Small Cash

4.40 180 man sng 18 getting paid..Came in 18th which is very disappointing not even about the money but i played great poker 2day and im not satisfied.. i only showed down 4  hands i won 3 and lost the last one which took me out... 2/4 confortations are with maniac

  Hand#1-- Folded to Me in MP with AQos i raise to 3.5X BB, folds around to the BB  who pushes all-in immediately.. now AQos isn't a hand i would want to put all my chips in with but i've seen this specific player push with Any A, any pair, and even KQ so i figure at best he has JJ and its a coinflip so i call and he flips 88 and i win the race.

Hand#2-- Folded around to maniac in the cutoff and he doubles the BB... folds around to me in the BB with 1010 i push all-in, maniac insta calls with 77 and i hold up

Hand #3-- Im dealt JJ UTG and i Raise 4X BB folds around to the BB who ponders for 30 secs then makes the call.. flop comes 2 4 5.. with two clubs... BB checks and i push all-in... He again thinks for what seems like 4ever and calls and flips over AK and i hold up

Hand #4-- UTG limps, Maniac in the cutoff limps, i call from the SB with KdQ, and BB checks... flop comes K 10d 2d.. pretty big flop for me with top pair good kicker, backdoor straight and flush draws.. i lead out for about 75% of the pot, BB folds, UTG folds, and Maniac pushes all-in (has me covered) my first thought is 22,1010 but then i start to analyze a little more and think Maniac could have QJ, flush draw, any weaker K or a stone cold bluff so of course i call and Maniac flips K10 for top 2.. board is no help and im out

Update

    Back to Pokerstars after a pretty long break that i much needed... today i started with a $4.40 180 man sng with the top 18 getting paid... i started off great sitting in the top 5 with 110 left...

 heres a few hands i want to discuss...

Dealt AKos in the SB... UTG+1 makes it 4X BB.. Cutoff goes all-in for T$1350 total... i have T$4440 heres what im thinkin UTG+1 raised in EP so most of the time he has a decent hand primarily 77-1010.. Cutoff is most of time making a move to race with a hand like A10-AQ... Now Me with AK im figuring if i go all-in over the top Utg+1 Isn't calling me for a 3-way all-in with atleast JJ... so i go with my read push all-in and UTG+1 folds.. Cutoff has AQos and im up T$ 6000 early..

 10 Hands Later.. im dealt JJ on the button.. 3 limpers in front of me so i make a big raise to 7X BB... BB goes all-in for T$1050 total and i call... BB has 99 and the flop comes 3 J J and i flop quads and am up to T$ 7200

Very Next Hand Im dealt AJos UTG +1, UTG limps, i raise 4X, button calls, SB calls, UTG calls. Flop comes  A 8 2 rainbow.. SB Checks, UTG immediately pushes all-in, now im thinking he limped UTG and just smooth called my raise pre-flop so he can have wide margin of hands the quick overbet of the pot smells weakness and im thinkin A9,A10 he can also have AQ, AK but those seem like he would re-raise me preflop.. so of course i make a bad call and he flips up A8 for top 2 pair and i dont improve and im back down to avg stack..

 For some reason i tried to get real agressive and got picked off a few times and im down to below avg. with 90 players left.. i get my chips all in preflop with JJ.. villian shows KK and im out... i dunno why but for some reason this tourney really pissed me off if i can make a one good fold i would still be in the tourney right now.. it happens i guess.. 

 Next i sit down at .10/.25 NL 6 max table with $10

    I prob won a total of 6 hands.. 4 which were preflop just winning the blinds.. but heres the 2 hands i won at showdown..

 Hand#1--  im in the BB with AcQ, UTG limps, folds around to the SB who limps, I Make in 4X BB, UTG calls, SB folds, flop comes Qd 6d 2d, With TPTK and no diamond i push all-in for $4 into a $2.15 pot, UTG thinks and calls, turn black 8 river 2 and i rake it in.. later i looked in the hand history and he called me w/ mid pair no diamond.. gotta love the donks at the low levels

Hand #2 (HH Below)-- Heres the big one.. i start the hand with $10... im dealt QJspades UTG and i limp, UTG+1 limps, button raises 3X BB, BB calls, I call, UTG +1 Call, 4 way to the flop... Flop: 5H QC 10S.. i flopped a pretty big hand with TP decent kicker, backdoor str8 and flush draws.. but i still could be behind alot of hands.. action is checked around and we go to the Turn: 9C.. decent card for me giving me OESD with TP..BB bets $1.75, I Call, UTG+1 Calls, Button calls, River looks like a meaningless card the 5S.. im pretty sure i have the best hand but im trailing KQ, AQ, KK. BB checks, I Check, UTG+1 checks, and the button goes all-in for $9.50...BB folds and its back to me.. i start to analyze the hand and think if the Button had a big hand i think he would of put out a bet on a scary flop after being checked to him... so i call... Button shows AK for no pair and i rake in a $23.90 pot and call it an afternoon

Dealt to Chaaaaaaa [Qs Js]
Chaaaaaaa: calls $0.25
04svt: calls $0.25
xxbeanxx: folds
Roffeltje: raises $0.50 to $0.75
fearnolimits: folds
paultjuh: calls $0.50
Chaaaaaaa: calls $0.50
04svt: calls $0.50
*** FLOP *** [5h Qc Ts]
paultjuh: checks
Chaaaaaaa: checks
04svt: checks
Roffeltje: checks
*** TURN *** [5h Qc Ts] [9c]
paultjuh: bets $1.75
Chaaaaaaa: calls $1.75
04svt: calls $1.75
Roffeltje: calls $1.75
*** RIVER *** [5h Qc Ts 9c] [5s]
paultjuh: checks
Chaaaaaaa: checks
04svt: checks
Roffeltje: bets $9.75
paultjuh: folds
Chaaaaaaa: calls $7.50 and is all-in
04svt: folds
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Roffeltje: shows [Ac Kd] (a pair of Fives)
Chaaaaaaa: shows [Qs Js] (two pair, Queens and Fives)
Chaaaaaaa collected $23.90 from pot

First Real Money Royal Flush

Tournament on Stars first realmoney Royal the only other one i ever had was play money.


