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2006-12-18T18:04:00.000-08:00

well i dont post much on here and my traffic has dropped considerably. The point of starting this site was to get into other types of stuff like forums, articles, some sort of products like clothing for tax purposes and cuz it would be pretty fun to do. But the peak i was at when this started has been shakey to say the least since the legislation, so i never went through with the promotion and designing that i had started to plan. I'll just leave this post up with a link to the blog where it originally was, on myspace. http://blog.myspace.com/thelior
and hopefully do something interesting in the near future with the site like i had wanted to!
HoLLa!~

December so far~

2006-12-03T18:32:00.000-08:00

ok so woke up went over some hands from yesterday and started up games... At first i was getting on tables and waiting lists for a certain player from yesterday who is pretty bad but 6-8 tables 400nl... then i got involved in a few pots with a guy i havent played with before but i had stats on him from datamining and was pretty LAGy... first i completely spewed off chips to him in this hand- http://www.pokerhand.org/?647682 then this hand followed http://www.pokerhand.org/?647687 which is still very bad on my part, but that call was just a hero call... When i started out in cash after doing this i'd usually get up and come back later cause i'd be too upset and wouldnt play right... but recently ive been able to stay prettly level even tho its been real swingy.
So i ended up getting on 6 tables w/ this guy and paying attention to how he played so i could adjust to him, at first he went pretty nutty and i didnt want to get too involved when i didnt know, so this fold http://www.pokerhand.org/?647701 was almost certainly wrong in hindsight, but at the time it was correct. After he did this http://www.pokerhand.org/?647703 I kind of kicked myself for the QQ fold but whatev.
Some interesting hands:
http://www.pokerhand.org/?647710 - The cards arent flipped over till all 5 cards are out, so pretty much every hand he could have caled with, JJ,QQ,AK, AA i lose to... The hand he flipped i didnt really think was an option LOL
http://www.pokerhand.org/?647717 - once i push his hand only beats a bluff because im not raising with with anything except a better hand or nothing...The way the hand was played i pretty much never hand nothing...
http://www.pokerhand.org/?647723

NOVEMBER is OVER!! Played aLoT...

2006-11-30T21:18:00.000-08:00

Here is the graph for november... i played 130 hours this month. I fell like im getting the hand of NL cash. I ran good for the 4-5k hands i played @ $400nl but the bulk of the hands are $200NL... everything is 6max tables, no full ring... Im running @ like 22/16/3 which is probly considered not too LaGy (loose aggressive) but not that TaGy either (tight aggressive) but im not sure totally where shit falls with those two terms. I feel like i play alot of hands, but there are some good players somewhere around 30/22 which is quite a bit looser and more aggro... anyway... no $$ goals for December, just to try to get in at least 50k hands.... HoLLa!~

Its LaTE!

2006-11-15T04:31:00.000-08:00

4 somthing AM now, i called it a night around 3am but couldnt sleep so got started playing a bit and 15 min. into it Stars did a scheduled restart or something which lasted 5 minutes and closed out the lobby. Gonna try and go to sleep now so i can still get up by 10-11am to do cardio but i did get in like ~3k hands today which is around 6+ hours worth of playing, im still running really well so we'll see how long that lasts! Here are a couple cool hands :)

http://www.pokerhand.org/?612948

http://www.pokerhand.org/?613595
Please pair board please pair board please pair board.... thank you :)

Going gooT so far...

2006-11-14T21:01:00.000-08:00

I ran at something like 6ptbb/100 hands @ $100nl over almost 20k hands... i already had the roll so i moved up to $200nl now that i feel i have the basics down. Over my first like 5k hands ive ran way too good LOL... Variance is gonna punch me in the face.. ive played almost 4k hands yesterday and im shooting to hit another 3k or so today.... im gonna be 4 tabling instead of 6 tabling so i can focus more... late night session tonight...

Halloween madness...gettin fit... poker...

