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wasn't happy that he called, but I'll take it....

PokerStars Game #5225842391: Tournament #25454045, $200+$15 Hold'em No Limit - Level XV (1000/2000) - 2006/06/11 - 20:29:51 (ET)

Table '25454045 493' 9-max Seat #4 is the button

Seat 1: kjstar (97495 in chips)

Seat 2: kenocalle (32219 in chips)

Seat 3: DA DONG (17672 in chips)

Seat 4: TALLAL (25660 in chips)

Seat 5: spin to win (12165 in chips)

Seat 6: simmsux (46517 in chips)

Seat 7: onskan (13912 in chips)

Seat 8: mdunny (Indy (22480 in chips)

Seat 9: jwvdcw (13127 in chips)

kjstar: posts the ante 100

kenocalle: posts the ante 100

DA DONG: posts the ante 100

TALLAL: posts the ante 100

spin to win: posts the ante 100

simmsux: posts the ante 100

onskan: posts the ante 100

mdunny (Indy: posts the ante 100

jwvdcw: posts the ante 100

spin to win: posts small blind 1000

simmsux: posts big blind 2000

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to jwvdcw [7h 7s]

onskan: folds

mdunny (Indy: folds

jwvdcw: raises 11027 to 13027 and is all-in

kjstar: folds

kenocalle: folds

DA DONG: folds

TALLAL: folds

spin to win: folds

simmsux: calls 11027

*** FLOP *** [3h 6c 5s]

DA DONG said, "u moved there?"

*** TURN *** [3h 6c 5s] [8d]

*** RIVER *** [3h 6c 5s 8d] [2c]

*** SHOW DOWN ***

simmsux: shows [Ad Jd] (high card Ace)

jwvdcw: shows [7h 7s] (a pair of Sevens)

spin to win said, "nh"

jwvdcw collected 27954 from pot

DA DONG said, "he's somewhere round here"

*** SUMMARY ***

Total pot 27954 | Rake 0

Board [3h 6c 5s 8d 2c]

Seat 1: kjstar folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 2: kenocalle folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 3: DA DONG folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 4: TALLAL (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 5: spin to win (small blind) folded before Flop

Seat 6: simmsux (big blind) showed [Ad Jd] and lost with high card Ace

Seat 7: onskan folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 8: mdunny (Indy folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 9: jwvdcw showed [7h 7s] and won (27954) with a pair of Sevens

 
ely_cash is in the final 4 of the hu tourney and is 3rd in the million...
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Wow thats very impressive. Interestingly enough, he doesn't have fabulous stats:Total Winnings: $39,348

Total Final Tables: 10

Date Tournament/Event Place Winnings

06/04/2006 Hold'em NL $200 2 $4,608

05/14/2006 Hold'em NL $200 448 $500

04/09/2006 Hold'em NL $200 139 $1,226

03/30/2006 Hold'em NL $10+Rebuys 44 $186

03/29/2006 Hold'em NL $50+Rebuys 6 $1,789

01/21/2006 Hold'em NL $20 11 $56

01/01/2006 Stud Hi/Lo $100 3 $784

12/29/2005 Hold'em NL $100 31 $131

12/29/2005 Hold'em NL $100 3 $576

12/10/2005 Hold'em NL $20 14 $51

12/10/2005 Omaha PL $20 7 $104

12/10/2005 Hold'em PL $50 6 $218

11/05/2005 Hold'em NL $10+Rebuys 11 $368

09/17/2005 Hold'em Limit $1,000 26 $4,116

09/08/2005 Hold'em NL $100+Rebuys 1 $7,620

09/06/2005 Hold'em NL $100+Rebuys 6 $1,762

05/29/2005 Hold'em NL $500 24 $2,909

03/19/2005 Hold'em NL $30+Rebuys 17 $318

03/12/2005 Hold'em NL $10+Rebuys 101 $48

03/06/2005 Hold'em NL $10+Rebuys 1 $10,773

02/16/2005 Hold'em NL $100 13 $270

01/19/2005 Hold'em NL $10+Rebuys 85 $59

01/17/2005 Hold'em NL $10+Rebuys 68 $95

01/11/2005 Hold'em NL $5 51 $13

01/01/2005 Hold'em NL $20 1 $768

 
Out....

