TheIrishThug

I finally did it. I finished (for now) setting up my new blog. With it now hosted on my webpage and using the Wordpress framework, it allows so many more possibilities, if you can program, that you just cannot do with Live Journal.

To the three people who have listed me as a friend and therefore might have been using the Live Journal friend page to read my blog: I apologize for making you go to a different page. You can use the RSS feed if you still want everything in on place.

All of my old posts from here and all of your old comments have been backlogged on my site. Anyone who left a comment on here already has an account to post comments on the new blog. Contact me by email or AIM to find out your login and password.

So, come one everybody, come Visit The Saint.

Alex: Tik, would you be Tiger Wood's butler?
Tik: Yes.
A: What if you had to lick his ass every day?
T: No!
A: Once a week?
T: No!
A: Once a month?
T: No!
A: Ok, how about you have to lick his wife's ass while he watches and masturbates?
T: Hell Yeah!
A: ...and you'd have to wear a bear costume.
...
Billy: I don't see how that makes it any weirder.

There is even the people that answer phones all day on the other side of my cubicle wall.

Driving back and forth to upstate New York for Christmas gave me a lot of time to think. And as I still am very much at a lose when it comes to the concept of playing slots, I compiled the following.

Interview Questions for a Slot Player
(Interview to be done while the player is playing a slot machine.)

1. How long have you been playing this slot machine?
   
2. What is the biggest pay out you have gotten from this slot machine?
   
3. Why did you choose to play this machine?
   
4. Do you believe that machines will go on "hot" or "cold" streaks? If so, how would one know when one was about to happen?
   
5. How long have you been playing slots in general?
   
6. Over this time, did you set certain lines, where if crossed you would move to the higher machines? (Ex. Move to quarter slots if the person started playing nickel slots.)
   
7. Over this time, did you ever consider moving down to lower machines if you were doing poorly?
   
8. What is the biggest win you have ever had playing slots?
   
9. Do you play other games in the casino, such as Roulette or Keno?
   
   That's all I have for now. Obviously, some of the questions will work better based on the player and some answer could lead to other interesting questions.

Yesterday Evan, Will and I went to play in a casino for the the first time. I know everyone says it, but these things really are perfectly engineered in order to 1) not let you out, 2) give you no concept of time, 3) feel very very comfortable.

Moving on to the reason we were there, Poker. The room was really nice. Chairs and tables were very comfortable. The chips were heavier and slicker than I am used to, and thus chip tricks had to be limited. Most of the dealers were nice and talkative, made a good environment.

So I ended up playing for about five hours. At about 30 hands per hour, that puts me at a very exhaustive 150 hands. Based on that number, my win-rate was a staggering -233bb/100. Yes, you read that correctly, there is no missing decimal that is supposed to be there. Based on the way the hands ran, I honestly think that many other people loose a lot more if they ran as bad as I did.

First big hand, I get AT in early position, probably 4 people to the flop. A8T, SHIP IT, HOLLA!! I don't remember the action, but after the turn it is just me and one other guy. I think he min-raised the turn, but either way, I know he thinks he has a good hand, but as we just started, who knows what that means. I get to showdown cheaply from there and he has 88. Wasn't I supposed to be broke there?

Some more hands pass. I remember that c-betting isn't worth it at this table. I get TT in EP, 2 people call my raise. Flop is AxA, I bet and get one caller. He has Ax a lot, but I didn't worry about it as I don't have many chips. My assumption was correct and I have to reload.

I get AA in EP, 4 callers. I'm sorry I suck at remembering the board, but I got 2 callers on the flop. Something in my head says to check, this is followed by a big bet and a push. I scratch my head and muck, they were both ahead of my pair.

I have T8s, x9J I call a bet to see the turn. Q, Ship it!! I bet and call when I get raised. T, I check call and am pissed off when he shows KT. I thought the river sucked, but it saved my stack.

I get 22 in EP, 80 billion people see he flop. 28Q, Ship it, Holla!! Bet, Raise, Push, Call. He shows QQ. This is the same guy that had 88 earlier, won the hand where I folded AA, and had the KT.

I go for a walk to check on Evan and Stewie. We have lunch and head back to the tables.

