That is Just Wrong

Wednesday's are usually a slow post day since I usually don't play any MTTs on Tuesday night. So I want to add a little humor and help you kill some time at work, which after all is the only reason anyone really reads these blogs anyways. I would like to start a photo journal on Wednesday which is called "That is Just Wrong" I promise to keep these at a "R" rating since I have kids and there are better places to go to look at BOOBIES IN POKER . I will try to have a centralized theme but sometimes the photos may just be random. I am also not claiming that any of these will be original, in fact several of them will probably be so ancient that you have seen them a hundred times before. With that being said lets get it started with our first look at

Thongs and Shorts gone wrong

Don't forget about the M00KIE tonight and I will probably be defending my Dookie title even if I am not a very good PLO player.

100 Things about me that you wished you never knew

I was tagged by poker4peace for the 7 things, well I had already started on my 100 Random Facts so I will just post them instead and you can pick your favorite 7. Before I get to them I will go ahead tag my five and here they are:

Wippy

Windbreak247

Bayne_S

Pokerwolf

Scots_Chris

1. There were 26 in my Graduating Class in High School.
2. I graduated 5th in my class with a 3.86 (4 girls had 4.0)
3. We played 8 man Football and I was 2nd team all district my Sr. Year
4. When I was in the 8th grade I contracted Spinal Meningitis and spent 3 weeks in the Hospital.
5. My Freshman year in College I was elected State Vice President for the 18,000 members of the Oklahoma's FFA.
6. I exhibited Cattle in High School and once won $25,000 as the Grand Champion at the National Western Livestock Show in Denver Colorado.
7. I acquired my Pilot's Licence in college and have an instrument rating, but haven't flown in over 10 years.
8. As a student pilot I lacerated my eyebrow during a preflight check, it didn't start bleeding immediately so I continued my solo cross country flight and landed a destination about an hour later. When I landed the plane a gentleman at the airport came out to fill up my plane but nearly passed out because I was covered in blood and didn't realize it.
9. I got married my Jr. year in college.
10. I went 3 years straight without a break in college to finish up as quickly as possible.
11. I have a BS and MS in Agricultural Economics from Oklahoma State University.
12. In my adult life I have lived in the following places in order, Stillwater OK, Plainview TX, Ft. Worth TX, Denver CO, Omaha NE, Alex OK and Oklahoma City OK
13. My first wife and I divorced on our 13th year of marriage.
14. My first wife is a quasi-tv star, she is an auctioneer on the Barrett Jackson Auto Auction.
15. I met the love of my life (my current wife) on an online dating service kiss.com
16. We were married (May 8, 2003) in Las Vegas in the back of a Limo at the Little White Wedding Chapel.
17. 30 minutes before we flew out to Vegas to be married, a tornado touchdown 5 miles from the Airport and delayed our flight causing us to almost miss or connection in Phoenix.
18. I have five kids. 2 daughters, 2 step daughters and a son.
19. When I was 17 I witnessed a relative being shot during a fight that I was trying to break up.
20. I know first hand the scares that adultery can have on marriage.
21. I have only had 3 loves in my life, and am glad I found true love this time.
22. On my first date I had after my divorce I got my only tattoo - Pistol Pete the Oklahoma State Cowboy Mascot, the lady I went out with got her navel pierced,
23. My wife got her Master Degree and is a fan of the one college I truly don't like - OU
24. I use to raise and show Siberian Huskies and once took a top5 in a National Show with more than 700 entries.
25. The huge majority of my best friends are females.
26. Chances are that you have eaten a Hamburger that I purchased the meat for. I am a purchasing manager for one the largest hamburger patty makers in the US,
27. I owned my own Pickup Truck Accessory Business for about 2 years.
28. I was a registered Commodity Broker for 5 Years.
29. I moved to Chicago one summer, without knowing a soul and interned on the Chicago Board of Trade.
30. I have landed a plane on the Meiggs Field Airport, which is now closed. For those you that don't know where this is it right across the street from Soldier Field in Chicago and is about 7/8 surrounded by water.
31. My Poker Playing name (oossuuu754) was derived from obviously OSU, the 754 was added at to my sign on at the online dating site kiss.com (where I met my wife) and it has just stuck.
32. The Main Event at World Series will be the first time I have ever played live poker in Vegas. I haven't been to Vegas since 2003.
33. I like so many others was lured to Poker because of Moneymaker and the WPT.
34. As a personal challenge to myself I didn't drink a soft drink the entire year of 2006 but on January 1, 2007 I started right back to the tune of 2 or 3 a day.
35. Diet Mt. Dew is the soda of choice.
36. Mexican Food would be my last meal.
37. Coors Light, Tecate or Michelob Ultra are the Beer's in my fridge.
38. I have alcoholic tendencies - so I try to stay away from hard liquor. But If I drink hard liquor it usually a pinkie up type drink.
39. I am 6'1 and about 35 lbs to heavy
40. I once lost $10K in about 5 minutes on a commodity trade.
41. I have never smoked pot or tried any other illegal drugs to get high. I drank like a fish and did a round of steroids in High School and that was it.
42. The first Casino I went to was in the Bahama's when I was 18, my dad sat me down at Blackjack table and showed me how to play. 30 minutes later I got up and left his table and went to my own. I won $4k that week but have never had that kind of score (besides online) in a casino since.
43. Drowning or being burned alive would be the absolute two worst ways to die. IMO
44. I don't think I could ever touch a dead body.
