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Monday, May 10, 2010

No action this weekend

It was a slow weekend, with very little poker being played. With mother's day, my wife being busy with work, and the nanny off, it was a very busy weekend just going through regular activities. The kids had a birthday party, we went to the movies, and then I took my wife out for dinner last night, and so all of that translates into no poker.

My wife does have her trip planned for this summer and is taking the kids up to Canada for two months starting June 27th. Until then, I don't see a lot of poker being played, but after that, well, I see the opposite.

Hope everyone is doing well, and good luck at the tables.

Ryan

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

$6,000 Win!

Wow, my biggest poker score to date. Quick background - 16 guys put together a WSOP group, where we had a series of tournaments leading up to the final last Saturday, where the winner would get $12,000 for the WSOP main event, and the 2nd place finisher would get $4,000, with the idea of that going towards one of the prelim events.

We started the final with 2 tables of 8 people, with the average chip stack of approx. 10,000 and blinds at 25/50, so there was a lot of play. I hit the nut flush on the river early on a guy that flopped trips, flopped a boat with pocket 9s with my opponent flopping trips, hit a set of 2s, 3s and 4s and quickly found myself with 25,000 chips. With 5 players left on the other table, and 6 on ours, I got it all-in blind vs. blind with AQss against AJcc, and even though there was a J in the door, I ended up with a flush on the river.

I entered the final table 1st in chips with 35,000 chips. There was one other player with about 30,000 and nobody else had more than 17,000. There were 3 very short stacks, which we got rid of in 2 orbits. We get down to 5 players, and then the action started.

By this time, the player to my right was the chip leader with about 60,000 chips, I had 45,000, and the other stacks were 28k, 22k and 10k. Two of the shorter stack got it all-in preflop with QQ vs. 33, with the shorter stack having 33. Of course, a 3 of the river was a disaster for the other player, who went out on the very next hand with K9 vs. KJ. Down to 4 players, Luis the chip leader gets it all in with top pair vs. an OESFD, with his top pair holding. We are down to 3 with Luis having 100,000 chips, 40,000 for me and 20,000 for 3rd place.

It worked out well for me, because the short stack was on my left, so whenever Luis would fold the button, I would move all in with almost any two cards and the player would fold. At this point, blinds were 1k/2k, so each hand hurt the short stack a lot.

He was down to about 14k, and I had about 44-45k, and we got it all in, I had KQ, he has 63dd. Of course, he flops a flush and that was that... On to the next few hands where either Luis or I was raising, and the short stack was folding.

About 4 hands later, short stack limps, and Luis checks. Fireworks then ensue on a KQ9 flop, where the short stack has Q9 and Luis has KQ. Perfect scenario for me! KQ holds and I am heads-up.

First order of business was a deal, and we agreed that 2nd place would be $6k and $10k for first. Heads-up didn't take long, as I was outchipped 3-1, and we got it all in preflop with my KJ vs. his A7. Ace on the flop, and it was over.

Am I disappointed that I didn't win? Sure. But I will take the $6,000. A sweet amount for second place.

So, I finally have a live bankroll to play with. Hopefully we will be playing some more tournaments soon. And, I will be getting some more online to play some SCOOP tournaments and the MiniFTOPS.

Good luck to everyone, and thanks to all those for their congrats.

Cheers,

Ryan

Friday, April 23, 2010

Back in the swing of things...

...The whole BBT5 thing has gotten me motivated again. I will be depositing $100 on FT and PS and getting started again.

Haven't played in so long it seems, that I don't remember how to win anymore...

Hopefully that will change as I get going.

Hope everyone is well. Good luck at the tables.

Ryan

Friday, April 16, 2010

BBT5 HAS ARRIVED!

I guess with this thing starting up, I should make a post and get excited. Haven't played a lot of poker lately, but I would be more than excited to try and take down a seat to the WSOP.

Good luck everyone!

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Wow, has it been that long...

Let's just say, blogging and/or playing poker has not been high on my priority list these days. After making some serious life altering decision (being a better Christian, focussing on working out and getting in shape, being with my kids and family more, etc.) poker moved way down the list as far as importance.

I had taken my roll offline and left about $100 on between PS and FT, which is exactly where I still am, with $65 on PS and $35 on FT.

With the wife going out of town on Saturday with the kids for 7 weeks, I am jumping back on the poker train. I will probably be multitabling 10NL buying in for $5 to start, and then see where we go from there.

Also, I plan on playing some of the $3 rebuy tournaments that I never seem to get a chance to play.

Also on my hit list is trying to qualify for a few of the FTOPS tournaments coming up and actually playing them instead of gaying out and taking the T$.

Hope we can get this ship running, will start updating frequently now.

GL everyone remaining in the Main Event!!

Ryan

Friday, March 27, 2009

Wife going away for the weekend...

..So that means a lot of poker for me. Saturday night is gonna be good. I am going to play a few tournaments I normally don't play, maybe the nightly 200k on Stars and see what happens.

Here's to an amazing weekend...

Ryan

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Downswing...

My downswing has now reached 8 buy-ins. I don’t know if it is a combination of loose play, getting bad beated, or what, but it definitely stinks. My roll has dropped to $400, and is only not closer to $300 because I won a $5 SNG on Full Tilt last night for $54. Other than that, cash has sucked, tournaments have sucked in general, and poker has not gone well.

Outside of poker, life is good, family is happy and healthy, job still exists, which is a blessing, my wife is making good money with her business, kids are doing well in school, my brother is in town for 2 months trying to figure out if he can move here for good or not, which is awesome.

5 days ago, I started P90X as well, which is a program put together by Tony Horton, and it’s 90 days of intense workouts, strict eating and 100% dedication. I am 5 days in, and even though I can’t physically see results yet, I can see how it works. It’s a rotation of strength and stretching exercises, where one day you are exhausted from your weight workout, the next day is 60 minutes of stretching, or kempo, or yoga, or something to soothe your body. The next day, you are raring to go for another strength exercise to get big.

I have decided to give it 90 days, and if it works like hell, I might do another 90 days to get even bigger, haven’t decided yet. We will see.

In other news, my best friend from high school is getting married up in Vancouver, BC in early May, so I have planned a week up there at that time. 7 days of just me and my dad, all the rest of my family here, a little poker, a little catching up with some friends I haven’t seen since graduation day 1997, and a bunch of R&R (and no work!)

