Weekend of Despair or a Bright New Hope

Date: Mon, Jun 2, 2008

Seriously had a terrible weekend at the tables. Dropped 200 of my 800 bankroll that was nicely ramping up. If I did anything wrong losing that it was probably pressing a little too hard. The real dangers are in thinking down these paths. Saying things like "I should be at [x]" or "I was at [x] last week I need to get back there". Poker bankroll management does not work that way. It will only cause you pain and sorrow if you think that way. I admit I was pretty bummed out. Totally the wrong attitude. However in some small ways I am encouraged and think this weekend was a good test. While I did lose more than I would have liked I did not go off the deep end. I did not play a single game above what I have been playing for the past two months. I basically handled it well if not perfectly. The mentality of winning poker is tough and it is the little things that swamp you.

Last night found me busting the slump with a nice Royal Straight Flush that got me back to the 625 range as I went something like 2,2,3,1,X,X in a series of SNGs last night. The third place finish was so sick too.. Got a guy all in on a 26x flop with 96 and he sucked out a two on the river for a win with the all mighty T2o. Ah well.

Bayne conceded our prop bet last night. It must feel good to lose to the Worst Poker Player Ever! Shipped a fifty my way to get me to 675.. and placing fifth in the BBT3 should add another few bucks back to the bankroll.. not to mention rakeback and advertising money. So as you can see the real trick in poker is to keep yourself in the game until the tide turns back your way.

I would like to say I had fun playing Iggy this weekend but the little drunken fuck sucked out on me after I got my money in on the turn. This is always the question I have in poker. I believe I did the right thing by getting all my money in the middle as a percentage favorite.. I was something like 10-20% favored on the turn with a pair and a gutter draw vs a gutter flush draw. My read was spot on that I was ahead of the tard. However he had a lot of outs. I think technically I did what you are supposed to do.. get as much money in the middle as a favorite as possible. Ah well.

I would also like to say I had fun at the Big Game. It was decidedly not fun. I went out on like the tenth hand. I think this was a cooler but you decide. I am dealt AK s000ted diamonds and with a few limpers I pot it to like 200.. The flop come an indifferent J9x two diamonds. I pot it here because I have two over cards to any Jack, and while either of those could be dirty, I also have the redraw to the nut flush. So I get one caller making the pot like 1200 and the turn is what seems at first to be a great card the King. However it was a great card for the fucknut with QT who called two big bets. I thought about not firing in this spot but I had like 2200 left and I would be committing 1200 to put a bet in.. So I just fired all in with the nut flush redraw.. and obviously never made it. Oh well I do not think fucknut went very far either.

Tonight is Avoid the Hoy night. Yes, a brand new holiday. I am pretty burnt out on MTT play for the month. Having finished as the fifth best blogger in the BBT3 has taken its toll and I for one am boycotting Monday at the Hoy. I hate that fucknut MTT anyways. I may hit it up again in a few weeks. We will see. I agree totally with my esteemed college Mr. Hoyazo that this BBT3 was great and I really loved it but having to play every single event is tough. I do believe that I deserve to be one of the top ten on the BBT3 list also. I fully admit to sucking at big field MTT play but my style works great for games where the field is under a hundred. I really play these well IMHO and think the results show this. No specific plans for tonight. See you at the tables.

Dr. Pauly

Date: Fri, May 30, 2008

He has started his WSOP days of torture. When I final table the ME he is going to get the exclusive story. Until then read about his tripping the WSOP this year. It is always good.

Stars Fishies

Date: Fri, May 30, 2008

Holy shit did I have a good night at Pokerstars. This was after I got fucked out of one pot by JT. I had A3 hearts on a 245 2-heart board vs his A6 with two pair. I potted the flop for a goodly amount and got quartered by the miracle three on the turn. I respect the hell out of JT to be honest but that was a dumbass play in my opinion. Fucking hate PLO. I then overplayed what was almost a wrap but not really as it was only a 9-out straight and the TPTK was good enough to beat me. Oh well.

So anyways.. I hate MTTs.. and I went back to my cash game. I started up on Pokerstars and these fookers were calling me down with fucking 33 with me hitting a flush and showing 3 spades on the board.. I mean it was fucking amazing. I would have 4 cards to a straight and cr a guy and he would keep calling and calling and calling.. I won about 100 on Stars last night and like trippled my remaining piddly bankroll. Sweet stuff.

