A hand

This hand just played out vs a fish. The hand replayer wasnt loading up, so I'm just gonna post the hand:

Full Tilt Poker Game #16795409885: $5 + $0.25 Heads Up Sit & Go (125007314), Table 1 - 15/30 - No Limit Hold'em - 12:01:04 ET - 2009/12/14
Seat 1: kwgrant (1,970)
Seat 2: TDoodle (1,030)
TDoodle posts the small blind of 15
kwgrant posts the big blind of 30
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to TDoodle [6s 6h]
TDoodle raises to 60
kwgrant calls 30
*** FLOP *** [6d 3c 6c]
kwgrant bets 30
TDoodle calls 30
*** TURN *** [6d 3c 6c] [9d]
kwgrant bets 180
TDoodle calls 180
*** RIVER *** [6d 3c 6c 9d] [7h]
kwgrant checks
TDoodle bets 760, and is all in
kwgrant calls 760
*** SHOW DOWN ***
TDoodle shows [6s 6h] four of a kind, Sixes
kwgrant mucks
TDoodle wins the pot (2,060) with four of a kind, Sixes
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2,060 | Rake 0
Board: [6d 3c 6c 9d 7h]
Seat 1: kwgrant (big blind) mucked [Ks 9c] - two pair, Nines and Sixes
Seat 2: TDoodle (small blind) showed [6s 6h] and won (2,060) with four of a kind, Sixes
Won the match a few hands later when he potted on the flop of K9x, I min raised, he pushed and I called w KQ, he had Q9. I held.

Interesting HU game just played

So, I just finished an interesting game. Played a bad player from Netherlands. He was betting virtually every flop, I was calling him down with 2nd, 3rd pairs, and winning. Finally an interesting hand (one of many came up)

Interesting Hand 1)

I snap called that river bet.

After that hand I was down to about 750 in chips. He chipped away at for quite awhile, At one point, I was at about 440.

Then about 60 after that one, this one came up:

8 hands later:

Not only that right after this hand, we had the following conversation (well, I guess it was one sided):

him: justice

me: for what?

me: your 4 outer against my flush?

me: for my pair holdiing in a flip?

me: for donk shoving w K4?

me: ur choice...

(a couple hands pass through)

me: yup, thats what I thought

(about 5 hands go by)

me: so? I'm not exactly sure about the justice

And he didn't respond

Then the final hand:

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Not sure if I could have gotten away from that last hand, but I wasn't full on tilting, but I was slightly steaming. What made me cool down abit was venting in the chat box.

Couldn't resist....

Some of these you prolly have heard, but some funny Tiger jokes...

What's the difference between a car and a golf ball?

-Tiger can drive a golf ball 350 yards.

Why did Tiger hit a tree and a fire hydrant?

-He couldn't decide whether to hit a wood or an iron.

Ping just made Elin an endorsement contract for a set of drivers, to be named Elin Woods.."Clubs you can beat Tiger with"

TigerWoods game is slipping....He only finshed 11 holes....

Gatorade dropped their Tiger Woods sports drink. Because it'd be tasteless to say, "Is it in You?"

Why does Tiger like woman more than golf?

-Because he can play more than one hole at a time.

Its funny how many jokes have came out. I've read some realy stupid ones that aren't funny, I've read some (the ones above) that are really funny.

Has it come down to this?

In the past, if someone would ask me whether I would rather play live or online, I would instantly say 'live.'

I went out to the play the tournament last night, I showed up right when they were calling people to be sat. So I didn't miss anything. In the first 4 levels, I was splashing around quite abit, winning small pots, losing small pots. At the break, I was down to 2800 (starting stack of 3K), I busted out in 18th (10+bubble paid), first hand after the second break, I pushed UTG+2 w/ A9o, got a re-shove by AK. AK holds. I went and watched the cash games for a few minutes and decided I was gonna play, so I write my name on the list at 7:45 and I'm first, but there were a couple people showing up at 8pm. I decided I'm gonna wait until 8:30, if I'm not on the table by then, I'm leaving. I go and sit down at blackjack with $40 and play the rest of the shoe out (about 1/3 of it) and made $10, while shuffling they call me over that there is a seat. So I sit down with that 50 and top it up 50 more for an even 100. I am playing fairly nitty (atleast nittier than I normally would at 1/2), an orbit passes me and I raise on the button with Q8, BB calls. Flop is AQx. He checks, cbet, and he calls. Turn is a brick. He checks, I check behind. River another Q. He bets 15, I raise, and he mucks. Next hand, a woman who likes to see alot of flops, and bets 95% of the flops when OOP raises, I call in the cutoff with Q8dd. a couple more callers. Flop is 87x. She bets 20, I call, call. Turn K. She checks, and figuring she missed and is playing something like AQ, AJ. I bet 45, and they both fold. Up about $80. A while I haven't seen much for cards, I end up being back to 100ish. Then in MP I call with A9hh, then virtually everyone behind me calls, BB makes it 20, so I call, and everyone folds. Flop is AK9 two diamonds. Check check. Turn offsuit 3. He bets 50, I push for 80 something, and he calls with AQ. I hold. A few hands later in SB, I complete with KTo, BB checks. There are about 5 in. Flop is KJ8. I bet 10, call, woman raises to 30, I tank and ask her how much she has behind, I call, BB calls. Turn brick. I bet 56 (putting her all in), BB folds, she tosses it in, and has K8, and holds. Next hand, there was a raise to 12, a few callers, I call on button with 33. Flop is 236. Guy bets 20, call, I raise to 56. Folds back to the AQ guy, and he tanks, looks at my chips and calls. Turn brings a high card. He asks how much I have, I say 55, he bets 55, I toss it in. He has 55, I hold. Now almost 290 infront of me. I leave in 1 orbit, when an uber LAG player sits at the table. Over all for the day, I am up $70.

