Friday, July 27, 2007

Vacation

Going up north tomorrow for a week with my fam/kels/extended fam.

7 poker-free days coming right up! No computers, tv's, phones, or anything else like that, either. No gambling as well! Niceeeee!

Good bye work, hello relaxation/fun.

The funny part is poker has been going great - but a good forced break is always nice. :)

See ya in a week.

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

killing it

I don't have much time as I have to get ready to go golfing with bob, kirby, and dmark but it's been awhile so I thought I'd stop in.

The last few days have been incredible. I've been torturing people and winning the dollars and it's been really fun albeit exhausting with how many hours I've put in. I've been playing a chunk bigger too...perhaps avg 50/100. I played some 1/2 on stars yesterday on my own for the first time in awhile. There was 1.5 morons and I viewed that as enough. The main one busted and I left too.

I'm in the zone and while a vacation is going to be great for me, it's unfortunate I wont get much more play in this week and saturday I go up north away from everything til at least wed if not a full week.

Too bad it's not always like this :P

I'll leave with an LOL hand. (not standard btw, but this was the right spot vs this goofball)

HU 50/100

I raise 7d5c on the button, bb calls.

Flop J52 all hearts

He checks, I bet, he check raises, I 3 bet, he caps.

Turn 8s

he bets, I raise, he calls.

River 6

he checks, and I check.

He shows Ah9s and I sheep. :)

bk the spew monkey is back.

Friday, July 20, 2007

no title

I met up with Jay, Dave, Billy, Schlattery, Cahoy, balogna, and a few others up at Jay's dad's place on wednesday night up near saint cloud. The night started with some intense beer pong and was ended bye a rowdy camp fire with cahoy jamming on his guitar while we pretended to be able to sing to the songs.

Jay, Billy, Dave and I went to daves parents cabin the next day. It's incredibly dirty...pretty much a sweet house on a lake. A few relatives came out to celebrate dave's graduation from college as well as his grandpas birthday. Parties lead to great food. mmmmm foood. I'm getting a little soft but have been running lately so that should change by ski season.

The lake was really low from the lack of rain, which also made it really warm for swimming which was nice. We didn't make it wake boarding though.

After playing a little online in the evening, a home game broke out. I've been dying to play a home game for quite some time, so this was perfect. The 4 of us played dealers choice of games that are actually played at casinos. We played 2/4 limit badugi, stud 8, and 1/1 blind nl and plo. I think I lost like 80 bucks! Rats.

The following day instead of being human and enjoying the lake, we started playing a session in the morning and I started playing hu 30/60 with a guy at noon. We were going to go out in an hour or two. The guy was a HUGE moron and I was running it up on him and he rebought a few times and got lucky and ran it back against me to get to even after a few hours. I decided I was in it for the long haul as he was in for 6k and was destined to lose it all. I love being at the lake, but I just couldn't put aside 6k.

After about 5.5 hours something changed. I was up perhaps 3k on him and he hadn't said a word the whole time. Not one. He started commenting during hands and playing way better. I don't know if he called a friend over or what, but he started playing much better which wasn't good enough, but he wasn't the moron I had played all afternoon. He got some back and I quit up 1k after 6.5 hours :( We payed like 700 in rake and played like 1100 hands. It just asn't worth it anymore as he wasn't playing awefully and 6.5 hours straight is sick. Weagans and billy substituted a few short times so I could take a leak but other than that it was straight. Yuck. But sometimes you gotta work hard and make sacrifices. I made a lot more than 1k in sklansky bucks as he ran incredibly hot. I think my final SD stats were 34/43 which is terribly bad. That's sick for still beating a guy. my lifetime sd stats are like 43/49 so it was way different. He won a few big nasty pots too.

At night we went to transformers...which I didn't have much interest in seeing but it was really good. obviously very far fetched and ridiculous but there are actually a bunch of funny parts and the computer animation was incredible.

After the movie we came back to Dave's parents house and grinded some more and hung out with his brothers/cousin. I worked so hard for the 1k in the afternoon, but pulled out 7 in an easy hour or 2 here. Funny how that works sometimes.

