New year is coming

Well yesterday I worked two jobs...lame. Then I decided I was gonna go play risk with 2 buddies and have a few beers. well a few games later is 430 a.m. and Im driving home know that I have to wake up to work at 530....shittty, but i did it to myself. So now I'm here at work on one hours sleep typing to a nobody lol, drinking a code red mountain dew (my fave). I will have a lot of time off of work here for the next 2 weeks so hopefully that means lots of pokers. I have a few goals for the new year as far as poker and life go.
1. 6-pack abs (not beer), I just got a punching bag, jump rope and am buying a treadmill post christmas. I belong to a gym that I will be quitting for reasons ill get into in a later post. I work out at a park by my house too, its a boxing working that includes push ups, sprints, stairs, jumping over logs, and hitting trees with sledge hammers, its intense to say the least. I am usually a very fit guy, but I have gone about 1 and half months without working out, and Ive been eating unhealthy so that I will gain some weight and get sick of fatty foods to motivate myself for the new year. This will work because its my damn number one thing.
2. Get a better job. I guess this should be number one, but I've wanted those abs for a while now and I am out of excuses for not executing.
3. Move from .5 to .25 plo by the end of the year. I will do this by mostly 4 tabling, unless I get more comfortable with more tables. Also, I want to achieve silverstar every month to try to get some rakeback. I will move up in stakes once I get 50 buyins so I still have a while before I play .10 but hopefully by feb or march I will.
4. keep the blog going, this is a must and I wish I had more followers I guess I will have to advertise or do freeroll tourneys in the future.
thanks all, wish me luck and merry christmas.

I feel like the brain

Well first of all another weekend is over, BOOOO!, but I only have a 2 days work week before having 2 weeks off (yaaaa!). I went to my buddys girlfriend's college grad party friday night. It was pretty fun, I saw a lot of my friends and a lot of people that I used to consider friends. Man, what was I thinking being friends with those guys. I mean they were the "cool kids" and we would just buy large sums of things that are bad for u (drugs and beer) and ingest all day and night. It's funny that most of them went to rehab, and I just went to college lol. I did have so much fun hanging out with that group, but man I'm glad those times are over and I never really got into trouble or caught for that matter. I am a lucky dude or have been in my life and I thank God every night for that. Then Saturday I had my g/f's college graduation, 2 hours of my life I'll never get back, and her name was being called right after a black dudes so u could barely hear it because they were yelling at dumb levels and continued for like 15 seconds longer than what would have been appropriate. We went back to her house for a family party and ate and she got like 400 bucks, an ipod, and a necklace. After that I went to my buddys house for a christmas party, ugly sweaters nice, and we stayed up drinking til about 6 am which is smart if your going to the rams game at 12 lol. Went to that which sucked. Now, the reason for the title of this post is not because I think im the brain from the cartoon arthur, but rather from a different cartoon....pinky and the brain. I said in my last post about how I have been playing civilizations, well last night my friends and I played a 4 hour game of risk: global domination. It was really fun and dorky and I wanna do it again soon. I did get second place, but thats just like last because when u are taking over the world u either win or lose ask hitler. I played 0 hands of poker this weekend and it was fun.


Thanks Bung

PLO and snow snow snow

Lol sorry for dumb title just flows if u read it right, p l o snow snow snow, pauses. Anyways, as the title insists I was able to get in some plo over wed night and thursday because I had a snow day at my job yay, but had to work one of my last days at other job boo. Well anyway wednesday night I was playing 3 table, (i like 3-4 with plo because Im still learning) and I was breaking even for the most part until I caught a mini heater and was up like 6 bucks I think. Which is a buy-in in about and hour and a half. Anyways there was this short stacker 2 dollar buy in hack whose name I cannot remember but I have it written down at home something like ballzbozak or something. Well he has two bucks and I have qq10j 10 j of hearts and I raise it to .17 and he makes it .30. So I decide to call just me and him to the flop. It comes q39 rainbow. Great flop for me I check, he bets, I decide he has aces and prolly thinks hes good for sure I push he calls and I win. Pretty standard for a 40bb buy in. Well he berates me and everyone else that beats him over and over. Calling me and others a donk and telling us how much we suck and everything. It was funny because he kept losing and he calls people donks we are play .2-.5 plo we are all donks, otherwise I'd play 1-2. Anyways, i looked him up yesterday and he was yelling at his other 2 tables too it was funny. Anyways I played 2 tables for an hour yesterday and went on a tear. I mean I would get it all in either them drawing dead or 90-10 and was holding everytime. I won 27 bucks in an hour, which is 5 buyins at 2 tables which is sick. so 2 days 6 buyins Ill take it. I then worked and came home to play civ rev with friends and I am a wrecking crew at that game. I nuked and sent people to space then I got an economic victory. I learn really quick at turn based strategies and they had no chance even though they have been playing for a month. Ok well I have a fun/busy weekend planned so have fun all and I prolly wont see u at that tables.