45. If I smell Tequila it will induce a Gag reflex, however I can drink it in a Margarita.
46. I am really good a my job and can do it in my sleep, but I don't like it and long for more challenges.
47. I have one sister, one 1/2 brother and one step sister.
48. I am tolerant of "alternative lifestyles" because I have a sibling and cousins that have chosen that lifestyle. I don't approve but I still love them.
49. I have only recently "learned" to like myself.
50. I turned down my "dream" job in Memphis because my X didn't want to move out of Oklahoma. If I took the job it would mean that I only got to see my daughters on the weekends. Less than 1 year and 1/2 later we were divorced and she move to Texas to work and eventually marry her Boyfriend.
51. My first computer was a Radio Shack TRS 80 - circa 1978.
52. I first got online in 1993 - Hello, you've got mail.
53. I got my first mobile phone in 1992, first cell phone in 1995.
54. I long to travel and see the world.
55. I would love to be on the Amazing Race.
56. Republican - but I didn't vote in the last elections
57. I own4 guns
58. I don't really like to "hunt or fish" and I have never been camping and don't really plan on going.
59. 80s Rock rules - from "Hair Bands to Heavy Metal"
60. First car was 1971 Mach 1 Mustang
61. Dream car is a 1959-62 Corvette
62. I long to succeed but don't know how to measure success.
63. I hate snakes - do to a childhood run in with a bull snake.
64. I watch way to much poker on TV
65. We were told by an emergency room physician that we "lost" or son early in the pregnancy and didn't find out we didn't until 3 weeks later.
66. My wife bought me a subscription to Playboy for Christmas but some of them are still in the mailer envelopes.
67. My Grandfather was robbed and murdered at his business in the mid 80s and they never solved the case.
68. I was born on St. Patrick's Day
69. The year I was born
70. My High School Football Jersey Number
71. I don't deserve my kids or my wife but I thank GOD for them every day.
72. I long to renew my spiritual relationship with GOD, but just not there yet.
73. Even though I am/was a pilot, I still say a prayer before every takeoff when I fly commercially.
74. I have owned in my life an Sports Car, Airplane, Boat, and Custom Street Motorcycle but I don't own any of these at the present.
75. I don't have a favorite movie per Se but I like the action and comedy genre. I will always watch any of the Star Wars movies if they are on. Armageddon is another one I seem to watch over and over.
76. I had an authentic fake ID that expired 2 weeks before I turned 21.
77. I have lost more money (or been responsible for losing) than most average people would earn in 10 years. This is not gambling losses, these were losses sustained in the futures market. While this is not something I am proud of, I do believe it gives me an advantage on the felt because I have a certain disregard for money which all successful card players must overcome.
78. I saved my company a documented $1 million dollars in the 2006 calender year.
79. Last year I purchased over 100 million lbs of beef to make into hamburgers.
80. In April 15, 1996 I had knee surgery that morning and that afternoon went in to quit my job to go to work for the competition.
81. 6 months later I was fired from the new job.
82. It takes a lot to push me over the edge, but if I reach that point watch out I don't care who you are just ask some of my bosses.
83. I learned how drive when I was 4 or 5 on the farm and there isn't anything with a motor that I cant operate but don't you dare ask me to work on them because I am not a very good mechanic.
84. I lost my virginity the night before the biggest (and last) HS football game in my life and didn't sleep at all that night, we lost the game 40 - 14
85. For 2 weeks in college I worked the Graveyard Shift in a Convenience Store and then went straight to class, it was the longest 2 weeks in my life.
86. I attended/worked the SEMA Convention in Vegas for 4 days and maybe spent 4 hours gambling, I know hard to believe.
87. Year I graduated from High School
88. I got caught trafficking stolen history exams in High School and talked my way out of punishment.
89. I prefer College Sports to Pro.
90. I only started blogging to make me think about hands and specific instances that came up on the felt the night before.
91. I truly believe that if I can get lucky 7 times I can win a major poker tournament.
92. I can usually tell how good or bad I am going to do in a tournament before the tourney begins.
93. I don't like pets indoors but we have an indoor yorkie.
94. Patience is a virtue that still eludes me.
95. I have bought a house in 4 hours and sold a house in 5 minutes.
96. I have auctioneered at several charity auctions.
97. I have given a speech in front of 15,000 people.
98. I have been on Regional TV on more than one occasion
99. I commuted 65 miles one way for almost 8 years.
100. I am happier now than I have ever been in my life.

Fulltilt Poker Swag RANT! and MATH

WARNING BEGINING OF RANT!

Got my Fulltilt poker swag for the Main Event. I must admit that I am disappointed, from what I hear PokerStars really does it up with first class stuff. Here is what I got. One cheap duffel bag, One hat, One deck of cards, One hoodie, One Polo. NO JERSEYS, NO TSHIRTS, NO BOWLING SHIRT, ECT... ALSO this is just stock Fulltilt gear, you would think they would at least have something that said Team FullTilt or something. I am one the biggest FullTilt supporter there is. It is the only site i have money on and I love the interface, but come on FullTilt let go of some MOOLAH you guys rape us for and buy the Main Event Qualifiers some swag that they will be proud to wear. One other thing isn't freaking HOT in July WTF am I going to do with Hoodie at the ME. Oh and I guess that FTP doesn't plan on any of the qualifiers making it past day one since there is only one shirt, heaven forbid three or four of us make it to the Final Table because that is going to be one RIPE SMELLING group.

