The life of a Don

Sopranos ,not much poker and family

2007-04-18T06:35:00.001-07:00

I am not too impressed with the start of the sopranos new season.First 2 are in the can and would like to have seen more action.I really enjoyed the monopoly scene in the first episode.The 2nd one really dragged until the end when Phil was getting ready for some revenge.I hope it picks up steam from here on out.
Family is going good.The lil guy is growing at a incredible rate.He is going to be one big boy.It's crazy also how time flies even faster with a little one.
Poker has been more live for me than online.I made the final table 2 out of 3 times last week.Made some ok cashes.What I am really looking forward to is the 40k 225 buy in.I have to wait until the 27th of may for it.I really see myself going deep in that one,it's a pretty soft field.The ones I have to worry about I already know their style of play,so it's not to bad.I just have to stick with my gut and I will be good.Its when I start to get out my playing habits I tend to loose.The bad thing about it is that I will miss poker.com's 50k,its held on the last Sunday of every month.I guess I will have a buddy or my wife sub for me.Well wish me luck and see ya guys at the tables

FU NETELLER

2007-04-04T17:29:00.001-07:00

Its almost the end on neteller doing business with Canada.Its a sad day for me as I have to find a reliable withdraw and deposit method.It looks like checks will be the only way to withdraw for me as of now.I have been playing live and been finishing deep in to the tournaments.Looks like I will be in my poker clubs all star tourney.You get points every time you finish 15th or better.It will be nice to play some real poker with this field.I am really looking forward to the 40k tourney next month.Its a 200$ buy in and is always loads of fun.
Family life is going pretty good.I am lucky to have a healthy lil guy and a great wife and daughter to boot.I guess it helps that I spoil em to death lol.Well I think I will play a little wii with the kid and play a few eagle rooms too.Yesterday me and Shakira were playing wii bowling and things got a little heated.She bowled so hard that she did a full 360 spin and landed on her hand.It was too funny,but not 2 her.Well I hear lil 1 calling me.See ya at the tables

Live,live and more live

2007-03-21T18:06:00.000-07:00

Online poker for me has been 2 or 3 eagle rooms a day this past 2 weeks.But for live its a different story.I have been going every other night.I had some tough decisions and some bad beats as well.The last tourney I went to I got the boot when my big J A ran into KK. I made it 10k with the blinds at 1500 3000.I had 17 500 left after the raise.I went in to the tank for 2 min when the dealer called time.After he said that I was forced to call.When he turned over the big pockets I knew i was toast.The other night I had KK and I bumped it to 3X the bb late in the game.The girl came over the top and I knew I had the shitty end of the stick.She turned over AA.I will be heading back tomorrow so hopefully my luck changes

So far everything is good

2007-03-12T12:57:00.000-07:00

I have been spending lots of family time as of late.Not too much time on poker.Our league season ended this past weekend.With the same results as last season.Big fat 2nd place.Its getting kind of tiering.We are always out by single digits.I guess it's ''next season again''.

2007-03-09T18:42:00.000-08:00

Sunrise March 6 2007
Lil Latrell Adrian Orlando
Welcome to the world

NBC Heads up brackets announced

2007-03-02T09:17:00.000-08:00

I love this tournament,it's makes for some good TV poker with a lot of bragging rights.Here is this years first round of matches.Play starts at 10am PST today The clubs:

* Shannon Elizabeth vs. Rene Angelil
* Steve Zolotow vs. Jeff Madsen
* Erick Lindgren vs. Vanessa Russo
* Barry Greenstein vs. Carlos Mortensen
* Eric Seidel vs. Humberto Brenes
* Marco Traniello vs. Phil Laak
* Patrik Antonius vs. Huck Seed
* Paul Darden vs. Chip Reese

The spades:

* Tuan Le vs. Antonio Esfandiari
* Cyndy Violette T.J. Cloutier
* Joe Hachem vs. Chris Moneymaker
* Paul Wasicka vs. Eli Elezra
* Gus Hansen vs. Shawn Sheikhan
* Ted Forrest vs. Sammy Farha
* Annie Duke vs. Jeff Shulman
* Greg Raymer vs. Nam Le

The hearts:

* John Michael vs. Allen Cunningham
* Jennifer Harman vs. Andy Bloch
* Mike Matusow vs. Daniel Negreanu
* Michael Mizrachi vs. John Juanda
* David Benyamine vs. Gavin Smith
* Johnny Chan vs. J.C. Tran
* Jennifer Tilly vs. Jamie Gold
* Phil Gordon vs. Scotty Nguyen

The diamonds:

* Kristy Gazes vs. Clonie Gowen
* NBC Online Qualifier Eric Larrivee vs. Isabelle Mercier
* Don Cheadle vs. Phil Ivey
* Chris Ferguson vs. Scott Fischman
* Brad Booth vs. Howard Lederer
* John D’Agostino vs. David Williams
* Gabe Kaplan vs. Todd Brunson
* Chad Brown vs. Yosh Nakano

WSOP pre registration open.

2007-03-01T07:20:00.000-08:00

I hope the numbers continue to grow for the WSOP.I would like to see if the gaming laws affect the field . I got this from Bluff magazine.
Harrah’s Operating Company, Inc., has opened pre-registration for the 2007 World Series of Poker, scheduled for June 1 through July 17, 2007 at the Rio All-Suites Hotel & Casino.

Pre-registration instructions and new participant rules – including a more liberal player-apparel policy – can be found at www.worldseriesofpoker.com, the official web site of the World Series of Poker.