Thanks bung

XBOX I love you and second job I hate you

Well, first of all I made a post about 2 weeks or so ago about how bad the new COD black ops was and how I hated it. Well rest assure good people of the blogging world for I did not make those remarks in vain, I meant it and I traded it in with no remorse. Some of my friends started playing civilizations revolutions last week, its like a starcraft kinda game for xbox but was more complicated. I traded in for it because the game is like 2 years old. I haven't had too much time but I have read about it while at work and need to practice some of the game theories and strategies. God that was dorky. Anyways so I worked on saturday from 8-1 with my dad sanding floors, ripping up carpet, and pulling up tack strips and flooring, fun (but I made 100 bucks, which I wont see til the end of the renovation but its nice 20 bucks and hour no tax holla). Then I went out to eat with mom and sisters for moms bday. After that I went out with friends to watch ufc fights, drank too much and was hung over sunday...nice. Normally I wouldnt care because I usually go out with about 5 guys to watch nfl every sunday, but I was scheduled to work 2nd job. I didnt go, I just turned off the phone and watched tv with the g/f all day. HAHA they were not happy I assume. Well then again it was snowing and -15 windchill and I was hungover so what could they expect. I actually put my two weeks in last night. I hate the job but it was sad because I have worked there for 5 years and built a lot of relationships. I will miss some things and people about it, but overall having that job + everything else was overwhelming. I wanna play poker and xbox and have time for g/f and sleep and have social time, without having to call in and shit. Luckily, it will all be over soon. Anyways I played about 200 hands of plo Monday and made 6 bucks or a buyin. I played distracted and garbage like, but I still was better than the people at that level. I will play tonight.

Thanks Bungbert

MTT and some plo

Two days ago I played some plo .5 and won 11 buck so I won back what I lost on tuesday and a little more. Last night I decided to play a little 1.10 mtt and a 45 man and 90 man sng. The sngs I just got screwed and called too light. The mtt had 4000+ people in it and I started out so hot. Not with big cards but I'd raise a little like with like 98suited and Ax suited just to keep it fun. Well I had a few spots where I'd flop 2 pair with 5 people in it and raise, get reraised and get pushed all in when they just had top pair I held on that type of situation 3 times. Then later my AQ held up vs A10. I started with 1500 and got up to like 10,000 after an hour or so and there were 2000 people left I was in like 70th. Then I get kqhh and made it like 300 blinds were 50/100 and the button calls. The flop comes q57 two hearts. I bet 500 he raises it to 1000 I push, and he waits then calls. I knew I was good when he hesitated and he had kqdd the flush came I win and up to 15,000, which is about 100bbs thats real good for one of these tourneys. Too bad thats about where I stayed. I was 30th then i got moved to a table with the chipleader and two big stacks somehow. The chipleader basically raised to 2000 every hand and would win rediculous pots. He had like 70k at this point. We got to about 700 (585 get paid) and this dude with like 14k keeps going all in like 3 times in a row and showed junk once. I had about 16k at the time and was in sb. The guy goes all in again and I wake up with AJss and called because I had been card dead and Id be up to 30k which is reasonable and would put me in the top 100. Well the ass shows 64hh and catches a 4 on the flop gg. He was bad like really bad and I still lost. I made some good raises that didnt get called and won 8/10 that went to showdown. This is why I dont play mtts often, they are fun but often end in dissapointment.

