scorpioeyez Birthday: October 31, 1982 Location: Prefer not to say ALL-TIME STATS (more stats) Total Entries: 24 Total Won/Lost: $2.56 Total Hours: 24 Earnings/Hour: $0.10 Biggest Win: $5.06 Biggest Loss: -$10.00 ARCHIVE Most Recent March 2008 (1) February 2008 (20) January 2008 (8)

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March 2, 2008, 12PM: Played 2 hours, at Absolute Poker
Free-Roll No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (15th out of 171 Players)

Managed to stay in this one a lot longer than I had any right to. Seemed like every time I was in the small blind I took down a major pot until we were into the top 40 at which point I won a couple of huge pots and got myself into the top ten chip stacks. Eventually took a couple of hits and went out but I'm still mostly satisfied with my playing considering I wasn't entirely mentally sharp.

Last Update: March 2, 2008, 2:36PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

February 24, 2008, 1PM: Played 2 hours, at Absolute Poker
Free-Roll No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (390th out of 7157 Players)

It's the weekend so time for another multi table freeroll. Anything out of the top 500 will be a disappointment for me.
 
I had battled from under $1000 in chips to one of the chip leaders at one point so I'm happy with the way I played. I had some very aggressive plays that I was proud of.

Last Update: February 24, 2008, 2:56PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

February 23, 2008, 3PM: Played 30 minutes, at Absolute Poker
$0.50 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (4th out of 6 Players)

Another poor showing out of the money but this one was just not my night. This hand right here pretty much tells you how the entire tournament went for me:
 
Dealt to SCORPIOEYEZ [Js Kc]
LSU4EVR - Calls $20
AUNLUCKYA - Folds
LOVETOLOVE - Calls $20
SCORPIOEYEZ - Raises $40 to $40
TEDTED - Calls $30
ILLFILL - Calls $20
LSU4EVR - Calls $20
LOVETOLOVE - Calls $20
*** FLOP *** [4s 9h Jh]
TEDTED - Checks
ILLFILL - Checks
LSU4EVR - Bets $60
LOVETOLOVE - Calls $60
SCORPIOEYEZ - Calls $60
TEDTED - Calls $60
ILLFILL - Folds
*** TURN *** [4s 9h Jh] [2h]
TEDTED - Checks
LSU4EVR - Bets $120
LOVETOLOVE - Folds
SCORPIOEYEZ - Folds
TEDTED - Calls $120
*** RIVER *** [4s 9h Jh 2h] [3d]
TEDTED - Checks
LSU4EVR - Bets $260
TEDTED - Folds
LSU4EVR - returned ($260) : not called
*** SHOW DOWN ***
LSU4EVR - Shows [Qs 9d] (One pair, nines)
LSU4EVR Collects $680 from main pot
 
I either got hands and then lost to just barely better hands (10 flush losing to Q flush for instance) or I let myself get bullied out of pots (see above, after they raised after the flop I had her on a flush draw so when they bet on fourth street I had to lay down).
 
I do want some feedback on one hand. I would've won this pot if I had stayed in but I really felt like I had to lay this one down. Was it a good lay down or should I have stayed in?
 
Dealt to SCORPIOEYEZ [10s Jh]
SCORPIOEYEZ - Calls $20
TEDTED - Calls $20
ILLFILL - Calls $20
LSU4EVR - Raises $60 to $60
AUNLUCKYA - Calls $50
LOVETOLOVE - Calls $40
SCORPIOEYEZ - Calls $40
TEDTED - Calls $40
ILLFILL - Calls $40
*** FLOP *** [Js Ks 4d]
AUNLUCKYA - Bets $80
LOVETOLOVE - Folds
SCORPIOEYEZ - Calls $80
TEDTED - Raises $160 to $160
ILLFILL - Calls $160
LSU4EVR - Folds
AUNLUCKYA - Calls $80
SCORPIOEYEZ - Folds
*** TURN *** [Js Ks 4d] [10h]
AUNLUCKYA - Bets $60
TEDTED - Raises $120 to $120
ILLFILL - Calls $120
AUNLUCKYA - Calls $60
*** RIVER *** [Js Ks 4d 10h] [7s]
AUNLUCKYA - Bets $60
TEDTED - Calls $60
ILLFILL - Calls $60
*** SHOW DOWN ***
AUNLUCKYA - Shows [Ac As] (One pair, aces)
TEDTED - Mucks
ILLFILL - Mucks
AUNLUCKYA Collects $1460 from main pot

Last Update: February 23, 2008, 4:28PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

February 21, 2008, 7PM: Played 1 hour, at Absolute Poker
$0.50 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (6th out of 9 Players)

Rather poor showing, didn't get pocket pair once in the entire tournament. Chip leader was one seat to my left and they were not afraid to bully the short stacks. Finally went all in with AT, got taken out by AA.

Last Update: February 21, 2008, 7:42PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

February 18, 2008, 8PM: Played 2 hours, Made $2.25 at Absolute Poker
$0.50 Buy-In Texas Hold'em Tournament (1st out of 9 Players)

Wow, I wish that I had been keeping track of hands during this one because this was the table of epic bad beats! People were losing with AA and KK in the hole all the time to loser hands like K7 (I actually beat AA with K7 at one point).
 