I think I am going to move away from cash for a little while until I get my head straightened again, and just stick to some low-level SNGs for now, and see what happens. If I can snag myself a few tokens, I will play some tourneys as well, but don’t see that happening any time soon.

Hope everyone is well, good luck at the tables.

Ryan

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Down 1.5 BIs in the first 10 mins, and I end up 1.5BIs for the night

5-tabling again on FT last night. Again, trying to increase my aggression factor, play a lot of pots, raise at least 3 times per orbit, in order to get action when I do have good hands. Even though there are a lot of pots below that I won, there are many where I would lose 10-15BBs trying to be aggressive, re-raising people with nothing and getting played back at. But I guess that is the whole idea of being aggressive – to get action on your monsters.

Things were looking good to start when this hand came up, but of course I get screwed getting all my money in as a 3:1 favorite…



Fear_T_Rex: sry, thought that’s what you had, 50/50

By my calculations, I am 72% to win after that flop, but that is never good enough on FT, as demonstrated here on my next big hand that I get lucky on.



I am sure he had to be pretty sick about that one.

Here was a nice turn card for both of us that turned out to be better for me… :D



Then, I suckout here on the turn, although I don’t get all of the money in until then. Guy is way ahead on the flop and FT fucks him this time.



This one was like seeing the hottest girl in school, getting to make out with her, and then finding out it was your sister.



And then to end, here are the 3 sets that I hit in my session. The first one, I made some money, but not a lot. The last 2, both of my opponents insta-called my all-ins. And when I say instacall, I mean there wasn’t even a hesitation on either one. Of course, they are both drawing dead by the turn on both, and I am smiling all the way to the river.









So, I did win a lot of pretty big hands, but it cost me a lot of money being aggressive, and I ended up 1.5 BIs for the night. My roll between FT and PS is around $535, and my goal is to get up to $700 by the end of the month and switch to 25c/50c.

Thanks for reading, and good luck at the tables.

Ryan

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Down, then up, then up some more...

I was down nearly 2 buy-ins early in the session, mostly because I decided to be more aggressive in the session. I have been playing pretty passively, which as you know, doesn’t help you when you get big hands and raise, because everyone folds. So, I tried to take the lead on more hands.

It didn’t really work out well the first hand, as my 2 opponents had me drawing stone dead on the flop:



After that hand, things started working out a little better for me:



A brilliant limp with aces there gets the guy in trouble. Oh well, too bad for him. Then this is a fun hand. At first, I was dissapointed that I did not get all the money in on the turn, especially with that crappy river. But, that didn't stop the villain from calling my raise:




Then, I get it in here against aces as a 55/45 favorite and spike one of my many outs on the river:



Then, your standard donk re-re-raise with jacks. Um, what did you really think I had buddy, pocket nines??




Anyways, so I went from down nearly 2 buy-ins to up a little over a buy-in to end with a roll right around $500. A far cry from the $200ish bankroll from a few weeks ago.

Hope everyone is well, and good luck at the tables. I will get to a BBT4 tournament soon, but things are still too busy with my wife right now to even dream of playing for 4-5 consecutive hours right now. Congrats to all that have locked up a TOC seat. I hope to join you soon.

Ryan

Monday, March 9, 2009

Poker-filled weekend

Got to play a lot this weekend, online and live. Online went pretty well, busted out of all my tournaments, but cash went steadily well. Here is the biggest hand that I won, which wasn’t that big, but overall I was up modestly for the weekend:

Full Tilt Poker Game #11036155773: Table Camel (deep) - $0.10/$0.25 - No Limit Hold'em
Seat 1: PJS JR ($33.05)
Seat 2: ClayChan ($25)
Seat 3: dafrk3in ($26.58)
Seat 4: baric ($38.81)
Seat 5: -xXxTREBORxXx- ($26.10)
Seat 6: srmizzie ($29.36)
Seat 7: JakesForLuck ($23.90)
Seat 8: Erdengel ($14.99)
Seat 9: AIAG79 ($29.59)
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR [Ah As]
PJS JR raises to $1.10
ClayChan calls $0.85
4 folds
JakesForLuck calls $1.10
2 folds
*** FLOP *** [3d 9d 9c]
PJS JR checks
ClayChan checks
JakesForLuck bets $3
PJS JR calls $3
ClayChan folds
*** TURN *** [3d 9d 9c] [5c]
PJS JR checks
JakesForLuck bets $3
PJS JR calls $3
*** RIVER *** [3d 9d 9c 5c] [9h]
PJS JR checks
JakesForLuck bets $6.50
PJS JR calls $6.50
*** SHOW DOWN ***
JakesForLuck shows [Qh Jh] three of a kind, Nines
PJS JR shows [Ah As] a full house, Nines full of Aces
PJS JR wins the pot ($27.22) with a full house, Nines full of Aces

I ended the weekend with a bankroll of $464, up slightly from my last update. I was up near $500 at one time, but right at the end of my last session, I failed to get there with an open-ended straight and flush draw against a weak top pair for a $50 pot. That was disappointing.

Got to play some live poker last night, we don’t play a huge buy-in game, $20 gets you 200 chips and we play 1/2 which is essentially $0.10/0.20. Thing is, since we lowered the stakes, we always end up with more money on the table by the end of the night, because people constantly re-buy. By the end of the night, there was $650 on our 8-handed table, and only 3 people were up at the end of the night.

My highlights included a $140 3-way all-in pot on a board of Th6s4s4h, I was holding Q4 (one of my favorite hands) after calling a marginal bet on the flop from my opponents that held 5s7s and KK. We got it all in on the turn after I sucked out with trip fours and the river was the Ts. The flush chaser got excited, but realized quickly that he was beat with my full house.

After dwindling to 1200 in chips ($120) I got involved in another 3-way all-in against 1 player with 400 chips, the other with about 200 chips, all-in pre-flop holding twoblackaces against AhKh and AcQc. They were both drawing dead on the turn and I was up to 1800 ($180) I cashed out at the end of the night with 1700, one other guys had about 1500 and another player had over 1000. The rest of the table had chips, but lower amounts than they bought in for.

My wife was happy for the win, and that will allow me to plan another poker get-together in 2 weeks. I am now up $650 in the last 3 weeks playing live and at least $200 online, so it has been a nice run.

Hope everyone else is doing well. One bit of news from my side is that we are having huge layoffs at the end of this month, and nobody knows who is staying and who is going. It has been tense around here lately, and it will be interesting to see what happens. I feel 50% confident that I will stay, as I have huge support from our corporate headquarters in Houston, but one never knows in this economy.