So going back to the first part of this post....

I found playing live cash to be boring. I still enjoy playing live, but after playing online for the past 2 months (with maybe 5 live sessions - all tournaments), it was slow.

Huge Win!

No, I didn't ship a big tourney for thousands, upon thousands of dollars.

I put in a big day yesterday, even though at the end of the day, I was down. I finished 10-16 in the DoNs, and 10-8 in the HU SNGs.

It was one match in the HU SNGs, that was the big win. I beat a shark! In the early goings of the match he took the lead, I came back to virtually even, then the one hand (following hand) was the turning point in the match.

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It was just a big confidence booster.

As for my goal of tripling my rolls on PS and FT for the month of November. Didn't quite get there. I didn't play much on FT, and I was about $24 shy of doing it on PS.

My December goals:

To be regularly playing the $10 games by years end. I'm confident I can do it!!

Gross

Played a guy, lost, we both accepted a rematch.

First hand:

This upcoming weekend

To get ready for the Grey Cup weekend, here are some pics that are Rider-oriented:

GO RIDERS!!!!!

Weekend

For the Paint Dryers I was playing on the weekend, the donkeys were out in full force on saturday. I went 3-1 when I got home from work from friday nights shift, then in the morning I had went just about even, then made a late day comeback and finished the day at 12-10. Then on sunday, I virtually couldn't get going, ran KK into AA twice both times AIPF. Ran JJ into AA, again AIPF, but this time I hit a set on the river. 99 v AK, A on flop, but the board ran out a wheel for a chop. AQ v TT. A on flop, T on river. I ended up the day 5-6, my first losing day in the paint dryers in 13 days, which I can't really complain about it.

I went out to the casino last night for the tournament, and felt really good about my play and had great confidence going into it. And I was playing like a SUPER NIT!!!! Nittier than normal for me. I played 4 hands in the first 4 levels. First hand I raised in LP w KTo, 3 callers. Flop was 69x check around. Turn 8, again check around, river 7 check to me, I bet 250, two folds and old guy raises it to 875. I tank, and count out the call, ask the dealer and he confirms it, and I call. Guy flips ATdd. Chop it up. Less than an orbit later, there are awhole bunch of limpers to me on the button, I raise it with AA, and virtually all the limpers call. Way too many people in there. Flop was J3x two hearts, check, guy bets 300 call, folds to me, I snap push (an over push), folds back to the original bettor and he calls, fold. He shows QJ, and I am saying to myself 'fuk, I'm not doing so good in these spots lately' Turn 3h, I look at the 3 hearts and see if either of us have a heart, I did. River Q. I started saying 'fuck my.......' then I stopped and realized I had the better two pair. I don't remember many other hands I played.

Blinds were 100/200, UTG minraises, I call in LP w A5hh, flop is Ten high, check check, turn pairs the 8 and gives me the flush draw, check, I bet, and he calls. River a brick, he checks, I bet 775, he tanks cuts out the call, and finally calls and insta flips AK (king plays), my jaw drops that he called a river bet with Ace high.

