Play Online Poker hammerman Birthday: February 3, 1976 Location: Wyoming ALL-TIME STATS (more stats) Total Entries: 829 Total Won/Lost: $610.63 Total Hours: 1,060 Earnings/Hour: $0.58 Biggest Win: $801.64 Biggest Loss: -$455.00 ARCHIVE Most Recent May 2008 (10) April 2008 (84) March 2008 (52) February 2008 (22) January 2008 (24) December 2007 (19) November 2007 (37) October 2007 (7) September 2007 (1) August 2007 (23) July 2007 (55) June 2007 (29) May 2007 (30) April 2007 (40) March 2007 (12) December 2006 (2) October 2006 (2) August 2006 (2) July 2006 (2) June 2006 (21) May 2006 (37) April 2006 (26) March 2006 (85) February 2006 (67) January 2006 (58) December 2005 (75) November 2005 (18)

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May 6, 2008, 9PM: Played 40 minutes, Lost $5.50 at PS
$5 Buy-In Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo Tournament (6th out of 10 Players)

The most boring game ever.  I lost interest and started raising like I was Jesse.  Of course it doesn't work for me like it does for the wop.

Last Update: May 6, 2008, 9:17PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

May 6, 2008, 8PM: Played 1 hour, Lost $4.40 at PS
$4 Buy-In Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo Tournament (82nd out of 377 Players)

Had an aggro at my table that I had to battle with for the first 45 min.  Tried to go with him for a bit, then settled in and waited to double off him.  Stalled and lost a hand to him before getting moved to a new table short.

Last Update: May 6, 2008, 8:30PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

May 6, 2008, 8PM: Played 1 hour, Made $2.20 at PS
$0.25/0.50 Omaha Hi-Lo

Playing some limit and trying to clear my bonus before going broke. :) Both tables I played collapsed on me quickly.

Last Update: May 6, 2008, 8:28PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

May 5, 2008, 9PM: Played 1 hour, Made $0.20 at PS
$0.10 Pot-Limit Omaha

Limped a lot pre-flop then tried to play post.  Made some good bets and layed hands down when I should.  I think I am laying down too many hands on the river with two pair, etc when the board gets ugly for me, or I miss my main draw.  I need to get more aggressive pre and put pressure on my opponents during the hands.  I am getting better at playing more hands and reading better.  This should help my tourney play, especially early when the blinds are low and I feel comfortable playing more hands.
 
Came off my win the last round.

Last Update: May 5, 2008, 9:26PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

May 5, 2008, 9PM: Played 53 minutes, Lost $5.50 at PS
$5 Buy-In Pot-Limit Omaha Tournament (7th out of 9 Players)

Played a lot of hands and yo-yoed for a bit then stabilized a bit short of even and waited.  Raised about 2/3 of my stack on the button after folding for a long time with KKT9 and the sb puts me in.  I think and decide to call. I am happy not to see AAxx, he has AJJ4.  So I am about 2 to 1 to win.  He spikes an A on the river to take me out.  Not a bad tourney as I got to play quite a few hands and got beat putting my money in with the best hand.

Last Update: May 5, 2008, 9:16PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

May 5, 2008, 7PM: Played 45 minutes, Lost $4.40 at FT
$4 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (1st out of 9 Players)

Won a $26 tourney token.  Made QQ hold up second hand and never let the chip lead go.  I played solid and let the donks make the mistakes.

Last Update: May 5, 2008, 7:51PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

May 5, 2008, 7PM: Played 15 minutes, Lost $8.80 at FT
$8 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (15th out of 18 Players)

@ table turbo token race, top 5 get $26 tokens
 
QQ utg. I double the bb and get 3 callers.  flop 237 rainbow.  I pot and someone pushes, I call without thinking, of course I should have thought.  I let them in cheap, it is a turbo so hand requirements are less and what would he be willing to push with here.  He had a set of 3's and I was done.  I don't know if I can lay it down anyways, but his willingness to go all in over my pot bet on the flop should have been a clue.

Last Update: May 5, 2008, 7:27PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

May 2, 2008, 12PM: Played 1 hour, 30 minutes, Lost $26.00 at FT
$24 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (389th out of 915 Players)

Arrgh.  Flopped top two with KT and get all in vs AK.  A on river, goodbye to me.

Last Update: May 2, 2008, 12:31PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

May 2, 2008, 11AM: Played 40 minutes, Lost $11.00 at PS
$10 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (1,556th out of 2587 Players)

AQ down to Q9 and TT to 66 put me short as the blinds escalated.  under 10x bb and pushed with A8s of course I run into KK and AA.  Oh well.

Last Update: May 2, 2008, 11:46AM | Permalink (0 Comments)

May 1, 2008, 9PM: Played 3 hours, Made $74.50 at FT
$5 Buy-In Pot-Limit Tournament (1st out of 40 Players)

PL HA
 
Played a lot of hands early and had to dig myself out of holes many times.  Was near the bottom of the chip count most of the tourney, but decided to hang tough and see if I could make the final table.
 
Once at the final table I waited and picked off a few pots.  then 2 hands in a row took me from 7th in chips to first.  Both in PLO, both AAxx.  The first as I am short I get a raise in front of me and decide to push with AAQx ds the guy cals with AKJx and I hold.  Very next hand the same guy raises and I just call with AAxx.  Get a caller behind and flop Axx two spades.  I get all in again and hold.  From there I was ever really challenged.  I got lucky with the games as we played a lot of PLO 3 handed, where I had a distinct advantage over the other two.  Switched to NLH heads-up, but I held a 4 to 1 chip lead and it was over rather quickly when he picked up AT and I had AJ.
 
I played a lot of hands this tourney and wasn't afraid to make some pre-flop calls of raises.  I think I have been too tight pre-flop, especially getting into raised pots when I have position.  I need to be willing to put some chips in pre and see what comes.  The more I think about it, it applies to almost every game, level, or structure I play.  I will try to work on this when I get back from my weekend break.

Last Update: May 1, 2008, 9:17PM | Permalink (1 Comment)

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