Saturday, September 23, 2006

dream crusher

I thought I would LAG it up this morning on the $10NL tables. I sold a super donk image early and gave away most of a buyin. I got into as many cheap pots as possible and stacked off a ton of short stacks. The best was when i busted KK with 85o. Something about dishing out" bad beats "makes it easier when I get dealt my own beats.

Once I hit about 3buyins the table scattered and I had a gew guys come thru and play some heads up b4 I stacked them. None bought in full so it wasnt as profitable as I would have liked.

My bankroll is lower than my last update, and I doubt I will make my goal this month unless my sportsbets come thru.

here is a picture for your viewing pleasure. look at my super LAG stats :-)

Thursday, September 21, 2006

Football season

WEll I waited til week three, but think i am going to get in a little football handicapping this week. I dont have a ton of funds available to throw into a sportsbook, so am going to start small. I threw in a little mad $ into bodog, and am going to make a few picks this week. I am going to check my picks against the goldsheet, but it looks like i will take the following single bets:

Chicago -4
Tennessee +11
Baltimore -7
Philly -6.5
Atlanta -4

I am going to also play a 5 team parlay of all the games.

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EDIT WITH PICKS

Well I made my picks. I ended upo not taking any straight bets this week. I only wanted to play with $35 just to make the games more interesting.

My first pick is my crazy insane parlay, with less than a 1% chance of coming thru.


Date placed:
Sep 21, 2006 3:48p
7 Team Parlay #45547335
Football - NFL Lines (Game)
NFL WEEK 3
(221) Philadelphia Eagles -6½ (-115) Sun@4:15p
Competitor: (222) San Francisco 49ers
Football - NFL Lines (Game) Total
NFL WEEK 3
(217) St. Louis Rams vs. (218) Arizona Cardinals Over 45 (-105) Sun@4:15p
Football - NFL Lines (Game)
NFL WEEK 3
(215) Baltimore Ravens -7 (-115) Sun@4:05p
Competitor: (216) Cleveland Browns
Football - NFL Lines (Game)
NFL WEEK 3
(214) Detroit Lions -7 (-105) Sun@1:00p
Competitor: (213) Green Bay Packers
Football - NFL Lines (Game)
NFL WEEK 3
(207) Washington Redskins -4 (-115) Sun@1:00p
Competitor: (208) Houston Texans
Football - NFL Lines (Game)
NFL WEEK 3
(206) Miami Dolphins -11 (-105) Sun@1:00p
Competitor: (205) Tennessee Titans
Football - NFL Lines (Game)
NFL WEEK 3
(225) Atlanta Falcons -4 (-115) Mon@8:30p
Competitor: (226) New Orleans Saints
Risk $7.00 to win $629.44
I just made the picks for fun really. I have hit a 5 team parlay before but never a 7 teamer.

The second pick for the week is so that I have a little action on the home team. I really couldnt take them with a 7 point favorite, so I teased out the action, and since I was at it took the Bengals with a tease and just to make it look good threw in the Eagles as a teased dog vs SF.
Date placed:
Sep 21, 2006 3:57p
3 Team Teaser #45548199
Football - NFL Lines (Game)
NFL WEEK 3
(221) Philadelphia Eagles +3½ Sun@4:15p
Competitor: (222) San Francisco 49ers
(Teased 10.0 points)
Football - NFL Lines (Game)
NFL WEEK 3
(204) Indianapolis Colts +3 Sun@1:00p
Competitor: (203) Jacksonville Jaguars
(Teased 10.0 points)
Football - NFL Lines (Game)
NFL WEEK 3
(201) Cincinnati Bengals +11 Sun@1:00p
Competitor: (202) Pittsburgh Steelers
(Teased 10.0 points)
Risk $7.60 to win $6.91
I also played a bird parlay

Date placed:
Sep 21, 2006 3:46p
2 Team Parlay #45547109
Football - NFL Lines (Game)
NFL WEEK 3
(221) Philadelphia Eagles -6½ (-115) Sun@4:15p
Competitor: (222) San Francisco 49ers
Football - NFL Lines (Game)
NFL WEEK 3
(215) Baltimore Ravens -7 (-115) Sun@4:05p
Competitor: (216) Cleveland Browns
Risk $5.00 to win $12.48
The rest of my pics were from a 4 team 3way round robin. I have never done a round robin, but just took the pics that I was most confident with and threw the