C ya bung

A loss in the family

I remember when I had just turned 8 years old and my life changed completely, I met the one other being that truly understood me, my loving weiner dog patti. She was beyond a dog she was a best friend, cuddling partner, racing partner, and protector. She greeted me when I came home and would listen to all my stupid childhood stories. I would tell her who I want to be, who I wish I was and all the things that no one else knew. I knew that Patti couldnt respond, but just telling a living being about your problems it just means more than I could ever express. I remember her licking my tears when I thought I was in trouble from school and my Dad would get mad. I remember racing her around the house, and her bark that I yelled at her for (but I will forever miss it). I remember when she was 3 and fought a copperhead snake and she was bitten a few times so we went to the dog hospital. My dad always acted like she was just a dog for those first three years, but in that moment I saw in his eyes that she was more. I remember when she needed surgery for her cancer that was gonna cost 1500, but he knew that money was an obstacle, it was this moment when I really truly knew that she was part of the family, like a living breathing member. I also remember getting older and she no long slept with me and I was too busy for her quite often with friends, and work and school. She understood, she always treated me the same because thats what dogs do. She'd still be there at the door when I got home and would still take a nap with me if I wanted. She is the one thing in my childhood I could count on because kids are mean to each other and so are sisters and parents are demanding, only a dog truly understands what a kid needs. I know we all complain about stupid stuff and sometimes it takes something like this to put it into perspective. She was everything a kid could want and need, she was selfless and loving and my best friend. For that I will always love you patti. Being this sad about something just reminds me that in order to be this sad something had to happen to someone that made me that happy. I love her and will never forget her, I just hope I can get my kids a dog that half as loving and cool as the one I have.


C ya Pat

Kind of a rough night

the 6-mans were brutal last night. After work I had to go pay my car insurance before they closed, 459 dollars gone for 6 months of driving yay, then we went to wendy's then back to her house. She is going to be done with school in a week so she was finishing writing a 9 page research paper that had to have 10 cited resources, that sounded like a flippin lot to me. I have been out of college for 2 years so maybe its just for that reason. Anyways, she was busy with that so I busted out the laptop to make some easy money, or so I thought. I wanted to play like 20 games so i was 5 tabling and trying to load up a new table everytime one closed, which I usually play sets so this was something new. New is not always better I learned quickly. I played 9 tournies and lost like 18 bucks. That was the first losing day in about 3 weeks so I was pretty sad. I started off so badly, like kings vs jacks I lost to start it all off like 5 mins into a tourney aipf. I mean standard crap like that. Then i was down to 1000 in a tourney that was 50/100 blinds I was sb still had 4 people in it. The chip leader was bb and raised to 300 I called with 9 10ss. the flop came 894 I push my 700 he calls with k8 and an 8 on the turn. He bad beat me on 3 tables in less than 5 minutes. I was so pissed because I had a better hand than him over and over, he is my enemy. My last two tourney I played like crap and deserved to lose. So I just watched and episode of seinfeld that was already on, festevus, which is classic and that made me happy. I played 9 tourneys and only won 1 which is craptastic. So i loaded up 4 tables of .2-.5 plo like I had been playing and just went to work. I was raising so much, which I dont usually do beacuse im afraid to lose a big pot I like to play slow in plo and only get in good. Well I had to play this aggressive style and it really paid off. I know this is how you are supposed to play plo but I am not really adequately rolled to take the kind of swings. Well anyways I pushed the made hands and the big draws and aces preflop and guess what I won 9 bucks almost 2 buyins. I was up 3 buyins and my last hand I turned a queen high flush and knew the guy had something but not a flush, either a set or two pair so I was betting big, and guess what his set of kings turned into a boat! NO way astonishing, a miracle I lost boo hoo. Well at least I only lost 9 bucks total thank got for plo. I played well and it payed off, I think I'll play that tonight and get back to the 6mans when Im itching for them again which will be soon I'm sure.

Thanks Bung

Legal online poker?

I have read a few blogs, and the article on ESPN about this new legislation on online gambling. I cannot believe how short sighted people are about about this bill. Yes it may take 15 months before stars and full tilt come back , but they will be back for good. Haven't pro players been kind of afraid that they would one day wake up and it would all be gone for the foreseeable future? Like those poor souls in Washington that woke up a few months ago with an email saying remove your funds within the next week. I for one am willing to wait for 15 months for something real that can stay with us for the long run. To not be afraid of it just one day being taken from us with no warning. Also, when it comes back people in America will think it's legal again and deposit, also the people living that play here now will be eager to get back into it. Even though I feel like I have finally found a game that I like and that I'm improving on I am happy this could pass. I will just take out my money and bring it to the casino and try to build up a healthy roll for when internet poker comes back. I welcome any thoughts on this, also if anyone knows when this is actually going to be in affect. I personally would laugh if it happened right before the end of the year because I know a lot of american grinders are going for SNE and I would love to see them having to play like 45 hour sessions, it would be legendary and maybe teach them something about procrastinating.

