We're talkin' change in my pocket, biatch!
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Obama regains the lead in polls
I have to admit that I thought about betting on McCain in the past couple of weeks. With Biden seeming like he fell off the face of the planet, McCain erased Obama's lead and even enjoyed being the favorite by a few points as recently as yesterday. All the while, he taunted me on Sportsbook.com with +110 and +120 payouts. A good gambler is ruthless and does not let personal preference cloud his judgment. Chris, for example, will bet against his alma mater UCLA when favorable conditions arise. Then again, poetic justice came to bite him in the ass when they upset Tennessee. Nevertheless, I remained patient and held back. Today, Obama surged ahead to become the favorable selection in the election projections (you like that?). His win percentage is now 61.2%. I pounced on the bet, putting down $600 to win $400. +EV by 1%, baby!!
We're talkin' change in my pocket, biatch!
We're talkin' change in my pocket, biatch!
Friday, September 12, 2008
How much is Obama worth?
On Sportsbook.com, he is -160, but on Intrade.com, he is trading at 48.5. I think that getting Obama at the end of the Republican National Convention buzz is a great move. Palin is a little worrisome, because of all the media attention she is getting. Although some of it may be painting her to be a wolf-hunting, book-banning Bridge to Nowhere supporter, there is also no such thing as bad press...
On an unrelated note, I've started to put a parking ticket envelope on my windshield to ward off future parking tickets. Do you think this will work? I am still feeding the meter, but I figure this is a no-cost backup plan.
Edit (09/16/08): Obama shifts to -150, McCain to +110 on Sportsbook.
On an unrelated note, I've started to put a parking ticket envelope on my windshield to ward off future parking tickets. Do you think this will work? I am still feeding the meter, but I figure this is a no-cost backup plan.
Edit (09/16/08): Obama shifts to -150, McCain to +110 on Sportsbook.
Monday, September 8, 2008
Goo Gone
omg, i win teh interwebz!!!1
By the way, never type like that unless you're being ironic. And even then, it's a little questionable. Ugh, I can't even begin to count how many games of Amorphous+ I played to get that. It's a fun game, but getting all the awards is brutal.
By the way, never type like that unless you're being ironic. And even then, it's a little questionable. Ugh, I can't even begin to count how many games of Amorphous+ I played to get that. It's a fun game, but getting all the awards is brutal.
Friday, September 5, 2008
Neat Change Example #1
The basic guidelines to strive for are to get bills or quarters over other coins and to avoid pennies.
Lots of expletives
I played for seven hours. I was fairly certain that I was going to cash around $1000. Here are some of the highlights:
$5+0.50 No-Limit Hold 'em tourney on PokerStars ($15k guaranteed)
3510 entrants
37 players left, a sick beat:
Level XXI (4000/8000) - 2008/09/05 18:32:38 ET
Seat 1: El Jokko Bro (245662 in chips)
Seat 2: Doctor AK (369908 in chips)
Seat 3: OoYeahoO (260111 in chips)
Seat 4: daBread5 (150066 in chips)
Seat 5: konspirator (398868 in chips)
Seat 7: Rusty988 (286437 in chips)
Seat 8: thelover10 (196113 in chips)
Seat 9: FlyingLear (394202 in chips)
El Jokko Bro: posts the ante 800
All players: post the ante 800
FlyingLear: posts small blind 4000
El Jokko Bro: posts big blind 8000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to konspirator [Th Ts]
daBread5: calls 8000
konspirator: raises 27000 to 35000
daBread5: raises 114266 to 149266 and is all-in
konspirator: calls 114266
*** FLOP *** [9d 8h Jc]
*** TURN *** [9d 8h Jc] [7d]
*** RIVER *** [9d 8h Jc 7d] [Tc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
daBread5: shows [Ks Qc] (a straight, Nine to King)
konspirator: shows [Th Ts] (a straight, Seven to Jack)
daBread5 collected 316932 from pot
OoYeahoO said, "omg"
18 players left, huge call against a hyper-aggressive opponent:
Level XXIII (6000/12000) - 2008/09/05 19:10:44 ET
Seat 1: El Jokko Bro (190750 in chips)
Seat 2: joelmelcher (398696 in chips)
