Sick Hand

Full Tilt Poker Game #17090328461: Table Bomber (6 max) - $0.01/$0.02 - Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 23:48:54 ET - 2009/12/25
Seat 1: actzeng ($2.23)
Seat 2: Honda KnN ($0.89)
Seat 3: maktheknight ($2)
Seat 4: laaked in ($4.27)
Seat 5: M8KUPAY ($2.82)
Seat 6: oOoztoneoOo ($1.96)
Honda KnN posts the small blind of $0.01
maktheknight posts the big blind of $0.02
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to actzeng [Ac 7s Th Kc]
M8KUPAY folds
oOoztoneoOo calls $0.02
actzeng calls $0.02
Honda KnN calls $0.01
maktheknight checks
*** FLOP *** [9c 6s Qc]
Honda KnN checks
maktheknight bets $0.08
oOoztoneoOo folds
actzeng calls $0.08
Honda KnN folds
*** TURN *** [9c 6s Qc] [Tc]
maktheknight bets $0.24
actzeng calls $0.24
*** RIVER *** [9c 6s Qc Tc] [Jc]
maktheknight has 15 seconds left to act
maktheknight bets $0.72
actzeng has 15 seconds left to act
actzeng raises to $1.44
maktheknight has 15 seconds left to act
maktheknight raises to $1.66, and is all in
actzeng calls $0.22
*** SHOW DOWN ***
maktheknight shows [8c 3d 2c 7c] a straight flush, Jack high
actzeng shows [Ac 7s Th Kc] a Royal Flush
actzeng wins the pot ($3.78) with a Royal Flush
maktheknight is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $4.04 | Rake $0.26
Board: [9c 6s Qc Tc Jc]
Seat 1: actzeng (button) showed [Ac 7s Th Kc] and won ($3.78) with a Royal Flush
Seat 2: Honda KnN (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 3: maktheknight (big blind) showed [8c 3d 2c 7c] and lost with a straight flush, Jack high
Seat 4: laaked in is sitting out
Seat 5: M8KUPAY didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: oOoztoneoOo folded on the Flop

Still not making progress

Ok, so my $10 bonus got paid out, but it coincided with a pretty big SNG down swing. I lost a whole bunch in a row and then started playing HU PLO and then losing there too. In the end, I'm about even after last night.

I made $11 last night for finishing 7th in a 180-man tourney. Pretty disappointing, although I was probably lucky all in all to have even gotten that far. I won a couple flips late for my tournament life. Midway through the tourney I lost two huge pots with QQ to another guy's AA AIPF, and then a couple hands later I called an all in with A9 and the other guy had AQ, but I had him covered by a bunch. I was able to come back from those and make a late surge up the money ladder. I eventually busted out with AK to QQ. I was close to some real money, but even if I had won that flip, I still would have been a long shot.

I thought I played pretty focused poker. My laptop has shit out on me, so that I pretty much can't do anything on it but play poker. Instant messaging doesn't work, the internet locks up. Even the sound comes and goes. Given that, I have to pay a little more attention to what's going on. Definitely not good to play this way when trying to do other things, but if I'm just sitting down to play poker, it's not a bad way to go about it.

I've got a taste for the MTT now. Hope I have time to take one down this weekend.

A little better

Pokerwise, things have gone a little better. Started to gain momentum in some SNGs and then even when that started to tank, I made up for it with PLO cash winnings (for once). I ended up just having one of those sessions where I flopped a set every time and hit all of my flush draws. I guess it's bound to happen if you're just used to getting beaten over the head.

The SNGs this weekend were pretty soft, at least softer than usual, due to SNG madness. I think people end up playing more tables than they're used to, so on any given table, there are at least a couple pushbots who either soar or implode within the first 20 hands or so. I won a couple, but it should have been more. There was at least a $5 that I should have won, but ended up in second because of less than optimal play on my part. I didn't win anything in the raffle, but I did win an entry into a freeroll that takes place late Saturday afternoon. It's open to people who won two SNGs over SNG madness. First place is a little less than $5k, and there are about 16,000 entrants, with 3000 or so getting paid. I will just be happy to cash of course. We'll see how it goes. Tough to say I'm due.

The MTTs have not been going as well lately, but I don't think I've played as many. I'm trying to get the FTP holiday bonus. FTP's first deposit bonus is really the best because they give you a lot of time to generate money to get paid back some bonus money. These current offers only give you 30 days, which, at the stakes I play, pretty much gives me a chance to win the first incremental payout, which is $10. I'm at about $8.60 or so with 10 days left, so I'll hit it. Probably this weekend.

Then, it will take a portion off my rakeback, I know. I feel like I should do something with the bonus money though - like put it into a satellite, or even just roll it into an SNG. I rarely take those shots though, and when I do, I've usually been drinking and the results are disastrous. For whatever reason $10 SNGs hate me. I've won a $20 before, but never a $10, I don't think.

Disappointing Thoughts

Well, let me start by saying that I won the case on Wednesday, but not the way I thought. When I got in, a lot of things took place that I didn't think were going to take place, and once everything got sorted out, we made the right decisions and got the victory. It wasn't as satisfying for me to do it this way, on a personal level, but getting the victory is always nice. Kind of like playing heads up for massive money, and hitting a couple two outers to win it. Kind of. Not really though. Because when I hit the 2 outer, I feel like it's owed to me for all the bad beats.

But the disappointing thoughts lately really stem from that run in the daily dollar. I reviewed the hand again and it's clear that I flat made the wrong decision. for the amount of chips it was worth, I had clearly just made a snap decision while being really tired and after having a couple cocktails. A friend was over and we agreed to split half our winnings with each other, and it's clear to me that my play probably disappointed him more than me, since he was eager to get his hands on his $5 share of the amount I actually won.

I should post the hand, although it's like if someone pissed in your coffee, recorded you drinking it, and then put the video of it on youtube. Basically, I had 500k chips at 600/1200. Reeeediculous for me call an all in on the flop - or any flop - without the absolute mutha f'n nuts.

I think to myself if I was in the main event of the WSOP (which had a smaller field size than the tourney I was in) would I make the same play? I say no. Because you actually have to physically move the chips in, which takes much more deliberate action than just button clicking.

Even if I had simply walked away from the keyboard and just played aces, I probably could have finished in the teens.

I think about the moments in retrospect all the time, but of course for whatever reason, I keep doing it when I get into the moment. Just not able to find the fold button. Something is wrong with me, I think. I get into a moment where I get impulsive and do not act totally rationally. I need to work on this.

More MTTS

My bankroll has been slowly dwindling, but mostly because of some bad luck combined with the fact that I'm playing more MTTs. I went really deep in the daily dollar on Saturday into Sunday and finished a disappointing 73rd out of over 10k participants. I was put to a decision for all my chips holding top pair top kicker with AQ on a Q high flop. I could have and ultimately should have folded it to his AA. I did not sit out and really think about it, which is my biggest problem playing online. I saw Hachem talk about a hand almost exactly like this that he laid down back in the 2005 main event. I just focused on whether he'd make that move with KQ and how many chips I would have had if I was able to hit. It was a long grind. I feel like if I do it enough, I can make it back there.

The next day, I signed up for a $2.25 MTT and also cashed finishing 40th or so out of 700 people for basically a min cash. The bustout hand was my 99 shoved into AQ and I was good until he rivered an inside straight. The Q would actually not have helped him since it would have given me a straight. So he hit a 7 outer, which was disappointing. I did not think I did anything wrong in the hand - possibly the only thing I would have done different was call and shove any flop, but there were lots of people to act behind me, that I didn't feel safe just calling his raise. It is encouraging though to see some results out of it.

I pleaded a kid out in court today for whom I had beaten all of his previous cases. I have very mixed feelings about this for a lot of reasons. One being that what started off as a really good deal turned into a meh deal, and that he will likely find a way to end up doing a sentence. The kid is personally at a pretty volatile stage in his life and I hope him the best. The other reason I feel bad about pleading him is the fact that I felt like I could beat the case, but the kid wanted it all over and done with so he could walk. But for how long is the real question?

Pats lost yesterday. Whatever. I trust Belichick, even though he's getting skewered. He's seen his defense let him down so many times. I really can't fault him for making the call, even if it turned out to be wrong.

All of these things are really tough decisions. You have to weigh unknowns, probabilities that cannot be determined with 100% certainty. I think it is always interesting to be in those types of situations, although it is not always an enviable position to be in. Ultimately, those are the things that make life interesting I think. A bit scary at times depending on what's at stake, but interesting nonetheless.

Anyways - trial Wednesday. At least I get a chance to stand up and fight. Winning (at least SOMETHING for ONCE) is always nice though.

Old news

So I won $90 in a $2 tourney for finishing in 5th. So ridiculously disappointing. I was in control and blew it when I couldn't lay down KK to an A high flop. No question I should have folded. Weird because I was laying hands like that down the entire way, and just fucked it up when we got to the final table - when it really matters. When moving up in the money actually means something to my bankroll. OOOOOOHHHH WELLL, right? Since I make it to final tables all the time, then no regrets!!! Get 'em next time! (SARCASM)

So I decided to try and see if I could run the money up. WTF, right? At the stakes I play, I'm sitting on a pile of dough. My recent cashout made almost no difference in my bankroll compared to the stakes I play. So I played a $5, lost. A $10, lost, and a $30 HU game and lost when I was all in pre-flop with a hand that was dominated. Oh well.

Been reading Dan Brown's new book lately, so I haven't been playing a lot of poker. Brown's books are always very fast paced, interesting, and easy to sink into. It's a mix of real science and a frantic, significant, fictional story. Funny that during the most suspenseful parts - much like a person shielding their eyes from a horror movie - I find myself reading over the words faster just to get the gist of it. I don't think any of his books will be as good as Da Vinci Code, only because of its subject matter, but this one's REALLY good so far, and I'm about half way through it. I find it interesting that the subject matter of this book is an extension of the the most interesting non-Holy Grail topic of Da Vinci Code.

Reading his books always makes me wonder about how great pieces of artwork from the past "become" great works. A painting, is a painting, right? Paint on canvas. But we give it significance. It's one thing to say that a picture "looks" good. We have photos now that are everywhere that almost universally, people can look at a picture and say it "looks" good. But the truly great pieces of art are held in such reverence, and why? I can't figure it out. I just chalk it up to the fact that I don't know enough about the subject matter, which is probably true to a certain extent.

Shakespeare, Mozart, Da Vinci - we have held on to these works, and hold their works in the highest esteem. Dan Brown would suggest we do this for a reason other than that it "looks good". Anyways, some meta-relfection here - How will the future look at Dan Brown's books?

Obviously, it's not a historical document. It's basically fiction. Will history pass it off as a sign of the times? Or is his work something that will endure, and if it does, for what reason? His books are enormously popular, but popularity does not necessarily mean they will be timeless.

Anyways, I enjoy them.

