I wanted to post yesterday but we sold a couple vehicles at work and my goddamn internet died at home last night so it was not really possible. This on the heels of having to replace my AC on Tuesday. Life delivered some bad beats this last 24 hours. But just like in poker, I am resilient and plan on stacking life this next week while on...
Vacation
We are leaving for Loveland, Colorado on Sunday at about 8pm. Why so late? Would you want to travel 10 hours with a 1 year old in a car? Hopefully she will sleep through the entire trip. To make things more interesting, we found out today that she has strep throat. Should make things fun.
The plan for Colorado is to spend a few days at my wife's sister's house along with their brother, other sister, parents, and all the nieces and nephews. Aside from the sister that lives there (plus a husband and two kids) the rest of us are from this area. Then on Thursday all 16 of us are going up into the mountains to stay at a cabin/resort joint in Estes State Park. We will be there a couple days then come home on either Saturday night or Sunday morning. I am not really looking forward to it but I am anxious to catch a couple Rockies games at Coors. I am hoping to see Greg Maddux pitch since the Padres will be in town. Hopefully it works out for the good.
Poker
I do not have time to get into the promised topic from my last post. I will see if I can get another post up tomorrow.
I have not played much the last few days. When I have, it is has been goofing off on Poker Stars with 5 card draw or on UB with PLO and HORSE. All together I have gambled away a buy in.
Oops...
Buh-Bye
Sorry for the short update. I will get you more either tomorrow or this weekend before we leave. No You Tube video today either....I will make up for it. I promise.
Later
Thursday, July 19, 2007
Monday, July 16, 2007
Almost ALL Poker?!?!?!?
EDIT: For those of you that came here after reading my sig on CR that says I posted nude pics of Jessica Alba......yeah, I lied.
Boy did I have a big weekend hands wise. I put in just over 5k while just 4 tabling! The results were not there though, as I lost about 1 buy. I get frustrated seeing some guys just kill the limit when I scuffle so bad at times. I just continue to make bad calls and I refuse to trust my reads.
I put in some hands at HU and that went ok. I was up big early, took a big down swing, then surged back. Typical stuff for HU. I suffered some rough beats and made a few bad plays. All in all it was a fun diversion. I think I will do some study of HU as I think it is a very profitable game to be good at if you can handle the swings.
Bankroll
After surging past $4k to start the week I dropped $381.35 in about 6k hands to end it. I also started staking a friend (more on that in a sec) which took another $500 out of play.
Roll: $3151.71
Month Total: -$688.24
YTD: +$1932.17
The month and YTD figures include rakeback and about $4k in total withdrawals.
I really want to make the jump to 1/2 but I am just not ready. Until I become consistent and mature in my post flop play I will play $100 even if I grow my roll to $10k.
Staking Deal
Earlier this week a friend, CoxhEd on CR, put a thread on the OT board about selling his laptop so he could roll himself to play again.
For those that do not know, he went through a very tough spell that involved his mother fighting and beating cancer. During this time he withdrew his roll and moved back home to care for her.
Upon seeing the thread about his laptop I started to consider an offer to stake him. I was not sure if I wanted to take an eighth of my roll out and I needed to make sure my wife was ok with it (I earn the money but we share everything, I only felt it would be best to discuss it with her). After a few days I decided to approach him with the idea.
Within a few hours of my first PM we had a deal. I shipped him $500 on UB so he can play $25nl until he builds to $1500 at which time we will have a discussion about continuing or stopping the deal. As far as how it is structured, I would prefer to keep that private but suffice to say it is fair to both of us.
This is my first time doing this and as you can imagine I was a bit cautious entering it. I really trust CoxhEd and I am super anxious to see him succeed. He was beating 1/2 (and maybe 2/4, I forget) when his mom got sick so I know he can do it. He is a super guy and really deserves any good fortune he receives.