Good luck at the tables everyone, see you next time.

Ryan

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Quick update and some key hands of the night

Did decently at the tables last night, won myself a $26 token and was up about 1 ½ buy-ins playing cash. Here are some highlights of the token SNG:

2nd hand:
Full Tilt Poker Game #10971116511: Tier One $6+$0.50 Sit & Go (82562856), Table 1 - 15/30
Seat 1: Bluffinya77 (1,105)
Seat 2: Haly (1,925)
Seat 3: JELISA (1,500)
Seat 4: SnaRqDa (1,500)
Seat 5: TRETIAK30 (1,470)
Seat 6: PJS JR (1,500)
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR [Ah Qc]
SnaRqDa raises to 60
TRETIAK30 folds
PJS JR calls 60
Bluffinya77 calls 60
Haly folds
JELISA calls 30
*** FLOP *** [Qh Kd As]
JELISA checks
SnaRqDa bets 90
PJS JR calls 90
Bluffinya77 calls 90
JELISA calls 90
*** TURN *** [Qh Kd As] [2h]
JELISA checks
SnaRqDa bets 90
PJS JR calls 90
Bluffinya77 calls 90
JELISA calls 90
*** RIVER *** [Qh Kd As 2h] [Tc]
JELISA checks
SnaRqDa checks
PJS JR checks
Bluffinya77 checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
SnaRqDa shows [Kc 6d] a pair of Kings
PJS JR shows [Ah Qc] two pair, Aces and Queens
Bluffinya77 mucks
JELISA mucks
PJS JR wins the pot (975) with two pair, Aces and Queens


7th hand:

Full Tilt Poker Game #10971182119: Tier One $6+$0.50 Sit & Go (82562856), Table 1 - 20/40
Seat 1: Bluffinya77 (835)
Seat 2: Haly (2,810)
Seat 3: JELISA (1,140)
Seat 4: SnaRqDa (660)
Seat 5: TRETIAK30 (1,350)
Seat 6: PJS JR (2,205)
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR [As Jh]
Bluffinya77 folds
Haly calls 40
JELISA calls 40
SnaRqDa calls 40
TRETIAK30 calls 20
PJS JR checks
*** FLOP *** [5c 6d Ah]
5 checks
*** TURN *** [5c 6d Ah] [3d]
TRETIAK30 checks
PJS JR bets 40
4 calls
*** RIVER *** [5c 6d Ah 3d] [Ts]
4 checks
SnaRqDa bets 580, and is all in
1 fold
PJS JR calls 580
2 folds
*** SHOW DOWN ***
SnaRqDa shows [8c 4c] Ace Ten high
PJS JR shows [As Jh] a pair of Aces
PJS JR wins the pot (1,560) with a pair of Aces

I didn’t play about 15 hands in a row, then this one:

Full Tilt Poker Game #10971336885: Tier One $6+$0.50 Sit & Go (82562856), Table 1 - 50/100
Seat 2: Haly (2,265)
Seat 3: JELISA (2,090)
Seat 5: TRETIAK30 (1,200)
Seat 6: PJS JR (3,445)
PJS JR posts the small blind of 50
Haly posts the big blind of 100
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR [Ad Qs]
JELISA has 15 seconds left to act
JELISA calls 100
TRETIAK30 raises to 450
PJS JR raises to 3,445, and is all in
Haly folds
JELISA folds
TRETIAK30 has 15 seconds left to act
TRETIAK30 calls 750, and is all in
PJS JR shows [Ad Qs]
TRETIAK30 shows [Kc Js]
Uncalled bet of 2,245 returned to PJS JR
*** FLOP *** [3c Jd 5c]
*** TURN *** [3c Jd 5c] [3h]
*** RIVER *** [3c Jd 5c 3h] [Ac]
PJS JR shows two pair, Aces and Threes
TRETIAK30 shows two pair, Jacks and Threes
PJS JR wins the pot (2,600) with two pair, Aces and Threes


Then I got 99 two hands in a row and pushed, and got no action. Then this hand got us over the bubble:


Full Tilt Poker Game #10971494281: Tier One $6+$0.50 Sit & Go (82562856), Table 1 - 100/200 Seat 2: Haly (3,495)
Seat 3: JELISA (1,160)
Seat 6: PJS JR (4,345)
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR [Ac 7h]
Haly folds
JELISA calls 100
PJS JR raises to 4,345, and is all in
JELISA calls 960, and is all in
PJS JR shows [Ac 7h]
JELISA shows [Ks Qc]
Uncalled bet of 3,185 returned to PJS JR
*** FLOP *** [Ts 2c 6s]
*** TURN *** [Ts 2c 6s] [7c]
*** RIVER *** [Ts 2c 6s 7c] [2h]
PJS JR shows two pair, Sevens and Twos
JELISA shows a pair of Twos
PJS JR wins the pot (2,320) with two pair, Sevens and Twos

Then we got it all in 4 hands later and I got lucky to take it down:

Full Tilt Poker Game #10971513317: Tier One $6+$0.50 Sit & Go (82562856), Table 1 - 120/240
Seat 2: Haly (3,235)
Seat 6: PJS JR (5,765)
PJS JR posts the small blind of 120
Haly posts the big blind of 240
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR [Ac 5d]
PJS JR raises to 5,765, and is all in
Haly calls 2,995, and is all in
PJS JR shows [Ac 5d]
Haly shows [Td As]
Uncalled bet of 2,530 returned to PJS JR
*** FLOP *** [6h 5h 4h]
*** TURN *** [6h 5h 4h] [Kh]
*** RIVER *** [6h 5h 4h Kh] [4d]
PJS JR shows two pair, Fives and Fours
Haly shows a pair of Fours
PJS JR wins the pot (6,470) with two pair, Fives and Fours


Here are a couple of highlights from the cash tables:

