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NAPT Mohegan Sun Part 2: The Main Event

2010-04-14T14:00:00.003-04:00

My starting table was in the p0ker room. LJ and Shawn's are both in the tournament\convention room. Turns out almost all of the on-line qualifiers and pokerstars pros are in the tournament room. Everyone who bought in and satellited in late were in the p0ker room. Since pokerstars ran a ton of cheap satellites to this, it made it a huge disadvantage to be in the p0ker room. It definitely wasn't

NAPT Mohegan Sun Part 1: $500 Sat to Main Event

2010-04-13T01:00:00.002-04:00

LJ won a seat to the NAPT Mohegan Sun about a month ago. I took off work and we decided to make a vacation out of it....We left for CT Tuesday around 1:15 and got there around 4:15. We hit very little traffic, so it was a pretty easy drive. I dropped LJ off with the bags at the front desk and went to park. She checked into the room and by the time I parked the car and found my way back to the

WSOP Main Event Day2

2009-07-23T11:00:00.001-04:00

My Day One ended in decent shape, I was sitting at 42,000 and feeling decent. I got my table draw and started googling the names. A couple I didn't have to, Jennifer Harman and Theo Tran. I thought there was a chance it would be the TV table, but that was not to be. The rest of the table wasn't much better, there was a 2+2 cash game grinder with a huge stack, jburleson and a couple other

Fun WSOP Hands

2009-07-14T15:00:00.000-04:00

Hand 1: Bunch of limpers and the button raises it up and gets two callers. Flop is KQ3 rainbow and it checks to the button who bets out and gets one caller (some Norwegian dude). The Turn is an Ace completing the rainbow and it goes check-check. River is a Ten and the board is KQ3AT. Any jack makes the mortal, unbeatable nuts. It’s a tournament. The pots aren’t raked. The Norwegian dude

WSOP Main Event Day1

2009-07-13T12:00:00.002-04:00

The Main Event just isn't as soft as it used to be. I am still pretty sure it is by far the softest $10,000 buy in tournament in the world tho. Getting a ridiculously soft table is just very unlikely anymore. I heard from so many people how hard there opening table was compared to previous years. The field just is just no where near as soft as it used to be. There are still definitely some

Heading Down

2009-07-06T11:20:00.000-04:00

to the Amazon Room right now. Cards should be in the air in about 40 minutes. sprstoner is at the table next to me, hopefully we both build nice stacks today.

Getting Back in the Game

2009-06-26T11:30:00.000-04:00

My four best finishes in tournaments last night...393/2250, 378 pay 66/617, 63 pay 187/1260, 180 pay 551/3555, 540 pay Actually tho, I feel like I have plugged a couple leaks that have snuck into my game. Last night I felt like I played really strong poker (minus a couple tilt spots). I am going to try to play a lot Sunday afternoon, so hopefully I can get a little something going then.I am

WSOP Stuff

2009-06-25T15:30:00.001-04:00

I played my first non-Main Event WSOP tournament last weekend. Event #39, $1500 NLH started well for me. I doubled my stack pretty easily in the first two levels. I flopped a Queen with AQ and a guy bluffed off most of his stack to me. I took the rest a little while later when my Jacks held vs his Nines, all in pre. After those two levels, the whole day was a struggle for me. I wasn't

Stoner is a Sicko!!

2009-06-08T06:00:00.000-04:00

Finished 3rd in Event 13 at the WSOP for $200k!!!!Stop by his blog and congratulate him!Full Tilt should sign him to be a red pro today!

NBA Playoff Pool

2009-04-16T11:45:00.001-04:00

I am not dead, just not playing a bunch of poker these days. Mostly just the BBT and having tons of fun being obnoxious in the chat in those. :-)I am running an NBA Playoff pool....$25 to get in, most points in the playoffs wins (rebounds, assists, etc are meaningless). Depending on how many play, I might pay 2nd/3rd, that will be determined this weekend when I see how many entries there are.

Good SNG Night

2009-03-13T14:30:00.000-04:00

The first two started at the exact same time. I ended the night up about $1600. It definitely feels good to put together a few positive days this week. Hopefully it continues.

A Final Table Finally

2009-03-12T15:30:00.001-04:00

Its been awhile since I made a final table in a non blogger MTT. Small cash, but felt good to break the dry spell...Hopefully this week is the start of a good run. The past few months have been pretty rough.

BBT4 WINNA!!!

