I Just might do it this Time.

Well its been forever and a day since I posted on this thing. Basically I never reached my goal. My bank roll collapsed. I vowed not to reload. Therefore for most of the 2005/07 school year I have been piddling around the micro limits on Poker Stars. I was playing 45 man sit and goes for $1.2o a pop with a max pay out of $14.00. I wasn't playing very much and my bank roll fluctuated between $25 and $60. Then I came in third in a $4.00 180 person sit go. That score nearly tripled my bank roll and allowed me to play some larger buy in tournaments like the $10 180 man sit and goes. Long story short in the past three days I have gotten 1st and 2nd and now my bank roll has jumped up too $850. This may not seem like a lot but when you have been playing $1 tournaments for a year it feels like a fortune. I feel really confident in my poker game and I am really confident that this recent burst of success is going to continue and hopefully blossom into a career.

I'm Back

I know its been a long time since my last post I have just been busy with getting back into school.

The Bad news is that I failed misserably in my attempt at a goal. I was never really able exicute my plan. I was never able to buil my ban roll up to were I could play the larger sit and goes. I think I will start a new goal soon. I do have some interesting poker news to relate. At the student Union here in AZ we had a 18 person mixed game tourny. I had tons of fun playing in it. If you get the chance to play mixed games do it. It is such a breath of fresh air to play other games besides holdem. I got really lucky several times, and was able to walk away the winner. I then followed this up by playing a privet tourny on stars agains several local players who refure to themselves as the Zona Crew. I was second in chips almost from the begining. I think because I was an unknown player in this group I had a huge advantage. I played as a bully and was a little surprized than only the chip leader was playing back. It was a fairly short tournament and after about an hour and a half I was head up agains Ortho. I was able to come back for a 3:1 deficet and was able to win the tourny. I love days like this I was playing agians some of the best players I know and went 2 for 2 in tournaments. I believe that because of the small buy ins the play man not have been optimal, but is definatly loads above the average donkey. So both win feeeeel great. The last bit of poker news is a friend in AZ is running a bonus skeem through party poker and gave me $50 to play with. I think this is a good oportunity because the players at party are horribly compaired to poker stars. So maybe it will be easier to achieve a gaol playing on there. currently my online bank role is $157. Ta ta for now.

A new rule

I played a little last night one $4.oo 180 seat sng and one 5.00 single sng. I had my laptop infront of my tv which I now know is a mistack because it distracts me too much. I aslo was distracted by another player I was up early in the single and then lost a good size pot. I flopped a set of 9s and my opponent called all in with openended straight and flush draw(he hit). I typed in fishy fishy and another player called me an idiot saying the other player was favored. I checked the odds and I was ahead 60/40. So I got in a chat war with the player that made the comment. In conlusion The other player really wasn't a fish and I became so distraceted that I tried bluffing a tight player that was holding KK in the hole. I broke the cardinal rule of poker. Never let emotion determine your play. In the $4.oo I'm curious if I missplayed the hand that got me nocked out on I seriously would like another players input. I was under the gun with 77. I call, chip leader on my left raises to $300 (binds 50/100) (I have 3k)(Chip Lead has 5k). The cutoff calls as does the BB. I probly should of folded right here, but my odds were to good. The flop comes AJ7 Rainbow. The BB leads out and bets $900. I just call. Chip leader goes all in. Cut off calls all in and so does the BB. If this were a bigger by in tournament I would of folded instantly, but at this level there are a lot of Donkeys. I figured one person had AJ or AK, and one had an inside straight draw with KQ or K10 something like that. I also should mention that the only player that had me covered was the chip leader. So I figured I might be over setted, but figured in order for me to go broke the oppent with the over set would have to be the ChpLead and since he went all in almost instantly it seemed unlikely. Yet as you can guess I was wrong the Chlead had JJ the other two oppenents had A7(So I was drawing dead) and K10 respectivaly. In my gut I knew that even if I was ahead that my hand would probly not hold up. So any input on this hand would be usefull. I don't have PS open right now but I think I'm at $94.00 even. Tonight I will implenent my new rule on not play infront of the TV.