END OF RANT!

The MATH Tourney in two words or less: CARD DEAD! I chipped up nicely the first hour when I Flopped a set Queens against DDionysus KK and swear to God I almost laid it down to his re-raise preflop. That would be my high water mark and from then on out NOTHING. My Raise of AJ in the hijack position was called by QJ which promptly flopped a Q and River a J for two pair, my steals wear Re-raised All in by BB and SB and my soooted connectors never connected. This is the first tourney in a long long time where I was actually blinded down to making a lowly stand with a 92 off because I didn't have enough to post the SB in the next hand. Absolutely pathetic run of cards. I finished in the points but a disappointing 20th. BLEH!

Weekend Recap - Not much to show for 3 hours worth of work!

Just goes to show how long you can hang around without many cards. Big slick burnt my arse twice in this here tourny. First time I just flat made a bad play and I could get away from TPTK even though I knew I was behind. I raised in EP and get 3 callers including both of the blinds, flop comes 3h8hAd, both blinds check I fire out a pot sized bet and get checked raise All In by both blinds. I somehow convinced myself that there was still a chance that I could have the best hand since both of these two players had been splashing around in several pots and were at the bottom end of the chip stacks so I donk called and am rewarded with this, Dems Quads BEECHES!



Last time an open raise UTG+1 with the Blinds 500/1000 and 200 ante I decided to set the guy all in for his last 19K especially when I read my notes about him (R UTG AJ sooted) doh he flips up KK and I don't improve and bust out a few hands later when my pocket 4s couldn't survive 3 callers who checked all the way down and the river ace did me in.


Don't forget about Hoy's MATH tonight, I will be trying to inch back up into the numero uno position on the BBT Leaderboard.

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What is that smell?

It's the Dookie!!!!




I haven't went through the hand histories yet. One hand that vaguely sticks out was this one: At the final table, 8 or 7 handed I beleive, in the Razz orbit. 2 or 3people all in by 5th street and I have them covered and knock them out with a 7 or 8 and we are now 4 handed and on the money bubble and I have 3 times as much as anyone else. I just start playing Big Stack Poker and eventually wear them down. We did play 3 handed for along time and I finally Rivered a pair of Aces on PokerPeaker in Stud H/L. Heads lasted one hand as I found A2X and figured I was going to go with it since Wippy only had enough to call 2 BB. I think I made 2 pair and scooped the pot.

As for the M00K , I didn't have any hands to speak of. The hand that I went busto on went down like this. I am in the BB with Ad7d folded to the BB who raises, maybe even min raises. I call and see a flop that looks like this AcKdXd. I have slightly more than what is in pot and I push hard figuring I am up against a bigger Ace, but thinking I have a full 12 outs. Little did I know the button was slow playing KK and I was drawing extremely thin. No Improvement and I am sent to the rail.

As for other news I qualified for FullTilt (Bonus Code OSU) weekly WSOP ME Freeroll and I will also be playing in the Gold Level Iron Man Freeroll this weekend. I have pounded no I have tilted away the online Roll pretty hard this week so I am scaling way back and going to concentrate on what I do best $22 SNG Turbos and satelliting into the Big MTTS.

Once again I apologize for the vague details in this post, if I can I will plow through the Hand Histories and correct as needed.

History Revisited -- May 8 2003

Four years ago today was a day in my life I will not forget. Lets take a look at what happened that day.

Fast Facts about the May 8, 2003 Oklahoma City Tornado

• The tornado was first reported by a spotter on the west side of I-35 at Hwy. 37 in Moore, near the intersection of Santa Fe Ave. and 149th St. at about 5:10 p.m. It then tracked across I-35 at 12th St., through south Oklahoma City, across I-240 at Sooner Road, across Tinker Air Force Base, across I-40 into SE Midwest City, and into Choctaw.
• Approximately 21 minute lead time for Moore in Cleveland County and approximately 30 minute lead time for Oklahoma County.
• Preliminary estimates indicate the tornado path was about 19 miles long.
  The tornado outbreak was forecast several days in advance.
• The NWS Forecast Office issued a regional weather discussion at 4 p.m. that specifically mentioned the risk for severe storms in the Oklahoma City metro area between 4:30 and 6 p.m.

The devastation of The May 8, 2003 F4 tornado can be seen below.




But lets get to the real story, it was about 4:30 pm on 5-8-03 and I was about to leave OKC on my way to Las Vegas for a short 2 day trip, I hadn't eaten and decided that to stop at Chili's to grab a quick bite and drink before my 6:30 flight. If all went according to plan the plane would touchdown in Vegas at 10:00 the Limo Driver said he would be at baggage claim to pick me up and I would still meet my agenda with a 11:59 deadline. But mother nature had her own agenda and a Tornado threaten to ruin my plans for this trip. When the Parking Shuttle driver pulled into Will Rogers World Airport the Sirens were wailing. A F4 Tornado had touchdown only a few miles north of the airport and service had been grounded temporarily.

But there still might be hope for this trip. As long as the airport didn't loose power, there was a small window that my flight could make, granted I would have to hurry to make my connection Phoenix but there was hope. If ever I had to be somewhere it was Vegas tonight, because I had date with destiny that night I was finally going to collect on the Biggest and Best Gamble I had ever taken or will ever take. Yes 4 years ago today I married the love of my life in a Limo at Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas. You see she and I took a gamble and fate brought together through the online site kiss.com . We both had gambled and lost at love before and we both afraid to "Rebuy" but we did and together we have won the biggest jackpot ever.