PokerStars Game #5225949913: Tournament #25454045, $200+$15 Hold'em No Limit - Level XVI (1250/2500) - 2006/06/11 - 20:39:16 (ET)

Table '25454045 43' 9-max Seat #1 is the button

Seat 1: SHES1QT (32589 in chips)

Seat 2: jwvdcw (21279 in chips)

Seat 3: Jakudza (59695 in chips)

Seat 4: Killaja (34182 in chips)

Seat 5: ANT1TEMP (79645 in chips)

Seat 6: mrtunie (28841 in chips)

Seat 7: alcswab (47626 in chips)

Seat 8: 300CE-24 (46985 in chips)

Seat 9: AIRBOATKID (34335 in chips)

SHES1QT: posts the ante 125

jwvdcw: posts the ante 125

Jakudza: posts the ante 125

Killaja: posts the ante 125

ANT1TEMP: posts the ante 125

mrtunie: posts the ante 125

alcswab: posts the ante 125

300CE-24: posts the ante 125

AIRBOATKID: posts the ante 125

jwvdcw: posts small blind 1250

Jakudza: posts big blind 2500

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to jwvdcw [Qh 2s]

Killaja: folds

ANT1TEMP: folds

mrtunie: folds

alcswab: folds

300CE-24: folds

AIRBOATKID: folds

SHES1QT: folds

jwvdcw: raises 18654 to 21154 and is all-in

Jakudza: calls 18654

*** FLOP *** [8c 4c 8s]

*** TURN *** [8c 4c 8s] [6d]

*** RIVER *** [8c 4c 8s 6d] [Qd]

*** SHOW DOWN ***

jwvdcw: shows [Qh 2s] (two pair, Queens and Eights)

Jakudza: shows [Kc Ks] (two pair, Kings and Eights)

Jakudza said, "gg"

Jakudza collected 43433 from pot

*** SUMMARY ***

Total pot 43433 | Rake 0

Board [8c 4c 8s 6d Qd]

Seat 1: SHES1QT (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 2: jwvdcw (small blind) showed [Qh 2s] and lost with two pair, Queens and Eights

Seat 3: Jakudza (big blind) showed [Kc Ks] and won (43433) with two pair, Kings and Eights

Seat 4: Killaja folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 5: ANT1TEMP folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 6: mrtunie folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 7: alcswab folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 8: 300CE-24 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 9: AIRBOATKID folded before Flop (didn't bet)

 
WOW!

PokerStars Game #5226226734: Tournament #25838142, $200+$15 Hold'em No Limit - Match Round VI, Level III (800/1600) - 2006/06/11 - 21:03:23 (ET)

Table '25838142 2' 2-max Seat #1 is the button

Seat 1: jwvdcw (81070 in chips)

Seat 2: JERRRY (14930 in chips)

jwvdcw: posts small blind 800

JERRRY: posts big blind 1600

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to jwvdcw [Ac 8c]

jwvdcw: raises 6400 to 8000

JERRRY: raises 6930 to 14930 and is all-in

jwvdcw: calls 6930

*** FLOP *** [Qc Qd Qh]

*** TURN *** [Qc Qd Qh] [3c]

*** RIVER *** [Qc Qd Qh 3c] [Td]

*** SHOW DOWN ***

JERRRY: shows [Kc Qs] (four of a kind, Queens)

jwvdcw: shows [Ac 8c] (three of a kind, Queens)

JERRRY collected 29860 from pot

*** SUMMARY ***

Total pot 29860 | Rake 0

Board [Qc Qd Qh 3c Td]

Seat 1: jwvdcw (button) (small blind) showed [Ac 8c] and lost with three of a kind, Queens

Seat 2: JERRRY (big blind) showed [Kc Qs] and won (29860) with four of a kind, Queens

 
eh, out in 3rd....I had such a chip lead too. We got all in with that A8 against KQ, which he won and helped him get back.

 
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Assani,

A little while back, you posted your story about how you got into poker in a thread which I can't find. I remember it being a good read, though. Any chance you can type it out again? Thanks.
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http://forums.footballguys.com/forum/index...c=173565&st=100
My background:

I had played in live games my whole life growing up (my father was a pro poker player and worked as Head of Poker Operations at Binion's before passing away). When I turned 21, I started playing online poker- didn't want to risk getting in trouble with playing underage before then.

Started out pretty small- I had made about $5000 or so at my summer job and I took $300 of it and deposited it into a Paradise Poker account. I had a great run of luck in the beginning. I say "luck" because I know that I was nothing more than an above average player at this time. Playing $30 SnGs I turned that $300 into about $1000 just playing at nights after I got home from my summer job. I went up to $50 SnGs and eventually $100 ones. By the time I got back to school, I had gotten my bankroll up to about $3000. I was very lucky during this time, as I previously noted. However, that luck is what propelled me into the poker world, as I truly invested myself in getting better.

I was in my senior year of school, and I had barely any credits at all. Addittionally, I had decided to sit out of playing basketball, so I had a ton of free time. I decided to give semi-pro poker a shot. I switched to Party so I could multitable, and I eventually bought a monitor to fit 4 screens.

As my bankroll increased, my regular games were to multitlable 4 $215 SnGs and play in the major tourneys that Party did every day at 9 pm EST. Within 2 months, I was well over $10000. One month later, I was near broke. Then I won 4th place in a big tourney with a $150 entry fee and I got $13000+ from that. Needless to say this was quite a roller coaster ride, and I was playing over the limits that I should have been with that bankroll.