Seat 3: OoYeahoO (301400 in chips)
Seat 4: daBread5 (429732 in chips)
Seat 5: konspirator (603050 in chips)
Seat 6: yukon200 (142240 in chips)
Seat 7: Rusty988 (223637 in chips)
Seat 8: gtntrs117 (1133322 in chips)
Seat 9: joeppiej (631799 in chips)
All players: post the ante 1200
daBread5: posts small blind 6000
konspirator: posts big blind 12000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to konspirator [2c 2d]
joelmelcher: raises 36000 to 48000
konspirator: calls 36000
*** FLOP *** [Kc 3d Ks]
konspirator: checks
joelmelcher: bets 349496 and is all-in
konspirator: calls 349496
*** TURN *** [Kc 3d Ks] [Kd]
*** RIVER *** [Kc 3d Ks Kd] [Jd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
konspirator: shows [2c 2d] (a full house, Kings full of Deuces)
joelmelcher: shows [Ad 6d] (a flush, Ace high)
konspirator collected 811792 from pot
The setup leading up to my fatal hand:
Level XXV (10000/20000) - 2008/09/05 19:42:36 ET
Seat 1: El Jokko Bro (730232 in chips)
Seat 2: iamadumbnoob (215561 in chips)
Seat 3: BigGeno47 (460546 in chips)
Seat 5: konspirator (1206096 in chips)
Seat 8: gtntrs117 (962009 in chips)
Seat 9: joeppiej (1231216 in chips)
All players: post the ante 2000
El Jokko Bro: posts small blind 10000
iamadumbnoob: posts big blind 20000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to konspirator [5s 5d]
konspirator: raises 40000 to 60000
El Jokko Bro: raises 260000 to 320000
konspirator: folds
Uncalled bet (260000) returned to El Jokko Bro
El Jokko Bro collected 152000 from pot
El Jokko Bro: shows [Ad Ah] (a pair of Aces)
Level XXV (10000/20000) - 2008/09/05 19:51:13 ET
Seat 1: El Jokko Bro (770232 in chips)
Seat 2: iamadumbnoob (545422 in chips)
Seat 3: BigGeno47 (135985 in chips)
Seat 5: konspirator (1128096 in chips)
Seat 8: gtntrs117 (664709 in chips)
Seat 9: joeppiej (1561216 in chips)
All players: post the ante 2000
joeppiej: posts small blind 10000
El Jokko Bro: posts big blind 20000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to konspirator [Jc Th]
konspirator: raises 40000 to 60000
El Jokko Bro: raises 80000 to 140000
konspirator: folds
El Jokko Bro collected 142000 from pot
El Jokko Bro said, "qq"
konspirator said, "had me killed"
Level XXVI (15000/30000) - 2008/09/05 19:57:08 ET
Seat 1: El Jokko Bro (975232 in chips)
Seat 2: iamadumbnoob (563422 in chips)
Seat 3: BigGeno47 (85985 in chips)
Seat 5: konspirator (1360096 in chips)
Seat 8: gtntrs117 (604709 in chips)
Seat 9: joeppiej (1216216 in chips)
All players: post the ante 3000
joeppiej: posts small blind 15000
El Jokko Bro: posts big blind 30000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to konspirator [4s 4d]
konspirator: raises 70000 to 100000
El Jokko Bro: raises 260000 to 360000
konspirator: folds
El Jokko Bro collected 233000 from pot
El Jokko Bro: shows [Kh Kc] (a pair of Kings)
I finally decide that he has to be setting up for a bluff soon. When he reraised me again preflop, I just could not put him on yet another high pocket pair. Besides, I was raising his blind every time, not because he was a weak player, but because I just happened to always get dealt a raising hand when it was his blind.
Level XXVI (15000/30000) - 2008/09/05 20:00:47 ET
Seat 1: El Jokko Bro (1078232 in chips)
Seat 2: iamadumbnoob (503422 in chips)
Seat 5: konspirator (1230096 in chips)
Seat 8: gtntrs117 (1134418 in chips)
Seat 9: joeppiej (859492 in chips)
All players: post the ante 3000
joeppiej: posts small blind 15000
El Jokko Bro: posts big blind 30000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to konspirator [Kd Th]
konspirator: raises 60000 to 90000
El Jokko Bro: raises 180000 to 270000
konspirator: calls 180000
*** FLOP *** [Ts 7s 6c]
El Jokko Bro: bets 180000
konspirator: raises 330000 to 510000
El Jokko Bro: raises 295232 to 805232 and is all-in
konspirator: calls 295232
*** TURN *** [Ts 7s 6c] [Ad]
*** RIVER *** [Ts 7s 6c Ad] [Qh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
El Jokko Bro: shows [Jd Js] (a pair of Jacks)
konspirator: shows [Kd Th] (a pair of Tens)
El Jokko Bro collected 2180464 from pot
I finished in 11th place and we all know that you don't get paid shit unless you make the final table.