Nice way to top off the Sunday

Full Tilt Poker Game #15279927255: Daily Dollar (110926523), Table 380 - 300/600 Ante 75 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:03:06 ET - 2009/10/11Seat 1: ander-vichiato (10,447)Seat 2: actzeng (7,320)Seat 3: 2 Hot Coconuts (74,627)Seat 4: BAD BOY BYFIELD (9,270)Seat 5: Byawer (20,776)Seat 6: nzvamp1 (2,640)Seat 7: alfredohys (22,525)Seat 8: okayme2 (11,647)Seat 9: Jassio (42,092)ander-vichiato antes 75actzeng antes 752 Hot Coconuts antes 75BAD BOY BYFIELD antes 75Byawer antes 75nzvamp1 antes 75alfredohys antes 75okayme2 antes 75Jassio antes 75Byawer posts the small blind of 300nzvamp1 posts the big blind of 600The button is in seat #4*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to actzeng [Ah Ad]alfredohys foldsokayme2 raises to 5,400Jassio foldsander-vichiato foldsactzeng raises to 7,245, and is all in2 Hot Coconuts foldsBAD BOY BYFIELD foldsByawer foldsnzvamp1 calls 1,965, and is all inokayme2 calls 1,845actzeng shows [Ah Ad]nzvamp1 shows [Qc Td]okayme2 shows [9h 9c]*** FLOP *** [9s Jc Kd]*** TURN *** [9s Jc Kd] [6c]*** RIVER *** [9s Jc Kd 6c] [8h]actzeng shows a pair of Acesokayme2 shows three of a kind, Ninesokayme2 wins the side pot (9,360) with three of a kind, Ninesnzvamp1 shows a straight, King highnzvamp1 wins the main pot (8,670) with a straight, King high*** SUMMARY ***

Again - No Reaction

Full Tilt Poker Game #15276525872: $2 + $0.25 Sit & Go (112017619), Table 1 - 20/40 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:10:20 ET - 2009/10/11Seat 1: ufajr (1,485)Seat 2: Goldengirl434 (1,455)Seat 3: arnoldstarnold (1,545)Seat 4: actzeng (1,545)Seat 5: tha milkman (2,430)Seat 6: Leo Fitzgerald (1,470)Seat 7: abwil2 (1,455)Seat 8: vexem (985)Seat 9: prettypokerbabe (1,130)prettypokerbabe posts the small blind of 20ufajr posts the big blind of 40The button is in seat #8*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to actzeng [Ac Ad]Goldengirl434 foldsarnoldstarnold foldsactzeng raises to 120tha milkman foldsLeo Fitzgerald foldsabwil2 foldsvexem foldsprettypokerbabe calls 100ufajr folds*** FLOP *** [2s Td 8s]prettypokerbabe bets 160actzeng has 15 seconds left to actactzeng raises to 400prettypokerbabe raises to 1,010, and is all inactzeng calls 610prettypokerbabe shows [Th Qs]actzeng shows [Ac Ad]*** TURN *** [2s Td 8s] [Ts]*** RIVER *** [2s Td 8s Ts] [4c]prettypokerbabe shows three of a kind, Tensactzeng shows two pair, Aces and Tensprettypokerbabe wins the pot (2,300) with three of a kind, Tens

I didn't even flinch

Full Tilt Poker Game #15264983192: $2 + $0.25 Sit & Go (111937901), Table 1 - 20/40 - No Limit Hold'em - 10:11:27 ET - 2009/10/11Seat 1: maydiego (1,910)Seat 2: Mr K Mo (855)Seat 3: tyboter (1,455)Seat 4: palychkazan (1,470)Seat 5: n33lix69 (1,455)Seat 6: ShortNails (1,335)Seat 7: actzeng (1,455)Seat 8: justJB (2,065)Seat 9: Malefoy (1,500)maydiego posts the small blind of 20Mr K Mo posts the big blind of 40The button is in seat #9
*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to actzeng [As Ad]tyboter has 15 seconds left to acttyboter foldspalychkazan foldsn33lix69 foldsShortNails foldsactzeng raises to 120justJB foldsMalefoy foldsmaydiego foldsMr K Mo calls 80
*** FLOP *** [6s Qs 3h]
Mr K Mo has 15 seconds left to act
Mr K Mo bets 260
actzeng raises to 1,335, and is all in
Mr K Mo calls 475, and is all in
ShortNails has been disconnected
actzeng shows [As Ad]
Mr K Mo shows [Qh Kd]
Uncalled bet of 600 returned to actzeng
*** TURN *** [6s Qs 3h] [Tc]
*** RIVER *** [6s Qs 3h Tc] [Kh]
actzeng shows a pair of Aces
Mr K Mo shows two pair, Kings and QueensMr K Mo wins the pot (1,730) with two pair, Kings and Queens

Things have been going badly. They were going well, and then I took a shot at a $5 and bubbled, and took a shot at a $10 and bubbled. Both bustouts were just brutal. I haven't cashed since then. Bubble bubble bubble.

NO....YES....NOOOOOO!!!!!

Full Tilt Poker Game #15234794104: $5 + $0.50 Sit & Go (111714859), Table 1 - 80/160 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:18:05 ET - 2009/10/09Seat 2: iubaman (2,290)Seat 3: actzeng (1,365)Seat 4: Pokerfinestcom (4,165)Seat 9: mscfreak (5,680)iubaman posts the small blind of 80actzeng posts the big blind of 160The button is in seat #9*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to actzeng [Kc As]Pokerfinestcom calls 160mscfreak raises to 720iubaman foldsactzeng raises to 1,365, and is all inPokerfinestcom foldsmscfreak calls 645actzeng shows [Kc As]mscfreak shows [9c Ac]*** FLOP *** [2c 2h 9s]*** TURN *** [2c 2h 9s] [Kd]*** RIVER *** [2c 2h 9s Kd] [9d]actzeng shows two pair, Kings and Ninesmscfreak shows a full house, Nines full of Twosmscfreak wins the pot (2,970) with a full house, Nines full of Twos

Someone please analyze this hand!

Full Tilt Poker Game #14827998111: $1 Tournament (108682456), Table 14 - 120/240 Ante 25 - No Limit Hold'em - 18:06:36 ET - 2009/09/20Seat 1: hockyman91 (6,895)Seat 2: MommyJones09 (9,920)Seat 3: bonicka (3,748)Seat 4: bogdanov1987 (3,140)Seat 5: Black Sheep 08 (5,793)Seat 6: actzeng (10,725)Seat 7: cleanson1971 (13,292)Seat 8: ApeGape (25,187)Seat 9: johnny28173 (8,470)hockyman91 antes 25MommyJones09 antes 25bonicka antes 25bogdanov1987 antes 25Black Sheep 08 antes 25actzeng antes 25cleanson1971 antes 25ApeGape antes 25johnny28173 antes 25MommyJones09 posts the small blind of 120bonicka posts the big blind of 240The button is in seat #1*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to actzeng [Jh Jd]bogdanov1987 foldsBlack Sheep 08 foldsactzeng has 15 seconds left to actactzeng raises to 600cleanson1971 calls 600ApeGape foldsjohnny28173 calls 600hockyman91 foldsMommyJones09 foldsbonicka folds*** FLOP *** [Kd Td Jc]actzeng bets 2,385cleanson1971 foldsjohnny28173 calls 2,385*** TURN *** [Kd Td Jc] [Ad]actzeng bets 7,715, and is all injohnny28173 calls 5,460, and is all inactzeng shows [Jh Jd]johnny28173 shows [Kh Qh]Uncalled bet of 2,255 returned to actzeng*** RIVER *** [Kd Td Jc Ad] [8s]actzeng shows three of a kind, Jacksjohnny28173 shows a straight, Ace highjohnny28173 wins the pot (18,075) with a straight, Ace high

Cruising

Won three straight SNGs last night. Can't remember the last time that happened. Of course they were of the $2 variety, so it's relatively little money. But a solid $20 profit on $2 games? I'll take it. I will probably end up taking a shot at a $5 again in a bit - maybe two.

The cards are falling my way. I think I won both coinflip situations, and a 60-40, and my dominating hands held up. But it's not that I'm getting great cards. Sure I'm getting decent cards deep, but not getting AA every hand. And it's not so much the cards I'm getting as the timing of the good cards. Getting very strong cards early in an SNG is dangerous if you're not willing to let go of them. Late, the decisions are much easier. All three games went the same way - I was low stacked in or around the money, then shoved fairly strong hands and ended up being the favorite.

I did lose with TT to 44, so it's not as if I won every hand. I think I was just able to avoid the suckouts. In the last game, I hit a huge three-way all in with 88 vs. 55 vs. AJ and was able to hold.

Been keeping up in the Take 2 challenge. If I play every day for the rest of the month, I will amass 23 days of play. But after I hit the bonus on day 15, the next bonus is at 25 days, which I will not be able to make. Right now, I'm at 9 days. I'll play tonight and get a $10 bonus....weeeeeee!

I think I'll wait until after I get the Take 2 money to do the cashout.

The one good thing about the Take 2 is that it's getting me to play some cash games. And as Herm Edwards would say - You play to win the game! You don't just play it to qualify for the Take 2! And I think I've turned a modest profit in the games, and am getting more confident in my reads. I still bet too much with the nuts.

Couple things that I think I've improved on - one is not being afraid to sit down with a big stack at the table. I used to avoid tables with guys sitting with $7 because they'd just buy every pot from me. I'm better at picking my spots against these players now, evaluating which hands have good value to see a flop and hit a big one. Because it's PLO and not NL, there's a lot more you can do to control the size of the pot, even if you don't have a really deep stack. I've been basically forced to play with bigstacks though because the micro tables are usually full, so you just gotta get in where you fit in.

The other is getting away from marginal hands. In PLO, at least at the stakes I play, this is absolutely key. It's probably the #1 most important thing in the entire game. Hand values just don't transfer from NLHE. It's a completely different game from a hand-evaluation standpoint, reading the board, etc.

Couple things I have not been able to do well is bet-size appropriate on the turn. I still have a lot of difficulty figuring out where I am. If someone's on a flush draw and I bet pot, are they getting really good value to call that bet and float to the river? I generally like keeping pots small until I have a good sense of where I'm at. And in PLO, there's a lot of value in betting small to protect against your opponent hitting his spade on the river. And when it does come, you can get away from the hand at that point. It's almost like buying insurance. At these stakes, guys are gonna call. You may even want to consider just checking a set or dummy straight. The other is set over set. When I have the under, and there are not obvious straights or flushes, I will probably go broke.

If the next couple sessions go well, maybe I'll move up to 2/5 cent and see how it goes. Maybe one table of 2/5. I know that my game is not suited to play against people who play big and play for "real" money. I will absolutely get bullied. In order to be a great player in PLO, you must be able to raise with a wide, wide variety of hands on every street. I like to limp to see a lot of flops. That won't happen the higher up you go.

Up and down

It's been a while since I last blogged. Pokerwise, things have gone way up and way down. I'm still toiling in the $2 games. I had a really hot run in $2 SNGs and then decided to switch to $5, and then tumbled downward. I guess my luck had run out. It's been quite a while since I've actually won an SNG - just not hitting hands when I get 3 handed, losing flips, etc. Overall, I'm about even.

I've started to play more PLO cash .01/.02, mostly because of the Take 2 promotion FTP has going. Basically, if you two table-cash games 25 out of 30 days in the month, they will give you $50. At the stakes I play, I would seriously have to try to lose that much in a month. Luckily, the games have been profitable for right now, albeit profitable for 1/2 cent games. Maybe I'll "take a shot" at 2/5 cent one of these days.

I didn't play at all for the first week of this month, so I can't get $50, but if I play 15 out of 30 days, I get $25. They will probably penalize my rakeback again.

I'm doing horribly in MTTs. Been a while since a decent cash. I think I'm due, but I just don't have the time or energy to play them anymore.

I'm considering a hefty cashout, since I am not playing any higher with a bigger bankroll, and since there is some uncertainty about banks and online poker. I'm thinking of taking out about half my roll, since I'm afraid there may come a day that I won't see any of it, then this will have been all for naught.

I never hit this draw.

Full Tilt Poker Game #14078701095: $2 + 0.25 Sit & Go (Turbo) (103716126), Table 1 - 50/100 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:36:50 ET - 2009/08/16
Seat 1: ssgray (1,115)
Seat 2: EgoGrande (2,255)
Seat 3: NOCTURNE (1,925)
Seat 4: actzeng (1,845)
Seat 5: BBsNCowtown (2,515)
Seat 7: nic7k (1,380)
Seat 8: HorseMaster (1,420)
Seat 9: Barh0812 (1,045)
ssgray posts the small blind of 50
EgoGrande posts the big blind of 100
The button is in seat #9
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to actzeng [Ad Qd]
NOCTURNE folds
actzeng raises to 200
BBsNCowtown raises to 300
nic7k calls 300
HorseMaster folds
Barh0812 has 15 seconds left to act
Barh0812 folds
ssgray folds
EgoGrande folds
actzeng calls 100
*** FLOP *** [Th 2d 6d]
actzeng has 15 seconds left to act
actzeng bets 1,545, and is all in
BBsNCowtown calls 1,545
nic7k calls 1,080, and is all in
actzeng shows [Ad Qd]
BBsNCowtown shows [9d 9c]
nic7k shows [Jh Js]
*** TURN *** [Th 2d 6d] [8h]
*** RIVER *** [Th 2d 6d 8h] [9s]
actzeng shows Ace Queen high
BBsNCowtown shows three of a kind, Nines
BBsNCowtown wins the side pot (930) with three of a kind, Nines
nic7k shows a pair of Jacks
BBsNCowtown wins the main pot (4,290) with three of a kind, Nines
nic7k stands up
actzeng stands up

UNREAL

I swear I play against idiots.