In Other news my scuba lessons went really well. I have often dove to the bottom of the pool, but to sit on the bottom and still be able to breath is a whole different ball game. I'm starting to get really excitted about my trip. I also bought the new Chilli Peppers album. I have been listening to if for a week straight and have not skipped a single song. So if you get a chance pick it up.

Taking a Break

I have been unintentially taking a break. I have a good friend(Brandon Lane) who is working near by for a few weeks and I have also been taking scuba lessons in preperation for my dive trip in Aug. Therefore I only played 2 out of the past 5 days. When I played on Sat. I played bad 3 out of the 4 tournies I played and I did not cash in any of them. In the one I played good in I went out fourth because I was card dead, and lost to a two outer early and then a one outer when the action was 5 handed. Then sunday I woke up at 5am for my scuba lesson. After my scuba lesson I hung out with my friend till 11 and didn't get home till 12am. Needless to say I didn't get a chance to play. While in Billings my friend, Brandon, and I watched Lady in the Water. I don't really know what to make of it. I enjoyed watching it and I think the critics are being a little harsh with it. Yet its not a movie I am going to buy when it comes out on DVD. Anyway I got a chance to play a little on Mon. I played 3 and took 2nd in one. This means I pretty much break even end up up like $2. I should of gotten first but the deciding hand crippled me I had caught top pair on a k5x baord with AK. My oppenent and I got it all in on the turn he had K10 and caught a 10 on the river. This left me with 600 to his 12000. He caught another 3 outer on the next flop my 87 to his 85 (5 on the flop) so I was nocked out by consecutave suck outs. O well thats poker. Gonna try to get back into a grove and make some progress before my trip.

Broken streak

Results - $.90

Like last night I played one $5.oo sng and one $4.40. I took 3rd wich stunk. I realy only played one pot wrong. In the 4.40 I went out 66th out of 180. So a lot better than last time. I won't tell you then hand I went out because it was my dumb play of the night. I feel like if I played one more tournied I could turn this into a + night , but im tired and need to sleep.

I Have : $121.20
I Need : $878.80

This Makes 4

Results + $12.60

As the title suggests I now have 4 plus days in a row. I played two tournies today. One single table and one 4.40 multi table. The 4.40 was a joke. The hand i was crippled in was awful I rasied and some one else reriased me the small blind also called. I had AK the flop came KJ x with two spades. I lead out and bet most of the pot the reraiser folded and the small blind went all in I called and he showed A4 two spades. So of course he hit his spade. The A4 had to know that his best shot was a flush and you flop flushes like 1 in 300 or something(I don't know the exact odds, but there not good.) and even if he flops a flush draw with this heavy of action he probly won't get the odds to chase it. In concelation he busted like 15 mins after I did. In the sit and go I was the only one gambeling to try to nock out people so as a result i was often the short stack. This was not that bad of a situation because the table was tight and I could steal chips easly. This allowed me to cash. Once we were all in the money I survived like 5 all ins to take first. The blinds were so big it was a crap shoot as to who would win first. I feel like my play helped me win, but with the blinds as high as they were its hard to tell.

I Have : $122.10
I Need : $877.90

Over $100

Results + $17.50

I skipped one day so I will include that in this one. Well I dont' actually remember how many sngs I played. I just know that I played well. A few things to note. First in all the tournies I cashed in I took an early hit and then battled back to cash. The tourny of notice was the last one. My stats early on were 0 for 1 pots won at showdown and 9 pots won with out showdown. I was almost completely card dead and only my ablitiy to push out the weak players kept me alive. Then when it became heads up I was down to 1800 and my apponent had something like 11000. The blinds were 200/400. So I was perty lucky to win because it came down to a couple of pots that I won with high card. So hopefully I can stay above $100 and expand and play more multi table tournaments.

I Have : $109.50
I Need : $890.50