Cyndi, I love you and I thank God for you everyday. Even though our Wedding Day started out stormy we found our Rainbow in Vegas

Well that Sucked!

How else can I describe my weekend foray on the felt. Let me give you highs and the lows.

Highs

• Numero Uno on the BBT Leaderboard


• Satellited into both $400 K and Sunday WSOP ME with not much effort.


• Won my 1st Horse SNG in preparation for the Sunday Riverchaser Horse Event.


• Outlasted Waffles in the RiverChasers Horse Event


• Booked Flight and Wired the Money for the ME

Lows

• Busto in both $400 K and Sunday WSOP ME due to me being a DONK!


• Didn't realize the Horse event Started at noon my time and was blinded out for an hour and half, played one hand in Stud picked up 4 to straight on 5 street and didn't connect.


• Lost a $550 pot in $1/2 when an absolute tard Pushed $150 into a $70 pot 276 rainbow flop. The pot was raised and re-raised (by me) and called in 2 spots. Mr Tard pushed the flop, 2nd caller folded I call with JJ putting him on 88-10, or AK or AQ and am just mortified that he called and then pushed with a mighty 54 off. You know the rest of the story.


• Tilted off several Buyins trying to eradicate all tards off of full tilt. While trying to do this realized that I had become a tard just by osmosis.

Needless to say me and my BR need some time to heal. I will play in the BBT events this week and try to maintain my ranking at the top of the Leaderboard. I am going to drop back down to the $22 sngs, no more cash until I can handle the Tilt induced by the TARDS and also concentrate on winning another seat by satelliting into the $1k.

I have major leaks in my game, especially in big MTTs and I have to fix them in the next 60 days before I go out to Vegas.

Don't forget about about the MATH tonight

But I still feel so empty and hollow!

Close but no real big cigars.

In the Turbo WSOP $1K qualifier I hit the final table in decent shape but absolutely went card dead. I cant count the number of times I saw cards like 92, 62, 23, ect.. Now I know what you are thinking, push and pray. I agree but with this structure (only the winner getting the seat and the other 3 payouts barely covering the buyin) it changes everything. People are willing gambool with ATC and would call you down 98, KJ ect... So you couldn't completely push with air. And don't forget it was a turbo so when we got to money bubble the blinds were just ridiculous. Oh well nothing ventured nothing gained.

Riverchasers was fun unfortnately I was playing it on different computer than normal so "NO HAND HISTORIES FOR YOU" Typical "Blonkey Tournemaent" sucked out a few times, got sucked out a few times. ( Fishy you know who you are) But in the end just couldn't over come the Luckbox and when my CBet met his top pair I was doomed.

Well at least I am on top the BBT Leaderboard

Random Cash Hands

I played about 2 hours of cash last night and a few $22 Turbos SNG. I also took another shot at qualifying for the WSOP ME $1k and played like chit. I want to post a few big random hands and would like some comments about my play. Cash is an area I want to focus on in the future, so any comments would greatly be appreciated.

Here are the general stats from my session

PXF Hand History Analyzer
General Statistics: (through hand 196)

Total hands played: 196

Hands won: 41 (21%)
Hands won preflop: 15 (8%)
Hands won at flop: 10 (5%)
Hands won at turn: 6 (3%)
Hands won at river: 10 (5%)

Preflop Luck Statistics: (beta)
Premium Hands: 13 (6.6% exp: 3.3%)
Strong Hands: 4 (2.0% exp: 3.0%)
Moderate Hands: 15 (7.7% exp: 8.3%)
Borderline Hands: 20 (10.2% exp: 7.5%)
Garbage Hands: 144 (73.5% exp: 77.8%)
PUFF™: 98 (50 = average luck)

Preflop Statistics: (through hand 196)
Preflop total actions: 197
Preflop limps: 30 (15%)
Preflop Raises: 23 (12%)

Preflop Bets: 0 (0%)
Preflop Calls: 39 (20%)
Preflop Checks: 8 (4%)
Preflop Folds: 127 (64%)

Flop Statistics: (through hand 196)
Flop total actions: 66
Saw flop: 54 (28%)
Saw flop in SB: 15 (28%)
Saw flop in BB: 13 (24%)
Saw flop in other positions: 26 (48%)
Flop Raises: 4 (6%)
Flop Bets: 13 (20%)

Turn Statistics: (through hand 196)
Saw turn: 34 (17%)
Saw turn in SB: 11 (32%)
Saw turn in BB: 6 (18%)
Saw turn in other positions: 17 (50%)
Turn Raises: 1 (3%)
Turn Bets: 8 (20%)
Turn Calls: 4 (10%)

River Statistics: (through hand 196)
Saw river: 19 (10%)
Saw river in SB: 5 (26%)
Saw river in BB: 3 (16%)
Saw river in other positions: 11 (58%)
River Raises: 1 (7%)
River Bets: 5 (33%)
River Calls: 2 (13%)

Here are a few key hands that I want to discuss

First let me say I was catching some cards during this session but not getting much action. The Green represents pots won and Red are pots lost. Of the three big hands I played with premium hands I won 1 and lost 2. Lets look at these 2 losing hands in more detail and see if there was any way to minimize the losses or if I missed an opportunity to maximize the gain.

