BJJ is awesome

Date: Tue, Jun 24, 2008 Professional Internet Live Tournament

But i am really sore. we have been going 2-3 times a week and its a ton of fun but i gas so quickly. i never had a lot of endurance to begin with, but using new muscles and being too tensed up just make my endurance even less. I will get used to it pretty soon but its pretty painful right now (although one of those good pains that you sadistically like)

I havent been playing a lot of poker. I've played about 8 events so far this year and only have 1 mincash in a goddamn 1500. its pathetic, i have 3 wsop cashes and theyre all small cashes in 1500s. Online is going pretty well. i was up and down for a while but got 3rd in the 100r for 23k which was good to get me out of a little breakeven stretch. Ill probably grind a bunch online til the end of the series and try to build up a good roll online so i can move back into higher games cause they look pretty juicy.

The rest of the series ill probably only play 3-6 more events. I am definitely playing the 5k 6max, the 10k plo and the main event. I am probably playing the 1k rebuy, but i havent decided yet, and i might play 1 or 2 small events like a 1500 nl or a limit shootout, just something where the players are really bad or i have a pretty good chance to win a bracelet compared to the bigger no limit fields.

And on a closing note id like to celebrate my 2nd bracelet winner! Last year mig won a braclet under victor and i in the 5k nl event for over 700k. This year, his roommate blair (blur5f6) won a bracelet in the 2k nl event for over 500k. it was the biggest destruction of a final table ive ever seen my entire life. scott seiver (masterblaster) really cruised through his and mig did too last year but blair lost well over 50% of the all ins on his table and just dominated without showdown. it was amazing to watch, hes so tough to play when he has chips and other people dont. A graphic came up on the plasmas in the room saying he had raised about 45% of the pots from 9 to 4 handed on the table which is pretty unreal. Blair is also an aspiring mspainter. He drew a picture but hasnt sent it to me yet so ill post the genius workings of a bracelet winner whenever he sends that to me, you will want to see it.

Best Commercial I've ever seen

Date: Mon, Jun 16, 2008 Professional Internet Live Tournament

The last month

Date: Sat, Jun 14, 2008 Professional Internet Live Tournament

So I'm just going to list the important things that have happened in the last 30 days instead of writing pages and pages. I am tired of looking at this gray text so I am going to Caroline this post into a multicolored beast.

-UFC 84 was really awesome. I personally loved watching the machida ortiz fight because it was like watching a grandmaster chess player in action but most people probably thought it was boring. BJ Penn basically solidified himself as one of the top 3 mma fighters of all time along with Anderson Silva and Fedor. And Wanderlei is probably going to get a shot at rampage cause he is 2-0 vs him and put out a dominating old wandylike performance.

As for other MMA happenings, I am going to try to go to the Fedor vsSylvia card in anaheim on July 19th. Its going to be a really good heavyweight card. To see just why fedor is so awesome check out the affliction trailer. Basically everyone is trying to be the biggest badass ever and then they show Fedor just standing there.....smiling.

The ultimate fighter this season is really good as there are 2 fighters who could do a lot of damage on the 185 pound division. Jesse Taylor who is one of the funniest people to watch ever is a pretty solid wrestler who could eventually become a top 10 185 guy, and the real beast is CB Dolloway who i think has the potential to be 185 champ. I honestly think that in 1 or 2 years he will be the guy with by far the best chance to beat Anderson Silva of anyone in the division. He might have some trouble against rich franklin and dan henderson stylistically, but hes just an animal anda huge favorite to win TUF 7.

And for a sweet rumor, i hear that Anderson Silva is going to move up to 205 and fight Chuck Liddell on UFC 88 in september. Really really awesome fight that i think silva wins, but chuck is such a beast so he can pretty much win any fight hes in except vs rampage.

And I refuse to even talk about Kimbo slice and his fight which was a complete joke. Elitexc should be ashamed of themselves.

-Tournaments tilt the crap out of me. I've played 6 wsop event so far and have 1 mincash ina 1500 event. I have bet folded or check folded a set FOUR TIMES in the wsop so far and im pretty sure i was right 3 of them and wrong once (but the one i was wrong this random guy made a really really good bluff so i dont mind my fold anyway). Its just frustrating when hands that are supposed to be your biggest money winners lose because the board runs out 34568 with 3 hearts or QJT9.

