This is the first post on my new site I'm goin to do. I tried to do one on poker.... I tried to do one on music.... I tried to do one about everyday life.... and they all are DEAD now. So I figured why just make one damn site? Sound like it would be much more simple.
Well here it is! This is pretty much going to be a anything goes site for now until I actually have some categories, but I know for a fact I'll be talking about video games and video games stuff, followed by me ranting on certain things. I usually send out a mailing list as well with new info on games and what not, and if you ever want in, register and hit me up with a PM and your email!
Since this is the first post, this is mostly a test so this falls under the category... " this bores me "
But just to let you know, it's only a month until Bioshock, so I leave you with... The Bioshock Countdown!
See you on the flipside
-j0n
Friday, July 20, 2007
Sunday, March 26, 2006
The family be Clubbin until the wheels fall off!
I wanted to try and write about each and every day that goes on here in Vietnam, but there's so much to do and so little time that I haven't been able to do so. It's already Sunday here in Vietnam (we're a day ahead) and it seems like only a day or so has gone by. On friday we decided to do a little shopping and hit the market. The market is pretty much 7 mile fair in Wisconsin where you can pretty much find anything you want; but here in vietnam it's so much better. They have everything from jewelry like jade bracelets, necklaces, rings, statues, toys, any kind of asian food you can think of; clothes, footwear, fabric, electronics, souvenirs, etc. I could go on an on, but I think you get the point…. That’s the place to go shopping!
The kewl thing about it is that most of the places you can bargin for different things, so if that’s your kind of thing you can bargin to get the lowest price on an item or just look somewhere else for it, for a cheaper price. My cousin Linh is definitely a pro at it though. What we would do is, if I wanted something I would tell here and then she would tell the person selling the item to go lower and if they wouldn’t go down to a price we would like, we would walk away.
Now this is where my impulse kicks in, and I’m definitely bad at that. If I want something I usually want it then and there. So the first time we did the bargining, and we were walking away my impulse instinct kicked in and I kept telling my brother and Linh, that we should go back and just get the item I wanted. But Linh just winked at me and my brother said just watch and hold up….. And sure enough the person selling the item, would come running up to us telling us that they well sell the item we wanted for the price we wanted. It was bargining at it’s finest, and I have Linh to thank for that. I think if I want to go shopping anywhere I have to take her with!
After we done a little shopping and hanged out at the hotel, we went out to look for this restaurant my mom seen in this Vietnam book. If you have never went to Vietnam, the streets are crazy with traffic with people in cars, bikes and mopeds and bicycles. If you thought Chicago traffic was crazy you should go here! I actually think that the Vietnamese people are better drivers, but there are so many people riding vehicles that it’s very intimidating to cross the street. You pretty much have to just pick a spot and just go, and just walk slowly, otherwise your arse will get hit! Another thing is you can’t ever hesitate otherwise you’ll get hit as well, but after the first couple times you’ll get use to walking in the street.
We couldn’t find the place my mom was looking for so we went to this place that was recommended by some local security guard out in the street that was across from where he was at. It was pretty good food considering I’m the most picky eater in the world! I actually ordered a Australian steak with fries (my cuz from Australia calls them chips) and my brother ordered this orange chicken. I wish I would’ve picked what my brother did because that stuff was great! My brother keeps trying to find that plate at every restaurant we go to now, and I have to agree with him, it was excellent! The food was actually a little more expensive then a usual restaurant, but I think it was well worth it.
Our bellies were all full, and we wanted to go out dancing, so we went out to hit the clubs and see how they did it Vietnamese style. The first club we went to, was actually right next door, so that was really kewl because we didn’t have to do any walking around. I really don’t care how far we go because these days I’m not walking I’m just rolling! My brother does all of the pushing, so I have to give big props to him helping me out. One thing is for sure in Vietnam; it’s definitely not a place for wheelchairs. The sidewalks (if you can call them that, are all uneven and have potholes and big curbs ranging from 8 inches to 2 feet, so my brother Jason is always having a workout pushing my arse around! They are some ramps by the edge of the curbs, but everybody parks there motorcycles on the sidewalk so half the time Jason’s pushing me in the street with all the hundreds of drivers. Since I have been here I have not seen 1 WHEELCHAIR! That’s prolly why everybody looks at us when we are walking around. That, and because we are also tourists.
So let me get back to talking about the club. I forgot the name of the club, but it was on the second floor ( more steps yippie for me and Jason!) and when we got upstairs and went it it was dark as hell. It was so dark that the people working there would shine a flashlight on the ground to show us where to sit down. It was like a restaurant slash club, and when we went in there, we saw a couple of people dancing to the band that was playing this jazz rock Vietnamese music. After a couple of minutes a guy came by us and flashed his flashlight at the menu to show us what was on the menu to drink. We were there for about 10 minutes and then the band stopped playing, and then all of a sudden this house beat kicked in and everybody got up and started dancing! One this is for sure in Vietnam…. They love there house/techno music!
There was actually an older crowd of people dancing to the music, which surprised me because I didn’t think many people over 35 liked electronic music, but there they were kickin a groove to the beats. I’d like to point out the all the older people were men and they were dancing with women that looked half their age. The club had decent lights, but for some reason they just mostly used the strobe lights. My mom and dad actually came with us and they had their hands over their eyes practically the whole time the house music was goin on, because of the strobe lights. We were about to go, but after 30 minutes, the house music stopped and the band came back to play, so we decided to stay a little bit longer because they were playing a couple slow songs and gus,linh,mom and my dad got up and slow danced.
We decided to leave after a couple of slow songs, and my ozzy (Australian) and Vietnamese cousins wanted to hit up another club so off we went! My mom and dad actually wanted to come to another club, so we all went. It kinda surprised me because my mom hasn’t really ever went to a club, and my dad looked pretty jet lagged. We found this other nightclub not to far away call the Rainforest. When we went in it looked just like a club you would see in the states. They had a couple of tables in the back and the dance floor took up the rest of the room. They had a DJ spinning some house,techno and everybody looked like they were having a good time. Someone was having a birthday because there was TV screens saying happy birthday to the person, and someone on the mic would say happy birthday every 10 minutes as well.
The DJ wasn’t that good though, because at one time he just killed the flow ( a sign of a bad DJ ) and at one poin the played a remix version of MC Hammer, “ You Can’t Touch This “, so when I heard that I just laughed out loud. It was pretty packed, but the music all stopped at midnight because it was more of a restaurant than a club, which kinda surprised me because it looked straight up like a club from the states. When the music stopped at midnight we all left and went to the hotel to sleep, because we had to get up early to do another adventure the next day.
Well that pretty much sums it all up for that day! I’m actually 2 days behind on telling you what happened, but I’m not going to forget what happened on those days. I will write about it as soon as I can get on the internet again and actually have time to do so again. We are actually going to another hotel at this resort by the ocean called Vung Tau and are getting up at 8am. I’ve been up writing all this for about 2 hours now and it’s midnight already, so I have to get some sleep in. ( if you don’t know me that well, I LOVE SLEEP)
I’ll be writing about the day after this and the next day as soon as I get some time again….. But until then…. Raise that Pot!
The kewl thing about it is that most of the places you can bargin for different things, so if that’s your kind of thing you can bargin to get the lowest price on an item or just look somewhere else for it, for a cheaper price. My cousin Linh is definitely a pro at it though. What we would do is, if I wanted something I would tell here and then she would tell the person selling the item to go lower and if they wouldn’t go down to a price we would like, we would walk away.
Now this is where my impulse kicks in, and I’m definitely bad at that. If I want something I usually want it then and there. So the first time we did the bargining, and we were walking away my impulse instinct kicked in and I kept telling my brother and Linh, that we should go back and just get the item I wanted. But Linh just winked at me and my brother said just watch and hold up….. And sure enough the person selling the item, would come running up to us telling us that they well sell the item we wanted for the price we wanted. It was bargining at it’s finest, and I have Linh to thank for that. I think if I want to go shopping anywhere I have to take her with!
After we done a little shopping and hanged out at the hotel, we went out to look for this restaurant my mom seen in this Vietnam book. If you have never went to Vietnam, the streets are crazy with traffic with people in cars, bikes and mopeds and bicycles. If you thought Chicago traffic was crazy you should go here! I actually think that the Vietnamese people are better drivers, but there are so many people riding vehicles that it’s very intimidating to cross the street. You pretty much have to just pick a spot and just go, and just walk slowly, otherwise your arse will get hit! Another thing is you can’t ever hesitate otherwise you’ll get hit as well, but after the first couple times you’ll get use to walking in the street.