Date placed:
Sep 21, 2006 3:42p
3 Team Parlay #45546766
Football - NFL Lines (Game)
NFL WEEK 3
(215) Baltimore Ravens -7 (-115) Sun@4:05p
Competitor: (216) Cleveland Browns
Football - NFL Lines (Game)
NFL WEEK 3
(207) Washington Redskins -4 (-115) Sun@1:00p
Competitor: (208) Houston Texans
Football - NFL Lines (Game)
NFL WEEK 3
(225) Atlanta Falcons -4 (-115) Mon@8:30p
Competitor: (226) New Orleans Saints
Risk $5.00 to win $27.67

Date placed:
Sep 21, 2006 3:42p
3 Team Parlay #45546765
Football - NFL Lines (Game)
NFL WEEK 3
(221) Philadelphia Eagles -6½ (-115) Sun@4:15p
Competitor: (222) San Francisco 49ers
Football - NFL Lines (Game)
NFL WEEK 3
(207) Washington Redskins -4 (-115) Sun@1:00p
Competitor: (208) Houston Texans
Football - NFL Lines (Game)
NFL WEEK 3
(225) Atlanta Falcons -4 (-115) Mon@8:30p
Competitor: (226) New Orleans Saints
Risk $5.00 to win $27.67

Date placed:
Sep 21, 2006 3:42p
3 Team Parlay #45546764
Football - NFL Lines (Game)
NFL WEEK 3
(221) Philadelphia Eagles -6½ (-115) Sun@4:15p
Competitor: (222) San Francisco 49ers
Football - NFL Lines (Game)
NFL WEEK 3
(215) Baltimore Ravens -7 (-115) Sun@4:05p
Competitor: (216) Cleveland Browns
Football - NFL Lines (Game)
NFL WEEK 3
(225) Atlanta Falcons -4 (-115) Mon@8:30p
Competitor: (226) New Orleans Saints
Risk $5.00 to win $27.67

Date placed:
Sep 21, 2006 3:42p
3 Team Parlay #45546763
Football - NFL Lines (Game)
NFL WEEK 3
(221) Philadelphia Eagles -6½ (-115) Sun@4:15p
Competitor: (222) San Francisco 49ers
Football - NFL Lines (Game)
NFL WEEK 3
(215) Baltimore Ravens -7 (-115) Sun@4:05p
Competitor: (216) Cleveland Browns
Football - NFL Lines (Game)
NFL WEEK 3
(207) Washington Redskins -4 (-115) Sun@1:00p
Competitor: (208) Houston Texans
Risk $5.00 to win $27.67

Those are my picks for the week. $36+$3.60 bonus to win 1 million..... I mean to win $759.51. I'd be happy to break even., and really really hope that the eagles cover on the 49ers! if not I'm screwed :-p


I think the key to sports betting is not to bet an amount that will ruin your weekend if you lose. My bets wont affect me if I win or lose, but will make the games a little more interesting ;-)

wish me luck!

Tuesday, September 19, 2006

my month suxs

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in other news im still not able to get on UB, therefore i have not been playing....

Thursday, September 14, 2006

im a tilt box

lost 100 today, but decided if i was going for broke i would play blackjack! i managed to recoup 60% of my losses and then decided i had better stop while i was ahead.......

one of my sickest beats came when i flopped a set of A's and my opponent caught a river straight after i put him allin on the turn.

i also ran my trips into a bigger kicker for a stackoff...

my ub client broke on my laptop and i cant figure out how to fix it so im probably not going to be playing tonight. its owrking on my desktop but i prefer to play in the livingroom.

i was offered a bankroll building oppurtunity today, if itcomes through i will be close to 500, but im not holding my breath.....

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

no alcohol tonight

and thats just unfortunate.....

I didnt play much, in fact i didnt think i would be playing long. i cashed out my ub acct but left $4 and some change in there. i decided to screw around at the 10nl table with it, and managed to get it up to $24. Not to shabby. I was dealt AA twice in a row, and had a very lag image. i called an allin with A4, the guy was on a stack of less than $2, and caught my A vs his 88. he asked me why i called an allin with A4 and i said "b/c i wanted to put a bad beat on you" he ended up tilting and dumping several buyins to the table.