Full Tilt Poker Game #10971081219: Table Proud (deep) - $0.10/$0.25 - No Limit Hold'em
Seat 1: qaymko ($33.34)
Seat 2: dafrk3in ($25)
Seat 3: pescado24 ($126.85)
Seat 4: LoveShy ($26.79)
Seat 5: baronvonadam ($51.04)
Seat 6: JV1971 ($37.96)
Seat 7: PJS JR ($24.85)
Seat 8: aforbesb ($50.72)
Seat 9: soQsidekick ($32.53)
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR [Qh Th]
4 folds
JV1971 raises to $0.50
PJS JR calls $0.50
1 fold
soQsidekick raises to $2.35
JV1971 calls $1.85
PJS JR calls $1.85
*** FLOP *** [9s Kh 2d]
3 checks
*** TURN *** [9s Kh 2d] [8h]
soQsidekick bets $3
JV1971 calls $3
PJS JR calls $3
*** RIVER *** [9s Kh 2d 8h] [9h]
soQsidekick checks
JV1971 bets $4
PJS JR calls $4
soQsidekick folds
*** SHOW DOWN ***
JV1971 shows [8d Qd] two pair, Nines and Eights
PJS JR shows [Qh Th] a flush, King high
PJS JR wins the pot ($22.95) with a flush, King high

Then here was a fun confrontation that worked out perfectly:

Full Tilt Poker Game #10970766487: Table Van (deep) - $0.10/$0.25 - No Limit Hold'em
Seat 1: FIERROS ($100.67)
Seat 2: KBJ1207 ($25)
Seat 3: PJS JR ($24.40)
Seat 4: Skyywolf ($27.26)
Seat 5: dafrk3in ($25)
Seat 6: aforbesb ($51.80)
Seat 7: WangFlush ($31.68)
Seat 8: baronvonadam ($50.66)
Seat 9: Cozmic ($22.05)
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR [7s 7h]
5 folds
PJS JR raises to $0.85
Skyywolf folds
dafrk3in has 15 seconds left to act
dafrk3in calls $0.60
*** FLOP *** [5s 7c 3h]
dafrk3in checks
PJS JR bets $1.25
dafrk3in raises to $3.75
PJS JR raises to $9.50
dafrk3in raises to $24.15, and is all in
PJS JR calls $14.05, and is all in
dafrk3in shows [Kh Kd]
PJS JR shows [7s 7h]
*** TURN *** [5s 7c 3h] [4c]
*** RIVER *** [5s 7c 3h 4c] [Td]
dafrk3in shows a pair of Kings
PJS JR shows three of a kind, Sevens
PJS JR wins the pot ($46.46) with three of a kind, Sevens

Then I probably missed an opportunity on the turn to make some more money here, but took down a decent sized pot. Still can’t imagine why he called my re-raise with KQ:

Full Tilt Poker Game #10971518233: Table Van (deep) - $0.10/$0.25 - No Limit Hold'em - 0:12:00
Seat 1: FIERROS ($63.13)
Seat 2: KBJ1207 ($54.07)
Seat 3: PJS JR ($44.15)
Seat 4: MrRyanO3 ($24.96)
Seat 5: HolyHuman ($51.43)
Seat 6: vyrbal kent ($12.25)
Seat 7: holighurt ($29.62)
Seat 8: baronvonadam ($56.60)
Seat 9: alffanclub ($24.65)
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR [As Ac]
HolyHuman raises to $0.95
6 folds
PJS JR raises to $3.20
HolyHuman calls $2.25
*** FLOP *** [8h 6s 3h]
PJS JR checks
HolyHuman checks
*** TURN *** [8h 6s 3h] [Kd]
PJS JR checks
HolyHuman checks
*** RIVER *** [8h 6s 3h Kd] [Ad]
PJS JR bets $4.25
HolyHuman calls $4.25
*** SHOW DOWN ***
PJS JR shows [As Ac] three of a kind, Aces
HolyHuman mucked [Qd Kh] - a pair of Kings
PJS JR wins the pot ($14.49) with three of a kind, Aces

Anyways, steady play has my FT account up to $260 plus a $26 token and I heven’t touched my PS account much, and have $130 there. So, all told, the roll is up to a hair over $400, so I am well on my way to building it back up.

Am going to try and play some of the BBT4, but opportunities to play 4-5 continuous hours are few and far between these days. We will see.

Thanks all for reading and good luck at the tables.

Ryan

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Blogging re-dedication

Although I have been hanging out reading a lot of blogs, I have been busy/lazy and have not updated my own. Now, the fact that I have played very little poker over the last few weeks/month is really the reason, and there has been nothing to blog about.

Right now, I have about $130 on Stars and $120 on Full Tilt, but that was until last night, when I jumped onto FT for about 30 minutes. Now, with only $120 on the site, playing 25NL is probably not the best bankroll management wise, but I am not playing any lower stakes than that.

Here are some of the highlights from last night:

Full Tilt Poker Game #10827972528: Table Dover (deep) - $0.10/$0.25 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:34:18 ET - 2009/02/24
Seat 1: supermanfresh34 ($4.12)
Seat 2: jwesbro ($54.63)
Seat 3: Wayyarminna ($25)
Seat 4: jeff121mbia ($24.65)
Seat 5: saudi_girl ($44.07)
Seat 6: san85 ($25)
Seat 7: crazybeav77 ($10.35)
Seat 8: PJS JR ($24.15)
Seat 9: handyman7 ($31.88)
supermanfresh34 posts the small blind of $0.10
Wayyarminna posts the big blind of $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR [9d 8d]
3 folds
crazybeav77 calls $0.25
PJS JR calls $0.25
1 fold
supermanfresh34 raises to $1.25
1 fold
crazybeav77 calls $1
PJS JR calls $1
*** FLOP *** [Th 9s 6s]
supermanfresh34 bets $2.87, and is all in
crazybeav77 calls $2.87
PJS JR calls $2.87
*** TURN *** [Th 9s 6s] [8s]
crazybeav77 bets $6.23, and is all in
PJS JR calls $6.23
crazybeav77 shows [Qc Jh]
PJS JR shows [9d 8d]
supermanfresh34 shows [Qh 2d]
*** RIVER *** [Th 9s 6s 8s] [8h]
crazybeav77 shows a straight, Queen high
PJS JR shows a full house, Eights full of Nines
PJS JR wins the side pot ($11.84) with a full house, Eights full of Nines
supermanfresh34 shows a pair of Eights
PJS JR wins the main pot ($11.98) with a full house, Eights full of Nines


