The curse HAS NOT been lifted!

So I had my game on Saturday $1-$2 NL game and the Rake Back Program was in FULL EFFECT. Couldn't hit any draws and I ended up shippin my stack to Scooter at the end of the night. JP made it out again...he didn't have his seatbelt buckled. Launtz raises to $10, JP re-raises to $20, Big John goes all in, Launtz thinks about it, Eyes JP's stack and decides to put JP all in and easily have both of them covered, JP Thinks a while, and called so now he is all in...

Pot: A little over $300
Big John: QQ
JP: QQ
Launtz: K9o

Flop: 9K9 and thats all she wrote........

Game is sick...

Sunday at the Fish Tank $1-$3 NL

Went over to Steve's game Sunday. I'm supposed to deal the game's 2nd shift at 11:30 PM when Bert jumps out the box. Ended up getting there early cause I had to go pick up the pink chips for This Friday's Game. Was hoping there would be enough players there so I wouldn't play at all. Yeah right, Ended up sitting with $200 which was short for this table and ended up playing for for about 1 1/2 hours...fuck that...lost a big hand to Brian after limping in with AQo and betting out on the flop that was 8Q5, got raised by brian and called all the way down to the river killin 3/4 of my stack when he flopped bottom 2 pair. Shipped the rest of my stack to River Ed when I pushed all in with pocket 6 and River ed called with K7o...I asked what he has, he says King High, I flip my 6's over and ask for hte pot, then he slow rolls me and says no wait, I have a 7 that paired the flop. God Damn I hate being slowrolled. River Ed does this all the time, and I will slow roll him from now on...I can't wait to get in a huge pot and slow roll his ass somethin' serious! Hopefully I'll have gotten over my bad karma curse soon.

I won't be playing in Jeff's game this Tuesday, I'll just deal it the whole evening, I'm scared that my karma is gone, then I'll try my luck on Wednesday at the Donkey Coral.

Another Night at the Coral

Went over to Travis' and Noelle's game this past Wednesday. I was catchin cards at the beginning, ran my stack up to about $400 and mother goosed it till a couple of hands hit me on the flop, then I get out turned or rivered...It got a little irritating...Usually I don't get frustrated, but you all know im going through a punishment sent out by the poker gods...I swear I learned my lesson so please lift this curse that the poker gods has cast upon me!!!! So if I am getting a lil frustrated, just leave me be, I'll get over it after some time...but yes, I have been a bit crabby lately...None the less, I followed one of my new rules...only play 8-10 hours straight and no more, I cut my time on Wednesday to 8 1/2 hours of play to be down $60 bucks...I had enough...Wasn't trying to break the game and Travis wanted me to deal the dealers choice game so I did, which actually put me up $20 bucks for the night. I think I am able to see the light at the end of the tunnel soon...

I'll try my luck up Atlantic City again this week...No game Tonight, actually tryin to hit the Market Lounge to see Junkyard Band tonight but it all depends if I can get one of my boys to roll or either get a ride or somehow get a car for tonight, but it looks like it might be a an online poker night for me...sucks...I really wanna go out tonight...

I have my $1-$2 NL game on Saturday, game is shaping up to be a good game, then I'll be dealing the 2nd shift of Steve's $1-$3 Game at the Fish Tank...Right after that, If plans still a go, Rick and I should be meeting Travis and Noelle at the Trop Monday Morning!

History is Made! Launtz Busts Out!

Wow....Jeff has a game on Tuesdays now...$1-$2 NL Brand new game on the circuit in Laurel. His First game was tonight and the turn out was pretty nice...has the old school table we all started out with our games...the folding table from Sports Authority, but he had the nice leather chairs and pretty decent food...He has to work on his dealers...Though they did the job, they need to speed it up..and it got a little frustrating especially for me cause I was stuck...new faces, new fish..can't ask for anything better...but the Fish get lucky...Rick played well and snapped the retard fish off...the one I wanted to snap off..the other guy was a total fish, but had a big knot on his head from gettin hit with the deck...fell in love with any pair and called you down to suck out...I busted out and rebought, then busted out again...Jumped in the box and made most my money back in tips....