So the first hand i get AA I didnt get allin, the cards kinda scared me off

Hand #35084850-1173 at Homewood (No Limit Hold'em)
Started at 13/Sep/06 19:00:38

DeadEd is at seat 0 with $10.10.
quaddskater is at seat 1 with $4.55.
ladygirl is at seat 2 with $5.
studdmuffin12 is at seat 3 with $2.60.
beepsmom is at seat 4 with $8.42.
pokahplay3r is at seat 5 with $12.35.
The button is at seat 0.

quaddskater posts the small blind of $.05.
ladygirl posts the big blind of $.10.

DeadEd: -- --
quaddskater: -- --
ladygirl: -- --
studdmuffin12: -- --
beepsmom: -- --
pokahplay3r: As Ah

Pre-flop:

studdmuffin12 folds. beepsmom folds. pokahplay3r
raises to $.35. DeadEd folds. quaddskater folds.
ladygirl calls.

Flop (board: Td 3h 8h):

ladygirl checks. pokahplay3r bets $1. ladygirl
calls.

Turn (board: Td 3h 8h Ts):

ladygirl checks. pokahplay3r checks.

River (board: Td 3h 8h Ts 3s):

ladygirl checks. pokahplay3r checks.



Showdown:

ladygirl shows Jh 9c.
ladygirl has Jh Td 3h Ts 3s: two pair, tens and threes.
pokahplay3r shows As Ah.
pokahplay3r has As Ah Td 8h Ts: two pair, aces and tens.


Hand #35084850-1173 Summary:

$.10 is raked from a pot of $2.75.
pokahplay3r wins $2.65 with two pair, aces and tens.
----------------------------------------------------------------

but the second hand i covered the guy i had taunted and told him it was for him, i ended up getting action from someone else but ill take it

Hand #35084850-1174 at Homewood (No Limit Hold'em)
Started at 13/Sep/06 19:01:19

DeadEd is at seat 0 with $10.10.
quaddskater is at seat 1 with $4.50.
ladygirl is at seat 2 with $3.65.
studdmuffin12 is at seat 3 with $2.60.
beepsmom is at seat 4 with $8.42.
pokahplay3r is at seat 5 with $13.65.
The button is at seat 1.

ladygirl posts the small blind of $.05.
studdmuffin12 posts the big blind of $.10.

DeadEd: -- --
quaddskater: -- --
ladygirl: -- --
studdmuffin12: -- --
beepsmom: -- --
pokahplay3r: Ad Ac

Pre-flop:

beepsmom folds. pokahplay3r raises to $2.50. DeadEd
folds. quaddskater calls. ladygirl folds.
studdmuffin12 folds.

Flop (board: 2h 4h 5s):

pokahplay3r bets $5.15. quaddskater goes all-in for
$2. pokahplay3r is returned $3.15 (uncalled).

Turn (board: 2h 4h 5s 2s):

(no action in this round)


River (board: 2h 4h 5s 2s 3c):

(no action in this round)




Showdown:

pokahplay3r shows Ad Ac.
pokahplay3r has Ad 2h 4h 5s 3c: straight, five high.
quaddskater shows Js Jc.
quaddskater has Js Jc 2h 5s 2s: two pair, jacks and deuces.


Hand #35084850-1174 Summary:

$.45 is raked from a pot of $9.15.
pokahplay3r wins $8.70 with straight, five high.
----------------------------------------------------------------

so the br is 212 and am still behind my taget by $8. I was hoping to have my ub withdraw process so that i can hop over to absolute and get some rakeback and clear a bonus that is good for today. it doesnt look like its going to happen so i will probably head to one of the cryptologic sites and try to collect a bonus along with rakeback.

thanks for reading

Tuesday, September 12, 2006

drinking and poker is -ev

luckily i manged to pull myself back to even. honestly though my big losing hands werent entirely based on my bad play, but maybe underestimating my opponents.