Hand #85, I am on the button and dealt JcJd. The pot is fold to me and I make a standard raise to $7. SB calls, BB folds and we see a flop of 9s2c7c, SB checks I make it $10, SB calls. Turn is a Ks, action is check, check. (this is were I made first big mistake by not at least finding out were I was and let the flush draws take a free card, I just remember thinking that K hit him and he was looking for a check raise) River is a 4 clubs and SB wakes up and fires $26 bet into the pot and I make the crying call and get my just rewards for a dumb hand played.


I totally screwed this hand up and I am mad for not letting it go and minimizing my loss, not to mention the fact that I let him draw on the turn for free.

Next hand I want to talk about is hand #105. I am in the SB AsKh, folded to the button who calls and then SB pops it to $10. Up to that point the SB had be playing pretty straight forward and largest raise I had seen was $7 and most of the hands he had shown were decent hands. I put him on mid pair and decide that I will try to end now with a re-raise to $32. Button folds and SB smooth calls. Pot is now $66. Now I remember being puzzled by this call and now broaden my range of hands from mid pair to QQ, AJ to AK. Flop is 5h4cAd and this looks like I have hit the best flop I could see, SB checks and I fire $28 and the SB smooth calls. DANGER WILL ROBINSON, DANGER! Now I put him on AJ - AK and mostly remember praying NO EFFN QUEEN! The turn is Qd, phuck! I bet $5o and Sb goes All In for $138 and I justify the call of the additional $80 dollars into a $398 pot and am not surprised to find out I am behind but shocked to find out I am drawing dead.

Here is the 1st question would anyone else have put him on AA the way it played. Does anyone else play AA this way from SB by raising 5x? 2nd question do you make the all in call for the additional $85 or should I have been able to throw this away. Comments please.

Last hand I want to talk about is hand # 177, I am on the button and dealt 9h9c, MP player calls I and I raise a pot sized bet to $9, SB and BB fold and MP calls. Pot =$21. Flop comes 4dQs5h and the MP fires $21 which leaves him $40. To me the bet screamed bluff. For one if he had AQ or KQ he would check with the intention of check raising, same thing with set. So I put him on straight draw or pairs up to 88, I ruled out 1010 and JJ because I believe they would have re-raised preflop however I did considered it but if that is what the have I am going to double him. So I re raise him enough to put him all in. He insta calls and I figure I am screwed to the over pair or fading the straight draw.

But no he flip the 43 (but they were sooted) and I scooped a nice $143 pot.

All in all I ended up only down about $20 for the session, which was a major accomplishment given that I played those two big pots so poorly.

Tonight I am looking for a final table in the M00K . I am really going to try to bring my A game which has been eluding me since my ME win 2 weeks ago. I also will try one more time to satellite into the $1K WSOP ME qualifier, I think this is the best shot at the ME package with a 1 in twelve shot.

MATH 4-30-07 and Some Cash Hands

You can't Bluff and Idiot! -- Doyle Brunson Season 2 of High Stakes Poker

Well that Sucked! Sometimes I truly think that I could (or should) be like Phil Hellmuth and arrive at tourneys 30 minutes late and I would be better off. Last night MATH would have been no exception. I was 3rd out, so I didn't even get the Gigli (that honor belongs to $mokee ) Two hands (of maybe the 10 total I was in) stick out in my mind. First I am MP and there are 2 (maybe 3) limpers and make a pot sized raise with AK, it is fold back around to IslandBum limps calls with JQ, flop is J hi I CBet, Bum calls, turn (blank cant) check check (I think) and river I make either a crying or a weak stab and boom I am 1K lighter in chips. 2nd hand I am on the button or cutoff with K10 sooted, and Waffles in the SB and makes a raise, one limper calls and I call and we see a rags flop with 2 hearts, Waffles bets and we both call. Turn is a blank, check, check and I decide to bluff. Now there is a little over $1K in the pot I have a little over $1.5K left. My read on Waffles and the caller were that they either had an over pairs or big Ace. Either way an All In bluff by me would be a tough call. After all what could an over pair or Big Ace beat except a bluff. Worst case scenario would be a call and I still would have at least nine outs or maybe fifteen. Well so much for my reasoning, Waffles makes a good call with JJ and the river blanks and it is off to the cash tables and maybe a few more $22 turbos before bed.

Speaking of $22 turbos, I didn't even try real hard and I ended up on 85th on the Full Tilt (Bonus Code OSU) April Low Limit Leaderboard.

Once again just another reason to play on Full Tilt (Bonus Code OSU), free easy money.

Speaking of easy money I have been taking Hoy's advice and trolling the $1/$2 NL 6 max tables. I finished up almost a full buyin in about 45 minutes of play and don't believe I ever once showed a hand down. I played good starting cards but mostly played position, when I didn't have position and felt that I was witnessing a formulaic approach I just played the player. Also employed extra flush outs on one particular hand thanks fuel

I will be going through my hand histories later if I see anything I miss I will probably update this post so check back later. I will be playing in the M00K on Wednesday and Al's Riverchaser's on Thursday and hopefully will be able to qualify for a couple more chances at another WSOP ME, the King of the ME looks like it may already be sewn up but who knows. I still think I have a chance at at least one more if not two.

Weekend Update for 4/28/07 - 4/29/07

BLEH - I think that can best describe my overall view of my weekend results. So here is goes........

