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Happy Birthday Jerry Garcia

Date: Sun, Aug 1, 2010 Tournament Women

Just back from Gathering of the Vibes. Saw two of the 4 days of music. Went into the trip completely exhausted and bailed early yesterday about 6 PM. I went back to my hotel room and slept for 10 hours. Kim & Connor left after our diner breakfast Saturday morning so I attended Saturday solo. We connected with Mom and Dad of drumlovin, on Friday afternoon as well as Jake (drumlovin) and Jason (basslovin). I caught their awesome set yesterday and marched with a few other McLovin fans with a TOKYO TEA sign getting people over to the Green Vibes Stage. They opened with Dancing in the streets and closed with Men at Work's "Down Under". Sandwiched in between were a bunch of songs from their new CD Good Catch. I caught the first few songs of their set, ran over to catch a few of Max Creeks over on the main stage, then back to McLovins for the end of their set and back to Max Creek for their finale. Why they booked the two bands overlapping is beyond me.

Zach Deputy led it all off Saturday on the main stage with his one man show of funk and blues and knocked me out of my shoes. I was chipper then but midway thru Assembly of Dust I was ready to sit down. I actually took a cat nap under a tree in the shade during Galactic. I wanted to get down to some good Nawlins funk featuring Cyrus Neville on vocals but was too tired. I decided to call it a day, went home showered got some good mexican food and crashed.

Im A ok after the sleep. I was stressed out worrying about a neighbors cat who was shut inside a condo with no air conditioning on some very hot days. Workmen from our property manager had to enter the condo because of a leak and asked me to go in because I am on the board. The downstairs condo had water coming into it from what was feared to be a busted hot water heater. It turned out it was the air conditioning leaking. So the guys turned it off. I knew they had a cat but we found the cat with barely any water and only dog food. The teenage girl who lives their with her mother took off with the two dogs at least a week prior leaving the cat behind. The cat box had not been changed in what looked to be two weeks and the mother was away on vacation. The story gets more involved then that and will be continued after I have a little chat with the mom of the teenager. The kitty itself was in good shape and i had to tell the guys not to call animal control on the tenant. They tagged the door about the unauthorized entry and maintenance emergency and I planned on calling Animal control if no one returned to the condo by Sunday when I got back. My eyes at the condo who was cat sitting for me texted me that people returned Saturday and the board President had a chat with the teen but not the mom.

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WSOP Fantasy - Event #57 - The Main Event (10K NLH) World Championship

Date: Tue, Jul 6, 2010 Tournament Women

The grand finale is upon us. 4 Day 1's followed by two day 2's and harmonic convergence on Day 3. I have two friends currently slugging it out in the satellite room trying to earn their seats. Snake5970 aka Ray failed to qualify online for only the second time in 6 years. The first two years (2005-2006) Ray qualified on PokerStars in the double or triple shootouts, then Ultimate Bet in 2007 (for like $33 bucks in December in some promo UB was running back then) then a missed year in 2008 and last year on Full Tilt in the final mega-seat giveaway. He failed to qualify again this year. Rich aka Silo (Ray's brother) has never played the Main Event. I received a text from Ray last night to the effect of "Cooler after Fing Cooler, Christ". Heck when you have Greg Raymer committing all his chips on Top Pair and a flush draw in the early levels of the Main Event to chip up, what do you expect in satellite play when people are antsy to qualify.

Which brings me to my horses for the Main Event, My Stable of 15. I included Greg Raymer as historically he has done pretty well making at least Day 2. Not this year. My stable is now at 14.

A Player Eugene Katchalov - playing Day 1C
A Player Dan Kelly played day 1B - safely made it thru to day 2
A Player Phil Ivey $0
A Player David "Bakes" Baker - played day 1B made it thru to day 2 w/below starting stack of 30K
A Player Scotty Nguyen - playing day 1C and very shortstacked
B Player Phil Hellmuth - Playing day 1C after his grand entrance in MMA attire
B Player Carlos Mortensen - playing day 1C
B Player David Williams - playing Day 1C
B Player John Juanda $0
B Player Daniel Negreanu - playing Day 1C
C Player Mike Matusow $0
C Player Jason Mercier $0
C Player Greg Raymer busted out day 1A $0
C Player Vitaly Lunkin - played 1A safely thru to day 2A on Friday
C Player Prahlad Friedman $0
Total: $

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Wsop Fantasy - Event #55 ($10,000) Pot-Limit Omaha Championship

