Play Online Poker EightFive Birthday: November 16, 1986 Location: Ann Arbor, MI ALL-TIME STATS (more stats) Total Entries: 131 Total Won/Lost: $465.17 Total Hours: 145 Earnings/Hour: $3.19 ARCHIVE Most Recent October 2007 (17) September 2007 (27) August 2007 (64) July 2007 (29)

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October 17, 2007, 1AM: Played 4 hours, Made $71.68 at Full Tilt
$1 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (3rd out of 884 Players)

10k at the first break...tons of action :)
 
You often hear people talk about cops having a quota for tickets they need to issue per month...well full tilt must have one for suckouts because I don't know if i have ever seen this many....i am def not one who believes in "online is rigged" or all that stuff and am not saying that about tonight but what all those 10%'s are happenin tonight lol...i have dodged most (not all!) of it but man its been brutal.....17k in chips though and the action is still fast :)
 
Second break.  16k in chips and just made the money...about 110 left I am in 25th.
 
Just had to fold QQ to a 4-bet min raise so i was getting 7:1...thankfully i was right and he had AA but i still have 27k and am in decent shape.
 
3rd break...28k...1-2k blinds...27 people left....13/14, so card dead...9/12...8/10...FINAL TABLE!
 
7/8...6/6...5/5...4/4
 
lost with 99 v an A4 ughhh...woulda been virtually guaranteed heads up.  amazing how unsatisfying third can be.

Last Update: October 17, 2007, 3:11AM | Permalink (0 Comments)

October 15, 2007, 7PM: Played 30 minutes, Lost $2.25 at Full Tilt
$2 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (185th out of 296 Players)

got into a three-way pot with two overs and a flush draw and had to get it all in three way...one guy had a set and turned a boat so i was dead

Last Update: October 15, 2007, 8:36PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

October 14, 2007, 11PM: Played 3 hours, Made $14.68 at Full Tilt
$2 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (8th out of 368 Players)

Made the money and I have a pretty solid stack...I am sittin behind this aggro who's in second of 63 and he doubled me earlier but I have to stay careful with him.
 
10/33...15/27....15/21...9/16........Third break, 11/14 left....7/12...9/10...Final Table!
 
I moved in for a total of 6x the BB in the SB with Q6 spades and the BB called with A9 and thats that.  Third final table in a 8 days I think, I am really happy with my play and i am certainly runnin pretty good, but i really want that top three finish for a big score.

Last Update: October 14, 2007, 11:33PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

October 14, 2007, 4PM: Played 3 hours, Made $8.60 at Full Tilt
$5 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (21st out of 705 Players)

105 left i have 13k...just lost a 6k pot with TT v AK which woulda put me at about 27k.  2:45 mins in and I am gonna prolly bubble.
 
Justice...AQ v 88 and I won this race to get to 25k...76 left.  72 make the money.
 
Third break and in the money! I have 11x the BB with 57 left now but i am still in about 32nd place...24/48...17/33...17/23
 
I had 14x the BB and a big stack raised 3x from the CO and i was in the SB with JJ and came over the top for all of it and he had QQ.  I am really happy with this finish.  I almost didn't play it because it was $5 and I have been trying to stick to the 1-2 dollar tournys but I like the way i have been playin so i took a shot...If i double there i am a top 5 stack with 21 to go and have a great shot at the final table.

Last Update: October 14, 2007, 5:32PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

October 14, 2007, 1AM: Played 1 hour, Lost $1.00 at Full Tilt
$1 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (322nd out of 1290 Players)

I am an hour and a half in and I have paid almost no attention.  I blinded down to 1k and then more than doubled with 77.  Now I think i will pay attention and see if I can at least cash.
 
Nevermind I was kidding about wanting to cash...I squeezed with A6 from the BB for 14x the BB after there were 2 late limpers...The CO had limped with QQ which makes no sense to me but more power to him.

Last Update: October 14, 2007, 12:38AM | Permalink (0 Comments)

October 13, 2007, 11PM:
Absolute Poker

Wow.  I have been reading a thread at pocketfives.com and Jared "TheWacoKidd" Hamby has posted a very interesting claim of cheating on Absolute.  If you would like to check it out follow this:
 
http://www.pocketfives.com/445F78F0-7D44-4F3B-AF24-0AFA96F28812.aspx
 
 I tend to believe their claims but I hope it is all some kind of joke, because the potential bad press this could recieve if it blows up could be terrible for the legal future of online poker.

Last Update: October 13, 2007, 11:48PM | Permalink (2 Comments)

October 12, 2007, 11PM: Played 20 minutes, Lost $2.25 at Full Tilt
$2 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (189th out of 362 Players)

Last Update: October 12, 2007, 9:04PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

October 12, 2007, 6PM: Played 3 hours, Made $16.43 at Full Tilt
$2 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (7th out of 322 Players)

First break.  I am in 5th with 9600 chips...great start.
 
Just made the money.  Second break.  10k in chips and 53 people to go...blinds will be 250-500.....12/36...QQ v. a short stack's A6 and he flopped an A...down to 9k...21/25....14/18...13/15
 
Third break.  I have 12k and i am in 13/15....10/12....Final Table!...8/9
 
ehhh...table was really tight and i had finally gathered up a stack so i raised from MP with 66...the chip leader in the BB called and the flop was Q94 all hearts...i had a heart...he checked and i moved in for abuot the size of the pot and he called with 99...i still had any heart and i think 80% of the time he folds and the pot was huge...kinda unfortunate but i don't mind the way i played it.

Last Update: October 12, 2007, 7:43PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

October 12, 2007, 1PM: Played 2 hours, Made $1.71 at Full Tilt
$1 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (24th out of 362 Players)

6-handed.
 
First break.  Sittin pretty good for right now...about average in chips.  Just got moved to a table with a very aggressive chip leader on my left though.
 
Just made the money.  I need a double up but I have a little bit of time...Just had second break and I was short but I stole the blinds, then busted someone the next hand so I am still short but like 15x instead of 7x.
 
Ahh...I had built up a pretty comfortable stack and i had a mini-blow up...the button raised and i was in the BB with 66 and i moved in over the top assuming it was a steal...he hadn't really been stealin my blind much so that was a bad play on my part big time to move in.  with my stack i coulda/shoulda just called and then decided what to do (even though a favorable flop could have led to me busting at least i would have played it better).  I also could have just folded since i had a pretty good read on the table and a good stack, but i think calling would have been the best option.

Last Update: October 12, 2007, 12:35PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

October 12, 2007, 1AM: Played 1 hour, Lost $1.00 at Full Tilt
$1 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (308th out of 940 Players)

First break.  I am up to 2300 after strugglin to pick up anything early.
 
Dude loses a pot and the very next hand he just shoves for 3200...i have 2200 and look down at AA...I call and he flips up the K6o and goes runner runner flush.

Last Update: October 11, 2007, 11:51PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

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