So I decide to head to the Wynn for some 2/5 uncapped today. I buy in for $1k and im sitting a little over $1400 deep and get JJ in MP. I open to $30 over a couple limpers and get 3 callers. Flop comes Jd2s3s. Arab guy in a business suit donks for like $60, i make it $400 because he doesnt know what fold means, he calls. Turn comes 5h, he leads like $120 and i shove for like $900 more (he covers) he takes all of 5 seconds to call and says "ill gamble." River is the Qs, Ts6s scoops the ~$2900 pot. NH SIR.
So at this point i realize i only have $400 more in cash on me, and there's no way im going all the way back to the house, nor am i going to sit short w/ this moron at the table. I call Matt (Flourescent Hippo) and take a cab to the Rio, borrow $800, and go back to the Wynn. I buy back in for $1200.
Like 4 hands later i open TT from the CO over 3 limpers (1 is the Arab dude), flop comes T44 rainbow. He leads $60, i make it $400 (yeah it should look familiar), he calls. Turn is a 7, he leads $120, I shove, he calls. River 8, he flips 56 like his straight is the nuts. LOL not this time sir.
He ends up leaving eventually but i continue to run better and ended up +$400 and change after 7 hours or so, which is pretty damn satisfying considering how the day started. I bought a mini keg of Heineken on the way home and now Im gonna get drunk, eat IHOP, and sleep well.
Friday, June 29, 2007
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Week 1
It's ridic hot out here. The first day or so when i was outside for more than 5 mins i was getting these pains/cramps in my stomach. It seems to have gone away since then though. Everyone ive met so far is pretty cool. But there hasnt been nearly enough prop betting.
Our schedules have been mainly to sleep all morning - afternoon. And then go to the strip and grind for the night. After a few nights i was getting bored playing NL, 1-tabling full ring makes me spew so hard. And apparently, Im not rolled for a 2/5 PLO uncapped game with a $10 straddle every hand.....who knew?
My laptop doesnt get internet access because its gay, so im probably going to go to circuit city or something and buy a new one soon. Im getting tired of bumming other pplz. Thats all; highlights so far include the Rhino, but i wont go any farther into detail about that :)
Our schedules have been mainly to sleep all morning - afternoon. And then go to the strip and grind for the night. After a few nights i was getting bored playing NL, 1-tabling full ring makes me spew so hard. And apparently, Im not rolled for a 2/5 PLO uncapped game with a $10 straddle every hand.....who knew?
My laptop doesnt get internet access because its gay, so im probably going to go to circuit city or something and buy a new one soon. Im getting tired of bumming other pplz. Thats all; highlights so far include the Rhino, but i wont go any farther into detail about that :)
5k 6max, Jack nine suited!
I played in the 5k shorthanded WSOP event today. Not a wonderful idea since I was still on tilt from cash games and also not having slept at all the "night" before, but what can you do. I was seated at Men "the master" Nguyen's table. He played much better then I expected; without a doubt he was in control of the table, but I suspect alot of that had to do with the fall of the cards. (He doubled up and busted a finnish kid on my right when his set owned the kid's top two pair). Anyway, with the blinds 100-200, average stack was probably 12.5k, I was down to 4.5k. (Two failed bluffs) This was the 2nd hand back from the break, as well, and we were playing 4handed, because Men had busted one of the dudes and the other had not come back from the break yet. Men in the CO to 700, I looked down in the SB at AdTd, and since this was my 2nd best hand of the tourney, I shoved. I got instantly called by men with the powerhouse of J9sooooted. Oh well, c'est la vie, perhaps a mistake to have played in the tournament to begin with, but it was somewhat fun. "Next time".
Bumped into Matusow today at the Rio
So I'm leaving the Rio today, hopping a cab to the Ventetian, when I see a guy I think could be Matusow walking with a small group of people. I'm walking faster than they are and quickly overtake them, not wanting to be a gawker I decide that I won't look back to make sure until I get outside, but before I even get there this guy starts swearing up a storm. I'm now sure that it is him.