Edit: Went to the final table to chat a little. El Jokko Bro is still in with 4 players left. This helped confirm that he had QQ when he said he did. If a player lied about what he had, usually he won't remember what his lie was.
maui'd [observer]: el jokko, you're still in?
konspirator [observer]: he was the one who busted me
konspirator [observer]: woke up with a high pocket pair everytime i raised preflop
maui'd [observer]: tuff one
konspirator [observer]: brutal
maui'd [observer]: i forgot who took me out
El Jokko Bro: yes I was vey lucky against conspirator
konspirator [observer]: hard to believe that if i survived 11 more hands, i would've made at least 900 instead of 100
El Jokko Bro: had AA KK KK QQ and JJ
konspirator [observer]: you play hundreds and hundreds of hands and it just comes down to one
maui'd [observer]: yup
$5+0.50 No-Limit Hold 'em tourney on PokerStars ($15k guaranteed)
3510 entrants
37 players left, a sick beat:
Level XXI (4000/8000) - 2008/09/05 18:32:38 ET
Seat 1: El Jokko Bro (245662 in chips)
Seat 2: Doctor AK (369908 in chips)
Seat 3: OoYeahoO (260111 in chips)
Seat 4: daBread5 (150066 in chips)
Seat 5: konspirator (398868 in chips)
Seat 7: Rusty988 (286437 in chips)
Seat 8: thelover10 (196113 in chips)
Seat 9: FlyingLear (394202 in chips)
El Jokko Bro: posts the ante 800
All players: post the ante 800
FlyingLear: posts small blind 4000
El Jokko Bro: posts big blind 8000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to konspirator [Th Ts]
daBread5: calls 8000
konspirator: raises 27000 to 35000
daBread5: raises 114266 to 149266 and is all-in
konspirator: calls 114266
*** FLOP *** [9d 8h Jc]
*** TURN *** [9d 8h Jc] [7d]
*** RIVER *** [9d 8h Jc 7d] [Tc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
daBread5: shows [Ks Qc] (a straight, Nine to King)
konspirator: shows [Th Ts] (a straight, Seven to Jack)
daBread5 collected 316932 from pot
OoYeahoO said, "omg"
18 players left, huge call against a hyper-aggressive opponent:
Level XXIII (6000/12000) - 2008/09/05 19:10:44 ET
Seat 1: El Jokko Bro (190750 in chips)
Seat 2: joelmelcher (398696 in chips)
Seat 3: OoYeahoO (301400 in chips)
Seat 4: daBread5 (429732 in chips)
Seat 5: konspirator (603050 in chips)
Seat 6: yukon200 (142240 in chips)
Seat 7: Rusty988 (223637 in chips)
Seat 8: gtntrs117 (1133322 in chips)
Seat 9: joeppiej (631799 in chips)
All players: post the ante 1200
daBread5: posts small blind 6000
konspirator: posts big blind 12000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to konspirator [2c 2d]
joelmelcher: raises 36000 to 48000
konspirator: calls 36000
*** FLOP *** [Kc 3d Ks]
konspirator: checks
joelmelcher: bets 349496 and is all-in
konspirator: calls 349496
*** TURN *** [Kc 3d Ks] [Kd]
*** RIVER *** [Kc 3d Ks Kd] [Jd]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
konspirator: shows [2c 2d] (a full house, Kings full of Deuces)
joelmelcher: shows [Ad 6d] (a flush, Ace high)
konspirator collected 811792 from pot
The setup leading up to my fatal hand:
Level XXV (10000/20000) - 2008/09/05 19:42:36 ET
Seat 1: El Jokko Bro (730232 in chips)
Seat 2: iamadumbnoob (215561 in chips)
Seat 3: BigGeno47 (460546 in chips)
Seat 5: konspirator (1206096 in chips)
Seat 8: gtntrs117 (962009 in chips)
Seat 9: joeppiej (1231216 in chips)
All players: post the ante 2000
El Jokko Bro: posts small blind 10000
iamadumbnoob: posts big blind 20000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to konspirator [5s 5d]
konspirator: raises 40000 to 60000
El Jokko Bro: raises 260000 to 320000
konspirator: folds
Uncalled bet (260000) returned to El Jokko Bro
El Jokko Bro collected 152000 from pot
El Jokko Bro: shows [Ad Ah] (a pair of Aces)
Level XXV (10000/20000) - 2008/09/05 19:51:13 ET
Seat 1: El Jokko Bro (770232 in chips)
Seat 2: iamadumbnoob (545422 in chips)
Seat 3: BigGeno47 (135985 in chips)
Seat 5: konspirator (1128096 in chips)
Seat 8: gtntrs117 (664709 in chips)
Seat 9: joeppiej (1561216 in chips)
All players: post the ante 2000
joeppiej: posts small blind 10000
El Jokko Bro: posts big blind 20000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to konspirator [Jc Th]
konspirator: raises 40000 to 60000
El Jokko Bro: raises 80000 to 140000
konspirator: folds
El Jokko Bro collected 142000 from pot
El Jokko Bro said, "qq"
konspirator said, "had me killed"
Level XXVI (15000/30000) - 2008/09/05 19:57:08 ET
Seat 1: El Jokko Bro (975232 in chips)
Seat 2: iamadumbnoob (563422 in chips)
Seat 3: BigGeno47 (85985 in chips)
Seat 5: konspirator (1360096 in chips)
Seat 8: gtntrs117 (604709 in chips)
Seat 9: joeppiej (1216216 in chips)
All players: post the ante 3000
joeppiej: posts small blind 15000
El Jokko Bro: posts big blind 30000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to konspirator [4s 4d]
konspirator: raises 70000 to 100000
El Jokko Bro: raises 260000 to 360000
konspirator: folds
El Jokko Bro collected 233000 from pot
El Jokko Bro: shows [Kh Kc] (a pair of Kings)
I finally decide that he has to be setting up for a bluff soon. When he reraised me again preflop, I just could not put him on yet another high pocket pair. Besides, I was raising his blind every time, not because he was a weak player, but because I just happened to always get dealt a raising hand when it was his blind.
