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BBT2 TOC

21 December 2007
Firstly congrats to jeciimd for winning the BBT2 TOC and the $18k Aussie package that comes along with it.

Ended up in 5th, but didn't like the way I played this tourney. Going into it I was under the presumption that people would be taking more risks since it was a winner take all tourney. Therefore I would play it in a tighter fashion. I don't think this was the case and I couldn't turn on the switch to turn on the aggression. I think you need to get into at least a mini rush to get yourself in the mood.

Early on I played really tight, not much action. Got some chips on a semi-bluff KQs on a double suited board. Luckily a K on the river and luckily I didn't complete the flush as the other player, dnasty13, had the nut draw. Got some more chips vs the super aggro lucko with AK on a K high flop.

*** Donk Alert ***
Warning, the following series of donkishness is for reference only and should not be applied.

Hand 1:
Fuel55 raised utg, dnasty13 (smallish stack) shoves, sb (Rickylake) calls, i fold, fuel reshoves for about double, sb calls. fuel has JJ, small stack has AK, sb has A5o. WTF!!!! obv A on the board.

Hand 2:

a few hands later that Rickylake character raises utg, short stack shoves for a bit more than double his bet. He folds. WTF!!!

Hand 3:

I limp UTG with AA, hoping for a repop. Ends up folding around to that guy. T9x flop. He flop bets, I raise, he shoves. I say fuck but how can I fold. So I call. He flips over J9. WTF!!!

VinNay was so wrong when he classified this guy as Tier 4. This guy was obv not even Tier worth, I feel shame for whover lost heads up to this guy for him to get a seat. I lol'd at this series for a while, though would have lost it if I was on the other side of things.

*** end donkish series ***

At this point I was around 2nd in chips, and when the final table started I was prob 4/9. Here is where my problems lay. For some reason I hardly ever stole any blinds. I hardly ever got hands but that shouldn't matter. I know people were stealing my blinds, but I didn't really mind, for every 3 times I had my blinds stolen I pretty much had to make a resteal to get them back, which I did. My favourite target was lucko, who was extremely agro with an obv wide range. Restole on him a few times, and at one point he typed in "<-- calls very light". I responded with a "<-- raises ever lighter". Now I don't know if this played a part at all, but not too long after I reshoved his raise with KK and he relunctantly called with 22.

After that I completely pussied out. Couldn't c/bet, couldn't 4bet pf ... Lost a bunch of chips and was low again. Made a questionable call for the rest of my chips, but I think it was the right calculation. Wish I had the hand history on me so I could look at the numbers again, but folded to the button (Whiskygirl) who was pretty much shoving anytime it was folded to her. I called with QJs. I had 4kish with 300/600 blinds and can't remember the antes. She ended up with A2o, and I rivered a J.

I still played like a pussy after that, and eventually shoved with AT and called by AJ. Flush, T, or double pair did not hit the river, and i'm out.

So here is my final tally for Aussie Million winner take all qualifiers. 3rd, 4th, 5th x 2. No crocodile hunting for me in 08. I guess I'll have to wait for 09.

A thanks to Al for setting up the BBT2, look forward to the next one.

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F**k Presto

19 December 2007
Was already on Tilt prior to this hand but presto sucks ass if played like a donk.

Hand #1352012030001415: Amsterdam (6-max) 12030
Seat 1: lSmokRcks (948.00 in chips)
Seat 3: QQ1Cup (783.00 in chips)
Seat 8: turtlehed11 (400.00 in chips)
Seat 9: thoue77 (757.95 in chips)
Seat 10: actyper (362.20 in chips)
lSmokRcks: posts small blind $2
QQ1Cup: posts big blind $4
Dealt to actyper [ 5d 5s ]
thoue77: folds
actyper: raises to $14l
SmokRcks: raises to $46
QQ1Cup: folds
actyper: calls
*** FLOP *** [ Ts Kh 5c ]
lSmokRcks: bets $60
actyper: calls
*** TURN *** [ 8d ]
lSmokRcks: checks
actyper: checks
*** RIVER *** [ Qh ]
lSmokRcks: bets $176
actyper: is all in
lSmokRcks: calls
*** SHOW DOWN ***
actyper: shows [ 5d 5s ] (Three of a Kind, Fives )
lSmokRcks: shows [ Qd Qs ] (Three of a Kind, Queens )
lSmokRcks wins $726.40 with Three of a Kind, Queens
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Weekend Recap

17 December 2007
Nothing too exciting this weekend. Tried satelliting into the sunday majors, FT million and the UBOC ME, but failed. I dunno how I failed the FT one, was chip leader at one point. I guess with turbo tournies, anything can happen. Not sure why UB didn't run any multiple guaranteed seats tournies. All they had were $10r, $30r, and $75rs. For a premium tournament series they sure didn't give many opportunities to get in through satellites. Final tabled a Betfair $5k tourney, and came 20th in the Cake $100k. Betfair took a nice beat KK <> Adanthar's AA. I was reshoving a lot on the bubble with decent holdings, and this time I got caught. Other than that I don't think I won a showdown after that, pretty much just accumulating chips from steals and resteals. Lost a big chunk of chips QQ < 99. But all that aggressive play got me in trouble late, and eventually out 55 < 77.

Cash game side I was tearing it up. 2/4NL and 5/10limit. I've rediscovered my love for limit. Its so easy, and the majority are just so bad. But went on a total downswing yesterday. At one point I was up a buyin on 2 of my NL games and 10bbs on my limit game, but just swung right back down. Stoopid fn short stackers, they are my nemesis. Always manage to suckout on me.

Got Rockband for my birthday, and it rocks. I can't sing for shit, but can bang the drums pretty good. Not that good though, still on the medium level, hard is pretty difficult. The guitar playing is easier than guitar hero though, I can play the songs on hard pretty good.