“In recognition of the endorsement agreements that provide income to many poker players, we’ve liberalized our policy to allow tournament entrants to wear apparel with multiple logos and patches,” said Jeffrey Pollack, commissioner of the World Series of Poker. “There are some reasonable restrictions on what is permissible, but this is definitely a far more liberal, accommodating and player-friendly policy.

“We encourage all players and their sponsors to review the rules well in advance of the tournament.” said Pollack.

Player pre-registration instructions are included in Section 1 of the rules. In 2007, acceptable forms of payment include cash, cashier’s checks, wire transfers and–Rio casino chips including a newly created WSOP branded $10,000 Rio casino chip. These payment forms may be used to pre-register for entry into any of the 55 events scheduled for the 2007 World Series of Poker.

The 38th edition of the World Series of Poker will include bracelet tournaments with buy-ins ranging from $1,000 to $50,000. The buy-in for the WSOP Main Event – the No-Limit Hold’Em World Championship – will remain at $10,000. The schedule of events can be found at www.worldseriesofpoker.com.

A new way and Live

2007-02-28T05:59:00.000-08:00

I have decided to try out something new in Poker.I was playing the 1500 re-buy when I thought of it.I finished 8th and made about the same I would of in a 10$ 6 man SNG.I thought wow that was pretty hard for a min pay out.So I decided to try a week of playing just SNG's to see how I would do.My ROI so far has been 75%.I am pretty happy with my performance and with my bankroll's growth.
I hit my live game last night.I did not fair too good.I played no hands for the first hour,nothing playable.I was going to call on my button with J 4 of spades but decided against it.I would of made a flush,with the loose guys raising it up I would of made a nice amount. Now to the hand of my down fall.I get dealt 44 with the blinds at 100 200 and smooth call with 2 others.The flop comes 2 h 3 s 4 h . I am so so on the flop.1st position makes it 2500.2nd position goes in the tank for 2 min.He shakes his head and mucks his hand.I take 5 seconds to announce raise all in.The guy dose not think about it and counts out his chips and puts them in the middle.I ask him '' do you have the nuts?''He says ''Yes''. I was like 5 6?He said no and turns over As Ah. I like my chances and I don't. He can hit the 5 or the A, so I am looking at 6 outs.The turn brought a 7 of Hearts. ''shit more outs I said''.The river brought the dirty Ace.I got up and said''At least I got it in with the best'' and left. I was not that mad but a little upset.I will be back tomorrow night for my revenge.

FT'ing it up

2007-02-21T19:11:00.000-08:00

These past few days have been pretty good poker wise.I won the 5$ the other day,placed 5th in the 10$,placed 8th in the 3k, 8th in the 1k and I just placed 3rd in the 1$ re-buy[no re's or add ons].I am going to try out the 1500 freeze at 22 45 wish me luck.
Only 5 more weeks till the lil guy arrives,time really flies by now a days.We are still not too sure about a name just yet,it's such a hard decision.His room is all done up and looks pretty cool.Well gonna step outside for some ''privacy'' LOL.See ya later

Not looking good for USA players

2007-02-20T17:31:00.000-08:00

I got this from card player.Its pretty sad and its going to happen a lot more

Starting March 1, U.S. players at Doyle’s Room will no longer be able to play at the site.

The site announced to its players yesterday that it will no longer allow U.S. players to sign up at the site or existing players to deposit money. On March 1, U.S. players will only have access to the withdraw section of the site.

Players will have the option to transfer their funds and frequent player points over to online rival, Full Tilt Poker.

Doyle’s Room’s officials hope the exodus is temporary. They plan on re-entering the U.S. market after the federal government clarifies it’s stance on the legality of online poker rooms in the U.S, according to a company official who confirmed this story to CardPlayer.com. It will only accept players from the U.S. again if and when the government says that online poker rooms are 100-percent legal.

Representatives of Doyle’s Room have tried to get in contact with someone in the government who could clarify its stance and how the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act affects online poker rooms, but their inquiries have been ignored.

Took a MTT down

2007-02-19T12:50:00.000-08:00

Won the 5$ 22 00 at poker.com last might.Made the FT being 3rd in chips.Got 129$ for 1st not the best pay out,but it's still 26x my stake.Sounds a lot better like that.lol.
Going to go play a little live tonight.It should be some fun.Wish me luck

heavyweight side bets,lol

2007-02-18T19:20:00.000-08:00

I jacked this from kid pokers blog.He has lost his mind a bit recently its still a good read.
It's true. Erik Seidel recently bet one million dollars that he could gain 150 pounds in precisely one year. Erik is a healthy eater, but that will obviously have to change if he is going to win this bet. Erik is putting up his million up against a few players who put up money on the don't.

I think it's a terrible idea and could be very damaging to Erik's health whether successful or not. In fact, the people making this bet should reconsider going through with it if they consider Erik a friend. That much weight gain in one year could kill him.
This is a crazy bet,but its too easy to do.Its also retarted to do.I bet a mill that he dies in 2 years if he does it.LOL
This rumor is pay per view wet dream[at least to me]
Ivey to Play Tiger for Five million

It looks like Ivey has bitten off more than he can chew in this match. Apparently, there is talk of a match between the "Phil Ivey of Golf" and Ivey himself at Shadow Creek at the end of this month.
Ivey's game has improved dramatically, but that Tiger guy is pretty good at golf. Anyway, here are the particulars:

1. Ivey plays from the Ladies tees, Tiger plays from the tips.
2. They will play dead even, match play.
3. Once on the green, Ivey will get to scramble his putts.
4. Tiger will not be able to use his putter. Instead, he must putt with his driver.