Wrap Up
I will be back Wednesday with some discussion about what to do when you feel uncomfortable in a pot. The topic has come up some on the low limit board so I think I will delve into it a bit. I may also see about posting some hands. And finally, I have my second lesson with Primoman tomorrow night. I will update you all on how that went.
You Tube
Today's video ties into the ESPY's which were aired last night. This is one of my favorite video's of all time and in the interest of full disclosure, I still cry every time I see it. Enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePXlkqkFH6s
Boy did I have a big weekend hands wise. I put in just over 5k while just 4 tabling! The results were not there though, as I lost about 1 buy. I get frustrated seeing some guys just kill the limit when I scuffle so bad at times. I just continue to make bad calls and I refuse to trust my reads.
I put in some hands at HU and that went ok. I was up big early, took a big down swing, then surged back. Typical stuff for HU. I suffered some rough beats and made a few bad plays. All in all it was a fun diversion. I think I will do some study of HU as I think it is a very profitable game to be good at if you can handle the swings.
Bankroll
After surging past $4k to start the week I dropped $381.35 in about 6k hands to end it. I also started staking a friend (more on that in a sec) which took another $500 out of play.
Roll: $3151.71
Month Total: -$688.24
YTD: +$1932.17
The month and YTD figures include rakeback and about $4k in total withdrawals.
I really want to make the jump to 1/2 but I am just not ready. Until I become consistent and mature in my post flop play I will play $100 even if I grow my roll to $10k.
Staking Deal
Earlier this week a friend, CoxhEd on CR, put a thread on the OT board about selling his laptop so he could roll himself to play again.
For those that do not know, he went through a very tough spell that involved his mother fighting and beating cancer. During this time he withdrew his roll and moved back home to care for her.
Upon seeing the thread about his laptop I started to consider an offer to stake him. I was not sure if I wanted to take an eighth of my roll out and I needed to make sure my wife was ok with it (I earn the money but we share everything, I only felt it would be best to discuss it with her). After a few days I decided to approach him with the idea.
Within a few hours of my first PM we had a deal. I shipped him $500 on UB so he can play $25nl until he builds to $1500 at which time we will have a discussion about continuing or stopping the deal. As far as how it is structured, I would prefer to keep that private but suffice to say it is fair to both of us.
This is my first time doing this and as you can imagine I was a bit cautious entering it. I really trust CoxhEd and I am super anxious to see him succeed. He was beating 1/2 (and maybe 2/4, I forget) when his mom got sick so I know he can do it. He is a super guy and really deserves any good fortune he receives.
Wrap Up
I will be back Wednesday with some discussion about what to do when you feel uncomfortable in a pot. The topic has come up some on the low limit board so I think I will delve into it a bit. I may also see about posting some hands. And finally, I have my second lesson with Primoman tomorrow night. I will update you all on how that went.
You Tube
Today's video ties into the ESPY's which were aired last night. This is one of my favorite video's of all time and in the interest of full disclosure, I still cry every time I see it. Enjoy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePXlkqkFH6s
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
What a long week...
On the 4th, as promised, I drank like 300 beers. It breaks down like this:
-I had an 8:00 tee time with my brother. After a tough first hole we turned the cart around and hit the clubhouse for some beer. Great plan.
- We finished golfing about 11:00 and I went home to get loaded up to head to my parents farm.
- Got to the farm about 1:00, started drinking.
- A friend and I drove around and shot things/animals with .22 rifles for a few hours, while drinking.
- We came back and sat around for a few hours bullshitting, and drinking.
- Etc, drinking, etc.
Are we seeing a pattern here?
About 7pm I just wore out. I was tired and full and drunk. Awesome.
Softball
Boy are we terrible. I mean really really terrible. For one, my batting average the last 3 years reads like this: .540, .623, .558. This season, which is 2/3 over, I am sitting at about .250. WTF? It is at the point where I am voluntarily sitting out big games because I am killing my team.
