Phoenix

I made a deposit to Full Tilt account after my hiatus. I also cashed out some IronMan medals for $26 tokens.

My bankroll challenge is to take this $500 reload + 2 tokens + my rakeback mid month and restore bankroll to $7400 level I was at 10 days ago. Timeframe for challenge is to accomplish and or maintain by Winter WPBT gathering.

Things going well:
1) Dad has completed chemo for prostate cancer. We won't know for sure until PSA test in few months how well it is cleared up. According to Mom he looks pregnant. He told the daughter that "his boobie's were the same size". Look on the daughter's face was priceless.

2) I am not a University of Michigan or Notre Dame fan.

3) I entered pokerstars $100k guarantee (won in 70 FPP SNG), 16768 entrants. Means I have to be awake by noon but how long must this thing take?

4) Was 1 for 2 in super turbo SNG so I am in $750k for $50, need to bust a pro or cash or overall -EV

Things going poorly:
1) I have a cousin going to jail. He has drug problem and is not a criminal mastermind. He altered the routing number and account number on a check for $100. Apparently if he wrote check for $1 less it would have just been a misdemeanor, if he had not used a check with his real name and home address on it he might not have been caught so easily.

2) My wife has a huge bruise on her foot and probably 2 broken toes. She was exercising using a yoga ball and managed to kick a chair hard when ball shifted. Bad side of me being an engineer is 1st instinct in any situation is to point out how to add safety margin or efficiency to any situation.

3) In a fantasy football league where we must start 2 QBs each week I have Trent Green, Jake Delhomme and JP Losman on my roster.

4) $17.5k Guarantee AA < KK all in pre-flop IGHN. (only mentioned because I was creating blog entry during $17.5k)

Will miss MATH tomorrow due to live Fantasy Football draft. Good luck to all that are playing MATH.

No Poker Content

Sen Larry Craig from Meet the Press:

Bankroll Arc (part deux)

Julius_Goat has a wonderful post describing my poker play for the last week.

Friday at lunch I put in another $1k withdrawal request from my FullTilt account. I knew I was in the midst of a pattern that has now been repeated a few times. I have to wonder why I can't stop it.

The pattern is:
Big MTT score.
Play at higher limits with success.
Crash and burn in spectacular fashion.

Friday night was the crash and burn part of the arc. At some point Friday night my FullTilt online balance sat a little over $4800. $1500 of that was sitting on a $10/$20 PL Omaha table.

I had a hand where after turn I was holding nut straight, draw to a higher straight and a draw to nut flush. When my opponent raised all in I had to call. He had the 2nd straight, 2 pair and a draw to a higher straight but if he hits he still has 2nd straight to my nut straight. Unfortunately he hit the FullHouse to take down pot.

I reloaded at a short buyin and stacked myself bluffing nut flush on turn (I had bare Ace) into a calling station that called me with QQ for an overpair. I had a pair and OESD as well but none of my 17 outs came in. I rebought thinking after watching these 2 geniuses I have to be able to get my money back.

I watched Mr. QQ give away money he won from me + 2 more full buy-ins ($2000) calling off his chips with overpairs against a straight, a boat and a flush. Decided he did not have a read on me he was just a calling station.

3rd stacking of the night occurred after I had built up to $1800 again and had nut straight, top set and straight flush draw, 2nd set and nut flush draw jammed me on the turn and hit a flush out on river that did not give me straight flush.

Three days later I know I have to make 2 of those plays every time and the bluff should have worked given I was only up against a QQ overpair.

FullTilt Balance now sits at $.03 + a tier 1 token.

Final stacking that sent me to $.03 was flopping nut straight and bottom set against top 2 pair. The doom switch being set on me was clearly part of problem but blowing through my stop loss limit Friday night because "I was playing better than these morons" is bigger problem.

Because I was prudent enough to request checks to protect me from me my net over the last 2 weeks on FullTilt is even.

I am expecting to be + an FTOPS jacket and will have a bigger than normal rakeback credit next month.

It just doesn't feel like I am even for last 2 weeks this morning.

Bankroll Managment

Have been running well at Omaha recently so I decided to "test" myself against Mr. Matusow.
I did buy in for $800 rather than the $2000 max. Soon after I sat down Jennifer Harmon sat down as well. By no one's standard was this prudent bankroll managment but I carefully picked my spots. Snapped off one small Matusow bluff and managed to exit the table up $1100.

MiamiDon is still #1 at NLHE money won from according to PokerTracker but overall he is #5 when I roll in the Omaha stats as well.

Did also see the Surly Gnome at the Omaha tables last night but had clicked sit out next hand UTG and headed to bed.

Good Stats

Played some lunchtime Omaha again today. Haven't played a lot of 6 max so I restricted myself to 3 orbits. 3 of my showdown wins came against AA!

1st I was the donkey calling an all in preflop with a questionable Q998 but I flopped a boat that held up.

2nd I called a pot raise preflop and caught top set. Same dude whose AA I cracked previous hand was still a little tilty and doubled me up.

3rd time dude did not overplay his Aces so won a small pot.

The wife and the daughter spent the night at a Super 8 in Las Vegas last night. They arrived a little after one a.m. and got to see some of the cheaper hookers. The wife still seemed a little rattled when I talked to her this morning. Their flight arrives in San Jose imminently.

On ride from airport to apartment Maggie was complaining about not being able to sleep from all the "banging in the rooms next door". Little did she realize how accurate a description that was.

Mookie Cash but

Took 5th in the Mookie last night, down to 2 tables VinNay tried a re-steal with 95o from the BB and was rewarded with a straight. Fought back until katiemother crippled me with a semi-bluff and she just couldn't be pushed off her draw:

Dealt to bayne_s [7c 7d]
bayne_s calls 500
*** FLOP *** [7h Js 8h]
bayne_s bets 2,000
katiemother raises to 8,625
bayne_s raises to 17,142, and is all in
katiemother has 15 seconds left to act

Here she is thinking what could I have:

JhXh then 6 outs getting 3:1

T9 then 3 outs for chop

Set then 3:1 on money at 3:1 odds

Top Pair now 3:1 on money at 2:1 odds

katiemother calls 8,485, and is all in
bayne_s shows [7c 7d]
katiemother shows [9c 6h]
Uncalled bet of 32 returned to bayne_s
*** TURN *** [7h Js 8h] [Ad]
*** RIVER *** [7h Js 8h Ad] [Tc]
bayne_s shows three of a kind, Sevens
katiemother shows a straight, Jack high
katiemother wins the pot (36,845) with a straight, Jack high
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 36,845 Rake 0
Board: [7h Js 8h Ad Tc]
Seat 1: hoyazo folded before the Flop
Seat 5: leftylu (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: bayne_s (small blind) showed [7c 7d] and lost with three of a kind, Sevens
Seat 7: katiemother (big blind) showed [9c 6h] and won (36,845) with a straight, Jack high
Seat 9: VinNay folded before the Flop



Had 32 chips left shoved a few times and went out exiting with "GL donks" in chat. One observer sent me a message in girlie chat saying, "lol you sound like don"

Oops

Wife just called from Tampa International Airport. She returns tonight. She did tell me she was returning Thursday and a 1:30 am landing qualifies but this destroys my evidence removing buffer. If I get done removing evidence of bacon, beef and other goodies and go to the store to get the mostly vegan foods the daughter eats I may still be able to make the Mookie tonight.

If I survive the inspection tomorrow I'll be glad they are back!

At lunch today wanted to play some 1/2 or 2/4 PL O8, added myself to a 2/4 waiting list and sat down at a 5/10 NL O8 table. To quote MiamiDon who was observing and on the girlie chat "this game is not for timid thats for sure". Other than forgetting an apostrophe I would have to agree with him.

Random Musings on life

Family is still in Florida for 2 more days. These separate vacations always remind me that I really like having the family despite my daughter telling me" "You are annoying" or "I don't like you", I can tell she misses me because she got on the phone yesterday to yell "I am going to get you for giving Mommy this cold which she gave me". I have found that piling a few pillows and blankets up on wife's side of bed helps me sleep. Other aspects of wife have no substitute.

It dawned on me at work today that I have been designing very similar boards, that pug into very similar systems for eight years. The boards and systems have more "features" but that is software driven and has introduced very little change in what I do. Have to figure out how to make work more interesting.

House being quiet has gotten old, but poker without distractions has been +EV.

The 2 hands below illustrate a very important PL O8 concept:
Betting a low that is A2 or A3 can be -EV