I have JT and the flop is QTx, I call a bet. J, I raise when the guy bets again. J, SHIP IT, HOLLA!!! Bet, raise, push, call. He shows QJ. At this point I'm pretty much just laughing.

I buy-in for another 50 big blinds, and basically sit on that for another hour or two. J4 in the big blind, we check around a J high flop. J, I bet out and get 1 caller. The talkative guy at the table says I'd have to be a genius to have a J. I get called on the river by a guy who just back-doored a flush. More nothing, then I get 88 vs a raise on my right and I push my short stack. He has TT and I'm done for the night.

Slot Machines. I didn't understand them before I went and having each of us trying $5 on them, I understand them less. They are not entertaining. They are not fun. Half the time there are so many line possibilities that you only know that you win when the machine tells you. I thought the nickel slots were bad, then I saw the penny slots.

Actual Themes Used for Slot Machines

• Summer Carnival
  
• Frog Flip Flop
  
• Secretes of Africa
  
• Keno Plus
  
• Sea Monkies
  
• Dick Clark's Rocking New Years
  
• That Girl
  

I've been home for a few days. This means that my parents have gotten me to listen to a fair amount of Christmas songs. It's fine when doing the tree, but the whole ride home from Boston is a little much. Since I was being subjected to this stuff, I started actually listening to what some of the songs were talking about. The song that struck me the most was Baby It's Cold Outside. Turns out this song really has nothing to do with Christmas, just happens to be set during the winter. What is actually happening in the song is the woman is thinking about ending the night and heading home after having spent the evening with the man. So, it really ends up boiling down to, the guy wants some ass. She probably likes him enough, but must not do that on the first date. Then the comments about drinking start getting more prevalent. Turns out he really wants this ass, enough to get her drunk enough to say yes. Now those are some great American values, if I've ever heard any. Exactly the type of things I want my kids to be listening to during the young and impressionable years.

I don't care what people say about eating raw eggs, uncooked cookie dough is levels above the cookies they become when baked.

First of all, this is only over 700 hands, so all conclusions made of this can be completely useless. This ended up being a lot longer than I expected. It's not my fault, posting hands just takes up a lot of space.

Maybe it was just the tables I was playing at, but it seemed that they play deeper than .5/1. The average stack at .5/1 was less than 100bb. Most of the tables I saw had many people with over 200bb stacks. While I was playing I had a 250bb stack at one table and a 300bb stack at another (but that's getting a little ahead of ourselves). Also note that this was on Absolute Poker where the max buy-in is 200bb. So maybe there are just more people buying-in for the full amount then at .5/1.

Now for the fun part. This is the ride I went on last night:


Half of those vertical lines are because of 1 guy. He is my new best friend and I will be spending as much time at his tables as possible.

Button - Hero $256
BB - MyNewFriend $340.42
SB - Posts small blind $1
MyNewFriend - Posts big blind $2
Dealt to Hero As Ah
3 folds, Hero raises to $8, SB calls $7, MyNewFriend calls $6
*** FLOP *** 6h 5h 3h
SB checks, MyNewFriend checks, Hero bets $20, SB folds, MyNewFriend calls $20
*** TURN *** 6h 5h 3h Jc
MyNewFriend checks, Hero checks
*** RIVER *** 6h 5h 3h Jc 10c
MyNewFriend bets $78, Hero calls $78
*** SHOW DOWN ***
MyNewFriend - Shows Jh Ad (One pair, jacks)
Hero - Shows As Ah (One pair, aces)
Hero Collects $217 from main pot

Between these two hands, Evan and I start discussing the psychology behind this guy. He is also a very big talker and is always trying to belittle people. BIG fan of the word sissy.

Button - Hero $405.35
BB - MyNewFriend $442.79
SB - Posts small blind $1
MyNewFriend - Posts big blind $2
Hero: Ad Qh
2 Folds, Hero raises to $8, SB folds, MyNewFriend calls $6
*** FLOP *** 8s Qc 6h
MyNewFriend checks, Hero bets $14, MyNewFriend calls $14
*** TURN *** 8s Qc 6h Jh
MyNewFriend bets $90, Hero raises to $228, MyNewFriend calls $138
*** RIVER *** 8s Qc 6h Jh 10c
MyNewFriend checks, Hero checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
MyNewFriend - Shows Ah 7h (ace high)
Hero - Shows Ad Qh (One pair, queens)
Hero Collects $498 from main pot

I tell Evan that our conversation lead to my new biggest pot won. He comes and starts sweating me. My action at this table dies. Evan only gets to see one interesting hand. But we will come back to that as I'm trying to do this chronologically.