If its one thing about this game...LAUNTZ BUSTED OUT BROKE! If you ever played with all of us...you know Launtz RARELY LOSES!!! Not tonight...Keenan was hittin his stack up...made him rebuy...Then Rick finished the job off...Rick was the big winner tonight while I can't shake this bad karma off for nothing...Hopefully this shit won't last no longer, but its kickin my ass massively...I need HELP!!!! I promise I'll stay away from the NJ's Bad Karma...I swear, just bring me back!!!

$1-$3 NL at the Fish Tank

Heh, I can't stay away from a good poker game I swear...Today I went to Kings Dominion for the day...Daddy, Daughter time...I had a great time, Cheyenne is big enough to get on alot of the rides except the real big coasters, but she was able to ride the majority of rides with me so I had a great time, she did too! I remember being able to go the whole day, ride after ride till they closed the park...I was dead tired when 6PM came around...So it was decided that we call it a day at the park...Heh...Its not too late, I need to make some money anyway, lemme call Steve up and see whats poppin at the Fish Tank and see if I can get in the box...

Bert usually deals his game, but lets me get in the box when Bert gets tired or wants to play, luckily I was able to get in the box 30 minutes after I get to Steve's place...went straight there from Kings Dominion...

The game looked sick from the rail, but soon as I jumped in the box...the action got viscious...$1-$3 NL is a sweet game...Big Pots...I swear...pots were about $300+ each hand...though the hands were slow cause players wanted to talk through the hand tryin to make decisions...they made up for the slowness with nice generous tips! Hollywood Scott usually complains that I never give him cards...I sure hit him with the deck this time around and he was loving it...tipped me every hand even when he wasn't in the hand, he'll throw me a couple white chips...if he wins a hand...he took care of me...now he wasn't the only one that did, the whole table was very generous with tips!

Hollywood Scott ended up runnin his stack to $700+ when I jumped in the box to only ship it to Big Money Alex...it was a raised pot with 3 or 4 callers...I think it was raised to $16 to see the flop...Flop came out 5c6c9c maybe...and Hollywood Scott pushes all in with ThTd...Alex calls with AJc and he ships his whole stack to Alex...Pot was huge! Don't worry, Alex will ship it back to someone or donk it off in the game...and thats what happened...His stack needed stitches early...next thing you know..he ships his stack...goes to the ATM and re-buys for more...20 minutes later, he busts again...Game was sick! The craziest action I have seen in a while!

I want to throw a $1-$3 Game but Steve has claimed it for his game, I won't bite it, even though I wanna throw a $1-$3 Game this Saturday, but na...He should be the only one with a $1-$3 Game only to differentiate the games in our MD Circuit of games.

That was the best session as far as tips I have ever made in the time I dealt! Can't wait for the next $1-$3 Game and hopefully Bert will either take shifts or wanna play..either way, when he leaves for the night...im in that box! I play way too tight for this game...so I won't even try my luck...

Friday & Saturday Games

Had my $3-$6 Limit H/L game on Friday...Had a full table pretty much the whole night. Sick action...Can't wait till I get some pink chips..gave everyone the heads up and hopefully the first "pink" game will be a sucess...Going for a 3 bet structure instead of the $7.50-$15 game as recommended by Travis...To make it more fun and last a little longer, It will be a $2.50-$5-$7.50 betting structure with a kill pot making it $5-$10-$15. Should be tons of fun to be shipped a sea of pink chips! Always fun at the Trop, Should make for a good time here at home!

Went over to the S.H.O.P to deal Pops' $200 buy in Tourney...had a full 20 players, Keenan and I dealt the Tourney till the cash game started. Had 2 running tables a long period of day into the evening, looking over from the main table, the must move table had some sick action...was extra juicy too...

