Poker Is Fun

Because poker is fun, I made a whopping $5 bucks profit in my Monday Night $1-$2 NL Game this past Monday.

Game ran really well...ran till 10:30am Tuesday, and it would've ran longer, but I had to cut it short cause I had obligations Tuesday Morning...(Stupid Responisibilities)

Anyway, Justin was sitting around 1K and we all know he would ship it if he sits and plays, luckily he has a problem getting up like the rest of us so he proceeded to ship it...My problem was...I started having too much fun, or was I delirious from being up all night and morning without no sleep? Probably both, but when I was sitting with a nice stack of $500, It was fun shipping it, It was fun calling with hands that would suck out and the laugh would be well worth it...but it wasn't so funny when you look down to a stack and a half gone to get a laugh...

Its hard not to have fun at a friendly home game, but its nothing wrong with trying to make some money, anyone knows you can make some decent money in a smalls stakes $1-$2 NL game, but if you are tryin to make money, no fun makes playing such low stakes a serious grind...you just can't help not to have fun in a friendly home game...Now I realize a leak in my game...Too much fun causes loss in profit...So I think I'll tame having fun, but not getting too serious that it actually blinds me from making the correct decisions...you can have fun with out making it seem like a grind...just don't make foolish mistakes to get a laugh...

This Week in Pink

what can I say, had a wait list of 8? wow...how many showed up? 4 of 8...I guess folks are hip if there is a wait list, fuck it...How bout the first on the wait list didn't get a seat till 2:30AM? Why were the rebuys/addons in such large numbers this week? This game is SICK. If you haven't been....why not? Betta get ya balls in there and get in on this action...too bad I can't keep my balls from getting involed....Yup you guessed it, yet again, I have a shipment of chips to distribute to the table...What does it feel like to actually win at this game? Travis thinks he is a pink fish...heh...take a better look around.....But its a great game...don't let the stories scare you...besides, what can you expect from faggie pink chips?

Well, I definately can't play for at least 2 weeks...Gonna take care of bills first, get them out the way, cause the way im playing, I betta pay the bills first before I fuck myself and get behind...cause I like to ship it....game is so sick....

So what do I do this lovely Sunday Afternoon? I proceed to purchase $150 in Poker Stars Money from Travis...Not bad though...earlier today, I ran it to about $350...Hung out for a little while and played some Scottland Yard...who Cheyenne proceeded to kill me, (Mr. X) and I didn't even get to make 3 moves...Came back in the house and played more online...playing right now though....sat with another $150, up to $250 currently...

I'm writing this cause I am not two or three tabling on stars...I have 1...yes..only 1 table going and im getting bored folding...so might as well take care of my blog entry for the last pink game...

OOOHH...Monday Night $1-$2 NL...Any action that I CAN ACTUALLY NOT PLAY????

Going Back To School....at least try to....

After going to Travis' and Nellys game at the Corral, I decided it was time to take a break and go back to school...Go back and read a couple books, figure out why I like don't like to win at poker...Why I don't like money...

On Wednesday night, I was up close to $700 at one point when I went on a nice run...I guess cause the players that were scheduled to play, Travis told me it was best to get in for max that night, so I did...after runnin my stack up, I leaked like I never leaked before...I remember even calling Pops all in for over $100 with an off-suit revised hand (duece-four). I guess thats when the game started getting fun...till I looked down to my stack and it was less than $200...at one point I was down to less than $75 bucks...I managed to work all that back to breaking almost dead even by 7AM. thats right...I was $10 bucks stuck...Heinz poker is not fun at all.....

So I went out and bought a new book to read...Skalansky and Miller's No Limit Hold'em - Theory and Practice. So far its a good read..just brushing up on how I approach the game, I've actually learned some things I neve even thought about on how to approach the game...So hopefully this will teach me to be a better player than a big fish swimmin in MD.

So last night, I was reading the book between shifts at the Fish Tank...caught some laughs from players like Asian Alex...which didn't really bother me...Its all good though..I aint ashamed to try and gaiin knowledge that should benefit me in the long run...The game last night wasn't a big game like it used to be because of the Robbery that took place 2 weeks ago down the road...had nothing to do with this game, but Steve decided to take precaution because it was so close to home...which is a good thing, at least the robbery opened his eyes and will keep eveyone on there toes when it comes to this horrible nightmare we have to deal with at any poker game we attend.

The game started getting short around 2:30 am...I fell asleep on the couch wakin up to my own snoring before it got real bad and embarrassing I might add...It was no use to get back in the box to make less than another $50 for the night, so I decided to sit in the game and play instead of deal the rest of the night, Jimmy and I were taking shifts and I gave him the remainder of the night...which was a good move...

