I pop it to 4-5x the bbs...everyones out and Villain flats...Flop comes King high and he knuckles...I knuckle...turn bricks and he fires out 5k and I flat...river bricks and he again fires 5k and I flat and he tables AA ...I muck my QQ and slowly start looking for something sharp in my backpack to poke my eyes out with...I went out soon after.
Funny moment in this tourney (I know I texted some of you this so you can skip this part)...Johnny Grooms is running the tournament and poker room and after the tourney gets started he announces to the cash players about the "Aces Cracked" promo in the 4-8 limit game. There is this lady at our table who is totally clueless and doesn't understand poker tourneys at all...didn't understand when we raced off the green chips...asked a bunch of dumb questions...etc. Well our lady friend gets in a hand where she gets all in on the turn with her AA vs a set of Queens ...and she starts to get excited and jumps up and down going, "Yes...Im going to win the $100.00"...the river brings an Ace and her face drops like someone had just shot her dog and she exclaims, "nooooooooooo...oh well...maybe next time"...you could about imagine the stunned silence at the table as we all stared in amazement...until I just couldn't hold it in any more and busted out laughing BWAAAAAAHAHAHHAA...LOL.
My mis-click from hell happened last weekend in the $11.00 Deepstack event on Stars at 11am on Saturday. Over 1200 people in (im going to to try to keep this quick as I am almost in the money in this same tourney right now as I type this)...we are 8 1/2 hours into the tourney...there are a little over 60 players left...I am 9th in chips with over 100 bbs...and very comfortable with my stack...my play so far...my image at the table...etc. Physically, I am sitting on my couch with my laptop on a kitchen chair watching the WPT Bad Boys of poker...the one where TonyG wears the Japanese kimono...just cruising along....I'm at 170,000 in chips
I am OTB and the person in 11th place with 160,000 in chips open shoves from mid-position...for over 100bbs also...everyone folds and I glance away from the TV and reached my hand over to hit the touch pad as my arrow was over "Call"...and my pinkie knuckle hit the button on my laptop...and to my horror...I watched as 95% my chips got shipped to the villain...next hand I get AK with 3 bbs left...and lost that...I was bounced all in a matter of 90 sec. The only good thing to come out of this is my laptop did not take any damage as it got punted into my loveseat on the other side of the room. Now...this was my fault...no questions asked as I should have been more "Dialed In"...and not so non-chalant about playing for 1000's of dollars...but also on the flip side...this would never happen in a live setting.
The thing that tiled me the most was that...just when you think that everything in the poker world that could tilt you like a "Tilt-a world" has already happened...they just keep on coming
;-)
Speaking of being "Dialed In"...let me get back to my tourney as we are near the bubble and I am a little above avg in chips.
"Yeah... well...sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand" Paul Newman as Luke in "Cool Hand Luke"...this responding to another inmate when Luke wins a poker game by bluffing when inmate says "Nothin'. A handful of nothin'. You stupid mullet head. He beat you with nothin"
Thursday, June 04, 2009
Poker Blues
Sorry for not blogging lately to the people sending me emails...I have been kind of bummed lately as it looks like I may not make the WSOP this year. Theres just no feeling like it when you go for 3 years back to back...and then realize theres a chance you wont be making it. I didn't go last year either, but I thought last year, "Well...I will just skip a year...it will be back next year". I was actually making plans last week to go when something at work came up that will make it hard for me to make. There is still a small chance I may bolt out there if I can take care of this stuff at work, but it looks bleaker everyday that passes. My wife can see it in me also, and she is starting to encourage me to go...I don;t know...we will see
I want to give a shout out to my boys Virge and Lusky who have set up their own training website...not videos...you can actually have one of them on the phone with you (Or in person if you live in Vegas) while they coach you. Go check out there site at http://www.pokerimmersion.com/.
I went play the weekly at Harrahs yesterday and rode up there with SPR...also saw Wild Bill, Alex Todd, Alex Wood and Mitch. Alex T, Mitch and I all wound up on the same starting table and I commenced to donk off my chips in a ridiculous...embarrassing way thinking I was trying to "portray" that I had a big hand to my buddy AT...ignoring the fact and completely blinded in that he was also trying to tell me to get "out of his pot" as he had a big hand also...we got it all in on the turn...he had my "Big Hand" crushed by a monster. There's nothing like getting all your chips in the middle ...and after the hands revealed...your stone cold dead in the water...My "Big Hand" (Top-Top) didn't even have any outs against his flopped set of 9's...just disgusting...terriable...but it happens. I come home and grind online and, of course, you have to watch TIVO'ed poker while you grind...the first hand I watched was The unabomber making the same disgusting play as I did, only he was on a stone cold bluff even though he had the same hand I did. The venue was the WSOP Europe ME in London...3 days in...Kid Poker turns a straight on a 9 high board (I think)...and our hero check-shoves with A-Q. Phil starts to look to see if he has any outs...nope...zilch. I actually rewinded it several times to just see his reaction...just so I know Im not the only knucklehead that gets it in worst than bad...oh well...it happens and if I was going to Donk out...Im glad I gave my chips to one of my buds
I caught myself pulling for Isaac Haxton in the 40k. I was listening to Pokerroad/The circuit years ago when Sebok called him out for what Joe said was a terriable play...only seebs got tortured on 2+2 as Haxton and his online posse broke down the hand from a mathematical perspective...and Haxton had +EV. That is where you hear the drop all the time on the show where seebs says, "Math is idiotic...yada...yada". Anyhow, they had him on the show after seebs apologized over and over...and I was impressed with the way Haxton handled the situation. In fact, I just downloaded the new Pokerroad radio show where they have him on after his 2nd place finish in the 40k...I am looking forward to the drive home so I can listen to it.