I don't think I played bad tonight, got dealt alot of bullshit that wouldn't even have hit, and when I did catch cards, I couldn't connect with the flop, hands I had to fold that I was in that were shown down, I wouldn't even have won...finally push my last $36 bucks with 77, Bob calls with TT, and Devo called me with 88...Bobs hand held up and im done for the night...Sucks not winning over at Pops house cause he lives all far...the ride home sucks...only dropped $250...but still...I'm supposed to have a tower of chips over my head...Guess I'm still tryin to shake off that bad karma I caught...maybe a small break this week should be just what I need...'Till Saturday of course...

The donkey Coral

Went over to Travis' and Noelle's game last night and didn't do well at all...I somehow need to shake this streak off my back before Saturday's game at the S.H.O.P or I aint playin...

Anyway, Got on the board for $150 then $200 then $250 when I cut myself off ran it up a small bit then shipped it...

Called 2 all-in's with only 1 pair...QQ that is...on a 5 high board...im such a fish...hence the equation E=><>² anyway...tilted after that and ended up shippin my stack with QJ to Rick who held KK when I hit top pair.

Got on Party poker and played $100 PLHE and $3-$6 Limit Holdem...Got dealt AA and took down a $140 pot in the $3-$6 game...capped preflop/flop/3-bet turn with 4 players, heads up on river with 1-bet. dude turned a set of Qs but the best hand held up the whole way! Me So Lucky, I get up from both tables, sell Rick $100 to cover $100 off my board...

Sit down when the table is about to break...Borrow $120 from Keenan and luckily Bessman and his boy were bout to go, and they decide to go all in dark, i look down to TT and call...ship it! pay most of my board back...and almost even for the night...Playin Heinz Poker is not cool at all...

Weekend up Atlantic City

Tried to get a game together since I wasn't dealing this past Friday with the fellas...Since Chris wasn't in town, he wasn't going to have a game so I tried to get everyone together to play...that was a wash..then it was my Saturday to throw a game...I didn't get enough responces and didn't feel like waiting around to see if the game popped off on Saturday, so I decided to take the bus up to Atlantic City for the weekend...

Cancelled my Saturday Game and Rick was tryin to go...never been up, so lets go...Make our way up to AC at 8PM and arrive at the Trop around 11:30PM...

Played well...I got real tired cause we played all night, look at the clock its around 9AM and get up from the table...Rick still stuck so he still tryin to play...I decide to hit a spa up for a good massage...get back and rick still stuck..so I sit back down to another table and make a small profit and then we decide to find a room for the night...Trop was full, couldn't get a room till Sunday...Just go across the street to the Econo Lodge so we are still in walking distance to the Trop...Go to bed for a while and get up a couple hours later...

Go play at the Trop again and spotted Nelly up there...they had a hard time gettin to AC...almost 8 hours with the bus they rode on breakin down...I would've been pissed...Get stuck on a table full of idiots that don't know how to play..end up losing a meatball and they called for a pink 2-way Hold'em & Omaha H/L game...Got up and played that...I was pretty sure it was Travis and Noelle asking George to spread this game. Lost my ass in that game...Played some $1-$2 NL afterwards and ending up card dead...cash out and im going to bed...

Wake up and its time to check out sunday morning...Lets head to the Borgata cause he has to see how tight the 'Gata is...Sat at a $1-$2 NL table which was a bunch of insane people, end up playing 2 hands the whole time up there, cards were as dead as they can get...drop another meatball and said fuck this head back to the Trop...

Get to the trop and they opened a new $1-$2 Table so we get sat to that table...made enough to buy in the deepstack Tournament and end up getting to the final 3 tables...bust out in a 4 way all in which I could've avoided and survided but I was already playing horrible after last night...couldn't shake it off...I'm on the button with blinds at $1000/$2000 with a $100 ante i believe...5 players limp in to me so I decide to push with 99 SB is all in, another all in in LP then the lady to my right calls..has all of us covered. We flip SB has KK, dude in LP has AQo, Lady to my right has JJ

99 vs. KK vs. AQo vs. JJ

Pot: HUGE
Flop: 55J
Turn: Blank
River: Blank

She kills 3 players and they break down to the last 2 tables...