Last week of poker for 2007 for me, actually probably only 4 days. Off to Mexico (Mayan Riviera) again for another wedding. Will prob do a recap/goal post later this week if nothing exciting happens in between.
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2008 Poker Tracker XL Beta

13 December 2007
For those who used my Excel Poker tracker, I have updated it and created a 2008 version. Pretty much the same but with a few more columns, drop down menus, and a few charts and graphs.

You can download it here at http://www.vpipoker.com (one of my future sites in development)
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Yahoo! Weird backlink

12 December 2007

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World Series of Poker 2008 Schedule

12 December 2007

Harrah’s Entertainment Announces 2008 Schedule For 39th World Series Of Poker® Presented by Milwaukee’s Best Light TUESDAY DECEMBER 11, 2007 6:14pm PT LAS VEGAS

– December 11, 2007 – Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE:HET) said today the 2008 World Series of Poker Presented by Milwaukee’s Best Light and televised exclusively on ESPN will – for the first time ever – begin and end with $10,000 buy-in World Championship events and feature a total of eight $10,000 championships. In addition, the 55-event schedule for 2008 includes a total of eight $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em tournaments, which traditionally draw the largest fields except for the Main Event. The WSOP has also added a second start day for the first of the $1,500 no-limit competitions to accommodate the expected number of entrants.

“This is our most exciting schedule yet,” said Jeffrey Pollack, commissioner of the WSOP. “Both amateur and professional poker players will have new opportunities to compete for a WSOP bracelet and can choose from the widest variety of games and buy-ins ever offered in one poker tournament and certainly at the WSOP. “We’re holding steady at 55 events this year,” said Pollack. “But, we’ve mixed it up a bit to keep it interesting for our players and fans.” The 2008 WSOP starts May 30 with the $10,000 buy-in World Championship of Pot-Limit Hold’Em and ends July 16 with the Final Table of the $10,000 buy-in World Championship of No Limit Texas Hold ‘Em – best known as the WSOP Main Event.

The six other $10,000 buy-in events – all World Championship competitions – include: Heads-Up No-Limit Hold’Em; Seven-Card Stud; Limit Hold’Em; Omaha Hi-Low Split Eight or Better; Pot-Limit Omaha; and a new Mixed Event. The Mixed Event will feature eight variations of poker: Limit and No-Limit Hold’Em; Omaha Hi-Low and Pot-Limit Omaha; Seven Card Stud; Razz; Seven Card Hi-Low Split; and 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball. The second event of the 2008 WSOP is a $1,500 buy-in No-Limit Hold’em tournament with two starting days – May 31 and June 1. Pre-registration for the 2008 WSOP can be made beginning in February on-site at the Main Cage of the Rio® All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas or at http://www.worldseriesofpoker.com/.

In addition to the largest cash prizes in poker, winners of each of the 55 events will receive an exclusive World Series of Poker gold bracelet crafted by the luxury Swiss watchmaker CORUM. Last year, 54,288 entrants who ranged in age from 21 (bracelet winner Steve Billirakis) to 94 (Main Event contestant Jack Ury) competed for the poker world’s largest total prize pool of nearly $160 million. The 2008 WSOP will be staged inside the Rio Convention Center from May 30 through July 16. WSOP officials plan a “soft opening” of the tournament room on May 28 and 29 for players to register early and play in satellite tournaments and cash games. “The poker tent is gone,” said Pollack. “We heard folks loud and clear last year, and there will be no tents used for tournament play at the 2008 WSOP.”

On July 2, and in conjunction with the WSOP, Oscar nominee Don Cheadle and poker professional Annie Duke will host the second annual Ante Up For Africa charity tournament at the Rio. Last year’s AUFA event featured dozens of Hollywood celebrities and poker professionals and raised more than $700,000 for charity. Ante Up For Africa is a non-profit organization founded in 2006 by Cheadle, Duke and Norman Epstein and is dedicated to raising money and awareness for Africans in need.

July 3 is the first of four start days for the 2008 Main Event. Last year, a total of 6,358 entrants competed for a Main Event prize pool of $59.8 million. Players may choose their Main Event start dates as long as seats are available on the selected dates. More information about the World Series of Poker is available at the Web site www.worldseriesofpoker.com. Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. is the world's largest provider of branded casino entertainment. Since its beginning in Reno, Nevada, nearly 70 years ago, Harrah's has grown through development of new properties, expansions and acquisitions, and now owns or manages casinos on four continents. The Company's properties operate primarily under the Harrah's, Caesars and Horseshoe brand names; Harrah's also owns the London Clubs International family of casinos. Harrah's Entertainment is focused on building loyalty and value with its customers through a unique combination of great service, excellent products, unsurpassed distribution, operational excellence and technology leadership. For more information, please visit http://www.harrahs.com/.

The complete schedule of 2008 World Series of Poker events follows:

Date Day Time EV# 2008 Buy-In



  • 5/28/2008 Wednesday 9:00 AM Registration Opens, Live Action & Satellites Begin

  • 5/29/2008 Thursday Registration, Live Action & Satellites

  • 5/30/2008 Friday 12 noon 1 World Championship Pot-Limit Hold'em (3 day event) $10,000

  • 5/31/2008 Saturday 12 noon 2A No-Limit Hold'em (4 day event) Day 1A $1,500 6/1/2008 Sunday 12 noon 2B No-Limit Hold'em Day 1B

  • 6/2/2008 Monday 12 noon 3 Pot-Limit Hold'em (3 day event) $1,500

  • 6/2/2008 Monday 5:00 PM 4 Mixed Hold'em (Limit/No-Limit) (3 Day event) $5,000

  • 6/3/2008 Tuesday 12 noon 5 No-Limit Hold'em w/Re-Buys (3 day event) $1,000

  • 6/3/2008 Tuesday 5:00 PM 6 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better (3 day event) $1,500