FullTiltPoker Game #3317731584: Table Mariner Cove - $1/$2 - Pot Limit Omaha H/L - 2:33:58 ET - 2007/08/21
Seat 1: RogueRaider ($248.80)
Seat 2: XsweetcheeksX ($75)
Seat 3: VH1 ($76)
Seat 4: trickside ($29)
Seat 5: Phillyho ($405.85)
Seat 6: BlueCobalt ($196.65)
Seat 7: buzzing ($200)
Seat 8: TwoWetLips ($227.55)
Seat 9: bayne_s ($206.80)
VH1 posts the small blind of $1
trickside posts the big blind of $2
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bayne_s [3s 5d 3h Ad]
Phillyho folds
Phillyho is sitting out
BlueCobalt folds
Phillyho stands up
buzzing calls $2
TwoWetLips has 15 seconds left to act
TwoWetLips calls $2
bayne_s calls $2
RogueRaider folds
oguarracino sits down
XsweetcheeksX calls $2
oguarracino adds $100
VH1 has 15 seconds left to act
VH1 calls $1
trickside checks
*** FLOP *** [5s 6c 2s]
VH1 checks
trickside checks
buzzing bets $12
TwoWetLips calls $12
bayne_s calls $12
XsweetcheeksX calls $12
VH1 calls $12
trickside folds
*** TURN *** [5s 6c 2s] [4c]
VH1 checks
buzzing bets $72
TwoWetLips calls $72
bayne_s raises to $192.80, and is all in
XsweetcheeksX folds
VH1 folds
buzzing calls $114, and is all in
TwoWetLips calls $120.80
bayne_s shows [3s 5d 3h Ad]
buzzing shows [3d Qd 8s Ac]
TwoWetLips shows [Kh 8d 3c As]
*** RIVER *** [5s 6c 2s 4c] [5c]
bayne_s shows a straight, Six high, for high andbayne_s shows 5,4,3,2,A, for low
TwoWetLips shows a straight, Five high, for high andTwoWetLips shows 5,4,3,2,A, for low
bayne_s wins the high side pot ($6.80) with a straight, Six high
TwoWetLips ties for the low side pot ($3.40) with 5,4,3,2,A
bayne_s ties for the low side pot ($3.40) with 5,4,3,2,A
buzzing shows a straight, Five high, for high andbuzzing shows 5,4,3,2,A, for low
bayne_s wins the high main pot ($313.50) with a straight, Six high
buzzing ties for the low main pot ($104.50) with 5,4,3,2,A
TwoWetLips ties for the low main pot ($104.50) with 5,4,3,2,A
bayne_s ties for the low main pot ($104.50) with 5,4,3,2,A
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $643.60 Main pot $630. Side pot $13.60. Rake $3
Board: [5s 6c 2s 4c 5c]
Seat 1: RogueRaider didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: XsweetcheeksX (button) folded on the Turn
Seat 3: VH1 (small blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 4: trickside (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 5: Phillyho didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: BlueCobalt didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: buzzing showed [3d Qd 8s Ac] and won ($104.50) with HI: a straight, Five high; LO: 5,4,3,2,A
Seat 8: TwoWetLips showed [Kh 8d 3c As] and won ($107.90) with HI: a straight, Five high; LO: 5,4,3,2,A Both put in $192 on turn to collect
Seat 9: bayne_s showed [3s 5d 3h Ad] and won ($428.20) with HI: a straight, Six high; LO: 5,4,3,2,A
FullTiltPoker Game #3317917464: Table Mariner Cove - $1/$2 - Pot Limit Omaha H/L - 3:04:04 ET - 2007/08/21
Seat 1: nofxpw ($183)
Seat 2: MegaDisgruntled ($200)
Seat 3: VH1 ($211)
Seat 4: trickside ($0), is sitting out
Seat 5: oguarracino ($131.75)
Seat 6: BlueCobalt ($207.45)
Seat 7: buzzing ($164.60)
Seat 8: TwoWetLips ($119.35)
Seat 9: bayne_s ($426.85)
TwoWetLips posts the small blind of $1
bayne_s has 5 seconds left to act
bayne_s posts the big blind of $2
The button is in seat #7
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bayne_s [4c Qc 7c Ah]
nofxpw folds
VH1 raises to $7
oguarracino folds
BlueCobalt calls $7
buzzing folds
TwoWetLips folds
bayne_s calls $5
*** FLOP *** [5d 8s 6d]
bayne_s checks
VH1 checks
BlueCobalt bets $22
bayne_s calls $22
VH1 calls $22
*** TURN *** [5d 8s 6d] [Qs]
bayne_s checks
VH1 bets $88
BlueCobalt calls $88
bayne_s has 15 seconds left to act
bayne_s raises to $200
VH1 calls $94, and is all in
BlueCobalt calls $90.45, and is all in
bayne_s shows [4c Qc 7c Ah]
VH1 shows [4d As 2s Qh]
BlueCobalt shows [4s 2h 2d Ad]
Uncalled bet of $18 returned to bayne_s
*** RIVER *** [5d 8s 6d Qs] [5h]
bayne_s shows a straight, Eight high, for high andbayne_s shows 8,6,5,4,A, for low
VH1 shows two pair, Queens and Fives, for high andVH1 shows 8,6,5,2,A, for low
bayne_s wins the high side pot ($3.55) with a straight, Eight high
VH1 wins the low side pot ($3.55) with 8,6,5,2,A
BlueCobalt shows two pair, Fives and Twos, for high andBlueCobalt shows 8,6,5,2,A, for low
bayne_s wins the high main pot ($310.20) with a straight, Eight high
VH1 ties for the low main pot ($155.10) with 8,6,5,2,A
BlueCobalt ties for the low main pot ($155.05) with 8,6,5,2,A
Both put in $172 on turn to get back less
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $630.45 Main pot $623.35. Side pot $7.10. Rake $3
Board: [5d 8s 6d Qs 5h]
Seat 1: nofxpw didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: MegaDisgruntled is sitting out
Seat 3: VH1 showed [4d As 2s Qh] and won ($158.65) with HI: two pair, Queens and Fives; LO: 8,6,5,2,A
Seat 4: trickside is sitting out
Seat 5: oguarracino didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: BlueCobalt showed [4s 2h 2d Ad] and won ($155.05) with HI: two pair, Fives and Twos; LO: 8,6,5,2,A
Seat 7: buzzing (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: TwoWetLips (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 9: bayne_s (big blind) showed [4c Qc 7c Ah] and won ($313.75) with HI: a straight, Eight high; LO: 8,6,5,4,A

Hand Reading at Omaha

Played the 1815 PL Omaha Tourney last night. Thought I would share a classic situation that arises in Omaha and my read of the hands:

Full Tilt Poker Game #3304747300: $4,000 Guarantee (24733834), Table 2 - 15/30 - Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 21:23:21 ET - 2007/08/19
Seat 1: njpokerguy (3,090)
Seat 2: Bailiff924 (2,410)
Seat 3: bayne_s (2,820)
Seat 4: ILOVETHEPOCONO (6,495)
Seat 5: tyrel66 (1,642)
Seat 6: Ghengis6 (2,933)
Seat 7: Romano-Poker (2,465)
Seat 8: Scuba332 (3,150)
Seat 9: johnnycrow29 (8,490)
Romano-Poker posts the small blind of 15
Scuba332 posts the big blind of 30
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bayne_s [4d 2d Ad 4h]
johnnycrow29 folds
njpokerguy calls 30
Bailiff924 folds
bayne_s calls 30
My hand is not great but all 4 cards connect, my Ace is suited, I have pair but bottom set is usually best I can hope for on flop. I am still a little tilted from ME though.
ILOVETHEPOCONO folds
tyrel66 calls 30
Ghengis6 calls 30
Romano-Poker raises to 210
Probably AA could be KK
Scuba332 calls 180
njpokerguy calls 180
bayne_s calls 180
Looks like family pot it's early
tyrel66 calls 180
Ghengis6 calls 180
*** FLOP *** [4c 3d 3c] Jackpot
Romano-Poker bets 1,260 Definitely AA and he is continuing bet
Scuba332 raises to 2,940, and is all in That's one 3
njpokerguy calls 2,880, and is all in There is other 3
bayne_s calls 2,610, and is all in Have to call
tyrel66 folds
Ghengis6 calls 2,723, and is all in
WTF did one of early 2 have nut flush draw? and now this is 3
Romano-Poker calls 995, and is all in
Dude your hand is garbage
Scuba332 shows [Qd 3h 9h 9d] 3 Q kicker drawing 2 five cards for boat
njpokerguy shows [Qs Ac 4s Tc]
bayne_s shows [4d 2d Ad 4h]
Ghengis6 shows [7s 6c 3s 7d] 3 Q kicker drawing 2 five cards for boat this is case where you should fold trips as you have seen action in front and you know kicker can't be good
Romano-Poker shows [2s Kd Jd Qc] inexplicable
Uncalled bet of 60 returned to Scuba332
*** TURN *** [4c 3d 3c] [8c] congrats on flush sir
*** RIVER *** [4c 3d 3c 8c] [7c]
Scuba332 shows three of a kind, Threes
njpokerguy shows a flush, Ace high
njpokerguy wins side pot #3 (314) with a flush, Ace high
Ghengis6 shows a full house, Sevens full of Threes
Ghengis6 wins side pot #2 (339) with a full house, Sevens full of Threes
bayne_s shows a full house, Fours full of Threes
Ghengis6 wins side pot #1 (1,420) with a full house, Sevens full of Threes
Romano-Poker shows a pair of Threes
Ghengis6 wins the main pot (12,535) with a full house, Sevens full of Threes
Romano-Poker stands up
bayne_s stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 14,608 Main pot 12,535. Side pot 1 1,420. Side pot 2 339. Side pot 3 314. Rake 0
Board: [4c 3d 3c 8c 7c]
Seat 1: njpokerguy showed [Qs Ac 4s Tc] and won (314) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 2: Bailiff924 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: bayne_s showed [4d 2d Ad 4h] and lost with a full house, Fours full of Threes
Seat 4: ILOVETHEPOCONO didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: tyrel66 folded on the Flop
Seat 6: Ghengis6 (button) showed [7s 6c 3s 7d] and won (14,294) with a full house, Sevens full of Threes
Seat 7: Romano-Poker (small blind) showed [2s Kd Jd Qc] and lost with a pair of Threes
Seat 8: Scuba332 (big blind) showed [Qd 3h 9h 9d] and lost with three of a kind, Threes
Seat 9: johnnycrow29 didn't bet (folded)

I love Omaha!

MATH tonight
Tournament: Mondays at the Hoy
When: Monday. 10pm ET
Game: NLHE Deepstack
Buyin: $10+1Password: hammer

FTOPS # 13 ended brutally

Have been running well in Omaha Hi lately, decided to give FTOPS # 13 Sat a shot Friday night with mindset that I was limiting myself to $300 in rebuys. Made that goal but went out 245th in brutal manner. Poker sucks some days.