2006-11-04T11:27:00.000-08:00

26th-30th were outta control each night pretty much. The highlight was suppose to be Monster Massive on Sat. but that turned out not so great. The limo ride up was like 2 hours cause the driver got lost on the way to LA WTF?? Ended up calling the night at 6am, while most the others blocked out the windows @ a house when we got back and kept it goin till next afternoon. Monday night hit Metal Skool in a Limo for a friends B-day.

Trying now to not really do an all nighter till the end of Nov. when my friend is coming home from Boston. Been back in the gym, running/lifting in the mornings. Getting some size back and eating better.

As for poker, i found a coach who is gonna help me with the basics. Trying to play well whenver i play. The worse habbits i picked up from sngs is not paying attention when i play and you really need to w/ cash games. Its probably a good thing to go through this rough period. Hopefully everything gets better not worse, but the truth is, sometimes it felt like this whole poker thing was too easy.

UpDate

2006-10-25T23:32:00.000-07:00

Well i finally got my cash into neteller from my bank account. Ive been reading and learning about NL cash this last week or two while not being able to play much. Ive played 5k hands of $100nl. I was gonna start at $200nl but i'd just lose extra money while learning the basics so no point really. My plan is to play around 10-20k hands then get a coach to help me work on everything. I might wait till 20k hands or I might go for the goach after another 5k hands, it depends how i feel about it. Im meeting new people that are NL cash players that i can learn from so that should help me get farther before coaching. Also i subscribed to www.cardrunners.com where i can watch videos, read articles, etc. Its way worth it for how cheap it is.

The plans i had with starting a website and maybe even clothing etc. are gonna take longer obviously while everything settles. Its still not known how online poker is going to be affected in the near future. Im hoping to put in alot of effort and get a solid understanding of NL cash NOW so that if worse comes to worse i can make a living playing live games while i go to college, since by then its going to be alot harder to learn and work on your game since you get like 30 hands an hour in live poker :( as opposed to minimum 450/hr if your 6 tabling online.........

Jyeh, im still alive :)

2006-10-17T18:49:00.000-07:00

Sooo, been playing some sngs on stars getting use to the new format and going over hands with SNGPT to get a feel for alot of spots. Also been playing some 6max NL cash, just $100nl, still waiting on bank transfer to get $$ into stars. I think ive decided my plan is going to be getting a coach for NL cash and working on that alot. Also playing sngs at the same time to make some $$ in case i tank in the begnining with NL cash. Ive been a little busy with some personal stuff and have some more things to take care of this week and next so my days should be pretty scheduled. Im also trying not to drink (or anything else) until the Holloween "season" starts. Been back in the gym regularly this last month as well and my diet has been better recently. I got my work cutout for me in a few areas of my life these next couple months so im looking forward to it... HoLLa!~

SNGs are SiCkLy AnnOying...

2006-10-12T19:27:00.000-07:00

I took out everything but $2k yesterday from my party account so i could still play sngs today. As I was almost done for the day, down like $1k from running soo badly... ( i really wanted to save a bunch of hands from one day but that would be a lame ass thing to do as I cant stand when people bitch to me about how they are running :) ) Anyway, following in my recent fashion of running horrible then luckboxing, i get 4 1sts in a row in 55s/77s and go back to even for the day.
Good News though :) Stars is sticking around at least for now! Soooo i predict it will be flooded with people coming from party... Ima be there now and also open accounts at Full Tilt and Absolute poker for some bonuses and Rakebake stuff...
Its gonna take a few days to get my money from my bank account to Neteller to put into Stars, so tommorow im just gonna fool around with the $5-600 i got on there and get use to the new interface and whatnot. Ima play some $27s sngs just 4 tabling because its a bit different than party and i have to get used to it. 9 People, 1500 starting stacks, more blind levels :(...Also some MTTs maybe and 6Max NL Ca$h...