Knocked out one of my buddies that raised min raised UTG (I was BB w 98hh) I called, flop was KJ9 two hearts, I checked, he pushes, I say 'loose call' and toss it in, he has AJ, I bink heart on river. A while later, there were limpers to me in the SB, I had 85dd, BB checks. Flop is 9d6dAh, I bet, and have 3 callers. Turn is 7s, I bet again 2 callers. River Td, I push and have 1 caller, I show and he shows a rivered set of tens. I take huge pot. Down to 13 or so (6 get paid), guy pushes for slightly more than a min raise on the button I have AKdd in SB I jam, and BB folds, button has A2, 2 on turn. Few hands later I raise UTG+2 w AJo, BB calls, Flop is J22, he pushes for 8000+ into 6k, I tank for the longest time and finally muck my J face up, he shows a Jack as well. I don't let it get to me. Down to final table, we lost 4 guys in 9 hands. I opened up quite abit and stole whenever I had an ace in my hand. 5 left, I push on the button w A2 get called by one of the big stacks to my left and he has QJ, I flop 2 pair. Next hand I have AKcc, I raise and TID. After the break, I knock out the person in 5th holding KK in the BB when she didn't even have enough for a min raise, a couple hands later I have 88 on button, SB (the earlier QJ) pushes for another 20K, I count out a call, and put it in, and ask if he has a pair, he says yes, I ask a big one? he shows 66, I knock him out, a couple hands later, button pushes, while the SB is tanking, I look at AQo, as soon as the SB mucks, I snap call, he has A5, and I hold with a pair of Queens. HU, I have roughly a 3:2 chiplead, maybe 2:1. We play out for about 6 hands, and we decided to each take 1500, and play out for 150, I counted my stack before we made a deal I had him covered by about 10K (153k in play), so it was back and forth, last hand, I minraised button with J6, he calls. Flop is 478, he checks, I bet 10K, he minraises to 20K, I call. Turn A, he checks I push, and he says ' I think you might have me, but I call' and shows KK. Oops. River bricks. GG me. The guy that won, was the guy that I doubled up AK v A2.

Wow, sorry for the long post, sometimes, when I start typing about hands, I just can't stop.

Now, gonna play some more paint dryers, try to recover some of my sunday DoN losses.

As of right now, my stats in the $5 DoN turbos (not including games I already played today):

160-118, win rate of 57.55%, profit of 154.40, ROI of 10.68%, and profit/ game is 0.56

Goals and a Random Cartoon

I have had quite a few goals recently, I just don't remember what most of them were. LOL. One of them I had made at the beginning of the month was that I wanted to atleast triple my Stars and Tilt accounts. Well I have just about tripled my Stars account. At the time of writing this, I need another 26 and change to do so. As for Full Tilt, F them. LOL, just kidding, I haven't had any luck on their site in quite awhile playing the HU SNGs. So I have taken a break from playing them, and focused on the Double or Nothings (or as OhWowReally puts it - "the paint dryers") on Stars. Which leads me to another goal, while checking out Sharkscope, I was looking at the leaderboards, and I was originally gonna try to be regularly playing the $10 paint dryers by the end of the month, but instead, I am going to try to get one of the spinning stars on Sharkscope. I'm going to try for the avg profit per game for the $5 games. At the time of writing, I have an avg profit of 62 cents (after 220 games), I need to make it to a minimum of 96 cents, to tie the guy in 20th. I feel like I can do this, I just have to make sure I don't make any stupid plays, and not play many hands in the first 2-3 levels of the game.

Also, here is my Sharkscope graph from playing the $5 Paint Dryers:

My Stats:

128-92, Win % of 58.18%, ROI of 11.89%, and avg profit/game is 62 cents.

Cartoon that was in yesterdays paper:

Almost doubled up

Well, I was wrong with most of my WSOP ME FT picks. Too bad Ivey couldn't get anything going. Who know what would have happened if he called with his JJ vs Saout's 77. I am glad Moon and Begleiter didn't win.

Anyways, I have always had minimal amount in my online accounts, usually no more than a couple hundred, as it was there just for me to mess around with. I always preferred to play live. I haven't played live in about 3 weeks. I took 6 days off from playing between the last few days of Oct and the first few days of November. Then I decided in November I want to try to triple both my Stars and Tilt account. I am tilted with tilt. I can't seem to get anything going in the HU SNGs, so I am stopping playing them for awhile, and focus on the Double or Nothings on Stars. As of Nov 1, I had 75.54 in my PS acct. At the time of me writing this post, I have 145.74. Almost doubled it. Increased it by 92.93% to be exact. My goals for these are to be regularly playing $10s by the end of the month, and $20s by the new year (or atleast Valentines day) I haven't really decided how many buy-ins I'm gonna have before I move up in limits, I am gonna move up when I feel like I am ready. I am thinking around the 20th, I may take a stab or two in the $10s, providing I am playing as well as I am right now. For the month of November, I am ITM 59% of the time, with an ROI of 4.73%, So there is room for improvement, but I am doing fairly well right now. I would like to put that ITM % above 62, if I can.