We get outisde and he wraps up his conversation with his posse and starts to walk off on his own. I see this as my chance so I say, "Hey Mike." He looks a little confused as to why I'm talking to him, but he obliges. The rest of the conversation went something like this:
MM: ....hey
B: How did you do in the HORSE event today?
MM: Busted in 16th(16 pay)
B: Oh wow, weren't you like second in chips yesterday?
MM: I just couldn't fuckin win a hand today man.
B: Yeah I guess it's tough to take down a tournament when you get cold decked like that.
MM: You're fucking telling me, god damn cocksucking motherfuckers just kept bleeding me down. Fucking nothing I could do. I'm so pissed right now.
And he continued to mutter something about cocksuckin motherfuckers as he walked off into the parking lot and I got into my cab.
We get outisde and he wraps up his conversation with his posse and starts to walk off on his own. I see this as my chance so I say, "Hey Mike." He looks a little confused as to why I'm talking to him, but he obliges. The rest of the conversation went something like this:
MM: ....hey
B: How did you do in the HORSE event today?
MM: Busted in 16th(16 pay)
B: Oh wow, weren't you like second in chips yesterday?
MM: I just couldn't fuckin win a hand today man.
B: Yeah I guess it's tough to take down a tournament when you get cold decked like that.
MM: You're fucking telling me, god damn cocksucking motherfuckers just kept bleeding me down. Fucking nothing I could do. I'm so pissed right now.
And he continued to mutter something about cocksuckin motherfuckers as he walked off into the parking lot and I got into my cab.
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
DONKAMENT SCORE!!
So tonight we all decided NOT to go play live poker (except for DevinLake) and instead we played the online variety. Yeah, this blog is somewhat non poker, but... Myself, BengieC, FutureDoc85, ienjoymoney, and SilentSupra all decided to play the 100+9 MTT on Pokerstars. To make things fun, we all plunked down an additional 109 for a last longer. BengieC won the last longer, and it's somewhat tough for anyone to have lasted longer then him; he won it! He took down ~9.1k or so, while we all watched him. Very nice!
Monday, June 25, 2007
blogging is gay
Blogging is pretty hard. I have to come up with stories that are interesting enough for you to read. Sounds easy enough, but when I can't keep myself interested in the story I'm trying to tell, I can't even begin to imagine what it's like for the reader. Pretty much like every single poker story i've heard or tried to tell since I've been in Vegas (maybe it's an acquired taste). So with a little luck I will keep this un-poker handish as possible.
I arrived in the City That Never Sleeps last Wednesday. Sad to say but my flight was relatively uneventful, except for after my second layover. As I was sitting there thumbing through Time's 100 Most Influential people of the year or month or something, this banging 11/10 came and asked if anyone was sitting next to me. Obviously the seat was open. We exchanged small talk for a little while before the plane took off. Apparently she was visiting her Grandmother in Oakland or something. Somehow we get to the topic of music, and start talking about Outkast's The Love Below. She tells me how she just broke up with her boyfriend or something and how he had cheated on her (what a fucking idiot I'm thinking to myself) with some girl on a plane to a debate trip (lol debate nerd). Once we got into the air she started getting a little closer, leaning over. I was already pretty nervous because flying is unreal to me, so this made me borderline heart attack. She asked me if I was into hooking up with girls even if I may never see them again. LIKE DUH OBVIOUSLY. Ok that never really happened. I just sat in the same seat for six hours reading Time. I managed to read the three most recent Times magazines, so now I have nothing to read on the way back (beat).
The house (http://www.vrbo.com/26074) is pretty sick in terms of my bankroll (lolmicropro). Obviously it pales in comparison to the other mansions or compounds or whatever you feel like calling them, but I can't really complain.
Let's see...roommates. Everyone is really cool. It's really amazing how easily all of us click together having only one thing in common, TEHpokargame. To all the moms and dads out there, no axe murderers.