I also got to listen to the Pokerroad show with Prahlad Friedman, and they talked about the emotional turmoil he encountered playing through the cheating scandal at UB. On UB as "Spirit Rock"...it is said that Prahlad was person most cheated in the scandal. He talks about how mind f#$*ed he was after losing so much money to the same player and tryin to figure out what he was doing wrong. Imagine it...your one of the best players on the internet pawning the biggest games at he time...your nickname alone would strike fear in poker players the world over...and then you all of a sudden...you just start getting pawned by a couple of users. How do you adjust and adapt to that situation...it must be hard.
What else...David Carradine was found hanged today in Singapore...below is part of the press release..."The officer responsible for investigating the death, Teerapop Luanseng, said Carradine was staying at a suite at the luxury Swissotel Nai Lert Park Hotel.
"I can confirm that we found his body, naked, hanging in the closet," Teerapop said. He said police suspected suicide". I wonder if the Singapore Cops found porno mags laying around...or a porno on the TV in a continuous play format. Hey guys...ever hear of auto-erotic asphyxiation...yea...I watched something about that on Oprah. If im going to hang myself, Im sure as hell not going to get buck naked to do it.
And...what about that plane that crashed around Brazil...if anybody thinks this was NOT a terroist attack, then I have some cherry flavored Kool-aid for you to drink. Lets see...here is some more press releases:
"They detail a series of failures that end with its systems shutting down, suggesting the plane broke apart in the sky and their were two debris fields found, according to an aviation industry official with knowledge of the investigation. He spoke on condition of anonymity Wednesday because he was not authorized to discuss the crash"
Uhhh...2 (two) debris fields means the plane exploded in mid air (One field)...and the other is when it hit the water (2nd Field). Or what about this report that hit the wires today below:
"The pilot of a Spanish airliner flying near where the Airbus is believed to have gone down reported seeing a bright flash of white light that quickly plunged to the ocean, said Angel del Rio, spokesman for the Spanish airline Air Comet."Suddenly, off in the distance, we observed a strong and bright flash of white light that took a downward and vertical trajectory and vanished in six seconds," the pilot wrote in a report for the airline and Spanish civil aviation authorities, del Rio told the AP. This Spanish plane was flying from Lima, Peru to Madrid. The pilot said he heard no emergency calls from the plane."
Now...their going to try to cover this up ...and cover it up fast as they don't want people to be wary of flying. The plane was leaving Rio De Jeanero...Do you think the Government of Brazil really has safety precautions comparable to the US? Good luck getting on a plane in any other country and thinking your safe.
Good Luck to everyone at the WSOP!!!!
"Ah, hell. We played a rough game... and we lost"
David Carradine as Cole Younger is "The Long Riders"...when asked by a Pinkerton Man, "What do you and your brothers think about a life sentence? I mean, you're lucky they don't allow hanging in this state. Come on, Cole, tell me what you think about this?"
I want to give a shout out to my boys Virge and Lusky who have set up their own training website...not videos...you can actually have one of them on the phone with you (Or in person if you live in Vegas) while they coach you. Go check out there site at http://www.pokerimmersion.com/.
I went play the weekly at Harrahs yesterday and rode up there with SPR...also saw Wild Bill, Alex Todd, Alex Wood and Mitch. Alex T, Mitch and I all wound up on the same starting table and I commenced to donk off my chips in a ridiculous...embarrassing way thinking I was trying to "portray" that I had a big hand to my buddy AT...ignoring the fact and completely blinded in that he was also trying to tell me to get "out of his pot" as he had a big hand also...we got it all in on the turn...he had my "Big Hand" crushed by a monster. There's nothing like getting all your chips in the middle ...and after the hands revealed...your stone cold dead in the water...My "Big Hand" (Top-Top) didn't even have any outs against his flopped set of 9's...just disgusting...terriable...but it happens. I come home and grind online and, of course, you have to watch TIVO'ed poker while you grind...the first hand I watched was The unabomber making the same disgusting play as I did, only he was on a stone cold bluff even though he had the same hand I did. The venue was the WSOP Europe ME in London...3 days in...Kid Poker turns a straight on a 9 high board (I think)...and our hero check-shoves with A-Q. Phil starts to look to see if he has any outs...nope...zilch. I actually rewinded it several times to just see his reaction...just so I know Im not the only knucklehead that gets it in worst than bad...oh well...it happens and if I was going to Donk out...Im glad I gave my chips to one of my buds
I caught myself pulling for Isaac Haxton in the 40k. I was listening to Pokerroad/The circuit years ago when Sebok called him out for what Joe said was a terriable play...only seebs got tortured on 2+2 as Haxton and his online posse broke down the hand from a mathematical perspective...and Haxton had +EV. That is where you hear the drop all the time on the show where seebs says, "Math is idiotic...yada...yada". Anyhow, they had him on the show after seebs apologized over and over...and I was impressed with the way Haxton handled the situation. In fact, I just downloaded the new Pokerroad radio show where they have him on after his 2nd place finish in the 40k...I am looking forward to the drive home so I can listen to it.
I also got to listen to the Pokerroad show with Prahlad Friedman, and they talked about the emotional turmoil he encountered playing through the cheating scandal at UB. On UB as "Spirit Rock"...it is said that Prahlad was person most cheated in the scandal. He talks about how mind f#$*ed he was after losing so much money to the same player and tryin to figure out what he was doing wrong. Imagine it...your one of the best players on the internet pawning the biggest games at he time...your nickname alone would strike fear in poker players the world over...and then you all of a sudden...you just start getting pawned by a couple of users. How do you adjust and adapt to that situation...it must be hard.
What else...David Carradine was found hanged today in Singapore...below is part of the press release..."The officer responsible for investigating the death, Teerapop Luanseng, said Carradine was staying at a suite at the luxury Swissotel Nai Lert Park Hotel.