Full Tilt Poker Game #3292932278: FTOPS Event #13 (23186283), Table 3 - 200/400 - Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 19:04:47 ET - 2007/08/18
Seat 1: nihipali (9,391)
Seat 2: tommyquads (17,516)
Seat 3: tjooh (22,548)
Seat 4: Corporations (14,317)
Seat 5: Pokhai (9,817)
Seat 6: bayne_s (8,227)
Seat 7: DJennerVIII (15,762)
Seat 8: janet1 (14,296)
Seat 9: stkbrkr1 (26,062)
stkbrkr1 posts the small blind of 200
nihipali posts the big blind of 400
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bayne_s [5h Jh Jd 9d]
tommyquads calls 400
tjooh folds
Corporations folds
Pokhai folds
bayne_s calls 400
DJennerVIII has 15 seconds left to act
DJennerVIII folds
janet1 raises to 2,200
stkbrkr1 folds
nihipali folds
tommyquads calls 1,800
bayne_s calls 1,800
*** FLOP *** [Ts Ad 7d]
tommyquads has 15 seconds left to act
tommyquads checks
bayne_s checks
janet1 bets 1,200
tommyquads calls 1,200
bayne_s calls 1,200 Certainly have oddds to call flush draw + gut
*** TURN *** [Ts Ad 7d] [8c]
tommyquads bets 10,800
bayne_s calls 4,827, and is all in Gutshot hits I have nuts
janet1 folds
tommyquads shows [Qd 9s Tc Js]
bayne_s shows [5h Jh Jd 9d]
Uncalled bet of 5,973 returned to tommyquads
*** RIVER *** [Ts Ad 7d 8c] [9h]
Ouch that's one of his 3 outs rather than one of my 9 on redraw IGHN
tommyquads shows a straight, Queen high
bayne_s shows a straight, Jack high
tommyquads wins the pot (20,454) with a straight, Queen high
bayne_s stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 20,454 Rake 0
Board: [Ts Ad 7d 8c 9h]
Seat 1: nihipali (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 2: tommyquads showed [Qd 9s Tc Js] and won (20,454) with a straight, Queen high
Seat 3: tjooh didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: Corporations didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: Pokhai didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: bayne_s showed [5h Jh Jd 9d] and lost with a straight, Jack high
Seat 7: DJennerVIII didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: janet1 (button) folded on the Turn
Seat 9: stkbrkr1 (small blind) folded before the Flop

FTOPS #8 Cash

At 5:50 I sent this message to KOD :

Bayne Steele: want to swap 10%?

Chad Carpenter: how about 10% after $200, so if one wins $400 we get free rolls, 10% after that

Bayne Steele: okay

Chad Carpenter: cool

Did not expect it to be -EV!

This was hand that crippled me:

Full Tilt Poker Game #3258479637: FTOPS Event #8 (22618608), Table 40 - 20000/40000 - Limit Omaha H/L - 5:13:47 ET - 2007/08/15
BBruin88 (Observer): DITKA SUCKS
Seat 3: muckmehard (259,029)
Seat 4: Ditka89 (429,388)
Seat 5: SDLARRY (296,756)
Seat 6: fortax (172,190)
Seat 7: bayne_s (173,186)
Seat 8: cashnotax (100,747)
Ditka89 posts the small blind of 10,000
SDLARRY posts the big blind of 20,000
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bayne_s [7c 8h 2s Ac]
fortax folds
bayne_s raises to 40,000
cashnotax folds
muckmehard folds
Ditka89 folds
SDLARRY calls 20,000
*** FLOP *** [Kc 7h 2c]
SDLARRY checks
bayne_s bets 20,000
SDLARRY raises to 40,000
bayne_s raises to 60,000
SDLARRY calls 20,000
*** TURN *** [Kc 7h 2c] [9h]
SDLARRY checks
bayne_s bets 40,000
SDLARRY calls 40,000
*** RIVER *** [Kc 7h 2c 9h] [Kh]
SDLARRY checks
bayne_s checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bayne_s shows [7c 8h 2s Ac] two pair, Kings and Sevens, for high
SDLARRY shows [6s Ah Ks Ad] three of a kind, Kings, for high
SDLARRY wins the pot (290,000) with three of a kind, Kings
Briko9 (Observer): your mom
No low hand qualified
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 290,000 Rake 0
Board: [Kc 7h 2c 9h Kh]
Seat 3: muckmehard (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: Ditka89 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: SDLARRY (big blind) showed [6s Ah Ks Ad] and won (290,000) with HI: three of a kind, Kings
Seat 6: fortax didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: bayne_s showed [7c 8h 2s Ac] and lost with HI: two pair, Kings and Sevens
Seat 8: cashnotax didn't bet (folded)

Would have jumped to 3rd instead crippled by river King we were down to 11 when this happened and I waited for other shorty to die for $1500

Edit: Don't know why pictures can't be opened bigger cash was for $3433.60

So tired, big thanks to LJ and Hoy for Railing in middle and KOD railing late!

Home is empty

Battle with my Nemesis failed to live up to hype, every time he attempted to raise my blinds one of players to my right re-raised and Columbo mucked quickly. He tried to trap by min-raising JJ and NewinNov flopped 2 pair from the BB to put him out of his misery.

I managed to satellite in FTOPS #8 and collect a last longer bet with LJ, she came up just short of a seat herself when low draw + flush draw failed to hit either.

The wife and the daughter have departed for Florida for visiting Grandma and Disney World. They will be sweltering in 95+ degree temperatures with 90% humidity while I suffer through high 70 degree temps with no humidity in San Jose.


I get along better with my mother-in-law than I get along with my own mother but my presence increases tensions between my wife and her mother. She is old school and thinks wife should be more attentive to my needs and this causes friction between wife and her mom (or wife and me when I say anything to suggest her mom is onto something ;) ). When I stay away wife and daughter can spend quality time with Grandma without anyone worrying about me being bored.


Real question becomes how will I fill void with them gone for the next nine days?

MATH Reminder

Tournament: Mondays at the Hoy
When: Monday. 10pm ET
Game: NLHE Deepstack
Buyin: $10+1Password: hammer

Watch me battle my Nemesis for MATH leaderboard supremacy. Listen for the whine of lacking the heart to fire the 3rd bullet and the further whine about being bounced after min-raising "the donkey" UTG.

Missed FTOPS #4

21 Hands net $584, if only every session went that well! Did have to dodge a lot of outs in big hand. MiamiDon had given me heads up that KOD had started buying in short at $2/$4 Omaha as his new satellite method and hitting and running.

Tried without success to get into FTOPS #4, bubbled seat is a $75 token, made 3 other attempts where I was within 3 of seat.

A day of scuffling

Spent the day at work trying to debug what should be a simple problem running at very low frequency. managed to plow out the RS-232 port on computer I was using to test the board and by the end of day was at same point I started day except I knew 3 things that were not wrong with board.

Poker play was not much better than work day for me. In the Mookie only thing that worked for me was a hand where tripJax raised my BB from CO. My intent was to fold my 54o but my allergies are acting up and during my coughing fit I called instead of folding and sucked out against his under pair. Entered a couple of FTOPS satellites and finished both 2 off bubble. Last night for me if you held 2 clubs you were beating me as Ac8c > QQ and KcJc > AA when both hit flushes. I did make enough playing Omaha and Hold'em cash that bankroll is ~$20 higher than when day began.

I did manage to rail LJ yesterday as she demonstrated MTTs are not -EV for everyone.

IPOD acquisition Delayed Again

My goal has been to save up my FullTilt Ponts to get an IPOD. The major advantage of using comps is then I don't have to do as much research to choose which model is the best fit for me.

Two of the downsides of being an engineer for 20+ years is I am always looking for ways to do anything more efficiently and I am always working to get the best technology/cost trade-off.

I did have a 7500 point setback tonight when I saw one of these with 7 people already signed up

Full Tilt Poker Game #3177169206: Satellite to FTOPS Event #6 (24275361), Table 1 - 120/240 - No Limit Hold'em - 0:57:09 ET - 2007/08/07
Seat 3: New_Pal (9,500)
Seat 4: sooted_donk (4,000)
sooted_donk posts the small blind of 120
New_Pal posts the big blind of 240
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to sooted_donk [9c Tc]
sooted_donk raises to 4,000, and is all in
New_Pal calls 3,760
sooted_donk shows [9c Tc]
New_Pal shows [Qs Ah]
*** FLOP *** [6d 9s Jh]
*** TURN *** [6d 9s Jh] [7h]
*** RIVER *** [6d 9s Jh 7h] [8d]
sooted_donk shows a straight, Jack high
New_Pal shows Ace Queen high
sooted_donk wins the pot (8,000) with a straight, Jack high
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 8,000 Rake 0
Board: [6d 9s Jh 7h 8d]
Seat 3: New_Pal (big blind) showed [Qs Ah] and lost with Ace Queen high
Seat 4: sooted_donk (small blind) showed [9c Tc] and won (8,000) with a straight, Jack high
I made a new friend!
New_Pal: lmao
New_Pal: ur good
Full Tilt Poker Game #3177185307: Satellite to FTOPS Event #6 (24275361), Table 1 - 150/300 - No Limit Hold'em - 0:58:52 ET - 2007/08/07
Seat 3: New_Pal (4,960)
Seat 4: sooted_donk (8,540)
New_Pal posts the small blind of 150
sooted_donk posts the big blind of 300
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to sooted_donk [6d 7d]
New_Pal calls 150
sooted_donk checks
*** FLOP *** [4d 9d Kc]
sooted_donk checks
New_Pal checks
*** TURN *** [4d 9d Kc] [5d]
sooted_donk bets 600
New_Pal raises to 4,660, and is all in
sooted_donk calls 4,060
New_Pal shows [5c 4s]
sooted_donk shows [6d 7d]
*** RIVER *** [4d 9d Kc 5d] [Ks]
New_Pal shows two pair, Kings and Fives
sooted_donk shows a flush, Nine high
sooted_donk wins the pot (9,920) with a flush, Nine high
New_Pal stands up
sooted_donk stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 9,920 Rake 0
Board: [4d 9d Kc 5d Ks]
Seat 3: New_Pal (small blind) showed [5c 4s] and lost with two pair, Kings and Fives
Seat 4: sooted_donk (big blind) showed [6d 7d] and won (9,920) with a flush, Nine high

Went out of MATH when suited connectors were not as kind. RaisingCayne called me with QJo. I flopped a pair Cayne rivered a Jack and went on to win MATH. Congrats.