Monday, July 16, 2007

Action

Schneider has been playing patrikskjold 2 tables HUHU of 200/400 for a few hours while pickett (gassit) has been playing 2 tables of 150/300 huhu with fatal_fog. GL boys!

Sunday, July 15, 2007

I'm sooooooooooo tired right now. Kels and I went to a wedding last night for her god father. Obviously stayed up til like 330 and the couple decided 830am present opening time/breakfast was somehow a brilliant idea so we had to get up. :(

I'm crashing immediately when we get home.

Friday, July 13, 2007

done

Man it's nice to be home. No more vegas for quite awhile (unless of course CMO makes the final table of the ME then i'll go back tues.) I'm incredibly vegas'd out.

I have a nice few weeks coming up then going up north with the fam to a camp we goto every year with my extended family. It's going to be heavenly - No tv's, no cell phones, no computers, no poker, no stress. Just relaxation. Sounds good to me.

Now, sleep.

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

touchdown

I've heard the song "touchdown" by T.I. feat eminem twice now and it's super dirty and I about gaurentee it'll be one of those songs you hear a million times.

I would also like to submit the following hand to pokerbob's money hater of the week which he keeps on his sweet blog.

PokerStars Game #10889541910: Hold'em Limit ($100/$200) - 2007/07/11 - 18:45:08 (ET)
Table 'Katharina IV' 6-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: bicyclekick ($5625 in chips)
Seat 2: LOINGPOKERWR ($4730 in chips)
Seat 3: chaldo225 ($6918.50 in chips)
Seat 5: BrynKenney ($20989 in chips)
Seat 6: twin-caracas ($18768.50 in chips)
bicyclekick: posts small blind $50
LOINGPOKERWR: posts big blind $100
vinnybstgk: sits out
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bicyclekick [7s 7c]
chaldo225: folds
BrynKenney: folds
twin-caracas: raises $100 to $200
bicyclekick: raises $100 to $300
LOINGPOKERWR: calls $200
twin-caracas: raises $100 to $400
Betting is capped
bicyclekick: calls $100
LOINGPOKERWR: calls $100
*** FLOP *** [Kc 9h Th]
bicyclekick: checks
LOINGPOKERWR: checks
twin-caracas: checks
*** TURN *** [Kc 9h Th] [7h]
bicyclekick: bets $200
LOINGPOKERWR: raises $200 to $400
twin-caracas: folds
bicyclekick: raises $200 to $600
LOINGPOKERWR: calls $200
*** RIVER *** [Kc 9h Th 7h] [Qs]
bicyclekick: bets $200
LOINGPOKERWR: raises $200 to $400
bicyclekick: calls $200
*** SHOW DOWN ***
LOINGPOKERWR: shows [Qh Ts] (two pair, Queens and Tens)
bicyclekick: shows [7s 7c] (three of a kind, Sevens)
bicyclekick collected $3198 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $3200 | Rake $2
Board [Kc 9h Th 7h Qs]
Seat 1: bicyclekick (small blind) showed [7s 7c] and won ($3198) with three of a kind, Sevens
Seat 2: LOINGPOKERWR (big blind) showed [Qh Ts] and lost with two pair, Queens and Tens
Seat 3: chaldo225 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: BrynKenney folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: twin-caracas (button) folded on the Turn

for I am busto

rats.

short stackign

I start day 2 in about 45 minutes with 8400 chips. The blinds are 500/1000 with 100 ante and the avg stack is like 50k. GL double up.

Monday, July 9, 2007

here we gooooooooooo

I'm really lazy but haven't updated in a few days so I thought I'd come on here real quickly. I've been staying with Jay and Billy at the Rio and it's about 50 times better than staying at the bellagio. We have a suite (they are all suites) so we have tons of space and the room service menu is actually good food and not a million dollars. It's not as convenient for cash games but I've only played like 4 hours of cash games since getting here anyhow. We've played quite a bit online though.