-I have been to both nobu and naked fish this summer and my meal at naked fish was better and far cheaper. I had never even heard of it til i read raptors blog but i really enjoyed the place and was not devastated when i lost an 8 man credit card roulette there as the bill was only 720 instead of like 2500+ at nobu. Apparently naked fish isnt a chain so it would be a smart investment for some poker players to try to bankroll and franchise it.

-I've lost the 2 biggest dinner CC roulettes this summer. One for 1800 at craft steak which is quite possibly my favorite restaurant in vegas, and the naked fish one. But i cant complain because......

-I WENT TO LA FOR LAKERS VS CELTICS GAME 3. It was really awesome and im pumped about it because ive never been to the finals of any major sport. The game was really fun and pretty close til the end. On the ride there on the bus, i lost 1500 doing $100 8 way o8 flips. I was determined to get back to even and won 400 in random props during the game. In one i got 3-1 that kobe would miss at least one of two free throws from Ben (-bbj-) and he ended up missing both. The other i won a $100 bet vs genius where i took the under on 195 for the game. I also didnt have to pay for my ticket or the food because i didnt lose either roulette.

Five of us (josh, genius, bbj, jesse aka thedegeneral on stars and i) rouletted for our tickets which totaled to about 4500 and josh lost. Josh also lost a 13 man CC roulette for the food we catered at the staples center for 1300. what an insane bad run losing a 5 man and a 13 man back to back. We took a party bus to LA and back and he was almost praying to lose that one for 2600 just so he could complain about it but mike martin lost instead.

-My horses play good and run bad near final tables. So far we have about7 10-27th place finishes in wsop events but no final tables until TODAY. Blair hinkle is tied for the chiplead at the final table of the 2k nl. I like to tease blair a lot cause he punts huge stacks but hes an insanely good player and accumulates stacks a lot, hes really similar to a tournament version of andrew robl. GO BLAIR.

-One of my housemates finally final tabled a WSOP event. We went had a big oh-fer last year but finally got one under our belts. Ben got 3rd in the 5k nl event that mig won last year for almost 300k. He is really really good and is pretty much only known for talking shit on the deuce (twoplustwo) but people are starting to realize hes a really tough player. he basically just gets deep in every tourney he plays and hes probably going to FT another before the series is over. i am putting this paragraph in pink cause hes kind of a sissy and the strikeout king of every nightclub.

-I start brazilian jiu jitsu today. My friends had a lesson a few days ago but i couldnt go cause i fucked up my stomach and couldnt bend over, which is basically a recipe for disaster when you are doing something that is based around your midsection. Im really excited cause ive been wanting to start for about 6 months now and cant wait to feel the pain of waking up tomorrow morning. I am going to mark laimon's cobra kai gym (yes like the karate kid) so in a month or so i will be sweeping legs like a champion and putting people in body bags.

-We went to moon last night which is a decent club, but for some of my degenerate friends it is awesome because they have blackjack tables. I went down to the playboy club with jesse and was his financial advisor at the blackjack table. He was out of his mind drunk and ran 1500 up to 4500 then disappeared. We all went home and had no idea where Jesse was and we were all convinced he either lost it all, was passed out in a gutter somewhere or both. Instead he shows up at 6 am 30k richer from playing craps. What a hero.

Im pretty hungover so no mspaint today but genius has been wanting to make one for a while so one of these days im going to have a guest mspaint appearance from him.

LOL adventures with a random name

Date: Thu, May 15, 2008 Professional Internet Live Tournament

So today was a really big online tourney day. AJKhoosier1 and i decided to swap 5% on any wins over 5k for the day. Since he had a little piece of me he told me a few tourneys to play. Besides just the wednesday 300 on stars, there was the 300 rebuy ftops event on full tilt, the 200 knockout tourney on ub and the 1k on absolute. Ah good old absolute.

Before tonight I had never played absolute poker before. Never even had an account. Just recently a few of my stakes sent me money on UB and you can transfer money from UB to AP so I thought tonight was the perfect time to make a random retarded name and get the benefit of having no image at all. Boy was I right.