In the next year, I had great success. I spent about 8-10 hours a day playing, and I read every poker literature I could get my hands on, talked endlessly online about it, and talked with my Father about it. I saw my game grow by leaps and bounds. After about a year from then, I was up around $60000 or so, but probably only had $40000 of it left over after spending on a lot of new stuff I wanted. I graduated from school, and decided to try doing this full time.

Around this time, Party opened up their steps tourneys, which allowed me to play in $1000 SnGs- I started to multitable 4 of these at one time. This was way too much for my bankroll ( a mistake you'll notice that I've made many times). I remember one stretch of 6 days where I either won or lost over $10000 every single day- all this for a 21 year old kid (at that time) who had just graduated college.

Things went well for a while, and I continued to win. I would say that overall I had made close to 6 figures in a 2 year span (I did not pay taxes btw). However, I was young and foolish and wasted money of sports betting, wild nights out, and expensive crap like tvs and computers.

Then tragedy struck: My father passed away. To this day, I'll swear that I felt perfectly fine while playing poker around this time, but it just seems like too much to be a coincidece- I started losing and losing and losing after this. I probably had around $60000 in my bank account, and that went down to under $10000.

I decided I had had enough. I quit playing and got a job. I am so happy right now working a full time job- I have no stress about winning/losing, I get benefits, and I have opportunity for growth in an established company.

Right now, I have little desire at all to play poker. I've sat down a few times at a table, and the first bad beat I get will just bring up old frusterations, and I'll quit playing.

A few pointers/advice:

1. Play at a limit where you know that every time you sit down, you are one of the 2 or 3 best players at the table. I made the mistake of going up to $1000 SnGs- it wasn't that I couldn't play at that level, but the competition was so tough there (literally it was not uncommon at all to have 8 or 9 pros at the table at once) that it made my variance too high to handle. The $200s were perfect for me.

2. It is not easy to get good. Please don't fall into the trap of thinking that its fun to play poker....reading tons of books, taking notes, rethinking things- its hard work and you're not always going to feel like doing it.

3. Be prepared for huge swings. I know you've probably heard this 100 times already, but most people just dismiss it. Think about what its going to be like to spend an entire month without making any money. Don't dismiss the possibility that you can go broke at times. I know it sounds weird for me to admit this, but I've cried myself to sleep at nights because I was in the middle of such a long losing streak and I was worried about making rent at times...definitely not a fun thing.

4. For 99.9% of the people in the world, its better to do poker part time. At one time, I honestly thought that I'd be a pro poker player for my entire life. Its just not as glamourous as you think- please trust me on that.

Crap....I want to write more, but I got a call from work and I have to run off.....feel free to ask any questions, and I'll be back later to write more.
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Just to continue where I left off...-I'm not sure of your age. With me, I was still in college, so I maintained my social life through that. However, if you're done with college, realize that you're going to spend many days where you might not have any human contact whatsoever. It can get a bit lonely, and even though you say you hate your job now, you may actually miss the comradre(sp?) of working with other people.

-Answer this question for me....how bad of a temper do you have? How good are you at not going on tilt while playing poker? If you want to be a full time player, you absolutely have to have this completely under control. Seriously, master this now, as you are going to face situations that test this more than anything you've ever seen before. This might not be for you, but I am/was trying to stay in good shape, so I kinda combined two of my goals: Anytime I got angry at all in any way while playing poker, I immediately made myself go to the local track and run 2 miles. Didn't matter what time of the day it was or even if I had been drinking. It sucked to do, as I hate running, but it helped me never get mad at poker. That may be a bit extreme for you, but just do whatever you have to do to get it all under control.

-Not trying to be mean, but the majority of people simply aren't NATURALLY good enough to do this full time, meaning that even if you put in a lot of work, you just don't have the natural mental abilities to do it. I would estimate that only 1% of the population can actually do this for a living, and only .001% can do it well (I'm not in this category at all).

-By posting here, it sounds like you have your head on straight and realize that this isn't going to be easy. Also, it sounds like you have a decent bankroll to start. I don't know what to tell you about your current job as it sounds as if you really hate it. Maybe you should quit and find a new job. Regardless, I would start out part time playing poker. Really commit to it while you have a main job. Try to play 3 hours a night and try to up your limits- I definitely think the $200 SnGs are beatable with some practice, and since you said you already play the $50s, that shouldn't be too much of a step up- but be careful, as you will definitely notice improvements in the competition. Give it a shot part time....set aside some money (maybe $5000-$10000) that you'd be willing to lose. Use that as your bankroll, and see how well you do over a long period of time (9 months-year) playing 3 hours per day. If you honestly feel like you can do it after that, then go for it.

