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I'll preface this post with saying that i hate nothing more than people who complain about bad beats/coolers. I almost never do it and really hate it when people start im'ing me with these setup hands they had and expect me to show them sympathy. that being said, I am going all out today with my coolers in the donkaments today.


Played the major tourneys today. Hilarious what happened:


here's how i busted in the ftp sunday:
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/187885

ftp mulligan:
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/187882

stars 2nd chance:
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/187886


Pretty sweet. Even sweeter since they were all in a short period of time, all within 45 minutes of each other.

Oh, i forgot about the stars sunday. The glorious stars sunday. With 1200 players left I am top 15 in chips. Then the following destruction happens:

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/187765
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/187772


I go from top 15 in chips pretty close to the money, to out without even making the money. Insane. I thought a bit before calling the 99, i know it's pretty much an impossible fold to make but i definitely felt as if i was beat there. I dont want to be results oriented about it because it's just a cooler and it happens.

so to sum up the day, i busted from my 4 major tourneys with a set vs overset, AA v set, KK vs set, and a combination of losing an 85% advantage and a set vs a straight. man, i do not know how the online donkament players do it.

im gonna run a late night session at 3/6 to try to recoup the losses from coolerville.

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So I decided that I would start playing a lot more online mtts for a couple reasons. First I would like to improve my mtt game and its a great way to practice. And secondly, I think that there is a lot more dead money in mtts than cash games, so it could be very profitably.

Tonight I decided to play 4 tournaments. The 22r and 100r on stars, and the nightly 150 on both stars and ftp.


So 8:00 rolls around and I am scrolling through the tournament lobby when I see this big stud tournament. I was like SWEET I LIKE STUD IM GOING TO PLAY. So I register for it without even reading what it really was. Turns out I entered a 7stud play money tournament.



And since I registered for the thing less than 10 minutes before it started, I couldnt unregister. So along with my cash games and other tournaments I would be playing a 7stud play money tournament.

My table opens up and of course I recognize nobody, although I'm sure there were a few sharks mixed in there. My guess is Joe Awada and Ted Forrest were using secret accounts and were at my table. It was a real blood game. Pretty much 90% of the hands were 7 way to 4th street, cause I was the only one who folded.

So a few minutes go by when I see something in the top left of the table that I hadnt yet noticed cause I was playing a lot of tables.



there was a link to make first time deposits. Here is the link if you guys want to make a deposit for the first time:

http://www.pokerstars.com/poker/promotions/bonus/


So anyway, I play it for a while and eventually bust . I was very upset and expected much better. I probably could have folded this last hand for my last 238 but I felt pot committed with my 2 pair and 4 flush:

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/186218


I was very sad and disappointed with my night. But oh wait. I'm still in the ftp 150! and im a total lucksack!

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/186183

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/186185

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/186186

yada yada yada, i build a monster chip lead with 12 people left and have about 35% of the chips in play, and hold the chip lead all the way to hu, fall behind a bit, but then pull back ahead and take the shizzle down.



sick yo. i love donkaments.

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So I'll just keep this entry to the poker happenings last week.


WPT CHAMPIONSHIP

The only recognizable person at my table day 1 was Ari (sick bad luck getting the guy im backing at my table).

The blinds started off at 50/100 and we had 50k starting stacks. I decided I was going to play almost every hand with merit this level because we were so deep and I was sure I was the best player at the table deepstacked.

The first pot worth noting came up about 3 rounds in. I had been raising/playing a ton of hands and my stack was about the same as it started the tournament. a player limped in middle position, i had AJo in the cutoff and raised to 450. folded back to him and he limp reraised to 1200. I called.

flop came k53 rainbow and he made this disgusted face and insta checked. i read this as extreme strength coming from this particular player so I checked behind figuring he probably had KK. turn came a T putting 2 hearts on board. he bet 750.

now, the pot was about 2600 and he only bet 750. I had a gutshot and I also had the Ah in my hand. I decided to call getting over 4:1 with position and my gutshot and I would be bluffing on a heart river.

The river came the Qh, and he bet 1200. i thought for a little and decided to raise to 5k. if I didnt hit my straight I probably would have raised a bit bigger on the river to try and push him off but I decided to try and get as much value as possible. he tanked 1-2 minutes and finally called, and then threw a mini fit when he saw my straight and turned up AK (a lot weaker than what I had actually put him on).

A few rounds later I rivered a boat with 76 on an A7726 board, and bet 10k on the river, was called by a guy who stood up and screamed AH FUCK BAD BEAT. im guessing he had a 7 with a better kicker and I rivered him.

I finished off the level playing a ton of hands and having my stack stay pretty much around 67-70k.