Level XXVI (15000/30000) - 2008/09/05 20:00:47 ET
Seat 1: El Jokko Bro (1078232 in chips)
Seat 2: iamadumbnoob (503422 in chips)
Seat 5: konspirator (1230096 in chips)
Seat 8: gtntrs117 (1134418 in chips)
Seat 9: joeppiej (859492 in chips)
All players: post the ante 3000
joeppiej: posts small blind 15000
El Jokko Bro: posts big blind 30000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to konspirator [Kd Th]
konspirator: raises 60000 to 90000
El Jokko Bro: raises 180000 to 270000
konspirator: calls 180000
*** FLOP *** [Ts 7s 6c]
El Jokko Bro: bets 180000
konspirator: raises 330000 to 510000
El Jokko Bro: raises 295232 to 805232 and is all-in
konspirator: calls 295232
*** TURN *** [Ts 7s 6c] [Ad]
*** RIVER *** [Ts 7s 6c Ad] [Qh]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
El Jokko Bro: shows [Jd Js] (a pair of Jacks)
konspirator: shows [Kd Th] (a pair of Tens)
El Jokko Bro collected 2180464 from pot
I finished in 11th place and we all know that you don't get paid shit unless you make the final table.
Edit: Went to the final table to chat a little. El Jokko Bro is still in with 4 players left. This helped confirm that he had QQ when he said he did. If a player lied about what he had, usually he won't remember what his lie was.
maui'd [observer]: el jokko, you're still in?
konspirator [observer]: he was the one who busted me
konspirator [observer]: woke up with a high pocket pair everytime i raised preflop
maui'd [observer]: tuff one
konspirator [observer]: brutal
maui'd [observer]: i forgot who took me out
El Jokko Bro: yes I was vey lucky against conspirator
konspirator [observer]: hard to believe that if i survived 11 more hands, i would've made at least 900 instead of 100
El Jokko Bro: had AA KK KK QQ and JJ
konspirator [observer]: you play hundreds and hundreds of hands and it just comes down to one
maui'd [observer]: yup
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Buzz Cola
Aside from a great dinner and movie, my birthday also brought me a job interview, which I went to today. It's nothing too glamorous, but I am now a marketing intern for SodaHead, a social networking site that centers around user-created polls. I'm only going to be working there 20 hours a week, so I'll still be looking for work in order to put three meals in my belly everyday. This is a step in the right direction though. It's not just a time-killer job like the admin one I posted about last week and it would let me explore one of the major facets of business. Because it is a start-up, I hope to spend some time picking the brain of the founder and hearing his story on how he started his own company. I start next Monday, so I'll follow up with details then.
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Quarter Century
I am now 25 years old. Yay, I guess. I can now rent a car and be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. Let the flood of Facebook messages begin...
A favorite game of mine from long ago called Magic: The Gathering turned 15 this year. I went through some of my old decks and it brought back a lot of good memories. Now, Black Lotuses are worth thousands of dollars and there are too many expansions to keep track of. Man, I would love to just spend a day and geek out with players using old-school Magic cards. One of the great things about Magic was that as nerd-centric as it was, you would occasionally see some pretty gangsta people into it. I also remember seeing some bored, yet hot, girlfriends at the side of some of these Magic players. I mean, really, the satisfaction that is gained from having something you've spent hours constructing work exactly as planned is universal.
Some people would give up their firstborn for this.
Edit: How do you do captions? =(
Other milestones in the past few days:
- 300 badges on Kongregate
- 500 movie ratings on the Facebook movie application
A favorite game of mine from long ago called Magic: The Gathering turned 15 this year. I went through some of my old decks and it brought back a lot of good memories. Now, Black Lotuses are worth thousands of dollars and there are too many expansions to keep track of. Man, I would love to just spend a day and geek out with players using old-school Magic cards. One of the great things about Magic was that as nerd-centric as it was, you would occasionally see some pretty gangsta people into it. I also remember seeing some bored, yet hot, girlfriends at the side of some of these Magic players. I mean, really, the satisfaction that is gained from having something you've spent hours constructing work exactly as planned is universal.