2009-03-10T11:30:00.002-04:00

In the seventh tournament in BBT4 I won my TOC seat. In BBT2it took me 4 tries and in BBT3 it took me 5 to get my seat. Once again, I'm slacking. Heh!I really run so good in blogger tournaments, its pretty sick. I def put some beats on people along the way.Four handed, I got pot committed vs Breeze's Aces (for the second time) and this time cracked them on the river...Three handed, I rivered

BBT4

2009-02-26T23:00:00.001-05:00

Check Al's blog for the details. Here are the tournaments. Starting this Sunday (not sure if Sunday's Brit game counts or not).Tournament: Brit Blogger GameWhen: Sunday's at 16:00ETGame: NLHEBuyin: $5+.50Password: donkamentTournament: PPI / Riverchasers TournamentWhen: Monday's at 22:00ETGame: Deepstack NLHEBuyin: $24+2 or tokenPassword: riverchasersTournament: Blogger Skillz GameWhen:

Fun Times, Not Really

2009-02-16T15:30:00.002-05:00

I entered a TLB contest on 2+2 and have been playing a ton the last week or so. I am running like shit when I get deep in anything. Blah, blah, blah. No one wants to read about bad beats. I did finish in the top 100 of the FTOPs Brawl yesterday that started with 9000+ runners. Lost on a sick hand, but felt like I played pretty well with maybe a couple exceptions. I need to take a harder

And Out.

2009-01-27T21:15:00.000-05:00

I lasted about 25 minutes after the dinner break. Folded around to me in the small blind, I raised it to 11k (blinds 2k-4k) with A4hh, big blind calls. Flop comes J-9-3 with two hearts. I bet 14k, he calls. Turn bricks, I bet 22k, he calls again. River is an off suit King. Great bluffing card for me, I bet 52k, he calls and shows KQo (no hearts). :( Chased a gutter and two overs on a

update - dinner break day 2

2009-01-27T19:46:00.002-05:00

lucko ended the level w/ 210k, blinds going up to 2k/4k, 400 antes. about 270 left. bax, forrest and another good player busted from his table over the past couple hours, but right before break his table broke. -guest blogger lj

Borgata Winter Open Day 1

2009-01-26T15:30:00.001-05:00

LJ and I played the Borgatta Winter Open Main Event yesterday. We both made it through to Day 2. First, thanks to smokkee and Al for tracking our progress yesterday.The structure is insane good. I played super tight. Really, I did. I chipped up steadily throughout the day. I won basically 5 decent pots in 10 hours of play.The first big one was definitely the funniest. I had played like 5

Mookie Win #5!

2009-01-22T11:30:00.001-05:00

Last night I won my 5th Mookie, and second in three weeks. Between listening to Buddy Dank Radio, mixing it up with Blinders in the table chat, listening to the railbirds and getting to play at final table with Mr. Mookie himself, it was a very good time.For those that don't know, I def am a fan of Blinders, and all the chat between us was in good spirits, at least from me and I am pretty sure

Borgata $2 Million Championship

2009-01-20T23:00:00.001-05:00

Leaning towards playing this Sunday...Smokkee is in town and told me he will try to get some reports of our progress on the Borgata Poker Blog.There are some other bloggers playing some fun tournaments. Sprstoner won a $10k LAPC seat. I am def buying a piece of him as he is red hot and you should too. Lilkimmer is playing in some EPT thing. Drop by his blog for the details. He had a very

Bad Beats

2009-01-19T12:00:00.000-05:00

Last night I opened the Stars Sunday Million late to see if anyone was in it that I knew. They were getting close to the final table bubble, so I watched for a bit.The next time you take a beat, come look a these hands and you will feel better.With 12 left in the Million yesterday...PokerStars Game #24050320396: Tournament #132769135, $200+$15 Hold'em No Limit - Level XXXII (100,000/200,000) -

Final Table 21k, No Win

2009-01-15T00:30:00.000-05:00

I sucked out a bunch to get to the final table, so I can't complain with 8th...but losing this monster pot on the river, def hurt a bit...I had shoved him a bunch, so I cant really fault his call. Was fun being at a FT again.

2008

2009-01-12T11:00:00.001-05:00

2008 was definitely a strange year for me and poker. I had some of my greatest poker accomplishments this past year, but still the year ended with the longest break from poker I have taken since I started playing on line.In January and February last year, I was in a similar mindset too. I wasn't playing a ton and when I was playing I wasn't at my best. I went to Ireland for almost 2 weeks for my

Ship the Mookie!!

2009-01-08T13:00:00.000-05:00

I won my 4th Mookie last night. I got heads-up with LJ and outplayed her here all in pre...Was cool to get heads-up, I think its the first time we were HU in an MTT. We have played a lot of heads-up sngs, but at the end of a tourney is obv different. We were in the final three in one of the BBT mtts last year, but ended up going on nd and 3rd, so yesterday was sweet...I feel bad for lightning

I'm Back (Sort of)

2009-01-05T17:00:00.000-05:00

Hope everybody had a safe and happy holiday season! It's been a few months since I posted last, so it's probably about time to get something up.I haven't been playing much at all lately, but I think that could change soon. I just haven't been feeling it. I would sign into a few MTTs and after an hour or so just regret playing them. I would then end up pushing something I shouldn't and

Won an MTT

2008-10-21T11:00:00.000-04:00

I won the $21k last night on Full Tilt. Its the $24+2 mtt that starts at 6. I ran like total ass all day, so it felt good to run like a god late in this. I pretty much ran over the field late. The final hand...While at the final table I played my first Matrix SNG with Stoner. I busted 9th in one to really hurt myself in the standings, but overall it was a decent profit.I also dominated LJ in

Sprstoner Wins $58k!!!!!