On Thursday we had a league game against a team we swept earlier in the season. The first game we manage only 4 runs in an 8-4 loss. The second game we crushed them 16-4 in 5 innings (1o run rule). So we were feeling OK coming into the weekend's big tourney.
Oops...
In two games we played a total of 10 innings and were outscored 27-7. In other great news it was 103 degrees on Saturday. Our pitcher (and best hitter) had to quit in the 3rd inning of the first game because he was super hot and light headed. In the second game my brother came off the field dry heaving he was so hot. What a shitty fucking day.
Out of the double elim tourney (two and BBQ as we say in the biz) we decided that we should come over on Sunday to watch the not so terrible teams that were still playing. And by watch, I mean drink.
I got up early Sunday (for me) and made up a gallon of mojitos in a water jug then headed for the ball diamonds. Once there seven of us proceeded to annihilate the mojitos and 5 or 6 cases of beer.
We were drunk. I mean wrestling in the front yard of a buddies house drunk. Yeah, I know...
We did much of the partying behind the center field fence so we could heckle the other teams. At one point a home run landed right by us. We grabbed the ball and saved it for later.
Side point important to the story: Our first basemen, Jung, is this 6' 2'', shaved head, broad shouldered, righty that looks pretty intimidating if you don't know him.
Soon after another ball came our way. Jung stands up on the picnic table and throws the original ball back left handed as we all chanted "Throw it Back! Throw it Back!" Of course the team in the field has no idea what is happening as they have no idea who we are. We proceed to repeat our performance like thrice more. Of course they have to stop the game for us each time. Pure drunken comedy.
Poker
As you may have been able to tell from my tales of drunkenness I have played almost no hands in the last week. When I did play, I had a rough time suffering set over set losses no less than 3 times. in a 500 hand stretch. I am stuck a bit over 2 buys since my last post and my roll sits at $3750 or so.
Being Fat
I have been really tired a lot lately. My friend Matt (mjrnt on CR) suggested that maybe it is because I sit on my ass all day at work then go home and sit on my ass some more. I am def 25 pounds overweight and I am sick of feeling older than I am. I really need to get out of the house and do something other than drink...like take a jog or something. Ugh. So as much as I hate to say this, tonight when I get home I am gunna go for a run. Hopefully I stick with this for a few months. If I prove to myself that I can, I will renew my membership at the YMCA for the first time in like 2 years so I can start with weights again.
Yuck.
You Tube
Will Ferrell and Pearl, the final chapter:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiGd294SnB8
On the 4th, as promised, I drank like 300 beers. It breaks down like this:
-I had an 8:00 tee time with my brother. After a tough first hole we turned the cart around and hit the clubhouse for some beer. Great plan.
- We finished golfing about 11:00 and I went home to get loaded up to head to my parents farm.
- Got to the farm about 1:00, started drinking.
- A friend and I drove around and shot things/animals with .22 rifles for a few hours, while drinking.
- We came back and sat around for a few hours bullshitting, and drinking.
- Etc, drinking, etc.
Are we seeing a pattern here?
About 7pm I just wore out. I was tired and full and drunk. Awesome.
Softball
Boy are we terrible. I mean really really terrible. For one, my batting average the last 3 years reads like this: .540, .623, .558. This season, which is 2/3 over, I am sitting at about .250. WTF? It is at the point where I am voluntarily sitting out big games because I am killing my team.
On Thursday we had a league game against a team we swept earlier in the season. The first game we manage only 4 runs in an 8-4 loss. The second game we crushed them 16-4 in 5 innings (1o run rule). So we were feeling OK coming into the weekend's big tourney.
Oops...
In two games we played a total of 10 innings and were outscored 27-7. In other great news it was 103 degrees on Saturday. Our pitcher (and best hitter) had to quit in the 3rd inning of the first game because he was super hot and light headed. In the second game my brother came off the field dry heaving he was so hot. What a shitty fucking day.
Out of the double elim tourney (two and BBQ as we say in the biz) we decided that we should come over on Sunday to watch the not so terrible teams that were still playing. And by watch, I mean drink.