Full Tilt Poker Game #10828226277: Table Dover (deep) - $0.10/$0.25 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:49:49 ET - 2009/02/24
Seat 1: supermanfresh34 ($18.31)
Seat 2: mat sheeler ($18.03)
Seat 3: Wayyarminna ($26.11)
Seat 4: jeff121mbia ($51.20)
Seat 5: saudi_girl ($43.97)
Seat 6: san85 ($25.50)
Seat 7: creature008 ($49.05)
Seat 8: PJS JR ($33.42)
Seat 9: handyman7 ($43.19)
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR [Ac Ah]
6 folds
PJS JR raises to $0.85
1 fold
supermanfresh34 raises to $2.20
PJS JR raises to $6.50
supermanfresh34 raises to $10.80
PJS JR raises to $33.42, and is all in
supermanfresh34 calls $7.51, and is all in
PJS JR shows [Ac Ah]
supermanfresh34 shows [3s Js] well played
*** FLOP *** [2h 3h 8d]
*** TURN *** [2h 3h 8d] [As]
*** RIVER *** [2h 3h 8d As] [7d]
PJS JR shows three of a kind, Aces
supermanfresh34 shows a pair of Threes
PJS JR wins the pot ($34.89) with three of a kind, Aces

Full Tilt Poker Game #10828141804: Table Angeles (deep) - $0.10/$0.25 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:44:37 ET - 2009/02/24
Seat 1: PJS JR ($23.70)
Seat 2: Megalo1982 ($25)
Seat 3: saudi_girl ($25.85)
Seat 4: chipmaster5 ($86.80)
Seat 5: Erik602 ($42.73)
Seat 6: Gangstachic ($53.90)
Seat 7: Wayyarminna ($29.43)
Seat 8: rounder3501 ($23.56)
Seat 9: Grady Money ($73.71)
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR [5d 6d]
1 fold
PJS JR raises to $0.75
2 folds
chipmaster5 calls $0.75
3 folds
rounder3501 calls $0.50
*** FLOP *** [Kd 2d 5h]
rounder3501 bets $1.25
PJS JR calls $1.25
chipmaster5 raises to $7.35
1 fold
PJS JR raises to $22.95, and is all in
chipmaster5 calls $15.60
PJS JR shows [5d 6d]
chipmaster5 shows [Kh Jd]
*** TURN *** [Kd 2d 5h] [Jh]
*** RIVER *** [Kd 2d 5h Jh] [3d]
PJS JR shows a flush, King high
chipmaster5 shows two pair, Kings and Jacks
PJS JR wins the pot ($47.03) with a flush, King high

Full Tilt Poker Game #10828158096: Table Saber (deep) - $0.10/$0.25 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:45:37 ET - 2009/02/24
Seat 1: baronvonadam ($52.56)
Seat 2: polarcat7 ($24.65)
Seat 3: PJS JR ($24.48)
Seat 4: syphen17 ($63.71)
Seat 5: saudi_girl ($26.40)
Seat 6: ekrecords ($21.65)
Seat 7: san85 ($26.50)
Seat 8: tread011 ($50.14)
Seat 9: molsonex1903 ($19.82)
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR [Ac Ah]
5 folds
PJS JR raises to $0.85
2 folds
ekrecords calls $0.60
*** FLOP *** [5d 6c 4h]
ekrecords checks
PJS JR bets $1.50
ekrecords calls $1.50
*** TURN *** [5d 6c 4h] [Ad]
ekrecords checks
PJS JR bets $3.75
ekrecords calls $3.75
*** RIVER *** [5d 6c 4h Ad] [9s]
ekrecords checks
PJS JR bets $18.38, and is all in
ekrecords calls $15.55, and is all in
*** SHOW DOWN ***
PJS JR shows [Ac Ah] three of a kind, Aces
ekrecords mucked [5s As] - two pair, Aces and Fives
PJS JR wins the pot ($41.23) with three of a kind, Aces

Cashed out up 3 buy-ins for the session, and took my roll up to $203. So, my roll stands at $333, and is only going up.

Congrats to Stoner for finishing in the money at the LAPC. I, along with all bloggers, was hoping for you to take it down. Looking forward to the BBT4, and trying to win a main event seat.

Good luck to everyone, and good luck at the tables.

Ryan

Monday, December 22, 2008

Still alive...

Though just barely… A bad run of cards, suckouts and overall disinterest has me down several hundred bucks in the last while. Also, took out a few bucks out to pay some bills, and am not left with much, I think I’ve got about $400 left between Stars and FT.

I haven’t really had much time to play these days, as my family has been in town for 3 weeks, and now my brother is staying with us for a couple of weeks over Christmas, and he and his wife are definitely against online poker, so I don’t play much, just to avoid any confrontation.

Probably will be the New Year before I get to do any more playing, so I will make any updates then.

Hope everyone is well, good luck at the tables.

Ryan

Friday, December 5, 2008

Regiestered to play in the WBCOOP!!

Online Poker

I have registered to play in the PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker!

This PokerStars tournament is a No Limit Texas Hold’em event exclusive to Bloggers.

Registration code: 909813

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

I'm still alive...

Just not playing poker that much. And when I am, I am moving sideways, so there is nothing special to talk about.

When I win an MTT, which should be soon, I will make a post. Until then, My posting will be not as frequent as it has been over the last 2 months.

Thanks for reading.

Ryan

Thursday, November 6, 2008

POST 100!!! Roller-coaster session

Feeling very confident as I logged onto FT last night, pulled up 6 deep tables at 25c/50c NL, and off I went. No more than 10 minutes into my session, I had an unfortunate situation blind vs. blind, where we got it all in on an all-unders flop, I had KK in the BB and he had AA obviously in the SB. How gay is that. $50 gone really fast. I was down about 1 ½ buy-ins when the following hand came up…

Full Tilt Poker Game #8833219349: Table Berry (deep) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em
Seat 1: -Mawbster- ($50.75)
Seat 2: Drunken I ($182.40)
Seat 3: Tromulator ($103.50)
Seat 4: krookymunster ($103.50)
Seat 5: PJS JR ($63.85)
Seat 6: namgoong1982 ($72.45)
Seat 7: rlawod ($58.70)
Seat 8: Cuong Fu Hust1a ($35.65)
Seat 9: bwhiteshoes1 ($21.45)
PJS JR posts the small blind of $0.25
namgoong1982 posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR [6s 6h]
Cuong Fu Hust1a calls $0.50
3 folds
Tromulator raises to $2.50
1 fold
PJS JR calls $2.25
namgoong1982 calls $2
Cuong Fu Hust1a calls $2
*** FLOP *** [3c 7s 6d] GIN!
3 checks
Tromulator bets $6
PJS JR raises to $17.50
2 folds
Tromulator raises to $80
PJS JR calls $43.85, and is all in
Tromulator shows [9d 8d]
PJS JR shows [6s 6h]
Uncalled bet of $18.65 returned to Tromulator
*** TURN *** [3c 7s 6d] [Js]
*** RIVER *** [3c 7s 6d Js] [5c] typical BS
Tromulator shows a straight, Nine high
PJS JR shows three of a kind, Sixes
Tromulator wins the pot ($129.70) with a straight, Nine high

