Friday, January 06, 2006


Two Trailer Park Girls go Round the Outside.
Current mood: cheerful

Another big day at the office. My two most successful cash games were yesterday and today. I guess that's what happens when you play higher stakes.

I got up this morning and felt horrible. I wasn't sick but something was wrong. I was mentally and physically wasted. I went to the gym 4 times in the last two days, which did me in physically. Mentally, I realized, the strain of playing LAG shorthanded was killing me.

As such I've decided to go back to full ring TAG for now. My image is awesome. Everyone was calling my bets today and I know at least some of it had to do with my ultra-aggressive play from before.

It was so easy to play TAG. I didn't have to concentrate as much and just went on auto pilot for the most part. I think my new strategy (which briachek mentioned to me) will be to play LAG once a week, just to keep the image up. The rest of the week I will play strict TAG.

I'm postive I won't make as much money this way. However, since I need so much less concentration and the swings are smaller, it makes me happier. Win rates aren't everything, no matter what they say on 2+2.. I place a lot above poker and peace of mind is one of those things.

and for my advice, all i ask is 1% of your winnings.

Monday, January 09, 2006


I'm a lucky guy.
Current mood: blank

My incredible run continues. I'd like to say it's because I'm playing great and I'm just the shit, but that's really not it. I'm playing pretty well, but I'm just getting great cards that are holding.

I had a hand today:

Dealt 33

FLOP 38J rainbow.
SB checks. BB bets $40. I call. SB check raises all in for $1200. BB folds after a long while, I call fairly quickly . SB shows QJ and doesn't hit the running full house. Seriously, what skill do I need for this? I'm just lucky as hell.


I'm not gonna brag cuz if I do poker will have another "conversation" with me. We all know how those go....

I'm curious how long I can hold this unreal winrate... I'm at 33 hours so far. Good luck continue please!

Currently listening:
Curtain Call
By Eminem

Saturday, January 21, 2006


Is Vegas Ready for Me?
Current mood: amused
Category: Jobs, Work, Careers

Poker has continued to go well. Although it's slowed a little bit the past few days, I still have a phenomnal winrate. It might be immpossible to sustain, but It's been over 60 hours now and isn't slowing too much. Maybe I undervalued my worth as a poker player. (heh that would be a long shot.)

I'm leaving for Vegas on Tuesday and I'm looking forward for the excitement and challenge. I'll be looking to play the $500 games to start, then maybe move up to the $1000 NL tables. I'm not practiced in live games so I need to get used it again. Atlantic City was a big learning experience last time, we'll see how Vegas goes.

I'll post updates every night or two in Vegas. I'm sure I'll have some crazy stories involving MVP, Briachek, and Tightwad's sister to boot.

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I posted two threads in BTP that I think are interesting:

forum/viewtopic.php?t=10487

forum/viewtopic.php?t=10483


Currently watching:
Hardball
Release date: By 19 February, 2002

Wednesday, January 25, 2006


Day 1: Las Vegas
Current mood: awake
Category: Travel and Places

The plane trip wasn't so bad. The guy on the plane decided to give me 3 small bacardi rum bottles instead of 1, which made my day. Buzzing on a plane.. I highly recommend it.

I finally found where my luggage and taxi was at and made my way to Treasure Island. I must say Vegas is a pretty place. The buildings are bigger then I had imagined, the TV doesn't do the strip justice.

I played some blackjack while waiting for Suhleafs and tripled up my $100 after going "all-in." That's good because I was down about $150 from roulette. I met Suhleafs a couple of hours later. He also came on the trip and is rooming with me. We ate some dinner and headed over to the Mirage Poker room.

The Mirage poker room was dissapointing. MVP said it was a great place, but it was small and empty. They had a couple of 1/2 NL games going but only one 2/5 game. We left there prety quickly and just walked around.

We ended up at Ceasear's Palace. They have a new room and it's lovely. The chairs are very comfortable too. The women were beautiful, of course.
Anyway, I sat down at a 2/5 game and got no hands for 4 hours. The best I saw was pocket tens and one AJ. I had no AK, AQ, or premium pocket pair. Actually I only had 3 pocket pairs the whole night.

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Some hands:

Dealt 96o in the BB. Couple of limpers. I check.

FLOP $25
536 rainbow

Everyone checks to the button who makes it $25. I call him because he's played kind of crazy and I don't believe him just yet.

TURN $75
5368 rainbow

I check. He bets $100. Now I know he's bluffing. He acted too quickly, almost out of turn, and was trying to look too strong. I call.

RIVER $275
53686

Nice river. I check. He bets $200. I don't call immediately but take a few seconds to look over the draw heavy board. I didn't want to look like I knew I had him the whole time. Anyway, I call and he shows 57o for a pair and a straight draw on the turn. I take it down.


Hand 2:
Dealt [3s] in the BB. Decent player raises to $20. Bunch of caller. I call because I like little cards.

FLOP$100
[5h][6h]

I check. He bets $65 and it folds to me. I didn't think he had it by his expressions and the way he bet his chips (they fell over and he restacked them.) While pondering all this, the guy starts talking about how he thinks I'm gonna come over the top of him. I start having doubts, but I just go with my initial read and put his last $200 in. He calls with JJ and I don't improve. Everyone on the table thought I was making a move with that hand, but I felt I had the winning hand. Ahh well.

Hand 3:
Dealt [Ts]. I limp on the button.

FLOP$20
[5s][3d]
Blind and MP checks. CO (moron bets $20) I raise to $60. MP (a good player) wakes up and cold calls the bet and the raise. CO calls.

TURN$200
[5s][3d]
Check, Check, Check.

RIVER $200
[5s][3d]
He bets out $150, I just can't call it in my right mind..


Hand 4:
Dealt [3c] on the CO (eh..my last round i was bored)

FLOP $25
[3d][9s]

Everyone checks to the button who bets $20. Folds to me, I call.

TURN $65
[3d][9s]

I check. He bets $65. I don't think he has it. I call.

RIVER $130
[3d][9s]

I look at my stack and realize I only have $80 left. (just lost that 5s3s hand.) I was going to bet, but decided to check. I couldn't figure out what he would call...figured I let him bluff. He checks behind and mucks.

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I lost $100 that session but I thought I played great. I was wrong about the 35 hand but what the hell, I'm glad i followed through with my read. 2 for 3 on reads with marginals isn't so bad. Maybe my next session I'll actually get some cards.

Kenny, why no river raise when you had trip 6s in hand 1?

GL in Vegas!