Weird Day~!~

2006-10-10T21:47:00.000-07:00

SNG tracker only imported my last session of 18 SNGs, i know i played a couple other sets earlier today, im completely lost at why they didnt get put on my harddrive by Party...
Aside from that, each set went pretty much the same way, and it was bizarre. It would begin with like 10 out the moneys in a row, running as bad as possible, followed by 5-6 ITMs. Each 3rd place was going from chip leader to out in 3rd. Each time i finished a set i checked to see how much i was down and each time i was actually +$$! I probly played around 3 hours of sngs and was up around $450. Today was actually 10x as stressful as a marginal losing day... Maybe im just sick of sngs because i cant take an actual break due to the situation online right now! Anyway, for sngs im up $1600 so far and ive played 36 hours, which is around $45/hr. As bad as ive been doing thats plenty for me...
I also lucksacked like $500+ in 200nl today. Ive been reading the NL cash forums alot the last couple days and posted a few hands today. Im going to bemore dedicated in learning cash this time. I messed around with it before but i was just so comfortable with sngs and RB was a big part of that. NL cash is where bigger money is at in general but its a harder game. At the same time its more interesting than sngs. Right now im pretty horrible, but i feel comfortable learning the game starting from the basics. With SNGs, i played them alot before i even began reading the 2+2 forums and didnt really start from scratch. I think that will be a big advantage for NL cash, i really dont have any habits or ideas about the game that are cemented in my head. Hopefully these final couple days of sngs on Party prove to be a bit more profitable
$-)

HoLLa!~

Not enjoying these last days of Party!

2006-10-09T16:25:00.000-07:00

well i havent been able to play much the last couple days. As bad as this time is to take a couple days off, i really needed it. I didnt entirely refrain from playing, but only played like 30 sngs on each day. I have never ran this poorly for this long. Im quite confident im playing well... and the competition aside from a few regulars is pretty horrible at the $55s/$77s that i dont think its possible for me to be a losing player or close to it. Or i just suck really bad :) and cant see that for myself! Anyway, im playing a few MTTs to break the monotony of sngs...
From what i heard i will be getting my RB from last month which i hope is true because that would help alot right now. Im also counting on the fact that the $60 turbos on Poker Stars will be alot softer once Party bans US players. If not i might play some cash games on a few sites to get bonuses and pretty much just watch where the major traffic of players goes.

Aside from this whole clusterfuck of online poker, nothing much has been going on. This month so far has been generally boring aside from a couple dinners and a trip to my friends beach house. Before this announcement of Party Poker and this whole fiasco, i had some fun plans for october including going out to Conneticut/NY to visit a friend, going to Niagra Falls for a poker tournament, and also a trip to boston to visit my friend who just moved out there. Hopefully this all turns out for the best and this is just a small bump in the road for myself and online poker in general.

When all is back to normal i will definetly have some more interesting content to put on the site rather than the pretty boring entries of the last couple weeks. I really planned on trying to put together something interesting and different, with more than just results and hours played etc but my timing wasnt so good!

Horrid Day... Continued discussion of online poker future

2006-10-06T18:42:00.000-07:00

Have been playing alot, but not crazy amounts. Yesterday I only got ni 75 games but i wasnt up until noon because of a late night wednesday. Today i got in about 80 games but did HORRIBLY @ -$1500 for the day. I dont think ive ran this bad so consecutively ever before. I really hope things turn around and i end well once Party bans US players.

After that happens i will be moving to poker stars. They have not decided on how they will react to the situation. As each day passes the talk seems to get more optimistic about this not being THAT big of a deal, and that online poker will be fine. Truthfully, an industry that generates BILLIONS of $$ a year cannot just be asked to up and leave. Something will get worked out, its just a matter of when and what the terms will be.

The major downside so far is the loss of RB. That represented a good % of my income. It will be offered at Absolute poker, FTP, and Ultimate Bet, but if Stars sticks around, they are going to be the best place to multi table SNGs so no RB, although they do have a very nice Player Point system which is in a way comprable to RB. Also, you can play as many table as you like, not 12 max like party.

WELL... Ive played 25 hours in the last 4 days and have run break even, so im not feelin to hot right now. Hopefully the next few days turn it around! HoLLa!~

Playing alot....