  • 6/4/2008 Wednesday 12 noon 7 No-Limit Hold'em (3 day event) $2,000

  • 6/4/2008 Wednesday 5:00 PM 8 World Championship Mixed Event (3 day event) Limit Holdem, Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better, Seven Card Razz , Seven Card Stud, Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better, No-Limit Holdem, Pot-Limit Omaha, 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball $10,000

  • 6/5/2008 Thursday 12 noon 9 No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed (3 day event) $1,500

  • 6/5/2008 Thursday 5:00 PM 10 Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better (3 day event) $2,500

  • 6/6/2008 Friday 12 noon 11 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout (3 day event) $5,000

  • 6/6/2008 Friday 5:00 PM 12 Limit Hold'em (3 day event) $1,500

  • 6/7/2008 Saturday 12 noon 13 No-Limit Hold'em (3 day event) $2,500

  • 6/7/2008 Saturday 5:00 PM 14 World Championship Seven Card Stud (3 day event) $10,000

  • 6/8/2008 Sunday 12 noon 15 Ladies No-Limit Hold'em World Championship (3 day event) $1,000

  • 6/8/2008 Sunday 5:00 PM 16 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better (3 day event) $2,000

  • 6/9/2008 Monday 12 noon 17 No-Limit Hold'em Shootout (3 day event) $1,500

  • 6/9/2008 Monday 5:00 PM 18 No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball w/Re-Buys (3 day event) $5,000

  • 6/10/2008 Tuesday 12 noon 19 Pot-Limit Omaha (3 day event) $1,500

  • 6/10/2008 Tuesday 5:00 PM 20 Limit Hold'em (3 day event) $2,000

  • 6/11/2008 Wednesday 12 noon 21 No-Limit Hold'em (3 day event) $5,000

  • 6/11/2008 Wednesday 5:00 PM 22 H.O.R.S.E. (3 day event) Limit Holdem, Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better, Seven Card Razz, Seven Card Stud, Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better $3,000

  • 6/12/2008 Thursday 12 noon 23 No-Limit Hold'em (3 day event) $2,000

  • 6/12/2008 Thursday 5:00 PM 24 Pot-Limit Holdem/Omaha (3 day event) $2,500

  • 6/13/2008 Friday 12 noon 25 World Championship Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em (256 player max) (3 day event) $10,000

  • 6/13/2008 Friday 5:00 PM 26 Seven Card Razz (3 day event) $1,500

  • 6/14/2008 Saturday 12 noon 27 No-Limit Hold'em (3 day event) $1,500

  • 6/14/2008 Saturday 5PM 28 Pot-Limit Omaha W/Rebuys (3 day event) $5,000

  • 6/15/2008 Sunday 12 noon 29 No-Limit Hold'em (3 day event) $3,000

  • 6/15/2008 Sunday 5:00 PM 30 World Championship Limit Hold'em (3 day event) $10,000

  • 6/16/2008 Monday 12 noon 31 No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed (3 day event) $2,500

  • 6/17/2008 Tuesday 12 noon 32 No-Limit Hold'em (3 day event) $1,500

  • 6/17/2008 Tuesday 5:00 PM 33 World Championship Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better (3 day event) $5,000

  • 6/18/2008 Wednesday 12 noon 34 Pot-Limit Omaha W/Re-Buys (3 day event) $1,500

  • 6/18/2008 Wednesday 5:00 PM 35 Seven Card Stud (3 day event) $1,500

  • 6/19/2008 Thursday 12 noon 36 No-Limit Hold'em (3 day event) $1,500

  • 6/19/2008 Thursday 5:00 PM 37 World Championship Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better (3 day event) $10,000

  • 6/20/2008 Friday 12 noon 38 Pot-Limit Hold'em (3 day event) $2,000

  • 6/21/2008 Saturday 12 noon 39 No-Limit Hold'em (3 day event) $1,500

  • 6/22/2008 Sunday 12 noon 40 World Championship H.O.R.S.E. (5 day event) Limit Holdem, Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better, Seven Card Razz, Seven Card Stud, Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better $50,000

  • 6/22/2008 Sunday 5:00 PM 41 Mixed Hold'em (limit/no-limit) (3 Day event) $1,500

  • 6/23/2008 Monday 12 noon 42 Seniors No-Limit Hold'em World Championship (3 day event) $1,000

  • 6/24/2008 Tuesday 12 noon 43 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low Split-8 or Better (3 day event) $1,500

  • 6/25/2008 Wednesday 12 noon 44 No-Limit Hold'em w/Re-Buys (3 day event) $1,000

  • 6/25/2008 Wednesday 5:00 PM 45 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball (Limit) (3 day event) $2,500

  • 6/26/2008 Thursday 12 noon 46 No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed (3 day event) $5,000

  • 6/26/2008 Thursday 5:00 PM 47 Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better (3 day event) $1,500

  • 6/27/2008 Friday 12 noon 48 No-Limit Hold'em (3 day event) $2,000 6/28/2008 Saturday 12 noon 49 No-Limit Hold'em (3 day event) $1,500

  • 6/29/2008 Sunday 12 noon 50 World Championship Pot Limit Omaha (3 day event) $10,000

  • 6/29/2008 Sunday 5:00 PM 51 H.O.R.S.E. (3 day event) Limit Holdem, Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better, Seven Card Razz, Seven Card Stud, Seven Card Stud Hi-Low Split-8 or Better $1,500