Ivey would obviously have to bring his A game to win this match, and frankly, I don't like his side at all.
Looks like mr hebrew found god LOL

Barry Greenstein is considering becoming a Rabbi

I know, I know, hard to believe right? Barry recently had an out of body experience that made him question everything he's always believed. He is currently in New York City attending religious classes in the hopes of one day becoming a Jewish Rabbi. I'm as shocked as you, I never would have believed it!
I could understand this one.But I know he will be back in a few months or years even better
John Juanda is done with poker

One of the greatest poker players in the world is hanging them up. After a few bad sessions online, Juanda, feeling unfullfilled from the grind that is poker, has decided to give it up completely.

John has already become a restaurant owner in Los Angeles, and may decide to spend more time there. However, more likely than that, John will go back to school to study politics. He wants to make a difference in the world and is extremely interested in politics. He has vowed to skip the WSOP, WPT, and all other events indefinitely.

A cool link

2007-02-17T19:13:00.000-08:00

Hi guys
since this is valentines week and all I will give you a really cool relationship website.Check it out at www.manandwife.tv
Enjoy

Valentines day...but no love at tables

2007-02-15T13:22:00.000-08:00

I was playing the Valentines day tourney at poker.com yesterday and this happened to me. I get A c Ad in the big blind and one person pushes his stack in the middle.I am loving it,even more when he turns over JA of hearts.Flop brings J K 4 all clubs even better.Turn was a 5 h and the river was the cursed J d.I was sooooooooooooo mad!This is the first time in a while that I tilted out after a bad beat.It's a place I do not want to go back to.So I got the boot at 98 out of 545 with 80 getting paid.I think thats why It hurt so much.If that would of happened early on in the tourney I would of gave two shits about it.Well you live and learn.
I played the first league game yesterday,didnt do to good.I finished in 5th place,not the worst or the best I could of done.I have Friday to make up for it.We were lucky enough to have Natsdad place 3rd.So it could be worse.
Took the old lady to here ultra sound.He is growing good.The nurse said he is a long one.And he was grabbing on to his thing[its already happening]lol
Have a good 1 and see a at the tables

Happy Valentines

2007-02-14T06:13:00.000-08:00

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY EVERYONE.HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT ONE WITH THAT SPECIAL OTHER.
I am watching Maury as I type this.lol The show is about secret sex tape videos revealed,what a great day to air it.
I played a few SNG's and MTT's yesterday. I played pretty well and made a few dollars.I was impressed with my play in the 3k. I was last in chips down to 620 with 29 left. Blinds at 150 300 with 25 ante.I managed to more than triple up as the blinds had to call me..hehe.Then I get dealt A9 I muck it too quick,I thought I should of pushed but it was too late.2 guys go all in they turn up A 10 and 88 .Flop hit no one,the turn and river brought 99. A good pre flop fold, but a real bad decision.If I would have played that hand I would have been at 10k and really good position to FT it. I clawed it all the down to the FT bubble.
It snowing like crazy now. It looks like its going to be a white out in a few hours.I got to take the old lady to wal mart before it gets to crazy.
Have a good one

Crazy things going on

2007-02-12T19:33:00.000-08:00

My computer was really messed up this past month.First I couldnt log on to here because I was not able to get a google account.Then my computer got hit really hard by a virus,I can not open my computer or explorer.I have a temp fix in firefox .I plan on going over to vista next week.
Poker has been so so.I have yet to take down a MTT this year,pretty sad I know.SNG's are going good amd ring is so so.The league is starting up this week.I am looking forward to this season.Our team was 6 points out of 1st place last season.It was a heart breaker.So close but so far.I do really well in the league due to the fact that its real poker being played.The donk factor is at 5% here vs the 50% in the MTT's.Go HG's
I am looking forward to posting regularly here now that I can.I will try to add some intresting things in the near future,video,links and some other cool stuff.So see ya at the tables.Have a good 1

Long ass time

2007-01-15T11:21:00.000-08:00

Hi guys its been a while.My cpu went down,my BPT final hopes went down in flames,my lil guy is almost here and the holidays.Those are all the reasons/excuses I could come up with why I didnt post.
I have been at other sites in the past month but now I am back at poker.com.Its hard to stay at the other sites.I encountered numerous problems and BS when I was away.
So I am back now and ready to play some poker.I will be back with poker updates in a few day's.
I loved the NFL games last weekend.I went 4 for 4 and now my sportsbook bankroll is 4X fatter.It was pretty easy to pick em I found. My only regret was not putting more money on the games,especialy the seahawk game.Its gonna be a good 2 games this weekend.Its so sad that the season is almost over.I am gonna have to wait 7 months after the big 1 in february.

BPT still alive

2006-12-04T09:48:00.000-08:00

I am still on the bubble for the grand final event.Good old position 20.I thinks its good that am on it.I keeps me focused.lol.The last game is Omaha at least.I made the FT last omaha event,so I hope i keep it up.I am almost ready to start testing my ideas for season 3.I will be doing the tests on other non poker websites,so no one will steal my idea.I am 100% I would win the grand prize for the coverage.See ya guys at the tables