Full Tilt Poker Game #14056464843: $5 + 0.50 Sit & Go (103565215), Table 1 - 80/160 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:35:34 ET - 2009/08/15
Seat 1: GhinAces (3,480)
Seat 5: actzeng (3,745)
Seat 8: angeletta (2,465)
Seat 9: 4 Tanou (3,810)
actzeng posts the small blind of 80
angeletta posts the big blind of 160
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to actzeng [Qh Qc]
4 Tanou has 15 seconds left to act
4 Tanou raises to 480
GhinAces folds
actzeng raises to 1,450
GhinAces: call
angeletta folds
GhinAces: 4 tanou
4 Tanou calls 970
*** FLOP *** [6d Tc Qs]
actzeng checks
GhinAces: perfect
4 Tanou bets 2,360, and is all in
actzeng calls 2,295, and is all in
4 Tanou shows [Jh Ah]
actzeng shows [Qh Qc]
Uncalled bet of 65 returned to 4 Tanou
*** TURN *** [6d Tc Qs] [9s]
*** RIVER *** [6d Tc Qs 9s] [8h]
4 Tanou shows a straight, Queen high
actzeng shows three of a kind, Queens
4 Tanou wins the pot (7,650) with a straight, Queen high
actzeng stands up

So stupid

Full Tilt Poker Game #13931722257: $2 + 0.25 Sit & Go (102708169), Table 1 - 100/200 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:00:10 ET - 2009/08/09
Seat 3: OnTheGrind_09 (1,105)
Seat 7: actzeng (2,245)
Seat 8: diogosdg (10,150)
OnTheGrind_09 posts the small blind of 100
actzeng posts the big blind of 200
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to actzeng [Ad Ah]
diogosdg folds
OnTheGrind_09 raises to 1,105, and is all in
actzeng calls 905
OnTheGrind_09 shows [Qs 7h]
actzeng shows [Ad Ah]
*** FLOP *** [2h 7d 4c]
*** TURN *** [2h 7d 4c] [Jh]
*** RIVER *** [2h 7d 4c Jh] [Qh]
OnTheGrind_09 shows two pair, Queens and Sevens
actzeng shows a pair of Aces
OnTheGrind_09 wins the pot (2,210) with two pair, Queens and Sevens

Full Tilt Poker Game #13931756333: $2 + 0.25 Sit & Go (102708169), Table 1 - 120/240 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:02:08 ET - 2009/08/09
Seat 3: OnTheGrind_09 (2,970)
Seat 7: actzeng (1,100)
Seat 8: diogosdg (9,430)
actzeng posts the small blind of 120
diogosdg posts the big blind of 240
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to actzeng [Kh 6h]
OnTheGrind_09 folds
actzeng raises to 1,100, and is all in
diogosdg has 15 seconds left to act
diogosdg calls 860
actzeng shows [Kh 6h]
diogosdg shows [8c 7d]
*** FLOP *** [Tc Qc 3c]
*** TURN *** [Tc Qc 3c] [Kc]
*** RIVER *** [Tc Qc 3c Kc] [2h]
actzeng shows a pair of Kings
diogosdg shows a flush, King high
diogosdg wins the pot (2,200) with a flush, King high
actzeng stands up

Continued

Full Tilt Poker Game #13894461374: $2 + 0.25 Sit & Go (102466447), Table 1 - 150/300 - No Limit Hold'em - 9:02:52 ET - 2009/08/08
Seat 6: bullet tooth24 (2,260)
Seat 8: actzeng (1,900)
Seat 9: mad_melvin (9,340)
actzeng posts the small blind of 150
mad_melvin posts the big blind of 300
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to actzeng [Js Jh]
bullet tooth24 folds
actzeng raises to 900
mad_melvin raises to 9,340, and is all in
actzeng calls 1,000, and is all in
mad_melvin shows [9c Ac]
actzeng shows [Js Jh]
Uncalled bet of 7,440 returned to mad_melvin
*** FLOP *** [Th 7c Ad]
*** TURN *** [Th 7c Ad] [5h]
*** RIVER *** [Th 7c Ad 5h] [8h]
mad_melvin shows a pair of Aces
actzeng shows a pair of Jacks
mad_melvin wins the pot (3,800) with a pair of Aces

WHY do I even bother?

Full Tilt Poker Game #13930556455: $5 + 0.50 Sit & Go (102704656), Table 1 - 30/60 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:01:41 ET - 2009/08/09
Seat 1: isaw21 (75)
Seat 2: PassTheRoxi (3,175)
Seat 3: live4deriver (2,000)
Seat 4: JJH29229 (1,335)
Seat 5: yolapavement (1,930)
Seat 6: aremore (1,790)
Seat 8: actzeng (2,060)
Seat 9: CaesarPigeon702 (1,135)
JJH29229 posts the small blind of 30
yolapavement posts the big blind of 60
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to actzeng [Kc Kh]
aremore folds
actzeng raises to 180
CaesarPigeon702 folds
isaw21 folds
PassTheRoxi has 15 seconds left to act
PassTheRoxi raises to 3,175, and is all in
live4deriver calls 2,000, and is all in
JJH29229 folds
yolapavement folds
actzeng calls 1,880, and is all in
PassTheRoxi shows [Qh As]
live4deriver shows [6s Ah]
actzeng shows [Kc Kh]
Uncalled bet of 1,115 returned to PassTheRoxi
*** FLOP *** [6d 5s 6c]
*** TURN *** [6d 5s 6c] [Ac]
*** RIVER *** [6d 5s 6c Ac] [7d]
PassTheRoxi shows two pair, Aces and Sixes
actzeng shows two pair, Kings and Sixes
PassTheRoxi wins the side pot (120) with two pair, Aces and Sixes
live4deriver shows a full house, Sixes full of Aces
live4deriver wins the main pot (6,090) with a full house, Sixes full of Aces
actzeng: awesome
actzeng stands up

Full Tilt Poker Game #13914885964: $2 + 0.25 Sit & Go (102606630), Table 1 - 25/50 - No Limit Hold'em - 8:02:51 ET - 2009/08/09
Seat 1: isabellesweet (1,470)
Seat 2: django570 (1,375)
Seat 3: CouchPotato246 (2,000)
Seat 4: icem9c (1,680)
Seat 5: 1aa__gray (3,240)
Seat 7: didaskalia (1,400)
Seat 8: actzeng (840)
Seat 9: neuzeitpoet (1,495)
didaskalia posts the small blind of 25
actzeng posts the big blind of 50
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to actzeng [Qh Qc]
neuzeitpoet folds
isabellesweet raises to 150
django570 folds
CouchPotato246 calls 150
icem9c folds
1aa__gray folds
didaskalia folds
actzeng raises to 840, and is all in
isabellesweet raises to 1,470, and is all in
CouchPotato246 folds
isabellesweet shows [Ks As]
actzeng shows [Qh Qc]
Uncalled bet of 630 returned to isabellesweet
*** FLOP *** [2s 5d Ts]
*** TURN *** [2s 5d Ts] [Jc]
*** RIVER *** [2s 5d Ts Jc] [Kc]
isabellesweet shows a pair of Kings
actzeng shows a pair of Queens
isabellesweet wins the pot (1,855) with a pair of Kings
Full Tilt Poker Game #13907490656: $5 + 0.50 Sit & Go (102553034), Table 1 - 60/120 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:56:23 ET - 2009/08/08
Seat 1: bostken1433 (2,730)
Seat 4: Farris777 (3,220)
Seat 6: urwuthurts (4,745)
Seat 7: actzeng (1,225)
Seat 9: DrSeuss (1,580)
DrSeuss posts the small blind of 60
bostken1433 posts the big blind of 120
The button is in seat #7
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to actzeng [6s 6d]
Farris777 folds
urwuthurts has 15 seconds left to act
urwuthurts folds
actzeng raises to 360
DrSeuss raises to 1,580, and is all in
bostken1433 folds
actzeng calls 865, and is all in
DrSeuss shows [Th As]
actzeng shows [6s 6d]
Uncalled bet of 355 returned to DrSeuss
*** FLOP *** [Ks 9c 9h]
*** TURN *** [Ks 9c 9h] [3h]
*** RIVER *** [Ks 9c 9h 3h] [Ah]
DrSeuss shows two pair, Aces and Nines
actzeng shows two pair, Nines and Sixes
DrSeuss wins the pot (2,570) with two pair, Aces and Nines
actzeng stands up

Full Tilt Poker Game #13906617238: $5 + 0.50 Sit & Go (102548804), Table 1 - 50/100 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:09:42 ET - 2009/08/08
Seat 1: Julienne_San (1,900)
Seat 3: actzeng (1,160)
Seat 5: rhemix (5,860)
Seat 6: CJC_100 (4,580)
rhemix posts the small blind of 50
CJC_100 posts the big blind of 100
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to actzeng [Ah Kh]
Julienne_San has 15 seconds left to act
Julienne_San calls 100
actzeng raises to 1,160, and is all in
rhemix folds
CJC_100 folds
Julienne_San has 15 seconds left to act
Julienne_San calls 1,060
actzeng shows [Ah Kh]
Julienne_San shows [5h 5d]
*** FLOP *** [6s Qs 4h]
*** TURN *** [6s Qs 4h] [5c]
*** RIVER *** [6s Qs 4h 5c] [Qc]
actzeng shows a pair of Queens
Julienne_San shows a full house, Fives full of Queens
Julienne_San wins the pot (2,470) with a full house, Fives full of Queens

Full Tilt Poker Game #13899698460: $2 + 0.25 Sit & Go (102502602), Table 1 - 80/160 - No Limit Hold'em - 15:09:18 ET - 2009/08/08
Seat 1: rezorg (5,275)
Seat 3: actzeng (2,225)
Seat 7: AceJackson81 (6,000)
rezorg posts the small blind of 80
actzeng posts the big blind of 160
The button is in seat #7
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to actzeng [Ac Kh]
AceJackson81 folds
rezorg raises to 5,275, and is all in
actzeng calls 2,065, and is all in
rezorg shows [Qd Ad]
actzeng shows [Ac Kh]
Uncalled bet of 3,050 returned to rezorg
*** FLOP *** [5s 2d Tc]
*** TURN *** [5s 2d Tc] [Td]
*** RIVER *** [5s 2d Tc Td] [5d]
rezorg shows a flush, Ace high
actzeng shows two pair, Tens and Fives
rezorg wins the pot (4,450) with a flush, Ace high
actzeng stands up

Full Tilt Poker Game #13896746066: $2 + 0.25 Sit & Go (102482357), Table 1 - 100/200 - No Limit Hold'em - 12:06:23 ET - 2009/08/08
Seat 5: Mihalyche (2,250)
Seat 7: athomemark (1,880)
Seat 8: actzeng (1,260)
Seat 9: gshc eagels (8,110)
Mihalyche posts the small blind of 100
athomemark posts the big blind of 200
The button is in seat #9
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to actzeng [Th Ts]
actzeng raises to 1,260, and is all in
gshc eagels calls 1,260
Mihalyche folds
athomemark folds
actzeng shows [Th Ts]
gshc eagels shows [Qd Kd]
*** FLOP *** [8c Qs Js]
*** TURN *** [8c Qs Js] [8d]
*** RIVER *** [8c Qs Js 8d] [4c]
actzeng shows two pair, Tens and Eights
gshc eagels shows two pair, Queens and Eights
gshc eagels wins the pot (2,820) with two pair, Queens and Eights
actzeng stands up

The new FTP update is terrible

Just awful. It is so ridiculously slow. Impossible to do anything. No reason to play higher than a couple bucks because you will lose it. Last two games, I got heads up, only for FTP to completely cut out on me so I get blinded off. Unncecessary frustration. Forget about trying to run ANY other application along with FTP.

This may be enough to make me switch to Stars. This is awful. Poker is not enjoyable on FTP this way. So ridiculously slow, and cutting out at the most crucial time. Not liking this.

My last two games...