First hand of the tourney our hero encounters online tournament player koolkeith. Playing under the fishiest id i could ever come up with (BUSHin08PLZ) i flop a monster the first hand and manage to get it in for 1000bb. Under normal circumstances I should probably be afraid getting 1000bb in against anyone, but for one im up against an online tournament player and we all know how much they hate to fold, and for two i am BUSH IN 08 PLZ the random absolute fish that probably won a satelite to get into this 1k. anyway check out the hand:

Stage #1177839613 Tourney ID 2004742 Holdem Multi Normal Tournament No Limit $10 - 2008-05-14 21:01:16 (ET)
Table: 13 (Real Money) Seat #7 is the dealer
Seat 1 - DANNY98765 ($10000 in chips)
Seat 2 - KOOLKEITH13 ($10000 in chips)
Seat 3 - BUSHIN08PLZ ($10000 in chips)
Seat 4 - JRD_312 ($10000 in chips)
Seat 5 - C00KEMONSTER ($10000 in chips)
Seat 6 - AAYOMAGIC ($10000 in chips)
Seat 7 - AMAK316 ($10000 in chips)
DANNY98765 - Posts small blind $5
KOOLKEITH13 - Posts big blind $10

Dealt to BUSHIN08PLZ
BUSHIN08PLZ - Raises $35 to $35
JRD_312 - Folds
C00KEMONSTER - Folds
AAYOMAGIC - Folds
AMAK316 - Folds
DANNY98765 - Folds
KOOLKEITH13 - Calls $25

Flop (Pot : $75.00)


KOOLKEITH13 - Bets $37.50
BUSHIN08PLZ - Raises $187.50 to $187.50
KOOLKEITH13 - Raises $600 to $637.50
BUSHIN08PLZ - Raises $1500 to $1687.50
KOOLKEITH13 - Raises $5077.50 to $5715
BUSHIN08PLZ - All-In(Raise) $8277.50 to $9965
KOOLKEITH13 - All-In $4250

Turn(Pot : $7,477.50)



River (Pot : $7,477.50)



Showdown
KOOLKEITH13 - Shows (Full house, sixes full of jacks)
BUSHIN08PLZ - Shows (Four of a kind, jacks)
BUSHIN08PLZ Collects $20005 from main pot

Summary
Total Pot($20005)
Board
Seat 1: DANNY98765 (small blind) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 2: KOOLKEITH13 (big blind) HI:lost with Full house, sixes full of jacks - B:6s,B:6d,P:6c,B:Js,B:Jc]
Seat 3: BUSHIN08PLZ won Total ($20005) All-In HI:($20005) with Four of a kind, jacks - B:Js,P:Jh,P:Jd,B:Jc,B:6s]
Seat 4: JRD_312 Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 5: C00KEMONSTER Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 6: AAYOMAGIC Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 7: AMAK316 (dealer) Folded on the POCKET CARDS

I'll just say that stacking off for 1000bb with the nut low trips on the first hand of a tournament, even to a random person on the fishiest site of all is a terrible idea lol. But if i had been on my real name, there is 0 doubt in my mind he probably plays it much slower and probably doesnt stack off.

After this hand i pretty much go on to dominate the entire tournament up to the final table where i end up having an attack of conscience and telling everyone that it was me on the account.

Check out some other gems that came from being on a random name:

Stage #1177904529 Tourney ID 2004742 Holdem Multi Normal Tournament No Limit $100 - 2008-05-14 21:57:35 (ET)
Table: 15 (Real Money) Seat #3 is the dealer
Seat 2 - AVERTBET ($11060 in chips)
Seat 3 - _TREVOR_ ($12260 in chips)
Seat 4 - POKEYMAN ($10985 in chips)
Seat 5 - WANNA_RETIRE ($8995 in chips)
Seat 6 - ACES_PTL ($8915 in chips)
Seat 7 - BUSHIN08PLZ ($21415 in chips)
Seat 8 - JRD_312 ($10255 in chips)
Seat 9 - C00KEMONSTER ($9445 in chips)
POKEYMAN - Posts small blind $50
WANNA_RETIRE - Posts big blind $100