*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Chaaaaaaa [Qc Kc]
Le_Klem: folds
RamFan06: folds
strute: folds
floyd_1977: folds
Twistax: folds
bakda: folds
Cabais: folds
Chaaaaaaa: raises 688 to 1088 and is all-in
RGAS: calls 688
Chaaaaaaa said, "gl"
*** FLOP *** [Ac Jc 5h]
*** TURN *** [Ac Jc 5h] [Tc]
*** RIVER *** [Ac Jc 5h Tc] [3h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Chaaaaaaa: shows [Qc Kc] (a Royal Flush)
RGAS: shows [5c 6h] (a pair of Fives)

Heads Up Matches
Playing 10 Heads up Matches on Pokerstars.. Im not moving up to the next highest Match without ATLEAST 5 buy-ins(not counting fees).. so to play $10.50 i would need $50, $20+2 i would need $100 etc...

Starting Bankroll $25.43

Day One (4/23/06)
Match #1- $5.25, I won, +$4.75
Match #2- 4-player heads up $5.25, I won, +$14.75
Match #3- $5.25, lost
Day Two (4/24/06)
Match #4- $5.25, I won, +$4.75
Match #5- $5.25, I won, +$4.75
Match #6- $5.25, I won, +$4.75
Match #7- $10.50, lost
Day Three (4/25/06)
Match #8- $5.25, I won, +$4.75
Match #9- $5.25, I won, +$4.75
Macth #10- $10.50, lost
Final Stats- +$17.43
$5.25-won 6 lost 1
$10.50-won 0 lost 2
$5.25 4 players- won 1 lost 0

--- That was fun for a couple days just for a little change... now back to regular poker..Later!

First Final Table
Mood:  a-ok
Started out with 802 players, 20+2 buyin... we end up chopping 4 handed and as the shortstack i took just less than $1200

Sweet Quote I Found Today
According to studies done by researchers at major Ivy league colleges, seeing a
flop when you have pocket jacks will result with a flop containing an ace, king,
or queen approximately 97% of the time. It's science.

Groundhogs Day!
Mood:  a-ok

Well i have to admit i tried almost every site out there and havent found one that i truly liked.. so i figured i would try another one and i was searching for one with a decent size bonus and i came upon pokerroom.com so i deposited on there. I have to admit after the first night im starting to like it haha.

2 Hour $3/$6 LHE Session

STATS: Hands Played- 160
Pots Won- 36
Pots Split- 2
Total Won/Lost: +$68.15

Well im goin to bed.. dunno how much ill play tomarrow but i'm gonna try to play on Saturday so i'll update how day 2 of pokerroom goes.. Goodnight

The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
The Good
5.50 MTT, 1st hand of the tourney... Im dealt JJ UTG +1, i limp and so do 4 others plus the 2 blinds so we go to the flop 7 handed. flop 9d 9h 7d.. SB bets 90 , BB folds, i call, everyone else folds except for the button so we go to the turn 3 handed.
Turn Jh. Everyone Checks and the River is the 10s. SB bets 200, i raise to 600, Button moves all in, SB folds, I call, he shows 10 10 and i rake in a pot of about 3400 on the first hand... what a start!

The Bad
Chipleader at my table with about 14K in chips, blinds are 150/300 and im dealt AQos UTG, i raise to 1200 my standard raise for this level and it folds around to the button who moves all in for around 11K total, i call, he flips over KJ, and the board comes K Q x x x.. so i go from top 10 in the tourney with around 80 players left to 60th out of 80 and trying to battle it out and make the money (top 40)

The Ugly
Been makin some moves tryin to get back up into contention and i have won some blinds so im at around 4300 with the blinds 200/400. Im dealt QQ in the cutoff position and its folded around to me, I move all-in for my last 4300 or so and im called by the button.. He flips over JJ... Guess this is why its called "The Ugly"..Board comes J 5 6 x x and im out in 72nd place and miss the money.

Pokerstars MTT's
Mood:  surprised
Money Finishes This Week /Winnings
1/16 $3.30+Rebuys 286/2202 $25
1/18 $1 +.10 145/1173 $2
1/18 $2 +.20 13/1683 $24

$.50/$1 Pot Limit Hold Em Hand 1
Mood:  on fire
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Chaaaaaaa [Jc Qs]
Bjonaldo: folds
Drumphil: calls $1
Chaaaaaaa: calls $0.50
Koryb71490: checks
*** FLOP *** [Td Kh 7c]
Chaaaaaaa: bets $2
Koryb71490: raises $6.85 to $8.85
Drumphil: folds
Chaaaaaaa: calls $6.85
*** TURN *** [Td Kh 7c] [Qh]
Chaaaaaaa: checks
Drumphil leaves the table
Koryb71490: bets $14.60 and is all-in
Chaaaaaaa: calls $13.10 and is all-in
*** RIVER *** [Td Kh 7c Qh] [9c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Chaaaaaaa: shows [Jc Qs] a straight, Nine to King
Koryb71490: shows [Th 7h] two pair, Tens and Sevens

Total pot $46.90 | Rake $2
Chaaaaaaa collected $44.90 from pot