That was crap for sure, and all of a sudden, I am down nearly 3 buy-ins. WTF??? Anyways, the very next hand at this table…

Full Tilt Poker Game #8833233996: Table Berry (deep) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em
Seat 1: -Mawbster- ($50.75)
Seat 2: Drunken I ($182.40)
Seat 3: Tromulator ($169.35)
Seat 4: krookymunster ($103.50)
Seat 5: PJS JR ($50)
Seat 6: namgoong1982 ($69.95)
Seat 7: rlawod ($58.70), is sitting out
Seat 8: Cuong Fu Hust1a ($33.15)
Seat 9: bwhiteshoes1 ($21.45)
namgoong1982 posts the small blind of $0.25
Cuong Fu Hust1a posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR [As Ah]
PJS JR: gross &$^*#@&%$*^%@#%$
bwhiteshoes1 calls $0.50
2 folds
Tromulator raises to $2.50
1 fold
PJS JR raises to $8.75 STEAM-RAISE!!
3 folds
Tromulator calls $6.25
*** FLOP *** [4c 3d 3h]
Tromulator checks
PJS JR bets $12
Tromulator raises to $36
PJS JR raises to $41.25, and is all in
Tromulator calls $5.25
PJS JR shows [As Ah]
Tromulator shows [Js Jh] wee!!!
*** TURN *** [4c 3d 3h] [7d]
*** RIVER *** [4c 3d 3h 7d] [Ac] Good, got most of it back
PJS JR shows a full house, Aces full of Threes
Tromulator shows two pair, Jacks and Threes
PJS JR wins the pot ($98.25) with a full house, Aces full of Threes

Then, about 4 hands later on the same table…

Full Tilt Poker Game #8833433431: Table Berry (deep) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em
Seat 1: -Mawbster- ($50)
Seat 2: Drunken I ($201.70)
Seat 3: Tromulator ($117.60)
Seat 4: krookymunster ($100.25)
Seat 5: PJS JR ($97.50)
Seat 6: namgoong1982 ($66.30)
Seat 7: Delfin33 ($49.25)
Seat 8: Cuong Fu Hust1a ($43.95)
Seat 9: SuperSunBurst ($49.50)
SuperSunBurst posts the small blind of $0.25
Drunken I posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR [Ks Kc]
2 folds
PJS JR raises to $1.75
4 folds
Drunken I calls $1.25
*** FLOP *** [6c 8s 8d]
Drunken I bets $2.50
PJS JR calls $2.50
*** TURN *** [6c 8s 8d] [6d]
Drunken I bets $6
PJS JR calls $6
*** RIVER *** [6c 8s 8d 6d] [Jh]
Drunken I bets $14
PJS JR calls $14
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Drunken I shows [As Qc] two pair, Eights and Sixes
PJS JR shows [Ks Kc] two pair, Kings and Eights
PJS JR wins the pot ($46.35) with two pair, Kings and Eights

So, that series regained about 1 ½ buy-ins that I lost, the rest were restored on the following hands…

Full Tilt Poker Game #8821475954: Table Fuller (deep) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em
Seat 1: malantropia ($49.05)
Seat 3: Ramiraise ($73.25)
Seat 4: Kirsan ($48.75)
Seat 5: Chase2468 ($93.50)
Seat 6: PJS JR ($49.70)
Seat 7: anondor ($124.45)
Seat 8: River Vendetta ($62.80)
Seat 9: Walli54 ($50)
Ramiraise posts the small blind of $0.25
Kirsan posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR [7d 7c]
1 fold
PJS JR calls $0.50
3 folds
malantropia raises to $2
2 folds
PJS JR calls $1.50
*** FLOP *** [Ad 8h 7h]
PJS JR checks
malantropia bets $3.50
PJS JR raises to $10
malantropia calls $6.50
*** TURN *** [Ad 8h 7h] [3c]
PJS JR bets $15.50
malantropia raises to $37.05, and is all in
PJS JR calls $21.55
malantropia shows [Th Td] Hey, thanks!
PJS JR shows [7d 7c]
*** RIVER *** [Ad 8h 7h 3c] [4h]
malantropia shows a pair of Tens
PJS JR shows three of a kind, Sevens
PJS JR wins the pot ($95.85) with three of a kind, Sevens


Full Tilt Poker Game #8833057719: Table Fuller (deep) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em
Seat 1: bogec ($51.70)
Seat 2: dumbluck9 ($13.25)
Seat 3: Crediblylucky ($20.20)
Seat 4: Judd_The_Stud ($24.95)
Seat 5: PJS JR ($49.55)
Seat 6: GZ2ya ($50)
Seat 7: richinsklanskys ($156.45)
Seat 8: wjkastler ($39.95)
Seat 9: g2005 ($61.25), is sitting out
Crediblylucky posts the small blind of $0.25
Judd_The_Stud posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR [Jc Js]
PJS JR calls $0.50
4 folds
dumbluck9 calls $0.50
Crediblylucky raises to $2.50
1 fold
PJS JR raises to $49.55, and is all in
1 fold
Crediblylucky calls $17.70, and is all in
PJS JR shows [Jc Js]
Crediblylucky shows [Ac Tc] Nice call sir.
Uncalled bet of $29.35 returned to PJS JR
*** FLOP *** [3c 4d Jd]
*** TURN *** [3c 4d Jd] [2c]
*** RIVER *** [3c 4d Jd 2c] [As]
PJS JR shows three of a kind, Jacks
Crediblylucky shows a pair of Aces
PJS JR wins the pot ($39.35) with three of a kind, Jacks


