Poker Survivor

So my favorite show is back on and obviously I missed the first episode as I was out of the country last week. But I caught up on YouTube and this week I Tivo'ed it and just finished watching while doing a little morning treadmill.

**If you have not watched the episode yet you might want to stop now since I there might be spoilers below**

So of course we all want to know how Jean-Robert is doing. JR is being the pompous windbag we all know and love. His strategy is to seem like a weak/tight player and then pounce when he sees an opening. He even admits to it in one of the private confessions. He wants to set the bar so low that when he does step up he will look like he is doing above and beyond. It's a very good strategy if you can get away with it and your team wins immunity. But if you go to tribal and you have not proved yourself yet, you might be done.

He also picks a fight with the table captain who tells him flat out that they don't like each other. JR claims that is not true and the captain then says that he still doesn't like him. I love this. I think this is pure genius. Get the table captain to show his feelings and get ready for a showdown when you have the better hand. What a setup!

I hope you're all McLoving these poker analogies I am working hard to come up with. The reason I love this show is because it is a game of incomplete information. Just like another game I've heard about.

Then there's the video montage of the snoring and the yawning monkey. I think just this segment warrants a best editing Emmy for the show. Nuff said.

And on to the belly scratch. The reward challenge is about to start and JR is one of a team of three about to get down and dirty in the mud. He could not seem more disinterested in the proceedings, leaning backwards and giving his round belly a good 'ole belly scratch. Once again - I love it. Then he uses his size and strength to basically take down the challenge while having Ashley the pro-wrestler wrist-deep in his ass-crack the whole way. Eventually he gets tired of the ass grabbing and slams her head in the mud. What a gentle man and a gentleman.

As for Ashley, I loved her at tribal council. When she writes Dave's name she actually says "I vote for Derek Zoolander.... ummm... Dave". It's almost as good as Chicken screaming DAMN when he was voted out last week.

Can't wait for next week. The preview show JR getting in trouble by speaking his mind, but it could be more crafty editing and it could be another strategic move. We'll just have to wait and see.

Fame Whore

Yes. I am one, too. Go sign up at PokerWeblogs. Go. Right now!

Poker Documentary

Over the past couple of days I have run into a few trailers for some poker documentaries being filmed in GA.

The first is by Nat Arem who created thepokerdb.com (and then sold it to Bluff Magazine). This film is called thepokerfilm and you can see the trailer here:



The second is Underground Home Game, which is out to show how ridiculous it is to hunt down people playing home games:

Video Converter

So efer since I got my fantabulous Video iPod 80G I really have not been using the video portion at all. Mainly because it is a humongous pain in the po-pie to convert anything to mp4 easily. But now I've found it. There are two awesome programs I downloaded from DVDVIDEOSOFT.com that are all I need.

The first converts any video to iPod, PSP or Cell phone formats. All you do is browse to the original video file and then decide what quality you want to convert to and that's it. It's called "Free Video to Ipod Converter 2.3" and is number six on the download list.

The second is a really cool one I had not thought about before. It converts YouTube videos to iPod. All you do is enter the URL link of the video and the rest is just like the other one. It's the first on the list and called "Free YouTube to iPod Converter 2.7". Now you can download as many funny cat videos as you like.

Now, I searched up and down the webernets and could not find anything that says these programs install any malware or trojan horses or anything bad. That's not to say this won't open up a 4th dimension wormhole that will eventually transport you and your computer setup to one of WOWfuls cybergeek guild worlds.

One thing I know is that this thing works and is very easy to use. Tread carefully, though.

Uber Cool Light-Weight Nerd

Close again, this time in the Mookie (3/57)

Mookie was running a special 6-handed deep stack by popular request. I signed up and wasn't even sure if I would play or not. KajaWife wanted to head off to bed and I was nowhere close to being tired enough so I fired up FTP and started my quest for the holy grail of blogger poker - the Mookie Champion Profile.

