Play Online Poker EightFive Birthday: November 16, 1986 Location: Ann Arbor, MI ALL-TIME STATS (more stats) Total Entries: 137 Total Won/Lost: $478.64 Total Hours: 155 Earnings/Hour: $3.08 ARCHIVE Most Recent October 2007 (24) September 2007 (27) August 2007 (64) July 2007 (29)

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October 22, 2007, 1AM: Played 1 hour, 30 minutes, Lost $1.00 at Full Tilt
$1 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (129th out of 898 Players)

First break.  1270 in chips...haven't had a hand, and have had to steal blinds to stay at 1270...blinds will be 60-120 so i am looking to double but if i do i feel good there is some dead money at my table for sure.
 
Money bubble and I am gettin short, about 12x the bb and i am verrry card dead.
 
Moved in from the BB with 84...i had 4200 in chips and there was only one limper (the guy who limped EVERY hand, and had folded to large raises several times) with 1700 in the pot this was a good spot to steal since i only had 11x the BB...he called with A8 and i busted 3 spots from the money...guess i coulda just folded for 3 more mins and got my $1.5 but this was a spot, based on watchin the guy play for the first hour of the tourny, was going to pick me up 1700 chips 90% of the time...also if i folded to the money i woulda had about 3500 in chips with blinds becoming 250-500, and if i steal that pot i have 5000 after making the money and a lot better stack to move in with...don't like missin the money by three spots but its the play i woulda made 100 from the money or after i was in the money so i thought it was the right play

Last Update: October 22, 2007, 12:40AM | Permalink (0 Comments)

October 21, 2007, 10PM:
First 100 MTTs

I just finished my 100th MTT since I switched from playing SNG's and cash in June.  I am pretty happy with my results.  I played almost all 1 and 2 dollar tournaments, with probably about 4 five dollar ones mixed in.  The average size field I played in was 805 people.  I made 6 final tables with one win and one third.  Cashed for $525 with a profit of $331 profit. 
 
I plan on comparing my next 100 tournaments to this first set of 100 and I have a few goals.  I would like to make 8 final tables, cash in 33 tournaments (I cashed in 30 during the first 100)...and my most important goal: I would like to win 3 tournaments and be in the top 3 5 of the 8 final tables I make.  To do this I will need to improve my end game.  I am not nearly aggressive enough, especially on the final table bubble when everyone is just trying to get there.  I think I have improved a lot during the second half of my first 100 tournaments and my results show this so I am hoping to continue that in the future.
 
This post was not meant to be a brag-post but a reminder to me to look back and compare my results to measure how I play over the next couple months.  I also hope it works to motivate me when I sit down to play a few tournaments and I just don't care about the couple dollars I buy in for.

Last Update: October 21, 2007, 11:13PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

October 21, 2007, 1AM: Played 2 hours, Made $1.23 at Full Tilt
$1 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (74th out of 1064 Players)

made the money with 3700...nearly tripled to 9600 with AK v AJ v KJ....then won a small pot to get to 13k when this hand took place:
 
blinds were 400-800 and MP guy min raises to 1600 and it folds to me in the BB with 7h6h and i call getting almost 5:1...flop is Qc5h3h...I figure he will cont. bet if i check here and then i can move in and take it.  so i check and he bets 3k...i move in for 11k total and he folds which gets me to 18k
 
ughhh...blinds are still 400-800 and i am UTG with TT...i almost just folded but decided with only two ppl at the table with more than me i can't be folding here-thats just way to nitty lol....so i raise and a big stack in MP calls....flop comes 873 rainbow and there is 8k in the pot and i have 14k in my stack...i don't really know what the best play is here but I moved in and he called (after thinking for a year!) with KK and thats that...woulda had 37k which woulda put me in 11th with 70 to go.

Last Update: October 21, 2007, 1:19AM | Permalink (0 Comments)

October 20, 2007, 1AM: Played 2 hours, Made $0.49 at Full Tilt
$1 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (101st out of 929 Players)

First break...i have 2800, shoulda have about 7k...my table is super sick....limp/callings big raises with JTo and A7 outta position...i hope i pick up a big hand and get there chips before someone else does.
 
Second break...have 7700 chips, its time to start the all in or fold game until i double...made the money though
 
got short, lost race

Last Update: October 20, 2007, 12:52AM | Permalink (0 Comments)

October 19, 2007, 10PM: Played 2 hours, Made $16.00 at U of M
$0.20 No-Limit Texas Hold'em

Took a couple of brutal beats or this coulda been about 30 profit but owell...i play almost every hand that a couple of these people play when i have position because they are that bad...they give away everything...they play all draws, made hands, nodda the same way each time and are honest when they say "aahhh alright one more card" when drawing to something lol.

Last Update: October 19, 2007, 10:49PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

October 18, 2007, 11PM: Played 1 hour, Lost $1.00 at Full Tilt
$1 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (285th out of 966 Players)

played like a donk but then moved in and was called by a KJ for 15X the BB and I couldn't hold...annoying but mostly annoyed i gave away all my chips

Last Update: October 18, 2007, 11:50PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

October 17, 2007, 9PM: Played 1 hour, Lost $2.25 at Full Tilt
$2 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (130th out of 320 Players)

KK v 66 preflop...i was about to double and have a serious stack...AGAIN to make a deep run but the run of good luck has come to an end it looks like with a 6 on the turn....hopefully i have another good stretch like the one that just ended again soon.

Last Update: October 17, 2007, 9:02PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

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)

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