Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Whats in a blog title?

I've definitely been craving some live poker action lately, especially since my confidence is at an all time high. I would get an unimaginably large boner from check raising some douche bag WPT fanboi with sunglasses and an ipod. Conversely - losing to said fanboi may cause me to descend into an insurmountable depression. Such are the risks inherent with poker. I here there is a live game that regularly goes on above a head shop (obv). Methinks I'll be hitting that up before the New Years.

Also I'm hosting a cash poker game over the holidays with my close friends that will involve copious amounts of swearing, drinking and naked ladies. Unfortunately they are all sold out of naked ladies so I had to replace them with mushrooms. Equally entertaining, although in a much different way. I've never played poker on mushrooms before and I'm actually pretty excited. I've always felt that while on them I have a heightened sense of, well, everything and that I could read people with diamond cut precision. This feeling is probably bullshit and will be put to the test. What will also be interesting is that everyone (well the guys who still have their nuts attached) will be doing shrooms as well. This will probably lead to the slowest game in the history of poker, but damn it if its not the most entertaining one.

I've always been pretty fearless when it comes to most of my opponents in poker. In the past I ignorantly attributed this to my innate awesomeness and never thought twice about it. However, lately I've realized that my risk-averse ways probably have lead to this phenomenon as I basically never move up out of my comfort zone and hence have always felt confident. I know the truly great players all have played out of their comfort zone many times in order to move up the ranks. Surely they occasionally paid the price for their risks but in the long run it clearly has paid off for them. Playing against better players, for higher stakes will undoubtedly improve your game, as well as keep you focussed on the game itself. I honestly doubt I will ever be in the upper echelon of players as, while I am a competitive person, I just don't have the amount of "gamble" needed to succeed at high levels (and to move up aggressively in stakes).

Take me out of my comfort zone and I'll crash and burn. Keep me in it and I'll slowly succeed.

In other news, tomorrow I'll be taking the final steps towards getting my own radio show. My friend and I (who will be co-hosting the show with me) have been volunteering occasionally at the local university radio station and tomorrow we will be running our first "mock" show for the producer. We haven't finalized what our show will be about yet but we have some ideas that we hope will lead to an evolution of sorts to a unique, consistent show. Its only an hour long each week, so the time commitment isn't large but it will provide me with great experience in radio and will definitely be a lot of fun.

And heres a video of two chicks having an extended slap fight. I'm really impressed as to how long they go for.



Heres my current favorite commercial on TV.

Monday, December 17, 2007

I Love the Smell of Fish in the Morning

I had an early doctors appointment today and therefore was up before noon for the first time in 2 years. Had my first adult physical in my life since my girlfriend is paranoid I have AIDS or something and made me go. As tired as I was from 4 hours sleep, nothing gets you up like a strangers cold finger up your ass.

I got home early and had an hour or so to kill so I decided to fire up some poker to see if anyone was even online. I mean honestly, who is even awake let alone plays poker at 10am?

Donks apparently. Donks-a-plenty.

Played for less than an hour and won over 4 buyins through no skill of my own other than just reading my hand and the flop. Honestly people were just handing their money over for no good reason. I mean I could see if I had been playing with them for a few hours and had bluffed them or something, but these donks were stacking off to me after literally 2 hands. Here are the highlights (and 1 lowlight).

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HAND #1
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Party Poker, $2/$4 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 5 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

UTG: $642.10
CO: $311.70
BTN: $398
SB: $1,037.10
Hero (BB): $418.10

Pre-Flop: K K dealt to Hero (BB)
3 folds, SB calls $2, Hero raises to $16, SB raises to $38, Hero raises to $124, SB calls $88

Flop: ($256) 7 4 Q (2 Players)
SB checks, Hero bets $155, SB raises to $408, Hero calls $135.10 and is All-In

Turn: ($836.20) 7 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

River: ($836.20) 9 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)


Results: $836.20 Pot ($2 Rake)
SB showed 8 8 (two pairs, Eights and Sevens) and LOST (-$418.10 NET)
Hero showed K K (two pairs, Kings and Sevens) and WON $834.20 (+$416.10 NET)


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HAND #2
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Party Poker, $2/$4 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 6 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

UTG: $456
MP: $809.60
Hero (CO): $394
BTN: $374.80
SB: $484.60
BB: $604.66

Pre-Flop: J 9 dealt to Hero (CO)
2 folds, Hero raises to $14, 2 folds, BB calls $10

Flop: ($30) Q K T (2 Players)
BB checks, Hero bets $22, BB raises to $66, Hero raises to $168, BB raises to $590.66 and is All-In, Hero calls $212 and is All-In

Turn: ($790) 7 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

River: ($790) 5 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)