"I can confirm that we found his body, naked, hanging in the closet," Teerapop said. He said police suspected suicide". I wonder if the Singapore Cops found porno mags laying around...or a porno on the TV in a continuous play format. Hey guys...ever hear of auto-erotic asphyxiation...yea...I watched something about that on Oprah. If im going to hang myself, Im sure as hell not going to get buck naked to do it.
And...what about that plane that crashed around Brazil...if anybody thinks this was NOT a terroist attack, then I have some cherry flavored Kool-aid for you to drink. Lets see...here is some more press releases:
"They detail a series of failures that end with its systems shutting down, suggesting the plane broke apart in the sky and their were two debris fields found, according to an aviation industry official with knowledge of the investigation. He spoke on condition of anonymity Wednesday because he was not authorized to discuss the crash"
Uhhh...2 (two) debris fields means the plane exploded in mid air (One field)...and the other is when it hit the water (2nd Field). Or what about this report that hit the wires today below:
"The pilot of a Spanish airliner flying near where the Airbus is believed to have gone down reported seeing a bright flash of white light that quickly plunged to the ocean, said Angel del Rio, spokesman for the Spanish airline Air Comet."Suddenly, off in the distance, we observed a strong and bright flash of white light that took a downward and vertical trajectory and vanished in six seconds," the pilot wrote in a report for the airline and Spanish civil aviation authorities, del Rio told the AP. This Spanish plane was flying from Lima, Peru to Madrid. The pilot said he heard no emergency calls from the plane."
Now...their going to try to cover this up ...and cover it up fast as they don't want people to be wary of flying. The plane was leaving Rio De Jeanero...Do you think the Government of Brazil really has safety precautions comparable to the US? Good luck getting on a plane in any other country and thinking your safe.
Good Luck to everyone at the WSOP!!!!
"Ah, hell. We played a rough game... and we lost"
David Carradine as Cole Younger is "The Long Riders"...when asked by a Pinkerton Man, "What do you and your brothers think about a life sentence? I mean, you're lucky they don't allow hanging in this state. Come on, Cole, tell me what you think about this?"
Saturday, May 23, 2009
The WSOP circuit event ends
The circuit event running at Harrah's ended last week, and a friend of GCP's...Dan Walsh picked up 50k for finishing 5th. Dan has played some great poker in the past few months, and he deserved the good score...even though he was a little disappointed by the finishing 5th as well as the hand he went out on. I had the pleasure of joining Dan and his wife Amanda for a celebratory dinner at Dickie Brennans steakhouse. There was alot of poker talk (Sorry Amanda), and the things that I tried to get Dan to understand above all else is...the below hand history's from Kaelaine Minton coverage:
On a flop of Q T 3 rainbow, Dan Walsh and Shaun Deeb got all in. Shaun held pocket Aces but was crushed by Dan's pocket 3s (bottom set). The last two came 6 4 and Dan doubled up to over 300k. Shaun was still a bit over 200k.
Shaun Deeb didn't learn his lesson earlier. This time he ran AQ into Dan Walsh's pocket Aces...and this time Dan had him covered...and this time the Aces held up. Dan has now chipped up to almost 600k
Taking on the best online player in the world (at the time...he has since moved the 2nd). He got him to put his chips in the middle with AQ with the blinds at 500-3000-6000 when he still had close to 200k…and he took out the defending champion along the way…Dan…Great job…and Thanks for taking me to dinner with you and Amanda…I had a great time!!!
I was able to pull off a min-cash in a $340.00 buy-in event, and I feel I played the tournament well. I was able to chip up early, but then had Dana Diephouse (Dealer/Supervisor at the Belle of Baton Rouge…and a final tabler in this event years ago) on my left who also chipped up…and took the chip lead for some time. I had to be careful and I was trying to play as “Robotic” as possible as Dana has dealt to me many times in the past. I was able to keep my stack healthy until he busted out. Wild Bill got moved to my table after the dinner break, and we both cruised into the money. I got moved to another table about 15 minutes after the bubble burst, and got seated to the left of Mark Wilds. I had 20k left and on the 2nd hand with me in the SB, I glance down at KhKc. Mark makes it 10k to go from the button and I figured he was raising light here…but I also new that he was not going to fold to a min-raise which is all I had left (20k)…I ship it…he call with K-10o with one of the them a diamond…I don’t remember what card…I am sure that comment gave away the ending as the flop came out with 2 diamonds…runner-runner diamonds and GeneD hit the rail. I don’t think Mark did anything wrong here…The hand was going to play itself…I knew he could never fold here and I just got beat by the cards. I can live with that…I got it in good.
Tilt fading during this tourney? There was a guy sitting between Dana and I for more than 6 hours that I swear…did not bath in a week. His BO was sooooo bad…people at the other tables were commenting on it…People…take a bath will ya!!!! On top of that …on break I saw 2 people at my table use the restroom and not wash their hands…sickos.
What else is happening? We are trying to help TK to get staked in the 40k event…see the post on our webpage. We do have a significant amount committed already…but we still need some more stakers to step up.
I got to go sweat TK, Fish and Tyler Smith in the FTOPs main event. I got to hang out and do some hand evaluations…eat some philly cheese-steaks…and just chill with those guys. I learned a lot, and got to see just how sick Fish’s game is…That guy can do deductive reasoning as good as anybody I have ever seen. TK and his wife Karol have a beautiful home in the French quarter also…Good people…and good times…Thanks for having me over.
There’s kind of a funny story behind how I got there. TK told me that it was “A Hike” to walk from Harrah’s, so I was going to grab a Taxi. I walked out the casino and there were no cabs, so I started to walk and got a little ways before I stopped at a Tourist Booth to see how far it actually was. The guy asked me where I was going and I told him the address…he says, “Ah…your going to see Brad and Angelina’s house right?”…uhhhh…no. He tells me that it is pretty far, so I step outside and grab a cab…give the cab guy the address…you guessed it, “You going check out Brad and Angelina’s house right ace”…that would be a negative sir…just going visit some friends.