I had a friend come over for dinner tonight, and he brought a bottle of port wine he picked up in portugal. Really tasty, but we pretty much polished it off between the two of us b/c my wife didnt care for it. Port wine is a little stronger than she is used to since its fortified with brandy, and this particular bottle was 40 proof.

So he took off and i fired up the laptop to play in a MTT I qualifed for sometime this weekend that was a sat to a super sat for the UB Aruba MTT. I got bored pretty quick and didnt really wantto commit 4 hours to the tourney and pushed in a 4 way pot with my 99. The play had been crazy and i figured i would quadruple up or move along. 93 vs QJ vs AK vs me :-/ I was ahead until the turn that produced and A, and it was over for me. no worries though.
I guess the laggy bug got me and the result was the following hands....

Hand #34296637-22217 at Bethany (No Limit Hold'em)
Powered by UltimateBet
Started at 12/Sep/06 22:02:28

naytchh7 is at seat 0 with $26.35.
steel23 is at seat 1 with $19.30.
pokahplay3r is at seat 2 with $28.35.
Mr Tweet is at seat 3 with $10.70.
Brendan 1876 is at seat 4 with $25.60.
DaMast is at seat 5 with $39.25.
The button is at seat 4.

DaMast posts the small blind of $.10.
naytchh7 posts the big blind of $.25.

naytchh7: -- --
steel23: -- --
pokahplay3r: Js Jh
Mr Tweet: -- --
Brendan 1876: -- --
DaMast: -- --

Pre-flop:

steel23 calls. pokahplay3r raises to $1.10. Mr
Tweet folds. Brendan 1876 folds. DaMast calls.
naytchh7 re-raises to $1.95. steel23 folds.
pokahplay3r re-raises to $7.20. DaMast folds.
naytchh7 calls.

Flop (board: Kc 4h 6c):

naytchh7 bets $9. pokahplay3r goes all-in for $21.15.
naytchh7 goes all-in for $19.15. pokahplay3r is
returned $2 (uncalled).

Turn (board: Kc 4h 6c Ad):

(no action in this round)


River (board: Kc 4h 6c Ad 5s):

(no action in this round)




Showdown:

pokahplay3r shows Js Jh.
pokahplay3r has Js Jh Kc 6c Ad: a pair of jacks.
naytchh7 shows Ah Kd.
naytchh7 has Ah Kd Kc 6c Ad: two pair, aces and kings.


Hand #34296637-22217 Summary:

$2.70 is raked from a pot of $54.05.
naytchh7 wins $51.35 with two pair, aces and kings.
----------------------------------------------------------------
Hand #34296637-22206 at Bethany (No Limit Hold'em)
Powered by UltimateBet
Started at 12/Sep/06 21:54:10

naytchh7 is at seat 0 with $26.70.
steel23 is at seat 1 with $17.20.
pokahplay3r is at seat 2 with $29.45.
Mr Tweet is at seat 3 with $9.75.
Brendan 1876 is at seat 4 with $26.60.
DaMast is at seat 5 with $24.
The button is at seat 5.

naytchh7 posts the small blind of $.10.
steel23 posts the big blind of $.25.

naytchh7: -- --
steel23: -- --
pokahplay3r: Jh Ad
Mr Tweet: -- --
Brendan 1876: -- --
DaMast: -- --

Pre-flop:

pokahplay3r raises to $.85. Mr Tweet folds. Brendan
1876 folds. DaMast calls. naytchh7 folds. steel23
calls.

Flop (board: 2d Th 8c):

steel23 checks. pokahplay3r bets $2.65. DaMast
raises to $5.30. steel23 folds. pokahplay3r calls.


Turn (board: 2d Th 8c Ac):

pokahplay3r checks. DaMast bets $13.25. pokahplay3r
goes all-in for $23.30. DaMast goes all-in for
$17.85. pokahplay3r is returned $5.45 (uncalled).

River (board: 2d Th 8c Ac 4s):

(no action in this round)




Showdown:

pokahplay3r shows Jh Ad.
pokahplay3r has Jh Ad Th 8c Ac: a pair of aces.
DaMast shows 8h Ts.
DaMast has 8h Ts Th 8c Ac: two pair, tens and eights.