Happened to me watching one of my fellow Aussie Millions 2006 qualifiers during $500k, Annette_15 was at table and was restealing about every third hand. Saw Annette suck out with 85s against a bigger stack who had AQ, both flopped a pair but rivered 5 saved Annette_15 who went on to victory.

Presto is Good Part I

In a homage to Fuel:

FullTiltPoker Game #3156659347: Table Red Rock - $1/$2 - Pot Limit Hold'em - 0:31:59 ET - 2007/08/05
Seat 1: famouslastwords ($261.55)
Seat 2: epokerounder ($122)
Seat 3: bayne_s ($345.25)
Seat 4: jaxson512 ($218.55)
Seat 5: victim ($179.35)
Seat 6: chukosback ($405.30)
Seat 7: stoneyspock ($187.15)
Seat 8: catcoco ($75)
Seat 9: sillyplayer ($51.65)
sillyplayer posts the small blind of $1
famouslastwords posts the big blind of $2
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bayne_s [5h 5s]
epokerounder folds
bayne_s calls $2 apologies to Fuel for not raising
jaxson512 calls $2
victim calls $2
chukosback folds
stoneyspock folds
catcoco calls $2
sillyplayer calls $1
famouslastwords checks
*** FLOP *** [5d 7c 2h]
sillyplayer bets $6
famouslastwords folds
bayne_s calls $6
jaxson512 folds
victim raises to $12 thought occurs I'm up against 77
catcoco folds
sillyplayer folds
bayne_s raises to $54
victim raises to $96 now hoping I'm up against underset or overpair
bayne_s raises to $138
victim raises to $177.35, and is all in
bayne_s calls $39.35
catcoco: ??
victim shows [Kc Qc] wow committed to his bluff
bayne_s shows [5h 5s]
*** TURN *** [5d 7c 2h] [3s]
*** RIVER *** [5d 7c 2h 3s] [3d]
kanardly shows a pair of Threes
bayne_s shows a full house, Fives full of Threes
bayne_s wins the pot ($369.70) with a full house, Fives full of Threes
victim is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $372.70 Rake $3
Board: [5d 7c 2h 3s 3d]
Seat 1: famouslastwords (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 2: epokerounder didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: bayne_s showed [5h 5s] and won ($369.70) with a full house, Fives full of Threes
Seat 4: jaxson512 folded on the Flop
Seat 5: victim showed [Kc Qc] and lost with a pair of Threes
Seat 6: chukosback didn't bet (folded)
Seat 7: stoneyspock didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: catcoco (button) folded on the Flop
Seat 9: sillyplayer (small blind) folded on the Flop

How can I learn to bluff if people will go to the felt with me with K hi?

I'm Back in BBT Form

Watch out fellow bloggers my game is back:



FullTiltPoker Game #3128771306: Table Fernando - $1/$2 - No Limit Hold'em - 1:11:44 ET - 2007/08/02
Seat 1: bayne_s ($114.90)
Seat 2: KBird1337 ($184.75)
Seat 3: sbrok79 ($75.75)
Seat 4: schoggi ($235.50)
Seat 5: johnbads ($95.45)
Seat 6: bossmanisme ($110.40)
Seat 7: jishii ($190)
Seat 8: TigerTactics ($139)
Seat 9: mariojr ($212.20)
KBird1337 posts the small blind of $1
sbrok79 posts the big blind of $2
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bayne_s [Ah Ts]
schoggi folds
johnbads folds
bossmanisme calls $2
jishii has 15 seconds left to act
jishii folds
TigerTactics folds
mariojr has 15 seconds left to act
mariojr folds
bayne_s calls $2
KBird1337 calls $1
sbrok79 checks
*** FLOP *** [2d Ac Jh]
KBird1337 checks
sbrok79 checks
bossmanisme checks
bayne_s bets $5
KBird1337 folds
sbrok79 folds
bossmanisme calls $5
*** TURN *** [2d Ac Jh] [Tc]
bossmanisme checks
bayne_s checks For some reason thought I was up against a KQ that had just sucked out
*** RIVER *** [2d Ac Jh Tc] [As]
bossmanisme has 15 seconds left to act
bossmanisme bets $10
bayne_s raises to $40
bossmanisme has 15 seconds left to act
bossmanisme raises to $103.40, and is all in
bayne_s calls $63.40
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bossmanisme shows [2c 2h] a full house, Twos full of Aces Slow Play to No Pay
bayne_s shows [Ah Ts] a full house, Aces full of Tens
bayne_s wins the pot ($221.80) with a full house, Aces full of Tens





runner-runner boat I'm back in form!



bossmanisme is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $224.80 Rake $3
Board: [2d Ac Jh Tc As]
Seat 1: bayne_s (button) showed [Ah Ts] and won ($221.80) with a full house, Aces full of Tens
Seat 2: KBird1337 (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 3: sbrok79 (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 4: schoggi didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: johnbads didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: bossmanisme showed [2c 2h] and lost with a full house, Twos full of Aces
Seat 7: jishii didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: TigerTactics didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: mariojr didn't bet (folded)

I may be stuck at work late tomorrow as my board ships from Contract Manufacturer. My aggro buddy has his own board coming in at his company so he won't be proxy. But I will certainly outlast Waffles .

Tournament: Battle of Blogger Tournament $2,500 Freeroll
When: Thursday, 22:00 ET
Buyin: FREE MOTHER EFFER
Password: Qualifiers already pre-registered

Craps System (Casino Royale Version)

Now that MiamiDon has led me to the evidence of what a losing proposition playing MTTs are for everyone but KOD I decided to publish my insights to winning at craps. Key of course to system is being at table when a shooter rolls for 30 minutes to 2 1/3 hours.

The Casino Royale in Las Vegas claims to have the last 100x odds craps table in the world. This is my system for chasing a big score.

Pre-game
1) Bet $3 on Pass line.
2) Study shooter. Shaking dice before release is bad. What you want to see in a shooter is dice lined up and grasped between thumb and index or middle finger or dice stacked and grasped by thumb and middle finger with index finger on top. On toss you want to see dice land in opposite come betting area and hit far wall on single bounce. Dice bouncing straight back from wall is preferred.
3) If grip and toss meet criteria apply full betting system.
The Betting System
1) If point is 6 or 8 bet $52 across, otherwise bet $54 across.
2) If point is 6 or 8 back up pass line bet with $25 otherwise back at $20.
3) Place a $3 come bet.
4) Each time a number other than point is hit convert place bets to odds backing up the come bets, initial levels are $25 for 6 or 8, $20 for 4,5,9,10.
5) Bet the Come every roll
6) Keep track of money flowing back in from come bets collected, once $80 has been collected increase come bet odds by $20 on the outside numbers or $25 on 6 or 8 until the $300 maximum odds is reached.
7) In theory once the $300 maximum is reached increase come bet to $5, at this point increasing come bet odds by $100 when collected is in order.
8) At this point $1 chips are not that useful and you will need room in your rack, divide up to $20 in white chips by 4 and bet the hard ways for the crew

No Poker but tilted!

Got home today to a very upset daughter. While out at a cafe with my wife my daughter had her purse stolen. $26, a Disney souvenir, an Australia souvenir, student id and her cell phone were contents. This is daughter's 1st experience as a crime victim, I am at a loss for how to make her feel better about world.

Wife got to endure the 45 minute call to Sprint Customer "Service" to deactivate service. They were very thorough in asking 3 different times if wife wanted to pay the bill due on the 15th of August. They were not nearly as helpful about suspending service for stolen phone.

Las Vegas related story

While playing Blackjack at Monte Carlo Friday night Dave stepped away from table and was on phone for quite a while. Sunday Night during dinner he revealed nature of phone call.

In exchange for going to Las Vegas, Dave's wife rented a beach house in Bodega Bay and took their 2 daughters, and a couple of friends and their kids. Late Friday afternoon 3 1/2 year old daughter called out "Mommy", the Mom being a good Mom went to see what was wrong and could not find her. After the three women searched the house without finding her one of the Mom's stayed inside to watch remaining children and the others went outside searching, house was near a path that led down a cliff to beach and many neighbors joined the search outside. Half hour later police help was enlisted and a search Helicopter was sent. Sheriff decided to ask for the dog unit to be sent since sunset was approaching when the Mom inside heard laughter in child's bedroom. The young daughter had started an impromptu game of Hide and Seek and was found curled up inside an ottoman storage compartment that no one knew was hollow. The Mom was upset and relieved but it was decided that the Sheriff would explain the seriousness of situation to young child as it would have greater impact as life lesson learned.

Good Trip Could have been so much better

Wednesday Night I unleashed my Aggro buddy on the BBT freeroll. Was observing tourney before going to flight saw table was on to him and had to use my powers as a Telecom professional to spike Full Tilt's server.

Southwest was a little undersold on the last San Jose to Las Vegas flight, the last San Jose to Ontario (California) flight and the last Ontario to Las Vegas flight. They blamed the weather but probably consolidated flights as a cost savings bringing me into Las Vegas 2 hours later then expected. Because I was late Harrah's had given away my standard room, gave me a mini-suite for Wednesday but made me move on Thursday. Played a little craps before bed for $200 profit and slept the contented sleep of being ahead.

Met MiamiDon at Orleans for $540, Chad bailed on us because he wanted to watch the Angels slaughter the Tigers in person in Anaheim. My starting table was allowing a lot of limping during the 1st level and I managed to bust the 1st person to leave my table. I limped a 9c7c UTG and was rewarded with a 8c5c3h flop. 5 people had seen the flop so I went ahead and bet out and the only called was BB. Red Ace on turn brought check check, but a beautiful red 6 on river gave me nut straight. BB bet 150, I raised to 450 he raised to 750 and I raised to 2k (4k starting stack) and he called with top 2 pair and looked quite disgusted by my rivered gut shot. Next he raised my BB and when I repopped him after seeing my 2 red Aces, I was forced to insta-call his shove and send him home after his 99 did not improve. I managed to showdown nut or 2nd nut hands 3 more times in 1st 2 levels plus a few big pairs. Reached the 1st break with 11k chips. Had opportunity to amass large amount of chips later when I laid down an AQ against a shove overcall only to see 77 & 99 and an AQ9 flop Q turn 7 river. After moving to another table I lost half my chips from SB with J9s on a 998 flop when the BB had A9. Sadly my read was I was beat but I still check called on river. Lost most of rest with KQs on a Q high flop with flush draw and was eliminated with AJ holding less than BB.