I have been working on the “Emotional Factor” lately and I have been trying to stay as calm as possible…no mater what happens at the table…win or lose…just keep the same demeanor. I was able to keep my emotions even keel the whole circuit event, even though I got fussed…well…more like yelled at during the 6 handed event over nothing. The floor guy, literally, was yelling at me and another guy at the table over some very minor table banter…all I could say was, “That was weak man…weak…we didn’t even do anything”…oh well.
So I make it through the circuit event without any major tilt issues …and then I get in a 2-5 cash game at the Belle of Baton Rouge last week and some Mofo “Slow Rolls” me like you have never seen before. I flop top 2…and fire post flop…villain flats…turn is a brick…I fire out…villain flats again…The flush gets there on the river so I knuckle…Villain fires a ¼ size pot bet…I say, “I call”…and the Villain says, “Good call man…your good”…so I say “what?”…he says again…louder, “Good call”. I table my top 2 pair. The dealer pushes out the cards on the table, and starts to pile the chips and push them in my direction…dipshit says, “Hold on”…and tables the K high flush. I blew up…and we went at it verbally. Oh well….back to square one.
A little …“Old School” vs “The Sheltered”… incident last week. I am driving in my car with a co-worker (She’s about 26 years old) in Baton Rouge last week coming thru Denham Springs when there are cars coming at us that are flashing their lights on and off. The girl is asking, “Why are all these cars flashing their lights on and off?”…I ask, “You don’t know what that means?”…of course she doesn’t. I explained, “Well…it probably means that there is a cop up the road that is set up trying to give out tickets…everybody knows that”…she doesn’t believe me…I siiggggghhhhhhhhhh as we pass the said cop…and I start to flick my lights on and off to warn people coming the other way…
"Now remember, things look bad and it looks like you're not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean. I mean plumb, mad-dog mean. 'Cause if you lose your head and you give up then you neither live nor win. That's just the way it is" Clint Eastwood as Josey Wales in "The Outlaw Josey Wales"
On a flop of Q T 3 rainbow, Dan Walsh and Shaun Deeb got all in. Shaun held pocket Aces but was crushed by Dan's pocket 3s (bottom set). The last two came 6 4 and Dan doubled up to over 300k. Shaun was still a bit over 200k.
Shaun Deeb didn't learn his lesson earlier. This time he ran AQ into Dan Walsh's pocket Aces...and this time Dan had him covered...and this time the Aces held up. Dan has now chipped up to almost 600k
Taking on the best online player in the world (at the time...he has since moved the 2nd). He got him to put his chips in the middle with AQ with the blinds at 500-3000-6000 when he still had close to 200k…and he took out the defending champion along the way…Dan…Great job…and Thanks for taking me to dinner with you and Amanda…I had a great time!!!
I was able to pull off a min-cash in a $340.00 buy-in event, and I feel I played the tournament well. I was able to chip up early, but then had Dana Diephouse (Dealer/Supervisor at the Belle of Baton Rouge…and a final tabler in this event years ago) on my left who also chipped up…and took the chip lead for some time. I had to be careful and I was trying to play as “Robotic” as possible as Dana has dealt to me many times in the past. I was able to keep my stack healthy until he busted out. Wild Bill got moved to my table after the dinner break, and we both cruised into the money. I got moved to another table about 15 minutes after the bubble burst, and got seated to the left of Mark Wilds. I had 20k left and on the 2nd hand with me in the SB, I glance down at KhKc. Mark makes it 10k to go from the button and I figured he was raising light here…but I also new that he was not going to fold to a min-raise which is all I had left (20k)…I ship it…he call with K-10o with one of the them a diamond…I don’t remember what card…I am sure that comment gave away the ending as the flop came out with 2 diamonds…runner-runner diamonds and GeneD hit the rail. I don’t think Mark did anything wrong here…The hand was going to play itself…I knew he could never fold here and I just got beat by the cards. I can live with that…I got it in good.
Tilt fading during this tourney? There was a guy sitting between Dana and I for more than 6 hours that I swear…did not bath in a week. His BO was sooooo bad…people at the other tables were commenting on it…People…take a bath will ya!!!! On top of that …on break I saw 2 people at my table use the restroom and not wash their hands…sickos.
What else is happening? We are trying to help TK to get staked in the 40k event…see the post on our webpage. We do have a significant amount committed already…but we still need some more stakers to step up.
I got to go sweat TK, Fish and Tyler Smith in the FTOPs main event. I got to hang out and do some hand evaluations…eat some philly cheese-steaks…and just chill with those guys. I learned a lot, and got to see just how sick Fish’s game is…That guy can do deductive reasoning as good as anybody I have ever seen. TK and his wife Karol have a beautiful home in the French quarter also…Good people…and good times…Thanks for having me over.
There’s kind of a funny story behind how I got there. TK told me that it was “A Hike” to walk from Harrah’s, so I was going to grab a Taxi. I walked out the casino and there were no cabs, so I started to walk and got a little ways before I stopped at a Tourist Booth to see how far it actually was. The guy asked me where I was going and I told him the address…he says, “Ah…your going to see Brad and Angelina’s house right?”…uhhhh…no. He tells me that it is pretty far, so I step outside and grab a cab…give the cab guy the address…you guessed it, “You going check out Brad and Angelina’s house right ace”…that would be a negative sir…just going visit some friends.