2006-10-03T20:23:00.000-07:00

In last 24 hours i played 162 sngs... mostly 55s with some 77s and 109s mixed in. Ive been 12 tabling continuous as much as possible. Last night not that many games were going so some was 8-10 tabling. Im averaging 16 tourneys/HR, but if i 12 table continuous only i can get close to 18/hr. Running good so far, Last night wasnt too good but today made up for it, so far im +$1264. I really have no set goal for how much i wanna make before party says BYE BYE, as much as possible i guess... Hopefully i run GOOOOT till it goes down...

As for after, i dont know, everything is pretty much gonna be by ear. See what sites are open etc. and see where everyone is moving and where the traffic is. It would be nice to hit a nice MTT score right about now to hold me over! Like LUCKBOX douchebagly INYAFACE did... fucker 54k....

All the info coming out about everything is so back and forth... "everyone is overreacting" "this is the end of online poker as we know it!" One person is so sure about one view, and another so sure about another... no clue whats what... only way is to see what happens.... HoLLa!~

Online poker Done for OR NOT?

2006-10-03T01:27:00.000-07:00

So Party Poker and Poker stars the two biggest poker sites are not going to allow US players once the president signs this new legislation. Some other sites are not doing the same since the bill, or whatever it is, doesnt specificly say poker, it talks about online wagering, and since the rake collected is a fee for a service, your not really betting against the site. Why Party and Stars are not saying this i do not know, but there should be a reason. anyway, what will most likely happen is that everyone will migrate to a new couple sites. BUT there will still be alot less Fish since it will be more of a hastle to play i guess. Also, other sites have HORRIBLE interface and its harder to play alot of tables... BUT i believe everything will go back to semi normal after months of all kinds of legal mumbo jumbo and they will just tax party poker/poker stars, whatever... But i could be wrong there too... hopefully i can still make a living while everything gets sorted out... Now im goin to have to play alot more and make alot less $$/hr. I am definetely kicking myself for not playing high volumes and taking advantage of such a good oportunity. Instead i took it for granted... Hopefully this blows over... im going to be playing alot over the next 10-14 days to try and make some money to have as a cushion, but it hasnt started out well. Im playing the $55s because i really cant afford to deal with variance in the 109s ... PLUS no more rakeback for now... and im still running prettty poorly...
Shit happens, what can you do :)

September is over, Not a good month...

2006-09-30T18:25:00.000-07:00

I had high expectations for september. August i did very well and cleared over $10k and i really thought i could hit $15k this month. Basically i wasted alot of time, was lazy, and have not been doing well at the $109s the past few hundred tourneys. I played just 90 hours this month, my minimum should have been somewhere around 120 hours. My hourly came out to around $75/hr and i was really shooting for bare minimum $100, even though i was expecting higher. My ROI at the $109s after about 900 sngs is 2% which is a complete joke. Its part of variance but i wont know how big a part until i keep playing more. I could very well get to 1500 sngs and be @ 7%, 2k sngs get to 10%, just the same i could get into the -% but i dont see how that is possible seeing how bad people are. Thats why my results have sort of shocked me, but maybe i just suck :) I guess if i continue doing poorly i will drop back to the $55s/$77s. I am pretty sure i can do $100/hr just doing $55s even, but if im successful at 109s i can do $150+/hr. SOOO anyway, played 1113 sngs this month so thats about an average of 12.4 sngs/hr since i wasnt 10 tabling till like half way through the month i think? Here's my graph, i should have stopped on the 15th and taken the rest of the month off! :)

Boring few days, not feelin too well~! Workin on Stunt for Blog!

2006-09-28T14:13:00.000-07:00

Tues. and Wed. put in some hours on a project im working on. Besides that its been real dull. Not much playing, and whatever i do play doesnt go well at all!! After 815 games im now at 3% roi which is not very admirable. Whats funny is that its still almost $90/hr including RB.... Im really not too concerned as the hands ive been going over seem to be ok, or even if something is bad its not horrible. Getting really good at the borderline stuff is where the higher ROI comes into play. Ive talked to some players and basically i just need to work with sngpt alot and study the game more. Also, to expect 40 buy in swings every 7-800 games, which wont be fun but not that bad... Once i play 1500 games i'll have a better idea of where im really at and see how much work i have to do.