On one hand it was really annoying but on the other hand, by the time we were down to 5 players everyone realized how stupidly the cards were laying out so everyone stopped trying to be hyper competitive and we just had fun instead which I think went a long way towards helping me relax.
 
Took 1st which is ironic since I rarely, if ever, play limit hold em.
 
Just glad to have a cash under my belt again.

Last Update: February 18, 2008, 10:12PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

February 17, 2008, 1PM: Played 1 hour, at Absolute Poker
Free-Roll No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (1,225th out of 6981 Players)

With all the time that I've been spending losing at sit and gos, I realized today that I've been ignoring my tournaments. So today I entered a freeroll just to see how things went and make sure I hadn't lost anything from my tournament skills. Not lasting until at least the top 500 will be a disappointment for me.
 
fish at the table who easily went through 6 rebuys before finally giving up.
 
There were a couple of early hands that I really thought I played well:
 
PROV981 - Posts small blind $20
SCORPIOEYEZ - Posts big blind $40
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to SCORPIOEYEZ [Kc Qh]
LILLULUM - Calls $40
DEBIB - Calls $40
NOBARKALLBIT - Calls $40
ANGELMIX - Calls $40
CHARLLLOTTE - Folds
RIVERKILLLER - Folds
AMYLM20 - Calls $40
PROV981 - Calls $20
SCORPIOEYEZ - Checks
*** FLOP *** [Kh 9d 3s]
PROV981 - Checks
SCORPIOEYEZ - Checks
LILLULUM - Checks
DEBIB - Bets $280
NOBARKALLBIT - Calls $280
ANGELMIX - Folds
AMYLM20 - Calls $280
PROV981 - Calls $280
SCORPIOEYEZ - Calls $280
LILLULUM - Folds
*** TURN *** [Kh 9d 3s] [4d]
PROV981 - Checks
SCORPIOEYEZ - Bets $600
DEBIB - All-In $560
NOBARKALLBIT - Calls $600
AMYLM20 - Folds
PROV981 - Folds
*** RIVER *** [Kh 9d 3s 4d] [Ks]
SCORPIOEYEZ - All-In $550
NOBARKALLBIT - Folds
SCORPIOEYEZ - returned ($550) : not called
*** SHOW DOWN ***
SCORPIOEYEZ - Shows [Kc Qh] (Three of a kind, kings)
DEBIB - Mucks
SCORPIOEYEZ Collects $80 from side pot-1
SCORPIOEYEZ Collects $3360 from main pot
 
And...
 
Dealt to SCORPIOEYEZ [Ac As]
NOBARKALLBIT - Calls $100
FOOLISH77 - Folds (Timeout)
CHARLLLOTTE - Calls $100
RIVERKILLLER - Folds
AMYLM20 - Calls $100
PROV981 - Folds
SCORPIOEYEZ - Raises $400 to $400
LILLULUM - Calls $350
REFICUL1972 - Folds
NOBARKALLBIT - Calls $300
CHARLLLOTTE - Calls $300
AMYLM20 - Calls $300
*** FLOP *** [9d 2c 4h]
LILLULUM - Checks
NOBARKALLBIT - Checks
CHARLLLOTTE - Bets $300
AMYLM20 - Folds
SCORPIOEYEZ - Calls $300
LILLULUM - Calls $300
NOBARKALLBIT - Folds
*** TURN *** [9d 2c 4h] [Jc]
LILLULUM - Checks
CHARLLLOTTE - Bets $400
SCORPIOEYEZ - Calls $400
LILLULUM - All-In $305
*** RIVER *** [9d 2c 4h Jc] [Kh]
CHARLLLOTTE - Checks
SCORPIOEYEZ - Bets $1000
CHARLLLOTTE - Folds
SCORPIOEYEZ - returned ($1000) : not called
*** SHOW DOWN ***
SCORPIOEYEZ - Shows [Ac As] (One pair, aces)
LILLULUM - Mucks
SCORPIOEYEZ Collects $190 from side pot-1
SCORPIOEYEZ Collects $3915 from main pot
 
There was one hand that sealed my doom though and I'm really not sure if I should stand by this call or not. I think I should since the player who went all in originally had shown a very strong streak of bluffing with nothing and when he got short stacked that made it worse.
 
Dealt to SCORPIOEYEZ [Js Qc]
FOOLISH77 - Folds
OOHBEAR - Folds
RIVERKILLLER - All-In(Raise) $3450 to $3450
AMYLM20 - Folds
PROV981 - Folds
SCORPIOEYEZ - Calls $3450
BAMABOY10 - Folds
REFICUL1972 - Calls $3375
POPPY17 - Folds
*** FLOP *** [Ks 4h 8s]
REFICUL1972 - All-In $2710
SCORPIOEYEZ - Folds
REFICUL1972 - returned ($2710) : not called
*** TURN *** [Ks 4h 8s] [3d]
*** RIVER *** [Ks 4h 8s 3d] [Jc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
REFICUL1972 - Shows [10c Kc] (One pair, kings)
RIVERKILLLER - Shows [5h 5c] (One pair, fives)
REFICUL1972 Collects $10500 from main pot
 
There was no way I could justify calling the second all in raise after a flop like that and that took up half my stack. I would've ended up losing the hand anyway but after that it only took a few more rounds before I went all in with QQ and lost to a set of J.