Results: $790 Pot ($3 Rake)
Hero showed J 9 (a straight Nine to King) and WON $787 (+$393 NET)
BB showed Q T (two pairs, Queens and Tens) and LOST (-$394 NET)


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HAND #3
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Party Poker, $2/$4 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 6 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

BB: $400
UTG: $81.50
MP: $413.10
Hero (CO): $399.50
BTN: $328.50
SB: $396

Pre-Flop: 6 5 dealt to Hero (CO)
2 folds, Hero raises to $14, BTN calls $14, 2 folds

Flop: ($34) 5 8 6 (2 Players)
Hero bets $25, BTN raises to $60, Hero raises to $324, BTN calls $254.50 and is All-In

Turn: ($663) 6 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

River: ($663) K (2 Players - 1 is All-In)


Results: $663 Pot ($13 Rake)
Hero showed 6 5 (a full house, Sixes full of Fives) and WON $650 (+$321.50 NET)
BTN mucked T T (two pairs, Tens and Sixes) and LOST (-$328.50 NET)


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HAND #4
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Party Poker, $2/$4 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 6 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

Hero (MP): $394
CO: $726.20
BTN: $96.50
SB: $97.40
BB: $175.80
UTG: $362.40

Pre-Flop: J Q dealt to Hero (MP)
UTG folds, Hero raises to $16, CO calls $16, 3 folds

Flop: ($38) 8 K A (2 Players)
Hero bets $28, CO calls $28

Turn: ($94) 7 (2 Players)
Hero checks, CO checks

River: ($94) T (2 Players)
Hero bets $40, CO raises to $100, Hero raises to $250, CO calls $150


Results: $594 Pot ($3.50 Rake)
Hero showed J Q (a straight Ten to Ace) and WON $590.50 (+$296.50 NET)
CO mucked J A (a pair of Aces) and LOST (-$294 NET)


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HAND #5
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Party Poker, $2/$4 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 6 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

UTG: $411.35
MP: $111.50
CO: $459.55
Hero (BTN): $649.60
SB: $173.10
BB: $406

Pre-Flop: J J dealt to Hero (BTN)
3 folds, Hero raises to $14, SB raises to $173.10 and is All-In, BB folds, Hero calls $159.10

Flop: ($350.20) 3 5 K (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

Turn: ($350.20) T (2 Players - 1 is All-In)

River: ($350.20) 4 (2 Players - 1 is All-In)


Results: $350.20 Pot ($3.50 Rake)
Hero showed J J (a pair of Jacks) and WON $346.70 (+$173.60 NET)
SB mucked 8 6 (high card King) and LOST (-$173.10 NET)


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HAND #6
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Party Poker, $2/$4 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 5 Players

LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter

BTN: $712.60
Hero (SB): $833.70
BB: $406.90
UTG: $590.60
CO: $52.50

Pre-Flop: A K dealt to Hero (SB)
UTG calls $4, 2 folds, Hero raises to $22, BB folds, UTG calls $18

Flop: ($48) T 4 2 (2 Players)
Hero bets $38, UTG calls $38

Turn: ($124) 2 (2 Players)
Hero bets $75, UTG raises to $150, Hero raises to $773.70 and is All-In, UTG folds


Results: $424 Pot
Hero mucked A K and WON $1,045.70 (+$835.70 NET)


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HAND #7
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This hand was super gay in every way. I obviously can't fold 65s here because my opponent is fellow multitabler who I know is trying to just push me around. I absolutely hate his stupid faggity ass way of playing this hand too. I mean come on, just push the flop you retard, I'm obviously calling. Meanwhile he pushes the turn for no good reason when the flush card hits basically turning his hand into a bluff since I'm not calling him unless he is beat. These are the types of hands that I have to play every fucking day against other multitablers who are hell bent on out playing me. Its real fun.

Party Poker, $2/$4 NL Hold'em Cash Game, 5 Players
LeggoPoker.com - Hand History Converter
Hero (CO): $542.80
BTN: $402.57
SB: $123.80
BB: $400
UTG: $583

Pre-Flop: 6 5 dealt to Hero (CO)
UTG folds, Hero raises to $14, 2 folds, BB raises to $48, Hero calls $34

Flop: ($98) T K K (2 Players)
BB bets $68, Hero raises to $198, BB calls $130

Turn: ($494) J (2 Players)
BB bets $154 and is All-In, Hero calls $154

River: ($802) J (2 Players - 1 is All-In)


Results: $802 Pot ($2 Rake)
Hero showed 6 5 (a flush, King high) and LOST (-$400 NET)
BB showed 7 K (a full house, Kings full of Jacks) and WON $800 (+$400 NET)