I got up early Sunday (for me) and made up a gallon of mojitos in a water jug then headed for the ball diamonds. Once there seven of us proceeded to annihilate the mojitos and 5 or 6 cases of beer.
We were drunk. I mean wrestling in the front yard of a buddies house drunk. Yeah, I know...
We did much of the partying behind the center field fence so we could heckle the other teams. At one point a home run landed right by us. We grabbed the ball and saved it for later.
Side point important to the story: Our first basemen, Jung, is this 6' 2'', shaved head, broad shouldered, righty that looks pretty intimidating if you don't know him.
Soon after another ball came our way. Jung stands up on the picnic table and throws the original ball back left handed as we all chanted "Throw it Back! Throw it Back!" Of course the team in the field has no idea what is happening as they have no idea who we are. We proceed to repeat our performance like thrice more. Of course they have to stop the game for us each time. Pure drunken comedy.
Poker
As you may have been able to tell from my tales of drunkenness I have played almost no hands in the last week. When I did play, I had a rough time suffering set over set losses no less than 3 times. in a 500 hand stretch. I am stuck a bit over 2 buys since my last post and my roll sits at $3750 or so.
Being Fat
I have been really tired a lot lately. My friend Matt (mjrnt on CR) suggested that maybe it is because I sit on my ass all day at work then go home and sit on my ass some more. I am def 25 pounds overweight and I am sick of feeling older than I am. I really need to get out of the house and do something other than drink...like take a jog or something. Ugh. So as much as I hate to say this, tonight when I get home I am gunna go for a run. Hopefully I stick with this for a few months. If I prove to myself that I can, I will renew my membership at the YMCA for the first time in like 2 years so I can start with weights again.
Yuck.
You Tube
Will Ferrell and Pearl, the final chapter:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiGd294SnB8
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Pre-Independence Day Thoughts
Between yesterday and today I got all the shit for my new computer. I am going to start assembling it this evening as long as I am comfortable I won't fuck anything up. If I get to the point where I realize I have no idea what I am doing I will wait for my brother to finish it up on Thursday. He says he will install the OS and drivers then as well. Hopefully he follows through, because I want this baby up and running in the worst freaking way.
Independence Day
As I said on Friday, I cannot wait for tomorrow! We got big plans starting with an 8:12 tee time at a local public course. I have not actually golfed a round, or a hole for that matter, since my lessons started. I am not expecting anything major since I have yet to pick up a driver, wedge, or putter... I am just looking to have fun and tip a few back with my little bro.
When we are done golfing I will venture out to my parent's farm to start drinking/blowing stuff up/shooting things.
I can't wait.
Poker
I have not played much since my last post. Friday my wife, daughter, and I went out for dinner with some friends. When we got home I was so tired I went to bed early. Saturday we went to my aunt's for dinner. Again, by the time I got home I was beat and went to bed early.
Side note: I tried a new drink concoction on Saturday. I mixed equal parts Sky vodka and and Cointreau (orange liqueur) and added a splash of club soda. It is a really good summer drink as it was quite refreshing. Of course the flavor is very strong and it is def a sipping drink. I highly recommend giving it a try.
So Sunday I sat down for a good 1,300 hand day. I split it into an afternoon and evening session. The afternoon stint was only about an hour as I was not playing well and suffered a set over set loss for a full buy. I guess my head really was not into it for whatever reason. I dropped like $150 and said screw it, then did some work around the house.
Sunday evening went far better as I won my losses back plus a buy in or so. I played very very well and got paid on a few big hands. I actually doubled up on two different tables within about 5 minutes of each other. Once was with a set of queens, the other I flopped AKJ with QT...the villain had AQ and could not let it go.
I hope to play 1k hands this evening as I have no idea when/if I will be able to play tomorrow. Thursday will also be tough since we will be working on the new computer. I hope to play a shit ton on Friday because this weekend is also a total loss. I have a softball tourney all day both Saturday and Sunday. If we get knocked out early Sunday I will get some hands in. Otherwise it will be slim pickings.