As I said before, I had two tables where I had a stack of 250bb or more. The other table went as follows (plus two other uninteresting hands for about a 25bb net on each).

SB - Hero $193.60
BB $228.55
CO $744.27
Hero - Posts small blind $1
BB - Posts big blind $2
Dealt to Hero Qd Qs
CO calls $2, Button folds, Hero raises to $8, BB calls $6, CO calls $6
*** FLOP *** 4h 2h 5h
Hero bets $20, BB calls $20, CO calls $20
*** TURN *** 4h 2h 5h 5c
Hero checks, BB checks, CO checks
*** RIVER *** 4h 2h 5h 5c 9s
Hero checks, BB checks, CO checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Hero - Shows Qd Qs (Two Pair, queens and fives)
BB - Mucks Kh Js
CO - Mucks Kc Jh
Hero Collects $82 from main pot

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UTG - Hero $254.45
Seat 4 - UTG $125.95
SB - Posts small blind $1
BB - Posts big blind $2
Dealt to Hero Qs Ks
Hero raises to $8, MP folds, CO calls $8, 2 folds
*** FLOP *** 2c 9s 7d
Hero bets $14, CO calls $14
*** TURN *** 2c 9s 7d 3s
Hero bets $34, CO raises All-In to $103.95, Hero calls $69.95
*** RIVER *** 2c 9s 7d 3s 10s
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Hero - Shows Qs Ks (Flush, king high)
CO - Shows 7s 7c (Three of a kind, sevens)
Hero Collects $251.90 from main pot

On the surface this looks kinda bad. For the situation it ended up being, I wasn't getting odds to call. That being said, I was messing around with Poker Stove with some ranges to put him on. He plays pretty loose pre-flop so that gives me some wiggle room with his hand range. I need to be ~29% or more to make this call.

His Range	My Chance to Win
QQ+, 99, 77, 33, 22, AsJs, AsTs, JTs, T8s, 97s, JTo,T8o	50.98%
QQ+, 99, 77, 33, 22, AsJs, As9s, JsTs, Ts8s, 97s, JTo, T8o	48.33%
QQ+, 99, 77, 33, 22, AsJs, AsTs, JTs, T8s, 97s	31.94%
QQ+, 99, 77, 33, 22, AsJs, As9s, JsTs, T8s, 97s	27.63%
QQ+, 99, 77, 33, 22, AsJs, AsTs, JsTs, Ts8s, 97s	22.20%
QQ+, 99, 77, 33-22, 9s7s	18.75%

Feel free to comment on what ranges you think are fair or if there is anything I am missing.

Button - Hero $479.60
BB $671.29
SB - Posts small blind $1
BB - Posts big blind $2
Dealt to Hero 2h Qd
2 folds, Hero raises to $8, SB folds, BB calls $6
*** FLOP *** Qh 5s Kd
BB checks, Hero checks
*** TURN *** Qh 5s Kd 2s
BB checks, Hero bets $12, BB calls $12
*** RIVER *** Qh 5s Kd 2s 8h
BB checks, Hero bets $30, BB raises to $60, Hero calls $30
*** SHOW DOWN ***
BB - Shows 8d 5c (Two Pair, eights and fives)
Hero - Shows 2h Qd (Two Pair, queens and twos)
Hero Collects $158 from main pot

That where the fun starts to end.

Button $269.40
CO - Hero $531.60
SB - Posts small blind $1
BB - Posts big blind $2
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Ah As]
UTG folds, Hero raises to $8, Button calls $8, SB folds, BB calls $6
*** FLOP *** [4d 8s 7h]
BB checks, Hero bets $18, Button raises to $45, BB folds, Hero raises to $144, Button raises All-In to $261.40, Hero folds