Full Tilt Poker Game #13661639394: $2 + 0.25 Sit & Go (100891057), Table 1 - 50/100 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:27:05 ET - 2009/07/27Seat 2: actzeng (1,290)Seat 6: Kos13 (575)Seat 7: Gryndurr (6,085)Seat 8: JimT29 (5,550)Gryndurr posts the small blind of 50JimT29 posts the big blind of 100The button is in seat #6*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to actzeng [As Ah]actzeng raises to 350Kos13 raises to 575, and is all inGryndurr foldsJimT29 foldsactzeng calls 225Kos13 shows [Ac 2d]actzeng shows [As Ah]*** FLOP *** [Qd Qh 2c]*** TURN *** [Qd Qh 2c] [2s]*** RIVER *** [Qd Qh 2c 2s] [Js]Kos13 shows a full house, Twos full of Queensactzeng shows two pair, Aces and QueensKos13 wins the pot (1,300) with a full house, Twos full of Queens***

Full Tilt Poker Game #13717215332: $3 + 0.30 Knockout (101149092), Table 11 - 15/30 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:51:00 ET - 2009/07/30Seat 1: pompousjemus (1,500)Seat 2: joeking38 (1,500)Seat 3: Jun01r (1,500)Seat 4: Shermy (1,500)Seat 5: wondernatey (1,500)Seat 6: raiserback2u (1,500)Seat 7: ontherivernow (1,500)Seat 8: actzeng (1,500)Seat 9: badabeans (1,500)pompousjemus posts the small blind of 15joeking38 posts the big blind of 30The button is in seat #9*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to actzeng [Qd Qc]Jun01r has 15 seconds left to actJun01r foldsShermy foldswondernatey raises to 150raiserback2u foldsontherivernow has 15 seconds left to actontherivernow calls 150actzeng raises to 1,500, and is all inbadabeans has 15 seconds left to actbadabeans foldspompousjemus foldsjoeking38 foldswondernatey calls 1,350, and is all inontherivernow has 15 seconds left to actontherivernow calls 1,350, and is all inactzeng shows [Qd Qc]wondernatey shows [Ks Js]ontherivernow shows [2d 2s]*** FLOP *** [6c 7s As]*** TURN *** [6c 7s As] [4h]*** RIVER *** [6c 7s As 4h] [Kd]actzeng shows a pair of Queenswondernatey shows a pair of Kingsontherivernow shows a pair of Twoswondernatey wins the pot (4,545) with a pair of Kings

Final Table - here I cooooo - NOOOOO!!!!

Full Tilt Poker Game #12743155059: $2 + $0.25 Sit & Go (94784611), Table 10 - 600/1200 Ante 150 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:28:43 ET - 2009/06/10
Seat 1: phillywies12 (33,708)
Seat 2: maierrr (49,090)
Seat 5: nwgolfer7 (20,790)
Seat 7: chevyworld (4,765)
Seat 9: actzeng (9,471)
phillywies12 antes 150
maierrr antes 150
nwgolfer7 antes 150
chevyworld antes 150
actzeng antes 150
phillywies12 posts the small blind of 600
maierrr posts the big blind of 1,200
The button is in seat #9
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to actzeng [Ah Ac]
nwgolfer7 folds
chevyworld folds
actzeng raises to 3,600
phillywies12 raises to 6,000
maierrr folds
actzeng raises to 9,321, and is all in
phillywies12 calls 3,321
actzeng shows [Ah Ac]
phillywies12 shows [Kd Kc]
*** FLOP *** [4s Kh 2c]
*** TURN *** [4s Kh 2c] [7s]
*** RIVER *** [4s Kh 2c 7s] [8h]
actzeng shows a pair of Aces
phillywies12 shows three of a kind, Kings
phillywies12 wins the pot (20,592) with three of a kind, Kings
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 20,592 | Rake 0
Board: [4s Kh 2c 7s 8h]
Seat 1: phillywies12 (small blind) showed [Kd Kc] and won (20,592) with three of a kind, Kings
Seat 2: maierrr (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: nwgolfer7 folded before the Flop
Seat 7: chevyworld folded before the Flop
Seat 9: actzeng (button) showed [Ah Ac] and lost with a pair of Aces

I was actually excited to play this SNG

Full Tilt Poker Game #12423075576: $2 + $0.25 Sit & Go (92681985), Table 1 - 25/50 - No Limit Hold'em - 10:35:19 ET - 2009/05/25
Seat 1: zwergbaer (1,580)
Seat 2: actzeng (1,550)
Seat 3: FLBeach (1,390)
Seat 4: arandu22 (1,405)
Seat 5: elr05 (1,690)
Seat 6: Ghooostman (840)
Seat 7: Slappymcgee (1,670)
Seat 8: gonzofu (1,835)
Seat 9: NastyNateLawson (1,540)
zwergbaer posts the small blind of 25
actzeng posts the big blind of 50
The button is in seat #9
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to actzeng [5c 5h]
FLBeach folds
arandu22 calls 50
elr05 folds
Ghooostman folds
Slappymcgee folds
arandu22: yes
gonzofu calls 50
NastyNateLawson calls 50
zwergbaer calls 25
actzeng checks
*** FLOP *** [Kh 3h 5d]
zwergbaer bets 200
actzeng has 15 seconds left to act
actzeng raises to 450
arandu22 folds
gonzofu folds
NastyNateLawson folds
zwergbaer raises to 1,530, and is all in
actzeng calls 1,050, and is all in
zwergbaer shows [Ks 9h]
actzeng shows [5c 5h]
Uncalled bet of 30 returned to zwergbaer
*** TURN *** [Kh 3h 5d] [9d]
*** RIVER *** [Kh 3h 5d 9d] [9c]
zwergbaer shows a full house, Nines full of Kings
actzeng shows a full house, Fives full of Nines
zwergbaer wins the pot (3,250) with a full house, Nines full of Kings
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3,250 | Rake 0
Board: [Kh 3h 5d 9d 9c]
Seat 1: zwergbaer (small blind) showed [Ks 9h] and won (3,250) with a full house, Nines full of Kings
Seat 2: actzeng (big blind) showed [5c 5h] and lost with a full house, Fives full of Nines
Seat 3: FLBeach didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: arandu22 folded on the Flop
Seat 5: elr05 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: Ghooostman didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: Slappymcgee didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: gonzofu folded on the Flop
Seat 9: NastyNateLawson (button) folded on the Flop

Again

Full Tilt Poker Game #12009264753: Table Topweed (6 max) - $0.01/$0.02 - Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 16:56:51 ET - 2009/05/03
Seat 1: FishyzNchipsyZ ($0.94)
Seat 2: Nardo Bednardo ($2.40)
Seat 3: ny bingo ($1.86)
Seat 4: MeKaNiBaL ($1.80)
Seat 5: alchem25 ($2.21)
Seat 6: actzeng ($1.94)
ny bingo posts the small blind of $0.01
MeKaNiBaL posts the big blind of $0.02
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to actzeng [Ks Qs Qc 7h]
alchem25 folds
actzeng calls $0.02
FishyzNchipsyZ has 15 seconds left to act
FishyzNchipsyZ calls $0.02
Nardo Bednardo folds
ny bingo raises to $0.10
MeKaNiBaL folds
actzeng calls $0.08
FishyzNchipsyZ folds
*** FLOP *** [8c Kh 5d]
ny bingo bets $0.24
actzeng calls $0.24
*** TURN *** [8c Kh 5d] [7s]
ny bingo bets $0.72
actzeng raises to $1.60, and is all in
ny bingo calls $0.80, and is all in
actzeng shows [Ks Qs Qc 7h]
ny bingo shows [Ah 8d Ts Th]
Uncalled bet of $0.08 returned to actzeng
*** RIVER *** [8c Kh 5d 7s] [8s]
actzeng shows two pair, Kings and Eights
ny bingo shows three of a kind, Eights
ny bingo wins the pot ($3.51) with three of a kind, Eights
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $3.76 | Rake $0.25
Board: [8c Kh 5d 7s 8s]
Seat 1: FishyzNchipsyZ folded before the Flop
Seat 2: Nardo Bednardo (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: ny bingo (small blind) showed [Ah 8d Ts Th] and won ($3.51) with three of a kind, Eights
Seat 4: MeKaNiBaL (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: alchem25 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: actzeng showed [Ks Qs Qc 7h] and lost with two pair, Kings and Eights

Poker not working out.

Full Tilt Poker Game #12008931021: $1 Tournament (89809741), Table 5 - 25/50 - No Limit Hold'em - 16:39:52 ET - 2009/05/03
Seat 1: comeback cats (2,495)
Seat 2: ceedeecee (1,360)
Seat 3: aforrester1177 (1,805)
Seat 4: sambodavis (6,745)
Seat 5: SlowJoe2 (1,175), is sitting out
Seat 6: Hamari (2,085)
Seat 7: actzeng (1,395)
Seat 8: Neznayka (460)
Seat 9: snoblak (775)
Hamari posts the small blind of 25
actzeng posts the big blind of 50
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to actzeng [Ac As]
Neznayka has 15 seconds left to act
Neznayka folds
snoblak folds
comeback cats calls 50
ceedeecee folds
aforrester1177 raises to 250
sambodavis folds
SlowJoe2 folds
Hamari folds
actzeng raises to 450
comeback cats folds
aforrester1177 raises to 1,805, and is all in
SlowJoe2 has returned
actzeng calls 945, and is all in
aforrester1177 shows [Qd Kd]
actzeng shows [Ac As]
Uncalled bet of 410 returned to aforrester1177
*** FLOP *** [6s Td 4h]
*** TURN *** [6s Td 4h] [Ah]
*** RIVER *** [6s Td 4h Ah] [Jh]
aforrester1177 shows a straight, Ace high
actzeng shows three of a kind, Aces
aforrester1177 wins the pot (2,865) with a straight, Ace high
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2,865 | Rake 0
Board: [6s Td 4h Ah Jh]
Seat 1: comeback cats folded before the Flop
Seat 2: ceedeecee didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: aforrester1177 showed [Qd Kd] and won (2,865) with a straight, Ace high
Seat 4: sambodavis didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: SlowJoe2 (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: Hamari (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 7: actzeng (big blind) showed [Ac As] and lost with three of a kind, Aces
Seat 8: Neznayka didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: snoblak didn't bet (folded)

I have shit luck

When does a dominating hand ever hold up? Here's proof if you can make out the bs hand formatting that I don't have the patience to deal with:

Full Tilt Poker Game #11995996945: Table Tigress (6 max) - $0.01/$0.02 - Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 22:55:36 ET - 2009/05/02Seat 1: wrack1 ($1.83)Seat 3: vikaso12007 ($1.98)Seat 4: crazyleah ($0.57), is sitting outSeat 5: groceryman22 ($2.53)Seat 6: actzeng ($1.38)vikaso12007 posts the small blind of $0.01groceryman22 posts the big blind of $0.02The button is in seat #1*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to actzeng [3h 3c Qc Kc]actzeng calls $0.02wrack1 raises to $0.09MisterHaney sits downvikaso12007 has 15 seconds left to actMisterHaney adds $2vikaso12007 calls $0.08groceryman22 calls $0.07actzeng calls $0.07*** FLOP *** [7c 3d 7s]vikaso12007 has 15 seconds left to actvikaso12007 checksgroceryman22 bets $0.18actzeng raises to $0.36wrack1 foldsvikaso12007 foldsgroceryman22 calls $0.18*** TURN *** [7c 3d 7s] [Jd]groceryman22 checksactzeng bets $0.54groceryman22 calls $0.54*** RIVER *** [7c 3d 7s Jd] [8d]groceryman22 bets $1.08actzeng calls $0.39, and is all inUncalled bet of $0.69 returned to groceryman22*** SHOW DOWN ***groceryman22 shows [7d 8h 6d 8s] a full house, Eights full of Sevensactzeng mucksgroceryman22 wins the pot ($2.75) with a full house, Eights full of Sevensactzeng is sitting out*** SUMMARY ***Total pot $2.94 Rake $0.19Board: [7c 3d 7s Jd 8d]Seat 1: wrack1 (button) folded on the FlopSeat 3: vikaso12007 (small blind) folded on the FlopSeat 4: crazyleah is sitting outSeat 5: groceryman22 (big blind) showed [7d 8h 6d 8s] and won ($2.75) with a full house, Eights full of SevensSeat 6: actzeng mucked [3h 3c Qc Kc] - a full house, Threes full of Sevens

Full Tilt Poker Game #11996854338: $5 + $0.50 Sit & Go (89853261), Table 1 - 100/200 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:54:33 ET - 2009/05/02Seat 3: A--Mean Man (6,735)Seat 5: dennybae (1,370)Seat 7: Mag7sChairman (1,800)Seat 8: fundy23 (2,520)Seat 9: actzeng (1,075)Mag7sChairman posts the small blind of 100fundy23 posts the big blind of 200The button is in seat #5*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to actzeng [Kh Ac]actzeng raises to 1,075, and is all inA--Mean Man foldsdennybae has 15 seconds left to actdennybae raises to 1,370, and is all inMag7sChairman foldsfundy23 foldsdennybae shows [8s Ad]actzeng shows [Kh Ac]Uncalled bet of 295 returned to dennybae*** FLOP *** [8d 9c 9s]*** TURN *** [8d 9c 9s] [2d]*** RIVER *** [8d 9c 9s 2d] [6h]dennybae shows two pair, Nines and Eightsactzeng shows a pair of Ninesdennybae wins the pot (2,450) with two pair, Nines and Eightsactzeng stands up*** SUMMARY ***Total pot 2,450 Rake 0Board: [8d 9c 9s 2d 6h]Seat 3: A--Mean Man didn't bet (folded)Seat 5: dennybae (button) showed [8s Ad] and won (2,450) with two pair, Nines and EightsSeat 7: Mag7sChairman (small blind) folded before the FlopSeat 8: fundy23 (big blind) folded before the FlopSeat 9: actzeng showed [Kh Ac] and lost with a pair of Nines