2008-10-06T10:24:00.007-04:00

Sprstoner took down the $150r on Full Tilt last night for $58,425!!! So insanely awesome!!! It is over double my biggest on line score ever. Very, very well deserved...

Failure

2008-09-09T00:42:00.002-04:00

Still struggling and saw this...Need to get my game back and I will.

Lack of Motivation

2008-08-25T14:00:00.002-04:00

I am still in a bit of post-WSOP malaize. I just don't have much desire to play (or blog) these days. During my hot streak in March, April, May and June I averaged over 200 multi table tournaments a month. In July I played just over 100 and August only 37 so far. And you guys have seen how much (little) I have been posting.Most of the time when I sign up for a big mtt I find my interest

Tao of Poker Turns 5

2008-08-04T17:00:00.001-04:00

And Pauly is running a pretty cool tournament. I plan on playing...Here are the specific details...1. Tao of Poker birthday tournament is open to all readers.2. No chops whatsoever for the Borgata Package ($5,000 seat + two nights).3. The 5K seat is a must play.... meaning you cannot take the cash. You have to play the event on September 12th.4. Package does not include transportation. You have

WCOOP Schedule

2008-07-22T15:00:00.001-04:00

The WCOOP is starting in a little over a month. It basically puts FTOPs to shame imo. It is truly the biggest and most prestigious online poker series of the year. 17 days, 33 tournaments and $30 million dollars in guarantees! So sick!I wish I could find a way (time and bankroll) to play them all. It would be a blast. As is, there are seven events that I am mainly targeting to play:Event #6

Final Tabled the 16k

2008-07-17T09:45:00.000-04:00

A win would have been nice, but its always fun making a final table...I had been playing pretty shitty earlier in the week, so I was happy to get it together last night. I had three cashes and should have had a 4th. JJ lost to AT all in pre for a top 5 stack in the $50 1r about eight from the money. Such a juicy tournament.

WSOP Main Event: Two Hand Demise

2008-07-15T10:30:00.001-04:00

I went from 25,000 to about 14,000 with only really one big pot. Maybe I will post that one later, but it wasn't as interesting as these two in my opinion.HAND #1Relevant StacksButton (me): 14,000Big Blind: 30,000.Blinds 150-300I am the Button with Tc 9c7 folds, I raise to 800, Small Blind folds, Big Blind calls.Pretty standard here.Flop: Ac Kh 7h (Pot= 1750)Big Blind checks, I bet 1,200 and Big

Decent Sunday

2008-07-14T10:45:00.001-04:00

I cashed in 3 of the 5 majors I played yesterday. I finished 342nd in the Stars Warmup, 332nd in the FTP 750k and 99th in the Stars Second Chance. I cahsed in a $109 on Stars as well. The four combined for a little over $1800, but with the amount of tournaments I played, that wasn't much of a profit.I feel like I made some mistakes too. I am not sure if being a little jetlagged had something

Home

2008-07-12T23:30:00.001-04:00

Back from Vegas. It was a great time, but def disappointing. Next week I plan to recap some interesting Main Event hands. Congrats to Iggy on his awesome run.Almost won a small online MTT yesterday. I made it to heads-up with a huge chip lead, but couldnt win a hand after that. I lost it here, all in pre...I plan on playing a bunch of the majors tomorrow. The Stars Million has a TWO Million

Busto'ed 91st

2008-07-10T11:12:00.001-04:00

I busted two players in the first level to get up to 400k early. I think I was top three or four in chips at the time. It all went downhill from there tho.I raised two red kings from the button and an older gentleman in the big blind called. The flop came Ts 9s 3s. I continuation bet and he overshoved for 150k. I thought for a bit and called figuring I was ahead, but probably not by much.

Caesars Mega Stack

2008-07-09T14:00:00.001-04:00

I will make a more detailed update on the WSOP ME when I get back. Loretta and TDizz play today and hopefully they kick some ass.Yesterday I played the Caesars $1k Mega Stack. I had a pretty good Day 1 and ended over double the average stack at t251,000. Average I think is around t120,000. Today we play down to the final table. There are about 280 left and around 120 will make the money.

Busto

2008-07-05T21:14:00.001-04:00

Main Event is rigged. Runner runner flush ran into runner runner boat.Then lost a big flip to busto. More details later, going to get drunknow.

2nd Break

2008-07-05T19:46:00.001-04:00

Tough level. Not much went right. Missed a ton of flops and keptgetting played back at. Ended at 17k, so still in ok shape. LJ busted,so gay.