Date: Thu, Jul 1, 2010 Tournament Women

Event #55 ($10,000) Pot-Limit Omaha Championship (3 day)

A Player Vitaly Lunkin - is playing - made day 2
A Player Robert Mizrachi - is playing
A Player Josh Arieh - is playing
A Player Jason Mercier - is playing - made day 2
A Player Phil Ivey - is playing
B Player Michael Mizrachi - is playing
B Player Richard Ashby - is playing
B Player David Williams - is playing - busted day 1
B Player Phil "omgclayaiken" Galfond - is playing
B Player Phil Hellmuth - is playing - made day 2
C Player Nenad Medic - is playing - made day 2
C Player Erick Lindgren - is playing - made day 2 - busted day 2
C Player Eric Liu - dns per wsop entrants list
C Player Robert Williamson III - is playing - made day 2
C Player Justin "Boosted J" Smith - is playing - made day 2 - busted day 2

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WSOP Fantasy - Event #53 -$1,500) Limit Hold'em Shootout

Date: Wed, Jun 30, 2010 Tournament Women

Event #53 ($1,500) Limit Hold'em Shootout (3 day)


A Player Tom Schneider - is playing
A Player Ylon Schwartz - is playing
A Player Terrence "not Johnny" Chan - is playing
A Player Nikolay Evdakov
A Player Chris Ferguson - did not start - playing 25k 6-max nl
B Player Jeff Shulman
B Player Andy Black -did not start - playing 25k 6-max nl
B Player William Chen - is playing
B Player Michael Craig
B Player Phil Gordon
C Player Annand (Victor) Ramdin - is playing
C Player Eli Elezra
C Player Eric Froehlich - is playing
C Player Kirill Gerasimov
C Player Svetlana Gromenkova - is playing

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Wsop Fantasy - Event #52

Date: Wed, Jun 30, 2010 Tournament Women

Event #52: $25,000 No-Limit Hold’em / Six Handed


A Player Phil Hellmuth - dns per wsop entrants list
A Player John Juanda - is playing
A Player Justin Bonomo - is playing
A Player Phil Ivey - is playing
A Player Mike Matusow - dns per wsop entrants list
B Player Isaac Haxton - is playing
B Player Barry Greenstein - is playing
B Player Eugene Katchalov - is playing
B Player Michael Mizrachi - is playing
B Player Daniel Negreanu - is playing
C Player Vanessa Rousso - is playing
C Player Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier - is playing
C Player Sorel Mizzi - is playing
C Player Scotty Nguyen - dns per wsop entrants list
C Player Erik Seidel - is playing

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WSOP Fantasy - Event #51- ($3,000) Triple Chance No-Limit Hold'em

Date: Tue, Jun 29, 2010 Tournament Women

($3,000) Triple Chance No-Limit Hold'em (3 day)

A Player Nikolay Evdakov - dns per wsop.com entrants list
A Player Praz Bansi - is playing
A Player Issac "westmenloAA" Baron - is playing
A Player Vanessa Rousso - is playing - busted day 1
A Player Phil Ivey - is playing - busted day 1
B Player Tony "bond18" Dunst - is playing
B Player Kathy Liebert - is playing - busted day 1
B Player Michael Mizrachi - is playing
B Player Jeffery Lisandro - dns per wsop.com entrants list
B Player Tom "durrrr" Dwan - is playing
C Player Roy Winston - dns per wsop.com entrants list
C Player Eric "Rizen" Lynch - dns per wsop.com entrants list
C Player Joanne "JJ" Liu - is playing - busted day 1
C Player Antonio Esfandiari - is playing - busted day1
C Player Isaac Haxton - dns per wsop.com entrants list

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LOST VEGAS - By Paul "Dr Pauly" McGuire Is Here

Date: Tue, Jun 29, 2010 Tournament Women

Buy a copy or two!!



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WSOP Fantasy - Events #47- #50

Date: Mon, Jun 28, 2010 Tournament Women

Event #50 ($5,000) Pot-Limit Omaha (3 day)

A Player John "Tex" Barch - is playing - made day 2
A Player Nenad Medic - is playing
A Player Richard Ashby - is playing
A Player Phil Ivey - is playing made day 2 and busted
A Player Jason Mercier - is playing - made day 2
B Player Sam Farha $0
B Player Justin "Boosted J" Smith - is playing- made day 2
B Player Sorel Mizzi - is playing
B Player David "Bakes" Baker - is playing
B Player Vitaly Lunkin - is playing
C Player Nikolay Evdakov - is playing - made day 2 and busted
C Player Fabrice Soulier - is playing - made day 2 and busted
C Player Robert Williamson III - is playing - made day 2
C Player Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy $0
C Player Jeffery Lisandro $0