Throwing around some ideas for D Lee to do some crazy stunt for a prop bet. Some people suggested jumping in a shark tank but thats been done and doesnt seem that crazy. Other ideas were letting a devenomized rattle snake bite him in the face (even though he wants to do it with an anaconda like in jackass) ... one idea was actually brought up in convo at the WSOP which was Sky diving with no parachute, just holding on to the instructor. Now, this is debatably not possible right? The force from the parachute opening would break his grip? We'd have to research that one. But any other ideas are always helpful and hopefully we get something in the works soon.

HoLLa!~

Cocaine energy drink, sessame chicken gambling, sushi, and Jackass!

2006-09-25T10:23:00.000-07:00

Ok, so i'll start with the new energy drink called Cocaine. Its only out in LA and Vegas right now. Its suppose to be 350% as strong as Red Bull. There are only select liquor stores that have it right now, and only 1 near me. We headed there and the guy had only 1 left in the back, lucky me. The drink actually burns your throat, and the taste isnt all too great. I dont really drink Red Bulls for the energy, i just love the taste. Even though the high profile marketing that they can do with this drink and its name, i dont think it will be big simply because its gross, but the can is sitting on top of my fridge with all the alcohol bottles :)

After a nice losing session last night we headed to sushi once again which is the norm. The #1 spot is closed Sundays and Mondays so we headed to the #2 spot, Octopus. Somewhere during the night Julian decided to make his sessame chicken/saki version of 3 card montey which you can see a video of below. My exceptional skill at finding the chicken had Julian covering dinner for us! HAH :)
http://s72.photobucket.com/albums/i161/poker9969/?action=view&current=Sept24th005.flv

After we finished up at sushi we met with some other friends and saw Jackass 2 which was way nuts. Everyone was dying laughing the whole time and they ended up handing out free tickets because about halfway through someone pulled a fire alarm and they had to pause the movie for 15 minutes.

As for poker, i keep switching back and forth from +20 buy in days and - 20 buy in days... Im @ like 5% now after 760 games. The last few hundred sngs have been frustrating but i feel if i can get through difficult periods now, when im just really getting started in the $109s, then later it wont be hard at all. The monetary swings dont effect me the same anymore which is good. 5-6 weeks ago if i was down $2-3k in a day it would really mess with my head.
HoLLa!~

Losing lots and some hands from today...

2006-09-24T19:31:00.000-07:00

http://www.pokerhand.org/?523869
Semi-regular player. Call preflop is kinda silly, raise on flop is ok i guess but once its called you should pretty much shut down.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?523875
Re-raisor preflop is a Multi-tabler i see kind of often. Re-raise is horrible there. Flop play bad to IMO.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?523877
I really didnt think he had a 7 in his hand, but i would have hated to get check raised on the turn and i wanted to show down as cheap as possible. I like his river bet :)

http://www.pokerhand.org/?523886
Notes on min raisor... take notes they help :)

http://www.pokerhand.org/?523887
This hand was questionable at first, but after talking to a few people its pretty much an easy shove with no reads agains random players. Here is the thread i posted on it...
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=7409692&an=0&page=0&vc=1

-$1500 or so today... sweeet..... :)
HoLLa!~

Poker, Sushi, Girls, and Music 2 Download!