All of us start the main event today. I have 75% of myself in it after selling 10% to schneider and poker bob and trading off a few %'s to billy, jay, and kirby. GOGOOGGOOGO

James282 and CMO both have around 80k after day one so that's good for them, even though both of them felt like they should have a grip more.

Wish me luck!

Friday, July 6, 2007

Sometimes it's nice being a retard

Usually I double check everything before going on a trip but for some reason this time I got careless and didn't double check and apparently I didn't complete the ticket buying transaction on NWA.com so when I got to the ticket counter they couldn't find my ticket. Doh. The assholes wanted 1200 to get on the flight so I quickly called my dad who came to the rescue with an orbitz search. I could get on a flight 3 hours later for just under 300 on US airways. Sweet. That'll work. I have my laptop and I'll would just play poker or whatever. I wanted to catch up with jay on the flight but we'll have plenty of time for that I guess. I'll also miss pool time today. rats.

Good thing I missed my flight as I won 6tk at mostly 40/80 and 30/60 HUHU. All my focus and study has really been paying off at heads up. I've found my weakness and I've been quitting people who play that way lately as I feel like I just flail a little bit. I'm gonna have to do some more reflection/discussing with other smart poker players about the best way to adapt as I haven't figured it out yet. Lucky for me almost nobody plays this way, but I want to have a full toolbox.

Getting guys on tilt is great. The 30/60 and 40/80 players were complete opposites but were both on big tilt. The 30/60 guy tried to win every single pot and put in a billion bets in hopeless/stupid spots. The 40/80 guy folded wayyyyyy too much and just let me run him over. Those type of guys tend to also pick a few retarded spots to bluff just for good money burning pleasure.

A few hands from the end of the 30/60 session:

FullTiltPoker Game #2867720066: Table Tee (heads up) - $30/$60 - Limit Hold'em - 13:56:01 ET - 2007/07/06
Seat 1: uglystyles ($2,228)
Seat 2: ballah21 ($1,659)
uglystyles posts the small blind of $15
ballah21 posts the big blind of $30
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to uglystyles [6c 6h]
uglystyles raises to $60
ballah21 calls $30
*** FLOP *** [3h Ts 2h]
ballah21 bets $30
uglystyles raises to $60
ballah21 raises to $90
uglystyles calls $30
*** TURN *** [3h Ts 2h] [7s]
ballah21 bets $60
uglystyles calls $60
*** RIVER *** [3h Ts 2h 7s] [5d]
ballah21 bets $60
uglystyles calls $60
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ballah21 shows [Qc 8s] Queen Ten high
uglystyles shows [6c 6h] a pair of Sixes
uglystyles wins the pot ($539.50) with a pair of Sixes
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $540 | Rake $0.50
Board: [3h Ts 2h 7s 5d]
Seat 1: uglystyles (small blind) showed [6c 6h] and won ($539.50) with a pair of Sixes
Seat 2: ballah21 (big blind) showed [Qc 8s] and lost with Queen Ten high

FullTiltPoker Game #2867759395: Table Tee (heads up) - $30/$60 - Limit Hold'em - 14:02:23 ET - 2007/07/06
Seat 1: uglystyles ($2,854.50)
Seat 2: ballah21 ($1,025.50)
uglystyles posts the small blind of $15
ballah21 posts the big blind of $30
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to uglystyles [Kc Qh]
uglystyles raises to $60
ballah21 calls $30
*** FLOP *** [7h 6s Qd]
ballah21 checks
uglystyles bets $30
ballah21 calls $30
*** TURN *** [7h 6s Qd] [5c]
ballah21 checks
uglystyles bets $60
ballah21 raises to $120
uglystyles raises to $180
ballah21 calls $60
*** RIVER *** [7h 6s Qd 5c] [9d]
ballah21 bets $60
uglystyles calls $60
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ballah21 shows [2s 2h] a pair of Twos
uglystyles shows [Kc Qh] a pair of Queens
uglystyles wins the pot ($659.50) with a pair of Queens
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $660 | Rake $0.50
Board: [7h 6s Qd 5c 9d]
Seat 1: uglystyles (small blind) showed [Kc Qh] and won ($659.50) with a pair of Queens
Seat 2: ballah21 (big blind) showed [2s 2h] and lost with a pair of Twos