After the break, the blinds were 100/200 and I continued to try and play a lot of pots. However, I quickly realized that I was getting 0 respect. i fired 2 barrels with a nut flush draw in position and was called down by bottom pair, and I also had a lot of other bluffs snapped off. I decided to tighten up and wait for some better hands. I didnt really get any during this level and my stack dipped to 55k due to my called bluffs.


When 100/200/25 ante started, I finally picked up a hand with KK utg. I raised to 700, it folded to button who made it 2200, and then the big blind (who was the same player i "bad beat" on the river earlier) shoved for 35k. I gave him this look like WTF IS THIS, thought a few seconds and folded. the button was like wow, and folded QQ face up. the big blind obv had AA and made some comment that he didnt want the flop to come K or Q and have a difficult spot oop. terrible nitty old man, nice job wasting the best setup hand of all time.

It wasnt really a difficult fold, pretty much the easiest KK preflop fold I've ever had. It was a little frustrating to finally get a real hand and have it wasted though.

A round later, the guy who reraised to 2200 and folded QQ face up made it 700 in mp, got called in one spot and I called on the button with J8hh. The flop came QJ9 with 1 heart and the pf raiser bet 1100. mp folded, i called, and then the dealer let me know that it wasnt 1100, but it was 2100. now its time for a rant.

THE FUCKING 500 AND 1K CHIPS IN THIS TOURNAMENT WERE BASICALLY THE SAME COLOR. one was light brown and the other was dark orange. if you were sitting across the table from a bettor and the light wasnt right you really couldnt tell the difference between the two chips. It fucked me over a few times here and there.

since i already put 1100 out there i decided to throw the other 1k out there. the turn came a heart and he bet out 3500. he seemed fairly tag, but on the tight side and i contemplated raising here, but decided the likelihood he had a set and the combined possibility that he wouldnt fold AA/KK was too high that I shouldnt raise, so I flat called again. River blanked, he bet 6k and i folded. I sort of wish i made a play on the turn or river in this hand, but I feel he very likely had a set because he seemed very very tight.

On the last hand of the level, i got dealt QQ utg, raised to 700 and got 3 calls. flop came 235 with 2 clubs and 1 diamond. the bb (same old guy that overbet shoved AA) led out 1100, i made it 3k with 2 players left behind, they both folded and the old man thought for a little and shoved for 30k. I felt like it was highly likely he was semibluffing, but since he already overbet shoved the nuts and seemed really tight, I thought sets made up enough of his range to fold here. I folded and he showed 34dd, which I would be basically 50% vs because of his backdoor flush draw. Flat calling and jamming turn is probably ok, but i didnt like the thought of playing a multiway pot to this turn.


I then lost a pretty big pot in the 200/400/50a level. I raised utg to 1200 with 88, got 3 calls, and a shortstack shoved for 10k more. I got the feeling from looking at him that he didnt want a call and the players behind me seemed pretty weak so i flat called. everyone folded and he actually had AK, which is way stronger than I expected from him. he made a straight and i lost about 25% of my stack.

Nothing else important happened the rest of the day besides me check raise bluffing this total fish on the turn and him waking up with KK. another 12k down the drain.

On the last hand of the day i folded KJ on a J88 flop to a guy who ended up showing 86. i finished the day at 28k and was pretty disappointed that I couldnt capitalize on my easy table and crazy image. At least I still had 35bb left for the start of the next day.


On day 2 i had a much worse table. play2kill was seated directly to my left, and I also had thor hansen and a few guys i had recognized from past WPT final tables. I won a few pots and lost a few pots early and my stack basically stayed the same for my bustout hand, which I will say again with my analysis.

kido pham (who is crazy) open raised the button to 3k at 400/800. I had AQdd in the big blind with 28k. I decided to raise, and made it 10k, he shoved and I called. I think hes raising the button close to 100% of the time here, but, since I made it 10k over his raise, i am basically committing myself against a shove, so I essentially shoved for 9x his bet. I much much would have preferred if i had made it 8k and then still called a shove (cause hes crazy), but at least this way I wouldnt have committed myself.

Overall I think I played well, but I think I should have a) totally given up on bluffing after the first level, b) been just as loose but less aggressive in the first level to help maintain a better image and c) played the last hand a little smarter.


Anyway, after that I found a series of wsop circuit events at Caesar's which is right next door to the bellagio. i played in 3 of them, a 500, a 1k and a 1500. I got rather deep in the 500 but bubbled with top 2 vs a flush draw, which I got pretty mad about (so hilarious that I got upset) because it was a big pot and I would have had a good chance to make a final table and pick up POY points. oh well whatever. got busted from the other tourneys in standard ways (squeezed into aces, lost top pair vs a flush draw)

as for cash games, I didnt play much live. i played about an hour of 50/100 7stud to help me gear up for the wsop stud events (which I plan on definitely playing) and I came out up 800 and felt like I was much better than my opponents. i am very excited for the wsop stud events because I feel like my ability in that game is close to my skill in NL.

ill post some trip adventures when i get back to school.