Some people would give up their firstborn for this.
Edit: How do you do captions? =(
Other milestones in the past few days:
- 300 badges on Kongregate
- 500 movie ratings on the Facebook movie application
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Card Drought Ends Auspicious Tournament Start
Normally, I wouldn't even blog about a tournament cash so minor, but looking at my records, I just realized that this was the first online tournament cash I've had in 2008. Granted, I haven't been playing much online this year, but that's still pretty sad. Ok, time to celebrate my little victory:
$10+1 No-Limit Hold 'em tourney on PokerStars
Unlimited rebuys, 1 add-on
$80,000 guaranteed prize pool
2187 entrants
After a rough start that had me rebuying a few times, I manage to pull into the chip lead in my table. Then I started to slowly build up my stack. I am trying to do moves like this more often.
Level V (75/150) - 2008/09/02 22:46:37 ET
Seat 1: The Bronc (16825 in chips)
Seat 2: docloosley (3925 in chips)
Seat 3: Dany1984 (6905 in chips)
Seat 4: gillete (5625 in chips)
Seat 5: Nanguillo (1550 in chips)
Seat 6: i k!ll D0nks (8845 in chips)
Seat 7: JezusKrist (3650 in chips)
Seat 8: 27011988 (9125 in chips)
Seat 9: konspirator (9550 in chips)
Nanguillo: posts small blind 75
i k!ll D0nks: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to konspirator [Ts Ah]
27011988: calls 150
konspirator: calls 150
gillete: calls 150
Nanguillo: calls 75
i k!ll D0nks: checks
*** FLOP *** [Js 2h 7c]
Nanguillo: checks
i k!ll D0nks: checks
27011988: checks
konspirator: checks
gillete: checks
*** TURN *** [Js 2h 7c] [3c]
Nanguillo: checks
i k!ll D0nks: checks
27011988: checks
konspirator: checks
gillete: bets 300
Nanguillo: folds
i k!ll D0nks: folds
27011988: folds
konspirator: raises 600 to 900
gillete: folds
konspirator collected 1350 from pot
konspirator: doesn't show hand
About an orbit or two later, it's time for a "get out with that weak shit" play:
Level VII (125/250) - 2008/09/02 23:07:33 ET
Seat 1: The Bronc (14925 in chips)
Seat 2: Hmelmahay (6220 in chips)
Seat 3: Dany1984 (10355 in chips)
Seat 4: gillete (6080 in chips)
Seat 5: Nanguillo (4400 in chips)
Seat 6: i k!ll D0nks (20340 in chips)
Seat 7: JezusKrist (7450 in chips)
Seat 8: 27011988 (21150 in chips)
Seat 9: konspirator (11500 in chips)
All players: post the ante 25
27011988: posts small blind 125
konspirator: posts big blind 250
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to konspirator [8s 2c]
The Bronc: raises 250 to 500
i k!ll D0nks: calls 500
konspirator: calls 250
*** FLOP *** [Qs 6h 8h]
konspirator: checks
The Bronc: checks
i k!ll D0nks: bets 500
konspirator: calls 500
The Bronc: calls 500
*** TURN *** [Qs 6h 8h] [Tc]
konspirator: checks
The Bronc: checks
i k!ll D0nks: bets 500
konspirator: raises 1500 to 2000
The Bronc: folds
i k!ll D0nks: calls 1500
*** RIVER *** [Qs 6h 8h Tc] [9c]
konspirator: bets 2500
i k!ll D0nks: folds
Uncalled bet (2500) returned to konspirator
konspirator collected 7350 from pot
konspirator: doesn't show hand
Then I get moved to another table. About 10 hands in, I make a nice call.
Level IX (200/400) - 2008/09/02 23:27:53 ET
Seat 1: 1CDN_Hustler (20480 in chips)
Seat 2: jrwhitetiger (13650 in chips)
Seat 3: Bumpers251 (13700 in chips)
Seat 4: ECR714 (9250 in chips)
Seat 5: THE BORT (26260 in chips)
Seat 6: Kpenga (10975 in chips)
Seat 7: konspirator (17725 in chips)
Seat 8: 0TT0MaTic (10145 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 9: chipmaker9 (5505 in chips)
All players: post the ante 50
jrwhitetiger: posts small blind 200
Bumpers251: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to konspirator [Jd Ah]
konspirator: raises 800 to 1200
1CDN_Hustler: calls 1200
*** FLOP *** [Js Qd 8h]
konspirator: checks
1CDN_Hustler: checks
*** TURN *** [Js Qd 8h] [8s]
konspirator: bets 2000
1CDN_Hustler: raises 3200 to 5200
konspirator: calls 3200
*** RIVER *** [Js Qd 8h 8s] [Qh]
konspirator: checks
1CDN_Hustler: bets 4800
konspirator: calls 4800
*** SHOW DOWN ***
1CDN_Hustler: shows [4d Ad] (two pair, Queens and Eights)
konspirator: shows [Jd Ah] (two pair, Queens and Jacks)
konspirator collected 23450 from pot
It never feels like discipline is rewarded in poker. Fortunately, there was no action, saving my desk from some serious headbanging.