Rick made the final table chopping it 9 ways...which was stupid..he was 4th in chips and lost money when they chopped an even $705 for the 8 players and chip leader got most of her prize money.

I continued to play real bad and it was almost time to go...waiting for the pink chip game to get off since there was a list of interest, just not enough to play that night...end up playin bad, so decide to go eat dinner...get back and its 2AM so played 1 more hour and playin so bad rick seen the last hand I had with QQ and called dude down with a K99 board and lost...yeah you are right...its time to go...

Played real bad...Bad Karma...as I was told by Rick...Never again...........Hopefully I can shake this off before Wednesday and make some of the money back.........till then........

Wednesday Night Poker

Went to Travis' and Noelle's game last night...Up and down, up and down...down...down...up...down....Had the ketchup bottle from the Trop by my side the whole night. Only down $200 bucks...Nothin out the ordinary...I just keep getting reminded I can't remember hand histories for shit...I wanna go to AC....

Poker Marathon..Home Games to Atlantic City...

Goodness Gracious...What a weekend full of poker!

FRIDAY - $3-$6 Limit Round of Each H/L Game

Turn out was great, it was alot of fun playing other games instead of NLHE. I actually made some money after playing Heinz Poker for a short period of the game. I didn't jump into the game until real late because the table was full pretty much the whole evening. Lauren made some Taco Pie that was good. Can't wait to decide what she will be making for the game next game.

SATURDAY - $210 Freezeout & $1-$2 NLHE

After taking a small nap Friday morning after my game, I had to head down to Pops Game at the S.H.O.P. He just got back from his Florida Trip and was in town to host his game, then in the morning he was headed straight to Vegas for a mini vacation of his own...

Game started out with a small tournament with about 13 players. Travis and I dealt the 2 tables when it broke to 1, I dealt the final table while he dealt the cash game. Noelle usually deals the cash game, but she was still in the tournament so Travis did his thing for the cash game 'till Nelly busted out the Tournament. Pops and Rick chopped up 1st and 2nd place money with Pops having a 2 to 1 chip lead on Rick while Keenan took 3rd place.

Cash game started and I played my usuall game, building my stack until I went card dead towards the end of the game. Game was cut at 3AM because Pops had to catch an early morning flight to Vegas. Ran my stack up to a little over $500 making a small but nice profit, its not that $1K cash out I like, even though it looked like it was getting there in the middle of the game. There really were no hands that stick out to me worth talking about.

Travis, Noelle and I planned to head up to Atlantic City after the game...we were going to get dropped off in Baltimore to catch the greyhound up for a 6:30AM departure. Meanwhile, Paul was interested to go, so I kept mentioning it to him tryin to convince him, lets go...after a lot of convincing, he decides what the hell and drives up to Atlantic City!

Game breaks, we clean up a little bit, and head to Atlantic City. We arrive at the Trop and Pauls drops us off at the Trop...Home Field to me...I just can't play anywhere else and he heads over to the Borgata.

SUNDAY/MONDAY - TROPICANA/TAJ MAHAL TOURNAMENT

We got to the Trop, my FAVORITE poker room in Atlantic City and sat down to a table at 6:30 AM. I sit at a table with Travis cause of course, I see an extra sexy chick at the table...but Travis sat at the end of the table with her, and being I don't like to sit in the middle of the table, I decide to sit on the opposite end. The table is short handed and we are playing like donkeys having fun until we get other players to sit down and as it got later in the morning, the table fills and fun poker is done with. I end up getting friendly with Meeva, the chick I was eyeing at the table...But being I had a bunch of chips and I couldn't miss draws, I ended up shipping her my stack on a flush draw when it was obvious she hit a set on the flop and I was tryin to draw out on her...she is banging each street until the river and let me off the hook on the river which I didn't understand..she did alot of retard plays and I found myself bluffing her alot out of hands. I guess justice was served when I shipped her my stack and she stands up 15 minutes afterwards with my money...she cashes out and comes back to the table and asked if I was gonna be here when she gets back...the person she came with had to be back home and she was gonna come back afterwards...Told her to give me a call but no service at the Trop and I didn't see her again..hopefully she will still call me just to chat a lil bit