Met up with my work friends that night at Wild Bill's and sat at Blackjack table for 7 hours, got quite hammered but Dave and I managed to cash out around +$750 and Paul cashed at +$200.
Slept the contented sleep of the ahead and woke up at crack of 1.

Friday "John" joined us for gambling. He is long divorced and available so I tried to put my new found wing man skillz to use for his as he was flirting with a Blackjack dealer at Monte Carlo. During 4 separate stints as relief dealer "John" was working her to come visit San Diego to go to San Diego zoo with him. She was on verge of agreement but asked why he had never married? "John's" answer was to say he had been married and even had a 12 year old daughter and offered to show a picture. Unfortunately for "John" when he reached into his pocket he pulled out a stack of pamphlets collected from the porn slappers. Dealer was shocked but did managed to say "how many daughters do you have?' and "They do have nice bodies". The married guys at table were in pain from laughter. Last shoe at blackjack table was quite successful and went back to Harrah's where I had my bedtime Hot Cocoa and craps to get ready for bed. Managed to time my table visit to a single shooter who hit $600 worth of numbers for me as I blatantly hit and ran their table.

Caesar's table saw much card death, a SB v BB confrontation that worked in my favor for trips vs. trips and then I lost most of my chips with an 87o from SB against a 98o in BB with a T88 flop 6 turn 4 river when I check called river sure I was beat. I had bet the flop and bet, was raised and called turn but failed to bet out river or fold. BB said he would have hated to call a river bet but wasn't good enough to fold trips either. Doubled up once from 3x BB but after table move I was to left of same played who had been on my left when I chose to jam is BB from UTG. My 98s did not improve and the late position caller with 55 eliminated me, the BB had 97 so I had caught him dominated. Saturday's -EV gambling can only be described as carnage.

Intent for Sunday was poker but after breakfast I found a $10 craps table at Harrah's, I was up $200 when my buddies convinced me to move over to Casino Royale for their $3 100x table. Managed to clear $1200 during 1 shooter's decent run, I cashed out during next shooters 2 roll turn and missed a 30 minute shooter. After dinner returned to Harrah's for some leisurely black jack and then a final craps fix before departure. Jerry a fine gentlemen from Southern Illinois had 4 consecutive 15+ minute turns as shooter and won me another $800 but during joking about Jerry setting a Harrah's record for longest stint as a shooter during his one turn that went 30 minutes we learned that Harrah's had a 2 hour 20 minute shooter on table that my friends had pulled me away from 45 minutes after I left. It feels like a bad beat.

BBT Finale

The rest of the BBT field owes MiamiDon a big thank you for talking me into changing my travel plans for the weekend and arriving in Las Vegas tonight for the Orleans tourney tomorrow. My domination of the BBT has thus ended prematurely. I will not reveal who will be playing for me tonight but there are 4 possibilities:

1) My weak-tight boss.
2) My wife who though very tolerant of my poker barely dabbles herself but must have learned something by now.
3) A buddy showing up in Las Vegas tomorrow.
4) A 12 year old girl, she is mean, aggressive and quite frankly takes losing worse than Don or Waffles.

I will be offline until Monday as I only rarely take a computer with me to Las Vegas.

Enjoy freeroll and have a good weekend.

MATH Final Table but

My shame is great, I let waffles suck out of river because I did not go ahead and jam my 2nd pair OESD on flop. Went out later when I lost a coin flip to AK.

Played a FTOPS #1 with Smokkee and was the bubble boy. I will have to find chat log later but when I busted "d soren" he lit me up in the chat box saying something along the lines of "why do bad players always get so f*#king lucky" Two hands I had shown to this point were AKo which I had raised from button and checked down after whiff of flop and lost to d sorens A4o that connected with flop. Hand I busted d soren with was I raised pre-flop with TT, bet out on a T 9 7 flop and called his jam for 2/3 of my stack. He had 97 suited. Smokkee took it upon himself to defend my play as "Being ahead the whole time" and other things. Though he did also feel obligated to include "KOL"

MiamiDon is still #1 in my PokerTracker rankings for donors but Pvanharibo has dropped to #6. I played J9 to a raise to $23. I was BB and called the $19 only to see a JJ6 flop. The limp caller in EP bet out $25, and raiser folded prompting a call from me as I assumed I was outkicked. The turn was a beautiful 9 and full baynage commenced. A $540 pot quickly followed and a flopped boat with 66 was laid to waste.

Flight to Vegas is in 30 hours where I will join KOD and Don at Orleans tomorrow and maybe Caesar's on Saturday.

Many drunken prop bets will also be on the schedule with my former co-workers. The smallest dude in the group can be a bit belligerent when drinking and has gotten me thrown out of the Monte Carlo. Despite the 3 of us sitting at the $10 table being up $300 each he managed to get pissed off at our dealer Theresa. Table went from fun to unpleasant as he increased his winning from $300 to $700 as I dropped to +$250. As we rose to exit he chose to call dealer a c*nt, and pit boss quickly asked us to leave. If he pisses off Chad he's on his own.

Frustrating Tournament Weekend

Busted out of 25k ($75 buy-in) Saturday Night when I limped with JTs from CO, SB completed BB checked. Flop was JT7. SB bet out pot and I decided he would have checked flopped staright so I min raised. SB jammed and I called to see he had slowplayed AA. Turn was 7 counterfeiting my 2 pair and I go home short of money instead of taking over chip lead.

cashed in 50-50 on Saturday after winning my way in with $8 sat but busted out on a flopped top and bottom pair against flopped top 2.

Sunday's $26k was most frustrating as LP player raised my SB to ~20k, I saw AQs and went all-in for 57k. Raiser tanked before calling with KTo and was rewarded with two Kings on flop and I finished 25th.

I still had better weekend than David Stern:



Sun's fans are going to have a legitimate gripe for years to come over this one.

Should make the MATH tonight:
When: Monday. 10pm ET
Buyin: $24+2
Password: hammer

No Political Leaning implied

How did are little community not already point to this?



I am in California so my vote never swings an election.

Playing to win a Token SNG

Last night I ran into another player who apparently wanted 1st in Token SNG.

Full Tilt Poker Game #3000322981: Tier One $8+$0.70 (Turbo) (22906457),

Table 2 - 500/1000 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:56:24 ET - 2007/07/19

Seat 1: CSlug (3,330)

Seat 2: deadmunee (995)

Seat 4: tighttim7 (565)

Seat 5: pokerpol666 (6,880)

Seat 6: Andreshkenca (4,300)

Seat 7: PokeDog (4,980)

Seat 8: bayne_s (5,950)

Andreshkenca posts the small blind of 500

PokeDog posts the big blind of 1,000

The button is in seat #5



7 left 6th gets $14 5 tokens



*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to bayne_s [Kd Kc]

bayne_s has 15 seconds left to act

bayne_s calls 1,000 it puts the shorties all in if they call

CSlug folds

deadmunee folds

tighttim7 folds

pokerpol666 folds

Andreshkenca folds

PokeDog checks

*** FLOP ***

[7h Jc 7d]

PokeDog checks



There was a delay then check, with 2 micro stacks I can just check it down



bayne_s checks

*** TURN *** [7h Jc 7d] [2c]

PokeDog checks Another delay

bayne_s checks

*** RIVER ***

[7h Jc 7d 2c] [Ks]

PokeDog has 15 seconds left to act

PokeDog bets 1,600 You do have 7

bayne_s raises to 4,200

PokeDog calls 2,380, and is all in

Uncalled bet of 220 returned to bayne_s

*** SHOW DOWN ***

bayne_s shows [Kd Kc] a full house, Kings full of Sevens

PokeDog mucks

bayne_s wins the pot (10,460) with a full house, Kings full of Sevens

PokeDog stands up

The blinds are now 600/1,200

*** SUMMARY ***

Total pot 10,460 Rake 0

Board: [7h Jc 7d 2c Ks]

Seat 1: CSlug didn't bet (folded)

Seat 2: deadmunee didn't bet (folded)

Seat 4: tighttim7 didn't bet (folded)

Seat 5: pokerpol666 (button) didn't bet (folded)

Seat 6: Andreshkenca (small blind) folded before the Flop

Seat 7: PokeDog (big blind) mucked [Jh 7c] - a full house, Sevens full of Jacks



slow play to bubble boy



Seat 8: bayne_s showed [Kd Kc] and won (10,460) with a full house, Kings full of Sevens