Holecards
Dealt to BUSHIN08PLZ
ACES_PTL - Folds
BUSHIN08PLZ - Raises $350 to $350
JRD_312 - Folds
C00KEMONSTER - Folds
AVERTBET - Folds
_TREVOR_ - Folds
POKEYMAN - Calls $300
WANNA_RETIRE - Folds

Flop(Pot : $800.00)


POKEYMAN - Checks
BUSHIN08PLZ - Bets $600
POKEYMAN - Raises $2000 to $2000
BUSHIN08PLZ - Calls $1400

Turn(Pot : $4,800.00)


POKEYMAN - Checks
BUSHIN08PLZ - Checks

River (Pot : $4,800.00)


POKEYMAN - Bets $2500
BUSHIN08PLZ - Calls $2500

Showdown
POKEYMAN - Shows (One pair, eights)
BUSHIN08PLZ - Shows (One pair, jacks)
BUSHIN08PLZ Collects $9800 from main pot

Summary
Total Pot($9800)
Board
Seat 2: AVERTBET Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 3: _TREVOR_ (dealer) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 4: POKEYMAN (small blind) HI:lost with One pair, eights - B:8s,P:8d,P:Ad,B:Qh,B:Jc]
Seat 5: WANNA_RETIRE (big blind) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 6: ACES_PTL Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 7: BUSHIN08PLZ won Total ($9800) HI:($9800) with One pair, jacks - P:Jh,B:Jc,B:Qh,P:Th,B:8s]
Seat 8: JRD_312 Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 9: C00KEMONSTER Folded on the POCKET CARDS

I had been crushing the table and i was positive he was fed up with it so i decided to float it with some backdoor draws and the feeling that he had just total airball. I was right and even got him to put in more money on the river (which i was going to vbet if he checked to me)

Stage #1178013977 Tourney ID 2004742 Holdem Multi Normal Tournament No Limit $1000 - 2008-05-14 23:43:08 (ET)
Table: 15 (Real Money) Seat #2 is the dealer
Seat 1 - RDCRSN ($49540 in chips)
Seat 2 - AVERTBET ($23553 in chips)
Seat 4 - MIKO77Q ($29096.50 in chips)
Seat 5 - WANNA_RETIRE ($22990 in chips)
Seat 6 - ACES_PTL ($13260 in chips)
Seat 7 - BUSHIN08PLZ ($44491 in chips)
Seat 9 - C00KEMONSTER ($7219.50 in chips)
RDCRSN - Ante $100
AVERTBET - Ante $100
MIKO77Q - Ante $100
WANNA_RETIRE - Ante $100
ACES_PTL - Ante $100
BUSHIN08PLZ - Ante $100
C00KEMONSTER - Ante $100
MIKO77Q - Posts small blind $500
WANNA_RETIRE - Posts big blind $1000

Holecards
Dealt to BUSHIN08PLZ
ACES_PTL - Folds
BUSHIN08PLZ - Raises $2800 to $2800
C00KEMONSTER - Folds
RDCRSN - Calls $2800
AVERTBET - Folds
MIKO77Q - Folds
WANNA_RETIRE - Folds

Flop (Pot : $7,100.00)


BUSHIN08PLZ - Checks
RDCRSN - Bets $4800
BUSHIN08PLZ - Calls $4800

Turn (Pot : $16,700.00)


BUSHIN08PLZ - Checks
RDCRSN - Checks

River (Pot : $16,700.00)


BUSHIN08PLZ - Bets $8400
RDCRSN - Raises $27800 to $27800
BUSHIN08PLZ - Calls $19400

Showdown
RDCRSN - Shows (One pair, nines)
BUSHIN08PLZ - Shows (One pair, queens)
BUSHIN08PLZ Collects $73000 from main pot

Summary
Total Pot($73000)
Board
Seat 1: RDCRSN HI:lost with One pair, nines - P:9h,P:9c,B:Kh,B:Qs,B:Ts]
Seat 2: AVERTBET (dealer) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 4: MIKO77Q (small blind) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 5: WANNA_RETIRE (big blind) Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 6: ACES_PTL Folded on the POCKET CARDS
Seat 7: BUSHIN08PLZ won Total ($73000) HI:($73000) with One pair, queens - B:Qs,P:Qd,B:Kh,P:Jh,B:Ts]
Seat 9: C00KEMONSTER Folded on the POCKET CARDS

