Play Online Poker EightFive Birthday: November 16, 1986 Location: Ann Arbor, MI ALL-TIME STATS (more stats) Total Entries: 426 Total Won/Lost: $1,330.62 Total Hours: 484 Earnings/Hour: $2.75 ARCHIVE Most Recent March 2008 (25) February 2008 (100) January 2008 (52) December 2007 (51) November 2007 (57) October 2007 (39) September 2007 (27) August 2007 (64) July 2007 (29)

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March 12, 2008, 1AM: Played 3 hours, Made $3.03 at Full Tilt
$1 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (35th out of 959 Players)

WOW...played solid, didn't get unlucky or particularly lucky in any situation just smoothly built my stack until this hand came up:
 
I have 36k at 800-1600 blinds.  I am on the button with AT and there is one limp in MP.  The next guy shoves for 8k after losing an allin where he went crazy so i knew he could have just about any two cards.  it folds to me on the button and I am not too worried about the blinds (just unlucky if they wake up with a monster) and the only thing i am worried about with the limper is that he may have limped to call what was prolly gonna be a shove from the boy on tilt.  with 14k in the pot and a great shot at going HU with the best hand i decided to shove to iso though and i am happy with the play despite the limper snap calling my 36 (he only had 41) with AJo....so sick...he really musta had me pegged? I can easily just fold my AT but i like my shove here given the situation...

Last Update: March 12, 2008, 1:50AM | Permalink (1 Comment)

March 11, 2008, 11PM: Lost $3.30 at PokerStars
$3 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (414th out of 1377 Players)

A9 v KQ...was short

Last Update: March 11, 2008, 11:23PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

March 11, 2008, 11PM: Lost $5.50 at Full Tilt
$5 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (104th out of 241 Players)

got short, ran 77 into 88

Last Update: March 11, 2008, 11:22PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

March 11, 2008, 11PM: Lost $2.25 at Full Tilt
$2 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (143rd out of 210 Players)

get a guy who has 3/4 my stack in with AK and he has AA....then i triple the very next hand with KK...then the very next hand i raise with AQ and the original guy with AA calls...flop comes AQJ, i check-raise all in and he calls with the KT

Last Update: March 11, 2008, 11:12PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

March 11, 2008, 9PM: Played 2 hours, Lost $3.00 at Full Tilt
$1 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (148th out of 461 Players)

someday this will end

Last Update: March 11, 2008, 9:37PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

March 11, 2008, 3PM:
Annette_15

So, a little over a week ago Annette_15 won that 20k person $11 tournament on Stars.  Obviously she is an unbelievable talent and after taking it down she actually posted her complete hand history on p5s.  I thought I had posted this earlier but I guess not, so here's the link:
 
http://www.pokerxfactor.com/HH118395/4477_20080303_140746
 
You will probably have to create a pokerxfactor account, but it's free and this was really cool to watch.  It confirmed a lot about what I think about tourney poker, and also was educational.  There are a couple spots (like open-folding JJ) that she explained in the post that she timed out while at another table so the really obviously bad/weird plays can be explained, but outside of that it was a great resource.
 
Enjoy.

Last Update: March 11, 2008, 4:03PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

March 9, 2008, 10PM: Played 1 hour, 30 minutes, Lost $1.00 at Full Tilt
$1 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (257th out of 962 Players)

First break.  Can't get anything going...during the first 10 mins i raised 5xBB with AQ and got 4 calls 2 different times.  Each time I missed and just gave up.  Then I get AA and someone raises, I come over the top and every folds.  My table's timing is impeccable.  Anyways, now i have a whopping 975 and blinds will be 60-120...just looking for something decent.
 
Cooler, obv.

Last Update: March 10, 2008, 12:00AM | Permalink (0 Comments)

March 8, 2008, 10PM: Played 3 hours, Lost $2.20 at PokerStars
$2 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (487th out of 1961 Players)

AA v KK
 
Think I am just gonna quit...few times i get chips tonight I blow um and the other tourneys I play well but run like shit.  Not gonna waste the time to go back and look but this might be the worst two days stretch in MTTs since i started posting here

Last Update: March 8, 2008, 10:37PM | Permalink (2 Comments)

March 8, 2008, 10PM: Made $1.26 at PokerStars
$2 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (439th out of 2477 Players)

standard

Last Update: March 8, 2008, 10:12PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

March 8, 2008, 10PM: Lost $2.25 at Full Tilt
$2 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (93rd out of 242 Players)

also played this bust out hand kind of bad....not as bad as the tourney down here vvvvvvvv but kinda bad

Last Update: March 8, 2008, 10:11PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

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