Wednesday's off to a Good Start

Press Release
NETELLER Announces Settlement of US Situation
Wednesday, 18 July 2007 - NETELLER Plc (LSE: NLR), the independent global online payments business, today announces that the Company has entered into a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (“DPA”) with the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York (“USAO”). The DPA represents the resolution of the USAO’s investigation into the Company.
Pursuant to the DPA, the Company has consented to the filing of a criminal information relating to transactions between Internet gambling merchants and persons located in the United States. The USAO has agreed to defer the prosecution of any federal charges and, as a consequence, the Company will not be convicted of any federal crime, as long the Company fulfils the set conditions of the DPA during the two year term of the agreement. At the conclusion of the two year term, the criminal information will be dismissed. The key terms of the DPA are set out in more detail later in this announcement. The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York has approved the deferral of the prosecution. As part of the DPA, the Company has also agreed to forfeit US$ 136 million to the United States. This amount includes the approximately US$ 60 million that the USAO has previously seized.
Additionally the Company announces:
Following this resolution, the Company will seek to publish its audited annual accounts for 2006 and have its shares restored to trading on AIM as soon as practicable thereafter.
The Company is using its best efforts to allow withdrawal requests as soon as possible and US customers will be able to sign in to their NETELLER account to request the withdrawal of their funds by no later than 30 July 2007. The exact date upon which US customers will be able to make requests will be communicated to US customers via email and through our website.
Ron Martin, President & CEO, said “This agreement resolves the USAO’s investigation relating to the Company’s former US business activities. We believe that this settlement is in the best interests of NETELLER and its shareholders."
“Our customers, employees and shareholders have all patiently waited for this resolution. We anticipate within the next few weeks that we will have fully implemented the plan for the return of funds to our US customers and are hopeful that, by that time, we will have restored the Company’s shares to trading on AIM. We can now begin to refocus our efforts on building and strengthening the NETELLER business in the growing markets of the European and Asia Pacific regions. I look forward to sharing further information about the Company’s progress over the coming months.”
Key terms of the Deferred Prosecution Agreement
The settlement takes the form of a two year DPA with the USAO. In the DPA, NETELLER has consented to the filing with the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York of a criminal information charging NETELLER with participating in a conspiracy in violation of certain US laws. If NETELLER fulfils its obligations under the DPA, the criminal information will be dismissed, following the two year term.
Specifically, the DPA contains the following main points:
NETELLER, as detailed in the “Statement of Admitted Facts” attached to the DPA, admits that it had operated in the US an unlicensed money transmitting business and had participated in the performance of financial transactions for the purpose of promoting unlawful transactions between internet gambling merchants and persons located in the US.
NETELLER agrees that it will pay an amount to the United States totalling US$ 136 million which is disgorgement of certain profits received by NETELLER from the activities described in the Statement of Admitted Facts. This amount includes the approximately US$ 60 million that the USAO has previously seized. NETELLER agrees that it will satisfy the remaining portion of its forfeiture obligation with a payment of US$ 40 million to be paid on or before 15 October 2007, and the remaining balance (approximately US$ 36 million) to be paid on or before 17 January 2008.
NETELLER agrees to cooperate fully with US authorities in all matters relating to the ongoing investigations by the USAO.
NETELLER agrees to fully implement procedures and controls to prevent illegal transactions between internet gambling merchants and persons located in the US and to continue to retain Navigant Consulting Inc., a forensic accounting firm, to monitor NETELLER’s compliance with these procedures and controls.
Distribution Plan to be implemented
As announced on 4 June, the Company has agreed to a plan for the distribution of funds to its US customers. The agreed plan details the process and mechanisms by which US customers will be able to initiate the return of their funds after the plan is implemented. NETELLER is using its best efforts to start implementing the plan as soon as possible and, in any event, by no later than 30 July 2007. The Company will communicate to US customers via email and through its website the exact date upon which such customers will be able to make requests.
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Tuesday was a pretty good day

My board at work went out to be fabricated, which means that it will be undergoing assembly while I am in Las Vegas in 8 days and be back at Mountain View for me to test after planned return.

Won a Head's Up Sit & Go:

Full Tilt Poker Game #2981330563: $2 + $0.15 Heads Up Sit & Go (22761372), Table 1 - 10/20 - No Limit Hold'em - 1:55:35 ET - 2007/07/18
Seat 1: bayne_s (1,810)
Seat 2: pvanharibo (1,190)
bayne_s posts the small blind of 10
pvanharibo posts the big blind of 20
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bayne_s [Jd 9d] Sooooted 1 gappers this is in my wheel house!
bayne_s raises to 60
pvanharibo calls 40
*** FLOP ***
[5h Qs Kh]
pvanharibo checks
bayne_s checks No C-Bet for me
*** TURN ***
[5h Qs Kh] [Td] Ka-ching
pvanharibo checks
bayne_s bets 120 Delayed C-bet
pvanharibo raises to 360
bayne_s raises to 1,200 Mental note next time I may have to smooth call
pvanharibo calls 770, and is all in
bayne_s shows [Jd 9d]
pvanharibo shows [Ac Kd]
Uncalled bet of 70 returned to bayne_s
*** RIVER ***
[5h Qs Kh Td] [2h]
bayne_s shows a straight, King high
pvanharibo shows a pair of Kings Slow play to No pay
bayne_s wins the pot (2,380) with a straight, King high
pvanharibo stands up
bayne_s stands up
*** SUMMARY ***Total pot 2,380 Rake 0Board: [5h Qs Kh Td 2h]
Seat 1: bayne_s (small blind) showed [Jd 9d] and won (2,380) with a straight, King high
Seat 2: pvanharibo (big blind) showed [Ac Kd] and lost with a pair of Kings

Cashed in 50-50 without having a big hand but raailed Astin as he delivered Astinbaynage on Jersey wearing Imper1um. Went out with UTG shove of AT and M down to 4 for 121st. Had semibluffed big stack with ~230 left and OESD on turn, he called me after flopping middle pair and I rivered a higher pair. Turns out I also had flush draw working for me.

Was also on the good side of a set-up hand in a SB v BB battle:

FullTiltPoker Game #2981484529: Table Water Coconut - $1/$2 -
No Limit Hold'em - 2:15:54 ET - 2007/07/18
Seat 1: angelsach ($187.85)
Seat 2: Tyrell Corp ($206.65)
Seat 3: Josh Deets ($277.05)
Seat 4: BareAce11 ($157)
Seat 5: chalwizz ($128.40)
Seat 6: tgmuse ($104.65)
Seat 7: bayne_s ($148.15)
Seat 8: Narena ($200), is sitting out
Seat 9: phillyfan365 ($90.80)
tgmuse posts the small blind of $1
bayne_s posts the big blind of $2
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bayne_s [Ks As]
phillyfan365 folds
angelsach foldsTyrell Corp folds
Josh Deets folds
BareAce11 folds
chalwizz folds
tgmuse has 15 seconds left to act
tgmuse raises to $6
bayne_s raises to $18
I don't usually like re-raising AK in cash but want it ot look like I'm just playing back at him if he has Ace it is a blind battle after all
tgmuse calls $12
*** FLOP ***
[3d Ah 9s]
tgmuse checks
bayne_s bets $36
tgmuse calls $36
*** TURN ***
[3d Ah 9s] [4s] Whew if he has 2 pair or set I have outs
tgmuse checks
bayne_s bets $52
tgmuse calls $50.65, and is all in
bayne_s shows [Ks As]
tgmuse shows [Qd Ad]
Uncalled bet of $1.35 returned to bayne_s
*** RIVER ***
[3d Ah 9s 4s] [3c]
bayne_s shows two pair, Aces and Threes
tgmuse shows two pair, Aces and Threes
bayne_s wins the pot ($206.30) with two pair, Aces and Threes
tgmuse is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $209.30 Rake $3
Board: [3d Ah 9s 4s 3c]
Seat 1: angelsach didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: Tyrell Corp didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: Josh Deets didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: BareAce11 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: chalwizz (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: tgmuse (small blind) showed [Qd Ad] and lost with two pair, Aces and Threes
Seat 7: bayne_s (big blind) showed [Ks As] and won ($206.30) with two pair, Aces and Threes
Seat 8: Narena is sitting out
Seat 9: phillyfan365 didn't bet (folded)

Was "girlie chatting" with Hoy as he gave high variance poker clinic in 50-50 and Avatar race. I claimed if I ever figured out how to win pots without cards I might be unstoppable. Don't see how I can turn that corner since people seem to call me a lot. Got points for noticing wife's haircut when she got home, lost points because I missed one wife question while "chatting" with Hoy and playing a hand. Will have to see if punishment extends to Mookie.

The downer for day was I wanted Lee Watkinson to win Main Event.

Mom says Dad's chemo is proceeding well and the drug that has reduced testosterone production has had the warned about side effect. Mom thinks the last testosterone killing pill will only lead to even bigger man breasts. Not sure if I'll be able to handle my Father and my Daughter having a discussion about their respective "girls"

Really?

FullTiltPoker Game #2970431213: Table Red Rock - $1/$2 - Pot Limit Hold'em - 0:13:34 ET - 2007/07/17Seat 4: Coox ($320.55)
Seat 5: CaHottie ($214.90)
Seat 6: bayne_s ($154.50) I may have to end habit of $160 buy in but I am creature of habit
Seat 8: soulistic ($50), is sitting out
Seat 9: chayw4 ($258.55)
Coox posts the small blind of $1
CaHottie posts the big blind of $2
The button is in seat #9
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bayne_s [Qh Ah]
bayne_s calls $2 Thinking LJ may be onto something about A only with K
chayw4 folds
soulistic stands up
Coox raises to $8
CaHottie folds
chayw4: nh
bayne_s calls $6
*** FLOP *** [Qc Qs Qd] LJ suffers small credibility hit
Coox bets $12 representing Q
bayne_s calls $12
*** TURN *** [Qc Qs Qd] [Ks]
Coox checks
bayne_s bets $20
Coox raises to $58 stil representing Q?
bayne_s raises to $96
Coox raises to $300.55, and is all in I'm almost convinced
bayne_s calls $38.50, and is all in
Coox shows [Kd 9d]
bayne_s shows [Qh Ah]
Uncalled bet of $166.05 returned to Coox
*** RIVER *** [Qc Qs Qd Ks] [4d]
Coox shows a full house, Queens full of Kings
bayne_s shows four of a kind, Queens I think astinbaynage has occurred
bayne_s wins the pot ($309) with four of a kind, Queens
Coox adds $33.95
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $311 Rake $2Board: [Qc Qs Qd Ks 4d]
Seat 4: Coox (small blind) showed [Kd 9d] and lost with a full house, Queens full of Kings
Seat 5: CaHottie (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: bayne_s showed [Qh Ah] and won ($309) with four of a kind, Queens
Seat 8: soulistic is sitting out
Seat 9: chayw4 (button) didn't bet (folded)

Went out of MATH early, I gained some chips bluffing Astin after a missed straight draw but presence of a scare card on river helped with story. I gave away some chips to Bdidde on a battle of 2 weak hands and then could not push CC off a coinflip post flop when I had QQ and he had AK on a 5 hi flop. I think he has to fold to Fuel there but anyone else he's priced into call. Don't think CC folds AK pre-flop if I re-raise pre-flop, took away his fold equity post flop and he still called.