Full Tilt was not as good. Only won one buyin. Practically a break even night. Sitting at a little over 800 on the site right now. No matter though. Even if I sink to 700 or rise to 1200 none of that matters in the short term. Who gives a fuck. I am just gonna keep playing the best I can.

A couple of interesting hands last night kind of fucked me. A guy caught a AAAKK boat vs my 888JJ boat. Two Aces were showing but nothing else.. I sort of though he was overplaying a straight. So I capped him on the river. My bad. He had .45 cents left to call on the river and he waited like 15-seconds. Slow rolling motherfucker. I yelled at him. Told him I hope his colostomy bag breaks. Fucking old fucks.

I also called down a few weaker hands when I should not have. One of them I was crushed by yet another boat.. the other one I won a HUGE pot with 9944 four ways against some guy representing trip twos I guess. Seriously he bet the river with a pair of twos and I called everyone else folded. This in in a four way pot in which he had raised to two bets on sixth. Yikes! In general this play by me is losing poker but I was happy to scoop the pot.

I am enjoying the cash games a lot. I may try and get a token and play a 45-peep or 26-token 90-peep or something like that this weekend. However I really have no desire to play MTT or SNG games at the moment. I am riding the rush I guess. My chasing ass is doing great in Stud and I hope it continues.

I really would love to get my Pokerstars account from the fifty bucks (over a hundred now) to something I can work with. I used to really like the 22$-180 peep SNGs on Pokerstars and judging by the single one I played they are still soft. I used to crush those things regularly and had several first place wins and even cashed out a grand or so from the site just from those SNGs. Anyway we will see how it goes this weekend. Hopefully I will have good news. Good luck to you all.

New UB NEws

Date: Thu, May 29, 2008

Just got the following e-mail saying that I was a victim of insider fraud on UB and that my account has been refunded $9300. Wow!
-- Mr. Chan

I just read at Terrence Chan's blog that he got a refund from UB. Could Dr. Pauly have had an effect this quickly? Where 2+2 lame asses failed did our savior and hero, boyfriend of Hollyweird starlets, the great and powerful Oz and his legion of blogging brethren finally force these scumbags to do something? Has anyone else gotten one of these refunds? Did anyone get a bill for winning from a super user? Very interesting times we live in.

MiamiDon is King

Date: Thu, May 29, 2008

Cash is King Baby, like my boy MiamiDon has always told me. Was fun to see Iakaris rise from the ashes and donk his way deep in a BBT even. Too bad an even bigger donk fucked any chance he had at winning. I swear MTT players are people who are too undisciplined and inconsistent to win at real poker. All they do is hit their 25K score and then spend 24K trying to do it again before their money runs out. Fucking river bingo bastards. Let the flaming begin.

I actually had a good time in the Mookie last night. No big suckouts for or against. I basically had like four races. One time with AK s000ted all in vs 99.. I had the guy covered by 2x and he called off his entire stack on a coin flip with the blinds low. Second race was 27o vs KJ. I actually called all in here. I was getting short and it is the hammer baby. Took out someone there with two pair. I then had some chips and lost a race when I put someone all in TT vs AJ for all his chips. This call was marginally better than the first one only because the blinds were getting high and I agreed that he needed chips. Finally I went out against said flying cherub mentioned earlier with T9 vs 55 with a smallish stack. I could have been more patient and waited for a better hand but I wanted to fuck around with Cmitch and I was fine with how it went down either way. The flop was a great 77Q for me.. so the Ickster had to dodge like 15 outs 2x over.. but that fucker is luckier than Don's whore on lortab day.

Speaking of whores Don offered to introduce me to his friend but I do not think I will ever be able to get the image of his spew all over her face out of my mind. Thanks Bro but you have ruined her for me. Sort of like wolves pissing in the woods to mark their territory.

I traded a fifty to my buddy on PokerStars. Someday maybe Gordogg will fucking post again. I decided to play a $22 SNG since the fifty is pretty much going to be throwaway. First hand of the SNG I get Queens. It is raised pre-flop and two retards call. Flop comes two diamonds all low baby. I have a diamond even. I get jammed all in by A9 diamonds and he spikes the nut on the turn. Fucking retards.

I then played some Stud with mixed results. At one point I was way up but then gave it back on hands like SF draw vs a pair of twos that called every bet including the river unimproved. *I had a read on you*. Yeah, your read was, "I am a retarded loser I want to donate to you". Fucking moron. I think these games are really juicy but I am uncertain as to how well 1 buyin is going to do. I can NOT STAND lower levels than 1/2 because I end up getting 9 monkeys to a flop which reduces my odds unless I have a super monster hand. I actually misplayed several hands while giving my profit back. I will probably hit Pokerstars Stud a little while playing Riverchasers and see if I can get anything going. I used to be a ballah at the $22 SNGs but I am so under rolled for anything there that I am not very excited to play.