Event #49 ($1,500) No-Limit Hold'em (3 day)

A Player Andy Black $0
A Player Vanessa Rousso - is playing - busted day 1
A Player David (Chino) Rheem - is playing
A Player Annand (Victor) Ramdin $0
A Player Annette Obrestad $0
B Player Eric Froehlich $0
B Player Phil Gordon $0
B Player Shannon Shorr - is playing
B Player Dennis Phillips $0
B Player Sorel Mizzi $0
C Player Tim "Tmay420" West $0
C Player Jeff Shulman $0
C Player Dario Minieri $0
C Player Issac "westmenloAA" Baron $0
C Player Praz Bansi - is playing - busted day 1


Event #48 ($2,500) Mixed Event (3 day)

A Player Nick Schulman dns per wsop.com entrant list
A Player Scotty Nguyen - dns per wsop.com entrant list
A Player John Juanda - is playing
A Player Jennifer Harman - is playing
A Player Phil Hellmuth - dns per wsop.com entrant list
B Player Matt Glantz - is playing
B Player Richard Ashby - is playing
B Player Andy Bloch - is playing
B Player Eugene Katchalov dns per wsop.com entrant list
B Player Robert Mizrachi - is playing
C Player David "Bakes" Baker - is playing
C Player Justin Bonomo - is playing
C Player Marco Traniello - is playing
C Player Jason Mercier - is playing
C Player Phil Ivey - is playing


Event #47 ($1,000) No-Limit Hold'em (4 day)

A Player Tom "durrrr" Dwan is playing day 1a
A Player Jeff Madsen is playing - made day 2
A Player Humberto Brenes - is playing day 1B
A Player Adam Levy $0
A Player Andrew "luckychewy" Lichtenberger $0
B Player Antonio Esfandiari - is playing - made day 2
B Player Alex Jacob - is playing day 1B
B Player Jean-Robert Bellande $0
B Player Joe Cada $0
B Player Eric Froehlich $0
C Player Isaac Haxton $0
C Player JC "PrtyPSux" Alvarado $0
C Player John D'Agostino $0
C Player Scott Fischman $0
C Player Nam Le - is playing day 1B

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WSOP Fantasy - Events #45 and #46

Date: Sat, Jun 26, 2010 Tournament Women

Event #46 ($5,000) Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low Split-8 or Better (3 day)


A Player Phil Hellmuth - is playing
A Player Jennifer Harman - dns per wsop entrants list
A Player Max Pescatori - - is playing
A Player Scott Clements - is playing - busted day 1
A Player Phil Ivey - is playing - busted day 1
B Player Mike Matusow - is playing
B Player Richard Ashby - is playing
B Player John Juanda - is playing
B Player Annie Duke - is playing
B Player Eli Elezra - dns per wsop entrants list
C Player Robert Williamson III - dns per wsop entrants list
C Player Fabrice Soulier - dns per wsop entrants list
C Player David Benyamine - is playing - busted day 1
C Player Andy Bloch - is playing - busted day 1
C Player Alfredo "Toto" Leonidas - is playing

Event #45 ($1,500) No-Limit Hold'em (3 day)

A Player Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier - is playing busted day 1
A Player Annette Obrestad $0
A Player Scott Clements $0
A Player David (Chino) Rheem - is playing made day 2
A Player Joe Sebok $0
B Player Scott Montgomery $0
B Player Praz Bansi $0
B Player Phil Ivey - is playing busted day 1
B Player David "Devil Fish" Ulliott $0
B Player Jeff Shulman $0
C Player Jean-Robert Bellande $0
C Player Justin Bonomo $0
C Player Shaun Deeb - is palying busted day 1
C Player Tim "Tmay420" West $0
C Player Dani "Ansky" Stern $0

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WSOP Fantasy - Event #44 -$2,500 Mixed Hold'em

Date: Thu, Jun 24, 2010 Tournament Women

A Player Ylon Schwartz - is playing
A Player Phil Ivey - is playing
A Player Daniel Negreanu - did not start
A Player Greg "FBT" Mueller - is playing - busted day 1
A Player David (Chino) Rheem - did not start
B Player Andy Bloch- is playing
B Player Jeff Madsen - did not start
B Player Terrence "not Johnny" Chan - is playing - busted day 1
B Player Phil Gordon - is playing - busted day 1
B Player Erick Lindgren - is playing
C Player Eric Froehlich - is playing
C Player Matthew Matros - is playing
C Player Barry Greenstein - did not start
C Player Matt Hawrilenko - is playing - busted day 1
C Player Rob Hollink - is playing