1st Break

2008-07-05T17:20:00.001-04:00

Up to 25k. Had Kings three times, won 2 small pots and lost 1 when anace flopped and I got raised off it. Hero called in one pot with 88on a 55432 board and was showed J7o for a nice pot. Flopped the nutstraight on the last hand of the level and got paid off a bit. OKtable, couple of donks. LJ got gayed in a big hand for her stack. KKlost to AKs with 50% of the money in pre and donk flopped

Main Event Today!!!

2008-07-05T11:00:00.000-04:00

Heading over to the Rio in a couple minutes. For those here, I will be in the Brazillion room at table 40. I will try to update the blog with my chip counts on breaks. Hopefully there are lots of good updates coming.

Playing Day 1C

2008-07-04T11:00:00.004-04:00

Yesterday I registered for the Main Event. I will be playing Saturday, Day 1C. The best place to follow my progress will be here and PokerNews.I never made it to their party last night. I started drining a little after noon at the McFadden's booth at the Expo. I ran into Pauly in the poker kitchen. Shot the shit for a bit and then went drinking with Tuscaloosa Johny and TDizz. I told TJ

In Vegas!

2008-07-03T10:20:00.000-04:00

Got in last night, didn't do much. Had a few beers with George. Definitely feeling a bit jet lagged. I am old.I am heading over to the RIO in a little bit to register for the Main Event. I am looking to play Saturday (Day 1C). I will post either tonight or tomorrow morning when I am playing.I am going to Poker News party tonight at The Bank in Bellagio. Anyone else going to be there? Look

Quaterly PXF League Winner

2008-07-01T15:30:00.000-04:00

Ship the shitty prizes...Quarterly League Winners: 1st Place: • One of a kind, PXF League Champion Shirt and Hat • PXF League Champion avatar (for PXF Forum) • 10,000 PXF Credits • One Quarter Subscription extension to PXFLOL, all kidding tho, it obv was a fucking great quarter for me. One day until Vegas!

GOOOOOOOOOOOO DWAL!!!

2008-06-30T15:00:00.001-04:00

DWal has made Day 2 of the the WSOP $1500 Horse Event. 184 left, 80 pay. Phil Hellmuth is actually the chipleader. Dave will start the day with about 10bbs so he will need an early double. Take it down!!!Edit: Argh! He bubbled. Lost a bunch of chips when KQ lost to QJ on a QxxxJ board. Hung around for a while and busto'ed on the bubble. So gay.

Sunday Update

2008-06-30T13:15:00.002-04:00

Shitty poker day yesterday. I went out of the Warmup when I turned a set vs a turned flush. He basically hit a 1 outer to stack me. Then in the Million, a guy called a pot shove for his stack on a draw on the turn and obv hit the river. I lasted a while in the 750k but lost a flip late when I got short.Frustrating day for me, but I did get to watch LJ make a deep run in the Million. ~Funny

FTP and Stars Weekly $1k's

2008-06-27T15:00:00.000-04:00

I have played Fult Tilt's Monday $1k twice and Poker Stars' Super Tuesday once. The first time I played the Fult Tilt $1k I bubbled the final table. It could have been a huge score, but it was not to be.Each time I have played these I have satellited in. I don't think my roll is big enough to be buying into these tournaments directly on a regular basis yet. I also watch these mtt's a ton and

$50 1 Rebuy Winna... Again!!!

2008-06-26T11:15:00.003-04:00

I am definitely loving the $50 1 rebuy 1 add-on on Stars. I won it last night for the third time and I have played it less than 40 times. I have also final tabled it several times, including Tuesday's. Also making back to back final tables was a_zuzolo....This pot got us down to four handed gave me a decent chiplead all in on the turn...And fittingly enough, I make it heads-up with a_zuzolo.I

$50 1 Rebuy Final Table

2008-06-25T11:00:00.002-04:00

Some times life makes poker seem very trivial. What fellow blogger Bayne is going through right now is one of those times. All the best dude. I am really hoping for this to have a happy ending for you and your family.I have played a bunch of tournaments the past two days. I have mostly ran like ass but have had a little success. Monday night I sort of final tabled the PLO $4k Guarantee on Full

13th in the Million

2008-06-23T14:00:00.001-04:00

Not sure where to start this one. With 13 left I was the chip leader in the Stars Sunday Million. Two hands later I was on the rail. I got lucky a bunch of times to get that deep and then got unlucky and was out. Its part of the game. I feel like I should be more upset than I am, but its poker. I am definitely frustrated to get that deep in a major and fall short, but I feel like I played

My Girl Owns

2008-06-19T11:00:00.000-04:00

Kind of late and I am sure most of you already know, but for those that haven't seen it LJ won a WSOP Main Event seat on Sunday night in the Full Tilt 150 seat guarantee. Sick\brutal bubble, but she came through...I haven't been playing much this week as I was in North Carolina for work. I will be playing tonight and there is a decent chance I will be playing the majors this weekend. I still