2006-09-24T11:10:00.000-07:00

Last few days have been pretty swingy. Ive kept going back and forth from +/- $2k and also played a few $215s for -$850. Yesterday i got in 53 games, mostly $109s, i think 3-4 $55s cause there werent enough games running earlier in the day to 10 table. I actually played pretty poorly but ended the day +$2k and made up for the breaking even/losing streaks. I didnt too good of a job of saving interesting hands, but i got this one that i thought was pretty funny...
http://www.pokerhand.org/?521872

Thursday night and Friday night were pretty uneventful besides a small B-day party and Roch Hashanah dinner with my family. D Lee came in yesterday from Arizona for a couple days. We hit sushi then kicked it at these girls' house after, not the ones in the pic, those are the homegirls :)

Drove home this morning at like 9am. I had to ask some joggers for directions cause i was by myself and didnt know how to get back to the freeway. I think people who get up early and are stating their day so healthy get a kick out of seeing someone who is semi-haggard and was probly up all night.

MUSIC- Download these, way sick...

~Akon ft. Snoop Dogg - I wanna Fuck You
~Akon ft Styles P, Fat Joe, Rick Ross - Watch Out
~Rick Ross ft Akon - Cross the Line
~Akon ft Eminem - Smack That

So far for the $109s im doing ok overall. After 692 tourneys im @ 7.5% ROI 35% ITM. Ive averaged 22 hours a week this month so far, 74 hours total, which is lower than i wanted. I think since i get in more per hour now i justify slacking off. I still got 7 days left in the month and im shooting to get in at least 400 more games...

Also*** If you can leave a comment or email me at lior_defile@hotmail.com with stuff that you would like to see on a poker website/blog. Im working on some ideas but any suggestions would be really helpful...

Makatos! HoLLa!~

Breathalizer and a losing day!

2006-09-21T10:42:00.000-07:00

First off, i played for a couple hours yesterday, i had been busy all day so i was tired and didnt feel like playing, but still got in like 30 games for -$1400... wasnt too fun...

Picked up the breathalizer and headed to my place. People came over around 10:30 and we got the bartending started. I had'nt planned on drinkin, i was gonna "cap" it up(you know?) instead but after running bad and a few other disturbances i forgot my resolution for the night... The legal limit for driving is .08% thats the only number we have to compare to. If you did it after you had just taken a sip of alcohol it would give a much higher reading, so to get a more accurate # I waited a few minutes and drank some soda or something. The highest i blew in the night was .19% That seemed kind of low considering i was pretty Done For... I have a feeling that thing is gonna come around more often and its not gonna be good when people try to set records LOL...
I got another noise complaint last night, there was only like 6-7 people here at the most... I really want to get a condo or something in the near future... sucks living on the 3rd floor, people below bitch too much...I dont wanna get kicked out of this place because anywhere comparable will be alot more a month and not as nice...
HoLLa!~

Couple winning days again, sweet...

2006-09-19T19:21:00.000-07:00

Yesterday i played 36 $109s for +$350, not much but i was happy not to be down like $1-2K again!

Today i didnt get to start playing till around 5pm or so, i just played for 2.5 hours straight and got in 37 $109s for +$1967

Total for $109s right now is 557 played for 8.7% roi +$5287
Its really swingy still since i dont have that big of a sample size, so my roi goes up and down alot within days... im shooting for 7%, so we'll see...

http://www.pokerhand.org/?516790
Uh, i guess this is another "he has AK" line by this player... Even though if that was true then he shoulda check called the turn....

http://www.pokerhand.org/?516796
This is pretty standard... These type of spots im trying to play better, leading out. Before i used to check call, check fold or something stupid and weak... easier to lead out...

http://www.pokerhand.org/?516818
Just kinda donkish... people like seein 109ers bein donks :)

Vegas Story!!

2006-09-18T19:49:00.000-07:00

Ok this happened in July but its a good story!
Me and D Lee headed to vegas to party, play, and party. I talk to Max in AIM who was staying in the "shipitholla balla" mansion in vegas. So we also went to meet up with them and see what was up with the WSOP. The 3rd or 4th day we are there, Apathy and Jman (2+2 names) got deep in an event and cashed. As they were playing when it got down to like 30-40 people, we were all on sidelines drinking ALOT and yelling every time they won a pot. Me, D Lee and Alan (TheUsher) made a few trips to the bar. Now, the bar was about a 5-6 min. walk. Each time we all had bears in all 4 pockets and trying to balance 2 drinks in each hand. By the second trip i had half a bear poured down the ass of my jeans and enough dripping down the front to look like i had wet myself.

