Borgata Winter Open

After pink broke this weekend, I had to go straight to Pops house for the bad player $500 freeroll. He kept track of all tournament play during the 2007 at the SHOP. I was bottom 10! I'm a bad player and what do bad players do? Bust out tournaments quick!

Played Pops $1-$2 NL game till it was time to head up to AC...I don't know how I drove all the way up there with the rest I had, but I did it.

We got to the Tropicanna and walked through the poker room to say my hello's...If you haven't already known, the Trop has been going downhill lately but I still love the Trop...but there wasn't alot of tables going when we got there. We didn't play there cause I wanted to play the Borgata Late night cash tournament. So we head to the Borgata and barely make it, but got to the poker room and I couldn't find where to register at...So I didn't play, but ended up sitting at a $10-$20 FL Omaha H/L8 Game. There were 2 tables next to each other and Andy thought they were 2 way OE8 games...but they werent, the table andy decided to sit at was the OE8 game, the table I was at was strictly an O8 game. I was playing well the whole game and ran my stack to a dime till goofy guy comes over and sits back down from earlier...He was shipping it when I first sat down and he wanted to take a break and he came back later....Cep't this time, his goofinss loosened me up a bit and I proceeded to leak chips back into the game...I looked down and leaked $200 back to the game and it was 7am already...I had to get some sort of rest before playing the Borgata Open's Limit event so I cashed out and used the winnings to pay for the tourney. FREEROLLIN!!!

Wow at the tournament, The first couple of dealers were garbage...shuffled slow, dealt slow, couldn't run the game very well, and some of them even paid attention to the big screen TV's with th NFL Play off games showing...anyway, there was a break every 2 rounds and the first 2 rounds, I didn't rake a pot in...I splashed around a bit, but never got a pot to go my way...the River killed me EVERYTIME. Some of the hands shown down I didn't understand why they would play the hand they had to the river...maybe cause AKo looks real good to them? Or was it cause the chips didn't hurt them if they lost it...I heard that alot at my table as players scooped in pots that were retarded, "these early levels if you lose a pot, cause the blinds are so small it can't hurt you..." LIES...maybe its not hurting you all, but it sure is hell killing me!!!!

Coming back from break, It was my turn for the best hand to hold up, Its about time the 1 pair draws didn't get there!!! Don't get me wrong though, my stack still suffered from idiot plays, but I happened to have a nice come back to look down to over 10K in chips....then it started happening again...I lost a ton of chips when it was 1 minute to go to dinner break, ATc on the button with 4 limpers behind me, I pop it up and everyone calls, T high board with the flush draw is out there and its checked to me, I bet, and only got 1 caller, we are heads up to the turn/river and a non flushy 2 comes out, checked to me, and i bet, he calls...River is a K and he checks, I bet, he raised and I wanted to punch him caus I know what happened here, i of course called it and he flips over AKo...NH sir....Coming back from break, blinds are not 400/800 and im short with 2900 chips left....i look down to J9s in late position and jam my chips in, heads up on the flop and I flop 2 spades, check, I bet, he calls, Turn gives me a gutshot, check, bet all in, call, River bricks out and his 1 pair is real good! I believe it was over 310 players and when I went out it was 19 tables remaining...Going back to go chill in the room, I was gonna go catch a movie at the Imax theater at the trop, but of course I decided to see if they can spread a 2 way game downstairs and end up sitting at a fishy $1-$2 NL table, quickly trippling up my stack, I run into my cooler players....the first guy was catchin AA and KK and JJ tagging sets, straights on my ass...I told his ass I aint giving him nomore action LOL Then, some Asian kid sits down and he is running the table over, I finally get a hand to play him with and get into it....Kid makes it $12 to go with 1 caller before it gets to me, I raise it to $25, Kid calls and the other guy folds, Heads up. I'm holding QQ...Flop: KhQh7h, I lead out $75, he calls, xd falls on the turn and I lead out $150 and he calls, River brings a 9h putting 4 hearts on the board and I mush all in for my remaining $165 +\- and he thinks...he calls, I'm about to much my cards and say "your flush is good, I only have a set." He says which one, and I flip over my flopped set of Queens, he turns his flopped set of Kings over and scoops the pot and I got mad as shit for him slowrolling me like that...if you are holding top set, why ask which one and not just flip it over since its obvious its no sets out there larger than his set of Kings...I had a meltdown the rest of the morning and proceeded to ship it....Our table breaks and I move to the only $1-$2 NL game going at the time...I stacked off on a bluff before it was time to go....I look down to 24o on the button. Stupid Indian, Won't shut up Guy makes it $12 to go...4 other callers to me and I make it $65 to go, everyone folds cept the old Asian guy...very quiet guy...Flop comes out K37r, I make it $85 to go leaving me $52 behind and he starts talking to himself, what did I get myself into here...he kept saying, he has Aces...I thought he was gonna fold till he said, oh well, if im wrong, you deserve this, I'll put you all in, I insta call lol and gets none of the board, nor the pot!!! NH Sir, Hurry up Andy and wake up so we can go back to MD...he calls down 15 minutes after that hand and I leave when I was under the gun....