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Button - Hero $303.60
MP $205.57
SB - Posts small blind $1
BB - Posts big blind $2
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero Ah Ad
UTG folds, MP calls $2, CO folds, Hero raises to $8, 2 folds, MP calls $6
*** FLOP *** 2c Kh 9h
MP checks, Hero bets $18, MP calls $18
*** TURN *** 2c Kh 9h 7h
MP checks, Hero bets $45, MP calls $45
*** RIVER *** 2c Kh 9h 7h 10s
MP checks, Hero checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
MP - Shows Jh 8h (Flush, king high)
Hero - Mucks
MP Collects $142 from main pot

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BB $219.15
MP - Hero $152.15
SB - Posts small blind $1
BB - Posts big blind $2
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero 7c 6c
UTG folds, Hero raises to $8, CO folds, Button calls $8, SB folds, BB raises to $30, Hero calls $22, Button folds
*** FLOP *** Ks 9c 8d
BB bets $60, Hero Raises All-in to $122.15, BB calls $62.15
*** TURN *** Ks 9c 8d Jd
*** RIVER *** Ks 9c 8d Jd As
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Hero - Shows 7c 6c (ace high)
BB - Shows Kc Ah (Two Pair, aces and kings)

Now the one interesting hand Evan saw:
SB - Hero $556
CO $570.05
Hero - Posts small blind $1
BB - Posts big blind $2
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero 4s 5c
UTG folds, MP calls $2, CO calls $2, Button folds, Hero calls $1, BB checks
*** FLOP *** 10c Jc 5h
Hero checks, BB checks, MP checks, CO checks,
*** TURN *** 10c Jc 5h 5s
Hero bets $6, BB folds, MP folds, CO raises to $12, Hero raises to $42, CO calls $30
*** RIVER *** 10c Jc 5h 5s Ks
Hero checks, CO bets $266, Hero folds

So, now we fast forward to the end of my session. I was going to sleep because I had an 8am exam today. I had started to close down my tables after I played a hand UTG. Looked at Poker Tracker and saw that I had lost everything I had made during the night. Then I realized I had forgotten to uncheck Auto-Post Blinds on the table with MyNewFriend. Fine I'll play one more hand, then I am done. Here is that last hand:

BB - Hero $536.90
CO - MyNewFriend $659.55
SB - Posts small blind $1
Hero - Posts big blind $2
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero Qh Ks
RIGGED14 folds, MyNewFriend calls $2, 2 folds, Hero raises to $8, MyNewFriend calls $6
*** FLOP *** 2d 9h 10s
Hero bets $15, MyNewFriend calls $15
*** TURN *** 2d 9h 10s Jd
Hero checks, MyNewFriend checks
*** RIVER *** 2d 9h 10s Jd 6d
Hero bets $35, MyNewFriend raises to $190, Hero calls $155
*** SHOW DOWN ***
MyNewFriend - Shows Ac 10d (One pair, tens)
Hero - Shows Qh Ks (Straight, nine to king)
Hero Collects $424 from main pot

+.03 BB/100 BIOTCHES





This graph starts right after I cut through 50nl 6max like it was butter.
0-3k: Just some variance.
10k: See, it was variance.
16k: Could I run colder? (Note: At this point I haven't looked at the graph of just hands. I was using the graph of my bankroll, which includes bonuses and rakeback.)
22k: (I look at the graph of my hands.) HOLY FUCKING SHIT!
I go to 2+2 and ask what I'm going wrong.
23k: OOHHH, now I get it.
30k: I can't wait until I can start playing $1/$2. (I decided that even though I am bankrolled for $1/$2, I am going to wait until I have a winning career at 100nl before I move up.)
38k: Just 30 more dollars. I can taste it.
40k: WWWEEEEE!!! (I start thinking I suck at poker, but most of the big hands were actually not my fault.)
43k: Well at least that is over.
47k: OMG WTF!!!
53k: Wow, the poker gods really must feel bad about October.
54.8k: So close, I can stay up till I make it. (TERRIBLE DECISION)
56k: Not this again.
57k: Sunday players are my hero!!!

You can't see it, but at about 56k I actually was +2 for like 1 hand and didn't know it.
The end of the graph is very vertical. This is because I ran at 97.42 bb/100 from Friday until now.

Below is a graph and stats of what I did after the checkup with 2+2.





$15 dollars from poker + lots of bonuses + 40k hands with 28% rakeback.

If anyone wants lots of money, go look for me at the Stars $1/$2 6max NL tables.

If you are in Boston, make sure you get on the train before the last one. Sitting at all the major hubs for 5-10 minutes is not fun.