That's just Wrong

1. Wife has lost weight, daughter is maturing so neither of them had bras that fit and they went shopping yesterday. First words I heard from my daughter's mouth when she got home was, "The girls really stand up with the new bra". No father needs to hear that phrase from the daughter. Thankfully she was referring to wife's new bra. Daughter did pick up phrase from Stacey London on What Not to Wear!, blocking The Learning Channel seems excessive.

2. MiamiDon suffered worse pre-flop beat in poker with AA losing to AA on four flush at Orleans saturday. There is some old saying about unlucky in cards that I can't recall right now.

3. I lost a $320+ pot at 1/2 NL to some bozo who thought his QT was good on a Q44 flop. I was in BB with AQ but bozo rivered a T.
Edit Note: had this wrong earlier now I owe LJ $2 for correcting bad beat story

4. I lost a $296 pot to a bozo on a naked Q hi flush draw after I flopped a set. Best part is after he called my pot sized check-raise he had $3.45 behind and was willing to commit money at 2:1 in a 3:1 against situation. Love the suited donks at 1/2 on the naked flush draws.

Despite the the big pots stolen (I think this is term Hoy uses) bankroll Donage was limited.

See you at the MATH:

Tournament: Mondays at the Hoy (MATH)
When: Monday. 10pm ET
Buyin: $24+2
Password: hammer

BBT Scoring Insights

The time has come for me to dismount my Clydesdale and weigh in on BBT scoring.

Under Current Scoring System, bragging rights are mine and mine alone. I figured out how to exploit the scoring system, then published my-bbt-guidelines for all to see. I am pretty sure I scored the most points in BBT from date of publication of guidelines to the end of BBT. I am also quite sure that as late as June 10 I was a slight money loser in BBT events. As I told Columbo at MGM during WPBT I have to play every event because OOSSUUU was playing every event.

Scoring system clearly favored a patient style because it is really trivial to only play premium hands to get into top half of a blogger tournament. I am also quite accustomed to playing with a smaller stack so don't generally worry about being short as long as I have enough chips to get blinds to fold. I also think those of us on West Coast have a natural advantage during end game as we are fresher (at least those of us with normal workday jobs). Playing Riverchaser's was more of a challenge but fortunately my work does not block poker sites.

The longer we wait to have a BBTwo the longer my reign as BBT Champion continues, waiting a while before next one seems prudent. My bankroll benefitted from BBT so starting next one soon is also good.

I think a freeroll at end of series that everyone who meets a threshold for events played is good, it did encourage participation as Riverchaser's, Mookie and Big Game all saw record number's of entrants during BBT.

Tournament of Champions is also an interesting idea and does seem like a more fitting way to end the series.

It did seem silly that the scoring system for BBT had a ~30 point step for making top half of field but only 5-8 point premium for cashing vs. cash bubble. Poker is always scored in money (or rare exceptions clothing). Only problem I see with going with pure money is that looking back at past series 14 people cashed in the 3 Big Games, 11 of them made the Top 14 on Profitability chart. There is a legitimate argument to saying that winning Big Game is tougher due to "tougher fields" but having 3 tournament results dominate a 39 tournament series is introducing a lot of variance. It would take winning Mookie 5 times to offset one Big Game victory and I would contend 5 Mookie Victories in 13 attempts would have been a much more impressive feat.

Would therefore propose that if a scoring system based on money was introduced some scaling would be in order. Numbers are not intended to be firm but say Mookie/1, Riverchasers/1, RC Horse/2, MATH/2 and Big Game/(3-5) would reduce some of the Big Games impact while still valuing the higher buy-in victory more. Can sympathize with those whose situations don't allow them to play poker online as much as I do, I suppose a best "X" number of events could be used for scoring or average once a threshold is made. Obvious solution to be allowed to play in more events is for each of you to win a fine Poker trip for family. Two weeks in Australia can do wonders for a families tolerance, I would guess a week in Aruba would have similar impact.

Mookie, Hoy & Al did a fine job bringing the BBT to our little community, now stop bitching, the prizes were FREE, a bonus, out of FullTilt and PokerOnaMac pockets!

New Most Profitable Hand

Thought this was fascinating, I have made most money with 64o since buying pokertracker.
And MiamiDon is no longer #1 contributer to stat.


Full Tilt Poker Game #2922370295: Table Laurel Ridge - $1/$2 - No Limit Hold'em - 2:07:08 ET - 2007/07/12
Seat 1: KOVACGONZO ($150.05)
Seat 2: bayne_s ($165.70)
Seat 3: chaser ($123)
Seat 4: BareAce11 ($248.30)
Seat 5: nbkis7d ($101)
Seat 6: victim ($376.45)
Seat 7: full_tilting ($521.60)
Seat 8: QueenOfHeartss ($51.80)
Seat 9: RxCowBell83 ($221.90)
full_tilting posts the small blind of $1
QueenOfHeartss posts the big blind of $2
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bayne_s [6d 4h]
RxCowBell83 folds
KOVACGONZO folds
bayne_s calls $2
chaser calls $2
BareAce11 folds
nbkis7d folds
victim has 15 seconds left to act
victim raises to $7
full_tilting folds
QueenOfHeartss folds
bayne_s calls $5
chaser calls $5
*** FLOP *** [5h 7h 3c]
bayne_s checks
chaser checks
victim checks
*** TURN *** [5h 7h 3c] [8d]
bayne_s bets $24
chaser has 15 seconds left to act
chaser calls $24
victim raises to $369.45, and is all in
chaser has reconnected
bayne_s calls $134.70, and is all in
QueenOfHeartss: too late
chaser has 15 seconds left to act
chaser calls $92, and is all in
victim shows [Ad Ac]
bayne_s shows [6d 4h]
chaser shows [Jh Th]
Uncalled bet of $210.75 returned to victim
*** RIVER *** [5h 7h 3c 8d] [2s]
victim shows a pair of Aces
bayne_s shows a straight, Eight high
bayne_s wins the side pot ($85.40) with a straight, Eight high
chaser shows Jack Ten high
bayne_s wins the main pot ($369) with a straight, Eight high
chaser is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $457.40 Main pot $372. Side pot $85.40. Rake $3
Board: [5h 7h 3c 8d 2s]
Seat 1: KOVACGONZO didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: bayne_s showed [6d 4h] and won ($454.40) with a straight, Eight high
Seat 3: chaser showed [Jh Th] and lost with Jack Ten high
Seat 4: BareAce11 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: nbkis7d didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: victim (button) showed [Ad Ac] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 7: full_tilting (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 8: QueenOfHeartss (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 9: RxCowBell83 didn't bet (folded)

Brutal End to 50-50

Had Chad two seats to my left, FullTilt ate the hand history, I had KT on an K J T 7 K board. Chad of course had K J to kick me in nads again. Congrats to Hoy for 5th.

Don't Forget:
Tournament: The Mookie
When: Wednesday. 10pm ET
Buyin: $10+1Password: vegas1

My vow is no gigli tonight

That was Wrong

Earned another Gigli in the MATH last night (not one of my finest plays was involved). Attempted to join MiamiDon and Hoy at cash table but ended up taking seat Hoy vacated, not long afterwards I did Don dirty with this hand:

Full Tilt Poker Game #2902086933: Table Summit Grove - $1/$2 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:48:57 ET - 2007/07/09
Seat 1: Red Beaver ($371)
Seat 2: bayne_s ($144)
Seat 3: jjgabrielson ($386.45)
Seat 4: MiamiDon ($293.85)
Seat 5: FLUSHTWICE ($83.40)
Seat 6: kozzanostra ($57.75)
Seat 7: Florian Briem ($136.25)
Seat 8: billrx ($201.55)
Seat 9: THE VILLAGE ($308)
kozzanostra posts the small blind of $1
Florian Briem posts the big blind of $2
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bayne_s [Jc Tc]
billrx folds
THE VILLAGE folds
Red Beaver folds
bayne_s raises to $6 suited connectors
jjgabrielson folds
MiamiDon calls $6 uh-oh have to be careful
FLUSHTWICE folds
kozzanostra folds
Florian Briem has 15 seconds left to act
Florian Briem is sitting out
Florian Briem has timed out
Florian Briem folds
*** FLOP *** [Kd Ac 8d]
Florian Briem has returned
bayne_s has 15 seconds left to act
bayne_s bets $10 (know Don likes to play middle cards in position let's represent Ace)
MiamiDon calls $10 (oops I'm probably done)
*** TURN *** [Kd Ac 8d] [Qh] (I rise like the Phoenix)
bayne_s bets $25
MiamiDon has 15 seconds left to act
MiamiDon raises to $55
bayne_s raises to $85
MiamiDon raises to $277.85, and is all in
bayne_s calls $43, and is all in
MiamiDon shows [Kc Kh] (Dirty slowplaying bastard)
bayne_s shows [Jc Tc]
Uncalled bet of $149.85 returned to MiamiDon
*** RIVER *** [Kd Ac 8d Qh] [9s]
MiamiDon shows three of a kind, Kings
bayne_s shows a straight, Ace high
bayne_s wins the pot ($288) with a straight, Ace high
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $291 Rake $3
Board: [Kd Ac 8d Qh 9s]
Seat 1: Red Beaver didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: bayne_s showed [Jc Tc] and won ($288) with a straight, Ace high
Seat 3: jjgabrielson didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: MiamiDon showed [Kc Kh] and lost with three of a kind, Kings
Seat 5: FLUSHTWICE (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: kozzanostra (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 7: Florian Briem (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 8: billrx didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: THE VILLAGE didn't bet (folded)

Do have to thank weak_player for introducing me to concept of raising connectors for deception, for all I know this concept was passed to weak from Don. It does seem wrong to unleash full lucksac powers on Don.

Post 105

How did I let my 100th post pass without celebrating the milestone?