  • 6/30/2008 Monday 12 noon 52 No-Limit Hold'em (3 day event) $1,500

  • 7/1/2008 Tuesday 12 noon 53 Limit Hold'em Shootout (2 day event) $1,500

  • 7/2/2008 Wednesday 10:00 AM Media Event

  • 7/2/2008 Wednesday Satellite Day

  • 7/2/2008 Wednesday 2:00 PM Ante Up For Africa Charity Event (1 day event) $5,000

  • 7/3/2008 Thursday 12 noon


  • 54A World Championship No-Limit Texas Hold'em Day 1A 2,500 Players $10,000

  • 7/4/2008 Friday 12 noon 54B Day 1B 2,500 Players

  • 7/5/2008 Saturday 12 noon 54C Day 1C 2,500 Players

  • 7/6/2008 Sunday 12 noon 54D Day 1D 2,500 Players

  • 7/7/2008 Monday OFF

  • 7/8/2008 Tuesday 12 noon Day 2A

  • 7/9/2008 Wednesday 12 noon Day 2B

  • 7/10/2008 Thursday 12 noon Day 3

  • 7/11/2008 Friday 12 noon Day 4

  • 7/12/2008 Saturday 12 noon Day 5

  • 7/13/2008 Sunday 12 noon Day 6

  • 7/14/2008 Monday 12 noon Day 7

  • 7/15/2008 Tuesday OFF

  • 7/16/2008 Wednesday 12 noon Final Table

59. 7/7/2008 Monday 12 noon 55 Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em (2 day event) $500


Very early this year, wonder why. I screwed up the count above, supposed to be 55 events. No fn way I'm going to reformat this. Go make your plans!

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Got my TOC Aussie seat!

7 December 2007

Funny thing is, at the beginning I wasn't even playing properly. Was just fooling around raising with air, calling with ducks to big raises, etc. Got down to like 10bb after 1/2hr, and then built it up and I guess I didn't look back.
I think my key to this one was resteals. I restole more in this tourney than I usually do, and never got looked up.
Headsup with lightning36 was the longest I have ever played. 1 hand!!!! AQ > 99 allin preflop. Finally won an important flip.
Theres still 4 more events left for the Battle of the Bloggers so come join me!
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RIP: David 'Chip' Reese

4 December 2007
From PokerNews

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Poker Legend David 'Chip' Reese Dead at 56

December 04, 2007
Amy Calistri

The poker world erupted with shock and condolences this morning as news spread that three-time WSOP bracelet winner and legendary cash-game player David "Chip" Reese died early today, at the age of 56. His dominance in poker was so pronounced that in 1991 he was the youngest player ever inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame, an honor usually bestowed on those after a lifetime of achievement.

After graduating from Dartmouth College, Reese headed for Las Vegas with plans to attend Stanford Business School in the fall. But during that summer, Reese won a tournament for $40,000 and continued to grow his bankroll to over $100,000 and never went on to graduate school. In 1978, Chip Reese won his first WSOP bracelet in the Seven Card Stud Split event. In 1982, Reese scored another WSOP bracelet in the $5000 Seven Card Stud event. In Super/System, Doyle Brunson called Reese "the best Seven Card stud player I've ever played with."

Reese devoted less time to tournament play in deference to cash games and was a regular in the "Big Game" at the Bellagio. He was also a renowned sports bettor, considered to be a preeminent baseball handicapper.

In 2006, the World Series of Poker featured a $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. event for the first time. For professional players, the event represented the ultimate test of all-around poker skill and its bracelet was more coveted by high-stakes pros than even that of the Championship event. After an epic seven-hour, heads-up battle against Andy Bloch, Chip Reese prevailed to win $1.7 million and his third, and now final, WSOP bracelet.

Mike Sexton had this to say upon learning of Reese's untimely passing: "Chip Reese was probably the most successful poker player in history. He was also the youngest player ever inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame, and deservedly so. For years, most players considered Chip to be the best all-around poker player and by winning the inaugural $50,000 buy-in HORSE tournament at the 2006 WSOP, he cemented that status. Chip has always been admired by players for his success, his demeanor at the table, and that he never steamed or went on tilt."

Continued Sexton, "When you mention poker 'greats', put Chip Reese on the top of the list."
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Abusing the bubble

4 December 2007
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I wish I could show hand histories on cake, as it would be a great example of how to abuse the bubble. Was approx 25/50. By the time the bubble burst ended up 1/40 and only 1 showdown and not an allin. I raised most hands, made calculated cbets and check raises, and it worked.

Went card dead after it got down to 2 tables, could only gather chips off of blind steals and I think 1 resteal. Got really low and had to shove any 2 on the SB. 84s < TT to deny me another 1k+ score. This tourney takes longer than I thought, gonna be at least 5hrs.
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Another close Sunday

3 December 2007
This time to a big score





Was playing well, getting my chips in with the best hand, restealing at the right times. Almost bubbled the money after taking some tough beats on the bubble. AK < xx, 99 < 67 (that was to ch0ppy). Lucky they were both shorties. Battle my way to the final tables staying within the median stack but at the end just lost all my flips.

Was seriously abusing the guy to my right, everytime it was folded to me I would shove in the SB. 3 times in a row and on the 4th time he decided to make his stand, with T2s!!!! Bastard hits his river T. Next orbit I do the same thing with JT, called by A7. J on the flop, river A. So now I"m a shorty. Double up with AQ vs A5. Then go busto 99 vs AQ. Turn Q. Finish in 12th, 2 shie of the final table and an extra G payout. I know I"ll hit a bigpayout soon, just have to keep plugging away.

My other tournies were nothing. Went deep in the Cake Aussie again, but just 17th this time, lost a flip to go busto. The cake $10k 3pm turned into a $20r instead of a $30 freezeout. I like that better. Was crushing it then took beat after beat pretty close to the $. Mansion I think I busted within the first 1/2 hr.