We couldn’t find the place my mom was looking for so we went to this place that was recommended by some local security guard out in the street that was across from where he was at. It was pretty good food considering I’m the most picky eater in the world! I actually ordered a Australian steak with fries (my cuz from Australia calls them chips) and my brother ordered this orange chicken. I wish I would’ve picked what my brother did because that stuff was great! My brother keeps trying to find that plate at every restaurant we go to now, and I have to agree with him, it was excellent! The food was actually a little more expensive then a usual restaurant, but I think it was well worth it.
Our bellies were all full, and we wanted to go out dancing, so we went out to hit the clubs and see how they did it Vietnamese style. The first club we went to, was actually right next door, so that was really kewl because we didn’t have to do any walking around. I really don’t care how far we go because these days I’m not walking I’m just rolling! My brother does all of the pushing, so I have to give big props to him helping me out. One thing is for sure in Vietnam; it’s definitely not a place for wheelchairs. The sidewalks (if you can call them that, are all uneven and have potholes and big curbs ranging from 8 inches to 2 feet, so my brother Jason is always having a workout pushing my arse around! They are some ramps by the edge of the curbs, but everybody parks there motorcycles on the sidewalk so half the time Jason’s pushing me in the street with all the hundreds of drivers. Since I have been here I have not seen 1 WHEELCHAIR! That’s prolly why everybody looks at us when we are walking around. That, and because we are also tourists.
So let me get back to talking about the club. I forgot the name of the club, but it was on the second floor ( more steps yippie for me and Jason!) and when we got upstairs and went it it was dark as hell. It was so dark that the people working there would shine a flashlight on the ground to show us where to sit down. It was like a restaurant slash club, and when we went in there, we saw a couple of people dancing to the band that was playing this jazz rock Vietnamese music. After a couple of minutes a guy came by us and flashed his flashlight at the menu to show us what was on the menu to drink. We were there for about 10 minutes and then the band stopped playing, and then all of a sudden this house beat kicked in and everybody got up and started dancing! One this is for sure in Vietnam…. They love there house/techno music!
There was actually an older crowd of people dancing to the music, which surprised me because I didn’t think many people over 35 liked electronic music, but there they were kickin a groove to the beats. I’d like to point out the all the older people were men and they were dancing with women that looked half their age. The club had decent lights, but for some reason they just mostly used the strobe lights. My mom and dad actually came with us and they had their hands over their eyes practically the whole time the house music was goin on, because of the strobe lights. We were about to go, but after 30 minutes, the house music stopped and the band came back to play, so we decided to stay a little bit longer because they were playing a couple slow songs and gus,linh,mom and my dad got up and slow danced.
We decided to leave after a couple of slow songs, and my ozzy (Australian) and Vietnamese cousins wanted to hit up another club so off we went! My mom and dad actually wanted to come to another club, so we all went. It kinda surprised me because my mom hasn’t really ever went to a club, and my dad looked pretty jet lagged. We found this other nightclub not to far away call the Rainforest. When we went in it looked just like a club you would see in the states. They had a couple of tables in the back and the dance floor took up the rest of the room. They had a DJ spinning some house,techno and everybody looked like they were having a good time. Someone was having a birthday because there was TV screens saying happy birthday to the person, and someone on the mic would say happy birthday every 10 minutes as well.
The DJ wasn’t that good though, because at one time he just killed the flow ( a sign of a bad DJ ) and at one poin the played a remix version of MC Hammer, “ You Can’t Touch This “, so when I heard that I just laughed out loud. It was pretty packed, but the music all stopped at midnight because it was more of a restaurant than a club, which kinda surprised me because it looked straight up like a club from the states. When the music stopped at midnight we all left and went to the hotel to sleep, because we had to get up early to do another adventure the next day.
Well that pretty much sums it all up for that day! I’m actually 2 days behind on telling you what happened, but I’m not going to forget what happened on those days. I will write about it as soon as I can get on the internet again and actually have time to do so again. We are actually going to another hotel at this resort by the ocean called Vung Tau and are getting up at 8am. I’ve been up writing all this for about 2 hours now and it’s midnight already, so I have to get some sleep in. ( if you don’t know me that well, I LOVE SLEEP)
I’ll be writing about the day after this and the next day as soon as I get some time again….. But until then…. Raise that Pot!
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
Touchdown T-minus 26 hour later
Well I'm finally here and wow, what a journey! We started from Chicago and then took a Korean Air all the way to Souel which was a exhausting 13 hour & 1/2hr flight. It was a pretty decent flight though, they gave us a kewl little pouch with a pair of socks, toothbrush, eye mask, and all that good stuff for the plane ride. They keep feeding us with little things and 2 main meals, and had 2 movies on the flight as well, but one movie was the crappy sequel to Zorro and this korean movie, that I only watched half us, because the person in front of me had a big ass head.
We finally got off the flight and they we were layed over in Korea for 3 hours. The Korean airport was pretty kewl though. Every thing was high in technology... even the bathrooms. A carton of cigs was only 15 bucks!!!! I don't even smoke... but I had to buy a carton just cause, and I could hook anyone up with a smoke if they asked me for money. They had this wacky game show on TV, at the airport, where there were a bunch of guys and they were trying to guess how many fingers a person was holding, but the person would wave his hand around super fast so it was real difficult to see how many fingers he was holding. If the person guessed wrong, the guy holding up the fingers, would flick the guy who got it wrong right in the head! It was funny as hell and I didn't have to understand the language. They reality shows are way better than ours in america. I could watch that for ever an ever.
After that me and my bro went out to get our last burger, before the good ol nam, so we hit up the good old burger king for my last double bacon cheeseburger. It costed 15000 W in korean money. I really don't know how much that is in american, but it wasn't that much. I'll know exactly how much it was when I go back... I'll take a look at the currency rate.
I munched down my burger, and watched the rest of that crazy game show. After that I busted out my poker chips and a deck of cards ( yes i brought chips and cards... I'm a poker player for life!) to teach my mom how to play poker. It took about 1hr to teach her all the basics, an she understands it alot more, but still don't know the names of the hands. But She actually played pretty good for the first time, so next time I watch poker on TV, she will understand it alot better and get into it alot more. I actually played heads up on the plane with my brother too. We played 2 outta 3 and I took it down. ( who else you think won?)
It was finally time to leave the korean airport and go to Vietnam finally! So it was another 5 hours until touchdown at Ho Chi Minh city. We had yet ANOTHER meal, and after that I just tried to sleep and listen to that new Harland Williams comedy CD. Of coarse he did a wookie joke and did the chewbacka yell. DDDDDDDDDRRRRRRRRRRRR!
When we got to the Vietnam airport, it was if we went back in time 20 years. The airport was all basic with old desks and everything out of date technologywise. The bathrooms were small and simple and I could barely get my wheelchair in there to pee. One thing is for sure.... Vietnam wasn't built for peeps in wheelchairs!!!!!
One the ride to the hotel, it was crazy! They hardly have any traffic lights and mopeds and motorcycles everywhere! You think chicago is bad, come to Vietnam.... Traffic is insane! You definately have to keep your eyes peeled, because they will be a moped to the left,right,back,front of you!
Well I'm going to get back to talking and socializing with the whole family. I'll hop back on and update whenever I get some more free time. My hotel has a internet cafe, so I'll be updating it more than I though.
Until then... Keep it real in the USA!
We finally got off the flight and they we were layed over in Korea for 3 hours. The Korean airport was pretty kewl though. Every thing was high in technology... even the bathrooms. A carton of cigs was only 15 bucks!!!! I don't even smoke... but I had to buy a carton just cause, and I could hook anyone up with a smoke if they asked me for money. They had this wacky game show on TV, at the airport, where there were a bunch of guys and they were trying to guess how many fingers a person was holding, but the person would wave his hand around super fast so it was real difficult to see how many fingers he was holding. If the person guessed wrong, the guy holding up the fingers, would flick the guy who got it wrong right in the head! It was funny as hell and I didn't have to understand the language. They reality shows are way better than ours in america. I could watch that for ever an ever.
After that me and my bro went out to get our last burger, before the good ol nam, so we hit up the good old burger king for my last double bacon cheeseburger. It costed 15000 W in korean money. I really don't know how much that is in american, but it wasn't that much. I'll know exactly how much it was when I go back... I'll take a look at the currency rate.
I munched down my burger, and watched the rest of that crazy game show. After that I busted out my poker chips and a deck of cards ( yes i brought chips and cards... I'm a poker player for life!) to teach my mom how to play poker. It took about 1hr to teach her all the basics, an she understands it alot more, but still don't know the names of the hands. But She actually played pretty good for the first time, so next time I watch poker on TV, she will understand it alot better and get into it alot more. I actually played heads up on the plane with my brother too. We played 2 outta 3 and I took it down. ( who else you think won?)