-I heard it said once that good players can play as well as the great players every now and then. Thats why the amateurs do so well in the WSOP. What separates the greats is that they "bring it" every single hand of every single day....try to get yourself like this. Never ever allow yourself to continue playing if you recognize yourself making mistakes that you know you shouldn't be playing. It may be "boring" to quit, but its necessary. If you want the fun of being able to keep playing, then stop playing your second best game and start playing your best.

-Ask questions, and post hands here or at 2+2 that you want analysis of. That imo is the best way to learn. Don't be too arrogant to seek help or to admit that you're wrong and can improve in certain situations.

-Do not play for thrills. People who play poker for fun can play their second best game if its more fun than their best (for example, some people are better at limit but prefer NL), people who play for fun can drink when they play, people who play for fun can laugh off silly mistakes. You can not do this. Poker is not always fun, but it is definitely more fun than a 9-5 job...remember that and be thankful for poker even when you don't feel like playing.

-Do not worry at all about your short term results, but definitely worry and stress over mistakes that you make. If you truly care about your game, then a mistake should bother you all day long, and you should truly be upset that you didn't play well. But then learn from it and move on- don't stress too long...just enough to be able to learn from it.
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Just to add on where that last post left off...

I worked at a real job for a while and eventually got back into poker. Won a $33K 1st place in October(I think) and followed that up with an $8K win about a week later. That allowed me to quit my job and return to playing full time.

Have done very well in MTTs since then, taking home probably 10-15 final table finishes including a few wins. Most notable was my $70K win a few weeks ago.

My NL ring game has improved dramatically to the point where I am confident to say that I am a consistent winning player at $10/20 on Party. I hope that by the end of 2006, I will be able to confidently sit in nearly any ring game, and hopefully at that point I'll have enough money to move up to $25/50 or somewhere around there.

 
Just to add on where that last post left off...

I worked at a real job for a while and eventually got back into poker. Won a $33K 1st place in October(I think) and followed that up with an $8K win about a week later. That allowed me to quit my job and return to playing full time.

Have done very well in MTTs since then, taking home probably 10-15 final table finishes including a few wins. Most notable was my $70K win a few weeks ago.

My NL ring game has improved dramatically to the point where I am confident to say that I am a consistent winning player at $10/20 on Party. I hope that by the end of 2006, I will be able to confidently sit in nearly any ring game, and hopefully at that point I'll have enough money to move up to $25/50 or somewhere around there.
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Great read, Assani. It's very interesting to see your background. I didn't realize you'd been involved with poker for such a long time. Gl to you. :thumbup:
 
Just to add on where that last post left off...

I worked at a real job for a while and eventually got back into poker. Won a $33K 1st place in October(I think) and followed that up with an $8K win about a week later. That allowed me to quit my job and return to playing full time.

Have done very well in MTTs since then, taking home probably 10-15 final table finishes including a few wins. Most notable was my $70K win a few weeks ago.

My NL ring game has improved dramatically to the point where I am confident to say that I am a consistent winning player at $10/20 on Party. I hope that by the end of 2006, I will be able to confidently sit in nearly any ring game, and hopefully at that point I'll have enough money to move up to $25/50 or somewhere around there.
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Great read, Assani. It's very interesting to see your background. I didn't realize you'd been involved with poker for such a long time. Gl to you. :thumbup:
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Thanks man. I think my story can be a great 'warning' to many players who want to be pros(the original thread I wrote this in was a thread about that). I now feel that I've mastered the concepts of bankroll management, tilt, and all that goes into being a professional poker player, but it took me 3 long years to do so(and maybe I shouldn't even use the term "master" as I always want to be learning). I think theres a lot more to it than actual poker skills at the table. I learned the hard way, and I think that most people do. My good buddy, Robert Gilbertz who is also a poker pro, has a somewhat similar story about how he moved to Vegas and went broke and had to move back home. Experience is key, and I"d love to be able to sit down and talk with an experienced pro at Vegas this summer.
 
Very nice start.....

***** Hand History for Game 4502078262 *****

$2000 NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, June 12, 00:06:43 ET 2006

Table Table 108679 (Real Money)

Seat 4 is the button

Total number of players : 10

Seat 1: morecakeplz ( $3763 )

Seat 2: SirWilly ( $1912.50 )

Seat 4: LuckNotReal ( $2222 )

Seat 6: zinyandord ( $1967 )

Seat 8: PatsFan123 ( $1983.50 )

Seat 9: StackinOff19 ( $2301 )

Seat 10: TOMMY4604 ( $1248 )

Seat 7: IcyPots ( $1960 )

Seat 5: MeadowsGrad1983 ( $1980 )

Seat 3: AnalAce ( $2000 )

MeadowsGrad1983 posts small blind [$10].

>You have options at Table 95993 (No DP) Table!.

zinyandord is sitting out.

IcyPots posts big blind [$20].

AnalAce posts big blind [$20].

** Dealing down cards **

Dealt to IcyPots [ Qs Ks ]

>You have options at Table 95962 (No DP) Table!.