FullTiltPoker Game #2867766008: Table Tee (heads up) - $30/$60 - Limit Hold'em - 14:03:25 ET - 2007/07/06
Seat 1: uglystyles ($3,273.50)
Seat 2: ballah21 ($605.50)
uglystyles posts the small blind of $15
ballah21 posts the big blind of $30
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to uglystyles [8h Qc]
uglystyles raises to $60
ballah21 calls $30
*** FLOP *** [Qh 4c Jc]
ballah21 bets $30
uglystyles calls $30
*** TURN *** [Qh 4c Jc] [7d]
ballah21 bets $60
uglystyles raises to $120
ballah21 raises to $180
uglystyles raises to $240
ballah21 calls $60
*** RIVER *** [Qh 4c Jc 7d] [4h]
ballah21 bets $60
uglystyles calls $60
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ballah21 shows [9c Js] two pair, Jacks and Fours
uglystyles shows [8h Qc] two pair, Queens and Fours
uglystyles wins the pot ($779.50) with two pair, Queens and Fours
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $780 | Rake $0.50
Board: [Qh 4c Jc 7d 4h]
Seat 1: uglystyles (small blind) showed [8h Qc] and won ($779.50) with two pair, Queens and Fours
Seat 2: ballah21 (big blind) showed [9c Js] and lost with two pair, Jacks and Fours

Thursday, July 5, 2007

back to vegas part 3

Even though I don't have a ton of interest in going to vegas again at the moment, I'm headed back tomorrow morning. I'm going to play the main event and it'll be nice to hang out with the guys as good times always ensue.

As far as online has been going, I've played a few marathon sessions and other than that haven't played much as I kinda wanted/was given a little break by getting a wii and going to kelsey's cabin for the 4th of july. Still on fire though and I've been dabbling in NL a little bit again with some nice success.

I'm freaking lazy/have plenty to do so I'll just leave it at that.

Monday, July 2, 2007

weird

Well, an hour or two after making my last blog post I started feeling pretty normal. I've heard of a 24 hour but, but never an 10 hour bug. I'm pretty excited about that.

Schnettler ended up getting 8th, which paid 55k! Pretty damn excited for him.

I slept from like 12-4am again last night. Seriously I haven't slept more than 4-5 hours per night since vegas which is pretty annoying in a way, but tonight worked out for my advantage as the poker games have been sick good and I'm running sick hot and up like 9k (180 bets). Kinda makes me feel like I'm back in the olden days.

Sunday, July 1, 2007

101.2

I went to bed last night at about 12 as I've been trying super hard to 'right' my sleep schedule. I had a few beers at the bar a few hours earlier so when I woke up at 330 I just kinda figured it was a side effect of that. Nope. Started getting the chills a little bit and was burnin up...so I decided to see what was going on. 101.2 temp. Yuck. Popped some tylenol and attempted to sleep again, to no avail. Watched some tv, which goes SUPER slow when you feel like shit. It seriously felt like I was watching tv for 4 hours after an hour. Finally fell asleep around 8 in the morning and slept til 11.

Previous to this, I was shocked I hadn't gotten sick because almost everyone does who spends 3 weeks in vegas around those nasty chips and people.

I had been planning on adding HBO and now that I got sick it just expedited the process.

I just hope I get feeling better to goto Kelsey's cabin. Supposed to go back to vegas this coming weekend too. I still probably will, but we'll see.

Dave Schnettler (nlsoldier from 2+2) final tabled the 2k NL event #47! There is no payout sheet but I looked at a previous tourney with similar stuff and it paid 40k for 9th, the worst he can do. He's the short stack so he's gonna have to get a little lucky but I hope he can take down some big monies! He definitely has waited long enough.

GOGOOGOGOG