November recap, was my best month so far. Also my most hours put in at 65. The two aussie scores helped, but I also had some decent other mtt results, and my cash games were solid. Hopefully I'll run good in Dec as well, so far not bad.
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At least I'm improving!

26 November 2007
My last 3 finishes in this thing. 5th, 4th, 3rd...

F*** me, so close, and I easily had the table outskilled too.
Started the tourney off on a good note, doubling up within the first 5 hands with KK vs JJ. Continued to play solid poker and chip accumulation. Took a hit when JJ <> avg through to the final table. Then I just ran hot as hell. Can't remember my first double up hand, just remembered my oponent had squat. Put a beat on the guy who sucked out with that K6 hand, KK > AA. Haha revenge is sweet. Then every time I raised pf, I hit the flop hard. Raise JT, TTJ flop. Raise 7Ts, JQKs flop, etc. Most of those times I eliminated others as well. When it got down to 4 handed, my stack was a bit bigger than the others combined.
When it got down to 3handed I started losing chips. Lost A9s <> AK or else I would have gone headsup which I'm sure I would have dominated. The game altering hand was this. Can't remember action pf, I think I was BB and got in free. Flop comes 98x with 2 suits. SB bets out 3/4. Even though I had him pegged as min bet weak, other bet = some sort of hand, I thought I still had the best hand and could get him off of whatever he had, so I shoved with 97o. He used his whole timebank and decided to call with JT. obv Q turn, and I was hurt badly. With about 12bb left in the BB I decided to get cute with AA and just flat call the sb raise. Flop comes 7 high, he shoves, I instacall. Another miracle turn for this guy and I'm eliminated. So gay, I'm pissed. Really want to go play the Aussie, since that was my original vacation plan from last year. I have 4 more chances left, actually 3 since the last week of Dec headed back to the Mayan Riviera (Mexico) for yet another wedding there. I think my stomach can handle Tequila again, don't think my ass can handle the food though. Anal leakage = -EV.
All my PCA sats are done, and failed all my steps, going as far as step 5 a few times. Just choked when it counted. Got deep in a couple other tournies on FullTilt, a $24 knockout, and the $14.5k guar. Didn't get any big money in those though, about $200ish total. I know I'm so due, till next sunday.
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MTVaments

25 November 2007

MTV is looking for online players for a documentary series!

I'm producing a documentary for MTV about people who lead "alternative lives" online. We're reaching out to a number of different online groups and cultures, and we thought it could be fascinating to profile someone who gambles online. The key thing we’re looking for is that our subject leads a life that is very distinct/unique/interesting when juxtaposed to his or her online gambling activities. You must be in the age range of 18-28.

This would be part of the documentary series “True Life” which has won numerous journalism awards. I anticipate some eye-rolling when folks see everybody’s favorite whipping-boy network, MTV. The “True Life” series really does stand out from your typical MTV programming, as it is far less “reality tv” and more objective documentary. The series is always told POV the characters we choose, so there is no editorializing or commenting-on that we engage in. The effort, simply, is to tell the subject’s story in as objective a way as possible.

Please email your story, age, and a photo to: brosen@leftright.tv (Left Right is a NYC-based production company hired by MTV to produce this show)

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Can't wait for this book!

22 November 2007

As Posted on Rizen's blog,
In a Card Player interview sometime in the last couple of days, PearlJammer mentioned a new book coming out. The new book is co-authored by PearlJammer, apestyles, myself, and Matthew Hilger
Other info still TBA until the full press release is issued, but I can't wait. Haven't actually read a book in a while, but if the book is as good as their pokerxfactor videos, then this will be a for sure buy. Stay tuned...
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$100k Free Slots Tournament

22 November 2007


Just in time for the holidays, All Jackpots Casino is running a $100,000 FREE Slots Tournament. That's right - this one's really FREE.

Daily Semi-Finals run from Nov 15-Dec 14, with 50 top scorers each day winning a seat to the Final to be held Dec 15-18.

Remember - this is a tournament - these prizes WILL be won - in CASH (no bonus playthrough requirements):

$50,000 - First Prize
$10,000 - Second Prize
$5,000 - Third Prize
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WPT Sweetness