Played $1-$2 NL the rest of the day, making a small profit and decide to play the 7:15 Deepstack Tournament at the Trop. $80+$20 Buy in with starting stacks at T$10,000 in chips. I thought this would make for better play, but being the structure is stupid, its no difference starting with the regular T$4000 Tournaments with the Single Add-on. At least it fixed my curiousity with that tournament, I ended up doing well until the blinds started getting out of hand and it turned into an all in fest...made it to 2nd break with Antes being 200, Blinds are at $400-$800 I decide its time to push on any decent hand. I get irritated and found myself in late position after paying $1600 in antes and my blinds, I'm down to T$5800 chips left and decide im just goin to push...guy besides me is irritated that I did the move I did..yes it was some donkey shit, but I didn't want to play anymore. I'm in LP with 79o, Limp, All In, fold, fold, All in, Fold, Fold, I'm all in, after saying Fuck it and chip leader called all 3 all ins. Guy besides me was like, I really hope you have somethin and not feed the chip leader any chips...I told him yeah, I have a straight draw with 2 flush draws and show him my 79o...he is disgusted and berates me for making such a stupid play, I say watch what happens and told him I just didn't wanna play nomore, fuck this tournament...he was shorter that I was but took it very seriously...with his stack its a crap shoot as well...anyway, im up against QQ, AK and some hand I can't remember to my 79o LOL

Flop comes 6TAr with the chip leader with AK excited he is about to scoop the main and side pot! Turn is blank, River 8...OOPS...I ran into my straight...I said OOOH look at that, dude besides me is sick to his stomach and says I can't believe this shit...I say I have a straight! dealer didn't make us turn out cards over and the whole table says, "What?" I laugh and say, "straight, this game is pretty easy" and laugh..."yes I know this was disgusting, Me So Lucky!" and I collect the main pot which was pretty damn hefty off the quadruple up and chip leader takes the side in disgust. Couple hands later, I laughed and said, damn that was pretty dirty huh? chick across the table said yeah, that was dirty as shit dude LOL I bust out when we are down to the last 3 tables. Meanwhile, Travis, Noelle and I decide we want to play the Midnite tournament at the Taj. This was just for the fun of it...you start with T$12,000 in chips, levels are 12 minutes and it cost $38+$12 to play...$50 bucks is cool to donk off and have some fun with. So yeah, 2nd hand in, im busted and first player to bust out. Guy to my left flops a boat holding J8, flop comes out J88, 2 clubs, I have A7c, Turn was a 6c, we get all our money in the middle and I ship it. Go sit down at a $1-$2 NL Table run my stack to get my buy in back with a real small profit when Noelle busts out and says, lets go back to the Trop..sure, let me cash out and lets go..Cash out and we head back to the Trop...The Taj sucks...I hate the Taj...Just reminded me why this place is stupid...

Head back to the Trop and decide to play the Pink Game with Noelle...$7.50-$15 Limit Holdem' Wow, this game was fun...Noelle busts and goes to bed. Now this game is a damn roller coaster, gained the respect I wanted and was able to take down some pots w/o going to showdown, I break dead even and cash the hell out and go to bed around 7AM.