Must issue warning thanks to story about daughter blog is now:

Despite my PG rating I will still occaisonally drop the Fawk alternative. I was busted out of tournaments this weekend on 4 separate occaisons by people holding A6o, I was holding AKs, AKo, AJo and A8o. The 4th time I cracked and swore, daughter was in the room and she tattled on me.

Thought we'd look back at my history and journey into blogging.

1st blog post was March 11, 2006, post is not informative and blog was really started to allow entry into a tournament on pokerstars. I am quite certain I did not cash.


10th blog post did not occur until Dec 29th, was in middle of job change, selling house and moving 100 miles to the south in non-poker life, somehow did not feel like bragging about winning Aussie Millions trip. I won it in a way that my fellow bloggers can aprreciate. With ~35 left sitting 30th I pushed a 97 sooted from CO. BB instacalled with QQ, I caught 2 hearts on flop, bricked the turn and made flush when Qh dropped on river. Picked up AA and KK with in the next 3 hands for 2 more doubles (apparently my raises were not respected).


15th post saw a couple of significant milestones, I had cashed in Dookie (1st) and my blog was commented on for the 1st time (waffles)

50th post was my take on a much discussed hand where I held AK, Hoy had TT and Smokkee had AJ and the flop was A A T. Turn was J. If I play hand better pre-flop I still get stacked. Post-flop still think since my read was I was beat I had to lay it down, important lesson taken from hand is that I do play a little slower.

75th post detailed my 1st Mook victory.

100th post was in honor of my sister's and my shared birthday Friday before last.

It's been a strange journey in that I started a blog for a free tournament entry and have made many new friends and hopefully introduced a better appreciation of suited connectors to my poker playing brethern.

I blame Fuel

It is now crystal clear that I can blame Fuel for my blog's G rating. I never used to type "Fawk".



FullTiltPoker Game #2855350310: Table Camino Entrada - $0.50/$1 -

No Limit Hold'em - 2:14:41 ET - 2007/07/05

Seat 1: princesssparkle ($100.10)

Seat 2: Bboy229 ($11)

Seat 3: bayne_s ($70.30)

Seat 4: Valencia88 ($21.30)

Seat 5: bacardicoke ($133.70)

Seat 6: Chilote ($98.50)

Seat 7: cindy123 ($47.50)

Seat 8: LordCabbage ($204.30)

Seat 9: SFurukawa ($152.20)

SFurukawa posts the small blind of $0.50

princesssparkle posts the big blind of $1

The button is in seat #8

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to bayne_s [Qh Qd]

Bboy229 folds

bayne_s calls $1 Table had shown a lot of min raising as well as having 2 pushmonkeys

Valencia88 calls $1

bacardicoke calls $1

Chilote folds

cindy123 folds

LordCabbage folds

SFurukawa calls $0.50

princesssparkle checks

*** FLOP ***

[Qc 6d 3c] jackpot

SFurukawa checks

princesssparkle checks

bayne_s bets $5

Valencia88 folds

bacardicoke raises to $15 jackpot

SFurukawa folds

princesssparkle folds

bayne_s raises to $50

bacardicoke calls $35

*** TURN ***

[Qc 6d 3c] [Ac]

bayne_s bets $19.30, and is all in fawk but don't think he is on flush draw

bacardicoke calls $19.30

bayne_s shows [Qh Qd]

bacardicoke shows [3h 3d]

*** RIVER *** [Qc 6d 3c Ac] [3s] Fawk good read, fawking FullTilt RNG

bayne_s shows a full house, Queens full of Threes

bacardicoke shows four of a kind, Threes

bacardicoke wins the pot ($140.60) with four of a kind, Threes

bayne_s is sitting out

*** SUMMARY ***

Total pot $143.60 Rake $3

Board: [Qc 6d 3c Ac 3s]

Seat 1: princesssparkle (big blind) folded on the Flop

Seat 2: Bboy229 didn't bet (folded)

Seat 3: bayne_s showed [Qh Qd] and lost with a full house, Queens full of Threes

Seat 4: Valencia88 folded on the Flop

Seat 5: bacardicoke showed [3h 3d] and won ($140.60) with four of a kind, Threes

Seat 6: Chilote didn't bet (folded)

Seat 7: cindy123 didn't bet (folded)

Seat 8: LordCabbage (button) didn't bet (folded)

Seat 9: SFurukawa (small blind) folded on the Flop



I do believe I have again used Fawk in a Fuel approved situation.

Attempting to appeal to an adult Audience

No poker content:

When my daughter was a newborn my wife was always worried that she was coming down with a cold. The pediatrician we selected was working out of the office of a long time pediatrician and told my wife that a rectal thermometer gave the most accurate reading. I thought one of the newer ear thermometers was a more pleasant solution, bought one, but it remained unused.

Implication for daughter was that if she sneezed she took a thermometer up the ass. As she got older she fought against this and by the time she was 11 months old I would occaisonally be called in to help hold her still. I had my hand on small of daughter's back when thermometer was inserted and daughter said "Oh shit". It was longest 45 seconds of my life as I waited for electronic thermometer to beep so I could run from room and laugh. This was last time that a rectal thermometer was used.

Blog Ratings

Since Waffles did this I had to confirm my suspicions:

Edit: Had to add what rating system found

This rating was determined based on the presence of the following words:
crap (1x)

I really have to work on quality of my rants.

Made mistake in MATH of representing a hand rather than having hand, must remember:

1) Level 3 thinking only works when opponent thinks above Level 1.

2) My story may not have been clear and consistent.

3) I let pot get too big by turn for river bluff representing flush to be effective.

4) Representing Nut flush draw hitting works better when opponent is not holding Ace of suit.

My father underwent his 1st radiation treatment for Prostate cancer today. Doctors did say it is 92% curable, same odds as AA beating AJ off, don't think doctor realizes how discomforting 92% sounds to a poker player.

Thanks for BBT

Want to thank Al, Hoy and Mookie for their efforts in establishing the BBT.
Would also like to thank PokerOnAMac and FullTilt for the prize fund.
Want to thank Jordan with adding motivation to my competitive streak to try to take down the BBT and MiamiDon for setting a fast early pace for us all to run down.

It would have been nice if OOSSUUU had taken a tournament off so I didn't feel compelled to play every event.

Big thanks to BuddyDank Poker Radio and the hosts Buddy and Sean which has been a great innovation to blogger poker tournaments. Still don't know how anyone can play decent poker while broadcasting.

Also want to show a hand from my new series educating the masses on Satellite play one player at a time:

Full Tilt Poker Game #2824039718: Tier One $8+$0.70 (Turbo) (21540375),

Table 2 - 400/800 - No Limit Hold'em - 18:15:46 ET - 2007/07/01

6th gets $14, 1st-5th get Tokens

Seat 1: Luckytowin1 (4,090)

Seat 2: conner18 (5,250)

Seat 5: Mattraq1 (4,895)

Seat 6: bayne_s (9,960)

Seat 7: DaveTheJesus (520)

Seat 8: wendy2228 (2,285)

Mattraq1 posts the small blind of 400

bayne_s posts the big blind of 800

The button is in seat #2

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to bayne_s [Qd 9s] With these chips counts DaveTheJesus is only one who should care what his cards are.

DaveTheJesus folds

wendy2228 folds

Luckytowin1 folds

conner18 folds

Mattraq1 raises to 4,895, and is all in

bayne_s calls 4,095 I know I'm behind but if I have 2 live or 2 over let me scare the shit out of this Matt, I have enough chips to mess with him.

Mattraq1 shows [As Tc]

bayne_s shows [Qd 9s]

Mattraq1: wtf Mission accomplished

*** FLOP ***

[Th 8d Ac]

*** TURN ***

[Th 8d Ac] [9h]

*** RIVER ***

[Th 8d Ac 9h] [Ts]

Mattraq1 shows a full house, Tens full of Aces

bayne_s shows two pair, Tens and Nines

Mattraq1 wins the pot (9,790) with a full house, Tens full of Aces

wendy2228: nh

The blinds are now 500/1,000

*** SUMMARY ***

Total pot 9,790 Rake 0Board: [Th 8d Ac 9h Ts]

Seat 1: Luckytowin1 didn't bet (folded)

Seat 2: conner18 (button) didn't bet (folded)

Seat 5: Mattraq1 (small blind) showed [As Tc] and won (9,790) with a full house, Tens full of Aces

Seat 6: bayne_s (big blind) showed [Qd 9s] and lost with two pair, Tens and Nines

Seat 7: DaveTheJesus didn't bet (folded)Seat 8: wendy2228 didn't bet (folded)

Full Tilt Poker Game #2824045035: Tier One $8+$0.70 (Turbo) (21540375), Table 2 - 500/1000 - No Limit Hold'em - 18:16:22 ET - 2007/07/01

Seat 1: Luckytowin1 (4,090)

Seat 2: conner18 (5,250)

Seat 5: Mattraq1 (9,790)

Seat 6: bayne_s (5,065)

Seat 7: DaveTheJesus (520)

Seat 8: wendy2228 (2,285)

bayne_s posts the small blind of 500

DaveTheJesus posts the big blind of 520, and is all in

The button is in seat #5

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to bayne_s [3c 6c]

Mattraq1: holy crap wtf were u thinking

Mattraq1: phew

wendy2228 has 15 seconds left to act

wendy2228 folds

DaveTheJesus: wtf were u thinking is more like it

Luckytowin1 calls 1,000

conner18 folds

bayne_s: that you should not have raised

Mattraq1: wtf was i thinking?

Mattraq1 folds

DaveTheJesus: yes

bayne_s calls 500

*** FLOP ***

[Ks 4c Qc]

bayne_s checks

Mattraq1: i had the best hand and was protecting it This one did not learn anything

Luckytowin1 checks

*** TURN *** [Ks 4c Qc] [9s]

Mattraq1: should i just fold the best hand?

bayne_s checks

DaveTheJesus: u raised and i only have 570 left

Luckytowin1 checks

*** RIVER *** [Ks 4c Qc 9s] [Qd]

Mattraq1: ok u guys are idiots

DaveTheJesus: only the top 5 get paid dude