I sat short stacked for a $1-$3 NL Game...actually with the stacks at the table, $190 wasn't bad...I wanted to leave at least keep some tip money in my pocket so I didn't go there for nothing...I ran my stack up to a little over $700 and the game broke...Ryan had a monster $1800+ in front of him..he deserved it after running so bad at the pink game...So overall it was a decent night...I did play some hands differently after reading the book...I like this book so far, its opened up my mind to think of things I never even thought about as far as approaching the game and the way certain hands are played. Well this is probably gonna be the last game I play for at least 2 weeks, I shoudn't even have played last night cause im supposd to be on a break...but whats a degenerate like me supposed to do when I get that itch? I feel like a junkie when it comes to poker.

I Wanna See Your Cards

That was the phrase that heated up some players and was a major cooler for the room last night at Me and Keenan's $1-$2 NL Game last night...

The game went well and has been running pretty strong for the first 3 Monday games we have held at the new spot...Just added my TV to the room which I removed from my bedroom which made Cheyenne very very disappointed...she actually cried because she won't be able to watch on that TV anymore...But its cool, she'll end up discovering a bigger TV to replace that one in the near future and im pretty sure she'll forget about it tomorrow...But with the replacement TV being smaller, just reminds her of the old TV and her complaints of how small it is will be heard till its replaced...anyway...

Game was pretty sick, more like the old Friday Games...with the deep stacks sitting on the table, the out playing of each other was lovely...till around Midnite when Dat Bama sat on the table...Ricky Bobby and Travis was battling in a big hand when the pot gre kinda huge...at showdown, Travis wins the pot and the magic words from Dat Bama came out...I want to see his cards, I want to see what he was calling down with...

Now because it was equal action, this is allowed, but should only be enforced to prevent collusion...not to collect unseen information...The table was tryin to convince Dat Bama that he shouldn't really ask for it, especially Ricky Bobby was the one to lose a big pot and now must show his cards for what? He shows in disgust and storms outside to calm his nerves with a cigarette...Paul then says his peace and we all know he doesn't bite his tongue...he tells him how much of a dick move that was, and Dat Bama gets angry with his remark and Paul lets it go... That was a major cooler for the room and it pretty much broke the game cause Paul decides to get up, then Ricky Bobby follows suit...Merk was already planning on leaving...

So to keep the game going, I sit down and dump $400 in 20 minutes...luckily enough, I was able to make a nice come back to being only stuck $45 bucks....whew...
But if you want to see how the hand went down, Click on Travis' or Ricky Bobby blog to see what all the commotion was all about and to see the hand history tht started this craziness...

If This Is Not A High Blower

I head out to the Fish Tank a little earlier than normal cause its raining and in DC/MD, People just don't know how to act when it rains...The driving here is TERRIBLE.

So on that note, The Fish Tank is not close either, It took me an 1 1/2 hours to make my way there, I walk up to the door and don't see Steve's car...maybe he hasn't gotten back from pickin up food/refreshments for the game...I wait around on his porch, and the game usually starts at 7:30, nobody is walking to the door...odd...I give Steve a ring...you not home yet are you? I'm standing on your porch...Steve tells me he is at Outback, and that the game has been cancelled..."What?" Thanks for telling me Steve...He said he sent a text out to all his players, but I didn't get it...Keon didn't get one either, and it wasn't a cancellation notice on MDP. Now I gotta fight traffic on the way back again? I did get a break from traffic, it only took me 1 hour this time getting home...

FUCKIN BLOWN.

Keenan hit me up to go out drinking too...But I'm thinking I have to work...

I call Merk cause I remembered him having a $.50-$1 game, So I head over there.

Went over there, had a good time, made back the gas it took me to get to Steves and Merks...Yeah, Merk lives far also...

Oh well..Its Pink Friday today, I love Pink Fridays!

Wednesday Nights at the Coral

Alright then, Here im thinking im going to go over here and fold my life away, that wasn't the case, I folded half my life away, cept the cards I played actually held up or I was able to grab the pot. I did run my stack up to a good $700 after I doubled up through Bessman when I raised $7 with the revised duece-four. Had about 8 callers and the flop came out 249. It was checked around to Bessman when he bet $15, I check-raised him to $45 and folded back to him when he pushes all in...If he hit a set, nice hand, but I'm paying him off...I call...I thought the heart flush might of got there when the turn was a heart, but it didn't, he showed A9 for a pair, and I flip my two pair over to scoop the pot...