It will be a losing month

due to hands like this -

Full Tilt Poker Game #11940820126: $2 + $0.25 Sit & Go (89473640), Table 1 - 50/100 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:57:11 ET - 2009/04/29Seat 1: GIGGETY GIG (1,150)Seat 5: actzeng (1,200)Seat 7: DannyC60 (2,400)Seat 8: Cassie330 (7,455)Seat 9: Ragdoll9798 (1,295)DannyC60 posts the small blind of 50Cassie330 posts the big blind of 100The button is in seat #5*
** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to actzeng [Kh As]Ragdoll9798 foldsGIGGETY GIG foldsactzeng raises to 350DannyC60 foldsCassie330 calls 250
*** FLOP *** [4d 6h Ah]Cassie330 checks
actzeng bets 100
Cassie330 raises to 200
actzeng raises to 850, and is all in
Cassie330 calls 650
actzeng shows [Kh As]
Cassie330 shows [Ac 7c]
*** TURN *** [4d 6h Ah] [3c]
*** RIVER *** [4d 6h Ah 3c] [5d]
actzeng shows a pair of Aces
Cassie330 shows a straight, Seven highCassie330 wins the pot (2,450) with a straight, Seven highactzeng stands up*** SUMMARY ***Total pot 2,450 Rake 0Board: [4d 6h Ah 3c 5d]Seat 1: GIGGETY GIG didn't bet (folded)Seat 5: actzeng (button) showed [Kh As] and lost with a pair of AcesSeat 7: DannyC60 (small blind) folded before the FlopSeat 8: Cassie330 (big blind) showed [Ac 7c] and won (2,450) with a straight, Seven highSeat 9: Ragdoll9798 didn't bet (folded)

Been a while

Swamped at work, but still played every day except for one day.

Playing more at PLO cash, but tough to tell whether I'm up or down in it. Still playing the $2 SNGs. Playing badly in the $5s.

Cashed out a third of my BR after needlessly flaming out of two $1 MTTs very close to the money. So stupid. I think I did the right thing by cashing out. Will continue to grind regardless.

Breaking the Streak

Like Cal Ripken, I'm going to voluntarily sit out of poker on April 1 just to make sure I don't have to work for the 1 a day freeroll. I qualified in March, and will play that freeroll.

Work has been much busier, and same with home stuff and I don't want to feel tied down to play. It's easier not to feel tied down when you don't qualify right off the bat compared to when you're 20 days in and figure you've only got 10 more to go.

Didn't win anything in SNG madness. not a surprise since I only won two. Literally just bouncing the BR back and forth between 2 numbers.

Good friend, Mike E - seeing him play more on FTP. LAst night was on IM with him while I was playing and sending my hands. I really took an interest in letting him know my thought process through hands. It turned out to be semi-interesting because he was pretty critical of my tight play early on, and got blinded down, but started to wail on people later when I caught AA and AK. Finished second. He also finished second in a 45-man $1 SNG. He ran like god.

Does someone at FTP read this blog?

So, right after I blog about FTP not having microstakes, boom, microstakes.

Now, right after blogging about not being able to play MTTs because of the start times, boom, more $1 MTTs.

I may now actually be able to play one tonight. There's a huge $1 at 8:15 pm now with a first place prize around 1500. I'll try it tonight. It may actually give me some good practice with mega huge fields. It's a double stack too.

Second in a SNG last night. Played some PLO microstakes. Should have left up about a dollar 40, but ended up down 11 cents chasing a flush draw on my last hand.

Not a good month

Pretty bad month pokerwise. If not for the win in the $20 SNG, I'd be way behind. The way I've been running is pretty frustrating.

Last night played a $2 SNG and went out in 9th place in about 10 hands. Second hand I had AK UTG, limped, and the guy right next to me RRAI. He had just lost the first pot of the game, but it was way too big for me to call that early in the tourney, so I laid it. Next hand, I get T4 in the BB with some limpers. Flop comes T8x. I chose to check, and it checked around. No way to tell whether someone has KT or AT or even QT, JT there so no need to bet. Turn is a 4h, so I hit my two pair, and 2 hearts on the board. I check with the intent to check raise, he bets, others fold, and I raise a little. I've got the best hand, and I figure no reason to scare him off this pot. I want him to call in this spot, so I raise to like 300 or so and he calls.

River Kh. I bet 120 into a pot of like 680 or so. With the small bet, I'd like a call, but it'd hopefully be able to tell me if the guy backdoored a flush or something. I'm geting called by a huge range of hands here, including KQ, etc. Opponent min raises to 240 and now I've got a decision. I was pretty sure I had the best hand, but now I'm not. He's making it cheap for me. 120 more and I have about 800 behind. I probably figure I'm beat, but he's making it east for me to call, and I do. He shows K8 for a rivered better 2 pair.

Couple hands later, I get 99, limp, get RRAI, and must fold. Two hands later, get 77 in mid pos, raise, get shipped the rest of my 640 stack or so, call, and he has TT.

I played two games this morning that went about the same way. The first game, I went out in 5th I think. Pretty card dead through it. Interesting spot where I held 55 and limped into a pot and got at least 2 others to come along. Flop is 594 rainbow or some such. I checked flop, and they checked behind. Turn is 7h, putting two hearts on the board. Since I don't like the card, I bet like 200 into a pot of 240. Then get raised and and then the third guy RRAI. I am scared of 68 and fold. The guy who raised me indeed had the 68, and the other guy had 77 and rivered a 4 for a fullhouse.

Almost like two hands later, I get 99, raise, SB calls, others fold. Flop is an uninteresting 963 for top set. Pot is 450, and that's what the SB bets. I ship, he insta calls with TT. Turn is a 7, giving him some more outs, and the river is a putrid T to give him a better set.

The last game I played this morning, I feel like I played well again - made some good laydowns with AJ, I think. We get 5 handed and I'm in the BB with about 1k left and blinds at 80/160. I'm in the BB and the SB is the other short stack. I've been pretty tight. He ships into me, and I call with AK and he has A3. Once I see the K hit the turn, I think I'm good (I'm also trying to change my daughter while playing) but then look up only to see the chips slide his way when the river comes a third heart and he takes it with a flush.

I am glad that these are just $2 games, but they are getting annoying. I find I don't have time to play a lot of MTTs anymore, so this is pretty much it.

UUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH

Full Tilt Poker Game #11179172964: $2 + $0.25 Sit & Go (84063771), Table 1 - 120/240 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:32:47 ET - 2009/03/16
Seat 4: motorbreath14 (5,242)
Seat 7: Andymanyo (2,752)
Seat 8: actzeng (2,780)
Seat 9: Sparkie547 (2,726)
Andymanyo posts the small blind of 120
actzeng posts the big blind of 240
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to actzeng [9c Jc]
Sparkie547 raises to 480
motorbreath14 folds
Andymanyo folds
actzeng calls 240
*** FLOP *** [2d 2h 9s]
actzeng checks
Sparkie547 bets 1,080
actzeng raises to 2,300, and is all in
Sparkie547 calls 1,166, and is all in
actzeng shows [9c Jc]
Sparkie547 shows [Kc 7c]
Uncalled bet of 54 returned to actzeng
*** TURN *** [2d 2h 9s] [Jd]
*** RIVER *** [2d 2h 9s Jd] [Kh]
actzeng shows two pair, Jacks and Nines
Sparkie547 shows two pair, Kings and Twos
Sparkie547 wins the pot (5,572) with two pair, Kings and Twos
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 5,572 | Rake 0
Board: [2d 2h 9s Jd Kh]
Seat 4: motorbreath14 (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: Andymanyo (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 8: actzeng (big blind) showed [9c Jc] and lost with two pair, Jacks and Nines
Seat 9: Sparkie547 showed [Kc 7c] and won (5,572) with two pair, Kings and Twos

Fading the outs

Kind of a crazy weekend pokerwise. I played a ton, seems like. Started off pretty badly, just back on the same kind of downswing that I've kinda been on. Then, took a flyer on a $20 SNG, and got ridiculously hit by the deck and won it. That turned a lot of stuff around. I should post some hands fromthat session.

What a big swing. If I had lost it, my BR would have been where it was like two months ago, and all the grinding in between would have been all for naught. Instead, I won it, and my BR is at a new high.

Cashed in the one-a-day freeroll for $2. I had a spot, where UTG min raised, the guy next to him shoves, I'm in mid pos with KK, and shove, and UTG calls and am up against AK and AA. Did not hit the one outer and was drawing dead by the turn. At least it's something.

I also made a deep run in the $1 tourney. Not a whole lot to report. Just had good hands hold, and was able to create big pots with them, either by limp/shoving or just getting RR with worse hands. Also didn't play junk and got away from AJ fairly easy. KK was my lucky hand in that one - double late with it a couple times.

I made a stupid semi-bluff play that cost me about a third of my stack when we got around two tables. I hit bottom pair with junk and tried to push my opponent off his hand, and couldn't. I had about 100k to start the hand, and was knocked down to 67k.

The for-all-intents-and-purposes bustout hand came when I had JTss OTB in an unraised pot. I had about 25k chips left, and shoved, and the BB called with 66. Would have been nice to take that, but I bricked, eventually taking 12th and $11. First was like 280, so that kind of sucked. The tourney field was about 1300 though, so it is an accomplishment of sorts I guess. Next time maybe.

Tough hand to get away from

But I almost did, and left myself with 320 or whatever.

Full Tilt Poker Game #11073618175: $2 + $0.25 Sit & Go (83310254), Table 1 - 60/120 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:09:29 ET - 2009/03/10
Seat 1: Merapi (4,378)
Seat 2: MrMancha (1,900)
Seat 6: actzeng (1,205)
Seat 7: ActionDeth (2,090)
Seat 8: ThunderThief (3,412)
Seat 9: PartyMarty2 (515), is sitting out
MrMancha posts the small blind of 60
actzeng posts the big blind of 120
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to actzeng [Kh Th]
ActionDeth folds
MrMancha: QQ... worst flop ever =[
ThunderThief calls 120
PartyMarty2 folds
Merapi folds
MrMancha has 15 seconds left to act
MrMancha folds
actzeng checks
*** FLOP *** [5h 7h 3h]
actzeng checks
ThunderThief bets 120
actzeng calls 120
*** TURN *** [5h 7h 3h] [7c]
actzeng checks
ThunderThief checks
*** RIVER *** [5h 7h 3h 7c] [8d]
actzeng has 15 seconds left to act
actzeng bets 120
ThunderThief has 15 seconds left to act
ThunderThief raises to 360
actzeng raises to 600
ThunderThief raises to 3,172, and is all in
actzeng calls 365, and is all in
Uncalled bet of 2,207 returned to ThunderThief
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ThunderThief shows [5s 7s] a full house, Sevens full of Fives
actzeng mucks
ThunderThief wins the pot (2,470) with a full house, Sevens full of Fives
actzeng stands up

I take that back

OK, when I made my post yesterday about being up or down on the month, I didn't really think about the fact that there was 2/3rds of the month left.

I won an SNG today, and finished third in one last night. The most disappointing thing about the third place one is that I feel like I just gave up. Like I didn't want to play anymore with 2k chips three handed, so I went a little crazy. There WAS one guy who kept hitting great cards. He started as the low stack three handed, and doubled through the chipleader with AK vs. KQ when the flop came K high. Then a few hands later, I dumped chips to him when I held KT vs. his AT and the flop came T high.

I am relatively happy, however that I was able to make a comeback and win the SNG this morning. I crippled myself early by overplaying 55 in blind on blind action. I was down to about 500-600 in chips. It is a good thing my opponent shoved river to make it an easy fold for me. Then I doubled through the same guy with KK. I was at about 600, blinds at 50-100. I just raised to 3oo UTG, even though I'm pretty much pot committed. I feel like shoving makes an an easy fold for marginal hands, and I'm going to get it all in on the flop anyways, so I don't care if others come along. BB calls with QT and I held.

That got me back into good shape. The next major hand, I think we're at 60-120. I've got about 3.1k chips, and UTG was the only stack that could effectively bust me, and I think he had 2.8 or something. We're like 5 handed at this point. He limps UTG. I think there's one caller, but he's a pretty low stack, and does not affect how the hand plays out. I check my option in the BB with J4 os.