MONDAY - TUESDAY - BORGATA/CAESARS/TROP

Wake up around 12 and found that Paul got up already and was at the Borgata. I wash up and cab it to the Borgata and find Paul. Plan was to leave around 3 to make it home by 6 so I can be home when my daughter gets back from day care..yeah, I made arrangements cause we are going to stay the day again....Sit at the next table to him and play some $1-$2 NL and grab some pots here and there...Talking to a guy I have seen many times at the borgata and figure out how I know him, he plays in Bumpers Annapolis Tournaments he used to host on Thursdays but Chip and Cutty have takin it over for Bumper. I think about registering for the Act I Tournament. The Borgata Summer Open is going on now and Mondays even was the $300 rebuy tourney. I think about playing the 2nd Chance cash tournmant also...but lose track of time and don't. Paul busts out and says lets hit the buffet...heh, im up somethin small again, lets go...see the trend? I don't mind leaving if I'm up and I'll take the profit any day LOL. Go eat at the buffet and he says lets go hit Caesars...

Play at Caesars for a little while, run my stack up....again...and after a couple hours of play, game looks like its going to break, well...the folks that I was playing with that I was having fun with decide to get up, so I get up and tell Paul im taking a cab back to the Trop. Nothing wrong with Caesars and actually didn't have any retard dealers so I have no problem with Caesars poker room, but its not the Trop...I made my decision yesterday, I will only play at the Trop and Borgata from now on...no need to ask what casino I want to play at, its either 1 of the 2 but best when we first get there, just know I'll be at the Trop makin my way to the Borgata later on during the trip.

Wow at the action table I was at...of course I ran my stack up a good bit amount and Charlie, Marco walk in and see me, I was sitting at the table with Charlies cousins and didn't know it was them...total fish...The table was all fish and dude I played with when we first got there was sat at my table, we chit-chat a lil bit and don't get into each others pot, if it happens that we get heads up, we just checked it down...he never won a pot from me. Anyway, Charlie comes up to me and says, Don't take my cousins money E...Those 2 are my cousins LOL Fine man...but for some reason his cousin Salso had my number and won some big pots off me...ok, its war LOL...I finally snapped him off and it was a big hand...pot got to be close to $1000. I looked down to 55, it was a raised pot, Salso is drunk off his ass and likes to push...he runs his stack up high off the suck outs..he couldn't miss a draw...I hit my set on a A35 board. 4 hits the turn, dude to my right that is all in says yes and shows his duece...fuck...A on the river..BOAT SHIP IT...I scoop the pot! 2 racks of red-birds im boosted, Salso continues to rebuy after rebuy, and is now in the game for way over $1400 and we just sit there and pick at his chips....then it turned into drunk poker, table fills up with 6 drunks and 3 of us are sober including me, and we are just pickin off the drunk players...This one guy just can't do it...he is extra angry and storms off after 3 rebuys and him falling victim to Salso's drunk suck outs..it was disgusting...Couple of the regulars decide to go get fucked up and blaze, but Salso wants to play more, I say fuck that, yeah lets keep playing, Take a stack and a half out my rack, head to the cage with the rest and cash it out oooh that felt good LOL....so we move over to Noelle's table and everyone is happy that we decide to move the party over to there table now...Salso just stitched his stack away slowly buy surely and decides to keep re-buying until he is dead broke. I ran my stack up doubling it, then decide to register for the 11:15 tournament...the whole night waiting to spread a pink 2-way game also...not enough interest so it was a wash...I took $65 in chips off the table and went to the cage and cashed it up so I can register for the Tourney...I took a break, took $25 off the table and went to the crap table while I took a break and dumped it after making somethin small...came back and ran it back up...made a bad call, shipped a stack to guy on my left..its cool, didn't hurt me one bit...made it back and decided to get cute with the hammer....72o i raised and flop came out 22A, I bet $17 on the flop, got 2 callers and 6 came on the turn, Bet out $40, dude is hollywooding me the whole time LOL...call...River brings a 5...Bet out $60, he asks if I have a duece, i say yeah...he asks let me see it...I say pay per view dude...and point to the $60 bet...hits me with the ok, im all in then...oops...insta call...i can't lay down trips...he shows 25 of clubs for a boat....OOOPS, i ship him my stack, he has me covered...heh...its time for the tourney anyway...god damn why did I have to get cute? lol oh well...still up for the trip...