50K,new cpu and CD's

2006-11-27T07:11:00.000-08:00

Well I ended my cashing streak in the 50k.I had a feeling that I wouldnt be doing well,I guess that does not help.I finshed in the 1400s.I really dont like that there is 1700+ people in it too.I know its a freeroll so i wont bitch any more about it.
Last thursday I bought a new CPU.I only got around to hooking it up on saturday.I am not a big computer person and dont really know too much about em,but this cpu is sick.I am doing things at crazy speeds.I used to have to wait for things to come up,but now its half a scond and the task is complete.I am in love,lol.I plan to put it to use for the BPT3.I have a feeling I will be winning 1st for the coverage of it.I have some great original ideas that no one is doing here yet.I will be having lots of fun doing it too.You guys will be seeing it week 1 of the BPT 3.
I had to go buy 3 cd's the past 2 weeks.I will give you guys a mini review of them all.
Game Doctors Advocate
Pretty good CD he proved he could stand tall after all the drama surounding him.Ol'english and dr advocate are the stand out tracks
Snoop Dogg Blue carpet treatment
This reminds me of 92-93 Snoop when he was in his prime.I am loving this CD.The only complaint about this CD is should of being doing this all along.Stand out tracks are thats that shit,A bitch I knew,Vato,imagine,Conversations and I could go on.
Jay z kingdome come
A big disapoinment to me,but I can see it growing on me.Not too many standouts here for me yet Ilike 30s something lost ones

PS3 6 units??NO WAY!!BPT hanging in.

2006-11-21T16:48:00.000-08:00

I spent the night out last thursday.All for nothing.I was not able to get a single unit.What happend was there was a line up started early thursday afternoon.The manager decided to take peoples name for 8 ps3 units.Thats all fair,but the manager forgot to put signs up in the window.I knew something was funny that every other store had a line up except the one I was at.So me and about 12 people spent the night out for nothing.
I semi played the BPT event.The reason why I say semi is because I showed up 30 min late.Normaly its not a problem,but this event was short handed.So I showed up to half a stack.I ended as best I could.I am now 20th in the BPT standings with 2 events left.I have to place at least half way through the field if I want in the final.
I was playing the old 2k[new one today is 2.5k]I was chip leader with 4 left and I had to go, ouch! At least I was getting paid a 1000$ for what I had to do.I ended up 3rd with 200+$.It would have been nice for a 2 nd finsh it was 400$.I tried to find some one to play it for me.I checked the poker.com forum and msn and no one was around.I am getting ready for the 50k this weekend.I hope to continue the $$ finshes in it.Wish me luck

PS3 time

2006-11-16T09:20:00.000-08:00

Its that time of year again.Time to make some extra coin with the latest must have item.I made double my investment lasy year with the X box 360.This year looks to be a little harder.The lines have started. already.I have a few guys that will wait at midnight for 200$.Not too bad for 7 hours of nothing.I hope to at least make 700$ a unit.It will come in handy for the baby comming.
I played a few live games the other night at a buddies house.I was pretty much card dead all night.I played 4 hands all night.After that while the others were playing[it was a freeze],I hit gears of war for X box.Its a pretty sick game.After the night of live I decided to hit some online and see if my luck was better.It went pretty good.I was happy to see a .25 .5o omaha going.I hit a few hands then this came. 7 h 8h 10c Ah
I bumped it to 1$ had 2 callers
The flop 6h 6c 9h
I had a 50/50 feeling about the flop.Sure I had a str8 flush draw and all.I was mad that my A hi flush was toast to a boat.Then he let out 1$ and I called.Then bingo.The turn was my nut 5h.He bumped it to the pot.I couldnt help but re raise him and he then re raised me all in.The pot was 112$ and he turned over 99 and didnt pay attention to his other 2 cards.I dont even remember the river.I played a few other hands and made a few more dollars,then I hit the sack.
I will be playing a few cash games and maybe a a couple MTTs today.Wish me luck.

10K and 2K freerolls

2006-11-12T19:53:00.000-08:00

I have been doing pretty good in the freerolls ths past few days.I finshed 11th in the 2k.I got busted by 9 5 vs my A 5,I was pretty steamed.I got 25$ for that finish.I made the FT of the 10k and made 150$.I hope to do better in the 50k.Wish me luck

Long time no blog

2006-11-11T13:22:00.000-08:00

Hi guys.I have been super busy lately.I have been doing pretty good at the tables.I also made the FT of the last BPT event.I finshed 5th and now find myself in the top 20.I still have a long way to go before the final,I hope I can keep up this pace.I find myself playing cash games more than MTT's recently.I finds them to be super loose.Its easy to sit with 25 and be up to 50 within the hour.I was also doing pretty good in the 2k,made the ft 3 days in a row.I didnt get the big 1st but the best I did was 4th.
I had to take a week off from poker last week.I was pretty busy with some side projects that are looking great.I am getting ready for next fridays PS3's release,not for me but to sell.I am trying to get my hands on 10 units.Its going to be really hard,I have 5 people lined up to buy em for me for 200$ extra.I plan to get 1500 to 2000$ per system.2 days after that they have the nintendo coming out too.Not to much profit to be made but still a good 200$ or more.
I am playing the newly created 20k tommorow.I got in for free,with a 11$ sat compd coupon. I hope to get a nice chunk of coin for free.I got to get ready for the inlaws comming over.I am playing the 2k freeroll now with 5k in chips and I have to go,ouch.Well see ya at the tables.

BPT and 50k

2006-10-30T12:46:00.000-08:00

It was a pretty shitty placing by me in the BPT event.To tell the truth I dont even remember my placing.I will see when the points come out how far I am out of it.The 50k was a OK tourney with 1700 people in it.I made 25$,not too good compared to 250$ last one.I didnt get to play the 15k due to the fact that there was 219 people in it.I prefer to play when there is a big overlay.Rumours are around that it might be bumped to 20k.