Hand #34296637-22206 Summary:

$2.40 is raked from a pot of $48.95.
DaMast wins $46.55 with two pair, tens and eights.
----------------------------------------------------------------
Hand #34295844-1259 at Adrar (No Limit Hold'em)
Powered by UltimateBet
Started at 12/Sep/06 22:24:15

pokahplay3r is at seat 0 with $29.30.
Triplej2688 is at seat 4 with $8.90.
JohnnyBassman is at seat 5 with $21.25.
The button is at seat 5.

pokahplay3r posts the small blind of $.10.
Triplej2688 posts the big blind of $.25.

pokahplay3r: 9h Th
Triplej2688: -- --
JohnnyBassman: -- --

Pre-flop:

JohnnyBassman calls. pokahplay3r raises to $1.
Triplej2688 folds. JohnnyBassman calls.

Flop (board: Tc 9d Jc):

pokahplay3r bets $2.25. JohnnyBassman calls.

Turn (board: Tc 9d Jc 4s):

pokahplay3r bets $4. JohnnyBassman calls.

River (board: Tc 9d Jc 4s Qs):

pokahplay3r bets $4.75. JohnnyBassman calls.



Showdown:

pokahplay3r shows 9h Th.
pokahplay3r has 9h Th Tc 9d Qs: two pair, tens and nines.
JohnnyBassman shows Js Qh.
JohnnyBassman has Js Qh Tc Jc Qs: two pair, queens and jacks.


Hand #34295844-1259 Summary:

$1 is raked from a pot of $24.25.
JohnnyBassman wins $23.25 with two pair, queens and jacks.
----------------------------------------------------------------

So the end result was about a $2 boost to the br, b/c i cleared my last buck and change in bonus money.

I realized that I am kinda stuck for the moment though, I am epecting a neteller transfer tommorrow and my UB email doesnt match my neteller email, i usually switch around when i am cashing out from ub, but since ub transfers arent instant i dont want to screw my self on my other transfer. Anyhow if i play any tommorrow it will probably be on ub, then i am not sure if i am goingto hit up sun or absolute to clear some bonus and rakeback.

so thats were im at, just about $7 behind my target but am not playing anyymore tonight b/c my head isnt quite there.

Monday, September 11, 2006

took the win tonight

unfortunately i could have booked a little bit more. I got sucked out on by a hyper aggro donk (at least thats what his screenname was, im not sure i could argue against that either)

Hand #34296111-51331 at Little Rock (No Limit Hold'em)
Powered by UltimateBet
Started at 11/Sep/06 19:57:19

PerryF is at seat 0 with $6.65.
FloodedBoat is at seat 1 with $14.75.
Kogapumba is at seat 2 with $9.50.
HyperAggrDonk is at seat 3 with $25.85.
pokahplay3r is at seat 4 with $45.
diamondray is at seat 5 with $10.
The button is at seat 0.

Kogapumba posts the small blind of $.10.
HyperAggrDonk posts the big blind of $.25.
diamondray posts out of turn for $.25.

PerryF: -- --
Kogapumba: -- --
HyperAggrDonk: -- --
pokahplay3r: 9s Js
diamondray: -- --

Pre-flop:

pokahplay3r raises to $1.10. diamondray folds.
PerryF folds. Kogapumba folds. HyperAggrDonk
re-raises to $3.25. pokahplay3r calls.

Flop (board: Jh 6d 3c):

HyperAggrDonk bets $4. pokahplay3r raises to $18.85.
HyperAggrDonk goes all-in for $22.60. pokahplay3r
calls.

Turn (board: Jh 6d 3c 8s):

(no action in this round)


River (board: Jh 6d 3c 8s 2c):

(no action in this round)




Showdown:

HyperAggrDonk shows 8h 8d.
HyperAggrDonk has 8h 8d Jh 6d 8s: three eights.
pokahplay3r mucks cards.
(pokahplay3r has 9s Js.)


Hand #34296111-51331 Summary:

$2 is raked from a pot of $52.05.
HyperAggrDonk wins $50.05 with three eights.
----------------------------------------------------------------

Of course i was the hyper aggro player in this hand, but i had seen him make move after move and was ready to look him up.