9.5k KO Win

2008-06-15T21:30:00.002-04:00

Had some brutal hands today. I was sure it was going to be a miserable poker day for me, but I was able to put together a good run in the 9.5k Knockout Guarantee on Full Tilt.I made the final table 2nd in chips. I won one huge pot when I rivered a gutter and got paid. Then this hand gave me a huge lead when J9o called my reraise pre...All in pre, I thought I was going to pull off the suckout

LOL, Nevermind

2008-06-15T16:35:00.000-04:00

PokerStars Game #18159210507: Tournament #89000000, $350+$20 Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2008/06/15 - 16:31:29 (ET)Table '89000000 351' 9-max Seat #5 is the buttonSeat 1: Stark (5000 in chips) Seat 2: 7-2theNuts (5020 in chips) Seat 3: Kovax (4970 in chips) Seat 5: L84apokerd8 (4970 in chips) Seat 6: YingAndYang (5040 in chips) Seat 7: Djorgo (5000 in chips) Seat 9: lucko21 (5000 in

WSOP Online Satellite Day

2008-06-15T15:15:00.000-04:00

FTP an Stars are running there big WSOP satellites today. Who's playing? I am going to start another post with updates around 4:30 when the Stars 200 seater starts.I played the Moneymaker satellite but got coolered out on the first level...Seat 1: lucko21 (5030 in chips) Seat 2: Nole91 (5060 in chips) Seat 3: chicksrock (4960 in chips) Seat 4: DCal Zone (4920 in chips) Seat 5: djerberg-dk (5040

MSOP Final Table

2008-06-13T11:00:00.001-04:00

I definitely have had a shitty week of poker. I have taken some shots in bigger tournaments and played a little cash. Not much has gone my way. So making the Full Tilt's Mini Series of Poker HA final table felt good last night. A win would have obv felt better, but it was still nice.I did win this key flip midway through...I was a shorty for most of the final table, but made a little run and

The TOC was a disaster for me. I played one hand like ass. I kind of knew what I was against and still called down with a weaker hand. I just was never mentally into it on Saturday. I later got all in flipping and went out to quads. Its a shame to waste such a great opportunity and I feel like I did. Congrats to all the winners, esp Loretta on winning a WSOP Main Event seat. Big thanks to

$50 1 Rebuy Winna!!

2008-06-05T10:45:00.002-04:00

I won the $50 one rebuy one add-on yesterday. I almost won this thing on Friday but finished third, so it definitely felt good to get it done. I have the first two legs of a triple crown done again, but again will most likely fall short. Today is my last night and I am not going to get to play much if at all tonight. (GOOOOO CELTICS!!!)Early in the second hour, I was pretty short. I ran hot

Super Tuesday, TOC & PXF Deathmatch

2008-06-04T10:45:00.001-04:00

I got home from work yesterday at like 5:20 and wanted to play. I missed the 5:00 mtts and nothing else I like to play started until 6:00. So I fired up a one table sng to the $1k Super Tuesday. I sucked out once early and never looked back. Three handed I trapped with Kings blind vs nlind and basically ended the sng...Brian "Stinger" Hastings was at my starting table. I have watched a bunch

Good Stuff Going On

2008-06-02T12:15:00.003-04:00

I finished first in the BBT3 Fishcakes Prop for $2000. LJ finished second for $750. We dominated the donks!I finished second overall in the BBT3 for $650 prize. Also congrats to Tuscaloosa John on taking down 1st place by about a 600 point margin. I think he also won May which is pretty sick since he also won March. Awesome job!I also won four BBT3 Prop Bets with two donks for $400.I

Superman Never Made Any Money

2008-05-31T00:00:00.005-04:00

Close...Closer...Winna...$6k night and for some reason I have had this song in my head all night.

River Chasers & $10 1r Final Table

2008-05-30T10:30:00.002-04:00

I finished 4th in Riverchasers last night. 4ths usually blow, but this got me back in lead in the big prop bet with just the Big Game left. I clinched at least top two. If LJ doesn't finish at least 11th in the Big Game, 1st is mine. Hopefully she takes it down tho and gets her much deserved TOC Seat (with me making top 15 to win the prop of course). Its still pretty cool that we are 1st and

Updates

2008-05-27T13:30:00.003-04:00

Not a very exciting poker weekend for me. I finished 10th in a $24+2 mtt on Full Tilt, which sucked. Other than that, nothing deep. I did win 2 multi table sngs that combined for over $1,000, which helped.I also final tabled the MATH, but got gayed out of it in fourth. I ran AK into AA and TT into A8s to go from chip leader to out in 3 hands. I did get screwed earlier when my AK lost to AJ

Booked

2008-05-23T12:00:00.000-04:00

I just booked my trip for the Main Eevent. I will be flying out July 2nd and staying at the Gold Coast...Its such a cheesey casino, but I have been staying there for years and it has become sort of a tradition for me. I am going to be playing the Main Event and probably no other WSOP tournaments. I would have loved to be able to be out there for the whole summer and almost pulled it off, but