Last Update: February 17, 2008, 2:18PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

February 14, 2008, 7PM: Played 1 hour, 30 minutes, at Absolute Poker
$0.50 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (4th out of 9 Players)

Went out on the bubble. I'm slowly finding my form again and starting to place better again. Won't be long before I'm landing in the money again.

Last Update: February 14, 2008, 7:30PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

February 13, 2008, 7PM:
Couple of Sit and Go's

Two sit and gos tonight. Both of which took forever to form but it's a Wednesday night.
 
Anyways, 6 person single table I went out in 3rd place. Yeah, I could've played better but I just wasn't feeling it at the table. My final hand ended up being QAs and losing to a K high flush.
 
9 person single table didn't start much better. I went out in 5th. It did seem like every time I won a big pot I would very soon find myself in the short stack again. Just frustrating.
 
Not really annoyed about the losses tonight though, just wasn't really in it mentally I guess.

Last Update: February 13, 2008, 8:57PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

February 11, 2008, 7PM: Played 1 hour, 30 minutes, Made $0.90 at Absolute Poker
$0.50 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (2nd out of 6 Players)

Entered a six player single table S&G tonight. Just wanted to try and relax in the game and try to have fun. Won a couple of early hands which gave me enough of a chip cushion that I was able to play my usual sniper aggressive.
 
It was nice playing aggressive again after spending so much time on the defensive last week.
 
I didn't win but I took a small payout and that's all I needed. Just a very small win to build off of.

Last Update: February 11, 2008, 8:18PM | Permalink (0 Comments)

February 9, 2008, 11AM:
Slump

My slump continues.
 
Haven't landed in the money since early this week and it really gets to you after awhile. I've identified problem areas and am working towards correcting them.
 
The biggest issue I noticed was that I would lose my patience really early for some reason and would begin playing marginal hole cards which would lead to bad calls and thus, early eliminations.
 
I will say that it's not entirely my fault though, these are two hands that I played earlier today:
 
SCORPIOEYEZ - Posts small blind $10
CARTER0 - Posts big blind $20
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to SCORPIOEYEZ [Ah Js]
CTHEAGLE - Calls $20
858 - Calls $20
JUSTBAITINGU - Folds
MAHWAH4 - Calls $20
POLARTREK1 - All-In(Raise) $580 to $580
STEADYHAND2 - Folds
PAUL321 - Folds
SCORPIOEYEZ - Calls $570
CARTER0 - Folds
CTHEAGLE - Calls $560
858 - Calls $560
MAHWAH4 - Folds
*** FLOP *** [9h 7c 6h]
SCORPIOEYEZ - Checks
CTHEAGLE - Checks
858 - Checks
*** TURN *** [9h 7c 6h] [3h]
SCORPIOEYEZ - Checks
CTHEAGLE - Checks
858 - Checks
*** RIVER *** [9h 7c 6h 3h] [4c]
SCORPIOEYEZ - Checks
CTHEAGLE - Checks
858 - Checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
SCORPIOEYEZ - Shows [Ah Js] (ace high)
CTHEAGLE - Shows [4d Ad] (One pair, fours)
858 - Shows [Ks 9s] (One pair, nines)
POLARTREK1 - Shows [5s 7s] (Straight, three to seven)
POLARTREK1 Collects $2360 from main pot
 
MOUSE42 - Posts small blind $10
SCORPIOEYEZ - Posts big blind $20
*** POCKET CARDS ***
Dealt to SCORPIOEYEZ [10s 10d]
GOT2SEEAFLOP - Folds
DUDLEY01 - Calls $20
HOUNDDOG55 - Folds
LILLICK - Calls $20
FEEDMYSTACK - Raises $60 to $60
THE FATMAN - Folds
BERTHABUTT23 - Folds
MOUSE42 - Folds
SCORPIOEYEZ - Calls $40
DUDLEY01 - Calls $40
LILLICK - Calls $40
*** FLOP *** [9c Qc 3d]
SCORPIOEYEZ - Bets $100
DUDLEY01 - Calls $100
LILLICK - Folds
FEEDMYSTACK - Folds
*** TURN *** [9c Qc 3d] [Js]
SCORPIOEYEZ - Bets $120
DUDLEY01 - Calls $120
*** RIVER *** [9c Qc 3d Js] [7h]
SCORPIOEYEZ - Checks
DUDLEY01 - Checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
SCORPIOEYEZ - Shows [10s 10d] (One pair, tens)
DUDLEY01 - Shows [7c Qs] (Two Pair, queens and sevens)
DUDLEY01 Collects $690 from main pot

Last Update: February 9, 2008, 12:33PM | Permalink (1 Comment)

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