RDCRSN is a really good solid online tourney player. Hes had a lot of big scores this year and definitely plays really well. Basically i didnt think AJ was in his calling range pre very often (and unlikely he checks the turn with it), and i thought it was way more likely he was turning a hand into a bluff on the river because of my weak thin vbet than him having exactly 66. He definitely doesnt have a set or 2 pair on the turn cause he would valuebet those on such a drawy board. So I really thought my best bet was to bet thin on the river for value cause he might pay off worse, and once he raised i thought a while and decided a bluff was more likely. Again, I would definitely not be able to pull this kind of shit off on my real name against him.

There were some other hands but i forgot to save more. It was a really really sick advantage i had and when we got to a tough final table of toptizzlepizzle/hemipowerswt/the huntd, amak316, yellowsub, gator93, belowabove, and some other pretty good tourney players i let everyone know it was me. I felt pretty bad about people not knowing it early but I guess i deserve some time on a random name.

I ended up chopping it 3 way for 20k with amak and sub. Now all i can do is hope that my money doesnt get stuck on AP and i made a profitable adventure with my random name experience.

On a serious note id like to say that after playing the tourney today i really got to see all the sick advantages people get by multiaccounting, buying accounts, new names, etc. It was amazing what i could do in just 1 tournament and im by no means one of the best online tourney players in the world. Its kind of sickening to know that people take advantage of the system so much and get away with it. I wish i could go back and start with no image again, but unfortunately i cant and i have to deal with it, as does everyone else. anyways im heading to bed, gnight all.

Hilarious old email, radiohead concert!

Date: Wed, May 14, 2008 Professional Internet Live Tournament

So I was looking through my old sent mails and i came across a real gem:

from Ryan Daut

to support@pokerstars.com

date Mon, Apr 17, 2006 at 12:46 PM
subject deal reached in 1500 fpp tournament
mailed-by gmail.com

my pokerstars id - Daut44
my name - Ryan Daut


Hi,

I have reached a deal in the 1500 fpp tournament. tournament id 23232379

players are me (daut44)
mortez
davisjj627


please come quick, we have reached agreement. thank you so much,

ryan daut

So back in early 2006 i used to play the 1500 fpp satelites to the sunday mil. they were winner take all and i would get down to hu or 3 handed and id lose my mind and not want to gamble for the 215 tournament dollars so id email support and chip chop them then use the T$ to play small sngs and grind up my cash game bankroll. What a grinder. Pretty hilarious to look back now and see where i was about 2 years ago.

I have decided to go to the radiohead concert in camden new jersey on August 12th. I am really excited for it cause they are my favorite band and ive never been to one of their shows. I suspect most of the show will be based on their newest album which happens to be my favorite. For those of you who havent heard it here are my 4 favorite songs off it (none of which are singles)

Arpeggi:

All I need:

Jigsaw:

Videotape:

Where are they now...Charlie the finger biter edition...and CONTEST!!!!!!!

Date: Thu, May 8, 2008 Professional Internet Live Tournament

I am sure most of you have seen the charlie bit my finger video on youtube. If you havent, check it out:

Charlie is certainly adorable in this video. But we havent seen anything out of charlie in quite some time. Did he retire? Has he moved on to bigger and better things? I actually ran into charlie recently and I have to say you are going to be quite surprised with what has happened to him.

They just grow up so fast. I ran into charlie while walking through the woods where i saw him chewing on a black bear carcass. I highly recommend that if you see charlie coming you run the other way. Watching the movie aliens for any sigorney weaver insider tips is also recommended.

I also have a new obsession: LOLhighdivers. I bet you guys have seen the lolcat pictures they are everywhere. here are a few examples:

Sure the cats are cute enough, but check out LOLhighdivers

So i am deciding to host a contest!!!!!! Basically make a LOLhighdiver picture and the best one wins 50 bucks. Plz feed my addiction. Ill give a few weeks to get some good entries in there. Try and find some new highdiver pictures to use too cause I am sure there are some other awesome ones out there.

Igor vovchanchyn is a baaaaaaad baaaaaaad man

Date: Sun, May 4, 2008 Professional Internet Live Tournament