I have been working on the “Emotional Factor” lately and I have been trying to stay as calm as possible…no mater what happens at the table…win or lose…just keep the same demeanor. I was able to keep my emotions even keel the whole circuit event, even though I got fussed…well…more like yelled at during the 6 handed event over nothing. The floor guy, literally, was yelling at me and another guy at the table over some very minor table banter…all I could say was, “That was weak man…weak…we didn’t even do anything”…oh well.
So I make it through the circuit event without any major tilt issues …and then I get in a 2-5 cash game at the Belle of Baton Rouge last week and some Mofo “Slow Rolls” me like you have never seen before. I flop top 2…and fire post flop…villain flats…turn is a brick…I fire out…villain flats again…The flush gets there on the river so I knuckle…Villain fires a ¼ size pot bet…I say, “I call”…and the Villain says, “Good call man…your good”…so I say “what?”…he says again…louder, “Good call”. I table my top 2 pair. The dealer pushes out the cards on the table, and starts to pile the chips and push them in my direction…dipshit says, “Hold on”…and tables the K high flush. I blew up…and we went at it verbally. Oh well….back to square one.
A little …“Old School” vs “The Sheltered”… incident last week. I am driving in my car with a co-worker (She’s about 26 years old) in Baton Rouge last week coming thru Denham Springs when there are cars coming at us that are flashing their lights on and off. The girl is asking, “Why are all these cars flashing their lights on and off?”…I ask, “You don’t know what that means?”…of course she doesn’t. I explained, “Well…it probably means that there is a cop up the road that is set up trying to give out tickets…everybody knows that”…she doesn’t believe me…I siiggggghhhhhhhhhh as we pass the said cop…and I start to flick my lights on and off to warn people coming the other way…
"Now remember, things look bad and it looks like you're not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean. I mean plumb, mad-dog mean. 'Cause if you lose your head and you give up then you neither live nor win. That's just the way it is" Clint Eastwood as Josey Wales in "The Outlaw Josey Wales"
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Circuit event in New Orleans kicks off...
The circuit event in New Orleans is in full steam, and it looks like it might bea pretty good series. Harrahs has went above and beyond to accommodatethe players and the chatter is all positive. Some of the other bloggers mayhave commented on it, but I wanted to also on the IPod issue.
FINALLY...FINALLY...They have listened to the masses and acknowledged that their "Interpretation" of whatever law they thought was banning ipods at the table ...was F'ed up.
I actually got into another debate yesterday
...even after the ban was lifted...with a dealer about this crap. I have my same argument
I have been spewing for years, "How can it be against any state law to listen to ipods at the
table when Uhhhhhhh...lets see...you can listen to them in Lake Charles...uhhhh...Baton Rouge...or how about Shreveport. The guy says, "Yea...but those are all boats...theres different laws for land based casinos"...well then kind sir...I listened to my ipod at the 7 Clan Tournament series in Coushatta a couple of months back...then I stopped him, "Oh ...I know what your going to say now...its an Indian Casino"...yea...right. Annnnnnnyhooooooow!!
My Play...not happy with it. I have been making mistakes that are really frustrating and I continue to have the "Hero Call" mentality. I was at break even so far for the series but it took a down turn yesterday. I also have been making mistakes on my bet sizing and value bets where I could have extracted more chips in certain situations. I plan on playing the 6 Handed event today which is the event I hit for 3rd during the WSOP in 07' at the Binions Poker Classic running in parallel to the WSOP.
Congrats going out...Damn...where do I start? There are several people I know that are doing well. Lets start with the GCP bloggers:
"The Honest Player" AKA Parfait-
Biggest score so far goes to Parf who made a strong showing in the 5PM $340.00. We started at the same table and he got to see me chip up quick...and then spew them off. Im not sure exactly what place he got but I think he got $2400.00
Cobra Kia-
The venom spewer was also at that same Final Table with Parf. I think he was the chip leader at some point, but couldn't hold on...I think he went out 7th
Southpawrounder (SPR)-
Cashed yesterday in the $500 nooner...got it in good with QQ vs KJ...2 jacks hit the board....yuck!!
Poker Monkey-
Has cashed already in the first event...and as of yesterday he played in 3 tournaments for a total of 35 hours...frustrating going that deep and not getting a solid score I know.
Monk and I ate lunch yesterday at Bamboo with Jacob "Nocko" Naquin who has come out from semi-retirement and is planning on playing some more events. Nocko is known as a cash game specialist, but if the way he played the first event is any indication...he could burn it up this circuit series.
We have a long way to go...another whole week...and alot more poker to play. Hopefully all our bankrolls grow... instead of shrink...were at the midway point.
"Peter, do you know where you are? Above 24,000 ft, you're at the vertical limit, you're already dying. Look at you. You can hardly stand" Scott Glenn as Montgomery Wick in "Vertical Limit"
FINALLY...FINALLY...They have listened to the masses and acknowledged that their "Interpretation" of whatever law they thought was banning ipods at the table ...was F'ed up.
I actually got into another debate yesterday
...even after the ban was lifted...with a dealer about this crap. I have my same argument
I have been spewing for years, "How can it be against any state law to listen to ipods at the
table when Uhhhhhhh...lets see...you can listen to them in Lake Charles...uhhhh...Baton Rouge...or how about Shreveport. The guy says, "Yea...but those are all boats...theres different laws for land based casinos"...well then kind sir...I listened to my ipod at the 7 Clan Tournament series in Coushatta a couple of months back...then I stopped him, "Oh ...I know what your going to say now...its an Indian Casino"...yea...right. Annnnnnnyhooooooow!!
My Play...not happy with it. I have been making mistakes that are really frustrating and I continue to have the "Hero Call" mentality. I was at break even so far for the series but it took a down turn yesterday. I also have been making mistakes on my bet sizing and value bets where I could have extracted more chips in certain situations. I plan on playing the 6 Handed event today which is the event I hit for 3rd during the WSOP in 07' at the Binions Poker Classic running in parallel to the WSOP.