It was finally time to leave the korean airport and go to Vietnam finally! So it was another 5 hours until touchdown at Ho Chi Minh city. We had yet ANOTHER meal, and after that I just tried to sleep and listen to that new Harland Williams comedy CD. Of coarse he did a wookie joke and did the chewbacka yell. DDDDDDDDDRRRRRRRRRRRR!
When we got to the Vietnam airport, it was if we went back in time 20 years. The airport was all basic with old desks and everything out of date technologywise. The bathrooms were small and simple and I could barely get my wheelchair in there to pee. One thing is for sure.... Vietnam wasn't built for peeps in wheelchairs!!!!!
One the ride to the hotel, it was crazy! They hardly have any traffic lights and mopeds and motorcycles everywhere! You think chicago is bad, come to Vietnam.... Traffic is insane! You definately have to keep your eyes peeled, because they will be a moped to the left,right,back,front of you!
Well I'm going to get back to talking and socializing with the whole family. I'll hop back on and update whenever I get some more free time. My hotel has a internet cafe, so I'll be updating it more than I though.
Until then... Keep it real in the USA!
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Goin to the NAM
Nam?
Vietnam foo! Yup, as I speak my whole family is racing to have everything ready for the long trip. It's about a 14 hours flight there, plus a 4 hour layover in korea. We will be goin to Chicago to Korea, and then from Korea to Vietnam. My old man said that there will be wifi on the actual plane, and I hope so, so I can have a little more time to update and tell you more things about the trip. In Vietnam they have only dial up, but at least they have a internet connection. I brought alot of things to keep me entertained on the trip, and my doctor prescribed some sleepin pills too, in case I want to sleep on the trip; since it is 14 hours! I'm going to try and see if there's any poker rooms there in the good ol Ho Chi Minh and I'll comeback and touchdown as soon as I can plug in. Until then, Raise that pot!
Vietnam foo! Yup, as I speak my whole family is racing to have everything ready for the long trip. It's about a 14 hours flight there, plus a 4 hour layover in korea. We will be goin to Chicago to Korea, and then from Korea to Vietnam. My old man said that there will be wifi on the actual plane, and I hope so, so I can have a little more time to update and tell you more things about the trip. In Vietnam they have only dial up, but at least they have a internet connection. I brought alot of things to keep me entertained on the trip, and my doctor prescribed some sleepin pills too, in case I want to sleep on the trip; since it is 14 hours! I'm going to try and see if there's any poker rooms there in the good ol Ho Chi Minh and I'll comeback and touchdown as soon as I can plug in. Until then, Raise that pot!
Monday, February 20, 2006
Promo of the week
This is actually a pre-registration of a new poker site coming out called Spades Lounge. If you preregister you are in the 40k freeroll and the 3g freerolls as well. So I wanted to give you all a heads up on it so you can get in on this potential free money. Here’s the link… http://www.spadeslounge.com/Preregistration.aspx
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
It's been awhile!
It's been awhile since I've posted anything in my blog, and the reason why is after the 2 month binge in Minnisota, I have been chillin pretty hard at home. I'm just about back to normal mode after coming back and have paid all my bills (most of them) and replied back to everyone trying to get ahold of me since I left.
On the poker side of things, I've been barely playing compared to the played I did before. Right now I play about an hour or two of limit at the 1/2$ tables online. Why have I gone down to 1/2$ now? Well limit online is a little different than live play, but I've been spending alot of time studying the game of No Limit Tournaments since that is my best game. Since the last time I wrote, I've won a 400$ freeroll and 1st prize was $80. So that's not too shabby, and I've been doing pretty decent on the sit n go tournaments as well. I just have been playing alot less tournaments (for now)
I plan on going back to full speed and upping the ante to $10,$20 Sng's as soon as I get done doing a couple things I've been meaning to finish for a long time. For instance, I've bought a 5 disc dvd on poker from gus hansen and friends, that I haven't had time to watch and also I have a couple books I need to finish up on as well. In fact I'll be finishing up a book as soon as I get this blog entry finished.
Poker School has been pretty kewl, although I've only been to one seminar since I came back, but I'm ready and I'm not going anywhere for a month I can do alot of catching up and attend a ton of seminars. For those of you who haven't heard about this school, it's run by Brett Jungblut the wsop bracelet winner for Omaha hi/low in 2004. Here's a link of the site Pro Poker School
Take a look at it, you don't have buy a year membership to the school, you can buy single seminars on subjects that you want to learn, or check the schedule for a free seminar so you can see what it's all about! I'll be keepin in touch more frequently, so keep on checking back! I usually sent out a little mailing list, so if you want to be on it just reply with your email addy and I'll add you to the list.
Now raise an make'em fold!
On the poker side of things, I've been barely playing compared to the played I did before. Right now I play about an hour or two of limit at the 1/2$ tables online. Why have I gone down to 1/2$ now? Well limit online is a little different than live play, but I've been spending alot of time studying the game of No Limit Tournaments since that is my best game. Since the last time I wrote, I've won a 400$ freeroll and 1st prize was $80. So that's not too shabby, and I've been doing pretty decent on the sit n go tournaments as well. I just have been playing alot less tournaments (for now)
I plan on going back to full speed and upping the ante to $10,$20 Sng's as soon as I get done doing a couple things I've been meaning to finish for a long time. For instance, I've bought a 5 disc dvd on poker from gus hansen and friends, that I haven't had time to watch and also I have a couple books I need to finish up on as well. In fact I'll be finishing up a book as soon as I get this blog entry finished.
Poker School has been pretty kewl, although I've only been to one seminar since I came back, but I'm ready and I'm not going anywhere for a month I can do alot of catching up and attend a ton of seminars. For those of you who haven't heard about this school, it's run by Brett Jungblut the wsop bracelet winner for Omaha hi/low in 2004. Here's a link of the site Pro Poker School
Take a look at it, you don't have buy a year membership to the school, you can buy single seminars on subjects that you want to learn, or check the schedule for a free seminar so you can see what it's all about! I'll be keepin in touch more frequently, so keep on checking back! I usually sent out a little mailing list, so if you want to be on it just reply with your email addy and I'll add you to the list.
Now raise an make'em fold!
Saturday, December 03, 2005
Road to Perdition
I only got 4 hours rest before I went to bed, so I was pretty tired to go and almost didn't. But I told Paul I wanted a ride the day before, so I just went. THAT WAS THE 1ST MISTAKE ( I wanted to read a little more info on limit) Paul asked me if I had seen what was outside, and I responded no of coarse, since I don't see the outside very often. I'm like a cat that hisses when it feels like it is threatened. He showed me a mountain of snow outside and so we put on the snow chains for my wheelchair and off we were! The salt from truckers tires got all over Paul's window when we were driving, and the washer fluid wasn't squirting high enough to clean the window, so we pretty much Ace Ventura'ed it all the way to the next gas station, with a couple wrong exits and turns in the mix, but we finally got to the club; body parts still attached.
I ate my usual brakefast and off the the tables I was! The table I was at pretty much sucked after my first hand (so far every time I sat down at a table for the first time, I win the pot) because there were two maniacs at the table. So there was no seeing a flop with out it being raised at least once preflop. Half the time it was capped! I played when I had good cards to play and of coarse it was capped preflop by this d00d named chester, but I flop a nut flush. Of coarse the pot is capped almost every turn, and he gets his 2 outer on the river on me. So I put my name on the board to move to a different seat as fast as I could.
I got to the next table and this table was even worse! Every hand I would play I would get sucked out on the river! It happened so much the dealer was like, "man, you've been having horrible beats man you should take a brake." It was good advice because I was starting to steam then and he simmered it down a little....... but not enough. I started loosining my starting hands and started calling turns and rivers when I should've just folded, and had the patience to get premium hands. So, I was definately not playing my A-game after all those beats, and playing marginal hands after getting beat all those times, made me loose double when I should've just lost on the bad beats. I actually didn't win a hand until after sitting there for 2 hours, because I either got beat on the river or the hands were just so terrible that I had to just fold and be gone with the hands. and that just lost me more money. Like I said before and I'll say it again, Limit and No Limit are poker games the they play like night and day compared to the two.
In the end I came out negative, but walked out with some valuable, but expensive lessons. Lets hope they pay off!