Arggggggg big blog erased

2006-10-26T16:57:00.000-07:00

I was just putting the finshing touches on a long ass blog.Then I tried to post it and the site was down.Ouch,tried to cut n paste it but no luck.So I have to start from scratch and dont feel like it.
I want to say big happy birthday to my ace boy Nzebi Duhaney.He woulda been 29 yesterday.But he was murdered almost 3 years ago.I am lucky not to be with him now.I left his place 30 min before you guys with guns went in and shot him dead.If my boy was still here we woulda been in the limo and in VIP at the club.Thats the thing about life,you never know when its your turn to go.
Getting on to some poker.Online has been so so this past week.Poker.com had a few problems and had to shutdown some tourneys I was playing in.Everything seems to be back in order.The bloger tour was reschedueled to this saturday.I really need to score some points this weekend.I have that tourney the same time as grand final.I really dont want to push this tourney off again.I would love to be down under in the cold of January.I would come back looking like a 1 000 000 bucks with a million.lol.
I played the 15k last weekend for 2$.I got in by satellite.I ended up just short of $$ in 28th place.I got JJ and I made 1600, double the blinds.Get 4 callers and get the flop you would want with the fish hooks all under 10 10.Its checked to me and I pushed in 4k more and was insta called by the next guy.I knew before he flipped his QQ that I was beat.I was really pissed about that.Not the beat but just the misplay on my part.I am looking forward to my revenge this weekend in the 50k and 15k.Hopefully in the 50k I will do better than 40 something and 250$.
1 last thing before I go about the WPT.I am so pumped that its going so good.This is going to be really good for canadian poker.The only thing is the lack of tables for satellites.The waiting list is crazy.

Bad beat and Patience

2006-10-14T10:15:00.000-07:00

Its been a good couple of days.Won a 10$ freeze and made the 2k FT twice.The title of this blog has to do with last nights 2k.I was doing pretty good and was up to 5k.I get dealt JQ of clubs on the button.Everyone folds it down to me I double the blinds and make it 400$.I get the SB 2 call.The flop was J 5 4 rainbow.I bet out 500 he calls.The turn 4.I push and he calls right away.He had about 3700$ and calls.He shows J 7.I am loving this until the river,he hits his 7.I was steaming!I was about to lose my cool all I had left was 700$.Then I knew I had to put that hand behind me.After I cooled down I got to more than double up with out any callers.Then i double through again with a well played set.I was really proud of my non tilt factor.I had about the 5k when this came my way.I get dealt 44 and smooth call with 5 people in the pot.Then 1 of them bumps the 200$ BB to 400$.I call as do 4 others.The flop was K 6 4.I check it someone lets out 200$ and I call as do 2 others.Turn is a 6.I push and its folded down to the guy who sucked me out before with J7.He calls and shows6 10.The river brings a rag and I raked in a 15kpot.I was so happy to get my pay back with intrest from that donk.I ended up playing way to tight on the FT.I mucked JA only to see it woulda won a monster pot.From then it was nothing and ended up making 100$ finshing 7th.
After that tourney I wanted to play some ring.I hit the 10 25 cent and 25 50 cent 10 man tables.I started with 10$ and 30$.I ended the night with 40$ and 70$ and 400 comps.I was getting str8s, nut flushes and PP.The crazy thing about it is people are betting hard in to me when I have the nuts.Its gotta be the newbies at poker.com.Ever since the US is cracking down on online gaming poker.com traffic is way up.Its good and bad because these people have no skill.The dont understand the proper way to bluff.But a lot of times it works in their favour,this should be another blog because I can go on for ever about this.
I am debating if I should play the Aussie millions grand final today.I might hold out untill the next grand final.See ya at the tables.

Dirty Ravens and mistakes

2006-10-10T11:25:00.000-07:00

Last post should of read JA, thats how I go the boot from the BPT event 2.I am ranked 26th right now.Its not that good considering that the top 20 get in to the final.If I dont get in to that game I will be pissed.They have pretty sweet prizes for the whole field.
I was pretty close to making some sweet $$$ yesterday.I had a pick 14 nfl 5$ pool,If the ravens won I was in the$$.Coulda been anything from 2k to 10k.
I had a pretty sweet thanksgiving weekend.Went over to the GF's parents and had some great food.Only got to play the first couple of hands in the 10k freeroll,but I doubled in chips.I had 77 and flopped a set vs a guy with top pair and kicker.I ended up calling a buddy to finish it up for me.He placed 500th out of 750+.I wonder what I could of done with those chips?

BPT

2006-10-07T14:36:00.001-07:00

I am playing week 2 of the BPT now.Just had a real bad beat.I had A c Qh I called a 900 raise and the flop was As Jh 4S,He pushes for 6k more and I insta call.He turns over QQ.I am loving it until the turn and river bring him a flush.I was pissed about that.I just got the boot withvsQA.I spiked a Jack too,river brought a dirty Queen.Finshed 22nd.