Even if the movie is set in Boston, you are allowed to have people with out bad attempts at a Boston accent.

Album out in a week.


Plus:

I procrastinate too much?



This isn't the first time I've seen this screen.

So, it had seemed like I was starting to work back after a bad downsizing. Turns out the downswing isn't quite done yet. So, I've taken the following steps to not think about it's existence.

Step 1: Find something else in your life that is worse.
This is where my Electronics class comes in. First midterm was below the class average(15% of the class grade). First project looks like it will probably get a similar score (10%). Tomorrow is the second midterm. (Don't ask me why the school calls them midterms when there are more than one of them.) I also no intention of working with building circuits and electronic systems, so I am not interested by this class. There is a high probability that this class will be the worst grade I have ever gotten for a class.

Step 2: Find someone who is doing worse than you in poker.
Grimstarr. Yeah, what can I say? You go to my school, but I've never met you. Your self-control is so bad that you told people you would give them $100 if they saw you playing higher than $25/$50 NL. Despite the fact that you have played in games where the blinds are equal to what I bring to the table, I feel I am a better player because I know when to say when. I don't know how much you are down or how long it has been over, but I'm sure that when scaled it's worse than me and more within your control.

Step 3: Buy something nice.



PS - I just realized the biggest drawer of my dresser has been empty all year. WTF!

It's interview season for all the students going on COOP in January (myself included). Within the last week I've been asked 3 times how to tie a tie. If your dad didn't teach you how to do that at any point before college, I don't want to think about what else he didn't teach you.

One interview today and another one in the works. I'm so ready to be done with classes. Pay checks are also nice.

Bush sees possible Iraq-Vietnam parallel

The Beatles
My parents were fans when they were young, just like anyone else who grew up while they blew up in America. Because of this I had some introduction to their music, but never in the form of an album or actually listening to the music critically. Beyond that, my knowledge of them was hearing other people talk about how they shaped rock music and blah blah. I decided they were over-rated and never really took any steps to listen to their works.

Fast forward to a year ago. Evan tells me he's going to make me listen to four Beatles albums, because I'm missing something by having not heard them. Ok, whatever. Evan proceeds to be lazy and not get the albums.

Fast forward to just under two months ago. Evan finally gets off his ass and gets the four albums.
He hands me Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt Pepper and The White Album.
The clouds part, the sun shines down, birds and angles sing.

Fast forward to now. I've listened to each album a couple times though, so I feel I can start making comments. Do be honest, I usually just stick to listening to music and not talking about it, so don't expect lots of profound explanations to go with my comments.

My Rank of the Albums as of Now

4. Rubber Soul
We get it, love, where are the drugs? Stand out tracks: The Word, Wait, Run for Your Life.

3. The White Album
Long. The one down side of a double album is that it's hard to get a feel for the whole album. Maybe I should try just doing it one disc at a time. The plus side is lots of songs means lots of good songs. Stand out tracks: Glass Onion, The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Blackbird, Yer Blues, Helter Skelter

2. Sgt. Pepper
Kinda at a lose for words. But then again I didn't really make many real comments about each album, so why start here? I can say it's one hell of a first third of an album (With a Little Help from My Friends, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, Getting Better) Other stand out tracks: She's Leaving Home, Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!, Good Morning Good Morning, A Day in the Life

1. Revolver
From the first time I listened, I felt it. Every track is very good. With the exception of Yellow Submarine, everything fits in it's place. Stand out tracks: Taxman, Eleanor Rigby, For No One, Got to Get You Into My Life, Tomorrow Never Knows

So there you go. Don't think that Rubber Soul being 4 means I don't like it. My mind can't hold enough information at once, so the stand out tracks are just picked by re-listening to a few seconds of the middle of each track.

Not in the "I did really well" way, more of the "really entertaining" way.

All hands are .5/1 NL Holdem 6max and at the same table over a period of 3 hours.

