Some Online Poker

I hadn't played since my last update except for a few turbos here and there until last night. One of the turbos I got 6th in which was the Tilt Fiddy Turbo and I took home a little over 1k for it. I ended up with 5 cashes last night and barely turned a profit. I built up some good stacks but once I got in the money I couldn't get anything going. I lost a 65k flip in the the 18k guaranteed at tilt at 600-1200 which would of been good for a 3rd place stack instead out 21st. I also lost a 40BB near the bubble of this. I final tabled the 50 single rebuy single addon at Stars but it only paid around 450 as it only had 81 players. The other cashes were just min cashes where I lost flips in 2 of the 3. That about sums it up on the poker front and probably won't be playing any the rest of the week as I am super busy. If I do play it would be tonight or Sunday.

I have my cousins wedding this weekend in Greenwood. It should be a good time. Also, I mentioned in a previous post me and mattster were going to play in a 2 man scramble but it got cancelled. It got rescheduled for sometime in September and we still plan on playing it. I actually played really well in mens league last Thursday night. I came in with a 38 with a double bogey. I also had 3 3 putts which putting continues to haunt me. I'm playing in a 2 man best ball tournament with my uncle. It's a handicapped event which I dislike in a way since everyone complains about the winners being sandbaggers. I've always been tagged as a "sandbagger" which in previous years could of been the case but not anymore. I feel my handicapp is actually lower right now than what it should be. If I could ever learn to putt I could be a single digit handicapp pretty easy I think. I watched Step Brothers and Dark Knight this weekend and both were real good. I also want to say congrats to Joby "aa_thief_aa" Bragg for getting his biggest online score to date with a 2nd place finish in a 11 MTT for a little over $2300. That about sums it up, talk to you later.

Online Poker

The break didn't last to long and I ended up playing tonight. Once again I should stick to my original thoughts as tonight was a total disaster. I cashed one tourney which was the 33 cake rebuy and it was small as I ran TT into AA there. I ran KK into AA twice tonight. I also lost a huge pot in the Tilt 50 single rebuy single addon in which I got AKcc on 874 flop with 2 clubs vs KK and couldn't get there. In the Stars 50 single rebuy single addon I raise QT and get called out of the SB. The flop rolls out TT3 obviously he has AT. Oh well, thats how it goes. Im taking tommorow off and going to watch a few friends play softball. That about sums it up, I'll talk at ya later.

Friday Night Pokah

I decided to play tonight because there wasn't anything to do really. Some friends went out and hit up the bars and to be quite honest ever since I met Angie I haven't had the urge to go to the bars and make a fool out of myself. As you know if you have read my last couple of blogs I've been on a downswing and things started off awful again tonight but that would change later on in the evening. I had 3 bubbles tonight coming in the Stars 162, Stars 77 6 max, and the Cake 33 rebuy. The Stars 77 6 max was obviously the most brual as I had a huge stack the entire tourney. I lost a 90BB coinflip and a 120BB coinflip to the same exact guy all on the bubble. I held the best hand both times but couldn't get either to hold. I cashed the 11pm Stars 109 in which I lost a 26BB flip with AKs vs 66. I also cashed the Turbo Fiddy at Tilt where I got 13th when I lost A2 vs T9 and than ran 66 into 99 to bust. That tourney was 5200 to win and could of easily happened in "turbo" mode. Oh well, I ended up winning the 12:15 Stars 50 single rebuy single addon for a little over 3k. I was tied for the chiplead with 10 left and the other chipleader was at my table and was steaming a bit as I took a pot off him the hand before. We are playing super deep as we both have around 65 BB. He raised and a player flatted and I called with 86s out of the BB. The flop rolls out 882 rainbow. I check he bets, other guy folds, and I raise it up and he snap shoves and I obviously snap. He rolls over A2 in which im a huge favorite. The A turned and I was like here we go, but he bricked and I had a massive chiplead going into the final table. I ended up winning a flip on the first hand of the final table and took down another big pot with a flush draw that was uncontested. All of a sudden I had a 4-1 chiplead and was thinking that I will run the table over, I was dead wrong. Another player, basically ran the rest of the tourney over until headsup. In which I dominated him, he kept bluffing into me and I was snap calling every pair I had. I was in shock he kept bluffing his stack off to me and figured he would adjust. He had me down 3-1 headsup and I came back and took a 3-1 lead on him heads up. I ended up getting QJdd in against his 88 on a 742 with 2 diamonds flop. The turn brought the 8d and the river came the 2 fill him up and to double him right back up to make us even. Once again, I just kept chipping away at his stack. The final hand came where I called a raise with 97ss and the flop rolled out T85 with 2 spades. I ended up checkraising him on the flop and he shoved and flipped over A8. This one didn't end in dramatic fashion as I peeled off the 6 on the turn and leaving him drawing dead.