Another stgrong Monday

Monday ran real strong this past game...Game broke at 2pm Tuesday afternoon...full table pretty late again.

I usually have to leave at 7 so I can make it home and wait for Cheyenne to be dropped off so I can take her to school, after that, I go straight back to the game and jump in...

Ship it.....Ship it....Ship it.....God damn, im already in for Nickel and it hasn't been 30 minutes LOL

Take a small break to shake it off and get back in the game again...ran that up a lil bit. Played my QQ real weak against Trav...Doubled up a couple hands...Jay stopped by in the morning to run his stack up to a lil over $800....he shipped it as fast as he raked it in...

Wow I played bad this past Monday...Just got lucky to hold on to my chips after closing the gap up a lil bit...

Re-charge the Bunny!

Guess the batteries died.

Its 10:51 am and I'm at home washing clothes, when I should be asleep being up all night at the pink game, but yeah, I'm at home cause Pink Broke at 7:30 am this morning. Guess from a marathon $1-$2 NL game, comes a slow Pink game to follow.

Just weird sitting at home at this time. Pretty cool to see Saturday's daylight also. Its been quite some time since I was able to see the sunlight on a Saturday afternoon from outside instead of sitting at the table looking out the window.

Game was pretty nice, couple set backs put me in a mood early in the evening, but I got over it and all is well. Sorry if I snapped at anyone last night. Stuff just got complicated for a second there...Nothing going on till Monday, unless Big Chris has his game this Sunday, if not, I'm looking at a couple days off to rest and play some Guitar Hero III on the Wii :o)

Just like the energizer bunny

We keep going and going and going and going....

Goodness...Monday's $1-$2 NL game went till Wednesday morning officially breaking a 4am. The game got pretty sick, Monday night, "chips" is all I heard coming from Travis' mouth every 15 minutes for reloads. I don't know if its cause Monday didn't run 2 weeks straight cause of the Holidays or the right table assembled Monday night.

I got into the game for a semi-short buy and dwindled down to my last $57 bucks when I ran into the a viscious heater. Started when O pushed all in obviously with a big hand, Travis just calls, I thought about pushing my stack in there, I called with the nutz. Flop comes out 369 and travis throws a bet out there and I insta called, turn brings another 6 and we both check and long and behold the lovely 5 drops on the river.....MUSH is the sound my chips made sliding into the pot and get called for me to scoop with a straight....under all the wow's and me laughing, I hear travis call me a dumb ass. LOL

I ran my stack up peaking at $1400 when I know my heater is done, I go on leak tilt. I leaked off a rack of redbirds trying to stack Justin and his Boy. No medic in site, im just glad that they finally quit cause I wasn't quitting until I got the chips they held or until I passed out on the table...

Well, we I finished the night off on a positive note, a not so bad start to the new years!

Oh My God!!

"Oh My God!!" Means nothing...sometimes...after all the delirious-ness of pink, that little phrase was extra funny to me so I kept saying it till everyone else kept saying it!!!

I swear, if its one game that I can't wait for, its Pink, Its hands down, one of the most fun games to ever be at! The action is CRAZY, The players are "real goooood" and its just a great time to be had by all! Harry and Natalia are a show in itself, while the rest of the local MD Circuit players...well, its us and if you been to our games, you know we can be a great bunch of people to play poker with and be around!

Anyway, to bring in the new year, first game in was Pink...and yeah I tried to play "Gooot!" I sat down at start cause a bunch of players came earlier than schduled, so we got the game started, as the players started filling in, I got up with a small profit...but its very early, so I refuse to act like its a win...When I finally was able to get into the game foreal, I shipped it...Travis wanted to play so I got in the box for a little while to break even, got back in the game and SHIPPPED IT! Took a small break and got back in the game to keep the game going...broke back even and we stuck some other games into the rotation since we got 5 handed...Kept Tahoe and Omaha in, but we took Stud H/L out and stuck Razz and Pitch and Bitch into the rotation, Ricky bobby never played it before so I said, go grab 1 stack and play, so you can learn, its fun...While im DEAD EVEN..Ricky scoops the shit outta me not once, but TWICE in a row!! Who the hell told this guy to play???? I'm rolled up with 4s, and Ricky hit a wheel with on 5th street...Oh My God!