Seat 7 - Hero ($92.85 in chips) Button
Seat 8 - SB ($31.95 in chips) OSUFORMULA
Seat 9 - BB ($66.60 in chips) RAILBENDER
Seat 2 - UTG ($215.71 in chips) LLFISHLL
Seat 6 - CO ($222.05 in chips) RUKUX
SB - Posts small blind $0.50
BB - Posts big blind $1
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Qc Qd]
2 folds, Hero raises $4 to $4, SB folds, BB calls $3
*** FLOP *** [10s 10d 8s]
BB checks, Hero bets $8, BB calls $8
*** TURN *** [10s 10d 8s] [6d]
BB checks, Hero bets $15, BB raises $35 to $35, Hero raises $55 to $70, BB - All-In $19.60
Hero returned ($15.40) : not called
*** RIVER *** [10s 10d 8s 6d] [Ah]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Hero - Shows [Qc Qd] (Two Pair, queens and tens)
BB - Shows [Ad As] (Full house, aces full of tens)
BB Collects $130.70 from main pot

Seat 5 - Button ($41.65 in chips) CAGPD129
Seat 6 - SB ($29.50 in chips) KRISAMAGUS
Seat 7 - Hero ($88.25 in chips) BB
Seat 8 - UTG ($31.60 in chips) OSUFORMULA
Seat 9 - MP ($120.70 in chips) RAILBENDER
Seat 2 - CO ($238.01 in chips) LLFISHLL
SB - Posts small blind $0.50
Hero - Posts big blind $1
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Kc Ac]
UTG calls $1, MP raises $3 to $3, CO calls $3, Button calls $3, SB folds, Hero calls $2, UTG calls $2
*** FLOP *** [10c 2c 2d]
Hero checks, UTG bets $3, MP calls $3, 2 folds, Hero calls $3
*** TURN *** [10c 2c 2d] [5h]
Hero checks, UTG - Bets $3, MP calls $3, Hero calls $3
*** RIVER *** [10c 2c 2d 5h] [7c]
Hero checks, UTG bets $3, MP raises $9 to $9, Hero raises $24 to $24, UTG folds, MP raises $62 to $71, Hero - All-In(Raise) $55.25 to $79.25, MP calls $8.25
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Hero - Shows [Kc Ac] (Flush, ace high)
MP - Shows [7s 7h] (Full house, sevens full of twos)
MP Collects $192 from main pot

OK, now here is the one that is awesome beyond description. The player chat is included.
Seat 6 - Button ($22.15 in chips) KRISAMAGUS
Seat 7 - Hero ($112.70 in chips) SB
Seat 9 - BB ($208.35 in chips) RAILBENDER
Seat 2 - UTG ($181.51 in chips) LLFISHLL
Seat 4 - MP ($67 in chips) SLOWDAWG
Seat 5 - CO ($58.75 in chips) CAGPD129
Hero - Posts small blind $0.50
BB - Posts big blind $1
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Ah Qh]
UTG raises $2 to $2, MP calls $2, 2 folds, Hero raises $6.50 to $7
RAILBENDER:alright, will donate some of your money to the cause
BB calls $6,
LLFISHLL:me to
LLFISHLL:cant help myself
UTG calls $5, MP folds
*** FLOP *** [9s 5c Qs]
Hero bets $10,
RAILBENDER:now you are in trouble
RAILBENDER:just kiddeing
BB folds,
LLFISHLL:one more
LLFISHLL:what does the table think?
SLOWDAWG:kq here
RAILBENDER:live up to your name
UTG calls $10
*** TURN *** [9s 5c Qs] [7d]
LLFISHLL:NICE
Hero bets $22,
SLOWDAWG:all the way
LLFISHLL:lol if i c one more he might not b to happy
UTG calls $22
*** RIVER *** [9s 5c Qs 7d] [9c]
SLOWDAWG:if you got it
LLFISHLL:i know what he has
Hero bets $30,
SLOWDAWG:get em
UTG - All-In(Raise) $142.51 to $142.51, Hero - All-In $43.70
UTG returned ($68.81) : not called
*** SHOW DOWN ***
UTG - Shows [6c 6s] (Two Pair, nines and sixes)
Hero - Shows [Ah Qh] (Two Pair, queens and nines)
Hero Collects $231.40 from main pot
RAILBENDER:nh
LLFISHLL:close
SLOWDAWG:oh
LLFISHLL:nh
LLFISHLL:put him on Ak
SLOWDAWG:me too
LLFISHLL:back to the start
RAILBENDER:i thought he had the pocket qqs