Full Tilt continues to treat me aight. Last night was pretty break even. I took second in an SNG to pretty much break even or make a small profit for the night. I am really excited thought because the roll is going in the right direction and my head is on straight. I really think my recovery is real and my 12-step LA(tm) program is working well.

Tonight of course is the Riverfuckers. We are down to the last two games of the BBT3. I for one am looking forward to the end. I will still play the Riverfuckers and Mookie on alternating weeks probably.. possibly a skillz throw in here and there but I am really cutting down on my MTT play for now. Once I have Fuel like online cash then I might revisit the golden lottery ticket. Until then have fun peeps.

Screwed Again

Date: Wed, May 28, 2008

Another MTT another ass fucking till it bleeds. I stay patient and do not blow my wad all game.. get the ole pocko rockos and get my opponent all in on a Txx flop. Amazing how well I play. Of course the river is a ten to end any hopes of cashing in the skillz. At least I went out early.

I then did what works and that is hitting the tables. Up a buyin in less than an hour. Log out and call it a good night. Ahh it is so refreshing being a winning player. Can you smell that money.. I feel it coming..

Now all I need to figure out is how to get it off Full Tilt.

I am Lazy

Date: Tue, May 27, 2008

Dr Pauly said to post this. I am too lazy to type anything of my own so i copied it word for word. From the doctor. Even his copywrite. Because I am lazy. I have not read enough about the UB cheating scandal to comment but I will read up some more. Mostly I have not paid much attention because I never played on either site. Probably a bad attitude. I have no idea how much of this is fact or fiction but the guys at 2+2 while assholes do know their poker and are very good at uncovering these things.

One thing I have always wondered is why build in a "god mode" for your poker software at all? I mean what possible reason is there to be able to see cards at a table? It can only lead to mischief. If you need to review a hand you can do so after the fact with the logfiles. No poker software should have this option. Does anyone know if the other big sites have this option? Full Tilt? Bodog? Pokerstars? If so why and in light of the recent scandals why not remove the option? As a programmer I find this a n even more fascinating question.

UB Cheating Scandal: Notes from the Underground

By Pauly
Hollyweird, CA

Shamus mentioned that I should post this important message on my blog and now, I'm suggesting that you do the same.

If you play online poker (especially if you are one of the blind fools still playing on UB), it's in everyone's best interest to spread the word on this important thread...

Superusers and Silence: How UltimateBet let players get cheated for millions by Steven Ware & Cornell Fiji (2+2)

Here's a sample:

I believe that it is important for online poker players to know about the unethical business practices of UltimateBet and Absolute Poker. It is also imperative to understand that these unscrupulous activities are not an indictment on the entire online poker industry. As you read this thread please keep in mind that UltimateBet and Absolute Poker are owned by the same company. They are also regulated by the same puppet regulatory commission. Most poker sites are run with the utmost integrity and security. UltimateBet and Absolute Poker are the exception and not the rule.

I urge the concerned reader to pass word of this summary on to other interested parties. The spread of this information will ultimately protect poker players from unknowingly exposing themselves to the corruption detailed below...

The players on UltimateBet were victims of a serious crime: grand larceny facilitated by a company that operates virtually outside the law. I hope that the efforts spent investigating and publicizing this story will help the victims of these crimes find restitution. I hope that this story will also highlight the need for independent regulation in the online poker industry.

Please use this thread to discuss the the best way to convince UltimateBet to come clean about their involvement in this theft and to provide restitution for these crimes. Please also use this thread to discuss the best ways to ensure that a scandal such as this one does not taint the game of poker occur ever again.... More

And if you don't have a blog, email the thread to all of your poker friends.

I know that I definitely pissed off several industry insiders by bringing attention to this morbid atrocity in the poker world, but I had to say something since a lot of major media players are avoiding it or they are simply too busy prepping for the WSOP to shine the light on another cheating scandal.

The truth is out there. Trust no one.


Original content written and provided by Pauly from Tao of Poker at www.taopoker.com. All rights reserved. RSS feeds are for non-commercial use only.