But it was not to be. I usually don't do well in short handed games. It was an aggressive first table and I had to do a lot of adjusting. I especially have problems when playing the blinds and get overcommited to stupid hands. So if a third of the hands are in the blinds I had to learn fast. First hand I was happy to take was this:



At the first break we were down to 36 players and I was in 5th. Not bad. Then I played a very sneaky hand against Shamanlix and only called the small river bet because I was too skeeeerd:



Got a table change and got two aggressive ladies on both sides. I got the both all-in pre-flop and managed to dodge a Brazilian* outs with my Kings:




This led to an interesting situation. I was the chip leader in both the Mookie and the Dookie. It was going to be tough to keep the lead and I got bounced from the Dookie pretty quickly. Turbo Razz is the antidote to any suckout in any other game. That game is just un-winable. So then it was time for a massive suckout. I had been raising stl_phily's BB a lot and he was playing back. I needed the perfect setup and I got one. I raised again with 99 on the button and he called. Then he bet small on the flop of 882, I raised, he jammed and I called. He had KTo and was drawing to 6 outs. Of course one comes on the river:



It was the perfect setup gone wrong. I fought hard and got my chips back and made the final table in good shape. I took out IslandBum1 and eventually got to my old nemesis - three handed poker. I held my ground for a while but then after I raised the button and got re-raised by leftylu in the SB I jammed with KdTd and got called by A9o. Flopped and OESD but that meant that lefty was holding two of my outs and I was left with 12 outs twice for a post flop race. I didn't win it:




So out in third again. No champion profile for me. I am sad panda.

Congrats to leftylu for taking down the Mookie back to back.
And go congratulate bdidde AKA the "Blogger Barry Greenstein" for second place and almost $1000 in total raised so far for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Good luck!

* Cheney calls Bush and tells him that 2 Brazillian people were killed in Iraq so far. Bush freaks out and asks: "How many is a Brazillian? Is it a lot more than a million?".
Silly Bush.

Can someone explain this to me?

Is Daniel Negreanu the biggest calling station/luckobx on the planet or the smartest player in the world?

From PokerNews coverage of the EPT London:
Daniel Negreanu calls an under the gun 200 chip raise as does the big blind, Flop comes

{A-Spades} {3-Clubs} {5-Spades}

The UTG raiser bets 1,000, Negreanu calls and the Big Blind folds, Turn comes

{K-Clubs} and UTG bets 2,500, Negreanu calls, river comes

{2-Spades} UTG bets 5,000 and Negreanu moves all in for his remaining 2,000. UTG calls and Daniel says “straight flush” and flips over {3-Spades} {4-Spades}.

So he calls pre-flop with low suited connectors, calls a 1000 bet (into a 600 pot) after the flop with a pair of 3s, a low flush draw and a gutshot straight draw, calls a pot sized bet on the turn and hits his magic river card to make a straight flush.

Let's see here. I guess I don't mind a call in position with 3-4s although I would probably not like to call and UTG raiser with that. But DN plays those and it works for him so I guess that makes sense. But the flop is where it gets interesting. I want to count clean outs. Obviously a 2s would be pretty good unless a 6s and 7s come on the river giving someone with 9s8s a better straight flush. That's rarely going to happen unless you're online so I am going to discount it as this is a live tournament. So he's got on2 out there. Assuming his opponent has no spades he has 9 spades as outs for the flush and three more twos to make a wheel. I guess he could hit another 3 for trips but that could spell disaster if his opponent has AA or KK or maybe even A3. So let's not count the threes and just say he has 12 outs twice which is around 48%. The 1000 bet from UTG on the flop doesn't give DN right odds to call, but I guess implied odds do. The turn is doesn't help him and he still calls a pot sized bet, this time with only about 24% chances to improve. Miracle river and he doubles up.

All this assuming his opponent doesn't have any spades. But what if he holds AA or KK or AK? Why would you call and call and call like that until you hit the magic card? I don't understand this at all. Can someone explain?

I also ran this through PokerStove and pre-flop against a random hand he is a 3-to-2 dog. Against TT+ and KQo+ he is a 2-to-1 dog. I understand that small-ball will require you to call in position but obviously you have to hit the flop. After the flop against the high range he is now an actual favorite 3-to-2 so I guess that was a good call. But the on the turn he is actually back to being a 3-to-2 dog.

I don't think I can play this way. Is this the way you have to play to be great? Is this a great play?

Strange bet amounts

I read Jordan's psychology posts earlier this month with a lot of interest and even had a few comments. These last couple of weeks I had a lot of time to play MTTs and found that strange bet amounts instill fear in my opponents. Sometimes I do it with the nuts, but sometimes it is a total bluff and I get people to fold. Sometimes people call with absolutely nothing. It is a very interesting phenomenon that I need to hone because it is proving to be extremely effective.

