Home from Vegas

The trip was the worst of my poker career. I ended up cashing one tournament out of the eight that I played. It was a $1500 WSOP where I came into day 2 with a stack of 64.1k which was well above average. Early on in day 2 I ended up getting KK in vs AQo for around 80k and couldn't hold when he binked an A on the turn. That cash was good for $3063. Usually whenever I struggle live, I crush online. That wasn't the case this summer as I lost in all five of the online sessions I put in. Oh well, there is always next year!

The plan now is to take off until Monday. I plan to play a few days next week which will obviously have to be Monday through Wednesday. I play in golf league on Thursday, my brothers rehearsal dinner on Friday, his wedding on Saturday, and probably relaxing on Sunday. That about sums it up, hopefully with my next update it will be good news!

Later
K-Rock

Update from Vegas

This trip hasn't been to kind to me as I'm 0-5 and haven't made a dinner break yet. The last few tournaments have been pretty sick in the spots I've been in but couldn't hold, got coolered, and whiffed a huge draw. Oh well, I got four tournaments left and I'm staying positive that something good will come out of one of the events. I got the next few days off and I'm looking forward to going out and having a good time with Angie who coming into town in the morning. My next event will be Wednesday which is a $1500 WSOP.

Congrats to Matt "Mattster24" Sterling who took 9th last night in the $2500 PLH/PLO WSOP for $20k. He lost a flip to bust and would of been decent shape if he could of prevailed in the hand. He was seated next to Ivey for quite sometime so that was pretty neat.

Take care
K-Rock

Ready for Vegas

I just got all packed up and ready to head out west tomorrow afternoon. I think my plane lands around 3pm Vegas time. I'll probably check in and register for the $1500 WSOP for Wednesday and head back to the room to start the online grind. I'm going to be giving updates at every break via twitter and here is the link to it http://twitter.com/K_Rock2525

You might have to copy and paste the link since I'm not sure how to make it linkable. I'll try to update my blog every night but I doubt that will happen so will try to do whenever possible. Time to run good!

Later
K-Rock

Online Update and Summer Schedule

I haven't played that much online here lately and whenever I have it has produced bad results. I have played some MTT's here in the last week and have gotten deep in a few but couldn't win the key hands. I finally got my schedule figured out for the summer out in Vegas for the WSOP/Venetian Deep Stack Series. I'll be out there from June 15th through the 29th.

Here is a look at my schedule...

June 16th- $1500 NLH WSOP
June 17th- $2100 Venetian
June 18th- $550 Venetian
June 19th- $1000 NLH WSOP
June 20th- $340 Venetian
June 23rd- $1500 NLH WSOP
June 24th- $530 Venetian
June 25th- $1500 NLH WSOP
June 26th- $1000 NLH WSOP

Hopefully can come back with a big score in one of these. I'm hoping to put in some decent volume before I leave for Vegas but plan to play a lot of golf and have a few weddings to attend to. Take it easy

SNG update

I've gotten off to a terrible start so far to reach my goal and not sure if I can recover. I've put in 471 SNGs already this month but I'm down around $1684. I have earned over $500 in rakeback this month though. This run has been one of the sickest I've ever had in terms of beats. I feel as if I should be up quite a bit considering the pots I've lost at the stages I've been in. I plan to take a short break as this has been pretty brutal and need to clear my mind. I doubt $25k for this two month stretch is attainable now, but I'm still going to try my best to make as much money as I can. That's it for now...I'll keep ya updated.

Later
K-Rock

Future Goals

March Madness is almost over as the final four is set. It has been a great tournament with all kinds of upsets. Butler heading to the final four is amazing and hard not to root for them being from Indiana. My brackets were crushed after the opening weekend, so no shot to make any money in those pools. I do have Mich St. in a drawing at the local bar so wouldn't mind seeing them win it all either. It was really nice to see Kentucky go down in the Elite 8. So much talent, yet no results again for John Calipari. Hopefully the final four is as great as the whole tournament has been leading up to this weekend.

I have finally registered for classes this upcoming fall semester at Ivy Tech. I've been talking about going back for the past few years, but just now doing it. I was going to go to IUPUC but it turns out I was a draft dodger and can't get financial aid. I never signed up for selective service when I turned 18, had no idea that it was mandatory or even heard of it until I applied for FAFSA. This is one of the penalties for not signing up for selective service. So to all the high school kids, make sure you sign up for this if you ever want to attend college someday or get a government job. Talk about running bad!

I plan to hit it hard these next couple of months. My goal is to make 25k combined with rakeback. I will be playing $75/45's, $26/90's, $52/90's, and a few MTT's thrown in on Full Tilt these upcoming months. I've had some success in the $75/45's and they seem to be very beatable. We booked our hotel room for WSOP this summer, staying at the Rio from June 15th-29th. I plan to play at the Venetian Deepstack Series when I am playing live, I also plan to put in some volume online on days that I won't be playing live. That about sums up everything, I'll try to keep this updated throughout the next few months with totals of how much I'm up at certain points in the month. 25k!!!!!!!!!!

Later
K-Rock

SNG update

I didn't have a very good month SNG wise, I only ended up around $1500 or so after rakeback well short of my goal. But overall it was a very good month with me winning the Freeroll on Full Tilt for $12k. I elected to just take the cash instead of using it on a $10k tourney. I also bricked out on the $240 6 max at the Midwestern Poker Regionals. I don't plan to play as much this month as March Madness is just right around the corner and I will be camping out at Mattsters house with his 5 TV set up. I probably won't update again until after this month. Hopefully will have our Vegas trip planned for the summer by then.

Take it easy
K-Rock