I ate my usual brakefast and off the the tables I was! The table I was at pretty much sucked after my first hand (so far every time I sat down at a table for the first time, I win the pot) because there were two maniacs at the table. So there was no seeing a flop with out it being raised at least once preflop. Half the time it was capped! I played when I had good cards to play and of coarse it was capped preflop by this d00d named chester, but I flop a nut flush. Of coarse the pot is capped almost every turn, and he gets his 2 outer on the river on me. So I put my name on the board to move to a different seat as fast as I could.
I got to the next table and this table was even worse! Every hand I would play I would get sucked out on the river! It happened so much the dealer was like, "man, you've been having horrible beats man you should take a brake." It was good advice because I was starting to steam then and he simmered it down a little....... but not enough. I started loosining my starting hands and started calling turns and rivers when I should've just folded, and had the patience to get premium hands. So, I was definately not playing my A-game after all those beats, and playing marginal hands after getting beat all those times, made me loose double when I should've just lost on the bad beats. I actually didn't win a hand until after sitting there for 2 hours, because I either got beat on the river or the hands were just so terrible that I had to just fold and be gone with the hands. and that just lost me more money. Like I said before and I'll say it again, Limit and No Limit are poker games the they play like night and day compared to the two.
In the end I came out negative, but walked out with some valuable, but expensive lessons. Lets hope they pay off!
Preboot Camp
I'm back here for round two of the Canterbury Park mission, and going to invest my time and Bankroll towards limit for now, and I think it's going to be a very good investment at that. I've been here for about 5 days now getting all situated and I wanted to catch up on some knowledge before I sit back down again. Not that I couldn't sit down right now, I just wanted to be prepared for everything and anything, especially getting every extra ducket that I can in the pot.
The Wolf, my bro and me have been all crammed up in one room for the past 4 days because Paul didn't come up until later, but finally arrived today at 6am. I stayed up until he came, and then had a little session before bedtime. My bro and I just got done rearranging our room, so we are all situated now and I'm just waiting for his ass to get home from the gym, so I can grip on some food. He actually goes to the gym after he works for 10 hours! Reason why is so he whole body doesn't get outta wack, because he only uses certain muscles while working. I guess he don't want to look like Popeye. My plan is to hit up the Park on saturday and try and work my mojo. Saturday is always a good day for the bones to be rollin. Hopefully my way!
Until then...
Ez
The Wolf, my bro and me have been all crammed up in one room for the past 4 days because Paul didn't come up until later, but finally arrived today at 6am. I stayed up until he came, and then had a little session before bedtime. My bro and I just got done rearranging our room, so we are all situated now and I'm just waiting for his ass to get home from the gym, so I can grip on some food. He actually goes to the gym after he works for 10 hours! Reason why is so he whole body doesn't get outta wack, because he only uses certain muscles while working. I guess he don't want to look like Popeye. My plan is to hit up the Park on saturday and try and work my mojo. Saturday is always a good day for the bones to be rollin. Hopefully my way!
Until then...
Ez
Monday, November 21, 2005
The Canterbury Park Plan
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I got a good nights rest, the day before and was pretty hyped to get there ( I actually had trouble sleeping for a couple hours because I was thinking to much. I got myself out of bed and made sure Paul was up, and he decided to just take me to the Park, and my bro would drive to work with Wolf. Just as we arrived at the Park, Paul gets a call from my brother saying his car won’t start so poor Paul had to go back to the hotel to pick those cats up and then go to work. But enough about them, lets get to the casino.
The place was pretty dead since it was 6:30am, but as long as there’s a table for me to play on I don’t care. I wanted to have a little breakfast first so I got me my favorite breakfast meal, 2 eggs, 2 toast, 4 pieces of bacon and a glass of OJ. I have a whole system for eating the meal, but I won’t get into that. I gave the service lady a generous of enough tip that she said it made her start of the day.
I put my name up on the board for the 2/4 and got called before I could even check the coat I borrowed from Paul. After I got back and sat in my seat, I took a hundo in chips an started my day off. I doubled up pretty quickly, but then caught some bad luck on a couple big pots that were capped. One had I had the nut flush and this guy hit his out on the river and gave him a full house.
The hand that really got me was when I was in mid position and had a pocket pair of deuces, and this guy that bought in with 20 and looked like Coolio, capped it preflop and I was heads up with d00d. The flop came 2,3,3 rainbow, and I flopped a full house. The turn was a 6 and we capped it with 4 bets. I put him on a set of 3’s by now and the river came a 7. For some reason he slowed down and just checked and I bet 4 and he called.
I flip over my 2’s and he flips over 7,3! I felt like going to the bathroom to go and throw up. He was trying to buy the pot preflop and thought I was just bluffing for some reason, prolly because I was winning alot of hands, while he was at the table. My bankroll went all the way down to 40 bones at one time, but I managed to hang on and kept on rolling.
When I first sat at the table there was this guy by the name of Aaron that sat next to me. He had been playing for more than 20 hours and still playing. He pretty much made the day go by just talking about poker among other things. One time this old d00d sitting next to Aaron, actually said, “ jesus Christ, will shut up for a second my hurting my ears!” Aaron replied back.. “ don’t say the lords name in vain”. After that I had to brake the ice because it was getting serious after that and the whole table was having fun before that.
Aaron stay there as long as I did,(27hours around) and he lost about 300 hundo while I was sitting at the table with him. He told me that he didn’t care if he won, he just played to see if he could stay up as long as he could and still do it. That’s not really the plan I would really go for, because if your tired, you will just make errors that you normally wouldn’t do, and it wouldn’t just stop after a couple of errors, which would mean more and more money lost on just trying to hit any 2 cards you have. You will start thinking that you have to play until you are even, but I learned that if you just stop playing while you are at a loss; you are already even in money. Just wait until the next day and start off fresh.
I played at that same table for 10 hours and it went by just like a snap of the fingers. At the end of the day I had 9 stacks of 40 sitting next to me and that was definately intimidating my opponents that were at my table. I walked out of there with 4 racks (360 bones) and a big grin on my face. The plan was a success, and I think I could grind this out just like I did every single day I play!
So Wolf and the Paul and my brother are off for the week for Thanksgiving and coming back on Sunday. I’ll be coming back with them as well, and I’ll be going to my job at the tables while they go do there job. Paul is nice enough to hook me up with a ride to the Park as long as I give him gas money, but of coarse that’s fine with me. I’ll even include brakefast, shit!
This is a great opportunity for me since I can’t get out of the house and go to the tables whenever I want and there isn’t a card club where I leave either so, this is the perfect for me to test out my limit holdem skills to the fullest. And I definitely need some more knowledge in the game, so I’ll be getting my SS2, and my Limit Holdem resources that I have never touched until now. It really sucks that they don’t have No Limit, but I don’t play so hot when it comes to No Limit cash games anyway. I think I see my future already. Me playing Limit Holdem for Cash Games and me Playing NLHE for the tournaments. Usually people play limit before no limit when they learn the game, but I guess I’m doing the vice-versa approach to it.
I never really was a big fan of the Limit but I’m starting to like it. I don’t think I would ever play it at any home game still, but as for the live play I’m down for it for now. We’ll see how it all goes in a couple of weeks.
Thursday, November 17, 2005
Tournament at Canterbury Park
I missed the first tournament they had because I was in a funk and wasn't feeling it, but this time I was prepared and woke up fresh and my friends Paul & Wolf and my bro came home around 5:20pm and was pretty much ready to go. Just as I put on my shoes, I wanted to give a call at the card club to see if there was still room since it's 130 max. The registration started at 5pm and the tourney started at 7:30pm, so I gave a called and of coarse they are all sold out. Well that really sucked because I'm pretty much a tourney player, so I was really looking forward into getting at least ITM the tournament. Every minute that went by we were not feeling Canterbury Park, but we all gave that last umph and we were off to the races. (I guess they do actually have horseracing betting there)
It was the first time I seen snow outside in minnisota, and I was in for a real treat outside. And I thought Wisconsin weather was cold, shit!, if you like freezing parts of your body off like your ass, and ears that's the place to go. I was swearing and screaming ( I really really do hate the cold) until the heat finally started emitting out of the vents and I got some Mc d's in my belly.
We finally got there and it turned out that the place was a whole card club. So there wasn't any slots and that's what wolf and paul wanted to just do; Sit and relax and have some dranks. They decided to go hit up a bar while I play poker, but I didn't get a seat on a table for about an hour and a half. I also seen a bar in the back of the cardroom so wolf and paul didn't even have to leave. (they thought the only bars were outside the card room. ) I wanted to call them but my dumbass forgot my phone so I was going to call collect, but you know how much they are asking for a collect call from wis is? 9 fuggin dollars! I cashed in some of my chips to get some quarters to call up my brother and to tell paul that there was a bar in the card room and they could just chill there.