Level X (300/600) - 2008/09/02 23:42:05 ET
Table '105241989 21' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: sergiomotta (31140 in chips)
Seat 2: jrwhitetiger (29230 in chips)
Seat 3: Bumpers251 (3760 in chips)
Seat 4: ECR714 (10550 in chips)
Seat 5: THE BORT (29910 in chips)
Seat 6: Kpenga (8375 in chips)
Seat 7: konspirator (42060 in chips)
Seat 8: 0TT0MaTic (6545 in chips)
Seat 9: DcRoCk6 (7925 in chips)
All players: post the ante 50
Bumpers251: posts small blind 300
ECR714: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to konspirator [5d 6d]
konspirator: folds
Bumpers251: calls 300
ECR714: checks
*** FLOP *** [3d Kh 4d]
Bumpers251: checks
ECR714: checks
*** TURN *** [3d Kh 4d] [8d]
Bumpers251: checks
ECR714: checks
*** RIVER *** [3d Kh 4d 8d] [7d]
Bumpers251: checks
ECR714: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Bumpers251: shows [2c Qs] (high card King)
ECR714: shows [6s Qc] (high card King - Queen+Eight+Seven+Six kicker)
ECR714 collected 1650 from pot
I have had sessions where every time I fold a questionable hand, I seemingly hit the flop hard. Another example of me tightening up just because it's a tournament:
Level XV (1000/2000) - 2008/09/03 0:42:05 ET
Seat 1: konspirator (102726 in chips)
Seat 2: KenaiBear (11445 in chips)
Seat 3: janetintexas (41554 in chips)
Seat 4: IONA06 (28009 in chips)
Seat 5: peeks33 (81011 in chips)
Seat 6: luisfran (48343 in chips)
Seat 7: Hallowed6882 (22840 in chips)
Seat 8: jamesy (38464 in chips)
Seat 9: DaddyBrooks (40218 in chips)
All players: post the ante 200
jamesy: posts small blind 1000
DaddyBrooks: posts big blind 2000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to konspirator [8s As]
konspirator: folds
jamesy: calls 1000
DaddyBrooks: checks
*** FLOP *** [8c 3s Js]
jamesy: bets 2000
DaddyBrooks: folds
Uncalled bet (2000) returned to jamesy
jamesy collected 5800 from pot
Near the bubble, I lose a race against a short-stacked player, which marked the beginning of my chip stack's decline. Moved to another table, I had to wait over 20 hands before I picked up something I felt comfortable going all-in with. They were pocket nines, and even that couldn't hold up to another short stack's 2-9s when the flop showed a pair of deuces. Meanwhile, a player with 15000 chips goes on an insane rush to shoot up to nearly 200,000 and third in chips overall. Another player at this new table is overplaying mid-tier hands and is getting massively paid by sucking out.
Finally with blinds 3000/6000 and a 600 ante, I push my 54,000 chip stack in preflop with 67 suited, while in middle position. These situations never have a happy ending for me. It's my first time making a move like that and of course pocket kings calls me. I finish in 237th place.
$10+1 No-Limit Hold 'em tourney on PokerStars
Unlimited rebuys, 1 add-on
$80,000 guaranteed prize pool
2187 entrants
After a rough start that had me rebuying a few times, I manage to pull into the chip lead in my table. Then I started to slowly build up my stack. I am trying to do moves like this more often.