And just when I thought I might come out of this on the good side.
Seat 4 - Button ($91 in chips) SLOWDAWG
Seat 5 - SB ($52.75 in chips) CAGPD129
Seat 7 - Hero ($231.40 in chips) BB
Seat 9 - UTG ($202.25 in chips) RAILBENDER
SB - Posts small blind $0.50
Hero - Posts big blind $1
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [5s 3d]
UTG calls $1, Button calls $1, SB calls $0.50, Hero checks
*** FLOP *** [4s 2d 6h]
SB bets $5, Hero calls $5, UTG calls $5, Button folds
*** TURN *** [4s 2d 6h] [8s]
SB bets $15, Hero raises $40 to $40, UTG folds, SB - All-In(Raise) $31.75 to $46.75, Hero calls $6.75
*** RIVER *** [4s 2d 6h 8s] [4d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
SB - Shows [4c 6d] (Full house, fours full of sixes)
Hero - Shows [5s 3d] (Straight, two to six)
SB Collects $110.50 from main pot

The biggest pot I won at this table, excluding the one shown, was a net of $10. Managed to leave down just less than $200.

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Edit:
So around 1 I decided I was ready to take another crack at pushing north again.

Well, the poker gods thought otherwise.

Seat 3 - Button ($125.33 in chips) BAD GUY
Seat 4 - SB ($93.18 in chips) BIG_BOBTAIL
Seat 5 - Hero ($97 in chips) BB
Seat 7 - UTG ($27.95 in chips) MONGOOSE
Seat 9 - MP ($121.25 in chips) GLIP
Seat 1 - CO ($65.30 in chips) BAADSHAH111
SB - Posts small blind $0.50
Hero - Posts big blind $1
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [7h 9h]
UTG folds, MP calls $1, CO calls $1, Button folds, SB calls $0.50, Hero checks
*** FLOP *** [3d 5s 8h]
SB bets $1, Hero calls $1, MP calls $1, CO calls $1
*** TURN *** [3d 5s 8h] [Kh]
SB bets $2, Hero calls $2, MP calls $2, CO calls $2
*** RIVER *** [3d 5s 8h Kh] [4h]
SB bets $5, Hero - Raises $17 to $17, MP folds, CO - All-In(Raise) $61.30 to $61.30, SB folds, Hero calls $44.30
*** SHOW DOWN ***
CO - Shows [3h Ah] (Flush, ace high)
Hero - Mucks
CO Collects $140.60 from main pot

I say that here I knew the flush was the only thing he's raising there, and it was the tilt calling. Unbiased people feel free to comment on all hands.

Seat 5 - Hero ($97.70 in chips) Button
Seat 4 - CO ($89.63 in chips)

*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [6c 7c]
UTG folds, MP calls $1, CO raises $5 to $5, Hero calls $5, 3 folds
*** FLOP *** [10d 7h 6h]
CO bets $5, Hero calls $5
*** TURN *** [10d 7h 6h] [2c]
CO bets $5, Hero raises $20 to $20, CO raises $35 to $40, Hero - All-In(Raise) $67.70 to $87.70, CO - All-In $39.63
Hero returned ($8.07) : not called
*** RIVER *** [10d 7h 6h 2c] [7d]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
CO - Shows [10s 10c] (Full house, tens full of sevens)
Hero - Shows [6c 7c] (Full house, sevens full of sixes)
CO Collects $178.76 from main pot

The next hand, no time to reload or sit out.

Seat 9 - SB ($121.30 in chips) GLIP
Seat 4 - UTG ($178.76 in chips) BIG_BOBTAIL
Seat 5 - Hero ($8.07 in chips) MP

*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero [Qh Qd]
UTG calls $1, Hero - All-In(Raise) $8.07 to $8.07, CO folds, SB calls $7.57, BB folds, UTG calls $7.07
*** FLOP *** [Qs 7h 6d]
SB bets $10, UTG folds
SB returned ($10) : not called
*** TURN *** [Qs 7h 6d] [8c]
*** RIVER *** [Qs 7h 6d 8c] [Ad]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Hero - Shows [Qh Qd] (Three of a kind, queens)
SB - Shows [Qc 10s] (One pair, queens)
Hero Collects $23.96 from main pot

Yeah, I'm gonna take a break. See you in a week. What a shitty birthday present.