Well I finally got on a 2/4 table, I was on the waiting list for 3/6 too, and I was ahead 80 before my last 2 hands before I left. I had pocket Jacks and it was raised max preflop, and the flop comes Q,Q,3 and long story short it was raised to the max on the turn and me and another person called his bet on the river. What does he have? Q,3 of coarse...... limit I love it! So I made about 30 in a couple hours but that's how limit is, a less exciting game than No Limit, but you can make money if you take the time and patience to do it. That's what I plan on doing in a couple days. I'm going to go back there on friday and stay there the whole day while the boys are at work and see how I do playing Limit Holdem, my weakest game I play.
One thing I forgot to tell you is that I'm in my metal chair rolling around, and my feet rub the floor alot, and that of coarse conducts electricity, and then my ass gets zappped whenever I touch metal. Just to let you know I get take pain like any man can; but this was the worst zaps I ever got from static electricity. I actually seen a small lighting bolt form from my finger and the metal, I kid you not. So on friday I have two plans, take my time and wait for premium hands and be patient and try to not touch any metal.
Ez
It was the first time I seen snow outside in minnisota, and I was in for a real treat outside. And I thought Wisconsin weather was cold, shit!, if you like freezing parts of your body off like your ass, and ears that's the place to go. I was swearing and screaming ( I really really do hate the cold) until the heat finally started emitting out of the vents and I got some Mc d's in my belly.
We finally got there and it turned out that the place was a whole card club. So there wasn't any slots and that's what wolf and paul wanted to just do; Sit and relax and have some dranks. They decided to go hit up a bar while I play poker, but I didn't get a seat on a table for about an hour and a half. I also seen a bar in the back of the cardroom so wolf and paul didn't even have to leave. (they thought the only bars were outside the card room. ) I wanted to call them but my dumbass forgot my phone so I was going to call collect, but you know how much they are asking for a collect call from wis is? 9 fuggin dollars! I cashed in some of my chips to get some quarters to call up my brother and to tell paul that there was a bar in the card room and they could just chill there.
Well I finally got on a 2/4 table, I was on the waiting list for 3/6 too, and I was ahead 80 before my last 2 hands before I left. I had pocket Jacks and it was raised max preflop, and the flop comes Q,Q,3 and long story short it was raised to the max on the turn and me and another person called his bet on the river. What does he have? Q,3 of coarse...... limit I love it! So I made about 30 in a couple hours but that's how limit is, a less exciting game than No Limit, but you can make money if you take the time and patience to do it. That's what I plan on doing in a couple days. I'm going to go back there on friday and stay there the whole day while the boys are at work and see how I do playing Limit Holdem, my weakest game I play.
One thing I forgot to tell you is that I'm in my metal chair rolling around, and my feet rub the floor alot, and that of coarse conducts electricity, and then my ass gets zappped whenever I touch metal. Just to let you know I get take pain like any man can; but this was the worst zaps I ever got from static electricity. I actually seen a small lighting bolt form from my finger and the metal, I kid you not. So on friday I have two plans, take my time and wait for premium hands and be patient and try to not touch any metal.
Ez
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Wednesday, November 02, 2005
On the Road again.... da da da
I have friends by the name of Paul and Wolf that work in construction and they are gone for weeks... months at times, and then come back home for a week or two and rinse and repeat. My brother is kinda of buff like Paul an Wolf so they asked my bro if he wanted to try out and work with them because they are short on people and need help. The hotel that they are staying at has internet so what more do I need? As long there is some place for me to plug in I'm good! So I pretty much stay in the hotel while my bro goes to work and play my usual online play. There was a NLHE tournament at Caterbury Park that was a 220 ducket entry fee, but I decided not to go. I was actually planning on going to it, but I wasn't feeling it for some reason, so I went with my gut and didn't go. I'm going to be checking out the website though for any new upcoming tournaments. I wanted to say happy B-day to Kryptonite Jason, and congrats on his huge BR he made from 50 duckets.. way to go man. It's been pretty interesting here so far... I've had internet connection problems since I've been here though. I had to get a new wifi usb adapter but still have a crappy connection. Right now I'm afraid to play a lil poker, because of the connection. I hope that it don't act like this all the time, because that's the main reason why I came out here. Well also... I HAD to get outta the house before the November Cabin fever kicked in. I'll be keepin posting as usual, and hopefully I can get tons of poker in while I'm down here!
Monday, October 10, 2005
The Joys of Data Entry
I intended to make this entry about 12 hours ago, but those hours have passed and I'm on a 28 hour high listening to Cypress Hill Illusions right now.... whoa crazy! Nice track to go with my flo right now. Well since I have been playing online and live games, the past 2 years, I've been keeping track of all of my wins and loses in my PDA. I also have a subscription to Poker Charts right now, and if you don't know about that site Poker Charts is a web-based service that allows you to easily and anonymously log, chart and analyze the results of your poker games. If you interested they have a free trial, so you can check it out yourself. The reason why I like it so much it it's all right there for you too see, whatever your looking for... ROI,money earned to date,Win rate accuracy,Best Win,worst beat, win/lose streak, etc.
Only thing is I've been really slacking on transfering it from my PDA to Poker Charts. I think 80% of my logs are on my PDA and 20% on Pcharts. I better start making it useful ey? Plus I'm very interested as to see where I'm at as of now. I'll be back to report my stats, if there good enough that is!
Only thing is I've been really slacking on transfering it from my PDA to Poker Charts. I think 80% of my logs are on my PDA and 20% on Pcharts. I better start making it useful ey? Plus I'm very interested as to see where I'm at as of now. I'll be back to report my stats, if there good enough that is!
Thursday, October 06, 2005
More Free Money for Poker
I found another promotion going on right now to get you 50$ free on new poker site. No credit card or deposit required, The new site is called Poker Fantasy and to get the 50 duckets just send an email to signup@pokerfantasy.com and in the subject line put FREE50C and then just put your email and your name and send it. Then wait until they send you a email with a bonus code you use when you sign up and fill out your info. Click on this link http://www.pokerfantasy.com?ref=451566 and then you need to sign up and fill out your info; so do that and put in the bonus code they send you via email. Then you just play the waiting game like me and await your 50 duckets. They said it takes 24hrs after you signup.
So do it quick while they are giving it away!
UPDATE 10-6-05 - I got my 50 Duckets! Time to x8 that shit.
Tuesday, October 04, 2005
Schools in Session!
I've signed up for school on Oct. 1st and it's not just any ordinary school it's a Pro Poker School. Brett Jungblut aka Gank is the creater of it all and for those that don't know who he is, he's won a WSOP braclet last year in 2004, the $ 5,000 Omaha Hi-Lo Split World Championship and was part of the crew with dutch boyd and Scott Fischman. But his off doing his own thang and doing it right with this Poker School he started. For those of you who don't know about this, let me give you a little more info on this. Brett has been working with one of the leaders in virtual education to bring to you the FIRST poker school with LIVE instruction. Everything is in real-time, which allows the instructors to connect with players with all different skill levels. There will be seminars on every game, and on every aspect of poker, especially as we will be using members' feedback and ideas to help come up with seminar topics. We will also be bringing in special guests (Poker Pros) to give seminars. So that sums up what is going to be available, plus a forum and freerolls and alot of extra stuff well worth the money and then some. Again, if you have never heard of Brett Jungblut, he is mostly an online player (plays most of his games online) so let me give you some of his stats for 2005 so far......