Stupid MTT

Date: Mon, May 26, 2008

I am getting really fucking sick of MTTs. I play great the whole game and am in position to possibly win. I played something like 12% of my hands or less. Meaning I was tight and only showed down good hands. SO I raise Jeciimd blind and he jams A4. What fucking retard jams A4? Even saying you are ahead of say A2 or A3 what the fuck? I can see if I was a super lagtard like.. ohhh .. jeciimd.. but even if I have KQ your racing for your whole stack with a fucking A4. Jesus. Fucking retards always get paid off. I am really enjoying cash games a lot more than this bullshit bingo crap. Fucker will probably win. Fucking three outs pre-flop is enough for retarded tourists. God I am mad. I can not even play now.

Dumb bastard is the worst tight type player ever. He will play tight but he will wildly overplay shit hands all the time. Of course he gets fucking paid. I sort of thought I was doomed when he floppped a flush draw. I dodged that and he rivers a straight. Man this sucks. Very disappointing.

Hello My Name is Waffles

Date: Mon, May 26, 2008

Hello my name is Waffles and I am a recovering loser.

I know you come to the blog to hear about my wild blowout of huge, medium and small bankrolls. I try to indulge you as much as I can. I really do love you all.. you enablers of mediocrity.. you lovers of train wrecks.. you really are my people. I have been a loser for four years. We are talking poker here let's just keep it professional. Sure I am mostly break even since people give me free money to enable my losing. This is day 37 of my recovery. I have been winning for these few days. I will not say it is always easy. I often times tell eleven dollar SNG players I hope they die. Mostly only when they call my all in with pockets two's against my queens on a 678 board and turn a two. However this is the path to my losing addiction. I currently have a good small bankroll which I am grinding upward. It sits at 900 at the moment and hopefully will continue to grow as I attend my Stud meetings and SNG recovery programs.

I do miss you all. I know I am neglecting my old friends but sometimes you have to leave the old life behind in order to have success in your recovery. Possibly when I have been in recovery longer I can come back and hang out with you. Until then I wish you all well. Until then I know you will all be praying that I fall off the wagon.

Now for a Message from Evil Waffles

Date: Thu, May 22, 2008

Dealer: barky11 has 15 seconds left to act
Dealer: SirFWALGMan shows [Jh Kd]
Dealer: barky11 shows [Kc 3h]
Dealer: SirFWALGMan shows two pair, Kings and
Sevens
Dealer: barky11 shows two pair, Kings and
Sevens
Dealer: barky11 ties for the pot (10,030) with
two pair, Kings and Sevens
Dealer: SirFWALGMan ties for the pot (10,030) with
two pair, Kings and Sevens
Dealer: Hand #6514283764

*** First Donkey Number on calls a pre-flop raise dominated K3 vs KJ then the motherfucker calls the Kxx board all in on the flop for most of his chips and runer-runner a tie.

SirFWALGMan: man
SirFWALGMan: that sucked lol
Dealer: sweatinitout wins the pot (5,200)
Dealer: Hand #6514289463
Dealer: SirFWALGMan shows [2s As]
Dealer: sweatinitout shows [Th Kh]
Dealer: SirFWALGMan shows Ace King high
Dealer: sweatinitout shows two pair, Kings and
Tens
Dealer: sweatinitout wins the pot (20,060) with
two pair, Kings and Tens
Dealer: SirFWALGMan finishes in 4th place and
wins: $45
Dealer: Hand #6514294635

*** Next This idiot calls my all in jam with KT for 86% of his stack. Stupid motherfucker is behind and flops a fucking KT. How the fuck can you play these things if nobody ever folds. I end up in 4th place for baby money instead of 3rd or better for a nice little score. Combined with my nice exit from the Mookie 222 vs 666. Ug. Fucking FTOPS idiot moron. heh. Nah he was just lucky but he played great. Anyways.. it triggered this nice exchange..

SirFWALGMan (Observer): and the idiot gets paid
off
SirFWALGMan (Observer): riddiculous
SirFWALGMan (Observer): mron
Dealer: Hand #6514296762
SirFWALGMan (Observer): moron
SirFWALGMan (Observer): idiot
SirFWALGMan (Observer): azzhole
SirFWALGMan (Observer): @@&%er
Dealer: barky11 wins the pot (800)
Dealer: Hand #6514298820
SirFWALGMan (Observer): scumbag
Dealer: sweatinitout has 15 seconds left to act
System: The $11,000 Guarantee (Rebuy)
($20+$2 NL Hold'em) will be starting in 4
minutes.
SirFWALGMan (Observer): everytime some idiot
gets luckier than hell moron
Dealer: barky11 has 15 seconds left to act
SirFWALGMan (Observer): hope your $$!% falls off

Of course I am up 30 bucks for the night so I do not know why I am complaining. Ahh fuck it. That was a sick beat. Glad I am a cash specialist now.