Congrats going out...Damn...where do I start? There are several people I know that are doing well. Lets start with the GCP bloggers:
"The Honest Player" AKA Parfait-
Biggest score so far goes to Parf who made a strong showing in the 5PM $340.00. We started at the same table and he got to see me chip up quick...and then spew them off. Im not sure exactly what place he got but I think he got $2400.00
Cobra Kia-
The venom spewer was also at that same Final Table with Parf. I think he was the chip leader at some point, but couldn't hold on...I think he went out 7th
Southpawrounder (SPR)-
Cashed yesterday in the $500 nooner...got it in good with QQ vs KJ...2 jacks hit the board....yuck!!
Poker Monkey-
Has cashed already in the first event...and as of yesterday he played in 3 tournaments for a total of 35 hours...frustrating going that deep and not getting a solid score I know.
Monk and I ate lunch yesterday at Bamboo with Jacob "Nocko" Naquin who has come out from semi-retirement and is planning on playing some more events. Nocko is known as a cash game specialist, but if the way he played the first event is any indication...he could burn it up this circuit series.
We have a long way to go...another whole week...and alot more poker to play. Hopefully all our bankrolls grow... instead of shrink...were at the midway point.
"Peter, do you know where you are? Above 24,000 ft, you're at the vertical limit, you're already dying. Look at you. You can hardly stand" Scott Glenn as Montgomery Wick in "Vertical Limit"
Saturday, May 02, 2009
Finally a small tournament score...Fleetwood Mac
I was able to break out of my tournament funk last Monday night in the $50.00 freeze-out at the Amelia Belle. The bad play was somewhat astonishing ...as well as welcomed. I saw some very strange hands. I became the chip leader at the FT when we got down to 6 handed with the following hand.
There is one lunchbox at the table that is the chipleader in the 1 seat, and the rest of us are all hovering around 12-13 bbs. I am in the 6 seat and there is only one person at the table I am remotely worried about and that was sparky on my left in the 7 seat. blinds are at 1000-2000 and the lunchbox min-raises to 4000 from utg. I ship it for 25k with 7c7h, and everyone folds to said lunchbox. He tank-calls my shove with J3o to double me up. Yeeeaaaaaaaaaa...thanks buddy.
We wind up getting 3 handed with me, sparky and LB, and the blinds got so high that we decided to chop 3 ways. We (Sparky and Me) offered a chop 4 handed with us each taking 30% and the other 2 splitting the remaining 40% of the prize money...even though the LB was still the chip leader...but they balked...oh well. The LB agreed to the 3-way chop, and I agreed just because of the fact that this F'eer was just toooooo unpredictable...he had no range at all. He still had the chip lead, but he knew he was the worst player left. I was in for $50...out for over $500.00
Played in the Harrah's weekly and got there to sign in a little late...right behind Wild Bill, SPR and Mayor Ed. I wind up in the 10 seat with SPR in the 1 seat. I got chipped up early and ran into a couple of coolers...and made a couple of bad "Hero" calls...I was out before the first break.
I have a nice stack when I flop a set of 10's on a 9-10-J rainbow board. I bet out after the flop...villain flats...I fire on the brick-turn...He flats again...I check the brick-river as red flags were going up and he fires a nice bet..."I call"...he tables K-Qo...yuck. I get it in with 10 bbs left with A-9 and someone has A-K...see ya.
My wife and I went to see the Fleetwood Mac concert for her Valentine's Day present this week, and it was amazing. We had so much fun. I really didn't know much about Lindsey Buckingham, but oh my...can that dude play the guitar. It was probably one of my favorite concerts ever behind U2 years ago when I saw them for the "Rattle and Hum" tour. The crowd was electric and they came out for several encores...good stuff. Stevie Nicks is rocking that cougar look even near 60 years old.
Speaking of cougars...oh my god. I saw more Stevie impersonators at the show than Elvis impersonators in "Honeymoon in Vegas"...they were everywhere. I think even Virge could have gotten laid that night. You actually saw a whole spectrum of fans encompassing the hard core 50-60 year old hard core fans...too the parents with their teenage children...the concert was great.
Made a small score on the Kentucky Derby today. I went in for $25.oo with $10.00 each on my wifes 2 picks..."Desert Party" and "Chocolate Candy". I decided to go ahead and throw $5.00 on a long-shot for shits and giggles ...and took "Mine that Bird" in the 8th spot for 50 to 1...ship it to the colonel!!!
"Players...only love you when their playing" Fleetwood Mac lyrics in Dreams
There is one lunchbox at the table that is the chipleader in the 1 seat, and the rest of us are all hovering around 12-13 bbs. I am in the 6 seat and there is only one person at the table I am remotely worried about and that was sparky on my left in the 7 seat. blinds are at 1000-2000 and the lunchbox min-raises to 4000 from utg. I ship it for 25k with 7c7h, and everyone folds to said lunchbox. He tank-calls my shove with J3o to double me up. Yeeeaaaaaaaaaa...thanks buddy.
We wind up getting 3 handed with me, sparky and LB, and the blinds got so high that we decided to chop 3 ways. We (Sparky and Me) offered a chop 4 handed with us each taking 30% and the other 2 splitting the remaining 40% of the prize money...even though the LB was still the chip leader...but they balked...oh well. The LB agreed to the 3-way chop, and I agreed just because of the fact that this F'eer was just toooooo unpredictable...he had no range at all. He still had the chip lead, but he knew he was the worst player left. I was in for $50...out for over $500.00
Played in the Harrah's weekly and got there to sign in a little late...right behind Wild Bill, SPR and Mayor Ed. I wind up in the 10 seat with SPR in the 1 seat. I got chipped up early and ran into a couple of coolers...and made a couple of bad "Hero" calls...I was out before the first break.