As for the city itself, how ridiculous and over the top can one city be? Everything that no one actually needs, or could easily live the rest of their lives without is in this city. I'm not complaining, most of my time is useless, so I can get along with a useless city. Today I walked by a freaking oxygen bar. What the hell. Maybe I'm just an uncultured hick, but last I checked there was plenty of oxygen to go around, I can do without paying for it, thanks.
So far I've run into quite a few characters. There are a few stories I could try to tell but It would just end up being "guess you had to be there" so I'll save you and I the time. As I'm writing this, futuredoc85 (Nathan), costanza_g (Travis), blackize (Brett), Mr. BobboFittos (Rob), AMT (Alex), and flourescenthippo (Matt) are all at the Spearmint Rhino enjoying some of the finer things in life. By now you may be wondering why I am not participating in the celebration of the female anatomy, and I'll tell you exactly why.
See when my parents decided to have the sexaments and produce yours truly, they decided that I should turn 21 just after my Vegas trip. But my parents sexed up a smart kid, so I got a fake (read: another white kid's ID) prior to embarking. So it went something like this...
"Have your ID's out"
Ok heres my ID.
"hmmm...." The bouncer freakin interrogated the ID like it was a terrorist in Guantanamo Bay with or without the bondage, It was dark and I can't remember. He hands me back the ID. He frowns and smiles at it. He laughs he cries. He hands it back to me.
YAHTZEE!
Apparently he's not yet done with the interrogation and needs it back.
He calls over his buddy who smiles at me and says "WORKS FOR ME!" and winks at me.
Gorilla52 says, "I can't accept this."
Ship bengiec to the car.
Luckily DevinLake (Devin Lake) in his endless generosity gives up his evening in the Rhino and drives us back home.
Well that's all I feel like writing about.
I arrived in the City That Never Sleeps last Wednesday. Sad to say but my flight was relatively uneventful, except for after my second layover. As I was sitting there thumbing through Time's 100 Most Influential people of the year or month or something, this banging 11/10 came and asked if anyone was sitting next to me. Obviously the seat was open. We exchanged small talk for a little while before the plane took off. Apparently she was visiting her Grandmother in Oakland or something. Somehow we get to the topic of music, and start talking about Outkast's The Love Below. She tells me how she just broke up with her boyfriend or something and how he had cheated on her (what a fucking idiot I'm thinking to myself) with some girl on a plane to a debate trip (lol debate nerd). Once we got into the air she started getting a little closer, leaning over. I was already pretty nervous because flying is unreal to me, so this made me borderline heart attack. She asked me if I was into hooking up with girls even if I may never see them again. LIKE DUH OBVIOUSLY. Ok that never really happened. I just sat in the same seat for six hours reading Time. I managed to read the three most recent Times magazines, so now I have nothing to read on the way back (beat).
The house (http://www.vrbo.com/26074) is pretty sick in terms of my bankroll (lolmicropro). Obviously it pales in comparison to the other mansions or compounds or whatever you feel like calling them, but I can't really complain.
Let's see...roommates. Everyone is really cool. It's really amazing how easily all of us click together having only one thing in common, TEHpokargame. To all the moms and dads out there, no axe murderers.
As for the city itself, how ridiculous and over the top can one city be? Everything that no one actually needs, or could easily live the rest of their lives without is in this city. I'm not complaining, most of my time is useless, so I can get along with a useless city. Today I walked by a freaking oxygen bar. What the hell. Maybe I'm just an uncultured hick, but last I checked there was plenty of oxygen to go around, I can do without paying for it, thanks.
So far I've run into quite a few characters. There are a few stories I could try to tell but It would just end up being "guess you had to be there" so I'll save you and I the time. As I'm writing this, futuredoc85 (Nathan), costanza_g (Travis), blackize (Brett), Mr. BobboFittos (Rob), AMT (Alex), and flourescenthippo (Matt) are all at the Spearmint Rhino enjoying some of the finer things in life. By now you may be wondering why I am not participating in the celebration of the female anatomy, and I'll tell you exactly why.
