Play Online Poker EightFive Birthday: November 16, 1986 Location: Ann Arbor, MI ALL-TIME STATS (more stats) Total Entries: 208 Total Won/Lost: $688.97 Total Hours: 243 Earnings/Hour: $2.83 ARCHIVE Most Recent November 2007 (57) October 2007 (39) September 2007 (27) August 2007 (64) July 2007 (29)

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November 30, 2007, 11PM: Lost $1.00 at Full Tilt
$1 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (455th out of 1111 Players)

so sick of running bad right now

Last Update: November 30, 2007, 11:22PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

November 30, 2007, 9PM: Played 2 hours, Lost $2.30 at Full Tilt
$3 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (160th out of 1220 Players)

Ran KK into AA and now i am really short.
 
A9 v K9s...he flops a flush on the bubble...
 
KO's:2

Last Update: November 30, 2007, 11:21PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

November 29, 2007, 11PM: Played 1 hour, Lost $1.00 at Full Tilt
$1 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (227th out of 1264 Players)

Early on I have this guy two seats to my right and he is min-raising every pot preflop and taking almost every pot down on the flop with another min-bet.  I pick up A9 in the CO and call his min raise pre and the flop comes JAJ and he doesn't continuation bet for the first time so I am pretty sure he has the J lol...we go check check on the flop and turn (turn was blank) and then when the river blanked he FIRED out a min bet on the river and i just called to see the QJ lol.  what a fool, if he bets that flop he might take a nice chunk of my stack but instead he gets away with 150 chips with 25-50 blinds lol.
 
Picked up KK against JJ to double then chipped up during the last 15 mins of the first hour to get to 3800 playin a lot of small pots...that normally isn't something i do because ppl play so aggro and play big pots so i sit back and look for good spots to resteal or double with big hands but this table is playing really loose/passive...rarely fold pre and then act like they are allergic to the pot on the flop and turn :)
 
I was short for a long time and I finally pick up AK to move in with and there is a dead small and i get a walk...next hand i pick up 99 move in and run into AA.  Feel like i played good so hopefully I put one of these together soon.

Last Update: November 30, 2007, 12:18AM | Permalink (0 Comments)

November 28, 2007, 9PM: Played 1 hour, Lost $2.25 at Full Tilt
$2 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (102nd out of 275 Players)

KJ v JT...I was in for 10x...he rivered a straight.

Last Update: November 28, 2007, 9:03PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

November 27, 2007, 11PM: Played 2 hours, 30 minutes, Made $2.61 at Full Tilt
$2 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (16th out of 221 Players)

First break, I am only up to 2k and sitting directly on Ryan's left.
 
Second break, I have 15k and am still on Ryan's left, he has 12k.
 
WOW.  I have QQ in small blind, BB is chip leader.  I have 15k blinds are 400-800.  I raise to 2400 and he calls.  Flop comes 7d 5c 9c and i bet 2/3 pot and he calls.  Turn is a Qc and i am slightly worried he made a flush but there's nothing i can do if he did so i shove for 8k into a 10k pot and he snap calls me with the Ks8s!!! Needs a 6! I think the result is obvious.

Last Update: November 28, 2007, 9:32AM | Permalink (0 Comments)

November 27, 2007, 10PM:
Re-focus

I have been playing more than I planned and more than I should while at school.  It hasn't actually affected my school work too much, but it has affected my play.  A lot of times I try to do work during tournaments or play too late knowing that I need to get up early the next morning.  I think these things have kept me from playing as well as I can at certain times.  Sooo, from now on I am going to attempt to play only one tourney a day during the week and save the high volume days for breaks.  I also want to try and focus more while playing and really try to play every tournament as best I can.  Alright, well that's that, now hopefully we will see the top threes come a little more often now!

Last Update: November 27, 2007, 7:49PM | Permalink (2 Comments)

November 26, 2007, 9PM: Played 1 hour, 45 minutes, Lost $3.30 at Full Tilt
$3 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (156th out of 988 Players)

Knockout tournament.  Played great...super card dead, got down to 8bb and shoved in late pos with 55, called by 88.

Last Update: November 26, 2007, 11:10PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

November 26, 2007, 8PM: Played 15 minutes, Lost $2.25 at Full Tilt
$2 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (173rd out of 199 Players)

One limp, MP raises, I repop from the CO with AK...the original raiser shoves...getting 2:1 so I obv call hoping its QQ-TT and its TT but couldn't win the race...

Last Update: November 26, 2007, 8:18PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

November 25, 2007, 8PM: Played 35 minutes, Lost $2.25 at Full Tilt
$2 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (145th out of 232 Players)

nut much i could do, started to get short and then got coolered...no biggy

Last Update: November 25, 2007, 8:50PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

November 25, 2007, 12AM: Played 3 hours, Lost $2.25 at Full Tilt
$2 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (25th out of 196 Players)

Had a monster stack in this and lost a medium all in with AK v 77...from there i had a few big hands that i couldn't make happen and now i am short with 33 left and 18 paid.  so frustrating...
 
sucked out with JJ v QQ :)....14th of 25 and 20x the BB...its gonna be a grind down to the final 18 and the money, may need to pick up a hand or two.
 
QQ into KK...sweet

Last Update: November 25, 2007, 1:21AM | Permalink (0 Comments)

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