Total Winnings: $159,381
Total Final Tables: 140
Date Tournament/Event Place Winnings
09/11/2005 Hold'em NL $1000 178 $1,432
09/08/2005 Omaha Hi/Lo PL $20 5 $245
09/07/2005 Hold'em NL $50 7 $980
09/04/2005 Hold'em Limit $100 8 $405
09/03/2005 Omaha PL $20 1 $990
09/02/2005 Omaha Hi/Lo Limit $20 3 $333
08/28/2005 Hold'em Limit $10 13 $48
08/27/2005 Omaha Hi/Lo Limit $50 5 $360
08/26/2005 Omaha PL $100 2 $720
08/26/2005 Hold'em NL $3 36 $13
08/25/2005 Hold'em NL $2 53 $6
08/25/2005 Hold'em Limit $50 17 $70
08/25/2005 Hold'em NL $100 4 $2,712
08/24/2005 Omaha Hi/Lo Limit $50 7 $264
08/24/2005 Omaha Hi/Lo Limit $5 9 $32 (Qualifier Ticket)
08/24/2005 Hold'em PL $50 2 $1,820
08/24/2005 Omaha PL $10 1 $712
08/23/2005 Omaha PL $20 4 $186
08/22/2005 Omaha PL $10 19 $48
08/22/2005 Omaha PL $20 2 $608
08/21/2005 Hold'em NL $100 26 $564
08/20/2005 Hold'em NL $10 20 $253
08/20/2005 Omaha PL $100 4 $516
08/19/2005 Hold'em NL $10 21 $180
08/18/2005 Hold'em NL $100 8 $757
08/18/2005 Hold'em NL $5 47 $19
08/18/2005 Hold'em Limit $50 7 $272
08/18/2005 Omaha Hi/Lo Limit $40 1 $1,728
08/18/2005 Hold'em NL $30 44 $68
08/18/2005 Omaha Hi/Lo PL $10 13 $52
08/18/2005 Hold'em Limit $100 5 $432
08/17/2005 Hold'em NL $20 11 $121
08/13/2005 Omaha Limit $20 15 $26
08/13/2005 Hold'em NL $10 54 $73
08/13/2005 Omaha PL $200 1 $2,600
08/13/2005 Omaha PL $100 3 $672
08/12/2005 Omaha Hi/Lo Limit $20 1 $810
08/12/2005 Omaha PL $100 2 $810
08/12/2005 Hold'em PL $100 6 $468
08/12/2005 Hold'em NL $50 11 $254
08/11/2005 Hold'em NL $50 10 $240
08/10/2005 Hold'em NL $50 4 $1,780
08/08/2005 Omaha Hi/Lo Limit $10 3 $342
08/08/2005 Hold'em NL $10 106 $57
08/08/2005 Omaha Hi/Lo Limit $10 7 $135
08/08/2005 Omaha PL $10 13 $89
08/06/2005 Hold'em Limit $3 29 $10
08/06/2005 Hold'em NL $100 32 $158
08/06/2005 Hold'em NL $10 28 $211
08/06/2005 Omaha PL $100 1 $1,800
08/06/2005 Hold'em NL $50 5 $1,480
08/06/2005 Omaha PL $20 11 $42
08/05/2005 Hold'em NL $3 50 $12
08/05/2005 Omaha Hi/Lo PL $50 13 $65
08/05/2005 Hold'em NL $100 5 $2,496
08/04/2005 Omaha Hi/Lo PL $20 10 $52
08/04/2005 Omaha Hi/Lo Limit $20 2 $504
08/04/2005 Hold'em PL $20 18 $56
08/03/2005 Hold'em Limit $30 3 $578
08/03/2005 Hold'em PL $10 5 $256
08/03/2005 Hold'em NL $10 101 $16
08/03/2005 Hold'em NL $5 49 $44
08/03/2005 Omaha Hi/Lo Limit $5 33 $10
08/03/2005 Hold'em NL $100 16 $539
08/03/2005 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo Limit $20 11 $34
08/02/2005 Omaha Hi/Lo Limit $2 5 $63 (Qualifier Ticket)
08/02/2005 Hold'em PL $100 3 $1,499
08/02/2005 Hold'em NL $20 6 $1,055
08/01/2005 Hold'em PL $50 22 $75
08/01/2005 Omaha Limit $10 10 $14
08/01/2005 Hold'em PL $100 9 $220
08/01/2005 Omaha Hi/Lo PL $10 9 $36
08/01/2005 Hold'em NL $100 16 $392
08/01/2005 Omaha PL $20 6 $158
08/01/2005 Omaha Hi/Lo Limit $20 18 $52
07/31/2005 Hold'em NL $10 79 $112
07/31/2005 Omaha Hi/Lo Limit $200 4 $1,872
07/29/2005 Hold'em NL $20 46 $39
07/28/2005 Hold'em Limit $50 5 $396
07/28/2005 Hold'em NL $100 2 $6,800
07/28/2005 Hold'em Limit $30 16 $45
07/27/2005 Omaha Hi/Lo Limit $5 12 $23
07/26/2005 Omaha PL $100 2 $888
07/26/2005 Hold'em NL $100 5 $2,312
07/24/2005 Hold'em Limit $100 13 $140
07/23/2005 Omaha PL $100 5 $328
07/21/2005 Omaha PL $100 3 $496
07/21/2005 Hold'em NL $10 43 $77
07/20/2005 Hold'em PL $100 8 $243
07/20/2005 Hold'em PL $50 11 $103
07/19/2005 Omaha PL $10 12 $52
07/14/2005 Hold'em NL $50 4 $1,320
07/14/2005 Hold'em NL $100 3 $2,844
07/13/2005 Hold'em PL $100 5 $496
07/13/2005 Hold'em NL $50 7 $817
07/13/2005 Hold'em NL $100 7 $974
07/10/2005 Hold'em Limit $100 6 $540
07/09/2005 Omaha PL $200 3 $1,000
07/08/2005 Hold'em Limit $30 1 $1,701
07/08/2005 Hold'em NL $50 11 $226
07/06/2005 Hold'em NL $20 44 $40
07/05/2005 Omaha PL $20 1 $768
07/05/2005 Hold'em PL $20 15 $56
07/01/2005 Hold'em NL $50 7 $611
07/01/2005 Omaha PL $10 12 $55
07/01/2005 Omaha Hi/Lo PL $50 7 $236
06/26/2005 Hold'em Limit $100 2 $1,260
06/12/2005 Omaha Hi/Lo Limit $200 17 $293
05/29/2005 Hold'em NL $100 13 $792
05/29/2005 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo Limit $100 6 $448
05/27/2005 Omaha PL $20 6 $140
05/26/2005 Hold'em NL $10 11 $380
05/26/2005 Hold'em NL $50 3 $1,692
05/25/2005 Hold'em Limit $30 4 $259
05/25/2005 Omaha Hi/Lo PL $10 2 $462
05/25/2005 Omaha PL $100 5 $256
05/24/2005 Hold'em Limit $50 8 $223
05/24/2005 Hold'em NL $5 36 $70
05/24/2005 Hold'em NL $10 5 $1,192
05/24/2005 Hold'em PL $100 5 $496
05/21/2005 Hold'em NL $10 11 $374
05/21/2005 Omaha PL $100 4 $490
05/20/2005 Omaha Hi/Lo Limit $50 3 $432
05/20/2005 Hold'em NL $10 17 $344
05/20/2005 Hold'em NL $50 33 $84
05/20/2005 Hold'em NL $150 26 $266
05/20/2005 Hold'em NL $5 30 $59
05/20/2005 Hold'em NL $10 6 $1,112
05/20/2005 Omaha PL $20 3 $278
05/19/2005 Hold'em NL $5 15 $142
05/19/2005 Hold'em NL $10 2 $2,792
05/19/2005 Hold'em NL $50 3 $1,932
05/19/2005 Hold'em NL $50 17 $144
05/19/2005 Omaha Hi/Lo PL $10 13 $53
05/18/2005 Hold'em NL $100 4 $2,544
05/18/2005 7 Card Stud Limit $20 8 $96
05/17/2005 Omaha Hi/Lo Limit $50 15 $65
05/17/2005 Hold'em PL $100 3 $648
05/17/2005 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo Limit $10 14 $22
05/17/2005 7 Card Stud Limit $20 8 $69
05/16/2005 Hold'em PL $100 4 $810
05/16/2005 Hold'em NL $50 9 $398
05/16/2005 Hold'em NL $5 1 $2,226
05/15/2005 Hold'em NL $20 7 $102
05/13/2005 Hold'em NL $50 1 $3,424
05/13/2005 Hold'em NL $10 26 $64
05/12/2005 Hold'em NL $100 7 $1,578
05/11/2005 Hold'em NL $20 37 $38
05/11/2005 Omaha Hi/Lo PL $10 7 $191
05/10/2005 Omaha PL $10 2 $952
05/10/2005 Hold'em NL $20 10 $255
05/10/2005 Hold'em PL $100 6 $592
05/08/2005 Hold'em NL $50 2 $1,620
05/04/2005 Omaha Hi/Lo Limit $50 3 $594
05/01/2005 Hold'em NL $200 71 $1,026
05/01/2005 Hold'em PL $50 4 $405
04/30/2005 Hold'em NL $30 26 $169
04/29/2005 Omaha Hi/Lo Limit $50 2 $540
04/29/2005 Hold'em NL $150 8 $940
04/28/2005 Hold'em NL $100 7 $917
04/26/2005 Omaha Hi/Lo Limit $20 9 $43
04/23/2005 Hold'em NL $100 3 $2,520
04/21/2005 Hold'em NL $50 1 $3,946
04/19/2005 Hold'em NL $20 3 $1,316
04/19/2005 Hold'em NL $5 51 $13
04/19/2005 Hold'em NL $5 42 $49
04/19/2005 Hold'em NL $10 8 $533
04/19/2005 Omaha PL $20 18 $25
04/19/2005 Hold'em NL $20 10 $63
04/18/2005 Hold'em Limit $30 5 $316
04/18/2005 Hold'em NL $150 37 $242
04/16/2005 Hold'em NL $10 16 $252
04/15/2005 Hold'em NL $20 16 $131
04/15/2005 Omaha Hi/Lo Limit $50 9 $92
04/15/2005 Hold'em NL $5 55 $34
04/15/2005 Hold'em NL $10 33 $124
04/14/2005 Hold'em NL $100 12 $282
04/14/2005 Omaha Hi/Lo PL $20 13 $35
04/14/2005 Omaha Hi/Lo Limit $20 4 $216
04/14/2005 Hold'em NL $50 4 $1,144
04/13/2005 Omaha Hi/Lo Limit $50 5 $288
04/09/2005 Hold'em NL $100 22 $176
04/09/2005 Hold'em NL $10 27 $194
04/08/2005 Hold'em NL $50 2 $1,170
04/06/2005 Hold'em NL $10 11 $105
03/31/2005 Omaha Hi/Lo Limit $40 14 $76