PatsFan123 folds.

zinyandord has left the table.

StackinOff19 folds.

TOMMY4604 folds.

>You have options at Table 95962 (No DP) Table!.

morecakeplz folds.

SirWilly calls [$20].

AnalAce checks.

LuckNotReal folds.

MeadowsGrad1983 calls [$10].

IcyPots checks.

** Dealing Flop ** [ Js, 9c, 5s ]

>You have options at West Whale (No DP) Table!.

>You have options at Table 95993 (No DP) Table!.

>You have options at Table 95993 (No DP) Table!.

MeadowsGrad1983 checks.

IcyPots bets [$40].

SirWilly folds.

>You have options at Table 95993 (No DP) Table!.

AnalAce folds.

>You have options at Table 95993 (No DP) Table!.

>You have options at Table 95993 (No DP) Table!.

>You have options at Table 95962 (No DP) Table!.

>You have options at Cann River (No DP) Table!.

MeadowsGrad1983 raises [$128].

IcyPots calls [$88].

>You have options at Table 95962 (No DP) Table!.

** Dealing Turn ** [ 7s ]

>You have options at Table 95993 (No DP) Table!.

MeadowsGrad1983 bets [$222].

>You have options at Table 95993 (No DP) Table!.

IcyPots calls [$222].

** Dealing River ** [ Ah ]

>You have options at Table 95993 (No DP) Table!.

>You have options at West Whale (No DP) Table!.

MeadowsGrad1983 bets [$400].

>You have options at Table 95993 (No DP) Table!.

IcyPots is all-In [$1590]

>You have options at Table 95962 (No DP) Table!.

MeadowsGrad1983 calls [$1190].

MeadowsGrad1983 shows [ 6s, 8s ] a flush, jack high.

IcyPots shows [ Qs, Ks ] a flush, king high.

IcyPots wins $3957 from the main pot with a flush, king high with king kicker.

 
Could the turn and river be any worse?

***** Hand History for Game 4502130655 *****

$2000 NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, June 12, 00:12:22 ET 2006

Table Table 95962 (No DP) (Real Money)

Seat 7 is the button

Total number of players : 10

Seat 2: Ratz1 ( $930.92 )

Seat 3: defineluck ( $1324.02 )

Seat 6: fishjim ( $1526.95 )

Seat 10: SemyonDukach ( $1066 )

Seat 1: IcyPots ( $1947 )

Seat 4: PatsFan123 ( $2094 )

Seat 9: gambleallnite ( $2297 )

Seat 7: Andr3w ( $2034.50 )

Seat 5: chowder510 ( $390 )

Seat 8: Fish_Lover ( $2000 )

gambleallnite posts small blind [$10].

SemyonDukach posts big blind [$20].

** Dealing down cards **

Dealt to IcyPots [ Td Th ]

>You have options at Table 96042 (No DP) Table!.

>You have options at Table 108679 Table!.

>You have options at Cann River (No DP) Table!.

IcyPots calls [$20].

Ratz1 folds.

defineluck folds.

>You have options at Table 108679 Table!.

>You have options at Table 96042 (No DP) Table!.

PatsFan123 folds.

chowder510 calls [$20].

fishjim calls [$20].

Andr3w folds.

gambleallnite calls [$10].

>You have options at Table 96042 (No DP) Table!.

SemyonDukach checks.

** Dealing Flop ** [ 9c, Qd, Tc ]

gambleallnite checks.

>You have options at Table 108679 Table!.

>You have options at Table 96042 (No DP) Table!.

>You have options at Table 95993 (No DP) Table!.

SemyonDukach bets [$60].

IcyPots raises [$145].

chowder510 folds.

fishjim folds.

>You have options at Table 108679 Table!.

>You have options at Cann River (No DP) Table!.

gambleallnite folds.

SemyonDukach calls [$85].

** Dealing Turn ** [ 2c ]

>You have options at Table 96042 (No DP) Table!.

SemyonDukach checks.

IcyPots checks.

** Dealing River ** [ Ks ]

>You have options at Table 96042 (No DP) Table!.

SemyonDukach bets [$300].

>You have options at Table 96042 (No DP) Table!.

IcyPots folds.

SemyonDukach does not show cards.

SemyonDukach wins $687

>You have options at Table 108679 Table!.

 
such weird play by him. I put him on 2 flopped pair and called. Was a bit scared of the set or 9Q though....

***** Hand History for Game 4502399400 *****

$2000 NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, June 12, 00:39:23 ET 2006

Table Table 95962 (No DP) (Real Money)

Seat 5 is the button

Total number of players : 10

Seat 6: fishjim ( $1545.45 )

Seat 1: IcyPots ( $2165 )

Seat 4: PatsFan123 ( $1680 )

Seat 9: gambleallnite ( $2669 )

Seat 7: Andr3w ( $1848.50 )

Seat 5: chowder510 ( $125 )

Seat 8: Fish_Lover ( $2021 )

Seat 2: GETPUNKED83 ( $1970 )

Seat 3: Kathmandu11 ( $2120 )

Seat 10: Ozzy_87 ( $2747 )

fishjim posts small blind [$10].