Bankroll
June:
Start: $4084.89
End: $3839.95
Net Difference: -$244.94
Witdrawls: $1021.00
Gross Difference (money made playing poker before withdrawls): +$776.06
Hands: Approx 20k
Current: $3936.77
July: +$96.82
It was certainly not my best month on record. But considering I missed a week due to illness and my continued inability to fold hands on the river when I know I am beat, I feel really good about things.
Goals
As I stated WAY back, my goal for the year is to be beating 2/4 by January 1st. I still think that is very possible and I will continue to work towards it. My more immediate goal is to make $2,000 while playing 20,000 hands in July. This will be VERY hard as I am taking a weeks vacation starting on the 23rd. I will work my ass off in the meantime and see what happens.
I want to move full time to 1/2 by the beginning of September, something that must happen if I am to have any shot at getting to 2/4 by New Years Day.
You Tube
Real Jeopardy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5H5r4_CoJo
Fake Jeopardy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM56uf3JbCU
Independence Day
As I said on Friday, I cannot wait for tomorrow! We got big plans starting with an 8:12 tee time at a local public course. I have not actually golfed a round, or a hole for that matter, since my lessons started. I am not expecting anything major since I have yet to pick up a driver, wedge, or putter... I am just looking to have fun and tip a few back with my little bro.
When we are done golfing I will venture out to my parent's farm to start drinking/blowing stuff up/shooting things.
I can't wait.
Poker
I have not played much since my last post. Friday my wife, daughter, and I went out for dinner with some friends. When we got home I was so tired I went to bed early. Saturday we went to my aunt's for dinner. Again, by the time I got home I was beat and went to bed early.
Side note: I tried a new drink concoction on Saturday. I mixed equal parts Sky vodka and and Cointreau (orange liqueur) and added a splash of club soda. It is a really good summer drink as it was quite refreshing. Of course the flavor is very strong and it is def a sipping drink. I highly recommend giving it a try.
So Sunday I sat down for a good 1,300 hand day. I split it into an afternoon and evening session. The afternoon stint was only about an hour as I was not playing well and suffered a set over set loss for a full buy. I guess my head really was not into it for whatever reason. I dropped like $150 and said screw it, then did some work around the house.
Sunday evening went far better as I won my losses back plus a buy in or so. I played very very well and got paid on a few big hands. I actually doubled up on two different tables within about 5 minutes of each other. Once was with a set of queens, the other I flopped AKJ with QT...the villain had AQ and could not let it go.
I hope to play 1k hands this evening as I have no idea when/if I will be able to play tomorrow. Thursday will also be tough since we will be working on the new computer. I hope to play a shit ton on Friday because this weekend is also a total loss. I have a softball tourney all day both Saturday and Sunday. If we get knocked out early Sunday I will get some hands in. Otherwise it will be slim pickings.
Bankroll
June:
Start: $4084.89
End: $3839.95
Net Difference: -$244.94
Witdrawls: $1021.00
Gross Difference (money made playing poker before withdrawls): +$776.06
Hands: Approx 20k
Current: $3936.77
July: +$96.82
It was certainly not my best month on record. But considering I missed a week due to illness and my continued inability to fold hands on the river when I know I am beat, I feel really good about things.
Goals
As I stated WAY back, my goal for the year is to be beating 2/4 by January 1st. I still think that is very possible and I will continue to work towards it. My more immediate goal is to make $2,000 while playing 20,000 hands in July. This will be VERY hard as I am taking a weeks vacation starting on the 23rd. I will work my ass off in the meantime and see what happens.
I want to move full time to 1/2 by the beginning of September, something that must happen if I am to have any shot at getting to 2/4 by New Years Day.
You Tube
Real Jeopardy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5H5r4_CoJo
Fake Jeopardy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM56uf3JbCU
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