Some of the bet amounts are of the x99 variety. Those usually look like I am begging for a call and I usually get a fold. In some cases I have done a massive overbet with with a strange amount, like betting 1287 into a 400 pot. I get called by AQo drawing dead more often than I can count. Or even worse.

Do any of you employ these tactics? What seems to work? What seems not to work?

Back

13 and 1/2 hours in coach. 2 year old who refuses to go to sleep (eventually she slept for 8 straight hours - if you want to know how just ask, I have a method). 6 hour time difference.

Kaja is back bitches! And my fucking back is a mess. But a few nights in my own bed will sort all that out.

That's it for now.

ATL Otter Dance

Here's a cool video someone made of an otter at the ATL aquarium dancing to Hey-Ya by Outkast (also of ATL, might I add):

Almost..... again (3/284)

I keep playing MTTs and getting close. Cashes mean nothing though and I am still making dumb mistakes at the worst possible times. Stupid mistakes that make me go to bed and toss and turn. I hate that shit.

I got real close tonight again. Played the $10 on FTP that I have been going deep in the last few days. Made the final table and was even chip leader for a while. We eventually got down to 3 handed and I got no hands to play. Nothing. Card death. Meanwhile NeonD was just brutally massacring me and the other guy. I eventually shoved KQ into his A8 and caught two Kings to double up. But that didn't help much and I eventually shoved AJ into A9 and saw two 9s on the board to knock me out in third:





That's all right because I did the exact same thing to someone earlier. It still stings to get your money in good and lose. The only real mistakes I think I made was giving up a lot of chips in blind battles I should not have been in to begin with. I eventually had to fold almost all of them and lost a ton of chips. I have to work on that.

I went over some of my screenshots and saw that I actually knocked out about 4 of the players at the final table. NeonD eventually lost heads up to robracing. These two played a very solid game and it was really tough playing 3-handed against them.

I can feel it getting closer. I need to plug a few leaks, win a few races and avoid the coolers. But I know I can do it. At least now my FTP roll is replenished.

That's it for a few days I think. Good luck at the tables.

14 Comments and Almost There (19/1316 and 13/294)

I think that's the most I've ever had. I feel so pretty.

But seriously, thanks to everyone who dropped by and congratulated me on the win (even with those funny backhanded fish comments). I had the cashish wired and now have to maneuver through several hoops to make this happen. Updates to follow.

We are still on the fam-vac and having a great time just doing pretty much nothing. The beauty of the situation is that since KajaKid goes to bed at around 8 (if we don't torture her with long drawn out family dinners) there is pretty much nothing to do all evening. So, I have had some pokery good times and getting deep in some tourneys.

The PPA is running another membership drive on PokerStars and are running a bunch of 5K freerolls throughout the day. I think I joined the PPA before but I never got my t-shirt, so I tried to register for one of these and it let me in (you can only play in one freeroll and you need to be registered in the US to do it). Anyway, I ran through a sea of donkey and busted like a fool in 19th place out of 1316 runners. Top spot paid over a grand but all I got was a little over $22.

I also ran well in a $10 MTT on FTP and as usual made a bonehead move to get bounced in 13th place (out of 294) players. Check out the massive cooler these guys got dealt. I played this hand terribly and should have just folded pre-flop, but I have a lot of learning to do still. I played very tight poker for a very long time and then got stupid at the wrong time. These two were stealing non-stop and I wanted to put an end to it. Oops:

iWon (1/72)

Yes. I did. I did it. I won it. I did indeed do it. I won!

Now that I'm done getting it out of my system, here are some details.

I won a seat to the Main Event of the PokerNews Cup in Australia! I did playing on Duplicate Poker in the middle of the night, hoping that KajaKid will not wake up because of her jetlag and cough. The winner's package (worth 5K USD) includes $1500 for airfare, 6 nights at the Crown Casino and a 3K AUD (about 2.4K USD) entry to the main event.

Haaaayyyyyyyyyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhh!

So how did I do it? I was about to go to bed, as the sleep schedules of the whole family are off by about 7 hours and nobody is getting much normal sleep. But since KajaKid has been getting up and going to bed at all weird hours of the night, I decided to watch some TV, catch up on some blogs and do some e-mail. All of a sudden an Outlook reminder popped up letting me know that one of the Duplicate Poker freerolls is starting in 15 minutes. I ignored it for about 7 minutes and then rushed to load the software and see how many people were registered. Of the 245 who qualified for the freerolls, only 72 showed up.