Andr3w posts big blind [$20].

** Dealing down cards **

Dealt to IcyPots [ Kh Jh ]

Fish_Lover calls [$20].

gambleallnite folds.

Ozzy_87 folds.

IcyPots calls [$20].

>You have options at Cann River (No DP) Table!.

Kathmandu11 folds.

>You have options at Table 95993 (No DP) Table!.

PatsFan123 folds.

chowder510 folds.

>You have options at Table 96042 (No DP) Table!.

fishjim calls [$10].

Andr3w checks.

** Dealing Flop ** [ 4h, Js, Td ]

>You have options at Cann River (No DP) Table!.

fishjim checks.

Andr3w bets [$77].

Fish_Lover folds.

>You have options at Table 95993 (No DP) Table!.

IcyPots calls [$77].

fishjim folds.

** Dealing Turn ** [ Kc ]

>You have options at Cann River (No DP) Table!.

Andr3w bets [$239.87].

>You have options at West Whale (No DP) Table!.

IcyPots calls [$239.87].

** Dealing River ** [ 5c ]

>You have options at Table 95993 (No DP) Table!.

>You have options at Cann River (No DP) Table!.

Andr3w is all-In [$1511.63]

>You have options at Table 108679 Table!.

IcyPots calls [$1511.63].

Andr3w shows [ Jc, 2d ] a pair of jacks.

IcyPots shows [ Kh, Jh ] two pairs, kings and jacks.

IcyPots wins $3734 from the main pot with two pairs, kings and jacks.

Fish_Lover has left the table.

 
such weird play by him. I put him on 2 flopped pair and called. Was a bit scared of the set or 9Q though....

***** Hand History for Game 4502399400 *****

$2000 NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, June 12, 00:39:23 ET 2006

Table Table 95962 (No DP) (Real Money)

Seat 5 is the button

Total number of players : 10

Seat 6: fishjim ( $1545.45 )

Seat 1: IcyPots ( $2165 )

Seat 4: PatsFan123 ( $1680 )

Seat 9: gambleallnite ( $2669 )

Seat 7: Andr3w ( $1848.50 )

Seat 5: chowder510 ( $125 )

Seat 8: Fish_Lover ( $2021 )

Seat 2: GETPUNKED83 ( $1970 )

Seat 3: Kathmandu11 ( $2120 )

Seat 10: Ozzy_87 ( $2747 )

fishjim posts small blind [$10].

Andr3w posts big blind [$20].

** Dealing down cards **

Dealt to IcyPots [ Kh Jh ]

Fish_Lover calls [$20].

gambleallnite folds.

Ozzy_87 folds.

IcyPots calls [$20].

>You have options at Cann River (No DP) Table!.

Kathmandu11 folds.

>You have options at Table 95993 (No DP) Table!.

PatsFan123 folds.

chowder510 folds.

>You have options at Table 96042 (No DP) Table!.

fishjim calls [$10].

Andr3w checks.

** Dealing Flop ** [ 4h, Js, Td ]

>You have options at Cann River (No DP) Table!.

fishjim checks.

Andr3w bets [$77].

Fish_Lover folds.

>You have options at Table 95993 (No DP) Table!.

IcyPots calls [$77].

fishjim folds.

** Dealing Turn ** [ Kc ]

>You have options at Cann River (No DP) Table!.

Andr3w bets [$239.87].

>You have options at West Whale (No DP) Table!.

IcyPots calls [$239.87].

** Dealing River ** [ 5c ]

>You have options at Table 95993 (No DP) Table!.

>You have options at Cann River (No DP) Table!.

Andr3w is all-In [$1511.63]

>You have options at Table 108679 Table!.

IcyPots calls [$1511.63].

Andr3w shows [ Jc, 2d ] a pair of jacks.

IcyPots shows [ Kh, Jh ] two pairs, kings and jacks.

IcyPots wins $3734 from the main pot with two pairs, kings and jacks.

Fish_Lover has left the table.
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Am I missing something?WTF was he POSSIBLY thinking here?

 
such weird play by him. I put him on 2 flopped pair and called. Was a bit scared of the set or 9Q though....

***** Hand History for Game 4502399400 *****

$2000 NL Texas Hold'em - Monday, June 12, 00:39:23 ET 2006

Table Table  95962 (No DP) (Real Money)

Seat 5 is the button

Total number of players : 10

Seat 6: fishjim ( $1545.45 )

Seat 1: IcyPots ( $2165 )

Seat 4: PatsFan123 ( $1680 )

Seat 9: gambleallnite ( $2669 )

Seat 7: Andr3w ( $1848.50 )

Seat 5: chowder510 ( $125 )

Seat 8: Fish_Lover ( $2021 )

Seat 2: GETPUNKED83 ( $1970 )

Seat 3: Kathmandu11 ( $2120 )

Seat 10: Ozzy_87 ( $2747 )

fishjim posts small blind [$10].