03/31/2005 Hold'em Limit $10 3 $399
03/30/2005 Hold'em NL $100 6 $990
03/26/2005 Hold'em NL $100 1 $6,990
03/26/2005 Hold'em Limit $200 5 $1,488
03/25/2005 Omaha Hi/Lo Limit $50 3 $432
03/24/2005 Omaha Hi/Lo Limit $40 6 $288
03/22/2005 Hold'em Limit $50 6 $263
03/22/2005 Omaha Hi/Lo Limit $50 4 $445
03/22/2005 Hold'em PL $30 1 $2,005
03/17/2005 Hold'em NL $30 6 $550
03/13/2005 Omaha Hi/Lo Limit $200 18 $317
03/12/2005 Hold'em NL $100 4 $2,870
03/12/2005 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo Limit $200 5 $592
03/11/2005 Hold'em NL $10 25 $179
03/11/2005 Omaha PL $20 15 $32
03/10/2005 Omaha Hi/Lo Limit $40 4 $461
03/09/2005 Hold'em NL $30 49 $45
03/06/2005 Hold'em NL $100 12 $700
03/05/2005 Hold'em NL $100 20 $181
03/04/2005 Hold'em NL $50 3 $2,342
03/03/2005 Hold'em NL $30 10 $160
02/26/2005 Omaha Hi/Lo Limit $50 14 $65
02/24/2005 Omaha Hi/Lo PL $20 9 $72
02/24/2005 Omaha PL $20 8 $84
02/22/2005 Hold'em NL $5 96 $9
02/22/2005 Omaha Hi/Lo PL $20 7 $76
02/22/2005 Omaha PL $10 8 $113
02/20/2005 Hold'em Limit $100 5 $720
02/19/2005 Hold'em Limit $200 8 $603
02/18/2005 Omaha Hi/Lo Limit $10 15 $35
02/18/2005 Omaha Hi/Lo PL $50 3 $504
02/17/2005 Hold'em NL $100 7 $858
02/17/2005 Hold'em Limit $50 6 $292
02/17/2005 7 Card Stud Limit $20 5 $115
02/16/2005 Hold'em NL $150 27 $413
02/15/2005 Hold'em NL $10 13 $399
02/15/2005 Omaha Hi/Lo Limit $50 4 $468
02/15/2005 Hold'em NL $10 125 $12
02/13/2005 Hold'em NL $200 11 $3,744
02/11/2005 Omaha Hi/Lo PL $50 5 $380
02/11/2005 7 Card Stud Hi/Lo Limit $20 13 $53
02/10/2005 Hold'em NL $100 9 $416
02/10/2005 Hold'em Limit $50 2 $1,260
02/10/2005 Hold'em NL $5 14 $105
02/10/2005 Hold'em NL $10 20 $87
02/10/2005 Hold'em NL $2 63 $4
02/10/2005 Hold'em Limit $10 7 $96
02/09/2005 Hold'em NL $10 8 $602
02/09/2005 Omaha PL $20 2 $520
02/08/2005 Omaha Hi/Lo PL $20 2 $576
02/07/2005 Omaha PL $50 6 $280
02/07/2005 Omaha Hi/Lo PL $10 18 $22
02/07/2005 Omaha Hi/Lo Limit $5 15 $36
02/07/2005 Omaha PL $20 1 $702
02/07/2005 Hold'em Limit $10 12 $65
School starts very soon, and I've been excited about this since I heard about it months ago. If you want more info on it go here.. http://www.propokerschool.com They is a special right now if you sign up, go to the site and check it out!
In the past week or so I haven't been playing much poker though. Eversince that bad day I had where every game I lost, I've been feeling the wierd vibes of the Badbeat Bunghole around me right now, so I'm holding off on the poker and have just been soaking up knowledge right now by books, mags, internet and doing other things I haven't been doing, like playing video games. I also went to my best friends wedding last saturday in Madtown. I was the best man, so I had to do a little dressing up ( it's rare in my book) and a little boozin. I also Don't drink at all so the half a bottle of the Champagne did me good for awhile. It was pretty kewl though, we got our own tables at the head of the room and we were fed first like kings at Midevil TIMES!
The DJ had karaoke as well and that turned out to be alot of fun actually. For my song to sing, I picked Sir mix alot- baby got back, and trust me I looked at the whole karaoke book and that was the best thing I could find! I knew about 90% of the song, but I thought I did fairly well and the DJ gave me props as well. The DJ turned out being an ass though, he didn't let one of my friends sing one more song (pokerdamus) and he had practiced the song for a week and wanted to sing it as the last song. The song was It's not unusual by Tom Jones, a classic song to bring the night down with. But for some reason the Dj didn't let him sing it and turned everything off. This assclown of a Dj went up and sang about 7 songs himself on the Karaoke during the time we paid him to DJ! So now you know why I called him an assclown; that and he sounded like Mr. Ed trying to do a duet with a man squeezing a cat at the same time. We ending up going to the bar after that, and I took a detour back to my hotel, that I haven't even checked in yet (it's now 12:20am) to have a session with Nick the Hitman. He also got a room there as well and it was his birthday when it struck midnight so we had to do a little celebrating. We decided to go to the bar, since it was walkin distance and when we got there, the husband and wife were not there. They went to another bar, because katies brother wasn't allowed in the bar from doing something in the past, so we went to the next bar. My bro and I finally got there and as soon as I got in the bar I knew I should have just went to the hotel. Every one was drunk out of their minds, to the point where I knew they weren't going to remember this part of the night. So I found a ride to the hotel quick, so I could order some food before they closed. The hotel was 170$, for one night! It was because of the badger game, so it was a bad night to get a hotel, but I got the last room and it had a whirlpool in it so I got some use out of that. A couple of my friends didn't have a place to crash so they ended up sleepin in my room. Wolf and Paul were both cashed out, before the pizza even came. I eventually got Wolf up with a couple of slaps to the face and the sweet stench of pizza in the air got him up to at least eat before passing out. Paul was another story though, and the picture below explains how far he got to eating it.
It turned out being a good night though, and I'm really happy for my best friend Nick and his wife Katie.
Congrats!
Friday, September 23, 2005
Shit I just deleted my whole blog!
I was trying to erase this other blog I started and just clicked delete this blog without even reading which blog it was, sheesh what a dumbass I am at times or not 100% crisp as some people would say. I'm going to use my computer skillz and see if I can recover some of it at least, so it looks like a have another job on my to do list. On the poker side, I haven't been playing much poker this week mostly because I'm taking a little brake and I feel the Reaper is out there right now. If you don't know what a Reaper is, it's like a Cooler, but only 100 times worse. A reaper doesn't even have to be near you to suck all the luck out of you and make the impossible possible. Like a 1 outter hitting on the river, your nuts being beat by a miracle suckout, getting dealt poop every hand until you finally get a hand like A,3 and go all in and go broke.
Don't fuck with the Reaper!
Well I'm going to get back to this sng I'm playing, and then write down what I have to do tomorrow on my to do list. I have to rent a hotel for the wedding reception next sat. and do some other stuff as well. So keep on doing what you do, and I'll catch you on the flipside!
Don't fuck with the Reaper!