I have a nice stack when I flop a set of 10's on a 9-10-J rainbow board. I bet out after the flop...villain flats...I fire on the brick-turn...He flats again...I check the brick-river as red flags were going up and he fires a nice bet..."I call"...he tables K-Qo...yuck. I get it in with 10 bbs left with A-9 and someone has A-K...see ya.
My wife and I went to see the Fleetwood Mac concert for her Valentine's Day present this week, and it was amazing. We had so much fun. I really didn't know much about Lindsey Buckingham, but oh my...can that dude play the guitar. It was probably one of my favorite concerts ever behind U2 years ago when I saw them for the "Rattle and Hum" tour. The crowd was electric and they came out for several encores...good stuff. Stevie Nicks is rocking that cougar look even near 60 years old.
Speaking of cougars...oh my god. I saw more Stevie impersonators at the show than Elvis impersonators in "Honeymoon in Vegas"...they were everywhere. I think even Virge could have gotten laid that night. You actually saw a whole spectrum of fans encompassing the hard core 50-60 year old hard core fans...too the parents with their teenage children...the concert was great.
Made a small score on the Kentucky Derby today. I went in for $25.oo with $10.00 each on my wifes 2 picks..."Desert Party" and "Chocolate Candy". I decided to go ahead and throw $5.00 on a long-shot for shits and giggles ...and took "Mine that Bird" in the 8th spot for 50 to 1...ship it to the colonel!!!
"Players...only love you when their playing" Fleetwood Mac lyrics in Dreams
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Biloxi...Shreveport...and "The Grand"
My frustration with my tournament game continues, going deep for squadouche, as I made the final table in both tourneys I played last weekend in Biloxi...to come up empty handed. I came in 8th in one where I got my money in good. I called a min raise to 4000 from the sb (Maniac dude that looked like Big Paulie on Orange County Choppers) when the blinds were 1000-2000 with me having 17.5 k to start the hand with 8-10h. The flop comes 8d4s2h...He checks...I shove...he snap calls with A-Jo...you know the drill. The 2nd one I came in 9th where I jam with A-10o with 14 bbs left and the BB wakes up with AK...thats a wrap. A very frustrating weekend and it made me start to break down my game more as I feel I may be tightening up at times where I should shift gears to LAG. I am told that Harrington says that if you continue to get through fields and get close...don't get discouraged that your playing good tournament poker...Thats easy for him to say
I started to play some chess again online to game up on something else besides poker, and I need to start playing pool again. Chess is such a fun game, and chess and pool have alot of the same strategies...you can sacrifice some of your pieces to save others...playing defense...and waiting for your opening to get in line and get out.
I was able to catch the poker movie "The Grand" on showtime this month...absolutely hilarious. Even my wife liked as I had to hear, "Oh shit...not another damn Poker movie" when she walked in...but she liked it and laughed. It is a must see for any serious poker player. I am going to break down some of the Characters as I saw it because there is so much reference to real players that we all love and hate. (Spoiler Alert...I will try not give too much of the movie away)
One Eyed Jack Faro: Played by Woody Harrelson and is portrayed as a cross between Stuey Unger and the hard parting with one of the Binions...either Jack or Becky's son Benny as his Grandfather started Las Vegas with the Casino called the Rabbits Foot...its hilarious as the show starts out with someone coming check him out of rehab...where he was living permanently. His famous quote, "Yes...I did get kicked out of my own Casino". He also is called "One Eye" because in pressure situations, instead of putting on sunglasses to throw off his opponents, he puts on an eye patch....or... it was because he was always loaded and used the patch to correct his cross-eyedness from the drugs and alcohol.
Lainie and Larry Shwartzman: The brother sister team here...I wonder who they could be portraying? David Cross plays Larry and Larry David's wife on his HBO special plays Lainie...and shes a dead ringer for our favorite Celebrity Apprentice. She even has the braided hair that Annie Rocks now and then. Shes the poker playing Mom thats married to Ray Ramano. Her brother Larry also has some poker brat rolled into his persona ...imagine that ....a cross between Lederer and the Poker Brat. Gabe "Mr. Kooootteeerrrr" Kaplain plays their Dad.
Duece Fairbacks: Played by Dennis Ferina, is the old timer that hates all this new crap and hijinks that comes with game. Think Doyle/Dewey Tomko/Sam Grizzle all rolled into one. Cruises around on one of those little carts like Doyle and plays poker because he loves the game of poker...period.
Harold Melvin: is the Math guy in the movie. Think all of the online math guys rolled into one...he also lives and is taken care of by his mom. The camera crew goes to his house to talk to his mom ...ala Daniel Negreanu. He would say things at the table to the other like, "Your a bad player because thats a Jack high flop and you just moved all in with AK or AQ and I have pocket tens so your a 75-25 dog...I call" (Not quoted word for word...but you get the picture)
Andy Andrew: the famous online qualifier with the all the party poker gear. Obviously, think Moneymaker and Raymer rolled into one. He claimed to have never played poker before, but was on the internet searching for "Fireplace Pokers"...and stumbled upon PartyPoker...and just started playing.
Word has it that the director, Zac Penn, let the final table happen as the "Cards Layed". They final table was played for real and whoever won...just won...no script
I just got back from Shreveport where I beat the cash games every night I was there at the "Hell-derado". I played well, and didn't have many big decisions to make. Actually, there were 3 times I tanked-folded and made good lay downs...and all three times my opponents showed me their hole cards and I was beat. Twice I had 2 pair against a set and straight...and the third time I layed down top-top...and the guy showed me 2 pair.
I am looking forward to the Harrahs event coming up. I have some buddies coming into town from "Hotlanta"...He won 4th for 12k in Tunica recently...also got an e-mail from Big Dan...hes suppose to come down also. Also looking to play some tourneys...trying to get out of make-up with my backer and win enough money to get to the WSOP with SPR and Parf in June.