Andr3w posts big blind [$20].

** Dealing down cards **

Dealt to IcyPots [  Kh Jh ]

Fish_Lover calls [$20].

gambleallnite folds.

Ozzy_87 folds.

IcyPots calls [$20].

>You have options at Cann River (No DP) Table!.

Kathmandu11 folds.

>You have options at Table  95993 (No DP) Table!.

PatsFan123 folds.

chowder510 folds.

>You have options at Table  96042 (No DP) Table!.

fishjim calls [$10].

Andr3w checks.

** Dealing Flop ** [ 4h, Js, Td ]

>You have options at Cann River (No DP) Table!.

fishjim checks.

Andr3w bets [$77].

Fish_Lover folds.

>You have options at Table  95993 (No DP) Table!.

IcyPots calls [$77].

fishjim folds.

** Dealing Turn ** [ Kc ]

>You have options at Cann River (No DP) Table!.

Andr3w bets [$239.87].

>You have options at West Whale (No DP) Table!.

IcyPots calls [$239.87].

** Dealing River ** [ 5c ]

>You have options at Table  95993 (No DP) Table!.

>You have options at Cann River (No DP) Table!.

Andr3w is all-In  [$1511.63]

>You have options at Table  108679 Table!.

IcyPots calls [$1511.63].

Andr3w shows [ Jc, 2d ] a pair of jacks.

IcyPots shows [ Kh, Jh ] two pairs, kings and jacks.

IcyPots wins $3734 from  the main pot  with two pairs, kings and jacks.

Fish_Lover has left the table.
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Am I missing something?WTF was he POSSIBLY thinking here?
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Well it was a tough call for me, so maybe he was thinking I would fold...I dunno. Since I didn't raise preflop, it was hard for him to put me on anything, and maybe he thought there was a decent chance to bluff me off the pot the entire way. I love aggression in NLHE, so the only real criticism that I have of his play is his ridiculous overbet on the river. A bet of $750 would've accomplished the same purpose without the same great risk.
 
Currently playing in a $320 MTT at Stars. Tourney #26171781, started at 7:00. We just got in the money with 27 left. This will most probably be my only action of the night, so I'm hoping I can do something decent here. But I'm pretty shortstacked...currently in 25th place with 5K chips, blinds are 400/800 with 50 ante.

 
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WEll I'm out!

PokerStars Game #5256326145: Tournament #26171781, $300+$20 Hold'em No Limit - Level X (400/800) - 2006/06/14 - 22:22:11 (ET)

Table '26171781 22' 9-max Seat #6 is the button

Seat 1: LUHMAN (7690 in chips)

Seat 2: Agent C2 (22895 in chips)

Seat 3: jwvdcw (4945 in chips)

Seat 4: BIGTALKER (21610 in chips)

Seat 5: Mekong~x (25916 in chips)

Seat 6: MrSmokey1 (21674 in chips)

Seat 7: ips.seri (20520 in chips)

Seat 8: Summ3L (43362 in chips)

Seat 9: Murs316 (16764 in chips)

LUHMAN: posts the ante 50

Agent C2: posts the ante 50

jwvdcw: posts the ante 50

BIGTALKER: posts the ante 50

Mekong~x: posts the ante 50

MrSmokey1: posts the ante 50

ips.seri: posts the ante 50

Summ3L: posts the ante 50

Murs316: posts the ante 50

ips.seri: posts small blind 400

Summ3L: posts big blind 800

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to jwvdcw [6c 6d]

Murs316: folds

LUHMAN: folds

Agent C2: folds

jwvdcw: raises 4095 to 4895 and is all-in

BIGTALKER: folds

Mekong~x: calls 4895

MrSmokey1: folds

ips.seri: calls 4495

Summ3L: folds

*** FLOP *** [2s 7c Js]

ips.seri: checks

Mekong~x: checks

*** TURN *** [2s 7c Js] [8h]

ips.seri: checks

Mekong~x: checks

*** RIVER *** [2s 7c Js 8h] [Td]

ips.seri: checks

Mekong~x: bets 4100

ips.seri: folds

*** SHOW DOWN ***

Mekong~x: shows [9c Ah] (a straight, Seven to Jack)

jwvdcw: shows [6c 6d] (a pair of Sixes)

Mekong~x collected 15935 from pot

*** SUMMARY ***

Total pot 15935 | Rake 0

Board [2s 7c Js 8h Td]

Seat 1: LUHMAN folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 2: Agent C2 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 3: jwvdcw showed [6c 6d] and lost with a pair of Sixes

Seat 4: BIGTALKER folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 5: Mekong~x showed [9c Ah] and won (15935) with a straight, Seven to Jack

Seat 6: MrSmokey1 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Seat 7: ips.seri (small blind) folded on the River

Seat 8: Summ3L (big blind) folded before Flop

Seat 9: Murs316 folded before Flop (didn't bet)

So much for that.