16 November 2007
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Layla Kayleigh + Kimberly Lansing = WPT Hotties

Sweet Video

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High Stakes FTP nicknames

13 November 2007
Found this on Highstakesdb, supposdly the Full Tilt Poker nicknames of all the highstakes players.

"888poker" - Chau Chiang
"$tinger 88" - Brian Hastings
"AaronBeen" - Aaron Been
"ActionJeff" - Jeff Garza
"Actyper" - Sick player
"ADZ124" - Matt Marafioti
"AJunglen7" - Adam Junglen
"AK87" - Alex Kim
"All In At 420" - Matthew Stout
"Annette_15" - Annette Obrestad
"apestyles" - John VanFleet
"Arbianight" - Rami Boukai
"Area23JC" - JC Tran
"BABYHAB" - Tuan Lam
"bacina" -
"bad_ip" - Johnny Lodden
"Ballsrider" - David Benyamine
"barryg1" - Barry Greens
"batoelrob" - Rob Hollink
"BeL0WaB0Ve" - Kevin Saul
"BigBadMomma6" - Chris Gantile
"bigfish" - Johnny Lodden/Tore Lagerborg
"BiggestFish" - Ville Wahlbeck
"birdguts" - Gavin Smith
"BlackMetalHead" - Tommy Rau
"BodogAri" - Ari Engel
"Boosted J" - Justin Smith
"Butch Acidy" Joe Cassidy
"CaseyAtTheBat" - Chip Reese
"ch0ppy" - Matt Kay
"CHUFTY" - Richard Ashby
"cmynuts" - Chris Gentile
"-Colossus-" - Same as "Laaur2". Young Norwegian player
"ComeOnPhish" - Paul Lieu
"CrazyZachary" - ?
"crippoli" - John Persson
"CryMeARiver8" - Patrik Antonius
"DaEvils" - Prahlad Friedman
"dazzy" - Dennis Kobbero
"Devilfish" - Dave Ulliot
"DontBluffMePLZZ" - Jerry VanStrydonck
"Durian" - Janne Juutilainen
"durrrr" - Tom Dwan
"Dustin Dirksen" - Dustin Dirksen
"eastsideslim" - Dustin Woolf
"EazyPeazy" - Abe Mosseri
"ecolico" - Freddy Deeb
"ElkY" - Bertrand Grosspellier
"emptyseat88" - Scott Fischman
"eps" - Eli Elezra
"Erik1223" - Erik Sagström
"Exclusive" - Noah Boeken
"ex_Noose" - Riku Vihreäsaari
"Fakesky" - Daniel Alaei
"Fast_freddie" - Mohammed Kowssarie
"fidelio" - Joe Sebok
"FinddaGrind" - Patrik Antonius
"Fossillman" - Grag Raymer
"Frooodo" - William Thorsson
"funku" - Bengt Sonnert
"GambleAB" - Aaron Bartley
"gank" - Brett Jungblut
"Genius28" - Chris Lee
"GigaBet" - Darrell Dicken
"Gobboboy" - Jimmy Fricke
"Good2CU" - Andrew T Robl
"Green Plastic" - Taylor Caby
"Guguguy" - Young guy from Oulu (Finland)
"Gutshot Hansen" - Ilari Sahamies
"H@££INGGOL" - Fredrik Halling
"Hilary1" - Same as "Guguguy"
"hihhuli" - Patrik Antonius
"Holdem_NL" - Tom Dwan
"HOSS_TBF" - Matt Hawrilenko
"howitfellslike" - Rafi Amit
"Icre84U" - Martin DeKnijff
"IDreamOfJenna" - Same as "Guguguy"
"i_grind_on_you" - Fuat Can
"ILARI_FIN" - Ilari Sahamies
"Imper1um" - Sorel Mizzi
"iMsoLucky0" - Jordan Morgan
"iRockHoes" - Scott Augustine
"Isokala" - Ville Wahlbeck
"jennicide" - Jennifer Leigh
"Jew anda" - Todd Brunson
"JohhnyBax" - Cliff Josephy
"jse81" - Chad Batista
"KaiBuxxe" - Nikolaus Jedlicka
"KidPoker" - Daniel Negreanu
"kiiski" - Jani Vilmunen
"KObyTAPOUT" - Jani Vilmunen
"Kris85" - Kristian Kjöndal
"kwob20" - Kyle Bowker
"Laaur2" - Same as "-Colossus-"
"LadyMaverick" - Vanessa Rousso
"LarsLuzak" - 20-year old guy from Helsinki
"Lars-Magne" - Johnny Lodden
"LEGATO" - Bo Sehlstedt
"LFISGD" - Brad Booth
"lilholdem954" - Chad Batista
"liraerik" - Erik Friberg
"livewinner" - ?
"lolmenot" - Johnny Lodden
"looselots" - David Benyamine
"LrsLzk" - Same as "LarsLuzak" obv.
"luckyULSA" - Christoffer Ulsrud
"Luigi66369" - Patrik Antonius
"Macigpitch1" - David Benyamine
"Mafews" - Rory Mathews
"mahony" - Andreas Hagen
"MavFish" - J.P. Kelly
"mig.com" - James Mackey
"Miss Lulu" - Robert Williamsson
"mjorgensen13" - Isaac Baron
"m8kingmoves" - Chad Batista
"Money800" - Chris Moneymaker
"MrCasino" - Graig Gray
"mrnuts" - Thomas Keller
"MrPoker KDH" - Chau Chiang
"MrSmokey1" - Steve Billirakis
"MUCKEMSAYUHH" - Cole South
"_myst_" - Marc Karam
"Nebuchad" - Jonas Danielsson
"neverwin" - Dustin Woolf
"Newhizzle" - Mark Newhouse
"NEW_YORK" - Bengt Sonnert
"Nizot Skizard" - Joe Cassidy/Tomer Benvenisti
"noataima" - Guy Laliberte
"no it all" - JC Tran
"NoMercy" - Isabelle Mercier
"Noose" - Riku Vihreäsaari
"OMGClayAiken" - Phil Galfond
"omgwhatafish" - William Thorsson
"Operation" - Ben Grundy
"Ozzy 87" - Aurangzeb Sheikh
"Panella86" - Jordan Berkowitz
"PearlJammer" -Jon Turner
"p10ker" - Gary Jones
"pokergirl1" - Morten Erlandsen
"Pokerkong1" - Kristian Kjöndal
"POKERPR0" - James Campbell
"Poltergeist" - Ray Dehkharghani
"Profbackwards" - Ted Forrest
"puculucy" - Tom Dwan
"RaiNKhaN" - Hevad Khan
"RealAndyBeal" - Nikolaus Jedlicka
"Rekrul" - Dan Schreiber
"reloadthis" - Layne Flack
"Riise" - Erik Riise
"Rizen" - Eric Lynch
"sbrugby" - Brian Townsend
"SCTrojans" - Scott Freeman
"secret" - Tore Lagerborg
"serb2127" - Nenad Medic
"Shaniac" - Shane Schleger
"SheFaLLs" - ?
"SirWatts" - Mike Watson
"Son-in-law" - Zupin Patel
"Spirit Rock" - Prahlad Friedman
"StandingWave" - Janne Juutilainen
"stevesbets" - Steven Jacobs
"strassa2" - Jason Strasser
"sunnyCR" -
"SuperMazak" - Mats Rahmn
"susisisu" - Thomas Wahlroos
"SxMxF" - rumoreud Michael Mizrahi
"Tay" - Taylor Caby
"TeeDitty" - Tuan Le
"Terken89" - Norwegian guy. Born is 1989
"TerrorOfSweden" - Mohammed Kowssarie
"TexasLimitKing" - Aleksandros Dalaklis
"tex dolly" - Doyle Brunson
"THAY3R" - Thayer Rasmussen
"THE__D__RY" - Danny Ryan
"TheSalmon" - Erik Sagsröm
"TheSea" - Fuat Can
"TheTerrorist" - Mohammed Kowssarie
"TheWacoKidd" - Jared Hamby
"TiLLerMan" - Ian Girdwood
"Till_I_collapse" - Mikko Pispala
"TiltMeNot" - Bengt Sonner
"tina1" - Tobias Persson
"thecranium" - John Hanson
"Tmay420" - Tim West
"Tony G" - Tony Guoga
"Traheho" - Alec Torelli
"t soprano" - Brock Parker
"tunaeater" - Tore Lagerborg
"twin-caracas" - Jorge Arias
"yellowsub86" - Jeff Williams
"UFPokerStar" - Jonathan Westra
"Ugadabugada" - Finnish players account (Sahamies, Wahlbeck, Vilmunen)
"undercover" - Ram Vaswani
"ulle11" - Kristian Ulriksen
"UltimateButt" - Luke Neely
"vietcong01" - Juan Maceiras Barros
"WaterIntoWine" - Riku Vihreäsaari
"WestmenloAA" - Isaac Baron
"Wetoddid" - Luke Neely
"Whitelime" - Emil Patel
"Who is next?" - Noah Boeken
"Willis Fillers" - Robert Willis
"Woolworths" - Young Finnish guy
"zangbezan24" - Sorel Mizzi
"ZeeJustin" - Justin Bonomo
"Ziigmund" - Ilari Sahamies
"zupp_3" - Peter Jepsen
"Zweig" - Prahlad Friedman
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Running like David Benyamine