There were going to be 4 sessions of 12 hands and we would go from 72 to 36 to 24 to 12 to the final 6. Once down to the final 6 we would play 5 heads-up matches in a round robin style and the player with the most points wins the package. Easy enough?

For those of you who have not heard or played Duplicate Poker, there is a lot of strategy involved that is not poker related at all. You basically don't play against the other players at your table but rather against players seated in your seat at other tables who get dealt the exact same hands as you. Same flop, same turn, same river. So if you have Aces, you know everyone else is playing Aces. But if you get K4o and you muck, you know that's what someone else might have played. Every hand starts with the same amount of chips (10K) and there is really no value in accumulating chips because you go back to 10K for the next hand anyway.

There is no way to collude, for all you who are already thinking along those lines. You can't observe other tables, and all cards are dealt at the same time. So even if two players are trying to help each other there is no way for them to get an edge. This leads to a slower poker tournament because you have to wait for all the tables to finish all the moves before moving on to the next card and eventually the next hand. But this way, you can say that luck is not really an issue, since everyone plays the same cards and skill should be rewarded.

A lot of the players don't really get it. They don't look at their position in relation to the other players in their seat at other tables. They don't check the stats enough and basically you have some folks who just jam any hand. This creates a lot of swings early on and you just have to avoid making costly mistakes.

So let's get back to my win!

I easily coasted through the first four levels, either winning against my other seat opponents or coming in 2nd. When we were down to heads-up I knew it was going to be a battle of strategy rather than cards. You only get dealt 6 hands against each HU opponent and you get ranked against 2 other players. The player with the most points at the end of 6 hands scores 2 round robin (RR) points. The 2nd player gets one point and the 3rd gets none.

I won my first two HU matches and was in the lead with 4 points. Then I lost my third match and got no points to get back to a tie for the lead with another player with 4 points. But then I won my fourth match and was the outright leader with 6. There were 2 players with 4 points and one with 5 that could still catch me. So on my fifth and final game I needed to make sure that the guy with 5 points won't pass me. Because I was playing one of his seat opponents who only had 2 points and had no chance to win, I knew that I needed to make sure he would get enough points to pass my chaser and still have enough points for myself to not be overtaken.

He eventually did get 1 point and I got none so we were tied with 6 points:




One thing I didn't know, though, was that in case of a tie the player with the most wins wins the tie breaker. So I won!

Obviously poker is all about skill.

Now I just need to figure out how to get a pass from both KajaWife and work to go to freaking Australia and play for a guaranteed 250K AUD first place in the main event of the PokerNews Cup!

TV Addict

If you're like me and can't wait for the new TV season, just head over to TV Addict and read their definitive guide to this fall premieres.

That is all.

BRB

Going on a little vaca with the fam. Not sure if I will post while gone or get to play at all. We'll see. I'll leave you with some fun stuff:

1) Funny Screen Names:







Extra credit for whoever knows what movie the last one is from.

2) Brutal one outer:



3) Especially for Fuel:



4) HU DQB (I still managed to lose it):

Inducing a Squeeze - Example 3

This is a little different because it was more of an "inducing action" than an actual squeeze. I had seen Smurfakazi on another table and I thought I could get someone in trouble by betting out:

FullTiltPoker Game #3469516890: $5 + $0.50 Sit & Go (26514335), Table 1 - 20/40 - No Limit Hold'em - 13:55:28 ET - 2007/09/05
Seat 2: djsplit (1,390)
Seat 3: Sakap (1,305)
Seat 5: olays (1,215)
Seat 6: Smurfakazi (1,035)
Seat 7: AnaheimGirl (4,530)
Seat 8: Kajagugu (1,650)
Seat 9: JohnFlys (2,375)
AnaheimGirl posts the small blind of 20
Kajagugu posts the big blind of 40
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Kajagugu [6c Jh]
JohnFlys raises to 80
djsplit folds
Sakap folds
olays folds
Smurfakazi calls 80
AnaheimGirl calls 60
Kajagugu calls 40 - I limp for pot odds only.
*** FLOP *** [3d 6d 9d]
AnaheimGirl checks
Kajagugu bets 240 - With 4 players in the pot this is obviously a stupid way to lose chips, but I figured this will create a lot of action behind me.
JohnFlys folds
Smurfakazi has 15 seconds left to act
Smurfakazi calls 240 - He flat calls so I know he has something.
AnaheimGirl raises to 4,450, and is all in - And this aggressive girl falls into the trap.
Kajagugu folds
Smurfakazi calls 715, and is all in
AnaheimGirl shows [9s 3h]
Smurfakazi shows [2d Ad] - She has 4 outs.
Uncalled bet of 3,495 returned to AnaheimGirl
*** TURN *** [3d 6d 9d] [5h]
*** RIVER *** [3d 6d 9d 5h] [Kd]
AnaheimGirl shows two pair, Nines and Threes
Smurfakazi shows a flush, Ace high
Smurfakazi wins the pot (2,470) with a flush, Ace high - Chip leader just got cut in half making it much easier for everyone to play.