Friday didn't play online because it was my stepdaughter's B-Day party. My lovely wife went all out for this shindig because 12 is the new 13. (huh WTF, just like 40 is the new 30, 50 is new 40, what is next?) But I did manage some live play after I left the hotel (the girls were having a sleep over at a hotel) I played 1/2 for about 3 hours and ended up about 3/4 buyin and most of that came in two hands against the same mark. Hand number #1 (the mark 1st hand) I look down at AQ on the button and limp after 2 limpers. I know this is not a good long run strategy but in this game it was, I want to keep the pot small preflop because these donkeys would call with anything so raising wouldn't thin field and I felt like I could outplay these donks with my position after the flop. Well the mark all of sudden pops it to $15 in BB, 2 original limpers fold I call. Flop comes Qxx rainbow and the mark fires $25 into the pot leaving himself $60 behind (short bought for$100) and I push hoping that he has 9s, 10s AJ and wont be able to let go and boom goes the dynamite he insta calls and flips up his JJ proudly and 30 seconds later is short buying again. Hand number #2, the mark is once again UTG or BB and makes a $15 raise and I wake up with QQ and push it to $60 preflop after an additional caller, the mark calls off his his last $60 and the additional caller folds, Mark flips up 99 proudly and is hitting the door 30 seconds later bemoaning his bad luck.

Saturday nothing exciting except one hand in a Fulltilt (Bonus Code OSU) 1/2 NL 6 hand max, where I won 1.75 buyins in the one hand. Cant really remember the whole story but I had Q10 suitued in diamonds and the button. Pot was raised by a short stacked and call by a LAGGY player and I called to see the flop. I flop comes down AQx with with 2 diamonds giving me 2nd pair and 2nd nut flush draw. So with about $20in the pot shorty checks and Mr. LAGGY fires aout a pot sized bet so I am going to semi bluff not really minding if I get called. So I fire $60 fully expected shorty to fold since he only has about $75 total and Mr. LAGGY has about $170, to my surprise short comes over the top all in and Mr. LAGGY smooth calls. Now there is about $300 in the pot and I have about $100 left as does Mr. LAGGY. My reads are Mr. LAGGY big ace and shorty who knows, but it doesn't matter because I am not folding this pot. Turn is a blank and I am going to continue to represent my big hand (in hindsight I should have checked big donkey move by me) and I push my last $100 and Mr. LAGGY calls instantly with AJ off. River is a beautiful diamond. (yes smokee I know I am one lucky mofo) I scoop a $500 pot after mr shorty turned up a K10. I know I played the turn bad but is there any other areas where I messed it up? Comments please.

Sunday -- Big Bleh. Had fun in the blogger bracelet race and never really could get anything going. I managed to survive to the final 2 tables and then got caught running a big bluff and bounced out in 14th. (Note to self, hard to bluff someone off turned trips).

I satellited into the $400K. At the end of the first hour I was in the lower 10% of the field, I absolutely did not connect with one flop (although when you only play 3 hands your odds can't be that good anyways) Hour 2 I got on a mini heater and got myself back to average. Hour 3 caught some cards and hit some flops and made a push to put myself in the top 75, when this hand comes up. Not sure but think we are maybe 250/500 I have about 15k and I have AQ on the button and it is folded to me. I make it 1500 to go and the BB calls. Flop is Qxx, BB checks and I put out around $2200 and MR BB goes all in for $6000, I instantly think set but am pot committed for the additional $3000 with almost $15K out there. What could he have ....................... hmmmmmmmmm .. oh the Q10, woot I have him dominated, until he rivered a 10. This just sucked the life out me, I am now sitting about, 7K and just don't have any fight left. I go a couple orbits without playing any pots, wake up AJ sooted in the cutoff and push a folded pot into AA in the BB, no suckout for me and out around 450th.

I also satellited into the Sunday WSOP ME 2 seat gtd. There were about 140 runners, 7 paid top 2 got the seats. I played really well despite my disappointing finish the 30-50 range cant remember. Got bounced by a complete tard who had double me up earlier when my AK sucked out on his 56 off after he called a big re-raise from me. But this tard caught two pair on a flop and crippled me, I cant believe this tard has won a seat, his only win ever. Oh well.

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All in all I just played so so. I got myself in position to make some big runs but just didn't complete anything, or more specifically just didn't bounce back off the matt when the donkeys punched me. I know this is something I have to work on, I need to keep fighting even when you only have the chip and the chair

Well I will be playing in the MATH tonight and hopefully can add some points inch up on the BBT Leaderboard.

Sharkscope (LOL)

Now I am not saying nothing bad about any site that claims to help you "test the waters first" but what good is information if it bogus? I pulled this chart 5 minutes ago and just chuckled to myself. I just love when people say because of your sharkscope I now see why you called my AA (min raise) with 98s and then check call a 6s7hJd pot sized bet and then proceed to check raise them when the turn completes you straight and they call all in. I just love it the accuracy lets see, hmm I won 2.5k in Dec in MTT, and won 1K WSOP ME qualifier, and HMM lets what else Have I won HMM.........................................................................................................


Oh Yea Vegas Baby!!

Month to Date SNG ROI

Here a few Random snapshots of my ROI spreadsheet. The 1st and 2nd place finishes are skewed on the on the charts since I play alot of HU Token Matches I may change this to a ninth place finish to more accurately measure the finish. However the money and ROI numbers are correct/

Here is the individual snapshot for just the Turbo $22 SNG since this is what I play the most of.

Ever See a One Armed Trapper?