13 November 2007
David Benyamine: good luck
David Benyamine: im done on full tilt
David Benyamine: finished 4 me
David Benyamine: 6.5 million loser
David Benyamine: got myword

David Benyamine: i ll stay here
David Benyamine: but nomore game

Losing 6.5 mil is pretty crazy. Supposdly he's good at Omaha, but an uber donk at every other game. Probaby staked by Erica Schoenberg!
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Sunday = Most frustrating day ever

12 November 2007
Sundays, where some poker players earn their riches, others go busto, and for everyone else it is the most frustrating day of poker.

Here was my day

1) Betfair 1/2NL. +1.5 buyins
2) WPT satellite. 1 seat. 10th. AQ < A8
3) Ftops satellite. Won a seat but had to shove on the bubble with AJs. doubled up
4) Cake $10k. Built up a good stack, then donked it away. My fault
5) PokerinCanada wpt sng step sat. Heads up even in chips, AK < A7 allin preflop
6) Carbon $20k. Wasn't really paying attention to this one and let myself bleed away
7) Cake 1/2NL. +1/2 buyin
8) Pokerstars PCA Step 3. Won.
9) Pokerstars PCA Step 4. Man there are some star studded lineups on sundays. Was about to register then saw the lineup: Timex, SP Ambrose, mig.com, bigjoe2003, and more. Waited for the next one, Timex and bigjoe were at this one. Was top 2 most of the sng. Couldn't knock anybody out when it counted though. 3 handed bigjoe2003 pretty much went allin every hand. Caught him with JJ once and doubled up. A river Ace saved him from elimination from the other guy. Then I caught him with ATs vs 72o. No not really, flopped a 2 and I'm pretty much out by the hammer. WTF!!!! Replay Step 4 for me.
10) Mansion $150k. Was doing ok. Ran into AA and it was goodnight.
11) Cake Aussie sat. Played pretty good poker. When it got down to 2 tables, turned AA into a nice win and 2nd in chips. Lost a few pots and entered the final table 6/10. Screwed up a hand: JT on KQJx board, and found myself 10/10. Tripled up with 88 not long after and I was back in business. Now remember a few posts ago I bubbled this same tourney in 5th. During the bubble we couldn't knock any of the short stacks out, and eventually I found myself 5/5! Oh no, here we go again.
In the sb I find myself with AQo with about 8BB. UTG bigstack raises, I shove, he and he calls with T8. Flop 558. Turn T. Fuck I'm out. River Q. Slam the desk, curse like Mother Teresa, and turn around. But then I look back at the screen and notice I'm still in. WTF!. Have to check the HH and finally realized what happened. Eventually one guy gets knocked out with donkey full house, and I sigh with relief. I eventually run my short stack KTs vs A5o, flop A and I'm out. Happy about the $1500 score, but still looking for an Aussie trip.
12) Ftops $320. Played pretty solid throughout, small ball strategy. Go card dead after the 3rd break. Out hand was UTG minraise, and I call with J8s. Flop AJ8r. Check raise, and he decides to shove. Already had this guy labeled with the donk tag, so I insta call. He flips over JT. ??? Didn't really have too much fold equity. River A and his T kicker is good. He did apologize in the lobby though. Like I care, fn donk!!!!
13) PSO league. Still playing as I type. Not really playing, just donking it up.

So there it is, 8+ hours of I dunno what I would call it.

I like the winner of the Aussie Seat though, rigged!

