leaving yay!

I've been on a little bit of a downer live lately and that's been kinda annoying. Spending so much time in vegas has really warn us out, so we're leaving tonight. Same food, living out of a hotel room, gambool gambool all day, missing gf's...time to go home.

cannot think of a title

So, while the tournament I was crying about yesterday was the biggest crapshoot I've ever seen, it actually wasn't miserable at all and I honestly had a decent time playing it. I think I lasted only 4 hours or something, but everything mattered from the beginning so there wasn't that super mundane first 3 hours where nothing matters.

After busting out I decided to check out the rio 100/200 game, which was 5 handed at the time. Perfect. While not a particularily great game, it surely beat the 1/2 games at the bellagio on average. I won my buyin back and quit around 5am. Ian and schneider had came over to play 2/4 with a fish that I had set up but the floor were assholes and wouldn't start it for us. We agreed to play today at the venetian and exchanged #'s but his is and Israeli # so none of us can call him. I called sprint to have international calling added to my plan but it's still not working. Darnit. I gotta get a phone card I guess.

We came back and Ian and I played online. Chopped 100/200 action and I played some 50/100 HUHU vs some n00bs. Won a little and decided to ring em up and goto bed around 7 or something.

misery

Prepping myself to be miserable for the next x hours...playing another stupid tournament - the $1500 lhe/nl mix. I have next to no interest in playing but I guess it's a cheap/easy shot at a bracelet and a nice little pay day. If only I wouldn't have left my ipod on the airplane it would be far less painful.

kill me now.

destruction

I've been playing tons and tons of HUHU online and it just doesn't seem fair for my opponents. A big part of the success I've been having is knowing who to play when. A lot of the guys can play fine but they get on tilt and don't quit, whereas when I get in the same spot I quit much faster. Basically what I'm saying is along with the fact that I play slightly better than most of the people I play, I play more hands when I have a psychological advantage than they do. There are also a lot of guys who will sit with 600 who have almost no chance and will lose that and quit. That definitely helps too.

I only played like 2 hours yesterday live, where I won something like 26 bucks. I was in HUHU online mode which doesn't really work overly well at a live 100/200 game. Tariq and I took a break and went to dinner, but even when I got done with that I didn't feel like playing anymore. So instead I played a little online and started watching entourage. I thought the show started a little slow and while amusing, wasn't particularly great, but now that I'm a few more episodes in I'm really digging it. It's not deep or anything, but the antics are quite hilarious.

Gambool.

mmm tilting

After reloading for $600 8 times a guy finally threw in the towel. lol.

betabear: $##% it GG
Dealer: uglystyles wins the pot ($30)
Dealer: Hand #2743926767
uglystyles: ?
Dealer: betabear has 5 seconds left to act
Dealer: betabear has timed out
Dealer: Hand #2743926767 has been canceled
betabear: remmind me never to play u ever again
uglystyles: lol
uglystyles: do i know you?
betabear: no
uglystyles: ok
betabear: cant believe u got me on tilt, im so $&!!in stupid
uglystyles: ez to happen at HU
betabear: bye

money hating

I'd link to poker bob's blog but he hasn't started writing in it yet. This is definitely a case of money hating.

FullTiltPoker Game #2743024203: Table Kansas (heads up) - $30/$60 - Limit Hold'em - 23:35:59 ET - 2007/06/22
Seat 1: uglystyles ($553)
Seat 2: jelie767 ($642.50)
jelie767 posts the small blind of $15
uglystyles posts the big blind of $30
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to uglystyles [Ad Ac]
jelie767 calls $15
uglystyles raises to $60
jelie767 calls $30
*** FLOP *** [2d 6s 7c]
uglystyles bets $30
jelie767 raises to $60
uglystyles calls $30
*** TURN *** [2d 6s 7c] [Kh]
uglystyles checks
jelie767 bets $60
uglystyles raises to $120
jelie767 raises to $180
uglystyles raises to $240
jelie767 calls $60
*** RIVER *** [2d 6s 7c Kh] [Ah]
uglystyles bets $60
jelie767 raises to $120
uglystyles raises to $180
jelie767 calls $60
*** SHOW DOWN ***
uglystyles shows [Ad Ac] three of a kind, Aces
jelie767 mucks
uglystyles wins the pot ($1,079.50) with three of a kind, Aces
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $1,080 | Rake $0.50
Board: [2d 6s 7c Kh Ah]
Seat 1: uglystyles (big blind) showed [Ad Ac] and won ($1,079.50) with three of a kind, Aces
Seat 2: jelie767 (small blind) mucked [5d Qc] - Ace King high


About 15 hands later

FullTiltPoker Game #2743079973: Table Kansas (heads up) - $30/$60 - Limit Hold'em - 23:41:37 ET - 2007/06/22
Seat 1: uglystyles ($1,238.50)
Seat 2: jelie767 ($1,454.50)
uglystyles posts the small blind of $15
jelie767 posts the big blind of $30
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to uglystyles [Ks Kh]
uglystyles raises to $60
jelie767 calls $30
*** FLOP *** [Jc 3h 4s]
jelie767 bets $30
uglystyles raises to $60
jelie767 raises to $90
uglystyles raises to $120
jelie767 calls $30
*** TURN *** [Jc 3h 4s] [5h]
jelie767 bets $60
uglystyles raises to $120
jelie767 raises to $180
uglystyles calls $60
*** RIVER *** [Jc 3h 4s 5h] [6d]
jelie767 bets $60
uglystyles calls $60
*** SHOW DOWN ***
jelie767 shows [9h Js] a pair of Jacks
uglystyles shows [Ks Kh] a pair of Kings
uglystyles wins the pot ($839.50) with a pair of Kings
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $840 | Rake $0.50
Board: [Jc 3h 4s 5h 6d]
Seat 1: uglystyles (small blind) showed [Ks Kh] and won ($839.50) with a pair of Kings
Seat 2: jelie767 (big blind) showed [9h Js] and lost with a pair of Jacks


He dusted off like 1700 and with left with like 2k on the table. :( Still a nice donation though I guess.

update from vegas

Just waiting at a 30/60 HU table so I figured I'd make a little update.

I haven't played a ton of cash games since coming back, but I'm down a little bit at them. Online I've been crushing, so that's been nice. I was playing $200/400 yesterday and Ian J complimented me and said the "old bk" is fully back. Basically the "confident/relentless" bk is back, which is a big deal to me.

I played Crazy mike HUHU $100/200 at the Venetian last night too. He beat me for like $8500, but if we could have played another hour or 2 it's highly likely I would have came back, as I had him on "monkey tilt". He said he was able to get in everyone else's head yet he couldn't get in mine and instead I was in his head. Still, he got the dollars, so it's not super great.

After the match I went back to the bellagio at about 6am and saw a short-handed $300/600 game schneider was playing in so decided to hop in cause I was feeling really good and I liked the spot.

Played a bunch of big pots but quit 45 minutes later when the game got significantly worse up 500!!!! 1 big bet per hour at 3/6!!!