Played the morning tournament, 3 hand in, hit trip Js get my money in there, to get rivered broadway. make it to the 3rd round, look down to TT, push, to get called by KTd who is also all in, and AA who scoops the pot, im going to sleep now...sleep for 3 hours, Paul comes up and gets me and we head back home...

Over all, great fun trip...back to reality...heh...till Wednesday...See you guys again Wednesday night at the Donkey Coral.

$1-$2 NL At the Donkey Coral

Went to Travis' and Noelle's Game on Wednesday.

Pretty much was card dead the whole game...the whole table was card dead as we watched Mikey win pot after pot after pot...he was slammed with the deck as his stack grew to close to $1400...when he decides to leave, we get pretty much short handed with only about 40% of the money left on the table...Luckily I wasn't in the game too much, but only my original buy in and 1 $100 add on to my jizzled stack...

Game ended up breaking and we were down to 3 handed, Jimmy, Paulson and myself. All 3 of us were playing Heinz poker so Jimmy wanted to play till one of us 3 had all the chips...fine, whatever...we decided to play...Eventually, me and Paul broke Jimmy after 3 re-buys with his last re-buy being the shortest rebuy of all his rebuys through out the night...Paulson was still stuck, but not more than $150, and I ended up beating Heinz poker walking out that house with a $75 profit...all that to make $75...I am not complaining at all...just sucks to play that long for that lil bit of money, but none the less, its a Win...

Whats goin on with AT lately? I think AT is losing on purpose because I have adapted my revised hand...the mighty duece-4. The past 3 weeks, I am probably 3 for 48 playing AT, but Wednesday Night, my duece-4 was on point..filled up a couple times, busting the new guy...I thought he has JJ, but Travis said he had to pair...I'm not gonna cheat on my AT for the Duece-4, I aint collecting my shiny white chip if duece-4 takes down a pot for one of my fellow players...but you betta ship me a white chip if the AT takes it down...thats the original E hand..and will stay my hand...Just beware of the Revised hand cause it'll get ya!

Independence Weekend Poker at the S.H.O.P

Whoo Hooo!!! You gotta love the 12 hour grinds at the S.H.O.P. We just can't leave...especially when there are chips to be takin...

Wasn't any really big hands that stand out to me at this time...Just played good poker through out the night...yup..I did it again...ran that stack up to over 1K again...Nice big red twin towers! I wasn't the only one though this weekend...goodness there had to been over 6K in chips at one point of the game at its peak...

Of course Launtz cashes out a trillion dollars again...he scooped a big pot for way over 1K had him sittin very pretty the rest of the evening...

I got in the game for my regular $150 buy in...added on another meat ball and it was no lookin back after that...Cashed out of the game with $1100 and some change...made a nice profit...Thats 3 in a row for a 1K or more cash out at the S.H.O.P....I hope this can keep up for this upcoming Saturday's game!

Its 4th of July, headed to my folx house to BBQ it up..hopefully I can get some friends together to come over, eat food, play a little poker as well...somethin friendly...not late either...I got an interview on Wednesday at the D.O.T buildings as an assistant property manager over there...

Have a great 4th of July and next game I play will be at Travis' and Nelly's Wednesday Night Poker at the Donkey Corral.

Heinz Poker is not FUN!!!

Goodness...How do get in the game for $300 at Big Chris house???

The fish tank was cancelled today so I went to Big Chris house to play the every Sunday get together with the crew for $1-$1 NL...

I somehow rebuy within the 1st maybe 45 minutes? Actually add-on when I think I have the best straight, but Jizzle catches me with the broadway...Heh....whatever...