Positive in Full Tilt MTTs Again

2008-05-22T11:00:00.004-04:00

I love the turbo tournaments on Full Tilt. So much fun...I got sucked out on and sucked out on people numerous times. One fun hand was when my Kings all in pre, were drawing dead on the flop to runner runner quads vs A9s. One or two more breaks and the $12k could have been mine. Oh well, $3400 ain't to shabby for like two hours of play.I busted out of the Mookie early last night. I hate the

BBT3 Winding Down

2008-05-21T12:00:00.003-04:00

I final tabled the Skillz last night, but got sucked out on and busto'ed in 8th. I got some much needed prop bet points to retake the lead. With only 7 events left, I am hoping I can hang on to this lead. I am probably going to need at least one or two more decent finishes to get it done.I am also in the top 4 overall and I would like to see if I could take over first. The prizes are decent

Site Variance?

2008-05-20T16:00:00.002-04:00

I joke around a lot that Full Tilt MTT's are rigged against me. I have now played 547 mtts on Full Tilt and I am a losing tournament player on the site...I am pretty sure I am not a losing tournament player, but those results are hard to argue with. I look at my stars results and they are so vastly different its scary...Why are my results so different on the two sites? Honestly, I am not sure.

FTOPS is Over

2008-05-19T10:50:00.001-04:00

Thank god. It was a pretty brutal FTOPS for me. I think I played 6 events with a total buy in of about $5000 and didn't cash in any of them. So gross. The only slightly positive thing is I did well in the satelites. I won a $2.5k seat, a $1k seat and three $500 main event seats. I still probably spent about $2500 to win those seats tho. It could have been worse, but it could have been a

Sigh

2008-05-17T19:20:00.002-04:00

Busto from the $2500+120...Full Tilt Poker Game #6456462264: FTOPS Event #21 (47445419), Table 84 - 100/200 - No Limit Hold'em - 19:11:27 ET - 2008/05/17Seat 1: Martin Klaeser (3,635)Seat 2: roedel33 (25,665)Seat 3: lucko21 (6,890)Seat 4: Kroko-dill (4,128)Seat 5: Lord_Opeth (15,400)Seat 6: pr1nnyraid (4,727)Seat 7: HahnimKorb (11,515)Seat 8: VBILLER (6,205)Seat 9: Kochan (7,175)Kroko-dill posts

Ship the $2.6k FTOPS Seat

2008-05-16T21:30:00.000-04:00

Played a SNG to FTOPS Event #21 ($2,500+120). Won a 3 way all in early with QQ vs 99 vs 77 to take the early chip lead. Then lost the chip lead with Aces cracked by sixes. I then won a big pot with A3 vs AT button vs small blind to get the chiplead back. I then got it all in with A8 vs lilholdem's QJ. Flop came AJx, turn Jack and I doubled him.I stayed out of the way a bit until we got to

Sunday Heads-Up

2008-05-16T13:00:00.000-04:00

Don't forget to register for the Sunday Heads-Up Tournament on Full Tilt that Loretta is hosting. Lets fill this thing.The password is shovemonkey.

About Last Night

2008-05-15T11:30:00.002-04:00

I didn't realize the $300r last night was 6 max. I played some 100 chippers and won 3 seats in like 8 tries, which is only like $100 profit I think. I still don't like playing 6 max mtt's unless I am only playing one or two tables. Since I was in a bunch of other tourneys, I passed. Good thing, because I don't think I was playing my best poker last night.I did make a deep run in the $3r on Stars.

Great FTOPS Screen Shot

2008-05-14T13:00:00.002-04:00

CP'er lilkimmer won FTOPS Event #10 PLO8 a couple days ago for a $50k+ score (so sick). He just got his FTOPS avatar, here is a great screen shot of his new av:The $3 cap is still cracking me up.I am not sure what remaining events I will be playing. I am almost definitely playing the Main Event on Sunday. If I can get out of work in time, I will probably play Event #19 Friday afternoon ($200

FTOPS Event #11

2008-05-13T11:00:00.000-04:00

Posting mostly out of frustration, I wouldn't blame anyone for not reading...Key hands from $1k FTOPS Event #11:Seat 1: chicagocards1 (5,210)Seat 2: miss and run (5,000), is sitting outSeat 3: lucko21 (4,925)Seat 4: phishn4dough (4,860)Seat 5: castellimich (4,875)Seat 6: E-Shark1 (5,230)Seat 7: alxxxm (4,950)Seat 8: duwhat (4,970)Seat 9: pairdboard21 (4,980)pairdboard21 posts the small blind of

New Layout

2008-05-12T10:15:00.000-04:00

What does everyone think? Better\worse? This place needed some change afer like three years.Also wanted to thank UBM here for helping me out with the change.