The answer to the question is no. Why you ask? Because trappers need both arms to spring their traps. Trappers realize that their business is simple. They set a trap and are happy with whatever they catch. When a trapper tries to deviate from the simple trap that is when they get in trouble. A trapper can be maimed or killed and that is the end of their career. What a simple parable that completely describes the MATH last night.

The first hour was horrendous. No cards and a very aggressive table. I played only play one pot of any significance. I was in the BB (30/60) with a powerful 74s, scots_chris had be splashing around in several pots and made a min raises to 120, I call and we see a flop of 2sJh7c, not a horrendous flop for my hand so I check and scots_chris farts at the pot with 60 chip bet and I call planning on taking this on the turn. (I made my first mistake here by not pouncing on it with a big pop) The turn is Qs giving me 4 to the flush and I spring to life (remember this is the first pot I had played past the flop) by putting out a pot sized bet of 390 which he almost insta calls, damn that didn't work. River is a 6c missing my flush but I am going to take another stab, so I fire a 1/2 pot (I think is my 2nd mistake, I wanted this to look a value bet but I also wanted it to be intimidated to call) and he thinks and thinks and here is the result

Called down by the mighty J8 and so I finish hour one in the lower 10% of the field. This should have been a sign that scots_chris was going to be a thorn in my arse, but no I would not heed this prophecy.

In hour 2 my patience was rewarded with some decent cards and I start to make my move and finish up hour two in the top 10. One hand in particular that I now regret telling scots_chris what I had. I also played this hand fast but I was going to make him pay for a flush draw. He though long and hard about this call and claims he had a Kc10h.

Now I am not sure if the points bubble busted that hour but I can tell you who went down right after the bubble broke. You see during one of the tourneys last week waffles placed a bounty on my head, so I extended the same offer. Yep pay back is biatch waffles as I got to send Otis $5 for sending you to the rail in 27th.

Hour 3 was my demise and this is were my tourney nemesis got me. I am SB (250/500 75) with AsJs and scots_chris makes a smallish raise to 1200 I elect to smooth call hoping to catch the ace on the flop and spring my trap (see opening paragraph above, also note to self be careful what you wish for) flop comes a 7d5hAc now I am just loving my hand and I check here hoping to induce a bluff from scots_chris and he obliges with a very small 1100 chip bet and I call. Now here is where I make a mistake, I dont try to put him on hand with this bet. What kind of hand could bet this other than a post oak bluff? Turn is the 8s and he now springs to life with a pot sized bet that is more than 1/2 his stack and I insta push. This last mistake and most costly, WTF could he be pushing with now? His bet screams strength especially when you combine it with the flop bet, I never even considered his holding all I was looking at was my TPGK.

So we get it all in and I am only 17.5% to win and I am crippled and left saying WTF...... Out 3 hands later in I think 14th.

Hopefully i can learn from this, because I shouldn't have gone broke with this hand. If anyone has any ideas or comments about how to keep from becoming tunnel visioned with a hand like this I would greatly appreciate it.

Anyways I would like to send a congrats to scots_chris for winning his first foray into the MATH stop by his blog and wish him well.

Weekend Update / "Fonkey" Award

I managed to grind out a small profit this weekend but was just disappointed with my play overall. Especially since I lost another Heads Up Token Match on FullTilt (Bonus Code OSU, Sorry Iggy) to Hoy . Oh the humanity oh the agony. This match was a grueling 20 plus minutes mostly because we were to busy chatting, (guess he got the Ned Beatty treatment in the 400K when his AA got cracked to a one outter KK) long story short Hoy flopped a boat, Turn gave me top and bottom pair and this just took all the fight out of me and I toked him up a couple hands later.

I am a Dum Azz "Fonkey" I would have been better off to out right buy my way into the FullTilt 400K because I think I spent $250 trying to satellite in to this $200 tourney. For this dum azz move I give myself the first ever "Fonkey Award"



I would like to make the "Fonkey" an ongoing award, nominations can be either yourself or someone you play with on the felt and then at the end of the year we give the Golden Fonkey out to the most worthy recipient. I will also take any ideas about generating more rules and guidelines to the "Fonkey". Maybe we want to make this a blogger only award and give it out at WPBT gathering. Comments?



I will be playing in the MATH tonight
trying to inch up into the #1 spot on the BBT LeaderBoard so I will see you there. And if you still havent earned you token look me up and I will be happy to donate. My stats for the month of April in the HU Token are 51% in 67 total matches, for a grand profit of -$0.63 per match. If I keep this up I my be cinch for next weeks "Fonkey"

Vegas Baby!!!!!!!

I am heading to the Main Event!!!! First things first I want to thank all you that railed me, I don't want to mention names because I will probably leave someone out. But thank you, thank you!

Now here are few key hands of my Fonkey Poker in this here Main Event Qualifier.

My first table had some playas at it. A quick search of thepokerdb (stats from Jan 1, 2006 thru today) has this to say about my table.