 
Holy crap. I hadn't checked this thread for a while, and just now noticed the May 28 tourney performance. Absolutely awesome! Congrats, Assani!

 
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Holy crap. I hadn't checked this thread for a while, and just now noticed the May 28 tourney performance. Absolutely awesome! Congrats, Assani!
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Thanks man....always appriciated. I've been taking it pretty easy since then, usually playing less than 4 hours/day. On Monday I fly out to Vegas for the WSOP!
 
Leaving tomorrow morning for Vegas. If I can get into Event #2 I will(there are some concerns about it filling up soon).
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GLAre you going to have internet access down there?
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yeah, my buddy will have his lap top and the house has internet access, so I'll be able to keep everyone updated.
 
:moneybag:

what are you using for a card holder? (I don't know the term), may I suggest one of these
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I don't really have anything...just use the smallest denomination of chip that we're playing with...although maybe I'll see something cool during my travels and use it. If only there were a way to convey "icy pots" with a small object.
 
:moneybag:

what are you using for a card holder? (I don't know the term), may I suggest one of these
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There's a guy in my home game that uses one of those. It's pretty cool. I use a gold medal I won for winning district in number sense in high school and claim it was for winning the 200m dash.
 
First day in Vegas update:

Ok, I've gotten quite a few messages on several sites asking me how things have been going, so I figured its best to just post some updates....

Arrived in Vegas around 12:00 or so. First thing we did was get our rental car- pretty disappointing. I had paid the most possible money to get the "luxury' car, but it seems as if the car place puts a bunch of cars into the "luxury" class and when we had got there all that was left was Dodge Magnums...not a horrible car, but not worth the money imo. It especially sucked because we saw someone take off in a pretty sweet Cadillac just like 2 minutes ahead of us.

Anyway, we 2ent over to the Rio to register for tomorrow's $1500 WSOP event.....pretty intense there. They had the Tournament of Champions Final Table going on, and you couldn't even get close to it because there were so many spectators. I registered, and we left and got lunch and then went to our house.

Our house rocks. Nice pool, beautiful decor, and very spacious. I'm totally excited about using the pool every day, and I'm now determined to get into shape. The only bad thing was that they promised a pool table...well we got a pool table, but its totally slanted and pisses me off every time I try to shoot.

We went grocery shopping and settled in a bit. Around 8:00 we went over to the Bellagio(btw Robert and I have decided to continually pronounce it wrong just to piss the locals off) to play some cards. Robert was going to play $2/5 NL with a $500 max buy in, and while it was beneath my usual stakes by quite a bit, I needed to work off my live game rust and I just wanted to have some fun....so I started drinking while I played....and I drank a lot. Our cocktail waitress was this decent looking Russian girl who thought it was quite funny that I was pounding beers and demanding a new one every time she walked by. Of course being the generous(i.e. horny) guy that I am, I began to extremely over-tip her for every beer. Anyway, back to the poker....

Robert lost $300 quickly when his flopped straight ran into a full house on the turn. I had been playing pretty tight, so I decided to raise 3x BB with 5-7os one time....got two callers. Flop came A-Q-7....standard continuation bet, both called. Turn was the miracle 7. Long story short, I doubled up through one guy- never saw what he had, although AQ makes the most sense. I ended up playing dumb and not really caring about the stakes and only winning $40 on the night. Robert on the other hand won about $800, which I was very happy about.

We actually sat with Sam Grizzle, who is semi-famous due to an appearnace on the WSOP ME a few years back. Weird that he'd be playing such low stakes, but he didn't come across as that great of a player to me. He actually busted out quickly and left.

It was kinda surreal to see a hugely high stakes game going on in the one closed off area. Chau Ghang(I might have butchered his name) was the only guy I recognized, but I'm sure they were playing at least $1000/$2000....I will sit in that game one day.

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Anyway, I got drunk and it became time to leave. I wanted to look for my Russian cocktail waitress and try to at least get a number(or more), but she was nowhere to be found by then, and Robert convinced me that since I had to be up and playing in the WSOP at noon tomorrow that it simply wasn't worth it. Of course, now I sit and write up this report instead of sleeping....oh well. Off to bed for me now....a pretty good first day in Vegas I'd say.

 
drinks plenty of fluids to help out that hangover you are sure to be feeling when you read this - and good luck :thumbup:

 
drinks plenty of fluids to help out that hangover you are sure to be feeling when you read this - and good luck :thumbup:
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:goodposting: Bro, I know it may sound silly, but I am truly rooting for you to do well this month. Best of luck and pace yourself, seriously.

Go knock'em dead! :thumbup:

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