After they busted out everyone that was there partied for a bit etc. then Me, D Lee, Alan, and Andrew (good2cu) headed to the strip club around 3:30am. By this time everyone was pretty done for and some "water" had come into the mix for me and D Lee (you either know what it is or not). So first thing we do when we get in is get $500 in $1 bills and split it up. Thats done after 30 minutes and before i know it they are on their way to the back and then a stripper grabs me and says my friend got me a dance LOL. After my 20 minute dance, which wasnt too great, i walked back out as i didnt want to buy another one myself, but them three are still in the back. I see 3-4 different strippers, then im wondering what is going on in the back! They have been there for almost an hour! Turned out Andrew bought D Lee $800 worth of dances and they had a little party goin in the back room LOL. So as im waiting, i go out to the car and grab me a little more "water". After that i was so Done For that i got hustled into getting a $200 2 girl dance which was interesting at least... what else am i gonna do while im waiting for these guys!!! After my dance, im watching the girls that come up on the stage and Andrew pops out from the back and his exact words as he is laughing are "Your boy is dead in the back!" They take me back there, D Lee is completely unconcious in one of the rooms. There is black marker all over him and strippers are still writing all over him AND his pants are soaked from him peeing!! LOL... Now, D Lee never blacks out completely, ive never seen it. I am slapping him in the face, HARD, picking him up, whatever... he is OUT, completely limp. Now i knew the combo with the alcohol probly did this so i was kinda worried. After talking with the owner and the bouncer for a sec, we decided to call an ambulance. The only thing i regret is not getting a picture of him getting taken out of the strip club at 5am as the sun is coming up, on a stretcher! So i follow the ambulance and they keep me in the waiting room for about an hour and he still hasnt woken up. As they finally let me in, when i walk in he wakes up and sees me, then instantly starts laughing LOUD. After being warnded that they will have to sedate him if he doesnt keep it down, they finish the tests and release him. We get back to the hotel around 7:30 -8am and we sleep till 1-2pm, wake up hit the sea food buffet at the rio and start drinkin again...

Morning after shot...

2006-09-18T12:18:00.000-07:00

Something is wrong with me, everytime i drink i get up early. 3 times this week ive been pretty done for and in bed by 4am and ive yet to be up later than 9am... Im trying not to drink as much redbull at night, but i dont even think thats the cause of it... whatever, its better than waking up at like 1pm and feeling like shit for sleeping so late... Whats funny is alot of online players are the typical, get up at 2pm dirtbags LOL... I dont see how to do that, i like to be done playing by 8-9pm the latest usually so i can go out... ANYWAY, becareful with alcohol, it can hinder performance and cause some very akward situations LOL
HoLLa!~

A few more hands...

2006-09-17T16:17:00.000-07:00

http://www.pokerhand.org/?511376
Now, he is calling this because when i had 4bbs UTG there i shoved TJo and he called. But that situation and this one is soooo different and there is no possible range he could give me that makes this a call, even 100%. So i put in a loose range that he might be thinking of because he saw TJo... 22+,A2+, K8+, K4s+,QTo+,Q9s+,TJs+ (and for the record no one in their right mind is shoving even close to this range here with the chipstacks the way they are) anyway that is still -3.7% EV... which is ALOT<<<<< Like if your push or call is -0.5% that is very bad...just to give you an idea. The truth is, even if he could see my cards, and i had JTo it would still be horrible to call here...

http://www.pokerhand.org/?511423
This hand is kind of interesting. This is a horrible flop for me and with my stack there's no way im Cbeting this (continue betting = betting on the flop after you've raised preflop). The check behind is whatever. I have no notes/reads on this guy. I check call the turn min bet, that could mean anything. The river, i didnt want to check call a large bet to find out if my hand was good. Block betting here would make it easy and cheaper. If i lead for 250 and he raises i dont think im ever good, or not enough to call anyway. If i check call im just guessing, and he is often betting much more than 250. Im sure there are a couple more lines you could have used, and if this had been a better player he probly could have put me off my hand.