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HH of my PCA seat crippling by the hammer

PokerStars Game #13184118950: Tournament #66900467, $200+$15 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2007/11/11 - 19:20:45 (ET) Table '66900467 1' 9-max Seat #7 is the button Seat 1: bigjoe2003 (4260 in chips) Seat 3: actyper (5115 in chips) Seat 7: Dapper Dan G (4125 in chips)
bigjoe2003: posts the ante 25
actyper: posts the ante 25
Dapper Dan G: posts the ante 25
bigjoe2003: posts small blind 200
actyper: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to actyper [Th Ah]
Dapper Dan G: folds
bigjoe2003: raises 3835 to 4235 and is all-in
actyper: calls 3835
*** FLOP *** [9s Qs 2d]
*** TURN *** [9s Qs 2d] [Kd]
*** RIVER *** [9s Qs 2d Kd] [8s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bigjoe2003: shows [2h 7s] (a pair of Deuces)
actyper: shows [Th Ah] (high card Ace)
bigjoe2003 collected 8545 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 8545 | Rake 0
Board [9s Qs 2d Kd 8s]
Seat 1: bigjoe2003 (small blind) showed [2h 7s] and won (8545) with a pair of Deuces Seat 3: actyper (big blind) showed [Th Ah] and lost with high card Ace Seat 7: Dapper Dan G (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
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Trivia for $$$!

4 November 2007
Stumbled across this the other day, there actually is a few Trivia playing sites with real money involved. Doesn't seem like the normal ewallets are involved yet, buy paypal appears to be an option.





About TriviaonNet

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Our ever growing question bank is composed of questions written by the finest and wittiest trivia writers in the USA, many of whom won big trivia tournaments and TV Trivia games, including “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” and “Jeopardy.”

The games at TriviaOnNet:

All the Way
All the way is a fun game where you push your knowledge all the way to beat the clock and the other players in 2 minutes with the highest score answering Multiple Choice questions only.
Answer as many questions as you can - as long as you achieve at least 50% correct answers.

Survivor
This is our toughest game - For true survivors only! You don’t have time to blink. 12 True or False questions. The last player in the game wins! One wrong answer and you are out of the game. Answer all the 12 questions correctly to win the game.

3rd base
Tough game, but easier to survive. 12 questions, one wrong answer and you are out… BUT you may take the money and run every 3 questions you've answered correctly. It's up to you to decide, take the money now or dare to finish the game and take the pot.

Jackpot race
This is your big money game! 15 questions and the jackpot sum is rising with every player. Answer all 15 correctly to win! One wrong answer and you are out.
If no one wins, the prize adds up for the next game. Be the one to take all the money and win the Jackpot race!
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Mega Moolah!!! - $4million plus!

2 November 2007
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Mega Moolah jackpot slot has reached $4million+ Thats huge!!

You can play it on any Microgaming sofware.

Weekends on the Casino Rewards casinos; For every £€$50 purchased and played on Mega Moolah, we will provide £€$10 Insurance on all losses. That is a 20% MoneyBack!

Dumped $50 in there, and actually got to spin the wheel! Man its a tease, though the wheel did land on minor profit for $100! I'm still not too sure what activated the jackpot wheel though.
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NAPC Final Table set

1 November 2007
Here are the official chip counts for the nine-handed final table:

Seat 1 - Kofi Farkye - 1,421,000 redsoxsox - banned pstars account)
Seat 2 - Jonathan Little - 2,149,000 (fieryjustice)
Seat 3 - Cheryl Lynn Deleon - 1,321,000 (local Fallsview player)
Seat 4 - "Action Jeff" Garza - 469,000 (ActionJeff)
Seat 5 - Adam Levy - 379,000 (Roothlus)
Seat 6 - David Cloutier - 1,563,000 (local Toronto player)
Seat 7 - Barry Greenstein - 1,226,000 (lol donkaments!)
Seat 8 - Dale Pinchot - 374,000 (decent live mtt player)
Seat 9 - Scott Clements - 1,095,000 (Big Riisky)

Play will continue until three more players are eliminated, setting the six-handed WPT Final Table that starts tomorrow (Friday) at 4:00 pm Eastern
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Guitar Hero Rocks, Poker Sucks

29 October 2007
Picked up Guitar Hero 3 yesterday, and it just simply rocks. Had hand cramps the next 1/2hr after that, but all is good. It was the perfect stress reliever for a crappy poker session.

Didn't cash in any of my tournies yesterday, and I had like 7 going at the same time at one point. As usual got in most of time with the best hand only to get outdrawn. But the only one I want to bitch about is the cake aussie millions satellite.

Played decent for about 4 hours till it got down to 5 handed. I never had a top5 stack, didn't really get cards, only got hands at the right time and got called by dumbasses. 1st place paid a seat, the next 3 got cash. Play is folded to me and I decide to shove with 44. I had 11bB left and was the shortest stack so I felt it was the right move. Next player instashoved, he had about double my stack. At that point I thought it was goodnight, but I did recall this was the same idiot who doubled me up earlier on this play. UTG raise, I shove with AK, this guy reshoves with AQ. So this current hand, BB folds, and dumbass flips over KJo. KJo!!!!! wtf instacalled. Of course he spikes a K river and I just wasted $250 and 4hrs.

Congrats though go out to Jordan - JL514 who cashed for 6th in the Poker News cup in Australia. Also Chris Vaughan, managing editor of Bluff Magazine who posted back to back sunday major wins. Last week at Full Tilt, and the Pokerstars Sunday Million yesterday. Absolutely sick, probably the best online achievement to date.
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Betfair Casino

26 October 2007
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Here is a sweet casino. Bonus here is 100% max £100 with a 20x bonus wagering requirement. I believe for non-UK members max bonus is £50 or approx $100usd. Blackjack is ok, as well as several other games except the zero house edge games. Chartwell software.

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