Monster lay down and cashing lots

2006-09-28T17:07:00.000-07:00

I will start this week with the last game I played.This is bar none the best value on poker.com.The 10$ grand final garantee with 1 rebuy.It was only 10 people so I thought why not play.I took it down with no re buys.1 hand was a monster lay down hence the name of this entry.We are down to the last 3 people including me.I have about 5k in chips,I get dealt AK off in BB. I limp as in everyone else.Flop comes K d Js 5d.First position fires out 400, normaly this is a instant call.I take a few seconds to think.I decided to muck my top pair w kicker.The button bumps the 400 to 800 which gets called.Turn is 7 d.SB pushes and is instanly called,SB shows Jh Ks BB shows Ad 6d.The river was a rag and the sb was booted to leave me HU.I have been really good a reading my opponents this week[I know its online and sounds pretty gay] its been working do far.The guy I was HU with was 2x my 1 in chips.I easily smoked him.He was hyper aggresive,I took pot after pot from him.So now I have a chance to go to the Aussie Millions for 10$.Right now I am in the aussie freeroll qualifier and I am chip leader with 17k.Now I might have 3 ways in to OZ.I can get in by the blogger tour,the grand final I just won and this stupid tourney I am chip leader in now.
I have been cashing all week.I finshed 42nd in the 50k got 250$ for that,not too bad for free TY poker.com.I got 5th in 2k for 200$,2nd in 5$ for 80$.And I got a shit load of cash from the ring games.I have made about 1k this week in all online.
The bloger started this week.I didnt fair to well.I finshed in the 40s with 70+ in it.I hope this week to get to the FT this week to improve my points.Pretty sweet final set up with everyone getting something nice.
One last bit of info,perhaps the most important.LOL.I am gonna have a boy!I am super pumped about it.I have big plans for him on the table.Poker has lost its taboo and I plan to Tiger Woods my kid on poker.Good luck and c u at the tables

2K UPDATE

2006-09-22T10:55:00.000-07:00

I cant believe the come back i did.When I was with you last I was not doing to well.I grinded it out and finshed 5th.I can hardly remember any of the hands I had yesterday.I was playing poker pretty much all day.So all of the hands are mixed in togther.I just finshed 10th in the 5$.Got QQ in BB and go over the top of 1 raiser.He flips KK.Flop 10 J A ,turn 8 and river was a blank.I had some hope on turn for another gut shot.Oh well,at least I made another FT.

Final table'n

2006-09-21T19:50:00.000-07:00

Its been pretty good week.I have been finishing in the money lots.Tonight I nearly took down the 1k freeroll,finshed 7th. I also won 1 MTT this week,the 3$ omaha.But I was on the FT in the 1k 500 5$ 3$ 2k.Right now I am in the 2k with a below average stack.I have `1700,36 outta 50$.I just withdrew some $$ to re depo it to get a 50% bonus from poker.com.I have been clearing so many comps lately I thought why not.
They are lots of tourneys happening this weekend.The 50k is top on my lisit,along with the 1st blogger tour.It's going to be a sweet season,hope to secure a grand final entry early on.I am gonna try to win this 2k. So I am outta here .See ya at the tables.

Live Poker,NFL and school shootings

2006-09-14T08:12:00.000-07:00

I decided to take a week off online play and play strickly live.I played 2 tourneys this week.No cashes finshed about half way both times.I really got to step my agression up.It also helps if I get cards.I lost about half my stack on flush draws last night.I had no choice but to call big raises on flops when I am drawing the nut flush.I folded 10 10 to a 1500$ raise with the board 7 J 8 Q J .He flashed A high as he raked in the pot.I went all in with QA suited and got called by KA of hearts.No luck for me when he turned a K.
At least I have been making $$ on NFL.I am so happy the season is back.The year went by pretty fast. I played the 5$ pick 15.I lost only on the jets and cowboys.If they woulda come through woulda got 12k instead I got 10$. I made a killing on Monday night with the chargers.I have buddies who like to make retarted bets[taking raiders,LOL].Week2 has some nice games to make some more $$.
Some crazy shit was poping off here yesterday.A crazy guy went on a rampage at 1 of our schools here.2 people are dead[included is the killer] and 19 hurt,pretty sad times.RIP goes out to the families.Pretty crazy times now a days.

Live Poker

2006-09-07T13:09:00.000-07:00

Last night I hit my poker club for a little live action.I showed up expecting a 25$ re buy,but it turned out to be a 60$ freeze.I was more than happy with no rebuys.There was 64 players in all top 5 get paid 1500+ for first.I drew a pretty sweet opening table.Had a all in freak , a 2nd timer and the old man type.We started with 5500 and 100 200 30 min levels.2nd hand in I get dealt 10 k of diamonds,and I flat call.5 players in the pot, flop comes Jd As 5s.1st player bets out 800 2nd calls then its on me.I am thinking to my self ''no way can I call''I muck with 5 seconds of thought.1 other play calls so there is 3400 in the pot.Turn in Qd.Ouch,My gin card.Up and down str8 and royal flush draw with the nuts.800 is bet again and called by 1 person.Turn was a 8.Another bet of 800 is called.They turn over J 8 vs Q 6.The guy took a monster with 2 pair.I was pretty pissed about that fold.Then I over played KA and lost about 2400.I got dealt big slick again a few hands later and push.I get 1 caller with 10 6 of spades.He flops a flush draw,the turn hit my K and river was rag.I doubled up to a little more than 6k.I changed tables after that and had a bunch of rounder wanna be's.I said ''nice call'' to a guy with 8 3 vs QQ who hit 2 pair and eliminated a player.The 2 guys start tearing in to me saying''how could that be a good call????.I love getting people pissed off and gunning for me.A few hands later I smooth call with Q 2 suited.The flop was Q 4 9 with no hearts.I checked it and the player beside me bets out 1200.Its folded down to me and I say''I hate mucking top pair''.I fold my cards face up to prove my statement.Ohhs and ahhhhs around the table.The raiser turns over Q 4 and said good lay.Right then I knew I was dealing with more donks.Any body who plays poker with any intellegence knows to muck top pair with a 2.Then my downfall came.I get J A and limp in[my mistake,and the reason I lost].I ended up losing to Q 7,when he hit trip 7's.I got up right away and got out of there quick.I hate making mistakes like that.At least I know where the hole was in my game.I can not be making those same mistakes in Niagra.I want to hit the tourney again tonight.Dont know if the girlfriend will like it.
I will be playing the bday tourney for kelly[leafy68].Its a 2$ with 50$ added.I like these games we will be starting with 5k in chips.And its a private game with all friends.Well wish me luck and see ya at the tables

Wow......