C ya bung

The weekend

First of all to anyone that is living in the midwest, it got freaking cold over the weekend(and this week high of like 32 across the board yikes!). Well this Friday I went out with my girlfriend and her friends to a karaoke bar and then a dance club place, it was pretty fun. I ended up being the D.D. which means I quit after about 7 beers at like 1 so I could drive home at 3. The best part was I found out friday (at a job interview) that my license was expired. WTF they dont send out warnings anymore, it had been expired for almost a month. That's safe, so I woke up bright and early Saturday around 8:30 to get there when they opened. I was there on about 4 hours of sleep and could barely see the letters, yikes its time for me to wear my glasses I suppose. Anyways, I was gonna workout after that but instead took a nap, lol nice job lazy ass. So anyway I did play a little bit of poker over the weekend, a very little bit 11 games to be percise. In those I got 4 1st places and a second. So I only didnt cash on 6 of 11 which is pretty impressive. I just seem to be able to play them really well and kind of run over a lot of the weak players. I think I won 17 dollars or something for my hour and a half, which is pretty sweet for 3.25 a tourney. Well anyways I work both jobs today well I'm getting ready for second one now, its gonna be a cold night. Ill be back on the tables a little tonight maybe, or tomorrow night for sure.

Thanks Bung

More 6 mans

I played 11 3.25 6-man stts and I think I'm back in love with them. I took a few puke on my keyboard beats, but luckily i dont get chat happy or angry about it. For some reason the one that made me the least happy was kk vs. jj for 4.5k in chips, (theres only 9k in chips in these tourneys) with 4 people left, so huge chiplead. I lost a lot of crappy times in heads-up, it is maddening playing heads up with someone that sucks, making good calls and slow plays just to get sucked out on, but such is life. Anyways 11 games for a 14.85, so over a dollar per game which imo is good for a 3.25 dollar game. The good thing is i have only sucked out once kq vs aq, but i had 4k in chips to his 1k and i pushed blind vs blind, it was not a bad play he just got unlucky big time, standard imo (but i would be mad on the other side of the fence grrr). Anyways, I kinda hate working, I make no money being a TA and cant find a teaching job to make money so im still stuck at home. My g/f is graduating in 2 weeks and hopefully we can both find good jobs in the next 3 months to make money for a house (I have about 11k saved for down payment but wanna get to like 20k by may.) I love her and plan on marriage eventually, but I wanna get a house and live a little before that. I think relationships are harder work than any job, class, or anything else in life because they are 24/7 and there are no breaks!!!

Thanks, Bung

6 man stts

As the title suggests, I played a few 6 man stts and it was pretty fun. I played well in each of them, which I was happy about because it has been a few weeks and I wasnt sure if I remembered my strategy, but luckily at 3.25$ tourneys the people suck. Anyways, I was really busy last night running arrands, so I only played for like 40 minutes and I played 5 at a time so I only got 5 in last night lol. I got a second place and a first place which means I profited 1.75$! Ya pretty lame but some of the beats I took just made me sad. The reason I remember not liking tournaments is because of the lack of post flop play (which in omaha is how I was winning), but then again it is nice to be able to turn of the mind a little when I play. Anyways on the tourneys I lost I ran qq vs. kk with just us 3 left (top two get paid), then I lost Ace queen to king queen in a different tourney for top stack, and the last one there were 3 of us like even in chips and the other two were aggro and my best hand was A6 got it in and lost to Q2, what can you do. I feel like I could have placed in the money in all 5 which is frustrating, but im gonna play like 15 or 20 tonight and try to make some more money.

Thanks bung

Plans for December

Well as the title says I'm going to have some plans for December. I have been itching to play some 6-man stts so I will try my own goals for them. My goal is to play at least 200 during December, while maintaining a profit and be on the botp leaderboard at least one week. Like I said in a previous post I did play these for a short stink, and I actually made decent money, but I kind of got burnt out really quickly on them. Luckily they are short, so its not like I lost interest in them while playing so I never tilted in these which is good. I will play PLO anytime I want to and if I get bored with doing the stts. Also, I am working a lot to start of this month, like 12 days in a row 4 of which are at both jobs and 2 of which are rehabing an apartment with my dad (but he pays me 20$ cash per hour so ill make like 800 bucks by the end of the month). So I will be a busy man, but the perks of working at a gradeschool I get the last week and a half off from my real job, of course ill be working 30 hours one of those weeks with my dad but that still allocates a lot more freetime. This pleases me. Well anyways good luck to all the fellow poker players on your end of year goals/ december goals.

Thanks bung