Full Tilt Poker Game #8833238091: Table Flavor (deep) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em
Seat 1: Drunken I ($54.60)
Seat 2: JStronge ($24.75)
Seat 3: pwning_mahoney ($100)
Seat 4: aydaygrande ($79.15)
Seat 5: Duke Morrison ($22.70)
Seat 6: smileagain ($136.55)
Seat 7: Tromulator ($74.25)
Seat 8: richinsklanskys ($135.50)
Seat 9: PJS JR ($58.15)
smileagain posts the small blind of $0.25
Tromulator posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR [Qs Qh]
1 fold
PJS JR raises to $1.75
1 fold
JStronge calls $1.75
5 folds
*** FLOP *** [5c 3d Td]
PJS JR bets $2
JStronge calls $2
*** TURN *** [5c 3d Td] [6h]
PJS JR bets $3
JStronge calls $3
*** RIVER *** [5c 3d Td 6h] [9h]
PJS JR bets $6
JStronge calls $6
*** SHOW DOWN ***
PJS JR shows [Qs Qh] a pair of Queens
JStronge mucks
PJS JR wins the pot ($24.95) with a pair of Queens

Then this fund one came up…

Full Tilt Poker Game #8833517237: Table Flavor (deep) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em
Seat 1: Drunken I ($52.25)
Seat 2: BCooLu ($92.90)
Seat 3: yoshiki88 ($25)
Seat 4: aydaygrande ($76.65)
Seat 5: Duke Morrison ($31.45)
Seat 6: smileagain ($157.05)
Seat 7: Tromulator ($100)
Seat 8: richinsklanskys ($133.50), is sitting out
Seat 9: PJS JR ($67.25)
Tromulator posts the small blind of $0.25
PJS JR posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR [9s 9c]
2 folds
aydaygrande raises to $1.75
2 folds
1 fold
PJS JR calls $1.25
*** FLOP *** [6s 6d 9h] WEE!!
PJS JR checks
aydaygrande bets $2.50
PJS JR calls $2.50
*** TURN *** [6s 6d 9h] [Qc]
PJS JR checks
aydaygrande bets $6
PJS JR raises to $20.50
aydaygrande raises to $70.25
PJS JR calls $42.50, and is all in
aydaygrande shows [As Ah] YAHOO!!
PJS JR shows [9s 9c]
Uncalled bet of $7.25 returned to aydaygrande
*** RIVER *** [6s 6d 9h Qc] [Qs]
aydaygrande shows two pair, Aces and Queens
PJS JR shows a full house, Nines full of Queens
PJS JR wins the pot ($131.75) with a full house, Nines full of Queens

That finally put me positive for the session. Then, one more to finish off up about 1 ½ buy-ins for the session…

Full Tilt Poker Game #8833141703: Table French (deep) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em
Seat 1: Worknfire ($50.10)
Seat 2: -Mawbster- ($50)
Seat 3: m_nicholas_24 ($35.60)
Seat 4: Bleed-Out ($50)
Seat 5: fun_poker1 ($45.50), is sitting out
Seat 6: Tromulator ($99.50)
Seat 7: PJS JR ($52.55)
Seat 8: Phil_Ivey_10002 ($63.20)
Seat 9: dukefan22180 ($50.20)
Tromulator posts the small blind of $0.25
PJS JR posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR [7s 7h]
2 folds
Worknfire calls $0.50
m_nicholas_24 raises to $1.50
2 folds
PJS JR calls $1
Worknfire calls $1
*** FLOP *** [5s 7d Th] ANOTHER SET!!
PJS JR checks
Worknfire checks
m_nicholas_24 bets $2.50
PJS JR raises to $7.50
Worknfire folds
m_nicholas_24 calls $5
*** TURN *** [5s 7d Th] [2d]
PJS JR bets $10
m_nicholas_24 calls $10
*** RIVER *** [5s 7d Th 2d] [Ks]
PJS JR bets $20.50
m_nicholas_24 calls $16.60, and is all in
Uncalled bet of $3.90 returned to PJS JR
*** SHOW DOWN ***
PJS JR shows [7s 7h] three of a kind, Sevens
m_nicholas_24 mucks [Kd Ts] - two pair, Kings and Tens
PJS JR wins the pot ($69.95) with three of a kind, Sevens

So, in the end, I was down 3 buy-ins and ended up 1 ½. A nice turn around that has me back over the $1,000 mark for my roll, $715 on FT and $320 on Stars, for a total of $1,035.

Won’t be playing much in the next couple of days, but will be trying to satellite into a couple of the FTOPS events. If I qualify, I am actually going to play them this time.

Hope everyone is well, and thanks for reading.

Ryan

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Update…

Sorry, been a few days since I updated the blog. A quick summary of the last week, well, things have been looking up on Full Tilt and down on Pokerstars. Mostly because I have been playing satellites into the Million on Stars, and some steps qualifiers and not getting anywhere. I am now down to $320 in that account.

On Full Tilt, after getting up near $1,000 and then shooting back down under $400, I have now worked it back up over $600 in the last few days, highlighted by these hands:

Full Tilt Poker Game #8813898718: Table Bark (deep) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em
Seat 1: Cookie Rookie ($90.10)
Seat 2: acoustic punk ($64.35)
Seat 3: Cdn Chris ($57.90)
Seat 4: Elkman23 ($107.40)
Seat 5: perdone ($54.20)
Seat 6: Tarl Cabot ($52.85)
Seat 7: Henry Gandorf ($91.20)
Seat 8: CA Prime ($100)
Seat 9: PJS JR ($50)
Tarl Cabot posts the small blind of $0.25
Henry Gandorf posts the big blind of $0.50
5 seconds left to act
PJS JR posts $0.50 I am glad I decided to post here, don’t usually…
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR [2h 2c]
1 fold
PJS JR checks
4 folds
perdone raises to $2.50
2 folds
PJS JR calls $2
*** FLOP *** [Qc 2s 4d] WEEE!!!
PJS JR checks
perdone bets $3.75
PJS JR raises to $11
perdone has 15 seconds left to act
perdone raises to $36
PJS JR insta-raises to $47.50, and is all in
perdone calls $11.50
PJS JR shows [2h 2c]
perdone shows [Ah Ac]
*** TURN *** [Qc 2s 4d] [4c]
*** RIVER *** [Qc 2s 4d 4c] [3d] Thank you very much!
PJS JR shows a full house, Twos full of Fours
perdone shows two pair, Aces and Fours
PJS JR wins the pot ($97.75) with a full house, Twos full of Fours