2006-08-31T16:37:00.000-07:00

I am playing the 5$ short first hand I get dealt 7 5 offsuit.I call the min 15$. Flop J 77.I check as does everyone else.The turn was a 5.I bet out 120 , get raised 240.I push,he calls and flips over JJ.Ouch,the river is a 5 and no help.Thats been the 1st time this year I went out on first hand.Pretty sitty feeling.Man I hate coolers.
Sit n go's are the same today.I can't seem to place 1st.Its always 2nd or 3rd[mostly 3rd today]
Yesterday I made the FT a few times in MTT's.Nothing crazy just lil cash.The new freerolls come in to play at poker.com tommorow.I hope to clear at least 400 comps a day.Looks like a lot of ring action for me.The MT fuji table is a joke.The guys are calling stations there.I was upto 35$ off of 5$ in a few hands.Oh let me not forget about the 4k yesterday.I lasted 5 hands.I get 44 call the blind with 4 callers.Flop was 4 7 10.I am loving it.I check and player bumps it to 80 everyone calls as do I.The turn was a 5 .I check it to player he bets 300,everyone folds to me I call.River is a king and I check again.Player raises 500$,I push.He calls instantly and flips KK. I feel like no matter what I did I coundt get away from losing.I admit I shoulda just called his raise but no way I had him on kings.If he pushed at any point I would gone in right away.So I was out of the last 4k.I am going to try 2 more SNG's if I dont hit $ I am going to take a 1 day break.I got to get my mind right.See ya at the tables.

poker crack

2006-08-28T06:57:00.000-07:00

I have been playing lots l8ly. Been doing ok but just basically hovering, nothing more then 10 or 20$ positive a day.I am playing the morning schedule at poker.com.5$ short and 5$,3$ freeze mostly.Then 5$ sng's I wish they brought back the 5$ omaha. I tried out the 1k re for the first time in awhile. Did pretty good for no re buys finshed 10th.I got the boot with the snowmen vs JA. It looked good on flop and turn but the river brought A,that was it. I made 23$.lol.
They anounced the new freerolls at poker.com.They look pretty sweet!They are bring back daily freerolls 1k mon to fri.Sat is 2k and sunday is 10k.And the fatty 50k last sunady of month.The first one is on my b-day. That would be sweet to pocket a nice 10k with some cake. I will be playing in one of the last 4k's tonight, would be nice to score the trophy. I remember I was 2nd with 38 people left outta 800+ in the 500 freeroll.This is in late Nov 2005And it shut down because of their servers.I was so pissed and I didnt even get any $$ at first.Then after I got issued a 100k entry and 40$. It was ok but I wanted another accolade.So hopefully history repeats[with no server issues,lol] and I am 2nd in chips with 38 people.See ya at the tables.

Looking good

2006-08-23T10:44:00.000-07:00

I have been in the same slump as my last post until today.I took the 9 30 5$ at poker.com.It was only a 89$ cash but it felt good to win again.Yesterday I was pretty close to cashing in the 5$ short.I was doing pretty good with about 3500$ in chips,then I was disconected.I was livid.I was able to log back in but I couldnt get off sit out.I had to close and re open for it to work.By then I was at 685$.I finshed 17th because of my stupid wireless connetion.
I am in the final preperation's to get in the WPT. It looks like I will be down in Niagra at the end os Sept.I am looking forward to try to get in the event.I will be playing as many live games as possible from here on out.So wish me luck and maybe you'll see my ass on TV.lol.See ya at the tables

So close...

2006-08-19T14:20:00.000-07:00

Lately I am always finishing on or close to the bubble. I dunno whats going on but It's getting depressing. Today I got reamed in the 5$ short, pillaged in the 3$ and sodomized in the 5$.LOL.Thats how it felt.I didnt even want to play the last one, the 9 30 am 5$ nl. I tried to get out but the clock hit 25 just as I deregisterd, so I was stuck in it. I was getting rags for half of my stack was at 490$ then this happend. I get pocket 7's ,I push right away. Get 4 callers . The flop was 7 7 10. I was up to 3k. I kept on getting big aces and was up to 5k before I knew it. I hit nothing for the rest of the game. Finshed a big 12th.
I started playing ring games again. I cant believe what people bet with. I had this guy push me in 10$ with nothing. I had k9 with the board K 9 5 2. I think for a sec then call him. He turns over J 7, I tagged dude pretty fast before he left.It has been pretty easy to sit in with 5$ and eave with 30$ plus a cht load of comps. I also got coupons for the 20k and the two 4k's.Its been a long time since I got in the 20k, should be fun. I heard that they will be changing the freerolls next month at poker.com ,hope they bring back the dailys.
I am about to play Skinski charity tourney.He was my team mate back in the probable days.Looking forward to playing some quality poker[I hope] and giving a lil piece to charity.I will be trying to cash at the 5$ short tonight too.I got 2go get some food in belly,then some weed in my lungs,then beer to liver,repeat weed.You get the picture.So If I am shitting on people tonight after 9 pm you know why.See ya at the tables

Grinding it out

2006-08-14T14:58:00.000-07:00

I played lots of games at poker.com onFriday and saturday.I placed
41st in the 1500 no $
7th in the 5$ short 15.25
6th in the 3$ 15.48$
33rd in the 3$ omaha no $
80th in the 1$ no $
17th in the 5$ short no$
7th in the 100 omaha freeroll
placed 2nd in 3 5$ sit n go
placed 1st 2 x omaha 2 sng
placed 1st in 5$ 6 man sng
I was happy to place 7th in the donkfest 100$ freeroll.At least I know I still got a lil donk in me.lol.I am going to be playing in the 5$ short tonight,I might check out the 2k or 1500.I like the starting stacks in the 2k so I will probably hit that.I want to watch the last hells kitchen tonight.It was better last year but its worth it to watch chef Ramsey trip out.Its about time to roll up a dewb and play some SNGs its only 6 24 so got 1 hour till the short.See ya at the tables

