Something to post

Figured that I might as well use this blog for something so I am going to post some of my results from MTTs that I play. Nothing great but it will be a way to track results.




Got third in this tournament Mizzy was on fire hitting 2 gutshots (one against me) to take this down. I raised with A5 3 handed, got shoved by D, I called, and D turned up AQ. No 3 outer love for me and I was gone. I should have let Mizzy take this guy out and then I would have gotten heads up with Mizzy. Overall, not bad for a $3 turbo with 200 runners.

Finally.. A Mookie win

Finally lucked my way into a Mookie win but as fate would have it, I won it a week too early as JD Schellnutt just informed me that the BBT4 kicks off on Sunday..lol
Either way though, glad to finally take one down especially as bad as I am running/playing this month.





Heffmike and I went heads up for what seem liked an hour.. I thought I had him when we both got it all in AQ vs Q4.. I hit an A, he rivers a flush and we continued on.

about 5 hands later, both got it all in w A7 vs K4, he flopped a K and then it was my turn to hit a river card as an Ace fell on the river (thank you poker gods :-)

Tournament finished with KJ vs 64 (I think).. neither one of us improved so K high was good.. Good game Heff.

Trying again.. and again.. and again

Taking a break from the 3000 sng quest for a month. Played about 500 in Jan and a 100 in early February. Running so bad that I had to quit to keep some sanity :-)

Played the Mookie about 2 weeks ago. Had some fun listening to Buddy Dank Radio and drinking a few beers. I managed a second in both the Mookie and Dookie. Nice results but I would like to finally win one of the Mookies (won the Dookie 3 times.. fun, turbo shove fest).

Basically, not much to blog about, sos at the tables.. no big wins and no big loses (luckily havent tilted off half my roll like I use to do when I would run bad in the sngs :-)

New Year Resolutions

After my normal 2 month blog layoff, I figured I would try again, to get this blog going.
So in honor of the new year, I am going to look at last years resolution and post some new resolutions for this year.
LAST YEARS:
1. Lose some weight.. Anheiser Bush keeps sending me thank you letters so this might be a sign that I need to get off the sauce and get to the gym.
Result: I have gained weight.. replaced beer with liquor and that did not work. Back to eating right and getting a grip on having drinks at night. Also started to lift with JD Schellnutt.

2. Win a fcking tournament that has over 100 players.. I have won several under 100 but never won one with more than that (I got 2nd 3 times this year). To do this I need to read some strategy blogs/books and play about 300 MTTs this year (only played about 50 last year).
Result: Hit my goal on this one. Won 2 MTT's (not much but better than nothing) and played in about 300 MTTs. I also had several seconds.

3. Get a purpose for this blog other then me just posting info.. I need to create something that is worth reading.. going to take some time though.
Result: Still no purpose.

4. Get out to Vegas in June for the WSOP.. I want to play in the $2000 PLO event.
Result: Didnt happen.

5. Spend more time with the family... take some time to kick, throw and shoot the ball with the boys in the afternoons. Also plan some family trips.
Result: Hit my goal on this one. Make 1 to 2 hours almost every night to spend with the kids and wife. We spent a lot of time at the beach together and I coached my oldest son soccer team. Limit my poker playing to after 8pm when the kids were getting ready for bed and the wife started studying.

6. Find a job at a college that has a pharmacy school for my wife and is in a warm and tropical setting.. Hawaii is the front runner but there are some schools in West Palm Beach that look promising.
Result: Didnt happen. Could not get the house sold as the market has gone to shat. Wife is getting locked into Creightons online Pharmacy school as we have not sold the house. So no Hawaii for now. Maybe after she finishes, we will go for a year.


RESOLUTIONS FOR 2009.
This will be a running blog until I get all my resolutions figured out, but here is the start.
1. Play 3000 sngs this year. I will either accomplish this a build my BR (my ROI for sngs are between 7 and 10%) or I will go insane. :-)

2. Get to vegas for the WSOP. This is a long shot as I am currently using my live BR to help pay bills but if I have a decent score (3K or higher) between now and then, I will be in Vegas trying to qualify for big dance (and some PLO tournys).

3.Get my weight between 190 - 195 from my current weight between 200 - 205.

4. Play 300 MTT's.

5. Grind out the Iron Man bonus on FT and stay at Silver or higher each month. This way I can qualify for the bonus offered every 6 months and get a free shot at the Iron Man tourny.

6. Get back involved in the blogger tournaments and post once a week to the blog.

Bodog Blogger Tourny Series

Looks like Smokkee is starting another blogger tourny series. This gives me incentive to start the blog grind again as I played a couple of the tournys in the last series and they were a lot of fun. I play as SnappyLC at Bodog.

I also played the Mookie last week for the first time in about 6 months.. got lucky and pulled off a third. Nice night... played some cards, had a couple of beers and listened to Buddy Dank.

Took 4 months off

OK.. back to the blog.. weather has been nice here over the last several months so I have been outside with the family and slacking on the blogging. Back to the blog grind for now.

Interest article about multi tabling

My current limit is 4 to 5 tables but I would like to move up to 7 or 8. I think I will work on some of these tips that were offered in the article and see if it helps. First thing I am going to change is to go from cascading my tables to fitting them all on one screen. This way I can see all the action at the tables and wont get the dreaded time out during a big hand. If anybody reads this blog, let me know if you have any suggestions.

Slacking at Blogging but not a quitter

OK. Back in the saddle again.
Was using Epassporte at Cake but it is now not longer supported. So now I cant redeposit on Cake and I just went broke there. This happened when I went well above my Cake BR of $500 and played on the $200 buy in table.. one missed draw and one player hitting a draw against me and I was on the rail at Cake... needed to be a lot more patient in grinding out my $5oo first time depositor bonus. Should have bought in at the $25 table (this would have been 5% of my Cake BR, instead of 40%..lol) and just grinded out the bonus. Went for the home run shot and struck out. I still have $400 left on the bonus so once they get their deposit issues fixed, I will redeposit, be patient, grind it out and get my money back.

Put some money back on FT so I could play some of the blogger events (Mookie, Dookie, Skillz and RC).. this is a losing money situation for me (posted stats in last blog) but I am thick headed sometimes so I will keep playing it (I really enjoy the chats, blogs and overall atmosphere of the tournaments.. plus, I am not a quitter.. I will take one of these down.. just need to make a few adjustments in my game).

On a positive note, just bought a refurbished computer at the online Dell outlet store. Got a good deal on one for $700 (dual core, 2 gigs RAM, 17 monitor, N wireless card, webcam, bag). They have alot of great deals and I am computer savy so I can fix just about anything on a laptop except the motherboard (they cost about as much as the laptop to replace. Found this out after my Toshiba motherboard blew one month past the warranty..ugh!). Now I will be able to keep all my hand histories and reads on one machine (I currently use 2 different computers for this), so I wont have all my info scattered about. I can also keep all my web page design stuff and job opportunities in one spot (wife is going to pharmacy school next year so I looking for part time teaching opportunities online.. I have a part time gig at ECU but it is for only one semester each year).
I had fixed a laptop for this purpose before but sold it to my brother in law as he needed it for his step daughter.

Put some money back on FT to play the $3 rebuy, $5.50 mixed games and some bloggerment tournys. Taking a break from the cash games online as I am getting crushed... need a big score as I put a sizeable dent in my small BR with losing $500 at Cake, $500 at Bodog and buying a $700 computer (all this over the last 2 weeks.. ugh!).. Played way over my BR at Cake and Bodog and got what I deserved.. back to BR Management 101 for me (1% for tourny and cash game buy in's online).