Well I'm going to get back to this sng I'm playing, and then write down what I have to do tomorrow on my to do list. I have to rent a hotel for the wedding reception next sat. and do some other stuff as well. So keep on doing what you do, and I'll catch you on the flipside!
Tuesday, September 20, 2005
more back to back plus one more back
In the basketball world they would call it a three-peat, but in the poker world I don't know what the hell they would call it so I'll just call it back to back to back. I haven't been posting much of the home game events but this one will go in the books. (for me at least)
Ever since we have been playing at my friend Nicks "the hitman" house, no one has ever won 3 times in a row. Of coarse we have had a back to backs before at the hitmans house but no one has hit a back x3 since last saturday that is. I really didn't think I was going to win at all, since I had been up for more than 28hours already. I decided to just stay up and not take a 2-3 hours nap because I'm not good at all with naps; when I sleep I sleep like a bear needs hibernation in the winter. I'm one of those people that wish sleep was a drug, so you could just take it and get it over with and use up the rest of the day doing whatever, instead of wasting the day away sleeping. But that's not how the world is and instead I sleep as much as I am awake at times. I was pretty much cracked out on not getting much sleep, but I think my game was pretty on, compared to my other motor skillz like talking and other thangs like fumbling my chips. My schedule is pretty much the opposite of a working mans job, since I stay up for 20hrs and then sleep 12hr, but that's the closest I'll ever think I'll get to a schedule but back to the game....
I think the biggest mistake I did was not giving the new player that came to the game enough respect. I was in SB, and the BB had raised it $1.50, blinds were 20/40c at that time. Middle position and Mid-late position also called. I had 5,6d and it was a perfect hand to get in with, since there was 3 other people in the hand, and the flop didn't even hit yet. The flop came 8,5,8 rainbow and raised it $2.50, the BB called and so did Mid position, and mid-late folded. I figured that I had the best hand so far and that the other hands were high cards and on some sort of draw. Then on the turn there was another 8. I have a full house now 8's over 5's and I thought it was a definate lock. So I raised it 7$ and the new player called as well and mid-pos folded. It was then, at that time I knew what he had and I was beaten. So the next card came out and it was a big blank for me, so I just checked. Sure enough he flips over QQ, and scoops the massive pot. If I could go back, I would have definately checked instead of raising on the flop, but at the time, I was thinking to protect my hand and nothing else, and I should've just checked it to see if anyone would bet at the pot and then act accordingly. It's just another lesson you learn and hope to remember it when the scenario comes up when your playing.
In the end me and Kryptonite "jason" went heads up, and it was a great battle just like the week before it was Jason and me Heads up as well. Next week, the odds of me winning again are very very low since I've won 3 in a row; but who knows it may be a no luck night and skill will be my only weapon. We've been talking about starting up a point system and having tournaments based on the points accumulated and then having match ups based on the points or something like that. It will be alot of fun I think.
Keep on showin your nuts!
Monday, September 12, 2005
holy Schnikeys back to back baby... back to back
I just got done taking down another MTT this time there was 136 players and it was a 7 ducket buy in. There were no rebuys and just a straight out tournament. In the begining I was getting great cards. Everything I wanted came to me and whenever the flop came it made it better. Don't you love those moments when you have those runs, It's one of the great things about poker.
Let me just write it down so you all know what I placed, 1st! Just in case you think back to back is a poker move or something. The odds of winning a 3peat is pretty freaking high if you ask me, but I'm going to try my hardest on my next MTT to see if I can get ITM, but I'm aiming for 1st as always.
Let me just write it down so you all know what I placed, 1st! Just in case you think back to back is a poker move or something. The odds of winning a 3peat is pretty freaking high if you ask me, but I'm going to try my hardest on my next MTT to see if I can get ITM, but I'm aiming for 1st as always.
Saturday, September 10, 2005
Yours Truely Collects another 1st
Whew! What the hell time is it? 8:20am? Man, I gotta get up and get ready for the weekly game in under 10 hours or so and I love sleep. But I decided to play a multi table tournament that was starting in 25min. I killed time playin heads up games until then, and didn't do so good so I didn't fell that hyped to play the tournament which was almost a sign for me to unregister but I went on with it anyway. It was a 11 duckets to enter and 60 people entered the tournament. Long story short I took the tournament by the horns(tournaments have horns?) and broke it's neck like my next victim. Another MTT 1st place under my belt, and the prize was alright as well.
Time to take my ass asleep!
Time to take my ass asleep!
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Dan Harrington saved my ass Coming back from Colorado
I went on a trip to Colorado to see a friend we'll call stinky pants, and it all started on a monday night at the stroke of Midnight pretty much. Me and my friend HotShotz started our 17+ hour Journey to the state of good ol Colorado. Hotshots and I are pretty hardcore because we did the journey nonstop, all to way there and stopped only to gas up and grab a bite to eat once at this place called Good Food. It looked closed by the outside of the place but the food was........ good.
When we got to Stinkypants house, we were so happy not to be going in a forward motion anymore. We all went inside and Stinkyp showed me the whole house which was very nice and even had a hottub, with an excellent view outside. StinkyP is have a problem with the bees, because there's a couple nests outside by the nice view. He also wouldn't let me spray them with hair spray and light the nest either. What kind of friend is he anyway? After Stinky showed me his whole pad, we had a session with the treas and chilled out hard.
I didn't do much while I was up there though; Stinky showed me the hills and the nice views they have there. While we were going back down from the 10,000ft. I felt this huge pressure by my eyebrow and eye and it felt like my eyeball was going to pop outta my head Total Recall style. That shit lasted a couple hours and totally sucked. After that passed, me and Stinky went to this place called Dave and Busters. It's a chain place that is an arcade for adults. They serve booze and food and have video games, what more could you want?
Well Hotshots and I were ready to leave so off we went on our 17+ hour straight drive again, and everything was going good until we were on the freeway. We were driving awhile so I decided to bust out the harrington book volume2 and to catch up on some reading. So I'm reading my book and all of a sudden Hotshots slows down and pulls over. Yup he got pulled over and my nugget jar was in the glove compartment. So the po po asks hotshots for his license and registration, and hotshots knows about the jar and looks at me like what are we going to do now? So he does a double check in his wallet and I go to open the glove compartment. But when I opened it, I put my book down over it because the trea jar was on sitting on the bottom and then began to look for hotshits registration.
We get off with a warning, and I tell hotshots that what the hell is he speeding for and don't do it anymore. So a couple hours later, what do you know? He gets pulled over again! This time doing 18 over! You bet your ass he got a ticket this time! Geez, if he was to get pulled over again, I think I would've find a grayhound or some shit, I'm not even kiddin you!
We get home about 2am in the morning and left at 7am..... what a hell of a drive and a journey that was.... but overall it was a good time.
When we got to Stinkypants house, we were so happy not to be going in a forward motion anymore. We all went inside and Stinkyp showed me the whole house which was very nice and even had a hottub, with an excellent view outside. StinkyP is have a problem with the bees, because there's a couple nests outside by the nice view. He also wouldn't let me spray them with hair spray and light the nest either. What kind of friend is he anyway? After Stinky showed me his whole pad, we had a session with the treas and chilled out hard.
I didn't do much while I was up there though; Stinky showed me the hills and the nice views they have there. While we were going back down from the 10,000ft. I felt this huge pressure by my eyebrow and eye and it felt like my eyeball was going to pop outta my head Total Recall style. That shit lasted a couple hours and totally sucked. After that passed, me and Stinky went to this place called Dave and Busters. It's a chain place that is an arcade for adults. They serve booze and food and have video games, what more could you want?
Well Hotshots and I were ready to leave so off we went on our 17+ hour straight drive again, and everything was going good until we were on the freeway. We were driving awhile so I decided to bust out the harrington book volume2 and to catch up on some reading. So I'm reading my book and all of a sudden Hotshots slows down and pulls over. Yup he got pulled over and my nugget jar was in the glove compartment. So the po po asks hotshots for his license and registration, and hotshots knows about the jar and looks at me like what are we going to do now? So he does a double check in his wallet and I go to open the glove compartment. But when I opened it, I put my book down over it because the trea jar was on sitting on the bottom and then began to look for hotshits registration.
We get off with a warning, and I tell hotshots that what the hell is he speeding for and don't do it anymore. So a couple hours later, what do you know? He gets pulled over again! This time doing 18 over! You bet your ass he got a ticket this time! Geez, if he was to get pulled over again, I think I would've find a grayhound or some shit, I'm not even kiddin you!
We get home about 2am in the morning and left at 7am..... what a hell of a drive and a journey that was.... but overall it was a good time.
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