2 More Final Tables, PXF Standings & SHU

2008-05-09T10:45:00.000-04:00

I played two mtt's on UB (sellout) yesterday. The first one actually wouldn't have counted towards a triple crown since it had less than 100 runners. I did final table it tho. I got coolered to go out in 8th when I ran Tens into aggro in the cutoff with Kings...Later I played another one on UB but busted very early. I am not going to get too many more chances, so a triple crown is looking

FTOPS, FT, TC & Backed By Bax/Sheets

2008-05-08T10:30:00.001-04:00

FTOPS started last night and I didn't last very long at all in Event 1. I got it all in with Kings on a 3282 board vs Tens. River Ten and I go home. I am going to try to play both events today, but I am not sure I will be able to get home in time for Event 2.I busted on the first hand of the Mookie. The Flying Luske has the screen shot of my hand, AK vs A4 all in pre vs get fixed now. My

Two Wins in One Night

2008-05-07T16:15:00.001-04:00

Early in the $120+9 KO 25k I got lucky to cooler two people in one hand. I had QQ on a 99xQ board vs KK and 98s. I tripled up early and got off to a great start. Later I flopped a set of 9's vs Kings to bust another player. I won some flips and sailed to the money.In the money this hand gave me a big stack and set me up to final table...When I got to the final table it was an interesting mix

Two Final Tables, Two Wins

2008-05-07T03:00:00.002-04:00

Ok, this run is getting ridiculous...$14k night, I don't even know what to say. Congrats to Two Black Aces on final tabling the $25k KO as well. More to come later.

First Casino Win

2008-05-06T10:30:00.003-04:00

This is going to be a long post...So Saturday afternoon LJ and I drove down to AC for the Borgata $500k on Sunday. We were debating playing Ron Jaworski's Celebrity Poker Classic at Harrahs. I wanted to and she didn't, which was the opposite of when we played the WPT Second Chance MTT at the Borgata in January. We again decided to play (addicts). Dwal met us down there and played as well.The

Busto from $500k

2008-05-04T16:30:00.003-04:00

Busto'ed the $500k on the start of the fifth level. I got coolered twice. First was A9s vs 88 on a 998r flop. I lost about 8k. I got it all back with a set of Jacks and was up to about 35k. But it would not last.Blinds 100-200, solid player in early-mid position raises to 550. I look down at two black tens and just flat call. The button and blinds call and we see the flop 5 way. The flop

Ron Jaworski's Celebrity Poker Classic

2008-05-04T09:45:00.000-04:00

I took down the Ron Jaworski's Celebrity Poker Classic at Harrahs last night. $300+40+60 with ~210 players, made first place a very nice $21.7k.Very weak field and final table. I was playing almost every hand and sucked out more than a few times (obv). I will post more about it during the week. Off to the Borgata in a bit for the $500k. Hopefully the good run continues.

Borgata $500k

2008-05-03T12:00:00.004-04:00

I heading out in a bit for the Borgata $500k tomorrow. Its probably the most excited I have been for a live tournament that isn't the WSOP ME.The structure is so fucking sick! 30k in chips and 50 minute levels. Plenty of play. Should be a pretty good turnout to I think. I expect them to crush the guarantee.I am going to see if I can do updates from my phone tomorrow. I haven't done it before

Two Final Tables, Two Thirds

2008-05-02T19:20:00.003-04:00

Took the day off today and played some tournaments. I made two final tables and had the chip lead late in both but couldnt close either out. They combined for almost $2500...I am playing a few more now, so hopefully I can final table a couple more.

BBT3\Mookie Win #3

2008-05-01T11:15:00.001-04:00

Fun time last night. I almost busted on the 7th hand last. I raised from the button with JJ and untiltable donkey-minreraised me. I 4-bet and he 5-bet shoved 99 for 50bbs. Solid. A nine flopped, but I turned my Jack to resuck and double up and get off to a good start.I took a couple beats, but chipped back up 3k just with some aggression. Then I had a three hand stretch were two people just

I <3 Mondays

2008-04-28T20:20:00.004-04:00

Had a chance for a nice stack and maybe a win but A9=A3 and I just couldn't get anything going after that...

25k Guarantee Win #2

2008-04-22T17:30:00.002-04:00

The past two days have been quite a roller coaster. I got totally gayed in a bunch of mtt's on Sunday. In the $500 on Full Tilt, I flopped a set of tens only to have my opp hit his two outer on teh turn. Then AQs lost to ATo in a 5 bet pot preflop pot for a top 10 stack in the Stars Warm-up just outside the money. In the Stars Million I busted all in preflop with JJ < 44 and then KK< AT.

I Won the $25k Guarantee Again!

2008-04-22T04:09:00.003-04:00

More to come.