Teh Blog-o-sphere

I am always on the lookout for some interesting ideas, people, things, etc. Maybe, it's just boredom or my pretty average (but teh awesome) current state in life. So I end up finding all kinds of amazing places to visit on a daily basis through the wonder of the webernets and teh blogosphere. I give to you some recent finding:

If I blog it... - This is just amaing in my opinion. Based on the oh-so-famous Filed of Dreams tag line, this blog set out on a mission: "Trying to get Kevin Costner to visit a blog about Kevin Costner and send a picture of himself looking at said blog". Every post is an open letter to Dear mr. Costner. You have to go through the archives to get the full picture.

Boobs, Injuries and Dr. Pepper - Crystal is a mother of three with a sick sense of humor and a wild potty mouth. You have to read this stuff to believe it. Some of the best parent/humor writing this side of Joe Speaker. And while on the subject of parenting, you have to read OffSprung.

What Would Tyler Durden Do? - If you haven't heard of this site yet you better get out from under that rock pronto. I can't think of a more sarcastic, raunchy, vulgar person than Mr. Durden, but his musing crack me the fuck up. Here's a little something he wrote about Britney Spears a few days ago:
I'm gonna go out on a limb and suggest you’re not gonna learn anything by trying to interpret Britney Spears lyrics. She probably did say "come in my mouth". This retard couldn't interpret a stop light, you think she's gonna write coy references to sex? She's an idiot. A talking Pegasus could grant her three wishes, and if you asked her about it the next day, she would just say, "a who did what now?"

Maps - I don't know why I have this newfound fascination with maps. It might be because of that tarded lemur, Miss Teen SC and her negative IQ. But in the past few days I have found some awesome map blogs that you should all check out:
Maps for us
Strange Maps
The Map Room

Ok, that's enough to get you going. You can thank me later for wasting some more of your time.

The Machines Are Coming!!!

Holy fucking hell! We are one step closer to the machines taking over. This is pretty amazing if you ask me:

Inducing a Squeeze - Example 2

This is an even better example. hxm was so mad that I was stealing his blinds that he warned me to stop doing it. I knew he was gunning for me. We were down to 4 and I made the play:

FullTiltPoker Game #3418713608: $5 + $0.50 Sit & Go (26137140), Table 1 - 80/160 - No Limit Hold'em - 11:36:37 ET - 2007/08/31
Seat 1: Kajagugu (3,515)
Seat 3: hxm (4,945) - Even though he was the chip leader and one to my left, I had been hammering at him for a few orbits.
Seat 4: South TX Hunter (3,800)
Seat 5: StockDigi (1,240)
South TX Hunter posts the small blind of 80
StockDigi posts the big blind of 160
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Kajagugu [As 8c]
Kajagugu raises to 420 - Less than 3xBB can seem either weak or strong. This was 100 less than my regular raise.
hxm raises to 4,945, and is all in - He jams on the button.
South TX Hunter calls 3,720, and is all in - SB was the tightest player at the table and had a VP$IP of less than 10% even though we were 4 handed for a while.
StockDigi folds
Kajagugu folds - I obviously fold here.
hxm shows [Ks Qc] - Not sure I would jam with KQ here, but he was obviously trying to bully me here and got caught by.....
South TX Hunter shows [Ah Ad] - LMAO
Uncalled bet of 1,145 returned to hxm
*** FLOP *** [3c 2d Jh]
*** TURN *** [3c 2d Jh] [Kh]
*** RIVER *** [3c 2d Jh Kh] [Js]
hxm shows two pair, Kings and Jacks
South TX Hunter shows two pair, Aces and Jacks
South TX Hunter wins the pot (8,180) with two pair, Aces and Jacks
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 8,180 | Rake 0
Board: [3c 2d Jh Kh Js]
Seat 1: Kajagugu folded before the Flop
Seat 3: hxm (button) showed [Ks Qc] and lost with two pair, Kings and Jacks - Goes on tilt, bubbles and goes from chip lead to bubble boy.
Seat 4: South TX Hunter (small blind) showed [Ah Ad] and won (8,180) with two pair, Aces and Jacks - I know he has a lot of chips but when we got heads-up he was still too tight and eventually I took him down with a lot of aggression.
Seat 5: StockDigi (big blind) folded before the Flop