I had an awesome flop tonight too, and it worked out i just wish i was up against HAD

Hand #34296111-51353 at Little Rock (No Limit Hold'em)
Powered by UltimateBet
Started at 11/Sep/06 20:06:14

PerryF is at seat 0 with $13.75.
chewybrutus is at seat 2 with $8.90.
HyperAggrDonk is at seat 3 with $51.25.
pokahplay3r is at seat 4 with $37.80.
diamondray is at seat 5 with $8.35.
The button is at seat 0.

chewybrutus posts the small blind of $.10.
HyperAggrDonk posts the big blind of $.25.

PerryF: -- --
chewybrutus: -- --
HyperAggrDonk: -- --
pokahplay3r: Ah Ac
diamondray: -- --

Pre-flop:

pokahplay3r raises to $.85. diamondray folds.
PerryF folds. chewybrutus calls. HyperAggrDonk
folds.

Flop (board: As 6s Ad):

chewybrutus checks. pokahplay3r checks.

Turn (board: As 6s Ad 4h):

chewybrutus checks. pokahplay3r checks.

River (board: As 6s Ad 4h 9s):

chewybrutus bets $1.95. pokahplay3r raises to $7.80.
chewybrutus calls.



Showdown:

pokahplay3r shows Ah Ac.
pokahplay3r has Ah Ac As Ad 9s: four aces.
chewybrutus mucks cards.
(chewybrutus has 4s Qs.)


Hand #34296111-51353 Summary:

$.85 is raked from a pot of $17.55.
pokahplay3r wins $16.70 with four aces.
----------------------------------------------------------------

I ended up playing 251 hands tonight, and made just over $50. Still has me below where I was yesterday morning though.

Current br is 198.05, todays target was 187.29, so i am just a little ahead of my target. I only have ~$1 left in bonus money at UB, so I will probably move over sunpoker where i have rakeback and a monthly bonus i can clear. my br #'s donk include my referral bonus which i will probably pick up in the next 5 days or so.

anyway, thanks for checking out my blog, gl at the tables!

Sunday, September 10, 2006

shoulda took the profit

i played more today, and it was bad. I lost 3 big hands and could never make anything happen after that.

I had KK vs AA vs a hyper aggressive player, who i thought i had trapped. i was playing 25nl but had about 35-40 invested in the table... stacked....

i had aces full of 8s vs 4 of a kind 8s another 35 loss.

and i had KQ high flush vs A9 flush close to another 30 loss.

after that any big hands i had were offset by losses. I was playing a 50nl game some crazy fool called with 63 sooted and caught a back door flush. he had no other draws.

my bankroll is lower tonight, ~135. just overall shitty

I have $50 referral bonus coming later this week, so im still not to far behind my target.

colts won tonight, so the day wasnt a complete loss :-p

grinding away

So I have been steadily meeting my daily targets. I am playing 25nl now instead of 10nl, and took a couple of shots at 50nl but wasnt playing my A game b/c i was to concerned with playing to high.

So at the 25nl level i am doing well, my br is up to 245, about 4 days ahead of target. Now I wonder if i should keep playing or take the rest of the day off once I hit my target. I hardly played yesterday (maybe 100 hands or so) and hit my target easily. Today I have played 117 hands and shown 34 profit. Most of these hands were played in the wee hours while i was up with the baby.

The kids are sleeping and the wife is at a birthday party so I am going to play for about another hour before calling it a day. I think its easier to call it a session when you are up vs. being stuck. Should you keep playing when winning or take the profit and call it a day?

I'd like to add that I'm not one to hit and run, and only leave a table when its broke, or everyone is on a <20bb stack. I dont like the idea of hitting a small profit and running from a table. I dont think it improves your game, and if one is scared to play a big stack, they need to refine their game.

thanks for reading my ramblings....

Saturday, September 09, 2006

lot of play no progress

I played400 hands yesterday. Which is a lot for me really. I ended the day down a little bit, but fired up this morning while drinking my coffee and stacked off a guy twice in first 2 hands.

Taking the kids out today, and then hittin gup alittle yardwork before we have some friends over.

There wont be much play for me today, although I had wanted to take a shot at the Stars Silver VIP freeroll.

I am still on target for my monthly goal, and accumulating some rakeback.