As the night goes on...My 'lil brother is hittin all his draws...straights...flushes...he couldn't miss a draw...even gut shots..he won't fold...he hits everything...he ends up sittin with over $400 in his stack...Everyone that came by, bought in but didn't cash out...I refused to let the game break early specially im losin my ass off....

Down to 4 handed with me almost even..still playin Heinz poker....when we decide to cut the game at 5:30AM...fine...I'm down about $93 bucks...I can hopefully get out this game breakin even...

Last hand of the night, Straddles for $2 from Joel...Jizzle Calls, I call, Kenny calls, Joel raises to $6, Jizzle Calls, I re-raise to $16, Kenny folds, Joel calls, Jizzle Calls...Oh yeah...I have AA!

Pot: $50
Flop: AsTs2d

I check, Joel bets out $25, Jizzle folds, I push all in for the rest of my stack...$176 on top
Now Joel wants to sit there and think about it...I'm thinkin to myself..fuck he is on a flush draw...maybe I can get him off his hand, I show him 1 Ace...Red ace at that...he decides to show me JsQs...FUCK....Let me show him my set...Joel has been hittin EVERYTHING...I DON'T WANT THE CALL HONESTLY...and I try my hardest to talk him into folding...That $175 is 3/4 of his stack...leaving him with about $75 bucks...Joel says..."Don't do me wrong Frank" shoves his chips in the middle...yeah...I'm worried now...Joel hits everything...im done...I pull my $300 in cash to pay the board cause im done after this hand...

Pot: $452
Turn: [AsTs2d]Tc

BOOM! BOAT!!!!

River: [AsTs2dTc]5c

SHIP IT!

I walk out with a small profit of $150 and now im ready to go to Pops game...

This game is brutal..Heinz poker is not fun at all....I hate this game... :)

$1-$2 NL at Wheaton

Usually deal this game, After seeing Travis have a horrible week last week, I asked him if he wanted to take shifts dealing Bert's game last night...he agrees and I take the top of the hour to deal Bert's game...

Seen some sick hands, Set over Set, AA vs. KK and stacks just gettin shipped back and forth...Nothin out the usual over there...

John cashed out a good bit, then couple busted out...M-Bomb caught some feelings when the fellas started talkin bout Asian women...and the majority playing are Asian..I don't know why he caught feelings, but he decided he didn't want to play any longer and cashed out a good bit amount and the table got tighter...M-Bomb makes the table very loose...

I decide to take 1 more shift in the box and jump in seat 9 where M-bomb sat...actually in the 10 seat, but both seats are open...Ran my $150 stack to $550 in 2 hours...

I ran down Jimmy with my KJ vs. his AK...I honestly didn't know he was messing around with AK, but I still had a gutshot and he didn't make it too expensive for me to think I was behind...limped pot 5 ways...Flop was KT6...Jimmy bet out $10, 2 callers, I bring it to $25, folds to Jimmy he calls, Hollywood scott and Todd both fold and we are heads up...Turn brought an Ace and he bets out $25, I just call and peeled a Q on the river...checked to him thinkin he would bet, and I take the pot...

Scoop a couple small pots here without having a showdown...

Bert says he is extra tired...and decides to play bad...he makes a $15 straddle and I look down to KK...I think do I wanna pop it up or should I let someone else pop it...thinkin they usually do, I just smooth call the $15 hoping to get raised...nope...doesn't happen...

Flop comes out QT6

Bert checks, I bet out an E, Bert calls

Turn brings a 2

Bert bets out $40, I call

River brings a K

Bert pushes all in, I insta call and hope he doesn't have AJ...Travis thought I had AJ with a heart flush draw...My set of Kings take it down, and im sittin pretty!

Game breaks not too long afterwards as Travis keeps tellin Sean to stay for his 5 free hands before he is under the gun to only get broke before he is UTG...game breaks after 2 rotations when I decide to cash out when I was UTG.

My game is in a few...bout to get ready and hopefully not have the Rake Back Program goin soon as I sit down!