Full Tilt Poker Game #8809950872: Table Dolly (deep) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em
Seat 1: PP1311 ($84.70)
Seat 2: Zkkid ($63.60)
Seat 3: jenice ($84.90)
Seat 4: leits ($63.35)
Seat 5: toomanymind ($117.70)
Seat 6: PJS JR ($50)
Seat 7: Chase2468 ($130.45)
Seat 8: Dantete19 ($50)
Seat 9: Saccade ($41.45)
toomanymind posts the small blind of $0.25
PJS JR posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR [3d Ah]
Chase2468 calls $0.50
7 folds
PJS JR checks
*** FLOP *** [7d As 5s]
PJS JR checks
Chase2468 bets $1
PJS JR calls $1
*** TURN *** [7d As 5s] [3s] That’s a nice turn
PJS JR checks
Chase2468 bets $1.50
PJS JR calls $1.50 pot control
*** RIVER *** [7d As 5s 3s] [Ac] Hello 3rd nuts!
PJS JR checks
Chase2468 bets $6.25
PJS JR raises to $21
Chase2468 raises to $127.45, and is all in
PJS JR calls $26, and is all in
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Chase2468 shows [5c 5h] a full house, Fives full of Aces
PJS JR shows [3d Ah] a full house, Aces full of Threes Wow, I was way behind, even on the turn…
PJS JR wins the pot ($97.25) with a full house, Aces full of Threes

Full Tilt Poker Game #8810031679: Table Dolly (deep) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em
Seat 1: PP1311 ($87.55)
Seat 2: Zkkid ($64.30)
Seat 3: jenice ($85.50)
Seat 4: leits ($66.10)
Seat 5: toomanymind ($117.45)
Seat 6: PJS JR ($93.50)
Seat 7: Chase2468 ($99.50)
Seat 8: Dantete19 ($50)
Seat 9: Saccade ($39.95)
jenice posts the small blind of $0.25
leits posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR [Ah As]
1 fold
PJS JR raises to $1.75
Chase2468 calls $1.75
6 folds
*** FLOP *** [Td Jh 2c]
PJS JR checks
Chase2468 bets $4
PJS JR calls $4
*** TURN *** [Td Jh 2c] [8d]
PJS JR checks
Chase2468 bets $9
PJS JR calls $9
*** RIVER *** [Td Jh 2c 8d] [5s]
PJS JR checks
Chase2468 bets $22
PJS JR calls $22 Don’t know where I am, I’ll just call
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Chase2468 shows [Qh Qd] a pair of Queens
PJS JR shows [Ah As] a pair of Aces
PJS JR wins the pot ($71.25) with a pair of Aces

Full Tilt Poker Game #8750700486: Table French (deep) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em
Seat 1: Ragesesh37 ($133.85)
Seat 2: x_MOURINHO_x ($60.75)
Seat 3: CA Prime ($110.30)
Seat 4: bor1sska ($91.75)
Seat 5: vlrhsgo ($102.70)
Seat 6: Walli54 ($69.25)
Seat 7: ALDIDDY22 ($35.90)
Seat 8: PJS JR ($41.75)
Ragesesh37 posts the small blind of $0.25
x_MOURINHO_x posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR [Ts Qs]
5 folds
PJS JR raises to $1.75
1 fold
x_MOURINHO_x calls $1.25
*** FLOP *** [Jh Kc 8c]
x_MOURINHO_x checks
PJS JR checks
*** TURN *** [Jh Kc 8c] [9h]
x_MOURINHO_x bets $2
PJS JR raises to $7
x_MOURINHO_x raises to $12
PJS JR raises to $40, and is all in
x_MOURINHO_x calls $28
PJS JR shows [Ts Qs]
x_MOURINHO_x shows [8h 9s]
*** RIVER *** [Jh Kc 8c 9h] [6d] Thanks very much!
PJS JR shows a straight, King high
x_MOURINHO_x shows two pair, Nines and Eights
PJS JR wins the pot ($80.75) with a straight, King high


Full Tilt Poker Game #8749882923: Table Mean (deep) - $0.25/$0.50 - No Limit Hold'em
Seat 1: broxie11 ($99.50)
Seat 2: carlakipje ($52.55)
Seat 3: mattofms ($59.40)
Seat 4: PJS JR ($48.05)
Seat 5: Iron Fists ($50)
Seat 6: ZEENAT 21 ($39.45)
Seat 7: Walli54 ($55.85)
Seat 8: Trudel10 ($50)
Seat 9: Slang1 ($74.05)
ZEENAT 21 posts the small blind of $0.25
Walli54 posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to PJS JR [Ac As]
4 folds
mattofms raises to $1.50
PJS JR raises to $5.50
3 folds
mattofms calls $4
*** FLOP *** [6d 8h 8s]
mattofms checks
PJS JR bets $7.50
mattofms calls $7.50
*** TURN *** [6d 8h 8s] [Ks]
mattofms bets $20
PJS JR raises to $35.05, and is all in
mattofms calls $15.05
PJS JR shows [Ac As]
mattofms shows [9s 6s] Nice pre-flop call
*** RIVER *** [6d 8h 8s Ks] [9h]
PJS JR shows two pair, Aces and Eights
mattofms shows two pair, Nines and Eights
PJS JR wins the pot ($93.85) with two pair, Aces and Eights

Most of those are pretty standard hands, but hey, I’m not going to complain. So, to update my roll, I have $320 in PS and $631 on FT for a total of $950. Here’s hoping I keep the upswing going.

Thanks for reading.

Ryan

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Ouch!!

That’s all I can say regarding my play recently. It has been ugly. After achieving a peak bankroll around $1,200, I managed to lose nearly 10 buy-ins over the next 3 days. What the (&^$(#&@^$ is that?? Another KK vs. AA situation pre-flop for one buy-in, a couple of 2nd nut flushes to the nut flush, top set against a flush draw that got there, a couple of runner-runner BS situations, was ugly.

At my lowest point, I was down to $713. This morning, it looks like we are back on the right track. That, or I just got some good cards. Managed a full buy-in win with raising from the cut-off with 46dd, getting called by the button and BB. Flop comes 245 rainbow. Check, I bet $3, both call. Turn is a beautiful 3 of diamonds, putting 2 diamonds on board. Check, I check, button bets $8, BB folds, I raise to $24, he re-raises all-in, I call, he has an A for a lower straight, ship the $105 pot.

Also managed a full buy-in on a raised pot, I call on the button, 5 players to the flop. I have KJss. Flop comes KJ4 rainbow. Check, check, check, MP bets $7, I raise to $17, 1 flat caller, MP raises to $27, I re-raise all in, they both fold?? Anyways, it was a nice win.

So, after a slight comeback, my roll looks like this:

PS: $406
FT: $465
Total Bankroll: $871

Let’s hope things go better going forward. Thanks for reading.

Ryan