Now, UTG has flipped up AA like 4 times and commented about how crazy that was. He even asked me (for reasons I do not understand) "hey, actzeng - isn't that crazy?". Anyways, with that in mind, the flop comes JT4, two hearts. I check with the intention of check raising him. Of course, I want him to either have AA or represent AA in this spot, which I think he will do. He bets about half the pot, 240, I think, and the other guy gets out of the way. I min raise him, hoping to induce a push by an overpair. He RR 1.2k and I put him in for the rest, and he flips over KT for nothing but second pair. I held.

That gave me close to 7k 4 handed, and the rest kind of just played itself out. I had about the same stack going into HU, and my opponent had about 4k. I picked up AQ HU at 1-200 and raised to 600. Of course my opponent GOES BERSERK AND MASSIVE RERERERAISES ALL IN WITH A9!!!! And I held. Then I had to get ready for work.

Reset

Totally wasn't into playing yesterday. So I didn't really. I did the $1 6 max which was a total fucking rollercoaster ride that busted out in the first half hour. Such is life, however.

The weekend was really, really nice weather-wise though. Went for a walk in the park with wife and baby. It's great to watch her grow up. She's verbalizing now, which is interesting. She's just going - dadaddadaDODODODADAddadaa. Of course she has no idea what she's saying, but that's ok.

I had her touch my chin hair yesterday which made her laugh. That was really funny. I also broke out the grill yesterday and had some BBQ chicken with potato salad for the first time in god knows how long. And it's snowing right now - go figure.

This month will probably be my first losing month in 7. I had six consecutive profitable months which was a record for me, so I guess that's how these things go sometimes. I'd have to make a deep MTT score or go on a sick run, neither of which I think will happen. I also qualified for the one-a-day freeroll again, so we'll see how things go in that. I did pretty well in the last one, and there is zero reason for me not to have cashed.

HOLY FUCK BACK ON THE DOWNSWING

Full Tilt Poker Game #10967684601: $5 + $0.50 Sit & Go (82535195), Table 1 - 60/120 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:16:58 ET - 2009/03/04
Seat 1: CHUBRACABRA (2,880)
Seat 2: HanoverFyst (4,210)
Seat 4: Curry_Dan (910)
Seat 6: actzeng (2,470)
Seat 9: scooterroot (3,030)
scooterroot posts the small blind of 60
CHUBRACABRA posts the big blind of 120
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to actzeng [Kc Ah]
HanoverFyst folds
Curry_Dan folds
actzeng raises to 360
scooterroot folds
CHUBRACABRA calls 240
*** FLOP *** [8s As 4s]
CHUBRACABRA bets 780
actzeng calls 780
*** TURN *** [8s As 4s] [4h]
CHUBRACABRA bets 1,740, and is all in
actzeng calls 1,330, and is all in
CHUBRACABRA shows [Ad Qs]
actzeng shows [Kc Ah]
Uncalled bet of 410 returned to CHUBRACABRA
*** RIVER *** [8s As 4s 4h] [7s]
CHUBRACABRA shows a flush, Ace high
actzeng shows two pair, Aces and Fours
CHUBRACABRA wins the pot (5,000) with a flush, Ace high
actzeng stands up

More bullshit

Full Tilt Poker Game #10951442570: $2 + $0.25 Sit & Go (82414956), Table 1 - 50/100 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:35:28 ET - 2009/03/03
Seat 2: PrAmEe (1,275)
Seat 3: iriemon1 (805)
Seat 4: TLMALONEY (2,550)
Seat 6: actzeng (1,820)
Seat 7: wolfpack13 (1,200)
Seat 8: Salter2005 (2,230)
Seat 9: RESQ12 (3,620)TLMALONEY posts the small blind of 50
actzeng posts the big blind of 100
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to actzeng [Qh Qc]
wolfpack13 folds
Salter2005 folds
RESQ12 has 15 seconds left to act
RESQ12 calls 100
PrAmEe folds
iriemon1 folds
TLMALONEY has 15 seconds left to act
TLMALONEY calls 50
actzeng raises to 400
RESQ12 calls 300
TLMALONEY calls 300
*** FLOP *** [5d Ad 4d]
TLMALONEY has 15 seconds left to actT
LMALONEY checks
actzeng checks
RESQ12 bets 1,200
TLMALONEY raises to 2,150, and is all in
actzeng foldsRESQ12 has 15 seconds left to act
RESQ12 calls 950
TLMALONEY shows [Ah Qd]
RESQ12 shows [Th Jd]
*** TURN *** [5d Ad 4d] [7s]
*** RIVER *** [5d Ad 4d 7s] [Js]
TLMALONEY shows a pair of AcesRESQ12 shows a pair of JacksTLMALONEY wins the pot (5,500) with a pair of Aces

Full Tilt Poker Game #10951497091: $2 + $0.25 Sit & Go (82414956), Table 1 - 50/100 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:38:38 ET - 2009/03/03
Seat 2: PrAmEe (1,275)
Seat 3: iriemon1 (805)
Seat 4: TLMALONEY (5,500)
Seat 6: actzeng (1,370)
Seat 7: wolfpack13 (1,150)
Seat 8: Salter2005 (2,230)
Seat 9: RESQ12 (1,170)
RESQ12 posts the small blind of 50
PrAmEe posts the big blind of 100
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to actzeng [As Jc]
iriemon1 folds
TLMALONEY has 15 seconds left to act
TLMALONEY folds
actzeng raises to 350
wolfpack13 folds
Salter2005 folds
RESQ12 raises to 1,170, and is all in
PrAmEe folds
actzeng calls 820
RESQ12 shows [Ac 9s]
actzeng shows [As Jc]
*** FLOP *** [9c 7c 6c]
*** TURN *** [9c 7c 6c] [Th]
*** RIVER *** [9c 7c 6c Th] [5h]RESQ12 shows a pair of Nines
actzeng shows Ace Jack highRESQ12 wins the pot (2,440) with a pair of Nines

Stupid BS

Full Tilt Poker Game #10950834221: $2 + $0.25 Sit & Go (82412090), Table 1 - 30/60 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:00:35 ET - 2009/03/03
Seat 2: Stoon Wallly (940)
Seat 3: innocents (3,135)
Seat 5: zucan777 (2,560)
Seat 7: Tizzle02 (3,635)
Seat 8: actzeng (1,340)
Seat 9: Groupstar1 (1,890)
Tizzle02 posts the small blind of 30
actzeng posts the big blind of 60
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to actzeng [Jh Ts]
Groupstar1 folds
Stoon Wallly folds
innocents calls 60
zucan777 folds
Tizzle02 calls 30
actzeng checks
*** FLOP *** [Tc 7h 8c]
Tizzle02 checks
actzeng checks
innocents checks
*** TURN *** [Tc 7h 8c] [9c]
Tizzle02 checks
actzeng bets 60
innocents raises to 240
Tizzle02 folds
actzeng calls 180
*** RIVER *** [Tc 7h 8c 9c] [9d]
actzeng checks
innocents has 15 seconds left to act
innocents bets 60
actzeng calls 60
*** SHOW DOWN ***
innocents shows [7d 7c] a full house, Sevens full of Ninesactzeng mucksinnocents wins the pot (780) with a full house, Sevens full of Nines

Full Tilt Poker Game #10950856059: $2 + $0.25 Sit & Go (82412090), Table 1 - 30/60 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:01:51 ET - 2009/03/03Seat 2: Stoon Wallly (940)Seat 3: innocents (3,555)Seat 5: zucan777 (2,560)Seat 7: Tizzle02 (3,575)Seat 8: actzeng (980)Seat 9: Groupstar1 (1,890)
actzeng posts the small blind of 30
Groupstar1 posts the big blind of 60
The button is in seat #7*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to actzeng [5d 5s]
Stoon Wallly folds
innocents folds
zucan777 folds
Tizzle02 raises to 300
actzeng raises to 980, and is all in
Groupstar1 foldsTizzle02 has 15 seconds left to actTizzle02 calls 680
actzeng shows [5d 5s]
Tizzle02 shows [8s 9c]
*** FLOP *** [Jc Kd 2s]*** TURN *** [Jc Kd 2s] [8d]*** RIVER *** [Jc Kd 2s 8d] [4s]actzeng shows a pair of FivesTizzle02 shows a pair of EightsTizzle02 wins the pot (2,020) with a pair of Eightsactzeng stands up

There's more...

Drawing Dead

That should be the name of a band/album, or even a poker book. Maybe a fictional crime/poker/drama book or movie. Starring Tommy Lee Jones as a cop who goes undercover into home cash games to uncover a drug smuggling business or something. Maybe someone else. I don't know. Colin Farrel? That way at least you could work a hot chick into the movie.

Back to the grind - looks like luck is starting to even out for me. I'm still down $30 from the high point, but I was around minus 50 a few days ago, so it's leveling off. It would help if I could cash in a $5. They have all gone awry.

The MTTs, I'm learning, are 100% total crapshoots. I cashed like 64th place or something yesterday in the $1 tourney. I got unbelievably lucky and unbelievably unlucky all in the same ride. Nice to finally cash in an MTT again though. I will try to give the 7:00pm turbo tourney a shot tonight if I get home in time.

Does this shit happen to anyone else?

THE FUCK. This would have put me at chipleader very early on.

Full Tilt Poker Game #10909739960: $1 Tournament (81973813), Table 70 - 15/30 - No Limit Hold'em - 16:22:57 ET - 2009/03/01
Seat 1: fulltiltfaith (1,080)
Seat 2: clacha (1,470)
Seat 3: route66trucker (705)
Seat 4: actzeng (2,965)
Seat 5: king creole (3,190)
Seat 6: mrn777 (1,595)
Seat 7: Hugz121 (2,690)
Seat 9: jjweather (2,125)
clacha posts the small blind of 15
route66trucker posts the big blind of 30
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to actzeng [Jc Jh]
actzeng raises to 105
xzero114 sits down
xzero114 adds 3,610
king creole folds
mrn777 folds
Hugz121 raises to 180
jjweather folds
fulltiltfaith calls 180
clacha folds
route66trucker has 15 seconds left to act
route66trucker calls 150
actzeng calls 75
*** FLOP *** [Js 4s Kc]
route66trucker checks
actzeng has 15 seconds left to act
actzeng bets 500
Hugz121 calls 500
fulltiltfaith folds
route66trucker calls 500
*** TURN *** [Js 4s Kc] [9h]
route66trucker bets 25, and is all in
actzeng raises to 2,285, and is all in
Hugz121 calls 2,010, and is all in
actzeng shows [Jc Jh]
Hugz121 shows [Ts Jd]
route66trucker shows [Qs Th]
Uncalled bet of 275 returned to actzeng
*** RIVER *** [Js 4s Kc 9h] [Qd]
actzeng shows three of a kind, Jacks
Hugz121 shows a straight, King high
Hugz121 wins the side pot (3,970) with a straight, King high
route66trucker shows a straight, King high
route66trucker ties for the main pot (1,155) with a straight, King high
Hugz121 ties for the main pot (1,155) with a straight, King high
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 6,280 Main pot 2,310. Side pot 3,970. | Rake 0
Board: [Js 4s Kc 9h Qd]
Seat 1: fulltiltfaith (button) folded on the Flop
Seat 2: clacha (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: route66trucker (big blind) showed [Qs Th] and won (1,155) with a straight, King high
Seat 4: actzeng showed [Jc Jh] and lost with three of a kind, Jacks
Seat 5: king creole didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: mrn777 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: Hugz121 showed [Ts Jd] and won (5,125) with a straight, King high
Seat 9: jjweather didn't bet (folded)

Still headed in the wrong direction

Full Tilt Poker Game #10833052001: $2 + $0.25 Sit & Go (81542569), Table 1 - 30/60 - No Limit Hold'em - 7:16:04 ET - 2009/02/25
Seat 1: matiou13 (2,790)
Seat 2: 0gimmeurchips0 (2,025)
Seat 4: hcb750 (2,635)
Seat 5: actzeng (1,470)
Seat 6: Lala 507 (1,865)
Seat 8: rulif (1,365)
Seat 9: stefaaan3 (1,350)
actzeng posts the small blind of 30Lala 507 posts the big blind of 60The button is in seat #4

*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to actzeng [Qc Ah]
rulif folds
stefaaan3 folds
matiou13 folds
0gimmeurchips0 folds
hcb750 folds
actzeng calls 30
Lala 507 raises to 120
actzeng calls 60
*** FLOP *** [Ad 7c 3c]
actzeng checksLala 507 bets 60
actzeng has 15 seconds left to act
actzeng raises to 200Lala 507 raises to 340
actzeng raises to 1,350, and is all in
Lala 507 calls 1,010
actzeng shows [Qc Ah]
Lala 507 shows [3h 3s]
*** TURN *** [Ad 7c 3c] [Td]*** RIVER *** [Ad 7c 3c Td] [9h]actzeng shows a pair of AcesLala 507 shows three of a kind, ThreesLala 507 wins the pot (2,940) with three of a kind, Threesactzeng stands up

Cue the downswing

So I've lost about $25 over the last few days. I figured something like this was coming, because things were going really, really well. Instead of taking down SNGs, I had a string of third place finishes - just things not going my way deep. I stupidly threw about $6 into two $3 turbo SNGs, one a hyper turbo. Other than that, it's just been finding QQ in spots to raise and running into AA or KK. I could definitely be playing better, but I don't think that I'm playing so horrifically badly or anything. Amidst all of this, I was still able to pull down a $2 SNG.