Level V (75/150) - 2008/09/02 22:46:37 ET
Seat 1: The Bronc (16825 in chips)
Seat 2: docloosley (3925 in chips)
Seat 3: Dany1984 (6905 in chips)
Seat 4: gillete (5625 in chips)
Seat 5: Nanguillo (1550 in chips)
Seat 6: i k!ll D0nks (8845 in chips)
Seat 7: JezusKrist (3650 in chips)
Seat 8: 27011988 (9125 in chips)
Seat 9: konspirator (9550 in chips)
Nanguillo: posts small blind 75
i k!ll D0nks: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to konspirator [Ts Ah]
27011988: calls 150
konspirator: calls 150
gillete: calls 150
Nanguillo: calls 75
i k!ll D0nks: checks
*** FLOP *** [Js 2h 7c]
Nanguillo: checks
i k!ll D0nks: checks
27011988: checks
konspirator: checks
gillete: checks
*** TURN *** [Js 2h 7c] [3c]
Nanguillo: checks
i k!ll D0nks: checks
27011988: checks
konspirator: checks
gillete: bets 300
Nanguillo: folds
i k!ll D0nks: folds
27011988: folds
konspirator: raises 600 to 900
gillete: folds
konspirator collected 1350 from pot
konspirator: doesn't show hand
About an orbit or two later, it's time for a "get out with that weak shit" play:
Level VII (125/250) - 2008/09/02 23:07:33 ET
Seat 1: The Bronc (14925 in chips)
Seat 2: Hmelmahay (6220 in chips)
Seat 3: Dany1984 (10355 in chips)
Seat 4: gillete (6080 in chips)
Seat 5: Nanguillo (4400 in chips)
Seat 6: i k!ll D0nks (20340 in chips)
Seat 7: JezusKrist (7450 in chips)
Seat 8: 27011988 (21150 in chips)
Seat 9: konspirator (11500 in chips)
All players: post the ante 25
27011988: posts small blind 125
konspirator: posts big blind 250
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to konspirator [8s 2c]
The Bronc: raises 250 to 500
i k!ll D0nks: calls 500
konspirator: calls 250
*** FLOP *** [Qs 6h 8h]
konspirator: checks
The Bronc: checks
i k!ll D0nks: bets 500
konspirator: calls 500
The Bronc: calls 500
*** TURN *** [Qs 6h 8h] [Tc]
konspirator: checks
The Bronc: checks
i k!ll D0nks: bets 500
konspirator: raises 1500 to 2000
The Bronc: folds
i k!ll D0nks: calls 1500
*** RIVER *** [Qs 6h 8h Tc] [9c]
konspirator: bets 2500
i k!ll D0nks: folds
Uncalled bet (2500) returned to konspirator
konspirator collected 7350 from pot
konspirator: doesn't show hand
Then I get moved to another table. About 10 hands in, I make a nice call.
Level IX (200/400) - 2008/09/02 23:27:53 ET
Seat 1: 1CDN_Hustler (20480 in chips)
Seat 2: jrwhitetiger (13650 in chips)
Seat 3: Bumpers251 (13700 in chips)
Seat 4: ECR714 (9250 in chips)
Seat 5: THE BORT (26260 in chips)
Seat 6: Kpenga (10975 in chips)
Seat 7: konspirator (17725 in chips)
Seat 8: 0TT0MaTic (10145 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 9: chipmaker9 (5505 in chips)
All players: post the ante 50
jrwhitetiger: posts small blind 200
Bumpers251: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to konspirator [Jd Ah]
konspirator: raises 800 to 1200
1CDN_Hustler: calls 1200
*** FLOP *** [Js Qd 8h]
konspirator: checks
1CDN_Hustler: checks
*** TURN *** [Js Qd 8h] [8s]
konspirator: bets 2000
1CDN_Hustler: raises 3200 to 5200
konspirator: calls 3200
*** RIVER *** [Js Qd 8h 8s] [Qh]
konspirator: checks
1CDN_Hustler: bets 4800
konspirator: calls 4800
*** SHOW DOWN ***
1CDN_Hustler: shows [4d Ad] (two pair, Queens and Eights)
konspirator: shows [Jd Ah] (two pair, Queens and Jacks)
konspirator collected 23450 from pot
It never feels like discipline is rewarded in poker. Fortunately, there was no action, saving my desk from some serious headbanging.
Level X (300/600) - 2008/09/02 23:42:05 ET
Table '105241989 21' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: sergiomotta (31140 in chips)
Seat 2: jrwhitetiger (29230 in chips)
Seat 3: Bumpers251 (3760 in chips)
Seat 4: ECR714 (10550 in chips)
Seat 5: THE BORT (29910 in chips)
Seat 6: Kpenga (8375 in chips)
Seat 7: konspirator (42060 in chips)
Seat 8: 0TT0MaTic (6545 in chips)
Seat 9: DcRoCk6 (7925 in chips)
All players: post the ante 50
Bumpers251: posts small blind 300
ECR714: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to konspirator [5d 6d]
konspirator: folds
Bumpers251: calls 300
ECR714: checks
*** FLOP *** [3d Kh 4d]
Bumpers251: checks
ECR714: checks
*** TURN *** [3d Kh 4d] [8d]
Bumpers251: checks
ECR714: checks
*** RIVER *** [3d Kh 4d 8d] [7d]
Bumpers251: checks
ECR714: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Bumpers251: shows [2c Qs] (high card King)
ECR714: shows [6s Qc] (high card King - Queen+Eight+Seven+Six kicker)
ECR714 collected 1650 from pot
I have had sessions where every time I fold a questionable hand, I seemingly hit the flop hard. Another example of me tightening up just because it's a tournament:
Level XV (1000/2000) - 2008/09/03 0:42:05 ET
Seat 1: konspirator (102726 in chips)
Seat 2: KenaiBear (11445 in chips)
Seat 3: janetintexas (41554 in chips)
Seat 4: IONA06 (28009 in chips)
Seat 5: peeks33 (81011 in chips)
Seat 6: luisfran (48343 in chips)
Seat 7: Hallowed6882 (22840 in chips)
Seat 8: jamesy (38464 in chips)
Seat 9: DaddyBrooks (40218 in chips)
All players: post the ante 200
jamesy: posts small blind 1000
DaddyBrooks: posts big blind 2000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to konspirator [8s As]
konspirator: folds
jamesy: calls 1000
DaddyBrooks: checks
*** FLOP *** [8c 3s Js]
jamesy: bets 2000
DaddyBrooks: folds
Uncalled bet (2000) returned to jamesy
jamesy collected 5800 from pot
Near the bubble, I lose a race against a short-stacked player, which marked the beginning of my chip stack's decline. Moved to another table, I had to wait over 20 hands before I picked up something I felt comfortable going all-in with. They were pocket nines, and even that couldn't hold up to another short stack's 2-9s when the flop showed a pair of deuces. Meanwhile, a player with 15000 chips goes on an insane rush to shoot up to nearly 200,000 and third in chips overall. Another player at this new table is overplaying mid-tier hands and is getting massively paid by sucking out.