This tourney was a huge cofidence boost to me even though it's not the biggest score but it might be the biggest win for me. I've had a rough two weeks, I couldn't win a key hand when needed to be. That means me not holding on a 80/20, 70/30, 60/40. I couldn't win the key coinflips deep in a tourney. I had already made the decision tonight to take some time off from the game. When I say it's been a rough two weeks, I mean I can't sleep at night, lay in bed for hours upon hours thinking about the beats I just took. I've played poker for way to long now to let this affect me. I have had way worse swings than this one, most notably the 21k downswing last year from August through October. I rebounded though and made some serious money from November through Feburary. I just need some time off and get back to exercising daily like I was before I went to Vegas. That could be a huge part to my sleeping problems I really dont know. I do know when I exercised daily I felt better about myself everyday. I was always upbeat and in a good mood. One positive thing I can take out of this downswing was that I never gave up, never gave up in one tourney. I battled through and tried to make the best out of every tourney. Yeah, I might of cried to mattster on AIM about the beats, but I didn't let it affect my play one second. I don't know how much time I'll be taking off, its hard to take off time after a good win. It could be a few days, a week, a month I really don't know right now.

Me and Mattster are playing in a 2 man scramble on the 26th of this month. I'd say we'll be on the course a bunch this next week preparing for it. I really need to get my driver figured out as I hit it badly in mens league on Thursday night. I just haven't played as much golf this summer as I'm used to and its affecting my game as well. I really need to be playign 4-5 times a day and there is no reason not to really. I'm hoping Matt's putter is hot on next Saturday as it usually is this event. Last 2 years we have played we shot even and 1 under par. We'll have to do much better than that to get in the top 3. We end up with way too many bogeys and and if we eliminate them totally we could give it a run for a good finish. Well its past 5am here, time to try to get some sleep. I know when I wake up tommorow it will be a good feeling for the first time after a poker session in a long time. Take it easy, later.

Online Poker

It's been awhile since my last blog and I have been playing quite a bit of poker. I've had a couple of final tables both coming in the Tilt 50 rebuy. The 2 final tables though haven't turned into any profits whatsoever. I'm on a 4k downswing which isn't much at all, but it is my biggest downswing that I've had in awhile which is amazing for the limits I play. I have been running bad for the past 2 weeks. I don't think I've ran this bad in this amount time ever. I feel I'm at the top of my game and I wouldn't be suprised if I get a big score soon. The tides will turn it's only a matter of time. I really don't know when I'll play again but it's more than likely going to be on Sunday. I have mens league tommorrow which I'm looking forward to. I'm also going to get back into the routine of blogging after every online session. The WSOP Circuit schedule came out and Caesars Indiana is October 2nd-14th and I plan on being there about everyday. Also, there having a circuit in Gary, Indiana this year in late October which I'll probably make that trip too. That about sums it up, I'll talk at ya later.

Also, I wanted to say congrats to Stephen "smcrawford2" Crawford for getting second in a 30+3 MTT on stars last week for a little over 1k.

Been Awhile...

I haven't really played all that much online since my last update. I played last Tuesday and didn't really have any good results. Went deep in the Tilt 50/50 at 930 but got 77 all in vs QQ on J97 and couldn't get it to hold for the chiplead with 17 left. I can't remember to many other details from that night, but didn't get the big score. I played mens league on Thursday shooting a 39 on the front and played poorly on the back and ended up quitting after 7 because of the rain. On Friday, had a family outing and had the fireworks deal. Then on Sunday through yesterday I went up and spent time with Angie. I played last night as a last minute decision and boy should of I just went to bed instead. I bricked every tourney I played in with a couple of deep runs only to bubble. Might of been the sickest night I ever had though, as I couldn't build a stack and when I did I lost a huge flip or got 3 outed. Oh well, thats how it goes. I plan on putting in another long session tonight and hopefully will show some good results. I'll talk at ya later.