The br sits at 203.60, and my goal would have me at 154.30 so I am about 3 days ahead of schedule. I'm heading back to work next week though, so its going to be a little tougher to keep up.

Thursday, September 07, 2006

blackjack is evil

so I went back to UB which i think really stands for Ultimate Blackjack, basedon their recent software "upgrades."

It was late last night and I didnt feel like sitting in a ring game, so I thought I would see what the multiplayer BJ tourneys were all about. I signed up for a $1 tourney. Basically its a blackjack stt, where you try to accumulate more chips than the other players in 30 hands, with elimination hands every 10 hands or so.

One guy got dealt 4 blackjacks in the first 10 hands. I ended up going out 3rd at about 15 hands. Only the top 2 spots pay.

I thought I would mosey over tot the single player blackjack and see what the stakes were. Min bet was $1, I sat with $10 and watched the dealer get dealt 3 black jacks in 7 hands, every time an ace was up it was over for me. I was only betting a single dollar, and was even or down $1. I decided to increase my bet to $3, dealer hit another black jack. this left me $6, I decided to bet $2, dealt TT with dealer showing a 3. I split for a 19 and 18. dealer showed 3-8, hit for a T.... blackjack is so rigged. I decided it was time to cut my losses and took my last $2 back to my poker acct.

I played a short 6 max $10nl session and picked up ~$6 of my losses before calling it a night.

Man I am happy to be back at UB, although there are currently issues with pahud on UB. The display positions arent working quite right with the recent upgrade. I am not concerned about it though since I have been working on playing without pahud. I did notice one player at one of my tables last night who was down ~$400 at the $1o level. I'm not sure how he escaped my friends list but that was quickly resolved.

I like the idea of breaking my monthly goal down into a daily target. It makes the goal feel much more attainable. I am trying to think of a good target for next month, butthink I will have a better idea of what I shoudl strive for once this month is closing up.

Today being the 7th my goal is/was to be at $121.40, I am currently sitting with $175.61. Obviously my bonuses have helped a little, but I'll take it anyway I can get it. Next month I will have a little rakeback assisting in my goals.

I'll probably update my bankroll, playing stats later tonight. Good luck at the tables and thanks for stoping by.

Wednesday, September 06, 2006

missing something when its gone

namely sleep.... but i'll survive


i have been able to play a little bit the last couple of days. my wife todl me she didnt mind if i played as long as the kids were alright and i didnt have other things to do. i almost fell out of my chair. thats the only time i have played in the past, but it was always an issue.

I was playing $10 nl on stars but soon realized i am killing myself by not getting rakeback on my play. i have switched back to UB now. O how I missed UB. the clean interface, the speed, and all my little "buddies".

I have been single tabling and working on playing without relying on pahud. its been a good exercise, and has kept me paying attention to the action.

I had originally set up a goal of reaching $500 by oct 8th, but pushed that deadline up to Sept 30th. I am on target with my goal. Taking 6.25 off my target meant that I would need to earn $16.45 per day. Today is the 6th meaning my bankroll should be $104.95 by the end of the day. It is currently $170. So I am right on track. I have to go now, wife has some chores for me :-(

gl at the tables

Saturday, September 02, 2006

its been a long weekend

and it s just getting started. My wife's water broke thursday evening about 5:30 pm. we headed off to the hospital about 7.

My second beautiful daughter was born at 3:18 am September 1st. Only about 2.5 hours of sleep between thursday morning and friday evening. How do ppl pull off 24+ hour poker sessions?

Wife and baby are still in the hospital but I came home to spend time with and take care of the other kids. Grandma's have been pulling split duty, but we didnt want the other kids to feel left out.

My poker goals for September are going to be slim. I am going to try to manage $15 a day profit. I am starting at $6.25, but am already ahead of the game by $100 b/c of some PSO and pokersavy points/bonuses I cashed in.

If I dont make my goal, I can live with that. There are more important things in my life right now.

Fortunatly my wife had an easy delivery, and her sister is planning on coming out and helping for a week or 2 in october.

Children are the ultimate joy of life, too bad they cost so much to raise. If I had ~1mil I would have as many children as possible. Right now it looks like I will need to win a stars million justto put the 3 i have through college.

Gl all!