Then I leaked..leaked a good $300..proceded to get it back and build it up to a little over $600 when Kenny busts, he gets in the box...he then asked Travis if he can get another board of $200 and since Kenny's credit is good, he got it...I told him, don't cause I'm leaving soon, I planned on leaving at 3am, but since kenny was in the box, I stayed till trav kicked him out the box. Kenny asked me to stay another 45 minutes, its 3:15, fine, I'll stay till 4am then im gone...so kenny sits with his $200 and procedes to raise to $20...I look down at KK and tell him to get the fuck out the pot and go upstairs to $80, folds around to kenny when he goes all in and I insta call...he flips over AA and hey hold...I'm extra pissed and cash the fuck out off that bullshit. Luckily he found a ride home so he stayed...and from what Ricky Bobby told me, he ended up shipping it on a flush draw and missing...

Note to self: When I plan to leave or call it a night, DO IT!! Many times I say I'm leaving but im such a degenerate I have to keep playing...I've ALMOST ALWAYS SHIPPED IT... or took a big hit to cause some damage to my stack to lessen the profit...Its happend many of times, and last night is the last time it has happened, so no matter how hard you try to make me stay, it won't work, I aint goin for it nomore...when im done, IM FUCKIN DONE.

Off to deal Steve's game tonight at the Fish Tank.

My Birthday $1-2 NL

Well, Keenan and I ran our game on Monday. Game was pretty good, pretty good action. I can't complain how my birthday was, playing cards, running a game, what else is new?

I did give action when a seat opened up finally, but it was after 12 so booooo...still had a good time..nothing big to talk about though.

Bringing in my Birthday at Big Chris' Spot

Welp, Big Chris pulls off another game and me and Kenny headed over there to play $1-$1 NL...I wanted to bring in my birthday at midnite SMAKED...so that was the perfect place, gettin smacked and playin some cards...I guess I got a nice birthday present over there...Ran my stack up to something nice considering its a 1-1 game...Me and Kenny were battling, but he kept gettin the best of it with me, but I got his stack a good bit also....ended up running my $100 to peaking at $500 to cashing out a little over $400...

Off to My game tonight and said I was gonna play, too many people want to play, and the host came out of me to give my seat up and I'll jump in afterwards...

Wish I could've gone to AC!

Pink Friday

Well if you don't know already, I have moved my pink game over to a new spot in Laurel. Its a nice spot, with less work for me to do than at my old spot.

The sickness of the game has not changed though...It started early and next thing you know, all the pink chips were on the table except for 10 chips sitting in a tray in the closet...It was alot of deep stacks this night.

To my suprise when I finally got to jump in the game around 4am...I didn't ship my stack...but will always lose to Keenan suckin out somethin stupid on the river to me..that dude runs soooo good at this game....

Game ran till 2:30 PM Saturday afternoon! Thats pretty sick...with players comin back out after I started texting people at 9am saying the game is still running...not bad!

ATLARGE Weekend in AC

We headed up to Atlantic City for the ATLARGE events at the Taj Mahal for the weekend. We had a good time and it was a ton of fun...

We had blocked off about 3 rooms for a good majority of folks from MDP and our local home games to room together...

Got to the Trop and sat at a $1-$2 NL Table and did pretty well first night in...walked out with a profit but lost track of time...I kept saying I was gonna go to bed at 3am so I can get some decent rest for the HOE tourney at the Taj in the morning...Heh...It was 9am when I went upstairs to take a shower and everyone was almost ready to leave for the trop...I'm dead tired and we all make our way to the Taj for breakfast before the tourney.

I didn't do well at the HOE tourney, more irritated being card dead and im just so tired, Keenan ends up getting sat at my table and I end up shipping him the rest of my stack in an Omaha H/L Round..."good game fellas" walk out the poker room, jump in a cab, head back to my room and slept till dinner that was being held in the ballroom at the Taj...Dinner was fun with everyone, the food was pretty good...Headed back to the trop to get some pink action going!

We arrive at the Trop and asked George to spread a Pink $5-$10 2 way game, Holdem' and Omaha H/L...The game was pretty good, I did do some disgusting though...Probably the only hand I remember from the session...

I can't remember what I had in my hand, but it was trash that flopped a gutshot straight flush draw....it was capped on the flop maybe 5 ways...(Not too sure of the gory details) but I show Katie my cards and whisper to her, Ima try and peel this card...the money card was the 9d to make my hand, and the next card to peel on the turn was the 9d...wow....capped again on the turn, only 1 bet on the river when it was down to 3..somebody hit the nut flush, but I had the stone cold nuts to scoop a huge pot...tipped the dealer good and smooth coasted the rest of the game...