• Bonaparte - First thing you notice about him is the dam Gold Football Player Avatar that has aFTOPS #1, and $93,429 in winnings

• Pechorin - $56,146 in winnings

• BadBoyKilla - $27,038 in winnings

• MindFreak001 - $7,140 in winnings

• Scalpelpls - $1174 in winnings

• Sapster - $66,796 in winnings

• Horryclutch - $66,461 in winnings

• Jokenfold - $2110 in winnings

Not your run of the mill donkeys. I started to hear in my head if you can't spot the sucker you are the sucker. So I decide I would play tight until I get a feel for the table. Yea right!! Four hands into the tourney in LP I look down and find the powerful of A10 off. So I make it 60 to go, SB just calls, BB folds. Flop comes down 9510 rainbow, and SB fires 1/2 pot bet. Now my reads are this guy is firing with Air or Has a big Ace or over pair, so I decide I need to know where I am at and raise it $200, SB calls. Now I feel that this guy has a big A or on a straight draw, Turn is a 5 and Pairs the board. Now I still like my hand, reasoning is Pocket 5s 9s or 10s with an aggressive player is going to re raise either on the flop to protect against the flop. Now there is $540 in the pot he check calls my bet of $320 (I just don't put him on monster but I am watching with one eye open) . Pot is now $1180 and the river is another 9 (oh chit!) now he could have boated with any 9 or any 5 all are definite possibilities and he insta fires $800. Now I let the timer run all the way down to the last tick, in fact I had the mouse on the fold button the whole time but something didn't seem right, just smelled fishy and I think it was the way and the amount he bet. The insta bet was like he typed the amount in before the river card was even dealt and the amount left him enough that all he need to was double back up to be in the hunt (also the case for me if I call and loose). I reluctantly call and was spot on with my read.

Booyah I am feeling pretty good about myself and have increased my stack by 50% and leading the tourney. In fact I lead this tourney 5 different times at various stages.

Second key hand was hand #152 and I woke up with AA in the BB, folded to SB who calls. The SB was the chipleader and very very aggressive, so I play them strong and raise the 3 x to $840 and he calls. Flop comes 823 rainbow and he checks, and I fire out a pot sized bet of 1800 hoping he thinks it is a CB. Right on cue he re-raises me all in and I insta call he turns over this mighty hand and types I guess I miss judge your hand. He-Haw

Now this happened with about 40-50 left and I am cloud nine and thinking I got this in the bag, no way I am not making the final table. Now there is a fine line between confidence and cockiness, I experienced the later just a mere 25 hands latter.

I am in the steal seat sitting about 3 rd in chips with 15K and I find 77 and make a 3x raise, the BB re-raises leaving 1/2 half his stack (which I interpreted as re-steal) so I donked an allin bet only thinking that he was re-stealing. BIG BIG Mistake, and one I chastised myself for along time. He has AK and as you can see



dumb dumb play, one that could have and almost did cost the whole tourney.

This left me below average with about 27 to go and blinds climbing. I go card dead for several orbits. I don't think I played a hand for what seemed like an eternity. So with a M of less than 10 I am now starting to feel the pressure and think I am going to blow it again. I know I have to at least stay ahead or even with the blinds so it is push and pray time (close your eyes but listen and hope that you hear silence for 16 seconds).

The next few orbits I push hands like AQ, AJ, 88 all from mid to late position and slowly chip up to an avg stack size. By doing this it allowed me start putting Fonkey Pressure on other players. I made them make decisions that would cost them their stacks (or a large portion of it) if they played a pot with me. Now I will push the edges with AK, AQ, QQ, JJ, 910 but I also push my monsters as well (see above) and putting pressure on people is a delicate science and sooner or later someone is going to either play back at you or try to beat you at your on game. I also know that in order to win one of these tournies you are going to have to win a race or two. So far I was 0 for 1 in the races. And I got myself into the key hand of the tourney on hand #226. We are down to the final 12 I wake with AQ and my old nemesis Mr. AK open raised UTG 3x for 1800. Now 6 handed I put his range on anything from AK to 22 but I don't put him on AA or KK (just my thought process) . Now MR AK has me out chipped by only 3.5K, and If I re-raise I am going to be pot committed to an allin so I decide to make him wake up with a big hand if he is going to play and besides I am happy this dead money in the pot. I come over the top and he thinks for a little while and calls with 1010 (not something I am calling almost all my stack with but that is just me) and flop is a beautiful 97Q rainbow and the turn brings a 6 (why does the turn always give your opponents more out) for gut draw for and the river is the beautiful unnecessary Ad



This hand propelled into the final table in about the 4th chip spot. Now with 72 runners that left 7 people to get paid, but only 6 got the seat and 7th gets a mere 2K which is only double the entry but still nothing to sneer at. So naturally I tighten up just a bit and start to feel the effects of the blinds. I slipped to about 6 position and was determined to not let things get away. It was shortly after that this one hand in particular came up. The hand that had everyone talking was my dramatic EP raise and smooth call of BB re-raise. The came J87 rainbow and I push all in after BB checks. He thinks for every and claims he laid down KK, I say bullchit to that, After that move people stayed out of my way.

It takes about 30 hands to bust the money bubble and now I am at least guaranteed a payday, but I want that seat dammit. We played an hour 7 handed and I was to tight. It took a comment from Waffles (he said his grandma could knock this table off a hand) to finally wake me and make me realize that I still wasn't guaranteed a seat and there was still a lot of poker to be played. So play I did I raise and re raised 8 of the next 20 pots to become the chipleader for the 4th time in the tourney. By playing my game it allowed me to accumulate the chips necessary to eventual make the call of the bubble boy without risking more than 1/3 of my stack. And yes I made my one and only suckout in dramatic fashion. My 1010 vs the bubble boys AA, (oh did I mention the 2nd biggest stack also called he only had QQ) a beautiful 10 on the flop sealed it and I am going to Sin City.

Once again thanks for all the support and kind words of congratulations. I really appreciated it.

Shawn