Finally with blinds 3000/6000 and a 600 ante, I push my 54,000 chip stack in preflop with 67 suited, while in middle position. These situations never have a happy ending for me. It's my first time making a move like that and of course pocket kings calls me. I finish in 237th place.
The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers
Finally, the dozens of resumes I have sent out paid off in the form of a job interview last Friday. Unfortunately, it was a safety net job as an administrative assistant for a law firm. I showed up to the office and there were competent looking people waiting for their interviews too. It looks like I'm not even guaranteed to land a chump job these days. (In these situations, where everyone interviewing is pretty much qualified to do the job, I try to make a lasting impression by taking a non-conventional approach: being funny, brutally honest, whatever). It turned out that the law office is of one Jeffrey Steinberger, a celebrity attorney. Didn't ring any bells for me either.
The office is cramped, seemingly more so from the framed collages of celebrities plastered all over the wall. The receptionist is browsing mySpace profiles. Everyone working there is attractive. I don't think I would mind working here. I need a steady income stream and an office job with lots of downtime could let me do the things I'm doing here at home everyday and get paid for it.
Mr. Steinberger wasn't in the office. After consulting with him on the phone, one of the assistants proceeds with the first round, which was just a five-minute information gathering chat. I heard all the questions before my turn because they didn't even bother closing the door. After the interview, she tells me that Mr. Steinberger would be in the office in half an hour and recommended that I go kill some time in a coffee shop. That's a good sign, I heard her tell one of the applicants before me that they would call her.
I come back to see even more applicants waiting on Steinberger. However, it is apparent that Steinberger is in his office now. There are assistants going in and out and his voice rings clearly through the door. As the minutes ticked by, I was increasingly appalled that an employer would have such low regard for his potential employees to leave them in the lobby waiting while he continued to work as normal. His true colors were made even more apparent in a few phone calls which we all could hear, including one on speakerphone where he verbally abused the caller for asking him to repeat what he said. After an hour in a room with these miserable applicants waiting to be a whipped lackey, I got up and told the receptionist, "Tell Mr. Steinberger to call me if he likes my resume. I have better things to do with my day."
The office is cramped, seemingly more so from the framed collages of celebrities plastered all over the wall. The receptionist is browsing mySpace profiles. Everyone working there is attractive. I don't think I would mind working here. I need a steady income stream and an office job with lots of downtime could let me do the things I'm doing here at home everyday and get paid for it.
Mr. Steinberger wasn't in the office. After consulting with him on the phone, one of the assistants proceeds with the first round, which was just a five-minute information gathering chat. I heard all the questions before my turn because they didn't even bother closing the door. After the interview, she tells me that Mr. Steinberger would be in the office in half an hour and recommended that I go kill some time in a coffee shop. That's a good sign, I heard her tell one of the applicants before me that they would call her.
I come back to see even more applicants waiting on Steinberger. However, it is apparent that Steinberger is in his office now. There are assistants going in and out and his voice rings clearly through the door. As the minutes ticked by, I was increasingly appalled that an employer would have such low regard for his potential employees to leave them in the lobby waiting while he continued to work as normal. His true colors were made even more apparent in a few phone calls which we all could hear, including one on speakerphone where he verbally abused the caller for asking him to repeat what he said. After an hour in a room with these miserable applicants waiting to be a whipped lackey, I got up and told the receptionist, "Tell Mr. Steinberger to call me if he likes my resume. I have better things to do with my day."
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