Inspired By Katitude

Date: Wed, May 21, 2008

She is very inspirational. I followed her creative process and decided to do my own logo for Live Poker Radio. I took into account Buddy Dank and IT and the show in general and came up with this great concept logo that I think captures the essence of the show.

Sweet Night

Date: Tue, May 20, 2008

I had one of the best nights ever playing cash. Not in terms of money won but in terms of buyins. I could not be stopped. Initially it started off slow with me losing a buyin in Stud. I then switched to HORSE and in my worst game O8 I took two HUGE posts with the nuts. I then destroyed people in Stud so bad that the table broke with me up 3 buyins. At the same time I had a NLHE table open. I figured I would donate some. Instead I end up 2 BUYINS! Holy shit. I really never do this well. I then asked Pushmonkey whats next. LHE! Ok. Sweet. Up over a buyin there and then it was time for the MATH. I flamed out early and went back to cash where I took a buyin and a half in Stud. So all in all a very nice night. Broke back over the 500 point and hopefully I can ride the surge tonight and really take a jump towards that 1K mark. Why the fuck not right? Tonights NLO(8?) game should be funny as hell. I bet I could fold to second. Hopefully this ends up as quick as I think it will. See you all tonight.

I need a change

Date: Mon, May 19, 2008

[18:38] SirFWALGMan: I suck this month
[18:38] SirFWALGMan: what the fuck is up with that
[18:38] Mookie: lol
[18:38] Mookie: play better :)
[18:38] SirFWALGMan: I dont know what that means
[18:38] Mookie: hahaha

My Baby Girl is Growing Up

Date: Mon, May 19, 2008

My little girl.. *sniff*.. just hit a milestone.. *Sniff*.. She.. she.. rode her bike without training wheels. WAHHHHHH! They grow up so fast. Pretty soon she is going to be crying when I tell her she can not date until she is 99. My little four year old. *sigh*.

My nine year old son just finished his first MCAST tests. You know those retarded tests they give kids to tell if they have enough basic information to pass the grade. So the teachers dumb down the entire curriculum to focus on passing the MCAST and everyone is stupider for it. I think he did pretty well. We shall see. The boy is an enigma like his dad. If he is not interested in a subject you can talk until your head falls off and he will not do well.. but if he likes the material he will attack it like a vicious bulldog and get straight A's without much effort. Of course this kind of thing is frowned upon in our society until you actually work for a living. You can then look back at your idiotic fifth grade teacher who gave you an F and say "Damn bitch you would make more working at McDonalds.. Fuck you.. check me out!!". Until then it will be rough for him.

Still have to get that damn exercise elliptical thing. Going on month five. I suck. I am concerned though. It seems like people who make pants these days are retarded. They design them to show your underwear like some retarded ghetto kid. Flaring hip design or something I dunno. It works horribly for me since I am totally fat in the middle but skinny everywhere else for the most part. So I can not find a pair of pants I can run in and not feel like I am going to be naked soon. Yeahhhh baby! That is gonna hurt your brain for a while.

Poker is poker. It is the same ole thing. I am patiently waiting for that jump that gets me to the next cash level but currently am wallowing at the 400-500 level. With jumps as low as 340 and as high as 540. The fluctuation's in bankroll are what drive me crazy and while I have seen some Evil Waffles comments lately I have been holding it together pretty well. I am not sure if I will ever get to the point where Poker does not bother me but I think I am making some progress.

I did have a nice Stud session last night. Second hand I am dealt rolled up fours**. My next two cards are AA. I slow play it through 5th street getting 3-5 callers for every bet. I then end up getting it capped on 6th and 7th street three ways. It does not get any better in Stud than that. I ended up taking down a nice 28BB pot. The table then broke and I left with my profit intact.

I also played a SNG where I 2-outted people twice and just hit every hand like crazy. I ended up with like 10K in chips.. and I still only took second. I just could not put it away HU. Oh well. Shit happens. The SNG trail has been pretty streaky but overall I am starting to show some profit.

I think tonight will be mostly Monday at the Hoy. My May has sucked in the BBT3 and I HAVE to turn it around this week or I can say goodbye to a second seat. I feel good about tonight. Good luck to you all.

** For those of you who are not smart and beautiful like CK rolled up fours are 444 starting hand in Stud. Loved her Waffle comment also. Not sure if it was intentional or not.