See when my parents decided to have the sexaments and produce yours truly, they decided that I should turn 21 just after my Vegas trip. But my parents sexed up a smart kid, so I got a fake (read: another white kid's ID) prior to embarking. So it went something like this...
"Have your ID's out"
Ok heres my ID.
"hmmm...." The bouncer freakin interrogated the ID like it was a terrorist in Guantanamo Bay with or without the bondage, It was dark and I can't remember. He hands me back the ID. He frowns and smiles at it. He laughs he cries. He hands it back to me.
YAHTZEE!
Apparently he's not yet done with the interrogation and needs it back.
He calls over his buddy who smiles at me and says "WORKS FOR ME!" and winks at me.
Gorilla52 says, "I can't accept this."
Ship bengiec to the car.
Luckily DevinLake (Devin Lake) in his endless generosity gives up his evening in the Rhino and drives us back home.
Well that's all I feel like writing about.
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Devin Chops the 540 deep stack venetian event
32 motherfucking ways!
Out of about 560 runners, when the field got ITM (40 left), people started talking chop but no one was really having it. As we (myself and blackize) continued to sweat, and the field narrowed to 32, a chop was finally put in place. After an elaborate deal fiasco, they agreed to a 32 way chop where the top 5 stacks took 11k and the bottom 27 chopped evenly for just under 8k. Details can be found in this STTF thread...congrats Dev!
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Board=singletable&Number=10907073&page=0&fpart=1
Out of about 560 runners, when the field got ITM (40 left), people started talking chop but no one was really having it. As we (myself and blackize) continued to sweat, and the field narrowed to 32, a chop was finally put in place. After an elaborate deal fiasco, they agreed to a 32 way chop where the top 5 stacks took 11k and the bottom 27 chopped evenly for just under 8k. Details can be found in this STTF thread...congrats Dev!
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Board=singletable&Number=10907073&page=0&fpart=1
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
VEGAS BABY!
so, we're here. finally. after several days of the house members trickling in, the 6 degens, matt (hippo) and brett (blackize) have arrived to round us out. Today was a "get settled, get food, get sleep" kind of day, so we haven't done a whole lot, but Rob (Bobbo) made us a great salmon/pasta and salad dinner followed by a nice little tutorial of his new NL book/Minnie coaching session for the house. It was a good move in day, and we're headed out soon to party with the bigjoe and co. at their place soon I think. More interesting reports to come hopefully.
How much poker stuff is ok to talk about?
If we want to make this blog non poker stuff, that's cool with me. But until that is the status quo, may as well share poker stuff. Last night I got in and met up with JShuttlesworth (Owen) where I am staying until we move in. (So just 2 nights) We play a short - very short session at the Venetian. I sit in the 2/5 NL 1000 buyin, and find a way to get stacked. Game is 8 handed or so, and I get AA and QQ in the 30 minutes or so I'm there. 2 limpers, in the SB I make it 35 with QQ, BB and limpers call. Flop is 9d 9h 8d, I lead for 110 in 140 pot. EP limper calls, the other 2 fold. Turn is an offsuit 7, I check, he bets 220 with another 350 behind. I fold... 2 limpers to me I make it 40 in the CO with red aces. Asian SB calls as do the limpers. 165 in there, comes Kc Jc 7x, checked to me, I bet 150, SB pushes for ~850 total (lol wtf?) the two guys fold, I call. He has 77 of course - Great way to begin the poker trip!
Today was slightly better in the 5-10 and 10-20 Bellagio, but wow, people are so nitty. I hope the house rejuvenates me (and my luck!)
Today was slightly better in the 5-10 and 10-20 Bellagio, but wow, people are so nitty. I hope the house rejuvenates me (and my luck!)