On the one hand, I obviously got lucky here that the SB woke up with Aces. But on the other hand if it had been folded back to me I have to think favorably about making the call here anyway.

Inducing a Squeeze - Example 1

This is after the bubble had burst and we are three handed. I had been raising the button every hand and both players were getting irritated. This time I just call:

FullTiltPoker Game #3394230973: $5 + $0.50 Sit & Go (25950965), Table 1 - 200/400 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:14:29 ET - 2007/08/28
Seat 3: Magnum-S (3,650)
Seat 4: Kajagugu (5,550)
Seat 9: RollnTide (4,300)
RollnTide posts the small blind of 200
Magnum-S posts the big blind of 400
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Kajagugu [2s As]
Kajagugu calls 400 - I just call knowing someone is going to pop me.
RollnTide raises to 1,200 - Here comes the pop.
Magnum-S raises to 3,650, and is all in - and here comes the re-pop.
Kajagugu folds - I easily fold and let them duke it out.
RollnTide calls 2,450 - Pot's big enough and he makes the call.
Magnum-S shows [Ah Jh]
RollnTide shows [Tc Ks] - Marginal pop, very marginal all-in call.
*** FLOP *** [3s 7h 3d]
*** TURN *** [3s 7h 3d] [Ad]
*** RIVER *** [3s 7h 3d Ad] [4d]
Magnum-S shows two pair, Aces and Threes
RollnTide shows a pair of Threes
Magnum-S wins the pot (7,700) with two pair, Aces and Threes
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 7,700 | Rake 0
Board: [3s 7h 3d Ad 4d]
Seat 3: Magnum-S (big blind) showed [Ah Jh] and won (7,700) with two pair, Aces and Threes
Seat 4: Kajagugu (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 9: RollnTide (small blind) showed [Tc Ks] and lost with a pair of Threes

This is not the best example, but it starts to show how you can get people to play into bad situations. I will look for some more examples and try to save some hands when I actually play them instead of having to research PT.

Concept Question

I have been using an interesting play in my SNGs. I will sometimes create action in order to get my opponents to battle each other. I will sometimes call or re-raise small in order to get someone behind me to push into someone I think is strong who raised before me. This is especially effective around bubble play.

For example, if I have been stealing a lot of blinds and someone before me raises, I might flat-call or re-raise small with a medium strength hand just so that the players in the blinds will think this is weak and jam. Then the original raiser calls with a big hand and takes one of the blinds out. I know I am sometimes contributing dead money to the pot and I will usually pick my spots, but the value of knocking someone out in order to get ITM easily outweighs that.

Thoughts? Comments?

Last Minute Home Game

I decided to try to set up a quick game tonight. A lot of people were out of town or busy, but we still managed to get 9 playahs with the help of BrainMc who brought his whole neighborhood with him.

First game I played well but ran AKs into AA on a King high flop. Then when I was getting short I shoved Queens into Aces, GG me.

Second game I started well and ran ATs that made two pair on the river into a runner runner straight that chased the gutshot the whole way and caught his 3-outer on the river. Ugh! Live poker is so rigged.

That's it. I don't feel like adding anything else.

Snoring, Insomnia and Two Final Tables (2/90, 5/147)

Went to bed around 1am and was woken up by KajaWife about 2 hours later. I had been snoring for the past two hours and she had enough of me. So I stumbled around to find another pace to sleep, where I will not be heard. But that didn't work so I logged on and started a late night tourney session. I played a few micro-limit buy-ins and ended up with two final tables. Alas, I could not take either one down. I got 2/90 in a $1 (big money) deep stack and a 5/147 in a $3 turbo. I have lots of screenshots and lots of analysis, but I am too tired to do any of it right now. So watch this space for an update later.