I'm considering taking a break for a while, although the only reason I wouldn't is because I can still qualify for the one-a-day freeroll this month - (Damn you FTP!!!).

Long day in court tomorrow - gotta get back to the preparation.

Not Shying away from PLO

And I lost like 100BB at PLO last night. Just disaster. Started tilting, felt it, made stabs and pots and lost. Made calls hoping to hit and lost. So lost about 2 bucks.

I was lucky enough to win a $5 SNG after that, though, so it was all moot. We got down to three handed by 40/80. I was the low stack of course, and fought and fought. It looked like they did not want to tangle with me and was able to steal a lot of small pots to chip up. I felt like I was controlling the action at the table. Everyone was pretty deep compared to the blinds, so I was able to play a little poker without having to gamble or put a lot of chips at risk without having the goods. Ended up hitting a big hand (flopped trips to his paired A, I think) to take a massive chiplead going into HU, and then my opponent came all the way back from 1100 to take the chiplead against me.

We got it all in for my tourney life on a nothing flop. I shoved with AQ, and he called with A3, and he had paired his three. On the river I needed a queen and she showed up for me. Interestingly, I hit quads twice in that game.

I then played a $2 SNG with an interesting dynamic. It was 4 handed, and the player to my right was gone. BUT, he had a ton of chips. I was able to steal for quite some time before anyone noticed. The problem is that everytime I stole from the dead guy, my raise would have to pass by the other two guys. They were in a much better spot to steal than me. It took a ton of time to leak all the dead guy's chips out, and I barely hung onto third place.

I had a situation where I had JJ, raised, and got called. Flop comes KJx. We are still 4 handed at this point, knowing the dead guy is not at his computer. We get the chips in there - I think I'm way ahead, but he flips over KK and I am crushed. Luckily, I had my opponent covered and was knocked down to 1k chips or so, and was able to chip back a little bit with some shoves. I think by that point, my opponents knew about the dead guy. And I say I think because even at the end, I wasn't totally sure. They gave him a walk in his BB once, which I thought was strange.

Microstakes Madness

I didn't have a ton of time to play last night because I was scheduled for trial today. The case was totally ridiculous - everyone - the judge, the witnesses, etc. - was willing to cut my client a break except for the DA. A reminder to everyone who thinks that defense attorneys are just simply bad guys - there is some pretty ridiculous conduct on the other side of the aisle. My client basically got 6-months probation, which, in the end seemed like a good deal compared to a trial for two potential felony convictions, but I am still pretty angry about how everything went down. I had a good case. Pretty strong. But you never know what's going to happen at trial.

Back to poker. I played one $2 SNG last night. There was a guy to my immediate right from Serbia who kept open limping pots, and I went over the top of him I think 3 times with AK, AQ, and AQ again, and everyone folded. The fourth time this happens (stupid me), I have JJ, and about 1700 chips. He started the hand with about 1400. It's 6 handed. I forget what the blinds are - maybe 50-100. He open limps in second position I think, I RR to about 35o (whatever the pot was), everyone folds, except this time, he basically min-raises me to 800, so it makes it 450 more for me to go. He's pot committed, and if I just call, I'll be under 1k chips. If I fold, I continue with 1350. But he was showing strength this time, where he previously showed absolutely none. Could this be the time he wakes up with a hand? Of course!

So obviously after thinking about it, I make the wrong decision and reshove, he calls and shows AA and I blank out. SOOOOO SSTTTTEEEEEUUUUUUPPPPEEEEEED.

After that, I tilted in an NLHE HU SNG. Worked up to a 2-1 chiplead with a nice bluff with a paired 3 that I showed. Got all the money in with KQ vs. AK, which I was able to win, and so I got my money back for the SNG.

THEN - I was checking out cash games to see if any big ones were playing, and I noticed a new checkbox filter for "micro" stakes that I had never noticed before. And literally two days after telling my brother that I wish FTP had microstakes games, voila - they're at FTP. I grinded with the max buy in at PLO at the 1/2 cent tables ($2) and made $.50. I flopped top set vs. the nut flush draw and I held, improving to a fullhouse on the river.

I'm glad they added micro cash. This way, I can learn to play NLHE cash games (probably shy away from PLO due to variance - or play it once it a while when I want to gambooool) without having to risk more than I normally would in an SNG. It's a totally different game, and one that I suck at. Maybe I can learn to improve at $2 a pop, instead of $5.

Grapsfan is talking to me - ahahahahaha!

http://www.pocketfives.com/poker-articles/are-you-a-bankroll-nit-3930856

Ok, so one thing that he doesn't account for is the improvement in your opponent's play as the levels go up. I'm at 10% ROI for $2 games, but only 7% ROI for $5 games. I'm even lower than that for $10 games - I'm negative, actually. Some of this may account for the fact that most of my HU games have been played at $2.

Grapsfan assumes that if the BR nit simply moves up in stakes that the nit will therefore be more profitable, and I'm not sure I necessarily agree with that. Take me for instance. I'm a $2-5 grinder and I've got my BR to a level where I will never go broke. According to his numbers, for MTTs, I should play anywhere between $18-$30 buy ins. So let's say an average of $25 (or $26 buyin). Basically, I can play 36 MTT tournies with my BR. That to me is an absurdly low number. Especially where failing to cash in that crucial 36th tourney means I go completely busto. I have gone on tournament droughts like that. With my BR, I am not comfortable playing those levels at all.

I think it's better for grapsfan if people who are used to grinding low stakes move up and take shots at the level that he's playing at, but it's not necessarily better for the grinder.

It is, however, true that I should probably take a shot at a $10 MTT once in a while, but the daily double and midnight madness are just not in my schedule. Maybe $3 MTTs are more my speed.

So close

Full Tilt Poker Game #10655224267: $1 Tournament (80162820), Table 98 - 5000/10000 Ante 1000 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:00:34 ET - 2009/02/15
Seat 3: PhillyRed (519,824)
Seat 4: actzeng (162,778)
Seat 5: LordOfPoker89 (692,389)
Seat 6: The Denz (143,172)
Seat 8: zizu99 (111,936)
Seat 9: cfced (297,401)
PhillyRed antes 1,000
actzeng antes 1,000
LordOfPoker89 antes 1,000
The Denz antes 1,000
zizu99 antes 1,000
cfced antes 1,000
actzeng posts the small blind of 5,000
LordOfPoker89 posts the big blind of 10,000
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to actzeng [Qc Qh]
The Denz folds
zizu99 folds
cfced folds
PhillyRed folds
actzeng raises to 161,778, and is all in
LordOfPoker89 calls 151,778
actzeng shows [Qc Qh]
LordOfPoker89 shows [4s Ac]
*** FLOP *** [Jc 2h 5s]
*** TURN *** [Jc 2h 5s] [6s]
*** RIVER *** [Jc 2h 5s 6s] [3s]
actzeng shows a pair of Queens
LordOfPoker89 shows a straight, Six high
LordOfPoker89 wins the pot (329,556) with a straight, Six high
actzeng stands up
The blinds are now 6,000/12,000 with an ante of 1,500
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 329,556 | Rake 0
Board: [Jc 2h 5s 6s 3s]
Seat 3: PhillyRed (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: actzeng (small blind) showed [Qc Qh] and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 5: LordOfPoker89 (big blind) showed [4s Ac] and won (329,556) with a straight, Six high
Seat 6: The Denz folded before the Flop
Seat 8: zizu99 folded before the Flop
Seat 9: cfced folded before the Flop

So...HOW DID THE FREEROLL GO?!

FUCK YOU.

Full Tilt Poker Game #10629221863: Iron Man One-A-Day Freeroll (78834386), Table 12 - 80/160 - No Limit Hold'em - 16:04:44 ET - 2009/02/14
Seat 1: Fallen AngelXX (7,016)
Seat 2: fataz (11,735), is sitting out
Seat 3: angel1959 (1,269)
Seat 4: The Dotman (1,755)
Seat 5: Rand1313 (5,245)
Seat 6: SuzyQ1417 (5,635)
Seat 7: FishMonk (1,910)
Seat 8: fred222 (5,125)
Seat 9: actzeng (4,660)
Rand1313 posts the small blind of 80
SuzyQ1417 posts the big blind of 160
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to actzeng [8h 8d]
FishMonk folds
fred222 folds
actzeng raises to 480
Fallen AngelXX folds
fataz folds
angel1959 folds
The Dotman folds
Rand1313 folds
SuzyQ1417 raises to 800
actzeng calls 320
*** FLOP *** [Jh 9h As]
SuzyQ1417 checks
actzeng has 15 seconds left to act
actzeng checks
*** TURN *** [Jh 9h As] [3c]
SuzyQ1417 checks
actzeng checks
*** RIVER *** [Jh 9h As 3c] [8c]
SuzyQ1417 bets 640
actzeng raises to 3,860, and is all in
SuzyQ1417 calls 3,220
*** SHOW DOWN ***
actzeng shows [8h 8d] three of a kind, Eights
SuzyQ1417 shows [Ac Ah] three of a kind, Aces
SuzyQ1417 wins the pot (9,400) with three of a kind, Aces
actzeng stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 9,400 | Rake 0
Board: [Jh 9h As 3c 8c]
Seat 1: Fallen AngelXX didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: fataz didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: angel1959 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: The Dotman (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: Rand1313 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: SuzyQ1417 (big blind) showed [Ac Ah] and won (9,400) with three of a kind, Aces
Seat 7: FishMonk didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: fred222 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: actzeng showed [8h 8d] and lost with three of a kind, Eights

FLAME OUT

I start to go insane near the money bubble.

Full Tilt Poker Game #10618758404: $1 Rebuy (79954940), Table 53 - 400/800 Ante 100 - No Limit Hold'em - 1:18:35 ET - 2009/02/14
Seat 1: gammapoppop (13,420), is sitting out
Seat 2: vm820 (7,230)
Seat 3: jrabbit (19,600)
Seat 4: CPLSpaceCadet (9,845), is sitting out
Seat 5: mbryantk (15,380)
Seat 6: djebb59 (12,630)
Seat 7: jimmac28 (26,790)
Seat 8: actzeng (13,985)
Seat 9: LuckyB5 (12,470)
gammapoppop antes 100vm820 antes 100jrabbit antes 100CPLSpaceCadet antes 100mbryantk antes 100djebb59 antes 100jimmac28 antes 100actzeng antes 100LuckyB5 antes 100LuckyB5 posts the small blind of 400gammapoppop posts the big blind of 800The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to actzeng [Ah 6d]
vm820 foldsjrabbit folds
CPLSpaceCadet folds
mbryantk foldsdjebb59 folds
jimmac28 folds
actzeng raises to 2,900
LuckyB5 calls 2,500
gammapoppop folds
*** FLOP *** [Ks 7h Ad]
LuckyB5 bets 7,500
actzeng raises to 10,985, and is all in
LuckyB5 calls 1,970, and is all in
actzeng shows [Ah 6d]
LuckyB5 shows [As Js]
Uncalled bet of 1,515 returned to actzeng*** TURN *** [Ks 7h Ad] [2s]*** RIVER *** [Ks 7h Ad 2s] [Qc]actzeng shows a pair of AcesLuckyB5 shows a pair of AcesLuckyB5 wins the pot (26,440) with a pair of Aces*** SUMMARY ***Total pot 26,440 Rake 0Board: [Ks 7h Ad 2s Qc]Seat 1: gammapoppop (big blind) folded before the FlopSeat 2: vm820 folded before the FlopSeat 3: jrabbit folded before the FlopSeat 4: CPLSpaceCadet folded before the FlopSeat 5: mbryantk folded before the FlopSeat 6: djebb59 folded before the FlopSeat 7: jimmac28 folded before the FlopSeat 8: actzeng (button) showed [Ah 6d] and lost with a pair of AcesSeat 9: LuckyB5 (small blind) showed [As Js] and won (26,440) with a pair of Aces

Busted out like 127 with 70 something getting paid. Huge prizepool tho.