After the game broke, I decide to sit at a $1-$2 NL Table...Paul ended up sitting with me, and it was some cocky college kids there, talking shit, just thinking they are the shit..I whisper to Paul, I'm going to crack one of these mother fuckers...after sitting around, I pick up pocket 10s..I make it 12 to go and get 5 callers...973 hits the flop and one of the college kids throws $30 bet out there, pick up 1 caller and folds around to me and I shove my stack in there, Its not much, about $130 left after the previous action...he insta calls and shows me a 97o for 2 pair...Turn sets me when a 10 rolls off, then a blank hits the river, 2 pair didn't stand up, OESD didn't get there, and the pot gets pushed to me...Now im sitting nice and one of the college kids is still talkin shit after playing bad jumping out of his seat, huffing and puffing and talking to himself...Now I look down to AA and make it $17 to go UTG...folds around to the goofy college kid who now shoves his stack in the middle for a little over $100, folds to the guy to my immediate right who just calls the bet...I say, "Fuck it, all in" and shove my stack in the middle...guy goes are you serious? and shoves his stack in for a little over $150 and I have him covered...My Aces stands up and scoops another monster pot...Game breaks not too long after that and then I decide im going to bed, walk past a table and say, eh, fuck it..I'll sit till its time for the NL Tourney...Yeah, great idea...one guy is on a major heater..

Heater guy makes it $11 to go preflop, look down to pocket Q...I re-raise him and make it $45 to go...he calls. T73 board comes out and I bet $75 and he calls, now im scared and confused...turn brings a non pairing, non flushy or staright card out, so I make a $150 bet on th turn and get re-raised all in...I fold and he shows me a set of 7s...

I decided it was time to go upstairs after hitting the 2nd nut flush to dudes ace high flush when I mushed all in and get insta called. I ship everything and go to bed stuck.

Saturday Morning, I get ready to go to the Taj for the NL Holdem tournament for ATLARGE. Pretty sleepy too, go a little early with Paul so we both can register and grab breakfast. Breakfast just gave me the itis and made things worse. I'll just either go out early, and go to bed, or try to win this thing...

Tournament had a decent structure, 132 players entered the tournament for a 5K payday for 1st place. Made it to the first break with 2100 in chips, we all started with 3K in chips with 30 minute blinds...Blinds are getting up there now, and I'm pretty much all in with any raise. Paul talked me into playing good cause im not out of the race...so I did...players were dropping like flies and next thing you know, I was above chip average winning alot of races when pushing with nice pairs getting called with the bullshit.

I ended up final tabling the tournament. First hand after break when we broke into the final table, I get dealt AKh in the big blind. Guy under the gun moves all in and folds around to me, I call. we both flip our cards and he had AJo. I'm feeling good about this right now...

Flop: TQK
the railbirds and the table went off LOL wow i was blown
Turn: 3
River: J
CHOP IT UP!

WHEW...sitting in the final table short stacked with 24k with blinds at 4K-8K so its just mush time, KK, all in...guy is in the tank, folds, very next hand, 44, I mush again, he finally decides to look me up with AQo and tags his ace on the turn. I'm out of the tourney in 8th place.

Sunday was just in ship it mode. Sat at $2-$5 NL and lost a decent pot for $1200...Raised AJs to get a million callers...Flop was K83(2 spades) first to act bets 10, I raise to 60, then get re-raised to 120, call, call...Turn is a 10, check, check, all in, call, I push all in cause it would leave me with 75 bucks so might as well stick it in. flopped set of 8s takes down the pot..play a little pink to kill time before we leave then we head back home.

I had a great time playing, and can't wait for the next ATLARGE event next year...Only stuck $100 bucks the whole weekend...what a fuckin roller coaster!

Closing February

Well, I'm glad February is over and done with. The past 2 months have been brutal as far as playing...I have been running bad the past 2 months...I'm just fortunate to have 2 side gigs to keep my head afloat, whew.

I'm in the red as far as playing so far this year, but Looking for my Birthday Month to be a little more profitable, hopefully putting my YTD Standings back in the black...

I closed the month off playing at the Coral, which I really didn't want too only cause I'm headed for AC tomorrow. Of course I can't stay away and take a credit from Travis to play...I'll settle up after the trip or sometime after Monday when we get back...Hopefully I can win some money this weekend. But anyway, ended up stuck as usual there...The Coral is where I have lost the most money this year so far...Hmmmm...no I take that back...my own Pink game fucks me badly...But the Coral is a close contender.

Looking forward to the AC trip, I'm hoping I can start the month off the right way!