Random Thoughts:
-R.I.P...Justin Shronk and Casey Reese
-Random bumper sticker: "Don't be a Communist American...be a True Texan...Support Succession"
Drive time listening on my IPOD:
-The Poker Beat...I love the "Insider"...everyone knows its the Bear...but its still funny when he puts them in their place
-NWP Poker Radio with "Fiery Justice" and another show with "The Maven"...This kid "The Maven" and his roommate "Bodog Ari" ...are animals...pure and simple. You can see their poker dojo in the newest version of BLUFF...The Kid has ...three 30' monitors to play on and a 24' for his lobbys...11 other work stations around the house. Big Screen so people can sit in the leather couches with head phones on and watch and learn...this show was good. The "Fiery Justice" show turns into a dumpster fire at some point
-Saw an ESPN show on Pat Tillman...pure heart...the guy was driven by morals, values and creeds that he believed in pedal to the metal...a true hero in every sense of the word
"Life has a way of making the foreseeable... that which never happens... and the unforeseeable that which your life becomes" Viggo Mortensen as Everitt Hitch in "Appaloosa"
I started to play some chess again online to game up on something else besides poker, and I need to start playing pool again. Chess is such a fun game, and chess and pool have alot of the same strategies...you can sacrifice some of your pieces to save others...playing defense...and waiting for your opening to get in line and get out.
I was able to catch the poker movie "The Grand" on showtime this month...absolutely hilarious. Even my wife liked as I had to hear, "Oh shit...not another damn Poker movie" when she walked in...but she liked it and laughed. It is a must see for any serious poker player. I am going to break down some of the Characters as I saw it because there is so much reference to real players that we all love and hate. (Spoiler Alert...I will try not give too much of the movie away)
One Eyed Jack Faro: Played by Woody Harrelson and is portrayed as a cross between Stuey Unger and the hard parting with one of the Binions...either Jack or Becky's son Benny as his Grandfather started Las Vegas with the Casino called the Rabbits Foot...its hilarious as the show starts out with someone coming check him out of rehab...where he was living permanently. His famous quote, "Yes...I did get kicked out of my own Casino". He also is called "One Eye" because in pressure situations, instead of putting on sunglasses to throw off his opponents, he puts on an eye patch....or... it was because he was always loaded and used the patch to correct his cross-eyedness from the drugs and alcohol.
Lainie and Larry Shwartzman: The brother sister team here...I wonder who they could be portraying? David Cross plays Larry and Larry David's wife on his HBO special plays Lainie...and shes a dead ringer for our favorite Celebrity Apprentice. She even has the braided hair that Annie Rocks now and then. Shes the poker playing Mom thats married to Ray Ramano. Her brother Larry also has some poker brat rolled into his persona ...imagine that ....a cross between Lederer and the Poker Brat. Gabe "Mr. Kooootteeerrrr" Kaplain plays their Dad.
Duece Fairbacks: Played by Dennis Ferina, is the old timer that hates all this new crap and hijinks that comes with game. Think Doyle/Dewey Tomko/Sam Grizzle all rolled into one. Cruises around on one of those little carts like Doyle and plays poker because he loves the game of poker...period.
Harold Melvin: is the Math guy in the movie. Think all of the online math guys rolled into one...he also lives and is taken care of by his mom. The camera crew goes to his house to talk to his mom ...ala Daniel Negreanu. He would say things at the table to the other like, "Your a bad player because thats a Jack high flop and you just moved all in with AK or AQ and I have pocket tens so your a 75-25 dog...I call" (Not quoted word for word...but you get the picture)
Andy Andrew: the famous online qualifier with the all the party poker gear. Obviously, think Moneymaker and Raymer rolled into one. He claimed to have never played poker before, but was on the internet searching for "Fireplace Pokers"...and stumbled upon PartyPoker...and just started playing.
Word has it that the director, Zac Penn, let the final table happen as the "Cards Layed". They final table was played for real and whoever won...just won...no script
I just got back from Shreveport where I beat the cash games every night I was there at the "Hell-derado". I played well, and didn't have many big decisions to make. Actually, there were 3 times I tanked-folded and made good lay downs...and all three times my opponents showed me their hole cards and I was beat. Twice I had 2 pair against a set and straight...and the third time I layed down top-top...and the guy showed me 2 pair.
I am looking forward to the Harrahs event coming up. I have some buddies coming into town from "Hotlanta"...He won 4th for 12k in Tunica recently...also got an e-mail from Big Dan...hes suppose to come down also. Also looking to play some tourneys...trying to get out of make-up with my backer and win enough money to get to the WSOP with SPR and Parf in June.
Random Thoughts:
-R.I.P...Justin Shronk and Casey Reese
-Random bumper sticker: "Don't be a Communist American...be a True Texan...Support Succession"
Drive time listening on my IPOD:
-The Poker Beat...I love the "Insider"...everyone knows its the Bear...but its still funny when he puts them in their place
-NWP Poker Radio with "Fiery Justice" and another show with "The Maven"...This kid "The Maven" and his roommate "Bodog Ari" ...are animals...pure and simple. You can see their poker dojo in the newest version of BLUFF...The Kid has ...three 30' monitors to play on and a 24' for his lobbys...11 other work stations around the house. Big Screen so people can sit in the leather couches with head phones on and watch and learn...this show was good. The "Fiery Justice" show turns into a dumpster fire at some point
-Saw an ESPN show on Pat Tillman...pure heart...the guy was driven by morals, values and creeds that he believed in pedal to the metal...a true hero in every sense of the word
"Life has a way of making the foreseeable... that which never happens... and the unforeseeable that which your life becomes" Viggo Mortensen as Everitt Hitch in "Appaloosa"
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