Freeroll today......ahhahahahahahahha. Probably just gonna bust like 20 away from the money anyway.

Amazingly, razz cash continues to go well.

Jammin' on the 1

So pokerwise, things are not great. Down a couple dollars in a couple weeks, but I haven't really been concentrating.

I have come to grips with the fact that I am not a good HU PLO player, and probably was never much better than average. I can confidently say that the players who play it regularly on FTP are far FAR better than the players who used to. I did have one loss recently where blinds got huge, and my internet cut out on me. that sucked. It was a marathon session, and that was just about the worst way to go. When I got back on, I had already lost.

I've continued to play razz cash, and it has gone well. I know I'm jinxing myself my saying that I've yet to have a losing session. I'm up probably like 10-12 bucks in that game total.

Played the turbo $1 tourneys a few times. The last two times, I think, I got deep and decided to flip relatively close to the money. One time I had a stack and didn't need to, the other, I was relatively low compared to the blinds. Anyway - didn't matter - I lost both and that was that. I seem to keep getting stuck in that spot, and will try to figure out ways to navigate around it either by getting more aggressive before the blinds get to that point, or just trying to be more patient.

The one-a-day freeroll is taking place on Saturday around 2:45pm I think. I looked at the lobby, and it looks like it'll play out like a regular tourney. We'll see how many people actually show. Even if I don't cash in it, it is worth more than the 15 ironman medals. It will also give me a good indication of whether the one-a-day thing is worth shooting for. I'm currently gunning for it this month also.

SET UP LIKE A...

Full Tilt Poker Game #10419390300: $2 + $0.25 Sit & Go (78776825), Table 1 - 20/40 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:38:38 ET - 2009/02/03
Seat 1: BjoernPr (1,825)
Seat 2: northernexposur (2,715)
Seat 3: foresight000 (1,280)
Seat 4: MoneyMags1 (1,140)
Seat 5: dollarbuff (880)
Seat 6: seidog37 (1,455)
Seat 7: Milehighnative (1,470)
Seat 8: RobW21 (1,235)
Seat 9: actzeng (1,500)
RobW21 posts the small blind of 20
actzeng posts the big blind of 40
The button is in seat #7
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to actzeng [8c 3c]
BjoernPr folds
northernexposur folds
foresight000 folds
MoneyMags1 calls 40
dollarbuff folds
seidog37 folds
Milehighnative folds
RobW21 folds
actzeng checks
*** FLOP *** [2h 3s 8s]
actzeng checks
MoneyMags1 bets 100
actzeng raises to 400
MoneyMags1 raises to 1,100, and is all in
actzeng calls 700
MoneyMags1 shows [8d 7d]
actzeng shows [8c 3c]
*** TURN *** [2h 3s 8s] [4s]
*** RIVER *** [2h 3s 8s 4s] [4h]
MoneyMags1 shows two pair, Eights and Fours
actzeng shows two pair, Eights and Fours
MoneyMags1 wins the pot (2,300) with two pair, Eights and Fours
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 2,300 | Rake 0
Board: [2h 3s 8s 4s 4h]
Seat 1: BjoernPr didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: northernexposur didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: foresight000 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: MoneyMags1 showed [8d 7d] and won (2,300) with two pair, Eights and Fours
Seat 5: dollarbuff didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: seidog37 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: Milehighnative (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: RobW21 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 9: actzeng (big blind) showed [8c 3c] and lost with two pair, Eights and Fours

Also finished 47th in the $1 tourney today....whooooo!!!!!

No sleep till February

I still feel like I haven't fully caught up on sleep yet. Like my body is still decompressing from a traumatic experience. Went out to dinner with the wife at her favorite place. Great meal, familiar surroundings, service is always good. In the end, not an enormous tab for two people (under $100 each).

Great super bowl. Not like most super bowl sundays. Just had the wife's folks over. I woke up super early after having gone to bed about 9-930 the night before. Watched the Australian Open final. Federer is still great, but not the greatest. Nadal has him, but only by a little.

Then around 10 AM I got so ridiculously tired and had to take a nap. Woke up, played some poker, did some shopping. I ended up dozing off during the super bowl! It was hard for me to stay awake. Anyways, I'm glad I did because the game was great. I basically didn't watch the third quarter, played a $2 game and won, and then watched the final stretch.

After losing a (relatively large) amount in the $2 games, I managed to make a bit of a comeback. I am mad at myself for not playing the $1 at 1 more seriously. The wife was basically able to double me up with AK early on, and I ran my stack up to 6k pretty early. Ran into quads in one hand when I held AQ. Thought he might be bluffing me with an A also. Stupid me.

Also lost HU PLO. My HU game in both NLHE and PLO have gone to shit.

Anyways, despite the losses, the BR is still ok. Made some more $ in low limit razz to offset some SNG losses - amazing that I turn a winner in that game.

Like a Movie

My client told me this was all like a movie. I'm not sure if I've ever seen any second of my life that way, but maybe I just have a bad memory or haven't seen enough movies.

Winning doesn't feel nearly as good as losing would have felt bad.

Poker's horrible. Just lost 3 way aipf - Full Tilt Poker Game #10351246880: $2 + $0.25 Sit & Go (78321026), Table 1 - 20/40 - No Limit Hold'em - 5:01:16 ET - 2009/01/31Seat 1: oldnumber75 (1,370)Seat 2: actzeng (1,440)Seat 4: jscsr (1,130)Seat 5: shoogun62 (3,225)Seat 6: theKEBAB (1,536)Seat 7: berktug (662)Seat 8: baronbludmaggot (2,723)Seat 9: bjto (1,414)bjto posts the small blind of 20oldnumber75 posts the big blind of 40The button is in seat #8*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to actzeng [Qc Ah]actzeng has 15 seconds left to actactzeng calls 40jscsr calls 40shoogun62 foldstheKEBAB foldsberktug raises to 662, and is all inbaronbludmaggot calls 662bjto foldsoldnumber75 foldsactzeng raises to 1,440, and is all injscsr foldsbaronbludmaggot calls 778actzeng shows [Qc Ah]berktug shows [Kc 6s]baronbludmaggot shows [Ad 7c]*** FLOP *** [8d Th 9h]*** TURN *** [8d Th 9h] [4d]*** RIVER *** [8d Th 9h 4d] [7d]actzeng shows Ace Queen highbaronbludmaggot shows a pair of Sevensbaronbludmaggot wins the side pot (1,556) with a pair of Sevensberktug shows a straight, Ten highberktug wins the main pot (2,086) with a straight, Ten highactzeng stands up

Impending doom

I have what is probably going to be the biggest trial of my career on Wednesday, so won't be grinding at the tables too long, and probably won't be playing any games in the $5 zone. Will play some probably late at nights as I have been, maybe the $1 turbo after working, but gotta keep the eyes on the prize.

It's probably tied as the biggest trial because it's the same client as my other big trial, and he was looking at significant jail time after conviction anyway. I have a ton of stuff to do and will probably work through the weekend.

Played the wicked chops freeroll, and it turned out kinda funny. Grinded, grinded, grinded for a while. The field was about 1400 players or so, so I knew it was going to take forever. With 90 left, I was second, and I decided at that point, since I couldn't play the Borgata ME anyway, that I was just done and blew all my chips away.

To be fair, I had said that a few times, shoved with the worst hand, and kept hitting cards, which is the only reason I was in second anyway. It was late, and I either had to work or sleep, so I worked, then slept.

New Sensation

INXS album.

SNGS went badly. That last $5 game I played, I RRAI with JJ pre, and got called by AK, and he flopped a K. Sick of playing the same games, I decided to get stupid. I got in a Razz cash game at the min stakes, sat with $5, got a ton of good cards, and ran it up to $13. It started badly, but got much better, thanks to the cards.

Look, that's nothing for most people, but puts me in the "good day" column when that happens.

Also, HU PLO has been non-existent. Been playing HU NLHE which has been going pretty well (despite the fact I know I'm jinxing myself). Just got lucky the last game. I had KK, raised, he called. Flop is 775, and we get it all in right there. He turns over 55. I hit K on the river. WEEEEE.

Not gonna make myself a cash razz regular or anything, but thought it was fun and interesting to sit at. Definitely going to keep it in mind when I want to switch things up. Hopefully, I don't start playing it willy-nilly, as I have a tendency to do, and have it lose its entertainment value.

Basically, I played $5 - didn't have to throw it all in at any moment, and got to see a lot of cards turn over. Seems like an ok deal.

Playing a super satellite to the 20-20 right now. Buy in is $2, and the top three get the $5.50 buy-in for the satellite. Don't know why I'm playing this. If I get the satellite seat, I will probably just turn it into tourney bucks since I probably won't be able to play the 20/20 anyway.

Trying to Think

Always thought that would be a great name for an album.

I've been wading through the bad beats. Limped with AA once, got two callers, flop is KT3, I bet, raised, all in, he has T3. Stuff like that. I learn my lesson. This is just one big lesson. I won't win every time, but it should be ok, as long as I continue to find the right level of aggression.

Basically been up and down. Should have made bigger scores in the $2 SNGs I've been playing, but again - the bad beats. Playing a $5 right now. Amazing how much more money the $5 games are worth by comparison. And, how much more they suck to lose.

For some reason, FTP's Iron Man calculated that I earned 200 FTP points yesterday. I did not earn close to that much, nor could I, nor did they credit me with those points. Will still try to qualify for the one-a-day freeroll, since I'm very close.

Signed up for a Borgata ME seat in a freeroll that's tomorrow night. It's through wicked chops (thanks guys!). Couple things that kind of suck - even if I win, I will not be able to play in the actual main event due to my trial on Wednesday. Other than that - thanks guys!

I think the runners up get professional DJ headphones, which would probably be awesome for jamming around the kit.

sick of this shit

Full Tilt Poker Game #10139006975: $1 Tournament (76770069), Table 8 - 100/200 - No Limit Hold'em - 19:48:59 ET - 2009/01/19Seat 1: TNT6963 (3,480)Seat 2: deekurt26 (1,940), is sitting outSeat 3: StokoVitan (2,310)Seat 4: hiscorpion (4,580)Seat 5: actzeng (1,615)Seat 6: Wilder07 (1,820)Seat 7: mcoffey26 (5,590)Seat 8: Shiera (12,215)Seat 9: cheffe1311 (645)deekurt26 posts the small blind of 100StokoVitan posts the big blind of 200The button is in seat #1*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to actzeng [Ac Ad]hiscorpion foldsactzeng raises to 400Wilder07 foldsdeekurt26 has returnedmcoffey26 raises to 600Shiera foldscheffe1311 foldsTNT6963 foldsdeekurt26 raises to 1,940, and is all inStokoVitan foldsactzeng calls 1,215, and is all inmcoffey26 calls 1,340deekurt26 shows [Qc Ah]actzeng shows [Ac Ad]mcoffey26 shows [Jh Jd]*** FLOP *** [4s Js Th]*** TURN *** [4s Js Th] [Kc]*** RIVER *** [4s Js Th Kc] [3d]deekurt26 shows a straight, Ace highmcoffey26 shows three of a kind, Jacksdeekurt26 wins the side pot (650) with a straight, Ace highactzeng shows a pair of Acesdeekurt26 wins the main pot (5,045) with a straight, Ace highactzeng stands up*** SUMMARY ***Total pot 5,695 Main pot 5,045. Side pot 650. Rake 0Board: [4s Js Th Kc 3d]Seat 1: TNT6963 (button) didn't bet (folded)Seat 2: deekurt26 (small blind) showed [Qc Ah] and won (5,695) with a straight, Ace highSeat 3: StokoVitan (big blind) folded before the FlopSeat 4: hiscorpion didn't bet (folded)Seat 5: actzeng showed [Ac Ad] and lost with a pair of AcesSeat 6: Wilder07 didn't bet (folded)Seat 7: mcoffey26 showed [Jh Jd] and lost with three of a kind, JacksSeat 8: Shiera didn't bet (folded)Seat 9: cheffe1311 didn't bet (folded)