Monday, June 18, 2007
Im Kinda Drunk and Going to Vegas on Wednesday
So let's see here. I go to Vegas (Las) the day after tomorrow, I am I'm rather a lot really excited. What great fortunes and or misfortunes await me only time will be able to tell. All I know about Vegas (Las) is that it's a city in Nevada where people gamble their monies away. I'm rather relieved that i'll be arriving at 8:00PEEM because I'll be able to fly into, basically, a giant city of lights in the middle of the desert at night.
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Sooooooooooooooooo what else is there. I hope i win lots of monies. Hmm.. Story time
Once upon a time there was this boy. This boy was just like every other boy you've ever known, young, youthful and full of a spirit not known before this particular boy was made palpable on this planet. So one day this boy was going to work, as he did on most days, at his Grandfather's butcher shop. The finest meats were sold at this butcher shop, people came from miles around to buy meats from his Grandfather.
ps.
anyone want to go to Montauk, New York on the 26th ?
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Sooooooooooooooooo what else is there. I hope i win lots of monies. Hmm.. Story time
Once upon a time there was this boy. This boy was just like every other boy you've ever known, young, youthful and full of a spirit not known before this particular boy was made palpable on this planet. So one day this boy was going to work, as he did on most days, at his Grandfather's butcher shop. The finest meats were sold at this butcher shop, people came from miles around to buy meats from his Grandfather.
ps.
anyone want to go to Montauk, New York on the 26th ?
Saturday, June 16, 2007
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Im a Procrastinator
There's about 2 weeks until I leave for vegas and i have yet to book my flight or anything else that needs to be done. This always happens to me, its been swirling around in my head for almost a month, yet still nothing is done. I was in a similar situation as devinlake these past few weeks. Not entirely confident about my finances, but a couple good scores in MTTs and now i feel pretty confident. Although they're not nearly as big as his, 40k is just sick!
I told my stepdad i was going to vegas last weekend. He has a pretty conservative outlook on the world, so of course he flipped out. Apparently he thinks Im going to be doing coke off a dirty toilet, the people im staying with are going to rob me while i sleep, and Im going to wind up dead in a back alley somewhere. It took him about 3 months before he stopped be pissed at me playing poker online. So hopefully he'll cool off by the time this trip is over so when i win the Main Event I can actually enjoy it.
I told my stepdad i was going to vegas last weekend. He has a pretty conservative outlook on the world, so of course he flipped out. Apparently he thinks Im going to be doing coke off a dirty toilet, the people im staying with are going to rob me while i sleep, and Im going to wind up dead in a back alley somewhere. It took him about 3 months before he stopped be pissed at me playing poker online. So hopefully he'll cool off by the time this trip is over so when i win the Main Event I can actually enjoy it.
Friday, June 1, 2007
Tilt
Am I the only one who tilts over HU SNGs that are worth nothing? I sometimes play HU sngs while watching TV - almost always PLO, PLO8, or limit omaha 8. When I REALLY want to tilt, I play limit holdem. So like 10 dollar sngs or so. Anycase, I find a guy who starts calling me a donk (standard) saying I was raising too much. I obviously end up playing him 14 times, only going 8-6 or so over that span. Two hours of my life wasted because of some punk who tilted me. I even won more matches, and I still was not happy! Atleast spiderman was on TV.
Oh, I cant wait for Vegas. I leave June 18th. It's possible that my GF will be with me the entire time, I'm trying to convince her to take a summer course at UNLV. (While I gamble, haha...) We need to get more interest in this blog, too. Also, hooray for laziness! Only 14,000 hands last month. Atleast I did a ton of coaching.
Oh, I cant wait for Vegas. I leave June 18th. It's possible that my GF will be with me the entire time, I'm trying to convince her to take a summer course at UNLV. (While I gamble, haha...) We need to get more interest in this blog, too. Also, hooray for laziness! Only 14,000 hands last month. Atleast I did a ton of coaching.
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