Game breaks and we head straight to Pops house for his Head Hunter Tourney, I bust out fairly quickly when my KK runs into the monster 9To, Blinds are 50-100 and I make it 400 to go, Pete calls and and we are heads up, the board comes out 259r, I lead out $1200...by mistake, I put out 2-500 chips and 2-100 chips, when I meant to lead out 700, Pete took it as a bluff with me trying to over bet the pot, and then I started acting like me as usual and he pushed all in on me, I insta-call and he rivers a T. DONE. I didn't try to over bet the pot, but then again, I definitely didn't mind the push by Pete either.

The cash game was $2-$4 H.O.R.S.E. with a Full Kill...I didn't play too long cause I had to pick up Cheyenne, but we played a little while, and while waiting for the tourney to end, we played $3/point Chinese Poker...None the less, I shipped what I won plus some out of the pocket in H.O.R.S.E. and left to go home...

Oh My God, what a way to start the year off!!!!!!! Red is such a beutiful color specially on my spreadsheet!

Happy New Year! 2007 In Review

Happy New Year everyone! I hope everyone partied safely New Years Eve to bring in 2008!!

I haven't writtin on purpose cause' I wanted to wait till the new years and start fresh. So on that note, I hope everyone had a great Holiday this month and ready to take on '08!

2007 was a decent year, this was my first year not working in a real job. I'm not going to say it was easy to pull off, but I did it this year! Let me be honest, if I was solely dependent on poker play, I'd already have lost my house, prolly staying with my parents and prolly working the corners of 13th and M St, NW catchin tricks. No I wouldn't go that far, but you get the picture.

I have to thank the hosts of the other MD circuit home games for giving me a gig different nights of the week to deal there games, I also have to thank my players for supporting the Pink Game and the Monday Night NL Games! 2008 Ricky and I will come up with more things to show our appreciation for our players attending our games. Seriously, Thank you all very much for the support this past year!

Like I said, 2007 had allot of ups and downs, suprises, drama, twists and turns...It had allot of happy days, sad days, scary days...Lets go back and look back at '07 and see the memorable moments!

- Dealt a hell of a lot of games this year!
- Sick Hit' N' Run - Travis has KK, Jeff has JJ, New Guy (Jake) has AQ, Jake is just calling
through out the whole betting sequence and everyone is all in on the flop, Trav's KK gets
to the mighty AQ for a <$800 pot and right after, Jake says, "fuck that, im done!"
- 2nd Year at playing ATLARGE, I final tabled the NL event for a 8th place finish.
- Running Pink and the Monday Night NL Games with Keenan after moving from my Folks
house.
- Going to Atlantic City with Keon and Travis for one of the greatest cash game sessions ever!
Not only did all three of us come home a winner, Travis and I dominated the table to be known
as one of the SICKEST $1-$2 NL games ever! Then we get pulled over and Keon tells the cop
may all his pots be live and his cards be monster. What a jack ass! Its even funnier cause he
said it backwards!
- Took a trip to AC with my parents, I was able to bring Cheyenne with me, we got to hang out
at the Steel Pier, play arcade games at the arcade, and wonder around the hotel, then at night
I threw chips around the poker table, My parents and Cheyenne were able to watch the action
from the outside at the Showboat.
- After 3 years, $1 for $1 for pots <$100, the Bad Beat Jackpot was finally hit! Coach Jimbo and
Jefferson were the players that hit it, AAAKK vs. AAAQQ. The Jackpot was $5500 bucks!
- Travis and Nelly break up and that marks the fall of the Donkey Coral Legacy.
- Keenan moves in a hot room mate, NL Game is now on hold, Pink game is now squatting at
different host's homes. Started at the Coral, Then moved to the Pdoggie's Playground.
- I catch a bad beat from Gypsy Pete after him selling me a fluke ass Cadillac STS, then him
running off with out getting my money back or a new car.
- Wanting to rebuy 1K in a $1-$1 NL game that ran for 2 days straight
- I get a new partner for the Pink Game and the NL Game, back at Laurel! Ricky and I are
running Pink and Monday Nights, The game has taking a big change for the better!
- I cashed in the FTOPS VI, Event #6 - Stud H/L.

I finished up the year and celebrated New Years Eve like I do every year, I hung with the crew, the OG's of that good ole 5 Double 0...Played some cards and got TWISTED!

So whats new for this year?

- I plan to improve budgeting of my money.
- I would LOVE to be more disciplined when playing poker...It seems to me that just because
I have back up income source is an excuse to play bad...its not, I should be playing more like
its my sole source of income.
- I need to work on actually keeping a poker bank roll.
- Keep poker tracking in the black, Red SUCKS!
- START MAKING TIME FOR MYSELF INSTEAD OF POKER ALL DAY, EVERYDAY!

I hope everyone has a great 2008 and i'll see you up AC at the tables!