More suck outs than a whore house

2006-08-11T14:38:00.000-07:00

\ts crazy how fast the weather changes.Its was in the 40s last week now it's barely 20.Still a perfect time for a beer.I have been playing a few cheap MTTs at poker.com.First was 1$ turbo with 198 in it.I played ok in it and finshed 22 just outa the $$.The next one was the 2$ re.Started out ok then built up to a nice stack by the time I got the final table.The top 5 was in the $. I had it in with the best all 3 times,and all 3 were runner runner beats. My AK vs A4 sucked out to runner wheel. My set sucked out to broadway.And the worst was when I was heads up.I get pocket 8s I dont think twice about pushing with the snowmen.I get my chips in and get a call.He turns over 8 8. I am thinking to my self LOL but I am seriously worried. I was right to be worried.He pulled out a heart flush. I couldnt believe how bad the night was in regards of beats.I am glad I am not the type to go on a rant how its ''fixed''. I still made 44$ off 2$ , had some fun trapping and watching lil skin avoid death a few times.
If you guys are in canada you guys have till 9pm Saturday to hit the 6/49. 42 OOO OOO never hurt anyone.See ya at the tables.

Beef in the poker world

2006-08-07T16:25:00.000-07:00

I just burnt my arm on my oven taking out chicken wings. It hurts like a mofo. I am playing a 5$ sit n go right now waiting for the 5 $ short handed to start.The 5$ short at 18 30 is getting quite popular lately 100+ enterants tonight.I had 3 sets in a row in the first 3 hands in the SNG.1st one I had 9 7 vs k9 lost 240 on that hand.The 2nd set got a lil action and made my 240 back,3rd set no action.I am at 1035 on level 4.I just got the boot with 10 3.The flop was 10 9 2.I pushed he called with J K the turn was Q and I am out.If you dont check out full contact poker I suggest you make it a favourite.Its Dan Negraneau's web site he has the best blog/vlog on the web.To make a long story short,Greg Raymer was doing WSOP commenatry and Dan just got the boot and Raymer said good he thinks kid poker is ''ether stupid or a WPT puppet''.The reason behind the comments were Negraneau's feelings about the lawsuit against the WPT.He has been speaking out against the 7 pros that brought the lawsuit to court.He is concernd as I am too about the negative press against poker.Read up about it you will be suprised with how stupid the lawsuit is.I am going to roll a joint now and finsh up the MTT 5$ short.I am at 1250$ in level 6 in 39th position with 60 left.Wish me luck

WPT and online poker

2006-08-05T11:43:00.000-07:00

I am trying to find some decent satallites in to the WPT in October.Its the first time the WPT is comming to Canada.Also the first time I can play a major with out worring about the US customs.Its going to be sweet.I am thinking my best bet is at Casino niagra.They have a few steps going from what I hear.All single tables too.I am going to try get out to Niagra for a 24 hour session in the next couple weeks.I have been looking for some online qualifiers but no luck.I wish poker.com was running them.With they're 10$ grand final tourneys,it would be pretty easy to earn a ticket for under 50$ to the grand final.I am going to play some online poker today.I will play some at poker.com and mansion.com.I will be back with a update later.See ya at the tables.

What a night

2006-08-03T06:35:00.000-07:00

Wow is all I can say about yesterday. It started out pretty good as I was chip leader to start.Then this hand came in BB, K 5 offsuit.Pre flop it was raised up by 5,I called and so did 2 others.Flop was 7 10 k.The player utg checks.I bet out 4,the dealer pushes and so does the utg.I think for a second and think I have to be beat and muck.The dealer turns over 9 9 and the utg turns QQ ouch.Q's held up for the pot.I woulda won it there with a call, but tight old me.lol.I start out losing 2 games in a row, but manage a win on the 3rd game to even out my losses.Then we decided to up the stakes and thats when I started to shine. I won every hand!! I have never done a feat like that before,it was beautiful. Then I took the last 2 games of the night to be up about 120$. Then the trouble began.I made a bathroom stop before I was going to leave and started to hear a commotion. Came out of to see my lift storm out of the house. I said my good byes ,then I heard tires peeling.My buddy was pulling a smoke show and yelling at the host.I jumped in the truck and he just let the hemi go.We are about half way down the street when I realize I left my cell.So we make are way back and get my phone.The host was yelling at the driver''your f__king dead'' Next thing you know buddy is out of the car for a showdown.The thing is the host is wheelchair bound. So my buddy ran up to the host and spat out the nastiest mound of flem in to the face of the host. All I can say is what a night. Looks like I wont be heading back to the honey spot any more.

Why not start a blog

2006-08-02T08:21:00.000-07:00

Hi guys or who ever is reading this.Its pretty god damm hot today.So its perfect for a little poker , beer and some chronic.I play a live home game about 3x or more a week.Never more than 5 people playing.Its a pretty loose game that I can cash 75% of the time.We usually play 10$ and 20$ sit n gos.So the most you can loose at any session is about 70$. Online poker has been on the backburner for now. I preffer playing online in the fall and winter months,I hate being couped up in the house while its so nice outside. I will be back with a update of how much money I score in the home game.
Peace the don