The Internet Gambling Bill passes.
I get throat-checked and punched in the helmet at practice.
Twice in two weeks the following happened:
-Some one bailed, you wanna see Tool?
-Yes
-Oh, wait, they can come.

I'm so looking forward to tomorrow's Electronics test.

Road to Robusto,
Or Why I No Longer have Hair
Or My Last Day of Legal Online Poker?

A little over 2 months ago I posted this. I talked about how I used to suck at poker, how I was doing a lot better, and what my plans were for moving to 200nl. Since that post I deiced, to prove to myself that I could beat the level, that I would not play 200nl until I had a winning career for 100nl. Things have been going well since then. A little over a week ago I realized that I was only a few buy-ins away from reaching my goal. I was going to just hold out until I crossed the line and then make one post that was just the graph and "Ship it, Holla!", then today happened.

Around 4:30 I started up some tables and got to playing, like any normal day. 400+ hands later, I was carrying a nice little average of 50+ big blinds per 100 hands. Holla! Well the rush didn't exactly stop. The following is the graph of my total winnings vs hands for the day.


Key Hands: All hands are 6 handed unless noted.

269: KK (BB), 2 limps, raise to 5, 1 caller(MP).
8dJh5h, I bet 7 into 12, call
9d I bet 18 into 26, call
8c I bet 32 into 62, push, (I am covered and have 100 left) I fold
325: J2 (BB), 4 limps, I check
2JA, I bet 3 into 5, Villain pushes 90 (he has been doing this repeatedly in the last few orbits), I call
He shows AQs (better than I would have guessed), my J2 holds.

430: Table is dying, only 3 dealt in
SB raises to 2, I call with AJs
7JA, SB bets 2 into 4, I call
J, SB bets 4 into 8, I call
2, SB bets 10 into 16, I raise to 30, SB pushes, I call for another 70.
SB shows JT

431: Different table
AK (mp) raise to 4, button pushes for 18 (vpip 60% /pfr 28%), bb calls for 15 (vpip 40% /pfr 7%), I call
button shows Q3s, BB shows 88, K on the flop

465: AA (utg) raise to 4, 2 callers
5d8dTs, SB bets 4 into 12, I raise to 12, CO (vpip 50%) pushes for 76, I call
CO shows 97o.
He says "bullshit" and leaves.

here to 990:
I honestly can't remember at this point. Assume it was crazy and ridiculous. All my tables for the day had average vpip's of at min 35, many 40s, and at least one 50. The ups are most likely me flopping sets, I did that a lot.

990-1320:
C-Bet semi-bluff draw versus calling station doesn't come.
C-Bet semi-bluff draw, C-Bet Turn semi-bluff draw versus calling station doesn't come.

1312: KK (button) folds to me, raise to 4, BB (vpip 60%/pfr 7%) min-raises to 8, I call
436, BB bets 36 into 16, I push for a total of 100, he calls with AT
turn: T
river: 9

1384: 99 (utg) raise to 4, folds to BB (vpip 30%/pfr 10%) who min-raises to 8, I call
5c9dTd: BB bets 15 into 16, I call
3d: BB bets 40 into 46, I push for a total of 75, BB insta calls and shows AA
river: Ad
He says (without any promt) "f u all, Aces are the better hand"
I go for a walk.

1400: I get AA to KK, he reraises preflop, its all in on the flop.

Total Net: $292, 19.62bb/100, I'm roughly a buyin away from moving up.

Or am I?
Our friend in Washington were very active today. The Internet Gambling bill got attached onto the Port Security bill. Terrorism Bad, Bill (probably officially by now) destined to pass. A good number of people give good speeches saying this is bullshit and then vote for the bill because you are a terrorist if you vote against Port Security.

I am really tired. I need to be awake really early. I should have been asleep when my AA ran into KK.

Dear World,

From now on, you are no longer allowed just look at me blankly when I say what my major is. Yes, it's a hard major. Yes, it does imply that I am smarter than some people. However, this doesn't mean I am on some huge other level above some of the other intellectually taxing professions. Just because you have a better general understanding of what a brain surgeon is doing doesn't mean it's an easier job.
It's not even the assumed intelligence that bothers me, it's the lack of response. Saying "That must be hard." is better than you just staring.

Thank You.

PS Hey look, it's Gary Coleman.