http://www.pokerhand.org/?511440
Some people might say fold here. The hand before someone limped for 40 and this guy pushed for 1200, so im not really taking it too seriously. There really isnt much analysis, just thought it might be interesting to check out :)

http://www.pokerhand.org/?511450
This is a standard call, not so much of a standard push though LOL... Didnt pan out too well, but i was happy with it none the less...

Thats a few from this last session... Im -$2k today which isnt too cool :( but i am running bad, and i knew id have a little downswing after that sick rush i had... I did make a few mistakes today that got me upset, its not as frustrating when your running bad as much as when you catch yourself making mistakes... but there's always tommorow... Dont think im playing anymore today, i got in like 35-40 game so thats enough. Im headed to a BBQ then got plans for tonight...
Any comments/questions on any hands would be cool... HoLLa!~

Morning session, couple hands!

2006-09-17T11:25:00.000-07:00

<<<<------I think i need to water the asian money tree, thats why im running bad! These are a few hands from the morning session today, just to get an idea that $109 players arent top teir at all :) Is there something wrong with me? Everytime i drink, i get up early?? Thurs night and last night = sleep @ 4am get up at 9am?

http://www.pokerhand.org/?510867
-You can make an argument for his preflop call, but i still dont like it.
-Flop call is horrible. He is essentially trying to just call on the flop to see if i give up on the turn. But there is no way anyone is folding after betting half their stack, and what would i have that does this? Hand would look much weaker if i just shoved the flop, but betting half stack should probly be kinda worrysome (sp?).
-Turn he hit a pair, and by now he isnt getting away from it anyway. I check called rather than shoved because i thought he might be bad enough to try and float with nothing on the flop and try to take it away on the turn probly ignoring the fact that he has almost no FE... But i could have shoved into him too, some people might like that better, they could be right....

http://www.pokerhand.org/?510930
LOL this is the standard "i put you on AK" hand, which could be the only line of thinking here...
Durrrr...

My into, what am i doing???

2006-09-16T18:50:00.000-07:00

Had the blog on myspace, but dont think its appropriate to have $$ talk on there considering its only relevant if your interested in poker and its not info you wanna just give out jAh NaAW?

Anyway for an intro... I'm 20 years old. Im playing poker for a living. What i play are single table tournaments on party poker. Ive been playing for a living for almost 2 years. The first year or so wasnt organized and i did other things for money at the time as well... Since January 2006 its been only poker... My stats arent all together, i had a tracking program for all my info but then party poker changed its format, then they had technical problems forever... so im pretty much starting my stats from Aug. 14th, 2006 Which is when Tourney Manger worked since party fixed their site finally... Here is all the info from Aug. 14th until today....

SNG buy in -- # played -- ROI -- $$
$55 -- 346 -- 16.6% -- $3150
$77 -- 460 -- 9.5% -- $3360
$109 -- 450 -- 9.4% -- $4640
$215 -- 11 -- 35.3% -- $835

AVERAGE of everything together = 11.3% ROI +$11,986 This is over 115 hours which = $104/HR

In Addition, there are bonuses that are not in these numbers which = $2752 and also $400 or so more from last month, some promotion + the leaderboard.

TOTAL so far = $14738 over 115 hours @ $128.15/Hr

Now this isnt too much of a sample size. My goal is to have a 7% roi @ the $109s 10 tabling. Including bonuses that would be $150ish / HR
If somehow that goes to shit, i can always play the $55s for $100/hr @ only 10%
Probly more mixing in the $77s.

Anyway, this is the overview, eventually after i am satisfied with how far ive gone in sngs, i wanna move to nl cash, but thats down the road still. Im gonna try and have interesting stories accompanied by pictures<<< which not many people do :)
HoLLa!~