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She caught me picking my nose and flicking it on the rug.

I guess that doesnt fly over at home. She is not happy.

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I'm leaving for vegas tomorrow morning. I'll post updates on my progress in the tourney here, i'm sure cardplayer will also have a lot of live updates.

im bringing my digital camera, which i have not yet used. maybe i will post pictures of adventures i go on in the rhino with my massive wad of 1 dollar bills and other quests i may undertake.

P.S. Does anyone know what casino chevy chase went to in vegas vacation where he played guess the number and pick a hand? That seems like my kind of place.

and id also like to know the buffet they went to.



cousin eddie was a fan of the yellow stuff but i really thought the blue dish looked good.

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there was a layover too (only had 9420 in buyins) so stars just handed me 1580.

i run so good

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ill be in vegas this friday. definitely going to the rhino first night im there.

WHO'S COMING WITH ME?

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LOL JK





im such an asshole

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In reply to an email, one of the members of the stars support team asked me if anyone from pokerstars has confirmed my attendance at the WPT championship, cause I guess they are the ones buying me into the event since PCA is a pokerstars sponsored tourney. I sent back no and told them I was indeed going to the event. I got this as a response back.

Hi Ryan, Ok, We are working out the details of that now. We will most likely wire the money to the Bellagio, and it will be there for you when you get there, but as soon as we have the details sorted out, we will let you know. Good luck in the Championship. And BTW, absolutely love your blog. The pics are priceless Best Regards, Jeanne D. Poker Room Management Team

That's awesome. Jeanne rules.



so anyway, I just got back from the movies, I went to see grindhouse. it's these 2 full length horror movies with sweet trailers in between them to comebine for over 3 hours of pure awesomeness.

Pretty much the greatest movie of all time. There were zombie type creatures, gogo dancers, explosions, a girl with a machine gun for a leg, and that was just the first movie. I actually just registered for imdb for the sole purpose of giving this movie a 10. It's obvious that Robert Rodriguez has a machine gun for a dick because only a man made out of that could make a movie this awesome.

If sin city and kill bill had a baby, and raised it like a spartan warrior, it would become this movie.




I highly recommend that all of you see it asap.

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I've recently been involved in a few staking deals and one teaching deal. I have a couple live tourney deals, had one online sng deal, loaned a friend who plays donkaments a little money to get him started on cash games and i'm teaching someone PLO.

My two live tourney stakes are in Ari "bodogari" engel and Corwin "mig.com" Mackey.


Ari has played 10 tournaments so far and already made a 63k score as well as a cash in the LAPC.




Mig just started playing in his first live tournaments for me. In his very first one, the $2500 event at the bellagio, he has made the final table and is currently in 6th out of 10. 1st place is 220k.

Corwin Mackey raises to $8,000 preflop and Joel Casper makes the call. The flop comes AJ8 and both players check. The turn is the A and they check again. The river comes the Q and Casper bets $10,000. Mackey puts him all in and Casper makes the call. Casper turns over K10 for a straight but Mackey flips up AA for quads. Mackey rakes the pot and eliminates Casper from the tournament.

So sick.


Earlier this year I was staking rainkhan in sngs. We had a buyout option and he did so well in the first week that he bought out. Since then he has won a few online mtts and has won 5 (yes thats correct) main event seats.




My buddy randallin has been just destroying online mtts (particularly on UB) the past 3 months. However, since he is backed by bax/sheets he cant really play any cash games. So I gave him a few k loan to get him started at 1/2 nl. He beat 1/2 so bad he was up to 2/4 by the 2nd day, and he has since won at least 15 buyins there.




Finally, I'm teaching my buddy Corwin (tecknowledgy on stars) PLO. He's really bright and he picked it up really quick and now hes beating the game at like 19ptbb at 1/2 plo. What a sicko.





As for me, I've been playing well in NL lately. Things turned to shit in PLO though. I lost most of my 60/40s 40/60s and intermittently played like shit and lost all my 20/80s and 10/90s. It really sucks when your gutshots get cracked by sets and AAxx overpair all in on the flop doesnt hold up against the nut straight.

I'm still very confident in my PLO game but im going to take a break from it for a while and maybe play some 3/6 5/10 and 10/20 plo instead of 25/50 until i start playing well again. Maybe I'll ask my student for some lessons cause hes murdering children at 1/2.

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