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WSOP Fantasy - Events #36-#43

Date: Wed, Jun 23, 2010 Tournament Women

Event #36 ($1,000) No-Limit Hold'em (4 day)

A Player Andrew "luckychewy" Lichtenberger $0
A Player Jason Mercier $0
A Player Phil Hellmuth $0
A Player Paul Wasicka $0
A Player David "Bakes" Baker $0
B Player Annie Duke $0
B Player Huckleberry Seed $0
B Player Vitaly Lunkin $0
B Player Justin "Boosted J" Smith $0
B Player Neil Channing $5806
C Player Vanessa Rousso $0
C Player Chris Ferguson $0
C Player Eugene Katchalov $0
C Player Alec Torelli $0
C Player James Akenhead $0

Event #37 ($3,000) H.O.R.S.E. (3 day)
A Player Andrew "luckychewy" Lichtenberger $0
A Player Jason Mercier $0
A Player Phil Hellmuth $0
A Player Paul Wasicka $0
A Player David "Bakes" Baker $0
B Player Annie Duke $0
B Player Huckleberry Seed $0
B Player Vitaly Lunkin $0
B Player Justin "Boosted J" Smith $0
B Player Neil Channing $0
C Player Vanessa Rousso $0
C Player Chris Ferguson $0
C Player Eugene Katchalov $0
C Player Alec Torelli $0
C Player James Akenhead $0


Event #38 ($10,000) Pot-Limit Hold'em Championship (3 day)

A Player Andrew "luckychewy" Lichtenberger $0
A Player Jason Mercier $0
A Player Phil Hellmuth $0
A Player Paul Wasicka $0
A Player David "Bakes" Baker $0
B Player Annie Duke $0
B Player Huckleberry Seed $0
B Player Vitaly Lunkin $0
B Player Justin "Boosted J" Smith $0
B Player Neil Channing $0
C Player Vanessa Rousso $0
C Player Chris Ferguson $0
C Player Eugene Katchalov $0
C Player Alec Torelli $0
C Player James Akenhead $0


Event #39 ($1,500) No-Limit Hold'em Shootout (2,000 player max) (3 day)

A Player Andrew "luckychewy" Lichtenberger $0
A Player Jason Mercier $0
A Player Phil Hellmuth $0
A Player Paul Wasicka $0
A Player David "Bakes" Baker $0
B Player Annie Duke $0
B Player Huckleberry Seed $0
B Player Vitaly Lunkin $0
B Player Justin "Boosted J" Smith $0
B Player Neil Channing $0
C Player Vanessa Rousso $0
C Player Chris Ferguson $0
C Player Eugene Katchalov $0
C Player Alec Torelli $0
C Player James Akenhead $0


Event #40 ($2,500) Seven Card Razz (3 day)

A Player Nikolay Evdakov $0
A Player John Juanda $0
A Player Daniel Negreanu $5423
A Player Phil Ivey $0
A Player Tom Schneider $0
B Player Jeffery Lisandro $0
B Player Matt Hawrilenko $0
B Player Chris Ferguson $0
B Player Eugene Katchalov $0
B Player Chris Klodnicki $0
C Player David Chiu $6464
C Player John Cernuto $0
C Player Dario Minieri $6464
C Player Eli Elezra $0
C Player Barry Greenstein

Event #41 ($1,500) Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-low Split-8 or Better (3 day)

A Player Josh Arieh $0
A Player Phil Hellmuth $0
A Player Phil Ivey $0
A Player Robert Mizrachi
A Player Max Pescatori
B Player Robert Williamson III $0
B Player Andy Black $0
B Player Sigi Stockinger $0
B Player Marco Traniello
B Player Lee Watkinson
C Player Annie Duke
C Player Nikolay Evdakov
C Player Brett Jungblut
C Player Sorel Mizzi $0
C Player Scotty Nguyen

Event #42 ($1,500) No-Limit Hold'em (3 day)

A Player James Akenhead
A Player John D'Agostino
A Player Antonio Esfandiari
A Player Nenad Medic $0
A Player Adam Levy $0
B Player Praz Bansi $0
B Player Neil Channing $0
B Player Shaun Deeb $0
B Player Lex Veldhuis $0
B Player Jeff Madsen $0
C Player Joe Cada $0
C Player Jennifer Tilly $0
C Player Kevin MacPhee $0
C Player Hevad Khan $0
C Player Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy

Event #43 ($10,000) H.O.R.S.E. Championship (3 day)

A Player Phil Ivey - is playing -busted day 1
A Player John Juanda - is playing - made day 2 and busted
A Player Michael Mizrachi - is playing
A Player David "Bakes" Baker - is playing - made day 2 and busted
A Player Scotty Nguyen - is playing
B Player Justin Bonomo - is playing
B Player Jennifer Harman - is playing (but playing razz final table)- made day 2 and busted
B Player Daniel Negreanu - is playing
B Player Eugene Katchalov - is playing
B Player Jason Mercier - is playing - made day 2 and busted
C Player Jeffery Lisandro - is playing - made day 2 and busted
C Player Nick Schulman - is playing
C Player Andy Bloch - is playing - busted day 1
C Player Erik Seidel - is playing
C Player Justin "Boosted J" Smith - is playing

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Staycation All I Ever Wanted

Date: Mon, Jun 21, 2010 Tournament Women

I was at two Phish concerts over the weekend with Tao of Poker/Coventry Music's Dr. Pauly . Therefore, I didn't update or change any of my fantasy horses and let them ride for the weekend tourneys. Not a smart move but i wanted to go off the grid and chill for a few days with my "lil bro" who took a short trip back east to catch the shows with me and escape the madness that is the WSOP. I filled him up with NYC comfort food like: black and white cookies, and a chocolate Russian coffee cake plus cupcakes from Coccadots. We hit up PJ's BBQ and a Poster Art show that Pete "PhanArt" Mason held up in Glens Falls. Somehow we never made it to the potato knishes.

Full Tilt has had some minor issues with the fantasy game this year and on one such day I couldn't change my picks for the 8PM tourney. I've pretty much written off having a good finish in this thing. I haven't been able to play most of the freerolls I've qualified for either. But I have won another hat, which I wont receive as I never got the two from last year. P.S. Full tilt I have one so really don't need it.

However, I did catch my 4th and 5th Phish shows and I took some video's which are uploaded to You Tube under my Irongirl99 user name. I've also crossed posted one so far to Coventry Music Blog.

And short of only checking a few emails over the weekend from family and Snake5970, I was successful in going off the grid. I avoided Facebook, twitter, PokerNews and any other blogs I gravitate to every day. I bought my Sunday papers but haven't read them yet and the TV was only turned on to the Yankees/Mets game and the World Cup.

I had a great time this weekend met some cool people like TWOL's: Mountain Laura, Steve aka Unolker and Emile, aka Soozy Greenburg, plus two kewl young Southern Hippies: Chase and Tony who we were seated with for the Saturday night show. Now on to Furthur in Brooklyn next weekend.

For those readers too young to remember the title of this post is a play on the song Vacation by the GoGo's.

PEACE & Music

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Event #35: $10,000 Heads Up NL Hold'em Championship

Date: Fri, Jun 18, 2010 Tournament Women

Event #35: $10,000 Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship
A Players
Andrew "luckychewy" Lichtenberger - lost first round to Jason Sommerville
X Jason Mercier - is playing
X Phil Hellmuth
X Paul Wasicka - is playing
David "Bakes" Baker- lost first round to Ashton Griffin
B Players
X Annie Duke
X Huckleberry Seed
X Vitaly Lunkin
X Justin "Boosted J" Smith - Won Round 1 defeating Travis Klein
X Neil Channing
C Players
X Vanessa Rousso - Won Round 1 - defeating Johannes Strassmann
X Chris Ferguson - is playing
X Eugene Katchalov - is playing
X Alec Torelli
X James Akenhead

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Wsop Fantasy - Event #32: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed

Date: Thu, Jun 17, 2010 Tournament Women

Event #32: $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em / Six Handed

A Players
X Justin Bonomo - is playing
X Lex Veldhuis - not playing still in 1.5k horse event
X Eugene Katchalov - is playing
X Richard Ashby
X Jason Mercier
B Players
X Matt Hawrilenko
X Phil Hellmuth
X Alexander Kravchenko - is playing
X David (Chino) Rheem - is playing
X Joanne "JJ" Liu - is playing
C Players
X Shannon Shorr - is playing
X Nikolay Evdakov - is playing busted early day 1
X Sorel Mizzi
X Vivek Rajkumar - is playing
X Alex Jacob

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