$20k Guarantee Win Follow Up

2008-04-16T15:30:00.002-04:00

What does it take to get through 2700+ donks? A lot of luck. Thankfully I ran very well. I was all pre with AK vs JJ, QQ vs QJs, QTo vs KQs, AK vs QQ, T9 vs AQ and finally and most grossly....I won them all. 6 different times all in and covered and only once was I in very good shape. I won them all. So to say I struggled in the first half of the tournament is an understament. I got very

$20K Guarantee Winna

2008-04-15T03:00:00.001-04:00

I am tired and going to bed, more to come tomorrow.

FTOPS VIII Prediction

2008-04-11T14:30:00.000-04:00

First, congrats to Alan and Waffles on winning their BBT3 TOC seats this week. Well done guys!I am not sure how many of you have looked at the FTOPS VIII schedule yet, but there are three Mystery Tournaments scheduled. Event #8 is one of the three and is going to be hosted by Paul Wasicka. My prediction is that it will be a Heads-Up MTT. I have heard that these are coming and this just seems

My Guys Own

2008-04-09T02:00:00.002-04:00

Ship the TOC Seat....To bad Zack is terrible or this would have been back to back days with a "My Guys Own" post.Also congrats to LJ on third place. Rolled up 5's got cracked by broadway or it easily could have been her seat.

Another One

2008-04-08T11:30:00.000-04:00

Made a somewhat deep run in the $10 1 rebuy + 1 add-on on Stars last night. I had the chip lead with 27 left and didn't even make the final two tables. I lost a bunch of chips with A8 vs K8. Then lost a bunch more with a flush draw and an over vs a mid pair. Then lost a bunch more here all in pre...Then busted like 2 hands later with KJs all in pre vs AK when I was down to 4bbs. So

More Gay Cashes

2008-04-07T10:30:00.004-04:00

I am getting deep in tournaments a ton lately. I just can't get to a final table to save my life.Friday night I cashed in 4 tournaments. Saturday I didn't play at all. Yesterday I cashes in 3 tournaments. My last 6 times I have played the FTP 32k I have finished in the top seventy 5 times (70, 13, 46, 32 & 27). I did finish 81st in the Stars Warmup yesterday for $1270, but still was short of

3 Gay Cashes

2008-04-03T11:11:00.002-04:00

I am getting some what deep in a decent amount of tournaments the past couple weeks, but haven't been able to final table since my $25k guarantee win a month ago. Its definitely getting a little frustrating.Last night I was ITM in three different mtts on Stars at the same time. Not sure if I have done that before or not. They all crashed and burned well short of the final tables tho...I also

~Bubbled the $32k Final Table

2008-04-02T11:11:00.001-04:00

Pretty disappointing. I was a top 5 or 6 stack and ran into the massive chipleader's Kings button vs big blind. He was the only one at the table that could bust me too...So close to some nice money, instead of a gay $200 cash...I keep getting close in this, but haven't been able to close it out. Hopefully soon I can correct this.

Math Tilt & the First BBT3 WSOP Seat

2008-04-01T11:11:00.003-04:00

Last night was the final Blogger MTT of March. The TLB leader at the end of the tournament would win the first BBT3 WSOP Seat for $2,000. I was right in striking distance of 1st. And once the MATH started, I fired up the standings. I figured out what I needed to do to win the seat.With 2BA in 1st, I needed to win the mtt and him to finish in the top 14 to pass him. I also needed

My Guys Own

2008-03-27T11:00:00.002-04:00

Atta boy!I cracked the top 15 and got some points, but couldn't final table or get the win. It is going to be tough for me to win the $2k March seat without a top 3 finish by Monday. Not sure if I am going to play tonight or not. I have bought in, so if I can't make it, I will just be blinded out.

Good Weekend

2008-03-24T11:11:00.005-04:00

First congrats to LJ on a $5,600 cash in the FTP $32k...Sick job coming through a 1700+ person field. Also congrats to Bayne and Smokkee on their weekend cashes.I spent most of the weekend at the Borgata watching the NCAA tournament and playing a bit. I put in three sessions, 1 good, 1 bad and 1 even.The bad one was pretty frustrating. I had a great table, but couldn't get much of anything

"A Brilliant Game"

2008-03-20T12:00:00.003-04:00

I got to call Waffles out on his "Played a Brilliant Game" post today. Him going off in the chat and on his blog on someone else for making a donkey call (which it wasn't) after him making this call earlier is just too good to pass up...Seat 1: dwal78 (11,684)Seat 2: Loretta8 (11,797)Seat 3: LdyLck160 (21,688)Seat 5: SirFWALGMan (25,668)Seat 6: HAGBARD_III (6,380)Seat 7: BuddyDank (11,893)dwal78

BBT3 Skillz Final Table

2008-03-19T11:00:00.002-04:00

I almost took down my third BBT3 title last night. I am pretty frustrated that I couldn't get the win. The play was pretty bad most of the night. However bloggers play NLH, they play mixed games much, much worse. I think my edge is bigger in these events since I grew up playing stud and most bloggers have no clue what they are doing. I saw someone chase a gutter for 1/2 the pot in Stud8. I saw